Chapter 39: The Turmoil
In the tavern in Canglan City, there were not many people in the early morning, but a few guests had already entered the tavern in twos and threes, and then they sat around and talked about something while eating.
"Hey!"
"Have you heard of everything?"
As one of them opened his mouth with a mysterious face, the rest of the guests sitting next to him were instantly attracted to him, and they all swarmed around him.
"Li San, where did you hear any interesting gossip from your special mother?"
Among the guests who crowded over, some people couldn't help but joke with interest.
The person who pretends to be a mysterious face, his name is Li Cai, because he is the third oldest in the family, so everyone he knows calls him Li San.
This Li San is also quite famous among the civilians of Canglan City, and has always been known for being small and well-informed, of course, most of the news that comes out of his mouth is false and untrue, and most of them are regarded by everyone as interesting things to talk about at the dinner table in the tavern.
"Go, go!"
"What is the grapevine, this is a real thing, a big thing. β
"Love to listen or not, don't listen to fuck off!"
Seeing that Li San's temper was still coming up, the two hurriedly picked up the teacup and approached and said with a smile: "Hey, little brother Li, don't take it seriously, let's laugh." β
"We really want to hear what the hell is going on!"
Early in the morning, the two of them were idle and had nothing to do, and they really wanted to hear the real and big things that Li San said.
After all, Li San also belongs to the kind of master who can't hold back things in his heart, since he has brought it up casually, and let him hide it, he can't hold it back.
The guests at the other tables around him, as soon as they heard that Li San seemed to be about to say something interesting, and when they heard that it was still something important, they all pulled up the stools with their butts lowered, and leaned forward with curiosity on their faces.
Gently sipped the tea in the cup, put down the cup slowly, and glanced at the eyes full of anticipation in everyone's eyes, Li San seemed to be very proud of this appetizing act in his heart.
"Last night...... Did you hear that strange loud noise?"
Li San finally spoke.
"yes, I thought I was going to say something!"
"So it was the loud noise last night, what's so strange about that! Isn't that the sound of miners opening mines?"
A middle-aged man at the table waved his hand with a disappointed face and said.
The people around them seemed to nod in agreement, thinking that there was nothing strange about the loud noise.
Li San looked at the middle-aged man who spoke with disdain, and sneered: "I didn't say you, didn't you see where that loud noise came from?"
"That's the Beast Forest, and the Beast Forest hasn't been peaceful lately. β
"Do you think there will be any miner who is not open-eyed and will go to that ghost place in the Beast Forest to open a mine at this time, it is really too long. β
When everyone heard it, it seemed that it was really like that, and after all, the Fierce Beast Forest was not far from Canglan City, so they could still correctly judge whether it was the sound that came out.
"Alas...... It seems really strange to hear Brother Li say this!"
"Long before that loud noise, a large number of city guards suddenly appeared in the city, and the whole city began to impose martial law, so they went from house to house to prevent people from coming out. β
One of the people on the side chimed in suspiciously.
"Brother Li is right, it is indeed not the sound of mining, I have seen it with my own eyes. β
On the other side, a slightly chubby middle-aged man who looked like a businessman hurriedly said.
When he said this, everyone immediately turned their expectant and curious eyes to him, and Li San twitched the corners of his mouth and disdainful.
Seeing this, the fat merchant hurriedly said: "Because of going out of the city to transport materials, I didn't come back until late last night. β
"On the way back, the night was already very late, because the way back was very close to the Beast Forest, and the Beast Forest was so uneven recently, so I tried to take a detour, which also took me a lot of time......"
The crowd didn't get impatient with the fat merchant's extra nonsense, but as time went on, more and more people listened around.
Even Li San, who was full of disdain, couldn't help but show interest, after all, the news he heard was only told to him by a thief in the city guard, that Xiao happened to be on duty last night, but that Xiao didn't see it with his own eyes after all.
"I was about to move away from the beast forest, but suddenly I felt as if something was flying overhead, but when I looked up, there was nothing. β
"But I hadn't gone far when there was a sound of fighting in the beast forest not far away, and I was so frightened that I hurried the carriage to the side of the hill, but after waiting for a while, I didn't hear the sound again. β
"Just be ......"
