Guarding the border: I am sanctified in the flesh

Chapter 78 Promoted to the fifth rank, the cultivation base soared

ten days later.

August 26th, morning.

Lu Fan woke up from his trance and opened the attribute panel.

Name: Lu Fan

Lifespan: 16/196
Power: 59.46
Agility: 19.81
Mental Power: 23.62
Physical strength: 24.35
Cultivation: Sixth Grade

Cultivation method: Vientiane town magic power fifth level (675/1000)

Martial Arts: Great Accomplishment of the Six Imperial Gods (6/30)

Assignable Attribute Points: 24.09
These days, Lu Fan practiced from day to night without wasting any time.

Liu Yushen's physical skill has been upgraded, from Xiaocheng to Dacheng, strength increased by 2 points, and physical strength increased by 4 points.

Other attributes have also been slightly improved.

The attribute points that can be allocated have also increased a lot, and Lu Fan still wants to continue to accumulate.

After all, it is not needed now.

Now he only has two kinds of exercises to practice, the body training technique and the magic suppressing technique. If he can achieve perfection by adding points, he will have nothing to do.

You can't be idle all day, can you?
That would be too abnormal.

It will arouse suspicion and cause unnecessary trouble for him.

Might as well save it for later.

When he has a ninth-level kung fu technique, or even a higher-level kung fu technique, if he adds all the attribute points in one go, his strength will definitely increase significantly.

Had breakfast.

Lu Fan came to the Martial Arts Field, and practiced the Liuyushen Body Kung Fu in the corner where he often stayed.

After a long time, he heard slight footsteps and withdrew his hand.

someone is coming.

It was Song Xiucheng.

With Lu Fan's current ear strength, he could tell who it was just by the sound of footsteps.

"team leader!"

Lu Fan stood up straight.

"Come and sit down."

Song Xiucheng and Lu Fan came under the tree and sat side by side.

"The first two missions, you did very well."

Looking at Lu Fan with admiration, Song Xiucheng didn't have a straight face like usual, but a smile.

"Through the previous missions, not only your actual combat ability has been improved, but also your experience in dealing with the enemy has been increased."

"The progress is obvious."

"My lord commander and I are very pleased."

"So, when there is a new task, I immediately think of you."

While talking, Song Xiucheng patted Lu Fan's shoulder, "For you, this is also a great opportunity to accumulate military exploits."

"Yes."

Lu Fan thought so too.

He is in urgent need of new missions to gain combat merits, so he can accumulate 2 combat merits earlier in exchange for ninth-order skills.

"I know you are from Fengyi County. The location of this mission is not far from Fengyi County."

Song Xiucheng said: "Both the commander and I think that it is most suitable for you to carry out this mission."

"Yes."

Speaking of Fengyi County, Lu Fan's thoughts returned to the past.

It was a vague memory.

His predecessor grew up in a small village in Fengyi County.

It seems to be called Guyuan Village?

The entire Fengyi County is very poor and often suffers from bandits.

But no one cares.

It was just because Fengyi County was too remote, and even though it belonged to Caiyun City, because the location was too marginal, and Caiyun City's troops were limited, there was no time to take care of it.

This caused the banditry there to be extremely serious.

"I also know that your parents died at the hands of horse thieves."

Song Xiucheng said: "So, you have a deep-rooted hatred for horse thieves."

"Ah."

Lu Fan nodded slightly, feeling a little heavy.

Those vague memories became clear at this moment.

Sadness, hatred, misery, all kinds of emotions hit at the same time.

Lu Fan felt the deep-seated hatred.

It turned out that those memories never dissipated, but were quietly hidden by him.

Those emotions are always in his blood, and they can explode with just the slightest reason.

Damn horse thief!

Lu Fan gritted his teeth.

"There are many bandits there, and there are more than a dozen horse thieves, big and small, but because it is too remote and has the advantage of the terrain, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Sigh!"

Song Xiucheng sighed softly, and said: "Whether it's Caiyun City or Nanzhao City, they didn't really send troops to encircle and suppress the horse bandits. Even if they sent troops, they were just going through the motions."

"This makes those horse thieves more and more rampant."

"Burn, kill, loot, commit all kinds of evil."

"Damn it!"

"The commander-in-chief has decided to exterminate those horse thieves and return the common people to peace."

"This requires us to prepare in advance."

"And you are undoubtedly the most critical point."

