Wu Shattered Star River

Summoned by Marquis Yanbei, Jiang Han did not dare to linger.

He hurriedly had a meal with the four others, inquiring about the safety situation on the island and within the city.

Both the island and the city were very safe, not only because there were a thousand soldiers stationed in the city, but also because two patrol teams from North King City came to make their rounds every day. Under the watchful eyes of King Beishang, no one dared to act recklessly.

A large formation had been constructed on the island, and once activated, it could even hold off a Marquis-level powerhouse for a few breaths of time.

If a Marquis-level powerhouse were to attack, the powerful experts in North King City would definitely sense such a large disturbance…

Besides, there were only nine Marquis-level experts in the entire Beishang Realm, and each of them had a family. Who would be foolish enough to come looking for trouble with Jiang Han?

During the meal, Xuan Yuanqing mentioned that more than a dozen young masters and misses from various families had come to visit Wu Yao'er and Jiang Li.

Among them were misses from the Feng family and the Yanbei Marquis family, as well as others from different families.

Jiang Han thought for a moment and instructed them that they could form deeper relationships with the people from the Yanbei Marquis family and the Feng family, while treating the others with courtesy.

Jiang Han gave each of the three a jade talisman. If anything happened, they could crush the talisman, and he would be notified.

At the same time, Jiang Han instructed Wu Yao'er and Jiang Li to spend some time at Marquis Liyang's residence when they had the chance, to fulfill their filial duties and also to receive guidance in their cultivation.

"Sit!"

Marquis Yanbei's expression was stern, while Marquis Liyang greeted Jiang Han with a smile, inviting him to sit down.

After Jiang Han sat down, he poured tea for the two of them before asking, "Marquis Yanbei, did you summon me for some important matter?"

"Yes!"

Marquis Yanbei nodded and said, "We need you to carry out a mission. This mission is very arduous, and even if you are afraid… you must go, this is a military order!"

"…"

Jiang Han rolled his eyes, but since it was a military order, there was nothing to say. He nodded and said, "Marquis Yanbei, please speak. This subordinate will do his best."

Marquis Yanbei looked at Marquis Liyang, who smiled and took out a map, pointing to two spots on it and saying, "This is the Beishang Stronghold, and this is Mount Renwang!"

Jiang Han glanced at it and nodded. Marquis Liyang moved his hand, pointing to an area in the middle, closer to the south, and said, "There is a mountain range here called Ghost God Mountain, which is very famous in the Divine-Demonic Battlefield. In the middle of the Ghost God Mountain range, there is a city called Ghost City, and we need you… to make a trip to Ghost City."

"Ghost God Mountain, Ghost City!"

Jiang Han's expression turned serious. Just the name sounded extraordinary. Moreover, looking at the map, Ghost God Mountain was very large, probably several times larger than the territory occupied by the Beishang Stronghold.

Jiang Han looked carefully for a few moments and asked, "What am I supposed to do in Ghost City? How long will I need to stay?"

Marquis Liyang said, "Go to Ghost City and seize a piece of territory, or rather, occupy a courtyard. As for how long you will stay, that's uncertain. Your mission will be completed when you can completely occupy a courtyard and prevent the myriad races from daring to snatch it."

"A courtyard?"

Jiang Han's face was filled with astonishment. Was there such an oddball mission? He was being asked to go to Ghost City to snatch a courtyard? What kind of courtyard was so important that he needed to travel thousands of miles to Ghost God Mountain.

Marquis Liyang took a sip of tea and said, "Don't be anxious, let me tell you about Ghost God Mountain."

Jiang Han patiently listened.

Marquis Liyang said, "Ghost God Mountain is very special and very famous. This mountain range has tens of thousands of peaks, constantly shrouded in black mist, making visibility and perception very weak."

"There are many natural divine formations inside, making it easy to be randomly teleported away, so it is very difficult to chase down a person inside."

"In addition, the spiritual energy here is rich, and many natural treasures are nurtured here. There are also some underground caves that release death energy, which can spout out some special profound materials, especially the Ghost God Stone, which is very famous and a unique product of that place."

"But these underground caves nurture some soul-like monsters, also known as… vengeful spirits, so Ghost God Mountain got its name!"

