The scorching sun hangs in the sky.
A huge mine pit suddenly appeared in the wasteland like a bloody scar.
The blazing sun scorched the earth to a boil, but around the mine, hundreds of frightened men seemed to turn a blind eye to the heat, mining fine gold extremely quickly and transporting it to a majestic building.
The auras of these people are not weak. Judging from the fluctuations of fighting spirit emanating from them, they are all at the level of great fighting masters, but here they have become humble mining slaves.
Around the mine, there are large animal skin tents stationed one after another. Just by looking at it from a distance, you can feel a murderous aura spreading in the tent, which severely frightens the mine slaves.
"Lord Wusheng, from last night to early this morning, we captured a large number of mercenaries. The speed of mining fine gold has increased several times. The mining income in the morning alone is the work of several days in the past..."
In a large, luxuriously decorated tent, an old man who looked like a butler held a piece of animal skin paper and respectfully reported the mining process to a middle-aged man who was concentrating with his eyes closed.
This middle-aged man was only forty years old, with dark skin and ordinary appearance, but his inadvertent aura made the old man feel suffocated.
This middle-aged man is clearly a strong Douzong warrior!
After reporting the progress of the mining affairs, the old housekeeper carefully looked at the middle-aged man who still had his eyes closed. After hesitating for a while, he said: "I have one more thing to report..."
"Um?"
The middle-aged man's eyes suddenly opened, and his emotionless gaze fell on the old man. The latter suddenly felt a pressure coming on him. He quickly wiped the cold sweat from his temples and whispered:
"For some reason, before the mining of the ore vein today, many people reported that the aura that can confuse people's minds in the mine seemed to have weakened significantly... But soon after the mining, the aura reappeared, and it was much stronger than before. few…"
Hearing this, the middle-aged man named Wu Sheng frowned, and a figure that suddenly appeared last night appeared in his mind.
Sure enough, the news about the fine gold has been leaked... But it is simply unreasonable to want to grab meat from the mouths of the three major forces!
Wu Sheng narrowed his eyes and suddenly sneered: "It doesn't matter, it's just a move by a mouse who covets our fine gold. Just concentrate on mining, and everything will take care of itself!"
"Yes..." The butler responded quickly, and the moment he spoke, the entire tent suddenly shook, and then began to shake violently.
Before the two of them could react, another uproar suddenly sounded outside the tent.
…
In the mines, a large number of mining slaves mechanically mined the fine gold that they once sought but now hated.
Among this group of figures, Mei Lin's figure was also among them.
At this time, Mei Lin lowered her head slightly, carrying a large piece of black ore on her slender shoulders, and followed the team transporting fine gold towards the outside of the mine.
Surrounding the mine, groups of iron-blooded armies seemed to be guarding the place, their sharp hawk-like eyes constantly scanning the group of mine slaves.
Mei Lin's hot figure attracted the attention of the army, but when they saw the stinking mud on her face, those malicious glances became much less intense.
However, there were still many lustful and evil looks in her eyes that made Mei Lin feel uneasy and fearful in her heart. When she passed by a large tent, her fear reached the extreme.
At the door of the big tent, Xihu knelt on the ground with a flattering face, ignoring the painful moans of the woman coming from the tent.
Mei Lin's face was pale, and she seemed to see Qiao Ling's painful expression...
"ah!!!"
"Ah! What is that!!"
"Hurry, run away!!"
Just when Meilin lost her mind, a series of shrill screams suddenly sounded from behind, making her come back to her senses instantly. When she turned around and looked around, she saw all the slaves in the mine rushing to get out. Flee in all directions!
It seems like there is some kind of terrifying demon in the mine!
…
In the city lord's mansion, there are two big families (Wu and Pan), and there are three or two fighting clans.
There are monsters such as poisonous scorpions and magical wolves in the wasteland. Affected by the power of blood evil, they become extremely bloodthirsty and violent.
Publish rumors to attract people, help them find new mineral veins, and at the same time recruit a large number of people to mine the mineral veins (contains the power of blood evil and affects the mind).
Ye Yun was recruited as a temporary worker by a group of mercenaries (he had a fierce fight with other mercenaries and his strength was damaged). There were two beauties, one was lively and cute, and the other was cold. The cold one had a cold face and a warm heart, and often made fun of Ye Yun. Yun wanted Ye Yun not to stand up and avoid being killed. The lively man admired the leader, and only showed good looks to him when he saw the leader recruiting Ye Yun.
The group leader coveted the beauties of the two group members, but his greed was even greater and he refused to act. Another strong person in the group was killed by his design, which caused the group's strength to decline and he had to recruit Ye Yun, promising a lot of money to Ye Yun, and wanted to Let Ye Yun be used as cannon fodder.
