["That's right, so we've been gathering the major Jianghu sects for the past half month. Although the soldiers of the imperial court also gathered here, they did not have the qi to face the mountain god Jiao, and they undoubtedly hit the stone with eggs, and they could only be used as backup. ”】

"You just promised to help that Huangfu Qing?"

Chen Chan, who was called into the carriage, sighed after hearing the ins and outs.

She felt that recently, Chen Jian had been a little overinflated because of the recovery of martial arts.

"You don't know the current situation? We haven't figured out the reason for the destruction of the Ancient Mirror Gate, and we don't know who wanted to harm you that night, so we went to the East China Sea in such a grand manner, didn't we put ourselves in danger?"

"I believe in Huang Fuqing. ”

Chen Jian replied slowly.

"Why do you believe him? Besides, what's the use of believing in him?" Chen Chan said after making up her mind, "Chen Jian, you don't want to ignore everything just because you have the strength of the 'Honorable Heroes'! Don't you know that there are also three Honorable Heroes in the Ancient Mirror Gate!"

"I know. ”

Chen Jian nodded.

After living in the Treasure Garden for some time, although he knows very little about the Ancient Mirror Gate, Chen Jian will never forget the fact that there are three honorable knights in the Ancient Mirror Gate.

"It was because we had too few clues that I chose to go to the East China Sea, where warriors gathered. It's not necessarily safe, but it's definitely safer than here in the middle of nowhere. ”

"You mean that the people who go to the East China Sea come from different factions from all over the world, so they can use their mutual restraint to save our lives?"

"Yes!"

Chen Jian meant this, but he didn't summarize the right explanation. Hearing Chen Chan say this, he was surprised, but more than that, he was happy, she could say what he thought in an instant.

"I see...... It's me who didn't think it through. ”

"You're right," Chen Jian hurriedly said, "This is a bet, it's a matter of life and death, not right or wrong." I only hope you can trust my judgment. ”

"Your judgment has been good. She forced a grin.

That's right.

Whether it is finding Chen Chan in the depths of the Treasure Garden that he has never explored, or finding the tunnel where he escaped, or talking to Huang Fuqing, and getting the favor of people in the martial arts, it is the result of his unthinking judgment.

It could also be said to be his luck.

It's just that I don't know how long this good fortune will last......

"You haven't said anything about Huang Fuqing and that girl from the He family. ”

"Oh, that's it. ”

Chen Jian slowly told the story he heard from Huangfu Qing's mouth.

Five years ago, Huang Fuqing had experienced this place. He had been traveling for more than six years, and he was proud to know everything about the plants in the wilderness. But at that time, he accidentally ate a poisonous herb and almost died in Huangquan, but it was the girl of the He family who went out to pick herbs to save him - and he fought for his life.

Detoxifying herbs grow on top of cliffs. Arriving at the bumpy cliff is not a difficult thing for Huangfu Qing, who has martial arts, but he has long been paralyzed by poisonous weeds and delirious. The girl of the He family climbed down the cliff herself, picked the herbs for him, and saved him.

Huang Fuqing found that she had never practiced martial arts, but she had Zeqi in her body, and she was a plastic talent, and she saved his life, so she asked her if she was interested in practicing, and the girl of the He family agreed, and there was a five-year contract.

"Why five years?" Chen Chan was puzzled.

At that time, the girl of the He family was just over ten years old, she was too young, and there was a five-year-old brother to take care of at home, so after discussion, the two decided to return to the village in five years to see if she still wanted to. ”

Chen Chan had never seen the girl who dared to climb the cliff at the age of ten, but she vaguely felt that she would become a rising star in many years.

"So you feel like he's trustworthy. ”

"Pretty much. Chen Jian said, "There are various reasons, such as the tone of his speech, his gestures, and the villagers' evaluation of him......

Chen Chan didn't say anything more. Helping Huang Fuqing is of great benefit to them.

"Huang Fuqing has done something similar before. Chen Jian continued, "Introduce talents from all over the world to various gangs. ”

"Good teacher. ”

Thinking of that smiling face, Chen Chan suddenly felt disgusted.

Chen Jian was noncommittal.

"Speaking of which, I know something new. ”

He told Chen Chan about the "three forces".

After listening to this, Chen Chan reviewed it in her mind, wrote it all down and asked, "What are you telling me to do this?" ”

"I thought you would be able to think of something after hearing this," Chen Jian said, "I still don't remember, why did we act together?

