The Black Mountain Fortress, located on the northeastern border of the Gama Empire, is the most magnificent fortress within a thousand miles.
Since it was established at the same time as the Gama Empire, it has stood for hundreds of years without collapsing. It has experienced several major wars during this period, but still has not left many traces on this huge fortress. This shows how terrifying its sturdiness is.
Although it is a border fortress, the Gama Empire and the neighboring Luoyan Empire outside the border are still at peace at this time, and there are frequent caravans traveling between the two countries, so the Black Mountain Fortress seems very lively.
After leaving the Luoyun Empire, Ye Chen and his companions did not go to the closer Mulan Empire, but chose to detour through the Luoyan Empire and then enter the northeastern province of the Gama Empire from the Black Mountain Fortress.
Ye Chen had two goals in mind for this trip to the Northwest Continent. The first was to collect the Azure Lotus Earth Core Fire, and the second was to see how the heroines from the original novel were doing. If possible, he wouldn't mind taking them with him...
Of course, don't get me wrong, this is not because of Ye Chen's LSP attribute, but because of the strength or potential of these women!
Among all the women in the Jia Ma Empire, Ye Chen actually only values three: Queen Medusa, Little Medical Fairy, and Qing Lin...
Needless to say, Queen Medusa is already at the peak of Douhuang at this time. As long as she completes the transformation, she will become a Douzong powerhouse. This is definitely a very powerful helper for Ye Chen in the early stage.
Of course, the most important thing is that after the transformation, Queen Medusa will awaken the bloodline of the Seven-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python!
This is a terrifying bloodline that is no less terrifying than the Heavenly Demon Phoenix! Even if it only grows naturally, it will definitely become a Dou Zun in the future.
Not to mention that she would have the opportunity to be promoted to the even more terrifying Nine-Colored Sky-Swallowing Python in the future, which could be compared with supreme magical beasts such as the Grand Void Ancient Dragon and the Ancient Sky Phoenix...
In general, even if it weren't for the Queen's beauty, Ye Chen would definitely conquer her before she grew up just for her future potential.
The same reason applies to Xiao Yixiang and Qinglin.
Whether it was the Evil Poison Body or the Green Snake Three Flower Pupils, both were terrifying physiques rarely seen in the Dou Qi Continent in hundreds of years...
However, Queen Medusa is fine, as she is definitely in her own snake tribe. However, Xiao Yixian and Qinglin may not be in the same locations as in the original novel.
Especially Qinglin, who was only about ten years old when she appeared, probably about the same age as Xinlan. But now she is just a little kid, who knows where she is.
The same goes for Xiao Yixian, so Ye Chen can only go to Qingshan Town first to see if the girl is already in Wanyaozhai. If not, he can only give up temporarily.
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With the help of a caravan, Ye Chen and his companions easily passed through the Black Mountain Fortress.
After all, Ye Chen is only a Dou Wang now. If he chooses to fly and force his way in, he will probably be discovered by the strong men guarding the pass of the Jia Ma Empire, causing unnecessary trouble.
After passing through the Black Mountain Fortress, they directly entered the northeastern border of the Gama Empire. If Ye Chen remembered correctly, the city of Wutan where the Xiao family was located should be in the northeastern province of the Gama Empire.
Thinking of this, Ye Chen decided to change his itinerary and go to Wutan City first...
The reason for this choice was not because of the storage ring on Xiao Yan's neck that contained Yao Lao's soul. After all, Xiao Yan seemed harmless at this time, but with the little princess of the ancient clan around, Ye Chen would not seek trouble for himself.
Moreover, Ye Chen himself would not practice the Burning Technique, nor would he allow anyone in the Ye family to practice it. Looking at the dangers Xiao Yan encountered when practicing the Burning Technique in the original novel, if he were not the protagonist, he would have died tens of thousands of times. Therefore, there was no need for Ye Chen to risk his own life and that of his family.
As for Yao Chen's collections, they were mostly in the former's mind. The real pill formulas and other things had been almost taken away when Han Feng colluded with the Soul Palace to assassinate him.
Ye Chen chose to go to the Xiao family, more to determine the timeline of this world and see how long it would take before the plot begins, so that he could arrange what he would do next.
Three days later, Wutan City.
Looking at this city made entirely of black stone, Ye Chen still felt a little sigh in his heart.
After all, this is where the battle begins...
As one of the three major families, the Xiao family in Wutan City is easy to find.
Although the Xiao family is just a small and insignificant family in the Jia Ma Empire, the location of the Xiao family is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has an extremely vast area, which is even larger than the other two major families combined.
There was no other way. Xiao Yan's grandfather had a Dou Wang in his generation. In a small place like the Jia Ma Empire, a Dou Wang could be ranked in the top ten. This was also the reason why Xiao Yan could get engaged to Nalan Yanran, the little princess of the Nalan family.
Unfortunately, ever since Xiao Yan's grandfather disappeared, the Xiao family's strength has plummeted. Even the current head of the family is only a Great Dou Master, and the three elders in the family are only Dou Masters...
This kind of strength has directly fallen from a first-class family in the empire to a level that is not even third-rate. It can be said that the gap is huge.
How should I put it...
Although the Xiao family's bloodline was completely consumed by Xiao Xuan a thousand years ago, it is impossible for it to fall to the point where there is not even a strong man of the Douhuang level.
After all, there are still countless eyes watching them. As long as a strong person stronger than the Dou Wang appears in the Xiao family, he will either be killed or disappear. This has led to the Xiao family becoming weaker and weaker, and in the end, only the Great Dou Master is left.
This is also the reason why Ye Chen did not want to provoke the Xiao family in the early stage, because there were too many people staring at them.
For example, the little princess Gu Xun'er of the Gu clan has lived in the Xiao family for several years. Oh, yes, she should still be Xiao Xun'er now.
Besides, I'm afraid the people from the Soul Palace are also keeping an eye on them...
Neither of these two parties can be provoked by Ye Chen and the Ye family!
Arriving at the back mountain of the Xiao family, Ye Chen's soul power spread out directly, covering the entire Xiao family under his spiritual perception, and soon found Xiao Yan at this time...
Well, it's not that Ye Chen knew Xiao Yan, but this guy was being chased by a long-legged beautiful girl at this moment, and he was making a mess of the forest behind the Xiao family like a monkey.
"Xiao Yan! You bastard little pervert, stop right there!" The long-legged beauty in the Xiao family's attire seemed a little embarrassed, and her clothes were a little messy. When you hear what she said at this moment, it is hard not to think of something wrong.
Ye Chen looked at this scene, and a name suddenly flashed through his mind...
"Could this be Xiao Yu?"
In the original novel, although Xiao Yu was only a minor supporting character in the early stage, she seemed to be one of the women who had an ambiguous relationship with Xiao Yan.
Moreover, it seems that the feud between the two started when Xiao Yan broke into someone's hot spring bathing and secretly touched the former's thigh...