Travel through the heavens

Fang Muye killed Zhao Xuansu with one move, and the person who was most happy was the old sword god Li Chungang.

Although he had long known that Fang Muye had surpassed him in martial arts, he had never imagined that the other party also had such profound attainments in swordsmanship, which was actually no less than his own. He was delighted to see Fang Muye's prey, so he often pulled Fang Muye to discuss swordsmanship, and when he was in a good mood, they would even exchange a few moves and demonstrate with each other.

Although the two men did not use their full strength when fighting, they were, after all, two land-based sword immortals discussing the Dao, which inevitably caused strange phenomena in heaven and earth. Above the sea, winds and clouds rose from time to time, rolling up thousand-foot waves, as if it were the end of the world.

After several days of sailing on the sea, Fang Muye and his party finally saw the towering outer walls of Wudi City on the land ahead from afar.

Xu Fengnian stood at the bow of the boat and said in a deep voice, "We have finally reached the end of this journey."

Li Chungang said with emotion: "Yes, this is Wudi City."

The old Sword God's eyes showed a hint of reminiscence, and he said with emotion: "Before, this city was not called Wudi City."

Fang Muye asked, "Senior, what was its original name?"

"Linguan City."

Li Chungang spoke slowly, "It was originally a vassal city of a royal family from Dongyue during the Spring and Autumn Period. The name was taken from a line in a poem written by Zhang Shengren thousands of years ago when he traveled to the East China Sea: 'Looking eastward from Jieshi, I can see the vast ocean.' Later, Wang Xianzhi, a nobody, fought repeatedly in the martial arts world and was highly regarded by the Dongyue royal family, who took him in as their son-in-law. They hoped to use Wang Xianzhi's unrivaled military prowess to rebel and usurp the throne, but they failed. Later, the city was besieged by a large army, and the royal family committed suicide on the city walls in front of 60,000 soldiers, hoping to atone for the entire city's sins with one death. Unfortunately, the Dongyue emperor was unwilling to let them go. Of course, he didn't mean to exterminate all nine generations of the family. After all, if he did, wouldn't the emperor's own family be killed? But the massacre of the city was inevitable."

Li Chungang paused at this point, and Xu Fengnian hurriedly asked, "What happened next? Was the city massacred?"

"Of course not."

Li Chungang shook his head and continued, "It just so happened that Wang Xianzhi had just returned from a fierce battle with me. Without even a word to the emperor, he charged straight from outside the city walls to the city walls, brought the city lord's body back inside, and then charged back from inside to outside the city walls three times. The last time, he was only thirty steps away from the Dongyue emperor's tent, wiping out the elite Dongyue Sword Pool who had served as Dongyue's imperial guards for generations. Wang Xianzhi single-handedly forced the emperor to sign an oath under the city walls, which led to the creation of Wudi City, the independent leader of Dongyue during the Spring and Autumn Period."

Although this matter is not a secret in the martial arts world, it happened a long time ago. Apart from the old Sword God, only the older Wei Shuyang knew about it on the ship.

As everyone listened to Li Chungang's slow story, they seemed to see Wang Xianzhi's invincible style back then.

Xu Fengnian pointed to a gleaming spot on the wall of Wudi City and asked, "What's that on there?"

Li Chungang replied, "For decades, countless martial arts masters have come to the city to fight, but none have been able to defeat Wang Xianzhi. The weapons left behind by the defeated are on the city walls."

"Old Huang's sword case is right there." Xu Fengnian looked around, as if he saw the familiar object, and also as if he saw the figure with all his meridians broken, sitting cross-legged on the top of the city wall, looking north, and still standing tall even after death.

When the ship approached the shore, Qingniao stepped forward and reported, "Prince, after getting off the ship, it will take about a cup of tea to walk into the city."

Xu Fengnian gathered his thoughts and said, "Don't go that way."

The bluebird asked in confusion, "How do we get there?"

"Take a detour and go through the west gate!" Xu Fengnian's voice was firm.

Fang Muye pretended to ask, "Did Old Huang also go through the west gate?"

