Chapter 317 City-Wide Ban

"Stand still."

The green light suddenly changed, and Chu Ming felt as if he was in a green passage, sliding at high speed into the distance.

Half an hour later, the green light moved slower and slower, and some noisy sounds came from outside the green light ball.

"Drink, drink another cup!"

"Hahaha...fill it up for me."

Chu Ming's mind moved.

"Are we there?"

After a few seconds, the green light gradually dissipated, and he and Lu Hu appeared in an empty alley.

"Lord Ryan, we have arrived at Steen Town. What should we do next?"

Lu Hu looked at Chu Ming and blinked.

"Come with me."

Chu Ming took off the silver-white clan emblem and held it in his hand.

Suddenly, a mysterious guidance appeared in his heart, and he walked out of the alley and walked in the direction indicated by the clan emblem.

Ten minutes later, the two walked through the streets with few pedestrians and came to the gate of a manor.

Looking inside the manor, it was extremely dark everywhere, with only the villa in the middle lit with orange lights. It looked like a normal manor for the rich.

On the surface, this manor was built by a businessman from the City of Sauron after returning to his hometown, but in fact it was a secret base of the Brick family, a base used to monitor the movements of the royal family.

The establishment of this base was not a temporary idea. It has been here for decades and has been completely integrated into the town.

"Sure enough, the family is not without ideas about the royal family."

Judging from the establishment of this secret base, the family has also made a lot of preparations in secret.

Thoughts flashed through Chu Ming's mind, and he gently knocked on the door of the manor.

Not long after, an old butler hurried out under the guidance of a servant.

The old man wiped the sweat from his forehead and respectfully asked Chu Ming outside the door: "Excuse me, sir, what can I do for you."

Chu Ming smiled slightly and showed the silver-white family emblem on his hand without leaving a trace.

"I am a guest of your master Nelson, and I accept his invitation to be a guest."

The old butler caught a glimpse of the bright family emblem in Chu Ming's hand, and his heart was slightly shocked.

"Sir, please come in, the master has been waiting for a long time."

As the old man's voice fell, the servant hurriedly opened the door and bowed to invite him in.

"Thank you."

Chu Ming and Lu Hu followed the old butler into the mansion.

After the door was closed, the old butler turned around and said respectfully: "You should be Lord Ryan, Lord Jerome and others have been waiting for you inside for a long time."

"Please take me there."

"You are welcome, my lord. This is my duty."

The old butler took Chu Ming and the others into a corridor. They went down the stairs and came to a wooden door in the basement.

"My lord, I can't go any further."

The old butler bowed respectfully and left the door of the basement.

After the old man left completely, Chu Ming opened the wooden door of the basement, revealing the familiar silver-white metal wall.

He pressed the silver-white clan emblem against the wall, and the magic pattern rippled. The metal wall made a rumbling sound, and the road was opened, revealing the bright silver-white corridor inside.

When the two knights guarding the door saw Chu Ming coming in, they hurriedly saluted and said, "Lord Ryan, the clan elders are waiting for you inside, please come in."

Chu Ming nodded, and walked deep into the corridor with Green Lake, and soon came to a hall.

He looked inside, the crystal chandelier emitted a soft light, and the entire hall was paved with dark brown wood boards with a glossy finish. It was extremely empty inside with only a conference table and dozens of seats.

Next to the conference table, Jerome and several familiar figures of the clan elders entered his sight. They were pointing and discussing the plan at the map of the structure of the royal city on the table.

"Hey, Ryan."

Jerome broke free from his thoughts and greeted Chu Ming who had arrived.

Alireza, the most prestigious elder in the tribe, saw Chu Ming and the others arrive and smiled amiably, "Ryan, and this wizard lady, welcome."

Lv Hu did not show any surprise on her face when she heard this, as she knew that the wizard identity was a disguise given to her by Chu Ming.

She bowed slightly and said, "Hello, old man."

Chu Ming responded to everyone's greetings one by one, came to the conference table, took a look at the map on it, and went straight to the point, asking, "What is the current situation in the royal city?"

Jerome explained, "The royal city has been completely surrounded by strange gray fog, and gray fog monsters are born from time to time in the gray fog, which seriously threatens the safety of citizens."

"The royal family not only blocked the city gates for safety reasons, but also prohibited residents from moving on the streets."

"The people we planted in the royal city have no chance to move freely, and it is difficult to find out the situation in the city."

"And it seems that because the magic circle in the royal city has been opened, they have temporarily lost contact with us."

"The only thing we can be sure of at present is that there has been no conflict between the royal family and the evil god's followers, and Pedro's identity does not seem to have been exposed."

