"Didn't it happen that the Yellow Turban bandits attacked the armory, and Zhang Liao and the soldiers of my White Horse Camp killed two of them while repelling them?" The county magistrate opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but had nothing to say. He could only raise his glass, toast to Lu Ze from a distance, drink everything down, and never mention it again. Chapter 44: Dragon Bloodline At this moment, the initial configuration of the White Horse Camp was luxurious. Liu Zhuang gave the very important position of the chief clerk of the entire army to his elder brother Lu Ze. The troop leaders were all promoted based on their own strength. From the Sima Liu Zhuang of the other departments and the chief clerk Lu Ze, the ten troop leaders were the eight troop leaders of the Han army: Lu Bu, Wei Xu, Song Xian, Hou Cheng, Cheng Lian, Zhang Liao, Zhang Ji, Zheng Jiang, and the two troop leaders of the horses and men: Tuoba Yun and Yuchi Hong. One of the positions of the two military officers was won by Lu Bu without any dispute, while the other position was caught in huge controversy. No one was willing to admit defeat, except Zhang Ji, who withdrew from the competition because he knew there was a big gap between him and these people. The remaining eight people decided to wear armor and hold training weapons tied with cotton cloth to reduce injuries, and fight. The White Horse Camp emphasized fairness, and whoever was stronger would be the second military officer! Surrounded and watched by many soldiers, the Dingxiang righteous army, the old Beidi generals, and the Xianbei troops began to fight each other. The first battle was between Yuchi Hong, the chief of the Xianbei clan, and Wei Xu, an old general of the Northern Di. This Khorne priest was second only to the violent Lu Bu in strength among all the people present. With his terrifying strength and the ability to snatch the spear with his bare hands when both sides were charging rapidly, he easily snatched Wei Xu's weapon and then knocked Wei Xu to the ground with one lance. In the second match, Tuoba Yun also defeated Song Xian, who was also a level six professional, head-on. She had not been idle during this period. Previously, she could only rely on the weight and brute force of the white bear for head-on combat. In the past few months, she studied carefully and learned to use the fighting style of the white-browed tiger, that is, the tiger, mixing strength, speed and skills together to catch her old friend off guard. With the changing phantom of the burning blue, she switched back and forth to the heaviness of a bear or the swiftness of a tiger, and beat Song Xian with the power of both bear and tiger, which made him unable to adapt and eventually defeated. The most surprising thing was Zhang Liao, who had just joined the team in the third game. She actually defeated Hou Cheng in the beautiful and sad lightning flying all over the sky, entered the semi-finals and won applause. In the fourth game, Zheng Jiang fought against Cheng Lian, a level 2 warrior who had just grown up last winter, against a level 5 cavalry general. No one was optimistic about Zheng Jiang, as they thought she could become a village chief only because she was one of the first refugees to join Liuzhuang and followed Liuzhuang's hundred people into Dingxiang. She was a veteran among veterans and had benefited from the honor.
