"Report, ahead are Jiangggong Ridge and Gulouqiu. Where we are is Xiaxi Ridge. Going to the right is Sanpatang, and to the left is Upper Xiling. Go straight past Jianggong Ridge and Gulouqiu and is Houfeng There is a Jianggong Temple on Jianggong Ridge. There is not much incense in the temple, but the temple has existed for more than 200 years. "The person who took the people outside to find out the information was Zhongqing, because Yi Yan had given instructions. You must inquire carefully about the information about temples and Taoist temples. The fourth talisman has been engraved on his body. This fourth talisman is not a new talisman, but a strengthened 'Yang-catching essence talisman'. The previous yang-catching essence talisman was just The simplest and most core part is now added on top of it. The growth direction of evil soldiers is closely related to their talisman master's cultivation method and the main spells they know. Most of the first talisman is Ningsha. Although the Ningsha talisman engraved by each practitioner is different, the purpose is the same. The purpose of the Ningsha Talisman is to make the body of the evil soldier stronger, so that it can withstand all kinds of talismans that allow the evil soldier to develop magical powers. Generally speaking, each cultivator will only let their evil soldiers have one kind of magical power, which is more valuable than more, because these evil soldiers themselves are unqualified practitioners. In Yi Yan's view, the spells derived from their talismans are not called magical powers. The magical powers refer to those unique abilities that make one's body appear through the practice of cultivation. Such as the ability to see farther with the eyes and the ability to see hidden objects. Living beings escaping from nothingness are magical powers. If the ears can hear things that ordinary human ears cannot hear, this is supernatural power. That shouldn¡¯t be called magic, because they have no method, only magic. Spells refer to spells that use one's own mind power to construct a talisman between heaven and earth that can communicate and drive the power of heaven and earth. Together with a spell, it forms a power that can change the actual form of an object between heaven and earth. The evil soldiers themselves cannot understand magic. In Yi Yan's view, even if they have various mysterious methods that ordinary people cannot have, they cannot be said to have magic or magical powers. They should be called evil arts. In fact, among evil soldiers, there are already various names for evil arts, talismans, spells, and magical powers. Since the fourth talisman was engraved on Zhongqing, she immediately felt the difference in herself, and it could even be said to be a completely different change. If the third talisman was inscribed with only an abnormality, she felt that there was something different during the day. Heat seeped into his body, and it seemed like fire was gushing out every time he breathed in. So now he felt that when he was walking in the sun, not only did he not feel any burning sensation, but he felt like a fish in water. And he always felt that there was a special kind of power condensing in his body, which made him very uncomfortable. He wanted to carefully sense where the power was but couldn't tell. When he walked outside in the bright sun for so long today, this This feeling was particularly obvious, so he stabbed a rock violently with the spear in his hand. What he was thinking about was to vent the feeling of power that made him uncomfortable, but something unexpected happened. He punched a big hole in the boulder, and the handle of his wooden gun burned instantly during the punch, and the head of the gun penetrated deeply into the stone. With the gun head as the center, The boulders are covered with spiderweb-like cracks. " Yi Yan listened to Zhong Qing's words and looked at this handsome young man with strong adaptability and quick-thinking ideas, but he was wondering where Hong Xiuquan and the others would be now. Li Xiucheng had been sent by Yi Yan to contact Hong Xiuquan and the others. He wanted to know where to meet Hong Xiuquan. He had been running around in Guangxi for almost a month, but he still failed to catch up with Hong Xiuquan and his main force. When the Qing army encountered If he bought a few stocks, if it was a small group, then Yi Yan would take the opportunity to fight and train his troops. If there were too many Qing troops, he would lead his men to escape early. He doesn't even know where the main force of the Taiping Army is now. He only knows that they have not lost any battles since they left Yong'an City. Moreover, he brought this evil army with the mark of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom on this world. Wandering around, he was not greatly suppressed by the Manchu world. This shows that the will of the Manchu world is very weak in Guangxi, and it also indirectly shows that the will of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is still very strong, enough to protect Yi Yan. Yi Yan nodded and waved Zhong Qing to retreat. Zhong Qing turned around and walked away for a few steps, then scratched the newly grown hair on her forehead. She turned around and looked at Yi Yan. Yi Yan saw it and asked with a smile, "Why, is there anything else?" Zhong Qing put him on his body. Feeling something strange and uncomfortable, he shot the gun into the stone and told Yi Yan that the handle of the wooden gun was burning. Yi Yan smiled and told him that this was the beginning of evil spells, and he would get used to it in a few days, and asked him to use it more and master the method as soon as possible. Zhongqing was not the first person to show up with evil spirits, but he was the first to ask Yi Yan. After all, he was still young and didn't have any deep thoughts. ?Others were silently pondering how to use it. Hearing his reminder, Yi Yan couldn't help but think of the weapons they used. Those were just ordinary iron and ordinary wood, and they couldn't withstand the sun essence fire condensed on their bodies. He looked at the few people who also had evil spells, thinking that they must have weapons that can withstand the power of the sun's essence fire. Yi Yan doesn¡¯t know how to practice weapons. ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? off out In the end, when the magic weapon is actually sacrificed, there are many details about what talisman to engrave and how to perform the sacrifice. The inheritance here is very strict. If there is anything wrong, the power will be greatly reduced. Over the past few days, nearly thirty-seven of those evil soldiers who were originally other monks expressed their willingness to follow him and become his evil soldiers. Yi Yan did not refuse anyone who came, but he only asked who their original talisman master was. After that, they were engraved with the Ning Shen talisman and the Yang Yang Hua Jing talisman. Their bodies are full of evil spirits and they can withstand it. ¡°Coupled with the people who have joined in from various places in the past half month, there are a total of 278 evil soldiers. Among them, there were one hundred and eighty-nine evil soldiers with only one Ningsha Talisman inscribed on them, thirty-seven evil soldiers who had surrendered, and fifty-two evil soldiers who had broken out with him. ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? All of the new recruits are strong, but most of the able-bodied people joined the army because their families could not survive and they brought their families with them. Therefore, there are more than 500 women, old and weak people who cannot fight. Including more than 200 evil soldiers from other monks who have not yet defected to Yi Yan, Yi Yan's army has a total number of more than 1,000 people. Yi Yan was not proficient in military affairs at all, but after living in Yong'an City for so long, although most things were arranged by the superiors, such as logistics, weapons, clothes and other things, people used to arrange them, so Yi Yan just took care of them. It's enough to go out and fight with the evil soldiers, but after seeing more, he also knows what to pay attention to. Separate camps for men and women was decided by the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom during the Jintian Uprising, so as to ensure maximum combat effectiveness. Yi Yan also separated men and women, with women and children at the back and evil soldiers gathering at the front. Yi Yan wanted to meet up with Hong Xiuquan and the others as soon as possible, which meant he wanted to hand over all the logistical burden. His most urgent matter now is the problem of feeding these more than a thousand people. There are not many people in this area. There is only a village called Zengcun next to Gulouqiu. Are you going to rob it? Of course, Yi Yan didn't want to lead anyone to rob. He often thought of his mother who was captured by the Heaven on Earth and whose life and death were unknown. If his mother was still at home, it would be a disaster if she met someone like him, so he robbed everything. It's those people who are big landowners. Every time he rushed into the houses of those big landowners, he could see warehouses full of grain. Unfortunately, he couldn't take much with him, so he had to rob every place he went. History books record that no matter which dynasty or generation was in chaos, there would be plundering of the people. It would be better to attack one city after another and fight for hegemony over the world. Those volunteers in the early stages of the uprising were like locusts crossing the border. The Yellow Turbans in the late Han Dynasty, Huang Chao in the late Tang Dynasty and Li Zicheng in the late Ming Dynasty said that killing a person is like killing my father and raping a person is like raping my mother, but it is inevitable that people will often be killed to steal food. This is not because those who lead do not want to restrain, but because they have no choice. Just like Yi Yan now, he has also thought about why those who want to compete for the world do not restrain their soldiers and why they do not pay attention to their own reputation. That's because they couldn't do it. At that time, they probably just wanted to feed their soldiers and survive the immediate disaster. "What do you mean by that? The general in Jiang Gong Temple is very powerful. He has a magic weapon that can hold a lake of water. When I was a child, I heard my grandma tell me that cows and pigs often disappeared in the town. I couldn't find it. I thought it was a thief at first. There were young people guarding the town at night. Do you know what you saw in the end? " "In the end, you didn't see anyone, but there was a crab. Jing, a crab as big as a cow, came in a burst of water vapor, entered the cattle fence, killed the cow in three or two blows, then lifted the cow with both pincers and left, until it walked to the lake. " " I've heard about this too, and later the general captured the crab spirit." Another person said. "Yes, people were invited to catch the crabs everywhere in the town. Many Taoist priests came, but no one could go into the water to catch the crab spirit. When the Taoist priests were there, the crab spirits did not come up. When the Taoist priests were away, it came. Then there was a man Entering the town, he held a bowl of turbid water with a crab in the water. He walked to the entrance of the town and told someone that the crab spirit had been caught by him, so that everyone didn't have to worry. , people in the town go to the lake to see??The lake has dried up. " "How do you know that person is the general? "Later, someone went to Jiang Gong Temple, and the statue in the temple was holding a bowl" "" Yi Yan heard a group of women over there talking about this, and he was moved in his heart, thinking to himself: "If that general really exists, his bowl must be able to hold a lot of grain. After getting the grain, it can all be put into the bowl. There is no need to worry about food every day like now. " This thought flashed past, and then he immediately got rid of it and laughed secretly: "It turns out that I have become this kind of person. " Then he thought again: "Is this the so-called involuntary control after karma is entangled? In order to keep these people together and have enough to eat, I took them to rob. " He reflected on the process and state of mind of each robbery, and found that he was getting calmer and calmer, no longer as heavy and entangled as the first robbery. " Calmness is a kind of indifference, but also a kind of sinking. " If I give up all this now, then the cause and effect in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom will no longer exist, but can this really make my heart as pure as the wind and unstained by dust?" Yi Yan thought for a while and rejected his own idea. He knew No. My mother and younger brother need to be saved. If my mother and younger brother die, I must avenge my mother and younger brother. And I can¡¯t die because my sister has no one to take care of me, and the cause of my father¡¯s death is not clear. Some new doubts appeared in his mind, but he didn¡¯t have time to find out. ¡°And I need the growth of my magic power and magical power to do these things well. After doing these things, I can truly look for the wonderful door of nothingness, but pursue the avenue that disappears but exists forever. " When Yi Yan thought of this, his heart became clear. He looked up at the sky and ordered to the people around him: "Go to Jianggong Ridge. "Whether you are walking on the road of light or walking into darkness, you will only know after you have walked through it. As a practitioner, there is no room for hesitation and timidity.