Xu Cheng pulled the long sword out of the corpse of a yin corpse and wiped the sweat from his face with his left hand.

Glancing around, the number of Yin corpses not only did not decrease in the slightest, but instead gathered more and more, which made Xu Cheng's face even more ugly, because he felt that his behavior was like drinking to quench his thirst.

"No, if it goes on like this......" Xu Cheng's face showed a bitter color, and he began to regret this adventure a little.

The last time he went on an expedition to the secret realm, he tasted a lot of sweetness, so he had always become very eager for adventure and eager for harvest. This is also the reason why he applied to come to Empty Mountain City, because he is full of a certain unknown excitement and possessiveness of the gray and white forest. He always insisted that there must be a huge treasure hidden in the gray forest, a huge treasure that was enough for him, and even the entire Xu family, to leap above others from now on.

In the Shenzhou Continent, which of those so-called wealthy families, or even big sects, didn't rely on an unexpected gain from their predecessors?

The only exception to this is probably the Seven Great Sects that transcend the world.

Even if it is the Seven Sects of the Outer Realm, Xu Cheng does not believe that they really rely on their own development and accumulation, and they must have obtained the inheritance of the First and Second Ages by luck to be able to grow to the current scale, and Xu Cheng has always scoffed at the rumor that the Seven Sects of the Outer Sect of the Outer Sect have existed since the Second Age.

Therefore, Xu Cheng has always believed that as long as he can unearth the secrets of the gray forest, and even obtain the huge treasures contained in it, then it will definitely be enough to make the entire Xu family stand out from Jiao'an. So when he accidentally discovers this golden compass in a ruined ruin of the Gray Forest, his intuition tells him that this golden compass must be related to the secrets of the entire Gray and White Forest.

After that, it took a whole month for Xu Cheng to explore the secret of this golden compass. Of course, he also reported this to the family, and the Xu family did send a lot of people to Kongshan City, after all, it was related to the entire Xu family's plan for thousands of years in the future, and the entire Xu family must do their best to cooperate.

It was precisely because the Xu family was so nervous that the news of the Golden Compass was heard by the Luo family.

However, before there was a problem in Tushan County, which caused the Mu Wangfu and Changshengmen Qi to focus on An, the Xu family never regarded the Luo family as a threat. It wasn't until the accident in Tushan County and the impact on Montenegro City that the Xu family had to transfer all the family members to Montenegro City, and the Luo family's brazen attempt to snatch the golden compass finally caused Xu Cheng's nervousness.

After that, Xu Cheng found that his mentality was completely wrong.

It's just that he hasn't faced up to this fact, and even if he is aware, he chooses to deny it subconsciously. Especially after knowing that Zhao Hu, played by Ye Kong, knew the secret of the Golden Compass, he did not hesitate to turn his face with the century-old ally Zhao family without informing the family and without consulting with the family, and directly coerced Zhao Hu to cooperate.

Originally, Xu Cheng thought that with his strength and Tian Qiang's strength, even if he couldn't get the secret of the Gray and White Forest, he should also have the qualifications to explore the secrets of the Gray and White Forest, and he still had the ability to protect himself.

It was only now that he truly felt regret and finally faced up to the terrible consequences of his greed.

Not to mention that the Zhao family, a century-old firm ally won through marriage, will definitely leave them this time, just Xu Pocheng, a genius who is also a little famous in Jiao'an, is buried here, which is already a pain that the Xu family cannot ignore.

Although Xu Qianjun and Xu Pocheng are both the future pillars of the Xu family, it seems that losing only one is not an unacceptable result. But in fact, the hearts of the high-level members of the Xu family are very clear that Xu Qianjun's true potential and value are not as good as Xu Pocheng, and his highest achievement in the future is that he can only defend a lower city - for Jiao'an's Wang family, this achievement is not low, but for the Xu family, who are interested in setting foot in Fangcheng and have actually seen this hope, this achievement is naturally very low.

But now, Xu Pocheng, a genius with more status and value than Xu Qianjun, died in this underground palace, and Xu Cheng's heart was full of incomparable remorse.

When that astonishing knife momentum broke through the air, Xu Cheng knew that it was impossible for his nephew to survive.

And in the entire underground palace, the only person who used a knife was the second master of the Zhao family, Zhao Hu, who entered the underground palace one step ahead of them.

His rich combat experience, ruthlessness and decisiveness are almost what he has seen in his life. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that he knew that Zhao Hu's cultivation foundation was flawed and that he was one of the seven broken bodies he was born with, he wouldn't dare to coerce the other party, let alone fall out with the Zhao family because of this golden compass.

But now, no matter how much remorse, it's useless.

The two sides are now in a situation where they are torn apart, and even if he wants to negotiate peacefully with the other party, the other party will not necessarily trust him. In other words, it is no longer possible for both sides to trust and cooperate with each other as they did before.

"Lao Xu, I'm just afraid that we will ...... this time It's really wrong. Tian Qiang's face also showed a wry smile, "Before, we were all blinded by the temptation of this golden compass and the greed in our hearts, so we ignored a lot of things. Now that I think about it carefully, Zhao Hu's words actually have a lot of contradictions. ”

Tian Qiang, on the surface, seems to be a guest of the Xu family, but in fact, he was introduced by Xu Cheng to join the Xu family.

