Chapter 11: The Cost
The drizzle is misty, like a hazy veil enveloping the town, the bluestone long street is wet, the bamboo forest at the edge of the town is gently swaying, and the hazy beauty of the smoke and rain in the south of the Yangtze River is undoubtedly displayed here!
This is Qingshi Town, an inconspicuous town located in Lingnan, at the junction of Zhonghuai County, due to its remoteness, and there is no danger to defend around, and there are no precious minerals, therefore, this place has always been ignored existence, and the Izumo County that governs this place will only send people to guide farmers and collect taxes during the spring equinox and autumn harvest every year, and on weekdays, ten days and half a month, there may not be strangers here!
At this time, although the world is in turmoil, this place is the edge of Lingnan County, which belongs to the direct jurisdiction of Lingnan Fort, no matter how bold those thieves are, they will never dare to spread wild here, otherwise, there is no need for Lingnan Fort to make a move, and someone will sacrifice their heads to please Lingnan Fort, or rather, to please Song Mingdao!
But this time is really very different, since three days ago, the Lingnan Sword God Song Mingdao took the initiative to speak out and make an appointment with a sword immortal to fight here, there has been a continuous influx of all kinds of martial arts people from all over Kyushu, spies and spies, they all have their own thoughts, but they are all here for this battle!
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In just three days, there were no less than a dozen incidents of fighting due to some trivial matters, plus there were originally resentments, those who made an appointment to fight first, acted secretly, and secretly attacked, if they really had to be counted, there were no less than dozens of cases, if it were not for the people of Lingnan Fort who pressed and issued a strict order, this number would have to be increased tenfold, but around the case, the corpses in the wilderness are also increasing!
Fortunately, the people here have already been relocated by the people of Lingnan Fort, although it is difficult to leave the homeland, but since it is the opening of Lingnan Fort, and there are generous subsidies, the people here have all moved away, leaving only an empty town!
In fact, not only here, Shanzhou is divided into eight counties, of which Lingnan, Zhonghuai, Liuyuan, and the three counties are the three counties that Lingnan Fort has continuously infiltrated and controlled for more than 30 years, among which the county guard sent by the imperial court has been completely hollowed, and the decree cannot be out of the county guard mansion at all, which is not a secret in the whole world, but unfortunately, in the last years of the dynasty, even if the court wants to manage, it is also powerless, so it can only turn a blind eye.
These three counties are the foundation of Lingnan Fort, do not allow others to interfere in trouble, once someone dares to stretch out their hands, they will be wiped out with the power of thunder, after slaughtering several bandit forces and sects in a row, these three counties have become the forbidden land of those who fight for dragons, plus the wind and rain in recent years, the harvest continues, these three counties are also extremely prosperous, the local people get this shelter, and gradually only know Lingnan Fort, and do not know the imperial court!
This is also an important reason why the townspeople of Bluestone are willing to move away! If it is a different force, I am afraid that it will have to waste more energy, and it may not be able to succeed!
However, this kind of private fighting came to an abrupt end today, and everyone was honest, even if it was those who had a deep hatred and a short temper, and when they met the enemy, they would at most fight verbally, and they didn't dare to do it at all!
The reason is very simple, this afternoon, one of the protagonists of this battle, Lingnan Sword God Song Mingdao, has arrived!
Although no one has really seen him, he only learned about it from the disciples stationed in Lingnan Fort, but everyone is still subconsciously and carefully divided, this is the deterrent power brought by Song Mingdao's decades of crisscrossing Kyushu, once testing the world with swords, and constant pressure in an era!
It is also an important reason why the major forces are so jealous of Lingnan Fort!
And, everyone is also anxiously waiting for the arrival of another protagonist, a sword fairy, waiting for him to start this epic battle!
However, what everyone didn't expect was that just when they were guarding Qingshi Town, waiting for the start of the battle of the grandmasters, the two protagonists met unexpectedly in a barren mountain!
In other words, Song Mingdao took the initiative to find Zhou Chen!
The cool breeze was blowing, and a few withered yellow fallen leaves spiraled down from the air, Zhou Chen silently looked at the inconspicuous middle-aged man in front of him, or rather, at the huge, majestic origin will on his head, and smiled slightly!
He is still dressed in white, despite the constant battles along the way, he is still as white as new, without a trace of filth, the breeze is coming, the clothes are fluttering, and his handsome appearance is very good, several extraordinary people!
On the other side, Song Mingdao was dressed in ordinary coarse linen clothes, with gray sideburns, wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and a long sword that seemed to be rusty in his hand, walking in this barren mountain, like a beggar!
The comparison between the two is almost like heaven and earth, but neither of them is a person who values appearance, they stare at each other, carefully looking at the mortal enemy in front of them!
However, compared to Song Mingdao's solemnity, Zhou Chen seemed a little careless, he glanced up and down, and said,
"Didn't Lord Song Castle say that he would make an appointment with me to fight in Bluestone Town? How? Do you still greet you in advance? ”
Song Mingdao's expression was numb, a trace of pain flashed in his eyes, and he opened his mouth with some difficulty, although his voice was astringent, it seemed full of anger and weirdness,
"It's too late!"
This sentence was clueless, but Zhou Chen understood it.
Song Mingdao's situation, he could see it at a glance, and he was also a little surprised in his heart, not to mention surprised by the situation of Song Mingdao's body, but the world's original will would actually make such a big bet! Or rather, so ruthless!
The person in front of him was obviously deliberately catalyzed by the will of the origin and broke through to the innate realm, but this innate obviously has to be put in quotation marks!
Due to the limitations of the rules of the world and the concentration of aura particles, this breakthrough, although it is strongly maintained by the Origin Will, is still not complete, at least, Zhou Chen can see that Song Mingdao's spiritual power is slowly transforming, becoming more refined, larger, and more active!
However, its body has not been nourished by enough aura and rules, and the degree of transformation is not enough at all, not to mention the strength of the body, even the internal qi in its body has not been transformed into a true element, so to speak, this innate is simply a semi-crippled product!
What's more, the consequence of this is that the increase in spiritual power far exceeds the limit that the physical body can bear, and the result is that in the case of Song Mingdao, the physical lifespan is rapidly burned and reduced, so as to support the existence of spiritual power!
This is also the reason why Song Mingdao said that there is not much time, because of him, time is really running out, and if it drags on for a few more days, I am afraid that without Zhou Chen's action, he will crush his body to death because of his too large and active spiritual power!
And for Song Mingdao, who can't be counted congenitally, the death of the body also represents the end of life!
And why is it said that the original will bets too much! Because, the original will to do this, not only to consume a lot of origin power, but also to consume a part of the innate rules as fuel, the former can also be slowly accumulated, can be made up, and the latter, then there is really no way to supplement, you know, this part of the rules, are the world's origin will since the birth of the slowly deduced and the previous civilization race powerhouses continue to develop, not want to supplement, can be supplemented.
According to Zhou Chen's estimate, the rules that cost to forcibly improve Song Mingdao in this way would take at least thousands of years for the world's origin will to be deduced before it could be derived again, so to speak, for the origin will, the gains outweighed the losses!