Not long after, Chen Shaoang, who had left, suddenly turned back and whispered something in Zhao Sheng's ear.
Bang!
Zhao Sheng closed the book, his eyes flashing with surprise as he asked, "Are you saying Zhou Quan is from the Zhou family of Hongyangzhou? Have you confirmed that?"
"Uncle Master, I've asked him repeatedly. I don't think he would dare to lie about something like this!"
"Yeah, okay! I got it, you can go down!"
After Chen Shaoang turned and left, a smile appeared on Zhao Sheng's face.
There are two major dynasties in Tianhuang Territory, Dayong and Dazhen. Among them, Dayong Dynasty has eighty-eight continents, and Hongyang Continent where the Zhou family is located is one of the nine upper continents.
And this Zhou family!
This is exactly the target that Zhao Sheng wants to destroy!
…
The Mining Gang, one of the two major gangs in Xuantie City, was founded thirteen years ago.
That year, the black iron ore deposits under the Black Iron City had just been mined out, and the sects withdrew, leaving behind thousands of miners.
Seeing that countless miners had lost their livelihoods, a casual cultivator who had established his foundation came to Xuantie City at this time. He took action to gather the miners, occupied the mine tunnels, and formed a mining gang.
After the mining gang was established, its influence expanded rapidly and in a very short time it occupied most of the mining tunnels in Xuantie City.
In a mining city, mine tunnels mean wealth, and the mining gangs' actions of occupying the mine tunnels are undoubtedly stealing food from the mouth of the Dalongtang.
Therefore, the Dalongtang and the mining gangs fought countless times for the mine tunnels. Both sides won and lost, but it was always difficult to determine the winner.
As the saying goes, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain! The two major gangs in Xuantie City soon became mortal enemies.
On this day, the sky was filled with dark clouds, and endless sandstorms whistled across the Black Iron City. Sand and gravel rained down in the city, and the air was filled with dryness. The wind and sand were so strong that it blinded the eyes.
Xuantie City was extremely deserted, with almost no one walking on the streets. Most people stayed in the mine rooms to avoid the bad weather.
However, in front of the Jiazi Mine Tunnel in the south city, there were many burly men wandering around the mine tunnel in the wind and sand.
These people wore conical hats on their heads, and their eyes under the hats were extremely alert, always paying attention to the movements around them.
At this time, next to the mine entrance, a big man in gray clothes folded his arms with a gloomy face.
This person was surrounded by a layer of light shield, isolating the wind and sand from the sky.
I've been here for a long time, but no one has come!
Just when the big man in gray was getting a little impatient, a light cough suddenly came from behind him.
Cough cough!
The gray-clothed man was horrified and turned around suddenly. He saw a tall old man with gray hair appearing at the inside of the mine entrance. His figure was mostly hidden by the dim mine tunnel.
"Excuse me, are you from Fengyu Hall?" The gray-clothed man asked cautiously, shocked.
Zhao Sheng nodded slightly, "Not bad!"
The gray-clothed man's eyes flickered a few times, and he was shocked again.
He couldn't sense any breath, as if the person opposite him was an illusion.
But the old man was clearly standing there alive.
As the deputy leader of the mining gang, he has already reached the state of great perfection in Qi training.
The person coming is stronger than him, so he must be in the foundation-building stage!
The gray-robed man put aside his previous dissatisfaction and said respectfully, "Senior, please follow me! My gang leader has already vacated the seat and is waiting for you."
"Thank you!"
"Don't dare, please!"
The big man in gray led the way and brought Zhao Sheng to a depth of two hundred feet underground.
At this time, Zhao Sheng suddenly realized that the bottom of Xuantie City had been almost completely hollowed out, forming a large empty nest with dense tunnels inside. Although there was insufficient light, the tunnels formed a network horizontally and vertically, leading to all directions.
A quarter of an hour later, the two arrived at a large mine.
This mine is like an underground cave, and its space is about half the size of the Shanlong Cave.
A two-meter-wide mine tunnel spirals downward along the wall of the cave, and inside the mine tunnel are caves carved out for people to live in.
At the bottom of the mine, there are stone houses of varying heights, some exquisite and some rugged like the ancients.
Soon, the two men passed through more than a dozen houses and stopped in front of a large white stone house.
At this time, a thin, dark-skinned old man stood in front of the stone house, looking at Zhao Sheng and the other man with a smile. Behind him stood a row of strong men whose arms were strong enough to ride a horse.
"Boss, a distinguished guest is here!" The big man in gray took a few steps ahead, walked up to the old man and bowed.
Sensing the undisguised foundation-building aura of the old man, Zhao Sheng smiled slightly and released his own aura.
The old man's eyes lit up, he raised his hands and said loudly: "Ma Dacai from the mining gang, welcome to our door!"
"I'm Zhao Zhiqin from Fengyu Hall, nice to meet Gang Leader Ma." Zhao Sheng didn't use his real name, but his name from his previous life.
"please!"
Ma Dacai moved aside and made a gesture of invitation.
