The wicked female is extremely fierce, but she's pampered by her seven beast husbands.

Chapter 348 Side Story: A Brief Account of the Southern Expedition (1)

For three consecutive days, dense fog blanketed the area.

The military camp was covered in a thick white blanket of snow, and nothing could be seen beyond three meters.

Chang Tianchen, wearing a fur coat, lifted the tent flap with one hand and looked at the white mist rushing towards him. He raised his hand and fanned himself, and his scorching fire-type ability dispersed the water vapor. However, it only dispersed the water vapor in a small area in front of him, and the surrounding water vapor quickly rushed to surround him again.

Lin Jing sensed the intense energy, parted the white mist, and ran over, carrying several small bamboo tubes in his hand. When he saw Chang Tianchen, he first called out "Clan Chief" before slowing down and walking towards Chang Tianchen.

Upon entering, he noticed that Chang Tianchen was wearing a black fur coat, with even the collar trimmed with black fox fur. His long hair, tied back, was covered with a thin layer of water droplets. His tall and slender figure appeared particularly thin against the backdrop of the large, fluffy fur coat.

That face, usually sharp and arrogant, now had a touch of ethereal softness in the misty fog.

However, all of this is limited to viewing his profile from a distance.

When Chang Tianchen turned his face, Lin Jing's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but want to slap himself.

It's not like we've only known our clan leader for a short time. How could he be so distracted by his overly beautiful appearance? He's really asking for trouble.

Lin Jing adjusted his expression, slowly walked to the front of the tent, and handed over all the small bamboo tubes sealed with special materials: "Clan leader, these are several letters sent from the main city this morning."

Chang Tianchen reached out and took the bamboo bucket, confirming that the seal on the edge was intact and the special markings on it were clear before turning around and entering the tent. He casually asked Lin Jing behind him, "Have the teams that were sent to clean up the southwest of the Uja tribe returned?"

Lin Jing shook his head, realizing that Chang Tianchen had his back to him, and quickly said, "He hasn't come back yet."

Chang Tianchen frowned slightly upon hearing this, then suddenly turned to look at Lin Jing and said, "Not yet? You've been gone for two days, has any news come back?"

Lin Jing was a little nervous, but still answered truthfully, "No."

Chang Tianchen sat back down in the main seat, opened the bamboo tubes one by one, checked the letters inside, and sighed casually.

"Send someone to check the situation first. We need to see them alive or dead."

Lin Jing immediately lowered his head and said solemnly, "Yes."

Chang Tianchen watched Lin Jing walk out and instructed, "Go and call Lin Quan and Wu Zhuo over."

Wu Zhuo and Lin Quan arrived quickly. They entered the tent one after the other, bowed respectfully to Chang Tianchen, and then stood on either side of the table, waiting for Chang Tianchen's instructions.

Chang Tianchen unfolded the map, looked up at Lin Quan, and said, "I remember you said you had been to those mountains in the southwest corner of the Uja tribe before?"

Lin Quan nodded, quickly guessing why he asked about those barren mountains, and took the initiative to explain: "Those mountains are called the Vazasilo Mountain Range by the Uja and the surrounding tribes. 'Vazasilo' is a dialect of the southwest region, meaning the land of death."

“The Vazasilo mountain range is all barren mountains, almost devoid of vegetation, but it looks different from ordinary barren mountains full of sand and gravel. From a distance, these mountains are all wavy mountains, with only the top part being yellowish-brown sandstone fragments.”

“I’ve been there, but I didn’t go up the mountain. The local orcs said that once you go up the mountain, you can’t come back.”

"More than two hundred years ago, there was a small tribe in the center of the Vazasiluo mountain range."

"But then, I don't know when, there was no news of them anymore."

“A few years ago, someone dared to search for traces of this small tribe, but only found tribal ruins and a large number of skeletons. Judging from the condition of the tribal ruins, the orcs of that tribe had all disappeared more than a hundred years ago.”

"Since the ruins were only discovered a few years ago, how did the name 'Land of the End' come about?"

"According to local tribes, there is a kind of prey that stays briefly in the Vazasiluo mountain range for about ten days in the autumn. The surrounding tribes are extremely lacking in resources due to the terrain and other reasons, so they would go hunting for them during a specific period of time. But we don't know when it started, the orcs who went into the mountains never returned."

"Over time, those unnamed mountains gradually came to be called Vazashiro by the locals."

"You haven't been up there either?" Chang Tianchen tapped the table lightly with his fingertips and said, "The team we sent to track down the remnants of the Uja tribe has been gone for two days and we haven't heard from them since. The Uja remnants fled in the southwest, and I suspect they entered the Vazasiluo mountain range."

Lin Quan frowned and said, "If we really get into the Vazasiluo mountain range, then we'll be in trouble."

