Yuan Lianyao stood in the spacious hall, her beautiful face full of seriousness.
A majestic young man wearing silver armor, standing as tall as a pine tree. His calm aura had a faint smell of blood, which was clearly the result of years of fighting.
"In the villages and towns surrounding Dark Moon City, in the past ten days, nearly a hundred hunters and strong men have disappeared for no reason." Li Feng, who is responsible for patrolling outside the city, is a capable general of the Yuan family. He has cultivated in the middle stage of the Huangting realm.
The hoarse low voice said again: "I have been tracing it so far, but I still don't have any clues."
Yuan Lianyao thought about it and said: "Have there been any unusual strangers in or outside the city recently? Also, has anything special happened?"
"There are no unusual strangers." Li Feng shook his head, thought for a while and said: "In the Jinluo Mountain controlled by the Huang family, there have been several collapses inside the mine in the past half month. Many miners have buried their bodies inside Jinluo Mountain, and their bodies have not yet been found.
Get it out."
"Jinluo Mountain?" Yuan Lianyao frowned.
"The jinluo stone contained in that mine has been mined for many years, and I think it is gradually drying up." Li Feng explained, "The difficulty of mining in the future is getting bigger and bigger. We rely on ordinary people who don't know how to practice to dig at extremely deep depths.
, it’s too easy to get into trouble. And the value of Jinluo Stone is just that, and it’s not worth asking a practitioner to take action.”
"I understand. In the eyes of the Huang family, the lives of ordinary miners are not as valuable as Jinluo Stone." Yuan Lianyao nodded and said, "Continue to trace the whereabouts of those missing."
"As commanded."
…
"Father."
In the underground secret room, Yuan Lianyao stared at Yuan Qiufang, who was bound by ice chains, her heart full of guilt, "I have given those things to Yu Yuan. He also promised me that when the three realms competition is over,
Just deal with the fire poison that poisons your earthly soul. Oh, by the way, Lin Hanyu asked Huang Chen."
Yuan Qiufang spit out a long breath, sparks of fire and turbid air kept flying, "Why is Lin Hanyu looking for Huang Chen?"
"After being warned by me, I didn't dare to attack Yu Yuan openly, so I had to ask Huang Chen to help." Yuan Lianyao said with a smile: "I really didn't expect that Lin Laoer would fall into the hands of that boy Yu Yuan.
If I hadn't come forward, I think a few more people in the Yu family might have died, and Lin Laoer and his daughter would have also been poisoned by Yu Yuan."
"Remember, Yu Yuan should not be treated like a normal person!" Yuan Qiufang looked solemn, "Also, you have to make sure that he is safe and sound!"
"This is Dark Moon City. Since I already know the situation, the Huang family wants to kill him, but I'm afraid they can't do it." Yuan Lianyao hesitated and said, "In the past ten days, nearly a hundred hunters have disappeared outside the city.
, does this matter... have anything to do with father?"
She knew that after obtaining the secret technique from Yu Yuan, Yuan Qiufang was able to enter and exit Dark Moon City in a short period of time.
Yuan Qiufang, who practiced the "Red Demon Art", went through a bloody massacre when he lost control of his mind, which helped him relieve the terrifying pressure caused by the fire poison.
Likewise, when she learned that hundreds of hunters were missing outside the city, she had to suspect that Yuan Qiufang was responsible.
"not me."
"If it wasn't you, who could it be?"
…
Outside the city, Yujia Town.
"Hoo ho!"
Ning Ji waved his hand easily and freely, and clusters of air masses condensed with spiritual power rushed towards Yu Yuan.
Under the moonlight, Yu Yuan jumped up and down in the clusters of air masses, and was hit by the air masses from time to time. If he was hit by a galloping chariot, he would often grunt and stagger back ten or so steps.
Many of the bluestone slabs paved in the Yu family's old residence have been broken into pieces by his trampling.
"boom!"
Another cluster of spiritual energy hit Yu Yuan's chest, causing him to fly upside down and land with a thud.
"Okay, okay, that's it for today."
Ning Ji stopped his hand and looked at Yu Yuan, who was lying on his back in the night with his feet up in the sky, and said: "Master Yu, why do you pay so much attention to that competition in the Tongmai Realm?"
Since noon, he was dragged here by Yu Yuan and fed at Yu Yuan's request.
In other words, he was beaten.
Yu Yuan, who was of low level and had no combat experience at all, faced him at this moment and was clearly looking for abuse.
It lasted for several hours, and it was almost late at night, but Yu Yuan still refused to stop.
He could tell that Yu Yuan's physique was extraordinary, but he had never experienced the training of battle before. His steps, techniques, and adjustments to his breathing rate were all very rough, which made him very worried about the subsequent battle to open up the meridians.
But he was still full of curiosity about Yu Yuan.
Because Yu Yuan solved the poisoning problem of his old friend, and he also heard about the turmoil that happened in the Yu family palace.
Because he had many doubts and curiosity in his heart, he continued to stay at Yu's house at Yu Can's request.
Moreover, after Yu Yuan spoke, he accompanied him to Yujia Town outside the city to sharpen his sword temporarily to help Yu Yuan hone his fighting skills.
"Master Yu, how long are you going to lie down?" Seeing that he didn't speak for a long time, Ning Ji was a little worried. He couldn't help but stepped forward and asked with concern: "What's wrong? I can't stand it anymore. Are you tired? If you are too tired, go to bed early."
, come back tomorrow.”
"The night tonight is not quite right."
