Rise of Nongmen

At this time, Qu Yan was already covered in sweat. Seeing that the danger had been lifted, he sat down on the ground, leaning against the dusty tunnel wall, panting heavily.

Qu Yan was almost buried under the soil. He hadn't learned the earth escape technique yet, so he might not be able to fly with his wings. Fortunately, Junshi Ye gave him a hand, so he was not buried alive.

Ye Chen didn't have time to pay attention to these things at the moment, he spread his soul power and scanned around, making sure that there was no more beast survived, immediately broke through the upper soil layer, and went straight to the most suspicious place - the only place that was still intact, even if the beast was killed again Anger dominates, and never destroys it.

The result was the same as the previous observation with soul power. Except for the rocks and weeds, Ye Chen didn't find anything, so he couldn't help frowning.He believed in his own judgment, not to mention the inexplicable appearance of the tide of ferocious beasts, and its various behaviors were also very different from what people used to know of ferocious beasts.

One must know that the ferocious beasts did not appear just now, it has been several months since they were first discovered. They have their own territory and rarely leave the wilderness for action.

The two sides have been living in peace for a long time. Otherwise, the Zhenbei Army could not have taken precautions and only stationed a troop on a regular basis, so that they were caught off guard and rushed to the battle, causing incalculable losses.

As Xiao Jinyan said, when things go wrong, there must be demons. The problem is that the answer is right in front of you, but Ye Chen can't find it.

After thinking for a while, Ye Chen didn't act rashly, and kept the area where the "demon" was located intact. The rest of the area was simply let Quyan plow and use it as a moat without water, and then built a small house on the side, tonight over here.

After receiving Ye Chen's notification, Xiao Jinyan immediately led people to rush to the center of the valley. At the same time, an order came out, asking the people who responded to meet at the barren valley at dawn tomorrow.

As for Liuyan, it's easy to handle. Before departure, Ye Chen hung a communication talisman around its neck, and it can't send and receive. It doesn't mean that Ye Chen can't send messages through the communication talisman.Now Liuyan is smart, some simple words can be understood by Ye Chen just once, and he demonstrated it once before leaving, and Liuyan already understood that as long as the communication talisman buzzes, it means Ye Chen is calling it, after the test, there is no One mistake.

No, as soon as Ye Chen sent a message, Liuyan received it. He tilted his head and thought for a moment, then ran towards the direction of Huanggu like lightning, his nose was as sharp as a dog's.

Liu Yan's speed was so fast, except that Zhi Yan could barely keep up, the rest were not comparable at all. After meeting the support team halfway, it quickly took the lead, circled around Zhi Yan, and ran triumphantly No, just throwing a chic back to everyone.

Zhi Yan said that he didn't want to talk at the moment, um, Xiao Jinyan must be called to work harder and improve its treatment in the future.

Thinking of this, Chi Yan raised his head to the sky and let out a long hiss, and immediately ran with all four hooves, leaving everyone far behind.

The responding troops once again had a bad nose, but they didn't get annoyed. They just looked at the two galloping horses in front of them with scorching eyes.When they can also have such a steed mount, it will be perfect.

Liu Yan and Zhi Yan competed cheerfully in this room, but Xiao Jinyan and his party who had joined Ye Chen at the other end turned into research experts, frowning at the only intact place in the middle of the valley.

This is really embarrassing for them. If there is something unusual, then they may still be useful. Now that they are thinking about a piece of ordinary stone pile and grassland, even if they study it for 100 years, I am afraid they will not be able to study it. The only thing Chou Yinmao could think of was a stupid way, he couldn't find the anomaly, and just moved this place back intact.

Both Ye Chen and Xiao Jinyan were obviously unwilling to do this, unless there was nothing to do.

The situation has not progressed until the arrival of the flames and flames.

Usually, after the two guys greeted them, they would go to the side to play, but now they started to sniff here and there, and then they seemed to hate and like them. In short, the expressions were very subtle. On one side, start digging.

Everyone: "..."

Then his eyes fell on the two horses.

They just didn't know what to do with this place, and the flowing flames and blazing flames were so abnormal that their eyes lit up immediately.

