Chapter Twenty-Nine: Hongcheng
A Hong summer lotus, safflower and blue cover, this is the most people's description of Hongcheng.
Its back is Lei Mountain, the terrain is higher, the clouds are steaming and the clouds are blue, sometimes it is like thick ink and heavy color, sometimes it seems to splash ink freehand, like a long scroll of mountains and rivers that unfolds slowly, so that the people who come and go linger and forget to return.
At the junction of Cangming and Nanshui is Hongcheng, surrounded by green mountains and green waters, and there are dancing pavilions and song platforms, which brings a different kind of romance and poetry here.
It is rumored that there is often a muddy thunder sound from the thunder mountain, like the emperor's decree, and like the heavens are angry, looking from the foot of the mountain, if the lightning is short, the light is soft, the thunder is gentle, just rumbling, it is difficult to attract attention, if the lightning is dazzling, sweeping the earth like day, then the subsequent thunder, will shake the heavens and the earth, as if the earth shakes the mountains.
The older generation always likes to say to the younger generation, there are monsters like the size of the pavilion in the mountains, not to be provoked, parents also like to use this to scare those naughty and disobedient children, there are also rumors that there are gods living in the mountains, and when the gods are unhappy, they will naturally be punished by heaven, so the thunder is rolling!
There were also brave people who went up the mountain in person, wanted to find out, did not believe the rumors, who knew that after going around the mountain, they saw nothing, but only caught a few rabbits and came back.
But as soon as he returned to the village, he found some clues, think about it, it seems that the silence on the road is a little too much, no fierce beasts have been encountered, as if he was scared away by some terrible existence, and after he went home, he took off his clothes and found in horror that there were two paw prints on his shoulders, as if there was something ominous and strange that had been squatting on his shoulders, he thought about it carefully, and when he went out, he specially picked out a clean dress, but when he came back, there would be two footprints? The footprints seemed to be oozing with blood, scarlet as agate.
When the man thought of this, he was also afraid for a while.
Since then, this person has never dared to enter the Thunder Mountain for half a step, seeing everyone say that the Thunder Mountain is strange, of course, even if he doesn't say it, everyone will not rush into the mountain, after all, in this world, most people still don't joke with their lives.
On the bluestone road, three figures are mixed in the bustling crowd, like a stone sinking into the sea, inconspicuous, but these three people are all magnificent, like a hidden dragon in the abyss, domineering does not leak.
In the continuous hurry, Ye Yu, Qi Tian, and Zhong Sheng also came to this majestic city, and they were walking on the street at the moment, very comfortable.
The people around him looked very kind and kind, kind and kind-eyed, and a little similar to Yunlai.
"Finally arrived at Hongcheng, after this Hongcheng, and then across the Nanshui Country, you can reach the so-called 'land of contention'!" Qi Tian had a look of curiosity in his eyes.
"There are so many people on the street!" Zhong Sheng sighed as he looked at the tide of people.
The dazzling array of goods on the street is dazzling and dizzying, the cries of selling come and go, and strings of rock sugar gourds exude a tangy fragrance.
"I heard that the 'Land of Contention' has started a ten-year selection competition, and you can't pass unless you are a teenager!"
"What does this have to do with you, it looks like you're over fifteen years old, do you still want to go to that tryout?"
"Haha, it's not, I heard that there is a rare girl genius in Nanshui Country, and his appearance is unparalleled, beautiful and beautiful, and he wants to take a look. ”
"You're a toad and want to eat swan meat, right?
"I evaluate and appreciate this with a unique vision, how can you understand it as an ordinary person?"
"I'm afraid it's a lewd eye!"
"You want to talk nonsense, it's bad for me to be innocent!"
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The surrounding discussions continued to reach the ears of Ye Yu and the others, and they were also happy to do it, and they got a lot of useful news.
It turns out that the so-called "Land of Contention" will hold a selection competition every ten years, and only teenagers from surrounding countries can participate, but the selection competition is extremely strict, and it cannot be passed unless you are a genius!
In a few days, this huge event will kick off, and it must be extremely exciting, and you can see many strange people.
