The city lord waved his hand and asked the two holy knights in front of him to retreat.
After Zhou Tian watched, he finally became quite quiet. Every time he said a few words, the two holy knights became tense, making the atmosphere very tense.
Xu Qingnian glanced at the city lord with a smile, and then took half a step back.
"Please also ask the city lord for instructions..."
I don't know whether it was because of the stuffy heat in the palace or whether it was intentional, but the city lord gradually took off the golden robe on his body, revealing the pink gown, and stood up.
Zhou Tian initially thought that this city lord was just different from ordinary women in his behavior and demeanor, but he did not expect that his figure was also outstanding.
She is slim but not skinny, and her charm is still there. Although her skin is a little dull, she is still considered a beauty.
She slowly walked down the jade steps in front of her seat and walked to where Xu Qingnian was half a meter away. She glanced at Zhou Tian sideways, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and said disdainfully: "Xu Qingnian, I will naturally give you what I want."
, every time the academy accepts important new students, they come to pick them up, this is natural."
"It's just that...the appearance of this person and you gave me some other considerations."
Zhou Tian glanced at Lao Xu out of the corner of his eye, and it seemed that Lao Xu's cheeks were shaking.
"City Lord, I don't know what considerations you are talking about."
"Xiyun Palace, I believe you all know, is a city where a few women make the decisions, and it is also a barrier to the imperial city that the Master values very much. Since the young man you brought can repel Haotian's presence with one person, I
I also want to see what his abilities are so that I can check in advance for Master and him..."
Zhou Tian disagreed and turned to look at Xia Shuning behind him. The affectionate look in his eyes made the blood in his heart surge again. For some reason, Zhou Tian felt very excited every time he saw her. Apart from Youyou, this was
First time.
Xu Qingnian took another half step back, waved his sleeves and bowed: "City Lord, think again, Master used a thousand-mile voice transmission to tell my young master when he broke into the Qianling Pagoda, that he must arrive safely with the young master. Now that I have calculated the time, it has been delayed.
long time....."
"Hey? Xu Qingnian, do you think I will take this young man's life? I will not hurt even a hair of the academy disciples. Do you doubt this?"
Before Xu Qingnian finished speaking, the city lord put her jade hand on Xu Qingnian's arm, making Old Xu tremble and take another half step back.
"Although Xiyun Palace is not a place where qi cultivators gather, there are thousands of holy knights around me, plus heavy troops outside the city, all of whom are above the level of qi master. We haven't competed for a long time, so let your young master and I
These soldiers and holy knights compete with each other, success or failure does not matter, what does Xu Qingnian think?"
Before the city lord finished speaking, Zhou Tian wanted to interrupt. It wasn't that he couldn't wait, nor was he arrogant, but he was afraid that Old Xu would be embarrassed, but Xu Qingnian saw through it immediately and gave him a look.
"Very well, please let us rest for a night first and compete again tomorrow. After the competition, we also hope that the city lord will hand over the items so that we can leave as soon as possible."
Afterwards, Xu Qingnian took Zhou Tian's arm and bowed to the city lord.
The city lord smiled softly.
"Haha, okay, someone is here!"
"Take them to the side hall to rest..."
Afterwards, Zhou Tian and Xu Qingnian were taken out of the hall. When Zhou Tian walked to the entrance of the hall and passed Xia Shuning, he still couldn't help but look at her a few more times.
"Why, that boy has thoughts about you? Or do you have thoughts about him?"
After they left, the city lord asked Xia Shuning in confusion.
"Mom! This Mr. Zhou is indeed very special. He doesn't have any blessing from the sea of qi, but I heard that he can save the day every time. My daughter just wants to know what's different about him."
After hearing this, the city lord looked outside the palace, his expression suddenly became much more solemn.
"He is Sister Bai's son. I want you and him to come..."
The city lord stopped talking and turned around to walk into the palace.
"You should go down first. This young man will have a competition tomorrow. If I guess correctly, none of the paladins and soldiers in our city can be his opponent. I have something to tell you two after the competition."
"mother?"
"Get down!"
"yes...."
After Xia Shuning walked out of the hall, she felt more and more confused. In the past, whenever a freshman from the academy came to pick up that thing, her mother would not be so careful. But why did this young man make her mother so nervous? And with Uncle Wan's death, she felt more and more
The matter is not that simple.
At this time, in Tianqi Town, Xuanyuan Qing got the news from nowhere and knew that the deputy housekeeper of the Zhou Mansion was out looking for Zhou Tian. In order to prevent outsiders from learning about Beimo so quickly, he sent several people overnight.
The assassin came to stop the killing.
Because Tang Mansheng bought a fast horse, he was very fast and did not rest along the way. However, Beimo was far away from Dongchu, and after walking for several days, he had just left the Beimo border.
Tang Mansheng, who was really tired, found a dilapidated temple and wanted to take a simple rest.
It was still very slow to get dark in the spring. In the evening, Tang Mansheng leaned on the stone pillars in the ruined temple and fell asleep looking at the scenery outside the temple...
Suddenly a cold wind blew by, which made him sober. Just as he was about to take out his coat from the package, three sharp knives suddenly flew from outside the temple.
