Wrongly practicing evil skills, imitating the laws of nature

Thunder God Old Mother Mountain was a vast, snowy mountain, and it would take quite a bit of effort to get around it.

For those in the Jianghu south of Leizhou who wanted to challenge the Jade Guanyin, this snow mountain would likely stop a large number of them.

Compared to when Duan Yun ventured deep into the snow mountain to exterminate the entire Thunder God Old Mother sect, the road here was much easier to travel, but the journey was long and a bit taxing on the horse and the carriage driver.

Fortunately, both the horse and the driver were top-notch and up to the task.

The scenery along the way was originally quite beautiful, with snow-capped mountains, meadows, wildflowers blooming in spring, and clear streams like transparent ribbons on a fairy.

But after a while, you would get tired of it.

Because every day was the same picturesque scenery, the snow mountain seemed like a giant exuding immense pressure, constantly watching you.

And the originally warm spring began to turn cold due to the proximity to the snow mountain.

Frost would appear in the mornings and evenings.

Fortunately, Duan Yun was now the wealthy merchant Guan Qi, and this expensive carriage had many drawers, filled not only with various delicacies from all over the country but also with all kinds of fine wines.

Duan Yun could also eat and drink with his "beloved wife and concubines," with no day being the same.

When they were lucky, they could even hunt a wild deer for barbecue.

It could only be said that the venison in this place was indeed a gift from the snow mountain meadows, roasting up with a rich flavor and no gamey taste at all.

Just as Duan Yun and his companions were growing weary of the scenery, the snow mountain unknowingly came to their left.

In other words, they had finally bypassed this vast mountain range.

At the same time, many swamps appeared on the ground.

The carriage driver's expression also became much more serious, because there were many mud pits here.

The carriage driver knew very well that a wealthy merchant like Guan Qi was naturally a martial arts expert, otherwise, how could someone with money and good looks not have been captured by the lustful women of the Jianghu to be repeatedly violated, squeezed dry, and have their money taken?

Mud pits couldn't trap such a person; he could even carry the carriage through the mud pits if he wanted to.

But the carriage driver also knew that her patron, Guan Qi, would never do such a thing.

He would use a beauty like her to wipe his ass before doing such dirty and tiring work, and the two fox spirits by his side would definitely not do it either.

So she had to be careful, firstly because getting stuck in a mud pit would make her look unprofessional, and secondly because if they really got stuck, the dirty and tiring work of towing the carriage would only fall on her.

The carriage turned left and right on the damp meadow, and it was obvious that there were many more shrubs around.

If the previous view was a vast expanse, allowing one to easily see the distance, now there were many shrubs blocking the view.

The carriage driver successfully found a muddy road with wheel tracks, indicating that carriages often traveled on this road, but she still didn't dare to be careless.

This kind of terrain was called "Black Grassland" by the locals, meaning a place abandoned by the gods.

There were rumors here that huge evil spirits lurked under the grassland, swallowing carriages and eating people, but the carriage driver knew that they were actually underground rivers.

The underground rivers here often changed direction, and what looked like a normal road could collapse due to these underground rivers.

Another day and night passed before the carriage driver gradually relaxed.

The water on the ground became less and less, replaced by black mud.

This kind of mud, although still moist, was much more solid.

But what puzzled Duan Yun was that, in his impression, black soil was fertile, but the black soil in front of him was barren.

Even the shrubs that were originally suitable for growth were fewer here.

Occasionally, people planted crops along the road, but they grew poorly.

And those farmers were thin, with numb expressions.

Here, caravans and pedestrians occasionally appeared on the road, all of whom should be going to the desert country.

This meant that they were not far from their destination, No Leaf City.

Duan Yun looked at the scenery outside and complained, "Damn it, what kind of godforsaken place is this?"

To show off his suave and bold nature, he now kept his clothes open, with a woman on each side.

Feng Ling'er and Shen Ying could only barely cooperate with him in acting.

Because there were already many merchants, pedestrians, and carriages around.

When these carriages saw their black carriage and looked at Duan Yun, they couldn't help but secretly make way for them.

This time, Duan Yun was impersonating "Guan Qi," so what was displayed to outsiders was not his Gentle Saber and Yellow Mountain Golden Sword.

He was carrying the Blood Shadow Saber.

The one that the Murong brothers had obtained in the inn before.

The Blood Shadow Saber had the word "Mad" in it, and several famous saber masters were all madmen.

Or rather, most people who could use this saber were desperate madmen, or originally wanted to live, but were influenced by the saber and became desperate.

And another feature of this saber was that it had plenty of special effects.

Just placing it there would emit a scarlet light, and with a slight wave, there would be overlapping blood-colored saber shadows, like a trail.

This was very much in line with Guan Qi's flamboyant nature.

Ordinary Jianghu travelers really didn't dare to provoke him when they saw this saber.

It was said that there was more than one Blood Shadow Saber, and each Blood Shadow was different, but one thing was consistent: each Blood Shadow Saber would drink blood, like a thirsty and bloodthirsty person.

The more human blood it drank, the more full it would be, and the heavier the blood shadow would be.

