In the mountainous area not far from Chizhou Fort, the gate of the gap was open, and Yama was crossing the gate in an orderly manner, entering the drifting town, and returning to the gap.
Tianyang stood on a high slope, holding a communicator, and sent a message to Yueguang, telling her that the matter of Chizhou Fort had been dealt with and he would rush to Deep Sea Fort to meet up with them as soon as possible.
Putting down the communicator, Tianyang breathed a sigh of relief.
That day in the red tent of the 'Immortal Merchant', he knew that in order to return the power in the 'Heaven-Stealing Bottle', either the 'Heaven-Stealing Bottle' had to change hands or it had to be destroyed. He knew it would not be that easy.
Lin Zhengnan must also know this. Therefore, in order to prevent the "Heaven-stealing Bottle" from being accidentally destroyed, he would definitely not carry the bottle with him, but hide it in a secret place.
Therefore, Tian Yang came up with this strategy of forcing the enemy to retreat, making everyone in Chizhou Fort feel the pressure, forcing them to step forward and actively cooperate with him, so that he could find the "Heaven-stealing Bottle" as soon as possible.
Now, this thing has been destroyed, but I don't know if my father can successfully recover his strength... .
Tianyang turned around and looked east, towards the direction of the Skyfort: "Dad, will you come back?"
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Let’s go back a little bit in time.
Skyfort.
In the City Lord's Mansion, it was already late at night. After reviewing the last document, Chu Yan took off his glasses, gently hammered his shoulder with his mechanical arm, stood up and said to himself: "This job is so boring. It's hard for Yuan Shu to do it for decades. I've only been doing it for a few days and I already want to retire."
The old commander opened the window, letting the night breeze blow on his face, and suddenly said, "Come on, don't stand outside, or people will say that Chu doesn't know how to entertain guests."
After about a second or two, a chuckle sounded outside the door, and then a voice rang out: "Commander, when have you ever learned how to entertain guests? In the past, when a few of us went to your house to drink, you always chased us away, saying that children can't drink. In fact, you just treasure your jars of old wine."
Chu Yan's whole body was shocked. He turned his head suddenly and shouted, "Who is it? Come in here. How dare you act like a ghost in front of me? Do you think I can't cure you because I'm old?"
The door was pushed open, and someone walked into the room, closed the door with his backhand, and nodded gently: "Commander, you should change your temper. You are not young anymore, you should cultivate your mind and cultivate your character."
When Chu Yan saw the person under the light clearly, he was stunned at first, and then suddenly burst out with star energy. He raised his mechanical arm, clenched it into a fist, and pushed it towards the other party.
There was a sudden storm in the office. Documents on the table were blown all over the place. Desks and chairs were pushed to the corners. Bookcases and filing cabinets on both sides were shaking. The chandelier on the ceiling was swaying violently.
The punch instantly reached the man's face, but he didn't dodge. He still had a smile on his face and shouted, "Don't hit people in the face, Old Man Chu, can we fight somewhere else?"
A moment.
Chu Yan's eyes blurred, and he seemed to see a 17 or 18-year-old boy running away with his head in his hands, shouting as he ran: "Old man Chu, just wait, I will be stronger than you one day, and then you will see if you dare to hit me."
boom!
The fist was caught.
There was a loud bang in the room, and energy overflowed, breaking the windows, smashing the tables and cabinets, causing cracks to appear on the walls, and even smashing the chandelier on the ceiling to pieces.
In this mess, Chu Yan was stunned.
She looked at the man in front of her with a frown: "Is it you? You kid, aren't you..."
At this time, footsteps were heard outside, and Chu Yan immediately yelled, "Don't come in, I'm fine, everyone go back."
There was an iron guard outside the house. The soldiers looked at each other and then retreated.
Chu Yan suddenly slapped the man on the head, causing him to cover his head and shout, "Old Chu, you really want to hit me. I'm just letting you go, you know that I'm not really going to fight you. Don't you think about the fact that I've been rampant in the world for more than a decade, and I don't know how powerful I am now. You'd better respect me."
"Bah." Chu Yan pulled him over and said, "Even if you turn over a huge tree, you are still that naughty bastard in front of me."
Suddenly, Chu Yan grabbed his shoulders tightly and said, "When did you come back, little brat?"
"Come on, punch me in the face first. I didn't take good care of Nan Fei and let her get into trouble..."
Chu Yan pointed at his face and looked away: "I clearly promised to take good care of her, but I still neglected it."
The person who appeared in the room was Su Lie.
He looked at the ashamed old man, sighed and said, "I already know about Nan Fei's matter."
Chu Yan was shocked and said, "So the person that Lan Long and the others mentioned, Tianyang brought out of the tomb, was you. If that's the case, you and Tianyang should have returned early in the morning. Why did you wait until now to come to me?"
Su Lie looked at him and said, "You should understand."
