The Ninth Young Master was silent for a moment, and then said, "The Zizhu Gang has never had anything to do with my Shang family, and it is not wise for you to be instigated by my fourth uncle to intervene in our family affairs. I assure you that in the future, when my father becomes the head of the Shang family, not only will I not pursue today's incident, but I will also personally go to the penal colony with a generous gift to thank the Zizhu Gang. ”

If he had said this at the beginning, the other party would definitely not have thought so, and now that he has a slight advantage, it is an excellent time to make peace.

The thin and tall man was slightly stunned when he heard this, "The Ninth Young Master is too underestimated by our Zizhu Gang, the Zizhu Gang is entrusted by others, and there is no reason to give up halfway?"

Having said that, the attitude has been greatly softened and the previous hostility has been restored.

The Ninth Young Master took advantage of the situation and continued to persuade: "The Zizhu Gang is the second largest gang in the penal colony, and the person you want to make friends with is definitely not my fourth uncle, but our Shang family. Now that my fourth uncle's power in the family is declining, you will not only get any benefit from him, but you may also become enemies of our entire family. ”

The tall and thin man said, "Since the Ninth Young Master is quick to talk, I will also make it clear." Inspired by rumors that the armory will soon be revealed in the penal colony, the gangs in the penal colony are now fighting each other, and a war may break out at any time. Our gang leader agreed to Shang Siye's request to fight for the position of the head of the Shang family for him, precisely in order to have more reliance in the future war. Before my trip, the helper had specially instructed that you should only be captured, not killed, and the purpose was to have room for maneuver in the future. ”

Speaking of this, he laughed dryly twice, and continued: "I had murderous intentions towards you just now, and that was because I knew that it was impossible to capture you alive, so I had to do this. ”

The Ninth Young Master smiled slightly: "I can understand your thoughts, and I will never hold a grudge." In the future, I am willing to contact you from time to time to promote the alliance between merchants and the Zizhu Gang. ”

The thin and tall man said, "If you can make friends with the Ninth Young Master, it will naturally be great." To tell you the truth, our gang leader also knows that your father has a great chance of winning in the competition for the position of patriarch, and he has long intended to make friends, but I heard that your father has always hated gangsters, so he decided to join forces with Fourth Master Shang. If you are introduced from it, I wonder if your father will put aside his prejudices against the gang and form an alliance with us?"

The Ninth Young Master said: "This time is different from the past, the appearance of the armory is not trivial, and the merchant does not want to miss the opportunity, so he must look for allies in the penal colony. The Zizhu Gang's power spreads throughout the penal colony, and it is said that even the main city of the Diren Gang has been infiltrated by you, and its strength has greatly overshadowed the momentum of the Diren Gang, which is the first choice for merchants to form alliances. Although my father is old-fashioned, he can still understand this. ”

The tall and thin man hesitated for a while, and finally made up his mind, "The Ninth Young Master is famous for keeping his promises, and I believe you won't fool me." Today, I will make you a friend first, and whether it will be a friend or foe in the future, and then it will be determined according to the changes of the times. ”

At that moment, he agreed with the Ninth Young Master about forming an alliance, said some words on the scene, and then bowed and said goodbye, and said: "That white-faced child will become a big disaster in the future, if I rely on my heart, I really want to kill him here, but since you insist on saving his life, I will sell you this favor." But I have to warn you that this kid may have a beast trapped in his mind, and even if you are kind to him, he will not recognize you after being devoured, so even if you don't kill him, don't leave him around. ”

With that, he led the four attendants and left in a hurry, not even taking the two sedan chairs he had brought earlier.

When he walked away, Shang Xiuyun came to the Ninth Young Master, "Brother, you have changed, you would never make friends with this kind of person before." Do we really want to form an alliance with the Zizhu Gang? In the past, when merchants supported the Sky Wolf Gang, my father has always opposed it, and the reputation of the Zizhu Gang is much worse than that of the Sky Wolf Gang, how could my father agree to provoke this kind of force?"

