Chapter 411 411 Qu Ling Prefecture, Part 1

In the endless Black Sea.

Iserin and her teacher, Miman, had just stepped through the portal into the Black Sea when they saw the enormous King of Death Angels constantly pacing outside Midraan in the distance.

Both of them were momentarily stunned, not knowing what to do.

The black, boundless unknown liquid of the Black Sea surged and flowed past them.

Miman looked at the King of Death Angels, who was spinning around aimlessly. From here, although the other party's size was large, it was still much smaller compared to the massive Midraan, only about one-tenth the size of the Midraan vortex.

But...

You had to know that Midraan's volume was at least dozens of times that of the Earth and Moon.

From this perspective... the King of Death Angels was basically bigger than the entire Earth and Moon!

"Teacher, what do we do now? Will Brother be trapped inside forever?" Iserin was a little desperate. Such a big guy was blocking the door, and he was still such a powerful existence. Even in the illustrated guide recorded by her teacher, this one could rank in the second tier.

Definitely a top predator of the Black Sea.

To such an existence, individuals like them were probably just dust.

"Something's not right..." Miman carefully observed the King of Death Angels.

"The state of the King of Death Angels seems to be different from what I expected... I need more time to carefully deduce. We can only observe from a very far distance. Otherwise, if we get close and are noticed, we won't be able to escape."

The red light in his eyes was also flickering. Although his strength was strong, he was helpless when faced with such an unreasonable and terrifying existence.

"Perhaps there are other exit passages inside Midraan. Now, I can only hope that Brother can find clues inside," Iserin said helplessly.

"You should be happy. At least the state of your brother's self-destructing portal was good in the end. Don't worry, he's not as fragile as you think," Miman comforted.

"...Thank you, Teacher." Iserin nodded. Now, she could only comfort herself in this way.

Shao Yin Kingdom.

Qu Ling Prefecture.

After a day of long journey, Li Cheng Yi, with his transfer order, finally arrived at Qu Ling Prefecture, one of the nine prefectures of the Shao Yin Kingdom.

Crossing a large expanse of black earth plains, the terrain gradually rose. After a day of continuous travel, Li Cheng Yi finally arrived at Qu Ling, the prefecture city governing Cangshi County.

At the edge of the vast black earth plain, the black earth gradually turned into gray-black rock.

The ground extended, forming a huge black cliff that could not be seen to the end.

Below the cliff was a boundless blue-black sea.

The Meteor Sea, also known as the Night Sea.

Legend has it that this sea was formed by a giant pit created by pulling down celestial stars.

Qu Ling Prefecture was located on the edge of a cliff. A little further ahead was the turbulent, boundless sea.

The entire prefecture city, viewed from a distance, resembled a cluster of black castles. Fortresses of varying sizes were squeezed together in one place, surrounded by a circle of tall black stone walls.

It looked like a bundle of firewood that had been forcibly tied together.

Those pieces of firewood were the black fortresses squeezed together.

Qu Ling Prefecture only had one side for entry and exit, and this side had multiple entrances and exits.

Li Cheng Yi followed the official road and approached. The official road he was on connected to the second city gate of the prefecture city.

At this time, merchant caravans and trucks entering and exiting the city gate were endless. There were also many martial artists like him alone, but most of them were extremely fast, flashing by.

No one guarded the gate here to collect fees. The city gate was wide open, welcoming any visitors to enter.

Li Cheng Yi was a little unaccustomed to it at first, but after thinking about it carefully, that was indeed the case.

The strong experts in the prefecture city were definitely like clouds. Whether there was a city gate or not did not make much difference.

Judging from the two lists, there was a high possibility that there were engraved experts in the prefecture city, that is, blood essence martial artists who had merged with true imprints.

As for true Qi martial arts, although there were also methods for merging true imprints, the difficulty was much, much higher than that of blood essence martial artists.

In true Qi martial arts, merging true imprints was basically an ultimate achievement, belonging to the highest theoretical realm of cultivation techniques, and their number was extremely small.

But in blood essence martial artists, this was a group that truly existed in reality, and their number was much larger than the former.

Looking from afar, Li Cheng Yi could tell at a glance who were martial artists and who were civilians.

The method was simple. Just look at the moving speed of those people at the city gate.

Those who flashed by and entered and exited frequently and quickly were definitely martial artists.

Most of these people were solitary, going high and coming low, jumping more than ten meters in one leap. If they were happy, they would walk through the city gate. If they were unhappy, they would jump directly from the city walls and shoot out in the blink of an eye, disappearing without a trace.

And those who were slow and honestly followed the official road into and out of the city gate were mostly civilians and merchants.

Even if there were martial artists among these people, they would not be very high in rank. At least, powerful people would not be willing to escort goods for others.

These two major groups were clearly separated. The former was fast, and the latter was slow.

From time to time, there were also a few martial artists sparring and exchanging blows outside the city, making constant explosions, which was very lively. There were often onlookers temporarily stopping to cheer.

Li Cheng Yi took out the silver transfer order from his arms. He simply followed the local customs, leaped up, and his whole body was wrapped in white light true Qi. In the blink of an eye, he rushed towards the prefecture city.

The black city wall, more than ten meters high, was passed in the blink of an eye with his light leap.

