After a long queue, Gu Zheng and his party, who successfully passed the test, were finally able to go deep into the fortress.
Everything here is very unfamiliar to Gu Zheng.
Because although the entire fortress looks very shocking from the outside, it seems to have been forcibly divided into half inside. At least there is only one layer of wall above the head. It feels very narrow, and there are layers of low walls on both sides of the road.
Room.
Most of them are empty, no one lives in them at all, and it feels like being in a prison.
“The first floor here is almost abandoned. It is a place where various formations are engraved. As long as someone is sitting inside, the defensive formations outside can be activated.”
Fang Jie saw Gu Zheng’s confusion and explained from the side.
When he said this, Gu Zheng immediately understood it, but through the thick layer of gray, he couldn't see the detailed structure inside.
"We are going to the third floor. The second floor is for our less important subordinates to live. The second floor is for the various city lords. Only very important people can live there. There is not much difference between the two environments.
, after all, this is a defensive fortress, and it has actually been abandoned for many years before it was put into emergency use."
“This gathering here allows everyone to recall the original intention of the creation of the Soul Alliance, and at the same time, it can relieve everyone’s tension these days and ease everyone’s conflicts.”
Fang Jie saw that Gu Zheng didn’t seem to understand anything about this place, so he simply explained it to him. While talking, he led Gu Zheng to the second floor.
Everyone here knows what he said, and even those who don’t know don’t know.
Tell me something, they have already stepped onto the second floor from the stone stairs on the side, and they still need to go through most of the area to reach the third floor.
As soon as you come in, this place and the first floor seem to be two different worlds. Although they are also monotonous stone houses, most of them are already occupied by people. They are at least much cleaner than those below. There are sounds of chatting, laughing and cursing, and
The sound of angry shouting and quarreling seemed to be heated.
However, there is noisy here, but no one dares to make a move. Even if they point at each other's nose with a red face, and they are about to fight, they are very restrained. After all, most of the cultivations here are very powerful. At a glance, they are the masters of various city lords.
If the elites really fight, the damage caused will be very serious.
This is a death order, and there must be no fighting.
Furthermore, Gu Zheng also discovered that among such a group of people, there were many demon souls. Although they transformed into human beings, their auras could be seen by anyone.
These are the smarter ones among the demon souls, sneaking here and there. After all, the demon souls are not puppets, and they cannot listen to everything that is said over there.
"It's impossible to start a fight here. Anyone who dares to take action will be doomed. However, the fourth floor above is a platform for people to understand their grudges. It is also the place where everyone will compete next." Fang Jie pointed to the side and said.
While he was talking, the two people who were arguing seemed to have reached a consensus and walked away angrily towards the distance, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
"If they fight in private, no one will die. At most, they will vent their anger. They are not even allowed to be seriously injured. This is the rule above." Fang Jie pointed at the two people and said.
Gu Zheng nodded silently, followed the other person's turn, and walked towards another place.
Although the space here is narrow, the area is very huge. After walking a long distance, we came to a different place.
This side is an empty bottom. Countless white crystals illuminate this place. It is much brighter than the previous space where only yellow light shines. The light seems to be mixed with special effects. Anyone who wants to be invisible and tries to get close to this place
, cannot escape the rays of light.
There is an almost right-angled stone staircase here, with just some indentations on it that are just big enough for one toe, making it easier for people with weak cultivation skills to go up.
Besides, there are several guards standing here. The leader is a red-haired demon soul. His cultivation is at the early stage of Daluo. He doesn't know why he ran here. There are four golden immortal peaks beside him, stationed here together.
“Warrant!”
When the red-haired demon soul saw Gu Zheng and the others, he didn't waste any more words and directly stretched out his hand and said to them.
Fang Jie stepped forward and handed over a copper-colored coin-like object. The other party briefly checked it, threw it back, and moved out of the way.
He was talking about the password, but he didn't expect it to be this token. It was really a big surprise. It seems that it is extremely difficult for anyone here to get through. There is no password at all, and the entrance to the third floor is only
this one.
After easily coming up from below, the scene is different from the one below.
The entire space is many times larger than the one below. Even the height is more than ten feet high. The surroundings are not those dilapidated stone houses that are barely inhabited. There are spacious courtyards lined up in two rows, although they are much smaller than the outside world.
, but everything that should be there seems to be there.
There are strong auras in many courtyards, probably from various city lords who have come here.
Gu Zheng believes that the place where he lives must not occupy a large area, and that other areas are the real function of this fortress, but I am afraid that he cannot see it now.
Fang Jie here led Gu Zheng towards the side with a familiar road, which made Gu Zheng feel too worry-free. If he came in by himself and wanted to find Pan Xuan and the others, he would probably waste a lot of time and effort.
After a few turns, they came to a courtyard that looked similar from the outside. Fang Jie went up and knocked on the door. Soon the door was opened, and a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes stuck his head out. When he saw Fang Jie
They were very surprised and said.
“You didn’t go out on a mission, why did you come back so quickly? Who is this person?”
