8

Where there is comparison, there is harm.

"I have to find a way to learn some subtle flying techniques, so that I don't have to pull behind even running like today!"

The left guard sweated like rain, but he didn't dare to slack off in his steps.

After running wildly for nearly a pillar of incense, he finally stopped.

It is surrounded by deep mountains and forests. A stone road sprinkled with maple leaves, from north to south. It looks a little abrupt, and it seems to have been artificially repaired. On the whole road, only Zuo Hu and his party were walking, and it felt a little eerie on the road overgrown with wild grass.

Just when the little friars were a little puzzled, why they suddenly stopped flying on the road and switched to walking. The man in the black shirt stopped. Right in front of him, four afterimages appeared without warning.

After the breeze blew, four black-shirted men knelt on one knee on the ground, dressed almost exactly like the leader, with gray smiling masks, crocodile-like arm armor, and black belly belts, like killers ready to carry out assassination missions at any time.

This kind of ability to make people envious, come without a trace, and go without a trace, but it seems common here. Zuo Hu and the others were stunned.

"What kind of retreat is this!"

"How are they dressed like the Leader?"

"yes, who is it?"

Although they were dressed in the same way, the careful Zuo Hu still found that they were different from the leading messengers, that is, the maple leaves that they also wore on their waists were different colors.

The maple leaf worn by the leader is red, red maple. And the four of them are wearing blue and red maple leaves.

"See Lord Zhongwei!!"

The four of them met the envoy in unison and called him Lord Zhongwei.

In fact, the Dark Sect in the Chiba Palace is very tightly organized and has a delicate hierarchy. The members of the sect are called dark guards, and they are divided into upper, middle, lower, and third classes.

The cultivation of the inferior dark guard is generally around the condensation period, and it has not weak combat power and escape skills. Wear green and red maple leaves.

The cultivation of the medium dark guard is around the period from foundation building to the end of the Dan, the cultivation is profound, the immortal power is abundant, and it is not a problem to perform at least two or three tasks a day. Plenty of combat experience and blood on his hands. With the real power to deploy a hundred inferior secret guards, they wear red maples.

A high-grade secret guard, cultivated to the Dan stage or above, with a mysterious identity, it is difficult for ordinary people to have access to it. Everyone has been baptized on the battlefield, and has the historical exploits and terrifying killing power. They are directly under the orders of the palace master of Chiba Palace. It is the trump card in the war of the Xiuzhen Kingdom. They wear golden maple.

And the leading envoy who led Zuo Hu and others into the palace was the middle secret guard, who was recently in charge of the affairs of the new immortals and dead soldiers of the various sects in his own country.

The leader clasped his hands on his shoulders, waved his hands, and was full of official shelf.

"You guys go look elsewhere, it's okay here. ”

"Yes!!"

As soon as the words fell, the four guards fled with the wind, as if they had never appeared here. It turned out that Zuo Hu and the others had already entered the range of the Chiba Palace's Purple Maple City secret guards. No one can fly recklessly.

After about half a pillar of incense, Zuo Hu saw a jade arch bridge appear in front of him, and under the bridge was a river running east-west, and the sound of water could be heard in the distance. Five or six hundred meters away from this river is a tall and majestic palace wall, which is connected with the mountains on the east and west sides, and is a hundred miles long. The black city gate under the palace is closed, only the left and right secondary doors are open, and the left guard enters through the side side of the secondary door.

On the left and right sides of the door is an old man with long eyebrows, sitting cross-legged on a futon.

Seeing someone coming, one of the old men in red shirts opened his eyes, and led the envoy to raise the red maple in his hand to show him, and the old man took a look at it and closed his eyes and meditated, leading the envoy to lead everyone into the city cave. It turned out that the second old man was a monk who was in charge of guarding the foyer.

Probably infected by this solemn atmosphere, no one spoke during the period when he walked into the cave.

After a short period of darkness in the castle cave, I finally came to the legendary Chiba Palace Purple Maple Castle!

At this point, it's too late.

