The sky gradually started to get darker, and the protective barrier node energy stones in the town were almost checked.

The mayor raised his head and glanced towards the sky, shook his obviously sore arm, walked to a node energy stone again, and activated the energy stone to rise from the ground.<

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However, after the energy stone rose from the ground, Ji Xiaoyan and others, who had just had relaxed expressions on their faces, were stunned. Then they all ran nervously for two steps and stood in front of the energy stone.

Ishigami.

The mayor's expression turned pale in an instant, and he rushed to the energy stone with a look of disbelief on his face. He stroked the energy stone with trembling hands and murmured in a low voice: "How is this possible?

Ah? How could this energy stone become like this? This is impossible...impossible!"

Ji Xiaoyan also frowned at this moment, looking at the mayor with some confusion.

The protective barrier node energy stone in front of them is intact in terms of shape, but its color at the moment is very different from the colors of the energy stones they saw before. Normal energy stones are transparent and white.

, exuding a warm light that makes people feel comfortable just looking at it, but the energy stone in front of them is pitch black, like a piece of black coal suspended in the air, without any brilliance. Looking from a distance,

It was as if he had died. No wonder the mayor turned pale when he saw this scene!

Obviously, there must be something wrong with this energy stone! However, Ji Xiaoyan is a little unclear about what this situation is like.

"Mr. Mayor...is this energy stone broken?" Ji Xiaoyan watched the mayor keep stroking the node energy stone, and couldn't help but ask: "Town

Is there any energy stone in stock? Let’s go to that one and replace it!”

When the mayor heard Ji Xiaoyan's voice, he seemed to be relieved from his sad state. He immediately looked up at Ji Xiaoyan, shook his head at her and said: "Lord City Lord...

.This energy stone is not broken!! It...it is contaminated!"

"Polluted?" Ji Xiaoyan looked at the color of the energy stone with some confusion, and then asked after thinking about it: "Can we just replace it?"

The mayor shook his head, and said to Ji Xiaoyan with a helpless and painful expression: "Sir City Lord... If the energy stone protecting the barrier node is not broken, there is no way to replace it.

Ah! Moreover, there is no inventory of node energy stones in each town. Only after this thing is broken, the Lord God can give a new one..."

In other words, it is impossible for them to replace this energy stone now.

"So this energy stone can't be used now?" Ji Xiaoyan frowned and couldn't help but ask the mayor in front of him.

"It works!" The mayor said with a grimace to Ji Xiaoyan with a depressed look on his face: "Lord City Lord, look... I have activated the town's protective barrier now.

It still works!"

Ji Xiaoyan raised his eyes and looked above his head, and sure enough, he saw the light flashing in the sky after the town's protective barrier was activated. It seemed that there was no problem with the town's protective barrier.

"Then... Mr. Mayor, this energy stone is contaminated, what's the harm?" Ji Xiaoyan looked at the mayor with a curious look on his face, but his eyes fell on the node energy stone.

Above, I was wondering in my heart what this so-called pollution was all about!

"Disadvantages?! Of course there are disadvantages!" The mayor touched the node energy stone with a heartbroken look on his face, sighed and then said to Ji Xiaoyan: "After this energy stone is contaminated,

It seems that it can still be used, but it can be controlled by others. City Lord, let’s put it this way! Only I, the mayor, can activate and use the protective barrier in this town. However, there are node energy stones now.

After the pollution, the person who polluted the energy stone is equivalent to gaining control of the node energy stone! In other words, as long as he is happy, he can control whether the energy stone can be used normally at any time...

..."

"In other words, when I was killed on the city wall, it was possible that someone controlled this energy stone and then made it stop working, causing the entire town's protective barrier to lose its effect?" Ji Xiaoyan asked immediately

Thinking of this possibility, he suddenly turned serious and asked the mayor.

"Yes!" The mayor nodded with certainty, and said to Ji Xiaoyan with a serious face: "No matter how many protective barriers there are in our towns, as long as one of them collapses or something goes wrong,

After that, the entire protective barrier will lose its effect..."

That means both are indispensable! Ji Xiaoyan frowned tightly and looked at the dark node energy stone in front of him.

"Well, Mayor, since this energy stone is charged with energy by mages, can we invite mages to restore it?" Ji Xiaoyan thought very simply. If he could directly let the mages put it into

This energy stone has been purified. At worst, she can go back to Qingcheng and find more mages to help. It will also save the mayor in front of her from being so miserable!

However, this matter is not as simple as Ji Xiaoyan imagined!

The mayor smiled bitterly and shook his head after hearing Ji Xiaoyan's words.

The Lord of Yeshan City also looked at Ji Xiaoyan with disdain, and then said coldly: "Ji Xiaoyan, do you really think that this node energy stone is so simple? It's contaminated, just wash it and it will be fine.

?"

Ji Xiaoyan pursed her lips, glanced at City Lord Yeshan, and said nothing. She could guarantee that if she said one more thing, Lord Yeshan would definitely say countless words to stab her! It would be better for her to suffer a beating from him.

It's better to just shut up and wait for them to explain to him!

Sure enough, City Lord Ye Huan waited for a while, and after seeing Ji Xiaoyan remain silent, he immediately glanced at her dissatisfiedly, and then said, "Why didn't you say anything? Are you afraid that you said something wrong?"

Ji Xiaoyan laughed twice.

"Hmph! You are somewhat self-aware!" Lord Yeshan curled his lips and glanced at Ji Xiaoyan with a dissatisfied look on his face before saying, "After this energy stone is contaminated, the best way is to find the energy stone."

The polluted person, let him pull out all the things left in this energy stone... However, in this situation, it is simply impossible!"

