Text Act II: The Six Realms of Demon Beings_Chapter 72: Behind the Scheme
Dongfang Ziyan followed the old corpse demon into the manhole cover, closed the manhole cover with his hand, and slowly climbed down the ladder. It was pitch black in front of him, and just as Ziyan was about to speak, the corpse demon old man below had already landed, and the burning stick in his hand lit up the surroundings, Dongfang Ziyan smelled a smell of metal rust and a little mildew, but it was not pungent, it just gave people a very old feeling.
Ziyan also landed on the ground, he patted the dust on his hands, looked around, and found that this was an underground pipe, which was very large, and there was no problem for people to walk upright here, it looked very ancient, there was a sound of dripping water, there was no wind here, and it was much warmer than outside.
"Senpai, do you live here?" Dongfang Ziyan asked the old man of the corpse demon.
The old man coughed twice, "This is an underground pipe in the snowy region, but it has been abandoned for decades, and I have renovated this place. He held up the Molotov stick, "Come, I can show you to your companions." β
"Oh, that's right!" Dongfang Ziyan patted his head, "You said you saw Uncle Rhine, how did they get separated from me?" β
The corpse demon old man said as he walked with a burning stick, "This snowy region is not an ordinary place, people who are not familiar with the terrain here are easy to get lost if they get distracted a little, fortunately you met me, otherwise you would not be able to get out after three days and three nights." β
"I did get distracted...... But Weiwei and Yuan Ji should be fine when they go with their uncle, by the way, uncle, what is the relationship between you and the watershed. β
I saw the old man of the corpse demon look back at him, "Don't worry, I'm not from the river basin, I'm just a casual cultivator, and the kind of place in the river basin is full of smoke and miasma...... The devil wants to have something to do with them. As he said this, the old man's tone suddenly became solemn.
"Is your name Old Man?" Dongfang Ziyan asked.
"When I was young, I was a Terran, and I went astray and joined the Seven Evil Sect...... An organization that advocates the art of necromancy, it was renamed the corpse demon, and later followed the necromancer Yuan Hong to join the necromancer organization, and was defeated by the 'wisdom general' Ximen water stop design of one of the Xuanhuang's 'eight glory' in the second rebellion of heaven and earth...... "The corpse demon old man walked in front, his voice trembling a little, echoing in the empty sewers.
"I have lived through two periods, a hundred years of chaos and black hunger, and I am a survivor of the Warring States." The corpse demon old man said silently. "Those characters who are far stronger than me, like Zhishui, have few survived, but I survived, it's really a fluke." As he spoke, he shook his head.
Dongfang Ziyan was stunned.
"Simon stopped the water and defeated me, but he didn't kill me, he told me to change and wanted to take me in, but I didn't stay, I left before the end of the war, and later found this place in the snowy region of the river basin." The old man sighed, as if recalling, "I don't understand, since the Terran alliance was called 'Slayer' back then, and the Terrans had strength that other tribes didn't have, why were they all philanthropists......
"Because His Majesty Emperor Xuan is eager for peace, Warring States ...... It will bring endless destruction, and hatred will never be eliminated. Mr. Zhishui is the proud protΓ©gΓ© of the three generations of Emperor Xuan, and naturally inherited his will, but his old man has passed away for many years, and he is a few years older than my grandfather. Ziyan said silently.
The old corpse demon smiled, and said without looking back, "Your grandfather is the Oriental Caesar, and you are from the Oriental family." β
This time, Dongfang Ziyan was not so surprised, he responded, "Yes." β
The two men, one old and one young, walked in the pipe, one after the other, and after four turns they came to a room-like stone chamber, which was the exit of another sewer.
"I found out that Rhein and a man and a woman were here when they appeared, but now they are definitely not here." The incendiary stick in the corpse demon old man's hand went out, and he lit another one, "Who are you trying to save, worthy of your desperate efforts?" β
"It's my brother's fiancΓ©e, and his name is Simon Cangyue...... Simon Zhishui's granddaughter. Dongfang Ziyan said with a trembling voice.
The old man of the corpse demon looked at him stunned, his eyes suddenly changed, and he said, "Maybe this is fate, I owe Ximen Zhishui a favor, I know that sooner or later I will have to pay it back." β
"What? Do you have a solution? Dongfang Ziyan asked.
The corpse demon old man's face sneered, and his gray beard trembled, "If you break in, it will be difficult for just a few of you to enter, but with my help, it will not be a problem to retreat." β
"Can you defeat all the enforcers alone?" Dongfang Ziyan asked in surprise.
"The reason why the law enforcers are strong is because they all have chains made of dark iron mixed with Long Lanjing, Long Lanjing is a spirit stone that restrains spiritual power, and only the new prison in the river basin is available in the world, once you fight with the law enforcers, you may be locked in power, which is also one of the reasons why many good hands are arrested." The old corpse demon said secretly, "If you want to save people, you can't fight with the law enforcers, but now it seems that only I can do it." β
Dongfang Ziyan didn't understand at first, but after a few seconds, he understood, "You mean it...... Will the pipes from here lead to the Tower of Babel? β
"No matter how strict you are, there are loopholes in the places where you are rigidly guarded." The old man smiled mysteriously and triumphantly.
Suddenly, the two of them felt a shock above their heads, Ziyan looked up, and the stumbling gravel fell, "What's wrong with it?" β
I saw the corpse demon old man holding the burning stick, turned around and walked towards the depths of the pipe, and said silently, "It's an avalanche." β
"We'll go by mechanical tram so we can catch up with them before they get to their new cell, and then we'll go through the secret passage...... Infiltrate the Tower of Babel! The old man turned around, walked a few steps, and groped for a mechanism on the wall of the stone room, and a doorway appeared on the stone wall.
"Infiltrate...... Babel ...... "Dongfang Ziyan heard the old man say this crazy idea, and he didn't have a little fear in his heart, but felt a ...... Excitement like never before.