Star Trace Gate

Mianfeng Mountain in Shangyu County.

Han Chan walked alone on the winding mountain path, heading straight to the top of the mountain.

He had walked this road once, so he was quite familiar with the surrounding environment. This place was not a blessed land with excellent feng shui. On the contrary, there were many large beasts in the mountains. Usually, not many people came up here. Only some brave hunters often went into the mountains to hunt.

Han Chan's uncle, the monk Hongye, is practicing in seclusion in this mountain. He is a loner and indifferent to fame and wealth. Perhaps he chose this place to practice in order not to be disturbed.

The sun was shining brightly in the sky. Han Chan, with doubts and confusion in her heart, arrived at the top of the mountain with ease.

The sky was cloudless and the sun was shining brightly. There was a floating bridge in front, about a hundred meters long.

Han Chan remembered that as long as they walked across this floating bridge and saw a gray stone tablet, they would have reached the place where Master Hongye practiced hard.

His uncle had set up a large barrier behind the floating bridge. Anyone who knocked on the door and asked to see him only had to put their consciousness into the stone tablet and call out to him, and they would then be invited into the barrier.

The red leaves set up a large formation to isolate the reality and illusion. In fact, it is mainly to avoid being disturbed by people and ferocious beasts. It has a sense of meditation in a state where spring has gone and winter has come outside the mountain.

The floating bridge is old and dilapidated and is on the verge of collapse.

Han Chan simply jumped up, tapped the bridge plank full of wormholes with his toes, and flew away at a rapid speed.

After a few breaths, he landed steadily on the opposite side of the floating bridge, and walked quickly into the forest, searching for the gray stone tablet.

According to his memory, he walked to the left and circled around, but then stood there with a very confused expression.

What about the stone tablet?

He didn't even find the stone tablet?

Han Chan's eyes were a little dazed, her face was slightly pale, and she suddenly felt something was not right.

"brush!"

His figure disappeared again and he moved quickly through the dense forest.

This time, he searched more carefully and emitted a little bit of his perception power, almost screening the area on the left carefully.

Not long after, Han Chan appeared at the edge of the floating bridge again. His pupils were dilated and his face was extremely pale.

"No... I didn't see it... No, that's impossible. Why didn't I see it?"

“The gray stone tablet… is clearly right here.”

The sun was shining brightly in the sky. He stood in the bright sunshine, his face full of panic and disbelief, and from time to time he uttered crazy whispers.

Han Chan felt dizzy and her chest felt tight. She raised her head slowly and looked around in despair again.

The rest of the scenery here has not changed, but only the gray stone tablet has disappeared.

No...impossible.

There is no way I would remember it wrongly, and even if I did, with the ability of a person with supernatural powers, it is impossible for him not to feel the existence of the barrier.

He had just sent out his perception, but did not detect any formation fluctuations here. To those with supernatural powers, this was just an "ordinary mountain", so ordinary that it couldn't be more ordinary.

What the hell is going on here?

Han Chan was completely panicked, her mind was full of mixed thoughts, but she couldn't figure out the reason.

"Tap tap...!"

At this time, seven or eight hunters, carrying huge bags and holding cold weapons, came down from the side of the peak and happened to come to the floating bridge.

"brush!"

Han Chan instantly sensed the presence of several people and turned her head abruptly to look.

His eyes were red, and he rushed forward like a madman, and asked urgently, "Where is the stone tablet here?"

The hunters were stunned for a moment. One of the leaders looked at him warily and frowned, "What stone tablet?"

"The stone tablet beside the bridge was originally in this dense forest! How come it disappeared?!" Han Chan asked with a ferocious expression.

"There has never been any stone tablet here." The hunter took a step back and said, "I have never seen one."

"boom!"

Han Chan burst into a miraculous state, and almost flashed in front of the man, picked him up, and shouted: "How dare you lie?!"

“I…I don’t have any.” The tiger hunter saw that Han Chan was a person with magical powers, and immediately replied with a horrified expression: “I…we have been hunting in this mountain for more than 20 years, and we often pass by here. I have never seen any gray stone tablet.”

"Impossible!" Han Chan didn't believe it at all. She glared and yelled, "You lied to me!"

"Hurrah!"

The other hunters all knelt on the ground, clasped their fists and bowed, and replied: "Sir, we really have never seen any stone tablet."

"My family has lived on the mountain for generations. If we want to go hunting deep in the mountains, we will definitely pass by this floating bridge. Really... I really haven't heard of any stone tablets here. There are groups of tombstones at the foot of the mountain, and there is a mass grave there."

"...!"

While pleading for mercy, several people tried their best to prove that they were not lying.

The strong sunlight shone directly on Han Chan's distorted cheeks. He stood there blankly, his mind blank.

"Clap!"

His hands loosened, and the hunter fell from mid-air and landed heavily on the ground.

He looked at Han Chan in horror, but saw that she kept shaking her head and kept muttering: "Why did Master lie to me... Why did you lie to me?!"

When the hunters saw Han Chan going crazy, they immediately took the opportunity to rush onto the floating bridge and ran away with sparks and lightning all the way.

In the dense forest, Han Chan was like a walking corpse, shaking his head continuously. "This is not his place of asceticism at all... Not at all. His occasional visit to Shangyu County was also a carefully planned plot to lure me in."

"But Master, Master! You are not from Southern Xinjiang, nor are you from the Daqian court. Why did you set up this situation where all three sides would suffer losses?"

“Why?!”

"what!"

Han Chan looked up at the sky and let out a roar in extreme anger.

