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Chapter Six Hundred and Twenty Seven – The Ming Bandits
The estate that Shu Long and the others lived in was not left unscathed under Lin Qian’s blow and collapsed. But because they had been preparing to leave, all of them were unharmed.
When Zuo Mo’s shout howled out, all of Guard Camp suddenly shot into the air like a drawn bow string. With a few jumps, they appeared next to Zuo Mo.
They had finished forming a battle formation in the air. When they landed next to Zuo Mo, they surrounded him in the middle. The movements was so dazzling that all those who noticed this scene had strange looks on their faces.
“Find A Wen and the others!” Zuo Mo asked gravely, “Is everyone else here?”
“All here!” Shu Long nodded reliably. Behind him, several figures flew out and quickly found A Wen and the others.
Zuo Mo noticed Xiao Guo and Li Ying Feng among the group and Li Ying Feng was carrying Luo Li on her back. His nerves immediately relaxed. When he saw Bie Han and Sin Battalion, his expression eased further.
But his brow quickly furrowed again.
The black dots in the sky became increasingly clear. The battalion that was flying towards them was astoundingly large. From the scale, it probably had more than ten thousand people!
“Bie Han, prepare to fight!” Zuo Mo lost his politeness at this time and briskly ordered.
Bie Han’s cold face remained motionless. He nodded and turned to leave.
“Miss Ceng! Please give the command of the Celestial Planet Guards to me!” Zuo Mo said with a serious expression.
Ceng Lian’er did not waste words and shouted, “Shou Ping!”
“Present!” Shou Ping immediately came out of the ranks. Miss’ battle just now had frightened him half to death and the reveal of Miss’ strength had shocked him.
“From now, you will be under Xiao Mo Ge Daren’s command. Anyone who disobeys will be executed!” Ceng Lian’er swept Shou Ping with a glance and said in a light tone.
Shou Ping’s heart shook and he responded respectfully, “Yes!”
“The Ming Bandits! The Ming Bandits have come!” In the sky, many mo stumbled as they landed. Their faces were ashen and their expressions filled with terror.
“Ming Bandits!”
Great Peace City exploded.
Even Zhu Ke and the others suddenly changed expression.
Zuo Mo saw Tao Xing’s bloodless face. His lips were trembling and he was clearly extremely terrified. Zuo Mo asked, “Who are the Ming Bandits?”
Tao Xing’s throat was dry and his expression as grey as it could be. “We are definitely going to die now! Ming Bandits … … Ming Bandits, they are a group of lawless bandits … …”
“Lawless bandits?” Zuo Mo paused. At his side, some members of the Guard Camp had expressions of scorn. They had killed many bandits on their journey here.
“The strongest bandits!” The one who spoke was Tang Fei. At this moment, this handsome young woman with a ponytail had a trace of fear on her face. “They come like the wind, kill people and are extremely cruel. Their leader is called Ming Hui. This person is an astounding genius. Even though he is young, he is only a step away from marshal level. He has many experts under his command. They are all the elites of the other bandit groups that he has taken over. This person is extremely ambitious and is as sly as a wolf. He is someone no one wants to provoke!”
Zuo Mo understood some of this. After a moment of thought, he said to Tang Fei, “Starting from now, I’m going to command your battalion!”
Tang Fei opened her mouth but did not speak. Tao Xing heard this and his expression relaxed slightly. He nodded repeatedly and said, “Good good good! Tang Fei, listen well to Daren’s orders!”
Tang Fei lowered her head and accepted the order. “Yes!”
At this time, Zuo Mo did not have the attention to spare for Tang Fei’s willingness or the lack thereof. The Ming Bandits were coming quick and a hard battle would not be able to be avoided.
Right now, anything he could get was something that he could use.
———
“Ming Bandits!” The middle-aged attendant’s expression changed slightly. She raised her head to look at the incoming black cloud in the sky and gritted through her teeth, “I will take you and break through.”
