Jinguan City is not only the name of the nine major sects and martial arts sects, but also the name of a city.
If we trace its origins, Jinguancheng should be the earliest sect in today's martial arts world, even older than the beggar gang. Although beggars exist in every dynasty and every generation, when they have not yet established a decent organization, Jinguancheng already existed. The earliest Jinguan City was a sect with a family as its core. In order to find a place to settle down and escape the war, they traveled southwest from Lingnan, and finally found such an inaccessible place and sneaked into Furong Mountain. In the hinterland of the Southwest Flower Valley, the first generation of Jinguan City disciples built the city stone by stone.
There are natural tributaries of the river beside Jinguan City, there are ten thousand acres of fertile farmland, there are lush flowers in the valley, and there are steep mountain barriers. It is like a peaceful paradise. The clansmen in Jinguan City also strictly abide by their ancestral precepts and do not communicate with the outside world.
The people from Xiongjiazhuang who escaped were not martial arts practitioners. They were actually ordinary working people. However, it should be noted that the strength and wisdom of the working people are infinite. They found that the mountain roads were steep and inconvenient for transportation, so they invented various locomotives to facilitate walking on the mountain roads; they found that there were many medicinal materials and poisons in the flower valley, so they used these flowers and plants to develop poison techniques; they needed to navigate the mountains and rivers and the Fighting wild beasts for meat, but it was a very unwise choice to fight wild beasts in close combat, so they created the best hidden weapons in the world. These are the three unique skills that Jinguancheng later became famous for and stood firm in the world. And with the advancement of these three technologies, Jinguan City has transformed from a small village into a huge city.
Some people may be curious. Logically speaking, shouldn’t they be good at Qing Gong? Isn't it more convenient to practice Qing Gong than to invent a motorcycle that can travel on mountain roads? After all, the legs are on you, but the car may not always be there.
But the original Xiongjiazhuang people didn't think so. They were all ordinary peasant craftsmen and not martial arts masters. How could they learn Qinggong? Wouldn't it be much simpler to make a carriage out of wood?
Times have changed, a hundred years have passed, and wars are raging. Many outsiders also come here to seek refuge in search of a stable place. The sect was originally built to escape the world. According to the ancestral regulations, these refugees are absolutely not allowed to be accepted. Who knows if any of these people have evil intentions, and who knows whether the Jinguan City that was finally built will be affected by the war. At this moment, the then family patriarch Xiong Jianshan made a decision that went against his ancestors and made a decision to let people into the city.
The decision made by Xiong Jianshan still violated the ancestral precepts, and it also completely changed the place. Although not all the original Xiongjiazhuang people were surnamed Xiong, the surname Xiong did account for most of the population in the village. Now these outsiders are pouring in, bringing fresh blood to the new Xiongjiazhuang. There were many inconveniences, and many conflicts naturally broke out between the natives and outsiders, but the last time it was a foreign martial arts master who settled the matter.
Whether it is called Xiongjiazhuang or not is actually not that important. Since everyone lives in the same place, they are a family. Whoever can lead everyone to live and live comfortably is the "owner of the village." In short, through various overt and covert means, this martial arts master finally gained the right to speak. He did not break his promise and taught his skills to the common people in the village. And Xiongjiazhuang is not as strict as before. As long as they are not evil, they can be admitted as appropriate.
Later, several generations later, Xiongjiazhuang was renamed "Jinguan City".
It wasn't until Emperor Taizu of the Sheng Kingdom unified the world and ended the war that Jinguan City gradually appeared in the public eye. Emperor Taizu didn't take Jinguan City too seriously. In his eyes, it was the same as the martial arts sect. It's the same, and it's much more worry-free than those martial arts sects in the world, because these people never come out to look for trouble. If they want to play Sim City, then they can do it.
Although he said that, Emperor Taizu was the emperor who was killed on the battlefield. Jinguancheng could listen to the instructions but not the announcement, but he absolutely could not establish a separatist regime and establish a second imperial power, so he sent people to recruit people. The royal family promised Jinguan City the power to govern itself as a city, and the lord of Jinguan City also enjoys the same rank and salary as county-level officials. But if the court needs you, you have to help as much as possible. In the end, they gave them a slap on the wrist not to do anything. thing. The city lord of Jinguan City at the time felt that there was no problem with this. Even if it was officially recognized, it would be better than being a nameless refugee. Furthermore, there would be no good results in confronting the entire imperial court.
