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For the indigenous people of Zixiao City, this winter is more comfortable than any season decades ago.

Since Ren Wanku was killed by the current lord of Zixiao City, the poisonous gas that has been spreading all year round can no longer affect people's daily lives. People can breathe freely in the fresh air without worrying about the poisonous gas entering the body, causing various diseases and deaths. Even in such a dark place of killing in Dark City, Zixiao City, as an alternative, has subverted people's previous definition of Dark City.

Here, there are no more people killing or fighting, and people live in peace and quiet, and there is no need to worry about the daily scene of fighting and killing. Ordinary civilians can farm and weave, and martial artists can find a secluded place to meditate and regulate breathing and practice with peace of mind. The entire Zixiao City presents a quiet and peaceful scene.

Of course, all this is attributed to Zixiao, the emerging gang. In people's hearts, Zixiao Club is like a savior, bringing them a prosperous and healthy life. So, although Zixiao Club eliminates the poisonous sect and even destroys Zixiao City to pieces, people are still happy to see such a sect that promotes justice appear.

For a moment, Zixiaohui and Ou Chuyang's reputation spread far and wide, and even the residents of the nearby towns began to migrate to Zixiao City.

Although the battle a few days ago caused huge losses to Zixiao City, even the population decreased sharply due to the fight between the two powerful people, it didn't take long before Zixiao City once again restored the scene of a surging medium and large city.

At this time, the Poison Sect had already renewed its intention and changed its appearance to Zixiaohui.

In Ou Chuyang's residence in the backyard, Ou Chuyang stood alone in the center of the courtyard, closing his eyes. Around him, there were colorful spiritual crystals everywhere, from level one to five crystals, all kinds of scattered on the ground. The entire courtyard seemed to be paved with colorful gems, which looked very beautiful.

Of course, the spiritual crystals on the ground were not used as paving stones. It was Ou Chuyang who came from Zijing to facilitate learning the formation.

Originally, Zixiao Club did not have so many spiritual crystals, but in the battle before the crystal, the number of people who died in the Poison Sect was too strong. If they were ordinary martial artists, under Ren Wanku's powerful martial arts, they turned into cold corpses. By then, all the spiritual rings on the ground were collected by Zixiao, and nearly a hundred spiritual rings naturally stored a large number of spiritual crystal treasures, especially among Ren Wanku's spiritual rings picked up by Ou Chuyang, there should be hundreds of spiritual crystals above level three. Obviously, this old ghost has collected so many treasures over the years.

"Concentrate and calm your energy and feel the fluctuations of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. You must remember that the formation realm is an independent space created by borrowing the power of the five elements of heaven and earth, and according to the established formation and boundary method, the two are integrated into one. In this space, there must be a force to maintain the formation of space. This force can be transformed from internal energy, or it can be acted as the power of the soul, which is what we call the array eye..."

In his soul, Wang Zhen stated word by word. He was afraid that Ou Chuyang would not understand it, so he deliberately said it a few more times. Until Ou Chuyang remembered everything in his heart, he continued to say it.

"The formation world is ever-changing, and there are no special rules. It depends entirely on how the practitioners understand and what speed they realize. The formation worlds created by each person are different. If you want to cultivate into a formation world that you can create as you wish, you must understand the ultimate truth of heaven and earth, which is what warriors often say."

For a whole few days, Ou Chuyang almost completely integrated into his obsession with the formation world. What I want to say is that Wang Zhen is indeed the god of the formation world. He almost understood the basic knowledge he taught at a glance. Even the complex formation, after Wang Zhen's explanation and Ou Chuyang's own consideration, could be easily understood.

In a few days, Ou Chuyang basically kept the four major formations of "illusion array", "maze array", "killing array" and "hard array" in the formation world firmly in his heart. Next, it depends on Ou Chuyang's own efforts.

After countless times of thinking in my mind, I put on the spiritual crystals to practice on the spot. After countless failures, Ou Chuyang gradually mastered the tricks, and it was much easier to set up the formation again. Among them, Ou Chuyang's favorite is the array technique, which can be easily used without materials and relying on internal energy and soul power. After all, the Phantom Spirit Array technique is the most effective in actual combat.

In addition, Ou Chuyang also had a special liking for the wonderful formation method of the teleportation array. In order to learn this strange formation as soon as possible, Ou Chuyang squatted on the ground and drew the six-pointed star for two days. However, he still couldn't understand the method. For this reason, Wang Zhen also teased Ou Chuyang.

