C249 Great Desolate City
C249 Great Desolate City
In the Horned Horse carriage, Nan Yudia and Shen Ji were quietly cultivating, while Qi Zhuohao, who was driving the carriage, was not idle either. With a large amount of Essence Recovering Pill, he had to work hard to raise his realm. Yuan energy was scarce, so he could not afford to stay where he was.
As they headed towards the Great Desolate City, Qi Zhuohao and the other two would naturally encounter many small troubles. Of course, those troubles came from bandits. To Qi Zhuohao and the other two, it was nothing. They could easily solve it.
On this day, the Horned Horse carriage that Qi Zhuohao and the other two were riding on had already entered the territory of the Great Desolate City. In the distance, there were two Third Grade Horned Horse flying over. Nan Yudia, who was cultivating in the carriage, walked out in surprise.
"Yudia, your realm has advanced to the second layer of Huayuan. Congratulations!" Qi Zhuohao faintly felt Nan Yudia's realm aura and immediately smiled as he congratulated her. Currently, he and Nan Yudia were both at the second layer of Huayuan, and Shen Ji was not far from the second layer.
Qi Zhuohao was very happy, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It was good to have a large amount of Essence Recovering Pill. Advancing in realm only required time! Unfortunately, his, Nan Yudia's and Shen Ji's physique were not ordinary. His need for Essence Recovering Pill were two very big things.
Nan Yudia only nodded slightly at Qi Zhuohao. Her gaze had always been fixed on the young man on the back of the two Horned Horse that were speeding over from afar. This made Qi Zhuohao somewhat puzzled.
"Yudia, what are you looking at?" Qi Zhuohao did not understand. He continued, "It's just two martial artists. What is there to see?"
Hearing Qi Zhuohao's surprised question, Nan Yudia immediately glared at him and said, "Zhuohao, what do you know? Look, those two people are wearing unusual clothes. They are core disciples of the Forgetting Sorrow Valley of the Great Desolate."
"Is that so?" Qi Zhuohao's eyes focused. Leng Sanqiu was also a core disciple of the Great Desolate Forgetting Sorrow Valley, but Leng Sanqiu was wearing ordinary clothes back then. Therefore, he naturally could not recognize the identity of the two warriors in the distance.
Of course, although Qi Zhuohao was a little surprised, he did not doubt Nan Yudia's words. Nan Yudia was originally from the Great Desolate City, so it was not strange that Nan Yudia knew the uniform of the disciples of the Forgetting Sorrow Valley.
Nan Yudia nodded heavily. "Zhuohao, the two people from the Forgetting Sorrow Valley should be going to Great Sun County. Looking at their appearance, they seem to be very tired and anxious. I wonder what happened in the Forgetting Sorrow Valley?"
Nan Yudia was not making random guesses. The disciples of the Great Desolate Forgetting Sorrow Valley went out to train. They were all lone wolves. This was something that was publicly acknowledged in Great Desolate City. Now, there were actually two disciples of the Forgetting Sorrow Valley walking together, and these two weren't on the way back to the Forgetting Sorrow Valley. Instead, they were going somewhere else, which proved that they weren't going to train. They were going to do something.
Qi Zhuohao's facial expression changed slightly. He was thinking in his heart, could it be that the Forgetting Sorrow Valley had found out about the fact that he had killed the core disciple of Forgetting Sorrow Valley, Leng Sanqiu? Impossible. It was so far away, how could the Forgetting Sorrow Valley know about it so quickly?
Two Horned Horse flew past Qi Zhuohao and the other two's Horned Horse Carriage. The two disciples on the back of the Horned Horse didn't even look at Qi Zhuohao and Nan Yudia, as if they had completely ignored them.
When the two Horned Horse completely disappeared from Qi Zhuohao's sight, Qi Zhuohao looked at Nan Yudia. He asked doubtfully, "Yudia, is the Great Desolate's Profound Sect very powerful? You said, if a disciple of Forgetting Sorrow Valley dies in Great Sun County... Will they know?"
