A few days later, Murong Ye walked down the mountain after finishing his morning cultivation. Soon after he passed by more than a dozen wooden houses halfway up the mountain, he saw Wang Teng leading twelve people pulling two carriages to meet him.

Murong Ye agreed with Wang Teng before the night that Wang Teng or Ma Yan would deliver news from the outside world to him at a specified time every month. No one other than them is allowed to come to Si Jian Peak at will. As for Xiao Yue, who said that she had to do laundry, cook and clean the room for Murong Ye every day, she was also forcibly left in the camp by Wang Teng.

Today is the day that Murong Ye and they have set up.

"I've seen the young master. ”

Wang Teng asked the twelve people who followed him to pull the carriage to stop, and he walked a few steps quickly to greet Murong Ye respectfully. After knowing the existence of the shadows, Wang Teng and Ma Yan tried their best to avoid a few guards from having intimate contact with Murong Ye alone.

Murong Ye nodded and asked the question he was most concerned about. "Uncle Wang, is there any special news from the Imperial Capital and the Pingxi Legion?"

"Back to the young master, everything is business as usual in the imperial capital. The Pingxi Army won five cities last month and is gaining momentum. The coalition of those small nations was defeated by the combined attacks of the Pingxi Army and the White Eagle Empire. ”

Three years ago, after the Eastern Empire and the White Eagle Empire announced their alliance, the Pingxi Legion and the White Eagle Empire launched a war of expansion against many small countries located around the two countries.

This all-out war is still very different in scale from the war in which the four major armies were sent to expand in the first year of the Eastern Empire's expansion.

Although the previous expansion was also carried out simultaneously by the four major legions, each legion only faced one or two small countries at the same time.

In this all-out war, there were six or seven of the Guangpingxi Army Corps directly attacking the country. Although the legions of the White Eagle Empire fought together, the Pingxi legions still had to face several times more troops than before.

For this reason, Dongfang Sheng, the emperor of the Eastern Empire, also specially ordered that the four major legions be allowed to expand their establishment.

Previously, the total number of regular armies and reserve armies of the four major legions, including the Pingxi Army, could not exceed 500,000. With the expansion, each legion can be increased to 1 million troops.

From this, it is not difficult to see that Dongfang Sheng attaches great importance to this expansion action in coordination with the White Eagle Empire.

Each legion has a million troops, and the four major legions are four million troops, which is a staggering number in the Dongzhou Continent.

You know, some small countries have a population of only a few hundred thousand in the whole country. Except for the three major empires, no country can casually come up with more than a million troops.

As a result, in the coordinated expansion war of the two empires, the participation of more than 15 million troops on both sides of the enemy and the enemy, and more than 20 countries were involved, which can basically be regarded as a full-scale war on the Dongzhou continent.

For a time, the entire Dongzhou Continent was in turmoil.

The fact that the Eastern Empire sent a mission to the White Eagle Empire three years ago to conclude the alliance between the two countries is called the beginning of the chaos.

Murong Ye, as a young man in the new era, opposed the Pingxi Army's reckless use of swords for the Eastern Empire's wanton expansion of territory, and he was opposed from the bottom of his heart. However, he was helpless, after all, the Murong family was not the decision-maker, but he couldn't help himself.

Of course, although he didn't agree with what the Pingxi Legion was doing now, Murong Ye still couldn't help but worry about the battle situation of the Pingxi Legion.

After all, Murong Ye's second uncle and father, as the chief and deputy commanders of the Pingxi Legion, were at the center of the war.

Therefore, when Murong Ye came to report information to Wang Teng or Ma Yan every month, the first thing he asked was definitely the news of the imperial capital and the Pingxi Army.

Murong Ye got a satisfactory answer and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and relax.

"The day before yesterday was supposed to be the time for the team competition, did the three teams that came back from outside collect new materials?"

A year and a half ago, the Guards had completed the training task of eradicating the bandits and bandits of the surrounding small countries. Under the deterrence of Murong Ye's cruel punishment, there were no losses in the training process of the pro-guard team, and the overall strength was also improved.

Later, Murong Ye stopped the training plan and sent three of the four teams to take turns to go out to search for the materials needed for him to upgrade the Ring of the Traverser.

For more than a year, the Guards have not been able to collect even one of the main materials, but they have collected more than twenty kinds of ordinary materials. The pace of letting Murong Ye complete the task finally took a small step forward.

The team stationed at the foot of Sijian Peak is rotated once every three months, and the original team competition once every three months has become once every six months.

The day before yesterday was the day of the squad competition, so the three teams that went out all came back early.

"Back to the young master, the three teams have brought back a total of thirteen auxiliary materials, which are on the carriage behind. In addition to this, Xu Yuntong also got the news of sapphire, one of the twelve main materials. ”

The thirteen main materials required for the Ring of the Traverser's Ring upgrade quest are all extremely rare. Except for the Ink Realm Stone that Murong Ye had obtained before, the twelve main materials had been completely unheard.

Now that Xu Yuntong has brought back the news of the sapphire, Murong Ye couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said a little eagerly: "Where is it?"

Xu Yuntong got the news that the sapphire was in the hands of a prince who lived in a simple place in the Xue Kingdom, and the prince couldn't put down the gemstones, Xu Yuntong went to see and wanted to buy the sapphire, but he didn't even see the face of the prince. Xu Yuntong asks you, can you steal or rob?"

Murong Ye's heart moved when he heard this, and said, "Tell me about the situation in Xue Kingdom?"

As soon as Wang Teng heard what Murong Ye said, he secretly said Sure enough, when Xu Yuntong reported the sapphire news to him, he expected that Murong Ye might go to Xue Country in person. Therefore, he already had a draft in his heart.

