East Wilderness, Northland Great Glacier, Haiyan Fort.

Hou Xiong looked at his subordinates with a sad face: "How many materials are there in the treasury of each prefecture, and is there enough food, vegetables, firewood, and fuel?"

Ran Xu's face was also a little bitter and said: "Back to the castle master, it is enough for the time being, but if the black tide lasts for more than a month, it may be ......."

He didn't say what it might be, but everyone present knew what was going on in that situation, and their faces couldn't help but show worry, and the atmosphere in the hall couldn't help but be a little depressed.

"Why is the black tide so long this time, it's not that the sky is going to kill me. ”

It was Hou Xiong who broke the silence with his words, but it was a self-pity, which made it even more frustrating to hear.

The deputy castle lord Zhong Shan pondered for a while and admonished: "Yu thinks that the castle lord should still prepare early, if after ten days, the black tide still shows no signs of receding, we should control the daily food quota, open up the living room traction light source of the people in the fort, so as to save the consumption of firewood fuel." And ......"

Touch!

At this moment, the door of the council hall was pushed open, and a deacon from the fort broke in to interrupt Zhongshan's words, dancing and shouting at Hou Xiong: "Castle master, the black tide has receded, and the black tide has receded......"

Hou Xiong and all the people in the room were stunned, and only after a long time did they react and said, "How is it possible? How can the black tide retreat? Looking at the way it looked yesterday, it would have to last for at least ten days and a half months, so why did you just say that you would retreat?"

But this is something that can be easily verified, if this guy in front of him is not a psychopath, there is no need to lie to himself and others.

So Hou Xiong hurriedly got up and took everyone to the outside of the fort, only to see a clear and clear sky, one day hanging, it was definitely a good weather, how could there be a shadow of the black tide.

In the distance, there may be some blackness in the sky that has not yet receded, but it also quickly dims and grays, and then disappears completely.

All this made Hou Xiong and the others stunned, can the black tide retreat in this way? Which time is it not that it will linger in the haze for more than ten days, how can it be this time?

But it's a good thing anyway, so let's celebrate.

Suddenly, the entire Haiyan Fort fell into a cheerful atmosphere, and the remaining food and wine in the treasury were taken out at one time and served to everyone, raising a glass of joy.

In such a warm atmosphere, no one noticed that the blood moon phantom that originally existed in the sky had disappeared with the black tide at some point, as if it had never appeared.

A similar situation occurred in the other ice castles of Sea Rock Fort, except for those areas that were so far away that even the Kuroshio Tide could not reach, the entire Northland Great Glacier was shrouded in a cheerful atmosphere.

The opposite of this jubilant atmosphere is the garrison point of Weihu Island.

It was unusually deserted, with nothing but a ruined fortress.

In the hall of the fortress, Fu Heng had a beard and cheeks, his face was haggard, and he looked at a white jade oil lamp in his hand, stunned. The faint glow of the oil lamp flickered and flickered from time to time, as if it would go out at any moment, but eventually it tenaciously brightened and dispelled the darkness.

Until the black tide completely receded, it still stubbornly emitted wisps of light and heat, warming Fu Heng's cold heart.

After a long time, Fu Heng, who was like a stone statue, moved, raised his head blankly, and saw the clear sky outside through the broken hole in the top of the fortress.

He looked down at the white jade oil lamp in his hand again, and stroked it gently, his expression gradually turned gentle, his lips chattered as if he hadn't spoken for a long time, and only after a while did he spit out the syllables and said: "Silk, silk, the black tide has receded, the sky is clear, I will take you home." ”

As he spoke, he stood up, and as he got up, his whole body seemed to come to life, no, no, not only his whole person, but the whole world he was in seemed to come to life.

The sky-high momentum converged in his eyes, and it was restrained and deep before it exploded.

After he stood up completely, all the visions were gone, and he was still as elegant as before, stubborn and hidden, and only the essence that flashed in his eyes from time to time could see that he was completely different from before.

The soft words came out of his mouth like an oath: "You, don't worry, I will live, and I will live very well, and I will live until the moment you wake up, and see you again, and then we will be together forever, and we will never be separated." ”

......

Eastern Wilderness, Misty Border.

Since Chen An and the others entered, an observation camp has been set up here, checking the changes in the maze every day and whether there are signs of anyone coming out.

At this time, Jiang Luhan stood in front of the camp and faced the eternal fog of the maze with a middle-aged woman with horizontal eyes on her eyebrows. He has often come here these days to check on the movements here, and he is still very concerned about Chen An's safety.

This is not that he and Chen An have any relationship, but because the other party is related to whether his reform in the Gaoyang clan can be thorough, whether the policy can be implemented, and the marriage with Jiang Xijun was facilitated by him, in order to completely reverse the concept of the clan, closely link the Gaoyang clan with outsiders, and expand the momentum of the entire Gaoyang clan.

But now because of a mistake, Chen An was sent out, and now I don't know if I can get it back, the whole plan is troublesome, and Jiang Mi's old guy doesn't know what to laugh at.

