Ironstone

Three big characters, and then powerfully inlaid on the stone wall above the city gate.

At this time, the sun has sunk in the west, and the pedestrians coming and going at the city gate not only do not decrease, but look very 'lively'. On the side of the city gate, a lot of pedestrians gathered, as if they were watching something.

Because there were so many people at the city gate, the carriage had slowed down not far from the city gate. Lao Li had already gotten out of the car and led the horses forward.

"Hmm, Brother Li, is there something going on at the city gate in front of you? Why are so many people around......" Yun Tian lifted the curtain and said with a slightly puzzled expression.

"I don't know, it is said that it should be almost time to close the city gate at this hour, why is it ...... here" Lao Li also shook his head a little puzzled.

"What's so strange about this, just go ahead and have a look...... Lao Li, stop for a moment, let's go down" Zixiu in the car suddenly became curious and accosted him on the side. As he spoke, he lifted the curtain and got out of the car.

Yun Tian and the two jumped out of the carriage one after another, and trotted towards the crowd with full curiosity. On one side of the city gate, there are pedestrians on the inner and outer three floors.

Yun Tian and the others squeezed in with great effort, and it turned out that there were two soldiers who looked like officers and soldiers posting notices, and a leading officer next to them was explaining the general content of the notice to passers-by.

It seems that in the next ten days, all pedestrians entering and leaving the city gates will be subject to strict checks. He said that because there was a convention to be held in Hwaseong, he had to conduct a routine investigation.

Finally, in the small talk of the surrounding crowd, I heard a probable cause. It is said that the reason for such a big move was that people from the royal family and nobles were present to participate, so the towns within a radius of 100 miles were inspected with Hwaseong as the center.

"I said, who can have such a big pomp, it turns out that there are royal relatives" When Yuntian and the two walked towards the carriage, Zixiu muttered to himself, and it sounded like there was no lack of disappointment in his tone.

"I heard them say just now that it seems that there is going to be some kind of conference in Hwaseong, so they gathered big people from all over the world, and even the royal family who have lived in the deep-walled compound for a long time have participated."

"Do you think it's because of this, so your registration for what school is closed in advance," Yun Tian said lightly.

"Hey?!Makes sense......"

"Hey...... Or are you kid smart, Yuntian" Hearing Yuntian say this, Zixiu seemed to suddenly realize, and suddenly became interested, and his eyes, which were still lifeless just now, instantly came to vitality. His eyes were rolling, as if he was planning something bad.

"What's the matter, why are you suddenly excited again!" Yun Tian looked at Zi Xiu's expression that changed suddenly, and he had a sense of déjà vu.

"You think, this Qingshan College in Huacheng is not an ordinary school, it is one of the four most famous universities in the whole country, and it is impossible to compare with the enrollment of Qingshan College in general...... Hehe" As he spoke, Zixiu's face was full of excitement.

Hearing him say this, Yun Tian just smiled helplessly and shook his head, what was going on in the head of this eldest young master, it seemed that he didn't know his father's purpose of 'driving' him here. An expression of fear that the world will not be chaotic.

Unconsciously, night had fallen, and Yun Tian and his party found a decent inn in the city to stay. Although the inn is not very luxurious, it can be regarded as second to none in this town, just when Yun Tian and the two entered the inn, Yun Tian inadvertently glanced at the back alley of the inn, several luxurious carriages came into view, Yun Tian paused for a while, his brows furrowed slightly, "Huh, this carriage seems to have seen ...... somewhere." Just when he was hesitating, the sound of self-cultivation urging suddenly came from the front, and Yun Tian didn't think much about it, and walked in.

Although the scorching fireball had fallen, there was still a suffocating stuffiness in the air, such an environment really didn't have much appetite, Yun Tian and his party simply pulled a few mouthfuls of food downstairs, and then went back to their rooms to rest, at this time it was already night, and the sky was completely dark.

Dragging his tired body, he finally came to the second floor and found his room. Yun Tian casually threw his luggage aside, and simply washed his face with cold water, and suddenly felt much refreshed. I took three steps and two steps to the bed, stretched my waist and lay down, breathing a long sigh of relief. You can still hear some noise outside, but it's still much quieter than the noisy streets.