"The Xue Kingdom is a vassal state of our Eastern Empire, and the identity of the Murong family is enough to deter the Prince of the Xue Kingdom. The location of Xue Guo is in the northeast of Sijian Peak, backed by the Beiling Mountain Range, in the northland. It takes about half a month to ride a horse from Si Jianfeng to the capital of Xue Kingdom, it takes more than 20 days to go from Dongfang City to Xue Kingdom, and it is also half a month from Si Jianfeng to Dongfang City. ”

Wang Teng not only said the general situation and location of Xue Guo, but also gave the time required from Xue Guo and Si Jianfeng to Dongfang City, as well as the time from Si Jianfeng to Dongfang City.

The Beiling Mountains, which span the entire northern part of the continent, are oblique, and geographically, the eastern half of the mountain range is farther north than the western half.

The easternmost part of the Northridge Mountains, where there is only winter, is called Northland.

Because of the special environment of the Northland, there are obvious differences between the appearance of the people of the Northland and the people of countries such as the Eastern Empire and the White Eagle Empire.

It was for this reason that Murong Ye knew that she was from the Northland as soon as she saw the mother of the thirteenth princess, Dongfang Mingyue.

There is Chen Yiwen's shadow in the guard, and the secret son passed the news to Chen Yiwen, and the Chen family took advantage of Murong Ye's outing to send a killer to assassinate Murong Ye.

Wang Teng naturally considered this possibility, so he replied like this, just to make it easier for Murong Ye to consider the feasibility of going there in person.

Murong Ye naturally understood Wang Teng's worries, but he was bound to get the sapphire, so he naturally didn't mind taking some risks.

One, after the dark son knew that he was going to Xue Kingdom, it would take more than twenty days to send the news back to Dongfang City at the earliest, and it would take more than forty days for the killer team to travel from Dongfang City to Xue Kingdom. He personally went to Xue Country and returned to Si Jian Peak, even if he was delayed in Xue Country for a few days, it would not take forty days, and the killer would have no chance.

Second, the killer team did not go to Xue Kingdom, but came to the road back to Si Jian Peak from Xue Kingdom, in that case, it would take more than thirty days. It's still the same, as long as he doesn't delay too much time in Xue Kingdom, he can still perfectly avoid the killers of the Chen family.

Murong Ye quickly made these two simple calculations in his heart, and then made up his mind.

"Uncle Wang, wait a minute, I'll go and ask Senior Sister for instructions to go to Xue Kingdom, you take someone to send the auxiliary materials to my cave mansion, and then wait for me there, we will leave today." ”

Si Yijian is often in retreat, so everything in Si Jianfeng is basically handled by Si Yijian's eldest disciple Han Yuxuan. Han Yuli is equivalent to the chief manager of Si Jianfeng, Murong Ye has not yet left the school, and if you want to go out, you need to ask Han Yuli first.

"Yes, young master. ”

Wang Teng was not surprised by Murong Ye's decision, and he asked Ma Yan to gather all his guards and prepare for the camp even before he went up the mountain. He also secretly asked Ma Yan to supervise all the guards to eliminate the possibility of the guards being in contact with the outside world.

Murong Ye didn't leave directly, but glanced at the guards in the distance, and said to Wang Teng: "Uncle Wang, is there a clue to find the secret son?"

Wang Teng also looked at those guards, shook his head helplessly slightly, and said softly: "In the past three years, my subordinates have tried all kinds of ways to test all the guards, but they have not received any useful clues. And until now, Xiaoya has not been contacted, and the vigilance of the dark son is much higher than his subordinates imagined. ”

Murong Ye bowed slightly, and said in a deep voice: "On this trip, you must pay close attention to the actions of all the guards. I left Si Jianfeng for the first time in three years, and it was a rare opportunity for Shadowzi. ”

"The subordinates understand. ”

......

When Murong Ye went to Han Yuli Cave Mansion, Han Yuli had already come to the wooden house of Si Yijian at the top of the peak.

Si Yijian has been in retreat for more than a month, and according to custom, today should be the day he goes out.

Sure enough, Han Yuli successfully met Si Yijian. After she saluted Si Yijian, she took out a piece of paper and handed it to Si Yijian.

"Master, Senior Brother Gao Ting took advantage of the academy's vacation half a month ago to go back to Si Jianfeng to ask you about the problems you encountered in cultivating kendo, and after knowing that you were in retreat, he wrote down his doubts and went back to the academy. ”

Gao Ting is also a registered disciple of Si Yijian, who has been a teacher for many years, and is now working as a teacher of basic swordsmanship in a martial arts academy in a small country.

Si Yijian looked at the questions listed on the paper, sighed, and said with some emotion: "With Gao Ting's kendo talent, if he can cultivate the Sword Heart Technique, he must be the fastest among you to break through to become a Martial Saint." Pity...... I hope he will find a way that suits him in the future. ”

After Si Yijian finished speaking, he picked up his pen and began to answer the questions on the paper. When it comes to kendo, there's no question he can't answer.

Han Yuli watched Si Yijian write those answers that she couldn't understand, her eyes were a little sloppy, obviously unconsciously.

Han Yuli knew very well in her heart that her kendo talent was not only much worse than Gao Ting, a registered disciple who had already left the school, but even much worse than other junior brothers and sisters.

Obviously she is the senior sister, and she is the first disciple of Si Yijian, the first person in the Dongzhou Continent who is known as the Sword Master, but ironically, Han Yuli is the least talented in kendo among all his peers.

As a result, Han Yuli became the one who practiced the sword the hardest among all the disciples. However, she spent several times the efforts of others, and she was only able to barely keep herself from being left too far behind by others.

Every time Han Yuli thought of this, he felt very powerless and sad.

Cultivation is really about talent!