one's door

"No, why did this road go around again?!"

"Hiss... yes, the front is the trap area we set up. I still remember the rock next to it, but how did we come back when we kept going forward?"

"Something's wrong! Everyone be alert! Don't get lost, go back!" Qin Hao looked vigilant, his body strength rose, and he was ready to fight at any time.

But when the group returned along the "original road", they entered a real dead end.In front of you, you can either turn over the high thorny vine wall, or go to the trap-filled path by the side of the river, or go back.

Except for Zhang Yan, everyone's faces became ugly. An inexplicable sense of tension made them feel that something was wrong but they didn't know what the problem was.

After going around for an hour, I finally turned into that dead end again.

Qin Hao's face was already ashen.Because he found that he didn't seem to know how to lead his subordinates out of this weird circle.What's even more weird is that this is still near their sentry post. He couldn't think of a good terrain and he was familiar with it by heart. Why did it suddenly become like this?And he didn't even smell the enemy's breath.

At this time, Zhang Yan, who had been smirking in the team and was regarded as crazy, stood up and said to Qin Hao: "Boss, why don't you take a break? I know the way, why don't I take it?"

Chapter 19 Shocked

"Zhang Yan, do you know the way?" Qin Hao looked at Zhang Yan suspiciously. Even though Lin Zedong asked him to take care of him and the matter of the sky lantern, he still thought that Zhang Yan was a lunatic.The situation is unclear right now, so this lunatic should stop messing around.

"Don't worry, boss, I made this road, so I will recognize it naturally."

"Huh?! You made it?!"

"That's right, I was the one who messed around with the arrangement of the thorny vines before. Naturally, I know the route after the thorny vines grow into the wall. Just follow along, and you will be able to reach the guard post soon." Zhang Yan said as he spoke. Yuezhong walked ahead and did not give Qin Hao a chance to continue questioning.The crazy look is on full display.

The roads are still those roads, but the way of walking is different.

It was obviously a detour, but under the leadership of Crazy Zhang, he didn't go back.It was clearly a "dead end", but when I got closer, I opened a grass cage and found that there was still a road ahead.Not only perfectly avoided all the thorny vine walls, but also avoided all areas with traps.

It took less than half a stick of incense from the time Zhang Yan led the way until he appeared at the sentry post again after seven turns and eight turns.There is almost no difference from the normal walking time in the past.

When seeing the familiar sentry post, it was not Qin Hao and others who spoke first, but a group of people who were trapped inside the sentry post.They have been trapped here for two days, that is, after the last wall of thorn vines was closed until now.If Qin Hao and the others hadn't come over, these people were already ready to tear down those thorny walls to survive.

"How did you get in?!"

Qin Hao and the others: "..." They also wanted to ask this question, and finally all their eyes fell on the grinning Madman Zhang in the team.

"Hey, it's just a trick, it's just a trick." Zhang Yan didn't think about explaining anything in the past. Although the gossip formation is not like Kongming Lantern, it can't be explained to these people, but it can't be explained clearly in a few words, let alone Qin Hao and others. What's the use?It won't be too late to talk about it in detail when Lin Zedong finds him.

Following Zhang Yan, he led the group of the previous batch of guards out of the sentry post, asked the other party to remember the route, and then led the other party in and out twice. The burning eyes of Qin Hao and others.

"Madman, if you don't tell us clearly about today's matter, you will definitely not be able to run away and beat me up! The boss said it!"

"Yes! It caused us to walk an hour of injustice!"

"My little heart, I was so frightened that I thought it was some kind of trick up by the monsters, lunatic, are you lacking in morality!"

Zhang Yan took two steps back, only to find that the back road was blocked by two warriors, and he knew in his heart that he still had to spend some saliva.To be honest, he didn't think he would be able to understand if he told these people in the group.

"Don't get excited, everyone. It's just a trick, not a sophisticated method. I just tell everyone to listen to it..."

Sure enough, within half an hour, everyone except Qin Hao had already started yawning.It was boring as hell to hear.

Tsk, I thought it was a great skill, but it turned out to be a trick to deceive people?What's the difference between this and those street tricks?Also come up with some new terms, who are you fooling?

Only Qin Hao's face was frowning from beginning to end and he listened very seriously.He had a hunch that although he tried his best to understand [-]% to [-]% of what Crazy Zhang said, this method would definitely not be as simple as it seemed.And he always feels that this is not just for "deceiving people", there are many changes in it, if it is another occasion, it should be of great use!

