Chapter 281
"Qiao Qiao Qiao Qiao...I want it too."
Wu Chang jumped up to Qiao Mu's head in twos and twos, imitating the cat power of the Great Immortal who just passed by, raised his cat's paw, and whispered in Qiao Mu's ear:
"The holy fire is shining, the holy light is shining, all my disciples, meow meow meow..."
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PS: I feel numb. I ate the wrong things and became Splatoon for two days. I went to the toilet three times while writing a chapter.
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Qiao Mu pulled the demon cat off his head.
"You stupid cat, you're pretty quick at learning how to talk." Qiao Mu was a little surprised.
After all, this demon cat is impermanent and not a human being, but a great demon that can transform.
It just looks silly, which doesn't mean it's really stupid. It can learn to speak from ordinary people quite quickly.
"But this Cat Power Immortal..." Qiao Mu watched the Cat Power Immortal on the shrine go away, only to see the crowds on both sides of the street stand up again and continue their work.
The splendor of the Mao Li Immortal's trip in Linhe City is probably comparable to that of the emperor's patrol, right?
"This southwest state is really a little different from other regions."
Qiao Mu didn't look any further. He walked through the crowd and went straight to the restaurant across the street.
Teahouses and restaurants in this large and small city have always been a place where dragons and snakes are mixed, and they are also a favorite place for many people from all walks of life.
Although this restaurant is not owned by Tingchao House, it is a well-known local restaurant. Its signature wine is Monkey Wine, which is said to be worth a lot of money and is brewed by hundreds of thousands of monkeys living in the mountains.
As for whether it is true or not, no one cares too much. Anyway, the monkey wine in this wine shop is indeed mellow and refreshing, and it is famous for it.
Drinking wine, chatting about the mountains, sipping tea and chatting about listening and reading books. Whether they are Jianghu travelers or ordinary people traveling from place to place, they all love to come to this kind of place.
The storytellers who listen to Chaolou naturally often come to this kind of place where dragons and snakes are mixed.
No, as soon as Qiao Mu crossed the threshold of the restaurant, before he heard the greeting from the waiter with a smile on his face, he heard the sound of a wooden door snapping.
Following the sound, I saw that there was already a storyteller wearing a moon-white gown in the Tang Dynasty restaurant, telling stories vividly.
This storyteller looked familiar to Qiao Mu. There was a shallow horizontal line on his forehead. It was not a wrinkle, but a tightly closed horizontal eye.
Surprisingly, it was the storyteller who entered the hundreds of miles of desert with him, the clairvoyant.
"It's clairvoyance again." Qiao Mu suddenly became interested.
The dream passed by in a hurry. It had been hundreds of years since Qiao Mu heard anyone brag about his own prowess, and now he was extremely hungry and thirsty.
He didn't even bother to ask the Chaolou storyteller for information. He sat down at the Eight Immortals table in the corner of the lobby, ordered two plates of peanuts and a jar of sake, and prepared to listen to his glorious story.
"The iron-armed ape is born with infinite strength. It is five or six meters high. It is like a high wall. A pair of iron arms is better than iron, but it has a violent temper. When it encounters mountains, it breaks mountains, and it hits water. It once Dun Lao Fist knocked down the wall of Black Mountain City along the way."
"Along the way, city walls collapsed, residential buildings fell apart, and two sections of three long streets were destroyed, just because Black Mountain City blocked his way."
"But unfortunately, the King of Feathers was in the Black Mountain City that day."
"When the two sides met, there was a shocking fight in which the city wall collapsed."
"The King of Feathers is actually a gifted person with infinite strength. He was able to fight with the iron-armed ape without losing any strength... The citizens of Montenegro were dumbfounded. They only wondered whether the King of Feathers was also a great demon in disguise. "
"... After a fierce battle until sunset, King Yu accurately pierced the throat of the Iron-armed Monkey with an iron spear and nailed its body to the wall of Black Mountain City."
"At that time, the setting sun was like blood, dusk crows were flying, the feather king's shirt was dyed red with animal blood, and the corpses of the iron-armed ape on the collapsed city wall were like hills.
King Yu ignored the thanks of the people in the city and only said to himself:
Those who destroy my city and kill my people deserve to die.
Then, he left alone with a gun, disappearing into the mountains and forests..."
Qiao Mu was still chewing peanuts, and suddenly he felt that the peanuts on his hands were no longer fragrant...
This clairvoyance is not all about the deeds of his Qiao family. It seems that he was too low-key after assassinating the emperor?
Or is this mountain town too remote and no one has heard the name of his Qiao family?
He felt bored here, but the drinkers next to him were fascinated by it:
"Good! Someone should have come forward long ago."
