The First Lackey Under The Empress

Does Governor Zhao want to summon clouds and rain? What does that mean?

The palace servant on the high slope was stunned for a moment, but the "White Falcon's" attempt to follow him immediately made him withdraw his gaze.

"The lord wants us to wait here; it's better not to go and cause trouble at this time." Song Jinxi stared at Nie Yurong with a calm tone.

The female assassin hesitated for a moment, thinking that this was not a good time, so she stopped obediently, only frowning and looking into the distance at Zhao Du'an, who was rapidly approaching the city gate.

At the same time,

New changes have also taken place in the fighting under the city wall. A horn sounding the retreat suddenly blew on the city head, low and mournful.

"Dang—"

The monk Fanlong, who was fighting with Tang Jinzhong, swept his long staff horizontally, blocked his opponent's sword, turned his head to look at the wolf smoke slowly rising above the city, and subconsciously murmured:

"Amitabha…"

Tang Jinzhong was stunned, his face changed: "You are from Shenlong Temple…"

However, Fanlong had already turned around, using magic to lighten his body, and jumped onto the city head.

On the other side, the general who was staring at Lang Shiba forced him back again, and immediately roared:

"Cover the general's departure!"

"General Su, go first, I will stay here to cover the rear." Lu Tong said calmly, the movement of shooting arrows in his hand never stopped.

Su Dan nodded, without saying nonsense, and ran down the city head as quickly as possible under the cover of the city's defenders.

The rebel army in the city had already prepared to evacuate. After blocking the city gate, a group of people immediately marched mightily and evacuated towards the south gate—

The fire will not block the escape route in a short time, enough for them to leave.

"Swish—"

After Lu Tong shot another powerful arrow, he smiled at Xue Shence, who was holding a halberd in his hand and had an extremely ugly face, waved his hand, and turned to disappear.

The soldiers of the Jing camp took the opportunity to rush to the top of the city, and then they were stunned one by one, clearly seeing the flames rising everywhere in the city.

"The burning of the city has begun, we are one step late… Su Dan has already made preparations, he has calculated everything…"

Mo Chou, under the protection of the soldiers, walked to Xue Shence's side with a pale face, and smiled miserably.

The surrounding generals also felt a sinking heart when they looked at the wolf smoke that ran through the sky, without the slightest joy of capturing the city.

"Open the city gate!" Xue Shence, as the commander, maintained a rare calmness and decisiveness:

"Report to the general! The gate is blocked from the inside!" Someone said with trembling lips.

"Let me do it!" Suddenly, Chen Gui strode forward, his eyes wide open, and roared almost hoarsely:

"Let the soldiers on the city head evacuate the people inside the city gate, I want to bombard the city with cannons!!"

Xue Shence glanced at him, but did not expect that the Shenji Camp's Divine Might Cannon would play a role at this moment.

He immediately ordered people to evacuate the people, and Chen Gui trembled all over, holding a huge command flag and waving it down hard.

The Divine Might Cannons that had been ambushed for a long time on the distant high ground fired at the same time!

"Boom—"

In the deafening roar, the city gate blocked by stones collapsed in the artillery fire, rubble flew, and the entire city wall was shaking and cracking!

"Enter the city to put out the fire!" Xue Shence shouted, taking the lead and rushing into the breached gap.

As soon as he entered the city, he saw that the fire had already spread everywhere in the city, and the fire was burning extremely fast with the help of the wind!

Although it is not big for the time being, it is obviously too late for the soldiers to fetch water to put out the fire separately.

As for the retreating rebel army?

Xue Shence was no longer in the mood to pursue them. The top priority was to put out the fire.

"Do everything possible! Go to the city to isolate the spread of the fire, save as much as you can!"

Xue Shence almost roared and ordered the soldiers to fetch water, taking the lead in extinguishing the nearby wolf smoke.

However, soon, a soldier ran over with an empty bucket, with a mournful face:

"The wells in the city have also been blocked by the rebels!"

Even the wells were blocked in advance… Xue Shence staggered.

The dignified God of War of the Yu Kingdom, a handsome talent who is invincible on the battlefield, is now only hurriedly supporting his body with a halberd. Even though his face is still calm, a deep sense of powerlessness has surged in his heart!

Mo Chou also stood in the crowd with a pale face, looking at the bright flames everywhere in the distance, igniting houses one after another. She suddenly remembered something, turned her head sharply, grabbed Ji Yue, and said urgently:

"You can control water! Can you put out the fire?"

