Several people walking around Mo Han and Mu Zhao knew that at that moment, Mo Han and Mu Zhao had a silent confrontation. Mu Zhao tried his best to slap Mo Han. If
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If Mo Han is not strong enough, then Mo Han will become a dead soul under this palm. If Mo Han is strong, then after this palm, Mu Zhao and Lu Sheng will recognize Mo Han's identity as the leader of the Five Swordsmen and give him corresponding rewards.
respect.
Unfortunately, before Mu Zhao's palm fell, Mo Han thrust a knife into his chest, and he had to forcefully withdraw his hand. Not only did he fail to test Mo Han's cultivation, but he suffered a small loss.
"Come on, brother, let's go into the city and tell you what it's like to stand here!" Lu Sheng laughed loudly, narrowed his eyes slightly, and patted Mo Han's shoulder with his broad palm, like an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time.
It's just that Mu Zhao suffered a secret loss just now. How could he not see that there was no malice or temptation in this slap.
"It's all up to the arrangements of the two eldest brothers!"
There are only two streets in the small town, forming a cross, leading to the city gates on all sides. There are low-rise houses scattered on both sides of the street, most of which sell the bones and fur of monsters.
At the intersection of two streets, there is a small square. In the center of the square stands a three-story building. Two rows of naked men with golden snakes and scorpions tattooed on their bodies are standing on both sides, with fierce faces. Foreigners
When practitioners come here, they will consciously avoid the small building and stay ten feet away.
From a distance, I saw a plaque hanging crookedly above the small building, with three crooked characters written on it: "City Lord's Mansion".
The reason why you can see the small building as soon as you enter the city gate is that the small building is the only three-story building in this small city, and it is made of huge stones mixed with sand. The others are made of
A one-story hut made of loess. At this time, Mo Han and his party were being led by Mu Zhao and Lu Sheng to this only small building.
Along the way, there would always be greetings coming from the huts on the street, and Mu Zhao and Lusheng would nod and smile in response. Most of the people in the huts were ordinary people with no cultivation, and they did not even have the qualifications to practice.
No one wants to be homeless all their lives, and no one wants to show their teeth and claws all their lives. Even the notorious and notorious bandit leader of Wuyao Valley has a sunny side. Maybe they are here just to survive, just to let the people in the small town
This group of people were protected from wind, frost, hunger and torture.
"Come on, brother, this is our City Lord's Mansion in the Snake Desert, and it is also our residence. Don't you see how domineering and spectacular it is!" Mu Zhao pointed at the City Lord's Mansion in front of him, with a look of pride on his face.
The traces scratched by time, the vicissitudes eroded by wind and rain, the distant and peaceful atmosphere, like the twilight of a hero, tell everything here. Perhaps thousands of years later, who will remember this small town here and this dilapidated city?
Small building.
For some reason, Mo Han suddenly felt that he was small, weak and powerless in the world, just like this small city standing in the endless desert.
Entering the small building, what strikes your eyes is the simple wooden furniture, and the bones of monsters hanging on the four walls.
"The environment here is difficult and the conditions are simple, which makes my brothers laugh."
Mu Zhao rubbed his generous palms with a look of embarrassment on his face. Lu Sheng turned his head to the side with a straight face, as if he didn't see everything. At this time, they didn't have the brutality and cruelty of bandits.
A simple and honest man from a farm family brought guests into his home, but he felt shy because of the shabby nature of his home.
Mo Han was startled, and suddenly thought of the fierce-looking guards standing at the door just now. Their existence may not be to prevent others from approaching the city lord's mansion, but to prevent outside practitioners from seeing the shabby place here.
Wei Su was also startled. Everything here was very different from what he had imagined. He seemed to not understand why the five gangsters of Wuyao Valley, who were famous among their foreign cultivators, were living in such a trembling state: "You are not one of the five gangsters in Wuyao Valley."
Two? Why are you living so shabbily? Is it a lie?"
Mu Zhao poured hot water from the pot, one cup for each person, and said with a self-deprecating smile: "The five gangsters of Wuyao Valley, the five gangsters, have deceived generations and deceived so many people. Even we ourselves have almost forgotten ourselves.
Who is it!"
"The five gangsters are just a gimmick we made up to protect ourselves and survive. In fact, we are all a group of pitiful people. We have been struggling in the Demonless Valley for generations. Not only do we have to face the harsh environment of the Demonless Valley,
, to face the invasion of monsters in the Demonless Valley, and to face your outside cultivators. In order to survive and protect the tribe, our ancestors had no choice but to shape themselves into extremely vicious and notorious bandits."
There was no high-quality tea or fine wine here. The only thing that could entertain Mo Han and the others was a glass of water and a few pieces of dry monster meat. Mu Zhao was silent and Lu Sheng had a straight face.