On this day, Ou Chuyang raised a branch and painted it on the ground as usual. In the distance, Xu Jie'er walked slowly over.

Seeing Ou Chuyang squatting on the ground and drawing something intently, Xu Jie'er did not make a sound to disturb her, but walked gently.

When he walked closer, Xu Jie'er was shocked when she looked at the ground.

"Formation?"

A soft shout interrupted Ou Chuyang who was practicing. The latter raised his head and looked at Xu Jie'er in surprise and asked, "Do you know?"

A blurred light flashed in Xu Jie'er's eyes, and she finally nodded.

Now, it was Ou Chuyang's turn to be surprised.

He stood up slowly, Ou Chuyang clapped his hands and said, "Jie'er, I think you know a lot."

The slight joking words were spoken from Ou Chuyang, but they were intimately asking. Ou Chuyang looked directly at Xu Jie'er, his eyes showing expectation.

Of course Xu Jie'er was not stupid. He could see that Ou Chuyang was intentionally asking about his identity, but was embarrassed to speak.

After being together for a few years, the two have long been the best friends. What Ou Chuyang didn't even know was that Xu Jie'er's heart had long been captured by her.

Trying, Xu Jie'er couldn't bear to say, "Ou Chuyang, I know you are very curious about my identity, but please forgive me. I can't say it now. When the opportunity comes, I will naturally tell you. OK?"

Understanding the dilemma in Xu Jie'er's words, Ou Chuyang nodded happily and said, "Haha, nothing, you said it too. I'm just curious. We are friends, and I won't force you to say what you don't want to say."

Hearing this, Xu Jie'er closed her mouth and bit her red lips. At this moment, he wanted to express his identity, and even the feelings that were pressed down on his heart wanted to convey them, but in the end, Xu Jie'er still held back.

What a shrewd person Ou Chuyang is. Of course he could see Xu Jie'er's inner confusion, so he quickly changed the subject and asked, "Come to find me? Is there anything wrong?"

Seeing that Ou Chuyang was distracted from the topic, Xu Jie'er nodded gratefully and said, "Heiyan City sent me an invitation post, please go to Dark City for a gathering."

"Haoming?" Ou Chuyang's calm expression appeared with a solemn expression.

Dark City has been synonymous with killing and chaos since ancient times. No one knows how long it has stood on the mainland. People can only guess its history through the mottled ancient city walls.

The dark city has no overlord in a clear sense. The people who have lived here for a long time have passed down their memory of the dark city from generation to generation. It is that the darkness has always been occupied by all four forces, and people have no idea how many faces the four forces have changed. In short, this dark city has never belonged to anyone.

Standing under the towering dark city, Ou Chuyang felt the shock brought to him by this ancient city with a long history, and sighed.

"This city is very big." Looking at the towering city wall that is more than ten feet high in front of you, Xu Jie'er looked surprised for the first time and sighed: "I have heard from the seniors in the clan that Dark City is one of the best cities on the continent. Unexpectedly, it was so big that it was built by whom. Such a large city can accommodate at least hundreds of thousands of people."

"Yeah." Aside Xu Jie'er, Ou Chuyang stood with his hands behind his back and said solemnly: "Indeed, the hugeness of this dark city has exceeded our imagination. It is really hard to understand that no one is governing such a big city."

"It's not that no one ruled, no one dared to rule here, and no one has the ability to rule here." Xu Jie'er smiled, as if she knew some of the details of the Dark City, and smiled: "I heard from the senior that this Dark City has had this rule since ancient times. No force is allowed to enter the Dark City. If you want to occupy this place, you can have a place here, but if you want to occupy this place and become a hegemon, it is an act of crossing the line."

"Cross the boundary?" Ou Chuyang turned his head and looked at Xu Jie'er in confusion and asked, "How can I cross the boundary without boundary?"

"No boundary?" Xu Jie'er smiled meaningfully, as bright as a chrysanthemum, and said, "Have you ever heard of it? The city of Dark City is also called the City of Freedom. Here, people have absolute freedom. If you want to kill people, you can. If you want to rob, you can. In short, as long as you come here, as long as you have the ability to save your life, no one will care about anything you do. However, there is the only rule here that no one can ignore."

"What rules?" Ou Chuyang asked.

"Don't try to occupy this place. Otherwise, the anger of the four dark kings will be welcomed." Xu Jie'er replied.

Listening, Ou Chuyang shook his head slightly and sneered: "The Four Dark Kings? But they are also powerful men of the Wukuang level. I don't think they have much deterrence."

