Ye Feng withdrew his hand, and at the same time took out the thing he was holding in his hand.

Kakar, who was following closely behind Ye Feng, saw what Ye Feng was holding on, and couldn't help but let out an exclamation and was stunned.

It was a hand, a highly rotten hand stained with sand, perhaps, because it didn't look like a human one. Originally, it was still attached to its master's body, but now it was obviously separated from its body, and some unknown tiny maggots wriggled on it, and the stench came to his nose, Ye Feng frowned, and threw the rotten hand out without a sound.

"It's no fuss, I've seen a lot of hands like this before, right? I don't know how many of these hands are buried here, all of them are slaves like you. Sooner or later, you will be one of them! The Ten Thousand Ghost Gate arrest team kicked Kakar hard behind him, urging him to leave.

After experiencing this, Ye Feng also made a decision in his heart, these people from the Ten Thousand Ghost Sect, oh, they are not 'human' in nature, they are just some ghost cultivators wearing human skins, and they can't see human nature in them. These guys not only regard slaves as ants and have no sympathy, but also take pleasure in slaughtering and enslaving, so they don't need to hesitate at all, and when the time is right in the future, they will slaughter the entire Ten Thousand Ghost Gate, and they will definitely be able to bring themselves a huge amount of evil value harvest.

After entering the mine, mixed into the mining slave group, at the end of the day, Ye Feng also had some information about these slaves and the collection of spirit stones from the Ten Thousand Ghost Gate, most of the slaves who collected the spirit stones here were some weak spirit beasts and spiritual cultivators, etc., that is, they were called the lowest race in the wilderness by the Ten Thousand Ghost Gate Beast Cultivation and Scattered Cultivation, and the Ten Thousand Ghost Gate would organize a large number of capture teams every year to capture a large number of slaves from all over the wilderness, the same, Every year, a large number of slaves who go down to the mine to collect spirit stones die in this death vein because of overwork or by the guards of the mines of the Ten Thousand Ghost Gate. Cycle after cycle, a batch of deaths. Catch a batch, I don't know how many dead souls are buried under the surface of the main cave of the Ten Thousand Ghost Gate.

There are many spiritual stone pits in the main cave of the Ten Thousand Ghost Gate, and each mine is surrounded by guards. These almost inhuman demon cultivators often vent their frustration on the poor slaves, and torture, torture, beatings, wailing, and crying are everywhere.

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Within the Tianyuan Secret Realm. Of course, the place where the spiritual stone veins are relatively concentrated is the rich Central Plains, but in the same way, because there are too many cultivators in the Central Plains, there are many bloody fights and battles for the spiritual stone veins everywhere, and for thousands of years, with more and more cultivators, the spiritual stone veins in the Central Plains have also appeared scarce.

Chang'an City - the capital of the Tang Dynasty. Within the Imperial City of the Imperial Family.

Although the imperial city of the Zhengtang Kingdom is large-scale, architecturally magnificent, and full of dignity and majesty, it is under the control and so-called protection of the entire Zhengtang Kingdom and Tianxuanzong. The imperial city has also gone to the kind of self-confidence and tolerance it should have, and the style of many buildings in the palace still shows traces of temporary construction, which is not surprising, because the Zhengtang Kingdom has only been established for more than 350 years since its establishment, and it has always been under the control of Tianxuanzong. Therefore, the architectural style of the palace must conform to the aesthetics of Tianxuanzong, as long as Tianxuanzong feels that some buildings are eye-catching, they must be demolished and rebuilt immediately, and over time, the emperor of the Tang Kingdom will not be too lazy to spend too much thought on the palace buildings; Only on the periphery of the main hall of the Royal Palace. For the sake of beauty, to alleviate the rigid atmosphere, and to cater to the aesthetic taste of the current emperor, some greenery was added.

April 18, 355 in the Zhengtang calendar. Today is a special day------ the 29th birthday of Li He, the eldest prince of the current Zhengtang Emperor and the crown prince of the future Zhengtang Emperor. Officials from various fiefdoms gathered in the temporary rest hall next to the Royal Colosseum, and although it was a temporary rest place, the scale and grandeur of it were needless to say. But there were too many people here today, not only the fiefdom officials, but also their entourage. Of course, the largest number of people are the children of the nobles in Chang'an City of the Zhengtang Kingdom. To celebrate the crown prince's birthday, the emperor has announced that a ten-day celebration will be held starting today.

