The sky was overcast, thick clouds hung in the air, and Gale howled!
Before even stepping into Ten Thousand Peaks Town, Ling Yi could smell the extremely strong stench of blood in the air.
As a general who had fought in hundreds of battles, large and small, over decades, Ling Yi was all too familiar with this bloody smell.
Only when the death toll exceeds ten thousand will the stench of blood be so strong.
Ten Thousand Peaks Town is not large, and there are no complete city walls around it. Only the two battlements of the city gate still stand symbolically, which can be regarded as the main entrance to Ten Thousand Peaks Town.
Countless Raven circled and flew in the sky, emitting unpleasant squawking noises that were extremely irritating to listeners.
On the dirt road extending outward from the city gate, there were tire tracks of varying depths, and traces of blood remained in the tracks.
Ling Yi already had a guess in his mind: Gao Feng Town had probably been attacked by a large number of mountain bandits.
Upon entering Ten Thousand Peaks Town, what greets the eye is a scene of Hell.
Corpses were everywhere, men, women, and children.
At this moment, Ling Yi felt extremely angry.
He was, after all, the Great General of the Great Yan Nation. Even though he had resigned and retired, he had fought for the Great Yan Nation Great Yan Nation decades, so how could he not have feelings for it?
Seeing the tragic state of Ten Thousand Peaks Town, Ling Yi was now filled with murderous intent.
Taking a deep breath and forcibly suppressing his emotions, Ling Yi walked towards the center of the town.
After examining the situation, Ling Yi felt increasingly heavy-hearted.
There were nearly ten thousand corpses, but most of them were civilians; not a single corpse of a soldier or guard was seen.
This made Ling Yi's anger even more difficult to suppress.
Clearly, the soldiers stationed in Ten Thousand Peaks Town had already fled before the bandits arrived.
As Ling Yi passed by a house, he suddenly heard a sound coming from inside.
Although the sound was extremely Qingwei, Ling Yi still heard it clearly with his current hearing.
Ling Yi quickly entered the courtyard, listened carefully for a moment, and then walked to a stack of straw in the corner.
Upon parting the straw stack, one could see a little girl, only seven or eight years old, dressed in coarse linen clothes, huddled shivering inside.
Upon seeing Ling Yi, the little girl trembled noticeably more violently, her eyes filled with terror, and she shrank back with all her might.
"Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person!" Ling Yi said softly, trying to use a gentle voice.
The little girl shook her head frantically, her eyes filled with wariness.
"I am Ling Yi, the Great General Who Protects the Nation!" After a moment of contemplation, Ling Yi revealed his identity.
Ling Yi knew that his reputation as the Great General Who Protects the Nation was extremely high in the hearts of the people.
In the Great Yan Nation, you may not know the emperor's name or appearance, but you will certainly know the name and appearance of the Great General Who Guards the Nation.
In fact, over 80% of the people in the Great Yan Nation have a memorial tablet and portrait of the Great General Who Protects the Nation enshrined Central City their homes.
This is the main reason why Emperor Ji Wuyun of the Great Yan Nation was so wary of him.
This is no longer simply a matter of his achievements overshadowing the emperor. Given Ling Yi's prestige among the people and the army, he could easily have the emperor depose him with a single call.
Sure enough, after hearing Ling Yi's words, the little girl relaxed a bit. After carefully examining Ling Yi for a moment, a glimmer of light finally appeared in her previously dull and lifeless eyes.
Ling Yi reached out his hand to the little girl, who hesitated for a moment before grabbing Ling Yi large hand.
Ling Yi bent down and picked him up.
It took Ling Yi nearly ten days to bury the bodies of the people of Ten Thousand Peaks Town.
In a wooded area outside Ten Thousand Peaks Town, a new graveyard has now been erected.
The little girl knelt on the ground, her face covered in tears, sobbing softly.
In the entire Ten Thousand Peaks Town, the little girl became the sole survivor.
For the past seven days, the little girl has barely uttered a word, neither crying nor making a fuss, which has greatly worried Ling Yi.
It's actually a good thing to cry now.
Ling Yi opened the system interface and marked today's check-in and the check-in at the designated location in Ten Thousand Peaks Town this month.
"Ding! Congratulations, host, for completing your daily check-in. You have been awarded 7 years of lifespan."