Speaking of this, Song Xiucheng raised his head and looked at Lu Fan, "Your task this time is extremely difficult and extremely important. You must be mentally prepared."

"Please tell the captain clearly."

Lu Fan absolutely supports the extermination of horse thieves.

He had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

Looking back now, he can still taste the poverty and sadness of his childhood.

People in Fengyi County are having a hard time.

And all this is thanks to those horse thieves.

If the horse thieves could be wiped out, the common people would definitely applaud and celebrate wildly.

There will be less suffering in the future.

This is a very good thing.

"Your task is to find out the details of the horse thieves, find out the lairs of each horse thieves, as well as the deployment of troops, the strength of all aspects, etc."

Song Xiucheng's face turned serious, "When necessary, you will even break into the horse thieves. As an internal response, when we attack the horse thieves, we will create chaos and try to wipe out the horse thieves with the smallest loss."

"Yes."

Lu Fan said yes loudly.

He knew the approximate location of the horse thief, which was in the mountains to the north of Fengyi County.

There are high mountains stretching for hundreds of miles, and the terrain is extremely complex, easy to defend but difficult to attack.

If people who don't know go there, not only will they not find the horse thief, they may not be able to get out.

"Of course, it's dangerous."

Song Xiucheng sighed: "You can only go there alone, unlike before, Ye Wuchen can contact you."

"It's all up to you."

"After you get the information, you still have to find a way to spread the news."

"As for how to deliver the news, I haven't figured it out yet. I'll tell you when your action starts."

"Today is to let you be mentally prepared first, and think about how to deal with that difficult situation then."

Speaking of this, Song Xiucheng patted Lu Fan's shoulder, "This task belongs to you, it is very difficult for others to complete."

"Yes."

Lu Fan also understood the danger.

But with his current strength, it's not a big problem.

Coupled with his strong physical body, even if he is deeply surrounded, it is difficult to get hurt.

What's more, he still has outstanding agility and agility. Even if he encounters danger, as long as he goes deep into the mountains, few people can catch up with him.

Therefore, this matter may be extremely dangerous for others.

But for him, it was an excellent opportunity for meritorious service.

This task is so important, if he can complete it well, he may gain more than 5000 combat merit points, then he will have enough combat merit points to exchange for ninth-order skills.

With the ninth-level kungfu, he will have greater confidence in obtaining multiple rankings in the competition next year.

Thereby further enhancing one's own strength.

Many things require him to fight for, but to wait.

After all, this is a military camp, and the competition is particularly fierce.

The best cultivation resources will only be given to the best talents.

If he wants to be the strongest, he can only continue to climb, step by step to achieve the strength and status he wants.

Therefore, for this mission, he must go.

"But how do you get inside the horse thief?"

Lu Fan frowned.

"I have a preliminary idea, let me tell you first."

Song Xiucheng pointed to the north, "In the big prison in Caiyun City, there are more than a dozen horse thieves being imprisoned. In order to gain their trust, I will wrong you and enter the big prison to be their cellmate."

"Then find a chance to break out of prison together."

"For your saving grace, maybe they will take you back to the horse thief's lair."

"You can successfully mix in."

Song Xiucheng asked for Lu Fan's opinion, "Do you think it's feasible?"

"You can give it a try."

Lu Fan nodded, "It may not be that easy to gain their trust. Even if they enter the lair of horse thieves, they will find a way to test me. If they are a little careless, they will still find out my identity."

"Yes, this is where the risks lie."

Song Xiucheng agreed very much, "So, if you have the opportunity to enter the horse thief's lair, you don't have to do anything, just watch and listen."

"To fully gain their trust."

"After all these years, they are used to being stable, and they never thought that we would destroy them."

"The vigilance is not that strong."

"With your ingenuity, you can do it."

"Besides you, I really can't think of a second candidate."

"Even Ye Wuchen can't do what you do."

Song Xiucheng said, "I can only rely on you."

"Yes."

Lu Fan agreed with Song Xiucheng's point of view.

When he really came to the horse thief's lair, as long as he didn't do anything, after a long time, he would naturally gain the horse thief's trust.

At the very least, they won't be on guard against him.

That's fine.

"Okay, let's talk about these today, the specific plan still needs to be perfected."

Song Xiucheng stood up and said, "I will definitely make arrangements to reduce the risk as much as possible so that you can successfully complete the mission and return safely."

"Yes."

