In the autumn of the thirteenth year of Yuanguang, the million-strong army of Great Chu officially crossed the southern border and launched an expedition against the Southern Barbarians.

The two sides launched an extremely tragic battle in the area of Hengshui Pass, and the barbarians gathered an army of 600,000 to try to resist.

But in the end, because of the disparity in troops, the city pass was breached, and the army was defeated all the way, losing the resistance of the southern pass, and the Great Chu army drove straight in, like a bamboo.

Wang Shi is mighty and strong, and the people of Chu are extremely excited.

Everyone thought that the expedition would be over within a year.

However, in reality, it is not as easy as it seems.

The climate and geographical environment of the southern grasslands are very different from those of Chu, where the climate is hot, and the temperature difference between day and night is very large, and many soldiers in the interior are difficult to adapt to, and there are different degrees of illness.

Coupled with the vastness of the steppes, the abundance of nomadic tribes in the barbarian country, and the seldom of real cities, the expeditionary forces were often in a situation where they had no place to use themselves.

The Southern Barbarian Army was reduced to pieces, attacking and harassing day and night, causing the Chu army to suffer a lot of losses.

Later, at Gu Yinghua's suggestion, the expeditionary force revised its strategic objectives, no longer rushing to deploy troops on the whole front, but hit the superior forces and attacked Heishui Fort, the capital of the barbarian country.

At the same time, in order to block the advance of the expeditionary force, they did everything they could, raiding the grain routes, clearing the wilderness, and even poisoning the water sources of the rivers everywhere.

Many barbarians in the steppe were killed as a result, and hundreds of thousands of people were killed and wounded.

And this vigorous expedition lasted for three years, and the resilience of the barbarians exceeded everyone's expectations.

But.

It is rumored that the expeditionary force had already endured many hardships and dangers, and a few months ago, they had converged at Blackwood Fort to prepare for a final assault on the Barbarian Prince's Court.

As long as this last living force is destroyed, the barbarian royal court will be destroyed, and the entire southern territory will also become the land of Great Chu.

And in the past three years, Su Chen has not been idle.

He had already preliminarily refined and absorbed the Candle Dragon Yang Pill, which was equivalent to the increase in the skill of a mortal martial artist who had practiced for a hundred years, and transformed it into mana, which was also an extremely majestic force.

Now that he is cultivating, he has officially broken through to the fourth layer of qi refining.

There is still almost half of the medicinal power left, and if you absorb it all, you should be able to break through to the fifth layer of qi refining.

Of course, in order to avoid an unstable foundation, Su Chen decided to stop and lay a solid foundation first, anyway, the medicinal power has now accumulated in his body, so there is no need to rush for a while.

He is very patient with his cultivation, and anyway, he doesn't have any worries about longevity, of course, how to do it perfectly.

In this process, Su Chen also did an important thing.

He took out all the divine weapons in the secret room of the arsenal, and asked Emperor Jin to order him to collect all kinds of rare ores and metals in the world for him, gather famous swords and swords in the world, and finally selected some of the most practical materials to forge and refine a flying sword for himself.

In the battle with the witch god that day, Su Chen tried the sword method for the first time, and the power of the Feihong sword technique was extraordinary, which surprised him very much.

So I decided to try to refine a "flying sword" to match the Flying Rainbow Sword Technique.

But alas.

Although refining and alchemy have something in common, it is not as simple as imagined, Su Chen finally fused these materials into a furnace, and it was just an ordinary sword.

Although it is strong and sharp, far superior to any divine weapon in the world, it has no true spirituality.

For the time being, you can only rely on the spirit control talisman engraved on it, with the divine thought.

Although it can also be used as a flying sword, its power is definitely not as powerful as a real flying sword magic weapon.

"Legend has it that the real sword cultivator will forge a so-called natal flying sword, and use essence blood to conceive it in the body, so as to achieve the effect of the integration of human sword, which is extraordinarily powerful and better than all ordinary magic weapons. It's a pity that I don't have the relevant techniques......"

Su Chen was a little regretful.

There are thousands of ways to cultivate immortals, and his favorite is the sword, if nothing else, it is handsome.

But the sword cultivation method, even in the immortal cultivation world, is extremely rare.

Because the sword cultivator kills and also needs to consume essence blood to raise the sword, the lifespan is often shorter than that of a normal monk in the same realm, and the sword cultivator is more likely to fall, and after a long time, the sword cultivation method will become scarce.

The last time Su Chen gathered in Tianmai Mountain, he also saw a lot of loose cultivators, but among so many people, only the Seven Peerless Sword Gods took this path alone.

And it's only a half-ass.

Feihong Sword Technique, the name sounds domineering, to put it bluntly, it is a basic sword technique, and the method of sword cultivation is just an entry.

Of course.

Su Chen wasn't too anxious, magic powers, as long as you have patience, you will always have a chance to get them.

In fact, his current strength can be regarded as the top in the ordinary.

In terms of mana, there is the idea of the sun view to temper pure yang mana, which is strong and strong, and has more than a hundred years of skill as a foundation, which is completely arrogant to Tongji.

Not to mention the divine thoughts, the Candle Dragon Yin Pill plus the enlightenment futon dream exercise is far more than a hundred times more than the monks of the same realm.

As for the physical body, the robe and demon subduing skills have now been cultivated to the point of perfection, and the mana is condensed, invulnerable, and invulnerable.

Cultivating as an immortal cultivator lower than himself, it is impossible for conventional means to even break his defenses.

In addition, there are many treasures such as the Dragon Sutra and the Fu Seal.

Below the fifth layer of qi refining, as long as it is not too monster, Su Chen is confident that he can easily crush it.