Liuyan dug out the things first, kicked and came to Ye Chen, not to be too obvious in his eyes asking for credit, and smiled at Xiao Jinyan when he was done, then trotted over to continue digging.

Zhiyan was only a beat slower, and let Liuyan present the treasure in front of him. He snorted to express his displeasure, then picked up a roughly oval-shaped object and put it in Xiao Jinyan's hand, then turned around and continued.

After several rounds like this, in order to compete for the last piece of excavation rights, Liu Yan and Chi Yan almost fought, but in the end they reconciled as before, digging the ground together, pushing things in front of Ye Chen and Xiao Jinyan together, and waiting with their heads held high. people praise.

Xiao Jinyan looked at the few stones in his hand that were no bigger than a knuckle, and was a little dazed. This thing was really inconspicuous, it had no unusual smell, no deceptive appearance. In front of him, he would not take a second look, but now, he is not even sure whether it is a stone or not.

Ye Chen also frowned slightly. He had a keen sense, but he didn't feel anything. If it wasn't for the actions of Liu Yan and Blazing Flame, he wouldn't feel anything unusual, so he just ignored it. Right now, he has to start again. Consider the value of this thing.

Seemingly remembering something, Ye Chen took out "Lingbao Encyclopedia" from the Qiankun Pearl and read it carefully.No, this is not, and that is not right. I was about to flip through the catalog when suddenly, the image of an inconspicuous stone jumped into my eyes. Looking forward at the catalog, the words "Luxing Beast King Stone" seemed particularly shocking.

After pondering for a moment, Ye Chen turned to the corresponding page, and then closed it with a solemn expression.

Lu Xing's Vicious Beast King Stone is just one of the Vicious Beast King Stones, but the shape is similar, but it is difficult for humans to distinguish them. Even if Ye Chen already knows about the Vicious Beast King Stone, he will not be able to distinguish it from pebbles when he sees it next time. The only way is to use spirit beasts or spiritual beasts such as Liuyan Zhiyan, who are in the transition stage from ordinary beasts to spirit beasts, otherwise they cannot be distinguished.

As the name suggests, Lu Xing's beasts can grow into king beasts after absorbing these king stones. Ye Chen couldn't imagine what would happen once a king beast was born and the beasts obeyed their commands.

This is just one of them, further, if the flying beast king beast is born, the sea-born beast king beast...

Ye Chen quickly stopped, this is not the end of the world, no matter what the world is impossible to be occupied by fierce beasts, fierce beasts are recovering their strength, and humans are the same.

It's just that human beings start slowly, and it's difficult to acquire skills, and it takes time to practice, while fierce beasts either rely on instinct or rely on blood inheritance, temporarily occupying the upper hand, and when humans react, this situation will soon be improved, but imagine the past It's impossible to move around at will like that, at least the area where fierce beasts are active will become a forbidden area for ordinary people, and even monks may find it difficult to set foot.

It seems that the existing human pattern will change, and it cannot be changed, otherwise the current experience of Zhenbei Prefecture will be a lesson for them.

Ye Chen was feeling emotional, Liu Yan came over, poked his head to eat the beast king stone in his hand, but turned his head away in disgust, and kept tossing back and forth like this, he quickly put it away, together with those in Xiao Jinyan's hand.

Ye Chen doesn't dare to give these things to Liuyan for the time being. Although they haven't grown up yet, they are not as domineering as a complete body. Ordinary beasts eat by mistake and immediately explode, and spirit beasts immediately transform into fierce beasts after eating them. Flame can be touched at will.

As expected of a beast's intuition, the instinct told Liu Yan and Blazing Flame that this is a good thing, and at the same time it would make them unrecognizable, so they subconsciously rejected them while liking them.

Xiao Jinyan: "This is?"

"The king stone of the fierce beast can turn the fierce beast into a king beast. These haven't formed yet, but soon." Ye Chen didn't hide it. To be honest, this also explains why the fierce beast has been so abnormal recently.

There are too many people here, and Xiao Jinyan didn't ask any more questions when it wasn't time for conversation.Now that the things have been obtained, there is no need to guard this place again. He restarted to arrange the night watch task, and then got into the tent that Ye Chen built to prepare for rest.

