Fish Mountain, an ancient plank road at night.

Although his body was covered in blood, it could still be seen that this was a brand-new white robe, and Huo Jue had obviously just broken through and suffered an accident as soon as he got out.

It's been ten years, this is the first Heavenly Saint powerhouse newly emerged in the Fire Clan, and it is also the only newly promoted Yuan Master in the entire Five Clans Alliance in the past ten years, but it's a pity that it has fallen so inexplicably. ”

There were five patrols standing neatly at the scene, one of whom was holding an amethyst lamp, illuminating the plank road. Under the light, the squatting Grey rose pulled her hand from the collar of the deceased, looked at the dark cave and sighed to herself.

After getting up, her starry eyes turned like lightning, she stared at the young scholar who was about twenty years old in the distance, and saw the three red bars on the chest of his black robe at a glance, and said coldly:

"There should be a Xihe sword hidden in your Yuan Crystal Bracelet space, right? Oh, Sandan Yuanshi, your name is ······"

"His name is ······ Iron Owl, no······ Nope······ I happened to be passing by here, and I didn't ······ Didn't kill anyone! The cheeks of the young man named Iron Owl were trembling, and in extreme panic, he stumbled for a long time before he could finish a few words.

After a moment of silence, Grey Rose turned to look at the bald Yuanshi standing on the side, and said with deep meaning: "I have seen you, your name is Tie Ying, the Ninth Duan Yuanshi." Presumably, there is also a Xi and sword in your Yuan Crystal Bracelet space.

Two Xi and swords, two sword wounds through the body, what a coincidence! ”

The bald Yuan Shi named Tie Ying twisted his neck nonchalantly, and when he spoke, his voice was extremely rough: "What does Counselor Rose mean?" Huo Jue is already a Yuan Master, don't say that two Yuan Shi, even if the three Nine Duan Yuan Shi join forces, they can't hurt his life! ”

"Well said!" Gray Rose clapped her hands, and then sneered: "You might as well make an assumption, if there is a Heavenly Saint powerhouse participating in the battle, for example, if a one-star Yuan Jue is in control of the field, then, without the Yuan Jue powerhouse, only two Yuan Shi can easily kill that one-star Yuan Master." Isn't it? ”

"Ahh As soon as he heard this, Iron Owl was so frightened that his legs trembled, and his face was bloodless.

"You useless shit!" Pushing the iron owl away with one palm, Iron Eagle looked directly at Gray Rose, raised his chin and said, "Even if Huo Jue dies under our swords, what should I do?"

His Majesty the Emperor once issued an edict, the Five Clans Alliance enjoys immunity, and all criminal cases within the alliance are concluded by the alliance itself, and the Duzheng Division has no right to intervene! ”

The anger burned in her eyes, and Grace Rose couldn't make a sound for a long time.

After closing her eyes and staring for a long time, Gray Rose said in a slow tone: "Di Lei, quickly bring Huo Jue's remains back to Du Zhengji and store them carefully." ”

"Subordinates obey!" Dilere commanded.

"Wait!" Scratching the bald head of "no grass", Tie Ying said with a stiff face: "Counselor Rose, Huo Jue is a member of the Five Clans Alliance, and his remains should be disposed of by the Five Clans Alliance. ”

"It's not negotiable!" Grey Rose said categorically: "Since the two of you have nothing to do with Huo Jue's death, the perpetrator is very likely to be someone from outside the alliance, so this case is beyond the scope of criminal cases within the alliance, and it should be investigated by Du Zhengji with full authority."

After all, Huo Jue is one of the few powerhouses in the Five Clans Alliance, don't forget to bathe, change clothes, burn incense after you go back, and mourn deeply, so as not to wake up in the middle of the night by nightmares.

Also, please tell the leader of the Tiedai Alliance, let him rest assured that the Gongzheng Agency will investigate this case impartially, and I hope that the culprit will stop here, and don't let the next innocent person die! ”

"Farewell!"

Unconvinced, twisting his neck and muttering reluctantly, Iron Eagle set up the frightened Iron Owl, and after a few times, the figures of the two disappeared into the night.

