In the nineteenth year of Tianshun, it was frozen.

At the beginning of winter, the south of the Yangtze River was not too cold. The Nanyue area presents a picture of spring.

Along the way, the most seen is still the boundless lush forest, although the breeze is mixed with cold, but it will naturally not have much impact on the three martial arts practitioners, occasionally a girl named Zhou Ying'er will hold her arms and rub for a while. But he will always receive the coat put on by Bai Yilan as soon as possible, and it will warm from his body to his heart......

South of Hengshan, the largest county town, Hengyang.

Bai Yilan and his party finally came to the last foothold before the selection. It is located in a desolate place, but even the city walls are only a short side, and from Bai Yilan's point of view, it is just a little bit of his own toe effort.

It is said that this is the only flat land in the hundreds of miles of rivers in the southwest bitter land, so it has been going on for many years, and this has slowly gathered one village and two villages...... A town...... A city............

Until today, it has a small scale, and the imperial court has sent officials and troops to rectify it. However, most of them have been demoted to this place, and no one has ever really done their best for the development of this place.

But it has become a paradise for hermits in the world, away from strife and hustle. In this era when the imperial court ruled the rivers and lakes, it became the only "lawless" zone.

Without the support of the imperial court, it is natural that there can be no hope of a prosperous scene here, along the street are the thatched huts built by the people here themselves, and the most precious things in the shouting along the street are only the "local eggs" in the mouth of the old woman.

The thatched hut is intricate, so that the traffic is also extremely inconvenient, and within a radius of more than ten miles, the furnishings are all loess walls, and the thatch is the top...... If you are not careful, you will be separated from your companions, in order to avoid this, Zhou Ying'er tightly held Bai Yilan's "big hand". Never let go from start to finish.

But this seems to be so backward that no outsiders will enter the place, but it presents a very inconsistent lively, fiery atmosphere, all kinds of avenues and trails in front of the door and behind the house, and you can meet a person in the martial arts who is either brocade or plain but has weapons in his hands, and is full of energy. And each one looks extremely young. is as ignorant of the world as Bai Yilan, and extremely conceited. Bai Yilan glanced at each other, and all they got was a bad response from the other party.

But this is all normal, and now it is the sixth day of the lunar month. There are only two days left before the "Laba Hengyang faction selection", no one can live on Heng Mountain, and almost all the young talents in the world gather here, no matter what kind of identity or purpose, it is to enter the highest hall of martial arts.

"Found it, turn around in front, there is a tea shed, I've been walking for a few days, take a good rest today, and prepare to go up the mountain the day after tomorrow......" Pang Erlong, who was exploring the way, sweated out of the corner in front of him, with a long-lost smile on his face. But he was really tired all the way, his smiling eyes and eyebrows were full of exhaustion, and everyone could only understand from the tone of his voice that he was really happy and surprised at this time.

Bai Yilan held Zhou Ying'er's swarthy little hand, bent her eyebrows, and walked forward by default. The three-foot long sword that had just arrived a few days ago was lying in Xiang Kong's arms without being unsheathed once. This is out of concern for Zhou Ying'er, Xiang Kong spontaneously helped this little sword boy......

"Little Er, tea!"

Since finding a water source last night and resting for a while, until now, the four of them have not entered a drop of water. Bai Yilan didn't care about anything else, and as soon as she walked into this simple tea shed, she shouted directly. Take a seat at a table in front of a group of young people. Waiting for the refreshing feeling of herbal tea soaking into the spleen and lungs. I didn't notice at all the four teenagers behind me who were about to land on the stool under Bai Yilan's buttocks.

Xiang Kong, Pang Erlong, Zhou Ying'er, all of them were like this, and they all filled the entire tea table at once, exhaling one by one like a dog sticking out their tongues, and they couldn't slow down for a while......

"Four, this one seems to be ours, right?"

A crisp woman's voice came faintly from behind Bai Yilan.

Bai Yilan only cared about when the shopkeeper who was busy pouring tea not far away would come to his table, and didn't hear any other sounds at all.

Zhou Ying'er heard it, and when she heard the voice, she thought that she had finally met a girl as old as herself, so she turned her head without hesitation, looking forward to her fantasy......

But when she saw it, it was a serious four powerful young men, the one closest to her, he was dressed in silk and satin, and he wore nine bright gold rings on his ten fingers. The other three were roughly the same. And it is worth mentioning that only one of the four carried a sword. The remaining three don't know if they were covered by the smell of copper, or if they had never practiced martial arts. Even Zhou Ying'er didn't feel any pressure on the four people opposite.

Zhou Ying'er looked at these four teenagers who were about the same age as Bai Yilan stupidly. In fact, he just stared intently at the high-quality jade pendant that he had never seen before, as well as the golden crown embroidered robe.

The person at the front called the table and didn't respond, and he was really embarrassed under the gaze of more than a dozen people in the tea shed. But in the next moment, all these embarrassments turned into anger at the four people at the table, their faces were pale, and they shouted in the sharp woman's voice: "Deaf, hurry up and get out of me!"

