In the eastern part of the Qingxia Dynasty, in the most central and core city, the imperial palace was set up here.

In the palace, in the palatial hall, on the throne studded with precious stones, sat a sixty-year-old man with white hair and temples, this person was the emperor of the Qingxia Dynasty.

Under the throne, nearly a hundred courtiers stood neatly.

The Emperor asked majestically, "How is the war in the west?"

A courtier dressed in yellow said loudly: "Your Majesty, it's almost ten days, the good news of the war in the west has not yet come, and we have not yet received any reply from them. ”

Another courtier next to him, who was also dressed in yellow, said: "Your Majesty, the second prince's intelligence is blocked, but I just got the latest news here." ”

The man known as the Second Prince tilted his head and looked at him angrily.

When the emperor heard this, he said sternly: "What news, tell me quickly!"

The man replied: "The traitors of Gaochuan City are already taking over the surrounding three cities, and I am afraid that the frontal battle has already had a result." ”

"That's it—we're defeated!"

He spoke in astonishment, sighing all around, obviously a little incredulous.

The second prince sneered and said, "Your Majesty, the fourth prince is wrong with this, our Qingxia Dynasty is one of the most powerful human countries on the continent, I can't think of any force that can compete with us." ”

"Besides, even if you lose, how can there be no news at all. General Zhang has our special carrier pigeons, this kind of carrier pigeons, even the Spirit Emperor is difficult to detect their existence, it shouldn't be difficult to carry a letter, right?"

"As for what the four princes said about the annexation of the surrounding three cities, I think it's pure gossip and can't be trusted!"

The fourth prince also sneered, raised the bar and said: "That's your information blocked, the enemy's secrecy measures, and they have worked on you!"

The emperor slapped the dragon chair hard and scolded, "You two don't quarrel!

The two lowered their heads and didn't dare to quarrel anymore, but both of them had bad eyes, and they obviously had a lot of grievances.

The emperor looked at the other yellow-clothed people who did not speak on the side, and then said: "Sixth, this matter is handed over to you to investigate, I heard that you have taken good care of the intelligence agency, and you are limited to find out the results within three days." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty. The Sixth Prince replied.

Since Jintang City and other cities close to the west are in a state of preparation, all aspects are strictly investigated.

If the results of the war come out, and they have lost a city lord and a large number of troops, I am afraid that it will alarm the whole country even more, and even the Qingxia Dynasty will send more troops to station here to control.

Therefore, Yu Zhang could not enter the country directly from Jintang City as he did last time.

If he wants to go deep into the eastern region, he has to take a long detour.

From the desolate, treacherous wilderness through the pristine mountains that straddle the east and west.

According to the merchants of Takakawa Castle, there are two roads to the east, one is Sunshine Avenue, which passes through Jintang Castle.

The other is the Desperate Path, the Spirit Beast Mountain Range.

This primitive mountain range has no name, but because it is too primitive, all kinds of spirit beasts emerge in an endless stream, so it is called the name of the spirit beast mountain range.

Ordinary merchants and ordinary people would definitely not enter the Spirit Beast Mountain Range.

There is only one kind of person who will often go in and out of the Spirit Beast Mountain Range, and their name is - Adventurer.

There are many villages and small towns in the vicinity of the Spirit Beast Mountain Range, and there are also some major cities scattered nearby.

These places are often infested with a type of people called "adventurers".

Most of them are spiritualists, and they are not weak, and they make a living by risking their lives to enter the Spirit Beast Mountain Range to collect materials.

This kind of material is to pick up heavenly and earthly treasures, such as all kinds of precious medicinal materials that integrate the aura of heaven and earth.

Next to this kind of heavenly and earthly treasure, there are often high-level spirit beasts that protect it with the same greed, and if you want to pick it up, you must fight against the spirit beasts, which is extremely dangerous.

