Chapter 3: The National Teacher and the Ranger

Li Xiangyan heard the information he wanted, and was about to leave the county town of Qianli Xiang and go to the original site of Guose City.

As a result, when he first arrived at the city gate, he suddenly heard a commotion behind him.

He looked back, but saw that it was the people of the city who called the name of the old man and retreated to the side of the road.

Soon, I saw a woman dressed in a five-grade official uniform, riding a snow-treading black horse, galloping, followed by the state and county Sima, the chief bookkeeper, the general judge, and the officials of various divisions.

Obviously, this woman in a five-grade official uniform is the county guard of Qianlixiang, the lord who loves the people like a son in the mouth of the people in the city.

Seeing this old man, Li Xiangyi was a little surprised.

It's not because she is a woman, in today's world, women can also study and practice, as long as their conduct and ability are sufficient, they can be slaughtered by officials in all countries of Jiuzhou, and they can also become Buddhas and become holy in the three religions and hundreds of schools.

It's because she is very young, she looks like she is only in her thirties, and there is a gentle softness between her eyebrows and eyes.

It is difficult to associate such a woman with the Qingtian Lord who loves the people like a son.

Like the rest of the people, Li Xiangyun consciously stepped aside.

However, his gesture of looking just now seemed to attract the attention of the eldest woman, and as she sped by, she glanced in this direction, and then led a group of officials out of the city.

At this time, Li Xiangyi still performed the technique of change, incarnating into an ordinary-looking green-shirted swordsman.

After learning the lesson of being recognized by Zhao Longcheng, he used his natal object [Vientiane Update Seal] to cover his qi, and under the sage, no one should be able to see through his true identity.

On the contrary, through the face just now, he realized that this woman's cultivation was not low, either the eighth realm or the ninth realm.

This place belongs to Tianxiang Country, and she has the official seal on her body to suppress the luck of a county's mountains and rivers, and he can't see through her realm at a glance without using some special means.

The lord of a large county in a place has the cultivation of the eight realms and even the nine realms, and this Tianxiang country is really a strong country.

Seeing that the county guard lord led all the officials of the county town out of the city, the people couldn't help but talk, and Li Xiangyi heard a lot of information.

For example, the names of many officials such as the county guard, Sima, the chief bookkeeper, and the general judge.

The eldest man of the women's county guard is surnamed Shen, the large number is Ming Qiong, born in the Tianxiang country, three years ago, he was twenty-eight years ago, and he was appointed as the county guard of Qianlixiang, which is the youngest county guard in the history of Qianlixiang County.

It is said that she once made a marriage contract with a door queen, and she was supposed to get married three years ago, but she postponed the marriage contract for the sake of the people of Senlixiang County, who had just gone through a catastrophe at that time, and she has not been married until now.

In the past three years, Qianlixiang County, which was once poor and weak due to disasters, has returned to prosperity under her governance.

I didn't want to neighbor the state, but there was a shocking change, so that Master Shen, who originally wanted to return to his hometown, could only postpone the marriage contract again.

Today, it is already her Lord Shen Mingqiong, who has personally led people to the periphery of the original site of Guose City for the fifth consecutive day to monitor the vision of the mysterious mountain.

After bidding farewell to the lord of the county, the people of the city dispersed.

With the eldest lord here, they are all very relieved, and they don't need to worry about the disappearance of the national color city, which will affect Qianlixiang County.

Li Xiangyi went out of the county town, and saw that Lord Shen Mingqiong and a group of officials had already disappeared into the distance, so he followed the wind.

It didn't take long for him to come to the original site of Guose City.

As the former capital of Tianxiang Kingdom, although it has been reduced to a small city after various changes, it is still thirty miles longitudinal and horizontal.

It is really strange that such a city suddenly disappears.

Li Xiangyi came in person at this time, looked up, and sure enough, he saw that at the original site of Guose City, a mysterious mountain surrounded by clouds and mist appeared.

The original small city, including the people in the city, is gone.

Qianlixiang County and other neighboring states and counties have set up checkpoints on the periphery of this mysterious mountain to prevent any people from approaching.

Master Shen Mingqiong was in a temporary checkpoint at this time, discussing something with a few people who were wearing the same official uniform as her.

