Chapter 419: Yanzehu and Blood Miasma Plain, Wang Yuxiu, Xiang's turnaround

Five kilometers due west of Xia City, snow and fog fill the sky, and the cold wind rages.

Six figures are nervously guarding a large tree.

A snow forest landscape painting hangs on the large tree. If Hou Ming were here at this moment, he would definitely recognize at a glance that it is exactly the same as the Red Wood Ridge snow scene map he just saw in the room in the North Fifth District.

Of course, if he were really here, he would be able to recognize at a glance that the people guarding this painting at this moment are none other than the six people, Chu Dongning and his group, whom he wants to arrest.

Sss…………

The snow scene map on the large tree suddenly emitted a bright light, and then two arms quickly stretched out from inside, followed by an exquisitely beautiful woman in plain clothes jumping directly out of the painting.

"Little Princess!"

"Did the Xia people bully you, Little Princess?"

Seeing Chu Yan'er come out from inside, the expressions of the four middle-aged men, Chu Dongning and his group, immediately relaxed. However, the two young men, Chen Yu and Chen Huang, noticing that Chu Yan'er had already revealed her true face, were immediately furious and asked if she had been bullied by the people of Great Xia.

Tear…………

After Chu Yan'er came out, she tore up the painting at the first opportunity. She turned her head, her pretty face full of shame and annoyance, having no mood at all to pay attention to Chen Yu and Chen Huang.

【With your current strength and status, you are not yet qualified to come here and say this to me. It would be about the same if your elders came.】

In her mind, she kept recalling this sentence Xia Hong had just said, and she couldn't help but clench the pink fists under her sleeves, her expression full of indignation.

"That hateful Xia Hong actually dared to say that this Princess is not yet qualified to say that to him, and even dared to treat this Princess like a child. Hateful, hateful!"

Chu Yan'er, as a descendant of the Fangbo lineage and one of the most dazzling talents among the descendants, had been regarded as the apple of his eye by her great-grandfather, the Yan Ling Prefect, since she was a child. When she was conferred the title of Yan Ling Princess at the age of thirteen, Fangbo himself personally crowned her with the title of Pearl of Chen Cang...

Her status in the Chen Cang vassal town was so high, yet she was treated as an ignorant child by a mere Sun-Manifestation Realm Lord of a town-level camp.

"Little Princess, that Xia Hong dares to be so rude. Let's go back to Yan Ling Prefecture and report to the Prefect, and let the Prefect come personally to teach him a lesson..."

"The Prefect is busy with a thousand tasks every day; how can we trouble him for such a small matter?"

Hearing Chen Yu's angry words, the brows of the four middle-aged men, Chu Dongning and his group, immediately sank, but as Chu Yan'er spoke, their expressions relaxed again.

She is indeed the Little Princess; she is much more sensible than the others.

Shame and annoyance aside, Chu Yan'er was very clear about the reason for Xia Hong's recent anger. When it came down to it, she was in the wrong. Besides, she wouldn't bother her great-grandfather to travel all the way to Xia City for such a trivial matter.

Moreover, this Great Xia Town is clearly not to be trifled with.

Chu Yan'er looked into the distance toward the east, at the city wall five kilometers away, where she could only vaguely see a little outline. Her expression flickered several times before she slowly opened her mouth and said:

"This Xia Hong is not easy to deal with. Let's leave quickly!"

"Where are you going?"

However, just as Chu Yan'er finished speaking, before the six of them had time to pack up, a slightly mocking voice came from above their heads.

Chu Yan'er's expression immediately stiffened, and the other six also had their hair stand on end instantly. They subconsciously drew their weapons, looking up with incomparably panicked expressions.

When the seven of them looked up, they saw Xia Hong, dressed in black, standing in mid-air. Aside from fear and panic, there was clearly a deep sense of disbelief on their faces.

How could this be...

How did Xia Hong know that the seven of them were here?

Seeing the fear in the pupils of the seven, Xia Hong naturally knew what they were thinking in their hearts, and immediately shook his head and sneered twice.

Xia City was built leaning against Shuanglong Valley, with its main gate opening to the west. The most recent expansion was in August of the third year of Great Xia. Currently, the western city wall is 20 kilometers long, and the north and south sides are both 15 kilometers, with a total area of 300 square kilometers.

And the monitoring range of the Level 5 Sect-Spirit Mother Tablet can radiate 50 kilometers outward.

Therefore, not only Xia City, but also the nearly 30-kilometer area surrounding Xia City, the activity trajectory of any foreign life form can be clearly detected by the Mother Tablet.

