Climbing a mountain is a hard job.

Especially to climb a steep mountain, birds and beasts extinct, stretching for hundreds of miles.

The Pero Mountains are inaccessible and there are no roads at all, and many times you can only climb up the steep vertical cliffs, and if you are not careful, you will slide into deep streams. Even if it's a monster hunter, it's rare for someone to come to such a ghost place where birds don't.

Therefore, in the whole team, there was no guide, and a group of people could only grope their way forward according to some signs on the map.

The group walked around the mountains for three days, each complaining, and several times shouting that they wanted to break up.

Fortunately, Du Shan's long-sleeved and good dancing, coupled with Jiang Chen's prestige of slaughtering more than two dozen demons in one fell swoop, did not let those complaints form a real climate.

The only good news is that there are few demon beasts in the Peiluo Mountains, at most they are only unenlightened beasts, compared to the thrilling environment in the Netherworld, although the road here is a little more difficult, at least you won't worry about being eaten by the monsters that suddenly appear in the grass.

Therefore, an eldest lady like Liu Qian, although her feet are worn out, her makeup is spent, and her hair is messy, she can grit her teeth and endure it without losing her temper.

The skeleton is probably the most leisurely in the group, and it can walk like a deep stream of steep walls that is difficult for ordinary people to cross, but it can walk like flying, often leaving the team, and after a while it catches up on its own.

Jiang Chen secretly followed the skeleton once, and found that it was actually digging up the spirit grass on the cliff with a small hoe hidden in its coat pocket.

"Glow!" Jiang Chen said loudly, "What are you digging these pills for?" ”

The skeleton's back stiffened visibly, and then his hands desperately shoved the herb into his mouth.

Since it was standing on the edge of a stone protruding outward in front of the cliff, it was impossible for Jiang Chen to rush in front of it, at most he could only stand behind it and order: "Turn around!" ”

The skeleton turned around as he spoke, his hands were empty, and the ghost fire in his eyes was beating innocently.

Seeing Jiang Chen's scrutinizing gaze staring at him, the skeleton spread out his hands and signaled: Nothing!

Jiang Chen couldn't cry or laugh: "What the hell are you doing?" Are these herbs delicious? You can eat as much as you like, why do you have to be so sneaky......"

It was impossible for the skeleton to give Jiang Chen an answer to this question. Next time it will still sneak away quietly and come back when it is full of food and drink.

On the fourth day, people finally crossed this barren mountain range that stretched for more than 100 miles, and there was a winding path ahead, although it was rugged and bumpy, but after all, it was also the footprints left by human beings, which made everyone cheer with excitement.

The mountain road gradually lowers, extending down the terrain, and from the slope, there are several families at the foot of the mountain range in the distance, and the smoke rises from the cooking smoke, bringing a stable and peaceful atmosphere.

The group rushed into the small village like wolves, and when they saw the villagers, they reached out to beg for food.

The kind villagers had never seen such a fierce and vicious formation, and they were so shocked that they hurriedly took out dry food and flour cakes from the house to entertain this group of masters.

"Phew! This thing is also eaten by humans? What about the meat, what about the wine? ”

The villagers couldn't get the wine and meat, so they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, shouting to the king to spare their lives.

Liu Qian noticed that the people in the village were all old, weak, sick and disabled, and there were not a few young and strong, so she stopped all the evil men and stepped forward to ask with a pleasant face.

The old people saw that the female king looked very kind, but they did not dare to slack off, and told her politely that all the young people had fled.

"When I heard that the devil was coming from the west, the soldiers were beaten to the point that they lost their armor, and they came to us again to pull the strong men, and the young men followed. It's better to leave, you can eat the emperor's food and get paid as a soldier, it's better than staying here and waiting for death with some of our old men. If you can stay up for an official position, you can also glorify your ancestors when you come back. This female king, I think she is tall and straight, she should have the strength to have her arms, and she also went to General Zhang of Xiling Guan, right? General Zhang is the protector of the country personally appointed by His Majesty the Emperor, if you want to defeat 200,000 devils here, at least you can be crowned a king side by side, you must be right to follow General Zhang......"

The old man chattered, Liu Qian got the information she wanted from his exaggerated words, and immediately led people to the direction of Xiling Pass.

However, Liu Qian also kept an extra eye, and at Jiang Chen's suggestion, she did not go straight to Xiling Pass, but decided to take the mountain road to the east first, and then inquire about the situation in Xiling Pass.

All the way through, it is a scene of depression and decay.

Large areas of woodland have been covered with barren grass, some dilapidated houses are basically empty, and only the old, weak, sick and disabled are left in the sparse villages, and not even half of the bandits and robbers are seen.

Xishan, which was originally peaceful, is now a barren image.

Two days later, everyone approached Xiling Pass and encountered a group of bandits who were not long-sighted.

From the mouth of this gang of robbers, Liu Qian got an earth-shattering news - Xiling Pass had been broken by demons a few days ago!

"Nonsense! Xiling Pass is guarded by General Zhang, the "Heavenly Sword", how can it be broken! The excited mink kicked the bandit to the ground.

Thinking that he might have to carry Liu Qian's big and small burden to continue to climb over the mountains and mountains, Xiao Mink only felt that his eyes were black.

The thief cried and begged for mercy: "The heroine spares her life!" Heroine spare her life! General Zhang and his old man have been dead for twenty days, otherwise Xiling Pass would not be so easy to ......."

"What do you say? General Zhang is dead? ”

"Yes! He was assassinated by the Peach Blossom Assassin twenty days ago, and the General's Mansion blocked the news and kept it secret, and the person sitting in the General's Mansion was actually a puppet! Someone wanted to take the opportunity to take charge of Xiling Pass, but they didn't expect the demons to invade ......"

"Lie! General Zhang is known as the first person under the martial saint, and he is among the best on the "Proud World List", how can a mere peach blossom assassin hurt him half a hair? ”

"Yes...... However, he is indeed dead, otherwise how could Xiling Pass fall! ”

"Is what you say true? Where did you know that? ”

"My eldest uncle's nephew's nephew's cousin is on an errand in the General's Mansion, and he told me these things personally!" The bandit swore an oath, "That 'Peach Blossom Assassin' is cruel, and before entering the city, he shouted, 'Little girl Yun Su, please General Zhang to die!'" It didn't take long for a scream to come from the General's Mansion......"

Liu Qian turned her head to look at Jiang Chen, and found that his face was extremely ugly, and she couldn't help but be a little puzzled: Didn't he expect the loss of Xiling Pass a long time ago, why did he still put on such a face?

"Jiang Chen, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing, I ate something bad in the morning and my stomach was a little upset." Jiang Chen replied lightly.

Jiang Chen was full of doubts in his heart, and it was difficult to let go.

Although he guessed that Zhang Dinghuo might die, he didn't expect him to die at the hands of the "Peach Blossom Assassin".

I heard Yun Su's name again......

Did the killer steal her name, or did she do it herself?

Yun Su was still in the dark red sand dunes a while ago, why did he come all the way to Xiling Pass to kill people?

Zhang Dinghuo is dead, Xiling Pass will be broken, has she calculated this, is it intentional or unintentional?

If the rumors are true, the two city lords guarding the pass died because of her, and what she did was simply an accomplice of the demons......

Since the Xiling Pass had been broken, the group immediately changed their route and threw themselves to the northeast along the mountainous area.

Walking until dusk, the light gradually dimmed, Jiang Chen suddenly raised his right hand and motioned for everyone to stop.

People watched intently, only to see a faint layer of dust floating at the end of the other side of the mountain road, and in a trance, they could faintly hear the sound of footsteps in the distance.