Rain clouds piled up in the sky. This was the rainy season in the Vermillion Bird Territory in the south of the void spiritual world. During the three long months, the heavy rain would not stop for at least two months. It is this long rainy season that gives all creatures in the hot Suzaku Territory the sufficient moisture they need to thrive.
In the dense jungle, there are undulating blue-green mountains. On the steep slope, a mountain city that winds for dozens of miles lies quietly under the wash of heavy rain. From time to time, high-pitched screams could be heard in the city, and occasionally a dragon with wings on its back would soar into the sky, flying around the city carrying the majestic warriors on its back.
The entire mountain city is surrounded by blue-black metal walls. Countless thick runes are carved on the simple and colorful walls. Washed by the rain, the runes shine with a faint light. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth mixed in the rain is constantly absorbed by these runes. Go in.
This city wall is a hundred feet high, and the runes on it contain a strong sense of sealing, suppression, confinement, and restraint. Yin Xuuge glanced at the city wall from a distance and felt that the aura in his body was a little stagnant.
It is conceivable that when a war breaks out, all the rune restrictions on this city wall will be activated, and all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth around the city wall will be completely frozen. The enemies attacking the city wall will not be able to fly or absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for their own use. All enemies will be here. He hit his head on a city wall and was bleeding.
This is Panling Acropolis, the Panling Health Office that controls a vast area of 120,000 miles.
The people of Sima De lived here, with the Sima family as the core, and dozens of vassal families under the wings of the Sima family, forming the core of Panlingwei's rule.
Outside the city, along the hillside, a large number of neatly planned houses and sentry towers were built, which were the residences of the civilian class and slaves of Panling Acropolis. The closer to the city wall, the higher the status, and those slaves with low status and no rights at all live in the houses closest to the rain forest, and may be attacked by ferocious birds and poisonous insects in the rain forest at any time.
Along the avenue paved with iron stone slabs, riding Panlingwei's specialty dragon-headed three-toed steed, Yin Xuuge and Sima De walked side by side towards the main entrance of the Acropolis. The downpour roared down, but it was still several feet away from their bodies. It was dispersed by an umbrella-shaped magic weapon released by Sima De. Not a trace of wind or a drop of water could touch their bodies.
Bai Kaixin followed the two of them with a smile on his face. He glanced at Yin Xuuge from time to time, his eyes filled with the pride of "a rare thing to live in".
A casual cultivator, and a casual cultivator who is proficient in alchemy. For Panling Guards, who is ranked at the first level of the 'human guard' in the acropolis and has the weakest financial, military and personal connections, a person who is proficient in alchemy and has no The helpless casual cultivator is really too valuable.
Bai Kaixin never dreamed that Sima De would meet such a useful person when he took a few servants to hunt down two poor people for fun. Although an alchemist is extremely weak in cultivation, as long as he can really make alchemy, he will be of great value to Panling Wei Sima's lineage.
Even if he could only refine the most basic elixirs to assist in cultivation and treat internal and external injuries, it would be a great benefit to Panling Guards.
So even though Bai Kaixin still had a little doubt about the fact that all of Sima De's guards were dead or injured, when he realized that Yin Xuege's cultivation was so 'weak', he put aside the last doubt. dispel.
With this little strength, Panlingwei cannot make any waves.
Not to mention guarding Sima Shui, the personal guards around Sima Shui could easily kill Yin Xuuge.
The feet of the dragon-headed three-toed horse have thick pads of flesh, making it silent when running, and it is extremely stable when walking without any bumps. Yin Xuege rode on the broad back of his horse and curiously looked at the scenery on both sides of the avenue.
There are also pubs, teahouses, and restaurants here. Everything that a normal village and town should have can be found here. But whether it is a tavern or a tea house, all the buildings are extremely heavy. Moreover, all the houses have similar shapes. There are no cornices or dougongs. At a glance, all the houses are square and square, with walls at least three feet thick.
Moreover, on the outer surface of the walls, many houses are covered with a thick layer of hard stone.
Some of them were obviously from wealthy families. They even covered the entire courtyard wall with metal plates. Some of the walls of large courtyards also had some very good defensive runes engraved on them.
In the row of mansions closest to the city wall, Yin Xuuge also felt some fluctuations in the formation. The defensive power of these defensive formations was far inferior to that of Panlingwei's city walls, but they had already made Yin Xuege feel troublesome.
Having just ascended, he might not be able to break through the defensive formations of these mansions.
Sima De had forgotten the guards who died under Yin Xuege. When he learned that Yin Xuege did have good alchemy skills and that he was indeed an alchemist, his fear and hatred for Yin Xuege disappeared. It has been replaced by a heart full of joy.
Although he is a dandy, he is not stupid either. He has been exposed to the Panling Guards for a long time, so he naturally knows how valuable a casual cultivator who can make alchemy is to the Panling Guards.
Along the way, he glanced at Yin Xuege from time to time. When Yin Xuege looked at the row of mansions, Sima De rolled his eyes and immediately smiled and pointed at the mansions.