Just being able to deceive one's own people won't surprise people much. If one can deceive the Yaozu to that point, it will be the time to see the truth.But at the guard post, this kind of situation will definitely not wait too long.

Since this month, although the battle damage of You Tan Banner has dropped significantly due to the spread of traps, there have been few sentry posts that have been touched by the elite of the monster race without knowing it. Defenseless.But compared to the initial period when the sentry was first set up, the battle damage was still not low.

In addition, because the sentry posts are often raided by elite monsters, they cannot maintain their vigilance tasks around the clock, which also causes the fortress' "predict the enemy first" strategy to have a lot of effect.

This kind of situation may put more and more pressure on the Youtan Banner set up to implement the new policy.Losing the most warriors, if the effect is barely enough, it means "losing money" and failure.Whether or not the You Tan Banner will exist in the future has to be considered.

The soldiers at the bottom didn't feel it deeply, but Qin Hao, as a small leader, still had some feelings, especially from the brows that were hardly stretched in the general Lin Zedong's daily life.

Qin Hao hoped that the equally strangely named "Eight Diagrams Formation" created by Crazy Zhang would have a miraculous effect.

On the second night of guarding the post, the Yaozu came.The dense sound of bells is a warning that the trap has been triggered, indicating that an enemy has broken into the guard range of the sentry post and triggered the mechanism.

Qin Hao and his gang waited for a long time on guard, maybe there was time for a meal?According to past experience, the monster clan who came to attack at this time should roar and appear within the range of the firelight.But today, I only heard roars in the distance, but I haven't been able to see the enemy's figure.

"Boss, I'm afraid it's not that those beasts were trapped inside by lunatics, right?" Someone immediately thought of the tricks that were separated by thorny vine walls to form the "eight trigrams array" that lunatic Zhang said, and their tone was a little bit eager to try.They were cheated out of temper before, and those monster races might not be able to please them, right?

"Go, go to the ambush point!" Qin Hao also became interested, and he greeted, and everyone in the group followed him to the place that Zhang lunatic called "the ambush point".From that position, you can observe the movement of the people trapped in the formation, and you can also wait for the opportunity to choose whether to take the initiative to kill.

When we got to the place, we couldn't see it as clearly as in the daytime under the night, and we couldn't get too close to avoid being detected by the monsters, so we could only watch from a distance. For the time being, Qin Hao didn't have the idea of ​​taking the initiative to attack.But you can still see the scene that made Qin Hao happy and familiar.

Those monster races roared inexplicably panicked, but they couldn't get on the right path as they went around, and they were hurt by hidden traps from time to time, or even accidentally scratched by thorn vines. It was very ear-piercing at night, but it made Qin Hao and his party quite happy to hear it.

This scene lasted until the early morning, when Yaozu finally found a way to retreat, and hurriedly ran down the mountain carrying a wounded person and a corpse as if fleeing.

Qin Hao didn't close his eyes all night. Seeing the Yaozu retreating without a fight, and even forcing people in, he subconsciously clenched his fists and thought to himself: This gossip array is really useful!

Chapter 20 First Aid

If a low-level leader like Qin Hao can also feel the huge pressure of You Tanqi recently, then as the leader of You Tanqi, Lin Zedong's heart can be described as burning with anxiety.

If You Tan Banner can't play an obvious role, it will be a big failure for Yubei Mountain Fortress. Even if Song Qinghe can carry it on it, it can't change the fate of You Tan Banner being abolished.And Lin Zedong's official career will also be cast a shadow, and it will not be so good in the future.

But it is too difficult to maintain the guard post outside the fortress with minimal loss, especially in places like Yubei Mountain where the terrain is so dangerous that it is impossible to build fortifications.The trap defense that had been given high hopes before has been rolled out for a month, but the effect seems to be unsatisfactory.

If you continue to let the situation slip like this, then You Tanqi may not be able to survive this year.

But the good news came out of nowhere, which made Lin Zedong a little unbelievable.

"What did you say?"

"My lord, I dare not lie. Zhang Yan, the assassin under Qin Hao's command, recently set up a lot of thorny vine walls at the No. [-] sentry post, saying that it was to maximize the effect of the trap. But just three days ago, Those thorny vine walls suddenly formed some weird tricks, making it difficult for people to get in and out, no matter how the route is marked, it will go around in circles..."

