My apprentice is too diligent.

Dark clouds cover the sky, and the few sunlight shines through the cracks on the earth.

Angle, direction, beam, all kinds of notices were given, it was already evening.

Although it wasn't dark yet, it was already dark among the mountains.

It was dark and gloomy, as if there were rows of evil spirits, with their ferocious mouths open, peering greedily into the mountain road.

"Quick, faster!"

On the dim mountain road, there was actually a team at this time, riding horses and pulling carts, driving quickly.

The leader, Jiang Sheng, frowned and looked anxious. The whip in his hand made a whistling sound and kept hitting the horse's buttocks.

The escorts who followed behind him also had solemn expressions and anxious eyes.

The sound of horse hooves and the rolling of wheels was particularly harsh on the silent mountain road, and it was transmitted and echoed in the empty mountain forest.

"Everyone, speed up and climb over this mountain. We are in Baihe City!"

Jiang Sheng's deep voice sounded in the team, "Only when we arrive at Baihe City can we stay safe and stay outside..."

"Master, there is someone in front of you!"

Suddenly, a young man was riding a horse and looked at the tree beside the mountain road ahead. There was a figure leaning on the stone and waving to them.

"Ok?"

Hearing this, Jiang Sheng immediately became vigilant, his eyes sparkled with light, and he shouted, "No one should stop, keep running as fast as you can, and rush over!"

"But……"

"Shut up!"

Jiang Sheng shouted angrily and interrupted the young man who was about to speak. The latter shrank his neck and did not dare to speak any more.

Da Da Da~

The sound of horse hooves accelerated.

Soon, the team approached the figure parked on the roadside.

As I got closer, I realized that this was a woman wearing a smart outfit, with blood stains on her body, and a pale face.

When the woman saw Jiang Sheng and his party, she raised her hands in joy, shook her hands and shouted, "Help...save me, I am..."

Hurrah~!

The sound of horse hooves continued without stopping.

Accompanied by a strong gust of wind, Jiang Sheng and his party whizzed past the woman and headed straight for the exit of the mountain road in the distance.

woman,"……"

The movements of his hands were frozen in mid-air, and his pale face looked extremely ugly.

Jiang Sheng and his party had already left.

He was about to rush out of the mountain road.

call!

A dark wind suddenly rose.

White shadows flew and lightning swept towards the team.

"roll!"

Jiang Sheng, who was riding at the front, seemed to have eyes on the back of his head. He suddenly raised his head and slashed out with his sword.

shuh~

The sword light tilted upward and swept backwards. Following the sword energy, it tore through the airflow and hit Bai Ying.

puff!

"Acridine~!"

A shrill scream resounded through the forest.

The white shadow flying in mid-air split into two.

The next moment, it disappeared like sand on a white cloth being wiped off.

No one in Jiang Sheng's group looked back. Instead, they sped up a bit faster.

Finally, the team broke out of the mountain road and saw a city on the horizon in the distance.

Baihe City!

"Quick, quick!"

Jiang Sheng urged again, "Hurry up and we must reach the city gate before it closes."

Da da da!

Everyone waved their whips and whipped the horses that had run away and were foaming at the mouth.

There was a rattling sound as the wheels turned, and the whole carriage bounced on the ground, almost flying.

Fortunately, the team arrived at the city gate smoothly.

They were also the last teams to enter the city.

"Finally caught up."

On horseback, Pan Haoyu slowed down, exhaled a breath, relaxed his body, and followed the team slowly through the city gate.

At the entrance of the city gate that was about to be closed and closed, there was a light curtain emitting a faint golden light, filling the entire entrance.

Everyone who enters must pass through the light curtain before entering the city.

"Yeah, luckily we caught up, otherwise, we would have had to sleep in the wild."

Someone in the team echoed, "The woman just now is clearly a ghost slave, and Huang Hai still wants to greet her and help her. She has suffered losses several times, but she still falls for it. I really don't know, Huang Hai, what are you thinking!"

"What else can he think? His eyes are confused. When he sees a beautiful woman, he can't walk."

"Hahaha!"

The escorts in the team laughed loudly.

"...I, I didn't...didn't I pay attention carefully?" The young man named Huang Hai blushed and said in embarrassment, "Old Yu, you were fooled last time and you still blamed me!"

"I encountered a possessed ghost slave, and I didn't notice it for a while. That woman just now was not possessed." Old Yu hummed.

"That's the same!" Huang Hai held on, "They're all fooled, it's just as embarrassing, hahaha!"

"you……"

"Okay." Jiang Sheng, who was walking at the front, shouted in a deep voice, "Everyone, please be quiet. Baihe City is not like other cities. There is no one to restrain you. This is the territory of Qianlongmen. After entering the city, act in a low-key manner and don't look for trouble. .Understand?"

