Chapter 5: Sunset City

The sunset was very red, and the temperature in the late spring and early summer evenings was still dropping quite quickly, and Shi Xiao and her sister had already arrived on the way into the city, and the big city wall in the distance was very grand. Along the way, Shi Xiao and her sister talked and laughed, and the girl talked about her cultivation experience for such a long time, although Shi Xiao had almost forgotten the feeling of cultivating domain power for so many years, she still listened to the girl very seriously.

Every time a girl says that she has been promoted in her cultivation, she will add a sentence like "Thank you, Brother Xiao". Every time, Shi Xiao casually passed by, but Shi Xiao knew that if the girl made rapid progress this year, her experience would no longer be able to continue to teach her.

Time flies, more than half an hour has come to the front of the city gate, the huge "sunset" on the city gate is very conspicuous, there is a row of soldiers standing on the city wall, and the guards under the city gate carefully check the people entering the city one by one. "Why has the guard become stricter?" Shi Xiao said in his heart. In the past, when I came here, I would go straight in after a casual check, but this time it was different, two guards checked the luggage of passers-by, and the other four soldiers lined up to block the door. The security is very tight.

It happened that the soldier who checked the luggage was Shi Xiao's acquaintance, because all the news in the city that Shi Xiao knew was from this soldier. At that time, Shi Xiao was still young and only had one arm, so the soldier was very curious about how such a child was missing an arm, so he started talking, and slowly the soldier became Shi Xiao's "informant".

"Brother Long, what's going on here, how can the vigilance become so tight, it wasn't like this yesterday. Shi Xiao pulled the donkey and came to the checkpoint and asked.

"Oh, don't mention it, we've been checking all day, and we're almost falling apart. Hey~ You two check this car. The man named Brother Long said to the two newcomers.

"Yes," the two soldiers said in unison.

"Around the end of spring every five years, each great power will elect some 'geniuses' among ordinary people to go to those sects to cultivate, in order to increase the competitiveness between the great powers, and at the same time make the balance of power between the great powers. This cycle is once every five years, and at the same time, every five years, a group of people come out of the sect and return to their own country to serve as the generals of their country, which is almost the skyrocketing of ordinary people. Everyone has a chance, but it seems that there is still an entry fee. Anyway, it's impossible in my life. The man named Brother Long continued.

"Oh~ I see. Shi Xiao said thoughtfully.

"Boss, check it out!" said the two soldiers.

"Alright, hour. Let's go into the city, oh yes, how is the old man's health, last time I heard you say that the old man's legs and feet are inconvenient," Brother Long said. Because every time before, the old man came over with Shi Xiao and Lin'er. I haven't seen the old man for a long time, but I still care a little about this old man.

"Grandpa's body is still strong, but his legs and feet are still the same as usual, and he still needs someone to help him when he gets out of bed. Lin'er on the side said.

"Oh, Xiao Nizi, go back and remember to say hello to the old man," Brother Long said.

"Well, thank you, Brother Long. Lin'er said with a smile.

"Brother Long, let's go. Shi Xiao said.

"Go ahead," Brother Long said. Turning around, he turned back and said, "Release." "After all, this is the duty of others, and anyone who comes has to be checked.

Shi Xiao and the girl came to the small market and put the donkey aside. Put the cart in the place where it is sold, and wait for a big family to buy the cart of wood.

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This place, called Sunset City, belongs to a large country in the western part of the Terrans. The country is divided into five regions, and to the east is the area where the emperor lives, which accounts for almost a third of the country.

The other is that it belongs to the business district, which is also very large, because the country is located in the west, the land resources are very poor, and the country can only be driven by commerce. Therefore, the commercial area of this country is also very large, the most famous of which is the Sunset Auction House, which is not controlled by the state, and is controlled by the powerful people of the human race.

Then there is the civilian area, no matter how rich the place is, there is a poor side, saying that the civilian area is those who have no family or background can only cultivate the land in this country, and the girl and her grandfather belong to the lowest level of this area: the slums. The people here have no land to cultivate, so they can only make a living by doing some side jobs and helping the landlords among the so-called commoners, and those who have land, to cultivate the land. Then there is the agricultural area of the country, which is located in the west, but there is arable land but very little, to sustain the consumption of the country.

Finally, there is this Sunset City, which belongs to both the civilian area and the commercial area, because pedestrians who want to go to the commercial area must pass through this side. This Sunset City is small, but although the sparrows are small, this is the place where the landlords in the civilian area live, and it is also quite rich.

