The autumn wind is bleak, and the withered leaves fall and pave a beautiful yellow in the yard.

Li Ji, the city lord of Xuanfeng City, had no intention of admiring the lonely autumn colors now, but waited at the door of the house with a little apprehension, looking at the other side of the street from time to time.

During this period, there were playful children in the house, who broke through the barriers of the servants at home and quietly slipped into the front yard. Li Ji had already warned all kinds of people in the family that they would not get the front yard tonight, but perhaps it was the negligence of the people who took care of these children at home that allowed a few children to break into the front yard.

At this time, Li Ji was the only one in the front yard at the door, and of course the children were discovered by Li Ji as soon as they stepped into the front yard, and then they were inevitably reprimanded.

Then, in the midst of the grievances of several children, the servant who heard the movement hurriedly took the children back.

Seeing this, Li Ji stood back at the original door again. The worry on his face didn't diminish much.

After a while, the sound of horses' hooves stepping on the stone slab "clicked" came, and the image of a horse-drawn carriage also appeared on the other side of the street, and gradually became clear from far and near.

Li Ji heard the voice, hurriedly stepped out of the threshold, and stood still on the side of the street.

A gust of autumn wind blew, Li Ji felt a little cold, and subconsciously clenched his fists, but his body did not move, maintaining a slightly forward posture.

At last, the carriage with its blue curtain came to a halt with a long, end-to-end "......" from the groom.

The sound of horses' hooves stopped, and the red horse raised its head, and a white breath came from its nostrils.

The horseman driving the car was an old man in his sixties, and he gestured to Li Ji's eyes. Seeing this, Li Ji's heart was a lot more settled.

As early as when the carriage had not stopped, Li Ji had already greeted him, and the old servant who was driving did not move tacitly, waiting for Li Ji to come and lift the curtain.

But Li Ji did not lift the curtain as expected. A beautiful hand lifted the curtain from the inside, and then a figure stepped down from the carriage and waved his hand to refuse Li Ji's hand that he wanted to support.

This is a young man in a black robe, who only feels that his appearance is mediocre at first sight, and his facial features are not stunning, except for those eyes that are slightly outstanding, there is nothing else to show it.

But Li Ji didn't dare to slack off. After motioning for the old servant to set up the carriage, he led the young man into the courtyard.

As he walked, Li Ji asked at the exit, "Dare to ask the name of the clan?"

Hearing this, the man also responded: "You don't have to be so restrained, go back to the roots, you and I are originally of the same clan." As for the name....... My name is Li Xuangang. ”

"It turned out to be the Xuanzi clan, in the lower Li Ji, thanks to the protection of the clan, and he was the city lord of this Xuanfeng City. Li Ji heard the meaning of Li Xuangang's words and knew that he should be a kind person, and the apprehension in his heart dropped slightly.

The Taiqiu Li family is a foundation-building family, with more than 300 monks and more than 100,000 mortals. Li Ji is a member of the Taiqiu Li family, but he has no spiritual root and can't cultivate immortals, so he doesn't have a word generation.

Although he is of the same clan as Li Xuangang, Xianfan is different after all, and the respect he should have is still there.

......

Li Ji took Li Xuangang through the front yard, through the sparse yellow leaves, and finally the two sat down in the hall.

As soon as the two of them sat down, two maids brought tea, and they didn't speak, but just poured tea, although there was not much unusual on their faces, but the curiosity overflowing in their eyes could not be concealed. Of course, Li Xuangang also noticed it, but he didn't care.

"City Lord, a few days ago, you sent a message to the clan, saying that there are demons and evil in Xuanfeng City, now can you tell me in detail?" Li Xuangang asked.

Seeing that Li Xuangang was straight to the point, Li Ji did not hesitate and told the matter as it was.

It turned out that Xuanfeng City was a small city under the jurisdiction of the Li family, with a population of less than 5,000, of which eighty or ninety percent were members of the Li family.

Originally, under the protection of the Li family, Xuanfeng City was calm, and the surrounding demon beasts had already been disposed of in advance by the family's monks. It's just that a year ago, news came from some villages outside the city that many domestic animals had died inexplicably, and Li Ji didn't care about it at that time, thinking that it was just some wild things raging. Therefore, Li Ji only arranged some people to search the hills outside the city at that time, and hunted a lot of wild things.

Although this matter is a little abnormal, it is not enough to bother the monks of the family for this, and in the end Li Ji did not inform the family, but in the past six months, not only the livestock in the farmer's family have been dying, but even some villagers have begun to die, including several residents of the city.

Most of the dead people were members of the Li family, and Li Ji knew that things were not as simple as he thought. So he didn't dare to delay any longer, and hurriedly sent a letter to the family, asking for help from the clan.

"Clan, after this incident happened, I have strengthened my vigilance and sent people to those villages outside the city, but the situation has not eased. ”

"Do you have any opinions?" asked Li Ji at the exit.

Hearing Li Xuangang's inquiry, Li Ji was obviously stunned. He didn't expect the other party to care about his mere mortal opinion. But Li Ji also immediately adjusted his mentality and tried to express his opinion.

"Since the clan has asked, although I am short-sighted, I dare to say my opinion. ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say that. ”

Li Xuangang himself is not a high-level cultivator, he is only refining the fifth layer of qi, and the power of divine consciousness is not strong, plus Xuanfeng City is a small city, located in a remote area, Li Xuangang is not familiar with this place, if he dares to find the reason by himself, it will definitely be difficult.

In contrast, Li Ji is the city lord of this place, and he must be familiar with the situation here, although he is trapped in the identity of a mortal and can't get in touch with too many things in the cultivation realm, but his words should have something to learn from, which is better than Li Xuangang being confused.

"Xuanfeng City is almost in the westernmost part of the realm under the jurisdiction of the family, and further west is the Hengduan Mountain Range, where demon beasts are rampant, I guess if it is the chaos caused by the demon beasts that accidentally ran out of the Hengduan Mountain Range. ”

Li Xuangang of the Hengduan Mountain Range knows that this is a natural danger, and there are some terrifying demon beasts in it.

But in fact, the Hengduan Mountain Range is also an important source of resources in the eastern part of the entire Chaoyang Continent, and many casual cultivators, including family monks and sect monks, will enter the Hengduan Mountain Range to hunt demon beasts and collect spiritual grass.

Li Xuangang thought about it and thought that what Li Ji said was reasonable. Although it is mostly a speculative idea, the credibility is there.

Without further ado, after asking Li Ji in detail about the details of the incident that night, Li Xuangang declined Li Ji's invitation to dinner. He just asked for a map of the neighborhood and asked Li Ji to mark the locations of the villages where the accident occurred.

After carefully confirming that the map was correct, Li Xuangang left Li Ji's house.

Li Ji originally wanted to go with him, but was rejected by Li Xuangang, and Li Ji proposed to send the officials in the city to go with him, Li Xuangang thought for a moment and still rejected this proposal.

These people are all mortals, and the strongest is only some martial arts, but if the culprit this time is the demon beast as guessed, these people will not only not be able to help much, but it is very likely that they will have to drag their feet.

Now that the location has been determined, Li Xuangang will not delay. Running all the way, he didn't take the carriage like when he came, and with the blessing of the monk's powerful spiritual power, Li Xuangang quickly got out of the walls of Xuanfeng City.

Taking out the map and looking at the directions, Li Xuangang ran towards the west of Xuanfeng City.

The trip is getting closer and closer to the Hengduan Mountains.