The road is vague

Chapter 21 Anle City

Gao Zhen, the Green-faced Tiger who was known for his killing spree, looked at the man standing in front of him.

He wore a conical hat, a straw raincoat, held a sharp sword, and had an indifferent look in his eyes.

This person is none other than Li Mo, the martial arts fanatic and genius doctor of the Pingshan Society.

Over the past year, Li Mo has grown significantly taller and earned the title of "Martial Arts Fanatic Doctor" in the village. Even when standing in front of Gao Zhen, he no longer looks like the immature boy he used to be. A sense of oppression quietly arises in him.

During the internal strife of the Pingshan Society, the two brothers were deserted by their friends and relatives, and only three group leaders were willing to continue to follow them, and they were also closely related to this person.

There were shouts and sounds of killing everywhere.

"Doctor Li, what good did that slutty vixen do to you? We two brothers have always treated you well, why did you betray us?"

Li Mo's eyes were cold.

Not to mention that the Jade Fox Wang Ying was quite kind to him. When he first joined the Pingshan Society, he heard with his own ears that if the bear gall failed to cure the Green-faced Tiger Gao Zhen, he would skin himself alive the next day.

After seeing how the two brothers dealt with the water jumpers, Li Mo didn't think they were joking.

in this way.

All the benefits that Li Mo obtained afterwards were just mutual exploitation by both parties.

Gao Zhen continued in a cold voice, "I admit that your martial arts have improved rapidly over the past year, but you should know that you are no match for me."

Li Mo still didn't speak.

Seeing the deafening sounds of killing all around, many people died in this gang infighting.

Gao Zhen knew that it was useless to persuade Li Mo any further, so he simply stopped talking nonsense. He snorted coldly and assumed the posture of a tiger emerging from the mountains. His body was like a tiger gathering strength, ready to launch a fierce attack at any time.

Li Mo knew that the martial arts that Gao Zhen practiced was called Tiger Fist, which focused on fierce and explosive power and was good at causing huge damage in an instant. Every move seemed like a tiger's roar.

He also wanted to take this opportunity to test his progress over the past year.

Seeing the opponent coming at him with such force that he could not match ten thousand men, Li Mo tried his best to make use of the light and agile characteristics of the Sanhe Sword Technique, keeping a distance from him, maintaining a fighting posture, and constantly trying to cause damage to him with subtle sword moves.

A brief moment.

The figures of both sides kept intertwining, and the two sides exchanged more than thirty moves, each evenly matched.

Gao Zhen was shocked to see that Li Mo was so difficult to deal with. The speed at which this person's martial arts skills improved was really too amazing.

He attacked from above again but missed, and the dirt flew everywhere under his feet. The impact was truly astonishing.

Seeing that Li Mo was about to distance himself again and was planning to continue to consume his physical strength and fight with him with his soft sword skills, Gao Zhen let out a loud shout, and a chain was swung out from the cuffs under his tiger claws, wrapping around the unsuspecting Li Mo. This was his signature skill, the beast-trapping lock.

Li Mo used the Qingliu Sword to counterattack with a little effort.

However, at this moment, Gao Zhen's speed suddenly increased, and he used a move like a tiger pouncing on a sheep, increasing his explosive power to the limit, hoping to achieve something with one strike.

Li Mo's pupils shrank slightly under his bamboo hat.

He used his best strength to push away the chain attack, then spun his body rapidly and threw off his raincoat in an attempt to escape.

With a puff of sound, the straw raincoat instantly turned into pieces under Gao Zhen's vicious tiger pouncing on the sheep.

Then, Gao Zhen, despite the injury from Li Mo's sword, launched a tiger claw attack. His right claw pierced through the fragments of the straw raincoat and landed on Li Mo's left shoulder.

“What a powerful force.”

Li Mo flew ten feet away in an instant, his left shoulder bleeding and dislocated.

His face was a little solemn, but as a doctor, he was not panicked by his physical injuries and he completed the bone reduction almost instantly.

Gao Zhen's chain swept over again, and Li Mo stretched out his sword to block it.

However, in a hurry, Li Mo actually felt two terrifying forces coming from the chains. This was one of Gao Zhen's special skills, called Double Strength.

Then Li Mo's sword slipped out of his hand and he was in danger.

"Dr. Li, see you in the next life!"

Seeing Li Mo roll over and try to get the sword back, Gao Zhen sneered and roared before rushing forward.

Li Mo's expression remained calm, and he did not panic. Instead, he suddenly struck back, swung out the scabbard at his waist, and a puff of white smoke gushed out.

Not only Gao Zhen has his own special skills, Li Mo also has his own special skills. This time he has prepared a lot of special poison barrels and healing medicines.

