Chapter 2365

He Lingchuan knew that Shan Youjun's official position was not small. For these old subordinates who followed him in southern and northern campaigns to conquer the land, He Chunhua gave them quite generous treatment.

The palace guards walked around in the Great Salman's residence, then came to report: "No one in the courtyard, the Great Salman is not here."

Squeak, the small door of the household next door opened again, and Shan Youjun walked over.

The child of that household saw the reflection of the armor plates on his body, felt fear and wanted to close the door, Shan Youjun gently pressed the door panel:

"Little friend, is anyone here today?"

"Yes yes, before you came, several people had already come, and they even brought a very big big scorpion." The child asked, "Are you also looking for the Great Salman?"

"Yes. I have something to ask for advice."

"The Great Salman has gone out wandering in the clouds again, he said he won't be back in the short term."

"Understood." Shan Youjun let go, allowing him to close the door.

The guard asked in a low voice: "Shall we go in again and search carefully?"

Shan Youjun shook his head: "No need. The king wants to hear the Great Salman's opinion on the ghost city, but he also said in the flying message that the Great Salman is like a dragon showing its head but not its tail, the more eager one is to see him, the less likely one is to see him."

He paused again and said: "I have come to Heishuicheng countless times, but I have only met the Great Salman once, and that was by chance in a small roadside tavern where I bumped into him drinking and guessing fists with someone, losing so badly his face turned red and ears hot. Later when I truly had something to ask him, I also couldn't find him."

The guard thought in his heart, is this a person or a ghost? But he dared not say it out loud.

Footsteps sounded again in the alley, a soldier came running hurriedly, and saluted Shan Youjun:

"General, we captured several man-eating monsters on Hongya Road, among them there is also a small leader of the ghost city."

"Excellent, interrogate them thoroughly. Ask me clearly about the situation of the ghost city and the purpose of the earth mother." The ghost city comes from the northwest, at most another seven or eight days and it will reach Heishuicheng. The monsters coming out of the city, their range of activity is also getting larger and larger, and their impact on the wasteland and on Heishuicheng is extremely bad.

The soldier continued: "Received news from the southeast, fifty thousand reinforcements are already on the road, at most five days and they will arrive."

Shan Youjun obviously relaxed: "Good, good! With these eighty thousand troops, Heishuicheng will be much safer."

The guard said in a low voice: "In the ghost city, isn't there the power of our heavenly god? Can't he tell the earth mother something, so that she restrains her subordinates the monsters, not to disturb Heishuicheng?"

"Let?" Shan Youjun glared at him, "You say it so easily, who can casually order the heavenly god to do things?"

The guard immediately shut his mouth.

Shan Youjun again said: "Since it is the king's order that I came here, I suppose he has already communicated with the heavenly god of Naluo. Knowing this is enough for us."

That is to say, we need to see whether the face of the heavenly god of Naluo is big enough, whether he can make the earth mother less intent on attacking Heishuicheng.

"Wherever the ghost city passes, not even chickens and dogs are left, we cannot be careless." Shan Youjun took a long breath, "Come on, let's deploy the formation."

After he left, He Lingchuan stretched lazily: "Looks like Shen Guo is also tightly preparing defenses. Alright, let's go out of the city."

He and his companions quickly walked out of Heishuicheng, remounted the cranes, and went toward the Chipa Highland.

This time, they carefully avoided the black soil area.

The blackened area is likely the extension of the perception of the earth mother and the ghost city. They want to act secretly, but still need to avoid the other side's eyes and ears.

Looking down from the sky, one can directly feel the blackening speed of the entire wasteland. If this continues, in no more than a month, the wasteland will be occupied by the earth mother.

Even if its target is not Heishuicheng, but given its temperament, will it easily spit out the fat meat it has swallowed?

Even Zhu Xiuer said: "If the earth mother does not leave, the border passes of Shen Guo will be troublesome in the future."

"This might also be something the heavenly god and Bekajia like to hear." He Lingchuan sat on the crane's back, feeling the moist water vapor. More than ten years ago, this place was just a desert, only fierce gusts and ill-intentioned three corpse worms came blowing in the face, "Bekajia does not like Shen Guo, but in these past years he has been too busy to pay attention to it, so Shen Guo has been doing not bad. This time the earth mother can add some obstruction to Shen Guo, Bekajia is probably quite happy."

After Shen Guo was established, it actually faces the same problem as the former Panlongcheng, namely being too close to Bekajia.

He Lingchuan learned the lesson of Panlongcheng, and built his main base ten thousand li away, far from Bekajia's influence. But He Chunhua did not have a good choice, could only take over the territory of the former Feiyu Guo.

But his luck is indeed good, I don't know if it is because he followed the fate god's doing. He just established Shen Guo not long ago, and happened to catch the full-scale war between Bekajia and Mou Guo breaking out. Bekajia's energy is all invested in the east, also has no mind to properly look at it, otherwise after a few moves of suppression, Shen Guo would struggle to move.

Later Shen Guo established contact with Cangyan, obtained a large number of special weapon formulas and raw materials from the Jinjin Plain, and from then on began the plundering route, swallowing several surrounding small countries in one go.

At this time, the relationship between Bekajia and Cangyan was still good, and Bekajia itself did business with Cangyan through the Yangshan Islands, so he said nothing about Shen Guo and Cangyan's friendly relations.

Then the Jingzhe period came, the world's living beings were enlightened and initiated by the abundant emperor's flowing broth, mountain sprites and wild monsters sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain, endless, the hermits of immortals and monsters who had been in seclusion for a long time also came out one after another to enter the world.

This time the impact of the Jingzhe period on the present world is unprecedented.

Small countries fell one after another, while big countries faced the sudden changes of the world, also exhausting their energy and thought.

At this time, vast territory is both an advantage and a disadvantage. In order to face the challenge of the Jingzhe period, Bekajia even stopped the war against Mou, and had even less leisure to manage the bordering Shen Guo, only secretly tripping it a few times.

So in the past ten years, Shen Guo borders Bekajia but has not suffered real, substantial harm.

Although Bekajia has no time to reach out and clean it up, if he can casually add some obstruction to Shen Guo, Bekajia certainly does not mind.

Dong Rui asked He Lingchuan: "Is the face of the heavenly god of Naluo really useful in the earth mother's place? Can it make her let Heishuicheng go?"

"That depends on the content of the transaction between the earth mother and the heavenly demon. Or rather, what kind of help can the heavenly demon give the earth mother?" He Lingchuan said with a clear mind, "The earth mother did not come from afar for nothing, her target is the Panlong ruins. And the heavenly demon here has suffered several dull losses, I don't know what experience he will give the earth mother."

He Lingchuan did not say his hidden worry out loud:

Why now?

What problem did Panlongcheng and the Great Fanghu have, that made the heavenly demon think there was an opportunity to take advantage?

How did the heavenly demon discover it again?

The crane demon soared in the vast sky above the wasteland, below the hills, mountain peaks, and rift valleys, He Lingchuan was extremely familiar with them. But they were all clad in thick green garments, and also connected with the winding Xihe.

He Lingchuan felt both familiar and unfamiliar with this place, just a few glances and thousands of feelings arose in his heart.

Before the sun set, they finally arrived at the Panlong ruins.