Chapter 4: A New Dawn

The next morning, when the sun shone on the earth and drove away the last shred of darkness, the gates of the Burning City were opened punctually. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

As usual, the guards marched out of the city to clean up the corpses and scraps near the city walls.

Every day, there will be some outsiders outside the city who miss the time when the city gate is closed, and they will be eaten by the underworld, and the lucky ones will die directly, and the unfortunate people will sink forever, parasitized by the underworld, and become the new underworld.

In addition to these guards, the guards who stayed all night were to change the guard and rest, and Lin Man and many people went out of the city to collect medicine or find some useful materials in the mountains in exchange for precious food.

At the city gate, a large number of people in armor were gathering, and the surrounding people were excited, shouting the words "return with glory", as if to cheer them on.

This is the 'army' of Skyburner, and their duties are different from those of the 'Hunters', mainly during the day, searching for nearby abandoned towns, and mining new vault resources.

In today's Aoyuan Continent, almost every city has such an army, and they fight for the living resources in the city and the cultivation resources of the Yuan Master.

Of course, their opponent was not the Underworld, but the armies of other cities.

The composition of the army is a very special category, and those who have the qualifications of the Ao Yuan, but failed at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, become one of them.

Although it failed, the Ao Yuan left behind when Kaiyuan still gave them the power beyond ordinary people, and even if they couldn't absorb Ao Yuan into their bodies, it was no problem to use it occasionally.

Under the cheers of the crowd, the 'army' of hundreds of people roared out of the city, and the sound of the friction between the armor was awe-inspiring, and I didn't know how many people would fall in this battle.

In short, a new day in the Burning City began without surprise, as usual, without any special place.

Orphan area.

Although Mu Fan did not go out of the city with Lin Man today, he never changed his habit of getting up early. There was food brought by Xingcai yesterday on the table, Mu Fan ate some casually, and exercised outside the courtyard before going back to the house and sitting down.

A spiritual lamp lit up on the table, illuminating the small house. The furnishings in the room are very simple, except for the bed, table and chairs.

Mu Fan had already closed the windows and doors, and the room looked dim. He casually pushed the food to the corner of the table, and then carefully turned out the pitch-black 'Underworld Seed' from the box under the bed.

The surface of the underworld seed was slippery, and there was mucus attached to it, Mu Fan shook his hand, but he still couldn't shake off the viscosity of his palm, and he couldn't help frowning slightly, and rubbed on the corner of the table.

He took off his shirt, and through the floating light, he could see his thin body, but if you looked closely, you would be surprised to find that his body was not emaciated, but very athletic, with obvious muscle lines, and an extremely slender body, and every muscle seemed to be full of strength.

He raised his hand and rubbed his right shoulder, his head tilted, just enough to see the back shoulder.

There, there is a finger-thick imprint, the imprint is circular, and there are nine circles in it, like reincarnation, and after looking at it for a long time, there is even a feeling of dizziness.

Mu Fan retracted his gaze and pinched his eyebrows, which were a little swollen and painful, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

This mark is his biggest secret, and it is also the source of his strange power, because it is the trace of the bite!

When he was three years old, his family was attacked by the Underworld, and his parents did everything they could to escape from death. However, in despair, in the process of escaping, a netherworld seemed to penetrate the space and bit him on the back of his shoulder.

Mu Fan was too young to see the specific appearance of the ghost, but he remembered the terrifying suffocating momentum at that moment.

As we all know, if you are bitten by the underworld, then there are only two endings, either death or eternal destruction.

At the moment of crisis, his parents condensed the essence of life at the cost of burning their lives and instilled it in his body in an attempt to expel the spirit qi, however, the spirit energy was too strong, and although it was weakened layer by layer, it still left a trace of lingering.

Later, his parents fell, and Mu Fan was brought back to the city by the 'Hunter Team' of the Heavenly Burning City.

With the passage of time, Mu Fan, who gradually grew up, understood a lot, not only did the trace of dark qi not disappear, but brought him extraordinary strength.

It's just that there are gains and losses, so he can't sense the Heaven and Earth Aoyuan, so there is such a regrettable result in front of the detection stone.

Unconsciously, the corners of Mu Fan's eyes were a little moist, he didn't remember the appearance of his parents, but he could feel the purest love, that was selfless dedication, even if it was their lives.