“You can escape. With your strength, you should be able to break out on your own. If you take me, you will not be able to escape.” Princess Xia glanced at her.
The middle-aged attendant said lightly, “We have been mistress and servant for so many years. I had my own intentions when I started, but I watched you grow up into a young woman. No matter what, I will not abandon you.”
She looked deeply at Princess Xia and said, “You have done enough for the Anwei Family, you do not owe them anymore. If you want to take the opportunity to go into hiding, this may be a good chance.”
A thread of warmth flashed across Princess Xia’s eyes. With her hand she combed her slightly ruffled hair. “You are giving up?”
“This is probably fate,” the middle-aged attendant said lightly. However, her expression seemed to be relieved of a burden.
“You have given up, but I do not want to surrender like this to fate.” Princess Xia’s smile blossomed and a differently light flashed through her eyes.
The middle-aged attendant showed a hint of shock.
“It is crueler to forget the things that one does not want to forget. Compared to him, I am much luckier.” Princess Xia raised her face and her eyes seemed to be shrouded in mist. She murmured to herself, “In these years, I have muddled through and accepted the arrangements of the family. It was not for the Anwei Family, but for Father. Every time, I would think that the Anwei Family was the blood and tears of my father, and I was unable to refuse their requests. Now, I have thought it through. Since I do not want to forget, I will not forget. In the past, I was struggling in my memories and was moved by others like a puppet. When I think about it now, that me was really lacking.”
Her beautiful face slowly lit up. She stared into the sky and seemed to say to herself, “I have to become brave. The Anwei Family is the work of my father, and the best way to pay respect to him is to inherit his last wishes and make the Anwei Family prosperous. I need to stand up, and not remain down, I will not be a puppet, I want to become the master of the Anwei Family!”
The middle-aged attendant’s gazed softened. She had seen how depressed Princess Xia had become after her father had passed away.
She was silent for a moment before she said, “I will lead you out of here!”
Her tone held determination rare to her.
Princess Xia took her gaze back and smiled mischievously. “I have a way.”
“You have a way?” The middle-aged attendant stilled.
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“They are surrounding us.” Miao Jun’s expression was grave.
He was a gold battle general and had a broader view than other people. He quickly noticed the Ming Bandit Battalion that appeared at their flanks and rear. The other was trying to corral them in.
This was the first time that he had seen the legendary Ming Bandits. His mood was as dark as his expression was. As expected of the Ming Bandits that were publicly recognized as the strongest bandits. From the initial charge to the maneuver to surround them, the transformation of the formation flowed like water. It was shockingly smooth. The troops looked unorganized but the murderousness that came with battle experience caused Miao Jun’s heart to tremble.
After seeing this group of terrifying bandits with his own eyes, Miao Jun finally understood why no faction was willing to provoke the Ming Bandits.
Zuo Mo grimaced. He could also see what Miao Jun saw. But his strength was completely drained and he had not recovered. He swept a look across Shu Long and the others. Their expression was normal but everyone had been affected by that sword strike that swept through all of Great Peace City. Their offensive capabilities were also affected.
The Ming Bandit did not form a wall to surround them. Instead they were strategically dispersed maintaining appropriate distances between the groups of troops and did not expose any openings.
Seeing this, Zuo Mo knew that the enemy was an expert!
However, the Ming Bandits did not target Lin Qian’s group.
They were those who only bullied the weak!
Zuo Mo cursed them as he threw lingdan into his mouth. He ordered Shu Long and the others to take the time to recover and receive the hard battle that was going to come.
Suddenly, Zuo Mo noticed Princess Xia’s group coming over.
“I know you have a way out so I came to side with you.” Princess Xia had a mischievous smile.
Zuo Mo grimaced. “What way do I have?”
“Then what do we do?” Princess Xia’s brow furrowed as she looked pleadingly at Zuo Mo.
