Lingnan, Los Angeles.

It used to be the most prosperous place in Lingnan Prefecture, bordering the wilderness in the south and the East China Sea in the east, with many merchants coming and going, and it was the commercial hub of southern Chu.

But after a baptism of war, this ancient and prosperous city now looks a little dilapidated.

There are still traces left by the war on the city wall, the ruins are broken, the fields are clear on all sides, and the smell of blood can still be vaguely smelled, and there seems to be a ghost howling in the wind.

It is said that at the beginning of the war, Los Angeles was the only city to stand up against the barbarians, so it suffered a terrible siege.

30,000 Great Chu soldiers are buried here.

Almost every family in the city wears filial piety, and it is very tragic.

And the people around Los Angeles are even more miserable, the southern barbarians are fierce and brutal, the march hardly brings too much grain and grass, pays attention to the war by war, and the quick battle is resolved, basically grabbing wherever they go.

Along the way, Su Chen saw that many villages had been burned to the ground, and it was difficult to see people for dozens of miles.

Compared with the hinterland of Dachu, this seems to be another world.

"In war, it is always these ordinary people who suffer......"

Su Chen shook his head.

Where there are people, there will be strife, and war can never be completely avoided.

He didn't bother to care, and he couldn't.

At this time, he put on makeup and became a wandering Taoist priest, rested briefly in Los Angeles, and found out the location of Huoyun Mountain, so he went out of the city again.

Half a day later.

Su Chen saw a mountain with undulating peaks from a distance.

Huoyun Mountain is a famous mountain in Lingnan, named because there are many maple trees on the mountain, which looks like a continuous burning fire cloud from a distance.

The once famous Great Sun God Cult is based in this mountain.

Because of the meritorious service from Long Taizu back then, this Huoyun Mountain was also given the title of the Great Sun God Sect, but over the years, the Great Sun God Sect has closed the mountain to escape the world, even on the ground in Lingnan, few people mention it.

Su Chen changed into a black robe, and with a thousand illusions, he had already turned into an old man with a gloomy expression.

At this time, he suddenly noticed that in the direction of the foot of the mountain, thick smoke was billowing up, and the sound of crying and killing could be faintly heard.

Frowning and looking.

I saw a group of black-clothed bandits, who were looting the village at the foot of the mountain, and they rushed into the village with ruthless methods, robbed food and property, killed anyone they saw, and did not forget to set fire to it after they had finished robbing.

This village under the mountain, because of its remote location, finally avoided the devastation of the war, but unexpectedly it was ransacked by this group of bandits.

In the blink of an eye, the whole village turned into a sea of fire, and hundreds of people died on the spot.

"What a bunch of brutes."

When Su Chen saw this, his eyes instantly became cold.

At this time, he noticed that these bandits seemed to have a good foundation in martial arts, and the number of martial arts paths was also extremely similar, unlike ordinary green forest bandits.

"Blood Jade Hand? This is the martial arts of the Great Sun God Sect, could it be that these bandits are all disciples of the Great Sun God Sect? ”

This discovery made Su Chen slightly surprised.

Anyway, the Great Sun Divine Sect used to be a famous sect all over the world, no matter how it declined, it wouldn't make its disciples become bandits, right?

Or is there something wrong with the Great Sun God Cult?

"Gotta scratch your tongue and come back, and ask."

While thinking about it, Su Chen urged the Yuan Qi in his body, and with the wave of his long sleeves, he rolled up a gust of wind.

The blades of grass flew over, and under the blessing of the strong internal force, they turned into sharp blades, and instantly pierced the bodies of more than a dozen bandits on the periphery.

"Be careful, there are strongmen around!"

"Who is it?"

The rest of the bandits were panicked, they didn't even know where the attacker was, and they lost a dozen brothers in an instant.

At this time, a cold killing intent shrouded in, and everyone only saw a black afterimage flying by.

In the next moment, dozens of people fell down, leaving a bloody hole in their necks.

"Hell, ghost!"

Everyone had never seen such a strange killing method, and they were all panicked and fled in all directions.

But Su Chen had already moved to kill, how could he let them leave alive.

Grabbed a long knife and struck it with his fingertips, the blade suddenly shook, emitting a piercing buzzing sound, and the sound waves scattered, knocking all the fleeing thieves to the ground, and at the same time, the long knife shattered, and the fragments scattered like flying flowers, killing them all.

In the end, there was only one man who looked like a leader, and he screamed in horror and brandished his long knife indiscriminately, but he couldn't even touch the corner of the other's clothes.

Su Chen directly restrained it with a finger, and then flew into the mountains and forests with it.

At this time, there were still some survivors in the village.

Seeing Su Chen's move, he killed the bandits in an instant, and then drifted away, thinking that he had met a fairy, kneeling and kowtowing, thanking him for saving his life.

A moment later.

Su Chen wiped the blood on his hands and walked out of the woods with a gloomy face.

He had already asked for the information he wanted from the bandit leader.

These people are indeed disciples of the Great Sun God Sect.

Nine years ago, the imperial court restricted the military, and the Great Sun Divine Sect began to close the mountain to escape the world in order to protect itself, but it was okay at first, because there were grain fields on the mountain that could be self-sufficient, and then there were saints and two elders in charge, and there were no problems.

