The Eastern Imperial King City, after experiencing the two major events of Su Ruan's feudal marquis and the duel in the martial arts field, regained its calm.

But many people with a heart found that under this calm atmosphere, there seemed to be a certain dark tide surging, like a mountain rain is about to come.

After Su Ruan returned from Zhao Mingmei's fruitless return, he went to the palace again that night, discussed with the royal king and others for most of the night, and finally stayed in the palace of the royal uncle.

From the next day, Yu Shulan, who was tormented by the confusion of his first love, stayed in the Hou Mansion again and guarded Su Ruan's side. It's just that she hasn't given a clear answer, whether she is willing to be Su Ruan's woman sincerely.

A few days later, the defenders of Wangcheng began to move frequently, and settled in Liufeng Valley in the northwest of Wangcheng. All the generals above the mid-level martial arts were summoned by the Imperial King to return to the royal city to standby, and even Yang Wenyan, who was out on errands, was also recalled.

Su Ruan has completely quieted down in the past few days, either practicing martial arts at home, or occasionally accompanying the seventh princess Yu Zijin to visit Diao Chunxiang. Liu Yeyun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, also officially began to receive treatment from Su Ruan, and is expected to recover within a month.

Peaceful days always pass quickly, and after more than half a month, the island of Yufeng, where the royal city is located, has welcomed several groups of people one after another, and most of them are from the Tianhe Empire.

Among them, there are people transferred by the fourth princess Zhao Mingmei, and there are also masters secretly dispatched by Yuwen, and there are many people with ulterior motives who want to intervene.

Because, the news that someone in the Eastern Imperial Kingdom was about to try to break through the bottleneck of Tianwu had already spread. In the face of this major event, which may upset the balance of power of all parties, no one is unconcerned.

The day of trying to break through is getting closer and closer. Su Ruan's family also began to prepare.

First of all, Su Rou, Su Qing and others were all admitted to the palace by the queen Yurenfeng, and on the grounds of heart-to-heart talks, they stayed in the palace with a higher security level.

Secondly, Su Ruan ended his treatment of Liu Yeyun and accompanied Yu Tianzhao to Liufeng Valley alone to prepare for a breakthrough.

At the same time, Zhao Mingmei, the fourth princess of the Tianhe Empire, led an elite escort team under her command to assist Su Ruan. Obtain permission from the King. Heading towards the Valley of the Wind.

Liufeng Valley, northwest of Wangcheng, became the focus of all parties for a while......

Mikaze Island, the main island of the eastern kingdom, is mainly divided into two types of terrain. In the south, there is a vast plain, and there is the castle of the Eastern Imperial King and a large number of large and small towns. Mountains to the north. Forests are all over the place. Various mineral resources are relatively abundant. And there are fierce beasts.

Located at the boundary between plains and mountains, Rufeng Valley is a top-secret place surrounded by mountains on three sides, with only one side leaving an exit.

There were many military camps built in the valley. More than 10,000 troops have been stationed. Su Ruan and Yu Tianzhao, as well as Brother Huang, who defended here in advance, and Zhao Mingmei's men and horses, converged here.

The person in charge of commanding the army in the valley was the eldest prince Yu Zixiu, and several important members of the military department were his deputies, one of whom was Luo Gang, the director of the military department of Wangcheng.

Regarding Zhao Mingmei's intervention, in addition to the approval of the Imperial King, the rest of the generals of the Eastern Imperial Kingdom were quite complaining, thinking that Zhao Mingmei, as the princess of the Tianhe Empire, should not intervene in the affairs of the Eastern Imperial Kingdom.

However, she is the helper invited by Su Ruan, and Su Ruan has a special identity, she is the person in charge of this attempt to break through, and no one can control him.

The two brothers and sisters of Yuwen Dumping and Yuwen Dumping City, as well as the heavenly warrior Meng Zhizhou, in the name of guarding, accompanied Zhao Mingmei into Liufeng Valley. In this regard, Su Ruan did not have the slightest opinion.

The day of trying to break through is getting closer and closer, and the royal king who stayed in the palace can't help but be a little nervous, for fear that there will be some accidents this time, but Yu Shuqing, who is not far from the palace, is faintly looking forward to something in his heart.

There were still three days left before the day of the breakthrough, and on a small uninhabited island in the east of Yufeng Island, three figures suddenly fell from the sky.

These three people are the Heavenly Warrior Ancestor Yu Shu Lan, Da Ji who was taken by Yu Shu Lan to fly, and Su Ruan who was wearing a phantom suit.

That's right, there is a Su Ruan in Liufeng Valley, and there is also a Su Ruan here, and there is no difference between the two Su Ruan.

Landing on the isolated island, Yu Shulan looked at Su Ruan with the armor open, and the shock in his heart can be imagined.