Ji Yue was taken aback and murmured, shaking her head:

"My mana is not enough… the city is too big…"

With her ability, it is possible to extinguish a village the size of Songjia Village, but she is powerless for such a large city, not to mention the fields outside the city.

Mo Chou was distraught, with only one thought in her mind:

It's over!

However, at this time, someone in the crowd suddenly exclaimed:

"Governor Zhao is here!"

Everyone subconsciously turned their heads to look back. In an instant, gazes focused on the breached city gate.

At this moment, the thick smoke had not yet dissipated, and in the war-torn ruins filled with gunpowder smoke, a familiar and tall figure walked over.

Zhao Du'an carried the Zhen Dao diagonally behind his back, his upper body wearing a pure white half-body armor, with a black human face pattern printed on his chest.

It's just that he has a slightly illusory red shirt on his body, and his hair bun has also broken, and his black hair is scattered in the flames.

He seemed to be walking extremely slowly, but in fact he was extremely fast. In almost a few breaths, he came to everyone.

"Governor Zhao…" Xue Shence saw him and smiled miserably: "We are one step late, the fire is difficult to contain."

Mo Chou was silent in despair.

Lang Shiba, Ji Yue, Tang Jinzhong, Chen Gui and other familiar faces all lowered their eyes, as if they had made a mistake.

As the supervisor, Zhao Du'an perfectly did what he should do, and even raised enough military expenses and food.

But they, who were fighting in the front, failed.

Xue Shence took a deep breath and said:

"In this battle, I will report to His Majesty to ask for punishment. I will bear the crime of burning the city alone…"

Zhao Du'an just looked at the fire in the city and said calmly: "It's not too late."

What?

Everyone was stunned, but saw Zhao Du'an withdraw his gaze and actually smiled at the pale-faced people, saying:

"Don't worry, I'm still here, this fire won't start."

Immediately, before everyone could react, Zhao Du'an suddenly closed his eyes. In the blink of an eye, when he opened his eyes again, his left eye had suddenly turned silver, and his aura changed drastically!

At this moment, he temporarily handed over the control of his body to the female magician who had briefly entered the realm of heaven and man six hundred years ago.

"Senior, I've already bragged, can you handle it?" he said in his heart.

Pei Niannu's cold voice sounded in his heart: "Shut… up…"

In the next moment, a circular magic circle suddenly spread out from under Zhao Du'an's feet. The magic circle was extremely complex and mysterious.

At the same time, white flames flowed on his Scarlet Flame Saint Armor, and his aura skyrocketed wildly. In the blink of an eye, he broke through his original realm and reached the high rank of the world, the peak of the world… and continued to climb…

The magic circle flashed, and Zhao Du'an disappeared from the spot.

When he reappeared, he was already standing in the sky above Ning'an County, the cold wind blowing his hair, and looking down, the buildings on the ground were like building blocks, and people were as small as ants.

Zhao Du'an was suspended in the air like this, without falling.

In his field of vision, the entire city was in full view. His aura also made a "click" sound, as if breaking some kind of boundary, stepping into the half-step heaven-human realm, and still had the strength to continue upward.

"It's too late, cast the spell quickly." Zhao Du'an urged, and then "saw" his right hand raised, with a dark and simple seal slowly rotating in the palm of his hand.

Xuan Turtle Seal, an ancient town object in the path of the Water God.

"Stop… talking… nonsense…" Pei Niannu said, seemingly using some method, Zhao Du'an's Qi Sea became a transfer station, continuously drawing flames from the Scarlet Flame Saint Armor, evaporating them into frost aura, and then transferring them into the Xuan Turtle Seal.

"Rumble!!"

Above Ning'an County, centered on Zhao Du'an, dark clouds suddenly gathered wildly within a hundred miles!

In the blink of an eye, thick dark clouds covered the entire city, as if entering the night, and the light dimmed.

In the clouds, lightning snakes danced wildly, tearing apart the darkness.

The momentum was so terrifying that everyone inside and outside the entire city could not help but stop and look up at the sky.

"What's going on?! Where did the rain clouds come from?"

Near the south gate, in the rebel army, Su Dan reined in his horse and raised his head, his pupils shrinking suddenly!

The masters beside him, such as Fanlong and Lu Tong, also showed expressions of astonishment.

"It's magic! A strong man is casting a spell, trying to summon clouds and rain!" Monk Fanlong of Shenlong Temple exclaimed.

