Why do you want me to be the sect leader?

On the twelfth of December, they arrived at Min Chong City. Although Shen Yiqing liked to be clean, nothing good happened every time she entered the city, so she was a little hesitant this time.

Seeing him like this, Huo Jiulin thought it was a little funny, was he scared?

"Ah Qing, if we don't enter the city, we might have to sleep in the wilderness for a long time. I don't care, but can you bear it?"

"But we have already lost a lot of time. If we have to stay in each town for a few days, we will not be able to catch up with the martial arts conference by then, right?"

"Who said that every town has to stay for a few days, we will only stay for one night and leave tomorrow morning."

"It's fine, but fortunately, there are no familiar people in Min Chong City."

The implication is that even if there is any trouble, you can leave it alone. Huo Jiulin drove the carriage into the city. The number of guards at the gate of the city was normal, but it didn't take long to notice something was wrong after entering the city.

"Ah Qing, there is no one on the street here."

"Maybe it's because it's cold, so stay at home."

"It stands to reason that Min Chong City is bigger than Xi Luo City, so it's unlikely that there will be so many fewer people than Xi Luo City."

Huo Jiulin couldn't figure it out. Even if it was cold, the street shouldn't be so deserted. There were no passers-by, not even small vendors. He drove forward slowly, and saw all the shops on both sides with their doors closed.

The carriage stopped at the entrance of an inn, Huo Jiulin jumped out of the carriage, and then helped Shen Yiqing down, Shen Yiqing felt it: "It's so quiet..."

"It's not quiet, it's dead silence. Except for the guards at the city gate, I didn't see anyone appearing."

"how so……"

"Find someone to ask before talking, if it doesn't work, then withdraw."

Huo Jiulin knocked on the door of the inn, but no one answered. He knocked a few more times and shouted, "Is anyone here? Stay here!"

There was a sound of footsteps, and then the door of the inn was opened a crack. The people inside seemed to observe Huo Jiulin and Shen Yiqing, and saw that they were the only ones who opened the door.

The person who opened the door was an old man in his 60s. As soon as he saw them, he asked, "Where are you from?"

Huo Jiulin raised his eyebrows, he had to investigate so clearly to stay in an inn these days? !

"Qi Yuecheng."

"Just here?"

"Isn't this nonsense? I said old man, is your inn open or closed?"

"Hey, what's the difference between the closure of the business and the current situation? You two shouldn't be going to the city, and you probably don't need to stay in the hotel anymore. Someone will come and take you away soon."

"Take it away? Where to take it?"

The old man just sighed, Huo Jiulin became a little impatient, what the hell is this mysterious thing doing?

"Old man, how many people are there in Min Chong City? Who is the owner of the city? Are you planning to play an empty city plan?"

"Hey, it used to be a bustling and lively city, but now it has been controlled by demons."

Huo Jiulin rolled his eyes, well, it's the Devil's Cult again, anyway, any bad things along the way are all caused by the Devil's Cult, he didn't know the truth about the blood-sucking incident in Xixia City, but the flower pickers in Xiluo City didn't know the truth. It was said that it was caused by the Demon Cult, and what happened?

"Then why are you talking about this devil's sect?"

"Two months ago, a group of people came, claiming to be from the Devil's Cult. They moved into the City Lord's Mansion and took control of the entire Min Chong City. They said they wanted to rebuild the Devil's Cult.

So all the young men in the city were arrested and locked up for training. Several of them were beaten to death because they wanted to escape. "

"Where is it locked?"

"City Lord's Mansion, the two young masters look like people from the rivers and lakes, but they are weak and weak. They are not the opponents of those monsters. It is better not to go into the muddy water."

"Which of your eyes can see that we are going to go to the muddy water? Come on, this store is not closed. In order to avoid trouble, Ah Qing, let's go out of the city and find some woods to make do for the night."

"Um……"

"Wait a moment……"

The old man called to stop Huo Jiulin and Shen Yiqing who were about to leave, and reminded: "I'm afraid you two won't be able to leave."

Huo Jiulin smiled: "What? I said I don't want to be nosy, but you still force me to save people? Don't think I'm handsome, but in fact, I'm not a good person."

Shen Yiqing shook her head helplessly. I don't know when this bully will change his temper. The old man was not angry when he heard it, and explained: "What the old man means is that since our Min Chong City was controlled by the Demon Sect, we can only enter and cannot enter. So, once the two of you come in, you can't get out."

"What?"

Huo Jiulin twitched the corner of his mouth, he couldn't be so unlucky, could he?The city of Xiluo was closed, so the city of Min Chong was also closed?Since the city is closed, it should be sealed more thoroughly, why let people in!

"I don't think there are many guards at the gate of the city, just a few vegetables can't stop them..."

"Shh, come in, they're coming!"

The old man hurriedly called them in. Huo Jiulin was about to leave, but suddenly he heard the sound of horseshoes, and there were many footsteps behind him. He led Shen Yiqing into the inn with some doubts. The old man closed the door of the inn, and Huo Jiulin left a gap in the door look out.

