Chapter 84: Underground Demon City
Liu Shanlin and Lu Moqing finally arrived at the demon city located in the west of the Zongdemon Terrace along the Suolong River in the middle of the night.
The reason why it is called a demon city is because the number of monsters and sorcerers in the town here is comparable.
The demon city is still relatively famous in the world.
The demon city covers a vast area, the city gate faces the ten thousand demon forests, and the Suolongjiang River is a natural protective barrier, so the general monsters will not affect the demon city, and there are also high-level sorcerers in the demon city, so although the demon city is mixed, it is not too chaotic.
Liu Shanlin and Lu Moqing paid the fee for entering the city and walked into the town.
As far as the eye can see, there are wide bluestone streets, and on both sides are stalls selling various items. Because of the depth of the night, only a few inns are still lit up.
The reason why the demon city is famous all over the world is because of its huge underground trading market, and of course, most of the things traded are monsters.
These monsters come from all over the world, are captured by sorcerers, and then brought here to trade underground.
Liu Shanlin didn't like it here, and it could even be said that he was disgusted, because he felt that the relationship between the sorcerer and the demon was an equal relationship, and it was against his heart to accept the demon as a demon in this way.
But most people in the world don't think so, they think that monsters are monsters, but they are just an auxiliary to the battle between sorcerers, and they don't care at all whether the monsters voluntarily become contract demons.
There are two ways to subdue the Demon Demon, one is that the demon and the sorcerer have the same mind and are willing to become a Demon Demon, and the other is to enter the soul of the demon when the monster is most vulnerable to conclude a contract.
Liu Shanlin sighed slightly, because most of the people in the world came from the second method.
Liu Shanlin and Lu Moqing walked on the deserted streets, and from time to time they could hear the sound of the rushing river outside the city wall.
They stopped in front of a brightly lit inn.
Although it was April, the couplet from Chinese New Year's Eve was still pasted in front of the inn, and Liu Shanlin couldn't help but think of the couplet he had with Liu Ji and Yueting, and a smile appeared on his face unconsciously, feeling that this inn had become cordial.
Liu Shanlin and Lu Moqing walked in, and a man with a gray cloth belt on his head stepped forward, and the man said with a smile on his face: "Two guest officers, please." ”
Liu Shanlin, who had changed into a black robe, asked, "Is there still a guest room?" ”
The shopkeeper said: "The two of you are in a hurry, there is just one more." ”
"Then let's stay here for the night." Liu Shanlin looked at Lu Moqing.
Lu Moqing nodded and sighed softly: "It's just that I'm going to squeeze with you again." ”
Liu Shanlin followed the shopkeeper up the wooden staircase, and said without looking back: "Then you can sleep on the ground." ”
Lu Moqing hurriedly followed and said, "Let's squeeze it." ”
Xiao Er opened the door and left quickly.
Liu Shanlin and Lu Moqing walked into the room and closed the door.
Liu Shanlin sat at the table, poured a cup of tea and tasted it carefully. Lu Moqing fell on the bed, looked at Liu Shanlin tasting tea and said, "Why do you like to drink tea like an old man." ”
"It's just a habit that I developed before the soul mist came." Liu Shanlin took a sip gently, the tea should have been soaked for a long time, and the bitter and astringent taste was slightly heavy.
Lu Moqing asked, "At that time, did you live alone in the border town of Muge?" ”
Liu Shanlin nodded and said: "At that time, it was just a distraction, and I wanted to return to the town on a whim, so I lived in the town for a while, and it didn't take long for the soul mist to descend on the world." ”
Lu Moqing was silent for a long time, and Liu Shanlin thought that he was asleep, so he drank the tea in his cup and sat on the chair to practice.
"What's it like to arrive at the Seven Spirits Realm?" Lu Moqing suddenly asked.
Liu Shanlin continued to run the soul mist around his body, and said slowly: "The body seems to be integrated with heaven and earth, and when you raise your hand, you have the feeling of urging the mountains and shaking the earth, and the body is like a vast galaxy, and there are countless soul mist that can be stored. ”
"Regard the people under the Seven Spirits Realm as ants, and regard the world as a courtyard ......"
Speaking of this, Liu Shanlin stopped, because Lu Moqing on the bed made a slight snoring sound.
Liu Shanlin shook his head and smiled, it turned out that this guy was talking in his dreams, but he really missed the scenery when he was in the Seven Spirits Realm.
Thinking of these Liu Shanlin's inner gradually calming down, he found that it seemed that the past could always soothe his heart, as long as he skimmed the scars buried in the depths, it seemed that everything was worth recalling.
In this way, Liu Shanlin practiced on the chair all night.
In the early morning of the second day, a piece of news made the entire demon city boil.
Liu Shanlin pushed open the window, looked at the lively crowd outside, and listened to the discussion of passers-by.
"Did you hear that? Sword Island gave birth to a new prince in the early hours of this morning. ”
"What? Wasn't the sword path aura of the Sword Princes left to the Liu Shan Lin of the Wooden Pavilion, could it be that Liu Shan Lin had been taken to Sword Island to take over the position of the Sword Prince? ”
"No, no, Sword Island held a duel yesterday, and after a day of competition, the winner was finally crowned prince."
"Now that the world is in chaos, can the princes elected by Sword Island itself lead the many realm magicians in the world?"
