In the evening of this day, Zhan Chen had just returned from sword practice outside, and he saw a person wearing the clothes of a messenger standing in front of his door, and he already knew seven points in his heart that Ning Qi was going to summon him, and there was a new arrangement.

Sure enough, when the messenger saw Zhan Chen, he shouted happily, "Elder Zhan, I've waited for you!"

Zhan Chen said, "Is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince going to summon me?"

"Yes, come with me!"

So, Zhan Chen followed behind the messenger and came to the City Lord's Mansion again, the City Lord's Mansion is now completely new, and the scale is especially better than before, it was built from the original two-story wide to three floors, and the whole body was renovated with white marble bricks, which looked beautiful.

They walked into the hall again, and they saw a magnificent statue standing in the center, it was the statue of the first emperor of the Daning Kingdom, and the original Shooting Heaven Immortal Array disappeared without a trace.

Zhan Chen was thinking: "It seems that the Sky Shooting Immortal Array has been hidden by them again, and just below this statue, it is also the clever setting of this mechanism, if it weren't for the last time the demon beasts attacked the city, I'm afraid I would never know that there is still this big secret hidden under this city." ”

Prince Ning Qi was working and resting in a luxurious room on the top floor. The Western Realm had just been ransacked by the beast tide and was in a state of ruin, and his father, the Emperor, had rebuked him in a holy decree. So in the past year, the third prince has also worked hard, supplanted and fed, and vowed to completely eliminate the demon beasts and restore the former richness and peace of the west again.

said that Zhan Chen and the messenger came to the door of the room together, and the messenger made an announcement, and Ning Qi called them in.

Entering the room, Zhan Chen arched at Ning Qi and said, "Zhan Chen greets His Royal Highness the Prince!"

Ning Qi stood up from his seat, smiled kindly at him, and said, "Elder Zhan doesn't need to be polite, please take a seat!" and turned to the messenger and said, "You can go down." ”

After the messenger withdrew, Zhan Chen asked, "Your Highness, what is the matter with calling down today?"

Ning Qi got straight to the point and said directly: "Okay, I called you here today mainly for the affairs of Linyuan City." ”

"Linyuan City?" Zhan Chen muttered.

"Yes, you know, Linyuan City is the throat fortress of Yuanchi, and it is vital to the peace of the Western Lands, and if it is lost, then the rich Xuyu River Valley area that we control now will be seriously threatened by the Youguo and the cult. Therefore, I have called you here today to transfer you over to strengthen the defenses there. ”

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, have they made any new moves to worship the cult recently?" Zhan Chen asked again, because he had dealt with the demon cultivators of the cult as early as when he was a disciple of the Demon Luo Sect, and he knew their cruelty very well.

Ning Qi's face was grim, and he said: "According to the front-line battle report, the situation is quite critical. Ever since we recaptured Linyuan City, the cult cult cult cultivators have been quite dissatisfied, and together with the Youguo army, they have been clamoring to recapture the city, and they have also put forward a so-called slogan of 'slaughtering the city for ten days to set an example'. ”

"This group of demon cultivators is really lawless!" Zhan Chen couldn't help but stand up suddenly, filled with righteous indignation.

"Yes, the current Linyuan City can be described as a place of right and wrong, not only the army of the Youguo on the opposite side is eyeing the tiger and will attack at any time, but also the spies lurking in the city are also active, and many demon cultivators are hiding in the corners of the city, waiting for opportunities to move, killing and destroying, so Linyuan City needs a large number of troops to resist foreign enemies and maintain law and order. However, at the moment we have only 50,000 troops there. ”

"The Battle of Linyuan City and the Beast Tide Storm have caused us to lose many troops, and we are currently under-frequented and under-studied, and our father will not send many more reinforcements. Therefore, I want to send another elite army of 10,000 people from Qingxu Jade City to help Linyuan City, the number of this army is not expensive, but expensive, and you are one of the several commanders of this operation, do you know what I mean?"

Zhan Chen pondered for a long time, raised his head and replied firmly: "Don't worry, the prince will not fail in his mission!"

