(This month's update, can only be guaranteed to reach 120,000 words, not less than the first month of the sword to upload, that is, on average, about 4,000 words per day, the number of leave will definitely be more, forgive me.) ）

There was nothing wrong at the inn overnight.

Chen Ping'an lived alone in the house at the end of the corridor, and before going to sleep, he practiced the six-step walking pile and the sword furnace standing pile for an hour, and finally took out the porcelain bowl with the true shape of the five mountains, and the burnt ebony like charcoal, turned it over, studied it carefully for a long time, and did not see the slightest eyebrow.

Hoping that the two things could be worth one or two hundred snowflakes, Chen Ping'an put away the heavy ebony, poured the earth-roasted liquor in the sword-raising gourd into the small white bowl, and then looked through the two landscape travelogues given to him by Liu Gaohua under the lamp, and took a few sips from time to time, which was also delicious.

After turning off the lights and going to bed, Chen Ping'an closed his eyes and began to reminisce about the battle with Ma Kuxuan's small street, reflecting on the pros and cons of each punch, and the few boxing techniques taught by the barefoot old man. The most pity is that he only punches fifteen punches in the drum style, and his intuition tells Chen Ping'an that if he lets himself punch twenty more punches in one go, it will be like the ancient mansion dealing with the tree demon scholar wearing armor pills and bright armor, Ma Kuxuan is very likely to admit defeat early.

However, Chen Ping'an thought about it and felt that it was the best choice at that time to let Ma Kuxuan think that he had won a narrow move.

However, with this proud son of Zhenwu Mountain, it can barely be regarded as a tie, Chen Ping'an actually doesn't have much feeling other than winning or losing, firstly, he doesn't know the meaning of Ma Kuxuan's breaking three realms in a year, and secondly, Ma Kuxuan hates Chen Ping'an in Mud Bottle Lane, Chen Ping'an doesn't hate this peer in Xinghua Lane.

People do pay attention to fate, some people will have a good impression at a glance, just like the sunshine in the cold spring and winter, such as Mr. Qi, Li Xisheng and Zhang Shanfeng;

Chen Ping'an's thought at the moment before falling asleep was that the god-man drum style must be his most pressing box-bottom boxing move at present, but I don't know if he can punch fifty or one hundred punches in one breath, will a big river be cut off and cut out of the road? Will a big mountain be forced out of a canyon?

It didn't take long for him to find that someone was reciting in a courtyard with rockeries and green trees.

Chen Ping'an continued to practice boxing, and it was not surprising that soon there were guests from various rooms of the inn who began to scold, and some grumpy high-rollers simply jumped off the bed naked, took the wine and dishes on the table, pushed open the window, and smashed it down. The chickens flew and the dogs jumped, and the scholar surnamed Liu also had a temper, jumping around and dodging, and the voice of reading the classics of the sages in his mouth became louder and louder, which caused the anger of the public, and many useless guests who covered their heads with bedding scolded and got dressed and got up, and began to deal with the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of the scholar surnamed Liu at the window.

Chickens fly and dogs jump.

After a stick of incense, Chen Ping'an and the bearded man sat in Zhang Shanfeng's house, and the young Taoist priest was helping the scholar surnamed Liu to bandage his head.

The innkeeper just walked out with a black face, gritting his teeth in anger, and he couldn't beat and scold such a confused bastard guest on the stall, after all, it was a distinguished guest brought by the son of the county guard, and he was so aggrieved that he ate coptis dumbly. The problem is that the characters who stay in this inn are not simple, they are not businessmen from all over the world, or heroes from all walks of life who walk the rivers and lakes, all of them are cross-river dragons that should not be underestimated.

When the scholar introduced his hometown, he emphasized the six words "near Guanhu Academy", as if this was more glorious than the prefix of Longweixi Chen.