It is like a street city in the mortal world, and when you enter the city gate, you will be greeted by various commercial buildings on both sides, and there are even wine shops and pawnshops. There are not many pedestrians on the street, most of them are alone, and there are a few people sitting together talking and laughing at the window of the restaurant pavilion, looking at the left guard and his party who have just entered the city from time to time.

"How can this place be like the mortal world? ”

One of the disciples couldn't help but ask.

"Yes, how could an immortal cultivator need these wine shops and commercial buildings,"

The black-shirted man at the front smiled.

"Immortal cultivators are also cultivated by people, and they also have seven emotions and six desires, as well as needs and desires, but the things they pursue are different. ”

This was the first time that the man in black shirt took the initiative to speak today, which surprised the little ghosts for a while.

"Lord Envoy, what are they selling in these wine shops and pawnshops, is it chicken, duck, fish, and meat? But as long as we immortal cultivators learn to breathe in spiritual power, we can basically open the valley, and the food is dispensable. ”

The man in black shook his head.

"You'll have a chance to know about this later, and now I'll take you to the nearest gathering point. ”

After speaking, he continued to leave, causing all the disciples to roll their eyes.

"I'm selling off again...."

The specifications of this Purple Maple City are indeed not small, there are countless miscellaneous houses, and the streets are also criss-crossed.

In this way, turn left and right, come to a house covering an area of seven or eight hectares, the yard is very large and empty, a long corridor leads directly to the lobby in the middle, vaguely see a lot of people inside, the corridor every other section of the pillar hangs an octagonal luminite, at this time the night is beginning to appear, the luminite is bright, the whole house is in a trance.

The usher led them through the corridor and into the lobby. There were many monks gathered in the hall.

Their entry attracted a lot of attention, though not hostile. But the indifference, defensiveness, contempt, and even a faint provocation contained in it made the newcomers of Zuo Hu, the disciples of the Xianyang Sect, feel a little uncomfortable. It's like wolves in different territories testing each other before a big war breaks out. The atmosphere was silent and oppressive. Not to be outdone, the disciples of the Xianyang Sect fought back with the same precautions, contempt, and faint provocative eyes.

Taking this opportunity, Zuo Hu silently observed the lobby.

The sides of the hall are spacious, and nearly a thousand futons are arranged on stone steps from low to high. They were men and women, and their clothes were disheveled. Like a rabble gathered by some kind of order in a short time. But if you look closely, you will find that they are all very regularly divided into meditation areas, and they are all sitting together in the same clothes. Zuo Hu couldn't see their cultivation, but they weren't very old.

"Hey, aren't those female disciples of the Snake King Sect?"

A disciple of the Xianyang Sect pointed to the group of female cultivators who had gathered there to meditate a little on the left.

Zuo Hu looked in the direction he was pointing, it was indeed a member of the Snake King Sect.

"It seems that these are all people selected by various sects to participate in the cultivation of the Dead Warriors, just like us. Zuo Hu thought to himself.

"Find a place to meditate here, and someone will arrange for you tomorrow. ”

With that, the guide slowly melted into the night, leaving the disciples of the Xianyang Sect standing there stupidly and staring wide-eyed. secretly scolded this taciturn, dull and indifferent black-shirted man along the way a hundred times. "This hand-shaking shopkeeper is too obvious, this big man came with you all the way, and he didn't even drink tea when he arrived, he didn't tell anything, and he just left people here...."

But there is no way, since you are here, even if you don't know anything, you can only keep calm and composed. You can't lose your grace in front of other sects and lose the face of the Xianyang Sect!

"What's there to see, always look at what we do...."

A chubby fellow disciple muttered dissatisfiedly, and the other pressed his finger to his lips in a silent motion.

"Shhhhh We're new to the city, so it's better not to offend people. I think we'd better find a seat first. ”

The disciples were very obedient, and when they went out, it was still these fellow monks from the Xianyang Sect who seemed to be closer, and the muzzles of the guns were always outward, and they became very united. I found a futon area on the side, which was the domain of the disciples of the Xianyang Sect.

Soon after, the atmosphere in the lobby began to liven up, and everyone began to talk and chat.

