Shi Xuan and Zhao Zhuo have been obsessed with refining all kinds of arcane arts** these days, and even such a boring life has not hindered their actions in the slightest.

Zhao Zhuo has been taking care of the cubs of the two purple-winged lions every day these days, and these two cubs have finally become less fierce to him these days.

"Haha, Shi Xuan is really a mother with milk, feeding them every day, and now he finally listens to me", Zhao Zhuo found some animal milk to feed them every day.

Shi Xuan's Purple Winged Wild Lion's injuries have gradually recovered these days, and countless soldiers in Yecheng were shocked to see Shi Xuan riding a huge Purple Winged Wild Lion every day, and ordinary people were frightened when they saw such a big Purple Winged Wild Lion's legs.

"You have to break through to the fifth order quickly, so that your purple wings can grow, and then you can fly," Shi Xuan said, patting the head of the purple winged mad lion.

"The advancement of spirit beasts is not easy, even more difficult than human advancement, how can it be so easy?" Du Qifeng said.

"So is there anything you can do to help them break through quickly?"

"Maybe you want some cherished genius treasures, right? Spirit beasts have no resistance to these cherished spiritual materials," Du Qifeng said.

"It seems that we can only wait slowly", Shi Xuan had no choice.

Yecheng under the shroud of flying snow is particularly magnificent, the cold wind is whistling, countless defenders of the Tianyang Empire have not relaxed their training even in the cold climate, General Zhao Yu does not dare to slack off on the city defense, on the high walls of Yecheng, many huge ballistas and catapults are installed on them.

Now that there are a large number of arcane**, if the enemy attacks, they will inevitably suffer huge losses.

In the Shadow Moon Valley of the Danyang Empire, the Shadow Moon King was very annoyed at this moment, his Beicang troops suffered huge losses, but they didn't even intercept the slightest spirit saltpeter, which made him very dissatisfied, Jiang Yuheng was also rescued, and his chips were a lot less.

"What's the general's plan next?" asked Zhang Tiancheng.

"Jiang Yuheng lost it, we lost it, and we would have carried out the same mission without him, but the spirit saltpeter must be in hand, even if it is extracted from the tiger's mouth, we must also talk about these important strategic materials in hand, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve great things even if there is an army of millions", said the Shadow Moon King.

"Now that the empire is preparing to send Yao Jingcheng to lead an army of 300,000 to the Northern Expedition, to open the gate of Beicang again, this may be our opportunity?"

"I've heard that the Empire has started to send several batches of Arcane ** to the four major fronts, maybe this is a good opportunity as well?" said the Shadow Moon King.

"You mean?"

"That's right, you send elite scouts to see where it's easy to get it, we have to get something," said the Shadow Moon King.

A few days later, in the Tianmang Canyon of the Tianxing Empire, an important material transport unit of the empire was raided by an unknown army and suffered heavy losses, and a few days later, the Tianshui River of the Tianheng Empire was raided, and the strategic materials on many fronts of the Danyang Empire were plundered by the unknown army.

A few days later, the news reached the Danyang Imperial City, and Jiang Bingkun was furious, "You rice buckets, such important strategic materials can be plundered, they are all waste", Jiang Bingkun was furious.

"Your Majesty, I suspect the existence of ghosts in the DPRK, the delivery of these materials is extremely secret, except for the important ministers and senior officials of the military department in the DPRK, who can have accurate information, the great front has been raided one after another, how can it be done without accurate intelligence", Wei Wou-Ki said.

"Eat things inside and outside, Wei Wuji's matter is investigated by you, once you find out, I will allow you to cut it first and then make up", Jiang Bingkun was furious.

"Your Majesty, in the future, the delivery of important strategic materials will be taken over by our military headquarters itself, otherwise it will be succeeded by the enemy's spies," the generalissimo proposed.

"In the future, even the Minister of the Interior is not allowed to participate in the transportation of materials, and the clear person in charge of the military department will take over the full power," Jiang Bingkun set the rules.

In Shadow Moon Valley, Zhang Tiancheng said: "General, there is news from the overweight dark line, the military department has taken over all the material delivery matters, and other ministers have no right to participate, it seems that it is impossible to get accurate information if you want."