In the silence of the room, it was as if time had stopped flowing. Yun Tian's eyes glanced aimlessly at the roof, very relaxed. What happened today is a chaotic replay in the brain.

Before I knew it, my eyelids began to loosen, and a sense of sleepiness hit me. Just as Yun Tian was about to fall asleep, there was a sudden sound of eager footsteps, followed by a rapid knock on the door as loud as thunder.

"Yuntian, Yuntian, open the door...... Knock knock knock......" An anxious voice sounded outside the door.

Yun Tian sat up slowly, feeling as if his body was being sucked by the bed, and it took a lot of effort to support his tired body from the bed. Rubbing his eyes, he walked towards the door with displeasure between his eyebrows.

"It's coming, it's coming, don't knock...... What else do you want from this door......" Yun Tian said in a weak tone.

"What's the matter? ...... in such a hurry" As soon as Yun Tian opened the door, a very anxious expression appeared in front of him, it was Zi Xiu, who looked like he was burning his eyebrows.

Although I haven't been with this eldest young master for a long time, it's the first time I've seen him so anxious. Even when he was in Fengkunshan before, I had never seen him so anxious. What's going on? Can you panic like this......

"Yuntian, have you seen my jade purple gold buckle ......" Zi Xiu looked nervous and panted and said.

"What? You mean the bracelet you always have on your hand?" Yun Tian seemed to recall something, and his impression was that it was a golden bracelet inlaid with jadeites of various sizes.

"Yes, yes...... That's the only thing my mother left me, have you seen it...... Now it's gone" Speaking of this, Zixiu became more anxious, and it was obvious that there was a trace of anxious tears in the corners of his anxious eyes.

"I didn't, okay...... Don't worry, you can think about it again and see if you lost it somewhere" From Zi Xiu's words, it can be seen how important this thing is to him, and Yun Tian instantly realized the seriousness of the matter.

"Well, let's go our separate ways. You go back to the house and look carefully, I'll go downstairs to the place where I just eat, and see if there is one" Zixiu nodded heavily, and then walked quickly to his room again.

At this time, Yun Tian was completely awake and did not feel a trace of sleepiness. Yun Tian walked out of the room and downstairs, his eyes carefully scanning every inch of land and every flight of stairs.

After a while, I came to the table downstairs where I had just eaten, and the table had been re-cleaned by the clerk, and nothing was found on the table except for a few clean dishes and chopsticks. Yun Tian bent down under the table again and searched carefully, but there was still nothing, could it be that he was taken away by the clerk?

Thinking of this, Yun Tian planned to go to the counter to ask, just when Yun Tian straightened up and was about to turn around. Suddenly, I found that there was a person standing behind me at some point, and I almost hit it.

The man was dressed in a gray-white shirt and stood with his hands on his hands, looking about half a head taller than Yun Tian, and looked less than thirty years old. There is a smile on the corner of his mouth, a handsome face, coupled with the harmless smile of this human and animal, can simply kill the hearts of many girls.

Yun Tian was startled by the man who appeared behind him at some point, thinking that this person was like a ghost, why didn't he make a sound when he walked.

"Are you looking for something again?" the two looked at each other for a long time, and then the man spoke. The tone is calm, and it doesn't look much different from ordinary people.

"Uh-huh......" Yun Tian nodded slightly.

"Is this it?" Before he could finish speaking, the man took his left hand out of his back and slowly passed it forward, clearly holding something in his hand.

The man spread out his hand, and a golden bracelet inlaid with purple jade appeared in front of him.

"Yes, yes...... It's this" Yuntian was surprised when he saw this bracelet, and the stone in his heart also fell to the ground. While taking the bracelet again, Yun Tian's right hand inadvertently touched the man's fingers. At this moment, there was a slight hesitation between the man's eyebrows, and even the smile on his cheeks was a little stiff, but it was only for a moment. The man's expression returned to normal.

After thanking him repeatedly, Yun Tian cautiously took the bracelet and strode towards the room. Only the mysterious man just now was still standing in place.

Just as Yun Tian ran upstairs, a middle-aged man was coming down from the upstairs, and Yun Tian just habitually glanced at the other party and didn't think much about it. But when the middle-aged man on the opposite side saw Yun Tian, his steps slowed down, and his eyes stayed on Yun Tian's back for a few more seconds, and then he took it back. It seems to have a sense of déjà vu.

