Tenglong Ridge is the watershed between the vitality and desolation of this underground palace! Xuan Bao even suspected that this mountain range was the same mountain he had encountered when he tracked the fox before!

It's just that the mountain range is very long, and he doesn't know where it borders the beast forest! Now he doesn't have the energy to think about it, so he can only keep moving his legs and walk towards Tenglong Ridge.

From Beast Barbarian City to Tenglong Ridge, it was originally only a journey that could be reached in a tea time, but now it has been almost three hours!

Arrange that big enchantment, the spiritual power consumes too much, Xuanbao doesn't dare to waste this now, so he simply walks to Tenglong Ridge with his legs, and by the way, he takes advantage of this process to recuperate.

But I encountered the embarrassment of the tiger falling into Pingyang, and I don't know how many beasts, big rats, and earth dragons I encountered along the way, all of whom regarded Xuanbao as a good meal and wanted to swallow him in their stomachs!

Fortunately, Xuanbao still has a Xuandao in his hand, anyway, there are a lot of weapons in the original realm, and you can defend yourself by taking one casually.

Although there is not much spiritual power left, the Tiangang Qi Shield is still there, and his own muscles, bones, skin and flesh are very strong, which is not something that these relatively large beasts and insects can hurt!

It's been a long time since I used the power of mortals to move the knife! Cultivation has increased step by step, and the strength has naturally joined the aura, and now he deliberately blocks the spiritual power of the aura, and uses his own mortal power to solve all difficulties, Xuanbao feels his weakness!

Even a relatively small earth dragon can make its busy body sweat and exhausted! But fortunately, it finally reached the foot of Tenglongling Mountain without danger and was discovered by the border army sentinels.

Xuanbao sat on the rattan sedan chair and was carried up the mountain by the border army. The Gopher King and the Iron Soul all surrounded him, and they all changed their faces when they saw Xuanbao's embarrassed appearance soaked with blood and sweat!

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?" Tiewa and Tie Gu Liang knelt on the ground, looking at the same Xuanbao as washed with water, their eyes were red. Tiewa grabbed the snake spear in her hand and shouted: "The emperor told me, who injured you like this, Tiewa will help you take revenge!"

This way was carried up, Xuanbao also regained a little strength, listened to the shout of the iron baby, pointed to the bottom of the mountain and said: "It's those rats and earth dragons, you go and kill them all!"

"Huh?" Tiewa was stunned for a moment, the barren grassland under this mountain is full of rats and earth dragons, and he can't finish killing it alone until he is tired to death, but this is the emperor's order, and he is really holding a snake spear and preparing to go down the mountain!

The iron soul slapped him, and said with a dark face: "The emperor is teasing you! You are stupid, you are really going!"

Everyone laughed, and when they saw that Xuanbao could still joke, it meant that it was okay, and everyone was relieved.

However, Xuan Bao still heard the change in the name of the Iron Soul just now, it was no longer the Xuan Emperor, but the Emperor!

The Iron Soul also nodded, and said to Xuan Bao: "The Iron Soul does what it says, this battle is over, the Iron Soul will join the Xuan Dynasty and join the Xuan Army, please take it in with the emperor!"

"Please take it in from the emperor!" A group of generals behind the Iron Soul also knelt on the ground with the Iron Soul, and were rude to Xuan Bao sitting on the stone.

Xuanbao nodded and said, "Get up! I can't ask for it! But the specific arrangements will be decided by You Yong when he returns to Kyoto." My personal opinion is that you are under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of War and do not belong to any corps!"

Hearing this, everyone, including the Gopher King, fell silent. This is not good news for the border army, nor is it bad news. In other words, in the future, the 20,000 border troops are likely to become old soldiers, supported by the imperial court, but they will not be sent to the battlefield!

Is this considered taking care of the border army? The faces of the border army generals were a little gloomy, and one by one you look at me, I look at you, and their expressions are lonely.

If it had been left before, hearing Xuanbao's arrangement, these people would have fried the pot a long time ago, and maybe they might even regret it. But not now, because they are border troops, because they have already announced their allegiance to the Xuan Dynasty, and Xuan Bao is their emperor!

As soon as the emperor's Chrysostom was opened, it decided their life and death, and even if they really wanted to die now, these border army generals would never say anything! This is the discipline of the border army!

For ordinary people, Xuanbao's arrangement simply lifted them to the sky! They were directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, not the Imperial Forest Army, and they could be regarded as the direct relatives of the imperial court! The military salary was more than that of others, and the dangers were less than those experienced by others, and it was simply the treatment of old masters. When a soldier is like this, he will snicker when he dreams!

However, for the border army, such an arrangement is tantamount to an insult! They are the most powerful mortal army, and the only purpose for them to put on military uniforms is to fight! They are not afraid of death, nor are they afraid of enduring hardships, and in order to win the war, they can endure hardships that ordinary people cannot endure, but they cannot enjoy the blessings that ordinary people cannot enjoy!

Looking at everyone's faces, Xuan Bao knew that they didn't accept this arrangement from the bottom of their hearts, which was also expected by him, but he didn't say anything, just sighed.

Seeing that the scene was a little cold, the Gopher King quickly changed the topic and said to Xuan Bao: "Emperor, how did you get this? It looks really scary!"

