The Path Toward Heaven Chapter 4: Sword into Chaonan City
Chaonancheng hasn’t fully awakened yet, countless smokes are rising, and you can imagine how prosperous and lively this city should be during the day.
Jing Jiu and Zhao Layue stood side by side on the shore, and the hat had already been thrown away.
When they were walking at night, they realized that because they were walking too fast and the wind was not small, the hats were easily blown away.
At this time, they covered their entire head and face with two gray cloth towels, looking at some ascetic medical monks in the Northland of Guocheng Temple.
The turbid river water is indeed very turbid, the water is extremely fierce, the river is full of turbulence and whirlpools, it looks extremely dangerous, and who knows what monsters are hidden inside?
Many years ago, people on both sides of the strait did not dare to cross the river by boat, which meant that the traffic was cut off. Suppress the monster beast with the sword formation hiding in it, and this is the fundamental solution to the problem.
Because the Chuo River is too wide, the middle of this circular arch bridge is also very high, especially when the clouds are rising. Looking across the river from both sides of the river, the bridge seems to be leading to the sky, so magnificent, so there is The name Tongtianqiao has nothing to do with the name Chaotian Continent.
Standing on the shore looking at this extremely magnificent high bridge, Jing Jiu’s mood is a little strange.
Reading thousands of books and traveling thousands of miles, the words of the sages really make sense.
When he was very young, he had already read ten thousand books, and since then he has been to many places with his sword, but back then he was focused on Taoism, time and energy were above the practice, and the places he had visited were still too few. , I haven’t seen many scenery, and even if I travel, I fly by at high altitude, and I don’t have the current feeling.
At that time, he was flying the highest, overlooking the earth, and all the landscapes were flat paintings in his eyes.
Now he is no longer that tall, and he needs to look up to see the scenery, which is a bit inconvenient, but the painting is three-dimensional and more vivid.
“I haven’t finished my homework today.”
Zhao Layue stayed with him on the edge of the cliff for a while, feeling that a lot of time was wasted, and reminded him aloud.
Looking at her, Jing Jiu seemed to see himself back then, smiled and said, “Go.”
Of course there is nothing wrong with being single-minded to the Tao, whether it is him back then or she is now.
It’s just that, compared with him back then, he is qualified and free to come and see the scenery he once missed.
is just the acquisition of this qualification, and every time he thinks about it, it still makes him feel unhappy, even painful.
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The sky bridge is very old. There are cracks everywhere on the road. In some places, there are even half-fist-sized holes. You can see the water below. It looks scary, but you can feel what is coming from under your feet. As solid as the actual ground, coupled with the hidden breath of sword formation, Jing Jiu believes that even if it is attacked by wind and rain for thousands of years, this seemingly dilapidated stone bridge will not be a problem, even in muddy water. All the river monsters attacked collectively, and they couldn’t shake this bridge even a bit.
The bridge deck is higher as you go to the middle of the river, gradually more than a hundred feet away from the water, and the place you can see is getting farther and farther.
Zhao Layue pointed to a white cliff upstream, and said: “That hole was knocked out by the ghost eye.”
Jingjiu knows very well about this monster. The ghost-eyed dace is a particularly cruel and terrifying monster. It loves to eat people. It is not a choice between men and women. As for the rumor that it likes to eat children, it is more given by folklore. An evil layer of gauze mist.
The problem is that shortly after the ghost-eye dace began to do evil in the muddy water, it alarmed the Qingshan Sect. It had already been killed by the previous generation of Liangwangfeng disciples. He remembers Lei Poyun who was still young. I have participated in this battle before. When did this monster come back to life again after many years?
But there has always been a saying that the big monsters in the muddy water are all swimming upside down from the West Sea. As for before the West Sea, those big monsters may come from one of the three major whirlpools, the sea and the sky. There have always been rumors that the depths of the hanging waterfalls along the sea and sky can lead directly to the underworld.
In this way, these great monsters are most likely driven by the underworld, so it is normal for a batch to appear every tens or hundreds of years.
Jing Jiu has never been to the underworld, and he doesn’t know whether these inferences are true or false. I think if I have the opportunity in the future, I still have to go to the mainland to ask friends.
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There is a nine-story building facing the west of Nancheng. The exterior wall is gray, very inconspicuous, but it is a very famous place.
This is the largest auction house in Nanhe Prefecture-Baoshuju.
In the early morning, two people covering their heads and faces with gray cloth appeared in front of the gray wall of Baoshuju. They looked strange and attracted some attention.
In the distant sky, a few sword lights flashed across, and a warning message could be faintly heard.
Jing Jiu said, “Sure enough.”
Not long ago, Zhao Layue took him directly with the sword to break in from the west wall, which naturally alarmed the Chaonan city government and the monks.
Zhao Layue glanced at him and said, “Do you have to wait until dark? We don’t have so much time.”
Jing Jiu wondered what to do? Seeing that the ascetics in Chaonan City have chased them with their swords, do they want to show their identity?
When he traveled far away with his sword, he seldom stayed in the city. The few times he went to Chaoge City were received by the emperor. Nowhere has he encountered this kind of thing.
“Just go in.”
Zhao Layue took him to Baoshu Curie.
“Where is this place?”
”The auction house, the principal is a mortal, but the backstage is very hard. No one in Chaonan City dares to offend him~IndoMTL.com~Jing Jiu asked, “His backstage? “
Zhao Layue said: “It’s us.”
Jing Jiu learned that this auction house is actually a peripheral industry of the Green Mountain Sect.
Through the hidden door on the gray wall, the two walked into Baoshuju.
The steward who received them was about forty years old. He had a pair of very thin beards, and his eyes were very energetic. He looked like a mouse, but he didn’t feel wicked or slippery.
The steward looked at the two people who covered their heads and faces with a gray cloth, and smiled and said, “Can you please bother you to show your face?”
Zhao Layue said: “No.”
The steward didn’t insist, he pointed to the outside and smiled and said, “Those flying swords?”
Zhao Layue said: “Yes, I came to see us.”
”Then you should be clear about the rules. Baoshuju can only guarantee the safety of the guests in the building. If you leave, we will not take care of it.”
The steward looked at her with a smile and said, “Of course, the first thing to make sure is whether you are our guest.”
It is very easy to become a guest of Baoshuju, or it can be said to be very difficult.
is simple because you only need to pay a sum of wealth in exchange for a wooden card of Baoshuju.
With this wooden sign, anyone can bid for the treasure in the building, and Baoshuju will charge 20% of the fee.
As for the difficulty, it is because the number of this wealth is unimaginable for ordinary people, even some practitioners may not be able to get it.
With the experience of the inn, Zhao Layue looked directly at Jing Jiu.
Jing Jiu thought for a while, took out a large handful of golden leaves and placed it in front of the steward.
These piles of golden leaves are enough to buy a large house in Chaonan City.
The manager showed a slightly mocking look.