The female cultivators of the Snake King Sect are particularly eye-catching as the only sect disciples in the hall who exclusively accept female cultivators. Some of the strong-blooded guys always began to show off themselves, intentionally or unintentionally, telling loud jokes, trying to attract the attention of the nuns, and even those who were close to the nuns began to talk to them, but the nuns seemed to be not very interested, and even a little repulsive and wary.

Suddenly, there was the sound of a sharp sword unsheathed.

"Go away, you nasty thing!!"

It was a woman's voice, with anger.

Zuo Hu, who was originally meditating with his eyes closed, was also attracted by this sudden angry shout.

In the area where the Snake King Sect was meditating, all the female disciples were standing on the steps, and a woman in a green shirt held a snake-shaped sword and pointed directly at a man next to her.

The man was handsome, but his eyes were oily, and there was a sneering look on his face, and he sat on the futon and stumbled slightly, dodging the blade of the sword.

"Why is this little sister so angry, I didn't provoke you!"

"You ...."

The green shirt was speechless, looking ashamed and annoyed.

"Xiangning, what's wrong? Let's make it clear first, Senior Sister is in charge of you!"

Several female cultivators of the Snake King Sect next to them were also angry.

"He... He touched my ...."

"Hey, don't talk nonsense, if you sit so close, you'll inevitably run into it, but you can't slander me like this!"

The pink-faced man looked aggrieved and complained to the people around him.

"You're just touching me! How can I not tell the difference between touching and touching!" Xiang Ning looked angry, and her face turned red.

Hahaha!!

The same sect around the pink-faced man burst into laughter, doing such an unbearable thing, not ashamed, but seemed to be proud. When a serious and reasonable person meets an unreasonable person, he just says "no way!" The female cultivators who have suffered losses are all green by the popularity of these scoundrels.

The pink-faced man also smiled and said, "Then tell me about it, what it's like to touch it.... Hey, what's it like—ahhhh....h

Hahaha....

There was a burst of wild laughter again, causing the other sects to laugh too. It made the female cultivators who were still domineering just now, drawing their swords and wanting to fight hard, seem to be a little isolated by everyone.

"Your Shensha Sect is really too deceitful!"

The female cultivators couldn't hold it anymore, and showed their sword blades one after another. It looks like it's going to be real.

But at this moment, one of the people from the Shensha Sect flicked his sleeves, and suddenly a cloud of colored smoke and dust enveloped the female cultivator. The people next to him also quickly dodged away to avoid innocent disasters.

After this unknown smoke and dust, the nuns were all unstable.

"Well, my psychedelic sand mist is specially configured, I don't have the strength. ”

A short man from the Shensha faction stood there with his hands on his chest, with a smug expression.

"Okay, Wenli, you're good at it, you lost it very accurately this time, and you didn't miss a single one. ”

"That's it!"

......

The monks of the Shensha Sect were touting each other as if no one was around.

A tall Shensha sent a man to walk up to Xiang Ning, who was standing unsteadily. Running her hair with her hand, she seemed to want to dodge, but her body was weak, so she could only frown and bite her lower lip. shed tears of humiliation, such a pear blossom with rain look, which is pitiful.

Seeing this scene, Zuo Hu in the distance couldn't bear it in his heart. He didn't understand, in Chiba Palace, there was a blatant thing of molesting a woman from a good family, but no one cared about it, was there no royal law?

The people of the Shensha Sect are still insulting them unscrupulously. And the pink-faced man from before also began to intensify.

"Say I'll touch you, then I'll touch you!"

With that, his hands began to stretch out towards Xiangning's abdomen.

"Someone's coming!!"

I don't know who shouted.

Frightened, the pink-faced man quickly withdrew his hand.

Everyone looked towards the door.

But after waiting for a long time, no one came in. The pink-faced man's face changed, and his eyes were instantly sharp. I know that someone is cheap and wants to make a bird. Turning around, he turned the temple coldly for a week. The people of their Shensha sect have always played tricks on others, and no one dares to play tricks on them. This time, someone dared to make a bird, he wanted to take the opportunity to stand up, and in the future in Chiba Palace, his own people would be mixed. So he shouted and asked, "Who shouted!"

