The male protagonist tricked me

Seeing Song Ao's surprised expression, City Lord Lu stroked his beard with great satisfaction, "You think it's impossible, stones can't turn into people?"

Song Ao only felt dryness in his mouth and bitterness in his heart.

He wanted to say yes, it was impossible, it was impossible for a stone to turn into a person.

But in the past, everything connected in series, no matter what he read from the book, or what he knew about Jiang Heng, including some unreasonable and strange points, seemed to be able to exactly match this seemingly impossible situation. in conclusion.

One by one, pile by pile, piece by piece, quickly passed through Song Ao's mind.

Jiang Heng never got sick, even without the power of the star sea, he healed all kinds of injuries quickly, he was not afraid of cold and heat, and he never even needed a quilt to sleep.

Jiang Heng's sense of alienation and indifference towards this time, compared to others' indifferent and indifferent emotions, and his indifference to everyone else.

And, Jiang Shuo's attitude towards Jiang Heng.

"But...but how did he get from a stone..." Song Ao asked with some difficulty.

"There are always thousands of coincidences in this world." Looking at Song Ao's expression and movements, City Lord Lu knew that he had already believed him to a minimum of [-]%, and his lobbying was more than half successful.

This is naturally the best expected result. After all, if Song Ao is willing to cooperate with him, many things will become extremely simple.

Sure enough, everything was under his control, and everything was moving at his pace.

Sure enough, this time, Tianming is on the side of Tiancheng, and no one can stop their plan.

Even though he had made enough preparations, Song Ao's heart was still filled with turbulent waves.

"Just now you said that he is the... Stone of Destiny of the empire?" Song Ao tried to sort out his overly chaotic thoughts, and asked again: "So, what should we do?"

"Don't be nervous." City Lord Lu patted Song Ao's shoulder in relief, and poured him a cup of tea very gently, "Song Ao, you are the one selected by Tiancheng, the one chosen by fate, naturally... ...will also be the person chosen by the stone of luck. According to the ancient records kept in Tiancheng, this stone of luck is usually connected with the luck of a country."

"When the luck of the empire is stable, the stone of luck will also remain stable. It will remain like a stone, and it will not change for thousands of years."

"However, when a country's luck begins to decline, this stone of luck will become human due to various chances and coincidences... Haha, I'm just afraid that not many people in the Xialu Empire know about this, let alone How many people know his identity is a symbol of this luck! Haha!"

There was a greedy light in the eyes of the city master Lu, "The petrification of luck into a human being is actually him who is attached to the luck of a country. He is the last salvation for this empire. After all, he has absorbed the luck of a country for thousands of years." Luck, the energy of this stone of luck is naturally extremely powerful—but it is also a double-edged sword."

"We can completely use his power to destroy the entire empire in turn...haha! After all, although the Stone of Destiny himself has been a stone for thousands of years, every time he turns into a human, it is the first time he becomes a human. He is still ignorant, I don’t know where I came from, why I came here, and I don’t know where I’m going or what I’m going to do. In this case, if we help him and help him find his own path, isn’t it also for his own good?”

Song Ao frowned, "But you said, he exists dependent on the luck of the empire, if the empire is destroyed..." Song Ao changed his mind, for fear that what he said cared too much about Jiang Heng, which would arouse the anger of City Lord Lu. Vigilant, "Wouldn't it be a waste of the Rank Nine Ring Gu placed on him?"

Sure enough, upon hearing Song Ao's words, City Lord Lu laughed with admiration, "Hahaha... don't worry about that, since he has turned into a human from stone, his human body will naturally be preserved. ...And what I need is his mental strength, which is where his luck depends. After the matter is completed, as long as he keeps his body, continue to refine Gu, and finally add some means, he will finally You can still become your most powerful Gu master, grandpa assures you that the Gu refining technology preserved in Tiancheng is definitely much better than that old man of your grandfather who delved into it blindly, hehehe..."

"But, but..." Song Ao hesitantly asked the last question, which he thought was the most impossible to solve, "But, grandpa hasn't said yet, how can Tiancheng defeat the many cultivators in the empire? After all... only It's definitely not enough to rely on just a few of us."

"That's right, you're right." City Lord Lu nodded, "But since Grandpa intends to do this, he has already made a careful plan. Haha, now you think that if ordinary people and people with the power of the star sea fight Ordinary people naturally suffer, and cultivators have the upper hand. But what if I can make everyone become ordinary people without the power of the star sea in an instant?"

