350 Old thousand-layer cake
In the past six months, pan guodun had already found out that there were many people suspected to be from the faceless society who had infiltrated the Army of the Imperial court.
What made him a little flustered was that he had recently been transferred to a new defense area. He was shocked to find that almost all of the defense areas were under the charge of the Imperial court’s Army in the North.
He was at the West, the second line of defense. The Army of cultivators on the east side of the second line of defense should have around three to four hundred people. It was the group of cultivators that he had confirmed a few days ago that the faceless sect might have infiltrated. In front of these two groups of cultivators were the two groups of cultivators that served as the first line of defense. They were either leaders or important figures, who were likely to be members of the faceless society.
When he saw this clearly, he broke out in a cold sweat.
Those people’s identities hadn’t been completely confirmed, but from the current situation, they were indeed members of the faceless society. It was likely that they had already been killed.
Although the faceless society hadn’t contacted him, and he didn’t know what they were up to, he could already feel that the plan that the faceless society had been planning was about to be launched.
It was important to find out what the faceless society was up to. However, it might be too late to do so.
They still had to investigate, but before that, they had to report this matter to the higher-ups.
That night, he received a reply.
I understand. Just wait patiently. If faceless contacts you again, just do as he says.
This reply made pan guodun feel more at ease.
He led the cultivators in the Army and slaughtered all the White ghouls that were released from the front line of defense. After that, he returned to the stronghold, took out his spirit stones, and began to cultivate in his temporary room.
To cultivators, this was a daily routine, even in war. When he had nothing to do, was on standby, or was on guard, he would enter a state of cultivation. Even if it was just a fragment of time, it was best to make use of it.
Cultivators without such a mentality would find it hard to reach the end. This fragmented cultivation time might not be as helpful to one’s cultivation as a long period of quiet cultivation or closed-door cultivation, but it was also a manifestation of one’s attitude. This meant that the cultivator was truly focused on cultivation.
However, not long after he entered the meditative state, he heard some movement at his window.
Even if he did not cultivate deeply, he would still be able to sense the outside world.
He opened his eyes and walked to the window of the wooden house. He pushed open the wooden window to block the wind, and a Black Crow flew in.
The group of cultivators he was leading was stationed in a newly built wooden village. The 400 cultivators assigned to him were all there. Even in the middle of the night, it was impossible for an ordinary Crow to fly into the wooden village and reach his window.
However, pan guodun was already used to it. Of course, this was not an ordinary Crow. This should be the trick of someone in the faceless society. Previously, the faceless society had secretly contacted him through this Crow.
“Open up the defense line before noon tomorrow.”
The crow opened its mouth and actually spoke.
“Why?”
“No need to ask, you can choose not to let go, but if you die, don’t blame me for not warning you.”
“Are you threatening me?”
“No, it’s just that there will be enemies you can’t deal with tomorrow. You will pass through here. If you step aside, the Imperial court won’t be able to blame you in the future. Isn’t it normal for you two to be unwilling to die, two white ghost emperors?”
“There will be two white ghost emperors passing through my defense area tomorrow? Why?”
“Don’t ask anymore. What you need to do is to keep your life and let go of the defensive line. That’s all. However, just in case, I’ll be here with you today, in case you tell this to someone you shouldn’t tell.”
“I understand.”
A man and a Crow sat quietly in the room.
In the dark environment, the north wind whistled outside the window, and the atmosphere was very dull.
Pan guodun was actually quite anxious. He thought about whether he should kill this Crow in front of him and send the news up as soon as possible. This Crow, apart from being able to fly silently and speak, there was nothing special about it.
But then he thought that it was easy to kill Crow, but since she was dead, the cultivators behind her would naturally get the news.
At that time, it was hard to say what changes would happen.
For the time being, he suppressed the idea of taking action. He began to think about what the faceless society’s goal was.
