Chapter 353 Adari City
What?
Su Ziyi took a few steps back, his face full of disbelief.
At this moment, it was as if someone was pounding his brain with a wooden stick, smashing the brain into a ball of paste; and there was also a harsh, high-pitched sound ringing in his ears, causing him to lose coordination in his limbs.
But in fact, it would only take a breath for him to regain clarity before his eyes.
"What's going on?" His voice was very calm. If his slightly trembling hands were excluded, Zhu Lian would probably feel that Su Ziyi was not too affected.
Sighing, Zhu Lian frowned and said: "Adali City is close to Miao and Dian, and due to the terrain, many forces gathered together -"
"I know all this, let's talk about the key points!" These words of Zhu Lian were heard in Su Ziyi's ears It turned into a chattering noise, all meaningless, which made him unbearable and interrupted the other party's words, but his tone was a little rough.
Zhu Lian choked, but the next second he looked at Su Ziyi's already red eyes, and the words slipped out of his mouth: "The people of the Red Scarf Army went to Adali City." Red Scarf Army
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Suddenly, there was dead silence between the two.
Five years ago, when Su Ziyi and his party entered Dai Country, they had heard about this new force. But because the place they were in was the territory of Xuan Cang Sect, the Red Scarf Army did not dare to invade, so they never had direct contact with them.
But even if he had never come into contact with him, Su Ziyi had heard of the other party's reputation among cultivators.
Originally, this Red Scarf Army, like other emerging small forces that emerged in Dai Kingdom, continued to strengthen itself by devouring declining forces. Because they never had a head-on confrontation, they have been developing relatively well. However, in more than 20 years, they occupied a small area of land in the central part of Dai State and have been developing steadily towards the surrounding areas.
Originally, it would have been fine if it had just continued like this. After all, there were too many forces like this in Dai's history and present, and they were not worth remembering.
But, three years ago, things changed.
Su Ziyi once heard from other cultivators who returned from missions that there was a civil strife within the Red Scarf Army three years ago, which led to a major reshuffle of the entire internal force. When all the dust settled, the Red Turban Army seemed to have a completely new look.
In the past, although the Red Scarf Army was a mixed bag, including practitioners and ordinary people, the banner they used was no different from other small forces in Dai Kingdom. But after that incident, they seemed to have a seizure. They actually used the banner of seeking the welfare of the common people, and actually said it, and rescued some areas that were slaves of evil cultivators. For a while, the reputation of the Red Scarf Army was Da Nao is constantly being sung in the mouths of ordinary people.
But other practitioners looked at this matter as if it were a joke.
Not to mention that the Red Scarf Army is dealing with some already weak evil cultivator forces, and they are not favored by other major forces at all. Just saying that the other party has lowered its status in the name of justice for the benefit of ordinary people is enough. It's enough to make people laugh out loud.
Just how hypocritical people are can be seen just by looking at them.
"We didn't expect that the Red Scarf Army would secretly cooperate with Miao Dian's people and secretly accumulate a lot of strength in Adali City." Zhu Lian glanced at Su Ziyi and saw that the other party was not furious. He continued to explain: "This time, Elder Qiao Yun and the others originally went to Adali City just to find materials, but they did not expect to be involved in the local power struggle, and accidentally discovered the Red Scarf Army and the Miao Army. Dian's conspiracy."
This incident also made Zhu Lian very angry. There was no gentleness on his face, but a cold air: "The Miao and Dian people are good at controlling insects and using poison, but this time they didn't know what they were doing. What method is there to forcefully infuse ordinary people with spiritual power and cultivate them into warriors called Yong people?" "
That Yong people have not practiced any mental training methods, but they can use spiritual power." Hearing Zhu Lian say this Said that Su Ziyi also realized the seriousness of the matter.
"Do you understand what's going on?" The disappearance of Bian Qing and Su Yulang this time is probably more serious than Su Ziyi thought, so Su Ziyi thought it would be better to find out some things clearly before going. However, he was still disappointed in the end.
"No." Zhu Lian shook his head, with the same solemn look on his face: "I just received the message not long ago, so I don't know much about the Yong people and everything that happened in Adali City. Moreover, this Yong people's matter was previously reported in There are no relevant records in any classics, so we have no way of finding out." In
this way, there are no clues.
In this case, Su Ziyi didn't waste any more time. He had already decided to set off for Adali City after refining the elixir for Zhu Lian. The gifts he wanted to bring had already been received in the storage bag, so he didn't need to think about anything else and could leave immediately.
Zhu Lian felt that he was responsible for this incident, so he followed Su Ziyi. It was precisely because he was with him that the elder in charge of this matter was extremely happy. He was not afraid at all that Su Ziyi would just run away, and even comforted Su Ziyi quite gently.