He pulled a knife from under the table and stabbed it into the flesh of the Underworld, then slashed it towards his head.

Mu Fan's movements were very slow, the incision was very smooth, and there was mucus staining the blade, glowing with a faint crystal.

That is, when he was about to reach his head, Mu Fan suddenly stopped his movements, left the knife on his side, grabbed the separated flesh with both hands, and tore it to the sides.

The lights in the room flickered slightly, and the light appeared and disappeared from time to time, illuminating this scene a little infiltrating and even cruel.

If it were to let people know that this black thing was the underworld, it would be relieved. Any cruelty is powerless compared to the underworld.

Mu Fan placed the two-petaled underworld seed flat on the table, and the black liquid slid down the edge to the tabletop, and a strong fishy smell instantly diffused.

In this regard, Mu Fan just wrinkled his nose and ignored the past, he lowered his head and carefully observed above the underworld, as if he was looking for something.

Suddenly, a little luster flashed on the black strip of meat, and Mu Fan was overjoyed and carefully pulled it out with his fingers.

This thing is less than half the size of a fingernail, and it is crystal clear and diamond-shaped.

Stygian Crystal!

This is the source of the energy of the underworld, and they absorb the darkest heaven and earth arcane elements of the night and transform them into the underworld. Don't look at it as extremely small, but the amount of energy contained in it is absolutely staggering, and if it is detonated, even the Yuan Master will be injured.

However, if you use it to exchange contribution points in the Tiancang Empire, you can exchange it for a lot of rare things, such as the Yuan Master's exercises, martial arts, etc., so the 'Hunting Team of the Heavenly Burning City' will often go out of the city to hunt the Immortal.

Mu Fan left the table and chair, sat cross-legged on the bed, looked at the dark crystal in his palm, and looked a little hesitant.

After so many years, he also has a little understanding of the dark qi in his body, since he has not changed, it means that this trace of dark qi has been assimilated by himself, or as early as when his parents condensed the essence with life, the dark qi has been purified, and the rest seems to have no threat and has become another power.

If so, Mu Fan can explain everything that followed. This aura was in a state of equilibrium in his body, cutting off his sense of heaven and earth arcane yuan.

Mu Fan's eyes lit up, he was sure that this was why he couldn't sense the truth about Ao Yuan. This is not random speculation, because when he was three years old, he already had the qualification of Aoyuan!

He knew very well that since the spirit entered his body, he had lost his sense of Ao Yuan!

He looked at the dark crystal in his palm, his eyes became more and more resolute, and the reason why he wanted to go outside the city wall to feel the aura of the underworld was to confirm whether the aura in his body would be loosened by them.

As Mu Fan guessed, when the underworld seed approached the back shoulder imprint, he clearly felt that the underworld qi in his body was active, but to his surprise, the underworld seed was a little afraid when he saw the imprint, it seemed that the owner of this imprint was much stronger than the ordinary underworld seed.

Of course, thanks to this mark, otherwise he and Lin Man might not have been able to control this underworld at that time, in the Heavenly Burning City, except for those who had experienced the Kaiyuan ceremony, there were really few people whose strength could surpass the two of them, which could also see how deadly the threat that the underworld was to ordinary people.

Even at that time, if it wasn't for the stone cover blocking the body of the underworld, so that it could only struggle alone, otherwise, it would not be certain whether it would be dead or alive, let alone harvest a stygian crystal!

Thinking about this, Mu Fan's heart was crossed, and he swallowed the dark crystal in his hand directly!

He wanted to make a bet once, betting that this Stygian Crystal could break the balance in his body and make him feel Ao Yuan's existence again.

The Immortal Crystal melted in the mouth, turning into the purest Immortal Qi and pouring directly into the Qi Sea in Mu Fan's body, in the Qi Sea, a black mist-like sphere was slowly rotating, that position was impartial, it was the position that should have belonged to the condensation of the Ao Yuan and the formation of the Yuan Nucleus.

Mu Fan's consciousness sank into his body, and he carefully observed all this, until the dark qi went straight to the sphere and collided with it without hindrance, a heart-piercing pain instantly made Mu Fan's forehead squirm and sweat.

It's like every bone has barbs, piercing into the flesh and veins from the inside out, and like countless small worms, tearing at every piece of flesh and blood.