"Because of its unique terrain, many rogue cultivators have gathered here, from all races."

"This is the largest base for rogue cultivators in the entire Divine-Demonic Battlefield, with millions of rogue cultivators from various races entrenched inside!"

"A rogue cultivator base?"

Jiang Han raised an eyebrow and asked, "Such a good treasure land, hasn't a powerful race occupied it?"

"Of course!"

Marquis Yanbei interjected, "The Desolate race, the Flame race, and the Underworld race have all sent large armies to attack, but there are several Dao Harmonization experts here who can control the natural divine formations of Ghost God Mountain. Moreover, Ghost City has terrifying magic formations."

"They gathered all the rogue cultivators together to form an army, causing the attacking races to suffer great losses. The races later felt it wasn't worth the effort, so they didn't attack anymore."

Jiang Han was a little confused and asked, "Since it's a rogue cultivator base, won't I be targeted if I go there? And what's the point of occupying a courtyard? What's the significance?"

"Before you go, you will also become a rogue cultivator!"

Marquis Liyang explained with a smile, "We will issue a notice expelling you from the Beishang Realm. The reason for you to occupy a courtyard is to do business."

"In other words—you are going to help the Beishang Realm establish a stronghold in Ghost City, and then help the Beishang Realm do business with Ghost City, exchanging what we have for what they have. Only by occupying a courtyard in Ghost City will you be qualified to do business there."

"Also, I forgot to tell you, Ghost City is the largest black market in the entire world, everything is available here, and you can buy anything with divine crystals. But if you want to sell things and buy Ghost God Stones in large quantities, you need to occupy a courtyard!"

Jiang Han understood, but not completely!

He pondered for a moment and asked, "Doing business… can't we do it with the Ancestral Realm? The Ancestral Realm has everything, right?"

"We can!"

Marquis Yanbei said, "We have always been doing business with the Ancestral Realm, and also with several other large realms. But you should know what kind of place the Ancestral Realm is, we suffer a lot in transactions, which makes King Beishang dissatisfied."

"If we can have a stronghold in Ghost City, the resources produced here can be sold in large quantities, and at the same time, we can purchase the resources we need. This way, the overall strength of our Beishang Army can be improved, and more powerful experts can be born."

"In addition… Ghost God Stone is a super formation stone for building large formations. If we can purchase a large amount of Ghost God Stone, the divine formations in the mining area occupied by our stronghold can be strengthened tenfold."

"When the Ghost race and the Faceless race want to attack, it will cost them even more. This thing is very cheap to buy there, but it is ten times more expensive to buy from other places."

"Ghost God Stone also has other wonderful uses, in short, we need to continuously purchase Ghost God Stone."

"If we want to continue buying cheap Ghost God Stone, we need to occupy a piece of territory. Otherwise, even if we buy it, without a teleportation array, it will be difficult to safely transport it back to the Beishang Realm."

"In short… we really need to occupy a stronghold in Ghost City. We have sent several waves of people there before, but they couldn't take it down. Now we can only rely on you!"

Jiang Han scratched his nose awkwardly and asked, "Will I definitely be able to take it down if I go?"

"Of course!"

Marquis Yanbei and Marquis Liyang exchanged glances, and the two smiled knowingly. Marquis Yanbei said, "Ghost City has its own rules. Only those of the same level can fight. Dao Entry Realm experts are not allowed to actively challenge Peeping Dao Realm experts. Aren't you able to sweep through the Peeping Dao Realm?"

"So that's how it is!"

Jiang Han immediately relaxed upon hearing this. If Dao Entry Realm experts couldn't attack him, what did he have to fear?

He nodded and asked, "When do I depart?"

"In a few days!"

Marquis Yanbei thought for a moment and said, "Like this… didn't you just have a conflict with the Wu family? I'll arrange for Lord Wuhe to lead a few Peeping Dao Ninth Stage experts to attack Yue Lu City."

"Then you go back and kill them all. This way, we can justifiably expel you from the Beishang Army and make you a rogue cultivator!"

"Kill them all?"

Jiang Han's eyes widened, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

Wasn't this getting a little too big?