Chapter 125

Half an hour later, Xia Daoming stood on the hilltop, looking at Li Cheng, which had become very small at the foot of the mountain, his mood inexplicably becoming a bit sentimental and reluctant.

This year can be said to be the most comfortable, leisurely, and happy days he has spent since crossing into this world.

The big things outside were arranged properly by Ji Yuanzhen and Liang Liang Jingtang, and he didn't need to worry about them at all.

As for the things at home, with Liu Liu Qiaolian and Ji Ji Wenyue, he didn't need to worry about them either.

Every day, besides calming his mind to cultivate, he accompanied his two beautiful wives to travel around, play cards for fun, and of course, occasionally gave pointers to the disciples of Tenglong Mansion.

During this year, Xia Daoming rarely took strong medicine besides eating some spirit rice every day, and he didn't think about leaving Li Cheng as soon as possible to look for opportunities outside.

He spent more time comprehending the Xu family's Winged Tiger Art and the Ji family's White Tiger Art, integrating them with the Snake Dragon Art, as well as settling his state of mind and polishing his internal force application.

This was very necessary.

Because before this, he had been advancing by leaps and bounds, blindly pursuing the strength of his internal force and meridians, and had not stopped to settle down properly at all.

After a year of settling and polishing, Xia Daoming's meridian strengthening progress was slow, just reaching the tenth-rank realm, fifty percent of the second level, but it made his overall strength improve a lot.

Two days before he left, Master Yuchi Xiao took the Dragon Transformation Fruit and also became a Wu Shi.

In just two remote cities, there were three Grandmasters sitting in town, as well as many eighth-rank, seventh-rank, and other Great Martial Masters, and it is estimated that in the near future, Zhuo Zhuo Xingji, Jiao Jiao Yongbao, and Gu Ren should also be able to take the Dragon Transformation Fruit and become Martial Masters one after another.

Therefore, Xia Daoming had nothing to worry about when he left, but Ji Yuanzhen and the others were very worried about his long journey.

Originally, according to Ji Yuanzhen and Liang Liang Jingtang, they insisted on sending a few eighth-rank Great Martial Masters and Master Yuchi Xiao to be his personal bodyguards, saying that when going out, having one more person would always mean one more strength.

Especially since Master Yuchi Xiao was a Wu Shi, if he really encountered danger, he would definitely be able to help a lot.

Xia Daoming's trip to the Immortal Market in Wanluo Mountain, Muzhou, was to truly enter the circle of cultivators.

How deep the water in the circle of cultivators was, even Xia Daoming himself had no idea, so how could he dare to take people with him casually? If there was any real danger, he would be dragged down, but he couldn't resist the kindness of his elders. Helplessly, he had to show his great power, and from ten feet away, he blasted Master Yuchi Xiao away with one punch.

On the spot, Master Yuchi Xiao was stunned, once suspecting that he had cultivated a fake Grandmaster.

Seeing that Xia Daoming could blast away a generation of Wu Shi with one punch from ten feet away, Ji Yuanzhen and Liang Liang Jingtang were stunned for a long time, and then waved their hands, telling Xia Daoming to get lost.

"Actually, I really want to lie flat and don't want to leave! It's a pity that there are too many strong people in this world, it's too chaotic, and there are two beautiful wives waiting to step into the path of cultivation. If I don't work hard, it won't work!"

Xia Daoming muttered in his mouth, finally pulled the reins to the side, turned the horse's head, and rode towards the direction away from Li Cheng.

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Mangzhou borders the Tianhe Grassland where the Tianhe people live in the north, and borders Lingzhou and Muzhou in the southwest and southeast respectively.

Between Mangzhou and Lingzhou is a plain and hilly area, with no natural barriers to block it, and there are very few cultivation sects and cultivation families stationed in Mangzhou, and the forces of all parties are relatively simple, so when the King of Lingzhou rebelled, it was very natural to send a branch of troops to attack Mangzhou.

No matter how backward and barren it is, it is also a vast territory.

And between Muzhou and Mangzhou, there is the Yunlan Mountain Range with steep terrain and rolling hills, and transportation is very inconvenient. Usually, there are not many people and merchant caravans coming and going, which to a certain extent also greatly limited the further development of Mangzhou.

The rebellion of the King of Lingzhou was finally suppressed a month ago.

Some of the rebel troops who entered Mangzhou were recruited to surrender, some were scattered everywhere, some became bandits...

The war in Mangzhou was considered to have come to an end here.

Mangzhou, which was already relatively chaotic, with thieves and bandits rampant, and the forces of all parties squeezing each other, became even more devastated after this battle.

Xia Daoming rode his fine horse all the way, and everywhere he went,

there were ruins and scorched earth, and corpses were everywhere.

Everywhere you could see families with the old, weak, sick, and disabled, leaving their homes, wandering around, looking for a glimmer of hope for survival.

They were sallow and thin, their eyes full of helplessness and fear.

"It's really true that when defeated, the people suffer, and when victorious, the people also suffer!"

Xia Daoming's mood was heavy, and his determination to become stronger became even firmer.

If it weren't for his powerful strength, the people of Li Cheng, and even his beautiful wives and friends, would have long since fallen into the tragic scene he saw before him.

The horse was a thousand-mile horse specially collected by Ji Yuanzhen for Xia Daoming's trip. It was pitch black all over, with only a tuft of white hair on its four hooves. Xia Daoming named it He Wuyun Wuyun Taxue, and usually called it Wuyun Taxue.

Wuyun Taxue's limbs were strong, not only galloping like flying, but also very stable, and it had some spirituality.

Xia Daoming liked it very much. When camping in the wild, if he cooked spirit rice, seeing that it had been running hard all the way, he would also share a little for it to eat.

