Before tearing open the Nine Sky Chart.

Lu Xuan thought that this old man, one black and one white, wanted to live out the whole sacrifice to the demon god or something.

After all, he has encountered similar things along the way.

However, after tearing apart the Nine Heavens Diagram......

Lu Xuan realized that something was wrong.

He didn't have a sacrificial weapon in his hand.

It's a flying sigil.

The pink mist shrouded him, taking him and Cheng Lingzhu away from here.

Lu Xuan glanced back, Hai Lao had already arrived at the scene and suppressed the two Void Refining Cultivators, but he didn't have to worry about dealing with it afterwards.

So he didn't resist, and let the mist envelop him, and fly through the clouds toward the horizon.

I don't know how long it took.

The pink mist landed with the two of them.

A big city appeared in the sight of Lu Xuan and Cheng Lingzhu.

Lu Xuan stood still and looked at it from a distance-

【Qingxian City】.

The walls are tall and imposing.

There was a procession in front of the gates, all of which were people preparing to enter the city.

At the gate of the city stood two officers and soldiers, with strong bodies and full faces, who were blocking the road at the moment to check.

The most special thing is that near the city gate, there are two extremely tall statues.

These are two stone statues, carved with the presence of a human body with a snake head.

He took on the form of a human being, with normal limbs.

And from the waist, the bones on the costal side are distorted and bulged, becoming fan-shaped, like a cobra standing upright.

The snake god held a steel fork in his hand, and his exposed skin was covered in fine scales.

Although it is a dead thing, a pair of eyes are extremely carved and look majestic.

"This is the inheritance of a certain being?"

Lu Xuan looked at the city in the distance.

He is also well-informed, especially after erasing the harvest, he has gained a lot of knowledge from the other party's memory.

At this moment, after a little thought, I thought of a similar account.

co-authored himself to rob the opportunity of the two old men.

Some powers will decorate their inheritance into the appearance of a city-state, and the people in the city are conscious and can move freely.

Normally, these NPCs are dormant and don't start functioning until someone comes in.

However, the inheritance place pointed to by the Nine Heavens Diagram is not in a secret realm of heaven and earth, but a city-state that exists in the Cangyuan realm......

This surprised Lu Xuan.

"A mortal city?"

Cheng Lingzhu saw the roots of this city.

Although the stone statue in front of the city gate is hideous.

But in Cheng Lingzhu's view, these two stone statues are just puppets and mortals, without semi-spirituality, just ordinary statues.

Neither the people in the city nor the officers and soldiers defending the city have any cultivation.

"Aren't we two too ostentatious?"

Lu Xuan smiled slightly and looked at Cheng Lingzhu.

The girl's facial features are bright and bright, and her temperament is smart and dusty, which makes people suspect that she is a goddess in the sky and has traveled to this world.

"That's right."

The corners of Cheng Lingzhu's mouth rose, and a jade hand touched Lu Xuan's face:

"If you let others see you, don't you think that you are a fairy descending to earth."

The two of them smiled.

When they were about to cast their spells and change their appearances and clothes, some changes occurred in the field.

The pink mist that brought the two of them here did not dissipate, but hovered in the air for a while before falling into Lu Xuan's hands.

The mist dissipated and appeared in Lu Xuan's hand......

It's a set of official robes.

Lu Xuan raised his eyebrows.

Not only official robes, but also road guides, discs, and other things.

These are the certificates that officials are out of the house to take office.

"This ...... It's kind of interesting. ”

Lu Xuan looked at the things in his hand.

Cheng Lingzhu opened the body, and the corresponding information was written on it.

"This is a letter of appointment to the magistrate of Qingxian County...... Well, there are also portraits on it. ”

Cheng Lingzhu couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth, spread out his body, and showed it to Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan looked at the middle-aged man in the portrait and pointed to himself:

"Is this portrait me?"

"It says that's you."

Cheng Lingzhu shook the body in his hand and blinked a little playfully.

Both of them understood at this time that the test set by this unknown senior was very special.

He/she asks the person who has the opportunity to pretend to be a magistrate, enter this city, and pass some kind of test before he can be enlightened.

For chance creation, Lu Xuan is not very demanding.

But he was interested in the test.

The previous document wrote his current identity -

The magistrate of Qingxian County, Youzhou Prefecture, Dakang Dynasty, Wu Bangde.

The inscription is the great seal of the ministry.

"Let's put it on first."

Cheng Lingzhu took the official robe and unfolded it in front of Lu Xuan.

She used to like to dress up Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan stretched out his hands, turned his back, and said solemnly:

"Please also ask Madame to change my clothes."