Hongcheng is the junction of the two countries, and all the young supremes and human elites from the north must pass through here, so at this moment, the streets are full of pedestrians and shoulder to shoulder.
Now this Hongcheng can be described as a "hidden dragon and crouching tiger", and if you find any one, it may be the heir of a royal family, or a genius who is famous and moving, all of which have a big background.
"In a few days, the tryouts will begin, and the three of us will have to hurry. Ye Yu said to the two of them.
But Qi Tian and Zhong Sheng turned a deaf ear, as if they hadn't heard it, and were attracted by this bustling street.
Suddenly, a thunderous sound and panic in front of him attracted everyone's attention!
"Stop, it's you again! You must catch it this time, otherwise, Hongcheng won't be messed up." ”
Several guards dressed in silver and white armor and armed with bright spears chased a slender, supple and spineless girl down the street, but extremely athletic.
The girl looked about the same age as Ye Yu, not tall, neatly dressed, and had slightly yellow hair, but she was extremely dexterous, and she avoided the fierce guards just right every time.
The girl is on the street of this empty alley, as if she is in a no-man's land, and she is still holding two short thorns in her hands, cold and wet, under the reflection of the noon sun, it is even more dazzling and dazzling, and the brilliance is compelling.
"You want to catch me?" the woman's mouth curled in a strange arc, as if mocking the guards.
"Damn, we must not let her run away this time! "Several guards are also quite a headache, this woman sneaks to the City Lord's Mansion every few days to get something, and their law enforcement department has not been able to catch her once!
Just when the woman was about to escape, a sword shadow fell from the sky, with a sharp sword, the momentum was terrifying, the ground was cracked, and the gravel flew wildly, like a moat, strongly blocking the woman's way forward.
The woman's face also changed, she didn't expect that the other party would have two waves of people to intercept her this time, but the other party inevitably underestimated her too much!
Since she dares to come, she has the confidence to go.
When the smoke and dust cleared, a handsome man appeared in front of the people, the man had sword eyebrows and starry eyes, his eyes were like knives, his robe was hunting, and he stood on the hilt of the sword, looking proud.
The woman secretly broke a few words in her mouth, and her speed suddenly skyrocketed, like a thunderbird, leaving an afterimage in the air, like a shocking crossing, and suddenly flew to the top of the pavilion, and fled to the sky.
"Want to go?" the man roared, his reaction was extremely fast, and he followed closely behind, and his speed was not slow, stepping on the seven stars, like a swimming dragon, and there was a strong wind blowing around him.
The two chased for a while, and neither could get rid of the other!
"If you chase it again, you will die here!" The woman turned around in an instant, her eyes covered with a layer of frost, with a terrifying aura, like a heavenly phoenix, as if the man took one step forward, he would die here!
"Don't be ashamed!" How can the man retreat at this critical moment? You must know that Hongcheng has wanted this woman for a long time, but no one can catch her, and if it falls into his hands today, it will definitely be a good story.
He silently marked all the places where this woman committed crimes, and finally deduced that she was very likely to escape here today, so Edgeworth came, but unfortunately he happened to catch up!
"Since you are not from Hongcheng, don't meddle in your affairs, otherwise, you will definitely die!" The woman seemed to have given an ultimatum, standing on top of the pavilion, no longer running away, her eyes were like electricity, her breath was like the sea, and the surrounding aura was agitated, like the lord of the world, domineering and leaking.
"Eliminate the demon and defend the way, it is the true character of my generation of men, you have repeatedly stolen three times, I will cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and do the way for the sky!"
"You say I'm a demon?" The woman seemed unwilling to entangle anymore, but she felt that the person in front of her was kind-hearted, and continued to ask, "Do you really want to arrest me?"
"Naturally!" In the man's opinion, it must have been her own momentum that suppressed this woman, so she asked this question, and when she thought of this, the man's face became even more arrogant and a little fluttering.
The woman seemed to have made up some kind of determination, and there was determination in her eyes, and she whispered: "Strengthen!"