Su Ziyi smiled reluctantly, registered the name, and left Xuan Cang Sect with Zhu Lian Yu Jian.
Adali City is extremely far away from Xuan Cang Sect, and flying with a sword alone is simply not realistic. Fortunately, Zhu Lian brought a magic boat flying magic weapon when he went out this time. Although it could only seat two people, it was enough for the two of them.
In this way, they wielded swords during the day, took elixirs and meditated to restore their spiritual power at night, and rushed towards Adari Station under the stars and the moon. But even so, Su Ziyi still felt that it was too slow.
Zhu Lian saw Su Ziyi's anxiety, but he had no other good solution, except using secret methods to contact Xia Zheng and others in Adali City once a day. It's just that the news that comes every time is not good.
It was also at this time that Su Ziyi and Zhu Lian realized that the matter was more serious than they thought. This time, in the Xuan Cang Sect's team, in addition to the disappearance of Qi Refining Stage disciples like Bian Qing and Su Yulang, Elder Qiao Yun of the Foundation Establishment Stage was also missing. Cui Yu, who was originally following Xia Zheng, was found in the search activities a few days later. In the middle of the attack, all the people including a small team disappeared. Xia Zheng searched all over the place within a hundred miles, but could not find any trace of them, as if they just disappeared out of thin air.
This time, the nature of the matter is completely different.
"Someone from Qibao Pavilion is also missing." Zhu Lian said with a gloomy face. Because the people of Xuancang Sect had been busy searching for people from this sect before, this news was not known until today: "But there are so many forces in Adali City, and it is definitely not just our two forces who are missing people.
" After traveling quickly for more than ten days, Su Ziyi and Zhu Lian arrived at Adali City at noon.
Adali City is different from any other place on the territory of Xuan Cang Sect. There are few open flatlands here, and more of them are mountains connected to the city. The mountains are lush and green, and the tops of the mountains reach straight to the sky. Coupled with the already humid and hot environment, the water vapor here is extremely abundant. When it rains, the tops of the mountains look like It was like the sky was really broken. It was so hazy that people couldn't see where the top of the mountain was.
When Su Ziyi and the others arrived, a light rain had just fallen in Adali City. The sky was not clear yet, and the clouds and mist in the sky were like monsters swallowing up the mountains. Seeing Su Ziyi feel depressed, there was always something bad. premonition.
"We're here." Because there is little flat land, the houses in Adali City are built on the ridges with bamboo and stone. The better land and the sunny side are planted with crops and spiritual grass. But even geography. The environment was so harsh, but people still used their own strength to carve out a city here. Viewed from mid-air, the city was at least ten miles long, which was quite shocking.
Because they had said hello in advance, someone came to pick them up as soon as the two appeared in the sky above Adari City.
The person who came was Xia Zheng.
Su Ziyi and Xia Zheng hadn't seen each other for a long time, but he had never seen Xia Zheng in such a miserable state. The beard on his face was unkempt, the clothes on his body were stained, and his hair was loose. Coupled with the tired look on his face, it seemed that he had not had a good rest in a while.
Xia Zheng nodded towards the two of them, taking it as a greeting.
More and more weird things have happened recently, and he has no extra energy to deal with Su Ziyi, and he is even relieved in his heart because of the arrival of the two of them. As for Su Ziyi, his whole heart was focused on the missing Bian Qing and Su Yulang, so he naturally didn't notice these minor problems.
The incident happened in Adari City, but Adari City was unexpectedly well-preserved, with not a single building showing signs of being destroyed. Xia Zheng glanced at them and knew what they were thinking, and said in a muffled voice: "The incident did not happen in Adali City at that time, and the forces here are complicated and cannot be easily used, so nothing has changed until now." Nothing has really happened. Changes, Su Ziyi thought as he looked at the bustling crowd on the street.
"Where is the Red Scarf Army?" Zhu Lian asked.
"Can't find it." Xia Zheng looked depressed when he mentioned this: "That day, a group of us accompanied Elder Qiao Yun into the mountains fifty miles away from Adali City. Not long after, there was a rumor on the back of the mountain. There was a muffled sound, and we immediately looked for it, and we happened to see Miao Dian and the Red Scarf Army leading strangers to surround a sixth-order black-winged black ant."
"Sixth-order monster?" Xia Zheng seemed to as if he didn't hear Zhu Lian's words, he continued: "It was only at this time that we discovered that Miao Dian and the Red Scarf Army had secretly colluded. Unfortunately, they discovered us too early, before we had any chance. In response, they disappeared with the people." "
As soon as they left, the furious black-winged black ant turned all its attention to us. Naturally, this monster was unable to cause us much damage, I killed him not long after."