But when the battle began, the generals lost their composure. A green light flashed, and the mature and charming female general in green robe, waving two wooden axes wrapped in cotton cloth, disappeared on the stage like a mirage. Has she also awakened the dragon blood? "hiss--" Bursts of mist instantly covered the entire arena, and became thicker and thicker, so that the audience could not see Cheng Lian's figure clearly. Later, they had no idea what was happening inside. They could only vaguely see two figures fighting each other, and vaguely hear the sound of weapons clashing, the sound of flesh hitting blood, and heavy breathing. This time, after being unable to understand Zhang Liao's ability, Liu Zhuang's pupils could clearly see Zheng Jiang's talent. Golden threads hovered above the thick fog. [Dragon Blood Talent·Trapped Beast]: Add [Ancient Tomb Mist], [Vampiric Fangs], and [Energetic] as your spell-like spells. Each spell can be used three times a day at no cost. Using it after that will reduce your health by an amount equal to the original mana consumption of the spell. (Second Ring Necromancer: Tomb Mist): Consume 3 mana points to create an extremely cold Necromancer mist. All targets in the mist will become fatigued (strength, agility -2). If they stay in the mist for a long time, fatigue will worsen into exhaustion. (strength, agility -6) (Fourth Ring Protection·Energetic): Consume 7 mana points, you are immune to fatigue and exhaustion, and immune to any attribute damage. (Three-Ring Undead·Vampiric Fangs): Consumes 5 mana points, all your attacks in this round will have an additional 1 to 6 blood damage, and all damage caused in this round can be restored to your own health in equal amounts. "It seems that her dragon blood talent is of the magic type." Lu Ze was amazed at Zheng Jiang's abilities. "Magic types? Are there different types of dragon blood talents? Can you explain it in detail, big brother?" Liu Zhuang became alert. Since the two men were only shadows in the mist of corpses and he couldn't see them clearly, he asked curiously. "The dragon blood abilities of the Han people can be roughly divided into three categories. The first type is the sorcery type. You can randomly awaken several spells as your quasi-spells. You can use them a fixed number of times a day. Using them more than that will cause great burden and damage to your body. The awakened quasi-spells range from one to nine rings, from one to nine. It is considered a more peculiar and rare type of sorcerer." Lu Ze explained patiently. "The second type is the amplification type, which takes one's already outstanding and excellent advantages and improves them to a daunting level. My sister's [Rage Spreads Across the Prairie] and your [Double Pupils] are both of this type." "The third type is the Transformation System. Tuoba Yun might be this type, but generally, Transformation System can only transform into a single form such as a bear, tiger, leopard, or dragon, phoenix, or unicorn. Yun is very strange, she can transform into any animal, so I don't know if she is a Transformation System or a Spell System with a magic like Everchanging. Generally, the stronger the transformation, the greater the restrictions and consumption. Zhang Liao may also be a transformation type. I don’t know what she transforms into, but it seems that she can’t even last two seconds of transformation. She must switch back immediately and wait for the next transformation. " Liu Zhuang nodded thoughtfully. The reconnaissance ability of his double pupils was very strong, and he had an extraordinary special attack for vision and magic identification. He could tell the effect of normal magic at a glance, so he could see through Zheng Jiang's ability of the spell system at a glance, but when faced with an amplification system like Lu Bu or a change system like Zhang Liao, he couldn't see through them at a glance.
In other words, at least one third of the blood talents that were tried as life-saving trump cards by the dragons among men were directly exposed in his double pupils. One third of the dragons walked in front of him as if they were naked, and all their trump cards and secrets were exposed. And Zheng Jiang is indeed powerful. Although she is not as strong and experienced as Cheng Lian, but in the cold fog of the ancient tomb, Cheng Lian has to fight exhaustedly despite the negative effects of strength and agility -6. The more he fights, the more tired and weaker he becomes. But Zheng Jiang is energetic and immune to such negative effects. She can also use vampire fangs to restore life. It is hard to say who will win in the end if they keep fighting here. If Zheng Jiang could be given a weapon or spell that makes him immune to exhaustion and fatigue, he could be turned into a tireless killing machine on the battlefield, or at least a supporting hand who could entangle most enemy generals head-on. After a while, the fog dissipated and the battle ended. Cheng Lian finally defeated Zheng Jiang with a slight advantage - she suffered from insufficient strength and experience. It was too difficult