The middle-aged man walked quickly to the mysterious man who was still standing in the hall, motionless.

"Qingfeng Venerable Lord" The middle-aged man arched his hand slightly.

But as if he hadn't heard, the man looked straight into the distance, a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and his right hand gently stroked the finger that had just been in contact with Yun Tian. On the index finger of his right hand, a black ring appeared in front of him. This man was none other than Ye Qingfeng, one of the four lords of the Ye family.

"There's a mark, huh...... Funny......" the man whispered to himself.

"What did you say?" asked the middle-aged man behind him, puzzled.

"Nothing ......"

"By the way, Ye Wen, it shouldn't be far from Hwaseong," the man seemed to have just realized that there was someone behind him.

"There is still one day to go, ...... to return to the Lord"

"Okay, I'm going to take a look at my Ye family's things this time...... What kind of person who doesn't have long eyes dares to reach out ......" Qingfeng put his hands behind his back as he spoke, and the thumb of his left hand habitually rubbed the black ancient ring.

......

"I finally found it, I really want to thank you this time, Yuntian" Zi Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, carefully held the bracelet, and said with a smile.

"By the way, where did you find Yuntian?"

"From ...... A strange man's hand," Yun Tian replied after pondering for a moment.

"Weirdos?

“...... It's nothing, don't worry about it, in short, it's best if you get this 'baby' back completely" Yun Tian didn't know how to explain it, but he just felt that the person just now was weird, but he couldn't tell what was weird.

Zixiu was immersed in the ecstasy of the lost bracelet, so he didn't ask anything. After such a toss, it was almost ten minutes in the middle of the night at this time, and Zixiu also went back to the house to rest.

Yun Tian was completely sleepless, lying on the bed, looking out of the window. Countless scenes flashed through his mind, including the figure of his father and the figure of the high-pole oil cake......

A cool breeze came in through the window, and Yun Tian didn't know when he had fallen asleep in the same position he had just had. The moonlight hit Yun Tian's body, and at the position of Yun Tian's palm, a black cloud of smoke dispersed little by little. Slowly rising upward, the same black smoke-like 'gas' emanated from the eyebrows of the clouds. A similar cloud of black smoke slowly rose from his chest. Several clouds of black smoke finally condensed not far above his chest, condensing into a single unit, and slowly growing larger.

During this whole process, Yuntian seemed to have no feeling at all. Just as the cloud of colored smoke condensed into the size of a fist, it stopped growing larger, and the palms, chest, and forehead all returned to their original state. Only the cloud of black smoke swirled slowly above Yuntian's chest.

Eventually, the smoke cloud stopped spinning, and then, like a boulder hitting the waves of a calm lake, the smoke cloud began to disperse rapidly in all directions. At the same time, Yun Tian took a deep breath and started doing it all at once. His eyes widened and he gasped for air, as if he had been covered by someone and couldn't breathe.

Yun Tian supported the bed with his hands and sat up with difficulty. Suddenly, on the table not far away, Xiao Kui Ling was staring at Yun Tian motionlessly.

"Wow, it's you, scare me...... What happened to me just now?Did I have a nightmare, I feel so tired......" After Yun Tian got up, he shook his head from side to side, stretching hard.

Xiao Kuiling looked at Yuntian with solemn eyes, and said in a calm tone, "Master, it is a seal of life and death...... Scattered"

Hearing the words 'seal of life and death', Yun Tian's gaze instantly froze.

The black cloud of smoke quickly dispersed in all directions, and in just an instant, it rushed out of the inn and disappeared into the air, disappearing without a trace.

As the black wave passed through one of the inn's rooms, a man suddenly opened his eyes, and a dodge to the window, leaving only an afterimage beside the bed. The action is so fast that it's staggering.

The man's brows furrowed slightly, and then he opened up again, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly and said to himself

"Seal of Life and Death?!"

"I really didn't expect to see such a strong mark of life and death again...... Hmph......"

"It seems that this trip to Hwaseong has an unexpected gain" The man's thumb gently rubbed the black ancient ring on his index finger, the moonlight hit the man's cheek, and the slightly raised corners of his mouth were so unfathomable.

Just as the man was about to turn around, a picture suddenly appeared in the man's mind. A look of astonishment passed between the man's brows.

"Is it him?!"