After the powerhouses of Taiyi Pavilion walked away, Li Xiuping also began to move, after all, no matter how late it was, it would be difficult to grasp the movements of these people.

No matter what the situation of that Sword Saint senior is, he can't change anything, he can only enter the territory of Martial Emperor City first, ensure his own safety, and then find a way to inquire about the situation of that Sword Saint senior.

Along the way, Li Xiuping went straight to the east, paying close attention to the movements of those Taiyi Pavilion powerhouses.

According to Li Xiuping's speculation, these people should chase all the way to the territory of Emperor Wu City, if they don't catch up with him, they are likely to return the same way, so he is likely to directly mount with these strong people, but he only needs to break through the blockade of these people and enter the territory of Emperor Wu City, and he should get rid of these guys.

This is not a very difficult thing for Li Xiuping.

However, Li Xiuping still underestimated the distance to Wudi City, and he trekked through mountains and rivers for three months along the way, and the destination was still far away, the most important thing was that the guys from Taiyi Pavilion and Stargazing Tower seemed to have noticed something, although they were still going east, but the speed slowed down a lot, and they would even release their divine sense from time to time to investigate the situation in the rear.

If it weren't for the long distance, Li Xiuping's previous plan might have worked, but now Taiyi Pavilion and Stargazing Tower have been chasing for three whole months, not only have they not caught up with Li Xiuping, but they haven't even heard any news from Li Xiuping, and the biggest possibility is that Li Xiuping is still behind.

In this way, Li Xiuping can only become more and more cautious, and even have to guard against whether there will be any prohibitions set by those strong people along the way, so although he is walking behind the Taiyi Pavilion and the Stargazing Tower, this road is actually not easy at all.

At this moment, Li Xiuping stopped, restrained all his breath, avoided the divine sense investigation of those powerhouses in Taiyi Pavilion, and only after those powerhouses in Taiyi Pavilion left, did he relax.

Li Xiuping didn't rush away immediately, but took out the map, and after looking at it, he couldn't help frowning.

This was the end of the map, so if he wanted to know the next path, he had to find a new map, which had to be inhabited.

Li Xiuping glanced left and right, then found a trail with people and walked along the trail.

Since there is a Tao, there are naturally people, far and near.

Li Xiuping walked along the trail for a while, and really saw the crowd, but unfortunately it was just a small village with more than a dozen households.

Li Xiuping first used his divine sense to investigate the village, and only after making sure that there was no threat did he enter the village.

Obviously, there are not many outsiders here at ordinary times, so when Li Xiuping appeared, it immediately attracted many onlookers, all of whom were full of curiosity.

Li Xiuping originally wanted to ask these people where there was a bigger city nearby, but he soon found that he couldn't talk at all, because of the geographical gap, he couldn't understand the language at all.

In desperation, Li Xiuping could only leave the village and continue along the path.

If he wasn't afraid of being discovered by those powerhouses in Taiyi Pavilion and Stargazing Tower, he would only need to take a turn around the sky and easily find the place he wanted to go, but unfortunately he couldn't release any breath now, let alone Edgeworth.

After walking along the mountain road for a while, I entered an official road. If you walk along the official road, you will definitely encounter the castle.

Li Xiuping walked along the official road for a while, and a carriage chased after him from behind, Li Xiuping walked to the side of the road and got out of the way, but the carriage slowly stopped after overtaking Li Xiuping.

After the carriage stopped, a man dressed as a scholar poked his head out of the carriage, looked at Li Xiuping and asked, "Is this son going to White Crane City?" ”

Li Xiuping was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

Naturally, he didn't know about White Crane City, but since this person asked so, it was obvious that the city in front of him was White Crane City.

Seeing Li Xiuping nodded, the man dressed as a scholar said: "It's not close to Baihe City, the little brother is going like this, I'm afraid I won't be able to arrive before dark, come up, let's just drop by and take the little brother for a ride." ”

Li Xiuping hesitated slightly, did not refuse the other party's invitation, and got into the carriage directly.