For the activity trajectories of those outsiders, others still have to look at the Mother Tablet to determine them, while Xia Hong, this host, doesn't even need to look; he can directly mobilize the system.

Just as Chu Yan'er disappeared in the side hall of the Prison Department, there was immediate feedback on the Mother Tablet. He had originally thought that since this Chu Yan'er had this kind of space-type ability, she must have run very far away.

Who would have thought that after only a moment, a new life form was suddenly detected in the Red Wood Ridge five kilometers west of Xia City, and it just happened to be seven of them.

It is very clear that this Chu Yan'er's ability has not been practiced to perfection. She uses her paintings to shuttle through space, which has distance limitations, and the probability is that it is less than 30 kilometers.

Of course, this description of not being practiced to perfection is only relative to Great Xia.

Great Xia has the Sect-Spirit Tablet, and the detection range just happens to exceed 30 kilometers. Other camps don't have such magical things. With this skill, it's no wonder Chu Yan'er dared to leave Chen Cang and come to the southern foothills territory so casually.

Xia Hong didn't finish his sentence, but the expressions of the seven people below became increasingly nervous. Chen Yu, who had just clamored to notify the Yan Ling Prefect and let him come personally to teach Xia Hong a lesson, was now also scared like a quail, without any temper.

Among the seven, the one with a relatively normal expression was Chu Yan'er. She also knew that she couldn't run away, so she simply put down her weapon and stood out, directly cupping her fists and looking at Xia Hong with an apologetic expression, opening her mouth: "Yan'er really shouldn't have taken action against those children in the city today. I beg Lord Xia Hong..."

"You are a smart person, so this Lord won't talk nonsense. You have a good background. Killing you would involve some risks. Although I am not afraid, I am not willing to easily become enemies with Chen Cang, so I won't do anything to you."

Hearing this sentence, Chu Yan'er's mood immediately relaxed, but noticing Xia Hong's gaze shift to the six people, Chu Dongning and his group, her expression immediately became nervous.

"This Lord is not a person who loves to kill. As long as you tell me the route to Chen Cang, the six of them can leave safely."

Hearing Xia Hong's tone that allowed no room for negotiation, although Chu Yan'er's expression sank slightly, she made a choice almost instantly, directly cupping her fists and opening her mouth: "Starting from the northern border of Beishuo Town, walk north along Mo'ao Mountain for about 50 kilometers, and you will see a giant lake named Yanzehu. We usually detour around the lake. Of course, Lord Xia Hong can fly directly over. When you reach the other end of Yanzehu, you will see a large area covered by red mist, named the Blood Miasma Plain. Pass through the Blood Miasma Plain, and you can reach Chen Cang..."

Speaking of this, Chu Yan'er paused and continued: "Of course, both Yanzehu and the Blood Miasma Plain have dangers. Every time we walk, we must have two Sun-Manifestation Realm experts to escort us. Lord Xia Hong has great strength, so I think you are not afraid of those dangers."

After speaking, she lowered her head and thought for a moment, a deep sense of apology appearing on her face. She looked up at Xia Hong, her tone sincere: "Yan'er tried to take action against those children just now, which was really inappropriate. If Lord Xia Hong really goes to Chen Cang, he must enter from Yan Ling. At that time, please be sure to come to the Prefectural City as a guest, and Yan'er will definitely apologize properly to Lord Xia Hong!"

A strange look appeared on Xia Hong's face. He stared at Chu Yan'er, staring until the other party felt a little embarrassed, before waving his hand slightly: "Alright, you all go. Don't stay within Great Xia's territory. If I catch you a second time later, it won't be this good."

"Yan'er takes her leave!"

Chu Yan'er naturally didn't dare to delay for even half a minute. She cupped her fists and took her leave, immediately taking Chu Dongning and the other six to flee toward the snow forest in the south, clearly intending to follow Xia Hong's meaning and leave Great Xia's territory along the north bank of the Xinghe.

Xia Hong watched the seven figures disappear, shook his head, and returned to Xia City.

Great Xia Inner City, Prison Department Great Hall

"This Chu Yan'er loves to be clever. She said it so readily, which is not her personality. I estimate that of the route she gave, only the two place names Yanzehu and Blood Miasma Plain are true; the rest are not credible!"

Hearing Xia Hong finish talking about the matter outside the city, Xia Chuan shook his head repeatedly.

