I can bless thousands of magical powers.

[Host: Zhang Yuan]

[Realm: Sixth level (True Energy)]

[God's Nest: Level 6 (7%)]

[Host: Level 5 Black Giant Ant (1%)/32 times Strength]

[Host: Level 5 Jade Mantis (1%)/Intermediate Sword Skills Xuantong]

[Host: Level 5 Golden Grasshopper (1%)/32x Agility]

[Host: Level 5 White Dragon Loach (1%)/Intermediate Water-based Mysterious Passage]

[Host: Level 5 Red-Eyed Crow (1%)/Intermediate Mysterious Spirit]

[Host: Level 5 Golden Rat (1%)/125 square meters of storage space]

[Host: Level 4 Gray Fang Lynx (78%)/Primary Mystical Beast]

[Qi and blood: 2810/2820]

[Source Quality: 2876]

【Luck: 9+3】

After closing the God's Nest panel in his field of vision, Zhang Yuan turned his attention back to the road ahead.

The previous investment of 5 points of source essence allowed the Golden-Haired Rat to be successfully promoted to Level 125. His storage space was also doubled to a huge cubic meters.

This volume is enough for Zhang Yuan to accommodate more and larger items!

The Gray-fanged Lynx's degree of evolution has also been greatly improved. If the bandit suppression is successful this time, and if some more source essence can be obtained, it will be enough to upgrade it to level 5, reaching the level of a mid-level mysterious beast.

By then, the ability of this ferocious beast will inevitably undergo a small leap.

Zhang Yuan thought to himself and reached out to pat the neck of the gray-fanged lynx under his crotch.

The ferocious beast suddenly growled, suddenly increased its speed and flew forward, rushing out of the canyon pass in the blink of an eye.

A stretch of rolling hills and fields appeared in Zhang Yuan's sight.

The snow-capped mountains in the distance are already in sight!
The unique natural atmosphere made Zhang Yuan feel happy.

This was the second time that he led 300 soldiers to leave Xiyuan Daoying. Their current location was no longer within the county and had even gone beyond the territory of Daqian.

The road ahead, which has been worn out by carriages, horses and merchants over the years, is the only way to the Western Regions.

For thousands of years, countless caravans and pedestrians have traveled thousands of miles back and forth along this road for a living.

"General Zhang!"

At this moment, Wu Ziyu rode his horse at full speed from behind.

The Wu family disciple said in a deep voice: "We are almost there!"

Zhang Yuan nodded without saying anything.

This time, in addition to the three hundred soldiers, three members of the Wu family and the fourth-level caravan guard also accompanied them.

Originally, Zhang Yuan didn't want to bring these guys, but Wu Ziyu strongly requested and expressed his willingness to obey his orders.

Zhang Yuan agreed reluctantly.

In fact, Wu Ziyu and his two followers are all at the fifth level of cultivation, which is enough to qualify them as deputy generals of the Taoist camp.

Don't become a burden to the team.

In addition, Zhang Yuan also brought Mo Wei.

As for Sun Yujiang, he stayed in Xiyuan City to command the Daoying and was responsible for receiving the upcoming reinforcements.

If there is any problem with Zhang Yuan or he needs support.

Sun Yujiang will set out as soon as he receives the talisman.

It can be considered as a backup plan.

There is also a third deputy general, Feng Hui. Although he has defected to Zhang Yuan, he will not give him any important responsibilities.

Previously, Zhang Yuan had asked Feng Hui to secretly investigate Ling Xiaohua in Xiyuan City, but there has been no clues so far.

This person's ability to do things is really not good. Zhang Yuan retracted his gaze, slowed down, reunited with the team behind him, and continued to move forward.

About half an hour later, the team arrived near a hill.

This area is on the leeward side and there is a gurgling stream next to it, which is undoubtedly a great place to camp.

And this is indeed the case. Traces of the camp can be seen everywhere, and discarded garbage can be seen among the weeds.

There were even some broken arrows and swords.

Zhang Yuan took a quick look and saw that this campsite had just experienced a fierce battle not long ago.

Maybe if you dig up the grass, you can see traces of blood underneath!

This is where the Wu family caravan was attacked.

According to the description of the fourth-level guard who came with the team, they were suddenly attacked by horse thieves in the middle of the night.

The patrolling sentry at the time did not issue any warning, so the caravan was caught off guard.

The losses were heavy from the start.

The horse thieves attacked from all directions, and their attacks were extremely brutal and ruthless.

This fourth-level guard had the fastest reaction. Realizing that something was wrong, he immediately escaped from the tent and used a secret technique to escape.

Even so, he was hit by a dart coated with poison.

If this fourth-rank guard had not carried the antidote with him, he would have died here along with his companions!
When talking about what happened that night, he still gritted his teeth, and the grief and anger in his heart was difficult to contain.

Zhang Yuan listened to the other party's story quietly, then walked around the camp.

Finally he gave the order: "We will camp here tonight."

The sun is about to set, and there is no way to search for the horse thieves at night. We can only wait until tomorrow.

For Zhang Yuan, the biggest difficulty of this mission is how to find the culprit.

Horse thieves are not mountain bandits and do not have fixed mountain strongholds as their lair. They are well aware of the principle that a cunning rabbit has three burrows. They usually come and go like the wind within the "hunting ground" and then rest in a certain stronghold.

This stronghold could be a farm, a village, or even a cave.

It's not easy to catch them.

Unless there is an insider!
Of course, Zhang Yuan had no traitors among the bandits, but fortunately he still had the super scout, the Red-eyed Crow.

Previously, when Zhang Yuan was suppressing bandits and robbers in Xiyuan County, the Red-Eyed Crow played a very important role.

This intermediate-level mysterious spirit is high in the sky, able to monitor movements within an area of ​​dozens or even hundreds of miles. Once groups of horse thieves enter its field of vision, they will not be able to escape its lock.

But along the way, the red-eyed crow had been circling above Zhang Yuan's head.

Nothing was discovered.

This suggests that the horse thief gangs are operating further away.

It is also very likely that they are resting in a certain stronghold - after all, they have just done a big job.

After the temporary camp was set up, Zhang Yuan called Mo Wei and Wu Ziyu together to discuss the next course of action.

He had some preliminary ideas in his mind, but he also wanted to listen to his companions' opinions.

Wu Ziyu did provide an idea.

A few dozen miles ahead from here is Hekou Market, which was jointly established by local herdsmen, traveling merchants, and some people who migrated here to escape the disaster. It is a place where all kinds of people mix together and it is quite chaotic.

Many caravans traveling between the Western Regions and Western Plains would stop at Hekouji to rest and trade.

Over the past few decades, there have been very few horse thieves and bandits attacking Hekouji.

Because supplies are also provided there for them.

Even the channels for selling stolen goods.

This means if you want to get information or track down the whereabouts of the goods robbed by the caravan.

Hekoujidu is the best place! (End of this chapter)