With these people, I can just use these people to avoid the investigation of Taiyi Pavilion and Stargazing Tower, and I can also inquire about some news by the way, at least I can talk to this scholar, instead of being speechless like before.

After getting into the carriage, Li Xiuping found that there was only one scholar in the carriage, and the old man who was driving the carriage.

This scholar's family background should not be too good, except for some books and some changes of clothes, there are only some simple kitchen utensils for cooking, and nothing else.

From these things, it can be seen that this scholar should have walked a long way, as for where he is going and what to do, Li Xiuping naturally can't see it, and he can't guess either, after all, he doesn't even know the way now, let alone anything else.

As Li Xiuping got into the carriage, the man hurriedly packed up the carriage, made room for Li Xiuping, and said with some embarrassment: "It's a little messy, I've wronged my little brother." ”

Li Xiuping hurriedly waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I'm already very grateful to Mr." ”

The man smiled and asked, "What is the little brother doing in White Crane City?" ”

Li Xiuping really didn't know how to answer for a while, and after thinking for a while, he said: "Actually, I'm just passing by, I'm going to the east." ”

The scholar nodded, and said: "The road to the east is not easy to walk, except for the white crane city to the east three hundred miles, I heard that there are fierce beasts infested, after the little brother arrives in the white crane city, it is best to find some people to accompany him, if it is possible, it is best to find some masters to escort, there are many Jianghu people in the White Crane City who specialize in escorting merchants and travelers." ”

Li Xiuping nodded in thanks, and asked casually, "Mr. seems to know a lot about White Crane City?" ”

The reader smiled slightly, picked up a scroll from the table, handed it to Li Xiuping, and said with a smile: "I haven't worked hard, this is some information that I have compiled from consulting the geographical records of White Crane City, which should be helpful to the little brother." ”

Li Xiuping took the scroll, opened it, and asked while looking at it, "Mr. is going to serve in White Crane City?" ”

The reader was stunned for a moment, nodded with a smile, and asked, "How does the little brother know?" ”

Li Xiuping pointed to the things in the carriage and said, "Looking at Mr.'s appearance, it is obvious that he has walked a long way and knows so much about White Crane City, so I guess that Mr. went to White Crane City to work." ”

The scholar looked at Li Xiuping's eyes and suddenly felt a little appreciation, and said with a smile: "The little brother is careful and intelligent. ”

Li Xiuping smiled and said, "Mr. has won the award." ”

He quickly frowned, because he happened to see something about White Crane City on the bamboo slip at the moment.

According to the records on the bamboo slips, in the south of the White Crane City, there is a place called Changfeng Valley, where there are mountain thieves, and many merchants have been robbed, and they are now just going north, which means that they will definitely pass through Changfeng Valley.

If you don't meet a bandit, it's fine, if you meet a bandit, this powerless reader can deal with it? Not to mention the old man who was driving the car outside, it is estimated that he has to breathe when he walks. If you really want to encounter such a situation, do you make a move or not?

Once you make a move, it will be difficult to hide your breath, and it is very likely that it will be felt by those strong people in Taiyi Pavilion and Stargazing Tower, and the trouble will be even greater at that time, but if you don't make a move, these two people will be in danger of their lives, will they just watch it?

This person is also a Confucian protégé, and he is now the junior uncle of Guanchao Academy, how can he not be saved when he dies? What's more, this man was kind enough to give him a ride, and it was completely out of kindness, without the slightest plot. After all, it was impossible for this person to know his identity, let alone his cultivation strength.

There are not many people who meet in Pingshui and can give each other kindness when they meet in such a place.

Li Xiuping quickly abandoned these ideas and focused on bamboo slips.

No one can say for sure what will happen next, so when that happens, just improvise, and there's no need to think about it so much now.

As Li Xiuping looked at it for a while, his brows couldn't help but wrinkle a little deeper.

This White Crane City is really not a good place, not only surrounded by mountains, poor mountains and bad waters, there are bandits in the south, there are fierce beasts in the east, and the miasma is full of poison in the north, although there is no danger in the east, but it is a cliff, and it is impassable at all.

