Chapter 22: The City of Turmoil
Although he didn't have to hurry by himself to sit on the back of the demon beast, within a few days, he had traveled all the way through several big cities, and no matter how strong his perseverance was, he felt a little tired, and this was the first time he had sat on the wind and demons. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Not far ahead is the City of Turmoil, the City of Turmoil is no more chaotic than other cities in the Shenwu Continent, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, let's land in the dense forest below, right?" You Mu glanced at Xia Yueling and handed over an inquiring look.
"Listen to Grandpa You!" Xia Yueling said softly, Fengchen, as a person who has no right to speak, of course he can only do as he pleases, but after so many days, the novelty has passed, Fengchen really wants to go down and walk early, and his body is sore......
In the clouds, you can vaguely see a tall and magnificent city wall, You Mu tapped the beast's head with his toes, and the southbound guest slowly fell, and after putting down everyone, he jumped up and flew up to the clouds and disappeared.
"Let's go!" You Mu smiled at Xia Yueling and Fengchen and said slowly.
Xia Yueling covered the veil, held the hairball, and kept up with You Lao's footsteps, and Fengchen walked side by side with Xia Yueling behind You Lao.
"Wind and dust, have you heard of the City of Turmoil before?" After a few days of getting along, Fengchen and You Mu became more and more familiar, and You Mu also asked Fengchen to change his name to You Lao.
"The juniors only know that Odin Academy is in the turbulent city, and they don't know anything else!" is not afraid of the jokes of Yumu and others, Fengchen replied truthfully.
"It's not surprising that you're so young that you don't know." You Mu smiled slightly, wiped his beard, and continued: "The reason why this place is called the City of Turmoil is because it does not belong to any of the five major empires, there is no jurisdiction and no law and order, and naturally there are more riots than other big cities, so the name is here!" ”
"Isn't there a ruling force here?" Fengchen couldn't help but ask curiously, no matter what happens in a city, there will always be a mountain king, right?
"Whoever is powerful here speaks, Odin Academy is considered a big overlord here, even if it has a position in the five empires, but they will not interfere with the security here, and of course no one dares to provoke them!" Xia Yueling took over the conversation. Odin Academy is in the turbulent city, Fengchen has vaguely guessed that Odin Academy is not simple, but he didn't expect it to be the overlord of the turbulent city, it seems that the old man Candle Ming boasted about Odin Academy before, not to lie to him.
"Why don't the Five Great Empires take over the City of Turmoil?" It's a good thing to have one more city, Fengchen is a little puzzled, the five empires are unwilling to take over.
"The turbulent city is far away from the five empires, and there is no spiritual stone ore source that can be mined nearby, and the resources are relatively poor, in addition, most of the people here are poor, and the resources that can be handed over every year are limited, and the poor are more likely to rebel and riot because of life, and it is not easy to manage, if you want to take over here, you need to send a large number of troops, then you need a lot of military supplies, compared with the payout, this is a hot potato, so every empire lets it go!" You Lao said patiently.
"Then why is Odin Academy established in such a remote place?" Since it is a place with few resources, it is a little strange that such a powerful force as Odin Academy chose to settle here.
You Lao smiled slightly, his eyes were full of reminiscence, and after a while, he said, "This is related to a person!" More than 10,000 years ago, there was an extremely powerful immortal language master in the Shenwu Continent! ”
"Immortal Whisperer?" Fengchen's eyes widened, sorcerers can be divided into sealers, spellers, soul sorcerers, spirit sorcerers, and realm sorcerers according to their realms, but they have never heard of immortal whisperers!
Yumu nodded lightly: "Hmm! At that time, the Keyes Empire and the Gurantis Empire were at war, the war had displaced many people, and a large number of refugees would flood into the borders of various countries every day. Single-handedly quelled the war! No one knows where he came from, only that his name is Odin! And here...... It's his hometown! ”
"Immortal Whisperer? What is that? Fengchen still didn't come back to his senses in shock, and muttered softly.
