In the early morning, the blue sky was cloudless, and a goshawk chirped, spread its wings and swept across the peaks of the twelve main peaks of the Yanyun Mountains, flying towards the empty grassland in the distance.

The Yanyun Mountains, which run east-west three-quarters of the continent, are the demarcation point. To the south of the mountaintop, endless primeval forests and numerous mountains, rivers and lakes are included in the Zhongzhou region. The vast grasslands north of the mountain peaks and the northern polar regions further north are collectively referred to as the Northern Wilderness.

From Zhongzhou to the Northern Wilderness, if you don't want to cross the reckless Yanyun Mountain Range, you have to pass through the gaps of the twelve main peaks, some of these gaps are mountain roads, some are waterways, but whether it is a mountain road or a waterway, it is a natural danger, and it is not easy to pass.

Sanggan River starts in the Kunlun Mountains of Zhongzhou and extends to most of Mobei in the north, is one of the seven major rivers of the eight wildernesses in the north and south, and the Sangyan City established by this is the main communication between the northern part of Zhongzhou and the commercial road of various ethnic groups in Mobei, plus other small roads over the mountains and mountains, collectively known as the Sangyun trade line.

At the beginning of the morning every day, the city gate will be opened, and on the Sanggan River ferry outside the city, large and small traders and adventurous teams from all over Zhongzhou will enter the city to rest or look for trading partners after paying the entrance fee. At the same time, the caravan after resting in the city will also assemble and leave the city, either entering Mobei through the ferry, or changing to the land route and entering the Zhongzhou countries.

Although the caravan is of different sizes, it is orderly, after all, it is responsible for the management of Sang Yan City, but it is the official family of the Northern Underworld who is known as the Twin Kings of the Northern Underworld.

Now the defender of Sangyun City is the seventh son of Shangguan who is nicknamed "Immortal Guiding the Way" among the seventh generation of the Shangguan family, Shangguan Wuji.

As soon as the morning dawned, the escort team wearing the costume of Sangyun City defending the city supported the two men to the teahouse next to the city gate and occupied the best window seat on the second floor.

The two sat opposite each other, and Xiao Er slipped on the new autumn tea, and retreated with interest.

Looking at the flow of people coming in and out of the city gate one after another, Shangguan Wuji's slender fingers picked up the teacup, took a leisurely sip of autumn tea, put down the teacup, and looked at Gongsun Moyan, who was a little haggard opposite.

"Didn't you rest last night?"

Gongsun Moyan said "um", picked up the teacup, but didn't drink it, and looked at the crowd entering the city, stunned.

Shangguan Wuji saw that he was not giving up, and he didn't talk nonsense, and drank tea by himself.

After the tea three times, a man in black walked up quickly upstairs and knelt down on one knee, "Childe, the spy has returned." ”

Gongsun Moyan turned his head, his eyes looked at the man in black stunned, and his face was slightly pale.

Shangguan Wuji put down the cup, took the handkerchief of the maid on the side, wiped the corner of his mouth, and then looked at the man in black, "Say it." ”

The man in black didn't raise his head, and replied respectfully, "Tell the son, they pushed back according to the route that Song Fatzi escaped, and finally found the mountain wall, and all the lost materials have been recovered."

In addition, we searched the surroundings and did not see the boulder mountain described by Gongsun Erye, but there were a large number of traces of fighting in the mountains and forests, as well as traces left by the release of high-level thunder and lightning spells, and a large number of corpses of underworld beasts remained at the scene. ”

Gongsun Moyan's eyes lit up, and he stood up, "She's still alive, she's really alive!"

Shangguan Wuji half-squinted, his fingers tapped on the table, "Mo Yan, have you ever seen her use spear skills to attack with spells?"

Gongsun Moyan was stunned for a moment and shook his head, "No, she calls herself the Emperor of War, and she uses a red tassel gun in her hand freely, and she has always been in close combat, and she has never seen her use spells." ”

Shangguan Wuji glanced at him and motioned for him to sit down, "If your guess is correct, she should have found a helper after you left, or someone from the Immortal Sect who can attack with spells." However, such a powerful combination still retreated and fled, the leader of the beast that you have never had the chance to see......"

He glanced at Gongsun Moyan and saw him nodding, so he recognized the title, "That leader, who can be so strong that a melee master and a person from the Immortal Sect finally choose to retreat and flee, should be a high-level underworld beast that has only recently appeared...... Mo Yan, the girl you are looking for is probably going to escape if she seizes the opportunity before she dies. ”

Gongsun Moyan's face was pale and he clutched his chest, "You mean, she was seriously injured...... Even dying...... "He didn't want to mention anything about death."

Shangguan Wuji raised the teacup and filled himself with a cup of tea, "If you are her, you encounter this kind of crisis of life and death, and you know that there are more underworld beasts in the North Underworld, you say, after she escapes this catastrophe, will she continue to travel north? If I were her, I am afraid that I will immediately take the southbound route, and I can't wait to escape to the Southern Wilderness, and I will never enter the Mobei and Northern Underworld realms!"

Gongsun Moyan's body was shaky, his face was blue and white, and finally he lowered his head and sighed decadently, turned around and went downstairs, and walked towards the City Lord's Mansion.

Shangguan Wuji looked at his departing back, drank all the tea in the cup, and instructed the man in black, "Flying Pigeon to Gongsun Moyang." The beast mutation, the appearance of the leader, the danger of winter hunting, be careful!"

"Yes. The man in black bowed and withdrew.

Shangguan Wuji looked at the city gate downstairs, just as a team of dozens of big men pushed more than a dozen cage carts into the city, and the bearded man who led the way looked up and saw Shangguan Wuji on the second floor looking at him, hurriedly took off his dogskin hat and saluted him respectfully.

"The seventh prince is auspicious, it is rare to see the son come to the city gate!"

Shangguan Wuji nodded slightly, his gaze swept over the dozen or so cage carts behind, "Boss Zhang, your slave business is getting bigger and bigger!"

Zhang Tiankuo grinned widely, smiling honestly, not at all like a slave trader, "The seventh prince smiled, I am a small business, besides, the Beiming side is indeed tight, the old man of the Gongsun family has increased the amount of money to the merchants everywhere, we are not thinking about catching up with the winter, and then make a good New Year." ”

Seeing that Shangguan Wuji didn't plan to talk more, he stopped talking and urged his subordinates to hurry up and catch the car.

Shangguan Wuji turned his fingers around the teacup, his eyes swept over the dozens of cages, and he saw that in the car at the end, more than a dozen girls were squatting in the car with their heads bowed, one of them was pale and her eyes were closed, lying in the arms of a six- or seven-year-old girl next to her, the six- or seven-year-old girl hugged the girl tightly, with a pair of big purple eyes, looking straight at the sky.

"Purple pupils?"

Shangguan Wuji looked at it curiously, "It's rare." ”

The maidservant on the side stepped forward half a step, "Childe, do you want to investigate?"

"No need, purple eyes. I heard that most of the eyes of the Southern Wilderness are different colors. ”

Shangguan Wuji put the teacup on the table, got up and walked downstairs.

Walking downstairs, just as the last car drove in front of him, he subconsciously glanced at the girl and the girl in her arms a few more times, and frowned slightly.

When the vehicle was far away, Shangguan Wuji stopped and looked at it, and said to the maidservant, "Check it, they have a problem." ”

The handmaid saluted, "Yes." ”