Yan Saburo suddenly heard a low snoring sound from the leopard's throat, like sawing wood. He sat on someone's back, and could feel the leopard's belly bulging, knowing that it was a golden leopard inhaling heavily to make his body lighter.

The ability of demon beasts to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon is probably more superb than that of humans, and it is even more of a piece of cake to hold their breath.

"Let's go. As soon as Duan Fang spoke, Yan Saburo also finished reciting the magic trick silently, and gently pinched the cards.

The two of them immediately sank into the ground without making a sound.

Duan Fang only felt that it was dark in front of him, and he couldn't see anything. He could feel the presence of earth and rocks around him, but they seemed to be floating in the water, and as the golden leopard moved forward, they obediently moved to both sides, never standing in the way.

In simple terms, he felt as if he was swimming in a swamp.

Fortunately, he had already identified the direction, and although he couldn't see at this time, he could still calibrate the direction and urge the leopard to rush forward.

Along the way, Yan Saburo had already judged the step distance of the golden leopard, and he was silently counting it in his heart at this time.

After a while, both of them and the leopard felt a little wetness coming from the dirt.

There is an underground water source ahead.

Duan Fang pressed the leopard's head and ordered it to dive deeper.

But the river is very deep, or rather it seeps deep into the soil. Duan Fang didn't know how far he had dived to get around it, maybe ten zhang, twenty zhang?

This brought great difficulty to Yan Saburo's distance judgment.

Fortunately, he is a thousand years old.

The asuras' judgment of the distance is not only based on the eyes.

According to Chitose's instructions, Tsubazaburo reached out and put his hand on Dufang's shoulder to correct the direction he was heading.

After walking in silence in the darkness for more than a quarter of an hour, the two of them and a leopard surfaced to the surface with the help of the power of the Earth Escape Card.

The moment he saw the light of day, even Duan Fang let out a long breath.

The dark underground life is really not suitable for human beings.

"Have you arrived at the place?" Yan Saburo looked around, this is a big ravine, there is only a small road by the river, full of traces of people and vehicles trampling, and the grass and trees on the side of the road have also been rolled down a lot.

Yes, because the official road is blocked, the officers and soldiers can only take this winding mountain road when they rush to Qingzhi Town to quell the rebellion......

Yan Saburo looked at the river beach and found the broken weapon and blood stains on the pebbles: "There are traces of a fight. It seems that the officers and soldiers were ambushed here. ”

"That was yesterday. Duan Fang is also identifying the direction, after all, he is not a local native, and he has a limited understanding of Grate Mountain, "Now that the officers and soldiers have advanced to the Iron Fan Valley, Qingzhi Town is in danger. ”

Qingzhi Town has been able to resist for so long, firstly, because of the geographical advantage, and secondly, because of premeditation. However, "the people do not fight with the officials" has always been an iron law, and the bloody battle between the officials and the army for two days still pushed the front line all the way to the Iron Fan Valley.

Now that the natural danger has been overcome, the most important bargaining chip in Qingzhi Town has been taken, and the prospects are not optimistic.

Yan Saburo and the two of them were standing on the sunny hillside at this time, but they occupied a good position to lookout. He asked the bottom of his heart: "Why did the Duo people revolt in Qingzhi Town? ”

He watched the uprising in Qingzhi Town, and he also tried to make use of every advantage in front of the door, obviously the planner was not blind or impulsive.

Duan Fang smiled and said nothing, only said to him: "This location is very good." Further on is the Iron Fan Valley, where we are in the rear of the officers and soldiers. With that, he whistled like a thrush.

The birdsong of the empty mountain is extraordinarily loud.

This sound echoed in the valley, and just as it stopped, there was suddenly a thrush cry in the distance, still two in a row.

Yan Saburo's eyes froze, and he looked down at the other side of the valley.

It's also a reckless jungle, but where do you get so many thrushes in autumn and winter?

Duan Fang's spirit perked up: "Great, there are already people there." ”

"Duoren?" The Duo people appeared here, and Yan Saburo was not surprised, after all, Qingzhi Town was ahead.

"yes. It seems that Yan Tao hasn't arrived here yet, great!" Duan Fang said, and motioned for Yan Saburo to jump off the leopard's back, "You wait here, I'll go to the other side to find someone, and Jin'er will take you back later." ”

Yan Saburo landed, and as soon as Duan Fang patted the head of the mount, the big leopard galloped downhill and ran to the opposite side of the valley.

The leopard is extremely fast, and the human eye can only catch the afterimage.

That is, after more than 20 breaths, Yan Saburo saw Duan Fang driving the leopard to the opposite halfway up the mountain, hiding behind the trees.

"Hey. Chitose expressed full distrust, "If he doesn't let the leopard come back, what are you going to do, walk back?"

Yan Saburo was noncommittal: "Just wait." "I found a big rock at random and sat down.

In fact, Duan Fang and him act similarly, both pay attention to the same motive. A sober-minded person does not do anything for profit. If Duan Fang does not keep his promise, it will not benefit him.

There are no advantages and disadvantages, what is the benefit?

But he knew that Chitose had a reason to refute it, so he didn't say it explicitly.

Soon, a stick of incense passed.

The other side of the valley was quiet, not to mention the shadow of the leopard, not even the sound of birds.

Chitose yawned: "This kid shouldn't fool you?" There is no means of transportation, and with Yan Xiaosan's current body, he may not be able to walk back to Anlai City in the middle of the night. Of course, at that time, she will definitely make a move.

The longer he drags on here, the easier it will be for the Xicheng Department to be exposed.

"Don't be afraid. Yan Saburo closed his eyes and recuperated, "I still have you." ”

Asura snorted, and the stinky boy had a good calculation.

He has been running around since noon, and he finally got a little time to recuperate, and Chitose also felt sorry for his body, so he stopped bothering him.

After another quarter of an hour, Chitose suddenly said, "There is someone on the other side." ”

"Huh?" Yan Saburo opened his eyes and stared intently.

For a long time, a few vague shadows shook among the trees on the hillside.

The shadow was very dark, similar to a tree branch, and if it weren't for his excellent eyesight, he would have ignored it for a moment.

"It seems that Duanfang has found a companion. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a golden shadow jumped over the valley stream, and then the grass shook all the way towards him.

With a light roar, the golden leopard jumped out of the jungle and jumped in front of Yan Saburo.

Titakata finally put the mount back, and Chitose let out a long breath.

The leopard lowered its upper body, purred twice in its throat, and motioned for Yan Saburo to sit up. It has spirituality, and it can also understand Duanfang's explanation, knowing that its mission is to bring the young man in front of him back to Anlai City.

Yan Saburo caught a little movement at the end, so he gently pressed its head: "Silence." I'll go back later. ”

The leopard also turned its head to look at the corner of the river, and moved its ears back and forth twice. The boy could feel his hair stand on end, nervous.

He has owned cats for many years and knows that this is a sign of increased vigilance.

Then he heard the sound of horses' hooves.

The sound of hooves is not dense, probably no more than ten rides. Chitose said softly, "The prey is here." ”