Chapter 4: The Fall of the Hatted Man
"For those who cultivate Douqi, the amount of clothing no longer affects comfort." The hat man didn't smile for a long time, and his smile was very ugly.
"Oh, that's ......" Lu Ling was stunned for a moment before nodding.
The whole carriage was very quiet, and the passengers huddled together glanced curiously at the man in the hat.
"My name is Gu Shan, the patriarch of the ancient clan of Panyan City."
As soon as Dou Li's words fell, the surrounding passengers widened their eyes and discussed: "It's the patriarch!" "If the patriarch is spoken, the strength must be very high?" "Wait, is it the patriarch of this carriage?" β¦β¦
The villagers looked at the past with strange eyes, and the man in the hat was triumphant.
"Haha, you may not believe it, I used to be a man of the year in the Douqi Continent, the third elder of the ancient eight great families and ancient clans, and now it is the turn of the patriarch of a small city."
This addition made everyone stunned for a long time.
The Three Elders of the Ancient Clan?!
Among the eight ancient families: Xiao Clan, Gu Clan, Soul Clan, Yan Clan, Medicine Clan, Stone Clan, Spirit Clan, Thunder Clan, there are seven major families that have fallen and fallen into the hands of the Soul Clan.
The seven strongest families with a long history have perished, but it cannot be ruled out that some of them have deserted around the world, established small families, and wanted to make a comeback.
For example, Gu Yuan, the patriarch of the original Gu clan, has encountered an accident.
The elder of the ancient tribe, the ancient mountain. hurriedly took the eldest lady Gu Xun'er and fled to Panyan City to establish a new force.
Although the bloodline inheritance of the ancient clan has been severed, their reputation in the Douqi Continent has not diminished at all, and they have secret dealings with many big forces. It's just that the Soul Temple no longer takes them seriously.
Lu Ling was surprised, and in his mind, he sorted out the information collected scattered and scattered.
In this way, Gu Xun'er is actually the heroine of "Breaking the Sky", doesn't it happen to have the same name?
"Gu Xun'er." Lu Ling subconsciously called the neighboring Gu Xun'er.
"Mmmm, what's the matter with Brother Lu?" Gu Xun'er asked happily.
"Xiao Yan." Lu Ling asked tentatively.
"Little ...... Shape? Gu Xun'er was stunned.
"No, it's Xiao Yan."
"Cutting inflammation? Hehe, is Brother Lu talking about a code? I really didn't understand the meaning, and Lu Ling's expression of trying his best to make the words clear was quite interesting, so Gu Xun'er had to cover her mouth and chuckle.
"No, it's fine." Lu Ling shook his head.
Judging from the fact that Gu Xun'er doesn't know Xiao Yan, the story line has not yet developed to the part where Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yan know each other, and it has changed a lot.
However, since you are in the world of "Breaking the Sky", sooner or later you will meet Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, Medusa, Xiao Yixian and others, right?
"Haha......" Gu Shan hugged the knife and smiled bitterly, in the conversation with the villagers, he couldn't stand the flattery of the villagers, and many honors were in the past.
"Patriarch Gu! The strong man who fought with the dragon in the sky, but your guard? In order to confirm whether Gu Shan was the target of the Taixu Ancient Dragon, Lu Ling hurriedly interjected and asked.
"Yes. What's wrong? Gu Shan was slightly stunned.
Lu Ling didn't answer: "You guys, fighting against the Dragon Clan?" β
"Not really...... We are also running for our lives, and after the battle with the Soul Palace, the family has fallen into the abyss from which we will never recover. How dare we provoke the dragons now? β
Gushan always emphasizes that his family is a fallen ancient clan, is he nostalgic for the prosperity of the past, and deceives himself? Or do you use your past deeds to make the people around you more respectful? None of this is known.
However, one thing Lu Ling understood was that the ancient mountain could not have nothing to do with the Taixu Ancient Dragon!