"Do you know, today the city lord met with the head of a sect, and that head seems to be the evaluator of this year's election in our city..."The two vendors next to Shi Xiao muttered quietly and chatted. Shi Xiao heard it and thought about it.

After all, it's a good opportunity, not only can I test my strength, but I can also find out about some things about the Domain Gate Mountain Sect, and at the same time, Shi Xiao also wants to bring this Lin'er over. The girl can be regarded as Shi Xiao's closed disciple, and if the girl can really be looked at by the head of a sect, then the girl's fate will also be greatly changed from now on.

Time flies, the sun is setting, twilight is falling, and the small market is gradually becoming lively. At this time, a cleanly dressed person walked up to Shi Xiaodi, picked up the wood on Shi Xiao's car and played with it a few times in his hand.

"How much does this cart of wood cost?" the man asked. Shi Xiao glanced at that person, this kind of person is the housekeeper who belongs to that kind of big landlord's family. This housekeeper is to take the landlord's money out to help the landlord buy things, this kind of person especially likes to bargain, because as long as he comes out to buy things, buys things back, and has an explanation to his master. So this housekeeper is the same, driving the price down, and then swallowing all the excess money himself.

"One bronze and two pieces of wood, a hundred and four pieces of wood, and I will take you five pieces of silver! Shi Xiao said. Because ten copper for one silver, plus Shi Xiao knew that this was a housekeeper who deliberately let him take advantage of it.

"So expensive?" said the butler.

"There's no way, all the mountains around this Sunset City have been cut bare, and the two of us went to the far mountains early this morning to cut down trees. It's been almost half a day back and forth. Shi Xiao said. Because he knew that the little housekeeper still wanted to bargain, he deliberately said that there were still four to give, so that the little housekeeper felt that there was still a bargain.

"Four silvers and five bronzes!" the little butler countered.

"No, little brother, there is still a sick grandfather at home, and I have to buy medicine to take home to treat my grandfather's illness, and I have to buy medicine for these four silver and five bronze, and I have to buy food to go back. Shi Xiao pretended to be pitiful and said. He didn't expect the little butler to be greedy for a bargain.

"Four silvers and seven bronzes! I can't have more, I'll change one more." The little butler said. The little butler was ready to turn around and leave.

"Okay, okay, just four silver and seven bronze. Shi Xiao said helplessly. After selling wood for so many years, I am afraid of meeting such a housekeeper, and it is not early, so it is time to pack up and go back, and the old man is now alone at home.

"Come with me. Then he turned around and said.

"Okay, Lin'er, let's go. Shi Xiao replied. Because the wood has to be transported to the housekeeper's master's house, and the butler must lead the way.

"Hmm. The girl said obediently.

All the way through the mountain pedestrians shuttled through the downtown area, and soon arrived at the place where the housekeeper led the way.

"Go back in, go straight from here and turn left at the first alleyway, then continue straight until the first intersection turns left. The little butler said. The little butler opened the main door, summoned another butler, and walked inside.

"All right!" said the boy. Then he followed this route. Another butler followed them, and the boy wondered why the butler behind him didn't lead the way. Soon arrived at the back door, the back door was open and the previous butler was standing at the back door, Shi Xiao led the donkey to this place where the wood was placed by the back door. Shi Xiao noticed the two butlers muttering something to the side.

"Are you sure that kid has one hand?" asked the previous butler in a low voice.

"Sure, all the way he was leading the donkey with his right hand, and his left hand sleeve was empty, obviously a wasted person. The butler who followed Shi Xiao responded in a low voice.

"Then ...... that girl," whispered the previous butler.

Who knew that Shi Xiao could hear the conversation between the two butlers, Shi Xiao had already urged the aura to open the exploration when the butler was following behind, after all, when he encountered an incident three years ago, it still had a great impact on Shi Xiao. This aura exploration is a secret method taught to him by Yuanyuan, gathering the aura to the chest, and then radiating it out of the body to form a medium of surrounding spiritual power, sensing every move around the body and even the vibration of sound in the air.

Shi Xiao, who knew this, did not react immediately, because he had not yet figured out whether there was a strong person in the landlord's house, so he just silently unloaded all the wood, and then went to the housekeeper.

"After unloading, the money can be paid. The little butler took out the money bag, which was heavy, and there was no shortage of oil and water in it. The housekeeper took out four silvers and seven bronzes and handed them to Shi Xiao's hand, and the other housekeeper had already run into the house, not knowing what to do. Shi Xiao saw that nothing had happened yet, and turned around to pack his things and prepare to leave.

"Don't be in a hurry. "The little butler who ran in came out.

