The Asura Spirit Vessel was immediately discovered as soon as it reached the skies above the Nightmare Mountains. A group of seven Sky Realm Martial Cultivators flew over and blocked their path.
"Who are you? Tell us your names!"
The leader of the Heavenly Tribulation Realm Martial Cultivators wore a metal helmet that shone with a metallic luster. His eyes were extremely sharp.
He was the leader of the army's patrol squad stationed at the Nightmare Mountains. One could say that he was the eyes and ears of the army. Naturally, he was extremely wary of outsiders.
"This is the token and letter of the Asura County Lord. Let us pass and meet General Huo!"
Little fatty Ren Pingfan stopped the Asura Spirit Vessel and leaped out. He then showed the token that belonged to the Asura County Lord.
The seven patrol squad members were shocked and quickly let them pass.
Although the Nightmare Mountains were very far from Asura Valley, they were still very familiar with the Asura County Lord. After all, she was very likely to be the next ruler of the entire Asura Prefecture!
"Why are you all wearing masks?"
The leader of the Heavenly Tribulation Realm squad glanced at Long Yu and Ren Pingfan, still on his guard.
Long Yu was nothing to be afraid of. The main problem was that Ren Pingfan was a Two Path Divinity Realm expert. Even in the entire army of the Nightmare Mountains, such experts were rare.
"The County Lord has instructed that I must wear it."
Ren Pingfan replied directly. With a wave of his hand, he put away the Asura Spirit Vessel and turned it into a small boat. Ren Pingfan held it in his hand like a model.
"Mountain Ghost, the County Lord said that it would be safer for you to keep this."
Ren Pingfan tossed the shrunken Asura Spirit Vessel to Long Yu.
Long Yu caught it and smirked. He then activated the Dragon Scale of the Nine Underworlds and absorbed it into the seventh floor of the Ancient Dragon Bone Pagoda.
Placing the Asura Spirit Vessel in the Ancient Dragon Bone Pagoda was indeed the safest place.
Although the leader of the patrol squad was still a little doubtful, he didn't ask any questions. In his opinion, although the two were both wearing masks, they probably didn't have any ill intentions since they requested to meet General Huo.
Moreover, the Asura County Lord's token couldn't be forged.
"Follow me. I'll inform the General first."
The leader of the patrol squad descended from the clouds with the two men and quickly descended into a valley of a mountain range.
An army of hundreds of thousands of soldiers was stationed in the valley, all under the command of General Huo Yuanbai. It could be said to be one of the strongest forces in Shura Prefecture.
As a Seven Daos Divinity Realm expert, Huo Yuanbai was qualified to rule the Shura Prefecture. Moreover, he was deeply trusted by the Shura Prefecture King, which was why he was appointed as the general of the Nightmare Legion to fight against the neighboring Ghost Evil Prefecture.
Because of the Nightmare Legion's protection, half of the Nightmare Mountain Range was occupied by the Shura County. Otherwise, the entire Nightmare Mountain Range would have been taken by the Ghost Evil County.
This place was rich in resources. If it wasn't for the Nightmare Legion being too hard to deal with, the Ghost Evil County would have already conquered it and occupied it.
At the same time, the Asura Prefecture's Nightmare Army was also planning to occupy the entire Nightmare Mountains. However, the Ghost Prefecture was also keeping a close eye on it, so Huo Yuanbai didn't have any chance to make a move.
Long Yu glanced over and saw that the entire mountain range was filled with camps. The entire Nightmare Legion's Martial Cultivators lived in this vast stretch of mountain range. They were in charge of protecting the Nightmare Mountain Range from the Ghost Evil County's Martial Cultivators.
"The Asura Prefecture is simply too powerful. Just the Nightmare Legion that guards the Nightmare Mountain Range has at least a hundred Divine Ability Realm experts. The squad leaders of the patrol teams are all Heavenly Tribulation Realm martial cultivators.
Long Yu sighed.
Such an army would be more than enough to take over the entire Heavenly Mandate Island. There wouldn't even be a need for the Mystery Realm experts.
Of course, floating islands like the Heavenly Mandate Island were all part of the Shura Commandery. Many martial arts geniuses had emerged from these floating islands and made great contributions to the Shura Commandery.
Following the patrol team, Long Yu and Ren Pingfan arrived at a rather simple and crude camp in the mountains. Although it was simple and crude, the various supplies in the camp were arranged in a very orderly manner, giving people a refreshing feeling when they looked at it.
"Greetings, General. The Princess' men are here to see you!"
The patrol squad leader stood at the entrance of the camp and shouted.
"Let them in."
A middle-aged man's voice came from the camp. There was a hint of surprise in his voice. Obviously, he didn't expect the Princess to send someone to see him.
"You two, go in."
The patrol squad leader heaved a sigh of relief. There wouldn't be any accidents now that they were here.
Even if a guy with two Mystery Realms wanted to do something bad, he wouldn't be a match for General Huo Yuanbai, who had seven Mystery Realms.
"Hehe, thank you for your hard work, brother. When we settle down, I'll have a drink with you!"
Ren Pingfan smiled at the patrol squad leader.
"You flatter me, you flatter me."
The patrol captain was immediately overwhelmed by the favor. The person he was talking to was a Two Path Divinity realm powerhouse. How would he dare to drink with him?
