Star Trace Gate

Sunset Town.

Dark clouds covered the sky and heavy snow began to fall.

In the mass graves, the corpses, drained of their blood, welcomed the first autumn snow of winter.

In the valley, the fat dragon's extremely angry roar echoed for a long time.

Purple energy was rising around his body, as if he had entered a state he had never been in before.

If it were in the past, when the Fat Dragon saw this scene, he might have been furious, and blood might have splattered all over his body, but he would never lose his composure like he did today.

Since leaving the secret realm of Mount Bulao, his personality seemed to have undergone some inexplicable changes.

"The foundation of the country was built on mountains of corpses and seas of blood; the prosperity of the royal family was gained by five generations of people buried together! And what did you give to the meritorious general? You killed him after he had done his job and played with him like a chess piece. You want him to die forever? Today, I will fulfill your wish!"

A shout rang out from the south.

"Boom!"

Immediately afterwards, the sound of thousands of horses collapsing to the ground came like thunder.

Flags were flying in the wind at the battle on the long street of Sunset Town, with only one big word written on them - BA!

The leader, a general in golden armor, had already turned gray in hair and was over fifty years old, but his spine was straight, holding a spear in his right hand, and he shouted: "The royal family of Southern Xinjiang owes me, and today we must pay it back with blood! Ten thousand troops will line up at the entrance of the valley, and follow me in these three prefectures of Lingnan, and finally... one more charge!"

As the sun set and his health was running low, the veteran went into battle for the last time in his life.

Next to the dried-up lake, Li Yan's ears trembled rapidly, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it, listening to the sound of horse hooves, there are at least 20,000 soldiers!"

When Mo Youqian heard this, he added with a wise look: "This is... our reinforcements are coming?!"

Xu Bangzi almost fainted when he heard this: "Fuck, what's wrong with your brain? He wants to help the Second Prince to be doomed to eternal damnation, didn't you hear it!"

"Is that an enemy?"

Mo Youqian instantly summoned out his exclusive magic weapon.

"There must be a general in Southern Xinjiang who has rebelled." Ren Ye immediately sent a message to everyone: "Everyone, prepare for a bloody battle!"

"Damn it, I'm really convinced. Ever since I met you, the two words I've heard the most are 'bloody battle.'" Li Yan instantly activated the star source in his body and immediately sent a message to the four boys: "That idiot on the mountain wants to slay the dragon and seize the fortune. The four of you, show your best skills and protect King Huai."

"Tap!"

The warhorse passed through the long street of Sunset Town. The old general held a steel gun in his hand, stared at the fat dragon and roared, "Soldiers from Southern Xinjiang killed people from Southern Xinjiang! Today's scene is so ironic! My Prince Ren, is this just a bad move made by you guys?"

"brush!"

The fat dragon turned around suddenly, his pupils shrank rapidly, but his expression calmed down instantly.

……

Lingnan Prefecture, South Gate.

In the baggage house inside the city wall, Fatty Wu and his seven adopted sons were all dressed up as ordinary people. They were standing in the dim light, silent.

Not far away, Lan Asan was communicating with a grain transport officer and two soldiers.

The nine of them arrived here half an incense stick ago, and their purpose was very simple, which was to get out as quickly as possible.

However, the soldiers have now sealed off Lingnan Prefecture, and none of the four city gates can be used to exit, so they can only rely on the rotten Indian to smooth over relations.

In fact, Fatty Wu and his adopted sons could hide in the city at this moment and wait for the storm to pass before leaving, because when he came back this time, he didn't see anyone except Ransan, and no one knew they were here.

However, after Fatty Wu heard about the difficulties of Ran Ah San and saw the soldiers suddenly seal off the city, he immediately realized that something was wrong.

He knew that Monk Peng, a subordinate of Guan Feng, had previously fled to Lingnan Prefecture, and that a large number of people with supernatural powers had gathered there; and Bau was suddenly dismissed from office, and his relatives and generals were buying a large number of hidden weapons and magical treasures... This series of actions clearly pointed to one thing.

