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In addition to the reason why the newcomers from Greenstone Village have gradually matured and walked out of this town that undertook their journey, there is also a very important reason, that is, because the guards from the capital of the principality standing at the gate have strictly guarded all the gates of Fenghua Town, including this gate.

For reasons known to some people, Fenghua Town has entered a temporary state of martial law.

The town's city guard has been temporarily banned, citing "many improper actions that have been employed", and many of the officials in the town hall have been removed from their hats and temporarily isolated in several different places. Many of the townspeople of Fenghua Town, who had never seen the world, would hide in the corners of those places every day, looking at some "noble officials" from the capital of the principality wearing top hats and gorgeous clothes, holding a pile of documents in their hands every day, going in and out of the places where the members of the original town hall of Fenghua Town "lived", and seemed to have been asking for something.

However, some of their more prestigious townspeople have formed a team to protest to the investigation team from the principality's top brassiers, the exact content of which is unknown, but they are now almost permanently stationed on Flower Dance Street, discussing with each other on a daily basis, and at the same time being harassed by a large number of adventurers - in the eyes of the player, these people are already one of the most accessible sources of quests in the current situation. However, the players who can snatch the tasks that have an impact on the future of Fenghua Town in their hands are basically the forces of the big guilds with backbone members here, like some guilds that were originally hidden here but lacked strength, as well as the local snakes of Fenghua Town, such as Red Soul, most of the guilds that have now moved to the capital, and now they have no ability to snatch and complete these tasks that will change the future of Fenghua Town. As time passed, some of the newcomers who stayed here were lost, and the number of veteran players who had been transferred over became a bit more, but it was still a little difficult for them to enter the city, because the entrance and exit of the city gate had been taken over by the guards of the principality's capital, and they had to go through strict checks every time before they could pass.

In the past few days, not only the aborigines of various parts of the principality, but also players from all parts of the principality, and even players from all parts of the world, have learned about what happened in Fenghua Town through various channels. However, players who have recently come to this town have found an even more beautiful sight in the direction of the city gate to the north - a female player, standing quietly on the road not far from the city gate every day, as if waiting for something.

The main reason why it is called a beautiful landscape is because of the woman's dress and dress: short black hair, a blue and white maid's outfit, a pair of black pointed-toe shoes characteristic of women, a ruddy round face, and those slender eyes that are closed every day with her quiet smile, as if smiling permanently at the road to the north of the principality. Every morning, players and passers-by can see the woman holding her headband, her hands folded in front of her abdomen, facing the north of the road, waiting quietly until nightfall.

And today, the third day that the maid has stood here and waited.

The distance of the road gradually disappeared into the sky with the continuous curve, and the vehicles and crowds of people kept disappearing and appearing at the end of the distance, some were still dressed as novices, and some looked like veterans who came here from other places, and some of them even brought their own horses, just like the four or five galloping horses that passed through here nearly a month ago, which were the means of transportation that players tried their best to get from the NPCs. This kind of thing can already prove the strength and identity of a certain player to some extent, so players usually maintain a respectful attitude towards people who lead horses in the crowd, but the aborigines of the Free Continent may be different, for example, the guards guarding the city tend to be more vigilant to check on people like them.

In the far side of the road, a man leading a horse appeared again, and as usual, he appeared in sight at the gate of Fenghua Town. It seemed to be a female swordsman with long flowing blue hair, and judging from her dress and equipment, it seemed that she was the same as usual, a figure not to be underestimated, and the guards of the principality of the city had already paid attention to the woman who was slowly walking this way, but to their surprise, that person was stopped by the others early.

"Long time no see, Miss Lou." The blue and white maid figure walked up to her: "Are you okay lately?" ”

"It's you." The female swordsman looked up at the name on her head, and after a while, she nodded with some sigh: "You actually ......"

"Alive?"

The ID on the maid's head reads: Secret Whisper Ning Lan.

"Service is our duty." The maid's voice was very beautiful, but at this time it was a little calm: "So after hearing the news, Ning Lan rushed here as soon as possible." ”

"Hmph." Unexpectedly, the blue-haired female swordsman pressed the sword with one hand and looked at the other party with cold eyes: "You still look for it so actively?" ”

"Ning Lan has never had the idea of giving up." The strangely dressed maid player unconsciously put her hands forward and saluted, and then looked at each other with those big eyes: "So...... Please don't continue to misunderstand Ning Lan. ”

The female swordsman frowned and didn't speak again, she looked around at the crowd of onlookers who seemed to be starting to grow nearby, and wanted to leave this place with some impatience: "Forget it, since he is still here, then I will not pursue it." Where he is, I will see him. ”

"That's exactly what Ning Lan wants to tell you." The maid bowed her head again: "He...... Seems to have left this place. ”

"What?" The female swordsman asked in surprise, "Left?" When? ”

"Ning Lan doesn't know either." The maid tilted her head and smiled a little cutely: "When Ning Lan arrived here, the lord ...... He had already left, and Ning Lan didn't seem to have caught up. ”

"Where did he go?"

"Ning Lan has also investigated, and it is said that ...... He seems to have gone to Tania. ”

"You're not lying?" The female swordsman looked at each other with suspicion: "It won't be...... That person wants to use this reason to let me go, right? ”

"Ning Lan knew that you would think so, so ......" The tall figure of the maid lowered again: "If you don't believe it, Ning Lan will accompany you......"

"Let's go into town and take a look."

