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Half a month later, Xuanwu Empire, Xuanwu City.

Xuanwu City is the imperial capital of the Xuanwu Empire, one of the ten great empires in Middle-earth. There are many powerful clans and Gu Kings in the city. It is extremely rich and is one of the few super cities with cross-domain teleportation arrays.

Long Xuan put down the map, looked at the tall city wall in front of him, and frowned slightly.

He discovered that the flag in the city was no longer the flag of the Xuanwu Empire, but had been replaced with the flag of the Great Jin Empire at some point in time.

The national flag of the Great Jin Empire was simply a golden word written on it, fluttering in the wind.

Looking at the wall full of scars from war, it seemed as if the war had just ended not long ago, and Long Xuan understood what was going on.

It seemed that he had wasted too much time in refining the Samsara Pill, which led to unexpected events, so that during this period the imperial city of the Xuanwu Empire unfortunately fell.

Long Xuan was shocked that the powerful Xuanwu Imperial City was unable to resist the attack of the puppet army.

I don’t know whether the Xuanwu royal family has been destroyed or has abandoned the city and fled.

During the period of seclusion, he was cut off from any news and had no idea what was happening outside.

The changes that occurred in Xuanwu City were far beyond his expectations.

Long Xuan took a deep breath and walked towards the city gate.

Although Xuanwu City has been occupied by the Great Jin Empire, he is still prepared to teleport to the Central Region through Xuanwu City's cross-domain teleportation array.

There are too few cross-domain teleportation arrays. If he chooses to give up this time, he may have to wait for several months to find the second cross-domain teleportation array.

If a similar incident happens again at that time, it will be delayed.

Time has been wasted for a long time, and he doesn't want to waste any more time. Realizing that there is no aura of a peak Gu King in the city, he prepares to take the risk and break into the city.

With his current combat power, he can basically ignore any Gu King except the one at the peak level who can pose a threat to him.

With strong power as his backing, the King Gou became unusually bold.

As soon as he entered the city, Long Xuan felt the tense atmosphere in the city. Pedestrians in the city were hurriedly rushing to various shops, almost clearing out all the supplies in the major shops. The city seemed to be about to have a storm, as if something big was about to happen.

Hearing the conversations of passers-by on the road, Long Xuan finally understood what had happened and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

It was his bad luck that after the fall of Xuanwu Imperial City, the royal family's reputation was damaged. The emperor was furious and fled with the royal family members. He immediately gathered a large number of people in the surrounding cities, preparing to retake Xuanwu Imperial City.

The Xuanwu royal family's army will arrive tomorrow, and then a fierce siege will inevitably take place here. I wonder how many people will die in this battle.

A war is about to break out here, and it is still unknown whether the teleportation array in the city can be used. How can he not secretly sigh at his bad luck?

Long Xuan had a bitter face and didn't dare to delay. He ran towards the teleportation array as fast as he could, praying in his heart that it was not too late.

Soon he ran to the center of the city and came to the location of the teleportation hall. Only then did he find that the door of the teleportation hall was already crowded with people.

The crowd was pushing and shoving each other, shouting and cursing, but everyone was blocked outside the door and no one could get in for a long time.

It is obvious that a war is about to break out here. Many people do not want to be dragged into the war, so they want to leave this troubled place through the teleportation array.

Since this group of people were all blocked outside the door and kept shouting and cursing, it was obvious that the teleportation array here had been disabled. Long Xuan's face looked extremely ugly, and he sighed inwardly that what he feared would come true.

This scene seemed familiar. In order to fight against the Black Dragon Pirates, Leng Qianqiu, the owner of the Great Solitary Island, trapped all outsiders in the city on the pretext that the teleportation array was broken.

It was because Leng Qianqiu dragged all the outsiders in the city into the war that he was able to defeat the Black Dragon Pirates by chance.

Although this plan is disadvantageous, it is practical.

The Great Jin Empire might also try this, preparing to drag all the foreign Gu cultivators in the city into this war to increase their chances of winning.

Long Xuan rolled his eyes and fell into deep thought. Just as he was daydreaming, an old man walked out of the teleportation hall and made a gesture to stop life.

