Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 138: Valley Country Boundary
Gusts of wind blew, creating layers of silk-like ripples on the water.

In front of us is the Duoyu River in the eastern border of the Valley Kingdom. The river flows through the Yuanzhao Mountains, splits into many branches, and connects to the North Sea.

In the sunlight, the surface of the river reflects tiny spots of light that flicker, as if the riverbed is paved with pearls and gems.

Just like the name of this river, it is vast and mysterious.

The army lay in ambush among the green hills and grassy banks, hidden in the green woods, waiting for orders from the leader from the front.

This is the third day since Tianyao’s reinforcements set out from Xiarong City.

They had reached the outer border of the Valley Kingdom, and from their high vantage point they could even see the great eastern wall of the Valley Kingdom.

Going further ahead is the famous Gu Kingdom restricted area.

The restricted area is filled with countless traps and obstacles. If you step into it without carefulness, you will be killed.

Pei Nai and others stayed here for a while, waiting for Zhang Sheng to open the mechanism of the safe passage.

After a while, several dull sounds of rollers were heard from the bottom of the water.

Three large, dark monsters slowly rose from the riverbed and gradually became level with the water surface under the gaze of the people.

It turned out to be three solid flat bridges made of black stone, each three meters wide, leading directly to the entrance of a square well that rose simultaneously in the center of the river.

Zhang Sheng waved to them by the river.

When Pei Nai and others walked over, the ripples on the water surface caused by the activation of the mechanism had gradually subsided. There were still many river fish stranded on the black bridge, with their white bellies turned up, jumping and struggling desperately.

Da Xian looked at the fresh fat fish and praised: "This device of yours is very good for catching fish!"

"Why is my brother still thinking about eating fish?" Da Xi Shangle whispered to Shao Liran.

Pei Nai looked at the slightly protruding square passage at the end of the black bridge and asked, "Where does the deep well under this river lead to?"

"The exit is on the hillside of a mountain in the middle of the mountains ahead, very close to the giant wall." Zhang Sheng replied.

Pei Nai exclaimed, "What kind of extraordinary talents did your ancestors of mechanical wizards have? They can connect everything together by stepping into a deep river and emerging into a high mountain."

Zhang Sheng raised his hand and said modestly, "It's not difficult to achieve. Please follow me."

Everyone followed him onto the stone bridge, but the bridge surface under their feet did not float as they expected.

"It's actually solid stone?" Da Xi Shangle exclaimed.

Daxian kicked the fish jumping on the bridge with the tip of his boot, only to find that the fish had teeth that were strange in shape and quite ferocious.

"Can this fish be eaten?" asked Daxian.

Zhang Sheng glanced at the fish and replied, "You can't eat it, but it can eat you. This is a piranha specially cultivated in the Duoyu River."

As soon as he finished speaking, the fish became annoyed by Daxian's kicking and turned over, biting his boots.

Pei Nai then laughed, "The fish said: This bait is kicking me."

Da Xian raised his leg and said to the fish hanging on his boot: "Don't worry, I will send all 100,000 Wu tribe barbarians to you in a few days."

After saying this, he kicked the piranha into the river.

Luo Yuanying and Zhong Lin gestured to the troops behind them to pass.

Under the command, the soldiers stood up one after another, kept quiet, and moved to the river in an orderly manner.

Each stone bridge leads to a deep well protruding from the water. Pei Nai and others entered the middle passage and went down to the bottom of the river along the stairs in the well.

The armies behind him had already boarded the stone bridge, with their sails and horses in formation, and moved quickly, entering the empty well one by one and moving underwater.

The underground passage is illuminated by luminous pearls at regular intervals.

They walked quickly here, turning three or four forks in the road. After about an incense stick of time, they finally saw the stairs leading up.

Zhang Sheng walked in the front, and his companions guided the army at every fork in the road.

