As soon as the two of them reached the Longyin Pavilion, a harsh sword sound suddenly sounded in the city, and the shrill sound seemed to penetrate everyone's eardrums.
Hua Ruxue subconsciously rubbed her confused head. The sound sounded like a ghost screaming. Although it was the first time she heard it, she felt inexplicably familiar.
The people around me covered their ears skillfully and looked calm, as if they were used to it.
Hua Ruxue and Su Yi looked at each other. Seeing that Su Yi didn't know the twists and turns, she grabbed the passerby and asked curiously:
"Brother, what is this sound?"
The man kindly explained: "A few days ago, there was a sudden movement in the Broken Star Mountains. The sound of swords shook the heavens and the earth. I am afraid that the Sword Burial Mound, which has been sleeping for ten thousand years, will be opened."
"Sword Burial Mound?"
"It was the place where major sects held sword test conferences in the past. Hundreds of famous swords entered the venue, but only one unique sword could come out of the cave, so it was named Sword Burial Hill. I heard that the hidden sect Sword Sect once held a funeral in the cave.
Dozens of famous swords with sword manuals are left in the sword hill, waiting for those who are destined to get them."
"Thank you, brother!"
Hua Ruxue bent down to thank her, feeling secretly happy in her heart. If the Sword Burial Mound was opened, people from the Sword Serving Sect might take a look.
"The Broken Star Mountain Range has countless ores and is an excellent place for refining weapons. All major sects hold sword test conferences here and forge swords on the spot to test them. Among them, the spirit sword of the Sword Sect is the best."
A middle-aged man with a black crown and tied hair walked into the front hall, his eyes seemed to be filled with nostalgia.
Hua Ruxue secretly observed the expressions of the people around her. Ever since the middle-aged man appeared, the hall became much quieter and everyone's voices lowered a lot. It looked like he had a good background.
Just when she was guessing the identity of the visitor, the visitor was also looking at her. From time to time, Hua Ruxue would always unconsciously want to explore a person's "identity".
Their eyes met, and Hua Ruxue met those kind eyes. She felt like she was being seen through. She turned away with a guilty conscience and followed Su Yi to the side honestly.
Su Yi asked the steward at the task reception area about relevant matters, "I would like to ask Jun Yi and my sister for the first time in Guanyun City. I wonder if the steward can give me a few pointers?"
The steward turned his head slightly and looked back, as if asking for advice. Upon seeing this, the middle-aged man took a step forward and said, "If you two don't mind, why don't you let me lead the way?"
Seeing the steward respectfully retreating, the two had no choice but to accept the middle-aged man's kind help, "Thank you, senior."
"The forces in Guanyun City are complicated. Under City Lord Bai, there are the An family, the Gu family, the Li family, the Tian family, and the Yu family. These tasks of Qing level and above all come from these six families, and the jade slips of each family's tasks are left
There is a special mark. If you complete the same green-level mission ten times, you will join the force by default. You must think carefully before choosing."
The three of them walked to the place where the green-level mission jade slips were stored. The middle-aged man glanced at the empty wooden shelf and sighed:
"Hey, unfortunately today, other green-level tasks have been accepted, and only this last one is left."
After saying that, he picked up the last remaining jade slip on the wooden shelf and handed it to Su Yi, "If you don't like it, you can come back tomorrow."
Afterwards, the middle-aged man lowered his head and said to Hua Ruxue: "My surname is An, and the little girl has good medical skills."
Then the middle-aged man named An showed a loving smile.
This smile was so creepy that it made my neck feel chilly, as if I was being stared at by a mad dog.
Hua Ruxue pretended to be well-behaved, tilted her head slightly, her eyes were clear, and she said with surprise: "Thank you for the compliment! Senior is the first one to praise me!"
"Hahaha, good girl, I like you very much." After saying that, he stroked his beard and walked away.
Hua Ruxue watched his leaving figure with alert eyes. How could there be only one Qing-level mission left in the huge Guanyun City?
There is no doubt that this is a show of force.
If she didn't feel the danger just now, she would probably think that he wanted to use the mission to repay his kindness, or to win over them.