After they had nothing to do in the inn, Liu Chicheng would still sneak out, no need to think about it, it was also a tryst with Liu Gaohua's sister to step into the spring, the bearded man took Chen Ping'an and Zhang Shanfeng to the places of interest in the county, Wenwu Temple is a must-go, and the assembly of the Chenghuang Pavilion in Rouge County is also going to go, when he came back, there was some haze between Xu Yuanxia's eyebrows, and Zhang Shanfeng only said that it was a tiring journey.

This time the Nanjian country ferry disembarkation, the southward journey, Taoist priest Zhang Shanfeng is going to the old dragon city, with Chen Ping'an all the way, the bearded man is going to the southeast of Aquarius Qingluan country, said to escort a friend to a thing, that friend is known in the rivers and lakes, very fateful, and the two temporarily on the same road, as for when the two sides parted, it depends on the next Xianjia ferry ferry.

I waited for three days in Rouge County, and I didn't wait for the old and young immortal masters who went down the mountain to practice, but waited for the old woman in the ancient house, she found the county guard mansion all the way, and saw Liu Gaohua, and then Liu Gaohua led the way to the inn and reported the good news to everyone. The universe is reversed, all the filthy qi has been replaced by the pure spirit qi, and now the hostess not only never suffers from future troubles, but also does not have to worry about falling into evil ghosts, and the skin of the body has also begun to heal.

As for the reason, the old woman only said that she guessed that it was a secret move by an old ancestor of the Divine Decree Sect.

The bearded man and the young Taoist priest felt that they couldn't find a reason otherwise.

Chen Ping'an listened from beginning to end, although his stomach was turbulent, his face was as usual.

Before leaving, the old woman said that she helped Chen Ping'an carry a jar of good wine bought on the road, and the two returned to Chen Ping'an's room. Because of the relationship between loading wine into the gourd in the stove room at that time, Chen Ping'an deliberately leaked the heavenly secrets, so it is not surprising that the old woman knew some inside stories and gave birth to some speculations.

The old woman didn't ask anything, and Chen Ping'an didn't say anything.

Before leaving, the old woman took out a bag of things wrapped in silk, carefully placed it on the table, and explained softly: "The golden body of the obscene mountain god surnamed Qin has been shattered, and since then there has been no god in the world who has plagued the mountains and rivers, of course, it is a great thing. My lord hurriedly heard the news and rushed to the scene, before the arrival of the immortal masters of the Divine Sect, he secretly picked up most of the golden body fragments of the mountain god surnamed Qin, the size of which is a total of eight pieces, according to the master, a golden body relic of an obscene mountain god, there should not be so many, I want to come to the surname Qin before his death also had a strange chance, no matter what, these golden body fragments are good things, but they are not available, it is a secret treasury of the imperial court, there may not be too many treasures, Chen Gongzi just accepts, it is our master and servant three to repay the favor. ”

Speaking of this, the old woman's eyes were red again, "In fact, the great kindness of the son, where is a few pieces of gold body fragments that can be repaid, but the house is really not a family background now, my wife set up a shrine tablet for Chen Gongzi, and I implore the prince to go to the house to ......sit in the house as long as he passes by the Caiyi Country in the future."

Chen Ping'an had to nod.

The old woman finally whispered: "Mrs. is now equivalent to half of the obscene gods, looking at the weather of Rouge County from a distance, I found that in the past two days, there are always wisps of yin rising in the city every night, which makes Mrs. uneasy, and I hope that the son will go out of the city as soon as possible, no matter how powerful the son is, the lord often says, on the road of cultivation, be careful to sail the boat for ten thousand years, don't mix everything, even if there is no danger every time, but after all, it is inevitable to delay the practice, and it is always not beautiful." ”

Chen Ping'an agreed without hesitation.

Sending the old woman to the door of the inn, the old woman smiled and said, "I wish the son a smooth trip and peace and security." ”

From beginning to end, the old woman didn't look at the vermilion wine gourd on Chen Ping'an's waist.

