North, Ice Spirit Palace.

The Giant Mountains are covered in endless plain white, and a staircase that seems to reach the sky spreads from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and the majestic palace complex in between looms in the wind and snow.

The cold wind is like a knife, and the snow is like an arrow.

A man in black armor walked down the stairs, iron boots crushing the snow and ice on the ground as the heavy metal armor rubbed.

"Click."

A crisp sound in the wind and snow caused the black-armored man to pause, and lowered his eyes to look in the direction from which the sound came.

At his feet, a severed arm buried in ice and snow came into view.

The neat incisions, and the frozen flesh, indicate that the owner of the arm has long since died.

After staring at the broken arm for a few breaths, Yuan Hao slowly raised his eyes and looked at the Ice Spirit Palace in the wind and snow below.

Under the sky, the wind and snow are combined, and the silence is as quiet as night.

The once prosperous Qionglou Yuyu has been burned to the ground in the war, and the remaining ruins tell that there was once a sect called the Ice Spirit Palace here.

Continuing to walk upward, Yuan Hao saw more corpses.

Some of the corpses were scattered like fragments on both sides of the stairs, while others were piled up like debris in front of the ruined jade universe, and then buried in a huge burial bag by the snow.

It would take tens of hundreds of years to establish such a sect immortal palace, but it would only take one day to destroy it.

"Squeak. Squeak"

Combat boots step on the snow, and the footsteps are crisp.

From time to time, Yuan Hao saw at the end of this staircase the main hall of the ice spirit that had collapsed into ruins, and the golden-armored woman who was sitting alone on a boulder in front of the ruins.

The woman is very beautiful, her phoenix eyes are like the moon, and her face is like water.

On the top of the snowy mountaintop, three thousand green silks splashed in the air at will, and the blood-stained armor and blades in her hands made her body carry countless fierce aura.

And with Yuan Hao's arrival, the woman's knife-like gaze slowly fell on him.

"Click."

With the sound of armor rubbing, the Yingsa woman slowly stood up, looking at the black-scaled commander in front of her, with a little tiredness:

"You're late."

Yuan Hao respectfully bowed to the other party and replied with a smile:

"It's really late, it should have been half a decade since His Royal Highness Wu Yuan destroyed this Ice Spirit Palace, and all the heavy finances in it have already been counted."

Hearing this, Li Qingyan stared at the other party for a few breaths, and his red lips opened slightly:

"Commander Yuan is here to borrow supplies? This palace remembers that you Black Scale Guards slaughtered the Luoxian Gate not long ago, and there should be no shortage of baggage for the time being. ”

Due to the terrible epidemic that almost swept the three northern continents, almost all the official roads in various places were blocked, and as a result, there were some problems with the logistics and supply of the various armies in the northern border.

Not only the rations of the soldiers, but also the armor and siege equipment of the spirit soldiers were also in short supply.

If all armies want to continue to maintain their strongest combat strength, they can basically only rely on fighting to feed their wars.

Of course

Close-knit armies can also help each other.

Because of Li Qingyan's relationship with Xu Yuan, and now the materials in her hands are extremely abundant, if the other party wants to borrow.

"Your Highness, you have misunderstood."

Yuan Hao slowly stood up after saluting, and said softly: "Yuan Mou is here to convey a message to His Royal Highness Wu Yuan. ”

Deliver a message.

Li Qingyan's face immediately turned pale when he heard this, and there was a hint of thought in his red phoenix eyes.

After a few breaths, she asked softly:

"You want to cooperate?"

The other party came at this time, did he want to pull her to make a big vote?

The mind quickly passed over the current situation in the north.

Because of this blizzard natural disaster, as well as the epidemic disaster, the original plan has been completely disrupted.

When dealing with the people who were infected like the tide of the sea, although the Yulin Army under her command had cooperated with the Black Lin Army of the Prime Minister's Mansion a few times, now those epidemics and man-made disasters have been controlled, and the common position of the royal family and the Prime Minister's Mansion has undergone some slight changes.

They are still cooperating on a large scale, after all, the Sect Alliance is trying its best to destroy all kinds of infrastructure in the three northern continents, and their ultimate goal is to exterminate the sects of the three northern continents while retaining all kinds of industries under them, so as to set aside a large rear area that can safely produce all kinds of war materials in the future.

But in terms of details, the two have already diverged and contradicted.

Because a new round of the race for slaughter has begun.

It's just that this time the target is no longer the tens of millions of people who were infected with the epidemic, but those northern sects who were greatly injured in the barbarian war.

In a nutshell

The royal family and the prime minister's government began to grab territory.

The sect that was defeated by the Heilin Army obviously would not be handed over to the imperial court.

Vice versa.

At this point, Li Qingyan's phoenix eyes looked at the man in front of him with a hint of sigh in his eyes.

Her subordinate Yu Lin Wei has always behaved under her control, but the rest of the royal army's army and the Prime Minister's Mansion have already begun to stumble with each other because of this matter.

Neither side wants to see the other side occupy too much of the northern industry and thus expand its power too much.

According to the information she received, both sides are still in the tentative stage, just doing some small actions to cut off materials and harass each other's logistics on a small scale, but if this sign is not pressed, I am afraid that this matter will develop more and more intensely.

In the end, it will even evolve into the Imperial Family and the Prime Minister's Mansion destroying each other's production facilities.

After a moment of thought, the expression in Li Qingyan's eyes changed slightly, and he said solemnly:

"If it's reasonable, this palace can agree."

As one of the only three commanders of the royal family in the North, if she chooses to cooperate with the Black Scale Guard at this moment, it is an extremely clear statement.

The Zongmeng is still on the side, how can infighting start within the court?

Yuan Hao heard that there was a hint of surprise in his elegant eyes, but then he also reacted to the meaning of His Royal Highness Wu Yuan, and smiled lightly:

"Your Highness, this matter can be discussed, but the message that the last general came to deliver is not a military matter."

“.”

The wind and snow were shaking, and there was silence for a moment.

Li Qingyan frowned slightly, casually brought a strand of scattered green silk behind him, and asked:

"What did you do here?"

Yuan Hao lowered his head slightly, considered it slightly, and finally chose to say directly in front of this princess with great military achievements:

"The third son, he was assassinated on the way south."

“.”

Li Qingyan was slightly stunned, and then the expression on his face became a little strange: "You said that guy is dead?" ”

Yuan Hao hung his head, and his voice was very soft:

"Your Highness, you have been attacking the mountain gate of the Ice Spirit Palace here for the past few days, and the sun is shrouded, and the news cannot be transmitted, and in two or three days, the royal family should also send someone to inform you of this."

“.”

Hearing this, Li Qingyan's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and he subconsciously clenched the blade in his hand.

(End of chapter)