The outer city is still paved with neatly polished rocks and not a single blade of grass grows. The roads are lined with uniform houses and buildings. Every three miles there is an inn, tea house, restaurant, and Baibao Pavilion.
Everyone walking on the street hangs jade tokens around their waists. The top tokens are divided according to color, with white being the lowest, followed by red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, indigo, purple, and finally the black stone, which can only be obtained by achieving one million merit points. Token.
Hua Ruxue and Su Yi came to Guanyun City this time to get the opportunity to join the hidden sect and serve the Sword Sect.
It is said that tens of thousands of years ago, about 30,000 years ago in the Immortal Calendar, the Immortal Lord died, and the monk world ushered in an era of spiritual exhaustion. At that time, the major sects gradually declined, and only the Sword Sect, which was protected by the Immortal World, survived.
The contract used by the Qingyang Su family came from the Sword-Serving Sect. Before the demonic energy broke out in the 50,000-year Immortal Calendar, the contract between the monks and the demons already existed, so Su Yi wanted to join the Sword-Serving Sect to find an answer.
The existence of the Sword-Serving Sect has always been a mystery. I heard that the Sword-Serving Sect has a close relationship with Guanyun City. One out of a hundred missions assigned to Guanyun City comes from the Sword-Serving Sect.
If someone is lucky enough to help the Sword-Serving Sect successfully complete the mission, they will be assessed by the Sword-Serving Sect. After passing the assessment, they can obtain the Black Iron Token to enter the Sword-Serving Sect.
The two of them found a teahouse to rest, intending to inquire about the news before going to receive their assessment tasks.
It is not easy to successfully stay in Guanyun City. Those who first enter Guanyun City must complete a green-level task within seven days.
As soon as they entered the teahouse, the waiter put aside his work and hurriedly came to the two of them, with a smile on his face: "Please invite me upstairs!"
Because of the green stone token on Su Yi's waist, the two of them were treated as honored guests.
Above the green stone token is the bluestone token. Those who hold the bluestone token can live in an inner city with a more comfortable environment and full of spiritual energy.
The two ordered a pot of tea and found a seat close to the fence without entering the side room.
Hua Ruxue looked at the people coming and going in the teahouse. There were mostly red and yellow tokens around her waist, and her cultivation level was at the peak of the Golden Elixir.
And these waiters are all monks without exception, but their cultivation level is below the level of foundation building.
Seeing Hua Ruxue's eyes almost appear on the waiter's body, Su Yi opened his mouth to explain:
"If you want to live in Guanyun City, you need to pay one hundred contribution points every month. Their cultivation level is low and they cannot go out of the city to do tasks to earn contribution points."
"How much is the contribution value of this pot of tea?"
Hua Ruxue stared at the teapot in front of her and guessed its price. The protection fee for a month was one hundred points. The monks did not need to drink tea at all, so the contribution value of the selling price could not be more!
"Three hundred contribution points."
"Three hundred?" Upon hearing this, Hua Ruxue immediately put down the teacup in her hand and pushed it away. As long as she didn't drink, no one could make a penny from her!
"The teahouse is a place for exchanging information, so it is naturally more expensive."
"One high-grade spiritual stone is equivalent to one hundred contribution points, three high-grade spiritual stones and a pot of tea, this is a clear grab!"
Hua Ruxue hugged her storage bag tightly, saying that if she didn't drink the tea, she wouldn't pay for the spirit stone!
Su Yi chuckled. She didn't know when she developed this money-loving temperament.
Lowering his head and looking downstairs, he saw a group of four people coming into the teahouse, each wearing gray short-sleeved clothes and hanging a yellow stone token on his waist. The leader of the group had a mustache, his eyes were slightly squinted, and he looked like a scheming person.
As soon as the four people sat down, the gorgeous long sword was placed on one side, and the iron chain hanging on the sword hilt jingled, attracting frequent glances from the tea guests.
One of them stood up to pour tea and said respectfully to the leader: "Brother, we enter Guanyun City on the first day, what should we do next?"
Hua Ruxue recognized that the person speaking was the monk who was the first to scold the Qingyang Su family outside the city gate just now in order to win the approval of others.
The words were neither loud nor quiet, and anyone with a heart in the teahouse could hear them. Soon, a middle-aged man with a yellow stone token approached the four of them holding a tea bowl.
