readx;? Time is like an arrow, the sun and the moon are like a shuttle, and in a blink of an eye, a month has passed, and now the land of the holy land is in full bloom. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Even the Zhuo Wolf Grassland, which is located in the far north, gradually shows a hint of spring, and in this month's time, the ice and snow slowly fade, replaced by patches of faint green.

Because the Zhuo Wolf Grassland once suffered a catastrophe, it was burned by a fire of the beast clan and there was not even a slag left, so for many years, there has been no grass on the grassland, and only in the past two years will patches of wild grass occasionally emerge on the wasteland, which is also good news for Ji Yuan, at least this is also a sign that the Zhuo Wolf Grassland is gradually recovering bit by bit. It's just that if you want to restore the green fields of the past, I'm afraid that it will take hundreds of years to say the least.

In the past month, Xi Chen's army has been stationed on the front line of the junction of the ice and fields, and has not retreated. In fact, there are three purposes for the troops stationed here: one is that in order to consolidate the achievements of the junction of the ice fields, Xi Chen is always on guard against the beast army to kill the horse pistol. The second reason is that after months of hard fighting, the soldiers are already tired, and there are countless serious and minor injuries, so the army urgently needs a period of recuperation and should not march hastily. The third is because of Lu Yifan, Lu Yifan has always been injured, and before his injuries healed, he fought several battles in succession, and he could no longer support it when he came back from the ice field, so under Xi Chen's strong request, Lu Yifan gave up his plan to rush back to Jinling City immediately, and decided to find a secluded place to retreat and recuperate, and take this opportunity Liu Sandao and others can also recuperate for a while.

Just after Lu Yifan returned safely, even though Xi Chendang sent someone to send a message back to Jinling City and inform the emperor of the war in northern Xinjiang, he had not received any news so far. Because the overall situation of northern Xinjiang has now been decided, so Xi Chen is not in a hurry to rush back to the border guard mansion, in this month he simply solved the government affairs of the border guard mansion in the big tent of the Chinese army, and it is worth mentioning that after this war with the beast clan, Xi Chen's prestige in the Zhuo Wolf Grassland has suddenly increased to a level of incomprehensibility, and many young men on the grassland have defected to Xi Chen, and now it is the time for the border guard mansion to employ people, with the addition of these fresh blood, the original vitality of the border guard mansion has also expanded from a few hundred people to a huge scale of nearly two thousand people。

With the continuous expansion of the number of northern border guards, Xi Chen has once again become handy in managing the affairs of northern Xinjiang.

In Xi Chen's army, there is a partial tent not far from the big tent of the Chinese army, and Liu Sandao, Ji Yuan, and Xie Yun have lived here for the past month.

At noon, Liu Sandao and the others were drinking and laughing in the tent as usual, although Liu Sandao was not lightly injured in the battle with Di Yue on the ice field, but for Liu Sandao, who had rough skin and thick flesh, this was just some untight skin injuries, coupled with the help of the high-grade medicinal materials sent by Xi Chen, now Liu Sandao's wound has already been scarred, and it is said that it will take a hundred days to hurt the muscles and bones, but for Liu Sandao, his arms will be able to move freely in a month.

And now that the war has been decided, there is nothing to do in the army, and Liu Sandao and the others don't have to practice with the army, so their lives have been quite chic and debauched this month, and they either drink or practice all day long, or eat and sleep. If it weren't for the difficult conditions in the barracks, I'm afraid that such a day would be as happy as a fairy.

"Master Liu, I Yin Xi really admires you from the bottom of my heart!" Yin Xi stood in the tent with a wine bowl in one hand, and said to Liu Sandao with admiration on his face, "I just hate that I didn't go with me at that time, otherwise I would also like to really see the scene of the four of you fighting against thousands of troops, it must be extremely intense!" Yin Xi said as he said, and his eyes couldn't help but reveal a look of yearning.

"Even if you have the life to go, I'm afraid that with your three-legged cat kung fu, you won't come back!" Xie Yun quipped with a chuckle.

"Hehe, what the second son said is!" Don't look at Yin Xichang's roughness, but in fact, this person is a bold and careful man. For Xie Yun, Yin Xi has always been respectful in his heart, this sense of respect is different from his usual treatment of Lu Yifan, it seems to be more cordial, this is probably because he and Xie Yun were both born in Wenyang City. Therefore, when Xie Yun made fun of Yin Xi, Yin Xi was never annoyed, or even refuted, and almost every time he would smile stupidly like today.

