In the middle of the night, the stars twinkled over the northern plains, and everything was immersed in the quiet of the night, some beasts had returned to sleep, but others were moving heartily.

It is said that 'Gu is the essence of heaven and earth, and man is the spirit of all things', this is not bad, although people are weak compared to other beasts, they are more intelligent, which is reflected in the fact that people can think, suppress instincts with reason, can restrain instinctive impulses, and have a unique temperament.

In the quiet of the night, there were still these few sparkling tents on the grassland, swaying with a faint light.

In one of the tents, a middle-aged man sat cross-legged, dozens of pieces of parchment were placed in front of him, on which something was densely written in the northern original script, but the middle-aged man had his eyes closed, and his face was drenched in cold sweat, as if he was having a nightmare.

There was only a flickering lamp in the entire tent, announcing the passage of time and illuminating everything in the tent.

Suddenly, the middle-aged man frowned and opened his eyes, but at this moment, his pupils seemed to be the night sky where the stars were shining outside, and countless brilliant points of light flashed.

But it was only for a moment, and when his eyes were fully opened, what remained of his eyes was cloudy, like an old man whose eyes had dimmed.

'No, the current situation does not allow us to intervene anymore, and all we can do now is to retreat!' Damn, this is the last chance, if it doesn't work, the only thing left is the fate of being annexed. The middle-aged man sighed silently.

Now he only felt that his consciousness was a little blurry, but he knew that his soul was tired and he had to rest now, but the current situation was urgent, and the slightest mistake would cause his clan to fall into the abyss of no return.

'No rest is allowed now!' As soon as he gritted his teeth, he urged a dagger-shaped Gu worm in the void, and this Gu instantly oozed a little bit of light, penetrating his soul.

Suddenly, a sharp pain occupied all his senses from the inside out, and his cloudy eyes burst out with a hint of essence, and his mental state seemed to return to fullness again.

However, after the severe pain, a tidal wave of exhaustion strikes again, and it is the exhaustion of the soul deep in the flesh and body, which cannot be recovered by simple pain.

He had no choice but to urge another Gu again, but he was like a leaky skin to his body, quickly drying up.

Now his cheekbones are high, his eye sockets are deep, and the flesh and blood of his whole body are wrapped in a folded skin, like a skeleton wrapped in human skin, but his eyes have swept away the state of confusion and bloomed again.

"It's not impossible to defeat the strong with the weak, calculate and see what the plan is, instead, drive the tiger and devour the wolf, night attack, ambush... It's not suitable here, it should be like this... It should be used here, if it is infiltrated here..." He closed his eyes again, a thousand thoughts crossed his mind, ten thousand spiritual lights, all these possibilities were under control.

But another sharp pain struck, it was no longer a pain of his own making, and the brain domain was already overwhelmed, it was the body's instinct to protect itself, and he fainted.

At the same time, the light Gu on the table had no supply of true yuan, and the faint light was extinguished, and everything in this camp was engulfed by the darkness of the night.

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'Wow! ’

At dawn, the daytime sunlight pierced the dark sky from the sky, announcing the end of the night, and a high-pitched long whistle accompanied the sunlight through the alternating firmament.

A giant eagle also rose high from the land of the rising sun, and finally fell on the edge of a cliff to rest, and three people also came down from his back, they were none other than the ghost spirit, Ye Qinglian and Chu Du.

"Brother Chu, we have been flying sleepless for two days and three nights, and it is only half a day's journey from the destination at most, so it's time for us to adjust our state." As soon as the ghost spirit jumped off the giant eagle, he casually threw a few animal carcasses for the giant eagle to eat, and then said to Chu Du a little tiredly.

"Well, make sure you are in the best shape before you go to the battlefield." Chu Du still didn't look tired, but he agreed to the ethereal spirit's proposal, which was the most basic common sense in the war-torn place of the Northern Plains.

While speaking, the ghost spirit had already placed the lizard house Gu on the edge of the cliff, and Ye Qinglian was already in a trance, her steps were vain and unstable, and she might fall down at any time, after the ghost spirit said a word in Ye Qinglian's ear, she staggered into the lizard house Gu to rest.

"Brother Chu, do you know why I stopped here?" The ghost spirit does not have a trace of sleepiness, this is the Beiyuan people's rigor in battle, and it is also the folk customs of the Northern Plains, and they must be fully prepared before the war, and there can be no slackness.

At this time, the ghost spirit stood on the edge of the cliff overlooking the field where day and night alternated, and asked Chu Du lightly, his eyes full of infinite nostalgia.

"This is the Broken Wing Cliff, do you have any unforgettable memories here?" Chu Du is not a stupid person, and when he saw the ethereal spirit's unpretentious demeanor, he knew that this place had an extraordinary meaning to him.

"This Folding Wing Cliff is a rare mountain in the Northern Plains, and because this is the outermost gateway of the Ten Fierce Lands of the Northern Plains, and it is the blessed land of those wild birds, only because there are countless bird bones under this cliff." The ghost didn't answer directly and began to introduce the origin of this Broken Wing Cliff, but Chu Du didn't interrupt, just silently waited for the next step of the ghost.

"Back then, I was still a loose cultivator with a broken family, in order to avoid pursuit, and came to this Broken Wing Cliff, because I got an eagle Gu by chance, so I continued to practice the art of eagle control here, and finally achieved a small success, and finally I decided to go out of the mountain to participate in the battle of the royal court, and obtained the nickname of 'Eagle King', and later, although the tribe that took refuge was defeated, but I still entered the blessed land of the royal court, obtained the soul inheritance, and became the current 'ghost'." The Ethereal slowly recalls those hard years, but there is a smile on his lips.

"It turns out that Brother You was also so difficult at the beginning!" After listening to the ethereal spirit's story, Chu Du also sighed with emotion, these are Chu Du's heartfelt words, the ethereal spirit is just a brief introduction, but the hardships are incomprehensible to outsiders, and he has suffered a lot over the years to have today's achievements.

"Hehe, in this place of the Northern Plains, which Gu master who can achieve the fifth turn has not climbed up the ladder made of corpse bones? This is even more true of our casual cultivation, didn't we get to where we are today after stepping through the sea of swords and fire, and wading through the mountains of corpses and the sea of blood? The smile on the corner of the ghost's mouth suddenly turned cold, over the years, the ghostly spirit has been attacked by those so-called righteous guns, if he wasn't always vigilant, the bones would have been taken away by the wolf cub.

"It's not easy to cultivate one by one, so it's really a great fortune in life to have a comrade-in-arms, take advantage of the rest, why don't we come and drink a jar of wine again, brother, the taste of your 'sea color' is really wonderful!" Chu Du changed the topic after sighing with the ghostly spirit, the weight of the ghost's murderous nature is also the only thing Chu Du has seen in his life, so don't arouse his murderous intention, otherwise he will really die without a place to be buried.

"Good! But we can only drink one jar, and we still have some left for that guy! Of course, the ethereal spirit could see that he was changing the topic in Chudu, but he really wanted to drink, and then laughed and scolded.

Then the ghost took out the table, chair, brazier, lit a charcoal fire, drank cold wine, ate hot barbecue, and enjoyed the scenery of the wilderness on the edge of the cliff with laughter.