It takes time for Mu Wanjun to develop the poison.

Shen Shuli asked Xiao Yuxuan to stay and protect her best friend, while she and Xie Chengyuan went to scout outside the royal city.

The royal city is backed by a mountain that looks very desolate and steep.

There is still thick snow on the top of the mountain.

But this city gate was tightly closed and no people entered or left from this side.

The remaining three sides were all open grassland, and the guards on the city wall could see at a glance if anyone was approaching.

There were many people coming in and out of the city gates in three directions.

Shen Shuli and Xie Chengyuan didn't want to alert the enemy, so they changed into the special clothes that only the local people wore, and even styled their hair into a common hairstyle here.

The facial features of the two men are very different from those of the Northern Barbarians.

Shen Shuli used the oriental face-changing technique to adjust the facial features of the two.

...

...

At least if you don't look closely, you can't see any signs of covering their faces.

The two of them slowly walked along the frozen river toward where the people were and eavesdropped on their conversation.

Shen Shuli still understood the language of the northern barbarians.

As the enemy of the Zhenbei Army, Xie Chengyuan is naturally more proficient in it.

The two of them could understand the conversations of the people without any obstacles.

pity.

The people here mostly talk about trivial matters at home.

There is no useful information at all.

Not long.

Shen Shuli and Xie Chengyuan saw a group of people leading a lot of horses out of the city.

After some inquiries, I found out that these people were specialized in training war horses for the Northern Barbarian royal family.

These people drove the horses in one direction.

The two followed not too far away.

Now the entire grassland is frozen.

There was no fresh grass on the nearby grasslands to feed the horses.

Walked for a long time.

These people drove the horses and finally stopped at a mountain range.

Shen Shuli was a little surprised.

The climate here is actually much warmer than other places.

There is also a lot of fresh green grass on the ground.

When the horses saw this, they couldn't wait to find a place to eat.

Shen Shuli was very surprised and asked Xie Chengyuan: "Where exactly is this place? Why is the temperature so different from outside?"

Xie Chengyuan thought for a moment, then said solemnly: "I suddenly remembered that I heard my father say that the Northern Barbarian royal family has a large hot spring, and only the royal bloodline of the Northern Barbarians can go there."

"I think it should be here."

Shen Shuli glanced at this Tianshan Mountain and found it somewhat incredible.

There is even a rare hot spring here!

And it can be preserved unaffected in such an abnormally cold climate.

I think the scope of this hot spring must be very large!

otherwise.

It wouldn't be possible for the vegetation here to be so lush even though it's so far away from the hot springs.

Shen Shuli suddenly became very interested in this hot spring.

"Do you want to go up the mountain and take a look at the hot spring?" Shen Shuli's eyes were full of stars.

Xie Chengyuan naturally wouldn't reject her interest: "Okay, for safety's sake, I'll take you up there, shall I?"

Shen Shuli did not refuse and nodded: "Okay~"

The two men did not alarm the people and the horses, but went around the nearby mountain and sneaked into the mountain from a distance.

Shen Shuli could smell a faint smell of sulfur in the air.

She sniffed carefully, pointed in a direction and said, "Go over there, the smell is stronger over there."

Xie Chengyuan nodded, and immediately embraced her and flew in the direction she pointed.

soon.

The two of them clearly discovered that the smell here was more pungent and the temperature was also higher than at the foot of the mountain.

Apparently they were looking in the right direction.

"There are people ahead, and they are not few." Xie Chengyuan suddenly slowed down, looking ahead with a serious expression.

Shen Shuli's internal strength was not as strong as Xie Chengyuan's, and she had not yet detected the enemy's presence.

But she believed in Xie Chengyuan's judgment.

"Let's be careful." Shen Shuli reminded.

"Um."

The two stopped using Qinggong and at the same time, they held their breath, lightened their steps, and slowly approached in that direction.

Even though there are hot springs here, the soil structure is not suitable for the growth of grass and trees, and it looks even more desolate.

But those who were guarding nearby could be seen clearly.

Shen Shuli frowned and asked in confusion: "Why are there so many troops stationed here?"

