Chapter 41: A New Expedition
Three months passed in a flash. On this day, a clear roar arose from the mountains and forests. At first, it was clear and clear, but gradually it became louder and louder, and there was a bit of thunder on dry land in the faint sense.
The whistling continued for a long time, and then fell silent.
A moment later, a sturdy one-armed young man in a leather jacket walked out of the forest, but it was Li Jingxuan, who had been in this mountain forest for three months. At this time, although Li Jingxuan's clothes were crude and simple, there was a faint layer of luminous light between his eyebrows, and the whole person looked extremely energetic, where was the miserable appearance of being seriously injured and wanting to die like a walking corpse three months ago.
"Finally recovered from his injuries......" This wave of clear whistle is not only an unconscious act of internal force, but also a vent for the depression caused by this series of savage lives in the past three months.
After all, although he can endure the inconveniences of living alone in the mountains and forests, being able to endure it does not mean that he likes and is willing. Everything he had experienced in the past three months, if not blood-drinking, was not much worse. He had enough of such days, and at this time, he was fully injured, but he wanted to return to human society as soon as possible to continue his journey.
"In any case, I have to get to the port of Haizhou as soon as possible. Li Jingxuan let out a long sigh of relief, remembered his goal, and his eyes became firm again.
He never forgot what he needed and how to do it.
At this time, the only thing that made him difficult was to judge where he was, how far he was from the crowded holy path, and how he should get to Haizhou—these simple and troublesome questions.
After all, when he was injured and didn't leave, he had already gone deep into the mountains and forests. Without distinguishing things, he didn't even know where he was.
At the moment, he could only find a clearing in the mountains and forests, distinguish the location of the east and west in the direction of the sun, and then calculate the real southeast, west, and west, and then go straight to the southeast.
Because he didn't know if the damn Ancestral Spirit Hall had discovered that he was not dead, although Li Jingxuan walked quickly, he was extremely cautious.
Three months of savage life has changed Li Jingxuan's temperament a little. And eating tiger meat, gnawing bear paws, taking yellow essence, and eating old ginseng tonic made his body suddenly bigger.
Although his severed arm is still his biggest "symbol", under the cover of the two-shoulder tiger fur coat sewn on his body, his figure will not be so easy to see through for a while. He is very different from what he was three months ago. If you only look at the first impression, no one connects the two.
"That's ...... I should be much safer!" Seeing the appearance in front of him in the reflection of the stream, Li Jingxuan's heart settled down a little.
After walking alone for more than 20 days, he finally saw the edge of the mountains and forests, and saw clearly the extremely wide and flat holy road a hundred steps away, as well as the tall and abnormal city at the end of the holy road.
"I've reached the end of the Holy Path?" Li Jingxuan curious. He stepped closer to the city and raised his eyes to see the name of the city - Xu Yangcheng.
Xu Yangcheng is the end of the holy road and the state border between Lizhou and Haizhou. From Xu Yangcheng to the east, that is the boundary of Haizhou. Because Haizhou is an important economic and trade port for Qianguo to connect with overseas, a large number of overseas treasures will be purchased from Haizhou every year, so the whole Haizhou Xuyang City is full of merchant vehicles and horses, and there are caravans walking on it all the time. In the past, the holy path opened up by the sages of the human race for the human race has exerted its powerful throughput at this time, and it is like an artery full of blood and blood, which will continue to collect the income of the material resources needed by the Qianguo and then disperse it to various places.
As the node of Haizhou and Lizhou, Xu Yangcheng is naturally lively and prosperous.
Li Jingxuan stepped into it, feeling the peaceful atmosphere like a prosperous age, but he shook his head heavily: "The demons and barbarians have already invaded, and they even occupy Yanzhou, but there is still no atmosphere of war here. Although Haizhou is separated from Yanzhou by Lizhou and Qingzhou...... But this situation is really ...... This court is really slow to react. ”
"I really don't know if such a court can protect the people living in this land......" Li Jingxuan sighed helplessly, and he could only put this matter aside for the time being and deal with his own affairs.
As a commercial hub, Xuyang City naturally has many shops and a rich variety of goods. In order to prepare for his next trip, Li Jingxuan had to make some purchases in the city.
