Concubine Jing didn't know about the relationship, even the emperor didn't know, only the people of the Li family knew, and Qiu Chengfeng, the envoy stationed in Qi State, happened to be a close confidant of the Li family.

For the sake of top secret, Empress Li Rong did not arrange for someone to go to the border to greet the team, she thought that the Qi State should send a master to escort her, and her Li family had no military power, so sending people would increase the number of rights and wrongs.

Those things in Wei are not known in Qi at all, and some things are regarded as top secret in Wei State, and it is normal for Qi to be thousands of miles away.

It's a pity that the team still wants to seek Feng Xihai's assistance in escorting, which is tantamount to seeking the skin of the tiger.

Feng Xihai didn't dare to act against Yi Jiuxiao and the others alone in the defense area, not only for fear of causing adverse effects, but most importantly, for fear of Yi Jiuxiao.

He himself only has the early stage cultivation of Jindan, and he can't see through Yi Jiuxiao.

Although Yi Jiuxiao didn't have any mana fluctuations in his body, he usually ate meat and drank wine no different from mortals, but who knows if he was deliberately hiding.

Although he looked very young, eighteen or nineteen years old, how could a cultivator judge from his appearance.

Some hundreds of years old monsters look like teenagers, and if they really think they are children, then they don't know how to die.

According to the report of Tanma, the sand leopard and Wei Kuang were both killed by Yi Jiuxiao, and the two bandit leaders were active on the Qi-Wei border all year round, and Feng Xihai knew it very well.

The sand leopard is also ordinary, this Wei Kuang is very powerful, if he fights alone, Feng Xihai may not be Wei Kuang's opponent.

Therefore, Feng Xihai almost concluded that Yi Jiuxiao's cultivation was higher than him, at least in the early stage of Jindan, or even in the middle or late stage of Jindan.

Feng Xihai has tens of thousands of heavy troops, and Jindan can also deal with it in the middle and late stages, but he is afraid that there are too many participants and leak this matter, causing the two countries to exchange troops, will the royal family blame him?

He didn't want to take risks, he had to think of a foolproof plan, it was best to borrow a knife to kill people, so whose knife to borrow?

After staying at Liufeng Pass for two days and replenishing supplies, Yi Jiuxiao decided to set off.

Since Feng Xihai didn't want to escort the whole process, it was not interesting to stay here, so it was better to set off early and arrive at the capital of Wei one day earlier.

If you think about it carefully, you don't have to be too afraid of the future, take one step at a time, and since you have come here, there is no turning back.

Feng Xihai led the crowd to be sent to the outside of the pass, and then escorted by the deputy general Bo Yuan with a thousand men and horses, and the team marched westward, and when it was dark, it traveled more than 80 miles.

Bo Yuan said goodbye to Yi Jiuxiao and Qi Bin, saying that he had reached the border of the defense area and needed to lead the team back to make a mission, but Yi Jiuxiao did not leave him and let him leave.

The escort team did not travel overnight, but camped on the spot.

The barren mountains and mountains here, the road is winding, different from the desert, not suitable for night rush, although the desert is also difficult to walk, but fortunately it is flat.

Yi Jiuxiao was sitting alone on the small slope outside the camp, and now no one would worry about his safety.

He looked up at the deep night sky, and his thoughts were full of thoughts, wasn't this kind of life now what he had been longing for?

After his reincarnation, he always hoped to be able to fight his horse career again, thinking that this life was hopeless, but who knew that the hand of fate pulled him back.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but be ambitious, took out the spear from the storage ring, and practiced on this small slope.

Break the military technique, break the army with a spear.

In the faint moonlight, I saw a young figure flying up and down, making the spear dance like a dragon.

Suddenly, Yi Jiuxiao felt that his cultivation was improving, and he officially stepped into the late stage of the Martial Sect.

This feeling is very clear and beautiful, the blood is majesticly flowing in the meridians, and the strength instantly increases a few points.

The spear, which originally had some weight, became very light in the hand, like holding a bamboo branch, and it was more agile and easy to wield.

For several months, he had been wandering in the middle of the Martial Sect, but he was not in a hurry, and martial arts cultivation could not be achieved overnight, and it took chance to improve his cultivation.

Tonight, he regained his confidence, put aside all his previous confusion, and his mood was at its best, coupled with the promotion of the Book of Reclamation, the cultivation and promotion became a matter of course.

Dancing the spear again, it was obviously much faster, and it was more than ten feet high in a casual jump. Outsiders thought he was flying in the air.

When it is about to land, as long as the tip of the spear is lightly on the ground, it can take off again, glide in the air, and fly dozens of feet away, lighter than a bird.

Qi Qingru looked into the distance in the camp and looked at Yi Jiuxiao flying in the sky. I can see clearly, but I can't see through this man.

I could only ask myself softly, "Is he really mortal?"

The team marched for another four days in the lofty mountains of Huangzhou, and by this time had left the border between the two countries for 500 miles.

The winding mountain road for several days in a row couldn't help but make people sleepy and tired, but Qi Bin and the others didn't dare to rest, they still rushed forward, the border land was the most dangerous, and the more they went to the hinterland of Wei, the safer they were.

When I finally walked out of the mountains and saw a flat river, I thought I could breathe a sigh of relief, but a huge swamp blocked everyone's way.

This swamp is so big that the borders are not visible at either end, and there is smoke in it.