The Ninth Young Master sighed, "Troubled times are coming, it's better to have one more friend than one more enemy." ”

As he spoke, he jumped up and landed in front of Zhang Feng, looking indifferently at the child standing against the cliff.

Zhang Feng had regained his calm, the killing intent in the sky had long since dissipated, and there was no longer a spiritual flow in his body. He stared at the Ninth Young Master nervously, barely squeezing out a smile, "I was almost devoured by the soul just now, but now it's fine, I will definitely not hurt anyone." ”

The Ninth Young Master handed him the stone shard, "Keep this thing well, don't lose it." ”

A thrilling storm subsided.

In this world, soul devouring is not a rare thing. In the northern ice plain, a poisonous insect can invade the human brain and occupy the mind, and some tribes use this to train the demon dead warriors who regard death as home, and the notoriety has long crossed the northern boundary wall, making countless southerners tremble.

Most of the soul-devouring tragedies in the south occur when they are sympathetic to the spirit tree, the roots of the spirit tree in the world are connected, and they jointly contain the eternal memories of heaven and earth, which contain the ideas imported by ancient spirit beasts, and the cultivators who pursue high-level mental power must sympathize with the spirit tree in order to connect with the heaven and earth, and inexplicably lose their nature from time to time, and it is generally believed that it is caused by the ancient spirit beasts devouring the soul.

After being devoured by the soul, its cultivation will not be significantly improved, and the attack power still depends on the original realm of the host, and a person with mediocre cultivation will not be troubled even if he is devoured by the soul.

Therefore, although the entire caravan knew that Zhang Feng could be devoured at any time, after he recovered his true nature, none of the walkers gave him any special advice, but many people deliberately got close to him because of sympathy for him. However, the Ninth Young Master was more attentive, and secretly ordered Shang Ling'er not to approach that white-faced boy in the future.

As for Zhang Feng himself, he was contemplative by nature, and always thought that all the troubles could be resolved after finding the god catch, so he didn't take the matter of soul devouring too seriously, and still became happy, as if he had completely forgotten the dangerous encounters in the valley.

The valley was the last danger of the trip, and the road was smooth and uneventful. It's just that there are still no people along the way, as far as the eye can see, some of the mountain peaks are lush and lush, some are not grassy, and sometimes you can see a large area of stone forest in the distance, a sharp mountain stone is like a giant sword, no matter what kind of scenery, there is a desolate smell.

The longer he walked, the more he realized how remote Cliff City was.

After seven or eight days, the road was finally over, and the team came to the edge of a cliff, which he knew was the real boundary between the city and the outside world.

The cliff is about a thousand feet high, immeasurably wide, and the façade is smooth, as if it has been polished. There is a row of horizontal grooves dug by the ancients on the cliff wall, which are evenly arranged from bottom to bottom, which is regarded as a step, but that kind of step can only be climbed by a skilled practitioner, and ordinary people need to climb with the help of two hanging rope ladders.

The rope ladder is woven from jet-black iron locks and is quite strong. But to be on the safe side, the team descended the cliff in groups of ten people, while the cargo was hung on strange large umbrellas and glided down from the top of the cliff.

It took a total of two days for people and things to move under the cliff. Everyone rested on the edge of the cliff for a long time, and then stepped into the vast green field, continued to the north, and walked for another day, and came to a city outline. The walls of that city are more than 20 meters high, extremely majestic, and the rough limestone wall bricks reveal an inexplicable cangsang, and Zhang Feng can't help but be in awe.

He guessed that this should be Yishan City. The people of Cliff City know a lot about this city, and he has heard adults say that Yishan City has a population of three or four hundred thousand, which is inconspicuous compared with a large city with a population of tens of millions, but the scale is several times that of Cliff City, and its wealth and prosperity are also incomparable to Cliff City.

The procession entered the city through the south gate, and the door hole was twenty or thirty meters deep, which shows how thick the city wall is.