After bidding farewell to Cangyuan, Pan Long rode the wind and flew northwest.

Where are the countries of the Western Regions? In fact, he is not very clear.

As far as he knew, there were roughly two ways to go to the countries of the Western Regions, one was to cross a series of lofty mountains and mountains, such as the Great and Small Tianshan Mountains, and trek along the rugged mountain roads, and when they crossed the steep continuous mountains, they could come to the vast Western Plains.

There is not much rainfall, the land is slightly arid, but there are many rivers. Along the river, there are large and small cities and villages, which make up several countries.

This region is rich in spices, and the grain and silk transported from the Central Plains are exchanged for spices, which is extremely profitable, hence the name "Spice Road".

This road is more difficult to walk, but other than that, there is nothing particularly dangerous - the famous mountains on the road have long been occupied by various demon gods, and these demon gods have an alliance with the Great Xia Dynasty, as long as they are careful, they will pray and sacrifice every time they go to the realm of the demon gods, and basically they will not encounter vicious beasts or monsters.

As for the robbers or something, it's even more impossible, what kind of neurotic robber would live in such a remote place?

The other way is to start from the Jincheng defense line on the edge of the northern lands, follow the territory of the desolate tribe that has a relatively good relationship with Great Xia, and go all the way to the west, and finally pass through the vast desert, and you can reach another place in the Western Regions.

That area does not produce spices, but produces gold, silver and gemstones, and the grain and silk from the Central Plains are transported there, which can be exchanged for gold, silver and jewelry, and the profits are also extremely rich, hence the name "Gem Road".

...... Of course, for the countries of the Western Regions, no matter which way, they brought the grain they urgently needed and the high-value silk, so they called both roads the "Silk Road".

Pan Long has seen the "Complete Map of the Great Xia Kingdoms", which is said to be the most detailed world map in the world, not only the geography of the Great Xia and Kyushu, but also the countries of the Western Regions, and even Tianzhu, the southeastern seas, as well as the grasslands in the north and the ice fields in the northeast.

But to be honest, he didn't like that map.

The mapping technology of this world is obviously very problematic, and the geographical length is very distorted. The so-called "most detailed map in the world" was, in his opinion, roughly the same as the Age of Discovery's map that he had seen in his previous life at the house of that history buff friend.

The places on the map are naturally correct, but the direction and distance between the places are not very reliable. If you take this map as a reference, the length of the journey is basically impossible to estimate, and even if you want to go in the direction, you must rely on the "landmarks" marked on the map to confirm.

This is not a problem for people who walk on the ground, because of the long journey, you have to rely on landmarks to determine your bearing. But for people like Pan Long who fly in the sky, it is very troublesome.

He flies extremely fast, he can fly more than 10,000 miles in a day, landmarks or something...... If you're not careful, you'll miss it.

So even though he can walk in a straight line in the sky, he actually has to follow the winding path on the map, otherwise...... It's hilarious to get lost in the sky.

When it was about to be dark, Pan Long saw Guimen Mountain.

Seeing this mountain, which is almost the "gateway to the northland", his heart moved, and he remembered something.

Soon after the Chinese New Year this year, when he passed by Guimen Mountain, he saw that He Ping'an, the "King of Nine Mountains", was imprisoned on the top of Guimen Mountain by Li Wu, the captain of Fenwu, with a forbidden formation, trapped between several big trees, and painted the ground as a prison.

This famous bandit in the Northland has been hiding in the Western Regions for the past few years. He should be familiar with the situation in the Western Regions, right?

Thinking of this, he lowered his head and came to the big pines that looked unremarkable.

In the middle of the big tree, there was a grass hut built against the trunk of the tree, and there was a slight snoring sound from the grass hut, and it seemed that He Ping'an had already slept.

Pan Long shook his head, feeling that this Northland thief really lacked vigilance.

A person of unknown origin has arrived at a place no more than ten feet away from him, and he can still sleep?

But after thinking about it, this formation is isolated from the inside and outside, even if someone comes, there is no way to be peaceful-if the person who comes can really crack the formation, then He Ping'an is probably not an opponent.

In that case, it seems that there is nothing strange about letting down your vigilance and falling asleep.

He pressed his hand on a large pine tree nearby, concentrating, and feeling the formation arranged by Li Wu.

