arcane stars

Chapter 164 Shadow Clan
Hearing that Xia Lun was coming, Ye Ming was slightly taken aback.

Could it be that the star map has news so soon?
If it was a mission, he should have been told to gather at the law enforcement building.

But it could be other things too.

Ye Ming understood that after Luvia was successfully crowned, the status of their Ghost Squad was not what it used to be.

Now that the Royal Council controls the empire, the sense of existence of the Senate has been greatly weakened, and Luvia even intends to weaken the power of the nobility.

When he came to the living room, Xia Lun sat there with his legs crossed, holding a teacup in his hand, and slowly tasting it.

It's as if he regards this place as his own home.

Seeing Ye Ming come out, he sat up straight.

"Captain, are you looking for me? What happened?"

Ye Ming sat down, and Amber immediately handed Ye Ming a cup of tea. She has fully integrated into the identity of a maid.

"It's okay, so I can't talk to you?"

Xia Lun glanced at Ye Ming and asked back with a smile.

Ye Ming shook his head lightly and said:
"Captain, you are not the kind of person who would chat with someone when you are free."

"Tsk, that's true."

Xia Lun pouted, and then laughed dumbly, "Forget it, don't talk about it, we want to go to the Federation of Radiance."

"Is there any whereabouts of the star chart?"

Ye Ming was taken aback for a moment, probably guessing the result.

Sharon nodded, "Yes, the remaining two star maps are on the side of the Federation."

"Captain, where did you get the information?"

Ye Ming was a little surprised and said that Xia Lun's efficiency was too high, but he couldn't accept it for a while.

After all, it has only been a few days, and Xia Lun has already obtained the whereabouts of another star map that excludes the Radiance Society.

"I naturally have my intelligence channels."

Xia Lun just smiled and didn't say much.

But Ye Ming didn't ask too much. Since Xia Lun didn't want to say it, it meant that there was no need to explain it.

Moreover, as an existence of the last era, it is not surprising that Xia Lun has a backup.

"Where are you and them?"

Ye Ming asked.

"I gave them a vacation for a while, and they were all overjoyed." Xia Lun smiled.

"When to set off?"

Ye Ming didn't say much after hearing the words, obviously Xia Lun had already arranged everything.

"Tomorrow morning."

Sharon said.

"no problem."

……

"What about me? What about me?"

Amber blinked, and when she heard that Ye Ming and Xia Lun were about to leave, she was a little anxious.

Although she has recovered her human body, the Snow family has not given up on her. Without these two, she is too dangerous.

"You stay here to look after the house and take care of Sirin and the others. You don't have to worry about your safety." Ye Ming glanced at her.

"Don't worry." Xia Lun said with a smile when he heard the words: "The Snow family has no time to care about your life and death now. They are careful after the Queen's coronation! For fear of being caught, big nobles like the Snow family are the Queen's focus. object."

"Is that right?"

Amber tilted her head when she heard the words, she hadn't paid attention to these things recently.

Life here is still too comfortable.

"Stay at ease!"

Ye Ming smiled and said.

"I see. I will take good care of little Sirin and the others." Amber nodded. Since there were no safety issues, she naturally didn't have to worry about other issues.

So the next day, Xia Lun and Ye Ming left Aurora Star.

After the starship shuttled through the space station several times, they had already reached the border of the empire, and further ahead was the border of the federation.

After completing the entry procedures, the two officially entered the territory of the Radiance Federation.

It's not the first time Ye Ming has come here, but the last time he came with the natural disaster, that time he went to the planet where the elves are.

But this time their destination was another place.

The Radiance Federation and the Empire are not in the same operating mode at all, and most places in the Empire are ruled by the Imperial Administration.

Culture is the same everywhere.

The Federation is a whole to the outside world, but it is usually a mess, and each race has its own territory and living boundaries.

In other words, the customs and habits on each life planet here may be different.

Sharon reminded: "We are going to an ancient galaxy behind the Federation, which is the territory of the Shadow Clan. Even the Federation is very afraid of that ancient race. They are very unfriendly to outsiders."

"Are you also looking for the platinum treasure?"

Someone on the starship heard what Sharon said, and suddenly spoke up.

"Platinum Treasure?"

Xia Lun was a little surprised, looking at that person, Ye Ming also looked at him a little strangely.

They didn't know what the platinum treasure that man was talking about was.