Later, when a group of flesh-eating poisonous scorpions besieged the team, the team suffered heavy losses. The leader only took care of his confidants and two beauties. However, there were too many poisonous scorpions and so many people could not protect them. Ye Yun took action and saved several people, and was almost killed by the scorpions. Wang attacked and killed Leng Meiren, which caused Ye Yun's status to rise in the hearts of the group members who were not confidants, as well as Leng Meiren, and also aroused the fear of the group leader.
After a life-and-death fight, Ye Yun killed a man who wanted to lure them into the mine at night (he pretended to be an injured mercenary and wanted to leave, and offered them a map of the mine. Ye Yun noticed that his eyes were evasive, so he lured them away. After killing and searching the memory, he discovered the conspiracy of the City Lord's Mansion and others), and at the same time, he noticed the movement and the group leader came with several people to fumble, so he said that Ye Yun wanted to negotiate for the fine gold alone and let others Furious, the lively beauty even insulted Ye Yun'en to take revenge (thinking that without them, Ye Yun would die). Ye Yun shook his head and just said that the place on the map was dangerous, so he could take care of himself and left.
Ye Yun took advantage of the night to come to the place where all the forces were located, and found that there was a blood evil spirit in the veins. If he entered by force, it would stimulate its awakening. Ye Yun thought he was unbeatable, so he first placed a seal around the evil spirit to slowly wake it up. , and then carved the divine pattern in the dark to prepare the formation (drawing on the principles of magic), and the power of the soul merged with the power of the divine thunder attribute.
The mercenary group entered the land of mineral veins and was besieged. Under the terrifying strength of the four major forces, the leader did not dare to resist and sacrificed a lively girl to beg for her life. She was turned around and finally blocked by a seal. The four major forces immediately took action. Breaking through the seal and resurrecting the evil spirit, many people were killed in an instant, as if the end of the world was coming.
The bloody light struck, and several of the group leaders died. The only Douzong in charge immediately used a magic scroll to inform others that he was fighting alone and was beheaded. Only the cold beauty was left on the periphery. She saw the chaos and wanted to leave, so she ran to the tent to take away the lively beauty. When the two of them were about to leave, a thick beam of blood fell down. Anyone who touched it would die. Regret for not listening to Ye Yun's words.
At this time, a divine thunder landed and reduced the blood light, allowing the two of them to escape. Ye Yun fought with the evil spirit, and after a hard fight, sealed it into the ancient lamp. Then the four major forces other Dou Zong dared to come, thinking that Ye Yun had massacred all his troops and monopolized the fine gold, so he besieged Ye Yun.
Ye Yun explained without saying a word, took action to kill him, and then left alone without looking at him, leaving the two of them looking at each other.
On the last day, Ye Yun successfully refined the Ghost Flame Blood Thunder Spear, and broke through to the late stage of foundation building. He could fight the Magister with his physical strength.
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Not long after Ye Nantian left, Gu Yuan fell into sleep again. When he woke up again, it was night.
The room filled with the smell of herbs was pitch black, and you couldn't see your fingers.
"Ye Lao."
Gu Yuan suddenly spoke up on the bed. As soon as he finished speaking, a rickety figure appeared in front of the bed, like a ghost.
"Your Highness, the old slave is here." The figure bowed slightly and said respectfully in a low voice. His voice was old and hoarse, like pebbles scratching on glass, extremely harsh and unpleasant.
Gu Yuan sighed lightly and said: "I have almost exhausted all the elixirs in Uncle Ye's house. The medicinal materials sold in the city's market have little effect on my injury. If I just rest, my injury will take at least half a year." You need to fully recover, but I can’t wait that long. I want to go to the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains with you tomorrow to find some higher-grade elixirs.”
The old man who was called Ye Lao by Gu Yuan thought for a while and whispered: "The Ten Thousand Monsters Mountain Range is full of dangers, and I can't guarantee that I can protect His Highness... The Queen has said that King Zhennan is a trustworthy person, Your Highness There shouldn't be anything wrong in the palace, so why don't I let the old slave find the elixir to help His Highness heal his wounds... What do you think, Your Highness?"
Gu Yuan lay quietly on the bed, seeming to be thinking. After a while, he said calmly: "The Ten Thousand Demons Mountain Range does not guarantee safety, but now, except for Ye Lao, I don't believe anyone."
"Old slave, I obey." Ye Lao lowered his head and took two steps back, as if he had melted into the darkness.
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The Daqian Dynasty is bordered by the Ten Thousand Monsters Mountains to the south, the Endless Sea to the north, the Red Desert to the east, and the Luoyang Mountains to the west.
The Ten Thousand Monsters Mountain Range is one of the largest gathering places for monsters in the Northern Territory. It is both a treasure place and a dangerous place.
It is said to be a treasure land because the monster's body is full of treasures. Its fur can be refined into armor, its teeth and bones can be forged into weapons, and its flesh and blood can be used as medicine.