Looking at the comfortable environment inside, Xiao Jinyan teased: "You really know how to enjoy it."

"When you have storage utensils in the future, you can too." Ye Chen smiled, and then took out a new set of toiletries and handed them to the other party.

Xiao Jinyan took it naturally, picked up the basin and walked out.As the eldest son of the Marquis of Qing'an, what kind of good things has he never used?But that was in the mansion, and after entering the barracks, even during non-wartime, the standard of living would drop, not to mention marching and fighting and going out to perform missions, how convenient it is.He will not pay attention to enjoyment just because he commands the entire Zhenbei Army, thus increasing the burden on his subordinates.

The situation is quite different with the magic weapon of storage. What Xiao Jinyan values ​​is not his own enjoyment, but the potential value it contains.Just imagine, if each army has at least one storage device, no one needs to worry about logistics, how much manpower and material resources will be saved?This is still second, the most important thing is time.

It's a pity that I can only think about it now. The magic weapon of storage is too precious. It can't be owned by anyone who is powerful, it depends on luck.Even so, power still occupies an absolute advantage. According to Xiao Jinyan's knowledge, there are only a few lucky ones, and without exception, they all come from powerful and powerful families. If a small family gets it, unless it is hidden, it will not be kept at all.

Xiao Jinyan is not short of power, but he is a little bit unlucky, so he can only wait for the future, but if he is unlucky, it is not entirely true.It has to be said that it is a great blessing for the Xiao family, the Zhenbei Army and even the entire Zhenbei Mansion that the sudden attack of the fierce beast can be successfully resolved, and all of this is mostly due to Ye Chen.

With only one person's power, he can scare the beast. At this moment, the importance of personal strength is obvious, and Xiao Jinyan understands this deeply.It seems that in order to make major changes to the development strategies of the Zhenbei Army and the Xiao family, the resources should be more inclined to those with outstanding talents, but they should not be too concentrated, lest they avoid their countermeasures, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Now that the weather is getting cooler, the daytime is fine, but the temperature is very low at night. Ye Chen lay in bed and felt the heat from Xiao Jinyan's body. It was unbearable, but finally he endured it with his strong self-control.

There were people a few steps away. It was too inappropriate to do this at this time. Before falling asleep, Ye Chen couldn't help but think that he must get a breath-blocking item as soon as possible. It doesn't matter what form it is. Anything will do. Of course, formation is the best. Otherwise, you can see but not eat, which is really inhumane.

It wasn't that Ye Chen was in a hurry, but that the two of them hadn't had any intimate behavior for half a year. For him, who was in his prime of life, it was really inhumane not to eat meat right in front of his eyes.

There was no threat of ferocious beasts, and the night was extremely peaceful.

The soldiers of the Zhenbei Army had a very regular schedule and started activities early in the morning. Xiao Jinyan was no exception. When he moved, Ye Chen also woke up.

As soon as the two of them finished washing, some soldiers brought food to court. Ye Chen was not that particular, and asked while eating, "How is the output of the Yuanyu Mine in the Feihe Mountains?"

Xiao Jinyan swallowed the food in his mouth, and Fang said: "It's very big, dozens of times the daily exchange volume of Zhenbao Pavilion, but it also has a lot of influence, and there is not much left when it is qualified to be in the hands of a family."

"That's the only one, haven't you found any other Yuanyu mines?"

"Yes, in a foreign country."

"A foreign country? Where is it?" Ye Chen paused, and his eyes fell on Xiao Jinyan.

"There are more than one place. The nearest Yuanyu mine is in the northern Ningdar Grassland, just across the Qixia Mountains from the Northern Wilderness."

"Ningdar Grassland? Is there a Ningdar tribe living there?" Ye Chen narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Well, this is the second largest nomadic tribe in the north. They used to offend borders a lot, but now there is no movement." Seemingly knowing what Ye Chen was thinking, Xiao Jinyan added, "I never heard that there is a shortcut to the Northern Wilderness in the Qixia Mountains. .”

"What about the northern grassland?" Ye Chen frowned.