"You said you didn't want to make a feud with the dragon clan, but you sent guards to fight the Taixu Ancient Dragon, why is that?"
"On the one hand, it is to protect the village, and on the other hand, there is also the meaning of self-preservation."
"Self-insurance...... Self-preservation is greater than the village? β
"Of course, the lives of the villagers are more important."
"Then the whole village should thank you, the ancient dragon has just appeared, and your guards have come to protect the village, and the rescue is very timely. Thank you. β
A series of words made everyone in the car scratch their heads.
Lu Ling's words seemed to have ulterior motives, and even Gu Xun'er cast her gaze in confusion.
"We just happened to pass by here, and when we saw the Taixu Ancient Dragon attacking the village, we naturally came to the rescue...... "Gu Shan Zheng said......
"How could it be that you happened to be passing by? Didn't you stay in our village last night when you had nowhere to stay? Lu Ling immediately interrupted and asked Uncle Dongwen again, "Uncle Dongwen, is this the case?" β
The carriage had stopped at the village gate last night.
ββ¦β¦ I did say that to you. Uncle Dongwen nodded weakly, feeling that Lu Ling's tone was a little bad for the big guys, and he was worried that it was dangerous.
"Listen to me, little one. We happened to be passing by here, referring to last night, last night was last night, and it didn't matter. When you wake up in the morning and see the ancient dragon attacking your village, out of benevolence, you should always take action in secret, right? I don't know what you're asking? β
"If you have doubts, there is indeed a ......"
Lu Ling pretended to open the window screen and looked out of the car.
Shocked in his heart, Gu Shan was worried that if he didn't regain the right to speak, he would be asked more things, such as why he had traveled thousands of miles to Mianshan Village and the like, so he hurriedly said again:
"Although our ancient clan has fallen, our reputation is still there. If the matter spreads and spreads all over the mainland, saying that our ancient clan passes by the village and dies and does not save it, what face should our ancient clan have? β
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This time, Lu Ling stopped talking, just smiled in return.
This smile made Gu Shan very unhappy, he secretly thought, that child was very smart, and it seemed that he had read something from his panicked appearance, and he must have suspected that he had lured the Taixu Ancient Dragon to the village.
In fact, when he said the word "self-preservation", he had already revealed that he was the target of the dragon clan. Because he is not from the village, if Taixu Gulong really wants to destroy the village, can he, an unrelated person, protect himself?
As long as he said that he was a member of the Gu family, he could naturally float away without caring about himself.
"Patriarch Gu." The little boy who had terrified him asked again.
"What's wrong?" Gu Shan frowned, and a nameless fire surged in his heart.
"Our village was burned, but the town below was unharmed, just surrounded. It seems that the Taixu Ancient Dragon has locked the general range. Isn't it okay if the carriage doesn't speed up a little faster? β
"......" Gu Shan's eyes widened and he was stunned for a while.
The Taixu Ancient Dragon was blockading Mianshan Town to prevent anyone from leaving the city, as if he was looking for someone.
Lu Ling believes that only the village has been burned, and it is definitely the Taixu Ancient Dragon who has decided that the target he is looking for is in the village, and the village must be solved first.
Who is the target?
The people of the village have been farming for a lifetime, and who will offend the dragon clan? Is it unclear that an outsider offended the dragon clan and then hid in the village, causing damage to the village?
From beginning to end, Lu Ling did not point out his suspicion that Gu Shan had lured the Taixu Ancient Dragon to the village, but Gu Shan heard the meaning.
If the boy's previous guess was only to push Gushan closer to the cliff step by step, making him worry about what the little boy would guess, then this time his words will not beat around the bush and will be directly close to the truth.
Yes, it was indeed he who introduced the Taixu Ancient Dragon to the village! He no longer naively sees little boys as "little children".