Chu Ming nodded thoughtfully, and suddenly suggested: "In that case, let Lu Hu and I go into the royal city to investigate the situation again."

Albert coughed and said: "The magic circle of the royal city has been opened, and the court wizard is supervising the entire city in the magic circle tower. It's not easy for you to sneak in."

"Don't worry, it's a small matter."

Lu Teng's proud voice suddenly sounded in Lu Hu's body.

When the people present heard this strange voice, they suddenly quieted down. They looked at Lu Hu, and their faces quickly returned to normal, as if they didn't take what happened just now to heart.

After all, he is a wizard, and it's normal to be a little weird.

Chu Ming glanced at Lu Hu, who looked embarrassed, and changed the subject: "Anyway, the matter of exploring intelligence is left to us. Give me the list of spies planted by the family in the royal city, and I will go to find them myself."

More than ten minutes later, at Chu Ming's request, Jerome took him into a quiet room.

After Jerome left, Lu Teng apologized quietly: "Sister, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said anything."

Lu Hu shook his head and said, "It's okay."

Chu Ming smiled and said, "They will only think you are strange wizards, don't worry about exposing your identity."

Lu Teng still blamed herself a little and said, "I'm sorry for making my sister a strange person."

Lu Hu chuckled, "Sister is a strange person, and so is Lu Teng, who is one with me."

Chu Ming smiled and shook his head, focusing on the list in his hand, which not only contained the names and portraits of the spies planted by the family in the royal city... but also their contact gathering points, with very detailed information.

"Lu Hu, Lu Teng, there is no time to lose, let's set off quickly."

Lu Hu came back to his senses and nodded, "Well, please Lu Teng."

"Hehe, look at me."

Lu Teng took over the control of her body, she put her hands together, and green light poured out from the gaps between her fingers.

Then she spread her hands, and a green bird jumped out from inside.

Lu Teng said excitedly: "Ryan, come on, come on, we're off."

Chu Ming nodded and stroked Qing Que's forehead with his fingers.

Suddenly his perspective shook violently and kept shrinking.

He seemed to have shrunk countless times and fell on Qing Que's back.

Lu Hu and Lu Teng had been waiting in the feather bush for a long time. They flew to Chu Ming's shoulders and sat steadily.

Lu Hu asked: "Lord Ryan, which way are we going?"

Chu Ming's perspective circled the entire quiet room, his eyes swept over their huge bodies, and fell on the door.

"Let's leave Steen Town first, it's hard to tell the direction in the basement."

"Okay."

Lu Hu waved his hand, and Qing Que was wrapped in green light, and disappeared in the quiet room the next second.

A green ball of light suddenly appeared above Steen Town, and Qing Que struggled to fly out, looking down at the town with dim lights below.

After Chu Ming identified the direction, he controlled the blue bird to transform into a stream of blue light and escape to the royal city.

A few minutes later, they returned to the grove where they had stayed when they first explored the royal city.

"Lu Teng, the blue bird is too conspicuous, change its form."

"No problem."

Lu Teng snapped his fingers, and the blue bird was gradually wrapped in black scales and completely blended into the night.

Chu Ming showed some surprise on his face, "Your magic level seems to have improved."

He still remembered that when they first sneaked into the royal city, Lu Teng didn't seem to be so easy to change the form of the summoned creature, and he complained about it.

Green Vine snorted, "Of course, I'm the smartest Green Vine fairy in the world, it's a piece of cake."

Green Lake chuckled and said, "After the last infiltration, Green Vine has been not good at magic, and she feels guilty for being discovered. She has been practicing magic very hard these days."

"Sister, it's not true."

Green Vine's face turned red, and she grabbed Green Lake with her claws and teeth, tickling her.

"Hahaha... Green Vine... Don't do that."

The two of them laughed and played in the air.

Chu Ming smiled and controlled the black bird to quickly approach the royal city.

It only took a few minutes for them to arrive in front of the royal city wall, but when Chu Ming wanted to get close to the wall, a strong sense of peeping would descend on his heart, prompting him to stop.

"This royal city's magic array is really difficult to deal with."

Chu Ming frowned and controlled the black bird to land on the grass.

He looked back at Lu Teng, who was a little out of breath after the fight, and asked: "Lu Teng, do you have any way to avoid the detection of the magic circle?"

Lu Teng flew back to Chu Ming's shoulder, she nodded and pointed to the ground.

"My sister and I have tried it. The soil can weaken the perception of the magic circle. About fifteen meters underground, the soil can completely isolate the detection of the magic circle."

"Hehe, we guessed that you would want to enter the royal city, so we dug a passage nearby."

"Passage?"

