Walking on the rugged mountain road of Wanhualing, Qin Wen observed the surrounding situation, although Wanhualing is a mountain, but the mountain is much steeper than the previous two days, and the mountains are full of wild trees and flowers, which can also be called the title of Wanhua.

Just over a mountain, there was a sudden intersection of two roads in front of me, the right side has been stepped out of an earthy yellow mountain road, and the left one is full of thorns, it can be vaguely seen that it is a fork in the road, and there is a stone tablet on the side of the road, which is engraved with a big "forbidden" word.

Qian San led the way in front and walked to the mountain road on the right, Qin Wen couldn't help but look at the word "forbidden" on the stele curiously, and asked Lao Gao Dao next to him: "Why is there a stele on the mountain road here?"

Lao Gao thought for a while, and said: "There are also records of these steles in the notes I searched before, these steles were there when Beiyuan was just built, and there are three forbidden roads for the palace guards who enter Beiyuan every year to search for and release spirit beasts, and this should be one of them." ”

Qin Wen didn't expect that there would be a forbidden area in the royal garden, so he asked in a low voice, "Then hasn't anyone ever entered?"

Lao Gao hesitated for a moment, and then replied vaguely: "It should be recorded in those notes that there should be guards entered, but none of the guards who entered could not come back, and these things are not recorded in detail. ”

Qin Wen's doubts in his heart were even greater at this time, the founding emperor set up a royal hunting garden here, and there were some forbidden places in it, could it be that there were secrets in it, Qin Wen then asked: "Then can the people who participate in the hunting in these forbidden places enter?"

Lao Gao turned around and looked at the stone stele that had passed by and said: "There is no such thing in the ban on hunting, but for so many years, each palace has issued its own ban, and it is not allowed to enter the mountain road behind the stele during the hunting." ”

Just when the two were chatting, Qian San in front of him had a solemn face, and walked to a stone, Qian San suddenly stopped, and then waved his hand to the back, signaling the people behind to stop temporarily, and when everyone stopped, Qian San walked back to Xiang Hao's side and said: "Young master, there is a fluctuation of aura in front, it may be that there are high-level spirit beasts inhabiting, I will take a few people to investigate first." ”

Xiang Hao nodded and said, "Be careful, if you encounter a herd of beasts, don't attack, and we'll make a decision after we discuss it when we come back." ”

Qian San agreed in a low voice, and then selected two of the more alert monks in front, and the three of them quietly walked forward, Qin Wen also used his divine sense to check the scene in front at this time, and sure enough, he also found that there was a powerful aura fluctuation, so he turned to look at Ao Yu.

Ao Yu himself is a blue-eyed spirit eagle, his intuition about the infestation of spirit beasts is very keen, and he nodded towards Qin Wen with a solemn face and said: "This spirit beast in front should be very powerful, it is estimated that it will be above the spirit level, and now if you have to pass through the mountain road in front, it will depend on whether it finds us." ”

After about half a pillar of incense, Qian San walked back to the team with a cold face, and then set up a soundproof barrier beside Xiang Hao, and then reported: "Young master, I found a red bear with a spirit level in front of me, and now it is in a cave not far away, what should we do?"

At the same time, Qin Wen and Lao Gao were separated from the barrier, Qin Wen had already been prepared to meet high-level spirit beasts in his heart, as for the red bear, he had also seen it, and now he was still in the cave, generally speaking, the spirit beasts were cultivating, and as long as the spirit beasts in this cultivation did not enter its territory, they would not be actively aggressive.

However, Lao Gao's face became solemn at this time, and he asked Qian Sandao: "If it is a spirit beast of the spirit level, as long as it enters the area where it can feel it, it will be attacked, how did you find out that it is a red bear?"

Qian San opened his mouth and explained: "At that time, we were also observing from a distance, there were various spirit beast furs hanging at the entrance of the cave, among which there was also the entire fur of a Xuan-level high-level black bear, which was the habit of hanging prey outside the place where I lived, and there were only two spirit bears in this North Garden, red bears and black bears, so I would guess that it was a spirit-level red bear." ”

Qin Wen thought for a moment at this time and said, "Even if it is a spirit beast of the spirit level, as long as we don't provoke it, spare the cave, and pass by, it shouldn't take the initiative to attack us." ”

Qian San couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Judging from the location of that cave, we may not be able to get around, just in the narrowest part of Wanhualing, I don't know how this red bear just happened to inhabit this location, didn't the guards who came to hunt spirit beasts last time pass by this road?"

