The three of them soon arrived at the town in front, and when they were about to land, they suddenly shot out a few white lights from below, and Shui Linglong flicked one sleeve and hit them on the ground. It turned out to be a few arrows.

Shui Linglong flew down first, and found that it was a few small soldiers, followed by Lie Yankong and Lu Ming also flew down.

Before Lie Yankong could ask anything, one of the soldiers took the lead and asked solemnly, "Who is here?" ”

Shui Linglong and Lu Ming naturally didn't answer, Lie Yankong wanted to answer, but he rarely dealt with ordinary people, in the past, when dealing with cultivators, he only needed to show his identity nameplate, or report himself to the sect, which could reduce a lot of trouble, but in this case, he was not sure if the other party knew his identity and name.

But the two sides couldn't go on like this, and after thinking a few words, Lie Yan said, "We came from Qinghe City, passing by here, and found that there were demons hidden here, so we came to take a look." ”

The man didn't relax after hearing this, but continued to ask, "Is there a city paper?" ”

Lie Yankong handed over the document in his arms, naturally, the identity on this document was fake. Before he went on a mission, he didn't think that there would really be a day when it would come in handy.

After reading it, the soldier found that it was a regular document, so he didn't continue to make trouble, and hugged his fist and said, "Under Zheng Yan, he is the tenth captain who manages this team. I was rude just now, and I hope the three immortals will forgive me. ”

Lie Yan waved his hand emptyly, "It's okay. ”

Zheng Yan continued to ask a little excitedly, "The immortals are here to solve the disaster and the demon chaos for us?" ”

Blazing Flame didn't answer directly, but asked him, "Didn't the city lord here arrange for someone to subdue the demons?" ”

After hearing this, Zheng Yan sighed and said, "There is no arrangement, but the people who are arranged to go out have suffered heavy casualties, and it will be over." ”

Blazing Flame had guessed a few points, so he didn't continue to ask more questions in this regard, but instead asked, "Do you know where the disaster in this place came from and why it came about?" ”

Seeing him ask like this, Zheng Yan knew that he was indeed willing to help, and replied after thinking about it again and again, "How can we know these things, but listening to the rumors, it seems that this place originally suppressed a monster, but now it can't be suppressed, so this disaster broke out." ”

Blaze then asked, "Then do you know where the place to suppress the monsters is?" ”

Zheng Yan said heavily, "Hongquan Mountain." ”

When he heard Hongquan Mountain, Lu Ming felt that Li Yu behind him had shrunk significantly, but now was not the time to ask him in detail.

Blaze continued to ask, "What are you doing here?" ”

Zheng Yan replied, "The city lord has arranged for us to inspect the towns and villages to see if there are any survivors, and if there are any, bring them back to Changlin City, and we will arrange for them to go to the edge of the city and county. ”

Hearing this, before Lie Yankong could ask a question, Shui Linglong couldn't help but ask them, "The city lord is not afraid that you will be killed by demons?" ”

Zheng Yan said, "There was no such arrangement before, but in the past ten days, the traces of demonic activities outside Changlin City seem to have begun to fade, and the city lord arranged for us to come out to check on various places, and if we encounter a lone demon, as long as the strength is not strong, we will destroy them." You can also see if there are still people alive, and you can bring them back to Changlin City. ”

Shui Linglong continued, "So you're saying that you hibernated in Changlin City until there was no danger outside, and you didn't come out to find any other survivors?" ”

Zheng Yan couldn't hear the irony in Shui Linglong's words, and said coldly at this moment, "Do the immortals think we are willing to hide?" This is where we live, and more than anyone else, we can bear to see this place become what it is. How do you know what it cost us to hide in the city? ”

Seeing that the two sides were about to break out into an argument, Lie Yankong hurriedly came out to play a round and said, "Don't be surprised, a few brothers, I don't mean anything else, I just want to know what happened to Changlin City before?" What does it look like now? ”

