Chapter 138: Rock Kingdom, Strangler Vine Evolution, Good News
Li Guang and Feng Niang looked at each other. After a while of eye contact, Li Guang spoke.
"It's the Rock Kingdom!"
The Kingdom of Rock is one of the three major kingdoms of the Empire of Destiny. Both the Principality of Hanhai and the Principality of Tianqi are among the five principalities under its jurisdiction.
Looking at the puzzled looks of Lu Ming and A Le, Li Guang explained.
"It is called the Rock Kingdom for two reasons."
"First, Du Hu is the general of the Hanhai Principality on the surface, but in fact, his real master is the Rock Kingdom. He used to be a servant of Shi Hao, the king of the Rock Kingdom. If he didn't have this identity, how could he become the general of the principality with his strength as a Hanlin!"
"Second, although Tianqi and Hanhai are both duchies, in the past hundred years, Tianqi has produced many talented people, a wise monarch, and a rapid increase in national strength. To be frank, our national strength is almost on par with that of the kingdom. Hanhai Duchies definitely don't have the courage to fight against Tianqi Duchies."
"The only one who dares to take action is the Rock Kingdom!"
Ah Le still didn't quite understand: "Your Tianqi Principality is a vassal state of the Rock Kingdom, why should we deal with you?"
Lu Ming realized something.
"Tianqi Principality is powerful. This is the real reason why this disaster happened."
Li Guang nodded: "You guessed right."
"In fact, in recent decades, the Rock Royal Family has used various channels and means to suppress the development of our Tianqi Principality, but unfortunately most of these methods have failed."
"This beast tide is definitely another action of the Rock Kingdom!"
Seeing that Ah Le was still a little confused, Lu Ming reminded him: "Think about the Soul Burial Bandits on the Soul Burial Plain. Their previous country was the Kingdom of Destiny!"
Ah Le's eyes lit up when he heard this: "I understand. The Rock Kingdom must be worried that the Principality of Tianqi will eventually make the same choice as the Kingdom of Tianming!"
Li Guang naturally knew the origin of the Soul Burial Field. He sighed and said, "This is not a choice, but something that is bound to happen when the country develops to that stage."
"The winners will be the kings and the losers will be the bandits. This is something that no one can avoid."
At this time, Lu Ming was also lost in thought. Just now, a flash of inspiration came to his mind, and he suddenly remembered the origin of his father Lu Chuan's identity.
At first, he guessed that Lu Chuan and the others might be guards of the royal family of Hanhai Principality, but after learning of Du Hu's identity, there was another possibility for the guards' identity.
"Could it be that the Three Wolves of Changshan are from the Royal Family of Rock?"
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The next day, Lu Ming and A Le said goodbye to Li Guang and his wife and prepared to leave Huangsha City and return to the Principality of Hanhai.
As soon as the two of them left the City Lord's Mansion, they were shocked by the scene before them.
The whole street was filled with people, both civilians and soldiers.
When they saw Lu Ming and A Le appear, they all bowed.
"Thank you both benefactors!"
Last night, after Lu Ming and Li Guang mentioned that they would leave Huangsha City tomorrow, the other party informed the people in the city of the news.
The people are grateful to the benefactors who helped them defend Huangsha City.
So the scene before us appeared. They all spontaneously gathered on both sides of the street in the middle of the night just to see Lu Ming and the others off.
At this moment, the two were also moved by the sincerity of the people, and smiles appeared unconsciously on their lips.
Originally, the two were going to leave directly on the flying beast, but looking at the people on both sides of the street, they chose to walk.
As he walked along, the people nearby bowed one by one, without any fancy words of thanks or precious gifts.
All there was was the sincere gratitude of the people, but for Lu Ming and the others, this was enough.
It was not until he reached the city gate that Ah Le summoned the Lightning Blue Eagle.
"Everyone, see you next time!"
The people of the whole city shouted at the same time: "Bon voyage!"
Under the gaze of the people of the whole city, Lu Ming and A Le disappeared into the horizon.
That evening, the two landed to rest.
After a day of flying, the two had already entered the Principality of Hanhai and were still about a day's journey away from Black Stone City.
During the rest period, Lu Ming summoned out the life-beast Strangler Vine that he collected in Huangsha City.
The strangler vine at this time was not as lush as before, and there were not so many vines, only dozens of them.
Ah Le looked at the strangler vine and said, "Summoning this thing ahead of time is perfect for an ambush!"
Lu Ming nodded: "Your idea is good."
Lu Ming summoned the strangler vine not only to let it guard, but also to allow it to undergo its first transformation.
Lu Ming took out a large amount of soul crystals and placed them in front of the strangler vine: "Eat it."
The strangler vine shook for a while and looked very happy.
Watching the strangler vines eating the soul crystals, Ah Le sighed in his heart: "What a waste! These soul crystals are worth at least 500 million gold coins!"
In just a short while, with an unlimited supply of soul crystals, the strangler vine reached level 30, meeting the conditions for transformation.
Under the gaze of Lu Ming and A Le, the strangler vine retracted all its vines, curled up into a ball, and then fell into a state of constant trembling.
It lasted for about a minute, and then the shaking stopped and the strangler vine stretched out all its vines.
"There are more vines!"
It is visible to the naked eye that the number of strangler vines has increased, and the color of the vines has also changed. The vines were green before, but now they have turned black and purple.
"Lu Ming, what did the strangler vine transform into?"
Lu Ming slowly opened his eyes: "Now it's called blood-sucking vine!"
Just now, all the information about the vampire vine appeared in Lu Ming’s mind.
The vampire vine can absorb blood quickly. With just one vine, it can suck an adult dry in two minutes.
At the same time, it inherits the toughness of the strangler vine, is difficult to be damaged by swords, and its attacks also have an anesthetic effect, with an attack range of 80 meters.
Lu Ming was very satisfied with this transformation. As long as he didn't encounter a life-beast that could restrain him, the vampire vine would definitely play a huge role.
The next day, when the sun lit up the sky, the two set out again on the road back to Black Rock City.
In the afternoon, Lu Ming appeared in Tieling Village.
Lu Ming looked at the dilapidated village and felt somewhat sad. After all, this was where he had lived for five years.
He has many memories here, although there are not too many happy memories, but this can be considered his hometown in the Continent of Destiny.
A Le saw that Lu Ming was in a bad mood, so he didn't say anything and just followed him.
The two walked forward and came to the mountain behind the village.
Here are the tombs built by Lu Ming for all the villagers.
When Lu Ming saw the grave, a hint of joy appeared on his face.
He walked forward quickly and saw a few more plates of tribute in front of the tomb. Although these tributes were already rotten, Lu Ming was very happy.
"Lu Ming, what's wrong with you?"
Noticing Lu Ming's change, A Le couldn't help but ask curiously.
"I just got some good news. My good friend Tie Niu is still alive!"
Ah Le was very surprised: "I have been following you, how come I don't know who sent you the message?"
Lu Ming pointed at the corrupted tribute and said, "It's them!"
"Everyone in Tieling Village is dead except Tieniu and me."
"The only one who can come here to pay tribute is Tie Niu!"
Ah Le thought about it and said, "It's true!"
Just when Lu Ming was happy that Tie Niu was still alive, ten people appeared and surrounded them!