In Beikai City, there is a magnificent mansion with soaring eaves and a gold-framed plaque on the door with three large characters of "City Lord's Mansion" flying in the air.
A handsome young man, dressed in moon-white robes, was standing at the door of the mansion. He was a little thin, but his eyes were shining.
The servant of the Li Mansion bent down to salute and called out respectfully: "Master Ran, please come in. I have been waiting for you for a long time."
The young man was Ran Qian. He lifted up his flowing hair and showed a smile on his slightly immature face.
"Then please lead the way for me."
The servants of the Li family led Ran Qian in and out several times, and finally entered a pavilion.
The hall was clean and tidy, with several futons spread out on it. There was a person sitting upright with his back to the high wall.
The man sitting with a high crown and tied hair is already middle-aged. His face is fierce and rough, and his body faintly reveals a domineering and ferocious aura, giving people a full sense of oppression.
"Lord City Lord, Mr. Ran has been brought here."
After the servant finished speaking, he silently withdrew.
Ran Qian bowed her hands in front of the man, with a more solemn expression on her face, and said: "Lord City Lord, I haven't seen you for many days, but you are still so energetic."
The man was clearly Li Changsheng. He opened his eyes, and a silent aura of intimidation filled the lobby.
"Oh, have you seen me before?" The voice was like thunder, deep and powerful.
On the day of the duel between Jing Feng and Li Siyuan, Ran Qian was present, so he naturally recognized Li Changsheng. The opponent's thunderous tactics still left a deep impression on him.
Ran Qian just smiled and did not answer.
"I wonder why City Lord Li specially invited me to come here?"
Li Changsheng looked at him with squinted eyes, his face seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and he seemed to be angry but not angry.
"I heard that you seem to have some friendship with Jingfeng?"
Ran Qian remained calm on the surface and said calmly: "There is some friendship. Brother Jing and I are as close as brothers. Could it be that the Lord of the City is here to ask me to punish you today?"
Li Changsheng's eyes flashed coldly, and he snorted disdainfully, "I don't have the time to care about who you interact with, but if you secretly help him..."
Speaking of this, Li Changsheng glared at Ran Qian fiercely, like a sharp blade. Ordinary people would have been frightened out of fear, but Ran Qian's face was calm, as if he ignored this look, not like a childish person at all. juvenile.
"Haha, I'm not as capable as the Lord of the City thinks. Not to mention whether I can know Brother Jing's whereabouts after he leaves the city. Even if I do know, how can I come to see you so confidently?"
Li Changsheng thought about it secretly for several times and couldn't find any fault. Although he was just testing it out at first, he still felt that this young man was not as simple as he appeared.
"Is there anything else you want to ask, Lord City Lord?"
Seeing Ran Qian's harmless appearance, Li Changsheng frowned slightly.
"You come with me."
With that said, Li Changsheng got up from the futon and walked out of the hall.
Not long after, the two came to a low house with blue bricks and white tiles. It had no characteristics and was very different from other wealthy and solemn buildings in the city lord's mansion.
Li Changsheng stretched out his sword finger with his right hand, gathered his true energy and tapped the door bolt a few times. The door opened, revealing the scene inside the room.
"It's just an ordinary utility room. Why did you bring me here?"
Ran Qian looked around at the piles of whips, sticks and armor and asked casually.
Li Changsheng sneered and said nothing. He twisted an earthen pot in the corner twice and the ground trembled slightly, revealing a secret cave.
Ran Qian smacked her lips in surprise and followed Li Changsheng down the stairs and into the cave.
The tunnel is dark and deep, like the road leading to hell, but Li Changsheng is a master of Tiantong realm. Great feeling. It took a long time before Ran Qian saw the light of the fire. But what is unexpected is that there are guards stationed in front.
"Hey, the battle is not small. There are guards here, making it very mysterious."
Ran Qian raised his frivolous eyebrows and said jokingly.
Seeing that he was young, Li Changsheng didn't care too much and said hello to the guards.
When the guards saw it was Li Changsheng, they quickly moved out of the way and then left the cave together.
"Go in."
Li Changsheng said coldly. Ran Qian was not afraid and walked inside.
In the depths are countless intersecting dungeons, where humans, beasts and even monsters are imprisoned. Many of them have been tortured to a state of disgrace, their bodies are covered with scars, and they can't even make a sound.
Ran Qian stared ahead, seemingly turning a blind eye to everything around him.
Li Changsheng followed behind, secretly observing Ran Qian's reaction.
Finally, the two came to the deepest room, but the cell door was wide open. There was nothing inside except a stone bed and a corpse on it.
Ran Qian walked closer and looked at the corpse, which seemed inexplicably familiar.
He has a garlic nose, windy ears, and a black mole on his lip. He is an extremely ugly man, and the stench blows in his face, making him almost want to vomit.
However, the strange thing is that the abdomen of the corpse has been cut open, and there is nothing inside. The internal organs, including the intestines and stomach, have shrunk and curled up and stuck to the skin, which is extremely horrifying.
"Did you do this snitch's corpse?" Li Changsheng looked sideways at Ran Qian with an unkind look on his face.
"Oh, what are you talking about, Lord City Lord? I am an ignorant young man, but I am still a good citizen..."
Li Changsheng's eyes widened and he shouted: "Stop fucking pretending to be stupid with me. An ordinary young man would have fainted from shock after seeing this scene, but you look so calm?"
"Lord City Lord, you misunderstood. I've been quite courageous since I was a child. This thing really doesn't scare me."
Ran Qian said with a sneer, trying to fool him into passing by.
"Hmph, do you think I, Li Changsheng, am so easy to fool?"
