Chapter 18: The Gathering of Heroes
Magnolia Festival.
This is an incomparably grand festival in the three hundred cities of the ten counties under the jurisdiction of the entire Yulan Mansion.
The entire Magnolia Festival lasts for ten days and ten nights, during which all forces will stop fighting, all shops will also close for business, and the whole people will participate in the celebration of the Magnolia Festival.
Every year in September, the water level of the Yulan River, which runs through the 300 cities of Yulan Province, drops rapidly.
Especially on September 15, the water level of the Yulan River will drop to the lowest, and even the riverbed covered by hundreds of meters of deep river water on weekdays will be exposed, and many monsters and creatures living in the Yulan River will leave the Yulan River on this day, killing and foraging everywhere!
The Magnolia Festival is not only a celebration of worship, but also a grand hunting event to organize all the strong to resist the monsters from the Yulan River!
The entire Magnolia Festival can be divided into three phases.
Every city near the Yulan River has a Zhenjiang stone monument built by the strong men of the Yulan Academy and suppressed here.
The first stage of the Magnolia Festival is related to this Zhenjiang stone stele.
On this day, the people of the ten counties and three hundred cities under the jurisdiction of the entire Yulan Mansion will gather in front of the Zhenjiang Stone Tablet of the Yulan River, and the young generation of warriors who are less than eighteen years old in each city will take action and leave their own traces on the Zhenjiang Stone Tablet.
The entire Zhenjiang stele is 30 zhang high, and only by leaving your name in the height of the Zhenjiang stele more than 10 zhang can you get the qualification for the second round!
Those below 10 zhang will be eliminated, and on the 15th of September, they will hide in the city like ordinary people.
For the warrior, when the demon beast riots, he can only hide in the city and enjoy the protection of others, which is a very humiliating and humiliating thing.
Every young person who participated in the Magnolia Festival would desperately leave their name on the Zhenjiang stone tablet in order to be able to stay and deal with the demon beasts!
September 10th, noon!
In just half a day, the water level of the Yulan River has dropped by a full ten meters, which means that the Yulan Festival has quietly kicked off......
Boom Boom –
War drums beat and roared through the sky.
The entire Yandu City is empty of thousands of alleys, gathered in the huge square in front of the Zhenjiang stone monument.
"Look, that's someone from the Lin family!"
"The Chen family is also here!"
Ten luxurious carriages are displayed on the road, from far to near, it is the Lin family, one of the four major families in Yandu City.
Followed by another convoy coming from the east, it was also one of the four major families, and its strength was strong, and it was almost the same as the Jiang family.
The Lin and Chen families respectively occupied two large pieces of open space, which were distinct, and many powerful people around them did not dare to approach them.
The four major families are the four majestic peaks, and in the city of Yandu, no one dares to disobey.
"Hahaha, Lin Shengfeng, Chen Tianrun, you two came early!" A deep voice suddenly came from the river, like muffled thunder.
"Bald Xu, you're finally here!" a sneer came from the Lin family.
There was also a lean middle-aged man in the Chen family who took a step forward, his body was full of qi and blood, and he was a great master, and he said: "Xu Bald, I heard that your Xu family has a demon, I don't know how it compares with my son Chen Fan?"
"Humph!"
The sound of displeasure sounded from the river, the thick fog dispersed, and a huge warship fifty meters high and more than two hundred meters long came by the wind and waves, and on the bow of the ship stood a bald middle-aged man, he was Xu Ying, the head of the Xu family, known as Xu Bald.
The Xu family is mainly engaged in water transportation, and it is a force that cannot be underestimated among the four major families, Xu Ying led the strong people to another open space, and then looked at Chen and Lin: "My Xu family's genius is naturally invincible, and my son will definitely win the championship in this gathering of the four clans!"
"That's not necessarily!" Lin Shengfeng shook his head.
Chen Tianrun nodded and said, "Jiang Ziyou of the Jiang family, but it's not easy to deal with!"
"Hmph, it's just a little girl...... Xu Ying said with a disdainful expression, but his slightly constricted pupils betrayed his true thoughts.
Jiang Ziyou!
The fourteen-year-old martial arts sixth peak powerhouse, and there are even rumors that she has broken through to the seventh level of martial arts!
This is a strength that even the older generation of strong people have to pay attention to.
Suddenly there was a howling sound of a strong wind in the air, and a shadow shrouded it, and everyone felt a sense of depression and raised their heads one after another.
This is a two-winged wyvern, comparable to the ninth demon beast of the human martial arts!
Its arrival also heralded the arrival of the first person in Yandu City, the city lord Sima Tao.
