Chapter 172: Entering the City (6,000 words) (1/2)
"Have you heard? That thing......"
"Such a big thing, I naturally know, I didn't expect that Elder Lu of the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts would have a breakthrough ...... at such an age."
"I heard that where he has passed, all the beasts are walking together, and with his might, it is almost a sign that he is about to enter the realm of the four grades, tsk, you and I just thought that the most powerful person in the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts should be the Great Elder, I didn't expect it, I didn't think of it......"
The restaurant in the country of rest is different from the countries of the Central Plains, the big city here is completely built with huge stones, that is, the restaurant is also a two-story stone house, square, one side hangs a faded wine flag, as if through the scorching sun and the smell of the desert.
There are wooden tables in the restaurant, and most of the wine is served not porcelain, but wide-mouthed, thin-necked yellow-brown clay vases, which are poured into clay bowls, and light green liquor is poured into the necks of the broad samurai.
The dish is tender lamb blanched in hot water, with a bowl of sauce on the side.
Most of these men, who looked like Sabbatarians, discussed loudly as they reached out and tore off large pieces of tender lamb from their plates, or stuffed them directly into their mouths and munched them, or dipped them in the sauce made by the green onions.
The eyes were bright, and no matter whether they ate well or badly, or drank the spirits from Great Qin, or the barley wine brewed by the rest people themselves, it did not affect the enthusiasm of these warriors.
Everyone is discussing a major event that happened in the rivers and lakes during this time!
It's a once-in-a-century event!
The second elder of the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, who claimed to have been in retreat, suddenly appeared thousands of miles away, the old man who was in the country of rest, who was well-known to everyone for his generous temperament and high martial arts, this time, he did something big that shocked the world as soon as he appeared.
The herdsmen in more than one area saw that he was sitting on the back of a fierce tiger, with a Great Qin man as a servant, and behind him were countless fierce beasts, slowly pacing on the wasteland sprinkled with silver moonlight.
It's like a messenger of the gods.
A knife man drank and placed the bowl on the table.
I don't know how many times the clay wine bowl has endured such rough treatment, and a slight crack finally burst out on the bottom, but the swordsman didn't care at all, just touched the wine on the beard, and laughed:
"Now, our Resting Country, we are finally going to have another great master, next time, I think the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts will definitely be able to maintain our reputation as the number one faction in the world."
The drinker on the other side was quieter, shook his head, and said:
"That depends on how the old-timers' cultivation progresses."
"If it is just a step closer to the realm of the five grades, then although it is also a great thing, it is difficult to have any great impact on the entire rivers and lakes."
"Of course, if the old-timers have entered the realm of the Fourth Rank and the Junior Grandmaster in the Central Plains this time, then at least within fifty years, there will be no faction in our Sabbath Country that can be put together with the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts."
He took a sip of wine and said:
"If so...... I think this is naturally unlikely, like nonsense, but if there is really such a possibility, the old-timer has made greater breakthroughs this time, and he can step through the legendary Heavenly Gate in one step and become a great master who is not much different from the Heavenly Gods, then all the sects must be attached to the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts. ”
"The Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts is likely to become another big nobleman, occupying a huge oasis."
The eyes of the majestic swordsman who spoke earlier showed a look of yearning, and said:
"Ahhhh
"Becoming a great nobleman with a sect, this kind of thing, how long has it been since we have been able to appear in the rivers and lakes where we rest......"
His companion also smiled and sighed, and said:
"Yes, come, drink, don't guess......"
"The more I think about it, the more itchy my heart becomes, it's better to see it with my own eyes when the time comes, I originally planned to leave Dacheng recently and go back to my hometown, after all, there are millions of people living in this stone city, and it is almost the same as the county town of Daqin, so I am still a little unaccustomed to it."
"But if there's something big to see, I'm going to have to stay here a few more days."
The big man who spoke in front of him was already a little drunk, and said casually when he heard this:
"What? What are you doing here? ”
"If you want to see the lonely demeanor of the old-timers, you should go to the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, what's the good thing about staying in this military city? Wine and meat are so expensive that it's like drinking gold. ”
This kind of words made the female shopkeeper of the restaurant with a slender waist glare fiercely.
The warrior on the opposite side laughed and said:
"At first glance, you don't care about the direction of the old-timers' walking, and in that mind, connect the places where the old-timers appeared during this time, and guess where the old-timers will go in the end?"
The former was drunk, muttering where he would go, naturally it was the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, but he connected these points together in his mind, and suddenly found that although his memory of the surrounding oasis was not particularly good, it could barely be regarded as a straight line.
The end of the straight line is in this majestic stone city.
