Two days later, a young man dressed in sackcloth walked leisurely on the wide road, picking up a gourd from time to time and taking a sip.

There was an endless stream of pedestrians on the mainland, everyone was in a hurry, carrying some goods, it seemed that they were all here to do business, and from here you could see the capital of the Zhou Kingdom from afar.

The Zhou State is strategically located, along with the four kingdoms, namely the Lu Kingdom in the northwest, the Yangming Kingdom in the east, the Li Kingdom in the west, and the Zuzhi Kingdom in the south.

Convenient transportation, abundant resources, location in the hinterland, and no foreign invasion made Zhou the richest country among the six countries in Zhongzhou, and its commerce was extremely developed.

The inhabitants are safe and prosperous, and the roads are wide and sturdy, but the inhabitants are also somewhat arrogant, considering themselves the most powerful of the six countries, and often regard themselves as high-ranking people when they go out to do business.

As a result, it caused dissatisfaction among the other five countries, and they all said that the Zhou State only knew how to make money, was full of copper smell, and was a dirt bun, which was not as good as the bravery of the Li Kingdom, the simplicity of the Lu Kingdom, the mystery of the Yangming Kingdom, the unruliness of the Tianlian Empire, and the sacredness and nobility of the Ancestral Country.

In order to alleviate the copper smell of his country and appear more elegant, Zhou ordered the people to pay attention to their own cultivation and not to bully others outside, and at the same time, the cities in the country are also named after some elegant names, such as the capital city is called Cloud City.

When he arrived at the city gate, Li Xin'an took out the customs clearance papers, and the officials guarding the city let Li Xin'an enter the capital after checking it.

As soon as he entered Yuncheng, Li Xin'an wondered if he had crossed again, most of the buildings here were exaggerated, and the styles were different, almost all the architectural styles of many countries could be seen, and there were even some foreign architectural styles.

Li Xin'an once read in the book that the people of the Zhou Kingdom have traveled through many places on the mainland because of their business, and they are extremely fond of comparison, and they will definitely not be able to compare with the Zhou family if they compare money, so they began to take a strange route, which has a unique flavor.

The houses near the street are almost all shops, and Li Xin'an found a restaurant with normal decoration and went in to eat something.

The shop is obviously a few years old, the decoration of the store is a little old, although it is open on a more prosperous street, but the business is obviously not as good as other shops with strange styles, there are no customers in the restaurant, only a chubby owner standing behind the counter and dozing.

Li Xin'an came to the counter after entering the store, knocked on the counter gently, the boss suddenly woke up, rubbed his eyes, and asked Li Xin'an with a smile: "Hello guest officer, find a place to sit, what do you want to eat?"

But after seeing Li Xin'an's appearance clearly, he was not interested, and his smile faded a lot, it seemed that Li Xin'an was dressed plainly, and Li Xin'an didn't have much money.

Li Xin'an didn't care, and asked, "What signature dishes do you have here!"

The boss said angrily: "There are a lot of signature dishes in our house, as long as you have money, flying in the sky, swimming in the water, and running on the ground, I can make delicious food for you." ”

Li Xin'an was amused, and directly took out a gold coin and put it on the table.

The boss's eyes lit up when he saw it, but then he hid it, put on a look of not caring very much, and said, "One gold coin is enough for our store to cook five dishes." ”

Li Xin'an said: "It's so expensive?"

The boss sneered: "Heh! It's too expensive! This is Cloud City! This price is already very fair!"

Li Xin'an took out another gold coin and put it on the table, and said, "Haha, okay, come five of your signature dishes, and then a pot of good wine." ”

The boss waved his sleeve and put away the gold coin, and said, "Don't you regret it? ”

Li Xin'an said: "No, hurry up and serve the food." ”

"Okay!

The boss turned his head and shouted at the inside: "Ergou! Cook quickly!

Li Xin'an sat at the table and looked at the pedestrians on the street, most of them here were in a hurry, they looked very busy, there were few soldiers, and the streets were not only full of humans, but also many strange races.

"Zhou is located in the hinterland of Zhongzhou, there is no threat from foreign enemies, and it is protected by the other five countries, so it does not pay attention to the military, only pays attention to the economy, and there are some hidden dangers after all. ”

As a citizen of Huaxia, an ancient civilization, Li Xin'an deeply knows that in the face of foreign enemies, human beings are united, but when foreign enemies disappear, human beings themselves are each other's biggest enemies.

