Once accepted the Western edict, nominally, Xinghai was attached to the Sass Empire as a vassal. Her Majesty the Empress wrote a letter to please help. Fang Xiaobao naturally couldn't refuse.

The investigation team, led by Brunson Aswal, went on an expedition with the Planetary Sea Tribes to the territory of the Northern Nightwolf.

Before leaving, Fang Xiaobao reported the matter to Gu Lie. The latter only replied: "Take them with you, and by the way, find out the old bottom of these Westerners!" ”

The meaning of a good brother, Fang Xiaobao understands. The Western investigation team comes from the top of the two camps, the royal family and the worship of the gods, and there is no doubt that all the members are the elite of the elite. It is necessary to take advantage of this accompanying opportunity to explore their strength.

There was no deep probing. Fang Xiaobao sent a sage to receive the Western investigation team, and then gained insight into everything he wanted to know. As he speculated, the number of Western investigation teams was no more than 100, and all of them were top experts. The worst ones are comparable to the War Spirit level. The strongest Brunson and Asvol are unfathomable.

The reason why the word 'unfathomable' is used to describe it is very simple, with the powerful spiritual skills of the sage, it is impossible to see through the depth of the strength of these two people.

"They're weird, and their bodies are shrouded in a mysterious ability that shields me from talent detection!"

So says the sage. His mental talent derives from a variety of skills, one of which is to detect the depth of his opponent. can shield the detection, showing the extraordinary features of these two Western powerhouses.

Of course, if there are no scruples, the sage can use the power of Alayah to forcibly probe, and in doing so, he will be able to know the details of Brunson and Asvol's strength, but at the same time, he will be aware of them and cause negative effects.

It's friend or foe, there's no need to do it. But Fang Xiaobao was curious, on the way north, he had the opportunity to find out the details of Brunson and Asvol.

Today is no exception. Under the banner of inviting two Western guests to have tea, they chatted and talked on the side.

"Ace handsome guy, what do you Royal Knights do on weekdays?"

"Defend the royal family from foreign enemies!"

"You mounts...... The horse with a single horn is very beautiful, what is its name? ”

"Unicorn!"

Dealing with people and things, and winning over relationships, Fang Xiaobao is very good at it. After a few days of getting along, he got acquainted with Asvor, and the latter also knew everything about his questions.

"If I'm not mistaken, this unicorn is supposed to be a powerful mutant beast king, and it's not easy to cultivate...... How many mounts can you have like this? ”

Fang Xiaobao sipped the tea, looked at Asvol with a smile, and seemed to speak casually, but in fact he was inquiring into the other party's secret. When the Western investigation team came to the sea of stars, the Royal Knights led by Asvol sent eighty people. Each rides a unicorn horse, which Aswall calls a unicorn. This beast is unusual, it is a powerful thunder beast king with natural talents, not as powerful as the golden lion, but it is fast and can control thunder and lightning. The crowd can exert a powerful attack power that surpasses that of the Golden Lion on the battlefield.

In just one investigation team, eighty unicorn mounts were dispatched. Obviously, the powerful heritage of the Western Sass Empire impressed Fang Xiaobao.

"A lot!"

Aswall smiled back. He is a standard Western beautiful man, very gentlemanly, with a smile on his handsome face all the time, giving people an inexplicable favor.

"How much is a lot?" Fang Xiaobao continued to ask. He is not afraid of the suspicion of this handsome fellow, as a vassal, he cares about the internal situation of the empire, and it is a matter of course.

Involving the secrets of the Royal Knights, Asvil didn't seem to want to say more, but he didn't want to offend Fang Xiaobao, the lord, so he wanted to groan for a while, and said with a smile: "Our Royal Knights have a total of 30,000 elite knights, with different types of troops, unicorn knights only account for one-fifth, and the rest ...... If Your Excellency has the opportunity to visit the Rhine in the future, we will do our best to show you the Knights! ”

When it came to this, Fang Xiaobao was embarrassed to ask again, and then turned his gaze to Brunson, another distinguished guest. He was about to open his mouth to get close to the chief executioner of the Divine Worship Society's Judgment Office. Unexpectedly, the other party spoke first.

"The institutional model of our God Worship Society is similar to the Temple of the God of War in the ancient Chinese Dynasty!"

Brunson's face was expressionless, and he could even describe it as 'don't come near anyone else'. His tone was indifferent, and he said lightly: "If Your Excellency Lord is interested, your arrival will be welcomed at any time by our representative elder!" ”

One sentence sealed all Fang Xiaobao's problems. This guy's 'dead face' rough behavior has been taught a lot in recent days, Fang Xiaobao was unhappy in his heart, but he snorted on the surface, and said with a smile: "Okay, if you have the chance, you must go over and ask your family to have a drink!" ”

He was polite, or joking. Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Brunson replied coldly: "It's okay to visit, drink...... Your Excellency, let's find someone else! ”

You dead face elm pimple head!

Fang Xiaobao became angry after hearing this, and asked without smiling: "This is interesting, I don't know if Your Excellency the Executive Officer looks down on my Xiaobao, or if the elder of your family doesn't give face?" ”

Look straight away. It's indescribably fierce. Fang Xiaobao was really a little angry, with his current status and status, he was not afraid of turning his face with the Western Sass Empire. Even if Her Majesty the Empress came in person and didn't give him face, he wouldn't give the other party a good face. Therefore, I have already made up my mind in my heart, if the 'dead face' sitting opposite dares to speak wildly again, he will directly throw it into the sea.