In the palace, the Imperial Cabinet Ministers and the Eunuchs and Ladies put a lot of effort into creating a festive atmosphere, with colorful flags flying on the buildings and whitewashed walls along the palace road. But outside the imperial city, in a labyrinthine city, there is still striking garbage, sinkholes, uneven walls, and passers-by with sad faces.

Inside and outside the Imperial City were soldiers of the Imperial Guard, glittering weapons in their hands telling those who saw them that they were used on a regular basis. There are sentry posts in every area, in every passage, even inside the palace.

At this time, in the Yamato Palace, the center of power in the imperial city, Emperor Li Tiancheng and his favorite eldest son, Prince Li He, watched everything in front of them.

"Emperor, what makes you nervous; This is not like you usually, to be precise, it is not like you before you went to Tianxuanzong to report on affairs," Li Tiancheng said with a smile: "I was busy with government affairs a few days ago, but I was negligent to you. ”

"No, Father, you have always cared for me. But I feel guilty about what you expect of me. Li He said humbly.

"What, is something wrong? Could it be that the Heavenly Xuanzong is dissatisfied with what we have done recently? ”

"Ah, no, Father, you're too worried. Several elders in the sect are very satisfied with us, and they have also affirmed our governance of the Zhengtang Dynasty in recent years, of course, all of this is also due to the wisdom and wisdom of your father, the emperor. ”

"Since Tianxuanzong has nothing to do, then, is it because you are dissatisfied with your father's decision to send you to the Western Frontier?" Li Tiancheng deliberately said in a positive way.

"How dare you. Father, I myself have no resentment with any of your decisions. It's just ......," Li He replied in fear.

"Just what?" Li Tiancheng still asked with a stern expression.

"It's just that this responsibility is too great, and I'm afraid that my youth and shallow knowledge are really not enough to take on such a big responsibility; And among the four of us brothers, in terms of the ability to lead troops to fight, the second and third brothers are much better than me, but now ......" Although Li He said this, he was really happy in his heart, and of course, in his words, he also deliberately showed a little offense to Li Tiancheng to show his "sincerity".

Being able to be named by his father to lead troops to the western frontier is enough to prove that his position as the crown prince is more secure, once he returns triumphantly, from now on, the three brothers will no longer have any capital to compete with him for the throne.

"But now I've decided to leave the future of the empire to you." Li Tiancheng said, and became less severe.

"This time I went to the Western Frontier, not to start a war with the Phoenix Gate, the matter of the Western Frontier, the sect master also said that he would not interfere easily, this time I sent you, mainly to explore the spiritual stone veins in the wild land of the Western Xinjiang, I heard that the Great Zhou and the Great Liao are also going to send troops over, so we have to take a step ahead, He'er, this trip to the Western Xinjiang, there may be danger, you have to cherish yourself."

Li Horton bowed and said: "Thank you for my father's favor, I will definitely live up to my father's expectations!" ”

"Alright, it's almost time. You and I should go down to meet our subjects. ”

"Obey the Emperor's orders." The crown prince Li He stood sideways, bent over, and let Li Tiancheng go first.

The father and son walked one after the other towards the Hajj Hall.

The central area of the audience hall.

Li Gang, the generalissimo of the Tang Empire, led a group of ministers and dignitaries and was waiting for the arrival of Emperor Li Tiancheng.

Li Gang is in his sixties, with black hair and thick eyebrows, a burly physique, not angry and self-assured, and stands at the head of the ministers.

Because it was not a formal pilgrimage, but a celebration of the prince's birthday, everyone in the hall did not have to wear official uniforms, and many people also brought their families with them.

Officials and dignitaries gathered in the auxiliary area of the Hall of Pilgrimages, waiting to take part in the most exciting gladiatorial event of the celebration.

But there was one exception, and that was Li Ana, the daughter of Generalissimo Li Gang, who stood at the head of the Central District with her father, waiting for the arrival of the emperor and the crown prince.