Lao Gao unfolded a more detailed map from his hand, pointed to one of the points on the Wanhua Ridge and said: "This should be the narrowest place on the Wanhua Ridge, generally speaking, the area occupied by the Spirit Rank Red Bear is about three miles in radius, if it is here, it is indeed within its attack area." ”

Qian San came to Lao Gao's side, looked at the point of his finger, and nodded: "It should be in this position, so what should we do now?"

Xiang Hao glanced at Lao Gao with some hesitation and said, "If we rush hard, what are the chances of passing?"

Lao Gao shook his head slightly and said: "According to our current speed, even if we have a formation to protect our body, we can't block the blow of the spirit level spirit beast at all, maybe it doesn't need to get out of the cave at all, and we will be wiped out here." ”

Qin Wen pondered for a moment and said, "Why don't we take the map and compare it now, to see if it's this place, even if it's really this place, maybe we can find a way to pass by looking at the terrain." ”

Qian San saw that Lao Gao also agreed to Qin Wen's proposal, so he nodded and said, "Okay, let's go again this time, but Qin's realm of worshipping you is relatively shallow, so it's better to be careful." ”

Qin Wen nodded and agreed, Qian San then withdrew the soundproof formation, and the three of them slowly walked towards the front, and after about half a pillar of incense, Qian San, who had been walking in front, suddenly stopped, and said to the back: "The front is the area of the red bear, let's stop first." ”

Qin Wen and Lao Gao stopped, and Qian San pointed to a few scattered animal bones next to him at this time and said, "We found this bone here just now, so we carefully stopped to check it, and it turned out that there was a cave on it that should be inhabited by a red bear." As he spoke, he pointed his finger upward.

Qin Wen looked along his fingers, and sure enough, he saw that there was a distance of about three miles ahead, and the entrance of a hillside cave was fluttering with colorful fur in the wind, Qin Wen estimated the distance, and from here he could see that the entrance of the cave was just outside the range that the spirit bear could detect.

Qin Wen couldn't help but look at Lao Gao, Lao Gao also noticed his gaze, so he nodded slightly and said: "It is indeed a spirit bear that lives here, when I learned that I went to Beiyuan to hunt, I found the guards who used to inspect spirit beasts in the palace every year. ”

"He told me that although there are more high-level spirit beasts caught in Beiyuan this year, there are at least three spirit beasts in the spirit level realm that have not been caught, including a red bear and a red-eyed vulture, and he is not sure if there are others. ”

Qin Wen nodded, after comparing these news, it was almost certain that it was the red bear in the cave, and then he looked at Lao Gao holding the map for comparison, and when Lao Gao took back the map with a solemn face, Qian San couldn't help but ask first: "Is there any other road here that can be passed?"

Lao Gao shook his head and said, "No, but this red bear is very strange, how could it happen to be in this position, as if someone deliberately put it here to wait for us." ”

Qian San pondered for a moment and said: "The road in this formation was opened a month ago, and the aura barrier separated from other roads was also fixed a month ago. ”

Qin Wen thought for a while and said, "It's useless for us to talk about these things now, the most important thing is how to pass this road smoothly so that Gongzi can participate in the sacrifice." ”

Qian San looked at the fur on the entrance of the cave in the distance, and couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Judging from the current situation, it is impossible to avoid the red bear and make a detour, but if you break through, the chance of passing is basically very small, and we can only go back and discuss it now." ”

After the three of them returned to the team, they told Xiang Hao what they had seen and the results they had speculated, and then everyone started to talk about it, all the monks of the spirit level spirit beast knew about it, and there was no hope at all, maybe it would take everyone's lives, including Xiang Hao.

But now that they retreated, everyone still felt unwilling, and for a while the discussion was divided into two factions, one faction advocated rushing over, in case the red bear could not find out, or if it was at a critical juncture in cultivation, then there would be no danger, and the other faction was mainly steady, ready to wait here for a day before making plans, and they said that if they broke through, they would almost 100% be wiped out.

Qin Wen, Qian San, and Lao Gao did not express their opinions, and Xiang Hao was also a little confused, so he hesitated, looked at Qin Wen and said, "Qin Feng, do you have any way?"

Qin Wen couldn't help but smile bitterly, if he had a way, he would have said it a long time ago, but just as he was about to speak, an idea suddenly flashed through his heart, although it was more risky, but it might be better than breaking into the area controlled by the red bear.