Chapter 484 The storm is coming, the Dark Brotherhood and the new magician
Daluo Dynasty, Changwei County, teleportation field!
This teleportation field is extremely special. It is hidden deep underground in a brothel. According to Ares, if he had not known the secrets and the code to pass the level, Li Guanqi would never have been able to enter this secret teleportation field.
Yes, this is not a serious Daluo official teleportation field, but a special teleportation field for a killer organization.
This killer organization is no stranger to Li Guanqi.
Dark Brotherhood—Daluo Xuzhou Branch!
"..."
Li Guanqi had a strange look on his face as he walked through the fragrant brothel. As he moved forward, he dodged the warblers and swallows that rushed toward him, dodged various romantic women in cool clothes, and finally arrived at the door of a room.
When we arrived here, it was already the third underground floor of the brothel. With Li Guanqi deliberately suppressing his hearing and maintaining the hearing of ordinary people, the joyful sounds of the men and women upstairs were no longer clear.
In front of the door of this room, there were two men wearing ordinary brothel guard clothes guarding the door.
"No outsiders are allowed in here, Master."
The guard on the left said calmly.
"If you are looking for a girl, please go back upstairs, Master."
The guard on the right said calmly.
Their attitude seemed a bit bored, as if they were going through a routine process and saying words that they thought were nonsense.
After all, given the complex terrain, only a few people who could accidentally come here by accident would be encountered in a year.
Since we have made it this far, it basically means we are "brothers". This reminder is just a process.
"Praise the Night Mother."
Li Guanqi followed Ares' prompts in his mind and said softly.
"Welcome, brother."
"Squeak——"
The two doormen smiled and then opened the door to the room.
Li Guanqi stepped into the darkness.
"Bang."
When he entered the room, the doorman closed the door.
The next moment, a red light lit up at the front of the room, illuminating this dim place.
It was a pitch-black gate with a blood-red skull relief engraved on the surface. At this time, two blue ghost fires were flashing in the skull's eye sockets.
“What is the most beautiful sound in the world?”
Suddenly, the skeleton's jaw moved slightly and made a hoarse sound.
"This is the true review mechanism of the Dark Brotherhood."
Ares's voice rang in Li Guanqi's mind, "This place is the place where code words are spoken, ha... 'What is the most beautiful sound in the world?' It's such a nostalgic question. Just follow what I told you before.
Come on, Master."
"Um."
Li Guanqi nodded, then said towards the black skull door: "Silence is golden, my brother."
"What is the biggest illusion in life?"
The black skull door made a hoarse sound again.
"Innocent, my brother."
Li Guanqi said softly.
"Buzz——"
The blood-colored skull relief opened its mouth, and the red light flashed, turning into a blood-colored portal in front of Li Guanqi.
If the code word is correct, the answer is correct.
"The most beautiful sound...silence, the greatest illusion...innocence."
Li Guanqi murmured to himself, then stepped into the teleportation array.
After a moment of spinning, he appeared in a cave tunnel.
"Keep going, Master."
Ares said in his mind.
"What's the meaning of these two questions?"
Li Guanqi asked curiously as he walked deeper into the tunnel.
"They are one of the tenets of the Dark Brotherhood."
Ares said calmly.
"Dark Brotherhood..."
Li Guanqi's eyes were complicated, and he raised his hand to touch his heart.
There is no heart there, just flesh and blood that is no different from other parts of the body.
Because his heart was dug out and crushed by Meng Yan, a member of the Dark Brotherhood in southern Xinjiang.
Since then, he has been heartless.
But it was also from that time that his magic organ was completely awakened, and the 'predation' magic began to appear on the stage of his life, providing the most powerful support for his rapid growth.
The relationship between Li Guanqi and this killer organization has been intertwined with fate for a long time.
"Ares, the Dark Brotherhood, what exactly is it?"
Li Guanqi asked in a deep voice in his mind.
"Well...it's better to let Machete talk to you about this question."
Ares hesitated for a moment, then said: "When it comes to the origin of the Dark Brotherhood, Machete knows better than I do."