Under the easing of the scorching flames, Zheng Yan did not continue to give face, he knew that the person in front of him might be a boost, which was indispensable to Changlin City now, since the other party gave the steps, he also took advantage of the situation, and continued heavily, "When the disaster broke out, because Hongquan Mountain was not far from Changlin City, Changlin City also suffered heavy losses at the beginning, and later the city lord combined with other immortals to build a large array for us to protect the city in time, which saved the remaining people in Changlin City. But the people in other villages, those who are farther away are better, and the closer they are to Hongquan Mountain, they have become deserted villages and wilderness as early as the beginning. ”

After asking some more things, the three of them didn't continue to ask, at this time, Li Yu saw that they had stopped communicating, so he pulled Lu Ming's sleeve, and Lu Ming guessed that he might have something to say, so he took him aside.

"What's wrong?"

Li Yu replied, "I know Hongquan Mountain. After a pause, he replied, "That's where my family lives." ”

After hearing this, Lu Ming guessed that Li Yu might know more things, so he called the other two over.

Lie Yankong asked Li Yu, "You said your home is in Hongquan Mountain?" ”

Li Yu nodded, and then replied, "They are right, this disaster started from Hongquan Mountain, and Hongquan Mountain has become a barren mountain. ”

Shui Linglong then asked, "Then why didn't you say it before?" ”

Li Yu said, "I don't want you to die." ”

Blaze Sky was curious, "How do you know we won't be able to defeat that monster?" ”

Li Yu ignored Lie Yankong, but raised his head and said to Lu Ming, "Don't go, believe me." You can't beat it. ”

Lu Ming didn't treat him as an ordinary child from the beginning, as a sword embryo himself, he knew that he had certain special abilities, so Lu Ming also asked him seriously, "Why?" ”

Li Yu didn't hesitate and said directly, "I can see some special things on people." ”

Blaze asked, "Is it because of your eyes?" ”

Li Yu said, "I don't know, my eyes are naturally gray, which doesn't prevent me from seeing, but it allows me to see more things that others can't see, and I don't know if it's because of my eyes." ”

Shui Linglong was also curious, and she asked, "Oh, is it?" Tell me, what do we have? ”

Li Yu said, "There is a layer of green light circulating on your body, like a ball of flowing green water. After speaking, he stretched out his hand and pointed at the scorching sky, and said, "There is a golden halo on his body, like the sun." Then he said to Lu Ming, "Your body is very sharp, and at the same time it is like a mirror, very bright." ”

At this moment, the three of them were all surprised, although what Li Yu said was very ordinary, but it was only what he could feel as an ordinary person now, but once he started to practice, would he see more things? At the same time, what Li Yu said was right, he told the cultivation techniques and characteristics of the three of them, which is even more remarkable, which is equivalent to anyone having no secrets in front of Li Yu.

After Lu Ming was briefly surprised, he took a deep look at him and continued, "What you said is not enough. Why do you know we can't beat just by seeing this? ”

Li Yu said, "In the past two months, the monsters in Hongquan Mountain have become more and more powerful, and I can see that there is a thick layer of black shrouded there, which is getting darker and darker, and these two days are even more terrifying." But the light in you is not as strong as it is, and you are no match for it. ”

The three of them were silent for a while after hearing this, and then Lie Yankong asked Lu Ming, "What do you think?" ”

Lu Ming pondered for a while and said, "I think it's credible. ”

Lie Yankong and Shui Linglong didn't say anything, they knew that as sword embryos, they must all be extraordinary, if Lu Ming believed it, then presumably what Li Yu said must be the same.

But will they just go home? No. If you didn't encounter it at the beginning, it would be fine, but now that you have encountered it, you can't sit idly by.

The three of them have already formed a tacit understanding, even if they don't say it, they know what each other's decisions are, not to mention, they retreat without making a move, which hinders the Dao and is not conducive to the progress of the avenue.