With this level of strength, he is already fully qualified to go to the East China Sea Immortal Island and compete for the opportunity to go to the Immortal Cultivation Realm.

But Su Chen was not in a hurry.

First, it was not yet the time for the opening of the Immortal Island, and secondly, he didn't know what the situation of the so-called Immortal Cultivation Realm was.

It's better to stay in this place to be safer.

Of course, the improvement of his strength also allowed him to take the initiative to search for some opportunities or treasures in this world.

Although the spiritual energy in the southwest is thin and barren, there were many immortal cultivators in the past, so there will be many relics and places like secret realms.

It may be difficult to have any top-level treasures in small places, but no matter how small the mosquito legs are, they are still meat, and there is an advantage, at least the competitors will not be too strong.

Su Chen had already thought about it, and he would first search the southwest place, all the treasures and things that could be looted, and then he would consider going to Middle-earth.

"Some time ago, there was news about Wind Thunder Valley from Xingqiu's side. What is certain is that this place is indeed a little strange, but what is the specific situation inside, because their cultivation is limited, they can't get close to see it at all. I guess I'll have to make a trip myself......"

Su Chen pondered.

At this moment, suddenly, in the depths of consciousness, there was a fluctuation.

It was the sigil he had left in the dream space, and it was touched.

"The woman is awake?"

Su Chen's spirit perked up slightly, then he closed his eyes, and his thoughts immediately sank into the dream world.

Because he didn't know what the other party's origin was, Su Chen deliberately transformed his image to a certain extent, turning into a black shadow of a mold lake, and adding two true spirit runes to his body, making him look a bit like the unfathomable immortal cultivator elder.

When you are ready, your thoughts manifest.

At this time, in the dream world that was as dark as the void, the light of the Dao Fu Seal manifested, forming a picture of Tai Chi gossip, and the woman in white had already woken up, and her body was surrounded by radiance, and she looked even stronger than Su Chen when she first saw it.

With the strength of her current divine thoughts, she should be able to break the outside formation with a wave of her hand, but she didn't do that.

Obviously, she also knew that the formation formed by this talisman seal could help her reduce the consumption of her own divine thoughts.

"Are you awake?"

Su Chen asked condescendingly.

When the woman in white heard his voice, she was slightly surprised, turned her head, and a look of surprise flashed in her beautiful eyes.

"You saved me?"

"Sort of."

Su Chen replied vigorously.

The woman's gaze looked back and forth on Su Chen's body, and found that his divine thoughts were powerful, and there were more true spiritual auras around her body, and she couldn't help but be secretly surprised, the person who could cultivate her divine thoughts to this level must be a powerful senior who had cultivated to a high level.

Immediately hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Thank you for saving your life." ”

When Su Chen heard this, he nodded, it seemed that his makeup was still very effective, so he continued to speak: "You are the first person I have seen outside the dream portal, tell me, what is your name and where did you come from?" ”

When the woman in white heard this, she shook her head and said, "I don't remember......"

"Don't remember?"

"Hmm. Since I woke up, I have been wandering in this dream world, with no way to leave and no way back. I don't know how long it's been here, I don't remember anything before......"

The woman in white frowned, as if she was trying to think about something.

Su Chen saw that the light on her body rippled, which was caused by the agitation of divine thoughts, and it didn't seem like she was lying.

Could it be that this woman was trapped in this dream space because of some accident?

This is also the first time he has encountered this situation.

However, judging from the condition of the other party, it is very likely that the loss of divine thoughts is too great, which leads to the loss of memory.

Since he couldn't ask about the other party's origin, Su Chen changed the topic: "You have been in this dream space for many years, have you ever met other people?" ”

"Someone else? Not really. ”

"I didn't meet anyone else, so where did your previous injuries come from?"

"It's a tapir. A type of dream-eating monster that roams the dream world and lives to devour human dreams. ”

The woman said, glancing at the depths of the darkness with some trepidation.

"I found a passage over there, and there seemed to be a wider world out there, and I wanted to explore it, but I encountered a dream tapir and was almost swallowed by it. Fortunately, this is a relatively independent and secret space, and the dream tapir cannot enter ......"

Dream tapir?

Su Chen knew about this legendary creature, but he didn't expect that such a monster really existed?

Fortunately, the tapir couldn't go through that passage and break in.

Otherwise, Su Chen may be in danger.

Next, he knocked on the side and asked a few questions to make sure that the woman in white was not lying.

It may be because of the damage to the divine mind, which causes this woman's heart to be extremely simple, and she doesn't seem to have any scheming when she asks what she says.

This made Su Chen feel a little relieved.

But what to do with her next has become a problem.

He could now determine that this space should be formed by the Enlightenment Futon, a hidden corner of the entire dream world.

Under normal circumstances, it is more private, and dream tapirs or other dreamers cannot enter.

The woman in white had broken into this place for some reason, and she was trapped here, and the only way to get out was through that passage.

But beyond the passage, it was very dangerous, and there were dream tapirs haunting.

Her mind is now seriously damaged, her memory is incomplete, and it is estimated that she will also deliver food when she goes out.

"Originally, I thought that this woman in white was some kind of immortal cultivator or something, and she could take advantage of this to make a good fate, get more news about the immortal cultivation world from her, or get any benefits, but now it seems that she can't count on it in a short time."

Su Chen shook his head.

Just as she was hesitating, the woman in white spoke, "My divine thoughts are too depleted now, and if I leave this place, I'm afraid it will be difficult to survive." Daoist friends can control this world, and they should be the masters of this dream space, so I have a reluctant request......"