for a young woman who had only trained for one winter to defeat a captain of the Beidi camp. However, after a few years, the gap between the two sides narrowed and it was unknown who would win. In the end, the ones who made it to the semi-finals were Tuoba Yun, Yuchi Hong, Zhang Liao, and Cheng Lian. Yuchi Hong was in a good mood after just having a fight, but when he found out that the next fight was against Tuoba Yun, in order to save the face of this Xianbei leader and to show in this alliance that we are united as one, he simply chose not to fight. Although Cheng Lian won the battle, he was exhausted and unable to recover. He needed to rest, so he simply admitted defeat. The competition for the throne of Erqu Junhou fell to Zhang Liao and Tuoba Yun. Chapter 45: Huang Jia Silang Tuoba Yun was a little puzzled as she looked at Zhang Liao at this moment. Dragons often hide their bloodline abilities very well and never show them to others easily. She really didn't know what Zhang Liao's ability of turning flesh and blood into thunder was. Forget it, just give it a try first! Tuoba Yun did not transform immediately, but charged forward in the form of a centaur with a stick. The centaur, which was two meters and four meters tall and weighed one ton, was like a storm of black iron. The entire open space was shaking as it ran. The tip of the stick, with the help of the terrifying power of the centaur's charge, accurately hit Zhang Liao's chest. At this moment, Zhang Liao's immature body once again turned into illusory thunder and lightning, and the long stick wrapped in cotton cloth actually passed through her body, as if she was just a ghost entangled in thunder. Tuoba Yun accelerated to the limit, like a speeding truck, and could not stop at all. Under the inertia of the charge, she passed through Zhang Liao's thundering body. Dark purple arcs crackled in her limbs and bones, and she was shaking all over. Zhang Liao seized the opportunity, and at the moment when Tuoba Yun passed through his thunderous body, he suddenly turned around, swung the wooden stick that had also turned into nine-day thunder, and swept it across, hitting Tuoba Yun's head, dragging a gorgeous arc of death in the air. The thunder rolled, as if thousands of birds were screaming in unison. "call--" The blue flame burned, the magic shadow changed, and Tuoba Yun instantly turned into an armored kitten, narrowly avoiding Zhang Liao's thunder sweep. At this moment, Zhang Liao also exited the thunder state again, and turned into a human form again along with the disappearance of lightning. Although he didn't know why Zhang Liao couldn't maintain the thunder form for a long time, Tuoba Yun still keenly seized the opportunity. It was much easier for a cat weighing several kilograms to turn and make a U-turn than a horse weighing one ton. After completing the turn, the cat's body quickly expanded like a balloon, and turned into a gorgeous tiger covered with heavy black iron armor. Accompanied by gusts of wind, it pounced on Zhang Liao! The transformed armor covering the entire body repelled the counter-charging wooden sticks, and the terrifying body weighing half a ton, including the man and the tiger, pressed Zhang Liao to the ground. The two hugged each other and rolled on the ground for several times before stopping. Tuoba Yun skillfully used the body of a tiger to fight. His huge and sharp claws tightly grasped Zhang Liao's slender body and held her in his arms, while his bloody mouth tried to bite her neck, winning with one blow. At the same time, she lay on the ground sideways holding Zhang Liao, with her two hind legs free. After locking the prey with her front paws, she began to kick Zhang Liao's abdomen with her two equally strong and powerful hind legs at an extremely high attack frequency. If she had not been wearing armor, she would have been ripped open by the tiger's claws at this moment, with all kinds of internal organs spilling all over the ground. Faced with such an unfavorable situation, Zhang Liao could only fight against the tiger's strange power while protecting his vital parts from being bitten by its fangs. He struggled to survive under the tiger's claws and was forced to transform into the mighty thunder again! The terrifying lightning was so dazzling that people could not look directly at it. Tuoba Yun hugged the lightning and his eyes rolled back. He almost lost consciousness. He could only quickly switch from a tiger to a white bear, using a large amount of non-conductive fat to block further damage from the electric shock. Then he gave up the grapple and once again distanced himself from Zhang Liao. After the initial test, both sides were very afraid of each other's abilities. A simple tiger or bear could be dealt with in some way, but her constant transformation was too troublesome. An ordinary bear or tiger was already very difficult to deal with, and she even had a set of transformation armor with extremely high defense... Tuoba Yun was also secretly shocked. She only knew that her thunder form was terrifyingly powerful before, but after experiencing it