In the alley just now, Hua Ruxue originally only wanted to teach An Shixun a lesson, but she didn't expect that he would be poisoned, and it was the nine-pin red needed to practice "Invulnerability to One Hundred Poisons".
In line with the principle of doing one good thing every day and not getting into trouble, she detoxified people without hesitation.
Since the person surnamed An knew that she saved An Shixun, she came forward in person at this moment. She didn't treat her politely or said thank you, but she smiled so creepily and had bad intentions. It seemed that she and Su Yi wanted to watch the clouds.
It is not easy to establish a foothold in the city.
In short, the aristocratic family has a lot of things to do, so it is definitely not a good thing to come to the door, especially An's.
An Shixun appeared to be favored on the surface, but in fact, even his bodyguards did not dare to save him after he was poisoned. The water must be very muddy, so he should stay away from An Shixun.
Looking at Su Yi again, he looked a little heavy while holding the jade slip.
There was no way there was only one green-level mission left, so the old man was trying to make things difficult for them and deliberately brought them to pick the mission himself. If they refused, the manager would think they were ignorant and would never assign them other missions.
In this way, if they cannot receive a green-level mission within seven days, they will not be qualified to stay in Guanyun City.
Hua Ruxue didn't care to scold the person named An. What's wrong with this mission? "What kind of mission is it?"
Su Yi said calmly: "Escort mission."
Hua Ruxue took the jade slip and looked at it carefully. It read: "Escort mission: Escort Young Master An An Shixun into the Forest of No Return and kill the monsters. Contribution points for completing the mission: 10,000 points."
An Sehun!
It turned out to be a mission related to An Shixun!
It is said that An Shixun is deeply loved by the head of the family, An Yueming. Even if he does all kinds of evil in the outer city like a rat in the gutter, no one dares to mess with him, and he has lived peacefully until now.
But after coming into contact with An Shixun, Hua Ruxue discovered that he was just a poor man who was poisoned and even his followers did not dare to save him.
What does the surname An mean?
Hua Ruxue didn't want to interact with An Shixun again, but things didn't go as planned.
When the manager saw that the two men had accepted the escort task, he raised his lowered head and showed a proud attitude. His eyes were full of disdain, and he changed from his previous humility.
It's like saying: I thought the adults in the inner city would value him personally, but he turned out to be a clown.
Su Yi didn't say much, took back the jade slip and walked out, "The An family and the city lord have never been on good terms."
The An family has taken action in person. Even if they come back tomorrow, they will only be able to take on this one task. The matter is now at this point, and it is useless to say more.
Hua Ruxue could not care less about being targeted like Su Yi. She turned around and glared fiercely at the monk Xuanyi who was hiding in the dark.
The Xuanyi monk who had been following Xiaosheng when registering at the city gate entrance had a Nascent Soul stage cultivation, and his ability to conceal his aura was not that bad.
Before coming here, Su Yi knew that among the millions of people in Guanyun City, there were less than a hundred people with single ice spiritual roots, and those with the best grades were high-grade ones. Therefore, he concealed the fact that he had heavenly ice spiritual roots and used Hua Ru.
Snow's single ice spiritual root is said to be the dual spiritual root of ice and fire.
I thought that the two of them had underestimated the appeal of ice spirit roots.
Since the two of them entered the city, the Xuanyi monk had been following them closely, for fear that others would not know, and then they attracted the second wave and the third wave of forces.
Thinking that the two of them were so low-key and talkative but kind-hearted, the man surnamed An came to them aggressively and had something to do with the Xuanyi monk.
Monk Xuanyi was quite aggrieved. He had clearly restrained his aura and hid himself very secretly. However, not only Xiang Junyi, who was in the Jindan stage of cultivation, discovered him, but also the little baby who was at the first level of Qi training.
For a moment, I didn’t know what the use of this cultivation was!
When Brother Xuanyi was discovered, he took the initiative to apologize, "Xia Baiyi, I never wanted to bring this kind of trouble to you two. Guanyun City will organize a sword trial meeting in half a month, and these two tokens are used as an apology.
Please accept it, both of you."