Cheng Lingzhu patted him lightly and said angrily:

"It's not a lady."

"Hey, isn't it reasonable for me to pretend to be the county magistrate, and you to pretend to be the county magistrate's wife?"

Lu Xuan turned his head to talk to her.

"How can the magistrate take office with his wife?"

Cheng Lingzhu glanced at him, "Don't you want to follow you as a county magistrate?" ”

"Hey, that's the truth."

Lu Xuan understood.

"When the county magistrate took office, the female relatives in the family were escorted by their cronies, and they were followed by their entourage.

Later, I'll perform a change technique and be your master...... It makes sense for the two of us to do this. ”

Cheng Lingzhu had also traveled to some mundane countries in his previous life and had a certain understanding of this matter.

After dressing up, Lu Xuan turned into a middle-aged man in the portrait, dressed in an official robe, with a tough face, and weathered.

Cheng Lingzhu also transformed into a slightly younger man, with a white face and beard, and he was sven.

It's just that she's wearing ordinary clothes.

The master is a staff member of the county, and he is a supernumerary person, and he does not have an official uniform.

"Let's go, county magistrate."

Cheng Lingzhu said with a smile.

Lu Xuan glanced at the statue of the snake god in the distance, and said loudly:

"Let's go, take over Snake City!"

………………

Inside Qingxian City.

At a tea stall, Lu Xuan and Cheng Lingzhu were drinking tea while observing the surrounding environment.

Lu Xuan and Cheng Lingzhu have not yet reported to the county office.

The reason was that before entering Qingxian City, Lu Xuan thought of some other things.

It is quite rare to find such a place of inheritance that defines the identity of destined people.

After all, the characteristic of the city-state inheritance is that the fake is confused, and the NPCs in the city have their own thoughts, and even they don't know that they are fake.

If someone enters it, they will only think that they have come to an ordinary city, participate in the normal operation of the city, and affect the story line.

It wasn't until I passed the test that I realized that this was the city of inheritance left by my predecessors.

The most subtle part of the whole process is when the truth is finally revealed.

But Qingxian City put his identity directly in front of him, which is to tell the inheritor:

"This city is a dungeon, and the people in it are NPCs."

"You're playing a role-playing game right now, so find a way to beat it."

is too straightforward and lacks the charm of Xianxia.

If this kind of design spreads, it will be laughed at by other powerful people.

"We must pass the test as a county magistrate."

Cheng Lingzhu pondered:

"It is the great power of the party that leaves the test, and the one who accepts the test is also the cultivator, but in this city, our identity is the magistrate of the mortal realm......

Lu Xuan nodded:

"What this senior means should be that we can't use cultivation...... At the very least, you can't use too high cultivation, but use your wisdom to solve the crisis encountered in Qingxian City. ”

He'd already probed it with his soul, and this was a mortal city.

Mo said that he and Cheng Lingzhu had come to the Qi refining period, and a monk in the Qi refining period could kill this city.

"How great is the power of the head of a county, what danger can there be?"

Cheng Lingzhu frowned.

It was with this consideration in mind that the two decided to find out about the situation first.

Lu Xuan changed his official uniform, dressed up as an ordinary person with Cheng Lingzhu, and entered the city.

Lu Xuan raised his head and looked around.

Every house here, all the shops have a small square platform on the outer wall.

On the square platform was a miniature version of the statue, with a human head and a snake body, exactly like the statue seen outside the city before.

Each statue is tied with a blue-black strip of cloth, which is very strange.

"It's the first time for the two guest officers to come to our Qingxian City, right?"

At this moment, a white-haired old man approached.

He is the owner of the tea stall, and the business is not busy today, there are only three or four customers in total.

"Oh? How did the old man see it? ”

Lu Xuan smiled.

"Hehe, if you have been to our Qingxian City, how can you be so unfamiliar with the [Qingxian] adult?"

The old man laughed.

"Qingxian?"

Lu Xuan raised his eyebrows.

"yes."

The old man nodded:

"Qingxian, it is the patron saint of our Qingxian City, according to legend, it was a big green python that saved everyone's lives when there was a big flood.

Later, the surviving people rebuilt the city, and thanked the big green python for saving their lives, so they named the city after 'Qingxian'. ”

"I see."

When Lu Xuan heard this, he bowed slightly, "No wonder every household in Qingxian City has placed Qingxian statues in front of the door." ”

"Actually, this is also the requirement of the [Green Immortal Society], how dare we, who open the door to do business, disobey the orders of the adults of the Green Immortal Society."

The old man sighed.

"The Blue Immortal Society?"

Cheng Lingzhu was stunned when he heard this.

