There was a dead silence almost palpable in the quiet inn.

The real dead silence, Gu Shenwei immediately remembered the feeling he felt when he fought against the corpse in Jinpeng Castle.

As if facing a great enemy, the lotus girl took out a small porcelain bottle, opened the lid, put it under her nose and sniffed it, and then held the small porcelain bottle under his nose regardless of whether Gu Shenwei wanted it or not.

Gu Shenwei took in a breath gently, and a rancid salted fish-like smell rushed to the top of his head.

The lotus girl seems to be thin, but she can always take out an endless stream of bottles and cans from her body, which makes Gu Shenwei admire it very much, and she also has a deeper understanding of Xiaoyuetang's secret techniques.

The two did not enter the post station, and quickly withdrew, and the lotus girl explained to Gu Shenwei what she had just done, "Immortal corpse poison, one of the deepest poisons in Xiaoyue Hall, spreads through corpses, and the toxicity will become stronger and stronger, there is an antidote, but it is very rare." ”

"If it spreads like this, won't it be endless, the most devastating country and extinction?" Gu Shenwei was a little surprised.

"There are also disadvantages of not extinguishing corpse poison, being afraid of fire. ”

It didn't take long for the inn to burst into flames, and the corpse poison was snuffed out before it could begin to spread.

The fire grew stronger and stronger, but no one in the town came out to call for help, and the two men went from house to house, and found that it was already an empty town, and hundreds of families seemed to have moved away overnight, and in a very hurry, leaving behind many heavy belongings.

It was already dawn, and the two of them left the town and headed for the capital of Anguo, their mounts were too tired and could only walk slowly.

Gu Shenwei suddenly remembered something, "The whole town has run out, where did the corpses in the post station come from?"

The Lotus Maiden seemed reluctant to answer this question at first, but she remembered that she had promised to tell the Dragon King all the secrets of Xiaoyue Hall, so she said, "The preparation of immortal corpse poison is very difficult, and one person has to voluntarily sacrifice himself, take various poisons for many years, and then commit suicide at the right place and time. The person must be voluntary, and only such a person has the perseverance and determination to eat those strange poisons without being scared to death. ”

Gu Shenwei didn't speak for a while, the more he learned about Xiaoyue Hall, the more he felt that the evil sect was evil, no wonder they wanted to drive all the beginner disciples crazy, normal people really couldn't stay in it, but the lotus girl didn't seem to have changed at all, except for the occasional domineering, she was as indifferent and restrained as a few years ago, and there was no sign of madness.

"In order to get rid of you, they really spared no effort, even using such a rare poison. ”

"Or maybe it's the end of the road, knowing that I know a lot about indestructible corpse poison, and I still want to use this kind of ineffective means. ”

In the following time, the two of them concentrated on the road, and the lotus girl didn't look like she was thoughtful, but when it was close to noon, she took the initiative to talk about a topic, which seemed a little abrupt, but it did solve some of the doubts in Gu Shenwei's heart.

"That's my disagreement with those traitors. "The Lotus Girl begins, "Although the secret technique of Xiaoyue Hall is unique, it is also easy to provoke jealousy, just like not destroying corpse poison, although it is powerful, it may even destroy the country and destroy the clan, but once it spreads, it is known that it is the hand of Xiaoyue Hall, everyone in the world is in danger, and they will definitely attack it in groups, and Xiaoyue Hall will undoubtedly perish, and the agreement of the Four Noble Truths is reasonable." ”

Many years ago, under pressure from all sides, Jinpeng Fort and Xiaoyuetang concluded an armistice agreement at the Four Noble Heavens, Jinpeng Fort gave up the use of some secret arts, occupied the stone castle, and Xiaoyuetang retained the secret arts, but had to retreat into the desert.

In contrast, Jinpeng Castle, which is only good at assassination, is more acceptable to the world.

"The hall master also understands this truth, so he will find ways to strengthen the martial arts of his own sect and weaken the status and role of secret arts. He continued, explaining why Xiaoyuetang was so determined to obtain the Book of No Dao, and why he cooperated with Old Man Mu.

"I think the same thing as the hall master, but there are many disciples who insist that the secret art is the essence of the sect, and martial arts are only the last thing. ”

The Lotus Girl was trained in Jinpeng Castle, so she naturally didn't like the secret art too much, and the Lotus Girl didn't become a madman because she didn't get too deeply involved in those evil things, Gu Shenwei secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.

"Guan Shang's martial arts are very good, and he will even stand on the side of the traitors. Gu Shenwei still has no understanding about this.

The lotus girl snorted disdainfully, she has always been wary of Guan Shang, "What the high priest of the country of incense said is partly credible, Xiaoyuetang and Jinpeng Fort were originally a family, although the focus is different, there are always similarities, Guan Shang received green face training, and she probably has to drive people crazy before she can practice, she knows very little about Xiaoyuetang's secret arts, but she is extremely obsessed, but she doesn't dare to show it too obviously in front of me." ”

Gu Shenwei had a doubt, since the Dutch female representative Xiaoyue Hall proposed to unite with the Great Snow Mountain, it had taken root in his heart, and now was a good time to ask, "The purpose of the Han Hall Master's efforts to transform Xiaoyue Hall is not just to recapture Jinpeng Fort and avenge the revenge of several generations, right?"

The Lotus Girl hung her head silently, as if she was hesitating which side to be loyal to, Gu Shenwei didn't ask, the two walked in silence for a while, and the Lotus Girl finally said: "The ambition of the hall master is the same as that of Dubu King, maybe not as big as him, but she is interested in the entire Biyu City." ”

This was a far cry from the conditions proposed by the Dutch Girl during the first negotiation between the two, when Xiaoyuetang claimed that it only wanted to occupy Jinpeng Castle and Biyu City was left to the Dragon King.

