In the evening.

After a whole day of playing in Baihua Street, Song Lei took Zhao An and Gao Mu to find a quiet tavern. The days in the frozen canyon were so unbearable that I could only eat dry food and jerky every day. So Zhao An plans to eat a big meal.

Zhao An and the others found a free table to sit down, and the little second in the tavern ran over and asked, "What do the guest officers want to eat?"

Song Lei opened his mouth and said, "Three servings of grilled cod with rice and one serving of enoki mushroom chicken soup." ”

"Okay, wait a minute. After speaking, Xiao Er walked to the direction of the counter.

Zhao An asked Song Lei: "Brother Song, there is still chicken soup here, how can the temperature on the north side of Beilu Prefecture be so low, how can it be possible to raise chickens?"

Song Lei said with a smile: "Of course, other cities on the north side of Beilu Prefecture can't eat it, but this is Nianchun City, left by a saint, and the four seasons are like spring." ”

Gao Mu also said with a smile: "Nianchun City is one of the few cities in Kyushu that has existed since ancient times, with a long history, and you can see traces of other places in Kyushu here. ”

Song Lei suddenly slapped his forehead and said to the two: "By the way, how did I forget about this matter." According to the time, the five-year Hundred Flowers Return to Spring in Nianchun City should be held the day after tomorrow!"

Gao Mu also suddenly realized: "Brother Song doesn't say that I don't remember." I've only read it in books. ”

Zhao An was not as well-informed as Gao Mu and the others, so he immediately asked, "What is the return of a hundred flowers to spring?"

Gao Mu replied: "This has to start with the Spring Sage. In the center of Nianchun City, there is a tree planted by the spring saint, this tree blooms every five years, there are a hundred kinds of flower shapes and colors, and there is a unique existence among these hundred kinds of flowers. ”

"The only being?"

"Yes, the only existence. It is said that the flower carries the power of the Kasuga Sage and can bring mysterious powers to the bearer. However, the power of this flower is only five years, and when the time comes, it will be wiped out. ”

"And the return of a hundred flowers to spring is a grand event that determines the ownership of this unique flower, and all the forces of Hokuriku Prefecture will come here to participate. ”

Zhao An smiled: "I know, thank you for the explanation." However, we still have to hurry up and go to the Northern Han Sect, and we shouldn't have the opportunity to participate in this kind of grand event. ”

Gao Mu held his head with both hands and said resentfully: "Yes! It's a pity!"

At this time, Xiao Er brought up the dishes ordered by Zhao An and others, and said, "Guest officer, please use it slowly." With that, he went to greet the other guests.

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In the center of Nianchun City, a hundred flower trees.

The height of the Hundred Flowers Tree is about 100 meters, and the canopy directly covers a radius of 50 meters, and the roots of the tree are twisted and folded, digging into the ground for hundreds of meters. Towards the flowering period, the flower tree is full of young buds that have not yet opened. The buds are filled with strange halos of various colors, and the night sky looks like a bright night sky when viewed from under the trees.

In the open space under the flower tree, there are stone tables and chairs, on which two men are playing.

The man on the left side of the stone table is dressed in red, and his collar is decorated with a hundred flowers. His face was handsome, and his dark hair was mixed with a few strands of crimson, but his eyes were always closed. This person is the blood of the Spring Sage, the city lord of Nian Chun City, Ning Fenghua.

The person on the right side of the stone table was wearing a cyan robe printed with a nine-tailed snow fox, carrying a bronze ancient sword with an eternal chill, white hair flowing, starry eyes and sword eyebrows, and a handsome appearance. This person is none other than the Sect Master of the Northern Han Sect, Xue Qianji.

After Ning Fenghua fell, Xue Qianji's originally confident expression immediately became lost, and then he laughed self-deprecatingly: "City Lord Ning's chess skills are too high. Xue originally thought that if he concentrated on studying Go for ten years, he would be able to play the city lord of Yingning. It seems that Go still needs talent. ”

After Ning Fenghua took a sip of the tea on the table, he said with a smile: "Sect Master Xue is really humble. Go is just a small Dao ear, and what we and other immortals are pursuing is the way of transcendence of saints. ”

Xue Qianji also took a sip of the teacup, and then asked, "Judging from the day, Senior Xu should have returned to Beilu Prefecture from Huangzhou." Didn't City Lord Ning invite him?"

Ning Fenghua put away the sunspot he was holding and said, "Sect Master Snow doesn't know anything. Just a few days ago, Senior Xu used immortal knowledge to convey the sound and said that he couldn't come because of something. ”

"I see. Senior Xu may have something very important!"

Just as the two of them were unhurriedly packing up their chess pieces, the void next to the stone table twisted, and a figure stepped out of it. The comer's expression was indifferent, his face was expressionless, and he was wearing an ink-colored robe, and this five-clawed white dragon was entrenched on his shirt. This person is the new immortal of White Dragon City, Xu Bing.

Xu Bing saluted Ning Fenghua and Xue Qianji respectively, and explained, "Sect Master Xue, City Lord Ning. Our city lord has returned to White Dragon City, and I will participate in this return of flowers on behalf of White Dragon City. ”

Xue Qianji stood up, walked to the comer's side, put his arm around his shoulder, and said with a smile: "I was just about to talk to City Lord Ning about who is in White Dragon City to participate in the Hundred Flowers Returning Spring? It turned out to be you kid!"

