Chapter 728 Shura City
In the southwest corner of Yongzhou, there is a huge besieged city. This besieged city was called Yongzhou City a long time ago. It is said that it was built by the people of Yongzhou who lived in a barren land to resist the miserable life.
However, later, with the rise of Shura Religion, Shura Religion finally completely controlled Yongzhou City. So, Yongzhou City also has a new name-Shura City.
Shura City has been the place where the people of Yongzhou live and work since ancient times. If there was no such city, I am afraid that the mortals of Yongzhou would not be able to survive to this day, and it would be difficult for the Shura Religion to develop and grow in Yongzhou. Some people even say that if the people of Yongzhou had not worked together to build that Shura City, I am afraid that the people of Yongzhou would have died and scattered, and Yongzhou itself would have become a desolate dead place. Therefore, the significance of Shura City to the entire Yongzhou is self-evident.
At this moment, Huan Yin had disguised himself as a local cultivator in Yongzhou, wearing a blue scholar's outfit, and flew westward on the way to Shura City.
To be honest, since Huan Yin became a disciple of Wuliang Sect after becoming a disciple of Duan Yun, he has always been proud of his master and respected his master. Naturally, he never thought of doubting his master's decision, let alone disobeying his master's order.
However, this time, since he entered Yongzhou, he has always felt that something was wrong. Especially Wen Yu's words, he really had to be suspicious. After all, based on his relationship with Wen Yu, Wen Yu could not lie to him. Moreover, he knew Wen Yu very well, so Wen Yu had no reason to lie to him about this matter.
Therefore, he finally decided to listen to Wen Yu's words and go to Shura City in person to see what kind of existence Shura Sect is. He felt that he had to figure out what he was fighting for in three days, so that he could fight with peace of mind, instead of being unable to calm down even when meditating like now.
If he fought for his master and for the righteous path, Huan Yin would have no choice but to do it. But if it was really as Wen Yu said, that he was just a thug for the Wuliangmen branch of Yongzhou, that was another matter.
After quietly leaving the Wuliangmen branch, Huan Yin flew at full speed, and after about an hour of flying, he finally saw a besieged city from a distance.
This besieged city was indeed extremely large, and even Huan Yin could not see its outline at a glance even if he stood in the sky. However, Huan Yin thought about it for a while and understood why this city was so big.
After all, there was only this one city in the entire Yongzhou, and I am afraid that more than 90% of the people living in Yongzhou gathered here. If this city was not big enough, how could so many people from Yongzhou live here?
After observing carefully for a while, Huan Yin landed from the air. At the moment when his feet touched the bottom, his cultivation level was directly reduced from the extreme state to the middle state of concentration. In this way, unless someone has a higher cultivation level than him, if they see him, they will think that he is just a cultivator who has just stepped into the path of Taoism.
With a wave of his hand, a small gust of wind and sand swept over Huan Yin. After the wind and sand passed, Huan Yin looked dusty, as if he had been traveling for a long time to get here. In this way, his temperament of a casual cultivator became more obvious.
After doing all this, Huan Yin thought that he should not reveal his identity. After all, he had only been in Yongzhou for a day or two, and his disguise was in place. So, he began to stride forward and walked out.
The city was getting closer and closer, and it kept getting bigger in Huan Yin's eyes. Soon after, when Huan Yin clearly saw the three black characters "Xura City" on the top of the city with his naked eyes, he was already standing less than fifty feet away from the city gate.
Under the city gate, there were two rows of eight monks, all wearing tight black robes. Obviously, they were the disciples of the Shura Cult.
Now the Shura City was controlled by the Shura Cult, so it was not surprising that the city gate was guarded by the disciples of the Shura Cult.
"As long as we enter this city and see how the people and monks get along with each other, all the truth will be revealed." Huan Yin thought so. In his opinion, the mortals living in the city they belonged to would at least not show false impressions to him, an outsider, for no reason. Therefore, if it was true that the Shura Cult even oppressed mortals as he had heard in his master's sect before, then whether the Shura Cult was good or bad could be judged instantly.
