Nine secrets to cover the sky

Chapter 36 Totem Seal

Half an hour later, the three of them teleported away with two treasures of their choice, and after a detailed inspection, they parted ways outside the palace gate.

I was planning to go home as soon as possible to see who the sacred Fang Jie Zhao Jia was. At this time, I was walking on the bustling street, but a word suddenly came to my ears.

"The leader wants to see you, please follow me." A young man with an unremarkable appearance passed by from behind, said in a voice that only two people could hear.

Fang Jie naturally knew that the so-called "leader" was the middle-aged man in the Shadow Killer Legion, so he nodded calmly, followed the young man through the noisy street, and then turned into an alley. A few minutes later, they came to a small dilapidated courtyard, and were immediately led in by the young man.

That middle-aged man with the strength of the three realms of heaven and man was sitting on a wicker chair in the middle of the yard, closing his eyes and basking in the sun. He was wearing clothes that were very thin compared to many people. The snow on both sides is the same, it is a little dazzling white in the sun.

After the young man brought Fang Jie here, he withdrew respectfully.

But Fang Jie walked in front of the middle-aged man carelessly. Just when he was about to say something, he suddenly felt ripples in the air where he was standing. But an identical rattan chair appeared on the ground out of thin air.

The middle-aged man didn't open his eyes until then, looked at Fang Jie and said, "Sit down, and pour yourself some tea."

"En." Fang Jie nodded and sat down as usual, but did not pour tea.

"Do you know why I called you here today?" The fingers of the middle-aged man on the side of the wicker chair began to tap rhythmically, as if he was listening to some little tune.

Fang Jie replied: "A few days ago, when I borrowed someone from my senior to save my parents in the city, I promised ten times the commission, and there was also a condition of 'I must agree to you' afterwards." After finishing speaking, he paused, then suddenly smiled , said: "Before you say that 'condition', senior, can I ask a few questions first?"

The middle-aged man said lightly: "Say."

Fang Jie nodded, looked closer at the middle-aged man, and said with a smile: "Prince Zhan and the second prince's coup, your Shadow Killer Legion is their secret force, right?"

Only then did the middle-aged man look at him, showing a smile of appreciation, and said: "Since I have already guessed it, then I have nothing to deny." Then go on, let me see if you are right. "

Fang Jie didn't expect the middle-aged man to be so calm when he said such a thing, and he couldn't see any doubts at the moment, so he could only boldly ask: "As far as I know, you and your shadow killer army have never Participating in the internal affairs of the country, what made you do that?"

The middle-aged man snorted, and said lightly: "If you can guess that I helped Lord Zhan's coup, you must have guessed why, so why ask me?"

Fang Jie was silent.After a long time, he said, "Is it because of that treasure?"

The middle-aged man did not deny it.

Only then was Fang Jie finally able to be sure that the so-called treasure that Lord Zhan had always wanted—the phoenix-patterned jade in his storage ring, it was said earlier that it represented a secret power that could subvert the royal power. It turned out to be the entire Shadow Killer Legion.

Thinking about it carefully, this blocker who has at least three masters of the three realms of heaven and man, and can easily mobilize seven or eight aura-level masters, does have that ability.

Fang Jie had doubts about the easy failure of Lord Zhan's coup d'état before, and when he heard Zhao Zidan's words about the secret power today, he immediately thought of the shadow killer army lurking outside the city. It was discovered that all of this was related to the jade article.

"Until Prince Zhan finally went to the guillotine, you and your shadow killer army did not participate in the coup d'etat as promised. The first time you saw me was when I was outside the city and I didn't know the situation. The sentence is 'Come back from the north?', in fact, you already know that the treasure is in my hands, which makes you immediately give up helping Lord Zhan and help me instead." After he finished speaking, he took a deep breath , spit it out, and then said: "Although I know the reason for carrying a treasure, I still want to ask, what does that treasure represent, and it is worth it for you and your shadow killer army?"

"I've been talking for so long, and you've been talking about 'treasure'. I also want to ask you what that 'treasure' looks like." The middle-aged man didn't answer, but asked.

Fang Jie could clearly feel that the eyes on that expressionless face suddenly burst into flames.He considered it cautiously for a while, and finally said, "It's a jade vessel engraved with a phoenix."

The middle-aged man's eyes flashed, he was slightly stunned, and suddenly laughed, "Phoenix, haha, Phoenix reborn from the ashes, good! Hahaha, good!"

Seeing this reaction, Fang Jie felt that the treasure was of great importance.But at the same time, he is also very clear that if this middle-aged man wants to kill people and seize treasures, he can do it a few days ago when they met for the first time.Even in any place and any occasion, as long as the guy in charge of the shadow killer army has that kind of thought, even if he has made all the preparations, he can only be killed by this person.But until now, the middle-aged man has not even proposed to take a look at the jade, which is enough to show that he dare not act rashly.So he simply let go of unnecessary and futile worries, and asked again: "Senior doesn't know what this treasure looks like, so you should know what this treasure represents, right?"