Gao Zhen stepped back sideways to avoid Li Mo's poisonous smoke.

After Li Mo got the sword back, he applied some medicine on himself, put some distance between them again, and chose to fight with him, his eyes still indifferent and calm.

"you!"

Gao Zhen noticed that after Li Mo applied the golden wound medicine on himself, the bleeding from the wound stopped abruptly. His face suddenly turned ashen. This was the high-grade golden wound medicine specially made by Li Mo using the hundred-year-old blood-red flower. The medicinal power was extraordinary.

Li Mo ignored Gao Zhen who was in a rage.

After a while.

Li Mo estimated the time in his mind and pointed to the injury on his cheek to Gao Zhen.

Gao Zhen frowned slightly when he saw this, and casually touched the bloodstain on his cheek. It was just a superficial wound, and he didn't care. Before fighting with Li Mo, he had suffered a lot of injuries under the siege of Yu Huli and others, but his Tiger Fist originated from the military camp, which has the characteristics of sharpening muscles and bones, skin, and enhancing survival ability. It is a second-rate martial art in the world, and this superficial wound is nothing.

But he immediately remembered the white smoke in Li Mo's scabbard, and his face suddenly changed, and then he felt his body become soft and weak.

Li Mo knew that the other party's poison had taken effect.

In order to avoid any further complications, he immediately used the Three Immortals Returning to the Cave move and rushed forward.

Gao Zhen's movements were obviously a beat slower. As the sword pierced through his chest, Li Mo quickly widened the distance between them, avoiding Gao Zhen's final counterattack and watching the other party fall down with an unwilling look on his face.

"The poison I personally prepared is not comparable to the poison of blood decay."

"younger brother!"

The blood-faced lion Gao Po was furious when he saw Li Mo killing his brother, but Li Mo ignored the dying lion and looked at the jade fox Wang Ying.

"Tell me, what exactly is that conspiracy trap?"

He has now done his utmost.

Wang Ying was overjoyed when she saw that Li Mo had killed Gao Zhen independently.

"You must not go to the four major county towns or other towns to test your spiritual root qualifications. You must go to Anle City, the provincial capital. The number of people who are tested there every year with spiritual roots far exceeds that of other county towns. Some say that this is because the disciples of the aristocratic families of the Lingmu Sect are unwilling to recruit more independent disciples into the sect, so they deliberately conceal some people with spiritual roots. Only in Anle City can they find it difficult to completely control them!"

Li Mo was shocked.

If this is true, then it would be worth his waiting for so long.

Otherwise, if he was unlucky enough to be concealed by the disciples of the aristocratic family who were testing his spiritual roots, and mistakenly believed that he had no spiritual roots, wouldn't he regret it for the rest of his life? "Thank you!"

All the resentment in Li Mo's heart was swept away, and he immediately left the Pingshanhui stronghold and headed towards the outside of the Eighteen Mountains. It seemed that only by leaving this filthy place as soon as possible could he not disappoint his mother's earnest expectations and not let her down.

He no longer needs to endure humiliation.

Xiyue is an unlucky time.

Li Mo hid temporarily in a country house.

There were only two people in this family, a grandfather and a grandson, who lived a poor life. When they saw that Li Mo was willing to pay one hundred coins as accommodation and food expenses for the next half month, they immediately agreed happily.

After finding a place to settle down, Li Mo took out the spirit stones he had obtained and studied them carefully.

The two spirit stones had different colors. As he held the spirit stones tightly in his palms, in addition to the refreshing and cool feeling that penetrated into his bones, he seemed to feel wisps of smoke floating in the spirit stones. This feeling was very similar to the smoke in the ethereal dream, but the density was higher.

"Could this really be the spiritual energy of heaven and earth?"

Li Mo studied it for a long time, and after repeated experience, he confirmed that he could indeed sense the special gas in the spirit stone.

"Could it be that... I have spiritual roots?"

In addition to spiritual roots, cultivators also have qualifications.

Spiritual roots are only the foundation of practice, while aptitude is the direction of practice.

But there is no doubt that only those with spiritual roots can sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. If what Li Mo senses now is really the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, doesn’t it prove that he has spiritual roots?

"Forget it, let's wait until the sunset moon passes, then go to Anle City, the provincial capital, and spend some money to inspect it during the Dragon Boat Festival. Then everything will be clear."

……

The capital of Muzhou was called Anle City, located in Zhanghe County.

The northern area of ​​Zhanghe County is relatively the richest place in Muzhou.

