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Qingkong finally understood why the journey that would have taken only a few hours to complete was led by Mu Yuan for nearly a day. According to the route of the scholars of Muyuan University, they have escaped at least a dozen sieges by the Dark Alliance, and every step is accompanied by caution and caution.

As the vegetation thinned out, they knew their destination was near.

As they walked out of the last stretch of the forest road, a tall and majestic city gradually came into view, and the ancient and strong city walls were as red as blood in the setting sun. The red flag hung low in the calm air, tangled together, and lost its former vitality.

"It's finally back!" Qingkong sighed softly, his tone mixed with all kinds of mixed emotions. After leaving here for a month, this once familiar city is extremely unfamiliar at this time, he knows that some things have happened irreparably, and what he can do now is to accept the present and change the future.

The group walked along the edge of the forest all the way down until they reached the main gate of Qingyun City. They found that a group of hard-armed Terran soldiers were standing guard at the gate of the city, during which there were scattered some ordinary people who were searched by them in and out, and it was not difficult to see that they seemed to be looking for someone, and this person everyone knew in their hearts that it should be Qingkong.

"It seems that we can't go through the city gate!" Mu Yuan shook his head and said.

The young people also understood why the university scholars said this, judging from the current situation, now that Qingyun City has fallen into the hands of others, the former nobles and ministers can't say that they have surrendered and replaced people who have surrendered a long time ago, who will still stand on the side of the Qing family? Who will recognize Qingkong as the second young master of the Qing family? Not to mention...... Originally, Qingkong was not treated by the original retainers.

"What should we do then, is it feasible for us to mix in easy makeup?" Jin Ming came up with a solution and asked.

Mu Yuan hadn't thought of this way, but there were no items that could be easily made up among the things he was carrying.

"No, the only thing available today is the dirt under your feet and dressing yourself up as a beggar, but that's even more suspicious. Mu Yuan denied his idea, and his eyes carefully looked at the few soldiers at the door, not knowing what he was thinking.

Qingkong was also a little anxious at this time, after all, home was in front of him and he couldn't get in, and he couldn't understand what was going on, and how his family was now......

"Are there any small doors or secret passages around here?" Mu Tian asked softly after a long silence.

Hearing her words, Qingkong's turquoise eyes suddenly lit up, because he remembered a place that only he knew about.

"You reminded me, I know a place, come with me!" As soon as he said his words, his body continued along the grass to the east.

Everyone walked forward in the grass more than one person tall for a while, and it was estimated that they walked around the edge of Qingyun City for half a circle, and finally stopped.

This is the east side of the city wall that belongs to Qingyun City, the foot of the city wall is overgrown with weeds, and there are more than one person high, it seems that no one has come to clean it up here for a long time. The walls were made of solid rock blocks, each of which was more than half a meter wide and more than a meter high, and the upper perimeter of the wall was ten meters high, on which stood a few soldiers guarding the city patrolling back and forth.

Qingkong stood in a position and silently counted something, and finally fixed his eyes on a corner of the city wall, and whispered in his heart: This is it, I hope I won't be disappointed.

"I'll go over and have a look!" said to the group, turning to the crowd.

Everyone was still hiding in the grass at this time, avoiding the patrols of the soldiers on the city wall, and at the same time calming the restless emotions of their guardian beasts.

Mu Tian's thin lips opened slightly, and she wanted to say something, but the light voice behind her directly said her heart, and then she swallowed the words that came to her lips again.

"Brother Xiaokong, you must be careful!" Lu'er whispered with a worried glint in her green eyes.

Qingkong turned around and gave a smile of "it's okay", but in his heart, it wasn't something he was worried about. What he feared most was that when he approached the secret passage he had discovered as a child, it had been blocked, or had been repaired, or it was gone.

Under the gaze of everyone, Qingkong slowly approached the corner of the wall about ten meters away from them, and whenever the soldiers patrolling the city wall came by, he would always lower his body and bury himself deep in the grass to avoid their sight.

When he came to the position he had just identified, he vigorously pulled out the clumps of weeds in front of him, and finally a dark hole more than a meter high was revealed, although the hole was very narrow, it was definitely no problem for an adult to bend over and pass through.

Qingkong smiled, and this hole reminded him of how often he escaped from Qingyun City when he was a child, escaping from the attendants, and escaping from those who were prejudiced against him...... Thinking about it, suddenly a sour feeling hit my heart, although the memory at that time was vague, but it was slowly magnified by this hole at this time, and it seemed to remember every picture.

"Boss...... How's it going?" Jin Ming whispered.

Caught in a memory, Qingkong was interrupted by the concerned voice of the fat golden man behind him, sorted out his messy emotions, and turned around to signal that they could come over.

When everyone came to his side one by one and saw the entrance of this secret passage, there was no surprise, there were too many things to think about, and any surprise had been overpowered.

Qingkong stretched out his hand and gestured: "This cave is a private house leading to the east city of Qingyun City, and the owner of that room is me, so it should be safe if nothing happens." ”

Qingkong wasn't too sure, after all, he hadn't walked this secret path for a long time. At the beginning, he deliberately found someone to dig such a secret passage in order to facilitate going out of the city to play, but he didn't expect it to become the only way for him to go home at this time.