Judging from the map, the swamp is called Lost Dream Ze, which is in the shape of a long strip, like a big river lying across the land of the barren state, with a length of 900 li and a width of more than 100 li.

If you detour, you will have to walk an extra 900 miles, and it is all a small road, which will delay ten days and half a month.

The crossing is the fastest, and there is a road that crosses in the middle of the swamp, but the road is in tatters, and it is really difficult to say whether the carriages and horses can pass safely.

Yi Jiuxiao looked at the swamp in front of him, and his heart was very sad, he thought that the mountain road before was difficult to walk, but who knew that the swamp was even more difficult.

The swamp was full of traps, circles of land overgrown with water and weeds, like an open mouth of blood, I don't know how many lives had been devoured, and the smell of corruption filled the entire space.

"What should I do?" Qi Qingru got down from the phoenix, walked to Yi Jiuxiao's side, and asked softly.

"If only we all had a pair of wings. ”

Yi Jiuxiao looked at the flocks of birds in the distance, calmly skimming through the swamp.

"It's a pity that we don't have any, so let's realistically consider whether to go around or go straight through. ”

Qi Qingru glanced at Yi Jiuxiao, this guy is still in the mood to joke.

"I can't make up my mind right now, what about your opinion?"

Yi Jiuxiao is telling the truth, not prevarication, the current situation makes it difficult for him to choose, the detour is relatively safe, but it takes too long.

It was already the middle of August, and it had only taken more than four months for the team to walk more than half of the distance, and he was anxious and helpless.

Straight through and the future is uncertain, so I can only listen to Qi Qingru and Qi Bin's thoughts first, and Qi Bin is also next to him.

"I prefer to cross directly, if the front is really impassable, we can turn back, the journey of more than 100 miles is to return, at most a day or two delay, so it is worth a fight. As for other dangers, in Daze, it may be difficult for the enemy to survive. ”

Qi Qingru really has some truth in what he said, how can he know if he can't do it if he hasn't walked through it?

Even if you choose to go straight through, even if the road ahead is impassable, you will have no regrets if you detour, and it is too arbitrary to give up without trying.

Yi Jiuxiao glanced at Qi Bin beside him, and saw that he nodded, seemingly agreeing with Qi Qingru's opinion.

After the three of them agreed on the same opinion, it was decided that the team would rest in the open area on the shore for half a day. When you've recuperated your spirits, you'll cross the swamp tomorrow.

The water and grass on the edge of the swamp were dense, and the miscellaneous soldiers cut a lot of water and grass to feed the horses, and the horses ate hay almost all the way, and suddenly ate fresh grass, and they were full of energy.

In one afternoon, the spirit of the war horse recovered, and it was no longer wilted.

The horses were fed, and the people rested well. All the sergeants took the Qi Nourishing Pill, meditated and breathed, and recovered faster.

Early in the morning, the team was on the road, divided the troops into formation, sandwiched the phoenix chariot and the carriage in the middle of the group, and walked on the narrow road in the swamp.

The road conditions are really bad, not only narrow, but also muddy in many places, and the cars and horses seem to be crawling, and they can't walk five miles in an hour.

Moreover, there were many crocodiles in the swamp, hiding in the water and grass, ready to sneak attack the war horses at any time, and they were all killed one by one by the guards and forbidden troops.

The procession marched day and night, not daring to stop, and marched through the swamp for a day and a night, and at dawn the next day, at last eighty miles.

There were still forty miles to go to the other side, and hope was ahead, but the scene in front of them shattered everyone's hopes.

The road ahead was dug up, and the newly dug traces were dug very deep and long, at least with Yi Jiuxiao's eyesight, he couldn't see the end of the digging.

In the swamp, it is difficult to build roads, but it is very easy to destroy, Qi refining monks or mortals can use shovels and plough hoes, and Zhuji and Jindan monks can use magic weapons to bombard.

The mud in the swamp has obliterated the broken roads and it is almost impossible to tell where the original roadbed is.

Not to mention cars and horses, it is difficult for people to walk, who knows if there are deep pits on the way. All of a sudden, if you sink in, you'll be swallowed up in mud little by little.

Returning the same way, Qi Bin gave an order, and the rear team changed to the front team and retreated quickly.

At this time, Yi Jiuxiao suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, the enemy can cut off the front road, can't he also cut off the back road?

So, Yi Jiuxiao stopped Qi Bin and asked him to arrange for some people to explore the road in front of them and confirm that the road ahead was intact before returning, otherwise it would be useless to toss back and forth.

When marching to fight, he was supposed to send a probe to explore the road in front of the horse's head, but the risk along the way was too high, and Qi Bin was worried that the pathfinders would be eaten by the other party one by one.

The four people sent to contact General Wuwei in the past are the best examples, so out of love for his brothers, Qi Bin has not arranged for people to rush to the front and the rear of the palace.

After being reminded by Yi Jiuxiao, Qi Bin immediately woke up, drew out sixty good players, led by Zheng Yuanhu, and turned back to explore the way.

Without the fetters of carriages and baggage, the speed of the simple cavalry was several times faster, and in less than three hours, the group of men and horses who explored the road returned.

Everything was just as Yi Jiuxiao expected, and the retreat path behind was also cut off, and it seemed to be even more damaged.

As a result, the way forward and back were cut off, and everyone was trapped on the forty-mile causeway of Lost Dreams.