Chapter 2788: Xuecang Ghost Ridge

In the blink of an eye, another half-month passed…

The Heavenly Phoenix Realm and the Divine Dragon Realm did not send anyone again. Qin Wuhan declared internally that he would rather go to war than hand over Xiao Fan!

Countless soldiers were overcome with excitement, one after another expressing their willingness to go through fire and water for Qin Wuhan, and to die without regret for the Kongchen Realm.

After Xiao Fan learned of this, he was inexplicably moved…

Xiao Fan kept the favor of Qin Wuhan protecting him this time in his heart; if there was an opportunity in the future, Xiao Fan would definitely repay him.

Commander Jia You also breathed a long sigh of relief. He had been very worried that the Heavenly Phoenix Realm and the Divine Dragon Realm would join forces to deal with the Kongchen Realm, and if that happened, they would be finished…

As it turned out, no such thing happened; it was as if nothing had occurred at all.

On this day, Commander Jia You received an order personally commissioned by Qin Wuhan, instructing him to take a few people out to investigate intelligence…

Commander Jia You was startled upon receiving the order. His superior was the Black Armor Chang Yucheng… Under normal circumstances, any order Commander Jia You received from a superior should have been issued by Chang Yucheng.

Why was this order issued personally by Qin Wuhan this time?!

Furthermore, the order specifically told Commander Jia You not to disclose this matter, not even to Chang Yucheng.

Military orders are like mountains… Commander Jia You naturally complied.

The order was for Commander Jia You to take 10 people and head to the Xuecang Ghost Ridge in the Heavens Battlefield to collect intelligence…

Xuecang Ghost Ridge was previously a battlefield; tens of thousands of years ago, a chaotic battle between three realms took place there, and countless powerhouses fell…

For this mission, Qin Wuhan also specifically named Xiao Fan to be taken by Commander Jia You… The stated reason was to temper Xiao Fan, so that he could be entrusted with important responsibilities in the future.

Commander Jia You firmly believed Qin Wuhan's words and did not suspect anything at all.

Moreover, they were to leave the battlefield quietly and were not to disclose this matter.

Commander Jia You naturally agreed. He quietly went to contact the other eight subordinates, all of whom were his absolute confidants and possessed not-so-weak strength…

However, while not weak within Fortress 199, their strength was just so-so.

After arranging these things, Commander Jia You went to see Xiao Fan and told him about it.

"Go to execute a mission at Xuecang Ghost Ridge?" Xiao Fan was stunned.

"Yes… Hahaha… Xiao Fan, this is a good thing. Lord Qin has taken a liking to you and intends to train you well. If you accumulate more battle merits, promotion to Red Armor, or even Black Armor, will be just around the corner!" Commander Jia You laughed.

He spoke from the heart; with Xiao Fan's monstrous talent as a Prodigy, his future achievements would certainly far surpass his own.

Commander Jia You was very good to Xiao Fan and did not treat him as an outsider, quietly revealing some of his own speculations to Xiao Fan.

"I see…" Xiao Fan nodded, feeling in his heart that things were not as simple as they appeared on the surface.

At this time, Qin Wuhan sends him out to execute a mission?

Does he not know that the Heavenly Phoenix Realm and the Divine Dragon Realm are dying to skin him alive?

Commander Jia You hadn't thought about these things, but Xiao Fan was very clear…

"Forget it, there shouldn't be any issues…" Xiao Fan muttered. If possible, he was unwilling to doubt Qin Wuhan's character.

Xiao Fan was very grateful to Qin Wuhan, and if Xiao Fan suspected that Qin Wuhan had ulterior motives in this move…

Xiao Fan felt it wouldn't be good… but the sense of unease in his heart remained.

"Xiao Fan, we set off in three days. Be prepared. Remember, don't disclose this matter; it is a classified mission!" Commander Jia You reminded Xiao Fan and then left.

He also had to make more preparations himself to ensure the mission was foolproof.

That place, Xuecang Ghost Ridge, was not considered dangerous and belonged to an uninhabited zone… As long as they could quietly sneak into Xuecang Ghost Ridge, there wouldn't be any danger.

With Xiao Fan's Divine Soul perception ability, Commander Jia You saw this mission as foolproof.

This was free battle merit…

After Commander Jia You left, Xiao Fan let out a breath, his expression grave, feeling uneasy for a long time…

"Could it be this simple… Is the secrecy to protect me?" Xiao Fan murmured.

Is the mission protection, not letting Commander Jia You disclose it, because of the fear of news leaking and letting the people of the Heavenly Phoenix Realm and the Divine Dragon Realm know?

Thereby causing the Dragon and Phoenix clans to come after him?

Or was there another plan…

…

Three days later.

The departure day that Commander Jia You had set in advance arrived.

Xiao Fan, Commander Jia You, and eight people from Fortress 199 gathered quietly and left Fortress 199 without anyone noticing to execute this classified mission.

Including Commander Jia You, no one thought much of it; heading to Xuecang Ghost Ridge to investigate intelligence was battle merit that had fallen from the sky.

Xuecang Ghost Ridge was not close to Kongchen Palace, but it was definitely not far either; it could be reached in half the distance it took to get to the territory of the Buddhist Realm…

In their eyes, with Xiao Fan holding the fort, it was foolproof.

Xiao Fan was someone who could even slay Decai, who was at the Nirvana Realm Level 9; if they encountered any danger along the way, would it even count as danger?

However, Xiao Fan's expression remained grave, and he was carefully vigilant.