Finding the eldest brother was only one of Duan Feng's purposes when he returned to the southern realm, his main purpose was to find out about Yun Tianlong and the Demon Sword, after returning from Montenegro, Duan Feng decided to go to Phoenix City to inquire about the news, but was stopped by Sima Ran.

"Now that the entire southern territory is looking for you, and there are so many people in Phoenix City who know you, if you rush into the city, I am afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble, as for the matter of Yun Tianlong, I will send someone to inquire." ”

"Then I can't wait like this, right?" Duan Feng said eagerly.

Sima Ran thought for a while and said, "If you really want to do something, then you can do me a favor, it just so happens that I need a helper now." ”

Accepting so much help from Sima Ran, Duan Feng felt a little guilty in his heart, he originally thought that he would have the opportunity to repay the Sima family again in the future, but now that Sima Ran took the initiative to ask him for help, he naturally couldn't refuse.

"I don't know if my uncle needs help from my little nephew?"

Sima Ran said: "This batch of ore needs to be transported to Cloud City tomorrow, which is the smelting center of the empire. But due to the huge number of this batch of goods, it is inevitable that people will be worried about it on the road, so I hope you can help escort it, so as not to make you bored during this time, and secondly, it can be regarded as a favor for me. ”

"Uncle spoke, the little nephew should obey the order, but the little nephew doesn't know how to escort the dart, besides, such an important matter, I'm afraid it will ruin my uncle's big thing. ”

Sima Ran replied: "It's okay, originally this kind of thing should be escorted by Yu'er, and the amount of transportation in the past was very small, but now, Yu'er has other things, and she really can't pull away, and this time the amount is very large, if it is handed over to others, I don't worry." You only need to be in charge of escorting, and as for the rest, I will send someone to accompany you. ”

"That being the case, the little nephew obeys. ”

"Then there is the second son of Lao, the old man of Yun Tianlong must do his best, when you come back, I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer." ”

Subsequently, Sima Yu introduced some matters related to the transportation of goods and Yunjian City to Duan Feng.

Early the next morning, Duan Feng and Han Qing, Liu Yuwei, Su Yanjun and the officers and soldiers sent by Sima Ran escorted the convoy on the road together, while Du Tong and Zheng stayed in Moonlight City, Du Tong had no objection to this arrangement, he only cared about Zheng's condition, besides, he originally thought that he could find out the murderer of his father by following Duan Feng, but to this day, there are no clues, and he is somewhat disappointed in his heart.

After everyone left, Sima Yu asked worriedly, "Is this really okay?"

Sima Ran let out a sigh of relief and replied, "I hope so." ”

Sima Yu said again: "I'm afraid it won't last long." ”

Sima Ran looked in the direction of Montenegro and said, "Delay it as much as possible, I hope he can come up with a way as soon as possible." ”

"What about Yun Tianlong's side?"

"You sent someone to investigate, I also want to know, how did this Yun Tianlong know about the magic sword?"

"Understood!" Sima Yu ordered to turn around and leave, leaving Sima Ran to watch Duan Feng and the others disappear before returning to the mansion.

From Moonlight City to Yunjian City, the nearest road is to pass through the Ghost Cry Pit, although there is no need to go deep into the canyon, but it still has to pass through the entrance of the valley, the last incident made Duan Feng still have palpitations, for safety reasons, Duan Feng decided to bypass the Ghost Cry Pit, and take the Wuli Town one hundred and twenty miles northeast of the Ghost Cry Pit, although this will add two days of time, but it is relatively safe.

Along the way, Duan Feng's convoy did not encounter anything, the convoy slowly drove on the official road to Wuli Town, and fifty miles in front of the convoy was the northernmost mountain called Beisan Mountain of the Ghost Crying Pit.

The ghost cry pit is located at the junction of Yunxia County and Nanhai County, it is composed of three mountains, known as the big three mountains, as the name suggests, it is composed of three mountains, namely the north three mountains, the south three mountains and the east three mountains, of which the north three mountains are the smallest, but the mountains are the most precipitous, and the south three mountains and the east three mountains are relatively short, and the ghost call pit is located between the east three mountains and the south three mountains.

Duan Feng and the others stayed and rested at a place thirty miles away from the North Three Mountains, one hundred and twenty miles north of the North Three Mountains is Xiaoyun Mountain, the boundary mountain of Nanhai County and Tianxing County, and the middle area is mostly hilly, although there are several official roads, but the population is sparse, for the sake of insurance, Duan Feng sent a scout horse to explore the way, and he led everyone to wait.

Not long after, Tanma hurriedly ran to report to Duan Feng that a large number of corpses had been found at the foot of the North Three Mountains. When Duan Feng heard this, he immediately ordered people to be on guard, and the officers and soldiers who followed the escort sorted out their equipment and prepared for battle.

Duan Feng, Han Qing and others led more than a dozen officers and soldiers to Beisanshan, leaving a large army to camp on the spot.

After arriving at the North Three Mountains, Duan Feng was stunned by the scene in front of him, only to see that the entire foothills of the North Three Mountains were densely packed with mutilated corpses, the originally green slopes were dyed scarlet by blood, the scene was terrible, Duan Feng frowned, he was a little familiar with this scene, he glanced at Han Qing worriedly, both of them understood in their hearts, just to stabilize people's hearts, and did not say the hidden worries in their hearts.

