In the north of Kyushu, on the south side of the border between Ningzhou and northern Xinjiang, the Moruo Mountains and the Yingxiang Mountains are in the east-west arch trend, sandwiching the cold plateau in the middle, and the three occupy almost one-third of Ningzhou's area. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Because Ningzhou is close to the East China Sea, with abundant rainfall, abundant resources in the mountains and forests, and the population density is not low, even if it has just experienced a large-scale invasion of the beast clan, there are still a large number of people who choose to stay.

However, this situation has changed recently, as the second attack of the orcs has finally arrived, and even more surprising than the first one, the choice of the orcs this time is more incomprehensible and confusing.

The first attack, although it turned out to be a conspiracy by the orcs, but judging from the results, it didn't seem to be very successful, and it didn't take much advantage, and it was not as effective as the previous direct large-scale attack.

This time, the beast clan has intensified, and it is difficult to see even groups of demon beasts, at most a dozen or dozens of them, many times they act alone, and they can't even be called harassment, let alone the soul master's shot, and the border guards alone can easily intercept and kill most of them.

However, the orcs didn't care about this loss at all, and still enjoyed playing this kind of trick, turning a war into a child's play.

The human race did not slack off because of this, but the focus was not on the invading beasts, but on the movement in the rear, for fear that the other party would come back to a surprise attack, but the border between Kyushu and northern Xinjiang is too long, and the terrain of northern Xinjiang is extremely complex, so it is very difficult to monitor comprehensively.

So the coalition headquarters finally made a-for-tat decision, a large number of Terran soul masters crossed the border line into the northern frontier, the two sides staggered, infiltrated each other, and formed a long and narrow strip within a range of dozens of kilometers on both sides of the border line, in this zone, there are no large Terran cities and settlements, and there are no large beast tribes, only sporadic occupants, and a large number of enemy and enemy stragglers.

Despite the lesson of the last loss of hundreds of young geniuses of the Terrans, this order was still carried out excellently, because danger also breeds opportunities, there are people who are afraid of death, and there are many people who are not afraid of death, and there are obviously more soul masters who enter this time, and even border guards have crossed the border, and the beasts cannot be wiped out in one fell swoop like last time, once there is an abnormality, there is enough opportunity to transmit the news back to the coalition headquarters.

Then this back and forth interspersed melee between the enemy and the enemy, it has lasted for several months, the human race is naturally happy to see it, on the one hand to consolidate the defense line in the north, on the other hand to mobilize the resources and manpower of the south in an orderly manner, of course, the biggest advantage is one after another talents, in this kind of short-handed experience sharpened out, show the edge.

The orcs also seem to have no intention of changing the status quo, north of the border line, except for the narrow strip of land in the northern frontier, it is surprisingly calm.

This is a sight that has never been seen before, because this kind of contact war does not hurt either side at all, not even the skin, so although the border line is easy to cross, few sides take the initiative to go over and engage in aimless harassment.

However, after several months of harassment, those who had not been able to get them to leave their ancestral home in the mountains even after large-scale warfare had not been able to get them out of the mountains, and some of them had even settled in towns and villages outside the mountains.

There is no other reason, the so-called world is bustling for profit, the world is bustling for profit, all phenomena can be found behind the trend of interests, in layman's terms, they used to not leave the mountains for survival, and now they leave the mountains for the same survival, or to live better.

Because with the progress of this kind of contact battle, there are more and more dead demon beasts, ordinary beasts can be sold for money, and demon beasts can naturally only be more valuable, and they can even exchange soul stones, so there are many caravans on the battlefield.

Merchants are shrewd, although the battlefield here is not too dangerous, but it is also life-threatening, and they are coming, so they naturally want to maximize their benefits, so in addition to demon beasts, some special elixirs and minerals in the north have also become the focus of their acquisitions, of course, they also brought special products from the south and the center.

If it is a large caravan, it generally has a soul master family or sect background, and the safety problem is naturally guaranteed, and the general small caravan will have to hire another soul master to escort it, and if you really can't afford to hire a soul master, you will find a way to invite some people from the rivers and lakes or retired military personnel, these people generally have simple Horcruxes in their hands, and when they encounter a single low-level demon beast, they can rely on their numerical advantage and Horcruxes to surround and kill.

There are also some special hunting teams on the battlefield, the composition of personnel is very complex, there are soul masters leading the team, there are people in the rivers and lakes, there are retired soldiers, and even there are teams composed of pure ordinary people, some caravans will choose to go with the hunting team, the caravan buys the spoils of the hunting team at a high price, and the hunting team is responsible for protecting the safety of the caravan, which can be said to take what they need.

Outside a small town on the outskirts of the Moro Mountains, there was a caravan and hunting party on their way, heading for the depths of the Moro Mountains.

