The closer you get to Shengming City, the more familiar the surrounding scene becomes. Even in the past 800 years, some places of interest have not been destroyed.

"Shengming City, I'm finally back again!"

Zhang Ruochen stood at the bow of the boat, looking at both sides of the river.

Not far away, on the top of Kongle Mountain, there is a seventy-four-story tower, which is a tower built by an ancient saint. Eight hundred years ago, Zhang Ruochen and Chi Yao once boarded up together to watch the splendid mountains and rivers of the Shengming Central Empire.

At the gate of the city, there are two bronze cast gold lions 69 zhang high, symbolizing the totem of the Shengming Central Empire, and the war did not destroy them.

The towering city wall is like a row of black towering mountains, and the city gate is very magnificent, much like the holy gate leading to the heavenly palace.

When he came to the dock outside the city, Zhang Ruochen had a lot of thoughts, looking at everything around him, recalling some of the past, and his calm heart rippled in circles.

On the dock, a lot of dignitaries gathered, forming a long line, not to mention hundreds of people, as if they were welcoming some important person?

Zhang Ruochen glanced at Chu Siyuan and said, "Senior Chu, your reputation is really great, and so many people have come to greet you." ”

"Really?"

Chu Siyuan was a little surprised, his eyes rolled, and he said secretly, this time he came to Shengming City, he has always been very low-key, and he has not notified the students of Confucianism and Taoism in advance, how could anyone come to greet him?

Chu Siyuan tidied up his clothes, walked out, and looked towards the dock, but saw that those people were not picking him up, but staring in the other direction.

In that direction, a metal ship more than 100 meters long slowly landed. A group of dignified bigwigs walked down, surrounded by everyone, and entered Shengming City.

Zhang Ruochen said lightly: "It turned out that I didn't come to greet you, my predecessors didn't seem to have much influence in Shengming City." ”

He deliberately said this, mainly because he wanted to be angry with Chu Siyuan.

Chu Siyuan was suddenly a little displeased, and snorted: "If the old man had notified him in advance, the Confucian and Taoist students and court officials who came to greet him would definitely be ten times or even a hundred times that of him." But the old man is low-key and doesn't want to make such a big fanfare. ”

"Perhaps!"

Zhang Ruochen just smiled and said, "There is no banquet in the world that will not be dispersed, since we have arrived in Shengming City, we will each go and do our own things." ”

After saying this, Zhang Ruochen immediately used his body technique and entered Shengming City at a strange speed.

Chu Siyuan stroked his beard, his eyes narrowed into a slit: "This kid is in a hurry to get rid of the old man, what is he going to do? There must be some ulterior secret." ”

If it is an ordinary person, Chu Siyuan has no interest in it at all, the problem is that Zhang Ruochen is not an ordinary person, and this son has done a lot of big things that shake the world.

Chu Siyuan shook a pair of wide sleeves and followed.

"Old man Chu really followed, is the sect master of the dignified painting sect so idle?" Zhang Ruochen was a little speechless.

He did not rush to the imperial tomb immediately, but walked around the city using footwork that was not slow or hurried.

Just when Zhang Ruochen entered the Shengming Imperial City, the masters of the Ming Hall stared at him and followed him in the shadows, monitoring his every move.

Shengming City, with an ancient history, has existed since ancient times, not only the imperial city of the Shengming Central Empire, but also some ancient civilizations in more distant times, which also used to be the capital here.

After millions of years of prosperity and development, the urban area of Shengming City has continued to expand, and today, it has covered thousands of miles, not to mention a billion people living in the city.

It is not an exaggeration to call it a nation within a city.

After walking around the outer city for most of the day, Zhang Ruochen walked to the inner city, the streets and alleys were more prosperous, and you could see some strong people of the human race who were not weak in cultivation everywhere.

Suddenly, Zhang Ruochen smelled a faint smell of blood, coming from a mansion on the left.

Outside the mansion, there was a group of sergeants in black armor.

They rode on the backs of the brute beasts, exuding a cold aura all over their bodies, and surrounded the entire mansion.

In the army, there are even four formation mages, and a large Zhou Tian array is arranged to envelop this mansion and prevent anyone from escaping from it.

Zhang Ruochen grabbed a martial arts monk from the Heavenly Extreme Realm and asked him, what was going on?

The martial arts monk said, "That's the Canglong Army of the Lingxiao Heavenly King's Mansion, and they are arresting the remnants of the previous dynasty. ”

"The remnants of the previous dynasty...... Mingtang?" asked Zhang Ruochen.

"It's not Mingtang, it is said that this mansion is inhabited by a descendant of the royal family Zhang, who has been hiding in Shengming City, and has only recently been discovered. The martial monk said in a low voice.

Hearing this, Zhang Ruochen revealed a strange light, and then sent the martial arts monk away.

Circling around this mansion, Zhang Ruochen found a weakly defended position, used space power, broke a gap in the formation, and quietly broke in.

For a long time, Zhang Ruochen has no news about the royal Zhang family, and now, he finally has a clue, so he naturally wants to go in and investigate.

Entering the mansion, the bloody atmosphere is even stronger.

On the ground, there were all dead corpses, not only some monks who had cultivated martial arts, but also many ordinary people, and even the corpses of children and old people.

