Chapter Twenty-Six: Qingcheng Blue City
All the way forward, all the way to explore the road, eat and sleep in the open, walk through the reckless mountains, and walk all over the grassland. Finally, a month and a half later, I arrived at the city where the academy is located, Qinglan City.
Looking around, the city is located at the foot of the mountain, the quaint city gate is wide open, as if telling the longevity and vicissitudes of this city, there is no other city at the gate like other cities, there are soldiers guarding, people can come and go freely, showing a piece of peace.
Mutian, who has been in the dust all the way, can't help but be infinitely happy when he sees this tranquility, as if all the fatigue and loneliness when he is in a hurry have disappeared at this moment.
With a slight smile, he strode towards the city.
Walking into the city, there are endless pedestrians coming and going, the hawkers along the street, looking at the pedestrians with friendly eyes, some of the customers who are bowing their heads and inquiring about the price whispering, there is no sense of noise at all. The surrounding buildings are like the garden style of Mutian's previous life, criss-crossing and coordinated.
Mu Tian walked slowly on this quiet street, and he had a slight attachment to the atmosphere of this city, as if he belonged here.
But the next moment, this sense of attachment disappeared, and the thought of the unjustly killed relatives and the mother who was still missing, was replaced by that kind of contempt, pastoral pride. I didn't come here to enjoy, not to escape the world, but to become stronger, for my own responsibility and the trust of my master when he died. With this realization, a beast-like aura emanated from Mu Tian's body.
The pedestrians and whispering peddlers who were walking around felt the aura on Mu Tian's body, and they all looked at this young man in ragged clothes with a green face but clear eyes, and thought to themselves: "Where is this young man?"
Mu Tian didn't care about the eyes around him, and walked up to a vendor who was selling snacks, "This big brother, I want to ask, which direction is Qinglan Academy in?"
Looking at this smiling young man, he didn't have the squint just now, just like a little brother next door, this contrast made this man who had lived for twenty or thirty years a little addicted in a trance.
He shook his head vigorously, regained his brain, and said kindly: "This little brother should be from out of town, right? People in the city, who doesn't know Qinglan Academy? You walk along this street, keep moving forward, and at the end, it is Qinglan Academy, which is right in the center of this city. ”
For this person's kind answer, Mu Tian also had a good feeling, he had been on the road for so long, eating the hard-to-swallow demonic beasts all day long, and his stomach was already hungry, so he sat down, asked for a bowl of noodles, a few steamed buns, and feasted on it.
was eating, and suddenly remembered something, "Big brother, do you often go out of the stall here?"
"yes, I've been here for more than ten years, since I was sensible. The peddler replied with a smile.
Hearing this, Mu Tian was overjoyed in his heart, and asked eagerly: "Then big brother, you can recognize this person at a glance, I don't know if you have seen two men and a woman who are about the same age as me, the male is about the same height as me, and it looks much quieter than me, and the female is slightly lower, but it is very delicate, if you have seen it, you should not forget it." ”
The peddler listened to Mu Tian's description and thought in his heart for a while, "No, I am here every day, and I have never seen the two people you mentioned, if I have seen them, with your description, I will definitely not forget them." The peddler affirmed.
"Is there any other way into the city? Maybe they didn't take this road, so you didn't see it, big brother. Mu Tian thought of another situation.
The peddler also saw Mu Tian's anxiety, but he wouldn't lie, "Little brother, you also came in at the city gate, are there any other roads you have also seen, this is the road leading to Qinglan Academy in this city, and even if there are other roads, this is the most convenient recently, they have no reason to choose other roads." ”
Mu Tian couldn't help but feel a huge shock in his heart, and faintly had an ominous premonition, "Could it be that something happened to them?" Mu Tian thought in his heart, but he quickly dispelled this thought, he went all the way, in addition to the mountains and forests are grasslands, even if there is half of the robbers who block the way, they are not the opponents of the two brothers and sisters, not to mention the caution of Yuedu, although it is the first time to step into this mortal world, it will not be so easy to be deceived.
No longer thinking nonsense, he asked again: "Big brother, it seems that this city is very quiet, it seems that everyone is very kind, is it because of Qinglan Academy?"
"Hehe, you're only half right, Qinglan City is divided into Qingcheng and Blue City, and we belong to Qingcheng here, that is, within the scope of Qinglan Academy, so this is the case, but Blue City is completely different from here. ”
"Qingcheng, Blue City?" Mu Tian couldn't imagine that this Blue City still had this saying, "I don't know what is the difference between Blue City and Qingcheng?"
The peddler smiled and said, "This difference is big, if Qingcheng is called heaven, then Blue City is hell, and the two cities are very different." The peddler didn't wait for Mu Tian to continue to ask, and then said endlessly: "You have seen the situation in Qingcheng, the people here are not allowed to fight privately, if they do not obey this city order, once discovered, the law enforcement team of Qinglan Academy will arrest the person who fights and throw him into Blue City." If this is the case, then the person who does not obey the city order will go to hell. Speaking of which, the peddler seemed to think of what he had seen in the past, and he was embarrassed.
