In the center of the earth city, inside a tea restaurant called "Daodao Tian".
It is said to be a tea restaurant, but the decoration here is extremely elegant. Even the gems that decorate the walls are actually high-grade spiritual stones. There is also a piece of land at the door that says "Only for those who have lived there for more than twenty years."
residents".
In other words, the warriors who can enter and leave here are at best the long-established Shanhai.
Over time, this tea restaurant gradually developed into a high-end social place for mountains and seas, and became an offline platform for many top mountain and sea powerhouses to exchange information, and the famous "Black List" of the Earth Center City came from here.
It is said that there is a certain prince or princes standing behind this tea restaurant, but it is difficult to tell whether the rumors are true or false.
Since the all-out war started with the invasion of all races, this place has become much deserted. Until today, more than a month later, the tea restaurant is rarely lively again.
"What's the situation now?"
The waiter at the door was just a service staff who was authorized to enter the inner city of the earth. He was not aware of the situation in the outside world. Seeing that many familiar faces from the past had reappeared, he couldn't help but ask curiously.
"It has been stabilized for the time being. Most of the elite elites of all races have temporarily retreated behind the 'door', but the situation in the restricted area is still not optimistic..."
A young man of mountains and seas answered casually.
"Zou Laosi, you can really talk, aren't you optimistic?" Another sneer sounded from the restaurant, "Now in the restricted area, do we still have the territory of our human race? Let alone the restricted area, China alone
Within the territory, more than sixty cities have been completely destroyed. Do you call this 'not optimistic'?"
"The original purpose of setting up the restricted area was to establish a buffer zone with the Gate. Apart from the stations of military warriors and some so-called secret areas, there were no important facilities in the restricted area. Even the headquarters of each war zone were temporarily established and abandoned.
What’s the pity?”
The young man known as Zou Laosi retorted, "As long as the true vitality of our human race is not damaged, the restricted area can still be regained sooner or later!"
"Haha, your vitality is not injured?" Another low voice sounded from the window, "Are those strong men who were killed and injured just cannon fodder? Let's not talk about how many top mountains and seas have fallen. Or have you forgotten that it is not just the mountains and seas that have fallen?
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As soon as these words came out, the entire tea restaurant fell into silence.
Some people were silent, while others sighed in a low voice.
Of course it’s not just the mountains and seas that died...
Just in the past month, according to the announcement from the Ministry of Martial Arts, four princes have died.
Among them are Qin Zhaohou, the contemporary head of the Qin Guang family, and Tianning Gong, the top prince who has been famous for more than two hundred years and has been in charge of the martial arts department since the spiritual energy was revived. There are also people who are famous among the Shanhai community and were once praised as the number one genius.
Ling Tianhou, and the last one is also a legend among princes.
That is the Marquis of Jingcheng who once fought against Duke Yanshan and separated the north and the south.
When these four announcements first came out, it can be said that they shocked the whole of China.
No matter which one of these four people is picked out, they are the pinnacle figures that countless warriors look up to, but now they are falling one after another.
When it comes to the blow to morale, no matter how many people die in the mountains and seas, nothing can be as heavy as this.
The war has been ups and downs for more than a month, and the military's morale is often uncertain, which is also closely related to the news of the death of these four princes.
Fortunately, in the last half month, Wu Dinghou teamed up with more than a dozen princes to launch a beheading operation. In a sudden attack, nearly twenty princes of all races were killed, halting the invasion of all races and shocking countless foreign leaders.
After returning to the "door", the battle situation gradually stabilized.
There are still large-scale battlefields in the restricted area, but the existing cities have basically been defended. As for the seaside, it is a clear and clear wilderness. Except for the Magic City defense area, all other places have been abandoned.
"Speaking of this, don't you think it's a little weird?"
When everyone was immersed in a sad atmosphere, a discordant voice suddenly sounded.
"What do you mean?" someone asked curiously.
"The announcement from the Ministry of Martial Arts is too unclear!" The man sneered, "Although you are not princes, you all know something about the figures in that realm. Let alone the top princes, even if you want to hunt down ordinary princes, it is not easy.
Wu Dinghou personally took action and planned carefully, and even King Zhou Yi personally helped to cover it up. In more than half a month, less than twenty foreign princes were killed. As far as I know, most of them were only junior princes...
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"And the ones who died in my human race were four top princes!"