Yu Yuan, with his limbs facing the sky, stared straight at the crescent moon, with obvious confusion on his face, "Grandpa Ning, pay attention to whether the halo of the moon tonight is a little faintly crimson.
?”
Ning Ji raised his head and took a serious look, and found that just as Yu Yuan said, the light released by the crescent moon had a faint crimson feel. "As the seasons change, the moonlight will also change slightly. Isn't this normal?"
"No, it's not normal." Yu Yuan shook his head, sat up slowly, and said, "I don't know why, but I feel a little depressed."
Ning Ji fell silent.
He had long known that Yu Yuan, who had returned from the dead, had many secrets hidden in him.
He is willing to stay in the Yu family, so naturally he has selfish motives.
At this moment, the weirdness displayed by Yu Yuan made him think deeply.
"I think something might happen tonight." Yu Yuan observed the moonlight for a while, his expression became more solemn, "Grandpa Ning, you have to stay by my side tonight."
"Okay!" Ning Ji said.
Time passes minute by minute.
Yu Yuan and Ning Ji were in the Yu family's old house, in the courtyard where Ning Ji had set up the spirit summoning array for him.
Ning Ji had a lot of questions, but he chose to keep silent and just waited with Yu Yuan.
In the middle of the night, a sudden, eardrum-piercing shout came from the villages around Yujia Town.
"Grandpa Ning, come with me and go take a look!" Yu Yuan stood up suddenly.
Ning Ji's color changed slightly, a shadow cast over his heart, and he suddenly became worried, "Could it be a conspiracy hatched secretly by the Hanyin Sect because they were unwilling to give up?"
The Hanyin Sect ordered Yin Jue, the evil slave of the Lin family, to kill Yu Yuan twice but failed. Lin Hanyu and his daughter were injured again, and it was very possible that they would kill Yu Yuan at all costs.
This place is outside Dark Moon City, and Yuan Lianyao cannot care about it. Ning Ji has to think more about Yu Yuan's safety.
"There is something really strange. It cannot be the Hanyin Sect." Yu Yuan squinted his eyes, took another deep look at the moonlight, and said in a heavy tone: "The crimson color has become a little thicker."
…
Li Feng, wearing bright silver armor and holding a short spear of the same color, stood in the village and looked around.
More than a dozen guards from Darkmoon City walked in and out of those villages. Everyone had a gloomy face and no one spoke.
The atmosphere was extremely depressing.
"My lord, we have checked everything and there is no one there."
A guard finally stood in front of Li Feng, with an ugly expression on his face, "I have been to this village in the morning. There are about ten families and dozens of people. The people living in this village are also hunters, and they are my determined targets.
One. When I heard the scream, I immediately sent out a signal to report it, and we rushed over immediately."
"But……"
The corner of his mouth twitched, and he suppressed the grief and panic in his heart, and said: "When we arrived, there was no one there. The few children I saw in the morning, and the aunts and sisters I told them to be careful,
They are all gone. In such a short period of time, there were even strong men of adulthood. How can you say they are gone and then they are all gone?"
After speaking, his eyes became moist.
Some of the guards in Darkmoon City come from the four major families, but many are selected from villages and towns outside the city.
As long as you have the talent for cultivation and undergo strict selection, you can become a guard of Darkmoon City, and you can be taught low-level spiritual cultivation techniques, and then you can embark on the path of cultivation.
However, most of these city guards have spent their entire lives in the Tongmai, Yunling and Huangting realms, and it is almost impossible for them to have any hope of entering the Poxuan realm.
The guard who reported to Li Feng came from a nearby village. Although it was not the one in front of him, he also had relatives living here.
When he thought that the village that was still full of life during the day was deserted overnight, he felt panicked.
It's hard for him to think of good things.
"Hoo ho!"
A sound broke through the air, and a sudden roar came.
"Who?" Li Feng shouted.
The guards in the village instantly activated their spiritual power, flowing through their bodies, and were ready to fight.
Qingyao, bright yellow, azure, and various haloes of different colors were released from the bodies of the guards and the objects in their hands, filling the small village with extremely chaotic spiritual energy.
"I am Yu Yuan, from Yujia Town."
In order to avoid any misunderstanding, Yu Yuan announced his home address several dozen meters away.
"Yu Yuan!"
Li Feng, as well as the nervous guards, all looked stunned.
Recently, this name is really popular.
"It's okay." Li Feng waved his hand to signal everyone not to be too nervous. When Yu Yuan and Ning Ji entered the village, he looked at Yu Yuan carefully and said, "Master Yu, what are you doing here in the middle of the night?"
"I came here after hearing a strange sound." Yu Yuan looked around in the village and asked, "Is everyone missing?"
Li Feng's expression changed slightly, "How did you know?"
Yu Yuan's face darkened, "Besides this village, have there been any other disappearances in recent times?"
Li Feng took a deep breath, his eyes as cold as cold knives, "There have been several similar disappearances, and more than a hundred hunters have disappeared. But like today, this is the first time that an entire village of men, women, and children disappeared in a short period of time.
Together."
Ning Ji, who came with Yu Yuan, also saw that Li Feng's attitude was not good, and he might have become suspicious in his heart.
"Old Ning Ji, invited by the head of the Yu family, has been making trouble in the Yu family recently." Ning Ji took the initiative to clear up the relationship for Yu Yuan, "During this period, Young Master Yu has been living in seclusion in the Yu family. It was noon today when he came to Yu family town.
.”
"Then, what do you know?" Li Feng said in a deep voice.
Yu Yuan looked at the crimson moonlight in the sky with a solemn expression and whispered: "Dark Moon City, a great disaster is coming."