After the establishment of the Xiangmuro Kingdom, more than a dozen national workers were invited to work together, taking advantage of the dry season to cast spells to dig the riverbed, and to lay the foundation for the bridge piers with the excavated boulders, and gathered nearly 1,000 people to spend several years to build this huge project. This bridge is very important, and its significance is far greater than the two bridges outside Shuangliu Village.

Both sides of the bridge are guarded by sergeants all year round. Barracks were also built on the shore. The sergeant guarding the bridge is also from Feihong City, of course they know the soldier Lin Yan, and the last clue to Lin Yan's whereabouts that they have so far mastered is that they disappeared after crossing this bridge.

After crossing the bridge, there is a wide and flat road leading to the capital, and on the way you have to pass through the jurisdiction of two other castles, which are usually very crowded with people, and there are also large mountains on both sides. As long as Lin Yan crossed the bridge, she disappeared somewhere in the chaotic flow of people. It's almost impossible to find anymore.

When Baoyu walked to the middle of Minshui, he stood on the bridge and stopped to look upstream for a long time, his eyes closed, as if he was breathing in the breath of distant hometown. Minshui has flowed from a trickle into a rushing river, passing through many places and merging into many tributaries along the way, even with the sharpest sense of mind. I am afraid that I can't tell the breath of the snowy mountains, but Baoyu seems to be able to feel it.

After he crossed the Minshui, Xiao Tian quickened his pace and ran in front to lead the way, while Baoyu took a big stride to follow. They are very fast. As the sun set and dusk, there were no other pedestrians on the road, but a man and a dog never stopped. I also saw many villages along the way. But they had no intention of lodging.

After dark, they were still on their way under the stars, and they walked along the avenue. They went out of the city in the afternoon, and after crossing the bridge, they picked up their speed until the next morning, when they vomited slightly, and then turned to the left and entered the mountains. Walking through a low-lying pool of stagnant water and a lush bamboo forest, they saw a line of footprints on the snow in the faint morning light.

Baoyu couldn't be unpredictable, and of course he couldn't know in advance that Lin Yan had passed through this place, which Xiao Tian found out, just when Baoyu was a guest in the city lord's mansion.

With Xiaotian's current ability, he can be called a divine dog in the eyes of ordinary people. It sniffed at Lin Yan's house, and it should normally be able to track its human scent. But after leaving the city, Xiaotian couldn't do anything, because there were many people walking on the road after the snow, and it was impossible to distinguish the smell in the mud.

Xiao Tian is very smart, but he is still just a dog, and no matter how smart he is, he can't compare to the cunning monks in the world. But it grew up in the wilderness, and after spending a lot of time with Baoyu, it also learned to use methods that seemed stupid.

Xiao Tian did not walk on the main road, but left the road for some distance, keeping a roughly parallel direction through the mountains, observing whether there were any footprints or breath left by people in the places he passed. Since Lin Yan is on the run, she can't reveal her identity and whereabouts, of course, she can't walk on this avenue all the time, and sooner or later she will have to go into the mountains or enter other forks.

At such a time, pedestrians hardly leave the road and enter the wilderness, and even if they occasionally go to the roadside woods, they do not go far. If someone quietly enters the depths of the mountains without taking the right path, of course, it is worth doubting that the snow in the field has not melted at this moment.

Xiao Tian was a little unlucky, he started out walking through the mountains on the right side of the road, and ran far away without finding anything. Later, it felt that it had gone far enough and it was time to go back, so it turned around and entered the field on the other side of the avenue, and not long after turning back, it found the footprints of people passing by in the mountains, and also recognized Lin Yan's breath.

Xiao Tian did not go after Lin Yan alone, Baoyu secretly instructed it to track down the whereabouts of this military division, and return to the city immediately if there were clues. Xiao Tian returned to the city and wandered around for a day and watched a lot of excitement. It was a happy dog, not as many fancy and thoughtful worries as people, and Baoyu asked him to do it, and he was happy to have done it.

