The mountains and forests are cold and lonely at night, and only the occasional sound of birds and beasts roaring reminds of the danger here.

A multicolored poisonous spider slowly swam on the branches, aiming for a bird's nest in front of it.

But before it could crawl closer, a figure suddenly burst out of the darkness, tipping its toes right on its body.

With a soft snap, the poisonous spider was directly stepped on.

Look at this figure again, it has disappeared into the jungle and is gone.

It was Zhao Ya who was in a hurry.

He settled Meng Shiwen and Zui'er, and then went out of the city by himself and rushed to Qingzhuling.

He wanted to go and find out the information first, at least to know what this Qingzhuling was going to do.

The figure shuttles quickly through the mountains and forests, and if you don't need to step on a branch occasionally to borrow strength, it is no different from flying.

Since practicing the Xiao Wulu Soul Chasing Leg, Zhao Ya's body method has made great progress, although there is still a lack of understanding from breaking through to returning to the basics, but at least it is much more powerful than before.

Even after such a long journey, Zhao Ya did not feel particularly tired.

In just half an hour or so, he had already arrived at the edge of Qingzhu Ridge.

After arriving here, Zhao Ya slowed down, the breathing technique was activated, and the whole person immediately merged with the mountains and forests, quietly advancing.

But just after walking far, the sound of footsteps came from the front, although the sound was very small, but Zhao Ya's ears were extremely strong, so he still keenly captured this voice.

He dodged up a large tree next to him, hiding his figure with the branches.

Sure enough.

Only a dozen seconds later, a mountain patrol minion came out of the mountain forest, and the leading minion was wearing rattan armor and carrying a long knife, which was quite imposing.

His eyes roamed around, not letting go of every tree around him, and even looked at the big tree where Zhao Ya was hiding.

However, with the blessing of the breathing technique, the leader of the mountain patrol did not notice anything abnormal, and finally withdrew his gaze.

"It's not been peaceful around me lately, so you have to cheer up, otherwise if you lose, you and I will have to be thrown into the pit to do coolies, you know?" The leader said in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

The subordinates behind him didn't know whether they were taken by his momentum or frightened by the sentence of throwing them into the pit to do coolies, but in short, everyone's faces became very solemn.

However, with the means of these people, Zhao Ya naturally could not be found.

After searching and making sure that everything around was safe, the patrol team left.

After they left, Zhao Ya's face was a little solemn.

From this mountain patrol team, it can be seen that this Qingzhuling is no longer an ordinary bandit nest, and these people are not ordinary bandits.

They have evolved into an army with strict discipline.

Although it is essentially a method of violence and intimidation to maintain discipline, it is already terrifying.

If it continues to develop like this, this Qingzhuling will become a big disaster.

However, Zhao Ya's trip was to investigate the matter of Dancing Elephant City, so he temporarily suppressed these thoughts in his heart, and then continued to move forward.

Ten minutes later, he had already vaguely seen the outline of Qingzhuling.

Qingzhu Ridge is not very high, and it is named because the mountain is full of green bamboo.

However, the road was quite steep, and the only way into the mountain was surrounded by several hills, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack.

And once here, the guards became even tighter.

In just a short distance, Zhao Ya met at least three mountain patrol minions, if it weren't for the blessing of his outstanding body technique and breathing technique, even Zhao Ya would not dare to guarantee that he would not be discovered.

But the more heavily guarded he was, the more Zhao Ya understood that he had come to the right place this time.

Because it's just a bandit's den, is it worth such a big move to lay down layers of defense?

In particular, the forces in Dancing Elephant City and its surroundings have been wiped out by Qingzhuling, so what are they guarding against?

After a little more walking, a small hill appeared in front of me.

This is also the first stop in Qingzhuling.

Now.

There were several houses built under the hill, with lights on, and from time to time patrolling minions came in and out, apparently reporting to those inside.

Although there were several lanterns in the open space in front of the door, it was still not enough to see in the dark night.

Zhao Ya followed these dark corners that could not be illuminated by the horse lanterns, and slowly went around to the back of these houses.

It may also be because this place already belongs to the core area of Qingzhuling, and there are so many guards patrolling the mountain in front, so the defensive measures here are not very strict.

Zhao Ya came to the back wall of one of the houses very smoothly.

Because they are next to the hill, these houses have no windows on the back walls.

But this is not difficult for Zhao Ya.

He pressed his ear to the wall and listened.

I heard that there was a mountain patrol minion talking back.

"Report to the owner of the village, the seventeen mountain patrol teams released outside did not find any abnormalities."

"Okay."

A slightly old voice replied, and then continued: "Don't relax, now that the owner of the village is at a critical moment, you must not take it lightly. ”

"Yes!"

"So, what's the joint code today?"

"It's a clear sky and a bright moon."

"Changed to Wind and Rain."

"Understood!"

Hearing this, Zhao Ya, who was lying on the back wall, frowned imperceptibly.

Because he always felt that the voice was somewhat familiar.