Zhao Sheng nodded slightly and walked forward.
Soon, the two of them walked into the stone house hand in hand, one on the left and one on the right.
…
Half a day later, it was already late at night in Xuanwu City, and Zhao Sheng reappeared in Fengyu Hall.
As soon as he came back, Zhao Sheng immediately called Chen Shaoang and Feng Bupo to defeat the four men.
"Master, is the deal settled?"
"Um,"
Zhao Sheng sat on the dragon-tiger chair and rubbed his forehead.
He had just been scheming with an old fox for a long time, which consumed a lot of his energy.
Chen Shaoang and the other three looked delighted upon seeing this.
If the two major forces join forces, the chances of swallowing up Dalongtang will increase by another 20%.
"Shaoang, have you explored Yi Hai Dao? What's going on in Dalong Hall?"
"Thanks to the talisman given by my uncle, we've roughly figured out the trap in the so-called treasure pit. The Dalong Hall has secretly placed many fire bombs there. They want to blow up Yi Hai Road and bury us alive."
After hearing this, Zhao Sheng was secretly amazed. He had used this method of Dalongtang once in Flame Ridge, and it worked quite well!
He never thought that one day someone would use a similar method to harm him.
"Haha, just add fuel to the fire!"
Zhao Sheng smiled secretly, then took out a handful of talismans from his storage bag and handed them to Chen Shaoang.
"Shaoang, this is a mother-child chain talisman. Bury it in Yi Hai Road, and then do this and that."
As Zhao Sheng explained his ideas one by one, the eyes of Chen Shaoang and the other three became brighter and brighter, and finally their faces showed excitement and awe.
Time flies, and half a month has passed in the blink of an eye.
Zhou Quan has been living a miserable life these past few days, receiving repeated death threats from Dalongtang.
The originally set seven-day deadline has long passed, but Fengyutang has clearly seen through everything, but has remained silent.
Just when Zhou Quan thought Fengyutang was afraid of the power of Dalongtang and was going to abandon him, someone finally said, "It's time to start!"
After hearing the news, Zhou Quan almost cried with joy.
Soon, he sent the message to Dalongtang as instructed.
That afternoon, Zhou Quan "quietly" took a group of people from Fengyutang and left Xuantie City, sneaking towards the Yihaidao Mine a hundred miles away.
Among this group of people were "Zhao Sheng", "Chen Shaoang", Feng Bupo and others.
Since you are baiting, you must make it real, otherwise you won't be able to catch big fish.
Seeing that Fengyutang had taken the bait, Dalongtang also quickly took action and at the same time sent a message to the troops ambushing in Yihai Road.
However, they did not know that the real Zhao Sheng appeared in a secret room in the west city of Xuanwu City at this time.
Looking at the murderous Ma Dacai, Zhao Sheng smiled slightly and said, "Boss Ma, Dalongtang has taken the bait!"
"Hehe! This is a brilliant move, using the tiger out of the mountain to defeat the enemy! Wang Dalong has no one around him. Let's just go and kill him!"
"Boss Ma and this guy are old rivals. How about you lead the charge? I'll give him a hard time in the dark."
Ma Dacai chuckled, "Friend Zhao, you're not plotting against me too, are you?"
"No! If you don't trust Zhao, I will swear a vow to my inner demon!"
Zhao Sheng was also not vague, and immediately made a vow to his inner demons after he finished speaking.
After seeing this scene, Ma Dacai felt relieved and immediately shouted, "Alright! I'll take this lead."
After a while, the room was empty, but a strong murderous aura still lingered in the air.
On this day, Xuantian City had a rare good day. The sandstorm dissipated and the sky was blue.
As evening approaches, the setting sun looks like blood!
Suddenly, a loud bang was heard from the barren Gobi Desert a hundred miles away from Xuantie City, followed by a large amount of smoke, dust, sand and rocks rising up, covering half of the sky in an instant.
At the same time, several short shouts of killing suddenly rang out from the west city of Xuantie City.
Not long after, a gray light suddenly jumped out from the west city and quickly fled towards the horizon.
Immediately afterwards, two streaks of light, one red and one black, quickly flew out of the city and chased in the direction of the gray light.
The three streams of light flew faster and faster, and disappeared into the sky in the blink of an eye.
When the last ray of sunlight fell and night fell on Xuantie City, two streams of light, one red and one black, suddenly flew towards here from the horizon.
When they flew over Xuantie City, the two streams of light collided and separated, falling into the East City and South City respectively.
The next day, when the sun rose again, the residents of Xuantie City suddenly discovered that the situation in Xuantie City had changed!
The once tyrannical Dalong Hall disappeared overnight, and was replaced by the declining Fengyu Hall.
It only took one day for the residents of Xuantie City to recognize Fengyu Hall's status.
In just a few days, all traces of the Dalong Hall were wiped out from the minds of the residents of Xuanwu City, as if it had never existed.
But there is one thing that most people find very strange.
They originally thought that after the fall of the Dalong Hall, the Mining Gang and the Fengyu Hall would fight for the control of Xuantie City.
