Endless route

Chapter 180 19. Steady development

In late September, Jinhuai Road, Fuen City.

The leaves of the old locust tree fall from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. Every day, a few yellowed old leaves float down leisurely and fall in front of the shops along the street. At the same time, new green leaves quietly grow.

People will become acclimated to unfamiliar environments.

For these old locust trees, the climate in Fuen City is even more weird, completely different from the memory imprinted deep in their genes. Ever since they were moved to this place, their leaves have never fallen off. I feel uncomfortable everywhere.

The entrance of Jianghe Pawn Shop.

Ji Dao stared straight at the street. Several staff members in green clothes actually used infusion bags to inject Laoshuai Shu.

He's been out for a while.

But there are still many scenes that I have never seen before. For example, in the scene before me, the old locust tree actually needs an infusion?

What kind of evil magic is this?

It’s just a tree, what liquid should be injected?

"Jidao, are you sure this is the map of Hongwu Ancient City?" Zheng Yun's voice sounded from the side. On the counter in front of him was a set of old and broken yellowing drawings.

"It must be the case. Since Zhang Ergou found the record of Hongying Dusi last time, I took a different approach and started from the construction chronicle of Haiwei Ancient City. I found this very weird ancient city design drawing. After comparing it with many parties, I confirmed that it is correct."

Ji Dao looked back and nodded.

"So what's the conclusion?"

Zheng Yun took the open mirror and rubbed the corners of his eyes. This set of design drawings was too complicated and there were no clues.

"The earliest construction date of this ancient city was 1578. The construction plan has been changed several times, especially the thickness of the city wall, which was gradually widened from ten meters to more than 30 meters, and an outer city wall was nested outside the inner city wall."

Ji Dao scratched his head and said a few words.

But this doesn't mean anything. The expansion and thickening of city walls are routine operations. In many cases, they have nothing to do with foreign enemies, but depend on the number of people living in the city.

However, there are several problems.

There are many special details in this set of drawings, which are completely different from ordinary cities. For example, there are many strangely located holes inside the city walls, which may be reserved for some kind of means.

There are also underground waterways, complicated secret passages inside the towers and the city, and a moat built between the inner and outer city walls.

They should all be designed to match a certain method. Maybe a certain link is reserved for Hanxian.

But construction drawings are just drawings.

Nothing else is recorded.

"Master Immortal, this Hongying Dusi is very strange. In the population change table, it goes from 30,000 to 690,000 in one year, and then gradually decreases. This year should be the key to the problem."

Ji Dao took out another local county chronicle.

The name of this county is Hewu County, which belongs to Hongying Dusi. It is the only historical record they are waiting to find.

Except for this Hewu County Chronicle, Hongying Dusi is as if it does not exist and has no trace in history.

The weird smell could no longer be concealed.

Hongying Dusi must have a huge secret.

"It's okay, forget it if you can't find it."

Zheng Yun put down the map in his hand and looked for information to understand the situation in advance. If he couldn't find it, it didn't matter. They could always go to Hongwu Ancient City to see what was going on in person.

But this cannot be rushed.

There are important matters to be dealt with before then.

"Master Xian, is there any news from old Kate?" Jidao nodded and immediately asked the most critical question.

The old Kate in his mouth was Kedester. It was too difficult for him to pronounce English, so he chose such a name.

"He said that his wife, Jias Eileen, went to the East China Sea of ​​W-07, possibly with the purpose of exploring the sunken ship on the seabed."

Zheng Yun briefly explained the situation.

Cadest and the 'West Factory' were very busy during this period. They first went to the W-08 Christmas Islands and collected a large number of accidents and videos that were concealed by the locals.

After obtaining this information, the fake Demona in the West Factory took advantage of her ability as a travel writer, wrote the article herself, and compiled these accidents into a document.

Everyone in Xichang is a ‘friend of the victim’ or a ‘witness of the accident’, and everyone has an opinion.

Then they posted the article online and used their online influence to achieve some success on social media.

Olivia, a member of the West Factory, comes from a wealthy family that specializes in social media. Although she is young and has difficulty using her family's capabilities, she is very familiar with media hype.

No need to be too loud.

As long as travelers and explorers heading to W-08 can see these accidents when searching for travel information in advance, it is enough to know that the risks are not proportional to the rewards.

Zheng Yun also read those articles, and the scale was very good. They drew several levels of restricted areas in the extreme cold mountains, which did not have much impact on the tourism industry of the Christmas Islands, and the Fairy Cave was only implicitly included in them.

This operation is enough to dissuade ordinary tourists.

As for the top explorers, they need to start from the direction of Garth Irene and the British Museum. They need to lead the team by Kedster himself to find Garth Irene first.