"Surrounded by so many black armor troops, if you want to change to an ordinary person, I'm afraid that you will be scared to pee your pants on the spot!" Liu Meng, who was sitting on the side, nodded his head from time to time while drinking wine.

"I tell you, when that time comes, it doesn't matter what kind of masters there are around, because they can scatter their own people in an instant when they rush up. If you want to survive in the melee, you can only rely on yourself, and if you can't practice your own skills, of course, there is only one way to die!" Liu Sandao teased with a playful face, "So it's not useless to tell you to practice weekdays!"

"Even if we practice for another hundred years, I'm afraid we won't be able to reach one-tenth of Liu Ye!" Yin Xi is modest, and when it comes to compliments, he is also happy to praise Liu Sandao.

"A big man should be punished for saying such unproductive words!" Liu Sandao stretched out his hand and pointed to a jar of unopened liquor in front of him, and then laughed at Yin Xi and said, "Punish you for drinking this jar of wine in one go!"

"Drink, drink, drink! Our fists and feet can't compare to Liu Ye, but this drinking ability will never admit defeat! Look at my ......" Yin Xi said and strode forward, lifted a whole jar of wine, pierced the seal with his fingers, and then held the wine jar with one hand and poured the liquor straight into his mouth like clear water.

"Good ......"

Seeing this scene, Liu Sandao and the others in the tent shouted one after another. From beginning to end, Ji Yuan, who was sitting in the corner, did not participate in their laughter, but kept drinking his wine quietly.

"Childe Ji Yuan, what are you thinking?" Ah Chang, who was sitting next to Ji Yuan, seemed to notice the abnormality, and couldn't help but ask softly curiously, "Are you thinking about Miss Yi'er again?"

Hearing Ah Chang's words, Ji Yuan couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then didn't speak, just picked up the wine bowl and drank it again.

"After such a long time, I don't know where Yi'er is, is it doing?" Ji Yuan muttered as if to himself.

Hearing Ji Yuan's words, Ah Chang couldn't help but show a trace of worry on the ground, and hurriedly smiled and comforted him: "Don't worry, Ji Yuan's son, Yi'er girl Jiren has her own natural appearance!

"En!" Ji Yuan nodded lightly, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, "I hope she can forgive me as soon as possible, so that I, as an elder brother, can have the opportunity to take good care of her!"

"Childe said before that he would retreat for ten days, but now that a month has passed, I believe it will come out soon! As long as Childe is out of the customs, we can leave the northern frontier immediately, and when we go back, I believe that we will soon find out the whereabouts of Miss Yi'er!" Ah Chang kindly comforted, and couldn't help but show a hint of doubt on his face as he spoke, "But it's also strange to say, Childe obviously expected that he would be cured in about ten days of retreat, but why is it delayed for so long now?"

"I believe that Yifan will definitely have a great breakthrough in this retreat!" Ji Yuan said and couldn't help but show a hint of smugness, "Three days ago, I deliberately went to investigate Yifan's situation, and found that his current momentum is better than before, if my expectations are good, with Yifan's rare strange physique and proud talent in the world, his cultivation when he comes out will definitely surprise us again!" Yifan's cultivation talent is extremely strange, he is strong when he is strong, and he is well versed in the way of Nirvana rebirth and breaking through the cocoon into a butterfly, almost every time he lasts until he is exhausted, he will make a breakthrough, and this time I believe it is no exception!"

"Childe is already a seventh-turn soul at a young age, and his peers in the Holy Domain are already looking at him, if he breaks through again......" Ah Chang looked incredulous, as if she didn't dare to imagine Lu Yifan's future realm.

"The Great World is full of wonders!We only see the Sacred Domain now, but we don't know that among the Five Domains, there are other four domains, and there are even some miracles happening in them, so you don't have to be so surprised!" Ji Yuan chuckled, "Don't say anything else, just say that the beast clan, a divine beast like the Qilin clan, often has a cultivation above the soul as soon as they are born, how can this be compared?"

Ah Chang nodded as if he didn't understand after listening to Ji Yuan's words, in fact, she didn't know much about the affairs of the beast clan.

