Chapter 196: Legend, Flame Stone City
PS: Sorry, there is only one chapter today, and I will try to make it up tomorrow
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Here, the mountains are steep, the mountains are stacked, the endless peaks are covered with snow, the cold wind is howling, and it goes straight into the sky.
This is a steep cliff, the difficulty of flying birds of the mountain range, from west to east, across the vast land, is the natural barrier of the human race to resist the demon race, the south of the mountain range is the flood world of the demon race, and the north is the southern wilderness land of the human race.
For thousands of years, the deserted city has been able to block the invasion of the demon clan in this mountain range, at least half of the credit.
Legend has it that a long time ago, a golden meteor as dazzling as the sun fell from the Nine Heavens, and the place where it fell was near this place, from which the name of the Sunset Mountain Range was derived.
Some people think that the meteor is actually a heavy treasure, but no one has ever seen it, there is no way to verify it, and it has also become a legend.
Legends are like myths, they may be true, but they are not believable.
Today, this incident has long been forgotten, and few people will mention it, leaving only the name of the Luoyang Mountain Range to be handed down.
This mountain range stretches for tens of thousands of miles, and there is also a city bordering it in the territory of Xiangcheng, standing at a relatively safe entrance to the mountain range, and people who enter the mountain range to hunt monsters or collect elixirs will transit through this city, so this city called Agni City is quite prosperous, and its strength is not bad, and it is a very important trade market.
However, Agni City is nominally under the rule of Xiangcheng, but in fact it is independent, not paying any taxes at all, and not obeying any dispatch from the Liu Clan, because it has the secret support of the Pang Clan, another great force in the Southern Wilderness.
This situation has been maintained for thousands of years, and the strength of the Liu family is not as good as that of the Pang family, so they have to endure it, and after a long time, they have almost forgotten it.
However, at this moment, a large army suddenly gathered under the Agni City, the elite of the Liu Clan's abilities were exhausted, and the heaven-level Great Elder personally set out to fight, and thousands of warriors who had experienced the baptism of blood and fire looked indifferent and murderous.
The Xiangcheng Liu clan, who had endured for thousands of years, suddenly attacked for some reason, and ordered the Agni City to open the door and surrender within three days, otherwise there would be no grass left on the day the city was broken.
And that night, the last night, the gates of the city were not opened, and the city of fire did not fall.
If so, early tomorrow morning, the battle to break the city will begin!
The people in the city were terrified, and no one slept.
The prestige of the Liu clan is known to everyone in such a crowded city.
Just by the fact that the other party has a heaven-level powerhouse, it can make the whole city of Agni City powerless, and no matter how many earth levels can compete with it. Moreover, this storm came suddenly, extremely strange, and the Liu family did not talk about any conditions, only one sentence, unconditionally open the city and surrender.
In fact, there are not no people in the city who want to surrender, but there are very many, for the vast majority of people, it is just a change of master, and life is still the same, neither better nor worse.
However, the city lord Duan Shao was never allowed to surrender, anyone could surrender, but their clan couldn't.
Surrender means betrayal and loss of strength, so that for a force that sways between the Liu and Pang clans, it will inevitably be hit by both sides at the same time, and finally the family will be ruined and vanished.
In Duan's mansion, no one cared about the meandering pond of the stream, and everyone shrank in the room in panic.
City Lord Duan Shao is no exception, as the patriarch and city lord, he bears more pressure than others, wandering back and forth in the study, his brows are furrowed, his face is like frost, his mean lips are blistered, and his eyes look at the door from time to time, as if he is waiting for something.
Suddenly, there was a sound of footsteps, and a middle-aged man with a goatee walked in.
Duan Shao's eyes lit up when he saw someone coming, and he hurriedly stepped forward to grab him and said, "Is there any news?" Did the reinforcements from Zhenshan Fort City arrive? ”
The goatee man looked grim and shook his head.
Duan Shao suddenly showed a look of disappointment, let go of him, and sighed: "Then what are you doing here, don't bother me with anything else except the news of reinforcements now." ”
Goatee hesitated a little, then took out a letter and handed it to him, saying, "This is ...... Young Master Jun Xing sent it, and he was outside the city at this time. ”
"Who is Jun Xing? Do I have such a son? Duan Shao looked puzzled.
The middle-aged man with a goatee was helpless and reminded: "When you were exploring Luoyang Mountain, you brought back a mountain woman, and a year later, she gave birth to a son named Duan Junxing......
"Oh...... As soon as you say that, I remembered it", Duan Shao suddenly realized, but immediately said with disdain: "It's just a lowly concubine, what big things can be, don't look at it." ”
The middle-aged man took a deep breath, then raised the letter with both hands, and said in a deep voice: "My subordinates think that the city lord had better take a look, the slaughter of the city a year ago was rumored, and the sworn enemy of that piece of anxiety has been seen by his subordinates in person, and he can't fake it, if the city lord doesn't want the city of fire to follow in such a footsteps, he must see it!" ”
Hearing this, Duan Shao's face froze, stared at him carefully for a moment, didn't say anything, took the letter and read it directly.