There is a little trouble here. All the members of the scientific expedition team who explored the Fairy Cave last time were killed. The families of these people have to spend money to recover the bodies, and they may also find someone to go to the Fairy Cave.

But this problem is easy to solve.

The more top explorers are, the more prepared they are in advance and will try their best to find information before setting off.

The information is in your hands.

And it is a complete monopoly.

Mastering all the secrets of the Immortal Sacrifice Cave and the detailed information on how to enter it, only Jianxian Si in the world has it.

And the clues are scattered.

It was monopolized by the Cadest family of three.

For various reasons, Kedester has not yet been seen, and no one except her daughter knows he is alive.

Jiasi Irene has been out of contact for a long time and no one can contact her. The only source of clues is Cadest's daughter.

Before the scientific expedition team set off, they asked for information from Kedester's daughter. If the top explorers in the West wanted to find the bodies, they could only ask his daughter to get the information.

This is the only public channel.

Zheng Yun decided to keep it.

It can play a surveillance role. Once someone asks for clues, Kedester's daughter will tell Kedester the news, and the West Factory will know it as soon as possible.

The daughter is still close to her father.

She can totally be a little undercover.

In this way, Zheng Yun can monitor all Western explorers trying to go to the Fairy Cave, provide false clues, and get enough time to stop them.

It is better to block than to open up.

It would be easier to operate if you leave a hole.

When things have developed to this point, the only hidden danger in the Fairy Cave is Jiasi Irene, and Kedester also found the key clues and obtained the whereabouts of Jiasi Irene.

W-07 East China Sea.

Suspected to explore shipwrecks in the East China Sea.

As long as Jiasi Irene himself is found and a way is found to control him, the Immortal Sacrifice Cave and the Ancient City of Red Mist will be safe.

"W-07, Master Xian, isn't that the section where the Dusi Museum is located that we found last time?"

Ji Dao suddenly mentioned something.

"Yes." Zheng Yun nodded.

They had previously opened all five fairy doors on the left side of the secret realm. One door led to the basement of Forn City, and the other door led to the interior of a museum.

After subsequent investigation, it was found that the museum was located at W-07, built on the ruins of a capital city.

But the position of the door is too awkward. After exiting, it is inside a display cabinet, making it difficult to enter and exit freely. If you are not careful, you will be arrested as a cultural relic thief.

"That museum is far away from a big city and is managed by the East. Maybe we can talk to the Cultural Relics Bureau about it?"

Noriichi suggested.

If they can open this door, they can go to W-07 at any time, which will expand the scope of the Immortal Prison to a certain extent.

In Ji Dao's mind, Xianmen and Dusi ruins are the heritage of Haiwei, and he really wants to come back.

"It's not easy to communicate, but we can do some research later. Maybe there are other secret passages and exits underground."

Zheng Yun shook his head.

Regarding the small fairy gates in the secret area, in addition to the one located in W-07, there seems to be another one in W-06.

The five fairy gates in the Western Region should be distributed in order W-01, W-02, W-05, W-06, and W-07, because it is certain that 03 and 04 do not have major capitals.

What they need most at the moment is W-02 in the basement of Fuen City, and any one of the 5, 6, and 7 ones. On the contrary, W-01 is not very important and can be left alone.

The Pregnant Demon Tower is in W-05.

Hades Pavilion is in W-06.

The Fairy Cave is at W-08.

Now W-07 is also having problems.

Any of the three fairy gates at the back can be opened to quickly travel to these dangerous places of gods and ghosts, especially W-06, where the Hades Pavilion is located, which is more critical than the other two.

Because Zheng Yun often goes there.

If he could go from the secret realm to the vicinity of Hades Pavilion, it would be much easier for him to convert whoever he wanted to become a Yin soldier in the future.

Instead of thinking about how to escape from the museum, it is better to go to W-06 and find a way to find the fairy door in W-06. Open the fairy door over there to connect to the secret realm.

This matter needs to be put on the agenda. When we go back to Hades Pavilion, we can look for it by the way. It can greatly increase the scope of activities.

Discuss this matter with Ji Dao.

Ji Dao immediately nodded in support. He even wanted to go now and open all the small fairy gates to him.

This was an important asset of the Supervisory Immortal Division. After the Immortal Sect in the Immortal Sacrifice Cave was coveted, Jidao felt a sense of crisis and was deeply afraid that other Immortal Sects would also be discovered by others.

Zheng Yun was equally worried.

But things have to be done one by one.

In addition, just having a one-way fairy door is useless. If there is no door open in the secret realm, outsiders will not be able to get through if they find the fairy door.

"How is your elixir refining going?" Zheng Yun carefully put away the ancient books and maps on the table.

The Heavenly Palace was also extremely busy during this period.

