Chapter 188 Don’t hit Brother Zhao, we are one of our own!
Entering the Fire Dragon Pass, the precautions are much looser.
The reason is also very simple. If a male pass in front cannot block it, no matter how strict the back is, it will be useless, because it is impossible to compare with the defense level of a male pass.
Especially not long ago, Liao Rulong's and Wen Shaoyang's troops feigned a wave of attacks. Not only did they fail to achieve any success, but they also killed and injured dozens of people. They then withdrew thousands of miles back to Zhiyou City, and the defenders became even more lax.
Of course, this is also relative.
Now that we are in wartime, compared with normal precautions, we still have to take a few levels of precautions.
The four of them, Zhao Xing, Chen Shijie, Yu Ziqi, and Long Xiao, faced the commander's face and passed through five levels without incident.
In particular, Zhao Xing used the soul-binding straw man to collect the life souls of the four commanders and read the memories of the past few days. Even if he encountered interrogation, he could easily handle it.
Until the last level, how to enter the ground where the fire lotus was planted was a problem for Zhao Xing and the other four.
"Loba, Xuba, Howe, and Lach are all the commanders of the outer city's underground defense zone."
"The planting area is a completely different system from theirs. We can't go any further and get through it."
In a ruins, Zhao Xing and four others were discussing.
"Now the only way is to kill four more people, and they must be people who can enter the ground fire lotus planting area, and go in instead of them."
"Then what are you waiting for? Kill." Long Xiao waved his fist and said.
"The problem is that we don't know who to kill." Zhao Xing said, "None of these people know the people in the Earth Fire Lotus Planting Area in their memories. They are completely from two systems."
"So we have to wait here for people inside to come out, or for new people to go in."
Chen Shijie asked: "Is there no better way?"
Zhao Xing shook his head. At this point, he didn't have any good ideas. According to his previous life experience, he had to use his life to seduce the people inside and fish in troubled waters.
Now that you only have one life, you must use it sparingly.
As long as they get the items, retreating is easy. They can run to the hinterland of the Fire Demon Clan.
After escaping the pursuit, you can take a detour to climb the Flame Mountain without having to go back the same way.
"Wait, don't rush, we still have time." Zhao Xing said, the straw man staying in the underground level can also delay some time.
The tauren Ye Chongxian was walking towards the planting area with two fire demons, Xia Jing and Guan Junyang.
"Your Majesty, don't say anything for a while. I will handle everything."
Xia Jing nodded slightly: "I know."
The three of them were walking on the road, while Xia Jing and Guan Junyang lowered their heads slightly and remained silent.
The ground fire lotus planting area is also one of Xia Jing's goals this time.
Ye Chongxian is a warrior commander who has been lurking here for many years and has become the commander of Huolong Pass in charge of personnel transfer.
The three of them walked towards the ground fire lotus planting area. When passing through a ruins, Xia Jing stopped and tilted his head slightly.
"What's wrong?" Ye Chongxian asked.
"It's okay." Xia Jing thought, "Maybe I'm too nervous. I feel a hint of murderous intent."
Ye Chongxian also scanned the surroundings and found nothing unusual: "The ruins here used to be a residential area, but the ground fire broke out and destroyed them."
"Maybe it's the resentment of the dead souls left behind in the past."
"Yeah." Xia Jing nodded, "Let's keep walking."
Soon Xia Jing, Guan Junyang and Ye Chongxian walked to the entrance.
It was a tunnel exposed on the ground. It was dug very wide, with the entrance sloping downwards and being more than ten meters wide.
"Pabo, hey, my good brother." Ye Chongxian walked over with a smile and greeted the leader of the Fire Demon Tribe who was guarding the gate.
"Yaliduo, these are the two illegitimate children you want to arrange?" Pabo crossed his arms on his chest and asked slightly teasingly: "They don't look like you. Are their bloodlines pure?"
In the face of the other party's ridicule, Ye Chongxian kept smiling: "I am a bull demon, but their mother is a serious fire demon, like his mother, not like me."
Pabo said lazily: "They look a little weak. Can they withstand the fire below? Don't delay my business."
Pabo kept talking about this, but didn't say let him go.
Apparently the benefits given before were not enough, and they suddenly changed their mind and wanted to add more money.
Ye Chongxian scolded him in his heart, but fortunately he had already made preparations. He took out a bag from his arms and handed it over: "Please take care of me, Pabo."
After weighing the bag, Pabo smiled happily: "Have you taught them all the rules?"
"I've taught you a lot. They are all honest children and they will never cause trouble to you, Pabo."
"Okay, let's go in."