After observing Gu Shan's expression and finding that Gu Shan closed his eyes unhappily, Uncle Dongwen hurriedly whispered to Lu Ling: "Lu Ling." You should be enough, don't keep saying endless things, everyone won't understand! β
Lu Ling was slightly stunned, and then showed a childlike smile: "I just think it's unfair, our village is too miserable." Alasββ, sure enough, there is no powerful family in this world that dares to fight against the Dragon Clan and the Soul Palace. β
"What's your name, little kid?"
Furuyama didn't want to argue too much with the child, so he asked expressionlessly.
"Lu Ling." Lu Ling replied in a clear voice.
After a pause, Gu Shan said: "Lu Ling, you have a lot of ideas, if you have nowhere to settle down, you can come to our house to be in charge." Our family Panyan City is in the north of Mianshan Town, 2,800 miles away. The carriage can be reached for three days and three nights. Take it and take these two tokens with you. β
Without waiting long, he touched his arms and took out a scroll and a piece of soft broken jade.
The broken jade is covered in water, although it is incomplete, it can be regarded as precious. If it is auctioned in the city, it can be auctioned for a hundred gold coins.
One hundred gold coins, a large number, is enough for ordinary people to spend two meals a day for 50 days.
Reel......
It is even more valuable, this scroll is completely black, suddenly illusory and condensed, it is a low-level Yellow Order exercise!
These two things are going to be given to Lu Ling? Wouldn't that be a big profit!
The adults in the whole carriage were all dumbfounded, thinking: worthy of being the patriarch, generous! Just take out something in your hand casually and it's mouth-watering.
Gu Shan took out these two things, but in fact, he had ulterior motives, staring at Lu Ling, as if to say:
Don't you suspect that the Taixu Ancient Dragon is chasing me? That's right, you're chasing me, you're coveting the treasure in my hand, and now that I've taken out the treasure, what do you want to do?
"Patriarch, do you want to give these two treasures to the child?" A man stared red and asked greedily.
"......" Lu Ling was silent.
"Why don't you take these two tokens and go to the Gu Clan together?" Gu Shanpi joked to everyone without smiling.
"Good!" Seeing that there was a benefit, everyone hurriedly pretended to be good people and agreed in succession.
But Gushan didn't mean to give away the treasure.
When the ancient clan fell, the precious relics left by the patriarch Gu Yuan were this jade and scroll.
Lu Ling naturally knew that the jade pendant was worth a lot of money, but his mind was on the scroll, and he secretly thought, isn't the "incineration" on Yao Lao's body?
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"What do you think, kid?" Gu Shan asked Lu Ling.
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"Why don't you speak?"
"For adults......
Lu Ling looked at Gu Xun'er, looked around again, and secretly felt that Gu Shan was releasing killing intent again, and sure enough, the tiger's Bigu couldn't be touched.
"Haven't you been guessing the answer? That's the answer you want, why not? Gu Shan leaned sideways, and asked sinisterly with a sinister expression that only Lu Ling could see.
"Yes...... Which one? Lu Ling lowered his tone and asked cautiously.
"This." Gu Shan shook the scroll in his hand, indicating that the scroll was something that the Taixu Ancient Dragon coveted.
"Do you really want to give it to me?"
"Haha." Furuyama smiled.
A faint thought came to Lu Ling's mind: planting blame!
The Taixu Ancient Dragon outside is grinding its claws, waiting to kill people and sell more goods, if it takes the scroll, wouldn't the Taixu Ancient Dragon want to find itself?
"Don't you?"
"Then forget it."
In just four words, Gu Shan extinguished the greedy hopes of everyone in the car, and slowly put the two tokens back into his arms.
"But, Patriarch, don't you want us to take the token to the Gu family?! In that case, why didn't you give it to Lu Ling again? Hearing this, Uncle Dongwen was anxious and hurriedly asked.
"I repented. Your adult credibility is too low, and I'm afraid you're going to rob the kids of their stuff. But don't worry, meeting is fate, and I'll settle you in Panyan City. Gu Shan said lightly.