But it sounds like a lot of people on this starship went to that galaxy to find the platinum treasure.

"You don't know where the platinum treasure goes?"

The man was even more surprised when he heard the words, but it was not a secret. He thought about it and said:

"It is said that a hundred years ago, a ghost ship crashed into that galaxy with a large amount of treasure. Among them may be the treasure of a platinum dragon king, so it is called the platinum treasure."

"A hundred years ago? Even if there was a treasure of platinum, it would have been taken by the Shadow Clan long ago, right?"

Ye Ming said a little strangely.

The man laughed and said, "Young man, I think you don't understand the Shadow Clan at all! The Shadow Clan is a bunch of weird guys, they are not interested in treasures, even if the treasures are in front of them, they may not go there." pick up."

"Hahaha, I don't even know this, it should be the first time I've come here, right?"

"Looking at their attire, it should be from the empire."

Everyone booed.

Ye Ming shook his head and laughed, but he became more curious about the so-called Shadow Clan.

Because this race is very mysterious, there is no other way to understand their situation.

But Xia Lun should know, but he lost interest after hearing about the so-called platinum treasure.

Enter that ancient galaxy, where the starship landed on the space station.

Xia Lun and Ye Ming arrived at the planet of Shadow Clan by spaceship.

The first impression of this place is that it is dim, and the light of that distant star is not enough to illuminate the planet.

At the same time, because of this, most of this planet is covered by ice, and the temperature is not generally low.

It was Ye Ming who understood what was going on with the thick clothes on the other people. It was obviously not the first time they had come here.

Fortunately, they are not ordinary people, and this temperature is not enough to make them feel uncomfortable.

The cities of the Shadow Clan are very different from the buildings inhabited by humans. Their architectural style is distinctive, and the city can be seen everywhere with dark spiers and towers.

They live in these towers stacked on top of each other.

"Human race?"

The space in front of them distorted for a while, and the shadow gathered in front of the two of them, and soon turned into a human-shaped black shadow.

The pitch-black figure couldn't see the facial features clearly, only two miserable green eyes were burning like burning, and the sound was also indescribably weird, like the sound of metal squeezing and rubbing, which made people feel very uncomfortable.

Is this Shadow Clan?

Ye Ming was a little surprised, it was different from what he expected, at least not something weird.

"We are humans."

Xia Lun opened the mouth to reply.

The black shadow nodded and said, "Come with me!"

Ye Ming and Xia Lun looked at each other and followed.

The shadow led them to a high tower and said, "This is a place for you humans to live in. Don't run around at night. You can do whatever you want during the day, as long as you don't disturb our rest."

"In addition, if you want to find the treasure, it is recommended to go outside the city."

The black shadow said.

After speaking, he led the two of them into the tower. It was already dark outside, but it was even darker inside, so it didn't affect them.

Ye Ming sensed the surrounding situation with his spirit. This tower seemed to be made of ice, and there were ice blocks everywhere.

"Your room is here."

The black shadow brought the two of them to a room, and said again:

"You can leave on your own tomorrow."

"We understand."

Sharon interrupted Sombra's words.

"It's best to understand."

Hearing the words, Sombra didn't have any mood swings.

The black shadow left quickly, and Ye Ming and Xia Lun entered the room.

"There's something wrong with this place."

Ye Ming frowned and said that he felt an uncomfortable breath as soon as he entered the door, but he couldn't tell what it was like.

Xia Lun was not surprised. She sat on the edge of the cold bed, lay down and said:
"Take a rest early, and we will leave at night."

"Didn't he say not to go out at night?"

Ye Ming was stunned.

Xia Lun sneered: "This place will drain our vitality at night, of course he doesn't want us to run around at night."

"This..." Hearing this, Ye Ming finally understood where the strange feeling came from, and he naturally didn't feel that Xia Lun was lying to him.

Xia Lun closed his eyes and said: "I guess the legend of the platinum treasure is also a story fabricated by the Shadow Clan. Their purpose is to attract people. One thing is true, that is, the Shadow Clan is really not interested in other things. interested in the vitality of other life."

"So it is."

Ye Ming nodded secretly when he heard the words.

No wonder the shadow brought them here and gave them free shelter.

The free ones are often the most expensive. This sentence is indeed true. It seems that accommodation is provided for free, but in fact it sucks the vitality of the residents.