Outside the Earth Fire Lotus Cave, in the ruins.
"Why didn't you let me do it just now?" Yu Ziqi asked. Zhao Xing's soul-binding grass man can read the memory. Even if there are only three people, as long as they deal with these three people, they can know more information.
"Can't beat him." Zhao Xing shook his head, "The tauren is weak, but the fire demon behind him seems to be only at level eight, but it's actually not that simple."
"I was just observing with my bright eyes, and he seemed to be aware of it."
"How can you tell?"
"intuition."
Zhao Xingdao: "This may be the son of some important person who went in to inspect the Earth Fire Lotus, or he may have treasures on him. In short, he is very likely to see through our disguise."
Chen Shijie nodded slightly: "I feel the same way."
"The son of a big shot?" Long Xiao licked his lips: "That's just right, we can chop him down when we leave."
"You just know how to cut." Yu Ziqi sarcastically said, "Can you use your brain?"
Zhao Xing shook his head this time and said: "This person is a bit dangerous. If you don't bump into him, that's fine. If you bump into him, if you find something abnormal, you must kill him first, otherwise we will be easily exposed."
"Okay." The others nodded.
After waiting for nearly two hours, Zhao Xing and the others finally found an opportunity.
A plainly dressed fire demon passed by a ruined house.
Suddenly a black shadow rushed behind him, covered his mouth, and dragged him towards the shadows.
"Hmm??"
This fire demon tribesman was at the eighth level, but he was quickly dragged into the darkness.
"Pfft~"
Before he could react, his throat was cut.
The last thing he saw was someone taking off his clothes.
And there were three familiar figures standing next to him, they were his brothers.
"Why did my brother want to kill me?"
With doubts, this fire demon tribesman's consciousness disappeared.
"It's done, this person named Sang Ma is also the maintenance staff of the Earth Fire Lotus."
"He, Ji Sang, Sang Mu and Sang Er are all from the same mother."
Zhao Xing clapped his hands and held the soul in.
"The Fire Demon Tribe is really capable of giving birth to eight children." Long Xiao curled his lips, "Barbarians are indeed barbarians."
"They are more like animals than humans. It is simply not advisable to assimilate these barbarians." Yu Ziqi said.
Zhao Xing did not express his opinion. Each era has its own policies. During the Taizu period, people did not have great opinions on these barbarians. During the Wen Emperor period, they were even closer to them.
But during the reign of Emperor Jing, the propaganda trend changed to a foreign one.
The road to naturalization of barbarians has always been difficult - it is too difficult for the people of the Zhou Dynasty to recognize them as their own people despite having a bull's head or a horse's body.
"Change!"
Zhao Xing shook his head and suddenly changed into Sangma's appearance.
"As soon as we go in, try not to talk. I will handle everything." Zhao Xing said.
"If you meet someone you know, just act according to the situation and try not to do anything."
"clear."
Entering the lava cave is a very long tunnel.
Even though there is a barrier inside the tunnel, there is still a heat wave emanating from it.
As soon as Zhao Xing and the other four entered, their mouths became dry.
"The Flame Mountain Range is indeed a natural barrier. It's really uncomfortable." Long Xiao exhaled in a dull voice.
Their realm levels are not low, but now they are all pretending to be at the eighth level, so they must show the strength of the eighth level.
The eighth-level general of the Great Zhou Dynasty couldn't stand it at all when he entered the cave.
That is to say, the people of the Fire Demon tribe grew up in this environment, and their body structure and skin are very resistant to heat.
"If the Seventh Grade is not protected, it will not be able to climb over the Flame Mountain." Chen Shijie looked around, he was here to assess the environment of the Flame Mountain.
The conclusion is that it is impossible to walk through the Flame Mountain without protective gear.
"What is that?" Yu Ziqi pursed his lips toward the wall of the cave in front of him on the left.
"The value of the flame crystals in the lava cave is not low, 1 kilogram is worth 10 points." Zhao Xing introduced, "Fire warlocks have a great demand for this. However, these are all fragmented, not a real mining area, and mining is difficult.
.”
Once you step into a lava cave.
The four of them felt the temperature around them gradually rising.
The further down you go, the more serious it becomes.
The cave is empty, not only not dark, but somewhat bright.
On the rock wall, there are variegated crystal stones embedded in the wall, sparkling.
Those are flame crystals with very low concentrations.
It took about half an hour to continue walking forward.
The ground became flat, and a river of magma appeared in front!
"We've arrived!" Long Xiao and Yu Ziqi were a little excited. Isn't this the lava river?
"It's still very early." Zhao Xing shook his head and said, "This is just a low temperature zone."
"Look at that sign, it says it on it."