"Perhaps someone from the royal family is taking refuge here." This was the only possibility Xie Chengyuan could think of.

Now it is an extreme cold disaster.

There are no mountains in the north to block the cold wind, so the temperature will only be colder than other places.

Since there are hot springs here, the temperature is as warm as early summer, which is very suitable for human survival.

It is natural and reasonable for this place to be occupied by the Northern Barbarian royal family.

Upon hearing this, Shen Shuli nodded in agreement, and then her eyes were filled with excitement as she was eager to try.

"Then should we sneak in and deal with the person?"

Xie Chengyuan glanced at Shen Shuli, worried about her safety, after all, there were quite a few Northern Barbarian troops here.

He was worried that he wouldn't be able to protect her after the two men broke in.

"Why don't you stay here and wait while I go in and investigate."

Shen Shuli could see that Xie Chengyuan was worried about her safety.

She shook her head and refused.

"Don't worry, I have the ability to protect myself. I'm not comfortable with you going in alone, so why don't we go together?"

Xie Chengyuan could see that Shen Shuli was insistent at the moment, so he had to agree.

"There's really nothing I can do about you." Xie Chengyuan agreed helplessly.

Shen Shuli raised her eyebrows. Why did this sound like she was being unreasonable?

"Are you complaining about me making trouble?"

Xie Chengyuan had never thought of this. He whispered coaxingly: "I definitely don't mean that. I'm just worried about you and afraid that you'll get hurt. God can see it!"

Seeing that he was serious, Shen Shuli couldn't help but smile and patted his shoulder unhappily.

"Don't be so serious, I'm just kidding. Let's go. I really want to know who lives here so comfortably."

Xie Chengyuan heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that she was not angry.

No more hesitation.

The two secretly surveyed the surroundings, looking for the weakest defense point, and then quietly sneaked in.

The hot spring is really big.

Fortunately, only the outermost circle's defense is relatively tight.

After passing the first layer of defense, the guards inside will be relatively lax.

Shen Shuli and Xie Chengyuan easily found their way into the center area.

The two were surprised to find out.

In the open space near the hot spring, there are actually many extremely luxurious and huge tents that can only be used by the royal family.

All the tents are located around the edge of the largest hot spring pool.

In the largest hot spring pool, there were several naked men and women playing and frolicking in the pool.

It looks like a vivid and lively ** scene.

Xie Chengyuan didn't expect these people to be so **. They were here in broad daylight, and there were so many people playing together.

Almost subconsciously, he immediately turned around and avoided looking at those disgusting images.

But when he turned around, he saw Shen Shuli was still looking at the people in the pool with great interest, shaking and nodding from time to time.

None of the girls looked embarrassed or angry at all when they saw this shameful scene.

Without a second thought, he pressed the person into his arms, and held Shen Shuli's head with his hand to prevent her from twisting around.

Shen Shuli still felt a little unsatisfied.

She really didn't expect that people in this era could be so extravagant.

What kind of scenes had she not seen when she was carrying out missions in her previous life?

This is just a small scene for her.

But she forgot that Xie Chengyuan was also there.

She should pretend anyway.

She didn't expect Xie Chengyuan to hold her in such an ambiguous posture.

With the scene still in her mind, her little hands subconsciously pinched Xie Chengyuan's chest.

"Well, it's quite interesting~" Shen Shuli murmured softly.

Xie Chengyuan hadn't realized at first that his actions were somewhat circumventing.

Until he felt her restless little hands playing with him.

His heart suddenly started beating nervously, and even his body subconsciously tensed up.

Especially listening to her nonsense, his head felt like it was about to smoke!

"Ari, you, you, you, men and women should not touch each other, don't move..."

Shen Shuli quickly withdrew her hand and then left Xie Chengyuan's arms.

Her face couldn't help but blush at this moment.

It's a bit outrageous indeed...

“Sorry, I didn’t mean it…” After saying that, Shen Shuli quickly turned around and left in order to hide her embarrassment.

So as to avoid being discovered.

Xie Chengyuan was worried that Shen Shuli would be discovered if she ran around, so he quickly chased after her.

"I saw what looked like a warehouse over there, so I went over to take a look." Shen Shuli said.

