Chapter 916: Desolate Land

Along the way, you can often see the soldiers of the Tianhun Empire riding horses passing by.

Tang Lan knew that there were still frictions between the Tianhun Empire and the Douling Empire recently, and they were getting worse.

North of Shrek City is the border of the three parties. In addition to Shrek City, the Tianhun Empire and the Duoling Empire have had many frictions on the border.

Both sides have been increasing their troops on the border for several months, which has led to the current severe moment.

Recently, the Tianhun Empire invited Mu En, the head of the Sea God Pavilion of Shrek Academy, to mediate and ease the severe contradictions between their two empires.

But I didn't expect Mu En to still be in seclusion, which made things more tense, and even the people around chose to stay at home and live in other places.

The houses seen along the way, after Tang Lan's repeated explorations, the results were the same, without any life response.

This place has become a deserted place.

"The famous desolate land is ahead, there are some tips on the road, you have to sit tight!"

Seeing the sun gradually set to the horizon, Che Tu, who was sitting in front, suddenly reminded Tang Lan and others.

Tang Lan had already seen the Desolate Land on the map. After passing through the Desolate Land, the famous Qingshan City is less than 30 miles away.

The reason why this place is called the Desolate Land is because of the great war that took place here when the Heaven and Earth Empire split.

According to the historical records of Shrek Academy, the Douling Empire and the Tianhun Empire, which split that year, deployed hundreds of thousands of troops and fought here for three months.

Both sides sent countless powerful soul master corps for this.

For a time, the mountains and rivers were broken and the earth was scarred. Even after so many years, this place has not changed much.

The most important thing is that the breakthroughs of soul guides by various parties have made great progress during that period.

In the last period of time, even powerful soul guide cannons were used.

Ordinary soldiers in it would be blown to death in less than an hour. This place can be said to be a real battlefield meat grinder.

It was not until decades later that the real reason was gradually known to the world.

It turned out that the Tiandou Empire was divided into two empires, and the powerful soul guides used in the war between the two empires were secretly supported by the Sun and Moon Empire.

They were far away on the other side of the sea, selling their soul guides in exchange for various conditions.

For this reason, the two empires almost consumed more than half of the national strength of the former Tiandou Empire, and also made the Sun and Moon Empire on the other side of the ocean unprecedentedly powerful.

In the end, there was a war between the two continents.

"Stop, where are you from? No unauthorized entry is allowed here. Go back quickly!"

Tang Lan and others' carriage team did not go far before they were blocked by a team of soldiers from the Tianhun Empire.

The leading sergeant rode a horse and circled the carriage for a long time before driving them away.

"Go, you guys lift the curtain of the carriage for me, I want to see who is inside, and how can he be so arrogant!"

Seeing that Tang Lan and others did not respond at all, the sergeant immediately ordered angrily.

Then, six soldiers went to the three carriages and tried to open the curtains.

"Hmph, open your dog eyes and see what this is!"

However, the next moment, Ma Xiaotao's cold snort came from the carriage.

Tang Lan turned his head and saw Ma Xiaotao took out a token from his ring. There was a lotus-like pattern on the token, and it was made of pure gold.

The sergeant took it and glanced at it casually, and didn't seem to care.     But after a few breaths, this guy fell off the horse with a plop.

Then he crawled to the carriage where Tang Lan was, knelt down and begged for mercy: "I didn't know that you were here, and I didn't recognize you. Please spare my life, spare my life!"

Tang Lan looked out through the gap in the window and clearly saw that the sergeant's crotch was wet.

After seeing the token clearly, this guy was so scared that he peed his pants.

But even so, the other party didn't dare to move at all.

Seeing his men standing by at a loss, the sergeant cursed: "You stupid people, why don't you roll over and kneel down? Do you want to implicate your own people?"

Hearing this, the ordinary soldiers were terrified and knelt on the ground with their heads buried in the ground.

"Let's get up. You will escort us through this place smoothly. We will stay in Qingshan Town for the time being!"

Ma Xiaotao sighed lightly, forgiving the sins of these people.

"I obey your command!"

The sergeant gave the gold medal to the coachman with a respectful face, and the coachman handed it to Ma Xiaotao.

Then he rode a fast horse and led his men to gallop in front, shouting as he walked: "The state master is here, everyone make way, and those who disobey the order will be executed!"

His voice was heard over and over again in this desolate land.

The soldiers and generals of the Tianhun Empire could only stand respectfully on both sides of the road, not even daring to look up at the carriage.

The Tianhun Empire has clear rules on status, and it is a serious crime to offend the emperor, not to mention offending a great man like the National Master who is second only to the emperor.

Everyone knows that the honorary national master of the Tianhun Empire is Mu En, the current head of the Sea God Pavilion of Shrek Academy.

It was the position of the National Master of Destiny that the previous emperor specially bestowed on Mu En to thank him for his kindness, and he also sent people to forge three golden identity tokens exclusively for the National Master.

Then he announced to the world that those who saw the imperial master Jin Ling were like those who saw the emperor, and that the three armies could be mobilized to kill first and report later.

It can be said that almost everyone in the Tianhun Empire knew that the imperial master was a senior official of Shrek Academy.

This time, he should also be heading to the imperial city of the Tianhun Empire, so all the soldiers needed to give way to him and perform their escort duties.

But after leaving the barren land, Ma Xiaotao ordered these people to go back.

When everyone arrived at Qingshan Town, the sun had already set in the west, and there was only a little red glow in the sky.

But the town here was extremely lively. If he hadn't known that this was a small town, and looked at the lively scene of people coming and going around, Tang Lan would have thought it was a small city.

The reason why Qingshan Town was so lively was ultimately due to the barren land.

As we all know, the barren land is a strategic location. Whether it is the Douling Empire or the Tianhun Empire, as long as they occupy the barren land, then the opposite side will be flat.

Both sides can advance dozens of miles a day, thus gaining the upper hand in the battle.

For this reason, the Sky Soul Empire focused on building Qingshan Town less than 30 miles behind the wasteland.

Although it is a town, the scale of the buildings here is indeed comparable to a small city.

Not only are there a large number of garrisons around, it is also the place where the Sky Soul Empire provides logistics.

In addition to the soldiers of the Sky Soul Empire, there are also a group of bounty hunters here. (End of this chapter)