Seven-star Sword Master

A towering, magnificent city wall comes into view.

Soldiers in officer uniforms would patrol back and forth on the city walls from time to time.

There is an arched gate at the bottom of the city wall, with several officers and soldiers with swords on their waists standing guard on both sides of the gate.

Outside this magnificent gate, a group of people in strange clothes and with different expressions were queuing in a long line waiting to enter the city.

This huge team is like a long winding dragon with no end in sight.

Some of these people were dressed gorgeously and had elegant temperaments, while others were dressed in rags and had weathered faces.

Although it was already noon and the sun was at its hottest, the line outside the gate showed no sign of decreasing.

Lu Feipeng, who had been traveling for half a day, was now standing in this team.

He should have arrived long ago, but since this was his first time in Ningtai Township, even though he had a map given by the village for reference along the way, he still got lost.

After many twists and turns, we finally arrived at Ningtai Township at this time.

He also encountered several demonized monsters on the way, but he easily dealt with them all.

I had been waiting in the queue for a while and had heard some news about Ningtai Township from people around me.

It’s like if you want to enter this gate, you must have a token. If you don’t have a token, you need to spend five copper coins to get one.

This token is a wooden plaque with your basic information engraved on it, similar to an access card.

However, this wooden sign only needs to be issued once. If you want to enter or exit the city gate again in the future, you only need to take out the wooden sign and you don’t need to apply for it again.

The team was moving forward very quickly. At this time, there were four or five people in front of Lu Feipeng, and it would soon be his turn.

Lu Feipeng had been observing along the way. As mentioned before, before entering the city gate, everyone would take out a small wooden sign about the size of three fingers and show it to the guard. After getting the guard's consent, they could enter the city.

Some, like Lu Feipeng, also came to Ningtai Township for the first time. They did not have such a token in their hands, but they could get one by handing over a few copper coins to the guards.

However, Lu Feipeng heard clearly that the original price for the token to enter the city was five copper coins, but the guard said it was not the case.

These guards will charge you based on your attire. For example, the guard who looked ragged was only charged seven or eight copper coins and left.

But if you encounter someone who is dressed in ordinary clothes and carrying packages, especially if the more packages you have, these guards will become more aggressive and try every means to prevent you from entering the city.

Even if you have proof of entry into the city, they will still be picky about it until you pay some coins and then they will let you go.

But when they meet someone wearing a brocade robe, they will become humble and submissive and handle the information for them to enter the city.

Every time this happened, the sound of low curses would reach Lu Feipeng's ears:

"Bah, you lackey who flatters your superiors and bullies your subordinates!"

To be honest, Lu Feipeng was also very angry about this situation. When others scolded the lackeys, he would also curse a few words.

After waiting in line for a long time, it was soon Lu Feipeng's turn.

The guard opposite Lu Feipeng was slumped on a stool with his legs crossed. He hooked his finger at Lu Feipeng out of boredom and never looked at him once from beginning to end.

In response to the guard's neglect of him, Lu Feipeng just frowned slightly and then didn't care anymore.

Having watched for so long, Lu Feipeng naturally understood what this finger-hooking gesture meant, and he just whispered:

"Sir, this is the first time I enter the city without a token."

When the guard heard that another live bird had arrived, he knew that he could make a fortune from it again, so he immediately sat up from the stool and looked towards Lu Feipeng with his eyes shining like light.

It didn't matter if he didn't watch it. The more he watched, the more excited he became, so much so that he rubbed his hands together in excitement.

At a glance, he exclaimed in his heart: "Wow, here comes a fat sheep!"

The reason was simple, because he saw Lu Feipeng wearing the uniform of the village patrol team below.

Generally, people who wear this kind of robes or come to Ningtai Township for the first time are basically going to the Inspection Office to learn martial arts.

Moreover, these people are basically rich people who can get at least one silver coin every month.

"You can make a lot of money!"

After seeing Lu Feipeng's age, the guard immediately defined Lu Feipeng in his mind.

The guard rubbed his hands involuntarily and greeted Lu Feipeng enthusiastically:

"Is this little brother's first time in the city?"

Lu Feipeng nodded truthfully and said, "Yes."

"Hahaha... little brother, you don't know that people who enter the city for the first time usually need to apply for a token of entry, okay."

As he spoke, the guard raised his hand and held up a pile of wooden signs. Then he continued to say to Lu Feipeng:

"Did you see it, little brother? This kind of wooden sign only costs fifty copper coins, and you can get one that allows you to enter and leave Ningtai Township at will, and this wooden sign is valid for life."

"What did you say?"

When Lu Feipeng heard the guard asking him for fifty copper coins, he was amused and laughed instead of getting angry.