If the demons and other alien races disappear, the other five kingdoms are likely to attack the rich but weak military power of the Zhou state, but that will be for later.

After a while, an honest man wearing an apron brought the food up, and a pungent fragrance poured into Li Xin'an's nostrils.

"Is that a stir-fry?"

I saw that the dishes brought by the honest man included scrambled eggs with tomatoes, fried pork slices with green peppers, and three dishes that Li Xin'an had never seen, but they were obviously fried, and in addition to a bucket of rice.

"How can there be stir-fried vegetables here? Is it a specialty of Zhou Guo? There are even scrambled eggs with tomatoes!"

After coming to this world, Li Xin'an spent most of his time in Frost City, where most of the dishes were stewed and boiled.

After he thanked the honest man, he picked up the dishes and chopsticks and ate them in a big gulp, and the boss said softly after seeing it: "Tu Baozi".

Li Xin'an didn't care, just concentrated on tasting the food, the taste of these dishes is very similar to the taste of Li Xin'an on the earth, especially the scrambled eggs with tomatoes, which taste exactly the same as eating on the earth, making him feel like home, a sense of security from the stomach to the whole body.

Li Xin'an just wants to feel this moment quietly.

After eating, Li Xin'an breathed a sigh of relief, this was the most comfortable meal he had eaten since coming to this world.

He came to the counter and asked the boss, "May I ask how the Zhou family is going?"

"Zhou's house, you're going to Zhou's house, don't be funny, that place is not something that casual people can enter, look at your tattered clothes, it's better not to be boring." ”

Li Xin'an was not angry, and said with a smile: "Oh, isn't it hard to enter the city once, and you want to see the world from afar, you are a big man at a glance, you must have been there, tell me a direction." ”

The shopkeeper was praised and in a good mood, and said with a proud look: "Of course, we also went to Zhou's house to talk about business when we were young."

You see the street outside, keep going east, and then turn left, the most magnificent house next to the palace is the Zhou family, but there are soldiers guarding outside, you can't get in.

To tell you the truth, when the Zhou family held a business ceremony, the people invited were all well-known figures, and only thousands of people received the invitation, and I was one of them......"

Li Xin'an interrupted the boss's boasting, took out ten gold coins and put them on the counter, and said to the boss: "I am very satisfied with this meal, especially that plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes, it is so delicious."

Three of the ten coins are for you, and seven are for the cook. ”

The boss immediately burst into laughter and withdrew the gold coin with a smile.

Li Xin'an looked at the boss's greed for money, exuding a little breath, and the boss suddenly felt a terrifying pressure rushing towards him, and the young man in front of him seemed to have suddenly turned into a fierce beast.

Li Xin'an is already a person who has experienced dozens of battles, and he has killed thousands of creatures in his hands, and some of the aura that he casually exudes is not something that this market boss can bear.

Li Xin'an said to the boss: "You'd better do what I say, don't think about hiding it privately." ”

The boss hurriedly said: "Certainly, definitely, I will do what you say!"

Li Xinan turned his head and walked out of the store and walked in the direction pointed by the boss.

After a while, the boss recovered, his body stopped shaking, and his body was already covered with cold sweat.

An honest man with an apron walked out from behind and asked the boss, "What did that young man think of my cooking?"

The boss said to him angrily: "You don't know anything except cooking all day." ”

Looking at the gold coins on the counter, the boss felt a pain again, and he took out seven of the gold coins and handed them to the honest man.

"Boss, I'll reward you!"

The honest man took it with a smile and returned to the back kitchen, without thanking the boss.

The boss said to him harshly, "Hillbilly!"

But then he shivered violently, as if the terrifying aura emitted by the boy had reappeared, but the feeling quickly disappeared.

The boss hurriedly walked out of the door and looked back and forth, found that there was no one, and muttered, "Illusion, illusion." It must have been too cold to catch a cold."

He immediately shouted, "Ergou, make me a bowl of ginger soup!"

......

Li Xin'an walked to the position pointed by the boss just now, looking at the magnificent building in front of him, Li Xin'an couldn't help sighing: "It's really magnificent, this business is rich." ”

The Zhou family's mansion covers an extremely wide area, and is surrounded by a high wall, so that the end of the high wall is almost invisible, and there are many sergeants standing guard around the high wall of the Zhou family's house, so that people do not approach casually.

In front of the gate of the Zhou family's house, there are two huge stone statues of strange beasts, more than ten meters high, which look very fierce, like lions or tigers.

