polar demon

Chapter 83 Task ([-])

A mist lingered in the forest, and before dawn, the humidity was so heavy that the clothes and hair of the two knights were covered with moisture.

The horse broke through the white mist, smashed the leaves with crystal dew, and left a loud sound of hooves in the silent forest.

The sky was hazy and the surroundings were silent.

When passing through a village, there was finally a burst of barking of dogs and crying of children.

Jiang Yuan and Gong Liangyi slowed down their horses and passed the village along the muddy village path.

After leaving the village, there is a large farmland, and the water mist wanders on the field, as if covered with a layer of light veil.

The luxuriant woods were waiting for the two at the end of the field. The horse was very tired from the day and night driving, so the two stopped in the woods for a while to let the horse eat some grass, and then continued on the road.

It was extremely cold in the woods before dawn, and the nostrils of the horses kept emitting white air.

Walking along the forest path for a while, an old but very clean ancestral hall appeared in the open space beside the road.

Jiang Yuan stared at the dim ancestral hall and asked:
"This place is far away from the village, how can we build an ancestral hall here?"

Gong Liangyi's expression was still stern, he replied:

"This is 'Er Guici'."

Jiang Yuan only felt that the name was very strange, and he asked:
"Is there any allusion?"

Gong Liangyi looked at the ancestral hall not far away, and said:
"It is said that a long time ago, in the village we passed by just now, there was a mother and son who depended on each other. Later, the young and energetic son became enemies with others, so he had to flee to the northern country to avoid the enemies. The mother missed her son, so she cried and waited outside the village all day long. , looking forward to his son's early return.

However, day after day, year after year, the son still did not return.Mother's eyes went blind from crying, and the time to return to the village was getting later and later.One day after nightfall, the blind mother didn't realize that the night was coming, and was finally killed by the ghost.

Later, the son finally learned all the skills and came back. He originally planned to seek revenge from his enemies.But when I returned to the village, I found out about my mother's death.The son was heartbroken, and he no longer fought with others, but did good deeds all his life.

The villagers were grateful for their son's good deeds, so they built this ancestral hall at the place where their mother was harmed by demons and offered incense to them.

In the later generations, many masters with supernatural powers passed by here, and they were deeply moved when they heard the reason for their son's return to the shrine, and they didn't mind sweeping away the haunting ghosts around them.After a long time, this road is also peaceful. "

After Jiang Yuan listened quietly, he said:
"You are really familiar with this area, you even know the story of an ancestral hall."

Gong Liangyi didn't answer.

Jiang Yuan rode his horse towards the son's temple:

"Since you're passing by, let's take a stick of incense by the way."

The two came outside the ancestral hall, got off their horses and stepped inside.

Each person took out three sticks of incense from the incense tube, ignited them, stood in front of the altar table, bowed three times, and inserted the incense into the incense burner.

After doing all this, the two left the ancestral hall and continued on the road.

As the sun rises, everything around it begins to brighten.

The horses followed the forest path until they came to the ridge, and after browsing the mountains, they continued on their way.

Despite galloping all the way, the sun still ran ahead of the horses and set down the mountain as time went by.

Another night fell.

The road began to veer deliberately, rounding flat terrain and becoming rough.

Jiang Yuan looked at it for a long time, only to find that the road deliberately avoided seemed to be a mountain in the distance that didn't fit in with the surroundings.

The rest of the peaks are covered with verdant forests, but on this one there is no grass, only brown rocks and cliffs.

The bright moon hangs high, and the cold moonlight casts on the lonely rocky mountain wall, making it look extraordinarily lonely.

Suddenly, a white shadow quickly shuttled among the chaotic rocks, and suddenly disappeared.

"You saw it too?" Gong Liangyi asked.

Jiang Yuan frowned, the white shadow gave him the feeling of a ghost.

"That mountain is Bald Peak," Gong Liangyi said, "between Pengcheng and Lingcheng, the only place where ghosts haunt. And... the ghosts there are very strong."

Jiang Yuan originally considered going to Bald Peak to investigate if he had the opportunity, but after hearing Gong Liangyi's words, he gave up this plan.

Even the children of the aristocratic family said that the ghosts there are very strong, so the danger is self-evident.

The two bypassed Bald Peak along the road and headed northwest all the way.

Jiang Yuan was very curious about Gong Liangyi.

Judging from what he learned from the Star Demon Haipeng City sub-helm, Gong Liangyi seems to have disguised himself as a warrior and joined the gang in this capacity.

If a child from a noble family is willing to spend a lot of time cultivating internal strength, and even cultivated to the state of return to the clan, just to disguise his identity, then the secret may not be so simple.

Jiang Yuan's plan also had to be disrupted. He originally thought that the composition of the mortal gang should be relatively simple, but it seems that there are shadows of the royal family in it.

It seems that if I want to hunt ghosts and enhance my strength in the future, I have to avoid people's eyes and ears.

After sunset and sunrise, at noon the next day, after the two rode up a gentle slope, a city dotted with private houses finally appeared in the distance.

Lingcheng has finally arrived.

The two shook the reins, and the horse rushed down the gentle slope towards Lingcheng.

Lingcheng is not as prosperous as Pengcheng, it is just a small town.Moreover, he had just experienced the attack of the Feihong Gang by the Qinglong Society, so he seemed even more lonely.

The current situation is not stable, and there are very few caravans traveling to and from Lingcheng, and only warriors who are going to participate in the martial arts conference live here in large numbers.