Xu Fengnian nodded: "Old Huang entered the city from the west."

Fang Muye said loudly: "Okay, then we will follow the path that Old Huang has taken."

Soon, the big ship sailed into the dock. All the soldiers of the Feng Camp stayed on the ship, while the others got off the ship and went around to the west gate.

When they arrived in front of the towering city gate, they saw a bustling crowd of people entering the city, most of whom were people from the martial arts world. Some were strong and muscular, while others were outstanding and equipped with magical weapons. All of them had the demeanor of a master.

Xu Fengnian asked curiously, "Is this city gate unguarded?"

Wei Shuyang replied, "The gates of Emperor Wu's city have always been open, and there are no soldiers guarding the city."

Everyone nodded secretly. Yes, with Wang Xianzhi, who becomes more and more knowledgeable as he grows older and is truly invincible in the world, here, there is no need for a large army to guard the place. Who would dare to act so presumptuously here?

Except for Li Chungang, everyone else was setting foot in Wu Di City for the first time. Even Shu Xiu and Wei Shuyang, who were used to the ups and downs of life, still felt extremely heavy in their hearts when they walked from outside the city into the shadow of the city gate.

There are countless cities in the world. For hundreds of years, martial arts evaluations are held every twenty years, but only this city gate has been passed through by almost all the top ten martial artists. The current celebrities who stand at the top of the martial arts world, the new sword god Deng Tai'a who rides a donkey upside down and holds a peach branch, and the blue-robed official Cao Changqing have passed through this gate. Just like the people around them at this moment, they all have to pass through this city gate and follow the main road on the central axis to face the inner city.

There lived a monster named Wang, who claimed to be the second best in the world and remained undefeated.

After entering the city, everyone walked straight along the main road and arrived at the city wall of the main tower.

Li Chungang pointed and said, "That's the entrance to the Wudi City Wall."

Everyone looked in the direction Li Chungang pointed, and saw six warriors sitting or standing, all of them with murderous aura and an attitude that said, "Keep Away From Me."

Fang Muye took a look at the auras of the six people and said, "These six people are all close to the first-grade realm. They are considered good players in the martial arts world."

"There are twelve martial slaves in Wudi City. They are all former top martial arts masters who were defeated by Wang Xianzhi and willingly stayed to defend the city for him. Among them are four swordsmen, three knifemen, one spear master, two boxing masters, one zither master, and one chess player." Wei Shuyang whispered the information collected by the Beiliang Palace.

Xu Fengnian looked at the six people who came over and asked, "Are these them?"

"Right." Wei Shuyang nodded, a hint of doubt in his tone. "Logically, these twelve slave warriors should be guarding the fifth floor. They should fight their way to the roof, floor by floor, before they're qualified to challenge Wang Xianzhi. Why are they all here now? Have the rules changed?"

Xu Fengnian frowned and whispered, "They are looking at me."

Fang Muye smiled faintly: "Who in the world doesn't know that you, Xu, are here to take the sword box?"

Xu Fengnian said nonchalantly, "Are they going to stop me?"

"What do you think? Can I return it to you?" Li Chungang rolled his eyes and said unhappily, "Wudi City has sent out half of its slaves to stand at the foot of the city wall. This is definitely not a way to show hospitality, but to force you, His Royal Highness, to retreat. Wudi City has no national laws, only the city regulations established by Wang Xianzhi. Here, the words of the emperor, princes, and ministers are useless. No matter who you are, you must abide by his rules, unless you are so strong that even the land immortal Wang Xianzhi can't do anything to you."

Xu Fengnian suddenly laughed: "Fortunately, Senior and Wen Hua, your fists are strong enough."

Ning Emei suggested, "Why don't we go up and take the sword box back right away."

"No rush, let's follow Old Huang's footsteps first." Xu Fengnian shook his head, his eyes fixed on the small wine shop in front of him, and muttered, "Before Old Huang and Wang Xianzhi's decisive battle, this is where he drank his last bowl of wine."

Old Huang still looks familiar, and is still that kind and lukewarm old man.