Chapter 398 Xunzhou City
After landing on the southeast coast, everyone still entered the territory of Shangyun Kingdom.
The southern part of Shangyun Dynasty is richer than the northern part. There are many commercial ports on the southeast coast, and people come and go, which is very prosperous.
In order to reduce the momentum, everyone else stayed in the small world, only Ning Wuxie and Xuan'er took Ning Chen outside.
The two naturally pretended to be a mortal couple. After all, the most dangerous place is the safest place. The world is full of good and bad people. Even if the human sect has great strength, it cannot screen all mortals one by one.
The human sect is the leader of the righteous cultivators, but not the emperor of the secular world.
In Xunzhou City, southeast of Shangyun, in a crowded inn and tavern, Ning Wuxie and Xuan'er heard the merchants around them talking nervously about the news they had heard recently:
"Master Wuyuan destroyed the four towns of Dongli?! Isn't he the world's number one casual cultivator?"
"What master? He's the Demon Lord!"
"I know a cargo owner in Donglizhou. He said he saw it with his own eyes. The four towns of Dongli were all gone. The whole land was burnt!"
Everyone was silent for a moment, and they all felt terrified.
"These damn cultivators never take our lives as their own!"
"Hush, don't say anything, it was Wuyuan who fell into the devil's way, an evil cultivator!"
"Shang Yun should send someone to deal with it, or ask the Confucianists to negotiate with the Human Sect?"
"No need to ask, the Human Sect has already come forward, and it is said that the Strange Fire Tower has been destroyed."
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the tavern was shocked again: "Strange Fire Tower?! Is it related to that gang?"
"It is said that because he refused to investigate and closed the door, it was destroyed by the old senior You Youxin, the owner of the Sword Casting Villa."
Everyone sighed: "Fortunately, there are the Human Sect and the Human Emperor, who can mobilize so many powerful people."
But some people expressed doubts: "But the recent actions of the Human Sect are not only in the east, but also in the south and the north. Is there a devil there?"
...
Ning Wuxie picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Xuan'er.
The merchants, boatmen, escorts and martial artists in the inn had different opinions, trying to piece together the whole picture of the matter, but the more they said, the more outrageous it became.
But no matter what, no one suspected the real murderer of the crime on the head of the Human Emperor and the Human Sect.
One is because of the authority represented by the Human Sect and the Human Emperor, and the other is because the Human Sect is nominally the protector of mortals. Therefore, people generally do not speculate about them with malice.
But more, mortals do not care, or are more numb.
For the lower-level mortals, the affairs of the immortal world are out of reach. Whether they know the truth or not, they are powerless to change it.
But mortals are still the backbone of the world after all, not to mention that a large number of slaves are attached to the royal family of the sect and provide services for them. In fact, mortals are the core and creators of the entire human civilization.
In the final analysis, cultivators are also human beings.
Cultivators also started as mortals at the beginning, especially those who are independent cultivators without the support of the aristocratic sects.
Therefore, in terms of morality and the most basic ethics, the righteous path should be supported by everyone, and the monks should protect mortals and not harm them.
However, this moral understanding is like a layer of window paper, which will break if poked. In fact, there will always be people who will poke it.
Otherwise, no one would become a demon.
According to Emperor Tianhuo, ten thousand years ago, under the threat of extraterritorial demons, this layer of window paper simply did not exist.
Mortals really lived like pigs and dogs, and were kept in captivity like livestock.
It was not until the emperor sealed the way of heaven and blocked the way for extraterritorial demons to come in and make trouble that the Lingwu Continent was finally restored.
The Great Xia Dynasty was no longer able to maintain its rule and split into five dynasties. In the friction and competition between each other, human civilization developed rapidly, the territory expanded, and the technology advanced, and it has become what it is today.
But ordinary people don’t know, they don’t understand what happened ten thousand years ago, and they can’t see what will happen in the future. They only have a lifespan of a hundred years and can only see what is in front of them, and see the human sect killing the demons to protect them.
This is also normal.
Ning Wuxie drank the last cup of tea, feeling inexplicably sad.
For Wuyuan Zhenren and Tianhuo Emperor.