That is... Bau wants to rebel!

But who can we oppose?

The second prince has entered the underworld, and is surrounded by Prince Huai and others. So Bau surely didn't make such a big fuss just for two small characters, right?

The result is self-evident. King Huai and the Second Prince must be in great trouble at this moment.

Especially after the closure of Lingnan Prefecture, Nabawu's actions were almost obvious. No matter what he was going to do, he would definitely do it quickly.

Therefore, Fatty Wu immediately made a decision to leave the city as soon as possible and send the message out no matter what.

He was not an indecisive person. Once he made up his mind, he took action immediately.

Random Asan has quite some influence in this place, and naturally knows people in the government, so asking him to smooth over the relations is currently the most direct and effective way.

In the dimly lit baggage room, the leading grain transport officer looked at Ran Ah San with gloomy eyes and said, "It's hard to leave now."

"My dear brother, if it's not difficult, can I find you?" Without a word of nonsense, Random Asanduo directly handed the bag containing 20,000 star sources to the other party and whispered, "Help me, there are only nine of us in our group."

The grain transport officer was not tall, but he was very strong. He looked at the bag of star sources, paused for a moment, and then turned to look at Fatty Wu: "Who are those people?"

"A few runners, there is a case in the city, it is inconvenient to stay here." Lan Ah San smiled and replied: "Please help me."

The grain transport officer looked at Fatty Wu sharply, and the latter was also looking at him.

The two looked at each other, and Fatty Wu's right index finger unconsciously raised slightly.

Then he frowned, as if avoiding the other person's gaze, and turned his face slightly.

The grain transport officer retracted his gaze, reached out to pick up the money bag, and said with a smile: "You are too polite."

"Trouble, brother."

"Wait here for a while. Something big is happening in the city. I have to go back and get the order and personally escort you out." The grain transport officer held the bag and whispered, "Don't run around. Wait here..."

"Okay, okay." Random Asan smiled and nodded repeatedly.

After he finished speaking, the grain transport officer turned and walked out the door, and said to a soldier: "You stay here and wait and look after them."

"Yes, my lord."

As he spoke, the grain transport officer glanced at Fatty Wu again, and the two of them looked at each other briefly again.

Just a glance, a gaze that lasted less than two breaths... Fatty Wu suddenly took a step forward, smiling and shouting, "Brother!"

The grain transport officer stopped, put his hands behind his back and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Haha, it's nothing. I just want to ask, if I add a little more money, I can't bring two people. I have a mistress, and her brother can't stay in the city for long...!" Fatty Wu stepped forward, put his right hand slightly behind his back, and gently hooked his fingers.

"Nine are already difficult to carry, and we want to add two more?" The grain transport officer frowned.

"Gululu!"

At this moment, the owl suddenly raised its hands, exhaled three drops of sticky liquid, and shot them fiercely at the grain transport officer and two soldiers.

"Bah bang bang...!"

The three were caught off guard and had three drops of liquid on their faces.

Immediately afterwards, after the three drops of liquid touched their skin, they instantly spread out like water waves, covering the entire faces of the three people like rotten meat, and slowly seeped into their mouths, nostrils, and even ear canals...

"Woo!"

The three of them were pounding it in their mouths while trying to call out.

"Puff puff!"

The figure of the Crested Dog came forward like a ghost, holding two short knives, and cut the necks of the three people in a breath.

Blood instantly sprayed the ground red. The owl lightly hooked its right hand, and three drops of liquid flew into its fingertips and disappeared.

Fatty Wu took a step forward, frowned and waved his hand: "Finish the job!"

"Pfft!"

The other adopted sons immediately stepped forward and silently cut off the heads, hands, and feet of the three dead bodies...

The rotten Indian stood there, extremely confused.

Half of his body was covered in blood, and he raised his voice and said, "Master, I've given you the money, why are you doing this?!"

