The warm spring breeze of spring dawned the land again, the winter snow melted and the seasons flowed, and the Danyang Empire once again ushered in a new military operation - the Northern Expedition.

The land of the north has become Jiang Bingkun's heart disease, and last year's defeat made him haunted, and the imperial army that was unwilling to fail once again waved its sword and pointed at the north.

Shadow Tiger Yao Jingcheng personally led an army of 300,000 deep into the Beicang Mine, and this time they carried a large number of Arcane ** in an attempt to open the gate of the mine again.

At the same time, the empire organized a large army to carry out a bloody suppression of the Beicang tribes along the route, after they plundered the imperial materials, which annoyed the Danyang Empire.

The four major fronts of the empire once again began to capture a large number of hard laborers and prepare to send them to Beicang, and this time there is no room for defeat.

In the main hall of Tianhua Sect, Dai Tiande urgently summoned the person in charge of the Divine Sword Valley and the Ranger General to discuss the battle situation in Beicang.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the war in Beicang has been rekindled again, the Danyang Empire is not willing to fail, and now hundreds of thousands of troops are on a northern expedition to conquer the Beicang tribe, intending to clear all obstacles, and the Shadow Tiger troops who want to enter the city are trying to open the passage of the mine again, and the results we have achieved are about to be worthless, and I need everyone's opinion today", Dai Tiande said.

"The Danyang Empire's Northern Expedition is not necessarily a bad thing for us, many barbarians in the Northern Cang have a feud with us, and with them containing the huge military power of the Empire, the pressure on our many fronts in the south will be reduced, which may give us an opportunity," said the Ranger General.

"No matter what, the mine must not be in the hands of the empire again, once they have an endless stream of spiritual saltpeter, not to mention the four empires, even our many sects will not be spared, and their lips and teeth will be cold," said the elder of the Divine Sword Valley.

"But how can the Empire's hundreds of thousands of troops deal with it, although the spirit masters of our three parties are strong, after all, the number is small, and as a surprise soldier, it is still difficult to match it head-to-head," Xie Tianxing worried.

"Maybe the many tribes in the Northern Cang can take advantage of it?" said the elder of the Divine Sword Valley.

"The many tribes in Beicang have long been disintegrated and scattered, and it is difficult for them to become a climate, and their defeat is only a matter of time, and the final burden will still fall on our heads," one elder worried.

"No, you all underestimated the ambitions of the six royal clans of Beicang, this time we hurriedly withdrew from Beicang, the strength of the Heavenly Eagle royal tribe we encountered halfway made us lose a lot, they have never forgotten the glory of Mengtian Khan, they have been lurking in the dark for so many years to recover their strength, sooner or later it will form a huge threat to the south, maybe this time is our chance to kill two birds with one stone, and eradicate the two threats at the same time", Li Dufeng said.

"Senior Brother Li has been on missions all year round, and his understanding of this information is much better than ours, so I think we may be able to find a way to muddy this pool of waters, pull all the Beicang tribes down the quagmire of war, let the empire and them consume each other, and we will finally deal a fatal blow," Dai Tiande said.

"Yes, we should spread the secret of the spirit saltpeter in the northern cang, so that all the tribes fly to this piece of fat like flies, and the empire will never allow others to interfere with their fat", the ranger general also agreed to this trick to kill people with a knife.

"Elder Xu, maybe your intelligence officers can set off to the mines where the Beicang tribe spreads spirit saltpeter and let them muddy the waters of Beicang," Dai Tiande said.

"Don't worry, Senior Brother, I know what to do," Elder Xu said.

"The strength of Yao Jingcheng's 300,000 army cannot be underestimated, and the road leading to the mine will inevitably be broken by them in a short time, and our spirit master troops should also make a move, otherwise a large number of spirit saltpeter will soon be sent to the empire, which is not good news", Xie Tianxing said.

"Besides, I don't believe that there is only one spirit saltpeter mine in this world, maybe we should also send a team to find spirit saltpeter and open up other mines to turn the tide of the war," said He Yizhu from the Spirit Array Hall.

"Spirit saltpeter is extremely widely distributed in this world, but it has no scale, and it may be extremely difficult to find a huge mine?" said the Ranger General.