"The Qingxian Society is a local shrine, responsible for organizing sacrifices and managing all affairs related to Qingxian."

The old man explained:

"These statues of the Green Immortals were all invited from the Green Immortal Club at a great price...... If you don't invite it, you will be disrespectful to the green immortals, and you will be fined silver at the light of the day, and you will be imprisoned at the worst. ”

"A civil society that can put people in jail? Will this Qingxian be so arrogant? ”

Lu Xuan frowned.

"Eh, the guest officer is cautious, cautious."

The old man's face suddenly changed when he heard this, and he looked around and found that no one had noticed here, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

"In our city, the Qingxian Society is the sky, and any Yamen officers and soldiers have to rely on their snorts.

The people in the city know that if you offend the yamen, you can still argue, but if you offend the Qingxian Society...... I won't even see the sun tomorrow. ”

The old man shook his head helplessly, "Little Lao'er, this tea stall, fifty percent of the monthly income has to be dedicated to the adults of the Qingxian Society." ”

"How much tax do you pay to the court?"

Cheng Lingzhu asked.

"Twenty percent."

The old man smiled bitterly:

"So all year round, at most, I don't starve to death, and I don't even dare to get sick.

If you get sick once and have no money in your hand to treat it, you have to go to the Qingxian Club to borrow usury, and if you can't afford to sell your children, it is not uncommon for you to end up with a ruined family. ”

"If there is no king's law, the court will not care?"

Lu Xuan knocked on the table.

"Where can the court be in charge?"

The tea stall owner sighed:

"What's going on all over the country now...... What Black Lotus Sect, the Black Lotus demons rebelled everywhere, wolf smoke everywhere, and the imperial court was too busy to take care of itself, how could they have the time to manage such a small county town as ours? ”

Lu Xuan looked at the street, there was some chaos and noise in Qingxian City.

This is because in recent days, many people who have fled from Qinghe County have poured into the city.

The reason is that Qinghe County made trouble with the Black Lotus Sect, killed officials and rebelled, and the people fled.

This also explains why the people of Qingxian City don't run out.

People outside are even worse off than in the city.

"What about the previous county magistrate of Qingxian City, do you sit idly by and ignore this?"

Cheng Lingzhu thought of this question.

"They are all officials and Qingxian will wear a pair of pants."

The old man spoke:

"Every time the county magistrate takes office, he must cooperate with the Qingxian Association, set up a name, and wantonly loot the people's fat and ointment.

Part of the money went into taxes, and the other part went into the pockets of the magistrate.

If you pay taxes in full and quickly, and you are naturally satisfied with the above, you can be promoted, and you can have political achievements and share the money, why not? ”

The owner of the tea stall spoke, and after a moment of silence, he said:

"Actually, it's not that there are no good county magistrates, but good county magistrates can't stay long in our Qingxian City.

The whole city only recognizes the Qingxian Society, but does not recognize the Yamen, and the things that the Yamen can't manage, the Qingxian Society can solve it with a word.

What the Qingxian Society does not allow, no one dares to do when the yamen forces it. ”

"And."

The old man lowered his voice, "All the county magistrates who opposed the Qingxian Society died mysteriously in the end, what is going on...... Alas. ”

"Troubled times."

Lu Xuan was silent for a long time.

The court's restraint on the local government has been greatly reduced, so much so that even such a thing as killing an official can be easily suppressed.

"Let's settle the bill."

Lu Xuan took out half a piece of silver from his arms and put it on the table.

He already knew what he was going to do when he came to Qingxian City.

"This, this...... Such a big piece, I can't help it, I can't help it. ”

The old man hurriedly pushed the silver to Lu Xuan.

"If you take it, you will take it."

Lu Xuan stuffed the silver into the other party's hand.

At this moment, there was a sudden movement in the distance.

Drums rumble and gongs play.

A deep voice sounded—

"Qingxian travels, mortals retreat!"

Lu Xuan followed the prestige, and what appeared in the field of vision was an extremely tall statue.

The idol was carved from a single piece of wood, draped in black cloth, and with the chariot that pulled it at the bottom, it was only slightly lower than the city gate.

Wherever they passed, the people knelt down one after another, not daring to look directly at the gods.

In front of the statue, several men from the Blue Immortal Society laughed and drove their horses wantonly, as if they were opening the way.

The people hurriedly avoided it and hid to the side for fear of being knocked down.

There was chaos in the field, and just then, a young child was crushed and fell to the ground.

When the man in black on horseback saw this scene, instead of panicking, he also had a cruel smile on his face.

He jerked the reins, and the horse stood up, and the two bowl-sized front hooves fell, trampling the young child's body.

(End of chapter)