Chapter 197 Northern Expedition [Seeking monthly tickets! ]

"Nijo!"

"bump."

"Aaaahhh...I just wanted to eat!"

"Wait, did I win again?" Wen Yifan put down his cards with a bit of confusion.

In the room, Liang Yue, Da Qiao, Li Mo, and Wen Yifan were sitting around a card table, playing mahjong enthusiastically.

It turned out that Liang Yue had heard that Senior Sister Wen rarely had this kind of entertainment in the past, so he wanted to take her to experience it before she recovered her Supreme Immortal body.

but……

Wen Yifan looked at Liang Yue, a little confused, "This is clearly a very calm and calculated game, how can there be such big emotional fluctuations?"

"Look, theirs are very big." Liang Yue pointed to the opposite side.

Da Qiao was seen riding on Li Mo, pinching his neck viciously: "You obviously caught two cards a long time ago, why didn't you play it earlier? It's useless to keep it! If you play it earlier, Senior Sister Wen won't win, and I can get it too!"

"Uh ah..." Li Mo rolled his eyes and said with difficulty: "It's obviously you who kept watching me play, making my cards so bad that I can't play this one..."

"It seems to be a little bit." Wen Yifan couldn't help but say.

What Liang Yue miscalculated was that Senior Sister Wen had said before that she just became emotional, not stupid.

This sentence is very correct.

As long as her brain was working, it was still top-notch. Although it was her first time sitting at the poker table, she quickly understood the rules and kept an eye on all directions and listened carefully. Da Qiao and Li Mo were no match for her at all.

Liang Yue was able to barely keep up with her by relying on his brain power, but she still had the most powerful weapon for a novice...luck.

Even if both of them had their cards ready at the same time, Da Qiao and Li Mo's cannon shots would always target Wen Yifan, but not themselves.

"But aren't you happy even if you win?" Liang Yue asked curiously again.

Wen Yifan blinked blankly, looking at the pile of silver ingots in the drawer, "What's so happy about winning money?"

Liang Yue slapped his forehead and missed this opportunity.

Senior Sister Wen didn't say that she regarded money as dirt, but at least she didn't take it seriously. As a disciple of Xuanmen and a descendant of the Wen family, she had never been short of money, and even if she didn't have money, she wouldn't starve to death.

There was no concept of gold and silver in her mind at all.

After playing cards, the group left. Liang Yue sent Senior Sister Wen back to her attic. When they were about to say goodbye downstairs, Wen Yifan suddenly said, "Thank you."

"Hmm?" Liang Yue asked, "Why thank me? I didn't let you win on purpose."

Wen Yifan smiled and said nothing more.

The arrival of this Enlightenment Tree was strange. The elders all suspected that some powerful force had secretly hidden the Enlightenment Tree. After knowing the news, they were willing to help her.

Perhaps out of gratitude to Xuanmen or the Wen family, but not wanting to expose the fact that the Enlightenment Tree was in their hands, they came up with this idea. Therefore, the elders of Xuanmen decided not to look for the owner of the Enlightenment Tree out of chivalry and decided to keep the matter secret.

Otherwise, a fresh leaf of the Enlightenment tree is enough to cause a sensation in the human world, and even the gods in the fairyland would be moved.

But Wen Yifan had a different guess. She felt that the Enlightenment Tree might not be in the hands of any force, but perhaps just an ordinary young man.

She remembered that Liang Yue said something strange to her that day, and then he went to the Rakshasa Ghost Market with Wei Ping'er, and Wei Ping'er brought back the leaf. Although it seemed to have nothing to do with Liang Yue, it shouldn't be that difficult for him to guide Wei Ping'er.

Perhaps the teachers and elders thought that it was impossible for a young disciple who had just entered the Xuanmen sect to have such great abilities, but Wen Yifan felt that Liang Yue had many magical qualities, and nothing he did was strange.

Of course, she didn't care whether the story behind it was really as she thought, nor did she have any intention of exploring it.

What she cared about was that he was willing to take such a big risk to get the blade out.

This is enough.

……

Later, all the evil-killing officers were gathered together again.

Liang Yue looked around and found that Mo Qiu, who seldom participated in daily operations, had come. It seemed that he had an important mission.

"What we talked about today must be kept secret and cannot be disclosed." Xie Wenxi reminded him before saying, "The court is planning to send troops to the north. The Northern State Military Town has sent out 30,000 soldiers and horses and will set off next month."

Northern Expedition? Upon hearing this, the Xuanmen disciples were all surprised.

The military strength of the Yin Dynasty has always been stronger in the north than in the south. The countries in the north have always been suppressed. The presence of Qi Lianghai in charge made them dare not move, and there was never any need to fight.