"Intuition." Fatty Wu looked around quickly and saw some armor and weapons in the house: "He wants to betray us."

"No... no, if you kill someone, there's no turning back, right? It's hard to find him anymore." The rotten Asan wiped the blood off his face and emphasized in a trembling voice.

Fatty Wu walked towards the armor and said without turning his head, "Ah San, you are very loyal to me for bringing me here. I won't involve you in the rest of the matter. Go ahead and pretend we haven't met today."

The other adopted sons didn't say anything, they just searched around the three bodies.

Random Ah San stood there, thinking carefully for a long while, then he clasped his fists and said, "Master Wu, I have a family to support me... I'm sorry I can't accompany you. I hope you have a safe journey."

"If you can survive, I will reward you handsomely for this."

"You're welcome." After making a fist, Lan Asan turned around and pushed the door open to leave.

Owl looked up and said, "Father, that rotten Asan is just a broker, a charlatan... If he betrays us, won't we be doomed forever?"

Fatty Wu picked up a suit of armor and replied in a very arbitrary tone: "He can't, and he dares not."

When the owl heard this, he didn't ask any more questions and felt at ease instantly.

The crested dog scratched his nose, stood up and cursed: "If my father hadn't rescued him, how could he be so rich today? This time when he encountered trouble, this bastard ran faster than a rabbit! What a mean person he is."

"You can't say that." Fatty Wu replied calmly while wearing his armor, "Before the life-and-death crisis, he was able to send us here, so he is a man of loyalty. If he asks for more, it would be unfair to us."

"Father, here is a token." The owl stood up and shouted.

Fatty Wu waved his hand and said, "Give it to me, let me see it."

The owl was presented with both hands. Fatty Wu only glanced at it and said, "The order from the grain and grass camp is really a blessing from heaven! Put on your armor and we'll leave!"

"What if the order becomes invalid?" Lao Liu asked.

"Ah."

The crested dog replied calmly, "You have to ask this question. Is this your first day following father? If it doesn't work, then we will break through. If we can't break through, we will die first, and then father will die."

"readily."

Fatty Wu put on his armor, stood up and said, "Put on your armor quickly, grab your weapons, and leave as soon as you speak."

Upon hearing this, the seven men immediately put on their armor and searched for their weapons in silence.

For some reason, ever since Fatty Wu hinted that his adopted son had killed someone, the temperaments of these eight people have all changed. They are filled with a cold and desperate aura, and not only do they speak less, but no one has ever questioned or opposed it.

No one even asked why they were helping King Huai deliver the letter or why they were risking their lives for King Huai. Everyone just did whatever Fatty Wu said.

Soon, everyone put on armor and took up weapons, looking like officers and soldiers.

"Squeak!"

Just when the eight people were about to leave, the door was suddenly pushed open, and the bastard who had left earlier came back.

Fatty Wu was stunned when he saw him: "Why are you back again?"

The rotten Ah San blinked and said simply: "You saved me."

"We are fighting hard to break through. If we succeed, it will be great as the benefits will be huge. But if we fail, my family members may also be implicated." Fatty Wu replied with a frown.

The ugly face of the rotten Asan looked very calm under the light.

He was dressed in cloth. He suddenly raised his hand slowly and said something that a hero from Southern Xinjiang would say when he came to visit: "For all the brothers, regardless of life or death, this is the first righteousness of a Jianghu man! I have made enough money, and my family members are not here anymore."

"Master Wu, it's just one life, I will accompany you!"

"go!"

Fatty Wu waved his hand and said, "Go ahead!"

……

A quarter of an hour later, nine tall horses came running along the long street in the city and were approaching the city gate.

Fatty Wu, wearing armor, holding a spear in one hand and a command in the other, rushed in front of the eight people and shouted at the soldiers at the door: "Captain Xu Lang of the Transport Camp is here. I am ordered by the general to go to Fangshan to get food. You all, open the door quickly!!"

On the city gate tower, a captain suddenly sat up and looked down: "Hold the order higher."

