parentshiftbook Chapter 24 Yejiaao 3
Chapter 24 Yejiaao 3
Ye Yong also needs to take charge of the overall situation.
He had to arrange for the treatment of the wounded, comfort the families of the deceased, and prepare for the next round of defense.
Before leaving, Ye Yong reminded Lu You and Liu Sheng.
Your own safety must be the top priority.
After all, they weren't from Yejia'ao, so it was enough that they did this much for Yejia'ao.
This is obvious.
He felt there was hope in asking for help.
But he himself had already resolved to die.
Ye Yong arranged for Zhang Laoqi to lead Lu You and two others to the tunnel.
Several people entered carrying torches.
Along the way, Liu Sheng was estimating the distance he needed to surface for air.
They also agreed on a time to take action with Lu.
Ye Qi also came along.
She knew in her heart that if she was unlucky, this might be the last time she saw Liu Sheng.
I thought back to the time we spent together over this period of time.
First, he accidentally knocked someone unconscious, and then the other party forgave him and even treated him to meat.
She also brings herself some dried dates and raisins every day.
At that moment, she was deeply moved.
She realized that Liu Sheng was unaware that she was a girl.
If I don't speak up now, I might not have another chance.
So Ye Qi mustered his courage and spoke in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz:
"Liu Sheng, I..."
Then she saw Liu Sheng start taking off his clothes.
Ye Qi's face flushed red, and he took a half step back, asking in alarm, "What are you doing?"
Liu Sheng looked completely bewildered: "Take off your clothes! Otherwise, how am I supposed to swim across the sand with my clothes on..."
Seeing Liu Sheng taking off more and more clothes, Ye Qi turned around and ran out.
Liu Sheng was completely dumbfounded.
Seeing the interaction between the two, Lu smiled to himself.
He stopped Liu Sheng from applying the skin-smoothing cream and took it away:
"Junior brother, once you've entered the sect and have developed a skin membrane, you can no longer apply skin-refining ointment, as it will damage the already formed skin membrane."
It turns out that although Zhang Tianxing improved Yan's skin-refining method.
However, the core pharmacology remains the same as the old method.
The old method involved entering the dermabrasion chamber and once the skin was formed, it was no longer allowed to soak in the dermabrasion solution. The new method means that dermabrasion cream should no longer be applied.
It’s too late.
In subsequent skin-sharpening exercises, the skin membrane must directly contact sand or even small stones. If the membrane is damaged, apply a wound medicine to heal it, and then repeat the previous steps.
Through this cycle, the membrane gradually becomes stronger.
I don't have any medicine with me right now, so I can only grit my teeth and bear it.
"OK."
Liu Sheng didn't hesitate much.
Anyway, it was improved by the master.
Just do as instructed.
He packed the clothes, using his disciple's robe as a bundle, and carried it in his hand.
Although this may reduce swimming speed.
However, considering that he still couldn't run around naked once he left the desert, and that the rebel army also recognized the disciples' robes of the Bajiguan, he was still in a difficult situation.
So I brought it along.
Liu Sheng and Lu You agreed on the timing of their final move.
Wait until Lu has been gone for a while.
Liu Sheng estimated that he should have reached the gate of the village.
He took a deep breath, the tunnel filled with the earthy, foul smell, and plunged headfirst into the quicksand.
Upon contact with quicksand.
Liu Sheng felt a much rougher texture on his skin than when he had practiced before.
Countless coarse grains of sand of varying sizes rubbed and scraped against the skin with unprecedented force.
After the thin film formed by the ointment is removed, although the skin has entered the resurfacing stage, the additional light gray film does not provide as good protection for the skin as the previous ointment film.
Fortunately, with the membrane, I became more sensitive to the movement and vibration of the surrounding sand.
After a while, you should be able to sense where it is relatively safe, and then you can swim up to get air.
Liu Sheng moved forward while also diagonally upward.
Before long, they swam several meters away and were less than a meter from the ground.