According to Jade Fox Wang Ying, due to the conflicts between the disciples from aristocratic families and the independent disciples in Lingmu Sect, the disciples from aristocratic families would often deliberately omit some independent disciples when testing their spiritual root qualifications in various counties, and tell them that they did not have spiritual root qualifications, in order to reduce the admission rate of independent disciples. Therefore, they would try to go to Anle City, the provincial capital, to test their spiritual root qualifications.

Li Mo naturally took the attitude of "it is better to believe it than not to believe it".

After all, this matter, which concerns destiny and future, can be changed by just a word from the other party. He doesn't want to miss the opportunity and regret it for the rest of his life because of his attitude.

After the eve of the moon.

Li Mo said goodbye to the grandfather and grandson, and spent a whole month striding before finally arriving at Anle City in Zhanghe County. At this time, his leg strength was almost more than twice that of more than a year ago.

As the capital of Muzhou, the prosperity of Anle City really opened Li Mo's eyes.

The city is brightly lit, and the night is as bright as day.

What surprised Li Mo the most were the giant birds soaring in the sky, the huge flying boats that were twenty or thirty feet long, and the wooden oxen and flowing horses that could walk on the road by themselves.

Some people use it to transport goods, while others use it as a means of transportation.

And those giant birds and flying boats were actually vehicles used for private rental and public transportation between various county towns.

Although Li Mo had heard about the prosperity of Anle City before, he was still shocked after seeing it with his own eyes.

In addition to the giant bird, flying boat, wooden ox and flowing horse.

The buildings in Anle City were also exceptionally spectacular, with seven- or eight-story buildings everywhere, and even some towers that were thirty or forty feet high, all brightly lit and magnificent.

Li Mo was overwhelmed.

Before this, he had never even been to the county town or the prefecture town, and only lived in Hua'an Town and the Eighteen Mountains.

Various hawking sounds can be heard everywhere along the street.

There were storytellers, face-changing magicians, stilt walkers, fire-breathing acrobats, clavicle-penetrating gun performers, shadow puppet shows, tiger and leopard tamers, and all kinds of street performers performing a variety of shows that were overwhelming. There were even some people in strange costumes wandering around the streets.

Li Mo lingered there and didn't want to leave.

At the same time, he was constantly filled with emotion and amazement in his heart. How wonderful it would be if his mother and Xiaoman could also see such a beautiful scene.

That night, Li Mo fell asleep very late.

It is already the beginning of April. For the next month, he only needs to wait for the Dragon Boat Festival in Anle City so that he can test his spiritual roots in the city.

the next day.

Li Mo came to a pub to eat and asked about the reason for Qianguo's general amnesty.

As the capital of Muzhou, Anle City is naturally much more informed.

"Of course, it's because the war between us and the State of Lu has come to a temporary end, and our Great Qian State has achieved victory. The Sage Emperor Qianyuan has granted amnesty to mourn those who died in this war."

Listening to the waiter's story, Li Mo seemed to be thinking about something.

"Didn't the war end seven years ago?"

"That's just the end of the war between mortals. The cultivators from Qian and Lu are still fighting each other in Zhongshan."

Zhongshan was a small country sandwiched between the two big countries of Qian and Lu.

"Oh, I see."

In the following time, Li Mo found a job as an errand runner in Anle City, responsible for packing the dishes of Baishan Hall and delivering them to various places in the city to earn some hard work fees.

during this process.

While accumulating knowledge and experience, Li Mo inquired about the news about the Immortal Mountain Holy Land and learned that there were a total of twelve major sects in the territory of Qian Kingdom.

Among the nine states of Qian Kingdom, Muzhou has the largest area, but it is also the most barren and has the sparsest population. Therefore, there is only one sect in the territory called Lingmu Sect, which is located on Qingming Mountain hundreds of miles west of Anle City in Zhanghe County.

"Spirit Eye Gate."

Li Mo thought of the two inspectors from the Ministry of Destiny whom he met in Hua'an Town. They were both from the Lingmu Sect.

One is the inspector who hunts down the Six Evils of Meishan, and the other is Lu Qi who kills the evil river god.

If he didn't want to travel to other states and counties thousands or tens of thousands of miles away to find a holy place on a fairy mountain to join a sect, he could only try to join the Lingmu Sect to seek opportunities.

As the capital of Muzhou.

Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival, monks in Anle City would publicly test spiritual root qualifications. However, the process of testing spiritual root qualifications was quite cumbersome. If ordinary people wanted to be tested, they would not only have to be at least 15 years old, but also have to spend five hundred yuan for the test.

Although this five-hundred-dollar fee prevented overcrowding, it also caused many people from poor families to miss the opportunity.

I wonder how many people may have spiritual roots but end up living an ordinary life.

(End of this chapter)