"And the most important thing is that before Yifan went into retreat, I also handed over Na Di Yue's soul core to him!" Ji Yuan said with a chuckle, "After all, it is the soul core of the Soul Emperor powerhouse, even if it can't completely absorb the powerful power in it, at least it should be of great benefit to help Yifan recover from his injuries!"

"Can the power contained in the soul core really be absorbed?" Ah Chang asked with a puzzled expression.

"It is said that some evil sects can absorb the power of the soul core, but there are not many people in the world who can do this kind of exercise, anyway, I haven't seen it. As for Yifan...... I can't say it either, it's useless for the soul core to remain in the hands of a few of us. After all, Yifan is a person who has received the grace of heaven, and some strange things will always happen to him, maybe he can use it!" Ji Yuan said with a wry smile, "If this soul core can really be used by Yifan, then the refinement of his soul power is by no means a star and a half, and the vast soul power gathered in the soul core of the Soul Emperor powerhouse must be very terrifying, even if he breaks through two realms in succession, it is not impossible to directly send Yifan to the Nine Transformation Soul Master!"

Hearing Ji Yuan's words, Ah Chang's little face couldn't help but show a look of disbelief and surprise.

"How many people, how good is this wine?"

Just when Liu Sandao and the others were drinking and chatting in groups, there was a slightly old laugh from outside the tent, and then I saw Hu Lao walking in slowly.

"Old Hu, these **** are busy helping Xi Chen supervise things all day long, and people seem to have lost a lot of weight, it's really hard!" Liu Meng is more familiar with Hu Lao, so the first person to greet Hu Lao when he comes in is naturally Liu Meng.

"It's an honor for the old man to be able to help the governor of the city, how can you talk about hard work?" Hu Lao smiled and waved his hand at the few people in the tent, signaling that they didn't have to get up to say hello.

"Old Hu, the so-called Three Treasures Hall for nothing, I don't know if you came to our tent today to ......" Xie Yun's words did not continue, but the meaning of the inquiry in the words was already obvious.

"The old man came this time to naturally be on a mission for the governor of the capital, now that the army of the beast domain has retreated, and the shadow of the black armor army can no longer be seen on the ice field, presumably the danger of the northern frontier has been solved! Therefore, the governor has officially ordered that the army will be pulled back to the northern frontier guard house early tomorrow morning, and a celebration banquet will be held in the camp tonight, and the governor of the Chinese army will set up a table for the main banquet in the big tent of the Chinese army, and the old man will specially invite you little brothers to come over at night, one is to celebrate, and the other is to see you off in advance!"

"What?" As soon as Hu Lao said this, there was an uproar in the account.

Liu Sandao was still sitting there peacefully, but he frowned slightly quietly, stared at Hu Lao suspiciously, and asked faintly: "The army will start tomorrow, but Yifan is still in retreat and cultivation, how should Xi Chen arrange this matter?"

"Yes, we will never leave Childe here alone!" Ah Chang nodded desperately in agreement.

"Hehe, I think you all misunderstood! The Governor only said that the army will be transferred back to the Border Guard Mansion tomorrow, and he didn't say that he would abandon Lu Gongzi?" Hu Lao smiled slightly, looking like a scheming and calculating appearance, "To tell you the truth, the old man of the Governor has calculated that today is the day of Lu Gongzi's exit, so he is so determined to hold a celebration banquet in the camp tonight to reward the three armies!"

"Yifan will be out of the customs today?" Ji Yuan and Xie Yun exclaimed in surprise at the same time, the two of them couldn't help but glance at each other, and there was a blank look in their eyes, "Why don't we know?"

Facing the various expressions of the people in the tent, Hu Lao didn't explain anything more, but waved his hand quite calmly to signal everyone to be calm, and then said with a light smile: "The old man has followed the governor for so many years, and I have never seen him say something wrong!

Hu Lao's words once again caused a burst of surprise from everyone in the tent, but Hu Lao ignored their gazes, just left a meaningful smile again, and then turned around and left the side tent.

In the evening, the western sunset poured the last touch of gold on this barren grassland, but the camp of Xichen was contrary to the quiet and solemn normalcy of the past, and the camp was very lively at this moment.