"Similarly, the Qixia Mountains lie in the middle. If you want to borrow a way from the northern grassland, you need to pass through the Xingyuan Pass. Besides, even if there is, don't worry. You are in the south of the Northern Wilderness. If the Ningdar tribe wants to invade, it is enough to pass through the Qixia Mountains." What they suffer now is not the same as in the past. Wanting to cross hundreds of miles of mountains is no different from seeking death, plus the huge northern wilderness..." Xiao Jinyan stopped talking in the middle of the sentence, but the meaning of the unfinished business was all too clear.

The northern prairie they said refers to the eastern prairie of the Northern Wilderness, which is semi-enclosed and surrounded by the Qixia Mountains for a long period of time. It is not until entering Shuobei Prefecture that there is a canyon that connects with the Ningdar Grassland.

Xingyuan Pass is the pass closest to the border in the northeast of Northwest Prefecture. It forms an angle with Shanyuguan. It guards Dayue towards the entire northwestern, central and northern regions. Northwest Prefecture is just in between, and there are natural dangers to defend. Although the Northwest State is on the border, there is no reason why the frontier troops are stationed.

"What's the situation on the borders?" Since he asked, Ye Chen simply asked once.

"Wait a minute." Seeing Ye Chen's posture for a long talk, Xiao Jinyan quickly finished his breakfast, rinsed his mouth and wiped his mouth before replying, "It's relatively calm now, and the internal disturbances in various countries have not yet been calmed down. Don’t mention it, let’s just say it’s nearby, several tribes are staring at the Yuanyu mine on the Ningdar grassland, and the Ningdar tribe is too busy to take care of themselves, and they don’t even have the time to think about me.”

"It's better to be on guard." Ye Chen reminded.

"Yes." Xiao Jinyan accepted.It is true that we have to guard against it. It was nothing in the past. With enough troops, the Zhenbei Army is not afraid of these nomadic peoples rushing through the border. Now that the combat power has been damaged, and the border defense line has been stretched several times, it is indeed necessary to be cautious.

Ye Chen's eating speed is not slow, and soon, he also put down his chopsticks. After the soldiers came in and took them away, he thought for a while, took a piece of paper and made a list, pushed it in front of Xiao Jinyan, and said, "Try to find a way to get these materials. , the more the better, I can help you refine a formation."

"No charge?" Xiao Jinyan picked it up and took a look. They were all rare items, and only a small amount could be found in the Zhenbei Army's reserves. He had never even heard of the rest, let alone seen the real ones. It can be seen how precious they are, and he couldn't help teasing road.

Ye Chen was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "No problem, as long as you exchange yourself."

Xiao Jinyan's face was covered with black lines, and after a while, a thin layer of red was dyed on his face, which was so light that it was difficult to be noticed.

However, Ye Chen's perception is very strong, this scene happened to fall into his eyes, and he couldn't help but feel itchy, but the timing was wrong, knowing that the situation would not be good if he stayed any longer, he could only call Liu Yan to ride his horse in the barren valley to vent his excess energy .

After Ye Chen circled the venue a few times and calmed down, everyone had packed up and was ready to leave.

The journey went smoothly, and not long after noon, a group of people arrived at the line of defense against the beast.

The places along the road were extremely desolate. Although no bloody scenes were seen, the traces of raging beasts were very obvious.

There are ruins and ruins everywhere, and there is no complete ground at the battle site. The roads are seriously damaged. Near the defense line, many people are repairing the official roads under the leadership of craftsmen. The earth element force monk who was not seriously injured came forward to recover.

This is not the first time Ye Chen has seen such a scene. He has seen many more cruel battlefields in the last days, but his expression can't be relaxed. He sighed in his heart. He only hopes that human beings will quickly adapt to the current environment. By then, the probability of such a tragedy happening will be very high. can be greatly reduced.

Back at the station, Ye Chen didn't follow Xiao Yanjin into the main tent, but pulled him into the soundproof quiet room.Don't get me wrong, he's not going to do something shameless, he has something serious to talk to Xiao Jinyan about.

"Jinyan, I didn't tell you in detail just now, the beast king stone is not only effective on fierce beasts, but also has an obvious effect on spirit beasts, but the after-effects are huge. After absorbing spirit beasts, they will completely lose their minds and transform into fierce beasts." Ye Chen will The soul power is scattered around, preventing anyone from peeping with the soul power.

