When night falls, the lower city of Skyfort is illuminated by neon lights of various colors. People come and go on the streets, and after a hard day's work, they all go out to the streets to seek excitement and joy.
Compared to the past, the crime rate in the downtown area has dropped significantly. Street robberies, incense selling in alleys, and gang fights are also decreasing day by day. This is due to the iron wall that has begun to be stationed in the downtown area.
They brought order to the once chaotic urban area and to a great extent protected the property and life safety of the residents in the downtown area.
Tianyang stood at the window and clearly felt the welcome changes brought to the downtown area. What he and Xun hoped and expected was happening.
"Are you going to continue standing there in the wind, or come over and try your father's cooking?"
His father's voice sounded behind him. Tianyang turned around and saw that the table was full of hot food. The rich aroma was floating in the room, which made Tianyang look at Su Lie in surprise.
Su Lie, who hadn't shaved for who knows how many days, sat down, picked up a bottle of wine from Commander Chu Yan and said, "Why are you looking at me like that? Didn't Nan Fei say that I impressed her with my cooking skills back then?"
Tianyang smiled and shook his head: "Mom never mentioned it. Strictly speaking, I didn't know who my father was until I got the diary."
Su Lie was silent for a moment and then said, "Don't blame her, she is protecting you."
Tianyang lowered his eyes: "I know."
Then he found three sets of bowls and chopsticks on the table, and saw his father go to the side of the table where no one was, fill an empty glass there with wine, then picked up his own glass with a smile and clinked it with the other glass.
"It's time to eat, Nanfei."
In a trance, Tianyang seemed to see his mother sitting there, looking at him and his son with a smile.
At this moment, Tianyang suddenly understood Yuan Shu a little bit and understood why he wanted to study alien gods.
But no matter what, Tianyang would not agree with Yuan Shu's approach.
Sitting down, Tianyang picked up a piece of fish and put it into his mouth.
Su Lie picked up the wine glass and took a sip, then asked with a smile, "Is it delicious?"
Tianyang was surprised and said, "This tastes exactly like my mother's cooking."
Su Lie smiled and said, "I learned this dish from her. I made it more than a dozen times before you came. Maybe I've been in the Reverse Realm for so long that I almost forgot how to make it. It wasn't until the past two or three days that I got the hang of it."
"Have you finished your business?"
Tian Yang took a small bite of rice and said, "I can only say that it has been handled temporarily. I have eliminated a family and taken over part of their industry. Currently, I am maintaining a good relationship with a fortress. The organization I joined before will also be taken over after a while."
Su Lie laughed and said, "Good fellow, you are much more capable than I am. Nan Fei will be proud of you."
Tianyang smiled, did not respond, picked up another vegetable and put it in his father's bowl.
Then he heard Su Lie ask: "How many children do you plan to have? Listen to me, have as many children as you can, more people means more fun."
Tianyang clenched his fist and coughed, saying, "I don't have any plans in this regard for now, and Xitong has some problems."
Su Lie's eyes suddenly became sharp: "What's wrong with her?"
Tianyang quickly told him not to be nervous, and then briefly recounted how Xitong had been assassinated and how she had awakened and grown.
Su Lie narrowed his eyes slightly: "It seems that the divine evil thin breasts in Xitong have begun to awaken. I hope she won't become a divine evil. I still like her."
Tian Yang also said: "I hope so too, so I told her not to use her abilities when it is not necessary. I hope that doing so can reduce the stimulation to the evil cells."
Su Lie looked at him and said, "You should know that doing this can only alleviate the situation, but it cannot change the facts."
Tianyang nodded, looking distressed.
Su Lie smiled and said, "Don't worry. Even if Xitong is a divine evil, it is an indisputable fact that she has become dependent on you. In addition, even if she is a divine evil, it does not mean that she will embark on a path of hostility towards humans. As long as you watch over her, she can live as 'Xitong'."
Tianyang then smiled a little.
"Let's get back to the point. When do you plan to explore that place?" Su Lie showed a thoughtful expression, "What is it called?"
"Shadow Palace."
Tianyang added: "I can leave at any time, it depends on what you say."
Su Lie said "Oh" but didn't respond. He picked up a piece of fish and put it in his son's bowl: "Don't just eat the rice, eat some vegetables."
In a blink of an eye, the father and son cleared the table of food. Tianyang helped his father clean the table and threw the dishes into the automatic dishwasher. Then he heard Su Lie say, "Let's go."
Tianyang glanced at him.
Su Lie smiled and said, "After eating and drinking enough, you need to exercise to help digestion. Let's go and see what's in the depths of the Shadow Palace."
"Okay." Tianyang nodded in agreement.
Beautiful town.
In the collection room, silver light emerged, wandering and outlining in the drifting dust. A pair of silver wings quickly took shape and spread open, revealing the ancient door underneath.
The 'Gap Door' wobbled open, and Tian Yang and Su Lie walked in.
