One Sword to Heaven

Chapter 40

Shanxia Village is located more than [-] miles to the east of Mingkang Town. Because it is backed by the Mengze Mountains and facing the Taiyue Mountains in the front, the area around the Shanxia Village is like a gourd field surrounded by two mountains, which is extraordinarily remote and desolate. Ordinary people will not go to this boundary at all.

And after crossing the front mountain in the Mengze mountain area, and going west for another forty or fifty miles, you will be able to walk out of the current territory controlled by the Blackwater Bandit, and then enter the South River Valley where the three forces of the Blackwater Bandit and Hengshan City are intermingled. In the center of the valley there is a market town called 'Tianmaji'. Because it is located in a place where various forces are mixed but ignored, this Tianmaji is extremely chaotic and prosperous, abnormally prosperous.

The autumn wind is strong, and under the misty sky, on the rugged mountain road extending from the front mountain of Mengze Mountain to the west, two figures are flying towards the foot of the mountain, one after the other, but within a stick of incense, the figure in front has disappeared. Running from the mountainside to the foot of the mountain, seeing that he was about to head towards the dirt road ahead, the figure behind couldn't help shouting: "Brother Wang, wait for me."

These two figures are naturally Wang Yan and Fifth Yun. It has been a month and a half since Wang Yan lived in Shanxia Village. During this period, Wang Yan's arm injury has improved greatly, and most of the children in the village have recovered. His body began to strain his muscles and bones, so after discussing with Wu Wuyun, Wang Yan and Fifth Yun set off today to go to Tianmaji to see if they could get a suitable method for foundation building.

Kungfu has always been the secret of each sect, even the lowest-level secrets such as Bagua Step and Jianbu Kungfu are exclusively sold by martial arts gyms in major cities. It is a taboo thing for people to sell secret books with great fanfare, but Tianmaji is an exception. There are mixed dragons and snakes in this unintentional area. Many strong men, bandits and even one-legged robbers in the north will go to sell stolen goods. Hengshan City has privately supported one or two large chambers of commerce to set up shops in Tianmaji, secretly collecting and selling stolen goods, including some secret books lost by various factions.

In addition, Tianma Ji also gathered a lot of players. These lawless players like this kind of chaotic place the most, and many of them set up stalls in Tianma Ji to sell their loot.

Wang Yan was not sure whether Chen Wenyuan would let him go. He would not go to the Black Water Thief's territory, and Tianmaji was such a special place, so considering all aspects, Tianmaji was the best place to obtain the secrets. , not to mention superior martial arts, it is very possible to obtain the internal skills and mental methods just used to build the foundation and open the meridians.

However, the Tianma Collection was very chaotic, and incidents of interception and killing happened from time to time. Wang Yan originally wanted to go alone quietly, but the mention of the fifth rhyme made him change his mind, and they became two people walking together.

Hearing the shout of the fifth rhyme, Wang Yan stood at the foot of the mountain and turned his head to look back. Through the veil hanging down from the ice silk bamboo hat, he saw a beautiful figure stumbling down from the rocks. At the time of the incense sticks, the fifth rhyme went down to the foot of the mountain, and then found a big rock and sat on it, panting heavily.

Seeing that the fifth rhyme is so weak, Wang Yan shook his head secretly. He really doesn't know how the fifth rhyme is cultivated. Obviously, for the rest of the month, the fifth rhyme went up to the mountain to hunt for half a day every day, but until now, the lightness kung fu has not improved at all. Maybe so This woman is really not suitable for the world, no wonder she will nest in this mountain to play her 'development game'.

"Let's go."

Wang Yan didn't want to procrastinate, and he would move forward when the fifth rhyme was out of breath. His plan was very clear. Regardless of whether he could get the secret book in the end, he had to return to the mountains that day and never spend the night outside. After all, Tianma Ji was completely chaotic. Wang Yan even specially put on an ice silk bamboo hat in order to hide the blackwater thieves.

Seeing Wang Yan leave after finishing speaking, Wuyun raised her lips slightly and said, "Is it necessary to rush like this? We set off before dawn. Women will grow old quickly if they don't sleep well."

Wang Yan ignored Fifth Rhyme's complaints. Instead, he was full of energy and flew forward with his lightness kung fu. After a few ups and downs, he flew a distance of more than ten meters. Seeing this, Fifth Rhyme did not dare to delay any longer. He picked up his light work and rushed forward as if chasing after him.

The two of them were chasing each other all the way. Before noon, Tianma Ji was already in sight. To be on the safe side, Wang Yan did not go directly, but took Wu Yun to find a secluded place. After adjusting their breath, the two of them walked towards Tianmaji at a leisurely pace after their internal energy was fully exhausted.

Seeing that Tianmaji was getting closer and closer, Fifth Rhyme, who was quite bored along the way, finally said: "Brother Wang, why are we so careful? Anyway, even if we meet a villain, we will only die once, and it just saves the journey back."

