The defense of Tongtian Pass was very tight, and when Xia Fan and Xia Xue appeared from a distance, someone had already shouted loudly to warn them not to approach again.

Then a team of defenders came over and asked them about their identities and intentions, and heard that they were here to find Xia Lei and Xia Yu, but they did not let them go directly, but only sent one person to report.

With such a delay, half an hour had passed by the time Xia Fan saw Xia Yu.

However, Xia Fan was not annoyed by this, because Tongtian Pass was so tightly defended, and it was a good thing that these soldiers were dutiful. At the very least, this will ensure that there will be no mistakes due to defensive negligence in dealing with enemy invasions.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Xia Yu saw Xia Fan and Xia Xue, and said with a smile on his face.

"We don't have to be so polite to each other. Xia Fan waved his hand and said, "Can I go to Tongtian Pass to have a look." ”

"Of course, please here. Although Xia Yu now has no previous hatred for Xia Fan, it is impossible to say that he is extremely intimate, so he behaves very politely, as if getting along with a stranger, with a sense of distance.

Xia Fan didn't care about his attitude, anyway, he didn't come this time to talk about brotherhood, so polite with a little alienation was just right, and they weren't embarrassed by each other.

Because the location of Tongtian Pass is relatively special, its width is only two hundred and thirty li, but the vertical body is five or six hundred li, forming a city inlaid in the gap of Tongtian Ridge.

The entire Tongtian Pass is actually a huge military camp, and there are almost no ordinary people in the real sense here.

The men and women of the city, young and old, were all related to the soldiers who guarded the town.

In this way, of course, the soldiers will not miss their relatives because of staying here for a long time, and it will also give them a real reason to desperately defend this Tongtian Pass. That is, if they can't hold this pass, their relatives will really die at the hands of the enemy.

Since Tongtianguan is not an ordinary city from the root, but more like a fortress, the streets and buildings in the city are completely different from ordinary cities.

It's like a general castle house, and the windows of ordinary houses must be able to build bigger ones for good lighting, and the picture is a bright hall.

But the windows of the houses that pass through the sky are very narrow, and iron bars were added when they were built, so that because of the narrow windows, it is difficult for arrows to fly in, and no one can climb in with iron bars, and if the door is locked, each house is a small fortress.

And that's just the most insignificant, and there's much more.

Xia Fan noticed that although the men, women, and children who came and went on the street were all dressed as civilians, many of them were not weak.

"The people here are also cultivating?" Xia Fan asked casually.

"Hmm. Xia Yu nodded and said, "The people who can live here, almost every family has someone who serves in the army, and it is not difficult to learn the cultivation techniques in the army." If it were elsewhere, it would definitely be forbidden for the soldiers to pass on the exercises, but this is different. ”

Xia Yu pointed to the high city in the distance, and then pointed to the distance and said: "This place is too remote, so even if there is a war, it will take a lot of time for reinforcements to rush over, in order to deal with the situation that no one is available during the war, so I let ordinary people also cultivate, if there are no soldiers available, they can at least be able to top the city for a while." ”

Xia Fan nodded and didn't say anything.

After walking around the city, Xia Fan followed Xia Yu to the city again.

The city wall of Tongtianguan is quite high, more than 600 zhang, which is already higher than some hills.

It's just that compared with the Tongtian Ridge and Longshou Mountain on the left and right, it is much shorter. In this way, at least when the thunder bombards down, it will not be criticized.

Since Xia Fan came to Tongtian Pass, the thunder around him has not stopped, and there are dazzling thunderbolts in the sky from time to time.

In this regard, neither the defenders at the head of the city nor the people in the city cared about it, and they were obviously used to it. I'm afraid that when I sleep at night, I won't be woken up by this huge thunder.

Xia Fan was now standing on top of the city, looking up at the thunder and lightning intertwined in the sky, and he could be regarded as understanding why the Great Sun Demon Kingdom did not try to cross the Tongtian Ridge to invade the Western Frontier.

In addition to the fact that Tongtian Ridge is too steep and precipitous, I am more afraid that I am also afraid of this thunder and lightning that never stops all the time.

If the soldiers and horses of the Great Sun Demon Kingdom climbed the Tongtian Ridge like this, whether it was the blades in their hands or the armor on their bodies, they were all things that attracted thunder and lightning, and maybe before they could launch an attack, the soldiers and horses would have been severely damaged by the attack of thunder and lightning.

Xia Fan looked to the opposite side, and could see that outside Tongtian Pass was a wasteland about one or two hundred miles deep, full of gravel, except for some weeds and shrubs growing sporadically, there were no big trees taller than a zhang at all.

There was no city in the distance, but there were endless tents, among which there were many burly sergeants walking around.

"Where is the military camp of the Great Sun Demon Kingdom?" Xia Fan asked casually, pointing ahead.

