Chapter 77: Life is like grass, waiting for a long time Under the cover of night, the three of them walked quietly. But the commander-in-chief of Zhaozhou covered his lower back with one hand and looked at Lin Yan from time to time, with a very complicated look in his eyes. He has never admitted to getting old or losing, but today he couldn't help but feel deeply frustrated. I had heard before that this flag bearer was a young and gifted man. When the name Wuchang was first heard, outsiders speculated that he was at the second level of martial arts, roughly at the blood refining level, or at most marrow cleansing level. To this day, the outside world has speculated that the flag bearer of Linjiang Division has reached the peak of internal strength. “We are both at the peak of internal strength, but he picked me up and hit me with his hand, almost breaking my old bones…” The commander-in-chief of Zhaozhou felt pain all over his body and thought to himself, "Are all the young people nowadays so brave?" Even though he was old and his energy and blood were declining, he was not as good as he was in his prime.
But at the first encounter, he was knocked to the ground and knocked unconscious. When he raised his head again, he was hit in the face with a knife. There was absolutely no ability to fight back. Even when I was young and in my prime, I would probably be slightly inferior to him... well, half a point! "I saw with my own eyes that the old craftsman surnamed Lu went into the warehouse behind this yard and has not come out since." Meng Lu looked solemn and said, "I approached quietly, but there was no movement inside, and the man was gone..." "I will go in and take a look." The commander-in-chief of Zhaozhou immediately wanted to jump over the wall. Lin Yan stretched out his hand and pushed him down: "You old man, take a rest first." He knew that the backhand strike just now had injured the old bones of Commander Zhaozhou to some extent. However, a warrior at the peak of his inner strength can recover quickly even though he is old. No one knows what is going on inside, so it is best for everyone to recover to their peak condition first. "..." Then the commander-in-chief of Zhaozhou saw Lin Yan flip over the wall. He looked at Meng Lu and they stared at each other in bewilderment. Meng Lu couldn't help but think to himself: "Logically speaking, I have the lowest position and the lowest cultivation here, so I am the most suitable person to explore the way." Thinking about it this way, I couldn't help but feel speechless. One is the commander-in-chief and the other is the flag bearer. Why do you always like to lead by example? -
The night was silent. Even the sound of Lin Yan's footsteps seemed to melt into the night and could not be heard at all. Lin Yan's cultivation level at the Refining Essence Realm has almost exceeded the level of an ordinary warrior. Sensing the changes in the surroundings, there was indeed no trace of other people. He went in to check and took a quick look. He found that the furnishings were extremely simple. There were no traps as expected, and after a quick scan, I found nothing unusual. Then Lin Yan closed his eyes and sensed quietly. He immediately opened his eyes, with a sharp light in them. "underground!" Lin Yan whispered and looked outside. The commander-in-chief of Zhaozhou and Captain Menglu jumped over the wall at the same time and rushed over here. "There is something fishy going on." The commander-in-chief of Zhaozhou looked solemn and said, "It seems that there is a secret passage underneath. Let's explore it and find the location of the mechanism." And Meng Lu has already started. But after a moment, he shook his head. "There are only a few things here, and the furnishings are simple. They are not the location of the mechanism." "It may be on the wall, or under the floor." The commander-in-chief of Zhaozhou pondered and said, "I have participated in the repair of city walls and have extremely rich construction experience. You two should step aside first, and I will explore it myself..." "Need not." Just then, Lin Yan slowly spoke. He drew his sword from its sheath and slashed it to the ground. Boom! The floor tiles suddenly shattered! The rubble splashed away, revealing two secret doors made of iron plates underneath. Then Lin Yan swung his knife and chopped it down along the gap between the two iron doors. Any mechanism that could block it was shattered by this blow. There was a loud bang! Two iron secret doors fell downwards, directly opening the passage. "..." Meng Lu suddenly felt his mouth dry and his eyes were full of shock. The commander-in-chief of Zhaozhou was silent for a moment, then said to Meng Lu, "In fact, I can do it, but I haven't found the exact location of the 'secret door' yet, and I'm afraid that the noise will be too loud and alert the enemy..."
