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Xu Mu and Zuo Mingqiu left Tianshi Mountain, so there were two more knights in the rivers and lakes wearing hats and swords at their waists.

Three days later, there was a big battle in a rich trading base in the territory of the Kang clan, and the two young men of the Kang clan and the thirty-seven transport guards of the gold and silver merchant all died tragically, and the precious runes, silk and other goods traded were not missing.

Five days later, a bloody incident occurred in the night spirit ruins of the Kang clan, and two young men with hats who could not see their faces clearly wiped out an adventure group of more than 40 people with lightning speed.

According to eyewitnesses, that adventure group is the head snake force of the Night Spirit Ruins, and it often traps outsiders, and many people have suffered losses at their hands, but because of its large number, there are still three-stage masters in the group, so they can only endure it all the time, but they did not expect to be exterminated by two people who have never seen it.

Twenty-seven days later, a big battle broke out in the northern part of the Hundred Tribes, in the territory of the Xu family, and the two Doujia men smashed a cult force of the Golden Horde Royal Court, the stronghold of the Totem Church, pursued Baili, and finally killed a duke who claimed to be a descendant of the royal court by the Great Turbidity River.

This incident aroused great attention from the Xu family, and a large amount of manpower was used to investigate, destroy the strongholds of the Totem Church, and kill more than 100 cult members, including a lord, and the news spread all over the country.

And the two hat-hats who first discovered the stronghold of the Totem Church disappeared, and no matter how the Xu family and various forces searched, they couldn't find any trace of them.

The only news came from an old farmer, saying that two young people had stayed at his house a few days ago, and the amount of food was amazing, and they rushed to the border of the Great Zhou at a little dawn the next day.

Before leaving, he left him a bag of silver.

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Three months later, the world entered winter, and the first snow fell in Taocheng of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

At the city gate to the south, two knights wearing hats walked in, one with a long sword at his waist and the other with a hunting knife at his waist.

"The Great Zhou Dynasty has outstanding people, the people are free and warlike, compared with the Great Xia, the imperial court is not strict in the control of the place, and there are many forces in the rivers and lakes."

Zuo Mingqiu rode a brown foal, holding the horse rope in both hands, and walked side by side with Xu Mu on the main street of Taocheng, with a calm voice.

For the Great Zhou Dynasty, Zuo Mingqiu knows more than Xu Mu, because he has lived in a Taoist temple here for two years, and Bixu Zhenren has also lived here for a long time, for him, the Great Zhou is equivalent to a second hometown.

But for Xu Mu, this place is very unfamiliar.

Xu Mu was wearing a cloth coat, not stained with a trace of dust, and he was riding a horse stolen from a certain group of robbers, with a straw in his mouth, and his face was excellent, as if he was a nobleman in the palace traveling.

At this moment, nearly half a year has passed since the Heavenly Master Mountain's Heavenly Sacrifice Conference, after the wine fairy threw the two of them into a deserted mountain somewhere.

In the past six months, he and Zuo Mingqiu walked out of the barren mountain, hid their identities and went all the way south, really like a ranger in the rivers and lakes, heaven and earth are the bed, the wind and dust are servants, the road is uneven, and the sword is drawn to help, and the cultivation is much more refined, and the life is not happy.

Of course, people are floating in the rivers and lakes, although the two of them have few opponents when they join forces, but they have also encountered many dangers, such as once in a certain ruins, they have been besieged by dozens of adventure groups, and in the process of confrontation, they also alarmed the undead demons in the depths of the ruins.

If it weren't for Zuo Mingqiu, who risked revealing his identity and slashed out a sword with all his might towards the big demon, if they wanted to escape, they would have to hand over at least half their lives there.

In addition, there was also the matter of inadvertently breaking the gathering of the cult members of the Totem Church, Xu Mu originally just wanted to spend the night, but he happened to meet those demons, and the other party did not want to refine him into an elixir, so Xu Mu had to kill them all.

Along the way, they rarely need to go all out, but there is no lack of hearty battles, in short, after half a year, from the hundred clans to the Great Zhou, Xu Mu has completely regarded Zuo Mingqiu as his brother.

"Taocheng is on the border of the Great Zhou, and in another three hundred and seventy miles, we will reach the Sword Pavilion."

Xu Mu took a sip of wine, flipped through the map back and forth on horseback, and said with a smile.

Just like before leaving, he told the wine fairy that the ultimate purpose of his coming to the Great Zhou Dynasty was to enter Great Xia safely from here.

There are many ways to get to the Great Xia Dynasty, and one of the most recent roads is to take the route of royal commerce between the two dynasties, "Beilong Road".