"Hahaha, okay! Now it is still your sect's Elder Wu Zhihe who is guarding Linyuan Town, and you just happened to have a care in the past!"

"That's very good. Zhan Chen also smiled.

"Go back and rest, our team won't leave until next week. ”

"Then I'll retire first. ”

"Okay, there you go. ”

After leaving the City Lord's Mansion, Zhan Chen returned to his small courtyard to wait, and after a week, he arrived at the agreed place on time - the gate of the West City, where there was already a registration office, and everyone who came had to go over to sign in.

He made a preliminary estimate that there were already more than 10,000 soldiers concentrated there, and the average cultivation of these soldiers was above the high level of Wuzun, and they were obviously the best in the army; there were about 300 people with cultivation above the level of Martial Emperor; and standing at the forefront were strong people with the cultivation of Emperor Wu, and now there were six people, one of whom was still an elder of their Xuandao Sect, and he also had the cultivation of the middle level of Emperor Wu like himself.

Zhan Chen stepped forward and talked to him, through the conversation, he learned that this elder was called Bao Wei, but coincidentally, this Bao Hao had twice participated in the mission of defending the western land, so he knew a lot about the customs here, not only to Linyuan City, but even to the neutral place opposite the Yuanchi.

Just as they were chatting with great interest, a general with the high-level cultivation of Emperor Wu walked up to everyone from a distance and said loudly to everyone: "Everyone is quiet and has come to see." ”

Everyone stopped talking and looked at him, and the general took the register and looked at it, nodded his head, and said to himself, "It seems that everyone is almost here." Then, he raised his head again and said to everyone: "My name is Li Wei, and I am the general of this operation to reinforce Linyuan City, and you are my soldiers! ”

Zhan Chen stood up with the other eight Martial Emperor powerhouses, and Li Wei entrusted them with important tasks, among which Zhan Chen and Bao Hao were appointed as deputy generals, second only to Li Wei, and the remaining seven Martial Emperors were appointed as regimental commanders.

Li Wei cut another 10,000 people, and then asked the regiment commanders to familiarize themselves with the personnel in the team, etc., and it only took an hour for an army to come out.

At about ten o'clock in the morning, he marched with his army, and they followed the steep mountain road of Qingxu Jade Peak all the way to the bottom of the mountain, where they saw the Xuyu River stretching for thousands of miles.

Bao Hao on the side looked at Zhan Chen looking at the river and said with a smile: "Brother Zhan, obviously this is the first time you have seen the scene of this Void Jade River." ”

Zhan Chen sighed with emotion: "Yes, I have never seen such a surging river and such a magnificent momentum!"

"Hehe, this is not the most spectacular place in the Xuyu River. ”

"Oh, please advise Brother Bao. ”

Bao Hao smiled mysteriously and said, "When you reach the end of this Void Jade River, Yuanchi, you will know." ”

"Oh?" Zhan Chen looked up at the sky and tried his best to imagine, but he couldn't imagine what kind of scene it was, and couldn't help but start looking forward to it.

As they continued to walk, the turbulent Xuyu River gradually calmed down, and when they walked along the river, they could even see big fish jumping out of the water.

The banks of the river are also full of vitality, and there are thousands of miles of fertile fields and thousands of houses in the eye, and the land next to the river is the most fertile, and people can be seen everywhere.

He also listened to Bao Hao explain to him: "This Xuyu River Valley is the richest, one-third of the population of the western land lives here, and the annual taxes paid alone account for more than half of the entire Western Regions of Daning Kingdom, so Linyuan City is of great strategic significance to our Daning Kingdom and our opponent Youguo." If it is occupied by us, we can hold the entire Void Jade River Valley, on the contrary, if it falls into the hands of the Youguo, then it will be difficult for this land to be peaceful. ”

Zhan Chen looked at the beautiful scenery beside him, listened to Bao Hao's narration, and finally understood why Ning Qi was willing to take a big risk to attack Linyuan City in the first place.

Everyone has a high-level cultivation of Wuzun or above, so the road is naturally fast, and it only took half a month to reach the end of the Xuyu River.