The second method of taking materials is to directly fight with the spirit beast, and after defeating the spirit beast, take out its spirit crystal, and use it for various purposes such as building spirit weapons and refining pills.

In addition, although there are various purposes for entering the Spirit Beast Mountain Range, they will eventually deal with spirit beasts to a greater or lesser extent.

The Spirit Beast Mountain Range is a treasure land where opportunities and dangers are intertwined, and it is a testing ground for exchanging strength for wealth and overdrawing money with life.

As for Yu Zhang, he had to pass through the Spirit Beast Mountain Range alone, and after a long journey, he reached the eastern region of the Qingxia Dynasty.

Choosing this path does not mean that Yu Chang is so afraid that he does not dare to fight the Qingxia Dynasty at all, but in an environment where he is tense at all times, in the constant battle, he can quickly improve his strength.

Half a month later, Yu Zhang has been trekking in the boundless jungle for a long time, working at sunrise and resting at sunset, going out in the morning and stopping activities at night to avoid danger.

Although there are many dangers in the Spirit Beast Mountain Range, Yu Zhang, with his strength to enter the Spirit Sect and the powerful power of the soul of the divine beast, as long as he does not encounter difficult beasts and spirit beasts above the seventh order, Yu Zhang can fight with them.

With the perception of the soul of the divine beast, Yu Zhang always took the initiative to avoid the territory of that extremely dangerous high-level spirit beast.

Even if you encounter danger, it is quite exciting to escape with all your strength.

In this way, day after day, observing the sun, moon and stars alternately, Yu Zhang could count the days a few days before the beginning, but when he got to the back, he couldn't remember the numbers at all.

After another two or three days, in the middle of the Spirit Beast Mountain Range, in the outermost area, a purple-black shadow shuttled between the trees.

This person is Yu Zhang, because he doesn't know where to get out of the mountain range, and then find the traces of people.

So, a quarter of an hour ago, Yu Chang happened to catch the traces of humans with his sensitive ears, and heard the footsteps and conversations of humans from a long distance.

After staying with beasts in the Spirit Beast Mountain Range for a long time, I became more familiar with the habits of beasts, and the difference between the footsteps of spirit beasts and humans became obvious.

Hearing the movement of the humans, Yu Zhang hurried in that direction.

The source of the sound captured by Yu Zhang was a three-person team of adventurers.

At the foreground there was a young man with a long sword, in the middle there was a young girl who looked weak, and at the end there was a young woman who also held a long sword.

The three of them kept this formation and walked slowly, one scouting the way ahead, one guarding the rear, and one protected in the middle.

The man at the front spoke loudly, wanting the little girl behind him to hear: "In the future, when we go out of the jungle, we will maintain this formation, and it is best to keep a distance of one zhang between people." ”

It was as if he was teaching the little girl how to go into the jungle in a team.

The woman in the back also continued, "In the middle, it's usually the role of a healer, or someone who lacks the ability to fight hand-to-hand in close combat. ”

The little girl whispered "um" a few times, listened carefully, nodded again and again, and remembered it in her heart.

Suddenly, from the depths of the jungle on the left, there was a rapid sound of leaves rustling.

And the voice was getting closer and closer, at a surprisingly fast speed.

"Be careful!

The men and women stood to the left and stood in front of the little girl.

"Step back a little and hide behind the trees!"

When the little girl heard this, she quickly ran to hide behind a thick tree, poked out half of her head, and looked at it secretly.

The man's face was solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Listening to this movement, I am afraid that it is an extremely flexible spirit beast, it may be a leopard, and it is not of a low level." ”

The woman's face was not very good-looking, and she asked, "Can you escape?"

The man replied, "Listening to this speed, I'm afraid it's too late, running away now will only leave its back to it, and the odds are even lower!"

"Then we have to fight, senior brother. The woman drew her sword from its scabbard and took a position to draw it.

"Come on!" the man drew his sword as well, his eyes staring sharply into the depths of the jungle.