Chapter 258: Is It Over?
At the Yulong Pass, on the flat ground under the cliff, the convoy of horses gathered at this time has already lined up in a long line, and on the road of the opposite peak, there are still new teams slowly coming.
Due to the obstruction of the Jade Dragon Mountain Range across the north and south, everyone from the direction of the vast sea in the east of the Nanming Kingdom must pass through here, otherwise they can only take a boat to cross the sea and land in the southwest of the border, but this is not cost-effective in terms of time and cost.
Although the 'Dragon's Blood Bay' bordering Qingyang Country from the northeast can also enter the inland of Nanming, it is the intersection of the Jade Dragon Mountain Range and the Black Dragon Mountain Range, and it is also the gathering place of bandits and bandits.
Li Ding and the shopkeeper Zhang sat in the carriage, driven by Wang Lei, when the carriage lined up to the pass, Li Ding found that the inside of the pass is a spacious and long canyon, dozens of zhang long.
Invisible from the outside, the mountains at the end of the canyon are connected together, and there is a tall arch hole below as an exit.
The cliffs on the left side of the canyon are covered with large and small caves, some of which appear to be natural, some of which are clearly artificially excavated.
The caves below are tall and spacious, and there are many officers and soldiers gathered, and some of the caves above also have officers and soldiers walking, and it seems that the caves are obviously connected up and down, and their functions are different. Some serve as assembly and dwelling places, others as observation posts.
As Li Ding expected, after the carriage entered the passage, he was also asked to get out of the car for inspection.
As soon as he got out of the car, Shopkeeper Zhang arched his hand to a man wearing an officer's armor and said, "Brother Zhou, do we also have to check to pass?"
The officer surnamed Zhou said with a sad face: "There is no way, the requirements above." You can also see that even ordinary people have to go through the Yuan Measurement Array to pass. Please forgive me with the shopkeeper. ”
Li Ding listened to the conversation between the two and was obviously an acquaintance. But he couldn't be accommodating, so he had to follow the shopkeeper to the side.
On the right side of the canyon, there is a passage separated by black stone pillars, which follows the canyon all the way to the exit, and everyone who enters must walk through the passageway.
The carriage was led by officers and soldiers through the middle of the canyon, ostensibly helping out, but in fact it should have been secretly inspected.
Li Ding followed behind the others, stepped into the aisle unhurriedly, and immediately felt a strange wave of power. It caused a burst of vitality in the body, as if it was about to run around in the meridians, and involuntarily had to use the exercises to guide it.
"Just take it easy, don't try to resist this force. Suddenly, someone said in Li Ding's ear.
As soon as Li Ding turned around, he saw Wang Lei looking at him with a smile.
Li Ding smiled back and listened to Wang Lei's words to relax as much as possible, but the vitality in his body was still agitating, and from time to time there would be a wisp of vitality that would impact the acupuncture points uncontrollably. As if being triggered, a small arc of electricity was formed on him, and it flashed away.
At the same moment, a purple light would pass across the black stone pillar he passed, indicating that he had a thunder attribute vitality in his body.
"This is the Yuan Measuring Array!" Li Ding was secretly surprised to see the light of different colors constantly passing through the black stone pillars. Fortunately, the wood attribute vitality was dissipated early in the morning, otherwise I don't know what kind of abnormal movement it would cause.
And in the cave diagonally above the aisle, some officers and soldiers were watching intently at the people moving below. Under the meter array. Who is a practitioner and who is an ordinary person. It's clear at a glance.
Inadvertently, Li Ding stared at a man dressed as an officer. Suddenly, the officer's eyes lit up, and Li Ding immediately felt that his whole body trembled, as if he had a feeling of weakness about to fall. This made him quickly look away, and he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
Although he couldn't be sure what kind of realm the other party was, he was clearly under soul pressure just now, which made his heart tremble.
With just one glance, Li Ding hadn't sensed the other party's vitality fluctuations at all, and it could be said that if this person wanted to do something to him, he had no power to fight back at all.
"You, come out!"
Suddenly, someone shouted loudly, and Li Ding went to look for prestige, and found that outside the aisle, a person dressed as an officer was pointing at him with sharp eyes.
Seeing a cold-eyed officer pointing at him, Li Ding's heart trembled violently, and a cool breath rose on his back.
"Could it be that something was seen!" For a moment, he couldn't help but freeze in place.
However, at this moment, a tall bearded man beside Li Ding suddenly rushed out of the aisle and ran quickly towards the canyon.
It's just that the bearded man hasn't run a few steps yet, and suddenly his body is stunned, and two bloody swords on his chest splash out, and the whole person immediately flew out under the action of inertia, and there was no movement after rolling a few times.
Two officers and soldiers chased after him, put up their beards and pulled them in front of the officer. I saw that his chest was bright red, and the two blood holes were shocking, obviously not alive.
Killed in an instant, no one saw who made the move, and how they made it, even Li Ding, did not sense the slightest fluctuation of vitality.
It seems that there are many strong people hidden here, and the slightest change will immediately kill the corpse on the spot, which is a matter of an instant.
