Volume Two, Cloud View City, Chapter 76, Swordsman Sect
The outer city is still paved with neatly polished rocks, not a blade of grass grows, and there are neat and uniform buildings on both sides of the road. There is an inn, teahouse, restaurant, and Baibao Pavilion every three miles.
Everyone walking on the street hangs jade tokens around their waists. The tokens are classified according to color, with white being the lowest, followed by red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, indigo, purple, and finally the black stone, which can only be obtained by achieving one million merit points.
Token.
Hua Ruxue and Su Yi came to Guanyun City this time to get the opportunity to join the hidden sect and serve the Sword Sect.
It is said that tens of thousands of years ago, about 30,000 years ago in the Immortal Calendar, the Immortal Lord died and the monk world ushered in an era of spiritual exhaustion. At that time, all the major sects gradually declined, and only the Swordsman Sect, which was protected by the Immortal World, survived.
The contract used by the Qingyang Su family came from the Sword-Serving Sect. Before the demonic energy broke out in the 50,000-year Immortal Calendar, the contract between the monks and the demons already existed, so Su Yi wanted to join the Sword-Serving Sect to find an answer.
The existence of the Sword Serving Sect has always been a mystery. I heard that the Sword Serving Sect has a close relationship with Guanyun City. One out of a hundred missions assigned to Guanyun City comes from the Sword Serving Sect.
If someone is lucky enough to help the Sword-Serving Sect successfully complete the mission, they will be assessed by the Sword-Serving Sect. After passing the assessment, they can obtain the Black Iron Token to enter the Sword-Serving Sect.
The two of them found a teahouse to rest, intending to gather information first and then receive their assessment tasks.
It is not easy to successfully stay in Guanyun City. Those who first enter Guanyun City must complete a green-level task within seven days.
As soon as they entered the teahouse, the waiter put down his work and hurriedly came to the two of them, with a smile on his face: "Please invite me upstairs!"
Because of the green stone token on Su Yi's waist, the two of them were treated as honored guests.
Above the green stone token is the bluestone token. Those who hold the bluestone token can live in an inner city with a more comfortable environment and full of spiritual energy.
The two ordered a pot of tea and found a seat close to the fence without entering the side room.
Hua Ruxue looked at the people coming and going in the teahouse. Most of them had red and yellow tokens around her waist, indicating that her cultivation level was golden elixir and the Great Perfection was capped.
And these waiters are all monks without exception, but their cultivation level is below the level of foundation building.
Seeing Hua Ruxue's eyes almost appear on the waiter's body, Su Yi opened his mouth to explain:
"If you want to live in Guanyun City, you need to pay one hundred contribution points every month. Their cultivation level is low and they cannot go out of the city to do tasks to earn contribution points."
"What is the contribution value of this pot of tea?"
Hua Ruxue stared at the teapot in front of her and guessed its price. The monthly protection fee was one hundred points. The monks did not need to drink tea at all, so the contribution value of the selling price could not be more!
"Three hundred contribution points."
"Three hundred?" Upon hearing this, Hua Ruxue immediately put down the teacup in her hand and pushed it away. As long as she didn't drink, no one could make a penny from her!
"The teahouse is a place for exchanging information, so it is naturally more expensive."
"One high-grade spiritual stone is equivalent to one hundred contribution points, three high-grade spiritual stones and a pot of tea, this is a clear grab!"
Hua Ruxue hugged her storage bag tightly, saying that if she didn’t drink the tea, she wouldn’t pay for the spirit stone!
Su Yi chuckled. She didn't know when she developed this money-loving temperament.
Lowering his head and looking downstairs, he saw a group of four people coming into the teahouse, each wearing gray short-sleeved clothes and hanging a Huangshi token on his waist. The leader of the group had a mustache, his eyes were slightly squinted, and he looked like a scheming person.
As soon as the four people sat down, the gorgeous long sword was placed on one side, and the iron chain hanging on the sword hilt jingled, attracting frequent glances from the tea drinkers.
One of them stood up to pour tea and said respectfully to the leader: "Brother, we enter Guanyun City on the first day, what should we do next?"
Hua Ruxue recognized that the person speaking was the monk who was the first to scold the Qingyang Su family outside the city gate just now in order to win the approval of others.