But within a few years, the two Refining Marrow Realm Dharma Protector Elders passed away one after another, and the Holy Maiden gradually couldn't suppress the situation.

Until the Southern Barbarian invasion broke out and the war broke out, the situation became more turbulent, and Huoyun Mountain was also affected.

The new Dharma Protector Elder Chongguang secretly took refuge in the barbarians to obtain refuge, and then on the grounds of losing the sect's heavy treasure Qingguang Realm, he deprived Xingqiu of his status as a saint, imprisoned her, and established herself as the leader of the Great Sun God Sect.

All who opposed him were brutally killed.

Now, the top and bottom of this Great Sun God Sect has completely changed its flavor and has become a cult gang.

The barbarians promised Chongguang a high-ranking official Houlu, promising to canonize the Great Sun God Cult as the state religion after the war, so as to buy it, Chongguang was afraid that Da Chu would investigate the matter of having taken refuge in the barbarians for self-protection in the future, so he simply went all the way to the dark.

ordered his disciples to disguise themselves as bandits and go down the mountain to plunder, and the money and food they obtained were secretly sent to the front line to support the barbarians.

"No wonder the barbarians have been able to hold on for so long, it turns out that there are these traitors behind them, such as the Great Sun God Sect, there must be many other places."

Su Chen shook his head secretly.

The situation in the south may be more complicated than he imagined.

However, these things have nothing to do with him, and Su Chen doesn't want to ask too much, he just wants to find Xingqiu quickly, only she knows the location of the cave.

"Xingqiu has been imprisoned in the dungeon of the mountain behind the Great Sun God Sect for a while, I hope she is still alive."

While thinking about it, Su Chen's footsteps were like electricity, and he was already heading towards the back mountain.

Along the way, he encountered several patrolling disciples and guards, Su Chen did not alarm them, his figure flickered, and he soon came to the dungeon below.

In the dark, damp dungeon, a woman is chained, her hair disheveled, and she looks very embarrassed.

Su Chen glanced at it from a distance, the silhouette of the woman's body did have a little shadow of Xingqiu, but she hadn't seen her for nine years, she was obviously much more mature, and she was also nearly thirty years old, and she was locked up in this dungeon that did not see the light of day, and the whole person looked very haggard.

"Who is it?"

As if hearing something, the people in the dungeon looked up.

The vigilance is good, and she can still hear her footsteps, it seems that she has not relaxed her cultivation over the years, and now she is also a cultivator who has forged her bones, and she is only one step away from refining the marrow.

Of course, this is also because Su Chen did not deliberately hide his whereabouts at this time.

Otherwise, with her strength, it would be impossible to detect it.

"The deceased."

Su Chen opened his mouth and replied.

When the people in the dungeon heard this voice, they were stunned for a moment, vaguely feeling a little familiar, but they couldn't remember it for a while.

She frowned, looking at the figure that came out of the darkness, still had no impression, until the other party raised his hand and took out the glaucoma mirror, Xingqiu suddenly realized, and suddenly his eyes were red.

"Senior, it's you...... I thought you wouldn't be here at all......"

yes, she waited too long.

Leaving the glaucoma mirror transaction at the beginning was originally an uncertain gamble, but as a result, the wait was nine years, and she thought that the other party might not fulfill his promise at all, and with the situation of the Great Sun God Sect at that time, it was impossible to dare to send people into Beijing again.

Unexpectedly, Su Chen came to Lingnan after he was imprisoned.

"It's not easy to find the Golden Book of the Sun, and this seat has only recently gained something, and it is the first time to come here. This is not the place to talk, let's get you out first. ”

Su Chen waved his hand, and the fingertip Yuan Qi turned into sword light, instantly cutting off the iron chain that was the thickness of the arm.

Xingqiu saw it in his eyes, and secretly marveled in his heart.

This iron chain is made of cold iron, even if it is a half-step innate master, it is difficult to break free, and ordinary swords are constantly chopping, but the other party can wave his hand to cut it, and its strength is probably stronger than he imagined.

"Can you go?"

Su Chen glanced at her, the latter gritted his teeth and stood up, nodded and said, "It's a little weak, but it's fine." ”

Su Chen nodded, and then walked out with Xingqiu.

The two quickly came out of the dungeon and found a quiet valley to rest, Su Chen saw that her breath was unstable, thought about it, took out a healing pill and handed it over, asking her to recover from her injuries as soon as possible.

In this process, Xingqiu also briefly told his experience.

It was similar to what Su Chen knew.

Originally, Chongguang was going to kill her directly, but fortunately, this girl was smart and deliberately leaked out about the Patriarch's Cave Mansion, and Chongguang imprisoned her in the dungeon in order to get the holy relics and treasures inside, saving her life.

Su Chen didn't have much interest in the affairs of the Great Sun God Sect, he came here just to cut off cause and effect, as well as the legendary Immortal Cultivation Cave Mansion.

After Xingqiu had almost recovered, Su Chen didn't waste any more time, and said directly: "Now, take me to that Immortal Cultivation Cave Mansion." I hope you didn't lie to me, or you should understand the consequences. ”

"The Patriarch's Cave Mansion is also my only hope for the Restoration God Sect, and I don't dare to deceive my predecessors, so I'll take you there."

Xingqiu was also dry, and after finishing pranayama, he immediately stood up and took Su Chen towards the depths of Huoyun Mountain.

(End of chapter)