Soon, he felt that the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi was being attracted by some kind of wonderful trajectory, and a large and complete pattern was sketched around it—there was no doubt that this pattern was the formation.

Pan Long tried to send a stream of true qi towards the formation pattern, wanting to disturb it. But after the true qi flowed in, it suddenly lost control, spun around in the air a few times, and then merged into the formation, and instead became a part of the formation.

"It's so mysterious!" he couldn't help but praise.

He Ping'an is the pinnacle of innateness, and he is already close to the master of returning to the realm of returning to the basics. Li Wu was confident that he would be trapped by this formation, until he was willing to bow his head, naturally because this formation could trap even the characters of the real human realm.

From what has just happened, it seems that this is indeed the case.

Pan Long's operation, the vitality of heaven and earth shook, and finally woke He Ping'an up.

He walked out of the grass shed unkempt, saw Pan Long appear, sighed, and said, "Little Pan, thank you for coming to see me again." But don't waste your efforts, this formation can't be broken. ”

Pan Long said: "That's not necessarily, Senior He, please wait a while, I'll try another way." ”

As he spoke, he pulled out the cicada wing knife, and his true qi surged, and the sword flickered, like a ray of light growing more than three feet long.

"I'll take a look, this formation can't block the knife!"

Swinging the cicada wing knife, he slashed at the pine tree in front of him. But when the sword light fell on the pine tree, it pierced directly, as if the pine tree was just a phantom, not a real existence.

Pan Long was stunned for a moment, took two steps closer and touched it again, but he clearly touched the mottled bark.

"That's weird......" he muttered, trying to stab again, but it still missed.

"Don't waste your efforts. He Ping'an said, "This tree is between the virtual and the real, and it is very strange." I even suspect that they weren't trees at all, but rather artifacts specially built for the Prison Formation. ”

When Pan Long heard this, his eyes lit up, and he suddenly had some ideas.

"Magic weapon, let me try this trick!"

As he spoke, he put away the cicada wing knife, pressed the trunk of the tree with both hands, and with a movement of his thoughts, a picture scroll emerged, and a powerful attraction emanated from the scroll, like a vortex, constantly absorbing everything around him.

The imitation of the Classic of Mountains and Seas itself is an extremely high-end storage magic weapon, and with its storage capacity, it is natural that it can also do things like this big whirlpool.

After a while, the formation composed of Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi gradually vibrate.

The Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi is endless, but when it comes to the surrounding small area, the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi is limited.

When these Heaven and Earth Vitality were taken away by Pan Long, the surrounding Heaven and Earth Vitality was temporarily too late to replenish, so there was a brief gap.

This time is very short, but for masters like Pan Long and He Ping'an, it is enough!

Pan Long was busy absorbing the vitality of heaven and earth, and he didn't have time to be distracted for a while, but He Ping'an was a shrewd person - he could single-handedly roam the rivers and lakes, and play the name of "King of Nine Mountains" in the green forest where all kinds of guns and arrows were conspiring and vicious, and there were more shrewd people than him in the world, even if there were, there would not be too many.

He saw the opportunity at a glance, took a deep breath, and prepared himself.

Just as the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi around him was almost reduced to its thinnest level, he roared violently and crashed into the gap between several large trees nearby.

There was a loud bang, as if something hard was shattering, and his figure flickered and appeared outside the formation.

Because of the force, he couldn't even stop his steps and fell directly from the top of the mountain.

The air echoed not with panicked cries, but with hearty laughter.

"Haha! I'm free!"

A moment later, He Ping'an returned to the top of the mountain.

At this moment, he was in good spirits, although his body was still so sloppy that people didn't want to get close, but like a crown of brocade, he exuded a lofty momentum.

"Xiao Pan, thank you!" he said, "It was okay last time, but this time He really received your great kindness!"

"Back then, Mr. He's predecessors showed mercy, and Pan always remembered it. Pan Long replied.