Slowly looking at the knife-like steep rock wall, her eyes lingering on a tiny crack for a moment, Grace Rose quickly turned her head to look at the waterfall, and asked in a low voice, "What about Luo Yi?" ”

The inspector who held the lamp saluted: "Lord Si Zheng, a group of four people under him followed Luo Yi's whereabouts, and only saw Tie Ying and Tie Xiao here, but did not see Luo Yi's shadow. ”

Looking up at the night sky, Grey Rose seemed to be confiding in the sky: "The people from the palace are involved in the case, and even the Prime Minister's Mansion will be afraid of three points, it seems that this case can only be handed over to the sky for trial!" ”

······

Early in the morning, the cultivation room of the Yuan Shaoyuan.

After finishing his morning practice, Huo Xu bathed, changed into a clean coffee-colored robe, looked in the mirror habitually, and then went out.

Pressing the button, he held on to the stone door frame and passed through the Yuanjing gate that slowly moved open, but saw that the huge courtyard was empty.

"Alas!"

A faint cloud of doubt floated in his eyes, and Huo Xu sighed lightly.

Every year on the day of the academy examination, there will always be someone who appears outside the door of this cultivation room on time at this hour, asking about Huo Xu's cultivation progress.

Rain or shine for years.

The man's name was Huo Jue, a distant cousin of Huo Xu.

In the Huo Clan, among Huo Xu's generation, the oldest is Huo Jue, who is in his thirties, and is a nine-stage Yuanshi who is very promising for the Fire Clan to become a Heavenly Saint powerhouse.

He is also the owner of the North Workshop of the Fire Clan's Clothing Workshop.

"Today is destined to be an unusual day, it's okay if Brother Huo Jue doesn't come, otherwise, with his upright character, once he conflicts with others on the spot, it will be easy to lay the root of his trouble."

With three points of loss and seven points of relief, Huo Xu muttered to himself.

After thinking about it, Huo Xu turned around and returned to the room.

In addition to the cultivation secret room, there is also a simple living room and a small washroom, where cultivators can practice behind closed doors for a long time if they prepare enough food in advance.

Stepping into the living room, a piece of jade was turned out from the closet, on which was engraved "The Tale of the Five Clans".

Two years ago, Huo Jue handed this over to Huo Xu, intending to let the leader-elect of the alliance become familiar with the affairs of the alliance as soon as possible.

Huo Xu often looked at this and knew the past and present life of the Five Clans Alliance.

Ten years ago, in order to cooperate with the Royal Martial Arts Mansion to expedition to Beihai County, the five major families of the Fire Clan, the Iron Clan, the Mu Clan, the Feng Clan, and the Water Clan formed an alliance in the capital.

At that time, the Five Clans Alliance, ranked among the seventh order of the Heavenly Saint, there were more than 400 strong people, and there were nearly 1,000 Yuanshi, and their momentum was so prominent that they even overshadowed the Royal Martial Arts Mansion for a time, and their strength was far from being comparable to other sects in the world.

The current Five Clans Alliance is no longer beautiful, there are only seven Heavenly Saint powerhouses and dozens of Yuan scholars, and their strength is far inferior to several other major sects in the capital.

Among the five clans in the alliance, the Tie clan is the first to recommend in terms of strength, and the Tie clan has one Yuan Lie powerhouse, two Yuan masters, and more than 20 Yuan scholars; The second is the Mu family, a Yuan Lie powerhouse, a Yuan Master, and also has more than 20 Yuan Scholars.

Therefore, in the past ten years, the control of the Five Clans Alliance has gradually fallen into the hands of the Tie Clan and the Mu Clan.

The only family that is expected to compete with the Tie Clan and the Mu Clan is the Shui Clan, because they have two female peak Yuan Masters, and once the two of them are promoted to the ranks of Yuan Lie, the pattern of the Five Clans Alliance is bound to be a new one.

The Huo Clan and the Feng Clan are the most scumbag, and both clans have no Heavenly Saint powerhouses, each relying on three high-level Yuan Shi to support the façade, and they have not been looked down upon by the Tie Clan and the Mu Clan once in recent years······

Huo Xu waved his palm, and a little spot of light flashed from his palm, and after a while, it condensed into a blue light.

The blue light covered the jade, and his primordial power also sank into the jade, and the information on it was slowly erased.