"Okay, I'll keep you informed." Xie Chengyuan also tried hard to avoid the previous topic.

Shen Shuli breathed a sigh of relief and quietly approached the tent where supplies were stored.

There were ten soldiers guarding each tent, so Shen Shuli couldn't get too close.

They could only quietly store all the supplies in the tent from a distance.

Shen Shuli's methods were silent.

Those northern barbarian soldiers would never have thought that the supplies they were guarding would disappear silently out of thin air.

Shen Shuli showed almost no mercy and looted all the supplies before stopping.

"Unfortunately, there are too many guards guarding the royal tents to get close, otherwise I would have killed all the northern barbarian royals here."

Shen Shuli's eyes were filled with undisguised hatred for the Northern Barbarians.

Xie Chengyuan thought about it and said, "Why don't we wait until night to find an opportunity to take action." He didn't want to give up this opportunity.

No matter who is here and has royal status, it will definitely be a win if we kill him.

Shen Shuli nodded in agreement, there was plenty of time anyway.

There is always an opportunity to strike.

The two of them left quietly and unexpectedly came to an unattended hot spring of only two square meters on the edge of the city.

See that it is safe all around.

Shen Shuli also wanted to soak in this hot spring pool.

She felt the water temperature and found it was just right.

Then he looked at Xie Chengyuan and asked politely, "Do you want to take a bath together?"

Xie Chengyuan almost instantly thought of the embarrassing scene before, and he quickly refused: "No, you go to the bar by yourself, I'll just stay by your side."

Shen Shuli nodded with a smile.

She was just pretending to give in, and when she saw Xie Chengyuan turned his back and left, she took off her thick outer cotton coat and entered the hot spring wearing only her inner clothes.

"Hey, I haven't taken a hot spring bath in a long time, it's so comfortable~" Shen Shuli sighed.

In order to provide a better experience, Shen Shuli sprinkled some fresh flower petals into the pool and even took out a glass of red wine to enjoy it.

Still not satisfied.

Shen Shuli was a little disliked by the average quality of the hot spring water, and poured five liters of level ten spiritual spring water into the spring.

The experience instantly improved by several levels!

After soaking for half an hour, Shen Shuli left and put on a set of clean clothes. Then she said to Xie Chengyuan, "I'm dressed. If you don't mind that I just soaked, why don't you soak for a while? This is a rare opportunity!"

Xie Chengyuan's ears were still red at this moment. He didn't dare to turn his head to look at Shen Shuli, for fear that she would find out that he was nervous.

"I don't need it..." Xie Chengyuan declined politely.

Shen Shuli didn't want to waste that one liter of spiritual spring water, it was level ten spiritual spring water~

It would be good for Xie Chengyuan to take a bath.

Otherwise, it would be such a shame if the spiritual energy dissipated.

"Hurry up, you're a grown man, are you afraid of me peeking at you?" Shen Shuli didn't give him a chance to refuse, she grabbed Xie Chengyuan's hand and threatened him.

"If you don't take the initiative, I'll take off your clothes~"

Xie Chengyuan was helpless and could only respond.

But he was too embarrassed to take off his clothes and wanted to go in with his clothes on.

Shen Shuli rolled her eyes at him and directly took off his coat.

"Why are you being so shy? Don't tell me you want to go into the water wearing a cotton coat. How can that be comfortable?"

Xie Chengyuan had his back to Shen Shuli, his cheeks flushed red, but fortunately she couldn't see his embarrassment at this time.

Breathed a sigh of relief.

Xie Chengyuan had no choice but to take off his coat.

Seeing this, Shen Shuli left with satisfaction, found a place to lie down, and took out her lunch to eat.

It feels like coming here for a vacation, it's so relaxing.

Seeing that Shen Shuli didn't peek at him, Xie Chengyuan gradually relaxed and enjoyed this rare time of relaxation.

"It's noon, do you want to eat something?" Shen Shuli's voice came from afar.

Xie Chengyuan was indeed a little hungry, but he didn't want to eat while soaking in the water, for fear that someone would suddenly break in and he would not be able to respond in time.

