In the underground city, the sky is invisible, and when you look up, you can see the dark abyss with no end in sight.
Walking on the bridge, Balian finally understood why this place was called an underground city. Who would have thought that there was such a huge abyss city hidden under the border of this majestic country.
It is definitely not possible to build such a huge underground world in just a few decades.
But this Dark City force did it, and it was only a stronghold of a country. Lin Zheng said that the Dark City force spread all over the world, and even crossed the Endless Sea to reach the Kingdom of Zhao where the Demon Sect was raging.
Thinking of this, Balian was secretly frightened.
This depends on how strong the background and wealth are to be able to do this.
"Remember, although there are people from the Immortal Sect who enter the Dark City, on the bright side, the Dark City is a gray area that is shamed by hundreds of Immortal Sects. You must protect your identity here. Otherwise, when you Once you leave this underground city, it will be difficult for you to have a place among the hundreds of families in the world."
Ye Shu repeated it solemnly.
Balian nodded to express that he understood. Just when the long ancient bridge was about to reach the end, a cold gaze seemed to be directed towards them.
That gaze was extremely obscure, even for practitioners, it was difficult to detect it. However, due to the instinct of the corpse demon, Balian still keenly sensed the existence of that weak gaze.
He paused in his steps and stared back. There were countless pedestrians on the bridge, and his sight quickly disappeared in the sea of people coming and going.
"What's wrong?" Ye Shu suddenly stopped when he saw him.
Balian shook his head: "Nothing, let's go into the city?"
The gates of the underground city are blocked, and the gates in Yun Yun are guarded by sergeants, because generally those who can reach this area have basically obtained permission from the people behind the city.
The area here is extremely vast. Bailian took a quick look and knew that the area of this underground city was comparable to the thousand-year-old ancient city 'Yunzhong' above the ground.
There are also markets here, as well as long streets and alleys, but the people living in these alleys are not the residents of the underground city, but masked outsiders from all directions.
After paying a certain late fee in the city, you can choose an alleyway house where you can display the goods you obtained through shady means and sell them.
Bailian saw that most of the goods were still stained with fresh blood and old soil.
Seeing Balian's eyes focused on these people, Ye Shu explained patiently.
"Most of these people are tomb robbers, and the goods they sell are the burial objects of famous masters or immortal masters when they died. Nowadays, there are still very few of them.
I heard that as early as two hundred years ago, the tomb robbing industry was the most prosperous. Even the sacred cemeteries of the three major sects, Taixuan, Tianxi, and Cangwu, were repeatedly stolen by tomb robbers. "
Balian was shocked: "How can the tomb robbers be so rampant? Even members of the three Tiandao sects dare to break in?"
Ye Shudao: "The three sects are naturally well-deserved. No matter how rampant and provocative the tomb robbers are, all they can steal are some of the burial objects on the periphery of the cemetery, and they cannot touch the real core burial objects at all.
It was just two hundred years ago that a group of extremely skilled tomb robbers came from Beihai. The Tianxi Sword Sect fell for the first time. No one knew what the group of tomb robbers had stolen. This actually made the Tianxi Sword Master furious and slaughtered almost everyone with his sword. The tomb robbers back then were so bloody and violent that they were so terrifying that today there are very few tomb robbers. "
Bai Lian's expression suddenly tightened, and for some reason his heart felt very clogged.
He suddenly recalled what Ning Feiyan said when he parted with her, and his throat felt inexplicably dry: "What exactly was stolen? How could it lead Sword Master Yu to kill?"
After all, Ye Shu was not from two hundred years ago. He knew very little about what happened back then. Most of it was hearsay. He shook his head and said, "I don't know. After all, the Tianxi Sword Sect suppressed the tomb robbery very seriously. Everyone Later, I made some insinuations and speculated that the coffin of an ancestor sword master might have been stolen. What? Are you very interested in this matter?"
Bailian suddenly fell silent and became extremely quiet.
Ye Shu glanced at him strangely and noticed the suppressed anxiety under his quiet eyebrows. He mused: "Anyway, you have come to this underground city now. If you really want to know about this, why not inquire about the whereabouts of your demon pet?" When purchasing information, buy an extra piece of information about Tianxi.
Here, even if the truth is hidden in the sand of history, as long as you have enough money, they can help you dig it out. "
A long bridge has reached the end. Bailian stood on the bridge, looking up at the dark city above him like a monster. After a while, he slowly uttered two words: "...that's fine."
There is no point in wasting time wandering around the small shops in the city. Basically, monks from all over the world are here to resell and resell the stolen goods that they cannot get rid of.
In all the countries around the world, there is no black market that is more safe and secure than this one.
Ye Shu's status in the dark city is not low. He is a high-level night hunter and can go to many places that others are restricted from going.
For example, this Yu Tower.
Yu Tower is located in the middle of the Dark City. It is the largest gold-selling cave in the underground world and is also a famous dark trading house here.