"Some accidents happened, but the mission is accomplished. This is Mrs. Xue's friend. Without him, I can't come back. I want to see Mrs. Xue now." Fang Jie gave a wry smile and then said.
“Come in quickly, madam, they are in the living room, I will inform you.” After the man opened the door, he immediately ran inside.
“Come in, there is no safer place than here.” Fang Jie said to Gu Zheng, and then gave instructions to his sister.
"Fang Yu, please send them down to have a rest first. This ancient senior and I will go to the front hall."
“Okay, I’ll wait for you behind.” Fang Yu nodded and walked to one side with his companion.
At this time, in the largest living room in the middle of the house, Mrs. Xue was sitting on a spacious chair with her sleeping child in her arms, with Pan Xuan beside her.
Opposite them, a handsome-looking man frowned, as if something was bothering him.
"What should I do? The preparations here are not sufficient, and the opponent is coming." Pan Xuan looked at the opposite side and pretended to be unhappy and said, "Even Mr. Feng can't solve it now."
"Am I that unbearable? Everything I prepared for the sacrifice is ready, but the key thing is still missing." Mr. Feng rolled his eyes at Pan Xuan and said with some annoyance.
"Whatever it is, why don't you tell me. If I can help, I will do my best." Mrs. Xue said softly next to her.
She has now fully mastered her husband's power, and the losses have been minimal. It is all thanks to Pan Xuan and the others that she has achieved such great results. If he could only control one third of it, it would be good.
That one-third is not enough to keep her safe, and it may still be a piece of cake in the eyes of others. Although she knows that everything the other party has to do will be useless after their plan succeeds, but she doesn't care.
.
Because the other party has promised her that not only will she be kind to her strength and will not be disbanded, but she will also take more care of her so that she can take care of her children safely.
After all, with the power of the Shura clan, Mrs. Xue really didn't care about the power in her hands. During this period, Mrs. Xue gave Pan Xuan a huge help. Even her subordinates were sent out to die.
If the blood sacrifice is strengthened, she will agree without hesitation.
That was a true confidant. After hearing the order, he took the order directly without any hesitation, even though he knew that he would die.
"If you could help, I would have spoken a long time ago and I wouldn't be polite to you. But you are not strong enough to help. If you could, the entire Soul Alliance combined would barely be enough." Mr. Feng said rudely.
"The entire Soul Alliance? I really can't do this, even the alliance leader can't do it. After all, one-third of the Soul Alliance is demon soul, and the other party is its own entity. Maybe only when it was first established,
Only then can we do it." Mrs. Xue shook her head and said.
There is still a self -knowledge, let alone near, that is, the warmth of the warmth, even the race created by myself cannot be completely controlled.
"Yes, that's why I said it was too late. According to the information I gathered, the other party will soon use this opportunity to attack you. It's a pity that most of you don't believe it." Mr. Feng felt deeply regretful about this and couldn't help but
Sighed again.
"Why is it too late? Everything is ready now. After they die in the end, they can summon many tribesmen, and then start to arrange, and bring back their own people little by little. When enough strength is accumulated, we can bring our seniors to
Summon it out, and when the Ancestor comes, nothing will be hindered. Wasn't it planned from the beginning, so why did the accident happen?" Pan Xuan asked in confusion.
Mr. Feng came here alone a few days ago to understand the situation and discuss some measures. However, she didn’t know the specific actions yet. After all, they had been in single-line contact with each other before, and this was the first time they had met separately.
"You don't know this. The plan can't keep up with the changes. Let me explain it to you in detail."
Master Feng listened to what Pan Xuan said, that was the initial goal, but now the situation has changed.
"You also know that if the ancestor wants to force his way over, there must be enough power here to open the passage for him. We are not you. We can temporarily summon the shadow of the ancestor with the help of some conditions, so we must gather enough clan talents.
right."
Pan Xuan nodded. She had to admit that she had an extremely huge advantage, but after summoning it once, it was estimated that she would not be able to use it again for tens of thousands of years.
"Then, we summon, erode, and continue summoning little by little. This takes too long, and accidents will inevitably happen. You must know that the person here will not just watch us compete for his territory, although he takes advantage of it.
The method is too simple and crude, and can only occupy a small center."
"If the opponent takes action in person, it is too dangerous for us here. Even if there are other reasons why we cannot take action in person, our energy will be greatly affected by the attack of the demon soul, and we will be easily defeated by the opponent. In this regard, there were soul alliance gangs before
It’s a good way for us to attract attention, at least until we have enough power to resist.”
"But now, the other party is going to take action against the Soul Alliance." Mr. Feng stood up and looked outside the door, "These humans and demons who came here for no reason at first, as well as the traitors among the demon souls who longed for me, the other party
We have already taken action. During the investigation, the other party discovered our existence, but now they still mistakenly think that we come from the depths of the Black Prison."
“Once the other party realizes our true identity, it is impossible for the other party to leave it alone. Without the soul alliance, we cannot grow up smoothly at all.”
At the end of the sentence, Mr. Feng’s tone became serious. As a rising star, he was valued by many people in their clan, including the ancestors, and he knew many situations.
