Chapter 22 The Beginning of the Storm

With the breakthrough of Chen Lan and Ma Xichao, everyone in Aoki Town retracted their attention and refocused on the two who broke through. At this point, all the martial artists in the martial arts hall have reached the ninth level or above of the Shaoqi realm, and the only regret is that Chen Lan only appeared in front of the world as a bystander.

As the general election is about to begin, there is an endless stream of warriors who come to Qingyun City, as the first stop, there are countless warriors who come to the Ten Mile Long Pavilion to pay respects, wave after wave, just when Chen Lan and his party were about to leave, a sad piano sound tugged at everyone's heartstrings. "Outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road, the grass is green, ask the gentleman when he will return, do not wander when he comes, the end of the sky, the corner of the earth, the acquaintance is half scattered, a pot of turbid wine sacrifices to the heroes, and the wind blows the heroic soul. With the sound of the song, four young women dressed in cyan palace clothes and covered their faces with green gauzes carried a black sedan chair slowly floating from the air, in the pavilion, the crowded crowd involuntarily gave way to a spacious passage, and the poignant sound of the piano finally dissipated, and everyone was still immersed in the faint sound of the piano, unable to extricate themselves. Lifting the sedan curtain, a woman dressed in black palace clothes slowly walked from the sedan chair to the statue in the middle, step by step, the footwork seems to be light but gives people a sense of heaviness. Judging from the woman's rather slender figure, she must be a stunning beauty, but judging from the expressions of the onlookers, no one has a heart. Kneeling in front of the statue of the city lord Jiang Yuanshan, the woman in black looked at the lifelike statue and was stunned, for a long time, "Alas......" let out a long sigh. Behind her, a woman in Tsing Yi brought a pot of wine, and the woman took it and gently sprinkled it on the ground in front of the statue. The pavilion was silent, except for the sound of gurgling wine spilling on the ground. "Ladies and gentlemen, the general election is imminent, and the little girl will definitely be present to have a look at the style, and I hope that all the heroes and heroes will raise my Qingyun prestige!" The warm and pleasant voice is like a natural sound gradually drifting away, leaving only a wisp of charming fragrance, which is still lingering in the pavilion for a long time.

"Ahem!" Long Lao's untimely coughing voice woke everyone up from their addiction, "Let's go, this pavilion is called 'Thanksgiving Pavilion', I want Jiang seniors to wave their swords to thank the world, it can be described as well-intentioned, you and other juniors should remember the righteousness of their predecessors, devote themselves to martial arts, raise my name of Qingyun, and come here in vain!"

Today's Qingyun City is under the hard work of several generations, and it is no longer the city that was spurned at the bottom of the ranking, hundreds of years have passed, the comprehensive strength of Qingyun City has jumped to the top three of the Longshan Empire, the thirty-six cities of the Longshan Empire, in terms of the strength of force, the first is none other than the Longshan Imperial Capital, and the second is naturally the old opponent of Qingyun City- Yunzhou City, the five-year imperial competition, Yunzhou has always been a step ahead of Qingyun, this situation makes Qingyun City never be able to let go, but Qingyun is not enough after all, it is too late to start, and the situation is difficult to change for a while. The Longshan Empire was still martial, the founding ancestor of the empire started with martial arts, and the emperors of previous dynasties ruled the world with martial arts, so the empire practiced martial arts from top to bottom, the people were fierce, and the national strength was strong. The Imperial Contest once every five years, the resources are allocated according to the ranking of the winners, you know, the warrior cultivates against the sky, and the resources are equivalent to the second life for the warrior, so the amount of resources determines the strength of the strength. Although Qingyun City is not what it used to be, but the tragic lessons of history make Qingyun people always linger, they are not satisfied with the status quo, this is a world where the strong are respected, and if you want to do it, you must be the strongest!

Chen Lan and his entourage finally came to the holy land of their dreams - Qingyun City, the magnificent Qingyun City can only be described in two words - shocking, standing under the city, only to feel the insignificance of the individual, twelve ironclad guards on both sides of the city gate, neatly guarded on both sides of the city wall, the black and shiny red tassel spear exudes cold light, which is daunting. Every soldier is the peak cultivation of the ninth layer of the Shaoqi Realm, and everyone was speechless for a while, this gap is too big! A silver-armored guard was checking the identities of the people entering the city one by one, everyone lined up according to the rules, and soon it was Chen Lan's turn, Long Teng stepped forward and took out a token, the silver-armored guard smiled and took the token, suddenly, his face was extremely solemn with both hands to present the token, bowed and let him go. Dabi is imminent, Qingyun City can be said to be overcrowded, and there are so many martial artists in the streets and alleys. All the hotels, inns, and restaurants are full, the cost has doubled, and there are even warriors who are not much entangled, and they actually sleep on the streets. Fortunately, the participants have already booked the room in advance by the messenger of the escort, otherwise they would have had fun if they had to sleep on the street. After Long Teng arranged the group into the Tenglong Pavilion, he reported to the second elder of Long Qiu, and left in a hurry with Chen Lan.