"Ding! Congratulations, host, for successfully checking in at the designated location. You have received the reward: Personal Body-Protecting Thorn Formation!"
Ling Yi Ling Yi directly added 7 years of his lifespan to his physical constitution, because he was going to deal with that group of bandits, and the stronger he was, the better.
Only then did Ling Yi examine the additional information in his mind.
The Body-Protecting Thorn Formation is less of Formation and more of a Divine Ability.
It can be activated with a thought, possesses extremely strong defensive capabilities, and can reflect all damage. Its defensive power, reflection multiplier, and range of effect, like the Personal Space, are related to one's own strength.
That is, it is related to physical constitution.
With a thought, Ling Yi opened the system interface.
[ Longevity Sign-In System ]
[Host: Ling Yi ]
Lifespan: 62/124
[Constitution: 75+][Note: Consuming 1 year of lifespan increases constitution by 1 point.]
[ Divine Ability: Personal Space, Body-Protecting Thorn Formation!]
[Today's check-in: 0]
[Check-in location this month: None]
Sure enough, the Body-Protecting Thorn Formation was also listed in the [ Divine Ability ] category.
A physical constitution of 75 points is 75 times that of an average person, meaning the length, width, height, and radius of Personal Space would be 75 meters.
The Body-Protecting Thorn Formation array also has a radius of 75 meters.
Over seven days, Ling Yi Ling Yi an average of seven or eight years' worth of lifespan bonuses each day, all of which he added to his physique, resulting in a constitution of 75 points.
Ling Yi hadn't tested how strong a 75-point constitution really was, so he didn't know.
As long as you don't encounter cultivators, you should have no problem making a living in the mortal world.
"Let's go!" Ling Yi patted the little girl's shoulder and said calmly.
"General, my name is Liu Wei. I beg you to avenge me and the people of Ten Thousand Peaks Town."
The little girl suddenly turned around, knelt down in front of Ling Yi, and began to kowtow repeatedly.
Ling Yi was completely stunned. Could a seven or eight-year-old girl really say and do such things?
Seeing that Little Liu Wei was still kowtowing, Ling Yi quickly squatted down to help her up, gently wiping the blood from her forehead and saying, "Don't worry, even if you don't say anything, I will definitely avenge the people of Ten Thousand Peaks Town."
Ling Yi picked up Little Liu Wei and walked along the mountain path towards the Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain Range, asking, "Do you know where these bandits come from?"
"They are not bandits!" Liu Wei shook her head.
"Why do you say that?" Ling Yi asked curiously.
"I saw it with my own eyes: those bad guys and the town guards met in private and mentioned the Ninth Young Master!" Liu Wei's little face was full of hatred, and her innocent eyes held a murderous intent that even Ling Yi found unsettling.
Ling Yi gently rubbed Liu Wei's head, feeling a pang of sympathy, unsure how to comfort her.
It's hard to imagine how much suffering little Little Liu Wei endured in her young Mind Stone after such an ordeal.
Under Ling Yi's series of policies, the people of the Great Yan Nation lived in peace and prosperity, with no shortage of food and clothing. There were very few bandits in the entire Great Yan Nation.
However, if it involves a struggle for the throne, then things are a different story.
The Ninth Prince, also known as Ji Wuyun's ninth son.
Ji Wuyun's lifespan is now almost over, and the struggle between the princes has reached a fever pitch.
This band of mountain bandits is most likely a private army secretly trained by the Ninth Prince.
Even Liu Wei knew that these bandits were related to the Ninth Young Master, and that the fact that the Ninth Young Master was raising a private army had probably been exposed, which was why this massacre of the town had occurred.
Ling Yi didn't care about the Ninth Young Master's purpose; his actions alone were enough to warrant death.
Ling Yi picked up Little Liu Wei and followed the tire tracks into the mountains to search for traces of the bandits.
It took a whole day, and just as dusk was falling, Ling Yi finally discovered a mountain stronghold.
"Wait for me here, I'll be right back!" Ling Yi jumped onto a tree and placed Little Liu Wei on the trunk.
"General!" Little Liu Wei said worriedly, pulling on Ling Yi's hand.
"Rest assured, I am the invincible general of the Great Yan Nation, no one can harm me!" Ling Yi laughed.
