128: Heading to Shanhaiguan! Pei Shuyun's whereabouts...

Ultimately, more than half of the sects present wanted to go to Shanhai Pass on the border with Li Shengyuan!

Four of the seven third-rank sects also went along.

As for those who remained silent, Li Shengyuan did not force them. After leaving the meeting hall, he got up and left.

Perhaps they thought that the existence or non-existence of Shanhai Pass would not affect their development, and they did not want to deplete their sect's strength for it.

Not everyone has a sense of patriotism; they are unwilling to waste energy on things that bring no benefit.

Time was pressing. After learning about the beast tide at Shanhai Pass, all Demon Suppression Envoys who were out were recalled.

One-third of the army originally maintaining order here returned to their original garrisons, while the rest followed Li Shengyuan's massive ship to Shanhai Pass.

Adding the city defense team that came out of Yanwang City earlier, there were several thousand people in total!

The three warships that came out of Yanwang City were already packed.

Rogue cultivators who wished to go along were also distributed among the various flying boats.

Linghu Chong, who had already planned to go to the border for experience, was naturally among them. Now that he had broken through to the fourth-rank and watched Li Shengyuan's entire breakthrough, Linghu Chong was also filled with excitement!

At the same time, a transfer order was issued to various cities in the Northern Region. Parts of the local garrisons were mobilized and began to head towards Shanhai Pass!

After adjusting the personnel deployment, the hundred-zhang massive ship, which had been dormant for over a month, started again.

Led by it, nearly twenty warships of various sizes majestically headed towards Shanhai Pass.

The number this time was truly immense. Including the large and small sects, the number of people heading to Shanhai Pass exceeded ten thousand.

Those below the third-rank only accounted for two or three tenths, almost the backbone of each sect.

With so many experts arriving at Shanhai Pass, the pressure on Shanhai Pass would surely be greatly alleviated.

As long as Shanhai Pass was held, they just needed to wait for the imperial court to send powerful individuals to deal with that second-rank Beast Emperor!

Because there were too many people, Ye Hangzhou couldn't use the teleportation array and could only rely on the speed of the flying boats to reach Shanhai Pass. Fortunately, Giant Spirit Hall was not very far from Shanhai Pass; if they departed before noon, they could arrive before dark.

Moreover, Ye Hangzhou also needed to conserve his strength, as he would be of great use when they reached Shanhai Pass!

It should be said that all the Warlock on the massive ship would be of great use!

City defense weapons and elixirs all needed them...

The grand city protection array also needed their help to maintain it with Ye Hangzhou.

Li Shengyuan and Ye Hangzhou stood on the ship, gazing in the direction of Shanhai Pass, and Li Shengyuan asked Ye Hangzhou:

"The grand city protection array of Shanhai Pass was a second-rank array set up by the Chancellor relying on the terrain, topography, and earth veins. You should also have methods to repair it, right?"

Setting up arrays of the third-rank and above often requires relying on earth veins. Relying solely on manpower, resources, and array flags would be too costly and not sustainable.

By relying on the power of heaven and earth, the power of the array can even be strengthened.

"Mm..." Ye Hangzhou nodded with a calm expression.

"That's good." Li Shengyuan smiled and nodded, patting Ye Hangzhou's shoulder, and sighed:

"Fortunately, I had the foresight to bring dozens of your Imperial Observatory Warlock. If we had to wait for people from the capital to arrive for support, it would have been too late."

Ye Hangzhou turned his head to look at the smiling Li Shengyuan and impatiently slapped away the hand on his shoulder.

How could he not see that Li Shengyuan was treating the people of their Imperial Observatory as beasts of burden...

It would be strange if he wasn't angry!

Seeing this, Li Shengyuan smiled and appeased him, "Oh, don't be angry. After the beast tide, I'll take you to relax a bit and give you some compensation!"

"You should know that I don't even try this hard to please women, so don't push your luck!"

Ye Hangzhou glanced at Li Shengyuan, his cool expression softening slightly.

At this moment, Liu Zhen came to Li Shengyuan's side, his face solemn as he said:

"Shengyuan, people from Yanwang City reported that they searched the entire Yanwang City, but still found no news of Yan Consort."

"According to the people of Prince Yans Mansion, not long after Yanwang's troops left Yanwang City, she left Prince Yans Mansion and has not been seen since..."

He knew about the unclear relationship between Pei Shuyun and Li Shengyuan, and he didn't expect her to just disappear like that...

Li Shengyuan nodded indifferently upon hearing this, "Mm, I know. Don't worry about her. Tell the brothers to rest well; we'll be at Shanhai Pass soon."

"Alright."

Liu Zhen nodded and left helplessly. This was one of the few pieces of news Li Shengyuan wanted to know before resisting the beast tide.

Li Shengyuan, however, was not worried at all. During the banquet in Yanwang City, he had discovered that this woman was not simple and suspected her of wanting to use him to get rid of Yanwang.

He didn't pay too much attention to it because they both had a common goal.

Moreover, Li Shengyuan had ways to make her come to him voluntarily.

Don't forget the last two lines of the poem that this woman had been longing for; Li Shengyuan hadn't told her yet.

If fate allows, we will meet again...

Li Shengyuan thought of the Xuanyi Guard who had never shown herself by his side, and he was also a little curious. It was she who had told his senior sister, the Empress, about his and Pei Shuyun's affairs.

He must find her and give her a good scolding!

He couldn't help but look at Ye Hangzhou and ask, "Old Ye, do you know if there's anyone else on our ship?"

However, to Li Shengyuan's surprise, Ye Hangzhou actually nodded!

This guy knew about the existence of the Xuanyi Guard!

He couldn't help but say angrily in a low voice, "You knew and didn't say anything? She's practically a ghost, monitoring our every move!"

Ye Hangzhou, however, remained calm and unconcerned.

Li Shengyuan sighed and said no more. This guy probably also knew that the person was sent by his senior sister and didn't want to expose her.

Indeed, this entire warship was built by him and his people; how could he not know if there was an extra person on board...

He could only find her and teach her a lesson when they reached Shanhai Pass.

Moreover, with her secretly protecting Princess Pingyang and Aunt Rong, Li Shengyuan could feel a little more at ease.

According to the "Records of Great Qian Geography":

Shanhai Pass is located at the northernmost boundary of Jizhou and Youzhou in the Northern Region!

It faces the sea to the east and is bordered by the natural barrier of the Hengduan Mountains to the west, thus it is Shanhai Pass!

Outside Shanhai Pass is the habitat of the Demon Barbarians. There are many extreme areas such as deserts, Gobi, grasslands, ice fields, and a small portion of forests.

There are also ferocious beasts, making it unsuitable for human habitation. Therefore, even when Great Qian was at its peak, the area Outside the Pass was vast, and there was still no intention of incorporating the Demon Barbarian regions Outside the Pass into its territory.

Attacking it would not have much value and would only increase Great Qian's burden.

Therefore, Shanhai Pass was built to resist the invasion of the Demon Barbarians.

This is also why people inside Shanhai Pass always refer to them as barbarians.

The Demon Barbarians Outside the Pass often lived a primitive life, still existing in tribal forms, no different from savages...

Although Shanhai Pass was not as prosperous as Yanwang City, and its population was not as large as Yanwang City, the entire city was even larger than Yanwang City!

Even from a hundred li away, standing on the ship, they could clearly see the outline of Shanhai Pass!

Truly worthy of being the second largest city in the Northern Region!

As the sun set, illuminating Shanhai Pass with a golden glow, people from the various flying boats also came outside, looking at the outline of Shanhai Pass with solemn expressions.

Shanhai Pass, they had arrived!