"If you are familiar with the terrain there, take some people to take a look, but don't venture into dangerous areas," Chang Tianchen said.

Lin Quan said, "I may need a few flying warriors to accompany me."

Chang Tianchen took out a blue wooden token from the drawer. It had only one character on it: "Yu". He tossed it to Lin Quan and said, "Take this token and go to the Yu Camp to select twenty people."

The Feather Camp is a specially formed air force unit.

Because there were very few warriors who could fly and were extremely powerful, only one battalion could be formed.

Chang Tianchen wanted to expand the force, but he was short of manpower, so he could only think about it in his mind.

Upon receiving the order, Lin Quan beamed and said, "I guarantee I will complete the mission."

Chang Tianchen found the smile on his face extremely irritating and repeatedly instructed, "Just gather information, and bring back all twenty of them!"

After Lin Quan left, Wu Zhuo looked at Chang Tianchen curiously, wondering why he had called him here.

At first, he thought Chang Tianchen wanted him to go with Lin Quan to the Vazaxi Luo Mountains, but Chang Tianchen didn't mention him until Lin Quan left, so he was now full of doubts.

After putting the map away, Chang Tianchen glanced at Wu Zhuo, who was still standing in front of the table, and said calmly, "You'll be coming out with me in a bit."

Wu Zhuo's eyes widened, and he hesitated before asking, "Just the two of us?"

Chang Tianchen put the bamboo bucket containing the map back on the shelf and turned around to say, "What? Who are you going to tattle on to again?"

Wu Zhuo looked troubled: "Boss Chang, this really won't work!"

"Sister En instructed that as the commander-in-chief of the entire army, you cannot leave the camp without permission. Even if you really have to leave, you must take enough guards with you!"

Chang Tianchen grabbed the scabbard on the side of the table and tapped Wu Zhuo's head a few times, warning, "This time, no one is allowed to tell, understand?"

"If you ever tattle on me to Ling Chengen again without my permission, I'll reassign you to the logistics department!"

Wu Zhuo said stubbornly, "Aren't you asking me to betray Sister En? No, I can't do such a treacherous thing."

Chang Tianchen narrowed his eyes slightly, scrutinizing him from head to toe: "It seems you're more afraid of Ling Chengen than of me?"

Wu Zhuo said, "I'm not afraid, I respect and admire you."

"Boss Chang, did you report to your subordinates before you went out?"

Chang Tianchen remained silent, and Wu Zhuo instantly understood, saying, "If you don't tell anyone, and there's any sudden military situation, they won't be able to find anyone to make decisions, which will cause big problems."

"I really can't just take you out like this."

Chang Tianchen: "We won't go too far, just around the camp."

Wu Zhuo looked completely bewildered: "What exactly do you want to do?"

Chang Tianchen flicked his head: "Don't ask any more questions, just come with me."

"It's not a dangerous job, nothing will go wrong, I'll be back soon."

Chang Tianchen made that promise to Wu Zhuo, but after they left the camp, Wu Zhuo discovered that this guy's attitude changed in an instant. When they reached the camp's edge, he changed his mind and told him to keep flying forward. Wu Zhuo tried to turn back, but was punched by him, leaving him with a huge bump on his head. As he flew, he said resentfully, "I'll tell Sister En when I get back, and she'll definitely write a letter to scold you."

Chang Tianchen sat on his broad back and sneered, "Whatever, she often writes letters to scold me anyway, I'm used to it."

As long as Ling Chengen doesn't suddenly attack the camp, he has nothing to fear.

"With such thick fog, we can't see anything below at all. What exactly do you want me to do by flying you to the Daxing tribe?"

When the conversation turned to business, Chang Tianchen's expression turned cold and solemn. He said in a deep voice, "The movements of Daxing have been very strange these past few days."

Wu Zhuo was completely bewildered and asked in confusion, "Strange? It's been foggy for the past three days, and our spies haven't been able to find anything about the inside of the Grand Bank. Boss Chang, what makes you think they're acting strangely?"

Chang Tianchen clicked his tongue, his aversion to stupidity acting up.

But considering that Wu Zhuo had driven him around everywhere, he finally explained a few words: "After we occupied the territory of the Uga tribe, our relationship with several large tribes in the south became more and more tense, especially the Daxing tribe, which had already broken off relations before."

“Uja has been destroyed, yet the Great Xing has not reacted at all, which is not in line with common sense.”

"Even if they feel they don't have much of a chance of winning, they will definitely send people to spy on us and make preparations in advance."

“We have captured spies from tribes such as Kruma and Qiusha to varying degrees.”

"Only the Grand Masters, not one."

Is this normal?

After Tianchen's analysis, Wu Zhuo also realized that something was wrong.

