Pawn Crossing the River

Winter thunder bursts over the Five Elements Mountain.

Winter thunder is rare. Folks believe that thunder in winter is a sign of great misfortune. It is also called "thunder in winter", which is similar to "snow in June". There is even a saying that "thunder in winter causes piles of graves".

For the people in black stationed outside Five Elements Mountain, this is an ominous sign.

They were already resentful because they were stationed at Five Elements Mountain and could not go home to celebrate the New Year. Now that they saw such a bad omen, they couldn't help but feel uneasy.

There is no way, there is indeed a gap between the fighting will of the Shenshu Imperial Army compared to the border troops, just like the garden Taoist priests compared to the wild Taoist priests. It's just that the various equipment of the Shenshu Imperial Army, from firearms to armor to horses, are better than those of other men in black, and there are a sufficient number of senior generals, which makes the Shenshu Camp maintain its prestige.

Xing Nian was on duty tonight, patrolling on horseback with a gun on his back and a saber on his shoulder. It is already cold in the North, let alone at night, when drops of water turn into ice. The night wind is not slightly cool, but biting. Even if you are wearing a heavy cloak and sitting on a horse for a long time, your body will still be a little stiff. At this time , you can only rely on your cultivation to resist.

Next to Xing Nian is an old man in black. He can't be said to be a veteran. He just has no connections and poor cultivation. He fails the annual assessment, so he has always been an ordinary forbidden soldier and has never been promoted. Even the dirty work is his.

Fortunately, the salary of the Forbidden Army is high. Even ordinary Forbidden Army can only get six peace coins per month, and they have barracks and winter clothes. There are many people in black, as long as they don't have a family, they don't get cold or hungry, and their lives are relatively easy.

Of course, if you get married and have a wife and children, that's a different story. Not to mention freedom, I'm afraid there are countless bad things and endless difficult sutras to recite. How else to say that poor and humble couples are miserable? If you can't get promoted, you have to look at other people's faces in the military camp, and you still have to look at your wife's face at home. It's useless to be scolded. This is also a common problem among some women. It seems that all misfortunes in life can be attributed to one reason - marrying the wrong person.

Also, marry a man, marry a man, dress and eat. If you marry the emperor and become a concubine, where will you have all these troubles?

It's a pity that I can't marry.

Be it the emperor or other powerful people, why would they marry the daughter of a commoner family?

If you are a good match, even if you are not a good match in family life, you should still be a good match in your own abilities. Take Qi Xuansu as an example. If he were still an innate man and a seventh-grade Taoist priest, he would be unable to do anything when facing Zhang Yuelu, who was rising step by step. The relationship between the two people who interacted less and less was almost certain to become estranged. Unless Zhang Yuelu simply wanted to raise a canary for fun.

But Qi Xuansu caught up with Zhang Yuelu. Although he was always beaten, the status of the two was roughly the same, so they had more and more intersections. With the constant intersections, their relationship would become deeper and deeper.

This is a very real problem. It is not impossible to change one's destiny by getting married, but it is just as difficult as changing one's destiny by getting the first prize.

Therefore, many young people have recently begun to think that they will not get married or pass on the incest, and they will not be poor for more than three generations, so they might as well enjoy themselves in time, and let it be.

Xing Nian is such a young man. He took the old man next to him and joked: "Old Liu, you are so old and you don't have a mother-in-law, so naturally you have no children. So what will you do when you get old? Wait for you If I can’t do anything anymore, I can’t even get out of bed, can I just wait for death? No one will know if it smells bad.”

Lao Liu said: "Aren't you the same?"

Xing Nian exclaimed: "Since ancient times, there has been only one reason for not being able to marry a wife, and that is poverty. To say anything else is false. You may say that I am not good-looking, but women are not all fairies. There are also those who are not good-looking. Why do those ugly people look down on me? It’s not because I am poor.”

Old Liu smiled and said: "Since you know you are poor, you should work hard while you are young."

Xing Nian raised his whip and pointed at Old Liu: "You're talking nonsense again. Is promotion something I can achieve with my hard work? Do I need some peace money to clear the way? If I had two hundred peace money, the matchmaker would have already crossed the threshold of my house. "

Lao Liu just smiled and did not refute.

In fact, military exploits are also possible, but they are not frontier troops. The imperial capital has been at peace for a long time and has not used weapons for decades, so how can they gain military exploits.

Furthermore, you have to work hard to gain military exploits. If you are not careful, you may become someone else's military exploits.

Xing Nian continued: "If a person lives for a hundred years, he will die, and if he lives for fifty years, he will die. In a few years, if there is still no improvement, I will find connections and transfer to the navy. Maybe I can make a fortune. Come and make me your wife."

Old Liu's left eye seemed to be covered with a layer of clouds, gray and dull, and did not move. If you look closely, you will find that it is actually a prosthetic eye. He glanced at the young man next to him with his good right eye: " You keep saying you don't want to get married, but deep down you still want a woman. I really don't care. You are sour grapes at best. "

Xing Nian was a little embarrassed: "What age are you? You are so weak that you can mount a horse and lift a gun. What age am I? It is when I am full of energy. Can this compare?"

At this moment, a continuous burst of thunder sounded.

Xing Nian muttered in a low voice: "God, what kind of thunder is there in the winter?"

