Volume 4: Invincible Stidi Chapter 4: First Flight

  I stared at the map for half a day before I understood what my mother said. It turned out that the so-called Camel Mountain was a high mountain with two forked peaks, and the Flying Phoenix Army was occupying the southern peak, while Hei Jisi occupied the northern peak. To go down the mountain, there is only one small road between the two peaks. The current situation is: Hei Jisi's men are occupying the northern peak and the passage down the mountain, the Flying Phoenix Army cannot come down, and Hei Jisi's men also cannot attack up. However, it is a pipe dream for my mother's troops to go up and rescue the trapped soldiers.

  The general situation is: 500,000 Flying Phoenix Army was surrounded by 1 million Black Geese Army, and this 1 million Black Geese Army was blocked on the mountain by Mother's 1.5 million army.

  "I said: 'Since Heiji's army can't come down, then we'll just drag it out with them!'"

  The old mother shook her head and said, "We can't afford it. The people on the mountain only have a month's worth of food, and more than 20 days have already passed. The Black Armor Army is well-prepared, and in another 10 days, our people will collapse without a fight." The old mother worriedly said, "Moreover, our grain and fodder are not abundant. From the Daughter State to here, the supply line is too long, we can't fight a protracted war."

  I said: "Apart from Meiguo, isn't this the territory of seventeen countries?"

  "Old mother said: 'The key to the problem is here, behind our big camp is the seventeen countries, now their attitude is unclear, when we came they only reluctantly lent us a way to let us pass, our grain and grass supply, military salary, all need to be sent through their territory to reach the front line, if the seventeen countries turn against us, we will become isolated army, that would be irreparable.'"

  "This is indeed a case of 'the mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind'."

  "Actually, things are more complicated than that. Our 50,000 Flying Phoenix Army is definitely going to be the cicada, but who the oriole is, no one can say for sure yet. The 100,000 Black Armor Army has already set its sights on this cicada, and they're not afraid of the oriole behind them. I suspect that Black Armor has already made preparations to abandon these 100,000 troops in exchange for our Flying Phoenix Army. This is equivalent to trading a horse for a chariot - no matter how you calculate it, it's a profitable deal."

  "I exclaimed in surprise: 'They're going to use cannon fodder tactics? How despicable!'"

  The old mother said, "For the sake of winning, they only think about how to effectively strike the opponent, and the lives of these small soldiers are not in their consideration. If it were me, I would use the same tactics to trap the opponent's trump card troops."

  I sighed: "This is a road where no good people walk... - Now what should I do?"

  "Right now, our only option is to launch a surprise attack from both inside and outside."

  "What's your strategy?"

  "I need someone to rush up the mountain and communicate with the sisters on the mountain, then set a date to attack Hei Jie from top to bottom."

  "I said: 'Since Heigesi has occupied the key road, if we launch a fierce attack, won't our casualties be too great?'"

  "Losses are better than total annihilation," said the old mother. "The Black Forest is right across from the Black Geese's homeland, and we're far from our own territory here. We can only fight quickly and leave this place of strife as soon as possible."

  "Okay, then what can I do?"

  "Old mother glared at me and said, 'You'd better be careful.' She said, 'To deliver the message, this person must pass through ten thousand soldiers, and it's not as easy as walking on flat ground.' The terrain of Luoshan Mountain is treacherous, and the enemy occupies the strategic passes. Originally, my only choice was Shu Mei Shi Tai, but I'm worried that she's too old to bear the burden...". Old mother looked at Su Jing and said, "With Xiao Jing here, everything will be taken care of!"

  Su Jing smiled and said: "Mother Gan can just order and leave."

  I pointed at my own nose and said: "Mom, I'm also a Sword God."

  Su Jingdao said, "Your sword aura is now present, but it's not always reliable. This trip is perilous, how can your mother be at ease letting you go? Don't worry, with time, there will eventually come a day when you'll have the chance to make achievements."

  I glanced at my mother's disapproving gaze and hastily waved my hands, saying: "Forget it, forget it, just treat me as a vase then." This action would be a matter of life and death for others, but for Su Jing, it should be a trivial matter, so I didn't insist on it either.

  "Little Jing, when you go up the mountain, try not to expose your tracks if possible. If we can merge our forces without being detected, we'll definitely catch them off guard." But then she muttered to herself, "However, the mountain path is narrow, unless we're birds in flight, it's almost impossible to avoid being discovered."

  I suddenly had an idea and said to Su Jing: "Can't we fly?"

  "What did you say?"

  "Have you forgotten? Didn't you tell me that our Sword God can fly?"

  Su Jing lost his smile and said: "I naturally know, but do you know what that means?"

  "What?"

  "Flight is extremely detrimental to one's sword energy, and unless absolutely necessary, it should not be used casually. If the distance is short, it's still manageable, but if the distance is long, even I would need two days of recuperation to fully recover."

