"Give me the map!"
Standing in front of the river, which was so long that he couldn't see the end of the river and the other shore, the water was surging, and the sound of the waves was deafening. Looking at the map in his hand, Junior Leopard was stunned.
"Zhu Ba, are we going the wrong way?"
"I don't know. You have to ask Jiang Xiao. I think we must be going the wrong way. The map doesn't say that there is a big river on it!" Zhu Ba grinned.
Junior Leopard looked at Jiang Xiao who was holding the map.
"Your Excellency, we are going the right way. There is no problem with the task!" Jiang Xiao stared at Zhu Ba fiercely and smiled bitterly. "This map was made by the Hanlin Academy in a hurry. It is said that it was drawn and enlarged directly on the entire map of Northern Yuan. Many things are not there. This big river is just a thin line on the map. I thought it was a small river. Who knew it was such a big river!" Jiang Xiao smiled bitterly and pointed at a thin line on the map to Junior Leopard.
Junior Leopard looked at the map and then looked up at the river in front of him. "That is to say, we have been walking on this vast prairie for two months and then got lost?"
"Your Excellency, you must be joking. We are not lost. It is just that the map is not accurate. After crossing this river and moving forward, we will almost reach your fief in two months!"
Junior Leopard's mouth twitched. "Two more months?"
"Your Excellency, this is already good. Your fief is not the farthest. There are many people farther than you!" Jiang Xiao smiled apologetically. But in his heart, he complained, "If you were willing to ride a horse instead of sitting in this carriage, we would have reached your fief by now!"
However, he did not dare to say this. He really did not understand why Junior Leopard would be infected with such a bad habit. How could a carriage be more convenient than riding a horse?
"Such a big river should be very famous, right?" Junior Leopard put down the map and walked to the river. He thought for a while and said, "You wait here for a while. I will go to see if there is anything like a bridge on the river!" Junior Leopard said and jumped into the air dozens of feet high. He operated the Dragon Flying Technique and glided away. In the blink of an eye, he disappeared from everyone's sight.
"This is the power of the strong!"
Watching Junior Leopard's figure disappear, the people who stayed by the river all had looks of envy in their eyes. It was common knowledge that a Level Seven expert could fly, but they had never seen a Level Seven expert fly in their lives. Now that they saw it with their own eyes, they were naturally touched.
As for the premise that a Level Seven expert needed to condense Gang Qi to fly in the sky, they had completely ignored it.
Junior Leopard flew in the air, but his expression was not good. Such a big river lay across the prairie, and his fief was on the opposite side of the river. This was very unfavorable for his future development.
As an outsider with the consciousness of his previous life, he began to cultivate his sense of belonging to this world after he understood that he might never be able to return to his original world.
However, it was not easy.
Now, there was an excellent opportunity for him to own a fief. The laws of this world clearly stipulated that it was his own fief. This gave him a chance to regain the sense of belonging that he had lost for more than ten years.
Of course, he would not miss this opportunity.
Therefore, when he set off from Yunzhou, he wanted to take a carriage. On the one hand, he really liked the independent private space in the carriage. On the other hand, he wanted to take this opportunity to familiarize himself with the route and environment to his fief in preparation for the future.
However, he didn't expect that he would be gone for two months, and that he would encounter a river that was even wider than the Yangtze River in his previous life. It completely separated his fief from the Central Plains. This made him very unhappy.
Therefore, he wanted to come out to take a breath of fresh air.
As for finding a bridge, it was a joke. With the current construction technology of this world, it was impossible to build a bridge over such a wide river.
"Damn it, this river is really longer than the Yangtze River. The river is also rushing. It is not within my fief. In the future, when transporting goods, crossing the river will be a big problem. Hey, there's someone over there …!"
Standing in the air, Junior Leopard clearly saw that on the broad prairie, a group of people and horses were slowly moving forward. Their goal seemed to be the big river.
Junior Leopard's body moved, and he flew straight to that place.