The martial artist's drunkenness went to seven or eight points at once, and he was stunned for a moment, and suddenly looked up at his companion, with a slightly stunned look, and said:
"This, this is ......"
The man on the opposite side raised his hand and took a sip of wine, there was a different color in his eyes, and said:
"The old-timers didn't go in the direction of the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts."
"He's coming right here in the direction of our resting king, and you should be able to guess a little bit of what this proves......"
As he spoke, he gradually lowered his voice and said:
"I guess it's very likely that the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts has a falling out with the old-timers."
"Now the old-timers may not plan to go back to the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, and come directly to our military city...... Looking for the king's eldest brother, at least he is also a fifth-grade, or even fourth-grade master, what he gets here is definitely better than being angry in the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts! ”
The swordsman in front was dumbfounded when he heard this, and said:
"This, how is this possible?"
"Will the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts allow it? No way! ”
His friend narrowed his eyes and said, "This is not something I can know, and it will depend on whether the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts will persuade the old-timers to go back, if you can't persuade them, then there is no way." ”
"Don't talk about it, drink, drink."
"When the time comes, you'll know everything."
Two clay wine bowls collided together, and the light green spirit rippled slightly, and then swallowed into the belly like a line of fire.
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Rest in peace Megacity Buckman.
The whole huge city is all built with boulders as materials, rough and simple, but among these dark yellow boulder buildings, there is a building that covers a very wide area, flying eaves and pavilions, all of them, glazed tiles on the eaves, drooping purple gold pavilions, it is compared to the rich mansions in the south of the Great Qin River, it is not too much.
This is the abode of the elder brother of the king of Sabbath, who is also called king.
When he was young, he had entered the Central Plains to study, learned the art of war, after returning to China, he admired the elegance of the Central Plains, although it was located in a remote place, he did not want to live in the resting buildings, Anxi was dry and hot, and there was no woodland, all of these buildings were taken from the south of the Yangtze River.
It was a large sum of money to buy a palace of the ancestors, invited the disciples of the Mo family, and dismantled the palace again, which took a year and transported tens of thousands of miles away, and then re-established in this foreign land.
Although it is not in the south of the Yangtze River, it is far more spiritual than imitating architecture, but the material resources and manpower spent in it, even if it is a huge rich in the world, it has to smack its tongue.
Enter the three pavilions, pavilions and pavilions, all of them.
A tall, tiger-eyed and lion-nosed middle-aged man sat in the pavilion, and in his arms sat a beautiful woman, looking at his eyebrows and eyes, he should be from Jiangnan Province, and in front of him was a man who was half-kneeling, crossed his hands and saluted, and said:
"Your Majesty, there has been news that Lu Guanhong is currently only a hundred miles away from the royal city, and with his foot strength, he will arrive in the city tomorrow, according to his humble opinion, and ask the king to send the prince out to welcome thirty miles, in order to show solemnity."
The man who was sitting like a tiger frowned, and said:
"Thirty miles away?"
"Did you say something wrong, sir?"
The man below said respectfully: "King Qiqi, in recent days, his subordinates have consulted the classics, and with the means shown by this Lu Guanhong, I am afraid that his strength has reached the real four-rank realm." ”
"The warriors of this realm are really not human, and between the waves of their hands, the thunder flows away, and it is a thousand armored people forming a formation, I am afraid it will be difficult to stop, and the status of the rivers and lakes is deep, if it is recruited into the government, it has many benefits, and it cannot be careless."
King Buckman shook his head, and said with a slight smile:
"Mr. is from Jiangnan, so naturally he doesn't know the rules of our resting country."
"What is the way of a mere four-rank martial artist? The entire Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts must rely on this king to survive, if once the heart is not angry, drive the armor 100,000, wave the army away, where the iron hooves fall, even a few more four-grade warriors, will be trampled into meat mud. ”
"However, as Mr. said, the four-rank martial artist, after all, is not an ordinary visible figure, although the iron hoof is not spared, but the king's command is also inevitably injured, with my son out of the thirty miles, pass."
"If you let my nephew greet me at the city gate, it will already be a great gift."
The man in the hall frowned slightly, and then said:
"And where will the king be at that time?"
The man's thick eyebrows lifted slightly, and said: "This king should wait for the martial arts master in the military camp forty miles west, come all the way north, drive ten thousand beasts Xu Xing, it is really majestic, and the momentum is good, if it doesn't matter, how can it be done?" ”
"I'll leave this matter to Mr. Arrange."
The man in blue saluted respectfully, and then slowly retreated, retreating ten steps away before turning to leave.
