Returning to the cave, Zhao Ran gathered all the spirit demons and said, "This time the enemy army has attacked Hongyuan, and I have arranged for the fairy of Toad Palace to be stationed in Hongyuan City, and Hongyuan City can be safe." There are two other tasks that need your help, and I hope you will work together to protect the Red Plains. ”

The cultivation of the spirit demons is self-contained, and they go with the flow, and they don't need to meditate and practice like the monks, so they have too much idle time, and when they hear that there is a battle to fight, they immediately sign up one by one.

Zhao Ran made an assignment on the spot, let Huang Shanjun and Shen Jiangzi each lead their subordinates to follow the spirit tiger and spirit leopard who had entered the cultivation, and let the Tongjian Divine Ape lead his 100 demon monkeys as the main force to obey the dispatch, and the heavens were equipped with the southern returnees.

This strange army is used to cruise outside the Red Plains City, and once the fighter is caught, the militia cavalry led by Bao Zhong will be killed from the city, and he will lead this spirit demon army to wander outside, ensuring that all the attacking troops are left behind.

The rest of the Spirit Wolf Moon Shadow, Spirit Badger Ya Wet Dao Man, Spirit Sheep Yellow Horn Great Immortal, Black and White Dao Man, Flying Dragon Son, Marshal Gao, Five-color Master, Qingtian Layman, etc., guarded the cave sky, especially told Moon Shadow to let him take good care of the second senior brother Yu Zhichuan, and never let Yu Zhichuan have a little accident.

This second senior brother is the treasure of Louguan, according to the teacher Jiang Tenghe, he is destined to be ordered by the heavenly court, if something happens, it will be a great loss for Louguan.

A few days later, Dongfang Jing suddenly sent a warning that one of his monks had found an anomaly in the Derg Valley. After getting the news, Zhao Ran immediately rushed over.

The Derge Valley is located between the Moon Ferry and the village of Anqu to the south, sixteen miles from each of the two places, in the middle. The river here is turbulent, there are many dangerous shoals, it is completely unsuitable for ships to cross, and the river is deeply embedded in the mountains, the water surface of the river embankment on both sides is more than ten zhang, even if the boat ferries over, it is not able to climb ashore.

The banks are said to be river embankments, but they are actually mountain cliffs.

Therefore, at the time of the Ming army's military discussion, the Derge Valley was not included in the key exploration sections, but only the general inspection along the line. The anomaly was discovered due to the high sense of responsibility of the patrol monks.

When Dongfang Jing's monk was inspecting the southern section of the Baihe River this morning, he happened to be in a hurry, and jumped up the cliff to pour water into the river. He passed through here on his way back, rushed again - this chance was too small, and then jumped back up the cliff that had been flooded before, and re-watered.

This time, he found that the "water column" dissipated in the air before it fell into the river, and to put it mildly, he couldn't pee straight!

"Urine is not straight" means that the urine column does not coagulate, and it is scattered after going down, and this situation generally occurs, either because of kidney deficiency or by the influence of strong winds. If it was an ordinary person, it would be fine, but he was a monk with a yellow crown, but he was very interested in the knowledge of Taoist medicine, he knew that he was not false, and he knew that with his own cultivation, the urine column would inevitably be condensed and not dispersed, even if the wind could not blow away!

The monk immediately paid attention to it, and did not dare to use the Guardian Dao Talisman to detect the traces of mana fluctuations, so he went down the cliff as if nothing had happened, and urgently reported to Dongfang Jing.

Dongfang Jing received the report, and immediately rushed to the Derge Valley, with his experience and ability, he was not the same as the Yellow Crowned Monk, and immediately saw that there must be a problem here, so he hurriedly informed Zhao Ran and the others.

Zhao Ran lay beside Dongfang Jing, carefully looked down at the river valley, and saw that the river valley was not special, so he opened his eyes. As soon as the eye of heaven opened, the flow of the surrounding heaven and earth qi was in full view, and he saluted to the east: "Senior Brother Jing, there is really a problem, this is the phantom array." Well, this phantom array is extremely clever, a three-layer phantom array!"

Dongfang Jing asked, "Are you sure it's a three-tiered one?"

Zhao Ran responded: "The heaven and earth qi machine has been disturbed three times, the north and south are opened together, the east and west are turned back, the top and bottom are dislocated, the three-layer phantom array, no run!"

can set up a three-layer phantom array, at least an Arhat Realm monk, comparable to a Dao Sect refiner, could it be said that in order to enter Kou Hongyuan this time, Wu Huawen Army specially equipped an Arhat Realm monk who is good at formations?

Under the cover of the phantom array, preparations for crossing the river are also commonly used on the battlefield, but it is certainly not suitable for large armies to cross the river. As far as the phantom array in front of me is concerned, in order to cover the length of almost more than 30 zhang on both sides of the strait, the width of the coverage can only be reduced as much as possible, about two feet wide, otherwise if the phantom array is too big, it will definitely not be able to hide the agitation of the heaven and earth qi, and it will be easily discovered.

You must know that less than a mile away from the north and south directions of this cliff, there is an observation tower of the Ming army, and once it is discovered, it will inevitably invite the enemy to ambush, and the heavy losses when crossing the river are self-evident.

A two-foot-wide pontoon bridge is laid over the river? Can this be considered a pontoon bridge? No matter how you look at it, this is not a place to build a pontoon bridge, the current is too fast, and the pontoon bridge is very difficult.

Dongfang Jing glanced at a monk beside him, and the monk went upstream. After a short time, a piece of remnant wood tumbled down the river, and in the blink of an eye, it passed through the surface of the river covered by the phantom array, and there was nothing abnormal on the surface of the river.

"Chain Bridge!" the two said in unison.

The two-foot-wide chain bridge is very difficult for one person, let alone the baggage. It shows that as expected during the military discussion, there are not many soldiers in the Wuhua belt, and it is a light attack, otherwise the burden will become a huge burden.

Coming down from the cliff, Pei Zhongze called the young monk again and asked, "This place is inaccessible, how did you remember to follow here...... Well...... Convenient?"

The monk said: "Two and a half years ago, I was transferred to the Hongyuan Guardhouse, and during my inspection, I saw a woman jumping off a cliff here, and I used to ...... in the capital."

Dongfang Jing only had time to introduce at this time: "This is Liu Tengci's junior brother of the Kuixing Pavilion of the Metropolitan Mansion. ”

Zhao Ran said: "It turned out to be the junior brother of the Kuixing Pavilion? I am familiar with Senior Brother Li Tengxin. ”

Li Zhiheng said: "Yes, I heard Senior Brother Li mention Senior Brother Zhao, and you have fought side by side in Taihua Mountain. ”

Zhao Ran laughed: "Senior Brother Li Tengxin married last year, and I couldn't go over to congratulate me for some reason, so I went back and said hello on my behalf." Okay, you go on. ”

Liu Tengci said: "Yes." In the past, I had seen such a scene in the prosperous place of the capital, and hurriedly stepped forward to save people, and after climbing the cliff, the woman had already been washed away by the river without a trace. Later, when I passed by this ghost cliff, I often came up to sit ......"

Zhao Ran was stunned: "This place is called Ghost Fang Cliff?"

Liu Tengci pointed to a cliff on the cliff: "This place is famous, and I don't know who carved it, what year it was carved, I thought that day, could it be that this is the legendary ancient ghost country? Haha, it's also a blind idea, it can't be true." ”

Zhao Ran flew up, climbed up the cliff in a few steps, and pushed away the shrubs between the cliffs, and saw the words "Ghost Cliff", and secretly said, "It should be here."

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