"My lord, we're almost in Xia Yi City, we should be able to sell it for a good price this time, right?"

On the main road of Beizhou Island, a young man in a coarse linen coat carried a katana, walked on the road with a smile, and looked at the down-and-out samurai not far away: "The information this time is the sworn enemy of Lord Nara, the top secret of the Ghost Fox family." ”

"Hmm. ”

The down-and-out samurai just glanced back at the boy and didn't say much.

The boy doesn't know how high the sky is, he knows.

The Nara family, the famous ninja assassin family, they are everywhere, and they will not know about broken intelligence like themselves?

The Nara family hides a lot of top secrets, and the main reason why they buy them is for valuation.

If a secret is known to too many people, then it is not a secret, and it is time to take it out and make it public.

Therefore, the price they will definitely not have a lot this time, at most it will be enough for them to live for three or four months.

It's better to relax your mind, and think of it as if this time it's back extra income.

The down-and-out samurai laughed to himself, looked at the sky, and took a deep breath.

He used to be the first samurai in Beizhou, and he was one of the few samurai on Beizhou Island who killed youkai as a mortal.

It's a pity...

Because in order to kill the big demon, the down-and-out warrior exhausted his essence, although the sword technique is still sharp, but the qi and blood have begun to decline, and now he is only in his early thirties, and his physical fitness is equivalent to that of an old warrior in his fifties and sixties.

"Alas. ”

The down-and-out samurai sighed, glanced back at the young man, and smiled with relief, unconsciously having an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

At the very least, my kendo can be passed down forever.

After being relieved, the down-and-out warrior strode towards Xia Yicheng, and the young man saw that the down-and-out warrior's speed was speeding up, so he could only shout and quickly follow.

However, when the master and apprentice came to Xia Yi City and looked at the towering Xia Yi City, the young man sighed: "Is this Xia Yi City, it's too majestic, it's much bigger than the Guitian City of the Ghost Fox Family, right?"

"Xia Yicheng is the first city in Beizhou, and Gui Tiancheng can't be ranked in the top ten in Beizhou, so there is naturally a difference. ”

The down-and-out samurai spoke calmly, without any mood fluctuations, and he did not have any dissatisfaction with this hillbilly-like student, but had a sense of nostalgia.

When he first came to Xia Yi City, he was also surprised by this.

It's just that the atmosphere is a little too congested right now...

"Be careful, Xia Yicheng seems to have a problem, don't let your guard down. ”

The down-and-out samurai slowly pulled out his katana, his eyes were like torches, he stared at Xia Yicheng deadly, and slowly spoke: "Look, there are no soldiers defending the city, and there is no one at the city gate that should be lively now... The city gate is closed, and it is clearly in a state of readiness for war, is there any news of war recently?"

"Huh?"

The young man was stunned for a moment, but reacted quickly and said, "No, my lord, and according to the situation, it seems that no force in the entire Beizhou Island can attack the core city of the Nara family at lightning speed, right?"

"That's right, that's where the confusion lies. ”

The down-and-out samurai nodded: "Xia Yi City is located in the hinterland of the Nara family, how can it be approached by the enemy? This is the plain, if there is really a war, the cities of the Nara family that we pass through should have entered a state of war a long time ago." ”

"If it is unlikely that the retainers of the Nara family will rebel, the ninja organization of the Nara family can be world-famous, and Xia Yicheng is naturally impregnable, how can anyone rebel under the nose of Nara Yong?"

"Moreover, Xia Yicheng enshrines two great onmyoji of the Yin and Yang Dao, several introductory onmyoji, such a configuration, even if there are 30,000 troops to attack, it is impossible to cause such a situation. ”

Listening to the words of the down-and-out samurai, the young man's eyes widened, and after a moment of hesitation, he spoke, "My lord, should we... Forget it, it's just a piece of information, and we'll come back when the situation here is more stable. ”

"How can you say such a thing?"

The down-and-out warrior glanced at the young man, and said dissatisfiedly: "Is the spirit of the warrior to run away?" The population in Xia Yi City is nearly 200,000, and this is the life of 200,000 people, and now there are some problems in Xia Yi City, as a samurai, do you want to retreat?"

This kind of thing was not a problem for him, a down-and-out old samurai, but not for the young man.

After all, this represents some kind of inheritance, and the inheritance cannot be lost.

