Traveling through troubled times: Princess disguises herself as a man and becomes a soldier to earn

After a few days of torment, Black Widow looked up and vaguely saw the shadow of the city wall. She almost cried. She was almost driven crazy by the torture these days. That bitch was simply unscrupulous and made her angry.

Only by chanting the Heart Purification Mantra over and over again did I feel my heart calm down.

Southland City Gate

Jiang Li brought people to the city gate to greet them. Even if they were just temporary partners, they were still partners, so they had to give them some respect. When he saw the carriage from afar, his eyes lit up: "General Huo, people are coming."

Huo Boshan nodded and said respectfully, "When they are all here, I will arrange for them to stay in the courtyard next to the princess. It is really because these people are too noble, and I am worried that there will be disputes that will be difficult to deal with."

"Okay, let's arrange it this way. If there are any problems, I will handle them."

The carriage stopped and everyone got off. Their eyes searched the crowd and finally fell on a petite figure holding a candied haws. The corners of their mouth twitched uncontrollably. No matter how many times they saw it, Qiguo always gave them... a headache.

Huo Boshan said enthusiastically: "You all have come from afar, and I believe you are very tired. Please follow me into the city. The wine and food are ready. After you have your meal, you can wash up and have a good rest."

"Well, thank you."

Jiang Li was eating a candied haws when she felt a red figure rushing towards her. She dodged subconsciously, and when she saw that person was about to fall, she reached out to help him up: "... Sorry, I don't like others rushing towards me."

Su Xuemei snorted softly: "I haven't seen you for a long time. I missed you very much. I didn't expect you to avoid me. It's really hurtful."

"Um, Sister Su, why is it you? I'm here to give you some candied haws. Don't be angry. Let's go into the city first. Si Ling is waiting at the mansion. After you finish eating, we will discuss the rest of the matter and you can go and rest."

"Got it. Let's go into the city quickly."

After dinner, everyone came to the study and sat at the table. Si Ling and Wen Ruosheng looked at each other without saying anything. Si Ling said calmly, "You know the general situation. As for the details, I will explain it in detail."

half an hour later

Everyone looked at each other with a cold expression. They obviously didn't expect the situation in the southern border to be so serious. Wen Ruosheng pondered for a moment and said softly, "Let's put aside the conflicts among the countries for now and work together to solve that problem first."

"No matter what we thought before, in the face of a powerful enemy, all we can do is trust each other. Only in this way can we have the strength to fight. As long as that thing is not eliminated, no one will be spared."

Jiang Li waved his hand, and a puppet suddenly appeared in the study.

"You see, when these people were alive, they were all venerables. It's just that after they were captured, their souls were extracted and suppressed in their bodies. Their bodies were refined into puppets. They have consciousness but cannot control the killing."

His voice sank slightly. "Their present may be our future. This battle is not only about survival. Once we are caught, there will be only one outcome. Our blood will nourish the monster, our souls will be imprisoned, and our bodies will be refined into puppets."

When everyone heard this, they felt a chill on their backs and looked at the puppets. Even if they didn't say anything, they could feel the suppressed pain and the dead silence emanating from them.

Wen Ruosheng sighed, his heart heavy: "Where is that thing? Do you have any clues? If we don't know, then we can't do anything. Once it recovers, I'm afraid we won't be its opponent."

Jiang Li blinked his eyes and said innocently, "Why are you looking at me? If I knew where it was, I would have blown it up long ago. Why would I wait until now? I still can't find it, but something seems to be wrong recently."

"…What's wrong?"

He pointed to the ground and said, "I'll take you to the battlefield later, and you'll see. The blood on the battlefield had dyed the land red before, but when I went to see it again these past two days, I felt that the color had faded a lot."

"Well, I don't know how to put it. It's like I was sucked away by something."

Si Ling looked at her and frowned: "Princess, when did you find out something was wrong? Why didn't you tell me? Any abnormality must be reported. It will be faster for everyone to find clues together than for one person."

Jiang Li spread his hands and said helplessly: "It was only these two days. I wanted to tell you, but you were taking care of the child, and I couldn't find anyone. I forgot about it because of the interruption."

"Let's go and take a look at the battlefield."

Everyone stood up, opened the door, and rushed out, soon disappearing from sight.

On the battlefield

Jiang Li squatted down, reached out to grab a handful of soil and smelled it to make sure it was not his illusion. The smell of blood became lighter, and the blood was gradually decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if it was being sucked away.

He looked up at the gloomy sky, and felt even more depressed. "You guys squat down and take a look. Is the color of the soil wrong? Is there any wood element? Root it and feel where the blood has been sucked to."

Lu E took a step forward, took out the vine in his hand, and threw it on the ground. He watched the vine twist its body and dig into the soil like a living thing. It stopped after a while and dug in heavily, but it just couldn't move.

"Well, what's going on?"

"...Xiao Teng said that when it got so deep, it seemed to encounter something blocking it and couldn't go any further. Why don't we dig it out and see what's inside."

Jiang Li made up his mind and took out a mine from the space. He nodded and said, "No need to be so troublesome. All of you should move aside. It's a lot of trouble to dig. Just blow it up. It's just a mine. It's much easier."

Everyone stared at the mine in her hand with some resentment in their eyes, in silence. The barbarians suffered a great loss because of this thing. It was so tragic that they were blown to pieces.

They all stepped back and watched Jiang Lijiang light the fuse and throw it on the ground. With a loud bang, even the ground shook slightly. They moved closer and looked at the crater created by the explosion in silence.

"Lüe, hurry up and take a look, is there anything unusual?"

Green E had a wooden face and his eyes twitching. He put the vines in and watched the vines curl up and hit something with a bang. But when he stretched his head to look, he could not see anything. It was obviously a barrier or something.

Jiang Li frowned when he saw this familiar scene: "Barrier? Why does it look so familiar? I seem to have seen it somewhere. Hey, does anyone here understand formations? Is this a formation..."

"Array? It's possible, but since we don't know the key to the array, we can't break it. If the disappearance of the blood is related to this, then the array is a sacrificial array, which is a very vicious array."

"Lüe, try again and see if you can follow the vines and find the direction where the blood energy disappears, even if it's just an approximate direction."

Meeting their expectant eyes, Lu E was a little shy and lowered his head: "Well, then I'll try, I can't guarantee it will work, Xiao Teng, come, let's try again, okay?"