It is also because of the special geographical environment of White Crane City that there are many fish and dragons here, and almost all kinds of people have it.

Serving in such a place is really not something that ordinary people can afford, at least the person in front of me is afraid that he can't do it.

For such a kind-hearted person to be on an errand in such a vicious place, it will be very difficult to mediate with various forces, and I am afraid that it will not be long before he will be eaten to the point that there are no bones left.

To gain a foothold in such a place, not to mention being strong, at least it is necessary to be decisive in killing, otherwise it will not be able to suppress the forces of all parties at all.

As the carriage continued to move forward, it soon came to a valley, and the carriage also stopped at this time, and the old man who was driving the carriage said, "Childe, there is Changfeng Valley ahead." ”

The scholar lifted the curtain, glanced at the valley in front of him, and then turned to Li Xiuping and said, "No matter what happens for a while, the son will not come forward." ”

Li Xiuping was stunned for a moment, then nodded.

Seeing Li Xiuping nodding, the scholar got out of the carriage and held the carriage: "Keep going." ”

The old man did not hesitate, waved his whip, and the carriage continued into the valley.

It was already noon, and the sun was right behind them, able to illuminate the entire valley completely.

Li Xiuping held the bamboo slip in his hand that he had already finished, released his divine sense, and felt the situation around the valley, only hoping that their luck would not be so bad, and they happened to run into mountain bandits.

However, Li Xiuping soon felt bitter in his heart, worried about what would come, not long after the carriage entered the valley, figures began to appear on both sides of the valley, and the next moment, an arrow shot down from the mountain on the left, just inserted into the carriage, and the tail end of the arrow trembled violently, bringing a "whirring" sound.

The appearance of this arrow naturally stopped the carriage.

The reader glanced left and right, his expression calm, and there was no fear at all.

At this time, a man on the hill on the left spoke: "Let's just ask for money, leave the money, and then we can go." ”

The scholar let go of his hand holding the carriage, bowed to the mountains on both sides, and said with a smile: "In Xia Su Dingfang, the newly appointed official of White Crane City, please give me a face." ”

Hearing this, Li Xiuping in the carriage couldn't help frowning.

According to the requirements of these mountain bandits, originally they only needed to hand over the money, destroy the wealth and eliminate the disaster, and be able to save their lives, but now this scholar directly said his identity, isn't this looking for death?

Officials and bandits are antagonistic existences, and it is strange that an official falls into the hands of mountain bandits.

Li Xiuping really didn't understand, this scholar doesn't look like a person without brains, how could he make such a mistake?

However, after the scholar said those words, the mountain bandits on both sides of the valley fell silent, and after a long time, one of them asked, "Is there a certificate?" ”

The scholar took out a sign and a document, and said, "This is a document of the imperial court, if you don't believe it, you can come forward to check it." ”

The mountain bandits glanced at each other, and then one of them ran down from the valley, and after coming to the front of the carriage, he glanced at the carriage, and then took the token and document in the hand of the reader, and after careful confirmation, he nodded to the mountain bandits in the valley.

The man on the left side of the valley spoke, "Since it's Lord Su, please leave quickly." ”

Li Xiuping in the carriage is really a little confused, what is the situation? A family of officials and bandits? But that's also a deal, now this Lord Su has just taken office, and he hasn't even figured out the situation in White Crane City, why did these mountain bandits let him pass?

The key is that even if these mountain bandits have collusion with the local government, but this Master Su only went to work, and obviously had never been to Baihe City before, these mountain bandits naturally didn't know much about him, so they weren't afraid that after he took office, he would take them under the knife?

But since there is no fight, it is a good thing, at least I don't have to make a move, and I don't have to worry about being tracked down by those guys in Taiyi Pavilion and Stargazing Tower.

The bandits, who had been instructed to check the paperwork, returned the things, then stood aside and moved out of the way.

