Chapter 255: Departure
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, snowflakes are still falling in the sky.
The Lantern Festival in the previous life did not exist in this world, and Meng Xiaopao and his party followed the direction pointed by the compass all the way to the northwest.
To the northwest, in that direction there is a small splash of memories that cannot be looked back.
There was a Fumin town there, and there was a Shikuo village four hours away from the town, and she didn't know that it would end at Shikuo Village, and if she did, she would definitely kill more because she remembered the past.
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Yuntian City.
The Imperial City is still dreamlike, and the dolomite crystal is still as pure as it used to be.
Under the majestic city wall of the imperial capital, red flags are waving in the wind, and the totems drawn on them seem to be alive when the flags flutter.
The wind and the phoenix crossed their heads and spread their wings at the end, and a big word in the word was unusually conspicuous.
Today is the day of the Lonely Dust Emperor's personal expedition, and his expedition has finally come.
The contingent under the city is roughly estimated to be tens of thousands of people, these are only the troops left behind in the imperial city, and the real troops are stationed at the border passes, one north and one south.
Behind the Donglai Kingdom is the endless mountain peaks, in front of which is the unreachable Dead Sea, and the left and right junctions are the Southern Qi and the Northern Desert respectively, which is also because of the problem of the entire Cangsheng Continent's territory.
On the territory of the Cangsheng Continent, beyond the territory where the four countries are stationed, there are cliffs that stretch endlessly, and no one knows where their end is.
At the center of the territory surrounded by the four countries is the Dead Sea, which no one can cross.
This strange terrain is like a place of survival that has been deliberately carved out.
Let's not talk about these things first, at this moment, Gu Wangchen has already set off, with tens of thousands of soldiers and majestic momentum.
In addition to Zixuan, who was determined to accompany him, there were also seven Dharma protectors who came to the Demon Bone Cave, and this lineup was already the most powerful existence in Donglai.
Lonely Forgotten Dust is the Demon Venerable, and now in addition to him, the eight Dharma protectors with the highest cultivation in the Demon Bone Cave have all been accompanied, and all eight cultivators have broken through the Zhutian Realm.
This is only the strength of this trip, there are four elders behind this, let's just say that the four elders Shang Ruonan, she is already a crystallized realm cultivator, so the other three can imagine that they will not be far behind.
The second elder was arranged in the dark with his own skillful hands, mainly because his identity was unknown to outsiders, and hiding in the dark was more useful than putting it in the light.
The Third Elder Seal Wen Key was sent to the southern border to sit in the town, this is to prevent the Northern War and the Southern Qi Society from taking the opportunity to sneak attack.
Great Elder Qing Haochen was sent to protect Meng Xiaopao, although he hadn't found Meng Xiaopaw yet, but Gu Wuchen didn't mean to let him withdraw.
This expedition to the Demon Bone Cave can be described as the elite out, this attack on the Northern Desert Country is really a big deal, the thirty-two helmsmen distributed in the four countries, of which eight hidden in the Northern Desert Country have already received the news and are secretly waiting for the opportunity to move.
There are not many generals in Donglai who can be pulled out to tout, so everything has to rely on the elite soldiers and strong generals that Gu Wangchen has secretly cultivated.
The top strength was withdrawn, and the huge palace had to be guarded, and one of the eight helmsmen entrenched in Donglai was left in the palace without losing a night.
Night is not in cultivation for the imminent breakthrough of the Tsukuda realm, and the cultivation speed is also a must, although there is no real breakthrough, but he is still more than enough to deal with those who are secretly waiting for an opportunity.
Originally, Gu Wangchen wanted to leave the sixth Gu Kuoye, the seventh Gu Junze, and the eighth Gu Luo Wen to stay in the imperial city, after all, the three of them were all Donglai princes, and it was convenient to do things, but the three of them were unwilling to live or die, and in the end he had no choice but to agree to follow the three of them to the battlefield together.
On this expedition, he did a good job of controlling the overall situation early, and even gave the dispatch rights of the seven helmsmen stationed at night, which is why he left the palace to go to the battlefield with confidence.
In this expedition, he had already given a war post to the Northern Desert Country, and on the way to the Northern Desert Country, he was also preparing troops to rush to the frontier to prepare for the battle.
The situation on the entire continent has changed completely because of his war.
The four countries are balanced and balanced, and now that two countries are at war, how can the other two countries sit still.
When Donglai and Beidesert sent troops, the other two countries also had their own actions.
Nishizawa country.
This country is between the Northern Desert and the Southern Qi, and when the Northern Desert is attacked, how can they sit idly by, and the four words of cold lips and teeth make it difficult for the monarch of the country of Xize to sleep.
After some consideration, Emperor Nishizawa chose to help the Northern Desert Kingdom, and half of the strong troops were sent out, because he was afraid that the Northern Desert Kingdom would be swallowed up by Gu Wangchen.
The current Donglai is no longer the Donglai of the past, the current Donglai has the method of cultivating immortals beyond the other three kingdoms, in order to avoid Donglai becoming bigger, Xi Ze can only choose to help the Northern Desert resist Donglai.
Although the idea was good, Qin Zhenke, the monarch of the Nishizawa Kingdom, forgot a crucial point.
Once the balance between the four countries is broken, then there is no one and who can help each other, Qin Zhenke directly exposed the other side of the country to a country that has not expressed its position, Nanqi State.
While everyone was busy, Nan Qiguo also had his own plans.
Cheng Xuan had already gone back, after he knew the strength of Gu Wangchen, he went back to spread the method of cultivating immortals, and while Gu Wangchen was busy, he wanted to improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers as soon as possible, not only that, but he also had an idea that had secretly sprouted.
