Chapter 17: The Secrets of the Smoke River
At the north end of Yanhe City, a quaint mansion with black walls and gray tiles, there are two black leopard-shaped brute beast stone carvings sitting at the front of the house, and the black stone gate is tightly closed as if it melts into the black wall, which is the mansion of the lord of Yanhe City.
The Huyan clan has been in control of the Wind River City for six generations, and the current city lord Hu Yanmeng is frowning at the moment, sitting with Mr. Gao in the garden of the city lord's mansion listening to Hu Yanzhu tell what he has seen and heard in the world.
After Hu Yanzhu finished speaking, he lowered his head, and the atmosphere was a little depressed for a while, and in the afterglow, his father frowned, clenched his fists, and seemed to be extremely angry, while Mr. Gao had a calm face, closing his eyes as if he was already too empty.
That Qi Tian was cross-legged and closed like Mr. Gao, but he had a dried meat in his mouth, and his face showed satisfaction.
Hu Yanzhu didn't dare to be as wanton as Qi Tian, and quietly moved his already numb legs and feet, so he had to wait patiently for his father's decision.
It was a long time.
"Mr. Gao, what do you think?" Hu Yan touched his fists and looked at Gao Zhuyin.
Gao Zhuyin's eyes opened slightly, looked at Hu Yanzhu, and asked lightly: "Then the girl of the Ye family, did you tell me which disciple it is?"
Hu Yanzhu hurriedly took a few steps forward and said, "Mr. Hui, this has not been mentioned, but I think that the peach talisman should be a holy one." β
"Oh, who painted the Holy Sect?" Gao Zhuyin raised his eyebrows, not caring at all.
After that, Gao Zhuyin's face was slightly annoyed, and he said to Qi Tian: "You kid, how do you know how to eat, how is your cultivation of the Divine Cultivation Method?"
When Qi Tian heard this, he chewed on two mouthfuls of the remaining jerky, coughed a few times and hurriedly said, "It's okay, it's okay, I can move! I can also make the air around my body." β
"Drink smoothly. Sighing, Gao Zhuyin handed the tea in front of him to Qi Tian, and said slowly: "Isn't there also Bai Muen, the disciple of that bookworm, who is also coming?"
"Sir also knows? It's coming, and sent a message. β
Hu Yanzhu was slightly stunned, lightly buckled the folding fan pinned to his waist, and said: "That Bai Muen is the only disciple of the predecessor of the Shusheng, and he is well-known among the Seven Kingdoms, so when I heard about it, I already believed it a little in my heart, and I Guan Xuanyi Deacon decisively agreed, so I made my own opinion, and asked my father and Mr. for forgiveness." β
Hu Yanmeng snorted and said lightly: "What you did is not wrong, they can find the treasure of Yanhe, and they can be regarded as capable." β
Qi Tian and Hu Yanzhu glanced at each other, but they didn't expect the treasure of Yanhe to be real, and on the way back, Hu Yanzhu also swore that if there was a treasure, how could his father not tell him, although Qi Tian had not been in this Fenghe City for a long time, but the humanistic customs, the strange things in the city, Mr. Gao also explained all the doubts, and the matter of the treasure of Qijun was never mentioned.
Mr. Gao looked at the shocked faces of the two of them, and said with a slight smile while holding the tea: "You don't have to be surprised, the Lord of the Three Cities and the Qi Master Association of this treasure have long known, although the Three-Eyed Qi Monarch is called the Qi Monarch, it is just a half-step Qi Monarch realm, it is not a shocking treasure, not to mention what is the big deal with you?"
Qi Tian rolled his eyes, and said a little angrily: "It's just a half-step Qi Jun, that teacher said that the Qi Jun level can turn the sky and the sea upside down, fly to the sky, even if it's half a step, it's not far off, right?