Brunson seems to be a stunned young man. I didn't see that Fang Xiaobao was holding back his anger and was about to go crazy, and he was about to speak frankly. Fortunately, at this moment, Aswal sensed that something was wrong and hurriedly opened his mouth to play a round.

"It's good to drink...... As long as the lord is willing to appreciate his face and goes to the Rhine City, I will accompany him to drink with whoever he wants, and he will not return home if he is not drunk! ”

Aswall is very good at talking, understating a few words, elevating Fang Xiaobao and dissolving the smell of gunpowder on both sides. Don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha. For this knight leader, Arbela's own brother, Fang Xiaobao still has a good impression, thinking about the imminent battle, there is no need to quarrel for some quarrels, causing the relationship between Xinghai and the Western Sass Empire to stalemate. Therefore, he put on a posture of 'adults don't remember villains', and said: "It's still brother, you give face!" ”

Aswall smiled, and then digressed. He turned his head to look at the sea ahead, where it was frozen locally due to the increasingly cold weather. The ship's navigation was blocked, and there was a constant 'thump' sound of the hull hitting the ice.

"Three hundred nautical miles further north, you should be able to reach the land!"

Asvol not only knew the route of the Xinghai tribe very clearly, but also took out a map from his arms. After spreading it out, I saw that the map clearly showed the topographic map of the two major countries and sea areas in the east and west.

"This is an endless ocean of ice, the sea is cold, frozen all year round, and ships cannot sail!"

Asvol points to the white marked sea area in the northern part of the map. Fang Xiaobao glanced at it and said with a faint smile: "Since I dare to walk from this road, there is a way to pass!" Between the words, I saw him cast a glance at Zhang Jie, who was standing behind him, and the latter immediately received it, took out a small flag, and waved it a few times in the air.

Roar –

A loud strange sound rang out from the depths of the sea. Suddenly, the waves rolled, and the sea surface lifted a column of water dozens of meters high. Accompanied by countless hideous sea beasts surfaced, there were huge tentacles poking out from the bottom of the sea, like a giant python rolling, violently slamming the sea in front of them.

Affected by the severe cold climate, the sea area was partially frozen and immediately split apart. The sea beasts slammed away, the ice shattering, and in an instant they opened up a waterway large enough for the fleet.

Harness the sea beasts and sail at a gallop. Brunson looked in his eyes and was slightly moved. Asvol smiled and said: "Passing through the Ice Ocean, of course, is not a difficult task for Your Excellency the Lord......" At this point, his tone changed, and he pointed to the map showing that the Ice Ocean was a little closer to the east coast, and said: "But if you want to enter the hinterland of the Northern Territory through here, I'm afraid it will not be easy!" ”

The map shows that the northern territory is close to the ice ocean, and all of it is covered by icebergs and snow peaks. There is only a rugged white line, interspersed and leading to the hinterland of the Northern Territory.

Snow Grand Canyon!

Do your homework before you come. Fang Xiaobao was very clear about the route of the expedition, if he wanted to detour into the hinterland of the Northern Territory and attack back and forth with the Gu clan's army, he had to pass through this canyon interspersed with icebergs and snow peaks.

"Although the climate of this place is harsh, it is nothing to my Star Sea Tribe!"

Fang Xiaobao said with a smile. The tone sounded very casual, but the expression was full of indescribable confidence.

Asver smiled and ran his fingertips along the landing site on the north shore of the Ice Ocean to the other side of the western region. "The farther north you go, the colder the climate of the Endless Ice Ocean becomes, the sea freezes all year round, and the thickest ice reaches a depth of more than ten meters, connecting the eastern and western continents...... Ordinary people may not be able to pass, but if you have a little ability and have enough things to protect you from the cold, you want to use the ice to hike through the eastern and western continents...... It's not that hard! ”

Fang Xiaobao nodded after hearing this, expressing his approval. When he chose the route of the expedition that day, because of the characteristics of the endless ice ocean, he considered that the fleet would reach the frozen sea, and immediately changed to a foot march strategy to speed up and enter the hinterland of the Northern Territory. Then, due to problems such as grain and grass, etc., he gave up.

The reason is simple, with the help of the sea beast arm to break through the ice, the ship will directly reach the landing site, and the process will not delay much.

Aswal is proposing at this moment, obviously with deep meaning. Fang Xiaobao pretended to be confused and didn't see through, and said with a smile: "Did you have a plan for a long time, if you didn't follow us Xinghai...... With the help of the frozen sea, enter the Northern Territory to investigate by yourself! ”

"No!" Asver shook his head.

"Not enough people? Worried about the Gu family? Or is it something else? Fang Xiaobao asked with interest.

"Neither!"

Asvol smiled, pointing to the location of the Ice and Snow Grand Canyon, and his face began to become solemn, "Because this place ...... In the eyes of my Westerners, it is a forbidden place of death with no return! ”

Fang Xiaobao's interest suddenly increased, he sat up straight, hooked his finger and said, "Don't sell it, let's hear it!" ”