Su Lie was wearing casual clothes, carrying the 'Juque', and looked very casual.
After he entered the collection room, he looked out the window and said, "Is this the world you mentioned, the one that merged after the gap between the two buildings?"
Tianyang nodded, then took out the 'Killing Armor' that had not been used for a long time, put it on, put on the 'Hessen Crown', took out the 'Black Thunder', and put on the 'Wild Fire'. He was fully armed.
Su Lie glanced at his son and said, "You have more and more equipment. However, although the equipment is good, if you rely too much on it, it will be difficult for you to reach the pinnacle of martial arts."
"When you go to the next level, you will find that the truly powerful ones have very little equipment on them. This is because they themselves are the strongest 'weapons'."
After hearing what his father said, Tianyang looked at what he was wearing and what he was equipped with. He felt that he did have too much equipment and his face became hot.
Then he thought of Lin Jianping from Guanghui Castle. At that time, he had no equipment on him, but he felt extremely oppressed. In addition to Lin Jianping's own level suppression, there was more of a mental suppression.
Perhaps for that strong man, he has transformed his body and spirit into magical weapons.
"I will pay attention to this issue." Tianyang nodded and said seriously.
Su Lie smiled and patted him on the back, saying, "You are still far from that stage. I am just reminding you so that you can avoid taking detours in the future."
"Okay, let's go."
Tianyang said "hmm" and snapped his fingers. The "door of the crack" was not closed yet. The light and shadow outside the door changed. When the scene outside the door froze, it was already a space deep in the Shadow Palace.
Su Lie took the lead and walked directly out of the "Gate of Cracks" carrying the "Juque". As if sensing his aura, the palace was "boiling", and long and thin shadows quickly left, far away from the location of the "Gate of Cracks".
Those were the shadow hunters lurking in the palace. These dark people were willing to leave, which saved a lot of effort. Su Lie had no intention of hunting them down.
After Tianyang walked out of the 'Gate of Slits', he snapped his fingers and closed the door.
The father and son manifested the star essence, letting the light illuminate the space. In front of them was the huge archway leading to the depths of the palace. In the archway, there were twinkling stars, and the bright starlight illuminated the passage behind the door. The deep passage seemed to be connected to the abyss, and the mysterious archway was like the mouth of a giant beast, waiting for food to be delivered to the door.
"Walk."
After Su Lie finished speaking, he walked forward alone, but at this time Tian Yang's voice was heard from behind.
"Wait, Dad."
Tian Yang shouted, "Before coming here, I had some ideas. Don't rush in. I want to verify them."
Su Lie shrugged his shoulders, did not object, stuck Juque into the ground, and stood aside.
Tianyang injected dark particles into the 'Black Forest Crown' and quickly summoned several tree guards. Su Lie frowned and said, "Haven't you tried these things before? They didn't have much effect on the ancient corpse in the bronze palace?"
Tianyang smiled and said, "This time it's different. I want to use them to test something."
Under his command, the tree guards began to enter the archway one after another. However, Su Lie noticed that these tree guards did not rush up all at once. Under Tianyang's deliberate arrangement, they missed each other, and the distance between each tree guard was as much as 20 to 30 meters.
More than a dozen Tree Guards entered the passage one after another. They walked forward with big strides, but the last Tree Guard stopped after entering the passage and stayed beside the arch.
Su Lie had no idea what his son was up to, so he just observed quietly and tried to sense the changes deep in the passage.
Soon he discovered that in the bronze temple deep in the passage where mummies were worshipping, there was some strange but extremely powerful aura, and then suddenly a fire lit up in the depths of the passage.
The fire spread rapidly, and the tree guards were ignited by the flames one by one, turning into huge torches.
Then, the father and son saw the three ancient corpses protecting the bronze temple running towards them, with the ancient corpse with white hair and beard and holding a flaming wheel on its back at the front. The flaming wheel was ablaze, and fire crows kept flying out, whistling and crashing into the tree guards, exploding with flames and setting the tree guards on fire.
Su Lie did not dare to be careless. Star energy surged from his body, transformed into fighting spirit, and condensed into armor.
Juque was pulled out from the ground by him. Su Lie was about to rush forward, but he saw Tianyang raised his arm: "Wait, Dad!"
Su Lie looked at him, nodded, and finally resisted the urge to rush into the archway.
However, the last tree guard at the entrance of the passage was also set on fire. Su Lie thought that the three ancient corpses were about to rush out. Unexpectedly, they stopped at the entrance of the passage and then slowly retreated, as if there was an invisible boundary in front of them that they dared not cross.
"Sure enough..." Tian Yang exhaled softly, "Although these ancient corpses are powerful, they are just puppets after all. They have no intelligence of their own and can only act according to the rules set early in the morning."
"I guess the rule they follow is to protect the space within the arch. Otherwise, we would be warmly welcomed by them as soon as we walk out of the 'Gate of Slits'..."