"Sima City Lord!"
"Greetings to the Castle Lord!"
The crowd said.
Sima Tao was dressed in silver armor and had a broadsword pinned to his waist, standing on top of the two-winged flying dragon, not angry but mighty: "You guys came early!"
"City Lord, I haven't seen you for a long time, your cultivation has improved again, and it must not be far from the realm of the True Monarch!" Xu Ying smiled slightly and said respectfully.
Sima Tao laughed and said: "How difficult is the realm of the True Monarch, the background of this city lord is not enough, and it needs to continue to precipitate." If you can break through one day, you will definitely introduce your experience to the masters!"
"In this way, I'll wait for good news!"
The four of them talked and laughed.
Sima Tao's eyes flashed slightly, and he looked into the distance, only to see a luxury convoy coming slowly, he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows: "It seems that Jiang Tai and they are here, it is rumored that Jiang Ziyou of the Jiang family has broken through to the sixth peak of martial arts at the age of fourteen, even if such a talent reaches the Yulan Academy, it is also a first-class genius!"
"The Jiang family has a Jiang Taixu, and now there is Jiang Ziyou again, ten years later, Yan Capital City is afraid that no force will be able to suppress them!" Chen Tianrun said quietly.
Xu Ying and Lin Shengfeng glanced at each other and said nothing.
Not much......
When everyone from the Jiang family arrived here, Jiang Tai and Jiang Ziyou took the lead, and many Jiang family powerhouses behind them looked at Jiang Ziyou, all with awe and fiery worship.
"Sima City Lord has been waiting for a long time!" Jiang Tailang said.
"It's okay!"
Sima Tao waved his hand, and a pair of tiger eyes fell on Jiang Ziyou's body, and a trace of essence flashed in his eyes, "Master of the Jiang family, this is your daughter, Jiang Ziyou is only Jiang Ziyou on the first day of the Jiang family, right?"
"Yes, this is the little girl!" Jiang Tai nodded and said, "Ziyou, don't ask the city lord yet!"
Jiang Ziyou tapped his head and said lightly: "Ziyou has seen Sima City Lord!"
"Hmm!"
Sima Tao frowned slightly, and there was a touch of displeasure in his expression, but he didn't show it, and said lightly, "Ziyou's niece has such strength at a young age, and her future is immeasurable!"
"The city lord has an overreputation!" Jiang Tai said humbly, but his eyes were full of pride.
"The president of the Money Chamber of Commerce, Lord Qian Duoduo has arrived!"
"Lord Purple Wind, the leader of the Demon Hunter Guild, has arrived!"
"Black Panther Hunter ......"
More and more strong people arrived at the Zhenjiang Stone Monument.
In the end, a huge organization headed by the city lord Sima Tao, supplemented by the four major families, the Demon Hunter Guild, and the Money Chamber of Commerce, was crowded, and more than one million people gathered in front of the Zhenjiang Stone Monument on the bank of the Yulan River.
"City Lord Sima, can you start?" Qian Duoduo was a white fat man, and he looked at Sima Tao with his chin straight.
Sima Tao nodded and said, "Then President Lao Qian will preside over this Magnolia Festival!"
"This is Qian's honor!"
Qian Duoduo smiled faintly, but his fat body walked extremely flexibly, jumped several meters high, jumped to the altar in front of the Zhenjiang stele, looked around, and said: "Everyone in Yandu City, Qian Duoduo, the president of the Xia Qian Chamber of Commerce, thanks to the city lord Sima and all of you for serving as the sacrifice of this Magnolia Festival, if there is anything that cannot be done, please forgive me!"
"Hahaha, Chairman Qian laughed, who doesn't know that your President Qian is capable of reaching the sky!"
"Grow Qian, don't worry, how can we have an opinion when you are a sacrifice!"
The crowd answered.
Qian Duoduo nodded with a smile, the smile on his face slowly converged, replaced by unprecedented seriousness, and said in a deep voice: "Since this is the case, then Qian Mou is better to be respectful than to obey his fate." After a pause, Qian Duoduo's voice raised a few points, and he shouted loudly, "Up-sacrifice!"
Boom! Boom!
A dull sound came from afar, and the whole earth shook, and the waters on the river became agitated, setting off a terrifying wave of butterflies.
It was a huge prisoner cart sixty meters high, barely able to be dragged by twenty war horses, and the prison cart was surrounded by a curtain, but one could still smell the faint smell of blood in the air.
Everyone's hearts were suspended, and all eyes were on the prisoner cart, holding their breath......
"Sacrifice, what is it?"