Apprentice of the Heavens

Chapter 269 Wei City
Weicheng
People in the city looked at the heavy rain outside the city and cast strange glances. This was the first time they had seen such a strange heavy rain after living here for so many years.

This rain is very strange, as if it is divided. It is still pouring rain here, but the sun is shining brightly over there.
Some children ran directly to the divided area because of their playful nature and shuttled back and forth on both sides. Even though they were soaked like a drowned rat, some even played in the mud on the spot, still smiling happily even though they were dirty.

Li Ming looked at the children's happy smiles and couldn't help but reveal an intriguing smile. He murmured softly: "I'm smiling so happily now, and I don't know if I'm going to cry later."

"I think they are about to cry." Ye Hongyu glanced at the woman in the distance who was rushing here aggressively with a stick.

"You bitch! Your skin is itchy again, isn't it? Let me see if I don't beat your butt to pieces today!"

A fierce roar came, and I saw a child who was happily playing in the mud. His face froze, and he let out a strange scream. His short legs burst out at unparalleled speed and fled away to see the skilled movements. Obviously this isn't the first time.

However, because his legs were short, he was quickly picked up by a woman's ears and slapped with tiny bamboo sticks, making him scream in pain while waving his little hands wildly.

Li Ming looked at this scene with a smile, a trace of reminiscence flashed in his eyes, and then he shook his head and continued walking into the city.

Weicheng is a border fortress. Apart from some sergeant guards, most of the people coming and going are the surrounding border residents.

As Li Ming's master and apprentice entered the city, they immediately attracted the attention of many people. Although the two men were not very luxuriously dressed, their skin as white as jade obviously did not look like the people living here. After all, the border residents had experienced years of wind and weather. Sun, the weather here is very dry, and everyone’s skin is not very good.

"This young man is quite handsome. I wonder if he has a family."

The woman with a sallow complexion and some freckles looked at Li Ming riding a donkey with stars in her eyes. Facts have proved that as long as you are good-looking, you can be Tang Monk whether you are riding a horse or a donkey.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, what a pity for such a beautiful girl."

The men looked at Ye Hongyu who was leading the donkey with regretful expressions. This was the first time they had seen such a beautiful woman in all their years.

Facing the whispers of the people in Weicheng, the master and the apprentice seemed not to hear them. They had experienced countless such things along the way, and they had long been accustomed to them. As for the graves of those who did not know whether to live or die. The grass has probably grown.

While the two were wandering around Weicheng, a group of sergeants suddenly appeared on the street and walked directly towards them. Apparently they had attracted the attention of the Weicheng guards.The leader was none other than Ma Shixiang, the highest military officer in Weicheng.

"This guy is not from here, isn't he? I don't know where he is from. Where is he going?"

Ma Shixiang bowed his hands in salute, and a glint flashed in his eyes. As the military commander of Weicheng, one of the seven frontier cities of the Tang Dynasty, he was certainly not a fool. Although the man and woman in front of him were dressed in ordinary clothes, they were definitely not ordinary people.

After all, no ordinary person would be bored and come to this bitter cold place, let alone with such an appearance. If ordinary people were to be robbed by horse thieves outside the city, you must know that the horse thieves here are not only good at robbing wealth.

Seeing Ma Shixiang's respectful and courteous look, Li Ming had nothing to hide and said with a smile: "I am from Chang'an, but I plan to travel with my disciple."

The place where Li Ming first came to this world was Chang'an, and it would make sense to say that he was from Chang'an.

Hearing this, Ma Shixiang was stunned. Chang'an City was the capital of the Tang Dynasty. It could be said that if he dropped a brick, he might hit someone high-ranking. He didn't know who these two masters and disciples were.Then Ma Shixiang thought of his old friend who went to Chang'an again, and didn't know what happened to him now. Thinking of this, Ma Shixiang couldn't help but sigh in melancholy. After gathering his thoughts, he said: "It turns out that he is a nobleman from Chang'an. I am the chief here. If If you have anything, you can come to me."

Seeing that Li Ming and Li Ming were not enemies, Ma Shixiang did not disturb them anymore. He had heard that a stranger had entered the city before, so he brought people to investigate. Now that he had confirmed that the other party was not an enemy, there was no need to investigate further. .

Of course, this was also affected by the aura exuding from Li Ming, which made people believe in what he said, otherwise Ma Shixiang would not believe his words so easily.

"Since you two are from Chang'an, have you ever heard of Ning Que? He was accompanied by a thin and dark maid." Ma Shixiang suddenly remembered that Ning Que was going to Chang'an and looked at Li Ming expectantly.

"do not know."

Li Ming shook his head and did not tell Ma Shixiang the news about Ning Que. Who said he was lazy? He was even too lazy to tell stories.

"Oh, I'm sorry to bother you two, let's go." Ma Shixiang sighed, and then left with the soldiers without disturbing the two of them again.

As Ma Shixiang led the people away, the master and apprentice also began to wander around this frontier city whose customs were different from those in the Central Plains.

As a city with a frontier fortress, most of the border residents here are tough people, and their living habits are similar to those of the barbarians outside the fortress, but with a little bit of the simplicity of the Tang Dynasty.

As the two of them wandered around, the sky gradually began to darken, and the afterglow of the setting sun slowly dissipated, feeling the sturdy and simple atmosphere of this frontier city.

"Master, the environment here is so bad, why don't they move to the Central Plains area?"

Ye Hongyu looked at the busy crowd on the street with confusion. The clothes of the people passing by had obviously been mended countless times, and their faces seemed weather-beaten due to years of wind and rain.

"The Central Plains is as good as the Central Plains. It is as simple as here. Maybe it will be difficult for them to survive in the Central Plains." Li Ming sighed slightly.

The climate in Weicheng is indeed not as pleasant as that in the Central Plains, and it is not as wealthy as the hinterland of the Tang Dynasty, but this is their roots after all, and it is hard to leave their hometown.

Ye Hongyu nodded thoughtfully and then stopped talking. Seeing that it was getting late, the two of them randomly found an inn to check in.

One night passed, and the two set out again to leave the city gate and officially enter the outside of the Great Wall. As they went deeper, the climate here became increasingly harsh.

It's extremely hot here during the day, but at night it's freezing cold, so the people here are extremely tough. It's common for them to be beaten to a bloody head if they disagree with each other. Even killing people for a little food often happens. This place is full of... A naked act of the weak and the strong.

Of course, there were also many barbarians who wanted to steal their masters and disciples. Some wanted to rob them of wealth, and some of them wanted to rob them of sex. Even Li Ming and the others did not intend to let them go. Naturally, these were all fed to the wild wolves in the wilderness.

(End of this chapter)