Chapter 7: The History of the Demon King's Invasion
When the armor was made, Nangong Tianling was urged by Ma Tianshu to go shopping. Since he woke up, he has been accompanying Nangong Tianling to make traps, and it is really boring.
Nangong Tianling took Ma Tianshu to walk around the streets and alleys of Sword Casting City, eat enough folk food, and tour the bustling streets. In the end, Ma Tianshu became obsessed with food, "People take food as the sky, this sentence is good, it is very in line with my heart." No matter where you go in the future, you must prepare a lot of roast chicken, big ham, osmanthus hibiscus cake, fried dumplings, fragrant fruit wine, ...... "In the end, Nangong Tianling regretted taking Ma Tianshu to eat delicious food. Because the current ten cubic meters of space in the Book of Heaven are occupied by Ma Tianshu with food. So, there was a scene on the street where a sixteen-year-old boy was holding a chicken leg in his left hand and a jug of wine in his right hand eating and drinking.
Nangong Tianling felt that there seemed to be a pair of eyes staring at him behind him on the road, "Ma Tianshu, do you feel that there is a pair of eyes staring at me behind you." ”
"No way, although I have been eating, I have seen everything around me, and there are no suspicious characters. Hearing Ma Tianshu's answer, Nangong Tianling breathed a sigh of relief, "It's me who is too careful." ”
After a while, Nangong Tianling's heart became more and more uneasy, and Ma Tianshu also noticed something strange, and whispered: "Maybe you are right, there are a pair of eyes staring at you." Not a human eye, though, but the eye of a lizard. There's a little lizard behind you that follows you all the time. It had been following a hundred paces or so, and was clearly a scout. It is not known who the master behind it is. ”
"Why is it following me?" Nangong Tianling asked in a low voice with an unchanged face.
Ma Tianshu was also unhurried, and replied calmly: "Have you forgotten that you fused with it?"
"How can others know about this matter, I haven't found out in the Nangong clan for so many years. Nangong Tianling was a little flustered, after all, no normal person could calmly face the fate of being eaten.
Ma Tianshu said unhurriedly: "Presumably, someone in the Nangong clan suppressed this matter, so that you could have a quiet childhood." This person is most likely your father, and he has no objection to your choice to go out for training, so he will definitely be on guard, and you don't have to worry too much. Now it's time to find out who the other person is and how you should save your life, that's the point. Let's go back to the inn first. ”
In the inn room, Nangong Tianling took out the map, "We are now in Sword Casting City near the Demon Beast Mountain Range, and I suspect that the master of the lizard should be a big demon beast in the Demon Beast Mountain Range." ”
"Quite possibly. Ma Tianshu replied, "It should have been when you revealed your identity when you were in the Demon Beast Mountain Range, so that the lizard followed you." The defense of Sword Forge City in the morning is very tight, if the other party is a demon beast, it is impossible to sneak in quietly, but at night it may be, so you have to leave here quietly before the sun sets. ”
Nangong Tianling pondered for a while, his eyebrows furrowed, "I don't have to leave here, there is a plan that can get me through this crisis, but ......"
"Don't do it, it's important to save your life. Ma Tianshu urged. Under the persuasion of Nangong Tianling, he also made up his mind.
Nangong Tianling pointed to the map, "You see that this is the southeastern coastal area of the Eastern Dragon Empire, and the information here on the map is obviously more detailed than that in other places. Under normal circumstances, I would choose to go to a place that I know better, that is, the coastal areas described on the map. I think my dad should want me to go here, because my eldest brother is there, and as my eldest brother, he is enough to keep me safe. The Heavenly Lotus Bead that Master Qingwei gave me was probably used to save my life on the way to the coastal city. ”
Ma Tianshu suddenly realized, "I've always seen you study the trick, and I thought you were a nerd, but I didn't expect you to have a good brain, so I don't have to worry about your safety now." ”
Nangong Tianling shook his head, "No, my plan is different from my father's. My plan was dangerous, but the success rate was great. Nangong Tianling showed a firm gaze, "What my father can think of, I believe the other party should be able to guess it, so I want to disrupt all this, even if I am an ant, I will never let others control my fate." Ma Tianshu, are you willing to go crazy with me?"
