All three of them jolted simultaneously. Without any visible movement, Jiang Hao had vanished from his spot. The City Lord of Jinling City also ran towards Zhu Lin. Yun Xinghe scrambled to his feet from the grass and followed suit.

Jiang Hao was the first to arrive at Zhu Lin's side. This usually aloof and beautiful woman was holding a golden skill book in her hand and was hopping around happily in place. At her feet lay the corpse of a little rabbit.

Her face was flushed pink with excitement, and she was breathing heavily. Her breasts bounced merrily, making Jiang Hao almost have a nosebleed.

Jiang Hao shook his head, clearing his mind of the indescribable images, and said, "What happened? This skill book, was it dropped by the little rabbit?"

Zhu Lin, completely oblivious to the extent of the damage her alluring figure caused to the boys and men around her, excitedly exclaimed, "Yes, yes, it's a resurrection skill book dropped by the little rabbit!"

Jiang Hao said, "Study quickly, study quickly, and try it out!"

Zhu Lin then placed her right hand on the skill book. The golden skill book suddenly burst forth with golden light, enveloping her entire body and making her appear incomparably holy.

Then, the golden light gradually entered her body. When she opened her eyes, there were several monster corpses in front of Jiang Hao. These were all casually killed by Jiang Hao just now.

Moreover, in front of her was the mutilated corpse of a student from the Heavenly Academy, who had just been killed by a magical beast and Jiang Hao had moved him over.

Jiang Hao said, "Quickly, try it and see how it goes."

Zhu Lin stretched out her finger, and a white light entered the corpse of the Heavenly Academy student. The large hole in his chest, where the demonic beast had bitten him, began to grow and heal rapidly, returning to normal in no time. Then, the student opened his eyes and woke up.

The student from the Heavenly Academy got up and said, "Hey, why are you all surrounding me? What happened? Don't worry, I've been bitten to death by magical beasts several times. Apart from the pain, I'll be resurrected in no time."

Qiu Si and Ling Feng had already gathered around. They were all amazed by Zhu Lin's skill in reviving the dead, but more than anything, they were delighted.

Jiang Hao, the city lord of Jinling City, and Yun Xinghe exchanged glances. Considering the strangeness of this ancient land of gods, they understood more.

Before long, everyone dispersed, and the three of them arrived at a deserted place. They immediately began to search through tens of thousands of realms, hoping to find a clue.

But with tens of thousands of realms, how easy is it to find them all? Even if you exclude the thousands of realms belonging to humans and dragons, there are still more than 7,000 realms.

Even after removing the dozens of realms that the City Lord of Jinling City and Yun Xinghe clearly knew about, there are still more than 7,000.

In the end, Jiang Hao finally found a clue through a soul-to-soul communication with General Ling Shun.

"The Imperial Expeditionary Force? Where is Oron's influence in the Imperial Expeditionary Force? The Crown Prince is generous, and everyone is willing to follow him! He's just an old man who abuses his power; how could his bloodline compare to that of the noble Crown Prince?"

"Following that old man? It's just those few idiots in the Guards! Oh, you can't say they're all idiots, at least Minggen has some sense, he knows who to follow for a future."

"The others? Everyone else is willing to follow that old man, what can anyone do? Especially Aoqin and Aodu, they're both from that old man's own clan, he trusts them completely and is willing to pay them, they won't turn back. But just wait, once that old man dies, hehe, his clan..."

"I don't know. Those two are always so secretive. Every time they lead troops into battle, nobody knows where they go. Especially that guy Aoqin, he's such a good-for-nothing. Every time he comes back, there are heavy casualties. Forget about spirit stone mines and magic beast cores, he doesn't bring back a single thing! But who cares? Aorong is his uncle. Every time, he still gives him tons of gold coins and millions of personal guards. I think, Aorong isn't his uncle, he's Aorong's uncle!"

"Personnel guards? Personnel guards are the empire's most elite soldiers, all of whom have fought their way through bloody battles. Even in a Dark Gold-level military camp, they are capable of taking on ten men each."

"Of course not, Dark Gold is just the entry level. Most of them were Diamond before. It's because that guy Aoqin was too useless, too many Diamond level ones died, and they couldn't keep up with the demand. So they started using Dark Gold to fill the gaps in the last two years."

"I don't know about that. The movements of the Guardian Army are always very mysterious. Minggen should know something, after all, he is also a member of the Guardian Army."

The clues pointed to Aoqin.

No matter how much Jiang Hao asked, he couldn't get any more information. So Jiang Hao turned his gaze to the southernmost part of the battlefield, to the army of seventy million jackals.

Through Yun Xinghe's Heavenly Eye, Jiang Hao found their commander in the very center of the legion of jackals, all clad in silver armor and helmets.

This is an epic-level gnoll, tall and imposing, probably around four meters tall. He is also clad in silver armor and helmet, except that the small spearhead on top of his helmet is adorned with a red tassel. His mount is a fierce tiger-like beast, also clad in silver armor, looking majestic and awe-inspiring.

He must be the latest general, Minggen, who has defected to Prince Gu Chen's command.

Jiang Hao waved his staff, and Minggen vanished from his mount. Because of the heavy snowfall, no other gnolls noticed.

Jiang Hao swung his staff, killing Minggen in a matter of moments. After upgrading his resurrection skill again, Jiang Hao used the skill on Minggen's corpse.

Then, Jiang Hao used the Soul Link skill on Minggen, who had become a summoned skeleton. After the dark purple soul completely merged with the ghostly blue soul fire inside Minggen's head, Jiang Hao began his interrogation.

"Aoqin's movements? He's always been very secretive, never telling anyone. But once, when he was drunk, he said that even if all his men died in battle, his uncle would still provide him with a new guard the next day. Everyone was curious and asked him what kind of mission he was on. He only said that his mission was rather special. It wasn't about developing the realm, capturing humans, mining spirit stones, hunting magical beasts and their cores, and even spirit herbs, flowers, and trees were not within the scope of his mission."

Jiang Hao has confirmed that Aoqin's mission is to help his uncle find skill books.

"How often do they go on expeditions? Every two months, it's always the same. Only once did he go on an expedition a day later than usual, and his uncle gave him a severe scolding. He later complained to everyone that it was because Aodu came back late that time, what did it have to do with him?"

“Aodu’s mission is very simple. He only wants spirit stone mines. Almost every time he comes back, he brings back a large number of spirit stone mines. There were even a few times when he came back with less spirit stone mines and asked everyone to sell him some to tide him over.”

“Aodu is away from home most of the year. He goes wherever there are spirit stone mines, but he comes back every two months. That is, before Aoqin goes on an expedition.”

Why does Aoqin need so many spirit stones for its expedition? Yun Xinghe said that the main use of spirit stones is for making teleportation arrays, and they have no other use. Could it be that Aoqin needs to create a large number of teleportation arrays?

Jiang Hao was very curious about what that realm was like.