The terrain in the mountains is high and low, the vines are densely covered with ancient trees, not everywhere there is snow, Lin Yan only left intermittent footprints, some are not in the snow but on the mud, if there is no small sky to guide the way, it is not easy to track and distinguish.

They went deep into the field and climbed to the top of the mountain by the roadside, and once again saw clear footprints on the snow, where Lin Yan had apparently stopped to look into the distance. Baoyu observed the footprints and looked in the direction that Lin Yan was looking in the distance, and the road down the mountain led to a village. The scale of this village is not small, almost the same as Shuangliu Village, and there are likely to be sergeants on duty at the gate of the village.

Before the matter was revealed, Lin Yan was safe, disguised to cover her face for a while, and walked along the avenue without leaving a trace, and the speed was also the fastest. Once here, to avoid being recognized by the sergeant in the village ahead, he turned the corner and entered the mountains. It was so far from the city that he probably thought he was safe for the time being.

Baoyu and Xiaotian followed the footprints and descended from the other side of the mountain, into the vast dense forest, and walked through a road that was difficult for ordinary people to travel, and in front of them was a majestic mountain. Although it is not as majestic and steep as the mountains in the wilderness, it is also a very majestic mountain in the Ba Yuan.

In the thousands of rocks and towering forests, they couldn't see the whole picture of the mountains, and as they walked, they lost the trace of Lin Yan. In front of him was a sunny hillside, with many bare rocks on the cliffs, and there was no snow in many places, so Lin Yan could not leave any footprints if she flew over it.

They searched in this area again, but still didn't find anything, not only footprints, Lin Yan didn't even leave his breath, with Xiao Tianzhi's ability, he couldn't find any clues about his whereabouts, this person suddenly disappeared after arriving here.

Baoyu frowned slightly, but made another inference. Of course, Lin Yan couldn't have disappeared out of thin air, he was probably hiding not far from here. Walking long distances through such mountains and snowfields, even Baoyu could not leave any traces, unless he could fly. However, if he reined in his aura in a short period of time and did not leave clues to his whereabouts with the help of the terrain, an experienced Four Realms cultivator like Lin Yan could do it.

Baoyu thought of a stupid solution, he observed the nearby mountains and forests, and estimated in his heart - if he restrained his breath and tried not to leave any traces, how far could he run at a time? Even if Lin Yan didn't stay in hiding nearby, beyond a certain distance, it was possible to find new clues to her whereabouts.

But this area is not small, and it is not a plain clearing, it is in the deep mountains and dense forests, to search carefully without letting go of any traces, Baoyu and Xiaotian will take at least one or two days, and this is before the snow melts. Let's try our luck first, a man and a dog went around in circles to look for it, and the circle got bigger and bigger, and nothing was found until noon.

Baoyu held his voice and quietly said to Xiao Tian: "We have to pay attention to vigilance, if we suddenly encounter this person, there may be a fierce battle, we can't be too distracted, we must have reservations, let's rest for a while to recover our strength." ...... If you can't find any trace of this person after searching far away, it means that his ability is greater than ours, so don't chase it reluctantly. ”

They set up a seat to rest on the hillside under the sun, I have to say, the scenery and environment here are very good, looking at the mountains and beautiful scenery in the distance, it is refreshing and pleasant, and the breath is as if swallowing the world in the chest.

In the eyes of others, they should be very tired by now, but Captain Murabao had taught Baoyu and Xiaotian the kung fu of walking through the mountains, in fact, these two were not tired, but they thought that they would take a break if they were at their peak at all times. At this moment, a man in black walked out of the opposite mountain forest, and this person hung a long knife from his waist. Looking at the handle and scabbard of the sword, it turned out to be the ordnance of the defending sergeant.

As soon as this person appeared, Baoyu opened his eyes, got up and asked, "Lin Yan?"

The person who came was Lin Yan, the soldier of Feihong City, who did not deny his identity, but did not answer Baoyu's words, but asked rhetorically: "Who are you, what do I have to do with you, why did you chase after you so much?"