The words were neither loud nor quiet, and anyone with a heart in the teahouse could hear them. Soon, a middle-aged man with a Huangshi token approached the four of them holding a tea bowl.
The middle-aged man's brows were a little tired, but his eyes were shining. He held a tea ceremony to several people:
"Helan, who is downwind, is the vice-captain of the Wind Wolf Team. The four newcomers to Guanyun City need to complete a green-level task within seven days. All four of them are talented people. If you need help, just ask."
"It turns out it's Brother Helan. I'm Lin Feng. The four brothers are entering Guanyun City for the first time. Thank you very much for your advice. I also invite Brother Helan to sit down and have a detailed discussion." Lin Feng touched his beard and secretly observed the expressions of the other tea guests.
Hua Ruxue's ears hidden under her hair twitched slightly, trying to get news about the Qing-level mission, Feng Helan, and the Wind Wolf Team.
Seeing her curious look, the waiter guessed that these two people were new to Guanyun City, so he stopped and introduced to them:
"The green-level missions are assigned by the adults in the inner city. Most of them are hunting monsters, collecting medicinal herbs, and grabbing treasures from secret realms. The monks formed their own teams, ranging from two to ten people. The Wind Wolf team lost five people in the beast wave.
, and we are preparing to take on another Qing-level mission from the An family, and we urgently need new people to join the team."
"That's it, thank you very much!" Hua Ruxue turned to thank her, but the waiter still stood there without any intention of leaving.
Just when Hua Ruxue was wondering if the waiter had anything else to do, she saw Su Yi taking out two spiritual stones and placing them on the table.
The waiter got the spirit stone and looked happy, "Thank you both very much. I'll just follow my orders."
Hua Ruxue stared straight at the two spiritual stones. When Su Yi left Qingyang Mountain, she took nothing but plain clothes. She had accumulated these spiritual stones one by one over the years!
Those who watched were heartbroken.
"Don't look at it. Have you forgotten that you still owe me 30,000 high-grade spiritual stones." Whenever he saw the deflated appearance of the little fox, Su Yi always felt that the gloom in his heart was swept away.
Hua Ruxue turned her head away in anger, and then looked at the table where Feng Helan and Lin Feng were sitting, wondering when those people had changed the people they were chatting with.
Lin Feng recalled it and said with a heavy heart: "The four of us brothers came from Qingyang Mountain. That day, the clouds were thick and the evil energy suddenly covered the entire Qingyang Mountain. Then the bad news came that all the monsters in the Luoying Valley were gone.
Demonized, no disciple under the Nascent Soul stage will be spared."
When other tea drinkers heard the words Qingyang Mountain, they all pricked up their ears to hear what was going on.
Feng Helan comforted her by saying: "We have heard about what happened on Qingyang Mountain. It is never a good thing to deal with monsters, and controlling beasts is even more unorthodox. Don't worry, Brother Lin, such incidents will never happen in Guanyun City."
The minor training in the monk world is divided into body training, sword training, weapon refining, alchemy, runes, formations, and beast control. Among them, very few people agree with beast control.
Someone at the banquet said: "The Qingyang Su family is good at controlling animals, but now they are almost wiped out by a group of beasts. How ironic!"
"Speaking of which, ever since the incident at Qingyang Mountain, there has been no trace of the young master of the Su family, Su Yi. He was praying for the demon when he was thinking about crossing the cliff, but now that the Dongchuang incident happened, he has been hiding secretly. He is really a good turtle raised by his father.
son!"
"I dare to ask my friend, what happened in Qingyang Mountain?"
"You don't know? The Qingyang Su family uses the Kunling Pill against monsters. This Kunling Pill is more sinister than a wooden box. It can not only demonize monsters, but also make them break through level one! This power can be imagined.
Know!"
"And that Laozi contract! It has been verified that when the contracted beasts and monks ascend, the monsters will die!"
"This Kunling Pill and the wooden box have been classified as forbidden items!"
"If it hadn't been for the spread of demonic energy in the Bai Zang Valley of Qingyang Mountain, the world would have been kept in the dark by those hypocritical appearances for the rest of their lives!"
Lin Feng heard the discussions around him and showed a proud smile, and then returned to his sad expression: "Everyone in Guanyun City is chivalrous and kind-hearted. I only regret that I didn't see the truth until today! Thank you Brother Helan for accepting me regardless of the past.