"Woe water?" Mr. Gao didn't care about Qi Tian's stinginess, and said with a smile on his face: "Isn't it, I fell in love with the Ye family girl again?" That girl is a lot older than you, but it's better to be older, you know that it hurts, if you like it, I'll give you a kiss tonight, then Peach Valley dare to disagree?"
Qi Tian heard that he had a headache, this gentleman always wanted to find a girl for himself, was he afraid that he would not be able to find a wife in the future, he rolled his eyes, Qi Tian did not answer, and looked at Mr. Gao angrily.
"Alright, alright, you're right. β
Mr. Gao showed a hint of calmness, and then arched his hand to Hu Yan and said, "I will trespass and borrow the treasure to tell them about this treasure." β
Hu Yan sighed violently, showing a look of resentment, and replied, "Sir, please." β
Gao Zhuyin drank the little remaining herbal tea, and said loudly: "That three-eyed qi monarch used to be the deacon guarding the library in the Star Palace, but he was an ordinary qualification, and he was still a Qi Master of the Open Pulse Realm when he was not confused, and suddenly one day he attacked and killed several Qi Masters of the Star Palace, and then disappeared without a trace for more than ten years, and when he reappeared, he was already the existence of a half-step Qi Monarch, and that year was the year I participated in the Qi Master assessment. β
After settling his mind, he stroked the beard on his chin, and continued: "He suddenly appeared, appeared like crazy at the venue of the Qi Master Assessment, and began a massacre, a total of 692 assessment disciples and eighteen Assessment Qi Masters in the Seven Kingdoms, and in the end only eighty-five people survived, and the eighty-five people who survived, including me and the three previous city lords of the three cities, at that time, we fought and retreated, and finally retreated to a cave, and everyone took turns to seal the entrance of the cave with qi, hoping that the people of the association would come to the rescue. β
Qi Tian and Hu Yanzhu were dumbfounded, these three-eyed Qi Monarchs were actually traitors to the Qi Master Association.
"Then why, his tomb is buried in this river of smoke?" Qi Tian was puzzled, interrupted his husband's narration, and asked.
Hu Yan slammed the table hard, and the cups on the table were scattered all over the ground, and said hatefully: "At that time, the eighty-five people who survived could be said to be the elite children of the Seven Kingdoms, and the three-eyed dog thief said that he killed too few people, but the time was not enough, he urgently needed a large amount of blood sacrifice, since they didn't allow him to kill so smoothly, then he went to kill the blood sacrifice of the ordinary people nearby, and the nearest one was the three cities of Yanhe." β
The voice fell on the hard stone table, and shattered into several pieces with a clatter.
Gao Zhuyin glared at Hu Yanmeng, and said in Hu Yanmeng's sneering color: " Chen Nefei and Hu Yantong, Fang Shan Mo were the future successors of the three cities at that time, naturally did not want the people in the city to suffer this catastrophe, although the three cities belong to the three kingdoms, but the three cities are united as one, each other is the pillar, this can be based on Cangshan, so the three of them rushed out, I admired it and came out, I thought that it would be a death, but at this time, the star palace came, the three-eyed Qijun was hit hard, and the three-eyed Qijun or used some evil magic to improve the realm, in addition to serious injuries, fled to the Yanhe and disappeared from there, the so-called Qijun tomb is like this, if there is any treasure, maybe it is the evil art left by the three-eyed death in the Yanhe River that quickly improved the realmγ β
Qi Tian was shocked in his heart, and admired Mr. and the three old city lords, in that case, the four of them could still come forward, even if they died in battle, it would not be in vain, looking at Hu Yanzhu, he couldn't help but say angrily: "Little Zhuzhu, you are really a lot worse than your grandfather, look at your grandfather, a real man!"
In Qi Tian's almost contemptuous eyes, Hu Yanzhu said angrily: "What nonsense, when my grandfather was alive, he praised me for becoming a great weapon!"
