Compared with Chopin's blind trust in Lao Wang, the analysis of the words of the various families on the Temple Light is much more rational.

In the few days that the old king and they were resting in Sakuman, there were already many speculations and analyses about the next battle on the Templar Light.

First of all, analysts from all sides have spoken highly of the strength that Rose has shown so far, one top ten, two quasi-top ten, plus two orcs with a ranking of about thirty Templars, even if Wang Feng's rogue tactics are put aside, this old Wang team is enough to rank among the top ranks, and in previous years' Hero Competition, it is definitely one of the favorites to win the championship, and it can be regarded as barely positioning it at the same level as the Zenith Sanctuary and Dark Demon Island.

But the strange thing is that although the odds of Rose in the underground casino did increase to a certain extent, they did not turn over directly, even if they played Dark Demon Island in the next game, the odds were only about one to three.

The reason is very simple, even if you don't talk about the forces behind it, Rose is very strong, but Dark Demon Island and Zenith Sanctuary are even stronger!

This is different from the West Peak at the end of the crane, and it is also different from the Sakuman who has lost his troops, the Zenith Sanctuary and the Dark Demon Island can occupy the first and second positions of the Sanctuary for hundreds of years, and it is by no means bragging.

Speaking of the strength of the Dark Demon Island on paper alone, it is a line stronger than the Rose, Debroi, who ranked second in the Templar, and after the departure of Black Wukai, the ranking rose one place, becoming the seventh Silent San, which is directly the two top ten town scenes, and the others, you must know that the Dark Demon Island has never cared about the outside world, who knows that there are still a few people like Silent Mulberry and Debroy.

In addition, the geographical advantage of fighting on Dark Demon Island, and moreover, all of Rose's hole cards have been almost exhausted, and they have been analyzed and dissected cleanly by the opponent...... The strength advantage on paper, the geographical environment advantage, plus the fact that you already know yourself and the enemy, there is no longer any hole card in the back hand, who can say that the rose really has a chance to win?

As for the Zenith Sanctuary, except for the exposure of a few signboards, the master does not bother to participate in the Hero Contest at all......

In fact, the two major churches of Dark Demon Island and Zenith Sanctuary were originally above all other sanctuary churches, and they have always been the most stable templar overlords, and their status has never wavered.

These two mountains can be said to be higher than one another, even if the rose has now made great progress, and even defeated the fifth-ranked Sakuman, but in the eyes of everyone, the probability that they want to win eight games in a row is not much higher than at the beginning, if the rose wants to cross these last two hurdles, the difficulty is undoubtedly ten times higher than the previous six holy churches combined, if you consider the interference of the forces behind it, it will be even more direct to zero victory rate, otherwise how could the holy city agree to the declaration of the thunder dragon at the beginning......

The Nine Gods Empire, the imperial capital of Jiuding

When it comes to entertainment, I have to mention the night banquet of Fanlou, which is said to be a building, but it is actually a pavilion, and the center of the arch guard is a seven-storey main pavilion - Qixingtai.

If a nouveau riche wants to enter the game, in addition to having a sufficient amount of aristocratic status, he must be introduced to pass the small banquet, and temporarily emerge in the small banquet, so that he can enter the main banquet held on three days.

In the night banquet, talented and beautiful women are just the foundation, not only have the poetry of competing literary talents, tell stories, but also compete for the strange fighting methods of various universities.

"The War College should be reformed, the aristocracy is the mainstay, but it is undeniable that many civilians are also prodigies, which should not be underestimated, and all talents should be collected for ......the War College."

"This sounds reasonable, but it has a bit of a heavenly flavor, reasoning, you can be whimsical and speak freely, but the reality is that Diao Min is barbaric, and the reason why the War College is strong is because of the atmosphere, if you don't screen it strictly, let Diao Min enter, it will only make the will of the War College low, and it will go lower and lower......"

