Being able to build such a fortified city in the old days is a sign of the prosperity of the empire. It is no wonder that the human race finally stood out from the many enslaved races, defeated the descendants of darkness, and lived and killed a part of the world on the Eternal Night Continent.
During the more than a thousand years since the empire was founded, heroes have emerged in large numbers, and countless talented and powerful men illuminate the star road like a rainbow across the sky, tearing away the endless shady entanglement in the history of the human race, and opening up new living spaces.
The twenty-third emperor of the empire once had a famous saying: If there is no sunshine in our world, then make a sun for yourself! He is also the only human race powerhouse who has penetrated deep into the uppermost continent of the dark race so far, although his last whereabouts have disappeared into history together with the derailment and fall of the Xugu star.
Even today, the empire has spanned four continents, gradually becoming more conservative and less aggressive, but it is still full of talents.
Above the temple, Lin Xitang and Zhang Boqian, the imperial twins, one inside and one outside, one literary and one military, guard the overall situation. Among the army, the eight marshals guard the four directions respectively. As the top powerhouses of the human race, the four heavenly kings are even more invincible powerhouses, existing like pins and needles in the sea, facing each other from a distance with the great kings of the dark race. Every name is a legend to look up to!
It was already the middle of the night, and there were still many people walking under the gate of this ancient city. The cool wind blows, and the breath is not like the breath of corruption on the wasteland, but with fresh and vigorous blood.
There seemed to be something jumping in Qianye's chest, it wasn't a restless hunger for flesh and blood, but a kind of long-lost blood boiling.
The one that occupies the entire field of vision is the legendary Gate of Eternity!
Unless it coincides with a decisive battle with the dark race, the gates of this city will never be closed. No matter who it is, as long as they can pay the city entrance tax of one silver coin, they can enter the city at will. Even if the city guards know that that guy is a dark race in disguise, they will let you in as long as you pay the tax. As for shouting, beating, and killing, let's wait until we enter the city.
This domineering tradition comes from Peng Huaiyuan, the city lord of the Seven Hundred Years Dark Blood City at the time.
That brigadier general of the empire was born in a reckless way, and he has been a soldier all his life, and has experienced countless wars, big and small. At that time, the Dark Blood City was attacked by the allied forces of demons and werewolves, and all the generals in the city advocated keeping their doors behind closed doors, but Peng Huaiyuan slapped the table and yelled, "I want to open all four doors today, let's see who dares to come and fight!" !"
Sure enough, Gu Huaiyuan opened the city gate, led 300 dead soldiers out of the gate, rushed straight to the central army of the dark coalition army, beheaded the leader of the coalition army with his own hands, and chopped down the Chinese army's banner with one blow! The 200,000 dark coalition forces were defeated and retreated thousands of miles.
After this battle, Peng Huaiyuan died of serious injuries, and died in the City Lord's Mansion seven days later, another powerful general from the empire.
The emperor of the empire at that time was aware of this, and wrote a couplet himself: "Who dares to slash immediately, but I am General Peng!"
Since then, Peng Huaiyuan's name has spread throughout the world.
As a member of the military, there is no one who does not know General Peng, and Qianye is naturally very familiar with his deeds. Peng Huaiyuan's strength was not very strong, he could not be called top-notch in the army at that time, barely even top-notch. But in this battle, his bravery, despite the fact that there are tens of thousands of enemies, made every soldier feel heartbroken.
Dark Blood City seldom closes its gates, but the dark races are helpless against it. It fell three times in history, but was soon retaken by the empire. Every time there is a big counterattack, not only the imperial expeditionary force is dispatched, but also those hunters, loners, adventurers who are usually unruly, and even the rebels who have been haunted for hundreds of years will contribute their strength.
Ever since Qianye heard about the "Gate of Eternity" in the history class of the Red Scorpion Army, he has always wanted to have the opportunity to see it with his own eyes. It is said that many names are engraved on every piece of bluestone that builds the city tower. They are the heroic spirits who sacrificed for the establishment, prosperity and continuation of this city for nearly a thousand years. At that time, he never thought that he would stand here as a black blood polluted person and a fugitive.
However, the shadow of death is gradually fading. In the previous two battles against Yan Huo and Qi Yue, Qianye hardly felt obvious bloodthirsty hunger. The faint light of dawn after the battle at the garbage dump seemed to be slowly expanding into a ray of hope, so the persistence and bravery that belonged to young people and soldiers that had been pressed into the bottom of Qianye's heart began to slowly rise again, until It was completely ignited by the transaction content between Qi Yue and the blood clan.
So Qianye gave up his original idea of finding another remote town to live quietly. He had lost everything, including the "Lin" surname that he was always proud of, and he was burdened with the last order issued by Captain Red Scorpion, which was almost hopeless to complete. Now that he saw the opportunity to start again, how could he not give it a go!
In this city full of legends and realities, chaos and crime, there are the most precious things, that is, freedom and opportunity.
There is no order here, but there is no nobility; here, power is paramount, but it is also a different kind of fairness. In Dark Blood City, as long as you have talent, hard work, and a little bit of luck, you can break into a vast world.
Perhaps Qianye is still not very clear about how to unravel the conspiracy that is as far away as the middle and upper continents, but he knows that the first step should be to go back, to return to the crowd that once made him fear.
After Qianye cleaned up briefly, he became an ordinary scavenger again, and entered the Dark Blood City amidst the crowd. When he dropped a silver coin in the tax box at the gate of the city, he was worried that the scavengers would draw too much attention when they took out the silver coin, but he found that the guards didn't even bother to look at him, their faces were full of that " I knew you had put on makeup" expression.