"The Sword Pavilion is one of the best forces in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and it is also the only place in the vicinity with a teleportation array, if you can take the teleportation array inside, it will save a lot of time." Xu Mu said with a smile.

Zuo Mingqiu also nodded and said: "The teleportation array of the Sword Pavilion leads directly to the Great Zhou Imperial City, and the Imperial City is the starting point of Beilong Dao, and it is the closest to the straight line distance of Great Xia, if you can sit on the teleportation array, it will at least save you half a year of travel time." ”

When Xu Mu heard this, he also nodded excitedly, his eyes lit up.

He hasn't been home for too long, and he doesn't know how the villagers of Fengqing Village are, Yin Shui'er is doing well in the Demon Slayer Division, and has he been implicated because of his affairs?

Willow-like snowflakes, Xu Mu suppressed the excitement in his heart, looked at the pale sunset in the distance, frowned and said: "The sun is setting, at this time hurry to the Sword Pavilion, I'm afraid it's dark, why don't we stay in this peach city for one night, and go to the Sword Pavilion tomorrow morning?" ”

Zuo Mingqiu stretched out his right hand, stared at the two snowflakes in his palm, and then seemed to remember something, and said with a smile:

"It's snowing."

"When you arrive at the Sword Pavilion tomorrow, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to sit in the teleportation array."

Xu Mu was stunned when he heard this, quickly tightened the horse rope and stopped, looked at Zuo Mingqiu puzzled and asked:

"Why?"

"Didn't you say that the teleportation array of the Sword Pavilion, as long as you have money, you can sit, we have robbed houses all the way, oh no, punish evil and promote good, and have also saved a lot of gold and silver, it should be enough!"

Zuo Mingqiu shook his head and explained:

"It's not about money."

"No, it's actually about money."

Three black dotted lines appeared on Xu Mu's brain, and he asked puzzledly, "What are you going to say?" ”

Zuo Mingqiu smiled, no longer bending, raised his palm to face Xu Mu, and the melted snowflakes on it condensed again.

"Many places in the Great Zhou Dynasty belong to the cold veins, and the size stretches for thousands of miles, so the winter is much earlier than the hundred tribes, and the snow in one place usually affects the nearby cold veins, so the first snow in Taocheng today, I am afraid that it will snow in a radius of 100 thousand miles."

"The Sword Pavilion is a first-class sect of the Great Zhou Dynasty, which houses the world's swords, and the forging skills in the pavilion are even more superb, and the Longquan Sword, one of the four major sword systems, comes from here, so there are often swordsmen who visit the pavilion, and they are bankrupt and spend a lot of money inside, just to find a sword of extraordinary quality."

"Longquan Sword, I've heard of this, it is said that in the study of Emperor Xia, there is a first-generation Longquan Sword, which was forged by the Longquan Sword Master himself, and it is priceless." Xu Mu said slowly, and then suddenly came back to his senses.

"So what do you mean by snow?"

Zuo Mingqiu said seriously:

"The Sword Pavilion is famous all over the world, and there is an endless stream of sword seekers, not only in the Great Zhou, Great Xia, the Hundred Clans, and even the distant Golden Horde Court, all of them have sword cultivators who have made a special trip to ask for a sword."

"There are many sword seekers, but although the Sword Pavilion hides countless swords, and every year there will be new peerless swords being forged, but they can't afford to consume like this, so the person in charge of the Sword Pavilion has set the door rules, every winter, that is, when the first snow falls, the Sword Pavilion will seal the Pavilion for three days, and lift the power of thousands of top refining masters in the Pavilion to forge nine peerless swords."

"After these nine peerless swords are released, the Sword Pavilion will put them in the sea of swords for the world's strongest to fight for, and only those who have been approved by the sword can take them out."

"Every year, and only at this time, the Sword Pavilion will be open to the public to take swords."

"And today, it happens to be the first day of snow."

Hearing this, Xu Mu scratched his head, and then said with some surprise: "According to what you say, now all over the world, there must be a lot of people going to the Sword Pavilion, and if there are many people, there will definitely be more people using the teleportation array, and if they sit, we won't be able to sit down!" ”

Zuo Mingqiu nodded:

"That's what I meant."

"That kind of group teleportation array, every time it is used, not only will it consume a huge amount of spirit ore, but it will also extract a lot of abilities, which will invisibly affect the feng shui luck of a place, so it can't be used frequently."

"The current Sword Pavilion, I'm afraid it has long been overcrowded, everyone is waiting for it to open in three days, to grab the five swords, and there will not be a few people who ride the space array, if you and I don't have any special identities and line up to use it, I'm afraid we will have to wait until next year."

