Lu An and Zheng Changrong quickly left the group and headed toward the nearest human passage in the north. However, even the nearest passage was very far away. In addition, Zheng Changrong was only a Level Four Celestial Master, so he had to be careful and move very slowly.
However, Lu An was not in a hurry. He just followed Zheng Changrong at full speed. Traveling was very boring. After the two of them ran on the ground for two hours, Zheng Changrong suddenly thought of something and asked Lu An, "Brother Lu, I think you must be from a big family and have appeared here for some special reason."
Lu An was startled when he heard this. He turned to look at Zheng Changrong and asked, "What do you mean?"
"The previous battle!" Zheng Changrong said excitedly, "Eleven of us couldn't take down the opponents, but you defeated all of them alone. This means that your combat skills are far superior to ours!"
Combat skills?
Lu An was stunned and then frowned in thought. When the person in the black fog taught him, there were indeed some fixed moves, but the real core was the concept of combat. The person in the black fog had always taught him not to be limited to one move or one style. When he was cultivating, the person in the black fog had shown him all the possibilities of his opponent's every move. It was because of this that Lu An had been beaten up countless times.
However, by now, Lu An had completely formed his own combat concept. This combat concept was completely different from the person in the black fog, and the set of moves was also completely different. As for who was better and who was worse, it was hard to say. However, Lu An felt that his current combat concept should not be worse than what the person in the black fog had taught him.
Lu An suddenly thought of something and asked, "Are there any big families among the humans?"
"Yes, there are a lot of them!" Zheng Changrong nodded and said, "I know of two, but the actual number is far more than that."
Lu An was stunned and asked, "Why?"
"Because the world is too big and I can't go to the end. How would I know how many big families there are?" Zheng Changrong shrugged and said, "I've only heard about many families from others. There must be more families that I've never even heard of."
Lu An frowned. It was true that this world didn't have a Teleport Formation. They couldn't use the long-distance teleport like the Eight Ancient Continents. Thus, the communication between different areas was limited. People had to settle down in one place. After they had enough resources, they couldn't invade other places.
In other words, the underground world was a relatively isolated world. Even if one made a big mistake in one place, one could just escape to another place and live peacefully.
The two of them continued on their journey. The time taken far exceeded Lu An's expectations. It took them two full days to reach their destination. Lu An felt that this was a waste of time.
Not far ahead, there were many humans. These people were not weak, and all of them were equivalent to Level 5 Heavenly Masters. With such numbers, they could resist any enemy on the first floor. It was also because of this that they were qualified to guard the passage to the next floor. Other than these guards, there weren't many people using the passage. There were less than twenty people coming and going. It seemed like the standard to enter the next level was very strict.
"We're here!" Zheng Changrong said. "Let's go!"
Lu An nodded and followed Zheng Changrong to the group of guards. This group of guards obviously recognized Zheng Changrong. After Zheng Changrong took out his token, they allowed him to pass. As for Lu An, these guards asked Zheng Changrong many questions about Lu An. Zheng Changrong also helped to explain Lu An's amnesia. After hearing this, the guards were a little puzzled. However, they didn't ask much. They waved their hands and let the two of them leave.
Finally, they were safe. Lu An heaved a sigh of relief. The two of them walked past the guards to the passage in the center. This passage was really just an ordinary one. There was only a defenseless cover at the top. After opening the cover, they could enter. That was all.
The guards opened the cover and the two of them walked to the passage. Zheng Changrong turned to Lu An and said, "Brother Lu, you have to be careful. This passage is eighty thousand feet deep. You have to go down slowly. Many people have fallen to their deaths while passing through this passage. I can only protect myself. I can't take care of Brother Lu."
Lu An nodded and said, "I know."
Then, the two of them jumped down from the edge. When they were less than a thousand feet down, Zheng Changrong quickly grabbed the stone wall beside him and began to jump down bit by bit. The distance of each jump was about four hundred feet. It was a very long thing to pass through eighty thousand feet of passage.