And the Blood Shadow Saber in Duan Yun's hand had a very obvious blood shadow, not like it hadn't eaten enough.

Dusk, the setting sun like blood.

Some mud figures gradually appeared on the black mud.

These mud figures were of various sizes, some looked very detailed, even the pupils were clearly carved, while others were very rough, with blurred facial features.

But no matter what they looked like, they all gave people the illusion that they were watching you.

Duan Yun, Shen Ying, and the others couldn't help but think of the scarecrows on the grave mountain of the Jade Pearl Manor.

But strangely, after the Grave Mountain Battle and the Azure Dragon Blood Battle, the scarecrows in that area became fewer, as if they had run away.

Among the weeds and shrubs, the mud figures watched Duan Yun's carriage leave.

And as the road became wider and wider, No Leaf City was already in sight.

According to Duan Yun's knowledge from the Scroll Gate's records, No Leaf City was not without leaves; on the contrary, many poplar trees were planted in the city.

But when autumn leaves fell, it was still difficult to see fallen leaves on the ground in the city.

The reason was that the city lord loved cleanliness.

The city lord loved cleanliness to the point of obsession. It was said that when leaves fell in autumn, anyone whose door had more than ten fallen leaves might be beaten and killed, and if there were beautiful women in the family, they would be raped.

It was said that in order to keep No Leaf City clean, the city lord, regardless of his health, raped hundreds of women in the city day and night in the autumn.

So autumn was the most painful time for the people of No Leaf City. They already had a lot of work to do, and they had to send people to watch the fallen leaves.

And it was said that the city lord had forcibly married an extremely beautiful wife.

In a situation where the city lord could rape anyone he wanted, he still took the trouble to formally marry her, which showed that the city lord was truly moved and became a hot topic in the city.

Unfortunately, this marriage ended in the murder of the wife after only a few months.

The reason was that the wife didn't like cleanliness and was secretly picking her nose when the city lord saw her, so her beautiful image collapsed at once, and the city lord no longer believed in love.

At that time, many people in the city couldn't help but scold the wife, saying that she didn't know how lucky she was, that she had been favored and formally married by the city lord, and she dared to secretly pick her nose, not knowing how to behave.

Duan Yun couldn't help but get a fever in his head when he saw this record.

He had already decided that after rescuing the people and killing the Jade Guanyin, he would come back and kill this clean-loving city lord.

Before dark, Duan Yun and his party arrived at the largest inn in No Leaf City—Tongfu Inn.

This No Leaf City really had no leaves, but that was because the poplar trees in spring had just sprouted leaves, and there were few fallen leaves.

It had to be said that there were really a lot of people in this No Leaf City.

Mainly because this land produced gold and minerals, and the Jade Guanyin's Jade Island was famous for its jade mine.

The world was bustling for profit.

As long as there was profit to be made, there would be people coming to earn money.

Duan Yun, Feng Ling'er, and Shen Ying stayed at Tongfu Inn.

During this time, because the Heaven-class rooms were full, Duan Yun even staged a scene of an overbearing president, making the already-resident guests get out for five times the price.

It could only be said that the landlady of Tongfu Inn was a money-grubber. Duan Yun thought it would take ten times the price to succeed, but the landlady personally sent a waiter to get it done at five times the price.

Living in the most expensive Heaven-class room in the inn, Duan Yun and his party didn't feel very clean.

Because this place was not far from the desert, there was already sandy weather, so there was always some sand in the room.

The carriage driver also expressed confusion.

The main reason she was chosen by Duan Yun and his party this time was not because of her superb riding skills and attentive service, but because she had been here once five years ago and was considered an old hand.

According to her, five years ago, No Leaf City was lush both inside and outside, the "no leaf" name was only because of the city lord's perversion.

And this time she came, she found that the vegetation here was much sparser.

The poplar trees of No Leaf City had withered a lot.

It could only be said that it was getting drier and drier here.

Duan Yun didn't have time to worry about the problem of desertification of the environment. Next, he had to find a person named Fan Gao.

Fan Gao used to be a member of the Scroll Gate, specializing in inquiring about information about the Jade Guanyin in the No Leaf City area.

But later, the Scroll Gate gave up on this matter, and Fan Gao went from being a professional intelligence-gathering member to a part-time one. Later, in order to save money, they simply eliminated him.

And after Fan Gao was "optimized," he did not leave No Leaf City, and the Scroll Gate's steward was not sure whether he had a way to go to Jade Island.

After all, they no longer contacted the "optimized" members.

So Duan Yun could only go to this person to see if there were any clues.

After all, although they had come to No Leaf City, they knew very little about the mysterious Jade Island, and it was best to have such a guide to avoid groping around.

After dinner, Duan Yun, Shen Ying, and Feng Ling'er went out.

They followed the road to Fan Gao's address on the record.

It was a small alley, very dark.

Duan Yun knocked on the door, but there was no response from inside.

But as martial arts masters, all three sensed that there was someone inside.

So with a bang, Duan Yun pushed the door open, and what was presented in front of him was a pale-faced middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man stood there, trembling all over.