As he said this, he couldn't help but look at Lin Yan. But Lin Yan didn't listen at all, and jumped straight to the secret door. "Captain Meng, you stay here and guard." Seeing this, the commander-in-chief of Zhaozhou followed suit. It was dark and silent in the secret passage. Lin Yanye could see and looked forward. The commander-in-chief of Zhaozhou took out a fire starter, opened the lid, and blew out the flame. A dim light appeared in the dark passage. The scene ahead was illuminated. This secret passage is about ten feet high and eight feet wide. There are stone steps winding forward and gradually going down, as if they are deep and endless. The smell of blood was quite strong, and there was also a smell of decay. Accompanied by a cold and gloomy wind, people can't help but shiver. "Is there wind at the end of the passage?" The commander-in-chief of Zhaozhou looked surprised. But he found that Lin Yan lowered his head and looked at his feet. The stone steps under my feet seemed to be dyed red. "It's bloodstains, some old and some fresh, but they never clean it up." Lin Yan said this and continued walking forward along the stairs. After walking about thirty steps, two figures appeared on the left and right walls on both sides of the passage. They were hunched over and were cast against the walls. “Live people were cast there.” The Zhaozhou commander-in-chief's eyes flashed with anger, and he suppressed his voice and said, "A man and a woman, like some kind of ritual?" Lin Yan didn't reply, but just tightened the knife in his hand and continued moving forward. After another thirty-three steps, on the left and right sides, there was another man and a woman cast into the wall. But this man and woman have relatively small skeletons and are not very old. Thirty-three steps further, there was another man and woman, but they were younger. After another thirty-three steps, they could be identified as boys and girls under the age of ten. "Every thirty-three steps, there is a man and a woman. The further you go, the younger they are." Lin Yan took a deep breath and continued forward with the Zhaozhou commander-in-chief.
When you reach the end of the passage, you will find that what is cast on both sides are newborn babies. Walking out of the passage, there is an extremely spacious underground room with nine tower-shaped altars. There was a burning flame on the edge of each altar, illuminating the basement room which should have been extremely dim. There were wide gullies between the nine altars, connecting them to each other, with scarlet blood flowing in them. This place covers such a vast area that perhaps half of the underground space of a slaughterhouse has been hollowed out. There is a passage extending to the basement in four directions. Lin Yan and Zhaozhou entered the underground chamber from the south passage. "What a big deal." Lin Yan looked solemn and said slowly: "Their power is much greater than we expected." "In my life, I am not afraid of powerful demons, nor am I afraid of dying on the front line." The look in Zhaozhou's commander-in-chief's eyes became extremely complicated: "But I am only afraid of the enemies hiding in the city..." "They are more vicious than monsters and more evil than evil spirits. They hide among the people of the world, making us feel fearful at all times, causing us to be suspicious of each other and making it impossible for people to come together." "Not only are they difficult to identify, it is also very likely that, with one order, you and I are working for 'him'!" "I still dare not forget the turmoil in Gaoliu City." The commander-in-chief of Zhaozhou had experienced the chaos back then, so he knew better than Lin Yan the horror of "Jewel of Robbery"! He clenched the knife in his hand, took a deep breath, and suddenly asked, "How many steps did we take in this passage we just came through?" "Three hundred and thirty steps." Lin Yan said in a deep voice. "Twenty lives, men, women, young and old." Zhao Zhou looked at the other three passages in a low voice, suppressing his anger, and said coldly: "Four passages, eighty lives, what on earth do they want to do?" "To be precise, this place has been built for forty-six years, and a total of three hundred and sixty-five people have been buried here." At this moment, a figure walked out from a sacrificial tower in front and looked down from afar. He looked middle-aged, and said calmly, "Everyone is a carefully selected material. They don't necessarily come from Gaoliu City. Some of them were sent by me personally..." "The owner of Liyang Trading Company?" The commander-in-chief of Zhaozhou obviously recognized the other party and asked in a serious tone, "You, the forces from outside Gaoliu City, have also set foot here?" "Although I am not from Gaoliu City, my grandfather was buried in this city. Now someone is willing to help me with revenge, how dare I not help him?" The shopkeeper of Liyang Trading Company smiled and said, "More importantly, they possess many secret techniques and the altar here, which allow me to break through the limits of human power! Just for this favor, I am willing to take off their heads..." Having said this, he raised his head and roared suddenly. The sound of the long howl was no longer a human voice, but the roar of an animal. He just raised his hands, and his skin peeled off and his muscles twisted. The scarlet flesh grew wildly in an instant.
In an instant, his body twisted, his limbs grew stronger, and his claws grew longer. In just the blink of an eye, it turned into a strange beast covered in blood with wriggling muscles. He has a broad back and strong arms, as big as a tower. It has a ferocious face and sharp teeth. In an instant, his eyes became cold and cruel. I saw it grinning, and a large amount of black saliva oozing out and dripping from between its sharp fangs. White smoke instantly rose from the ground, and the soil and rocks were corroded. "I have been waiting for you two for a long time." (End of this chapter)