Chapter 11 It's time to take the next step

For three days, Li Xiao didn't do anything big, just practiced his sword skills in the mansion alone. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Although it is said that it is understood how to use it, when it comes to actual combat, it is a different matter.

Compared to the Vulture Steps, the Divine Sword Slash and the Dusk Drizzle Red Sleeve Knife that can almost be used in the mind, these two martial arts are much more profound.

In the past three days, although Li Xiao has been practicing, the proficiency of the two martial arts has not improved much, but the only benefit is that these two martial arts, Li Xiao has been able to do as he likes.

On the last day, there was no goodbye, Li Xiaolin just said something to Ji Shanhe before leaving.

The red sleeve knife was tied around his waist, and after leaving the county government, Li Xiao first prepared some dry food in the county, and then bought a fast horse and left the county, heading in the direction of Hangcheng.

I didn't rush to leave, according to Ji Shanhe's words, Tiance Mansion can go whenever it recruits people, but with Ji Shanhe's authority, it can only be recommended once a year.

Along the way, Li Xiao was cultivating and hurrying, and it took him five days to arrive in Hangzhou.

On the way, Li Xiaoran didn't encounter any robbers and other things.

After all, Huizhou can be said to be an economic powerhouse, and the power of the imperial court here can be said to be second only to Dadu.

It's not just bandits, even if it's a sect in the rivers and lakes, most of them are just small sects here.

However, it is only limited to Huizhou, if you go out of Huizhou, it is not so simple.

First of all, Xiangnan Province, which is close to Huizhou, the so-called righteous path forces led by Zangjian Villa, and the rest of the sect families, it can be said that the power of the imperial court there is far less strong than that of Huizhou.

As for the more remote places like Sichuan and Shu, the Northwest Martial Arts is even more chaotic.

Although the power of the imperial court is strong, it is not strong enough to be able to oppose the entire rivers and lakes, after all, this is not an ordinary world.

Those powerful sect families are just superficially giving face to the court and surrendering.

Looking at Hangcheng in front of him, Li Xiao couldn't help but take a deep breath and sighed: "Sure enough, it is the largest city in Huizhou, and that small place in Anxian County is far from being able to compare." ”

Hangcheng, the origin of this name, can be traced back to the previous dynasty two hundred years ago, at that time Hangcheng was not the territory of the imperial court, but the base camp of the Hang family in the martial arts, with the family name as the name of the city, it can be seen that the prestige of the Hang family at that time.

The whole Hangzhou city is backed by Huishan Mountain, and the other three sides are covered by a large lake with a width of tens of meters, and the only passage is the official road open by the bridge in the middle.

It can be said that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the entrance and exit are the same city gate entrance, and the merchants and people from the rivers and lakes who enter and exit the city gate every day are more than 100,000 people, which shows the prosperity of its Hangzhou City.

And although there are many people in the rivers and lakes, not many people will be bold enough to break discipline in Hangzhou.

As the most economically developed Hangzhou in Huizhou, not to mention the Tiance Mansion and the imperial court forces of the Six Gates stationed here, the investigation of the imperial court after the trouble alone is enough to dispel some people's thoughts.

Even those big sects didn't dare to make a move on the territory of this imperial court.

By the time Li Xiao approached the entrance of Hangcheng, there was already a long queue in front of him.

Most of these people are from all over the world, such as Xiangnan Province, which is the closest to Hangzhou and Huizhou, and there are also Sichuan and Shu places farther away.

And most of these people are some warriors who walk the rivers and lakes, and almost all of them carry swords.

Because of the special geographical factors of Hangzhou, there is only one city gate, and because there are many merchants coming and going, most of them are merchant groups, carrying large carts of goods, which can be said to greatly delay the speed of the process.

Most of the people in the rivers and lakes behind were impatient, but even so, they didn't dare to do it in Hang County, unless they were tired of being crooked.

Not to mention the tracing of Tiance Mansion and the Six Gates, just the guards who guarded the gate of the city and reached the acquired realm had to let them think about it.

You must know that in some remote cities and counties, the martial artists of the acquired realm can already be regarded as a good hand.

And just when Li Xiao was about to line up honestly like everyone else, suddenly a noise sounded from behind.

I saw that under the exclamation of everyone, the middle-aged man's figure turned into a white horse, and instantly passed through everyone to the city gate, and then he actually went straight up and performed light skills to cross the city wall that was more than 20 meters high, and directly entered the city.

A master of the innate realm!

With just a glance, Li Xiao had already judged the strength of the other party.

Seeing this scene, the faces of the people around them showed envy or disagreement, and the guard at the gate of the city also seemed to have not seen it.

"Brother Tai, that person is just the city gate, he passes directly through the city wall, and no one cares?" Puzzled in his heart, Li Xiao patted the martial artist in front of him and asked.

The martial artist who was questioned by Li Xiao looked like a young man in his twenties, with a Qingfeng long sword hanging from his waist, and his own strength was worthy of reaching the realm of the day after tomorrow according to Li Xiao's estimate.

Originally, he was impatient to wait, and he was even more annoyed when he was patted by someone, but when he looked back and saw the person who was questioned, he was the same martial artist as himself, and his face was handsome and extremely polite, and a trace of good feelings suddenly rose in his heart. ”

Li Xiao nodded lightly: "It's indeed the first time I've come to Hangzhou, and I'm asking my brother to solve my doubts in Xia." ”

When the young man heard Li Xiao's words, he smiled: "You're welcome, just call me Fang Nan." ”

Li Xiao also gave his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Fang, please, under Li Xiao." ”

Pointing to the city wall in front of him, Fang Nan said with a smile: "Actually, if you want to enter this Hangzhou City, if you don't want to queue up, it's not impossible." There is a rule in this Hangzhou city, I heard that it was set by the Tiance Mansion and the Six Gates, that is, if you can pass directly over the city wall, they will ignore it. It's easy to say, but it's hard to do. ”

Hearing Fang Nan's words, Li Xiao also nodded lightly, the city wall is twenty meters high, and the wall looks extremely smooth, it is definitely difficult to get off the foot, and ordinary martial artists can't climb it no matter what.

And the martial artists who can turn over are either good at light skills, or they are strong in themselves.

There is always a little special treatment for this kind of capable person, as long as you don't want to waste time queuing up without causing trouble, and go straight over the city wall, those who defend the city have no opinion.

If you have the ability, all of you who are not convinced will try to climb a city wall.

After listening to Fang Nan's explanation, Li Xiao nodded suddenly: "I see." ”

"So, I don't have the ability to do that. Let's just line up honestly. Fang Nan on the side sighed, and said with some envy in his words.

Li Xiao didn't speak, just looked at the city wall carefully, then showed a smile, turned his head to Fang Nan and hugged his fist and said, "That brother Fang is destined to meet again, let's take a step first." ”