"We found him!" Lu Tong, known as the number one archer in Yunfu, possessed extremely sharp eyes. With a single glance, he locked onto a figure concealed within a dark cloud in the sky.

"What a sorcerer! I didn't expect the imperial court to have a backup plan. Watch me shoot him down!" A faint golden light ignited in Lu Tong's eyes. He drew his bow and aimed at the high sky.

Previously, when he had obstructed Xue Shence, he had only drawn this mysterious great bow halfway.

But at this moment, with the bowstring crackling, Lu Tong exerted his full strength, actually pulling the bow into a 'full moon'!

And in the full moon state, this bow underwent an even stranger transformation. Behind Lu Tong, a phantom 'cannon platform' emerged, with a full thirty-six phantom arrows simultaneously locking onto Zhao Du'an in the sky.

"Come down here!"

Lu Tong roared, the bowstring trembled, and the arrow tore through a turbulent stream of air, heading straight for the high sky. The thirty-six arrows followed closely behind, merging one by one into the arrow in mid-air.

In the end, this single arrow, perfectly fused with thirty-six arrows, was enough to severely injure even a high-ranking expert, and force even a peak expert to retreat!

"Hmm?"

In the sky, on the cloud layer, Zhao Du'an suddenly noticed a stream of light rising from the ground, arriving before him in the blink of an eye.

Almost instinctively, he raised his left arm and pointed his finger.

Strands of white flame shot out from his fingertip, enveloping the incoming deadly arrow from afar.

Then, this arrow actually began to rapidly melt from its tip into molten iron, dripping down. It never even succeeded in getting close before it disappeared.

"The divine archer under Prince Mu's command, huh." Zhao Du'an's eyes were indifferent. With his current battle prowess, he could easily kill him.

"However, I have more important matters now."

He turned his gaze, put away the Xuan Turtle Seal, and looked towards the dark clouds ahead, from which a huge divine shadow, almost occupying half the sky, was slowly emerging.

It was the Water God.

He wore a phantom cyan robe, a crown on his head, his face blurred, his majesty and solemnity unimaginable.

He held a bronze staff in his hand, surrounded by beads, layers of water surging on his body, an existence formed from the faith of all beings.

In front of Him, Zhao Du'an was as small as dust, but at this moment, Zhao Du'an, who had briefly leveraged power close to the Heavenly Human Realm, could control this deity.

"Summon wind!"

Zhao Du'an raised his hand, and the huge Water God covering the sky also waved the bronze staff.

As a result, the wind within a radius of dozens of miles suddenly disappeared.

Although the Water God did not control the authority of the "Wind God," Zhao Du'an only needed to control the amount of water vapor in this area to change the temperature and eliminate the wind.

"Summon rain!"

Zhao Du'an spoke with the authority of heaven, overlooking the entire city. The deity's gaze swept across, lightning danced wildly in the clouds, and raindrops the size of beans fell from a height of ten thousand feet, striking the ground and wetting a small patch of earth.

Then…

Endless raindrops came one after another.

At this moment, a torrential rain swept across nearly a hundred miles.

…

Su Dan and the rebel army looked at the countless raindrops falling from the sky, and their hearts sank to the bottom.

"Go! Run!" Su Dan suddenly reacted and shouted loudly, waving his whip and lashing at his warhorse.

He didn't know what had happened, but he knew that once the fire was extinguished, the imperial army would have no more concerns and would swarm over.

"Amitabha! Run!" Fan Long's face was complex. He reached out and pulled Lu Tong, who was stunned in place and somewhat distracted, and quickly followed the army, fleeing towards the outside of the city.

The commander's gaffe seemed to trigger a chain reaction. The originally orderly rebels also panicked and fled south.

…

Outside a barracks in the city.

"Boss, it's rain! Such heavy rain! The wind has stopped too!" A soldier shouted in surprise.

The other Dare-to-Die Corps soldiers were also surprised and delighted, standing in the rain with their hands raised, feeling the raindrops hitting their bodies, and discovering that the flames in the distance were slowly weakening.

Wei Xianzong stood on the empty street, the knife in his hand fell to the ground with a "clang." He looked up at the sky and suddenly smiled:

"Ha… hahaha… Heaven never bars one's way…"

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"Dark clouds are flying over!" Tang Ping said in astonishment.

After the wolf smoke rose, the Shenji Camp's mood had fallen to the bottom.