"Wait for a while, now Jiang Bingkun is angry, we also have a batch now, don't rush for the time being, wait for Beicang's action, and then we will make deployments", the Shadow Moon King said.

Even after the half-year truce, the people have not woken up from the war, and countless displaced people are still struggling to survive.

Different from the ice and snow of the southwest continent, although Hongyanling is in a cold winter at the moment, the unique environment here makes it not have the slightest winter breath, and there are dark red mountains everywhere at a glance, and there are often terrible volcanic eruptions between the mountains, and the smoke and dust that covers the sky and the sun are the nightmare of countless people.

After several years of power changes, Jiahe City has gradually stabilized, and the city has also returned to its former stability, many merchants from other places have also returned to this place, and an endless stream of fire spirit ore has been sold to all parts of the mainland.

Before a shop in the city, an uncle was bargaining with the shopkeeper, in front of him was a beautiful demonic leopard, after some bargaining, he finally reached a consensus, he collected the money he got and continued to rush back to the village, this is Shi Xuan's father Shi Chengyi.

At this moment, he has a lot of vicissitudes compared to previous years, since Shi Xuan left, the two of them are all wanderers who can miss their hometowns, the line in the hands of loving mothers, and the wanderer's shirt, which is the truest portrayal.

Life here is still hard, and even if the storms in the city subside, they still have to pay a lot of protection money to other forces every year, otherwise they will still be oppressed.

In the low room, the husband and wife ate a simple dinner, Shi Xuan and her mother were often alone in a daze, sorting out Shi Xuan's clothes when he was a child every day, as if the child had been by his side for a long time, and a few years had passed in a blink of an eye, but the child was still nowhere to be found.

Every time my father returned from hunting, he would go into the city to ask some businessmen about the news on the mainland, hoping to hear some news about Shi Xuan, but in addition to knowing that there was a war on the mainland, he had no news about Shi Xuan, which made the second elder regret letting Shi Xuan go to the end of the world alone.

"Daddy, you didn't hear anything today?"

"I heard that there are wars everywhere on the mainland, and a lot of people have died, who has the heart to inquire about a person?" Shi Chengyi's face was not good.

"You should have left him here at the beginning, but now the world outside is even better and messier than here, and I don't know how he's doing?" Shi Xuan's mother burst into tears.

"His life is destined to be this fate, even if he stays by his side, it is not necessarily a good thing, before Hongyanling was in a mess, I don't know how many people died, the Cai family and the Lu family finally drove away the bandit leader", Shi Chengyi said.

"I hope God will bless this child with peace and security," Shi Xuan's mother said.

"Jiren has his own natural appearance, don't worry too much, he is a smart kid and has good talent", Shi Chengyi comforted.

The Tianhai Garden in the city has already recruited disciples from the outside world at this time, a group of new people have replaced the old ones, and every year a lot of talented disciples have been sent here, and the quality of the disciples over the years has become higher and higher.

In Tianhai Garden, Mentor Su Li has already left here, she is relatively young among the tutors, the recovery of the aura of heaven and earth has made her see hope again, the small Hongyan Ridge is not her home, she left here a year ago to sign a distant foreign land to find opportunities.

Mentor Zhong Wei is older, and he is still forging in Tianhai Garden, he hopes that he can reach the grandmaster-level spirit forging master in his lifetime, his whole life has been dedicated here, even if a few years have passed, he still recalls the busy young man next to him, he is so confident, he must be shining in the distant continent now.

Many of Shi Xuan's companions in Tianhai Yuan had also left here long ago, and many of them had also gone to the distant continent to explore their dreams.

Yuan Caiwei, fourteen or fifteen years old, at this time she is a little less playful and innocent, a little more mature and steady, but still beautiful and moving, after separating from Shi Xuan, she stayed here for a long time, his parents are not in good health, she did not choose to go away, she has been accompanying her relatives, until they died, she was not ready to go to the mainland.

