Zhao Hongming sat in the sedan chair and went to the gate of the Wang family's compound surrounded by the guards.

Zhang Yi, who had been guarding here for a long time, led the people below to step forward and salute: "Your Highness." ”

Zhao Hongming walked out of the sedan chair and asked, "What's the situation now?" ”

"As Your Highness expected, there is something strange under the lake."

Zhang Yi raised his head and said seriously: "But someone has already come out alive." That person was the leader of a martial arts force, in his eighties, and a cultivator of the Innate Realm. According to his dictation, there is a large space under the lake, and it is the tomb of the Yin royal family, and there are indeed some doorways, and many people have died in it. ”

The tomb of the Yin royal family?

Is this what the Wang family is working so hard for?

"Like this innate realm martial artist, how many have you entered?"

Zhao Hongming then asked, he wanted to judge the danger under the lake.

"Back to Your Highness, if there is no statistical error, there are almost eighteen innate martial artists who have entered the bottom of the lake in the past three days, and there are already five hundred martial artists who have gone down."

Zhang Yi reported the rough statistics of these days one by one.

The previous information about the martial arts forces in Luling was all collected by him, and he had some impressions of the key figures in the martial arts forces, so when Zhao Hongming asked, he knew it in his heart.

Seeing Zhang Yi's answers, Zhao Hongming also had some rough judgments about the situation of the ancient tomb of the Yin Kingdom of the Wang family.

Five hundred martial artists, eighteen congenitals, if one more martial arts realm martial artist is attached, it can be equivalent to a second-rate martial arts force in Wei State.

If he insisted on going his own way and had to go deeper, he might be able to put all the newly formed Wei Wushu into it.

Zhang Yi asked, "Your Highness, do you want to go down directly now?" ”

"Don't worry, I've been waiting for three days, and I'm not in a hurry for a while." Zhao Hongming said: "Go over there and have a look." ”

"Your Highness, please." Zhang Yi turned sideways and made way out.

It was not the first time he had come to the Wang family's compound, he was already familiar with the road, and he walked to the vicinity of the Wang family's artificial lake without the guidance of others.

He was about to continue moving forward when he was stopped by Zhang Yi and said, "Your Highness, if you want to observe, you should not show up directly, come this way." ”

Zhao Hongming was taken by Zhang Yi to a study.

From this location, you can see the entrance to the bottom of the lake clearly.

When Zhao Hongming walked in, Wu Qi was sitting on the chair, he looked at the map of the long case and thought hard, with a bit of gloom between his eyebrows.

When Wu Qi saw Zhao Hongming, he hurriedly put down the matter in his hand and came to salute: "The minister has seen His Royal Highness King Wu. ”

Zhao Hongming asked casually, "What is General Wu doing here?" ”

Wu Qi replied: "The minister looked at the map sent by His Highness before, and found that although the terrain of Ying County has some advantages, there are still many places that are easy for soldiers to attack. ”

Zhao Hongming's eyes became a little serious.

Throughout his journey, he has been careful to deal with today, and he can't relax his vigilance after opening up the situation a little.

However, such a "chance encounter" has a bit of a coincidental flavor.

Zhao Hongming said: "Then from the perspective of General Wu, how many troops do you need in Ying County?" ”

Wu Qi thought about it and reported a number: "If it is Wei Wushu, as long as it needs 10,000, if it is a straggler recruited in the past, it will be almost 100,000, so that you can sit back and relax." ”

Zhao Hongming did not believe Wu Qi's words.

Ying County has never deployed so many troops on the border for so many years, and there has never been a major change.

Of course, there are fights between Qi, Zhao, Yan and other countries, and there is no reason why they did not send troops in Yingjun, but it can also be seen that Yingjun's reliance on geographical advantages is not the first attack position that other countries should consider.

Wu Qi took the opportunity to put forward a plan to expand the army at this time, and had the idea of expanding his power.

Zhao Hongming pondered for a while and said: "The establishment of the army is not an overnight thing, now that this king has swept away some martial arts forces of Chenjiazhuang and the Wang family, he can only expand the Wei Wushu to the level of four or five thousand, and if he increases this king, it will be a little powerless." ”

If he could, he also wanted to quickly expand his power, but no matter how anxious he was, he couldn't become a fat man in one go.

"After these things are done with the Wang family in front of me, General Wu and this king will plan again." Zhao Hongming quickly ended the topic in front of him, walked to the window of the study, and cast his eyes into the distance.

A hint of strange color flashed in Wu Qi's eyes in the room, and he felt that His Royal Highness the Martial King was a young man and an old man, and he was very calculating, so he didn't agree to his request easily.