A horse came first, and a strong man sat on it immediately. In the middle were twenty or thirty young men running, and finally a few men with whips ran after them.

"Don't stop, run faster and keep up with the horse!"

A man behind shouted, the speed of the team was faster, and they ran over after a while. Shen Yiqing couldn't see the situation outside, but he could guess what was going on by hearing the sound.

"Intuition tells me that this matter must be very troublesome. Let's not meddle in other people's business and rush out. At worst, after we get out, Feige will send a letter to Yunyan City, tell them what happened here, and ask them to send someone nearby to help. "

I don't know how many people are on the other side, but being able to control such a large city of Min Chong shows that there must be a lot of people, so it is impossible for the two of them to subdue them.

"Can't go."

"Why? Didn't you say that there are not many guards at the city gate?"

"I found someone in the team just now."

"Who?"

"Little Egret."

"Little Egret? Could it be Su Lubai?"

"Ah."

"Why is Lu Bai here? Are you sure?"

"There are too many people, I can't see it clearly, but it is very similar."

Although I can't be sure, I have to confirm whether it is true or not. If it is really Su Lubai, I can't just let him get into trouble and ignore it!

"We've lost so much time along the way. If Lu Bai leaves at about the same time as us, it's not the same road. It's normal to pass us. Why don't you stay and confirm?"

"Okay, old man, one room, and then take care of the carriage."

As Huo Jiulin spoke, he handed the old man a piece of silver. Hearing their conversation, the old man knew that they were staying to save their friends, so he didn't say anything more, and led them upstairs.

It was inconvenient to move around during the day, so Huo Jiulin and Shen Yiqing stayed in the inn to rest. After nightfall, Huo Jiulin changed into night clothes, asked the old man for the location of the City Lord's Mansion, and then went to inquire about the news alone.

It can be seen that Min Chong City was indeed more prosperous than Xi Luo City before, because the city lord's mansion is much larger and guarded heavily inside, it seems that what the old man said should be true.

Avoiding some patrolling guards, Huo Jiulin walked around the city lord's mansion a few times, and finally found a small martial arts arena at the back, which should be used by the city lord to train the guards, but now it is just used to train those who were captured The young man.

A row of houses was built next to the Martial Arts Field, which looked quite simple. It is estimated that all the captured people should live here. With so many guards, it is really difficult for those with average martial arts skills to escape.

Huo Jiulin slowed down his breathing, and walked slowly behind the house. While guarding against the guards, he looked in from the window. There were so many houses and he didn't know which one Su Lubai lived in.

Really, he was sent to Shenjiabao to send him off even when he was told to go out, so those who protected him must have been dumped by him again.

But no matter what, Huo Jiulin still hoped that he had made a mistake during the day, preferably not Su Lubai.

Each room is full of bunks, probably able to sleep seven or eight people. It's hard to imagine the scene where the kid is sleeping with these old men.

After looking through three or four rooms but not seeing Su Lubai, Huo Jiulin felt that maybe he was really wrong.

But this idea was dismissed not long after it came up, because he had already heard the boy's voice, which was in the front room.

"Take it easy!"

"If you don't want to be unable to get out of bed tomorrow, just shout."

"But it hurts like hell."

Huo Jiulin froze, brows gradually furrowed, what's the matter with this damn conversation?Why does it sound so discordant? Isn't it what he thought?

Slowly clenched his fists with both hands, looked in from the corner of the window, and heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the situation inside clearly. Su Lubai, who was dressed in coarse linen, was sitting on the far left side of the bunk, with one foot held in his hand. , I couldn't see the man's appearance clearly, but it seemed that he was rubbing his ankle.

"pain……"

"Tsk, I really don't know who brought you in."

"Can you blame me? These days you're either running or striding. It's normal for your feet to hurt!"

Su Lu blushed and protested with a small face, and the man agreed after hearing the words: "Yes, it should be, so those who hurt their feet and hands are all killed, and you live the longest."

"What do you mean?"

"It's nothing, I'm complimenting you."

"Hmph, don't think I can't hear that you are hurting me."

Su Lubai pulled back his feet, lowered his head and rubbed his feet, the man smiled: "Yo, are you still angry?"

"Don't worry about it, I'm really blind. Seeing that you helped me a few times during the day, I regarded you as a good person. Now it seems that you are as abominable as those demon cult monsters."

"Oh, there is no distinction between good and bad people. In my opinion, there are only smart people and idiots, such as me and you."

"You mean, are you an idiot?"

"Well, you're an idiot."

"You! Humph!!"

The man smiled and sat up straight with his hands propped back on the bed, and then suddenly looked towards Huo Jiulin. Huo Jiulin was startled, not sure if he found anything, but he didn't see him after waiting for a while. say what.

The two looked at each other, and Huo Jiulin was hiding in the dark, so it was easy to see his appearance clearly. He was about in his early twenties, his face was well-defined, his eyes were bright, and his appearance was extraordinary. I've seen it somewhere but can't remember.