With just a strange piece of full-body armor, she was able to fly into the sky, and her speed was not weaker than that of her, a celestial martial artist, Su Ruan became more and more mysterious in Yu Shulan's heart.

For the sake of safety, Su Ruan did not take off the silver glittering phantom suit, but just opened the visor to reveal his face.

After confirming that there was no danger on the isolated island, Su Ruan arranged some things around the island, and then let Daji start to break through.

That's right, the person who really wants to try to break through the bottleneck of Tianwu this time is not Amaterasu, but Daji. Amaterasu, who went to Rukaze Valley, was just a cover to deceive others.

Very few people know about this matter, and it is limited to a few parties, as well as Yu Ziyan and Yu Shulan.

At the beginning, Yu Ziyan expressed dissatisfaction with Su Ruan, and it was precisely because of this incident.

Because Liufeng Valley is concerned by various forces, it is likely to be extremely dangerous. Su Ruan arranged for Yu Tianzhao to go there as bait, almost to send her to death, and it was strange that Yu Ziyan could be happy.

But this is Yu Tianzhao took the initiative to respond, and even she has no opinion, what can Yu Ziyan say!

Don't mention whether Daji's side has successfully broken through, and turn his attention to the much-watched Liufeng Valley.

In the main tent of the barracks in the valley, the eldest prince and the prince sat in the position of the commander, and the rest of the people sat on both sides. And next to Yuzi Xiu, there was also a prince and concubine He Guangyun who accompanied him.

He Guangyun didn't intervene to hinder Yu Zixiu and the others, but just stared at Su Ruan, who was sitting at the top of the left below, with a fierce and restrained light in his eyes.

After analyzing the information collected today, Yu Zixiu said to everyone present: "Everyone, trying to break through the bottleneck of Tianwu at this time is a great opportunity for the rise of my Eastern Imperial Kingdom. If it succeeds, there will be one more Heavenly Warrior Ancestor in my Eastern Imperial Kingdom, and it will be the true Ancestor of the Royal Family. Even if he fails, there is also the presence of Zixiao Houye, who can keep the ancestor safe. However, this is a matter of great importance, and it must not be interfered with by external forces, and must be strictly guarded against. ”

"In recent days, there have been a lot of suspicious spies around Liufeng Valley, and all of them are strong in cultivation and good at concealment, so far they have not been able to successfully capture a single person. It's a pity that Huang Zu (Brother Huang) has to stay in the valley to guard against strong enemies, and he can't make a move easily. Therefore, the heavy responsibility of catching the spies must be borne by you. Director Luo, can you find out the whereabouts of those spies?"

Luo Gang, the director of the Ministry of War, got up and clenched his fists and replied: "Back to Your Highness, those spies are all earth warriors, and most of them are wind attributes, and their escape speed is too fast, and ordinary soldiers can't take them at all." Please give your Highness the order to let the earth warrior officer take action to capture the spies. ”

"Hmm......" Yuzi Xiu groaned slightly, turned his head to look at Qin Yi, who was sitting at the top of the Baihua Hou on the right, and said, "Baihua Houye." You know more about spies than we do. I don't know what to think?"

Qin Yi, who was in charge of the Eastern Imperial Kingdom's intelligence network and was in charge of the secret assassin organization, was sent by the Imperial King to assist in the defense of Liufeng Valley this time. He does have a group of powerful assassins under him, if he is allowed to strike. I guess I should be able to take down those spies.

Qin Yi knew that Yu Zixiu was asking him. In fact, I just want him to make a move. He smiled and nodded, and said, "Your Highness, please rest assured, Qin's subordinates have already been dispatched, and they must be able to gain something in these two days." You won't be mistaken. His Royal Highness has to guard against a surprise attack by a strong enemy, if a heavenly warrior rashly attacks, I am afraid it will be a little difficult to rely on Huang Laozu who is left behind. ”

The number of celestial warriors in a country directly determines the country's right to speak in the international arena, which is why the royal king attaches so much importance to cultivating celestial warriors. But alas, others will never let him get his wish.

Of course, Yu Zixiu knew the inside story, and he also knew that other countries would 100% come to meddle in the trouble, and even kill Amaterasu who tried to break through. It's just that there are a total of three Heavenly Martial Ancestors in the Eastern Imperial Kingdom, among which Yu Shuqing is almost squatting in the palace and does not move, and Yu Shulan is stupid and runs to help Su Ruan protect his family, and only Brother Huang is free.

This kind of difficulty of insufficient manpower cannot be solved in a few words.

Yu Zixiu thought about it for a while, and felt that it was better to be realistic, and make full use of the resources in his hands, and other things could only depend on the will of heaven.

