In the early morning of the next day, Qi An and the dog demon Lao Hei walked all the way along, following behind the members of the selected reserve battalion, aiming for the magnificent castle located in the middle of the Sword King City.

Outside the castle is also surrounded by a tall city wall, surrounded by a moat at least two zhang deep, a strong and wide stone bridge across the river, leading to two imposing black iron gates, six zhang high, three zhang wide, the surface is carved with unknown beast patterns, and the terrifying eyes are facing the way from which ordinary people dare not look directly.

This vast city within a city is the real Sword King's Mansion, also known as the Inner City, or Inner Fortress, around which the Outer City of the Sword King was built.

This is not only the living place of the Liu clan, but also the military location where the Divine Sword Guard is stationed and cultivated, it is heavily guarded, and idle people are forbidden to enter.

The armor of the sword guard is dazzling silver-white, and the shape is exquisite, and it is very gorgeous, including the helmet and combat boots, which wraps the person tightly, leaving only the eyes exposed.

The silver armor was engraved with Dao runes, the halo gradually rose, and the aura flowed, it was not an ordinary armor, but a real talisman weapon, which made Qi An amazed.

When they knew that these people had been selected from the reserve camp, the Divine Sword Guards guarding the gate told them to wait outside, and someone would come to pick them up.

I don't know how the doorman communicated, but after a while, a divine sword guard who was also wearing full body silver armor came, he just glanced at the people outside the door, and then beckoned: "Follow me from the Covered Sea Guard." ”

Seven people led by Hong Xiucheng stood up from the crowd and followed the Divine Sword Guard who greeted him and entered the inner fort of the Sword King's Mansion.

Soon after, the three Davids of crossing the river, breaking the stream, and breaking the city were sent to pick up people one after another, and took away the quasi-members one by one, leaving only Qi An and Lao Hei alone and a dog, standing alone outside the door.

I don't know what's wrong with the Sky Splitting Guard, no one has come for a long time, Qi An has been waiting for more than an hour, and there is still no movement, the sun is rising high, and the sun is burning people's foreheads.

Lao Hei had already dozed off on the ground, but fortunately it was in the shade of the trees on the side of the road, and it was not in the way of the road.

After another quarter of an hour, a divine sword guard wearing silver armor slowly appeared inside the gate, Qi An had been waiting a little impatiently, and when he saw this person appear, he took the initiative to greet him, hugged his fists and said: "In Xia Qi'an, he is a new member of the Sky Splitting Guard." ”

The man looked Qi An up and down, but because of the mask covering, he couldn't see the expression on his face, only a pair of eyes were outside, and the eyeballs were turning around flexibly.

Qi An was stared at by others, uncomfortable, couldn't help coughing dryly, and asked, "Can I go?"

The man didn't speak, and after a long pause, he nodded slightly, beckoned, and motioned for Qi An to follow behind him and go in together.

Qi An called "Old Black", and the black dog demon who was napping in the shade of the tree on the side of the road immediately jumped up smartly, and was about to follow into the black iron gate, but was stopped by the silver-armored sergeant guarding the door.

"Is this your dog?" The divine sword guard guarding the door asked Qi An, and when he saw the other party nodding, he said coldly, "This is the important place of the Sword King's Mansion, and dogs can't go in!"

Qi An was stunned, he didn't expect that the Inner Fort of the Sword King, which covers an area of tens of thousands of acres and lives with thousands of people, can't accommodate a dog!

He patiently explained a few words, but the divine sword guard guarding the door ignored it completely, and insisted that the dog could not enter.

"Forget it, I won't go in!" Qi An's ears sounded Lao Hei's voice, it was a means of Yuan Shen to transmit sounds, and no one else could hear it, "I'm just walking around the outer city, the place inside is small, and it's not fun, you remember to pay the account of the meat bun every once in a while!"

In desperation, Qi An could only obey Lao Hei's orders, handed it a "don't make trouble" look, and then entered the inner fort of the Sword King's Mansion alone. But the old black trotted all the way without care, and couldn't figure out where it was going to slip away to play.

The members of the Sky Splitting Guard who came to pick it up kept silent, allowing Qi An to reason with the gatekeepers, and when the results came out, Lao Hei slipped away, and then led Qi An to the interior again.

Stepping through the gate, Qi An knew that the inner fort and the outer city were completely two worlds, with a wide and neat stone road in the middle, and thousands of flowers on both sides, with elegant landscapes and fragrant birds.

A majestic black stone castle stands in the distance, as if it is near and far away, and the momentum is compelling, like a mountain peak.

And on the edge of both sides, there are four slightly shorter boulder towers respectively, square and square, the same width up and down, enough to be 100 zhang high, the top of the flag is flying, and there is a big "Liu" character on the book.

