Set up a funeral service team in a foreign land

At the entrance of the academy, Li Qing and a few others were waiting for the two teachers who were leading the team.

He leaned against the wall and yawned: "He hasn't arrived yet. Could he have gotten into a fight and forgotten the time?" He looked up at the cloudless sky and muttered to himself doubtfully.

"Hey, junior, you really surprised me by acting like this." Li Qing turned her head to look at the girl in a black cloak next to her.

"Looking at foreign lands, it is more convenient to disguise as a vampire." A jade-white hand pulled down the hood, revealing a slightly unfamiliar face, bright facial features, a bloodless face, and blood-red eyes. Most people would think she was a vampire.

"Besides, I have Seren to cover for me," she smiled.

The True Blood Seren Agrich snorted coldly and turned away, trying to pretend he didn't see it.

Li Qing's eyes turned slightly: "That's right, ordinary guys don't dare to offend the blood clan, and the top clans have complicated feelings towards the blood clan and won't approach easily. It is indeed a very good choice."

Li Chu stood beside them, looking a little petite. She said with some worry, "I did a divination last night to predict whether the journey would be smooth. I don't know why, but the result was totally inaccurate. I got the same answer ten times out of ten. It's very strange."

"The answer is different every time?" Li Qing narrowed her eyes slightly when she heard that. "It seems that the academy is covering for us."

Who are we guarding against by making enemies who can predict their actions unpredictable?

Before he could come up with anything, three figures walked towards them, and when they got closer they could hear them arguing.

Qing Shu said coldly: "Have you not been out for so long that you forgot how to write the word low-key?"

Peregrine tugged at his cloak, which was a common style on the street, with disdain: "This is why I don't like to go out. It's so ugly. I don't believe you will like it!"

The bird clan loves beauty much more than the dragon clan.

Qing Shu rolled her eyes coldly, did she think she was one of those immature kids? !

Luo Xing, who was following behind them, had a look of helplessness in his eyes.

Qing Shu walked closer and looked around, and was slightly stunned when she saw a strange vampire girl.

"It's me, Xi Sui'an." Xi Sui'an introduced himself.

"Hey, is this... mimicry?" Peregrine came over to take a look, quite curious, "I haven't seen this ability in a long time."

He looked at it carefully and said, "It is indeed completely different. It is an interesting ability. As far as I know, the mimicry ability is exclusive to the mimic octopus. It is basically extinct in the foreign land."

His gaze moved to Xi Sui'an's shoulder, and Tide, which was just drowsy, met the gaze from the golden dragon, and suddenly stood up, not daring to move.

"Okay, let's set off now that everyone is here." Qing Shu interrupted.

As they were about to leave the academy, a voice rang out from behind them: "Wait, there's me too."

"Ok?"

A familiar voice came over her head. Xi Sui'an turned around in shock. Yi Luowen was also going?! How come she didn't know?

Qing Shu looked at the newcomer and sighed: "Yilowen..."

Iloven raised the corners of his lips: "It's time to end the past."

Xi Sui'an and the others looked at each other.

Li touched her chin lightly, looking thoughtful.

Xi Sui'an was puzzled: With three teachers together, isn't this a bit too much? Does the re-survey of the ruins need to be so cautious?

The group of nine people left the academy and did not return to the bustling and lively city. Countless aliens were laughing and cursing in the streets. The corner tower in the distance was still gilded with double eaves, and the pure blue sky was high and vast, as if there was no end.

They came to the teleportation array in the city. Qingshu took out a handful of blue-black coins and threw them casually. Then there was one in front of each person.

Xi Sui'an held it in his hand, and heard Peregrine say, "The place we are going to this time is quite far, let's get there first and talk about other things later."

They stepped into the teleportation array and disappeared into the City of No Return.

The familiar feeling of overwhelming pain resurfaced, but this time it was not as uncomfortable as the first time. She had slowly developed resistance to it.

When they opened their eyes again, they had arrived in a completely unfamiliar place.

Li Qing looked around and said thoughtfully: "Is this...Tolan City?"

Xi Sui'an raised his eyes and looked around. As far as the eye could see, the obsidian city walls stood tall. Upon closer inspection, he could see a faint silver light flashing quickly above them. There were stone buildings everywhere in the city, high and low, and the overall atmosphere seemed a bit cold.

There are a mix of different races on the street, but most of them have a rather rough temperament.

"Tolan City?" She had looked at the map. This city was almost not close to any place. It was very far away from the City of No Return and quite a long way from the nearest Isolde Mountains in the north.

Seren Agrich frowned tightly. "Tolan City is also known as the City of Madness. This city is not under the jurisdiction of any force and is very chaotic. Some unwelcome demons and monsters often appear here."

Xi Sui'an frowned slightly. The Aurora City and the City of No Return that she had visited before in foreign lands were both quite stable and well-regulated cities. Such a city was somewhat surprising to her.

"Does Tolan City have no mayor?"

"Yes." Li Qing said lazily, "It's just that the city lord usually has a short life span. The rule here is that the city lord takes turns, and it will be my turn next year."

"..."

