Chapter 13: Crystal City
"Ah Rong, if it really doesn't work, let's not enter Crystal City. Mingzhu reminded worriedly.
It has been three months since Lan Feng came out, and as planned, a group of five people came to the outskirts of Crystal City as scheduled. Originally, everything should have been according to the plan, but when I got here, there was a slight change, and there was no other reason, naturally because there was something wrong with Lan Feng. With Lan Feng's qualifications, it is impossible to achieve anything in cultivating the "Evoking Record" for just three months, but the cursed aura in her body can be transformed into the ontological aura of the "Evoking Record" through the "Evoking Record" technique, so the problem arises.
Lan Feng, who has a shortcut to take, is cultivating faster and faster, and as he becomes familiar with the exercises, his ability to absorb the curse breath is getting stronger and stronger, and he has been breaking through to the level of the ability in just three months with the "Demon Summoning Record" technique. And with the improvement of his ability, Lan Feng didn't have time to completely understand the "Demon Summoning Record" technique, so that he couldn't suppress the "Demon Summoning Record" aura rolling on his body until now. Of course, this should have nothing to do with her own curse, but in any case, such a dense aura can be felt even by those who have not yet reached the ability, indicating that the problem is really strict. If you rashly break into Crystal City like this, I'm afraid it will be impossible to escape Red Lotus's eyeliner. And what the consequences of one force violating the taboo and practicing the exercises of other forces have not been tried until now.
"I think it's better to do what Mingzhu says, it's too risky. Lan Lin'er also agreed with a hint of concern. Originally, the person who had the aura of "Evoking Demon" and the thunder light of Steel City were already very eye-catching, and now Lan Feng even had black mist on his body from time to time, not to mention the person of Red Lotus, I am afraid that he is an ordinary person, and when he sees Lan Feng, he will also feel that there is something wrong with Lan Feng. And for a few people, these wrongs are the fatal drawbacks that are most likely to expose the target.
"Otherwise, how about we split up. You and Sister A both have the aura of the 'Feather Sutra', so don't walk with us." And Red Lotus probably knows you very well, and it is too easy to be exposed with you. Mingzhu and I are both magicians, and nothing will happen to follow Ah Feng, and then we will stay in Crystal City for three days, and at nine o'clock in the morning on the fourth day, we will still gather here, how about it?"
"But without our words. What about the seal?" Lan Lin'er asked. Since entering the Demon Beast Forest, or after practicing the "Demon Summoning Record", Lan Feng has not lost his mind, but because of the "Demon Summoning Record", the curse has leaked several times, so that he has to use the seal, and now the only two people who can seal Lan Feng have left Lan Feng's side, what will happen is really unpredictable.
"It doesn't matter. Now that Ah Feng is cultivating the 'Demon Summoning Record', it is far beyond my expectations, and it is okay not to cultivate for the past three days, and when he reaches the realm of Crystal City, there is nothing wrong with being careful. Do you have any other questions?" asked Zuo Congrong.
"Well, take care. Lan Lin'er was also relieved to see Zuo Congrong's plan like this, and said. Just don't be with them. The situation of Zuo Congrong and others should be quite safe, although Zuo Congrong is more famous now, but after all, he has no entanglement with Red Lotus. Even if she walks with Honglian's people, it won't look abrupt, and although Mingzhu is the heir of the Dongfang family, she doesn't have much exposure, I'm afraid there aren't many people who know her. On the contrary, it is her and Lan Tianyi, because they are both young leaders of the previous and current generations of Lei Guang, I am afraid that there will be people from Red Lotus who will come to find a field, but as long as Lan Feng will not be implicated, it doesn't matter what.
"You should be worried about yourself, okay, in three days, here! goodbye. Zuo Congrong greeted him, and walked towards Jingcheng with Mingzhu and Lan Feng.
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"Sure enough, it's still here!" Mingzhu sighed as she looked at the pedestrians coming and going on the street.
