Xiao Zuo in the crowd asked Xu Lai curiously. As a veteran of several terms, Xu Lai knew much more about the situation here.
Xu Lai nodded solemnly: "Lu Pan is not exaggerating, there are indeed many dangers lurking here.
Soul generals have attacked ferrymen before, and every year many people stay here because of overtime.
But the strange thing is that every time the time expires, the people who are stranded here seem to have disappeared from the world, waiting until the next time they come back.
They were all gone, not even a single body was left behind.
So boy, no matter whether you find the spirit stone or not, you must come back before the stone door closes.
This is no joke."
"Oh my god, is it so weird?"
Xiao Zuo opened his mouth and bowed: "Thank you, old man, for reminding me. I will definitely pay attention."
In the crowd on the other side, there were also many people gathering together in twos and threes and muttering.
"Remember, when we go in later, we must find Marquis Wu no matter what. Even if we kidnap him, we must kidnap him. This is the mission entrusted to us by your Excellency."
Yu Shangfei took out three topographic maps from his arms and handed two of them to the two people beside him.
"This is the topographic map of the spiritual realm, which clearly shows the activity areas of the soul generals.
Remember, you must not go deep into the Donghuang Mountains. It is the hinterland of the spiritual realm and the most dangerous place. Life or death is unpredictable if you set foot there.
This time we can only search on the outside, those soul generals usually don’t dare to go deep.”
Bai Qing glanced at the terrain map and immediately put it in his arms: "Brother Yu, aren't you coming with us?"
Yu Shangfei shook his head, "It's enough for you two to go to Wuhou. I have other things to do so I won't go with you."
"But didn't your Excellency say, let the three of us be together." Li Lang reminded.
Yu Shangfei looked a little unhappy: "It doesn't matter, I will come to meet you immediately after finishing the work, so I won't delay the important matter."
"But..."
"Okay, don't be reluctant, it's settled!"
The other two people wanted to say something, but after receiving a sideways look from Yu Shangfei, they were so frightened that they had to shut their mouths obediently.
After Lu Sanxuan introduced all the precautions in the spiritual realm, an hourglass half a man's height officially started timing in front of the gate.
When all the sand in the hourglass runs out, it means that the time is up and the door to the spiritual realm will be closed again.
The time left for all ferrymen is no more than five hours.
There was just a clang, and Yin Shi rang the gong, and all the ferrymen dispersed. The entrance to the cave, which was originally bustling with people, returned to calm.
...
On the other side, the unsuspecting Cao Ning was still tasting the Erguotou he had just redeemed from the system.
In the open space in front of him, there was a table with its own charcoal brazier, and a mandarin duck pot was placed on it. Delicious meat and various vegetables were cooked in the pot.
Cao Ning took Lin Xiaoyun and ate the steaming hot pot while admiring the life-and-death duel between the three of them. It was so beautiful.
"It's unreasonable. You are cheating. You are cheating, but two of you are attacking me. I have the ability to fight one on one."
Hua Xiong, who was still clamoring at first, could still parry after Li Kui participated in the siege. However, the situation became more and more dangerous as time went by, and he was almost flanked by the two men several times.
In fact, it’s no wonder!
There is no problem in dealing with Zhang Fei, after all, he is only an early B-level soul general, but Li Kui is different.
His realm improved quickly. After absorbing several soul generals, he actually reached the middle stage in one step.
However, these two people are notorious for not caring about their lives. When fighting, they don't care about anything else and fight desperately.
"One-on-one? That's right, one-on-one!"
Cao Ning took a bite of handsome mutton, exhaled a breath of hot breath and quickly explained: "No, you are challenging the two of them alone, is there a problem?"
"Yeah, yeah, I'm so angry!" Hua Xiong's old face turned red with anger.
"Hey, Lao Zhang, he dared to steal your lines." Li Kui reminded him with his ax in his hand.
Zhang Fei's eyes widened, and he was about to stab him with his spear: "You are so arrogant, see if I don't poke a few bloody holes in you."
"Old Zhang, don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry, just take your time. I'll warm the charcoal fire for you here. Don't worry, the hot pot won't be cold. Take good care of this guy."
Cao Ning took out a large piece of mutton from the pot and was eating enthusiastically when he suddenly found that his table seemed to be shaking.
Cao Ning raised his head and saw thick smoke billowing not far away, as if there were several tall soul generals rushing here.
"Hahaha, your doom is coming. My brothers are here. Let me see how you can resist this time."
When Hua Xiong looked back, his confidence suddenly doubled. The big knife in his hand suddenly became unstoppable and even drove the two of them away.
"If there's anything to be happy about, let's see and tell you later!"
Cao Ning stood up with the dishes in his hands. Not far away, he saw the leading strong man holding a tiger-headed spear in his hand, wearing a red cloak, and leading seven or eight soldiers armed with various weapons, heading here.
Come and kill.
"Zijian, don't panic, Zhang Xiu is here!"
Zhang Xiu came straight towards Zhang Fei holding a tiger-headed spear.
Zhang Fei panicked and quickly raised his spear to block the attack, but was caught off guard. Fortunately, Li Kui reacted quickly and came to his aid in time.
"Brother, if you don't come, I will be in danger today!"
When Hua Xiong saw Zhang Xiu coming, he was so excited that he hurried forward to greet him.
In the spiritual realm for more than a thousand years, due to the pressure of the environment, many soul generals have formed alliances, indicating that they will advance and retreat together.
Among them, Zhang Xiu and Hua Xiong are a life-and-death alliance.
"Zhang Xiu? How did these two guys get together?"
Cao Ning looked at Zhang Xiu's surprise and muttered in his heart: "I was planning to go find you, but I didn't expect you to take the initiative to come to my door."
Cao Ning walked up with the dishes and shouted loudly: "Zhang Xiu, do you know me?"
"you?"
After Zhang Xiu greeted Hua Xiong, he stepped forward and looked at the young man in front of him curiously: "Who are you and why should I know you?"
"Really, let me remind you, my surname is Cao!" Cao Ning said with a smile.
"Your surname is Cao? Are you a descendant of that thief Cao?" Zhang Xiu asked warily.
"Bah, you are such a shameless bastard!"
Cao Ning immediately took a sip and cursed loudly: "Back then, you were defeated twice and surrendered to the Cao family. What happened now that you opened your mouth to call Cao a thief?
I think you are the real thief, the one who goes back on your word."
“Hmph, those are just things of the past, so let’s not mention them!
Why, are you scared now, so you want to have a relationship with me first?"
Zhang Xiu put one hand on his waist and held a tiger-headed gun in the other and laughed loudly: "Hahaha... well, who made me have a fate with your Cao family.
That's good. If you are willing to kneel down and kowtow and beg me for mercy, maybe I can spare your life today.
Otherwise, you and these two guys will stay here together."
"Really? But you seem to have misunderstood me.
It’s okay if you don’t come today, since you are here, I can introduce you to a friend.”
"Friend? Where did I come from as a friend? Don't try to trick me, thief."
"Don't deny it in a hurry. Wait until you see it."
With that said, Cao Ning threw the bowl aside, smiled and clapped his hands: "Evil, come out to meet old friends."