The man was standing behind Bai Yilan, and his ears were numb with his sudden roar. But maybe she was too tired, Bai Yilan still didn't say a word, just glanced at the "woman" with a rough demeanor behind her.

But when he saw that there was not a single woman behind him or even in the entire tea shed, he was stunned at first, and looked at the swinger brother in front of him. Then I couldn't help but feel a wave of resentment, "Who are you, your seat? Don't you look at whose ass the stool is under now?"

The man saw Bai Yilan's face. For the first time, I saw a man who was a little more handsome than himself and had firmer skin. I was fascinated by it......

"Bastard! You know who you're talking to. This is the son of the King of Shuchuan in the Ming Dynasty!" Hearing Bai Yilan's unreasonable complaint, the young man holding the sword behind him was already furious, and rushed forward, with angry eyes.

Bai Yilan didn't have the strength to fight with him again, so he threw Pang Erlong a look and pointed back, then lay on the table again, fiddling with the teacup. Close your eyes and refresh yourself.

Pang Erlong received the instruction, immediately stretched his waist, exuding his usual rogue temperament, he half leaned on the tea table, held his cheek with one hand and figured out his horn with the other, and then looked the four of them up and down, and mocked the young man holding the sword:

"Yo, princes and nobles. Then you must be the dogleg next to this son?"

The man holding the sword heard this, but he was not as angry as before, with an expression of "you are in trouble", and solemnly introduced himself: "I am Gao He, the son of the Admiral of Sichuan and Chongqing. ”

Looking at the confident face of the young man named Gao He, Pang Erlong couldn't bear to lose face for a while, so he pretended to cover his mouth with both hands, "That's ...... What about the other three?"

The nobleman with a woman's voice introduced herself: "Zhu Zhe." ”

The other two are slightly inferior in temperament and appearance, and their tone is not as domineering as the first two, just to keep up with the footsteps of the first two, they report themselves in that pure Sichuan-Chongqing accent:

"The son of Mianzhu Zhixian, Zuo Miao. ”

"Xu Yunda. ”

Obviously, Prince Zhu Zhe was not satisfied with the introduction of these two people, and scolded: "It's useless! How many times have I told you, I have to speak official words when I go out." It's infuriating to listen to your lame voices. ”

Zuo Miao, Xu Yunda. had to retreat aside, but he was also very dissatisfied in his heart:

You are not natives of Sichuan, of course you don't have an accent, we have all lived here for nearly 20 years, how can you suddenly change your words.

"Ah, they're all the sons of eunuchs!" Pang Erlong became more and more surprised, and asked in a low voice, "I don't know what happened to all the big people coming to this poor country?"

"Heh, of course, it's to beat up all of you country wastes who have no eyesight, and then enter the Hengyang faction. Gao He snorted coldly and moved his gaze to Bai Yilan's dusty coarse linen robe. After running around for a long time, if he had come closer at this time, he might still be able to smell the sour smell of sweat all over his body.

Bai Yilan didn't want to deal with the four of them anymore, but when she heard this, she also interjected intentionally or unintentionally: "No, if you want to talk about martial arts, Your Excellency should go to Emei, which is also in line with His Royal Highness the Prince's identity." ”

"Yes, yes, yes, girls should go where they should go. Pang Erlong immediately borrowed the slope and got off the donkey.

"Look for death!"

Gao He groaned, and then pulled out the jade decorated sword in a high voice, and the next moment it was placed on Bai Yilan's neck.

Bai Yilan didn't want to really clash with them, but he just saw the natural hatred of the people in the rivers and lakes for the imperial court, thinking that he would be able to continue to sit here safely and securely without doing anything.

But most people have to hide this hatred in their hearts, after all, as the old saying goes, "The people don't fight with the officials." "It's not unreasonable, I'm just here to study, and there's no need to go against the court and pay for my life.

But the development of events can always prove Bai Yilan's guess, seeing Gao He crossing the path like this, a man in a hat and a hat next to the corner finally couldn't sit still. Put down the ribbed teacup in your hand and get up.

Standing on the side, the figure was huge, almost nine feet. and the half-bare arms are like a rock. He got up and walked towards the four eunuchs, but the voice floating out from under the hat was extremely young, even if it was bigger than Bai Yilan, it was definitely no more than twenty. As he walked, he muttered:

"The people of the temple should go back to the temple!"

Gao He was immediately unhappy when he heard this, and turned his head to the source ......of the sound, and began to scold: "There are people who are not afraid of death?

When he turned his head again, he saw the monster that made him look up, and his legs trembled for a while, and even the last few words popped out with a trembling voice: "Mother...... Who...... Who?"

The behemoth pinched his big hand, and moved with the green tendons of his arms and the large muscles in his shoulders. It was terrifying to everyone.

Finally, he confided his name: "Long Tian." ”

Even Bai Yilan frowned slightly when she heard it, and silently thought in her heart: "Third-rate peak level, bone-shattering human demons, Long Tian"