He Ping'an smiled: "In my life, I have killed a lot of people, and my subordinates have shown mercy a lot. But I have lived for decades, and there are countless cases of people I have killed, relatives and friends who have come to me for revenge, but you are the only one who has shown mercy to me. ”

"Others just don't have a chance. ”

"Maybe. However, my generation walks the rivers and lakes, and pays attention to happiness and enmity. When you make a feud, you don't care if anyone will take revenge in the future, and when you show mercy to your subordinates, you don't care if you will repay it in the future. He Ping'an smiled and said, "I think you are also a cheerful person, and you should never care about others seeking revenge or revenge on you." But you keep in mind what you owe to others...... That's a good thing, but it's not a good thing. ”

Pan Long was a little puzzled and asked, "How do you say this?"

"It's a good thing, because people like you don't necessarily have many friends, but when you are in trouble, there is certainly no shortage of people who are willing to die for you—even if you may not even remember him. For the people of the rivers and lakes, you are the kind of big hero and hero, the leader in the right way, and the king in the green forest. If the wind is surging and the world is changing, maybe you can also ride the wind, and it is not a problem to worship the marquis, and even the throne of the god capital is not impossible to think about. ”

He paused for a moment and said, "It's a bad thing because people like you care about too many principles and too many things that can't be let go." These mundane things will take your heart and get in the way of a higher path—if I'm not mistaken, you should have returned to your roots and stepped into the realm of human beings by now. At your age, this can be called a miracle! A person like you is qualified to pursue immortality, and everything in the mortal world is too small in the face of immortality. ”

He sighed and said, "Even if it is Emperor Jiazi, he will not be able to live forever in the end. He is famous and unparalleled, so what? Thousands of years later, who will remember him? Immortal...... That's the most amazing thing!"

At this moment, his face is full of longing, where is he still like the green forest hero who dominates the world, and he is clearly a dream-chasing boy full of ideals!

After a long time, He Ping'an came back to his senses, smiled, and said, "These words of mine are just a little opinion of mine. It may help you, but you don't have to listen to them all—as far as I know, every Immortal's path is different. After all, you should follow your own path, and what suits you is the best. ”

Pan Long nodded, indicating that he understood.

From these words, it can be seen that He Ping'an should not have really come into contact with the immortals, and there is no opportunity like him to get the teachings of several immortals. But He Ping'an's words pointing him out can be called heart-wrenching, even if it doesn't help him much, this sincerity itself is commendable.

"Senior He, what are your plans next?" he asked.

"Plans?" He Ping'an smiled, "Of course, it's to leave Great Xia, how far to run." When you become a grandmaster, you can really dominate the world without fear of any opponent, and when you will come back. ”

"And where are you going?"

He Ping'an thought about it for a moment and said, "Let's go to the Western Regions first, I had some arrangements over there, and I don't know how it is now." If you don't go back and take a look, you will always be unsure. ”

Pan Long smiled: "In that case, can you please do me a favor?"

"What's the busy?"

"I owe someone a favor. Pan Long said, "You also know that people like us don't like to owe favors the most. Owing favors is worse than being poisoned and injured. So I want to repay it...... To do this, I need to go outside of Great Xia and publish a book. I heard that there are also people in the Western Regions who use the Great Xia script, can you please help me be a guide?"

He Ping'an smiled: "It turned out to be such a trivial matter. Don't worry! Wrap it up on me! I am very familiar with the situation in the countries of the Western Regions. ”

So, taking advantage of the fact that it was not yet dark, they went down to Guimen Mountain and ran all the way to the northwest.

He Ping'an has not yet cultivated to the realm of real people, and he has no ability to fly in the wind. But his light skills can be described as superb, and when he runs wildly with all his might, it is as fast as a smoke, and it is not much slower than Pan Long's flight speed.

Pan Long's light skills are completely incomparable to him, and at first he tried to rely on light skills to follow his side, but he only ran for more than ten miles, and He Ping'an persuaded him to fly anyway. He blushed and rode the wind. One of the two was speeding in the sky, and the other was running wildly on the ground, and the speed was almost the same.

Looking at He Ping'an, who was running fast on the ground, Pan Long finally understood why he was able to escape repeatedly under the hands of Li Wu, the grandmaster of the unity of heaven and man, with the innate realm.

If this light skill is used well, with the help of suitable terrain, it is indeed unpredictable!

He Ping'an was obviously locked up for a long time, and he was running wild all night. By the time the sky was twilight, Pan Long could even see that near the horizon in front of him, there was a high golden wall, which was endless.

That's the Jincheng Defense Line!