Chapter 325: The City Lord Marries His Daughter, Mass Graves
Beidingzhou is not a place with outstanding people and beautiful scenery. In fact, just like the wasteland, there are also relatively "poor" places.
This "poverty" does not refer to wealth, but to martial arts.
Eight days later, Wei Fan and the other two set foot in Youshan City. The essence of heaven and earth here was far less rich than that in Tianxing City. It seemed that the air lacked vitality, and there was a depressing atmosphere similar to that of the wilderness, which made martial arts not obvious.
Warriors would definitely not like such a place.
However, for ordinary people, there is no difference between this place and Tianxing City. For ordinary people, it is good enough to be able to live and work in peace and contentment.
The three of them walked all the way into Youshan City, and they found that martial arts were not very popular here.
It is difficult to find a powerful martial arts master who is everywhere in Tianxing City here. Even a martial arts master in the divine realm is rare. The mainstream are martial artists with true qi. Heavenly martial artists are rare, and there are even people who have no cultivation at all.
It stands to reason that considering the popularity of martial arts in the five major domains, there shouldn't be people who don't know any martial arts at all.
Even if the martial arts in Youshan City are not prominent, it will only have an impact on the level of Martial King. For martial artists in the Qi realm, the training environment here does not have much impact on them, so that they will not practice for decades without even getting started with Qi.
"The Demon Hunter Organization cannot protect all humans. In some remote and barren places, it is actually safer to practice martial arts than not to practice martial arts at all!"
As if seeing Wei Fan's confusion, Zhihua explained: "Where the Demon Hunters cannot reach means that the demons are more rampant and more dangerous."
So shouldn’t we practice martial arts to strengthen ourselves?
It stands to reason that in a place like this, without the protection of the Demon Hunter organization and relying only on the conscience of the city lord and nearby forces, the best way is to become stronger on your own.
Fenghua shook her head: "What you said makes sense, but you take it for granted. Not everyone is as evil as you and can achieve results through cultivation.
In poor, backward and unsafe places, the experience summed up by the people over countless years is that it is safer not to practice than to practice, unless one can become a strong person.
If they cannot become strong, cultivation will only make them the favorite food of demons because of their strong blood.
Think about it, when those demons want to eat people, do they grab those with strong blood and vitality, or ordinary people? "
Wei Fan nodded. He only looked at the problem from the perspective of a human being, but ignored the demons.
For ordinary people, if their practice fails to produce results and only increases their physical strength, they are really just trying their best to become food that demons like to eat.
In this case, it is better not to practice martial arts. It is safer not to practice.
The three of them were not in a hurry to investigate the place where the population disappeared. They planned to inquire about the news first. In places like the Five Great Domains, there was no telling how many demon saints there were, and there were all kinds of taboos and many strange things.
The three of them entered a large restaurant in the city, sat down to eat and collected information at the same time. Soon after they sat down, some people began to discuss the disappearance of the villagers.
"This is the fourth village already. What demon has done this?"
Someone spoke up, looking worried.
Wei Fan and the other two all looked gloomy. While they were rushing there, people from two more villages disappeared without a trace.
"Where are the heroes of our Youshan City? Why hasn't anyone investigated this matter?" someone asked in confusion.
"How could there be none? The Iron Sword Scholar Li Canyun from Lijiazhuang, the great hero, rushed to investigate the day the first village had problems. Didn't you know? The second village that disappeared was Lijiazhuang."
"Some people say that this is the demon's revenge on the Iron Sword Scholar Li Canyun, so many people are frightened. If their cultivation is not as good as Li Canyun's, it will only bring disaster to their families!"
"The city lord is not in charge of this matter. If he asks for help from outside, there will definitely be strong people to solve this matter."
"The city lord is busy marrying off his daughter, so he has no time to care about these things. In recent years, the city lord has not cared about the lives of the people outside the city. The number of people in Youshan City is decreasing."
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After listening for a long time, Wei Fan and the other two did not hear any useful information.
Wei Fan said, "Waiter, give these brothers a pot of wine on their table. It's mine."
He pointed at the people who were talking, and they all looked at Wei Fan in surprise: "Brother, what do you mean?"
Wei Fan bowed and said, "Brothers, I want to ask, what is the cultivation level of the Li Canyun hero you mentioned?"
Seeing this, several people probably understood that Wei Fan was also a man of the martial arts world, and immediately clasped their fists and said, "Brother, you are from outside, right? To be honest with you, hero Li Canyun is a martial king of the first level, and is one of the top ten strongest people in Youshan City."
Martial King Level 1, ranked in the top ten...
Wei Fan was stunned for a moment. The situation here was only slightly better than that in the wasteland.
Having seen the scene in Tianxing City where martial masters were everywhere and martial kings were worse than dogs, he found it difficult to adapt to the situation in Youshan City for a while.
Of course, it doesn't mean that there are no geniuses here. It is estimated that many geniuses have left here and were taken away by big cities or big sects with prosperous martial arts, resulting in even fewer strong people in this originally barren place.