"The general may not have heard of a kind of rune stone that specializes in detecting spirit ore, and our spirit array master can carve this special spirit rune, which can allow the holder to easily discover the spirit ore buried under the surface, and spirit saltpeter is no problem", He Yizhu took out a delicate disc-shaped spirit rune, which was engraved with strange runes, and the pointer on it could detect spirit ore, which was very peculiar.

"Senior Sister He's idea is also good, if we can secretly find other mines, Jiang Bingkun will have no advantage at all," Xie Tianxing said.

"I will ask Senior Sister He to work hard about the writing of spirit runes, and when the time comes, I will send disciples along some mountains and rivers to find these special spirit mines, hoping to gain something," Dai Tiande said.

"I also heard that your rookie disciple Shi Xuan has specially made a powerful spirit core**, and I heard that the power is enough to harm Dao high-level spirit masters, this may be a good breakthrough," said the elder of the Divine Sword Valley.

"I have learned about his production method, but there is a fatal flaw, that is, the spirit core is extremely expensive, the more high-level spirit cores are more difficult to obtain, and it is not realistic to make them in large quantities, so they can only be used as miracle soldiers," Dai Tiande said.

"With this huge move, the Moon Worship Sect will definitely not stay out of it, their appearance may increase variables, and this special spirit core ** may be a good thing to deal with them," said the elder of the Divine Sword Valley.

"In this matter, I will have people collect some spirit cores as much as possible and make a batch, but it is estimated that there will not be too many," Dai Tiande said.

"It's man-made, we Divine Sword Valley will also send disciples to hunt some and provide them to everyone, with these things, our Spirit Master's combat ability will be greatly improved, even if we encounter a huge danger, we can break through the encirclement and not be wiped out," said the Divine Sword Valley Elder.

"Okay, since everyone has reached a consensus, I will order the formation of a team of spirit division allies of the Northern Expedition from now on, and go to Beicang, specifically responsible for the transportation and supply of robbing and killing them halfway, robbing the spirit mine, waiting for the opportunity to destroy the mine, in short, do everything possible to weaken the power of the Danyang Empire, and at the same time strengthen the power of the allies," Dai Tiande said.

"I think the advance troops are still led by Li Dufeng's junior brother, and if it is difficult to resist, we are sending follow-up troops to support," Dai Tiande said.

"The other disciples of the sect have all found a way to go out of the mountain to hunt spirit beasts to obtain the spirit core, and at the same time recall the disciples of our Spirit Forging Hall and let them be responsible for refining the spirit core**," Xie Tianxing said.

"Master asked me to carry out the task, right?" Jiang Yuheng said to the master.

"Your body Gu poison may break out at any time, it is not suitable for an expedition, this time Lin Zixu will follow Li Dufeng to go, you will stay in the sect and send after listening, if we find the whereabouts of the Witch King, we will also take you to heal the Gu poison in your body", Dai Tiande said.

"All the senior brothers are doing what they can, but as a senior disciple, I have to hide inside the sect, and I am uneasy," Jiang Yuheng said.

"Senior brother, everyone understands your intentions, you can recuperate with peace of mind, there will be a chance for you to play in the future, and your current situation is indeed not suitable for expeditions", Lin Zixu said.

"How about I don't go to Beicang, and I will lead the team in hunting spirit beasts?" Jiang Yuheng said.

"Okay, you don't have to go far to hunt spirit beasts, and you can still deal with it with many disciples following, so you can go, but you must be careful, you can call on fifty percent of your strength at most, otherwise once you open many big holes, your Gu poison will fully explode, and the Witch King will not be able to save your life at that time", Dai Tiande instructed.

"Yes, follow the master's teachings," Jiang Yuheng said.

"Let's all go and prepare, this time the task is heavy, everyone be careful."

Everyone walked out of the main hall, Dai Mengli caught up with the senior brother and said: "Your injuries are not healed, why are you rushing to carry out the task, you promised me to take good care of myself, if you have something, aren't you afraid that I will worry?"

"I, I just don't want to do nothing like a waste, I also want to do my part", Jiang Yuheng said with a heartache.

