After a while, Jin Mushui also returned, and he bought several commonly used pills, and at the same time, he also got the news of the treasure map, and also bought a copy.

Ma Xie looked at the map, and the location marked on it turned out to be the mysterious cave he had been to before.

"It seems that the so-called strange treasure is really there......" Ma Xie pondered, "But who deliberately leaked this news?"

Originally, Ma Xie was suspicious of Fei Shao, because Fei Shao had been to this place before, but he quickly ruled out his own judgment.

If Fei Shao told the news of the treasure map to the four major gangs, it would be easy for him to understand, that is, let the four major gangs and the three major sects fight each other, which can distract the attention of the Tianwu Sect, but there is really no need to divide the treasure map into four parts, and then make the real treasure map known to everyone, it will not benefit him at all, and now the whole city is looking for this good deed, Fei Shao really has no need to go through this troubled water.

Ma Xie concluded that this person must have known the news of the strange treasure for a long time, and he was not a member of the three major sects, and his purpose in doing this was definitely not to simply make things bigger.

The two chatted about what they had seen, and by the way, they discussed with Yuan Wuji how to deal with the one-horned matter of "Golden Cicada Linzhi" and "One-eyed Snow Snake".

After thinking about it for a long time, the three of them decided to take these two things to Banyue Mountain City to sell, first, there are not many people here who can put away this kind of thing, and second, there are many people here, and it is safer in those shops in Banyue Mountain City.

While they were talking, an old man walked up to them.

Ma Xie saw that this old man was the "Aoba Patriarch" at noon.

"Two young heroes, old man Qingyezi, can you have a cup of tea with the two of you?" said the old man and the old god.

Ma Xie did not refuse, invited Aoba to sit down with him, and poured him a cup of tea.

Aoba nodded, seeing that he was very satisfied with Ma Xie's approach, he asked about the origin of the two, and then said, "Hmm...... It turned out to be Lu Ping's apprentice, your master was once instructed by me when he was a teenager, so he has the current cultivation, but I'm afraid you don't know about this past!"

Ma Xie naturally didn't know that Lu Ping and Aoba had such a relationship, but even Jin Mushui had never heard the master mention what Aoba Patriarch had called.

"I don't know! I've never heard Master mention it. Jin Mushui scratched his head and said.

Aoba ignored him and continued: "Two, now that a strange treasure has been born, only those who are capable can get it. I think these two young people are very talented, and they must want to show their ambitions and get ahead!"

Ma Xie and Jin Mushui looked at the old man, not knowing what kind of medicine he was selling in his gourd.

"You and I are both casual cultivators, so we should know that it is not easy for us to retreat. Those sects, especially the three major sects, seem to think that they have the final say in the north of the Jin Kingdom! No matter what benefits they find, they will snatch and occupy them, and we will not even be able to drink the soup in our scattered cultivation! Isn't this an obvious example? Obviously, there is a strange treasure born, and this strange treasure is not within the sphere of influence of their three major sects, but they deliberately blocked the news, and also surrounded all the generations of Shicheng and Light Wolf City, and did not allow us to enter the scattered cultivation, you say that people are not angry!"

"What? besiege the Stone City?" asked Ma Xie.

"Yes!" Aoba said angrily: "I have a friend, after knowing that this strange treasure is in the area of Stone City, I feel like to explore, who knows that there are still hundreds of miles away from Stone City, and I was surrounded by a group of boys from the Xuanmen Sect, and I drove my friend away without saying anything!"

The more Aoba talked, the more angry he became, as if his friend was him.

Only then did Ma Xie know the purpose of Aoba's coming. It turned out that the three major sects dispatched most of the forces in the sect to surround the vicinity of Shicheng, and even the Light Wolf City was heavily guarded, that is, no forces other than the three major sects and Shicheng were allowed to enter.

And the scattered cultivators in the north have also received the news of the birth of strange treasures in Shicheng one after another, but in the face of the three major sects, these scattered cultivators have no power to resist, so many scattered cultivators have formed a "treasure hunter alliance" to snatch food from the mouths of the three major sects.

In addition to this "Treasure Hunter Alliance", the four major gangs in Banyue Mountain City also seem to be preparing to unite against the three major sects, in short, many forces in the northern part of the entire Jin Kingdom are involved, wanting to get a piece of the pie.

"But there is only one Chixiao Sword, there are so many of you, how can you divide it?" Ma Xie asked.

Qingyezi said: "You don't know this! The most important of the strange treasures here is the Chixiao Sword, but who knows if there are any other treasures in it? Maybe it's the treasure pavilion of the owner of the Chixiao Sword?"

Ma Xie suddenly realized that a large part of so many people did not go to the Chixiao Sword, but for other treasures hidden with the Chixiao Sword, as for the Chixiao Sword, it was taught to the three major sects and the four major gangs to fight for.

Qingye Zi tried his best to win over, wanting to let Ma Xie and Jin Mushui join their alliance, although the strength of the Scattered Cultivation Alliance is not very strong, but the victory is that there are enough people, and it must be able to put a little pressure on the three major sects.

Ma Xie and Jin Mushui glanced at each other, and tactfully rejected Aobazi's invitation on the grounds of their low strength.

"Cut! I really don't know how to lift!" Aoba saw that the two of them turned and left, and then went to find a few other monks and continued their quest for treasure.

On the second day, Ma Xie and Jin Mushui left Panlong Town early and rushed to Banyue Mountain City, they wanted to sell the things in their hands as soon as possible, and then leave this place of right and wrong.

