The man with the knife was a young man with a resolute face and a helmet and white armor, as if he had a layer of frost and snow attached to it.

He looked down at the knife in his hand, as if he was a little confused.

Then he looked up in the direction of the three of them, not knowing whether he was looking at Bai Jiu's sword or the girl's umbrella, and then shook his head slightly, turned around and prepared to leave.

The girl snorted coldly, and Bai Jiu and Ximen Ye took a step forward at the same time.

The man glanced at him, picked up his knife again, and slashed it towards the doorway.

The knife fell, and what suddenly rose was the knife qi.

The white sword qi was like a match, and it instantly passed through the long doorway, emitting a sharp buzz, and came towards the three of them domineeringly.

Bai Jiu has not taken out the sword, and the sword of Ximen Ye has already come out.

The red light rose from inside the doorway, like a fiery red glow, and it collided with the white sword qi.

The sword qi shattered suddenly, turning into countless subtle white lights, invisible to the naked eye, and a heavy fog seemed to rise in the doorway. The red light was reflected in the fog like a red glow, and the sunset was getting late.

The sunset passed through the white mist, dispelling everything, and the doorway became clear again, and the terrifying sword intent and sword qi raged on the surrounding walls, leaving clear traces.

There was no one on the other side of the doorway, and the man was gone.

Bai Jiu knew who he was, and he was blocking the road in the forest, so he made a move at this time, so unreasonable?

"People of the North, Chao Li."

Ximen glanced out of the doorway and said with a smile: "It turns out that he is Chao Li, and he is indeed very strong." ”

Bai Jiu knew Tang Chun's evaluation of Chao Li, if he wasn't trapped by love, he was even stronger than Ximen Ye now. This is not the evaluation of one person, but the whole world, or the view of the people of the sky on Chao Li.

The girl jumped up and said angrily, "He wants to kill us, can't you see it?" Don't boast at this time! ”

Ximen Ye touched the back of his head embarrassedly and said with a smile: "Get used to it." ”

Bai Jiu said: "Chao Li originally used a knife. ”

There are many people who use knives in this world, and where Daxizhou is called the Pure Land of the West by Buddhism, there is a sect that specializes in practicing knives, called Tianyamen.

Another example is the Nanyang Bai family back then, the most famous is the knife.

Bai Jiu was surprised by why Chao Li used a knife, because whether it was the Ming Knife of Tianyamen or the Absolute Knife of the Nanyang Bai Family, all of them were cold and happy.

Especially Tianyamen, there are many legends of lonely swords shaking ghosts.

And as we all know, Chao Li is an infatuated man.

Falling in love and getting carried away, and even the cultivation realm has been affected, such a person is actually a swordsman.

Beiyan is in the north of Zhongzhou, close to the snowfield of Beizhou, which is covered with ice and snow all year round, even in the warmest time of the year, it is still vast and white.

They call themselves Snow Country, while more people like to call it Northland.

Thousands of miles of ice, thousands of miles of snow, that's it.

Perhaps because of the snow and ice, people in the north like to wear white, whether it is a dress or armor, it is snow white. And the people there are very cold, there are merchants from the north in Yong'an City every year, but few newly opened shops like to do business with them, because their personalities are really cold, cold and impersonal, they don't like to be accommodating, and they don't have the human touch to come and go.

For the hospitable but proud people of Yong'an, the merchants of the northern kingdom are a bunch of weirdos. If it weren't for the special location of the northern country, where medicinal materials that were not available in the Central Plains all year round, and those cold medicinal materials were deeply liked by the upper class, no one would want to do business with such a group of people.

The imperial court has business contacts with the northern country every year, this kind of correspondence is mainly the material of the military department to build weapons, and the central continent and the northern continent are separated by a mountain range, and there is a special ore in the mountain range, after excavation, it is cold iron after being built. Compared with the coincidence of the stars in the sky, cold iron is more real, and it is also one of the hardest and most precious materials in the world.

For various reasons, Yong'an City has merchants from the north every year, and there are those unkind transactions every year.

There is no diplomacy in the north, no weakness, but a real need.

Even in the Tang Dynasty a hundred years ago, the northern kingdom was still the northern kingdom, and the Tang Dynasty at that time was the first powerful country in the world, with the strength of the world, and the west had to succumb to this, not to mention the weak northern kingdom.

However, the northern country is still the northern country, it lives in the north and is covered with snow and ice all year round, except for those medicinal herbs and cold iron ore, there is nothing precious, but cold iron ore is the most difficult ore in the world to excavate, there is no one! The northerners, on the other hand, have mastered the technology of mining cold iron ore. Because of the cold, the survival rate of their babies is very small, and the population is less than one-tenth of the population. did not have the ability to lay down the Central Plains, and the Central Plains did not bother to lay down that cold and bitter land, so the northern country is still the northern country, from beginning to end.