Tang Mansheng was just a qi cultivator who had just started, how could he dodge such sharp blades? Moreover, these three sharp blades were exactly the same as those that Xu Qingnian and Zhou Tian encountered that day in the forest village outside Tianqian Town.
Just as three sharp blades were about to pierce Tang Mansheng's body, a blue-white long sleeve appeared in front of his eyes, which really scared him.
I saw the green sleeves rippling in the wind, swaying in a circle, taking all three sharp blades into it, and then twisted them into a twist shape. They were smashed to pieces with a bang, and all three sharp blades fell to the ground.
A woman suddenly appeared in front of Tang Mansheng.
"Get on your horse and walk quickly."
Tang Mansheng looked at the woman and didn't recognize her, but she seemed familiar, so he couldn't care less. He packed his bags and ran out of the temple, mounted a fast horse and ran forward without looking back.
The woman was left alone, standing in the temple.
"You Haotian Pavilion spies are becoming more and more useless. You actually want to kill a housekeeper. It's really ridiculous."
Although the woman's voice was very sweet and cooing, her skin color was very dark, her eyes were as big as the bottom of bowls, and her eyelashes were so curved upward that they could touch the bangs on her forehead.
As soon as he finished speaking, a Haotian Pavilion spy slowly walked into the temple.
"Who are you? How dare you interfere in Haotian Pavilion's affairs and don't want to live anymore?"
After that, several more sharp knives flew towards them, but the woman easily lowered them.
The two faced off for a moment. The woman looked at the spy in front of her with disdain, then leaned forward and rushed forward at such a speed that she couldn't even see his shadow.
In the blink of an eye, he punched the spy in the chest.
Then, his lips curled up slightly: "Seeing how pitiful you are when you are about to die, it doesn't matter if I tell you. I may or may not change my name, but I will not change my surname. Xuantianzong Bai Linger, hehe, farewell."
The spy fell down at the sound and was killed instantly.
It turns out that this lovely girl is Bai Ling'er who punched to death Elder Xuan's eldest son at the Xuantian Sect's Spring Equinox Competition. As for why she secretly protected Tang Mansheng, it seems that only she knows.
I saw her flying up and continuing to chase the remaining spies, disappearing like a wind.
Since Zhou Liting was accidentally killed, the elders of Xuantian Sect have sent their cronies to secretly investigate the real reason for the destruction of Ye Mansion.
"What is this place and where am I?"
In a dark place where you couldn't see your fingers, a weak shout echoed back and forth, and the person who made this sound was Ye Youyou, who was knocked unconscious.
"ah!"
The slap on the back of the neck was really heavy and left Ye Youyou unconscious for several days. But when she woke up, she couldn't see anything in front of her. While groping, her head hit something like an iron fence, and she couldn't help but scream.
.
Then his hands continued to move forward slowly, and he realized that he was trapped in an iron cage.
The panicked Ye Youyou immediately screamed: "Where is this? Let me out. Who are you? Let me out quickly."
But no matter how she screamed or roared, there was no movement, and only the occasional sound of water drops could be heard.
She took a deep breath and tried to use the sea of energy in her body to break through the iron cage, but she still couldn't do it.
After struggling for a while, she gradually lost strength after not eating for many days, and leaned against the iron fence, breathing heavily.
Suddenly, the sound of the door being pushed reached Ye Youyou's ears, followed by several dazzling rays of sunlight.
Ye Youyou's eyes were stung by the dazzling light, and she weakly raised her hands to cover her eyes.
From between his fingers, he suddenly saw a person walking towards him with a bamboo basket.
"Who are you? Where is this place?"
Ye Youyou opened her mouth weakly and asked softly. At this time, she had no strength left.
"My lord, I want you to have a good rest. When you regain your energy, I will meet you naturally. These are food..."
"Are you here? You, you are from Haotian Pavilion..."
Halfway through his words, he fainted again.
The person who brought the food was the spy of Haotian Pavilion.
Seeing that she fainted again, he turned around and wanted to leave. As soon as he reached the door, another person from Haotian Pavilion stood in front of him with his hands behind his back.
"Your Majesty!"
"Take her to the room and take good care of her. Don't let anything happen to her again."
"yes!"
A moment later, Youyou was carried to the bed. In her confused consciousness, she was still thinking about Zhou Tian in her mind, muttering in her mouth: "Zhou...Brother Zhou Tian..."
At this moment, Zhou Tian, who was completely unaware, was pacing back and forth in the side hall of Xiyun Palace, feeling slightly uneasy.
Xu Qingnian felt puzzled when he saw that his face was dull, his expression was tense, and he was even more frowning.
"Master, what's wrong with you?"
Zhou Tian sometimes put his hands behind his back, sometimes put his hands in front of him, and kept mumbling something in his mouth.
"Old Xu, why am I so panicked? I always feel like something bad is about to happen, or has already happened."
Xu Qingnian was watching casually in the side hall. When he heard what Zhou Tian said, he couldn't help but smile: "Haha, young master, you must have been panicked by what the city lord said. It's nothing. Don't worry about the city lord. She is also the master's student.
It’s just that the son inherited his father’s legacy and became the city lord.”
"Those people will never be your opponents in tomorrow's competition."
After Zhou Tian heard this, he sat on a chair and thought deeply for a while: "But why do I feel that it's not that simple? Last time something happened to my dad, I felt the same way..."