Text Volume II, Chapter 26, The City of the Free

He would have thought that this Meng Fang was already the same kind of person as him. Rough and big, simple and rough, belongs to the kind of stupid people who practice more than think.

Yu Mu returned the spirit crystal to Meng Fang, Meng Fang held the spirit crystal and began to recover his spiritual power, and Yu Mu also took root and absorbed the aura of the earth.

Wait until both of them are full of energy before setting off again.

At the end of the cave, a wide underground river rushes through it. Meng Fang didn't say much, pulled Yu Mu and jumped into the river.

"......Ahh Knock knock knock. Meng Fang had already forgotten about Yu Mu's inability to swim.

Yu Mu choked on a few mouthfuls of water, and was about to change into a tree again, but found that Meng Fang had turned into a real body one step earlier, and paddled with four pot-sized cow hooves.

Yu Mu was inspired, and immediately turned into a pig. Suddenly, I felt a lightness on my body, and I seemed to grasp the center of gravity of swimming all of a sudden, and my heart was no longer flustered.

Learn to let go, slide four hooves, and swim up easily, which is a hundred times stronger than the body of a tree drifting with the current. And he has another advantage, not having to ventilate. Whenever there is a lack of oxygen, as long as part of the body is turned into a tree, oxygen can be quickly replenished.

A cow and a pig swam for about half an hour, and finally swam out of the cave. Out of the cave but did not float, Meng Fang took Yu Mu upstream, and swam underwater for most of the day before turning into a human form and surfacing the water.

As soon as Yu Mu showed his head, he was taken aback.

The place where the two appeared was a wharf, in front of which there were countless large and small ships, and there were many people bustling on the shore.

The place where they appeared was in a remote place, very secretive. Taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, the two quietly went ashore. First find a hidden place and disguise it a little.

The two of them had limited ability to change, and only made some simple changes. Meng Fang lowered his height, tied his hair, and turned into a fat purple-faced man. Yu Mu's ability to change was even worse, he only increased his height and became an extremely ordinary person.

Meng Fang turned the horns into a hat to cover his face. Yu Mu did the same, and he also made one, but his peach blossom eyes were really eye-catching.

For some reason, the other injuries have long since healed, only this pair of swollen eyes have been extremely slow to recover. In desperation, I had to find some charcoal ash and paint my whole face black, so as to disguise it a little.

After the camouflage was completed, the two were unprepared, and the two mixed in the crowd.

Seeing that he didn't attract the attention of others, Meng Fang lowered his voice and said, "Be careful when you get here, this is the most dangerous place in this region, the 'Free City'. ”

"Free City, since it is a Free City, how can it be a dangerous place?" Yu Mu was puzzled.

Meng Fang smiled and said: "The city of freedom means that there is no restraint. Freely, do whatever you want, how can you say such a place is not dangerous?"

"Oh, so that's the case, so there's no one here?"

"This is the meeting place of the three major forces, and it is also the transportation artery of the water and dry wharf. Therefore, the three forces have been fighting for many years, and in the end, all three are defeated, and no one has the strength to dominate here, so in the end, they can only be allowed to develop freely. ”

"Then why don't they put aside the dispute and develop it together?" Yu Mu couldn't help but think of a habitual diplomatic method in his previous life.

Meng Fang shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The three parties have been fighting for many years, and the three parties are already on the same footing, how can they cooperate together? Besides, in addition to these three major forces, there are also many other forces in the city like my Mao. Usually, everyone goes their own way, but once the interests of these people are touched, I am afraid that the three parties will not be able to suppress it. ”

"Oh, yes! who are these people in robes?" he said, gesturing to a group of strangely dressed people who were shuttling between the docks of the ships.

These people were all covered with long robes, a simple hemp rope tied around their waists, and straw sandals under their feet. It's just that the color of the robe on the body is a little different.

Meng Fang hurriedly pressed Yu Mu's finger and said, "Don't point fingers, they are the Holy Yang Sect, one of the three major forces. They controlled the waterway business in the Free City. Don't look at these people as inconspicuous, maybe there are some dangerous people hidden inside. ”

"Dangerous person?" Yu Mu was puzzled.

According to the conventional understanding of previous lives, the people of the Rites and Religions are all based on the principle of universal sentient beings and Tzu Chi to the world. In addition, these people look ordinary, and they don't look like those high-ranking big people, so it's dangerous?

Meng Fang obviously saw that Mu was puzzled, and explained, "The rank ranking of the Holy Yang Sect members is very different from ours. They are divided into five grades, which are distinguished by the color of the clothes they wear, which are white, red, blue, gray, and black. The white is the highest, called the white-clothed holy lord, followed by the cardinals, the blue-clothed priests, the gray-clothed saints, and the black-clothed ordinary congregants. ”

Yu Mu still couldn't understand. Most of these people were dressed in black robes, a few gray robes, and only the leader wore a blue robe. Could it be that this level is already a high person?

Meng Fang continued: "The Holy Yang Sect cultivates the mystery of light, and advocates the way of extreme yang. Therefore, the emphasis on hierarchical cultivation is not the realm of Taoism, but the understanding of the teachings. The white-clothed Holy Lord may be just a mortal, and the black-clothed sect may also be a master cultivator. ”

Yu Mu thought to himself, 'This is very similar to the situation of the sect in the previous life. ’

"And that's not all. Meng Fang alluded to those people who were dressed up like the two of them: "Even these coolies should not be underestimated, and the people who can survive in this environment are not ordinary people."

Speaking of this, Meng Fang lowered his voice and said: "This is not only a place for all parties to compete for treasures, but also an excellent hiding place for thieves and villains. The City of the Free is actually a city of sin and filth. ”

Yu Mu also asked in a low voice, "Could it be that the uncle that Brother Meng visited lives in this free city?"

Meng Fang shook his head and said, "That's not true, but you have to use the teleportation array here to get there." ”

"Brother Meng, who is your uncle, and why does he live near such a dangerous place?"

Hearing Yu Mu ask about his uncle, Meng Fang not only showed a look of pride and said: "My uncle is one of the three major forces, the head of the Eagle Ridge, the 'Heavenly Sage'. ”

"Bird Eagle Ridge, Optimus Sage, is your uncle a saint... Sage?" Yu Mu's eyes were about to pop out, and he stammered.

Meng Fang laughed and said, "Not bad." His old man is a sage, not only him, but the leaders of the other two major forces are all sages. ”

"Ah~!" Meng Fang's words completely subverted Yu Mu's cognition. The Sage is almost a legendary existence, but three of them appeared here at once, which is also too ......!

No wonder this place is called the Three Saints Realm, I see!