This group of people and horses was much more than Junior Leopard's group. There were more than a hundred people. From their conversation, Junior Leopard figured out that this was also a martial arts aristocratic family surnamed Zhao who had made great contributions in the war to destroy Northern Yuan. However, it was a small aristocratic family, far inferior to the Wu Family. It was similar to the unfortunate friend of his master Xu Yong in Ningzhou, who was a king in a small city. However, when the Family Head of the Zhao Family destroyed Northern Yuan, he was so lucky that he robbed a tribe's most precious treasure and offered it to the imperial court. From then on, he was conferred the title of County Magistrate and was granted 200 miles of land in Northern Yuan. Yes, only 200 miles of land.
Yes, only 200 miles of land, and this group of people were sent by the Zhao Family to accept the fief. However, the Family Head surnamed Zhao did not come in person. This group of people were some servants of the family, distant relatives and so on. They were sent here to guard the fief. Although there were many people, the strongest one was only a Level Three guy, who had not even stepped into the Bone-Forging Realm.
Like Junior Leopard, the people of the Zhao Family stopped when they reached the edge of the river. They had more than a hundred people and brought more things than Junior Leopard. Seeing such a big river, they could only look at it and sigh.
"Damn it, you damn Tartar. What the hell are you leading? Why is there a river here?"
All of a sudden, the leader of the group grabbed the collar of the person walking in front of him and shook his body fiercely. "Tell me, how can there be such a f * cking river here!"
"Cough, cough, cough, cough, here, here …!" The person who was grabbed by the collar was lifted up. The collar was strangled to his neck and his face turned purple.
"Zhao Ke, you won't get anything out of him. Instead, you will strangle him to death!"
"Humph!" The strong man called Zhao Ke snorted and threw the person to the ground. He pointed at his nose and shouted, "You'd better tell me clearly. Otherwise, I'll throw you into the river to feed the fish!"
"I, cough, I've told you, cough, cough, I'm from the Mousang tribe. After the Little Stone River, I haven't been to any other place!" The man who was thrown to the ground by Ji Yunshu said intermittently.
"Then why are we keeping you alive? It's a waste of food! "Zhao Ke glared and was about to beat him again.
"I know where this place is, I know …" the person said quickly.
"Bastard, how dare you f * cking fool me!" Zhao Ke was even angrier when he didn't say it.
"I've never been here, but I know where this place is. I didn't fool you!" Seeing Zhao Ke coming up, the person held his head and shrank to the ground, shouting loudly.
From his accent, Junior Leopard could tell that this person should be from Northern Yuan.
"I'm really stupid. I should have found a guide from Northern Yuan before coming here. Then I wouldn't have wasted so much time!"
Speaking of this matter, Junior Leopard had the urge to vomit blood. Originally, he wanted to find a guide from Northern Yuan. After the fall of Northern Yuan, the Jin army carried out a war similar to genocide in Northern Yuan, but it didn't really exterminate the bloodline of Northern Yuan. In fact, a large number of Northern Yuan's population were taken to the Jin and became slaves. Whether they were aristocrats from the prairie or from the plains, they were all sold like livestock. The slave trade that had been declining for many years suddenly flourished. The Jin, which had always been cracking down on the slave trade, also became silent. However, there was a secret rumor among all the slave traders that if you wanted to sell a slave, you should sell a person from Northern Yuan. If you dared to sell a person from the Central Plains, not only would you lose your business, but you would also have to go to court, which was enough to make you bankrupt. Therefore, although the slave traders were bold, they didn't extend their hands to the people from the Central Plains.
But in Junior Leopard's view, it was only a matter of time.
Everything had its advantages and disadvantages. Junior Leopard didn't care about this. Whether it was advantages or disadvantages, did it have anything to do with him? He just came to Northern Yuan to be a local tyrant.
At the same time, before he came, he did ask Zhu Ba to help him find a guide who was familiar with Northern Yuan. At that time, the slave market in Yunzhou had just opened. There were so many slaves in Northern Yuan that it wasn't difficult to find one who knew the way. However, because Zhu Ba had so many things to do at that time, this bastard forgot about this matter. As a result, when he wanted to find a guide, the slave market had long been closed.
