The Game with Fairies

Yan Xiaoru’s indifferent question left Li Muyang dumbfounded.

“Ah?”

He almost doubted his own hearing, feeling that such a strange question shouldn’t be coming from Yan Xiaoru’s mouth.

But under the dim yellow light cast by the lanterns hanging from the city gate tower, Yan Xiaoru, dressed in a purple robe, looked at him indifferently, standing straight with a cold gaze, as if she were interrogating him, yet also as if she were asking herself.

“What am I to you?”

Yan Xiaoru repeated the question.

This time, Li Muyang heard it clearly.

Very clearly.

He hesitated subconsciously: “Uh… Elder Yan?”

Why is this woman suddenly speaking in riddles?

But just as he opened his mouth, before he could get the words out, Yan Xiaoru had already nodded expressionlessly.

“Good! You’re a smart person!”

She nodded in approval at Li Muyang and said, “If we can survive this calamity, I will take you as my direct disciple and teach you profound techniques!”

After speaking, Yan Xiaoru turned and left.

Under the dim light, the woman’s silhouette visibly relaxed, as if she had let out a sigh of relief.

Li Muyang was left with a face full of astonishment.

This woman—you are so impatient!

I haven’t finished speaking, alright!

Li Muyang instinctively followed her, wanting to speak: “Elder Yan…”

But when he caught up, Yan Xiaoru no longer looked at him and instead walked directly to the edge of the city wall, calling down below.

“Cheng Feiyang, are the troops assembled?”

Below the city wall, with Senior Brother Cheng at the lead, the white-robed disciples lined up in front, followed by all the outer disciples of the Demonic Sect who had come along.

Behind the outer disciples were the Demonic Sect cultivators from within Tianjiao City.

Further back were the soldiers from the Tianjiao City patrol camp.

Under the night sky, torches burned fiercely, illuminating the faces of the crowd.

Although the cultivators had their cultivation base stripped, their bodies, tempered by the Qi Refining Realm, were still stronger than ordinary people, even stronger than common warriors.

Moreover, the cultivators had a fight to the death with the Blood Lotus Sect, with no possibility of surrendering to survive.

So tonight’s breakout would be led by these Demonic Sect disciples as the spearhead, charging out of the city first, followed by twenty thousand soldiers from the patrol camp.

Now that Yan Xiaoru and Li Muyang had appeared one after another, the Demonic Sect disciples below the city wall all gripped their weapons tightly and stood up straight with a serious and tense demeanour.

Seeing such a formation and being watched by so many eyes, Li Muyang, who had followed Yan Xiaoru out, suddenly shut his mouth.

The words he had wanted to say were no longer appropriate.

He could only respectfully display the demeanor of an inner disciple, standing beside Yan Xiaoru.

Ready to follow Yan Xiaoru’s commands.

Among the white-robed disciples, a woman covered in blood was tied to a cart.

Nangong Ting, the young valley master of Chaotic Souls Valley and one of the four Incense Masters of the Blood Lotus Sect, was now tied to the cart, her limbs broken, looking pitiful.

But when she saw Yan Xiaoru and Li Muyang come down, she laughed and called out.

“Li Muyang! Will you be able to leave Tianjiao City alive tonight?”

Li Muyang looked at her and grinned, “Definitely!”

He reached out and pinched the woman’s cheek, staring intently into her eyes, smiling brilliantly: “With you in front as a hostage, I’ll use you as a shield when the time comes. I think I’ll have no problem breaking out!”

……

A quarter of an hour later, the drums sounded, and the east, south, and west gates of Tianjiao City opened simultaneously.

Calling out to the soldiers in the city, they charged towards the continuous military camps outside the city walls.

In an instant, the shouts of battle shook the heavens.

In the camp under the flag with the inscription 【By the True Lord Imperial Decree, Vanquish Demons and Exterminate Immortals】, a young girl who had been silently observing the map immediately looked up.

Seconds later, the curtain was lifted, and a Banner Master under the girl’s command ran in with a face full of joy.

“Miss, your strategy has succeeded!”

“The cultivators of the Demonic Sect inside Tianjiao City have divided into three groups, each charging out from the east, west, and south gates, leading twenty thousand soldiers each!”

Hearing this news, Shen Yan let out a slight sigh of relief.

The petite body, accentuated by the thick fur coat, gently sat down, a slight smile appearing on her face.

“Very good, pass the message to the sect leader and the various Helmsmen.”

“Tell them to allocate forces to block all the roads and passes when chasing the Demonic Sect elders, not letting any cultivator escape from Tianjiao City.”

“Also, instruct them to resist a little at each camp and fort, then let those doomed dogs escape.”

“Without exception, those sixty thousand ordinary soldiers will have weak fighting spirit and will quickly surrender after leaving the city, leaving only the cultivators to scatter and flee.”

“All ordinary soldiers who surrender on the spot should be escorted back to camp, and after their identities are verified, they can be released without harming their lives.”Nôv(el)B\\jnn

“Those cultivators who flee into the wilderness should be pursued with all our might, not letting a single one escape.”

The pale fingers of the white-clothed girl gently landed on the map, clenching into a fist: “Among them must be lurking the great elders and powerful figures of the Demon Refining Sect!”

“By the end of tonight, we will have achieved a complete victory!”

……

The earth-shaking battle cries vibrated the wilderness outside Tianjiao City.

On this vast plain, almost endless rice fields and mounds stretched out.

One would have to flee at least thirty li to find mountains and woods suitable for hiding.

The only way out for the cultivators who had fought their way out of Tianjiao City was to cross this boundless wilderness and escape into the mountains and forests thirty li away.

Liu Hucheng, leading his troops on the roads within these thirty li, looked into the distance with a cold gaze.

Reports came in one after another, but Liu Hucheng did not make any move.

He led his most elite warriors, seemingly indifferent, unconcerned about the battles happening in the east, south, and west directions.

It wasn’t until he received the latest news about Incense Master Nangong that Liu Hucheng snorted coldly.

“Let’s go!”

He mounted the beast he had tamed for many years and led hundreds of subordinates, also riding beasts, towards the distance.

In this situation where cultivation was stripped away and everyone had fallen to the level of ordinary people, the physically strong beasts were undoubtedly top-tier mounts.

And their Blood Lotus Sect had long been taming beasts for many years.

Hundreds of demonic beast cavalry charged out, tearing through the army that had been rampaging unopposed outside Tianjiao City in an instant.

One by one, the armored patrol camp soldiers, upon witnessing the ferocious onslaught of the demonic beast cavalry, were so terrified that they knelt and kowtowed, begging desperately for mercy.

However, these demonic beast cavalrymen simply ignored the mortal soldiers.

They plowed straight through the crowd, ruthlessly attacking the forefront of the troop.

“Li Muyang!!!”

The roar of the demonic beast cavalrymen echoed through the night.

The man, wielding a steel blade and covered in blood, turned his head only to see an endless cloud of dust sweeping toward him.

Li Muyang’s eyes, clouded by blood, narrowed into slits.

The next second, he leaped into the air, soaring ten zhang high.

A furious force crashed down, and in an instant, the battlefield was filled with the piercing howls of demonic beasts and the man’s cold voice.