The officer looked at the beard in front of him, and suddenly grabbed the other party's beard and pulled it hard, but he didn't expect to tear it off.
Immediately, the officer opened the scroll he had held in his hand and looked at it, and immediately shouted with a stern expression: "Everyone here should not move. ”
This roar, like a stone thrown into the lake, instantly stirred up stormy waves in the calm canyon.
At this moment, various fluctuations of vitality of varying strength appeared one after another, stirring the Yuan Spirits in the canyon into a pot of porridge.
Faintly, there were a few fluctuations that oppressed some of the surrounding people out of breath, and it wasn't until the people in the aisle who were already slowing down by the scene just now stopped, and these few vitality fluctuations slowly weakened.
Soon, the two teams of officers and men were well-trained and stood in a row next to the aisle, apparently only after checking the people inside would be allowed to pass again.
Li Ding secretly swallowed his saliva, although he tried his best to keep calm, his back was already soaked with cold sweat, and his face was not too good-looking.
"Brother Lei, what's wrong?" noticing Li Ding's strange appearance, Wang Lei behind him approached him and asked.
Li Ding reluctantly smiled and signaled that it was nothing, but the shopkeeper next to him thought that Li Ding was not used to such a scene and was frightened, so he hurriedly lowered his head and whispered: "It's okay Lei Gongzi, they have found the fugitive, and after finding out if there are any accomplices of that person in the crowd, we can leave." ”
"Don't speak, you guys, come out. An officer and soldier pointed to the shopkeeper Zhang and Li Ding, as well as a few people next to him, and shouted loudly.
Shopkeeper Zhang lowered his head and smiled bitterly, and motioned for Wang Lei to help Li Ding cross the stone pillar and walk out of the aisle.
"They...... What is this going to do?" Li Ding saw several people being led into a cave opposite.
"It's nothing, there should be a Qiyuan Stone in the cave, maybe I'm afraid that the Yuan Array won't be able to distinguish it, so I have to forcibly test the Yuan Qi. Because some fugitives will lose their vitality in order to hide their strength, but as long as you test it, you can know whether it is an ordinary person or a cultivator. Shopkeeper Zhang said.
These words couldn't help but make Li Ding's fists clench, and beads of sweat began to appear on his forehead. Fortunately, the frightened expressions of some people next to him were better than Li Ding's, and Li Ding's strange appearance was not very prominent.
"Hurry here, be conscious, and don't look for trouble. "Seeing that someone was picked out, an officer and soldier stood at the entrance of the cave and called.
Although Li Ding was nervous, he had to follow everyone towards the entrance of the cave.
Over there, there were also officers and soldiers holding a scroll in their hands, checking the people in the past one by one.
"Look up. The words repeated by the officers and soldiers from time to time were like a sharp needle, constantly stimulating Li Ding's nerves.
Under the strong sense of oppression, his consciousness became a little numb, and he didn't come back to his senses until he entered the cave, and he didn't know how he came here.
"Brother Lei, it's our turn soon. Suddenly, Wang Lei pushed Li Ding and told him to move forward.
Li Ding looked up and saw a passage to the right in the cave, and there was an exit at the end. In the middle of the passage stood three cylindrical Qiyuan stones, and a group of three went to test it, and after the test was completed, they went out through the exit on the right.
Li Ding and the others were the last in line, and seeing that it was about to be their turn, Li Ding's feet were as if they had roots.
"You three, what are you rubbing, go over quickly, someone is coming from behind. Seeing Li Ding standing still, the officers and soldiers guarding the entrance of the cave shouted impatiently.
The corners of Wang Lei's mouth twitched, and he was a little angry, but the shopkeeper Zhang immediately smiled and pulled Li Ding towards the passage.
"More is better than less, just leave here after the test. Shopkeeper Zhang said as he walked, but he knew what Li Ding was thinking.
On the edge of Qiyuan Stone, there were three officers and soldiers, one of whom was half a head taller than Wang Lei, and when he looked at Li Ding with cold eyes, he seemed to have noticed something unusual, and he walked forward quickly.
From a distance, this officer and soldier were wearing officer armor, and his strength should at least be in the Imperial Spirit Realm, so when he got closer, he saw a terrible scar like a strange insect lying on the left side of the officer's face, adding a bit of terrifying aura to him.
Li Ding couldn't help but tighten his heartstrings, and a heart hung there.
At this moment, he couldn't help but wonder if it was wrong to break in like this. Because there is no wood attribute vitality in his body, he can't trigger thunder fire, even if he wants to fight Yibo to the death, he doesn't even have a chance to fight Yibo.
Thunderball, this may be Li Ding's only means of attack now, but in the face of a martial artist of the Imperial Spirit Realm, how much effect can it play, not to mention that there are more strong people outside.
However, the more nervous he was, the calmer Li Ding's mind became, although there was no thunder fire, he had other means, but it was unknown how effective these methods were.
At this time, he is the turtle in the urn. If you choose to do it, nine times out of ten it will be difficult to protect yourself, and it will inevitably affect the shopkeeper Zhang and Wang Lei.
"Is it over?" Li Ding slowly closed his eyes, his heart full of unwillingness.
(To be continued.) )