"Master has been away for a month, and I only received one letter saying he was safe."
"Didn't Tianxing Palace receive any other letters?" Zhou You pondered.
"Yes, this letter was sent together with your letter." Slender Shang seemed to have known about Zhou Youhui's question and took out a letter from his sleeve.
Travel around to open it.
Familiar black handwriting came into view.
The fog is thick and the water is deep.
Xu Ling
This style of writing letters can be easily traced back to Xu Ling's handwriting.
"Judging from Xu Ling's letter, I'm afraid this disappearance case is very complicated. You must proceed with caution."
"You have to remember that your mission this time is to investigate... If you find that the situation exceeds your scope of handling, just return it and report it, and we will naturally send someone to deal with it."
The lanky man reminded.
Xu Ling is a veteran demon slayer, and now even he is caught up in this disappearance case. The water is indeed very deep.
Originally, he planned to upgrade this task first, but now something happened in the east of Qingzhou, and he couldn't spare any manpower, so he had to let Zhou You investigate first.
But Zhou You's talent was so outstanding that he even cherished his talent.
After thinking for a while, the lanky man took out a yellow talisman and handed it to Zhou You.
"This is an inspirational talisman. If you encounter something urgent, just write the content on the talisman paper and burn it, and I will receive your message. No matter how far away you are."
After Zhou You listened, he carefully looked at the yellow talisman in his hand.
This talisman paper feels as smooth and tender as a baby's skin, with a mysterious and obscure rune drawn in the middle, giving people a strange feeling.
Zhou You has also heard of this method.
This is the method of spiritual cultivation.
These people who are spiritual cultivators do not cultivate the physical body, Qi and blood, but only cultivate the way of the soul, pursuing the so-called ascension of the soul.
These people have many magical skills, and their fighting power is no less than that of warriors, and they are even more difficult to deal with.
Because these people don't value the physical body at all. If they want to eliminate spiritual cultivation, they can only kill their souls.
This is also Zhou You's first real contact with something related to spiritual cultivation. I'm quite curious about it.
"Okay, I've explained everything I can. When do you plan to set off?" the lanky man asked.
"Now." Zhou You carefully put away the yellow talisman and said softly.
"Then let's go, I know you're impatient." The lanky man said with a smile.
Zhou You said goodbye and left.
He first went back to the yard to pack his luggage, brought enough elixirs, borrowed a horse and set off directly.
Linjiang City is located in the south of Qingzhou, five days' journey from Qingzhou City. In addition, Xu Ling has been missing for twenty days. It can be said that I am in a hurry to travel around at this moment, and I don't dare to waste any time.
Along the way, we slept and ate in the open and ran all night.
Fortunately, the horses in the Demon Slayer Division are all Chollima horses, otherwise they would have been exhausted to death.
Finally, he arrived at Linjiang City at noon on the fourth day, shortening the time by almost a day and a half.
Linjiang City, as its name suggests, is next to a large river.
This big river is called Mingyue River, and it is the main waterway in Qingzhou, where trade is extremely prosperous.
Linjiang City also benefited from the Mingyue River and built a large dock. It prospered day by day and became one of the dozen or so large cities in Qingzhou, with a population of over one million.
Also known as Fucheng.
The administrative units of Qingzhou are divided into villages, counties, prefectures and prefectures.
One of the prefectures is Qingzhou City, which is also the highest administrative unit in Qingzhou.
There are more than a dozen prefectural cities below Zhoucheng, and Linjiang City is one of them.
On this day, this city, which thrived on waterways, welcomed a special guest.
Demon slayers have uniform clothing, but when outside, in order to not attract attention, they basically wear casual clothes.
Zhou You is wearing black training clothes and a demon-slaying knife on his waist, looking like a knight in the martial arts world.
The Dayin Dynasty did not ban weapons, and there was no curfew, so Zhou You's attire was not conspicuous.
It's just that walking on the street with a knife can easily attract the attention of the police patrol.
Of course, as a traveler, these are not problems.
The Demon Exterminator is on the outskirts of Qingzhou City and has never been there during his travels.
This Linjiang City can be called the first big city he entered after coming to this world.
When you come to the city gate and walk around, you can feel the prosperity of Linjiang City.
The huge city gate has an endless stream of people coming in and out.
There are young masters in splendid clothes and jade robes, wealthy daughters with a large group of maids, elegant scholars, but most of them are hard workers with dark skin and short skirts.
Linjiang Wharf is extremely prosperous and naturally has many hard workers and sailors.
When passing through the city gate, Zhou You just asked a few questions in a routine manner and was let in.
Mainly wandering around, his body is tall and slender, his eyes are like lightning, his face is stern, and he looks very untouchable.
The officers and soldiers guarding the city only want to get off work safely, and it is better to do less than to do more.
The streets of Linjiang City are very spacious and can accommodate four carriages passing at the same time.
Along the way, there were street performers, vendors yelling at the roadside, children laughing and playing, and people coming and going.
Banks, pawnshops, teahouses, restaurants... even when traveling around passing by a brothel, a handkerchief was thrown at me by the promiscuous woman upstairs.
Everywhere you look is a bustling and bustling scene.
This gave Zhou You, who grew up in the cold and ruthless steel forest, a different feeling.
However, Zhou You did not miss him for too long. Master Xu Ling was still missing, so he was not in the mood.
He did not choose to go to the government office to understand the situation first, but instead asked passers-by and came to a very remote alley.
This place is far less prosperous than the other side of the city. The houses are also in shabby condition. The faces of passers-by are sad and the clothes on their bodies are all patched.
Soon, Zhou You came to a small dilapidated courtyard.
After confirming the address, I started knocking on the door.
Dong dong dong~
Knocked three times, no response at all.
Boom, boom, boom.
Knocked three more times, still no response.
Zhou You's brows wrinkled slightly.
It's noon now, and there should be some talented people in this small courtyard.
"ah...."
At this time, a scream came from the entrance of the alley.
Zhou Youxunsheng walked over and found a middle-aged woman with messy hair and a skinny and gray face lying on the ground.
A man with a sinister look said cursingly: "Hurry up and hand over all the money you have."
"No...I don't have money..." The woman shook her head slowly.
"If you don't have money, then go die!" The man directly raised his foot and kicked the woman.
Click!
Before he was kicked, he was knocked several meters away by a terrible impact, and his ribs were directly broken.
"Boy, are you looking for death?" The man vomited blood, stood up despite the severe pain, and actually took out a gleaming dagger.
Zhou You glanced at the man with cold eyes.
In an instant, the man felt as if he was being stared at by some wild beast, and his body was shaking with fear.
"Go away~" Zhou You said calmly.
The man turned around and ran away, only regretting that he didn't have two extra legs.