Chen Changsheng did not exchange pleasantries with the Clan Leader, nor did he pay any attention to the Barbarian slowly collapsing to the ground. Planting his Long Spear on the ground, he took a deep breath. Feeling the nearly depleted True Qi within his Dantian, he steeled his resolve.
Twenty drops of Blood Essence emerged from the cauldron and surged into his stomach. With a mere thought, they were instantly Refined. Waves of warmth flowed through his limbs and bones, rapidly converging into his Dantian. The shriveled, dim white light quickly recovered to thirty percent of its peak state.
Chen Changsheng was overjoyed. He thought, "As expected, Blood Essence has the effect of restoring True Qi."
With a shake of his Long Spear, he charged toward the battle ring where Chen Xuan was fighting another Barbarian Martial Artist. Seeing Chen Changsheng’s Long Spear striking toward him, the Barbarian Martial Artist instantly retreated explosively. This guy’s Spear Technique was too full of Deceit; one moment of carelessness would cause his True Qi to fall into disorder, easily leading to his death. He was a Martial Arts Powerhouse; on the grasslands, he was a noble lord. He had come to Great Yan to plunder, not to risk his life. Faced with a true life-and-death crisis, he would much rather retreat.
In the blink of an eye, carrying his Great Saber, this man charged over to County Captain Li’s battle ring. The moment he arrived, Chen Changsheng and Chen Xuan arrived simultaneously. The six Martial Artists clashed in a chaotic melee!
Seeing that there would be no better opportunity than before, County Captain Li said, "Chang Sheng, take your cousin and carve a path into the Barbarian Soldiers! Leave this place to Old Chen and me!"
Chen Changsheng nodded upon hearing this. With a move of Poisonous Snake’s Tongue, he forced back the enemy in front of him. His figure flashed as he charged into the midst of the Barbarian Soldiers. At the same time, he shouted loudly, "Fu Sheng, come closer to me!"
Soon, the two brothers converged. Chen Fusheng took charge of guarding against stray cold arrows around Chen Changsheng, while Chen Changsheng specifically plunged into the most critical areas, constantly turning the tide for formations that were on the verge of collapse. Of the two Martial Artists, one was in his peak state, taking lives with every thrust of his spear. The other, despite having injuries, absolutely crushed ordinary soldiers.
Although the two of them could not kill a massive number of Humans, they caused the offensive of the Barbarian Soldiers to rapidly weaken, giving the young men of Chaoyang a strong sense of security.
In less than half an Hour, the situation on the battlefield was completely reversed. The young men fought with increasing valor, while Barbarians one after another began to use the siege ladders to rush down the city walls. Soon, more and more Barbarian Soldiers began to flee in defeat!
On the Martial Artist battlefield, although they fought until they were dead tired, there was zero progress. As the Northern Barbarians’ soldiers fled, more and more young men of Chaoyang freed up their hands, drawing their bows and nocking their arrows to harass the Northern Barbarians’ Martial Artists.
"GRAAAH!"
One by one, the Northern Barbarians’ Martial Artists began to roar and bellow. Chen Changsheng curled his lips and scoffed, "If roaring was useful, donkeys would have conquered the world long ago!"
A moment later, the four Northern Barbarians’ Martial Artists successively leaped into the air, scattering in all directions, and executed a Flying Sweep down the city wall. No one stopped them. Chen Changsheng even rushed over to the Clan Leader’s side at top speed. He knew that the Clan Leader had suffered severe injuries twenty years ago, which caused his Cultivation to remain stagnant ever since. In today’s battle, he had first gone all out using the Snake Coiling Seven Probes Spear Technique to besiege and kill a Martial Artist from the north, and then he teamed up with County Captain Li in a two-versus-three fight against the enemy. This would certainly aggravate his old wounds.
As expected, while County Captain Li was still drawing his bow to continue shooting the enemy, Clan Leader Chen Xuan had already sat down cross-legged, silently regulating his breathing. Seeing a smear of dark red at the corner of his mouth, one could easily guess that his old injuries had definitely flared up. Seeing that Chen Fusheng was also swaying unsteadily on his feet, Chen Changsheng could only speak up. Visit g.com for the full chapter.
"Everyone from Chen Family Village, come to this section of the city wall for Defense! Fu Sheng, you stand Guardian for the Clan Leader. I will kill the enemy!"
The crowd surged forward. Chen Changsheng drew his bow and nocked an arrow, focusing entirely on shooting the Northern Barbarians scurrying like rats outside the city.
When the sun reached its zenith, the Northern Barbarians mounted their Warhorses and, ignoring the Corpses of their own Humans littered across the ground, galloped away from the battlefield.
