Yuan Ming went out of Xu's mansion, found another inn in the city to stay, and secretly released a soul crow to explore the movements in Xu's mansion.

Uncle, as mortals, they don't know much about the Shengye Sect. His cousin Xu Tian, as a disciple of the Shengye Sect, followed him, and when he returned to the sect, he could help him guide the way.

It's just that it seems that his actions at the abdication ceremony have spread throughout the entire Shengye Sect, and then joining in with his real identity is really too attention-grabbing.

In this way, it is better to join the Shengye Sect as an ordinary disciple, and you can also get into less trouble.

If you think about it carefully, if you enter the Shengye Sect by yourself, you will be exposed sooner or later in the future, which may bring disaster to the sect.

Yuan Ming made up his mind and decided to wait for Xu Tian and Luo Xing'er to secretly follow when they returned to the sect to find out where the mountain gate of the Shengye Sect was, and he didn't plan to have anything to do with anyone during the period. Wait until you find the location of the sect before making a decision.

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Three days later, Xu Tian said goodbye to his parents, took Luo Xing'er to drive a flying boat together, and left Leizhou City.

Yuan Ming saw this scene through the soul crow, and immediately released the jade shuttle, and followed behind.

Xu Tian and the others went all the way north, and soon entered a huge swamp.

The sky in Leizhou is gloomy most of the time, and this swampy area is full of poisonous miasma all year round, and all kinds of poisonous insects and beasts lurking in it without reaching out to the five fingers, mortals dare not approach easily, and if they are not careful, they may lose their lives.

However, Xu Tian and Luo Xing'er seemed to have taken out something to bring with them before entering the swamp, and a faint light mist was stimulated around their bodies, separating the poisonous miasma, and the poisonous insects and fierce beasts would avoid it far away when they saw it, and they did not dare to approach.

Yuan Ming also had the miasma avoidance beads left when he explored the Snake King Valley, and with his cultivation during the foundation building period, he was not afraid of those poisonous insects and beasts at all, but before entering the swamp, he suddenly stopped, took out the spirit beast bag, and released the flower branches.

"Master, what is this place? This mist is so fragrant and sweet! As soon as the flower branch landed, he took a deep breath and swallowed all the nearby miasma into his stomach, and even showed an intoxicated appearance.

"Huazhi, you lurk underground and go with me." Yuan Ming commanded.

Flowereda nodded happily and flew into the swamp.

Yuan Ming continued to move forward, but fortunately, the soul crow he released in advance was not disturbed by the poisonous miasma, and still followed Xu Tian and the others, so he didn't lose it.

An hour later, a light drizzle suddenly fell in the sky, and Yuan Ming followed Xu Tian and the others out of the swamp and into a mountain range.

Not far away, a huge mountain gate hidden in the green shade loomed in the drizzle, Xu Tian and the others flew to the mountain gate to stop, but did not go in, but said something, and then drove the magic weapon again, and flew in the northwest direction. Yuan Ming was curious, so he left a soul crow to guard in front of the gate of Shengye Sect Mountain, and he continued to follow.

After about half an hour, Yuan Ming saw that under the gloomy sky, a huge shield appeared in the mountains and rivers.

Under the rain curtain, a giant blue shield wrapped the city that Yuan Ming saw.

Silky raindrops fell one after another, hitting the shield, and in the blink of an eye, they disappeared, leaving no trace.

Under the cover, hundreds of streets and alleys crisscross the streets, and countless houses and pavilions stand among them, and on each house, there are four white pearls placed in the corners of the roof ridges, and their light is intertwined and blended, illuminating the whole city bright and white.

In the center of the city, a small lake covering an area of dozens of acres is rippling, and there is a square paved with white jade bricks in the center of the lake, which is connected to the avenue by four jade arch bridges.

On the square, a 20-zhang high square pavilion rises from the ground, its building body is pale white, but the bricks and tiles laid on it are blue, like crystal clear.

At the edge of each of the four sides of the shield was a huge city gate, slightly lower than the crystal pavilion, but much higher than the city houses, and on each gate was a stone statue of a divine beast, carved so exquisitely that even the scales on the body or the feathers on the wings were lifelike.

Before Xu Tian and Luo Xing'er could get close to the shield, they took the initiative to lower the flying boat and approached one of the city gates on foot.

Yuan Ming also lowered the jade shuttle in a valley in the distance, and watched the two enter the city at the peak of the mountain, before slowly walking towards the city.

There is a plaque hanging on the gate of the city gate, and there are only three words on it: "Little Lake City".

Paid the toll of a spirit stone, Yuan Ming was about to pass through the city gate, and found that there were monks who entered the city gate but did not give the spirit stone, and couldn't help but wonder, only to know that it turned out that the monks who had a house here did not have to pay to enter and exit the city gate, Yuan Ming secretly remembered it.

Entering the city, compared to the distance just now, there is more of an immersive feeling.

The drizzle was shielded from the shield, and the city was extremely dry, and many pedestrians were passing on the wide streets.