Gu Shenwei believed in the current words of the lotus girl.

"That's just a vague idea of the hall master. "The Lotus Girl didn't want the Dragon King to have too many doubts because of this," she didn't say it explicitly, it was all my conjecture, and besides, the Western Regions were so big that they could accommodate the Great Snow Mountain and Xiaoyue Hall. ”

"This is thanks to King Dubu, who turned the Western Regions upside down and made room for both of us. ”

The Dutch girl smiled.

She rarely smiled, and whenever she smiled, it was as if she had suddenly changed as a different person, and that was after removing the experience of Jinpeng Castle and Xiaoyue Hall, she was supposed to be as Huo Yun.

Gu Shenwei suppressed the sympathy in her heart, but thought coldly that she always had a way to gain the trust of others.

The horses regained their strength slightly, and the two of them sped up, leaving behind the deserted town and the unplanned conversation.

Although Anguo occupied the sea alone, the land was long and narrow, and the capital was not far from the Swallowing Wind Canyon, and that afternoon, it was still early after dark, and the two of them could already see the towering city walls, and understood where the townspeople had gone.

The fat patriarch gave a public banquet to the dragon king, and many passing merchants sat to accompany him, and when they entered the country, they quickly spread the news with added fuel and vinegar.

In less than a day, the news that the Dragon King led 100,000 barbarian troops to enter the Xiaoyao Sea from Osan was like a raging storm, causing a devastating impact on Anguo, and even the original makers of the rumors, those merchants who had drunk with the Dragon King, were also frightened by the panic they had created with their own hands, and they traveled day and night, wanting to leave here as soon as possible.

Therefore, the residents of the town were not driven away by the traitors of Xiaoyuetang, but were scared away by the Dragon King a day or two before.

The closer they got to the capital of Anguo, the more people rushed to take refuge, and everyone was talking about the terrible Dragon King and his army of 100,000 or million, and no one recognized that the pale young man walking beside him was the Dragon King himself.

Gu Shenwei couldn't cry or laugh, the army of the Great Snow Mountain was forced to have no way out by Jinpeng Fort, so he had to go deep into the south, and went in a huge circle, from Wushan to the Xiaoyao Sea, and he actually gained such a terrifying prestige because of this, which really made him feel unreasonable.

Slowly moving forward in the crowd of people fleeing into the city, listening to the conversation of the crowd, and occasionally interjecting a sentence or two, Gu Shenwei slowly understood where the fear of the Anguo people came from.

To Xiaoyaohai, and even to the entire Western Regions, Osan is a dividing line, north of the boundary is the civilized region, there are kings, there are ministers, pay attention to the upper and lower dignity, know how to etiquette and shame, the south of Osan Mountain, including the tribes in Ossan, all belong to the barbarian people, there are patriarchs and chiefs, fighting endlessly, bloodthirsty and aggressive, and a word of disagreement will be solved by the sword.

Groups of merchants and swordsmen entered Osan to dispel the misunderstandings of the people outside the mountain, but on the contrary, everyone who entered Mt. Ooshan from the Wind Swallowing Canyon would describe the barbarians in the mountains as more terrifying after they came out, and only in this way would people believe his words and be willing to listen to them.

After Gu Shenwei fled from Jinpeng Castle, he mostly hid in remote areas, and then got along with the swordsmen of Daxue Mountain day and night, and did not feel that there was anything special about the tribes in Wushan, but thought that the people of Anguo were a little fussy and even a little ignorant.

But he could understand what these people were thinking, and he soon discovered their "cleverness".

It is said that the generals sent by Jinpeng Fort to besiege the capital of Shiguo recruited soldiers in several countries in Xiaoyaohai, resulting in almost no young people in various countries, but on the way into the city, Gu Shenwei saw many men in the prime of life, they avoided conscription, but were frightened out by the dragon king and the army of 100,000.

A large crowd had gathered in front of the city gate, arguing with the guards guarding the gate.

It was not only the people of Anguo who were frightened, but the magnates in the city were even more panicked than them, and the security team basically went to besiege the capital of Shiguo, the country's guards were empty, and even hundreds of soldiers could not be gathered, and seeing that there were more and more refugees, they were even more afraid, thinking that there would be a large number of spies mixed in, so an hour ago, they ordered the city gate to be closed.

This move immediately caused a lot of rumors and riots among the people who had not yet entered the city, and everyone thought that the dragon king's army was coming, so they clamored for the door to be opened, and argued with the guards on the city wall.

The leader of the guards was a middle-aged man in his forties, who was ordered to close the city gates, but he was very sympathetic to the people outside, and shouted down: "Everyone listen to me, everyone listen to me, the barbarian army is not yet in sight, if the dragon king comes, the first thing to attack is the capital, everyone go home, it is safer than here." ”

No one believed him, some people coerced, some people lured, some people recognized the identity of the leader, "Aren't you someone from someone's family? I'm your old neighbor, let me in, I'm the only one!"

The noise outside the city gate shook the sky, and the leader of the guards couldn't hold back the bullets at all.

Gu Shenwei and the lotus girl listened for a while, and were about to go around to a place where there were few people and climb the wall to enter the city, when someone on the city wall suddenly shouted: "The king has run, the king has run, we have been thrown to the dragon king!"

Gu Shenwei didn't want the Dragon King to have such a bad reputation, but he thought that he might be able to win a lot of benefits by using this false notoriety.

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