Above the clouds, a warship flew rapidly.

At the bow of the ship, Gu Chen was sitting upright in a white robe, his black hair dancing in the wind.

He closed his eyes tightly, and the space around him was distorted. Clouds and mist came around him, gathered and dispersed, dispersed and gathered, from water vapor to cloud, and the cloud rained again, and the rain turned into water vapor again, and the cycle repeated.

The details of the cooperation between the Nanling side have all been negotiated. Jiang Buzhuo is using the standard weapons in the Weapon King's arsenal left by Gu Chen as a mold, and is helping the Nanling Yaozu to seize the time to manufacture a large number of armor and weapons.

Although there are many weapons in the Qi Wang's arsenal, once the army is really raised, it is far from meeting the needs of the Heavenly Court and the four foreign races, so it has to step up to manufacture more weapons.

And with Jiang Buzhuo's guidance, Nanling's level of crafting has improved rapidly. Whether it can be used will depend on whether it will be too late.

As for Gu Chen and his group, since Nanling has successfully completed their affairs, they set off for the West Desert.

The distance is long, for the sake of convenience, everyone took the sky patrol ship, so Gu Chen also had time to practice hard.

The white ape got a bunch of eggshells from the ancient land of the demon god. These days, besides eating some by himself every day, he also shared them with Gu Chen.

The eggshell is rich in nutrients. Gu Chen took it for several days, and felt that his cultivation was gradually approaching the peak of the longevity realm, and his spiritual power was further improved, and he had vaguely felt the threshold of the primordial spirit.

According to this speed, I'm afraid it won't be long before he can try to hit the Heaven-Human Realm.

The eggshell removes the nourishment of strength, the most precious thing is the few wisps of time and space.

These days, Gu Chen has handed over the command of the battleship to Zhao Rou and others, and he has been studying time and space spells every day.

Especially the time spell, his understanding of [Momentary Youth] is increasing day by day, and now he is more and more proficient in using the power of time.

The attainments in time and space magic began to advance by leaps and bounds, but Gu Chen's progress in the thirty-three heavenly secret arts almost completely stagnated.

After Gu Chen successfully summoned the true fire of the sun, the first layer of heavenly secret art, Sun Moon Alchemy, was considered to have taken an extremely important step.

Next, if he can summon the Moon Yin Soul Ice, and then combine the power of the two celestial phenomena, the sun and the moon, to cultivate the Yin and Yang Liangyi Sword, it will be regarded as the first level of celestial secret art mastery.

However, each layer of the thirty-three layers of secret art is difficult to understand, and it is not easy to master it. He still has no breakthrough in the last two steps.

Every night in the past few days, he tried to establish contact with the bright moon in the sky, trying to summon the so-called Moon Yin Soul Ice, but unfortunately, he was only able to summon Yuehua to refine his soul over and over again.

Since the secret technique is difficult to break through, Gu Chen simply didn't think too much about it, and spent most of his time practicing [Install Fanghua].

This is the inheritance of the Emperor of Heaven, and it is the key to getting started with the Time Fist of the Emperor of Heaven. Although the Emperor of Heaven is dead and the inheritance of the Fist of Time is cut off, Gu Chen feels that it is still very important.

On the battleship, time flies by like a fleeting horse, slipping away day by day.

On this day, the endless sea of ​​forests in Nanling finally gradually disappeared, and the vegetation in the field of vision below everyone gradually became scarce. At first, there were hills and grasslands, but later, the front turned into a long stretch of yellow sand.

At this time, everyone knew that they had entered the border of West Desert.

The western desert is scorching hot all year round, and the environment is extremely harsh. As soon as one enters the border here, terrifying sandstorms will appear in the desert from time to time.

Fortunately, the sky patrol battleship flies in the clouds and has multiple layers of defensive air shields, so it is not affected by the wind and sand.

It's just that the sun has become more vicious, and the scorching sun is like a big fireball that is about to explode at any time.

Gu Chen was surprised to find that in the unique environment of West Desert, his ability to summon the real fire of the sun was several times stronger than in other places.

"The number of Stone Clan people in the Western Desert is far less than that of the Nanling Monster Clan, but more than the Ghost Clan and Demon Clan. They are distributed in various parts of the Western Desert. They live on ore and like to live in caves."

"The rulers of the Stone Clan have holy blood and have absolute authority among the Stone Clan. They live in the vast desert deep in the Western Desert."

Arriving at the boundary of the Stone Clan, the Ghost King took the initiative to introduce his knowledge of the Stone Clan to Gu Chen and Ba Nu.

After all, he has been walking on the mainland for many years and has seen a lot. He is not comparable to a bunch of young people.

"Gu Daozi, although you have friendship with Shi Jian, the young master of the Shi Clan, and according to the rumors, he is also an excellent person, but this time we want to persuade them to fight Huangfu Wuji, I am afraid it will not be so easy. After all, compared to Nanling The Yaozu and Shizu should be weaker, and they should think twice before doing anything."

The Ghost King looked at Gu Chen and added. "In addition, there is something I must tell you. When Senior Qinglin was young, he had a battle with the Tianjiao of the Stone Clan. The two of them had a feud. And the Tianjiao back then is now the patriarch of the Stone Clan, named Shi Zangfeng is Shi Jian's father."

When Gu Chen heard this, he showed a look of surprise, it was the first time he had heard of such a secret.

"Senior Qinglin is your protector, so the possibility that the Patriarch of the Stone Clan will make things difficult for you cannot be ruled out. In addition, Huangfu Wuji's sky-high reward order has become more and more intense. , the possibility of dedicating you to Huangfu Wuji."

"Considering that we will go to the base camp of the Stone Clan, it will be very dangerous if there is an accident at that time. I suggest that I go first and find out the attitude of the Stone Clan."

The ghost king said that when they were in Nanling, they once confronted the demon saints. Although the fight turned into jade, he didn't think that the same luck would happen again.

Now that Gu Chen has won the Nanling alliance, and the Ghost Emperor also has the intention to make a move, his identity is even more important, and there is no room for any mistakes.

"It's better for me to show up in person. I know a little about the Stone Clan. They care about the respect of others. Since I want to form an alliance with them, I have to show my face in person. I can't win their trust by hiding my head and showing my tail."

Gu Chen said calmly, rejecting the ghost king's suggestion.

"But……"

"No need to worry, I believe in Shi Jian's character, even if the alliance fails, he will never betray me."

Gu Chen smiled and said, Shi Jian is one of the few true friends he has in Zhenwu Academy, and there is still some trust in this.

"Alright then." The ghost king no longer objected.

...

In the huge grotto, several elders of the Stone Clan lined up on both sides of the hall, and Shi Zangfeng, the patriarch of the Stone Clan, was sitting on the throne at the moment.

Gu Chen was in the main hall, with black hair like ink, and an extraordinary hero.

On his shoulders was a white ape, and behind him were nine companions, who seemed very small compared to many tall stone men here.

However, when he stood there, he had a kind of indifferent temperament, and he did not change his face when the mountain collapsed in front of him.

"Overlord, your arrest warrant has spread all over the world. I never thought you would dare to come to my Stone Clan's territory. Why are you here?"

Shi Zangfeng leaned on the throne, squinted at Gu Chen, and said casually.

"The Stone Clan of the Western Desert is facing a catastrophe. The younger generation came here to offer good advice to the older generation."

Gu Chen said calmly, as soon as these words came out, the elders of the Shi clan around were all erupting.