“Even if you look at me, I can’t create a way.” Zuo Mo’s expression was one of helplessness, but the next words that came from his mouth was completely the opposite. “However, no matter if there is a way or not, we have to fight.”
His tone was not resolute, nor arousing but a strong fighting spirit permeated from it.
For some reason, Princess Xia immediately felt reassured. She smiled beautifully. “I will let you take command of my guards. If I really die, it isn’t much. We will live and die together!”
“Cough cough cough!” When Miao Jun heard this, he burst into coughing. Princess Xia was a beauty, and he felt he was unable to withstand her presence in that moment.
Zuo Mo was not affected by the “illusory spell.” His mind was filled with potential ways of breaking through the encirclement.
He did not refuse Princess Xia’s submission. In his mind, Princess Xia was his friend and he also owed her a favor. He thought and then asked, “How many guards do you have?”
“About three hundred.”
“Give their command to me.” Zuo Mo did not waste words.
“Alright!” Princess Xia agreed without another word.
A hint of admiration flashed through Zuo Mo’s eyes at Princess Xia’s decisiveness.
Princess Xia’s guards were quickly gathered and they were put under Zuo Mo’s command. Zuo Mo immediately gave these guards to Miao Jun to lead.
A gold battle general could not be wasted.
The events that occurred after far surpassed Zuo Mo’s expectations. It may have been that Bie Han’s battalion had the advantage of numbers but many other people came to throw their lot in with him.
Given their familiarity Zuo Mo could understand when the Lan Brothers came to him but he didn’t understand why Princess Xin and Princess Wan also came.
But at this time, he needed more manpower and did not refuse any of them. His request to all of them was the same, hand command of their guards to him. The people also knew the urgency of the situation and cooperated.
Zuo Mo had Miao Jun take command of all these guards.
At this time, the Ming Bandits had finished their encirclement. It was strictly enforced and any mo that tried to break through were killed on the spot.
The pressure created by the army circling the city was suffocating.
Zuo Mo felt extremely urgency. If the Ming Bandits attacked the city at this moment, then they wouldn’t have any power to resist. What he could trust the most right now was only Bie Han’s Sin Battalion. There weren’t enough of Guard Camp’s members here. A Wen and the others were lightly wounded and their strength was affected.
Time! They needed time!
Just as Zuo Mo was praying that the Ming Bandits would not attack the city so quickly, woosh, the Ming Bandit battle battalion suddenly pushed forward.
The tangible murderousness filled the air and swept them like an enormous wave. Everyone’s expression changed!
Were they about to attack the city?
At this time, something suddenly happened!
Translator Ramblings: It never ends.
Meatbun Delivery~
Thank you for the chapter ( ●w●)
ZM: “want to join the resistance group? 😎 fork out the Mo bei~ ..oh also your troop aswell”
Anon Group: “what?! This is daylight robbery!!”
ZM: “NEX..”
Anon group: “wai-wait,Wait! I didn’t say i don’t agree..”
ZM: “then pass over the Mo bei to my beautiful secretary, A Gui and go recieve your orders from Miao Jun over there. Shoo shoo.. Ge got some more suck..err.. customers waiting~”
In this situation ZM’s victims are willing to give him both their mo bei and their lives (and the lives of their undelings)…Who is Zuo Mo to fight his fate and refuse profitable business? 😀
Oh! And congrats for being The First! *lights more incense and leaves more offerings to Meatbun shrine*
Second?
“Lawless bandits?” Zuo Mo paused. At his side, some members of the Guard Camp had expressions of scorn. They had killed many bandits on their journey here.”
Ge’ll show you what a real bandit is.
“At this moment, this handsome young woman with a ponytail had a trace of fear on her face.”
Handsome should not be the proper word here. Handsome is typically used to describe a man and it has an entirely different meaning when used for a women:
https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/17108/can-you-still-call-a-woman-handsome
But why are you telling me this?