There would be two white ghost emperors passing through them the next day. Since the surrounding areas were all guarded by members of the faceless society, it was very likely that these two white ghost emperors would pass through this area without triggering any battle. And if they really did not report back any information, the Xue state Army Corps ‘headquarters in the rear would not be able to receive any information.
Moreover, if he thought further behind the second line of defense, it was not far from Yuyang County’s Hanlu County. And now, the new golden core cultivator of the Lu clan, Lu Chaohe, was in charge of the entire defense area in front of Yuyang County.
What would happen if two white ghost emperors appeared in front of cold dew County?
The faceless society wanted to use the White ghouls to go south and kill Lu Chaohe?
It might not be just that. With Lu Chaohe’s death, the two white ghost emperors would cause a ruckus at the front line of Yuyang. The defense area would probably collapse completely. If a large number of white ghouls went south and broke through the defense area, they would be able to enter directly and cause chaos in the entire Yuyang County.
At that time, the best result would be that the xuezhou defense line would be able to mobilize its forces to kill these white ghouls that had broken through the defense line and headed south in the Yuyang area. But even so, the entire County was destroyed, and the vitality of the entire Xue state would be greatly damaged.
According to what pan guodun knew, the snow state had just been subdued by the Lu clan. If such a thing were to happen, the Xue state would definitely be at odds with the Lu family.
This was still a good result.
Qingqing didn’t even dare to think about it if it was bad.
Pan guodun was ready to make his move. Even if his identity was exposed and he might even be in danger in the future, he had to pass on this information.
It was not that he was very loyal to the Lu clan now. It was just that as he became a double agent, he felt more and more that no matter how much trouble the faceless society caused, they were still a tree without roots in Great Yan. The Li Dynasty could no longer be revived. If he wanted to hug someone’s thigh, the Lu family’s thigh was stronger.
Thinking about it, since he had passed on such important information, the Lu family would not mistreat him in the future, right?
His eyes were fixed on the crow. As long as he released a little spiritual energy, he could kill this Messenger Crow in an instant. After that, he could immediately release the messenger golden sword and send this information to his online.
However, just as he was about to make his move, a flash of inspiration struck him and he suppressed this thought.
Just now, he thought of the message his superior had sent him:
If faceless ever contacts you, just do as he says.
This was what online said.
What did that mean?
He calmed down and carefully calculated. I almost made a big mistake!
Perhaps, the higher-ups have already known about the faceless society’s plan? Otherwise, why didn’t he tell him to continue his investigation and report back when he contacted him previously? why did he only ask him to follow the instructions of the faceless society?
If I were to take this one step further and kill this Crow, the faceless society would definitely be alerted and this would cause a huge delay in our plans. Wouldn’t the higher-ups think that I’ve actually sided with the faceless society? this is why I’m deliberately giving them such a hint so that they won’t fall into a trap?
“Hiss, which level is the faceless society on? Which floor was it on? More importantly, which f * cking floor should I be on?”
How was he supposed to eat this thousand-layer cake?
Pan guodun was in a dilemma.
……
The night passed, and pan guodun was in a dilemma.
When the sky was just beginning to brighten, he finally made a decision-he would take a gamble and not kill Crow. He would follow the instructions of the faceless society.
In any case, this was the order given to him by his superiors, and he had faithfully executed it. Even if something were to happen in the end, faceless would be able to rise to a higher level than the thousand-layer cake. Then, he wouldn’t be the one to take the blame.
I’m just following orders from the faceless society. You’re the one who said it, so you can only blame yourself for not being on the same floor as them.
Pan guodun did not spread any news. He sat there with the crow for the whole night. After daybreak, he got up and ordered the Army to move. They opened up the stronghold and moved to the West.
None of the cultivators questioned the order. The members of his troops were basically the soldiers of Weiyang Prefecture that he had brought from the South. They were his direct subordinates and had little to do with Xue Prefecture and Feiyun Prefecture. They would do whatever their old boss said, and no one would say anything.
Even if someone saw the crow that had been following him, no one said anything.
