On the other side, Bai Zhengcheng and his men searched for a long time but couldn't find General Yang. As darkness fell...

He returned to his post with a sullen face.

The rest of his men continued the search.

Without the tiger tally, those soldiers are completely unmobilizable; currently, only a small portion of the troops have defected.

A few who couldn't see the bigger picture were left out; most people were just opportunists who wanted to observe first.

"Hmph, that old codger thinks the whole army obeys him. If it weren't for my intervention, we wouldn't have the peaceful development we have today."

Bai Zhengcheng grew increasingly angry as he thought about it in his own camp. He had thought that the matter would surely be accomplished today, but he hadn't even obtained the Tiger Tally.

We don't even know if the person is dead or alive.

"General Bai, our master requests your presence."

Suddenly, a sound came from a dark corner of the tent, then fell silent after a moment.

Bai Zhengcheng's previously angry face instantly froze. He then suppressed the fear in his eyes and left the tent alone.

They quietly walked out of the garrison area.

...

After finding the contact person here, Shadow One led him to the city lord's mansion.

"Greetings, Master."

"Tell me about your situation in detail."

Emperor Jing looked at the Dragon Shadow Guards investigating matters related to the iron mine and asked them questions.

The entire city lord's mansion has now become their stronghold, and Zhong Qiu has regained control of his body, directly taking over the city lord's mansion.

This was convenient for Jing Le and the others.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the collectors here were all fine at first, but about a month ago, for some reason..."

"Once you go into the mountains near the iron mine, you can't get out."

“We didn’t take it seriously at first, but according to the agreed date, the person in charge of purchasing never made a move or came down the mountain.”

"If they don't buy anything, what will they eat? After realizing something was wrong, Sixteen led a group to investigate, but they haven't returned yet."

"That's what Fang Qi, who was in charge of the investigation, said."

Something's definitely not right. I'll go check it out tonight; we'll see whether it's a demon or a monster.

Jing Le stroked his chin and gazed leisurely into the darkness.

"In that case, we'll go take a look in a bit."

Emperor Jing meant that he wanted to investigate personally.

"Your Majesty, you mustn't. Leave this to me."

How could Yingyi let Emperor Jing be put in danger?

"Alright, enough with the chit-chat, let's pack up and get going."

Emperor Jing didn't give them a chance to refute him at all, and carried Jing Le towards the outside.

He thought to himself: Hmph, I have a talisman given to me by Lele, and Lele is by my side, what am I afraid of?

Don't be afraid, with me here, Father will be safe no matter what happens to anyone.

"Set off."

Jingle waved her little hand, her smile radiating innocence.

Shadow Three and the others were even less worried and quickly followed.

Shadow One glanced at Shadow Three and the others, then patted his forehead: "How could I forget? Shadow Three and the others are here."

"Boss, what's going on? Aren't Shadow Three and the others worried?"

Fang Qi, unaware of the details, asked in bewilderment.

"Go quickly, don't worry, with them here, Master will be fine."

So the group set off into the darkness towards Bijin Valley.

...

Bijin Valley.

Sixteen, along with several Dragon Shadow Guards, had been hiding in the shadows for a month, unable to descend the mountain no matter what.

We can only return to the vicinity of the iron ore mine.

This month, they witnessed firsthand the dozens of people who had previously been in charge of mining iron ore, who were like puppets, their expressions blank.

They moved in and out of the iron ore like machines.

They originally wanted to observe closely, but the sudden appearance of the dark figure made Sixteen and the others realize the danger, and they immediately hid.

That's how they managed to evade the men in black's detection.

They knew there must be a secret here, and they just hoped that Fang Qi down the mountain would notice something was wrong and report it.

Fang Qi, who was being thought of, led Jing Le and her group to the foot of the mountain.

"This is it. Sixteen went in with a few Dragon Shadow Guards and never came down. Not a single one of them came down."

Fang Qi explained that he had been staking out the place for several days, but there had been no movement at all.

Jing Le looked at the Dubijin Valley in front of her, with high mountains on both sides forming a valley in the middle.

At this moment, a thin white mist separates the valley from the outside world.

No wonder they can't get out; a one-way barrier has been set up here, so mortals can't get out, they can only go in.

Jing Le's eyes flashed, and she immediately recognized the symptoms.

Emperor Jing: A barrier? Luckily, Lele is capable.

Otherwise, how could ordinary people like them possibly deal with this supernatural force?

At first, he had considered following Jing Le in cultivation, but when he thought of the millions of people, he couldn't bear to abandon them.

Even if he couldn't live to be a hundred, he still wanted to make the Great Yong Dynasty stronger.

This has been his obsession since childhood.

Let's go.

Since Lele said we could go in directly, let's go in and take a look. Emperor Jing took the lead, carrying Jingle across the barrier and into the valley.

"Father, this way, the iron mine is in this direction."

Jing Le spoke up to remind him.

Before long, they arrived near the iron mine.

At night, only two torches stood at the entrance of the cave outside the iron mine.

"Master, we've found them."

Ying San brought Fang Qi and the others over.

As soon as they entered the barrier, they received a telepathic message from Jing Le, instructing them to search for people in several locations, which they easily found.

"who?"

At that time, Fang Wu thought that his group had been discovered and prepared to fight to the death.

"It's me."

It turned out to be one of their own: "Shadow Three, weren't you in the capital? What are you doing here?"

"Come with me, the master has already come."

After finishing his sentence, Ying San headed towards Jing Le.

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