Yuan Ming left the open-pit mine and quickly put the episode he had just experienced behind him.

At this time, half a month has passed since the last big war.

During this period of time, under the continuous tempering of the Black Wind, he had already practiced his fist intent to the fullest, and the Yin Qi in the wind could no longer affect him, and the benefits of continuing to practice were not great, besides, the battle between the Wuyue Sect and the various sects in the Central Plains was tense, leaving him not much time to cultivate, and now it was time to leave the Black Wind Desert.

However, what happened just now also gave him a reminder, the Wuyue Sect poured out of the nest, and the Northern Desert as the rear must be empty, instead of rushing to the front line now to support the battle, it is better to sneak directly into the Northern Desert, cut off the supply of the Wuyue Sect, and destroy their lair, which can play a greater role, maybe even greater.

Coincidentally, Wangbei City is located in the north of the Black Wind Desert, and it is the closest city to the North Desert.

Yuan Ming thought back and forth in his heart, and quickly made a decision, and after a little identification of the direction, he took the flower branches and galloped towards the Northern Desert.

……

Clear Water Oasis.

Unlike the rest of the Cloud Desolate Continent, the Northern Desert has few long-term fixed cities.

Most of the mortal or monk settlements here are located in large or small oases, but the water sources in each oasis will periodically dry up and emerge in time, so the people of the Northern Desert almost all gather together in the form of tribes, and every once in a while they will migrate to the next oasis where water sources emerge before the oasis dries up.

Most of the spiritual veins here are also distributed around the oasis, and like the water source, there will be periodic weakening and prosperity.

There are different opinions about the reasons for the emergence of this phenomenon, but similar to Black Wind, not many people dare to pat their chests and assure that what they speculate must be the truth.

Before arriving in the Northern Desert, Yuan Ming deliberately went to Wangbeicheng to get a map of the Northern Desert, but although the location of the oasis was marked on it, the cycle time of the water source was not marked.

Therefore, after passing by three dry oases, Yuan Ming finally found such an oasis that was still in the period of water emergence.

But to his disappointment, the people who lived here were all mortals, and there was no trace of any monks.

Yuan Ming quickly realized that if he continued to look like this, it would only be a needle in a haystack, and it was possible that the battle of the Central Plains was over, and he was still going around in the desert full of yellow sand, looking for traces of the Wuyue Sect.

He needed information, but the Northern Desert was thousands of miles away from the Great Jin, and ordinary means such as communication talismans could not reach it at all, and after thinking about it, he could only take out the stealing Tianding and black incense, and used the possession ability once.

In the mist of incense, Yuan Ming's consciousness soon descended on Yan Siyun.

At this time, Yan Siyun seemed to be discussing something with Xiying, and when Yuan Ming's consciousness replaced her, Xiying immediately sensed that something was wrong.

"Yuan Ming? Is that you? Xiying looked at Yan Siyun, who was suddenly silent, and her willow eyebrows frowned slightly.

"It's me, how's going on on your side?" Yuan Ming asked with Yan Siyun's body.

"Not very optimistic, after you killed the Nine Yin Venerable before, the Wuyue Sect changed the previous Wen Tunshui offensive, and launched a surprise attack of the whole army at once, the three-way army of the Cloud Desolation Alliance was already lacking in combat strength, and fought and retreated, and finally retreated under the encirclement of the other party, although it bought a lot of time for the rear, but most of the northern part of the Great Jin Dynasty also fell. Now that the Wuyue Sect's army is approaching Feather City, it is estimated that it will arrive in ten days at most, and Tianjizi has ordered a comprehensive contraction of the battle line, or has the intention of using the Protector Sect Great Array to fight a decisive battle with the Wuyue Sect. Sunset Shadow looked solemn.

"Ten days? Faster than I thought! I'm still in the Northern Desert now, I shouldn't be able to go back, and tell me the location of the Wuyue Sect's lair, I want to try to see if I can do something, maybe it can work a miracle and force the Wuyue Sect to retreat. Yuan Ming asked after a moment of silence.

"Your idea is good, but apart from the first appearance, Wu Yueshen has never made a move in the previous encounters, and I fear that he may have stayed in his lair and did not act with the army." Sunset said worriedly.

"Probably not, I always feel that the Wuyue Sect army did not accelerate its attack on the Central Plains before, but slowly encroached on the forces of Zhao Guoxianfan, there should be some kind of scheme." Yuan Ming said.

"In any case, its nest can't be defenseless, and the witch moon has great powers, so you must be careful if you really encounter it." Sunset said.

"I will be careful, even if I can't defeat him, it should still be possible to escape, besides, this battle has almost decided the fate of the cloud wilderness, Wu Yueshen should attach great importance to it, no matter what happened before, in the battle of attacking the mountain, he will most likely come forward." Yuan Ming nodded and said.

"This ...... Well, according to the records of the clan, the lair of the Wuyue Sect is located at the foot of the Black Witch Mountain in the Northern Desert, so you must be careful when you go. Also, even if you arrive in advance, don't be in a hurry to do it, wait until ten days later, the Wuyue Sect army officially starts attacking the mountain, and the manpower is pinned, you do it again, in case they have any means to quickly send people back to the Black Witch Mountain. Sunset hesitated for a moment, then said.

