Chapter 212 Sword Qi Soars to the Sky

Chapter 212 Sword Qi Soars to the Sky

Sanhe County is the most prosperous county in Yuliang Prefecture.

The county has a population of more than 600,000, and the county seat alone has nearly 300,000 people. It is close to three major rivers - Hong River, Shahe River, and Jinhu River. Water transportation is developed, and there are few evil sects nearby. It is the water transportation center of Yuliang Prefecture. .

If it were in the hinterland of central Daqi, maybe the capital of Yuliang Mansion would be located in Sanhe County.

Unfortunately, this is the northwest boundary of Daqi, and Yuliang Prefecture is the boundary within the boundary. The Yulian Mountains, which are the boundary between Daqi and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, are also the northern boundary of Yuliang Prefecture.

Sanhe County is under the Yulian Mountains. The source of the three major rivers, Honghe, Shahe and Jinhuhe, is Guna Peak in the Yulian Mountains, which is also called Heyuan Peak by the people of Sanhe County.

It is precisely because of this geographical location that people in Sanhe County have developed a lifestyle that depends on mountains and rivers for food. The most common ones are water transport merchants and mountain collectors.

The dishes are mainly based on river freshness and mountain delicacies. Songgu River fresh soup and fresh fragrant clear soup noodles are the local delicacies.

Therefore, after Zhou Heng arrived in Sanhe County by boat, he was not in a hurry to explore the situation here.

Instead, I planned to find a restaurant first and try the noodle soup here.

It's a pity, perhaps because there are often cries and howls at night, and three seventh-level warriors who went to investigate have died. Sanhe County is now quite deserted, and many shops are closed.

Zhou Heng searched for a long time before he found a restaurant that was still open.

There were quite a few people inside.

There are twenty tables in total, and almost fourteen or five tables are occupied.

It's noon now, which can be regarded as lunch time.

I guess they all came out to eat in restaurants, but there were few shops open, so they all gathered in this one.

However, most of the people who came were young and strong men, and there were also some young men and women with swords. Most of them should be people who were quite confident in their own strength.

One table stood out.

Only one person sat.

This is a young man who looks to be in his twenties. He has a handsome appearance and an angular face. He is wearing a brown suit and has a bamboo hat and a long sword in his hand.

He should be a wanderer.

And the strength is not weak.

"Xu Shaoxia, the Songguhe fresh soup and fresh fragrant clear soup noodles you ordered are here!"

A clear voice sounded, but it was the waiter who came to the young man's table with a tray, light and quick steps, and put down a bowl of soup and a bowl of noodles.

Zhou Heng smelled the soup and noodles and felt that they were pretty good, so he found a seat at a table and sat down. He put the purple electric knife aside and asked the waiter to ask for the same thing as Xu Shaoxia.

Xu Shaoxia glanced at Zhou Heng, his eyes fell on the purple electric knife, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows slightly. He actually came to Zhou Heng's table with his own soup and sat down face to face with him.

"The purple sword in green shirt can destroy all evils, but Zhou Heng, the 'evil-destroying sword'?" Xu Shaoxia asked with a smile, and at the same time greeted, "Waiter, another bottle of wine!"

His inquiry immediately made more than a dozen people at the table in the restaurant lobby exclaim, and dozens of people looked at Zhou Heng in unison.

"The Evil-Destroying Sword, he is the Evil-Destroying Sword Zhou Heng? He is so young. I didn't expect him to be so young. He is so powerful!"

"I heard that along the way, he destroyed one hundred and eighty evil sects and killed thousands of evil masters!"

"It's so powerful. It's great. Is he coming to our Sanhe County for that monster who doesn't know what it is?"

"That must be the case! Great, we are saved. That thing cries and howls every night, it's scary."

"Xu Kong is back, Zhou Heng is here too, that monster is dead!"

Everyone was overjoyed, as if they had finally waited for the light at the end of darkness to arrive, and they were all very excited.

Zhou Heng, however, pinched his temples gently with a look of helplessness on his face.

"Why, Brother Zhou doesn't want his identity to be exposed?" Xu Shaoxia seemed a little confused and didn't understand why Zhou Heng looked like this.

"Xu Shaoxia misunderstood, I just think that the nickname of Evil Slayer should be changed." Zhou Heng sighed, then looked at the young man in front of him, and said: "From what others said just now, you should be the tenth sword in the new list. "Xi Kong is so angry."

"It's Xu Kong, but I can't stand up to Sword Qi Soaring into the Sky. It's just a compliment from Shenwu Si." Xu Kong shook his head slightly and said: "And if I, the tenth person on the list, can get it, it's just a fight. He is just a martial artist, but the incomparable Brother Zhou spans two states and has destroyed countless evil ways."

"If you and I continue to compliment each other like this, I'm afraid we won't be able to finish talking until nightfall." Zhou Heng smiled and said, "Brother Xu came to me, and I'm sure he didn't come to me just to eat noodles at the same table."