Inside the city was a gray-black residential roof, like countless tiles floating on the sea, giving people a sense of anxiety from trypophobia.

Among the residences, huge fortresses rose from the ground from time to time.

The shapes of these fortresses were different. Some were cylindrical, some were mushroom-shaped, and there were also traditional giant flying eaves pavilions and pointed towers.

But all of these fortresses had one common characteristic, that was, the surface seemed to be melted, and the outlines of the patterns were somewhat blurred, all black.

From time to time, figures flew in and out of the fortresses.

Li Cheng Yi's figure fell, and he lightly landed in the gap between the residences below.

Those gaps were the streets of this prefecture city.

On the streets, the passersby here were obviously different from those in Cangshi County.

More people were dressed in gorgeous and neat clothes, and many were followed by servants and guards.

At a glance, there were many strong martial artists on the street.

There were also many beautiful women strolling along the street. Most of them were dressed in cool clothes. Some daring ones even walked naturally on the side of the street wearing only a tube top and super short leather pants.

Looking at their expressions and the accustomed looks of the surrounding passersby, it was obvious that this kind of dress was very common here.

There were also people dressed like Li Cheng Yi, who was tightly wrapped in black clothes and wearing a white robe, but there were very few such people, and they looked like outsiders who were looking around.

As he walked along the road, there were small metal signs at every street corner, guiding visitors.

Following such signs, Li Cheng Yi easily passed through the complex spiderweb-like blocks and came to a huge fortress at the innermost part.

This fortress was different from the others. It was built on top of a giant rock carved into a black dead tree.

The fortress was tens of meters above the ground. From a distance, it looked like it grew out of the top of a dead giant tree.

The style was a traditional flying eaves painted wall pointed pavilion, but the rectangular walls on all sides were like four huge black guillotines.

The roof was also covered with a strange flesh and blood composed of black and red spheres like countless eyeballs.

He didn't know what it was.

From a distance, Li Cheng Yi felt an indescribable sense of eeriness coming towards him.

'This should be it.' He looked up at the entrance and exit gate of the fortress.

It was a black stone staircase on the trunk of the black giant tree, winding upwards, leading directly to the entrance at the top.

At the entrance of the staircase, a stone tablet was deeply buried in the ground, exposing its head.

Written on it: Qu Ling Prefecture Office.

There were no guards, and it seemed that no guards were needed. Looking at the people passing by, you would know.

Including martial artists, everyone who approached here would involuntarily avoid their eyes and quickly bypass it.

Li Cheng Yi had been standing beside a grocery store, looking at the stone tablet for a while, but he had not found anyone entering or leaving here at all.

He looked around and found that this street was particularly deserted.

On the side where he was standing, looking at more than twenty shops at a glance, only four were open, and most of them were small grocery stores and restaurants.

There were not many customers entering or leaving.

He frowned, randomly found a restaurant, and looked at the billboard at the door.

'Xu's Red Shrimp Noodles'

At the door, he glanced at the red shrimp noodles that the two customers inside were eating.

A large gray pottery bowl contained dark hot soup and white noodles, mixed with chopped green onions, lard, garlic leaves, minced meat, vegetables, and two fist-sized blood-red shrimps.

It was steaming hot, fragrant, and smelled delicious.

Li Cheng Yi looked at the small bearded boss who was busy washing vegetables in the innermost part of the shop and walked closer.

Pa.

He put two large coins on the table, looking at the price.

"Come on, a bowl of extra-large wide noodles."

"Okay, wait a moment, sir." The boss smiled and wiped the sweat from his shoulder with a gray towel, quickly grabbed the dried noodles, and prepared to put them in the pot.

"Boss, why don't I see anyone entering or leaving the prefecture office opposite? This is my first time in Qu Ling, and I feel that the yamen here seems to be a little different from other places?" Li Cheng Yi took advantage of the situation and sat down at a table near the stove.

"I can tell from your accent, sir, that you are not from the prefecture city. As you can see, the prices are very expensive here, and there are not many people who can stay. There are wealthy people everywhere." The boss looked to be in his forties. The rhythm and rhyme he inadvertently revealed when stirring the noodles actually allowed Li Cheng Yi to vaguely see a trace of true Qi flowing in his arm.

This guy is a martial artist?

"As for the opposite prefecture office, you are not a local, so you really don't know. Our Qu Ling Prefecture, as one of the nine prefectures of the Shao Yin Kingdom, also has its own unique characteristics. This Yin Tree Heavenly Gathering Pavilion is the biggest special feature of the entire prefecture city. It's good that you didn't rashly walk in directly. You knew to ask about the situation first, otherwise, if you entered directly, you would definitely suffer," the boss said with a smile.

"Oh? What do you mean by that?" Li Cheng Yi asked in surprise.

"Hey, don't look at the Yin Tree Heavenly Gathering Pavilion as just a fortress building, but in reality, it is alive," the boss said, lowering his voice. "The Prefecture Lord of the Prefecture City, Yin Yue Zhenren, used various secret methods to transform it into a huge war weapon. As long as you enter the entire Prefecture City, under the gaze of the Yin Tree Heavenly Gathering Pavilion, if you make any trouble or changes, you will be seen by those yin eyes, and then... if you are watched by all the yin eyes at the same time, something extremely terrifying will happen..."

He mysteriously explained.