"Of course!" The middle-aged man raised his voice, paused for a few seconds after speaking, and said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "This treasure represents the Shadow Killer Legion of the entire continent, with one-sixth more power."

"What?" Fang Jie was secretly startled, but he didn't understand.

The middle-aged man glanced at Fang Jie, then stretched out and opened his skirt, revealing a tattoo of a wolf's head on his exposed chest.He pointed to the tattoo for Fang Jie to look at, and explained: "This is called 'totem', and it is a special supernatural power unique to Xirong. Only with the strength of the 'Calamity Period' can one create a 'totem seal', through the totem seal, patterns are tattooed on people's bodies in the form of tattoos, thus gaining amazing power."

"The period of calamity? Totem seal?" Fang Jie was secretly startled, but luckily he found the point, and quickly asked, "You mean that my jade piece with the phoenix pattern is a totem seal?"

The middle-aged man nodded and said solemnly: "There are many types of totem seals, and the six that have been handed down to the Central Plains are the rarest and most powerful. Unfortunately, all of them were lost in the end. Only my Shadow Killer Corps worked hard to find one. Now there is only a wolf head totem seal. This totem is the head wolf, which represents "cohesion" and "authority". Only the leaders of the branches of various countries can have this kind of totem tattoo. Assassins, even in the remotest corners of the world, are absolutely loyal to the organization, and it is precisely because of this totem that our Shadow Assassin Legion was able to rise in ten years and become the top three assassin organizations in the mainland."

"Cohesion..." Hearing these words, Fang Jie murmured, at first he was a little confused, but when he gradually understood, he was shocked.

This 'cohesion' is simple to say, but in fact it is extremely rare.

Just imagine, if a general commanding a million-strong army possesses such totem power, how invincible would he be with just a wave of his arms?
If the emperor of a country has such a totem power passed down from generation to generation, then not only civil and military officials, but even the people under his rule are blind and loyal. Doesn’t this mean that no matter how extravagant and lustful, this country can also have the hearts of all people? Loan of allegiance, and forever?
This kind of power is simply too terrifying.The shock in Fang Jie's heart was no less than a magnitude [-] earthquake.He couldn't help blurting out: "What about the Phoenix Totem?"

The middle-aged man put on his clothes, looked at him and said indifferently: "Just like the authority of the wolf's absolute leadership, the phoenix also has its unique characteristics."

"Rebirth from the ashes?" Fang Jie was taken aback.

"Not dead." The middle-aged man said.

Rao Fang Jie, who was so calm and terrifying in any situation, was instantly stunned like a thunderclap, unable to speak for a long time.

The middle-aged man waited for a while as expected, and slowly said: "You are right, the wolf totem can only be used on a few people, this is because there are too many leaders, and it loses authority instead. And the phoenix totem It is different, it can be used on everyone without restriction. With this totem seal, you can create a group of undead warriors. It is not a problem to protect yourself, and it is not a problem to attack the city, but the premise is that you can keep it and use it. it."

These words made Fang Jie wake up instantly, and his heart was inevitably a little beating, but he asked calmly on the surface: "You mean..."

"Don't worry, I won't force you to hand over the Phoenix Totem Seal to me, because I haven't been given such an order, so I can't do it." The middle-aged man smiled, then took out a letter, threw it over, and said : "Whether it's Lord Zhan or you, after getting the Phoenix Totem Seal, I will satisfy one of your requirements, and then ask you to do one thing for me personally. This thing is to send this letter away."

Fang Jie took it, and saw that the only address on the letter was "Tongtian Empire King City", he couldn't help but blinked and said: "I heard that the headquarters of the Shadow Killer Legion is in Tongtian Empire, don't you want me to hold the totem seal?" The sheep are in the mouth of the tiger, and you can deliver it to your headquarters by yourself?"

"You're only half right." The middle-aged man said, "Of course my Shadow Killer Legion is bound to get this Phoenix Totem Seal. I didn't take it hard because someone wanted to do it myself, so my task is not to snatch it, but to deliver it. It's just an excuse, the main thing is to let you go to Tongtian Empire and be robbed by that person."

Fang Jie was a little dizzy, blinked his eyes for a long time before saying: "Uncle, you have told me so, if I send you to my door to be robbed, isn't that a fool?"

"I didn't think you were a fool, because I'm not a fool." The middle-aged man closed his eyes again and basked in the sun, and said calmly: "Although the Phoenix Totem Seal is in your hands, it is still just a dead thing. It's useless. You still need a 'key' to unlock the power of the totem seal and turn it from a dead object into a heaven-defying treasure. As for the key, it is now in Tongtian Empire. To be more precise, it is to steal your totem In other words, you are his prey, but at the same time he is also your prey, it depends on who of you hunts who, the winning side will be the one who finally masters the real Phoenix Totem Seal."

After hearing this, Fang Jie's face froze, and he asked suspiciously: "Really?"

"If you don't believe me, see if you can use this totem seal. That's all I have to say, think about it yourself." The middle-aged man returned to his previous appearance, changed into a comfortable posture, and said, "I won't give it away."

(End of this chapter)