Chapter Fifty-Six: The City of Buzhou
According to the agreement, Liu Wenfei stayed in Gushi City, while Duan Feng and Han Qing took Liu Yuwei, Su Yanjun and Princess Zheng Dutong to prepare to leave the Extreme North Domain together, but how can they leave the Extreme North Domain?
When they came before, they came in through the reincarnation disk, and they were directly blown in by the soul breaking wind, so that they didn't know where the exit of the reincarnation disk was, and if they wanted to get out, they might have to ask the elf king for help.
As Duan Feng expected, the Elf King quickly took them to the edge of a cliff, only to see an impenetrable layer of white smoke coming out from below, a stone was thrown down, and there was no reaction, Hong quickly said: "This is the Hanging Cliff, jump down from here, and you will enter the ghost market." ”
Duan Feng stretched out his head to look at the cliff, the white mist was rolling, and the cool air that kept coming out from below could be inferred that the cliff was unfathomable, and said, "It's so high, will you fall to your death if you jump?"
Hong sneered and said: "There is only one way to enter the human world from the extreme northern region, so in order to ensure safety, the elves who entered the ghost market in the past were carefully selected, and even so, there were many elves who paid their lives for this at that time." ”
"Will you really fall to your death?!" Duan Feng asked with wide eyes, he was just joking, but he didn't expect to die because of this.
"Not really, most of them were killed by the ghosts, because if they jump from here, they may land somewhere, if they happen to land in a public area, they will be fine, and if they land in a restricted area, they will not be so lucky. ”
Duan Feng was relieved in his heart, after all, they had already known Liu Tianfeng before, and they still had the waist card he gave them, so they probably wouldn't encounter any danger in the ghost market.
Duan Feng asked, "What about those Soul Scatterers? They have no Qi Yuan, wouldn't it be very dangerous to jump from here?"
Hong smiled and said, "In a sense, the Soul Scatterers themselves are already dead, their souls are already incomplete, and their spiritual books are not subject to the jurisdiction of the underworld, so there is no question of whether they are dead or not, which is why they can still survive here." ”
"So the Soul Scatterer won't die?"
"Of course not, it's just that their death is not like death in the traditional sense, they will also disappear from the world, and they will disappear permanently, there is no reincarnation. ”
"Well, how can we kill them?"
As soon as he asked this sentence, Duan Feng regretted it a little, the Elf King would definitely not tell him about it, and this kind of question would only arouse his vigilance.
The Elf King just glanced at Duan Feng coldly, but he didn't get angry and didn't answer.
"Alright, time is pressing, you better hurry up. ”
Bidding farewell to the Elf King, Duan Feng and Han Qing and the others jumped off the hanging cliff, while Du Tong also jumped down with the zither in his arms.
After seeing everyone leave, the letter next to him asked, "Does the king think this plan can work?"
Macro replied: "Not sure. ”
"And the princess?" Shin asked.
"I have other arrangements. Hong turned around and asked, "How is Liu Nanchun doing over there?"
The letter returned: "Everything went according to plan. ”
"Good. Macro said, "It's time to move on to the next step." ”
Shin was ordered to leave, and Hiroshi continued to look at the Hanging Cliff and said, "It's up to you to succeed or fail, I hope they can find the magic sword." Then leave and go back to the palace.
Everyone jumped off the hanging cliff and came to the ghost city, fortunately they went smoothly this time, and directly arrived at the ghost market, and when they saw Liu Tianfeng, everyone told Liu Tianfeng about the things in the extreme north. Although Liu Tianfeng was worried about Liu Wenfei, he had nothing to do about it.
Farewell to Liu Tianfeng, everyone left the ghost market, through a clear water curtain, the sky in front of them suddenly opened, the ghost market behind them disappeared instantly, they came to the long wilderness again, although a few desolate around, but still give people a feeling of comfort, after all, they finally arrived at the human world, half a day later, came to a small town, although the town is not big, but the foyer shops are readily available, it can be regarded as prosperous, seeing that it is late, everyone found an inn to rest for one night and then hurry.
The innkeeper enthusiastically cleaned up the room for everyone, and everyone discussed how to find the magic sword while eating in the lobby.
