Chapter 137: The Depressed Qingxia Town
Qingxia Town, only more than 100 miles away from Huining City, although it is very close, but because it is far away from the main road, the location is relatively remote, and it is very quiet in the past, and few outsiders come.
In recent years, the vast majority of the residents of Qingxia Town have been living a quiet and ordinary life because they are ordinary people, plowing at sunrise and resting at sunset, living a very poor and regular life.
But just last night, the tranquility of the town was broken, and it was rare to be lively, and at that time, many residents found that Lujiazhuang, which had been inconspicuous in Qingxia Town, had so much energy.
Not only the famous people around the local area, but also the three major clans that have been entrenched in Qingxia Town for hundreds of years, including other clans and celebrities in the surrounding five towns, even Liu Junmen, who guards the surrounding five towns, also came.
Of course, this is only what they know, and there are some visitors who are very strange, but they have an extraordinary bearing, and even far beyond the clan leaders of the surrounding five towns, from the mouths of some well-informed people, they know that these strangers with extraordinary momentum are actually from Huining City, and they are all heroes in Huining City.
But when the local residents of Qingxia Town were still immersed in the unfinished aftertaste, they suddenly found that the atmosphere of Qingxia Town had become weird, and some of the passing merchants were in a hurry, and their expressions were nervous, feeling like they were hiding from some plague god.
Especially the three major local clans, as soon as they reaped the arrogance of the past, the gate was closed, and even one clan even sent the direct children of the family out of Qingxia Town overnight.
And Lujiazhuang, which was originally very lively, directly became crowded, and the silence was extremely weird.
"What happened?"
"What's going on?"
The residents of Qingxia Town were all at a loss, not knowing what was going on, Qingxia Town, which was still lively last night, suddenly became silent overnight, and it was a little scary to feel from this strange atmosphere, they felt a sense of oppression that was about to come from the mountain rain, and they were almost out of breath.
Naturally, the ordinary residents of Qingxia Town also became nervous, no matter what happened or not, they all hid at home, the gate was closed, and it seemed that only the two-meter-high courtyard wall could bring a sense of security.
For a while, the entire Qingxia Town was empty, the streets were empty, the doors and windows were closed, and even the shops that were open for business were hung up with signs that were closed, with an inexplicable depression in the silence.
If it weren't for the cries of chickens and dogs from time to time, and the occasional sound of elders scolding naughty children, the entire Qingxia Town would be as terrible as a dead place with no life.
At this time, Lujiazhuang was also shrouded in this strange silence, and it was also the only courtyard in the entire Qingxia Town that still had an open gate.
Lu Li sat quietly in the middle of the front yard, taking a sip of tea from a pot from time to time. In addition to a teapot, a rattan chair, and a square table, there was also a treasure knife with a brilliant body flowing all over his body, which was inserted directly in front of him.
Qiao Shan stood behind him, his hands in his sleeves, with a faint smile, his eyes kept looking at the gate not far away.
Mo Ning and Mo Dazhuang stood on the other side of Lu Li, learning from Qiao Shan next to them, making a breezy appearance, but their slightly tense facial expressions exposed the tension in their hearts.
Behind Lu Li's four people, there were two groups of people standing distinctly, a group of thirty people, the age was very uniform, all of them were only fourteen or fifteen years old, half of them exuded a faint blood soul power, they were junior blood soul warriors who had awakened blood souls.
And the other group also has about thirty people, and the ages are uneven, there are young people in their early twenties, young adults in their thirties, and even middle-aged uncles around forty years old, but without exception, they all exude a blood soul power, and all of them are blood soul warriors who have awakened blood souls, and several of them have reached the early stage of the second realm in cultivation.
These two groups of people are the forces that Lujiazhuang has cultivated in the past three years, and there should have been nearly 200 people, but after last night's banquet, only about 60 people were left.
Among them, the thirty half-grown teenagers who are only fourteen or fifteen years old are either from street children or from poor families with innocent backgrounds, and they are the core team that Lu Li focuses on cultivating.
These half-grown teenagers, whether they have awakened the blood soul or those who have not awakened the blood soul, have a one-meter-long big knife stuck in their backs, and although they are still young, they are faintly surrounded by sword qi all around them, converging into an unyielding sword intent.
And the other group of people of uneven age, with a variety of weapons, although they are all blood soul warriors, but they are inferior in overall momentum, at this time, most of them are looking at the half-grown teenager opposite with envy, especially the big knife with a diagonal grit stuck in the back, envy is not good.
It was a source energy weapon that was as hard as clay, even the few Blood Soul powerhouses in the early stage of the Second Realm among them dreamed of having one, but these half-grown teenagers had one in their hands.
And all this was given by the owner of the village sitting on the rattan chair at the front, and some of them had vicious eyes, and they had already seen that these half-grown teenagers had cultivated a knife technique, and they were vaguely connected with sword qi.
"Yes, one day I will also get the same inheritance!" Han Li, who was standing in the crowd, clenched his fists vigorously, and a trace of persistence burst out of his eyes.
Han Li, with a Chinese face, is around forty years old, he is a wandering blood soul warrior who has only recently joined Lujiazhuang, like Lu Li, he is also from the thirteen prefectures of Huaxia, the difference is that he was not chased and fled for his life, but took the initiative to go south.
The Thirteen Prefectures of Huaxia had been completely divided by the Blood Soul Clan, almost monopolizing all the cultivation resources, it was very difficult for a child of a poor family like him to advance, and having offended a child of the Clan, Han Li gritted his teeth and chose to go south to Huining Mansion.
Because the Scarlet War Court of Huining Mansion is relatively fair to the children of a poor family like them, as long as they have their own strength, they can fight for a foothold in the Scarlet War Court.
Originally, he had already figured it out, and after arriving at Huining Mansion, just in time for the triennial beast tide, he had the opportunity to participate in the "National Martial Arts Exercise" held by the Scarlet War Court.
The Great Martial Arts Exercise, which was held a month before the outbreak of each beast tide, was held in order to expand the provisional formation of ten legions in addition to the ten standing legions in the Scarlet War Court. Of course, it is only temporary, and it will be disbanded when the beast tide has passed, but those who perform well will be absorbed into the Standing Ten Legions of the Inner Palace.
Han Li came for this "Great Martial Arts for the Whole People", believing that with his cultivation in the early stage of the Second Blood Soul Realm, he would definitely be able to fight for a position of real power in the martial arts, and he would take this opportunity to join the Ten Legions of the Inner Palace.
Every time there was a beast tide, the ten major legions of the Inner Mansion would cause certain casualties, and these vacancies would be selected from the ten legions that had been temporarily formed, and Han Li was here for this.
It's a pity that the plan can't catch up with the changes, after life and death through thousands of miles in southern Xinjiang, Han Li, who rushed to Huining Mansion, couldn't wait for the whole people to practice martial arts, and in the end, in desperation, Han Li could only temporarily recruit Lujiazhuang as a doorman, so as to have a place to stand.