The geographical location of Qingluan County is relatively special, surrounded by mountains in the east and wading in the west, the city is between the mountains and rivers, and has become a necessary place to travel from the south to the north.

Such a geographical location has naturally created the prosperity and liveliness of Qingluan County, which has always been a battleground for soldiers, and it has been regarded as one of the important gateways to the south since the founding of the Chinese Empire.

It is rumored that the southern city wall alone took eight years to build by the master of the mechanism, and it has truly achieved the level of invulnerability of water and fire, even if it is an immortal flying sword, it is not expected to open a gap in it, let alone ordinary siege equipment.

Nowadays, Chaoshan has held a grand event in Qingluan County, which has made the city even more popular.

A pot of soju, which is usually too expensive for two copper coins, was sold for fifty yuan, and a room that was usually forty or fifty yuan was directly coaxed by the store to seven or eight taels of silver, and there was no market price, and even more, some people would fight for such a room.

After entering Qingluan County, Su Xiaoqi looked for a morning, but he couldn't find a room, and he could only end up sleeping on the streets.

Of course, this is actually nothing to Su Xiaoqi, every time he went out on a mission in the past, it was common to sleep in the mountains and eat bark and wild fruits, but it was the first time to sleep on the streets in such a bustling big city.

Su Xiaoqi walked into an inn with the last thought, and walked out without any suspense.

At this time, a man with a sharp beak and monkey cheeks suddenly ran up and shouted with a smile: "This son wants to stay in the hotel?"

Su Xiaoqi frowned, then nodded, "Yes!"

The man smiled and said, "Childe is lucky, the small shop just vacates a room." ”

He stretched out a slap, "Five taels of silver a night, the price is fair, and Tong Su is not bullied." ”

Su Xiaoqi's brows furrowed again, if it was usual, five taels of silver a night was indeed not cheap, but now it only costs five taels of silver a night, not to mention the guest room, even if it is a stable, it is estimated that it is more than this price, such a good thing, can you really let yourself meet?

Seeing that Su Xiaoqi was a little hesitant, this man was suddenly unhappy, and said coldly: "Son, you can't live, if you don't live, I can find someone else." ”

Su Xiaoqi thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Stop!"

Is it someone with ulterior motives, or is it their own luck, let's stay first.

Seeing that Su Xiaoqi agreed, this man was obviously a little depressed, and led the way with an unhappy face, and did not go far along the street, this man really walked into an inn first.

After entering the inn, Su Xiaoqi saw an acquaintance, the young master of Huanfeng Valley, and the only one who followed him was the slightly hunchbacked old man.

After seeing these two people, Su Xiaoqi understood.

So he stepped forward, hugged his fists and said: "The young valley master made two shots, and he solved the urgent need of the next, but he didn't know how to repay him." ”

The young master of Huanfeng Valley followed with a smile and said: "Young Master Su is polite, this time I really don't dare to take credit for it, our room is also left by others." ”

Su Xiaoqi frowned and said, "Oh?"

The young valley lord smiled and said, "Last time, outside Jialing City, the three people who sat in the same carriage with Su Gongzi, do you still remember Su Gongzi?"

Su Xiaoqi was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly suddenly.

Even if the old man is a state official, he must have something to do with Qingluan County, and Guo Xiujin said that they will also come to Qingluan County, so it is not difficult to use some connections to arrange a few rooms for himself and Huanfeng Valley.

As for the five taels of silver in the man's mouth, whether it was the old man's intention or the inn's private blackmail, it is not clear.

Su Xiaoqi was wary of the embankment for this young master of Huanfeng Valley, and he didn't have a good impression of it, so he said: "The umbrella that the young valley lord lent to Zai Xia last time accidentally broke it, I don't know how the young valley lord needs to compensate for it." ”

The young master of Huanfeng Valley lowered his voice and said: "In the next umbrella, it can actually block the sword of the little sword god in the mountains, and it is still earned, so why should Su Gongzi say anything about compensation or not." ”

He then said, "If Su Gongzi still feels uncomfortable, why don't you please have a few drinks?"

Su Xiaoqi nodded and said, "There is nothing to do." ”

After that, the two drank a few glasses of wine, and there was nothing to say, Su Xiaoqi took his lunch and went back to the house first, and began to try to practice the sword lock talisman, and the afternoon passed quickly.

It wasn't until it was dark that Su Xiaoqi stopped what he was doing, and he just happened to hear someone knocking on the door.

Su Xiaoqi opened the door, only to see a beautiful woman standing outside the door, her delicate body was only covered with a thin veil, her eyes were rolling, she smiled smartly, and asked in a tired voice: "Does the son need special services?"

Su Xiaoqi's eyes widened, he didn't come to his senses for a long time, and then closed the door and said in a deep voice: "No need." ”

A woman's somewhat lost voice came from outside the door, "If the son needs it, he can come to call the slave family at any time." ”

After that, there are light footsteps.

Not long after, there was another knock on the door outside, and Su Xiaoqi shouted coldly: "I said that I don't need it." ”

There was silence outside the door for a while, and a man's voice came: "Childe, it's time for dinner in the shop." ”

Su Xiaoqi opened the door of the room, just in time to see the young master of Huanfeng Valley walking towards this side, after the gap between those glasses of wine at noon, Su Xiaoqi learned that this young man's name was Ma Dongping, and he was a big grinning guy.

