Cangyan Mountain Pass, with Cangyan Mountain City as the center, radiates thousands of miles to the left and right, and is all under the jurisdiction of this pass.
Viewed from the map, this pass is adjacent to Baiyucheng Pass on the left and Qingyue Cave Pass on the right. Although the three passes are separated by a distance, they can echo each other and are closely connected to form a line of defense.
The defense line on the Hyōshu Guards side is connected by passes.
Among them, the Baiyu City Pass on the left, like the Cangyan Mountain Pass, belongs to the Dayue Pass.
Qingyue Cave Pass on the right belongs to Xiaoyue Pass.
Calculated in this way, Cangyan Mountain Pass is the rightmost defensive node of Dayueguan's entire defense line.
Under normal circumstances, this defense line, which spreads for two thousand miles to the left and right, requires a large number of monks to disperse and patrol to prevent monks from Ten Thousand Demon Ridge from sneaking in.
But besides Nian Yuexian, there is only Lu Ye on this side of Cangyan Mountain Pass, so naturally he can't count on anyone else.
At present, Lu Ye is responsible for patrolling. It is his duty to patrol around the pass and check for any leaks.
After resting for a night, Lu Ye set off with Amber and Yiyi before it became dark the next day.
He and Amber were in the light, and Yiyi was in the dark. Although the number was small, with his strong perception and Yiyi's concealment, if there were monks from Wanmoling hiding nearby, they would definitely not be able to escape detection.
While patrolling, for no apparent reason, an almost forgotten melody sounded in my mind.
"The king asked me to patrol the mountains, and I'll take a look around the world..."
He quickly shook his head to dispel this inappropriate thought.
The defense line radiating two thousand miles to the left and right of Cangyan Mountain Pass, not counting the depth, would be impossible for Lu Ye alone to inspect in one day.
His original plan was to patrol only a hundred miles nearby, but even so, it would take him half a day.
The biggest problem is the lack of manpower at this pass, and he can only ensure that there is no enemy within a hundred miles.
Furthermore, before he arrived, Nian Yuexian was sitting alone, and he probably would not have done this inspection. The defense line has not been stable for so many years.
So even though he is currently responsible for patrolling, he is most likely just going through the motions.
But as Lu Ye continued to investigate, he soon discovered something interesting.
That is, the deeper you go into the defense line, the stronger the burning sensation in the air becomes.
As early as when he first came to this pass, Lu Ye felt that the environment here seemed to be hotter than other places.
Before, he was tortured by Nian Yuexian and had no time to think about anything, but now he has made a different discovery.
Thinking back to the location of this pass, Cangyan Mountain, this mountain has the word "flame", which undoubtedly explains a lot of problems.
He originally wanted to use the guard order to send a message to Nian Yuexian to inquire about the situation and see if it was really what he thought.
But after thinking about it, I gave up.
Although Second Senior Sister was the guarantee, she would not have any ill intentions towards him, but he had been tortured by her in recent times, and Lu Ye tried his best not to have any contact with her.
After confirming the direction, he continued walking deeper into the defense line.
There were no disturbances along the way, and there was no sign of even a single monk from the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge. Maybe I didn't encounter them, and maybe there were no monks from the Ten Thousand Demons Ridge who dared to make trouble.
Lu Ye thinks it should be the former.
One person holding down one pass may sound majestic, but many loopholes will inevitably appear in the defense line.
Even if Nian Yuexian was a major cultivator in the Divine Sea Realm, it would be impossible for him to use his divine thoughts to monitor all directions at all times. Lu Ye estimated that there would be many monks from Ten Thousand Demon Ridge who would sneak into the Haotian Alliance's territory from the defense line in charge of this pass.
Of course, doing this is risky, because once Nian Yuexian notices it, it will be difficult for the gods to save him.
But no matter where you sneak into the enemy camp's territory, you always have to bear various risks, and there are many brave people who are skilled in the art and make dangerous moves.
The burning sensation became more and more obvious, and even a strange pungent smell floated in the air. Lu Ye felt excited and realized that he was right.
There is definitely something like a volcanic crater in front of it.
There is still a half-activated spiritual pattern on his talent tree. Because the talent tree has not swallowed enough strange fire and elixir fire, it has been a long time...
He has recently been trying hard to find suitable strange fires and elixir fires in the Tianji Treasure House, but has found very little.
But I didn't expect that I would actually find something here. This is really hard to find anywhere, and it takes no effort to get there.
However, when we reach this point, we have already approached the sphere of influence of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge. According to this situation, even if there is a volcanic crater ahead, it must be on the territory of Ten Thousand Demons Ridge.
You need to be more careful in your actions. If your whereabouts are exposed on other people's territory, there will be no good consequences.
After walking another two hundred miles, there was no longer any green around, and the pungent smell floating in the air became more and more obvious. When I looked up, I saw a bare mountain peak standing in front of me.
At the mountain pass, there was a wave of scorching hot air gushing out, and the scorching void was distorted by it.
Lu Ye did not step forward rashly, but first took out the ten-point map to check his position, and frowned after a moment.
This location is rather awkward for him, because this is obviously the territory of Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, and there may be monks from Ten Thousand Demon Ridge patrolling the area at any time. If he goes there, it will be difficult to hide his whereabouts.
