When there was lightning and thunder in the sky, under Hai Tiantao's signal, some of his confidants rushed towards certain places with his orders.
After learning the orders conveyed from above, many soldiers who were already wearing armor returned to their original camps and began to stay quietly inside.
Originally, at this time, after a while, they were going to go out to arrest the traitors who wanted to leave here, but since there was an order from above, even if they didn't understand it, they still obeyed the order.
Only a small number of soldiers still went out and started patrolling along the previous route. The density was greatly reduced compared to before.
In a relatively ordinary-looking courtyard in Tiansheng City, more than a dozen people had gathered. Everyone's face was filled with fear. They raised their heads and looked at the lightning storm in the sky.
"Deng Deng"
Suddenly there were two knocks on the door from outside, startling everyone inside. A strong man in the lead took a deep breath, made gestures to appease everyone, and then walked towards the door.
There was no movement after the first knock on the door. It was quiet, as if there was some terrible creature lurking outside.
"Creak" a slight sound.
The muscular man slowly opened the door, revealing figures outside. However, after seeing the people coming, his nervous expression relaxed a little.
"Come in quickly!"
The strong man here said as he stepped aside, and at the same time, more than a dozen people outside filed in and walked in.
"You came a quarter of an hour later than usual, which is really worrying." After seeing that no one was paying attention, the strong man closed the door and went back.
"You don't know how strict the investigation is now, but I have successfully obtained a road guide to other cities, which can help us go out at this time." One of the middle-aged men looked a bit rich.
Hearing this, he couldn't help but complain in the same way.
"Great, I don't want to be buried here at all." The strong man's eyes were filled with joy, he looked at the purple envelope and said in a lowered voice.
"Of course, do you know what price I paid? Almost all my family property, as well as my wife and children are here. Otherwise, I would be bankrupt and unable to leave, even if it is because my sister is seriously ill." The rich man snorted coldly.
He couldn't help but say.
"Thank you for your hard work, but you bringing so many people are a bit of an eyesore." The muscular man smiled and couldn't help but wonder when he saw the dozen or so people the other party had brought.
"These are my bodyguards. If anything goes wrong, they will protect each other to the death. All you need to do is provide the secret passage you mentioned." The rich man said the same, and led the way.
"I understand. It seems that you want to go back. In that case, I have no objection. We will set off when the time is almost up." The strong man gave the other party a meaningful look, but he didn't say much.
The other party tried to leave here, but I don't know if he could do as he wished. You must know that the defenses in other cities are deeper.
Except for the two of them who had a conversation but didn't talk to each other, everyone else was silent and stayed quietly aside.
After most of the day, it felt like time was almost here, so they gathered together and walked outside.
With that road guide, which was signed by the city lord himself, even though there were many of them and it was very suspicious, they still went out smoothly.
When they were far away from the city, their progress suddenly turned around and they ran quickly towards the wilderness outside.
They stopped at a small hill that looked very ordinary. They looked at the golden light flashing not far away. They were not so foolish as to rush over it. You must know that all places are connected to nearby patrols, and you cannot escape.
Survive the other party's pursuit.
"Don't be stunned. Dig quickly while the patrols are not here. The passage has already been dug below." The strong man here said without any nonsense, and he took the lead in starting to dig using simple tools made on the road.
There is great power in numbers. With more than a dozen people working in turns, in just one stick of incense time, a cave entrance for one person appeared below. The cave entrance was so dark that it was impossible to see what was going on below.
"Hurry up and leave." The strong man glanced at the sky and jumped down first.
According to his judgment, by the time they get out, the attack above will be almost over.
Everyone jumped down, and even the traces above were simply buried. Anyone could find something wrong here, but it didn't matter to them. By the time someone found out, they would have left here long ago.
Half a day later, as a piece of flat ground in the distance suddenly broke open, they soon crawled out one by one. Looking back, they saw that the lightning behind them had disappeared, the sky was clear, and the figure was in the sky.
Also disappeared.
But the strong man knew that the other person would definitely be waiting for them at a fixed place.
"Let's say goodbye again!" The strong man attacked the rich man and hurriedly led his people in another direction, which was the road leading to the forest behind Tiansheng City.
The rich man here didn't care. He dressed up and continued walking towards the distance. There were supplies that he had risked his life to prepare, which were enough for them to return to other human countries and leave here.
Half a day later, as they were walking in the distance with their supplies, two figures suddenly appeared in front of them.
"Sir, it's them. They don't admire your glory and want to leave here. It's simply unforgivable." The strong man who separated before said with a charming smile.
"Very good information. I'm short of some people over there. I'll reward you later." The man who bombarded the barrier before was still in the same attire. His eyes were looking at this side with great meaning, and he was walking back and forth among the crowd.
Watch.
When he realized that they were all ordinary people, he said to the side.