There is no diplomacy, and there is no desire for anything, but this time with the opening of the Tang Tombs, the northern country has come to Chao Li, the best young man in the history of the northern country.

Bai Jiu and Tang Chun saw the frosty and weak woman in the forest, Chao Li blocked the way but got out of the way because of the woman's words, thinking that the woman should be the princess of Beiyan, the woman who Chao Li was infatuated with, and the heroine in the comments of the peeping people.

The baby of the Emperor of Northern Yan, the best infatuated man, I didn't expect it to be in Tangling.

The girl was a little angry, anyone who was stabbed for no reason would be angry, not to mention that the man still slashed twice, and the knife did not leave a hand. If it was the previous sudden knife, Ximen Ye did not take the girl with his hand, then she would definitely be injured by the rear force, and the result would be very different from the current peace.

She wanted to strike again, but the man was gone. She wanted to chase after her, but was stopped by Ximen Ye. So she looked at Simon Ye now, her face full of anger and irritation.

Ximen Ye was a little embarrassed, he knew the temperament of his junior sister, but the current situation was a bit special, and it was too risky and dangerous to blindly chase after him without knowing it.

The doorway was very long, which proved that the stone wall was really thick, and the cyan stone slabs came from nowhere, huge and smooth, and there was not a single crack on the wall except for the traces left by the sword.

For countless years, the surrounding area of the door hole was full of old age, but because of the previous turmoil, it completely dissipated, turned into floating dust, and fell on the ground into a thin layer of dust.

The three of them walked through the doorway, and there was nothing but the sound of falling footsteps and dust.

After the doorway, it was open, and there was no scorching temperature around, but the three of them were stunned.

.............

It's a city.

For the gray line between heaven and earth was a wall, and behind the wall was a city.

Who would have thought that in addition to the mountains and mountains of Qiong, in addition to the mountains and rivers, in addition to the fertile and barren soil, there is actually a city in Tangling.

An avenue stretches from the doorway to the depths, until far away, where there is a high platform.

On both sides of the avenue, there are many neat houses, they look very irregular, and the shapes are even different, but they are very regular, and the arrangement forms a roadway that extends in all directions, and I don't know where it extends.

But this is not a city, because there are no flags on either side of the avenue, no pergolas in the shadows, no tea tables for people to rest, only houses.

These houses are only one floor, although the shape is different, but the height is the same, and they look neat, except for the abrupt high platform in the distance, there are no high-rise buildings.

As expected, there was no one in the house, and there was only a heavy layer of floating dust.

No matter how huge a city is, as long as there is no one there, it can only be called a complex of buildings, or a dead city.

The houses are neatly arranged on both sides, making the avenue in the middle more spacious and straight, and the huge marble slabs have a few broken places due to time, but they have no effect on the whole, and there are many patterns on them, and they are of different colors, like open flowers.

A thick layer of dust was put on the flowers, and on the dust were clear footprints.

Sure enough, someone has already come.

"Look there." The girl stretched out her hand and pointed into the distance.

Bai Jiu and Ximen Ye looked at each other.

I saw that in the far part of the avenue, near the high platform, a leisurely light lit up there, and behind the light, dozens of people in black robes walked.

These footprints are supposed to be left by them.

"West from Meizu."

Sure enough, they seemed to know Tang Ling very well.

"We're going to hurry." Simon Ye said.

The girl was a little reluctant.

Ximen Ye sighed lightly: "No matter what they are looking for, it has something to do with Uncle Xiao's explanation." ”

Bai Jiu looked into the distance, was silent for a moment, and said, "Their purpose is clear from beginning to end, but what is not clear is what they will do after this matter is completed?" ”

"If the history books are correct, the empress of Xili is very old now, and she has always longed for the land of the Central Plains, Meizu is her shadow, and no one knows what she will do according to her will."

Bai Jiu hesitated for a moment and said, "The wise Tang Emperor in the history books also killed many people in order to live forever in the future. ”

Speaking of this, Bai Jiu thought of Tang Chun and felt a little sad. The girl thought of the mountain where the bones were piled up, and the thin old man who ate people in the mountain, and felt a chill and discomfort.

Ximen Ye smiled: "Actually, this is not our chance. ”

The girl didn't understand.

Bai Jiu looked at him.

Ximen Ye continued: "There are rules and restrictions in the Tang Tomb, everyone is in the realm of the gods, and they can't use their divine senses, no matter how strong they are, how strong can they be? ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to look at the girl, "Besides, we also have a person from Luoxue Mansion here, it is rumored that the best female disciple of the younger generation of Luoxue Building, Senior Sister Qiao, don't you want to say something?" ”

The girl was stunned for a moment, then pursed her lips and said, "Okay, I know." ”

Ximen Ye laughed and said, "Just go, there is a senior brother here." ”

Bai Jiu smiled slightly beside him, and his face was clear, so it was.