Ji Dao took Taoist priests, big and small, to look for alchemy materials outside the Tiangong territory every day. They picked up almost everything they saw, and brought back a large number of strange and weird things, which made people confused.

There are big leaves that are taller than a person, weird black vines, brightly colored ores that even glow, fragrant sand and corpses of all kinds of monsters, there are all kinds of weird things.

The women from the Pregnant Demon Tower also came over to help. They dried the corpses that needed to be dried and disposed of the corpses that needed to be disposed of.

They are really cruel.

He skinned monsters and beasts alive without blinking an eye, his face and hands were covered in blood, but the smile on his face was pure and innocent.

That scene impressed Zheng Yun deeply.

Even though they have watched the TV series intensively and have understood the etiquette and rules of modern society, the habits they have maintained for many years have not changed, and they still laugh and dissect corpses.

Zheng Yun asked Li Huawan, and Li Huawan said that these are their only strengths. If they abandon them, they will become useless and don't know what else they can do.

Totally understandable.

Now in the Tiangong, they just do some sundries, store food, cook, wash clothes, and occasionally help feed the cranes. They are very diligent but have no choice.

So Zheng Yun simply let them choose. They could learn everything in Tiangong and learn something else in their free time.

"The furnace will be opened tonight. It is expected that five medicinal powders and two elixirs can be made." Jidao sighed. Once the furnace is opened, he will definitely not be able to leave in a short time.

Taoist priests, big and small, can only fight.

The main thing is that Ji Dao takes control.

"Then let's turn on the stove."

Zheng Yun nodded with expectation and satisfaction.

Alchemy in Tiangong is not simple.

It also comes from the Shanhai Gangmu.

The products in Tiangong are extremely special, and most of them are poisonous. There are enough elixirs to cure diseases and save people that can be refined, but there are many elixirs that can make people fly up when they smell them.

After these few furnaces of elixirs are refined, both the ghost generals and them can be replenished, and they will be more confident when encountering problems in the future.

"Master Xian, will you come to practice sword practice this afternoon?"

Jidao nodded and took the ancient books, preparing to go back to Tiangong to deal with the alchemy matters, and asked casually at the same time.

"Lian, let Zhang Ergou come out and ask him to buy another batch of rice noodles and some seafood and meat."

Zheng Yun also followed Ji Dao and stood up and walked to the back.

Kedester made his own decision regarding the matter at the West Factory. Although the whereabouts of Jiasi Irene was rather strange and might be related to the ruins left by Haiwei, Zheng Yun did not intend to go over to investigate immediately and asked Xi to do so first. Let everyone in the factory take a look.

If he encounters an unsolvable problem, Kedester will ask for help, and it's not too late to go there at that time.

Time is really tight.

What the Supervisory Immortal Division lacks most is time.

He has to take care of development and deal with various things at the same time. As Jianxiansi gradually comes into contact with more and more things, he can't do everything by himself and go there every time.

He is alone.

There is no clone technique either.

Therefore, subordinates are particularly important.

Whether it is the Demon Suppression Division and Tiangong under the command of Ji Dao, or the West Factory led by Licia Cadest, they must have the ability to stand alone, otherwise they will be overwhelmed sooner or later.

While thinking.

The two walked towards the depths of the pawn shop, passed through the black jade pillow and returned to the secret realm, and then quickly returned through the Immortal Gate of Tiangong.

Walk down the stone corridor.

You can see in the open space, Taoist priests and women from the Pregnant Demon Tower, all holding swords or guns and practicing.

Li Huawan was no exception. She held a long sword in her hand and swung it around on the spot, practicing it very well.

This is a trend started by Zheng Yun. Big leaders are practicing sword practice from scratch, and their subordinates have to keep up.

Learn whatever you can.

Teach whatever Tiangong has.

Jidao was unwilling to teach before. He looked down on the origins and talents of these Taoist priests, and always felt that they were sinners and unworthy of the inheritance passed down from the Tiangong ancestors.

It was Zheng Yun who persuaded him for a long time.

It is also a Taoist saying that there is no distinction between education and distinction.

Moreover, the more powerful their subordinates are, the more free time they will have, and they must teach what they need to teach. Anyway, Tiangong has a lot of inventory, not only swords, guns, swords and halberds, but also firearms.

Tiangong really has a shooting range now.

A large number of bullets were also purchased for them to practice with.

Zheng Yun means it. In order to quickly improve the strength of his subordinates, he has resorted to any means. Even if the Taoist priests are wearing Taoist robes, they still have to learn to aim with a gun.

Even Yin soldiers have to learn.

Even if the Yin soldier has no brains, he can always learn how to put a pistol to the enemy's head at close range and pull the trigger.