"The world is so big, where can I find the magic sword?" Liu Yuwei said.
Duan Feng said: "The matter has come to this point, and we can only take one step at a time." ”
Han Qing said: "Since it is a magic sword, even if the magic power is sealed, it should be special, as long as we pay close attention, we should gain something." ”
At this time, Zheng went upstairs to rest together accompanied by Su Yanjun on the grounds that he was unwell.
"Maybe she's not used to life in the human world yet. Duan Feng thought to himself, and didn't speculate too much.
Several people continued to discuss how to find the magic sword.
At this time, Xiao Er came to serve the food, and Duan Feng asked Xiao Er what kind of place this was, because everyone had walked all the way, and they did not find any other villages and towns, only this one town was located on the vast plain.
Xiao Er replied: "This is called Buzhou City, there is only this small town within a radius of 100 miles, from here to the east is the sea, and 800 miles to the west is the Acropolis of Yunjian City, Xiaoliang City. ”
"What is the county here?"
"We belong here to the junction of Dongzhou County and Shangning County, and administratively belong to Shangning County. ”
"Shangning County?" Duan Feng was shocked in his heart, Shangning County is located in the eastern part of the mainland, adjacent to the East China Sea, bordering Dongzhou County in the southwest, and Nanhai County is separated from Zhongnan County in the middle, more than 5,000 miles away from Nanhai County, they actually jumped directly from Nanhai County to Dongzhou County, which couldn't help but surprise everyone.
"It seems that the location of the ghost market is really erratic. Duan Feng secretly thought in his heart.
Duan Feng thought to himself, since he was looking for the magic sword, he had to look for the place where there was a difference, so he asked again: "Then have you heard of any special places around, or special people or things?"
Xiao Er thought for a while and said: "Fifty miles north from here, there is a town called Nameless Town, the whole town is very strange, as for how strange, I haven't been there, and few people go here." ”
When Duan Feng heard this, he asked, "Why do so few people go?"
Xiao Er replied: "Because there is a mountain thirty miles north of the nameless town, called the North Desert Mountain, it is said that there is a group of robbers living on the mountain, very vicious, often in and out of the nameless town, and this place is far away from the government, and the government is too lazy to manage, so few people here will venture there." ”
"Then why didn't they move there?" Han Qing asked.
Xiao Er said: "This is the strange thing, although Nameless Town is often attacked by robbers, but no one has ever moved out of the town, and no one has ever come out of it, I really don't know what they live on." ”
After speaking, Xiao Er shook his head and left, Duan Feng looked at Han Qing, Du Tong and the others, and everyone hit it off, preparing to go to Nameless Town tomorrow to find out.
Early the next morning, Du Tong stayed at the inn with Zheng, and Duan Feng rushed to Nameless Town with Han Qing, Liu Yuwei and Su Yanjun.
When the four of them were still about ten miles away from the nameless town, they felt an inexplicable chill coming from the direction of the town, and with many days of combat experience, the four of them immediately increased their vigilance.
The four of them rode into the nameless town slowly, to everyone's surprise, it was so prosperous, the streets were full of traffic, shops on both sides, people came in and out, it was very lively, not at all like Xiao Er said that he was often attacked by robbers.
And everyone here is full of spring, as if there is never anything to worry about.
Duan Feng thought to himself, could it be that Xiao Er lied to us, there is nothing special here, it is just a bustling ordinary market town.
The four of them walked all the way through the streets, and the chill they had felt outside the town disappeared, but there was a strong warmth, and the whole street was longer than expected, and at this scale, the population of the entire nameless town would have to be tens of thousands, not to mention.
Seeing that it was getting late, the four of them found an inn, and when they entered the door, they saw a person dressed as a boss who was really reprimanding Xiao Er, and it turned out that Xiao Er had broken a teapot by mistake. This was also the first "special" thing I saw when I entered Nameless Town, because at the end of the day, several people didn't encounter anything special.
As soon as the boss saw that a guest came in, he immediately ran over to greet him, and the four of them booked two rooms, and the boss ordered Xiao Er to take them up to the second floor.