"Lummo?"
Li Guanqi was stunned.
"My memory is sealed in a turtle shell!"
Lu Mo was a little helpless, "I just unsealed the sixth floor, and I don't remember many memories. Instead of asking me to talk about it, it's better to let Shunkong talk about it. Anyway, this guy likes to talk about history the most."
"Okay, okay!"
Shunkong responded immediately, with a hint of interest in his voice.
Before Li Guanqi could say anything, this guy started to explain: "The earliest Dark Brotherhood was born around the Extraordinary 300 years of the old era, which was the early stage of human civilization's reconstruction of civilization. It was led by a man named Sithis.
Westerners, created in the West.
In the beginning, the Dark Brotherhood was just a killer organization in a small town, simply taking money to do things.
But gradually, this killer organization is no longer a simple executioner.
Because of the joining of an oriental woman.
Her name is Shao Yun, and she comes from the land of Sichuan and Sichuan in China. Later, the forty-four red candle ceremony of the Dark Brotherhood began to flow out from her... forty-four, homophonic to death, hey, homophonic joke.
After Shao Yun joined the Dark Brotherhood, the organization gradually developed a creed.
They began to listen to the voices of the common people, and for those suffering common people, they assassinated officials and politicians who exploited the people.
Shao Yun brought the Eastern chivalrous spirit to the West.
For this reason, Shao Yun's informants, those who provide her with information, are also called listeners.
After all, her informants collect intelligence, listen to the sufferings of the people, and then report it back to the Dark Brotherhood, allowing the assassins to eliminate harm for the people.
Later, Shao Yun, who died in battle, became the so-called "Night Mother". It can be said that he is dead, or it can be said that in a sense, he has achieved another kind of disguised immortality, and is the spiritual leader of the members of the Dark Brotherhood.
one.
But in fact, Shao Yun died after all.
The so-called Night Mother is just an artifact crafted by Sithis after he became a god.
After this artifact comes out, if someone arranges a dark ritual, they can directly attract the projection of the Night Mother, communicate with her directly, and issue an assassination commission.
The Night Mother will then return to the Dark Brotherhood and tell the assassins the commission.
During this period, since the Dark Brotherhood no longer needs informants to collect intelligence, the identity of the 'listeners' has also changed from the group of people who listen to the voices of the people to the group of people who listen to the voice of the Night Mother.
Time passes slowly.
The Dark Brotherhood has done many great things, especially after their founder, Sithis, entered the Dark Palace and became the original nine gods.
Later, the gods bloomed and a hundred flowers bloomed.
The Dark Brotherhood has also assassinated many gods.
Among them, there was a Jiugong-level conjurer named Leidil. The moment he became a god, he was suddenly assassinated by the assassins of the Dark Brotherhood. With one blow, the new god fell and he had just entered the law.
The soul returns to the shrine, waiting for resurrection one day in the future.
Although this is just one of the many great works of the Dark Brotherhood, it is also the only one that has been passed down to the New Age.
The merits and demerits of the Dark Brotherhood are difficult to comment on.
But in the new era, it is very simple. After experiencing another post-apocalyptic civilization reconstruction, the Dark Brotherhood has lost its chivalrous nature of robbing the rich and giving to the poor, killing bad officials and bad guys, and it is a purely profit-making killer organization.
As long as you have money.
Take money to do things, regardless of the purpose.
The new creed of the Dark Brotherhood has gradually taken shape, becoming more suitable for the development of profit-making organizations.
——What is the most beautiful sound in the world?
——Silence is golden, my brother.
——What is the biggest illusion in life?
— is innocent, my brother.
To be a killer, you don’t need a mouth, you just need to know who you are killing, you don’t need to ask why you are killing, and you don’t need to talk nonsense when killing.”
Hearing this, Li Guanqi's expression suddenly became strange.
He remembered a not-so-good memory, which was not only vivid in his mind, but even the sound was still in his ears.
——
"Listen up, my name is Meng Yan, a four-elephant-level alien-blood warrior and a four-star killer of the Dark Brotherhood."
