Beneath blue skies and white clouds.
Two thousand government soldiers raised their long sabers and galloped wildly. Led by Lu Yi and the other Embroidered Uniform Guards in their striking Flying Fish Uniforms, they became a black tide, roaring toward the village at the very center!
People tended to follow the crowd.
If those leading the troops feared those half-human, half-beast monsters, that fear would naturally spread.
But if their commander led the charge and pressed forward without hesitation, the army under him would naturally surge with morale and fear nothing!
In days past, the Western Chu Hegemon had repeatedly led outnumbered armies to victory, sweeping through hosts of thousands, invincible wherever he went. His personal valor and spirit had been inseparable from those feats.
Lu Yi certainly lacked the Hegemon's valor, but all he had to deal with was a small village.
With him in the lead, the others had no reason to retreat.
The government troops began their charge!
Iron hooves thundered.
Dust billowed as countless horses surged forward!
"Trouble!"
"The government troops are here!"
"They're going to wipe us out!"
"Damn it! Fight them to the death!"
After five years of brainwashing, Wild Ghost Village had long since become Luo Lie's village.
-The abilities of someone at Tongyou Peak were nothing short of miracles here!
Little by little, Luo Lie had transformed the villagers' resentment at their unjust fates into hatred for outsiders-it was precisely the hostility and incomprehension of outsiders that had forced their ancestors, victims just like them, to withdraw from the world and hide in Jade Embroidery Valley, living these lives as neither humans nor ghosts!
Outside were clear skies, bright sunshine, red blossoms, and green willows. Inside the valley was only poisonous miasma that lingered year after year.
Outside were fine wines, delicious