Chapter 175: The Outer Periphery of the Flame Abyss
The people outside the house were very anxious, and when they heard Zhang Wan'er's voice, they all hurriedly ran in. Seeing Zhang Wan'er in Zhan Qingxiao's arms, crying and crying, they all looked at her with concern.
"Okay, don't cry. It's okay, just now you just encountered a realm breakthrough cultivation illusion, and it's okay already. Zhan Qingxiao patted her on the back and comforted her.
"Woo woo ......" Although Zhang Wan'er's crying stopped, she was still sobbing in a low voice, which showed that what she encountered was what she was most afraid of, so she felt so uncomfortable in her heart. She opened her big watery eyes again and looked at the people who cared about her, and saw Lu Hu covering her heart, looking injured, so she quickly wiped her tears with her sleeve and asked, "Brother Xiaohu, why are you injured?" ”
A smile appeared on Land Rover's face, "It's okay, Wan'er, you're fine." ”
Seeing that Land Rover seemed reluctant to speak, she looked at Zhan Qingxiao again and asked, "Brother Qingxiao, how did Brother Xiaohu get hurt?"
"He's been injured by a kitten. Zhan Qingxiao smiled, because he was afraid that Zhang Wan'er would feel guilty, so he didn't plan to tell the truth, but he made a joke and compared Zhang Wan'er to a kitten.
"Huh?" Zhang Wan'er was stunned, "Is it Xixi?"
Zhan Qingxiao admired her imagination very much, Zhang Wan'er and Xi Xi have always had a good relationship, but Xi Xi has his own pride as a divine beast, so he was a little reluctant to deal with her at first, but after being threatened by Zhan Qingxiao, Xi Xi's attitude towards Zhang Wan'er was better.
"Xixi hasn't come back yet. ”
"Ahh Zhang Wan'er showed a disappointed expression, Xixi had been out for several days, and she naturally missed it very much in her heart, "Brother Qingxiao, what are you doing here, why hasn't he come back for so long, he won't be in any danger in the demon clan, right?"
Zhan Qingxiao couldn't wait to slap himself twice, what was wrong with himself, he had to mention the cat.
"Don't worry, he's not in danger and will be back soon. Zhan Qingxiao gently stroked her head, there was a hint of doting in her eyes, and she had been with Zhang Wan'er for a long time, although Zhang Wan'er was a little naughty, she was still a cute little girl, and she could occasionally make him laugh. It's just that he felt a little guilty, he shouldn't have urged her to cultivate like this, so he said: "Wan'er, I won't force you to cultivate diligently in the future, you can play if you want in the future, and you don't have to practice every day." ”
Zhang Wan'er's face showed an expression of disbelief, "Brother Qingxiao, is it really? Can I be like Brother Xiaohu and them, and I don't have to practice every day?"
"Hmm. Zhan Qingxiao nodded slightly.
"Yo~Yo~" When a few people were chatting, suddenly a sound of deer roaring came, and there was a sudden sound of fighting outside Xiaguang Building.
"Deer hunting bow!" Zhan Qingxiao heard this voice, and immediately heard it, this was the sound of the deer hunting bow's arrows.
"Is my mother here?" Zhang Wan'er said nervously, this voice was naturally familiar to her, she was very sad and scared just now when she saw her mother being torn apart by the beast in the illusion. And now the sound of this deer-hunting bow came, proving that Zhang Xueqing should have arrived here, and it is estimated that he has encountered an enemy, otherwise why would he shoot an arrow for no reason?
"Let's go!" Zhan stood up and decided to take a look.
Everyone hurriedly walked outside the house, Zhang Wan'er was anxious, and soon they came to the lobby, where the things were smashed to pieces, and there were many people outside the Xiaguang Building watching inside.
And there was no fighting scene in the lobby, the shopkeeper and the guy of Xiaguanglou hid in the corner on the side, Zhan Qingxiao saw several men wearing brocade armor had subdued three people, two of them were Zhang Xueqing and Xiang Qing, and there was also an old man with long beard and white hair.
