Chapter 403: Connection
By the early morning, Huang Yuchen had already returned to the Eastern Prince's Mansion with Huang Yuanwu who had not spoken. Tens of thousands of troops were also returned with them, General Ding Jiang, Ren Zijin and Tu Xingping, who were unconscious. Only 10,000 defenders were left in the Black Stone City Wall in the enclave. Sha Shaoyuan was ordered to continue on duty until all the soldiers retreated.
After returning to the palace, Huang Yuanwu still looked dull and entered the study without saying a word, locked himself inside, without saying a word, and no order was passed. Fortunately, the soldiers who followed him were familiar with each other and did not need Huang Yuanwu's instructions to return to their respective bases.
The long-term enclave battle made many people physically and mentally exhausted, especially in the end in Zhu'an City. Almost all the soldiers were determined to die. The battle lasted for several days, but ended in an inexplicable result. After returning to the Eastern Palace and relaxed, many people fell ill.
The returning soldiers need to be repaired. Now Ning Yi, the military advisor of the Dongwang Mansion, is unknown. The general leader Ye Guan went to Tianqing City and could not return in a short period of time. All the matters were immediately pressed on Huang Yuanwu's shoulders, but Huang Yuanwu's current mental state had no time to care about these matters.
An inexplicably dull atmosphere enveloped the entire Dongwang Mansion, making people feel a little depressed.
Huang Yuchen stood at the entrance of Huang Yuanwu's study for a while, but finally decided not to go in. Ye Guan's departure had a great impact on his elder brother and needed time to recover. The two teams of guards were guarding near the study, one was bright and one was dark, and they didn't have to worry about someone attacking him.
He sighed softly, and with the cold light in the morning, Huang Yuchen returned to the ancestral hall again.
What Ye Guan said to him before had a great influence, about the relationship between the Hunyuan Formation, the colorful armor and the mysterious cave, and the mysterious masters of Tianqing City, and why Xu Feng, the Northern King's Mansion, was close to him and released his kindness. In addition, why the lord of Tianqing City gave him a magic weapon and also released his kindness to himself. Before, these things seemed like a mess and were scattered. But now, as Ye Guan said that the injuries in his body recovered, everything seemed to be worn together.
If you want to figure out the root of all this, you must find the cave. However, Ye Guan only knows a rough idea. It is located in the territory of the Qitian Empire, and there is only an illusory location. It is not easy to find it out.
Moreover, after so long, the matter of this cave may not have been exposed, otherwise so many forces would have found this cave long ago when they were staring at the incident in the Eastern Prince's Mansion. The hidden location of the cave is one of the reasons. Some special methods may be needed to open it, so no one has discovered the secret of this cave until now.
Huang Yuchen thought about it over and over again, feeling that Ye Guan gently told him to check the cave, which must have a deep meaning. He obviously only hoped that he would investigate this matter himself, and did not want his elder brother Huang Yuanwu to be involved.
The matter is still unclear, and I don’t know where the location is at all. I want to go and investigate immediately, but I have to suffer from the lack of a location and method. In addition, I am in my current state, most of the enclave troops have not yet withdrawn, and it is not the time to leave now.
Once again, sitting cross-legged in the Hunyuan Formation Cave, Huang Yuchen slowly entered a meditation, hoping to explore and feel the existence of the Hunyuan Formation again.
As usual, the Dou Qi in his body was running as usual, and it was several times faster than that of ordinary people. However, the Dou Qi suddenly disappeared at the connection between the two meridians. He knew it was because of the Hunyuan Formation, but he could not sense the operation of the Hunyuan Formation no matter what.
Huang Yuchen was quite helpless about this. Since he came back from Cangmang Mountain, he has been like this. Nothing happened except that he had one more meridian and the two opposite Hunyuan arrays that had been portrayed on the front and back of the chest slowly disappeared. His cultivation has also become slow. After breaking through to the cultivator, it is very difficult to hit the cultivator's intermediate level. Although his combat power can completely suppress ordinary cultivators and warrior-level strongmen also have the power to fight, it is an indisputable fact that his cultivation is slow to improve.
Also, the token given to him by Tianqing City Lord Tian Shun, who now exists in his body, just stays in his body, not in the meridians, nor in the heart veins, and is attached to his flesh and blood. Huang Yuchen doesn't even believe that this thing may block a mortal attack for him, and now that Tianqing City and the East Prince's Mansion are in a bad situation, this thing is probably a disaster to stay in his body.
Thinking of taking out the token, Huang Yuchen was surprised to find that as long as his fighting energy locked the token, it would immediately swim to another direction, with a very fast speed that he could feel it, but could not capture it. This thing was so small that it seemed to be traveling through his blood vessels, as if he was spiritual, and would not allow him to capture it.
The more this happens, the more Huang Yuchen frowned. Maybe when the old man gave him this thing, he thought of what happened next, or simply planned everything.
He was unable to take out the token, so he tried it many times and had to give up. If he wanted to force it out, he might have to shine his blood before he could. Of course, he would not do such a thing.
Thinking about what happened recently, Huang Yuchen felt his mind getting heavier and he soon entered a state of meditation.
The weak natural force was automatically breathing, constantly gathering into his body, drilling into his body, and finally transforming into Dou Qi, stored in the meridians, and constantly solidifying.
For a long time, Huang Yuchen had been doing such accumulation, but it seemed that the accumulation was very slow.
Things went very smoothly in the next few days.
The first person who returned was not Huang Yongning from the enclave, but Huang Yanghui who went to the northern border to quell the turmoil. The army returned triumphantly. Huang Yanghui, who was led, looked righteous. After settled the soldiers, he went to meet Huang Yuanwu as soon as possible, but was turned away.