It is not so much a report as a complaint.The garrison who was replaced by Zhang Yan and the others had been tossed miserably by the gossip formation in the past few days, and the damage was not serious, but the psychological fear and depression of the unknown was hard to describe.Now when I came back, I happened to report the news to Lin Zedong. On the one hand, I wanted to get some credit for being "the first to report", and on the other hand, I wanted to vent my depression.

When Lin Zedong heard that "It is difficult to get out with all the methods. After thinking about it, there is no other way than sawing through the thick thorny vine wall, or breaking through the trap area." , the surprise on his face could hardly be concealed.

After walking a few steps back and forth in the camp, Lin Zedong decided to go and see for himself.So he asked the gang leader who had brought the news back to lead the way, and led more than a dozen personal guards to slip directly down the fortress to the sentry post after being tossed by Madman Zhang.

Because he was mentally prepared in advance, and also curious about what kind of weird method the so-called "weird thorny vine wall" was, Lin Zedong didn't ask the leader who led the way to point out the correct way, and he didn't ask anyone to inform the guard Qin Hao and others stationed there.Instead, I want to experience it for myself, to see if I and the dozen or so guards under my command can transfer out of it.

After a stick of incense, Lin Zedong saw Qin Hao.But it wasn't that they passed through this weird path easily, but because a guard accidentally touched the warning trap on the tree trunk, which made the sentry behind notice.Afterwards, it was discovered that it was actually Lin Zedong and his party. Qin Hao naturally came out to meet him when he saw this.

"Zhang Yan, what does the thorny vine here have to say?" Lin Zedong looked at Zhang Yan who was hiding in the crowd behind Qin Hao with burning eyes and asked.He understands that only Zhang Yan, the instigator of the changes here, knows best.Moreover, Song Qinghe mentioned before that Zhang Yan is likely to be from the "Miscellaneous Studies" lineage, but now Lin Zedong firmly believes it.

"Returning to my lord, there is nothing to say about those thorny vines. They are just used to shape the wall, and then build some paths to make them attractive. The criminal soldiers called it the Eight Diagrams Formation."

Another trick?Are people of miscellaneous studies so humble?Or is this Zhang Yan's unique temperament?

For a while, Lin Zedong became more cautious, subconsciously unwilling to treat Zhang Yan with the attitude he used to treat criminal soldiers.

"Hehe, Zhang Yan, your tricks are not simple." Lin Zedong turned his head and waved to Qin Hao, telling him to take his team back to the sentry post to continue serving, while Zhang Yan was left behind.

"Then you can walk with me, and tell me honestly what is the mystery of this gossip formation?"

"My lord, please!" Zhang Yan bowed slightly, letting Lin Zedong go first, while he followed half a step behind.

To be honest, Zhang Yan didn't look like a lunatic at all.Especially after Lin Zedong thought that he had seen through Zhang Yan's identity, he regarded Zhang Yan's usual maverick as a man of "miscellaneous studies", and no longer thought it was "crazy".

After turning around, Lin Zedong was really convinced.There are no weird things, but the most common and ordinary things are used. After modification, it can even deceive the senses of an early-stage martial artist like him.If it hadn't been for personal experience, Lin Zedong would have found it hard to believe that there are such subtle means in the world.

Of course, after Zhang Yan's explanation and clarification of some of the inside ways, Lin Zedong has already learned to distinguish those tricks.But Lin Zedong also knew that this was a sign that he knew the details and reversed it, so it seemed easy.He wasn't sure if he was in another place, would he be able to see through the gossip formation immediately when he was unprepared?

Hard to say.Lin Zedong was not absolutely sure about this either.Xindao: Maybe a warrior at the Hundred Refining Realm like Mr. Song can easily see through this kind of blindfold with his spiritual sense?

But if you understand it, it’s like someone telling you how to cook a certain dish and what skills are needed. Will you understand it after listening to it?Obviously not.

The same goes for the Eight Diagrams array.Lin Zedong understands this truth, and also knows that the only person who can solve this problem is Zhang Yan.

"So, this method can be used anywhere, right? You only need to use some local conditions, such as the thorny vine on Fishback Mountain to transform the path?"

"Well... you can also say that. But the specific situation needs to be analyzed in detail. But there is no problem in the implementation of Yubei Mountain, but it will take a certain amount of time for the thorny vines to grow." Zhang Yan did not dare to say The words are too full, only Yubei Mountain is where he can personally control, so he dares to agree.

Hearing Zhang Yan's answer, Lin Zedong was also satisfied.It can be heard that Zhang Yan is leaving a way out for him, but this is human nature, and it also shows that the other party is not a lunatic.