Zhong Heng nodded: "The last time I came here, the Lord of Tolan City had just died suddenly. I don't know who the new Lord of the City will be this time."

Li Qing shrugged her shoulders: "The news from my subordinates is that it hasn't been compared yet."

Xi Sui'an simply couldn't understand: "What's the point of being a city lord like this?" Are these aliens dissatisfied with their lives and come here to seek excitement and death?

Peregrine, who was listening to the boys' conversation, pointed to the tallest black tower in the city and said, "The reason is that tower."

“The city of Tolan was built in the early days of the Age of Strife. The first city lord was an alchemist of the Life Alchemy Path. He built this tower with his own hands, and then died inside it, transforming himself into a tower spirit.

Perhaps something went wrong along the way, and a large part of the tower spirit is missing. It doesn't look very smart. Only people who hold the city lord's token can enter. It is rumored that the alchemist's life's work is hidden at the top of the tower."

You have to know that the knowledge and wealth of the top alchemists at that time were immeasurable.

"Has anyone succeeded?" Xi Sui'an asked curiously.

"Yes, most of them come out with something, but they usually die young."

Peregrine glanced at her and added, "They have shorter lives than those of you humans."

“Uh…” Xi Sui’an’s mouth twitched.

“Those who want to take a chance either think they are the chosen ones or are madmen who are not afraid of death. Even today, they are still rushing forward in succession like moths to a flame.” Qing Shu glanced indifferently at the silent black tower.

"Has the academy ever conducted research here?" Li Chu tilted his head curiously.

"We have investigated."

Iloven, who had been silent the whole time, glanced at the tower with deep eyes: "Life Alchemy... Feng Liting embarked on his alchemy journey here."

"Huh?" Luo Xing looked up suddenly when he heard this, a little surprised. "Professor Feng has been here?"

"He is originally from Tolan City. It can be said that his success has made Tolan City's Obsidian Tower famous. Until now, many people have come here to visit." Iloven said indifferently, "If he hadn't been in Damocles Academy, he would have been torn to pieces by those crazy guys long ago."

Luo Xing was stunned. This was the first time she heard about Professor Feng's origins.

"Then Professor Feng's life span..." Her face changed instantly.

"Don't worry, your father is 200 years old. He really breaks the tradition of short life." Iloven crossed his arms and glanced at Luo Xing. "He became an exception, making the idiots who flocked here think they could become that exception. Haha."

Luo Xing ignored Yi Luowen's sarcasm and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Have you ever thought about going in and taking a look?" Xi Sui'an touched his chin.

Iloven turned around and rolled his eyes at her: "I'm not a gambler." Why would you gamble on such a slim probability?

"Also, you have to remember that an alchemist can devote his entire life to the study of alchemy, but he must never become a part of alchemy."

Xi Sui'an was stunned when she saw Yi Luowen's stern expression. Although she had been cheated by him several times since she met him, she had to admit that he did help her gain a foothold in the foreign land and always taught her intentionally or unintentionally.

"I understand," she said with a genuine smile, "Teacher."

"!!!"

Ilowen in front of him suddenly slipped and stumbled. He looked up at Xi Sui'an with an almost weird and horrified look.

When has this little human ever been so well behaved? ?

The last time you behaved well was when you complained to Dean Ren, right?!

But Qingshu tilted her head and sighed: "The little humans are always so cute." What a sense of accomplishment it made the teacher feel.

Tsk, unlike her rebellious students. Thinking of this, she glanced at Li Qing beside her.

Li Qing blinked innocently. Could this burn him?

Iloven coughed and turned to look at Peregrine: "Let's go now. Right now, Tolan City is a bit chaotic and it's not suitable to stay."

"Okay." Peregrine nodded.

He looked at the route, put on his hood and walked in front to lead the way.

They had only taken a few steps out of the city gate when they were blocked by a woman in black robes.

The other party looked at the vigilant expressions of the crowd, raised his white wrist, lifted his hood, and revealed a gentle and calm smile.

"Long time no see, everyone."

"Zhujun?!"

Iloven, Qingshu and Peregrine were a little surprised when they recognized the visitor.

Xi Sui'an was also stunned. Do they all know each other?

Iloven was silent for a moment: "It's good that you're here. Is your time coming soon?"

Qing Shu was shocked when she heard this: "It's only been a few years..." She stopped talking abruptly. With her bones damaged, it was not easy for her to survive until now, not to mention that she was originally a human being.

Peregrine looked at her with a complicated expression and sighed gently, "Then let's go. Let us see you off."

"Thank you." She nodded gently.

She joined the team and looked at Xi Sui'an: "Are you curious to see me?"

"Yeah, indeed."

"It's time to tell the story." She thought for a moment, "There's still some distance to tell the story. Ilowen, I want to drink elven wine!"

Iloven paused, flipped through his storage ring, and threw a bottle of wine to her: "Drink slowly."

She opened the wine cap and took a sip. The mellow taste and rich energy made her very satisfied.

She smiled and said, "I used to be a student of Damocles, and I was in the same batch as Ilowen. We used to fight for the first place for a long time, but later we felt a little bit of mutual respect. At that time, Ilowen still had a little bit of elf arrogance, but looking at him now, I just feel that time is a butcher's knife."