Xia Hong smiled and said: "After all, she came from a vassal town. Since no serious consequences were caused, it's better to avoid extra trouble. Besides, we still have to rely on her to lead us to figure out the real route to Chen Cang!"

Xia Chuan immediately nodded with a smile and said: "Yan Ling Prefecture should be the name of the jurisdiction subordinate to Chen Cang. This Chu Yan'er wears the title of Little Princess and welcomes Big Brother to be a guest in Yan Ling Prefecture, with the tone of treating herself as the master. It seems her status in Chen Cang is indeed very high."

"If it weren't for that, I couldn't have let her go so easily!"

Xia Hong's gaze was slightly cold, and then he said in a deep voice: "Collect all the paintings she has made in the city over the past half month, let the Camp Needs Department use Yellow Candles to screen them one by one. If there are problems, destroy them directly; if there are no problems, return them to the owners."

"Yes, Big Brother!"

Chu Yan'er's paintings are not cheap; one piece costs thousands of taels of silver, and those paintings all have owners and are considered private items. He couldn't just confiscate other people's things and destroy them directly.

Torches and Fire-Condensing Oil can only act directly on ghosts; while Yellow Candles are new exchange items that appeared after the Sect-Spirit Tablet was upgraded to Level 5. Although the description only says that within the reflection range, ghost means will fail, in fact, they can also be used to detect some extraordinary means, which is very suitable for the current situation.

The painter industry in Xia City is gradually rising, and the popularity of women's portraits—Xia Hong has long known about these two things. Whether it is women starting to love beauty or the pursuit of art pieces like paintings, they are all signs of the booming development of Great Xia's material civilization. Xia Hong naturally would not stop it.

"Chu Yan'er's matter will be watched by me personally. You put all your energy into the Eight Towns, accelerate the integration of the people of Jiangxia and Muyin into Great Xia's system, divide and win over the other six towns, and promote the Jiuzhen Alliance as early as possible.

I estimate that this Chu Yan'er is just being clever on her own and should not be a big figure from Chen Cang specifically sent to negotiate with us. This shows that Chen Cang cannot move south to the Jiuzhen territory on a large scale in the short term, so our time is still quite abundant."

Hearing this, Xia Chuan's expression was slightly startled, but after thinking for a moment, he quickly reacted. He turned to look at Xia Hong, his eyes full of admiration.

That's right!

This is the correct answer. If Chen Cang could move south quickly, generally speaking, there would be two choices: either send important figures to negotiate formally; or forbid anyone from appearing to avoid alerting the enemy.

Chu Yan'er's situation is clearly abnormal.

"In this way, this Chu Yan'er seems to have only come to Xia City once and done nothing, but in fact, she has helped us a lot!"

Letting them confirm that Chen Cang cannot move south in the short term—isn't this helping Great Xia a lot!

Xia Hong smiled twice and said: "So, we must teach the young people in the camp well. Otherwise, in the future, they will all be arrogant and look down on everyone, suffer big losses foolishly outside, and still be kept in the dark without knowing it. I don't hope that Great Xia will emerge with a bunch of young people like Yang Ning and Chu Yan'er in the future."

Hearing this, Xia Chuan's expression immediately became a bit more solemn, and he nodded heavily: "Big Brother, don't worry, I will definitely order all departments to strictly discipline the people below!"

"Since we know that Chen Cang cannot move south in the short term, we must seize this window period to improve the camp's strength as much as possible. I am going to start closed-door cultivation. Xia City will be handed over to you first. Don't call me unless there is something important in the near future."

"Subordinate obeys!"

Xia Chuan immediately cupped his fists and agreed, a flash of excitement appearing on his face. He knew that Li Ying Xuan Ling would be able to break through soon, and Great Xia would soon have its fourth Sun-Manifestation Realm expert.

"What's going on with that Xiang Liang?"

Xia Hong was just about to leave when he suddenly sensed a Silver-Order Prison Warden standing outside the hall. Sensing it was Xiang Liang, he immediately asked curiously.

Xia Chuan also sensed it and immediately opened his mouth: "When Chu Yan'er's group came over from the north bank of the Xinghe last month, they should have deliberately used means to befriend Xiang Liang. Chu Yan'er was able to mix into the Inner City tonight because of Xiang Liang's recommendation. He should be afraid of my punishment, so he is standing there asking for forgiveness."

With Chu Yan'er's strength and means, it is normal for Xiang Liang to be played with. Xia Hong shook his head slightly and didn't say anything, directly leaving the Prison Great Hall. ===== CHAPTER 420 =====