  I said disappointedly: "So sharp?"

  "But what you said is also a good idea, I'll fly to the Ridge of Shame and meet up with my sisters, then work together with Mother Drywood inside and out. This distance shouldn't have much impact on me, at most it's just that I won't be able to kill as many enemies during the breakout."

  Mom smiled and said: "As soon as Xiaojing came, half of the burden on my shoulders was lifted."

  "So our Sword God is a strategic weapon."

  Su said: "The matter should not be delayed, I will set off immediately. Does Mother Gan have any letters to entrust?"

  Old Mother said, "No need to, just remember that the general of the Unified Army is called Zhang Henghu. After you go up the mountain, tell her clearly that tonight at midnight our two armies will take action together to help her break through and leave."

  Su Jingdao: "Good!"

  We arrived outside the account" Su Jingchong's old mother and Ku Mei, who was waiting at the door, bowed slightly, with both palms facing down. Cold Ding suddenly rose into the air and flew towards the Flying Phoenix Army's main camp, 5 miles away, in front of the majestic Kunlun Mountain. The mountain was towering into the clouds, and the two peaks were even more hidden in the clouds, roughly estimated to be at least over 2,000 meters above sea level.

  Su Jingteng flew through the air, not avoiding the troops in the camp. Many soldiers witnessed the Sword God's figure in the blue sky with their own eyes and suddenly cheered. Su stood with his hands behind his back, as if strolling leisurely on a cloud. Mei looked at him for a long time, then sighed and said: "The Sword God is indeed far superior to the Sword Saint."

  I smiled and said: "A Mei, why do you have to be pretentious with your own apprentice? No matter how powerful she is, she can't escape your credit. An apprentice who has become strong must acknowledge their master, and a master who is not as good as their apprentice doesn't need to be disheartened either. Just like now, you are still more powerful than me, so don't you recognize me as your master?"

  Ku Mei said: "I don't dare."

  "I said: 'Then why don't you acknowledge Su Jing as your apprentice anymore?'"

  I know this is complicated for the master-apprentice relationship, Su Jing has a deep respect for Ku Mei in her heart. However, Ku Mei fears that others will say she's taking credit for someone else's work, so she doesn't want to let Su Jing call her Master again, making things awkward between them whenever they meet.

  Ku Mei said: "Since Master has spoken, next time..."

  I suddenly thought of a question and stopped her: "Can female disciples in our country marry?"

  Plum Blossom Face blushed and said: "Master, what are you talking about?"

  I say this because I thought of a difficult situation... - if the country of girls is like the Great Song Dynasty, which does not allow masters and apprentices to have ambiguous relationships, then how can I tease Su Jing in the future? Suffering plum has to admit that she is my apprentice's granddaughter! Thinking of this, I hurriedly told Suffering Plum: "You'd better not admit her for now..."

  Just then, Su's body suddenly stumbled for no reason, followed by a rapid descent, like a wounded wild goose falling down. Fortunately, she covered it up well and twisted her body to land smoothly at the last moment. I was startled and rushed over to support her: "What's wrong?"

  Su Jing's face was pale and she kept coughing. I saw her open her sleeve and spit out a mouthful of blood, and I couldn't help but change color and ask: "Su Jing, are you okay?"

  Su suddenly reached out and pushed away my supporting hand, saying "Don't let others see!"

  "What face are you still worried about at this time?"

  Su suddenly said in a low voice: "The decisive battle is imminent, I'm afraid the military morale is unstable!"

  I finally understood her mind, she was afraid that the soldiers would see her like this and suspect something. At this time, they needed a backbone the most, once the general was injured, it would be a fatal blow to the army's morale. I waved my hand at the surrounding soldiers and said: "It's nothing, she ate too much at noon..."

  Su suddenly cried and laughed, saying: "You're talking nonsense again."

  "What's wrong with you? Has your sword energy not recovered yet?" I remembered that after Su Jing crossed over, her sword energy was only at 30%, I didn't know what would happen.

  Su suddenly covered his chest and said: "It has nothing to do with the sword energy, it's just that the injury from fighting against the evil Taoist hasn't fully healed yet."

  "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

  Su suddenly smiled bitterly and said: "This is a case of cleverness leading to clumsiness, Gan Yu's husband has been seen."

  At this time, Old Mother and Su Mei also rushed over, anxiously asking Su Jing. Su Jing gritted his teeth and said to Old Mother: "Don't worry, I will definitely deliver the letter."

  "You're going out looking like that?"

  Su Jing forced a smile and said: "Although I can no longer fly, but dealing with a few small roles I still can handle."

  "Absolutely not! I'd rather 50,000 people don't have it than you having a single bit less." But clearly that's what she said, and Mom was more anxious than anyone else in her heart. She then said, "You rest first, we'll think of another way."