It seems that this guard really thinks this is his first time in Ningtai Township and doesn't know the rules of Ningtai Township?

When it comes to love, you're treating yourself as a sucker!

Seeing Lu Feipeng acting like this, the guard was not worried that his little thoughts would be exposed by him, as it was not like he had never done such a thing before.

He had succeeded so many times in the past that he had developed a fearless attitude.

"Listen to me, little brother. For only fifty copper coins, you will have a wooden sign that allows you to enter and exit the city gate at will..."

Just as the guard was trying to fool Lu Feipeng, two figures wearing patrol uniforms like Lu Feipeng walked in from the side and entered the gate in a swaggering manner. During this time, no guard dared to step forward to ask questions.

The only difference is that they don't wear cloth strips around their waists, but copper ring wristbands. This is the difference between the patrol team's uniforms and the inspection team's robes.

There are two big gates in the city. Lu Feipeng and his group entered through the left gate, while the two men entered through the empty gate on the right.

"So, it's worth spending fifty copper coins to go into the city!"

While the guard was still introducing himself, Lu Feipeng pointed at the two figures who were walking into the city with great arrogance and said:

"How can they enter the city directly?"

The guard looked in the direction of Lu Feipeng's finger and saw that it was someone from the Inspection Department. He was immediately frightened by Lu Feipeng's words.

But he reacted immediately and said to Lu Feipeng sarcastically:

"They are the patrol guards of the Patrol Department. They protect the entire Ningtai Township when something happens. Naturally, they don't need to charge money."

After saying this, he sneered at Lu Feipeng:

"Boy, don't say I don't have time to teach you. If you have the ability, you can join the Inspection Department. Then you can enter and leave the city gate as they do."

"Snapped!"

Lu Feipeng slapped the table in front of him and shouted:

"Snob!"

"you……"

Just as the guard was about to get angry, Lu Feipeng took out a jade pendant from his arms and showed it to the guard.

The movement here also attracted the attention of the other guards.

Even the two patrol guards were alarmed by the noise and looked over here.

"This is?"

When they first saw the token, several guards looked hesitant, and were not sure what kind of token it was.

Just because they don’t know him, doesn’t mean that others don’t know him.

One of the two patrol guards was surprised:

"This is the jade pendant that the Four Envoys carry with them!"

"what?"

One of the guards didn't understand what the four envoys' jade pendants meant, so he asked subconsciously.

The man stared at the jade pendant in Lu Feipeng's hand and shouted:

"You are blind, this is the jade pendant that belongs to one of the four masters!"

"Pfft!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the guard who was originally planning to blackmail Lu Feipeng immediately collapsed to the ground and fainted.

The other guards were startled at first, then looked at the unconscious guard with a hint of pity and ridicule in their eyes, mixed with a hint of relief and fear.

The pity and ridicule were naturally because the colleague was so blind that he offended a big shot. Now, this colleague probably won’t have a good life in the future.

I was thankful because it was not me who met Lu Feipeng, but I was scared because if I had met Lu Feipeng, I would probably be the same as that colleague.

All the guards present at this moment looked at Lu Feipeng like a resentful woman, with a hint of resentment in their eyes.

They complained in their hearts:

"Damn, that was a close call. You said you had such a big background, why didn't you take it out earlier? Is it fun to pretend to be a pig and eat the tiger?"

After recognizing the origin of the jade pendant in Lu Feipeng's hand, the two patrol guards hurriedly trotted to Lu Feipeng's side, and one of the older ones asked Lu Feipeng:

"May I ask your name, little brother? What is the origin of the jade pendant in your hand?"

Lu Feipeng smiled at the two of them and bowed:

"My name is Lu Feipeng. The jade pendant in my hand was given to me by Lord Liu, the envoy of Pingdong."

Although the words were simple and clear, they sounded like a bolt from the blue to the people present, exploding in their minds.

Especially the guards, when they heard that the jade pendant was actually the jade pendant carried by Envoy Pingdong, they only felt a "buzzing" in their brains, and then everything went blank.

"Zhang San, Li Si."

The two patrol guards did not dare to be arrogant and quickly introduced themselves to Lu Feipeng.

Zhang San said to Lu Feipeng:

"Brother Lu, is this your first time in Ningtai Township? Come on, I'll take you to the Inspection Office."

"In that case, I would like to thank you two fellow Taoists."

Lu Feipeng bowed to the two of them to express his gratitude.

"Brother Lu, what are you talking about? Let's go."

After Zhang San finished speaking, he glanced at the guards indifferently, and then led Lu Feipeng towards the Inspection Office.

After Zhang San left, the guards collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.

At the same time, a bad idea came to my mind:

"It's terrible, it's over, I'm going to be skinned alive if I don't die!"