And the men in the brocade clothes, Zhan Qingxiao immediately recognized that the person led by Zhan Qingxiao was Ma Cheng, who had escorted Zhan Qingyun before, and they were the people of the town guard.
"Mother......" Zhang Wan'er was about to cry out, but Zhan Qingxiao covered her mouth, and the voice naturally did not come out. Zhan Qingxiao whispered, "Wan'er, don't make a noise yet. ”
Zhan Qingxiao was not afraid of this group of town guards, but he couldn't do it now. Ma Cheng is a person in the official face of the demon clan, if he wants to save Zhang Xueqing and Xiang Qing, then he will inevitably receive the attention of the demon clan, so he can only figure out the situation first before deciding what to do.
"Hmm......" Zhang Wan'er was very anxious when she was covered by Zhan Qingxiao, after all, her mother was caught by the people of the demon clan, and her life was threatened, how could she not be anxious. was covered at the moment, and he couldn't shout, so he could only frantically express his emotions to Zhan Qingxiao.
"Wan'er, I'll let you go, don't make a noise first. Brother Qingxiao will definitely help you get your mother back!" Zhan Qingxiao said in a low voice.
Zhang Wan'er nodded, Zhan Qingxiao let go of her hand, and she whispered: "Brother Qingxiao, you must find a way to save your mother! She must have been recognized by the people of the demon clan, and the demon clan will definitely kill her." ”
"It's okay, I'm here. Zhan Qingxiao comforted her in a low voice.
At this time, Ma Cheng had already subdued Zhang Xueqing and others, and the deer hunting bow also fell into his hands. He looked at the longbow carefully, and looked very happy, as if he had picked up some treasure, and muttered, "Not bad, a heaven-level weapon." ”
Zhang Xueqing saw that Ma Cheng had taken away her deer hunting bow, and she was very angry, if she wasn't as good as others, the deer hunting bow would not have been lost in her hand. She struggled, with anger
's eyes looked at Ma Cheng, eager to break him to pieces.
Ma Cheng stared at him with a pair of eyes, as if he wanted to kill someone, and said coldly, "Less nonsense, bring it!"
The subordinate seemed to be very afraid of Ma Cheng, so he could only move the demon yuan and take out the long sword hidden in his body.
Ma Cheng grabbed the long sword, but felt that the long sword was being held by his subordinate, Ma Cheng glanced at the subordinate, and then took the ground-level weapon.
"I don't believe it!" Ma Cheng raised his sword, and the power of the demon yuan was injected into the sword, slashing at the golden lock.
"Ding!" sparks burst into the air, the sound of metal clashing, this time the earth-level long sword was not broken, only a gap appeared, and the golden lock was still unharmed. Ma Cheng didn't believe in evil, and slashed through it with another sword, but the golden lock was still unmoved.
His blue-clothed subordinate Zhang Yu was crying with a sad face, and a top-grade ground-level weapon was now missing two big mouths, seeing that Ma Cheng was going to continue to cut, he thought about it, and hurriedly stepped forward, hugged Ma Cheng's arm, and said pleadingly: "My lord, this golden lock keeps chopping, you still don't ...... it."
"Get out!" Ma Cheng threw his elbow back and threw Zhang Yu out.
"Hehehe......" Just as Ma Cheng still wanted to continue to cut off the golden lock, a burst of laughter came, interrupting his raised hand.
"Who? sneaking up there!" Ma Cheng snapped into the darkness to the left, and he could feel the laughter coming from that direction.
"Ask me who I am, little one, you are very rude! Break into the Hidden Dragon Cave, without first asking the master, but want to destroy the master's things, and have the face to ask who the old man is?" From the darkness on the left appeared an old man with a beard, dressed in a simple gown, with a silver glittering key pinned to his waist.
The old man was thin and small, and his walk was a little unsteady, and he looked very obscene.
"Who are you?" said Ma Cheng, who did not like the old man, haughtily.
"The old man is guarding the Hidden Dragon Cave, who do you say the old man is?" the old man didn't pay much attention to Ma Cheng's tone, and asked rhetorically.