She vaguely remembered that a sunny teenager promised by the Jiahe River that she would always wait for her in Tianhua Sect, and the two supported each other in the dark desperate situation, encouraged each other and finally survived in a desperate situation, this is a good memory in her life, even in that ignorant grade, he left her too many memories, and now she is also on a ship to the southwest continent, she is also a talented spirit master, and she is also eager to travel around the continent to explore the temporary future.

As the ship cruised, she was a little curious and expectant about the mainland, although there were rumors that war had been raging on the continent outside, but it still couldn't stop her determination.

Alone in the boat, watching the waves roll over, how is the long-separated boy doing in a foreign country? Has he encountered danger? Are there any other girls around him pestering him? Her mind is a little confused at the moment, some expectations and some worries, afraid that what she will see when she arrives is not the result she expected.

The Jiahe River in winter is relatively tame, and she can be regarded as smooth sailing along the way, all the way forward, out of the lofty mountains of Hongyan Ridge, what she sees in front of her is the snow-capped southwest continent, which is a little different from the world she imagined.

Above Canghai Town, Yuan Caiwei looked at the rough sea, as if the former teenager had also paid attention here, everything here was full of novelty for her, she walked all the way along the road to the distance, looking for her future...

For a kind-hearted girl, she has encountered a lot of evil acts of bullying men and women when she walks the mainland, and she has also taken action to stretch justice, made friends with many people with lofty ideals, and has also fallen into crises many times, and even been injured. But she did not stop her footsteps, in an operation in the territory of Tianchi country, she rescued a child who was robbed by bandits, and finally was outnumbered and was besieged by them and seriously injured, and finally Yuan Caiwei was rescued by an old woman, and there has been no news since then, as if she disappeared in the vast sea of people.

Shi Xuan and several senior brothers are all busy nervously, the task assigned to them by the sect is very important, they dare not slack off, these days they are immersed in refining all kinds of **.

Many disciples of the Tianhua Sect are all practicing intensely, in the days when there is no war, cultivation is their only theme, and now the revival of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is a great blessing for the majority of spiritual masters.

Recently, even the sixth-order array spirit protector sect holy beast in the Great Secret Realm has walked out of the secret realm and walked within the sect of Tianhua Sect, his appearance made countless disciples feel novel, such a huge body gave people a sense of oppression.

On the square, many elders looked at the huge array spirit: "The master sect is now teaching you the secret method of the Tianhua Sect, this method can help you transform into a human form, and in the future, you will be able to haunt the Tianhua Sect in human form," Xie Tianxing said.

The huge array spirit nodded at the many elders, "I'm ready, and I will ask for the teachings."

Dai Tiande passed on a transformation exercise that flowed out of Tianhua Sect to the Holy Spirit of the Protector Sect, and after a long time, under the attention of everyone, the huge array spirit turned into a middle-aged man, but his face was still a little different from that of the human race, his eyes were a little demonic, there were strange runes on his eyebrows, his hair was a little blue curly, and he was burly.

The other disciples were also surprised when they looked at the somewhat demonic Sect Protector Holy Spirit.

"Senior brother, is it because of the exercises? Why is there still some difference between him and our human race?" Dai Mengli asked Jiang Yuheng.

"As mentioned in ancient books, even if these spirit beasts transform into human races, they can't change their nature, this should be their own racial characteristics," Jiang Yuheng said.

"Our sect also has a powerful helper, even if it is the Moon Worship Sect, it doesn't necessarily have a strong person in the Heavenly Spirit Realm, right?" Lin Zixu said.

"I heard from the master that Yi Zhouyang had reached the peak of the Spirit Realm many years ago, and he had stopped in this realm for too long, and he had already crossed this level, which should not be underestimated," Jiang Yuheng said.

"I heard that Master Tai has also been in retreat for many years, and I don't know what the situation is now?" Dai Mengli said.

"Except for the master, no one can see the old master Tai, he also fought with Yi Zhouyang head-on back then, and he didn't fall behind, and he is probably about to succeed," Lin Zixu said.

The three brothers and sisters walked in the snowy Tianhua Sect, telling a lot of past events, as if they had returned to the past, Jiang Yuheng also let go of the grudges in his heart, and he recovered a lot during this time.

