Volume I.: The Imperial Capital Prologue (1): Dark Halo
It was a dark land, covered with clouds and dead trees. Between heaven and earth, there is always a black air that lingers, the sun is dim, and the air is filled with whispering voices.
It is rare to see living creatures on the earth, and occasionally a black-robed shadow appears, and it also leaves quickly, and the speed of departure brings a burst of sound of breaking the air.
The darkness of the land is always repeated in such a lonely, monotonous scene, day after day, year after year.
Until, one day.
A blood-colored halo suddenly cut through the gloomy sky and fell onto the land.
From the blood light, a figure slowly walked out. The figure's face was blurry, and it was impossible to see it clearly, except that he was dressed in a dark robe, and his pale palms peeking out of the sleeves.
At the same time as the blood light landed, this pitch-black land also trembled slightly, as if it had sensed something. In the depths of the pitch darkness, there were countless black shadows condensed, and finally formed a shadow like a person.
The dark-robed man stopped and stood in place, faintly watching the shadow form.
"Blood River King, I haven't seen you for a long time, you're still so domineering······" The shadow stepped forward, and a grand voice came out of his mouth, and as his words came out, the land trembled slightly.
"Your Excellency is here this time, but the alliance leader has an order?"
"The Shadow Emperor is having a good time, I'm afraid I forgot our number one enemy, right?" The corners of the Blood River King's mouth showed a chuckle, but he was neither humble nor arrogant.
"The Heavenly Domains have not been at war for 30,000 years, and this seat should concentrate on cultivation so that it can protect my Shadow Clan." There was a slight sarcasm in the shadow emperor's eyes, "lest the next time there is a big war, our clan will be used as cannon fodder." ”
"So, what's the point?"
"Huh." The Blood River King raised his eyebrows, and there was no joy, anger or sorrow in his blood-colored eyes, and he said lightly: "I came here this time to spread the order of the alliance master, and all the heavens and clans can prepare for war." ”
"Oh? Could it be that you have found a way to break through the [Heaven Sealing Ancient Array]? The Shadow Emperor was stunned and asked softly.
"Then that's it, no comment." The Blood River King smiled slightly, and then arched his hand: "Farewell." ”
Immediately, the Blood River King turned into a blood light as when he came, broke through the clouds again, and disappeared directly.
The Shadow Emperor watched the blood light leave, and the shadow palm also clenched unconsciously: "Are you ready for war······ Ten years at the least, fifty years at most, I'm afraid it will be difficult to fall to ah······"
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Boom ——! Boom——!
Thunder and lightning streaked across the sky, and in an instant, a dazzling bright light illuminated the sea. In the thick clouds, countless silver-white thunderbolts jumped happily inside. Looking down through the clouds, the whole sea area is pitch black, and the sea water seems to have a thousand weights between the surges, and the color is like ink.
If a person with a deep-sea phobia takes a few looks here, he will probably pass out on the spot. Where is the sea! This is clearly a dark abyss! The sea was so black that even light could not penetrate it. It's hard to imagine who can survive here.
On the sea, a storm is about to rise at this moment. Wind and rain are blowing, and huge waves are crashing against the sky. And under the sea, in a deep palace, it is very quiet. Above the palace, there is a thin film of light, which is this film of light, carrying the weight of the immeasurable sea water above.
In the palace, there were beautiful maids in blue-black palace clothes standing on both sides of the road, bowing slightly, with a respectful expression on their faces, as if they were waiting for the arrival of some big man.
In the distance, I suddenly remembered the sound of footsteps. Immediately after, two majestic male voices could be faintly heard.
"Uncle Mu can accept the invitation to come, it really makes my humble house shine!"
"Where, where is the identity of a virtuous nephew, he is much higher than me now. Just this place of residence, this luxury, this degree of seclusion, and safety, I can't reach it! ”
When I got closer, I saw that it was two people chatting, one was younger, wearing a black robe, a jade belt and a jade pendant, looking handsome, and there was a kind of demeanor between talking and laughing, which made people look sideways; The other person, who was older, looked a little like the young man, except that his eyes were much more shrewd.