"Someone paid money to buy your life. I followed the Night Mother's instructions and came to complete the contract."
"We have an old saying in our organization, silence is golden, my friend."
"But I don't like silence..."
"Pfft!"
Then, Li Guanqi lowered his head and saw his pierced heart, as well as his heart that was held in the opponent's hand and was even beating slightly.
——
Silence is golden…
Li Guanqi looked complicated.
Meng Yan, the killer from southern Xinjiang, talked a lot of nonsense and wasted a lot of time when killing him. He did not meet the requirements of a qualified killer at all.
Now it seems that Meng Yan has not listened to the creed of the Brotherhood at all.
Of course, Li Guanqi would like to thank him for not listening.
Because if Meng Yan really abides by "Silence is golden", he died that time... Well, although in the weird world at that time, extraordinary beings still had a resurrection mechanism.
"Huh? What else?"
Li Guanqi was lost in memories for more than ten seconds. When he came back to his senses, he realized that Shunkong had not continued, "You explained the meaning of the creed Silence is Golden, but what about the second sentence? Why is it said that the biggest illusion in life is innocence?
"
"Because I don't know either."
There was a hint of hesitation in Shunkong's voice, "I don't quite understand the meaning of this creed, and it's hard to guess."
"No one alive in this world is innocent, they all deserve to die."
Ares suddenly spoke up, "This sentence is not what I said. It was the explanation given by a brotherhood member I met when I followed my last master, the boy from the Yun family, to travel around the world.
Everyone has their own understanding of the creed of the Brotherhood.
In the view of the killer, as long as humans live, they must eat both vegetarian and non-vegetarian food, and they must eat both plants and animals. Plants also have life, so as long as humans live, they must directly or indirectly create killing karma.
Since everyone has the karma of killing, killing others is just a normal natural cycle.
Therefore, members of the Dark Brotherhood never care whether the target is good or bad, innocent or deserved, because they feel... In this world, as long as people are alive, there are no truly innocent and undeserving people.
Do you think the killer’s understanding is right or wrong?”
"Um...that makes sense?"
Shunkong hesitated.
“That’s bullshit!”
Demon Sword said in a deep voice.
"How can you say that..."
Xiaoxue said quietly.
"Ha, that's the fun part about making a creed so mysterious."
Ares smiled and said, "Everyone has their own understanding. At the same time, no one can understand your understanding... So, Master, what do you think of this understanding?"
"Me? I think... hmm?"
Li Guanqi was about to answer, but his eyes suddenly froze.
Because at this time, after walking and talking all the way, he had reached the end of the tunnel.
What came into view was a dim hall with many figures in black robes coming and going.
Among these people, there was a figure that looked out of place.
That is a platinum robe!
Platinum hooded robe—the standard accessory for new-school magicians!
After a so-called "conclusive conclusion" spreads widely, whether it is true or false, it will become true as time goes by.
For example, since the saying that "spellcasters always like to wear a hooded black robe" spread, people in the world have consciously not choose this kind of dress, unless they specifically want to pretend to be a spellcaster.
Same reason.
Since the dispute between the old and the new emerged in the world of magic, and the news spread that "the new magicians always like to wear a white and gold hooded robe", people have also consciously reduced this kind of dress.
Because they don't want to be mistaken by old-school magicians for new-school magicians and cause trouble.
Among them, the traditional magicians who stand in the old school will not choose to wear platinum robes.
However, the back of the white robe that Li Guanqi saw at this moment... huh?
Led by a Brotherhood killer, the man stepped directly into a space portal and then disappeared without knowing where he was going.
However, before he disappeared, Li Guanqi still relied on the system's function to see the opponent's cultivation.
【Nine Palace Level Conjurer!】
Nine palaces!
Why would a top nine-level conjurer appear in this Dark Brotherhood stronghold, and why is he still wearing a platinum robe?!
New magician?
Dark Brotherhood?
These two forces...
Li Guanqi frowned.
His intuition told him that something was not right, and something was wrong. Although there was no basis for it, he somehow felt that this matter had something to do with the failure of the Tulip Empire's teleportation array.