"Others will not tell you, but Marquis Jingcheng is such an extraordinary figure. I once heard my teacher say that he is the closest thing to King Wu. How could such a strong man fall just by saying he fell, without even a cause and effect?"
Everyone was stunned.
In fact, the crude announcement of the Martial Arts Ministry was indeed very problematic, but few people would think about it carefully. Now that this person exposed it, everyone noticed the anomaly.
"What do you call this brother? He looks very unfamiliar... Judging from your tone, it seems that you know something inside?"
The curiosity of many people was aroused, and some mountain and sea warriors simply sat next to that person.
As their eyes converged, everyone saw his appearance clearly. He was a middle-aged man with an unshaven beard, wearing a set of tattered Confucian shirts. If he hadn't already been sitting in the "Daotian" tea restaurant, it would have been hard for everyone to imagine.
This is actually the top powerhouse among mountains and seas.
"Jingcheng Hou...actually died at the hands of a human prince!"
Seeing everyone watching, the middle-aged man raised his head and drained the wine in his glass, and suddenly said loudly.
There was a brief silence in the restaurant, and then there was an uproar.
"Don't say this nonsense!"
"Nonsense, are you a foreign spy?"
Everyone's expressions changed drastically, and even the angry ones couldn't help but want to take action.
"Nonsense?" The middle-aged man's eyes were red, and he laughed suddenly, "How could what I heard with my own ears be nonsense? I heard it when the four elders were discussing in Tongtian Academy. With their status
How can you make fun of such a thing with your status?"
Upon hearing the name "Tongtian Academy" and the middle-aged man's attire, many people woke up from their anger and guessed something.
"Are you from Tongtian Academy? A disciple of Marquis Jingcheng?" someone asked.
"Those who enter the palace can only be regarded as the teacher's registered disciples. I don't have the luck to become a direct disciple..."
The middle-aged man said something in a harsh voice, and then his face turned red again, "But what are the teacher's direct disciples doing!"
"They must also know the truth, but they didn't do anything. The senior brother is like this, the second senior sister is like this, the third senior brother and the fourth senior brother are like this... and the teacher's favorite ninth senior brother Shen Qian, the teacher didn't hesitate to openly offend Yanshang Gong,
We will also set up a heaven-capture formation for him, and we will also gain fortune, but now, I can't even see his figure!"
"Do you know what day today is?"
The middle-aged man laughed, but burst into tears, "Today is the teacher's funeral... But I, Shi Xuanyi, am ashamed to be in the company of others, so I can only hide here and pay homage to my teacher with a glass of wine!"
Shi Xuanyi's sarcastic cries and laughter resounded throughout the tea restaurant, and everyone was silent, just watching him go crazy.
At this moment, even the most determined person would find it difficult to refute him.
At their level, the most basic lies and truth can still be easily distinguished.
Their intuition told them that Shi Xuanyi did not lie, but because of this, no one knew what to say.
That was a battle at the level of princes... They were not even qualified to get involved.
"Speaking of Shen Qian, his name is still hanging here!"
Someone suddenly whispered something, and everyone subconsciously turned their heads and looked at a small blackboard in the corner of the tea restaurant.
This small blackboard is extremely inconspicuous, with only dozens of names written on it and the names of some extremely rare treasures, but everyone present knows that this is the famous "Reward Black List" in the inner city.
There is a huge black market that is secretive and covers the whole world in the core city. However, this black market does not refer to a specific location, but generally refers to a series of industrial chains.
"Daotian" tea restaurant is also one of them, where the largest black market reward list in the world is posted.
Two months ago, a sky-high price bounty was announced, which can be said to have shocked the entire inner-earth city.
Twenty billion in cash or an equivalent amount of martial arts resources, a century-old right to reside in the center of the earth, and the favor of a prince...
The first reaction of many people who just heard the news was that they heard it wrong.
The protagonist of this largest bounty in history is the young disciple of Jingcheng Hou, the legendary national martial arts champion Shen Qian.
Now two months have passed, and the reward is still here.
This shows that no one has killed Shen Qian yet.
"You just said you couldn't find Shen Qian. Has anyone here seen Shen Qian recently?" Zou Laosi, who was still standing at the door, suddenly asked.
Everyone looked at each other and then shook their heads.
