The landlady left, not taking the shopkeeper with her, but just took the little ferret away.
"There seems to be a tavern over there. I'm going to have a drink. Do you want to come with me?"
Although the shopkeeper's words seemed to be asking for advice, his expression did not convey the slightest hint of Xing Nan and Lehua.
"No need, just drink slowly for now while we walk around casually. We'll come back to you later." Xing Nan said with a smile.
"Well, I'll wait for you in the tavern."
The shopkeeper then walked quickly to the tavern, as if he had been addicted to alcohol for many years.
"It's strange. There is a lot of wine in the Kirigakure Inn. How come I've never seen the shopkeeper drink it?" Lehua said in confusion.
"It's probably because the landlady won't let him drink."
Xing Nan made a guess, and then said: "Brother Le, you have been to Demon Control City a few times, you should know where there is a shop that collects the inner elixir of monsters, right?"
"Of course I know, I'll take you there!" Lehua replied.
…
The prosperous Demon Control City is also a city that never sleeps. Even at night, the lights are brightly lit, just like daytime. However, the city is obviously not as lively and crowded at night as it is during the day.
After walking around the city for a long time, it was not until midnight that Xing Nan and Lehua came back and found the tavern where the shopkeeper was drinking.
But what Xing Nan and Lehua never expected was that the shopkeeper was no longer in the tavern. After asking the shopkeeper, they found out that the shopkeeper had been away for a long time, and he was not alone when he left.
The one who left was with a monk who had "hair on his face".
Hairy face... This was how the tavern owner described the man, which didn't sound too surprising to Xing Nan and Lehua.
"The master shopkeeper must have gotten impatient with waiting, so he left first. After all, he has always been very impatient." Lehua said with a wry smile.
"Let's look around, maybe we can meet him." Xing Nan nodded.
The two of them searched quickly in the streets and alleys of Yumo City, but until daybreak, they could not see the shadow of the master shopkeeper.
"I think we should find an inn to stay in first." Xing Nan suggested.
"Yeah." Lehua nodded, "We don't have many spiritual stones with us, so we can just stay in an ordinary inn. There are many inns in Dongcheng."
The two of them were not far from Dongcheng. They had just walked east for a cup of tea when they were blocked on an originally very spacious street.
"This is not a downtown area, and the streets are very spacious. How can it be so crowded?" Lehua said in surprise among the crowd.
Boom!
A burst of gongs and drums sounded.
Then there were loud shouts...
"Get out of the way! Get out of the way!"
"The army has entered the city, and there are a lot of people waiting. Get out of the way quickly!"
From a distance, you can see a group of soldiers with bright armor coming slowly. Their faces are solemn and their expressions are fierce. Although they are silent as they march, they have the momentum accumulated in the battlefield for a long time to be released invisibly.
Ordinary people couldn't help but feel fear and retreated continuously.
Xing Nan and Lehua also retreated with the crowd until they retreated to a nearby street corner, then stood against the wall and waited patiently.
Until noon, this army still had not all entered the Demon Control City. They were still entering the city from the east city. Although Xing Nan had not counted them in detail, he roughly estimated that there were no less than one hundred thousand soldiers passing by on the street in front of him.
Public.
This is an army!
Just when Xing Nan and Lehua were about to find a restaurant to fill their stomachs, a carriage pulled by eight horses slowly drove over. On both sides of the carriage and in front and behind, there were many young women in palace clothes walking with them.
The driver of the carriage was an old man.
"It's him!" Xing Nan said in surprise.
"It looks familiar," Lehua said.
The old man was none other than the old man who had been to the Kirigakure Inn with Princess Yunshang.
Xing Nan knew that this old man was extremely powerful, and the person sitting in the carriage driven by him was definitely of extremely high status.
Looking at the exquisite shape and luxurious decoration of the carriage, Xing Nan could guess that the person sitting in the carriage should be Princess Yunshang.
Xing Nan released his spiritual consciousness, turned it into a wisp, and floated towards the carriage.
He wanted to see if the person sitting in the carriage was Princess Yunshang.
"snort!"
As soon as Xing Nan's spiritual consciousness got into the carriage, a cold snort sounded from the carriage, and then a wave of extremely strong spiritual consciousness came back.
That divine consciousness was stronger than Xing Nan's. In an instant, the divine consciousness that was chasing him came closer. The fierce momentum contained in that divine consciousness actually gave Xing Nan a feeling that a peerless sword was about to strike.
The illusion of the top of the head.
There was no way to defend against the attack of the divine consciousness, at least Xing Nan couldn't defend against it. Just when he was about to accept the consequences of his soul being wounded again, the powerful divine consciousness, like a sharp sword piercing the air, suddenly turned around and avoided the attack.
opened his body.
Feeling the fluctuation of his consciousness, the old man squinted his eyes and looked at the corner of the street in Xing Nan.
The carriage has windows, and the curtains are now open.
A beautiful face was revealed, and those beautiful eyes as bright as stars and as clear as spring water looked towards Xing Nan with some doubts.