"It's just that we never expected that just when we were about to leave, there was a roar under our feet, and the entire ground was broken!"
Chapter 354 Zhu Lian is missing
"That's when we discovered -"
"It turns out that the entire mountain at our feet is hollow, like an ant nest. The soil is loose and cannot tolerate too much movement."
"And our battle with the black-winged black ants was too big. , unknowingly shook the already unstable ground under our feet, and swallowed up our people in an instant."
Xia Zheng took a deep breath and said: "The speed of the soil crumbling was too fast, even the foundation building Practitioners have some difficulty reacting. And there is something strange in the ant nest, as if there is a force coming from the ground to pull people down, making it even more difficult for people to escape."
"When I get out, I will bring you this time Only twenty-three out of ten people are left."
Hearing this, Su Ziyi and both of them fell silent.
"After the earthquake, we arranged for people to search and rescue. But until we dug down nearly six or seven feet of the soil and dug out all the holes below, we didn't find anyone. It seemed like those people just disappeared.."
"Are there any other findings?" Zhu Lian interjected.
"No." Xia Zheng shook his head seriously and said, "There is nothing, not even signs of struggle. The entrance of the spiritual consciousness is unimpeded, but until I probed to the end, I didn't find anyone."
"And ——" Xia Zheng raised his head and looked at Zhu Lian: "Elder Qiao Yun also disappeared at the same time. Although her cultivation level is not high, she is also a foundation-building practitioner. No matter how slow her reaction is, relying on those abilities on her body It's time for the magic weapon to escape from the ground."
"But, no."
At this time, Zhu Lian really didn't know what to say.
"In the next few days, I divided the remaining people into several groups to look for people. At the same time, I also contacted the friendly forces in Adali City. The troops were divided into two groups to look for people and search for the Red Turban Army. However, the people on both sides of us not only Nothing was found, but some people were lost."
"And this time everyone was lost in teams. Even if I wanted to find someone to understand the situation, I couldn't find anyone." Xia Zheng punched him with hatred. He hit the wall and gritted his teeth. Seeing this, Su Ziyi remembered that Xia Zheng's apprentice Cui Yu was also missing.
"Anyway, take us to see it." Su Ziyi said.
His words were unfounded. Before seeing the scene, Su Ziyi didn't know what this incident was like. After Xia Zheng heard what he said, he only looked at him deeply, turned around and walked out: "Let's go."
Fifty miles is not a long way for a foundation-building practitioner who wields a sword. It's time for a cup of tea. It was also with Yu Jian standing in mid-air that Su Ziyi and Zhu Lian realized that Xia Zheng was not exaggerating, but rather conservative.
This is more than the scope of a mountain!
Su Ziyi looked around and saw that in the ten-mile surrounding area, the ground was collapsing downwards. Trees and stones were stuck on top crookedly. From time to time, they fell down because the ground below could not support them, making a hissing sound. . The yellow mud was dug out in the larger area. It was soft and fluffy, and it didn't feel strong at first glance.
And in this yellow mud, countless one-foot-sized holes spread all over the ground like big black mouths, waiting for prey to come.
Su Ziyi probed in with his spiritual consciousness.
Although not as good as Xia Zheng, Su Ziyi's consciousness quickly hit bottom. As soon as they reached the end, Su Ziyi's expression changed, and Zhu Lian next to him asked, "How?"
Su Ziyi shook his head.
"Except here, are there no abnormalities anywhere else?" Su Ziyi raised his head and looked at Xia Zheng: "Is there a possibility that someone set up a formation here to move all the people out?" He was now completely calm. down, because only in this way could he find Bian Qing and Su Yulang.
"No." Xia Zheng glanced at him: "We had considered this possibility from the beginning, so we went after the Red Scarf Army. But in the end, none of our people found any formations nearby. Traces, you know, a formation that can transfer so many people away in an instant is definitely not simple, and it is impossible not to leave traces."
Indeed.
After this possibility was ruled out, Su Ziyi had no other ideas for the time being. With his sword high in the air, he watched the sect disciples wearing different robes shuttle through the cave entrances, searching step by step in vain, trying to find some clues from the thick soil. .
He controlled the flying sword and headed downward: "I'll go down and have a look." He said calmly.
As soon as he landed on the ground, Su Ziyi's whole body sank, and the soil directly covered the upper part of his shoes, which showed how soft the soil here was. Behind him, Zhu Lian also came down. Like him, his eyebrows wrinkled involuntarily after discovering the situation here.
