After Xu Zimo and Xiao Guizi returned to the inn, they also planned to leave Hunyuan Ancient City.
"Senior brother, are you done with the assassination this time?" Xiao Guizi asked doubtfully.
"No one can run away, it's just not convenient for the time being, so as not to alert others," Xu Zimo shook his head with a smile.
"Senior brother, do you already know who the murderer is?" Xiao Guizi asked.
"Don't you have the answer in your heart?" Xu Zimo said with a smile.
In the afternoon, the two of them left Hunyuan Ancient City riding the Dark Sky Tiger and the Green Dragon Horse.
Dusk and sunset intertwined on the horizon, and the world seemed brighter after a snowfall.
It looks brand new, as if it has been cleaned.
On a remote street in Hunyuan Ancient City, a small tea stall is located here.
Probably because the place is too remote, the tea stall does not have much business.
An old man was sitting in front of the tea stall, holding a tea book in his hand and reading it with gusto.
"Grandpa, that little brother named Ye Lingtian is so pitiful," the little girl with a ponytail and a chubby face said angrily, "Then the Ye family is still our big family in Hunyuan Ancient City, and they have no principles in doing things.
No."
"Pity?" Hearing the little girl's words, the old man smiled and shook his head, closed the tea book and said, "Xiao Qi, you have to understand.
It's not easy for everyone in this world. Everyone is working hard to live. It doesn't matter, it's not pitiful.
You choose your own path, no matter what the outcome is, you must face it and accept it calmly."
Speaking of this, the old man remembered something and sighed with emotion, looking deeply at the sky.
"Old man, please make a pot of sunset red," a voice interrupted the old man's thoughts.
"Okay," the old man smiled quickly and started to get busy.
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Xu Zimo and Xiao Guizi walked out of Hunyuan Ancient City, identified the direction, and headed towards the Baili family.
The falling snow has stopped, and the hazy mountains in the distance are shrouded in white mist.
In this silent winter, there are almost no pedestrians around Hunyuan Ancient City, and the surrounding area looks very desolate.
Not long after Xu Zimo and Xiao Guizi had left, they saw a black spot appear on the distant skyline.
The black spot was getting faster and faster, and in the blink of an eye it had already appeared not far from Xu Zimo and the two of them.
This is a figure, to be precise it should be an old man.
The old man was wearing a black robe, and his rickety figure stood between heaven and earth. Although his whole body did not have a powerful aura, it gave people a strong sense of oppression.
"Hand over the Qingyun Battle Body Pearl and the news about the third battle body," the old man said lightly, "I can let you die quickly."
"I thought you Gu Ming had been scared out of your wits a long time ago," Xu Zimo replied with a smile.
This old man was the former shopkeeper of Manghuang Tavern.
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"It seems that you deliberately lured me here," the old man frowned slightly, his soul dispersed, and he did not feel any other breath around him.
As a strong man at the pinnacle of the Holy Pulse Realm, he is quite confident in his own strength.
"You guys, Gu Ming, are really brave. You were the one who caused the disaster in Hunyuan Ancient City back then, and now you still dare to appear in the ancient city openly," Xu Zimo said.
"So what," the old man shook his head slightly and replied: "It was such a good opportunity back then. If some idiots in the clan hadn't screwed it up, it's not certain who would be the usher in this new era now."
After hearing the old man's words, Xu Zimo was silent for a while.
Although he has not experienced the era of Gu Ming, he has also experienced the horror of that catastrophe in the evolution of fate.
That was still the era of wild monsters. The human race had no status at that time, and monsters dominated everything.
People often say that there are three thousand races in the world.
But the races in this world can be summarized in more than just three thousand.
Probably no one really knew about the Gu Ming race at that time.
It wasn't until they secretly gathered their strength and finally came to light, launching an invasion of the entire Yuanyang Continent, that people truly saw the terror of this race.
Even those who were as powerful as the demon race at that time had to avoid its edge. However, in the tens of thousands of years of fighting against Gu Ming, one race's contribution was very outstanding.
That is the giant race. They were once the second largest race after the demon race in the wilderness era.
Unfortunately, in the battle against Gu Ming, they spared no effort, and although they won miserably in the end, they were almost wiped out.
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The strength of the giants is second to none, and it is also in recognition of their contributions to the entire continent.
All the forces on the mainland have reached a consensus and are not allowed to kill any giants at will.
This rule has been in use to this day. Even after Emperor Zhenwu created the era of emperors, he did not overturn it.
However, as time goes by, people have gradually forgotten the many glories of the giants.
Many people even began to kill the giants privately.
For example, when Xu Zimo was in Shiwanda Mountain, Chi Qianxue was preparing to hunt down the giant for the life-attribute treasure.
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"I really want to know what backup plan you have prepared," the old man said with a faint smile as he exuded the aura of the peak of the Holy Pulse Realm, "Why did you lure me here?"
"You'll know soon," Xu Zimo smiled.
Next to him, a huge whirlpool emerged, and a roar that seemed to come from ancient times shook the world.
Chaos' huge body slowly climbed out of the whirlpool.
"Ancient monsters," the old man stared at Chaos and said with some disbelief: "It's really hard to imagine that there are still ancient monsters surviving and willing to become your pulse beasts."
"Old man, that aura on your body is really annoying," Chaos replied in an indifferent voice.
For the monster beasts who have experienced the Gu Ming era, not only the human race, but the Gu Ming clan is also the group they hate the most.
When Chaos raised his left paw, carrying an endless hurricane, the space was compressed with a "rumbling" explosion and struck the old man.
The old man's complexion suddenly changed, and dark gray spiritual energy surged around his body, condensing into a dark gray mist.
When Chaos' right claw struck the fog, a scream was heard. The fog dispersed instantly, and a chasm tens of meters wide was revealed on the ground.
The old man's figure has appeared in mid-air, and his true life appears above his head.
It was also a gray mist, with red light flashing in the mist.
As if coming from the sea of blood from the underworld, countless ferocious monsters were roaring inside, and harsh and sharp screams were heard.
The entire sky seemed to be reflected in this terrifying gray fog. When I raised my head, I could still see clearly the originally clear and bright world, only the gray fog shrouded the surroundings.