personally, she felt it was extremely terrifying, and it also had a paralyzing effect. When she was thinking about how to deal with Zhang Liao's thunder transformation, Zhang Liao threw away the stick with a helpless look on his face and raised his hands in surrender. She looked very exhausted. She was only sixteen years old, and she had consumed too much energy to defeat Hou Cheng. She no longer had the energy to fight Tuoba Yun. Flesh and blood turned into thunder, which could not be maintained for a long time and consumed a lot of energy... After learning so much information, Liu Zhuang also had a preliminary understanding of Zhang Liao's abilities. After obtaining enough information, the golden thread outlined the full picture of Zhang Liao's abilities above his head. 【Zhang Liao】(Dragon) Level 3 (1st level Confucian General + 2nd level Dusk Blade) Health 5/20, Mana 0/8 命中3，防御10（筒袖铠+6、甲胄+2、敏捷+2）
Strength 16, Agility 14, Constitution 14 Intelligence 16, Wisdom 10, Charisma 16 [Professional Ability·Spell Sharpening]: All spell damage is increased by +3 (based on intelligence adjustment). [Dragon Blood Talent·Thunderbolt]: You transform yourself into an ethereal thunder element, immune to lightning damage, ignoring physical damage, and only having a 50% hit rate for magic damage; in thunderbolt form, your speed is equal to that of lightning, all melee/ranged/magic attacks inflict an additional 1-8 points of lightning damage, and all targets touched suffer 1-8 points of lightning damage per round; all lightning damage is increased by an additional 50%, with a chance to paralyze the enemy. In the thunder tribulation state, 1 mana point is consumed per second. Liu Zhuang looked at Zhang Liao's talent and praised it. This form of thunder tribulation was very terrifying. The only problem was that it consumed too much mana. She could only maintain it for eight seconds. Even if she exited the thunder tribulation state from time to time to save mana consumption, she could not support it for too long. But it doesn’t matter. As long as I can find a way to make her mana bar stronger, I can maintain this extremely terrifying form of thunder tribulation for a long time. As for the two professions of Confucian General and Dusk Blade, they are a combination of warriors and Confucian scholars, practicing both magic and martial arts. While they are good at melee attacks, they use Confucianism to assist in killing. However, Dusk Blade was spread over through the Silk Road, while Confucian Generals are generally called "battle mages" or "war mages" in the West. At this point, the two Qujunhou of the Baima Camp were decided. One was Liu Zhuang's wife Lu Bu, and the other was Liu Zhuang's wife Tuoba Yun. However, this was not a relationship, but the two women had won the position through real strength. In the Beidi Camp, Tuoba Yun could not even be the head of the camp because of her alien status. The Xianbei tribes were split up and dispersed and arranged in ten camps. In the White Horse Camp, she relied on her own strength and became the second-rank military officer. After completing the internal coordination of the White Horse Camp, Liu Zhuang began to look outside the military camp. At this moment, he had also completed his psychological transformation. In troubled times, whoever has a spear will be the leader. The rules of the past governance had begun to collapse along with the fire set by the county magistrate. The two thousand men under his command were almost all homeless refugees. No matter how much food they had, it would not last long. If they did not cultivate the fields and missed the spring plowing, they would probably starve to death this year. Therefore, the first thing he had to do was to take action against the Huang family, the richest family in Mayi and the one that owned the most land. He asked Lu Ze to start a banquet with beautiful words, inviting the respected Mr. Huang from Mayi to come to Baimaying for a banquet and dinner. After receiving the invitation from the White Horse Camp, Mayi Huang was in a cold sweat, not knowing whether this was a blessing or a curse. Ding Yuan's Beidi Camp had not returned, and his Liuzhuang White Horse Camp was the most powerful warlord nearby, not to mention that Lu Bu and Tuoba Xianbei were both under his command... If he stretched his neck, he would be stabbed. If he retracted his neck, he would still be stabbed. Mr. Huang had no choice but to use his old age and the injury in the Yellow Turban Rebellion as an excuse to let his legitimate son Huang Si lead a group of his most loyal and trusted servants, bringing generous gifts, to the Baima Camp for a banquet. Liu Zhuang recognized this gentle and refined young man from aristocratic family at a glance. Wasn't this the man who wanted him to be a servant in Mayi last year? In order to entertain the guests, Liu Zhuang slaughtered a fat sheep very meticulously, took out some wrinkled vegetables and wild vegetables from the refrigerated cellar, threw them into the pot to stew them together, and took out two jars of good wine to entertain the largest wealthy family in