This kind of thing always comes unexpectedly.

This is true for Star-Lord, and it is the same for Zhou Ran and Kunyu.

But many times there is only one opportunity, and if you miss it, you will miss it forever.

Just like He Lichuan, who was standing outside the west gate of Yanhui City at this time, he originally had a chance to become the head of the Yuncang Sect, but it was a pity that his father and another foreign sect elder underestimated Chen Shizhi's strength. The fact that the two of them paid for their lives only proved one thing, that is, those who stepped through the gate of heaven could not be judged by common sense.

In fact, in terms of cultivation talent, He Wangchuan, who stepped into the Star Vertical Realm on his own, was even stronger than Pu Qingfeng. Not only did he step into the Starry Realm three years earlier than Pu Qiufeng, but he still had undiminished momentum after advancing. But after the seizure of power, his state of mind collapsed, and he almost made no progress for decades.

Cultivation depends not only on talent, but also on state of mind.

The higher the realm, the more important the state of mind becomes.

But even so, who would dare to despise a first-turn powerhouse in the Star Vertical?

Because no matter what, He Lichuan is a person who has stepped into the realm of Xingzhong with his own understanding. Unlike those who relied on the four-grade spiritual source to reach this realm but almost cut off the path, he still had a great chance to improve the realm, and his own strength was not comparable to those who relied on external objects to reach this realm.

He Lichuan was dressed in a gray Confucian shirt, with a thin figure and a clear face, looking like a down-and-out old scholar.

Although the scholar is old, he wears a sword at his waist.

The old scholar He Lichuan asked: "The city lord of Zhou drove back to the city, but he didn't come to my city lord's mansion, so he also looked down on someone?"

As the dignified city lord of the wild goose returning to the city, it is not difficult for He Lichuan to figure out Zhou Ran's identity, and he calls Zhou Ran the city lord of Zhou, obviously putting himself in a higher position. After all, although the two of them are both city lords, Yuzhou City can't even compare to Fufeng City, where is they qualified to compare with this Yanhui City, which is several times bigger than Fufeng City?

According to the division of city levels in this world, Yuzhou City, which has a population of less than one million and necessities to buy from the outside world, can only be regarded as the lowest ninth-class city, but because it was once a place where thousands of peerless disciples were screened and rich in spirit crystals, it can barely be regarded as an eighth-class city, and a giant city like Fufeng City can only be regarded as a seventh-class city, but this Yanhui City is a real sixth-class city.

The major cities belong to different forces, and there is no subordinate relationship, but the level of the city is there, and the high-level city is stronger than the low-level city, and the strength of the city lord is also stronger. If the forces behind the city are similar, then the city lords will have to arrange their seats according to their rank once they encounter them. When a city lord passes through another city, the first thing to go to should be the city lord's mansion, which is already an unwritten rule between all city lords.

Whether it's written or not, when the vast majority of people are following it, rules are rules.

If you don't follow this rule as a city lord, you will be excluded by other city lords. If there is any transaction in the future, those who do not follow the rules often have to pay 30% more than others.

As the lord of the big city, He Lichuan is also a frustrated person, so he doesn't attach importance to such trivial matters, unless the city lord with a higher status than him will appear when he passes by, and the city lord who is equal to him is almost always his first disciple to come forward on his behalf. If it was someone of lower status than him, he would not even have the interest to know. And the city lord of an eighth-level small city is naturally not in the eyes of He Lichuan, even the Yuzhou City that has been rumored in the past two months.

If it weren't for Chen Shizhi's appearance, He Lichuan would have pretended not to know whether Zhou Ran had entered the city or not.

Before leaving Yuzhou City, Zhou Ran also specially asked Xiahou Chun some rules, and he knew some rules that were not rules between the city lord and the city lord. He was a little surprised that the city lord of Yanhui City would attach so much importance to this, but he still apologized and said: "It's the rude of the juniors, please don't blame the city lord." ”

He Lichuan raised his eyebrows, but after all, he didn't say the slightest unhappiness in his heart.

"Since the city lord of Zhou has come to my goose back to the city, then I will naturally return to the city to fulfill the friendship of the landlord. However, I also have the rules for geese returning to the city, and since the city lord of Zhou admits that he is rude, he must not feel that someone is deliberately embarrassed. ”

After He Lichuan finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the city gate.