"I'm a little hungry. I'll eat after I come out." Xie Chengyuan was ready to finish his bath.

Shen Shuli had been keeping track of the time. He had only been soaking for ten minutes in total, so there must be a lot of spiritual spring water in the pool that had not been absorbed.

She quickly stopped him, "No, you have to soak for at least 25 minutes. I'll prepare some sashimi for you, or you'll pass out from high blood pressure."

Xie Chengyuan had no choice but to be forced to accept it, and then entered a state of high alert to prevent anyone from suddenly appearing.

Shen Shuli skillfully picked seafood from the sea in the space and prepared lunch for Xie Chengyuan.

soon.

A seafood feast big enough for Xie Chengyuan was prepared.

Shen Shuli reminded him, "I'll go over and bring you food now."

Xie Chengyuan quickly lowered his head to check if he had been impolite in any way, and quickly straightened his slightly low collar to avoid the other party thinking that he had ulterior motives.

Shen Shuli brought a seafood boat to the open space next to the hot spring.

"Here, eat quickly. Do you feel what is so special about this hot spring?"

Xie Chengyuan always thought that this hot spring was the same as other hot springs in other places, so he didn't pay much attention to it.

But after Shen Shuli specifically emphasized it, he realized that when in this hot spring water, his internal energy seemed to circulate twice as fast as usual?

"This hot spring water seems to be really different!"

Xie Chengyuan felt it carefully several times before he was finally sure. He looked at Shen Shuli with some excitement and said.

No wonder she insisted on taking a hot spring bath.

It turned out that she discovered that the hot spring water was beneficial to spiritual practice, so she let him soak in it for a while longer!

"Well, I also found that this hot spring is a bit unusual, so you should soak in it more." Shen Shuli said with a smile.

She nodded with satisfaction.

The stronger Xie Chengyuan is, the better it is for her, which is something Shen Shuli is very happy to see.

After putting down the food, Shen Shuli left so as not to make the other party feel uncomfortable.

Xie Chengyuan didn't dare to waste time and quickly swept away the food that Shen Shuli specially prepared for him.

Then he began to focus on practicing.

He could clearly feel that while practicing in the hot spring, his internal strength seemed to be injected with a powerful energy, and the effect gained from practicing one cycle of internal strength was ten times the previous one!

His strength has reached a bottleneck and there has been no sign of a breakthrough for a long time.

Xie Chengyuan wants to seize this opportunity and try to break through!

Shen Shuli didn't expect Xie Chengyuan to practice directly in the hot spring.

She originally just wanted Xie Chengyuan to discover that the water was good for the body and let him stay a little longer.

I didn't expect him to be so perceptive and directly discover that the spiritual spring water could help with cultivation, so he started practicing right away.

Shen Shuli was worried about being discovered, so she immediately took precautions.

An hour later.

Shen Shuli discovered that Xie Chengyuan was still practicing, and he was so immersed in it that he had no guard against the outside world at all.

The spiritual spring water in the hot spring pool has been completely absorbed.

Since we want to secretly help Xie Chengyuan improve his strength, let’s add fuel to the fire.

Shen Shuli secretly added another liter of spiritual spring water to the water.

Then he took out a helicopter and flew it into the sky to monitor the surroundings.

But Xie Chengyuan did not wake up until dark.

During this period, Shen Shuli added spiritual spring water to him five times in succession.

finally.

Around early morning.

Xie Chengyuan slowly opened his eyes.

"Finally a breakthrough." Xie Chengyuan exhaled slowly, his eyes shining brightly.

Shen Shuli came over immediately after hearing the noise: "You are finally awake."

Only then did Xie Chengyuan realize that it was pitch black around him and that it was already late.

"Sorry, it took so long. You must be anxious waiting for me, right?" Xie Chengyuan apologized to Shen Shuli with an apologetic look on his face.

He hurriedly walked out of the hot spring, only then he remembered that he was wet all over, his clothes were sticking to his body, and his behavior was too revealing.

He immediately jumped into the pool and hid himself, his face flushed.

Xie Chengyuan is too fast.

Before Shen Shuli could see clearly, she saw Xie Chengyuan hurriedly return to the water, and couldn't help teasing him.