"I heard that she is still a young woman who has only been practicing for more than 100 years."
"Woman?"
"This is unheard of in Sword Island."
"Sword Island has been established for thousands of years, and there has never been a female prince, I don't know who can compare to a prince in swordsmanship."
"I heard that this battle was engraved in some landscape mirror scrolls, and now it has been won by underground traders, let's also go and take a look."
There were more and more people on the street, and Liu Shanlin closed the window, although the figure appeared in his mind, he really didn't dare to believe it.
Liu Shanlin woke up Lu Moqing, who was still asleep, and the two of them simply washed up and went downstairs to order some food.
At this time, there were only a few people in the inn, so Liu Shanlin called Xiao Er, handed him some silver taels, and asked softly: "If we want to find a suitable contract demon, where should we go to the city?" ”
Xiao Er checked the silver taels in his hand and said: "The underground demon city opens after sunset, the two of you walk to the end of this street, turn right into an alley, and when you go to the end, there will be a person who collects the money for buying the road, and you can enter the underground demon city after handing it over." ”
Liu Shanlin nodded, and handed Xiao Er some silver taels, and Xiao Er left happily.
Liu Shanlin and Lu Moqing walked around the demon city for a long time after eating and drinking, and they didn't walk on this street again until it was close to dusk.
The streets are still lively, but they are still a little less than during the day.
At this time, someone in the crowd began to walk towards the end of the street, followed by Liu Shanlin and Lu Moqing.
When they reached the end of the alley that the shopkeeper had said, a man dressed in black and wearing a mask appeared in front of them.
The Liushan Forest Technique was spread out, and he couldn't even notice this person's cultivation.
The man stood in front of Liu Shanlin and said, "Buy road money." ”
Liu Shanlin took out a bag of jade crystals from his sleeve and threw it to the man, who weighed it in his hand a few times and then reached out and pressed it against the wall behind him.
When the soul mist condensed in the man's hand, Liu Shanlin found out that this person was actually a powerhouse of the Six Spirits Realm.
Liu Shanlin couldn't help but be more interested in the underground demon city, and even sent a powerhouse of the Six Spirits Realm to guard the door.
I saw that a formation similar to a space seal appeared on the wall, Liu Shanlin and Lu Moqing walked into it, a white light flashed in front of them, and then their feet fell to the ground.
Liu Shanlin looked around, and his vision was no different from the street on the ground, but the street was empty at this time.
Just when Liu Shanlin and Lu Moqing were puzzled, a few people appeared next to the two, and then the vision in front of them changed drastically.
The vision began to distort, and everything faded like an ink painting, and then the picture receded, and a new picture appeared in front of the two.
The once wide streets became crowded and narrow, and the crowds were dense, and the shouts were constantly heard from the dimly lit dueling arenas around them.
Liu Shanlin and Lu Moqing pushed open a dilapidated wooden door, and the noise suddenly entered their ears.
A big man stopped the two of them and said, "Is there an ornamental card?" ”
Liu Shanlin was puzzled: "What ornamental card?" ”
"New here, usually when a duel begins, ornamental cards will be sold, since you are new here, pay some silver taels and I'll let you in."
Liu Shanlin listened to the noise inside and the fluctuation of the demon's soul mist, and was very curious, so he took out a bag of silver taels and handed it to the man.
The man took the silver taels and gave way to Liu Shanlin and the others.
When Liu Shanlin and the others walked down the wooden staircase, they were shocked by the scene in front of them and were speechless.
The dueling arena was wrapped in a formation, and two giant monsters were fighting wildly in the formation. All around it was a circle of stairs, filled with people, who cheered loudly, watching the bite of the behemoth in the dueling arena and their blood boiling.
Liu Shanlin looked at the two monsters in the dueling arena covered in scars, blood splattered, skin and flesh bloomed, and a wave of anger surged in his heart. He looked at the frantic crowd in the stands again, and his fists clenched even more angrily.
At this moment, one giant beast used its last strength to trample the other under its feet, and then the blood basin bit the throat of the monster under its feet. A deafening cheer erupted in the dueling arena, mixed with all kinds of swearing.
Liu Shanlin turned around and quickly left this place with Lu Moqing.
When he returned to the street, Liu Shanlin took a deep breath and then began to look for vendors to buy landscape mirror scrolls.
Along the way, the noise coming from the underground was endless, and Liu Shanlin could imagine the ugly faces of the crazy people under the ground of the street and the life-and-death duel between monsters.
On both sides of the street were all kinds of monsters trapped in iron cages, some of them turned into human beings and sat in cages, their eyes were cold or frightened, and some still maintained their monster bodies, roaring angrily in the cages.
Liu Shanlin stopped in a corner, looked at the crowded street and said, "This place shouldn't exist. ”
Lu Moqing also frowned, his heart heavy.
Liu Shanlin clenched his fists, but when he thought of his cultivation realm, he shook his head helplessly.
At this moment, an old man with a short stature and a beard on his face walked over.
He looked Liu Shanlin up and down, and said in a hoarse voice: "I have a mirror picture scroll of mountains and rivers, I don't know if you two need it?" ”
Liu Shanlin was puzzled: "How does the old gentleman know that we are looking for this scroll?" ”
The old man stroked his beard and said, "Guess." ”
Liu Shanlin frowned slightly, and quietly activated the soul mist in his body.