After traveling for several days, they finally arrived at the next town.
However, Ji Huxie was surprised for a moment when he saw the deserted city and the dilapidated city gate.
Ji Huxie: "Why has Shanglin City become like this?"
Li Xuan couldn't help but be surprised: "Is this Shanglin City?"
Wen Rubai: "What happened to Shanglin City?"
Ji Huxie explained: "Although Shanglin City is not as prosperous as Chang'an, it is also the place where the most people from the martial arts world gather."
Li Xuan: "Because there is a martial arts competition held here every year, all the strong people at or below the Free Heaven Realm can participate.
If you want to participate in the martial arts competition, you need to offer a treasure or a sum of money as a prize for the winner.
It is worth mentioning that the competition was organized by the lord of Shanglin City, Xie Family.
The Xie family is good at internal skills, boxing and swordsmanship.
It is said that the Xie family has a martial art that is extremely difficult to practice, but once it is mastered, it can protect the body with internal force, making it invulnerable to swords and guns and indestructible.
It is said that the reason why the Xie family held the martial arts competition was to allow the Xie family disciples to fight with all the masters in the world, improve their martial arts, and become more powerful.
The person who wins first place will not only receive all the prizes, but also have the opportunity to become a disciple of the Xie family. You know, the Xie family can occupy a place and become the lord of the city, which is not just because of their high martial arts skills, but also because they are very rich!"
"Rich?" Li Huashi was curious: "How rich?"
Ji Huxie: "Let me put it this way. Every year, there are at least a hundred people participating in the competition, and the reward for each of these hundred people is worth at least a hundred taels of gold. The Xie family not only wins the first place in the competition every year, but also has a collection of various martial arts secrets. Coupled with the Xie family's hundreds of years of heritage, it should be enough to buy half of Chang'an."
Li Huashi had never been to Chang'an, so she still couldn't understand how rich they were.
If Ji Huxie told her that it would take a whole day to drive a carriage around Chang'an, and that the city was more than ten times larger than Shanglin City, perhaps she would have a rough idea of how rich he was.
Li Xuan: "What happened? Why is there no news about Shanglin City in the martial arts world?"
Wen Rubai: "This city..."
Li Xuan: "What's wrong?"
Wen Rubai's face was a little serious: "It gives me a bad feeling."
Everyone: . . .
Li Huashi rolled her eyes: "Anyone with eyes can see that this city is full of marks of being hacked and scratched by weapons. It is obvious that they were defeated after a hard battle. It would be strange if it could give people a good impression."
Ji Huxie patted Wen Rubai's shoulder speechlessly: "Thank you for telling us such important news."
Wen Rubai: . . .
Ji Huxie: "Let's go in and take a look. Be careful. By the way, Wen Rubai, how is your martial arts?"
Wen Rubai pointed at Xiao Yi: "Better than him."
Xiao Yi: . . .
Ji Huxie nodded: "I will walk in front, you follow behind, and the others walk in the middle, be careful."
Everyone walked into Shanglin City cautiously.
The moment she stepped into Shanglin City, a gust of wind swept in with dust. Li Huashi subconsciously raised her hands to block her eyes and closed her eyes.
Then, the wind stopped soon.
Li Huashi opened her eyes, but the town in front of her was shrouded in thick fog that came from nowhere, and she could not see the surroundings clearly.
Li Huashi looked around and found that Li Xuan and the others had disappeared.
Looking back, I saw thick fog outside the city gate and I couldn't see the scenery outside clearly.
Is this... an illusion?
Li Huashi squatted down and touched the sand on the ground.
The touch is real.
She pinched herself and soon her wrist turned red and she could feel the pain.
"Li Xuan? Ji Huxie? Xiao Yi? Wen Rubai?"
No one responded to her shout.
Li Huashi touched a wooden hairpin in her hair, and then rubbed her wrists, shoulders and ankles with the hands that had touched the hairpin, pretending to be casual and fearful.
This is a hairpin carved from red wood.
It is the cheapest of all the hairpins owned by Li Huashi.
But it is also the most dangerous.
The medicine demon used hundreds of kinds of medicines to water the poisonous saplings, carved them into hairpins, and then soaked them in the medicines for three months.
This hairpin is a poison that can make people unconscious, but it is also an antidote.
Because of the fog, she couldn't see the road ahead clearly, so she could only grope her way forward.
At the same time, she was thinking in her mind what might be going on.
Suddenly, a woman in red appeared in front of Li Huashi, standing sideways.
The other person has a beautiful face, but his temperament is cold and sharp, like an icy weapon.
Li Huashi stopped and the other party looked up at her.
The other party did not speak, and Li Huashi did not speak first.
After they looked at each other in silence for a long time, the other party spoke first.
"Aren't you afraid?"
Li Huashi nodded.
Just when the other party was about to praise her for being calm and composed even though she didn't know martial arts.
Li Huashi: “Afraid.”
other side:. . .
The woman in red suddenly smiled: "She is an interesting person. I thought that women in the Central Plains were all boring."
Li Huashi noticed the key word in the other party's mouth: Central Plains.
Li Huashi: "Are you from another country?"
The woman in red: "Other countries? Not really. I come from outside the Snow Region. The people in the Central Plains call us the Demon Sect."
Li Huashi: "You want to kill me?"
Woman in red: "You are very beautiful. I like beautiful people, so I decided not to kill you."
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