Chapter 460: Nine-Curved Blood Corridor, Mysterious Ice Path, Feudal Town Military Might

The Blood Miasma Plain is generally a circular area with a radius of 50 kilometers, with a total area of about 7,500 square kilometers.

If someone could look down from high altitude through the blood-colored miasma, they would find that it is actually composed of two parts: the snowfield area in the north, which occupies almost four-fifths of the entire area, and a giant lake in the south.

The average north-south width of the lake is over 25 kilometers, and the east-west length is a staggering 60 kilometers, extending to the east and west sides. This lake is the Yanzehu, known to everyone in the Chen Cang feudal town.

The adjacent area between Chen Cang and Cai Qiu happens to be directly north of the Blood Miasma Plain. The northwest side is Yan Ling County of Chen Cang, and the northeast side is Linchu County of Cai Qiu. The dividing line of the two counties extends downward, which happens to divide the Blood Miasma Plain into two, which is clearly artificially designed in the early years.

Because of the blood-colored miasma, neither Yan Ling County nor Linchu County, or to put it bluntly, Chen Cang and Cai Qiu, have not expanded to the Blood Miasma Plain area.

However, they did not let go of the areas on the east and west sides of the Blood Miasma Plain.

The two families respectively controlled the surrounding areas around the east and west sides of the Blood Miasma Plain, all the way south, and the territory of each family almost extended to the Yanzehu area at the southernmost end.

Interesting things began to appear here.

Yanzehu was cut off by the Mo'ao Mountains on the east and west sides.

And it was not an ordinary cut-off. If someone checked the east and west ends of Yanzehu respectively, they would find that the two sides of the lake were directly tens of thousands of meters high, smooth mountain walls, as if they were artificially manufactured. Not to mention walking, even climbing was difficult.

Therefore, even if the two feudal towns bypassed the Blood Miasma Plain and arrived at the Yanzehu area at the southernmost end, they had no other way to continue expanding southward unless they crossed the Mo'ao Mountains.

Crossing the Mo'ao Mountains, which are tens of thousands of meters high, to the other side—this difficulty is higher than crossing the Blood Miasma Plain. Tribulation Body Realm experts dare not boast about this, let alone feudal town expansion. Without a large army, a few strong people going over cannot exert much effect.

"Heaven's movement is full of power; the superior man makes himself strong and untiring."

In this regard, Chen Cang is much more active than Cai Qiu.

Or it can be said that there is really no way.

The Four Feudal Lands of Mo'ao River are only so big. Chen Cang is at the westernmost end. Its north is Hezang, its east is Cai Qiu, and the territory it can control on the west side has basically been incorporated into the territory. Further west is the Mo'ao Mountains.

Therefore, if Chen Cang wants to expand its territory, it can only go south.

As long as it goes south, it cannot avoid the Blood Miasma Plain and Yanzehu.

Precisely because of this, Chen Cang began to lay out here very early.

Digging tunnels in such majestic mountains as the Mo'ao Mountains is definitely not possible. That mountain body of hundreds of miles, without being able to see the whole picture, no one can guarantee that it can be successfully opened to the opposite side. The manpower and material resources to be invested are huge, and it cannot be guaranteed to succeed.

Moreover, the higher and more ancient the mountains, the more secrets and dangers are hidden inside. Drilling inside indiscriminately, if you provoke some terrifying existence, it is not expansion, but looking for death.

It is rumored that the disaster-level strange monsters "Zhenshan Nightmare" and "Beekeeper" in the early years were provoked by the Hezang and Wei Bo feudal towns expanding into unknown areas indiscriminately.

Therefore, realizing that the Blood Miasma Plain and Yanzehu could not be bypassed anyway, Chen Cang simply thought of ways in these two places.

The blood-colored miasma covering Yanzehu is several times thicker than the northern snowfield, and even reflects the entire lake into blood color. And everyone in the Ice Abyss knows that water areas are much more dangerous than land. It is not easy to successfully cross these two places.

