"Master!" Xu Shaosong shouted as soon as he was let go, "Why are you holding me back?"

"Shaosong, are you crazy just now?" Yan Li shouted, "Those are the subordinates of His Highness the Crown Prince."

"The man in armor is a subordinate of His Highness the Crown Prince, aren't we?" Xu Shaosong said unconvinced, "I think they just want to take our credit and catch Wu Ji before us, so they deliberately make things difficult for us."

"As subordinates of His Highness the Crown Prince, do you think they would have such courage?" Yan Li asked.

"This -" Xu Shaosong opened his mouth to retort, but suddenly stopped.

He suddenly discovered that at some point, his master's eyes had turned red, and the expression on his face seemed calm, but it was as if he was suppressing a violent storm, which was extremely scary. Seeing this, he couldn't help but tremble.

A shiver.

"Master..." he said timidly, "Are you okay?"

In terms of age difference, Xu Shaosong and Yanli are actually only a few years apart. On weekdays, Xu Shaosong basically addresses Yanli as "you" or "master". It can be said that they are almost the same, but now

Xu Shaosong suddenly used the word "you". When Yanli heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then he realized his gaffe.

"I'm fine," he said calmly, "The reason why those soldiers didn't let us enter Yangliu Town was by no means as simple as you think. It was probably because of His Highness's instructions."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's instruction?" Xu Shaosong asked in confusion, "Why would His Highness arrange it like this?"

"Who would know His Highness's thoughts?" Yan Li suppressed the worry in his eyes and said with a wry smile.

"Then what should we do next?"

"Then we can only take a detour." Yanli said, "No matter what, we must find the young man in white, otherwise..." At this point, his eyes glanced at the Zhuihong Sword carried on Xu Shaosong's back.

"Otherwise what?" Xu Shaosong asked.

"Nothing." Yan Li shook his head and smiled.

*

Jiuyin Mountain can be said to be a big mountain. Not only is it huge, but it is also cold. That's all. In addition to the coldness, the whole mountain is also wrapped in a thick layer of mist that cannot be opened. Xie Yang, Wu Ji, Fang Tianqi

Not long after the three of them walked into the mountains, the clothes on their bodies felt as if they had been soaked in cold river water, making people shiver.

The three of them walked in the fog for a while, and Fang Tianqi said, "I feel like I'm stepping on something."

"Idiot, those are stones on the ground." Xie Yang said in disgust.

"Oh," Fang Tianqi said. After a while, he added, "Wait a minute, I seemed to have heard something just now."

"It's just an echo in the mountains," Xie Yang said impatiently, "Are you afraid?"

"Where can I find it?" Fang Tianqi said immediately. After being silent for a while, he added, "But I always feel that there is something weird about this mountain."

"This Jiuyin Mountain..." Wu Ji seemed to want to say something, but mid-sentence, Fang Tianqi suddenly yelled.

"Ah! I bumped into something!" he screamed.

Wu Ji said, "You just met me."

"Oh, that's it..." Fang Tianqi said weakly.

"You are like this, and you still say you are not afraid." Xie Yang said with sarcasm. After hearing this, Fang Tianqi lowered his head guiltily, and then said, "Brother Wu Ji, there is one thing, I actually feel very strange."

"What is it?" Wu Ji asked.

Fang Tianqi said, "Not only is the brightness in this mountain extremely low, but it is also covered in fog, making it difficult to see even if you stretch out your hands. Do you really know where you are leading us now that you are leading us like this?"

As he said these words, Xie Yang's eyes paused with a sharp look on his face, and he also looked at Wu Ji.

Seeing the two of them like this, the latter stopped in a hurry and said, "Of course I know."

"Know?" Fang Tianqi said hesitantly, "How do you know?"

"Where are we going now?" Xie Yang also asked.

"We are now going to a place without clouds and fog." Wu Ji said.

"A place without clouds and fog?" Xie Yang frowned, "Clouds and fog are flowing water vapor, so how do you know where there is no fog?"

"Of course you know what you should know." Wu Ji said quietly. Xie Yang and Fang Tianqi wanted to ask him more questions, but he acted as if they hadn't heard anything and just continued to move forward with determination.

After walking like this for a while, Wu Ji stopped and said, "We're here."

Xie Yang and Fang Tianqi stopped behind him. They were both startled. Only then did they realize that in the few steps they had just taken, the scene in front of them had gradually become clearer from blur. They seemed to have passed through a road made of water.

A wall made of fog, and behind the wall, there is an open space with a clear view.

The open space was not very big, with the total length and width less than ten meters. It was like a piece of land had been forcibly dug out of a large cloud. Above the open space, one could even see the moon in the sky. But outside the boundary, everything was covered with dense fog.

Wu Fang Tianqi walked to the center of the open space in a few steps, took a breath and said, "It's so beautiful here!"

In contrast, Xie Yang seemed much calmer. He glanced around with cold eyes, and also walked to the center of the open space. He saw that the green grass in the open space was shining with small dew-like water drops on the leaf tips, but it was different from the mist.

Compared to this, it is indeed much drier here.

"Are you planning to spend the night here?" Xie Yang asked.
Chapter completed!