"As a fifth-level treasure, the Earth Fire Lotus must be in a high-temperature area. We can get there by walking down the sign."
Zhao Xing and the others continued walking down.
"Gulong~" "Gulong~"
Bubbles appear from time to time in the magma river.
Along the way there were many eighth-level miners from the Fire Demon Tribe.
They collect flame crystals and transport them somewhere.
"This is the mining area." Zhao Xing whispered, "Some are used to make weapons, and some are piled in the soil to allow fire plants to grow quickly."
Ding dong~ding dong~
The sound of mining comes and goes.
Zhao Xing and the others walked quickly through the mining area.
Suddenly, there was a bright moment in front of my eyes.
In the cave above our heads, stars appeared all over the sky, twinkling one by one.
It was a rock layer with a high concentration of flame crystals embedded in the top of the head.
"Earth Fire Training Formation."
"We've arrived!"
Zhao Xing was also a little excited.
The last time I came here was a lifetime ago, and now it can be regarded as another kind of ‘revisiting the old place’.
"Look, that's the Earth Fire Lotus!"
Zhao Xing pointed to the lava river ahead.
The river flowed back in front, and the area where the flow was originally faster accumulated into an underground magma lake.
And in the lake, there are red lotuses blooming.
"This was changed using an artificial magic circle, Earth Fire Spirit Lake."
"But the Earth Fire Lotus bred here is only of the third level."
Yu Ziqi asked: "Are the third-level seeds enough?"
Chen Shijie looked at Zhao Xing, he couldn't make the plants break the growth limit.
"Be on the safe side and pick the fourth-level lotus seeds." Zhao Xing said, "Pick some of the third- and fifth-level lotus seeds as well."
The environment for cultivating Earth Fire Lotus is harsh. Although [Snapshot Prime] has advanced to level six, it is not safe.
Of course you have to get a little bit of everything when you come.
"Lao Chen and I can just steal, and you go move the things." Zhao Xing waved his hand.
The four of them dispersed, and Long Xiao and Yu Ziqi went to move the boxes.
It is their job to carry the box containing the flame crystal, then pass it through the suspension bridge and dump it into a certain lotus area.
"Huha~huha~"
Long Xiao and Yu Ziqi began to pant and fuss.
Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie were also working, but the wind picked up secretly and picked seeds in the lotus area.
There are many people in the third-level Earth Fire Lotus area, but they are basically coolies.
No one could detect the actions of Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie.
After a while, the two of them collected hundreds of seeds and put them into a box.
"Is it okay to leave it like this?"
"No problem, the seeds of the Earth Fire Lotus are very tolerant. This box is made of flame crystals, so it's just right to put it in here."
"It's not eye-catching for us to carry boxes like this. This is what we do in the first place," Zhao Xing said.
"It's time to go to the fourth level area."
"Well, be careful."
Zhao Xing and the others continued down, and soon saw the warning sign:
[The area ahead is the fourth-level Fire Spirit Lake area. People from the Fire Demon Tribe who have not reached the late stage of Spirit Bridge should enter with caution.]
The four people ignored it and immediately crossed the warning sign.
"Fourth level spiritual lake."
Zhao Xing entered the Linghu area, still pretending to be working, and then stole seeds with Chen Shijie.
Linghu Lake is relatively large and the people are relatively scattered. In this sultry environment, few people notice the two guys stealing seeds.
Chen Shijie and Zhao Xing both stole a grain here and a grain there, just like taking a grain of rice from a rice vat, which was inconspicuous at all.
"That's enough for the fourth level, let's go to the fifth level area." Zhao Xing said.
"Walk."
Things went smoothly, but unexpectedly, as soon as we entered the fifth-level area, we encountered a problem.
A leader of the Fire Demon Clan suddenly stopped Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie: "Stop, who is your subordinate? How come I've never seen you before?"
"We were sent by Lord Yuehai." Zhao Xing said, "We have just been promoted to the Earthly Evil Realm and were ordered to come to the fifth-level spiritual lake to do something."
"Oh?" The commander stared at Zhao Xing suspiciously, but didn't see any clues. He waved his hand and motioned for them to come over.
He muttered: "Why are there so many more commanders today...wait a minute!"
Just as Zhao Xing and the others passed by them, he suddenly said: "You said you were following Lord Yuehai's order. Where is the order?"
Chen Shijie narrowed his eyes slightly.
Zhao Xing said calmly: "I came in a hurry and didn't bring the warrant with me."
The commander said warily: "If there is no warrant, there is always a password. What is the password?!"
Password?
Is there any password?
Zhao Xing was also stunned.
