The towering black city wall not only looked majestic and solemn as he imagined, but also exuded a strange and bloody aura.
Because the closer you get, the more clearly you can see the scattered, dark brown, and various shapes of stains on the city wall.
It looks like a scar on a wound, seemingly made of coagulated blood.
Next, the horseman driving the cart in front responded, confirming his thoughts.
"That was the blood stain left by the demons from Xiaoyao Mountain when they attacked Shanglin City a hundred years ago. After several years of accumulation, layers of black blood stains were formed, which seeped into the city walls."
The groom is a native of Cangdong Town and often travels between Cangdong and Shanglin. He talks about the history of Shanglin City very clearly.
"Those monsters from Xiaoyaoshan are attacking Shanglin?"
After staying in Cangdong Town for a few days, Shen Xiu learned about it.
I only know that most of the many demons around Shanglin are trapped in Xiaoyao Mountain by restrictions. However, the restrictions are occasionally loosened, and demons who find loopholes will escape.
The groom nodded, "Of course. The century-old Xiao Yao Mountain is still a loose place, where ghost energy breeds and countless demons are born, often invading nearby towns.
Scenes of rivers of blood abound. If a few immortal masters hadn't taken action to block it and trap it, I'm afraid Shang Lin would have suffered so much destruction.
It's better now. Those demons can't come out of Xiaoyao Mountain. Even if they do come out, most of them will be dealt with by people from the Xuanjian Division and the Yuanyang Gang."
Xiaoyaoshan, the character of the Immortal Master...
Chen Xiu whispered a few times and his eyes stayed on the black surface of the wall, thoughtfully.
Creaking, creaking...
The carriage walked onto the bluestone road near the city gate, its wheels making a screeching sound.
There were many people entering the city at this time, and Shen Xiu's carriage moved forward slowly along with the flow of people.
After paying an astonishing entrance fee of several taels, a carriage slowly entered the city.
The prosperous scene also comes with the wide view of the pavement. People coming and going from all walks of life, dignitaries, and vendors line up like a long line on the street.
After entering Shanglin, Shen Xiu paid the fare, declined the groom's intention to continue taking him to the inn, and walked around the bustling streets.
He had no reason not to be curious about such a huge city housing millions of people.
"This brother is going to the Yuanyang Gang's base to participate in the trial?"
Shen Xiujiu quietly followed the flow of people.
A handsome young man on the roadside in front saw him, immediately stepped forward and said hello to him.
This young man is about twenty years old. He has a beardless face and carries a thin sword on his waist. He has quite the cool temperament of a romantic scholar.
Chen Xiu gave him a half-hearted glance, did not answer, and continued walking forward.
However, when the young man in white shirt saw that Shen Xiu's attitude was lukewarm, he didn't care. Instead, he started chatting like a familiar person.
"Brother, if you want to participate in the Yuanyang Gang's trial, here is a trial guide, which only costs five taels of silver."
Chen Xiu glanced at the pile of papers in the young man's hand, and could only secretly think that business in this city is easy to make money. Just write some words on a few pieces of paper and you can sell them for a few taels of silver.
However, he already knew some of this information when he was in Cangdong Town.
For more other news, you will know it by asking around. There is no need to rely on information that you don’t know where to find.
However, the young man in white shirt was more resilient than he imagined. He kept following him and said to himself: "This time the Yuanyang Gang sent out recruitment notices in Heyang County to supplement the new round of recruitment." Blood.
I won’t talk about things that everyone knows, such as the requirement to enter the country to practice martial arts, and the final place of trial is entering the forbidden area of Xiaoyao Mountain.
What I’m talking about are some little tricks that others don’t know, such as what weapons to use to kill those monsters, how to recover the blood of the monsters after killing them, how to use them, etc..."
Listening to the rambling words of the young man in white shirt, he knew he didn't listen before, but the latter caught his attention.
The final test of the Yuanyang Gang is to kill monsters in the forbidden area of Xiaoyao Mountain. The status of joining the gang will be judged by how many monsters are killed.
Chen Xiu knew this, but he just didn't expect that it could be used. He thought of Jin Chan, and the trouble of insufficient energy replenishment on weekdays was like a gap that could not be filled.
"How do you recover the blood of those demons you killed?"
After talking for a long time, Shen Xiu finally became interested, and the young man in white shirt suddenly showed a smile.
"Devil-killing knife."
"Devil-slaying knife?"
"Yes, the Demon-Slaying Sword. Brother, although the Hundred Forged Sword you have is good, the materials used for forging it are also pretty good.
But the Demon-Slaying Sword is more powerful than that, and based on the Hundred Forged Sword, it incorporates materials to restrain demons.
This greatly enhances its lethality against demons. Ten cuts with ordinary weapons may not be worth one cut with the demon-slaying knife.
Of course, if you have reached the level of a martial arts master, you can use ordinary swords like this."
Chen Xiu recalled how many times he had slashed at the white-bone demon, and he still understood it, and understood what it said very clearly.
"Oops, I got off topic while talking, brother, you..."
When Shen Xiu saw this, he threw him five taels of silver. The young man in white shirt took it and started talking again with a smile on his face.
"Even if I gave away the above information in vain, if you want to recover the demon's blood energy, you must have special equipment. There is something called the Qi Naozhu in Baiyue Trading Company, which can extract the essence of blood energy from the demon body. It is almost All the things that are always available for those who kill monsters..."
With the free passage of money, the young men in white shirts accompanying him became even more eloquent.
Saying this, Chen Xiu knew that the name of the young man in white shirt was Fang Xi Zhengyang, and he actually learned some things from him that he didn't know.
For example, the difference between demons and demons, and the origin of demons.
Demons are just localized demons, some are slightly intelligent, some are in accordance with nature, some eat grass and meat, some are gentle and violent, and most of them are a mixture of good and bad.
But demons are different. They are all alienated from various places in this world through the influence of the netherworld. The alienated creatures are not limited to humans. Generally, after alienation, the intelligence produced varies from high to low, but they are all bloodthirsty. Exists.
Demons are also divided into three, six or nine levels. According to the classification of Shanglin City, it is rumored that there are seven levels in total.
He also asked about the white-bone demon that Shen Xiu encountered before, and got an answer that was probably fourth-rate.
While walking and chatting along the way, Shen Xiu also added some trivial knowledge.
And at the end, when Shen Xiu wanted to find an inn to stay, Xi Zhengyang became a pimp again and pulled him to an inn with a good environment.
After having enough wine and food, Shen Xiu, like other visitors to the city, took a good look around Shanglin City.
It has to be said that as a county-level city, Shanglin’s scale is unexpectedly large.
Shen Xiu strolled around for several hours without even visiting the entire area.
The streets extend in all directions, with busy cars everywhere, numerous commercial buildings, and large courtyards spread out one after another.
The prosperity of its trade routes is far from comparable to that of Taixi, a small ready-made city in the north.
Even on the streets, inbound martial arts cultivators are rare in Taixi City, but they are everywhere in Shanglin.
At the end of the shopping, Shen Xiu stepped into a shop on the main road, Baiyue Trading Company.