Liuling City, as the political and economic center of Wushan Province, is undoubtedly much larger than other cities. Naturally, Blackstone City cannot be compared.
A huge mansion is located in the center of Liuling City. Judging from the area alone, it occupies at least a quarter of Liuling City.
This mansion is where the Xiumida family, the real rulers of Osan Province, live. On both sides of the mansion are two majestic stone lions, which are vividly carved.
When others saw this magnificent mansion, they all raised their thumbs in admiration.
At this time, three men in black hurriedly walked to the door of the mansion. They were about to enter, but were blocked by two guards: "I'm sorry, please show me your token!"
"Token? You're so blind that you don't know who I am?" The man in black in the middle cursed angrily, and walked directly in regardless of the obstruction of the two guards.
The two brothers behind him also followed in angrily. The two guards at the door were staring at each other, quite at a loss.
"What's wrong with them?" the guard on the left asked quietly.
"The devil knows, but looking at them like that, it's probably because the mission failed." Perhaps thinking of the rude behavior of the three people before, the guard on the right smiled mockingly, "It seems like they will definitely do it this time.
I was punished by the adults."
After the three men in black entered, they immediately entered a dark room.
There was a person sitting on his back in the dark room. The Seven-Star Great Swordsman in the middle and the two brothers beside him looked at each other and quickly knelt on one knee: "Report to your lord, our mission has failed."
"Failed? Could it be that the restriction I prepared for you failed?" The adult did not turn around, but smiled softly, which made the three of them feel a little scared.
The man in black in the middle said with shame: "There was an accident, and the restriction successfully restrained Hai Tian, but who would have thought that Hai Tian could actually use the rare flying sword skill and escape directly into the air, and his movements were too fast.
When we used the Kabu Net to hunt him down, who knew that the Kabu Net suddenly failed."
"The kabu net also failed?" Hearing the answer from the man in black, the adults on the seat raised their eyebrows in surprise, and there seemed to be some surprise in their tone.
"Yes, we just threw it out, but the kabu net seemed to have completely lost its target in mid-air and slowly fell down. Only then did Hai Tian escape our pursuit." The man in black in the middle was helpless.
to explain.
In this operation, three of their great swordsmen were asked to deal with a six-star swordsman, which originally made them feel unhappy. They thought it was a sure-fire operation, but who would have thought that the other party could easily escape, and now they have to
Must face punishment.
The adults in the seats did not speak anymore, but fell into deep thought.
The silent atmosphere frightened the three great swordsmen even more. For fear that the adults would severely punish them, they all closed their mouths tightly and kept praying in their hearts.
"You three should understand what the consequences of mission failure are. Go and go to the execution hall and cut off one of each of your arms!" The adult on the seat said in a very relaxed tone, without any change at all.
"Break off each of our arms?" Upon hearing this punishment, the three men in black suddenly screamed.
"What? Do you want to disobey my order?" The adults on the seats frowned slightly, their dissatisfaction clearly expressed in their tone, "Or do you think the punishment is too light?"
"No, no, we have no objection!" When the three men in black thought of the terror of the adults in front of them, the little anger in their hearts completely disappeared. The three gritted their teeth and looked at each other: "Isn't it just an arm?
, I admit it!”
After that, the three of them walked out quickly and closed the door.
The noisy darkness fell silent again, leaving only the adult still sitting in his seat. With the faint light, you could see that the adult narrowed his eyes slightly: "Haitian? What an interesting boy."
"Sneeze!" Hai Tian, who was moving rapidly towards Chaoyang Town, suddenly sneezed and rubbed his nose, "Strange, who is thinking of me?"
However, after only pondering for a moment, Hai Tian raised his head and said: "Forget it, I don't think about it anymore, it's more important to hurry on."
Chaoyang Town is a small town located on the southwest border of Black Rock City. Its permanent population is only one-tenth that of Black Rock City. However, the floating population of Chaoyang Town is much larger than that of Black Rock City.
On the edge of Chaoyang Town, there is the Qipin Mountain Range. Within the scope of Chaoyang Town, there are many first- and second-level spirit beasts and many materials for refining weapons and medicines in the Qipin Mountain Range, which directly makes many swords
Those who get wealth from nature.
More and more swordsmen came to Chaoyang Town, all wanting to compete, which resulted in the floating population of Chaoyang Town being much larger than that of Blackstone City.
Even though Hai Tian was mentally prepared, when he arrived at Chaoyang Town, he was still shocked by the scene of people coming and going.
On the narrow street, both sides were crowded with vendors setting up stalls. Each of them shouted loudly about their goods and boasted that their goods were the best.
Sometimes they even get into quarrels over competing for customers.
"Hey, little brother, you can tell by looking at you that you are from out of town. Come and take a look at my shadow rat skin. It is absolutely authentic and cheap. I bet it is definitely the cheapest in the whole Chaoyang Town. How about it?
