The ancients said: Looking at the mountain and running a dead horse.

This is really not a lie.

A few hours ago, Xiao Shizhu saw the border pass where Ke Yun was stationed in the early morning light, standing on the horizon. But after walking for a long time, Xiao Shizhu and the ghosts have not yet reached the pass.

The few peaks in the distance where the pass was located just became a little bigger as Xiao Shizhu and the others went forward. As for distance, there is always a visual illusion. In this vast flat wilderness, it seems as if nothing has changed.

Xiao Shizhu and the others were not in a hurry, so they followed Ke Yun and them in the dazzling and bright cloudy light, walking on the flat and beautiful scenery, only the boundless yellow sand wilderness.

By noon, they stopped in the wilderness. Ke Yun sent messengers to report their news. Then they took Xiao Shizhu and them, found a few rocks standing on the back of the wilderness, and ate something hastily in the shadow cast by the boulder, and then continued leisurely.

It wasn't until the afternoon, when the sky and the cloudy day had begun to set in the east, that Xiao Shizhu and his group of ghosts followed Ke Yun and them to the pass.

When you get closer, you will find that this place is the same as the holy place where Queen Huangquan lives. Between several green hills that stand in the yellow sand, there is not the slightest barrenness and yellow sand everywhere. At the edge of the valley between the peaks, there are gates and walls, and the tall walls are lined with towers, arrows, towers, and other buildings, which are as well defended as the holy places.

Looking at the world behind the wall through the opening of the city gate, you can see beautiful mountain streams crisscrossing the city, and the water source is abundant. There are also many majestic and magnificent waterfalls in the mountains, which fall down from the thousands of rocks and ravines on several green mountain cliffs.

Looking at the waterfall in the mountain from afar, it is like white practice hanging to the sky, and the close view is like flying beads splashing jade. The water splashes under the waterfall, the mist is misty all over the mountain peaks, and through the refraction of the cloudy light, every drop of water in the waterfall is colorful.

Xiao Shizhu and the others followed Ke Yun through the doorway under the city gate tower and came to the mountain valley behind the city wall.

In the rumbling sound of falling water, through the mist brought by the splashing water droplets, Xiao Shizhu could see that there were cultivated fields all over the streams and rivers, but there were no houses. The local demons have cultivated as much land as possible from the land below the mountain to grow crops.

The fields are full of long, slender, supple, smooth and graceful paddy grains, which are neatly lined up in the paddy fields. It's no different from the ghost rice in the underworld, and the rice of other people. However, what was planted was not millet or ghost rice, but the jade grain that Ying Ying begged for from Queen Huangquan.

A single piece of rice can be cooked into a jade grain of tens of millions of rice.

Today's Huangquan ghost residence has too many desolate places to grow food. If it weren't for the jade grain seeds planted by the ancient gods, the ghosts of Huangquan would have been extinct. This vast yellow spring has already become the world of ghost soldiers in the capital.

Even so, the ghosts of Huangquan have to make good use of every inch of flat land and strive for a variety of grains.

This is the case in Ke Yun's station. According to what she said when she chatted with Xiao Shizhu, the nearby passes, villages and towns built in the wilderness of yellow sand, were all supplied by her station.

Therefore, not only the jade grain is cultivated on the flat ground, but even the peaks of the mountain towards the foot of the valley and the halfway up the mountainside, which are not too steep, have also cultivated layers of terraced fields and planted jade grain.

As for the houses and military camps where the ghosts lived, they could only be built on the mountain peaks, on the slopes facing the barren plains outside.

In this way, the defense of the place was strengthened. When the enemy comes to attack, they are often repulsed before they can reach the bottom of the valley between the peaks.

In order to survive, these ghosts of Huangquan also racked their brains and tried their best. Otherwise, they will be wiped out and will never be seen again.

Not even the history books may record them.

But Xiao Shizhu could see from his recent many conversations with Ke Yun that if they were exterminated because of natural disasters, they would have been appointed. But if they are destroyed by the ghost soldiers, they will not be reconciled.

Thinking about this, Xiao Shizhu suddenly admired Ke Yun in front of him. These Huangquan ghosts are much more difficult to live than the ghosts in the Netherworld. But along the way, Xiao Shizhu didn't see any of them, and he felt sorry for himself.

That alone is worthy of admiration.

Along the way, all the ghosts working in the fields knelt down and saluted when the ghosts were around. But it was not for Ke Yun, but for Xiao Shizhu to kneel. When the messengers arrived here first, they had already spread the word about Xiao Shizhu's heroic deeds throughout the valley. The ghosts of Huangquan, who had been brutalized by the ghost soldiers of Xudu, all of them were in awe of the son of God after hearing the story of Xiao Shizhu.

Xiao Shizhu and the others walked in the valley for a long time along the vertical and horizontal streams and rivers, and finally came to the strange mountain peak that Xiao Shizhu had been paying attention to all along, like a dumbbell erected.

Because of the announcement, the ghost soldiers whose faces were full of joy and excitement all descended from the pass houses built on the cliff to the sides of the avenue at the foot of the mountain, and welcomed the arrival of the son of God.

On both sides of the road, neatly arranged honor guards carried long horns and blew melodious and high-pitched trumpets. There was also a burst of cheers and cheers, which kept echoing in Xiao Shizhu's ears. After hearing from the messenger about his move to outsmart the enemy and his decision to help them defeat the ghost soldiers, the ghost soldiers were all enthusiastic. If it weren't for Xiao Shizhu's army of guards around him, these enthusiastic ghost soldiers would rush to Xiao Shizhu's side desperately, and immediately welcome him by hugging or lifting and throwing high.

