Starting from the Greyhound, seventy-two changes.

The size of the entire city of Qiulong Mansion is 20 to 30 times the size of Baojiao County. Even the city wall is ten feet high, and the people coming in and out of the city gate look like teams of ants being swallowed by the city gate.

Strictly speaking, the courtyard that Yaowangtang arranged for Chen Ku's family was not the most luxurious area in Qiulong Mansion, but it was large enough and had a total of more than a dozen large guest rooms.

This ensures that the relatives and friends that Chen Ku brought from Baojiao County will not be overcrowded.

After simply settling everyone down.

Chen Kucai finally told the whole story to his family, and they had to talk about the half shoulder that Li Yuancheng had lost.

Li Yuancheng had never thought that he would have the chance to leave Baojiao Prison alive and reunite with his wife. He could only narrate what happened that night in a low and lonely voice.

original,

On the night when the evil people from Ping'an Province sneaked in from the tunnel inside the city, Li Yuancheng happened to be on duty in the police station. Although he was on duty, he was actually just drinking and chatting with his brothers.

I never expected such a huge change to happen.

When Ma Tianlin led a group of Heian Dao Yellow Turban soldiers into the county government office, their drunken brothers were arrested on the spot.

After all, Li Yuancheng had some internal energy cultivation, and after sobering up, he subconsciously took up arms to fight the group of monsters. However, he was completely at a disadvantage after just one fight.

Those Taoist soldiers were all selected elites. Dozens of them rushed forward, and he was defeated and captured without being able to display much of his strength.

At this point, Li Yuancheng smiled bitterly and said, "In the years since I retired from the border army, I have often fought against some big bandits. We were often the ones who had the advantage in numbers, but this time we were completely at a disadvantage. It made me dream of the battlefield. No matter how superb your martial arts skills are, you can't resist the terrible pressure of the human wave tactics. In just three or five breaths, my sword was bent and had a gap... Then I lost my arm and was thrown into prison."

The wife looked at her husband's empty shoulders and burst into tears out of pain.

Chen Ku had already arranged some internal and external pills for Li Yuancheng, which made his face look red. He couldn't help but ask, "What do you plan to do with the evil Ping An Dao who has imprisoned you, my brother-in-law, and other officials?"

Li Yuancheng was silent for a moment, and then said, "I heard that they are planning to wait for the imperial army to arrive, and then push all of us officials to the city gate tower and behead us as a sacrifice to the flag, in order to intimidate the dynasty and boost their morale."

Chen Ku thought about how he had led everyone all the way to Qiulong Mansion, but he had not seen any government troops, so he sighed and said, "Baojiao County has been occupied for five or six days. Logically, Ye Zhongdutou and the Shenji Battalion, who were sent from the city to suppress the monsters, should have responded in the first two days, but now there is no trace of them."

"Baojiao County has already fallen, and the monsters are defending the city. It will be impossible to recapture the city easily with only the 1,000 Shenji Battalions under Ye Dutou. I guess, at this moment, the adults and senior officers in Qiulong Mansion must be discussing how to prepare the military forces and fight a battle to conquer the city with absolute certainty." Li Yuancheng said.

Chen Ku agreed with this. The golden light formation formed by the incense and faith of the people in the city could not be easily torn apart even by a master of the seventh realm. It was like putting another iron shell on the Baojiao County. In addition, the number of Ping'an Dao demon soldiers in the city had increased seven or eight times, reaching a scale of nearly ten thousand. It was indeed not something that the Shenji Camp could easily take down.

"I don't know if we will have the chance to return to Baojiao County?" my sister-in-law whispered.

Chen Ku wanted to say that he had contacted his elder brother again, but thinking of the information provided by Chen Xin, Yuan Kingdom would soon move south, so he fell silent and said:
"Let's look at the court."

Li Yuancheng also sighed, knowing that even if the imperial court could recapture Baojiao City again, the city would have been ruined by evil spirits, and there would be no point in going back.

Seeing this, Chen Ku said no more and said:

"You guys should rest at home. Now that I have arrived at Qiulong Mansion, I should also go and say hello to the masters of Yaowang Hall and let them know that I am safe."

"Oh, by the way, after the shopkeeper Kou Shao settled us down, he gave us an address, saying that it was the headquarters of the Three Emperors' Association." My sister-in-law took out a note from a box in the distance.

Chen Ku took the note, memorized the location, and said to his sister-in-law, "Then I will go to the Three Emperors Patriarch Association to report first. I ask my sister-in-law and elder sister to take care of the large group of people at home. Don't be frugal with all the expenses."

