Chapter 37: Where is the Sunset Township?
Located on the edge of the Sunset Forest, Sunset is the last barrier from civilization to barbarism. Those who came here, except for the mercenaries who licked the blood on the blade, were the trialists who hung their lives on the tip of their guns. In the world of cultivation, cultivation is not everything, ability is cultivated from practical experience, only those fledgling hairy boys will know what kind of attitude they should use in the future to treat life that is different from the previous world.
Many cultivators' first killings began in the Sunset Forest, but many more also left their last breath here, and no one counted how many people who entered this place and failed to come out, in the thousands, or simply uncountable? Cultivators use spirit beasts as resources and clothing, and spirit beasts also feed on cultivators who break into their homes, and the number of spirit beasts that die under the blade every year can be almost equal to the number of cultivators who are devoured, and in this way, the Sunset Forest maintains the balance between humans and non-humans.
Therefore, it must be admitted that the young spirit animals that have not yet opened their eyes are nothing more than human babies, and those bloody fur and bones are actually human skin and bones.
As soon as he stepped into the dilapidated city gate, Yun Fei subconsciously felt that the city in front of him, paved with skin and bones and watered with sweat and blood, was the most decayed of the thirty-two towns in seven districts, nine counties, and three towns.
"You may not believe it, but Sunset is one of the richest places you can name." Glancing at his disgusted expression, Ye Weiyang explained in an exaggerated tone. "The three-regardless region naturally has its own rules, and because it is not fettered, the space and direction of development are even more innumerable. And it's the only town in the 48 territories that doesn't pay taxes. ”
Yunfei once studied the economic composition of the country. Taxation can be said to be the pillar of the existence of the state, and no region and no one can escape the shroud of taxation, and no mortal or cultivator is exempt. The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, but if there is one place that is denied taxes, then this place is ...... It can't be considered a part of the country anymore!
"No Taxes...... Isn't that something to be proud of? Yun Fei shook his head, and the two walked side by side into the bloody and rancid tattered city gate. In a sense, we've entered the edge of the Sunset Forest. ”
Less than a quarter of an hour after entering Sunset Town, Yun Fei found that Ye Yan had appeared beside the two of them at some point. He was dressed in black, with a hood on his head covering his eyes, very out-of-this-world color, and Yun Di'er beside him was also changed into a man's clothes, tied up his hair, and winked at him with slightly cyan eyes.
"Didn't the regimental commander say 'secretly observe'?" Yun Fei slapped Ye Weiyang, and the fool noticed that his brother had come out.
"Sunset is an unusual place, where villains are rife and unreasonable. I have come out to town those restless, and you will not have to suffer with them. Ye Yan's tone was very contemptuous, and he didn't seem to care, but Yun Fei knew that he valued this matter more than anyone else.
"What if we accidentally encounter some villain?"
As if in response to Yunfei's question, there was a sudden dispute between the stall selling young beasts next to him, and they only saw the stall owner pick up a bright kitchen knife from the side and chop it on the buyer's head.
Not knowing what the dispute was about, not knowing which of the two sides was right or wrong, and not even hearing the words of their shouting clearly, Yunfei only saw a large stream of blood spurting out of the bald head's severed arm like a fountain. In the next moment, I heard a formless roar erupt from the bald head's mouth, and he pounced on the stall owner like an arrow off the string, pressed the stall owner with his only remaining arm, and opened his mouth to bite the man's throat!
The people in the national capital all have a gentleman's face, and even the dogs there are polite, and when they meet each other, they only smell their buttocks politely, bark gently, and bark without showing their teeth, so even if the dog fights Yunfei, it is rare to see it. But this time, he saw with his own eyes the two people tearing, scratching and biting on the ground like beasts, and the collision of yin and yang "ping pong" was like the interlacing of countless snow-bright canine teeth, they aimed to tear each other apart, and they vowed not to give up until they reached their goal.