"This ...... That's great! β
Everyone was a minority who stayed behind and opposed going to Mianshan City, and they couldn't close their mouths with joy when they heard that they could go to the town of human self-government.
Just as Lu Ling breathed a sigh of relief, he didn't want Gu Shan to pretend to put the token into his chest, but secretly put it into Lu Ling's chest.
It's so fast, no one notices.
Lu Ling was startled, and suddenly there was an extra thing in the placket, judging from the touch of the object, it was a scroll.
His forehead was immediately covered with black lines.
"Lu Ling, are you not feeling well?" The grandmother on the side asked with concern.
"The smell of sweat in a car is quite smoky, I need to open the window and breathe some fresh mountain breeze."
Ignoring the protesting sights of the big men in the car, Lu Ling pushed open the screen curtain window and let the refreshing breeze blow into the carriage. secretly glanced at Gu Shan, and found that the old man was smiling, with an expression of success in planting and causing trouble.
Since the scroll is in his own hands, the target of the Taixu Ancient Dragon's pursuit may become himself.
Lu Ling also felt that it didn't matter, and sighed.
The scene in the last second was still a doomsday escape, and this second became a chatter in the car, the scene switched too quickly, and the villagers forgot all about the dangerous situation.
Suddenly, the wind blew in the carriage.
Suddenly, an illusory dragon shadow the size of a palm docked in front of the window, without squinting, glaring at the ancient mountain, which was staring at the ancient mountain in a cold sweat, and the dragon shadow turned into green smoke and disappeared.
"Clan, patriarch, that is?" Secretly feeling strange, everyone hurriedly asked the patriarch.
"Soul perception ......" Gushan pretended to be calm.
"Soul perception?" With just five words, the villagers are still puzzled.
"Soul perception is equivalent to the soul of the fighter, and through soul perception, the fighter can see everything in the car."
"......Who is the owner of that soul?"
"Taixu Ancient Dragon."
"Taixu Ancient Dragon?!"
When the villagers learned that Gu Long knew their whereabouts, they were terrified.
Could it be that the Taixu Ancient Dragon wants to kill on a killing spree, not just as simple as destroying their village? And kill them all? The crowd was very uneasy and waited for Gushan's instructions.
Furuyama opened the curtain door, poked his head out, and then retracted it.
"The men I sent to stop the Taixu Ancient Dragon are dead." A wry smile appeared on the corner of Gu Shan's mouth, as if everything was expected by him.
After that, his face changed dramatically.
Gu Shan hurriedly covered his body with a strong wind, forming a thick layer of cyan shield all over his body.
Ground-level advanced exercises: Shield Wind Heart Method!
He pushed his palm and pushed Gu Xun'er, who was sitting in the same seat, into Lu Ling's grandmother's arms.
As soon as the exercise was launched, a black chain of smoke came out, sealing his exercise back into his body - the sealing Dafa of the soul clan, the soul seal!
forcibly sealed his primary half-saint strength back to the strength of the fighting spirit.
When Lu Ling raised his eyelids,
In "Knock!! With a loud bang, the tail of the carriage was pierced by a giant dragon claw! I saw that the dragon's claws were grasped, and they brought the ancient mountain to the sky.
The body jolted a bit.
"Ahhββ?!h The screams of Gushan became farther and farther away.
The people in the car, staring at the huge hole in the back of the car, were stunned as if they had lost their souls, and no one dared to act rashly.
A message floated into Lu Ling's mind: "The whole picture of the matter, I think you have already guessed it." Protect Miss Kaoru and hand over the scroll when necessary! I didn't want to drag down your village, I wanted to take you villagers to Panyan City, but unfortunately I didn't have time...... It's the dragon that's evil, not me. β
Before the words could be spoken, the transmission message was cut off, which showed that Gushan had suffered an accident.
Lu Ling raised his head, only to see that the person in the sky was pinched by the dragon's claws, and then fell from the sky like paper.