Chapter 1071 Tongguan County
Everyone stayed at the mayor's house for seven or eight days. After these days of training, they have mastered the basic requirements of being a guard. It happened that Ma Xingchen was almost ready, so Mayor Ma chose an auspicious day to send Ma Xingchen and the guards out of Mayi Town.
Of course, this guard team has been adjusted. Among the 22 people selected last time, seven of the more slippery ones were left at home. Five mature and steady ones were selected from the old guards of Mayor Ma's family and placed in the team. One of them was the captain of the first level of Qi Refining. The whole team not only improved its strength, but also greatly increased its loyalty and stability.
In addition to these 20 guards, the rest are Ma Xingchen and his uncle from the side branch. The uncle from the side branch is called Ma Shi. He has the cultivation level of the fifth level of Qi Refining and is also the highest in the whole team. He usually ignores worldly affairs and is only responsible for sitting in the town. Such a bloody investment shows how important this mission is.
The three people from the first seven villages were lucky. All of them were in the team. The group of 22 people went all the way to Tongguan County except Mayi Town.
From Mayi Town to Tongguan County, the journey of more than 2,000 miles is nothing for high-level cultivators. It may take one day to reach the destination by driving a flying spiritual tool, but it is very far for low-level cultivators, especially in the Fallen Ghost Abyss. The strength of cultivators is greatly restricted. It is good to walk 200 miles a day. Otherwise, there would not be only a few people in the entire Touqi Village who have been there.
More importantly, in the Fallen Ghost Abyss, strength is respected, and there is almost no order in private. Many people usually look honest, but once they encounter a lone pedestrian or a person with insufficient strength, they will turn into mountain bandits in a blink of an eye.
In addition, there are various low-level zombies, ghosts, monsters, etc. moving around everywhere. If you are not careful, you may be in big trouble. The reason why Taoist Mao has not had any accidents for so many years is that his profession is unlucky and many people are unwilling to get involved. Secondly, he only moves within a certain range and never leaves the circle. He always walks the old road, and he is lucky to survive until now.
The three leading Qi-refining monks in the team all had storage talismans on them, and the commonly used items were all packed in the storage talismans. There was no need to bring any special carriages and luggage. The journey was simple and light, and the speed of travel was not slow. Moreover, there were more than 20 people in the team, and there were Qi-refining monks in it. No one dared to provoke them easily. Occasionally, they encountered blind monsters, and they were easily sent away.
It took the group almost half a month to walk more than 2,000 miles. The journey was relatively peaceful. Everyone else was fine. Only one guard was unlucky. He went out to urinate in the middle of the night and was accidentally attacked by a monster and bit off a hand. Although everyone rushed to deal with the monster after hearing the noise, the lost hand could never grow back and became a disabled person.
Ma Xingchen was a good person. He did not abandon the guard because he became disabled. Instead, he asked the captain of the guard to find some herbs for him to apply and carry them with him all the way.
On this day, everyone saw a tall city wall in front of them from afar. It was built entirely of large bluestones, wide and solid. On the tall city gate tower, there were guards patrolling constantly. Compared with this place, Mayi Town was like a firefly competing with the bright moon.
No need to ask, this must be Tongguan County. There is only one county town in a radius of thousands of miles. On the way, Qingyang had heard others talk about it. There are more than 100,000 people in Tongguan County alone. In addition to these, there are 20 to 30 towns like Mayi Town. Therefore, the total population of the entire Tongguan County exceeds 600,000 or 700,000. Among them, cultivators account for about 20%, which is almost 100,000 people. The scale is much larger than Yuling City in Jiuzhou Continent.
After walking for so many days in a row, sleeping in the open air all the way, they finally arrived at their destination today. The guards from top to bottom all breathed a sigh of relief. They have been tense for this period of time and everyone is exhausted. Now that they have arrived at the county town, they can finally take a break.
At the same time as being relieved, there was more surprise and excitement. Except for a few people like Ma Xingchen and Ma Shi who had been to Tongguan County, the rest of the team were almost all here for the first time. In their eyes, Mayi Town was a great place. When had they ever seen a city as big as Tongguan County? They were like country bumpkins entering the city, full of longing and expectation.
Even Qingyang was secretly happy in his heart. He had seen a super-large fairy city like Jiuxian City, so he naturally wouldn't be surprised by the small Tongguan County. It had been more than two months since he fell into the Fallen Ghost Abyss. He had been restricted tightly and couldn't use any means. He was happy that he had finally arrived at a slightly larger place, where many cultivators gathered. If he looked carefully, he might be able to find some useful materials to remove the restrictions on himself.
Of course, there was also someone who was exactly the opposite of everyone else's performance, that is, Ma Xingchen, the central figure of the entire team. Everyone else was relieved, but his face gradually became more nervous, especially when he saw Tongguan County, his eyes were faintly hesitant and hesitant.
But soon, his eyes turned to determination. His father had spent so much energy for him, and even went through so much trouble to recruit guards to escort him all the way here. Wasn't it just for the pre-selection of the Holy Son? People have already come here, how can they back out? Others are the same as themselves, what is there to be afraid of? No matter what, he can't disappoint his father's expectations.
Thinking of this, Ma Xingchen waved his hand and said, "Everyone has worked hard on this journey. Tongguan County is ahead. Everyone should work hard to get into the city as soon as possible. After settling down, I will give everyone two days off. You can take turns to go out and see the prosperity of Tongguan City."
Ma Xingchen gave an order, and the morale of the guards suddenly increased. They shouted and prepared to speed up and rush to the city gate. At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horse hooves from behind, as if a large group of cavalry was about to rush over. In broad daylight, no one was so domineering, but the situation was urgent. Everyone had no time to figure out the situation, so they quickly protected Ma Xingchen and made way.
Just as they made way here, dozens of knights rushed over from behind, bringing up smoke and dust, making the people from Mayi Town look dirty. Ma Xingchen was about to explode on the spot, but after looking at the leader and the overall strength of this team of knights, he swallowed the words on his lips and secretly turned his head away, as if he was afraid that the other party would recognize him.
There were fifty knights in this team, all riding chestnut horses, wearing black armor, and using standard weapons. The fifty people were divided into five columns, each column was led by two monks in the early Qi Refining stage, and behind them were all monks in the ninth level of the Kaimai Realm, looking extremely imposing.