Nine-layer armor-breaking

Chapter 104: He is a Cultivator

Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao were walking side by side on the stairs. When they saw two people coming towards them and talking in a low voice, they were about to pass by them. Jiang Xuan slowed down a step, followed behind Sha Lao, and made way for the two people coming towards them.

"Let's wait for my cousin from Qizhou. We can go together tomorrow."

The middle-sized, dark-skinned young man among the two said to his companion beside him.

"Isn't Qizhou under lockdown? How did he get out?" The companion thought for a moment and asked the dark-skinned young man.

"My cousin lives outside the city, not inside. What does the lockdown have to do with him?"

The dark-skinned young man continued, "It's not completely unrelated. Qizhou has even sealed its city gates. How can it be a small matter? It's a good thing to get out early and stay away from Qizhou."

His companion nodded and said, "That's good. This trip is not easy. More people will help us."

……

The two of them were talking back and forth.

Jiang Xuan just felt that it was okay for him and Old Sha to walk side by side on the stairs when there was no one around, but when there were people around, they still had to be more discerning.

After Jiang Xuan made way for the two, the two smiled and nodded at Jiang Xuan as a response.

After noticing Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao, the dark-skinned young man and his companion said nothing more and walked down the stairs.

Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao didn't pay much attention to them at first, but when they heard the words "Qizhou, closure of the city", they couldn't help but pay more attention to these two people.

The two men were dressed more casually than ordinary people, which was neither good nor bad.

But Old Sha could tell at a glance that these two people had a foundation in martial arts. Based on what they said and a quick look at the location of the calluses on their hands, he immediately judged that these two people were probably bodyguards using daggers.

Since they are bodyguards, it is natural for them to travel all over the country. Because of this, they will definitely come into contact with many people.

These two escorts were not top fighters, but because they had to look for work in various places, they had a lot of information in their hands.

Therefore, the authenticity of what they say should be relatively high.

The Qizhou city gate had just been closed, and Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao had been traveling all night, rarely slacking off.

But under such circumstances, someone still passed the news of Qizhou's closure to Lingsong Lake first, which cannot help but arouse suspicion.

……

The next day, Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao looked out the window at the scene in the distance.

A large group of people, talking in a chaotic manner, were waiting to board a ship where a large number of ships were docked. Among them were the two people that Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao met on the stairs yesterday.

Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao were also prepared early in the morning. Seeing that the situation outside was not right, they immediately went to the place where a large number of ships were gathered and docked, preparing to be the first batch to cross the lake.

Originally, they could have had more flexibility in the time to cross the lake, but if so many people rushed on and there were limited boats, Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao would have had to wait until the boatmen brought those people back before crossing the lake.

If this situation really happens, Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao can only wait in the inn, and the earliest will be tomorrow.

Just as Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao arrived at the shore where a large number of ships were docked, they could hear clearly what they were talking about.

"Qizhou City is in chaos!"

Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao listened to these people talking about these topics. Although they could not immediately tell whether what they said was true or false, they were still shocked.

"A large number of people in Qizhou City were killed or injured. Even the guards of the City Lord's Mansion who were trying to maintain order were injured." Someone in the crowd said passionately.

"I've never heard of that. Isn't Qizhou developing quite well? Doesn't their city lord care?" "Then City Lord Bai hasn't shown up for a while. Who knows?"

"Tell me, how could this happen?"

……

After listening to what that person said, everyone felt more or less sorry for what had happened to Qizhou.

"What happens next? According to what you said, Qizhou City is already in such chaos. What's the situation now?" Someone in the crowd asked impatiently.

The man who had spoken passionately earlier glanced at the man who had asked the question, met his gaze, and said, "Then...then they said it was suppressed by a gust of wind."

"Are you kidding?" At this moment, the person who spoke asked the man in an extremely unbelievable tone.

He couldn't believe that such an outrageous thing would come out of his mouth.

The reason is that the man who spoke passionately before was called "Know-it-all" by his team. Based on past experience, his information was most likely correct.

"That's what I heard. I think it might have been done by the captain of the personal guards," he explained to everyone in the team.

"Captain of the Personal Guard? What do you mean?"

"Isn't he the chief guard of Lord Bai of Qizhou a master of jade cultivation? I heard that he was there when the people were rioting. After the storm was suppressed, he hurried out of the city." He said with a look of conviction.

"Jade Cultivation Realm? He's actually an Immortal Cultivator!"

"Many of the city lord's personal guards are cultivators, didn't you know that?"

"Don't talk nonsense. That's not the case where we are. They say that if you become a warrior and enter the Jade Cultivation Passage, you can become a cultivator when you come out. Why haven't I seen any in our area? There are only martial arts halls everywhere. I doubt that people can cultivate immortality. It's just a rumor."

……

There were so many people talking that Jiang Xuan and Sha Lao didn't continue listening.

But at this moment, Mr. Sha had something on his mind, and was thinking over and over again in his mind.

If it was true that Qizhou City was in chaos as that person said, then in this situation, the only ones who could pull the chaotic Qizhou City back to order were cultivators.

There are only three monks in Qizhou City.

One is City Lord Bai, but City Lord Bai is missing; one is Director Yan of Qizhou Martial Arts School, but Director Yan does not meddle in other people's business due to his personality; the last one is City Lord Bai's chief personal guard.

Lord Bai has not shown up yet. It is very likely that he has been seriously injured or is not in the city at all.

The duty of the chief guard is to protect the city lord's personal safety at all costs. Needless to say, everyone has seen the chief guard's past performance.

If the chief of the guards really left the city at this moment, there would be only one possibility, that is, the city lord is not in the city or something has happened to the city lord.

Mr. Sha thought about it, calculated everything in his mind, and made a decision secretly.

He recovered and said to Jiang Xuan, "Don't you like the environment of Lingsong Lake? Why don't you stay here for two more days?"

"What? What are you going to do?" Jiang Xuan was not stupid. Old Sha was silent for a while before speaking. He must have some plans in mind. He didn't think much about it and quickly asked Old Sha.

"I want to go back to Qizhou City!"

(End of this chapter)