Chen Cang spent decades, sending more than 100,000 elite Cold-Resistant Realm soldiers to construct it in turns, all accompanied by Manifestation Realm experts, and even Tribulation Body Realm experts had to take turns to sit in town personally, and finally forcibly opened a small path with a total length of 60 kilometers in the rock wall on the west side of Yanzehu.

Originally, Chen Cang thought that as long as there was this small path, they could send a large army south, and they could continue to expand their territory.

But as a result, in the first year after the small path was opened, Chen Cang sent a 10,000-strong army to try to go south, but just as they walked to the middle, Yanzehu had a tide, and it was not an ordinary small tide, but a tide accompanied by thousands of aquatic cold beasts rushing toward the west rock wall...

The 10,000 soldiers were all wiped out, and even the three Manifestation Realm experts who commanded the troops could not escape. Only one Tribulation Body Realm expert ran back.

At this point, Chen Cang also came to his senses. Without thoroughly solving the two troubles of the Blood Miasma Plain and Yanzehu, there is no possibility of going south on a large scale.

Of course, it is impossible to go south on a large scale, but small-scale personnel movement is possible.

After spending more than ten years and investing a huge amount of manpower and material resources to open up the small path, it finally came in handy.

The small path has a total length of 60 kilometers. Because it was built along the rock wall on the west side of Yanzehu, it winds and turns all the way, and is also affected by the blood-colored miasma. Therefore, Chen Cang named it: Nine-Curved Blood Corridor.

After passing through the Nine-Curved Blood Corridor, you will first see a suddenly rising mountain body, but the height is less than 2,000 meters. Only after crossing this mountain body can you be considered to have officially left the area covered by the blood-colored miasma.

Smart people can see that the reason why the blood-colored miasma did not continue to spread southward is precisely because of the obstruction of this mountain body.

Because the north side of the mountain body is blood-red due to the influence of miasma, and the south side is covered by snow, presenting an all-white scene, Chen Cang named it: Danxue Peak.

After descending Danxue Peak, it is already considered the southern foothills. The east side is still the mountain body of the Mo'ao Mountains. Walking 15 kilometers south along the mountain body to the snow forest, there are camps and villages where humans live.

The 289th year of the Chen Cang calendar, the first day of the eleventh month.

South foothills of Danxue Peak, night.

A group of five people are walking fast to the south. All five are middle-aged. Three are walking lightly in front, and the two behind are following them at a distance of five or six meters, obviously following a bit hard.

"Eighteen years of hard work, how can my Chen Cang's southward expansion path be blocked by that mere Great Xia? This time, I must give that Great Xia a little color to see. They really think that if the army cannot go south, we have no way to deal with them!"

The leader, Chen Yuanbai, looked up at the southern foothills, a trace of excitement appeared in his pupils. Thinking of the purpose of this trip, he couldn't help but roar angrily.

The excitement is because he can come to the Jiuzhen territory to show his holiness again; as for the roar, it is naturally because the little Princess Chu Yan'er was humiliated in the Jiuzhen territory three months ago.

This trip was ordered by Chu Tianxu, the Yan Ling County Governor and Chu Yan'er's great-grandfather, to teach that Great Xia town, which didn't know the height of the sky and the depth of the earth, a lesson.

Chen Yuanbai only has 16 jun strength, which naturally doesn't count for anything in Chen Cang, but it is different when he arrives in the Jiuzhen territory. Except for Yang Zun's third brother, he is almost an invincible existence here. How could he not like to come?

And this time it was ordered by the County Governor. As for whether he can successfully find the field in Great Xia, he turned his head to look at the two people beside him, and he didn't have any worries at all.

"Three 16 jun strength, as long as there is no large-scale conflict, even Yang Jian has no way. It is simple to give that Great Xia couple a little color, and it is simple to threaten them. Maybe there will be unexpected surprises. If I can directly accept this Great Xia town for the County Governor..."

The more Chen Yuanbai thought about it, the more excited he became, and his footsteps unconsciously accelerated.

"Brother Chen, slow down! They can't keep up."

But before he took two steps, someone beside him reminded him.

Chen Yuanbai turned his head and found that He Yang and Zhu Dong behind were already more than a hundred meters away, and couldn't help shaking his head repeatedly.

"My lord, forgive me, we really can't keep up."

