Back in the poor and simple Broken Dragon Village, a glimmer of morning light had already appeared in the sky at this time.

Broken Dragon Village got its name because it is located near Broken Dragon Mountain. Broken Dragon Mountain is a relatively low mountain range, because it looks like a sleeping dragon lying on the ground, and because it is broken in the middle, it is called Broken Dragon Mountain.

At this time, Chen Xu was walking on the only path leading to the village.

This is the only entrance and exit in the village, and it is also the place where the Broken Dragon Mountain is cut off, and it is lined with neat mountains on both sides.

If you look at it from above, it looks like a sleeping dragon has been slashed by someone with a horizontal sword.

The sky is still bright, and some busy figures can be seen in the villages in the distance, and with Chen Xu's support, the village is gradually connected with the outside. Life is also a little better, if it was in the past, according to the topography of Broken Dragon Village, you can only rely on the mountains to eat the mountains, one by one bitter haha.

Nowadays, the dishes on many people's faces have faded a lot, and the leather goods and medicinal herbs in the mountains can be exchanged for a lot of good things outside.

It's not that it hasn't been changed before, it's just that there were no big people in the village before, and the major shops in the nearby town were all managed by gangs. Seeing these mountain people in Broken Dragon Village who have never seen the world, they can naturally pit it.

It's just that even so, the young and strong population of Broken Dragon Village seems to be very small, and Chen Xu knows what is going on.

Before he joined the Badaomen, Broken Dragon Village would often be dragged away, every year, plus the imperial court's conscription, over time, there were not many people left in the village.

But Chen Xu knew that this was not bad. In recent years, with his care, the village has slowly regained its vitality. If this is some nearby villages, some have even become ghost villages, and even if there are a few families, they are just some old and weak women and children.

"Asahi Wazi!"

"Xu Wazi is back!"

"Brother Xu is back!"

As soon as Chen Xu returned to the village, the sharp-eyed villagers in the distance hurriedly shouted at the village, and soon the whole village became lively, and many families put down their work and stretched their necks to look out. Some simply greeted Chen Xu directly.

Seeing this, Chen Xu couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, and then sighed again.

"Do you take care of yourself and the people around you?"

Looking at the villagers who came to greet him in the distance, Chen Xu felt a feeling in his heart.

Thinking about what Cao Shouxin said to himself last night, Chen Xu knew that the other party's words were not entirely wrong.

Over the years in Badaomen, he has gradually come to know that there is such a unique existence above ordinary people, even martial artists. That's the palace!

Chen Xu has not seen much of the world, so he can only make some judgments from some of the news he heard in Badaomen on weekdays.

Knowing that the palace is that kind of unique existence, they are not people, they are monsters. But it can justifiably exploit other people, and even deprive others of their lives.

He had also learned from others before that he must not do anything to the people of the palace. He didn't know why.

I only know that if you make a move on the people of the palace, you will definitely die a miserable death.

But there is still no clear concept, so that last night I saw that the master of his own family was also extremely jealous of the palace, and even groveled like a lackey.

Seeing the Sect Master, who was originally quite reverent, behaving like this, he couldn't help but speak wildly like that.

Until I saw the man with nine dragon patterns appear, and then the envoy of the palace who could turn into a monster. When the two clashed, he knew why his own master was so groveling.

"If I had known about the strength of the palace before this, maybe I wouldn't have been like that last night!"

Chen Xu sighed secretly in his heart, that level of great power was by no means something that ordinary martial artists could imagine.

Indeed, most people feel a sense of powerlessness when they see that level of power.

After chatting with the enthusiastic villagers, Chen Xu hurried to his home.

This is a very ordinary small farm yard, with a thatched roof, a small yard, because of a long time of neglect, a lot of weeds have grown in the yard at this time.

Chen Xu pushed open the somewhat old door, and what greeted him was still familiar with everything.

At this time, he did not feel nostalgic, but hurried into the back room, and the old mother's bedroom was rummaging around.

"It's okay!

It wasn't until a small wooden box was turned out between the bed and that Chen Xu breathed a long sigh of relief.

Untying the old wooden box, the worn-out books inside were still lying quietly inside, Chen Xu took a deep breath and began to read carefully.

Because this booklet has been broken for too long, it will be broken directly if the force of casual flipping is too great, so Chen Xu is very careful.

"Really..... It's true..... It's exactly the same!"

When he turned to a page, Chen Xu's breathing became rapid, and his eyes were staring at the pattern on one of the pages.

Drawn above is a rudimentary outline of a human body, and within the outline there are nearly 400 small dots marked in black pen and ink.

On the other side, there is also a painting, which is also a human silhouette, but this time there are no small dots marked in the outline, but nine lifelike dragon patterns are depicted with black pen and ink.

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At the same time, the palace of the city of Fucheng -

"How's it going?"

In a side room, several men who looked similar and looked a little obscene were sitting around a pair of nanmu tables at this time.

The one who spoke was a white-haired and white-bearded old man who was free from treachery and cunning, and this person was an old servant surnamed Huang who often stood on the side of the overlord.

"Big brother, no body was found!"

On the other side, a sturdy man who was about thirty years old and also looked cunning frowned and said with an ugly face.

"It seems that Cao Shouxin is not small, and he dares to find someone to join forces to kill my Huang family?" another person who was also cunning, but about fifty years old, said coldly.

There are also a few men who seem to be of different ages, but have almost the same temperament on their bodies, and their faces flash from time to time.

The treacherous old man with a white beard and hair looked at the people below in silence, and he was silent for a long time with a black face, and then he pressed his hand, and the room was suddenly quiet.

"The seventh died in the Badaomen station, the sixth one, you went to check it last night, can you tell me what's going on?"

"Big brother, I found Cao Shouxin's body over there, and there are still traces of a fight at the scene. As for the body of the seventh brother, I did not find it, only found some traces of hair and blood of the seventh brother. The stout man who was about thirty years old nodded and spoke after a moment's thought.

"Cao Shouxin is dead?" The old man with white hair at the head squinted his eyes, his eyes narrowed into a thin slit, and he seemed to be a little surprised.

"It seems that this was not done by Cao Shouxin's dog. What else did you find?"

"This ......"

The man who was called the sixth man was a little dumbfounded, pondered carefully, and then said in a deep voice: "Where I smell a faint breath, it is not the smell of ordinary blood food, I have never even felt it before." ”

"Is there a way to track down this person?"

Hearing this, the old man's eyes were all white, and his eyes bloomed, and his body sat up slightly straight, and he hurriedly asked.

"Forehead....." The sixth child was a little difficult, but the eldest brother who was the leader cast his gaze, and he couldn't help but sweat slightly on his forehead.

"If the opponent strikes again, maybe I can lock them down. It's just that.... I can't guarantee it, but there is too little breath on the scene, and the time interval is also quite different. ”