"No one here treats you as a waste, when your Gu poison is lifted, I won't stop you from doing whatever you want to do then, you know that many people are worried about you", Dai Mengli stared at Jiang Yuheng with concern in his eyes.

Lin Zixu happened to see this scene from afar, his heart was a little uncomfortable, and he himself was asking himself why he was so heartbroken, but he couldn't find an answer, both of them were his closest people.

"I'm sorry to worry you, but don't worry, I won't be as reckless as before in this operation, and I will come back safely," Jiang Yuheng said.

"Okay, this is what you promised me, you have to keep it in your heart", Dai Mengli didn't say much.

Shi Xuan, Zhao Zhuo and the others in Yecheng soon received a recall order from Tianhua Sect, and the refining of the four empires basically came to an end, and the spirit saltpeter they had obtained before was far less than the empire's storage, and they were still at a disadvantage once they fought.

"The empire has started the Northern Expedition, and it seems that this time there will be another tough battle to be fought," Zhao Zhuo said.

"What's the solution, we can only do our best," Shi Xuan said.

As they rushed back to Tianhua Sect, Shi Xuan also received a new task from the sect, that is, to go outside with the senior brother to hunt spirit beasts and obtain spirit cores.

Shi Xuan rode a huge spirit beast, the Purple Winged Madness Lion, which attracted the attention of many disciples of the Tianhua Sect, and even Jiang Yuheng and Dai Mengli were dumbfounded.

"Senior Brother Shi Xuan, it's really an eye-opener to be able to subdue such an arrogant spirit beast", Jiang Yuheng looked at his purple-winged mad lion.

"Senior brother is strong, I'm afraid that the purple-winged mad lion won't be able to enter the eyes of the law," Shi Xuan said.

"I was able to kill it, but I didn't have the ability to tame it into my own mount, and that was a real eye-opener for us," Jiang said.

"I also learned a little bit from the animal tamers in Beicang, and there is still a huge gap between them and their animal taming skills," Shi Xuan said.

"Senior Brother Shi Xuan will go back and prepare first, tomorrow we will go out of the mountain to the Oolong Mountain Range to hunt spirit beasts," Jiang Yuheng said.

Shi Xuan and Zhao Zhuo returned to the Spirit Forging Hall and rested for the night, preparing to leave tomorrow.

"Hey, the situation is chaotic now, we haven't even sat on the butt yet, and we're about to set off again," Zhao Zhuo complained.

"Life is endless, and fighting is endless, so that we can progress faster," Shi Xuan said.

"Is there anything to say about this Oolong Mountain?"

"The legend of Wulong Mountain is a famous mountain in ancient times, and the Wulong clan lived here in ancient times, but the history has changed, and the oolong clan has also disappeared in history, and no one knows their fate, so it is estimated that they were buried by history", Shi Xuan had heard only a few words.

"The snake I met some time ago is about to transform into a dragon, it's really terrifying, that girl in white is too terrifying, even the dragon is not her opponent", Zhao Zhuo remembered the situation in the valley.

"Oolong is not comparable to those dragons, I heard that in ancient times, they were the direct bloodline of the dragon clan, their strength was against the sky, they were a truly powerful demon beast race, those dragons only had a small amount of dragon blood, which was already very thin", Shi Xuan said.

"We won't meet the real dragon this time, right?" Zhao Zhuo said excitedly.

"The dragon clan has disappeared for thousands of years, and no one in the world has long seen the existence of a true dragon, at most a few dragons have been born," Shi Xuan said.

"Could it be that the real dragon has been exterminated?"

"Who knows this kind of ancient secret, the continent is so vast, we haven't even been to many places in the southwest continent, although we know?" Shi Xuan shook his head.

"I have heard of the distant era, the dragon clan, the phoenix, the unicorn, the vermilion bird, the Xuanwu, the heavenly tiger, the yak and many other powerful confiscation families across the continent, at that time the human race was in the cracks, bullied by many powerful spirit beasts, fortunately, the ancestors of the human race successfully rose strongly among the ten thousand races, which created the era of prosperity of the human race", Zhao Zhuo thought of the record of ancient books.

"Natural selection, survival of the fittest, this is the law of heaven."

"Yes, it's hard to imagine what kind of great war took place back then, and so many powerful races disappeared into history one by one."