The city gate was always closed, He Lichuan stopped before he walked to the city gate, he turned his face sideways to Zhou Ran and said, "He is waiting for City Lord Zhou in the City Lord's Mansion." ”

As soon as the words fell, He Lichuan was like an abyss old Jiao soaring into the air.

Immediately afterwards, on the city wall hundreds of feet high, someone jumped down.

The person who came to the ground was silent, only the sword roared softly, it was Zhang Zhuqing, who had only appeared not long ago.

Zhang Zhuqing hugged his fists and said: "City Lord Zhou, disrespectful!"

Even if he had carefully confirmed, Zhang Zhuqing still didn't dare to believe that the young man in front of him was the city lord of Yuzhou City who was born out of nowhere, and no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't tell that this person would be the one who had seriously injured several Star Vertical powerhouses as soon as he made a move.

Zhou Ran nodded slightly, and asked with a smile: "Your city lord said to leave, I haven't had time to ask what are the rules for geese to return to the city?"

Zhang Zhuqing smiled, and then explained seriously: "The master has a total of nine personal disciples, and the city lord of Zhou only needs to outperform me and the other two senior brothers before he can enter the city lord's mansion to see my senior brother." If the City Lord of Zhou wants to see his old man, then he must be better than our six senior brothers. Of course, if the city lord of Zhou felt that it was impossible for the wild goose to return to the city, he could leave now. ”

After Zhang Zhuqing finished speaking, he waited for Zhou Ran to decide.

Zhou Ran said with a smile: "Is the radical method of the wild goose returning to the city so clumsy?"

Zhang Zhuqing frowned slightly, but did not speak.

Zhou Ran shook his head and asked, "How do you compare with your junior brothers?"

Zhang Zhuqing said: "It's a shame to say that although I am ranked sixth, my talent is not as good as that of the eight senior brothers, and my strength is at the bottom." ”

Kunyu pouted and said, "You don't have any shame on your face. ”

Zhang Zhuqing smiled, but he didn't care, still looking at Zhou Ran.

Zhou Ran rubbed Kunyu's head and asked Zhang Zhuqing: "If the nine of you lose to me, who will I meet?"

As soon as these words came out, even if the cultivation was excellent, Zhang Zhuqing changed his face immediately.

Zhang Zhuqing and several other brothers knew that their teacher wanted Zhou Ran to enter the mansion, so they asked Chen Shi to know something, so they were ready to be waterproof. After all, the weakest strength of him is the strength of the innate second realm, if he doesn't release the water, even if this little city lord reaches the realm of the True Yuan Three Refinements like the Golden Boy and Jade Girl of the Thousand Peerless Gates, he still has no power to fight back in front of them.

It was a matter of mentorship, and Zhang Zhuqing and the others didn't mind sacrificing their reputation to fulfill this little city lord.

But if he came to ridicule them after getting benefits, or was insatiable and wanted to let their nine brothers and sisters be trampled under his feet, it would be too ignorant. In the final analysis, his master just wants to see people, and as for whether he is invited in or carried in, there is not much difference.

In fact, the reason why Zhang Zhuqing's brothers were ready to sacrifice their own reputation to become the little city lord from the beginning was that on the one hand, they were indeed afraid of the rumored giant beast phantom, and on the other hand, because his master personally went out of the city to meet him, and even Chen Shizhi, who existed like a taboo, also appeared for him.

If it weren't for these reasons, the city lord of a small city really didn't have the qualifications to be taken seriously by their senior brothers.

In addition, Senior Brother Zhang Zhuqing didn't know that the Seven Elders of the Situ Family of Fufeng City died in the hands of Zhou Ran, but after analyzing the situation of the Situ Family at that time, they agreed that the Seven Elders of the Situ Family, whose strength had reached the peak of the Innate Peak, must be actively begging for death, and it was somewhat similar to the situation they were facing at this time.

The difference was that the seventh elder of the Situ family had fulfilled this little city lord with his life, and they needed to use their own reputation.