Chen Lan wondered in his heart, where was the senior brother going to go in such a hurry? After hurrying down from the upper floor, Long Teng led Chen Lan straight to the backyard of Tenglong Pavilion. It seems that Tenglong Pavilion is indeed wealthy, not to mention the momentum of the entire restaurant, just the backyard makes Chen Lan dumbfounded! It is simply a beautiful tourist holy land. A cyan rockery stands tall, it seems to look a little like Qinglong Mountain, under the mountain is a pond, the lotus leaf that is bigger than the human face covers the sky, the golden carp in the pond swims slowly in the water, it is very pleasant, occasionally there is an obese carp turns over and jumps out of the water, the golden scales shine in the sunlight, and the eyes look a little stinging. Halfway up the mountain, a spring water bubbled out from the mountain, several five-colored water birds chirped, one flapped its wings and flew into the depths of the lotus, and flew out of the long bird's beak with a small cyan worm, and several other water birds immediately swooped over like lightning, a good fairyland on earth!

Long Teng came to the bottom of a two-story attic and said, "Grandpa, Long Er will bring Senior Brother Lan here!" "Hahaha, let me see my good grandson!" A thick and hearty laugh came from the attic, Chen Lan only felt that his shoulders sank, as if a mountain was pressing on his shoulders, and his body was almost flattened. Only then did he grin to see a kind long-bearded old man looking at him excitedly, and there seemed to be a mist flashing in his eyes. "Senior Brother Lan, this white-bearded grandfather is your grandfather!" Long Teng's words sounded in Chen Lan's ears, and Chen Lan's mind buzzed, "Grandpa, don't you ......?" "Grandpa, please accept your grandson's worship!" Chen Lan fell to the ground with a puff and kowtowed three times in a row. "Hehe, good boy, get up, let grandpa take a good look at you!" The old man trembled excitedly and helped Chen Lan up, tears streaming down his eyes. The old man is Chen Lan's grandfather, Caiyi's father - Long Yi. "Hehe! I said, Brother Ji, since the child is here, you can't hold the child back, can the child still fly?" Three old men hurriedly walked out of the attic, one of whom was an old woman with gray temples and a little rickety. Long Yi was a little embarrassed and took Chen Lan's hand and walked into the attic.

"Child, grandpa left the village in a rage back then, and he has never returned home for more than ten years, don't you blame grandpa?" Chen Lan hurriedly shook his head with a happy face, the scene was a little chaotic, the four old men saw that Chen Lan each gave a lot of meeting gifts, not to mention, just those precious herbs that enhanced cultivation and conditioned qi were placed on a big table like a hill, and the questions of the four old men made Chen Lan anxious and overwhelmed. Long Teng also complained on the side that several old people were eccentric, and he had never been treated like this, so angry that several old people rolled their eyes. An hour later, all the old people quieted down, Chen Lan was already sweating profusely, which was even more tiring than cultivation! At this time, Chen Lan also had an understanding of the identities of several old people. The old woman is Long Teng's grandmother, and the slightly fat old man sitting next to her mother-in-law is Long Teng's grandfather, as for the other old man who is thin but has an awe-inspiring and righteous atmosphere, he did not go into detail, only the old man's surname is Ye, but it looks like the situation is dominated by the old man surnamed Ye, maybe this old man is older than the rest, but this is Chen Lan's guess. Several old people still have a good understanding of Chen Lan's situation, especially Chen Lan's behavior of voluntarily withdrawing from the election, which made Chen Lan scratch his head constantly. In order to celebrate Chen Lan, several old men instructed Xiao Er to prepare a sumptuous dinner, and the fragrance alone made Chen Lan and Long Teng salivate, and the internal qi circulation in the body accelerated, which was a great tonic at a glance. It's just that while everyone was drinking, an earthy yellow chick slipped into the pile of herbs on the table.

When Chen Lan was eating and drinking, Qingyun City could be said to be extremely unpeaceful this night. Jiang Deshan, the city lord of the City Lord's Mansion, was carefully checking the list of suspicious members involved in the general election sent by the secret agent in the study, and according to the information in his hand, he also found out a few possible people, but there was something faintly inappropriate, and he gently knocked on the book case, "Dark one, continue to investigate, there must be no mistake!" "Yes", a dark shadow outside the study responded. Qingyuju, the largest women's club in Qingyun City, is never open to men, bringing together almost all the celebrity women in Qingyun City. In an elegant room on the top floor, a stunning beauty, wearing a golden phoenix crown, two green jade earrings hanging from her ears, and a pair of phoenix eyes under her long eyelashes. "The little prince has come to Qingyun City safely, according to the intelligence, the City Lord's Mansion and several other mysterious forces are secretly trying their best to probe the people of the hidden dragon, don't you know that people are not as good as the sky, it seems that they need to be carefully arranged!" A white and slender jade hand* looked out the window, and a magnificent firework suddenly bloomed in the dark night sky, adding a beautiful scenery to the night!