Gradually, Huan Yin approached the city gate. At this time, the cry of an old woman with a crying voice also reached his ears.
Huan Yin had not noticed that there was an old woman at the gate before, but when he turned around, he saw an old woman lying on the ground among the eight guards at the gate, her face covered with dust, and her lips cracked due to excessive dryness.
"Give me some water, I haven't had a drop of water for two days, please have pity on me, an old woman." The old woman said hoarsely. However, the eight Shura disciples standing next to him stood straight, motionless, and did not even look at the old woman.
Yongzhou was poor, and the most difficult thing was the lack of water. Huan Yin had a deep understanding of this shortly after entering Yongzhou. Now, seeing the old woman crying and asking the guard for water, Huan Yin could not help but feel a pang of pain in his heart.
However, when he saw the eight Shura disciples around the old woman who did not help her, a nameless fire rose in his chest.
If it were any other day, he would have taught such a cultivator a lesson without hesitation. Such a cultivator does not even understand the most basic human way, so what kind of heavenly way can he cultivate?
However, Huan Yin naturally knew that he was not in a place where he could take action whenever he wanted. So, he could only suppress his anger, but he had already made a basic judgment about Shura.
"What the master said is true. The eight Shura disciples who were responsible for guarding had a big water bag hanging around their waists, but they turned a blind eye to an old woman who was about to die of thirst. This... if this is not a cult, then what is it!" Thinking of this, Huan Yin really couldn't bear to watch the old woman suffer like this, so he stepped quickly to the gate of Shura City and came to the old woman's side.
He took out a water bag from the storage bag and handed it to the old woman without hesitation. When the old woman saw the water bag handed over by Huanyin, her eyes, which were almost desperate, suddenly showed a strong vitality. She pulled open the stopper of the water bag without hesitation and drank it in big gulps. She even choked several times because she drank too quickly.
The eight disciples of Shura Sect always ignored everything that happened around them. At most, two of them looked at Huanyin with a little surprise, but still did nothing.
After that, the old woman finished drinking the water and finally seemed to have recovered a little. So she bowed to Huanyin repeatedly and said thank you.
Huanyin smiled, helped the old man up, and watched the old man return to the city. Looking at the old man who returned, Huanyin couldn't help but feel sad for the people of Yongzhou.
Living in such a place, they have nowhere to go. Living in the city will die, but if they leave the city, they will probably die faster.
"Ah..." With a heavy sigh, Huan Yin moved forward again, and a guard standing beside him who looked like a stone sculpture finally moved.
Reaching out to stop Huan Yin, the guard asked with a serious expression: "Where are you from? What are you doing in the city?"
Huan Yin replied: "I am a casual cultivator from outside, and I want to live a more stable life in the city."
The guard smiled coldly and said: "I can see that you are a casual cultivator, so I want to advise you that if you want to live a stable life in Shura City, you must understand the rules of Shura City."
Huan Yin sneered in his heart and thought: "Rules? The rules here are naturally the most important for Shura Sect, and the rules of your city gate guards are nothing more than wanting an entry fee or something like that."
However, his expression was not strange at all, and he only asked: "Please explain it clearly, fellow Taoist."
Huan Yin knew that he would definitely be severely blackmailed by the guard in front of him next. However, since he came today, he was prepared for this.
However, when the guard spoke again not long after, Huan Yin was slightly stunned.
"Forget it, forget it. There is no point in talking too much. To survive in a place like this, the rules can only be remembered by your own experience. Okay, you go in." With this, the guard waved to Huan Yin, and then stood back to his original position. And from the look on his face, he had no intention of mentioning the entrance fee.
Standing there for a long time, Huan Yin was sure that the eight guards beside him were really willing to let him enter the city, and then he walked forward with a puzzled look.
"How could they not take the opportunity to extort money from me when they saw someone dying without helping? Could it be that someone noticed something strange about me, so I secretly told them something?" Huan Yin thought.