Behind the two of them, there were some people, but those people didn't dare to interject, they all bowed their heads and followed behind the two in silence.
When he walked to the palace gate, the young man stopped and bowed his hand to the old man, "Uncle Mu, please first." ”
"Alas! Okay, okay, don't be polite to the virtuous nephew, it's all your own family. With a smile on his face, the old man stepped one step ahead of the young man and stepped into this golden hall.
"Tsk, this is a good pearl of Chinese New Year's Eve, in that imperial city, I don't know how many people have to cause it to rob." Yo, this chair is sat on by purple spirit wood, and it has the effect of concentrating and helping the yuan after sitting for a long time. Ouch, this ······"
As soon as they entered the palace, the elderly were attracted by the luxurious interiors of the palace, and their eyes swept over one by one, and their mouths were constantly "tsk" in admiration.
"It's just some small things, if Uncle Mu can see it, I'll send someone to send you a few when I go back." The young man followed the elder's side and smiled, "Why don't we talk about business first?" ”
After the old man admired for a while, his eyes returned to the young man, and he said with some sighs: "With the current status of a virtuous nephew, he still needs the help of my useless uncle." Well, let me hear what you have to say. ”
"Uncle Mu, you sit down first." The young man waved his hand and beckoned two chairs, and only after the two of them sat down and the maid poured wine for the two of them did he continue to speak: "Uncle Mu is now in that imperial city, and he is the lord of a pavilion, right?" ”
"Yes, I am the master of the Yong'an Pavilion." When it comes to this, the elderly are a little more complacent, there are a total of four districts and ten pavilions in the imperial city, and it must be very extraordinary to be able to become the lord of one pavilion among them.
"I don't know Uncle Mu, but I have the idea of expanding my power." The young man played with the wine glass in his hand and smiled slightly.
"The strength of your Uncle Mu and me in the Five Heavens Realm can only be regarded as ordinary in the Imperial City. Expanding the power is afraid that it will be difficult to achieve things······" The old man said, staring at the clear liquor in the glass.
"I have some pills here, which can help Uncle Mu's cultivation to rise greatly, and I also have some manpower, Uncle Mu can also use it." The young man still smiled.
The old man's gaze froze slightly, and he looked at the young man seriously, and after a moment, sighed lightly: "Tell me, what do you want to do?" He could feel that he was becoming more and more unpredictable as a virtuous nephew.
"What Uncle Mu wants to help me do is to weaken the strength of the Lin family as much as possible." The young man laughed, drank the wine in his glass, and said softly.
"The Lin family? That's one of the four great families in the imperial capital, with my strength, I'm afraid it's hard to shake, not to mention that in recent years, the royal family and the Lin family have been quite close, offending the Lin family is equivalent to offending the royal family······" The old man looked at the young man with an embarrassed expression on his face.
"Uncle Mu doesn't need to worry, there are people on the royal side. Uncle Mu only needs to concentrate on dealing with the Lin family and constantly weaken them. Of course, it would be great if it could be extinguished······" A sickly smile seemed to appear on the young man's face.
"Alas, if I don't agree to get on your thief ship." The old man sighed, and then continued: "With the status of the power behind you, why did you suddenly fall in love with the Lin family? Wouldn't it be easy for them to do it themselves? ”
"Uncle Mu, there is an unwritten rule between the forces of all parties, those who are the strongest are not allowed to end in person, so the work naturally has to be done by us. And we, on this trip, want things from the Lin family's ancestral land······"
"Since this is the case, then we are looking forward to it, and we will cooperate happily." With an old smile on his face, the old man raised his glass, clinked glasses with the young man, and drank it all.
It's just that at the end, the young man looked in the southwest direction, his eyes became extremely cold, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but rise slightly.
"The god of the underworld is immortal, and our people are prosperous for thousands of years······"
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