When Xu Mu heard this, he suddenly collapsed a little, he didn't expect his luck to be so bad, just arrived in Dazhou, just in time for the first snow, and the Sword Pavilion closed the mountain.

Could it be that he really wants to go back to Great Xia?

Thinking of all the things he has experienced in the past six months, Xu Mu couldn't help but shudder, although traveling through the rivers and lakes is interesting, it is indeed a bit dangerous, and it is indeed too much of a waste of time. He hadn't forgotten that far away in the dark palace in the depths of the West Mountain, the soul of the demon god was still there, and it was possible to break through the seal at any time, and the three-year covenant was fleeting, he had to rush back as soon as possible, if he didn't take the big array, it would definitely be too late!

"I decided." Xu Mu suddenly turned his horse's head, looked at Zuo Mingqiu with a serious face, and said, "Let's go over overnight tonight, line up as soon as possible, and strive to be the first to sit in the teleportation array." ”

"It's too late." Zuo Mingqiu shook his head and said with a smile, "Don't forget, from other places to the Sword Pavilion, you can also take the teleportation array." ”

"If nothing else, the transmission array of the Sword Pavilion is already running and smoking, and it is impossible to open it for you and me anymore."

When Xu Mu heard this, he immediately drooped his head like a deflated ball.

"There's no way, find an inn to live in first, and then go to the Sword Pavilion in three days to try your luck."

Xu Mu said, and was about to set up his horse to find an inn to live in, but in the next second, he found himself surrounded by people.

Crowded, on the streets of Taocheng, I don't know when there are many more people, crowded people, crowded people, crowded people, different costumes, at a glance, from different regions.

Seeing this, Xu Mu was stunned.

With this little effort, where did so many people come from?

Zuo Mingqiu's eyes were solemn:

"It is estimated that they all came in from other city gates, and Taocheng is not far from the Sword Pavilion, so the people who go to the Sword Pavilion choose to settle here."

Xu Mu turned over and dismounted, led it forward with difficulty, looked at the full inns on the street, and shook his head with a wry smile.

This is a good thing, not only did they not catch up with the teleportation array of the Sword Pavilion, but now they don't even have a place to live.

Otherwise, sleep on the street?

"Let's go to the suburbs."

Xu Mu scratched his head, ready to try his luck outside of Taocheng to see if he could find some people to borrow.

And at this moment, on the third floor of the inn, which was full of people on his side, a person flew out with a bang, and fell straight on the street, spitting blood, and the broken wooden planks of the window flew sideways, and hit many people.

"I dare to live in the store if I don't have any money, I'm sorry!"

At the window on the third floor stood an old man with a stiff figure, exuding a terrifying aura from all over his body, he looked at the man who fell on the street, and said with some anger:

"The old man opened this inn for nothing else, but he was afraid that he would have nothing to do and his brain would rust, if you want to come here to live in the overlord shop, the old man has to use your arm to pay off the debt!"

The onlookers sensed the pressure of the innkeeper from all over the world, and their faces scattered with fear, and in the middle of the street, the monk with a broken arm was also miserable.

Who would have thought that in a border town in the Great Zhou Dynasty, there would be an inn everywhere, and the shopkeeper in it would be a martial artist from the four realms, this is simply not too ridiculous!

"From now on, everyone staying in the inn needs to pay money in advance, otherwise, don't blame the old man for being polite!"

The innkeeper of the four realms stood in front of the window and shouted angrily.

Seeing this, Xu Mu below was stunned for a few seconds, and then asked in a loud voice:

"Dare to ask this senior, who is here for a night and what is the price, the two of us have nowhere to go, can we stay here?"

When the old man heard this, he glanced at Xu Mu, and then waved his hand a little irritably and said:

"This is a first-class room, it was supposed to be fifty taels of silver a night, but now the window is broken, you just look at it."

Xu Mu smiled when he heard this, and was about to say that it would be fifty taels, but he didn't expect to be preempted.

"I'll give you a hundred taels."

On the streets of Taocheng, there was a large carriage, accompanied by monks with fierce faces.

"I want this room, and no one is allowed to rob it."

In the carriage, a flat and slightly dignified male voice came out, and he came from behind, as if it was still very reasonable, as if people could not refuse.

When the old man heard this, he frowned and said:

"You'll have to talk to the customer, after all, it's a first-come, first-served basis."

"No need to negotiate." Xu Mu looked at the boss standing on the third floor, and calmly stretched out a finger, "I will also give out a hundred taels of silver." ”

"This room, I, don't let it!"

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