Lu Fan also got up together.

"Also, there is something else I want to tell you."

Song Xiucheng said: "The imperial court has sent a supervisory censor to Zhennan Pass to learn about the Black Tiger Gang case and may ask you."

"You don't have to worry, just follow what we discussed."

"With Lord Commander here, this matter will subside soon."

"The supervisory censor is just going through the motions."

After a short pause, Song Xiucheng continued: "When the matter is over, it's time for you to perform the next task."

"Yes."

……

……

Eight days later, September [-]th.

In the morning, Lu Fan opened his eyes, and immediately opened the attribute panel.

Name: Lu Fan

Lifespan: 16/250
Power: 63.50
Agility: 19.84
Mental Power: 23.67
Physical strength: 32.38
Cultivation: Sixth Grade

Cultivation method: Vientiane town magic power fifth level (795/1000)

Martial arts: Liuyushen physical skill complete
Assignable Attribute Points: 26.01
After several days of hard training, Lu Fan finally perfected the Liuyushen physical skills, increased his strength by 4 points, and increased his physical strength by 8 points.

The Vientiane Suppressing Demon Art is about to be upgraded.

Other attributes have also been slightly increased.

With Lu Fan's current strength, he is confident that he can defeat a fourth-rank high-level martial artist, even if he meets a fourth-rank peak master, he can handle it.

One step closer to Yan Qing.

carry on.

After breakfast, Lu Fan didn't go to the Martial Arts Field right away, but first came to the Library Pavilion, and after returning the exercises, he took another exercise book.

It is still a sixth-order body training technique.

The name of the exercise is "thousands of tempering".

If you can practice this set of exercises to the extreme, your whole body will be harder than steel.

When he came to the Martial Arts Field, Lu Fan practiced a new technique.

With previous experience, his entry was significantly faster.

It only took one morning, and the practice of hard work has been upgraded.

Promoted from entry level to elementary level, strength increased by 0.5, physical strength increased by 1 point.

noon.

Lu Fan came to the kitchen, packed the food, and sat down opposite Su Mu.

"Did you know? Just yesterday, the supervisory censor arrived at the barracks and interrogated Xu Qing overnight."

Su Mu glanced at no one around, and whispered.

"Oh."

Lu Fan had already prepared himself.

It has been more than a month since the first action.

It's time to come too.

He also knew about the supervisory censor.

The official position is not big, but the power is great.

In the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, there were only fifteen supervisory censors.

Not only can they supervise the officials, but they also have the right to intervene in matters in the military camp.

It is the eyes and ears of the emperor.

"The two of us will definitely be questioned."

Su Mu reminded in a low voice: "Don't forget, just follow the captain's instructions."

"Can't forget."

Lu Fan saw that Su Mu was a little nervous, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, it's fine."

"Ah."

After lunch, Lu Fan returned to the dormitory.

Yang Cheng didn't practice on the bed, as if he was waiting for him.

"Lu Fan, the captain is looking for you."

"Oh."

Lu Fan knew that it must be the Yushi's business.

He hurried to Song Xiucheng's residence and knocked on the door.

"come in."

Song Xiucheng's voice was very calm.

Lu Fan pushed the door open and entered, only to see another person besides Song Xiucheng in the living room.

"team leader."

"Come on, let me introduce you."

Song Xiucheng pointed to the person beside him, and introduced: "This is Gu Yan, the supervisory censor, Mr. Gu."

"This is the most outstanding Dragon Shadow Guard of our Zhennan Army, Lu Fan."

"Let's get to know each other first."

After Song Xiucheng finished speaking, he was busy making tea.

"I have seen Master Gu."

Lu Fan nodded slightly.

"Not bad!"

Gu Yan looked at Lu Fan appreciatively, and boasted: "Sure enough, he is very brave and has an extraordinary temperament."

"Come on, have some tea."

Song Xiucheng poured two cups of tea and called them to sit down.

"I'm looking for you today, it's okay."

Gu Yan had a smile on his face, and his attitude was quite kind, "Just chatting with you for a while, and I have a few questions for you by the way."

Lu Fan was about to speak, but Song Xiucheng answered, "Master Gu, should I avoid it?"

"If Mr. Song has something to do, go and do it first."

Gu Yan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have my sense of proportion."

"it is good."

Song Xiucheng got up and left, "You two chat."

Gu Yan drank tea and chatted with Lu Fan for a few words before getting to the point.

