This is a noisy street, the street is full of traffic, people come and go, there are many shops, small stalls, and the sound of selling and bargaining fills the whole street corner, which is really lively.

There is an inn next to the street, although it is dressed in gold, but compared with the surrounding one, it can only be counted as a third class. But what is surprising, even a little ridiculous, is that its torii is written "First Inn".

Enter the inn and walk up the stairs to the second floor, where you will find the room facing the staircase, the door of which is hidden. When you open the door, you will find a person, a man, sleeping on the bed, motionless.

The strange thing is that it is now close to noon, and the dazzling sunlight has illuminated the room through the room. What's even more headache is that the noise outside is clear here.

Suddenly, the strange man lying on the bed opened his eyes, and at the same time he was almost sitting up.

He didn't get out of bed immediately, but scanned the whole room in panic, and found that there was no one in the small room except himself. The yellow wall is plastered with several ancient paintings, and on a dilapidated table, tea and a pot of unknown flowers are being placed.

The man scanned the room, and suddenly touched his chest with his hand, and said something unbelievable, only to hear him, "Strange, where is this?" Am I not dead yet? ”

This person was none other than Gordon, who had fought with the Source Protector that day. The Heavenly Source Protector did not kill him, but saved him.

Although Gordon has recovered, he is weak and needs to recuperate for a few days. I saw him jump out of bed with difficulty, move to the table, pick up the teapot and drink it to the spout. After drinking, he put down the teapot, hiccuped, and sat down on the ground.

After a few moments, he seemed to regain some of his senses, and crawled to the window, then slowly got up and opened it.

If you don't open it, you won't open it, and you'll be shocked when you open it. I saw people coming and going outside, bustling. Shouting, quarrelling, complaining?????? Intertwined, so not prosperous. Gordon actually realized that he was in a busy city until now, and he couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded. After looking at it for a moment, there was a gurgling sound in my stomach. He had no choice but to find something to eat. So he walked to the door.

But when he was about to pull the door, he suddenly found that he was naked and stripped naked. He had no choice but to turn back into the house.

Gordon's usual style, however, was that he would rather go without clothes than go hungry. Today is unusual, perhaps because there are too many people in the city.

I saw him walk to the cabinet, open the cabinet, and search around, and finally found a set of black shirts, which he thought was not bad. He took out a pair of boots from the bottom of the cabinet and admired them, and without saying a word, he went downstairs.

As soon as he went downstairs, he was seen by a shopkeeper, only to see the shopkeeper trotting over and respectfully said: "This master, you have finally woken up, you have been in a coma here for three days and three nights, if you don't wake up, I will call a coffin for you." ”

Gordon was taken aback: "I've been in a coma for three days and three nights?"

The shopkeeper nodded and agreed.

Gordon added, "You know how I got here. ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, he replied, "Master Hui, you were sent here by an old man, and the old man paid enough Tarun (Note 1) and left. Rest assured, he paid enough Talen to keep you here for a year. ”

Gordon wondered: "Old man, is it my grandfather" Gordon felt that it was impossible, shook his head into a rattle, and said: "No, no, no, my grandfather has not been seen for more than ten years, how can he come to save me?"

"It's so difficult that it's him, the source protector, no, no, no, he wants me to die, how can he save me. Gordon thought it was too complicated, shook his head, and asked the shopkeeper again: "Do you know what kind of old man he is?" ”

Xiao Er said: "Back to the master, the old man who sent you is a frequent visitor to our place, his surname is Yuan, we all call him Old Man Yuan."

"What, his surname is Yuan" Gordon almost jumped in surprise.

"Dressed in white and with a goat's beard, you can't be wrong, it must have been Old Man Yuan who sent you here that night. Xiao Er patted his chest and said affirmatively.

After listening to Xiao Er's words, Gordon finally believed that that person was indeed the source protector, and his thinking suddenly became confused, and he felt that the whole world had been turned upside down. He couldn't help but wonder in his heart: "That person must be the Source Protector, but he obviously wanted to kill me, why did he save me later?"

Gordon really couldn't figure it out, because this was beyond his ability to think, so he could only say in his heart, "I don't want to, just live, he must be a strange old man." ”

At this time, Xiao Er's voice calling to him sounded in his ears: "Master???? Master???? Are you feeling well, what's wrong with you? ”

Gordon came back to his senses at this time, and hurriedly said to Xiao Er: "It's nothing, it's just that I just woke up and my head is a little dizzy, by the way, did the old man say anything to you when he left!"

Xiao Er touched his head, thought about the situation that night, and said: Old man Yuan didn't say anything, but said something to me when he left.