Chen Ping'an watched the old woman's figure disappear into the sea of people, turned around and trotted back to the bearded man's house, and shouted to Zhang Shanfeng. The man held the handle of the knife at his waist and nodded: " This is also what I am most worried about, I didn't tell you before, I was afraid that you two young people would be bloody, and you would have to wade into this troubled water, if it was really a demon, dare to openly commit murder in the county town, and completely did not put the three gods including the City God Pavilion and Wenwu Temple in the eyes, it must be a great devil, with the Tao of you and me, it is not enough to give people a tooth sacrifice, but a county town, such a large territory, often hidden dragons and crouching tigers, and more masters are in charge, if you really want to fight, occupy the right time and place, may not have no chance of winning. In the final analysis, it still depends on the relationship between the court of Caiyi and the mountain. ”

Chen Ping'an asked, "How far are the river and water gods and mountain gods closest to Rouge County?"

The bearded man thought about it for a while, and after some calculation, "The water god is three hundred miles away from here, and the Nanyue Zhengshen is about seven hundred miles. It's just that the mountain gods of Caiyi Country will not be too high in cultivation, after all, the territory is too small, far less than those dynasties with vast territories, and I am afraid that it will be the Dongfu Realm in the Middle Five Realms if they die. ”

Zhang Shanfeng frowned and said, "Then once you leave the mountain realm, won't your combat power be equivalent to that of a qi practitioner in the fifth realm?"

Xu Yuanxia said helplessly: "The rules of heaven and earth are like this, there is no way." ”

Zhang Shanfeng asked: "Can you inform Liu Gaohua's father, it is the county town Taishou, the previous garrison near the county town, General Ma, looks like he is also a cultivator." If you prepare early, you can't say that you will be able to let the demons lurking in the shadows know that it will be difficult to retreat. ”

Xu Yuanxia sighed, "It's not that I'm scaring you, it's not that I'm Xu someone who is greedy for life and afraid of death, this matter is very tricky, not to mention that the county town will definitely not believe it, even if Taishou and the general believe it, and are willing to take the huge risk of lying about the military situation and being taken off their official hats afterwards, and quickly notify the imperial court, then do you know that the news from the county town was transmitted to the capital of Caiyi Kingdom, and then to the audit of the six yamen, How long does it take to take a step back and say, the holy decree is issued, and the qi practitioners and the gods and goddesses of the mountains and rivers in the nearby mountains have left the territory and rushed here.

Xu Yuanxia pointed to the young Taoist priest and the wooden box boy, "Do you believe it or not, when the time comes, the three of us will be regarded as comrades who collude with the demons? Expose the character who impeached us, either Liu Junshou, or that General Ma, and the worse result is that the demons had another plan from the beginning, they wanted to divert the tiger from the mountain, and when the time comes, our side will be calm, and a certain immortal sect, or a big city in other states and counties will be turned upside down, and the three of us may not need others to expose it, and we will become unforgiving thieves in the Caiyi country on the spot." ”

Taoist priest Zhang Shanfeng looked sluggish, a little incredulous.

Xu Yuanxia poured a glass of wine and said with emotion: "Don't think I'm alarmist, such a thing that makes people want to cry without tears, I have not only seen it with my own eyes, but also experienced it myself, and several friends died of the word 'kindness' on the ......"

Xu Yuanxia pointed to the burden not far away, and said indifferently: "I won't talk about the specific things, anyway, four friends, only one Xu Yuanxia survived in the end, one of them didn't even have a corpse, and the other two can still let me help collect the corpse, two ash altars, one has been given to his family, and the remaining one is the reason why I went to Qingluan Country this time." ”

No wonder at that time, in the ancient house, the bearded man twice asked Zhang Shanfeng and Chen Ping'an to leave quickly.

Chen Ping'an suddenly asked a question, "Xu Daxia, do you regret that choice?"

The man lowered his head and took a sullen sip of wine, and after raising his head, he pulled the corners of his mouth, "Those who are dead, I don't know, anyway, those who are alive are about to regret their death." ”

This may be the first time that this arrogant swordsman has been so unarrogant.

