In the mountains, a long procession drove between the stacks of green mountains, along the endless road on the earth, all the way forward, raising a cloud of dust behind them.

It had been a full month since Gu Chen set out from Broken Heaven City, and in this month, he had also completely broken through to the spirit puppet realm with the slightest trace of energy left over from the cold ice liquid, and stabilized the realm.

After entering the spirit puppet realm, he truly understood the true meaning of the reincarnation demon flame as one of the three supreme mystical fires in this heaven and earth, and the mysteries that could be driven by a move of his mind and gestures were simply incomparable to any other supreme treasure.

And in the past month, he has also become familiar with everyone in this caravan, especially the housekeeper Uncle Lin, this middle-aged man has often chatted with him to pass the time since he left Broken Heaven City, which also gave him a further understanding of the Lu family, a business-oriented family.

In addition, Lu Qi came over from time to time to gag along the way, which also added a touch of fun to this boring journey.

It was day, until noon, the scorching sun illuminated the earth a warmth, although it was already winter, but walking in the sun, still gave people a very pleasant warmth.

Next to the caravan, Gu Chen was riding on a tall horse, and his body was involuntarily jolting as the horse's hooves rose and fell.

"I said Uncle Lin, you gave me almost to Tianyan City yesterday, why have you been walking for so long today, and you haven't seen a shadow of Tianyan City, you won't be blinding me. ”

"Haha, you kid, do I have the leisure to fool you?"

Hearing this, Uncle Lin raised his head and laughed, took off a wine jug on his waist and poured a big sip of wine, it is said that every winter, this middle-aged man is extremely addicted to alcohol, perhaps to warm his body. However, what Gu Chen couldn't figure out was that he only drank in winter, but in summer, he didn't drink at all, which was really weird.

"Soon, we are now within the range of Tianyan City, do you see the small hill in front?" Uncle Lin pointed to a slightly raised hill not far ahead, and said, "If you turn over, you can see Tianyan City." ”

"Oh, is that there?" Gu Chen looked in the direction of his finger, on that raised hill, he could indeed see a few tall sentry posts, thinking that Tianyan City must have been set up here, as the imperial city of the Tianyan Empire, it was not surprising that there was such a strict guard.

Stomp!

The sound of horses' hooves continued to flutter regularly, and after about an hour, the caravan had reached the top of the hill. At this moment, there were really two huge fortresses made entirely of black stone and fine iron standing in front of them, and the two fortresses were like two hideous ancient beasts lying on the ground, and they all exuded a fierce aura of Xiao Su all around them.

walked in, and on a lookout on the top of the fortress, a big man in military uniform, who looked like a guard, slowly appeared.

"Stop, who are you?, what's the matter with Tianyan City?" the big man shouted in a deep voice, his voice drifted down from the lookout, and the strong force actually shook Gu Chen couldn't help frowning, obviously this guard big man was also a puppet master with some strength.

At the front of the caravan, Uncle Lin pulled the horse and stopped, looked up at the big man, and said in a loud voice: "General Cheng, I am Lin Yi of the Lu Family Chamber of Commerce, and I ask the general to let me go." ”

"Oh, it turned out to be Brother Lin, who brought things back so quickly? ”

The guard man known as General Cheng was obviously very familiar with Uncle Lin, and after hearing his voice, he walked straight down from the towering lookout.

"Hehe, Brother Lin has gained a lot this time, it seems that your Lu family is going to have a lot of fortune again. General Cheng stepped forward and said with a smile. The beard on his face made him look rather rough.

"Haha, where, where, it's not thanks to you, there are no dangers along the way, so I returned safely. Uncle Lin dismounted, hugged his fists and smiled.

"What you said, with your Brother Lin's strength, if you want to come to those mountain bandits to see you, you have to take a detour, okay, since it is the Lu Family Chamber of Commerce, there is no need to check, brothers, let it go." ”

After speaking, General Na Cheng waved his hand behind him, and then four or five soldiers rushed out and removed the barricades that lay between the two fortresses.

"Haha, then thank you General Cheng, when I go back and settle down, I will invite you to drink. Uncle Lin arched his hand at him again and said.

"That's a good feeling, I'll wait. ”

Then, after the two exchanged pleasantries briefly, Uncle Lin commanded the entire caravan to continue moving forward.

It wasn't until about half an hour later, just as Gu Chen was still smacking and feeling how the two sentry fortresses were so far away from Tianyan City, an extremely vague shadow in the distance immediately attracted his attention.

Looking forward, when he gathered his eyes to see the blurred shadow in the distance, the whole person couldn't help but be stunned, and a thick horror appeared on his cheeks.

It was a huge wall that stretched thousands of miles in sight, and the entire dark wall was divided into three sections, each with an extremely large steel gate in the center.

And like the fortresses he had seen before, this row of walls was also made of extremely strong black stone and fine iron, and from a distance, a long series of dark colors, like a beast from the wilderness, all around it floated with a thick breath of antiquity and awe.

Although it was still a little far away, Gu Chen was already speechless by the imperial city of the Tianyan Empire, and he looked at the qi qi in front of him in such a dull manner, and there was a sound of swallowing saliva in his throat.

This is still a city, even if it is not an exaggeration to call it a small empire, just looking at it like this, it must take at least ten days to walk around the whole city next to each other.

"It's so fucking big!" Gu Chen sighed sincerely.

"Hehe, Gu Gongzi, this is just the surface, when you really get to Tianyan City, you will know what endless prosperity is. ”

Uncle Lin glanced at Gu Chen, who looked dumbfounded, and couldn't help but chuckle: "Our Lu family is on the west side of Tianyan City, that place is specially used for small chambers of commerce like us to gather, and it is also the most prosperous place in the entire Tianyan City, the area south of the city is the location of Haotian Academy, Haotian Academy, you should have heard of it, it is one of the four major puppet masters of the Canggu Continent." ”

"Well, of course I do. Gu Chen nodded, that place was his destination this time.

"And the place to the east of the city is where some big families live, and the people who live there are all famous people on this continent. As for the center of the city, it is naturally the place where the emperor of the Tianyan Empire is located, and it is also the center of power of our Tianyan Empire. ”

"Hmm, Uncle Lin, what about the north of the city? What is there for? Hearing this, Gu Chen turned his head to look at him, and said in confusion, this has been said in the southeast and west, why not talk about the north.

"There. ”

Before he could finish speaking, he saw a trace of fear flashing in Uncle Lin's eyes.

After pondering for a long time, he said faintly: "That place is the forbidden area of Tianyan City, and no one is allowed to set foot unless there is the approval of the empire, and I have only heard about some things, as if there are some things that can determine the fate of our empire." ”

"Oh, and such a thing?" Gu Chen was taken aback, and immediately a trace of curiosity arose in his heart about the mysterious place in Uncle Lin's mouth.