On the city wall of Chaoyang Town, the young recruits, guided by the County Soldiers and constables, successively returned to their original Defense positions. Afterward, those assigned to guard duty stood watch, while the rest descended the wall to rest. Only Chen Changsheng, leading a few young men from Chen Family Village, remained on the city wall, identifying the Corpses one by one.
The first one he turned over to examine was the Barbarian Martial Artist who used a rod. Fifty strands of scarlet Qi Mechanism rushed through his right hand into his mind, vanishing into the cauldron.
"This is Old Eighteen. Carry him to the back!"
"Niu is still breathing! Hurry and call a doctor!"
For a full half an Hour, without even eating lunch, Chen Changsheng touched every Corpse on the city wall, whether they belonged to the Barbarians or the young men of Chaoyang. From the north of the city to the west, and even to the completely unrelated walls of South City and East City Wall, he touched them all. Naturally, the dead from Chen Family Village were picked out. For the young men of Chaoyang who were still alive, he immediately called Humans over to administer aid, and for the living Barbarians, he dealt a finishing blow.
This job was quite dangerous; many Barbarians, clinging to their last breath, wanted to drag someone down to hell with them. Unfortunately, Chen Changsheng was a Martial Artist, making their resistance completely futile.
Everyone was exhausted and somewhat afraid. If they had survived the great battle only to die during the aftermath, it would be quite an injustice. Seeing a Martial Artist like Chen Changsheng running around doing such dirty and dangerous work, they were all filled with gratitude, believing him to be profoundly kind-hearted.
Only Chen Changsheng was silently complaining in his heart. He thought, "Over three thousand Humans fought for the better part of the day, yet there are only a little over five hundred Corpses on the wall."
After gnawing on two flatbreads and watching the Clan Leader hurry toward Heifeng Stronghold, Chen Changsheng executed a Flying Sweep down the city wall. At the city gate, two teams of young men marched out, following far behind him.
At the Southwest corner, Corpses littered the ground. Chen Changsheng still turned over and examined every Corpse. If any commoner of Great Yan was still breathing, he called Humans over to carry them inside; if any Barbarian was still breathing, he delivered a fatal strike. This story is hosted at novelping . com.
As the sun leaned toward the west, County Captain Li, having recovered his state, executed a Flying Sweep down to help Chen Changsheng deal finishing blows. By this time, however, Chen Changsheng had already touched every single Corpse.
Nine hundred and thirty-nine Corpses!
Seven hundred and eighty commoners of Great Yan!
The two quickly rushed to the South Gate and the East Gate Out. There were seventy Barbarian Corpses and eighteen dead Warhorses! The Corpses of the Great Yan commoners were gathered and encoffined. After the Barbarians were stripped naked, they were piled up and burned to ash.
Over a thousand laborers worked until dark. The wounded received initial medical treatment, and the battlefield was finally cleared.
In this battle, one Northern Barbarians’ Martial Artist died, and five hundred and eighty-nine Barbarian Soldiers were killed. They left no wounded on the battlefield, having lost half their forces. Three hundred and fifty young men of Chaoyang died, mostly on the Southwest corner of the city wall, with over a hundred severely injured and more than six hundred lightly wounded. Among them, seven from Chen Family Village died, five were severely wounded, and over twenty were lightly wounded. Seven hundred and eighty Great Yan commoners who had been forced by the Northern Barbarians to attack the city perished, all dying outside the Southwest corner of the wall.
Chen Changsheng killed one Martial Artist and eighty-three Barbarian Soldiers. He captured a Hundred taels of Gold, seven hundred taels of silver, four hundred strings of copper coins, one Iron Rod, and other jewelry and Weapons worth five hundred taels.
Chen Changsheng finally experienced the troubles of having too much money—especially the copper coins. One string equaled a thousand copper coins, so four hundred strings formed a massive pile! Left with no other choice, Chen Changsheng could only exchange six hundred taels of silver and four hundred strings of copper coins for ten Hundred taels silver banknotes from Datong Money Shop.
For ordinary Northern Barbarians, one head was worth five taels, plus a special bounty of ten taels from Chaoyang Town. Eighty-three Northern Barbarian heads earned a bounty of one thousand, two hundred and forty-five taels. The head of a Northern Barbarians’ Martial Artist was worth an even higher bounty of two hundred taels.
While he had received the captured money and registered and handed over the heads, the bounty was not yet in his hands.
County Captain Li patted his chest and promised, "My worthy nephew Chang Sheng, rest assured! Once I return to the county town, I will definitely collect these one thousand, four hundred and forty-five taels of silver and deliver them to Chen Family Village for you!"