"Mirror Lake Valley, Immortal Ancient Sect, Demon Emperor, Mirror Heaven ......"
With words in his mouth, Duan Shao's eyes were horrified, his expression became more and more cold, he pondered for a long time, put down the letter, and said, "Do you think it is credible?" ”
The goatee middle-aged man's eyes flashed, and he said: "The subordinates have had several relationships with the young master Jun Xing, although their mother and son have a bad time in the house, but after all, they have blood roots, this kind of life and death event, the subordinates think he will not lie." ”
After Duan Shao heard this, his thoughts turned in his heart, and the letter promised that as long as he surrendered, he could protect the lives of the Duan family, but if he wanted him to hand over all the strength in his hands like this, he was ten thousand unwilling in his heart. Moreover, he was still half-convinced at this time, the strength of the Pang Clan was far stronger than that of the Liu Clan, so he would make a decision easily.
Just as he was engaged in the battle between heaven and man, a man in battle armor rushed in in a panic and said in a trembling voice, "Great ...... Big brother, the fire crow sent back the news that the reinforcements of Zhenshan Fort City were defeated...... Defeated. ”
"What?!" Duan Shao roared: "You can make it clear, how did you lose?" ”
"After receiving our distress letter, the Pang Clan immediately sent a thousand elites to help, including two heaven-level and twenty earth-level powerhouses, and the result was ...... Ten miles outside the city, he was intercepted by a group of cultivators who suddenly appeared, and the battle lasted less than a quarter of an hour before it ended, and the reinforcements were defeated miserably, and there was not one survivor in ten. ”
"Hiss......"
Duan Shao gasped, and a chill rushed from the tailbone of his spine to the Tianling Gai, such a powerful lineup, the Liu clan may not be able to resist even if he tries his best, but it is easily destroyed like a chicken and a dog, in this way, what is said in the letter is very credible.
"Is there a Demon Emperor on the battlefield?" Duan Shao asked, holding on to the last glimmer of hope.
"Yes...... Incomparably terrifying, killing hundreds of people with a single blow, including two heaven-level people. ”
Call~~~~~~~~~~~~
Duan Shao vented the last trace of his heart, and sat down on the chair, his face pale and his eyes glazed.
"City Lord, we have to make a decision early, otherwise tomorrow at dawn and the big battle will be a catastrophe waiting for us." The middle-aged man with a goatee saw that he was so unbearable, and reminded him loudly.
"What else can you decide at this point?"
Goatee said categorically, "Surrender!" ”
"The Liu clan will not agree, the three-day deadline has passed, and the reinforcements will surrender after they are defeated, it will be too late." The man in battle armor had a sad face, he was Duan Shao's third brother, and after the city was broken, he would definitely be buried with him.
Goatee ignored him, but looked at Duan Shao, they still had a choice, to cross the Liu clan and negotiate directly with the main messenger behind the scenes.
At this time, Duan Shao had already come back to his senses, touched the letter paper in his hand, and said with a wry smile: "I can't imagine that I, Duan Shao, the lord of a city, have to rely on a concubine to protect me in the end, the world is unpredictable, and God is too good at playing tricks on people......"
Goatee persuaded: "The city lord doesn't have to be like this, after all, Young Master Jun Xing is also your son, now he has a bright future in the Mirror Lake Valley, and after he rises in the future, is the Duan family not a brilliant family?" ”
The man in the armor didn't know what was going on, and asked suspiciously: "Big brother, what are you talking about?" ”
Duan Shao shook his head and sighed: "That's it, I'll reply to the letter, but I don't understand why they suddenly took a fancy to Agni City, and they were willing to be enemies of the Pang Clan, and they must also occupy this city......"
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"Why?"
In the military camp outside the city, the Jingtian Department was also stationed here, and in the big tent of the Chinese army, Shen Bugong faced Duan Junxing's question, and said with a wry smile: "You ask me, who do I ask?" ”
Since he was favored by Shen Bucheng in Xiangcheng and brought to Jinghu Valley, under his personal training, Duan Junxing's progress has been as fast as rapid, in just one or two years, his internal strength and moves have been quite extraordinary, and he can win the battle with some disciples who have cultivated for three or four years, he can be called a cultivation wizard, and he has some fame in the entire Immortal Gu Sect.
It is rumored that even the palace master once praised him.
This sudden attack on Flame City, after Duan Junxing learned the news, he immediately implored Shen Bushi, asked the palace master for his life, and let the Jingtian Department be in charge of this matter, after all, it was his own place of growth, and he couldn't bear to see it destroyed in the war, and his mother was still in the city, how could he rest assured.
"Is there really no wind at all?" Duan Junxing was still very puzzled, he knew the situation in Flame City well, and there was nothing worth fighting the sect at all, unless it was ...... His eyes froze, and he thought of a possibility, but then he shook his head secretly, and rejected the idea, and no one in the world should know the secret except him and his mother.