Dry food, clothing, weapons...... These are all things that Li Jingxuan must equip with.
He put all these things in his space bag, and then found an inn to live in with peace of mind. The next few days were time, and he frequently haunted Xu Yangcheng's tavern and restaurant, and listened to a lot of things he cared about.
First of all, Yanzhou has still not been recaptured. With the entry of the Ancestral Spirit Hall one after another, the demon barbarian army completely gained a foothold in Yanzhou, and they established a puppet regime in Yanzhou, turning the entire Yanzhou into their own invasion fortress. The sect of Yanzhou fought several battles with the Ancestral Spirit Hall under the organization of the Qiantian Palace, but in the end, it was a dead end.
Yanzhou has fallen, and the imperial court of Qianguo finally has a hint of reaction. It's just that their reaction is not to issue a mobilization order and mobilize troops and horses to concentrate on the demon barbarians to start a war, but to discuss with each other how to exchange money and tribute for the return of Yanzhou. All kinds of unreliable ideas have been put forward one after another by those incompetent Wenchen, and there are many brain-dead plans that make people laugh off their big teeth. And what is a little more reliable in these brain-dead plans is the matter of sending people to the Blue Underworld Continent for help:
The people who asked for help were divided into two groups, one group was a team of relatives led by the eldest princess of the Qianguo State to go to the Xuange Continent and make peace with the Ning State of the Xuange Continent, in order to get Ningguo's help to the Qianguo;
One group is a team led by Yuxiu, the third princess of Qianguo, but its destination is the Qingyin Continent, but it is to let Yuxiu worship the Three Holy Palaces, the first major sect in the Qingyin Continent.
It is said that Fang Qingzi, the elder of the Three Holy Palace, had met Princess Yuxiu a few years ago, and was overwhelmed by his qualifications, and intended to put away his apprenticeship. This is an opportunity for Princess Yuxiu, and it is also a connection between Qianguo and the Three Holy Palaces. Although this was a few years ago, the imperial court undoubtedly felt the pressure from the demon barbarians at this time, and urgently needed the people of the Three Holy Palaces to come to the rescue.
At this time, the eldest princess's and relatives' fleet had already departed from Haizhou Port, and only Princess Yuxiu's fleet was still waiting there - in order to vacate the port and reflect the majesty of the royal family, Haizhou Port had been closed for more than ten days, and it is said that the passenger ships going to the Qingyin Continent had stopped a few flights because of this. The latest ship is said to be in a month's time.
Why wait?
Because the eldest and youngest are orderly, because the eldest princess is the sister of the crown prince, and the third princess is the sister of the second prince, the factions on both sides are different, and for their own interests, it is impossible for them to let anyone. In addition to the preparation of local officials, all kinds of things need to be coordinated, so Haizhou Port must first let the eldest princess go to sea, and then it is the turn of the third princess to go to sea.
"It's really troublesome......" Li Jingxuan attaches great importance to such a matter related to his own itinerary, and he can't help but be a little drunk when he hears that the two princesses' "asking for help" contains so many bullshit things: "The country has encountered big problems, and you factions still have the heart to fight for power and profit." This is really ......" Li Jingxuan shook his head gently.
What should I do? Do you really have to wait in Haizhou for a month?
That's not going to work...... This is not a deserted mountain forest, but a city of people coming and going. If he waited here for a month, Li Jingxuan didn't dare to guarantee that his secret would not be discovered, which would cause the Ancestral Spirit Hall to hunt him down.
"No matter what, I have to go to the Blue Netherworld Continent as soon as possible......" Li Jingxuan thought.
So, how do you get to the Blue Continent as soon as possible?
You must know that in recent days, only the fleet of the three princesses has the possibility of setting off for the Blue Netherworld Continent.
"It seems...... I'll have to find a way to blend in with the Three Princesses' fleet. Li Jingxuan thought to herself.
Although this decision is a bit whimsical and not so easy, for Li Jingxuan, it is safer to achieve this goal than to wait here for a month.
