Regardless of whether it is the Hongli Empire or the Hongli Federation, the location of its capital is Feileng Cui. This is an ancient capital with a history of more than a thousand years, but it is not old. Instead, it has a sense of vitality like an old tree in spring.
Except for some monumental or special buildings, Feilengcui will be renovated every once in a while. Infrastructure, wall decoration, underground water pipes, and flat roads are all maintained by dedicated personnel.
There are seven districts in Feilengcui. The first district, which is the center of Feilengcui, is the palace of the royal family of the Hongli Empire. It covers a large area and is where the royal family lives. The second district is close to the central city, and its core building is the parliament hall. This is the center of power of the entire empire, composed of ten senators and dozens of congressmen.
Most of these members are high-ranking aristocrats, with a mix of new aristocrats supported by capital and old aristocrats representing feudalism.
The administrative buildings in the second district are relatively concentrated and serve the officials of the imperial capital.
The third and fourth districts are mainly commercial streets. The third district is more elegant. Libraries and museums will be built here, including some luxury jewelry stores and clothing stores. The fourth district is a bit more popular, with all kinds of shops, including all the happy streets in Feilengcui.
The fifth and sixth districts are residential areas, covering the largest area, accounting for more than half of the entire Feilengcui city. The seventh area contains some special institutions, such as barracks, sanatoriums, and the headquarters of the dark hunting organization. In fact, there is a hidden eighth area in Feilengcui.
That is the huge underground drainage system.
This place harbors filth and evil, and the dark side of the imperial capital is all here.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the sky was dim, and on the spacious main road, a black carriage set off from the metal pillars of the platform and slowly began to accelerate.
Ka Xiu looked through the car window and recalled in his mind the intelligence he had learned during this period. There are seven districts in Feilengcui. Where will the source of the holy spring water be located? The headquarters of the Dark Hunting Organization? Not really. In the palace? Residential area? Business district? Not even inside Feileng Cui...
These are all possible, the location of the holy spring is very hidden. Within the Dark Hunting Organization, probably only the head of the organization and the High Priest of the Holy Spring know about it. The reason why Card Xiu tried to explore the location of the holy spring was simply because the efficacy of the holy mark was gratifying. He has never been a stickler for rules, let alone three years later, the Dark Hunting Organization was destroyed, and the Holy Spring became ownerless.
Rather than being taken away by that mysterious force, it is better to let Ka Xiu take it into his pocket. His death in the Huishuo era was not a real death, so being more ambitious and greedy is actually not a bad thing.
"Guluglu...Guluglu..."
The wheels moved forward steadily, and the coachman pulled the reins and steered the direction.
The carriage passed a corner and a piece of paper fell secretly.
A few seconds later, a figure walked out of the alley and picked up the note.
An address outside Feilengcui City was clearly written on it.
Five minutes passed, and in a hidden building, four figures were waiting quietly. With a creak, the door opened. The middle-aged man closest to the door took the note and glanced at it with a smile on his face.
"There are indeed some other forces behind this kid. I guess it's the old guys from the Dark Hunting Branch..." the middle-aged man said.
The old guys he was talking about were actually the same as Bloodaxe Herb. Old hunters who had no choice but to put down their weapons because of old age or injuries. They were all at least dark gold level hunters in the Hunter Association.
Now that they have retired, some of them have become instructors, training new qualified hunters for the dark hunting organization. Some of them became the managers of various county branches in the Hongli Empire. They do not support the royal family, nor do they support the parliament, and they don't even bother to pay attention to the intrigues within the dark hunting organization.
These old hunters are factionless and only support the black agency chief. Their purpose is pure and one. Drive out all dark creatures in human society and eliminate all sins and disasters.
Bloodaxe Herb is such an old hunter, but he is even more unwilling to admit defeat. Even if his strength declines and his body becomes old and frail, he still fights on the front line of hunting. Do your best to burn the last glow of your life.
As a middle-aged man from the royal family faction, he guessed that these old hunters without faction seemed to be ready to make a move. They plan to take the initiative to cultivate a shadow hunter to compete for the power share of the Hunter Association.
It's true that Bai Kui is only a black-bronze level hunter, and there is no threat to the competition for the shadow hunter's quota this time. But he can wait for the next opportunity. As long as Bai Kui does not join the competition, his qualifications will not be consumed.
"These old guys can't hold it any longer..."