Hua Ruxue stared blankly at Bai Yi who suddenly appeared in front of her, not knowing what expression to make.
"Such trouble", "apology". Bai Yi actually did it on purpose!
I originally thought that this guy was really bad at concealment, but I never thought that he did it on purpose.
With his poor concealment skills, it would be strange if others didn't notice him!
Hua Ruxue couldn't help but began to maliciously guess Bai Yi's intentions: he wanted to let others know that the city lord's lineage intended to win over Su Yi, and when people who were enemies of the city lord's lineage took action against Su Yi, he would show up again, no matter what
Treat it as trouble, good or bad, and then apologize and make amends.
It seems to show both the sincerity of "secret protection" and the grandeur of the city lord.
But they couldn't refuse yet. When they first entered Guanyun City, they were already forced to take over the An family's mission. If they refused the help of the city lord's lineage now, it would be equivalent to announcing that they would join the An family.
Once you join one force, you can no longer take on missions from other forces. The purpose of Hua Ruxue's trip is to help Su Yi enter the Sword Serving Sect. They can't do that until they figure out which force the Sword Serving Sect's mission will appear in.
Join any party.
Moreover, Anshi can only let them take on one task today, and he will be able to control everything about them in the future. It is not a good thing to have too many interactions with Anshi.
"Mr. An has always been domineering. Second Master An regards Young Master An as a thorn in his flesh. I hope you two will be careful during this trip." Bai Yi reminded him, thinking he was considerate.
The meaning of domineering has always been: if you don't get it, destroy it.
Second Master An must refer to the middle-aged man who just appeared. He was at odds with An Shixun. Unfortunately, Hua Ruxue rescued An Shixun. This can explain why Second Master An showed off his power as soon as they met.
"Young Master Bai, you're welcome." Su Yi accepted the sign and without staying much, took Hua Ruxue to a nearby inn.
The inn costs 100 contribution points per night, which is cheaper than expected.
All the spiritual stone contribution points from these inns, teahouses, etc. go into the pockets of those in the inner city, and then they use these contribution points to distribute tasks.
For the green-level mission I just accepted, you can get a contribution value of 10,000 per order. Compared with the 100 contribution points per night in the inn, 10,000 is not a small amount.
It seems that these aristocratic families are not evil-hearted.
Just in case, Hua Ruxue and Su Yi only wanted an upper room. They came to Guanyun City with the sole purpose of entering the Sword-Serving Sect, so they began to analyze the situation in front of them based on what they saw today.
"The Bai family, the An family, the Gu family, the Li family, the Tian family, and the Yu family, each family can accept up to ten green-level missions. If you join one force, you can no longer accept other family missions. We are going to do this in these six
Find out the family that is related to the Sword-Serving Sect."
Hua Ruxue nodded in agreement. The tasks of the Sword-Serving Sect were hidden among these green-level and above tasks, and these tasks came from six families in the inner city, indicating that some of these six families were related to the Sword-Serving Sect.
"Bingling Spiritual Root is rare. Today you have exposed your body refining and medical skills again. I heard that the third young master of the Li family is suffering from a strange poison and cannot practice, so I will leave it to you in the Li family's place."
As Su Yi spoke, he drew a topographic map of the outer city of Guanyun City.
"No problem. After the escort mission is completed, the Li family will definitely send someone to test it out. My idea is that before the demonic invasion in early March, you will retain all your strength."
Hua Ruxue could not understand the quarrel between the aristocratic families. She only knew that the two of them had become living targets since they entered the city. Some people tried every means to win them over, while others wanted to destroy them.
What the two of them have to do is to rely on their own strength to gain a foothold in the vortex of power struggle before they find out how to join the Sword Sect.
"Okay, I'll take care of you during this period of time." Su Yi readily accepted the proposal. In his eyes, Hua Ruxue was a peerless genius who should not be buried.
In the past, she could only hide her clumsiness in Qingyang Mountain due to her identity as a demon, but now she can show off her talents without any scruples.
When everyone's eyes fall on two people, they will naturally distinguish the strong and the weak. When they start to be afraid of the weaker of the two, they will be even more afraid of the person they thought was stronger. This chapter has been completed!