Little did he know that the little fatty was speaking the truth. "I'm serious. What's your name?"
"I'm Lei Fu."
The patrol squad leader hurriedly replied.
"Mm, I'll remember. I'll go in to see the General first."
After the little fatty finished speaking, he stepped into the camp with Long Yu.
When Long Yu saw this scene from the side, he knew that this little fatty was very scheming. The reason why he wanted to invite the patrol captain Lei Fu for a drink was because he wanted to find out the situation of the entire Nightmare Mountain Range and the Nightmare Legion as soon as possible.
After all, the little fatty was going to be the Nightmare Legion's Guest Military Advisor. If he didn't understand the situation, wouldn't he be easily plotted against?
There were so many people in the Nightmare Legion. Apart from General Huo Yuanbai, there were also four deputies. It was impossible for them to be as harmonious as they looked on the surface.
It wouldn't be fun if he accidentally tripped. Ren Pingfan couldn't go wrong being a little more careful.
After entering the camp, Long Yu and Ren Pingfan took off their masks. Princess Shu Chan had said that there was no need to hide their identities in front of General Huo Yuanbai. On the contrary, they had to reveal their true identities.
One must know that General Huo Yuanbai was in charge of the entire Nightmare Mountains. There was no way he would allow an unknown person to sneak in, much less allow an unknown person to become a Guest Military Advisor.
It would be bad if a spy were to sneak in.
Although Shu Chan had a token and a handwritten letter, it might not be enough for Huo Yuanbai to completely trust her. It was better to be safe.
The two stepped into a wooden hut in the camp. The first thing they saw was a refining platform that was burning with flames, roasting many metal ores on it.
A refining platform was a tool used to forge Combat Weapons, similar to an alchemy furnace.
Beside this refining platform, there was a bare-chested middle-aged man. He was wielding a hammer that flickered with lightning as he hammered the metal ores on the refining platform.
"I didn't expect General Huo to be a Weapon Refiner."
Ren Pingfan couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
"Haha, I'm getting old. It's hard to advance on the path of martial arts, so I decided to try forging some Combat Weapons for fun."
The middle-aged man laughed heartily. He raised his head and glanced at Long Yu and Ren Pingfan, his gaze lingering on Long Yu for a longer time.
"You're the princess' men?"
General Huo Yuanbai asked.
"That's right. This is the princess' handwritten letter. Please take a look."
Ren Pingfan took out Shu Chan's letter and handed it over.
General Huo Yuanbai temporarily stopped forging Combat Weapons and took the letter. He quickly finished reading the contents and roughly understood the situation.
"Kid, your name is Long Yu, right?"
After reading the letter, Huo Yuanbai walked over with a smile and extended his hand to Long Yu in a friendly manner.
"Not bad."
Long Yu's eyes lit up. General Huo Yuanbai seemed to be easy to get along with.
He extended his hand and shook hands with Huo Yuanbai before letting go.
In the process, Huo Yuanbai took a few more glances at Long Yu, as if sensing some special power in Long Yu's body. However, he didn't say anything.
"Ren Pingfan, to be able to step into the Double Dao Divinity realm at such a young age, you're no ordinary man."
Huo Yuanbai turned his head and extended his hand to the little fatty with a smile.
"Hehe, I've admired you for a long time. Now that I can finally meet you, I've fulfilled my childhood wish."
The little fatty chuckled and extended his hand as well.
"One of you is using the alias Gan Bufan and wants to be a guest advisor in the Nightmare Legion. The other is using the alias Shan Gui and wants to join the mining team … How about this, you'll stay in my camp for the night and I'll arrange for you to take up your posts tomorrow."
Huo Yuanbai smiled with an extremely amiable expression. "My camp can gather a lot of Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi at night. It'll be beneficial for your cultivation."
Long Yu had noticed this the moment he entered. The entire camp seemed to have been set up with some sort of formation that could gather more Heaven and Earth Spirit Qi.
That way, not only would it be convenient for people to cultivate, it would also be convenient for Huo Yuanbai to forge Combat Weapons.
"We'll be troubling you then, General."
The two of them cupped their fists and thanked him.
Then, it was sunset. Under the dark red glow of the setting sun, the entire Nightmare Mountains seemed to be filled with boundless Ghost Qi, causing the atmosphere of the entire mountain range to turn somewhat sinister.
As an old general, Huo Yuanbai was indeed easy to talk to and had a rather amiable personality. He actually hosted a banquet for Long Yu and Ren Pingfan and personally ate with them.
Of course, there were only three of them at the banquet. After all, it wasn't convenient for others to know about Long Yu and Ren Pingfan's identities.
"Young friend Long Yu, you're only at Human Tribulation realm right now. I'm afraid it's inappropriate for the princess to arrange for you to go to the Sun Mining Area."
During the banquet, Huo Yuanbai frowned slightly, but there was a hint of shrewdness in his eyes.
"General, I don't know about that. I'll just follow the princess's arrangements."
Long Yu said casually.
"The mining teams in the Sun Mining Area are all at the Empyrean realm and heavenly realm. You'll probably be bullied by them if you're sent there without any status."
Huo Yuanbai smiled with interest. "Is the princess trying to train you or is there something special about you that allows you to deal with heavenly realm fellows?"
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