The member of the Heaven Splitting Guard pointed straight ahead: "This castle is the real Sword King's Mansion, it is the place where the Liu clan lives, and it is not allowed to enter unless there are special circumstances." ”

Then, he pointed to the boulder towers on both sides: "These eight guard towers are the residences of the Eight Great Divine Sword Guards, the four on the east side are the Split Sky, the Earthquake Earth, the Collapse Mountain, and the Broken Stream, and the West Side are respectively Turning the River, Covering the Sea, Shattering the Star, and Breaking the City." ”

After that, the team leader led Qi An forward, and when he passed the fork in the road, he walked east, pointed to the first boulder tower in the east, and said to Qi An: "This tower belongs to our Sky Splitting Guard, and it is called the Sky Splitting Tower. ”

Walking closer, Qi An found that just this Split Sky Guard Tower covers an area that is not too large, the length and width of the bottom are at least more than ten zhang, and there are many square-shaped air windows on the tower.

The leader did not take Qi An into the Sky Splitting Tower, but passed through the gate and continued to move forward, while saying, "I'll take you around first to familiarize yourself with the environment." ”

Follow the bluestone path on the edge of the Black Stone Castle all the way forward, walk for a long time, and continue to pass the Earthquake Guardian Tower, the Collapse Mountain Guard Tower, and the Broken Stream Guard Tower, and finally come to the back of the Black Stone Castle, which is another scene.

In the distance, there is a lake with rippling blue waves, and there are small islands in the middle of the lake, and there are low mountains on the islands, and there are giant trees on the mountains, and there are sacred birds in the trees.

This bird has a red crown on its head, a beak like a crescent moon, white feathers and black wings, four claws, and a body full of electric light, obviously not a mortal thing, only to see it standing proudly on the top of the giant tree, looking at the world, majestic, waving its wings at will can make the lake under the hill rise huge waves.

Qi An was taken aback and asked, "Could this bird be a demon?"

The leader of the team responded lightly: "Yes, this is a divine beast raised by the Sword King, named 'Four-legged Thunder Sparrow', which is the Great Demon of Rongyuan. ”

Qi An was directly frightened: "What? It turned out to be a big demon?"

As Qi An went farther and farther on the path of cultivation, his knowledge was gradually expanding, and he also had a certain understanding of the demon clan.

The weakest demon is the beast demon, whose strength is probably equivalent to that of the Qi Condensing Cultivator; the higher level is called the Demon Cultivator, and its strength is comparable to the Refining God Realm; the one who is more powerful than the Demon Cultivator is the Great Demon, which is at the same level as the Rongyuan Zhenren; above the Great Demon, it is the Demon King, who can fight and rob the True Monarch.

This four-legged thunder light sparrow looks not big, from head to tail, the body length is less than one zhang, it is a small size among the demon clan, far less terrifying than the black jade demon python that Qi An saw on the Broken Soul Slope that day, but he didn't expect it to be a big demon that can match the real person of Rongyuan, no wonder he has a vision, the thunder light is visible, and the slight movement of his wings can make the lake dozens of zhang away make waves.

The sergeant admonished: "You must not go near that island in the middle of the lake, and do not catch the fish in the lake, otherwise you will be attacked by the four-legged thunder sparrow, and no one will be able to save you, and you will die in vain!"

Qi An nodded again and again, remembering it in his heart.

In the distance, between the small lake and the castle of Blackstone, there was a large open space, and in the open space was a very conspicuous strange building, which looked like a half-cut dome, covering a large area, covered with many small holes, which could both let in light and breathe.

The sergeant pointed to the dome-shaped dome-shaped building and said to Qi An: "It is a fighting battlefield, you can gamble and fight, you can make an appointment, it is a dangerous and desirable place, not only the members of the Divine Sword Guard, but even the children of the Liu family often come to visit, if you are interested in the future, you can go and see for yourself, I will not introduce much." ”

Turn around the battlefield, a peculiar boulder appears in the distance, the whole is a fusiform shape, obliquely inserted in the mud, a bit like a stalagmite, there are feet high, at least three people need to open their hands to hug together, its surface is smooth like a mirror, reflecting the figure, at least hundreds of people sit around this stone, the distance is different, there are far and near, each eye is closed, the expression is different, or hideous, or painful, or sad, or happy, it is very strange to look at it.

Qi An was puzzled and asked, "What are they doing?"

The guide explained to him: "This is a puzzle stone, it is an innate strange thing, a peerless treasure, once it is close, it can make people derive illusions, indulge and cannot extricate themselves, and they need to resist with their own willpower, so as to sharpen their minds and make the spirit stronger." ”

Qi An was stunned and praised: "Sure enough, it is a rare and strange thing, if a Qi Condensing Cultivator wants to break through to the Divine Refining Realm, he must have a strong divine soul, and having this thing as an auxiliary means to cultivate can be described as twice the result with half the effort." ”

The leader of the team bowed his head and said: "Yes, the most difficult point of condensing qi to promote refining gods is that it needs to be strengthened by the primordial spirit, so that it can derive divine consciousness, with the help of this bewildering heart stone, the probability of breakthrough is greatly increased, and this thing is also effective for the great cultivator of refining gods, and it can also improve the efficiency of refining gods." ”

However, Qi An had a question: "Such a treasure, just put it here at will, aren't you afraid of being stolen?"

The leader shook his head: "The closer you get to the Heart Stone, the more powerful its effect becomes, even the great cultivators at the peak of God Refining cannot completely resist it, and it is likely that they will fall into the illusion and forget their own existence." ”

"I see!" Qi An looked around the puzzle stone, and sure enough, everyone was stunned and unconscious.