Li Changsheng snorted coldly, his eyes as cold as ice.
"What is this?"
As he spoke, Li Changsheng took out an earth-yellow copper bell from his sleeve, which was covered with obscure words and symbols. Ran Qian could see it clearly even in the dim firelight on the wall.
Just when Li Changsheng took out such a thing, the smile on Ran Qian's face gradually solidified.
"This ghost is like a spirit, and it still wants to run away under my nose?"
Li Changsheng's face was cold, but he looked at Ran Qian coldly.
"It seems you know what this is." Li Changsheng observed Ran Qian's expression, as if he had seen through everything.
"The Lord of the City really loves to joke. I don't know what this is, but I was momentarily intimidated by your aura."
"Really? Then let me tell you, this thing is called the soul-inducing bell, do you know it now?"
After Li Changsheng said these words, Ran Qian's face suddenly became as heavy as iron. His eyes could kill people as he stared at Li Changsheng.
"How do you know the name of this magical weapon?"
"Oh? Don't you know, don't you stop pretending now?"
The exposed Ran Qian was like a frightened beast. He roared, bared his teeth and claws and pounced on Li Changsheng. Although there was a distance of two or three feet, Ran Qian stepped forward and rushed to the opponent in an instant.
He clenched his right hand into a claw and clawed at Li Changsheng's throat.
The power of this claw was extremely domineering, and the fingertips left white lines in the air, tearing out bursts of wind, which sounded like a strong wind roaring to the ears.
Even if it is gold and iron, it may not be able to stay intact under this claw.
But Li Changsheng is a master of Tiantong realm, and these methods are not enough in his eyes.
He stood with his hands behind his back and didn't make any move until Ran Qian came close.
I saw Li Changsheng take a step back, his true energy surged, and he pushed forward with his right shoulder. Ran Qian flew backwards with a "swish" sound, and was firmly mounted on the wall of the dungeon, sinking into the stone, with blood pouring from his mouth. Overflowing.
"In the late stage of Baihui Realm, who gave you the courage to take action against me in Tiantong Realm?"
Li Changsheng mocked, his words full of disdain.
Ran Qian coughed up a lot of blood and was speechless, but still stared at Li Changsheng with cold eyes.
Seeing this, Li Changsheng didn't take Ran Qian seriously at all, and said to himself: "I don't know where you, a young man like you, got the soul-inducing bell. Do you know that this is a sacred object of the demon sect, but it is not tolerated by the world?" ?”
"What on earth do you want to say?"
Ran Qian was breathing heavily and looking angrily.
Li Changsheng did not answer, but continued: "The soul-inducing bell has no actual power, but it is comparable to a holy weapon, because it can pick out people with evil thoughts and dark hearts. It can give people power without sorrow and pain, but it can also be swallowed and used A person’s destiny of the five elements, three souls and seven souls.”
Ran Qian was greatly shocked and shouted loudly: "Where did you hear this?"
Li Changsheng walked past the body of the snitch and said calmly: "Not only that, I also know the identity of this snitch. He is from Hechun County, east of Beikai City. He was born with an ugly appearance, so he pretended to be a monk and specialized in defrauding money and sex."
"It's precisely because of his evil intentions that he summoned the soul-attracting bell and was controlled by you as a demon slave, right?"
"How do you know so much?"
Ran Qiandong was shocked. Outsiders should not know these secrets.
"Jiejie, you ask me why?"
Li Changsheng sneered again and again and told an unknown secret.
"A hundred years ago, the Demon Sect rose up and caused a bloody storm in countless sects across the wilderness. My ancestors were swayed by the demon and became demon slaves. Although the Demon Sect has gone away, my Li family has been implicated a lot. His power in the Ming Dynasty declined again and again, and he was finally transferred to the north to guard the border by the emperor and was not allowed to be reused."
"I never thought that I, Mr. Li, would be able to see such towering sacred objects in Beikai City again in my lifetime. This is a great opportunity given to me by God's open eyes!"
After saying something, the true energy surged in Li Changsheng's hand, and with a squeeze, the soul-inducing bell he originally held turned into a shining point and dissipated in the air.
Then, he stretched out his hand and pointed it at Ran Qian. Suddenly, a strong suction force emerged from Li Changsheng's palm out of thin air. The surrounding air buzzed, and countless churning air waves turned into storms, as if even the void could be torn apart.
Soon, a magical weapon that was exactly the same as the copper bell that Li Changsheng took out just now flew out of Annie Ranqian's arms and fell into his hands.
He felt the weight of the magic weapon in his hand and stroked it gently, as if he were treating a peerless treasure.
"Give it back! What on earth do you want?!"
Ran Qian was horrified, no longer as calm as before.
"What to do? With it, I, Li Changsheng, can reach the sky in one step. The entire Beikai City and even the entire north will be in my possession! Anyone who stops me, Jingfeng, Long Family, Xie Family, will all become My puppet, no one will dare to disobey me again!"
Hearing this, Ran Qian's originally frightened face suddenly calmed down. He sneered again and again, but his eyes looked at Li Changsheng without any waves, as if he was looking at a dead object.
"Humph, what a joke! Li Changsheng, haven't you ever thought about where I got the soul-inducing bell? This thing is simply beyond your reach!"
When Li Changsheng heard two gleams of cold light shot out of his eyes, he raised his hand and sucked it in, summoned Ran Qian, grabbed his neck, and slowly exerted force.
"I will treat it as your windfall. From today on, it belongs to me! And you, stay alive and witness my rise!"
After saying that, Li Changsheng threw Ran Qian aside and looked up to the sky with a smile.
"The road to revenge begins with those close to you Jingfeng!"