Although there were a large number of slaves from Northern Yuan at the beginning of the war in Yunzhou, Yunzhou was too close to Northern Yuan. There was too much hatred between the people of both sides. In Yunzhou, Northern Yuan's slaves couldn't be sold at a high price. After they were sold, they were often beaten to death by the buyer. This was not a good deal for the army or the slave traders. In addition, the imperial court of Great Jin didn't want so many Northern Yuan people to stay in Yunzhou, which was so close to Northern Yuan. Therefore, the slave trade in Yunzhou was just a flash in the pan. By the time Junior Leopard and his companions found that they needed a guide, all the slave markets in Yunzhou had already been closed.
This didn't mean that there were no more Northern Yuan slaves in Yunzhou. It was just that most of the remaining Northern Yuan slaves belonged to the Seven Tribes of the South Yard and didn't know much about the north. Junior Leopard's territory was far away in the northwest. These Northern Yuan people of the Seven Tribes of the South Yard had never been there and didn't even have any concept of it. Therefore, they had to give up.
Fortunately, they still had a map, and Jiang Xiao also volunteered that he could understand it. Along the way, there were only grasslands with no dangerous places, so they set off directly. Over the past two months, the journey had been peaceful. Northern Yuan had been destroyed, and the grasslands were empty, without any signs of human habitation. Occasionally, they would meet some people who had the same goal as them. They had all made contributions during the destruction of Northern Yuan and obtained meritorious deeds, so they were given fiefs in Northern Yuan. However, Northern Yuan was too big, and there were many people who were granted fiefs. They were not going the same way, so they just met each other on the road and went their separate ways. In the past five or six days, they gradually went deeper into the north, and the human habitation became even more sparse. Except for the wolf packs, they really did not meet any signs of human habitation. The journey was also considered smooth until now, when they were blocked by such a big river.
"Although this person hasn't been here before, I've heard of him. God knows what kind of places we will encounter after crossing the river. It's better to bring him along than blindly groping for an elephant!" Thinking of this, Junior Leopard rolled up his robe sleeves. A crimson airflow rolled up the man who was holding his head on the ground like water.
Nine Changes of Heavenly Birds, Divine Crane Change, Boundless Crane Sea!
The Northern Yuan man didn't know any martial arts. Even if he did, his martial arts had been abolished after he became a slave. Now he was just an ordinary person. Being rolled up by Junior Leopard, he flew up.
In the eyes of the bystanders, they only felt a strange gust of wind suddenly appear. A scarlet streak of light appeared out of nowhere and swept the person into the sky. In an instant, the person disappeared without a trace. They could not help but be shocked and panic filled their hearts.
Junior Leopard rolled up the man and didn't stay for long. He directly brought him to the side of his carriages and then put him down.
The Northern Yuan man had never seen such a situation. When he was flying in the sky just now, it was as if he had seen a ghost. It was even worse than when Junior Leopard was carried by Xue Wuya for the first time. He was so scared that he peed. He didn't calm down until he landed on the ground and saw a group of people. However, the smell of urine in his pants couldn't be concealed.
"Your Excellency, this is …!" Zhu Ba asked.
"A Northern Yuan man. He said he had heard of this river, so I brought him here!" Junior Leopard stared at him fiercely.
Zhu Ba knew he was in the wrong. Being stared at by Junior Leopard, he shrank his head and didn't dare to speak again.
"You just said that although you haven't been here before, you know the name of this river, right? Tell me, where is this place?!"
"This, this is the Dragon-pressing River!" The Northern Yuan man said timidly. Although he didn't know martial arts, he was a small aristocrat in a tribe. He knew a little about martial arts. Naturally, he knew that those who could fly in the martial arts world were all extraordinary guys. Each of them had extraordinary means. In front of such people, he didn't have any illusions.
"Dragon-pressing River? That's a good name. Do you know how to cross the river?! "
"Cross, cross the river? Use, use a boat! "
"Bullshit! Of course I know how to use a boat. But where can I find a boat on this river?!" Junior Leopard scolded in a low voice, which scared the man.