"Everyone, be quiet. My name is Guo Tianren, and I am the guardian of the Teleportation Hall."

"I'm really sorry, the army of the Xuanwu Empire will arrive tomorrow."

“To prevent a large number of reinforcements from coming to Xuanwu City through the teleportation array and increase the difficulty of attacking the city.

"The Xuanwu royal family sent the Gu King to sneak into the city and destroy all the teleportation arrays in the city. It will be impossible to repair them within three months."

Hearing this, Long Xuan's mouth couldn't help but twitch, and at this moment he really had an urge to vomit blood.

Sure enough, exactly the same plot.

At that time, Leng Qianqiu destroyed all the ships to prevent anyone from leaving the island. This time, the Jin Empire will definitely make up a reason to seal the city gates and trap everyone inside.

All foreign Gu cultivators in the city will become cannon fodder in this battle.

As soon as Guo Tianren said this, the crowd unexpectedly became chaotic and shouted and cursed.

"Are you kidding me? Xuanwu City is a super city with dozens of teleportation arrays. How can all these teleportation arrays be destroyed without leaving a single one? Are you treating us like fools?"

"That's right. If you say it's broken, then it's broken. Why don't I believe it? Do you dare to let us in to check it out?"

"Haha! All the teleportation arrays are broken. What a coincidence! Do you think we will believe that this war is a matter between your two countries? Please don't involve me and let me go."

The crowd was getting more and more chaotic. Seeing that they were getting angry and about to start a riot, Guo Tianren raised his lips, as if he had already expected this scene, and said:
"You all don't believe it, right? Someone wants to check the teleportation array, right? Then I'll let you in to check it out."

"Now this gate is free, everyone can enter and exit at will."

After he finished speaking, he stepped aside and looked at everyone with a smile.

The crowd was stunned for a moment. Guo Tianren agreed to let people go in to check the teleportation array, which was beyond everyone's expectations. But after only a moment of stunned silence, the crowd rushed into the door frantically.

How could they put aside their doubts if they didn't see it with their own eyes?

Relying on his strong physical strength, Long Xuan easily squeezed into the teleportation hall.

What comes into view are teleportation arrays of all sizes, some of which are small teleportation arrays that can only teleport across countries, and some of which are medium-sized teleportation arrays that can only teleport across neighboring areas.

The largest one is the large teleportation array, of which there is only one, standing in the center of the hall, and leading directly to the distant Central Region.

The legendary cross-border teleportation array that can cross borders is not here.

Long Xuan made a rough estimate of the number of teleportation arrays here and found that there were as many as fifty of them.

He secretly clicked his tongue, and couldn't help but sigh at the wealth of the Xuanwu Empire. Teleportation arrays were expensive to build, and few powerful tribes could afford to build one. It was already rare to have one teleportation array in a city, but there were as many as fifty of them here, worthy of being the imperial city of a super empire.

However, these five priceless teleportation arrays were all violently destroyed without exception, including the most expensive cross-domain teleportation array.

The corner of Long Xuan's mouth twitched again, and he sighed secretly, the people of the Great Jin Empire were so cruel that they actually turned the fake into reality and destroyed all the teleportation arrays.

At that time, Leng Qianqiu was only pretending to destroy the teleportation array, but the Great Jin Empire was actually destroyed at this time.

There are fifty teleportation arrays, the cost is staggering, but they were destroyed just like that. It's crazy. The decision makers in Xuanwu City are considered to be courageous.

Maybe this thing is not his, and he doesn't intend to cherish it.

Although there was no evidence, Long Xuan had already concluded that these teleportation arrays were destroyed by the Great Jin Empire itself.

Long Xuan frowned and scanned all the teleportation arrays one by one. Finally, he focused his gaze on the largest teleportation array, and the corners of his mouth slowly curled up.

There are not many formation masters who understand teleportation arrays, and he is one of the few formation masters who is proficient in teleportation array patterns.

His eyesight was enough to tell that the cross-domain teleportation array seemed to have suffered a large amount of damage and was difficult to repair, but in fact it was only slightly damaged and would not take much time to repair.

It seems that the value of the cross-domain teleportation array is such that even the Great Jin Empire is reluctant to destroy it easily. It seems that we have overestimated their courage.