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Just when the two women were about to enter Fenghua Town and conduct a comprehensive investigation of the town, the person they were looking for was hanging on the cliff of Falling Star Mountain, rippling in the wind with the biting wind and snow.

He gripped a jutting rock, kept his eyes open vigorously, observed the direction to his right, and then let out a dull cry at one point.

"Hey-hey!"

He jumped over, grabbed another hollow hole buried in the ice, and steadied himself again.

"Hey!" In the wind and snow, Nan Tieshan's loud voice came from his left hand side: "Is there anything?" ”

"Nope!" Duan Qing gritted his teeth and said loudly, "If you don't want to come over...... Just stay there honestly! ”

The process of moving along the "mountain road" that may not exist was not smooth, but since Duan Qing started climbing, he had not thought of retreating, not only because of his indomitable determination, but also because he did find many abnormal traces in the process of climbing.

For example, the small hole in the cliff wall that he was grasping in his hand at this time.

"I've made the way for you!" Duan Qing shouted in the direction he had come, "Crawl down those small holes...... You'll find out! ”

He rubbed his hand hard around the small hole for a while, then fumbled around it to make sure there was nothing strange before moving on to the next place to stay.

The cliff wall here seems to have been blocked by snow for a long time, and the small holes in the wall have been blocked by snow, regardless of the snow blocks that have been frozen hard inside, just the color of them after being blocked by the snow makes it difficult for people to notice the existence of these small holes in the wind and snow, not to mention that people need to use their hands to overcome the obstacles of those cold snow blocks if they want to pull on them hard. Fortunately, Duan Qing can still overcome this difficulty, and the more troublesome thing now is just that these small holes are not easy to find.

So he felt that he had found so many small holes for his companions behind him, and they would never come again...... I'm really sorry for the path I pointed out.

Finding a new small hole again, Duan Qing carefully touched it, then cleared the snow inside, withdrew his somewhat painful hand, and suddenly turned around and looked behind him - the sound of breaking the air was coming from there, it seemed to be the sound of something flying in the air.

Then, the intermittent urging sound followed the wind and snow and reached Duan Qing's ears.

“...... Don't be afraid...... Lad...... Dare to fight ......"

"Ahhh......h

"You...... Ahead, I walked in ......"

"Because...... In case ......."

I don't know what you're doing...... Duan Qing shook his head, and then continued to grope forward with his right hand - in front of him, the cliff had already begun to turn in a certain arc, so from the angle he was, it was difficult for him to see what the situation in front of the cliff was. In the absence of protective measures, all the movements of stretching forward may bring danger to themselves, although the adventurers of this world are not afraid of death, but if they fall like this, it will really become a long march to find this place again.

In order to maintain the fruits of his adventure, Duan Qing had to move on - he groped back and forth for a while what was ahead, and then ...... He drew his short sword and suddenly jumped into the air in front of him.

There was a harsh grinding sound in the snow, the sound of a dagger inserting into a crack in the stone.

"What are you doing?"

“...... You're catching up? ”

Holding the hilt of the sword in one hand, Duan Qing, who was hanging in the air, looked in the direction where he came, where the black cloak had been tied around his waist by the woman, and the hood had been taken off. The woman put her hands on a small hole, her feet staring at the cliff below, and she was tilting her head to look at herself with a faint smile.

Long black hair fluttered in the air, fluttering wildly along the wind and snow.

"Where you can climb over, of course I can crawl over." The woman's cold voice also echoed very clearly in Duan Qing's ears with the wind: "Unless you use some cheating method." ”

"Makes sense...... But the credit is mine. ”

"Whatever you want." The woman looked left and right: "I don't have any idea of arguing with you." ”

"Really?" Duan Qing in mid-air let out a laugh, but judging from his situation, there seemed to be nothing to celebrate here: "But it may end here, according to the situation I just investigated, it seems that there is no place to settle down on a section of the road here......"

"So you...... Just in this way? ”

"Isn't that nice?" The man let out a hearty laugh: "As long as you can turn this detour......"

"You'll be able to get to the place ahead."

"Ahead...... What's there? ”

"Of course...... I'm talking about the New World. Duan Qing lowered his head: "It's a pity that my short sword ......"

“...... Are you going to give up your weapons? ”

"Of course, how else would you get here? The cliffs here are so smooth that you can't leave your Holy Light Sword here, can you? ”

"Don't you have any other weapons?"

"There's also a black one-handed sword, but it's ...... That thing should be worth a lot more than my current one, so ......"

"Wait a minute."

The woman suddenly spoke up to stop Duan Qing's words. She lowered her head, as if she was silently brewing something, and the next moment, a golden light suddenly lit up from all around her, and in the blink of an eye, it went out again.

But the ensuing effect is striking.

With a deafening grinding sound, a neat sword mark appeared from her place, and then extended straight out in the arc of the cliff, following the golden light that had flown out to the unknown distance. Due to the arc of the cliff wall, the sword mark gradually deepened at the bend, and then gradually became shallow again with the straight direction of the sword mark, and finally disappeared on the cliff wall on the other side of the arc. The stone chips fell down the cliff with the wind and snow, and at the same time smashed Duan Qingdou's head in the face.

"Poof...... Are you going to kill me? The man in mid-air took a deep breath and yelled behind him, "I almost let go!" ”

"You didn't seem to behave like that when you jumped just now, did you?" Slowly retracting her sword, the woman said narrowly, "It's okay now......"

"Young adventurer, follow this new path and continue your adventurous spirit."

She pointed to the deep sword mark on the top of Duan Qing's head: "If you are not satisfied, I can draw two new ones." ”