"Well, don't be afraid. I don't mean you any harm. I'm the same as those people just now. I just want you to be a guide!" Junior Leopard said, "You just said to use a boat to cross the river. So, there must be a ferry. Do you know where it is?!"
"At the Slanting Stone Beach!" The man hurriedly said, "I'm from the Mosang tribe, which belongs to the Blackwolf tribe. The furthest tribe in the Blackwolf tribe is on the side of the Small Stone River, 400 miles away from the Dragon-pressing River. After crossing the Small Stone River, it's the territory of the Hengshan tribe. The Dragon-pressing River is within the sphere of influence of the Hengshan tribe. There's only one ferry, which is the Slanting Stone Beach!"
"Your Excellency, the Slanting Stone Beach is here!" As soon as the man mentioned "Slanting Stone Beach", Jiang Xiao had already searched for it on the map and found it very quickly.
"It's far from here!" Junior Leopard glanced at the map and couldn't help but frown.
"At least 100 miles away!" Jiang Xiao said helplessly.
"Forget it. Anyway, there aren't many people. You can all get into the carriage. I'll send you across the river to save you trouble!" Junior Leopard said.
This time, the main purpose of this trip was to explore the way. So, there weren't many people. Only his subordinates in Jiang City, which were Jiang Xiao, Wang Cheng, Zhu Ba and a few other veterans of the Navy of Jiang City who had completed their service. There were only about 10 people in total. Altogether, they carried at most more than 500 kilograms. There weren't many materials either, only half a carriage.
With Junior Leopard's ability, he only needed to divide it into several trips. Then, he could carry all the people, horses and materials across the river.
"Your Excellency, how can you do this? You're priceless —!"
"Shut up. The sooner we cross the river, the sooner we can get on our way!" Junior Leopard said impatiently. He rolled up his sleeves and a fine airflow formed an air blanket. Just like before, it rolled up the three horses. Then, he leaped into the air and flew to the other side of the Dragon-pressing River. Seeing this, everyone looked at each other and didn't know what to do for a moment!
"Damn it, Zhu Ba. This time, we're all screwed up by you!" Jiang Xiao cursed in a low voice and got into the carriage. Wang Cheng also gave Zhu Ba a fierce look and got into the carriage. Zhu Ba felt a chill in his heart when he was stared at by the two. He didn't dare to say anything more, but he didn't get in. Instead, he signaled the veterans to get into the carriage.
Junior Leopard didn't know how long the Dragon-pressing River was. But after flying up, it didn't take long for them to reach the other side. The width of this river was only about 10 miles.
After crossing the Dragon-pressing River, Junior Leopard couldn't help but feel a little tired after he put down the horses whose hooves were already weak from fright.
He had reached Level Seven, but he didn't practice Gang Qi. Whether it was the Reining Sword Technique or riding the dragon wind, these were all for him to fly by himself. He had never considered the problem of flying with weights. Of course, it was not that he couldn't take them with him. But it was still a very difficult task for Junior Leopard to carry nearly 500 kilograms of things while flying.
Fortunately, during these days, he had some experience in comprehending the Magic Crane Change of the Nine Changes of Heavenly Birds and learned the Boundless Crane Sea.
The Boundless Crane Sea was a kind of wind-reining technique in the Magic Crane Change. When it was released, it was a very fine airflow, like a red cloth, which could roll up people or things and fly in the sky. It was supposed to be matched with the Crane Flying Through the Sky in the Magic Crane Change. However, Junior Leopard didn't feel anything about the Crane Flying Through the Sky. He just felt that the Boundless Crane Sea was very convenient, so he started to practice it. Unexpectedly, it was really useful today. It was much more effortless than lifting things with his hands.
Even though the Boundless Crane Sea was marvelous, Junior Leopard had to run back and forth five times before he could take all of them across the river. Of course, that also included the guide.
After crossing the river, the eyes of this group of people when looking at Junior Leopard doubled. However, Junior Leopard was not in the mood to be complacent.
He was about to run out of strength.
