The seventy-two cities in the extreme region linger behind the Ghost Gate like a dark cloud, with Bafang City at the very center, and the remaining seventy-one cities guarding it like stars surrounding the moon.
If you look down from a high place, the cities in the extreme region are in a circular shape with five layers.
Counting from the Bafang City outwards, there is one in the center, four on the second floor, twelve on the third floor, twenty on the fourth floor, and thirty-five on the fifth floor. However, the power entrenched in the city decreases layer by layer.
The further outlying a city is, the weaker its strength is. Also, because the outer circle is too large, the distance between each city is extremely far, so it becomes more difficult to mobilize and support troops between them.
The further inward you go, the more concentrated the strength becomes.
Whether it is the strength of a single ghost cultivator or the speed of troop support, it increases exponentially.
This means that the difficulty of conquering will increase.
However, the Nineteen Continents have already conquered the Gate of Hell, occupied the City of the Dead, and used the City of the Dead to extend their power into the Eighteen Layers of Hell. It can be said that they have gained a crucial advantage and strangled the throat of the Polar Region!
Because blocking the gate of hell is equivalent to blocking new ghosts from entering!
In this way, the Polar Region is brought to the same level as the Nineteen Continents. Even if there are losses in the war, it cannot replenish its troops wantonly.
As one thing decreases, the other gains. This is definitely a huge benefit to the Nineteen Continents.
Therefore, on the third day after taking down Ghost Gate, nearly 10,000 cultivators from the 19th Continent, after a thorough rest, headed for the next city after the Wrongful Death City without even taking a detour.
Maocheng!
Launched a fierce attack!
Like a sharp knife, it used the City of the Dead as a breakthrough point and advanced straight to the center of the Seventy-two Cities!
We only need to break through the next three layers of defense in Jiyu, and then we can reach Bafang City, kill King Qin Guang, destroy King Yan, and restore reincarnation!
Everyone knows that every battle ahead will be a tough one.
But no one was afraid, and no one backed out.
The rejoining of such a powerful figure as Tomorrow's Star Sea Sword Emperor Qu Zhengfeng will undoubtedly give a new boost to morale.
A new battle begins immediately.
At this time, Jianchou had already passed through the fourth and third outer layers without any flaws and arrived at the important city on the second layer where the ten major ghost tribes were actually stationed.
Fengdu City.
A ghost town that often appears in various ancient chronicles on isolated islands on earth has been divided into ten areas of varying sizes by the ten major ghost clans based on their respective strengths.
The Wuchang clan is neither high nor low, and their territory is neither big nor small.
Jianchou followed the direction in Lianzhao's memory, with a pale face, and staggered to the gate of the Wuchang clan. He lied that he was seriously injured in the battle at the Ghost Gate and fainted in the wilderness. He was very lucky and was not discovered by the cultivators from the Nineteen Continents. Then he returned to Fengdu with difficulty.
The leader of the Wuchang Clan with the highest cultivation level, the "Yin Shuai" of the Wuchang Clan, had only just reached the Return to Void stage. Moreover, the guards at the gate were all small minions, and when they saw that it was Lian Zhao who came back, they didn't dare to stop him, but hurriedly ran to report the news.
The elder Kong Yin, who knew that she was up to something, died in the battle at the gates of hell.
At this time and place, no one can expose her identity.
In this way, Jianchou "returned" to the Wuchang clan without any flaws. After being visited by two ordinary elders, he stayed in seclusion in the house to recuperate.
The house is of course Lian Zhao’s house.
As a female cultivator with a great reputation among the ten great ghost tribes, it might be more appropriate to call her house a "boudoir".
Transparent colored glass beads were strung together to form a bead curtain, which hung down, dividing the luxurious house into two rooms, the inner and outer rooms. A burner of fine incense was placed on the table with carved lacquer and cloud patterns, and even without lighting it, one could smell its faint sweetness and charm. The pink gauze curtains covered the soft bed covered with snow-white fur, which was looming. The embroidered pillow was full of gorgeous tea flowers, which was very consistent with the original owner's flamboyant style...
A house reflects its owner.
As soon as Jianchou entered the room, he sighed in his heart, feeling very uncomfortable.
But now we are infiltrating such an important place as the Wuchang clan's lair in Fengdu City. There are not only the Wuchang clan in this city, but also the other nine ghost clans. We may be caught in a trance by experts one day, so we have to be extra careful.
She thought about it and decided not to move anything in the room.
The so-called "recuperation" is of course fake.
Jianchou was not injured at all, he was just telling a reasonable lie to himself as "Lian Zhao".
But the appearance must be done.
So after sneaking into the Wuchang Clan's lair for three days, she didn't see anyone during the day, let alone go out, and only sneaked out at night. After spending three nights, she finally got a general understanding of the situation in the Wuchang Clan and Fengdu City.
On the fourth day, recuperation was over.