However, after Yuan Ming observed carefully for a while, he found that the pedestrians' costumes on the street vaguely showed two completely different styles.

One is mostly a long shirt skirt, the color is mainly red, and the wearer often has jade ornaments around the neck and waist, and the placket is elegant, like a surging flame.

The other is mostly brocade trousers, red and blue in color, and the wearer has few jewelry, but most of them wear swords and swords, and have blades hanging on their bodies.

Yuan Ming was observing the pedestrians on the road, and suddenly his expression moved, and he turned his head to look at his side.

"It seems that Daoyou is coming to Xiaohu City for the first time, and we are destined to meet each other." Under Yuan Ming's gaze, a male monk wearing a red robe with a hooked nose stopped and smiled at him.

This person's cultivation is not high, only at the level of the fourth layer of qi refining, but Yuan Ming also used the Tibetan Yuan technique at this time to press his cultivation to the late level of qi refining, so the other party did not notice Yuan Ming's true cultivation.

"Seeing the heroic appearance of Taoist friends, it must be from Zhao Guo? Don't know if you need a guide? Hook nose said familiarly.

Yuan Ming looked at him and couldn't help but think back to Gu Yue, the broker he met in Black Rock City, but he still shook his head: "Thank you, I don't need a guide." ”

"Do you need a map of Little Lake City? It's not expensive, a spirit stone. The hooked nose was not discouraged, and as soon as his right hand was flipped, there was an extra piece of jade slip.

"A spirit stone? So expensive? Yuan Ming was surprised.

"Fellow Daoist, this is my conscience price, do you know how many shops there are in this small lake city? Which of them are pitfalls, which are of good quality and cheap, which are opened by major sects, and which are founded by the Scattered Alliance, I have them all in this map, just a spirit stone, how many detours can I help you take? Time is the spirit stone. The hook nose shook the jade slip in his hand. Yuan Ming heard that what he said was not unreasonable, so he didn't care anymore, took out the spirit stone and bought the map.

He took the jade slip and saw that Xiaohu City was the largest Xiuxianfang City in Leizhou, and the monks of the Great Jin Dynasty, including the neighboring Zhao Kingdom, came here to trade, and the map not only clearly marked the location of the large and small shops in Xiaohu Chengfang City, but also intimately attached a lot of comments about the shops.

Yuan Ming put away the jade slip with satisfaction, and according to the guidance on the map, he quickly found a shop called "Baishuge".

This is a shop specializing in selling classics, and as soon as he entered, Yuan Ming saw seven or eight tall wooden bookcases neatly arranged in the shop, which were filled with all kinds of classics, all wrapped in a light blue light.

A special counter is placed next to these bookcases, and there are many wooden boxes of the same style, and most of the wooden boxes are some broken classics, or jade slips, and some even have only one page.

A guy in a long robe saw Yuan Ming coming in, and immediately greeted him. "Is the guest officer here to buy the exercises, or to sell the exercises?"

"Do you have a spell book for sale here?" Yuan Ming asked.

"There are a lot of spell cheats in our store, I don't know what kind of one you need? If you just want some basics, then I recommend Daoyou to choose this one, which records a lot of commonly used spells, although they are all superficial, but the number is enough, and the variety is complete enough. The guy thought for a moment and took a slightly thicker book off the shelf.

"That's it. And what's sold at this counter? Yuan Ming nodded and pointed to the counter where the wooden box was placed.

"These are some of the nameless cheats we received, most of them are missing pages, and some of the words on them are not commonly used in the Central Plains, they are not expensive, if you are interested, you can buy a few copies and go back to ponder, but once you leave the store, whether there will be mistakes in the follow-up cultivation, the store is not responsible." Dude said.

Yuan Ming shook his head, as long as he had the spell cheats. Since all the basic spells were recorded, it cost him less than thirty spirit stones. After the guy accepted the spirit stone, he took out a jade ruyi from the storage bag, and lightly touched the spell cheats, and the light blue light wrapped in the cheats instantly shattered, turned into a dim talisman, and fell to the ground.

"This is a special seal made by our store, and it can only be unlocked with a specific magic weapon, otherwise, it will be burned to ashes along with the contents of it." Seeing that Yuan Ming was curious, the guy explained with a smile.

At this moment, another bearded man wearing a brocade robe and a long sword at his waist suddenly came, and another guy in the store immediately greeted him.

Whether it was a beard or a buddy, the tone of his voice was different from what Yuan Ming often heard.

"I see a lot of people in Fang City who are dressed like them, I don't know where they are?" Yuan Ming raised his chin towards his beard and asked the guy.

"Oh, they are all from the Zhao Kingdom, our Leizhou is located on the border of the Great Jin Dynasty, and the location adjacent to the small lake city of the Zhao State is also at the junction of the Great Jin and the Zhao Kingdom, so there are many monks from the Zhao Kingdom here." The guy explained. Yuan Ming suddenly thanked the guy and left the store.

He bought the spell cheats, and then set his sights on the elixir.

At the moment, his cultivation needs a lot of pills to assist, and this time he happened to encounter such a large market, so he naturally had to take a good look.