I’ll take tea instead of wine and give Brother Helan a drink!”
"Brother Lin, you are so polite! You are also blinded. After all, everyone who sees the young man in green must praise him: he is kind, kind, kind, honest, and generous." Feng Helan sighed slightly and drank the tea in his hand.
A tea guest argued in a low voice: "I was fortunate enough to meet Mr. Su Yi. He is so sincere and gentle as jade and is definitely not a two-faced person. There must be some misunderstanding in this! Maybe Mr. Su Yi doesn't know about it at all!"
"How ignorant? His father has already pleaded guilty! The demonic energy in Baizang Valley in Qingyang Mountain has been there since 30,000 years ago! Someone discovered the problem with the contract 20,000 years ago. If they really want to repent, this Laozi Contract
It should have been gone a long time ago! The Kunling Pill has been around for thousands of years! As a young master, Su Yi is involved in family affairs, how could he not know that?"
"What do you mean by working so hard just to give the monsters a way out, so that one day humans and monsters can coexist peacefully? What's the result?"
"Externally, it is the Demon Protection Bracelet, which can be used to eliminate evil demons if one is a good demon friend, showing one's magnanimity. Internally, it is the Kunling Pill, which can be used by demons to their best advantage! He has gained fame and all the benefits! What a trick to secretly deceive Chen Cang!"
"I used to respect him as a person, but now I see him as a duplicitous hypocrite! I am really blind. If I see him in the future, I will definitely beat him up until his parents don't recognize him!"
Several people were arguing with their faces red, and some even said: "There is no good person in the Qingyang Su Clan! If I meet a disciple of the Qingyang Su Clan, I will definitely do justice to God! Let them regret their mistake!"
"Yes, they are all two-faced guys and extremely hypocritical. Don't be polite when you see them in the future!"
During the conversation, several people who did not know each other reached a consensus, calling each other brothers and sisters, serving tea to each other, and even discussed that if they saw Qingyang Su's disciples in the secret realm, they must bully them severely.
Hua Ruxue was jumping anxiously upstairs, no, no, no! What they said was wrong!
Su Yi is not like that! Su Yi, Su He, Su Ye, and Su Huairou are not like that! They are the victims!
Anger momentarily obscured reason.
There was a "clang" and the sound of a cup hitting the table, interrupting the lively conversation.
Everyone followed the sound and saw that it was a little girl with a mask covering her face. She was full of anger, as if she was about to swoop down and hit them in the next second.
Several people immediately clenched the swords in their hands and looked at the girl with inquiring eyes.
Hua Ruxue came back to her senses and saw that everyone's eyes were on her. The arrogance of wanting to jump down and beat them up suddenly went out, and her mind went blank for a moment.
She wanted to retort, but when the words came to her lips, she couldn't speak.
Su Yi's eyebrows were gentle, and no other expression could be seen. He said warmly: "The tea is good, let's have another pot."
Everyone sighed and the tense atmosphere suddenly disappeared, and the waiter immediately brought a new pot of tea with a smile.
Hua Ruxue lowered her head, wondering why Su Yi could be so calm and calm, it was obvious that they didn't know anything at all!
Although the Su family of Qingyang was at fault, Su Yi didn't know about the Kunling Pill. He sincerely wanted to improve the relationship between humans and demons. Why was all the hard work he put in being completely denied overnight?
From being the proud man of heaven that everyone admired, he suddenly turned into a hypocrite that everyone hated so much.
Tian-grade ice spirit root, he formed an elixir at the age of seventeen. In the early stage of the golden elixir, he can kill level two monsters. He has a quick mind and a good heart. He should have been a person that people look up to among his peers.
But on the day when the demonic energy spread in Baizang Valley, both the Kunling Pill and the tragic situation in Luoying Valley had turned into Su Yi's inner demon.
If Su Yi had not stood by the monster and said those words during Si Guo Ya four years ago, perhaps he would still be an unattainable genius in the eyes of everyone.
If he had not been born in the Qingyang Su family, he probably would not be like now, haunted by inner demons and with stagnant cultivation.
However, even if Su Yi had inner demons and could not continue to practice and achieve breakthroughs, he never gave up on himself and was still moving forward to find an answer.
Helping Su Yi find the answer and untie her heart knot is what Hua Ruxue wants to do most now, and it's definitely not because she still owes him a large sum of spiritual stones.