"Bang!" The back door was closed by two men. Shi Xiao saw that the situation was wrong and immediately pulled the girl behind him, and the girl also felt that something was wrong at this time, pulling Shi Xiao's clothes and standing behind Shi Xiao.

"Boy, you give me that sister of yours, and the bag of money in my hand is yours. The butler said, pointing to the money bag in his hand. "Otherwise, hum. ”

The two big men who closed the door rubbed their hands and walked over to Shi Xiao.

"Is it so difficult for my sister and I to come over to make some money, how could this happen!" Shi Xiao pretended to panic. Hearing Shi Xiao's words, the housekeeper instantly felt like he had been beaten with chicken blood, thinking that Shi Xiao was a soft persimmon and pinched it casually. Then he took his sister over...... The thought of the housekeeper began to drool.

"Then hand over your sister!" said the butler, wiping his mouth, and said viciously.

"Hmph, I didn't expect you, someone else's dog, to do such a hurtful thing. Shi Xiao stared at the housekeeper and said.

"Look for death, give it to me, beat this waste to death. The housekeeper didn't expect him to be hard-mouthed when he died, and he dared to talk back to himself, the more the housekeeper thought about it, the more angry he became, and let the big man behind him rush to Shi Xiao.

I saw a big man punching Shi Xiao

"Click!", and then the big man clutched his right hand and twitched painfully on the ground. Everyone present was stunned, the big man's fist was almost as big as Shi Xiao's head, and he was actually punched by Shi Xiao with his right hand on the big man's fist, and the big man's entire right hand was as soft as mud. Shi Xiao didn't use his aura at all, it was all his own body and strength. Shi Xiao didn't expect a punch to be like this, and one punch shattered all the bones in the big man's right hand.

"Can this aura cultivation also strengthen your physical body?" Shi Xiao said in surprise.

"Do you still want to fight?" Shi Xiao said. Before he finished speaking, another big man punched him.

"Bang~" The big man's fist was tightly clasped by Shi Xiaodi's right hand, and then with a "click", the entire forearm of the big man's right hand was torn off. Looking at this bloody scene, the girl covered her eyes, and the housekeeper could swallow a goose egg in his mouth.

"Monster...... Ahh After saying that, he turned around and ran, who knew that his legs were frightened and weak, and he fell to the ground with a "poof". Shi Xiao walked to the housekeeper with the severed hand, and the girl tugged at Shi Xiao's clothes in fear.

"It's okay, I'll teach them a lesson. Shi Xiao said. Then he turned and continued walking towards the butler.

"Monster, who is a monster?" Shi Xiao said with squinted eyes.

"Blame... I'm a monster... I'm a monster, don't kill me, I'll give you everything. The master of the family is not here today, I will bring you anything you want, don't kill me..."The housekeeper said tremblingly. The head of the family is so old, and he has seen people fighting, but his hands are torn off like this, which is terrifying. At this time, the other butler nodded and reunited, and a large dark mark had already appeared on the butler's pants.

"Okay, I don't want you to steal anything, you two hand over everything you are worth. I will spare you from death. Shi Xiao wrote lightly.

"Good, good... Don't kill me. The butler said. After speaking, he took out the money and gave it to Shi Xiao, and then watched Shi Xiao count the money in the bag with a trembling look.

"Well, yes, do you dare to do things in the future?" Shi Xiao asked jokingly.

"Don't dare... There are a lot of adults, let us go. There are old people in my family, and there are young ones under me," said the housekeeper tremblingly. The boy in front of him was like a demon.

"Okay, you two put this hand away, if you want to make a mistake in the future, just look at this hand. Shi Xiao threw his hand into the butler's hand and said. "I wanted you both to eat it and keep your memory up. The housekeeper who received the severed hand was taken aback, and began to feel nauseous when he heard Shi Xiao speak like this.

"We're gone, remember, don't let me see you two in the future. Shi Xiao turned around and walked out the door.

The two housekeepers were so frightened that they peed their pants, this boy was really a demon, and today the ancestor saved his life. It's really the ancestor who can survive today, otherwise he wouldn't know how he died.

The butler looked at the back of the boy walking out the door, and the first word that came to their mind, "demon," was this.

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"Let's go! Lin'er will take you shopping. Shi Xiao said to the girl. Looking at the girl's scared look, I was still a little sorry for her, so that the girl could see such a bloody scene at such a young age.

A boy and a girl outside Sunset, the boy is holding a donkey in his left hand, and a cart is pulled behind the donkey, and they walk into the distance......