Chapter 486: The Disabled Old Man
When Xiao Chen returned to "home", the first thing he did was to set up a tent, and with the experience of being stolen last time, he would put the tent away before leaving every time. (.)
Nothing was found tonight, and he suspected that the true command structure of the Pantheon was hidden in the northern city, not the glossy southern city.
But after several days of exploration, I found nothing.
Moreover, he found himself being followed.
There are at least three people who are following him, and their strength is all above the Xuanwu Realm, and it is precisely because of this that he did not dare to act rashly, if he was replaced by an ordinary level soul warrior, I am afraid that he would have been killed by him a long time ago.
As soon as you step through the door, the feeling of being watched disappears, and those people must be hiding in place.
He took out a metal plate engraved with the number nine-five-two-seven, and fourteen thin straight lines were engraved on the back, indicating that he had won fourteen deathmatches.
In addition to the two games on the first day, he will also play two games a day in the past few days, and the opponents are basically the strength of the peak of the Immortal Martial Realm.
Therefore, he won a very famous title - Immortal Martial Realm Killer.
Here, a person with a lower rank can challenge a high-ranking opponent at any time, and in the absence of special circumstances, the challenged person must accept it.
If you change to a high-level person to challenge a low-level, the challenged person can refuse in one go, which is the rule of Beicheng.
Xiao Hou Ye is still at the fourth level of the Immortal Martial Realm, and the challenged ones are all at the peak of the Immortal Martial Realm, so they have no reason to refuse.
Many people at the peak of the Immortal Martial Realm trembled all day long, for fear that Xiao Chen would come to challenge.
Zlala......
The sound of the wooden plank rubbing against the ground sounded, from far to near, and Ye Ziwu Soul told him that it was the sloppy old man who had broken his legs, kneeling on a plank, and pushing the plank forward with both hands.
Zlala......
When the old man came to the door, he stopped, and shouted in a hoarse voice: "The master is at home, the old man is tired of walking, can you give a bowl of water to drink?"
This old man usually stays in the corner of the street to bask in the sun, and the little marquis has seen him at least three times in the past few days, and the excuse for begging for a bowl of water is too far-fetched.
The little marquis came out of the tent and said in a flat tone: "I'm sorry, there is no water at home." ”
The old man pretended to be disappointed, but he was not in a hurry to leave, but said: "It's okay if you don't have water, drinking cold water at night is to make your stomach upset, do you have wine?"
The little marquis smiled, and sure enough, he came prepared, and said: "There is wine, but this kind of thing is to share with friends, not to give alms to an old man named Hanako." ”
"Don't drink in vain, I always ask Hanako to exchange things with you. The old man's eyes flashed with a hint of agility.
"Hahaha, you are a poor bastard, you can't even eat your stomach all day long, what do you want to exchange with me?"
The old man also smiled, stretched out his dirty finger and pointed at his head, and said, "How about the old Hanako exchange the things in this with you?" Young man, I have been observing you for several days, and you are always paying attention to nothing more than trying to find something, and the old Hanako has no other skills, and the only advantage is that she has lived in Beicheng for more than forty years, and there is nothing I don't know about here. ”
"You'd better let me down. The little marquis threw him a leather bag.
The old man opened the cork, took a deep breath, and said with a face full of enjoyment: "Central Plains wine, the old name Hanako must not smell this smell for at least decades, young man, don't worry, I will definitely satisfy you." ”
After speaking, he raised his neck and drank several sips in a row, and he was addicted.
After a brief conversation, Xiao Chen learned that the old man had come here as a captive more than forty years ago, and later had a record of 52 consecutive victories.
But it was also the fifty-second game that he beat his opponent miserably, and although he won the match, he was seriously injured, and later failed to save his two legs and became a waste.
In the North City, the wasters don't have to participate in the Death Match Competition, and there is no chance to return to the South City.
The old man's dirty face showed a hint of redness, he carefully covered the cork, and said: "Young man, if you have any questions, just ask, as long as it is what has happened in the past forty years, I can answer you all." Don't doubt that the old man, though he is a cripple, has a knack for remembering. ”
Xiao Chen's first question was: "Can the lottery every month ensure that it is absolutely fair?"
The old man didn't expect his first question to get straight to the point, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "As long as there are people, there will be rivers and lakes, and there will be rivers and lakes with similar human feelings, relationships, etc., and Beicheng is not exempt from vulgarity." From what I've observed over the decades, most of the draws are fair, but a small number are controlled. ”
"For example?"
For example, every time someone wins fifty fights, his opponent becomes so strong that for hundreds of years, no one has been set free by winning sixty-six. ”
Hearing these words, the little marquis's brows furrowed, and he said, "How did you win fifty-two games in the first place?"
The old man continued to smile bitterly: "The first fifty-one games were very smooth, and the old man thought at that time that he was very likely to become the first person to break away from the North City in hundreds of years, and wanted to win the remaining fourteen in one go, so he looked for people everywhere to challenge." As a result, those who were challenged either died sideways, or suddenly couldn't cope with the battle for various reasons, so I could only wait for the monthly lottery to fight to the death, thinking that there would definitely be an opponent at that time, and the result was ......"
Xiao Hou Ye interrupted him: "As a result, you drew a very strong opponent, right?"
"That's right, the old man won the battle, but his legs were badly injured. "Based on the injuries I had at the time, there was no way I could have recovered before the draw next month, and unless I got a very weak opponent, it would be a dead end," he recalled. Just the day before the draw, I broke my legs, and guess what the next day's draw will be?"
Xiao Hou Ye smiled: "Do you still need to guess, your opponent is super tough." ”
"That's right, but I hurt myself first, and when they saw that I had lost the ability to fight to the death, they didn't say anything. The old man gritted his teeth and said, "Since then, I have suspected that there is a trick in the draw, and after decades of observation, I am sure that it is correct. Anyone who had the potential to win sixty-six games died tragically without exception. ”
"Then why don't you expose it?" the smile on the little marquis's face bloomed even more.
"Just kidding, I'm a crippled old man named Hanako, who will believe what he says? As the saying goes, it's better to die than to live, and I want to live a few more years. ”
He held up a finger: "Today's last question, who are the guys who followed me just now?"
"You know everything?" The old man was startled at first, then immediately laughed, and said: "The killers of the Immortal Martial Realm are really extraordinary, those few people are the victorious generals of our northern city, they have never lost, but they have never taken the initiative to challenge others, they just honestly wait for the lottery every month."
With their strength, if they wanted to, they would have left this place a long time ago, but they didn't. Say they like it here, they never come into contact with outsiders, say they don't like it, but they don't want to leave. ”
The little marquis instantly understood, it turned out to be like this.