Chapter Sixty-One

The sky gradually darkened, dark blue and almost purple, very different.

Lorraine Hill walked onto the deck amidst the sound of the dragon boat's oars turning, overlooking the stretching and majestic mountains ahead.

Like two giant pythons with dark green bodies, they meandered on the ground, with the black high and low peaks on their backs.

The hillside stretches for thousands of meters, and the gullies are clearly outlined, with weathered fine stones on the edges, and only a few plants grow in the cracks, struggling to survive.

The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and the sails and oars at the waist of the dragon boat also made creaking noises. They adjusted the direction of the dragon boat while turning, so as to avoid the towering mountain peaks and sail in from the side of the clouds.

Passing through the thin clouds, the black and green mountains and rivers below became clearer and clearer.

Finally, after crossing the high mountain ridge, a wide and deep canyon appeared below the dragon boat, and there was also a hot scene in this canyon.

The huge cracked abyss is in the canyon, and surrounding the abyss are solid walls and fortresses made of local black stone, with black flags flying above them.

Looking down from the edge of the abyss, there are layers of dense buildings, including palaces and pavilions, as well as market shops, among which there are many figures and various voices.

Close to the upper edge are the residences of various large chambers of commerce, as well as fences for parking birds and animals. Down below are various well-known shops and offices, and further down are palaces and terraces where the rich gather. Continue down to the lively market, where various residents live together.

The huge abyss is like a barrel, and these buildings are built layer by layer along the inside of the barrel.

Standing on the dragon boat and looking down, you can see the general situation of hundreds of floors below, but if you continue to go down, you can't see clearly because of the lake.

In such a huge black and dark canyon, this huge city is like a beehive. Pedestrians riding giant dragons and monsters come and go from time to time. The layers of lights inside, orange and yellow like stars, are noisy and hazy, embellishing the lonely night, making it lively and full of people.

Although Xuanyuanzhou's environment is dangerous, the place where the abyss is located is extremely prosperous, and a large number of people have gathered, making this originally terrifying abyss land soft and noisy.

Towards the location of the abyss, the dragon boat tilted slightly, and then gradually lowered its height. As it got closer to the prosperous giant city in front of it, the scene in the giant city became vivid.

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"See Youcheng~"

With a long shout coming from the front of the dragon boat, the hull trembled slightly, and then quietly landed on the berth on the edge of the abyss.

Soon, a ladder was lowered beside the deck, and the disciples in the dragon boat also walked down the ladder.

When Lorraine Hill and the others got off the dragon boat, there was already a group of people in special clothes waiting in front of them.

"Your Highness, those people are disciples of Jianyou City." A disciple of Fenxiang Guanxing Mansion next to him said to Lorraine Hill.

"Well, I see."

Lorraine Hill nodded, and looked at the disciples of Youcheng wearing black and white uniforms. Most of them practiced the Necromantic Sequence, and a small number of them practiced the Angelic Sequence. They had vertical crowns like swords on their heads, fluttering clothes, and extraordinary temperament.

Seeing Lorraine Hill coming with the crowd, these hundreds of people first bowed and saluted, and then spoke words of welcome.

"Welcome to Your Highness Lorraine—" the voices were unanimous and unified.

Afterwards, the three leading members stepped forward to lead the way for Lorraine Hill and his party.

"Please follow this way." Lead a group of people to the entrance on the side, where there are large stone steps going down, if you look at the handrail on the edge, you can even barely see the bottom of the abyss.

Walking on the way to the stairs, the three of them also started talking.

"I learned that Master Luolan is about to visit Youcheng, and my party is far away from welcoming you. Please forgive me, sir."

"It's okay." Lorraine Hill shook his head, slightly surprised by their respectful attitude.

Afterwards, these people talked some more, seeing that Lorraine Hill was not very interested, so they gradually stopped talking.

The busy streets along the way had long been cleared, and there was a Jianyoucheng disciple standing every ten meters on both sides, until the group of people came to the Tagujianyoucheng station on the first floor.

After walking in, Lorraine Hill asked the disciples of the Observatory of Stars beside him to rest for a while, and then brought a few people into the hall to meet the current head of the city, Tagujian.