"It's really the reincarnation of history, the human race has eliminated the threat of other races, and they have confronted each other internally, killed each other, and fought in the same room in order to satisfy their personal desires for power."

Early the next morning, Jiang Yuheng took a large number of Tianhua Sect disciples to the Oolong Mountain Range, while Lin Zixu and Uncle Li Dufeng led the other disciples to Beicang to intercept the supply and transportation of the empire.

The Wulong Mountain Range is also hundreds of miles away from Tianhua Sect, the mountains here are majestic, the mountains are steep, the spirit beasts are vertical and horizontal, it is difficult for ordinary people to go deep, even some mercenaries and adventurers dare not go deep, there are too many legends here.

The core area has been approached by business personnel for many years, and there are many dangers between the mountains, and some people even say that there are still ancient formations in it, and if you are not careful, you will be trapped in it and it will be difficult to escape.

Some people have also found some extremely ancient spirit beasts in the mountains, these spirit beasts are almost extinct in other parts of the mainland, and many ancient races are still maintained here.

"Senior brother, I heard that someone in the Oolong Mountain Range has found an extremely cherished dragon blood spar, and I heard that this spar has been contaminated with the essence and blood of the strong people of the Oolong Clan, even after a thousand years, it still has great power, which can strengthen the strength and defense of the physical body, and even be able to grasp a wisp of dragon breath", a disciple asked curiously.

"These legends are too old, the Oolong clan has disappeared for a long time, even if there are left, it is only a rarity, such a large mountain range, wanting to get it is like looking for a needle in a haystack, we are only here to hunt spirit beasts, not to explore," Jiang Yuheng said.

"Has Senior Brother been to Wulong Mountain?"

"I've been there once before, but I've only hunted some spirit cores on the edge, and I didn't dare to go deeper, and at that time, the master warned us that there would be a huge crisis in the deep mountains, and we didn't dare to go deeper," Jiang Yuheng said.

The climate of early spring, the ice and snow melt everywhere, the mountains vaguely see large snowflakes, the warm wind blows, and the spring buds bloom everywhere, this is a good day to watch, but at the moment, everyone is going with a task, and has no intention to watch the great rivers and mountains.

After two days of marching, Shi Xuan and the others were already about to reach the Oolong Mountain Range.

"In the Oolong Mountain Range, in addition to dealing with spirit beasts, we also have to pay attention to the nuisance of other forces, the Oolong Mountain is already outside the sphere of influence of the Tianhua Sect, and there are also many powerful sects around here, no one can take care of killing people here", Jiang Yuheng reminded.

The Wulong Mountain Range can be described as majestic, the source of hundreds of miles of lofty mountains and mountains crisscross the north and south, the peak is covered with clouds and mist, it is difficult to observe the whole picture of the mountain, there is no shortage of strong people in the spirit realm to venture into the mountain for many years, but no one can come over this area, the environment inside is complex, there are many ancient remnants of the formation of the guard, many areas can not enter.

Jiang Yuheng took Shi Xuan and his party to a place into the mountain, everyone looked at the majestic mountain and praised it, many spirit masters who followed Jiang Yuheng here are new disciples, they rarely have the opportunity to come to explore, this time it can be regarded as a knowledge.

In this operation, Su Cheng and the other top ten newcomers were all present, which can be said to be a grand event.

Shi Xuan and Zhao Zhuo have an excellent relationship, walking together, the others are also in groups, and they all act in groups, after all, each kind of spirit master has certain defects, and only by cooperating with each other can they eliminate their personal shortcomings.

Zhong Ling's girl also found Shi Xuan and them, "The two senior brothers haven't gathered the team yet, is there still a place for me?" Zhong Ling's eyes were dark and moving, and he could be regarded as a red flower among the rookie disciples.

"Of course Senior Sister Zhong Ling welcomes it," Zhao Zhuo said with a smile on his face.

"I heard that Senior Brother Zhao's spirit forging level has greatly improved, and he has already started to learn the third-order spirit forging weapon," Zhong Ling asked.

"I can barely get started, but I am confident that I will definitely be able to forge a pair of my own spirit armor this year, and when the time comes, Senior Sister Zhong Ling can take care of any needs," Zhao Zhuo said.