There is no money to hire a soul master can only go with the hunting team, this caravan is indeed not big, the same reason, the strength of this hunting team is also very limited, but they are moving towards a more dangerous area, this is also a helpless thing, the big caravan almost monopolizes the price of the entire market, and the small caravan is not able to compete at all, so it can only venture into the mountains, or even cross the border, looking for those business opportunities that have been missed by the big caravan.

This caravan is from Ningzhou, is a small family that has been doing business for generations, it is said that the ancestors once had a soul master, but there is no way to verify, in short, it is now in decline, and wants to take advantage of this rare opportunity to make a war fortune to see if it can turn over, so it is bolder than other caravans, such as willing to risk into the mountains and even ready to cross the border, such as daring to cooperate with a hunting team that meets on the road and does not know the details.

This is a very dangerous thing, especially after entering the sparsely populated mountains, if the hunting party has bad intentions to kill people and steal goods, the caravan will immediately become a lamb to the slaughter, this is not unusual, of course, such a black-hearted hunting team is still a minority, and must ensure that it is done cleanly, otherwise it will become a public enemy.

Xia Qingyang is in this caravan, he is a fellow of the caravan, he originally planned to join a hunting team, but later felt that hunting monsters seemed to be something that could be done alone, since it was to travel, increase knowledge and understanding, it was natural to do things that were not often done with less contact, so he chose the caravan.

It was pure coincidence that he chose to join this caravan, he had been working as a cook in a restaurant in a small town during this time, and because the caravan had temporarily decided to enter the mountains, he hired a few men when he passed through this town, and Xia Qingyang pushed the boat into the group.

The caravan numbered not much, numbering only forty men, women, and children, and even fewer hunters, only twenty people.

"Captain Qian, Miss said to choose a place to camp, it's almost time for dinner. A maid ran to the front of the line and said to a middle-aged man on a horse.

The middle-aged man's name is Qian Muyong, he is the captain of the hunting team, he has worked in the border guards before, and he has a spear in his hand, which is said to be a Horcrux, Xia Qingyang has seen it, it is a junior elite Horcrux, it is naturally nothing in his eyes, but in the eyes of ordinary people, it is like a fairy artifact.

In fact, it is not that the soul master can not play a role if he gets the Horcrux, but this spear is the same as the soul arrow, it is specially created for the army, and it does not need to be triggered by soul power, and it is attached to the armor-piercing soul array, which can easily pierce the skin and flesh of the elite demon beast.

Qian Muyong took a few brothers who had met in the border guards, and gathered a group of people from the rivers and lakes to form this hunting team, because there was no soul master, the strength could only be regarded as average, it was said that it should not be easy to go to the mountains, and the conditions given by this caravan were not very good, but they happily agreed.

Xia Qingyang once thought that this hunting team had some bad intentions, but along the way, although he had not yet entered the deep mountains, there was no shortage of opportunities to do it, but he didn't see that this group of people had the intention of doing it, so he didn't pay attention to it, in fact, there were not a few small caravans that ventured into the mountains in order to make money and this kind of hunting team with poor strength.

Qian Muyong looked at the sky, frowned and said, "Isn't it a little early, and you can still rush a little more before dark." ”

The maid hesitated for a moment, probably because she was a little afraid of Qian Muyong, but finally did not speak, turned around and ran to the only carriage in the team, and then did not come back.

Qian Muyong didn't care, and after another hour, he made a gesture to signal the team to stop, there was a small lake nearby, and the field of vision was relatively wide, which was more suitable for camping.

With previous experience, everything went in an orderly manner, as usual first a bonfire was lit, the ladies and old men of the caravan were in the wagon, in the middle of the camp, then the rest of the caravan and the horses, the people of the hunting party were on the outermost part, and there were also people who took turns to guard farther away.

After setting up the camp, special people were arranged to lead the horses to the lake in batches to drink water and feed the forage, while Xia Qingyang and the other men set up the pot and stove to prepare for cooking.

"I said Qingyang, what did you do before? It's not like a cook, you look at these hands, they are more tender than a woman's, and then look at this skin, you look more watery than the girl in Shuiyuelou, you shouldn't be a girl from a family dressed as a woman, right?" Lao Jia is another man, and he has to sigh at Xia Qingyang's hand almost every time he cooks.

Xia Qingyang came out this time to travel, not for any special purpose, and there was no need to completely cover up his identity, so he just changed his appearance slightly, and his name was not changed, but his surname was hidden.

"You old Jia, you haven't seen any other woman except Shuiyuelou? Xia Qingyang scolded with a smile, and was about to stuff the wooden stick in his hand under the iron pot, when his body suddenly tilted to the side and avoided a sneak attack.