In the afternoon, there was an open space with a radius of hundreds of meters outside the big tent of the Chinese army, and at this moment there were hundreds of bonfires scattered on this open space, and now there were one or two roast sheep on each bonfire, and under the roasting of the flames, it was 'sizzling' outwards with fragrant fat oil, and next to each bonfire was twenty or thirty drooling sergeants.

The cracks in the passage of the open space are piled up with jars of wine, and at first glance, there are thousands of jars of spirits. At the front of this clearing, there were more than a dozen large tables, which were piled up with all kinds of delicacies, and the leaders of more than 100 households in the camp were sitting at the tables. Since it is located in the Zhuo Wolf Grassland, tonight's celebration banquet is made of beef and mutton dishes.

Thousands of sergeants toasted back and forth with the wine jar one by one, or sat by the campfire with a whole leg of mutton and gulped down the flowing oil, or they were playing with the wine order in groups of three or five, or a dozen groups were talking and laughing and shouting something, in short, everyone in the camp was filled with the brightest smile on their faces at this moment. Xi Chen personally made an exception, except for the necessary guards, all the soldiers in the battalion must not get drunk tonight. This order undoubtedly opened a meat boundary for these soldiers who strictly abide by the rules on weekdays, and for a while there were shouts, laughter, toasts, and bowl bangs...... It spread all over the camp and beyond, so lively, so happy.

Although Xi Chen and the others have not yet taken their seats, and the celebration banquet has not officially started before the main table is opened, the noisy atmosphere in the camp at this moment is no less than the opening of the big banquet.

Liu Sandao and Ji Yuan, Xie Yun, and A Chang were personally invited by Hu Lao, Tan Si and others to the Chinese army's big tent, and they originally wanted to go with Yin Xi, Liu Meng and others to personally wait for Lu Yifan to leave the customs, but they were stopped by Tan Si and others halfway and dragged to the banquet by force. The so-called stretching out his hand and not hitting the smiling person, no matter how much Liu Sandao and the others are concerned about Lu Yifan, they are also very enthusiastic at the moment, it is really difficult to refuse, and in the end they can only come here hard.

"Xi Chen's overseer!"

Just when Liu Sandao, Ji Yuan, and Xie Yundong looked around, Tan Si's loud shout immediately attracted the attention of everyone in the audience, and the originally lively banquet also became quiet in an instant, and everyone's eyes were on the big tent of the Chinese army.

"See the Governor!" Seeing Xi Chen, thousands of soldiers in the audience saluted in unison.

"En!" Xi Chen still looked pampered, even in the face of thousands of eager eyes, he only nodded slightly and snorted lightly, and his face did not show any other expression.

"Governor Xichen, can we have a banquet?" some sergeants who couldn't help but jumped to their feet and asked in a loud voice.

"No hurry!" Xi Chen raised his head slightly and glanced at the sunset, which had sunk to two-thirds of the horizon, and said unhurriedly, "Our forward general has not yet arrived, how can we start the banquet?" As soon as Xi Chen's words came out, Liu Sandao's eyes moved at the same time.

And there was even more commotion in the field, some of the sergeants who could endure it were okay to say, but some people who had been watching this fat wine and meat for a long time seemed a little unbearable at this moment!

"Dare to ask Governor Xi Chen, we all know that General Lu is in retreat now, and I don't know when he will be able to come ......"

"Haha...... Lu was late, and almost delayed your good wine and meat, which is really rude, and I apologized to everyone again!"

Just when the audience was in a commotion, Lu Yifan's clear voice suddenly came from mid-air, and then Liu Sandao, who was not waiting for a look of surprise, looked up in the direction of Lu Yifan's retreat, and everyone in the audience only felt a gust of wind fleeting, and then without any warning, a tall figure in a white robe appeared next to Xi Chen's side out of thin air, the speed was so fast, and the body was so strange that when he appeared, the eyes of everyone in the audience were still focused on the direction where the voice came just now, and no one noticed it at all。

This person came out of thin air, and even Xi Chen, who had always been unfazed, couldn't help but change his eyes suddenly, and his two deep pupils suddenly contracted after seeing Lu Yifan's figure clearly, and a look of incredible surprise instantly appeared between Xi Chen's eyebrows.

"It's a soul ...... Soul King ...... Strong"

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