When Meng Qiwu reappeared, she transformed into Yun Hailan's pretty face.

But then it turned into a terrifying and twisted appearance.

Wu Feng seemed to see the situation when she was killed by Yang Qi back then, and saw that Luoyi Jing's thousands of years of prosperity were destroyed by blood and fire.

In a scream, Wu Feng finally woke up.

He didn't think he should have been so out of shape in his dreams, but his dreams were uncontrollable. Even if he has an iron will, the blow in recent days is too great.

During the day, he can pretend to be detached and forget about these things almost completely, but when the night really settles down, these negative emotions can't be suppressed, and they float up like wood under the water.

When Wu Feng opened his eyes, he saw Yun Hailan's face again.

He was suddenly startled, almost thinking that he was still in a dream, and then remembered that Yun Hailan had to lie down in the white jade coffin before dawn.

"Have a nightmare?" Yun Hailan's eyes were like water, and her expression was gentle.

She gently rubbed Wu Feng's forehead a few times, tidied up his scattered forehead hair, and also soothed Wu Feng's mood with her cool and soft jade hands.

Women's touches do have a calming effect.

Wu Feng felt the heat that filled his body fade, but he still remembered that there seemed to be a killing monster hidden in his body, and this monster couldn't help but terrify him.

He knows that there is a crazy factor in his blood, and he is also looking forward to it, and he wants to be his true self in the future.

However, is the real self just like that murderer, wantonly slaughtering and disregarding people's lives? This kind of premonition made Wu Feng shudder.

That's not a human anymore, that's a demon!

Yun Hailan didn't say anything to laugh, she could understand Wu Feng's pain at this time. Seeing Wu Feng's eyes become clear, she lay down in the white jade coffin and shrunk the coffin to the size of her palm.

A nightmare will naturally not sleep very well, but the river still has to be crossed. Wu Feng put on his clothes, washed his face with cold water to refresh himself, hung the white jade coffin around his waist, and went up to the Yellow River crossing.

A long fence sealed off a large section of the river, leaving only a small opening for caravans to pass through. Near the fence, there are many guards patrolling to avoid any fish that slip through the net.

As long as you cross the river from Fengling, whether it is a caravan or a traveler, whether rich or not, you will have to be squeezed out of some oil and water.

Deng Aihou, the lord of the Iwakura Palace, is forty-five years old this year, is in the prime of life, has great ambitions since he was a child, and is considered capable by his retainers. More than ten years ago, his father Deng Rong took into account the opinions of his retainers, so he chose to live in seclusion and handed over the position of the hall master to Deng Aihou.

Deng Aihou has not succeeded in expanding the power of Iwakura Hall for more than ten years, and his political achievements are only to curry favor with the Guanzhong side, expand the checkpoints on the Yellow River, collect more tolls, and increase the income of Iwakuraden. Because part of the toll was handed over to Guanzhong, and many treasures privately flowed into the pockets of Xuxian King and others, Guanzhong also supported this matter.

However, the power of the Shentang in the state was even more seriously separated from the power in western Henan. Iwakuraden did not dare to levy tolls from the official personnel of the shrine, but the merchants who were close to the shrine were all exploited. The development of the sect is closely related to commerce, so the Shentang was so tossed by Deng Aihou that it could hardly expand its influence in the state, and it was very annoyed.

And the real power figures of the Holy King Dao Sect such as the Zhuxian King are of course happy to see it, they need the Divine Hall to guard the frontier for them and expand their money and grain income, and they also need Iwakura to contain the Divine Hall and prevent the occurrence of things that do not fall behind.

Because Wu Feng was a single traveler, he only paid a few ingots of silver and was let go, but this kind of exploitation is undoubtedly a hemorrhage for ordinary people, which also leads to the fact that people who don't have much money can't cross Fenglingdu at all.

In this troubled era, the chaotic checkpoints are a typical practice of drinking water to quench thirst, which can bring temporary benefits to local forces, but greatly endanger population flow and commercial activities, and hinder social and economic development.