Li Xin'an pulled a pedestrian and inquired, and made sure that this was the Zhou family's house, so he walked to the gate with confidence.

When he arrived at the gate, Li Xin'an took a step and was about to go inside, when he was suddenly stopped by two soldiers.

"Hey, boy, what are you doing?"

Li Xin'an said politely: "Haha, two officials, I'm here to find a friend." ”

The soldier flatly refused, pushed Li Xin'an and said: "Your friend is from the Zhou family?

Li Xin'an stood still and didn't move, but the two soldiers didn't stand firm, they took a few steps back, their faces were instantly filled with anger, and they picked up weapons and wanted to attack Li Xin'an.

Li Xin'an smiled and took out ten gold coins and handed them to the two soldiers.

Only then did the two soldiers stop, took the gold coin and bit it with their teeth, to make sure it was true, and then said to Li Xin'an with a cold face:

"Tell me, find someone. ”

Li Xin'an said: "Find Zhou Wenwen and Zhou Qian." ”

The soldier's face changed suddenly, and he said: "The second son and the third lady of the Zhou family? I think you are crazy! I can't even see this kind of character, and you still say that you are your friend? Get out!"

Li Xin'an saw that these two soldiers would not help him, so he snatched the gold coin and quickly turned to leave.

The two soldiers still wanted to chase, but they only saw Li Xin'an moving left and right in the crowd for a while and then disappeared, they still had the task of guarding, and they couldn't go far, so they could only return.

"Hey, the folk customs of Zhou are not simple enough! I have to find a way to sneak in. ”

Li Xin'an bought two lamb skewers on the street corner, and thought to himself while nibbling on them.

He walked around the street twice and found that there were some soldiers guarding the Zhou family's house every ten meters, and it was difficult to sneak in.

But Li Xin'an immediately saw that some of the buildings here were very close to the Zhou family's mansion, and he could jump into the Zhou family's mansion from the building.

Li Xin'an went around to the corner of the street, found a place where there was no one, jumped on the roof of a building, and then jumped lightly on the roof of one building after another, and finally arrived at a building close to the Zhou family's mansion, he jumped up suddenly, jumped into the Zhou family's mansion, and the sergeant below did not notice it at all.

When he jumped over the high wall from the air into the courtyard of the Zhou family's house, he only felt as if he had passed through a layer of mist, which was very gentle, but that feeling disappeared in only a moment.

The white-haired old man on a tall tower in the courtyard of the Zhou family suddenly opened his eyes, and then flew out of the house like a dragon.

......

Zhou's back garden.

A girl in purple was sitting in a pavilion in the garden, lying on the table with a dog's tail grass and teasing the white ** on the table.

Bai ** Mi chased the dog's tail grass back and forth, having a lot of fun, but the girl's eyes were full of melancholy, obviously absent-minded.

After a while, the girl asked the cat:

"When do you think he's coming to me?"

"I don't know. ”

Bai ** Mi spat out a perfunctory answer, and then caught the dog's tail grass.

The girl sighed, "Hey, you're a stupid cat who only knows how to eat and drink, and can't understand my pain." ”

The white cat replied, "You can't ask too much of a cat. ”

The girl continued to talk, changing her position and continuing to lie on the table, but she suddenly saw the white-haired old man rushing out of the tower.

"Why did Grandpa Tian leave the tower suddenly? Did someone break in? Interesting! Go and see!"

The girl suddenly became happy, pulled the kitten out of the pavilion, and ran in the direction where the white-haired old man was going.

......

"Did I find out by some investigative skill? I have to hurry up and find Zhou Wenwen or Zhou Qian, they have a high status and should live in the inner courtyard!"

Li Xin'an clearly felt the mist-like touch that had just skimmed over his body, and judged that he had been discovered by something that had been explored, and immediately moved towards the inner courtyard after landing on the ground.

At this moment, a white-haired old man suddenly rushed out of the sky, and at the feet of this old man was a sharp long sword, and his eyes locked on Li Xin'an, obviously coming for him.

"Is it so fast? It's a big family!

Edgeworth's flight? What kind of ability is this? Is it a metal-controlling ability?"

It didn't take long for the old man to verify his suspicions.

"A bold thief, you dare to trespass on my Zhou family!"

The old man shouted angrily, and the long sword under his old man's feet poked straight at Li Xin'an.