"If he is a core disciple, then so be it!" Nan Yudia replied without thinking and her tone paused. She continued, "Zhuohao, almost all of the Great Desolate's Profound Sects have True Essence Expert overseeing them. Do you think they are powerful? Oh right, you don't seem to know about the Spirit Soul Jade Slip. Let me tell you!"
As she spoke, Nan Yudia told Qi Zhuohao about the Spirit Soul Jade Slip. When Qi Zhuohao heard this, he immediately revealed a shocked expression. Spirit Soul Jade Slip, didn't this mean that Forgetting Sorrow Valley already knew about it when Leng Sanqiu died?
Combined with the two core disciples of Forgetting Sorrow Valley going to Great Sun County, Qi Zhuohao immediately thought of it. They were most likely going to investigate the cause of Leng Sanqiu's death. Luckily... Shi Yiquan was dead, and no one else was present, so Forgetting Sorrow Valley probably wouldn't be able to find out about him.
"Zhuohao, what happened to you?" Nan Yudia asked in confusion. Qi Zhuohao's expression was a little strange.
Recovering his thoughts, Qi Zhuohao immediately waved his hand and said, "It's nothing. I was just surprised when I heard about the miraculous thing called the Spirit Soul Jade Slip." Qi Zhuohao didn't want Nan Yudia to worry, so he didn't want to tell her about him killing Leng Sanqiu.
Nan Yudia didn't dwell on this matter. She had left Great Desolate City for a few years. Now, she had finally returned to this land, and the poison in her body had been removed. Her heart was filled with joy and excitement. Finally, she could see her family!
After chatting with Qi Zhuohao for a while, Nan Yudia returned to the carriage, leaving Qi Zhuohao to drive the carriage outside. The Horned Horse carriage slowly drove, and the distance to Great Desolate City was getting closer and closer...
A few days later, Qi Zhuohao drove the Horned Horse carriage to the outside of a huge city. This was the Great Desolate City. Looking at the city wall that was thirty to forty zhang tall, Qi Zhuohao looked at the city wall. Compared to the Great Desolate City, the Great Sun County and the Thousand Stars County were just like a small town!
"Stop right there, how many people are in this car?"
Qi Zhuohao drove the Horned Horse carriage towards the city gate, and was immediately stopped by a soldier who was guarding the city. That soldier was wearing armor, and he was at the ninth level of the Spirit Absorption realm. Qi Zhuohao knew that this soldier should be a soldier of Great Desolate Mansion.
Great Desolate City was not like a small county city, just like Thousand Stars County. The County Lord Mansion was a place that the Yellow Sect had jointly built to manage the security of the prefecture. As for the Great Desolate Mansion, it was located in the Great Desolate City. It was the ruler of the Great Desolate City. The Great Desolate Mansion had a huge scale and a heavily organized army. All the Profound Sects had to submit to the Great Desolate Mansion.
"What do you want?" Qi Zhuohao looked at the soldier in surprise. He had no idea. This soldier was just a routine. The Horned Horse carriage was going to enter the Great Desolate City. The number of people on the carriage was different. The entrance fee was different.
Qi Zhuohao was surprised, and the soldier was even more surprised. It seemed like this was Qi Zhuohao's first time coming to the Great Desolate City. He didn't know the rules of Great Desolate City, so he asked Qi Zhuohao. Firstly, he wanted to understand the situation in the Horned Horse Carriage. Second, however, Qi Zhuohao had asked such an idiotic question. He really wanted to go forward and scold Qi Zhuohao.
"Cut the crap. How many people are in your car?" The soldier suppressed the anger in his heart and asked again.
The soldier did not explain to Qi Zhuohao, so Qi Zhuohao still did not understand the soldier's intention. Helpless, he could only answer, "Including me, there are three in total!"
The soldier nodded and walked over to open the curtain of the Horned Horse carriage. Seeing this, Qi Zhuohao was furious. He raised his hand to block the soldier's hand and shouted, "What do you want? Didn't I tell you that we have three people?"