The corners of Iloven's eyes twitched and his heart choked. He is still young!

Zhu Jun pretended not to see it: "After graduation, I traveled in foreign lands for a long time. More than 80 years ago, I accidentally discovered a crack in the ground here. Every full moon night, all kinds of strange sounds such as shrieks, weeps, singing, and laughter can be heard from this crack. Few people in remote places would come here, and those who know about it spread the rumor that this place is very strange, so many people dare not come.

I was young and full of energy at the time, so I wanted to find out what was going on, so I went down to explore and found traces of the ruins on the periphery. I knew that going deep into the depths alone was not a good option, so I found Ilowen, who had just decided to settle down in the academy. "

At this point, she took a sip of wine and winked at Iloven: "You were so easy to fool back then. I persuaded you with just a few words."

Iloven looked at her silently without saying anything.

"At the time, I was thinking that there might be good stuff in the ruins, and I couldn't let the aliens take all of it. So I brought a few people along, all of whom were about to graduate from the academy. There were two sixth-level aliens, two humans from Penglai Pavilion in the mortal world, and I and I, who were eighth-level, and the group of six of us hit it off and headed for the ruins under the ground.

I underestimated the danger of the ruins and overestimated Iloven and I. The underground was full of twisted creatures, and all the alchemical weapons we had were damaged. In the end, we could only rely on our own strength to fight, and we were trapped.

When we were about to reach the center of the ruins, we accidentally found a dead egg. After research, we determined that it was a three-blue bird. "At this point, she nodded to the astonished Luo Xing, "That was you in the past."

"There was a bird in our team at the time, and we took it away out of pity. The closer we got to the center of the ruins, the more we felt an indescribable pressure, and we felt a power slowly awakening.

The sense of crisis made us choose to evacuate, but... we couldn't escape."

Zhu Jun said bitterly: "The other four died in the ruins, and Iluowen and I were also trapped in a dead end. Because of my carelessness and selfish thoughts, the entire team was ruined."

The group of people suddenly fell silent.

"If Dean Ren hadn't found out and brought Peregrine and Qing Shu into the underground ruins to rescue us, Iloven and I would have died there long ago."

Zhu Jun spread out his palm and looked at his bloodless fingertips: "I led them to a dead end. When I woke up, I almost collapsed. I felt guilty towards the academy, I felt guilty towards Ilowen who was dragged into the expedition by me, and I felt guilty towards my dead companions. I have made a big mistake and I am too ashamed to return to Penglai Pavilion and see my old friends again. I dare not call myself an alchemist anymore. I chose to live in a small shop and end my life."

"Now I have to atone for my sins."

Ilowen gritted his teeth and glared at Zhujun: "You have selfish motives, but I don't! Do you think I wanted the human race to take advantage of me at that time? It's just that we didn't expect that there were no rare treasures in it, only a dead end."

The dead are dead, and the living live with guilt.

Xi Sui'an remained silent.

Zhu Jun discovered the ruins and brought Iluowen along. After the two discussed, Zhu Jun brought along their human companions, and Iluowen brought along his foreign friends, both secretly trying to take advantage of each other. However, they made a wrong prediction, and they all nearly died there as they were at level eight, and their teammates lost their lives because of them.

The guilt that stood between them became the reason why they dared not face each other anymore.

"What exactly is that place?" What's the point of taking them there when it's so dangerous?

Zhu Jun took a few sips of wine and said calmly, "I looked up a lot of information and determined that it was a relic from the end of the God Falling Era."

She turned to look at Peregrine and Qingshu: "You must have known, otherwise you wouldn't have come here again."

Qing Shu was silent for a moment: "I do know. We didn't know much at first, so we explored the ruins with the dean. After returning to the academy, we asked the director, who was surprised and understood it immediately."

"The reason we were ordered to re-survey this time is because of her." She raised her chin towards Xi Sui'an.

Xi Sui'an was slightly stunned, because of her?

Her mind was filled with thoughts: their tragic past, the remains of the end of the God Falling Era, the orders of the young god...

A sudden thunderclap struck her mind, and she soothed her dry throat: "Is that... the remains of God?"

Everyone turned pale when they heard this, including Zhujun and Yiluowen.

"What?!!"

Peregrine nodded, "Yes, that is the resting place of a god."

Qing Shu said calmly: "After the academy found out, it immediately sealed off the ruins and reduced the danger to the lowest level. Now it's more like a cage than a ruins."

"Can't the director solve this problem?" Xi Sui'an was puzzled. It was impossible for that person to not have a solution.

Peregrine shook his head. "No."

Is she enough then? Xi Sui'an was speechless.

Qing Shu sighed: "You who call yourself an undertaker, can you understand the director's thoughts?"

Xi Sui settled down and looked around. The director had chosen three professors to accompany him, and they were accompanied by students who had just entered the hospital.

She thought for a while, and a sense of horror arose in her heart.

This was the funeral procession he had chosen for the caged god.

She was the undertaker. The three professors were the protectors. As for the people around her, they were the witnesses of the younger generation, witnessing the complete demise of the Age of Gods.

"I... understand," she murmured.