At noon, the crow whispered in his ear, well done. We’ll contact you again when we return to Jizhou. By then, we’ll work together. The Lu family, who is plotting to usurp the throne, will not be able to hold on to the throne!
“I hope so,” yes, ” pan guodun replied calmly. Then, he saw the crow fly away and disappear.
After making sure that there was no one watching them, pan guodun did not bother to put on an act anymore. He looked worried.
When he felt that the distance was almost right, he ordered the cultivators to stop. Then, he flew high up and looked at the line of defense he had previously set up.
After a while, he sensed two disgusting auras from the area where he had been defending and then left quickly.
Although his perception was intermittent because of the distance, there was no doubt that the source must be very powerful to be able to make him sense it at such a long distance.
The two white ghost emperors that the crow had mentioned had appeared. They had already passed through the second level of the defense line and were heading straight for cold dew County.
these white ghouls are really obedient. I don’t know what method the faceless clan used to control the White ghost Emperor’s actions. No, it shouldn’t be manipulation. No matter how capable the faceless clan is, it’s impossible for them to control an evil demon with the strength of an Aurous core stage cultivator. Otherwise, they could have gone to the ice plains of the extreme north to capture evil demons to be their fighters. If it’s not control, then perhaps it’s some kind of temptation?”
“But who cares, Yingluo. I hope the Lu family can deal with it well, Yingluo. Otherwise, if I’m charged with not reporting the information, it’ll be troublesome enough, Yingluo.”
He waited quietly for more than two hours before a golden sword flew over from the distance.
Pan guohuang immediately became alert.
The golden sword was not in his hand yet, but it seemed to be a Military Order.
Reaching out, he kept the golden sword and took a deep breath. His divine sense entered it, and two new orders appeared in his mind.
take back the command of all the legions around your defense line. Kill those who don’t listen.
seal off your line of defense. No living beings are allowed to pass.
This order shocked pan Guoxuan, and he was overjoyed. He even felt a sense of relief.
It seemed that the higher-ups were indeed on a higher level than the faceless society.
Pan guodun could roughly guess the meaning behind the two orders.
Although he didn’t know what would happen in cold dew County, there was no doubt that the higher-ups were prepared. They must have prepared a great treasure for the White ghost emperor and the faceless society.
As for the task of gathering the Army and setting up the blockade line, it was obviously his responsibility to clean up the mess. The first order was to clean up the internal department. The second order was to not let anyone escape and to expand the results of the battle.
Of course, there were three other armies that were suspected to be under the influence of the faceless society. Two of them were led by cultivators of initial enlightenment. If they were to fight head-on, they might not be able to defeat the other party.
However, thinking about it, the higher-ups must have been prepared for her to give such an order.
Who knew if there were other teams that had the same kind of people as him?
Since he had received the order, he had no more reason to hesitate. He immediately gave the order to the entire Army and began to move.
He first headed north and found the Army that was supposed to be on the west side of the first defense line. There were no initial enlightenment cultivators in this group. He had smoothly taken in the three hundred people under his command by relying on military orders.
There were three people in the Army who were suspected of joining the faceless society. All three of them had been tied up by him.
He didn’t kill her, but he would hand her over to the Jinyiwei to deal with in the future. He only needed to capture her.
After that, he split his forces into two and used his trusted subordinates to set up a blockade line. He would take a hundred men and head east to gather the other two legions.
When he arrived, he took in the two legions without much effort.
One of them was that when he arrived, the initial enlightenment stage cultivator who was suspected to have joined the faceless society was already dead. The one who killed him was an initial enlightenment stage expert hidden by the embroidered uniform guards. The other one, after being surrounded, simply tied his hands and surrendered, asking for leniency.
The first order he had received was mostly complete. The next step was to lock down this place as much as possible and prevent the enemy from escaping to the North.
Looking to the South, he didn’t know what was happening outside of cold dew County.
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4k
I still owe 11k. Good night, everyone.