"Brother Zhou is clear." Xu Kong laughed and said straight to the point: "You should have heard that something strange happened in our Sanhe County. At night, there will be wailing sounds, which are so shrill and shrill that the whole city can hear them. .

"Although it has not caused any substantial damage, such cries have made people in Sanhe County miserable. When I came back this time, I got letters from home to investigate this matter.

"Brother Zhou came here for this reason. Are you willing to go with me? We can take care of each other."

"That's unnecessary." Zhou Heng shook his head and rejected Xu Kong's proposal, "Sorry, I'm still used to acting alone."

For him now, if he is dealing with warriors who are also human beings, companion helpers can still play some positive role, but if they are evil creatures and ghosts, the basic functions of companions are not helpful.

After all, non-members of the Zhou Tianxunjie Division cannot even kill ghosts and evil creatures, and may not even be able to cause enough effective damage to them.

In this case, it would be better for him to act alone.

Moreover, this was the third and last task assigned to him by the Zhoutian Xunjie Division.

After completing this task, he can unlock all the permissions of the mask and obtain information that he did not know before.

Therefore, for Zhou Heng, this mission is still very important, and he does not want anything to go wrong.

Xu Kong was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that he would be rejected.

It stands to reason that for a person like him who is ranked tenth on the list and is a native of Sanhe County, Zhou Heng has no reason to refuse the invitation.

"Unless he thinks I will hold him back..." A guess emerged in Xu Kong's mind. Apart from this guess, he couldn't think of any other reasons for Zhou Heng to reject him.

But if this was the reason, it would make him feel a little uncomfortable again.

I have never felt this feeling in so many years.

It seems like I really miss it.

However, since Zhou Heng had refused, he would not rush up to follow, so he smiled gently and said, "In that case, you and I will act separately. Maybe I can solve the problem faster than Brother Zhou." ”

After all, Xu Kong is still a young man. Even if he doesn't care about Zhou Heng's rejection of his invitation, he will still feel a little unhappy in his heart and will retaliate subconsciously.

Zhou Heng didn't care and said with a smile: "If this can be done, that would be the best."

If Xu Kong can solve the problem here, it means that the root of the problem is not a ghost or evil thing, which means that it has nothing to do with the Zhoutian Xunjie Division, and his mission of investigating the information will be completed.

"My guest, here comes the fresh Songgu River soup and the fresh fragrant clear soup noodles that you ordered just now! There is also a pot of Sanhe old wine, which our shopkeeper gave you."

The waiter came over with a tray, put down the soup and noodles, and put down a pot of old wine. Although the lid was still on, the aroma of the wine was still fragrant.

"Why send it to me?" Zhou Heng asked curiously.

"Because you are a great hero." The waiter chuckled and said, "Although our Sanhe County is not a big place, we have heard stories about you from some water dealers.

"Across the two states of Fang and Sui, you single-handedly destroyed tens of thousands of evil sects, killed countless evil people, and restored peace and tranquility to the world. This wine should be given to a great hero like you."

People at every table in the lobby clapped their hands and applauded.

"Excuse me. I just did some trivial things."

Zhou Heng took the jar of old wine with a smile and said to Xu Kong, who was still sitting at the table: "Brother Xu, I don't drink much, so I'll give this jar of old wine to you."

"Hahaha, Brother Zhou is also a wonderful person." Xu Kong laughed, not caring at all about being rejected just now. He grabbed Sanhe Laojiu and said with a smile:

"With this here, don't say you are rejecting me. Even if you ask me to get out of Sanhe County immediately after handling this matter, I can do it, as long as I can drink this old wine."

Hiss!

This guy is actually an alcoholic!

Zhou Heng then chatted with Xu Kong for a while, and soon understood the general situation of Xu Kong.

It turns out that this guy didn't just come alone, he also brought a junior brother and a junior sister with him.

He even planned to take his junior brothers and sisters with him when he went to investigate the monster that howled in the middle of the night.

This is no longer a matter of caution.

This is simply not taking the risk into consideration.

This made Zhou Heng feel that he was really prescient in rejecting his invitation before.

However, as a local, Xu Kong still has a lot of uses.

In the following conversation, Zhou Heng got a lot of information about the howling at night from him.

For example, the direction from which the sound is roughly coming, and when it starts howling and when it stops is more useful information.

"Ah! Ahhh! Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

But at this moment, an extremely shrill and harsh sound suddenly came from outside.

It was like ten thousand shrill-voiced babies crying.

It makes people's scalp numb.

It immediately gave the noon time a bit of a bone-chilling chill, frightening all the strong men in the inn to look pale.

what's the situation? !

How come the crying and howling sounds that usually only occur at night appear during the day?

Boom!

Immediately, a loud noise was heard coming from the north, as if something exploded. The concussive force spread along the ground, causing the entire restaurant to tremble.

Zhou Heng and Xu Kong looked at each other, and they both clearly saw the meaning in each other's eyes.

Someone else took action against the source of the crying sound!