Surprisingly, there are now two people in charge of Ta Gu Jian You Cheng. They are a pair of brother and sister, similar in appearance, but different in height and temperament.

"Master Luolan is good, I'm under torture."

"My name is You Xing." The junior sister on the other side said.

Everyone sat down together, and then gradually began to talk, seeing that the side of Youcheng also gradually knew the purpose of the canary maiden's visit.

"It turns out that Lord Loland wants to inspect the situation at the bottom of the abyss. It's okay, but after the vortex disappeared decades ago, many measures and formations have no use for them, so they have stopped."

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"Why are there so many people gathered around the abyss? This question is more complicated. Please listen to me patiently, Your Highness."

It turns out that in the earliest days, this city was similar to Tiger Roaring Nine Barrens Mountain. After Wufeng sealed the chaotic vortex here, he needed a group of people to guard it to prevent damage, so he called in some good disciples and taught him some skills.

"In the first few years, this abyss was also a barren place.

It is so cold that even birds are extremely rare. "

"Then what changed later?" Lorraine Hill asked.

"This has to do with the special environment here."

This place is near the chaotic vortex, which is very dangerous, because there are often dark winds blowing from the bottom of the abyss, corroding the soul and body, but also because of this special dark wind infection, a special ore will be produced on the surrounding rock walls. If this ore is used as a material to refine medicine, it will increase the strength of the soul a little, which is very good for practice.

"At first, I sent my disciples to dig some to fill the consumption and expenditure of the faction, but soon found that there was a shortage of manpower."

After all, it was an extraordinary faction formed because of the sequence of practice. At that time, the number of people was only a few thousand. It was very small in front of this huge abyss a thousand meters deep.

"So I started to recruit some people to do this, and gradually let the outside world know the situation in the abyss, so more people rushed over."

Like a gold rush in another world, more and more people flocked to the sealed vortex of the abyss. In order to provide for these people's lives, various caravans and chambers of commerce also brought a lot of supplies.

However, mortals are mortals after all, and they are very fragile in the face of this corrosive wind. If they stay for a long time, they will suffer from various diseases, and they will become strange shapes, like evil spirits.

"For this reason, my faction had to restrict the entry and exit of personnel, but unfortunately the effect was not good." The pair of brothers and sisters on the opposite side shook their heads, talking about the past events recorded in the faction.

Many people tied thick ropes, climbed on this steep mountain wall, and kept digging, but there were always some people who could not withstand the erosion of the wind, fell into the abyss, or died quietly while digging, and only a skeleton was hung up in the end.

A large number of people died in this abyss, and the chaotic and turbulent magic power mixed with all kinds of resentful and unwilling souls, and many special ghosts were born.

"Those ghosts are like blue and cold fire, wandering in this abyss non-stop, and at the bottom of the abyss, there are thicker and thicker bones. That's why I named it 'Treading the bones to see the city'. I just want to warn the world, don't approach it easily."

"It's just that compared with death, poverty may be a more terrible thing. There are still people coming from all over the place, just to make a fortune here."

Gradually, as time passed, layers of stairs leading to the bottom of the abyss were opened up, and some chambers of commerce or organizations dug huge caves in the steep rock walls in order to stay here permanently, and set up formations to build special mansions to resist the erosion of the evil wind.

As a result, there are more and more buildings in this abyss, and the living population continues to rise.

The people who originally came here for the rare "Ghost Stone" gradually settled down here. At the same time, in order to resist the erosion of the evil wind, the residents in the bottom of the abyss also communicated frequently, and interacted with the local faction "Treading the Bone to See Youcheng".

With the passage of time, most of the disciples of the "Treading the Bone to See Youcheng" faction are descendants of the local permanent residents, and it has become more difficult to expel these people who come here from all directions to mine for money.

In order to live a better life, under the mutual urging and driving of various factors, the ethos in this "Treading the Bone and Seeing You City" is very enlightened, not as traditional and conservative as other door-to-doors. They will tirelessly study new spells and techniques, and do not reject theories brought by other places and outsiders. Such a good academic environment has also attracted many people, and even established a famous academy under the abyss, called "Wangyou Academy".

