The Celestial Empire, the Tianjue Calendar, the day of the autumn sun, the dawn of the morning.

On the distant horizon, dense figures suddenly appeared. Countless soldiers wearing black armor, holding long spears, and solemn soldiers advanced forward step by step. The heavy steps and neat queues all showed their imposing momentum.

, you will feel infinitely small in front of such invincible masters.

The 50,000-strong Qianlong Army marched in neat steps and stopped seven miles away from Huangshan City.

On the wall of Huangshan City, the third elder looked at the majestic army in the distance and said with a smile: "We are finally here!"

Behind the third elder, the three ministers of the Murong family, as well as many generals of Huangshan City, are all waiting in full formation. The air between the two sides seems to have solidified. The battle is about to begin. No matter who it is, they feel a little nervous.

The third elder looked at the array in the distance and said: "Hey, didn't you say that 100,000 people from the Qianlong Army came? Why are there so few people? Go... quickly to find out where the remaining troops of the Qianlong Army are."

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The black white stone was originally a third-grade offering of the Murong family. On this trip to the Flame Mountain, I risked my life to bring back the flame runestone for the Murong family. It can be said that it is a great achievement. Now it has been promoted to a first-grade offering. Its status in the Murong family is...

Climb straight up.

The Murong family has a large family and a large business, and there are many worshipers under it. There are also status differences between the worshipers. The primary worshipers are only fifth-grade worshippers, while the historical worshippers are fifth-grade worshippers. According to the hierarchy, the first-grade worshipers are already the core of the Murong family.

If you go higher up the level of worship, you can be given the surname Murong, become a collateral line of the Murong family, and enjoy the glory and wealth of the Murong family for the rest of your life. This is the way for the development of the Murong family.

Almost all big families have such a promotion mechanism. The collateral lines of many big families are accumulated bit by bit in this way. Therefore, some collateral lines of the family have no blood relationship with the clan, and they will also engage in intermarriage.

People with foreign surnames who have achieved great merit will also be given an unusual surname.

Although Wu Baishi lost his brother during the trip to the Flame Mountain, it also allowed him to gain status. If he goes further, he can become a branch of the Murong family and completely get rid of his status as a thug. This makes Wu Baishi work even harder. If he is here

If he performs another great service in this sniper attack on the Qianlong Army, Wu Baishi will become a branch of the Murong family.

After hearing the third elder's instructions, Wu Baishi immediately stood up and said, "It's the third elder. My subordinates will go down immediately to investigate."

Wu Baishi was being favored at this time, and Huang Chongfeng and Yu Chongfeng naturally would not push forward, but would just wait with an apologetic smile on their faces.

Huang Congfeng and Yu Congfeng are the fourth-grade worshipers of the Murong family, one level higher than Shi Chongfeng, but compared with Wu Baishi, there is a big gap. Although there is not much difference in strength between the two sides, Wu Baishi is the confidant of the third elder. They

You can only help from the side and survive in a big family. If you don't know the current affairs, no matter how capable you are, it will be difficult to get ahead. This is an implicit rule! This is also one of the reasons why Muchen doesn't like big families - too much

hypocritical!

Not long after, Wu Baishi came back and reported: "Back to the Third Elder, news came from the main city of Huangshan City that tens of thousands of Qianlong Army had arrived outside the city. Apparently, the Qianlong Army should have dispersed in the lower reaches of the Tianci River.

One part crossed the Tianci River and outflanked the rear, while the other part chose to attack from the front."

The third elder sneered and said: "Humph, with a mere 100,000 troops, you still dare to divide your troops and encircle us. You are simply looking for death."

Wu Baishi: "The third elder is right. Our Huangshan City has more than 200,000 troops. It occupies a favorable location and has natural dangers to defend. No matter how powerful the Qianlong Army is, it will be impossible to break through."

Huang Gongfeng also interjected at the right time: "It was the third elder's clever planning that established a defensive offensive outside the main city of Huangshan City in advance and sent experts to hold down the formation. They must have expected that the Qianlong Army would divide its troops and encircle it."

The third elder laughed: "Hahaha, Muchen's son is not yet in his prime, and he is arrogant. What clever plan can he have? In his eyes, the Hidden Dragon Army is invincible, so naturally he will divide his troops to attack.

If you want to capture Huangshan City in one fell swoop, this time, I will teach him a lesson about the cruelty of war!"

"Immediately order to mobilize the three armies, prepare crossbows, catapults, highly toxic venom, kerosene, logs and other defensive materials. All troops will be stationed in arrow towers and defensive walls. All troops will obey orders, arrange patrols, and dispatch sentries.

Warning, once the Hidden Dragon Army attacks the city, it must be suppressed with thunderous force, and the Hidden Dragon Army must not be allowed to take a step closer to the city wall!"

Wu Baishi: "Yes, I understand."

Huang Chongfeng, Yu Chongfeng: "Yes, I will do it immediately."

The third elder skillfully commanded his men, strategized, and arranged defensive offensives. The third elder was sure of winning this battle, not only because he had sufficient troops, but the biggest reason was the flame runestone Wu Baishi brought back.

He was originally a warrior at the top of the Tianwu Realm. Because of his advanced cultivation techniques, his strength was much stronger than that of Wu Baishi.

Wu Baishi holds the flame runestone in his hand, and he can possess the strength of the divine martial realm. If the three elders use it, it will definitely be more powerful. With his own backing, this battle is almost certain to be won.

Taking out the flame runestones, the third elder looked greedy and said with a smile: "One flame runestone has such power. If I collect seven of them, I will be invincible! The remaining flame runestones must still be there.

