The territory of each empire in the second rank is as large as the two realms of the first rank. However, although the territory is large, the number of residents is not as large as the total number of people in the first rank. Therefore, although the cities in the empire are very prosperous, there are many places where there are few people.

Just like where Lu Shuangyang and Chen Feifan are now, although there should be no mistake in the news of the clearing wind in the woods east of Guyu City, the woods east of Guyu City are a bit incredible.

Lu Shuangyang and Chen Feifan have been wandering around the woods for almost three days. Not to mention the person who found the Swallow Wind, they didn't even encounter a single figure... On the contrary, they encountered many attacks from spirit beasts.

The spirit beasts living in the second-level are naturally much more powerful than the first-level. If they encounter such a spirit beast in the wild, they can solve it with the strength of the two of them. However, the second-level level is different. If the most ordinary spirit beast here reaches the first-level level, they can fight with a fifth-level master for several rounds. If they meet a stronger person, they can even destroy the fifth-level master...

These days, Lu Shuangyang and Chen Feifan have suffered a lot, but fortunately, both of them are not ordinary first-level experts, and they can still solve the problem with some effort. Moreover, they have made sufficient preparations before they come out, so even if they encounter a lot of trouble and suffer a lot, they are basically fine.

"Let's have a break."

It got darker again, and the two found a tree to choose as a place to stay overnight.

Chen Feifan took out the dry firewood he had bought in Guyu City in advance from the space bracelet, and then lit it with flint.

Looking at the fire on the ground, Lu Shuangyang looked up at the night sky and whispered: "I hope it won't rain tonight..."

A few nights ago, there was light rain at night, and the fire was always extinguished.

"You go and rest first, I'll watch here first." Chen Feifan said to Lu Shuangyang.

Lu Shuangyang shook his head: "I'm not sleepy yet."

"Since you're not tired, do you have any wine? Let's have some wine together?" Chen Feifan looked at Lu Shuangyang with a smile.

Lu Shuangyang rolled his eyes, took out a water hyacinth from the space bracelet and threw it to Chen Feifan.

Chen Feifan took the water hyacinth, opened the gourd and drank it. After taking a sip, Chen Feifan's face changed slightly, and he said dissatisfiedly: "What, this is obviously tea, but there is no wine."

Lu Shuangyang said leisurely: "I will not drink with you again!"

It's been twice, twice in a row, Chen Feifan got drunk immediately after drinking... Just the alcohol level, how can he be so embarrassed to say drink? And both times, Lu Shuangyang had to find a place to settle him... After drinking with Chen Feifan for the second time, Lu Shuangyang swore that he would never drink with this guy who couldn't drink again!

"Oh, those before were all accidents!" Chen Feifan looked at Lu Shuangyang seriously.

"If you don't give, don't give." Lu Shuangyang refused righteously.

"Tsk, stingy." Chen Feifan had no choice but to drink tea obediently.

Lu Shuangyang looked at the sky at night and came to the second stairs for so many days. This was the first time he looked at the night sky seriously.

"Although the sky here is no longer the sky of the first stairs, it seems that the difference is not very big..." Lu Shuangyang sighed. In the past, when he traveled on the first stairs, he always looked at the sky, thinking about whether the family members in different places under the same sky were okay, but now he has arrived at the second stairs, it is no longer the same sky as them. I wonder if the family members in the other stairs are okay?

"This is not a different sky. Although it is separated by the sea of ​​heaven and earth, it is still a scene of the same sky!" Chen Feifan heard Lu Shuangyang's muttering to himself.

"The same sky? What does it mean?" Lu Shuangyang didn't understand what Chen Feifan meant.

Chen Feifan explained: "In fact, the night sky scene of the first stairs is the light of the night sky scene of the second stairs, passing through the sky and shining on the first stairs."

"Alas?" Lu Shuangyang looked at Chen Feifan in disbelief.

"Originally, there was no light in the sea of ​​heaven. Although it seemed to be the sky at the first celestial level, it was actually a sea level, so there was no light. The night light seen in the first celestial level was the light in the night sky of the second celestial level that penetrated the sea of ​​heaven and shone to the first celestial level." Chen Feifan explained.

"So that's it..." Lu Shuangyang smiled slightly, "So we are still under the same sky!"

Although I am far away from my hometown, I am still under the same sky. Thinking of this, Lu Shuangyang's mood has been much more relaxed.

"Speaking of this, how much food we have left?" Lu Shuangyang suddenly asked a very practical question. After all, although they are strong Xuanta practitioners, they still have to eat, drink, defecate and scatter. Before entering here, they prepared a lot of food. However, these days, they may not be very restrained when using it. After all, they thought they would find relevant clues soon. But so many days have passed and there is no clue, so Lu Shuangyang already felt that it is not as easy as he imagined to find clues here, and must be prepared for long-term searches.

"Well..." Chen Feifan sensed the things in his space bracelet and said, "If the things I have here are based on the amount we used before, they should be enough for us to eat for five days."

Lu Shuangyang also sensed his space bracelet and said, "If I were to stay here, I should be able to last for three days."

"This won't work!" Lu Shuangyang said, "We must reduce the dosage, and we must reduce it."

"I think this is the case, too." Chen Feifan also had the same idea as Lu Shuangyang.

"In the next few days, as long as there is no real need, we will not eat randomly." Lu Shuangyang expressed his thoughts.

"I have no objection." Although I usually have enough food and clothing, sometimes when I am in seclusion, Chen Feifan doesn't eat for several days.

"I hope to find clues to the purging wind before our supplies are completely used up." Lu Shuangyang said.

"It's hard to say. If you don't find it, you can only go back to the city first and then come out."