"Watch me."

Green Vine snapped her fingers, and the black bird shrank quickly, turning into a seven-star ladybug and flying towards a nearby stone.

Under Chu Ming's gaze, the seven-star ladybug dove under the stone.

The imagined collision did not come, and they entered a dark passage, and continued to descend.

Green Vine seemed to be very familiar with the passage, and she flew easily in it with just a little light.

"Is this the passage you are talking about?"

Chu Ming looked around. The entire underground passage was three centimeters in diameter, with lumps of soil and even ants crawling inside. It was more than enough for the seven-star ladybug to pass through it.

Green Lake smiled and said, "This was dug by Green Vine with a summoned creature for a day, and I didn't help at all."

"No, sister helped me a lot."

Green Vine controlled the seven-star ladybug to fly in the winding passage, and wrinkled her nose and refuted.

Chu Ming didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Anyway, I really helped a lot. Lu Hu, Lu Teng, thank you."

Lu Hu said seriously, "We must not let the bad guys succeed."

Lu Teng nodded, "Knock down the gray fog monster and all the bad guys."

A minute later, Chu Ming's eyes suddenly lit up, and the seven-spotted ladybug flew out from the gap between the stone bricks and lay on the street lamp.

He observed the surrounding environment - under the street lamp, the gray fog was diffused, and the orange-yellow light emitted a halo in the haze, illuminating both sides of the street.

As for the front of the street, one street lamp after another spread to the distance. In places where the street lamps could not shine, the gray fog surged, and no light could be seen in the houses and shops. The whole city was like a dead city.

Chu Ming compared the map of the royal city in his mind and determined that their location was on the main road of the royal city.

Compared with the city gate, the perception of the magic circle here seemed to be much weaker, indicating that the court mage who controlled the magic circle was not paying attention here.

Chu Ming breathed a sigh of relief. If every location in the city was monitored, it would be several times more difficult for him to obtain intelligence than it is now. He might expose his identity as soon as he entered the royal city.

"The first contact gathering point is in the underground black market of Gordon Market, one of the four major markets in the royal city. Let's go and take a look."

He controlled the seven-star ladybug to hide in the darkness and flew to the market close to the wall of the tall building.

After flying for a while, Green Lake suddenly reminded: "Lord Ryan, someone is coming."

Chu Ming's mind moved, and he controlled the seven-star ladybug to fly into the gap in the wall and lay motionless.

"Dong Dong Dong..."

The patrol knights held torches and walked in the alleys in an orderly manner.

On the wall that they didn't notice, a seven-star ladybug lay motionless like a stain on the wall.

After the knights left, the seven-star ladybug opened its elytra and flapped its wings to continue flying towards Gordon Market.

"It's so scary. So many people suddenly appeared in the alley in the middle of the night."

Lu Teng patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

Chu Ming smiled and said, "Shouldn't the knights be the ones to be afraid of?"

"After all, there are three invisible people hiding in the alley..."

"I'm not..."

Before Lu Teng finished speaking, a strange sound suddenly sounded in the distance.

"Roar..."

The beast-like roar reached Chu Ming's ears. He looked at Lu Hu and Lu Teng, and without hesitation, he quickly flew in the direction of the sound.

In the Gordon Market, the dim lights on the street shone, and a gray fog knight ran and roared on the street. In front of it, several citizens fled in panic, and they saw that they would soon be caught up by the gray fog knight.

Chu Ming saw this scene as soon as he arrived at the market. He frowned, and when he was hesitating whether to take action, a strong sense of peeping rose from his heart again.

"Has the court mage noticed this?"

He hurriedly controlled the ladybug to hide in the darkness and observed the situation on the street.

"Roar!"

The Gray Mist Knight seemed to notice the inexplicable peeping, and it roared provocatively.

But how long did it wait for its arrogance? A stream of light flew from the center of the royal city, cutting through the darkness and gray fog, and accurately landed on its head.

The Gray Mist Knight disappeared without even a scream.

Moreover, the power of this spell seemed to be calculated. After destroying the Gray Mist Knight, it was directly annihilated, and even the dust on the street was not disturbed.

"Such a long-range spell, and the control is so precise."

Chu Ming's face was solemn, "This spell must have been released by the legendary court mage."

"Will it be noticed if it makes a noise... It seems that I have to be more careful."

The farce ended, and Chu Ming slowly retracted his gaze.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure hidden in the darkness. The figure seemed to be startled by the farce and came out to investigate the situation. After the incident was over, he was ready to leave.

"This person... seems to be on the list Uncle Jerome gave me."

Chu Ming's expression moved, and he controlled the seven-star ladybug to follow.