Competing for treasures with several major forces in the north of the Jin Kingdom, Ma Xie and Jin Mushui did not have this idea at all, and their cultivation was achieved by cultivating step by step, not by skill.

Banyue Mountain City is actually not large, and the area is only one-fifth the size of Tianwu City.

The whole city was built on the mountain of Moon, hence the name. There is only one entrance to the entire city, and this entrance is at the foot of Mt. Banyue.

When Ma Xie and Jin Mushui walked to the foot of Banyue Mountain, they found that there was an outpost there, and several people were lining up to be tested, it turned out that the melee in Banyue Mountain City in recent days had caused the dissatisfaction of the city lord, and this went on greatly affecting the stability of Banyue Mountain City, so the city lord strengthened the guards, and the cultivators who entered and exited Banyue Mountain City were subject to strict interrogation - unless they had a dragon slaying order.

The cultivators didn't seem to have much resistance to the city lord's orders, and they all obeyed and accepted the inspection.

This is the majesty of the city lord of Banyue Mountain, although he rarely intervenes in the battles of various forces on weekdays, but his words are still true in Banyue Mountain City, after all, there is only one way to become the city lord of Banyue Mountain City - that is, to become the strongest person in Banyue Mountain City.

After the people in front of them had been checked, the two of them stepped forward to receive a detailed examination before being put into the city.

Coming out of the detection gate, I followed the mountain road all the way up, and I came to the mountain castle of Banyue.

The walls of the castle were made of a special metal from a deep mountain not far away, and the entire castle exuded a metal-specific texture and indifference.

Follow the basalt path to the top and enter the inner city.

The architectural style of the inner city is something that Ma Xie has never seen, all the houses are almost square, as if they are built with steel plates of different sizes, which is very different from the style of Tianwu City, if the architecture of Tianwu City is simple and atmospheric, the buildings here reveal a kind of primitive clumsiness, but at the same time exude a sense of power and oppression that Tianwu City does not have.

This sense of oppression may well come from the dark metallic hues of the city as a whole, or from the vigilant and greedy eyes of pedestrians on the road.

"Be careful, the guys here will steal our stuff at any time. Jin Mushui whispered to Ma Xie that although he had not been to Banyue Mountain Castle, he had already heard of the names of the inhabitants of the city.

At this time, a seven or eight-year-old boy came to meet him, wearing two pigtails, very cute.

"Big brother, is this your first time here? It's very dangerous here! I can be your guide!" The child's innocent face infected Ma Xie: "Just two copper plates! Or give me a bun." ”

It can be seen that this is an ordinary child, who should be a guide for others to earn a little money to support himself.

Jin Mushui squatted down, touched the child's face with a smile, and said with a smile: "Okay, then you can take us to ......"

"Be careful!" Ma Xie suddenly shouted!

At the same time, the child's body suddenly trembled, and a huge slit opened in his head, and from the gap stretched out a slender arm and grabbed the package of Jin Mushui.

Fortunately, Ma Xie reacted in time and kicked away the big hand, and the big hand let go of the package of Jin Mu Shui.

Only then did the two of them see clearly that the cute little child was gone, and a middle-aged man who was wet came out from under his skin.

This man was slender and long, with sparse hair draped over his shoulders, and the most terrifying thing was his face, which had no facial features, and it looked like his lips and nose had been neatly shaved off.

"It's so fast, boy......," the man said gloomily.

Ma Xie and Jin Mushui were also the first time they had seen such a disguise technique, they could actually put an adult in a child's skin, and then disguise it so vividly.

If it weren't for Ma Xie thinking about why there was an unarmed child in such a dangerous place, then Jin Mushui would probably have already caught the way.

The man saw that he had not struck a blow, and left a word, and turned away, and soon disappeared into the darkness, leaving only the puddle of blood on the ground and the skin of the child.

"Horse Evil ......" Jin Mushui looked at the skin bag and said, "I'm going to slaughter that kid!"

Ma Xie grabbed Jin Mushui, who was about to catch up: "Calm down! He's gone! We can't be impulsive!"

It turned out that the two of them had already discovered that the long skin used as a camouflage on the ground turned out to be a real human skin, Jin Mushui clenched his fists, and the expression on his face was hideous and terrifying.

As soon as they stepped into Banyue Mountain City, the two of them experienced the chaos and horror here.

Like this situation just now, it can appear at any time in the future, there is no order and justice here, all means are legal, and cunning is the only criterion here.

Ma Xie saw a few figures hidden in the corner, seemed to be staring at Jin Mushui and himself, and after seeing that he had seen through the methods of the disguised strange man just now, he did not rush forward, it seemed that he was measuring whether Ma Xie was worth taking action on his own.

"We don't seem to be very popular. Jin Mushui said: "Except for the little cutie just now, no one greets us anymore." ”

"Probably because we don't look like rich people! Ma Xie smiled and said, it seems that being poor also has the benefits of being poor, at least it will not be targeted by hungry wolves.

After walking a little further, I finally saw the bustling crowd, which gave the metal city a little life.

Ma Xie looked around, and the people here were all dressed as cultivators, gathered in twos and threes, and no one noticed the arrival of Ma Xie and Jin Mushui.

"Look there, the farthest tower!" said Jin Mushui.

Ma Xie looked up, and behind these buildings in front of him, there were two huge platforms, and on top of the top platform, there was a dark pagoda.

The castle is built on the mountain, and is divided into three floors, the place where the horses are located is only the first floor, and the top place is called the "Tower of Delusion", where the lord of the castle lives.

I don't know why, Ma Xie always felt that he couldn't see the tower clearly, as if it was far, far away from him, as if it didn't belong to the same space.