"I've never heard that there are gatekeepers in the Hidden Dragon Cave!" Hu Que stepped forward and said at the right time.
"Since you say that you are the gatekeeper of the Hidden Dragon Cave, what credentials do you have?" asked Ma Cheng, returning the sword in his hand to his man.
The old man did not speak, but untied the silver key from his waist, and then bowed slightly to the golden lock, indicating that this was the key to open the golden lock.
"Could this be the key to unlock the golden lock?" Ma Cheng thought to himself, and at the same time had a trace of doubt, "But this old man's sudden appearance here is a little abnormal. ”
"Then why don't you open the lock quickly? Do you know who this is? This is Lord Ma of the town overseer of this Demon Clan's Imperial City!" Hu Que didn't think about it so much, but said directly.
"Oh! it turned out to be Lord Ma, fortunately I will be lucky!" said the old man politely, but his tone was not necessarily very respectful, but there was a hint of mockery.
Ma Cheng frowned, but he didn't say anything, but said: "Since you have the key, then you can open the lock!
"It's okay to open this door for you, but Master Ma has to think about it. The old man played with the key in his hand and said with a mysterious smile.
"Well, what's the problem?" Ma Cheng smelled something unusual, and he vaguely felt a little uneasy.
The old man played with the key in his hand, "As soon as the door of this Hidden Dragon Cave opens, I don't know whether I live or die." The dragons are brutal, if you say the wrong thing, you will kill you!"
"Lord Ben is free and measured, I don't need you to say more!" Ma Cheng said indifferently, obviously he was very conceited, after all, he was already a master of the Yuan Hegemony stage at a young age, and there were not many people in the entire demon clan who were his opponents. Even the dragon clan is like a local chicken and a tile dog in his eyes, not much different.
The strength of the dragon clan has been confirmed a long time ago, except for the golden dragon clan of the dragon clan, the highest strength of the others is only the Yuan Hegemony Realm, and the golden dragon clan has long been out of the Five Elements Continent for many years, and the rest of the dragon clan is not worried.
"That's good! The old man opened the Hidden Dragon Cave. All the consequences, Master Ma at your own risk!" he smiled slightly, then took the silver key and walked to the door.
With a click, the silver key turned, and the golden lock opened, and at this time, a golden light shot out from the crack in the door, and then after the door opened, the golden light became more and more dazzling, and no other color could be seen except a golden light.
Everyone hurriedly shielded the golden light with their hands, and at the same time squinted their eyes, trying to see what was going on inside. And after the door was fully opened, the golden light became less dazzling.
"Golden ...... Gold!oh my mother!, so much gold!" Bayan cried out.
Everyone was in shock, inside the gate was a huge field, the ground was piled up like a hill of gold, and the largest pile in the center was half the size of a court. Above the largest pile of gold was a dragon more than ten meters long, which seemed to be asleep, and the corners of the mouth of the dragon's head, which was the size of a pool, still drooped from time to time.
As if sensing movement, the dragon opened its bowl-sized eyes and looked at them.
"Demon Clan?" the giant dragon slowly got up from the pile of gold, slowly swam into the air, and then let out a deafening dragon roar, and said in a puzzled tone.
For Ma Cheng and the others, none of them have officially seen the body of the dragon clan, because the dragon clan can be incarnated into a human body, so it is no different from the human race and the demon race, and this time they were naturally very surprised to see the body.
"Disturb the rest of the deity, what is the matter with your demon clan?" the dragon looked at them condescendingly.
Ma Cheng took a step forward and made a standard salute in the Five Elements Continent, and then spoke, "Your Excellency the Dragon Clan, the Demon Clan's Origin Conference is about to begin, and the Dragon Clan has sent envoys to participate in previous years, why is the envoy of the Dragon Clan missing this time, and please allow me to go to the Dragon Valley and meet the Dragon Clan Patriarch." ”
"Presumptuous!" the dragon shouted, his body swimming in the air, "are you going to ask the dragons for an explanation?