And his posture was like he was walking.

Feng Ling'er asked suspiciously, "Why didn't you answer the door?"

After seeing Duan Yun and his party, the middle-aged man trembled and said, "I didn't have time to see who it was before you came in."

As he spoke, he trembled and wanted to sit down.

Duan Yun realized that he hadn't come to answer the door, but was planning to see who it was before making plans.

After all, they were strangers to him.

Unfortunately, his whole speed was very slow, like a trembling version of a sloth.

"You, what's wrong with you?" Duan Yun asked suspiciously.

"Injured, poisoned."

"Are you Fan Gao?" Duan Yun asked again.

Seeing that Duan Yun and his party were all masters, and obviously came for him, the middle-aged man trembled and said, "I don't think I can deny it."

"We are here to ask you for information," Duan Yun said straightforwardly.

Fan Gao showed a complicated expression and said, "Whose?"

"Jade Guanyin."

After hearing this name, Fan Gao visibly trembled even more, and his whole body seemed to be out of control.

"Wh, why?" Fan Gao asked confused.

So Duan Yun told him about the Scroll Gate.

After listening, Fan Gao was obviously a little angry, his face flushed red and said, "They told you that?"

Duan Yun and Feng Ling'er nodded.

"Bullshit, what do you mean let me leave on my own? I became like this while investigating information, and they didn't want me," Fan Gao said.

Hearing this, Duan Yun was shocked and said, "Can you explain in detail?"

So this trembling Fan Gao told the story of his "optimization."

According to him, he was originally a member of the Scroll Gate, responsible for investigating the information of the Jade Guanyin, but the Jade Guanyin was mysterious and terrible, and Jade Island alone was very dangerous.

He was injured and poisoned in the process of investigation and became like this.

And later, the Scroll Gate no longer needed to investigate the information of the Jade Guanyin, and did not want to give him money to support him, so they removed him from the list on the grounds that he did not follow the rules of the sect.

So Fan Gao could only barely survive here. If it weren't for a powerful old acquaintance in the city, he probably wouldn't be able to survive.

Hearing that Duan Yun and his party were going to investigate the information of the Jade Guanyin, he couldn't help but shake his head and said, "Can't go, there are all demons there, and I dare not say."

Duan Yun looked at him and said seriously, "Do you know who I am?"

Fan Gao shook his head.

Duan Yun introduced himself, "I am Guan Qi, you can call me 'Master Guan Qi', I have money, this time I want to go to Jade Island to play, you tell me the information, I guarantee you a worry-free life in the future."

Fan Gao still shook his head, looking very scared.

Feng Ling'er and Shen Ying couldn't help but frown when they saw this.

This guy obviously didn't trust them.

Duan Yun pondered for a moment and said, "I am not Guan Qi, you can call me Duan Yun, the Jianghu calls me 'Young Hero Duan', 'Broken Wave Young Hero', 'Nameless Young Hero' and 'Nameless Giant Hero', I have a feud with Jade Guanyin, I'm here to kill her whole family, you tell me the information, I will try to detoxify you."

After hearing this answer, Fan Gao showed a shocked expression and trembled, "Duan, Old Duan, Old Giant Hero Duan."

Actually, Duan Yun's reputation wasn't particularly prominent here before, but ever since he annihilated the Thunder Lord Mother Sect, the Righteous Swordsman Storyteller and the Bloodthirsty Storyteller clashed, their arguments escalating and spreading news about him beyond Leizhou, reaching even here.

In No-Leaf City, one-third of the people who knew about this news considered him an old devil, one-third considered him a great hero, and the remaining one-third believed he was both devilish and heroic, a god or demon depending on a single thought.

However, everyone agreed on one point: he was petty and liked to exterminate entire families.

Although he was wearing a human skin mask, Fan Gao felt that this person was probably really the old devil Duan, the giant hero Duan.

At this moment, Duan Yun said again, "I guarantee with my heroic name that after the matter is completed, I will not only help you detoxify, but also help you seek justice from the Curtain Rolling Sect."

Hearing the four words "seek justice," Fan Gao, who was originally trembling, froze for a moment.

Honestly, what caused him to be like this was the poison from Yellow Jade Island, but what he hated most was still the Curtain Rolling Sect that had ruthlessly abandoned him.

When he first became like this, he dreamed every night of shedding bloody tears and wanting to seek justice, but after a long time, he stopped dreaming.

Because he was already useless.

Even when he was healthy, he was no match for a behemoth like the Curtain Rolling Sect.

This is the cruel reality.

But when Duan Yun in front of him said these four words again, and even guaranteed it with his terrifying heroic name, a fire was rekindled in Fan Gao's eyes.

He didn't know whether the person in front of him was a devil or a hero, but he knew that he was known to be a man of his word, exterminating entire sects if he said he would, even a long-established sect like the Thunder Lord Mother Sect, never failing.

"Giant Hero Duan, I will tell you everything I know!"

Fan Gao had already resigned himself to fate, but at this moment, he decided to take a gamble!

What if this was really the giant hero who saves people from suffering?

What if!