Li Yu seemed to have guessed their decision, and finally didn't want them to lose their lives in vain. Looking up at them steadily, he continued, "Don't go. ”

Lu Ming touched his head, he had never had a superfluous expression, and smiled at Li Yu for the first time, "Don't be afraid, we will be ready." ”

The three of them planned to meet the city lord first, and go to him to see if there was any more detailed situation, and before leaving, they entrusted Li Yu to those soldiers, "Please help me take care of him, we will rush back today." ”

Originally, Zheng Yan was curious about the identity of the child, and asked a few words tentatively, but found that the child was motionless after they left from the scorching sky, like a sitting stone statue, without saying a word, and dispelled all the thoughts of listening.

Soon, the three of them flew to Changlin City, as Zheng Yan said, Changlin City does have a large protective array to shelter, but because of time, the current protective array is becoming more and more fragile and precarious. The three of them couldn't help but think that if they didn't come today, if the situation couldn't be controlled, wouldn't the people in Changlin City all become dead souls.

The head guard of the city saw someone flying with a sword, knowing that it was a cultivator, he was a little excited, but he was not broken through his mind, and the current Changlin City could not afford any losses.

"Dare to ask where the immortals come from?" The Keeper asked calmly.

Lieyankong transmitted the sound to him with mana, and the guard was happy after hearing it, but he didn't show it, and after explaining, he came to them alone, and when he saw the token that Lieyankong took out, he knew that what he just said was true, and his heart was settled, and he immediately saluted the immortals, and said, "Please come with me." ”

When Lie Yankong and them arrived outside Changlin City, Wu Shouzhong knew about it, and he knew in his heart that after this incident, he would definitely launch someone to carry the black pot in the end. And that person can only be him, it must be him. So, he wrote a suicide note and made a final explanation.

The moment he put down the pen, he suddenly felt relieved in his heart, it was not interesting for this city lord to continue to be in office, he could not protect the people in his position, and he was not innocent.

Then, he took off his official uniform and the official hat on his head, and put it on his desk along with his city lord's seal.

When he saw the three men coming in, he bowed and bowed. "Meet the Envoy."

Lie Yankong swept over the objects on his desk, glanced at him, and said a little teasingly, "The city lord is self-conscious, and he knows that he is guilty. ”

The guard who came with them didn't understand why the city lord did this, but after hearing Lie Yankong's words, he also reacted, and he was angry and hurriedly said, "What do you mean by three?" Is this going to use my family as a substitute for the dead? ”

Before he could say anything more, Wu Shouzhong waved his hand to stop him and said, "You go down first." The guard originally wanted to say something more, but he saw that the city lord gave him a sharp look, so many days of guarding the city had made the city lord have some killing momentum, and the guard held back the resentment and doubts in his heart, and retreated.

"Get up first! How to talk on your knees. ”

After hearing this, Wu Shouzhong obediently got up and stood below.

Lie Yankong asked directly, "Why didn't you report what happened here?" ”

After Wu Shouzhong heard this, he smiled bitterly and asked a little sadly, "Is it useful after reporting?" ”

It's not that they can't hear that Wu Shouzhong's words reveal a sense of helplessness, disappointment, and death, but they will not take the initiative to explain anything in a high position, Lu Ming was born in poverty before, but he is not the little kid who was submissive and has no heart before, some things are not necessarily true when he sees them, let alone what he hears from others.

The position is relative, at this time, they are high-ranking people for Wu Shouzhong, but at a certain time and place in the past, he Wu Shouzhong is also a high-ranking person of others, so he naturally knows what the person in the high position is thinking about at this time, what should be done, thinking about this, he feels more and more that it is really not interesting.

"I reported the disaster as soon as it started, but no one came."

Shui Linglong interjected, "I remember that this place is under the jurisdiction of the Huangquan Sect. ”

After Wu Shouzhong heard this, he didn't have any extra expression, and continued, "I've been there, and their head is in retreat. ”

"Confused, when is it, as the city lord of one side, did he say that you won't do anything if you are closed?"

Blazing Flame said, "Senior Sister Shui, calm down, listen to what the city lord has to say first." ”

The city lord then replied, "I couldn't see it the first time I went, saying that I was in a dead pass, and then I went again, and their entire sect opened a mountain protection array, sealing the mountain, and no one could enter or leave. ”

Now, all three of them know that things are not so simple. Lie Yankong glanced at Shui Linglong, and Shui Linglong retreated willingly.