"Shall I sell it to you for thirty gold coins?" Hai Tian was shopping when he was suddenly pulled to the side by a vendor.
"Thirty gold coins?" Haitian was surprised. Although he didn't have much idea about money, he also understood that ten gold coins were enough for an ordinary family of three to live for half a year. These thirty gold coins were almost equivalent to one and a half years of life for other people.
Already.
"Little brother, don't listen to him. He sells the most expensive shadow rat skins in Chaoyang Town. For thirty gold coins, he has the nerve to ask. Come and take a look at mine. The quality and hair are incomparably superior. Only
We need twenty-nine gold coins." Just when Hai Tian was surprised, another vendor also walked up.
"Why are you like this? Are you here to steal my business again?" The vendor who first grabbed Hai Tian was unhappy. "Your quality and hair are not as good as mine. What's more, you are only one gold coin cheaper than me. What's the benefit?
Yelling?"
"The quality of your shadow rat skin is good? Don't be kidding. Who doesn't know that the quality of your shadow rat skin is the worst." The vendor coming from behind shouted in disbelief, and at the same time, he pulled Hai Tian and pointed at the hand of the vendor in front.
A piece of shadow rat skin said, "Little brother, look, this guy's shadow rat skin has many black lines on it. The quality is not as good as mine. You should buy mine."
"Fart! It's obviously my fault!" Shi Ke couldn't bear it. The vendor who first grabbed Hai Tian grabbed Hai Tian's right arm angrily, and it seemed that he wouldn't let Hai Tian go if he didn't buy it.
Another vendor also grabbed Hai Tian's left arm very accurately, and shouted with an aura that refused to let go: "What? Are you afraid of you? Your pile is just garbage, it can't be compared with mine!"
In an instant, the two hawkers started arguing. Hai Tian couldn't help but laugh and cry. He moved a few times, only to find that the two hawkers had completely put him in the middle.
In desperation, Hai Tian used the Five Elements Escape Technique and disappeared directly between the two of them, reappearing in a secluded place with a wry smile on his face, "This Chaoyang Town is really crazy."
This was only the first case that Haitian encountered, and then he encountered several more such quarrels over grabbing customers, and even a few where they got into physical fights, which made Haitian shake his head and sigh.
But what surprised him was that most of the vendors here were also formal swordsmen, and 80% of them were at the swordsman level. Occasionally, a few swordsman-level masters passed by, and the swordsmen on the way hugged each other.
With respectful eyes.
It seems that Chaoyang Town is truly a town of swordsmen.
However, Haitian came here not to buy things, but to inquire about information. Although he only knew how to practice in his previous life, he also knew that the best place to inquire about information was the tavern.
After asking for the location of the tavern on the road, Haitian arrived at the outskirts of the largest tavern in Chaoyang Town.
Although it is a tavern, it is just a few broken rooms with no doors or windows around. It is very convenient for customers to come from all directions.
Before Hai Tian entered, he heard the noise coming from the tavern.
After frowning slightly, Hai Tian walked straight in and found an unoccupied table and sat down. At this time, a person who looked like a waiter walked over quickly. What surprised Haitian was that this waiter actually
He is a three-star swordsman.
The waiter asked smartly: "Sir, what do you need?"
"Bring me a pot of the most common bar here?" To be honest, Haitian is not very good at drinking, and he doesn't have much interest in drinking. However, if he doesn't order a pot of wine, he may become an outlier here.
.
"Okay, a pot of nine brews! Do you need anything else?" the waiter shouted, then lowered his head and asked again.
Haitian shook his head: "No need. By the way, aren't you a three-star swordsman? Why are you working as a waiter here?"
"Sir, are you from outside?" The waiter couldn't help but reveal a wry smile after hearing Hai Tian's question.
Hai Tian nodded silently, and the waiter continued: "Sir, you don't know that the competition here is very fierce. Most swordsmen will choose to join the mercenary group here, but there are a few idle swordsmen like me.
, I don’t want to join those forces, but in order to survive, I have to work here and make money.”
"Then you won't go into the Seventh-Rank Mountain Range to hunt down some first-level spiritual beasts? Isn't it impossible with your strength?" Hai Tian couldn't understand.
"How can it be that easy? Chaoyang Town enters the 10-kilometer radius of Qipin Mountain Range and is divided up by those mercenary groups. Idle swordsmen like us have to pay high taxes even if they enter to hunt first-order spiritual beasts. 1
When I go down there, I often not only make no money, but also have to put money into it. If you want to find a territory without influence, you have to go further inside, but that place is already far away from Chaoyang Town, and it is easy to encounter third-level people.
Spiritual beasts, with our strength, are simply going to die."
This was the first time that Hai Tian knew that the swordsmen in this stratum had such a hard life.
Just when he was about to ask about his family, a high-pitched scream suddenly came over him. Many swordsmen in the tavern all looked solemn, stood up and walked outside one after another.