However, Lan Haiping didn't ask further. He just looked at Zhang Hao and asked curiously, "Kid, you must have come back to Tianwu Academy for other reasons, right?"
Zhang Hao nodded and smiled, "Hehe, nothing can be hidden from you, Dean. I did indeed come back this time for something else. I want to ask you, do you know a place called Western Ridge Kingdom?"
"Western Ridge Kingdom?"
Lan Haiping frowned and murmured, "This place, I seem to have seen records of it in some book. However, because I didn't pay much attention at the time, I didn't remember the content."
"Ah!"
Zhang Hao was a little disappointed, but he still looked at Lan Haiping and quickly asked, "Dean, do you know where it is? Otherwise, I'll go look it up myself!"
Lan Haiping looked at Zhang Hao and smiled wryly, "Hehe, you, a genius, don't need to trouble yourself with such a small matter. As long as our College issues a mission, won't people rush to do it? Although your cultivation is high, looking up information doesn't have much to do with high cultivation."
"Haha, alright, Dean, I understand. However, to increase enthusiasm, I'll offer a reward of 10,000 lower grade crystal stones. As long as someone can find me information about the Western Ridge Kingdom, these 10,000 lower grade crystal stones are his," Zhang Hao said.
"Cough, cough, cough. You kid are really a prodigal son. Such a small matter is worth you spending 10,000 lower grade crystal stones? It makes even me, the Dean, want to participate," Lan Haiping shook his head and said bitterly.
"Hehe, this is just to improve efficiency. This Western Ridge Kingdom is very important to me, so I have no choice but to resort to this," Zhang Hao said.
For Zhang Hao, these 10,000 lower grade crystal stones were really nothing. In the Sixteen Kingdoms, there were countless crystal stones in the Baoku (Treasure Vault). These 10,000 lower grade crystal stones were less than a drop in the ocean for Zhang Hao. Naturally, he didn't care too much about them.
"Alright, then I, the Dean, will go issue the mission now," Lan Haiping finished speaking and left in a hurry.
After Lan Haiping issued the mission, the entire Tianwu Academy's students were in an uproar.
10,000 lower grade crystal stones, this was simply not something a casual group of people could earn. Even some Inner Courtyard students of Tianwu Academy joined the ranks of searching for information. The Tianwu Academy's Library Pavilion was temporarily overcrowded. Tianwu Academy's students were everywhere, searching for information. Everyone hoped they would be the lucky one to find information about the Western Ridge Kingdom first.
As expected, many hands make light work. The information about the Western Ridge Kingdom was eventually found by a female student from the Outer Courtyard of Tianwu Academy. That female student also successfully received the 10,000 lower grade crystal stones.
In this information, there wasn't much recorded about the Western Ridge Kingdom. But the information was enough. There was this record:
Western Ridge Kingdom, located in the extreme east of the Northern Region, separated by a hundred thousand li natural chasm from the outside.
Zhang Hao understood that this extreme eastern region was in a very distant place. It was separated from the Northern Region by a natural chasm. This was why there was so little record of the Western Ridge Kingdom in the Northern Region's information. After all, there was no interaction between the two sides. In the various kingdoms of the Northern Region, they only knew that such a place existed.
Despite this, in order to enter the treasure land, Zhang Hao still prepared to make a trip.
"Zhang Hao, are you really going?" Lan Haiping looked at Zhang Hao and asked with some concern.
"Yes, Old man, this is a place I must go," Zhang Hao said to Lan Haiping seriously.
Lan Haiping nodded slightly to Zhang Hao and said, "Okay, kid, go. You must have your own reasons for being so persistent."
"Okay, Dean, I'll be back as soon as possible," Zhang Hao said to Lan Haiping seriously.
"Okay, you kid have now offended the Heavenly Demon Sect and the Six Great Sects, so you must still be careful in your actions," Lan Haiping said to Zhang Hao seriously.
Zhang Hao naturally knew that Lan Haiping was concerned about him and nodded solemnly.
The next day, Zhang Hao began his journey to the extreme eastern region.
After Little Dragon transformed, Zhang Hao rode on Little Dragon's back and flew towards the extreme eastern region.
After Little Dragon transformed, his speed was very fast. Of course, the non-combat form transformation did not have a time limit. Three days later, he arrived at a small town in the extreme eastern region.
After arriving in the extreme eastern region, Zhang Hao found that this place was much colder than the various kingdoms in the Northern Region, definitely the kind that was tens of degrees below zero. The people in this small town were all wearing thick clothes. After Zhang Hao walked into the town, he found that the residents here were looking at him with curious eyes. Clearly, visitors were rare here.
Just at this moment, an Old Man carrying firewood walked in from outside.
"Hello, Old Man."
Zhang Hao quickly greeted the Old Man.
When the Old Man saw Zhang Hao, he was slightly startled, and then asked, "Young man, is something the matter?"
"Yes, Old Man, do you know the Western Ridge Kingdom?" Zhang Hao asked the Old Man.
The Old Man had clearly also heard the name of the Western Ridge Kingdom. He looked at Zhang Hao and asked, "Young man, what is your purpose in asking about this place?"
"Old Man, I have something I need to go to the Western Ridge Kingdom for. Please tell me, Old Man," Zhang Hao looked at the Old Man and asked.
"Young man, I see you don't look like a bad person, so I don't want to deceive you. You'd better not go to this place," the Old Man said to Zhang Hao.
Zhang Hao saw the Old Man's expression and knew that he probably knew about this place. He then asked, "Old Man, I still ask you to tell me about this place. I will definitely repay your great kindness."
Looking at Zhang Hao's sincere appearance, the Old Man finally sighed and said to him, "Young man, since you are so persistent, I, the Old Man, will tell you the location."
After hearing what the Old Man said, Zhang Hao immediately knew that this town was called Zhou Family Town.
Zhou Family Town has a legend about the Western Ridge Kingdom. The legend says that a thousand years ago, the Western Ridge Kingdom was close to Zhou Family Town, like clothes and water. It was only later that the Western Ridge Kingdom, from a small country, after annexing other small countries around it, became powerful and became a leading great country within a radius of ten thousand li.
At that time, Zhou Family Town and the Western Ridge Kingdom were neighbors. It was only later, after the Western Ridge Kingdom annexed the surrounding countries, that its wolf-like ambitions were finally revealed. It clashed with the country where Zhou Family Town was located. The experts from both sides fought fiercely in the towering mountains. In the end, the experts from the country where Zhou Family Town was located sacrificed themselves to create an invisible barrier, blocking the passage between Zhou Family Town and the Western Ridge Kingdom. Finally, the Western Ridge Kingdom completely faded from the sight of ordinary people.
Zhang Hao looked at a large mountain in the distance. A faint light-blue barrier was vaguely visible.
"Is this the legendary barrier?" Zhang Hao suddenly became interested as he looked at the barrier.
After bidding farewell to the Old Man, Zhang Hao used his movement technique and quickly moved towards the location of the barrier in the mountain.