The two are friends with more than thirty years of friendship, and they are also the biggest helpers of Xu Cheng's last adventure in that secret realm. If Tian Qiang hadn't been there that time, I was afraid that he would not have been able to come out of that secret realm alive in the end. Therefore, for Tian Qiang, Xu Cheng has a trust that is even far greater than that of his blood relatives, and he is also the person who really dares to rest assured that he will hand over his back to the other party's guard.

He caused so much chaos before, because he saw that Tian Qiang was in a crisis, so he had to come to the rescue. Otherwise, with his experience, how could he rashly act and cause so much chaos without figuring out the situation of this dungeon?

This is also the reason why he dared to conclude that the person killed by Ye Kong was Xu Pocheng.

Because from the very beginning, he and Tian Qiang converged.

At this time, hearing Tian Qiang's words, Xu Cheng, who finally faced the greed in his heart, quickly realized the contradictions that had appeared in the words that Ye Kong had said before.

"Zhao Hu said that the reason why he knew about this place that day was because he had been here that day, but this journey, we spent nearly four days......" Tian Qiang said, "When we were on the road, I felt a little confused several times, but because there are other things busy these days that distract me, I didn't remember it for a while, until today......"

First searched for materials all the way, then because someone provoked the Dreadclaw Demon Wolf, and finally because of Jin Lu, he was chased and killed by the guardian spirit, and everyone was in an extremely tense atmosphere along the way, and there was no time to think about the loopholes in Ye Kong's words. It wasn't until now that I entered the underground palace that I had time to think, and naturally I found many inconsistencies.

"Also, that's what he said before, about that guardian spirit...... Xu Cheng's face looked extremely ugly, "That is obviously a subdued demon beast, and he actually said that such a guardian spirit can communicate?" Are we really idiots? ”

"So, there's only one explanation left." Tian Qiang said in a deep voice, "He has been here before, and he knows the secrets here, and he has even met with that guardian spirit. …… This golden compass was probably lost after he escaped from here. Perhaps the guardian spirit had been targeting him from the beginning. ”

Hearing Tian Qiang's speculation, Xu Cheng's eyes showed a glimmer of light, and the look on his face was indignant: "No wonder he wanted to leave Empty Mountain City as soon as he heard that he had broken the city and retrieved the golden compass!" We were all deceived by his reckless appearance! This guy is even more cunning than the Luo family's pretending to be a ghost. ”

"Our top priority now is to get out of here as soon as possible." Tian Qiang said, "As for the trouble with Zhao Hu, it's not too late to wait until we leave here." ”

"Brother Tian is right." Xu Cheng nodded slightly, forcibly suppressing the anger and all irrationality in his heart, "No matter if we don't know the doorway here, I'm afraid we still have to find a way to catch Zhao Hu in the end." ”

Tian Qiang also nodded, the two of them really didn't know anything about this dungeon, so they didn't know how to leave at all. And it is precisely based on this ignorance that so many Yin Corpses will be provoked, if it is not for Xu Cheng's timely rescue, he would even be dead at this moment. However, judging from the current results, it is really not much better, these yin corpses are almost inexhaustible, and the aura in the underground palace is not pure, which makes it difficult for them to recover.

The most important thing is that because they were all subjected to different degrees of spatial shocks when they teleported into the dungeon, their strength at this time did not recover.

Xu Cheng is better, and he still retains the strength that is almost close to the Xuan Realm, but he is more troublesome, and now he only has the strength to enter the seventh layer of the Xuan Realm. And because when he cultivated before, the foundation was not solid and stable, although after joining the Xu family, it took more than thirty years to reorganize and polish the foundation, but it was not easy to make up for this part, so his current strength was slightly worse than that of an ordinary seventh-layer cultivator.

To put it simply, it is the realm of the seventh layer of emptiness, but it cannot fully exert the corresponding power.

At this time, the two of them, while dealing with the Yin corpses that followed and even tried to surround them, were also climbing as high as possible.

In the previous battle, they had already discovered that these Yin Corpses did not know how to climb, and once there was a high enough drop, they could get rid of the pursuit of these Yin Corpses, so the goal of the two of them was the highest high ground that could be seen within their field of vision.

Originally, Xu Cheng's goal was also that high ground, because only by standing high enough could he better observe the surrounding environment and situation. But because of the delay in rescuing Tian Qiang, he finally fell into the current situation.

However, at this moment, the highland they had taken a fancy to suddenly produced a strong Yin Qi vibration. Immediately after, in their field of vision, they saw countless yin qi converging into a dense black cloud frantically pouring towards a certain place on the high ground, and it was only a blink of an eye before and after, and a night curtain covering a radius of more than a hundred meters was formed on that high ground.

Although the environment of the dungeon was already a little gloomy, relying entirely on the weak light of fluorescent grass to barely illuminate the surrounding environment, when this night-like realm appeared, even if it was several miles away, Xu Cheng and Tian Qiang also felt a chill to the bone.

"That's ......" When he saw this night, Tian Qiang's face changed suddenly.

"I'm afraid something terrible has appeared." Xu Cheng's face also looked very ugly, "That high ground is the only place that can avoid being surrounded by these Yin Corpses, we should have thought a long time ago, the people who designed this dungeon would never let us have a place to rest so easily." ”

If Ye Kong heard the words of these two people at this time, he could only say: Child, you have a good brain, but you are thinking too much.

"Then we ......" Tian Qiang looked at Xu Cheng, meaning in his eyes that they still couldn't go to that high ground.

"Let's go!" Gritting his teeth, Xu Cheng said in a deep voice, "Perhaps, that is the only way for us to leave this dungeon." ”