"Hey!" Xuan Bao smiled bitterly, shook his head and said: "Walking all the way from Orc City, I didn't use my aura when I encountered any danger, and I used my mortal strength to solve it, I didn't expect it to be so embarrassing!"

Only then did the Gopher King come to his senses, and then look at Xuan Bao's face, he could already see that he was a little pale, this was a manifestation of excessive spiritual power consumption, and it seemed that the Emperor of Orc City had used a large divine skill!

I just wanted to ask clearly, but I saw Tiewa suddenly kneel down and say to Xuanbao: "Your Majesty, I don't understand, why..."

Before he could finish speaking, the iron soul on the side said with a blue face: "Tiewa shut up!

Tiewa bit her lip, took a deep breath and said, "I know, but I don't accept it!" The emperor blames me, and I admit it, but I have to say it! Your Majesty, the border army is not going to the Xuanjun to enjoy the blessings, no matter how much you give us, it is better to have nothing, as long as we can charge into battle and fight for the people! Confused!"

The iron soul next to him changed his face, and dared to scold the emperor for being confused, this is going to lose his head! Just as he was about to go up and kick him, Xuan Bao smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, "It's okay! I know that if you don't tell the truth, you will all have mustard in your hearts, but once you tell the truth, I'm afraid you won't be able to accept it!"

Tie Soul immediately knelt on the ground and arched his hand: "The emperor's arrangement is a holy decree, there is no need to explain it to us! We know that the emperor has a hard time, and Tiewa is young and ignorant, so please ask the emperor to be gracious and forgive the crime!"

Xuan Bao waved his hand, indicating that he didn't take this matter to heart. Then he took a deep breath, looked at Tiewa and said, "Tiewa, I will now give these 20,000 troops three choices, one is the one I said just now, and the other is better, that is, to disarm and return to the field and return to Guankou Village." You can lead the whole village into the Central Plains, and you can live in any town!"

"And the third one!" Tiewa knelt on the ground and looked at Xuanbao stubbornly. Neither of these two options is the best destination for the border army, and neither of them can reflect the value of the border army!

Xuan Bao inhaled again and said in a deep voice: "The third choice is to stay here and live, the orcs will no longer oppose the border army, if they want to go out, the border army does not need to hide it, that is why we need them to fight!

Tie Gu Liang's eyes widened, and he looked at Xuan Bao in disbelief and said, "Your Majesty, do you mean that you would rather let the orcs help the Xuan army fight, rather than use these border troops?"

"Whew!" Xuan Bao exhaled, looked him straight in the eye, and nodded.

Everyone was silent, but there were humiliated and resentful looks on the faces of many border generals behind.

Xuan Bao saw it in his eyes, but he didn't speak, he just closed his mouth, as if he didn't want to say a word!

When the gopher king next to him heard the third choice, his heart moved, looked at everyone, and then glanced at Xuanbao again, thinking a little.

Tiewa's eyes were red, she bit her lip tightly, an angry look appeared on her face, and she knelt on the ground and said to Xuanbao: "Your Majesty, Tiewa doesn't understand! I don't understand why the emperor went to such great lengths to save the border army? I don't understand why the emperor abandoned the border army when the big thing was decided! I don't understand why the emperor would rather have beast soldiers than border troops? I don't understand..."

"Enough!" Iron Soul gritted his teeth and said to Tiewa: "I have said it, the emperor's order cannot be violated! My border army obeys the emperor's arrangement, if you say more, get out of the camp for me!"

"Dad!" Tiewa's eyes were red, and she turned her head to look at Tie Soul unwillingly, but she was unwilling to speak again. Of course, he knew his father's temper, and if he confronted the emperor again, the iron soul would really kick him down the mountain!

He is not afraid of being kicked, but once that happens, the relationship that has just been established between father and son is likely to be exhausted again!

The Gopher King sighed, walked in front of the Iron Soul, helped him up, and then pulled up the Iron Doll, and said in a deep voice: "The emperor can't bear to say, I'd rather let you misunderstand and remember the grudge than tell you the truth, because I'm afraid you won't accept it! Then I'll be this wicked person, I'll tell you why the emperor did this!"

"Rat King!" Xuan Bao called out from behind, his brow furrowed.

The Gopher King turned his head, smiled bitterly, and said, "Emperor, can you hide it? If you hide it today, what about next year? What about the year after next? How do you explain it? Tell them the truth, you will have to face it!"

Listening to the Gopher King's words, Xuan Bao was stunned, and after a while, he sighed and stopped talking.

The Gopher King turned around, looked at the stunned Tiewa and said, "Let me ask you, do you know how old your father is?"

Tiewa nodded vigorously and said, "I know! My father was twenty-seven years old when he disappeared, I was born that year, I am eighteen this year, and my father is forty-five years old now! Forty-five years old?"

Looking at the man in front of him with a strong body and no wrinkles on his face, he was already forty-five years old, who would believe it? Tiewa looked at this man who looked more like his brother than his father, and didn't know whether to cry or laugh!

The Gopher King sighed, looked at everyone and said, "Is there anyone in the border army who is less than thirty-five years old? Thirty-five years old is the age at which veterans of all dynasties and generations retire, and you have all exceeded it! Yes, you still look very young now, and that's because you are angry enough here! But once you return to it, you will age rapidly!"