Before the checkpoint, the guards of hundreds of states and counties were nervously staring at the mysterious mountain in front of them.

Li Xiangyun hid in the shadow of a tree, and heard from a distance that this mysterious mountain was not a good one, and from time to time it would emit a few clouds of strange mist, and anyone who was swallowed by the treacherous fog would disappear after letting out a scream.

"Could it be that the entire Guose City, including the Jiuzhou Pavilion secret agents who came to investigate, were swallowed up by the treacherous mist emerging from this mysterious mountain?"

"But judging from the distress letter sent by the old shopkeeper on the third floor of the National Color City, it seems that things are not so simple."

"In the old shopkeeper's bloody note, let me save Niuniu, and also mentioned a sentence with unclear meaning 'The Black Emperor is now, the big day is hidden', what is the secret of this?"

Li Xiangyi was in deep thought.

He didn't rush into the mysterious mountain, a treacherous incident that could directly alarm the Lord of Jiuzhou Pavilion was obviously not that simple.

Now the attitude of the Tianxiang Kingdom Imperial Court seems to be so secretive.

It is even more important not to be careless.

The disappearance of Guose City has long been spread, and at this moment, outside this level, there are many people in the rivers and lakes and cultivators with unpredictable realms.

Li Xiangyun saw that there were already many people who looked like wild cultivators and rangers, and he couldn't help but pass through the clouds and mist and walk into the mysterious mountain.

For these cultivators, Shen Mingqiong and several other county guards did not stop them, they set up cards here just to intercept ordinary people.

Even Shen Mingqiong and the county guards who were present in the vicinity of several states and counties set up a reward together, as long as they could bring out any effective information from the mysterious mountain, they could receive the big reward.

Even being able to come out alive from it can have a certain reward.

Obviously, they are willing to use these wild cultivators and rangers to explore this mysterious mountain that suddenly appeared.

Li Xiangyun held the bloody note left by the old shopkeeper on the third floor in his hand, and used the [Dayi Tianji Technique] to deduce, he used several Hongmeng small worlds, and he could only learn that the granddaughter of the old shopkeeper, Niuniu, was still alive.

As for the old shopkeeper and the others in the third floor, as well as the entire national color city, they didn't know anything.

"It seems inevitable that you still have to enter this mysterious mountain to find out." Li Xiangyi muttered to himself, he looked up at the sky, and prepared to wait until noon, when the sun was highest in the sky, and the clouds and mist around the mysterious mountain had dissipated a little, and then he would enter it.

couldn't wait for the imperial envoy, Master Shen Mingqiong of Qianlixiang County, and several other state and county lords, it seemed that they finally couldn't wait.

In order to find out the reason for the disappearance of Guose City and take precautions in advance, several state and county lords decided to form an elite team of men and horses to go deep into the mysterious mountains to investigate.

"This expedition, led by my personal maid, I asked her to bring one of my private tokens, this thing is given by the ancestor of the family, even through the fog, it should be able to convey some information, I hope this trip can let us see the inside story of this mysterious mountain." Shen Mingqiong said solemnly.

Beside her, stood a woman with a saber in soft armor.

This woman is only in her early twenties, but she has a capable and calm demeanor, and several other state and county adults can't help but feel a sense of trust when they see it.

They also sent elite soldiers and strong generals in the state and county governments, a total of 12 people, to be led by this maid of the Shen family to the mysterious mountain.

"Ah Yuan, the main purpose of this trip is to find the disappeared Guose City, as well as to explore the source of this treacherous fog, if you can find the people of Guose City, it is best to do other things."

"I hope all of you can come back safely!" Shen Mingqiong admonished.

At this time, her eyebrows and eyes were full of concern and worry, not like a taishou, but more like an eldest sister who instructed her sister to travel far away.

The saber maid Shen Yuan nodded: "I understand, please rest assured." ”

Then a group of thirteen people crossed the temporary checkpoint without looking back and walked towards the mist-shrouded mountain.

Li Xiangyi's heart moved inexplicably, and he couldn't help but use the [Confucian Wangqi Technique], and he found that including the leading saber maid Shen Yuan, these thirteen warriors who entered the mountain actually had a few traces of black gas floating above their heads.

"Is this a mortal situation?"