That voice was actually Zuo Hu's anxious scream, originally he didn't want to cause trouble, but when he saw that girl was going to be bullied, he still couldn't help but help solve the siege, but he didn't have enough cultivation, if he wanted to stage a hero to save the beauty, there would definitely be no good fruit to eat, and in a hurry, he shouted "Someone is coming"

But after shouting, I regretted it, isn't this a disaster, others have been relieved, but who will help them solve the siege?

I can only think hard, "There are so many people, who will hold them accountable." He bowed his head and remained silent.

"Who shouted that!!"

The people of the Shensha Sect stared at Zuo Hu's side with unkind faces. Although I can't tell who shouted, I can hear the specific location.

Zuo Hu's heart is in his throat, and he thinks that he will definitely be betrayed. Because on weekdays, his popularity in Xianyang Sect is not good.

But unexpectedly, no one squeaked.

"Well, these people are really righteous!" thought to Zuo Hu.

A tall man from the Shensha Sect came over and pulled up the collar of the little fat man next to Zuo Hu, who remembered that his name was Lu Jiacheng.

"Fatty, say! ”

Lu Jiacheng said goodbye to his little face.

"How do I know, I didn't hear clearly!"

"Bang!!" with a bang!

Before everyone could react, the tall man pushed hard, and threw Lu Jiacheng out and fell on the steps, grinning in pain.

When he did this, all the people of the Immortal Yang Sect stood up. If you don't agree, you will fight. The two disciples of the Xianyang Sect with a bloody nature, without saying a word, one shook his fist and the other kicked out. Be prepared to seek justice by force. This kind of momentum is quite exhilarating and masculine.

As a result, the tall man didn't know what kind of trick he used, and he puffed his body and pushed out a palm with force, and everyone seemed to hit a wall. Fell on his back.

He let out a wild laugh.

"It turns out that they are all shrimp soldiers and crab generals, but I am a fourth-layer cultivator in the Qi Condensation Period, and I have cultivated combat skills, so I rely on you to fight with me!"

Zuo Hu was also thrown out, hating the root of his teeth, in the end, he still couldn't cultivate, he knew that he could only cultivate a combat skill after reaching the third layer of the condensation period. None of these Immortal Yang Sect disciples had reached the third level of the Qi Condensation Stage. The other party has masters, no wonder they are so arrogant.

The tall man stepped forward again, and stomped on the chest of one of the disciples, whose face suddenly turned purple.

"Say, are you convinced?"

At this point, it's no longer a question of who is the best bird. This is related to the status of how to mix in Chiba Palace in the future.

"Don't push him anymore, I shouted. ”

Zuo Hu stood up and spread his hands at him. Someone must take this responsibility, and his own protégé cannot pay for his recklessness.

Although he was ready to deal with it, he was still a little worried when he saw the fierce and vicious Shensha Sect people gathering one by one.

"Uh... Feed.. Guys, just kidding, why take it so seriously... Hehehe. "Since he was a child, he has always been cowardly in fights, and he is really not ready to be a hero. This caused a disappointed boo from the crowd watching the excitement.

"Are you kidding?

The pink-faced man said through gritted teeth as he walked towards him.

"Hit me, fight to the death!!"

This pink-faced little student seems to have his share in speaking, but once he wants to do it, he is ready to shrink back.

No, as soon as he finished speaking, the tall guy flicked his sleeves and clenched his fists, and he was about to start being a thug, and it seemed that he was a partner on weekdays.

Zuo Hu saw this situation, his eyes rolled, this tall man's cultivation is too high, he is definitely not an opponent, plus the rest of the helpers, he is beaten like this, and he will shed his skin if he doesn't die.

So I thought about it.

"Wait, that white-faced boy. ”

Left guard refers to a powder-faced man.

The powder-faced Xiaosheng frowned. Said impatiently

"What? Are you scared? Want to beg for mercy? I won't give you a chance. Call me!" I finally found a soft persimmon, so I have to pinch it hard, otherwise, how can I stand up for the brothers of the Shensha faction.

Zuo Hu changed into a sneering look and said leisurely.

"How could I be afraid, a character like you, I can solve it with one hand, but I'm not reconciled.... When you meet a person who has no guts, you will ask someone else's master brother to be a thug after stabbing the basket. I'm just ashamed of you. ”

This sentence was intended to deliberately provoke the white-faced Xiaosheng.

