Back to the poor and simple Duanlong Village, a trace of morning light was already revealed in the horizon.
Duanlong Village is named after it is near Duanlong Mountain. Duanlong Mountain is a relatively low mountain range. It looks like a sleeping dragon lying on the ground, and it is called Duan because it is broken in the middle.
Longshan.
At this time, Chen Xu was walking on the only path leading to the village.
This is the only entrance and exit in the village and also the place where Duanlong Mountain is cut off. There are neat mountains on both sides.
If you look down from above, it is like a sleeping dragon being cut by a straight knife.
It was still dawn, and some busy figures could be seen in the villages in the distance. With the support of Chen Xu, the village gradually became in touch with the outside world. Life was a little better. If it were the past, according to Duanlong Village
The terrain can only rely on the mountains to survive, and it is all bitter.
Nowadays, many people's faces have faded a lot. The fur and medicinal materials in the mountains can be exchanged for a lot of good things.
It’s not that I haven’t changed before, but because there were no big names in the village before, and the major shops in nearby towns were all managed by gangs. Seeing these mountain people in Duanlong Village who had never seen the world, they would naturally be able to get rid of it if they could.
But even so, the young and strong population in Duanlong Village seems to be very small, and Chen Xu knows what's going on.
Before he joined the Badao Sect, Duanlong Village was often pulled away. Every year, coupled with the imperial labor service, there were not many people left in the village over time.
But Chen Xu knew that this was pretty good. In recent years, the villages with his care were slowly recovering. If some of the nearby villages had even become ghost villages, some had even a few families.
They are just some old, weak, women and children.
"Xuwazi!"
"Xuwazi is back!"
"Brother Xu is back!"
Chen Xu had just returned to the village, and the sharp-eyed villagers in the distance quickly shouted at the village. Soon the whole village became lively. Many families put down their work and stretched their necks and looked out. Some simply greeted Chen Xu directly.
come over.
Seeing this, Chen Xu couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, and then he felt a little more emotion.
"Do you care about yourself and the people around you?"
Looking at the villagers who came to greet each other in the distance, Chen Xu felt a feeling in his heart.
Thinking about what Cao Shouxin said to him last night, Chen Xu knew that the other party's words were not entirely wrong.
After so many years in the Badao Sect, he gradually realized that there was a group of unique existences above ordinary people, even the martial arts men. That was the royal palace!
Chen Xu had never seen any world, so he could only make some judgments from some news he heard at Badao Sect on weekdays.
I know that the royal palace is a unique existence. They are not humans, but monsters. But they can exploit others legitimately, and even deprive others of their lives.
He also learned from others before that he must not attack the people in the royal palace. He doesn't know the specific reason.
I only know that if I take action against the people in the royal palace, I will definitely die miserably.
But there is still no clear concept, so last night when I saw my own sect leader being extremely afraid of the royal family and even bowed down like a lackey.
Seeing the grand master who was originally respectful to do this, he felt a fever and couldn't help but speak wildly.
Until he saw the man with nine dragon patterns appear, the envoy of the palace who could turn into a monster. When the two confronted him, he realized why his sect leader was so humble.
"If I had known the strength of the royal palace before this, maybe I wouldn't have been like that last night!"
Chen Xu sighed in his heart that the power of such a level is definitely not something that ordinary martial artists can imagine.
Indeed, most people will feel powerless when they see that level of power.
After chatting with the enthusiastic villagers for a few words, Chen Xu hurried to his home.
This is a very ordinary farmyard with thatched roofs and a small yard. Because it has been neglected for a long time, a lot of weeds have grown in the yard.
Chen Xu pushed open the old door, and everything that was familiar still caught his eye.
At this time, he did not feel sad, but hurried into the inner room before he started to search for his mother's bedroom.
"It's fine! Still here!"
Until a small wooden box was turned out from the crack in the bed, Chen Xu breathed a sigh of relief.
Unlocking the old wooden box, the worn-out books inside were still lying quietly inside. Chen Xu took a deep breath and began to read them carefully.
Because this broken book was too long, and the force of turning it around would break directly if it was a little too high, Chen Xu was very careful.
"It's really...it's exactly the same!"
When I read a page, Chen Xu's breathing became rapid, and his eyes were staring at the patterns on one of the pages.
The above is a simple human body outline, and there are nearly four hundred small dots marked with black ink within the outline.
There is also a painting on the other side, which is also a human body outline, but this time there are no small dots marked in the outline, but nine lifelike dragon patterns are depicted with black ink.
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At the same time, the royal palace of the city-
"What's going on?"
In the same room, several men with similar appearances and a little vulgar appearance were sitting around a nanmu table.
The person who spoke was a white-haired, white-bearded, and was a cunning old man in the head. This man was the old servant named Huang who often stood on the side of the overlord.
"Brother! The body of the seventh brother was not found!"
On the other side, a strong man about thirty years old and also cunningly looked frowned and looked ugly.
"It seems that Cao Shouxin is very brave. How dare he find someone to join forces to kill my Huang family?" Another person who is also cunning but about fifty years old said coldly.
There are several men below who seem to be at different ages but have almost the same temperament and agree with each other, and a ferocious look on their faces flashed from time to time.
The cunning old man with white hair and hair on his head looked at the crowd below silently. He had a dark face and was silent for a long time before he pressed his hands down, and the room suddenly became quiet.
"Lao Qi died at the Badao Sect's headquarters. Lao Liu, you went to check it out last night. What's going on?"
"Brother, I found Cao Shouxin's body over there, and there were traces of fighting at the scene. As for the body of my seventh brother, I did not find it, only some of my seventh brother's hair and blood." The former sturdy man, who was about thirty years old, was found.
The man nodded, thought for a moment and then told the story.
"Is Cao Shouxin dead?" The old man with white hair and hair on his head narrowed his eyes, narrowing his eyes into a thin slit, as if he was a little surprised.
"It seems that this was not made by Cao Shouxin's dog. What else can I find?"
"this......"
The man called Lao Liu was a little silenced. After thinking about it carefully, he immediately said in a deep voice: "Where did I smell a faint breath, it was not the smell of ordinary blood food, and I had never felt it before."
"Is there a way to track this person?"
Hearing the words, the old man's hair and hair were all white, his eyes burst out with a hint of spirit, and he sat up and asked quickly.
"Uh..." Lao Liu was a little embarrassed, but when the leader's elder brother cast his eyes, a little sweat burst out from his forehead.
"If the other party takes action again, maybe I can lock the other party. But... I can't guarantee that there is too little breath at the scene and the time interval is quite apart."