At the beginning, apart from some of his own extra income, he gave all the income from Chen's Iron Shop to his old mother to manage. When his family fled Baojiao County, they took the money with them. After more than half a year, the iron shop had accumulated 30,000 to 40,000 silver coins. Even if the money was placed in this Qiulong Mansion, it was still a wealthy family. It would be no problem to provide food and clothing for dozens of people.

The sister-in-law nodded and told Chen Ku not to worry. She had heard of these people in the courtyard in the city before. They were all important figures in the past and had helped their family a lot. Although they were down and out now, they had to protect their dignity.

So Chen Ku left the yard first.

Walk to the main street of Qiulong Mansion.

Only then did he finally begin to seriously examine this 'provincial city' in the border area. The streets were extremely wide, and the classical buildings on both sides of the streets were also very tall, basically three or four stories high, revealing the prosperity of a provincial city.

He had been to Qiulong Mansion before as Erlang, and brought back a memory of overlooking Qiulong Mansion from the sky, maintaining a four-way structure of 'rich in the east, noble in the west, poor in the south, and humble in the north'.

The location of the Three Emperors Patriarchs Association of Qiulong Mansion is in the wealthy area of ​​East City. As Chen Ku walked towards the owner of Yaowang Hall in Qiulong Association, he heard many discussions from passers-by and vendors along the way.

"That damned Heian Dao demon, instead of just preaching, he had to rebel. Now, the prices of rice, flour, grain and oil have all gone up in the past few days. One bag of rice costs three bags as before!"

"Alas, who says it's not true? Once a war breaks out and the situation becomes unstable, money will become worthless. I heard Mr. Zhao sighing the other day. I should have stockpiled more gold and silver. Now the cultural relics and calligraphy and paintings in his house are all falling in value. If a war really breaks out, nothing will be as valuable as gold and silver."

This is what ordinary people on the street are talking about.

The closer you get to the wealthy area, the more voices you hear from the underworld. It is obvious that some of the people passing by are skilled in martial arts.

Chen Ku met at least eight or nine of the top four masters in Baojiao County just by walking such a short distance. He also heard two Jianghu people at the tea stall sighing:

"The news of the Hero King's treasure coming out of the world was sudden, and it disappeared just as suddenly. I had a hard time getting here from Longkou Prefecture, thinking that even if I didn't get any great treasure, I could at least get a bite of the soup. But, halfway through my journey, I heard that the Hero King's treasure underground palace had disappeared!"

"There are rumors in the martial arts world now, saying that Ping An Dao took advantage of the geographical advantage and directly blocked the place and took the Xia Wang's treasure!"

"real or fake?"

"Ping An Dao is already a serious threat to us. What if they get the Xia Wang treasure? What will happen then?"

"Who said it wasn't! If Ping An Dao gets the Xia Wang treasure, I think they can take down our Qiulong Mansion. By then, we will all become the 'godmen' of Ping An Dao."

"I heard that the people trapped in Baojiao County are miserable. They are forced to chant mantras and recite scriptures every day!"

"Is this Ping An Dao really so evil? Didn't I hear that Grandmaster Qin Yuxian was also there? Even the Grandmaster can't suppress them?"

"The Grandmaster is also a person after all. The Ping An Dao has more than 10,000 followers, and it is said that its leader is also very skilled. Now there is no news about the Grandmaster... I think it is probably... not good!" "What? You mean, is the Grandmaster in trouble too?"

Chen Ku listened to these people's conversation, and looked at his senior brother who was sitting cross-legged and breathing in the stone cavity in the Xia Wang Realm, and couldn't help but sigh.

Not long after, Chen Ku arrived in front of a huge clubhouse in this wealthy area.

At first glance, it was indeed magnificent, and was not comparable to the small Yaowang Hall in Baojiao County. The gate of a guild hall was even more luxurious than that of the county government office in Baojiao County.

The most important thing was that Chen Ku discovered that on the two beams of the hall's gate, there were portraits of two door gods, which actually exuded a strong spiritual energy.

"who?"

At this time, at the entrance of the Three Emperors' Patriarchs' Hall, two guards in dark blue robes shouted at Chen Ku:
"You are not allowed to linger at the entrance of the Three Emperors Patriarchs Association."

This is obviously different from the attitude of Yaowangtang which opens its doors to do business. Yaowangtang is just a small business run by a few owners of the Three Emperors Patriarch Association, while the Three Emperors Patriarch Association is the general association of the "Xinglin Industry" in the entire Qiulong Prefecture. It does not do business itself, but controls the life and death of pharmacies and clinics of all sizes.