At the age of fifteen, it is like having the heart of a thirty-year-old.

It seems that you should be more careful when getting along in the future, so as not to bring trouble to yourself.

Wu Qi knew that now Zhao Hongming was like the sun at seven or eight o'clock in the morning, it was the time when it was rising, and he couldn't lose the most important trust because of a momentary profit.

Zhao Hongming didn't pay attention to what Wu Qi was thinking behind him, but let go of his soul and focused on staring at somewhere by the artificial lake.

That's the entrance to the bottom of the lake.

Under his watchful eye, about five warriors sneakily rushed in, and then, after a brief discussion, all of them slipped through the entrance to the bottom of the lake.

After about a stick of incense, two groups of martial artists arrived one after another and entered the bottom of the lake one after another.

Zhao Hongming opened his mouth and asked: "Most of the martial artists who entered the bottom of the lake have not returned, have the remaining martial arts forces in Ying County decreased a lot?" ”

Zhang Yi on the side opened his mouth and said: "Returning to Your Highness, except for the Ming Sect, at present, except for the Ming Sect, most of the seventy or eighty martial arts forces in the rest of Ying County have participated, and most of them are affiliated martial arts forces of the Wang family. Now the rest of the name, even if it still exists, it is a big loss of strength. ”

Zhao Hongming nodded slightly.

When he first came to Yingjun, he killed a group of disciples of martial arts forces, and later annexed some, Wei Wushu killed some more, and now he has dealt with some with stratagem.

After a few times, even a first- or second-rate martial arts force can become a third- or fourth-rate, and I can't help but toss like this.

The martial arts forces of Yingjun couldn't make much of a storm.

Little by little, time passed.

After waiting for a long time, a man finally escaped from the bottom of the lake.

He was covered in blood, his expression was crazy, and his right hand was gone.

After rushing out of the bottom of the lake, he ran wildly, and if he looked closely, he seemed to still have something in his hand.

Zhao Hongming suddenly asked, "Which martial arts force is this?" ”

Zhang Yi recognized it a little, and immediately replied: "His name is Dugu Haoran, he is the head of the Heavenly Apocalypse Sect, and he is the cultivation of the innate seven grades. If I'm not mistaken, a total of more than seventy disciples of their Heavenly Apocalypse Sect have gone down. ”

"In other words, this Dugu Haoran is a loner?" Zhao Hongming smiled slightly, and then the muscles on his face squirmed rapidly, and disappeared in place in an instant.

In a stunned manner, Zhao Hongming appeared in front of Dugu Haoran.

Dugu Haoran was shocked: "Who? ”

"What's under the lake?" Zhao Hongming stared at Dugu Haoran with an unfamiliar face and said coldly: "If you tell me, I can spare you from dying." ”

Dugu Haoran knew that he was seriously injured, and he was easy to be at a disadvantage in a head-on confrontation.

There was a ruthlessness in his eyes, and he endured the pain, and his figure turned into a meteor, turning into a "Z" shape and flashing in front of Zhao Hongming.

This is the Apocalypse Body Technique that they are proud of, and it is also very extraordinary among many martial arts, and it is very ingenious to perform.

Just when he thought he had gotten rid of Zhao Hongming, suddenly a flower appeared in front of him, and Zhao Hongming's figure reappeared in front of him.

Dugu Haoran was stunned.

He didn't know that the Eight Desolation Immortal Gong was an immortal martial art, and its supporting desolate secret practice was much more sophisticated than their Lao Shizi's Heavenly Apocalypse Body Method.

Neither is simply in the same dimension, and it is simply impossible for him to get rid of it.

Zhao Hongming showed a somewhat dissatisfied expression and said, "I said, if you tell the situation under the lake, I will spare you from death." Your behavior just now is not good, and it makes me a little angry. Then this arm is your price. ”

As soon as the words fell, a cyan light and shadow flashed at the position of Dugu Haoran's left arm.

Poof.

Blood rain spraying.

Dugu Haoran gritted his teeth, stared at Zhao Hongming in disbelief in his eyes, and said word by word: "Martial Courage Realm!" ”

Suddenly, his eyes were filled with despair.

Click.

Dugu Haoran's severed left arm fell from mid-air to the ground.

Zhao Hongming looked intently and found that he was holding a palm-sized scale in his hand.

He walked over, picked up the scales in his hand, examined them carefully, and asked, "What is this?" ”

At this time, Dugu Haoran looked desperate, and his upper and lower teeth kept fighting.

I don't know if it's caused by the pain of a broken arm, or if it's caused by the might of the Martial Courage Realm.

Dugu Haoran said with a little fear: "Dragon scales! ”

What? Dragon scales?

