In the evening, the sun sets. 【Full text reading】Langya Mountain, the western suburb of the imperial capital.

Since the last eruption of the fire in the center of the earth, the waterfall fountain on Langya Mountain, the strange trees and grasses have all been incinerated and scorched, and all that remains is the bare strange rocks on the mountain, which are extremely ugly and dazzling. The residents of Langya Town originally relied on the beautiful scenery of Langya Mountain to survive, but now the beautiful scenery is completely destroyed, and there are no tourists who come to explore the secrets, and they have no basis for survival. In addition, the volcanic eruption is too scary, no one knows whether the fire in the center of the earth will erupt again next time, so the residents of the town have moved away from here, in a short time, the former lively Langya Mountain has actually become a barren mountain and wild range, a radius of ten miles is inaccessible, and even a mouse is rare to see.

Although Langya Mountain is destroyed, Langya Town is empty, but Langya Town is located at the west gate of the imperial capital, and the only official road passes through here.

Song Li lay lazily on the roof of a wine shop, bathing in the afterglow of the sunset, and placed a wine jar beside him, occasionally taking a sip, which was very comfortable. Although the wine shop was empty, the huge group of boys actually dug out a few jars of aged wine from the cellar, which made everyone enjoy it.

"Boss, they're coming!" Song Li just took a sip of wine, and the huge roof in front of him warned him.

Song Li sat up, raised the clairvoyant mirror and looked to the west, only to see a group of people with bright vests, blades and spear tips shining in the sun, and they were coming along the official road towards Langya Town. Looking at their location, it is about five miles away from Langya Town, and it will take half an hour at most. There are twenty-four hours in a day in the Nebula Continent, half an hour, which is not a long time.

"The target will enter Langya Town in half an hour, everyone is in place, ready to start!" Song Li waved his hand and told the brothers below to get ready, and he found a hidden position to lurk, he had a long black rope in his hand, and he didn't know what it was for.

It has been more than a month since Huang Shoufu's rebellion, and Prince Zhong and his family have been very low-key during this time. The government and the opposition were quiet and peaceful, and the atmosphere of tension between the two factions in the past almost disappeared. Of course, Song Li knew that this peaceful state was just the calm before the storm, and Prince Zhong was definitely not afraid after this blow, his purpose of deliberately showing weakness was just brewing a more violent outburst. Song Li could see the problem, and the Holy Emperor, Wen Shoufu and the others naturally knew it, and everyone knew it. On the surface, there is harmony, secretly enveloping the henchmen, expanding their forces, and preparing for the next encounter.

After Song Xinghai took over the three major secret service divisions, he carried out drastic reforms, of course, many of the suggestions were given to him by Song Li. After all, Song Li has experienced an era of consulting explosion, so there are still a lot of goods in his stomach. Bring over some of the more advanced management experience that I learned in my previous life, and then modify it a little according to the national conditions of the Holy Lion Empire, and tell my father about it, which can make my father refreshed and applaud every time. The implementation of these management measures in the three major secret service divisions is naturally very effective.

Even the Holy Emperor didn't expect that Song Xinghai, who had never taken on such an important responsibility, would be able to manage the three major secret service divisions in an orderly manner. The top and bottom are twisted into a rope, and the morale and cohesion are stronger than ever. Of course, before that, there must have been some personnel purging. After all, King Kangjun has been immersed in the three major secret service divisions for many years, and many cronies have been installed during this period. It took a lot of effort for Song Xinghai to screen out these people, and then sweep them out. The additional personnel are all drawn from the Golden Feather Knights, and these people are all the henchmen of the Holy Emperor, and there is no problem with their loyalty at all.

At the behest of the Holy Emperor, the three major secret service divisions allocated a large part of their troops to supervise the important officials of Prince Zhong's lineage. I have to say that the three major secret service departments really deserve to be full-time secret agencies, and their ability to obtain intelligence is incomparable. During this period, he obtained a lot of useful information for His Majesty the Holy Emperor, including the news that the tribute sent by the King of Angzang in the Western Regions would arrive in the imperial capital in the next few days.

Because of Song Li's excellent performance, Song Xinghai has long stopped treating him as an ordinary child, and will share and communicate with him any important information. The information that King Aung Zang's tribute had recently arrived was what Song Xinghai told Song Li.

The reason why Song Li appeared in Langya Town was because of this batch of tributes.

If this batch of tribute gifts was sent directly to the palace, Song Li would not have a good idea. After all, their family belongs to the Holy Emperor's lineage, and it is not very kind to rob their boss's things. However, the tribute of the Angzang Kingdom has always been sent to the palace of Prince Zhong, and then the Prince Zhong will forward it to the Holy Emperor. Song Li didn't know how this habit was formed, anyway, it was a very fucked up thing. Since it is a tribute, it is supplied to the imperial court, how can Prince Zhong be able to do so, and why would he collect the tribute of the vassal state on his behalf? He is not a holy emperor, how can he represent the imperial court?

According to my father, the relationship between the Kingdom of Aung and the Holy Lion Empire is more delicate. They were willing to give tribute to Prince Zhong, and the Holy Emperor was not too opposed. Otherwise, it will not be a move to benefit the country and the people. In the face of the overall situation, the Holy Emperor endured this breath and did not take this matter too seriously. So after a long time, it has become a routine.