The corridor was full of blood.

Some of the houses, with their flames and screams inside, soon became quiet again and lost their voice.

Zhang Ruochen took a deep breath and came to the outside of the lobby.

Outside the door of the lobby, there was a cold Canglong army standing on each side, guarding there.

A general of the Canglong Army, sitting at the top, looked like he was in his thirties, looking like a tiger's back, and his eyes exuded a cold chill.

This person's name is Xie Kui.

Below, kneeling thirteen gorgeously dressed monks, were not ordinary people.

In addition to this, dozens of people fell to the ground, all with their necks cut off.

Xie Kui said in a deep voice: "You'd better be honest, where are the remnants of the other dynasties hiding? Whoever speaks out first, General Ben will spare his life." ”

Immediately, Xie Kui's finger pointed at an eleven or twelve-year-old boy and said, "You say." ”

A sergeant who was two meters tall, carrying a broad heavy sword, walked up to the young man, with a sneer in his eyes, and hung the heavy sword above the young man's head.

Obviously, if the boy didn't say something of value, he would immediately be in a different place.

The young man was still very young, and he was very frightened in his heart, but there was a determined look in his eyes, and he trembled, and said, "You ...... You will not die well...... When the Emperor returns, we will be able to regain everything we once had. ”

Xie Kui shook his head and waved his hand gently.

The burly sergeant, who was two meters tall, smiled he, raised his heavy sword, and slashed downward.

The thirteen monks kneeling on the ground all closed their eyes tightly, and one of the women, wept in a low voice.

"Smack!"

A snapping sound sounded.

The broad heavy sword was actually broken in two out of thin air.

Half of it, with a clang, fell to the ground.

"Who?"

The Canglong Army present, at the first moment, all of them will draw their blades, exuding an astonishing evil aura.

Xie Kui still sat on the chair calmly, his eyes scanned the four directions, and he laughed: "Has the master of the Zhang family finally arrived? ”

"Wow!"

Zhang Ruochen was wearing a meteor invisibility cloak, standing beside the young man, his body showing a translucent form, and said, "You are from the Lingxiao Heavenly King's Mansion?"

Xie Kui knew that the other party was a master, so he didn't dare to despise it, so he immediately stood up and said, "The Lingxiao Heavenly King's Mansion is located in Shengming City in order to clean up the remnants of the previous dynasty and establish a peaceful and prosperous world. The people of your Zhang family are too obsessed, and eight hundred years have passed, and they still want to restore the country. ”

Zhang Ruochen confirmed the identity of the other party, so he nodded, his voice was a little cold, and said, "You have killed so many innocent people, should you pay some price?"

"If you want us to pay the price, it depends on whether you have that much ability?"

Xie Kui ordered, "Do it." ”

The two-meter-tall burly sergeant closest to Zhang Ruochen swung the broken knife in his hand and slashed at Zhang Ruochen's neck.

"Bang!"

Zhang Ruochen pressed out with a palm and hit him in the chest.

Suddenly, the sergeant's bones turned to powder, like a ball of soft meat, spread on the ground.

Immediately afterwards, Zhang Ruochen's fingers were pinched into a sword technique, and thousands of sword qi were condensed in the sky above the entire mansion, and they flew out at the same time.

"Poof. ”

As the sword qi flew, the sergeants of the Canglong Army fell to the ground one by one.

Xie Kui was shocked in his heart, he didn't expect that the master who rushed over would be so powerful. So, he immediately took out a light talisman and burned the next message, wanting to send the message out.

It's just that he hasn't punched out the light talisman yet, and a palm print from Zhang Ruochen has already fallen on his body.

On the palm print, there was a blazing flame that burned Xie Kui's body crimson, and finally, completely turned into ashes.

The whole mansion became quite quiet.

In just a moment, the sergeant of the Canglong Army died cleanly.

"Thank you to Engong for coming to the rescue. ”

"Dare to ask Engongzun's name?"

......

On the ground, thirteen descendants of the Zhang family stood up one after another and thanked Zhang Ruochen.

"I am also a descendant of the Zhang family. ”

Zhang Ruochen wore a phantom gold mask, stared at one of the men with the highest cultivation, and asked, "Can you take me to meet other Zhang family members?"

That man is the owner of this mansion, named Zhang Fengxing, and he has cultivated to reach the fourth transformation of the fish and dragon.

Zhang Fengxing's face showed a look of embarrassment.

Obviously, he was not completely at ease with Zhang Ruochen and was worried.

That eleven or twelve-year-old boy admired Zhang Ruochen very much, just now, Zhang Ruochen's combat power was like the god of war descending to earth, with an invincible momentum, slapping a master like Xie Kui to death.

Being able to meet such a strong person made the young man quite excited, and he really wanted to have the same strength as Zhang Ruochen.

So, he immediately said: "Father, this big brother, who killed hundreds of sergeants of the Canglong Army in a row, will definitely not be a member of the imperial court. ”

Zhang Fengxing is a sophisticated person, not as simple as his son, he did not trust Zhang Ruochen, and said: "I must tell the above before I can make a decision, I hope Your Excellency can understand." ”

"It's okay, just behind me, there are still some people who haven't been shaken off, so it's okay to wait a little longer. Zhang Ruochen said.