When the Western Continent was filled with hundreds of countries and was full of wars, many people traveled eastward to the Plantagenet Dynasty, some scattered into the local area, and some were attracted by the reputation of this secluded city and came to live here, so this is also a rare place in the Eastern Continent where Westerners of all ethnic groups gather.

Along the way, Lorraine Hill saw many residents with animal ears and horns. They wore plain or luxurious oriental clothes and spoke without any accent, just like the oriental residents. There were also a few elves with pointed ears. These elves ran a jewelry store and wore light gauze dresses with a very special style.

Although the erosion of the evil wind brought by the chaotic vortex will be dangerous, the concentration of mana in the local area is also extremely high. As long as you can persist in resisting it, you will naturally practice faster than other places, which is why many people move from thousands of miles here. The reason.

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"I see." After hearing this, Lorraine Hill nodded, but continued to ask curiously.

"Then more than 20 years ago, after the world changed, the chaotic vortex here disappeared. Why did it still maintain so many permanent population?"

"Indeed, the world was overturned and changed at that time, and this place was no exception. After the chaos vortex disappeared, the 'Shadow Soul Stone' no longer increased, and many people gradually left, and this place gradually withered for a while."

"But fortunately, things have taken a new turn."

"After the chaos vortex disappeared, the originally inaccessible depths of the ground gradually opened up, and a dark river in the ground was discovered by our faction."

"The water in the dark river is extremely cold, and along the banks of the underground dark river, there are ores with a faint blue luster, and some blood-red exotic flowers grow."

"Therefore, there are many people looking for opportunities here, but with these hundreds of years of experience, my faction has not completely opened this underground river to the outside world, but only sent a few people to explore it first and make sure it is safe.

Only then gradually let people go down. "

"The banks of the dark river are extremely spacious, and the space can even accommodate two Jianyou cities. After more than ten years of research, we found that the banks of the river are very suitable for growing some special herbs."

"So it changed from the previous mining to the current planting?" Lorraine Hill couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, feeling the changes in this world.

"That's true, but I feel a lot of luck. After all, our generation was born in this land of the abyss since childhood. It is very different from the outside world. If we leave here, we will feel a little uncomfortable."

Being able to keep the prosperity of Jianyou City as long as possible, the disciples of this big sect are lucky, and they don't expect anything else. For them, the world outside the abyss is a place with a huge difference in life style and habits, and they don't have much desire for the outside world, especially in today's era of chaos.

When faced with King Dai's solicitation, the disciples in Youcheng were indifferent when they saw him, and they didn't want to follow this King Dai to the four directions.

Although the people who came here in the early days were all looking for money, and their personalities were restless, but the change of living habits and living habits from generation to generation has become more stable. Lorraine Hill saw these disciples who had gone to the secluded city, but they didn't see any eager for quick success.

In other words, this Xuanyuan Continent, except for this giant city, is barren mountains and valleys, which are not suitable for human habitation, and there is no one to spy on it. It is isolated from the world and is self-contained. It is really a special kind of "paradise".

In the past, food still needed to be transported from the outside world, but since the discovery of this special underground environment, some food can also be grown by the dark river, and the dependence on the outside world has become smaller and smaller.

"I see. If there are no accidents in the future, I will not bother you on purpose." Lorraine Hill nodded, making a promise about the future.

Although this sentence may seem plain, it sounds very different to the ears of these disciples of "Treading the bones to see the secluded city".

This seemingly young girl's highness is the future "Phoenix" and the co-lord of the world. Her promise means far more than that. With such a sentence, even if other organizations and forces want to get involved in the resources and interests in Jianyou City, they need to think twice before acting.

So everyone stood up to express their gratitude.

Lorraine Hill sat on a chair in the main hall and waved his hands lightly, so that they don't have to be so polite, and finally asked about another purpose for today.

"Do you know the 'goddess' or 'witch' who was imprisoned at the bottom of the abyss hundreds of years ago?" Although her perception is strong, she can't go deep underground, so it is simple and appropriate to ask directly.