350 Old thousand-layer cake
In the past six months, pan guodun had already found out that there were many people suspected to be from the faceless society who had infiltrated the Army of the Imperial court.
What made him a little flustered was that he had recently been transferred to a new defense area. He was shocked to find that almost all of the defense areas were under the charge of the Imperial court’s Army in the North.
He was at the West, the second line of defense. The Army of cultivators on the east side of the second line of defense should have around three to four hundred people. It was the group of cultivators that he had confirmed a few days ago that the faceless sect might have infiltrated. In front of these two groups of cultivators were the two groups of cultivators that served as the first line of defense. They were either leaders or important figures, who were likely to be members of the faceless society.
When he saw this clearly, he broke out in a cold sweat.
Those people’s identities hadn’t been completely confirmed, but from the current situation, they were indeed members of the faceless society. It was likely that they had already been killed.
Although the faceless society hadn’t contacted him, and he didn’t know what they were up to, he could already feel that the plan that the faceless society had been planning was about to be launched.
It was important to find out what the faceless society was up to. However, it might be too late to do so.
They still had to investigate, but before that, they had to report this matter to the higher-ups.
That night, he received a reply.
I understand. Just wait patiently. If faceless contacts you again, just do as he says.
This reply made pan guodun feel more at ease.
He led the cultivators in the Army and slaughtered all the White ghouls that were released from the front line of defense. After that, he returned to the stronghold, took out his spirit stones, and began to cultivate in his temporary room.
To cultivators, this was a daily routine, even in war. When he had nothing to do, was on standby, or was on guard, he would enter a state of cultivation. Even if it was just a fragment of time, it was best to make use of it.
Cultivators without such a mentality would find it hard to reach the end. This fragmented cultivation time might not be as helpful to one’s cultivation as a long period of quiet cultivation or closed-door cultivation, but it was also a manifestation of one’s attitude. This meant that the cultivator was truly focused on cultivation.
However, not long after he entered the meditative state, he heard some movement at his window.
Even if he did not cultivate deeply, he would still be able to sense the outside world.
He opened his eyes and walked to the window of the wooden house. He pushed open the wooden window to block the wind, and a Black Crow flew in.
The group of cultivators he was leading was stationed in a newly built wooden village. The 400 cultivators assigned to him were all there. Even in the middle of the night, it was impossible for an ordinary Crow to fly into the wooden village and reach his window.
However, pan guodun was already used to it. Of course, this was not an ordinary Crow. This should be the trick of someone in the faceless society. Previously, the faceless society had secretly contacted him through this Crow.
“Open up the defense line before noon tomorrow.”
The crow opened its mouth and actually spoke.
“Why?”
“No need to ask, you can choose not to let go, but if you die, don’t blame me for not warning you.”
“Are you threatening me?”
“No, it’s just that there will be enemies you can’t deal with tomorrow. You will pass through here. If you step aside, the Imperial court won’t be able to blame you in the future. Isn’t it normal for you two to be unwilling to die, two white ghost emperors?”
“There will be two white ghost emperors passing through my defense area tomorrow? Why?”
“Don’t ask anymore. What you need to do is to keep your life and let go of the defensive line. That’s all. However, just in case, I’ll be here with you today, in case you tell this to someone you shouldn’t tell.”
“I understand.”
A man and a Crow sat quietly in the room.
In the dark environment, the north wind whistled outside the window, and the atmosphere was very dull.
Pan guodun was actually quite anxious. He thought about whether he should kill this Crow in front of him and send the news up as soon as possible. This Crow, apart from being able to fly silently and speak, there was nothing special about it.
But then he thought that it was easy to kill Crow, but since she was dead, the cultivators behind her would naturally get the news.
At that time, it was hard to say what changes would happen.
For the time being, he suppressed the idea of taking action. He began to think about what the faceless society’s goal was.
