Lishui City, located in the southeast of the Cangyun Empire.

The small city is small in size and relatively remote in geographical location, with a population of about 50,000 people, and is not among the 100 and 8 main cities of the empire.

But Lishui was one of the richest cities in the southeastern part of the empire, thanks to a vein of iron ore twenty miles north of the city.

Fifty years ago, Lishui was a remote city dominated by agriculture and handicrafts, and the people of the city lived in extreme poverty, but all this changed because of the discovery of refined iron veins.

At that time, the city lord made a decision after discovering the ore vein, and spent many years of accumulation to recruit and organize a large number of craftsmen to fully excavate the ore vein, and the purity of the ore produced here is also very amazing, far exceeding the ordinary iron ore produced in other regions.

While excavating the ore veins, the Lishui City Lord also contacted the three major chambers of commerce of the Cangyun Empire, and the high-quality refined iron ore was quickly recognized by the chamber of commerce bosses, and the market was instantly opened.

Since then, Lishui fine iron has become a well-known specialty of the empire, and has even become the designated material for the standard weapons of the imperial army.

The excavation of the refined iron vein has brought great wealth to Lishui City, and at the same time, this mine has also become the core area of Lishui City.

The Lishui Mine is crowded with people on weekdays, and the scene in full swing is a hundred times more noisy than the city center, which has also become a beautiful scenery that belongs to Lishui City.

The busy trade in refined iron ore led the empire to build a trade route directly to Lishui City, which was also the only non-main city in the Cangyun Empire with a trade route.

At this time, on the trade road outside Lishui City, Li Mu's three-person team was moving forward together.

Li Mu and Lin Qingzhu walked side by side, and Fang Yan, who was still wearing a cloak, followed closely behind the two, Li Mu kept trying to get him to come forward along the way, but Fang Yan always insisted on walking behind the two, and after several times of persuasion was useless, Li Mu was no longer reluctant.

It has been five days since they came out of Wolong Mountain, and the three of them have traveled through the mountains and mountains, and they have also encountered some demon beasts during this period, but the ordinary first-level and second-level demon beasts are not Fang Yan's opponents at all, and they are directly torn apart in three or five strokes.

"Fang Yan, your technique is really too powerful, not only is your combat effectiveness extremely strong, but you can also absorb the opponent's blood and qi to cultivate in the battle, no wonder your cultivation has improved so quickly. ”

Li Mu was still a little envious of Fang Yan's cultivation speed, you must know that he was still a half-step in the Dan Realm during the class competition, he had the help of the simulation system, and there were many opportunities before he broke through to the entrance to the Dan Realm, and Fang Yan was already a cultivator of the Dan Realm, and his true combat power was still at the absolute top level in the same realm.

"Our Fang family's Blood Divine Technique is indeed an extremely anti-heaven exercise, and it can be improved by absorbing blood qi energy, but in fact, the cultivation speed is fast and it is only in the Dan realm, and if you want to break through in the future, the blood and qi energy required is very huge. ”

Fang Yan did not shy away from the exercises he cultivated, in today's huge immortal realm, he was probably the only one left who could have a bloodline and be able to cultivate the Blood God Technique, and Li Mu and Lin Qingzhu were the only partners he agreed with, and there was no need to hide it.

"That's right, but with the improvement of cultivation, you will be able to fight more powerful enemies, such as the blood qi contained in third-level and fourth-level demon beasts is not comparable to that of low-level demon beasts. ”

The three of them gossiped like this, while moving forward on the wide trade road, there were a lot of caravans coming and going, but all the teams coming from the direction of Lishui City were all transporting refined iron ore, and only some caravans going to the city were transporting some regular goods.

Taking Lishui City as the first city to settle down on this journey was planned by Lin Qingzhu before departure, although the original planned route in Wolong Mountain could only be stranded due to the appearance of worm zombies, but fortunately, the team supplemented Fang Yan's thigh, and the three of them temporarily changed the route, crossed the mountains, and came to this Lishui City trade road.

"In front of the Imperial Army's sentry post, it seems that this Lishui City is really not the main city of the main city, and the Imperial has specially arranged for troops to be stationed here. ”

After walking for a little half a pillar of incense, a simple sentry checkpoint appeared in the sight of the three of them, and the caravans passed through in an orderly manner, and the person in charge of verifying the goods was a small group of soldiers wearing the uniform armor of the Cangyun Empire.

"But it's strange, it's still five miles away from the city of Lishui City, why does the army set up the checkpoint in such a peripheral place, under normal circumstances, the inspection checkpoint of the main city is placed not far from the city gate. ”

The careful Lin Qingzhu noticed something strange the first time he saw the army checkpoint, you must know that even if it is Qinglan City where the Li family is autonomous, the checkpoint of the imperial army is set up half a mile away from the city gate, and it is really surprising that this Lishui City can let the imperial army retreat to such a peripheral place.

"Let's go over first, Brother Mu, you can take out the token that Aunt Liu gave you, the captain of the team responsible for the security of Lishui City is the Liu family, let's go to him first to find out the situation." ”

Lin Qingzhu communicated the situation of the alternative route with Liu Ruoying in detail before leaving, and learned that the leader of the garrison in Lishui City was the Liu family, named Liu Long.

"Qingzhu, you are really amazing, I wonder how you chose this place as your first stop in so many cities, but I didn't expect it to be planned with Aunt Liu. ”

Lin Qingzhu is undoubtedly a strategic role among the three, and she also knows that it is obviously not possible to leave this kind of thing to Brother Mu, who is a little bit big, to plan the route, and Li Mu, who is blind from the small road, may not be able to take people into the ditch.

Over the years, staying by her father's side to deal with many affairs in Qinglan City has also made her develop the habit of using her brain in advance, which is also where the girl thinks she can help Li Mu the most.

"Three, we're the team in charge of garrisoning Lishui City, and I need to know what you're doing here. ”

Li Mu and the three of them didn't carry any luggage, most of the equipment and expenses were in the warehouse system, and they only had simple bags on them to avoid people's eyes.

Earlier, Li Mu also deceived Fang Yan with the rhetoric that the master gave away the space ring, anything about the simulation system was Li Mu's biggest secret, and even Nie Xiaoyu and Lin Qingzhu didn't know about it.

"This big brother, we want to find you Liu Long, Captain Liu, let's say that Li Mu of Qinglan City is here to ask for a meeting, this is a token. ”

Li Mu also politely arched his hand to the soldier in charge of the inspection, and then took out the green token that Liu Ruoying gave him, wanting to ask to see Liu Long.

"Liu Ling, okay, you wait a minute, I'll go and report to the captain. ”

This soldier is obviously also from the Liu family faction, and when he saw this green token, he immediately saluted Li Mu and the three of them respectfully, and then left quickly to find the Liu Long to report.