"Old village chief, it's me. I'm back. How are you doing now?"
"Fortunately, my body is still strong. Your Aunt Zhang left three months ago. Now I am just like this. I just want to walk around the village every night and think about the villagers in the past. I am an old man. Let the bones count as long as they live." The old village chief's tone was full of endless sadness.
"Grandpa, the village chief, Aunt Zhang is gone, you are alone, what about the funeral of the aunt..."
"You are really a kid. Do you still remember Zhang Dawu from the west end of the village? He loved to use guns and sticks since he was a child. He went to Nanzhou City five years ago to find a way out. Now he has become a captain of the Imperial Nanwei Army. Last month He went back to the village and took care of the funeral arrangements for you Aunt Zhang for me." The old village chief sat down on the bluestone with Li Huanzhen's support and breathed a sigh of relief. "Zhang Dawu also told me something. He met the boy from the He family in Nanzhou. The boy from the He family was kidnapped by the black-robed men together with Yun Ping three years ago. I was thinking at that time, you and Yun Ping grew up together, and you two have such a close relationship. Okay, you go find the boy from the He family, maybe you can ask about Yun Ping’s whereabouts, but I don’t know how to find you, it’ll be great now that you’re back!”
"Grandpa Village Chief, I'm leaving for Nanzhou City right now. I will definitely find out the whereabouts of Yun Ping!" Upon hearing the news, Li Huanzhen's eyes sparkled with excitement.
Nanzhou, the southernmost state of the Xuanrong Empire, is adjacent to Nanhuang, one of the four major regions. The people are brave and simple, and the state governs Nanzhou City. The Nanwei Army, one of Xuanrong's three armies, is stationed here. The Nanwei Army is commander-in-chief. General Guang Feidu of Zhennan was a close advisor to Emperor Rongji Xie Mingyang. He was born into the Guang family, one of the five major families in the world of cultivating immortals. He was also a master of the Peeping Sect Realm and was responsible for guarding the south.
The setting sun of late spring sinks into the horizon, and waves seem to be burning in the woods. Nanzhou City is towering and stretching, and the ancient and majestic city walls are hidden in the sunset. This is the most important city in the south of the Xuanrong Empire, and there are many gates around the city. There was an endless stream of cars and horses coming and going, making it look very prosperous.
Accompanied by the afterglow of the setting sun, Li Huanzhen also came to Nanzhou City. The purpose of his trip was to find Zhang Dawu who came from the same village and He Erniu, a boy from the He family who grew up together.
The center of Nanzhou City is the Nanzhou Dudufu and the Nanzhou Governor located in the north of the city, which are in charge of the military and administration of Nanzhou. There is an urn city in each of the four corners of Nanzhou City, and 50,000 elite Nanwei troops are stationed in the four corners of the urn city.
Nanzhou Dudu Mansion is closely backed by Niutou Mountain in the north of the city. Although it is only three to four hundred meters high, the shape of the mountain is like the head of a majestic Southern Wilderness bull. After hundreds of years of management by several generations of Nanwei army commanders, the mountain has been carved and repaired. The mysterious talisman formation in the fairy world gathers spiritual energy, like a small spiritual treasure land. There are several hills in the city, which are occupied by several local aristocratic families and casual cultivating sects in Nanzhou.
The large and small buildings affiliated with Nanzhou's military administration, such as the Taishou's Mansion, Xuanliyuan, and Suqi Camp, are all located along the foothills of Niutoushan in the north of the city.
Although the five empires are all secular empires, most of the royal armies recruit casual cultivators from the immortal world to serve as guards or to join the army for combat. The five empires have a long history and rich wealth, and can often provide them with heavenly materials, earthly treasures or a large number of mysterious crystals. The cultivators practiced cultivation, so many casual cultivators were very enthusiastic about it. Later, high-ranking officials and ministers in the empire gradually recruited casual cultivators to serve them.
Most of the orthodox immortal cultivators, such as those from the six major sects and the five major aristocratic families, look down on such casual cultivators who walk in the secular world. Even the cultivators from the six major sects and the five major aristocratic families are recruited by others in the secular world. , they are just disciples with low cultivation level or sideline disciples who cannot see the way to become immortals in the sect or family, so they enter the secular world and make a comfortable future.
Although there are different levels of cultivation among casual cultivators, even a small casual cultivator at the first level of the Peeping Spirit Realm can cause heavy casualties to ordinary people as long as he knows the magic. The commander of the Nanwei Army, Zhennan General Guang Feidu, was born The famous clan of cultivating immortals is also a master among them. Naturally, they are very keen on recruiting casual cultivators to enrich the army. Currently, there are about twenty or thirty casual cultivators recruited in the Nanwei Army. .
These twenty or thirty people are either from small aristocratic families, or are small casual cultivators from a small sect who have wandered around, or are tyrannical casual cultivators who want to use Guangjia Guangfei to fly across this big tree to live in, and are cultivators of the Earth Spirit Realm. There are several of them, and most of the others have strength above the Spirit Peeping Realm. Occasionally, there are some who have particularly low cultivation, and must have unique skills that can be used by Nanwei Army and Guangfeidu.
Most of the disciples either have important duties in the Nanwei Army, or they stay in their residences and concentrate on cultivation. In the disciples' courtyard at the southern foot of Niutou Mountain, in addition to the deacons who have official duties, there are only some handymen at Nuo University. Wandering around the yard, it was quite deserted.
According to the news from the village chief's grandfather, Zhang Dawu from the same village serves as the commander-in-chief of this villa, a minor official who handles daily needs and other chores for the casual cultivators.
Li Huanzhen came to the gate of the courtyard and asked the concierge in front of the door: "Brother, may I ask Zhang Dawu, is Captain Zhang on duty here?"
"That's right, Captain Zhang is the steward here. What do you want from him?" The concierge looked at Li Huanzhen. Li Huanzhen was wearing the burlap clothes of the old village chief's son. He looked like he came from a mountain den. Hillbilly.
"I am Zhang Xiaowei's fellow villager from Taoyuan Village. I came to ask him about something." Li Huanzhen said to the concierge with a smile.
"Then you wait here first, I'll go in and let you know!"
"Okay, please, brother"
Shortly after the concierge went in to report, Zhang Dawu walked out majestically in military uniform.
"It's true that the Li family has grown so big. When I returned to the village some time ago, all the villagers were killed. I didn't see you. The village chief said that you were taken away by an immortal to cultivate immortality. Is that true?" Zhang Da Wu said in a loud voice as soon as he came out.
"Brother Zhang, I want to know where He Erniu is, and I want to find Yunping!" Seeing Zhang Dawu, Li Huanzhen said straight to the point.
. . . .
At this moment, on the other side, three figures had quietly arrived outside Nanzhou City.
"Senior Brother Qi, the jade sign shows that the demon demon Li Huanzhen is in the city!" said one of the figures.
"Junior Brother Wan, calm down and don't be impulsive. The three of us will enforce the law this time, with Senior Sister as the main one. Senior Sister Luo, look at what we will do next!"
"Senior Brother Qi, if we don't find this beast quickly and summon our brothers to round him up, I'm afraid he will escape again and it will be difficult to chase him!"
"Let's go to the city first!" A cold and clear voice said calmly.
These three people are Luo Yueran, the senior sister of Xuanji Feixue Peak, Qi Yuankai, the second disciple of Law Enforcement Peak, and Wan Changsheng, the new disciple of Qu Mingfeng.