Jianchou calculated the time he had agreed with Fu Chaosheng and pushed open the door.
It was early morning.
Outside the house is a quiet corridor with stairs on one side. Below the stairs is a small garden with some exotic flowers unique to the Arctic.
There were faint sounds of sharp discussion coming from outside.
"Have you heard? That vixen came back severely injured in the battle at Ghost Gate. She was in such a miserable state that she stayed indoors while recovering from her injuries and didn't see anyone. Several brothers went to look for her but were turned away."
"Oh, you changed your personality?"
"Wouldn't you have been eager to bring the person into your room by this time in the past? Are you kidding me?"
"Really? I saw it with my own eyes."
"You saw it with your own eyes?"
"Brother Qin and the others, as soon as they heard that she was back alive, they brought a lot of things and wanted to go see her, but they couldn't even get in the door. The vixen said that she needed to recuperate and wouldn't see anyone for the time being."
"No, she's always like that..."
"It can't be because of Junior Brother Xiao Mou, right?"
"Hey, I heard that too."
"Didn't everyone who came back from the Ghost Gate battle a while ago say that Junior Brother Xiao Mou was having an affair with her? They had gone there together, but now Xiao Mou is dead, and she was only injured and came back alive..."
"You must be crazy! How heartless is she? If you say Xiao Mou is crazy about her and would die for her, I would believe it. But if you say she is heartbroken because of Xiao Mou and doesn't mess around with those guys anymore? You are kidding me! Have you forgotten what happened back then?"
It was the voices of several women.
Jianchou listened and felt that one of the questions sounded familiar.
If it’s not Yukine, then who else could it be
Naturally, she heard everything clearly, but when she heard the words "Xiao Mou is dead", she was slightly startled, and then she understood: Since Qu Zhengfeng decided not to sneak into the Polar Region with her, but to follow the cultivators of the Nineteen Continents in a head-on attack, he would naturally kill Xiao Mou who had been imprisoned by them before, so as not to cause future troubles and arouse the suspicion of the Wuchang Clan.
It’s a pity that Xiao Mou has a secret feeling for Lian Zhao.
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How could she think that Qu Zhengfeng would let Xiao Mou off? His Majesty the Sword Emperor was clearly cautious and careful, and he left no room for maneuver.
The thought went around in his mind. Jianchou didn't think about how Qu Zhengfeng would feel when he killed Xiao Mou. He just suddenly felt that the discussion of several female cultivators outside provided him with a good idea -
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Even though others thought it was impossible, why couldn't she be saddened by Xiao Mou's death and become cold and indifferent
The footsteps continued to move outwards, and Jianchou did not stop. At the same time, the sounds of discussions outside were getting closer and closer.
We are still talking about Lian Zhao.
It’s just that the main person involved has changed. The moment she heard the name, her eyebrows raised slightly, a little surprised.
"Compared to Lord Li Han, even if Xiao Mou is a good person, how much place does he have in her heart? It's a pity that Junior Brother Xiao fell in love with the wrong person..."
"yes… "
"She deserves it! She was conceited about her beauty and used dirty tricks, and she was arrogant. When Lord Li Han came to do something, she ran to seduce him and threw herself into his arms, thinking that anyone who saw her would be smitten with her. What happened? Lord Li Han didn't even look at her. He just raised his finger and threw her out. She fell like a vase and was seriously injured. She brought shame to our Wuchang clan!"
"She is just too careless. She could seduce anyone else but Lord Li Han..."
"That's an evil star that's even scarier than Zhang Pan!"
"Tsk, this time we're going to have something interesting to watch. I heard that Lord Li Han came out of seclusion three days ago, and his cultivation has greatly improved, reaching the 'He Dao'. It just so happened that Judge Zhang of Bafang City suddenly disappeared, and it was rumored that he had rebelled. His Royal Highness Prince Qin Guang was in need of someone to serve, so he directly sent an order to the Ghost King Clan, asking Lord Li Han to do the job. He has been selecting people from the ten major ghost clans these two days. Do you think that with Lian Zhao's character, if he knew this news, he would still stay in the house to 'recover'?"
"Why should we guess?"
Just as the sharp mocking voice had died down, a voice with a faint hint of a smile came from behind the female cultivators who were standing and talking in the corridor, as light and vague as flying catkins.
Everyone, including Yukine, felt a chill down their spines.
When they turned around, they saw the "protagonist" they were talking about, who had been standing next to the pillar at some point. Although his face was still pale, the rich color between his eyebrows made it even more thrilling because of his paleness!
Her sparkling eyes turned and fell on their faces, smiling charmingly and wickedly: "You didn't know the news at first, but now that you've heard it, you can't stay here any longer, right?"
Yukine gasped.
Jianchou retracted his gaze, lowered his eyes to look at his round nails painted with nail polish, and continued slowly: "But Senior Sister Xueyin is too contemptuous. Any man that I, Lianzhao, want..."