"What words," Gordon asked.

Xiao Er licked his lips, sold a pass, and said for a moment: "He said that if you live, let me tell you, if you are destined, you will see you again, and then you will not be here, if you die, he will let me buy you a good coffin."

Gordon couldn't help but smile when he heard this. "That's what he said.

The shopkeeper saw Gordon smile, and he also smiled, and said, "Master, I thought you wouldn't laugh?"

When Gordon heard this, he immediately stopped smiling, coughed deliberately, and said, "I still want to ask one more thing."

"You please," Xiao Erdao said.

Gordon said, "What kind of Taren you were talking about?"

Xiao Er listened, opened his mouth, and said, "Master, aren't you teasing me?" You don't even know about it. ”

Gordon touched his head and said with a smile: "I grew up on a lonely island since I was a child, and I really don't know this kind of thing called 'Talen'.

The little second was dumbfounded when he heard this, wiped the sweat on his forehead and said with disdain: "This kind of thing is really hard to explain, I don't know who called it this name, but I have a way, master, listen well." ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Er pinched his throat and said pretentiously: "The popular point of this thing is that he can exchange things, and the literary point is that he can make the black become white, the ugly into beautiful, the wrong into right, the humble into noble, the old man into a young man, and the coward into a warrior." ”

"Master, do you understand?" said Xiao Er as he looked at Gordon, who was almost asleep.

Now it was Gordon's turn to be dumbfounded. I saw him nod his head and said, "Trouble brother, I think I have understood." ”

The little two smiled proudly: "Don't bother, as long as the master has that thing, you can ask me any questions, I'm a PHS here." ”

Gordon arched his hand and said: "In Lower Gordon, dare to ask what Brother Tai is called"

When Xiao Er heard this, he immediately said angrily: "My surname is Li Mingergou, known as 'Little Dumas' because of his poor family, so he works in the store during the day and creates at home at night, mainly writing some scripts to earn some pocket money." ”

When Gordon heard this, he muttered 'Dumas' in his heart, and hurriedly said: "That Dumas is ??????."

Before Gordon finished speaking, the shopkeeper hurriedly said: "Oh, my master is really knowledgeable, even my unborn father knows it." The villain is really admired. ”

Gordon wanted to stop and ask something else.

I saw that Xiao Er was talking endlessly, and he actually pulled up Gordon to talk about his suffering. "Dissatisfied with the master, my father is also a writer, and his writing is quite good, but it's a pity that he was born at the wrong time??????"

The shop is stained non-stop, and the more you talk, the more energetic it becomes. Gordon watched, and finally got impatient to listen, broke free of his arm, and said, "I'm sorry, I'm hungry, I want to eat something." ”

The shopkeeper, who was talking endlessly, couldn't help but be stunned when he heard it, and patted his head for a while and said, "Look at this memory, you must be very hungry, master!"

Gordon nodded, ready to find a table to sit down, and glanced around, but froze, for he found that it was empty, not to mention a table, not even a stool.

The shopkeeper looked at Gordon's expression, and had already guessed seven or eight points in his heart, so he said: "Back to the master, if you eat, you can still get outside."

Gordon exclaimed, "Why, aren't you here an inn?"

At this time, the shopkeeper said: Master, our "first inn" is called "the beginning of everything" by the grandfather, and it has a history of hundreds of years now. First: only accommodation is provided here, not meals (don't say anything, the grandfather of the people in that era, has proposed the prototype of the modern hotel, I have to admire); second: no matter who it is, beggars, thieves, untouchables, princes and nobles, etc., as long as we can afford it, we will accept it here. ”

Gordon listened to the words of the shopkeeper, didn't say anything, and walked to the door, and when he got to the door, he said, "Little Er, I like here" and walked to the street.

Xiao Er looked at Gordon who was far away, stood for a while, and said, "What a strange guy"

After a long time, he patted his head and said: Inspiration is coming, let me write a novel based on you, the name is "Dao Sumeru", I believe it will soon become popular.

??????????????????????? It's all in the middle of the road???????????????????????

Gordon walked down the street, admiring these bustling scenes, looking east and west, looking at the delicious food and 'rare treasures' on the street, and his eyes were shining. Gordon just wanted to find a restaurant to eat now, because he hadn't eaten for several days, and he was hungry and 'cooing', and at this time a fragrance was smelled by Gordon, which made him deeply intoxicated. He followed the scent and entered a restaurant. I saw that the archway of this hotel was engraved with three gilt characters 'Tianyixuan' and three gold stars next to it.