After thinking for a moment, Lu Ye decided to go and have a look.
Now he has cultivated the True Lake Realm. Although he is only a first-level person who has just been promoted to the first level, his strength has changed drastically compared to the past.
As long as you don't encounter too powerful enemies, it won't be a big deal.
As for the other party's Divine Sea Realm... don't worry too much. Generally speaking, the Divine Sea Realm sitting at the pass will not be easily dispatched, so as not to give the opponent an opportunity to take advantage of it.
The Divine Sea Realm Overhaul is like a sea-fixing needle for each pass.
Even on the front line of the confrontation between the two camps, it is rare to encounter scenes of Divine Sea realm major cultivators fighting each other, because when their cultivation reaches their realm, they can see many things that the cultivators below cannot see, unless there is some deep hatred.
I have a big grudge and won't fight under normal circumstances.
Nowadays, the opportunity is rare. The fire attribute energy contained in such a crater is extremely huge. If Lu Ye can benefit from it, it will not be as simple as opening a spiritual pattern on the talent tree. Maybe more can be unlocked.
With the decision made, Lu Ye immediately stepped forward.
But before that, he had called Yiyi back and stuffed the amber into the spirit beast bag.
The environment here is harsh. Although one spirit and one tiger can resist it, it will still consume a lot of money.
Furthermore, the symbol of amber is too obvious. If a monk who is familiar with Lu Ye sees it, he is afraid that he will immediately think of Lu Ye himself.
Putting the amber away, Lu Ye could still find a way to mediate if he met the monks from Ten Thousand Demon Ridge.
I flew forward and came to the crater. I looked down and saw the heat wave rolling down below, the magma surging and boiling, and bubbles exploding from time to time with an astonishing force.
Once here, even Lu Ye had to mobilize his spiritual power to resist the scorching heat that was everywhere.
This reminded him of the scene when he was at the Lingxi battlefield and went deep into the land of fire. At that time, his cultivation level was not high, and the environment he was in was very similar to now.
But in comparison, although the Land of Fire is in the Lingxi battlefield, the quality of the Phoenix Fire hidden there is much higher than here.
Lu Ye has been exposed to strange fire and elixir fire a lot, and Lu Ye can tell the quality of these things at a glance.
The quality of the fire attribute energy here is not necessarily good, but the quantity is great. If it can stay here for a long time, the talent tree should be able to eat it all at once. I don't know how many leaves can be ignited and how many spiritual patterns can be opened.
Lu Ye naturally yearns for such a treasured land.
Without much hesitation, Lu Ye jumped directly into the crater.
More than ten feet away, a figure hidden in the void was watching him quietly, but from the beginning to the end, Lu Ye didn't notice it at all.
Nian Yuexian is naturally the only one who has such attainments in the way of hiding and is still following Lu Ye.
Seeing him jumping in like that, Nian Yuexian was also a little surprised, wondering what Lu Ye was going to do.
But then I thought about it, Lu Ye practices fire-attribute skills, and maybe he needs to take advantage of the environment here to practice.
"You are quite courageous." Nian Yuexian snorted softly, but did not follow.
The main reason why she has been following Lu Ye is because this is Lu Ye's first inspection mission. She has such a subordinate under her command and is a disciple of the Blue Blood Sect, so she should pay more attention to him.
As a result, it was discovered that this kid actually came to the territory of Ten Thousand Demon Ridge while patrolling, and even jumped into the crater.
Nian Yuexian has no intention of jumping down. Although the environment here is harsh, since Lu Ye has made this choice, he must be certain that he has cultivated to the True Lake Realm, and it is impossible for others to worry about everything.
She can pay more attention to Lu Ye, but she won't take care of him like an old lady. If this is the case, he won't be able to go far on the road of spiritual practice.
Looking up at the direction of Gushan City in the distance, Nian Yuexian said to herself: "You are here, let's go and have a look."
I haven’t visited that old ghost Wan Zhanggang for a long time, and I don’t know if he is dead!
On the front line of the battle between the two camps, Shenhai Realm Overhaul will not be dispatched easily.
There is only one exception.
That is Nian Yuexian from Cangyan Mountain Pass!
Other Shenhai Realm overhauls were stationed at their own passes for many years, guarding all directions, like old trees with craggy branches and rocks watching the tide, unmoving.
Nian Yuexian, on the other hand, didn't care about Cangyan Mountain Pass at all. Whenever he felt like it, he would come to Gushan City for a visit. The Wanmoling side of Gushan City was made miserable, and Wan Zhanggang didn't care about this either.
There was a lot of resentment, but there was nothing good that could be done against her.
A Shenhai Realm ghost cultivator who is proficient in stealth and formations will be difficult to stop if he really wants to sneak into any place.
Even if her whereabouts are exposed, she still has the capital to fight her way out.
If the Shenhai Realm at other passes dared to act like this, Ten Thousand Demon Ridge would definitely respond in its own way. However, the special characteristics of Cangyan Pass meant that Ten Thousand Demon Ridge would be unable to counterattack.
Nian Yuexian is sitting alone at Cangyan Pass, so what if the pass is captured? Haotian Alliance will not lose a single soldier, but Nian Yuexian, who has no constraints, will become even more fearful.