There would be two white ghost emperors passing through them the next day. Since the surrounding areas were all guarded by members of the faceless society, it was very likely that these two white ghost emperors would pass through this area without triggering any battle. And if they really did not report back any information, the Xue state Army Corps ‘headquarters in the rear would not be able to receive any information.
Moreover, if he thought further behind the second line of defense, it was not far from Yuyang County’s Hanlu County. And now, the new golden core cultivator of the Lu clan, Lu Chaohe, was in charge of the entire defense area in front of Yuyang County.
What would happen if two white ghost emperors appeared in front of cold dew County?
The faceless society wanted to use the White ghouls to go south and kill Lu Chaohe?
It might not be just that. With Lu Chaohe’s death, the two white ghost emperors would cause a ruckus at the front line of Yuyang. The defense area would probably collapse completely. If a large number of white ghouls went south and broke through the defense area, they would be able to enter directly and cause chaos in the entire Yuyang County.
At that time, the best result would be that the xuezhou defense line would be able to mobilize its forces to kill these white ghouls that had broken through the defense line and headed south in the Yuyang area. But even so, the entire County was destroyed, and the vitality of the entire Xue state would be greatly damaged.
According to what pan guodun knew, the snow state had just been subdued by the Lu clan. If such a thing were to happen, the Xue state would definitely be at odds with the Lu family.
This was still a good result.
Qingqing didn’t even dare to think about it if it was bad.
Pan guodun was ready to make his move. Even if his identity was exposed and he might even be in danger in the future, he had to pass on this information.
It was not that he was very loyal to the Lu clan now. It was just that as he became a double agent, he felt more and more that no matter how much trouble the faceless society caused, they were still a tree without roots in Great Yan. The Li Dynasty could no longer be revived. If he wanted to hug someone’s thigh, the Lu family’s thigh was stronger.
Thinking about it, since he had passed on such important information, the Lu family would not mistreat him in the future, right?
His eyes were fixed on the crow. As long as he released a little spiritual energy, he could kill this Messenger Crow in an instant. After that, he could immediately release the messenger golden sword and send this information to his online.
However, just as he was about to make his move, a flash of inspiration struck him and he suppressed this thought.
Just now, he thought of the message his superior had sent him:
If faceless ever contacts you, just do as he says.
This was what online said.
What did that mean?
He calmed down and carefully calculated. I almost made a big mistake!
Perhaps, the higher-ups have already known about the faceless society’s plan? Otherwise, why didn’t he tell him to continue his investigation and report back when he contacted him previously? why did he only ask him to follow the instructions of the faceless society?
If I were to take this one step further and kill this Crow, the faceless society would definitely be alerted and this would cause a huge delay in our plans. Wouldn’t the higher-ups think that I’ve actually sided with the faceless society? this is why I’m deliberately giving them such a hint so that they won’t fall into a trap?
“Hiss, which level is the faceless society on? Which floor was it on? More importantly, which f * cking floor should I be on?”
How was he supposed to eat this thousand-layer cake?
Pan guodun was in a dilemma.
……
The night passed, and pan guodun was in a dilemma.
When the sky was just beginning to brighten, he finally made a decision-he would take a gamble and not kill Crow. He would follow the instructions of the faceless society.
In any case, this was the order given to him by his superiors, and he had faithfully executed it. Even if something were to happen in the end, faceless would be able to rise to a higher level than the thousand-layer cake. Then, he wouldn’t be the one to take the blame.
I’m just following orders from the faceless society. You’re the one who said it, so you can only blame yourself for not being on the same floor as them.
Pan guodun did not spread any news. He sat there with the crow for the whole night. After daybreak, he got up and ordered the Army to move. They opened up the stronghold and moved to the West.
None of the cultivators questioned the order. The members of his troops were basically the soldiers of Weiyang Prefecture that he had brought from the South. They were his direct subordinates and had little to do with Xue Prefecture and Feiyun Prefecture. They would do whatever their old boss said, and no one would say anything.
Even if someone saw the crow that had been following him, no one said anything.