Because you shamelessly commented “second” just so you could have a comment near the top, so I shameless replied to yours so that I could have a comment near the top
But how else am I supposed to let people know I found the chapter before them?
He’s just hijacking bro…
I don’t understand. Briefly reading your link it seems that the use of handsome here is appropriate.
Not unless the author means to describe her as having a masculine, angular face (which would be contradictory to previous descriptions)
I got curious so I looked up the chinese word originally used. I don’t speak or read chinese but I can google.
英氣 – the word used, google says it translates “heroic spirit” aka “valor?”
英俊 – handsome
帅氣 – handsome
I don’t know.
Handsome is okay. It just means she’s beautiful not in a feminine way but more on a masculine way, or not masculine per se but instead “it’s more right to say she’s handsome than she’s beautiful” kind of way.
Yep. Both luck and mighty force of F5 were with you today :>
Hail the F5. Long live the sect.
Indeed!
lets try for third…
Thanks for the chapter!
Grrr… the author has mastered the Dao of Serial Cliff!
So he has evolved to serial cliffer! What shall we do? 😰
5th?:o
Thanks for the chapter
About the right time for Lord Fifth to come in!
“Have faith in the Lord Fifth, gain eternal life…. Three circles to the left, then three to the right. Shake those butts!”
Oh wrong book…
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WTF , i ddnt expect the TL release a chapter before 12 pm . Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo :'( Thanks for the chapter though . Sniff sniff ( MENNN )
Tch noob
I’m not even trying ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ .
Same, I just happened to look at the time and thought “WoC chapter comes out around now”, checked and got second lmao
I ddnt bother checking since the TL always post a chapter at 12-1 pm .
Dao of F5 so strong, only need to press once :^)
I think F5 sect is back .
F5 was never gone. The Dao of F5 resides within your heart. And the F5 key. Mostly the F5 key.
Too bad Lady Luck can’t be on your side every time, Ren-kun :/ Better luck next time :>
I need kanna <3
Thanks for the chapter
I wonder if the reinforcements have finally arrived.
We all want gong sun shidi to come show everyone why bandits are no more than pasture for tutle island’s horses.
They almost made it but they decided to randomly wipe out this group of yaksha they came across first. Just didn’t like the way they looked.
Lil’Miss will happily butcher aaaaaaaaall the enemies~ So boys, get in line and come one at the time <3
Thanks for the chapter!
Why lin qian escape!!
Thank you for the chapter.
great, another cliffhanger.
Thanks for the chapter! This author is really skilled with the Ways of Creating Cliffhangers.
Sup
Noooooo too many little cliffy
Yep, Lil’Cliffy makes me want to sing:
“Please have mercy on me
Take it easy on my heart
Even though you don’t mean to hurt me
You keep tearing me apart…”
Stupid author, why add that last line. WHY.
thanks for the chapter!
I know, he’s such a tease! :/
What happened?!
Oh, and thank you for the chapter 🙂
A wild Vermillion bird camp appears!
Translator’s rambling today: brief yet concise.
Hehe
Thank you for the chapter. 🙂
And suddenly, lil miss battalion is here.
That means all of you are fvcked.
But seriously, when will someone teach Zuo Mo that what he sees is not an illusion spell. I doubt the two ghost in his mind will tell him since they themselves have distorted views on things =.=
Thanks for the chapter!
That would be nice, since its no longer funny, but only annoying.
The bandits picked a very bad day to attack Zuo Mo. If there’s even one speck of dust on ZM, Lil’Miss the Amazon warrior waifu will Butcher them.
Thanks!
one more! one more! XD
Thanks for the translation!
My bet goes to turtle camp arriving in the last moment and save the day XD
Thanks for the chapter!
At this point…the cliffhangers can’t don’t feel as cliffy as they used to….maybe I’m just used to them now since every chapter is a cliffhanger
What if this is a fake misdirection cliff?
