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Chapter 310 Aqi's Adventure
Gao Tinggeng then went on to tell the story of Yu Aqi.
"After arriving in Jinyang City, he started asking about the residence of Golden Blade and Black Sword. However, Golden Blade and Black Sword rarely show up, so it is not easy to find him. Moreover, Cangmu Country is so big, with so many young men who want to learn martial arts from him. How can Golden Blade and Black Sword meet all of them?"
"The bad guys are the bunch of bastards under the Golden Sword Sect he founded. Yu Aqi asked everyone in Jinyang City where the Golden Sword and Black Sword were. After asking a few questions, he naturally asked the people from the Golden Sword Sect. At that time, Jin Tianyu, the second son of the Lord of Jinyang City, was recruiting slaves to send to Jiaoshan to mine black iron ore. At that time, a strong slave could be sold for eighteen or twenty gold. Wow, that was a lot of money! When the people from the Golden Sword Sect saw a young man like Aqi, whose accent was not from their Jinyang City, they immediately came up with a crooked idea and said they would take him to see the Golden Sword Venerable. They actually tricked Yu Aqi and his brother into going to Jiaoshan!"
Chu Xiaomu frowned when he remembered that he, Adou and Xiaomeng were also bought to Jinyang City as slaves by a swindler named Luo Xu.
"Jiaoshan in Jinyang City, what is that place?! We have a saying in Cangmu country, I don't know if you have heard it, it's called 'It is better to be a ghost under the knife than to be a slave in Jiaoshan'! Just the name is scary, not to mention being secretly sold there. It is said that people who were sold to Jiaoshan as slaves either died of exhaustion, or were whipped to death, or were beheaded, skinned and tortured to death... It is absolutely impossible to escape again!"
Gao Tinggeng suddenly remembered that Chu Xiaomu, Zhang Hou and others had escaped from Jiaoshan, so he changed his words and said, "The ordinary people I'm talking about who have no ability don't mean you, Brother Chu and Brother Zhang."
Everyone said it was okay and asked him to continue.
Gao Tinggeng opened the water bag and took a sip of water. He cursed the Golden Sword Sect again and continued, "He became a slave in Jiaoshan. You probably know what happened next. Brother Yu Aqi said that he was lucky to meet you, Brother Chu, so he could escape from Jiaoshan with you. Otherwise, he would have died of exhaustion in there. Our Dongzhong Army would have lost such a powerful figure... By the way, brother Yu Aqi also mentioned a little brother named Xuanying. Let me tell you, this surname is also an extraordinary surname. It is said that it has some connection with the Shenwu clan..."
Gao Tinggeng suddenly realized that he had gone off topic, laughed, and said, "Sorry, I've gone off topic. Let's talk about Brother Aqi. But after arriving in Bicheng, you were still together, so there's no need to talk about what happened in between. I'll start from when Brother Yu Aqi came to our Dongzhong Army."
Everyone was very curious and listened attentively.
After Chu Xiaomu and others left, Yu Aqi and Hai Wuqing waited in the Zhongjing Army camp for more than ten days before they waited for a small team of Dongzhong Army to return to Bicheng for business. Then they traveled east with them, and it took almost six or seven days to reach the Dongzhong Camp, which was 1,200 miles east of Bicheng.
After arriving at the camp, he was assigned to the eighth team of the Donggen Camp the next day. The team leader was named Kuang Chuanshan, a strong and capable middle-aged man who was very strict with the soldiers under him.
Every day before dawn, Kuang Chuanshan would wake up all 24 soldiers in the team, and have them practice Qi training with him, and practice battle formations and spear styles, almost all the time, regardless of winter or summer, rain or shine.
Yu Aqi had just arrived and had no idea how to adapt to this pace at first. He was either dizzy or felt weak all over and yawned continuously. He suffered from the ridicule and contempt from Kuang Chuanshan and other soldiers.
Fortunately, Yu Aqi was open-minded by nature and was a person who could adapt to various situations. He adjusted himself after a few days and practiced Force martial arts day and night with the other soldiers, so he no longer fell behind.
The Bicheng Army had a method to train the soldiers' physical strength and endurance, which was for each soldier to carry a large log while marching up the mountain. The log weighed about 100 kilograms, and once on the back, they were not allowed to put it down halfway, and each trip was at least 20 miles, which was extremely difficult.
At first, Yu Aqi was just like other recruits, unable to complete the training in the stipulated time, always an hour or so behind the other soldiers. However, two months later, Yu Aqi was able to catch up with the captain Kuang Chuanshan in carrying logs, which was amazing.
Another month passed, and the Dongzhong Army held its annual martial arts test. After testing it in front of Ding Qi and others from the Central Army, he actually opened up his Force! Although it was only the first level of lifting a tripod, it was not easy to open it after only half a year of military service.
It is said that he is the first person in the Dongzhong Army who can use the Force so quickly.
Even the commander of the Central Army, Ding Qi, praised Yu Aqi repeatedly, saying that he was a rare general.
From then on, Kuang Chuanshan and his men were much more polite to him. But there were still a few who were jealous and always tried to find fault with Yu Aqi and make things difficult for him. Fortunately, Yu Aqi was easy-going and never bothered with them. These people felt bored when their hard fists hit the soft cotton and gradually stopped looking for trouble.
Yu Aqi was kind and generous, handsome, and had awakened the Force at a young age, so he was very popular in the Dongzhong Army. Whenever Ding Qi gave a speech to the soldiers, he would mention Yu Aqi, praising him in both explicit and implicit ways.
Therefore, almost all of the nearly 5,000 soldiers of the Dongzhong Army knew him. Even if they had never met him, they had at least heard of his name.
There are vast grasslands on the east and west sides of the Dongzhong Camp. The south side is about eighty miles away from the Beast Mountain, and the north side is about two hundred miles away from the dense forest of Kurong Mountain. Although evil spirits are rare, ferocious beasts often appear and harm nearby herdsmen, livestock and horses. Occasionally, there are bandits who rob the people's livestock and itinerant merchants.
Ding Qi then issued an order that the soldiers of the Dongzhong Army would be arranged to patrol the border in turn after their usual training to deal with wild beasts or bandits. The patrols often lasted for ten days, half a month, or even one or two months.
At that time, winter had just passed and the ice and snow had not yet completely melted. Kuang Chuanshan's team was arranged to patrol the border near the dense forest at the foot of Kurong Mountain, and Yu Aqi naturally followed them.
It is said that cattle, sheep and horses are often lost for no reason in the area under Kurong Mountain, and the reason has not been found for many years. Although the number is not large, it is still a pity.
Everyone speculated that the terrain of Kurong Mountain was complex and the forest was too dense, so the cattle, sheep and horses strayed in and couldn't find their way home.
Some people also suspected that there were evil spirits haunting the mountains, and it was common for evil spirits to steal and kill livestock and horses.
Since we are talking about evil spirits, Ding Qi would arrange several teams of soldiers to patrol the border every once in a while. This time, he specially designated the Eighth Squad of the Donggen Camp where Aqi was.