A low-level monster can be exchanged for one hundred gold coins, which can allow an ordinary family of five to live comfortably for a whole year.
And because the Ten Thousand Demons Mountain Range has abundant spiritual energy, various magical medicinal materials grow there. If you are lucky enough and encounter a high-grade elixir, you might be able to become a wealthy family in southern Xinjiang in one fell swoop.
Therefore, countless warriors come to the Ten Thousand Demon Mountains every year to seek luck, which also makes Southern Xinjiang, which has a harsher environment than other places, have an extremely large population.
The reason why it is said to be a ferocious place is because monsters are born to be bloodthirsty and cruel. In their eyes, humans are just a kind of food. Every year, tens of thousands of warriors in the mouths of monsters lose their lives.
On this day, when the rising sun was rising in the east, the morning light had just fallen on the forest, and the morning mist in the mountains had begun to slowly disperse, and the mountains stretching to the end of the sky began to be revealed between heaven and earth.
On the outskirts of the Ten Thousand Monsters Mountain Range, a team of more than a dozen people were walking slowly in the forest. This was a mercenary team, an organization that specialized in hunting monsters and collecting elixirs for sale. Because they often fought with brutal monsters, Mercenaries are basically fierce and fierce people.
"Please be careful, the monsters are not peaceful recently. The Wolf Fang Mercenary Group lost several people here a few days ago." The leading man turned around and said solemnly, while speaking, his eyes kept scanning. Looking toward the shadows of the forest, the muscles of the arm holding the broadsword tightened, obviously showing extreme vigilance.
"Captain, you have said this seven or eight times. Before we even entered the mountains, you kept talking about it. My ears felt like cocoons." A strong, nine-foot-tall bald man said. Holding a hundred-pound mace, he shouted dissatisfiedly.
A tall and thin man next to the bald man frowned and scolded in a low voice: "Don't make trouble! The strength of the Wolf Fang Mercenary Group is not much weaker than our Blood Fang Mercenary Group."
The bald man curled his lips and moved his eyes along the team. When he fell on the last two people in the team, a flash of sadness flashed across his reddish eyes. He grinned and said in a low voice: "I hope this old man who is half buried in the ground You can attract a wind leopard with this short-lived kid, hehe."
The bald man's voice was not loud, and he was two to three feet away from the back of the team. Ordinary people could not hear his words clearly at such a distance. However, those around him who heard clearly laughed, but tried their best to hide the ferocity in their eyes. .
Walking at the end of the team, the old man covered in black robes raised his eyebrows slightly, and a cold light flashed in his turbid eyes. He was about to make a move but was pulled back by the pale young man next to him.
The young man smiled, glanced at the bald man in front of him, his eyes were meaningful, and said in a low voice: "It's okay, it's just as I wish."
When the old man heard this, he didn't say anything and just followed the young man silently.
"Pfft!" The bald man looked at the sickly young man who glanced at him and then looked away, and sneered with a stern look in his eyes.
"Okay, Mo Laosan, if you affect this operation, don't even think about getting a single gold coin!" The leading man saw this scene, and a trace of impatience flashed on his face. After scolding him, he squinted his eyes again. The old man and sickly boy behind them glanced at each other, snorted slightly, and continued to move forward.
That gaze was full of threats and warnings.
"Ye Lao, are we heading in the right direction?" The sickly boy smiled carelessly and whispered sideways.
The two of them were Gu Yuan and Ye Lao who went to the Ten Thousand Demons Mountains to find the elixir.
"We are approaching the target. If we keep going about a hundred feet, we will encounter it." Ye Lao closed his eyes, and from the center of his eyebrows, a strange wave quietly emitted, and nodded. Although his eyes were closed, his steps were exactly the same as Gu Yuan's every time he moved, and he always kept the same distance from Gu Yuan.
"Then continue." A trace of expectation flashed across Gu Yuan's immature face, and he quickened his pace a little, slowly moving forward with the team.
As the mountains go deeper, the dense branches and leaves block too much sunlight, and the cold air in the forest becomes more and more intense. What's even weirder is that the surrounding environment becomes more and more silent.
"Something's wrong!" The leader of the Blood Fang Mercenary Group stopped and said solemnly, "According to the information given by the Wolf Fang Mercenary Group, there are a large number of low-level monsters running to the outside of the mountains... It stands to reason that even if we don't When we encounter monsters, we should have encountered ordinary beasts a long time ago, but now there is no movement..."
The tall and thin man who had scolded Mo Laosan before held a dagger and walked slowly to the leader of the Blood Fang Mercenary Group. He also said with a serious face: "When these monsters ran to the outside, some people speculated that maybe There are high-level monsters that have left the center of the mountain range and scared these monsters away..."