Xu Bing's face suddenly changed, his temperament suddenly became funny, and he scolded with a smile: "Brother Xue, can't you let me pretend to be cold!"

Xue Qianji continued to hook up with Xu Bing: "I haven't heard much about your kid in the past ten years, but I didn't expect to become an immortal." It's not in vain for you, Brother Xue, I saved you under the hands of the Bloody Hand Immortal back then. ”

Xu Bing opened his mouth and said: "Yes! Thinking back then, Brother Xue, you used the Innate Realm Triple Heaven Heng to attack the Blood Hand Immortal, that was really invincible!"

Ning Fenghua opened his mouth and asked, "Isn't Sect Master Snow introducing this benevolent brother?"

Xue Qianji patted his head and said, "I forgot about the excitement for a while." City Lord Ning, this is my sworn brother: Xu Bing. Back then, we traveled through Kyushu together, but after I took over as the sect leader of the Northern Han Sect, we saw less. ”

Ning Fenghua smiled at Xu Bing, this could be regarded as a greeting, after all, the two were not familiar with each other.

Ning Fenghua took another sip of tea and said, "Now only the immortals of the Guo clan in Beihai City have not come. This year's only flower is not easy!"

Xue Qianji let go of Xu Bing and said suspiciously: "Isn't it simple?

Ning Fenghua smiled: "It's that one, it's a treasure that is enough to make people's hearts move!"

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Next.

Baihua Street Inn.

After breakfast, Zhao An and his party will prepare for tomorrow's departure. After discussion, Song Lei and Gao Mu went to buy dry food and jerky, but Zhao An was left at the inn.

Sitting by the window on the first floor of the inn, Zhao An looked at the crowds on Baihua Street through the window, admiring the various flowers on the street, and by the way, a sip of wine, it was not too refreshing.

Pedestrians on Baihua Street came and went, and countless unfamiliar faces flowed through Zhao An's eyes. Suddenly, Zhao An saw a familiar face at the end of the street: Lori in Blood, who followed behind a big man in a brown coat and walked with him into a tavern named Xiaoyue on the corner. Isn't she already dead under the power of the human immortals? Maybe it's just a similar person!

Zhao An didn't take this to heart, and continued to drink a little wine, looking at the pedestrians and flowers on the street. This is the life he really wants, carefree and drinking in the tavern every day.

Yingchun Street.

Yingchun Street is adjacent to Baihua Street, and the two are parallel. Baihua Street is mainly a variety of taverns and inns, while Yingchun Street is the main commercial street of Nianchun City, selling all kinds of things.

Unlike other states, there are many small villages and towns, especially on the northern side of Hokuriku, where people have to prepare food for the road, so there is a large market for dry food and jerky.

It took Gao Mu and Song Lei a morning to finally buy the dry food and jerky they wanted to use at a reasonable price. It was noon, and it was time for lunch, but they were too far from Baihua Street.

Song Lei suggested: "Your Royal Highness Princess, I know that there are taverns and restaurants in a place on Yingchun Street. It's just that it's a bit out of the way. ”

Gao Mu could only speak: "Then there is Brother Lao Song." Without further ado, Song Lei took Gao Mu towards the North Street of Yingchun Street.

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The corner of Baihua Street, Xiaoyue Tavern, underground secret room.

In the underground vault, the big man had taken off his brown coat, revealing his muscular body, muscles of explosive power, and hands stained red with blood.

There was a terrible wound on the big man's face, extending from his forehead to the right corner of his mouth. It was a sign of his shame from the man who had disgraced him. This person is none other than Zhou Lie, who is known as the Bloody Hand Immortal.

There was a person kneeling in front of Zhou Lie, who was the blood-clothed Lori that Zhao An and the others met in the Frozen Canyon. Blood-clothed Lori lowered her head, her whole body trembled, she didn't know how Zhou Lie would punish her. But Zhou Lie drank the liquor one after another, and didn't look at the blood-clothed Lori kneeling on the ground at all.

Suddenly, Zhou Lie crushed the wine glass in his hand, grabbed the neck of the blood-clothed Lori with his other hand, got up and pushed her against the wall. Zhou Lie's bloody hand shone with a strange blood light, and a trace of it poured into the blood-clothed Lori's body.

Blood-clothed Lori's body continued to twitch, a little blood spilled from the corners of her mouth, and she begged for mercy with difficulty: "Adults spare me!"

Zhou Lie roared viciously: "Spare you, then who will return the 10,000th Golden Blood Essence to me!ah!"

"Forget it. Zhou Lie let go of the bloody hand like iron pincers, and the blood-clothed Lori slipped down the wall, lying on the ground panting frantically, and a blood-colored lump floated all over her body.

Zhou Lie sat back on the table and chair, picked up a cup again, poured a glass of spirits, and said slowly: "If it weren't for the 10,000 golden blood essences you produced, you would have died a long time ago." ”

Blood-clothed Lori endured the pain and crawled to Zhou Lie's feet, hugged his leg and said, "Thank you for sparing your life." Zhou Lie looked at the blood-clothed Lori on the ground like a dog, and laughed loudly.

Back then, he risked his life to abduct this polar royal blood beast from the Arctic Night Demon Heaven, just to collect 10,000 pieces of gold blood to refine the gold stone. Unexpectedly, this blood beast was discovered when it was promoted to innate and was severely injured and consumed the golden blood essence.

Although he wanted to keep this bastard to help him produce golden blood essence, he still needed the necessary deterrence.