Chapter 22 Martial Arts Secrets
“Have you heard that this martial arts conference will be held in our Pingwu County, and the leaders and outstanding disciples of hundreds of sects in Liangzhou will send people to attend. "A middle-aged man with thin cheeks asked in a deliberately lowered voice.
"I've heard it a long time ago. What kind of news is this to you? Now all the sects are rushing to Pingwu County. The leader of our Red Shark Gang has also arrived early and rented an entire inn. We will come later. Yes, I’m afraid there’s no place to sleep on the street.” A bearded man laughed.
At this time, in the Qian's Restaurant in the county town, there were many wealthy people from all walks of life, armed with knives and swords. Everyone discussed and gave orders. So lively.
Pingwu County is going to hold a martial arts conference? And all the gangs in Liangzhou? Lu Xiaotian was sitting in an inconspicuous corner of the restaurant, ordering a pot of tea and a plate of beef, and silently listening to the discussion in the restaurant.
"Of course that's not what I'm talking about. This is the first time in recent decades that such a grand martial arts event has happened. Even the Iron Sect, currently ranked number one in Liangzhou, doesn't have such appeal. Do you know the reason?" After the middle-aged man was refuted, he decided to break some shocking news.
“What’s the reason?”
“Black Iron Order!”
“What, Black Iron Order, how is that possible? Didn’t it disappear for nearly a hundred years and never show up?” Restaurant Inside, everyone in the audience was shocked and looked at each other in despair.
The skinny middle-aged man snorted, "Yesterday, the leader of the Sihai Gang, Yu Tianshan, was killed by the enemy and unfortunately died. People in the Jianghu who passed by saw with their own eyes the black iron order that fell from Yu Tianshan's body. Except for the black Tie Ling, who has the ability to summon all the gangs in Liangzhou to discuss matters in such a short period of time?”
"That's true, it's somewhat possible." The people present in the restaurant started talking about it, with a look of fear on their faces for a moment.
It turned out to be some trivial matters. Lu Xiaotian smiled and shook his head, preparing to check out and leave. Apart from matters related to cultivation, he is not interested in these disputes in the world. But soon the words of an old man with white eyebrows made his hand that was picking up the money tremble.
“It is rumored that the holders of the Black Iron Order have received guidance from immortals. At first, various gangs in Liangzhou also refused to obey the Black Iron Order, but they suffered a bloody baptism. Within a few days, various gangs The gang leader's residence may be attacked by fireballs , this fire melts metal and turns into iron, and the body cannot be extinguished by splashing water, or the body is pierced by an ice arrow, and the whole person is frozen into an ice sculpture. The ice arrow does not melt when exposed to fire, and it is extremely cold."
Lu Xiaotian heard this. When the pupils shrink, a fireball can melt metal into iron. Isn't that the fireball technique? As for the ice arrow technique, the old man in black robe also used it once when he was trapped by the barrier. The person in charge of the Black Iron Order is very likely to be an immortal cultivator. However, this makes sense. There are hundreds of large and small sects in dozens of counties in Liangzhou, and there are hundreds of thousands of warriors. Among them are many first-rate warriors, and there are also several peerless warriors. The power of one person alone is not enough. It is possible to order so many unruly warriors, and only the powerful strength of the immortal cultivators can make these warriors surrender.
What makes him wonder is why the immortal cultivators go to such great lengths to find these ordinary warriors?
While Lu Xiaotian was surprised, a luxurious carriage escorted by twenty first-class warriors entered from the north gate of Pingwu County. Not to mention that the four horses used in the carriage are all white and unusually handsome. Just dozens of galloping horses and twenty first-class warriors are an incomparably powerful force wherever they are placed.
The carriage drove into a compound and no one dared to stop it. A white-haired old man and a man dressed as a fat shopkeeper were waiting there respectfully. If Lu Xiaotian were here, he would definitely recognize that this fat shopkeeper is the shopkeeper of Miaozhitang.
Dede
The carriage stopped, and a young man in gold robe came out with an arrogant expression. He looked to be in his twenties, but his arrogant attitude did not seem to make the presence of such a arrogant person. Many warriors paid no attention to it.
"I am Hu Yiping, the master of Miaozhi Hall. This is Ma Hongtao, the shopkeeper of the hall. I have met the Holy Envoy." The white-haired old man Hu Yiping and shopkeeper Ma saluted the young man in gold robe at the same time.
"Well, you have news about Purple Spirit Grass?" The young man in golden robe stood on the carriage with his hands tied, looking down at the two people.
"Exactly, but the Purple Spirit Grass that the Holy Envoy mentioned was bought by another young man." Shopkeeper Ma said truthfully.
“What?” The young man in golden robe looked angry. Liangzhou is located in a remote place and there are not many spiritual creatures. However, after finally getting the news about Purple Spirit Grass, someone else got there first.
“I didn’t know that Purple Spirit Grass is the herb that the Holy Envoy needs. If I offended the Holy Envoy, please forgive me!”
I feel the pain coming from the young man in the golden robe. Under the pressure, Ma Hongtao's legs trembled and he almost couldn't help but kneel down. The hall master next to him, Hu Yiping, had a much higher level of cultivation than him, but his complexion was also pale.
