My Apprenticeship to Uncle Jiu: I Was a Warlord in the Republic of China

Chapter 327: Backlash of Magic, Heavy Casualties

"What on earth happened? Is Jiang Li dead or not?"

He watched from the side for a while, but couldn't see anything, so he ordered people to carry the living people out of the formation.

Upon hearing this, his personal guards had no choice but to step forward and enter the formation to search.

Fortunately, at this time the people in the formation were attacked by the magic, and without anyone to preside over it, the formation was automatically broken. Otherwise, those who rashly entered the formation would probably have ended up with a miserable death.

Soon, because the formation had been broken, the guards quickly carried the living people out of the formation. Seeing this, Muto Yoshinobu hurried forward to ask.

However, Shimazu Meiye, who was in charge of the formation, was the main culprit and suffered the most damage when the golden dragon of luck counterattacked. At this moment, he was already a skinny man with white hair, lying on the ground motionless, deader than dead.

Therefore, Muto Yoshinobu naturally could not get anything out of him. Finally, after asking a survivor of the Abe family, he confirmed his guess.

This time the curse did fail, and they were also affected by the magic.

Muto Yoshinobu was furious when he heard this, but his anger was not because so many Onmyoji had died.

It was because he failed to successfully curse Jiang Li this time, and it also destroyed his plan to further seize power and then start a killing spree.

When he thought about how his carefully crafted plan had gone to waste in the blink of an eye, he became furious. He waved his hand and asked his personal soldiers to carry the survivors away for treatment. Then he returned to the headquarters with a furious face, trying to find a way to put an end to this matter.

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As for Jiang Li, he had not felt any discomfort since he shivered and got goose bumps due to the sudden chill.

After relaxing for a while, I got on the bus and headed for Qinghe County.

Arriving in front of the Qingshui River Temple, Mo Ying quickly got out of the water and sent a message to Jiang Li from a distance, "Master, you are finally here. I have been waiting for you for a long time!"

Jiang Li was very confused when he heard this, "Didn't you ask your temple master to come and tell me today that you wanted to discuss something with me?"

"Why do you sound like there's some hidden secret in this?"

Mo Ying hurriedly explained, "Master, you may not know that I completely refined the dragon bone half a month ago!"

"I sent someone to invite you two days later, but the temple master said you were in seclusion, so I never saw you. I don't know how he got lucky today, but he actually invited you here!"

"Alright, alright, stop talking about these useless things. Tell me what you want to talk to me about. Is it because of the Dragon Palace?"

When Mo Ying saw that his intentions were discovered by Jiang Li, he immediately grinned and said, "Master is worthy of being the master. You saw through my thoughts right away!"

"I'm planning to enter the Dragon Palace as soon as possible so that I can help you protect the people around you!"

Jiang Li was annoyed when he heard this: "Don't I know what you are up to?"

"I'll tell you the truth. I still have some things to deal with. Once I finish the things at hand, I can go over there. Please wait for a while!"

When Mo Ying heard Jiang Li's words, he immediately wanted to send a telepathic message to refute, but in the end he remembered that Jiang Li was the master, so he simply stopped arguing and accepted it.

But he finally said unwillingly, "Then Master, please hurry up, I feel like I'm going to shed my skin again soon. If I shed my skin, I'm afraid I'll have to wait another month for the new scales to be as hard as they are now!"

When Jiang Li heard Mo Ying's words, his eyes could not help but fall on its huge dark dragon body. "Have you been eating the villagers' livestock recently? Why do I feel like you have become a lot thicker?"

Mo Ying grinned and exhaled with great pride when he heard this. "Master, you don't know that I swallowed the dragon bone recently, and after some refining, I absorbed the essence from it."

"I have also refined a trace of dragon energy. Not only has my bloodline improved, but my cultivation has also greatly improved. I think I am one step closer to becoming a true dragon, so my body has grown a little bit."

"It's a good thing to improve your cultivation. I wonder if you can enter the Dragon Palace in Dongting Lake with your current cultivation. It's 20 to 30 feet underwater!"

Mo Ying immediately sent a message to assure him, "Master, don't worry. I was born in water and recently learned water magic. A mere twenty or thirty feet is no problem at all!"

Seeing their pride, Jiang Li took a few steps forward, rode on it, and then said with emotion: "You have grown a lot in this period of time. Before, it was a little inadequate on your back, but now I feel that its back is broad and thick, which is perfect for riding!"

Then he took out a roll of measuring cloth from the storage ring and began to measure Mo Ying's height.

When he measured it, he was surprised to find that the guy's current length was almost 15 meters. "I remember the first time I saw you, you were only about 11 or 12 meters long. Now you've grown so much!"

Mo Ying saw Jiang Li's surprised expression and explained in a voice transmission: "During this period of time, the little god has been constantly refining the dragon bone. In addition to improving his cultivation and bloodline a little bit, his body has also grown a little bit!"

Seeing that it seemed to be acting in a Versailles manner, Jiang Li simply ignored it and waved his hand to take out a few bottles of Essence Pills from the storage ring and threw them to Mo Ying.

"Take these essence pills. It will be a great honor for me if you can turn into a dragon sooner!"

"Also, during this time, go and recruit some wandering ghosts to form a patrol team, to prevent some ghosts from occupying your river temple when we go to Hunan!"

Then he turned and left.

Mo Ying nodded when he heard this, "Master, don't worry, I will do it when I get back, and I will definitely not leave any trouble behind!"

After leaving Qinghe County, Jiang Li went straight back to Nanxi County. The first thing he did was to order intelligence personnel to conduct investigations around Dongting Lake.

While inquiring about local rumors, he also explored the local topography and landforms to pave the way for his next search for the Dragon Palace.

After that, he began to deal with the military affairs that had accumulated recently. However, while he was dealing with these things, he saw the report of the theft in his hometown.

However, seeing that there was no loss, he didn't care much and just put it aside.

Then he continued to deal with these military matters. Why do I say they are matters?

This is of course because there have been no combat missions recently, only things like allocating personnel and materials, and paying military salaries.

However, there was one thing that made Jiang Li take a closer look, and that was the report sent by the guerrilla headquarters.

Speaking of the guerrillas, in addition to the first batch of 1,200 people and 400 teams, another 900 people and 300 guerrilla teams were dispatched last month.

There were already more than 2,000 people at this time, and according to the report from the guerrilla headquarters, except for a few that encountered accidents, the rest of these guerrilla squads had basically gained a foothold.