The dragon's sound made everyone else tremble with fright, only Ma Cheng was slightly better, and the dragon clan didn't mean to let him go to Xianglong Valley, but he couldn't go back there. After going back, I couldn't explain to the Demon Emperor, did I tell the Demon Emperor that I was driven out by a small dragon of the Dragon Clan before I arrived in Xianglong Valley?
"The emperor of my demon clan said that this trip is to find the dragon clan patriarch to ask the reason, and please let us go to the dragon valley and meet the dragon clan patriarch!" Ma Cheng said without humility or arrogance, the strength of the dragon in front of him is very strong for others, but Ma Cheng is confident that he can still fight with it.
"Demon Emperor, what is he?"
"Please also be respectful of your words. Ma Cheng was slightly annoyed, this dragon was so disrespectful to the Demon Emperor, he was naturally a little annoyed.
The giant dragon snorted coldly, a piece of snot erupted from his nose, and said majestically: "You demon clan, you are really bold! But I don't have to be bold to come to my dragon clan, you have to have a certain strength!"
After saying that, the light of its whole body surged, and its body turned into a sharp blade and attacked Ma Cheng. Ma Cheng saw that the dragon did not agree with each other, and his heart was already beginning to be vigilant, he condensed the power of the demon yuan, his body jumped into the air, level with the dragon's head, and a palm sent out a burst of dazzling light waves, facing the dragon.
The light wave collided with the dragon head, and the dragon's attack was fended off, and in addition to that, it was slightly repulsed by some distance.
"I have to admit that you have some strength! But if you want to win, it's not that easy!" The dragon also seemed slightly surprised at the strength of Ma Cheng. The surrounding air currents began to converge, and it was clear that they were accumulating power.
With this dragon clan's charged blow, Ma Cheng didn't dare to underestimate it, and hurriedly urged the maximum energy of the demon yuan in his body to prepare to resist this blow.
"This is the roar of the dragons, right?" someone who knew something about it whispered.
"Legend has it that the roar of the dragon clan is extremely destructive, and if it is not the strongest person, I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist. It's up to Master Ma to resolve this trick!"
The surrounding air began to become active along with the air current, and the gold on the ground began to be blown into the sky with these winds, forming a huge golden vortex, and the sound of the gold hitting made a "ding" sound.
At this moment, a voice sounded inappropriately: "Stop!"
The air around the dragon began to dissipate, the golden vortex stopped turning, and all the gold fell to the ground like a downpour.
It turned out that the old man who had followed him in had said what he had just said, and as soon as he spoke, the dragon stopped attacking and became very well-behaved.
"Officially, the Great Elder of the Dragon Clan, Milling Watts. The old man said to Ma Cheng with a smile on his face, but this smile looked very obscene and obviously not formal.
"Are you the Great Elder of the Dragon Clan?" Ma Cheng was stunned, although he knew that the Dragon Clan had the ability to transform into shapes, but he really couldn't connect this obscene old man with the majestic and solemn Dragon Clan, and claimed to be the Great Elder of the Dragon Clan?
"What's the matter?
Ma Cheng couldn't help but scold, and could only pretend to be surprised, and said, "No, it's just very surprised." ”
"You don't have to go to Xianglong Valley. If you want to know, I can answer you why you haven't sent a dragon emissary to the Origin Conference this year. Milling said.
"But why?"
"Have you ever heard of the dragon vein diagram?" asked Mo Xun indifferently.
"The Dragon Vein Diagram was a treasure from the Origin Conference of this trip, but it was stolen a few days ago. What does this dragon vein diagram have to do with the fact that the dragon clan did not send an envoy over?" Ma Cheng asked puzzledly, after all, the dragon vein diagram was just a treasure for their demon clan, and it didn't deserve too much attention.
"I heard that this dragon vein diagram was taken by a little girl of your demon clan who has not yet shared the life of the demon element?" asked with a smile.
"How did you know?" Ma Cheng's eyes showed a look of suspicion, he only knew about the disappearance of the dragon vein map, but he never knew who took it.
"The underworld has intervened in this matter, so it is inconvenient for my dragon clan to participate. Please also tell the Demon Emperor. Instead of answering him, he said something that confused Ma Cheng.