Volume 1: The Wind Rises in the Wasteland Chapter 28 (28): The Spirit Knife and the Maiden
Hokuriku Prefecture, Lindong Town Inn.
On the first floor of the inn, Zhao An and his party were having breakfast, and by the way, they were discussing when to leave for the Northern Han Sect.
Zhao An, who was sitting on the inside, asked Song Lei, "Is it only through the frozen canyon to pass through the Beihan Mountain Range?
After Song Lei took a sip of noodles, he said slowly: "The Northern Cold Mountain Range is different from other large mountain ranges, its mountains are full of ice miasma known as the deadly cold qi, and it is impossible to cross the martial arts realm without the innate realm. People below the Innate Realm could only go to the north side of Beilu Prefecture through the frozen canyon opened up by the Northern Great Sect and the Northern Han Sect. ”
"By the way, the frozen canyon is not safe either. There are a large number of Vault Realm Snow Demon Beasts living in the canyon, so most people travel through the frozen canyon in groups. ”
Gao Mu interjected: "According to what Brother Song said, with our strength, the Frozen Canyon will not be a problem to pass. It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, how about starting today. ”
Song Lei hurriedly said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, you may not know how long the Frozen Canyon is. With the strength of our feet, it would take at least seven days to get through the frozen canyon. So relying on just the four of us is still too reluctant, and there is a high chance of an accident. ”
"That's right. Then let's find a few reliable people to accompany us. ”
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Outside the town of Winter.
Mo Qi and his three Seven Star Warriors chased the clues found by Situ Bai's secret method to the mountains outside Lindong Town.
Mo Qi, who was standing on the cliff, looked at Lindong Town in the distance, thinking about what his master said. One of the two Innate Grandmasters was seriously injured, and his strength had fallen to around the Second Heaven of the Vault Realm, and the Circle Light Retrospective and the Seven Stars Chasing His Life showed that he was heading north. He had a gut feeling that he would get his clues in Winterfell.
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Wintertown.
It took Zhao An and his party two days to finally find another group of four who wanted to cross the frozen canyon, and after discussing it in detail, they decided to set off together in four days. After separating from them, it was already evening when Zhao An and his party returned to the inn where they were staying. After eating dinner in a hurry, Qiaoqiao and Gao Mu decided to go upstairs to rest, while Zhao An and Song Lei wanted to visit the night market in Lindong Town.
Night market in the town of Lindong.
The night market is full of people and lively. Zhao An and Song Lei wandered around various weapon shops, trying to find a weapon to take advantage of. After looking for several weapon shops but not finding good weapons, the two finally found out through inquiries that the largest weapon shop in Lindong Town was located.
After some twists and turns, Zhao An and Song Lei came to the largest weapons shop in Lindong Town--- Beihan Weapons Store. Zhao An and Song Lei walked into the weapons shop, and the pattern caught their eyes. There are two floors in the Beihan Weapons Store, the first floor is mainly for selling all kinds of weapons, and the second floor is where the shopkeeper lived. And Zhao An's eyes were attracted by the young girl who was going upstairs.
The girl was dressed in a cyan robe with a three-tailed snow fox printed on it, and her figure was slender. A little powdery face, sky blue eyes and small pink lips composed of her graceful and beautiful face, which made Zhao An lose his mind for a long time.
Seeing someone come in, the weapon shop guy stepped forward and said, "Is there anything I can do to help you two?"
Zhao An, who came back to his senses, spoke: "Do you have any weapons suitable for the use of Secret Treasure Realm martial artists?" ”
"Yes, please come with me. The guy led Zhao An and the two wanted to walk between the first floor. The three of them came to a weapon rack, and the man pointed to the weapons on the rack and said:
"There are only five spiritual weapons in the Vault Realm, after all, the scale of the shop in Winterfall Town is a bit small. Five weapons, among which there was a knife, three swords and a spear. If the two of you have something you want, you can say it. I'll take it off for you. ”
After the guy finished speaking, he stepped aside and waited for Zhao An and the two to choose. Zhao An looked at the Secret Treasure Realm Spirit Knife on the shelf, the blade was red black, the handle was a long handle made of iron and wood, and the entire spirit knife exuded the power of the fire attribute. The fire-attribute spirit knife is quite suitable for me, and I haven't used a weapon since I left Shanjiao Town, and Zhao An is quite fond of this fire-attribute spirit knife.
Zhao An opened his mouth to the guy on the side and asked, "Man, how is this spirit knife." ”
This spirit knife can be said to be the best of the five spirit soldiers. Knife Name: Shattered Flame, made of flame iron produced in the middle of the Nanzhou Fire, and quenched by senior refiners. Its characteristic is that the blade has its own fire attribute energy, and has a certain chance to break the flow of the opponent's energy. This spirit knife only costs three hundred taels of silver. ”
Three hundred taels, I only have one hundred taels of silver earned by Jingbei City. Most of the ordinary Vault Realm weapons in those shops just now cost only seventy or eighty taels, why are they so expensive here! Why don't you grab them? Zhao An couldn't help but complain in his heart.