The prehistoric world at this time is no longer the original prehistoric world, and the way the Shura clan acted in the past made them countless enemies, and the ancestor rarely went out because of this.
A pair of weapons that are not stained by cause and effect, have been silent for an unknown amount of time for the Shura clan. At this time, it gives them some hope of resolving their grievances and allowing the Shura clan to survive forever.
This is the lifelong wish of every Shura tribesman, even if it costs their lives.
They have seen races that are too powerful, even more powerful than them, and have foundations, all disappearing in the long flow of time, and they are also at the center of this trend.
Their glorious days have passed, and they must lurk and wait for their time to rise.
The situation is different now. If you really go on step by step, you are very likely to fail. I am afraid that such a good opportunity will never come again.
"Is there any way?" Pan Xuan felt Mr. Feng's helplessness and was surprised in her heart, as if this was the first time she saw him, and she felt unsure.
"Yes!" Mr. Feng perked up, "That is to use huge power to forcefully tear open a hole, let all the people gathered there come over, directly skip all the previous steps, come to the last step, accumulate strength and invite the ancestors
, at that time, even if the other party is trying to stop us, it is impossible for them to stop us personally."
"This time, the ancestor sent in a weapon first, with a clone of the ancestor engraved on it. Although it can only be used once and the cost is very high, it is enough to deter the opponent." Mr. Feng said word by word.
“But we can’t gather such a huge force!” Pan Xuan thought of what she had said before, instantly understood the problem and couldn’t help but say it.
"Yes, and we can't use the existing power." Mr. Feng sat down again and said, "These demon souls are still human beings. Once they die, we can extract the power inside. The problem is, we don't have any magic weapons.
We can collect these powers. If our own blood pool is placed here, it is possible, but even a blind person can know our plan, which is a pity."
This is the source of Mr. Feng’s sighs and troubles. Once the two start a war, the energy that escapes will be wasted. It’s a pity that such a good opportunity exists.
“No way, isn’t that the team under my command is here to help you attract each other and eliminate the enemy that is being tracked by you first?” At this time, Mrs. Xue also understood something about it and said with some surprise.
She really thought that the other party was sending her people out to die, and then gave the other party an address so that they could gather together and catch them all.
"Of course not. If my arrangement is correct, I will ask you to find a way to get the envelope deliberately so that the other party can get it. There is no need to ask anything else." At this time, Mr. Feng also gave the other party a strange look, not knowing what the other party said.
After all, the other party also puts some pressure on him in terms of investigation. If anything is reported during the investigation, it will be a disaster, and by the way, the other party will become the cornerstone of the first reinforcement.
“It turns out that I didn’t understand it clearly and it killed them.”
Mrs. Xue knew that the other party would not lie in this regard. Looking back on what the other party sent someone to relay, it seemed that this was also the case, but she mistook what the other party meant and said a little sadly.
This team is her confidant, and she is really reluctant to part with it.
But she didn’t know that it was their desperate protection that made the other side not feel any suspicion at all.
Pan Xuan and Mr. Feng were also stunned. They understood what the other party meant and did not expect that the other party would do this. Before they could say anything, an attendant came outside and shouted loudly.
“Mrs. Xue, Fang Jie and the others are back.”
"Um?"
This time it was the three of them's turn to have doubts at the same time, and they all felt that the other party had failed in their mission.
“Come in, I have something to ask him.” Although it is a good thing that the other party is not dead, the key is whether the task is completed.
The attendant went down, and soon two steps approached from the outside.
Pan Xuan looked at the door casually, wanting to see what news the other party brought and what happened during the period, but the moment she looked, her whole person was stunned, and her body even stood up subconsciously.
Mr. Feng took a glance and saw the familiar figure, and he had no other unnecessary thoughts in his mind.
He had received personal instructions from his ancestor, and of course he knew that the other party had become an outsider. This was the key. For him, Gu Zheng was just a friend he could use, and after the matter was over, the other party left voluntarily.
"Mr. Gu, I didn't expect you to come so soon. I was about to arrange for someone to wait for you at the door. Why are you together?" Mrs. Xue was stunned when she saw Gu Zheng's figure, and then asked.
"Mrs. Xue, it's a coincidence that on the way here, I happened to encounter them being chased by someone, and then I helped them drive them away. However, the other party was really brave and left this place.
Take action as soon as the border is not far away."
Gu Zheng first glanced at Pan Xuan and shook his head slightly towards her, then he saw Mr. Feng next to him. This was the first time he saw him. He was indeed a talented person, but slightly inferior to him. Seeing his arrogant demeanor, he
Turning his eyes, he came to Mrs. Xue, glanced at the child in her arms, and then replied.
"If it weren't for Senior Gu, we would really have died this time. Even so, Si Ruo would have died, but our mission has been completed." Fang Jie said guiltily from the side.
“Don’t stand at the door first, come in and talk.” Mrs. Xue probably understood that although sacrificing one person is still better than all dying, please invite the other person in before talking.