"I heard that you two have concocted a powerful spirit core**, can you show me this?"

"Spirit cores are extremely expensive, so don't use them lightly unless you encounter great danger," Shi Xuan said.

"I heard that the purpose of hunting spirit beasts this time is to refine the spirit core ** for you?"

"Yes, if you need it, I'll make you a few myself," Zhao Zhuo said happily.

"Then thank you Senior Brother Zhao," Zhong Ling said.

"Have you heard, I heard that this mission is to be assessed, and in the end, everyone can get a lot of contribution points, and the more you get, the more you contribute?" said a disciple.

"We will definitely gain a lot by following Senior Brother Su Cheng, and Senior Brother Su Cheng's holy light will be invincible, and we will definitely gain a lot," someone said.

"I'm not defeated in his hands if I'm strong," Su Cheng said suddenly.

"Senior Brother Su was careless for a while, and he was defeated in his hands, and he will definitely be defeated in the future, and we support you", someone said.

"Thank you, I won't let you go home empty-handed this time," Su Cheng said.

Su Cheng has been cultivating hard these days, he has always regarded Shi Xuan as his whetstone, and that failure gave him tremendous pressure.

As they advanced, the mountains became higher and higher, and many places were shrouded in fog, and it was very easy to get lost, Jiang Yuheng said again: "This mission must ensure your own safety, it is best for everyone to move forward as a team, once you find danger, pass the message through the spirit arrow of our Tianhua Sect, as senior brothers, you should support each other."

Many teams spread out to explore in several directions, and from time to time there were sounds of fighting, and the aura here was abundant, and many powerful spirit beasts were born.

"A few of us, if there are less than the third order, don't do it, just choose some high-value hands, and use it as experience," Shi Xuan said.

"There's a big guy ahead, let's go take a look," Zhong Ling said.

"I didn't expect your soul to be so sensitive?" Zhao Zhuo said in surprise.

"It's still far worse than Shi Xuan", she looked at the purple-winged mad lion behind Shi Xuan.

"Actually, the soul power of the two of you is also good, and you can also try to enslave some spirit beasts," Shi Xuan said.

"But we don't have that kind of psychic skills, do we?"

"I can pass on my experience to the two of you, and it's up to you whether you succeed or not," Shi Xuan said.

In the dense forest in front of them, a huge Colorful Demon Snake suddenly appeared, attacking the three of them, and the wild lion behind Shi Xuan instantly roared angrily and directly pounced on the Colorful Demon Snake Sand Plague.

"Good guy, ordinary spirit beasts are really not its opponents," Zhong Ling said.

"Anyway, it's also a fourth-order spirit beast, of course an ordinary third-order spirit beast can't make waves in front of it," Shi Xuan said.

Soon the Colorful Demon Snake was brutally killed by it, and they were selected to take out the spirit core, and the meat was eaten by the Purple Winged Wild Lion.

The strength of the three of them was extremely strong, and the ordinary third-order spirit beasts didn't even have a chance to make a move in front of them, and the Purple Winged Wild Lion cleared a lot of obstacles for them, and they were also able to save a lot of physical strength.

The intrusion of many Tianhua Sect disciples can be said to have broken the peace of the Oolong Mountain Range, their actions alarmed a lot of spirit beasts, many high-flying fierce birds in the distance of the mountains swept over Gaogang, and many powerful spirit beasts hidden in the caves broke out one after another, and earth-shattering battles broke out everywhere for a while, and some unlucky eggs encountered extremely powerful fierce beasts and suffered a lot of blows.

Shi Xuan, they went all the way and even rescued a few team members, they accidentally provoked the huge demon-eyed giant ape, and were chased and killed all over the mountain, but when they met Shi Xuan and a few people, they quickly shot and killed the murderous spirit beast.

"Thank you for your help," the disciples said gratefully.

"You must carefully observe your opponent before you make a move next time, and this time I should teach you a lesson," Zhao Zhuo said.

This demon-eyed giant ape had already reached the fourth order, and a terrifying beam of light shot out from its demonic eye, directly making them mentally dissipated, and their fighting intent was completely devoid of a nightmare existence for a disciple with a weak soul.