"By the way, the last time I told you about the witch moon god looking for Uru, did you have a possession to find him?" Sunset remembered something.

"I found it, but he is currently hiding in a no-man's land for retreat, I don't know the specific location, and I don't dare to rashly control him to leave, and I can't communicate with him for the time being." Yuan Ming sighed regretfully.

Subsequently, the two exchanged information for a while, and Xiying also told Yuan Ming about the arrangement of Changchun Temple near Feather City.

When the possession time was about to end, the two of them finished speaking, and for a while, they were silent.

"Well, I'm leaving." Yuan Ming hesitated for a moment and spoke.

Sunset pursed her lips, and there was both worry and reluctance in her eyes like a clear spring.

But somehow, she looked at Yuan Ming, who possessed Yan Siyun, and suddenly became annoyed again.

"Don't possess other women in the future, I don't like it." Sunset sneered.

Yuan Ming was stunned, his divine sense swept over the sunset, and saw that her cheeks were slightly bulging, and she looked like she was angry, so she couldn't help but smile and responded:

"Okay, let's not take it as an example."

"Also, next time, I'm going to see the real you, standing in front of me intact!" Sunset said again.

Yuan Ming heard the worry in her words, and his heart couldn't help but soften a little.

"I promise you." He said earnestly, as if he had made some promise.

……

Four days later, Black Witch Mountain.

This mountain is located in the extreme north of the North Desert, in the middle of nowhere, there is not a single grass on the mountain, not a single tree grows, only rough and cracked black stones are scattered all over every corner of the mountain.

Thousands of miles near the mountain, there are few oasis spirit veins, which can be said to be a Jedi that is inaccessible.

However, the lair of the Wuyue Sect is located under this Jedi.

Outside the Black Witch Mountain, Yuan Ming hid his figure through the Void Transformation Technique, hid in the clouds, and quietly observed everything on the mountain.

He quickly sensed that an extremely large formation enveloped the entire Black Witch Mountain.

This formation not only has the effect of protection, but also has the power of illusion, even the Yuanying Monk may not be able to see through the formation and see the real situation on the mountain.

Moreover, Yuan Ming also felt the flowing breath of soul power from the formation, and he guessed that the formation might react to the contact of the external divine sense, not only exposing the location of the explorer in reverse, but also provoking a counterattack if it was more serious.

Yuan Ming also felt a little tricky in the face of this formation, but after thinking about it, he quickly figured out a way to bypass the formation.

In the clouds, Yuan Ming quietly poked out the roots of the immortal tree, and as soon as his thoughts moved, the roots of the tree shook, stabbed a small hole in the void, and cautiously poked in.

At the same time, on the Black Witch Mountain, in an inconspicuous corner, an extremely small void crack suddenly opened, and the roots of the undead tree quietly poked their heads out of it.

The large array that enveloped Black Witch Mountain did not react at any time at this time.

Seeing this situation, Yuan Ming was overjoyed, and immediately controlled the roots of the immortal tree and quickly probed the situation on the Black Witch Mountain.

There are many stone houses on the mountain, and there are also many Wuyue Sect disciples in black robes sitting among them, the number of people is more than Yuan Ming expected, although the strength is uneven, but almost all of them are the late stage or peak existence of each realm.

In addition to these Wuyue Cultists who lived on the outer side of the mountain, Yuan Ming soon discovered that the interior of the mountain was also hollowed out by the Wuyue Sect, like an ant's nest, with countless tunnels intertwined, connecting the stone houses one by one, forming a huge underground network.

If there is no map or early exploration, once outsiders enter, I am afraid that they will quickly lose their way in this complex terrain.

And between these tunnels and the stone houses, the Wuyue Sect disciples have laid countless prohibitions, although they are all dormant at this time, but just looking at them will make people sweat coldly, let alone really face it.

Yuan Ming is more and more frightened, the Wuyue Sect has managed its lair perfectly, if he doesn't have immortal tree roots, he can detect these in advance, or a few top monks with the same strength as him, I'm afraid it will be difficult to capture this place.

However, since he had already known the arrangement here in advance, the threat of these troubles was much smaller, and the most important thing was that after this investigation, he also found that although the strength of the monks left behind here was strong, there was only one black-robed old man who reached the Yuan Infant, and it was not a soul cultivator.

Soon, Yuan Ming thoroughly explored the situation in Heiwu Mountain, only a stone house located in the deepest part of the underground, because it was shrouded by an extremely powerful prohibition, even the roots of the immortal tree could not penetrate the void to enter, Yuan Ming did not know what was inside.

In addition to the enemy's arrangement, Yuan Ming also found several places in Heiwu Mountain to store spiritual elixirs and exercise books.

It's a pity that the spiritual materials and pills stored here have basically been taken away, and only a small part is left, reserved for the daily use of the monks stationed there, but the preservation of the Gongfa classics is very complete.

Yuan Ming wrote down the locations of these places one by one, and then silently lurked, waiting for the day of the decisive battle.

(End of chapter)