The middle-aged man's brows were a little tired, but his eyes were shining. He held a tea ceremony to several people:
"Helan, who is downwind, is the vice-captain of the Wind Wolf Team. The four newcomers to Guanyun City need to complete a youth-level task within seven days. All four of them are talented people. If you need help, just ask."
"It turns out to be Brother Helan. I'm Lin Feng. The four brothers have arrived in Guanyun City for the first time. Thank you for your advice. I also invite Brother Helan to sit down and have a detailed discussion." Lin Feng touched his beard and secretly observed the expressions of other tea guests.
Hua Ruxue's ears hidden under her hair moved slightly, trying to get news about the Qing-level mission, Feng Helan, and the Wind Wolf team.
Seeing her curious look, the waiter guessed that these two people were new to Guanyun City, so he stopped and introduced to them:
"The green-level tasks are assigned by the adults in the inner city. They are mostly about hunting monsters, collecting medicinal herbs, and grabbing treasures from secret realms. The monks formed their own teams, ranging from two to ten people. The Wind Wolf team lost five people in the beast wave. , and we are preparing to take on another Qing-level mission from the An family, and we urgently need new people to join the team."
"That's it, thank you very much!" Hua Ruxue turned to thank her, but the waiter still stood there without any intention of leaving.
Just when Hua Ruxue was wondering if the waiter had anything else to do, she saw Su Yi taking out two spiritual stones and placing them on the table.
The waiter got the spirit stone and looked happy, "Thank you both very much. I just follow my orders."
Hua Ruxue stared straight at the two spiritual stones. When Su Yi left Qingyang Mountain, she took nothing but plain clothes. She had accumulated these spiritual stones one by one over the years!
Those who watched were heartbroken.
"Don't look at it. Have you forgotten that you still owe me 30,000 high-grade spiritual stones." Whenever he saw the deflated look of the little fox, Su Yi always felt that the gloom in his heart was swept away.
Hua Ruxue turned her head away in anger, and then looked at the table where Feng Helan and Lin Feng were sitting, wondering when those people had changed the people they were chatting with.
Lin Feng recalled it and said with a heavy heart: "The four of us brothers came from Qingyang Mountain. That day, the clouds were overcast, and the evil spirit suddenly covered the entire Qingyang Mountain. Then the bad news came that all the monsters in the Luoying Valley were gone. Demonized, no disciple under the Nascent Soul stage will be spared."
When other tea drinkers heard the words Qingyang Mountain, they pricked up their ears to hear what was going on.
Feng Helan comforted him: "We have heard about what happened on Qingyang Mountain. It is never a good thing to deal with monsters, and controlling beasts is even more unorthodox. Don't worry, Brother Lin, such incidents will never happen in Guanyun City."
The minor training in the monk world is divided into body training, sword training, weapon refining, alchemy, runes, formations, and beast control. Among them, there are very few people who recognize the beast control.
Someone at the table said: "Qingyang Su family is good at controlling beasts, but now they are almost wiped out by a group of beasts. How ironic!"
"Speaking of which, ever since the incident at Qingyang Mountain, there has been no trace of the young master of the Su family, Su Yi. He was praying for the demon when he was thinking about crossing the cliff, but now that the Dongchuang incident happened, he has been hiding secretly. He is really a good turtle raised by his father. son!"
"I dare to ask my friend, what happened in Qingyang Mountain?"
"You don't know? The Qingyang Su family uses the Kunling Pill on monsters. This Kunling Pill is more sinister than a wooden box. It can not only demonize monsters, but also make them break through level one! This power can be imagined. Know!"
"And that Laozi contract! It has been verified that when the contracted beasts and monks ascend, the monsters will die!"
"This Kunling Pill and the wooden box have been classified as forbidden items!"
"If it weren't for the spread of demonic energy in the Bai Zang Valley of Qingyang Mountain, the world would have been kept in the dark by those hypocritical appearances for the rest of their lives!"
When Lin Feng heard the comments around him, he smiled proudly, and then returned to his sad expression: "Everyone in Guanyun City is chivalrous and kind-hearted. I only regret that I didn't see the truth until today! Thank you Brother Helan for accepting me regardless of the past. I’ll take tea instead of wine and give Brother Helan a drink!”
