Shangzhou City, located in the southwest border of the Changtian Empire, is relatively remote, and it is two points worse than Qingfeng City located in the northwest border, otherwise it would not be just because of a group of bandits who opened the mountain realm outside the average strength, so they had to ask Yunliu Sect for help.

Speaking of the Changtian Empire, it was the most vast dynasty in the entire Xuantian Continent, and the reason why Qingfeng City and Shangzhou City did not ask for help from the court was because the two cities were too far away from the court, and the toss between back and forth, without ten days, I am afraid it would take more than half a month or more, and the price paid was definitely more than more than four hundred spirit stones.

And the location of the Yunliu Sect is relatively too close, and the efficiency is also very fast, and the money is handed over with one hand and the other hand is done, and there will be no other involvement in human relations, which is very worry-free.

In today's Shangzhou City, the warm light shines on the roofs and the ground in autumn, and there are gradually more pedestrians and shops selling various items on the streets.

It was a small town with a large number of ordinary people, and it developed only on agriculture and a large number of foreign businesses.

It has been a few days since the last time the bandits robbed the city, because the last time the bandits did not harvest, the people in the city are panicked, the thieves are not empty, and everyone knows that those bandits will definitely have the next action.

If it weren't for the strong promise of the Shangli City Lord that he would definitely eliminate the evil of those bandits, I am afraid that the current Shangzhou City would have been an empty city a long time ago.

Of course, there is also the main reason, that is, the people are also afraid that those bandits will guess that they will leave their homeland, so they set up an ambush on the middle of the road, and at that time, they can only be sheep in the mouth of the tiger without Shangzhou City as a shelter.

A meteor flashed away outside Shangzhou City.

In Shangzhou City, Shang Li, the city lord who was supposed to patrol the city gates with the city guard officials, did not come out of the city lord's mansion today, and everyone speculated that they did not think that the city lord's mansion would come to the city lord today.

Shang Li looked at the four Yunliu Sect disciples in front of him who were dressed in silver-gray uniform costumes and gave people a calm temperament, and he looked happy, "Shang Li, the lord of Shangzhou City, has seen the four masters of the Yunliu Sect. ”

Unlike Xu Zaifeng, his realm was only in the middle of the Qi Abyss Realm, and naturally he didn't have all the confidence in the hearts of the disciples of the Yunliu Sect like Xu Zaifeng.

He also knew in his heart that four hundred spiritual qi might not be anything to the Yunliu Sect, since people were willing to come, it was already the greatest kindness, and he couldn't have any big shelf as a city lord.

"The mall master is serious, my senior brothers and sisters are just outer disciples of the Yunliu Sect, and they don't deserve the word master, nor do they deserve the city lord's respect. ”

When Wang Xiangrui heard this, he immediately took the three people behind him to salute Shang Li, Shang Ligui is the lord of a city, according to the regulations of the Yunliu Sect, they don't deserve such respect from the other party, it is really a little embarrassing.

In the Xuantian Continent, the Venerable Master was the most respected title in cultivation, and they, the outer disciples of the Yunliu Sect, thought that they did not deserve this title.

Shang Li smiled, did not refute, and made a gesture of invitation sideways before saying, "Ignore these red tape and etiquette, the four Venerable Masters will go to the main hall to rest and rest first, and we are discussing how to deal with those bandits." ”

"Then bother the mall owner to lead the way. Wang Xiangrui nodded in response, and the four of them followed Shang Li from the backyard towards the main hall.

Like the first mission, Zhang Xiao is still the most inconspicuous of the four, although he is also a rich child, but he is not at home and careless disciplined all day long, but he does not have the temperament of a rich child, plus he deliberately does not show his edge, so he is very inconspicuous.

The merchant's house is not big, the four people followed Shang Li through the side room passage, and quickly came to the front of the main hall, and the four people sat down in turn when they entered the main hall.

The guest followed the host, the mall owner did not speak, Wang Xiangrui naturally did not open his mouth to ask, and the four of them only picked up the tea and took a shallow sip to show respect.

After Shang Li saw that the four of them had put down their teacups, he opened his mouth to explain: "Those bandits are known as the Black Tiger Gang, and they have been wandering around our Shangzhou City and the rest of the nearby cities in recent years, and there must be no grass in the places they pass.

Our Shangzhou City is a small town, because the number of cultivators is too scarce, so except for a small city protection formation outside the main city gate, the other three gates are all guarded by manpower, even so, if you are not careful, those bandits will break into the city and plunder. ”

Shang Li seemed to think of something sad when he said this, so he paused, and Wang Xiangrui, who was sitting closest to him on the side, as the leader of the four, had already heard some clues.

"Mall owner, since the Black Tiger Gang has existed for a long time, why didn't you go to the sect to issue a reward until now, why did you go earlier!" Wang Xiangrui immediately took advantage of the gap to say his question.

Shang Li's face was sad when he heard this, and he sighed, and he didn't intend to hide the matter: "At first, they were just plundering caravans and lone cultivators, and they didn't dare to enter the city to plunder, and at that time, they were hidden in the deep mountains and old forests, and it was not easy to completely exterminate them with the power of Shangzhou City alone.