"That's right." Xu Jie'er raised her eyebrows and said softly: "The four Dark Kings are too weak, not enough to make people feel scared."

Ou Chuyang deeply agreed with Xu Jie'er's words. After all, in such a large brave continent, there are countless strong people. Just the realm of martial arts is not enough to keep an ancient city in a peaceful state for many years. Maybe there is any secret in it.

After looking at Xu Jie'er, Ou Chuyang felt that there was something in the former's words, so he bowed his hand and said, "What else do you know? Let's listen, so that the kid can have a better understanding."

Seeing Ou Chuyang's humble appearance, Xu Jie'er was very satisfied and snapped her fingers. Xu Jie'er pretended to be profound and said, "It's better if you know the truth, I'll tell you."

"Oh?" Ou Chuyang was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but wonder: "I don't even know what the Four Dark Kings?"

"At least you, one of the four kings, know, hehe." Xu Jie'er chuckled.

"Uh" Ou Chuyang smiled bitterly and shook his head. He didn't expect that Xu Jie'er would put his own words here. But he knew that Xu Jie'er was right. When it comes to some secret understanding of the mainland, let alone Xu Jie'er, even people like Fang Tang could not catch up. So Ou Chuyang was just stunned for a moment and did not refute.

Seeing Ou Chuyang's mature look, Xu Jie'er was deeply bored. She pouted and muttered "Elmu Head", and then solemnly said: "I heard from the seniors in the clan that this Dark City will take at least a thousand years. It has been renovated countless times before it has become so majestic little by little. The Dark City has been under the control of four kings in all dynasties, and no one can cross the line. I still remember that one of the Four Kings once had an amazing talent, and it was already a hundred years old.

Cultivating to become a Martial Saint. However, this man was ambitious and unwilling to let the other three kings take charge of Dark City together, so he took action to kill the other three kings, and that man also fell in that battle. No one knew how these four kings died. There had been at least three such incidents, and the endings were all the same, so no one dared to occupy Dark City again after that, and the people here also regarded this as a curse. This curse was the realm of Dark City."

Ou Chuyang listened, his brows became tighter and tighter. He didn't believe that these four times were all burning all four times. It would be a coincidence if that were the case. There must be an unknown secret in it.

Staring at Xu Jie'er, Ou Chuyang smiled and said, "It's not that simple, right?"

"Of course not." Xu Jie'er was not surprised by Ou Chuyang's inquiry. If anyone really believed that this was a curse, then this person would be a fool.

Ou Chuyang is not a fool, on the contrary, he is still very smart.

Xu Jie'er raised her eyebrows, but her face became solemn: "In fact, there were only one of these four times. One of the kings was killed by the other three kings, and the conspiracy was not completed. The other three times were the ones with ambitions who won. However, after these three battles, the victorious king was killed."

"Killed?" Ou Chuyang was shocked when he heard this.

"Yeah." Xu Jie'er nodded heavily, with a cautious color flashing in her eyes: "And they were all just over the war, no more than a day."

"So coincidental?" Ou Chuyang guessed and thought to himself: "If so, there should be an invisible force behind this Dark City that is secretly controlling Dark City, which allows Dark City to maintain long-term multi-party governance."

"I don't need to say anything else. I believe you can think of someone behind Dark City." Xu Jie'er said, looking at Ou Chuyang with frowning.

Nodded subconsciously, Ou Chuyang said, "I thought of this, but..."

Ou Chuyang rolled his eyes, raised his head, and asked tentatively: "I believe that with the power of our Jie'er family, I won't know who is behind that person, right?"

"Oh..." This time, Xu Jie'er did not show her profound European test expression, but instead had a hint of regret on her pretty face and shook her head and said, "I don't know. There are many secrets on the mainland, and I'm not afraid to tell you that even with the power of my family, there are still a few places where I can't find the details, and this dark city is in it."

"Huh?" It was Ou Chuyang's turn to be surprised. He had been friends with Xu Jie'er for a long time. Through the former, Ou Chuyang had already guessed that his family must be the most powerful existence on this continent. If it were included, it would be at least stronger than the eight major families. If even the Xu Jie'er family found the background of the Dark City, it could only explain one problem, that is, the forces behind this Dark City must at least be exactly the same as Xu Jie'er's family.

After thinking about it, Ou Chuyang was about to ask, but at this time, a short figure penetrated into Ou Chuyang's sight.
Chapter completed!