"My benefactor, these houses are nothing. They are the residences of some servants. For example, they provide us Panling Guards with the fields for farmland, the medicine heads for the medicine garden, the mine heads for the mines, and the discipline of the slaves. They and their families are not qualified to live in the Acropolis, so they all live here."
"It's just a residence for some servants. With the help of benefactor, we will definitely be able to get a good house in our acropolis."
Bai Kaixin, who was behind him, spoke with a smile. He took out a jade tablet from his sleeve and flipped through it with his spiritual consciousness. A joyful expression suddenly appeared on his face.
"Young Master De couldn't be more right. It just so happened that the hundred-man Luo Tie army in the third Panling Guards Battalion in the city was wiped out. Several of his sons who were serving in the army were also killed in the battle. There were only a bunch of useless people left at home. Women. His house is in a good location, and Master Zong Yan just happened to take over that house and all those women."
"Hehe" laughed a few times, with a mysterious look on Bai Kaixin's face.
"Luo Tiejun was born ugly, but all of his more than a dozen daughters-in-law are very lithe, especially his two daughters who are identical sisters. They are so lithe that water can come out when pinched. Master Zong Yan is so lucky! "
Yin Xuuge was stunned and looked back at Bai Kaixin.
"A hundred-man captain, Luo Iron Army? He died in battle, and his family members..."
Sima De sneered disapprovingly, yelled and cursed at the dozen guards at the city gate, and then turned his head to explain to Yin Xuuge.
Luo Tiejun was not from the wealthy Panling Guard family. Thousands of years ago, he was a lucky man who was taken back to the military camp for training by the Panling Guard because of his good qualifications. After he came of age, he joined the Panling Guards. He fought hard on the battlefield and fought hard for three hundred years without dying. He gained the official position of a hundred-man captain through meritorious service, got rid of his slave status, married a wife and had children.
But after all, he came from a humble background and his family background was not enough. Luo Tiejun had three sons. After they became successful in cultivation, they all followed Luo Tiejun and served in the Panling Guards. But less than half a month ago, when Luo Tiejun led his team out on patrol, they encountered a hundred-eyed soul spider that wandered into the Panling Guard territory. The entire hundred-man team was wiped out. Luo Tiejun and his three sons were all killed in the battle, and none of them escaped. Lose.
Luo Tiejun died, and his background was not good. The dozen wives and concubines he married were all from untouchable backgrounds. Now that all the men in the family were killed in battle, there was no one to make decisions for his family. Whether it was his family's house, the wealth he had accumulated over the years, or even his wife, concubines, and two daughters, they were all targeted by some wealthy young masters from Panlingwei.
It's just that Sima Shui, the guard of Panling Guard, is leading the main force of the guard these days, and is ordered to go on an expedition to exterminate a group of extraterrestrial evil spirits that have invaded the Suzaku Territory. He, the guard, does not open his mouth, and the wealthy young men in the guard city do not dare to stretch their claws.
After all, even if Luo Tiejun's property was to be divided up, Sima Shui would have to take the fattest piece of meat first. Even if Sima Shui looked down on Luo Tiejun's property, he still had to speak up before these guys who had been watching for a long time dared to swarm up and snatch away Luo Tiejun's property.
But when Sima De spoke, something was different. He was the most important core figure of the Sima clan, and the most favored son of Sima Shui. He had made great contributions to the expansion of the Sima clan and the reproduction of future generations. He was only a hundred people. As long as he took away the captain's property, he took it with him.
Yin Xuege grinned and remained silent.
This dark and lightless jungle law of the weak and the strong, a cruel environment without any human touch, is the rule of the Holy Dharma.
While Sima De was explaining, the guards at the city gate shouted loudly, and more than a dozen people joined forces to push the black metal gate with all their strength. Accompanied by an extremely dull 'rumbling' sound, Panling Guard's one-foot-two-foot-thick metal city gate slowly opened, revealing a hundred-foot-deep city gate corridor.
Sima De smiled proudly, assumed the attitude of a master, and respectfully said "please" to Yin Xuuge.
The sound of wild and thunderous hooves came, and countless sparks spattered out in confusion. As soon as Sima De said "please", a majestic Han Ce wearing blue and black heavy armor and riding a one-horned cloud beast appeared. Riding wildly came.
Behind the big man, followed closely by more than a hundred burly soldiers wearing heavy armor, all of whom were riding a black clouded leopard with black eyes and strong muscles as if they were cast from molten iron, like a black gust of wind. Mercedes came over.
The hard hooves of the one-horned cloud smoke beast under the leader's crotch hit the ground, shooting out countless sparks.
The blood-eyed dark clouded leopards stretched out their half-foot-long sharp claws, roaring deeply and scratching the hard ground, and also drew out streaks of dazzling fire. More than a hundred strange beasts with a body length of more than one foot and eight feet ran wildly in a group, and the momentum was so overwhelming that people almost couldn't breathe.
(End of chapter)