"Nope. ”

Chen Chan frowned in distress.

Chen Jian, who looked at her and shook her head, was even more worried.

Chen Jian glanced at him and thought: By now, I have remembered martial arts, and the fragments of the past have also flashed in my mind, but Chen Chan, who has received more treatments than me, has not even remembered his name. Although I didn't want to suspect her, it was still too suspicious...... She must have been hiding something.

I want to walk with her on the premise of this incident, and I have to accept any unexpected situation immediately.

The huge pressure made Chen Jian, who was in the autumn wind, break out in a cold sweat.

The carriage ran tirelessly from afternoon to nightfall, and its long shadows paved the way forward. Because of the abundance of money, the coachman did not complain about speeding up the frequency of whipping and shortening the time it took to reach the East China Sea.

It wasn't until midnight that they stopped in a village to rest. In the morning, the two and the coachman got up early and ran east to meet the light of the sun.

This round and night of running lasted for six days, and the horses pulling the cart were replaced by two.

Finally, on the seventh day, a wave of heat caught in the sea came to their faces, and with the coachman's "arrived", the two couldn't wait to jump out of the carriage.

The East China Sea, just ahead.

"Oh my god - it's too hot here. ”

Chen Jian couldn't help but smack his lips after getting out of the carriage.

Now that it is past the middle of September, the autumn wind along the way even made Chen Chan sneeze for two days in a row, and they even bought some warm clothes, but they never expected that there would be such a big contrast in temperature near the East China Sea.

"It's unnaturally hot. ”

Chen Chan took off her coat and wiped the sweat from her forehead.

They stood on the hillside villages and towns that just had a glimpse of the corner of the East China Sea, the twisted and winding road was covered with horseshoe prints, and it could be seen that there were frequent carriages coming and going during this time, and the villagers were all strong, Chen Jian guessed that the real villagers had been sent to other places, and the soldiers stationed here should be soldiers.

"Where do you come from, and what are your identities?"

Just as he was thinking this, a thick voice came from the front.

Chen Jian took out Huang Fuqing's jade.

"It's ...... Childe Qianyu's—"

The strong man is a chivalrous man, and he is assigned to properly welcome warriors from all over the world. He didn't understand for a moment what this boy meant.

"I was entrusted by Prince Qianyu to come to the East China Sea on his behalf. Chen Jian explained.

"Oh, the contemptible man has eyes and does not know Tarzan, offended. ”

The strong man put away his murderous aura.

In the rivers and lakes, unless there are outlaws, few people will impersonate other people's identities, not to mention that it is the intention of the Son of Heaven to support the East China Sea this time. Therefore, after listening to Chen Jian's explanation, the strong man did not suspect it and immediately gave them a place to live.

"Since it is the person appointed by Prince Qianyu, I am relieved," the strong man waved his hand and asked his subordinates to take care of them, "Time is pressing, please follow me to the welcome hall." ”

When I came to the welcome room, there were three steaming glasses of ice water on the table.

"Because the dragon king is a demon, it's getting hotter and hotter now. The strong man explained, "This is ice water, please use it." ”

"Thank you. ”

Chen Jian guessed that it might be ice water made by using saltpeter to absorb heat, but other ways were not ruled out, after all, this world was strange.

The stomach under the ice water immediately cooled down a lot.

"Hey, bring up the ice peaches!" said the strong man.

"My lord, here it is. ”

"Tsk, that guy. ”

After hearing the respondent's voice, the strong man unabashedly showed helplessness and disgust.

Chen Jian turned his head, wondering what kind of person could make the greeter who had always been polite show such an expression.

Not long after, a barely well-dressed waiter limped in as footsteps of varying severity sounded.

"He's a guy named Hanako who lives nearby. The strong man shrugged, "The head is not very good." It was the chief who saw him pitifully and let him stay. ”

Chen Jian expressed his understanding and no longer focused on the waiter.

"Ice ...... Ice peach, no-bad. ”

He was a man of about thirty years of age, with unkempt hair and a seeming keen to serve dishes.

"Alright, let's go and rest. The strong man was reluctant to let him go.

"Always, good peaches, delicious ——!"

The strong man got up and pushed him out of the room.

After returning to his seat, he said slightly apologetically: "The chief is like this, he is too merciful, this kind of person stays in such a dangerous place, and when the time comes, who can take care of him? I'm sorry, I shouldn't say so much, what do you call the two of you?"