"The order is to go down, and all the generals and officers above the middle rank of the martial arts will strictly defend the Liufeng Valley, and check whether their subordinates have any spies from other countries mixed in. Yu Zixiu said with a solemn expression: "At the same time, please ask Zhao Mingmei, the fourth princess of the Tianhe Empire, to help seconded some people, she came in the name of assisting Zixiao Houye, and asked Zixiao Houye to come forward to explain this matter in detail." ”

"Brother Wang, don't worry, I will do my best in this matter!" Su Ruan, who was sitting below, arched his hand towards the royal prince, and his expression did not show any nervousness.

The generals in the tent still admire Su Ruan, the young Zixiao Houye. is not to admire his talents in all aspects, but to admire his ability to defeat Nie Siyuan, a peak martial artist who has been famous for a long time, with the cultivation of a middle-level martial artist. They are soldiers and only respect the truly strong.

Only He Guangyun, who was sitting next to Yuzi Xiu, always gritted her teeth at Su Ruan, but she didn't dare and couldn't easily deal with Su Ruan.

Because she hadn't seen her for a few days, Su Ruan's feelings for her became more and more unfathomable. In the past, she could roughly sense Su Ruan's aura as a martial artist, but this time facing Su Ruan, she couldn't sense the slightest breath from Su Ruan's body. It can be seen that Su Ruan must be a great cultivator, and his aura is completely restrained, so scared that He Guangyun doesn't even dare to take the initiative to provoke him.

The next thing is to discuss the details of the defense, Su Ruan has no interest in this, he directly patted his ass and left, wandering around in the Liufeng Valley alone, and even ran out of the mouth of the Liufeng Valley to hunt game, which is called improving the food.

It's just that no one noticed that everywhere Su Ruan went, he would quietly arrange some small things......

At the same time, in the palace, the fourth prince Yu Zirong, who had been under house arrest for nearly a month, knew that the royal king had no time to pay attention to him at this time, and finally absconded from the palace to do something with the assistance of his loyal men.

Looking at a small porcelain vase in his hand, Yu Zirong's cowardly and timid face completely disappeared, replaced by a gloomy and terrifying face with a cruel smile.

It's just that he didn't know that his every move was under the gaze of his good second brother.

The second prince, Yu Ziheng, is a well-known prodigal son, who doesn't do his job all day long, doesn't make friends with noble officials, and only knows how to play around and get to know some messy people.

But who knows, it is this prodigal man who is full of squirrel, who actually secretly founded a large chamber of commerce, and has mastered many powerful small chambers of commerce, and the money in his hands can be called rich and rivaled by the country.

This time, taking advantage of Yu Tianzhao's attempt to break through the bottleneck of Tianwu, it attracted countless eyes, and the fourth prince Yu Zirong was revengeful, and finally Yu Ziheng found an opportunity, he was ready to do something, maybe there was a chance to change the pattern of the Eastern Imperial Kingdom.

Even Su Ruan didn't expect that the second prince Yu Ziheng, who liked to smirk on his face, would hide it so deeply. Because of his meddling. The woman who almost caused Su Ruan to be insulted......

In the Valley of the Wind, Amaterasu is sitting in a hidden cave, meditating on adjusting his breath.

This time, Su Ruan only let her be a bait once, and did not let her really try to break through. But Amaterasu has been preparing for a long time, and she wants to try to hit the bottleneck of Tianwu, even if she fails, she has no regrets.

Brother Huang, who didn't know it, sat aside and patiently explained to Yu Tianzhao the matters that need to be paid attention to in the breakthrough process.

Brother Huang is grateful for the care of Amaterasu when he was a child, and has always respected this aunt and grandmother, and has done his best for this breakthrough. He thought that as long as Su Ruan was there. Even if Amaterasu fails to break through, there will be no danger. It's a pity. The real Su Ruan is not here, but thousands of miles away.

At this time, on the uninhabited island thousands of miles away, Su Ruan was looking at Daji with great distress. I can't wait to rush up immediately to stop her from continuing to break through.

I saw Daji sitting cross-legged on the ground. The silver mask on the right side of his face has been removed. Revealing that peerless face. It's just that there is not the slightest gentle smile on his face, which is occupied by the color of pain and cold sweat.

The right way to hit the bottleneck of Tianwu. It's actually really simple to say, and basically a martial artist can comprehend it.

It is not to strengthen the perception of the vitality of heaven and earth, and then achieve the purpose of controlling the vitality of heaven and earth, but to retrograde the meridians of the whole body, impact the zenith with its own strength, and induce the vitality of heaven and earth to infuse the body after opening the zenith, so as to achieve the purpose of washing the essence and cutting the marrow and rebirth, so that oneself and the vitality of heaven and earth form a certain degree of integration.

The method is indeed not difficult, but it is only the simplest first step, the meridians of the whole body retrograde, which has blocked the footsteps of countless people, and even caused countless people to explode and die.

Daji was in the retrograde meridians at this time, leading all the dantian qi to flow backwards and rush towards the top of his head.