Chu Yan looked around: "Yuan Shu? If you shouldn't have left at that time, you would have come to settle accounts with Yuan Shu. I should have understood that. If it weren't for his ambition, you wouldn't have to enter the Reverse Realm."
"Many people know how much the Skyforge owes you and your family, but I understand."
Su Lie looked at the desk that should have belonged to Yuan Shu: "By the way, what are you going to do with Tian Yang? Are you going to issue a warrant for his arrest?"
Chu Yan shook his head: "Don't deal with it, or rather, give it a cold shoulder. When this matter has faded, it will be fine even if Tianyang returns to Skyfort."
"What about him, is he back?"
Su Lie shook his head: "No, I came back alone this time."
Chu Yan's heart tightened, and he grabbed Su Lie's arm: "Brat, is there something wrong with you?"
At this time, Chu Yan observed carefully and soon discovered the problem: "Why can't I feel the star essence in your body?"
The feeling Su Lie gave him now was like a thick darkness that could not be dissolved, or an abyss that was so deep that one could not see the bottom. This darkness and this depth were swallowing Su Lie all the time.
The old man could feel that Su Lie was fighting against the darkness, but he was afraid that he could not hold on for long.
Su Lie still smiled warmly and said, "I'm fine. Where's Yuan Shu? Do you know his whereabouts?"
"You really are here to look for Yuan Shu."
"What on earth happened to you!"
"Tell me quickly. I am now the acting mayor of Skyfort. I am no longer as passive and helpless as I was seventeen years ago."
Chu Yan pulled Su Lie aside and asked more questions.
Su Lie smiled and looked out the window: "Commander, you can't solve my problem. I want to take advantage of the time now to settle the debt that Yuan Shu has owed me for so many years."
Chu Yan said seriously: "We also want to know where Yuan Shu went.
Yuan Shu has admitted that he was conducting experiments related to alien gods, and both human and material evidence are available. "
"The Golden Court had already planned to take him away, but on the day Feimei and the others came back, someone rescued Yuan Shu. Although we don't know who did it, we found a record of its use in the magnetic energy vehicle that the other party was riding in."
"In Tiebi's Weichengzhou, someone used his ID card to log into the system and unlocked the magnetic car. Because of this problem, Tiebi's Cao Gang has stopped all his work in order to avoid suspicion."
"Also, according to what Lan Long and the others said, Wei Chengzhou also entered the tomb at that time, but he did not return with them. You should know Wei Chengzhou. You were also in the tomb at that time, so you should know about this matter."
Su Lie nodded and said, "I know. In the tomb, Wei Chengzhou was chasing a woman. I intervened. That was the last time I saw Wei Chengzhou. I never saw him again after that."
"Commander, can you take me to the place where Yuan Shu was rescued?"
Chu Yan said without hesitation: "Of course, if you can see something, it will also help us. Although the Golden Council has not said anything yet, they already have ideas about our Skyfort."
"If we don't find Yuan Shu soon, we don't know what actions the Golden Court will take next. However, it has been many days since this incident happened. Although the place remains the same, there are still professional personnel studying and analyzing it every day, hoping to restore the complete process of the incident at that time."
"But after so many days, it's probably hard for you to find anything. Besides, you don't seem to be good at tracking, right?"
Su Lie patted the old man on the shoulder and said, "That was me seventeen years ago. I have become so much more powerful now. It's a pity that I can't let you see it for yourself, hey..."
"You little brat, you are still so shameless." Chu Yan put on his coat and said, "Come with me."
He thought for a moment, took another hat from the coat rack, and threw it to Su Lie: "Put it on."
After a while, the two came to the courtyard where Yuan Shu was imprisoned. It can be seen that a fierce battle had taken place here, and half of the building had collapsed.
Walking in from the main entrance, you can see traces of various energy jets along the way, and you can see the damage caused by energy collisions.
"There was a strong man in the Golden Court that day. He was Long Xuanyuan, the lord of Longyan Fort. He was very powerful. But for some reason, he was unable to stop the invader. He couldn't even tell what the other party looked like."
Walking on the bumpy path, Chu Yan said, "Long Xuanyuan said at the time that when he realized something was wrong, he couldn't see or feel anything. It was like he was in absolute darkness. The only reason he was able to fight the enemy was because he could rely on his experience, the collision and feedback of the energy aftermath after his attack, so as to simulate the opponent's movements and respond accordingly."
"It's only thanks to a strong man like him that he can take action under such conditions. If it were me, I would probably only be able to use range-of-effect destructive means and carry out indiscriminate attacks."
Su Lie listened without interrupting, just narrowed his eyes.
Arriving at a corner of the collapsed building, Chu Yan said, "The place you see now is the room where Yuan Shu was imprisoned at the time. He was rescued here."
Su Lie nodded, a deep dark light flashed in his eyes, he pointed towards the room, a dark but noble light shot out from his fingertips...