The man on the pavilion lowered his eyes and said to himself:
"It is indeed rare to see a four-grade martial artist, but it is the price of more than a thousand elite cavalry, although more than a thousand cavalry are distressed, but the throne of this king is even higher."
"All the way to build momentum, if you don't give a dismount, those warriors really don't know who the master is...... The upper and lower are gone, the higher the martial arts, the more troublesome it is, beauty, what do you say? ”
Under the bright daylight, the wide right hand has entered the woman's robe, the nephrite jade is warm and fragrant, and his eyes look at the pavilion in front of him, and he said with a smile:
"This city belongs to the king, even if the king comes, it will not work."
"Just a warrior, how can I let my son go to greet me?"
"Ridiculous!"
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The man in blue withdrew from the palace, went all the way to his residence, sat on the table and chair and was silent, and then said:
"Pack up, let's leave in a few days."
There was also a young man in the room, and a woman who was handsome but in her early thirties, who was curious when she heard this, and said, "Brother Xu, what's wrong?" ”
Xu Chuanjun sighed and told all the things he encountered today.
The young man scratched his head and said, "This is normal, in peace, almost all martial artists are from large and small factions, so they can obtain cultivation methods, and ordinary people don't even know the sword skills passed down from their ancestors." ”
"All the martial arts factions are attached to the great nobles."
"Those big nobles will definitely not take the Jianghu warriors in their eyes."
Xu Chuanjun closed his eyes and sighed:
"You just haven't seen a truly angry high-grade warrior......"
"Moreover, such a master left the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, but the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts did not say anything, he must have planned to take action after this Lu Guanhong entered the city, if he could meet thirty miles forward to show solemnity, he would be able to deter the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, avoid the difference and accidents, and take this person under his command."
"It's a pity that the king still can't let go of his face......"
"Forget it, you and I live here, originally for the king's plan, but now I don't have to plan, don't listen to me, and eat the king's Lu, I can't feel at ease, as soon as this matter is over, I will leave."
The young man scratched his head and muttered:
"Here it is again......"
"Why are there always so many tempers and rules?"
"How nice is it that you don't have to work to eat?"
The beautiful woman comforted her for a while, and then the young man went to pack her bags, she walked in front of Xu Chuanjun, and said softly:
"I'm going to go again......"
Xu Chuanjun grabbed her palm with his backhand and sighed, "Yes...... I've suffered you, although the world is big, there will always be a place for you and me. ”
"Hmm."
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"Are you sure there's no ambush here?"
"Do you want to search again?"
"Is there really nothing missing?"
The old man's chatter was interrupted by the sound of a clear knife, and the hundred forging scimitar left a cold light in the air, and then firmly rested on Lu Guanhong's neck, allowing the latter to swallow all the words back into his stomach, and then moved to other places with his body in his arms, muttering:
"I'll just ask, ask ......."
"What are you doing with such a big temper? I said that your kid has such a big temper, he will definitely not be able to please his daughter-in-law in the future, and if he begs his daughter-in-law, he must be a worse temper than yours. ”
"It's different like an old man, I told you back then, I'm ......"
Wang Anfeng's forehead twitched.
Resisting the urge to knock the old man unconscious, he slowly roasted the mutton on the fire, which was exchanged with the herdsmen, and he had tried to let Lu Guanhong cook before, but the food he made was completely unrecognizable.
I had no choice but to come by myself.
And those beasts and beasts are left to hunt on their own.
On the way, you will often encounter herds of animals, and there is no shortage of food.
After Wang Anfeng roasted the mutton in his hand to golden brown, he took out the medicine that could be used for seasoning from his arms, at this time, Lu Guanhong, who had just been hiding far away, had already come over, Wang Anfeng glanced at him expressionlessly, and still divided half of the mutton in his hand.
The latter was held in his hand, without the name of the world now, he ate happily, his mouth was full of oil, Wang Anfeng used the dagger on his waist, cut it down and ate it slowly, just out of his mind, Lu Guanhong had already finished gnawing the barbecue in his hand, threw the bone to his own tiger, and said casually:
"You say, what do they think, my senior brother?"
Wang Anfeng didn't look at him, and said lightly: "What do you think?" ”
Seeing his reaction, Lu Guanhong came to his senses, wiped his mouth, and said:
"Look, you boy...... No, I mean, strong man, you made such a big move, they must already know, know that I'm still alive, and I'm still going in the direction of Amamba City, right? ”
"They are attached to the king of Amamba, and the things they plot are not good for the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, that is, they are harming the interests of the king of Amamba, if we tell the king of Amamba, they will confess with an iron hoof, and at worst, there is no way to get their wish."
