It was early in the morning, and the sun that had just risen had not yet climbed up to the top of the wall. The purple air from the sky spread over the city wall, like blood, staining all over the wilderness.

Duanmu Xiongchuan carried Ning Shi on his shoulders and jumped down the mountain in a few steps, like a nimble lynx. There were still torches burning in the barracks in the distance, and under the shadow of the city wall, the dust and mist were slightly cool.

As we approached the barracks, a deep voice came from the wooden wall inside the Juma post, "Whoever is coming, please tell me your name."

Hearing this warning, Duanmu Xiongchuan raised his hands without hesitation and whispered: "Shi'er, raise your hands too. Have you seen the arrow tower in the distance? The ballista inside is like

A strong military commander like your uncle and I, who have the courage of thousands of men, will be nailed to the ground even if I receive a crossbow."

Ning Shi didn't dare not listen to his uncle's warning and immediately raised his hands.

"Duanmu Xiongchuan, captain of the 57th Team, the pioneer scout of the Zhenjiang Army, requested to return to the team." Duanmu Xiongchuan shouted loudly.

"It turns out to be Captain Duanmu. What is that little thing you are riding on?" the guard on the arrow tower asked again.

Ning Shi didn't feel angry at all. Instead, he was shocked and said: "The dust and fog are so heavy and there are shadows blocking me. The guards above can still see me. Their eyes are really sharp."

"This person next to me is Ning Shi, Panlong Wuhou, the only son of the third elder of Zhenjiang Prefecture. This time he will go into the mountains with me for a trial."

"I see, this is a routine inspection. I have offended many people. I hope Captain Duanmu and Master Ning will forgive me. Open the city gate and check!" The guards on the observation deck did not turn their crossbow arrows elsewhere, but still pointed at Duanmu Xiongchuan and

Ning Shi.

A small door opened next to the barracks, allowing only one person to pass through. A soldier wearing light armor came out and said to Duanmu Xiongchuan and Ning Shi, "Both hands are level."

When Ning Shi was searched, he found that the guard ignored the blades and bows and arrows on his body. He couldn't help but curiously asked: "Uncle, what are they checking?"

"This is to check whether you carry ambushed fire." Duanmu Xiongchuan replied.

"Passed!" The soldier who had completed the interrogation took out a golden flag from behind and waved it toward the tower.

Duanmu Xiongchuan then put down his hand and pulled Ning Shi towards the pass.

Walking into the garrison, Duanmu Xiongchuan signaled Ning Shi to be silent, and the two of them walked quickly through the barracks. Inside the barracks, groups of soldiers wearing leather armor patrolled back and forth with weapons in hand.

After walking through more than a dozen military tents, we arrived at the tent of the fifty-seventh team.

Different from other military tents, the 57th team, which is the scout brigade, has a small number of people. There are only two guards standing guard in front of the military tent. Seeing Duanmu Xiongchuan coming, the two soldiers also saluted with a standard military salute.

However, his expression was quite friendly and relaxed.

"team leader!"

Duanmu Xiongchuan nodded, opened the military tent and walked in.

Entering the military tent, Ning Shi suddenly felt a wave of heat hitting his face. The military tent was very warm. When he arrived in his own space, Duanmu Xiongchuan's tense face instantly relaxed, and he hugged Ning Shi to his tiger-skin seat, and then

He pulled off a huge snow wolf skin hanging on the wall, spread it on the ground, and lay down.

"Boy, hurry up and rest. We will go into the mountains soon. Now that you are far away from your parents, you can leave the swords and guns they gave you in your uncle's military tent. How can you carry those things up the mountain?

Did you have a good time?" Duanmu Xiongchuan looked at Ning Shi with a smile and said.

Ning Shi knew that his uncle was doing it for his own good, but he didn't come to the mountain just for fun, but to really learn skills and collect elixirs.

After Ning Shi thought for a while, he deliberately changed the subject and said, "Uncle, were you the ones who hunted all the animal skins, bones and teeth in this tent?"

Seeing Ning Shi looking at him with admiration, Duanmu Xiongchuan chuckled and said, "Of course."

"I also want to be a great hero like my uncle, and I also want to learn hunting." Ning Shi said with his big eyes blinking.

Hearing his nephew call him a hero, Duanmu Xiongchuan narrowed his eyes and laughed loudly: "When you are older, my uncle will teach you how to shoot."

"Didn't my uncle say that I, Emperor Xijuewu of the Han Dynasty, could shoot at the age of three? Shi'er is already nine years old, and he can also learn to shoot."

"You are ambitious and worthy of being a man with the blood of my Duanmu family! At a young age, you are determined to compare yourself to me, the First Emperor of the Han Dynasty. Well done! Uncle, I promised to teach you how to hunt, but unfortunately I don't have a suitable bow for you now. In this way,

We will go up the mountain in a while, and my uncle will make you a bow that suits you. What do you think?"

"This bow is suitable for me." Ning Shi pointed to the boxwood bow donated by his father that Duanmu Xiongchuan brought for him, and said with a smile.

Duanmu Xiongchuan glanced at the big bow. The length of the bow was almost longer than Ning Shi's height. This was the standard one-stone bow in Zhenjiang Prefecture. The bow body was made of fine boxwood and was full of elasticity. The bow string was made of glue.

The soup is filled with beef tendons that have been kneaded for a year. Not many people, even ordinary guards of wealthy families, can draw such a bow and arrow.

"Sure enough, I am still a child. I am too impetuous and arrogant. I don't know how high the sky is." Duanmu Xiongchuan judged secretly in his heart. He couldn't hide the joy and anger on his face, and said with a slight displeasure: "You are still too young to play with this bow on your back.