After investigating the situation of the teleportation array, Long Xuan did not act rashly. He pretended to be disappointed and sighed with the crowd.

"Did you see that? All the teleportation arrays are really destroyed. I didn't lie to you."

"We also want to quickly repair these teleportation arrays, but there are no array masters in the city who are good at repairing teleportation arrays."

"Are there any formation masters among you? Those who are formation masters please raise your hands. As long as anyone can help us repair the teleportation array here, the Great Jin Empire will give you a generous gift."

Guo Tianren smiled as he scanned the faces of the crowd. Long Xuan snorted in his heart, thinking that anyone who dared to raise his hand at this time would probably not have the chance to see the sun tomorrow.

After a while, seeing that no one in the crowd raised their hands, Guo Tianren nodded and said to the crowd: "You have also seen the formations. All the teleportation formations are indeed destroyed. It is useless for you to worry."

"The war is imminent. To prevent sneak attacks from the strong men of the Xuanwu Empire and to prevent spies from leaving the city to pass on information, the city defense war will be launched all day from today, and no one is allowed to enter or leave."

"Please forgive me."

After Guo Tianren finished speaking, he no longer paid attention to the crowd who had already started cursing, and left with a group of Gu cultivators from the Great Jin Empire.

Long Xuan seemed to be thinking about something. He sent out a clone to stare the man to death, then he slowly left with the crowd.

……

Half an hour later, in a deserted street, Guo Tianren suddenly turned around and said sternly, "Don't follow me. I saw you. Come out."

Long Xuan, who was hiding in the dark, was stunned, but he was confident in his ability to hide. He suspected that Guo Tianren was deceiving him, so he did not jump out in time.

Soon, an old man suddenly walked out from the dark corner, looked at Guo Tianren with a smile and said, "You have a good eye. You can actually see through my perfect hiding skills."

"Since you have discovered my whereabouts, I will speak frankly."

"I'm Liu De, a famous array master. You should have heard of my name. There's something fishy about that damaged large teleportation array. You can hide it from others, but you can never hide it from me."

Liu De stared into Guo Tianren's eyes and said confidently.

Hearing this, Guo Tianren showed no sign of panic as his plan was discovered. He clapped his hands and laughed:
"Amazing! I knew this trick would never be hidden from everyone in the city, but the city lord insisted on leaving a way out and didn't want to really destroy the last teleportation array."

"It doesn't surprise me that someone could figure out the trick of that teleportation array."

"Since you didn't point it out in public, but chose to come to me alone, I guess you want to make a secret deal with me!" Guo Tianren asked him with a smile.

Liu De laughed and said, "Haha! There are 28 Gu Kings from the Great Jin Empire in Xuanwu City. They have enough force to force us to be cannon fodder. So what if I point it out in public?"

"If I point it out, you'll let me go? If we become enemies, the situation will be even worse. The first bird to stick its head out will be shot. If I do that, I will never end up well."

"How about I give you 1 billion spirit stones and let me go secretly?" Liu De looked at him with a smile and asked straight to the point.

"The life of a powerful formation master is worth 1 billion? I know that you, a group of fourth-grade formation masters, are all very wealthy."

"I want 2 billion spirit stones. Only with 2 billion spirit stones will I risk letting you go secretly. I will not bargain." Guo Tianren said loudly, with a slight greed in his eyes.

Liu De gritted his teeth, remained silent for a long time, and finally said: "Okay! Then I will give you 2 billion!"

"I will secretly come to the teleportation hall to find you tonight when there are few people around. This period of time is enough for you to repair the teleportation array. I will hand over the 2 billion spirit stones on the spot when the time comes."

Guo Tianren nodded and said with a smile, "Okay! We have a deal. I'll wait for you in the teleportation hall tonight."

"Remember, you must never tell anyone about this, and you must never take anyone away with you." Guo Tianren stared into his eyes and tapped.

Seeing Guo Tianren agree, Liu De breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "I know the rules. The more people know about this, the greater the variables will be, which is not good for me."

"Now that we are open and honest, I wonder if you could clear up my confusion for me."