“Look! I thought this was a cliff but it was just a one foot drop. Can’t fool me. Hahahahahahahaha.”
(Loud laughter causes rock hanging from cliffs ABOVE to come crashing down.)
Lol, that could be it 😀 Perfect illustration.
Yeah, they are becoming Common Cliffies. They aren’t cute anymore.
You you you….. rubbing salt into our wounds!
Thanks for the new chapter!
Thank you very much for this chapter!
Well that at least confirms why Kun Lun was allowed to escape everyone to nearly everyone was expended during that attack leading to opportunistic bandits thinking they could take on a city…
In before Lil Miss shows up 😛
Damn lil cliffy! Thanks for the chapter!
And now Little Miss reaches the city and saves the day 😛
It would be a sight for sore eyes, indeed!
Thanks for the chapter 🙂
Seriously why is ZM so naive, how can he think of this snake of a princess as a friend, when he has had almost zero contact with her, and has heard what kind of deciving sly character she is. And if he saves them from these bandits, i hope he wont be stupid enough to still think he ows her anything. Im sure shes gonna ask for huge favor, which he as the moron he is will accept…
ZM trusts his instincts. He was told she was a snake by Pu and Wei who didn’t know her personally but just had a grudge a thousand years ago with her family,
We, the audience, have been given some of her point of view, and while her first priority is herself, she hasn’t been shown to have any malicious intents against ZM.
As for thinking he owes her anything and being stupid to repay it, that’s a common honor/chilvalry theme. Without this concept we’d have a lot less interesting books and movies as we do.
She plans on using him, and we have seen how sly she is. Its fine with repaying a debt, but that dosent mean one has to be a retard and do something way beyond what you got for that debt. Just because of honor, for thats not honor but stupidity. And saving her from their predicement, is more than enough of payback.
She plan on using Zuo Mo. Zuo Mo’s original plan was to use all the mo to take care of the xiuzhe for him. Pu and Wei are the king and queen of using people. Nothing new to see here.
ZM was planning on risking his life in a duel to save Luo Li. Also planning on risking his life to save the two girls but Princess Xia just gave them to him first. Relative to ZM, any favor would be at the same level.
Honor and stupidity are not mutual exclusive. To be clear, not saying this is “right” or “smart” from me personally. But saying that it makes enough sense in the Cultivation world.
I bet lil miss arrived
‘However, the Ming Bandits did not target Lin Qian’s group.
They were those who only bullied the weak!’
– Give them the scorning look! *jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii*
Jiiiii..
‘Were they about to attack the city?
At this time, something suddenly happened!’
– Is it Wei Sheng? Lil’Miss? Worrisome bondage thread ball and its unwilling anti-Dragon Claw slave acting up? The assumingly destroyed Mo shen stele appearing from the heaven bathed in holy light? Teeeeeeeeeell meeeeeeeeeeeee :[
– It is confirmed, Lil Cliffy truly is a yandere. It simply LOVES to torture us <3
Thank you for the chapter!
Thanks for the chapter WYHCWE, WanderingGummiOfDoom, and Anon! Now would be a good time for Wei Sheng and the rest to arrive.
Thanks for the chapter,
Will the gang get back together to kick some bandit ass?
Thank you for the chapter!
Time for Lil’ Miss to make an appearance.
Hahahaha!
This is when little Miss appears on the scene! The bandits aren’t coming to invade, they’re running from little Miss!
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That would be awesome.
I’m betting that the “something” was Lil’ Miss.
I’ve always wondered… do the translator’s name and website’s name mean anything? or were they born from random keyboard mashing?
Thanks!
A missile was flying at Ge. When is was 10 li away from Ge, a layer resplendent light appeared. Though it was as thin as a hair, it was very marvelous to look. It had the aura of transcendence. When the missile touched the light, they both vanished. Though all of this took a long time to describe, it happened in less than the time it takes to fill a cup of tea.
Thanks for the chapter!
Thanks for the chapter!