Before Nie Li and others came here, various families had already explored the ruins of Gulan City, but unfortunately there were not many discoveries, and few people came to explore after that. Chen Linjian got a map of the ancient orchid city ruins from somewhere, so he decided to form a group.
"We finally arrived at the ruins of Gulan City. We have two roads to choose from. Here is the map!" Chen Linjian spread out the map and pointed to some routes on it.
Everyone gathered around the map, discussing.
"The first line is to enter from the west gate. Walk along the city wall, and you can quickly enter the main city. But what can you find along the way? Of course, we have to enter the private houses in the city to gain anything!" Chen Linjian said. .
"I agree with him!"
"That's right, we should investigate this residential area!" Everyone echoed.
Chen Linjian was silent for a moment, looked up at Nie Li, and asked, "What do you think?"
Everyone was a little surprised, they didn't expect Chen Linjian to ask Nie Li for his opinion at this time.
Ye Ziyun looked at Nie Li with clear eyes, and Huyan Lanruo also stared at Nie Li intently.
Now everyone is very concerned about Nie Li's opinion.
Nie Li spread out his hands and said, "If you came here just to search this piece of private houses, you're making a big mistake. Those who came before us must have already searched these private houses. We may find nothing if we search again. Who is the richest person in a city? Is it a commoner? Of course not, 90% of the wealth in a city is gathered in the hands of aristocratic families!"
"This city has a radius of hundreds of miles. There are so many private houses, and many places have been destroyed. How do we know which area is where the aristocratic family lives?" Shen Yue retorted from the side, and he would refute everything Nie Li said.
"Go on!" Chen Linjian looked at Nie Li meaningfully, he obviously agreed with Nie Li's deduction.
"It's actually very simple to find the place where aristocratic families live together. On this map, where the building density is the sparsest, that's it! Generally, aristocratic families have their own independent courtyards!" Nie Li continued.
Everyone's eyes fell on the map.
"It's here!" Huyan Lanruo said in surprise.
"Yes, it should be here, many buildings here are very huge!"
Chen Linjian frowned slightly and said, "Someone has already searched this area. Although some good things have been found, there are not many! Some people have already dug this area three feet into the ground, and they haven't found any secret rooms!"
"I just said, what you can think of, others have already thought of it! You think that there are so many aristocratic families in Glory City who are vegetarians!" Shen Yue snorted coldly.
Nie Li frowned, stared at Shen Yue and said, "When I'm talking, can you shut up first, since you're so smart, let you talk?"
Shen Yue was about to refute, but Chen Linjian glared at Shen Yue, and snorted coldly: "Shut up!"
Shen Yue opened his mouth, and finally closed his mouth depressed. Although he is a direct descendant of the holy family, he cannot be compared with Chen Linjian in terms of status, and he would not dare to refute Chen Linjian even if he had ten guts.
"This area has been searched, and it's normal. Let's look at the map. This aristocratic family settlement is right on the central axis of Gulan City, because this is the most heavily guarded and safest place in Gulan City. Nie Li pointed to an area behind the aristocratic family and said, "This area should be the location of the City Lord's Mansion!"
Shen Yue nodded. Nie Li's inferences so far are all correct, but even the people who came first have searched the City Lord's Mansion, including the underground, but still haven't found much.
"Let's continue to look at the map. It is only a few hundred meters away from the City Lord's Mansion. There are three areas. Do you know what these three areas are for?" Nie Li looked at Chen Linjian and asked.
"In these three areas, one is the school field, which is where the city lord trains his troops. One is built with dense stone fortresses, and there is nothing inside. They are all made of black cloud stone, which can't even be chiseled! The other I don’t know what it’s for, it’s next to the stone fortress, and weeds and trees are overgrown!” Chen Lin Jian said, before he came here, he already knew the map of Gulan City by heart.
Hearing Chen Linjian's words, Nie Li smiled slightly and said, "It's similar to my judgment!"
Chen Linjian's eyes lit up, and he said, "You mean, these three places are suspicious? Could it be that stone fortress? But we've searched there too!"
"That stone fortress should be a refuge when disaster strikes. When monsters come, they will definitely enter this stone fortress to hide. There may be some darkrooms hiding treasures in it. The open space near the stone fortress is obviously The trap area is used to resist monsters, if you enter here to investigate, you may not know why you died. And I think the most suspicious place should be this school ground!" Nie Li smiled lightly.
"Why is the school field the most suspicious place?"
The school grounds are just a muddy open space, a square for military training, so what's suspicious
"The most inconspicuous place is often the safest place! What's more, this city lord actually arranged the school yard on the central axis of the city. This should not be simple. There may be very important things hidden under the school yard!" Nie Li pointed to the map and said, "Let's go around here first, let's search for it first!"