"Boom!"

The star power surged, and the surrounding mountains and trees were instantly shattered.

……

An hour later.

Han Chan walked down the mountain with disheveled hair and empty eyes.

"Tap!"

A burst of hurried footsteps sounded, and a general from Shangyu County came quickly. When he saw Han Chan, he shouted, "Han... Lord Han!"

Han Chan stopped and looked at him with a dull gaze, forgetting to speak for a moment.

"…Urgent…Urgent news! It's a letter from Southern Xinjiang." The general quickly took out a letter, knelt on one knee, and said in a trembling voice: "Emperor Wanwu has raised an army of 250,000 and intends to attack Shangyu County! The army only has three days to prepare, and will set out from the Styx Realm and Qingliang Prefecture at the same time. According to the time the letter is sent... the army of Southern Xinjiang will enter our territory by tomorrow morning at the latest!"

"boom!"

When Han Chan heard this, her brain buzzed.

He stood there blankly, his eyes looking forward, but he saw that the scenery around him suddenly became blurred and kept spinning.

Silence, deathly silence...

"puff!"

Under the scorching sun, Han Chan's body suddenly trembled, and when she opened her mouth, a large amount of blood spurted out, dyeing the mountain path red.

He shook his body slightly twice, and said in a hoarse voice: "Send a letter back to the court quickly! Ask the surrounding prefectures and armies to rush to Shangyu... Oh... Oh no, before sending the letter to the court, I have to notify the nearby armies to rush to help. It's... too late."

"Yes Yes……!"

The general was so frightened that his face turned pale, knowing that Shangyu County was in complete danger.

For Han Chan, this day was definitely the darkest day in her life.

Originally, after he and Guan Feng slaughtered the people in Sunset Town, they had already completed their mission.

Although they failed to capture the Little King Huai and slay the dragon, the Bau rebelled, which caused chaos in the southern border. The Blood Pill and the Soul Banner were also refined, and even the stone tablet that sealed the destiny of the Buliao Peak was stolen by them...

As long as Xu Ersan sends these two evil objects to the abyss, awakens the stone fetus, and descends to the border area, the Lich Kingdom will naturally be in complete chaos.

At that time, the Daqian army will take the opportunity to charge in from the Styx and push southwards, and Emperor Wanwu will face the situation of national destruction.

For the Yulin Party, this would be an eternal achievement, and their rise again would be unstoppable...

But when all this was about to come to an end, Han Chan discovered that the conspiracy she had set up for Southern Xinjiang was just a part of someone else's conspiracy.

He couldn't figure out the reason, and he really didn't have time to think about it. Emperor Wanwu raised an army of 250,000, and in order to avoid the news leaking out, he only gave the army three days to prepare. By the time Han Chan received the news, the other side was about to send troops.

In other words, Emperor Wanwu did not order the army to prepare for only three days, but for a long time.

For example, after the sealing stone slab was lost, he had already sent the eldest prince to Hezhou Prefecture to gather troops...

Perhaps he had wanted to fight for a long time and had made preparations, but after Han Chan and Guan Feng massacred people in Sunset Town, this once again strengthened his determination to use military force.

If a strategist plans for the next three steps, an emperor plans for a hundred years.

Without this bit of strategy, how dare you call yourself the Emperor? !

Han Chan was planning, and taking down Emperor Wanwu was just going with the flow. The change in Sunset Town also made him see many things that he could not see normally.

In the carriage, Han Chan was lying on the couch in an extremely depressed state, heading straight for Shangyu County.

……

Qingliang Prefecture, outside the city gate.

Ren Ye waited until dusk, and by then, the number of black-clad guards who came to help had exceeded one hundred and fifty.

When the number of people reached this level, the growth became slow, and only a few solitary fourth-grade masters were still rushing here.

In the city, a large number of people were lining up, waiting for the friendly forces to enter the city.

Huang Wei even arranged slogans and various festive items for them, and showed the best hospitality.

Halfway through the You hour, the sound of horse hooves suddenly shook the sky, and smoke swept across the winding official road.

Dense cavalry and infantry came from the south, stretching for hundreds of miles.

In the setting sun, a very handsome young man, dressed in white, followed by countless cavalrymen, rushed to the city gate.

Ren Ye immediately stood up, stepped forward, clasped his fists and shouted, "Greetings, Lord Dragon!"

The dragon head glanced at him and said with a smile: "By the order of the emperor, the army of Qianli Green Camp will go out with you from Qingliang Prefecture!"

"How many people are here?" Ren Ye asked immediately.

The dragon head smiled slightly and said calmly: "Not much, 80,000!"

After hearing this, Fan Ming and Ji Canghai both had dull expressions and looked shocked.

"The little emperor has become powerful... He seems to be doing well here." Fan Ming muttered.

"Don't say anymore, I just bought a stake." Ji Canghai nodded excitedly.

When Huang Wei heard the other party claiming to have brought 80,000 people, he immediately turned around, waved his hands, and shouted: "Slogans, shout slogans!"

"The people of Qingliang Prefecture respectfully welcome the Northern Expedition Army into the city!!"

"Welcome the Northern Expedition Army into the city!!"

The shouts were as resounding as the tide, and the emotional value was at its maximum.

Soon, the Eighth Son of the Green Camp led the army to camp at the foot of Qingliang Mountain, while the other senior officials all went into Prince Huai's Palace to rest for a while.

Another hour passed, and Li Yan led fifty supernatural masters into Qingliang. When he saw Ren Ye, his first words were: "Monk Peng...I have something to tell you."