After the two rode into Lingcheng, they asked passers-by for directions, and then started heading towards Mingxiang Pavilion.

Mingxiang Pavilion is an exquisite two-story teahouse, and even the place where the horses are tied must be far away. According to the staff, it is afraid that the smell of horse manure will affect the fragrance of the tea.

As the two entered it, the layout inside became more classical and elegant. The feature here seems to be the main utensils, and most of them are porcelain.

Although Jiang Yuan didn't know much about porcelain, but looking at those exquisite and elegant works of art, he felt that their value must be very high.

There are some guests sitting on the tables and chairs in the hall, and the aroma of various teas is lingering in it.

The guy warmly greeted him:
"The two guest officials have very friendly faces. It's the first time to come to the shop. Would you like to sit in the lobby or the private room?"

Gong Liangyi replied:

"The elegant room."

"Okay! Please come upstairs, both of you!" The waiter greeted and came up at the same time, "You two must not know the special tea of ​​the small shop, please listen to the little one to recommend it to the two guest officers."

"No need," Gong Liangyi's voice was still indifferent, "Go and call your shopkeeper."

The shopkeeper of Mingxiang Pavilion is the person in charge of the joint in Lingcheng in the Star Demon Sea. According to You Mingxuan's confession, her name is Yuniang.

When the guy heard this, he immediately looked embarrassed:
"I'm sorry, our shopkeeper happened to be away."

At this time, there was a knock on the table in the teahouse suddenly.

I saw several warriors sitting in the corner of the teahouse hall, and the one who patted the table was a strong man with a machete.

The strong man was full of muscles and black hairs on his chest. He could only hear him yelling loudly:
"What's the point of drinking tea? Dude! Go get me wine!"

The man had no choice but to step forward and laugh with him:
"My lord, the shop only sells tea, not wine."

The stout man grabbed the man by the collar and said with a ferocious smile:
"Then call your shopkeeper to accompany you! I have long heard that Yuniang is unparalleled, and she is the number one beauty in Lingcheng. I have long wanted to see her!"

The guy didn't change his face, and continued to laugh:

"My lord, our shopkeeper has a very good relationship with Section Master Xu of the Azure Dragon Flying Eagle Hall."

The stout man stared:
"Are you using people from the Blue Dragon Society to suppress me?"

The buddy laughed and said:
"Don't dare."

The stout man snorted, let go of his grip on the clerk's clothes, cursed in a low voice and sat back on the chair.

As one of the two major gangs in Wushe County, the name of the Azure Dragon Club obviously made him dare not mess around.

The guy still had a smile on his face and continued to be busy, obviously experiencing such scenes.

For all of this, Jiang Yuan and Gong Liangyi obviously have no interest.

Gong Liangyi frowned and said:
"Then Yu Niang is not here, so our affairs will be delayed again?"

Jiang Yuan smiled and said:
"I'm afraid it's not that I'm not here, but that it's hard for ordinary people to meet each other. Look at me."

After finishing speaking, Jiang Yuan kicked over a tea table beside him, then grabbed the most beautiful porcelain on the counter and threw it to the ground.

"Bang!"

The fine china crumbled into a pile of shards on the ground.

The people in the teahouse were startled and looked towards this side one after another.

Only Jiang Yuan said angrily:

"Who said that you can't sell alcohol if you open a teahouse? What kind of broken rules are these! If you don't ask your manager to make it clear today, I will smash this shabby shop!"

These words are powerful and resounding.In an instant, the whole teahouse was quiet.

At the end, the strong man who patted the table murmured:

"This kid has a more violent temper than me!"

And the guy stared at the porcelain shards on the ground, the smile on his face finally couldn't hold back anymore.

He walked over with a gloomy face, Chong Jiangyuan said coldly:

"Guest officer, I think you came here on purpose to find trouble, right? Do you know who is behind our shop? That's Master Xu of the Azure Dragon Flying Eagle Hall!"

Jiang Yuan smiled at the buddy, then raised his hand and slapped him hard on the face.

With a crisp sound, the man was knocked to the ground with a slap, knocking over the nearby tea table.

Jiang Yuan looked around for a week and continued:

"I don't care about the Bird Hall or the Mahjong Hall. If Yuniang doesn't come and give me an explanation today, if I say tear down the store, I will tear down the store!"

After finishing speaking, Jiang Yuan came to a pillar in the teahouse, and raised his hand to break the pillar.

Ordinary guests in the teahouse saw that there were still people who were not afraid of the Qinglonghui, and immediately left in fright.

Only some warriors who are afraid of chaos in the world are still booing loudly, looking forward to the good show.

Seeing that Jiang Yuan was about to break the pillar, at this moment, a cold voice suddenly came:

"stop!"

I saw a slim woman descending slowly from the second floor along the stairs.

The woman was dressed in white clothes, with a blue silk sash tied around her waist, and her long black hair was tied into a delicate bun.

Her skin is as white as fat, her eyebrows are slightly blackened, her eyes are big and slender, and her eyeliner is raised at the end.The whole person is as delicate as a piece of warm and beautiful jade, and like the precious porcelain in this teahouse, elegant and agile.

The stunning woman stared at Jiang Yuan coldly, her voice was like pearls falling on a jade plate:
"Who is going to demolish my shop?"

Following the appearance of this woman, the warriors left in the teahouse could not help but widen their eyes, greedily staring at that stunning face.

(End of this chapter)