The atmosphere on the entire floor was a bit depressing and silent, "Won't you leave the Demon-free Valley and go to the outside world to find a better place to live? I believe that the outside environment is definitely better than here."
"Leave? Oh, if we could leave, wouldn't we be struggling in this Demon-free Valley for generations to survive? If you want to come in, you can only come in at the Golden Core stage or below, preferably at the Foundation Establishment stage. Monsters from the outside can't come in.
The monster cannot get out. We, like this monster, can only live here for generations."
"Why?" Wei Su opened his eyes wide and didn't understand why.
"Guard? Or wait?"
"Even we don't know what we are guarding? What are we waiting for? Don't mind my little brother Mu Zhao's slap just now. The King of Five Knives is actually the robber we pushed out in the open. After all, we don't
Maybe we can't do such things even if we go out to burn, kill and loot every day. But in order to promote the reputation of the five gangsters, someone must do it."
"The King of Five Swordsmen is the one we pushed out. Although the five gangsters may seem unrelated to each other on the outside, in fact we are all the same poor people. The leader of the King of Five Swordsmen has always been chosen jointly by our four clans. This is
Once we were unlucky, not only did the King of Five Swords die, but even the territory of the King of Five Swords fell into the hands of outsiders, which is why Mu Zhao was so radical before."
"Then how can you get out?" This time it was Mo Han who asked, and somehow, it seemed that all of this had something to do with him.
Lu Sheng shook his head: "We don't know either. Our ancestors have been studying the method for us to get out for generations. We only know that one day the entire Demonless Valley will be the same as the outside world. And just a few days ago, the Snake and Scorpion Desert has changed.
So we are still waiting."
"What are you waiting for?"
"Waiting for our destined one!" A trembling old man, leaning on a cane, staggered down from the small building and looked at Mo Han with bright eyes.
Mu Zhao and Lu Sheng stood up quickly and supported the old man on both sides: "Grand Chief, why are you down?"
The old man has become so thin that he is skin and bones. Although the old man looks very energetic, Mo Han can already tell that he is approaching the end of his life.
"There are distinguished guests coming, how can I not come down?" The old man tremblingly pushed the arms of Mu Zhao and Lusheng away: "You two go out first, I have something to say with this little friend."
The first time he saw the old man, Mo Han had already stood up. At this time, the old man said that he wanted to talk to him alone. He turned to Peng Yu and Wei Su and motioned for them to go out.
"I don't know what the senior wants to tell me." After everyone else left the small building, Mo Han stepped forward, helped the old man sit down, and asked respectfully.
The old man's eyes flashed with wisdom, and his somewhat cloudy eyes looked at the holy name on Mo Han's shoulder. He stretched out his hand and the holy name automatically flew to the old man: "Little guy, you are finally born, and you are worthy of our clan's careful cultivation."
You have been there for so many years."
Shengwei, who had always been naughty, was like a good baby in front of the old man, rubbing his head affectionately on the old man's face with a deep sense of reluctance and attachment.
"Senior, do you know where the reputation comes from?"
The old man stroked Shengyu with his withered arm, his eyes full of kindness and care: "You know, our tribe was originally a lowly slave under the control of the ferocious beast Qiongqi. After Qiongqi and Qilin died in the battle. One person came here, specifically.
I don’t know who he is, but according to ancestral records, he is such a person. He brought three
He found several things, namely an egg, a broken tower, and a pair of wings, and transformed the Demonless Valley. He told our clan to wait here for generations, and pour it with Qiongqi’s blood and Qilin’s blood every day.
On the egg, one day someone will come here with the hatched egg and give our tribe eternal freedom!"
"I thought I would never see that day in my lifetime, but I didn't expect that he didn't lie to our clan, and this little guy didn't abandon us."
Mo Han suddenly felt anxious in his heart. He instantly understood that the person who asked them to wait was him. At that time, he had already expected that he would come here: "Senior, please tell me when that person came.
, where did you go again?”
The old man shook his head, as if he was very tired, but he just held on to keep from falling: "My little friend, don't get excited. We can't even remember when that person arrived and where he went. Because
It really has been so long ago, and many things have been lost in the long river of time. But I can be sure that that person is not the person you imagined."
"What about you, senior?"
The old man chuckled, stretched out his hand and took out a green bead from his arms: "I know that I have reached the end of my life, and it is all because of my obsession that I don't want to leave. Since you are here, little friend, it proves
In the near future, the restrictions outside the Demonless Valley will completely disappear.
With the control of the barrier, my clan has been separated from the human race for a long time. I will definitely not adapt and will be bullied by evil people. Please protect me for the sake of this little guy and this extremely poisonous bead.
After twenty years, no matter how they survive, let them fend for themselves."