Chapter 180 19 Steady Development

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.

Jidao stared straight at the street. Several staff members in green clothes actually used infusion bags to inject the old Sophora japonica tree.

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. The design 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, complex secret passages inside the towers and the city, and a moat built between the inner and outer city walls, etc.

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

But construction drawings are just that—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 the ancient city of Hongwu to see what was going on.

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 advantage 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 a 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 is monopolized by the three members of the Kadester family.

For various reasons, Kadester has not yet appeared. No one knows that he is alive except his daughter.

Gas Aileen has been out of contact for a long time and no one can contact her. The only source of clues is Kadester's daughter.

Before the expedition team set off, they asked Kadester's daughter for information. If the top explorers in the West want to find the body, they can only ask his daughter for information.

This is the only public channel.

Zheng Yun decided to keep it.

It can play a monitoring role. Once someone asks for clues, Kadester's daughter will tell Kadester the news, and the West Factory will know it at the first time.

The daughter is still close to her father.

She can be a little undercover.

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

It is better to dredge than to block.

Leaving a loophole is easier to operate.

At this point, the only hidden danger of the Jixian Cave is Jia Si Ai Lin, and Kadester has also found the key clues and obtained Jia Si Ai Lin's whereabouts.

W-07 East China Sea.

Suspected of exploring the sunken ship in the East China Sea.

As long as Jia Si Ai Lin himself is found and a way to control him is found, the Jixian Cave and the Red Mist Ancient City 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.

"Yes." Zheng Yun nodded.

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

After investigation, the museum was in W-07, built on the ruins of a Dusi.

But the location of the door was too awkward. After going out, it was in a display cabinet, and it was difficult to enter and exit freely. If you were not careful, you would be arrested as a cultural relic thief.

"The museum is far away from the big city and is under the management of the East. Maybe you can talk to the Cultural Relics Bureau?"

Ji Dao suggested.

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

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

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

Zheng Yun shook his head.

Regarding the small immortal gate in the secret realm, in addition to the one located in W-07, there seems to be one in W-06.

The five immortal gates in the West should be distributed in W-01, W-02, W-05, W-06, and W-07 in turn, because 03 and 04 are confirmed to have no main Dusi.

At present, what they need most is the basement in W-02 Fuen City, and the second is any one of five, six, and seven. On the contrary, W-01 is not very important and can be left open.

The Pregnant Demon Tower is in W-05.

The Hades Pavilion is in W-06.

The Sacrifice Cave is in W-08.

Now there is also a problem with W-07.

Opening any of the three immortal gates at the back can quickly lead 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 can go to the vicinity of the Hades Pavilion from the secret realm, it will be much easier for him to turn anyone into a ghost 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 immortal gate of W-06. Opening the immortal gate there can connect to the secret realm.

This matter should be put on the agenda. When you go back to the Hades Pavilion, you can look for it by the way, which can greatly increase the range of activities.

Talk about this matter with Ji Dao.

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

This is an important asset of the Immortal Supervision Department. After the immortal gate of the Sacrifice Cave was coveted by others, Ji Dao felt a sense of crisis and was afraid that other immortal gates would also be discovered by others.

Zheng Yun was also worried.

But things have to be done one by one.

Besides, it is useless to have only one-way immortal gate. If the secret realm is closed, outsiders cannot find the immortal gate and come over.

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

The Heavenly Palace was also very busy during this period.

Ji Dao took the Taoist priests to look for alchemy materials outside the Heavenly Palace every day. They picked up almost everything they saw, and brought back a large number of strange things, which made people dazzled.

There were big leaves taller than people, strange black vines, brightly colored and even glowing minerals, fragrant sand and corpses of various monsters, all kinds of strange things.

The women in the Pregnant Demon Tower also came to help. They dried the things that needed to be dried and dealt with the corpses that needed to be dealt with.

They were really cruel.

They skinned the monsters alive without blinking, and their faces and hands were covered with blood, but the smile on their faces was pure and innocent.

That scene left a deep impression on Zheng Yun.

Even though they watched TV dramas intensively and understood the etiquette and rules of modern society, their habits that they had maintained for many years did not change, and they still dissected corpses with laughter.

Zheng Yun asked Li Huawan, and Li Huawan said that these were their only strengths. If they gave them up, they would become useless people and didn't know what else they could do.

It was completely understandable.

Now they do some chores in the Heavenly Palace, store food, cook, wash clothes, etc., 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 Shanhai Gangmu.

The products in Tiangong are extremely special. Most of the things 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 to the ground after just one whiff.

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.

"Will Master Xian come back to practice swordsmanship 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 on matters 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 there to investigate immediately and let Xi 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.

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 Department 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 too busy 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 not willing 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.

This is also a Taoist saying.

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 the Taoist priests, big and small, wear Taoist robes and 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.