The latter's actions in the past directly affected the world for thousands of years, allowing Lingwu Continent to have today's prosperity.
And the former was slandered and defamed in order to maintain all this, and became the target of public criticism.
Ning Wuxie looked at Xuan'er who was holding his arm, and then looked at Ning Chen who was held by him with one hand.
The little guy looked around with interest, pointing at the new toys and speaking incoherently.
Xuan'er is his present, and Chen'er is his future.
No matter which one, he has no reason to fail.
Ning Wuxie and Xuan'er found an inconspicuous house and bought it to live in, and began to practice day after day.
Xunzhou City has dozens of times more people than the four towns in Dongli, and it is also a port city. There are countless people entering and leaving the city every day. There are also many people who go ashore to rest for a few days and then go out to sea to sail.
Therefore, Ning Wuxie and Xuan'er don't need to find another profession to pretend to be mortals. There is no sect cultivator to monitor them here. They just need to live their own lives behind closed doors.
After putting Chen'er in the yard, Ning Wuxie opened his small world and called everyone out.
He called it "come out for some fresh air", but in fact he wanted everyone to help him clean up.
"Have we arrived in Xunzhou City?" asked Master Wuyuan.
"We are here. Everything has been arranged. The Jueyun Fuqi Formation given by Senior Qiuxian has also been activated." Ning Wuxie stamped his feet, indicating that the formation was under the floor tiles under his feet.
Wu Yuan nodded, looked around, and found that there were enough rooms in the yard, so he found a room to clean up.
After everything was done, everyone met in the middle of the yard to eat.
Li Luobing disguised herself and went out to buy food for everyone. She was like everyone's little maid now.
"What do you think of the Sad Blood Knife of Chou Yunjiang?" Wu Yuan suddenly asked in a deep voice while eating.
Since the beginning of the meal, he frowned and said nothing. Everyone could see that he was worried.
He looked up at everyone, and everyone held a bowl and shook their heads.
"Chou Yunjiang is now occupied by Yuchi Songxu." Xiao Qiuxian said, "This time, we probably can't admit that we succeeded by carelessness."
Yan Xiao also nodded: "When Ye Qingxuan realizes that the East Sea Guanyan Spear is also missing, he will probably send people to surround Xuelongling and Chou Yunjiang in three layers."
"Does that mean... there must be a battle?" Wu Yuan said in a deep voice.
Ning Wuxie already knew the information that You Youshan and Yan Xiao had obtained in Dongli Mountain.
He had no impression of Yuchi Songxu and Nalan Tianying.
Because according to the memory of the previous life, these were all great powers who had been famous for a long time, and they were not of the same generation as Ning Wuxie.
When Ning Wuxie became a Taoist of the Human Sect and entered the upper-level cultivation circle, these people had already been killed by Xuan'er.
So Ning Wuxie didn't feel anything at this time, but just knew that these were two powerful people in the Heavenly Immortal Realm.
"When I was in the Guanyan Spear, the Emperor Tianhuo once told me that I should at least have the strength of a Heavenly Immortal before going."
"Really? Did the Emperor say that?" Hearing that the Emperor had given instructions, the confused crowd suddenly became excited.
Ning Wuxie nodded.
"How long will it take you to get to the Heavenly Immortal Realm now?" Wuyuan asked hurriedly.
"I have been on the road recently, and I don't have a complete time to practice..." Ning Wuxie said, "But I think... it should be three to five years."
"Three to five years?!" Everyone was surprised, and the action of picking up the dishes was frozen.
"Are you sure?!" You Youshan asked with his eyes wide open, "You are now in the early stage of human immortality, how can you reach the heavenly immortal realm?"
"It's just a feeling..." Ning Wuxie didn't dare to brag too much.
"Okay, you can say this number, which means you are still confident." Wuyuan's face was full of joy.
"Then we will start to live in seclusion here, starting from three years and up to five years. After five years, no matter what realm Ning Wuxie is in, we will move to another place."
Everyone nodded and agreed to this plan.
"Let's eat, practice hard, and pay attention to getting information... The next time we fight them, it will really be a matter of life and death."