The young man immediately woke up, his hands trembled a little, and he immediately bowed his head and admitted his mistake: "What the adults taught me is that I made a mistake, I... I..."

"Remember your original intention. ”

The down-and-out samurai solemnly instructed the young man, and was about to say the words 'We retreat', when a hearty laugh suddenly sounded in his ears: "What this samurai gentleman said is right, we are shouldering the trust of mankind, and we can't run away when we encounter setbacks." ”

"Huh?!"

The down-and-out samurai reacted instantly, the katana in his hand instantly stood upright, looked around, and said in a deep voice: "I don't know which pavilion is coming, please show up." ”

"Xiaosheng is the Abe inkinki of the Abe family, and he was ordered to go to Xia Yi City to investigate the disappearance of the Onmyoji of Xia Yi City. ”

In front of the down-and-out samurai, an onmyoji who claimed to be the Abe family, Abe Cunki, fell from the sky, and said to the down-and-out samurai and the boy gently: "I remember you, the first swordsman in Kitashu, Kitano Shincun. ”

"It turned out to be the great Onmyoji Cunshu who was sitting in Beizhou, and he was rude. ”

Kitano Nobutsu put away his katana and said solemnly to Abe Cunki, maintaining enough respect for him.

One is because Abe Cunki was born in the Abe family, the Abe family of the world's first onmyoji family, and the other is because Abe Cunshu is the onmyoji sitting in Beizhou, and he is also the first onmyoji in Beizhou, which is much stronger than himself, the first swordsman.

"Ah, my lord, you are the No. 1 swordsman in Beizhou, Kitano Shincun?!"

The young man's eyes widened, and he looked at the down-and-out samurai beside him incredulously, and blurted out: "My lord, I always thought you were a down-and-out samurai who failed to fight for the family property..."

"Uh..."

Kitano Nobucun looked at the boy speechlessly, not knowing what was going on in his little mind every day, so he could only change the topic and say to Abe Cunshu: "Lord Cunshu, is there any big problem in Xia Yi City, is there anything we need help with?"

"Ah, it would be great if Mr. Kitano was willing to help. ”

Abe Cunki is also an old man, so he didn't introduce the situation at all, and directly pulled Kitano Nobutsu into the incident, without giving Kitano Nobutsu any chance to react.

After all, he is also a swordsman samurai who has once stood and killed youkai, so it is good to have more strength.

Kitano opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't speak.

I was originally polite to ask, but it turned out that you, the No. 1 Onmyoji in Beizhou, were you serious?

"Two days ago, I found in the Yin-Yang Liao that the Magatama left behind by the nine Onmyoji in Xia Yicheng suddenly shattered, and it seemed that something had happened. ”

Abe Cunshu slowly opened his mouth to introduce the current situation he knew: "I have sent someone to Zhongzhou to ask other onmyoji of the Abe family to help, and I am mainly here to find out the situation this time." ”

"The magatama of the nine onmyoji shattered together?"

Kitano Shincun said incredulously, and a gaze appeared in his eyes: "Could it be that the Demon King has appeared again?"

"Quite possibly. ”

Abe Cunki nodded and said solemnly: "After all, only the Demon King can make such an effect... The purpose of my investigation this time is to find the traces of the Demon King. ”

After that, Abe Cunki thought of something again, and added: "But you can rest assured, even if our strength meets the demon king, we can still get out of the way." ”

After hesitating for a moment, Kitano Nobucun nodded, and said, "Well, I believe in the ability of Lord Cunshu, and it's not too early, let's go into the city, if we enter the city at night, I'm afraid it will affect something." ”

After the two discussed everything, they reached a consensus, but the young man was a little confused, so he could only follow the footsteps of the 'teacher' and the 'adult' and move towards the seemingly turbulent Xia Yi City.

The city gate of Xia Yi City was closed, but this could not stump Abe Cunshu, Abe Cunshu just smiled slightly, beckoned a huge groundhog, and ordered: "Little Mud, go and open the city gate." ”

When the marmot heard this, he immediately let out an 'ah' sound, and then burrowed into the dirt and sneaked into the city, and the garlic-smelling Abe Cunki opened the city gate.

Just a moment later, Abe lost contact with the groundhog.

"There is really a problem in the city, and after Xiao Ni went in, he immediately encountered a poisonous hand. ”

Abe Cunki didn't feel the slightest sadness, and said slowly: "There is probably something at the gate of the city... But there is no need to be afraid, Xiao Mu's level is not high, and it is normal to die. ”

After that, Abe Cunki skillfully summoned three identical groundhogs and began to command them to infiltrate the city to find out information.