Later, I don't know what happened in the mountains, four of them have already entered the Qi Abyss Realm, and the gang leader has cultivated the Xuanyuan spiritual power and broken into the middle stage, by this time it is already too late, they began to become more crazy, and occasionally twice they even succeeded in breaking the gate of Shangzhou City, so they had to ask Yunliu Sect for help. ”

As soon as he opened his mouth, he wanted to say all the words he was holding back in his heart, Shang Li arched his hand to the four of them again, and said bitterly: "It's a shame to say that these more than 400 spirit stones were made up by me and the city lords of the two nearby cities, otherwise when the imperial capital invites helpers, Shangzhou City will already be a human being." ”

Zhang Xiao frowned slightly when he heard this, the poor Zhang Xiao of Shangzhou City was beyond his cognition, compared to it, Qingfeng City was able to hold on for so long under the attack of the two Divine Realm Ice Tiger Demon Beasts, and it seemed that it was already a very strong and rich city.

Although he still didn't understand why the missions of the two cities were so different, why the rewards given were similar, maybe it was because of the two big beads in the body of the Ice Tiger Demon Beast?

He had seen the Fifth Senior Sister take out the two big beads from the bodies of the two demon beasts, and such a bloody memory was naturally profound, so he had to agree with this idea in his heart.

Because he was thinking about things in his heart, he didn't notice that when he heard the word adventure, the eyes of the three senior brothers all flashed with light.

The Changtian Empire is the first dynasty of the Xuantian Continent, and the Yunliu Sect is the first sect, and those who don't know it according to their status must think that the two will have a deep relationship.

But on the contrary, not only were the two unrelated, but even most of the Yunliu Sect disciples who came to the Long Heaven Empire to do tasks even left as soon as they got the reward after doing their work, not to mention climbing some other friendships.

It all started because of the big incident twenty years ago, but the four people here don't know why.

Since the relationship between the Yunliu Sect and the Changtian Empire was not harmonious, the four of them did not feel that there was anything wrong with their idea of wanting to get more benefits here, if it was the Fengyue Dynasty, the treatment would definitely be different.

"Rest assured, even if the Black Tiger Gang has four cultivators in the early stage of the Qi Abyss Realm and one in the middle of the Qi Abyss Realm, it is not a big problem, and the next thing will be handed over to the four of our senior brothers. Wang Xiangrui suppressed the excitement in his heart, bowed his hand to Shang Li, and made a promise directly.

The gap between second-rate cultivators and first-class cultivators is still very large, and in the same realm, a disciple from a big sect like them can deal with two or three people without losing immediately, which is where they dare to take on the task with only a few four people.

"Thank you, the four Venerable Masters. ”

Shang Li relieved his heart after getting Wang Xiangrui's promise, the disciples of the Yunliu Sect went out on a mission, and there were few examples of failure, although the four of them did not look very old, he was very confident in the Yunliu Sect.

When he first arrived, Shang Li naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to let the four of them go to exterminate the bandits, and called his subordinates to whisper a few words in his ear, and only after the subordinates received the order to trot out all the way, he said again.

"Now it's almost lunchtime, why don't the four of you finish lunch in the house first, and then go to kill those bandits tomorrow after a day's rest. ”

Although there is nothing to do in Shangzhou City, a good meal can always be taken out, and the guests always have to entertain, and the relationship between the two is not harmonious, and if there is rudeness, it is inevitable that people will walk away.

"Thank you, City Lord. Zhang Xiao and the four of them hurriedly got up and thanked them.

Qi Abyss Realm cultivators can already survive without taking the grains, since Shang Li is enthusiastic about each other, they are not easy to refuse, there is no difference between eating and not eating for them, it will be a bit of a waste of time.

From then on until the end, Zhang Xiao and the other two senior brothers did not participate in the speech, Fang Yisheng and Yu Qian were because they believed in Wang Xiangrui, and he really didn't want to be in the limelight, and even if he wanted to be in the limelight without a spirit stone on his body, he had no capital.

Because Shang Li is the lord of a city, the main hall of the merchant has a lot of guests who come and go, so it is only used for deliberations, and as for the meal, it has to be moved to the back hall, and then the four of them followed Shang to the back hall.

At this time, except for the person who poured the tea just now, no one else in the Shang Mansion knew that four cultivators from the Yunliu Sect had already come to Shangzhou City, and they had already had lunch.

After lunch, the four of them went back to the room arranged for them by Shang Li to rest, and this feeling of catching ducks on the shelves made them a little relieved.

So after Shang Li left, the four of them gathered in Senior Brother Wang's room again.

"Senior Brother Wang, our original intention was to defend Shangzhou City for two days before making plans, how did you hear that the mall owner meant that he wanted us to set off to the mountains tomorrow to exterminate the bandits, would this act be a little impatient?"

In the room, everyone sat at a square table, and the first to speak was Senior Brother Fang from Qi Chen Feng, who was more thoughtful and heard the pleading meaning in Shang Li's words.

Wang Xiangrui pondered for a while, then glanced at the three of them before he said seriously: "Tomorrow is tomorrow, you have also heard the three junior brothers, the reason why those bandits can become a climate is because there are many adventures in the mountains."

At this time and then, if it drags on any longer, I am afraid that there will be two more mid-stage cultivators, and it will be difficult to deal with them at that time, so we can quickly solve them so that we can know what the strange encounters they encounter are. ”