Nishizawa sent troops to reinforce the Northern Desert, and Nishizawa, who had lost half of his troops, was like a piece of fat, and eating this piece of fat would make him stronger, and if he was stronger, his chances of winning against the enemy in the future would be greater.
The situation of the balance of the four countries has been broken, and the only thing that can be done is to quickly strengthen itself.
After the crossing, Cheng Xuan has changed, he has ambitions, he has the ambition to live in this world, there are no weak people in this world, only degenerates who dare not fight.
He can see the situation clearly and see the environment he is in, which is why he has this ambition, but Meng Xiaopao is the opposite.
Meng Xiaopao only wants to be comfortable, she can't see the survival rules of this world, she wants to use the life concept of her previous life to live comfortably in this different world, but this attitude will only make her more and more dazed.
One has to be ambitious, no matter where you are.
It will take at least dozens of days to go to the border pass, and the migration of a large army is no better than the flight of one person, and the soldiers need to rest and need supplies.
The ranks are so large that most people choose to ride horses when they can't fly in the air, because horseback riding is faster than normal walking.
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It will be dark tomorrow, and the snow will cross the city.
Five days passed in a blink of an eye.
The mighty soldiers marched all the way from Yuntian City, they passed through Blood Yang City, crossed Chijia City, and crossed Yuanjing City and drove into Yucheng......
It was a long way to get to the border, and they had to walk through several large cities to reach the border, and all the official roads were requisitioned in advance, and even the horse-drawn carriages that were doing business were forcibly expelled into the rest area to be determined.
This time it was the emperor's personal expedition, and the road management was definitely more stringent than before.
On the wide official road, Meng Xiaopao was one of the victims.
The carriage was forcibly driven off the road, and the stewards were completely off-limiting.
She also heard a lot of news about the expedition along the way, she didn't have much feeling about the war, the four countries or the unification into one country had nothing to do with her, she just wanted to live her life quietly.
Speaking of Gu Wangchen, she hadn't seen her for a few months, and she hadn't seen Gu Wangchen since she ascended the throne and gave her to the Demon Venerable, let alone contact.
When she met Wei Sheng before, she thought about saying hello to Gu Wangchen, but then she gave up, although she was very worried, but after analyzing Wei Sheng's words, she was relieved again.
They seem to be unable to kill the evil god with their own hands because they have some kind of spell from the Immortal Emperor in their bodies, and since Gu Wangchen is half of the soul of the evil god, then they will definitely not be able to kill Gu Wuchen.
It was because she was sure that Gu Wangchen would not worry about her life, so she chose not to notify her.
Now that Lonely Dust and the army were about to pass on this official road to avoid bumping into each other, she decided to abandon the car and walk.
The carriage bought by Twenty Golden Beads was thrown away like this, and without explaining to everyone, she took the lead and went directly to a nearby path.
Behind him is the city of Yu, and in front of him is a mountain range, even if you take the official road to the next city, you will probably have to walk for a day and a night to get there.
Entering the path, she took the compass made by the phoenix soul and looked at it carefully, and the compass pointed to the direction of the next city and the widower city.
When she left Yucheng, she bought a map, and by the way, she also inquired about the customs of Widow City.
'Widow' is a very special word, in the early days it was a fish name, that is, grass carp, but I don't know when this word was used on widowed men.
After the previous inquiry in the city, this widow city is a women's entertainment paradise, and the most well-known in the widow city is the men, and the men are the 'ducks'.
This duck is not the other duck, maybe the world does not have this avant-garde name.
In Widowhood, the tower is a major feature, and anyone who has been to Widowhood is full of praise for it.
Of course, in a patriarchal society, women who can play are basically lonely and widowed, because they are widowed or have no husband, so there is no such thing as a green hat.
Meng Xiaopao actually didn't want to go to Widowhood, but the direction of the compass was there, if he didn't go, Feng Soul would not agree to it first, Phoenix Soul only cared about his confused soul sister, and he still cared about other people's feelings.
There are two reasons why Meng Xiaopao doesn't want to go, the first is because she doesn't have that hobby, and the second is that she doesn't want to go to the place where Gu Wangchen will pass, but unfortunately she can't convince Feng Soul, so her direction can only be Widow City.
The path is more difficult to walk than the official road, not to mention that the road is narrow and particularly rugged, to put it bluntly, it is to go over the mountains and mountains.
After walking for four or five hours all the way, Meng Xiaopao stopped no less than six or seven times under various excuses on the way, and Meng Xiaopao's deliberate slowing down was obvious to others, but no one picked it out.
Sister-in-law Song's family of four didn't know the inside story, but Tie Niang and the others knew that Meng Xiaopao's move was obviously delaying time, and her intention was not to let the lonely army leave first.
After only walking for about 20 minutes, Meng Xiaopaw made an excuse to terminate the trip again:
"I'll go fix the physiological problem, you guys take a break."
With that, she ran towards a hill.
After she left, Tie Niang sat cross-legged on the spot, and when she was about to cultivate, Sister-in-law Song came over and asked:
"Iron girl, Miss Meng, she's okay, I've seen her go six or seven times along the way, it can't be a stomach problem, right?"
Iron Niang's whole person has taken on a new look since she successfully cultivated the Cold Heart Technique, not only is she more than ten years younger, but even her personality has become cold, her former softness has long since ceased to exist, and the words she spit out are like being soaked in ice:
"She's fine, don't worry about it."
Tie Niang used to talk a lot, and when she talked to Sister-in-law Song, she had a sister-like intimacy, but now all of them are gone, and now she is not only less talkative, but also indifferent.
Sister-in-law Song's heart turned a thousand times, because Meng Xiaopao had explained this situation, so she was no longer close to Tie Niangtao, and found a vacant land, she was going to make some food for everyone.