"Brother Lin, you are so polite! You are also blinded. After all, everyone who sees the young man in green must praise him: gentle, kind, pure, upright and generous." Feng Helan sighed slightly and drank the tea in his hand.
A tea guest argued in a low voice: "I was fortunate enough to meet Mr. Su Yi. He is so sincere and gentle as jade and is definitely not a two-faced person. There must be some misunderstanding in this! Maybe Mr. Su Yi doesn't know about it at all!"
"How uninformed? His father has already pleaded guilty! The demonic energy in Baizang Valley in Qingyang Mountain has been there since 30,000 years ago! Someone discovered the problem with the contract 20,000 years ago. If they really want to repent, this Laozi Contract It should have been gone a long time ago! The Kunling Pill has been around for thousands of years! As a young master, Su Yi is involved in family affairs, how could he not know this?"
"What do you mean by working so hard just to give the monsters a way to survive, just so that one day humans and monsters can coexist peacefully? What's the result?"
"Externally, it is the Demon Protection Bracelet. It is a good demon friend who can eliminate evil demons, showing his magnanimity. Internally, it is the Kunling Pill, which can be used by demons to their fullest advantage! He has gained fame and all the benefits! What a trick to secretly seduce Chen Cang!"
"I used to respect him as a person, but now I see him as a duplicitous hypocrite! I am really blind. If I see him in the future, I will definitely beat him up until his parents don't recognize him!"
Several people were arguing with red faces, and some even said: "No one in the Qingyang Su Clan is good! If I meet a disciple of the Qingyang Su Clan, I will definitely do justice to God! Let them regret their mistake!"
"Yes, they are all two-faced guys and extremely hypocritical. Don't be polite when you see them in the future!"
During the conversation, several people who did not know each other reached a consensus, calling each other brothers and sisters, serving tea to each other, and even discussed that if they saw Qingyang Su's disciples in the secret realm, they must bully them severely.
Hua Ruxue was jumping anxiously upstairs, no, no! What they said is wrong!
Su Yi is not like that! Su Yi, Su He, Su Ye, and Su Huairou are none of them! They are the victims!
Anger momentarily obscured reason.
There was a "clang" and the sound of a cup hitting the table, interrupting the lively chat.
Everyone followed the sound and saw that it was a little girl with a mask covering her face. The anger emanating from her body seemed to be about to swoop down and hit them in the next second.
Several people immediately clenched the swords in their hands and looked at the girl with inquiring eyes.
Hua Ruxue came back to her senses and saw that everyone's eyes were on her. The arrogance of wanting to jump down and beat them up suddenly went out, and her mind went blank for a moment.
She wanted to retort, but when the words came to her lips, she couldn't speak.
Su Yi's eyebrows were gentle, and no other expression could be seen. He said warmly: "The tea is good, let's have another pot."
Everyone sighed, and the tense atmosphere suddenly disappeared, and the waiter immediately brought a new pot of tea with a smile.
Hua Ruxue lowered her head, wondering why Su Yi could still be so calm, it was obvious that they didn't know anything at all!
Although the Qingyang Su family was at fault, Su Yi didn't know about the Kunling Pill. He sincerely wanted to improve the relationship between humans and demons, so why was all the hard work he put in being completely denied overnight.
From being the proud man of heaven that everyone admired, he suddenly turned into a hypocrite that everyone hated so much.
Tianpin Ice Spirit Root, formed elixir at the age of seventeen. In the early stage of golden elixir, he can kill level two monsters. He has quick thinking and good character. He should have been someone to look up to among his peers.
But on the day when the demonic energy spread in Baizang Valley, both the Kunling Pill and the tragic situation in Luoying Valley had turned into Su Yi's inner demon.
If Su Yi had not stood by the monster and said those words during Si Guo Ya four years ago, perhaps he would still be an unattainable genius in the eyes of everyone.
If he had not been born in the Qingyang Su family, he probably would not be like now, haunted by inner demons and with stagnant cultivation.
However, even if Su Yi had inner demons and could not continue to cultivate and achieve breakthroughs, he never gave up on himself and was still moving forward to find an answer.
Helping Su Yi find the answer and untie her heart knot is what Hua Ruxue wants to do most now, and it's definitely not because she still owes him a large amount of spiritual stones.
