In the middle of the night, the palace hall of Zhao State.

A straight figure stood upright, wearing a dragon robe, but his expression was sad, his fists in his sleeves were white, and his sorrow was mixed with helplessness.

This person is the emperor of Zhao State, Zhao Yu.

"Your Majesty, the last general has done his best. In front of Zhao Yu, a middle-aged man in armor knelt on one knee, "The 100,000-strong army swept all over a hundred miles, but no trace of those people was found. ”

"It's not your fault. Zhao Yu took a deep breath.

As soon as Zhao Yu's words fell, a ghostly figure appeared in front of the two of them like the wind, naturally Ye Chen who sneaked into the palace.

"You.... Zhao Yu's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Who trespassed on the palace? On the side, the man in armor also instantly drew the long sword at his waist and blocked it in front of Zhao Yu.

Ye Chen didn't speak, but just took out a token, on which there was an aura lingering, and the word "Hengyue" was engraved on it.

"I've seen Hengyue Shangxian. Seeing the token of Hengyue, Zhao Yu and the middle-aged man in armor changed their expressions, and they saluted respectfully.

"I'm not an immortal. Ye Chen said, accepting the Hengyue token, but he never took off his head and black robe.

"Please also ask Shangxian to save me, Zhao Guo, Li Min, out of the fire and water. Zhao Yu seemed to be too excited, and knelt in front of Ye Chen with a bang, he was the Ninety-Five Venerable in the mortal realm, but in front of Ye Chen, he was just a weak mortal.

"I'll find out the real culprit. Ye Chen used a gentle force to drag Zhao Yu off the ground, and then asked, "Where is your national teacher?"

The national teacher in Ye Chen's mouth is also a member of the Hengyue Sect, each sect will send a disciple to be a national teacher in the mortal realm, their cultivation is not high, but in the eyes of these mortals, it is a supreme existence.

On the side, the middle-aged man in armor had already walked over with a jade box, and in the jade box, there was a blood-stained robe, and on the robe, the word "Hengyue" was clearly written.

Seeing this, Ye Chen's brows furrowed suddenly, he looked at Zhao Yu and them, and said in a deep voice, "Please don't say in the newspaper that the disciple sent by my Hengyue to Zhao State has died. ”

"Shangxian Mingjian. Zhao Yucheng was terrified, "Yesterday, the national teacher went out to inspect and never returned, and we sent someone to look for it, but when we found the national teacher, it was only... Only this robe remained. ”

Ye Chen didn't speak, and secretly said that this Zhao Guoshi might have discovered something, but his strength was not good, and instead of subduing the evil force, he became a revenant under the sword, so that only a blood-stained Dao robe remained.

Thinking like this in his heart, Ye Chen had already gently picked up the blood-stained robe, and the light in his eyes became uncertain.

"In the cultivation of the Human Yuan Realm, there is only one Dao robe left. Ye Chen's thoughts were racing, touching his chin, and he was secretly analyzing in his heart.

"In this way, that evil force is at least someone who has cultivated in the Yuan Realm, or maybe it is a cultivator in the True Yang Realm. ”

While pondering in his heart, Ye Chen had already put the blood-stained Dao robe in front of his nose and sniffed it gently, the Dao robe smelled of blood, but under this strong smell of blood, there was a smell that he was very sensitive to.

"The scent of elixir. ”

"It shouldn't be an alchemist!" Ye Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, as an alchemist, he was very sensitive to the smell of pills, and on the top of the Dao robe in his hand, there was a faint smell of medicinal fragrance.

Putting down the blood-stained robe in his hand, Ye Chen fell into deep thought again.

"Only kidnapping children who have reached the age of one is not to take them to alchemy?" Ye Chen thought of the evil alchemy method that Xu Fu had said, that is, children who had reached the age of one were needed to make medicines.

For a long time, Ye Chen didn't speak again.

On the side, Zhao Yu and the middle-aged man in armor stood there quietly, not daring to make a sound.

After all, it was Zhao Yu who broke the silence with one sentence, "Shangxian, but... Did you find any clues? ”

"Bring the map of Zhao State. Ye Chen said.

Soon, the middle-aged man in armor hurriedly took out a huge map from his arms, and then hung it on the wall according to Ye Chen's instructions.

Ye Chen stepped forward and quietly stared at the map of Zhao Guo, and the dozen or so places that his eyes swept were all villages that had been slaughtered in recent times, and those villages were not very far apart, and a few of them were still next to each other.