"How can you refuse such an interesting thing?" Ma Tianshu sensed Nangong Tianling's plan.
"Stop, what are you here for? Hurry up and get out of here, not everyone can come here. A guard yelled at the man who was close to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion.
I saw the other party show a token, "I'm from the Nangong clan, and I want to see the city lord." "The person who came was Nangong Tianling.
After the guards at the gate saw Nangong Tianling's token, they also knew that this young boy was not the master he could afford to provoke, "Young Master Nangong, please wait a moment, the little one will go and report it." ”
The City Lord of Sword Casting City is one of the seven city lords in the Divine Sword Gate, and the status of the seven city lords in the Divine Sword Gate is higher than that of the elders, and it is only Elder Yu Taishang who is the master of the Divine Sword Gate that can control these seven city lords. In the eyes of the common people, the Divine Sword Gate is the master of one side, and the power is very strong, but in the map given to Nangong Tianling by Nangong Ba, it is clearly recorded that the Divine Sword Sect is a second-rate force in the southeast of the Eastern Dragon Empire, but the strength of the Divine Sword Gate should not be underestimated.
It didn't take long for the gate guard to get the order of the city lord and welcome Nangong Tianling into the city lord's mansion, "Young Master Nangong, the city lord is invited." ”
Nangong Tianling walked into the front hall of the City Lord's Mansion, and a sturdy middle-aged man sat on the main seat, "Please take a seat." The old man, Shen Linyuan, is the city lord of Sword Casting City. What is this son's name? ”
"The junior Nangong Tianling has seen the Shen City Lord. ”
When Shen Linyuan heard Nangong Tianling's name, he felt familiar and asked, "Your father is the previous patriarch of the Nangong clan, Nangong Ba?"
"It's my father. ”
At this time, Shen Linyuan stood up and said excitedly: "Madam, prepare the banquet quickly, our family has to wash the dust for the benefactor's son." ”
Nangong Tianling was a little puzzled, "City Lord Shen, why are you doing this?"
"It's too much to call City Lord Shen, you can call me Uncle Shen. I also call you my nephew. Shen Linyuan took Nangong Tianling's hand and took Nangong Tianling to the banquet that Mrs. Shen had just set up, and washed the dust for Nangong Tianling.
Nangong Tianling was preoccupied at the banquet and had no appetite, but Ma Tianshu was different, when he saw a table of delicious food, he didn't have the image of gobbling up. Shen Linyuan smiled and said, "My nephew is really a good appetite." ”
"Uncle Shen, my father has never left the Nangong clan since he stepped down as the patriarch of the Nangong clan, how did you and my father meet, can you tell me about it?"
Shen Linyuan put down his wine glass, his face was slightly disappointed, "Didn't your father tell you about the Demon King invasion incident sixteen years ago? It seems that he still hasn't put it down!"
"Are you saying that the Demon King's invasion sixteen years ago had something to do with my father?"
"That's right, your father is a good person, if he hadn't appeared back then, dragging the demon beast of the demon king, more people would definitely die, and it would be impossible for me to sit here drinking and chatting with your nephew. Shen Linyuan drank a large glass of spirits, and gradually recalled the events of the year: "Back then, the demon king's subordinates led many demon beasts to besiege this entire area, and there were dozens of large and small cities in this area. Most of the people inside had not had time to evacuate, so the people above ordered that all the people should be abandoned and the new army should be saved. I was not a soldier of the state at the time, so I joined a temporary team of civilian warriors to protect the people from evacuation, but failed. It was your father's appearance that led his shadow guards and a Nangong army to rescue the people to leave safely, so your father is the benefactor here!"
Nangong Tianling was surprised, he didn't expect his father, who usually didn't do much at home, to have such a glorious past.
At night, Shen Linyuan left Nangong Tianling to spend the night in the City Lord's Mansion, Nangong Tianling happily agreed, it was safer in the City Lord's Mansion than in the inn, and there was no need to worry about being tied up by the lizard at night.