"How is it, how does it feel to walk on an unfamiliar street?" Zuo Congrong asked teasingly.
"I feel insecure, there is a 'Summoning Record' everywhere, and I always feel that someone will suddenly rush out to our detriment, what's wrong?" Lan Feng was saying, seeing Zuo Congrong's sudden surprised look, he asked a little unsure of what Zuo Congrong was thinking.
"It's nothing, I thought you would think it's nothing, haven't you been to the imperial capital before, I thought you were used to it. I was worried about the aura of the 'Summoning Record', and sure enough, it was different from more than two thousand years ago, and it was impossible to find the same feeling as Lan Xiaoice. After Lan Feng said this, Zuo Congrong could be regarded as waking up, today's Thunder Light and Red Lotus, or Steel City and Crystal City, have long been on the same footing, and the original state of mutual support and mutual understanding is long gone. Thinking that when she first came out of the forest, Sister Fei Ya and her eldest brother helped the second brother of the God of War Temple, who they had never met, and it was impossible for such a warm thing to happen between Crystal City and Steel City. Not even to mention supporting each other, just feeling the aura of "Evoking Demons" around me feels insecure, and it is really full of sadness to become like this.
"Blue Xiaoice...... , It seems that you are really full of sympathy for that ancestor, are you going to feel the traces of Lan Xiaoice on this road?" Mingzhu asked at the moment when he heard Lan Xiaoice and mentioned.
"Half and half, I always feel that it makes people feel very distressed that there are lovers who can't get together. โ
"I didn't expect you to have such a mind. How do you feel? Walking the streets of your hometown. "Even if Zuo Congrong runs away from home and breaks off contact with the Mestre family, it can't change the fact that he has lived here for eleven years, and now that he has been away from home for fifteen years and comes back again, I'm afraid that even if he has completely forgotten the scenery here, he will be reborn after returning to his hometown, right?
"Hometown...... , don't you say that I forgot about this stubble. Zuo Congrong suddenly realized as if he remembered something.
โ...... , it's rare to change my opinion of you, so it's become this virtue again. Mingzhu glanced at him and said speechlessly.
"Hehe, just kidding, looking for the feeling of the second college, I can't see this thought, it's really moodless! I really don't know what attitude to use to deal with it. I remember when I left, I was full of hatred for this city, and I only hoped that one day I could destroy this city full of despair and hatred. Now I suddenly come back here, but I feel as if the qiฤ here has never had anything to do with me, and my world has nothing to do with it anymore. The city...... , gave birth to me, and ruined me, although they are all painful memories, but because I was born here, I met Sister Ziyuan. If I have any feelings for this place, I'm afraid that it is only my sister, who was only four years old when she ran away from home, and she is the only one who is innocent. Because of my departure, she lost her brother, and these are not what she should bear. Zuo Congrong said in a contradictory mood.
"Your sister?"
"Well, you've also seen it, it's the little girl who had a conflict with the Lu family when she was performing martial arts in the imperial capital, Mester Ying. โ
"Just that little girl who looks soft and weak, it feels really incongruous, are you brothers and sisters?" Mingzhu thought about it for a while, and then looked at Zuo Congrong carefully, and was sure that the two of them were completely different styles. Asked thoughtfully.
โ...... You don't know that the way boys and girls are educated is completely different, so their personalities will be very different when they grow up. Zuo Congrong explained.
"Ahh โ
โ......ใ Do you want to fight me? โ
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"Where are you going next?" After a period of frolicking, several people finally turned the topic to business, and Zuo Congrong asked the two of them.
"You asked us about it, this is your hometown. Can we be familiar with you when we first came here, and you actually asked me. Mingzhu retorted as a matter of course.
"I mean, do you have any things you want to do, like buy clothes, eat or find a place where you can tidy up your grooming or something. You've been wandering in the Warcraft Forest for three months, aren't you afraid that you'll become rancid?" Zuo Congrong sighed and explained.