"Chen Jian, Chen Chan. ”

Chen Jian's father suffered from dementia in his previous life, so he was more tolerant of marginalized people.

He didn't pay attention to the waiter anymore, but listened intently to the strong man tell about what happened in the East China Sea these days-

"Okay, I'll give you a rough run. This thing should have started half a month ago. ”

Half a month ago? It was probably when I crossed over. Chen Jian is particularly sensitive to this point in time.

"What happened at the beginning is unknown, and what I say next is told by the surviving villagers, most of whom are crazy and have a mixture of truth and falsehood.

"On the day when the dragon king appeared, the sea was boiling, and thousands of fish were facing the sky, and then a red-eyed dragon came out of the sea, and on the dragon head stood a man dressed in the sacrificial clothes of the previous dynasty, and he asked the people who lived by the sea to pay him weekly tribute sacrifices - cows, pigs, horses...... If the number is insufficient, the number of villagers must be replenished.

"Faced with the unpredictable power of the self-proclaimed 'Dragon King', the villagers who made a living from fishing had no choice but to obey. In the first week, they had accumulated enough tribute, but after all, they did not live on cattle and sheep, and by the second week, they could not satisfy the dragon king's appetite.

The dragon king immediately slaughtered the people of a village to make an example, and controlled the sea dragon to besiege the village, preventing the villagers from asking for help from the outside world. But his power is not enough to control everything. The two villagers escaped from their imprisonment, and outsiders learned about the events in the East China Sea. ”

"What's the situation now?" asked Chen Jian.

The strong man got up and slowly spread out a map of his surroundings in front of them. The map is very rudimentary, and was drawn in a hurry based on the description of the locals.

"The dragon king occupies the area near the sea, and only two roads can be accessed smoothly, and the rest of the place is surrounded by endless mountains with many ambushes in the mountains...... Mountain god Jiao. ”

"Mountain God Jiao?" Chen Jian and Chen Chan looked at each other.

"That's right, as far as the current intelligence goes, there are more than ten. The strong man frowned and said, "If it's just one or two, we can solve it quickly, but a group of mountain gods seem to be manipulated by the dragon king, and they have already killed five Qianxia guests with tacit cooperation." ”

"What about the two paths?"

"The two roads are also guarded by the mountain gods. All in all, the East China Sea region was completely controlled by those monsters. ”

"How many villagers are still alive inside?"

"Those who escaped said that there were three or four thousand left. ”

After hearing this, Chen Chan thought for a while and said, "In this way, the only way to enter the East China Sea at the moment is to attack. ”

"That's right, so we've been gathering the major Jianghu sects for the past half month. Although the soldiers of the imperial court also gathered here, they did not have the qi to face the mountain god Jiao, and they undoubtedly hit the stone with eggs, and they could only be used as backup. The strong man nodded, "There are about thirty warriors here right now, and according to the general chief's estimate, at least fifty people are needed to annihilate all the mountain gods." ”

Only thirty people came in half a month, and the efficiency of this era is really low.

"And...... Someone has to have the strength to defeat the Dragon King. Chen Jian added.

"You're right. The strong man sighed, "But we don't know much about the Dragon King, to be precise, no one has seen the Dragon King yet. ”

"Don't know his purpose?"

The strong man shook his head.

"Anyway, that's probably the case, the two of you can walk around the neighborhood in the near future. Half a month later, it will be ready to launch a first attack on the Dragon King, which is also a general attack. Before that, please don't act rashly, there have already been several warriors who have gone to the east with their own conceit, and they have all disappeared and have not returned. This area is our outpost, and about half a mile northwest is the supply point in the rear. ”

"Okay, we got it. ”

Chen Jian nodded solemnly, said goodbye to the strong man, and returned to the residence he had just settled with Chen Chan.

"It doesn't feel good," Chen Chan spoke as soon as she entered the room, "Now that you are deadlocked here with the Dragon King, will it be exactly what the Dragon King wants?"

Chen Jian is also worried about this.

When he heard about the tribute, he thought that the dragon king was probably absorbing the power of life in order to strengthen himself. If it drags on like this, there are both pros and cons, but I don't know how much the dragon king's power will grow. Since he can control more than ten mountain gods, his strength is naturally not weak.

"We can only wait and see what happens. ”

Chen Jian pushed open the window.

Many of the rooms opposite were also inhabited by samurai, and everyone sat in the rooms to recuperate. This solemn atmosphere gave him a sense of security - at least everyone did not underestimate him.