The middle-aged man's eyes flickered, and he planned to report his guess to his superiors later. As for now, it is natural to assign tasks to the three specially invited killers in front of you. These three killers were not trained by the royal family, but a killer organization called Shadow Thorn. There are specialties in the art industry, so naturally the assassination job should be done by professionals. In addition, Bai Kui is a hunter of the secret hunting organization, so it is inappropriate for the royal family to take action.
If it is found out, it will be a big trouble.
The middle-aged man glanced inside the room. The three people across from him were all Shadow Thorn's gold medal killers. They are all source energy users suitable for assassination. Their strength ranges from Bai Yao level hunter to dark gold level hunter. It is enough to kill a black copper hunter.
On the left is a tall, thin man wearing a hood, with a cruel expression in his cold eyes, like a lone wolf. He has no middle finger on his left hand, which is to facilitate the ejection of the hidden sword from his sleeve.
The man's nickname is Shadow Wolf. His body is similar to source energy, and he can maintain extremely fast speeds while remaining silent. Like a shadow that follows you everywhere.
On the right, there is a woman with bandages all over her body. She is wearing half a mask and her appearance cannot be clearly seen. Only on the wrist, there are densely wrapped strips of cloth, like two huge raised bracelets.
Her nickname is Broken Bones, and what she likes to do is smash the entire head of a mission target with one punch. If conditions permit, she likes to knock people out with one punch. Broken Bones loves to hear the sound of bones cracking.
In the middle, a somewhat stooped and skinny man was wearing a black cloak, covering his deformed body. Just looking at his appearance, the man is the most insignificant and least existential among the three. However, Bloody Hand is actually one of the three strongest assassins in the Shadow Thorn organization. Master the source of courage.
Once activated, a dark red power will emerge from the hands. As long as it touches human flesh, the dark red will engulf and spread.
Little by little, the target is eroded into a pool of blood.
The three killers each have their own unique skills and are powerful. Used to assassinate a black-bronze-level kid, it's really a small skill but a big use. So the middle-aged man called Shadow Wolf out and planned to ask him to explore the address where Bai Kui was going to verify the middle-aged man's idea. The remaining two killers waited until dark and the carriage left the city, and then started to attack.
"Bangdang..."
A wooden box the size of a human head was placed on the table.
The middle-aged man glanced at the broken bones and bloody hands and said slowly.
"Bring me the head intact, and leave the other body parts as you wish. By the way, the expression before death should be a little more painful, do you understand?" After he said this, Broken Bones and Bloody Hand looked at each other.
It's painful, that's simple. What Broken Bones likes to do most is to smash a person's limbs with one punch, making the opponent feel the feeling of the bones in his body being shattered inch by inch. The bloody hand was even more cruel, the dark red spreading like thousands of insects eating away at the body. Extremely painful, deep into the bone marrow.
"clear."
The two responded immediately, with cruel smiles on their faces.
"Then go, it's five o'clock now. Come back before seven o'clock, is there any problem?" The middle-aged man glanced at his pocket watch and slowly raised his head.
"Of course not. You have to believe in the strength of the Shadow Thorn organization, sir..."
As the voice fell, the three figures had disappeared into the room.
The Feilengcui city area is very large, and the carriage that Card Xiu rode went around in circles, and it took him half an hour to leave the crowded business district. After arriving at a relatively spacious residential area, the carriage started traveling faster.
Feileng Cui will be available before about six o'clock.
Five fifty-five, on the outskirts of Feilengcui, an abandoned monastery.
There were dead grass everywhere and the stone road was full of gravel. The interior of the building is densely covered with spider webs and the light is dim. The red sunset barely provides some sunlight.
In the courtyard, two black figures waited quietly on a broken stone table.
One of them was wearing a heavy black robe and a pure white mask that looked like twisted tree roots. The child's hole appears strangely white, surrounded by darkness.
His right hand is covered with a black glove, holding a huge sharp scythe.
The other person was wearing heavy armor, which was not white and translucent, but had a matte dark color. There is a dangerous heaviness to it.
The outline of the armor was ferocious, and there was a faint trace of blood between the gaps.
Beside the armored man, a cross sword as tall as a person stood.
"Ghost Man, do you really want to cooperate deeply with that person named Feng Xiang?"
"Do you just trust him so much?" The armored man suddenly said, his voice had a texture, like the collision of cold weapons, sonorous and powerful.
"..." The ghost man was silent for a while: "I owe him a life..."
"In addition, the cooperation between Feng Xiang and I is very promising. This time I asked you to meet in the outskirts of Feilengcui. Actually, I want to get you to join the gang, Iron Knight." The ghost man took out two things from his arms and placed them on the desk.
