Chapter 171: Passing the Emperor's Blessing
According to Xiao Ze's understanding of the entire Eastern Shengshen Prefecture, this ravine is called the Huangyou Trench, implying the meaning of the Holy Emperor's protection, which is the dividing point between the Zixiao Dynasty and the Qiuli Divine Dynasty, a long, long time ago, when the entire Eastern Saint Divine Prefecture was still in war, the Huangyou Trench was the natural barrier of the Zixiao Dynasty against foreign enemies, even though it was now a period of peace, the Huangyou Trench still had a large number of border troops.
The Huangyou Trench is the top priority of the national defense of the entire Zixiao Dynasty, there are a large number of troops stationed here, among which the masters are like clouds, even some powerful cultivators dare not spread wild here, if they want to enter the Zixiao Dynasty through the Huangyou Trench, the only way for ordinary people is to use a suspension bridge on the Huangyou Trench.
This suspension bridge is after the end of the war period, the Zixiao Dynasty in order to facilitate the exchange with the Qiuli Divine Dynasty, specially spent a huge price to build, the entire Huangyou Trench is the only place for people to pass, here, the army of the Zixiao Dynasty is very strictly guarded, the entire Huangyou Trench is under the monitoring range of the garrison army, if there is a cultivator driving the bird mount from other places to sneak into the Zixiao Dynasty, it will be blocked by the Huangyou Trench garrison, even if it is a pedestrian passing from the suspension bridge, it must be checked before it can be released, even if it is a cultivator。
Here, no one dares to provoke the majesty of the Zixiao Dynasty, even if it is a cultivator who is a powerful cultivator, he does not dare to break into the Emperor's Trench, if you want to pass through here, you have to go through the inspection of the Zixiao Dynasty's border guards, even if you are driving a flying mount, after arriving here, you must land from the world, and you can only pass here after being inspected, otherwise you will be attacked by the strong crossbow army in the border defense. Under the thousands of strong crossbows and hard bows, even fifth-order spirit beast-level birds and demon beasts could be shot down.
Under such a powerful battle, no one dares to break through, otherwise it will be a provocation to the Zixiao Dynasty, and it will be ruthlessly bombarded, although the Zixiao Dynasty is only a dynasty, but the overall strength of the country is the strongest of the five major dynasties, and the strength is close to the three major god dynasties, and some cultivators with high cultivation will also take the initiative to cooperate with the border inspection when they come here. to show respect for the Zixiao Dynasty.
Of course. If there is really a powerful cultivator who wants to pass through here, he will also receive preferential treatment from the garrison army of the Emperor's Trench, and the symbolic investigation will be released immediately, and there will not be the slightest obstruction. After all, powerful cultivators all have a high prestige and status in the cultivation world. People can take the initiative to cooperate with the border inspection of the Zixiao Dynasty. The Zixiao Dynasty naturally wanted to give the other party some face.
Xiao Ze stood in mid-air with a flying sword, and from a distance, he saw people coming and going on the suspension bridge of the Emperor's moat, and a large number of people lined up on the bridge. Waiting for the release of the Zixiao Dynasty's border inspection, there were a large number of soldiers stationed around the suspension bridge, all of whom were the elites of the Zixiao Dynasty's army, all of them were murderous, and they checked the pedestrians very carefully.
Xiao Ze frowned, now his identity is very special, in the face of such a strict investigation, it is really not good for him to just drop directly from the sky and let people check, otherwise, if he is recognized, in the face of so many elite warriors, he doesn't even have a chance to escape.
Thinking back to more than four years ago, he also passed by here, it was his father and mother who wanted to send him to the Nine Heavens Xuanqing Guan Cultivation Dao of the Zixiao Dynasty, but at that time, because Xiao Tianying and Chu Yunying were famous in the cultivation world, they did not encounter the difficulties of the border guards, and at that time, when they passed through this place, they were personally greeted by the commander of the border garrison.
However, this time is different from the past, and now that he is alone and wants to pass through this place again, he is a little worried, and after hesitating for a while, Xiao Ze still decided that it is better to go on, and the power of spiritual sense surged, and he flew into the air again, wanting to smuggle over from the sky.
He was nervous in his heart, Xiao Ze cautiously flew above the sky, almost touching the clouds, he was afraid that flying too fast would attract the attention of the troops below, so he could only move forward slowly, looking at the dense soldiers below, Xiao Ze's heart was in his throat, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
"Who?"
Suddenly, a loud shout spread out on the Huangyou trench, the loud voice rolled and stirred, the mountains and rivers trembled, the voice was so strong, obviously this person's cultivation was extremely powerful, at the same time, on the Huangyou trench, countless soldiers turned their eyes to the sky, and a large number of soldiers set up hundreds of super tough crossbows for air defense, and the spearhead was aimed at Xiao Ze.
Above the sky, Xiao Ze was frightened to death, the hundreds of anti-aircraft hard crossbows each have the size of two houses, and the crossbow swords used are thicker than the war spears in the hands of soldiers, these are all used by the border defense army of the Zixiao Dynasty, specially used to deal with some powerful flying monsters or mounts, this kind of air defense hard crossbow is extremely tough, and the materials made are also extremely special, which can shoot crossbows comparable to the size of war spears into the air at a height of 10,000 meters, and the power is incomparable.