"Look carefully, isn't this a general order from the grain transport camp?!" Fatty Wu deliberately roared, "When the war starts, food and grass are the top priority. If you delay important matters, you will be beheaded."

The captain was a second-rank officer with excellent eyesight. He recognized the order from the transport camp at a glance and waved his hand, saying, "Open the door and let them pass."

"Aren't you going to go down and check it out?" asked the person next to him.

"Check it out, they are General Bau's nephew's men." The captain bent down and sat down, saying calmly: "Tonight, just do your own thing."

"Yes!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the command flag fluttered on the top of the city wall.

"Squeak!"

The city gate slowly opened, and Fatty Wu and a group of nine people rode away on horseback.

……

After running for two miles.

When Fatty Wu looked back, he suddenly saw someone on the city gate shouting, "Stop them, stop the nine people who were traveling together just now! Light a beacon to send a message! There's a death in the baggage room, hurry!"

"Dong dong!"

As soon as the shouting started, the war drums on the city walls began to sound.

"Hurrah!"

Soon, hundreds of cavalrymen, led by a thousand-man general, chased out.

"Don't waste time, go!"

Fatty Wu roared and whipped the horse's buttocks violently.

The two sides chased each other and galloped recklessly on the official road, covering five or six miles in a flash.

At this moment, two miles ahead, there was a sudden sound of horse hooves and the light of flickering torches.

"Shut up!"

Fatty Wu pulled the reins, sat on the horse and looked forward, but he saw a large group of cavalry rushing towards him from the forks on the left and right sides, and some of them had entered the dense forest in advance to block the road.

After seeing this scene, his face remained calm. He raised his hand and summoned a black long sword, then stood facing the wind and said, "There are at least three hundred cavalrymen."

On both sides, the seven adopted sons all called out their natal magic weapons.

The rotten Ah San pulled the wine gourd from his waist and said loudly: "Damn it, I've been living comfortably in this city for too long. I've forgotten how to risk my life."

Under the moonlight, Fatty Wu turned his head and looked at everyone, and said simply: "Everyone. Although you and I can die together, I have to make this clear. Since I helped Prince Huai buy the land, I, a bandit from Dangshan, have already made a stand. First, as a man of the rivers and lakes, a promise is worth a thousand gold. I have a stand. If he doesn't betray me, I will never betray him. Second, in the court struggle, a single benefit is worth a thousand gold. If you look at the matter and the person, Prince Huai has the luck of the emperor, and has the support of the emperor and the court, and the second prince is by his side... Then I risk my life to report the news this time, for righteousness and for my future!"

"My children, those who wish to fight for tomorrow's glory and wealth, fight me to the death!"

"My fellow comrades, my sworn brothers, please help me break out of this encirclement!!"

"brush!"

Under the moonlight, the long sword swayed, and the chill was overwhelming.

Fatty Wu only said this, then he spurred his horse with his knife in hand and charged straight into the dense forest: "Rebels and rebels, Grandpa Wu will either die here tonight or fight his way out!"

"kill!"

Behind him, eight horses galloped forward, no one fell behind, and only Fatty Wu's long sword and weapon were following closely.

A moment later, flames shot up into the sky from the dense forest. The nine men fought bloody battles and charged forward without retreating.

On the grass, corpses were scattered all over the ground, and the blood was reflected in the flashes of swords and sabers... It seemed as if the story of this hot and passionate frontier world was being told all over again.

……

A quarter of an hour later.

More than a hundred soldiers were buried in the woods.

Six fast horses rushed out from the dense forest on the south side, galloped wildly on the country road, and rushed all the way to Meishan County where the Qianli Green Camp’s headquarters was located.

On horseback, Fatty Wu’s entire body was covered in wounds from being chopped by knives and axes. He lay on the horse like a bloody gourd, panting and saying, “…Owl, send a message to the headquarters, quickly…!”

A cry was heard nearby, and the crested dog howled back, "Father...Father, the owl...flew away in the woods...!"