"Well! That's it! " Chen Linjian closed the map and said with a slight smile. Now that the direction is determined, they can save a lot of time and avoid detours.
All of Chen Linjian's subordinates looked at Nie Li with a trace of admiration in their eyes. At this moment, no one looked down on Nie Li, and felt that it was only natural for Nie Li to choose a treasure first.
Huyan Lanruo raised her head, her eyes sparkled with splendor. She admired Nie Li's rigorous reasoning. She faintly felt that Nie Li's method was not simple. Otherwise, how could a Bronze One Star ignore her charm technique?
"The man I chose must not be simple!" Huyan Lanruo thought proudly, even though Nie Li completely ignored her, she still believed in Nie Li.
If Nie Li knew what Huyan Lanruo was thinking, he would have burst into tears, what a show! I'm afraid I won't be able to get rid of it after being stuck to this brown candy!
Ye Ziyun pursed her lips and smiled, Nie Li was stunned by that touching aura. Every frown and smile of Ye Ziyun had a unique and familiar flavor.
Huyan Lanruo was going to go crazy seeing Nie Li's color granting her soul. She was such a sexy and beautiful girl standing in front of Nie Li. Damn it! Nie Li, I hate you!
Nie Li didn't bother to care what Huyan Lanruo was thinking, he took out the arrows from his backpack, took out the potion of purple mist grass, and applied it on the arrows.
"Nie Li, what are you doing?" Huyan Lanruo and Ye Ziyun looked at Nie Li suspiciously.
Nie Li shrugged and said, "Nothing!"
"Okay, let's go!" Chen Linjian shouted, and the team slowly marched towards Gulan City. They walked along the edge of the city wall, choosing a relatively quick and safe path. If you follow the original path, I am afraid it will be very difficult, because some areas with complex terrain often hide many monsters.
The roar of monsters came from the ruins of Gulan City. Apart from monsters, occasionally some people passed by in groups. They were all from the City of Glory and came to explore the ruins of Gulan City. people.
Just as Chen Linjian, Nie Li and the others went deep into Gulan City, a group of people appeared at the entrance of Gulan City.
This group of people wore black robes, a total of fifteen people.
"Are you sure that group of boys are the children of nobles?" A black-robed man in the lead glanced at the few people beside him and asked. He was tall and taller than the others by a full head.
"Yes, Deacon Yunhua!" A black-robed man next to him responded.
"Very good!" Deacon Yunhua said with a ferocious smile, "Take back the three most noble people and exchange them for ransom with those aristocrats, and kill all the others!"
The Dark Guild is a disgraceful existence in the City of Glory. They often kidnap the children of noble families in exchange for ransom. They are like a group of leeches, living in the shadows of the City of Glory, collecting money by various dark means and giving it to guild members. Provide training resources. Although the several aristocratic families in Glory City united several times to attack the Dark Guild, whenever they wanted to wipe out the Dark Guild, the Dark Guild seemed to disappear out of thin air.
It is said that the headquarters of the Dark Guild is hidden in a very secret place in the Sacred Ancestor Mountain Range. It is a very powerful and terrifying force, and even Master Ye Mo cannot completely eradicate it.
Whoosh, whoosh, these black-robed men rushed towards the depths of Gulan City.
Inside the ruins of Gulan City.
Nie Li and the others were walking hard all the way, and from time to time, huge giant apes would be picked up from the ruins. These monsters are two meters tall, and their thick arms are like black iron pillars, but their movements are extremely flexible. And it's basically silver.
Six giant apes flitted among the broken walls, following Nie Li and the others from a distance.
These giant apes had astonishing intelligence. Seeing that there were more than 30 people here, they did not dare to come over. They just followed them from a distance and waited for the opportunity.
"These giant apes are really annoying!" Chen Linjian frowned and said, although these giant apes didn't charge forward to attack, they had nothing to do with them, and as time went by, the giant apes would More and more, once the number of giant apes following them increases, they will attack them in groups.
At this moment, there was only a whoosh, and a cold light streaked across the shadows in the corner.
Chen Linjian and the others quickly saw clearly that it was an arrow. This arrow passed through the gap between the branches at a very tricky angle, and shot towards one of the giant apes.
puff!
The arrow hit the giant ape with a single blow, and the giant ape fell down from the high wall in the distance with a wail, kicking up dust all over the sky with a bang. The giant ape struggled on the ground, but couldn't get up.
Seeing this, Chen Linjian rushed up immediately, swung his sharp sword and slashed down. With a bang, the blood of the giant ape was spattered and died on the ground.
Everyone looked back in astonishment, and found that Nie Li was walking out of the shadows leisurely.