Fortunately, the soldier did not shoot after setting up the anti-aircraft hard crossbow at the door, otherwise Xiao Ze would have to be shot into a sieve, this kind of anti-aircraft hard crossbow of the Zixiao Dynasty can shoot to a height of 10,000 meters, and with Xiao Ze's current strength, the flying sword can only rise to about a thousand meters at most, and the pressure on it will become greater, and Xiao Ze's current strength cannot bear it.
Hundreds of anti-aircraft hard crossbows were collectively pulled apart by the soldiers, if the situation was not right, they would be shot out at any time, in the face of such a big battle, Xiao Ze's clothes were soaked in cold sweat, and at this moment, he stepped on the flying sword and stayed in mid-air, and he no longer dared to make any moves.
"Who is the person in the sky, come down quickly and cooperate with the border inspection, otherwise we will release our swords!" An officer who seemed to be the leader of the army walked to the beacon tower and shouted at Xiao Ze in the sky.
Hearing this, Xiao Ze didn't dare to resist, so many anti-aircraft hard crossbows, even the Qi Refiners of the Ning Yuan Realm could be shot through, not to mention him, resisting was just looking for death, he could only obediently control the flying sword and slowly fall from the sky, during which the spearheads of hundreds of anti-aircraft hard crossbows had been facing him, until Xiao Ze fell to the ground and collected the take-off sword, and those anti-aircraft hard crossbows were withdrawn under the order of the officer.
"Who are you, why do you want to break into the Emperor's Trench?" When Xiao Ze fell to the ground, a warrior dressed as an officer came over, and surrounded Xiao Ze with a large number of soldiers, he looked at Xiao Ze, his face sank like water, and he said coldly.
Xiao Ze's face suddenly saw sweat, and in the face of the officer's inquiry, he really didn't know how to answer, and after a long time, he stammered: "This...... In Xia is a disciple of the Nine Heavens Xuanqing Temple, some time ago he was practicing outside, and now he wants to look back, just because he has been in a hurry to leave, he didn't notice that he had flown to the Emperor's Trench, if there is anything offended, please Haihan!"
"Nine Heavens Xuanqingguan?" Hearing this, the officer frowned, and immediately looked at the immature face, and said with a suspicious face: "You said that you are a disciple of the Nine Heavens Xuanqingguan, what evidence do you have?"
Xiao Ze frowned, originally he wanted to fabricate an identity for himself casually, so as to fool the past, but it seems that these border garrisons are not easy to fool, and continued: "Do you still need evidence, what I just used is the flying of the imperial sword, and the military master also knows the Dao, among the many sects in the world, only the Nine Heavens Xuanqingguan family has an authentic Taoist inheritance, if I am not a disciple of the Nine Heavens Xuanqingguan, how can I perform this imperial sword technique?"
Hearing Xiao Ze's explanation, the officer's expression also softened a little, and he nodded and said: "What you said is also true! The Nine Heavens Xuanqing Guan is one of the top major sects in my dynasty, and he has always gotten along well with my dynasty, since you are a disciple of the Nine Heavens Xuanqing Temple, and today's incident is also unintentional, then what can I do without doing anything!"
Looking at Xiao Ze, smiling slightly, the officer said, "Okay, you can leave!"
"Thank you! Thank you!" Hearing the officer's words, Xiao Ze's face suddenly flashed with joy, and after hurriedly arching his hand at the officer, he quickly left, he originally thought that it was impossible to leave so casually today, but he didn't expect that after he pretended to be a disciple of the Nine Heavens Xuanqing Temple, he was let go.
After leaving the Emperor's Trench, Xiao Ze wiped a cold sweat, originally thinking that he was about to finish, but fortunately, there was no danger in the end.
Poor Xiao Ze is still too immature, now he doesn't know a lot of things, he doesn't know how difficult it is for ordinary people to pass the border inspection of a dynasty, especially a person like him who has broken through the border in advance, and has a criminal record, if he is not killed on the spot, it is lucky, how can he be released casually, if ordinary people really pass the inspection of the garrison army so easily, then it is just a joke for a dynasty to set up border inspection.
Looking at Xiao Ze's back as he gradually moved away, the officer who interrogated Xiao Ze gradually narrowed his eyes slightly, and immediately beckoned to a soldier next to him, and said, "You go to the commander, and you will say that there is a suspicious young man who has just left the Imperial Trench, and it is very likely that the commander asks for attention." ”
"Yes!" the soldier quickly left the place after receiving the order.
At the back of the garrison barracks of the Huangyou Trench, in a luxurious courtyard, there is a middle-aged man in his forties sitting quietly in it, on the table in front of him, there are a large number of military aircraft secret letters, this middle-aged man is the commander of the garrison of the Emperor Trench - Commander Liu, he holds all the military power of the Imperial Trench, and is responsible for garrisoning this place all the year round, so he has also established a manor here.
"Commander Qiqi, there is news from the front, there is a suspicious young man who has passed through the Emperor's Trench, it is likely that the commander ordered to keep an eye on him!" a soldier quickly walked into the manor and came to Commander Liu. (To be continued......)
PS: Fourth update