As soon as Gordon walked in, a pretty woman greeted him and asked in a coquettish voice, "Childe, do you want to eat or stay?" ”

Gordon looked at the dazzling array of delicacies inside, his eyes lit up with golden light, and he drooled and said to the pretty woman: "Bring me all the delicious food you have here, hurry up." ”

The woman's figure is graceful, and her face is like a peach blossom. Cover your mouth and smile: "Childe has a good appetite, please come with me." The woman led the way, and Gordon followed.

Gordon followed her and went up to the second floor, where he was taken to an empty seat to sit down. I saw that this place was quite large, crowded with people, and very lively. After the woman had said something, the smile disappeared.

Gordon waited for her to leave, rested his head on the table, and muttered lifelessly, "Hurry, hurry, I'm dying." ”

At this time, the conversation of the person next to him reached Gordon's ears, and Gordon tilted his head on the table, and saw a tall and thin man whispering to a slightly chubby man: Have you heard of two major events that have happened recently. ”

The chubby man said, "Oh, let's hear it." ”

The tall and thin man leaned forward and said mysteriously, "I heard that the three masters of Wolf Castle were killed that day. shocked the entire Heavenly Wolf Castle, that day Yuanzi was almost angry, crying bitterly to avenge him, and listened to his daughter who escaped back to say that he was killed by Zhong Wuguo's number one faction of life and death.

The chubby man who was drinking water almost choked to death when he heard this, and said in surprise: "What you said is true, that 'mad lion' Bo Niu is a martial arts level refiner, a sky-breaking hammer is like fire, and his martial arts are world-famous." How could he be killed?"

Seeing that he was puzzled, the tall and thin man smiled and said: "Don't believe it, what I said is true, I heard it from my brother-in-law, he works in the Sky Wolf Castle, and his power is not small, what he said should be good." ”

The chubby man nodded thoughtfully and asked, "What about the other thing?"

The tall and thin man swallowed his spit and said: "I heard that there has been a great change in the palace of the neighboring Xiguo, and the power is no longer in the hands of the royal family's 'Queen Yunxuan', but in the hands of Tian Chengzi, the son of the meritorious Tian Qi, I heard that the queen was also imprisoned by him, and her own sister "Meixuan" Princess was also missing, it is really unexpected. ”

The slightly chubby man listened to the tall and thin man's words, stopped eating the food that was almost in his mouth, turned around, and asked in surprise, "You can't hear it wrong, right?" Last month, I also went to Xiguo to buy a batch of swords, which was fine, and I met the queen once with the president of the Chamber of Commerce, and I was fascinated by the beauty of the queen, why did this happen after a month?"

The tall and thin man sighed: "I don't know, what's even more curious is that the personal bodyguard of the queen of 'Yunxuan' is the 'first swordsman of Xi Kingdom' Chi Qian, but he died inexplicably, you must know that his swordsmanship is unique in the world, and he is known as a rare genius in Xi Country for a thousand years, and at the age of fifteen, he won the championship of the "First Sword in the World (Note: 2)" held once every seven years in Xi Kingdom, and he looks like a jade tree in the wind, heroic, broad-minded, and modest. So he was immediately selected by the previous queen as the personal bodyguard of the "Yun Xuan" princess (at that time, the "Yun Xuan" queen was still a princess), and I didn't expect such a character to die, and the death was so unclear, there must be something greasy in the meantime. ”

The chubby man looked outside and said slowly: "That Chi Qian is a true gentleman, a chivalrous person, and the sword he is equipped with is the fifth-ranked divine sword - the seven-star Longyuan Sword (note: 3), heroes cherish heroes, and I don't know how many people regret his death." ”

At this time, Gordon was listening attentively and forgot about his hunger, but a coquettish voice interrupted his train of thought, "Childe, I've kept you waiting, these are the most famous dishes in this restaurant, this is salted duck gizzard, which is stewed Su core, and stewed raw knock, raw fried soft-shelled turtle?????? As soon as Gordon saw the dish, he listened to the young lady's explanation, and he ate it with a great deal of devotion.

Seeing that Gordon couldn't listen, the woman didn't talk anymore, and said respectfully: "Childe is slow to use, Childe is slow to use." Then he took the men down.

Gordon ate for two hours, and when he was done, he looked at the leftovers on the table, patted his belly, and then burped and went out.

A woman in white walked over and smiled at him, "Is Childe satisfied with his meal?

Gordon patted his belly and said happily, "Wow, no, no, I've never eaten anything so delicious." ”

When the woman in white heard this, she gave him a sweet smile, and then said, "You have spent a total of 6 lits this time." ”

Gordon was dumbfounded when he heard this, and thought to himself: "Oh, forget, you need money to buy Dingxi here!"