After countless calculations, I didn’t expect to miss this link.
The few people he held captive were not qualified to know the fifth-level Huoling Lake area, and they needed a password to enter.
Zhao Xing didn't know there was such a thing as a password in his previous life.
Could it be that the practices were different in different periods?
"Pfft~"
Seeing Zhao Xing's hesitation, the commander immediately wanted to take something from him.
Yu Ziqi and Long Xiao were both veterans. Seeing Zhao Xing stunned and the commander making another move, they immediately attacked decisively.
Two swords, one pierced his chest and the other pierced his forehead.
"Hehao~"
He clutched his neck and was about to collapse.
Zhao Xing reacted and immediately kicked him into the lava river.
"Gulong~"
The river of magma quickly swallowed up the unlucky guy, melting until nothing was left.
"Hasn't it been discovered?" Zhao Xing's heart was beating fast.
"Probably not." Chen Shijie scanned his surroundings, "This place is a corner."
"We have to act quickly. We don't have the password. Sooner or later there will be problems." Long Xiao said.
"Yeah." Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie set off immediately and walked quickly to Linghu Lotus District.
As a result, just after turning the corner, I met two commanders again.
Moreover, Zhao Xing and the others have met these two people before.
It was the tauren who led him in.
But aren’t they eighth grade?
Why can the eighth grader enter here?
"Stop, there's a warrant!"
Zhao Xing immediately took the lead in issuing the order.
It's better for me to ask you than for you to ask me.
Xia Jing and Guan Junyang were stunned.
They were holding a box and had passed the customs smoothly. Unexpectedly, they were interrogated as they were about to leave Huoling Lake on the fifth level.
Where do Xia Jing and Guan Junyang have any warrants?
However, their methods are exactly the same as Zhao Xing's.
Xia Jing said: "Sir, we have just been promoted. We came in a hurry and didn't bring the warrant with us."
Zhao Xing frowned: "Since there is no warrant, then there must be a password, right?"
Xia Jing was stunned.
Is there any password?
He narrowed his eyes slightly and casually took a few steps closer: "Sir, please listen to me..."
When Zhao Xing saw him gathering momentum, his heart suddenly pounded. A sense of crisis surged into his heart, and he quickly retreated.
"Hey~"
The moment he just retreated.
One sword light and one sword light lit up.
The sword is Long Xiao’s sword and the sword is Xia Jing’s sword.
"clang!"
The swords crossed each other, and Long Xiao's flying sword was knocked back.
Xia Jing was shocked, and the box tied behind his back also fell down.
His energy and blood surged, and his whole body felt bad.
Is there such a strong seventh-grade sword cultivator among the barbarians?!
"Cut him!" Zhao Xing was furious.
Damn it, I had just tricked someone else, but I didn't expect that when I turned around, I was tricked by someone else.
He was almost hit by a chop just now. If not for the warning from his life soul, he would have been seriously injured even if he didn't die.
"Kill that sword cultivator first!" Xia Jing also spoke to Guan Junyang.
Xia Jing and Guan Junyang, relying on their superb martial arts skills, had no intention of running away.
The two completely ignored Chen Shijie, Zhao Xing and Yu Ziqi, and immediately all moved towards Long Xiao.
"Chichichi~" Guan Junyang immediately launched his strongest killing move, and rich green hair suddenly grew on Long Xiao's palm.
The sword-driving style immediately became unstable, deviated from the trajectory, and shot into the magma lake.
At the same time, Zhao Xing also took action, and his Soaring Snake transformation immediately greeted Xia Jing.
Yu Ziqi arrived later and stabbed Xia Jing and Guan Junyang respectively with four flying swords.
For Lao Chen, a fiery red chain spread from the ground and instantly tied up Guan Junyang.
Both sides want to get rid of the other party as quickly as possible and with the smallest noise.
"What?!"
Xia Jing felt bad because the seemingly inconspicuous Yu Ziqi actually wielded four flying swords.
Another damn swordsman?!
And the two inconspicuous people next to them, why are their spell casting speed and power so fast?!
"Wait, what's this move?!"
Xia Jing pointed his finger at Yu Ziqi's four flying swords. The green dragon's broken fingers turned into afterimages and pushed away all four flying swords.
But his heart suddenly went out of control, and scales actually grew on his neck.
All the five internal organs seem to be shifting.
This is the power of Soaring Snake Transformation!
"Don't hit Brother Zhao, he's one of our own!"
Xia Jing immediately drank.
"Huh? Stop!" Zhao Xing called out suspiciously, and his thunder finger also reduced its strength, only hitting Xia Jing's ankle.
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Chapter completed!