Chapter 176, The Lost City

“。。。 Xu Tian was silent for a moment, then nodded and said, "It's okay, I also want to hear how this Mane Ridge City was defended."

"Do you remember Zhou Ya, Fang Jingguo and others who we captured back then" Xiang Hero did not directly say the reason, but said slowly.

"You mean, why did you exchange Zhou Ya and the others for the peace of Manling City," Xu Tian said with a sudden realization.

"You're only half right," said to the hero, "Why did you exchange these people with the promise of never taking the initiative to send troops in exchange for the peace of Mane Ridge City"

"That's right," Xu Tian pondered for a while, and then asked, "Even if this kind of promise can be kept all the time, it is impossible for the Divine Empire to keep it all the time."

"That's true, after all the hostages were released, the Shenzhou Empire also had a plan to attack Mane Ling City, but after He Lai broke through the Dou Qi Sealing God, the Shenzhou Empire almost gave up this plan" Xiang Hero said, and when he said these words, there was even a trace of fear in his eyes, although it was only a flash, but Xu Tian still caught it.

"Aren't you going to invite me to Mane Ridge City to have a look" Xu Tian, who knew the reason, although he still had some doubts, was also relieved, so he said with a smile.

Contrary to Xu Tian's expectations, Xiang Yingying did not let him enter the city, but shook his head and said, "You go, Mane Ridge City is no longer the Mane Ridge City of the past."

"Anyway, we are also friends who have entrusted each other's backs to each other, I have arrived at the door, and I won't even let me drink a glass of water, isn't it too ruthless" Listening to Xiang Hero's eviction order, Xu Tian became even more puzzled, so he asked to enter the city again.

"Although this Mane Ridge City is called a big city, it is actually only about 500,000 people, but do you know how many forces there are among these 500,000 people, these people not only cooperate with each other to defend Mane Ridge City, but also check and balance each other, and fight with each other, and even so, this place is still like the surface of the water, and there are not too many waves, forming a delicate balance relationship, and if this balance is suddenly broken, then Mane Ridge City will fall into a situation of no return." Speaking of this, Xiang Hero paused, then looked at Xu Tian and said, "And your arrival may break this balance"

“。。。 After listening to Xiang Yingying's words, Xu Tian was completely silent, he didn't expect the situation in Mane Ling City to be so complicated, but suddenly, a thought like lightning suddenly flashed through Xu Tian's brain, there are so many forces here, will there be a side of the Loyalty Society.

Thinking of this, Xu Tian immediately asked, "So, is the Loyalty Society also in Mane Ridge City?"

"Pardon the advice," said the hero slowly.

"If you don't say it, then I'll go and see for myself" Although Xiang Hero refused quickly, Xu Tian, who had been staring at Xiang Hero, still saw the hesitation in his eyes.

"What if I don't let you go," said the hero with a squint of his eyes after hearing that Xu Tian was still going to enter Mane Ridge City.

"I don't want to embarrass you," Xu Tian took out the letter written by Zhao Bin from his arms and said, "As long as you help me deliver this letter to the president of the Loyalty Association, I will turn around and leave immediately."

"He's right," instead of answering the letter, Xiang Hero sighed and said, "Your arrival is still going to upset the balance of this Mane Ridge City after all"

"I'm just sending a letter, so it's not so serious," Xu Tian said with a frown.

"Okay, okay," Xiang Hero smiled wryly, "Then you can follow me into the city to have a look."

"That's what I mean" Although Xu Tian didn't understand what kind of medicine was sold in the hero's gourd, he still decided to go into the city to take a look, what kind of balance was the balance that could be broken by a letter.

Following He Lai into Mane Ridge City, Xu Tian felt that something was wrong, first of all, it was too quiet here, the silence was terrible, although the street was empty, there were also pedestrians walking, but these people did not communicate, but walked very fast, and secondly, there was not even a single shop or hotel here, and the houses on both sides of the street were closed.

"What's going on," Xu Tian asked.

"Everyone is training, and everyone's food, clothing, housing and transportation are uniformly arranged," Xiang Hero said lightly.

"Why do you want to do this," Xu Tian continued.

