Walking north outside Sanhe Mansion, you will step into Gulanzhou. The rivers and lakes are huge and ethereal. Each state capital has its own characteristics. In this imperial world, those who can be famous in the rivers and lakes are the real ones. The characteristics are by no means comparable to those fake things Cao An experienced in his previous life.
Gulanzhou is a place of exiles in ancient times. It is also known as the Ancient Prison State. A state is a powerful and strong prison. Once you step into the boundaries of Gulanzhou, you can see the difference between it and other state capitals. different.
In all the places Cao An traveled to, no matter what state or prefecture, the ones that built high walls were nothing more than majestic cities and towns. They were like pearls dotted in this vast territory. The roads are connected and connect them to form a territory, with towns and cities as its core.
But Gulan Prefecture is different. Wherever its territory extends, high walls are built directly there. The majestic high wall stands on the long border of Gulan Prefecture. The waste involved is, to some extent, even greater than that of the defense line. The building is even larger, more than thirty feet high and ten feet wide, built with square boulders and rice mortar.
Mysterious talismans and formations were incorporated into it, making it indestructible. At the beginning of the establishment of the dynasty, formation masters from all over the world were recruited to study the high walls of Gulanzhou, hoping to get some inheritance from them and establish an immortal dynasty, but the result was obvious. , failed. With the current level of martial arts development, they could not replicate the ancient Lanzhou city wall.
The vast and majestic air comes from all over the place, making people feel breathless. This kind of ancient meaning will cause more oppression to people with more sensitive spiritual senses. With the strength of Cao An's spiritual sense now, that kind of oppression is almost as strong as The essence is the same, there are still hundreds of feet away from the high wall of Gulan State, and the whole person is almost directly overwhelmed to the ground by the momentum of this high wall of the state.
Looking at the other people in the caravan in front, it seemed that except for the few bodyguards with higher cultivation levels who looked a little uncomfortable, no one was like Cao An. Cao An concealed himself very well, staggered slightly, and readjusted his inner breath. , the whole person's expression has softened, and there is only shock in his eyes when he looks at this majestic city.
The upward trapezoidal city gate is like a giant, guarding Gulanzhou.
The broad official road gathered people from all directions. The entrance to this majestic city was not guarded by troops. First, it was a high wall built on the border of a state. It only relied on the imperial military power of Gulan State. , unable to deploy defenses, and secondly, the high walls of Gulanzhou are not complete, and the damage is also very serious. In some places, they have even collapsed, leaving only gravel and clay on the ground, forming a strange landscape like hills. There is little point in setting up defenses.
"Arrived here does not mean entering the city. You should treat it as arriving at the border of other state capitals. If you want to enter the city, we still have a long way to go. If you want to continue to follow, you need to do the same as before. , everyone keeps a distance from each other, does not offend each other, and it is best to live in peace and harmony."
Along the way, Cao An didn't talk much. He was not very familiar with this team. His communication with the escort was limited to the one or two sentences he had with the team.
"No, thank you for your boss's generosity for me." Cao An cupped his hand and responded with a smile.
The escort was stunned for a moment, and then he understood something. He looked at the high wall not far away, with a look of reminiscence on his face. "This is my first time coming to Gulanzhou. I was just like you back then. There are always people in this world doing the same thing. The world has not grown. In other words, it has matured when it appeared, but there are always people. Grow up in the world."
Facing the escort's sudden emotion, Cao An didn't say anything.
"Okay, if you want, I will bring it to my boss. We will meet again later. It is true that many people have understood ancient techniques from the traces of this high wall, but there are not many such things. With the same imprint, maybe someone can You can comprehend the magical power and secret method, but for others, no matter how they comprehend it, it is just an ordinary trace, so there is no need to be too persistent."
Cao An nodded, "Thank you for your kindness. See you soon."
"Goodbye!!"
Cao An did have such thoughts. When he came to Gaoqiang, he would not leave just like that. No matter whether he could understand something or not, he had to do it once.
Watching the caravan walking into the high wall, Cao An's eyes were a little wandering. Indeed, there are always people doing the same thing in the world. Maybe these things are a bit naive to some old people in the world, but for those newcomers ,Just right! !
He adjusted the flow of breath in his body, approached the high wall step by step, and reached out to touch the vast stone wall. The vast and majestic ancient meaning hit his heart, causing Cao An to tremble slightly. This was caused by the drastic change in emotion. When he wanted to feel the same shock again, he found that no matter how much he touched the high wall, he never felt the same as before.
Even if he relied on the Dao Heart Seed Demon to mobilize his spiritual sense to the maximum, he could not feel it again.
When he came back to his senses, he felt a little disappointed. Just now, he clearly felt the sword intention that he had always wanted. His ten thousand swords returned to the clan, but there was always a trace of soul missing, and he always had no clue, whether it was sentimental or ruthless. , hatred, and murderous intent do not seem to be what he wants, and they are inconsistent with his original intention, so naturally it is impossible to truly integrate them.
Even if it is forcibly fused, the achievement will not be high. But just when he touched the high wall, an urgent desire flashed in his heart, and it disappeared before he had time to feel it.
He tried it repeatedly in several other places, but there was still no change. Even the strong pressure he felt before was gone.
I looked up at the high wall. This was no longer the city gate entrance before. What I saw was a big gap. Directly below the gap was the hill made of huge rocks. After the accumulation of wind, rain and time, it was completely It looks like a small hill with some low shrubs growing on it.
"There's no need to hurry if we walk again."
Cao An muttered to himself, as if to comfort himself, and truly stepped into Gulanzhou from the gap. Following the route on the map, he directly crossed the dense forest to return to the original direct official road.
But he underestimated his error when searching for sword intent at the edge of the city wall, so that he walked in the dense forest for two days without being able to return to the official road. The wind in the forest floated gently, bringing with it a hint of coolness and a hint of blood. .
"Um?"
Cao An was a little surprised. According to the map, this place is still a long way from the official road. It is not a place rich in natural materials and earthly treasures, and almost no one passes by here. How can it be so rich? The smell of blood?
With his spiritual sense widened, he immediately spread out his body skills and headed towards the source of the bloody smell. With the support of his strong zhenqi, Cao An used his body skills at this time to create a series of afterimages, forming a long light cyan afterimage dragon. , within a few breaths, the smell of blood was reached, and there was still a small path in the forest.
This is a trail that has never been recorded on the map. It is only wide enough for a carriage to pass. It seems that no one walks on this road all year round, so if you don’t look carefully, you will never tell that this is a trail with more than a dozen carriages. They lay crookedly on both sides of the road, and three of them were even burning.
There were some corpses lying on the ground, and their blood had condensed. It seemed that they had been dead for a certain period of time.
The escort flag on the carriage was very familiar to Cao An. It was from the caravan he had followed before.
"It's only been two days, but we meet again in this way." Cao An sighed with emotion. He spread his spiritual sense and found that there was no danger around him. There were a total of sixty-seven people in the caravan. Four out of fifty were lying here, and there was one person. There is still a trace of breath.
"It's the escort!"
From his aura, Cao An immediately judged the identity of this person. He was the person with the highest cultivation level in the caravan. He had reached the Four Scenery Opening Pulse Realm, and the true energy around him was thick, pure, and faint. There are signs of Gang Qi transforming into a dragon. If nothing happens, if he is given some more time, he should be able to barely accumulate his practice to the martial arts realm.
Cao An landed next to the bodyguard, and passed through with a breath of true energy, mixed with part of the strange energy of the Tao Heart Demon. He withdrew his spiritual sense and looked at the end of the path with a little doubt in his eyes.
The owner of the caravan is not here...
