Chapter 214: Cloud City
Daqianyuan is different from Xiling, which is surrounded by mountains, and is basically flat and has few rolling mountains. However, Cloud City, this existence that once resounded throughout the Lingxuan Realm, was surrounded by a lonely peak standing proudly into the sky, and it was foggy all year round, giving people a mysterious and hazy feeling.
Now in Cloud City, although it still seems to be in the hands of the Lingxuan Duan family on the surface, for the Duan family, the whole life is honestly fearful. Around this cloud city, there are a total of five lonely peaks, once upon a time, the large and small sects on these lonely peaks were all attached to the Duan family's saddle and obeyed their orders.
However, this is not what it used to be, not only are these sects not what they used to be, but they will often make things difficult for the Duan family in Yuncheng. If it weren't for the Duan family's head Duan Qianren's city mansion being extremely open-minded, and acting low-key and willing to swallow his anger, I'm afraid that this cloud city would no longer belong to his Duan family.
Of course, this is also because the five peak forces are unwilling to completely tear their faces apart, or they are afraid of each other. But the more important reason is that the Duan family has now returned to the Daqian royal family.
More than 100 miles away from Cloud City, the vision is already clear, and the five peaks reach the sky.
"There, is that where my Lingxuan Duan family is!"
By the trickling stream, a young man stood still in place and looked at the distant peaks into the sky, muttering to himself, his whole breath was cold as if he was carrying a breath of yin qi.
This young man is Duan Chen, who came all the way to Qiancheng.
Right now, in his mind, there was no longer the existence of the original black snake, and instead of it, there was a sea of mist. This sea of fog is sometimes rippling, sometimes choppy...... It seems that with the change of his mood, this sea of fog will also produce some kind of fluctuations. And there will be an extremely strange aura. And this aura will always naturally spread all over him. It will even flow through his blood.
"Once upon a time, a few people could enter under those five peaks. But looking at it now, it is inevitable that people will feel a little sentimental. ”
Beside Duan Chen, the foot-tall ghost elder was hovering there ghostly. His old man had come to the foot of the Five Peaks Mountain, but he had no chance to enter it. And now looking at it from a distance, his old man has a different feeling.
And Stuman, who had been sitting quietly by the stream, was staring at Duan Chen's back at the moment, not knowing what he was thinking in his heart. The whole expression was in a trance, and he was a little confused.
As for coming here and not going to the Ge family, it was not that Duan Chen changed his decision temporarily, but that the Ge family was only a short distance away from Cloud City.
"I wonder if my father is okay right now. ”
The reason why he took a detour to Nayun City first was to find Duan Tianba's whereabouts. And in Duan Bingran's soul memory, it seems that Duan Tianba was tortured in every way, but it was only for the hidden technique of the Remnant Dragon Knife.
He had told him about the existence of the Heavenly Rebellion Technique before his father left Izumo, but in those soul memories, Duan Tianba never mentioned his existence from beginning to end. Even if Duan Bingran threatens his life.
'Father, why are you doing this......
At this moment, his already cold aura became more and more intense. As if with him as the center, there was a yin wind blowing.
No matter what Duan Tianba's purpose was, at least he didn't want to speak. After all, he didn't want Duan Chen to be exposed. As soon as he thought of this, Duan Chen's heart was very uncomfortable. There is even an urge to break Duan Bingran's ten thousand pieces. Of course, it was just a thought that flashed through him.
Right now, they are about to arrive in Cloud City to meet father and son. He couldn't tell what it was like to feel in his heart. However, all of this stems from the lack of its own strength. If he had been strong enough, strong enough to look down on the world and not dare anyone to act rashly, then perhaps none of this would have happened.
As his thoughts spread, deep in his heart, he secretly vowed that no matter what kind of situation the Duan family was in at the moment, he would definitely let it rise again, so as to be proud of the entire Spirit Xuan Realm.
"If you kid keeps being so stunned, Tianba may be really fine. ”
Hearing the sound, he turned his face coldly and looked at it, only to see that the soul and body of the old ghost actually trembled instantly. And at this moment, in Duan Chen's eyes, there was a pitch black without the slightest whites of the eyes, giving people the feeling that in those eyes, it seemed to be a hollow and trembling heart.
"You ......"
stared at Duan Chen in a daze, the expression of the ghost old soul form, not to mention how weird it was.
And looking at such a ghost old man in his eyes, although Duan Chen was silent and did not make any response, his heart was clear. Fighting his own soul and the black snake, as well as the souls of thousands of soldiers, perfectly fused together, and his whole person seemed to have undergone a transformation.
Of course, this so-called metamorphosis does not come from the physical body, but the mutation of his soul that covers and implicates the whole body. To put it simply, this is just the transformation of a certain aura, and at the moment, he can't suppress it and release it freely.
The existence of this aura, as well as a certain mutation in his own soul, he could clearly recognize it. However, this seemingly innate aura exists, but at the moment, he has no way to control it.