"Mane Ridge City may face the attack of the Divine Empire or other countries at any time, if you want to live here, first of all, you must have the awareness of facing war at any time" said to the hero, "and Mane Ridge City and the outside world are almost closed, all food and clothing come from the fields outside the city and south of the city, and all forces get it outside, what can you do without unified arrangements?"

As if infected by the atmosphere here, after asking these two questions, Xu Tian stopped talking, and just quietly followed Xiang Yingxing.

After walking for a while, Xu Tian met an acquaintance, Qin Gang, and the moment he saw Qin Gang, Xu Tian could also be sure that the Zhongyi Society was in this Mane Ridge City.

"Xu Tian" was very happy to see Xu Tian's Qin Gang, and immediately wanted to come over, but after seeing Xiang Hero beside Xu Tian, he paused and said, "You have time to come to the north of the city to find me, I invite you to drink"

"Okay," Xu Tian nodded.

"When you arrive, you can go in by yourself" came to the field south of the city, pointed to a thatched hut in the field to the hero and said, "The people you want to see are inside, you can go by yourself"

Without speaking, Xu Tian walked along the field path alone, this path is only 100 meters long, but it is the longest section of the road Xu Tian has walked, Xiang Hero's sentence 'The people you want to see are in it' I don't know how much meaning it contains, what he wants to see the most is of course Zhao Ruo, from the slightest reluctance when he took out the letter, Xiang Hero should be able to see it, and what makes a person he wants to see is naturally where it comes from, all the doubts in this Mane Ridge City can only be solved when he sees where he comes.

Finally came to the door of the thatched house, Xu Tian raised his hand and pushed open the door in front of him, he saw four people, the first seat is naturally He Lai, He Lai is still as young and handsome as ever, the difference is that he is tied with an iron chain, one of his eyes is also blood red, revealing the aura of cruelty and killing, seeing Xu Tian coming, he just nodded, and did not say anything else.

The first person sitting on the right hand side of the lower seat was an old man in sackcloth, although this old man was old, but his dark muscles that seemed to explode had to make people pay attention to him, at this time he was closing his eyes and taking a nap, and he could faintly hear some snoring spilling from his mouth and nose.

And the second person on the right hand side of He Lai is a middle-aged man with a handful of goatee, this person is quite handsome, but there is a slanted scar on his face, which looks terrifying, and when he saw Xu Tian coming in, he just glanced at it and turned his head, as if he didn't see anything.

As for He Lai's lower position, there is only Zhao Ruo on the left, at this time, Zhao Ruo is wearing a white dress, looking extremely weak, as if she is about to go with the wind, her face is covered by a silk scarf, and she can't see her expression clearly, but her smart eyes are still a little dodgy after seeing Xu Tian.

"Is this the distinguished guest you asked us to wait for" Before Xu Tian could speak, the middle-aged man with a goatee spoke.

"Yes, let me introduce you, this is Xu Tian, the general of the Heavenly Wind Empire," He said, since he was bound by iron chains, he just spoke, and did not stand up.

"It's just a Wei general, do you want us to come over?" the middle-aged man asked disdainfully.

"These are the old Mr. Ge Hongzhi of the farmer, Zhao Ruo, the president of the Loyalty Association, and Xue Yizhi, the master of the Attack Palace" As if he hadn't heard the words of the middle-aged man, He Zi Gu said.

"Hmph" Xue Yizhi saw that He Lai directly ignored him, and just wanted to get angry, but as soon as he saw He Lai's red eyes, a trace of fear flashed in his eyes, and he didn't dare to get angry, so he snorted coldly and stopped talking.

After Xu Tian hugged his fists at several people in turn, he looked at He Lai and asked, "What's wrong with you, you are all chained."

"You don't have to worry about this, you just need to tell me what you're here for," He Lai said lightly.

"There is no purpose, one is to meet an old friend, and the other is to send a letter to ...... In the hands of the president of the Loyalty Association, "Xu Tian originally wanted to call Zhao Ruo's name, but when he thought of the grievances that Zhao Ruo said at the beginning, he hoped that he would not see each other in the future, so he changed his name.

"Letter to me" Hearing Xu Tian's address to himself, a trace of loneliness flashed in his eyes, and then he stood up and stretched out his hand and said.