Yanmen. "Hello, the military commander, the chief clerk, and the military officer." Huang Si was very cultured. He bowed respectfully to Liu Zhuang, Lu Ze, and Lu Bu with impeccable etiquette. He did not dare to show any disrespect in his words. Looking at the group of refugees in the White Horse Camp, he was even more frightened. A few months ago, when they looked at these refugees, all they thought about was how to squeeze out the last bit of wealth from them. When these people gathered together and took up their knives, there was only fear in their eyes. Huang Si even recognized Liu Zhuang, who had double pupils. His beautiful expression was full of embarrassment and helplessness. The fire that the magistrate of Mayi County started in the armory not only made him a fortune, but also destroyed everyone's way of recruiting soldiers, making the Baima Camp the only one in power and unmatched: "You've burned down the armory, so how can others recruit soldiers?" The rules of the game in troubled times have changed. The violence wielded by the Huang family does not match the assets owned by the Huang family. Now, he is like a child holding gold and walking among the troublemakers. At the banquet, Lu Bu did not waste any words and directly made the matter clear, pointing the finger directly at the book that recorded the "blasphemy against the priests." "Mr. Huang, I have a brother who moved here with me from Wuyuan County. You have swallowed up all his property, and I have become a slave of your Huang family. I now want to redeem my brother and his property. Tell me, how much is it?" Chapter 1000: Modern Text Confucianism ( monthly tickets plus more!) "Ah, ah? That's the person you asked about before." Huang Si said fearfully. Huang Si wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his sleeve. "As you know, the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Mayi first broke out in my house. My father was kindhearted and could not bear to see the refugees suffer, so he took them all into the family, gave them houses to keep them warm, gave them land to cultivate, and even selected many underage boys and girls from the family slaves and let them marry each other. However, those Dingxiang refugees were almost all Yellow Turban traitors! Although I was able to put down the Yellow Turbans thanks to your reputation, I also suffered heavy losses. Many servants took advantage of the chaos to rebel, many servants fled, and many servants died and their bodies could not be identified. Your fellow villagers also died in the Yellow Turban Rebellion. "
"Then his property..." Lu Bu was a little anxious, not only because his fellow villagers died in battle, but also because of the book of [blasphemous priests]! Whether it was the Slaanesh priests or Khorne priests on the grasslands, or the ancient texts and Huangtian Taoism in the Central Plains, they were all divine arts, but they could only obtain divine power from the gods they believed in with their devout faith. But it is different for blasphemous priests. Blasphemous priests don't require you to believe in anything. No matter you are a Khorne priest on the grassland or a follower of Confucius and Mencius in the Central Plains, as long as you dare to learn divine arts, I will dare to rob you and show you. Liu Zhuang also stared at Huang Si's face, observing his attributes. This man was a Confucian scholar of Modern Text Confucianism. There are two types of Confucian scholars in the Central Plains. One type is the "Ancient Texts Confucianism" who studies ancient classical literature such as the "Book of Changes" and the "Book of Songs", worships the sages of all ages, and pays attention to the inheritance of ancient methods. This type of people are called priests in the West, and they can also be called priests of Confucius and Mencius. They acquire Confucianism through fanatical worship of great sages and saints, and their highlight is a question: Can you be as smart as your ancestors? There is also another type that only looks at the practical value and contemporary significance of these classic documents. Ancient thoughts must be combined with real society, developed, and innovated before they can be used. They focus on opening up new chapters. This type of people is similar to magicians in the West. Although they also study ancient culture, they will acquire Confucianism through their own understanding, learning, and research, rather than blindly worshipping ancient sages. "Ah? Ah! We didn't put those things in the mansion in the city, but in the fort outside the city. You know, I built a huge fort in the middle of our family's land." Huang Si's eyes rolled, as if he suddenly remembered something. "In fact, even if you didn't come to beg me today, I would have come to beg you. You only defeated half of the Yellow Turban Army in Mayi, and the other half ran away. They are now causing chaos near the fort outside my city, inciting my servants to rebel, and harassing my fields. As a result, I am hiding in my mansion in Mayi City. I dare not go back because the road is completely cut off by those bandits." "How