To the south of this Lianyun Mountain is the Lianyun Mountain Range, which divides the three major prefectures and counties of Yangzhou, Suzhou, and Yuzhou. It is extremely deep horizontally and vertically, and is the largest mountain system in the Dahua territory.
There are countless connected counties, and the terrain is complex, with many wilderness and uninhabited areas in the mountains.
Because of this unique landform, the Lianyun Mountains area is the busiest and most active area of the martial arts community in the Central Plains, with countless sects surrounding it.
In addition to the general helmsman of the Haotian Alliance, the more famous one is the Liuyun Sect, the largest gang in the south of the Yangtze River.
The Liuyun Sect occupies the highest and most amazing part of the Lianyun Mountains, and the main helm is a sacred place in the Lianyun Mountains known as the "Fairy Vault". It is said to have gathered a hundred years of spiritual energy and has countless rare treasures.
Although the headquarters of the Haotian League is still close to Lianyun Mountain, it is still far behind compared to the Liuyun Sect. I heard it is at the back of Lianyun Mountain near the foot of the mountain. In addition, the Haotian League is not a famous and decent sect.
There are very few people who have truly determined the position of the chief rudder. Even the members of the Haotian Alliance don't know. Only a few core disciples know the position of the chief rudder.
It took Xia Shang three days to reach the border of Yuzhou, which is also near Lianyun Mountain.
It's only four or five days' journey from Zhaori Mountain, and it only takes about seven days to go straight to the capital.
This place seems to be relatively close to the capital, but it is completely different from Zhaori Mountain and Mingjian Villa. It is already in the hinterland of the Central Plains Wulin.
What is the difference between the Wulin hinterland and other places?
The first intuitive feeling is that there are no villages in sight. There are no ordinary people gathering together to build villages. Most of them are scattered independent courtyards. At most, three or five families live together.
And the people living in these seemingly ordinary homes must have some charlatan attributes. You can feel it from the eyes of the people around you. No matter how you dress, there is always some charlatanism.
Even after passing through several county towns, the county towns are much more deserted than other county towns. I heard that as long as the people who can afford to relocate will leave this place voluntarily.
There are too many vendettas caused by various reasons here, and even the government dare not control them and cannot control them.
Everything is left to Jianghu to resolve.
This is the paradise of freedom that martial arts people say, but Xia Shang seems to be just a land outside the law. This is very different from the Jianghu world he saw in novels.
, but they are just excuses for violence and wantonness.
But I have to admit that this place did give Xia Shang a refreshing feeling.
In the Jiangnan area, Xia and Shang felt romantic poetry and painting. In the capital, Xia and Shang felt power struggles. Here, Xia and Shang felt unrestrained.
The girls here are no longer afraid of men's eyes. Even if they keep staring at a woman's breasts, the other woman will not avoid her at all. Instead, she will push her chest out and get closer, but will suddenly pull out a sword and place it on her neck.
On the outskirts of a county called Shili County, in a posthouse with a mixed crowd, Xia Shang encountered such a thing.
Originally just looking at the scenery outside the window, the girl in red, who didn't want to see a table of people in between, blocking Xia Shang's view, pulled out her sword without warning, put it on Xia Shang's neck, and then asked arrogantly.
: "Have you seen enough?"
Xia Shang didn't pay attention at first, but now his eyes fell on the girl in red.
Seeing her curvy lines, I just marveled at the graceful figure that no one in the world can have. I couldn't help but praise: "I can't see enough... I can't see enough..."
"My aunt dug out your eyeballs!"
Having said that, the other party was not really cruel enough to gouge out people's eyes, but the sword he placed on Xia Shang's neck moved.
Xia Shang tilted his head slightly and avoided the sword edge. The sword edge passed through Xia Shang's neck and landed on Xia Shang's shoulder, creating a long gash.
The cut was just a cut in the clothes, there was no bleeding.
The girl in red retracted her sword, frowning slightly, looking a little confused, wondering why her powerful sword only cut through the opponent's clothes.
There was a young man sitting next to the girl in red. He looked like a pretty boy at first glance. Seeing that the girl in red didn't hurt Xia Shang, he immediately slapped the table and stood up: "Good boy, how dare you hide? Are you going to die?"
After saying that, the pretty boy grabbed the scabbard and seemed to be walking towards Xia Shang, but was pulled back by the girl in red. I don't know what the other party said, so the pretty boy sat down with a curse.
Xia Shang didn't say anything, and resumed eating the meat and wine in front of him, feeling calm and calm.
The conflict where weapons were displayed just now did not attract the attention of the surrounding guests.
Here, conflicts like this are so common, similar stories almost every
It happens all the time, it can happen anywhere, at any time, and everyone is used to it.
Even the waiter of the post house smiled like a normal person and came to Xia Shang: "My hero, how can you just eat meat and not drink alcohol?"
Xia Shang nodded.
Not long after, the waiter came back with a bottle of wine.
Just as the waiter was about to leave, Xia Shang called him: "Wait a minute."
"Laughing, what are your orders?"
"Inquiry about something."
"You tell me."
"Have you heard about the recent whereabouts of the leader of the Haotian Alliance?"
"Leader of the Haotian Alliance? How does a little guy like us know these things?"
"Then do you know who you can get some information from?"
With that said, Xia Shang took out a piece of silver from his money bag.
The waiter's eyes lit up when he saw it.
Not only the waiter's eyes lit up, but the eyes of the people around him also lit up. Many people noticed Xia Shang's boldness when he took out the silver and asked for his bulging wallet.
Most of the people in this world are not the ones who live a comfortable life. If they really had a good life, who would want to hang out in the world?
The pretty boy from before glanced at Xia Shang again and exchanged words with the other skinny middle-aged man at the same table.
The waiter had already happily held the money in his hand, and lowered his voice and said to Xia Shang: "There are people from the Haotian Alliance in the Shiyuan Gambling House in Shili County. If you really want to inquire, you can go there and inquire about it. But that gambling
The owner of the shop is not easy to deal with, so don’t cause any trouble."
Xia Shang nodded, let the waiter go, and poured himself a glass.
Xia Shang was drinking when suddenly there was another person in front of him.
This man was in his forties, slightly obese, with small but shining eyes. He was wearing a short coarse cloth jacket, with a sword on his waist. He whispered mysteriously to Xia Shang: "
Little brother, you have to be more careful."
Xia Shang glanced at the other party and took a sip of wine: "What should I say?"
The other party looked at Xia Shang's wine bottle with some lust, but hesitated to speak.
Xia Shang asked the waiter to bring another cup, and the man happily poured himself a cup, drank it in one gulp, and said to Xia Shang mysteriously: "Little brother just violated a taboo.
I have become a fat sheep in the eyes of these people."