His face turned red all of a sudden, he touched his head, and spat at the woman in white, "I?????? I don't seem to have the Ritter you said!"

The woman smiled and said, "Then you have Ore, and Tarun (note: 4) can do it, and we can convert it for you." ”

Gordon listened to this and said embarrassedly, "Then I don't have either." ”

The woman was still not angry: "May I ask which young master Gongzi is, we can send someone to your house to get it first, and then let you go after getting the money, do you think this is okay?"

Gordon still shook his head and said honestly: "I just arrived in the local area, and I don't have any acquaintances. ”

The woman in white suddenly changed her complexion, and said coldly, "I persuade the son to hand over the money." If you eat a bully meal with us, then you are gambling with your life. ”

At this time, the people around had already realized that the situation here was wrong, and they all looked at this place and whispered:

"Who is this person, why is he so bold and dares to eat overlord meals here!"

"Hey, the last time I saw this, it was a few months ago. I remember that guy was still a martial artist (note: 5), but before he could go down from here, he was hacked to death, hey, thinking about it, it was really miserable. ”??????

Gordon listened apologetically and said, "I really don't have any money in the next place, but I promise to pay it back next time." ”

The woman said coldly: "I'm sorry, you don't seem to have a next time, because you can't get out of here alive." And then he went down?????? Gordon looked around and saw that the people around him were hiding far away from him, with an expression of "the city gate is on fire, and the fish in the pond" expression.

Gordon shook his head and headed downstairs??????

Note 1: Tarun and the later Ritter and Ole are the common monetary units of all layers of the Sumeru realm. Ore: The most valuable currency in the Sumeru realm, a gold coin minted from gold, Rit: a silver coin minted from silver, and Talen: a bronze coin minted from bronze. Conversion: 1 Ore = 4 lites, 1 lit = 25 Tarun. (I refer to the monetary history of ancient Rome)

Note 2: The first sword in the world: It is the top swordsmanship competition in Xiguo, and the participants in the competition are all swordsmen, and occasionally there are swordsmen. Held once every seven years, the competition is attended by not only swordsmen from the Brook Country, but also from other surrounding countries. It can be said that it is one of the top and one of the few swordsman competitions in the entire Nanzhan Continent. The "No. 1 Sword in the World", once every seven years, is not only a festival for swordsmen, but also a festival for people who like swordsmen.

Note 3: Seven-Star Dragon Yuan Sword: The fifth of the Ten Ancient Divine Swords, the sword of integrity and nobility. Legend has it that it was forged by the joint efforts of Ou Yezi and Ganjiang, two great swordsmen. Ou Yezi and Gan will cast this sword, chisel Kaici Mountain, release the mountain stream, and lead it to the seven pools next to the sword casting furnace into the Big Dipper Seven Star Ring, which is called "Seven Stars". After the sword is completed, looking down at the sword body, it is like climbing a high mountain and looking down at the abyss, ethereal and deep, as if there is a giant dragon lying down. It is called "Ryubuchi". Therefore, the name of this sword is called "Seven Star Longyuan", referred to as Longyuan Sword.

Note 4: Ibid.

Note 5: Alchemist is a very general concept. As the name suggests, as long as you are a person who practices the body, you can be called a body refiner. A cultivator can also refine his body, and after refining his body, he can also be called a refiner. If subdivided, it can be divided into martial artists, swordsmen, mercenaries, assassins, and so on.

Wufu is a person who practices martial arts, and what he cultivates is physical skills, internal strength, martial arts cheats, and murder tricks. Rank from low to high: divided into small warriors, martial artists, martial artists, martial emperors, martial artists, martial emperors, martial artists, martial saints, and martial emperors. Each level is divided into three levels, low, medium and high.

When the third-order cultivation matures, you can sprint to the bottleneck and reach the next level. If the Martial Emperor's third-stage cultivation is mature, he can break through the bottleneck and reach the Martial Sect level. Swordsman: There are swordsmen in both the body cultivator and the cultivator, but the cultivation of the two is completely different. More on that later.

Mercenaries: Similar to assassins, he has many killing tricks, strong martial arts, a developed mind, and makes money by killing people to support his family, and is also a popular profession in the Sumeru world.

In addition, because there are many people in the Sumeru realm, martial artists have been recognized by various countries, and there are corresponding level exams. As long as you have the strength and pass the exam, the state will issue a tattoo for you to prove your identity. Among the alchemists, only Takefu has such a mechanism, the rest do not.