At this time, behind Qianye, a group of beggars came over, everyone threw silver coins into the tax box as if nothing had happened, and flocked into the city. On the contrary, Qianye, who came for the first time, was dumbfounded.
In Beacon Town, beggars are beggars, and they don't have a lot of copper in their hands. Unlike the beggars here, there is even a golden light shining in the pockets when they take out the money.
It seems that the fierce men who went out of the city to do errands turned into various forms, no wonder the guards took it easy.
Qianye entered the Dark Blood City, searched around, and found a small hotel in the Nantang District adjacent to the slums.
The location here is very convenient, the surrounding area is full of fish and dragons, bars, mercenary guilds, and two larger gangs are all located in this area. Two blocks to the center of the city, there is the famous Xuantong Street, which is a street of weapons and equipment.
Qianye studied the city map for a while in his room, and then decided to get rid of the black goods in his hands first.
The Hornet is Qi Yue's personal gun, it is best not to keep it in his hand. The light of dawn and the first-level force rifle are too bad, and Qianye still doesn't think much of them. The Flowing Gold Rose is indeed a good thing, but its extravagant decoration is more suitable for selling for money. If the pattern decoration on it is scratched during the battle, the value of the gun will immediately shrink by a third, which is really a meaningless waste.
As for Hei Jing, he couldn't take it out rashly, because those few things had serious problems. It is reasonable to say that the goods that are traded with the blood clan will never leave any traceable marks, but there are actually countless channels through which this kind of manufacturing-grade black crystal can be circulated throughout the empire. Qianye doesn't know it, but it doesn't mean that the sellers can't see it , I'm afraid it will alarm the people behind the scenes.
Before going out, Qianye decided to change his appearance again. In such a large city with a large population of mixed fish and dragons, it is a very practical trick to change the details of the face from time to time. There is no need to do much modification, just a little eyebrow shape, eye shape, beard or hair change will make a person's overall look and feel change a lot.
Qianye took out the small bag of disguise, stood in front of the mirror, and began to carefully modify his face. First to deal with the eyebrows and eyes. He felt that his eyebrows were not thick enough, so he drew a few strokes carefully, and the style of his whole face changed immediately.
Now his eyebrows are straight, like long swords, and his whole face has added a lot of heroism, turning into a heroic...beautiful.
Qianye was very dissatisfied with the last adjective, so he washed his eyebrows, redrawn them a few times, and the lines suddenly became much softer. Then the whole person looks strangely charming, and very...beautiful.
After Qianye tried a few more times, his face suddenly turned black.
He found a very bad thing at this time. If you simply change your face, it's not a big problem. If you just want to modify the details of the face to affect other people's visual judgment, you will get a weird result, that is to say, it has achieved the effect of a woman's makeup, beautification, and It's gender-neutral.
This may be the effect that most women dream of, but Qianye was so angry that he knocked down the mirror with his fist and said angrily, "Damn it! How did it become like this!" He almost wanted to go back and take the disguise class again.
Qianye's appearance has indeed changed a lot, and it has changed a lot from when he first entered Lighthouse Town. His appearance was originally handsome, and he had inherited the masculine style of tiger and scorpion in the army in the past, so he was considered a handsome boy. However, after being polluted by black blood, although the physique became stronger and stronger, the body shape became seemingly thinner instead.
When Qianye first arrived in Dengta Town, he was often harassed because of his appearance. Later, he taught a few unscrupulous guys a lesson, so that he was saved from trouble. But he never thought that one day, his appearance would become so beautiful with a little modification!
Even standing in front of Red Scorpion's former colleagues, few people would recognize Qianye.
"Forget it, that's fine, no one will recognize me anymore, right? Damn it, at worst, I'll pretend to be a woman!" Qianye resigned himself to taking out decorations like beards and wigs while thinking to himself. She decided not to be lazy anymore, and to have a full set of disguise.
At this time, Yu Renyan and several Dark Blade fighters also appeared at the gate of Dark Blood City. Since there is no need to track smells and traces, this expert will naturally not treat himself badly. He and his companions took a ride with guns and gold coins. This time, the distance between him and Qianye was shortened to two hours.
Yu Renyan was wearing a hooded cloak common to single adventurers, with only two eyes exposed.
He looked at the bustling street, suddenly sneered a few times, and said fiercely to himself: "No matter what you become, I can catch you out. I never look at faces when looking for people!"
With a wave of Yu Renyan's hand, the dark blade fighters transformed into ordinary hunters and adventurers scattered all over the city, lurking down, waiting for his call. On the other hand, Yu Renyan walked towards the central city in a calm manner, looking for a place to stay.
This time the prey was unusually cunning, and Yu Renyan was already prepared for a long-term fight. Such a fun game should not be missed at will. Between the hunter and the prey, it is not strength but patience that really decides the outcome.
Yu Renyan's choice of Dark Blood City was purely out of intuition. Although he lost the direct trace of tracking in the end, he just believed that the other party's destination was this city. In addition, the hitchhiker he took also came to this city to deliver goods, which made him feel the guidance of fate.
Qianye walked out of the small hotel, unaware that the terrifying hunter following him was so close.
At this moment, he was dressed like a standard adventurer, with a thick short beard on his face, and the end of his ponytail was dyed brown. With a worn-out backpack on his shoulders, he walked into Xuantong Street unhurriedly, looking at each family.