Chapter 1675: Chapter 1676: Do You Have a Crush on This Guy?
Before long, you heard yourself holding two bows and two quivers of arrows behind you: "Does anyone know archery?"
To your surprise, Deng Fang raised her hand, and naturally Wei Yingyue lifted her hand because she had learned archery from a world champion, which you were aware of.
As everyone looked at herself, Deng Fang couldn’t help but blush slightly, saying, "Well, I have an aunt who is an archer. I learned from her for a while. Although my accuracy is not high, it’s better than nothing."
"You’re right." You smiled and handed the bow and arrow to Deng Fang, saying to Xu Mingjie, "Little Jie, you go and get a steel fork too. These wolf demons are actually similar to ordinary people, just jab their vital points."
You handed the bow and arrow to Wei Yingyue, saying to her: "Long-range is entrusted to you."
Wei Yingyue nodded lightly, hung the arrow quiver on her back, held the longbow in her left hand, and was about to pull on Liang Xinyue when she noticed Little Xin Yue had also taken a curved dagger from the chivalrous man’s hands, this dagger was used by the wolf demons.
Seeing Liang Xinyue holding the curved dagger in such a laborious posture, you couldn’t help but smile, stepping forward to hand your dagger to Liang Xinyue; "Little Xin Yue, how about we change this one? The curved dagger is still too heavy for you."
Liang Xinyue looked at you and nodded.
After everyone was ready, they continued to move forward.
As you continued your journey, everyone tried to avoid the demons along the way. These demons were strange; not only were they dressed in human armor and wielding human weapons, but they also seemed to be patrolling the wilderness organized much like humans.
"Brother Mu Yun, these demons are so strange. Throughout our journey, apart from us, there hasn’t been anyone else. But they seem to be guarding against something else. Could it be, besides us, something else poses a threat to them?"
While resting in a small grove, Xu Mingjie asked you, who stood behind him.
"Your idea is interesting. I’ve been wondering about this, but I’ve never been able to grasp it."
At this point, the chivalrous man resting against a tree trunk nearby, always keeping an eye on the surroundings, spoke up: "They are guarding against the armies of the Underworld."
"The Underworld’s army?" You looked at the chivalrous man.
The chivalrous man still bore that mask face, as if no matter what happened, his eyelids wouldn’t flutter. However, upon your question, he patiently explained: "Where you are now is called the Earth Spirit Realm, a junction between the Underworld and the Mortal World. Many years ago, an evil spirit was hunted by the Heavenly Court and fled to the Earth Spirit Realm. As the Heavenly Soldiers couldn’t enter the Earth Spirit Realm, the evil spirit gradually took over here. The Underworld, commanded by the Heavenly Court, tried its best to suppress the evil spirit’s expansion, but due to the scarcity of troops in the Underworld, all it could do was trap the evil spirit so it wouldn’t do evil outside."
The chivalrous man glanced at you all, continuing: "Over the millennia, the number of demons has only increased. The Underworld sends a troop every so often to fight them but to little effect. Now, the evil spirit’s forces have extended to Blackwater Town; Blackwater Town is the last refuge of humans in the Earth Spirit Realm. Now, with Blackwater Town destroyed, there is no longer a place for humans to survive in the Earth Spirit Realm."
You pondered for a moment, then asked: "Hero, the task you mentioned before was to slay the Demon God. This Demon God wouldn’t be this evil spirit, would it?"
"Correct."
You hit your forehead: "Dare I ask, hero, does this evil spirit have another name?"
The chivalrous man casually uttered two words: "Emperor Xin."
"Ha!?" You suddenly stood up, looking at the chivalrous man, "Emperor Xin? Zi Shou? The Last Shang King?"
You blurted out three titles, which are not very familiar to you but people often refer to this last Shang King as King Zhou of Shang.
Zhou is the posthumous title given to him, probably done by King Wen of Zhou.
However, in your three titles, the word Zhou isn’t mentioned.
After all, you are very aware that Emperor Xin was your past life.
Others did not expect your reaction to be so big. Among the six of them, besides Liang Xinyue who was still in middle school, the other five all had high academic qualifications, although Du Yanan had little time for reading, she still knew about King Zhou of Shang.
Seeing you so, Du Yanan couldn’t help but say: "Isn’t it just a King Zhou of Shang? Is it worth such a big reaction?"
You ignored Du Yanan, instead picked up a branch from the side, and began drawing in the dirt, saying as you drew: "I said the demon marching and formation style seemed somewhat strange, yet somewhat familiar, turned out to be Emperor Xin’s underlings, no wonder..."
Du Yanan watched you, just about to speak, Wei Yingyue chimed in: "Although I don’t know much about this Emperor Xin, Grand Ancestor praised Emperor Xin twice for his great contributions in sending troops against the Dongying tribes during the Shang Dynasty. I believe this has something to do with Emperor Xin’s military expertise."
"Exactly!" You raised your head suddenly, smiling at Wei Yingyue, "Sister Wei truly deserves to be known alongside my sister as a talented woman."
You chuckled, then started drawing again: "Looking across several thousand years of China’s history, the martial prowess of our Grand Ancestor is undoubtedly the best in the world, there is no need to dispute this. Among the emperors of various Chinese dynasties, Grand Ancestor particularly respected one person, that person was Emperor Xin. He wrote in his notes that Emperor Xin was the first Chinese emperor to understand flexible troop movements and formations; during his time, he was virtually unstoppable in battle. Unfortunately, in the end, King Zhou took advantage of him, picking up a bargain but ultimately leaving him with a tarnished reputation."
Wei Yingyue added: "Emperor Xin’s infamy is mainly accumulated by history, it’s just an irresponsible target for the outbursts of those historical scholars."
"Let’s put that aside, since the game developers chose to make Emperor Xin the final big BOSS, there must be a reason. If I’m right, the rewards in this game should be quite generous, but with our current abilities, let alone defeating him, it’s unlikely we can even approach him. So now, what we need to do is study some tactics."
"Tactics?" The chivalrous man came over, seeing you drawing messily on the ground, his eyes showed a hint of puzzlement.
"What do you intend to do?" Du Yanan stood behind you, looking at you with great interest.
Seeing Du Yanan’s expression and actions, Wei Yingyue, who was familiar with Du Yanan’s character, immediately frowned. Without further ado, Wei Yingyue grabbed Du Yanan’s hand and pulled her aside.
"Little Yue, why are you pulling me?" Du Yanan looked at Wei Yingyue.
Wei Yingyue stared directly at Du Yanan, asking in a steady voice: "Be honest with me, have you fallen for this guy?"
"Me? How could it be!" As she said this, Du Yanan still cast a sidelong glance at you who were explaining to the chivalrous man and those beside you.