Lie Yankong then asked, "What's going on with the protective boundary outside the Changlin City's territory?" ”

The city lord replied, "I set it up with other cities and counties outside the city, and since I can't solve the disaster, I can't let it spread out and harm the people in other cities and counties." ”

When Lu Ming heard this, he also asked, "Why don't people from other cities and counties help?" ”

Wu Shouzhong replied, "My lord, the people of the Huangquan Sect don't make a move, do you think other people will help us?" ”

After a while, Shui Linglong came back, and Lie Yankong asked, "How?" ”

Shui Linglong replied, "The mountain is completely closed, no entry or exit." ”

Shui Linglong replied like this, which illustrates the attitude of the Huangquan Sect in this matter, generally there are large and small mountain closures, and the largest mountain closure is a complete blockade, no entry or exit, forming a separate realm, unless it is broken by external force, otherwise they can only wait for them to open the mountain by themselves.

Lie Yankong then asked, "What's going on with Red Spring Mountain?" ”

Wu Shouzhong replied, "When the disaster first broke out, I sent people to investigate, but no life survived, judging from the situation in the past six months, it should be that a dry fish was raised in Hongquan Mountain, and six months ago it should have been the time when it formed Ning Dan, so it caused this disaster." ”

Shui Linglong then asked, "Even if it's a Drought Devil Ning Dan, it's just a hundred-year Drought Fish, as the city lord, I see that you also have the cultivation of the Seven Realms, how can you not even wipe out a mere Hundred-Year-old Drought Fish." ”

Wu Shouzhong didn't go toe-to-toe with her, but replied lightly, "If it's an ordinary hundred-year-old drought, I can solve it myself, why bother to ask for help from Huangquan Sect, and I won't let the situation develop so far." ”

Lie Yankong asked, "It's really not an ordinary drought, if it's a dartfish that is naturally raised, it will be extinguished, but what if it's artificially raised?" ”

Wu Shouzhong raised his head for the first time, stared at the three people in front of him with heavy eyes, and said, "I won't do this, and I don't bother to do this." ”

Shui Linglong also said indifferently, "It doesn't matter if you do it, what matters is whether it has anything to do with you." ”

Hearing this, Wu Shouzhong also became cold, "Since the adults know it in their hearts, why bother asking more." I only hope that when the adults find a substitute for the dead, they will not forget to solve the scourge here. After all, human life is the most important thing. ”

Lie Yankong also heard the meaning of his words, but he would not listen to and believe partially, people's hearts are the most unpredictable, whether they are loyal or treacherous, good or evil, they can be disguised, but a change in the skin.

He said, "We will go to Hongquan Mountain, you have my warrant now, no matter what method you use, you must report the situation here to Tianjing." ”

Wu Shouzhong didn't seem to expect them to make such a decision, he was a little trance-like, he didn't react, he took the warrant handed over by Lie Yankong, and before the three of them were about to go out and leave, Wu Shouzhong finally couldn't help but ask, "Are you really going to Hongquan Mountain?" ”

Shui Linglong said, "You are not the only one who thinks you care about the people. ”

Blaze Yankong continued, "We will investigate it ourselves, if this matter has nothing to do with you, we will not use you as a substitute for the dead ghost, but if this matter has anything to do with you, we will not let you go." ”

At this point, the four of them knew in their hearts, Wu Shouzhong didn't expect that someone would really come to save them, and he didn't expect that they would really enforce the law impartially, after living for more than 30 years, he had tears in his eyes for the first time, "Please be careful, this matter is not simple, although the drought in Hongquan Mountain is powerful, but what is even more terrifying is that there are ghosts behind the scenes." ”

Lie Yankong glanced at him deeply, and after leaving a sentence, he left with his sword, "As an official, it is a good thing to be upright, but when facing the peak, you still have to have the attitude you should have." Only by keeping his position can he do more for the people. ”

After Wu Shouzhong heard this, he smiled bitterly, would he not know what Lie Yankong said? But when people think they are about to die, why do they grovel and smile?