Next to the gate of a deep house compound in the east city of Zhao'an City,
A green dragon horse nearly ten feet tall and covered in scales kept raising its head and swaying its tail despite the efforts of the groom to comfort it, while its four bowl-sized iron hooves kicked the ground impatiently.
Later, with a creaking sound, the door of the house was slowly opened, and then a tall, middle-aged man with broad ears came out surrounded by a large group of people.
"Madam, please go back!" Zhao Shuo took the reins of the horse, turned around and said to the lady.
"Master, can you not go? Otherwise, let Ang'er go and beg the master. He is an immortal cultivator, so he will definitely save you from this trip."
Seeing his wife crying, Zhao Shuo straightened his face and said solemnly: "Madam's opinion! It is precisely because Ang'er is a cultivator that I, the father, have to go even more. And for the sake of the Zhao family's thousand-year inheritance.
, I, Zhao Shuo, am a congenital member of the Zhao family, so I have no shirking responsibility!"
"But...just in case"
Zhao Shuo waved his hand, interrupted his wife's words, and said categorically: "Nothing goes by chance, even if I die in the wilderness of the southern border this time, I died for the family's great cause, and it is considered... a worthy place to die!"
After finishing speaking, Zhao Shuo suddenly got on his horse, pulled the reins, turned the horse's head, looked back at his wife, and finally said: "Madam, take care!"
After saying that, Zhao Shuo pinched the horse's belly. The green dragon horse suddenly raised its front hooves in pain, and then rushed out fiercely.
"Master...wuwu!"
Looking at her husband's retreating figure, the hostess of the Zhao family, who had always been pampered and pampered, suddenly burst into tears.
After a while, Zhao Shuo rode a dragon horse and quickly approached the east gate of the city.
At this time, he saw from a distance that there were twelve figures on dragon horses waiting silently beside the city gate.
Most of these people are gray-haired old men, and there is only one like him who is in his prime.
When they arrived at the city gate, Zhao Shuo grabbed the horse's head, drove the green dragon horse, and silently joined in.
After a while, eight more innate warriors of the Zhao family arrived from all over Zhao'an City.
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Zhao Wenxi, the oldest among the people, suddenly said in a deep voice: "Everyone, this time I, the Zhao family, can say that we are all out, so this trip to southern Xinjiang, we can only succeed but cannot fail.
In addition, I would like to remind you again. Even if we are going to die, we old bones will die before the immortal cultivators in our family. Do you understand?"
"Third Master, don't worry!"
"It's natural!"
"Haha, Third Brother, we can still tell the difference between what is light and what is serious."
All the Zhaos' innate expressions were either solemn or free and easy, and they responded one after another.
Zhao Wenxi nodded with a smile, then tightened the reins of the horse and shouted: "Let's go!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the green dragon horse under him rushed out first.
Upon seeing this, the other Zhao clans raised their whips and clamped their bellies, and twenty-one dragon horses galloped up one after another, galloping towards Taiwu Mountain.
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Three days later, by a quiet pond on the mountainside, Zhao Sheng looked at the two cavalry teams receding down the mountain, his face as calm as ever, and he didn't say a word for a long time.
Zhao Xuanan, who was standing beside him, saw this and couldn't help but ask: "Uncle Qi, is this a little too hasty?"
Zhao Sheng turned back to look at the current head of the Zhao family, and said in a calm tone: "This is a trial and a run-in. If they can't adapt to the nearby Ghost Mist Ridge, wouldn't they be even less able to send troops to the southern wilderness?
use.."
After hearing this, Zhao Xuanan felt that although he did not agree with Uncle Qi's approach, he did not continue to question it.
In the past two years, he has been staying at the Ge family to inquire about information. As he learned more about the internal affairs of the Tuotu War, Zhao Xuanan became more aware of the cruelty of the Tuotu War.
Although Uncle Qi's decision was a bit cruel and inhumane, it was the best choice for the family.
"Xuan'an, you and Feng'er will not go on this trip to southern Xinjiang. You will be responsible for staying in Taiwu Mountain."
Hearing this, Zhao Xuanan said anxiously: "How can this be done! The family is short of manpower now, and Feng'er and I are both at the sixth level of Qi Refining, how can we just stand by and watch!"
Zhao Sheng waved his hand and said: "Everyone in the family, including me, can die, but neither you nor your husband can die. Do you understand?"
Zhao Xuanan remained silent as he understood the unfinished meaning of Uncle Qi's words.
"Besides, it is very important for the family that you and your wife are stationed in Taiwu Mountain. You have to cut off the prying eyes of those with bad intentions, and at the same time, you have to take good care of the little devils like Mr. Xuan who are on the first and second levels of Qi Refining.
The most important thing is that the family’s logistical responsibility will also fall on you. Are these things more important than having two more sixth-level Qi refining warriors?"
When Zhao Xuanan heard this, he nodded sincerely, and the knot in his heart was instantly relieved.
"By the way, how many days until Feng'er comes back?" Zhao Sheng suddenly asked.
Zhao Xuanan thought for a moment and said: "Calculating the distance, we should be back soon, within a day or two at most."
"Yeah," Zhao Sheng nodded thoughtfully.
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Two days later, in the bluestone courtyard on the top of Taiwu Mountain.
Zhao Jinjian, Zhao Keru, Zhao Sheng, Zhao Xuanan and other key figures of the Zhao family appeared here one by one.
The reason why there was such a large gathering of people was because Ge Feng'er brought back a vital piece of information.
Ge Feng'er is not tall, looks delicate and delicate, but has a cheerful and generous personality.
She stood pretty next to her husband, looking at all the uncles and elders of the Zhao family with a smile, and her aura was actually slightly stronger than that of Zhao Xuanan.
"Feng'er, take out the things quickly!" Zhao Xuanan urged at this time.
Ge Feng'er glanced at her husband with Xingtong, took out a crystal ball as big as a human head from the storage bag, and said with a smile: "Uncles and elders, Feng'er is fortunate to have lived up to his mission. He brought the true shadow ball back, and it recorded a part of the desolate world.
Domain terrain.”
After saying that, she took out another roll of maps and handed it to her husband. At the same time, she said: "This is a simple map I copied from my family. It roughly covers the scope of this territorial expansion war."
Hearing this, Zhao Jinjian couldn't hide his joy and immediately stepped forward to take the real shadow ball. At the same time, he repeatedly praised: "Feng'er, you are so determined! You have really made great contributions to our Zhao family. If this success is successful, you should be the first to take the lead!"
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"Feng'er, you don't dare to take credit. Since you have married into the Zhao family, you should put the family first." Ge Feng'er said humbly.
"That's well said. An'er is truly lucky to be able to marry you!" Zhao Sheng also praised.
"Uncle Qi, I'm serious. Who made me fall in love with this playboy?" As she said this, Ge Feng'er rolled her eyes at her husband.
Zhao Xuanan smiled when he saw San San, with a hint of bitterness on his face.
In a few words, Zhao Jinjian successfully activated the magic weapon True Shadow Ball.
At this moment, a layer of light suddenly appeared on the surface of the true shadow ball, and then a lifelike three-dimensional image was projected from inside the ball into the air.
The perspective of the image is from high in the sky, as if a person is flying forward at high speed with his weapon, looking down and taking in all the scenery and terrain along the way.
Looking around, the land is covered with undulating peaks and hills, valleys and lakes.
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