"It should, it should." The strong man replied happily, not caring at all that he was a companion before betraying him.
"In that case, you all should follow us together!" He threw out a magic weapon and put all the people in front of him into a small gourd, even the strong man next to him. Then he flew away into the sky, and he also
I need to go to other places to catch all these people who have escaped.
One day later, at the City Lord's Mansion in Tiansheng City, Hai Tiantao breathed a sigh of relief after sensing that the other party had completely left. All he could do was wait for him to come back.
...
Behind the huge forest behind Tiansheng City, there is an inconspicuous small mountain peak. It is more like a large hill. It looks very gentle and is also covered by forest. The only difference is that behind this hill,
It was deserted, not even a sound of insects.
A figure flew quickly from the horizon, then slowly fell down, came to the door of the very large cave, and walked in.
"Ouch"
With another wave of his palm, about a hundred people suddenly appeared in this spacious cave. A group of people appeared in a mess on the ground. You squeezed me, I pressed you. It was chaos, and the painful moans were louder.
.
As for him, he put away all his disguise, wore a smart outfit, and lay lazily on the seat above. He looked at the commotion below without paying much attention, and just kept looking down without making any plans.
Among the crowd, an equally inconspicuous young man shrank his eyes slightly after seeing the real face above. The next moment he turned his head calmly and continued to push others like others so that he could relax.
come out.
In fact, Gu Zheng has always been hidden in the team of rich men. As for the original person, he was originally Hai Tiantao's man. This time Gu Zheng wanted to hide himself, so he was given a pass and the back door was opened.
But they didn't expect that the other party secretly ran away elsewhere. When they were worried, the other party happened to stop them and caught them one after another.
But Gu Zheng never expected that this person with a bad role would actually be an acquaintance of his, namely Xingkong, who had spent a lot of time with him below.
Seeing the big change in the other person's aura between now and then, and thinking about the other person's final attempt to rob his family's treasures, what he didn't expect was that he himself would be similarly defiled. What a pity.
Thinking about this, everyone in the hall quickly became confused, looking up with some fear in their eyes, because it seemed that the other party was not as good as previously advertised.
"Since everyone is here, please be quiet. As long as you work for me for some time, my previous commitment will not change and your lives will not be endangered." At this time, the starry sky above finally spoke, and there was a wave of excitement.
A faint momentum pressed downwards, and the commotion below immediately stopped, and everyone looked up tremblingly.
When the people below heard this, they looked around one after another, not daring to answer at all, for fear that if they made a mistake, the other party would kill them. However, Qi Qi felt very regretful in his heart and would not have come if he had known better.
"Since none of you have objections, it's settled. Follow me next. Your task will be easy." Xingkong stood up and walked towards the side, where there were inlaid with fist-sized night pearls.
Illuminate a passage leading downwards.
The people in front looked at each other and watched each other slowly walk over, as if they were not worried about them escaping.
"The back is blocked." A desperate voice sounded from behind.
When everyone took a look, a transparent shield suddenly rose above the only exit. Although it was very weak, it was impossible for ordinary people to open it.
In other words, they had only one way to go. How could they get off the pirate ship so easily?
Everyone had no choice but to comfort themselves in their hearts, because there was no other way but to follow. If they stayed here, who knew what would happen to the other party in the end.
Gradually descending along the relatively wide passage, not long after, an equally spacious underground cave appeared in front of everyone.
Although the crowd moved forward slowly, Gu Zheng secretly surveyed the surroundings.
But at this moment, Gu Zheng's heart suddenly tightened, because next to him, there were several prisons made of black lightning, which held some humans with equally advanced cultivation levels.
Although I don't recognize the first Gu Zheng, but with the power of incense, I'm afraid he is someone stationed here.
I was trapped by this black electricity, no wonder I couldn't get out.
In the second room is a strange human Golden Immortal Peak. It seems that the other person came here specifically to eliminate him, but he was also trapped by him.
When he arrived at the third house, Gu Zheng finally saw Mantian with an angry look on his face. Unlike the previous two who just stayed in place, he was trying to struggle with the black electric rope on his body, but it didn't seem to be of much use.
The starry sky didn't even look at them. It led them through here and continued walking to the opposite side. Soon they came to a small cave.
It is said to be a cave, but in fact there is no trace of soil around it. It is all covered with a kind of black copper jade, shining with metallic light, and densely packed runes are engraved on it.
The most conspicuous place is a small black jade pillar in the middle, with a small black ball the size of a palm suspended above it.
"Okay, your mission is to stay here for half a month, have food and drink, and no one can leave here, otherwise I won't blame you for being rude." Xingkong just let half of the people in front go in, and the other half.
He rushed in another direction and then said to the people who came in here.
Gu Zheng was also fortunate enough to be one of them, and he was also under house arrest here.
