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During the heyday of the Flame Palace, with the middle of the Great Manifestation Mountain Range as the center, an area of nearly 200,000 square kilometers was the territory of the Flame Palace, and everyone in this area had to accept the direct jurisdiction of the Flame Palace. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Xingping Town is a very famous market town in the territory of the Flame Palace, and it is also the most prosperous town in the area of nearly 200,000 square kilometers, and it is famous.

The total area of the entire Xingping Town is nearly 170 square kilometers, and when it was under the direct jurisdiction of the Flame Palace more than ten years ago, the mayor of Xingping Town was served by the disciples of the Flame Palace, maintaining the normal operation of the entire market town.

Gang Ye told Ma Yuhui that at the peak of Xingping Town, the population reached more than 2.9 million, which is almost equivalent to the scale of a small city, and the town is full of shops and prosperous to the extreme.

However, after Ma Yuhui himself arrived in Xingping Town, he couldn't see it at all, all he could see was a dilapidated town, and the original town of nearly 170 square kilometers only left less than 30 square kilometers of buildings.

On the outskirts of Xingping Town, Ma Yuhui even saw the traces left by the demolition and burning of many buildings, and the scorched black land seemed to silently tell the original prosperity of the town.

"The fire at the city gate affected the fish in the pond." Ma Yuhui entered Xingping Town, and after being silent for a long time, Gang Ye sighed, "At the beginning, the prosperity of Xingping Town was fundamentally based on the bulk trade between the people of the Flame Palace Gate and the outside world. ”

"Xingping Town, which has developed in this context, will also decline in a very short period of time once it encounters the disaster of the decline of the Flame Palace, and between Xingping Town and the Flame Palace, there is a blessing and a curse."

On a cobblestone street on the outskirts of the town, Ma Yuhui nodded lightly, and then asked Gangye, "Then do you want to go in and have a look?" ”

"Let's go ask first." Gang Ye thought for a while and said, "This Xingping Town is only a hundred kilometers away from the Great Manifestation Mountain Range, and it is the town that is most likely to maintain contact with the Flame Palace within a radius of nearly 100,000 square kilometers, maybe you can still find the contact point of the Flame Palace here."

When Ma Yuhui heard this, he also smiled silently and didn't say anything, and walked into the town with his backpack, and a scene of decay spread almost all over the town.

As Gang Ye said, since the Flame Palace fell from the clouds, the prosperity of Xingping Town has also disappeared, and the merchants who gathered here have left here, and those restaurants and money houses that rely on the consumption of merchants to survive have also been evacuated from here.

In less than 14 years, the once prosperous Xingping Town has reached the point where people are empty, and the land that is worth every inch of land has become a wasteland that is not worth a few dollars.

Nowadays, some traces of the prosperity of the past can still be seen on the site of Xingping Town, but the population of the entire Xingping Town is still settled is less than 30,000, and these 30,000 people are distributed in the center of the town of nearly 30 square kilometers, and a homeless man can buy a house of his own here!

There are few pedestrians on the street, and all of them have almost numb gods on their faces, and it can be easily judged from them that these people who stay in Xingping Town are not nostalgic, but they have nowhere else to go except Xingping Town, and staying here is just a helpless choice.

"In more than ten years, the sky has changed." Ma Yuhui walked silently on the street, trying to find the contact point of the Flame Palace that might still be here, but Gang Ye had infinite emotion on the side, and he said softly: "Judging from the situation in this Xingping Town, the current situation of the Flame Palace is probably terrible to the extreme. ”

"Hey, auntie." Gang Ye was sighing on the side, Ma Yuhui had already stopped a middle-aged fu girl in simple clothes, and asked Yan Yue to the other party: "Let me ask you about something, do you know where the contact point of the Flame Palace is?" Or you can take me over and I'll pay you. ”

The middle-aged woman who was stopped by Ma Yuhui was carrying a vegetable basket woven with bamboo strips in her left hand and a hoe stained with mud in her right hand.

Hearing Ma Yuhui's words, the eldest lady was obviously stunned, and then asked a little uncertainly: "You...... What do you think you're looking for? ”

"The point of contact for the Flame Palace." Ma Yuhui raised his hand and gestured, and said, "It's the Flame Palace in the Great Manifestation God Mountain Range, didn't this Xingping Town have a contact point before?" ”

"You're looking for a contact point for the Flame Palace?" The middle-aged lady hesitated a little, she said: "There is a contact point, but I haven't seen anyone for ten days and half a month, what pay do you give?" ”

This eldest lady is really a realistic Ma Yuhui smiled silently and said, "One or two gold, you took me over, or two coins of gold, tell me how to go." ”

"I'll take you." The eldest lady suddenly swept away the previous lifelessness, and while she was in good spirits, she didn't forget to say: "But whether you can find someone or not, you are not allowed to lie to me!" ”

“… Okay, here's your pay. Ma Yuhui's eyes rolled when he heard this, and he even said, "You, you don't need this word, and directly took out a small gold bar that weighed just one or two from the backpack and handed it to the eldest lady."

