Judging from today's conversation with Sima Hongqian, he must have sent someone to investigate his details during the time he was impacting the sixth-order array mage, but the fact that Sima Hongqian was related to Cloud Cliff Pavilion should be a big secret, so the people sent by Sima Hongqian did not have contact with the people of Cloud Cliff Pavilion, otherwise Sima Hongqian should know his relationship with Cloud Cliff Pavilion. There is another point, whether Sima Hongqian is the person he wants to connect must be clear, what Lu Yi is thinking about now is whether to go to the East Expansion Country to see if he can verify the first two sentences of the limerick poem, if it is really as he thinks, the first two sentences are to describe the environment, and the geographical environment of the East Extension Country is consistent with the description, then Sima Hongqian must be the person who Yunya Pavilion wants to come to the Western Regions to find by himself, and at that time, he will have to seriously consider whether to connect with Sima Hongqian.

After some thought, Lu Yi decided not to go to the east for the time being, otherwise it would give Sima Hongqian a false impression that he was moved, in case it was not good to be entangled by him, Lu Yi still decided to do the things at hand first, so early the next morning, he left Qilin City and went to another sandstone city to investigate and design how to help the city strengthen its own offensive and defensive forces.

Lu Yi walked all the sandstone cities around, and more than half a year had passed, although he did not formulate a plan that met their respective characteristics for all the cities, but he also finalized the blueprint for the strengthening of nearly half of the cities, and after explaining the arrangements to the low-level array mages who had been found by various forces, Lu Yi buried himself in studying the cities that had not yet been finalized, and handed over the burden of arranging the magic circle to those unlucky ghosts to execute, in order to "exercise and improve" their formation level. Those low-cost array mages were "lucky" to get the guidance of such a master as Lu Yi, and they were all happy to close their mouths, and immediately threw themselves into the "big plan" of exercising and improving themselves, vowing to dig out something from this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. In this way, after Lu Yi worked hard and others contributed, Lu Yi designed all the cities according to their own characteristics and completed their own plans, more than a year passed in a hurry, Sima Hongqian should have been secretly paying attention to Lu Yi's movements, so when Lu Yi finalized the plan for the last city A few days later, Sima Hongqian appeared in front of Lu Yi again.

This time, Lu Yi did not immediately refuse Sima Hongqian, but proposed to go to the East Expansion Country to go around, Sima Hongqian was very happy after hearing it, he felt that Lu Yi was the first step of his heartbeat, so he immediately took Lu Yi to leave, and he teleported all the way to the East Expansion Kingdom.

At Lu Yi's request, the two did not go straight to the capital of Dongtuo, but took a casual turn in Dongtuo, saying that Lu Yi wanted to understand the national customs and folk customs of Dongtuo, but in fact, Lu Yi was looking for a landscape or folklore corresponding to those two limerick poems.

Don't look at Sima Hongqian's bad impression on outsiders, he is very scheming and unscrupulous, but the Dongtuo country under his rule is a song and dance, and although the people's lives are not rich, they are not worried about food and clothing. The martial arts prevailed in the country, and even ordinary people who could not practice practiced their physical skills diligently, regardless of gender, and the country had the strongest and largest number of armor soldiers in the Western Regions. Moreover, there are a group of craftsmen in Dongtuo country, these craftsmen have extraordinary means, and the power of weapons such as crossbows and bows developed should not be underestimated, there are several large crossbows that need to be operated by many people, and the power is particularly prominent, and they can even break through the defense of ordinary third-order monks, and several people work together to operate, the division of labor is clear, whether it is loading or aiming and firing, it can be completed in a very short time. A salvo of a thousand-person team is equivalent to the attack of nearly a hundred third-order monks, which can pose a great threat to low-cost monks and armor soldiers. Moreover, these craftsmen in the East Extension Kingdom can also make some simple trap beasts for transporting materials, although these trap beasts can't get into Lu Yi's eyes, but it is also the first time that Lu Yi has seen a force use trap beasts in the army on a large scale. These are all deliberately let Lu Yi know by Sima Hongqian, in order to arouse his interest. However, Lu Yi's mind was obviously not on this, he just complimented Sima Hongqian in a perfunctory manner, which also made Sima Hongqian a little disappointed.

