Xuanxia

Chapter 278 Curtain
"Brother Kuaye, are you saying that Hua Xiaolan is trying to restore the Phoenix Blood Pool?"

Fu Qingzhou put down the bowl of porridge in his hand, a little surprised: "How can she, a seriously ill person, do such a thing?"

The streets of Luoyi are bustling with people, today is already the 15th day of the eighth month.

After noon, the opening ceremony of the Hidden Dragon Hundred Heroes Conference will be held!
Many people in the martial arts world who couldn't sit still had already gotten up early and ran to the Wulin Alliance headquarters to grab a good seat. Fu Qingzhou was not in a hurry. He leisurely found a small shop to drink porridge... and then he ran into Kua Ye.

The two were chatting casually and talked about Hua Xiaolan.

"There's nothing we can do. We really don't have any other manpower right now."

Kua Ye said helplessly: "You don't know, the evil spirits in southern Xinjiang have been causing more trouble recently."

Fu Qingzhou frowned: "Haven't you asked the court for help yet?"

"How could there not be? When we were hunting down Long Dabei, most of the Mingjian Pavilion came. We must have mentioned it."

Kua Ye sighed, "A year ago, the army sent by the imperial court came to Southern Xinjiang, but they had no experience in dealing with evil spirits. In addition, in order to deal with Elder Ma, they used the Dragon Drinking Sword to drain the power of the Phoenix Blood Pond. Now, in the past two years, only a very small part of the power in the pond has been restored. They can no longer use it to treat the fellow disciples and soldiers who have been cursed by the evil spirits..."

Fu Qingzhou looked solemn when he heard this: "Were there heavy casualties?"

Kua Ye nodded slightly.

But soon, he smiled again: "But it's really hard to explain cause and effect - when Elder Yu was studying your strange curse, he actually had a new understanding and opened the second level of the cave. He also comprehended many ancient witch formations in the Thousand Witches Tower. We will have no problem defending the southern border now."

Fu Qingzhou understood: "That's not a long-term solution, right? There's no manpower available in Wandu Mountain right now, right? Hua Xiaolan has to find a way to restore the Phoenix Blood Pool, and you come to the Hidden Dragon Hundred Heroes Association to find someone who can help you?"

Kua Ye curled his lips and said, "That's the truth."

"I'll find a way to help you with this."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "If the Southern Frontier is breached by the evil spirit, the Central Plains will also be affected. We should all contribute. But what exactly is that evil spirit?"

"Alas, it's hard to explain." Kuaye waved his hand: "We Miao people believe that these evil spirits are more like some kind of natural disaster. If you have a chance to go and see them, you will understand."

Seeing that he was unwilling to talk in depth, Fu Qingzhou didn't mind, so he changed the subject: "Let's talk about something else. I have something I want to ask you."

"Ask?"

Kua Ye held the bowl of porridge and slurped it.

Fu Qingzhou looked at him, narrowed his eyes and asked, "Long Dabei has been in Wandu Mountain for thirty years. Has he really never left?"

Kua Ye was startled and slowly put down the bowl of porridge: "What's your question?"

"If I tell you that more than ten years ago, someone saw Long Dabei..." Fu Qingzhou blinked and said, "Would you believe it?"

Kua Ye opened his mouth slightly: "Don't scare me, I'm timid, don't say such things!"

"To be honest, I don't really believe it."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and spread his hands: "When I was traveling with Long Dabei, I could feel that his understanding of the world was indeed out of touch. He didn't know a single thing about what happened in the world in the past thirty years."

"Then why are you asking?" Kua Ye raised his eyebrows.

Fu Qingzhou pursed his lips and said, "What should I do? Someone swore to me that he had seen Long Dabei more than ten years ago. I always worry about it."

After hearing what he said, the smoker couldn't sit still anymore and popped up his head in his mind: "What does he, a kid, know? I said I saw it, and I really saw it!"

"Why didn't you tell me you had met Long Dabi when I first met him?" Fu Qingzhou responded without changing his expression.

The smoker sneered: "It's none of my business. I've met so many people. Do I have to tell them every time?"

Fu Qingzhou shook his head and decided not to think about it for the time being. He hoped to get some really useful information out of the little prince of Beiyi after he captured him.

Just then, Tang Jiao's excited voice came from the end of the street.

"Brother! Brother!"

Fu Qingzhou looked in the direction of the voice and saw her squeezing through the crowd, holding up her skirt, running hurriedly towards him.

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Fu Qingzhou smiled and dragged a stool over to the table, and Tang Jiao sat down on it.

She lowered her voice excitedly: "Brother, guess who I met?"

Fu Qingzhou asked curiously, "You don't even know a few people, who else can you meet?"

"it's me!"

A rough and heroic shout came from the crowd, and then Wu Changfeng squeezed through the crowd and strode over: "Hahaha, Brother Fu, long time no see!"

I haven't seen him for over a month. His hair has grown a lot longer and he hasn't shaved. He looks like a bandit.

"Brother Wu, have you arrived in Luoyi?"