Su Ziyi randomly chose a path and broke into the "ant nest". This time, Zhu Lian did not follow him, but chose another path. Su Ziyi did not take this matter to heart and continued walking down.
This hole does not lead directly to the bottom, but is twisted and hidden in the ground like a twisted rope. The surrounding soil is the same as the entrance of the cave. When you step on it, there will be a pit. In some places, half of it even collapsed. It is obviously very fragile.
Apart from this, this cave is indeed as weird as Xia Zheng said. Su Ziyi could feel an invisible hand - no, perhaps it should be said to be countless hands, clinging to him from all directions, densely packed from his face to his clothes, leaving no gaps, secretly He dragged the person to the bottom of the cave with all his strength.
Bottom of the cave?
Why?
Following these invisible forces, Su Ziyi walked in the direction the other party wanted. The further he walked forward, the stronger and denser these forces became, even giving Su Ziyi a slight sense of suffocation as if they were substantial.
It seems that all the secrets are hidden at the bottom of this cave.
Su Ziyi thought with twinkling eyes.
And just as he was making steady progress and was about to reach the bottom of the cave, a strange movement in his consciousness suddenly woke him up. He kicked his legs back, and the place where he had just stood collapsed completely. Su Ziyi didn't even look at it, and rushed towards the way he came from at a faster and harder speed. Behind him, the roof of the cave, which was not very strong, also fell all the way down. When Su Zi escaped from the entrance of the cave, the entire cave was was buried.
As soon as he exited the cave, Su Ziyi turned into another cave, which was exactly the one Zhu Lian went to just now.
This time, Su Ziyi moved lightly, fearing that the hole would collapse and bury himself inside. When he reached the target location, a man came before him, staring at the empty ground with disbelief.
It's Xia Zheng.
Hearing the noise, Xia Zheng turned around and looked at Su Ziyi with wide eyes. He didn't know if he was asking or muttering to himself: "Did you notice? Suddenly - my junior brother disappeared." Su Ziyi was stunned when he saw the person. I didn't want to ask, so I just walked over.
This hole is the same as the one Su Ziyi went to before. The soil on the ground is loose and loose, making it easy for people to leave traces. Although there are three people's footprints on the ground here, they are all interrupted here. The ground in front is flat and there is nothing.
There were only him and Xia Zheng here.
But the footprints belong to three people.
Zhu Lian disappeared, and disappeared suddenly.
"Just like Cui Yu." At this time, Xia Zheng spoke up. Su Ziyi turned his head to look, and saw that the person had woken up, and said with a tired look: "Inexplicably, all traces have been lost, not even a clue." "It's like something is blocking our eyes.
The same, preventing us from seeing the real situation.”!
Xia Zheng's words reminded Su Ziyi of his experience in the mine outside Shuiyun Town. He looked up and looked around, and couldn't help but start to guess, is the same situation here? Are they and even Bian Qingsu Yulang actually trapped in an illusion set by an ancient power?
As soon as this idea came to his mind, Su Ziyi couldn't stop thinking about it, and the more he thought about it, the more it made sense. He couldn't wait to tell Xia Zheng his guess. Of course, he hid his previous opportunity and only said that he had read it in a book.
Xia Zheng had no other ideas at this time. When he heard Su Ziyi talk about it like this, he was a little disapproving, but the more he listened, the more it made sense. Although the ancient times are already very far away from them, everyone knows how powerful the ancient cultivators are and how unattainable their power is. Just looking at the true meanings in the tomb is enough to get a glimpse of it.
"If that's the case, what should we do?"
When Xia Zheng asked, Su Ziyi got stuck. Although he woke up from it last time and even got a great opportunity, he didn't know what happened, and naturally he didn't know how to break the current situation.
For a while, the situation became deadlocked.
"Let's do this." In the end, it was Xia Zheng who spoke first. At this moment, his eyes were sharp and he had obviously returned to the proud Xia Zheng of the past: "Since this has happened again and again, it is inevitable that it will not happen again. So you might as well let me try here. Once, see if you can go in and take the person out, while you stay here to check the situation, and if something goes wrong, contact the sect." "No, I'll do it." Su Ziyi flatly refused, he was extremely worried about Bian Qing
following Su Yulang, how could he just give up now that he has found a few clues? But to Xia Zheng, these words cannot be said directly, so Su Ziyi only said: "You are more familiar with the sect than me. Moreover, your cultivation level is higher than mine, and your power in the sect is stronger than mine. The situation outside is quite shocking, so I came."
Xia Zheng looked at him deeply, obviously seeing through his intentions, but Su Ziyi looked at him without fear, showing that he had no determination. How determined.
Finally, Xia Zheng took a step back: "Okay, you can do it."