"I don't know, the Divine Continent hasn't produced an Immortal Whisperer since him!" You Mu shook his head lightly, with some emotion.
"Odin Academy is deeply popular here, and is quite popular with the poor, although Odin Academy usually turns a blind eye, if anyone dares to massacre the poor here for no reason, even if it is a person from the five empires, Odin Academy will kill them even if they chase the entire Shenwu Continent! And in the battle between martial arts on weekdays, Odin Academy will not intervene. Xia Yueling's lips opened lightly and said slowly.
Odin Academy actually had an immortal whisperer! Fengchen became excited in his heart, I don't know if there is anything left by that person in Odin Academy, it seems that it is a good choice to promise the old man Candlelight!
As he spoke, Fengchen and his party had already passed through the city wall, and arrived in the turbulent city, the turbulent city was not as prosperous as Luoyan City, but it could be regarded as a big city, maybe these days were the triennial college exams of Odin Academy, and the streets were bustling, and the fancy clothes from various empires were particularly lively!
"After so many days of traveling, it's finally here, let's find a place to rest first, and then go to Odin Academy!" Although he has arrived in the turbulent city, Yumu seems to have regarded Fengchen as his own, and did not say goodbye to Fengchen, but made a very concerned proposal.
"Good!" Fengchen nodded slightly, and after arriving in the turbulent city, his mood became inexplicably excited.
Everyone wandered the streets, looking for a place to rest, and suddenly! Fengchen's breath suddenly condensed, and a black shadow quickly passed through Fengchen's waist! Very agile and sophisticated! Before the wind and dust could see it clearly, the black shadow flickered a few times, and it was covered up by the crowd!
You Lao and the others noticed the change, and they all looked at Fengchen's waist, and Fengchen was a little annoyed and said, "My money bag is gone!" "Yikes! As soon as you enter the turbulent city, you are robbed! Fengchen was very depressed.
"It's okay, I've locked its breath, follow me!" You Lao calmly walked through the crowd, and Fengchen and the others followed quickly.
In the quiet and remote alley, a low-level cat-type demon beast held a money bag in its mouth and jumped into the arms of a young man about ten years old, the young man took the money bag in the mouth of the demon beast with a happy face, and touched the head of the demon beast: "Xiao Hei, thank you." The monster enjoyed it, and put its head against the low boy's hand.
"Stealing at a young age!" You Mu said sharply, the young man was disturbed, and hurriedly raised his head! After seeing the seven black shadows standing on the roof, he turned his head and ran! Wander through the alleys.
Fengchen didn't worry that he would run away, and slowly followed behind with You Lao and the others, and the more he walked inside, the more Fengchen was touched.
The boy seemed to be taking him to another world, and the house under his feet was either a little plank on the door or a big hole in the roof!
It all felt fragmented, as fragile as if the wind and dust could crush it if it passed over its head! It was unbearable to step on, and Fengchen and Yumu and others jumped off the roof and walked through the alley.
The young man's previous movements had already alarmed some of the people in the alley, and many people hid in the house, watching Fengchen and his party pass through with panicked eyes, and Fengchen couldn't help but feel a little sad! This is supposed to be the slum of the turbulent city.
Walking and walking, You Lao stopped in front of a dilapidated wooden house, Fengchen looked at this wooden house that had been sewn up many times, and he also felt the breath of the young man just now from this dilapidated wooden house!
Before they could make any moves, the door opened with a "squeak", and a woman in tattered clothes walked out of the door in a bit of a panic and knelt down in front of You Lao.
"Did the baby take your things? I'll give it back to you! Please don't care about the villain, let the baby go! The woman pleaded in some panic, and handed over the lost money bag between words.
The young man who was hiding in the house slowly walked behind the woman, his clothes were very tattered, and he didn't know how many torn clothes he had sewn up, and his bright eyes were slightly frightened and guilty, and he stood next to the woman.