In his memory, the Daxing tribe was one of the most prominent tribes in the south.

He has many labels on him.

What impressed me most was their tyrannical and unrestrained behavior.

They didn't treat the orcs outside the Great Xing tribe as human beings; they would simply plunder whatever they wanted.

If the other party refuses to give it, eliminate them and then take the item.

Since the establishment of the Daxing tribe, countless people in the central and southern parts of the northern wilderness have suffered oppression from the Daxing tribe.

The orcs of the Great Xing tribe do not have the phrase "avoid the enemy's sharp edge" in their dictionary.

If we say that the battle on the north bank of the Ye River terrified the Daxing tribe.

That's absolutely impossible.

Wu Zhuo snapped out of his daze and suddenly asked, "Boss Chang, are you worried that they might take advantage of the thick fog to launch a sudden attack on us?"

Chang Tianchen shook his head and said, "If they were going to launch an attack, they should have done so yesterday."

The number of spies in the past two days should have been at least as many as possible; there must have been at least one.

Why rush in without even understanding the opponent's situation?

Only a brainless idiot would do something like that.

The people of the Daxing tribe aren't that stupid!
……

Because Chang Tianchen needed to spy on the situation inside the Daxing tribe, Wu Zhuo couldn't fly too high. After entering the territory of the Daxing tribe, he became even more cautious, fearing that they would discover his presence and shoot him down with arrows.

Wu Zhuo lowered his flight altitude and circled in the air again and again. He found that the thick fog had not dissipated and the Daxing tribe was quiet. He couldn't help but wonder what had happened in Daxing.

Chang Tianchen heard intermittent coughing sounds, very soft, but they kept coming up and down.

He whispered, "Find a secluded place to hide."

Wu Zhuo asked in surprise, "Are we really going down? There are only two of us!"

Chang Tianchen said, "Your mental fortitude isn't good. What are you afraid of with me here?"

Wu Zhuo grinned and said, "Of course I'm scared! The Daxing tribe really does have warriors of the seventeenth rank. If we really run into them, we're both definitely going to die."

Wu Zhuo scoffed, "The seventeenth-tier warriors of Daxing are mostly overrated."

"When have you ever heard of their tribe's 17th-tier warriors leading troops out to fight? You probably haven't even heard of their names, have you?" Chang Tianchen said.

Wu Zhuo retorted, "Can't it just be that they're being low-key?"

Have you ever heard the saying, "People who aren't family won't enter the same door"?

"The orcs of the Great Xing Tribe have arrogance and domineeringness ingrained in their bones. How can they possibly raise high-level warriors who are reserved, modest, and unassuming, given their feng shui?"

Wu Zhuo was utterly speechless at Chang Tianchen's twisted logic. He said quietly, "This is war! How can you use this kind of thinking to judge the enemy? You call yourself the commander-in-chief? Why don't you give me your seat? I think I've done a better job than you."

Chang Tianchen slapped him on the back of the head and sneered, "You think you can get away with this? It's been a while since I taught you a lesson, and you've already forgotten why the flowers are so red!"

Wu Zhuo's head was buzzing from being slapped, and he dared not protest or complain anymore. He found a giant tree that was a hundred meters tall, silently slid into the branches, folded his wings, and landed on the trunk one after the other with Chang Tianchen.

As the wind rises, the thick pine needles begin to swirl and churn.

This conveniently masked the faint sound of the two landing on the tree trunk.

Chang Tianchen transformed into a beast, his snake-like body coiling around the tree branch as he slowly crawled downwards.

Wu Zhuo stared in disbelief, wanting to warn them, but realizing they had penetrated deep into the enemy's stronghold, and that a slight misstep could mean certain death, he could only watch helplessly as the rainbow-colored snake slowly disappeared into the mist.

Wu Zhuo hesitated for a few seconds, then carefully climbed down from the tree to make sure Chang Tianchen was within his sight.

The further down you go, the clearer the sounds become.

Wu Zhuo pressed his body against the tree trunk, one hand covering his chest, afraid that the sound of his heart beating too loudly would attract the attention of the orcs below.

Thick smoke drifted from not far away, and Wu Zhuo could only carefully adjust his position again to avoid coughing from the smoke from the burning firewood.

After a long while, Chang Tianchen, who had disappeared, leisurely climbed back up the tree.

Chang Tianchen hung his body directly on Wu Zhuo's neck and pointed to the sky.

Wu Zhuo understood and immediately led him up the tree. When they reached the treetop, he transformed into a beast and took flight.

Fortunately, the fog was very thick, otherwise he really wouldn't have dared to fly like that.

After returning to the camp, Chang Tianchen returned to human form, pulled his black fur coat tighter, and said to Wu Zhuo with a serious expression, "Go to the medical department immediately and tell Xuan Yan to come over right away."