Of course, the Lord of Jinguan City was not stupid - the imperial court needed them to handle some "official" affairs that were inconvenient to deal with when recruiting them, so he also played a trick - he could take the money as he should, no matter what. They can be pushed if they can. The imperial court has asked them to participate in the selection of the leader of the martial arts alliance more than once, but in fact, participation is the most important thing.
Although none of the martial arts leaders came from Jinguancheng, they always looked familiar at every martial arts conference. Coupled with the mystery and the imperial power behind it, Jinguancheng also ranked among the nine major sects. First, it is called the next two sects together with the equally weird Nightless Villa.
There are actually only seven major sects that can lead serious martial arts, but there is more to the world than just martial arts.
In short, Jinguan City is a unique place in this vast world.
Although today's Jinguan City is not as "closed to the outside world" as it used to be, it is still a very isolated place compared to other sects.
There were three Jianghu people standing at the gate of Jinguan City.
"Brother, please inform the city lord that Guan Lingxiao, the young leader of the Eternal Life Alliance, has come to pay his respects." Guan Lingxiao is still so ordinary and inconspicuous, and does not look like a master at all.
The guards of Jinguan City were not officers and soldiers, but disciples of the sect. He looked at the three of them warily for a while, and then said, "Do you have any proof of identity?"
Guan Lingxiao showed the guard the sign that could prove his identity. The guard nodded, then whispered to another person, and that person entered the city gate.
After a while, a young man who was about the same age as Guan Lingxiao came out of the city. He cupped his hands towards Guan Lingxiao and said, "Brother Guan, I have long admired your name. I am Xiong Youguang, a disciple of Jinguan City."
That's what he said, but Xiong Youguang obviously showed a trace of disdain in his eyes.
Why is this?
Because he recognized Guan Lingxiao.
At the Young Heroes Conference ten years ago, the one where Yan Chunlai defeated the leader with a hanging sword, both Guan Lingxiao and Xiong Youguang participated. However, Guan Lingxiao, the young leader of the Changsheng Alliance, was eliminated in the first few rounds, and Xiong Youguang still won. A top eight result. Although the two did not play against each other directly, Xiong Youguang had obviously seen Guan Lingxiao's poor performance, so he was a bit dismissive.
In his opinion, Guan Lingxiao was just the second generation of Wu who relied on his father's influence.
But looking down on him was nothing but contempt. He was here to visit and his identity was on display, so Xiong Youguang didn't show it too obviously.
Guan Lingxiao didn't notice, or didn't care about Xiong Youguang's eyes. After returning the courtesy, he introduced the two people around him to Xiong Youguang.
What people didn't expect was that Xiong Youguang actually said something like this next: "Leader Guan Shao, you can enter the city, but these two can't."
This statement... seems a bit contemptuous.
"Why?" Guan Lingxiao asked without changing his expression.
Xiong Youguang said plausibly: "Young Master Guan has the token as proof. I also met Mr. Guan once at the Young Heroes Association, so I can recognize him. But these two are just your friends, and they have no reputation. , naturally you are not allowed to enter the city."
Guan Lingxiao was obviously a little displeased and read almost word by word: "You also know that this is my friend? Doesn't it disrespect me too much?"
"Rules are rules, please forgive me, Leader Guan Shao." Xiong Youguang bowed his hand again.
In fact, it cannot be said that Xiong Youguang has come online, but Jinguan City is indeed special.
Although there are family members in other sects who do not know martial arts, but after all, the number is very small and it is inconvenient to see guests, but Jinguan City is different - in addition to the sect disciples, there are countless ordinary people in the city , what if there are extremely vicious outsiders or outsiders with ulterior motives who come into the city and disrupt public order?
There had been such a precedent in Jinguan City before. A person who had enmity with the disciples of the Jinguan City sect sneaked into the city. Instead of looking for the disciple who had enmity with him, he took advantage of the night to kill people and set fires, causing chaos. People's hearts. Although this man failed to leave Jinguan City and was captured the next day, the losses he caused in just one night were extremely heavy. The city had been peaceful and peaceful for many years, but this time people were trying to fish in troubled waters, which made the sect become more vigilant.
Guan Lingxiao now understood what Xiong Youguang said about the rules: "Well...it's just that Guan's visit this time was not only brought with gifts by order of his father, but my two friends also wanted to see the city lord for something. I wonder if Brother Xiong can report it to the city lord and ask him to make a decision?"
"What's the matter?" Xiong Youguang asked.
"Treasure offering."