Shaking his head and looking at the two people who were arguing, Hu Yanmeng's eyes were as firm as steel, and he shouted: "It's not a three-year-old child, although the treasure in the Yanhe may be the evil art, but it can't be obtained by others, after a month is the time to explore the treasure, from now on you are not allowed to step out of the city lord's mansion, you must be improved, otherwise I will break your legs, and Qi Xiaozi will not eat." β
Mr. Gao touched his beard and said: "Yes, you still need to find out whether this so-called treasure is assigned by Peach Valley or whether the Ye family's daughter is doing it privately with Bai Muen, I still have something to discuss with the city lord of Huyan, you rest early and come to my place tomorrow to listen to the class." β
The two of them responded in unison and retreated.
.....
It's night
The tower of the smoky river, even in this dark night, exudes a little starlight.
The stars twinkled, wanting to contrast with the dark City Lord's Mansion, this tower brought some light to the Wind River City under the night.
A green smoke came from the muttering: "Unexpectedly, Mr. Gao is also in the City Lord's Mansion, I heard that this Xuanyi is not very good with Qi Tian, so I came to ask him." β
"Here, to show up, to make some tricks that don't go into the stream, is Momoya acting differently now than before?" Suddenly, a figure appeared under the tower, a pair of green vertical pupils staring at the smoke.
The smoke rolled a few times, and a woman wearing a red light veil appeared, chuckling and said, "Yan'er has seen Deacon Xuan, and I have always acted in Taogu, but I don't understand what Deacon Xuan said. β
The corners of Xuan Yi's eyes twitched a few times, and the green light flashed in his eyes: "It's just one?" β
Although Yan'er had a smile on her face, looking at the green light of Xuanyi's vertical pupils, she only felt a cold sweat coming out of her back, but she still smiled and said: "Deacon Xuan is too careful, I was ordered by my young lady to come and inquire about the son named Qi Tian." β
Xuan Yi smiled coldly: "Qi Tian, he is the disciple of Lord Deacon, it's just like this, as for what you think, what personal grudges do you have with me, to be honest, I have only seen him twice, maybe I am too handsome, he is jealous." β
The corners of Yan'er's eyebrows twitched, and she was speechless for a while, and she said for a long time: "My young lady really cooperates with Deacon Xuan to get the treasure, and Deacon Xuan doesn't want to stay in this remote Wind River City for the rest of his life, right? β
Although Yan'er's identity is Ye Muqing's maid, she grew up in Peach Valley since she was a child, these three cities are located in the frontier, and the lack of resources is naturally not as good as a prosperous place, according to Ye Muqing and her thoughts, this Xuanyi grade is the gathering realm of the qi master, I heard that because they offended the chief deacon Mr. Gao, they have not been promoted, and they have long been dissatisfied in their hearts, and they are most worried about the chief deacon of the three cities, Gao Zhuyin, if they can win the Xuanyi of the Qi Master Association this time, it will definitely help, and when the time comes, helping him to carry out activities will naturally make this Xuanyi bow down to his orders.
And fighting for Xuanyi is also one of the plans set before, and now the bait is released, it is not impossible, this Xuanyi is afraid that there are a lot of breakthroughs, so the combat power cannot be missed, Yan'er made up his mind in his heart, and now he is looking at Xuanyi with great anticipation.
"Oh?" Xuan Yi showed a strange look on his face, touched the small mirror in his arms, and replied after a while: "What I said is true, but if it is true as you say, I can consider cooperating with you." β
"Really, then you should have a certificate..."Yan'er said happily.
As if impatient, Xuan Yi interrupted what Yan'er said: "The friendship of gentlemen is very valuable, and it is vulgar to establish certificates, and it is unknown whether there is a treasure in Yanhe." "I didn't see any movement, but I disappeared.
"Expensive and sincere?" Yan'er lowered her voice, but she could still hear a faint disdain.
A gust of night wind blew, the red veil danced lightly, and the smoke dispersed.