Residents are generally unlikely to find these.

Xia Lun obviously knows the Shadow Clan very well, otherwise he wouldn't know about it.

Xia Lun closed his eyes and didn't speak any more. Seeing this, Ye Ming also lay down on another ice bed to rest.

Until he heard the captain turn over, he opened his eyes.

There was no light to be seen outside the narrow window, and the already dim sky was completely dark.

"time to go."

Sharon rolled over and got out of bed.

But at this moment, there was a sudden conversation outside.

"My lord, the two human races who came today are good seedlings. They contain huge vitality. If they can be made into pillars of life, we may not have to attract so many people."

A voice said, it was the black shadow that brought them here before.

Both Ye Ming and Xia Lun quieted down, listening to the conversation outside.

Another voice soon rang out. This voice was quite normal, but a little cold, without any emotional fluctuations:
"Human race, are they here? Whether they can become a great pillar of life depends on their aptitude. Those who have no ability are not worthy of being a pillar of life."

"Yes, my lord, they are inside."

Said the hoarse voice.

"Let them fall asleep and I'll check myself."

"Yes."

Ye Ming and Xia Lun looked at each other.

Ye Ming looked at a loss, he didn't know what the so-called Pillar of Life was, and Xia Lun looked weird.

He didn't seem to have thought that he would be the candidate for the Pillar of Life back then.

Then, they felt something floating in from the outside, something like a cloud of black smoke.

After the black smoke came in, it divided into two, and floated towards Ye Ming and Xia Lun respectively.

The black smoke had a strange fragrance, which was so refreshing that it made people subconsciously take a few more puffs, but he immediately realized it.

This thing is exactly what can put them to sleep.

He glanced at Xia Lun, who had already condensed the black smoke in his hand, and wiped it out completely with a pinch.

Ye Ming also imitated Xia Lun's cooking and destroyed the black smoke.

It seemed that the time was almost up, the door of the room was opened, and two black figures appeared at the door, and they were stunned when they saw the two people in the room.

The two people who were supposed to be sleeping were sitting there at the moment, staring at the two people who came in.

"Did you all hear it?"

A black figure spoke with a hoarse voice, staring at the two of them with green eyes, with surprise and anger in his eyes.

"Grab the one on the right to make a pillar, and kill the other one!"

The black shadow with a cold voice glanced at the two of them, and then said.

On the right is Sharon.

Ye Ming was stunned for a moment, and found that he was underestimated, and he was not even qualified to be a pillar.

"Yes."

The black shadow with a hoarse voice responded, and appeared in front of Ye Ming almost instantly, reaching out and grabbing Ye Ming's neck.

But Ye Ming's figure shattered immediately, and the person sitting by the bed had already appeared on the other side.

"court death!"

The black shadow roared.

The holy sword of light in Ye Ming's hand directly cut off the head of the black shadow, but the black shadow moved twice, and then merged together again.

Can't kill?

Ye Ming was slightly startled. He was a little surprised by the things that even the holy sword of light could not kill. What are these shadow clans?
"Break out their eyes and kill them."

Xia Lun's voice came from one side, and he was still sitting there, reminding Ye Ming as if watching a play.

Sure enough, after hearing these words, the bodies of the two Shadow Clan trembled.

"You actually know the biggest secret of our Shadow Clan!"

The black shadow with a cold voice had mood swings for the first time, and soon this emotion turned into killing intent:
"Since you know this, then die with him!"

The two shadows moved at the same time.

Ye Ming heard the captain's prompt and directly suppressed the black shadow. When their weaknesses were exposed, they couldn't be so calm.

Soon Ye Ming blinded the black shadow's eyes, and the black shadow dissipated into the air directly after the eyes dimmed.

Then he looked towards Xia Lun, and found that Xia Lun had torn up the black shadow's body, leaving only the two dancing flames.

Xia Lun separated the two flames and handed one to Ye Ming.

Ye Ming took the flame and looked at Xia Lun suspiciously.

Xia Lun explained: "Go outside for lighting."

"..."

Ye Ming suddenly felt that the captain was a little perverted, killing people and using them for lighting.

Speaking of which, the two flames here should be the main body of Shadow Clan, which means that he is not completely dead yet.

Sure enough, upon hearing Xia Lun's words, the two flames jumped violently.

Obviously angry.

(End of this chapter)