"There must be other ways, right?" Ji Xiaoyan frowned and looked at Lord Yeshan with a puzzled look on his face and asked.

"Other ways? Yes! The best way is for Lord God to help replace this energy stone!" City Lord Yeyan rolled his eyes at Ji Xiaoyan with a sarcastic expression, and rolled his eyes speechlessly at her.

Then he continued: "What? Do you think this method is bad?"

Ji Xiaoyan didn't say a word, but her expression revealed her inner thoughts!

When the mayor heard what Lord Yeshan said, he quickly nodded his head and said with some expectancy: "Yes, yes, yes! Lord Yeshan said that! The best way now is to let him

Lord God, give us a node energy stone!"

Ji Xiaoyan frowned, but felt a little confused in her heart. Did the mayor and the mayor of Yeshan want her to find Guang for help? But, did they know that she could find Guang?

"Besides this method, is there no other way?" Ji Xiaoyan asked again.

"What else can we do? Or, we can only let it go like this... It would be best if the Lord God can replace it! However, if you want to replace it, I'm afraid it will take a lot of effort.

..." The mayor said to Ji Xiaoyan with a positive look on his face, and then frowned, looking at Qingmi and the others with some expectation: "Qingmi

Elder Mi... look, can you help me?"

When Ji Xiaoyan heard this, she was stunned and looked at the mayor with a puzzled face. She didn't understand why she asked old man Qingmi for help.

However, when old man Qingmi heard the mayor's words, his brows immediately furrowed. He looked at the energy stone again and again, but said somewhat unhappily: "Mr. Mayor...

You have to know that it will take a lot of effort to break this node energy stone by force!"

When Ji Xiaoyan heard this, he suddenly understood.

That's right! The mayor has already said that if you want to replace this node energy stone with a new one, you can only ask the Lord God to refresh it! And the condition for refreshing is that it is broken! Now this node energy stone is contaminated,

When there is no other way, naturally only after destroying it can we create a new one!

Thinking of this, Ji Xiaoyan suddenly lowered his eyes with some heat.

"It takes a lot of effort... But Elder Qingya, we can definitely replace this energy stone by working together! Otherwise, we really have to find the person who contaminated this node energy stone.

, how can we find it?" The mayor looked at the old man Qingmi with a sad face, looking at the pleading look on his face, "Elder Qingmi, you Qingshimen people are so powerful, if you can really help, it will be a big help to our town.

Come on, that's great news! Otherwise, it would take years and months to destroy this node energy stone just by relying on the guards in our town... Qingmi

Elders, please help us!"

What the mayor said actually makes sense! Originally, the node energy stone was the product of the magician's power reserve. When there was no energy, the magicians needed to throw spells on it to store energy. Now this thing is contaminated and has become...

It has become something that others can control. Do you think they still dare to let the mage go up and throw spells? Doesn't that recharge others' energy? Not to mention, even if the mage throws spells, he can't destroy this node energy stone. Why?

Can they achieve their purpose of refreshing?

Therefore, only armed personnel like Old Man Qingya and the others can be relied upon to destroy this node energy stone!

"Old man Qingmi, you are so hesitant and unwilling to help, don't you actually have something in mind?" Lord Yeshan seemed to have thought of something, and immediately looked at old man Qingmi with a wicked smile and said, looking at

When he stared at himself, he continued: "Is it possible that you actually hired someone to make this thing? So you are reluctant to destroy it now?"

"Ye Shan, don't talk nonsense!" Upon hearing this, the old man Qingmi glared at City Lord Ye Shan angrily, "If you have the ability, come and do it!"

"Tch, if I wasn't from the legal system, do you think I would do anything?" City Lord Yeshan turned towards the old man Qingya without any courtesy. Seeing the expression on his face as he stared at her with raised eyebrows, he became cold.

He said coldly: "You have the ability now, what do you mean you don't help? Old man Qingya, you have to think carefully about how to explain..."

As soon as Old Man Qingmi heard this, he angrily gave City Lord Yeshan an angry look. After looking at the mayor, he then looked at Ji Xiaoyan and said in an explanation: "Girl Xiaoyan, this destruction

The node energy stone is no small project! The stone is very hard..."

Ji Xiaoyan naturally understood that old man Qingmi was unhappy, and there must be a reason for his dissatisfaction, so when he heard what he said, he immediately nodded.

Sure enough, when old man Qingmi saw Ji Xiaoyan like this, his expression became a little brighter, and then he continued: "This node energy stone is filled with the energy of those magicians. In normal times, those of us who are purely martial

It's already a bit difficult to fight against their mages, but now we have to destroy this energy stone bit by bit, which is a big project. Let's just say it! We are standing here now.

The disciples of the Bluestone Sect, everyone goes forward and attacks this energy stone with all their strength, but they may not be able to exhaust the energy in it... Think about it, our Bluestone Sect needs to move

How many people are needed to destroy this energy stone?"

While listening, Ji Xiaoyan shifted his gaze to the disciples of the Qingshi Sect who were following behind Old Man Qingmi. He roughly estimated that there were about a hundred of them!

"Moreover! We have spent all our strength here, and it will take several days of rest to recover! Doesn't this mean that our Qingshi Sect has withdrawn from the defense for the past few days? What if something goes wrong?

?" Old man Qingmi looked at Ji Xiaoyan with a worried look on his face and said to her: "It is really impossible to entrust all this matter to our Qingshimen!"

"Elder Qingmi, what do you mean?" As soon as the mayor heard this, he looked at the old man Qingmi nervously and said, "Elder Qingmi, if you have any suggestions, just say it! We'll have it early
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