"Let's go. ”
The next moment the faint word sounded in Duan Chen's mouth, I saw that his eyes instantly returned to their original appearance, as if they were the pitch-black and empty before, which had never appeared like that. The whole aura emanated, and it was not as cold and chilling as before.
"What happened to him......"
Standing up by the stream, still staring at Stuman'er, who was still looking at Duan Chen's back, muttered to himself, unable to tell what kind of expression it was. And along the way to Qiancheng, she was basically silent, and she didn't take the initiative to ask Duan Chen curiously.
However, at this moment, in her eyes and even in her heart, Duan Chen was completely replaced by another person. This feeling is a little abrupt and hazy, but it is real.
For a moment, Sturman'er even wondered what kind of feelings he had in front of him.
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On the steep peaks that rise into the sky, he wears a snow-white turban for many years, whether it is early summer, autumn or winter, it is always the same. Along the majestic cloud peak, it seems that the forest clouds on the mountainside have disappeared, and among the greenery, the various buildings with exquisite carved eaves are reflected. And these buildings are those sects that exist on the lonely peak.
All the way down the mountainside, the fog gradually thickened, but it was not dense, like that piece of clouds. Stretching away like a cloud of mist, you can see a behemoth at the foot of the five peaks.
Cloud City.
Although the castle is located at the foot of the Goho Mountains, it covers an area no less than the Imperial Castle of Izumo. In the mist, the view can directly pass over the city wall, and you can vaguely see the majestic palace-like buildings.
And this palace-like building is where the Duan family in Yuncheng is located. More than 200 years have passed, and this palace-like building still symbolizes the past glory of the Duan family.
If it weren't for the existence of the Daqian royal family, such a majestic and magnificent building would probably no longer belong to the Duan family. After all, not to mention the richness of the aura of heaven and earth between the five peaks, this building alone surpasses all the families, which is enough to make people greedy and memorable.
And it is precisely for this seemingly spiritual sustenance that only symbolizes the glory of the family in the past, that Duan Qianren, the current head of the Duan family, reluctantly chose to return to the Daqian royal family.
When Emperor Qiandi regarded the Duan family as cannon fodder and ordered them to throw themselves into the battlefield, Duan Qianren could not help but have a trace of remorse, but today, how could he do anything.
However, at this time when the Duan family was becoming more and more thin due to the war, the sects that existed in the surrounding Yunfeng were becoming more and more difficult, and there were even signs of threatening the existence of the Duan family.
"How can this Yunlan Sect be again!"
Cloud City, above the main hall where the Duan family is located, I saw an old man in a gray robe, sitting upright on a dragon chair that looked like a dragon, although his tone was annoyed, but his whole expression was still calm.
The old man was already full of gray hair, and even his eyebrows were gray, and he estimated that he would look like he was eighty. But his whole state is still full of energy, and his eyes are shining with essence. Although there is no domineering leakage, it is intimidating with arrogance, and it has nothing to do with the martial arts realm.
This old man is the current head of the Lingxuan Duan family, Duan Qianren.
As for the Yunlan Sect in Duan Qian's words, it is one of the five major sects of the surrounding Yunfeng, and its sect master, Xiao Yilan, is a battle king in the martial arts realm, and there are thousands of disciples under him, and the weakest strength is also a martial arts psychic, which is far from being able to compete with the Duan family at the moment.
In addition, the sect masters of the other Four Peaks Sects, the Martial Dao Realm, are also a Battle King. As far as the entire Daqian Empire is concerned, if these five peak sects are united, even if it is the Daqian royal family, I am afraid that they will have to be afraid of it.
However, the alliance of these Five Peaks Sect seems to be no longer possible after the Duan family is down. And even if it is possible, it must be based on common interests.
Of course, the defeat of the Duan family back then also caused the major forces in the entire Spirit Xuan Realm to weaken to varying degrees. And what really threatened the Duan family back then and dealt a heavy blow to the Duan family was those forces from the Tianxuan Realm.
Since the Duan family was dispatched by Emperor Qiandi to the battlefield cannon fodder-level existence, the Wufeng sect has become more and more difficult, completely ignoring the friendship between the sect and the Duan family back then.
However, at this time, although the Wufeng Sect has all made things difficult for the Duan family, none of them really tore their faces, and they just made it difficult and threatened to seem to be pulling the Duan family together. And the reason why they seemed a little shy on the surface was because of the mutual hostility between the Five Peaks sect, so they didn't dare to take the first action.
"Homecoming, then Xiao Yilan sent someone here today, it must be an ultimatum. ”
Located under Duan Qianren's right hand, he is an old man of about sixty years. Although the old man's martial arts realm only has a three-star spiritual battle, his appearance seems to be much younger than Duan Qianren, and the entire facial contour, as well as the dark and deep eyes, are extremely similar to Duan Tianba and even Duan Chen. (To be continued......)