Walking into the room, Duan Feng saw that this was also a very ordinary inn standard room, and there was nothing special about it.
Duan Feng asked, "Shopkeeper, has there been anything special happening in your town recently?"
Xiao Er thought for a while and said, "Something special? It's just that tomorrow the second son of Wang Yuanwai's family in our town will marry, you can go and see, Wang Yuanwai is the biggest rich man here, I heard that the pomp is very big, you can follow to the lively and lively. ”
Duan Feng asked again, "What about the last few years?"
Xiao Er scratched his head and said strangely: "There have been nothing special in recent years, I have lived here since I was a child, and I have never heard of anything special happening." ”
When Duan Feng heard this, he felt even more strange, could it really be that the junior second of Zhou Cheng lied to me, but judging from his tone, it didn't look like a lie.
Liu Yu looked at it and said, "Don't think about it, let's go to that king's house tomorrow to have a look, maybe something special will happen." ”
Everyone went back to their rooms to rest, and there was nothing to do all night.
Early the next morning, everyone had breakfast, and under the guidance of Xiao Er, they went to Wang Yuanwai's house, which was already crowded with people, various instrumental music groups, dragon and lion dance teams had already begun to perform, and it was very lively.
Duan Feng has never seen such a lively scene, these activities are some folk celebration forms, Duan Feng has lived in a deep house compound since he was a child, in addition to practicing martial arts all day long, he is studying, even if he goes out, he goes to Liufu to fight tooth sacrifices, and he is rarely able to contact the life of the bottom of the society, so he is naturally very excited when he sees these lively scenes.
The four of them crowded to the gate of the palace, only to see two handymen standing at the door to receive congratulatory gifts, and the four of them saw that it was not appropriate to enter empty-handed, so the four of them returned to the market and bought some congratulatory gifts each.
As he left the bazaar, Duan Feng glanced back and said, "How do I feel that something is wrong?"
Liu Yuwei said: "What's wrong? I think it's good." ”
Duan Feng looked back at the bazaar again, everything was still lively as usual, there was no quarrel, could it be that he was thinking too much?
Liu Yu slightly urged the four of them to come to the palace quickly, register the congratulatory gifts, the four of them came to the courtyard, only to see that the courtyard was also crowded with people, Duan Feng thought to himself, it seems that the shopkeeper is not lying, this king is really wealthy, and the scale of the courtyard can be compared with his own handsome mansion in Phoenix City.
The four of them went around the courtyard a few times, and did not find anything special, this is the groom and the bride preparing to worship heaven and earth, the four of them squeezed to the front of the crowd, this groom looks like he is in his early twenties, his eyebrows are clear, and his literary quality is polite, although the bride is covered with a hijab, but from the walking posture it is also a lady.
Throughout the wedding, nothing special happened, which made the four of them very disappointed.
The four of them left the palace and circled around the entire outskirts of the nameless town, trying to find something outside the town, but to their disappointment, the outskirts of the town were ordinary farmland, where a few farmers were hoeing weeds, and a few buffaloes were making a burst of cries by the river, and everything was so peaceful.
It was noon, and the four of them were thirsty, so they sat down under a big tree to cool off, and there were a few resting farmers under the big tree, and after talking, they found nothing wrong.
The four of them continued to circle the town, but found nothing, and returned to the inn.
As soon as he entered the inn, he saw the boss reprimanding the shopkeeper, Duan Feng walked over and asked what was going on, it turned out that the shopkeeper had broken a teapot again.
The boss saw that the four guests were back, so he warmly led the four guests to the guest room.
At this time, the shopkeeper came to Duan Feng's room with some tea with a dark face, Duan Feng looked at it and said with a smile: "You broke the teapot again? ”
"Isn't it just a teapot!Why are you so concerned, old miser!" The shopkeeper said aggrievedly and left.
Duan Feng looked at the shopkeeper and smiled, his eyes showed a look of envy, and he turned around and discussed with Han Qing, "Stay tomorrow for another day, if there is nothing to do, you can't go back to Zhoucheng." ”
"It seems that this is the only way to go. ”
Everyone had nothing to do all night.