After a long time, Ye Chen withdrew his gaze from the map, looked at the middle-aged man in armor on the side, and asked, "Are you a general?"

"Returning to Shangxian, the last general Qin Xiong, is the general of Zhao State. The middle-aged man in armor said respectfully.

"Then talk about it from the perspective of you as a general. ”

Although Qin Xiong was stunned, he still came to the map, and successively pointed out several villages where the tragedy occurred, and said, "Judging from the location and direction of the tragedy, the people who shot it were slaughtered from south to north from village to village side by village. ”

"Go on. Ye Chen said lightly.

Qin Xiong nodded, and then pointed out a few more places, "If you look at the route of their slaughter of villages, the next should be these villages, if the immortals make a move, these places must be the top priority." ”

"More than a dozen villages were slaughtered, all at what time. Ye Chen looked at Qin Xiong.

"Sub-hour. Qin Xiong said with certainty, "According to the general's guess, that evil force seems to only appear at night. ”

"Blood-colored clothes, only haunted when they were young. Ye Chen touched his chin, his eyes flashed with a deep light, "Could it be a blood witch!"

Suddenly, Ye Chen thought of a strange race, which was a branch of the ancient witch clan, called evil by decent monks, who had always only haunted at night, sucking human blood for a living, and his methods were extremely brutal.

"But what's the matter with the smell of pills on that robe. Ye Chen muttered to himself, "Could it be that a high-level alchemist has captive a blood witch, if so, then this matter is much more complicated." ”

After pondering for a long time, Ye Chen turned to look at Zhao Yu, "Three things, first, before the time of the child, with the villages pointed out by General Qin as the center, the villagers within a radius of fifty miles were transferred out as quickly as possible; second, withdraw the Zhao ** team sent out to search, those people may be monks, and you will die in vain if you go; third, be sure to sprinkle fire in each village before the time of today, the more the better." ”

"I'll do it. Qin Xiong was resolute, and was about to walk outside, but he just took a step, turned around, and looked at Ye Chen embarrassedly, "That, dare to ask the immortals, what is Huorin." ”

"Huo Rin is the flame powder refined from the Yan Jue Stone in your mouth, this kind of thing can resist evil spirits. ”

"Thank you. Qin Xiong bowed, turned around and walked out of the Jinluan Palace.

After Qin Xiong left, Ye Chen once again stood quietly on the huge map, his deep eyes taking in every mountain and river on the huge map, as if he was looking for something.

"Shangxian, are you here alone?" Behind him, Zhao Yu asked tentatively.

"Are you afraid that I won't be able to deal with those evil forces?" Ye Chen smiled sideways.

Suddenly, Zhao Yu was terrified, "I... That was not what I meant. ”

Ye Chen smiled, but he didn't answer, his eyes still swept around the map of Zhao Kingdom.

After all, his gaze was fixed on a mountain, and there was a glint in his eyes, just because the terrain around the mountain was very wonderful, surrounded by three mountains, and a mountain stood in the center, such a terrain was a strange place of three mountains according to their monks, and perhaps it would breed leylines.

The so-called earth vein is a kind of spiritual vein of the earth, a kind of spiritual vein gathered by absorbing the essence of the earth.

Among the dozens of mortal realms in Great Chu, although the territory of Zhao is not very large, there are many mountains, and Ye Chen is not surprised at all that there can be a situation of three strange places.

Naturally, it was not unreasonable for him to stare at the strange land of the three mountains, because it was a good place for alchemy, absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, and extracting the earth's veins and qi sources, and the elixirs refined must be of the highest grade.

"If there is really a mysterious alchemist who manipulates the blood witch to commit crimes, then the Sanyue Strange Land must have hidden mysteries. Ye Chen touched his chin.

"Shangxian?" On the side, Zhao Yu saw Ye Chen muttering alone, and called tentatively.

"Say something if you have something. ”

"I have already ordered to go down to set up a banquet to entertain the immortals, and I also invite the immortals to move to the Fengluan Pavilion. ”

"I don't have time to eat right now. Ye Chen turned around and smiled, patted Zhao Yu's shoulder gently, and said with a smile, "Worry about the country and the people, you are a good emperor, you don't have to eat,

Saving lives matters. ”

With that, Ye Chen had already walked out of the Jinluan Hall.

(Battlefield Literature)