Shen Bushi didn't notice his abnormality, shook his head, and sighed: "I'm afraid that only the palace master knows the truth, but according to my guess......"
"What?" Duan Junxing stared at him in surprise.
Shen Bujing's expression suddenly turned cold, and said, "You shouldn't know, don't ask." ”
Duan Junxing; “…………”
Shen Bushu is because he has the grace of knowing things, the two are like masters and apprentices, like brothers, and some things that occasionally cross the line are also let him go with one eye closed, but when it comes to very serious things, Shen Buxu never shows mercy, so despite his curiosity, he doesn't dare to continue to inquire.
The next day, the gates of the Agni City were opened, and the city lord Duan Shao went out to ask for surrender.
It was the Great Elder of the Liu Clan who was surrendered, and none of Shen Bujing, Duan Junxing, and Jingtianbu showed up, and they had already set off to return to Jinghu Valley. The headquarters of the Immortal Ancient Sect has gradually moved in the direction of fading out of the world, and the connection with the world is all entrusted to the monastery, and for ordinary people, the more mysterious and unknown existences they are, the more they maintain awe.
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Five days later, in the Valley of Mirror Lake.
All eyes are on, a peculiar competition is underway.
There are twenty-one people on one side, forming three seven-star Beidou sword formations, forming a triangular trend, surrounding one person in the middle.
This person is delicate, with a delicate face, a little childish, but his eyes are very calm, it is the condensation of the fluttering sword-hugging maid, she is wearing a strange battle armor at this time, both arms and back, there are sharp blades and claws to ambush, the surface of the battle armor glows with a ghostly light, simple and atmospheric, compared with the original heavenly calamity, it looks no longer so hideous and vicious.
With a coquettish shout, full of internal strength, all the blades and feet on the battle armor popped out, and in a flash, the condensation was held up to a high altitude, and the battle armor turned into a spider battle form, and the formal competition began immediately.
This time it was actually to test the power of the Heavenly Tribulation Battle Armor, and after nearly a year, the people of the Iron Gate finally found a substitute for the Black Cold Strange Stone, which was a very peculiar ore, its texture was extremely soft, like cement, but it had a property, that is, it had extremely strong adsorption characteristics between each other, and even if it was completely disconnected, it could automatically fuse together in a short time.
Based on this characteristic, the Heart Envoy and the Iron God and others made appropriate adjustments to the structure of the Heavenly Tribulation, adding this ore casting to make it even more powerful.
Just like the current situation, with the help of the battle armor, the condensation person pressed the three Beidou swordsmen and beat them wildly, you must know that these twenty-one people are the most elite dozens of people in the five heavenly divisions, and each person's cultivation can be comparable to the condensation, coupled with the increase of the sword array, the power of the combined attack can be called terrifying, and the earth-level ability is also difficult to resist, but it is completely suppressed by a pair of battle armor, which makes everyone present amazed.
Seeing this, Piao Fu smiled and nodded slightly, revealing a look of satisfaction.
"It's not in vain that this palace took a lot of trouble to take Flame Stone City, it's really worth the money."
Beside her, Gu Ling, who was slender and had a white beard, said: "Adsorption stones are indeed rare, and I have searched all the territories of Xiangcheng, and only found a vein near Flame Stone City. Fortunately, no other forces have developed the use of this thing, so it can be left to this day. ”
Piao Xu changed his words and said, "Duan Junxing, who asked your attention last time, have you found out clearly, what is the secret fluctuating aura on his body?" ”
Gu Ling smiled, and took out a slender, only palm-sized small sword, dim, occasionally there will be a very faint fluctuation, if you are not a person with advanced skills, you can't perceive it at all, "After Xigong monitored him, he seemed to feel something, and the day before yesterday, he found Shen Bu and told the reason, this small sword was found by his maternal ancestor in the Luoyang Mountain Range, and it has been passed down, it is said that he can enter a mysterious place in the mountain range with this thing, but it has been a long time, and it is no longer known where it is. ”
Piao Fu took the small sword, the divine thought covered it, and carefully sensed it, but there was no reaction for a long time, it seemed to be just an ordinary decoration, just when she was about to give up, the fluctuations on the small sword came out again, and suddenly a sharp breath slashed directly on the divine thought.
Her delicate body trembled, and there was a tearing feeling in her soul, and she hurriedly disconnected the contact, and then said with palpitations: "This thing will wait for the sect master to get out of the customs, and then make a decision, you first send someone to search in the mountains near Flame Stone City, and strive to find that mysterious place." ”
"Yes, my subordinates understand."
The ancient tomb retreated, and the fluttering also returned to Mount Meru, and there were huge waves in the cultivation pavilion rippling out, and this situation had lasted for a month.
Bai Fan was in the middle of it and was in a dilemma.
(To be continued.) )