This side of the courtyard is a group of talented people who are acupuncture current affairs, and the courtyard over there is a group of beauties playing the piano and dancing, and a group of nobles talking about things.

"Brother Lian Jian, I heard that you are interested in selling a batch of medicinal herbs......

"Brother Nanmen, do you have any intentions?"

After a short conversation, the two interested nobles left the scene together, and summoned their attendants to open a quiet room to talk.

On the Seven Star Stage, the owner of the Fan Building, the Nine Emperor Princes, Long Qing, was looking at the grand scene outside the building, his eyes were smiling, and he tasted the Dragon Court Ice Spring from the Sea Dragon Clan, "The wine of the Sea Dragon Clan is indeed a little different. ”

Behind him, two white jade-like women hugged his waist left and right, and their strong muscles made them let out a soft cry like a cat sucking Gan**, and one of them leaned her head forward to ask for a kiss in a daze.

Long Qing grabbed her sharp chin with his backhand, "It's not too early, if you don't go back, I'm afraid you will be discovered by Lu Ge Lao that you don't return home at night." ”

These words made the delicate Lu Jiao sober up a lot, and the blurred blush on her face faded slightly, although she was the most favored only daughter in the family, but the Lu family style was harsh, if her father found out that she would lose her life before marriage......

"Your Highness the Nine, I ......"

"Don't worry, I will order someone to escort you back to your home, and no one will find out. ”

Lu Jiao was still a little upset, before she wanted to speak, her face pinched by Long Qing was suddenly mentioned in front of him, she suddenly felt his warm breathing, looking at the handsome and flawless face of His Royal Highness Jiu, her mind suddenly lost the ability to think again, she tried everything to gently imprint it with her red lips, "Your Highness......"

"Good, I'll come to you again, remember our code?" Long Qing pushed her away, put on her clothes, and carefully put on shoes and socks for her, pushed her out of the room, and someone safely delivered her to her boudoir in Lu Mansion.

The other jade person looked at all this lightly, and at this time, she smiled and said, "The charm of His Royal Highness the Nine, even the only daughter of Lu Ge Lao will fall, and she is willing to serve you with other women...... In this world, there is probably no woman who can resist you. ”

Long Qing glanced at her, "What about you?"

"I'm like this, what do you say?" the woman laughed.

"I'm talking about your heart. Long Qing turned his head and looked at the woman with a smile, once the number one killer of Jiuding's biggest killer organization, she who originally came to assassinate him, after a few fights, became the woman he wanted, but ...... "Every time I am with you, I always feel that you are treating me as someone else, and you are enjoying it instead of me." ”

"His Royal Highness the Ninth actually has a time when he doubts his charm? Hehe, sometimes if you think too much, it's not beautiful, isn't it......" The beauty paused slightly, suddenly picked up the skirt on the ground and put it on, and when she turned around, she disappeared like a light smoke.

Long Zhen raised his eyebrows slightly, and the voice of his cronies came from outside the door: "Your Highness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ordered someone to send an invitation, asking His Highness to go to the Prince's Mansion immediately to discuss matters." ”

Long Qing was slightly stunned, the eldest brother was looking for him to discuss?

Among the princes, although Longqing is outstanding and deeply recognized by Longkang, he has been promoted, and he is very beautiful on the surface, but his identity is the most inconspicuous one, so he is the prince who is least qualified to compete for the throne - with the imperial heir tradition of the nine gods, his maternal blood is not noble enough.

All along, Longqing has been very clear about his position, he doesn't fight or grab, even Fanlou, not all of them are his, every prince has a part, and what Longqing can really fully grasp is only his own Qixingtai...... To put it bluntly, those buildings outside, in addition to giving the nobles from all over the Nine Gods Empire a space to communicate with the upper echelons, are more of a place for the forces behind the princes to fight, in addition to political opinions, there is also the support of the nobles who have come to the imperial capital from other places.

To put it more bluntly, Fanlou is actually the stage where the eldest brother's True King Party and the fifth brother's Xiangwang faction collide in Jiuding politics.