The Yu Tower is open once a month, selling various rare treasures through bidding. The Tianxi Sword Sect is recruiting disciples soon, and the high-level monsters hunted here will be locked up in the Yu Tower for training.
Xiao Lu'er is most likely to be sold by Yu Lou, and here, you can also buy the best slaves, elixirs, weapons, secrets and intelligence.
Ye Shu was obviously a frequent visitor to Yulou. After he handed his token to the steward in the building, the steward immediately led him and Bai Lian to the exclusive private box in a polite and respectful manner.
The space of the elegant room is not too big, and the furnishings are elegant and simple. There is an incense burner on the table, but no incense is burned. I don't know what it is used for.
The box is on the third floor. Although you can see the whole situation, it is a very distinguished seat. But there is another floor above the third floor.
There are only two private rooms on that floor, so it is expected that only guests with extremely distinguished status will be entertained.
In the center of the lobby of Yulou, there is a huge display stand. The table is covered with five layers of light protection barriers of different colors, which are the auction products displayed by the protector of the five elements.
Seeing the layers of protective light, the leaves showed a strange color, seeming to mutter to themselves in confusion: "Strange, why has the protective barrier been turned on before the auction night? Could it be that the auction time has been advanced? Already?"
Bailian's expression changed and he said, "What do you mean? We were not planning to hold an auction today?"
Ye Shudao: "Yu Tower is open every day, but goods are sold at a fixed quota every day and the prices are clearly marked.
Only extremely rare things will be displayed on auction night, but today the barrier is wide open, just like the way it was on auction night. "
How could it be such a coincidence?
Balian frowned, feeling something was wrong.
It was obviously not the night of the auction yet, but as soon as Ye Shu brought him to the dark city, the auction was scheduled in advance...
Is it a coincidence, or did someone have a plan?
Ye Shu was also confused: "But I didn't hear any news before this. Could it be that...some big shot is coming today?"
But, what kind of big shot can actually make Dark City change the auction time and hold it in advance?
As a result, many people will miss the auction time, and the number of people present today is far less than half of the past.
But since it is an auction, the more people participating in the auction, the better. Only in this way can the price benefit be maximized.
Just when he finished speaking, their vision suddenly lit up. The two dim private seats on the fourth floor suddenly turned on at the same time.
Its radiant fire illuminates the whole place.
Ye Shu's face changed slightly and he was surprised.
Seeing his reaction, Bai Lian stood up and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
Ye Shu's Adam's apple rolled unconsciously, and he murmured with a solemn expression: "The rule of Yulou is that the host never waits for guests. The only exception is the four floors. I have been in the dark city for many years, and this is the first time I have seen the four floors. Light up the building."
Bai Lian slowly leaned his back on the chair. Not only did he feel the tense change in Ye Shu, but the atmosphere in the entire Yu Tower was inexplicably lowered, and the entire three floors suddenly fell silent.
After a long time, Bailian raised his hand to take a cup of tea, added a cup of hot tea for Ye Shu, and handed it to him: "Light up the fourth floor? What's the meaning?"
Ye Shu took the tea and took a deep breath, as if to calm down his nervous and shocked emotions.
He took a sip of hot tea, and some color returned to his pale face, and said: "Yu Tower has four floors. The private rooms on the third floor are divided into grades A, B, C and D. Now we are sitting in Room B. Room B The receptionists were all princes from powerful families in Kyoto, important ministers and nobles of the Military Aircraft Administration, or children of sects on Lingshan Mountain. Their status in Zeguo was already extraordinary.
And those who were entertained in that room were the descendants of the royal family of Murong and Changting of Zeguo. You might as well think about it, in the territory of Zeguo, imperial power is supreme, but in that four-story building that has never been open to the public, To be able to override the imperial power, who do you think can sit on the fourth floor in this continent? "
Ye Shu's face became more solemn: "If you look carefully, there are only a handful of them on Tianyao Continent!"
Balian held the empty tea cup without moving, and quietly looked at the plain pattern on the tablecloth with his eyes slightly raised: "It seems that something extremely interesting will appear on today's auction night."
Ye Shu felt heavy and understood that since it could attract a double room on the fourth floor, it was definitely an extraordinary thing.
Although I don’t know what it is, I also know that once a treasure of that level comes out, it will definitely cause a bloody storm!
But this thing still appears in Zeguo? !
Ye Shu raised his eyes and glanced at Balian, and asked: "Who do you think...the two people sitting on the fourth floor are?"
Ye Shu was really confused. Balian didn't know much about the underground city as he did, but at this moment, he asked Balian to guess the identities of the two people above him.
Bailian laughed and shook his head. At this moment, the whole place was in an uproar, like a frying pan, and the exclamations were ebbing and flowing.
The bright lights on the fourth floor became brighter and brighter, and the curtain of the private room was gently lifted by a jade hand.
I saw the gauze curtains of the attic were wide open, and under the window stood a beauty dressed in classical palace attire. She was dignified and noble, her hair was tied up high, and she decorated her black temples with complicated gold hair accessories.
