This map is very exquisite, not a big road goods sold outside, the mountains and rivers are very finely depicted, in Li Chun's eyes, even the scale is not distorted, almost comparable to the map measured by satellites.

-- It's not easy in the world.

It must be a cultivator who can fly to the sky - and a higher level, because it needs to fly very high - from the perspective of a high-altitude overlook, record one by one, to complete this map, I don't know how many cultivators will have to be dispatched.

Of course, this must be the accumulation of many years of the empire, and it may even be handed down from the previous dynasty.

It was so important for the prince to travel that he carried this precious map.

From Tongguan to here, the journey that Li Chun participated in the first few days was on the official road that had only been abandoned for a short time, and now there are still a lot of business travelers, which is relatively safe.

Further on, he stepped into the sphere of influence of the Demon Cult and Xirong.

The Demon Cult resides in the south, and Xirong is located in the north, just on either side of the route where the prince is traveling.

In ancient times, Xijon also established a powerful kingdom, with strong eunuch cavalry, strict discipline, and the Central Plains Empire fought for many years, and finally because of the relationship between resources, it was dragged down, and was conquered by the empire's army, killing all the bloodlines of the Golden Horde, and then fell apart.

Because there is no bloodline to inherit the throne, Xirong is divided into several large tribes, and under the continuous spy battles and divisive schemes of the Central Plains Empire, it has supported many small tribes, and has been fighting endlessly for many years.

Later, the world changed, and the Central Plains finally had no time to take care of the Western Regions, but the hatred between the tribes of Xirong was deep, and there was no possibility of merging.

The great tribes were still powerful, and they had invaded the border passes from time to time, and they would raid caravans on horseback. But it will also maintain order in the Western Regions.

The Demon Sect is a foreign household that migrated from the Central Plains.

Because of the defeat of the struggle in the Central Plains, they retreated to the Western Regions, where they had long ago become a unified sect around the Megatron Mountains. Although they are all poor mountains and bad waters, they are all within the sphere of influence of the Demon Sect.

But since he also split into four sects, the control power of the Demon Sect has gradually weakened, and the current situation is similar to that of those barbarian tribes in Xirong, which is nothing more than occupying the mountains and plundering moderately under the rules and order of the law and the jungle that they have created.

These two, judging from the current situation, should not want any major changes in the situation in the Western Regions.

But if the mastermind behind the monster raid on the prince is one of the two......

That means things have changed!

Whether it is the ambition of the Demon Sect to return to the Central Plains, or the desire of Xirong to plunder in the south. are likely to cause their big moves.

Li Chun sighed.

"Prince, if it's really Xijon or the Demon Sect who has the heart to do it, my opinion should be returned for the time being. ”

This is the reality of the situation.

Li Chun is adventurous, but there is no need to take a path of death.

- Of course, he may be able to get out on his own, but the prince's guard of honor will certainly not be able to get out of it with his whole body.

Whether it's the Demon Cult or Sijon. The forces outside this pass are too great.

If it was a Demon Cult, he might be able to ask Guò's fiancée about it. Let's see if we can turn around, but if it's Xijon, it's only a hard way.

Even if the prince's guard of honor has a secret guard, as long as Xirong dispatches cultivators and a large army, he can easily wipe out this small team.

"It's very true. ”

The prince smiled bitterly, his face pale.

Although I expected difficulties and obstacles before I came out, I didn't expect there to be so much pressure at the beginning.

“...... But the thing about stepping back. No way. ”

He shook his head firmly.

Except for Li Chun, the other honor guards also had tense faces, but they did not question the prince's words at all.

In addition to loyalty...... Something else seems to be there......

Li Chun looked at the prince's expression, frowning slightly, a little puzzled.

"Prince. Your name has been decided, and you are not in a hurry to seal the Zen matter, and you can come again next time. ”

The ancient Prince of Shotoku, who was blocked by the wind and sand three times, could only retreat in a huff, and did not succeed in sealing Zen until he was forty years old, but this did not shake his status as a prince.

"Not for this reason......"

The prince waved his hand, but stopped talking.

Xiao Hou observed his words and looked at his expression, and said with a wry smile, "Li Gongzi, it's not that the prince and we have to hide anything from you, but this matter is really important, and it doesn't do any good if you know it......

Today, the prince called Li Chun, and Xiaohou understood that the prince was going to have a showdown with him.

If there is nothing to do on the road, it is fine, since there is such a danger, a talent like Li Chun must be made clear in his heart.

Although it is not time to tell Li Chun about the matter in the Mausoleum of the Heavenly Emperor, at least let him know that they are not only for the position of the crown prince this time.

"Oh?"

Li Chun raised his eyebrows, as if he had an understanding.

No wonder it has always been mysterious, and Li Chun also felt that something was wrong.

It turns out that in addition to sealing Zen, the prince's honor guard went to Tianshan Mountain for other purposes!

-- Li Chun keenly discovered that Xiaohou's use of words was to say that "it is imperative for the prince to go to the Mausoleum of the Heavenly Emperor" instead of saying that "it is imperative to seal the Zen Meditation." The two statements seem to be the same, but in fact they are completely different.

"In this way, the prince's trip really has another purpose. It's no wonder that King Fubo wants me to follow me......"

The old fox of Fubo County must have known something.

"If that's the case, then the prince will go forward, and we will have to make a good total. ”

Since they refused to say it for the time being, Li Chun stopped asking questions, anyway, when he arrived at the place, he, as one of the thirty-six honor guards, would definitely be able to witness the truth - this should also be what the king of Fubo County wanted him to do.

Li Chun stared at the map carefully, and his mind was constantly spinning.

He had thought about going to the Demon Sect headquarters to contact his fiancée first, so that he could get further information, but judging from the map, it was obviously not appropriate, because walking to the Demon Sect's main rudder was not far from reaching the Tianshan Mountains, and if he could move forward along the Lì, it would be faster to go directly to the Tianshan Mountains.

- His original plan was to go to the Heavenly Emperor's Mausoleum and then go back to the Demon Sect, and now he doesn't plan to change this plan.

The areas ruled by the Demon Cult are all rugged and difficult to walk, while the Xijon tribes, on the contrary, are inhabited by large grasslands.

"If we go north......"

Li Chun's fingers groped on the map, slowly moving upwards.

"How about crossing the territory of Sijon quickly?"

"This ......"

Xiao Hou frowned, "Li Gongzi, if the Demon Sect wants to deal with us, we can just retreat, but if Xirong wants to deal with us, then on the grassland, won't it become a live target?"

The Xijon cavalry, the fastest on the grassland, is a formidable opponent that even swordsmen fear!(To be continued......)