He frowned slightly, wanting to show up to warn him, but stopped after thinking about it.

There have already been many wild cultivators, rangers, and people swept by the treacherous fog who have disappeared into the mysterious mountains, but they still resolutely go there, obviously prepared for death.

Now persuade them to go down, for the safety of all the people in the neighboring states and counties, a few county guards will still organize others to investigate again.

He didn't care about it, just turned into a breeze and dived into the mountains.

I don't know how long I flew in the clouds and mist, it seemed like there was only a moment, and it seemed like several years had passed, just when Li Xiangyun wanted to exert thousands of heroic qi, turn into the breeze of heaven and earth, and blow away the surrounding clouds and mist.

Suddenly, his body lightened, and it became clear in front of him that he was far away from the clouds and appeared in a small town.

The town was very empty, and there was not a single local person in sight, nor was there a figure of Shen Yuan's team.

He obviously came in with Shen Yuan and the other thirteen people.

Rushing to the mysterious mountain, but entering this empty town, this sudden appearance, the mountain that replaced the national color city is really mysterious and treacherous.

Li Xiangyi walked into the town, and was about to investigate, when suddenly something appeared in front of him, which made his eyes light up.

……

Just when Li Xiangyun turned into a breeze and sneaked into the mysterious mountain.

On the official road leading from Senrika County to the original site of Kokusei City, a very luxurious carriage appeared.

The man who drove the carriage was a tiger-headed man.

He was very athletic, with tiger ears, tiger hair, and tiger stripes on his head.

If it weren't for the fact that his body was no different from a human, he would simply be an upright tiger.

Obviously, this is a tiger demon that is not fully transformed.

In Nanmenghuazhou, unlike the Southwest Heavenly Demon Continent in the west, all kinds of demons are still relatively rare, but at this time, this tiger demon appeared on the official road in a grand manner.

When the horse team of wealthy merchants saw it, they didn't care.

This is because there is a flag hanging on the carriage, and everyone can recognize it at a glance, and the person in the carriage is the national teacher of Tianxiang Country.

"Master, we will arrive at Guose City ahead!" The sturdy tiger demon glanced at the looming mountain in front of him and turned around and said.

"Is it so soon? I haven't even turned a few pages of my book. There was a pleasant voice in the carriage.

The sturdy tiger demon replied: "Master, His Majesty the Emperor asked us to arrive at Guose City within three days, but this is already two days late, not fast. ”

The man in the carriage said lazily: "It's okay, the matter of Guose City, the teacher has already taken care of it, and everything is in my plan." ”

"Master, in order to find a celebrity relic, you missed a day and lost another day, is it also in your plan?"

"Nonsense! Isn't it up to you to get lost? You are in a car, how can you be counted as a teacher? At most, I missed for a long time, and that half a day was because you were too stupid, and you couldn't even find Li Shixian riding a donkey to visit the Qingya land. ”

When the sturdy tiger demon heard this, a wry smile appeared on his face.

He understands Master's temperament best, and he will not admit his mistakes no matter what, and Master is a good reader, loves to visit celebrity relics, and is also famous throughout the country, even His Majesty the Emperor is used to it.

I only hope that this trip to the national color city will not make a mistake.

As a psychic tiger demon, he had a very bad premonition that maybe the entire national color city might really be gone forever - if the master couldn't arrive in time.

The master's leisure was so easy that he couldn't control it, so he had to whip it and drive the carriage to the original site of Guose City as soon as possible.

Just then, a gust of wind came out and lifted the curtain of the carriage, revealing the scene inside.

Sitting in the carriage turned out to be a petite tanuki cat.

At this time, it was looking down at the book, and the wind ruffled the pages, and it looked up and glared, as if it was a little dissatisfied.

……

On another official road leading to the original site of the National Color City, a woman dressed in black and wearing a sword at her waist was stepping forward.

On her chest, embroidered with a delicate word "ink".

There are still many pedestrians on the official road, and one of them is still a fierce gang hero, but when he saw her, he took the initiative to give way.

Because this is a Mohist ranger.

The Mo family rangers traveled, and the treacherous retreated.

It's just that at this time, this Mo family female ranger didn't bother to look at this group of gang heroes, and rushed to Guose City.

(End of chapter)