"Our Hundred Thousand Mountains have always been a place where monsters are rampant. Mortals can only protect themselves by relying on fortified cities and officers and soldiers. Or they have to rely on the protection of the Yunxiao Sect Immortal and the spiritual beasts around him."
"Those mountain people who cannot pay taxes and hide in the mountains are left to fend for themselves and become the prey of the monsters."
"This King Yu has risen up. Although he is resisting the imperial court, he has also saved many mountain people in these days, right? I heard that King Yu's rebel army is growing very fast. It seems that he has really won the hearts of the people. There are many Are you going to defect?"
"But who is that King of Feathers? He wears a mask all the time, but he has infinite power and can compete with monsters?"
"Perhaps the King of Feathers is also a great demon with an incomplete transformation. There is a hairy face under the visor? Why don't you dare to take it off?"
"You guys are getting more and more outrageous with the rumors. I heard that King Feather obtained the "Hundred Birds Chasing the Phoenix Spear" inherited from the former leader of the spear art, the Spear Saint, and that's why he is so powerful."
"A hundred birds are shooting at the phoenix spear?" Many of the drinkers looked at him.
Among the drinkers whose eyes had changed, there were many with bulging temples, who were obviously masters of the industry.
Several of them had reserved eyes, and they were obviously upper-level third-level warriors who were successful in refining gods.
Apparently they had the same idea as Qiao Mu and came to the wine shop to inquire about the news.
In recent days, there are two major events that have taken the southwest state by storm.
First, King Yu rose up against the Great Yan court and won every victory.
The second is the inheritance of the Spear Saint that people in the world talk about.
Now some people are linking these two things together, which really interests them.
"No wonder that King Feather is so brave. It turns out that King Feather has secretly obtained the inheritance of the Spear Saint, but I don't know where he got it from?" someone asked.
"I heard that there are still descendants of the Spear Saint who are still alive. The descendants of the Spear Saint saw that Kyushu was in chaos, but his own qualifications were mediocre and he could not master the martial arts of the Spear Saint. He couldn't bear to see the magic skills fall into the dust, so he hoped to select the outstanding people of Kyushu to teach him. Martial arts, to some extent, contribute to quelling chaos.”
"This descendant of the Spear Saint is very open-minded. He is willing to leak his family's martial arts."
"It does have the legacy of the Spear Saint of the past. If the Spear Saint were still alive and saw the current state of corruption in Kyushu, he would probably take action."
Among the martial arts leaders in the past fifty years, there are three in total.
Fifty years ago it was the Spear Saint, forty years ago the Sword banished the Immortal, and thirty years ago to the present, it is the Martial Saint who sweeps the world and is invincible.
But although Sword Exorcist's swordsmanship is amazing, he himself has an inconsistent temperament.
Not to mention the reputation of Wu Shengren, it is much worse than the sword banishing the immortal. Jianghu guests have more or less had grudges with Wu Ji.
Only the Spear Saint in the past had a good reputation, was brilliant, and had the style of everyone.
Forty years ago, during the Alien War, hundreds of thousands of Yan soldiers were defeated like mountains.
People in the martial arts world initially expected the world's best swordsman to take up the banner of martial arts, but unexpectedly, that man didn't care at all, and he didn't know where to hide.
So later on, I counted on the Spear Saint to take action...but the Spear Saint didn't seem to take action. Since then, the reputation of Tingchaolou Hero List has been lost. People at the time joked that there are no heroes in the world of martial arts, so the Hero List is naturally a useless piece of paper.
It wasn't until a year or two ago that Martial Saint appeared in Nanzhou that the world knew... that the most powerful martial artists, led by Spear Saint, had died in the hands of Martial Saint 30 years ago and had achieved great success in martial arts. One saint.
Since then, the reputation of the Spear Saint in Southwest State has improved somewhat.
Even King Yu, who has a vague relationship with the Spear Saint, is also popular among the people.
But naturally some people sneered at King Yu.
"It's just rumors. I think that King Yu is a transformed demon with hair and horns. He also has martial arts skills like the Spear Saint. Why did I hear that King Yu can master eighteen kinds of weapons? Don't put gold on the face of the Spear Saint. ”
"Prince Yu is a rebel who is raising a banner. You dare to talk about Prince Yu in this city. Aren't you afraid that the officers and soldiers will arrest you?"
"Officers and soldiers? Are the officers and soldiers more panicked than us right now? Maybe King Yu will come over in a few days."
Listening to these rumors that were not true or false, Qiao Mu was quite calm, unmoved, and just drank by himself.
The reputation of King of Feathers does sound pretty good.
But this doesn't mean anything, it can only mean that King Yu is also a person who cherishes feathers.
The former King of Qin in Zhongzhou was also a heroic figure who fought against man-made disasters as a warrior and was quite popular among the people.
It wasn't until he stood in front of Qiao Mu that Qiao Mu knew the true nature of King Qin.