"That's right. Xia Yu nodded.

"What have they done lately?" Xia Fan asked while looking at the layout of the military camp on the opposite side and the soldiers walking in it.

"In the past few days, the soldiers and horses of the Great Sun Demon Kingdom have left the military camp and wandered outside the city. Xia Yu said: "Several times approached less than five hundred zhang away from our city gate. Although there was no direct attack, the provocation was quite obvious. ”

"It seems that the Great Sun Demon Kingdom is about to be unable to hold it out. Xia Fan said: "Let's try to maintain restraint, don't take the initiative to provoke a war, if we can delay the start of the war later, we will be able to have more soldiers, food, grass and ordnance, which will be more beneficial to us." ”

"Understood. Xia Yu nodded, and then said: "It's just that the other party keeps provoking, but we have been tolerating, which hurts morale." ”

"If they can provoke us, don't we have any other way to fight back?" Xia Fan sneered: "As long as we don't directly stab the sword on their bodies, who can say that we have provoked a war?"

"Hmm. Xia Yu thought for a while and said, "It's not wrong for you to say that, but I still have to think about what to do." ”

"Not only can you think about it, but also let your soldiers and generals think about it, as long as you don't stay idle, you will naturally not be demoralized. When Xia Fan said this, he suddenly pointed to Tongtian Ridge and Longshou Mountain on the left and right: "Has anyone ever gone up?"

"Someone tried to go up before, but as soon as they went up, there was a thunderbolt bombardment, even the powerhouses of the Divine Spirit Realm couldn't stand it, and some people even died because of it, so no one dared to go up again. When Xia Yu said this, he looked at the towering Longshou Mountain, full of yearning.

"You haven't been up before?" Xia Fan asked with a smile.

"I've been there before, but after destroying two magic weapons, I came down in a mess. Xia Yu said with disappointment: "I haven't been there since, according to legend, it is the road to heaven, I really want to see what it looks like." ”

"When this battle is over, if you have a chance, I'll take you up to have a look. Xia Fan said.

"Okay. Xia Yu's eyes lit up, and he responded with anticipation.

The two walked around the city again, and Xia Fan asked Xia Yu to find a place for himself to rest.

There are not only ordinary houses in Tongtian Pass, but also a huge and sturdy general's mansion. It was originally for the generals stationed here.

Now that Xia Yu is here, it has naturally become his temporary residence, and he has also reserved a place for Xia Fan and Xia Xue to live in the mansion, although it is not very luxurious, but it is better than being spacious and clean.

After Xia Fan entered his residence, he casually placed a prohibition.

He was in a hurry to find a place to rest, of course, not because he was tired, but because he felt that some changes had occurred in the fire dragon clone he had placed in the Flame World, and he was worried, so he naturally had to take a look.

Sacrificing the Heaven Devouring Pocket to shuttle through the void, Xia Fan soon came to the world of flames.

The world of flames has changed a lot from the last time it was here, the most obvious thing is that the vast lake has disappeared, replaced by a crimson magma lake, not only with flames, but also thick smoke from above.

Although there is no big lake, the passage of the water world that Xia Fan'an put down at the beginning is still intact in its original place.

Xia Fan didn't wonder why this great lake had disappeared, from the moment he put down the Heavenly Demon Illusion, he had already expected such a result.

Now he is most concerned about what kind of changes have happened to the fire dragon clone.

As soon as his mind moved, Xia Fan suddenly felt a piece of fire passing in the air, but when he looked up, he couldn't help but be stunned.

It turned out that at this moment, there was a huge fire dragon flying overhead.

This fire dragon is naturally his doppelganger, but it has become ten times larger than it was at the beginning. Even if Xia Fan's eyesight was excellent, it was difficult for him to see both the head and tail at a glance when the fire dragon clone passed by at a low altitude.

When the huge body of the fire dragon swept through the air, it was almost as if it were an endless sea of fire, so that as far as the eye could see, there was nothing but flames.

It's just that although the fire dragon clone is huge, it is not very satisfactory in Xia Fan's eyes, because it contains a lot of flame rule fragments that are useless in his opinion. This makes him big, but he looks like a fat man who has grown up after eating Hesse, and he has nothing to show for it.

Obviously, the fire dragon clone contacted him before, and he also realized that he had some problems, so he needed his deity to help him solve it.

In a flash of golden light, the brilliant golden lotus had already appeared above Xia Fan's head.

"Huh......" The next moment, the fire dragon clone swooped down from the air, opened the dragon's mouth, and spat out fierce flames towards Xia Fan.

These flames are fierce and seem to be vicious, but the colors are quite mixed, giving people the feeling that they are not as good as when they were only red and black.

Although the flames rushed towards Xia Fan, enveloping him in an instant, they were not able to fall on him in the slightest, but were all swallowed by the golden lotus that was still swaying in the flames.

(End of chapter)