The young man wanted to help the woman up, but the woman wanted to pull the young man to kneel, but the stubborn young man just didn't kneel, staring at Fengchen and the others, and his eyes were more not fear, but anger!
At this time, there was another cry of a girl in the house, and a little girl about five or six years old ran out of the house holding a tattered doll.
"Grandpa, brother, sister, please let Brother Po go! It's all because of our brother Bao that we steal things! Brother Po is a good person! Brother Bao has never been willing to eat the things he hunted in the forest, and he has given them all to us, but now that it is winter, there is really no hunting in the forest, Brother Bao can't bear to let us starve to death, so he will steal it, please let him go? Su'er is willing to be a cow and a horse for you! The little girl knelt beside the woman, her eyes red from crying, and she was pitiful.
After the little girl finished speaking, the poor people next to her walked out of the house one after another and knelt down!
Xia Yueling's breathing became a little heavy, the light veil covering her face was slightly blown up, she held the hairball with one hand, and hurriedly walked over to help the little girl up.
"Don't worry, we won't be embarrassed for him!" The wind and dust also lifted the woman up and comforted her.
Fengchen is quite sad at this time, it is not unreasonable for them to be so afraid, there is no order in the turbulent city, whoever has a hard fist speaks, the young man stole Fengchen's money bag, it was the young man's loss, even if Fengchen killed him, no one would stand up for them, let alone ask, the streets of the turbulent city were still prosperous and unchanged.
Xia Yueling looked at the kneeling people, went over to help them up, and said softly, "Everyone get up!" We won't embarrass you! The kneeling poor people still looked at You Lao and Fengchen and didn't dare to get up, until You Lao persuaded each other, they helped each other to get up slowly.
Fengchen handed the money bag to the woman and said, "Take this!" It doesn't matter to me! ”
"It's a great favor for you to let go of Bao, and we have no shame to accept money from our benefactors!" The woman knelt down again, shirking her desire to return the purse to the dust.
"Since I am your benefactor, you will listen to me and accept it!" Fengchen saw that the woman was not as restrained as just now, and smiled slightly.
"This ......" The woman looked at Xia Yueling and You Mu and hesitated a little, because what she was holding in her hand was the lives of these people around her! With this money bag, maybe they can survive this winter, and Po doesn't have to risk his life to go out and steal it! She suddenly felt that the things in her hands had become very heavy!
Xia Yueling and You Mu nodded slightly, they also knew what this money bag meant to these people, the woman's eyes were full of tears, and then she accepted Fengchen's money bag, she bent her knees again, wanting to kneel down to Fengchen and the others! Fengchen and Xia Yueling hurriedly held her up.
"Grandpa You, give them all the coins we have!" Xia Yueling's voice suddenly became quite majestic and irresistible! It makes the wind and dust a little impressive.
"Yes! Miss! You Mu nodded slightly, untied his money bag, and handed it to an attendant behind him, and the attendant behind him also untied his money bag and distributed it to the surrounding poor people one by one.
Xia Yueling suddenly walked to Fengchen's side, handed the hairball to Fengchen's arms, and then untied the exquisite hairband on his head, walked over, and personally brushed up Su'er's unkempt hair and tied it with a hairband.
"Sister, you're so beautiful!" Su'er stopped crying and looked at Xia Yueling happily.
Xia Yueling smiled slightly, touched Su Er's delicate face, and after the entourage finished dividing the coins, all the poor people bent down to thank Fengchen and the others, Fengchen and the others undoubtedly gave them a chance to live.
Looking at the light of hope on their faces, Fengchen and Xia Yueling smiled and turned to leave, Ah Bao stood aside like a child who had done something wrong, the woman touched Ah Bao's head, looked at the back of Fengchen and the others leaving, and whispered: "Children, they are all good people, if there is a chance in the future, remember them for us." ”