Mu Fan clenched his teeth, and he felt a pure power filling every muscle of him, as if the strength was increasing, which was not within his expectations.

Click.

The edge of the bed was crushed by him, sweat soaked the bedding, and bloodshot eyes filled the eyeballs.

At this time, Mu Fan looked like a bloody man, his skin was cracked, and fine and dense blood water burst out of the cracks, which was extremely terrifying.

Hum.

Finally, when Mu Fan couldn't bear the pain anymore, he only snorted urgently, his eyes darkened, and he fainted in pain.

The spiritual lamp in the room was faintly bright, and the flames on it flickered rapidly.

Suddenly, this cluster of flames directly broke away from the spirit lamp, struggling to get close to Mu Fan, but it always stopped in mid-air, in a dilemma, until it was extinguished.

In the pitch-black house, an inconspicuous bright white floated in like dust through the cracks in the door, and finally landed on Mu Fan's skin and blended in.

Time passed quietly, and when Mu Fan opened his eyes, the room was still dim, the edge of the bed was broken into pieces of wood, and the spiritual lamp was extinguished at some point.

He struggled to sit up, but immediately collapsed.

He sensed that the terrible pain was gone, and the cracked skin had smoothed a lot, but there were still some blood scabs remaining. Of course, these are not the point, because he can feel that his strength has increased again, and as for how much he has improved, he can't judge.

He quickly sank his consciousness into his body, and then into the sea of qi, and this time, his whole body fell.

In the sea of qi, the dark qi still exists, but it does not occupy the position of the primordial core as before, but in a ring, surrounding the most important position.

Mu Fan was shocked to find that in the middle of the envelope of the dark qi, there were really traces of Ao Yuan, although it was extremely thin and even insignificant, but it was real!

From now on, he will have the Ao Yuan qualification!

"Haha..."

Excited laughter echoed in the house, Mu Fan's face turned red with laughter, he danced with laughter, and laughed unrestrainedly.

Eventually, he stopped laughing, and tears ran down his resolute cheeks, sliding down and dripping.

This is the life that his parents fought for him at the cost of their lives. This is the strength that his parents have won for him at the cost of their lives.

From now on, he will protect this life to the death, and he will not allow any mistakes.

Mu Fan pushed open the door, and the bright sunset shone on his face, resolute and persistent.

Many teenagers in the orphanage passed by his house, but they did not greet him as usual, and even looked at him with a slight mockery and contempt.

The corners of Mu Fan's mouth drew an arc, ignoring all those gazes, these people will no longer enter his world from now on, his world will be outside the city!

"Brother Mu Fan, Brother Mu Fan!"

In the distance, a young man hurried to him, and he began to shout from afar.

Mu Fan frowned, he knew this young man, his name was Wang Hu, and he usually had a good relationship, at least he wouldn't fall into the ground.

"Wang Hu, you won't mess with anyone again. ”

Mu Fan quipped, this guy has caused trouble since he was a child, and he helped settle it every time.

Wang Hu gasped heavily, his hands were on his knees, sweat was dripping heavily, he swallowed his saliva with difficulty, and then said urgently: "No, no, Brother Mu Fan, Lin Man was stopped by those people outside the city gate." ”

Mu Fan pursed his lips, thinking that it was a big deal, and said casually: "Just those people who are Qi Scale, what can they do to Xiaoman? Unless he succeeds in Kaiyuan in advance." ”

Mu Fan knew very well that although Lin Man was usually a little stupid, he was definitely a master who would not suffer a loss, and if he let his big fist smash it, adults would have to lie at home for several days, so he was not worried.

Wang Hu's face was anxious, and he quickly explained: "Qi Liang hasn't Kaiyuan yet, but he has a lot of his father's guards around him, and someone has already done it before, and Lin Man has been injured!"

Rumble!

When the words fell, Mu Fan's face suddenly became gloomy, he picked up a wooden stick and went straight to the front.

Wang Hu looked at Mu Fan who was far away in a daze, and hurriedly chased after him, and shouted at the same time: "Brother Mu Fan, you haven't asked which city gate it is, it's the north gate!"

There were many teenagers around with glowing eyes, they looked at Mu Fan's calm turn, and hurriedly followed, thinking that they could see a lively scene again.

(To be continued...) ）