Along the way, he almost fell into the ambush of monsters three times, and being chased by third-level high-grade monsters was even more common.
When he successfully overcame countless difficulties and obstacles and successfully reached the underground city, Zhao Shoushou couldn't help but stop and sigh, with a faint twinkle of tears in his eyes.
Even though I was fully mentally prepared before leaving the dungeon under the lake, the difficulty along the way was still more difficult than I imagined.
Only Patriarch Bei had visited this underground city once when he was in the underground city at the center of the earth, and he was proud to leave a book about it.
Zhao Shoushou was fortunate enough to read through it after joining the Earth Center Dungeon, and he also learned from many experiences along the way. Even though there are obvious differences after many years, some of the principles are universal.
"Only in the above-ground city can monks have dignity and live upright on the earth." Looking at the majestic city wall, Zhao Shoushou couldn't help but feel a surge of pride in his heart.
The walls of the underground city are made of specially refined city wall bricks. Each brick has dense carvings on it, and there are bronze mirrors arranged at equal intervals. In short, this underground city It is impregnable, and no monsters can inhabit it within a radius of thousands of miles.
There is no need to hang monster corpses to demonstrate here. Strong strength is the most powerful deterrent. In the subconscious mind of monsters, this is a forbidden place.
There are four gates in the underground city, two main and two auxiliary. Only monks at the Nascent Soul stage and above are eligible to pass through the main gate. All the remaining monks line up in front of the auxiliary gate, which is the next smaller one.
The guards in front of each city gate are ten identical Golden Core monks, including one late-stage Golden Core monk, four mid-stage Golden Core monks, and five early-stage Golden Core monks.
This team of monks can set up a Taoist formation at any time. Once it is formed, it can fight with the early Yuanying monks across the ranks, which is enough to deal with various emergencies.
In addition, there is a Nascent Soul Stage monk sitting on the four walls of the underground city. When the two are superimposed, its power is far beyond imagination. Zhao Shoushou really cannot imagine what kind of existence it is. Only monsters are qualified to wreak havoc and provocation here?
Four teams of Taoist soldiers and four Nascent Soul stage monks, even if they are faced with the invasion of a fourth-level high-grade monster, they can take the lead to resist one or two and wait for support from the city.
The Golden Core cultivator may be considered a great figure in the outside world, but he is quite insignificant in front of this majestic underground city.
Among the monks who come and go and queue up for inspection to enter the underground city, nine out of ten are Jindan monks. Only a few of them are mid- to late-stage foundation-building monks. They should have lived in the underground city for a long time, and they are mainly high-level monks. Provide some basic services.
As for the golden elixir stage monks, they can basically be divided into two types. First, those who have lived here for a long time naturally have the aura of a noble noble; second, those who have traveled a long distance and gone through a lot of hardships before arriving, in addition to the aura of exhaustion. , the injuries on the body are also one of the powerful proofs.
Compared with the superior former, Zhao Shoushou is naturally more concerned about the latter. Only by personal experience can he understand the hardships involved.
The strength of a monk who can travel tens of thousands or even more than 100,000 miles to reach this place cannot be underestimated, and his future development potential is even greater.
"Where are you from? What business do you have here? How long do you need to stay in the underground city?" A quarter of an hour later, after being illuminated by layers of bronze mirrors, Zhao Shoushou finally appeared in front of the city gate.
As the only underground city, this is the central holy land of monks. Naturally, it is also a place where some high-priced monsters hate it and want to uproot it.
The bronze mirror in front of the city gate was specially placed to deal with some special monsters that had tried to sneak into the underground city in various ways. It was called the "demon mirror" and it did not cause any harm to the monks.
"Zhao Shoushou has met fellow Taoists. He comes from the underground city under the lake under Gravel City, the core city in the northwest region. You can check it on the map. He risked his life not far away for more than 100,000 miles. First of all, he has a deep understanding of the underground city in his heart.
I have been admiring him for a long time, and coming here this time can be regarded as an act of fulfilling my wish; secondly, I want to buy some elixirs to improve my cultivation." He explained his own origins quite clearly.
The reason for this was to prevent the monks guarding the city gate from arousing ill feelings. Although they could not do anything to themselves, they had the right to temporarily detain him. They risked their lives five times to get here. He did not want to waste time in front of the city gate.
"The confirmation letter from Gravel City does contain the existence of the underground city under the lake."
"After checking with the demon mirror, there is no demonic presence."
"The blood and evil spirits mainly come from various monsters."
After a cup of tea, the monks who performed their respective duties reported separately and basically confirmed his identity. Perhaps he had encountered similar experiences and lessons in the past.
These gatekeeper monks not only admired the monks from all walks of life, but also had a certain degree of vigilance. Only after going through many layers of inspections did they hand over a temporary wooden identity card.
"The underground city is jointly owned by all human monks. Since there is no doubt about the identity, you can naturally go to the city. This wooden sign is valid for two months. If you have not left, please come to the city gate garrison to change it." After a simple and solemn instruction,
The leader had just inspected the next monk.
As the core of the entire subcontinent, the underground city covers a vast area and also has air restrictions. Even monks in the Nascent Soul stage can only walk on foot.
In order to facilitate the monks' coming and going, there are naturally some special settings, some oxen and horses that can move forward automatically. The monks only need to enter the destination and place a certain amount of spiritual stones as required.
In addition, some low-level monks controlled the beasts of burden and the horse beasts to travel back and forth in the city, transporting monks to their destinations. In this way, they could earn some meager income to support their cultivation needs.
In some inconspicuous corners or narrow streets, there are still some strong mortals, waiting for the monks to come in the ancient rickshaw style, hoping to earn one or several spiritual stones.
Zhao Shoushou decisively chose a puppet that looked like a big spider, and after paying a high-grade spiritual stone, he headed in the direction of Fangshi.
As the only underground city on the subcontinent, it covers a vast area and has countless monks coming and going. Some inns that specialize in renting out houses or caves for foreign monks also came into being.
Monks can rent caves of different levels according to their own needs. Of course, the supply of spiritual power in each room is different, and the prices naturally vary greatly. These inns are generally arranged in cities, and the underground city specially leads a