"Who is this tall guy? How powerful!" The people around him were all talking about the tall young man. After Suchuan City became a martial artist, people paid more attention to the strong.
"There are not many masters who are good at using halberds in the world. This one is probably not from our country."
"Return to our own country? Now we call it Suchuan City."
"I'm referring to the countries in the Western Regions."
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The tall young man clasped his hands together and recited a spell silently. A strong wind suddenly blew up. When the young man's eyes opened again, they actually shone with red lightning, like the God of Thunder coming to the world.
"Red Thunder Kills Demons!"
The long halberd was surrounded by red thunder, and the tall young man jumped into the air and stabbed straight out. The thick-mouthed red thunder crashed into the scholar's arms like an angry dragon.
A flash of red light flashed, and lightning penetrated from the scholar's chest, leaving a dark, sticky-smelling blood hole on his chest.
The scholar's body flew backwards and knocked down a house. As a burst of black smoke dissipated, the scholar holding the sword's eyes dimmed and died on the spot.
The tall young man put away his halberd, jumped lightly, and landed smoothly on the ground.
"Zhou Di, it is indeed you!"
The tall young man turned his head when he heard the voice and looked at Zhang Shishi.
"Zhang Yanshi?!"
Zhou Di was surprised and happy that after many years, the two friends who had fought side by side finally met again.
Zhang Yanshi laughed, walked up and patted Zhou Di on the arm, saying: "You are still as strong as before."
Zhang Yanyan himself is tall, but standing next to Zhou Di, he is still half a head shorter.
Zhou Di put away his halberd, smiled boldly, and said:
"Let's go have a drink. I'll treat you."
"White Horse Temple allows you to drink?" Zhang Shishi said with a smile.
"What are you afraid of? I am a lay disciple."
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In a tavern, there were seven or eight wine jars piled up in front of two young men. They had not seen each other for a long time, so naturally they had endless things to talk about.
From the time we broke up a few years ago, we have been talking about the current situation; from noon to midnight.
"Speaking of which, why did you come to the countries in the Western Regions if you weren't staying at White Horse Temple?" Zhang Yanshi asked.
Zhou Di did not speak directly, but first looked at the man in white robe behind Zhang Yanshi.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Yanshi said: "My injury has not recovered yet. This is the guard assigned by my master. I am one of my own, so don't worry."
Zhou Di nodded and casually set up a barrier to prevent others from spying on their conversation.
"There is a small town on the border between the Demon Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty. There is Jingxu Temple in the town. A few days ago, a disciple of Baima Temple sent a letter to Jingxu Temple to discuss holding a Zen meditation meeting. However, this disciple arrived in the small town.
Then he disappeared, and the abbot of White Horse Temple arranged for me to investigate the matter."
Speaking of this, Zhou Di paused for a moment, his brows wrinkled slightly, his expression became solemn, and then he continued:
"But when I arrived at Jingxu Temple, I found that the entire Jingxu Temple was deserted. After asking around, I learned that Jingxu Temple had been closed for a hundred days. Because it was on the border of the Demon Kingdom, I suspected that there was no one with the Demon Kingdom.
I wanted to investigate in depth, and finally traced it to a branch of the Demon Sect hundreds of miles away, but the clues were lost."
Zhou Di sighed and continued: "During the pursuit, I accidentally alerted the Demon Cult people. After all, I still had a reward issued by Luo Yunzong on my head, so I was hunted by them. I also ran all the way to get here.
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Zhang Yanshi frowned and said, "The man who was on the street just now..."
"I also came here for the reward order." Zhou Di replied in the affirmative.
Zhang Yanshi thought for a moment and then asked: "The person who took action just now is obviously from Luo Yunzong, why is there a demonic energy surrounding him?"
Zhou Di shook his head, he didn't know what was going on.
Zhang Yanshi changed the topic and asked: "Do you know that Su Xiaoxian, the devil of the Demon Sect, led 8,000 people to defeat Jinsha City?"
Zhou Di was stunned. He had heard of this matter, but he was still being hunted at that time. He thought it was a rumor spread by the Demon Cult. Only when Zhang Yanshi asked this question did he know that it was true.
"You mean..." Zhou Di's eyes lit up, as if he thought of something.
"You are a warrior who has reached the level of a hero, and the person who is your opponent is a level below you, but he can fight you back and forth before going crazy. Even if you don't use your full strength, the opponent should be no match at all.
right."
Zhou Di took a deep breath. If the eight thousand men under Su Xiaoxian could also explode with such strength, then it would be impossible to defeat Jinsha City.
"The Demon Sect... has been very unusual recently." Zhang Shishi narrowed his eyes slightly. He always felt that something big was going to happen next.
The next day, Zhang Yanshi took Zhou Di to visit Zuo Jianming, the lord of Suchuan City. However, after finally reaching the gate of the city lord's palace, he learned that Zuo Jianming had gone into seclusion to practice a few days ago. Zhang Yanshi's trip was in vain.
coming.
"You have bad luck." Zhou Di patted Zhang Yan's shoulder and smiled.
Zhang Yanshi sighed and said, "Then just wait."
"What are you waiting for? Since this person is in seclusion, he will definitely not be able to come out for a while. Instead of waiting, it is better to go to other places, such as Loulan City."
Zhang Yanshi glanced at Zhou Di and knew that there was something behind his words. He said he was going to Loulan City, but actually he wanted to meet Qi Chengcheng. After all, he had finally visited the countries in the Western Regions, so he naturally wanted to see more old friends.
"Well, I think so, but unfortunately the master told me that I must see Zuo Jianming, and if I don't see him, don't leave." Zhang Yanshi said and sighed, he was also very helpless.
Zhou Di was about to say something when he turned around and found that the white-robed guard following Zhang Shishi was missing.
"Lao Zhang, where is your bodyguard? Were you following us just now?"
"Don't worry, this person is stronger than me, otherwise master wouldn't have arranged for him to be my guard. I guess he should have found a convenient place to go," Zhang Yanshi said.
"Your master is really kind to you. You have reached the pinnacle of chivalry, and he actually arranged for you to be protected."
Mentioning his master, Zhou Di sighed with emotion. His master arranged for him to do master's tasks all day long, and would not let him take any time off unless he practiced in seclusion. However, this also accumulated a lot of connections for him. He was at the White Horse Temple.
His reputation is almost as high as that of the abbot.
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Behind a barrier in the city lord's palace, a man with a sword knelt on one knee and worshiped the person in front of him.
“I didn’t know that His Majesty the Pope was here in person, but Zuo Jianming missed the welcome from afar, so I hope you’ll forgive me!!”
"Get up, I'm just here for a walk."
"Thank you, His Majesty the Pope."
Zuo Jianming stood up and stood aside. The person in front of him was shrouded in a faint halo, blocking his field of vision. Zuo Jianming could not see his face clearly, but the aura of the Pope was definitely unmistakable. ()