The sun was scorching, and the weather in the south was already so hot. After half a day of rapid march, Muchen and others had walked nearly one-third of the way.

At noon, Muchen and others came to the entrance of a canyon. The surrounding area was silent and there were not many people who chose to pass by.

Muchen glanced at the terrain ahead and said, "There seems to be a canyon ahead, with cliffs and woods on both sides. It's a good place for an ambush. Uncle, what kind of place is this?"

"Ahead is the Black Wind Canyon, which is the only way for us to go to Luoye Village. After passing here, there is a plain in front of us, which is convenient for traveling and our speed can be accelerated."

"Uncle, where was our food robbed last time?"

"It's right here. Are Xiaochen worried that someone will come to snatch food this time? Don't worry, because of what happened last time, our Nanshan City has sent city guards to encircle Hungry Wolf Village. Although they ran away in the end,

We suppressed their arrogance and set up camp near the mountain stronghold to prevent them from continuing to harm people. However, some of the surrounding bandit groups, except for the Hungry Wolf Village, were all small mountain strongholds and did not dare to go against our Nanshan City Lord's Mansion. Xiaochen

Don't worry." Xiao Jun was full of confidence in this escort mission.

Muchen is a cautious person, and the front is inherently dangerous. If he passes like this, if someone ambushes him, he will be irresponsible to the soldiers of the army.

"Even so, we have to be careful." Muchen waved his hand, called to stop the team, and said: "Give the order to go down, rest where you are, and start lighting a fire to cook."

Although Xiao Jun felt that Muchen was being too cautious, he did not stop him. After all, a group of people had been traveling for a long time and needed to rest.

Everyone found an open space nearby and rested on the spot. At this time, Muchen waved in the distance, and Xiaobai ran over wagging his tail, sticking out his tongue.

"Woof... woof"

During this trip, Muchen also brought Xiaobai out. After all, Xiaobai was very strong and could act as a guard, while also making him familiar with the foreign environment.

Luo Cheng: "Young Marshal, what kind of strange beast is this? It is very powerful, looks a bit like a wolf, but is more friendly than a wolf. It is really rare for a strange beast to be so close to humans." Most of the strange beasts are indifferent to humans.

There is a kind of natural hostility. Even those alien beasts that have been domesticated are the result of training since childhood. Most ordinary adult alien beasts do not like humans.

"Brother Luo, Xiaobai is a dog, a very rare animal. It is closely related to wolves and is very friendly to humans. Moreover, Xiaobai is very useful and is our good partner." Muchen hugged Xiaobai.

Bai played around for a while, then said a few words in Xiaobai's ear and pointed to the mountain peak opposite.

Xiaobai was very smart and understood immediately, then threw Muchen away and ran towards the distant mountains and forests.

Xiao Jun: "Xiao Chen, your strange beast seems to have escaped, don't we need to chase it?"

"I asked Xiaobai to do something for me, and he will come back later."

"So, this alien beast can understand human speech. Could it be that it is a fourth-level alien beast? That's incredible." In this world, alien beasts are also divided into levels. First-level alien beasts are the weakest, and they are the weakest with human acquired warriors.

Almost the same, just because they are born with strong bodies, their strength is a little more powerful than humans. The second-level alien beasts are comparable to innate warriors, and the third-level alien beasts have the cultivation level of human martial arts. At this time, the alien beasts already have spiritual power in their bodies, and their intelligence has also been improved.

, have territorial awareness, but they are still a little far from understanding human speech. The fourth-level alien beasts are comparable to strong people in the Earth Martial Realm, and their intelligence is equivalent to that of humans. A few aliens are better able to speak human speech.

Level 5 alien beasts are stronger than those in the Tianwu Realm. They can also control all beasts and become the overlord of the jungle. The legendary level 6 alien beasts, also known as monsters, can already transform into humans and are already harmonious.

An existence of the same level as an immortal.

Muchen waved his hand and said: "It's more or less the same. In terms of strength, Xiaobai is only at the early stage of level 4, but it's very smart and can understand many things."

"Xiaochen, what did you ask Xiaobai to do? Is it to investigate the terrain?"

"You will know when Xiaobai comes back."

Not long after, Xiao Bai ran back like flying, then sat down next to Muchen, barked at Muchen a few times, and then nodded his head.

"Sure enough, there is an ambush in the Black Wind Canyon."

Xiao Jun: "What! There is really an ambush, who could it be? Hungry Wolf Village is still surrounded by city guards. This is Hungry Wolf Village's sphere of influence. Apart from them, who else dares to be an enemy of our city lord's mansion.