Who knows whether this King of Feathers is another talented warrior? No... maybe the essence of King Yu is the same as King Qin of Zhongzhou. He is not a pure warrior, but a creature of immortality.
Before meeting Yu Wang in person, Qiao Mu would naturally have some doubts about this rebel leader who carried the high-sounding banner of uprising.
At this time, a voice suddenly came from my ears.
"Why are you here, Senior Qiao?"
Looking back, the storyteller with clairvoyance had already stepped down from the stage and looked at Qiao Mu with some surprise. The horizontal eye between his eyebrows had opened.
"Can you recognize me?" Qiao Mu wondered.
While walking outside, he naturally used flesh and blood to change his appearance, which was different from the "Qiao Jin" in the Jinluan Palace.
Clairvoyant didn't look at him, but his eyes fell on Wu Chang, the demon cat on the table.
While Qiao Mu was listening to the book, the demon cat was also imitating Qiao Mu in chewing peanuts. At this moment, he had almost finished the two plates of peanuts, and his belly became more and more round.
This demon cat is impermanent, and its appearance is no different from an ordinary wild cat.
It's just that after following Qiao Mu, his belly is much rounder and his fur is much smoother, almost shining like a precious jade.
"This civet cat is always around the Qiao family. I have seen it before, and I will never admit it." Clairvoyant smiled slightly.
Turns out he didn’t recognize me, but the fat cat?
"You came just in time. I happen to have something to ask Ting Chao Lou about." Qiao Mu said.
"Senior Qiao has something to ask, so of course I won't shirk it. This is not the place to talk. Please go upstairs and elaborate." Clairvoyant said sincerely.
It has to be said that Qiao Mu has now become very famous in the world.
Not to mention the civilians in a deserted land like Southwest State.
The reputation of the Qiao family is very popular among Tingchaolou storytellers and Jianghu people throughout Jiuzhou.
Over time, the names of the Qiao family will shine brightly on the Tingchao Tower martial arts rankings, becoming a martial arts myth that generations of people look up to.
A person's name, the shadow of a tree.
With his qualifications and reputation reaching Qiao Mu's level, he no longer had to wander around like a headless fly if he wanted to inquire about things.
Now he just showed up in the restaurant, without even announcing his identity. He immediately alerted Tingchaolou's storyteller, and treated him as a guest to the upstairs box for a detailed discussion.
Qiao Mu picked up the demon cat Wuchang by the scruff of his neck and followed Clairvoyant up the stairs.
As for the lobby full of people with good martial arts skills, for him now, he really doesn't need to take it seriously.
It took decades for the martial arts saint to destroy the entire martial arts world, ushering the entire martial arts world into a new era.
In today's world, most of the super-class warriors who have reached the pinnacle of martial arts have a direct or indirect relationship with Wujihui or the Great Yan Taizu in the imperial palace.
Apart from these, the strength of the other warriors is still in the old era. Lian Shen is already the best among them, so naturally there is no need for Qiao Mu to pay more attention to him.
Clairvoyant led Qiao Mu to the private room on the second floor of the restaurant. The private room faced the street, and the balcony of the private room could overlook the mountain city.
Linhe Fucheng is not a small city, standing close to mountains and rivers.
The mountains are hundreds of thousands of mountains, and the water is the river Tongtian.
This large city is surrounded by mountains and is a valley between the mountains. The land is flat and the Tongtian River flows through it. It is a rare fertile land among southwestern states.
At this moment, leaning on the railing and looking from a distance, I could see pedestrians walking through the streets and alleys of Linhe Fucheng. Although it was not as prosperous as the imperial capital, it was comparable to Heyang Fucheng in Nanzhou.
Just the breeze blowing through the willows on the roadside also brought with it the stench of feces and urine, which was really annoying.
Taking a closer look, in addition to pedestrians on the street, there are also white sacred cows and solid-colored horses walking on the street occasionally. When passers-by see these cows and horses, although they are not as respectful as when they face the great immortal Mao Li, they still hurriedly get out of the way.
The stench of manure in the streets basically comes from the cows and horses walking in the streets.
Although they were pooping all over the place, they did look extraordinary. They were not ordinary livestock, they were all pure-colored heterogeneous animals with no hair on their bodies.
These exotic cattle and horses are all taken care of, and the hair on their bodies has obviously been trimmed and cleaned by special personnel. Not only is there no dirt like ordinary wild beasts or domestic animals, they are also quite neat and eye-catching.
Qiao Mu leaned on the railing and looked into the distance, took in this scene, and said, "I thought this southwest state was a sparsely populated wild land, and I didn't expect there to be such a big city. It's just that although this city is big, there are so many people walking there. Livestock, people’s customs are still uncivilized, and they worship these livestock as gods, right?”