Today's first update: Chapter 1362! 1/2!
Xu Kun's original plan had been to head north alone after retaking Shanhaiguan, cross the Yanshan Mountains, and rendezvous with the main army.
However, when he headed north with Kong Changyao, they ran into trouble.
"Old Kong, are you sure your direction was right? Why do I feel like we've gone off course?"
Kong Changyao's face flushed red as he tried to defend himself. "You were the one leading the way! You couldn't tell the directions apart and insisted on making me choose. You can't blame it all on me now!"
Xu Kun was momentarily speechless. The Yanshan Mountains were vast, shrouded in deep clouds and mist. They could still tell their bearings when they first entered, but after walking for a while, the two of them had completely lost all sense of direction.
"Sigh... We should've just followed the Chao River..."
Xu Kun had not wanted to take a detour. He had thought that flying straight north with Kong Changyao would do the trick. Yet it was precisely because he wanted to reunite with the army as quickly as possible that the two of them got lost in the Yanshan Mountains!
Under normal circumstances, even if Xu Kun did not know the way, he could have found the right path by instinct, just as he had on the third level back then. That instinct was what had given him the confidence to boldly cross the Yanshan Mountains!
But once he entered the Yanshan Mountains, that instinct failed him!
To put it simply, even the most advanced navigation equipment would have its magnetic field disrupted here!
Countless great mountain demons occupied the Yanshan Mountains. There were no fewer than a dozen Saint-level beings alone!
What did that mean?
It meant that countless domains