"Speaking of this, isn't your mysterious qi perception very strong? Can't you just use your mysterious qi perception to search for a large range?" Chen Feifan thought of such an idea.

Lu Shuangyang smiled helplessly and said, "I never thought of this? If I could have done it long ago. However, the density of the mysterious energy in the air of the second-day level and the first-day level is very different. Now in the second-day level, the range of my mysterious energy perception can be perceived is much smaller than that in the first-day level."

Chen Feifan asked: "How small is it?"

Lu Shuangyang looked around, then pointed to a bush ten meters away and said, "If there was someone hidden there, I wouldn't know."

"That's how..."

"rustle……"

Just as the two of them finished speaking, the bushes moved slightly and made a slight sound.

"Who?"

Lu Shuangyang and Chen Feifan immediately became alert because they could not determine the strength of their opponents, so they were also very nervous.

"sand……"

A middle-aged man emerged from the bushes. The middle-aged man looked at Lu Shuangyang and Chen Feifan and said in surprise: "I didn't expect to meet someone here."

"I just said that it must be a human, not a spiritual beast." Another person came out of the bushes, a little short, fat and fat.

"This is indeed an accident. After all, we have not met anyone other than us for more than ten days." The third person came out, and this person was a little thin.

"The cultivation of the three people has reached the peak of the sixth level..." Because they got a little closer, Lu Shuangyang had already sensed the fluctuations of the mysterious energy emitted by the three people.

"Who are you?" Chen Feifan saw that the three of them were wearing simple armor and thought they were soldiers. If the soldiers were, would they be sent by the second prince of the Qiyun Empire?

"Don't be nervous, young people!" the middle-aged man in the lead smiled kindly, "We are from the mercenary group."

"Mercenary Group?" Lu Shuangyang was stunned, "Which mercenary group?"

"Have you heard of the Timely Rain Mercenary Group?" said the slightly short and fat mercenary next to him.

"Oh! Timely Rain Mercenary Group!" Chen Feifan also instantly let down his vigilance. He had also heard about Timely Rain Mercenary Group. Because Timely Rain Mercenary Group is very famous in the Guyu City area, it can be said to be the largest mercenary group in this area. Moreover, Timely Rain Mercenary Group often helps some people who are in trouble, so it is very popular among ordinary people.

Lu Shuangyang did not relax his vigilance as quickly as Chen Feifan. He asked, "I don't know why the people from the Timely Rain Mercenary Group are here?"

The middle-aged man in charge said, "We are hunting spirit beasts here. Recently, the spirit beasts in this area have always attacked people passing by, so our mercenary group wants to do something to see if it can work."

The spirit beasts in this area do always attack people. Lu Shuangyang thought that this area has always been like this, but he didn't expect it to be an abnormal phenomenon.

"Okay, you don't have to be so vigilant!" Chen Feifan patted Lu Shuangyang, "I heard that the people in the Timely Rain Mercenary Group are all good people."

"It's just heard..." Lu Shuangyang whispered.

"It's right for me to be cautious," said the middle-aged man with a smile. "After all, it's better to be cautious in the wilderness here."

"It's okay, this guy is like this. I hope you don't mind." Chen Feifan said politely.

The middle-aged man in charge said, "I am the second leader of the Shishiyu Mercenary Group, Wu Liangchao."

The short and fat man next to him said, "I am an ordinary member of the Shishiyu Mercenary Group, named Zhou Qiuwen."

"Xu Long." The man who was a little thin said his name directly.

"My name is Chen Feifan," Chen Feifan said his name first.

"My name is Yue Feiyang!" Chen Feifan originally wanted to introduce Lu Shuangyang to him, but Lu Shuangyang said in front of him.

"Yue Feiyang..." Chen Feifan silently recited the name in his heart, thinking that your name is Lu Shuangyang, why did it become Yue Feiyang?

However, Chen Feifan is not a messy person. Since Lu Shuangyang doesn't want to say his real name, let's cooperate with him.

"Yes, the more flying." Chen Feifan said.

"Feifan, Feiyang, the names of the two are really... how to say it? They are so domineering!" Zhou Qiuwen said.

"I feel so, too." Xu Long said.

Wu Liangchao smiled and said, "The two of them don't know what's going on in the woods? After all, the recent attacks of spirit beasts here are well-known."

Chen Feifan didn't speak and left his voice to Lu Shuangyang. After all, he chose to use a pseudonym, so he should have his own plans.

Lu Shuangyang said, "We came to Guyu City for the first time and wanted to get familiar with the surrounding environment."

"That's it! You two should go back early. This area is very dangerous. If there is nothing important, you should go back quickly." Zhou Qiuwen was also worried that something might happen to the two, so he kindly advised.

"yes.

"Xu Long, who was standing beside him, said lightly.

Lu Shuangyang suddenly showed an expectant look and looked at the three members of the mercenary group: "Since you are from the mercenary group in time, can you take us around?"

"Oh?" Chen Feifan didn't understand why Lu Shuangyang suddenly made such a request.

"Not very good..." Zhou Qiuwen said, "After all, we are here to hunt spirit beasts, and the spirit beasts here are quite strong. If we encounter any danger, we may not be able to take care of you."

"That's right." Xu Longfu said.

"I think it's OK." Just when the other two disagreed, Wu Liangchao agreed.

"Oh!" Zhou Qiuwen was a little surprised, "Are you sure?"

Wu Liangchao smiled and said, "It's okay, I'm just taking two more people. Moreover, if they dare to come to such a place like this, they must be not weak, and they have made some preparations."

"Where are, our food stocks have been consumed almost all."
To be continued...