Speaking of this, the fat merchant's small eyes suddenly widened, and he looked at the people who were listening attentively, and then continued: "Just as I got into the carriage and was about to continue walking, I heard a bang in the sky in the distance, and I subconsciously turned around. β
"Oh my God! I only saw that the sky above the originally dark beast forest suddenly seemed to explode like a big fireball, and most of the sky was lit up. β
"I was so frightened that I got on my horse and ran away, not even daring to ask for the goods, but when I ran outside the city, the city guards told me that martial law was under fire, and I had to spend the night in fear under the city gate. β
"But luckily I was brave enough to go and see it this morning, and guess what......"
"My carriage and cargo are still ......"
In the back, everyone was obviously not interested in continuing to listen to the fat businessman's nonsense.
Just when everyone was still arguing about what the explosion was last night after listening to the fat businessman's story, Li San, who had not squeaked for a long time, coughed lightly and said, "Actually, ......."
"As for what happened in the Beast Forest last night, I know exactly from a good brother of mine who served in the army. β
When everyone heard Li San say this, they all refocused their eyes on Li San, and asked one by one.
"My brother told me that last night the Imperial Army was in the Beast Forest and found a group of the most wanted criminals who had absconded from Shadow 6. β
Li San said this, picked up the cup and took a sip unhurriedly.
And everyone started talking like a nest.
"What, the wanted criminal of Shadow Big 6 actually escaped to the Fierce Beast Forest, which is so close to Canglan City. β
"Who said it wasn't, no wonder the Fierce Beast Forest was so weird recently, and there was such a big movement last night, wouldn't it be even unsafe for Canglan City. β
Just when everyone was talking, Li San reached out and knocked on the table, and said, "Heyβyou don't have to worry. β
"According to my brother who served in the army, those wanted criminals who escaped from Shadow 6 have all been exterminated by Lord Nangong Zhengyan, the king of Zhennan, who personally led the army. β
"So, last night's movement was caused by their fighting, and now the beast forest should be safe. β
When everyone heard this, they hurriedly showed happy expressions again.
Soon, the story of the tavern was spread throughout Canglan City, but it was clear that many new versions were produced in the process of spreading.
As everyone knows, it was precisely because of Li San's words that they spread all over the city, and many years later, they brought great calamity to Canglan City.
Early in the morning, Ye Chenxi came to the door of the Shadow Xuan Room with a happy face, today is a very important day - the day of the family's ranking battle.
The girl was raising her little hand and was about to push open the door with a look of excitement, but the door happened to be pushed open.
"Eh, Shadow Xuan, you're up!"
"Originally, they wanted to call you. β
"Let's go, let's hurry up and eat first, and then we can go to Cangdi City." β
The girl looked at the warm smile of the young man who opened the door, and whispered with a little blushing.
The young man smiled so warm and good-looking, I don't know why, maybe because he had been alone all the time, the young man rarely smiled, at least he took off his hood and didn't see him smile often, even if it was a hint.
Maybe it's only to yourself that you can show this side.
Ying Xuan had already finished washing and dressing neatly, but he didn't expect to meet Yechen Xi as soon as he opened the door, he was still wearing a dark purple long cloak and jacket today, and the hood was not yet worn, completely the same as the previous outfit, but it looked very new.
This is exactly what Ying Xuan commissioned the clothing store to make exactly the same as the original set.
Because it was really expensive for him to wear clothes, almost once he went to the Fierce Beast Forest, he hung colors all over his body, and he was injured a little, with his original recovery power that was not weak plus the recovery power of Da Yan? Survival Determination, as long as it was not too serious or life-threatening injury, he could almost recover as before.
But if the clothes are seriously damaged, there is nothing he can do, after all, it is much more difficult to let him sew and mend his clothes than to let him go to the Fierce Beast Forest to kill the fierce beasts.
Even if he returned to Yefu and had the ingenious Yechenxi sew him as before, he didn't want to always trouble Yechenxi, so he had to make a few more sets in that clothing store, which was not expensive anyway.
Seeing that Ying Xuan was ready, the girl couldn't wait to take Ying Xuan to the restaurant for breakfast.
"Ying Xuan, are you really sure?"
"But, don't be too reckless for me!"
At the dining table, the girl looked at Ying Xuan worriedly while holding a piece of poached egg on Ying Xuan's dinner plate, and whispered.
