Book of Disaster

"The power of the five elements is not simply gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. You can't transform your internal force into elements by absorbing fire, soil, trees, and steel. You must have a special opportunity. For example, I succeeded in transforming my internal force into elements because my mother went to an ancient ruin and found a firebird egg. She let me absorb a lot of fire element essence from it, and finally I was able to succeed. In addition, my mother also found a lot of fire element treasures for me. It took me 49 days of practice to reach the realm I am today."

"Like Princess Lengli in the royal family, her physique is naturally cold. I heard that the Human Emperor specially picked a mountain-sized piece of Ice Soul Cold Iron from the royal treasury for her to absorb, and she finally succeeded in reaching the Martial Sect level."

"To achieve the status of a martial master, it is not enough to just absorb a little bit of elemental power. Opportunity, talent, and hard work are all indispensable."

Bai Qi secretly smacked his lips when he heard this.

He had personally experienced the strength of Xu Xuansu and Princess Lengli. These two were blessed with great abilities and had absorbed a large amount of elemental power to achieve their current levels of cultivation. However, those precious elemental essences were obviously not easy to find. At least in this southwestern area, Bai Qi hadn't even seen the shadow of an element.

More importantly, Bai Qi now didn’t know what elements he could absorb. For an instant, a hint of worry flashed across his eyes.

Time waits for no one!

"Xi Yuyu!"

It happened in the blink of an eye. Just as Bai Qi and Xu Xuansu were chatting, suddenly, a burst of intense horse neighing came from outside the tent.

At the same time, a cold and loud voice came, very impolite:

"Bai Qi, Zhang Chi, Li Yi, Zhou Yixian, and Xu Xuansu, come out and listen to my orders!"

Bai Qi and Xu Xuansu looked at each other, a hint of doubt flashed in their eyes, and then they quickly walked out of the tent.

Outside the tent, there was a mess, but there were more than 20 soldiers in armor and standing in neat formation. Looking closely, they had serious expressions and their armor was slightly different from that of other patrolling soldiers around them. They were actually soldiers from the law enforcement team.

In front of them, a figure was riding a large chestnut horse, looking around with a stern gaze.

"It's you."

Bai Qi just took a look and immediately frowned.

The person on the horse was none other than Wu Meng, who had had a conflict with Bai Qi before.

"You're not in the armory, why are you here?"

"Huh, why can't I be here?"

Wu Meng's mouth curled up slightly, looking like a villain who had achieved success:

"Oh, by the way, you may not know this yet, but I have been transferred from the armory to the law enforcement team. From now on, I am the team leader of the law enforcement team. Bai Qi, don't be too arrogant. Don't let me get any evidence against you, otherwise I will make you pay."

Bai Qi's expression turned cold when he heard this. This Wu Meng was clearly threatening him.

"This guy hooked up with Zhang Niansong, which is bad for you."

Xu Xuansu frowned slightly and said aside.

Xu Xuansu had already learned about Bai Qi's relationships in the army, including the conflict between him and Wu Meng.

"Hey, if an enemy comes, I will stop him with my generals, if a flood comes, I will block it with earth. How can I be afraid of such a villain?"

But it was only a moment, Bai Qi's expression returned to normal, and he joked:

"As for you, it looks like this guy has put you in the same league as me."

"I can't believe I can be hurt even if I stay with you."

Upon hearing this, Xu Xuansu glanced at Bai Qi unhappily.

It has to be said that in addition to the heroic spirit of a person from a military family, Xu Xuansu is also a slim and very pleasing to the eye beauty.

This glance made Bai Qi's heart skip a beat.

"I'm not afraid of him provoking me. If he doesn't know what's good for him and doesn't know when to advance or retreat, that would be his biggest mistake."

Xu Xuansu disagreed. As the heir of the God of War Palace, for Xu Xuansu, only strength is the foundation. All other conspiracies and tricks are just flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water, meaningless.

"Tell me what's going on."

Bai Qi turned his eyes and spoke directly to Wu Meng.

While he was speaking, Li Yi, Zhang Chi, Zhou Yixian and others all walked out of the tent and gathered around Bai Qi and Xu Xuansu.

Wu Meng was not in a hurry. He held the reins in one hand, sat on the horse's back, looked down at everyone with contempt, and said loudly:

"I have come here to announce your mission under the order of the General."

"Bai Qi, Zhang Chi, Li Yi, Zhou Yixian, and Xu Xuansu, it's your turn to go out on patrol. If you don't find any trace of those Dayu cavalry within ten days, you don't have to come back."

"Bai Qi, you were the one who brought back the news about the Dayu cavalry, but we haven't caught a single Dayu cavalryman so far. Not only did we have to mobilize so many troops, but the defense of the entire southwest was left empty. You are to blame for this."

"Bullshit! What does this have to do with us? Did we call those Dayu cavalry here? If Bai Qi hadn't discovered in advance that these Dayu cavalry had reached the foot of the base wall, you probably wouldn't have known about it, and you might have been ambushed by them and killed many people."

Zhou Yixian couldn't bear it anymore and stepped forward and shouted.

"Humph, who can say for sure? There are so many people in our camp patrolling outside for such a long time, and no one has discovered anything. You, Bai Qi, went out for a walk and found the Dayu cavalry. Maybe you really are colluding with each other and deliberately attracted these Dayu scouts."

"Moreover, our camp has sent out so many scouts within a hundred miles, but we still haven't found their whereabouts. Maybe someone is mixed in our team and leaked the news on purpose, otherwise how could we not catch them?"

Wu Meng snorted coldly and glanced at Bai Qi and the others.

"presumptuous!"

"You're looking for death! How dare you spit blood on me!"

When everyone heard this, they became furious.

It would be bad enough if this kid was just arrogant, but he even made veiled insinuations, implying that they were colluding with outsiders. This is really intolerable.

"enough."

At this moment, Bai Qi stepped forward and stopped everyone.

"Master Wu is right. We haven't received any trace of the Dayu cavalry for such a long time. Someone must be colluding with them, working together from the inside and outside, and sharing what they have."

"Your Excellency is wise and brave, observant, and in control of all the actions of the army, but he has not yet been able to discover the enemy's whereabouts. It suddenly occurred to me that this does not mean that the spy not only exists, but also has a very high position and can even influence the army's intelligence network."

"Oh, I suddenly remembered that among all of you present, you are one of the ones who meet all these conditions. And when I found out that those Dayu cavalrymen reported the news, you were also present, Sir Wu. Could it be that..."

Bai Qi's voice was neither loud nor low. He paused here and looked up at Wu Meng, who was riding a tall horse in front of him, with a meaningful look on his face.