Could it be that there is still a dragon hidden in the royal tomb of the Yin Kingdom?

Hearing the news, Zhao Hongming was vaguely excited in his heart.

If that's the case, maybe he will be able to get the blood of the true dragon, and the Thunder Destruction Law Body will also have the possibility of cultivating.

Zhao Hongming held the palm-sized scales, and there was a bit of order in his flat tone: "Tell me what you saw and heard under the lake." ”

With two broken arms and a lot of blood, Dugu Haoran's face became a lot paler, but he was only fifty or sixty years old, and as a martial artist in the innate realm, his qi and blood were vigorous, and he did not fall because of this.

Dugu Haoran knew that today was a catastrophe, and in the face of the martial arts of the martial arts realm, he had no chance to escape.

So he resigned himself to his fate: "Under the lake is the burial ground of Xin, the last emperor of the Yin Kingdom, and there are many great opportunities hidden in it, and this dragon scale is only a small part. ”

Zhao Hongming's heart couldn't help jumping twice.

No wonder it is said that the core layer of the Wang family attaches great importance to it, and it turns out that this is the reason.

Zhao Hongming then asked: "In addition to chance, what kind of danger is there below, I see that many people have gone down, but they have never come up." ”

Dugu Haoran had a hint of fear on his face: "There is a dried corpse below, it looks like it has been seriously injured, but it is still very terrifying, and we are not its opponents." That dry corpse may be the last emperor of the Yin Kingdom. ”

Zhao Hongming suddenly felt a little incredulous.

He knows a bit about history.

The last emperor of the Yin Kingdom was at least three thousand years ago, and he lived before the collapse of the Heavenly Dao.

What creature can live that long?

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Hongming calmed down and said, "Since that existence is so terrifying, how did you break free?" ”

"It's dying." Dugu Haoran looked at Zhao Hongming and said, "There are too many people going down, and there are some masters in it, which aggravates its injuries." ”

I see.

Zhao Hongming, as a martial artist of the Martial Courage Realm, is not as strong as the martial artist of the Innate Realm in front of him, and the chance of being able to escape safely in case of danger will also be great.

He felt that the time was almost up, and maybe he could give it a try.

Dugu Haoran said in a somewhat begging tone: "Now that I have told everything I know, can you let me go?" ”

Zhao Hongming said expressionlessly: "Of course not......"

Before he could say the last two words, Dugu Haoran suddenly opened his mouth, and a silent wave of qi spread outward from his mouth, making Zhao Hongming in a trance.

And taking advantage of this short time, Dugu Haoran seized the opportunity and fled forward.

He said so much just to make Zhao Hongming let down his guard and create an opportunity to escape.

However, he had not taken a few steps before a blue light caught up with him and cut off his head.

It was naturally Zhao Hongming who made the shot.

In the face of absolute strength, these little cleverness cannot play any role.

It's almost all you need to know.

Zhao Hongming didn't hesitate any longer, and planned to go to the bottom of the lake alone to see what was going on.

If it was really as Dugu Haoran said, no matter how many low-level martial artists he brought with him, it wouldn't be of much use at all.

It's better to come and go freely and explore better.

Before entering the bottom of the lake, Zhao Hongming instructed Wu Qi and the others not to let Wufu go down again, so as not to cause him other accidents.

In fact, there has been no new news coming out of it for a few days, and there are not many martial arts forces on the side of the Wang family's compound.

They weren't stupid, and the rest of them who hadn't done anything were waiting to see.

Zhao Hongming walked down the long staircase, and the light became more and more gray.

The sconces on the corridor emitted a faint glow, which only allowed him to make out the general scene slightly.

He walked ahead and cheered up.

After passing through the long corridor, he came to a huge bronze ancient door.

The bronze ancient door was open, and there was a faint light on it, flickering and dimming, giving the illusion of a living person breathing.

And under the bronze ancient door, there are many corpses.

Some of these bodies were withered, and some had their hearts removed......

Every face has a painful expression before death, as if a pair of eyes are staring at you, and there is a burst of horror coming from it.

made Zhao Hongming shudder.

He subconsciously urged the true intent of his whole body, and the cyan mist swirled around him, ready to deal with possible changes.

Zhao Hongming's expression was solemn, and he cautiously entered the bronze ancient gate.

Within a few steps, he heard the sound of a drum clearly.

Knock, knock, knock.

Zhao Hongming followed the voice, and in front of the bronze ancient door, in the middle of a pile of corpses, he saw a mutilated, withered figure.

In sight, a dark red heart was exposed, beating constantly.

The sound he heard wasn't the sound of a drum, it was the movement of the heart as it was beating.

(End of chapter)