FS-novel #296 - Come on, mobilize the troops!
#296 - Come on, mobilize the troops!
"Heh!" Xu Chengxian sneered.
"Demon! What are you laughing at! Do you think I've lost my mind?" He smiled without a word, and Sima De became even more smug, shouting loudly.
He appeared to be insane.
The heads of the Zheng and Wang families pretended to persuade him, but he pushed them away.
"I'm telling you, don't think you can take advantage of us gentry families just because we're wealthy!" He pointed at Xu Chengxian with disdain and said, "Enjoying wealth and prosperity is what we gentry families deserve!"
"Oh?" Xu Chengxian smiled, "What's your reasoning? Tell me about it."
"What reasoning? Hmph!" Sima De laughed loudly, "We gentry families are the backbone of the world! The purple-gold pillar that supports the Great Zhou Dynasty's imperial ambitions!"
"When the Human Emperor established the world, he enfeoffed the land. Our gentry ancestors worked hard to create unparalleled achievements for the human race!"
"These peddlers and commoners are like pigs and dogs, base people!"
"They should be supporting us!"
"If it weren't for our ancestors, who governed the people for the Emperor, taught them to survive in the world, sheltered them from wind and rain, and guided them forward, they would have long been like withered grass, burned to ashes by wildfire!"
"Now, instead of being grateful, they dare to covet our family wealth, they deserve to die!"
Sima De seemed to have received a death-exemption token, spouting nonsense.
The head of the Zheng family waved his hands repeatedly, and the head of the Wang family covered his face with his sleeve. Both of them pretended to avoid him.
"These three old foxes have quite the acting skills." If Xu Chengxian couldn't hear their thoughts, he would have been deceived by them.
They are worthy of being old foxes educated by the elite.
Although they were eliminated halfway, their adaptability and decisive judgment were also amazing.
They reached an agreement in an instant without any verbal communication.
First of all, they definitely couldn't agree to give food.
Firstly, they couldn't make the decision, nor did they dare to make it.
Secondly, they were unwilling.
They had put in so much effort to create the current excellent situation, and they couldn't give up halfway.
But they didn't dare to offend Xu Chengxian either.
Especially after he casually killed the enshrined warriors.
So they quickly reached a consensus: push one person out to resist, and the other two take the opportunity to beg for mercy and delay.
Sima De chose to be the one to resist.
Because he wanted to return to the main family from Lingzhou the most!
Taking the risk of offending a powerful cultivator, there was, of course, a corresponding reward.
As long as he didn't die, and Xu Chengxian was here, the main family would only let him leave Lingzhou City.
And the Zheng and Wang families also needed to make corresponding compensation.
Bearing this burden, he would be credited to the family!
As for killing him to apologize to the White Maiden Temple, that was impossible, otherwise, who would work for the family in the future?
"We gentry families enjoy the support of the people!"
"It is the legacy of our ancestors! It is permitted by the heavens!"
Sima De shouted.
He was betting that Xu Chengxian wouldn't kill him.
And couldn't kill him.
His confidence came from the restrictions of the Heavenly Dao on cultivators, and also from the protective magic artifact he carried.
He couldn't help but look proudly at the city wall.
Not being able to kill a cultivator, but pointing at his nose and scolding him, was also a great thing!
He wanted to see how this cultivator would respond!
Respond?
Xu Chengxian didn't respond at all!
He didn't plan to respond.
He just transmitted his voice to Qin Hong: "Prefect, don't look at these three old guys, turn your head and look to the right."
Below the city walls.
Qin Hong was enjoying the show.
He couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this.
But he didn't see anything special.
He only saw the three-story colorful building of the Sima family.
Then.
Boom!
The colorful building collapsed.
Collapsed...?
"The colorful building collapsed?" Qin Hong was stunned, greatly surprised.
"Sir, it's not just collapsed." The scribe beside him blinked, "It seems, it was knocked down by a bull."
"Nonsense! How could a bull knock down..." Before Qin Hong could finish speaking, he saw a pair of huge horns rising to the sky.
Not only did it lift a layer of the roof, but it also lifted the prefect's unspoken question.
It really was a bull.
But not an ordinary bull.
"Moo—"
A mountain drill bull, whose body was as huge as a mountain, made a shocking appearance.
Its eyes were blood red, and it was untamed.
Its limbs were thick, its body was terrifying, and its body was covered with rough and tough gray-black scales.
Today was a sunny day.
It was broad daylight at three poles, the sky was bright.
Enough for the people to see clearly the terror of this behemoth.
"Moo! Moo—"
Bang! Bang!
The drill bull's big feet stomped on the ground.
Even the city walls two miles away felt the tremor.
Not to mention the scene inside the courtyard where it appeared.
In the flying dust, people seemed to hear the creaking sound of the wooden structure breaking in the distant pavilions and towers.
"Moo!"
The bull searched for its enemies in this yard, which was obviously a wealthy family's residence. It raised its magnificent head like the top of a mountain and let out a deafening roar.
The sound waves swept everywhere like a tide, shaking the leaves and scattering the birds.
Immediately afterward, its magnificent body slammed forward, and several exquisitely carved pavilions and towers instantly became fragile under its horns.
Stone pillars broke, tiles splashed, and sawdust and dust intertwined into a chaotic vortex.
Accompanied by the loud noise of the collapse, the wreckage of the pavilion scattered, raising a cloud of smoke.
Demons, raging.
The people were silent.
"Ah! Whose house is this!" A voice entered everyone's ears at this time.
Following the sound, they raised their heads and saw the young immortal on the city wall frowning slightly, showing a look of regret.
He sighed and said, "Tsk tsk! This is bad, I'm afraid this house is ruined."
"It's the Sima Mansion!"
Someone shouted loudly.
"Oh my! It's actually the Sima Mansion!" Immortal Xu was shocked, "How did this demon run into the city? And run into the Sima Mansion? Wait!"
"No! This is not right!"
His face changed, and he said sternly, "The city of the state government has the power of national fortune to suppress it, how can demons enter?"
"Could it be..." He stared at the family heads below the city, "Could it be that you hid it in your mansion! Wanting it to cause chaos in the city!"
The three panicked family heads were almost killed by this black pot.
Just as they were about to argue, another earthquake-like tremor came.
The horses they were riding were frightened and almost threw them off.
They could only desperately stabilize their mounts and scold their servants to come and help them dismount.
Riding on horseback was to not lose to the Taoist who was high above in terms of momentum.
But at this time, they couldn't care about that!
And while they were busy, the drill bull had already trampled most of the Sima Mansion into ruins.
The people suddenly panicked.
Afraid that this monster would rush out and hurt people.
"Don't panic!" Xu Chengxian waved his horsetail whisk, "Where is General Mao Shijiu under the White Maiden?"
"This subordinate is here!" Mao Shijiu was also good at reading the situation, and immediately stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency, do you want me to kill that Bull Demon?"
"Go and kill it quickly!"
"Yes!"
"Fellow villagers, do not be afraid, wait for me to capture and kill the Bull Demon!" Mao Shijiu had a delicate face and a solemn expression, cupping his fists at everyone.
Then he leaped away.
"General Shijiu!"
"General Shijiu is brave!"
"General Shijiu will surely win!"
...
"General Shijiu's victory is certain, and the Sima family will all be turned into ruins, that is also certain." Qin Hong raised his eyebrows, almost unable to resist wanting to laugh out loud.
Then he turned around and shouted, "Come on, mobilize the troops!"