Far East Territory, Outside the Ice and Snow Forest
In the early morning, Qiye woke up from the Hunyuan Refining Realm. After a night of dedicated practice, Qiye's understanding of "Shadow Step" has improved a lot. Last night, the fractured ribs on the right side and the pain in many parts of the body, after a night of warmth and nourishment in the Hunyuan Refining Realm, the bone cracks have basically healed, and the pain has also disappeared a lot. I believe that recovery will be achieved within a few days. Qiye was sincerely satisfied with the function of "nurturing the body and soul" attached to the Hunyuan Refining Realm. Especially in this desperate situation, if you are seriously injured, you will undoubtedly die.
The so-called "spiritual nourishment of the host body" means that when a cultivator practices spiritual power in the Hunyuan Refining Realm, the Hunyuan Refining Realm will automatically and silently adjust and nourish the physical body of the cultivator, which has reached the level of cultivation. The actual physical constitution and spiritual power improvement meet the same requirements. In short, the results obtained by cultivators in the Hunyuan Refining Realm can be directly and perfectly fed back into the real physique, thereby eliminating the mismatch between strong spiritual power and weak physique.
Once upon a time, when Qiye received the "Hunyuan Refining Realm" inheritance from Hunyuan Taizu, he only knew that the Hunyuan Refining Realm had the functions of extending the timeline and shielding spiritual power detection. If it weren't for Qiye's frequent injuries in the mining camp, through the practice of Hunyuan Refining Realm, he could really feel that his injured body was recovering at an incredible speed. I'm afraid it would be difficult to realize that this Hunyuan Refining Realm actually has the miraculous effect of "nourishing the host body and spirit", which is comparable to high-grade healing medicine! While advanced healing medicines only simply treat injuries, "host body spiritual nourishment" can strengthen and adjust the body while healing, reaching a point where the body becomes more and more perfect.
After walking out of the camp, I stretched my muscles and bones for seven nights, and a "gurgling" sensation came from the bones, making people feel extremely relaxed physically and mentally! Clenching her fists, the saturated sense of power made Qiye feel that her body was much stronger than before. Feeling the vitality in her body, Qiye smiled knowingly.
Although it was rare to be so happy, Qiye still smiled very concealedly, with just a slight upward movement of the corners of his mouth, and then that slight smile was quickly submerged in plainness. In today's cruel military camp environment, laughter is naturally an emotion that is completely incompatible with the surrounding atmosphere, and will naturally attract unnecessary attention.
Therefore, in order to avoid other people's surprised attention, Qiye quickly stopped smiling and his face returned to its usual calmness. Walking outside the camp, Qiye noticed that some soldiers around him were rushing towards a group of people in an unusual hurry and panic.
"Quick, go over and take a look..." the soldiers urged each other. Seeing this, Qiye frowned, and an ominous premonition lingered in his mind: Could it be that something happened again? Without thinking much, Qiye quickly followed the crowd to see what was going on.
After passing through the densely packed wall, Qiye's eyes froze when he saw the scene: before his eyes, a large group of people were lying on the snow, lifeless. There were no blood stains around, the bodies had not been attacked in any way, and there was even a kind of serenity out of the sea of suffering on the face of each deceased person.
"I heard that they all slept to death during patrols at night."
"How come so many people sleep to death?"
"These guys seem to be the late-night patrol."
The soldiers in the crowd talked a lot...
After hearing these bits and pieces of information, Qiye understood: It turned out that these deceased soldiers were all soldiers from the patrol team late last night, but a large number of people died in sleep and disappeared for unknown reasons.
Qiye was suddenly shocked: the late-night patrols were the second team that changed guard with his first batch of patrols. I remember that the number was about 5,000. Since encountering the late-night wolf attack, the number of night patrols has increased from 2,000 per batch to 5,000 per batch. Now there are a total of 10,000 soldiers on guard duty every night. Although there are still cases every night when some people are exhausted and fall asleep due to the cold when patrolling the vigil, but there are only a dozen or so people at most. How come there are more than 5,000 people who mostly sleep to death while others don't? What's the reason for the disappearance? This is too terrible! Then he thought about how he had passed by the God of Death last night. The more Qiye thought about it, the more horrified he felt, and his palms were cold.
Soon, after Han Qi and Shui Lianggong heard the news, they were shocked and rushed over with their guards. Wolf Guard stepped forward and carefully inspected the corpses of the soldiers who had died in their sleep: there were no fatal wounds on their bodies, their expressions were calm and serene, and they could not help but frown. They were also puzzled by the cause of these bizarre deaths, which was very strange.
"How's it going? How's the situation?" Han Qi quickly stepped forward and asked anxiously.
"Returning to the city lord, these soldiers have no wounds. Judging from the current situation, they should have died of freezing." Langbei looked at the bodies of the soldiers again and made a judgment.
"Frozen to death?! How could so many people freeze to death outside the tent overnight? Why is there no response inside the tent? And why did those missing people disappear so quietly?" Han Qi asked questions one after another without knowing why.
"Well, I don't know, I don't know. In the middle of the night last night, I didn't find anything unusual during my inspection. And I didn't find any footprints of wild beasts around the military camp. As for how the missing person disappeared without anyone noticing, I really don't know." It's unknown." Langbei said helplessly.