"What about them, do you want to go in with us?" Jin Ming pointed to the guardian beasts around them.

"Fat Xiao, Qinghong and Heijun are too conspicuous, and we are here to find information, not to fight, just let them stay here. Qingkong said calmly.

Mu Yuan nodded very satisfied with Qingkong's performance, he was right, even if they were dragons and wolves and bears, they were still cubs after all, and it would be a burden to bring them at this time.

After arranging them, Qingkong turned to look at Lu'er and Jin Ming, "Lu'er and ......"

"No, Brother Xiaokong, I'm going to go in with you!" Lu'er's face turned red from anxiety, and his eyes looked at him resolutely.

Qingkong looked at Jin Ming with his eyes, and the fat man spread his hands helplessly, "Boss, it's not a wise choice to leave me, besides, I have to go home to see my father, hey......"

Qingkong knew that it was useless to say more, so he smiled helplessly, and took the lead in the dark passage, followed by several teenagers, and Muyuan University scholars entered last.

The dark passage was not as difficult to walk as Qingkong imagined, the disadvantage was that there was too much dust and the air was too thin, but it didn't make them uncomfortable for long, so they walked out.

Pushing things away from the other end of the tunnel, he was the first to step out, and then looked around warily. The dim light confirmed that the room might not be very transparent, and he found nothing unusual other than the feeling that the room had become smaller.

The others also came out of the dark passage one after another, panting slightly.

"We're in?" the fat golden man looked around cautiously, a nondescript dilapidated house with a table and folded legs.

"We came in. Qingkong looked at his childhood shelter and repeated Jin Ming's words, but his tone changed to affirmation.

With a slight sweat on his forehead, Mu Tian asked, "Where should we go next?"

"No," Mu Yuan replied negatively, "the Cloud Palace must be heavily guarded, and it must have been controlled by the dark forces for a long time, even if you are lucky enough to enter, it is estimated that you will not be able to find out any information, but will put yourself in a dangerous place." ”

Mu Yuan paused, turned to Qingkong and said, "Boy, in Qingyun City, in addition to those nobles and officials in the Cloud Palace, are there any trustworthy people?"

Qingkong thought for a moment, and suddenly a person's name flashed in his head - Chi Wei, this great forging master who had been troubled by himself several times, but he could be regarded as the most trustworthy person besides his family.

"I have such a person to trust, but I don't know if he is still in Qingyun City. Qingkong replied.

"It's okay, as long as you think you can trust it, that's important. If he's in Qingyun City, then ask him for information, if he's not there, we're thinking of another way. Mu Yuan said.

"Hmm. Qingkong nodded, now it can only be like this, take one step at a time.

Qingkong opened the inner lock of the door and gently pushed it open, and the door that had not been opened for a long time made a "creaking" complaint, and the dust that adhered to it also fell.

When they stood on the street outside the door, they realized that it was not that the room had bad light, but that it was already dark. This room belongs to the innermost street in the northeast corner of the East Side, and this side is far away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and basically no one passes by.

Qingkong was just about to take them to Chi Wei's residence, when suddenly an imperceptible commotion in a dark corner in the distance attracted his attention, and Mu Tian on the side obviously also found something. When a pair of narrow eyes glowing green swept through the darkness, the long whip on Mu Tian's waist had already been thrown out, and when the long whip was thrown back, the tail of the whip with the long hook was already hanging a disgusting creature.

"Rat Spirit!" cried the Fat Golden, who had seen such disgusting rats in Dragon Valley.

Although the rat spirit was no longer breathing, its evil eyes were still staring at everyone, as if they did not expect anyone to find it. Of course, if it is ordinary people, they can't find it at all, and the people in front of it are not ordinary people.

"Even such a remote corner is rampant with their lackeys, it seems...... Qingyun City has really fallen. Qingkong's tone changed from anger to sadness, and the green glow in his eyes was covered by worry, like a bright moon obscured by dark clouds.

The magic wand in Mu Yuan's hand was slowly put down, and he said in his heart: Children, the training has just begun.

With the encounter just now, the group's movements were more cautious, and of course, during this period, they also killed many spies of the Dark Alliance.

Qingkong took the group around a few streets, and finally the people began to gradually increase, after all, Dongcheng is the most prosperous place in Qingyun City, although Qingyun City is controlled by the dark forces, but the people who live here may be kept in the dark and deceived by the so-called rulers.

"Be careful!"

When a few people came to the intersection of a street, the scholar of Muyuan University shouted softly, and everyone also secretly hid in the shadows by the wall.

Immediately after, two Demon Rock Clansmen who were more than two meters tall, wearing hard armor, walked towards the other side of the street with expressionless faces. The night vendors on both sides of the street gave way to them, as if they had adapted to their presence, and some of the vendors who did not have time to give way ended up with the light ones being overturned and the heavy ones kicked open.

"These damn guys!" said in an angry tone, and his body was about to leave the shelter.

However, a strong hand grabbed him, and Qing Kong turned his head, and Mu Yuan's serious expression calmed him down.

"Impulsiveness can't solve the problem, let's figure out the situation first and think of countermeasures," Mu Yuan said, "You have vented your mood now, but you ruined the plan for the future." ”

Qingkong turned his head and stared at the two Demon Rock Clansmen in the distance, only nodding hatefully......