Chen Ku did not make things difficult for the two guards. He just smiled and bowed, "I am Chen Ku, from the Medicine King Hall in Baojiao County. I am here to look for everyone in the medicine hall. Please go in and tell them."

"Chen Ku?"

Unexpectedly, the two guards who heard his name felt familiar at first, until Chen Ku explained that he was from the Yaowang Hall in Baojiao County. Suddenly, they were shocked and both walked down the stairs:

"Are you the young master Chen who aroused the reaction of Hou Xianbing, the champion of our city's martial arts temple not long ago?"

At this moment, people from other guilds on the street also heard the sound and looked over here, looking at the young man at the door of the Three Emperors Patriarch Guild with surprise and astonishment.

"He is Chen Ku?"

"The martial artist from Baojiao County who won two first prizes and became a scholar in one fell swoop?"

"Pei Qingzhi, the number one young man in our city, was defeated by this person?"

"It is said that many forces in the city are waiting for him to come to the city so that they can offer him an olive branch to recruit him."

"If the rumors about this boy are true, how could the Three Emperors Patriarch Association keep such a rare genius? After all, this Xinglin General Gang is only ranked 18th among the 36 martial arts associations."

"I heard that even the top gangster, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King of Liangshan, wants to recruit him to Liangshan."

Chen Ku had sharp ears and eyes, and at this moment he heard many discussions within a radius of several hundred meters. He was shocked and thought to himself:

"How come I'm already so famous in Qiulong Mansion even though I've only come here for the first time? Even the top gangsters are paying attention to me?"

He didn't know who this Tota-Bearing Heavenly King, the number one figure in the underworld, was.

But judging from the fact that his senior brother Qin Yu was praised as the best expert in the white way of Qiulong Mansion, the so-called Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King is estimated to be not much weaker in strength and fame than his senior brother.

after all……

The two words "King of Heaven".

He could immediately think of the Four Heavenly Kings under the King of Heroes, each of them was a heroic man feared by the world.

But just when Chen was thinking hard about these things.

Wow~
Suddenly, the door of the Three Emperors' Hall opened, and more than a dozen people walked out of the hall.

"Hahahaha!"

An old man with white hair and a youthful face was walking among them. Before he got close, his loud voice like a bronze bell shook the sky.

“Chen Ku, Chen Ku! This old man and the guys from the Three Emperors’ Patriarchs’ Guild have been waiting for you in Qiulong Mansion for too long!”

"The calm aura of this old man... gives me the feeling that among all the people I've met, he is second only to my master and senior brothers. Even Tang Yulin, who was at the seventh level and was killed by my formation, was at a higher level than this old man, but his foundation is not as solid as this old man's." Chen Ku immediately judged the old man's approximate level of cultivation from his aura.

Just one step away from entering the seventh level of Yu Gang realm?
That is the peak of the sixth realm, the stage where the internal formation has been perfectly developed?
Chen Ku thought for a moment and immediately looked at the familiar people behind the old man, including his master Yang Luchan, Shang Yunfang, Kou Ming and the chief manager Qin Sifan.

Qin Sifan immediately introduced Chen Ku, "Chen Ku, this is Senior Fu Baicao, the president of our Three Emperors Ancestors Association. He knew you when you destroyed the firewood and iron shop, and has been waiting for you to come to Qiulong Mansion. Now he finally sees you."

The president, Fu Baicao, is one of the leaders of the Qiulong Thirty-Six Martial Arts Association.

Chen Ku immediately bowed and said, "Junior Chen Ku, greetings to the president."

"It's too formal to call you president. I'm 168 years old this year. You can just call me Mr. Fu." The old man stroked his beard and said with a smile.

One hundred and sixty-eight?

Wouldn’t that mean it’s even older than the Daji Dynasty?

Chen Ku felt a chill in his heart, and quickly followed the old man's instructions, respectfully addressing him as "Mr. Fu".

When Fu Baicao saw that Chen Ku had changed his address, he immediately stepped forward, took Chen Ku's arm, and said, "Let's not talk too much, let's go in first, what's the point of standing outside?"

Chen Ku glanced at the two masters, only to see them smiling, as if indicating that the old man could be trusted.

Step into the Three Emperors’ Patriarch Hall.

Chen Ku was directly arranged to sit in the first seat on the right, which made him feel flattered, because even Qin Sifan and his master were sitting with him. (End of this chapter)