He took out the paper and pen, found a desk, and sat face to face with Lu Fan.

"What was it like that day?"

Gu Yan raised his head and looked at Lu Fan, "Can you tell me?"

"of course."

Lu Fan did not hide what happened that day, and told it in full detail.

This was explained by Song Xiucheng in advance.

Just tell the truth.

After all, there were too many people there that day, if he lied, it would be revealed if he checked.

And it's not necessary.

He is reasonable.

"You said that Lu San attacked you first."

While listening and writing, Gu Yan suddenly asked, "Do you have any witnesses?"

"There are many witnesses."

Lu Fan said: "Su Mu is the closest, knows the most, and there are many onlookers who have seen it."

"it is good."

Gu Yan nodded, "I will investigate secretly and confirm it myself. Also, why did you attack Xu Qing?"

"Because Lu San is Xu Qing's subordinate, since Lu San wants to kill me, I must take Xu Qing back for interrogation."

"But he didn't cooperate and wanted to resist, so I naturally wanted to take him down."

Lu Fan said: "Otherwise, wouldn't it damage the reputation of our Zhennan Army?"

"Ah."

Gu Yan then asked a few more questions, and Lu Fan answered them truthfully.

"Okay, read what I wrote."

After asking, Gu Yan handed the paper in his hand to Lu Fan, and said, "If there is no problem, you can just sign and put your fingerprint on it."

"Oh."

Lu Fan looked carefully and found that there was nothing wrong, so he happily signed his name and pressed his fingerprints.

"Come here today."

Gu Yan stood up and said, "I will verify carefully what you said today. You should not leave the barracks for the time being. After I finish the verification, I may still have something to ask you."

"Row."

Lu Fan bid farewell and left.

Walking on the road, he pondered the meaning of Gu Yan's words, not letting him leave the barracks?

What about his mission?
It seems that the other party does not seem to be malicious, but who can tell?
Laughing at you doesn't mean anything.

There are too many people hiding their knives in their smiles.

People like this are often more terrifying.

When you have no precautions, you will be stabbed suddenly, killing you instantly.

Not even a chance to resist.

……

……

Five days later, September [-]th.

morning.

martial arts arena.

Lu Fan is practicing thousands of exercises.

As he silently recited the exercises, spiritual power began to flow through his body.

In a moment, it covered his whole body.

Constantly strengthening his body.

Every inch of skin, every pore, and even every drop of blood is being strengthened.

After an unknown amount of time, he felt changes in his body and stopped practicing.

Upgraded.

After a lot of practice, he was promoted from elementary level to small success.

Strength increases by 1 points, physical strength increases by 2 points.

At this time, slight footsteps sounded.

There was no need to turn around, Lu Fan knew that it was Song Xiucheng who had come.

"team leader."

"Ah."

Song Xiucheng was not the same as usual, he seemed to be preoccupied.

"Go and sit over there, I have something to tell you."

"it is good."

The two came under the tree and sat on the ground.

"Ugh!"

Song Xiucheng suddenly sighed, looking a little embarrassed, as if he didn't know how to speak.

Seeing his expression, Lu Fan had a bad feeling.

Is something wrong?
Is it related to Gu Yan, the supervisory censor?

For some reason, Lu Fan immediately thought of this person.

"Go to Fengyi County and break into the horse thief's lair as an internal response task, and give it to Qin Yu."

Song Xiucheng sighed: "You can cultivate with peace of mind recently, there will definitely be more important tasks entrusted to you in the future."

"what?"

Lu Fan was stunned for a moment, he never thought that this was the case.

"This censor, Mr. Gu, has some connections with Qin Yu's family."

Without waiting for Lu Fan to ask, Song Xiucheng took the initiative to say it, "He said a lot of good things about Qin Yu in front of the commander-in-chief."

"In addition, Qin Yu's willingness to take the initiative to ask for a fight is relatively strong. After many considerations, the Commander decided to let Qin Yu complete this mission."

"It's just a mission, you don't have to take it to heart."

Song Xiucheng comforted: "There will be many opportunities to make meritorious service in the future."

"Yes."

Lu Fan knew that it was useless to talk too much, and it wouldn't change anything, on the contrary, he would appear too uninterested.

Qin Yu has always been unconvinced by him, so it is not surprising that he tried his best to win this mission.

And it fit Qin Yu's temperament.