After jumping down about three thousand feet, Zheng Changrong was already a little out of breath. At this time, he remembered something. He turned to look at Lu An not far away, but found that Lu An had disappeared!
He panicked and quickly looked down. However, he found that Lu An was about five thousand feet down. He was moving down the stone wall quickly. His Body Movement was far superior to his imagination. Soon, he disappeared from his sight.
"Brother Lu, wait for me!" Zheng Changrong shouted helplessly. "Forget it. You'd better wait for me down there! Don't run around when you're down there. It's very dangerous! "
"Okay …"
Lu An's reply came from the empty space below. The moment Lu An's figure disappeared from Zheng Changrong's sight, Lu An directly jumped down and flew down the passage.
Whoosh — —
Seventy thousand feet was really not far for Lu An. Soon he left the passage and landed steadily on the ground with a bang.
What surprised Lu An was that although the bottom of the passageway was empty, it was not completely deserted. On the contrary, there were many people around the passage.
These people were in groups and were divided into several groups. When Lu An appeared on the ground, these people were stunned. They looked at Lu An one after another. After sizing him up, a tall and sturdy man took the lead and asked, "I've never seen you before. But … where do you want to go?"
Where to go?
Lu An was stunned. Looking at these people, he was a little confused. He did not know what these people meant.
Lu An was confused. When these people saw that Lu An did not speak, they were also a little confused. It was rare to see someone with such delicate skin like Lu An. Someone who could take care of his skin so well was definitely a young master from a big family.
Because of this, although Lu An did not answer, they did not dare to get angry. Instead, this person patiently asked again, "Where do you want to go, sir?"
"I …" Lu An regretted coming down first. He said, "My companion is still up there. You can ask him when he comes down!"
After hearing Lu An's words, these people looked up. Finally, they did not ask any more questions and sat on the ground to wait. Lu An also heaved a sigh of relief. He looked at this group of people and felt their auras.
These people's auras were, without exception, equivalent to that of a Level Six Heavenly Master. Sure enough, on the second level, the strength of a Level Six Heavenly Master was the limit. Then, on this level, he would have no problem protecting himself.
The group of people waited there for a long time before they finally saw another figure appear in the passage above. Zheng Changrong climbed down one of the chains and finally reached the ground safely. He was about two thousand feet away from the top and the bottom, and there were several iron chains that extended from top to bottom.
Lu An was already waiting under the iron chain. When Zheng Changrong appeared, the surrounding people stood up again and looked over. However, Zheng Changrong just shook his head. These people were very bored and lay down to rest.
Then, Zheng Changrong and Lu An headed toward the Zheng family. On the way, Lu An asked curiously, "Brother Zheng, what were those people doing just now?"
Zheng Changrong looked at Lu An and explained as they hurried, "They are mercenaries. They are paid to eliminate disasters. The people and strange beasts on the second level are far stronger than us. It would be easy for them to kill us. Therefore, some mercenaries wait at the bottom of the passage and get a certain amount of remuneration by escorting others to their destination. "
Lu An was slightly startled when he heard this. However, after thinking about it, it was indeed reasonable. Walking on the second level with the strength of the first level, once they encountered danger, there was no doubt that they would not survive.
"Then why didn't Brother Zheng hire them?" Lu An asked.
"Hiring them … Does Brother Lu know how much it would cost?" Zheng Changrong smiled bitterly and said, "There are indeed people who can afford it. However, for me to hire them once, it would cost at least half a year's worth of the entire clan's harvest."
Lu An nodded slightly. It seemed that Zheng Changrong had been careful enough to survive until now. Surviving in this underground world was indeed difficult.
In order to reach the Zheng family quickly and unimpeded, Lu An directly spread out his perception to sense all the dangers in the surroundings. He also secretly took action to eliminate all threats without Zheng Changrong noticing. Along the way, with Lu An protecting them, they were naturally unimpeded. After only four hours, a large building complex appeared in their line of sight.
"We were really lucky this time. We didn't encounter anything!" Zheng Changrong said happily as he hurried. "Brother Lu, the territory of our Zheng family is just ahead!"
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