"Wang Cheng, Jiang Xiao, from now on, you two are in charge of things here. I need to rest for a while. Zhu Ba, you listen to them and don't make trouble for me anymore. Otherwise, I'll throw you into the Longjiang River!" Junior Leopard saw that Zhu Ba still wanted to say something, so he sealed his mouth with one sentence.
"I'm exhausted, f * cking exhausted. This work is really not for a human!"
As soon as he entered the carriage, Junior Leopard leaned on the bed. Fortunately, he had the External Elixir of the Fiery Eyes to help him replenish his Internal Qi. Otherwise, he would not have been able to hold on.
"Two months, there are still two months to go. F * ck, which bastard gave my fief so far away and separated by such a big river? It will be hard for me to develop in the future. Should I think of a way to occupy the land by the river? At least I should have a port on the riverside that I can completely control!" Junior Leopard thought to himself and suddenly laughed. Junior Leopard thought to himself. Suddenly, he laughed, "Damn, even a guy like me is thinking about snatching territory before even seeing the fief. There are more than 2,000 pieces of land and more than 2,000 feudal vassals. As long as one-third of them have the same idea as me, within 10 years, Northern Yuan will definitely be in a mess and the Jin will definitely be able to sit back and relax. Hehe, how vicious!"
For Junior Leopard, the matter of snatching territory was still too far away. He closed his eyes and began to regulate his breathing. With the help of the External Elixir and the Mysterious Fire in his body, the Internal Qi he had consumed just now had all been recovered after only four to six hours.
Then he attached his divine thoughts to the Green-scaled Poisonous Scorpion's thoughts, "It's really good. It seems that practicing the Poisonous Hitching Post is quite promising. At least it's more reliable than practicing the Green-scaled Poisonous Scorpion into a demon!"
Withdrawing his divine thoughts, Junior Leopard waved his hand. With a flash of cold green light, he took out the Dragonslayer he got from the Cool Breeze Gang.
"A celestial device of Mysterious Level? It's useless to me. What a pity. It would be better if it was a Pure Yang Celestial Device! "
In the Cool Breeze Gang, Junior Leopard had paid attention to Cui Hailong's words about a celestial device of Mysterious Level. After he came back, he tried every means to collect information about celestial devices. The Immortal Palace had always had this information, but he just didn't ask about it before.
There were many mystical things in this world, and they were called magical items. When these magical items were smelted with Evil Qi, Yuan Qi, and other materials, the items refined were called magical treasures.
But the term "celestial device" was just a general term.
There was a saying in the legend that celestial devices in the Middle Ages were called celestial devices in the Antiquity Times.
In fact, the celestial devices in the Antiquity Times had another name — celestial devices!
In the Middle Ages, many people also called celestial devices like Flying Swords as celestial devices.
But in fact, the standard classification should be spiritual devices, celestial devices, and celestial devices!
Spiritual devices were the lowest kind. They were just devices with intelligence and some special properties. They could barely communicate with people's minds and had additional lethality and defense. However, the enhancement of spiritual devices to the user's strength was limited, and it was not enough to increase the user's combat capability to the point of challenging people of a higher level.
Celestial devices were different. They had real intelligence, and their functions were much greater than spiritual devices. Even the lowest level celestial devices were qualified to help their users challenge people of a higher level.
For example, the Demon Devil Needle was extremely powerful, but it belonged to the lowest level celestial device, the psychic celestial device!
The Dragonslayer was one level higher than the Demon Devil Needle, and belonged to the Mysterious Level. The biggest difference between a Mysterious Level celestial device and a Psychic Level celestial device was that the soul of an evil beast was sealed in the Mysterious Level celestial device, while the soul of a flood dragon was sealed in the Dragonslayer. In addition to the soul of an evil beast, other things with great power and intelligence could also be substituted. For example, Junior Leopard's Blue Sword contained a material full of intelligence like the 10,000-year-old Heavenly Peach Wood, which was enough to be a Mysterious Level celestial device.
If the materials used in the psychic celestial device were good, and if the soul of an evil beast or spirit beast could be successfully sealed in it, it could also be upgraded to a Mysterious Level celestial device.
As for the Pure Yang Celestial Device, it was just a legend, just like a fairy weapon.
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