Stepping onto the first step, Zhang Sheng lifted up the short stick that he had used in the Dengyun Heroes Conference. Several spikes extended from the tip of the stick, which were flexibly twisted into a metal net and aimed at a hollow disc on the wall.

Then they heard the sound of the mechanism being activated again.

"We have stopped the arrow fire and can continue to pass now." Zhang Sheng explained. Pei Nai especially wanted to ask if the road he took Xing Xiaoren on did not require this kind of short stick to shut down the mechanism, otherwise how could Xing Xiaoren and the Wu clan pass through?

But for fear of touching his sore spot, I held back.

Everyone reached the end of the stairs.

Zhang Sheng used the short stick to touch the round plate on the wall, and the stone door slowly lifted up and opened, revealing the dense and lush forest and a giant wall that blocked out the sky not far away.

The trees in front of us are towering and they are all ancient trees that are hundreds of years old.

My eyes suddenly opened up.

Gu Jinheng stretched out his hand to temporarily block the light for Pei Nai, and only put his hand down after Pei Nai got used to it.

Da Xi Shangle was shocked by the huge wall in front of him and exclaimed: "Such a magnificent engineering construction, no wonder the Valley Kingdom has never been successfully invaded by foreign enemies before."

Everyone looked at her.

Da Xi Shangle realized that he had said the wrong thing. Zhang Sheng was still here, and his words were too hurtful, so he quickly covered his mouth.

Da Xi'an rolled his eyes at her, but Da Xi Shangle was intimidated by her royal brother's angry expression and dared not say a word.

But it was Zhang Sheng who spoke first, "It's okay, this is my fault, it has nothing to do with you, there's no need to be so cautious."

"What should we do next?" Huyan Weizhao asked.

He tried to step on the ground in front of him. "From here to the bottom of the giant wall, are there any mechanisms in the woods?"

Zhang Sheng nodded, "Yes, there is a trap almost every twenty steps."

He used the short stick to connect the disc mechanism next to the stone door.

There was a clanging sound in the trunk of the ancient tree in front, and a thick iron object protruded from the top of the trunk.

The shape of the ironware is irregular, like a woven net or a fast-growing vine, extending to the side and firmly fitting with the ironware that extends from the ancient tree at the other end, forming an aerial corridor on the ancient tree.

The branches and leaves of countless ancient trees trembled, from near to far, all the way to the bottom of the giant wall.

"Wow!" Da Xi Shangle exclaimed.

Pei Nai also matched her: "Wow!"

The moment the corridor was fully built, slopes were extended at both ends for going up and down.

Not far from where they were, the stone doors of the other two passages had also been opened. Zhang Sheng's fellow mechanical wizards activated the switches one by one and set up two other aerial corridors.

Everyone stepped firmly on the corridor stairs and walked through the ancient woods.

Halfway through the walk, Pei Nai even saw the sharp thorns faintly visible among the green grass under the iron corridor.

They arrived at the foot of the giant wall, and Zhang Sheng lowered a stone staircase that could accommodate five people walking side by side. At the same time, a hidden entrance was revealed on the wall.

Pei Nai and others followed Zhang Sheng.

When he reached the last few steps, Pei Nai saw the stone beast inside the door.

It had a dragon head and a fish body, and looked very much like the Chiwen in ancient mythology. It was facing them angrily, looking ferocious and murderous.

The stone beasts are carved vividly and exquisitely.

Pei Nai's attention was drawn and he lost his focus for a moment, tripping over the stone steps under his feet and nearly falling.

Gu Jinheng immediately stood by her side to support her.

Han Ruize, who was originally walking in front of her, was also startled by her and turned around to pull her.

Pei Nai's clothes were grabbed by Han Ruize, and his left arm was held by Gu Jinheng, and his body was stabilized in time.

She waved her hand, "It's okay, I wasn't paying attention to the road."

The two then let go.

Da Xian behind him laughed and said, "He is very impressive on the battlefield, but stupid off it."

(End of this chapter)