"Well, you didn't say it earlier. Then find a place to rest and relax. "Sure enough, it's a girl, I was reminded by Zuo Congrong, and I immediately felt that something was not quite right, after all, more than three months of forest life, nothing is convenient, plus Mingzhu was originally born a noble lady, and a large part of her life for more than three months was because she was numb to persevere, and now that she has the conditions, she is naturally unwilling to endure the current state, and she asked to find a place to live first.
"Hey, I thought you'd find a place to eat first. Zuo Congrong smacked his lips and said with some regret asking for their opinions. Among the five people in the group, Mingzhu is the eldest lady's temperament, and she doesn't know housework or anything at all, and although Lan Feng can cook well, Lan Feng must make time to practice the "Evoking Record" and has no time to cook for everyone, and Lan Tianyi is originally a slow temperament, and no one will expect her to make delicious food for everyone. And Lan Lin'er, although she seems to be shrewd and capable, is surprisingly like a fool in cooking, others can at least cook the food, and Lan Lin'er is either sandwiched or burned, in short, it is all a variety of sad experiences. So later, the responsibility of cooking was handed over to Zuo Congrong, and Zuo Congrong's craftsmanship was quite swallowable to say that it sounded good, but it was just that it was just matured when it was unpleasant. So much so that Zuo Congrong, who has eaten barbecue for three months now, has infinitely swelled his desire for food.
"You foodie, let's see what you've become, you're already very conspicuous, do you want to be more eye-catching? Mingzhu scolded dissatisfiedly.
"Yes, yes, can't I listen to you? My look is eye-catching no matter what it looks like. Zuo Congrong agreed and then muttered dissatisfiedly. Indeed, as Zuo Congrong said, the pure black wide coat may be regarded as an alternative dress no matter where you go, and because the "stupid cat" has grown up for three years, it has become relatively large, so that hiding in the big coat makes Zuo Congrong's stomach bulge a big piece, which makes people even more curious. I'm afraid that even if Zuo Congrong cleans up, he will still have a high return rate after coming out.
"Hehe, in fact, I wanted to say a long time ago, the 'stupid cat' has grown so big, it's time to let it come out and move, the teacher sleeps in your arms, I'm afraid that when it grows up, it will become a lazy cat. Such a precious ancient breed cub, being cultivated by you with this kind of virtue is really enough to destroy the heavens. Lan Feng looked at Zuo Congrong's bulging abdomen. Said with a smile.
"Nonsense, I'm a 'stupid cat' but a cub in the drum of no one before or since, which high-level position has such a generous treatment, every day to feed on the crystal nucleus, from time to time also use the crystal nucleus of the high-level Warcraft to open a small stove, every day to eat, sleep and eat, how can any Warcraft cub have it to live a chic life, not even need to sign a contract with people, have absolute freedom, tyrannical things can live to this extent. Even I was envious. Zuo Congrong argued.
"A good ancient breed is about to be raised as a pig by you, and there are so many big truths, it's a shame that you can say it. Seeing that Zuo Congrong Zhenzhen had words, Mingzhu immediately said sarcastically.
"No way, who told me to promise its mother to take good care of it. You don't see how much hard I've worked on it, it's been a few years, and the crystal nucleus has barely broken from the time I was taken away by the circuit. As a result, I've been in financial trouble for the past few years. Also, Warcraft isn't as delicate as you might think. With such a small body, in order to completely absorb the energy of the crystal nucleus, it can only sleep every day. A normal high-level cub has a growth period of about twenty years, and my 'stupid cat' is seven years at most, and in another four years, he will definitely be able to reach the powerhouse level. It won't take long. I'm afraid that in another half a year, this little guy won't have to sleep every day. By then, hum. Ah Feng, I guess even you are not its opponent. Zuo Congrong said confidently.
"Hey, according to Ah Feng's current cultivation speed, Ah Feng will already be a strong man in half a year, with such a little thing in your arms, can you be more powerful than Ah Feng?" Mingzhu retorted dissatisfiedly.