"Shen Qian and I are both from the Southwest War Zone, and we have recently cooperated with his 'Old Days' team, but he did not show up."
"I went to Jingcheng a few days ago to participate in the raid against the ghost world. I didn't see Shen Qian, but I saw Liu Changqing and Ling Xiao... Now that I think about it, the two of them are in really good condition.
There is something abnormal. They fight like crazy. If Uncle Kunhu hadn't pulled him, both of them would have gone to the Night King's lair!"
"I'm from Lushu Camp, and I haven't seen Shen Qian recently..."
After Shen Qian frequently visited the geocentric city and the opening of the war zone, many people had come into contact with him. Shen Qian's image was no longer the same. At this time, many people spoke up and said that they had not seen Shen Qian recently. p>
"How could he show up?" Shi Xuanyi said half-sarcastically, "He was surrounded and killed by six princes in Xuehai, and his life almost hung by a thread. Now that the teacher is dead, and no one is protecting him, how can he dare to run around?" "I've heard a little bit about 'Xuehai', but didn't it say that Shen Qian fought against the clones of the six princes alone and counterattacked in one fell swoop?"
Zou Laosi frowned, "I have had contact with Shen Qian in the war zone before. I don't think he seems to be a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death. I haven't seen him for more than a month, so he must be in seclusion, right?"
"The reward is still hanging here. If you are afraid, you are afraid. Why do you have to speak for him, Zou Laosi?"
A voice said in a sinister tone, "Who knows whether it is true or not that one person killed the clones of six princes? Besides, with the dignity of a prince, just deal with the Marquis of Jingcheng, why bother to surround and kill Shen Qian? Didn't the onlookers at that time also say
, the distance is too far, you can’t actually see anything?”
"You..." Zou Laosi was choked. He wanted to retort but didn't know what to say. After all, he was not at the scene at the time, and he didn't really know Shen Qian.
Everyone was also talking about it. Some said it was a wise move by Shen Qian, while others disagreed. Others had their eyes flickering, glancing at the reward list next to them from time to time, not knowing what they were planning.
Ding Dong!
At this moment, the door of the tea restaurant was suddenly pushed open, and a figure slowly walked in.
"Sir, you..."
The waiter, who was immersed in the top gossip, came to his senses and hurriedly stepped forward. He was about to speak but was stunned again.
Because the young-looking warrior in front of me is really a bit weird.
He was wearing linen and mourning, dressed in plain clothes, and carrying a plaque on his shoulder. He didn't look like he was here for tea.
While the waiter was on alert, exclamations of surprise rang out in the restaurant.
"Shen Qian?!"
"It's really Shen Qian...why is he here?"
Even if the people present had never seen Shen Qian, they had seen some of Shen Qian's portraits. When they heard the exclamations of others, they all recognized the young man's identity, and everyone was a little surprised for a while. p>
While we were discussing Shen Qian, we didn’t expect the real owner to appear so suddenly.
Shen Qian's face was calm, and his eyes swept over everyone one by one, pausing only for a moment on Shi Xuanyi, and finally fixed on the small blackboard with his name marked in red.
Katcha!
As if he couldn't bear the look in Shen Qian's eyes, the blackboard made of special material suddenly developed cracks.
"So my reward is sent from here?"
Shen Qian said to himself.
He was just passing by and happened to hear that many people were talking about him here, so he came in to take a look. Unexpectedly, the so-called "reward black list" was here.
Then Shen Qian sighed, "I'm not qualified enough. How can I use a small blackboard? Isn't my name, Shen Qian, worthy of a big golden tablet?"
Katcha Katcha!
This time, cracks appeared on the ceiling of the entire tea restaurant. Not only that, the ground also began to tremble slightly.
"You...what are you going to do!" The waiter looked at Shen Qian's clasped palms in horror.
"The human race is facing the crisis of overthrow, but there are still you scoundrels like you who don't deserve to be on the stage. What kind of black market rewards are there? It's ridiculous!"
Shen Qian said coldly, "Is it still necessary for such a dirty place that harbors filth and evil to exist?"
"Shen Qian, don't mess around!" At this time, an old man with a strong aura from Shanhai hurried from inside the restaurant. He shouted angrily, "Do you know who the owner is behind this restaurant!"
"Oh?"
Sure enough, Shen Qian made a move, but what showed on his face was a strange and interesting smile, "Could it be some prince?"