"Do you still remember what the person who bought Purple Spirit Grass looks like? Is he a man or a woman?" the young man in gold robe asked in a deep voice.
Ma Hongtao nodded repeatedly, "I still remember." "Immediately draw a portrait of this person with the holy hand of painting, and secretly investigate this person's movements. If any discovery is made, do not act rashly, and inform this holy envoy immediately, get out!" The young man in golden robe thought for a moment and then said.
“Yes, yes!” Hu Yiping and Ma Hongtao hurried out as if they were receiving an amnesty.
“Go back to Qinglian Villa!” The young man in golden robe said and got back into the carriage.
At this time, lying in the carriage, a plump woman wearing a red dress and a beautiful face was playing with a strand of black hair beside her ear and said, "Didn't you say that Liangzhou has always been the territory of your Situ family? Why? Are there other immortal cultivators?"
The young man in gold robe said with a gloomy expression, "I also heard from the elders of our family about what happened before. Liangzhou has been here for a hundred years. It is normal for a rogue cultivator to appear in Liangzhou. It’s okay if I don’t know about it. Now that I know about it, I have to get rid of this person.”
"We don't know each other's depth now, are you so sure? Do you want to notify the masters in the family to come?" the woman said, throwing herself into the arms of the gold-robed young man.
The golden-robed young man snorted and said, "Liangzhou is such a remote place, and high-level casual cultivators will never come. If the competition in Wangyue Fairy City is not too fierce, the ancestors have offended someone in the city. As a senior in the foundation building stage, I will not be reduced to Liangzhou again. Besides, the other party only took the lowest level of spiritual grass, the Purple Spirit Grass. One level of casual cultivation, even the third level of Qi Refining. , may not be my opponent, not to mention that we are still two people, what is there to be afraid of? My father is preparing to break through to the fourth level of Qi refining, and there is no time at all now. Besides, if he can't do this little thing well, how can I inherit it in the future? The family’s property.”
“Okay, let’s explore that person’s background first, but we have to find the talent first.”
The young man in golden robe nodded and said, "As long as he is still in Liangzhou City, he will never escape our eyes and ears. There are hundreds of gangs in Liangzhou, and there are countless warriors. I believe there will be news about that person soon. When the time comes, we will act according to the opportunity. "
There may be other immortal cultivators in Pingwu County. Having had an intrigue with the old man in black robe, Lu Xiaotian was instinctively wary of other people. But the old man in black robe kept silent to him, and he knew nothing about the situation in the world of immortality. After Lu Xiaotian thought about it again and again, he thought that even if there were certain risks, he should try to get in touch with and understand some situations in the world of immortality. Otherwise, he might only be able to reach the fourth or fifth level of Qi refining in his lifetime if he just cultivates on his own. At this time, cultivating immortality has opened a door for him, and he is not willing to stop there easily.
“It seems that I must participate in this martial arts competition.”
Lu Xiaotian muttered to himself, took out the broken silver and put it on the table, and went out. Not long after he went out, a look of surprise flashed in the eyes of two middle-aged men wearing bamboo hats. One of them left in a hurry, while the other fell far behind in the bustling crowd of people in the county town.
As warriors from all over the country gathered in Pingwu County, there were more and more wealthy people in the county. The streets were busy with traffic and people were flowing through them. Lu Xiaotian didn't feel it yet on the street. After all, there were too many people.
However, after leaving the city gate, the man in the bamboo hat also came out, which quickly aroused his alertness.
“Is it someone from Miaozhitang again?” Lu Xiaotian frowned and quickened his pace towards the deserted place in the wilderness.
Driving.
Dozens of top-notch warriors galloped through the streets, followed closely by a carriage pulled by four white horses. The warriors on the street originally wanted to open their mouths and curse a few words, but when they saw such a uniform first-class warrior, they immediately shut their mouths and trouble came from their mouths. They could not afford to offend such a powerful force.
After leaving the city gate, the young man in gold robe and the girl in red skirt left the carriage and chased into the wilderness towards the mark left by the middle-aged man in the hat. However, after chasing him for a while, he entered the forest and saw the middle-aged man in a bamboo hat who had been following him looking blankly into the distance.
The young man in gold robe asked coldly, "Where are the people?"
"Who do you think you are? Ouch!" The middle-aged man in a bamboo hat just wanted to refute the young man in front of him. After all, he didn't know the other person yet, but he just said Halfway through his words, a sharp pain came from his abdomen. He curled up like a shrimp and was kicked four to five feet away. He fell to the ground and howled miserably.
"Before my patience is exhausted, you'd better tell me what I want to hear." The young man in gold robe said with a cold face.
"I, I followed that boy all the way out of the city gate and into the woods, but he disappeared. Where did he go? I, I don't know!" Looking at the golden robe The young man's icy eyes made the man in the bamboo hat shudder, and said with a trembling voice with a blue face.
“Useless thing!” The young man in gold robe waved his right hand, and a crystalline ice thorn hit the chest of the man in the hat, instantly freezing him into an ice sculpture. The frightened and painful expression on the man in the hat also followed. It was solidified inside the ice sculpture.
(End of this chapter)