On the left is a metal bottle half the size of a fist. It is obviously made of metal, but the surface has a woody feel and even has mysterious lines like growth rings. This bottle contains highly concentrated secret power.
On the right side is a badge, triangular, with a pattern like steps of the sun engraved on the surface. As long as the black source material is absorbed, each step will light up. Until the top step is filled like a pyramid.
"Hunter Badge? Are you going to enter the world of disaster? It is the most dangerous area among all the missions in Black Rain Villa. If you stay for too long, you will be severely transformed into a beast. In the baptismal church, you must expel the disaster that invades your body. It costs a lot of black source material." The Iron Knight frowned slightly. He and the ghost were friends and had known each other since the sword level.
If the ghost man seeks cooperation with him, he should not suffer any loss.
So the Iron Knight turned to look at the ghost man, waiting for his answer.
"What you mentioned is exactly part of my cooperation with Feng Xiang..."
The corners of the ghost man's mouth twitched slightly, and it was obvious that during these ten days, he and Card Xiu had communicated again: "Wind Xiang has a refuge in the disaster world, which can regularly expel disasters from the soul's body. In this way, we can rest and hunt for a long time, hunt and rest, and the cycle continues..."
"Oh?" The Iron Knight suddenly became interested. After thinking carefully for a minute or two, he said, "Then what do you have to pay for cooperation?"
"Exchange Feng Xiang for a hunter badge, and use it as a free channel to help him exchange for the power of the secret soul. Then, all the corpses of dark creatures we hunted in the disaster world are absorbed with something called demon seeds. .Every time we enter the shelter, we must submit the demon seed to him..."
The ghost slowly elaborated. But in fact, he still had something he didn't say, which was a private transaction between Ghost Man and Ka Xiu. One is that in order to repay the favor of saving his life, he promised Ka Xiu to find a way to get him a sealer qualification of Black Rain Villa. The other is to explore the interior of Black Rain Villa, looking for an ancient palm-sized white bone tree in an unknown area.
"If it's just that, of course I'm willing to cooperate..."
After the Iron Knight considered it for a moment, he agreed directly. Compared with the benefits gained, the cost of cooperation seems to be insignificant.
Although it's a win-win situation, Iron Knight always feels like he's making more money and feels like he's taking advantage. In fact, Ka Xiu didn't care about it. Because he has a trump card, which is the secret drug of suspended animation that can free the imprinted person from the constraints of Black Rain Villa. This will definitely have great appeal to the Iron Knights and Ghost People, and even all the Eye Strangers. It is impossible for Ka Xiu to form a powerful force out of thin air as he just arrived. But he can poach some top knights directly from Black Rain Villa. Each of these has combat power comparable to that of a fighter.
Card Xiu has no intention of climbing up step by step within the rules of the Dark Hunting Organization. He will have to calculate and calculate, just like a child playing house. He plans to flip the table and establish a powerful mysterious force outside the Dark Hunting Organization. In this way, Ka Xiu can turn his left hand into his right hand and quickly achieve his first obsession. Some people want to hinder themselves, so they directly ask the ghost people to kill them secretly, and frame them as the Black Rain Villa. Anyway, it's not surprising that people like Black Rain Villa who are inclined towards evil forces would do anything.
In addition, this force is also preparing for the destruction of the Dark Hunting Organization three years later. It is very likely that you will encounter the mysterious power hiding behind it.
Ka Xiu already has a plan in his mind, and it’s not too expensive to be rich. In this time of returning to the Shuo era, let's create an extraordinary force composed entirely of fighter-level strength. The subsequent trip to Immortality Island was also a huge boost.
The sun was setting in the west, the sky was extremely dark, and the shadows of the high walls slowly enveloped the place. The ghost and the iron knight sat at the stone table, chatting and reminiscing, waiting for Cardiff's arrival. Suddenly, the iron knight turned his head, looked sharply into the darkness in the corner of the courtyard, and asked, "Did the wind elephant send you here?"
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Shadow Wolf, who had just found this place, felt a thump in his heart. He didn't expect that his whereabouts would be discovered before he even arrived for half a second! Shadow Wolf was just about to climb over the wall to escape, but found that another figure in black robes beside the stone table was missing.
"Sword!" A sharp sickle flashing with cold light was placed on his neck.
"Hey, I want to ask you a question? Boy, why don't you answer..."
A black figure has appeared in a darker position behind Shadow Wolf, as silent as a ghost. Scarlet eyes slowly lit up.