Duan Feng sent people to count the corpses, and finally counted about 2,000 people according to the broken corpses and clothes, which turned his original worries into fear.

Judging from the deaths of these people, this should have been done by Desire Spirit, but what puzzled Duan Feng was that these people were not killed in the Ghost Cry Pit, and from here to the Ghost Cry Pit, they had to cross the North Three Mountains, and there was at least more than thirty miles away, and according to the old man's words, Desire Spirit had never killed anyone outside the Ghost Cry Pit before.

The most important thing is who these people are and why they are here, judging from the belongings of these people, they should not be merchants, and the nearest military camp is also two hundred miles away from here, and there has been no war recently, so there should be no brigade of officers and soldiers here.

After some investigation, Duan Feng and the others found no items that could identify the deceased, as if these people were deliberately hiding their identities. However, a large number of abandoned weapons were found in the foothills, so it seems that these people must have belonged to an armed group, but who could organize such a large team except the government? and, for what reason?

In order to find out the truth, Duan Feng decided to let the convoy retreat to the camp fifty miles west of Beisanshan, leaving Han Qing and Su Yanjun to garrison the camp, while he and Liu Yuwei went to the ghost crying pit to find the old man to ask for clarification.

Duan Feng and Liu Yu whipped up their horses slightly, bypassed the North Three Mountains, and came directly to the north entrance of the Ghost Crying Pit, the two dismounted, through the dense bushes, although it was already winter, but the vegetation here was still luxuriant, and there was no sense of slaughter, and the two came to the old man's courtyard from time to time.

Seeing that the courtyard door was hidden, and the courtyard was as silent as death, Duan Feng gently pushed open the chai door, and suddenly found that there were a few drops of blood on the door.

Duan Feng reached out and touched the bloodstains, "It's not dry yet." ”

The two of them felt that something was wrong, so they quickly drew their swords and walked into the courtyard vigilantly.

I saw that the courtyard was in a mess, obviously experienced a battle, but the battle was not fierce, because the tables and chairs in the courtyard were intact there, and there were several corpses staggered next to the tables and chairs, but these corpses were intact, but these people died in a terrible state, as if they were frightened to death.

Duan Feng entered the house and found that there were also two corpses in the house, one of the corpses was dressed in black, the same kind of cloth as the clothes of the group of people in Beisanshan, and the death was the same as in the courtyard, while the other person was dressed in coarse linen clothes, and a short sword pierced his chest.

Duan Feng Ma Shan looked up for the painting on the wall, only to see a gray blank scroll hanging on the wall, and the portrait of the one on it disappeared, Duan Feng had a premonition that something was wrong, and immediately led people out of the small courtyard and ran towards the valley mouth.

Just when the two of them just ran to the mouth of the valley, suddenly a cool breeze hit from the valley, Duan Feng thought to himself, if he ran back to the camp at this time, he was afraid that the army would follow him to die, so the two of them climbed up the three northern mountains together, hoping to escape the attention of the desire spirit with the help of the dense forests above, but the three mountains in the north were steep, and because of the slippery ground, the two moved very slowly, at this time, they saw a white cloud flying out of the valley, and the two quickly hid behind a boulder.

I saw Bai Yun hovering around the small courtyard a few times, and then went straight to the three of them, Duan Feng immediately understood that he had been exposed, and he would definitely not be able to run at such a close distance, so he could only hold his weapon and prepare to fight.

Because he had seen the power of the desire spirit before, Duan Feng knew that his weak spiritual power was not enough to fight against the desire spirit, so he summoned the spirit beast cold ice snake in advance, and although Liu Yuwei did not practice qi control techniques, he also knew some spiritual techniques, so as not to drag Duan Feng's hind legs.

Just when the cloud group was about to approach the two of them, I saw the cold ice snake stir its head, flashing purple cold light and speeding towards the clouds, only to see the body of the ice snake expand rapidly, and in an instant it grew into a giant python dozens of zhang long, the cold ice snake was like a dragon and a mist shuttling back and forth inside the white cloud, and Duan Feng commanded the spirit beast behind the boulder to continuously attack the inside of the white cloud.

But contrary to Duan Feng's expectations, the Ice Snake's attack on Bai Yun didn't seem to have any effect, except for slowing down its movement speed, it didn't cause substantial damage to it, and in the face of the clouds, the Ice Snake seemed a little powerless, and the speed of the attack slowed down a little.

Duan Feng saw that the battle situation was so stalemate, and he was worried that the Ice Snake was not the opponent of the Desire Spirit, and he was afraid that something would happen if he delayed it like this, so he quickly recalled the Ice Snake, combined it with the Yilong Sword, and prepared to meet the attack of the Desire Spirit with his own hands, and then found an opportunity to rush out.

Just when Duan Feng was about to fight desperately, the desire spirit suddenly stopped moving, hovering a hundred feet above Duan Feng's oblique position, Duan Feng could feel that there was a pair of eyes inside the cloud group silently watching him, the entire cloud gradually lost the murderous aura just now, the two sides quietly confronted each other for a few seconds, Duan Feng was always ready to attack the desire spirit at any time, and suddenly the desire spirit began to slowly move in the direction of the valley, gradually disappearing from view.

Although he didn't know what was going on, Duan Feng still breathed a sigh of relief. The two quickly came down from the mountain, quickly left the North Three Mountains and ran to the camp, all the way without incident.