When he saw Su Xiaoqi's face, he naturally knew why, after all, he had encountered the same thing as Su Xiaoqi just now, so he smiled and said: "Generally, inns will secretly have such a business, and it is the bulk of the income, so Su Gongzi will naturally get used to it in the future." ”

Su Xiaoqi sighed helplessly.

It's not that the empire is without laws, it's just that life is forced to do so, and it's still unavoidable, and besides, the way of the world is like this, if it can, who wants to be willing to fall and be the fireworks woman that everyone spurns?

Ma Dongping walked to Su Xiaoqi's side and asked with a smile: "From tomorrow onwards, Su Gongzi will also participate in the Chaoshan conference?"

Su Xiaoqi nodded and said, "I'm here for this." ”

Ma Dongping frowned and said, "Su Gongzi is not afraid of ......"

Su Xiaoqi smiled and asked, "Do you think I'm afraid?"

Ma Dongping was stunned for a moment, but Su Xiaoqi said with a smile: "I'm afraid, I must be afraid, but I can't just run back because I'm afraid, right? Besides, even if I want to go, I'm afraid I won't agree to it, maybe in this inn, there is a big guy from Chaoshan who is staring at me." ”

Ma Dongping looked left and right, and thought it was true, "It's the same." ”

Su Xiaoqi asked again: "What's the matter, the young valley master also wants to participate?"

Ma Dongping nodded and said: "My grandfather's order, there is no way, but as far as I am concerned, it is important to participate, so I should come out to relax." ”

The two went downstairs together, and Su Xiaoqi asked some about the rules of this conference, and also asked who had the best chance of winning the final victory.

According to Ma Dongping, the conference is divided into five days, and the first day is just to sign up, and anyone who meets the requirements can sign up to participate.

As for how to screen in the next four days, only Qi Chaoshan knows.

And this time, there were as many as twenty people who were the most optimistic, and one of them was a little unexpected by Su Xiaoqi, it turned out to be Jiang Liuxue from the City Lord's Mansion.

Su Xiaoqi knew that Jiang Liuxue had practiced, and had been practicing in Haotian Sect since she was a child, but she had never been able to see her true realm, and there seemed to be some kind of secret method to hide the qi in her.

In addition to Jiang Liuxue, there is also Ye Qingting, who is known as the Little Sword God in Chaoshan, but unfortunately Ye Qingting is dead, this news is no secret now, and it has already caused a storm in the city.

So there is another mysterious teenager, but no one knows who the boy's name is and where he comes from, and many people also think that the boy will never dare to participate in this grand event, so although the boy is included in the roster, it is not a threat to the contestants.

Many people are even grateful to the mysterious teenager in their hearts, and somehow got rid of a huge threat to them, but this kind of emotion can't be expressed.

Of course, Qingluan County, as one of the sixteen continents of Jinghe, has tens of thousands of cultivation geniuses, and no one dares to guarantee that a few unborn geniuses will jump out of thin air, after all, this kind of precedent is not unprecedented.

Many geniuses who are not well-known often become famous in one fell swoop with the help of events like this.

Downstairs, Su Xiaoqi still shared a table with Ma Dongping, in addition to Ma Dongping, there was also the slightly hunchbacked old man, plus two outsiders, because there were too many people in the inn, so most of them sat at the same table.

Before the three of them sat down, a fat young man came up, slapped a valuable saber on the table, and said in a deep voice: "This table, my son wants it, get out of it quickly, otherwise don't blame my son for being ruthless under the sword." ”

This guy was followed by four or five young men, both men and women, all with arrogant expressions, obviously only this fat young man was looking at the horse.

The two people who were at the same table with Su Xiaoqi frowned, as if they didn't want to lose face in front of so many people, one of them got up and said, "We came here first at this table, why did you ask us to give it to you?"

The fat boy laughed, then his face was gloomy, and he slapped him directly in the face of the person who spoke, directly knocking him to the ground.

This person suddenly received such a slap, and he was a young man with strong blood and blood, and he suddenly couldn't suppress it, and when he jumped up, he was about to draw his sword and fight to the death, but he was stopped by his peers.

The fat young man smiled and said: "Yo yo yo, what, do you have to draw your sword, in this Qingluan County, my son has really never seen anyone who dares to draw a sword against me, you kid is the first, come on, come on, have the ability to pull out your broken sword." ”

A young man behind him stepped forward and looked around, with a look of honor on his face, "I really don't know how thick the sky is, this is the young master of the Iron Sword Sect, and he is the cousin of the little sword god of Qichaoshan, and he still wants to draw the sword, is that the sword in the hands of the little sword god really yours?"

The beaten boy couldn't be angry, and he just wanted to say that the little sword god was amazing, and he wasn't slaughtered inexplicably, but although he was angry, he hadn't reached the point of losing his mind, if this sentence was said, it must not be as simple as a slap.

Coupled with the pull of his friend, he left the table indignantly.

As a result, there are only three people left at this table: Su Xiaoqi and Ma Dongping.

The fat boy looked at the remaining three and asked with a smile, "Three, what do you say?"

The old man just lowered his head, as if he hadn't heard anything, while Ma Dongping looked at Su Xiaoqi and asked with a smile, "Master Su, what do you say?"

Everyone looked at Su Xiaoqi.

Su Xiaoqi poured a cup of tea, took a sip, then looked up at the fat young man and asked, "Ye Qingting is your cousin?"

The fat boy was stunned for a moment, frowned, and said, "Yes!"

Su Xiaoqi nodded and said slowly: "What a coincidence, I accidentally slaughtered your cousin a few days ago, shouldn't you be here to take revenge?"