Song Ao looked at City Lord Lu in shock, "This, how can this be done?!"

"Hehehe..." City Lord Lu said confidently, "Not only can I make them lose the power of the star sea in one breath, but I also have the ability to let them regain the power of the star sea. At that time, in the whole world, who Don't surrender to me? Good boy, as long as you do what grandpa said, all of this can be achieved!"

"After all, grandpa gambled on Tiancheng, which he has been running all his life, don't you feel relieved?"

As if moved by the prospect outlined by the city lord Lu, Song Ao swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and a gleam of ambition flashed in his eyes.

"So... what do I need to do?"

"Hahaha, children can be taught." Lu Chengzhu said with a gratified smile, "When the time comes, I will take the two of you to a place together. At that time, you only need to read a sentence that matches the formation at that place." The spell is enough, come." Then the city lord Lu took out a scroll and handed it to Song Ao, "Open it."

Song Ao took the scroll and unfolded it slowly, his face suddenly became a little weird.

Seeing Song Ao's weird expression, City Lord Lu laughed complacently again, "This text is difficult to understand, and it's a bit hard to read, but it's a formation spell handed down from ancient times, grandpa will teach you A few times, after finding the pattern, you will be able to."

Song Ao nodded silently, but in fact, City Lord Lu didn't know the reason for Song Ao's weird face at all.

For other people, this scroll may indeed be difficult to understand, it looks like a book from heaven, and they have no idea what it is talking about.

But for editor Xiao Song, who has always been excellent in Chinese, although he has never read this ancient Chinese, people with basic classical Chinese reading skills will not find it difficult to read.

However, Song Ao had never come into contact with formations, so although he knew every word written in the ancient text, it was really hard to understand when they put it together.

But these foundations are enough for Song Ao to learn at a very fast speed.

Just to cover up his unreasonably fast familiarity, Song Ao still pretended not to understand the scroll, and it was even more difficult to imitate the pronunciation of Lu Chengzhu, learning with difficulty.

But the two of them had only done it two or three times, when there was a knock on the door outside the study.

Song Ao was surprised, in the middle of the night, what would happen to the person who came to the city lord?

But City Lord Lu didn't seem surprised, and didn't even raise his eyelashes, "Come in."

That person pushed the door open and entered. It was old Liu Bo.

Old Uncle Liu bowed slightly, and said solemnly: "City Lord, everything is ready, look..."

"Yeah." The city lord nodded and stood up, "Come on, Song Ao, you come with me too, let's see something exciting."

At this time, Jiang Heng had already reached the third rockery in the north garden of the City Lord's Mansion.

Just like when he and Song Ao visited during the day, he was still not sure which side was the third rockery, but his intuition told him that he should go this way, and his intuition was always accurate.

Sure enough, a moment after he arrived at the rockery, Xia Jueqing turned around from nowhere.

"Why are you alone?" Under the dim moonlight, Xia Jueqing's face covered with hideous scars looked even more terrifying, but in Jiang Heng's view, it was no different from ordinary people.

"The city lord invited Song Ao." There was nothing to hide, Jiang Heng directly told the truth.

"Huh?" Xia Jueqing laughed sarcastically, "Aren't you afraid that the city lord will alienate you? Maybe when we meet again, that guy will turn swords against you. Lu Cheng has always been good at this."

"He won't." Jiang Heng replied indifferently.

Xia Jueqing raised his brows, "Are you so confident? Or are you so confident in him? Hahahaha... Trust, it's ridiculous, it's the easiest thing in the world to change. Could it be that he has never had anything against you?" Concealing, so that you can trust him unconditionally?"

It has to be said that although Xia Jue kept saying that Lu Cheng was a master at alienating people's hearts, she did not give up too much.

Jiang Heng hesitated for a moment.

His trust in Song Ao is unquestionable, even though he knew that Song Ao still had something to hide from him, and even about going to see the city lord, Song Ao didn't seem to tell him everything.

But Jiang Heng knew that he trusted him, unconditionally, from the beginning to the end, from the bottom of his heart.

Just like he is also convinced that although he still has concealment from Song Ao, although there are still more or less problems between them, they are still the people who trust each other the most and the strongest support.

This kind of ties goes beyond blood relationship and any emotion. It is an unreasonable thing that goes straight to the depths of the soul.It was as if there was a chain in the dark, binding the two of them tightly together.

Jiang Heng didn't know how the chain came about, but if he tied it with his own hands, he would even be very pleased with it.