He Yang and Zhu Dong rushed over. Seeing Chen Yuanbai and the three waiting for them, they bowed and apologized in fear.

"Go to Ning Village in the north to rest first! It's less than five kilometers."

Chen Yuanbai waved his hand, and after speaking, he took the lead and continued to walk south.

He had been to the Jiuzhen territory once the year before last, and he was naturally no stranger to the areas along this road. It was 50 kilometers from Danxue Peak to the territory of Beishuo Town. Along the way, there were three villages and more than a dozen large camps.

Among them, Ning Village in the north happened to be on their way. The journey to the Jiuzhen territory was not close. Every time they descended Danxue Peak, they would go to Ning Village in the north to rest slightly.

The distance of five kilometers was just a moment, and the group soon arrived at Ning Village in the north.

But when they were still several hundred meters away from the village, the five people were stunned instantly.

It was night, and there was no cooking smoke or light in Ning Village in the north, let alone seeing a human figure around. Looking from a distance, the village was pale and could not see any vitality.

"There is a situation, be careful and go over to see!"

There was no need for Chen Yuanbai to remind them at all. The two Manifestation Realm experts beside him, together with He Yang and Zhu Dong behind, quickly took down their weapons, took out a fiery red "Strange-Detecting Stone" from their arms, and followed Chen Yuanbai toward the village.

Approaching the village entrance and seeing the situation inside, the pupils of the five people shrank slightly.

It's not that there is no one in the village. At the village entrance, houses, beside the bonfire, and even on the main road in the village, there were at least a thousand people standing.

The problem is, these thousand people are all standing still at this moment.

Because these people have all been frozen into ice sculptures!

Those human-shaped ice sculptures at the village entrance are carrying strong bows, holding weapons, and have leather bags tied around their waists, clearly in a posture of going out to hunt.

What is strange is that there is no fear on their faces. Some even maintain the posture of smiling and opening their mouths to speak, as if they are greeting the staff on duty at the village entrance.

"Not just people, Brother Chen, look at those bonfires in the village..."

Hearing the prompt from the person beside him, Chen Yuanbai looked at the nearest bonfire. At this look, he was instantly stunned.

Even the bonfire was frozen!

Fire being frozen sounds like an impossible thing, but at this moment in Chen Yuanbai's vision, that bonfire was indeed frozen by cold ice. The shape of the flame inside could be seen clearly. The only difference from a normal flame was that it stopped swaying.

"No reaction, go in and see!"

Chen Yuanbai looked at the Strange-Detecting Stone in his hand without any reaction, and walked toward the village with a big knife.

The two beside him followed immediately, and even He Yang and Zhu Dong behind did not show any fear on their faces, and immediately followed them in.

This is clearly a strange monster, but the five of them are from Chen Cang. Even if He Yang and Zhu Dong only have Cold-Resistant Realm cultivation, their strength is also over 40 bristles, so they will naturally not be scared by such a scene.

There are only more than 10,000 people in Ning Village in the north, and there are 11 Cold-Resistant Realm experts in the whole village. There are too many strange monsters that can destroy them.

And killing strange monsters has benefits...

The three in the front row, Chen Yuanbai, not only had no fear on their faces, but also showed a trace of excitement, and walked quickly toward the village.

It's no wonder that when they were hundreds of meters away, they saw the whole village was pale. When the five entered, they found that not only the village entrance, but everything in the entire Ning Village, including people and objects, was frozen.

Even the ground is no exception.

And those frozen people have no fear on their faces at all.

"These are all ordinary people, at most Earth-Digging Realm. Go to the main building and look for it. Those Cold-Resistant Realm experts should be different."

Chen Yuanbai said and took the lead toward the main building, and the four hurriedly followed.

Sure enough, they soon saw nine human-shaped ice sculptures on the roof of the main building in the village, facing north and full of horror.

North, where they just came from?

The five were stunned for a moment, then felt a strong burning sensation in their palms. They turned their heads and looked north. ===== CHAPTER 461 =====

The five were slightly stunned at first, then sensed a strong burning sensation coming from their palms, and they suddenly turned their heads to look toward the north.