Baoyu replied, "I followed your footsteps, and you are indeed hiding near here." Since I was a child, I have been told by my elders not to leave any traces when walking through the mountains, so I naturally paid special attention to this aspect, so I was able to find this place. ...... I'm just an unknown person passing by occasionally, but I want to ask, what is your deal, that you want to have the army rob me on the way?"

Lin Yan said in a deep voice, "Are you a monk?" Baoyu nodded.

Lin Yan said again: "At a young age, cultivation should be very good, it seems that his background is extraordinary." ！

Baoyu nodded again, "Sort of." ”

Lin Yan then asked, "What's your name and who are you from?"

Baoyu: "I used to have to be instructed by my superiors, but I don't know who I came from. As for the name, the people I met after leaving the mountain all called me Mr. Xiao. ”

Lin Yan glanced at Xiao Tian again and said, "Your dog has some spirituality, and his tracking skills are good." If you don't want to tell me the history, it's just that, since you've chased here, I can't let you go. ”

Baoyu said with a childish face: "Oh, you want to kill me? Can you tell me why? I didn't know you before, and I didn't even know what bad things you had done?"

Lin Yan said hatefully: "You came from Baixi Village, don't think I don't know! I saw you go from Baixi Village to Feihong City to report the news." ”

Baoyu's eyes widened and said, "I'm really strange, you are a military master. Why did you allow the patrolling army to disguise themselves as rogues to loot the villages, and how did you learn that there were treasures in those villages? Do you know the situation in Baixi Village and Feihong City?"

Seeing that Baoyu didn't mean to make a move, he just stood there and talked. Lin Yan sneered: "I have been observing from a high place for a long time, you are coming alone, there is no one else in this mountain wilderness, don't try to delay time and wait for reinforcements." Since you are looking for death, I will let you know that you are dead, just tell me everything that happened in Baixi Village and Feihong City, and then kill you before I kill you. I can answer your questions. ”

Baoyu's judgment was correct, and Lin Yan hid nearby. When Baoyu and Xiaotian chased this area, he had been observing the dark place for a long time, and he was sure that only this person and a dog were coming, and when he saw that they wanted to sit down and rest, he quietly appeared.

When Lin Yan rushed to Baixi Village, it was too late. I don't know what happened to them, and they didn't even flee back. When he left Feihong City, he fled too quickly, and only had time to order the robbery of Baoyu and the dismissal of his family, and he didn't know what happened in the city later.

A day before Baoyu entered the city, Lin Yan ran away. Of course, it was impossible to see the sensational scene when Baoyu entered the city, he only knew that this person was sent by Baixi Village to Feihong City to report the news.

It didn't come as a surprise to him that Baoyu was a monk and could have a very good background, because there must be masters in Baixi Village. Otherwise, they will not fail. But Baoyu looks so young, even if he cultivates to a high level, how high can he go? happened to be passing by here to meddle in business, and there should be other high-ranking people in Baixi Village besides him.

Lin Yan didn't think that this childish teenager would be his opponent, since Baoyu had chased him here with a dog and discovered his whereabouts, he couldn't let it go. But Lin Yan was also very curious, he was very eager to know - why did Nong Neng miss? It was a whole elite army formation!

Before killing people, Lin Yan must ask things clearly, otherwise she will not sleep well in the future. And Baoyu was not in a hurry or afraid, so he told Lin Yan about what happened when he passed by Baixi Village, starting with the conversation between the two pig-headed people. He had also told the spirit these words, and the process was very brief, but the things that should have been said were made clear.

After listening, Lin Yan said hatefully: "It turned out that the demon clan leaked the news, Baixi Village was prepared and invited a group of masters to help, and those pig-headed people also attacked the army formation, no wonder Nong Neng missed." ...... Since you can appear here, it means that you have not been stopped on the way, and you must have entered the city to report the news. Do you know how the city lord plans to deal with this matter?"

Baoyu nodded: "You asked the right person, I do know ......"