"Senior Brother Shi Xuan, they've been going to the Tianyang Empire for a few days, and I don't know what their situation is?" Jiang Yuheng said.

"Senior Brother Du Qifeng once sent a letter saying that their refining work is very fast, and it should be able to be refined before spring, and Senior Brother Shi Xuan has also developed a spirit core that can hurt powerful spirit masters**, I heard that the power is good", Lin Zixu said.

"Shi Xuan's talent is really terrifying, not only is his talent excellent, but his mind is also relatively flexible, and he can always play a huge role at critical moments, and his performance is indeed very eye-catching," Dai Mengli said.

"For many years, the strength of the three of us has been overwhelming everyone within the sect, but since I met him for the first time, I did feel a huge sense of crisis, this is the first time in many years", Jiang Yuheng recalled this junior brother.

The other two also nodded, and even the black horse Su Cheng was also disgraced in front of him.

"I heard that the Danyang Empire hasn't launched any action until now, is it so easy for them to swallow this breath?" Dai Mengli said.

"I think Jiang Bingkun is just waiting for an opportunity, they will not easily give up such an important base in Beicang, and when the winter is over and the ice and snow melt, his army will definitely come back, and then the war will burn to Beicang," Lin Zixu said.

"This is not necessarily a bad thing for us? Their division of troops into the Northern Expedition is tantamount to dispersing the troops, and many tribes in Beicang have long since recovered for so many years, and this time Beicang's movement is so big, it is impossible for them to know that once the two sides go to war, the pressure on our south will become smaller," Jiang Yuheng said.

"Judging from the previous pursuers of the Sky Eagle Tribe, their strength is indeed not to be underestimated, the shamans and beast trainers of the Northern Cang are not inferior to our spirit masters in combat ability, they have developed over the years, or it will not be long before they will definitely have the ability to threaten the Southern Empire again, they have never forgotten the glory of the Mengtian Khan", Lin Zixu said.

"It seems that when spring comes, we will have to continue to send disciples to Beicang, and we must prevent them from opening the passage to the mine," Jiang Yuheng said.

"Master, they should be almost finished, let's go and take a look, right?" Lin Zixu said.

At this moment, in the square, the Protector Spirit carefully observed his human form, from a mountain-like body to a small human race, and for a while he was still not used to it.

"Today is the first time you have transformed into a human form, and it won't be long before you get used to it, and in the future, you will be the guardian spirit of our Tianhua Sect, and all the disciples will have to respect you, and the spiritual skills of my Tianhua Sect can also be provided for you to continue your cultivation," Dai Tiande said.

"Since I am willing to make a contract, I will also fulfill my duty, and I will definitely take action as long as the Tianhua Sect is in danger," said the Holy Spirit.

The spirit beast that transformed into a human form can be regarded as an eye-opener for all the disciples of Tianhua Sect, which undoubtedly gave confidence to many disciples, and the strength of Tianhua Sect has risen greatly, which is also a huge guarantee for them.

On the Star Picking Mountain, the mysterious old man at this moment also walked into the huge magic circle under Yi Zhouyang's gaze, and a large number of sacrifices were bound to the altar by them.

The stars in the sky shifted, the heaven and the earth were overflowing, the huge altar lit up, and a large number of sacrifices were refined by the magic circle to form a stream of starlight and flew to the mysterious starry sky, a huge star was formed, and he was now feeling the benefits of the sacrifice in the air.

"My great god, your humble servant prays for your gifts, please bless me", the old man respectfully performed the moon worship spirit technique, the stars in the starry sky waved his big hand, and a vast star spirit power was passed down, the breath of the mysterious old man skyrocketed instantly, he finally broke through the legendary level, and the heavenly spirit cave finally shone with starlight.

"Thank you for the gods, I will bring more sacrifices in the future, and I wish the gods to descend on the earth as soon as possible and be the only one in the world", the mysterious old man operated the mysterious moon worship spirit.