It senses itself through its own skin membrane.
Liu Sheng could already vaguely hear voices from above.
Then came the sharp sound of something flying through the air.
Immediately following was a flurry of sounds: bandits shouting, weapons being drawn, and warhorses neighing.
A bandit cried out, "Assassin! Protect Silver Head!"
Liu Sheng knew that his senior brother was probably worried about him and had created chaos a little ahead of time.
Taking advantage of the gap, Liu Sheng approached the sandy surface.
With the least amount of noise they could control, they secretly poked their faces out from the sand and greedily breathed in a breath of fresh air.
"Um?"
The silver-headed ram-headed man, who had just been assassinated on horseback,
He felt as if something was watching him from behind. Without turning his head, he simply threw the prayer wheel behind him.
Liu Sheng originally planned to look around and confirm the direction.
In the blink of an eye, he saw a bronze prayer wheel hurtling toward him at lightning speed.
Startled, he quickly plunged back into the sand and swam more than ten feet downstream.
"boom!"
The prayer wheel slammed into the ground, its terrifying force penetrating the sand layer, sending shockwaves cascading downwards.
The earthquake trembled.
Finally, the force that penetrated to the very end caused the sand around him to solidify instantly, striking Liu Sheng and making his head buzz.
Fortunately, the skin itself blocked the last layer of force, so there was no injury.
Liu Sheng wanted to take a breather, but remembering he couldn't waste this precious air, he continued to swim vigorously into the distance.
Only the goat-horned silver-headed creature remained, looking utterly bewildered, muttering to itself:
"Is it just my imagination?"
By this time, Liu Sheng had already swum quite far.
And so, along the way, he was afraid of swimming too shallowly and leaving marks on the sand.
Thus, it basically maintained a depth of half a zhang to one zhang from the sand surface.
If you hear the sounds of people and horses above, they are likely scouts of bandits.
He would move a little further away before coming out for fresh air.
Over time.
Liu Sheng felt his skin membrane being gradually thinned by the sand grains.
The joints and other prominent parts of the hands and feet have already begun to come into direct contact with and rub against the sand.
A dense stinging and burning sensation came over me, as if countless tiny files were scraping at the same time.
And some parts have started to feel sore from being rubbed.
"Ouch... Let me take a look at the panel and encourage myself... Oh, so I can see the panel even with my eyes closed."
[Internal Training Method: Skin Polishing Realm (Beginner 2%)]
[Internal Training Method: Skin Polishing Realm (Beginner 3%)]
……
He had no choice.
Because he knew that the road ahead of the bandits was flat for a long time, and there were also scouts patrolling.
It's not easy to get up there.
We can only try our best to move forward and swim a little further.
Although it was a bit uncomfortable to hold my breath the whole way.
But if you take the risk, losing your own life is a minor matter; the lives of everyone in Yejia'ao Village are the real issue.
Life is dead!
Anyway, there's no choice.
As Liu Sheng swam underwater, he slowly savored the feeling of being enveloped by sand for an extended period of time.
It's that strange feeling.
Unlike standing on the ground normally, unlike the freedom in the air, unlike the smoothness of the water flowing while bathing.
Rather, it is a solid and enduring pressure.
This reminded him of the Bagua visualization diagram he had seen in his master's room the previous night.
The Kun hexagram inside.
Profound, bearing, nurturing all things.
The experience in the darkness at this moment subtly resonated with the charm of the divination.
It felt as if we weren't struggling through a sea of sand, but rather being embraced by the earth.
Thinking of this, the rough sand and gravel seemed to soften, making him feel less pain.
At that moment, a thought struck him, and he opened the panel:
[Internal Training Method: Skin Polishing Realm - Earth (Beginner 5%)]
[Internal Training Method: Skin Polishing Realm - Earth (Beginner 7%)]
[Internal Training Method: Skin Polishing Realm - Earth (Beginner 9%)]
……
"Hmm, earth? Does that mean earth attribute...? The skin smoothing process is actually faster!"