Even if we win, all we'll get is a wasteland of ice and snow, and we'll have to mobilize a large number of troops and waste a lot of money and manpower.

Is something big happening?
Li Mo first asked: "Yin State is heading north, who are they going to attack?"

Xie Wenxi said: "This time we will attack directly to Xuanming Sea."

After these words were spoken, everyone was even more surprised.

Over the past ten thousand years, humans and demons have fought against each other, but the number of times has been extremely rare.

Only when the demon land appears sacred will they dare to spy on Jiuzhou. And when the demon land is causing trouble everywhere, Jiuzhou will also strike back.

But this is the first time to attack Xuanming Sea.

After all, when humans enter the demon land, they will naturally be at a disadvantage. The Xuanming Sea is a bitter and cold place with an extremely harsh climate.

The most important thing is that the Xuanming Sea is full of water monsters!
No matter how many people you have, if the monsters go into the water, can you still chase them?
"Some water monsters in Xuanming Sea formed an alliance with Jiuyang, opened the waterway, and came to Jiuzhou to cause chaos. Your Majesty sent the national teacher and three divine generals to lead the army on an expedition, intending to help several monster kings close to Yin State and defeat the monster kings close to Jiuyang." Xie Wenxi explained, "So only the elite troops were sent out in this battle, and a strategy was formulated, just to behead the monster king."

If there is an insider and they are looking for an opportunity just to kill a certain demon king, it sounds more reliable.

This is the strategy that Yin Dynasty has adopted towards Jiuyang in the past few decades. I will not attack you directly, but I will attack anyone who dares to help you make trouble. This is true for humans and monsters.

Both Xihai and Tianxia Pass are under Yin Chao's control. Even if there are smugglers inside, they know the importance of the items and will not transport too much contraband.

But the road to Xuanming Sea is unsupervised, and if Jiuyang is allowed to pass through it recklessly, there is no telling what he might bring back.

What’s worse is the water monster this time.

If Jiuyang secretly led his army across the border one day, it would not be easy for Yinchao to get the news.

"But the envoy of the Golden Sheep Tribe who was captured the other day revealed a piece of information in his confession. Jiuyang has a spy in the Northern Military Town." Xie Wenxi continued, "If we don't find the spy, this expedition may be leaked in advance, and it will be very dangerous for the army to go deep into the Xuanming Sea. So we need to go to the Northern Military Town in advance and dig out the spy."

"Since he has confessed everything, why doesn't he say more?" Da Qiao asked.

"The envoy was only responsible for foreign trade in the Jinyang Tribe, and the spies in the Beizhou military town were not from the Jinyang Tribe, so he didn't know much. It was only when the Jinyang Tribe was investigating the source of the other party's goods during the trade war that they found out some information and learned that there were spies in the military town who could pass on information." Xie Wenxi explained.

The Ministry of Justice must have used coercion and bribery to persuade Man Hu to reveal more information, which might reduce his sentence, so he confessed everything, no matter whether it was related or not.

"The army is about to set out. Isn't it a little late to catch the spy now?" Mo Qiuren said.

"Yes." Xie Wenxi nodded and said, "Because the expedition was decided first, and the news came later, it is definitely too late to conduct large-scale screening now, so they want us to give it a try. If we can't do it, the plan may have to be changed, and it will take a lot more effort."

A group of young people nodded, realizing that they had a heavy responsibility on their shoulders this time.

"We only have a dozen days at most. Time is tight. We can discuss strategies on the way. Except for Miss Wen who needs to retreat to recuperate, the rest of us should go out together." Xie Wenxi gave orders.

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.

……

The journey to Beizhou is long, and in order to travel faster, we need a mount.

Everyone first came to the animal farm outside the capital.

It was said to be outside the capital of the gods, but in order to prevent monsters from disturbing the people, it was actually far away from Longyuan City. Before approaching the mountain, I heard the roaring sound from inside, and there was no trace of birds or beasts nearby.

"With so many of us flying long distances, we need to choose a large and sturdy bird monster." Shang Yunhai knew the most about monsters, and recommended as soon as he entered the animal farm, "It would be best to choose a Fushanpeng, which is used by the army to transport key military supplies."

There are vast areas on both sides of the animal farm, and a passage is blocked in the middle with secret iron railings and iron nets for people to pass through.

Before they found their target, they heard a wailing sound coming from the side.

Liang Yue felt it sounded familiar, and when he looked over, he saw a slightly shriveled big-headed monster leaning against the iron bars, looking at them with a resentful look.

"Huh?" He smiled.

This monster is also a familiar monster, the one that was captured in the cloth shop before.

It’s the long-lost Shouyin!
　Good morning.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)