They were more willing to believe this reason, and even believed that this was the case in their hearts, because they didn't believe that a Returning Yuan Realm kid could kill an innate peak master with his own ability, even with the Xingyue Spirit Treasure.

In the huge network, there are too many things that cannot be solved with a single sword. In enjoying the benefits of these giant nets, how many people find themselves bound by so many huge nets? And even more terrible than being bound is the mind that is limited by the so-called common sense.

In the huge net of the Yuncang Sect, Chen Shizhi should be the only one who struggled out of the net.

For example, Zhang Zhuqing and these people are not even qualified to perceive the existence of this huge net.

Zhou Ran took Kunyu's hand and walked towards Zhang Zhuqing step by step.

Zhang Zhuqing's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, and Zhou Ran's actions were not only not taking him seriously, but also being naked humiliation.

When Zhou Ran was still more than ten zhang away from Zhang Zhuqing, he held the hilt of the sword.

When the distance between the two sides was only seven zhang, Zhang Zhuqing Zhenyuan surged, and flicked the sword out of the sheath with his thumb.

However, the sword only had time to unsheath an inch.

Zhang Zhuqing only felt that his head was about to explode, and he looked at the person who was still seven zhang away a moment ago, but at this time, he was standing in front of him and holding the hilt of the sword with his hand, pushing the sword back into the scabbard.

Because he was too shocked and nervous, Zhang Zhuqing's voice was already hoarse, and he only said one word: "You!"

No matter how frightened he was in his heart, Zhang Zhuqing tried his best to use the true yuan in his body, wanting to draw his sword again.

The sword was unsheathed an inch, and the hand that had been withdrawn pressed against the hilt again.

Zhang Zhuqing tried his best, but he could only watch as the long sword that was an inch out of the sheath was pushed back into the scabbard again.

The person who was hesitant to release the water because he felt that he was angered by Zhou Ran a moment ago suddenly realized that he couldn't even pull out his sword in front of this little city lord.

Zhang Zhuqing didn't draw his sword for the third time, he was afraid that if he couldn't pull it out again this time, he would never be able to pull it out.

Zhou Ran didn't wait for the person in front of him to draw his sword for the third time, he led Kun Yu and Zhang Zhuqing to pass by, and when he came to the city gate, he carried Kun Yu's shoulder and rose to the sky.

The three-in-one heavenly wind of "Cloud Trace" was displayed by him at this time, and it was like a shock.

Zhou Ran climbed over the city wall hundreds of zhang high, and the second person on the other side of the city gate was already waiting here.

Li Shutong, the fifth disciple of He Lichuan.

He Lichuan's nine personal disciples are all sword masters, six of them are only sword cultivators, and only three can be called sword cultivators.

One is Gu Changyun, the first apprentice who has stepped into the Star Vertical Realm, and the other is the ninth apprentice who is newly recruited, and he is also his close disciple Xiang Wanxing, who is about the same age as Xingjue, but his strength has reached the ninth grade of forging body.

The third is Li Shutong, a master who has stepped into the innate third realm with one foot.

Zhang Zhuqing said that his strength was the weakest among several senior brothers, but it was just a humble statement. But the original gatekeeper behind him was not Li Shutong, but the seventh junior brother Han Xiu, whose realm was comparable to Li Shutong, but his strength was weaker than him. Because Zhou Ran's strength was beyond expectations, Han Xiu had almost no chance of winning, so Li Shutong replaced him.

The city lord's mansion is located in the center of Yanhui City, the back garden in the house is extremely huge, and even the only few hills in the city are included, the Big Wild Goose Pagoda with only seven floors but as high as more than 100 zhang is not the tallest building in the city, but because it is built on the highest hill in the back garden, you can almost see everything in the city by standing on the tower.

When Han Xiucai came to the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, he immediately said to Gu Changyun: "Senior brother, the fifth senior brother asked you to inform the second senior brother to guard the third level. ”

Gu Changyun was a little surprised when he heard this, and couldn't help asking, "Does the fifth really say that?"

Han Xiu nodded, and then said in a deep voice, "Sixth Senior Brother lost without even pulling out his sword. ”

A gust of wind rose on the ground, and the dark clouds that had dispersed in the distance drifted again.