At noon, the crow whispered in his ear, well done. We’ll contact you again when we return to Jizhou. By then, we’ll work together. The Lu family, who is plotting to usurp the throne, will not be able to hold on to the throne!
“I hope so,” yes, ” pan guodun replied calmly. Then, he saw the crow fly away and disappear.
After making sure that there was no one watching them, pan guodun did not bother to put on an act anymore. He looked worried.
When he felt that the distance was almost right, he ordered the cultivators to stop. Then, he flew high up and looked at the line of defense he had previously set up.
After a while, he sensed two disgusting auras from the area where he had been defending and then left quickly.
Although his perception was intermittent because of the distance, there was no doubt that the source must be very powerful to be able to make him sense it at such a long distance.
The two white ghost emperors that the crow had mentioned had appeared. They had already passed through the second level of the defense line and were heading straight for cold dew County.
these white ghouls are really obedient. I don’t know what method the faceless clan used to control the White ghost Emperor’s actions. No, it shouldn’t be manipulation. No matter how capable the faceless clan is, it’s impossible for them to control an evil demon with the strength of an Aurous core stage cultivator. Otherwise, they could have gone to the ice plains of the extreme north to capture evil demons to be their fighters. If it’s not control, then perhaps it’s some kind of temptation?”
“But who cares, Yingluo. I hope the Lu family can deal with it well, Yingluo. Otherwise, if I’m charged with not reporting the information, it’ll be troublesome enough, Yingluo.”
He waited quietly for more than two hours before a golden sword flew over from the distance.
Pan guohuang immediately became alert.
The golden sword was not in his hand yet, but it seemed to be a Military Order.
Reaching out, he kept the golden sword and took a deep breath. His divine sense entered it, and two new orders appeared in his mind.
take back the command of all the legions around your defense line. Kill those who don’t listen.
seal off your line of defense. No living beings are allowed to pass.
This order shocked pan Guoxuan, and he was overjoyed. He even felt a sense of relief.
It seemed that the higher-ups were indeed on a higher level than the faceless society.
Pan guodun could roughly guess the meaning behind the two orders.
Although he didn’t know what would happen in cold dew County, there was no doubt that the higher-ups were prepared. They must have prepared a great treasure for the White ghost emperor and the faceless society.
As for the task of gathering the Army and setting up the blockade line, it was obviously his responsibility to clean up the mess. The first order was to clean up the internal department. The second order was to not let anyone escape and to expand the results of the battle.
Of course, there were three other armies that were suspected to be under the influence of the faceless society. Two of them were led by cultivators of initial enlightenment. If they were to fight head-on, they might not be able to defeat the other party.
However, thinking about it, the higher-ups must have been prepared for her to give such an order.
Who knew if there were other teams that had the same kind of people as him?
Since he had received the order, he had no more reason to hesitate. He immediately gave the order to the entire Army and began to move.
He first headed north and found the Army that was supposed to be on the west side of the first defense line. There were no initial enlightenment cultivators in this group. He had smoothly taken in the three hundred people under his command by relying on military orders.
There were three people in the Army who were suspected of joining the faceless society. All three of them had been tied up by him.
He didn’t kill her, but he would hand her over to the Jinyiwei to deal with in the future. He only needed to capture her.
After that, he split his forces into two and used his trusted subordinates to set up a blockade line. He would take a hundred men and head east to gather the other two legions.
When he arrived, he took in the two legions without much effort.
One of them was that when he arrived, the initial enlightenment stage cultivator who was suspected to have joined the faceless society was already dead. The one who killed him was an initial enlightenment stage expert hidden by the embroidered uniform guards. The other one, after being surrounded, simply tied his hands and surrendered, asking for leniency.
The first order he had received was mostly complete. The next step was to lock down this place as much as possible and prevent the enemy from escaping to the North.
Looking to the South, he didn’t know what was happening outside of cold dew County.
—-
4k
I still owe 11k. Good night, everyone.