Having said this, the tall and thin man's face was filled with fear, and the hand holding the sharp dagger was trembling slightly.
"Nonsense! High-level monsters will never leave their territory easily, let alone run here!" The leader of the Blood Fang Mercenary Group shouted loudly, but the slightly trembling voice showed the panic in his heart.
Only those at the Condensing Core Realm can barely deal with the high-level monsters, and the strongest among them is only himself in the middle stage of the Spirit Refining Realm, and has no power to resist at all.
At this point, the other members of the Blood Fang Mercenary Group could no longer maintain their composure. Mo Lao San, who was holding the mace, even said in a trembling voice: "Commander, let's retreat, we can only make money while we are alive." "
Gu Yuan, who was at the back of the team, raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, and slightly raised a strange smile at the corner of his mouth, which actually looked a bit weird. It was a pity that no one would pay attention to a terminally ill young man.
"Okay, let's..."
The leader of the Blood Fang Mercenary Group was obviously a little moved. Before he finished speaking, a cold and cold aura suddenly enveloped him. The next moment, a black shadow suddenly rushed out from the depths of the mountain forest in front of him, bringing him with him. A terrifying fishy wind.
"No, this is a high-level monster, run!" The leader of the Blood Fang Mercenary Group's face changed drastically, he screamed in fear, and then he turned around and ran away, and everyone who was frightened by the monster gradually came to their senses. , began to run away desperately.
The members of the Blood Fang Mercenary Group who were running for their lives in a panic did not notice that Gu Yuan and the two men behind the team had quietly disappeared without knowing when.
"Roar!"
The beast's roar full of violence reverberated, and the blurry black shadow in the forest flashed past, like black lightning, rushing directly behind a slow-moving man. Almost the next moment, a horrifying scream came out Accompanied by the sudden sound of chewing, the rich smell of blood spread crazily.
The death of their companions further aroused the panic in everyone's hearts, and their escape speed actually accelerated a little.
However, this speed is still not enough in front of high-level monsters.
The sound of chewing and swallowing flesh and blood stopped soon after. The huge black shadow in the forest was obviously not full. It jumped several feet away. Then, a member of the Blood Fang Mercenary Group was drawn into the beast's mouth. The screams and chewing sounds started again.
Listening to this voice, the eyes of the mercenary group leader, the tall and thin man, Mo Laosan and others who were running ahead flashed with cruel looks, and they didn't know what they were planning.
Time passed quietly, and unknowingly, this life-and-death escape had lasted for less than half an hour, and those who survived gradually felt that their physical strength could not support them.
"Ah! I don't want to die, save me!!"
The screams of despair reached the ears again, and the three people running at the front got goosebumps all over their bodies. The panic in their eyes became more and more intense, because now, only the three of them were left.
"Boom!"
The sound of heavy objects falling to the ground was like the sound of death bells, a terrifying strong wind struck, and a bloody black shadow came behind the three of them.
"No! Don't! I don't want to die!"
Feeling the terrifying strong wind behind him, the leader of the Blood Fang Mercenary Regiment had a panic expression on his face, and then his expression became cruel, and the long knife in his hand suddenly struck the leg of the tall and thin man next to him.
"ah!"
The cold sword light passed by, and bright red blood spurted out. The tall and thin man howled miserably, one of his thighs was removed, and he fell forward.
boom!
Looking at the members who were still crawling forward as they fell to the ground with frightened faces, the leader of the Blood Fang Mercenary Group flashed a sinister smile on his face and continued to run forward.
As expected, the black shadow did not continue to chase, but bit the tall and thin man in one bite, chewing the latter into pieces and swallowing it while wailing.
"Regiment...leader." Mo Laosan's face turned pale and he looked at the leader who had been drinking together yesterday in horror. He could hardly hold the mace in his hand.
The leader of the Blood Fang Mercenary Group's eyes kept flickering, and then he suddenly turned to look at Mo Lao San and smiled sinisterly: "Lao San, you can go and die, I will live to take care of your wife and children for you."
After saying that, the long knife in his hand slashed diagonally. Mo Laosan had no time to react, and the cold blade sank into his body...
"Live on, live on..."
After killing Mo Laosan, the leader of the Blood Fang Mercenary Group kept thinking crazily. His potential between life and death exploded, and he suddenly threw away the dark shadow behind him.
"Ha, hahaha... Once we get out of this forest, we can enter the city. Then I can survive! Hurry! Hurry up!"
The leader of the Bloodfang Mercenary Group roared almost madly, but in just a few breaths, he was almost through the dense forest. As long as he took a few more steps forward, he could live forever.
"People like you don't deserve to live."
However, at this moment, a cold voice sounded without warning, and a pitch-black spear suddenly shot out, instantly passing through the head of the leader of the Blood Fang Mercenary Group.