Liu Sheng had heard his senior brother talk about several skin-smoothing techniques before, but he had never heard of any that could incorporate the five elements. Therefore, he was still unclear about what having an extra attribute meant.
But he was even more excited to see the progress accelerating and the resistance from the sand and gravel decreasing.
Finally, after swimming about 10 miles.
I realized that I should be safe.
Liu Sheng gritted his teeth, emerged from the sand, and gasped for breath.
He tried walking on the sand, but found that his feet easily sank in.
It's not as fast as swimming directly.
And they have to swim naked.
Putting on clothes creates too much resistance and wastes time.
But after swimming naked for a long time, the sand, which had seemed softer before, gradually became more dangerous again.
The newly formed skin was worn through in several places, oozing dark red blood droplets and sticking sand to the surface.
So he took out his inner shirt and tore off strips of cloth.
I bandaged up the more serious wounds.
Then, with all its might, it continued swimming forward.
"It hurts, but the sooner I get there, the better the chance of Yejia'ao getting there! Besides, I can also gain some experience points while I'm at it!"
After a while, Liu Sheng couldn't bear the pain anymore.
He then tore off some more of his inner shirt to bandage the new wound.
The bandaged wound was bleeding, and the pain made him gasp for breath.
He thought to himself, there are still hundreds of innocent families in Yejia'ao. He could save them by only suffering a little pain. Where else could you find such a worthwhile deal?
I was too tired to swim anymore.
He then swallowed a Pure Yang Pill.
Enduring the bitterness, mechanically swiping, then checking the proficiency progress, pondering what the new earth attribute really means, and encouraging oneself.
[Internal Training Method: Skin Polishing Realm - Earth (Beginner 11%)]
[Internal Training Method: Skin Polishing Realm - Earth (Beginner 13%)]
[Internal Training Method: Skin Polishing Realm - Earth (Beginner 15%)]
……
By the time Liu Sheng swam to the front of the Mohai Cave, he was almost covered in blood.
The inner garment had long been torn to shreds, almost covering the entire body and limbs.
He endured the pain.
They put on the disciples' robes of the Bajiguan.
This is a symbol that the rebels have become familiar with these days.
The guards, seeing this blood-covered man of unknown origin, came over and exchanged passwords with him.
Liu Sheng explained the situation.
The sergeant took off running inside and continued the report.
Liu Sheng collapsed to the ground, lying there quietly, inhaling the rusty air and enjoying the absolutely safe atmosphere, while looking at the sky.
And watching—
[Internal Training Method: Skin Polishing Realm - Earth (Beginner 19%)]
Before long, Gao Huang heard the announcement and almost instantly teleported to Liu Sheng's side.
He simply confirmed it.
The situation in Yejia'ao.
After asking the question, he let out a loud shout:
"Arrange for a military doctor... no, have Cao Dahuang personally treat my apprentice's wounds!"
Liu Sheng was about to get up to express his gratitude when he saw that his master had disappeared again.
"Hmm, wait... Cao Dahuang?"
He always felt that he should have heard this name somewhere before.
Then he was carried by two soldiers on a stretcher into a cave.
I saw a smiling fat man.
"It's you!"
Liu Sheng remembered seeing this fat man at the market in Yueya County. At the time, the fat man was lying in a rocking chair, and Old Man Kang said that he was the person in charge of the market.
I never expected that he was actually the leader of the entire Mingsha Gang.
Liu Sheng wasn't stupid either. He quickly realized that the Mingsha Gang was a hidden pawn planted by Zhang Tianxing to counterbalance the strength of the Beggars' Gang branch in Crescent Moon County.
"Brother Liu, thank you so much for bringing us Lai San. It's been a huge help... Now it's my chance to repay you."
As they were talking, the fat man Cao Dahuang began to untie the makeshift bandages and clean Liu Sheng's wounds.
As it stands now.