Chen Ping'an did not say bluntly that he would stay or leave.

When they took Li Baohua and them to study in the Great Sui, Chen Ping'an made a decision on everything, and he needed to do so, and he could not show the slightest cowardice and hesitation.

Now that he is traveling alone, there is no need for Chen Ping'an to do anything for others.

Zhang Shanfeng was obviously helpless, looked left and right, and asked, "What should I do then?"

Xu Yuanxia fell silent and drank a sip of wine.

Chen Ping'an asked again: "If we stay, if we encounter something and the three of us force our way out, is it very likely that self-protection will be a problem?"

Xu Yuanxia carefully considered the wording, and said slowly: "I'm afraid that the other party should cooperate with the outside, and if it is me, I will definitely try to suppress the gods of the two temples, not to mention that it seems that the gods of the civil and military temples here are affected by the ancient house formation and the obscene mountain gods, and their strength has long been weak, and it is easy to make mistakes, but fortunately, before I entered the City God Temple, looking at its incense, architectural pattern and weather, it seems that it is not bad......"

Chen Ping'an asked, "Can we directly find this City God?" and tell him about the matter?" The county guard and the general don't understand the power of these gods and monsters, and if something really happens, it is estimated that they can use the set of officialdom to shirk responsibility, but this city god is closely related to the safety of the county town, to put it mildly, Liu Taishou can hide, General Ma can stand still, and the city god will never be able to run away, and if the demon really has a plan, he will definitely be the first to target the local city god, so the city god must be more concerned than the official. ”

The bearded man's eyes lit up, slapped his thigh hard, and said in a deep voice: "It's feasible!"

Taoist priest Zhang Shanfeng smiled and stretched out his thumb to Chen Ping'an.

At this moment, the knock on the door sounded, after Chen Ping'an opened the door, he saw the scholar surnamed Liu and Liu Gaohua's sister and brother looking panicked, Liu Gaohua sat down and poured a full glass of wine, "You say it's strange, just now the statue of the heavenly official on the side of the City God Pavilion was actually half of the body cracked, and blood oozed out, dripping all over the ground, not only that, but inside the City God Temple, snakes, rats and scorpions all over the ground were disgusting and dead, and now my father has sent someone to close the gate of the City God Temple, so as not to scare the people." ”

The bearded man had a solemn face, was silent, and glanced at Chen Ping'an and Zhang Shanfeng.

Chen Ping'an asked, "Is there any situation in the two temples of Wenwu and Wu?"

Liu Gaohua was stunned, shook his head and said, "I don't know this very well. We locals don't like to go there, there's nothing to see. ”

Facing Chen Ping'an, the woman was still a little uncomfortable, and only dared to sit next to Liu Lang, who was the farthest away from Chen Ping'an, and said in a soft voice: " Once serving tea and water, I happened to hear my father and an old Taoist who came to the house as a guest mentioned that although the incense of the two temples was prosperous, it belonged to someone who worshipped and no one ate, and the old Taoist was also quite helpless, saying that the imperial court was really helpless about it, Caiyi Country had such a small share, and it was impossible to have an additional mountain god sitting here, and said that if Rouge County could appear a reading seed and successfully enter the Guanhu Academy, the feng shui here may be able to make some changes. My father sighed and shook his head, saying that such a reading seed, where can Rouge County ask for it. ”

Liu Chicheng looked dazed, and said suspiciously: "What are you talking about? What kind of Wenwu Temple, what kind of mountain Zhengshen? I am familiar with Guanhu Academy, it is on the border of our Baishan Country, and I have been there several times, so can I be regarded as half a reading seed? Miss Liu, you can rest assured, Guanhu Academy recruits a scholar from Baishan Country every year, which is considered a preferential treatment for Baishan Country, maybe one day I, Liu Chicheng, will be able to ......."

Liu Gaohua rolled his eyes and said: "You can pull it down, just the ink in your stomach is not a few taels more than me." ”

Liu Chicheng stopped talking in a daze.