"Why do you want to destroy all the teleportation arrays here? These teleportation arrays can continuously send reinforcements to you. They are the key to your defense of this city. What benefit will it bring to you if you destroy all the teleportation arrays?"

Guo Tianren shook his head and said with a wry smile, "How can we get reinforcements? The Great Jin Empire is fighting against so many countries at the same time, and has opened up countless battlefields. We are short of manpower, and it is difficult to squeeze out reinforcements."

"It's good enough that they don't ask us for reinforcements."

"The teleportation array can only bring in a small amount of reinforcements at best, which is not enough for the upcoming war. It is even possible that a powerful person from the empire could sneak in through the teleportation array."

"Instead of doing this, it is better to destroy all the teleportation arrays and burn our boats. When the defenders know there is no way out, they will definitely fight to the death to defend the city, and their combat power will at least double."

"Of course, there is another reason for destroying the teleportation array. You understand this reason even if I don't tell you, so there is no need for me to waste my words."

Guo Tianren smiled and said no more.

Hearing this, Liu De suddenly realized and praised: "Destroying the teleportation array to boost the morale of the defenders is really a smart move."

"Then I won't say any more. I'll go prepare the spirit stones now. See you in the evening."

Liu De said no more and finally turned and left.

Looking at his departing back, Guo Tianren curled up the corners of his mouth, not knowing what he was thinking. Just as he was about to leave, someone suddenly jumped out from the darkness and scared him.

"I heard everything you just said. Two billion spirit stones, count me in."

After Long Xuan appeared, he went straight to the point and stated his purpose.

At the same time, he released his aura as the Gu King, preventing Guo Tianren from acting rashly.

Looking at the person who suddenly jumped out, Guo Tianren looked solemn.

This person was hiding not far away, and he had not noticed him before. This was enough to show that this person was extremely extraordinary. He had to be wary of this mysterious figure.

"Since you've heard our conversation, I can't disagree."

"It's the same whether you release one or two. One more or one less won't make any difference."

"Then you will be the only one. Prepare 2 billion spirit stones tonight. Remember not to bring anyone with you, and don't tell anyone about this."

After Guo Tianren finished speaking, he was too lazy to continue the conversation and turned away.

……

Night fell, and in the anxious waiting, the night came quickly.

It was already late at night and most people were asleep.

At this time, all the guardians gathered together in the teleportation hall.

The teleportation hall is an important place, so there cannot be only one guardian inside.

The most precious cross-domain teleportation array is not broken, and the broken teleportation array still has a large amount of priceless materials. How can there not be a large number of powerful people stationed here?

"Are you really planning to let them go? The city lord has repeatedly warned us not to let anyone go. This is probably too risky."

"If the city lord finds out, we will be in trouble." Zhang Wenshan asked with a worried look.

He is the second Gu King guardian in the teleportation hall, and is a powerful Gu King in the early stage, just like Guo Tianren.

The two of them restrained and supervised each other, and the rest were all Linghai stage Gu cultivators, about ten or so, but there was not a single Gu cultivator of a lower realm.

"Humph! What? Even a billion spirit stones can't tempt you?"

Guo Tianren curled his lips and said, "Don't worry. If I really want to take the risk to do this, I will find a way to get you out of the way. Why would I let you know about this? It's even more impossible to silence you with 1 billion."

"The city lord is cruel and ruthless. I dare not offend him."

"Besides, even if the teleportation array is not damaged much, I don't know how to repair it. Even if I want to secretly release the person, I can't do it."

"The formation in the teleportation hall is very powerful. If they dare to come, we will activate the formation and kill them on the spot."

"If the city lord asks, we can just say that someone wants to break into the teleportation array. There won't be any risk." Guo Tianren curled his lips into a sinister smile.

Zhang Wenshan was stunned when he heard this. The corners of his mouth twitched. He stared at him with wide eyes and asked, "You never intended to let them go from the beginning to the end?"

"I thought you were going to take a risk for the 2 billion. You really managed to resist the temptation."

Guo Tianren showed a sinister look on his face and sneered, "Humph! Foolish! Kill them and they will all be mine."

"Only children do multiple-choice questions. I want everything from them!"

Guo Tianren clenched his fists, his eyes filled with extreme greed.

(End of this chapter)