I just want to win, not lose.

Even if you lose, you don't admit it.

If you want to overwhelm Lu Fan, this mission is the best chance.

Gu Yan is the supervisor of the censor, and he is here to investigate the case of the Black Tiger Gang. It is normal for Li Yongtai to give him face.

After all, it's just a mission.

With Qin Yu's strength, it may not be impossible to complete.

"By the way, Lord Gu Yan asked me to tell you that he has verified everything you said last time, and there is nothing wrong with it."

Song Xiucheng said: "He doesn't have any questions to ask you, and you don't have to wait for him to ask questions, you can enter and leave the barracks freely."

"it is good."

Lu Fan wasn't worried about this at all.

However, he now understood Gu Yan's intentions, the reason why he was not allowed to leave the barracks was because of Qin Yu.

Sure enough, there is a knife hidden in the smile.

Lu Fan wrote it down in his heart.

……

……

Another nine days passed in a blink of an eye.

September NO.18.

in the afternoon.

On the martial arts arena.

The Dragon Shadow Guards are all working hard to practice.

Lu Fan especially practiced hard, almost never resting.

Unless someone is looking for him.

When it was getting dark, the Dragon Shadow Guards gradually left.

In a blink of an eye, only Lu Fan was left.

He is tempering his physical body little by little.

Practice thousands of times.

After an unknown amount of time, he stopped, with a happy expression on his face.

Upgraded.

Promoted from Xiaocheng to Dacheng, strength increases by 2 points, physical strength increases by 4 points.

carry on.

After dinner, Lu Fan returned to the dormitory, took off his shoes and went to bed, and started practicing again.

This time I am practicing the Wanxiang Suppressing Demon Art.

Upgrading soon.

Not surprisingly, tonight.

"call!"

Lu Fan's eyes were closed tightly, and a lot of spiritual energy would enter his body between breaths.

After running for a week, he compressed it into the dantian and became his own spiritual power.

The higher his cultivation base, the more aura he absorbed.

Entry is faster.

The same goes for the higher the level of the skill.

Now the Wanxiang Suppressing Demon Kungfu has been practiced by Lu Fan to the fifth level, and it will soon be the sixth level. The speed of cultivation is much faster than before.

After a long time.

Feeling the changes in his body, Lu Fan was overjoyed.

Vientiane town magic skills have been upgraded.

The next moment, violent spiritual power began to rush in, instantly filling his dantian, and there was a surplus, constantly hitting that barrier.

"boom!"

That barrier was broken, and the capacity of Dantian was expanded again.

Made the cut!
Five grades of cultivation.

Lu Fan only felt that the spiritual power in his body was extremely full, and he had explosive power all over his body.

As if endless.

This promotion has greatly improved his strength.

Open the properties panel.

Name: Lu Fan

Lifespan: 16/350
Power: 75.24
Agility: 21.96
Mental Power: 24.89
Physical strength: 43.63
Cultivation: fifth grade

Kung Fu: Vientiane town magic power sixth level (0/5000)

Martial arts: Liu Yushen's body skills are perfect, with thousands of hammers and hundreds of exercises (0/30)

Assignable Attribute Points: 29.53
After being promoted, Lu Fan's strength increased by 8 points, physical strength increased by 4 points, agility increased by 2 points, and mental power increased by 1 point.

It can be said that the increase is huge.

Now his true strength is not weaker than that of a third-rank elementary martial artist, and even slightly stronger.

Coupled with his strong physical body and various martial arts, even if he encounters a third-rank middle-level powerhouse, he is enough to protect himself.

Moreover, they are not afraid of being besieged.

This is not counting those assignable attribute points.

If it really comes to a critical moment, Lu Fan can add all the attributes that can be allocated, so that his strength will skyrocket in an instant.

As a result, he was able to turn danger into safety, and even turn defeat into victory.

continue!

Lu Fan closed his eyes and re-entered the cultivation state.

……

……

More than a month passed in the blink of an eye.

This day is October NO.20.

in the afternoon.

Lu Fan meditates in the dormitory.

Now he has practiced all kinds of martial arts to perfection, and he has fully mastered all skills.

He doesn't need to go to the martial arts arena anymore, he just needs to stay in the dormitory every day and practice the Vientiane Suppressing Demon Art.

There are a few others in his situation.

For example, Ye Wuchen.

Lu Fan hasn't seen this person for a long time.