  Kumei resolutely said: "I'll go!"

  Su suddenly grasped her sleeve and said: "Shifu... Ku Mei Dashi, the General's safety is paramount, you can't leave!"

  Ku Mei said: "But aren't you going to your death by doing so?"

  Su Jing took a deep breath and said, "It's okay, I have confidence in myself."

  Kumei's eyes slanted as she said, "You mean to say that even if you're severely injured, you're still stronger than Master?" At this time, she actually took on the demeanor of a master to intimidate others.

  Su suddenly said helplessly: "Don't forget you've already kicked me out of the house."

  I irritably grasped my hair and said: "Can you guys just stop chattering on and on? Am I not the God of Carving?"

  Su Jing turned his head and said: "Xiao Long, you don't know martial arts, your sword energy is not spiritual, it's better not to expose yourself for the time being."

  I asked her: "How does this fly?"

  Su suddenly said: "What do you want to do?"

  I lowered my head and said: "Can't you ask me anything? Are you trying to hide something from me? I just spoke up for you in front of your master."

  Su Jing said casually: "The main thing about walking in the air is to rely on the sword energy around the body gathering under the feet, isolating the land and air from each other and merging into one, at this time..."

  "It flew up at this time! My mobile phone looked at me and said that I was floating in mid-air."

  Su Jing stared at me with wide eyes, incredulous: "You......"

  Just now, I was in such a hurry that the qi in my body somehow concentrated in my dantian. Listening to Su Jing's explanation, I secretly placed my palms facing downwards and released a stream of sword energy to support the soles of my feet. To my surprise, I floated up gently, feeling as if there was an invisible cushion supporting me. It turns out that flying through the air is just a matter of using sword energy as fuel to send people soaring into the sky. As long as the sword energy is strong enough, this isn't actually difficult to achieve.

  I kicked my legs a few times in the air, and with a casual wave of my hand, I released another burst of sword energy. My body shot up even faster, and Su Jing hurriedly waved at me, "Where are you going?"

  I laughed and said, "Didn't expect that, I still have a talent for flying!" I lowered my head to ask Mom, "Is it at midnight tonight?"

  My mother only then realized that I was going to substitute for Su Jing to deliver the letter, and she was so frightened that her face suddenly changed, and she kept saying: "Get down for me!"

  "Haha, you can't catch me now! When I was born, did you ever think I'd be flying?"

  Mom almost cried: "Yangyang come down, mom has something to say to you."

  "You're using such an old trick." When I climbed the boiler that year, my dad used this to deceive me down. He said at the time that he would take me to buy toys, but when I came down, it was a scolding...

  At this point, I had risen to about the third floor, and to be honest, I was also scared in my heart. I couldn't help but dance with joy, and several times I almost fell off. The few people below were even more frightened. Su Jing was injured and had no strength to fly again. The remaining people were helpless and could only persuade me to go down. I flew up another three or four meters and asked Su Jing: "Hey, how do you only know how to jump high? How can we move forward?"

  Su suddenly pouted and said: "I... I won't tell you!"

  I smiled slyly: "You don't have to tell me, I already know."

  Flying isn't mainly about overcoming gravity, is it? Since I've already accomplished the hardest part, shouldn't the rest be a piece of cake? My middle school physics teacher told us that to move forward, you need to exert a backward force. This made my whole body surge with energy, and I felt invigorated. I slightly swung my hand backwards, and my body suddenly shot forward a great distance. Unprepared, I panicked and my body tilted sideways in the air, almost falling off, which scared my mom and others into jumping around. At this moment, all my attention was highly concentrated, and a surge of energy involuntarily burst out from the soles of my feet, finally stabilizing me again. Looking down, everyone below had become tiny figures. I was so excited that all the hairs on my body stood up - of course, there was also the factor of being blown by the wind. With another swing of my hand backwards, I shot forward again a great distance. However, in my excitement, I forgot to maintain balance and performed an unintentional somersault in mid-air. Luckily, I quickly remembered the key point, and after flipping over several times with my head facing downwards, I finally managed to right myself...

  The people below naturally appreciated this scene, but what I got was no applause or cheers. Su Fei flew elegantly and landed with poise, even when she fell down. As for me, my flight wasn't even ugly enough to be noticeable, like a mouse on the rim of a wine jar, scratching here and there, making people look at each other in dismay, thinking I was kicked up by someone.

  But I didn't care, "the posture is ugly, but it's my first flight!" After mastering the basic skills, I flew crookedly and slanted in the sky above the camp for two laps, and shouted triumphantly: "Wait for my good news!" Before the words fell, another stumble...

  Su suddenly followed me running downstairs and anxiously said: "Xiao Long, come down first, I really have something to tell you!"

  I waved at her and said, "Don't bother, I'll be back soon!"

  She waved her arms wildly and said: "It's true, you..." The following words I could no longer hear.