The pain was all within my tolerance level.
Then, Cao Dahuang began applying the medicine.
"Ah—! Ah—!"
Given the level of pain, Liu Sheng firmly refused to believe that the other party had come to repay a debt of gratitude.
He even suspected that he might have offended him in some way without realizing it.
For example, is it possible that while he was away, the Mingsha Gang took over the commercial street, and his father didn't pay his gang dues properly?
"Is it too late to return it now?"
Liu Sheng was in so much pain that he started having wild thoughts.
Seeing Liu Sheng crying out in misery, Cao Dahuang feared that this proud grand-disciple of Lord Zhang would go back to Lord Zhang and Lord Gao and complain about him.
So he quickly comforted her:
"Just bear with it, it'll be over soon, very soon, ahahaha."
Upon hearing this, Liu Sheng...
"Why does that sound so familiar? Oh... I said the same thing when I beat up Lai San before..."
Although he felt that he had done right by his conscience when he beat up Lai San, the scene before him still gave him a sense of karmic retribution.
Liu Sheng screamed in agony as he looked at the control panel:
[Internal Training Method: Skin Polishing Realm - Earth (Beginner 20%)]
[Internal Training Method: Skin Polishing Realm - Earth (Beginner 21%)]
Damn it, you fatso, my skin smoothing experience is increasing!
You told me it didn't hurt much?
But Liu Sheng could only endure it; this was truly the best doctor in the surrounding area, and he had no other choice.
After applying the medicine, Cao Dahuang began to re-bandage all of his wounds.
During this time, Liu Sheng suddenly remembered the illness of Aunt Song from the silk shop.
He endured the pain and asked Cao Dahuang about the situation.
Only then did they realize that Cao Dahuang had not been in Yueya County recently, so although he had received the news and knew that people from Bajiguan had come looking for him, he hadn't had the time to go and see them.
However, the other party agreed that once the matter in Yejia'ao was over, they would help Liu Sheng go back and check on his Aunt Song's illness to find out what was going on.
If it's a minor illness, I can treat it on the go.
As they were talking, they both heard the sound of a bugle call from the army.
"Waaaaah—waaaah—!"
The deep, resonant sound of horns suddenly echoed throughout the Mohai Cave, one after another, urgent and majestic.
Immediately following this was a cacophony of low growls, the clashing of armor, the clashing of weapons, and the neighing of warhorses, surging forth from all directions and eventually coalescing into a thunderous roar.
"The troops are about to be deployed!"
Then, a fat man and a sturdy white rice dumpling rushed out of the cave and saw—
As the sun rises, golden light spills across the sky.
Above the sea of sand.
Zhang Tianxing charged forward like an arrow, with Gao Huang, the "Evil Ghost," wearing a bronze Nuo mask, close behind.
Both men and horses were fully armored, each carrying a long spear.
He was clad in gleaming armor and wore a helmet, with his ear guards down, protecting his shoulders and neck completely.
The front and back are made of large, round armor, forged from fine iron and polished to a mirror-like finish, which shines like two dazzling golden mirrors in the rising sun.
On either side of his shoulders were gilded lion-shaped arm guards, their eyes blazing with fury. His body armor was made of countless iron plates intricately woven together and tightly bound around his waist. The abdominal armor and skirt armor were layered down, clanging and clashing as he charged, like metal striking stone.
He rode a magnificent blue steed, its entire body clad in black iron armor, complete with a face shield, neck guard, chest armor, body armor, rear armor, and parasites.
Both the man and the horse were flawless.
It's like a god descending to earth!
Following closely behind was a banner of the sun, moon, and stars fluttering in the wind, behind which was a column of heavily armored cavalry of the rebel army. Their neat mountain-patterned armor reflected a dazzling golden light, their hooves pounding the sand with a muffled rumble, their spears like a forest, their killing intent soaring to the sky.
More than two hundred riders gathered into a long golden dragon and galloped towards Yejia'ao...