"It seems that something must have happened late last night. Judging from the lack of any blood around, it shouldn't be the work of wild beasts. There may be something hidden. There must be something hidden in this Far East Territory." Shui Lianggong speculated on the side. road.
"Forget it, in this case, there is no point in further investigation. Send the order, and the patrol troops will make up for the 5,000 people. The whole army is ready and ready to go!" At this point, Han Qi gave up decisively. At this moment, he just wanted to find the thousand-year-old treasure quickly. , leave this barren place as soon as possible.
5,000 soldiers died without a clue at once, making the entire army panic, but Han Qi still chose to move forward without any scruples. The remaining 180,000 troops are now reduced to about 170,000. If this rate continues, neither army will be able to bring back 100,000. If his entire army is wiped out, it will be a huge blow to the defense of Hanling City. If the treasure cannot be found at such a high price, then Hanling City will be suicidal.
Shui Lianggong seemed to see Han Qi's concern, even though the number of casualties was similar between the two armies. But the number of people who died this time was really more than he expected, and it was very strange. If the reduction continues at this rate, even his 100,000-strong army will not be able to survive the return journey. Therefore, although Shui Lianggong had his own wishful thinking along the way, the problem this time was indeed a bit serious. However, although Shui Lianggong did not care about such heavy casualties in his army, he could not pretend to turn a blind eye in order not to arouse Han Qi's suspicion.
"The whole army should step up tight defense. If there is any abnormal situation, report it immediately!" Shui Lianggong took a step forward and ordered.
Han Qi glanced at the serious-looking Shui Lianggong and asked anxiously, "Brother Shui Liang, the army has been marching for several days. How long will it take to reach the hinterland of the Far East?"
"After passing the rolling hills in front, we should have entered the hinterland of the Far East." Shui Lianggong speculated while looking at the white rolling hills in front.
"Well, without further ado, the whole army is ready and set off immediately!" Han Qi urged again.
So, after a brief tidying up, the army immediately got ready and set off. Looking at the dead patrolling soldiers in that area, Qiye apologized slightly and followed the advancing torrent of troops.
The rolling hills of ice and snow are as dense as large and small piles of sand in the desert. But compared with the ice and snow forest, the snow on this hilly slope is not that thick, and is as fluffy as foam in the ocean. It is very easy for the forward battalion of the army to clear the way. The forward battalions of the army took turns clearing the way, and the rear army steadily advanced forward. Just when Han Qi thought that they would advance smoothly and reach the hinterland of the Far East Territory, the troops had not advanced very far.
The forward battalion at the front stopped for some reason, and then there was a commotion among the crowd. Seeing that the army was stagnant, Han Qi on horseback immediately asked: "Why did you stop! What happened in front?"
Soon, Liu Bingwei heard the sound and rushed over. He leaned over and reported: "To report to the city lord, there is an unusual discovery in the forward camp ahead."
"What, is there something abnormal? Lead the way immediately." After hearing the report, Han Qi frowned and then decisively dismounted. In this way, under the guidance of Liu Bingwei, Han Qi walked quickly to the front of the army.
At this moment, the soldiers of the Forward Battalion were looking at the white snow in front of them with horrified expressions. Han Qi came to the soldiers of the Forward Battalion. Seeing the changes in their faces, Han Qi asked eagerly, "What happened?"
"Go back to the city, city lord, there are, there are, there are soldiers falling, falling, disappearing, disappearing, gone..." A forward battalion soldier who was slumped on the ground pointed to a patch of snow in front of him, horrified. ’s stammered reply.
"What! Disappeared?" Han Qi said in disbelief. Then he turned his head and looked at the seemingly quiet snowfield. He couldn't see anything strange about it.
At this time, Shui Lianggong also rushed over with his personal guards. After listening to Han Qi's narration, Shui Lianggong looked solemnly at the seemingly flat and soft snow in front of him. After hesitating and thinking for a while, Shui Lianggong carefully and slowly moved forward and came to the front of the forward camp. Then he squatted down and stretched out his hand to explore the snow in front of him. There was a thin layer of ice on the snow. The situation below was unknown, but this thin layer of ice could block the detection of spiritual power at his fingertips.
"Bring me the spear!" Shui Lianggong said with an idea.
Soon, a soldier handed the spear to Shui Lianggong. Shui Lianggong held the spear in his hand. After injecting a slight amount of spiritual power, he threw the spear with all his strength in one burst.
"Whoosh~" The spear instantly penetrated the ice and disappeared into the snow. The snow surface rose and fell slightly like water for a few times, and then quickly returned to calm. As for the spear that was shot into the snow, Shui Lianggong could no longer feel any spiritual reaction.
"This is...Xue Ze!" Duke Shui Liang judged based on this. Although he didn't quite believe it, Duke Shui Liang still believed firmly. As early as more than a year before this treasure hunting trip to the Far East, Shui Lianggong collected extensively and looked up any records about the snowy region. You can learn about the various environments of the snowy areas in the vast sea of books, but in various sea and river illustrations, there are descriptions of various terrains in the ordinary snowy areas, but for the mysterious areas like the Far East Territory that humans have never touched. There are very few records in the snowy region. The "ice-covered snow swamp" is one of the unique terrains of this mysterious snowy area.