"From today onwards, you will follow my guards and run through the guard posts one by one. After you know what you know, you will start to arrange it immediately. I ask you to mention it casually, as long as it is not too much. But I need to see this The gossip array can cover all the guard posts on Yubei Mountain. How about it?"

Although he was still giving orders, his tone was different from before.Zhang Yan also heard this.

"Don't worry, my lord, by the end of this month at the latest, all the sentry posts on Yubei Mountain can be covered with thorny vines first, and then we only need to adjust some details regularly, and there will be no delay.

By the way, we also need some special potions for deworming thorny vines. This requires an adult to coordinate, and there is no preparation in the fortress. "

"Well, you don't need to worry about the potion. It will be delivered within five days. Then let's start today. Your preparations will be temporarily assigned to my personal guard."

"It's an adult."

Chapter 21 Identity

In the previous battle on the city wall, Zhang Yan got the credit for killing three demon soldiers in a row; later, he got credit for two more demon tendons by taking out the Kongming lantern to solve the problem of the location defect of Yubei Mountain sentry post. .After counting, there are three credits plus a small section of demon tendons in my hand.

According to Nanyuan Kingdom's law of purging criminal soldiers, the merits of the three demon tendons can reduce the crime by one rank, and the capital crime can be reduced to a living crime.And Zhang Yan fell into this category. The death penalty of "arson and murder" on his back was no longer carried on him after he took out the Kongming lantern, and was replaced with the felony of "exile for three thousand miles".

When Zhang Yan was still on the city wall before, Huagou settled the accounts for him, saying that he could almost wash away his sins with the credit of collecting enough four monster tendons.Even if there is a discrepancy, it will not be too big.He also said that he can make up enough for a year at most.

Now it seems that Huagou still underestimated Zhang Yan's ability.In addition to the stabbing method with a spear in one hand, he also has many Taoist methods brought from the earth in his hand, which also allowed him to earn the credit of more than four demon tendons in more than two months.

Of course, to say "more than four roots" is to count the later item about the Eight Diagrams Formation.According to the weight of the Kongming Lantern before, no matter how you say it, the Eight Diagrams Formation can at least reach two monster tendons, right?In fact, the Eight Diagrams Formation was determined to be the credit of the three demon tendons, which is more credit than the Kongming Lantern.

In this way, Zhang Yan had the credit of six monster tendons in his hands, not only could he be cleared of the crimes on his head and restored to a commoner status, but also had two monster tendons to spare.With what Zhang Yan learned before, the two monster tendons can already live in the countryside for a self-sufficient field.

Although the merits are clearly counted, there was no delay in clearing the crime, even before Zhang Yan mentioned it, he got the clearing document, which had the official seal of General Yubeishan's mansion and Song Qinghe's own signature on it.With this document, Zhang Yan can settle down anywhere in Nanyuan Kingdom without being treated as a refugee or a bandit.

However, the credit is clear, and even though the paperwork was given, it would be a little troublesome to leave the Yubei Mountain Fortress.It was also something that Zhang Yan hadn't considered before.

"It's still easy to think about."

Zhang Yan secretly reflected in his heart, thinking that he had gained some advantage in the Huangtian Territory with the news of another world, so he underestimated the people here.They may not be aware of Kongming Lanterns or gossip formations, but they are no less sophisticated and scheming than those on Earth.

Because there was a "special call-up order" in Shen Hao's hand along with the cleansing documents, which clearly stated that Zhang Yan was required to stay in Yubeishan Fortress to listen to the instructions, and the time limit was two years.

Zhang Yan went to ask the establishment officer, and the other party said that there was no problem with this call-up order, and it complied with the laws of Nanyuan Kingdom.Unless Zhang Yan suddenly becomes disabled or there are special circumstances that make it impossible to continue to listen to the tune, otherwise this call-up order must be executed.

This meant that Zhang Yan's idea of ​​leaving Yubei Mountain immediately after clearing his crime was directly defeated.

In fact, thinking about it, Zhang Yan himself was too careless.He exposed the Kongming Lantern and the gossip formation, and he deliberately moved himself closer to the so-called "Miscellaneous Learning" to find cover. After this action, whether it was Lin Zedong or General Song Qinghe, how could it be so easy? let him go?

But maybe you don't want to overdo it.Moreover, the layout of the gossip array around the sentry post has not yet been fully completed, so Lin Zedong took the initiative to find Zhang Yan and gave him a high salary as a comfort.And he was given the position of a team leader.You must know that the gang leader of Youtanqi is half a level higher than the average gang leader, which is considered a great privilege.

