Chapter 5: The Place of Exile
The strong man raised his eyebrows fiercely, like a blade, and his voice immediately became gloomy and cold: "Boy, if I had changed my temper ten years ago, you would be a dead corpse now!
"I am ......"
Lei Luo wanted to say more, but Dao Yuan stretched out his hand to stop him and said to the strong man: "I don't know how much my two brothers need to pay." ”
"Fifty taels each, a total of one hundred taels. ”
Hearing this, the strong man looked up to the sky and laughed, and his two subordinates also had a pale, as if they had already expected the final result.
"Boss, do you really want to give?"
The so-called good wealth is difficult to give up, and he was asked for money for no reason, Lei Luo was naturally dissatisfied in his heart, but seeing that Daoyuan nodded in agreement, although he was unwilling, he still took out a hundred taels of silver and handed it to the strong man angrily.
"Count you as acquaintances!" The strong man snorted coldly, threw over an iron plaque casually, and said: "At a young age, don't be a miser's virtue, this silver is not given in vain, if someone in the city is looking for you trouble, even if you show this card, then you can ensure that everything is worry-free, just remember to return it to the gatekeeper when you leave." Now, you can go. ”
With that, he strode away with his men.
Looking at the backs of the three of them, Lei Luo had already scolded in his heart.
"Okay, the so-called strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, we are in a foreign land, so we should be ruined and avoid disasters. Moreover, if you delay here, I'm afraid that we will miss our trip, don't lose a big one because of a small one, let's go. Dao Yuan persuaded and turned to leave.
"It's not that I feel sorry for the silver, but I can't see them behaving like this!" Lei Luo looked at the sign over and over again, and said depressedly: "I'm so big, I haven't heard of a rule where you have to pay to enter the city! One hundred taels of silver, in exchange for such a piece of scrap iron, these guys are too dark, it's really not a thing!"
Dao Yuan took the iron card, only to see an auspicious cloud engraved on the front, other than that, there was no explanation, and he muttered: "I think this iron card is some kind of proof, similar to something like a talisman, looking at the situation here, if what the person said is true, maybe it can really block us a lot of trouble." ”
"If there is a problem, we won't solve it ourselves? Do you want those grandchildren to be nosy?! I think they just want to take the opportunity to make money. ”
Dao Yuan frowned slightly, noncommittal.
After a short walk, the two came to a small restaurant, and just wanted to enter the door, but saw a person coming later, saw them, and scolded loudly: "Stinky boy, get out of the way, don't get in the way of the uncle." ”
Lei Luo was already angry, where did he pay attention to his words, he didn't mean to avoid it, and still walked in on his own.
When the man saw that the two of them had turned a deaf ear to his words, he couldn't help but be furious, and stepped forward to stop him: "You are deaf, and you dare not listen to what I say!"
Lei Luo said indifferently: "Who are you? The queue to is also divided into a first come, first served, why do we have to give way? Are you still unreasonable?"
This was supposed to be a place to eat, but this guy used such an analogy, and Dao Yuan suddenly had a black line, and sighed helplessly.
"Reason, my sword is reason!" The man's face changed, and he immediately pulled out his weapon and pointed at the two of them: "I'll use it to reason with you!"
Lei Luo was also furious, his heart moved, and the Soul Breaker Gun appeared instantly, shouting: "It's really when we are soft persimmons!
When the man saw it, he knew that he must have a treasure such as space storage, and his eyes suddenly showed a greedy look, and he just wanted to make a move, but he caught a glimpse of the iron card in Daoyuan's hand, his expression was stunned, and he withdrew his long sword stupidly, and said unwillingly: "It turns out that you have a cloud card in your hand, no wonder you are so arrogant! Hmph, count your luck!" threw down such a sentence, and hurriedly turned around and left.
Lei Luo retracted his posture, looked at his distant back, and scolded in a low voice: "This grandson is really pretending!"
Dao Yuan took in everything, and said with some enlightenment: "This person's strength is not bad, we may not be able to fight, I think, the reason why he retreated should be afraid of this iron card." ”
Lei Luo scratched his head: "Is this really the case?"
With doubts, the two came to the table and sat down, and after the food ordered, Lei Luo grabbed the shopkeeper and asked, "Man, what is the situation here?" Not only did they go into the city to ask for money, but they also dragged it like 2580,000 yuan by a person. ”
As the saying goes, when you enter the door, you are a guest, and when you open the door to do business, you will naturally make money with harmony, and the shopkeeper saw the guest asking, and said with a smile on his face: "As soon as I saw the two sons with dust on their faces, I knew that the two were definitely not local people, you don't know, our closed city, there is another name, called the place of exile!"
"Oh, what is the Land of Exile?" Thunderfall was immediately interested.
Shopkeeper said: "As the name suggests, all the people here were banished, but this exile was not forced by others, but voluntarily. The vast majority of people here are self-exiled, and if they want to get out, they must pass the test of the three life and death levels, otherwise, they will not be able to leave a single step for the rest of their lives. Otherwise, you will be hunted down by the order of the city lord, and in the end it will be a dead end. ”
"Do you mean that the people here are forced to do it as a last resort?" Dao Yuan looked around, feeling extremely strange in his heart.
The shopkeeper nodded: "Childe guessed well, these people are all loose cultivators who walk the rivers and lakes, none of them have a good temper, they immediately draw their knives against each other if they don't agree with each other, everyone doesn't know how many lives they have on their backs, and they are frantically chased and killed by the enemy, if they don't get mixed up outside, unless they have a sick brain, they will want to come here!"
"Won't their enemies come after here?"
"Haha, you don't know about this. Whoever is willing to exile himself, he can go to the city to register and explain everything, and then he will receive the protection of the city lord, and of course, he must also obey the rules set by the city lord. If there were, then these people would have hung up a long time ago, and would they still have a chance to come here?"
"I see. Dao Yuan raised the iron card in his hand: "I heard someone say that this thing is called a cloud card, what is the purpose?"
The shopkeeper smiled: "Presumably the two of you have already paid a hundred taels of silver." ”
Lei Luo slapped the table, still angry: "This thing is neither gold nor jade, and it is not a precious material refining, how can it be worth a hundred taels of silver!"
"Childe is wrong!"
"Wrong?"
"Well, if the two of you are confident that your cultivation is high enough to look down on everything, then this iron plate is naturally useless......" The shopkeeper looked at them and smiled: "Please forgive the villain, I think the two are young, even if their strength is good, they can't stop those outlaws, among them, there are really some powerful characters, so this iron plate is still very useful to the two." It is a talisman for outsiders here, and as long as they have it in their hands, they will not be bullied by others. Because, this cloud card was created by the city lord himself, specially made to protect the passing guests. The situation here is too peaceful in the open, but it is very complicated in secret, unless you are really strong, you will inevitably be in trouble, and you will often have to worry about your life. ”
Therefore, although it cost some money, it was worth it in exchange for a peace. ”
At this time, there were more and more diners who came to eat, and the shopkeeper didn't care about it, and after serving the food of the two in a hurry, he went to greet the other guests.
Fortunately, not only can you eat here, but you can also stay overnight, considering that Lei Luo is indeed extremely tired these days, and the injury has not yet healed, so Dao Yuan decided to stay for two days to let him recuperate.
In just two days, the two have seen no less than a dozen fights and bloodsheds, and the reason is simply the trivial matter of sesame mung beans, and even one of them was that someone looked at each other more, which caused a vicious fight.
What puzzled them was that the lockdown side actually ignored this, and every time after the battle, those soldiers were lazy and late to clean up the mess.
"What an ominous place for an evil sect!" said Lei Luo, pouting.