"This eldest brother's cultivation is profound, and he admires it very much, if I fight with you, I think I will only be beaten, but the rivers and lakes are in trouble, the rivers and lakes, that Sister Xiangning is a friend under the bottom, and my friend is bullied, so I naturally can't sit idly by, even if I want to be beaten!"

The tall man was flattered by Zuo Hu, and his heart was happy, and then he looked at Zuo Hu's righteous words for righteousness, but he admired him a little, and subconsciously followed Zuo Hu's words.

"How can it be regarded as a matter of rivers and lakes, rivers and lakes?"

"Well said! Since it was the white-faced little brother who provoked the incident and bullied my friend, I will challenge him! If I lose, I will pay you three hundred spirit stones, and I consider myself unlucky to lose money. If I get lucky enough to win a move and a half, he's going to apologize to my friend!!!"

Zuo Hu's words were sincere, his appearance was neither humble nor silent, and he naturally exuded a heroic temperament of an old Jianghu person, which made people's eyes shine, especially when he said that there were three hundred spirit stones, the tall man's eyes lit up.

Cultivators don't use coins, the only thing they value is the spirit stone, the aura in the spirit stone can not only be used by the cultivator to absorb and cultivate, but also can be used as currency for the transaction between the cultivators, although three hundred spirit stones are not much, but they are given to themselves plainly, or if they win the bet, it is also a very cool thing.

The tall man touched his chin and thought about it, and looked back at the pink-faced man.

"What's the matter, Yudu, can you win these three hundred spirit stones?"

After hearing this, the powder-faced man named Yudu hated the roots of his teeth itching, hated Zuo Hu's cunning, resolved the crisis of being beaten by the crowd in a few words, and gave himself a set by the way; I have made a bet, are you so short of those three hundred spirit stones? Finally, I asked, Yudu, can you win? Who are you?

I almost vomited blood. But everyone around him is watching, even if he doesn't win the spirit stone, he has to fight for the sake of face, and he must win!

The pink-faced man Yu changed into a mocking look again to respond to Zuo Hu.

"Having said so much, don't you just want to fight alone? I will follow you, but I don't have a serious start, and the Taoist friends around me have all testified that he wants to bet, if I kill him, I won't pay for his life! ”

As he spoke, he had to go straight to the left guard.

"Despicable villains of the Shensha Sect!Don't hurt innocent people!"

Yu Du stopped moving. Everyone's eyes once again focused on the girl from the Snake King Sect named Xiang Ning. Just now, she scolded the Shensha faction when Yudu made a move.

At this time, she was already able to stand, but her face was a little pale, and it seemed that the so-called psychedelic smoke and dust were not small.

She glanced at Zuo Hu, her big eyes full of gratitude and worry.

"Childe, don't wade into this troubled water, this matter has nothing to do with you...."Xiangning Bingxue is smart, knowing that he has provoked a group of people, that childe looks weak and weak, and he must not be the opponent of the Shensha Sect Yudu.

Zuo Hu smiled helplessly, he also knew that it had nothing to do with him, but when things got to this point, it was already difficult to ride a tiger. I just hope that this kid named Yudu won't be too strong, and it's best to win him. It's best to have someone in charge as soon as possible to stop the fight, so that you can get out of the siege for yourself.

"Sister Xiangning don't worry, it's just a bet. ”

Zuo Hu took a bite of Sister Xiangning, and the little face of the female cultivator who called was slightly red.

"But..."

Xiang Ning's voice was very low, Zuo Hu naturally didn't hear it clearly, at this time, he couldn't procrastinate, lest the other party regret it and he would be beaten by the group. With a leap of his body, he jumped out of the encirclement of the Shensha Sect and came to the courtyard. Yu was afraid that he would run, so he quickly came to the yard. Everyone in the hall saw that they were going to fight, and they all followed out, and the female cultivators of the Snake King Sect also ran out because they were worried about Zuo Hu.

Zuo Hu and Yu are standing face to face in the courtyard, this courtyard seems to be a specially designed battle arena, very spacious, and the corridor is like a viewing platform.