"Don't look at the excitement, let's go." Ye Yan has never been a person who is afraid of things, but at that time, he pulled Yun Fei and Ye Weiyang, squeezed out of the crowd, and went from the small road to another street. "It's not a fight, it's just a pointless 'brawl,' and in Sunset, the idlers love the chaos the most, and they will fuel it and turn it into a group fight. And these outlaws are killers once they get their hands on them, and as long as you are in the middle of the crowd, you can easily get hurt. ”
In Sunset, there are only two things that are most likely to happen every day: kill and be killed. The people here are different from outsiders, and the cultivators here are also different from the cultivators outside. People, in order to conform to the moral code, need to think twice about killing; Cultivators need to conform to the norms of the state, and they must not kill or kill indiscriminately. So from this point of view, the cultivators here are not considered cultivators; The people here are not people.
"Captain, when are we leaving this place?" Here, Yun Fei had the feeling of being in a beast's cage, and he instinctively wanted to leave quickly.
"It's getting late today, let's do it tomorrow." Ye Yan looked at the gradual twilight sky, "Although the night here is terrifying, but after all, it is a human world, if you have been to the sunset forest, you can know that the night there is the real 'inhuman' night." ”
Inexplicably, the word "night" at the end of Ye Yan's words made Yun Fei think of the demon night all of a sudden, and the memory was like a flooding river in an instant, gushing out. Of the three tombs that Yun Fei told him, one was by the Sunset Forest Lagoon, one was in the eastern suburbs of the Weiming Sect, and one was in this Sunset Town. It's been three months since they were separated, has he found the tomb of the Demon Emperor? Or will it really be such a coincidence, in this chaotic sunset town, there will be another chance encounter?
That day and night, the stars shone brightly, and the mountains were silent. Yun Fei and Ye Weiyang nested in an inn on the edge of Sunset Town, boredly picking up the tea leaves floating in the tea water onto the table. Ye Yan left a sentence of "purchase items" and left with Yun Di'er, and ordered them to say that they could not leave the inn and wander the streets.
"We're just watching the world of flowers outside." Ye Weiyang rubbed his face and complained with a sip of tea. "Didn't you say Sunset was a man's paradise? We are now the men rejected by heaven. ”
"Just stay honest and rest for a while." Ye Yan was afraid that this younger brother would be disobedient, so before leaving, he instructed Yun Fei to keep an eye on him. "What are you going to do when you let you out? Eat? Drink? Prostitution? Bet? It's not that you haven't seen the active people here, how can you eat, drink steadily, prostitute happily, and gamble to the fullest? It's better to stay here honestly, and when the head of the regiment comes back, we will go out of here tomorrow and go to the 'Yong'an District', there are all kinds of treasures in that large area, how can it not compare to a small town? ”
"Little friend, you don't know the adult world." Ye Weiyang lazily leaned on one arm, raised his eyes and said to him. "Do you think that eating is a feast, drinking thoroughly, prostituting is warm nephrite, and gambling is a lot of money? The ancients said, 'Eat color, sex also.' Some people are naturally fond of eating and drinking, even if they are leftovers, rain, dew and cold water, they are not picky; Some people like to gamble by nature, even if it is a female pig and a female monkey, the two of them are also happy to play. So if you don't meet the 'excellent' standard, you just don't have fun? This is stupid to be disciplined by some kind of grandma and grandmother, right? ”
"It's ...... Vexatious! In fact, Yun Fei wanted to refute him with reason, but when the words came to his lips, he didn't know how to say them, so he simply put on a posture of anger. Maybe it was because he felt at that time that although Ye Weiyang was a little stupid on weekdays, his words at this time were not unreasonable, right?
Of course, Ye Weiyang is not really a fool, he saw Yun Fei's reason, and took pleasure in it, asking him over and over again, until Yun Fei was annoyed by the question, raised his hand and buckled a teacup on his head, and the turbid tea bottom mixed with tea leaves flowed down from his hair.
"This kid, how can he do it when he talks about it?" Ye Weiyang hurriedly struggled to dust off the wet things on his head and dried them with the two qi of Yin and Yang. At this time, the old wooden door of the inn opened with a "squeak". Of course, it would not be surprising if it was an ordinary opening, after all, the inn was not rented by their family, and it was normal for people to come and go, but this time when they opened the door, Yunfei and Ye Weiyang both raised their heads vigilantly, because after that "squeak", no one came in at all!