But retrograde meridians are definitely not fun, just like the river that originally flowed into the sea from west to east, and suddenly you want it to flow in reverse, and you have to divert the sea water to pour it back, the impact on the river can be imagined, and a careless will cause the river to collapse and flood.

What's even more difficult is that Daji is a dual-attribute martial artist, as if there is another kind of water flow in the river in addition to the ordinary river water. In this way, the difficulty of reflow is doubled.

Fortunately, after all, Daji is a human spirit who has been honed in the underworld for countless years, and his willpower is definitely strong enough, so he gritted his teeth and persevered for a whole day, successfully attracting the dual-attribute qi to retrograde and hit the zenith.

The so-called zenith, also known as the heavenly spirit, refers to the human body's heavenly spirit cover, but it does not refer to the heavenly spirit cover skull, but a kind of heavenly spirit protective membrane formed by the human body since birth, so as to prevent the brain from directly contacting the heaven and earth vitality.

Martial artists have cultivated to the pinnacle of the Earth Martial Realm, and their bodies have been tempered to be very strong, and they can completely open the zenith to accept the vitality of heaven and earth. It's just that the process of retrograde meridians hitting the zenith is an extremely painful difficulty, and if you are not careful in controlling your qi, it will affect your own brain, and even be destroyed by the energy of the riot and die.

Therefore, the first step of meridian retrograde is very difficult, once the qi is out of control, it will explode, and the second step is equally difficult to hit the zenith.

It can be seen that although the method of breaking through the bottleneck of Tianwu is simple, it is difficult and dangerous.

Fortunately, Daji still succeeded, and successfully rushed through the zenith with a strong dual-attribute qi and attracted the vitality of heaven and earth to infuse the body.

After that, the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi within a radius of a hundred miles frantically surged into Daji's body, starting from the top of her head, destroying Daji's flesh and bones all the way, helping her to be reborn.

This is an even more painful process, after all, the body has to go through a destruction and rebirth, which is by no means something that ordinary people can bear.

But fortunately, the most difficult thing this time was to endure the pain, and there was no need to control anything else. Su Ruan looked at Daji, who was covered in blood, and her heart was entangled, but she also believed that Daji could survive it.

After two days and two nights, the first three steps to break through the bottleneck of Tianwu were finally achieved perfectly, and Daji was reborn under the nourishment of the vitality of heaven and earth, and there was a faint jade-colored light all over his body, automatically washing away the blood stains left before, looking beautiful and incomprehensible.

Today's Daji is a real half-step heavenly martial artist, and his strength is far superior to that of any peak martial artist, and his physical strength and qi strength have increased exponentially.

It's just that there is one last step, merging with the vitality of heaven and earth, and this step is the most difficult and dangerous.

According to Yu Shulan, when the three brothers and sisters broke through, they all chose to try their best to hide their aura and escape the test of heaven and earth, so they successfully advanced. But it also left hidden dangers because of this, making it difficult for them to progress after breaking through to the middle level of Heavenly Martial Arts.

In addition to the three brothers and sisters of Yu Shu Lan, many people chose to escape the test of heaven and earth. Because they are really not sure to accept this terrible test, one careless will be wasted. Therefore, they would rather stop at the mid-level Heavenly Martial Artist for the rest of their lives and gain a thousand years of longevity and great power, rather than risk going any further.

And this so-called test of heaven and earth is nothing else, it is exactly what all monks must go through - the heavenly tribulation!

The Tianhe Martial Artist is a kind of martial cultivator, and in the end, he can shatter the void and fly into an immortal, so he naturally can't escape the test of heaven and earth. However, after thousands of years, there are also clever people who have come up with an incomplete breakthrough method to hide their own breath and escape the test. Using this method, a group of heavenly warriors with no future were created.

There are also various ways to hide one's own breath, and when Yu Shulan broke through, he thought of a trick to close his heart vein, stop the flow of qi in his body, and escape the catastrophe with a state of suspended animation. Later, Yu Shuqing and Brother Huang also used this method to successfully advance.

But today, after confirming that Daji had successfully completed the first three steps to break through the bottleneck of Tianwu, Su Ruan ignored Yu Shulan's dissuasion and insisted that Daji bear the test of heaven and earth and bear the terrifying heavenly tribulation.

Above the isolated island, the thick black clouds gradually converged, and the blue-white electric light appeared from time to time, making Yu Shulan feel frightened.

But Su Ruan, a heartless guy, was not worried that Daji would be killed by thunder, and he still had the leisure to hum a little song and drink wine under the rolling thunderclouds.

Even Daji, who was about to be struck by lightning, looked up at the sky with a smile on his face, without the slightest hint of worry on his face.

Seeing that these two little guys who didn't know what to do were actually trying to carry the most terrifying power of heaven and earth, Yu Shulan was so anxious that he almost jumped up...... (To be continued......)