After Xingkong said that, he left here directly, leaving only a group of stupid humans, looking around at a loss, for fear of blurring the engraved patterns.
However, some people were shocked and tired. When they saw that the other party just let themselves stay here, they just sat down on it.
Soon everyone started talking quietly, but nothing came of it except being confused.
After a while, several similarly human men walked in from outside, took out a lot of food and threw it in, but they stayed outside and did not dare to come in at all.
Facing the shouts of the people inside, they ran away in the direction they came from as if they were afraid, which intensified the panic in everyone's hearts.
But here, they were like blind people, and they couldn't go out. The evil god had clearly threatened them before, and no one wanted to test them with themselves.
"Eat quickly. Anyway, we are in the hands of the other party. How can we still resist? If it is true as the other party said, there is at least a glimmer of hope." At this time, a young man stood up and said to everyone.
Standing up is the ancient contention. Through this little time observation, I already understand what the other party is going to do.
The formation engraved here is just a simple sound transmission formation, but there is an evil formation hidden in it, which can slowly erode the yang energy of ordinary people. It seems that they should use the yang energy in them to break through.
What a barrier.
"Captain Rong, can you take us out?" The rich man immediately asked urgently. Gu Zheng's identity at this time was his guard captain.
"You also know my strength. Even the Lord of Hai City is no match for the other party. It's impossible for me to take you out of here. It's just that I can't break through the defense outside." Gu Zheng spread his hands and said deliberately.
The rich man was a little disappointed and knew that he couldn't be blamed. He sighed and then did it.
Others also understood what Gu Zheng meant and could only stay here resigned to their fate.
Gu Zheng also stayed here quietly. He was very curious. How could he, who wanted to recover his treasure at that time, become like this? What happened in these years, why did the other party want to find him, or say that he
The possessed painting.
Of course, the black electricity all over Man Tian's body also made Gu Zheng a little worried. It seemed that Xingkong could control those things at any time. If it was really Tie Dao and the others, Gu Zheng, who knew the power of black electricity, felt that they would shed their skin even if they didn't die.
Be prudent. The other party will leave next month anyway, so it is the safest time to act.
Only ten days later, everyone who was originally lively and vigorous became a little sick, as if the energy and spirit of the body had been sucked away. Except for eating, everyone was lying down weakly, regardless of what others thought.
Gu Zheng also followed the example of others, paralyzing on the ground with a sallow complexion.
"Ding-Deng-Deng"
The sound of footsteps came from far away. Except for a few people, everyone lowered their heads silently and didn't even look. They looked more like walking zombies.
From the corner of his eye, Gu Zheng saw Xingkong walking toward the center, talking to himself.
"It seems that the quality of this group of people is a bit low and they need to be rotated in advance."
As he said this, he came to the black pillar in the middle, waved his palm slightly, and a black shield surrounded him.
Seeing this, Gu Zheng closed his eyes, quietly pressed his consciousness close to it, and began to feel what was happening inside with all his strength. With a trembling sound, the sound inside was clearly and unmistakably transmitted to Gu Zheng's ears.
"Lord Soul, I have already felt the aura of that scroll, but this time I still failed to break through the opponent's defense."
Xingkong's figure was respectful. Although he couldn't see inside, he could still feel Xingkong's nervousness.
"Well, this time I asked you to tell you that after you get it, come back to the sword spirit as soon as possible. As long as you send the new ghost down, you will be very happy." A somewhat familiar voice sounded inside.
"But there has been no progress for so many years. Will Xingba send someone over?" Xingkong's tone was full of uneasiness, and he seemed to be very afraid of Xingba.
"Don't worry about this. According to the plan, you will never notice what's going on here. Besides, there is a shielding circle, so others can't notice it at all. Just come here quickly. The gourd in your hand is very important. Do you understand?"
"Understood, I will leave here in two years at most and go to meet up there!" Xingkong said solemnly.
"It's okay. I must do my best to suppress the riots on the Sword Spirit side. When you come back, the stronghold over there will be destroyed and the opponent will be released. At that time, it will be enough to reopen a passage. We can't make the same mistake again this time. Six
It’s a thousand years thing, so you don’t need to contact me next time, I will wait for you here.”
"yes!"
Xingkong responded heavily, understanding the meaning very well.
After the figure finished speaking quickly, there was no more sound, and the shield outside gradually began to dissipate.
Gu Zheng quickly withdrew his consciousness, and he was sure that the other party was coming for Xiaoying, but what was so attractive about her that made the other party pay so much attention to her.
"All of you, get out quickly, you are no longer needed here." Xingkong's face returned to calmness again, and he said with a frown as he looked at the people in a puddle of flesh.
When everyone heard this, their tired bodies seemed to be filled with strength, and they all rolled and crawled towards the outside.