But before long, they saw large swaths of dark clouds flying over at an unreasonable speed, covering the sky, and then a torrential rain spread from the direction of Ning'an County in all directions.

"The farmland is saved." Shi Meng murmured.

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Yuan Feng stood blankly in the rain, suddenly slapping himself: "Is it real… is it raining?"

A military officer next to him covered his face and said aggrievedly: "Sir, you hit my face."

Yuan Feng: "I know."

Everyone: "…"

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Song Jinxi raised his palm in surprise, letting the bean-sized raindrops fall on his palm, and suddenly realized:

"Controlling clouds and summoning rain, this is controlling clouds and summoning rain… But how did the Grand Supervisor do it? Such a large-scale change of the weather, almost only a Heavenly Human Realm expert can do it…"

Nie Yurong stared with wide eyes as if she had seen a ghost:

This works too?

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As the heavy rain poured down, a deep shock emerged on the faces of Xue Shence and the others.

"It is the Grand Supervisor who is controlling the clouds and summoning rain! Extinguishing the flames!" Lang Shiba blurted out in astonishment.

The socially awkward Ji Yue was so shocked that she could not add to it. She was almost bowing, looking reverently at the huge divine shadow above the dark clouds that was difficult for everyone to glimpse.

And… Zhao Du'an's aura at this moment far exceeded the Worldly Realm.

"It's him…" Mo Chou stared blankly up at the sky, and the originally dim eyes once again bloomed with brilliance!

She didn't know how Zhao Du'an did it, had he already calculated all of this?

But at this moment, none of this mattered anymore. What mattered was that this city was saved.

"All soldiers, listen to my command!" Suddenly, Xue Shence, who had recovered, raised his halberd, his voice thunderous, attracting the attention of the surrounding generals.

The Great Yu's God of the Army tried his best to suppress the shock in his heart and laughed loudly:

"Grand Supervisor Zhao is controlling the clouds and summoning rain, and has curbed the fire. We must not lag behind either. Everyone, follow me on horseback to pursue and kill the rebels! Capture the rebel leader!!!"

The morale of the generals and soldiers was greatly boosted: "Yes!"

The mighty torrent of steel rushed towards the distance.

Mo Chou and Ji Yue stayed where they were and suddenly noticed two streams of light flashing behind them in surprise.

She was stunned for a moment and didn't see clearly, turning her head to ask:

"Did you see something flying past?"

Ji Yue hesitated and nodded, holding out her hand and making a gesture with her middle finger and index finger spread apart.

"Yeah?" Mo Chou was stunned for a moment. She had learned this strange gesture from Zhao Du'an when they were chatting idly before.

Ji Yue shook her head and said honestly:

"Two. Two divine officers from the Celestial Master's Mansion chased after them."

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Ten thousand miles away.

In the Great Yu capital city, within the imperial palace.

Xu Zhenguan sat in the imperial study, flipping through memorials, her slender hands holding a vermilion pen to review them.

Suddenly, her heart stirred, as if she sensed something, and ink dripped from the tip of her pen.

The white-robed Empress floated out of the study and looked up. Today, the capital city was clear, but at this moment, her beautiful eyes were looking south.

To be precise, it was in the direction of Linfeng Taicang. There was some uncertainty in the Empress's eyes.

Just now, as a cultivator in the Heavenly Human Realm, she vaguely felt the disturbance of the heavenly secrets, which often meant that a Heavenly Human Realm cultivator was doing everything possible to make a move.

The weather had been changed, so even though she was ten thousand miles away, she could still sense it slightly.

However… this feeling was not clear.

"Is it Xuan Yin? Or Wu Xiankui?"

The Empress's heart suddenly tightened, and she subconsciously felt flustered because she was worried about someone's safety.

Without hesitation, the Empress rose up, riding the sword light, and appeared in the small courtyard deep within the Celestial Master's Mansion.

The great banyan tree swayed slightly. The old Celestial Master, tall and slender-eyed, was standing with his hands behind his back, gazing at the direction of Linfeng under the tree.

Behind him, a jade "Heavenly Book" was half-curled on a tea table.

"Has Your Majesty also sensed it?" Zhang Yan turned around calmly.

The Empress stared at him: "I mainly cultivate martial arts and am not good at celestial phenomena. May I ask if a Heavenly Human has made a move?"

A wise light flashed in Zhang Yan's eyes, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly, with a hint of a smile, as if he had insight into the Empress's inner worries.

He suddenly smiled and said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations, Your Majesty, there is good news from the south."