In fact, Youshan City is probably the norm for most places in Beidingzhou. Those who are capable will probably run to places like Tianxing City. Just like him, when he becomes powerful, he will leave the wilderness and pursue the five major domains where martial arts are more prosperous.
"I also want to know if the people who went to check on those villages where the population disappeared found anything unusual?"
Wei Fan spoke again.
Unfortunately, these people didn’t know much. After the incident in Lijiazhuang, many people did not dare to go to the village where the incident occurred.
Although these people all have some skills, they are only celestial martial artists and they dare not get involved in something that even led to the death of the Martial King.
After asking a few more questions without getting any useful information, Wei Fan and the other two finished their meal and headed towards the last village where the incident had occurred.
Half an hour later, a silent village appeared in the sight of the three people.
Neat rows of houses were located at the foot of a mountain, but there was no sign of people. The three of them walked into the village and used the Qi-gathering magic to search for demons, but they found nothing.
"Isn't it the work of a demon?" Wei Fan frowned.
Or maybe after the demon took the person away, it would wipe out all of his aura bit by bit.
The three of them checked each house one by one and found that all the houses were intact with no signs of damage.
And according to what we have inquired before, there are no powerful monsters near Youshan City.
The three of them separated and began to check one by one with their strong minds.
After an hour or two, the three of them had scanned the area within a hundred miles of Youshan City with their minds, but still found no problems.
"No, there are still places that have not been scanned!" Wei Fan said.
Feng Hua frowned: "You mean the city?"
Wei Fan nodded: "Apart from the city, there are also a few places covered by the formation. It is unlikely that so many people can get into the city."
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Although there are no strong people in Youshan City, there are still many forces with King Wu in charge.
Before, when they scanned the surroundings with their minds, they avoided the forces outside the city that were covered by the King of Martial Arts' formation for fear of causing misunderstanding.
“Go check out these places!”
If they can't find the problem, then they can only adopt the stupid method of waiting and waiting for the mastermind behind the scenes to appear again.
"We don't know them. If we show up at their house so rashly, won't we alert them?" Zhihua frowned.
Fenghua also looked at Wei Fan. Even if they came to visit politely one by one, the other party might not open the formation and let them in.
"I know a little bit about formations!" Wei Fan said.
Fenghua and Zhihua soon understood what Wei Fan meant by his knowledge of formations. He easily opened a hole in the First Family's King of Martial Formation without alarming anyone.
And it only took a cup of tea for Wei Fan to understand the mountain protection formation of this force and crack it.
"You call this a little bit of a proficiency?"
Zhihua and Fenghua were both dumbfounded. Although a martial king must learn formations, they only knew a little bit about them and could only set up some formations to enhance the power of the magic weapons.
They didn't even have the ability to set up a mountain protection formation like this, let alone break it.
Wei Fan’s attainment in formation is worthy of being called a master.
The speed of cultivation is already so fast, it is hard to imagine where Wei Fan finds the time to comprehend the formation.
“That’s not the point!”
Wei Fan shook his head. The three of them restrained their breath and entered the formation to check the force from top to bottom, but did not find any problems.
"Let's just go and see the three strongest families. The other Wu Wang forces should not be able to destroy Lijiazhuang silently."
After coming out from here, Wei Fan and the other two planned to check out the three strongest forces in Youshan City first.
Li Canyun is at the first level of Martial King. To kill him silently is not something that an ordinary Martial King can do. At least one who is at the fourth or fifth level of Martial King is required to do it.
The three of them soon arrived at the nearest Zhong family! The Zhong family was built on the hillside, but the King of Wu’s formation covered several surrounding mountains.
According to the introduction of several people before, the Zhong family has a strong man who is at the sixth level of Martial King.
"There's something wrong with this formation!"
Before he got close, Wei Fan discovered that the Zhong family's formation was abnormal.
In theory, this kind of mountain protection formation is generally based on defense, followed by attack, and finally gathering the essence of heaven and earth.
However, the main purpose of the Zhong family's formation was to conceal their aura. From afar, the Zhong family was shrouded in fog, and everything was hidden.
"Can you untie it quietly?" Fenghua asked.
Wei Fan nodded: "It's not a big problem, just take a little more time and be careful, there may be a problem here."
The three of them circled the Zhong family's formation, and Wei Fan sat down and carefully deduced it for a while, and soon he found a way out in a hidden place.
“It stinks!”
As soon as the three entered the formation, they immediately smelled a terrible stench that made them feel nauseous.
"This is the smell of corpses!" Zhihua's eyes flashed coldly: "Is there a mass grave here?"
This is not the stench of dead rats like the demons, but the stench of rotting human bodies. It is hard to imagine how many people must have died in such a vast area of the Zhong family for such an unpleasant stench to be everywhere.
Wei Fan opened his Qi-Seeing and Demon-Identifying Technique and looked, and everything in front of him immediately turned dark. He saw a burst of black smoke rising into the sky from the mountain where the Zhong family was located. The black smoke, as thick as ink, was pouring out from there.
(End of this chapter)