Since the tribute was to be sent to Prince Zhong's mansion first, there was no need for Song Li to be polite to him.

From the clairvoyant mirror, Song Li could see that there were five carts in the middle of the procession escorting the tribute, and each cart had deep rut marks, and it could be judged that there must be a lot of gold and silver treasures and precious items on the carts. Although Song Li also likes these things, the reason why he moved these tributes is mainly because of the hundred-year-old "Snow Mountain Black Mud Stem".

According to my father, there was a rare treasure in King Aungzang's tribute this time: the black mud stem of the snow-capped mountain.

The Great Snow Mountain of Angzang is the highest mountain in the Nebula Continent, and the peak of the snow-capped mountain is rich in black mud, and the surface of the black mud is covered with snow all year round. In the black mud on the top of the snow-capped mountain, there is a long strip of medicinal herbs, shaped like the rhizome of a plant, and the whole body is snow-white. The scientific name is "Snow Mountain Black Muddy Stem", the Snow Mountain Black Muddy Stem is not actually a stem, but a root, which has its own stem, which can penetrate the snow and bloom and scatter leaves in the air. The older the stem, the thicker the roots and the better the medicinal effect. A hundred years of snow-capped mountain black mud stems are simply unattainable.

The black mud stem of the snow-capped mountain is not stained with sludge, the whole body is as white as jade, and it blooms and scatters its leaves in the extreme cold, which is definitely a treasure between heaven and earth. The hundred-year-old Snow Mountain Black Clay Stem can be used as a medicinal material for alchemy to refine a variety of pills, and even if you add the Snow Mountain Black Clay Stem to the Zhuji Dan, it can increase the probability of success in building the foundation by three percent! This is the biggest reason for attracting Song Li.

Since the beginning of this month, Song Li, under Yun Lin's careful guidance, has been progressing step by step, and now he can refine the earth-level lower-grade elixir. The understanding of pharmacological medicinal materials and the changes in medicinal properties after drug pairing has long been non-Wuxia Amun. Yun Lin already felt that Song Li was like a sponge absorbing water, absorbing her knowledge and nutrients every day. Rao is the daughter of this Saint Dan Grandmaster, and she has seen a lot of things, and she has a feeling that she is about to be hollowed out! Her son learns so fast, so fast that Yun Lin often feels frightened! She has grown so big, and she has never heard of any alchemist with such a demonic talent, she can't predict what realm her son will grow up to in the future!

Yun Lin's fear is the instinctive fear of the unknown in human beings. At least in her eyes, her son is an "unknown thing".

Ever since he had broken through to the second layer of the Qi Induction Period, Song Li's cultivation speed had become faster. The key problem was that after the Seed of the Emperor Fire swallowed the Origin Fire, it grew stronger, and its appetite became greater. An elixir of the grade of the Three Transformations Yuan Dan could no longer activate it.

Without the help of the energy released by the Seed of Emperor Fire, Song Li's cultivation progress was much slower. The realm improvement of the Qi Induction Period was already ten times more difficult than the Body Refining Period, and the energy required for each level of advancement was also extremely huge, so Song Li urgently needed the help of the Emperor Fire Seed.

The best way to activate the Seed of the Emperor Fire is of course to let it devour the Origin Seed. But the Origin Tinder is too rare and rare, and a person who finds gray hair from a young age may not be able to find one. The most conventional method is to refine a higher-grade elixir that will act as fuel to activate the Seed of Imperial Fire.

Song Li estimated that he would soon be able to have the ability to refine a ground-level mid-grade elixir. Before that, he had to gather the genius earth treasure that was refining the elixir. The hundred-year-old snow mountain black mud stem, that is naturally the big fat meat sent to the door.

According to the information of the Maoyan Division, after King Aung Zao escorted the tribute to the holy river, he handed over the tribute to the escort sent by King Jing. In other words, the current team escorting tribute is under the command of King Jing. Song Li saw clearly in the clairvoyant mirror that there were about 300 people in the escort team, and there were only more than 30 brothers in him and the Justice Alliance.

Song Li looked through the clairvoyant mirror and focused his gaze on the face of the general in the middle of the team, the black armor and black horse. Based on Song Li's understanding of army clothing, this general should be a thousand-commander, and he should be the leader of the escort.

The commander had a cold expression, his eyes scanned the surroundings vigilantly, this place was not far from the imperial capital, but he was not careless, and still maintained a high degree of vigilance. It seems that King Jing can entrust him with such an important task, this person should not be simple.

With Song Li's eyes, it can be seen that the cultivation realm of this commander is also in the early stage of the second layer of qi induction, and in the army, this is already one of the few masters. In the case of a head-to-head battle, Song Li is not sure of winning, everyone is in the same realm, and the other party is from a military background, and he has extremely rich experience in life and death fighting. Without the help of the Imperial Fire Seed, Song Li had almost no advantage.

Fortunately, Song Li did not intend to be a rival, he aimed the focus of the clairvoyant mirror at the big flag in the hand of the commander! The flagpole of the flag is much thicker than the ordinary flagpole, almost as thick as the mouth of the bowl, and an apricot ** pennant at the top of the flagpole is waving in the wind, and there is a big black "tribute" embroidered in the middle!