The old man had already stood up, with murderous intent surging on his face, but when he saw Xing Nan and Lehua, he sat down again.
As expected, Princess Yunshang was sitting in the carriage. She nodded at Xing Nan and lowered the curtains.
"What a nice view!"
“Only in my life!”
"Who is this beauty?"
Many sharp-eyed people saw the stunning glimpse of Princess Yunshang, and they were all shocked. They felt that they were in a feast for their eyes and that their wait for the day was not in vain.
After Princess Yunshang's carriage, Xing Nan saw Duan Zhirou and Duan Rui, both of whom were riding horses and dressed in military uniforms, looking very heroic.
In the same formation as Duan Zhirou and her brother, there is a group of nearly a thousand young people. The oldest of them should not be more than thirty years old, but all of them seem to have strong cultivation skills. Although they
They also wore uniform uniforms and armor, but their expressions were not as heavy and murderous as those of the sergeants. On their vaguely childish faces, in addition to strong self-confidence, there was also a bit of arrogance and relaxation.
There were also some young men who looked to be only fourteen or fifteen years old, smiling and waving to the people, and some even whistled.
"Looking at them, they don't look like they are about to face a bloody fight, but more like they have returned in triumph." Lehua said in a low voice.
"They should all be students of Piaoyun Academy. They have little experience, and they don't know the ferocity of demonic monks." Xing Nan shook his head.
Although Xing Nan didn't know much about demonic cultivators, he had seen the power of demonic masters who fought with his master's master, and also fought with low-level demonic cultivators who were cruel and irrational. In his opinion, when these
After a few students who have experienced real fighting encounter those demonic cultivators who eat people without spitting out their bones, no one will be able to laugh again.
…
It wasn't until another late night that all the army that rushed from the eastern region of the kingdom settled in the Demon Control City.
Xing Nan made a rough estimate and found that the total number of this army was by no means less than 500,000, and there were many strong men among them.
The original garrison of Demon Control City was more than 300,000. As a result, more than 60% of the Piaoyun Kingdom's military strength has been gathered in Demon Control City.
Countless houses were requisitioned, and countless people were driven out of Demon Control City by the army.
After this army entered the Demon Control City, the Demon Control City had an atmosphere of tense preparations for war.
The city lord's palace in Yumo City posted a notice, and also sent countless city guards around to announce...
The demonic army is coming, ordinary people are asked to evacuate the Demonic City quickly!
As a result, the East District of Yumo City became lively, and countless people flocked to the East City, and then poured into the Great Rift Valley of the Wanling Mountains through the East City Gate, fleeing towards the east of the Piaoyun Kingdom.
Due to the large army that had swept along the way, this Great Rift Valley was safer than before.
It was at this late night, when winter had already entered, that snowflakes finally fell from the sky.
The sky in Yumo City was covered with lead clouds and gloomy, as if there was a dark curtain covering the sky.
The snow is falling harder and harder, but the snow is white.
Everywhere on the city wall facing the west was filled with sergeants in armor. They had stern expressions and stared in all directions.
The goose-feather heavy snow fell one after another, and the biting cold wind whimpered like a ghost crying and a wolf howling.
There were many inns in Dongcheng, but the owners of these inns chose to flee with their families, leaving many rooms vacant.
The demonic army will definitely not come from the east, so there are not many sergeants stationed in Dongcheng District. Xing Nan and Lehua easily found an empty courtyard.
"what should we do?"
In the room with flickering lights, Lehua asked Xing Nan.
"Waiting for the master manager." Xing Nan replied after being silent for a long time.
"What if he doesn't come back?" Lehua asked again.
"Then we have no choice but to escape," Xing Nan said.
"Now is our chance to escape. When the demonic army comes, all the city gates will be closed. It will not be easy for us to leave by then," Lehua reminded.
"The master shopkeeper will not forget us." Xing Nan was actually very hesitant in his heart. "The boss lady said before that Yumo City can hold on for a few days. If the master shopkeeper doesn't come back, we will find a way to escape."
"We are just boys at the inn. The landlady is kind enough to take us in, but I don't think the shopkeeper may care about us very much. Even though he usually gives us a lot of advice, I believe you can also see that he
In his mind, he doesn't actually take us seriously." Lehua added.
After all, Master Shi is not a human monk. He is a monster, and a very powerful beast. There is indeed a reason to ignore Xing Nan and Lehua.
Xing Nan was silent again.
Hesitating in silence.
It took a long time before Xing Nan spoke again. He said, "Brother Le, why don't you escape from the city first? I'll wait here for the master."
When Lehua heard this, he frowned and said, "You come with me. I won't worry if you stay alone."
Xing Nan shook his head and said: "The boss lady treated me well. I still owe her a large amount of spiritual stones. When she left, she told us to follow the master master. How could I just run away without saying a word? My cultivation level is not good either.
If you're not careful, even if the master master doesn't come back, I still have a chance to escape, and since your cultivation is still weak now, it will definitely be very dangerous for you to stay. I may be able to protect myself, but it will probably be difficult for me to take care of you."
