All Heavens: Originating from Swallowing the Stars

Chapter 59 Patrol Elder - Heavenly Abyss Knight

From a geographical perspective, the Xia Clan's world is a typical system where land and sea coexist, with the ratio of ocean to land being approximately one to one. The core area of ​​civilization is a super continent.

Through long years of struggle and compromise, the native Xia people have successfully suppressed the vast majority of outside forces and occupied more than 80 percent of the land and sea. They divided their territory into nineteen provinces, each inhabited by countless ordinary people.

Nanqin Province, Baihu County, is just one of the many inconspicuous counties in the Xia Clan world. However, as the largest and most prosperous city within a radius of several thousand miles, it still houses over a million ordinary people and is bustling with activity every day.

It’s not lively.

This is an era filled with fighting spirit and magic, where extraordinary miracles often occur. Although there is little equality between people, the productivity and military power brought by the strong can ensure the basic needs and peace of most areas.

After all, the strongest person in Baihu County is a true pseudo-superhuman, and he has a real superhuman backing him. Even if pseudo-superhumans from other regions come, they must abide by the rules of this county.

The Golden Restaurant was the property of that pseudo-supernatural figure. It was a three-story restaurant made entirely of gold. It was so magnificent and expensive that it was a place exclusively for experts above the Heavenly Rank to rest, trade, and exchange ideas.

Today, the Golden Restaurant was still bustling with activity. The powerful figures among the mortals gathered in small groups, discussing the recent major events in the world. The specially trained waiters moved cautiously among them, not daring to make the slightest sound.

"Have you heard, folks? It seems there's another beast tide at sea. Several coastal towns have been hit by disasters, and many people have died."

A burly man with a full beard and wearing tattered armor spoke in a powerful voice, attracting the attention of everyone in the restaurant.

"A beast tide, huh? Come to think of it, it's been ten years since the last large-scale sea beast tide."

"Damn monsters, those beasts are like persistent ghosts."

"I wonder if this beast tide will affect our Baihu County. If it really attacks, I'm afraid many, many people will die."

Some were angry, some were worried, and some were helpless. They were all ordinary strongmen in Baihu County, most of whom were at the Heavenly Rank or Star Rank. They owned their own territories and subjects in the county. Once the beast tide came, they would all suffer huge losses.

"It shouldn't affect us here. I heard from the bards that those beast tides angered the extraordinary figures of my Xia clan. Lord Tianyin Knight personally took action and killed millions of magical beasts." The bearded man smiled as he looked at the various reactions of the people in the tavern.

"Lord Celestial Knight? Is that the one who became an extraordinary being in the provincial capital more than two hundred years ago? (From 'The Ten Extraordinary Beings of Nanqin')"

It seems there are records of his deeds online.

"One person annihilating a million magical beasts? That's unbelievable! Even a transcendent being probably couldn't do that!"

"Not necessarily. The extraordinary is beyond our imagination."

The moment the topic of extraordinary individuals came up, many ordinary strong individuals immediately started talking. The extraordinary was a realm that all ordinary people in the Xia Clan world aspired to and worshipped. From the lowest commoners to the pseudo-extraordinary, everyone grew up listening to stories of extraordinary individuals.

"It's understandable that you have doubts since you haven't seen Lord Celestial Knight in action. Let me tell you, the bard said..."

That man's weapon was a zither, a musical instrument used for playing. He only needed to pluck it lightly, and the sound would resonate far and wide.

They beheaded hundreds of thousands of monsters.

The burly man with a thick beard took a big gulp of strong liquor and stood in the center of the Golden Tavern, excitedly recounting the stories he had heard from the bards, which occasionally drew gasps and cheers from a group of fellow drinkers.

Although the world is relatively peaceful now, traveling across counties remains a very dangerous activity, especially with games like Warcraft.

Bandits, dangerous places—a combination of factors meant that many people never left their county town in their entire lives, and information from outside was mainly relayed by wandering poets.

A good half hour later, the burly man with the thick beard finally finished telling the story he had heard, still seemingly unsatisfied. He poured the rest of the strong liquor into his mouth and laughed:

"Alright, everyone, that's all for today. Remember to come back tomorrow, and I'll continue telling you the story of our Heavenly Knight."

After saying this, the burly man with the thick beard stopped talking. He ordered a large bowl of strong liquor from the waiter, took the bowl to a corner, and began to rest with his eyes half-closed.

"Ding!"

Suddenly, the burly man with a thick beard heard a crisp popping sound. He opened his eyes and found that a handsome young man dressed in a silver robe had appeared across from him at the table. The young man was playing with a pebble-like stone in his hand and was smiling at him.

"Hello there."

Upon seeing that he had woken up, the young man spoke softly, his voice not loud, but it was as if a sledgehammer had struck out of nowhere, dispelling all the slight drunkenness from the bearded man.

"Sir—how are you?"

This overwhelming aura made the burly man with the thick beard dare not be negligent in the slightest. He quickly sat up straight and nodded to the boy.

With such strength, the opponent is at least a titled expert, or even possibly a pseudo-superhuman or a true superhuman!

"Don't be nervous. I'm here to ask you something," the young man, Li Tuo, casually tossed a small Origin Stone in front of the bearded man. "I heard that there have been several earthquakes recently at Ironbeak Mountain outside your county, and some people have even heard beast roars. Is that true?"

"It's true, sir," the burly man with the thick beard, clearly an intelligence officer, replied hastily. "About five or six days ago, there were several earthquakes in the area around Ironbeak Mountain. I went there myself and heard from the local people that they heard very low roars of beasts during the earthquakes."

"Have you reported the fake superhuman to the county?" Li Tuomo asked, gesturing with his chin.

"Yes, Lord Golden Tiger already knew about this matter. He said he had reported it to the Sea God Palace and was just waiting for the extraordinary lord from the Sea God Palace to come and see what was going on."

As the burly man with the thick beard was speaking, he suddenly seemed to remember something, looked up at Li Tuo's overly youthful face, and then trembled all over, lowering his head even further.

"If that's the case, then there does seem to be a problem. I really should go and take a look myself."

Li Tuo ignored the bearded man and stood up on his own. He took a step and disappeared from the spot.

After leaving the World of Fire, he did not go to the front lines between the Xia Clan and the Beast Clan. Instead, he was used as a secret weapon by the Council of Elders and sent to travel throughout the nineteen provinces of the Great Xia to investigate any information that might be related to spies of the Beast Clan.

This is a very important matter. If a superhuman magical beast scout suddenly jumps out from the rear while the Xia Clan and the magical beast clan are locked in a stalemate, it will cause huge losses to the Xia Clan and may even affect the entire battle situation.

Li Tuo's mission, as an oversight elder, was to search for any spies from the demonic beast race who might be hiding within the Xia Clan's territory, find them, and then eliminate them.