Wang Yan knew that players have a "resurrection point". After death, they will be resurrected from the resurrection point after a period of time. The fifth rhyme's resurrection point is obviously in the village at the foot of the mountain. This woman has low martial arts skills and can spend all day in the mountains. It's okay, she really is the type of player who is least afraid of death.

"Die once? If I die once, I will have to rebuild my internal strength for half a year, let alone in case the gold and silver are exploded, how can I buy the secret book?"

Wang Yan replaced himself as a player, although it was a bit awkward, but he still said these words to deal with the fifth rhyme, but he couldn't help but smile wryly when he talked about internal strength, he couldn't go to Bingyue Cold Lake to practice after leaving Aojian Villa, and he didn't have a lot of experience points. His mediocre aptitude is undoubtedly revealed. Although he has devoted himself to cultivation in the past one and a half months, the progress of his internal strength can almost be described as a snail crawling. Up to now, the sixth epee Yuanxin Sutra has only accumulated less than [-] cultivation speeds. According to this In terms of progress, he needs at least ten months to break through.

However, there are advantages and disadvantages in everything, and vice versa. Although he is currently cultivating slowly, his internal strength has continuously broken through in a short period of time before, so his foundation is naturally a little unstable. Now that he is slowly polishing, his foundation is gradually becoming stable, which makes Wang Yan less worried about the future .

While thinking about it, Wang Yan and Fifth Rhyme are getting closer and closer to Tianmaji. There are many people from all walks of life on the road outside the market town. Wang Yanhuan glanced at them. The middle-aged people either looked vicious, or they covered their faces, anyway, none of them looked like a good person.

It's just that, the fifth rhyme with a plain face can't help but attract people's attention. When Wang Yan noticed that people were looking at him and the fifth rhyme from time to time, he immediately felt that something was wrong. He pulled up the fifth rhyme and walked a few steps quickly. Arrived at the town entrance of Tianmaji.

At the entrance of the town, there were more than a dozen men in black uniforms with long knives on their backs. When these people saw Wang Yan rushing towards the entrance with the fifth rhyme, two people stepped forward to block the way, and one of them said: " If you want to enter the city, you must show your pass card, or pay a tael of silver per person."

One tael of silver per person is considered black enough to enter the town, but Wang Yan, who has experience in the world, didn't say much else, took out two pieces of silver and handed them over, and then entered the town with the fifth rhyme .

Before setting off on this trip, Wang Yan had learned about the situation of Tianmaji from Fifth Yun in detail. He knew that there were three major factions in Tianmaji, namely the Black Knife Gang, Qingpi Society and Nanhehui. These three forces jointly controlled Tianmaji and maintained some The order on the surface is like setting up a card at the entrance of the town to ask for money. The three major forces come in turn, and the entry fee is indeed one tael per person.

Tianmaji is not very big this day. After entering from the entrance of the town, a street with a width of no more than three or four meters is crowded with people. There are buildings of various heights and heights on both sides. From time to time, there are shouts from the side of the road, but this is the loudest in the middle. What was heard was the voice of a brothel woman soliciting customers.

"Everyone, a red girl came to our Chunxiao building today. She is twenty-eight years old. She looks like a water spirit. The most important thing is that she has not yet opened her lotus. Tonight, this girl wants to give birth in public. Which good man can tell her?" It is a blessing from God to have her blue eyes, so please come and join me tonight."

As soon as Fang entered the town, a four-storey pavilion stood on top of the town, with the words "Chunxiaolou" written on the plaque in front of the pavilion, and an old bustard dressed in red and green and full of makeup stood in front of the building to solicit Guests, behind the old bustard there were seven or eight young women who were fat and thin, all of them held handkerchiefs and waved to the people in the rivers and lakes who passed by in front of the building. In a short time, three or four people were dragged into the building.

It was the first time Wang Yan saw this so-called brothel, so he couldn't help but take a second look, but then he seemed to be frozen, and murmured: "Xiahe? Why is he here?"

Tianmaji, as the largest place to sell stolen goods in the north, is naturally a gold-selling cave, so Huang and the gambling industry are extremely developed, but these brothels and gambling houses are all dealing with people in the rivers and lakes, and of course they need extremely strong guards. , Just like this Chunxiao Building, there are seven or eight guards in red bunts and holding swords standing on both sides of the door, but what Wang Yan didn't expect was that he saw Xia He in the middle.

Wang Yan didn't know what happened to Qiming Tower that day, but based on his understanding of Xia He, this person was arrogant and arrogant, and he was definitely not a willing person. How could he come to be a escort in a brothel?

"Brother Wang, what's the matter?"

Seeing that Wang Yan stopped suddenly, Fifth Rhyme couldn't help asking, Wang Yan came back to his senses and shook his head, "It's nothing, I just saw an acquaintance, but let's go."

After finishing speaking, Wang Yan walked forward, but he didn't know that Xia He, who was standing in front of the Chunxiao Building, turned his head to look at his back just as he turned around, with a look of surprise flashing in his eyes, and then he turned his face. There was a little inexplicable smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)