And Qin Yu, he hadn't seen him for a long time.

Lu Fan was practicing, when suddenly, there was a burst of noise outside.

There were exclamations and curses.

Not one person, but many people.

what happened?
Lu Fan opened his eyes, got up and got out of bed.

This kind of situation has never happened in the always quiet Longyingwei dormitory area.

Is something wrong?

When Lu Fan walked out of the dormitory, he saw four people walking from a distance carrying a stretcher.

Dozens of other people surrounded the stretcher and walked along with them.

They are all Dragon Shadow Guards.

But everyone looked sad and indignant, and some even had tears in their eyes.

Oops, something really happened.

Lu Fan's heart sank, and he greeted him.

Seeing him approaching, many people stepped aside consciously. His eyes swept over the stretcher, and finally settled on the man's face.

His face was very white and bloodless.

Eyes closed, eyebrows furrowed.

It looked like he had fallen into a coma, but he was still suffering.

There was blood all over his body, and there were several wounds visible to the naked eye. Although the blood had solidified, the wounds were quite deep.

It turned out to be Qin Yu.

Looking at this familiar face, Lu Fan was a little surprised, did the mission fail?
Probably.

Otherwise, how could Qin Yu suffer such serious injuries?
"Hurry up, send it to Lord Commander, he has a way to treat it."

Jiang Pengju, the captain of the third team, ran over with an anxious expression on his face.

"Yes."

Everyone agreed, carried Qin Yu, and left quickly.

Lu Fan looked at the crowd in the distance and fell into deep thought.

Qin Yu was so injured, how did he come back?
Did someone save him?
who can that be?

He should be fine, right?

With Li Yongtai's help, at least he won't die, right?
But if the injury is too serious, will it affect his cultivation?

Also, the mission should have failed this time, right?

Surely the mission will continue?
Will Li Yongtai rearrange candidates?
Should be.

It seems that some preparations have to be made in advance.

……

……

Five days later.

October 25st.

night.

After dinner, Lu Fan was called to Song Xiucheng's residence.

The two sat facing each other, their faces a little dignified.

Lu Fan guessed something, Song Xiucheng looking for him at this time is probably related to Qin Yu.

"You should also know that Qin Yu was injured, and it was very serious."

Song Xiucheng sighed with bitterness on his face, "If it hadn't been for the Commander to rescue him, maybe he would have died."

"Ok, I know."

Lu Fan nodded.

"Thanks to Ye Wuchen."

Song Xiucheng poured a cup of tea for Lu Fan, and then said: "Just in case, the Commander sent Ye Wuchen to meet Qin Yu, and then he rescued Qin Yu and brought him back."

"Oh."

Lu Fan solved a mystery in his heart.

Pretty much as he guessed.

Among the Dragon Shadow Guards, apart from him and the captains, only Ye Wuchen could do it.

"Luckily among misfortunes, Qin Yu is fine."

Song Xiucheng said: "It won't affect his future cultivation either."

"That's good."

Lu Fan picked up his teacup and took a sip of tea.

"Unfortunately, the task was not completed."

Song Xiucheng glanced at Lu Fan quickly, hesitantly, "It will undoubtedly be much more difficult to carry out the task again."

"Yes."

Lu Fan answered, "The other party must be wary, and it will be too difficult to sneak in as an internal response."

"Ah."

Song Xiucheng agreed very much, "This road is basically unfeasible, and we need to change our thinking. Qin Yu's preparations were so thorough, but they all failed. Even you, it is difficult to gain the trust of horse thieves."

"How is Qin Yu's progress?"

Lu Fan asked: "Is there any gain?"

"There are gains."

Song Xiucheng thought for a while and said, "At least we have found a lair of horse thieves, and they are the strongest horse thieves."

"But since Qin Yu has been exposed, I'm afraid that the horse thieves will abandon the stronghold and go to another mountain."

"It will be difficult to find them again."

Speaking of this, Song Xiucheng sighed, "After all, there are too many hills over there, it's too easy to change places."

"Yes."

Lu Fan also thought about it, and frowned, "So, this information alone is not enough to send troops to wipe out the horse thieves. If they fail, they will scare the snake away, making those horse thieves wary, and it will be even more difficult to find them."

"That's why I came here for you."

Song Xiucheng looked directly into Lu Fan's eyes, and said, "If you want to wipe out the horse thieves, the information must be accurate enough. Therefore, someone has to carry out the task, try to obtain the information of the horse thieves, and find all the horse thieves' lairs."