At the moment when the three groundhogs opened the way, Abe Cun set up the spell of Ma Nian to move the yin and yang technique, and the fire broke out between his fingers!

"Whoa..."

A blazing flame ignited from Abe's fingertips, slamming towards the gate like a meteor, burning the moment it touched the gate, and in a few breaths, the gate burned out, emitting a burning sound!

For this kind of operation, Kitano Shincun was not surprised, and when the young man saw this, his eyes widened, and he was a little excited: "It turns out that Onmyoji-sama can really manipulate flames!"

"Hehe, Little Doyle. ”

Abe Cunki said with a smile, without any ambiguity: "I thought that the monster was waiting for us to enter at the door, and I specially sent three small mud to attract attention, but it turned out that I was too worried." ”

"The first little mud may have touched Xia Yi City's protective formation, let's go. ”

Abe's voice easily gave people a sense of security, and Kitano Nobuku's originally nervous heart slowly calmed down, holding the katana in his hand, and without saying a word, he kept up with Abe's pace and moved towards the depths of Natsuyi City.

"Xia Yi City is like a dead silence, there is no movement, even the houses on both sides of the street are empty. ”

After Abe Cunki was aware of the surrounding environment, he said to Kitano Nobuku: "It's not easy here, be ready to leave at any time." ”

"Well, but it's too early to retreat. ”

Kitano Nobucun said in a deep voice, although he was very resistant to entering Xia Yi City before, but since he entered here, he naturally had to consider all aspects: "Retreating now, it is very likely to give the monsters here the impression that we are very weak, which is not good for us." ”

After all, monsters also have seven emotions and six desires, and if they encounter a strong enemy, they will also avoid their edge, and if they leave now, they will undoubtedly give the monster the impression that I am a weakling.

If the monsters here are not strong, then this is to lure the snake out of the hole, but nine times out of ten, the monsters entrenched here are demon king-level existences, and they naturally can't make such a choice.

Abe Cunki nodded and said, "Let's go, let's go to the General's Mansion of the Nara family first, it is the core of everything, and the favorite thing for the monster siege is the General's Mansion, and there may be some unexpected news there." ”

At the moment when Abe Cunki finished speaking, a heavy fog suddenly rose in Xia Yi City, as if thousands of white veils to be dyed were slowly swinging, curling in the city, and this fog gave people a strange feeling.

An empty city, a fog without warning.

Neither Nobuku Kitano nor Abe Cunki spoke, they clenched their weapons very tacitly, knowing that the big war was coming.

The young man was nervous, seeing that Kitano Nobutsu and Abe Cunki were so serious, he also learned to pull out his katana, and he didn't dare to speak, just looked around.

The boy stared at the fog on the left and right, as if he had found something in the fog, which appeared and disappeared, and he couldn't see clearly.

"Wow..."

Strange voices appeared with these figures that appeared from time to time, and the sound of footsteps sounded in the fog, which gave the three of them a lot of psychological pressure.

"Who kind of demon dares to tease us?!"

Abe's face was gloomy, and he suddenly pulled out a few talismans from his waist, and there were words in his mouth, and then the talisman began to self-immolate.

The talisman still has some effect, the fog in front of them seems to have partially dissipated, and the figures that were originally hidden in the fog are now clear, and they are all human beings with their eyes closed!

These people closed their eyes tightly, and their movements were a little stiff, like puppets, and there was an indescribable sense of mechanicality, as if they had no life characteristics.

Behind them, also in the direction of the city gates, such a person is endless, and there is no end in sight.

"Ah——!h

The boy was startled and cried out, almost falling off the katana in his hand.

Kitano Shincun's eyes were sick, and he immediately discovered the silk threads behind these Xia Yi City residents, and reminded him: "There are wires behind these people, and someone is manipulating them!"

"Damn, I didn't expect the entire residents of Xia Yi City to be manipulated by this monster!"

Abe Cunshu held the talisman between his ten fingers, and couldn't help but speak: "These silk threads seem to have no end, could it be that the demon king is manipulating them out of thin air?!"

"Let's fight our way out of the encirclement first, this matter needs a large number of people to do, and it is impossible for the three of us to face the more than 200,000 residents of the entire Xia Yi City!"