It wasn't until the two came to a special area that Lu Yi was obviously interested in this place. This place is called Eighteen Mile Valley, it is a muddy swamp that is significantly lower than the surrounding area, the area is not large, only eighteen li, but this place is quite miraculous, in such an arid climate in the Western Regions, it has never dried up for many years, even if the surrounding area of Shibali Wa is dry, No matter how much grass grows, but once you step into the range of the eighteen-mile depression, you can feel the mud and wetness of the ground, and if it encounters heavy rain, the surrounding rainwater pours into the low-lying eighteen mile depression, and it is like a mud cow into the sea and leaks into the ground quickly, and the eighteen-mile depression still maintains a state of half wet and half mud, as if it is completely unaffected by the surrounding environment. Seeing that Lu Yi was interested in this, Sima Hongqian explained: "It is rumored that under this eighteen-mile depression is a layer of porous magical rocks, and under the rocks is an underground lake formed by a dark river, which can continuously absorb the water of the underground lake, and can also transport the water on the ground, always maintaining a water balance. Therefore, there is a local saying that the South China Sea does not rise when the water rises, and the South China Sea does not dry if there is no water. This South China Sea actually refers to the South Lake, where the capital of our Dongtuo Kingdom is located, and it is the largest lake in the Dongtuo Kingdom. ”

Lu Yi nodded silently, it seems that the second sentence of this limerick poem has been corrected.

Subsequently, the two came to Nanhu County, where the capital of the East Extension Country is located, which is a large body of water, and the beginning of the East Extension Country was only occupied by several large islands on the South Lake. Nanhu Lake is very rich, it is the famous land of fish and rice in the Western Regions, rich in products, with a large population, after occupying the entire Nanhu Lake, the East Extension Country has a steady stream of materials and population supplements, with a foothold on the fundamentals, this began to soar rapidly to expand the territory, and gradually expanded, and finally became the top five existence in the Western Regions.

Nanhu County has several large islands, which originally belonged to several small countries, and Sima Hongqian annexed all these small countries and changed them into cities. There are also countless small islands, some of which are more suitable for people, some of which are very desolate, and some of which are so small that they can only accommodate a few people. It was getting late, Sima Hongqian took Lu Yi to an isolated island, "Looking at the sunset from here will have a unique scenery, and it can help people who are destined to understand the way of heaven, you can sit on it, look at the sunset, and see if you can feel it." ”

Lu Yi sat on a smooth boulder and looked up at the southwest sky, only to see that there were large clouds there, either standing still, or constantly changing various shapes, or red like fire, or mottled with colors, or like illusory, or thick and solid. Some clouds collide with each other, either merging into a larger mass or canceling each other out to become smaller, which is really strange and fickle. Lu Yi couldn't help but look a little stupid when he saw this, until the sky was completely dark, and there was no longer a trace of clouds in the sky, and Lu Yi got up unsatisfied.

"The old man used to sit here for hundreds of years, from the change of the clouds and the change of a lot of things out, today there is no moon, if the moon and stars are scarce night, you will also see the night of the clouds and clouds, it is even more meaningful. When Sima Hongqian saw Lu Yi get up, he started a new temptation, "This is an inadvertent discovery by the old man, and he has never mentioned it to others." If you complete the cooperation with me, the old man will allow you to participate in the Heavenly Dao here, which will definitely be of great help to you to set foot in the spirit building, how about it? The old man will use this method to help you make up for the lost time, and you will not suffer at all, right?"

"The younger generation is stupid, just now I only saw the changing scenery, but I didn't appreciate the way of heaven at all, I'm afraid that it is sitting here for a hundred years, and the younger generation will not have the slightest understanding, the seniors still look a little high at the juniors, and the juniors really disappointed the seniors. Lu Yi didn't give Sima Hongqian the slightest chance.

After listening to Lu Yi's words, Sima Hongqian was not in a hurry, his heart was bright, Lu Yi was definitely not just watching the excitement as he said in his own mouth, he was so focused just now, he must have felt something, with this temptation, it is difficult to guarantee that he will not take the bait, sooner or later he will still be tempted to come to himself. Lu Yi didn't make any other requests, it was getting late, and the two came to Yuling Island, where the capital of Dongtuo was located, entered a restaurant specializing in lake freshness, asked for a single room, and ordered a sumptuous meal.

"Senior, just tell the truth, you are doing everything possible to pull the juniors into the water, what are you trying to do? I don't think you are taking this opportunity to have a relationship with the old man, let alone believe that you are really so optimistic about the juniors. If you don't tell the younger generation the real reason, it will be difficult for the younger generation to obey their fate. There is no third person in the entire single room at the moment, and Sima Hongqian has also personally blessed the soundproofing ban, and the security measures are absolutely first-class, so Lu Yi opened his mouth and went straight to the point.

"When the east sun rises, the west sets, when the South China Sea rises, the north depression, when there is a dragon in the lake, there is a phoenix in the forest. Except for the sunrise on the East Island, you haven't seen it yet, and you have already confirmed the others, and you have already seen the old man's Tianfeng wrench, don't you plan to recognize the old man? Do you have to complete all the seals before you connect with the old man, or have you never thought of being honest with the old man at all?" Sima Hongqian's words made Lu Yi's mood plummet.