Wu Feng began to further understand what his father meant by overthrowing the rule of the cultivators and restoring the dictatorship of the martial arts. It is not only to replace Xiuzhen with the power of martial artists, but also to restore the glory of the Martial Ancestor Divine Dynasty period and end the troubled times.

Different sects and wealthy clans must be placed under a powerful authority, and they must not set up checkpoints indiscriminately and exploit the common people. In this way, we can truly save all people from fire and water.

The vast Yellow River, frozen by the cold ice, is no longer turbid, like thousands of snowfields, and the barren forests in the bleak north wind on both sides of the river, there is a special majestic and desolate beauty.

The ice surface is not flat, layered like fish scales, like a raging wave that freezes in an instant.

The morning sun sprinkled on the ice, refracting a pale red light, whitewashing this cold and desolate world.

Wu Feng walked on the vast ice surface of the Yellow River, and suddenly felt that people were so small, like insects and ants between heaven and earth.

But as long as you set foot on the pinnacle of the world, you can not only have the powerful power of destroying mountains and blocking rivers, but also have the huge power to destroy the army and destroy the country.

The lifeless world is transformed by the collective power of small human beings, and it has a prosperous scene. And the best of the small human beings also have an outspeakable majesty under this vast world.

Small or not, changed by struggle.

Cross the Yellow River and go in the direction of Tongguan, not far away, is Iwakura Castle.

It is not appropriate to say that it is a city. It is not a castle like a normal castle, with towering walls and imposing gates, in fact, a county seat is much larger than Iwakura Castle.

After all, Iwakura is just a sect.

Iwakura Castle is a castle built halfway up a mountain, and although it is not large, it is very densely built, made of fine blue-striped stone, reinforced with glutinous rice, and more solid granite in the key areas.

Above the castle, there are many arrow towers, where archers in precious rhinoceros armor can be seen patrolling back and forth, and many large bed crossbows and catapults are arranged.

The outside of the castle led down the mountain stream, and a moat was built around the entire castle, leaving only a suspension bridge outside the city gate for people to enter and exit.

The door is not high, but it is very gorgeous, and it shimmers with brilliant gold in the morning sun. It is said that it is really inlaid with gold.

The entire Dock Fort was shining with a faint gold, that is, the martial soul array guarding the castle was strong enough, and it was in a basic activation state at any time. This requires a lot of energy consumption, and the money invested is of course expensive, but it can also increase the castle's protection by I don't know how many times.

Undoubtedly, this is a city that is difficult to attack and cannot be attacked, and it is even stronger than ordinary big cities, after all, the history of Iwakura Hall is too long, and the Martial Spirit Array has been strengthened from generation to generation. Without an absolutely overwhelming force, how easy is it to break through this golden castle?

It's no wonder that Su Mengzhen's generation of heroes can't eliminate Iwakura and Qingzhou. This extremely ancient force can encroach on its outer territories, but it is difficult to know how many hidden secrets it has, and once it is forced back to the vicinity of its lair, it will be difficult to suppress its forces again.

Although Iwakura Castle is not as large as the average county seat, the prosperity of this area is far more than that, and it is almost comparable to a large castle like Wancheng.

Due to the need for the Iwakura Hall to control the merchants, many merchants established a market at the foot of the mountain, and built commercial districts, handicraft areas, and residential areas, spontaneously forming a city-like area that was no different from a general castle except that there were no castle walls.

The advantage of this is that in the event of war, the common people are not in the city, they can flee spontaneously, and they do not have to consume the city's food reserves. There were only the gates of Iwakura Hall and the recruited soldiers in Iwakura Castle, and the food stored in the castle was enough to hold on for more than five years.

The merchant district under Iwakura Castle seemed to be quite prosperous, and although Deng Aihou exploited the travelers and caravans who crossed the Yellow River, the policy was not bad for the merchants under his wing, after all, the taxes paid by these people were the closest source of income to Iwakuraden.