In the battle between the eldest brother and the fifth brother, Long Qing has always maintained a stealthy neutrality, and he naturally has ambitions, but he knows better that without the ambition of the right time, place and people, it will only invite disaster.

Looking at the night sky outside, Long Qing smiled and said to the outside, "Prepare the car." ”

In addition to officials from all over the world, there are all kinds of doormen coming in and out from the side door, from the outside, the prince's mansion is almost unfortified, however, when entering the inner mansion, it is suddenly quiet, except for the guards on duty and the maids who are on duty, there are almost no figures moving around.

Recruit doormen, loose outside and tight inside, is the East Palace rules set by Long Zhen himself, the door of the outer house is for people to see, but the inner house is the real center of the East Palace, the position of the prince, behind the throne, has always been hanging life and death of the test of royal power, not only from other princes, but also to balance the contradiction with the emperor's rights, although it is father and son, but when Long Zhen won the support of the ministers, it is inevitable to thin the imperial power of the father, but if you do not take power, it is difficult to deal with the five princes Long Xiang's step by step.

As soon as Longqing's car arrived, the main gate of the Prince's Mansion was opened to greet him, Longqing got out of the car and walked, and the next nobles waiting outside the door bowed deeply and saluted, Longqing didn't pay attention to it, just walked towards the inner mansion.

When I came to the hall of the inner mansion, except for a few who were ordered to be there, the brothers who were in Jiuding were all there, including the fifth brother who had always refused to be a fake illness in the face of the prince's summons.

After Dragon City, judging from the superficial situation, Long Zhen, as the crown prince, finally temporarily contained the momentum of the fifth brother.

"Meet the Prince. Longqing bowed as usual.

Long Zhen smiled, and his right hand was weakly supported, "Lao Jiu doesn't need to be polite, sit down." ”

"Brother Xie. Long Qing sat down while smiling at the other princes, being a neutral prince is definitely a first-class technical job.

"Okay, everyone has arrived, today, I am the first day of participating in politics on behalf of the sky. As Long Zhen spoke, he stood up, and cherished a fist-sized seal, Long Qing recognized at a glance that this was the cinnabar imperial seal that represented the prince's participation in politics, and finally, did his father still hand over the power of the prince's participation in politics to the eldest brother?

Participating in politics and discussing politics are two completely different things, and discussing politics is nothing more than discussion, and the most important thing is the right to speak on the basis of facts. The participation in politics with the seal of the cinnabar emperor is to deal with the practice on behalf of the heavens, representing the real power in the hands and the possibility of issuing decrees with the legal effect of the empire.

Long Qing suddenly understood in his heart that the reason why the prince called him today, who had been invisible to the government, was to show the authority of the emperor in front of all the brothers, which was to establish a comprehensive prestige in front of all the brothers.

Of course, although there is an imperial seal, not all government affairs can be involved, and some problems that are considered by the cabinet to be suitable for the prince to solve will be sent to the East Palace, in fact, it is to practice how to become a qualified emperor for the prince, and they princes are also obliged to take on the responsibility of assisting.

With only a bunch of government affairs, Long Qing thought that he was here to go through the motions today, but the topic that followed made his scalp suddenly numb.

"The eight tribes have released rumors, Emperor Shakti intends to screen the world's heroes, to recruit relatives for his sister Ji Xiangtian, this time, including us, Lao Jiu, a few of our brothers, you haven't married a wife yet. Long Zhen said and glanced at Long Qing meaningfully.

"Big brother doesn't want me to go to Mandala, does he?"

"Lao Jiu, the opportunity to make meritorious service is just around the corner. Long Zhen said lightly.

In the confrontation between the empire and the blade, the Eight Divisions are a unique existence, strictly speaking, the Eight Divisions do not belong to the Blade Alliance, the Mandala Empire has a very distinctive cultural heritage, and the union with the Blade is more due to the pressure of the Nine Gods Empire.