In Huangshan City, I must capture them all before they leave Huangshan City!"

There are six flame runes left, one in Ouyang Feng's hand, one in Bai Ya's hand, one in Fan Jin's hand, one in the hands of a casual cultivator, and the last two are in Yan Ruyu's hands!

The third elder has learned from Wu Baishi about the whereabouts of each flame runestone. These people, without exception, are all masters of the Tianwu Realm, especially Yan Ruyu. With two flame runestones in his hand, his strength is already comparable to that of the Divine Martial Realm.

The elder must find a way to get the flame runestone from Yan Ruyu first.

After seeing the power of the Fire Runestones, everyone wants to get the remaining Fire Runestones. The greed of human nature makes the owner of the Fire Runestones reluctant to leave like this.

In addition, the Qianlong Army and the Murong Family are about to fight, and chaos is about to break out. They can fish in troubled waters. With the Fire Runestone in hand, they are confident to protect themselves. If they can get another Fire Runestone, their strength will be doubled.

The third elder is definitely not the only one who has such a lucky idea.

Bai Ya, Fan Jin, and Ouyang Feng also had the same idea. After returning from the Flame Mountain, they immediately concealed themselves and hid somewhere in Huangshan City, waiting for the opportunity to come. Yan Ruyu, on the other hand, led all his men and returned secretly

Huangshan Ferry, returned to his secret base, began to gather strength, and prepared to take back the Liuhun Auction House. Only by mastering the Liuhun Auction House could Yan Ruyu have the trump card to negotiate with the Yan family.

As for the mysterious man in black, after getting the flame runestone, he has disappeared without any trace. He is probably waiting for the opportunity to come.

What the third elder knows so far is that Yan Ruyu’s approximate location should be near the Tianci River. However, the entire ferry is too large. The third elder also has to face the threat of the Hidden Dragon Army and cannot spare so many manpower to search the entire ferry.

, we can only ask Wubaishi to send people to keep an eye on the movement of the ferry.

According to Yan Sanqian's guess, Yan Ruyu will definitely try every means to recapture the Liuhun Auction House, because the Liuhun Auction House is a very important industry of the Yan family. There is a defensive barrier inside. Once Yan Ruyu recaptures the Liuhun Auction House, she can

With this as the center, a defense network was built to resist the Murong family's attack.

Although Yan Sanqian is the manager of the Liuhun Auction House, he is a member of the Elders' Court after all, and the Liuhun Auction House is the property of the Yan family. He does not know about the secret barrier in the auction house. Only Yan Ruyu knows how to do it.

Open the barrier. Once the auction house is taken back by Yan Ruyu, Yan Ruyu opens the defensive barrier and it can become Yan Ruyu's base camp.

With this layer of scruples, the third elder also deployed additional manpower around the auction house to prevent Yan Ruyu from sneak attacks.

Yan Ruyu was also very smart. She did not take action now. Instead, she secretly accumulated strength and waited for the Murong family and the Qianlong Army to fight. If she suddenly exploded, she would not only take back the Liuhun Auction House, but also stab the Murong family in the back.

Kill two birds with one stone.

There are currently five top masters lurking in the dark. This is what the third elder is really worried about.

………………

In a hidden cave on the upper reaches of the Tianci River in Huangshan City, Yan Ruyu was sitting in a stone chamber practicing. Yan Ruyu's personal maid, Xiaoyu, gently knocked on the stone door and said: "Miss, the remaining two mercenary regiment leaders have arrived.

Yes, I’m waiting for you lady in the lobby.”

Yan Ruyu opened her beautiful eyes, walked out of the stone room and said, "Xiaoyu, how many more people do we have on hand now?"

"Miss, we don't have much left. The Murong family moved too quickly, and Yan Sanqian knew the lady too well. After being rescued, he cooperated with the Murong family and quickly destroyed our three mercenary groups. If Xiaoyu hadn't notified her in time,

, the remaining four mercenary regiments cannot escape, and now we have less than 5,000 combatants, some of whom are hiding throughout Huangshan City, and some of whom are in secret strongholds in the upper reaches of the Tianci River."

Yan Ruyu nodded and said: "That's enough. The Murong family still has to go to war with the Qianlong Army. It's impossible to surround us with all their strength. If we choose the time well, these people are enough for us to take back the auction house. As long as we enter the auction house, we will

If I can contact the Yan family, I have the flame runestones in my hand, which is enough for them to send reinforcements. When the time comes, the auction house will still be my auction house."

With the Rukong Auction House and the Flame Runestone in hand, Yan Ruyu already has the capital to negotiate with the Yan family. Even if she wants to marry the King of Zhenshan, Yan Ruyu will not be so passive, but the premise of all this is to get the auction house back first.

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"Xiaoyu, let's go, let's go meet the four group leaders and discuss countermeasures."

"Miss, news just came that the Qianlong Army has divided into two groups and surrounded the main city of Huangshan City and the Huangshan Ferry."

"Hey, the Qianlong Army only came over with 100,000 people, and they dared to divide their troops! Even if they surrounded Huangshan City, there is still a God-given river that can go in and out, but just besieging the land route has no meaning at all. What on earth is the Zhenshan Palace thinking?

? Such a dispersion of troops will not be able to encircle the enemy, but will also scatter one's own troops. How can it be possible to capture Huangshan City with such a small number of troops!" At this time, Yan Ruyu felt that iron could not make steel. If the Qianlong Army was unable to fight with Murong

There was a fierce battle between the two parties, and he was unable to take back the auction house.
Chapter completed!