The scholar saluted the bandits on either side again, then turned and walked back to the carriage, and the old man who was driving the carriage waved his whip again, and the carriage continued to move forward.

After the carriage finally left the valley, Li Xiuping found that there were already beads of sweat on the scholar's forehead, and he felt more and more curious in his heart, and asked: "Mr. reported his identity before, so he was not afraid that those people would have murderous intentions?" ”

The scholar smiled and said: "This White Crane City has always been in charge of my husband before, and during my husband's tenure, there was a beast tide in White Crane City, and my husband saved them. ”

Li Xiuping was stunned for a moment, and then nodded knowingly.

The scholar continued: "The situation in this White Crane City is very complicated, and ordinary people don't dare to come over, I automatically invited Ying to come over this time, just to fulfill my husband's last wish, not only to govern White Crane City well, but also to make White Crane City free of bandits and demons." ”

When he said this, there was a sparkle in his eyes.

At this moment, perhaps because the two were in a similar situation, Li Xiuping actually felt a little empathy and said: "Mr. is righteous, he will definitely be able to realize his ideals." ”

The scholar smiled and said: "Actually, everything I have learned in my life is related to White Crane City, and if I really go to other places, I am afraid that I will not be able to show it." ”

Li Xiuping nodded and didn't say anything.

What is the situation in Baihecheng, Li Xiuping is not clear, naturally it is not easy to say, he just thinks that such a place is sent with such a person, if you want to govern it well, I am afraid it is not an easy thing, there is no other reason, this scholar is too kind-hearted.

The carriage continued to move forward, and soon it was dusk, and the White Crane City finally appeared in sight, surrounded by mountains and a lonely city.

As the carriage came to the bottom of the city tower, a young general suddenly took the lead to walk out, and after glancing at the carriage, he asked, "Dare to ask if the car is Master Su?" ”

The scholar nodded and said, "It's this official." ”

When he said this, Li Xiuping couldn't help but win ^_^ people.

At this moment, Li Xiuping found that he seemed to be a completely different person, no longer the weakness and kindness he had imagined before, but gave Li Xiuping a feeling of mastering everything.

Hearing the answer, the young general was immediately overjoyed: "It's finally time for Lord Su, if Lord Su doesn't come again, I'm afraid this White Crane City will be messed up." ”

The scholar said: "Call all the people in charge to the government office, whether white or black, and notify them, and the official is waiting at the government office." ”

The young general nodded, then motioned to accept the gate and open the carriage into the city.

After the carriage entered the city, it followed the straight road all the way until it reached the government before stopping.

As the carriage entered the city, Li Xiuping had been using his divine sense to feel the situation in the city, and found that there were many strong people in this city.

And these people have been paying attention to this carriage since the carriage entered the city, and in addition to these cultivators, there are also many people who are also staring at this carriage.

In this way, Li Xiuping couldn't help but become more and more curious, he was just a newly appointed scholar, why could so many people care so much, and there were even strong people in the Jindan period.

Not to mention those Jindan period monks, even any foundation building period monk can easily kill this scholar, and they won't pay so much attention to it at all, after all, in the eyes of cultivators, mortals under the mountain are just ants.

Li Xiuping couldn't help but look at the scholar who was sitting opposite him and didn't know what to think about at the moment, and felt that the involvement of this person was far more complicated than what he saw.

In this way, Li Xiuping couldn't help but think of himself and his master.

If you really want to talk about it, the situation of this scholar is really similar to him, this scholar is an ordinary mortal, but he can make so many Jindan stage monks jealous, and he, Li Xiuping, is just a small foundation building period monk, and he can also make the powerhouses of the major sects jealous.

The reason why those sect forces are afraid of him Li Xiuping is naturally not because of how powerful Li Xiuping is, but because of the master of the great master of sword forging, so these Jindan period powerhouses are afraid of this powerless scholar, I am afraid that it is also related to the gentleman in his mouth.

Li Xiuping was really a little curious about what kind of existence his Mr. was, so he couldn't help but think of Mr. Ouye......