Huang Yuanwu just sent a command to let Huang Yanghui rest for a good rest, so there was no further information.
This made Huang Yanghui a little confused, and then he came to the ancestral hall and met Huang Yuchen.
When the two brothers met, they naturally had a good time. The third brother Huang Yanghui and Huang Yuchen had been dealing with age recently. The third brother took Huang Yuchen to do naughty things on weekdays, so the relationship between the two was naturally very good. After meeting and hugging each other, Huang Yanghui still asked his doubts, what happened to the eldest brother Huang Yuanwu.
Huang Yuchen was a little reluctant to speak, but in the end he told the third brother that the war in the enclave failed and the army withdrew. Senior Ye Guan joined Tianqing City to protect the retreating troops.
After hearing this, Huang Yanghui was immediately furious and shouted like thunder. In Huang Yuchen's hut, he even felt that the house was about to collapse. The Eastern Palace had been established for decades. When had he been bullied like this? As a general, Huang Yanghui couldn't stand this and immediately asked Huang Yuanwu for his orders. Huang Yuchen used the strength of the nine oxen and two tigers to pull him back.
Huang Yanghui sat on the chair in anger, and the joy of winning the battle disappeared immediately. Huang Yuchen tried to persuade him, and then he calmed down his third brother's anger and said that everything was waiting for the second brother and the other two city lords to return, and the army retreated and was making plans. Now this matter is done and cannot be saved. Even if the third brother goes to the eldest brother to argue, he can't make any noise.
I guess my elder brother expected that the third brother would get angry, so he didn't see him.
After hearing this, Huang Yanghui frowned and thought for a while, then finally sighed heavily. He barely accepted the result, but he was still depressed and could no longer sit still. He got up and went back to his yard.
Huang Yanghui's courtyard is not far from the royal palace ancestral temple. After the third brother returned, Huang Yuchen heard a loud noise of smashing things. It seemed that the third brother's courtyard was about to be renovated again.
In the following days, Huang Yanghui came to Huang Yuchen every day, either asking questions and chatting, or going out for a walk. In short, the third brother Huang Yanghui was a person who could not sit still. After he came back, Huang Yuchen's life became less dull. However, the two of them could not laugh on their faces. The appearance of Qingcheng that day was like a thick dark cloud that had been shrouding in their hearts.
Time passed slowly, and no accidents happened. In the past few days, the war in the imperial capital has not changed much. The three forces seemed to have reached a balance, and no one took a rash attack.
Xu Feng has never come to find him. I don’t know what he is planning recently, so I guess there is nothing good.
The eldest brother Huang Yuanwu has never left the study room very much. Everything is done in the study room, and the daily meals are also sent in. The third brother has been back for several days and has never seen the eldest brother. It seems that he has not recovered yet, and he doesn't know what to say to the third brother.
Until that afternoon, a reward came from the front. The second brother Huang Yongning and his army were on their way back and had already entered the vast lawn in front of the Black Stone City Wall.
Upon receiving this news, Huang Yuanwu's order was conveyed very quickly, opening the black stone gates on both sides, so that Huang Yongning's troops would not be repaired, and went straight to the Eastern Prince's Mansion. At the same time, Sha Shaoyuan ordered to retreat. When retreating, he used thunder and fire to completely destroy the black stone wall on the enclave to prevent future troubles.
After the order was issued, Sha Shaoyuan immediately began to arrange the arrangements. He had already transformed the Black Stone City Wall while defending. Now he knew the structure of the city wall and quickly arranged the soldiers to arrange thunder and fire. At the same time, the large army led by Huang Yongning entered the Black Stone City Wall. Under the guidance, he did not stop and returned directly to the Eastern Palace.
Yu Sheng and Liu Yuan's troops met with Huang Yongning near Changhui City. As Huang Yongning expected, he told Yu Sheng that he was not in harmony with Ye Guan in the letter, which immediately aroused Yu Sheng's alertness. Without hesitation, Yu Sheng only left a small number of soldiers to guard the city and immediately notified Liu Yuan to lead the army to withdraw. After learning that the entire line was about to retreat, he ordered people to notify the soldiers who were still garrisoning. At this moment, he retreated and left no soldiers or soldiers in the enclave.
Yu Sheng and Liu Yuan naturally had complaints about the retreat, but Huang Yongning was determined and did not give anyone room to argue. Although Yu Sheng Liu Yuan did not understand the specific details, he probably knew some reasons, so he led the army to withdraw.
After Huang Yongning led the army into the territory of the Eastern Prince's Mansion, Sha Shaoyuan ordered all thunder and fire to be lit.
The thunder fire was inserted into the Black Stone City Wall on the side of the enclave, densely packed. After retreating, the last sergeant ignited the thunder fire.
Soon, the loud noise and flames ignited everything in the sky. The black stone unique to the Black Stone City Wall was blown into powder and filled in the air. The entire Black Stone Bridge shook violently, and even the violent fluctuations could be felt even from the side of the East Prince's Mansion that was not invaded.
But in the end, the Blackstone Bridge was already firm and there was no sign of collapse. The Blackstone City Wall in the direction of the enclave had been razed into ruins. The Blackstone City Wall that blocked the sight and footsteps of the East Prince's Mansion disappeared.
As the large army withdrew from the Eastern Prince's Mansion, all plans for the enclave were declared unsuccessful. But Huang Yongning was in a good mood. After all, most of the soldiers were withdrawn safely and the strength of the Prince's Mansion was preserved. This is the most important thing.
After arranging the army, Huang Yongning met Huang Yuanwu and was told that tomorrow morning, the front hall would be held.
At the same time, Yu Sheng, who had just returned, and Huang Yanghui, who was wandering around with Huang Yuchen.
Chapter completed!