"Actually, according to Zhang Yan's current achievements, it is enough to give you the title of an idle official. But your previous status as a criminal soldier has not allowed us to give you any post with a title. But you Don't worry, we will use the way of demon tendons to paste your salary, and we will definitely not let you work in vain."

Facing Lin Zedong's words, what can Zhang Yan say?As long as he is in his right mind, he will not say a word with negative emotions to a Shangfeng holding a knife in the army.Even if I actually don't want to stay in my heart.

On the lips, he replied respectfully: "Thank you for your praise, my subordinates will definitely do things with all their heart and live up to your expectations."

Sure enough, seeing Zhang Yan so obedient, Lin Zedong felt relieved.Before, I thought that forcing the opponent to stay would lead to a certain amount of backlash. After all, people in the miscellaneous school line have been said to have weird tempers, and it is not impossible to turn their faces directly because of a call-up order.Lin Zedong even received Song Qinghe's instruction to suppress Zhang Yan with some tough measures if necessary.

Looking at it now, everyone is happy if everything goes smoothly.

"It's best for you to stay with peace of mind. At present, the gossip formation of the sentry post has achieved initial results, and the monsters are too frightened to step into it, which greatly reduces the battle damage of the sentry post. It has been ten days since no one died. Yes. This is all thanks to you. General Song also said that in addition to regularly controlling the arrangement and maintenance of the gossip formation, you don't need to go to battle anymore.

In addition, if you need anything, you can directly ask the quartermaster in the banner. If you don’t have it in the banner, you can also go to the supply camp and ask. The army will try its best to meet your requirements.

However, if you have any good ideas about the military, or things like Kongming lanterns and gossip arrays, you should speak up as soon as possible.Understand? "

"My subordinate understands."

After leaving Lin Zedong's tent, Zhang Yan didn't need to go back to the previous Datong shop to rest for the first time. Now he is not only a naked gang leader, but also has his own separate tent.Lin Zedong even assigned him an auxiliary soldier who specially "takes care" of him, and someone helped him with all chores.

Zhang Yan was not at all dissatisfied with having one more person staring at him all the time.What to do, do not be afraid that the other party will look at it.

What's there to be afraid of?Seeing it doesn't mean understanding it.

For example, Zhang Yan asked the quartermaster to bring more yellow paper and cinnabar, and covered the inside of his tent almost completely, until he could no longer feel the buff effect of adding spirit-gathering talismans.The spirit-gathering talisman has been superimposed to the limit.It also made the effect of Zhang Yan's breathing technique "Sweeping the Sky" reach the extreme that he can do so far.And all this except himself, who else knows what he is doing?

For the next six months, Zhang Yan stayed in his tent and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the practice, except for going to various sentry points on schedule to maintain Satengqiang and Bagua Formation.Based on the change of the Wanxiangzhu in his chest, he felt that the day when the Wanxiangzhu would be awakened was coming.

One day, Zhang Yan, who was sitting cross-legged in the tent and meditating, suddenly felt the Wanxiang Pearl in his chest vibrate violently, and accompanied by a warm breath permeated his skin, and then spread all over his body.

At the same time, a mysterious enlightenment, like a change in consciousness, suddenly created a bridge in his mind, and on the other side of the bridge was the Wanxiang Pearl on his chest...

Chapter 22 Vipassana

In any case, Zhang Yan came from time travel, experienced life and death, and also experienced trade-offs. Although the final result was not as perfect as he had planned before, it can be regarded as a way out by him.Now that he has lost his identity as a criminal soldier, he has also gained a relatively relaxed cultivation environment.It's a pity that he was temporarily held on this Yubei mountain and couldn't walk.

In the past six months, relying on the extreme superposition of the effects of a tent of spirit-gathering talismans, and Zhang Yan's constant adaptation to the breathing technique of "Sweeping the Sky", now his efforts have finally paid off.

After a violent tremor of the Wanxiangzhu in his chest, a sudden enlightenment appeared in his heart, and his consciousness immediately followed the Wanxiangzhu's first resonance with it.

"Wanxiangzhu is awake!"

This kind of enlightenment appeared in Zhang Yan's heart with certainty, and he was overjoyed and relieved, because Wanxiangzhu was indeed as he had guessed before, using the aura exhaled by Jiehu to nourish himself and slow down. slow to reach the "wake-up" condition.