"Is it human? Or is it the wind? Ye Weiyang whispered softly. The inn where they stayed was located in a remote area and there were few guests, so after a "squeak" sound, more than a dozen people and more than two dozen pairs of eyes in the entire hall were glued to the door together.
There was no movement outside the door, but the door opened inexplicably, and people thought it was weird, and no one asked. In the middle of the night, from the dark night, a half-black-haired human head crept in.
"I'm sorry to find someone." The man smiled and leaned in to greet everyone, his big black crystal eyes gurgling.
Yun Fei let out a long sigh, putting one hand over his eyes and pretending not to see. A burst of lightning instantly appeared in Ye Weiyang's eyes, and he leaned lazily on the table with one hand on his head:
"Niu'er, where is the master?"
Shangguan Lingling saw this, and her eyes immediately narrowed with disdain, pretending not to see him. "Brother Yun! Do you remember me? She jumped up and down.
"How did she know your name?" Ye Weiyang slapped Yun Fei with his elbow and snorted dissatisfiedly.
Not to mention that Yun Fei also knew that this girl had started to follow them after leaving the Gold and Silver Palace. Since this is the case, she should also know about Ye Yan's protection of them, so she showed her head when the head of the regiment went out.
"Brother Yun, hey, we really have a fate, aren't you happy to see me here?" Shangguan Lingling was on the edge of their table, her chin resting on the back of her hand, and she looked at Yunfei with blank eyes.
"Don't you think we're also very close? I saw you at a glance, didn't I? Ye Weiyang came over with a wicked smile.
Shangguan Lingling glared at him, not wanting to speak at all. She turned her face to Yun Fei and smiled. "Brother Yun, I'm 'destined to meet thousands of miles away', and you won't invite me to sit and watch tea?"
Yun Fei exhaled a long breath, of course, if he followed his own intentions, he would hurry up and leave this girl, what is "fate to meet thousands of miles away"? She was obviously playing the idea of that big ginseng!
But what he meant was so, and he couldn't help but take into account Ye Weiyang's meaning. That person likes her, and he is not blind, so he can naturally see it.
Yun Fei rubbed his eyebrows and felt a headache. "Shangguan Lingling, I know what you mean. One comes, the one next to us goes out to buy something, and may come back at any time; Second, if you follow us all the time, to the Weiming Sect, I won't give you that ginseng. ”
"Are you going to the Unnamed Sect?" Shangguan Lingling cleverly captured the information in Yun Fei's words and blinked her big eyes with long eyelashes.
Yun Fei pursed his mouth and raised his eyebrows. "How?"
"I'm going to the Weiming Sect too, fellow Daoist." She got up, sat down opposite Yunfei, and smiled ill-intentionedly.
Yun Fei narrowed his eyes, this woman was even more difficult to deal with than he thought. He propped his hands on the table, his eyes staring at her earnestly.
"Shall we walk together?" Shangguan Lingling said with a smile. "Anyway, after joining the church, we are classmates, and now we are making this invitation, isn't it too much?"
Yun Fei's body leaned forward, and those eyes were still staring at her. After a while, he said slowly:
"Do you think that if you have an order to join the Church, you will definitely be able to enter the Unnamed Sect?"
Shangguan Lingling smiled, although her appearance was not moving, but when she smiled, there were two shallow pear vortices on her face, which was very good-looking. "That's what I want to ask you, although that guy is in the realm of transforming spirits, he has no companion creatures, and he is one step behind others by nature; And you...... Yunfei, the ultimate first exploration, I am really more curious, and I want to ask: 'Do you think that if you have a decree to enter the Sect, you will definitely be able to enter the Weiming Sect?' ’”
Yunfei heard Ye Yan say that if you want to enter the Weiming Sect, in addition to the "threshold" of the Church Order, you also need to conduct a full-staff competition. This competition is difficult to say, and easy to say, because it is five percent out of all people. The simplicity of it lies in the fact that it is easy to become the 95 percent of this victory, but the difficulty lies in how to make oneself who has cultivated to a low level not become the 5 percent of the elimination.