Zhan Chen looked far away, and saw a huge north-south ravine lying in front of him, which was the famous Yuanchi. How long the abyssal pond was, with his Martial Emperor mid-level eyesight, he couldn't see where its end was, and how wide the abyssal pond was, from one end of the canyon to the other, I was afraid that it was several kilometers away.

Most of the people in the team had never seen what Yuanchi looked like, and they begged the main general Li Wei to come over and take a look, and Li Wei readily agreed, after all, it didn't take much time.

Everyone couldn't help but speed up their pace, and continued to march towards this famous ravine, and when they reached the edge of the ravine, Zhan Chen looked down, and everywhere they saw were steep cliffs, but they couldn't see how deep the bottom of the cliff was, because the whole ravine was filled with a strange gray-black mist, which was like a thick cloud, lingering in this canyon for a long time, hindering people from exploring the mysteries in it.

At this time, I heard Bao Hao excitedly calling on the side: "Zhan Chen, look, this is the strange scene I told you!"

Zhan Chen turned his head and looked in the direction he indicated, and was completely shocked by the scene in front of him, only to see the Xuyu River pouring down from the cliff, turning into an incomparably magnificent waterfall, continuously pouring into the abyssal pool, and couldn't help but praise: "This is really a wonder in the world!"

Bao Wei smiled proudly and said, "Beautiful, I just came here and I have the same expression as you now." ”

Li Wei only allowed the others to stay here for a while, and then they headed northwest along the Yuanchi, and after another three days, they finally saw a majestic city, which was the destination of their trip, Linyuan City.

Looking at Linyuan City from a distance, it looks like an aerial phantom city suspended above the abyss pool, can it really fly? People who have never been there will have this ridiculous idea in their minds, even Zhan Chen is not exempt from vulgarity, he looked at the city in surprise, his mouth subconsciously opened wide, I am afraid that he can stuff an egg.

Seeing his "cute" expression, Bao Hao began to explain to him with a smile again: "The strange scene you see is actually an illusion, because there is still some distance from Linyuan City. In fact, Linyuan City is a giant city built in the narrowest part of the Yuanchi, and the distance between the east and west banks of the Yuanchi is only nearly 100 meters, as long as you have the cultivation of Wuzun, you can easily cross it. ”

"And as soon as he left the sphere of influence of Linyuan City, the distance between the two sides of the abyss pool quickly expanded to several thousand meters, and even the martial saint powerhouses could not surpass it. I can only describe it to you here, and the specifics will be clear to you as soon as you get there. ”

Listening to his description, Zhan Chen really still looked like he didn't understand, but the puzzle was about to be revealed, so he didn't hold Bao Hao anymore and continued to investigate it, but continued to follow the team in the direction of Linyuan City.

After getting closer to a distance, Zhan Chen completely understood what Bao Hao said, it turned out that in this section of Yuanchi, there was a large area on the west bank where they were located, which was extremely prominent, like a fallen mountain, approaching the east bank, which was such a structure, making Linyuan City close to the other bank.

And the reason why he saw Linyuan City "flying in the air" just now was because of the black fog that came out of the bottom of the abyssal pool. Looking at it from a distance, it gave the illusion that Linyuan City was floating above the black clouds.

At this moment, Zhan Chen looked at Linyuan City again, it was a magnificent black giant city, the whole body was made of a hard black boulder, and the scale was nearly twice that of Qingxu Jade City; the city wall was as high as 100 meters, there were countless pillboxes and arrow towers, and the walls were also full of cannon holes; the entire city was a well-defended fortress.

Li Wei led the troops to the huge city gate, and the guards on the tower shouted at them: "Whoever is coming, report it quickly!"

Li Wei took out a golden scroll, shook it at the people on the wall, and said loudly: "We are here to reinforce you by the order of His Royal Highness the Prince!"

The guards did not dare to slack off when they heard his words, and immediately went to the city to report it. It didn't take long for the huge gates to begin to open slowly.

Zhan Chen looked at the crack in the door that was gradually expanding, and suddenly thought: What is it like in Linyuan City? Are all the people of the Xuandao Sect okay? Zhou Ziru should also be in this city, can I see him......

For a while, there was a lot of curiosity and a lot of expectations in his heart.