"Now you have got your wish, and you have finally crossed this threshold, and now we are finally one step ahead, what will the major sects fight with us in the future, the day when our moon worship technique is completed, it is when we reign in the world, and the small Tianhua Sect and Shenjian Valley also want to be the savior, it is really ridiculous", Yi Zhouyang said.

"The affairs of the Danyang Empire have already come to an eyebrow, and their actions in Beicang think they are impenetrable, and they want to keep our people in the dark, and this time the Danyang Empire has returned a lesson for them," the old man said.

"The little spirit saltpeter will make them break their heads and bleed, they really don't know anything about power, the huge starry sky originally contains countless powers, in the future, we will go further, we can cover the sky with one hand, and millions of armies will be wiped out between the waves, and the little arcane ** is like a joke in front of us", Yi Zhouyang was full of confidence.

"Now our believers are all over the world, and every year we can gather a large amount of faith power, and when we use all of them in the future, the strength of all people will definitely reach a terrifying point, such a power is unimaginable to these secular mortals", the Moon Worship Sect has achieved great results in preaching over the years.

"Now we have reached a critical moment, we must be careful with the people below, don't leak flaws, now is not the time to fight with them, Jiang Bingkun will let him be proud for a while, everything he does will be a wedding dress for us", Yi Zhouyang planned far.

The Danyang Imperial City is now undergoing a political purge, and Jiang Bingkun was greatly shocked by the leak of intelligence about the transport troops before, and now he has decided to further eliminate dissidents and firmly take the empire into his own hands. Many officials who supported Li Jiye, the head of the household department, were framed and liquidated by Prime Minister Wei Wouji.

As a veteran of the three dynasties, he loves this country deeply, even if the tyrant in front of him has turned the country into today's poor army, he has never thought of giving up the hope of this country, he has been looking for a way out for the future of this country, for the safety of the people he dares to be angry, not afraid of life and death at all.

Prime Minister Wei Wou-Ki has long been displeased with their group of old-fashioned old ministers, and has suppressed them through a variety of dark means for many years, and now taking advantage of the power of life and death given by His Majesty the Emperor, he is even more unscrupulous, and many innocent officials have been purged by Wei Wou-ki, all with Jiang Bingkun's acquiescence.

Li Jiye is very old, looking at the smoky court at this moment, he is already powerless, he can rely on too little power, and now the supporters are knocked down by them one by one, he has become a lonely person in the court, and the name of Shangshu has long existed in name only.

Seeing the fallen supporters one after another, Li Jiye finally had the idea of retreating, and he had completely given up hope for the country.

His departure also marked the end of an era of conservative formation, the rise of an aggressive and expanding empire.

Jiang Bingkun agreed to his resignation and let him retire to the field, and the court has since fallen into the hands of Prime Minister Wei Wouji.

"Congratulations, Prime Minister, no one in the court will dare to argue with you anymore, and that old immortal gray man has rolled back to his hometown," an official flattered.

"This is the end of going against me, and I will see who else will dare to fight against me in the future", Wei Wou-Ki was in the limelight for a while.

A dilapidated carriage carrying an old man with gorgeous hair walked on the fields of Yuanyang County of the Danyang Empire, which was originally the prosperous area of the Danyang Empire, but now many farmlands are deserted, many villages and towns are deserted, and the war has sucked the blood here dry.

Li Jiye looked at the once rich land of fish and rice with a heartache, he grew up in Yuanyang County since he was a child, and finally went to officialdom, became a veteran of the Three Dynasties, and made great contributions to the country, but now he has not been able to return to his hometown, and the devastated homeland makes him cry bitterly, and the prosperity of the past has come to an end.

"Master, don't be sad, those bastards are hopeless, you should enjoy your old age after a busy life, we can't fight them", Li Jiye's grandson comforted.

"You haven't experienced the era of the first emperor, you won't understand how painful the hearts of our old ministers are, Jiang Bingkun's ambition has completely destroyed the hard work of countless ancestors, he will completely bury the Danyang Empire, and we have received the favor of the first emperor but can do nothing, we are ashamed of the hundreds of people in Danyang, I am incompetent", Li Jiye's dream was completely shattered, and finally ended bleakly, and he returned to the mountains and never asked about the world again.