However, there are no eternal enemies, no eternal friends, only eternal interests, the empire has never stopped throwing olive branches to the Eight Ministries, and now, there is finally a new progress, and the opportunity to marry the Eight Ministries is just around the corner.

"Big brother, this matter is just a rumor, with the temperament of the mandala, this should be using us as a background board to put pressure on the blade's side, you won't really send me to the mandala, right?"

"Hehe, Lao Jiu, with the personality of the Heavenly Clan, this news can come out, in fact, it represents a certain possibility, the wall that has been impermeable for many years has finally been blown open a little crack, not to be missed. Long Zhen smiled slightly, although there was no news from his father, but since Long Xiang took control of Yano Pu, the empire's infiltration of the Eight Tribes was almost at a standstill, if he could take this opportunity to do something to Mandala, it would be another major blow to Long Xiang, who controlled the spy with one hand......

At this moment, Long Xiang, who had been silent, suddenly smiled and said: "Hehe, Blade has implemented resource control over the mandala over the years, and Emperor Shakti has protested in the Blade Council several times, but it has not had much effect...... Besides, with the charm of Lao Jiu, what kind of woman can't take it...... Lao Jiu, no matter the means, if you can take down the auspicious heaven and force the emperor to have raw rice and cooked rice, it will be a great achievement. ”

Listening to Long Xiang's words, Long Zhen looked at Long Qing's eyes with a smile that deepened again.

Long Qing had no choice but to smile and say, "Fifth brother, I am a righteous gentleman. ”

The princes had different expressions, their faces were ambiguous, and some things were unknown to the old ministers in the court, but they, the princes, were very aware of the affairs of the Nine Emperor Princes Longqing, as long as he was willing, there was no woman he couldn't get.

Long Qing was noncommittal, his face was flat, this matter was in the fire, there were many difficulties, and there were many benefits.

.........

After a week of adjustment, no one knows what Lao Wang has been up to, but the injuries of Lao Wang's team have finally fully recovered, but although the seven days of training and the increased dose of soul refining potions have only further consolidated the existing strength, and there have been no new breakthroughs, the whole team is still full of confidence in the face of the collective decline of the Templar Light.

Whether it's okay or not can only be known if you have beaten it, what Lao Wang said, the prince will have a kind of Xiangning, everyone firmly believes that he is the strongest, as for the rumors in those newspapers, just don't see it.

Under the farewell of Gule, everyone boarded the magic rail train to Reeves, stayed on the train for seven or eight days, and finally could see the coastline in the distance, and the city of Reeves arrived.

Naturally, there was no one to greet you here, it was night, there were not many people getting off the train, and the lights at the station were a little dim, but the city of Reeves was brightly lit in front of you.

In the car, these days are considered to be enough rest, according to the time agreed with the Dark Demon Island before, now there has actually been a delay, Lao Wang decided to go to sea tonight, everyone did not delay, and went straight to the town port.

The harbor city of Reeves, on the east coast of the Blade Alliance, belongs to the category of the Sea of the Ghost Abyss, and like Aurora City, Reeves is also an independent harbor city, and the trade is developed, and its status as a free port is not below Aurora City, but the customs seem to be a little different.

Almost all the people here have a standard badge of holy light pinned to their chests, gold, silver, At first, Lao Wang thought that this place was the same as Mangalam, they were all devout followers of the Holy Light, but when he walked into the streets of the city, his ears were full of the foul and scolding of all kinds of maritime merchants, and he had to do it if he didn't agree with him; the bars on the street were full of red mansions, and all kinds of prostitutes dressed in fancy clothes leaned on the door frames, chattering with dirty words, while not forgetting to throw flattering eyes at the men passing by, and what was even more peculiar was that these prostitutes actually wore Holy Light badges on their chests, and most of them were of better texture......

