After the fairy disappeared

Chapter 1227 Howling Forest
The Yao Kingdom was a little slow to react. It only started to take action after seeing the Pisha people being beaten black and blue.

It also sent food, fodder and weapons to Bisha, hoping that the latter could get back on its feet. At the same time, it met with several forces that were preparing to join the war and gave them some sweet treats, hoping that they would give up the attack.

The less attacking forces there are, the less pressure the Bisha people will face.

Under its sugar-coated offensive, one force finally gave up joining and retreated to its own territory.

On the other hand, Situ He actively lobbied for an alliance and explained the benefits and disadvantages. Under his strong persuasion, a force joined the alliance and officially declared war on Pixia.

There are still two companies that are wavering.

Situ Yu was also very capable, and he captured another pass fortress at a critical moment.

At this point, half of the former territory of Gaopu Province was recovered.

It looked as though the Allies would soon be able to recover the remaining ground, even without help.

So, the last two forces quickly announced their joining the battlefield.

This war filled with chaos, gaming and hatred finally developed in the direction that He Lingchuan expected.

At this time, the power behind the Situ family - the Yangshan Islands, also began to enter the vision of all parties.

Situ Yu was originally beaten by the Pisha people and huddled in his territory. Even his son was captured and he was nearly executed. However, he turned the tide in just one month, and made rapid progress to recover his former territory.

There must be a reason for this, right?

The spies from Yao State and various forces were no pushovers, and the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce did not hide itself and joined the game so openly.

But as He Lingchuan said, the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce only does business with the Situ family, with money and goods exchanged on one hand, and on the surface, nothing else is involved. Therefore, all parties initially learned that a new island force had emerged on the sea, which was far away from the Shining Gold Plain and very rich. I don't know how the Situ family got in touch with them and got a large amount of money and grain loans on credit, so they were so vigorous when fighting.

Of course, this was news released by the Yangshan Islands and the Situ family themselves.

There are also several unreliable rumors circulating in the market, such as the Yangshan Islands seem to have taken away the famous fierce armor on the plains. The Pisha people and the Xuanlu Ghost King wanted to snatch it, but they were defeated by it.

But the authenticity of this matter cannot be verified, it can only be "said".

Not only Situ Yu, the Yangshan Islands also did business with Peng Kingdom, Xiaoyao Sect and local people, and bought the most valuable mountain and sea rights.

Such an external force has entered the game. Although it has not shown any aggressiveness for the time being except for business - defeating the Bisha people in Rolling Stone Valley can only be regarded as self-defense - all parties will inevitably list it as a key focus.

Some people are wary of it, while others want to get in touch with it.

In the eyes of the locals, the Yangshan Chamber of Commerce accidentally became famous through a war and proved its strength. But don't forget that it has no roots in the Golden Plains and cannot cause damage to the ecology and structure here.

What is the Golden Plain? Even the powerful Mou Kingdom can't get involved, so how can an unknown chamber of commerce from the far sea stir up trouble?

Therefore, various forces are wary of it but do not reject it. Instead, they send envoys to prepare for contact.

After all, it looks really rich.

Who would reject a rich person?

The business of the Yangshan Islands in Peng State and the Situ family's territory soon became prosperous.

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The outside world was in turmoil and war was raging when He Lingchuan, Dong Rui and Fu Liushan just arrived at the Howling Forest.

After Situ Yu captured Jucheng, he specially interrogated the county magistrate and learned that the assassins sent by the Ghost King Xuanlu in the city had also lost control, and the time was basically the same as when He Lingchuan killed the Ghost King in Mian Village.

In addition, when the Situ family's army fought with Bisha again, they did not encounter the vanguard troops composed of Xuanlu Ghost King's death squads.

The role of this type of troops is to penetrate the enemy's formation like a blade, tear open the enemy's defense, and cause maximum damage, and then their own ordinary soldiers will rush forward.

Without this kind of opponent, the difficulty of the battle dropped sharply.

The fact that the Situ family was able to recover the lost territory of Gaopu so smoothly was also largely due to the retreat of the Ghost King Xuanlu.

It would be fine if it was really killed, but He Lingchuan and others already knew that it was just faking its death to deceive people.

"Xuan Lu has once again abandoned his allies." He Lingchuan gave it a verdict, "What kind of person he was in life, what kind of ghost he will be after death, and it hasn't changed at all."

The Ghost King Xuanlu faked his death and let the Bisha people go alone to withstand the swords and guns of Situ’s army. Isn’t this selling out teammates?
Not to mention that there is an agreement between Xuanlu and the Pisha people. The Pisha people provide it with living souls, and it provides combat power to the Pisha people.

It didn't even abide by the agreement. Its character, no, its character is really not worth mentioning.

No wonder the Situ family refused to join forces with it.

"Isn't this good?" Dong Rui laughed. "It abandoned its allies, and now no allies will come to save it. We can use our strength at ease."

Although both are the Hundred Thousand Mountains, the famous Howling Forest ahead is obviously different from the mountains they passed by.

The mountains here are like screens. Unlike other mountains which are broad and solid, they are long and narrow. Looking down from a high place, they look like the back of a crucian carp, or like sails moored in a harbor.

These ridges rudely blocked the sunlight, and the valleys below the ridges were deep, and the dense vegetation blocked the sunlight completely.

Even at noon, few rays of sunlight can penetrate the branches and leaves and shine onto the ground.

But even with insufficient sunlight, the plants here are unusually tall.

The wind blows through the woods, rustling as if it has thousands of words to say.

He Lingchuan was listening intently the whole time: "There were only forest sounds, no chirping of insects or birds."

It is not the cold winter now. The chirping of insects and birds is the standard feature of every forest, and occasionally there are roars of beasts to join in the chorus.

But the sound of the Howling Forest ahead was terribly monotonous, with only the wind blowing through the leaves!

He Lingchuan had seen this kind of situation before, and was even very familiar with it.

Didn’t the Yangshan Islands look like this before he arrived?
There are several types of Yinsha lands, either barren or extremely lush with vegetation, appearing as a miasma forest. The Howling Woods is the latter type.

"It's almost noon, the time is just right." Fu Liushan looked up at the sky, "The Earthly Evil is the weakest at this time, we should go under the tree with the most sunlight."

It is worth mentioning that all living people know that the Ghost King lives in the Howling Forest, but they don’t know the exact location.

Those who unfortunately knew it are probably dead now.

There are evil spirits, corpse puppets and evil ghosts in this forest, and even practitioners are unwilling to approach it.

Even the human allies of the Ghost King Xuanlu would only send the captives and sacrifices to the edge of the forest and would not take a step further inside.

Keep living people away, this is the rule of the Howling Forest.

"How far are you from the place where you were chased by the corpse puppets last time?" The Howling Forest is so large that the corpse puppets will not chase people around for no reason. Therefore, the last time Fu Liushan entered this forest, he was probably not far from the ghost king's habitat, which is why he was chased away.

　Thanks to Yinbing Ten Years for the tip, we have a new ally~
　　Thanks to Excitation Current and Dad Okawa for their praise~
　　
　
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