"According to the information I got ...... The Ancestral Spirit Hall has issued a reward order to take the lives of the three princesses - as long as you can get the heads of the three princesses, you can get a blue-level exercise and a bounty of 30 million. This is a heavy reward, and the wealth is moving, and I think Haizhou will definitely be anxious about it...... Maybe I can try my luck there. Li Jingxuan thought like this, and made a decision in his heart.
At that moment, he left Xu Yangcheng and headed in the direction of Haizhou.
At this time, the first line of Haizhou, because the ancestral spirit hall issued a reward order, was not very peaceful. The evil cults and traitors who came to rob and kill, as well as the righteous people who blocked the bounty and the bandits who tried to fish in the troubled waters between the two, made Haizhou City extremely dangerous.
Li Jingxuan walked simply, and encountered thirty waves of assassinations and counter-assassinations, and encountered fifteen litters of bandits.
Li Jingxuan is a person with a position, he was born in the Immortal Sect, and his foundation is missing and stands on the side of the human race. For those who came to assassinate the three princesses, he did not hesitate to use his hot hand to kill them one by one. And for those bandits who tried to fish in troubled waters, although he did not take their lives, he also ruthlessly wasted their efforts so that they could not continue to do evil.
On the five-hundred-mile road from Xu Yangcheng to Haizhou, Li Jingxuan walked slowly for five days. He walked all the way, fought all the way, and by the time he entered Haizhou City, there were already twenty-three assassins killed by him, and the number of bandits he abolished was as many as one hundred and forty-three.
Such ruthless and cruel methods and the fact that he is good at using a long sword made those people in the rivers and lakes who watched him do it were very afraid of him, and gave him the nickname of "Cold-faced Sword King".
Countless people respected him because of this, countless people were afraid of him, and in an instant, he became a "celebrity" in the entire Haizhou rivers and lakes.
There is no difference between a person with a reputation and a person without a reputation on the surface. The biggest difference is that some people will believe what a famous person says. And what the unreputable man says...... What are you talking about?
These differences may not be available to others, but for Li Jingxuan, they are crucial. After a slight understanding of the difference between the two, he weaves his identity, consciously or unconsciously, in battle. After a few fierce battles, a descendant of the Flying Sword Sect, a secret sect from Huzhou, was freshly baked.
Li Jingxuan arranged an almost perfect source for his origin, from his family background, to his personal experience, and even the reason for the broken arm that he might be exposed was clearly explained. Although such a lie is likely to be exposed by some people who go to Huzhou, even if they leave immediately, it will be two months before they get the news. At that time, Li Jingxuan had already gone to sea by boat, so where could he manage so much.
Originally, he arranged such an identity for himself to deal with some rapes who were deeply related to the Ancestral Spirit Palace. For these people, Li Jingxuan only begs that everything will be fine if they don't see through themselves at the first time. As for the rest, he didn't care much.
You must know that these traitors who dare to attack the third princess are basically not too strong masters. Its strongest is only innate, and it is also a relatively poor innate. To deal with this kind of person, as long as it is not ten or eight together, Li Jingxuan is completely foggy and braked without any pressure -- on this point, he has already passed the combat experiments in the past few days
"Hmm...... In this way, I am not a master in this world. Li Jingxuan thought so, smiled slightly, and shook his head gently.
At this moment, he was already sitting in a room by the window on the third floor of the Yuehe Building in Haizhou, looking at the open port area in front of him from afar. At this time, three huge sea ships were quietly docked there, and Li Jingxuan understood that it was the car of the third princess Yuxiu, and it was also the only sea ship that could set sail for the Qing Netherworld Continent in the next few days.
"But...... To be honest, Princess Yuxiu's actions are too procrastinating. Five days ago, I heard in Xu Yangcheng that it would be six days later. But now that I'm here, it's seven days away...... Damn, what the hell is going on?" Li Jingxuan thought of this, his brows furrowed slightly, and his face became slightly anxious.
As a person who was waiting to go to the Blue Netherworld Continent, he was now only one step away. Seeing that the sea ship was in front of him, but he was slow to leave, he was really a little uneasy in his heart.
"What the hell are they doing...... Perhaps, I should dive directly into this sea ship?" Li Jingxuan took another sip of the turbidity in the cup, and his heart suddenly moved.
At this moment, he decided to dive in directly, and it was not a good way to do it.