Li Xin'an hurriedly took out the Red Fire Knife to block it and picked the long sword away, but he felt that a great force came when the Red Fire Knife picked up the long sword, and the Red Fire Knife continued to tremble, Li Xin'an immediately clenched the Red Fire Knife before suppressing the trembling.

The white-haired old man fell steadily from the air, and after missing the blow, he did not immediately attack, but stood in place and looked at Li Xin'an.

The red fire knife in Li Xin'an's hand suddenly trembled uncontrollably, as if he wanted to get out of his hand.

"Sure enough, it's a metal-controlling ability!"

Li Xin'an was almost unclinchable, so he withdrew the red fire knife from the preparation area.

Li Xin'an opened his mouth and said: "Uncle, please stop first, listen to me, I am here to find Zhou Wenwen and Zhou Qian, I am their friend, named Li Xin'an." ”

"Oh, looking for the third lady and the second son? I haven't heard that they have a friend like you who is not polite, and the little thief still wants to lie to me, let the old man hold you!"

The white-haired old man was wearing a wide robe, and at this time, more than a dozen smaller flying swords flew out of the wide sleeves of his robe, and the long sword that was shot away by Li Xin'an just now also returned to the old man's back, and was ready to attack towards Li Xin'an.

Looking at these flying swords, Li Xin'an felt the sharpness in them, and only felt that his whole body was like a needle prick, facing huge pressure, and he couldn't help but want to release his war pet to help him share the pressure.

But he forced himself to calm down, thought for a while, and did not choose to release the war pet to fight.

Because it was indeed Li Xin'an who broke into the Zhou family this time, although there was a reason, but in the final analysis, it was Li Xin'an's mistake to fall to the ground, summoning a war pet to fight would cause more damage, and he would be treated as an intruder by the Zhou family, and even hunted down by the entire Cloud City, and then things would be big.

Moreover, Li Xin'an also asked the Zhou family for help, unwilling to cause more harm to the Zhou family, so he decided to use his ability to resist the old man's attack, and restrain him, waiting for Zhou Wenwen or Zhou Qian to come over, and then explain his intentions.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

More than a dozen flying swords poked at Li Xin'an at the same time, making a burst of sounds.

After absorbing the ice silkworm, Li Xin'an's spiritual power was much stronger, and his reaction power became much faster, and he could faintly see the flight trajectory of these flying swords at this time.

These flying swords weaved into a large net in the air and attacked Li Xin'an.

Li Xin'an hurriedly ran the Liuyun Step, dodged from the side, and dodged the first blow, but these flying swords followed closely and rushed again.

Li Xin'an could only dodge the flowing cloud step again, but the flying sword bit very tightly, and the chase was getting closer and closer, and Li Xin'an could already feel the sharp sword qi on these flying swords.

He hurriedly took out the small white ball, injected energy into it, and propped up the light mask.

"Ding, ding, ding!"

The flying sword hit the white light mask with a clanging sound, and Li Xin'an's energy was rapidly drained.

Li Xin'an dodged and said loudly: "Uncle, please wait a moment! Please help me inform your third young lady, she will naturally help me explain when she comes!"

The white-haired old man said loudly: "Stop talking nonsense! Wait until the old man catches you first!"

Then he controlled more than a dozen flying swords to attack Li Xin'an, Li Xin'an dodged for a while, and found that the speed of the flying swords was slightly faster than his own, and the ten flying swords cooperated tacitly, almost sealing Li Xin'an's inevitable path.

Anyway, he couldn't dodge, Li Xin'an stopped dodging, sat still in place, maintained the energy transmission into the white ball, and propped up the protective light shield.

At the same time, he took out the last few black pearls, absorbed the fire attribute spiritual power in them, and restored his own consumption, obviously deciding to waste time.

Li Xin'an judged that each attack was about the attack level of a third-level transcendent according to the strength of the flying sword, and this old man controlled more than a dozen flying swords at the same time, and at worst it was the strength of a fourth-level transcendent.

"Tian Lao, we're here to help you, where are the intruders!"

It didn't take long for the Zhou family's nursing home to rush over, and these people attacked Li Xin'an together, Li Xin'an only felt that the energy in his body was declining rapidly, and he couldn't hold on for long.

"You can't sit back like this!"

Li Xin'an thought for a moment, ready to hold on a little longer, but he couldn't bear it, so he summoned three war pets, forcibly repelled these people, escaped first, and then found a way to contact Zhou Wenwen.

At this moment, a crisp and beautiful voice came: "Grandpa Tian, stop!"