Because the thunder was so loud, Xing Nian couldn't hear his own voice.

Just as Lao Liu was about to speak, a flower of blood suddenly burst out from his chest, and he fell off his horse.

Xing Nian was suddenly startled.

It was a fire cannon. Someone used the cover of thunder to fire the cannon in the dark, directly piercing the armor of the man in black and killing him with one blow.

Lao Liu died before he was old enough to get out of bed.

Xing Nian reacted immediately, rolled off the horse and lay on the ground.

The enemy is in the dark and has a firecracker. Riding on a horse is like a living target. Even if you turn around and try to escape, you can't move faster than the firecracker's projectiles.

Then Xing Nian thought of a very practical question, who has a firecracker?

Either the man in black or...

A jet-black armored boot appeared in Xing Nian's field of vision. It was somewhat similar to the man in black, but also slightly different. The silver threads outlined a cloud-like pattern on the black armored boots, which was very gorgeous.

This kind of magnificence is not for decoration, but a Taoist talisman.

In an instant, Xing Nian knew who the enemy was.

The next moment, a projectile penetrated Xing Nian's head - because he was too cold, Xing Nian did not wear an iron helmet, but a leather hat.

The owner of the armored boots slowly appeared. He was a spiritual officer from the Taoist sect. He was reloading the bullets in the hand gun that the smoke had not cleared. He was carrying a long gun on his back. Not far behind him were two colleagues holding long guns. The three of them only communicated through simple gestures without saying a word. Their faces were covered by visors, and their expressions could not be seen. The visor shone with a cold luster in the slightly dim moonlight.

After confirming that Xing Nian and Lao Liu were dead, the three of them moved on.

Similar scenes also appeared in other places. The elite spiritual officers of the Taoist sect took advantage of the night to fully attack the Five Elements Mountains, causing heavy casualties to the Imperial Guards.

However, this move also alarmed the general guarding officer who was responsible for commanding the God's Imperial Guard.

This is a warrior in the infinite stage. He has reached the realm of ever-changing, and his physique is very terrifying. He strode out of the military camp. With every step he took, his figure expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye. The surging blood overflowed from his body, as if giving him a blow. He inlaid a bloody edge.

In the blink of an eye, this infinite warrior has transformed from an ordinary person into a giant six feet tall. He is the "real body of the great witch" of the human immortal, but it is different from the female great witches who are "delicate" and tend to be alchemists. The martial artist in his immortal form has tangled muscles and blood-red eyes, giving people a great sense of oppression.

Although there was only one warrior, as he walked, there was a roar as if a large group of cavalry were charging.

The spirit officers fired their guns one after another, and countless projectiles were thrown towards the martial artist like a piece of "iron rain". However, against the body that was said to be indestructible, the projectiles under "Dragon Eyes Yiyi" could not cause any harm at all.

As if there was no one nearby, the martial artist punched out. Before the punch came, the gust of wind made countless trees bend down and even caused a cloud of flying sand and rocks.

At this moment, the high-ranking spiritual officer here also took action.

The jet-black Ling Guan armor is airtight, leaving no gaps. It does not use silver lines to draw the texture of the talismans like low-grade Ling Guan, but uses dark lines to inscribe the talismans. At a glance, there is nothing but only When you get closer and take a closer look, you will find the densely packed talismans on Lingguan's armor.

This was a veritable second-grade spiritual officer, and he also met Wu Fu's punch with one punch.

The body of the spirit officer is not powerful, but with the blessing of the spirit officer's armor and divine power, they are like people descended from the gods, not inferior to people in the same situation.

A loud noise overwhelmed the winter thunder, and the huge aftermath spread to all directions, cutting off many bare trees.

Accompanied by a huge roar, Lingguan retreated, plowing two long ravines on the ground with his feet.

The martial artist's entire arm was blown to pieces, with no flesh and blood left. Only dots of light remained, vaguely outlining the outline of an arm. These light spots were condensed acupuncture points. This is also the mystery of the indestructibility of gods. .

Then I saw blood rushing to the outline of this place, quickly filling it, using the magic derived from flesh and blood to create an arm again. Because there is an acupoint as the center, there is nothing wrong with this new arm, and there is no need to adapt again. , you can naturally control the details.

The spirit officer pulled out his legs and rushed towards the martial artist again.

Wu Fu didn't hold anything back this time, and punched out with both fists. The two of them exchanged hundreds of blows in a short period of time.

In terms of fists and kicks, the warrior in the kaleidoscopic realm is much better than the spirit officer. If calculated according to the score of hitting the vital points, the spirit officer has already lost more than ten times. Unfortunately, the armor of the spirit officer is surprisingly strong, and the warrior's fists cannot break it at all. The Lingguan armor naturally cannot cause fatal injuries to the Lingguan. It can only attach layers of fists to the Lingguan's body, making it like a mountain bearing a heavy load.

The divine power around the spirit officer has not formed a Dharma form, nor has it condensed the Dharma body. After all, the spirit officer cannot be lumped together with the witchcraft. However, the divine power is not only as simple as making the spirit officer's armor stronger, it also gives the spirit officer some supernatural powers. Seeing pure white flames burning all over his body, the fist intention attached to the armor was burned away.

This is the "Haotian Bright Fire".

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