Volume 2 The Rise of Great Xia Chapter 1: Do You Know What It Is?
Long Xuan and Ling Yun have been walking together since they met on the official road of Baiyun City, Ling Yun, who has never been out of Hidden Spring Town, originally planned to go to Baiyun City first, but one is that the Long family has some industries in Baiyun City, Long Xuan is afraid that he will be found after entering Baiyun City, and the other is that Long Xuan has long thought of Songlin City and has long insight, so he pulled Ling Yun to Songlin City, and Ling Yun heard Long Xuan say that Songlin City is far more prosperous than Baiyun City, so he no longer insisted.
The two teenagers were in a hurry to learn at the same time, if they didn't use internal force to compare moves, Long Xuan was not Ling Yun's opponent at all, the seemingly chaotic Nine Shadows Demon Claw Claw Method, but it was an implicit way of heaven, and the move was like an antelope hanging horns, extremely tricky, so that Long Xuan was tired of coping, only with internal force Long Xuan could he reach a tie with Ling Yun, which made Long Xuan exclaim every time.
Long Xuan didn't think about learning this Nine Shadows Claw Method from Ling Yun, and even came up with a way to tempt Ling Yun with food, Ling Yun was lonely since he was a child, often hungry, and food was irresistible to Ling Yun.
However, no matter how many times Ling Yun practiced in front of Long Xuan, when Long Xuan practiced by himself, he could only take shape and could not exert his power, which made Long Xuan, who had always been proud of his qualifications, very unwilling.
The reason Ling Yun probably understood, after all, he was the Nine Demon Dog who personally imprinted this claw method in the Sea of Knowledge, and Long Xuan had never seen the appearance of the Nine Demon Dog itself, let alone imitate its god, so naturally he couldn't exert the true power of the devil's claw.
In the afternoon of more than ten days later, the two came to Songlin City, looking at the huge gate of Songlin City and the flow of people coming in and out, the orphans from Hidden Spring Town were full of emotion, and they really shouldn't have more knowledge than to eat and wait for death in Hidden Spring Town.
"Only by becoming strong can we go further and see the wider world!" Ling Yun's determination to become stronger was strengthened again.
Entering the city, the neat houses and shops on both sides of the street dazzled Ling Yun and made him dizzy.
Long Xuan had never been to Songlin City either, so he asked passers-by about the delicious places in the city, and found this restaurant and invited Ling Yun to have a big meal.
Maybe it's because of the influence of activating the bloodline, maybe it's because Ling Yun has been spending a lot of money on training with Long Xuan recently, and Ling Yun needs to be replenished, in short, after Long Xuan stopped eating and drinking, Ling Yun was still eating heavily.
This meal, eaten darkly, this is the best meal that Ling Yun has felt in so many years, of course, if there are not so many onlookers around, Ling Yun will be more satisfied.
The food on the table decreased at a rapid rate, and in Long Xuan's frightened eyes, Ling Yun swept away three times the food of Long Xuan, making Long Xuan subconsciously touch the money bag in his arms, and smiled bitterly in his heart: "This can't last a few meals!"
There are also some childlike Long Xuan who wanted to be extravagant, shocked Ling Yun, and deliberately ordered more food, but was shocked by Ling Yun instead, looking at Ling Yun who was still a little unsatisfied, Long Xuan broke into a cold sweat and hurriedly shouted: "Little Er, settle the bill." β
Ling Yun touched his stomach, looked at Long Xuan with a slightly red face, and asked hesitantly and shyly, "Brother Long, why don't you come a little more?"
Long Xuan beckoned Xiao Er's hand to pause in the air, blinked his eyes twice, and turned his head to look at Ling Yun with difficulty: "Haven't eaten yet?"
It was almost with a drag that Ling Yun was pulled out of the restaurant, and only then was inside, Ling Yun once again ate twice as much food as Long Xuan! Long Xuan smiled bitterly and took out the last copper coin in his bag, which was just enough to settle the bill.
At this time, it was getting late, Long Xuan walked forward with a gloomy face and a dull head without saying a word, and Ling Yun hurriedly followed: "Brother Long, where are you going now?"
Long Xuan's shoulders trembled, and he didn't reply, he walked straight forward, Ling Yun simply stood still: "Brother Long, where are we going now, don't we go to find a place to sleep?"
Long Xuan really couldn't help it, turned around, took his hand into his arms, took out a thing and handed it to Ling Yun's eyes: "Do you know what this is?"
Ling Yun looked at the very delicate bag in front of him, and replied with a little doubt: "You know, isn't this a money bag?
Long Xuan's expression became extremely exciting, first sluggish, and then almost crying, he opened the mouth of the bag and shook the mouth of the bag a few times in front of Ling Yun's eyes.
"It's a money bag, yes! The problem is that there is no money, you ...... You'll eat up all my savings in one meal. Long Xuan wailed, "Mother, how did I know you were so edible!"
Ling Yun scratched his head embarrassedly: "I'm sorry, Brother Long, that meal is so delicious, I've never eaten anything so delicious, so ......"
Long Xuan waved his hand helplessly: "Forget it, I didn't expect the price of Songlin City to be so high, but this place is not as good as at home, and I have no place to find some money, maybe I have to sleep on the street tonight." β
For sleeping on the streets, Ling Yun does not have the slightest psychological barrier, but Long Xuan is from a family, although Long Qingfeng is a little strict with him, but Long Qinglei is indeed very doting, since he was a child, he has also lived a day when he stretched out his hands to eat and open his mouth, if it wasn't for Long Xuan's cultivation since childhood, and he had a stubborn temper to support him, he might have run home a few days ago when he was not used to eating and drinking.