"Don't worry, since you are sure, everything is doomed. β
Ying Xuan didn't care at all about the little fat man who was eating on the side and Xiao Lan, who was watching the two of them, stretched out his hand and touched the girl Chen Xi beside him, and said gently.
Ye Chenxi felt the gentle touch of the little face, and also dispelled the worries in her heart, after all, whatever he said, she would believe it without hesitation.
Ignoring the two of them early in the morning, they had to sprinkle dog food for a meal.
The little fat man Ye Kongchen quickly chewed the food in his mouth, didn't care about the image and burped, patted his round belly, and said excitedly to Ying Xuan: "Brother-in-law, I believe in you." β
"You can definitely beat those so-called genius elites to the ground!"
Ying Xuan sipped tea from his cup, but his eyes were calm and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Hearing that the little fat man was called Ying Xuan's brother-in-law again, the girl Ye Chenxi, who was next to Ying Xuan, surprisingly did not stare at her brother as usual.
Instead, he lowered his little head with a blushing face, peeking at Ying Xuan beside him, while rubbing the corners of his clothes vigorously with his two little hands, indescribably shy.
Soon, several people finished breakfast in a cheerful conversation, and from beginning to end, Ye Wuji did not show up.
"What happened last night -- on the other side of the Beast Forest, I didn't expect it to spread so quickly this morning. β
In Ye Wuji's room, Ye Wuji sat at the table, crossed his hands, and said in a deep voice.
"I heard that none of the people who followed King Zhennan came back alive, and even King Zhennan almost fell on the spot. β
The second elder Ye Yan, who was sitting at the table, stroked his beard and said softly.
"Four saint-level powerhouses, more than a dozen king-level masters, all of them are actually dead, this time the empire has suffered a lot of losses!"
"Well, who would have thought that those things would actually blow themselves up in the Xuanhai. β
Speaking of this, Ye Wuji seemed to think of something, raised his head, and hurriedly asked, "That kid went out of the city to the Fierce Beast Forest yesterday, has he come back?"
"It's back...... It was back at night, and it was after martial law. β
The second elder's eyelids lifted slightly, and he said.
"Hmm, how did he get into the city after he came back at night, and after martial law?"
Ye Wuji knew that without the family's identity card, he would not be able to enter the city after martial law, and the identity card of Yefu belonging to Ying Xuan was not given to him yet. This made him wonder.
"It's the fourth son of 6 mansions, 6 Yan. β
"He took Young Master Ying Xuan into the city together. β
The second elder said again.
"Hmm...... You give this to him, and tell him everything I want to explain, and this time the family ranking battle will be taken by you. β
Ye Wuji paused and said expressionlessly.
After that, he took out a black square jade plate from his arms, the jade plate is beautiful and exquisite, the front side is engraved with the night character of dragon flying and phoenix dancing, and the reverse side is engraved with three upright big characters of night shadow Xuan.
The second elder, taking the jade plaque, his originally slightly drooping eyelids, moved slightly, and left with a respectful salute.
In the family ranking battle, each family can only send four genius elites from its own clan who are greater than or equal in age between fifteen and twenty according to the regulations.
On behalf of Yefu, those who went to Cangdi City to participate in the family ranking battle were Ye Ying Xuan, Ye Chenxi, and Ye Kongchen, as well as Ye Xiangyuan, the grandson of the Great Elder.
To be honest, the last generation of the Ye family had three famous brothers, Ye Wuji, Ye Wuji, and Ye Wuya, but there were no outstanding geniuses among the younger generation.
Yechenxi is also the leader of the younger generation of Yefu, even compared with some genius teenagers from other big families, it is not bad, but what makes Yechenji helpless is that although Yechenxi is extremely talented, she herself is not interested in cultivation, she does not like to fight and kill.
The remaining eldest daughter has already married for the sake of family stability.
And the youngest son Ye Kongchen, uh, worried about his physique and cultivation talent, don't talk about it.
Ye Wuji didn't expect the previous generation of the Ye family to be so brilliant, in addition to the three brothers, there were also many genius elites, but this generation was ......
Ye Wuji, who had no hope for the family's ranked battle, suddenly appeared in his field of vision at this time.
ps: One more is offered
To be ...... To be continued......
Lewen