Therefore, Jiang Heng was not angry when faced with Xia Jueqing's provocative words, but said calmly, "Don't tell me you don't trust us, then you don't need to cooperate with us."

Angering Jiang Heng failed, but he turned his back on the general. Xia Jueqing smiled instead, "Well, things have come to this point, and I'm just making a last-ditch effort. Come with me."

Jiang Heng nodded lightly, and followed Xia Jueqing into the rockery quilt, only to find that the rockery is hollow inside, and there is a very delicate mechanism.

Following Xia Jueqing's movements, the mechanism was quietly opened, and a secret path descending inside the rockery suddenly appeared.

Xia Jueqing made a weird smile, and glanced at Jiang Heng, "How about it, do you dare to follow?"

After all, he directly stepped into the secret path without looking back.

Jiang Heng still had no expression on his face, but his movements were not slow, quickly following Xia Jueqing's footsteps.

Behind the two of them, the trap door closed by itself, isolating the last light source in the secret passage.

And it seemed that this complete darkness gave Xia Jueqing courage, she sighed slightly and said, "Let me tell you a story."

"Yes." Jiang Heng responded.

This cold answer made Xia Jueqing twitch the corners of her mouth a little funny, but she still couldn't laugh out smoothly in the end.

"You really... have no human touch at all." Xia Jueqing commented, "But it's pretty good. It's been too long, too long and no one has let me talk."

The two walked in the secret passage, one behind the other.

For Xia Jueqing, she has walked this secret passage too many times. Even if there is no light and her eyes are closed the whole time, she can smoothly walk through the secret passage with her own memory and feeling.

But she found that Jiang Heng, who clearly came to this secret path for the first time, was able to advance smoothly like him, even without any hesitation in his steps.

Xia Jueqing listened carefully for a while, and Jiang Heng landed on the spot she stepped on almost every step. How did he achieve such precision?Is this why Lu Cheng picked him and Song Ao?

Throwing those temporarily unimportant thoughts out of his mind, Xia Jue spoke lightly, talking about himself and Tiancheng.

"I was born in Tiancheng since I was a child. I have an elder brother. I heard that our Xia family used to be a big family, almost on par with the Lu family. But time passed and the family members withered. Not long after I was born, Even my parents have passed away, so since childhood, only my elder brother and I grew up with each other."

"However, compared to other people, our life is not too bad. After all, we were adopted by the city lord and lived in the city lord's mansion since we were young. The food and clothing are the same as the city lord's children. Naturally, my best My friend is also here, her name is Lu Fanrou, she is the eldest daughter of the city lord."

"She also has a younger sister and two younger brothers, but both the younger sister and the two younger brothers were sent away to study when they were very young. Only she could only stay in Tiancheng because of her poor health. The relationship has become closer. Oh, by the way, my elder brother was also sent out by the city lord to study with his two sons because of his outstanding talent."

"Since I was a child, I have always known that the world is not only as big as Tiancheng, but for us, this kind of life is enough. We have been told since we were young that we are not in good health and cannot leave Tiancheng. But suddenly one day, Lu Cheng told Ah Rou Said that in order to choose a husband-in-law, she will marry someone, and marry to a place other than Tiancheng."

"At the beginning of this matter, Ah Rou and I disagreed, but Lu Cheng took her to meet that person, and then I don't know why she seemed to be bewitched by someone, and she desperately wanted to be with that person Together...hehe, now that I think about it, I'm afraid it's not my illusion, Ah Rou was really bewitched by then."

"Shortly after Ah Rou left, I lost contact with my brother and got the news that he died in battle. I don't know if it's a coincidence, but...it can be said that I lost all important things overnight. I started to realize that something was wrong, so I started to investigate Lu Cheng."

"As the lord of Tiancheng, he is so powerful that he probably never thought of covering up many things, so I soon found out that he has been carrying out a big secret plan. He has always felt that the Lu family and the Xia family Being isolated from the empire, staying in this heavenly city that has no star power and cannot cultivate, is a huge conspiracy and exclusion, so he wholeheartedly wants to regain the power of the empire and become the real emperor .”

"Even, I found out that this is not the Hongyuan of Lu Cheng alone, but what the entire Lu family has been doing for a hundred years!"

Having said this, Xia Jueqing couldn't help becoming angry again, and even her voice began to tremble a little.

But after all, she was used to forbearance and silence, and quickly stabilized her emotions.