The beauty has a noble appearance. She wears exquisite makeup, with Qin's unique blue plum blossom makeup between her eyebrows. Her delicate face carries aristocratic pride and indifference.
When everyone raised their heads and looked over, she was gently caressing a poppy plant in front of the window with her soft white and delicate jade hands. She wore long armor on her little finger and ring finger, and she looked very noble. people.
She glanced downstairs with a calm and calm gaze, with a half-smile on her lips: "It's so lively tonight."
Ye Shu couldn't help but take a breath when he saw the woman's appearance clearly.
Balian didn't know the woman, and seeing his violent reaction, he couldn't help but ask, "Who is she?"
Ye Shu's voice trembled slightly, and he couldn't suppress the shock in his eyes. He opened his lips with difficulty and said, "Princess Qin, Zhao Wenjun."
The eldest princess of Qin?
Bailian was surprised as to why a member of the Qin royal family appeared in the underground city of Zeguo.
Moreover, Qin and Ze are evenly matched, and the status of the royal families of both sides should be equal. Why can the Ze royal family only live on the third floor, but the eldest princess of Qin can actually live on the fourth floor.
"Are you wondering why she can go up to the fourth floor?" Ye Shu looked at Balian with a complicated expression.
Balian glanced at the eldest princess again and said, "I'm more curious about why she can ignore the rules of the dark city and not wear a mask."
Ye Shu twitched the corners of his lips and smiled with great reluctance: "This is the same answer as the question I just asked you."
"The eldest princess Zhao Wenjun is the sister of the emperor of Qin and the only blood sibling. The king of Qin has nothing to do. As early as two hundred years ago, he was paralyzed on the bed and has never recovered. Therefore, in the past two hundred years, the state affairs of Qin have been It is the eldest princess who handles the affairs on her behalf, so her status is naturally different from that of ordinary royal nobles."
"The eldest princess is in charge of state affairs?" Balian was surprised.
According to this, the Emperor of Qin is seriously ill and is in bed, and the eldest princess is in charge of the capital. Isn't that no different from the female monarch?
Furthermore, it is said that the king of a country has nothing to show for himself, has lost his heirs, and is succeeded by a woman. No matter how you look at it, everything is a bit strange.
Looking at Balian's expression, Ye Shu understood what he was thinking and said, "You don't have to doubt that Emperor Qin's serious illness is related to the eldest princess, because the eldest princess didn't originally want to take power, she was just pushed to that position. .”
Balian was surprised again.
Ye Shudao: "To others, holding the power of life and death in a country may be the highest honor, but for someone without strength, this power will only become a butcher's knife hanging around her neck."
Ye Shu quietly pointed at Zhao Wenjun, the eldest princess on the fourth floor, and said, "You have a good cultivation level. You might as well use your spiritual sense to find out how she is different from others?"
Bailian released his spiritual consciousness and searched the eldest princess for a moment. When he withdrew his spiritual consciousness, the color on his face had changed: "She has no spiritual roots?!"
Without spiritual roots, he is naturally an ordinary mortal with no cultivation and no strength, but he is in charge of a country.
And two hundred years!
She has not experienced birth, old age, illness or death in two hundred years, and is still young and beautiful.
Ye Shu nodded and said: "To be precise, it was because life dug up the spiritual roots. Two hundred years ago, Sword Master Yu was assassinated by the Demon Prison and was dying. It was the eldest princess who cut open her chest and dug out the spiritual roots. , used the spiritual root as medicine, and gave it to Sword Master Yu, thus saving his life."
Balian was stunned: "She and Sword Master Yu actually have such a life-saving grace..."
Ye Shudao: "It's not just a life-saving grace."
"Sword Master Yu was born in the Qin State. He is the son of a noble family in the Qin State. He has been childhood sweethearts with the eldest princess Zhao Wenjun since he was a child. They are a match made in heaven in the eyes of the people of the contemporary Qin State and a good match in the world."
Balian frowned and said, "But how did I hear that the Tianxi Sword Master and the Empress Houtu of Zhongyou..."
"Yes, Sword Master Yu finally married the Empress Zhongyou. Some people say that the eldest princess of Qin fell in love with Sword Master Yu unilaterally but failed. Others say that Sword Master Yu had suspicions of a political marriage with Zhongyou in order to help the immortal sect. , so I reluctantly parted ways with the eldest princess and said goodbye. In short, there are different opinions. No ordinary mortal can really have a thorough understanding of the feelings of this swordsman of heaven."
"It's just that although the sword master is married to Empress Zhongyou, he still has a close friendship with the eldest princess when he was young. The eldest princess has a proud and strong blood in her bones. She was born in a noble sect and has always been generous and dignified in her actions.
After learning that Sword Master Yu had married a wife and had children, he did not bother him. However, after being poisoned by the Demon Prison, that proud and strong woman gave up her lifelong cultivation and surrendered her self-esteem and life. You said, As long as Sword Master Yu is around, who among all the countries in the world would dare to embarrass her? "