"

Muchen said casually: "When we catch them, we'll know who they are."

Luo Cheng: "Young Master, is this news reliable? Xiaobai has just passed by for a while, how can he be sure that there is an ambush ahead?"

"I have no doubt about this. Xiaobai has great abilities, especially his sense of smell. Even from thousands of meters away, he can easily smell the human scent in the air. As long as Xiaobai goes to the foot of the mountain and smells it, he can be sure

Whether anyone passed by today, and Xiaobai came back so quickly, it can only prove that there are obvious human traces at the foot of the mountain. There are definitely a lot of people here today."

"Woof woof..." Seemingly agreeing with Muchen's statement, Xiaobai quickly stood up to express his opinion.

Seeing Xiaobai being so spiritual, Luo Cheng and Xiao Jun immediately believed a little more.

Xiao Jun: "That's just in time. I will lead people to rush up the mountain and catch those rats to see who dares to cause trouble for us in Nanshan City." With that, he prepared to send out troops to arrest people.

Muchen stopped Xiao Jun and said, "Uncle, don't be impulsive. If you go like this, you will fall directly into his trap."

"Don't worry, I have all the elites under my command. It's no problem if one of them is the best. 1,000 elites can't easily capture a few bandits. What's more, there are soldiers from Zhenshan Prince's Mansion. They can't fight while lying down."

We can win." Xiao Jun looked excited, showing absolute confidence in the victory of this battle.

"I don't doubt your ability, uncle. We have discovered the opponent's ambush in advance. It is indeed very easy to win. After all, the strength gap is huge. However, the opponent occupies a favorable location. If we force it, even if we win, we will

I don't want to injure many brothers and affect the disaster relief schedule. Moreover, I'm afraid that even if we win in the end, we may still catch a few people, which is the most troublesome."

"Xiaochen, why do you say that? Could it be that we still can't catch them?"

"Uncle, just think about it. Black Wind Canyon is a very good ambush point and a must-pass route. Bandits must often ambush passing business travelers here, right?"

"Indeed, Black Wind Canyon is surrounded by mountain walls and jungles. If you want to take a detour, it will definitely add a lot of time. Therefore, there are often reports of merchants being robbed in Black Wind Canyon. Our city lord's palace has also been encircled and suppressed here many times.

It’s just that the bandits were too familiar with the terrain here, and they escaped several times.”

"It's not difficult to understand. After all, this is their best ambush point. If I were a bandit, I would use this place as another base. As long as I control it well, there is no need to worry about not grabbing anything. Since it is

How could it be possible that the bandits are an important stronghold and not leave a few escape routes for themselves?"

Xiao Jun thought for a while and suddenly realized: "Xiao Chen, you are saying that there is a secret passage for bandits in the Black Wind Canyon!"

"It's not that there is, but there must be. They know that we are the elites of the City Lord's Mansion and the Zhenshan Prince's Mansion, yet they dare to intercept us halfway. They are so confident that if there is no way out and they have some courage, they will not dare to come."

"Then what should we do? Those bandits are probably ambush at the top of the mountain now. It's a bit dangerous to go through the Black Wind Canyon. If we want to start a war, we have to guard the bottom of the mountain to prevent the bandits from escaping, and at the same time we have to attack the top of the mountain. We don't seem to have enough troops.

That's enough. Why don't I send a message and ask my father to bring another team of people over."

Luo Cheng: "If that were the case, I guess all those bandits would have escaped long ago."

"This...then what should we do? Letting those bandits go is too easy for them."

Muchen smiled and said: "Uncle, how difficult is this? We just need to find the entrance to the secret tunnel of those bandits, and leave some people at the entrance of the cave to wait and see."

"To put it simply, those bandits have no other skills. They are really good at digging holes. They are like mice. Not to mention how difficult it is to catch them."

It's a very special skill, which gives me a lot of headaches.

Luo Cheng smiled at this time and said, "Don't we have Xiaobai here?"

"Brother Luo, who knows me, Xiaobai has a strong sense of smell. It is not difficult to find a few tunnel entrances. Bandits must often repair those tunnel entrances, and even store a large amount of food supplies inside to avoid being besieged by the army. This

The place where you plant it must have a very different smell from the forest and vegetation. If Xiaobai wants to find it, it will be very easy and it only takes a little time."

At this time, Muchen glanced at the soldiers who were making fire and cooking again, and said with a smile: "Besides, we only need to wait and wait. There is no need to charge. We just need to wait for them and throw ourselves into a trap. We have enough troops."
Chapter completed!