"No one else can complete this task but you."

Speaking of this, Song Xiucheng asked: "I just don't know if you are still willing to accept this task?"

"Of course I would!"

Lu Fan nodded without hesitation.

"it is good!"

Song Xiucheng heaved a sigh of relief, patted Lu Fan lightly, and sighed, "I'm a little embarrassed. Last time I gave the task to Qin Yu, but this time I'm still looking for you."

"Captain, you didn't mean it last time, you don't have to do this."

Lu Fan's face turned serious, and he said, "Every mission, you are the first to think of me, so I should thank you."

"You kid, you really are not an ordinary person."

Song Xiucheng praised: "You have a heart, you have a magnanimity, and what's more rare is that you have a heart of sincerity. Even I have some admiration for you."

"The captain is overrated."

Lu Fan was humble.

"Okay, let's talk about the mission."

Song Xiucheng changed the subject, and said: "Although Qin Yu's strength is not as good as yours, he is second only to you and Ye Wuchen, and is the third expert of the Dragon Shadow Guard."

"But even with his strength, he was so injured that he almost lost his life."

"It can be seen that the mission is difficult and dangerous."

"You are going to carry out the mission, at least you must first ensure your safety."

"I don't want to see you hurt so badly like Qin Yu."

"After all, you are the person I value most, and you are also the person Commander values ​​most."

"If you make a mistake, neither the Commander nor I can bear it."

Speaking of this, Song Xiucheng asked: "The pros and cons of this, have you ever thought about it?"

"Thank you Captain for your kindness."

Lu Fan said: "Since I have decided to go, I have already thought about it clearly. I promise to complete this mission."

"it is good."

Song Xiucheng refilled tea for Lu Fan, with a smile on his face, "I knew I was right."

"team leader."

Lu Fan picked up his teacup, took a sip of tea, and asked, "I just don't know how strong the horse thief is?"

"According to the previous information and what Qin Yu heard this time, we can make a preliminary inference."

Song Xiucheng said: "The most powerful team of horse thieves has more than 1000 people. The head of the family is called Han Daozhang, and he has a fourth-rank cultivation."

"There are three other masters, all of whom are fifth-rank cultivation bases."

"There are more than a dozen big bosses, most of whom are of the sixth rank."

"There are as many as dozens of small bosses, mainly of the seventh rank."

"And then there are the elite horse thieves, there are about 100 people, most of them are eighth-rank and ninth-rank cultivation bases."

"The rest are ordinary horse thieves who have not entered the product, and the number accounts for the majority."

"This is just one of the horse thieves, and its strength is stronger than that of the Black Tiger Gang. If more than a dozen horse thieves add up, there are almost tens of thousands of horse thieves, and their strength can be regarded as very strong."

"The key is that these horse thieves are very familiar with each other. They not only communicate with each other, but also support each other."

"So, attacking one of the horse thieves is equivalent to going to war with all the horse thieves."

"If you want to exterminate them, with the garrison of Caiyun City alone, even if you can do it, you will suffer heavy losses."

"This is also the fundamental reason why no troops have been sent to wipe out horse thieves for many years."

"No matter which city lord is willing to suffer heavy losses."

"Otherwise, those horse thieves would not have been rampant for so many years."

Speaking of this, Song Xiucheng clenched his fists, "But this time, Lord Commander has made up his mind to wipe out all the horse thieves and completely eradicate this cancer."

"Yes."

After listening to Lu Fan, he was completely relieved.

The leader of the most powerful team of horse thieves is only at the fourth rank.

The other horse thief teams must be even weaker.

With Lu Fan's current strength, no one in the horse thief team is his opponent.

That's it.

Even if his whereabouts were discovered, no one could keep him.

It's hard even if he gets hurt.

After all, his physical body is extremely strong now, not to mention ordinary horse thieves, even the strongest Han Daozhang may not be able to hurt him with a full blow.

Of course, it is okay for Lu Fan to resist a few times.

If you stand still and get beaten all the time, it will definitely not work.

If you receive one punch and receive ten punches, the damage you receive will definitely be different.

Because the damage can be superimposed.

A drop of water can wear through a stone, let alone a fist?

Not to mention weapons like swords.

Therefore, no matter how strong Lu Fan's physical body is, if he can get hurt as little as possible, he will get hurt as little as possible.