Then, the speed of light rushed forward, the speed of the speed, like a thunderbolt, the two white lights seemed to be nine days of thunder, brilliant and powerful, there was a tendency to destroy the void, in the lightning and flint reached the front of the man, the cold light shines in all directions, like thunder and fire erupt.
The man didn't expect this woman to be so decisive, and in a hurry, he hurriedly made the sword resist, and the sword was like a dragon, and the anger was agitated, as if he wanted to cut everything, looking at his moves, it was obviously not a general.
A dazzling sword light blocked the lightning-like short thorn, but another short thorn pierced the man's shoulder blade fiercely, and blood splattered all over the place, and the scene was very bloody.
The man's face instantly became pale and weak, as if he was a few years older, and his originally delicate sword eyebrows were wrinkled, very painful, as if a fierce beast was biting and eating his body, hideous and abnormal.
The short thorn was pulled up, and a pillar of blood rushed up to the sky, and the woman's firm and cruel voice sounded in her ears, "I said, if you chase again, you will die, do you think I am teasing you?"
The man's face was full of unwillingness, he just wanted to do a chivalrous fight, but he didn't expect to meet such a ruthless stubble, is he going to die here today?
The woman's short thorn is gradually approaching his chest, as if it is about to be inserted into the heart, at this moment time seems to stand still, many things appear in the man's mind, and the scenes of his childhood appear in front of him, his father told him to be a righteous person when he grows up, holding a three-foot green blade to kill demons, and not letting go of a bad person, he began to cultivate under the supervision of his father, and then awakened the contract, dreaming that one day he could fulfill his childhood dream of being a chivalrous man, but now, is he going to die?
He is unwilling, his heart is shouting, he wants to live, he knew this, he will definitely not chase this woman, although the dream is important, but even the life is gone, how to talk about the dream?
At this moment, the woman suddenly smiled, exhaled like an orchid, like a breeze, and her cold temperament disappeared, and said softly: "Don't be so stupid in the future, you will go up when you see people, and you can't distinguish between good and evil, otherwise others will not be as merciful as me." ”
The woman put away the short thorn and glanced at the man, stepping on the bright sun, her body was sprinkled with the light of the scorching sun, like a god, the man was stunned, and lost his mind for a while.
His face was full of shame and confusion, his eyes were like copper bells, and his incomprehension was overflowing, and a question slowly emerged in his heart, like an indestructible sword, stabbing his original worldview, what is good and what is evil?
The man froze in place and said, "Am I mistaken?"
The woman's figure was like a light swallow, and she turned away from the area in a few turns, disappearing, as if she had never appeared at all.
The guards hurriedly ran to the man's side and said angrily, "It's really unfortunate to let that woman run away again this time." Then he remembered the man who helped them, and said coldly: "Don't be so stupid next time, otherwise we won't be responsible for your life!"
The man was silent, speechless, and remained where he was.
"Is this man like a wooden chicken!" could he be a fool?" said one of the guards with undisguised scoff.
"Leave him alone for now, let's consider going back!" said another guard with a sad face.
"Alas, you said that this woman seemed to be deliberately against us, where did we provoke her?" sighed.
The man smiled bitterly, not knowing what to say, he could only look up at the sky, his eyes were full of confusion and puzzlement, Father, are you really right? Is there really absolute good and evil in this world, right and wrong?
Ye Yu and the three of them witnessed the whole battle below, although it was not exciting, but it was shocking.
Zhong Sheng's eyes were white mist, as if he wanted to see through everything, and a glint emerged, and he said, "This woman is very strong, and the power just now is not like the power of a contract!"
Qi Tian was no longer underestimated, and said with a solemn face: "Be careful when you meet this person in the future." ”
Ye Yu didn't care, and said lightly: "Why do you regard everyone as an enemy? Be calm! Alas, no matter how powerful she is, can she beat the three of us?"
Immediately, the corners of Ye Yu's mouth twitched, and he said secretly: This Hongcheng is really an outstanding person, although this woman only used a few simple moves, but it is terrifying, that amazing speed and explosive power are infinitely magnified under his yin and yang eyes, and it seems that that woman has also stepped into the mortal realm!
It's getting more and more interesting!