"What kind of hell is Blue City, big brother, can you tell me?" Mu Tian suddenly became interested, it turned out that the scene he saw when he entered the city was just an illusion, and he couldn't imagine that this paradise-like city would still have the saying of hell.
Seeing that there was no one around, the peddler whispered, "Blue City is called hell, of course, for a reason. In the Blue City, it is not forbidden to fight at all, even to the death, as long as you are in the Blue City, even if you don't do anything, just walk on the street, maybe someone will stab you in the back, even if you die, there is no mercy. As if thinking of the darkness of the Blue City, the peddler couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat when he said this. However, he didn't want his customer to underestimate him, so he straightened his mind and continued: "Anything can happen in the Blue City, whoever has the biggest fist there is the king of heaven, and everything is respected by strength." As long as you have strength, there is nothing you can't get there, money, women, slaves, power, all can be satisfied. And if you kill someone there, don't be afraid of people seeking revenge, because maybe you will be killed in the next moment. In short, as long as you have the strength, you are the master in the blue city. ”
In the hawker's words, strength was mentioned twice, it seems that this Blue City is the same as the Golden Triangle of the Three Regards in Mu Tian's previous life, strength determines everything, strength is supreme, and strength is respected. Mu Tian has some yearning in his heart, he was a gangster in his previous life, living a life of licking blood from the knife every day, and now when he comes to this continent, he has no more of the leisure and happiness in his previous life, and he has responsibilities and burdens. However, if you want to hone and improve yourself faster, then this blue city must go, the more dangerous the place, the more you can hone a person, this Mu Tian has a deep understanding, it is precisely because of more than two years of fighting in the mountains that he can shake the king rank hard, and retreat with his whole body.
"Blue City, hehe. Thinking in his heart, a wicked smile appeared on his lips, which made the peddler, who was very good at observing words, a little confused, not knowing that this young man would show such an expression after hearing the sinister of Blue City.
When Mu Tian heard everything he wanted to know, he didn't stay long, and he threw a gold coin to the vendor very boldly, and was about to turn around and leave.
Seeing that this unclothed young man was so generous, the hawker was also overjoyed, as if he had thought of something, and hurriedly called the burning Mu Tian.
Mu Tian turned his head suspiciously, "Big brother, isn't there enough money?"
Seeing that Mu Tian had misunderstood what he meant, the peddler hurriedly explained, "Little brother, you misunderstood, even if you buy my stall, the money is enough." I have a guess about the two people you mentioned just now, I don't know if they are or not, you should just listen to them. ”
"Oh, big brother, please speak. Mu Tian didn't expect that this peddler's head was quite lively.
The peddler hesitated for a moment, as if he didn't know how to speak, looked at Mu Tian's expectant eyes, and finally mustered up the courage and said solemnly: "Little brother, if what you said above is correct, if the destination of those two young people is Qinglan Academy, and they don't appear in the city, it is likely to be in Blue City." ”
Hearing this, Mu Tian's face changed greatly, and he said, "Big brother, how can you say this?"
Seeing Mu Tian's expression, the peddler had a trace of worry in his heart, and said: "You also know the situation in Blue City, there are many people with strange temperaments, and in order to satisfy their different habits, some people rely on this to earn money, for example, some people like boys and girls......"
The peddler didn't continue, but the meaning was obvious, where there was demand, there was a market, and the Yue brothers and sisters were likely to be caught there.
Seeing that Mu Tian, who had fallen into a state of stiffness because of his words, he couldn't bear it, afraid that his guess was nonsense at all, so he comforted: "Actually, little brother, you don't have to worry too much, these are just my guesses, whether this is the case, don't you know when you go to the academy to see? Maybe I just didn't care about something on the day they arrived, and I just missed it." They might be waiting for you at the academy right now. ”
Hearing this, Mu Tian thought that this statement was not impossible, there were so many people coming and going every day, how could the vendor write them all down, figure it out, smile gratefully at him, and strode towards the direction of the academy.
"If they are not in the academy, they are likely to be guessed by the peddler and caught in the blue city, then they will be guilty, and they kindly let the two brothers and sisters go to the academy to cultivate, which is not without the meaning of refuge, but now they have just escaped from the tiger's mouth and entered the tiger's den again. ”
This possibility was infinitely magnified by Mu Tian, although he preferred to believe the reason behind the peddler, but his heart was more inclined to the former, if this was the case, then they would be more than lucky.
Anxious, the speed of the journey suddenly accelerated, hoping to know the whereabouts of their brother and sister immediately.
"If it is really guessed by the peddler that it was the Blue City, then it can't be said, and there is no need for this Blue City to exist!"
In a hurry, the end of this central avenue has been reached, and at the end, a castle-like building in the center of the city is in sight.