"understood!"

Huang Hai, Lao Yu, and Pan Haoyu all responded in unison.

Ta da~

With the sound of horse hooves, the team passed through the city gate and entered the city.

There are many pedestrians on the spacious Central Avenue. Although everyone's face is anxious, haggard, and their steps are hurried, they look good.

"It's really different."

Pan Haoyu looked at the pedestrians on both sides and whispered, "In other cities, there are not many ordinary people on the road, but there are many here. Moreover, there is no fear or fear on the faces of the people. Do you think everyone is living a good life?"

"Nonsense, Master Chen of the Qianlong Sect is a strong man in the Divine Sea Realm. Who among those careerists and conspirators would dare to come here to run wild?"

Old Yu also spoke in a low voice, "Not to mention the distance, there are currently only four soul-suppressing cities in the entire Nanyang Mansion. Except for Baihe City, there are other three soul-suppressing cities. One is ruled by gangs, and the other is jointly occupied by the Gao family and the Lu family. , the last one was originally managed by imperial officials, but those who run outside don’t know that Fengshan City claims to belong to the imperial court, but in fact it has long been owned by the Cao family!”

"In these three soul-suppressing cities, gangs and families are the leaders. If they eat and drink well, the people below will not care about life and death."

"Only White River City!"

"Because of Clan Master Chen's suppression, the major forces did not dare to go too far, and the people's lives were pretty good. Although they had to go out of the city to work. But every time they went out of the city, there were disciples from Qianlong Clan who came out to patrol together."

"It can be said that if it weren't for Qianlongmen, the people of Baihe City would be living a life worse than a pig or a dog. They don't know when they will die. Otherwise, how could there be so many people trying to find ways to come to Baihe City?"

There was silence.

No one spoke, and the team moved forward silently.

It wasn't until they entered a small courtyard in the south of the city that everyone relaxed.

One by one, they got off the horse and got off the ground.

Jiang Sheng greeted, arranged some matters, and then quickly went out to hand over the task.

As soon as he left, Pan Haoyu suddenly spoke and complained, "Who would have thought that in the entire Nanyang Mansion, there are only four cities with people now? These four cities do not include Nanyang Mansion City!"

"Forget about Fucheng. When Fucheng fell more than a year ago, 99% of the people were buried." Huang Hai gritted his teeth and said, "It's really ridiculous. At that time, Fucheng had so many martial arts masters from the True Qi Realm and Feitian Realm. As a result, In less than a day, the city fell!"

"Okay, let's just say a few words." Old Yu sighed, "I know you are angry, but this matter has nothing to do with your master. He was in the late stage of Zhenqi realm, and even the commander of the city guard army could not rise up at that time. How useful it is. On the contrary, if it weren’t for him, your boy would have been dead long ago!”

"I don't blame him."

Huang Hai shook his head, "I was just angry with the government at that time, they were a bunch of idiots! Even though they knew that the ghost tribe was in the forest not far outside the city, these idiots were still fighting among themselves. They would do anything to be the person in charge. My own people killed my own family members! The result is good, when the ghost clan attacked the city, no one ran away! They were all dead!"

silence.

Lao Yu, Pan Haoyu and others were silent for a while.

Until a thin young man slowly stretched out his hand and whispered, "Well, I want to say something."

"Liuzi, what's the matter with you?" Old Yu turned to look at him.

"I...I..." Liuzi stuttered twice, "Didn't I go out to Cigong on the way today? I was squatting in the grass and I seemed to hear a voice, saying it was... saying it was..."

"What did you say?" Pan Haoyu urged angrily, "Also, who is talking?"

"I don't know who's talking."

Liuzi shook his head, took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said, "I only heard something related to the ghost clan, saying that the ghost clan was gathering an army to besiege Baihe City..."

"what?"

"Did you hear that correctly?"

"impossible!"

Everyone exclaimed.

Everyone looked shocked and in disbelief.

Lao Yu grabbed Liu Zi's arm and said forcefully, "Please tell me clearly what's going on!"

"Sigh~"

Liu Zi took a breath of air, and Lao Yu hurriedly stopped his hand and said urgently, "Speak quickly!"

"I...I overheard it by chance."

Liu Zi rubbed the place he grabbed and said distressedly, "I didn't listen very carefully at the time, and I was more afraid of being discovered, so I kept hiding and waited for a long time until the other party left, and then ran back. The person who spoke seemed to be a man and a man. Female. One voice is high and the other is low. I don’t know what’s going on. Really, I didn’t lie to you!”

"Then why didn't you say anything when Master was here just now?" Huang Hai asked.