Fu Qingzhou was pleasantly surprised: "How is Brother Hua doing these days?" "He's doing very well!" Wu Changfeng laughed and said, "He's just not coming to the conference!"

Fu Qingzhou smiled: "This is expected."

Kua Ye saw Fu Qingzhou meeting an acquaintance, so he smiled and said, "You guys chat, I'll leave first."

"Why are you leaving?" Wu Changfeng said carelessly, "This brother is here to attend the conference, right? The Wulin League has already started checking the membership cards. Why don't we go there earlier?"

Fu Qingzhou nodded: "Brother Kua Ye, let's go together."

"Okay." Kua Ye said without pretense: "That's fine, let's go."

The people on the street were all rushing towards the Wulin Alliance headquarters.

There were more than 800 young heroes attending this conference. Even if we exclude those who were killed in the chaos at the beginning and those who did not attend for various reasons, there were still more than 700 people.

Including the people from the martial arts world who came to watch the fun and serve as spectators, there were probably several thousand or even hundreds of thousands of people. I'm afraid that most of the people from the martial arts world came here.

The relationship between the local officials in Luoyi and the Wulin Alliance is also very good. As early as half a month ago, they significantly strengthened security patrols, and the streets are full of local garrisons.

Of course, it is the disciples of the Wulin Alliance who truly maintain order.

When it comes to people of the underworld, one should consider the face of other people of the underworld.

Although the cultivation levels of these Wulin Alliance disciples are not necessarily very high, Jiang Baichuan is behind them, and no one will disrespect them. Unless it is a life-and-death feud, these disciples will usually mediate some minor conflicts.

Therefore, during this period of time, Luoyi has been much calmer than everyone imagined. There have been many minor fights occasionally, but the only thing that really caused turmoil... was probably the incident in which Fu Qingzhou set up a private fighting arena a few days ago.

Actually, his plan was indeed useful. Now, more than half a month had passed, and the Northern Barbarians had not made any movement.

However, in the past few days, there were probably still some people who wanted to challenge Fu Qingzhou forcefully.

But they were all stopped by someone... It wasn't because Ning Wushu or the Murong siblings did anything, the people who stopped them were all "fans".

Many young people secretly admired Fu Qingzhou. When they saw a guy who didn't know how high the sky was and how deep the earth was coming to challenge him, they spontaneously stood up and said something like "You want to challenge Xiao Qianlong? Defeat me first!" Then there were private fights...

Of course, this is all just gossip.

At this time, Fu Qingzhou and his four companions followed the crowd to the headquarters of the Wulin Alliance. The gate was already bustling with people and packed with people.

"The hero holding the Hidden Dragon Card, come this way!"

At the gate, a group of Wulin League disciples stopped the crowd. Some of them looked exhausted and shouted at the top of their lungs, "You can enter first after you have verified your post!"

"My fellow martial artists who have come to watch the ceremony, please wait a moment. We will let you in before the opening ceremony at noon! Don't push! Let the heroes with the cards in first!"

Fu Qingzhou and his party of four were struggling to squeeze through the crowd. Wu Changfeng, tall and strong, took the lead and used his strong body to force his way through the crowd, holding up the Qianlong card in his hand: "Here! Here! There are four here!"

The Wulin League disciples were sweating and dizzy, and after hurriedly checking the posts, they discovered that one of them was Fu Qingzhou.

"Ah, it's Master Fu!"

The disciple who was checking the invitation weakly pulled Fu Qingzhou and said, "Young man, the master has instructed that if you come, please go to the reception room first to talk."

Fu Qingzhou was startled and pointed at himself: "Me?"

But the disciple had no time to pay attention to him. He turned around and went to deal with new things.

"Brother, maybe Alliance Leader Jiang has something to tell you?" Tang Jiao said with a blink.

Fu Qingzhou responded, "Okay, I'll go there, Jiaojiao, you follow Brother Wu and the others to the meeting first."

"Okay, don't worry, we can't lose your junior sister!" Wu Changfeng laughed.

The Qianlong Hundred Heroes Conference is about to open, and the Wulin Alliance headquarters is also decorated with lights and colors. Although it is not yet night, lanterns and red silks are already hanging on every eaves. If you don't know, you might think someone is getting married.

Most of the disciples of the Wulin League were busy doing various reception arrangements, and there was no one to lead the way. Fortunately, Fu Qingzhou was now familiar with the interior of the Wulin League headquarters, and he soon arrived at the reception room by himself.

"Master Fu, you are here."

The door of the hall was closed, but there was a disciple standing at the door. He recognized him at a glance and said with a smile, "Come in."

Fu Qingzhou clasped his fists and bowed to him, watching the door open in front of him.

What came into view was Jiang Baichuan sitting in the main position.

There are two rows of small tables on both sides of the hall, with a person sitting behind each table. It seems that they are of high status.

When the door was opened, everyone looked over. Jiang Baichuan also smiled and said, "Young Master Fu, you are here. Come in and meet everyone. They are all judges of this conference."

(End of this chapter)