When fighting, he will use body skills, archery skills, hidden weapons, marksmanship, knife skills, etc., all weapons that are beneficial to him.

Try to maximize your wins with as little loss as possible.

This is also the biggest reliance for him to dare to face many horse thieves.

Fight if you can, and leave if you don't want to.

Want to keep him?
impossible!
Want to catch up with him?
Harder.

Even if you want to find out his whereabouts, it's not that easy.

Therefore, this mission poses little danger to Lu Fan.

"Do you have any good ideas?"

Song Xiucheng said: "I've been thinking about it for the past few days, but I really can't think of a good idea."

"I did think about it."

Lu Fan nodded and said, "In the north of Fengyi County, there are mountains stretching for hundreds of miles, and there are countless birds and beasts hidden in them."

"As far as I know, there are quite a few hunters in the deep mountains who live by hunting."

"Sometimes people go into the mountains to collect medicinal materials."

"These people have also been robbed and oppressed by horse thieves all year round."

Lu Fan expressed his thoughts, "I want to enter the deep mountains as a hunter, find the hunters and herbal gatherers in the deep mountains, and find out the news of the horse thief from them."

"Then I will look for the horse thief based on the information."

"I believe there are always traces to be found."

Lu Fan seemed confident, "Within two months, I promise to find out all the horse thieves' lairs."

"It's a good idea."

Song Xiucheng expressed his worry, "There is a certain danger, especially when you are very close to the horse thief's lair, they will not let you approach easily."

"nothing."

Lu Fan said: "I have my own way to deal with it, and it is not dangerous. After all, I am only alone. When I am in danger, as long as I hide in the mountains, it will be difficult for them to find me."

"Well, since you are confident, do as you say."

Song Xiucheng stood up and said, "Come with me, I'll show you something."

"Oh."

Lu Fan followed Song Xiucheng to a desk.

Song Xiucheng took out a map and spread it out on the table.

"This is the lair of horse thieves that Qin Yu found."

Song Xiucheng pointed to the map with his finger, and among the mountains, a red circle was drawn on the top of a mountain to mark it.

"You try to stay away from here."

"it is good."

Lu Fan agreed.

"Also, you carry this map with you. Firstly, it's easy to identify the way, and secondly, you can mark it."

Song Xiucheng had some expectations in his eyes, "It's best to mark the positions of all the horse bandits, and the positions of their guard posts, which should be highlighted."

"no problem."

Lu Fan said loudly, "I promise to complete the task."

"Okay, what else do you want?"

Song Xiucheng nodded in satisfaction, "Just mention it, I will definitely satisfy you."

"I want a hunter's outfit, including clothes, hunting bow, arrows, knife, flint, water bag, etc."

After a short meal, Lu Fan continued: "There are also dry food, jerky, various seasonings, as well as cured meat, pickles, sausages and so on."

"Okay, I'll prepare it for you."

Song Xiucheng asked: "Is there any more?"

"Let me think about it."

Lu Fan pondered for a while and came up with an idea, "Captain, I want two small pots, very small ones, one for soup and one for rice."

"Of course, I have to bring some rice."

"Bring a few spoons and chopsticks, too."

Lu Fan smiled and said, "That's how we all work together."

"You boy!"

Song Xiucheng was amused, "It's thoughtful!"

"Be thorough."

Lu Fan said, "I'm going to stay in the mountains for two months."

In fact, what he thought was very simple, even if he went into the deep mountains, he still had to eat well.

After all, the better you eat, the more you order.

In two months, if you don't eat well, you will lose a lot of attribute points.

Then it's not worth the loss.

However, as long as he brought enough things, he didn't have to worry about it.

Because there are all kinds of game in the mountains, with a pot, there will be more ways to eat it. Maybe after eating a meal, it will increase more attribute points than it is now.

I can still eat all kinds of delicacies, how good is it?
Even if you go out to perform tasks, you can't lose yourself.

The more difficult the environment is, the more we must treat ourselves well.

"Too."

Song Xiucheng thought of the difficulty, and his face darkened, "Thank you for your hard work."

"fine."

Lu Fan shook his head lightly.

"Alright, go see Qin Yu."

Song Xiucheng patted Lu Fan lightly, and said, "If you have any questions, feel free to ask him. After all, he has experienced it himself, and only he knows many specific details."

"Yes."

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(End of this chapter)