It’s okay to play, but don’t hurt your tendons if you pull.”

Ning Shi quickly stood up from the tiger seat, picked up the big boxwood bow that was about the same size as himself, and stretched out his hand to pull it.

Duanmu Xiongchuan didn't stop him, he had already thought of a way to teach the child a lesson, and when Ning Shila couldn't move anymore, he would educate his sister again.

"Open." Ning Shi shouted softly, and suddenly stretched out both arms. Suddenly, the entire boxwood bow was stretched into a full moon by Ning Shi.

With the words on his lips, Duanmu Xiongchuan said casually: "I said you are too young? Young people should guard against arrogance and impetuosity, and should not aim too high..." As he spoke, Duanmu Xiongchuan became silent. Seeing Ning Shi so relaxed

From his appearance, he clearly still has some energy left!

"Uncle? What's wrong with you?" Ning Shi looked at Duanmu Xiongchuan with his mouth wide open, pretending to be confused.

Duanmu Xiongchuan stood up like a carp, without saying a word, reached out and took Ning Shi's bow, and pulled it up himself.

After pulling it several times, I was sure that the bow was as strong as a stone! Then he said with appreciation: "Well, not bad, boy, I didn't see it, but you still have some strength!"

Ning Shi was extremely happy to receive his uncle's approval: "So my uncle agreed to teach me how to shoot and hunt?"

Xiongchuan patted him on the shoulder, as if talking to a brother: "It's nothing to hunt. Let's go up the mountain now, and uncle will teach you some real skills!"

After hearing his uncle's promise, Ning Shi couldn't wait any longer and begged Duanmu Xiongchuan to set off quickly.

Duanmu Xiongchuan took Ning Shi to the weapons depot and took out the weapons. He also replenished food, water, salt, tents, flint and other necessary things for entering the mountains, and then set off with his nephew.

The Broken Ridge Mountains stretch for tens of thousands of miles and are majestic. According to statistics, there are nearly a thousand peaks connected to the Great Wall.

Outside the mountain peak is the place Ning Shi and I want to go - the prehistoric plateau. The dense forests there are crisscrossed and intertwined. It is the place where the prehistoric beast tribe often hangs out. Although it is extremely dangerous, it has a full advantage, that is, it is rich in products.

, where you can find spiritual stones, heavenly materials, and earthly treasures at will. Even the essence and blood of monsters are good things that other places rush to buy.

Because the nearby orcs could cause a war at any time, and the front line of defense of the Great Wall was too long, it would be too expensive to garrison a million elite soldiers for a long time. Therefore, this kind of scout vanguard was set up.

There are 100,000 troops stationed at the border all year round, and the number of scouts required is not a small number. They usually choose people with innocent backgrounds and strong military strength. The border army constantly sends out scouts to penetrate into the depths of the wilderness to explore and hunt some monsters.

, and monitor the movements of the prehistoric beast clan.

Above the majestic city, there are ladders at every other section. Major martial arts schools, Taoist sects, or chambers of commerce that make a living by hunting monsters and beasts can all go out of the city to hunt wilderness by paying a certain pass fee.

Of course, Ning Shi and Duanmu Xiongchuan did not have to pay. As the military's pioneer scouts, the two came to the best ladder. Under the escort of the sergeant, they took the Originium-powered helicopter and went out of the city to hunt wilderness.

This was the first time for Ning Shi to sit on such a ladder.

Arriving at the foot of the city wall, a huge metal frame was built on top of the towering city wall. Duanmu Xiongchuan briefly exchanged greetings with the guard, then pulled Ning Shi up the ladder that reached the sky.

In the fully iron-clad steel cage, Ning Shi, who was gradually rising, suddenly felt like he was suspended in the air, and his field of vision was constantly broadening.

In the distance, the huge Zhenjiang Mansion looks like a giant basalt beast, looking at the entire Hengchuan River.

Duanmu Xiongchuan said: "When we first built this Zhenjiang Mansion, we considered that sooner or later wild beasts would climb over the city wall, so we planned the Zhenjiang Mansion to be extremely majestic. I didn't know that this seemingly ferocious

Does the city hide any heart-rending secret weapons?"

Hearing his uncle's conjecture and watching the great rivers and mountains getting smaller and smaller before his eyes, Ning Shi felt a surge of pride in his heart.

Soon, the ladder reached the top of the city wall.

"Come down and take a look! This majestic and spectacular sight is not something you can see casually."

Before, I had my back against the wall and could not feel the wind blowing. But as the ladder got closer and closer to the top of the wall, the violent wind poured in crazily along the wall. Because Ning Shi was relatively short, he was blown away by the wind.

It was unstable, so Xiongchuan had to hold the handrail with one hand and support him with the other.

Ning Shi turned around, put a hand on his face to block the strong wind, and looked towards the so-called prehistoric plateau——

The sky is blue, the clouds have faded long ago, and the sun is shining warmly, making people feel very comfortable. The endless forest in the distance is not just green, but also red and gold mixed in. The ancient atmosphere is blowing towards the face, refreshing. On the ground, there is a huge

The towering ancient trees have intertwined roots, and the breeze blows, and there is a faint rustling sound.

The prehistoric plateau stretches as far as the eye can see. Huge, vast, and magnificent! This primitive beauty cannot be replaced by anything, as it seems that this is the true destination of all things.

"Uncle, how many days will we stay here?" Ning Shi asked.

"Until you become a real hunter." Duanmu Xiongchuan laughed loudly and pulled Ning Shi to the iron cage outside the city wall. He waved to the guards guarding the city. The iron cage quickly carried the two of them down.
Chapter completed!