His messy miscellaneous knowledge works well against women, but not so well against scholars.

Before leaving, Liu Gaohua remembered something and reminded: "Over there in the Chenghuang Pavilion, listen to my father's meaning, martial law will begin in Rouge County from tomorrow, and it is easy to get out of the city and difficult to enter the city." But if you can't keep it, it's hard to even get out of the city the day after tomorrow, so Liu Chicheng plans to leave today, what about the three of you? Say it in advance, if martial law is really there, it must be General Ma's side that personally intervenes, and when the time comes, I, the son of the county guard, don't have the ability to help you open the net, and I will leave tomorrow at the latest. ”

Liu Chicheng had already taken Liu Gaohua's sister out of the house, and said goodbye to Zhang Shanfeng's house, but fortunately, Liu Gaohua was waiting next to him, and the young man and woman didn't dare to talk to me.

After Xu Yuanxia closed the door, her fingers tapped lightly on the tabletop, "Nine times out of ten, there is a problem in the City God Pavilion. It seems that these evil demons have a great plan, but I don't know if the city god of Rouge County is currently declining in cultivation and is being confined in the City God Pavilion by inferior means, or has been completely poisoned. Now the situation is bad, but it is also becoming clear, the county guard and the nearby garrison should be vigilant, if we report at this time, the credibility will be much higher. ”

The young Taoist priest looked at Chen Ping'an and asked tentatively, "Otherwise, let's inform the county guard and leave the county town?"

Chen Ping'an nodded and said: "Then you and Xu Daxia will follow Liu Gaohua and them together, and go to his house together, and I will go to the City God Pavilion to explore the truth and truth, and the sooner we know the truth, even if it is only a small part, it will be conducive to us making the right decision." ”

Zhang Shanfeng didn't wonder why he had to part ways, but he couldn't understand why he didn't replace Chen Ping'an and go to the crisis-ridden City God Pavilion.

Chen Ping'an explained with a smile: "You and Xu Daxia need to use a knife, preferably Gangfeng, so as to show their grandmaster demeanor, and the other needs to control the peachwood sword to fly around, showing that he is Zhang Tianshi, who is the best at subduing demons and eliminating demons in Longhu Mountain, what am I going to do?

The bearded man laughed, Zhang Shanfeng also figured out the joint, saying that he wanted Chen Ping'an to wait for a while, and then got up and went to the house to take out three talismans, two of which were the lowest quality, but the most practical evil wind ignition talismans, as soon as there was an evil and evil atmosphere, the yellow paper would burn on its own. The bottom one is also known as the magic talisman of the horse talisman, watering the aura or true qi, a stick of incense can gallop like a horse, against the wind, without consuming physical strength.

Chen Ping'an did not refuse, put the three talismans in his sleeve, and quipped: "Aren't you afraid that I will run away?"

The young Taoist priest glared and said, "Chen Ping'an, you can't run!"

Chen Ping'an hurriedly waved his hand.

Zhang Shanfeng laughed to himself.

If Chen Ping'an ran away alone, Taoist priest Zhang Shanfeng didn't feel sorry for the expensive magic talisman, but what he was most distressed about was that he was missing a good friend.

The three of them separated at the door of the inn, and Xu Yuanxia took Zhang Shanfeng and followed Liu Gaohua to the county guard's mansion in the west of the county town.

Chen Ping'an happened to follow the scholar surnamed Liu who went east out of the city, but one went straight to the east gate of the city, and the other went to the Chenghuang Pavilion in the northeast.

Without Miss Liu's presence, the scholar surnamed Liu would have no psychological baggage as a scholar, bowed his head and followed Chen Ping'an's side, and asked curiously: "Chen Gongzi? Are you a legendary martial arts master?" Although you are young and fledgling, because your talent is too good and you are from a famous family, you are actually one of the few masters in the rivers and lakes?