Now that he has arrived in Songlin City, Long Xuan naturally refuses to sleep on the streets, Ling Yun can't resist Long Xuan, so he has to follow Long Xuan to knock on doors and spend the night.
Those who can live in Songlin City are either businessmen and wealthy people, or martial arts masters, and who will take in Long Xuan and Ling Yun for no reason, and the helpless two can only walk along the street after hitting the wall again and again, thinking about dealing with a little sheltered place for a night, and then make plans tomorrow.
To say that this Songlin City, because it is located in the hinterland of Great Xia, there is a wild forest in the north as a natural barrier, and several other directions are not adjacent to other countries, plus it is a huge commercial base itself, and the four ancient blood families all have manpower in this city, so it is completely different from other cities in Great Xia, and it does not close the city gate at night, but there are a little more guards than during the day.
Long Xuan and Ling Yun walked, unconsciously walked to the north gate of the city, looking at the wide open city gate, Long Xuan thought of the small village outside Baiyun City, thinking about how it was a city, there is a village outside Baiyun City, there must be outside this Songlin City, no one in the city takes it in, there is always someone in the village to take it in, so he pulled Ling Yun and ran outside the city gate.
The guards at the north gate of Songlin City saw two eleven or twelve-year-old children running out of the city gate, but they didn't ask, these days, there are many strange things, who wants to pay more attention, as long as it's not a trouble, it doesn't matter what you do.
Long Xuan and Ling Yun ran for about ten miles after leaving the city, and finally a village appeared in front of the two of them, and the two of them were in good spirits and hurriedly ran towards the village.
There is no farmland outside this village, and there are only about 30 households in the whole village, almost every one of them has a small courtyard, and the houses are all beautifully repaired, which is not like an ordinary village.
Long Xuan and Ling Yun casually chose a family to come forward and knock on the door, and after waiting for a long time, the door opened, and a wide and fat woman stood in the door with a lantern, and the light on the lantern came out, and the woman asked Long Xuan in the door: "Where did you come from, boy, what kind of door do you knock on at night, so that people don't sleep?" β
Ling Yun was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly looked at Long Xuan, who straightened his clothes and made a gesture at the woman: "This aunt is so ......"
With a "bang", the door closed, and the faΓ§ade almost hit Long Xuan's nose, and the woman's voice came from inside: "This kid is so uneducated, he can't even call his sister, hum, I have something to say tomorrow, sister, I'll go to sleep." β
Long Xuan's face was dazed, and the smile that he thought was perfect froze on his face, and Ling Yun snickered.
For more than an hour, the two knocked on the door of the entire village, maybe this village is too close to Songlin City, the people in the village have turned a lot of money by reselling medicinal materials, and every household is extremely powerful, and no one is willing to let the two stay for a night.
With the last gate in Long Xuan's voice: "We don't have any money." The two of them walked out of the village dejectedly, and after walking for a long time, they suddenly saw an old hut in front of them, and there was a small courtyard behind the house, and there was a faint fragrance of herbs coming from the house.
Long Xuan, who had been hit one after another, really couldn't arouse his interest in sending it to the door again to humiliate the owner of the house, so he hurriedly pulled Ling Yun with his hand, and snorted towards the hut, Ling Yun reluctantly stepped forward and knocked on the door.
After a while, the room lit up with dim candlelight, and then there was a creak, the door opened a crack, and a small head secretly looked out from the inside for a while, and a crisp and beautiful voice sounded: "This big brother, is there something wrong?"
Ling Yun was stunned for a moment, and saw a seven or eight-year-old girl with pigtails standing in the door, and hurriedly took a few steps back to let Long Xuan behind him also appear in the girl's sight, scratched his head, and said shyly: "Little sister, my brother lost his belongings on both roads, and he really has no place to live, so he has to stay here for one night, I don't know if it's okay?"
"Big brother, wait a minute, I'll go ask grandpa. The little girl didn't close the door, turned her head and ran into the house. After a while, there was a coughing sound in the house, and an old voice came from the house: "Two little brothers, come in, the house is simple, just don't dislike the two little brothers." β
Ling Yun and Long Xuan reached out and pushed open the door and stepped into the house, there was a table of eight immortals in the middle of the room, there were several chairs on the side of the table, the little girl was supporting an old man with a thin figure, white hair and white beard to do it on the chair next to the table, a faint medicinal fragrance came from the old man, and the little girl's big eyes looked at the two curiously.
Long Xuan entered the door and stood still, Ling Yun closed the door half a step behind, this scene fell into the eyes of the old man, nodded secretly, and said with a smile: "The two little brothers are not more restrained, come and sit", turned his head and touched the little girl's head, and said lovingly: "Ling'er, bring some water to the two little brothers." β
Ling'er trotted away, Long Xuan and Ling Yun came to the table and bowed to the old man together: "Thank you, grandpa." The old man smiled and waved his hand, and the two sat down.
After a while, Ling'er brought four bamboo cups with a wooden plate, put two of them in front of Long Xuan and Ling Yun, and put another one in front of the old man, and finally put the wooden plate on the table, picked up the last cup and stood next to the old man at the table.
"The family is poor, and they can only entertain a glass of water, so don't be surprised by the two little brothers. The old man raised his glass and took a sip and smiled at the two of them.
"Grandpa is polite, my two brothers don't know how many people's doors they knocked on today, but none of them were willing to stay with me, I can get you to stay overnight, I am grateful, how can I be surprised" Long Xuan hurriedly got up and replied.