Xiao Jinyan didn't think Ye Chen would talk nonsense, so she waited patiently for the next chapter.

Sure enough, things went as expected.

Soon, Ye Chen went on to say: "If the king stone is formed, then I have no choice but to destroy it. It is still incomplete. I can get rid of the negative substances contained in it, but only most of it can be removed. A small number of beasts that need to absorb them resist on their own, the success rate is not 100%, and there is a possibility of failure. If they succeed, they will have the opportunity to grow into a king beast, and if they fail, there is a high probability of damage to their aptitude. Do you want to let Blaze try?"

With a difficult choice in front of him, Xiao Jinyan seldom hesitated. After a moment of silence, he said, "Let Chi Yan choose."

"Okay, then you are busy first, and I will find you later." Seeing that the two had the same idea, a smile appeared in Ye Chen's eyes.

Xiao Jinyan nodded, and Wei Wei simply got up and left. He had a lot of things to do, and he really didn't have time to waste.

After the gate was closed again, to block the sight of the soldiers guarding far away, Ye Chen immediately began to deal with the negative effects of Lu Xing's Vicious Beast King Stone.

After the beast king stone is formed, the beast will become king if it eats it, but if multiple king beasts appear at one time, they will fight and devour each other until the strongest is determined.

The effect of the unformed beast king stone will be greatly reduced, and there are not many advanced substances contained in it. After absorbing it, you will only get the chance to become a king beast, which is not very attractive to fierce beasts.

After all, no matter how brainless the beasts are, their instincts are still there. It is true that they have an extreme desire for the king stone of the beasts, but they will not risk their lives just to fight for that chance.

Only by becoming a king beast can the fierce beast surrender. Before that, you are nothing, and you will be killed by them jointly. do it?

Spirit beasts are just the opposite. They can only be used by the fierce beast king stone before it is formed. After it is formed, it will be too expensive to eat, and they will subconsciously reject it.Of course, even if the beast king stone has not yet formed, it is still difficult for them to choose, because the negative substances in it have not disappeared, but the content will not make them transform into beasts, but it will also affect their future growth. If you are good, you will become crazy and lose your sanity.

Ye Chen opened "Ling Treasure Encyclopedia" to the end of the few pages introducing Lu Xing's Vicious Beast King Stone, where there is a treatment method, make sure to write it down, and start trying after there are no omissions.

The method sounds very simple, you only need to use soul power to eliminate negative substances little by little, but it is quite difficult to do.Without him, it's because Ye Chen couldn't feel the existence of this thing at all, otherwise he would have discovered the beast king stone early in the morning, and he wouldn't have to wait for the arrival of the two of them to find the source of the beast's anomaly.

However, since the method is given, the success rate cannot be zero, and there must be a solution, otherwise it cannot be called a solution.

The way to deal with it is also not difficult. As long as the perception is connected with the spirit beast, and the spirit beast senses the beast king stone, the problem can be easily solved.

Seeing this, Ye Chen fell silent.

This is not difficult, so what is difficult?

Ye Chen didn't have any spirit beasts in his hand, the only ones he could use were Liuyan and Chiyan, two mortal beasts who were in the process of transitioning from mortal beasts to spirit beasts.Blazing flames are ruled out first, he is not familiar enough with it, so only Liuyan is left as an option.

Not to mention that Liuyan is not a spirit beast, and lacks spirituality. Of course, this is relative to spirit beasts. Compared with ordinary beasts, it can be said to be full of spirituality. The communication between Yechen and Liuyan is a problem.

Liuyan can only understand some simple words, if you tell it perception, will it understand?Thinking of this, Ye Chen felt a terrible headache, and seemed to be getting annoyed.

Even though he thought so, Ye Chen never thought of giving up, otherwise he wouldn't have told Xiao Jinyan that he had a solution to this matter.It's hard for Liu Yan to understand what perception is, so he will teach it slowly, if it doesn't work a few times, then demonstrate it dozens of times and hundreds of times, he doesn't believe that Liu Yan can't understand this with his current cleverness.