The middle-aged lady who got paid was obviously overjoyed, and while leading Ma Yuhui all the way to the contact point of the Flame Palace, she didn't forget to tell Ma Yuhui some free information.

She said that since the Flame Palace was withdrawn from Xingping Town, there was only one dilapidated contact point left in Xingping Town, and there was no half figure on duty in it at all.

Because since seven years ago, in the wilderness outside this Xingping Town, a group of robbers have somehow come in, and from time to time they will come into Xingping Town for a walk.

And the Flame Palace didn't know what was going on, in the face of such a group of raging robbers, they turned a blind eye and completely ignored them, neither looking for someone to negotiate nor find someone to exterminate, so they let this group of robbers make trouble near Xingping Town, scaring away I don't know how many people.

Originally, the contact point in Xingping Town was on duty for seven or eight days in half a month, but since the gang of robbers came, no one was on duty for ten days and half a month.

This middle-aged lady relayed this incident from the perspective of an unemployed female worker, so it was inevitable that there would be some conclusive remarks to determine that the gang of robbers was really just a gang of robbers.

But the same thing fell into the ears of Ma Yuhui and Gang Ye, and the taste here is very worth playing, this gang of robbers, ten likely, are sent by other sects to oppress and monitor the Flame Palace, right?

"If you want to put it in the past, just rush to the xing grid of the witch of Mu Jing, and at least you have to hang this blind guy to light the sky lantern!" Gang Ye sighed: "Where would these cats and dogs be allowed to poop and pee on the top of her head?" Alas......"

The more he came into contact with him, the more wry Ma Yuhui smiled at the current situation in the Flame Palace, no wonder Cheng Xian'er left directly when she couldn't get the plant.

For the current Flame Palace, the plant of the 10,000-year-old golden cage is the key to whether the Flame Palace can stand up again, and if you don't get the plant, you won't be able to get the control of the three smart planets, and the dream of the Flame Palace's re-emergence will become a mirror huā water moon.

A dying person watched the hope of survival gradually leave, and that kind of feeling really can't be described in words, at least Ma Yuhui has somewhat understood some of Cheng Xian'er's performance at that time at this time.

"Well, this is it."

The middle-aged aunt who was still carrying the sodium head took Ma Yuhui through the town for nearly seven minutes, and also talked for nearly seven minutes, until she led Ma Yuhui to the door of a two-story wooden house, she stopped and said: "The contact point of the flame word, there is only this one left in the entire town." ”

"Trouble.

Ma Yuhui nodded slightly, and while speaking, his eyes had already turned to the old two-story building, and he vaguely heard a snoring sound coming from inside.

After sending Ma Yuhui to him, the middle-aged aunt left directly with the gold bar, and Ma Yuhui walked to the door of the wooden house by himself, thought about it, raised his hand and gently knocked on the door twice, "Bang Bangyi"

After about three seconds, the snoring in the house did not disappear, but became louder "purr~"

"Fuck your sister." "Bang~!" Sensing this situation, Ma Yuhui also lost his politeness, and kicked directly on the door when he lifted Tui, only to hear a muffled sound, and the door opened!

"Who? Who's coming? It's none of my business, I'm just a handyman, I'm uh" The middle-aged man who was lying on the makeshift chuáng bunk on the two tables and got up was scared half to death, and before he could open his eyes, a series of words to excuse himself had already popped out of his mouth.

It wasn't until he jumped up and landed smoothly that he saw the face of the person who came clearly, he was stunned and hesitated, "You...... Who are you looking for? ”

The middle-aged man looked like he was about forty-three or fourteen years old, with a large beard on his cheeks, his hair was also messy, his eyes were hazy, and he still had a strong smell of alcohol.

Seeing this man's appearance, Ma Yuhui didn't say any nonsense, and said to the other party directly: "I don't need to be known for who I am, you are the contact point of the Flame Palace, right?" ”

The man swallowed. Saliva "You have something to do with me?" ”

Yu Hui nodded, and with a hum, he casually put the backpack he was carrying in his hand on the table, and sat on the boxy bench, "I have something to find the Duanmu Jing Palace Master of the Flame Palace, a very important matter!" 、，

"You want to find our palace master?" The middle-aged man thought that there was something wrong with his ears, and stared at Ma Yuhui for a long time before he said: "However, our palace master has been injured for more than ten years, and he has already announced that he will close his door more than ten years ago, and no one will see him!" ”

"You don't care if she sees it or not, just send the news back as soon as possible." Ma Yuhui got up and said, "You just tell the Duanmu Jing Palace Master that the apprentice is here" See or not see, remember to give me a letter when you go back." ”

"That man's apprentice? Whose apprentice? The middle-aged man was a little dazed when he heard this, how did he know that Ma Yuhui was referring to that person? It's just that by the time he reacted and wanted to ask a few questions, Ma Yuhui had already left the contact point with his backpack.