"So, what did the Lu family do? Hehe... Just like what they said that other families did to them back then, the Lu family killed the Xia family who opposed it—oh, they didn't directly attack them, but Over the past hundred years, the Xia family has been continuously squeezed out and weakened, until my elder brother and I had to rely on the Lu family to survive."

"Hehehe... After all, how can the future emperor's family get a bad reputation?"

"Later, what I was investigating seemed to be noticed by him, so I deliberately created a fire and trapped myself in it. My face was burned at that time. I pretended to be crazy and stupid, and pretended to be greatly frightened. Remember I am sorry for what happened before, and even thought of myself as Ah Rou to dispel his doubts."

"It seems to have some effect, and for some unknown reason, Lu Cheng even gave me a Gu that can change my face, allowing me to change my burnt face into Ah Rou's appearance, in the name of the young lady. Head, continue to live in the city lord's mansion."

Xia Jueqing sighed and shook her head, "I'm afraid, he had already heard the news of Ah Rou's death at that time, and he made me an empty shelf in front of his eyes, and it was just for psychological comfort, huh, it's really ironic, obviously It was he who pushed Ah Rou to the guillotine with his own hands..."

Jiang Heng listened to Xia Jueqing tell the whole story without any disturbance in his heart.

If it was placed in the previous life, he might still be a little moved.

However, what he has experienced and what he has to bear is really less than Xia Jueqing.Furthermore, he has never been a caring person.For him, the only different existence in this world is that one person.

So Jiang Heng went straight to the point and asked, "So, what exactly is Lu Cheng planning?"

Xia Jueqing stopped and turned to look at Jiang Heng, "He wants to return to the empire and become the emperor. Although I haven't found out exactly how to do it, I can show you here. ..."

Saying that, Xia Jueqing pushed a heavy and huge iron door in front of him with both hands, creaked, and red light penetrated through the crack of the door.

And with this bit of light, there was finally some light in the tunnel.

Jiang Heng looked inside through the ever-larger gap in the door, and saw a huge but extremely dense space.

In the very center of this space, there is a circular high platform, which is about three meters high and about ten meters in diameter. Around it, there is a spiral staircase that allows people to walk straight from the bottom to the top.

There seems to be nothing on the high platform, at least from this distance, but the surroundings of the high platform, except for the position of the stairs, are engraved with complicated and regular patterns.

Although it was the first time he had seen it, even though he had only glanced at it, Jiang Heng could almost conclude that those patterns were not just for decoration, but must have some other purpose.

On the top of the high platform, there is a huge spherical object hanging high. It looks a bit like a silkworm chrysalis, but its diameter is five or six meters, and it looks extremely huge.

On the "silkworm chrysalis", there are countless densely packed "silk threads" connected, and these threads glow red, flickering on and off.

And each silk thread is connected to a "sac" about the size of an artist, or more precisely, a "cocoon".

Jiang Heng frowned, and he realized almost immediately that this was the "Star Power Cocoon Room" that Xia Jueqing had brought them to once before.

It's just that Jiang Heng didn't expect at all that this real star force cocoon room looked so terrifying in its entirety.

"You are in one of the cocoons." Xia Jueqing directly stated the shocking fact, "Over there." She pointed in the direction, "I am in your cocoon." I made a small mark on the room, but it is useless, after all, I can only use the power of the dragon to temporarily restore your main body to consciousness."

"I don't know what Lu Cheng is going to do, but I know that this ancient secret realm was just a conspiracy for the people of the empire from the very beginning. Everyone who didn't leave smoothly in the end was dragged here. Turned into a 'fuel' in a cocoon room, all his star power will be slowly absorbed and squeezed dry, until this person becomes a mummy, which is no longer of any use value."

"And as you can see." Xia Jueqing pointed to Jiang Heng again, "In order to continue to cheat the empire's high-quality fuel in, they will let about two-thirds of the people go back every time, and then let them go out from the secret realm. Randomly take away unknowing exercises or treasures—for the current Tiancheng, because they can’t practice, those things are no different from waste products.”

"Also, whether it helps you break through the fifth layer of the star sea, or condenses the heart of the elements, it's just because the power of the star sea will be more and more energetic."

"But this time, they are going to make the final blow, so none of you can leave, all of you will stay here, become 'fuel', and burn to nothing. This is the origin of the name 'fuel zone'."

Crack, clap clap.

A burst of applause suddenly sounded in this empty and dense space.

"Hehehe, what a wonderful speech, I didn't know that you are so good at making up stories?"