"Why have you been there for so long and there has been no response at all?"

The middle-aged woman's expression was faint: "Even during the safe period, there will be all kinds of accidents, and you are not unaware of the danger of the maze." ”

Jiang Luhan frowned: "Why do you organize this exploration when it is so dangerous, and Shengluo is your only daughter, what is your intention in letting her go?"

"Hahaha......" The middle-aged woman suddenly laughed, and the tears of laughter were all reserved.

"You people will wait and see, beg for cheap, see that we have sent out the most elite talents of the younger generation, and you can't wait to send your own children and nephews out to pick up the benefits, have you never thought that we are doing this because we have no one left?"

Jiang Luhan's face changed, and he turned his head to stare at her and said, "What did you say?"

The middle-aged woman laughed for a long time before she eased up, and said with a sad face like crying: "We have no one left, the harsh environment, the ravages of blood demons, and the erosion of evil qi have brought us to a limit, a limit that will be exterminated at any time." If we don't take advantage of this opportunity to fight, we may be completely wiped out after the next Blood Demon Tide. ”

Speaking of this, she turned her head to look at Jiang Luhan, and her three eyes were full of madness: "Now you know why we want to send our own children into the maze with the most elite children of the clan, right?"

Jiang Luhan's cheeks twitched, avoiding the woman's gaze, and turned his head towards the mist, how could he be like this?

Well?

He was thinking about it when he suddenly saw that the fog in the maze seemed to begin to roll and roll, was this an illusion?

......

The Eastern Wilderness, the land of three towns.

No, it should be the land of the Four Towns now.

After such a long period of development, the ghost town that was explored at the beginning and the structure of the city has also been thoroughly developed, under the name of Chen An, and the other three auxiliary cities form horns with each other, radiating an area. Together, this area is known as the Land of the Four Towns.

Under the efforts of the core three of Wen Liang, Jinming, and Shen Lin, the land of the four towns became more and more prosperous, far surpassing the auxiliary cities under the command of the other leaders of the clan, and even had a tendency to gradually catch up with and surpass the Gaoyang clan. In terms of population alone, it has almost caught up with the size of a large tribe.

However, this situation became more and more subtle as time went over after Chen An went to the maze.

If it weren't for the approaching blood demon tide and Jin Ming's use of the method of fusing soul cards left by Chen An to quickly stabilize the level of Yipin, there might have been some bad things happening. But even so, the increasingly gloomy expression on Wen Liang's face also shows that the development of events is not so good.

The huge land of four towns is not something that can be guarded by just two high-quality people.

"How many days has it been?"

Looking at Jin Ming, who walked into his study, Wen Liang put down the document in his hand, reached out and rubbed his eyes, relieved his tiredness, and asked habitually.

Jin Ming naturally knew what he was asking, and replied with a faint tone: "It's been almost a month and a half." ”

"For so long," Wen Liang frowned, lowered his hand, and looked directly at his disciple, "Do you go and ask how long it has been to explore the Lost Realm in the past?"

"Twenty days to a month, because there is an error in the calculation of the blood demon tide in each city, saying that it is two years, it is just a district value, that is to say, within two years, the blood demon tide will break out at any time. This is especially true in the maze, where the maze near the outbreak of the blood demon tide is extremely dangerous. So the exploration time is generally not very long. ”

Wen Liang nodded, indicating that he knew, he didn't have a way to do anything about this matter, and only the old people in the Eastern Wilderness were most familiar with all the situations in the Lost Realm.

Therefore, he changed his tone and said, "How was that incident handled last time, what did the clan say?"

Jin Ming lowered his head and said: "It is Shen Lin who is responsible, it seems that he personally went back to the clan land, and there was no way to find Jiang Luhan, but in the end, it was a big trouble, which alarmed the lord, and the lord personally spoke to curb the ambitions of those people." The food, pills, and other materials seized by the clan were also supplied to us. It's just us...... Uh, is that going to go on?"

"Forget it, everything will wait for the Lord to come back. ”

Wen Liang waved his hand, feeling tired for a while, when he was a fledgling before, he felt that there was nothing to do in the world.

But after experiencing the incident of King Yun and the fact that Chen An has not returned, he has truly experienced the truth of what it means to enjoy the shade under the big tree. Even if he has a thousand calculations and strategies, it is useless if there is no one to support him.

Just like now, Jin Ming is already a product, and he can be in charge of it anywhere, and he is fully qualified and powerful to guard the four towns.

But the main family of the Gaoyang clan didn't recognize it, they only recognized Chen An, and even now, if it weren't for the little affection and Shen Lin's connections left by Chen An at the beginning, most of the materials needed to rely on the four towns of the main family would not be able to operate at all.

"Ahh......h

Wen Liang stretched out his hand and rubbed his eyebrows again, and was about to say something more, when suddenly there was a noisy sound outside.

"Well, what's going on, what's going on outside?"

Jin Ming was also strange, and was about to go out to have a look, but saw Shen Lin suddenly push the door in, looked at them and said with a strange expression: "The sun is out." ”