Could it be that the new sect of magicians is going to join forces with the Dark Brotherhood to launch a general attack on the School of Conjuration?
"Hey."
Thinking of this, Li Guanqi strode forward, walked to the bar of the brotherhood stronghold, and called softly to the blond catwoman inside who had her back turned to him.
"Um?"
The five-element-level catwoman turned around and glanced at Li Guanqi. After realizing that he could not tell the depth of his cultivation, he immediately put away his lazy demeanor and straightened his expression, "Sir, what do you need?"
Seeing her attitude, Li Guanqi suddenly thought of a question.
"Ares, no, if you do this, others won't be able to see my cultivation. Even the low-level ones will forget it. If a Bagua-level Jiugong-level person can't see my cultivation, isn't that a big deal?"
Low-level cultivators, when meeting someone whose cultivation is unclear, will think that this person's cultivation is unfathomable and cannot be provoked.
When a Jiugong-level cultivator encounters someone who cannot clearly see his cultivation level, he will think - why can't he see his cultivation level? It's interesting, let's go and deal with him...
Li Guanqi didn't want to deal with people at the Jiugong level.
"really."
Ares's voice rang in Li Guanqi's mind, "But master, there is no need to worry. I have now unlocked the eighth level and can mimic your cultivation to any stage from one yuan level to eight trigrams level. Do you want to show yourself as a conjurer?"
Or a human of different blood? "
"Spell Master, five elements level cultivation is enough."
Li Guanqi replied.
"Understood, let's do it later when we leave here. After all, white light will erupt when we re-mimicry. We'd better not attract attention here."
Ares said in a deep voice.
Li Guanqi nodded, then looked at Catwoman at the bar in front of him, and said calmly: "I want to take the teleportation array to the Tulip Empire, the sooner the better."
"tulip?"
Catwoman tilted her head and thought for a moment, then replied: "Sir, we don't have a teleportation array leading to the Tulip Empire."
Li Guanqi was not surprised.
This is the case in simulation situations.
——
[The strange thing is that there is no teleportation array leading to the Tulip Empire. 】
[You don’t pay too much attention. Since you can’t go to the Tulip Empire, let’s go back to the Sakura Shogunate to find Sophia. 】
——
However, there are differences between the simulated situation and reality after all. The interweaving of various variables made Li Guanqi...a little concerned at this moment.
"Is it not, or is the Tulip Empire's teleportation array malfunctioning?"
Li Guanqi looked at Catwoman and asked seriously.
"S-Sir..."
Catwoman was obviously a little nervous and couldn't help but take two steps back, "This, this..."
"Silence is golden, Master!"
Suddenly, Ares's voice rang in Li Guanqi's mind, "In the Brotherhood's stronghold, no killer would question a small character like this who is responsible for simple handling matters, even if it is a trivial matter like this teleportation array.
Unless a meeting is held, the killers will not ask questions in the stronghold. This is an unwritten rule."
"ah?"
Li Guanqi was stunned, "Are you so serious? Then this fraternity is not a brother at all."
"The Dark Brotherhood has long since gone bad."
Ares also had a hint of helplessness in his voice, "Brothers in the New Era have no brotherhood with each other, only interests. The Dark Brotherhood in the New Era is a purely profit-making killer organization."
"All right."
Li Guanqi shrugged and had no choice but to leave it at that, giving up any thought of getting any news from here.
After all, he was a fake and not a real Brotherhood killer, so he didn't dare to stay here for long. He directly asked Catwoman for a teleportation voucher to go to the Sakura Shogunate, and then walked towards the location of the teleportation array.
Li Guanqi didn't let Shunkong open the door because he didn't want any money.
As long as you can enter the Dark Brotherhood's stronghold through the code words of the Skeleton Black Gate, the teleportation is free.
This benefit made Li Guanqi feel that this fraternity was actually very fraternal in a sense... After all, good brothers don't talk about money.
"Buzz——"
The small universal teleportation array erupted with colorful light, completely engulfing Li Guanqi's figure.