Song Lei looked at the subtle changes in Zhao An's face and said, "Brother Zhao, you are not shy. ”
Hearing the word shyness, Zhao An couldn't help blushing and replied, "Let Brother Song smile." ”
"Hahaha. If Brother Zhao doesn't mind, I'll help you pay for it. ”
"Forget it, it's just a spirit soldier. Before, there was no weapon to fight people. ”
"Brother Zhao. You may not know the strength of the demon beasts in the Frozen Canyon, even if Brother Zhao, your strength is extraordinary, you can't guarantee that you will miss. Besides, helping Brother Zhao buy this spirit soldier is also to ensure the safety of the team. ”
"This. Zhao An was a little at a loss, he didn't want to owe Song Lei a favor again, after all, he had already been saved by him once. But what Song Lei said just now also makes sense, buying this spirit soldier can increase the probability of passing through the frozen canyon safely.
Just when Zhao An was still thinking, Song Lei's team member said, "Man, help me take off the Shattering Flame Knife." ”
When the guy saw that the guest was going to buy this knife, he smiled and said, "Okay!"
Zhao An saw that Song Lei directly bought the Shattering Flame Knife, and knew that he would be a little noisy if he refused again. After the two of them finished shopping, they walked out of the Beihan weapon shop, and Zhao An didn't say anything on the way, so he could only pay back the money later.
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The second floor of the Beihan Weapons Store, the shopkeeper's room.
The interior of the room is not ornate, only a table, chairs, bookshelves and incense burner, which is the simple and practical style of Hokuriku. On the table and chair sat Wu Kun, the shopkeeper of the Northern Han Weapons Company, and his guest, the girl in green clothes, Shangguan Yan, the second disciple of the Northern Han Sect. Wu Kun was originally a disciple of the Northern Han Sect, but he was too old and had no talent to break through the innate realm, so he could only go to the Northern Han Weapon Shop, a peripheral force of the Northern Han Sect, to be the shopkeeper. Shangguan Yan is the leader of the disciples of the Northern Han Sect in this generation, a genius girl, who is only sixteen years old and is already a master of the Secret Treasure Realm Double Heaven.
Shangguan Yan returned to his own sect from Jingzhou Daoxuanzong, and originally just passed by Lindong Town. Who knew that Wu Kun from the weapons store had an emergency report, so he could only delay here for a day.
Shangguan Yan took a sip of Nanzhou green tea on the table and said, "Shopkeeper Wu, what is it that you want to send someone to stop me?"
Wu Kun said: "Miss Shangguan." I want to discuss something with you, so I dare to stop you. ”
"Five days ago, when the warriors of our shop went to the frozen canyon to hunt demon beasts, they found some unusual traces in a forest somewhere in the canyon. All the monsters in the forest had died, and the shop warrior thought that the inspection should have been sucked dry by something. Maybe ordinary people don't care about anything, but I've seen something similar in an ancient book. ”
Wu Kun paused and spoke again; I don't know, Miss Shangguan has heard of the Polar Blood Beast. ”
Shangguan Yan frowned, shook his head, and said, "Polar Blood Beast? ”
"Polar blood beasts live in the inaccessible Arctic continent, live in groups, the size of a palm, the shape is similar to a large mosquito, feed on the blood of other demon beasts in the polar region, and are extremely fecund. I suspect that this monster has appeared in the frozen canyon, and if it is not destroyed, I am afraid it will cause disaster. ”
Shangguan Yan asked, "Why don't you report this kind of thing to the Seven Stars Division?"
"Although the Polar Blood Beast is a scourge, it is also an opportunity. There is a female beast in the Polar Blood Beast herd, and she can produce a natural treasure called the Polar Blood Spirit. The Polar Blood Essence can help a martial artist condense the Five Extremes of the Yuan Qi Vault faster, so as to increase the chances of opening the Yuan Mystery Vault. There is also the legendary Golden Blood Essence, whose role is to help the warriors of the Secret Treasure Realm build the inner heaven and earth and return to the innate world. ”
"Do you want the sect to help kill the mother beast so as to get the blood essence?"
Wu Kun looked around, leaned over and said softly, "No, I just want to cooperate with Miss Shangguan." The female beast blood essence is not very important to the sect, and for secret realm martial artists like you and me, the blood essence is hard to find. ”
"Then why don't you catch it yourself?
Wu Kun shook his head and said, "According to the reports of her subordinates, the strength of the female beast may be in the Secret Vault Realm Triple Heaven, and the people under my command alone may not be able to kill her." ”
Shangguan Yan asked, "Do you want to notify the sect of this matter?"
Wu Kun took a sip of Nanzhou green tea, moistened his throat and said, "It's better not to alarm the sect in this matter." In the competition between you and the chief disciple, you have always been at a disadvantage, isn't it because the cultivation of the chief disciple is higher than you? Don't you want to seize this opportunity?"
"Deal!"
knew that Wu Kun was tempting himself, but Shangguan Yan was willing to jump down. If he didn't seize this opportunity, the gap between himself and the chief disciple Xue Ji would get bigger and bigger, and in three years, the competition in the Ice Moon Cave would be at an absolute disadvantage.
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Winter Town, a room on the second floor of an inn.
In the room, two seven-star warriors were talking about something.
Li Ang, a seven-star warrior, asked, "Lord Mo, why did you go to the Frozen Canyon with that group of people?"
Mo Qi looked at the full moon in the night sky through the window, and his eyes suddenly became sharp: "He is hiding in those four people, the injured Innate Sect Master. ”
"Then why doesn't Master Mo just do it?"
"After all, he is an innate grandmaster, and he will not be so easy to deal with if he is injured. I've already asked Jin and Hei to go to the Frozen Canyon to make traps, and four days is enough. ”