"At this time, shouldn't they have cleaned up the two of us in advance?"
Wang Anfeng glanced at him and said lightly:
"It's to clean you up, not me."
The corners of the old man's mouth twitched slightly.
Wang Anfeng replied again:
"Because they don't dare, and they don't want to."
The old man frowned and said, "What do you mean?" ”
"To put it simply, they need the prestige of the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts in the Kingdom of Rest, so they can't do anything that damages the image and identity of the righteous path of the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts, and now everyone knows that you are going to the city of Amamba, and we are walking on the grassland all the time."
"If you make a move, handing over your hands will definitely attract martial artists who are curious about this matter, and at that time, not only will they not necessarily be able to take you down, but they will more likely lose the name of the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts."
The old man thought for a while, nodded, and said:
"Your kid's heart is really dark enough...... No, I mean, magic tricks, magic tricks! ”
Lu Guanhong saw this stinky Daqin man looking at him coldly, his body trembled, and he hurriedly snorted, and said, "Then they will give up?" Haha, that's great......"
Wang Anfeng retracted his gaze and said lightly:
"How could you possibly give up?"
"This month's time, not even an appetizer, the real difficulty, I'm afraid it will be after entering the city."
"What?"
"They are not fools, they will not fail to understand, your purpose is either to seek refuge or to take revenge with the help of the power of King Amamba, but either choice will inevitably reveal your senior brother's relationship with other forces."
The old man frowned, thought for a long time, and then asked seriously:
"What did you say?"
Wang Anfeng was silent, looked at Lu Guanhong, and said:
"You don't understand?"
Lu Guanhong shook his head and said angrily:
"You talk around and around, how can I understand?"
"What if they find out?"
Wang Anfeng sighed in his heart, drew lines on the ground with the branch in his hand, and said lightly:
"Since you said that King Amamba is a domineering and decisive figure, then he will definitely not allow this kind of thing to happen, and when the time comes, with the help of his forces and army, as well as the rest of the people in the Valley of Ten Thousand Beasts who do not know about this, it will be easy to destroy your senior brother's plan."
"And your senior brother, you must be able to guess this, but due to the general situation, there is no way to make a move on our way to Amamba City, and it is impossible for the King of Amamba to receive you at the first time, and if you are your senior brother, since you have to do it, when will it be?"
Lu Guanhong frowned and pondered, and after a dozen breaths, he suddenly realized and said, "I see, they actually plan to do it before the king receives you and me!" ”
Ke immediately frowned again, and said:
"But my senior brother is rude, and with the wisdom of an old man, I can't see at a glance that my teacher is ...... No, that traitor probably couldn't have been so smart. ”
Wang Anfeng fell silent.
Wei Shi didn't want to talk about it anymore, so he casually stuck the wooden stick in his hand upside down on the ground, leaned back on the back of a tiger, closed his eyes slightly, and said lightly:
"The other side has two best shots."
"One is to enter the city gate, and the other is to prepare to enter the palace."
"When you enter the city gate, you should be greeted by someone, be vigilant and relaxed, send the dead, when there is a miracle effect, the same is true when you enter the palace, and when the guard reaches that time, the mind will inevitably relax a little."
"They are more urgent about this matter than you are."
Lu Guanhong wanted to say more, and Wang Anfeng said lightly:
"Let's rest."
"Tomorrow in the city."
I had to hold all the problems in my heart, lying on my side on my mount, which was highly poisonous, and in the past half a month, it had been completely removed by Wang Anfeng, although it could not recover immediately, but the cold wind was no longer a problem.
Wang Anfeng closed his eyes, but he did not fall asleep directly, but appeared in a white scene, his brows were slightly furrowed, looking back left and right, and his right hand had subconsciously held the sword and walked forward.
Walking dozens of steps, the clouds cleared and the fog dispersed, and he saw the gentleman facing him in front of him, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, although he didn't know why Mr. appeared in the 'dream', but he was already a little surprised by Mr.'s endless means, and immediately stepped forward to salute.
The scribe looked as usual, glanced at him, and said lightly:
"This time, your plan is not so dull."
"It's just that there are still a few questions, you listen, don't make a noise......"
Wang Anfeng's expression was slightly solemn, and he said:
"Yes."
Outside, Lu Guanhong watched Wang Anfeng fall into a deep sleep almost in the blink of an eye, and he was bitter for a while, but he couldn't sleep no matter what, he sighed at the moment, hugged his hands, and looked at the sky blankly.
In the blink of an eye, a night has passed.
PS: Today's update presents............
The first update, 6,000 words.
There should be one more more.