Jingzhou, the southern border state capital among the thirteen states of Wuguo, has a vast area and ranks third.

On the official road of Jingyang, the five horses led by the head opened the way, King Jingxian and his entourage should arrive at the Kuluo Mountain Range at the junction of Wuguo and Southern Xinjiang as soon as possible within two days, and walk through the Kuluo Mountain Range for another day, and then they can reach a new stronghold set up by the Taigu tribe as a frontier, so that they will dismount and change their ways, sneak into the hinterland of the Taigu tribe, and rescue the four princes who were held hostage.

It is said to be a new stronghold, but it has actually been more than thirty years since it was first established, but this is really not mentioned in the long history of warfare between the two sides, but it was more than thirty years ago that the long-fortified fortress of the Taigu tribe was finally moved to the ground by one person, and a stronghold was later re-established.

And the legendary man who broke the sword out of the city was picking at his stinky feet in the carriage at this time.

Lu Li was already surprised by this, he untied the sword at his waist and put it on his lap, and sat opposite Zhong Qingyang with a natural expression.

Half a day ago, he and the old man Zhong who got up set off with King Jingxian, and sat in this noble car with a noble appearance and the same luxurious and gorgeous carriage inside.

Anyway, it was really unheard of for Lu Li to go to save the proton whose life was in danger, and he had to take a maid to serve him on the way.

In the carriage, Lu Li asked, "Senior, where is Southern Xinjiang?"

Zhong Qingyang picked at his stinky feet, and said disapprovingly: "Southern Xinjiang is a general term, that is, the place of survival of those barbarian tribes who practice witches and Gu people, where the area is extremely wide, and the place is also very fine, it is by no means the word Southern Xinjiang can be completely summarized, this time the Taigu tribe of demons, the old man has dealt with them before, and the strength can only be ranked last among several large tribes. ”

Lu Li was a little surprised when he heard this, that prince's trip was so dangerous, if there was no sudden addition of Old Man Zhong, wouldn't the Jingwang Mansion be a heavy one?

Old man Zhong took the fingers that had been picked off his feet and sniffed them, he immediately felt a little nauseated, and only after holding back did he say to Lu Li: "But I would like to meet the great wizard of the Taigu tribe for a while, thanks to his strange Gu poison back then, the old man was almost ruined, this revenge is not revenge, it is not the old man's temper." ”

"Did the seniors fight against them?"

Zhong Qingyang opened the bead curtain behind him, looked at the outside of the carriage, and heard Lu Li's words, so he put down the curtain and turned his head to say to him: "Yes, when the old man entered southern Xinjiang, he made a big fuss about this Taigu tribe, and slashed their border fortress with a sword, but he never thought that the people in this tribe were really weird. ”

While Zhong Qingyang spoke, a memory seemed to appear in his eyes, and a gentle woman's figure quietly appeared, but she did not mention it to Lu Li.

Lu Li's fingers rubbed the hilt of the sword, and after listening to it, he only felt a burst of shame, and he slashed a border fortress with a sword, and he really couldn't imagine what a shocking scene it was.

Zhong Qingyang saw that Lu Li's face was not shocked, and asked disapprerovantly: "In the past two days, you have been swimming in the lake twenty times a day, have you noticed any signs of your promotion to the seventh-grade realm?"

Lu Li pondered for a moment and said honestly: "No." ”

"Do you have a sense of realm consolidation?"

Lu Li nodded, after the two days of swimming in the wild goose returning to the lake, he had already noticed that his physique was becoming more and more consolidated, which was very different from when he was refining his body before.

"You get out of the carriage and run. Zhong Qingyang said sharply without question.

Lu Li was stunned when he heard this, and asked rhetorically, "Run?"

Zhong Qingyang nodded lightly and said: "You were too eager to refine your body before, and your physical body is actually not enough to bear the seven-rank realm, what you have to do now is to consolidate this iron spirit realm, and when the seven-rank is perfected, you can break through to the eighth-rank and enter the vajra realm." ”

The corners of Lu Li's mouth twitched, thinking that he couldn't escape the old man's lesson, so he immediately lifted the curtain, ignored the galloping carriage, jumped off the carriage and fell to the ground, startling the driver who was driving.

The coachman was about to stop, but was stopped by Zhong Qingyang in the carriage.

"Don't worry about him, you go yours. ”

After Lu Li landed, he secretly scolded the old man, and then ran away under the strange gaze behind him, so fast that he was on a par with the carriage Zhong Qingyang was sitting in after a while.

Zhong Qingyang lifted the curtains and gloated and sneered: "The speed is okay, since you are so unconvinced, then run until it gets dark and rests." ”

Lu Li had a bitter face but was helpless, who called him to be instructed by someone, so he adjusted his breathing, maintained this speed and sprinted all the way until the sun set, and then stationed in place with the others, at this time they had deviated from the official road of Jingyang and were in the wilderness.

After a night of silence, Lu Li fell to the ground exhausted with the weak soles of his feet, causing Old Man Zhong to shake his head again and again, but on the second day, he walked from early morning to dusk before stopping.

Lu Li looked at the mountains in the distance under the sunset, and couldn't help but take a breath.

"Senior, this is the Withered Mountains?"

Zhong Qingyang came to Lu Li's side, looked up at the withered and lifeless withered mountain range from afar, nodded and said in a deep voice: "Exactly." ”

"When the tribes of southern Xinjiang started a war with the Wu State, they chose this place. ”

King Jingxian's voice sounded behind him, and Lu Li turned his head to look, but he didn't know when he came with the two old men with unfamiliar faces, stopping to look at the withered mountains.

"The scene in front of me is the hand of the Moteng tribe in the southern frontier, this group is good at the vicious sorcery that depletes the vitality of all things, and secretly strikes when the Wu Kingdom and other tribes are at war with each other. King Jingxian looked at the dead mountain range in the distance and sighed: "That battle not only greatly damaged the vitality of the Wu Kingdom, but also completely killed everything in this mountain range, and there is still no living thing left today. ”

Lu Li couldn't imagine how cruel the scene was at that time, the Moteng tribe actually wiped out all the countless creatures in the mountain range, which showed how vicious it was.

"Is this witchcraft?" Lu Li's detracted mutter.

"It's just a crooked way that evolved from spiritual magic. Zhong Qingyang stood with his hands in his hands and sneered on the side: "The southern Xinjiang tribe is in a barbarian land, but all the tribes have spiritual magic that has been passed down, and finally combined with the local environment, it has evolved into a more vicious witchcraft. ”

When Lu Li heard this, he finally suddenly understood, but he also understood how that treacherous and ruthless witchcraft came about.

Zhong Qingyang turned his head to look at King Jing Xian, and said slowly: "I heard that in the end, this battle was a big life-saving straw used by the royal family of the Wu Kingdom, and the existence of the people behind the scenes in the cultivation world was invited to end this battle, otherwise according to the route of the various ethnic groups in southern Xinjiang at that time, I am afraid that the Wu Kingdom Imperial Court will be taken within half a month." ”

This was obviously said to King Jingxian, but he only smiled bitterly and remained silent.