The left protector in the courtyard was beating a drum in his heart, this was the first time in his life that he had fought head-to-head with someone.

To be honest, a little nervous.

But on the other hand, Yu Du was smiling, as if he had a plan, he didn't bother to talk nonsense, and a strange-looking iron fan slipped out of his sleeve.

This must be his weapon, Zuo Hu thought. His hand reached under the placket and pulled out a short knife.

"Childe, be careful of the poisonous iron sand of their Shensha faction, that fan may be a hidden weapon!"

The sound of incense condensation sounded in the corridor.

Without waiting for Zuo Hu to react, Yu moved.

Although the speed is not as amazing as those dark guards, it is still fast, and with one breath, it is in front of the left guard.

The iron fan slashed, and a stick hit the water dog, and a fan knocked on the head of the left guard, and the left guard made a short knife horizontally, and suddenly sparks splashed, making a sound of gold and iron.

Left Protector bounced off the momentum and jumped out of his attack range, trying to hide as the best strategy, but someone shouted "Be careful!!"

"Not good!" Zuo Hu heard that the voice was Xiangning, his heart tightened, but the movement did not stop, his legs were forced, and the feet that had just landed jumped away again, at this moment, a "chirp" sound of a hidden weapon entering the ground just now sounded, stirring up a lot of smoke and dust.

A lazy donkey rolled, and the left guard stabilized his body and took a look.

"It's dangerous!"

It turned out that Yudu's iron fan could really launch a hidden weapon, he wanted to use the iron fan to disrupt the left guard formation first, and when he landed, he ended the battle with iron sand, but he was unexpectedly recognized by Xiang Ning, and reminded him that the left guard could avoid the crisis.

It's a real killer!

"How dare you use poisoned iron sand!"

Xiangning naturally felt distressed about Zuo Hu's safety, and questioned him.

Yu Du tapped his palm with an iron fan, with a look of pity.

"Almost, you dodged it. ”

He glanced back at Xiangning on the porch.

"What's the matter? I feel sorry for people so soon, is he your husband?"

"You ....."

Seeing Yu Du's calm flirting and scolding, Zuo Hu quickly calculated the battle strategy in his heart.

This Yu is very good at hidden weapons, and he should belong to the long-range combat type, so as long as he controls the distance and fights with him.

Thinking of this, Zuo Hu tightened his grip on the hilt of the knife and ran over.

At this time, Yu was taken aback, I thought that this kid was so frightened by the hidden weapon that he had lost the will to fight, but he didn't expect him to take the initiative to kill him, Zuo Hu guessed right, his melee was very average. Xiu Wei has only just stepped into the second layer of the Qi Condensation Period, and he has never cultivated combat skills, so he has always relied on the poisonous iron sand to win with one blow, so he didn't succeed, and it was also beyond his expectations, the poisonous iron sand in the fan was only enough for three times. He didn't dare to make a rash move, and he had to guard against jumping up and down, and he was a nimble left guard.

Although Zuo Hu has never practiced combat skills, he likes to study the martial arts of the rivers and lakes in the mortal world, swordsmanship and sword skills, and with his cultivation strength and sensitivity in the condensation period, he can also be called a master.

Yu Du bounced the left guard hard every time, and when he wanted to aim, the left guard jumped left and right, and quickly pasted it, and after a few rounds, Yu began to fall into the wind, and he could only defend and dare not attack. He was shackled.

In the end, he also got angry.

"Damn stinky boy!

"Hah!!"

He let out a loud cry, and forcefully separated the blade of the left protector's stab at the chest, and the left protector thought that he wanted to repeat the old trick again, and aimed at it with poisonous iron sand, so he stepped left and right.

Who knows, Yu Du raised his cuffs and sprayed a large amount of colored smoke. Drown Yu Du himself and Zuo Hu together.

"It's psychedelic smoke and dust back then!"

Zuo Hu's heart tightened, knowing that he was on the road. It was too late to hold my breath, so I accidentally inhaled some, and I felt dizzy in an instant. His body went limp and fell to the ground.

When the smoke and dust cleared, Zuo Hu saw that Yudu also collapsed to the ground.