"I...I'm not afraid that I didn't hear clearly and thought I heard wrongly." Liuzi lowered his head and timidly said, "Still, you just said that Fucheng fell, and that's why..."

Nanyang Fucheng fell, partly due to internal fighting among its own people, and partly due to the siege by the ghost clan.

Strictly speaking, internal fighting is the main reason.

Before the ghost tribe invaded, the Qingguo court was fully prepared, collected a large amount of materials, and arranged soul-suppressing formations in various counties and prefectures, so that each city could become a soul-suppressing city.

Every soul-suppressing city is a stronghold of the human race.

In Zhenhun City, both the ghost clan and ghost slaves will be suppressed and their actions will be restricted.

When entering the city, the light curtain in the city gate can even distinguish the disguise and possession of ghost slaves and ghosts.

Once the ghost clan or ghost slaves want to sneak in, the light curtain will be triggered and bloom with red light.

It is precisely because of the soul-suppressing formation that cities in various places can be protected from the invasion of ghosts and allow humans to take a breather.

Subsequently, basic industries were restored based on the soul-suppressing cities one after another.

Grow food outside the city, boil salt water, sugar water, etc.

In addition, the two years before the invasion of the ghost clan were both years of good harvest.

Relying on the savings from the past, I was able to survive for three years.

So far, the human race's food and drink problem has been barely solved.

However, there are still many fallen areas.

Most of the entire Nanyang Mansion was occupied, and the city was gone.

The ghost clan is raging, and the ghost slaves roar in the mountains and forests.

In the second year, the Qingguo court was unable to control the overall situation.

Under the big states, all prefectures are basically self-controlled.

Various gangs and sects occupy more than 70% of Soul Town City.

Only 30% is still under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

None of the four soul-suppressing cities in Nanyang Prefecture belonged to the imperial court.

Baihe City is the most stable, peaceful, and most desirable city among them.

If you are besieged by the ghost clan, the peace will be broken.

Even if it didn't fall, if the city was only broken for a while, I don't know how many people would die!

……

"No, you have to tell Qianlongmen about this immediately!"

Pan Haoyu came to his senses, turned around and walked out of the yard.

"and many more."

Lao Yu stopped and said, "If you want to go, you have to take Liu Zi with you."

"Yep!"

Huang Hai woke up and grabbed Liu Zi, "Bring Liu Zi along with you to be more convincing."

"what?"

Liuzi trembled, "I...can I not go? I really didn't hear clearly. Even if they asked me, I wouldn't know what to say."

"It's about the ghost tribe's siege. You can answer as many questions as you can!"

Huang Hai pulled him forcefully and walked outside.

"This... this..." Liuzi looked flustered and helpless, "Okay... okay."

A group of three people quickly left the courtyard and walked towards the street, heading towards the inner city.

The remaining people stood at the entrance of the courtyard, looking at their backs with worried expressions in their eyes.

"Do you think there is any ghost clan really planning to attack Baihe City?"

"Insufficient information makes it impossible to judge. Logically speaking, Baihe City is the territory of the Qianlong Clan, and the leader Chen is in charge. The ghost tribe is not a fool. They are very intelligent. If they besiege Baihe City, the chance of success is too low."

"But what if the leading ghost clan is a fourth-level ghost hero? A fourth-level ghost hero is even more powerful than an ordinary Shenhai Realm powerhouse!"

"...This is the irresistible factor. Once the ghost clan comes with a fourth-level existence, then we pray that Master Chen can defeat the opponent. Otherwise..."

Otherwise, I didn’t say anything later.

But everyone present understood what it meant.

Once Chen Wuji loses, Baihe City will definitely fall, and none of them will be able to escape!

……

In the realm of Tongtian, under normal circumstances, one can live ten years.

That is six hundred years!

Chen Wuji's lifespan exceeds 600. This is because he laid too strong a foundation and had too good side effects during his early breakthroughs.

Now, his body and soul have once again undergone transformation and sublimated into a brand new body.

That's it, the three hundred years of cultivation soul energy left behind by the patron king has not yet been completely refined and absorbed.

Busy making breakthroughs in cultivation.

Now that he was completely successful and had entered Tongtian, Chen Wuji consolidated his realm and continued to refine the remaining soul essence.

……

"Master, Master, something happened in Baihe City!"

On Qingniu Mountain.

Chen Wuji's true energy phantom, which had been strolling in the alchemy room for a long time, had just slowly returned to the back mountain when Han Ying hurried over. From a distance, she hurriedly shouted, "White River City is surrounded, tens of thousands of ghosts." , holding hundreds of thousands of ghost slaves hostage, are attacking the city!" (End of Chapter)