Yun Fei thought for a moment and smiled. This girl is smarter than he thinks, she knows what she is thinking, and she also has enough capital to "threaten" herself: if you don't be good friends, you will kick out this little extreme beginner in the full competition! Yun Fei smiled and said, "You are a woman from the Shangguan family, how can you have the leisure to take care of us civilians?" ”
Shangguan Lingling's eyes suddenly sharpened. She grabbed Yun Fei's hand, and before the latter could react, a stream of information rushed into his mind: Wen Feiqing, Lantian County, 18201.
"You ......" Yun Fei was startled and almost knocked over the table.
"Indeed, I am not Shangguan ......," Shangguan Lingling turned her head.
"You...... It's the last one in Ye Weiyang! "Yun Fei's pupils dilated inadvertently, as if he had seen something unremarkable in the world." Your number, in the last one of Ye Weiyang! He is also registered in Lantian County, and it is 18200! ”
"Huh?" Shangguan Lingling's expression at that moment was extremely dramatic, both confused and suspicious.
"Huh?" Ye Weiyang also followed.
"What are you 'ah' about?" Yun Fei scolded him.
"I didn't notice." Ye Weiyang looked at Shangguan Lingling in surprise and silently stretched out his hand. "Hold another one?"
On the other hand, Shangguan Lingling looked at them with ghostly eyes. "You...... Shouldn't you be surprised by my name? ”
“…… Oh, name, yes......" Yun Fei nodded with a straight face. "Your name is ...... Wen Feiqing: Right? Well, the name is quite nice, just the opposite of people. ”
Yun Fei didn't know why she was nervous, so she had to comment on it without being salty.
"You...... Don't argue with you! Shangguan Lingling rolled her eyes, Yun Fei didn't show the surprised expression she imagined, she felt a little defeated. Don't you ask, why am I not from the Shangguan family? ”
"You told him?" Shangguan Lingling suddenly thought of something, and her sharp eyes pierced Ye Weiyang, who spread his hands.
"I know you're not from the Shangguan family, so I knew it early on." Yun Fei looked at the nails that had not been cut for a long time, and said a little absent-mindedly. "I also know why you pretended to be the daughter of the Shangguan family."
Shangguan Lingling's eyes widened, and she couldn't believe it at all.
"You just want to put on the name of a cultivator family, and the Lingnan Dai family has always acted rampantly and made countless enemies; Lantian Yu's family is scarce, and his strength is declining; Xichuan Huang'an is complicated internally, and you can't understand it; And the Shangguan family of the Northern Underworld is mysterious and powerful, which is enough to make people prohibitive, so a person named Wen Feiqing decided to change his surname to 'Shangguan'. ”
Ye Weiyang's eyes rolled slightly, he had never even heard what Yunfei said.
"And the Shangguan family," Yun Fei continued. "There is an unwritten rule that you don't know, how shrewd the elders are, they have long known that in this situation, there will be some people with evil intentions, or people who are fake and powerful, pretend to ruin their reputation, and disrupt their order, so they stipulate: Shangguan's family is all equal, and it is not allowed to be commensurate with Shangguan's surname outside!"
"Really?" Ye Weiyang sounded quite mysterious. "So you mean, there are still a lot of people like that girl, pretending to be Shangguan?"
Yun Fei smiled slightly. "The environment in the north has not been peaceful, and Shangguan is the head snake and soil emperor in the north, so naturally some people covet the 'tree is good for the shade' and touch the light of the surname." He saw Shangguan Lingling sigh in frustration. "However, if you are really attached to the surname of the cultivation family, I suggest that your surname is 'Huang An', it is not a family, but an organization, huge, but mixed, lacking management, most of the people with this surname do not know each other, just like you claim to be a disciple of the 'Unnamed Sect' or the 'Lingyun Sect'. ”
"Huh?" Shangguan Lingling's eyes lit up, was Yun Fei comforting her? "That'...... I'll be called 'Huang An Lingling' in the future? ”
"Heh," Yun Fei laughed. "Which person has you ever seen with the surname 'Huang An'? There, the surname of the inner door is 'Huang', the surname of the outer door is 'An', and you have to pay attention to the word "jade" in ten years, well, don't say, it is really the word "jade" in these ten years, but you also have to pay attention to whether "Lingling" conflicts with the names of other people in this decade...... Hey, what's wrong with you? ”
Since that time, Wen Feiqing has not said a word about changing his surname.