Under the watchful eye, Xiao Shizhu kept smiling and nodding, even though he felt that the deafening cheers and cheers were noisy, he still had to remain polite and courteous. After finishing that section, the straight avenue crowded with the ghost soldiers was crowded, and when he came to the foot of the mountain, the cheers still surrounded his ears. Those ghost soldiers followed without falling behind, surrounding Xiao Shizhu and them in the middle.

Taifeng, who was followed by Xiao Shizhu, also had a new feeling. During the period of serving the Northern Yin Dynasty, Taifeng had never felt such a sincere welcome by the Hundred Ghosts.

He suddenly felt that Xiao Shizhu in front of him was covered with a layer of dazzling light, and all the ghosts would involuntarily gather around Xiao Shizhu.

And Tai Feng is also one of these ghosts. This immediately gave him a special joy that can only be found when he made the right choice, and his face couldn't help but be filled with pride.

The beast slowly moved forward, and finally came to Xiao Shizhu at the foot of the mountain, and at this time he couldn't bother to greet those Huangquan ghost soldiers. He walked in and saw that this mountain peak was not short, even if Xiao Shizhu and they tilted their heads at ninety degrees, it was difficult to see the whole picture of its huge peak. And in the large shadows cast on the top of the mountain, Xiao Shizhu and the ghosts all seemed so small.

"Above is the garrison of the air cavalry here. Ke Yun, who stopped at the foot of the mountain, turned over and jumped off the beast soul, and after seeing Xiao Shizhu and them looking up at the huge mountain top above their heads, which stretched out like an umbrella cover, he briefly introduced them: "It is also the place where my air cavalry raises the flying beast soul." ”。

"There will be many opportunities to see it in the future, so please come with me now. After a pause, Ke Yun said again: "I have sent someone to clean the best room for you in advance, so I can give you a good rest." ”。

After that, after ordering his subordinates to disband those enthusiastic ghost soldiers, he took Xiao Shizhu and them towards the foot of the mountainside that was as straight as a huge cylinder, as round as a millstone......

In the Netherworld, Shuoyue Island and the surrounding area are still shrouded in violent storms and rains.

The wind and rain blurred the muscles at the corners of his eyes, and Gong Mingyi's vision was constantly twitching, so that when he arrived in the stone forest in the sea, he always thought that he had seen it wrong.

The rough sea in front of me was littered with broken boards and broken wood. There are also a lot of wooden planks, and there are many blackened marks of the flames on their bodies.

The mast and burnt canvas are also mixed in. All that's left is the blood-stained seawater, and the dead demon spirit's body that doesn't turn into powder.

When Gong Mingyi entered this place with the main fleet, violent explosions were also heard from the east and west sides of Shuoyue Island, and the fire and billowing smoke rose into the air.

Obviously, the Void Sun Rat and Kui Wood Wolf, who were responsible for attacking from the east and west, also encountered the encounter of the vanguard army led by Gong Mingyi.

What's even more infuriating is that when Gong Mingyi arrived here, the surviving ghost soldiers of the vanguard army rescued from the icy sea water were only one-fifth of the total number before the attack. And the ambusher is gone. These things made Gong Mingyi get angrier and angrier the more he thought about it, and the anger in his chest burned out, dispelling the coldness that the ice and rain brought about after hitting him.

While ordering the sailors to hurry up and rescue the surviving ghost soldiers who fell into the water first, he also ordered Guan Yuecha and the air cavalry to continue to kill directly towards Shuoyue Island under the cover of the dark night wind and rain.

"I don't believe it, the tiny Shuoyue Island can stop my million-strong master. Gong Mingyi, who was extremely angry, clenched his fists in the wind and rain, and slammed the guardrail on the edge of the deck in front of him.

The stagnant water on it immediately shattered into splash droplets that bounced high.

Almost at the same time, in front of the fleet, in the depths of the stone pillars and peaks lined with sea, a series of violent explosions sounded, and the flames that tore through the darkness and reflected the sky red flew in the stormy mid-air, rolling up heat waves and hot winds, evaporating the raindrops around them.

"Not good. Gong Mingyi screamed secretly, and the anger on his face was replaced by consternation. The flames that were constantly exploding in front of him, as well as the falling sparks, were produced by the explosion in the air, and the air cavalry and the Guanyue Cha he sent had already faced the army of the Nine Shadows in the dark night, and launched a fierce firefight.

At this time, Gong Mingyi, who suddenly became anxious, saw that the rescue had been basically completed, and immediately ordered the heralds around him: "The army continues to advance at full speed to support the air cavalry and Guanyuecha." ”。

When the "cha" in his mouth was just out of the mouth, many warships around him shook violently for no apparent reason. The sudden inexplicable change made Gong Mingyi, who was even more stunned, look towards the nearest warship beside him.

He couldn't see what was happening in the darkness, and there was a muffled sound from the bottom of the huge treasure ship under his feet.

It didn't shake much, but the muffled sound was particularly clear in the wind and rain. Only after the sound did a slight vibration rush up to the deck, causing the water on the deck to jump slightly.

Gong Mingyi turned around abruptly and looked towards the entrance of the cabin. I saw a panicked ghost soldier, who rushed out of the cabin after a few moments, and galloped towards him.

After running a few steps, this ghost soldier slipped under his feet, fell on the deck, and continued to slide towards Gong Mingyi by inertia, shouting urgently: "Dashuai is not good, we seem to have hit the rocks, and there are many damages at the bottom of the cabin!"