Chen Ping'an said helplessly: "As long as you are a person who practices martial arts, if you punch you, you won't see the other party make a move." ”

The scholar surnamed Liu felt that he had been greatly insulted, "Impossible! Chen Gongzi, you must be a hidden Jianghu grandmaster in the market, if you want me to guess, maybe you are the sword god of the Caiyi Country who is famous in several countries, and you are the closed disciple of his old man, otherwise who would carry two swords when he goes out? One of them is the sword 'Candle Yang' that the sword god used to walk the rivers and lakes, right? Give me a touch?"

Chen Ping'an admired this person's imagination a little, and didn't want to entangle with him, so he nodded with a straight face and said: "Yes, yes, it's Candle Yang, you have to be careful, the sheath is full of fierce sword qi, as soon as you pull out the scabbard, you will be immediately slashed by the sword qi, are you afraid?"

"Don't be afraid. ”

Liu Chicheng shook his head and said, the hands that originally wanted to touch the sword box were already obediently placed behind him at this moment.

After the two separated, Liu Chicheng continued to walk along the street to the city gate, this weak scholar suddenly raised his head and glanced at a figure standing on the city tower, it was the old fairy on the high platform in the middle of the lake, the old fairy was still standing next to General Ma in armor at the moment, and two strange faces who were not too old, the old fairy was pointing at the county town.

Liu Chicheng sighed: "Lure the thief into the house without knowing it." ”

Over there, Chen Ping'an soon arrived at the square outside the City God Pavilion, and looked intently, because he was not a qi practitioner, he couldn't see any meteorological clues, but the intuition of pure martial arts told Chen Ping'an that the City God Pavilion with red walls and green tiles and a glass roof of dragon fire was more bloody and gloomy than the quiet and peaceful when he traveled before, just like on the ground on a snowy day, someone threw a piece of charcoal on it, maybe ordinary passers-by would not pay attention, but as long as the pedestrian's eyesight was good enough, he could see it, and it was extremely eye-catching.

At the entrance of the City God's Pavilion, there are soldiers from the government office to catch and guard them, and pilgrims are no longer allowed to enter.

Chen Ping'an took a deep breath, looked around, looked for a relatively secluded high wall, and walked quietly, while twisting out an evil qi ignition talisman.

When he got there, while there was no one around, and his toes were a little bit, Chen Ping'an crossed the wall, turned over and landed in the wall, and before his feet landed, the fingertip talisman burned out.

This is obviously no longer a test of the truth, it is already a real demon.

Chen Ping'an took off the sword raising gourd with one hand and drank a large sip of soju.

After turning his head with one hand, he patted the wooden box behind him, and the Huaimu sword was named Demon Exterminator, and the one cast by Master Ruan was temporarily named Demon Subduing.

No matter how the boy in Tsing Yi and the girl in the pink skirt look down on them, and say that the bad street is unbearable, Chen Ping'an still thinks that the naming of the two swords of demon subjugation and demon elimination is very good.

Since I have chosen such a good name, I can't live up to it.

Chen Ping'an gently picked up the poisonous snake that came rushing with one foot, and it seemed to be an understatement, and the poisonous snake was already broken in the air.

Chen Ping'an paid more attention to the two clay statues of Tianguan standing outside the vermilion lacquer gate in the distance, one on the left and one on the right, full of blood flowing, and countless colorful poisonous snakes twisting and wriggling, and there were scorpions as big as palms, standing on the top of the statue's head or arms, the whole body was as black as ink, showing off its might, and there were even mice drilling in and out of the abdomen and cheeks of the broken statues, which were extremely bold.

Chen Ping'an remembered the bleak situation of the immortal tomb in his hometown for no reason, and suddenly became angry, walking slowly along the root of the wall, trying to make his mind clear and breathing steadily, after all, the strength of the punch, as well as the thickness of the true qi and the speed of operation, have nothing to do with the size of the fire in the stomach.

Chen Ping'an silently recited in his heart as he walked: "Chen Ping'an, if you are sure that you can't beat it, you have to run fast enough!"