Although the sound is somewhat distorted due to the masonry barrier, the feeling is not fake.

Who is it?

Zhao Ya was thinking about it when he heard another voice coming from the room.

"Second brother, you are really much calmer now, how do you say that? Sit firmly on the Diaoyu Tai! Someone exclaimed.

Hearing this voice, Zhao Ya shook slightly, and a cold light suddenly burst out of his eyes.

He heard it.

The person who spoke behind was Huo Tianxiao, the real person of the fire dragon, and the person who gave the order before was the second village master of Qingzhuling, Zhan Feng.

What a coincidence.

Originally, he just planned to come over to spy on the information, but he didn't expect to encounter two enemies as soon as he entered the mountain.

Huo Tianxiao didn't say it first, this Zhan Feng's impression on Zhao Ya was extremely profound.

At that time, Zhao Ya, who was just at the peak of the Three Realms, was chased by him and ran around.

Although before leaving the Dancing Elephant City, Zhao Ya relied on various arrangements to fight back and abolish one of Zhan Feng's eyes, but this grudge Zhao Ya has never forgotten.

It's just that isn't this Zhan Feng the second village master of Qingzhuling?

Why did you come here now and start patrolling the mountains?

Zhao Ya was puzzled when he heard Zhan Feng's wry smile from the room.

"Okay, don't praise me, I've been reduced to a patrol cottage master now, what else is there to brag about?"

"Then you will always be my second brother!"

Huo Tianxiao said a word, and then said with resentment.

"I always feel that the owner of the big village was brainwashed by those bitches, and he actually let the second brother do this kind of thing."

"Shhh

"Caution what? Don't you see the situation on the ridge now? The lord of the village listened to those guys in everything, but as a result, he got to the current situation, and even our brothers who have followed the lord of the village for many years have to stand aside, which is really infuriating. ”

In the end, Huo Tianxiao's resentment was almost overflowing.

"Alas, who let that group of people have the ability to reach the sky, not only found an iron mine for the master of Dazhai, but also helped the master of Dazhai break through the pass and promote to the five realms, this is for you, can you not be tempted?"

Although he was defending the master of Dazhai, Zhan Feng's words obviously revealed a taste of discouragement.

"Bullshit, it's true that the iron mine was found by them, but we are doing dirty work such as digging, and if it weren't for these guys making trouble and killing nearly half of the residents of Dancing Elephant City, why would we attack everywhere and capture the surrounding bandit forces to replenish the coolies?"

Huo Tianxiao was obviously ruthless, and once he opened the chatterbox, the complaints poured out.

"Old Five, these words can only be said by you and my brothers, and must not be said to others!" Zhan Feng said solemnly.

"Don't worry, second brother, I'm so old, can I still not understand this truth? I just can't be angry, and it's not just me, the third lady also seems to be very dissatisfied with the biased listening and believing of the master of the village now! ”

"Third Miss? What did she say? Zhan Feng was taken aback and immediately asked.

"The third lady said that these people have no bottom line in doing things, and they poisoned nearly half of the residents of Dancing Elephant City just to test their strength, which shows that they can't have deep friendships, so she once persuaded the owner of Dazhai to stop, but the brother and sister quarreled a few times in private for this."

Zhan Feng finally heard the meaning of Huo Tianxiao's words.

"Old Five, then what do you mean ......."

"I don't think we can sit still like this, sooner or later we will all have to be squeezed to death, so I think we should unite with the third lady and drive those bitches away first."

Zhan Feng was silent.

Huo Tianxiao couldn't help but be a little anxious when he saw this.

His temperament is like that of the oil he is best at, he is very impatient when he gets on fire.

"Second brother, what are you hesitating about at this time? I believe that if a few of our brothers join forces, we will definitely be able to win those guys, after all, in addition to secretly poisoning these people, their strength can be described as ordinary. ”

"This matter needs to be considered in the long run!"

After a long time, Zhan Feng slowly said a word.

Huo Tianxiao was stunned when he heard this, and he wanted to persuade him to say something, but was stopped by Zhan Feng.

"Now that I'm blind in one eye, and I'm poisoned by a strange poison in my body, my strength has been greatly damaged, even if I want to do it with you, I'm powerless, so I have to think about it."

"Alas...... Okay, then second brother, think about it carefully, little brother, I'll leave first! ”

As soon as the words fell, Huo Tianxiao stood up and said goodbye and left.

The conversation between the two of them, Zhao Ya, who was lying on the back wall, heard it clearly, and the information obtained was huge.

But the most noteworthy point is that a group of people entered Qingzhuling and gained the trust of the owner of Qingzhuling.

Most of the things that happened in the Dancing Elephant City were done by this group.

So, who is this group of people?

At this time, Huo Tianxiao had already gone out and was walking along the mountain road.

I don't know if it's out of confidence or because of the loss of power, he doesn't even have an entourage by his side.

Seeing this, Zhao Ya's eyes flashed, and then he followed quietly.

(End of chapter)