Wuyun Taxue was nourished by spirit rice, and after galloping thousands of miles every day, it not only didn't look thin, but became more robust and powerful, its fur became more shiny, and its eyes became more agile and energetic.

With Wuyun Taxue traveling a thousand miles a day, the state capital that Xia Daoming and Liu Liu Qiaolian couldn't reach in two months of stopping and going, Xia Daoming arrived in just seven days.

The magnificent and tall city walls were now broken everywhere, and thick blood stains were congealed on them, reflecting a dark, black, heart-palpitating, and disgusting color in the sun.

The wide streets in the city that could accommodate seven or eight carriages side by side were now empty, the shops on both sides were closed, and the buildings were dilapidated.

Xia Daoming specially asked people about Fengquan Street.

Liang Liang Jingtang had accepted fifteen disciples in his life, six of whom were no longer there, six were developing in Li Cheng, and three were making a living and developing in other cities.

One of them was in the state capital, and it was said that he opened a tea house. In the past, there was some news coming and going every year or two.

In the past two years, the King of Lingzhou raised an army to rebel and sent troops to besiege the state capital, so the contact was completely cut off.

Now that the Tenglong Mansion is developing in Li Cheng and Luogui City, and has a Grandmaster sitting in town, after the rebel army retreated, Liang Liang Jingtang sent people to the state capital to inquire, but the people sent haven't returned yet, so the situation is unclear.

Since Xia Daoming came to the state capital, he thought he should go and see.

Unfortunately, when Xia Daoming arrived at Fengquan Street, the tea house was already empty, and most of the tea house had collapsed.

Xia Daoming specially found people on Fengquan Street to inquire, but couldn't find any news.

"Sigh, in troubled times, human life is like grass!" Xia Daoming sighed helplessly, didn't stay in the state capital, but went out of the city gate and went all the way to Yunlan Mountain.

There is a main road in Mangzhou that passes through Yunlan Mountain and leads to Muzhou, named Mulan Main Road.

It is called a main road, but in fact, because of the terrain, many sections are very tortuous, steep, and difficult to walk, and there are many wild beasts and thieves.

However, these meant nothing to Xia Daoming now.

He rode He Wuyun Wuyun Taxue, and many difficult roads were as flat as walking on level ground.

Wild beasts and thieves were even less of a problem, and he could dismiss them with a wave of his hand.

The Mulan Main Road, which ordinary merchant caravans had to spend a month or two on and often had to take great risks to finish, Xia Daoming only spent a few days to walk out of.

Walking out of the Mulan Main Road, the vast, rich, and magnificent land of Muzhou appeared before Xia Daoming.

The main road here was obviously flatter and wider, with lush fields on both sides, smoke curling from villages, and people and carriages coming and going from time to time, which was quite busy, unlike the main road in Mangzhou, which was better near the city, but a little away from the city, it was sparsely populated, the roads were pitted and tortuous, overgrown with weeds, and few people came and went.

However, in recent years, the monarch of the Great Liang Kingdom has been old and muddled, and treacherous officials have been in power. Although the land of Muzhou is much more prosperous and stable than Mangzhou, Xia Daoming still saw many tragic scenes along the way, and from time to time he would encounter some thieves robbing and killing people on the way.

This

day, at noon.

Xia Daoming rode He Wuyun Wuyun Taxue, dusty and tired, and arrived outside a city.

Two simple and unadorned characters were written on the city gate: Qinglin.

"This is Qinglincheng. I wonder if Senior Brother Lu Ye is still here?" Xia Daoming looked up at the two simple characters on the city gate and thought to himself.

Lu Ye was one of the three disciples Liang Liang Jingtang developed outside.

It is said that more than ten years ago, he went out and met a woman surnamed Lu, fell in love at first sight, then married into the Lu family, and followed her to Qinglincheng in Muzhou to develop.

For the first few years, he occasionally asked people to bring letters back to Mangzhou, but later there was no news.

Liang Liang Jingtang is relatively sentimental and righteous.

In the past, he had no ability, and even if he wanted to take care of his disciples, he was powerless, so he could only let his disciples wander outside.

Now that he has become a generation of Grandmaster, he recalls the feelings between master and apprentice in the past from time to time, and wants to inquire about the situation of the three disciples developing outside.

Thinking that if they are not doing well outside and are willing to return to Li Cheng, with the current situation of Tenglong Mansion, he can give them a good way to make a living.

If they are doing well, Liang Liang Jingtang is naturally happy for them, which is also a wish fulfilled.

It just so happened that Xia Daoming was passing by Qinglincheng on this trip, so he naturally wanted to help his master inquire.

"Excuse me, is there a big family surnamed Lu here?" After entering the city, Xia Daoming found a restaurant, ordered some wine and food, and then asked the waiter about the family surnamed Lu.

Lu Ye's martial arts talent was good, and he was already a fifth-rank Great Wu Shi more than ten years ago.

With his strength, he couldn't marry the other party properly and could only marry into the Lu family. The Lu family was likely a big family.

"There is no big family surnamed Lu in Qinglincheng, but the Lu Family Manor in Jinxiu Valley outside the South City is a real big family of the Lu clan.

Speaking of this Jinxiu Valley, there are flowers blooming in spring, green grass in summer, red leaves all over the mountains in autumn, and white snow in winter. It is truly like a fairyland on earth, beautiful and breathtaking.

However, the Lu Family Manor is even more amazing. It is said that it was established by the descendants of immortals from Wanluo Immortal Mountain in the secular world. A childhood playmate of mine lived near there, and he said that one night he saw an immortal riding a cloud and landing in Jinxiu Valley." The waiter lowered his voice when he said the latter part, making it look very mysterious.

Thanks to Autumn Divine Light, Wangjigang, Ten Thousand Years of Waiting, and other book friends for their tips.

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