"Phew, this is so exciting."
When the game ended at noon, a few people squeezed out of the competition arena and squatted down in a quiet place with few people.
Wang Dali wiped the sweat from his forehead, his expression was still high, and he seemed to have not recovered from it yet. There were several people around from the Kuangzheng Merchant Alliance. They were instructed by Du He to come here to continue to investigate the situation.
"It's a pity that I don't have any money in my pocket! Otherwise, I would have to push myself a little higher." Wang Dali was still not satisfied. "The ones I was optimistic about at the beginning all won in the end! If only I had money," he said while He shook his head and smacked his lips, "Tsk, tsk!"
"Don't talk about it, Brother Wang." A person next to him advised, "It's because Leader Du was afraid that you would lose your ambition by playing with things, so that's why I took your money. Last time you got excited and ran on stage to beat someone. Leader Du was worried."
"That's right, that's right, Brother Wang, don't be so excited." A more cautious person on the other side also said, "I just... don't like it there. I've been here all morning and I feel like I'm going to faint."
"Hey, okay, okay. I'll listen to you. Didn't I restrain myself this time? This time I didn't go up to fight with others." Wang Dali was a little unhappy with the two people's persuasion and shook his head repeatedly.
The three of them squatted outside for a while, then got up and went back to the inn. They must always inform the business alliance of what they saw.
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"Well...this is..."
In the business alliance, Mu Zongqing looked at the pieces of paper in front of him with a solemn expression.
Du He paced in the room. He had already read these contents, and that was why he was at a loss.
Waiting for Mu Zongqing to finish reading the letter, Du He quickly said: "Mr. Mu, it seems that our previous guess will come true step by step."
Mu Zongqing could not speak for a long time. He slowly lowered his hand, and the letter fell from his hand to the ground like fallen leaves.
The front of the letter is facing up, and you can see that there is a integration of some data on it. One eye-catching data is particularly eye-catching. It seems to be the statistics of the wins and losses of each martial arts competition hall.
The proportions above are hesitant and surprising. After several days of competition in the ring, the ratio of foreigners to locals who finally won reached a ratio of three to one, or even four to one.
"If things continue like this... things cannot be controlled by simple business wars." The colors in Mu Zongqing's eyes were very complicated. Buried in the turbid pupils, there was a hesitant voice: "If they get their wish, the world in the lower world will be destroyed." I’m afraid, it’s another round of crisis.”
"Liripu and Jiangliang City have now become the places with the fastest advancement. I suspect that there are new people behind them." Du He held his chin and muttered, "We were already at a disadvantage... They have no intention of doing anything now. To conceal his Sima Zhao intentions, he must have a complete grasp of the situation."
"Unless there is a helper." Mu Zongqing understood what he meant. "It must be a helper who is enough to cause drastic changes. Otherwise, it will be impossible to reverse the decline. But where can we find such helpers?"
Du He stared at the corner of the table unintentionally. In fact, he was still thinking about someone in his heart.
Mr. Su Jiuqin... Ever since he quietly disappeared that day, there has been no trace of him again.
If he could appear in time, the situation in Jiangliangcheng and Liripu would never be so passive.
"Ji Qing," he saw his wife coming in from the door, obviously busy with business alliance matters, "go and get more manpower, I know the manpower is very tight now... Let's go find Mr. Su Jiuqin."
Ji Qing nodded, turned around and left immediately. Mu Zongqing looked at the hard-working couple, and the wrinkles at the corners of his mouth deepened. He finally sighed in resignation.
"This matter...how did it become like this..."
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Outside the extremely cold snow peaks, in the vast snowfield, the earth trembled, as if an avalanche was about to come.
The wind howled and rolled up thousands of piles of snow. Under a peak wrapped in speeding ice and snow, the shell of the rock was just a sleeping quilt for the giant. Under the dome of the ice pole that had been untouched for a long time and had returned to its original state, a huge giant snake danced in the sky.
As far as the eye can see is a dark deep blue, and the space inside the ice cave is extremely huge. But there are sharp ice edges everywhere, making it almost impossible to stay.
"Master, left!!"
Shouting at the top of his lungs, he seemed small and thin under the strong wind and broken icicles. A series of coiled red plums intertwined among them, and at the critical moment, they wrapped up Fu Yunge who was in danger. The master and the disciple managed to jump onto a high rock platform, breathing heavily.
The cold gas slowly solidified in the lungs, constantly taking away the body temperature of the two of them. They only dealt with this giant beast for a moment, and it was already quite difficult at this time.
The two of them briefly regained some physical strength and their minds became clearer. But the harsh roar still echoed below, and the enraged sleeping ice snake raised its neck and swept away wantonly.
If you look closely, you can see that this ice snake is not a simple living organism. Its tail was integrated with the bottom of the deep ice abyss, and with the continuous attacks, it was not found that it had biological characteristics such as blood and door coverings. Instead, it was the indestructible ice scales that made it difficult for them to survive.
The huge ice snake is more like a mixture of earth energy and spiritual energy in the deep snow desert. Because the air of the lower world is not clear and pure, and the harsh climate of the snow desert has created this furious ice dragon.
They were able to survive at high altitudes because the ice snake's tail was connected to the bottom of the abyss. However, the ice snake never returned to its original slumber. Instead, it vigilantly and violently waved the ice in the cave. The ice cubes collided and made a sharp cracking sound, causing bursts of chaotic wind.
"After this activity, are there any signs of your Qi being released?" Poinsettia asked after looking down for a moment.
Fu Yunge nodded, but with a troubled look on his face: "Now I can use it a little bit. But... alas, why is it a non-aggressive power like Yunwu? Otherwise, I can always help."
The ice and fire energy in Fu Yunge's body still remained in its original state of being combined but not fused for a long time. The activation of Yunwu Zhenqi can only occur for a short time when he is under emergency threat.
Poinsettia shook her head: "It's not advisable to belittle yourself. Besides, you can help."
The two of them once again focused their gazes on a few gorgeous crimson flowers under the abyss guarded by the ice snake.
That was the Bai Bitter Blood Lotus they were looking for all the way. Pelican Snow Fairy told them the general location, and finally after several days of searching, they found the so-called ice snake and blood lotus here.
At this moment, the blooming Blood Lotus is like a lantern in the winding water. Even if the broken ice falls, it still cannot cover up its proud glory.
As long as they can get one, they can retreat. But who would have expected that the Ice Snake's defenses are almost insurmountable and its life would be in danger once it gets close, let alone picking the blood lotus from the bottom of the abyss.