Qi Zhuohao did not use his Yuan energy, nor did he reveal his realm. The soldier's face sank. " Kid, are you an idiot? You said three? I have to check. Otherwise, who will be responsible if I charge less entrance fee? "
The argument between Qi Zhuohao and the soldiers immediately attracted the attention of the other city guards and the city guard captain. Under the lead of the city guard captain, the group of soldiers put down what they were doing and quickly surrounded the Horned Horse Chariot.
"What's going on?" The city guard captain was furious. He was at the first level of Huayuan, and his appearance was fierce and strict!
Hearing this, the soldier hurriedly replied, "Reporting to captain, this person didn't cooperate with the inspection and wanted to attack me."
"What? There was such a thing?" The captain was a little surprised and fixed his gaze on Qi Zhuohao. He said fiercely, "Kid, it looks like you don't know the rules. You are obstructing our inspection. You have violated the dignity of Great Desolate Mansion. You don't want to make this matter big, do you?"
Until now, Qi Zhuohao finally understood that he had been overthinking things. He shouldn't have stopped the soldiers from checking the carriage, but this captain was obviously trying to extort money from him. Qi Zhuohao was very unhappy with this kind of henchman who used his power to bully others.
"Captain, right!? I, Yun Cheng, said. I don't know the rules, please forgive me! Now you can inspect the carriage. I won't stop you anymore. " Although Qi Zhuohao was annoyed, he did not want to offend the lackeys of the Great Desolate Mansion. It was just a small matter.
However, Qi Zhuohao's words were just a joke in the captain's ears. Now, it was no longer the problem of checking the carriage, but the problem of Qi Zhuohao taking money to solve the disaster. He really did not know if this kid was really stupid or was he pretending to be stupid?
With a cold snort, the captain was just about to threaten Qi Zhuohao when the door of the carriage opened at this time. Nan Yudia and Shen Ji slowly walked out of the carriage. Shen Ji's beauty immediately attracted the captain and the soldiers' attention.
Of course, Nan Yudia's beauty was not inferior to Shen Ji's. It was just that Nan Yudia was covered by a veil and the soldiers could not see clearly. That was why they did not pay attention to her. Instead, they looked at Shen Ji dumbfoundedly and did not conceal their greedy gazes.
"Zhuohao, what's wrong? What are you arguing with them about?" Nan Yudia asked plainly. She glanced at the soldiers, her eyes somewhat displeased. Of course, she had actually already heard the dispute between Qi Zhuohao and the soldiers. She was just casually asking.
Qi Zhuohao smiled bitterly and did not answer Nan Yudia. The captain laughed and said, "So there are two beautiful women in the carriage. No wonder you did not let my men check the carriage. Two beautiful women..."
Before the captain finished speaking, Nan Yudia immediately raised her hand and interrupted him. She coldly snorted and said, "Don't be long-winded. We are in a hurry to enter the city. Hurry up and get out of here. Otherwise, bear the consequences!"
"Oh, I say beautiful women. You have a big tone! It seems that you are the first one to come to Great Desolate City, do you know..."
The captain was stunned because Nan Yudia took out a token. He had seen the token before and broke out in cold sweat. The captain started to shiver and his heart was filled with fear.
"You reckless thing, I am in a good mood today. Let's forget about it this time, get lost!"
After Nan Yudia said that, she put away the token and pulled Shen Ji into the carriage. Seeing this, the captain felt as if he had been granted amnesty and immediately called the soldiers to disperse. He smiled and lowered his head to express his apology to Qi Zhuohao. He was grateful to Nan Yudia.
Until the Horned Horse drove into Great Desolate City, Qi Zhuohao's heart was still unable to calm down. All along, he did not know Nan Yudia's identity. What exactly was the token that Nan Yudia took out? The moment the token was taken out, the leader of the Great Desolate Mansion's guards was actually so afraid!
Qi Zhuohao had already decided that they had already arrived at Great Desolate City. It was time to find out Nan Yudia's exact identity. Sooner or later, he would have to go and see Nan Yudia's family. Also, Qi Zhuohao needed to understand the situation in Great Desolate City in detail.