But what is surprising is that not only did the two gangs not fight, but their relationship became increasingly close.
This happened because Martha was afraid!
Because on the day when Wang Dalong was surrounded and killed, Zhao Sheng not only severely injured Wang Dalong with one move, but also exposed his sixth level of foundation building cultivation.
Ma Dacai's cultivation level was only the fourth level of foundation building. He believed that he was no match for Zhao Sheng, and was naturally afraid that Zhao Sheng would suddenly kill him.
Therefore, afterwards, the mining gang took the initiative to give up most of their profits as a token of goodwill.
Zhao Sheng had no intention of killing Ma Dacai.
Because he won't stay in Xuantie City for long.
After he left, Fengyu Hall lacked a foundation-building master, so Ma Dacai happened to take care of Fengyu Hall for him.
…
Three hundred miles south of Xuantie City, there is an oasis with an area of about thirty miles. There is a lake in the center of the oasis. Looking down from the sky, the lake looks like a full moon, so it is named Moon Spring, and the oasis is also named after it.
On this day, a cloud boat flew over the Moon Spring Oasis.
Zhao Sheng looked down and saw that large tracts of farmland had been opened up around Moon Lake, with canals radiating outward along the farmland. However, the outermost part of the oasis was covered with green thorns and wild thorn trees that were unique to the Tianhuang Territory.
The green barrier created by these green thorns and wild thorns blocks the invasion of wind and sand.
In addition to farmland, there are more than a dozen exquisite stone palaces and wooden buildings scattered around the Moon Spring. These buildings are all shining with spiritual light, and it is obvious that they are all protected by defensive formations.
After a while, the cloud boat landed in front of a stone temple at Moon Spring.
Zhao Sheng put away the cloud boat and took Zhou Quan into the stone hall.
This stone temple is one of the entrances to Quanxia City.
The environment in Tianhuang Territory is harsh and oases are rare.
In order not to damage the ecological environment of the oasis too much, Quanxia City, like most oasis cities, was also developed under the Moon Spring.
After paying the city entrance tax, the two walked underground along a huge stone passage.
After passing through a long passage and going nearly three hundred feet deep underground, Zhao Sheng's eyes lit up and a magnificent underground city suddenly appeared in front of him.
Zhao Sheng looked around and found that the lighting in Quanxia City was very unique.
Because it is underground, lighting is very important.
At this time, he saw two light sources.
One is a ball of light suspended in a high dome. It is bright white in color and can illuminate an area of several miles. Due to the different distances and heights, it forms patches of light in the city, reflecting the bizarre light below.
Another light source is the fluorite inlaid on the top of the cave wall. It is dotted with stars and looks like a starry sky from a distance, but the light is soft and moderate, and feels comfortable.
However, the light source issue soon stopped attracting Zhao Sheng's attention.
He turned to look at Zhou Quan and asked, "Where do you live?"
Hearing Zhao Sheng's question, Zhou Quan was stunned for a moment, and then he said with a "uh-huh" sound, and hurriedly said with a smile, "Senior, my residence is in Heichi Lane. I'll take you there right away."
On the way here, Zhou Quan had already told Zhao Sheng about the general structure of Quanxia City.
Like big cities in the world, the boundaries between the strong and the weak, the rich and the poor in the city under the stars are very clear.
Just like the place where Zhao Sheng is standing now, the northwest corner of Quanxia City. It is a messy place with all kinds of people. From here to the city, the most prosperous and famous are the two immortal pavilions, Changsheng Pavilion and Jile Pavilion.
Changshengfang is where the immortal cultivators live.
Right next to the "Changshengfang" is the Jilefang, a commercial and entertainment area built by the lobby of various major forces in the Tianhuang Territory.
In all the major underground cities in the Tianhuang Territory, there are also "Eternal Life Square" and "Pleasure Square".
"Black Tooth Alley? Let's go!"
After saying that, Zhao Sheng walked towards the city first.
Zhou Qiu was stunned like a fool, watching Zhao Sheng go away, stammering twice, but ultimately said nothing.
Zhou Quan sighed inwardly and hurried to catch up.
In his opinion, Heichi Lane is where mortals live, and the immortal master Zhao Sheng should go to Changshengfang.
In a blink of an eye, Zhao Sheng settled down in Quanxia City and lived in the house rented by Zhou Quan without any scruples.
Zhou Quan couldn't understand this, but didn't dare to ask.
But the next day, Zhou Quan forgot about his doubts.
Thanks to Zhao Sheng's presence, his living standard rose sharply. Not only did he have enough food and drink, but he also made a lot of money from intelligence fees.
That's right! He is now gathering information about the Zhou family for Zhao Sheng.
The Zhou family has many businesses in Quanxia City.
Zhou Quan's father was born in the Zhou family. He was a cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining. He was sent to Quanxia City decades ago to protect the local industry.
When Zhou Quan was a teenager, his father died of old age.
After that, Zhou Quan had no place to go and had to survive on his own.