He also introduced himself into the city to meet the city lord, who sent someone to Baixi Village to investigate, and then decided to report the inside story of the matter to the king, and temporarily announced it to the people of the city in another way...... And so on. Baoyu spoke very briefly, such as showing off the tokens of foreign workers to enter the city and visit the market, but the matter should be clear enough.

Lin Yan laughed when she heard this, and the laughter shook people's eardrums. Baoyu asked again, "What are you laughing at, what's so funny about this?"

Lin Yan said with a smile: "The city lord plans to report to the monarch, but what can the monarch do? Since it has been announced like that, the monarch is nothing more than taking advantage of the situation and appeasing the people, nor can he publicly order me to be hunted down, but can only announce to the public that I have disappeared or been poisoned by the rogue." I left incognito and flown away, while my family was safe. ”

Baoyu frowned and said: "Your family should not be publicly criticized, but you may not be safe, I am here to hunt you down!" And I also think you are very funny, you ran away without understanding the situation. There is no one left alive, and no one knows what your relationship is with Nongne. If you don't do anything else, you will be removed from your post and questioned at most, but if you run away like this, you will kill yourself. ”

Lin Yan looked very proud again at the moment, looked at Baoyu and asked, "Do you want to know - what is the relationship between me and Nongneng?"

Baoyu nodded honestly and said, "Yes, I really want to know, in the world now, there are some things that can only be asked to you personally." ”

Lin Yan had already decided to kill Baoyu and extinguish his mouth, so he didn't need to say any more nonsense, but he really couldn't help it! Some secrets have been held in his heart for many years, and he will never have a chance to mention them to others in the future, so it is better to say enough once, which can be regarded as a catharsis to appease emotions.

Lin Yan fled to this place to hide, not by accident. Nearby there is a Qing Xiu Cave Mansion left by the monks decades ago, and the village where Lin Yan was born is the place where Baoyu once looked at it from afar on the top of the mountain halfway through the road. It was Lin Yan's hometown, and the old monk was an elder in his clan back then, who had cultivated to the perfection of the Four Realms and Nine Transformations, but died when he wanted to break through the Five Realms.

It was under the guidance of this old monk that Lin Yan entered the initial realm and was able to cultivate, and if it is about inheritance, he can be regarded as the successor of that old monk. In his later years, the old monk only wanted to break through to a higher realm of cultivation, and he had long since stopped asking about the world, so he built a secret cave in the mountain to cultivate, and passed away when he sat in the cave. The location of this cave is now only known to Lin Yan.

But when the old monk was in his prime, he had been a master of Feihong City, and he had gone through the era of two city lords, and the first city lord was Bai Xi's grandfather. Because of his status and position, he has mastered the situation of most of the monks in the territory under his jurisdiction, and has participated in the refining of many utensils, and is the most trusted assistant by the city lord's side.

The old monk was a very competent engineer, and he had never done anything unfidentious, but he only knew a lot of hidden things from many years ago. In his later years, when he was living in seclusion and cultivating, he occasionally told Lin Yan, who often came to accompany him and ask for advice on various cultivation issues, that no one else would come here.

Before the cultivation reaches the Six Realms, it is impossible to leave a complete inheritance that guides the path to heaven, but the old monks can also tell their cultivation insights and guide the cultivation of the layers of realms. But Lin Yan, like Nongneng, is not good at other means except for fighting with supernatural powers, and he is probably not very competent to be an idle co-worker, and if he wants to get ahead, he can only go to the city to be a soldier.

Probably in order to make up for Lin Yan's shortcomings, the old monk told him a lot about the refining of artifacts, including the magic weapons that the old city lord personally refined and collected, as well as the things refined by several other monks in the city who were good at refining weapons.

The speaker had no intention of listening, so Lin Yan often asked about the whereabouts of those artifacts. The old monk and the ancestor of the Weiwei family, the Danhuo boy beside the old city lord, were once close friends, and they were all inadvertently revealed to Lin Yan.