"It's true, anyway, it's definitely better than the current Ah Feng. Zuo Congrong thought about it for a while, and it was not wrong to think about it, so he changed his words, Zuo Congrong had not yet swelled his self-confidence to the point where he thought that a seven-year-old ancient breed cub could beat a human powerhouse.
"You're self-aware. This thing is too eye-catching, why don't we leave it behind when we find a place to live?" Mingzhu said.
"Let's take it with me, it doesn't even have the ability to protect itself now, and it hasn't recognized the lord yet, so it's easy to attract right and wrong, and I'm afraid it will be even more troublesome when the time comes. Zuo Congrong cautiously refused.
"It's not easy to recognize the master, Ah Feng hasn't signed a contract beast yet, wouldn't it be good to hand it over to Ah Feng, anyway, with Ah Feng's qualifications, it is a matter of time before he reaches the level of a strong man, and letting Ah Feng be the master will not bury it. โ
"Forget it, the eldest lady will make Ah Rong embarrassed if she says this. When Mingzhu was present, Lan Feng generally rarely spoke, and seeing that Zuo Congrong was a little embarrassed by Mingzhu's words, Lan Feng was born to dissuade him.
"That's not the case, Ah Feng, don't go to your heart, it's not that I won't give it to you. It's just that when I promised its mother to take good care of it, I felt that I should be responsible for it, at least its owner should be chosen by itself. Wait for another four years, when its mind has also matured, if it has a good impression of you, I will give it to you, okay?" Although Lan Feng was dissuading Mingzhu, Zuo Congrong could still see the eager light in her eyes, not the desire for the "ancient breed cubs", but the expectation for the "gift from Zuo Congrong". Zuo Congrong really couldn't bear to refuse, but he said helplessly.
"Well, I know. Lan Feng tried his best to hide the disappointment on his face and replied. Although several people were optimistic, in fact, they all knew that Lan Feng's limit would most likely end in three months. In other words, if he misses today, Zuo Congrong will most likely never have the opportunity to give Lan Feng a gift in his life.
"Ah Rong, where are you taking us?" I don't know if I saw Lan Feng's mood suddenly deteriorate, or if I found something abnormal, Mingzhu suddenly changed the topic and asked.
"What's wrong?" Zuo Congrong couldn't figure out what Mingzhu wanted to say.
"Why do I think that the more I go this way, the stronger the aura of 'Evoker' becomes, and besides, it seems that there are more and more people on the road with the aura of 'Evoker'?" Mingzhu asked. This is the base camp of Red Lotus, and the people of Red Lotus naturally don't go to restrain their aura, so even a martial artist like Mingzhu who hasn't even reached the level of an ability can feel it.
But no, from the first time I entered the city to the present, there are more and more people practicing the "Evoking Record". Although I haven't been to Crystal City, it is not difficult to consider the current situation of Steel City, there are nearly 50 million people in the entire main city, and there are only more than 20,000 members of the mercenary forces directly under the cultivation of the exercises, even if you add the students of the academy under the force, it is less than 50,000, which means that the proportion of the mercenary forces in the main city is only one thousandth. And now on the road they are taking, one out of ten people must be a person from Red Lotus, with such a high probability, where can Mingzhu continue to follow Zuo Congrong with peace of mind.
"Of course, we're on our way to the Red Lotus Headquarters right now, and it's not normal to have so many cultivators of the 'Demon Summoning Record'. Zuo Congrong's face was flat, but his words were not shocking, and he said endlessly.
"Red Lotus Headquarters?" Mingzhu asked in surprise. Originally, the headquarters of the mercenaries were all located in the suburbs of the main city, Mingzhu thought that Zuo Congrong was going to the headquarters of the mercenary union, but she didn't expect to take them directly to the headquarters of Red Lotus, how could she not be surprised. (To be continued......)