This is really hell, although the doctrine of the Holy Light is not how pedantic, but at least violent bullying and the industry, these two aspects, the doctrine is still expressly forbidden, these people are not Holy Light Cultists at first glance, get a Holy Light badge with hair?

Fantesi was amazed, and he couldn't take his eyes off the chest of a woman leaning against the door and throwing flattering eyes at him, the position of the badge ...... Fantastic! Fantastic swallowed and couldn't help asking, "Are these seaside people still playing...... Is this cosplay? Playing a saint with a badge of holy light?"

"Holy sister, look at your eyeballs are about to fall out of people's breasts!" Winnie grabbed him by the ear, and turned around to talk to Famil about it! Alas, the old lady is really heartbroken for these immature men!

"It hurts, it hurts, it hurts!" Fantesi's mad Taiji Tiger is not under Winnie's strength, but this has long been used to it, and if you really want him to resist, you won't be used to it: "...... Winnie, don't wronged me, how can I look at my breasts, I'm just looking at the badge! The prostitute wears the Holy Light badge, isn't this a strange thing in the world, I'm just studious and curious, isn't that a role-play?"

"Rare and weird...... People are carrying evil spirits!" Winnie, a jack of all trades, let go of her hand and looked at him with disdain: "This is the sea area of the Ghost Abyss Sea, and there are many unclean things!"

"Unclean things?" Fan Tessi suddenly forgot the pain in his ears, and couldn't help but shiver, although his strength has improved by leaps and bounds, he is not very afraid of the master or something, but the ghosts and the like that he has been afraid of since he was a child, but he is still the same: "What is not clean? At night, we have to go to sea, Winnie, don't talk about it......"

"Cut!"

When it comes to vision, all the other members of Lao Wang's team are not as good as Winnie, how to say that it is also a little rich woman who has traveled all over the Blade Alliance, anyway, there are magic rail trains everywhere, so don't look at her age, there are really not many places she hasn't been to in the Blade Alliance: "Have you heard of the Nether Ship? What about the Haiyin Border? I don't know about this? You should always know about the ghost!"

The Great Triangle of Ghosts, these five words are really like thunder, that is the area with the most records of mysterious disappearances of ships in all the sea areas of the entire Nine Heavens Continent, and it is more than a hundred times more than other places, and in terms of the marked range on the chart, that area is said to be miserable all year round, ghosts cry wolves, so it is called Ghost Snake, which has always been one of the most mysterious places in the Nine Heavens Continent, it is said to be connected to the so-called Gate of Hell, and the most famous and terrifying Netherworld fleet in the Nine Heavens Continent The Dark Ship was first discovered in that mysterious place.

"This east coast city near the sea of ghosts is too common to be haunted or something, and it is normal to wear a holy light badge to ward off evil spirits on this side of the east coast. Winnie showed a wealth of knowledge, and then looked at Fantesi with bad intentions: "By the way, the Dark Demon Island we are going to happens to be in the ghost ......"

Fantesi couldn't help but swallow his saliva, only to feel that Winnie's little face who was speaking seemed to suddenly darken, revealing that miserable smile, and said in a trembling gloomy voice: "Ah ~ West ~ Eight ~, go to sea at night for a while, the ghost sea is windy, you have to hide in the bed......"

"I'll wipe ......" Although Fantesi's face was extremely hard, after all, he was still a little hairy in his heart, and he didn't dare to pay attention to her anymore, but Udi and Kora next to him were very interested in this, and looked at Winnie with interest.

Orcs have never been afraid of the so-called ghosts, in fact, in the legends of the beasts, as early as ancient times, there were dark creatures, ghosts and other disasters in the world, and the orcs are the absolute main force to kill them, after all, the reckless orcs are often full of blood and blood, and the mind is simple, and the general obscure things can't get close to them and can't confuse them, and they are born to be the nemesis of ghosts.

I was about to ask what the ghosts of humans were, but I heard Lao Wang interrupt: "Okay, okay, stop talking, it's getting dark, it's important to find a boat first." ”