Looking at the position where Ma Yuhui was still standing before, the man who stayed in the contact point couldn't help but twitch the muscles of his face, and muttered, "Go back, or not go back?" ”

The Flame Palace has been in decline for more than ten years, but some of the original rules have still been maintained to the present, such as foreign visitors, especially male visitors, the Flame Palace has made many restrictions on Xing.

。。 , Ma Yuhui doesn't look very old, and there is no obvious anger on his body

o Move. This one is one of the many rules that are more in line with Yun, but "the identity is clear, but this one can't be involved."

The huge Flame Palace has now decayed to the point that even ordinary middle and upper reaches of the sect are slightly insufficient, this middle-aged man can be regarded as an unlucky egg, he joined the outer organization of the Flame Palace for less than a few days, and before he even had time to carry the signboard and pretend to be forced, the Flame Palace has suffered a shocking change.

From that time until now, he has been in charge of some trivial matters, and he rarely transmits the news of the contact point back to the sect of the Flame Palace.

But this time he was a little uncertain, even if those indiscriminate seekers were turned away in the past, but Ma Yuhui didn't seem to be a broken family, right?

About four minutes after Ma Yuhui left, the middle-aged man also made the decision to return to the sect to report the situation after a few minutes of entanglement.

Ma Yuhui, who was standing on the roof of a three-story wooden building not far away, also jumped down from the roof steadily after seeing the middle-aged man leave, and asked Gangye in a low voice, "Will she meet me?" ”

"As long as she's not out of breath, she'll see you." Gang Ye said very confidently: "Although this old witch is strong against Gang Ye, I still know her Xingzi very well. ”

After receiving Ye Gang's affirmative reply, Ma Yuhui also let go of the worries in his heart, smiled and turned his head towards another street... I don't know how long it will take for this news to be reported and feedback, but it can't be too fast, Ma Yuhui is not willing to stand on the street and wait!

Fortunately, although this Xingping town has declined, there are at least tens of thousands of population base here, and there are still restaurants in the town that are still open for business, although the conditions are not very good, but it is also a good choice to sit in it and ask for two bottles of sake to drink while waiting.

Ma Yuhui is a person from outside, as long as the people in Xingping Town can see this at a glance, because there are no more businessmen with bulging pockets in the town, and those who stay are low-level laborers who have nowhere to go.

As a result, Ma Yuhui sat down in the restaurant with his front foot, and someone muttered behind his back foot, this Xingping Town has long been decayed, and there are robbers rampant, like them, who have nothing of value except for a body of meat, the bottom laborers dare to continue to live here, what is this thin-skinned meat kid doing here?

The people in Xingping Town haven't found a new topic to talk about for a long time, and the arrival of Ma Yuhui, an outsider, has given them a new topic of discussion.

In less than half an hour, I don't know how, this topic reached the ears of the middle-aged lady who led the way to Ma Yuhui, listening to various versions of the rumors, the middle-aged lady snorted very disdainfully, and said: "Don't guess, that baby boy is here to find the Flame Palace to do something, or the contact point I took him to!" ”

So, this rumor, which made many people excited, finally had a relatively complete version: "A foreigner boy with fine skin and meat came to our Xingping Town, and it is said that he is looking for an errand in the Flame Palace..."

Ma Yuhui and Gang Ye guessed correctly, the gang of robbers rampant around Xingping Town was really a sect that had formed a life-and-death feud with the Flame Palace to bully the Flame Palace.

This group of people is not robbers at all, so they don't care about the robbery, the only thing they care about is whether anyone from the Flame Palace comes out, can they kill it to vent their anger?

Intelligence determines victory or defeat, and this group of people also has their own eyes in Xingping Town, and they have also received guidance from this group of people, so they know what situations they need to pay attention to.

When these informants heard such rumors, their minds were also activated, the people of the Flame Palace had been suppressed and almost became a shrunken turtle, and Ping Suli often went down for ten days and half a month, and he might not be able to block a person from the Flame Palace.

Since you can't block the door of the Flame Palace at this time, it's okay to change your target and block the outsiders who came to the Flame Palace, right?

The news was spread out of Xingping Town, and soon spread to the hill where the gang was stationed......

"Big brother, second brother, the informant in Xingping Town has sent a message!" A man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist carried two sledgehammers broke into a house made entirely of wood, and before he could enter, he had already shouted at the top of his voice: "A kid from a foreign country is looking for the contact point of the Flame Palace all over the world in Xingping Town, and it seems that he has a lot to do with the Flame Palace!" ”

The eldest brother and the second brother, who were talking in a low voice in this wooden house, couldn't help but glance at each other when they heard the man's loud voice, and the middle-aged man who was a little whiter stood up from the chair and saw the third brother walking in from the outside at a glance.

He raised his eyebrows slightly and asked, "What kid from a foreign country, who came from the news?" ”

"It's Liu Ermazi." The third brother of the tiger and the bear waist said without thinking: "He said, that small."

Zi looks like a temperamental son, but it's just ......"

"But what?"

"But if you have a fine skin and meat, if you hang it and light a sky lantern, it won't burn for long!" The third brother sneered...