"Are you not soaking enough yet and want to stay until tomorrow morning?"

"No, I'm not wearing any clothes. I didn't mean to pollute your eyes." Xie Chengyuan quickly explained.

Shen Shuli felt even more amused when she heard this. He is really a pure little virgin~

"Don't worry, I didn't see anything."

Shen Shuli took out a full set of clean men's clothing from the space and placed it beside the hot spring: "Change into these clean clothes later, I'll wait for you over there." After saying that, she walked away.

Xie Chengyuan then slowly walked out, took off his wet clothes, and then used his inner strength to dry the moisture on his body and hair, and then put on clean clothes.

Xie Chengyuan prepared himself mentally for a long time before he went to find Shen Shuli.

"Sorry, A'li, I took too much time." Xie Chengyuan took the initiative to apologize.

Shen Shuli didn't care.

It was she who suggested helping Xie Chengyuan to temper his body. The fact that he could absorb so much spiritual spring water at once showed that he had extraordinary talent. She was so happy that she couldn't contain herself.

"No need to apologize, this is a good thing, isn't it? By the way, I just did some research and found out that this place is close to the barren mountains and there is no one behind. Those guards will basically not come here."

"The time is just right now. After we eat something, let's go to the camp and take a look. I guess most of them have already rested. This is a good opportunity to take action." Shen Shuli suggested.

Xie Chengyuan naturally had no objection: "Okay."

Shen Shuli took out a few hot dishes and rice. After they quickly finished eating, they secretly moved towards the tent.

The garrison at night is almost the same as that during the day.

But the night guard was obviously slack, and several people seemed to be yawning sleepily.

Shen Shuli took out a few packets of drugs and handed them to Xie Chengyuan: "Use the drugs to knock him out."

Xie Chengyuan nodded, took the drug, and used his internal force to blow it away.

soon.

The Northern Barbarian garrison troops nearby who inhaled the smoke fell to the ground one after another.

Shen Shuli and Xie Chengyuan showed no mercy, they finished off the opponent and quickly approached the tent.

There are more Northern Barbarian garrisons near the camp.

The two men were very patient and continued to apply drugs. After everyone fainted, they killed them all.

Then he slipped into the tent and killed everyone inside one by one.

Xie Chengyuan knew the people of the Northern Barbarian Royal Family very well.

He wanted to know which members of the royal family he was dealing with tonight.

But he never expected it!

Among them is the current king of the Northern Barbarians - Mutachar!

"Xie Chengyuan, what are you doing?"

Seeing that Xie Chengyuan stood there motionless after dealing with the people in the tent, Shen Shuli called out softly.

Xie Chengyuan came back to his senses, looked at Shen Shuli, pointed at the man whose throat was cut, and said in a hoarse voice: "Ali, do you know who this person is?"

Of course Shen Shuli didn't know, she shook her head, walked towards Xie Chengyuan, and asked in confusion: "So, who is this?"

"He is the current king of the Northern Barbarians, Mutazar!"

Shen Shuli was stunned when she heard this!

She never imagined that she would kill the king of the Northern Barbarians in such a dramatic way!

Her eyes widened immediately, and she exclaimed in a low voice: "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong? The king of the Northern Barbarians is not staying in the royal city, how could he appear here?"

Xie Chengyuan shook his head. Although he didn't know why he was here, he would definitely not recognize the wrong person.

This person is definitely Mutazar!

In order to confirm this person's identity, Xie Chengyuan stepped forward and searched the other person's face for a long time, but could not find any traces of disguise.

He searched his body for a long time and found a totem on his chest.

This is the inheritance totem that only the King of the Northern Barbarians can have, which further confirms that this person is the King of the Northern Barbarians!

"I am absolutely not mistaken. This totem is a mark that only the Northern Barbarian King can imprint. No one else would dare to imprint it casually."

Shen Shuli sighed: "It's really an unexpected gain."

"Well, can you help me put this body away? I want to take it back and give it to my father." Xie Chengyuan looked at Shen Shuli and made a request.

This was a trivial matter for Shen Shuli. With a slight wave of her hand, the corpse disappeared on the spot.