about this? If you help me get rid of those Yellow Turban bandits, not to mention Brother Su's property, I will give you another 100, no, 500 dan of grain! As military rations for the White Horse Camp, how do you think?" Mr. Huang looked at the people present cautiously, not knowing whether they were satisfied with his concession. Although he was heartbroken, it was obvious that these people were after his property. He didn't dare to imagine what would happen if he didn't make things right. “It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish.” Liu Zhuang pressed forward step by step. "Mr. Huang, your Huang family owns half of the farmland in Mayi, but now, most of the family servants have joined the Yellow Turban Army, and most of the family servants are displaced. It is already the spring ploughing season. I wonder what you are going to do with these arable lands? Not so many people, but so much land, isn't it a waste? Your father is kind-hearted. Wouldn’t he feel sad to see that my wife and family in Baima Camp have no land to farm? "How about this? My White Horse Battalion has more than 2,000 people, and none of them have their own land. Mr. Huang, can you sell or rent me some of the land that you are unable to cultivate? I will let my White Horse Battalion cultivate it. Our men will have weapons and armor. While they are protecting their own land, they can also protect your fortress. If your land is rented, we will also give you some of the grain from the land as rent. This is a win-win deal." Huang Si was somewhat astonished. These people could not be sent away with just a little food. They actually wanted the land and property of the wealthy families? ! But in the current situation, there is no other way. All of my land is in the wilderness far away from the protection of the city walls. Half of the Yellow Turban Army in Mayi is hiding there. If the White Horse Camp does not help, I will not be able to farm any land at all... "Okay! Let's do as the other military commander says! As long as you can deal with the Yellow Turban Army near Mayi and allow us to resume farming and production, I will help you solve the farming problem in Baimaying!" Huang Si gritted his teeth and agreed immediately, thus satisfying everyone's appetite. He then left the banquet trembling with fear. Seeing that Mr. Huang was quite sensible, Liu Zhuang nodded with satisfaction and focused his energy on investigating and killing the other half of the Yellow Turban bandits in Mayi. However, Lu Bu was very puzzled. "What's wrong with killing Huang Si? I don't like this guy. When we were down and out, the Huang family wanted to eat us all up. Now that the Huang family is down and out, we eat the Huang family up. What can he say? It's just karma! Why should I pay money to buy his land? Just rob it!" "Saying we're buying his land is just a polite way of saying it. Even if we pay, do you think he would dare to take it? When you were bullied by Yiqu Junhou before, why didn't you want to kill him? Wang Zhi is such a weak second-level warrior. If you want, it's just a matter of one arrow. " Liu Zhuang did not answer but asked instead. "I……" After careful consideration, Lu Bu finally understood what was going on. He was not afraid of Wang Zhi. What he was afraid of was the Taiyuan Wang family behind him and the military law of the Han Dynasty. And now Liu Zhuang has the same concern. The Huang family is the largest aristocratic family in Mayi and can also be ranked among the top in the entire Yanmen County. These aristocratic families marry each other and are related by marriage. If one member of the Huang family is killed, who knows how many aristocratic families will be implicated.
He was not afraid of the Huang family, but of other aristocratic families that had married into the Huang family, and he was afraid of the rules of the game of the aristocratic families in the late Han Dynasty. In the Han Dynasty, everything had to be done with morality and courtesy, and everything had to be done with legitimacy. I rented and sold your land with money and grain, and helped you take back the land from the Yellow Turban Army for free, protecting your Huang family's property from being occupied by others. I have already made my attitude clear, what is your attitude? I paid the money, and Huang Si did not dare to accept the money. It was his Huang family's business, and it had nothing to do with me. This is called legitimacy. Even if this matter spreads among the aristocratic circles in the future, I am still right. What's more, the various families are not a monolithic entity and are in competition with each other. With the situation developing like this, they will only think that the Huang family is too weak. However, if you were to kill him with one blow and seize all the land of the Huang family, you would have offended the local tyrants in the Thirteen States of the Han Dynasty and forced them to unite against you - you dared to massacre the entire Huang family just when you started out, so when you become stronger, we wouldn't even dare to think about who you want to kill.