Then, Ling Yi jumped to the ground and headed straight up the mountain.
Ling Yi made no attempt to hide anything and simply swaggered up.
The Protective Thorn Formation on his body was already activated; he had no weapons in his hands, nor did he need any.
A moment later, a bandit scout Shadow Ling Yi and, without a word, immediately drew his bow and shot an arrow.
However, before the arrows could reach Ling Yi, they were deflected back by the Protective Thorn Formation.
This was the first time Ling Yi had witnessed the power of the Protective Thorn Formation.
The arrow bounced back ten times faster than before. Ling Yi didn't even have to make a move before the scouts were pierced through the heart by their own arrows and died instantly.
This gave Ling Yi a comprehensive understanding of the Divine Ability rewarded by the system, greatly enhancing his sense of security.
Judging from the size of this bandit stronghold in the mountains, it can probably house at least tens of thousands of soldiers.
Tens of thousands of soldiers may seem like a lot, but what effect can just tens of thousands of soldiers achieve?
Ling Yi estimated that this was probably not the only private army that Gongzi Mu had raised.
But this has nothing to do with Ling Yi.
He doesn't care about the struggle for the throne, nor does he care who will ultimately ascend the throne. Today, he has come up the mountain to avenge the wrongfully killed people of Ten Thousand Peaks Town.
Ling Yi made no attempt to conceal his arrival at the gate of the mountain stronghold, naturally attracting the attention of the soldiers on the watchtowers on either side of the gate.
A volley of arrows fell, then bounced back, and the soldier on the watchtower killed himself.
Ling Yi kicked the village gate to pieces, forcefully breaking into the village and beginning his killing spree.
Half an hour later, more than half of the tens of thousands of soldiers in the mountains were killed or wounded, leaving behind corpses and blood everywhere.
The remaining soldiers were terrified and stood around the perimeter, not daring to approach even a fraction of a second.
"General, I serve under the Ninth Prince. Are you going to oppose the Ninth Prince and the Great Yan Nation?"
The leader, suppressing his fear, shouted loudly.
"I have come here for no other reason than to avenge the innocent people of Ten Thousand Peaks Town who died unjustly."
The General Who Protects the Nation has always cared for the people; everyone knows that.
In order to find a way to survive for the people of the Great Yan Nation, Ling Yi did not hesitate to fight against powerful clans and families, and changed the land policy to return land to the people.
In order to ensure the smooth implementation of his decrees, this Grand General once led his special forces to Sweep across the entire Great Yan Nation in a month, killing countless powerful clans and noble families.
This is precisely why Ling Yi enjoys such high prestige among the people.
But because of this, Ling Yi offended too many people, and as his power and prestige grew, the royal family became increasingly wary of him.
The leader never expected that the general who had retired from the court and mysteriously disappeared would actually appear here.
Even more unexpectedly, this Grand General who protects the country is not only a brilliant strategist and Wushuang in his political and strategic abilities, but also possesses invincible strength.
This is beyond the power of A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality. Let alone his tens of thousands of soldiers, even more soldiers would be useless. He truly is a man who can fight against an entire country.
Ling Yi, too lazy to waste time with these Coldblood bandits, Ying Yi and charged towards their leader...
But Ling Yi was ultimately alone. Ling Yi killed most of the tens of thousands of bandits, especially after killing their leader. The remaining bandits scattered and fled in all directions.
Even with Ling Yi giving it his all, Clone and managed to escape some of them.
Ling Yi currently lacks effective Attack and Kill methods, and his Protective Thorn Formation can only be used for passive defense and counterattacks.
Ling Yi was able to kill more than half of these bandits precisely because of his Protective Thorn Formation.
By the time Ling Yi descended the mountain, the sun had completely set.
After finding Little Liu Wei, Ling Yi carried the little girl on his back and rushed back to his secluded place overnight.
Half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
The news of the Great General's appearance in the Ten Thousand Peaks Mountain Range also gradually spread along with the fleeing bandits.
As for the story of Ling Yi single-handedly killing tens of thousands of bandits, few people believe it, since such a thing is too unbelievable in the eyes of ordinary people.
Even if he was a general who protected the country.
On this day, an uninvited guest suddenly appeared in Ling Yi's lakeside courtyard...