After a short greeting, Mingxin arranged a place for everyone to live one by one.

Because it was almost evening when Xie Zhengliu and the others came, everyone didn't have time to know more about the Crying Ghost City, so they hurriedly fell asleep.

But they didn't know that when the night completely pulled the city into darkness, wisps of black mist crept out of the ground.

The distorted shadows on the tall city walls moved slowly, and the formation on the city gate also changed unconsciously......

On the second day, Xie Zhengliu was the first to wake up, and Mingxin had reminded them last night that today, the newcomers would go out on patrol with the team.

It is said that this is the fastest way for newcomers to get acquainted with Crying Ghost Town.

And Mingxin was considerate of Xie Zhengliu, and the four were the youngest, so they were put into the same team, and the leader of the team was Yuan Hao, who was frequently mentioned before.

Inevitably being late for the first day of patrol, Xie Zhengliu called the other three out of bed.

By the time they arrived at the gate of the station, Yuan Hao's team had already gathered a lot of people.

Yuan Hao was a very orthodox sword cultivator, and when Xie Zhengliu first saw him, he thought that this was a young version of the Third Elder.

However, looking at the other party's slightly gentle eyebrows, he was obviously more sleek and hearty than his master.

The third elder should have told him to take care of his junior brother a long time ago. So before anyone arrived, Yuan Hao came over to say hello to the four of them, and patted his junior brother on the shoulder like Minghe by the way: "Yes, the foundation was successfully built at such a young age, and it is even more powerful than the senior brother at the beginning!" In the next ten days, you have to follow your senior brother on patrol, and the future Ghost City will be handed over to you for protection. ”

"Yes, senior brother!" Yue Mingqiu and Qin Siyuan replied the loudest.

Patrolling in the Crying Ghost City was not a simple task, and the disciples of Hengtian Sect were divided into five teams, and one team had almost twenty people. These five teams are to patrol the five areas in the southeast, northwest, and middle of the Crying Ghost City, and once they find signs of demonic energy leaking or monsters fleeing, they must be eliminated immediately.

Xie Zhengliu and the others were assigned to the central area with the largest rift, and during the first six days of patrolling, they had to deal with at least ten cases of monster escapes every day.

If they encounter low-level monsters, it's okay, only one Yuan Hao can solve them, but if they encounter powerful monsters, their missing arms and legs are trivial, and the most troublesome thing is the erosion of demonic energy.

Because the aura and the demonic qi are mutually exclusive, if the monk is eroded by the demonic qi, his body will quickly decay and decay, which can not be cured by no matter how high-level Dan master and medical cultivator are.

It is also because of this that the major sects will pay such a big price and arrange for the best disciples to be stationed here.

There were frequent incidents in the Crying Ghost City, and the disciples of Hengtian Sect were constantly injured, and most of the resources that Xie Zhengliu had just sent were consumed in the blink of an eye.

Yuan Hao once told them that this period of time was the most active period in the Demon Domain, which is why the situation in the Crying Ghost City would be so grim. If you wait a few more months, there won't be so many things to deal with.

Xie Zhengliu listened curiously: "Senior brother, why is the Demon Domain very active during this time?" ”

When she was the master of the Demon Domain, the Demon Domain didn't seem to be as abnormal as it is now.

Yuan Hao said: "You are young, you don't know yet. Every year in April and May, it is the birthday of the Lord of the Demon Domain. Once it's his birthday, the demons will hold a grand celebration. In order to give a congratulatory gift to the demon lord, this group of demons will go crazy and want to break out of the crack and go to the outside world to find something valuable. ”

The Demon Lord's birthday?

As the former demon lord, Xie Zhengliu tilted her head, why when she was in power, these guys didn't mean to give her a birthday. Not to mention the celebration, those guys didn't even give her congratulatory gifts!

Xie Zhengliu, who felt that he had lost a lot of treasure, felt a silent pain in his heart, so he could only continue to ask Yuan Hao: "Speaking of which, we still don't know what the name of the current Demon Venerable is, why don't you tell us about it, senior brother." ”

Facing the expectant gazes of the four people, Yuan Hao was willing to disappoint them, and immediately spoke: "The origin of the Lord of the Demon Domain today is no longer examinable, we just heard from a few high-level demons who were caught that he came from a deeper place than the Demon Domain. He didn't have a name and wasn't strong enough. He became the current demon lord by devouring many demons. So his name was also snatched from other demons. ”

"Rumor has it that he has been looking for someone, but maybe too much time has passed, and he has forgotten the name and appearance of the other person. But more demons told us that it was a madman, a madman that even demons would fear. ”

"His name is Shen Zhuoyu."

"Shen, Zhuo, Jade? It really doesn't look like a demon lord's name. Xie Zhengliu commented, not domineering at all with her name.

So what kind of ability does this person have to make the entire Demon Domain hold a celebration for him?!

……

Night soon fell, and when silence returned to the surroundings, a young man slowly opened his eyes in the corner of the Crying Ghost City, wrapped in black mist.

He lifted his fingers with difficulty, and his stiff body slowly regained his control.

When the young man finally sat up, he waved impatiently to dispel the black mist around him, and then took a deep breath of air with aura.

The lungs seemed to be burning like fire at the moment when the aura was poured in, but the young man didn't seem to feel it, he just looked at the starry sky above his head, and his eyes were full of surprise: "It turns out that this is what it looks like outside." It seems that it is worth the effort to get out of there for so long. ”

His voice was low and deep, and he quickly fell into the night wind.

By the time the moonlight shone through the dark clouds to this corner, the figure of the young man had long since disappeared, and only a faint black mist remained here.

Naturally, there was not only one young man who took advantage of the night, and the dark shadows on the city wall were still working hard as they had been in the past few nights.

When the corner of the formation at the city gate was finally completely modified.

The gentle wind of the Ghost Crying City instantly became fierce, and the whistling wind seemed to be mixed with the miserable cries of countless people, just like the ghosts were roaring and crying.

The formation continued to operate, but instead of protecting the miraculous city, it turned into a strong barrier, trapping the people inside.

The dark shadows on the city walls were no longer cautious, but suddenly gathered together. The black shadow distorted into a human form, and a white-haired old man holding a skull staff slowly walked out of the dark shadow.

He looked at the city in front of him and showed a satisfied smile: "It's good, this full of vitality is exactly what I need!" ”

With the strange laughter of the old man, the dark shadow under his feet quickly ran in all directions.

At the same time, Xie Zhengliu, who was still meditating in the room, opened his eyes suddenly.