The waters near the South China Sea and the Aslan Empire

The Tietan airship wrapped in similar gold leaf was floating quietly near the shallow sea, drifting slowly with the waves, the almost black sea water was undulating, and black reefs were exposed from time to time in the distance, Dongfang Ziyan sat on the bow of the boat and wiped the blade of the long knife, dyeing the white handkerchiefs black and red, and in the sea water below him, several bronze things floated, which was the broken corpse of Lingjiao. Half an hour ago, Rhine drove the Tietan airship, carrying Dongfang Ziyan and Lucifer to this sea area, and met four Lingjia in the sea, probably separated from the large army, and immediately launched an attack on them, and was killed by Dongfang Ziyan.

It took four days to come to the South China Sea from the Central Plains of the Human Continent, and when he just arrived in the coastal area of Nanjun yesterday, Dongfang Ziyan originally thought that he might meet the garrison of the Nine Shadows Valley here, and he would have the opportunity to visit Bai Ying and Cavalon and his wife, but they didn't see a single garrison, and the Black Stone Demon Clan's Nine Shadows Army, which had also reported a symbolic invasion on the outskirts of Nanjun a few days ago, seemed to have disappeared without a trace, so Dongfang Ziyan decided to go to the Yaslan Empire, Yufei's hometown to have a look.

Speaking of why Dongfang Ziyan, Rhine and Lucifer are together, it goes back to more than a month ago, and that day was the third month after Dongfang Ziyan arrived in Taohuawu.

A month ago, Peach Blossom Dock

On this day, Dongfang Ziyan got up early as usual, and the thatched hut where he slept was on the edge of a pool, and there were two pillars of emerald green bamboo growing out of the room, which were more than ten meters high. Lao Tie went out of the island yesterday afternoon, saying that he was going to the city to buy some koji and come back to make wine, and by the way, he came back to buy some bacon and other things, but he hasn't come back until now, Dongfang Ziyan thought that he must not know where to go, and what this person said is not wrong at all. After going out, he walked while looking at the peach blossom trees around him, a gust of wind blew, pink rain flowers flew, he came to the waterhole, washed up, and then moved his body, and came to the shed opposite the waterhole, that is, the iron-making shed.

There is a crystal-like almost transparent iron-making furnace in the iron-making shed, which is an iron-making furnace made of rare ice iron, and the fire burning in it is not an ordinary fire, but the true fire of the sun that is not extinguished by water. At this moment, a slender white-handled long knife was placed in this Xuanbing Iron Furnace, and the whole body that was being burned by the furnace was glowing purple and red.

"There are three hundred and sixty-four left, and it will be done." He muttered.

Because the temperature of the true fire of the sun was really hot and hot, and the temperature was extremely high, Dongfang Ziyan had to take off his shirt and go into battle naked, took the gloves he wore when striking iron from the bench, and then held the long knife that was being refined in the furnace, raised it and looked at it for a while, and then held the black short-handled lotus hammer placed aside with his right hand and began to strike. It didn't take long for Dongfang Ziyan's body to be drenched in sweat, and small strands of sweat flowed from his thin but muscular body, and a few purple-red sparks flew out with each impact, and then there was a splash of sweat. In this way, he continued to fight for nearly an hour, and finally refined the knife, and before he could quench it, he heard someone shouting outside.

"Is anyone there?" I don't know who shouted such a sentence outside the shed, Dongfang Ziyan thought he was hallucinating at first, but he thought again, if someone really shouted, it would really feel like he was still in the blacksmith shed in the craftsman village, and Chen Laosan, a carpenter next door outside, was shouting if there was anyone at home, but just thinking about it, he shouted again: "What about people!" Dongfang Ziyan! ”

This is not an auditory hallucination, Ziyan put down the long knife that had just been prepared and had not yet been quenched, and hurriedly walked out of the iron-smelting shed, and then from a distance of hundreds of meters, he could see the edge of the island in the distance, and two people came in. After a closer look, the person in front looked familiar, and then Lao Tie followed in the back, and Ziyan realized that this was the person brought in by Lao Tie.

"Hey! Ziyan, what are you doing over there! Don't know me anymore? I saw that the man with long pale hair who was walking in front had already seen him and was waving. Dongfang Ziyan looked at it fixedly, wasn't that Rhein Gruss?

"Uncle! What are you doing here! Ziyan saw that Rhine was very excited, so he ran over quickly.

When I got closer, it was really Rhine, his appearance still hadn't changed, but he looked more weathered and a little vicissitudes. Rhine touched his hair and sighed: "It's been a long time since we've seen each other, and your short hair has grown long again." ”

"It's going to be two years, how are you doing?" Dongfang Ziyan couldn't wait to ask: "How is Yuan Ji?" How's my brother? And Yufei and Yue'er! ”

Rhein thought for a second, then smiled, "They're all fine, you don't have to worry." ”

"But the war has begun!" Dongfang Ziyan said worriedly.

"That's why I brought Lucifer to meet you." After Rhine finished speaking, he turned to look at the man who had come with him.

"Lucifer? Lucifer, the leader of the fallen angels and known as the 'Fallen God of War' and the 'Demon Lord'? Dongfang Ziyan exclaimed.

The man with long black soft hair was walking side by side with Tie Qiusheng, the man was thin but very tall, wearing a slim black long windbreaker, a mysterious temperament attracted Dongfang Ziyan's attention, he and Tie Qiusheng seemed to have known each other for a long time, the two were negotiating, and stopped talking after walking in front of Ziyan, the man looked at Ziyan, first smiled slightly, revealing white teeth, his tiger teeth were very sharp, and seemed to be flashing with cold light.

"Hello, Du Dongfang Ziyan, I'm Lucifer." The man stretched out his right hand as he spoke, as if he was going to shake hands with Ziyan.

Dongfang Ziyan did not hesitate, and immediately greeted him, the two shook hands, and then, Lucifer smiled slightly, "Ancestor, what you said is right, this kid is really a blend of yin and yang, and he is really a rare physique, it seems that this 'neutral' he has to be." ”

"What neutrals? Lao Tie, do you know each other? Ziyan asked Tie Qiusheng.

"What do you know, old friend, aren't you bent on saving the world and being neutral between the major forces?" The earliest practitioner of the neutral person is the person in front of you who has challenged the Three Emperors and Four Emperors. Tie Qiusheng said.

"But you're from the Black Stone Demon Clan, and that's well known." Ziyan said.

"I only had a contract with the Black Stone Demon Clan, and after I used Luo Yu to let him release me, the contract was automatically destroyed, so now I am not a member of the Black Stone Demon Clan." Lucifer said.

"Neutral ······" Dongfang Ziyan called out the name that had been hidden in his heart for a long time, and he was very excited.

"Let's make an alliance, create an alliance of neutrals, and if you want, we'll go recruit now." Lucifer said.

"Where to recruit troops?"

"Let's go to the South China Sea first." Lucifer said.

"Okay, but before I do, I'm going to make a trip to Blackstone." Ziyan said.

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In this way, Dongfang Ziyan followed Lucifer and Rhine, left Taohuawu, and after saving Dongfang Lie in Black Rock City, he embarked on the journey to the South China Sea, in fact, their goal was not in the South China Sea, but in the strange sea area southwest of the South China Sea, where there was a forgotten continent, and there was also a forgotten tribe on it: the Garo Spirit Clan!