Throwing down the empty space casually, as if erasing a painful memory and throwing away a heavy burden, he walked out of the cultivation room with a relaxed and brisk pace.

Huo Xu just wanted to take a deep breath of the fresh air outside, but at a glance he caught a glimpse of two familiar figures on the other side of the road.

He stretched his facial muscles with all his might, and extinguished an inexplicable evil fire that suddenly rose in his heart.

One of them was old and the other was young, and they were the other two Yuanshi of the Fire Clan.

The old man is nearly sixty years old, his name is Huo Jing, the patriarch of the Huo clan, and the nine-section Yuanshi. The man was thin and his gaze was erratic, as if nothing around him existed, and nothing could interest him.

The young man's name is Huo Twist, he is a seven-duan Yuanshi, one of the teachers of the Yuan Academy of the Five Clans, he is in his twenties, he is stout, with big eyes and sword eyebrows, and he looks at Huo Xu very seriously, and his expression is kind.

"Huo Xu, Acting Patriarch····· Oh, Uncle Jing, see you're here. ”

Huo Xu smiled at Huo Xu, and turned to the old man and said: "Uncle Jing, the current Five Clans Alliance Yuan Academy, the number of Huo Clan students is pitiful, only thirteen, and most of the talents are not high, only Xiao Xu and Huo Fu can be comparable to the top students of the Tie Clan and the Mu Clan.

It's just that Xiao Xu's cultivation hasn't been very good lately······ Smoothly. ”

"Good morning, Uncle Jing." Although he often appreciates Huo Jing's undisguised deep malice, Huo Xu still does not lose his respect at this moment.

"Fifth brother is good." Huo Xu turned to greet Huo Twist, who was the fifth oldest of the Huo Clan's generation.

"Ahem, there are as many as thirteen young students of the Fire Clan, and it is already difficult for them to have this little financial strength in the clan. Look at the Shui Clan, there are only six Yuan Shao students, and their talent is extremely low, and it is said that the highest level is only the fifth level of Yuan Shao.

And the Feng clan, hmph, there are fewer people, just three people! ”

The old man waved his hand, looking very impatient, he didn't even look at Huo Xu, turned around and walked back to the aisle where he came, and complained:

"Huo Twist Nephew, you can't always put your mind on Yuan Shaoyuan, you can go to Yizhuang to help when you have time, now business is getting more and more difficult to do, not as good as before!"

Huo Twist patted Huo Xu's shoulder, smiled helplessly, and then quickly caught up with Huo Jing, who was leaving in a hurry, and said resignedly: "I am willing to listen to Uncle Jing's orders." ”

Walking to the end of the road, the old man suddenly stopped, turned around, and only then glanced at Huo Xu from a distance, but his eyes were full of bottomless indifference, and he didn't even have a little heat in his tone:

"The mud can't hold up the wall! How can I trust the future of the Fire Clan to you with this waste? From next month, the living expenses of each student of Huo's will be halved! ”

Accompanied by Huo Twist, the patriarch Huo Jing walked away, but Huo Xu held back a bad breath in his heart, instinctively took out the silver talisman and looked at it, and shook his head depressedly.

In the past, each of the Huo Yuan young students could get twenty silver coins per month for living expenses, but Huo Xu was frugal and had accumulated nearly three hundred silver coins, but he was not short of money. But in the future, the cost of living will be halved, and he will definitely gnaw at his old roots.

The currency system of the Xihe Empire was a silver coin standard, each silver coin weighed fifty grams, and the purchasing power was very amazing, so in order to avoid the trouble of making change in transactions, auxiliary coins were minted in the past.

However, about thirty years ago, the Royal Mint invented the silver rune, a purple card similar to a smart card, in which the reader automatically deducts the amount of silver that the cardholder must pay from the balance of the card, including fractions, when a transaction is made.

As a result, the coins lost their auxiliary trading function and gradually withdrew from circulation.

Huo Xu had just checked a few days ago, and the balance on the silver talisman was 299·999 silver coins, and when he looked at the three mantissa after the decimal point, he suspected that he had inadvertently bought insignificant small objects such as needles.

Suppressing the grievances in his heart, Huo Xu strode towards the square.