Tiger family enclosure.
In the core area, next to the ancestral hall, is the residence of the Tiger and Leopard family.
Eighteen feet underground, in a secret room, Lu Yi found a half-withered three-foot-long jade tree. Its branches were like amber, its leaves were like colored glaze, and its entire body was as red as fire. Only three half-ripe fruits were emerald green, as if they were carved from green jade.
The jade tree was carefully cultivated in a small flowerpot. Zhou Laodao was amazed at the flowerpot and said that it was purchased from a deserted city. It was a precious item specially used to cultivate spiritual plants. Its material and efficacy were unknown, but the price was extremely high - such a small flowerpot of more than a foot square cost one hundred imperial coins!
"The Tiger family is rich... One hundred imperial coins to buy such a thing?" Zhou Laodao shook his head repeatedly: "I have seen this thing in the Baibao Tower in the deserted city. I was surprised at that time. Is there really a fool who would waste his wealth to buy this thing? I didn't expect that this tiger leopard actually has such a hidden trick!"
Lu Yu narrowed his eyes.
Emperor's money?
When he first heard about this thing, some memory fragments churned in his mind, but no corresponding information came out. It can be seen that this emperor's money is not a very important message, and the old monk Hongchen did not emphasize it to Lu Yi.
This flowerpot, well, the making technique is extremely crude.
Although Lu Yu himself was only a half-baked expert in refining weapons, the Tianlong Zen Staff was made of extremely rare materials, relying on its "self-derivation" and "automatic evolution" to refine such a rare treasure. In terms of refining skills alone, Lu Yu's craftsmanship is really shameful!
However, even considering Lu Yi's level of refining skills, this flowerpot is extremely crude. In short, it is just a money-making device used to fool people. Apart from the one that 'stabilizes vitality', it does not have any other magical effects.
This jade tree is planted in this crudely made flowerpot, dying and already in a semi-withered state. It is estimated that there is no hope that the three fruits on the tree will ever mature.
In the secret room, on a small square table, Lu Yi found a dark green fruit core the size of a soybean. The smell of this fruit core was exactly the same as the three half-ripe fruits on the jade tree... Someone picked the fruit, ate it, and only left the fruit core here.
The awakening of Tiger and Leopard should have come from this. The fruit of this jade tree has some magical effects. After Tiger and Leopard got the benefits, they spent a lot of money to get such a flower pot, wanting to artificially cultivate this jade tree and ripen the three fruits on it, so that the Tiger family can get more benefits.
It didn't take much intelligence, experience or knowledge for Lu Yi to figure out this result. He looked at the sickly little tree in the flowerpot, shook his head and sighed helplessly.
He had just communicated with Hongchentian and wanted to take this small tree with magical effects into Hongchentian. With Hongchentian's magic, it would surely be able to nourish its vitality and allow it to grow vigorously.
But after trying for a while, he could still only take out a tiny amount of merit pool water from the Red Dust Heaven. He couldn't bring objects from the outside world into the Red Dust Heaven for the time being - especially when Lu Yi wanted to use the Red Dust Heaven to collect the small tree, he had another sudden impulse, and an inexplicable crisis surged in his heart.
Lu Yi woke up in shock.
In this world, it is best not to use the Buddha's Kingdom to store any objects. In fact, the existence of such treasures as the Buddha's Kingdom may be a huge taboo.
After taking a deep look at the tree, Lu Yi shook his head and said, "Old Zhou, if you like it, this thing will be yours... If you can take care of the three fruits, you might be able to... awaken the spirit, hey, awaken the spirit, right? You might be able to awaken the spirit successfully and gain another skill out of thin air."
Zhou Laodao smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed into a line.
He was not polite at all, and picked up the flower pot, smiling excitedly: "Okay, okay, Brother Fahai, judging from your appearance, you don't have the time to take care of this thing... Come on, let me, Old Zhou, try and see if I can squeeze more benefits out of this treasure."
Lu Yi searched the secret room for a while but couldn't find anything of value.
Two long swords of the "Half-Step Heavenly Soldier " level, a powerful crossbow made of spiritual gold with considerable lethality, and a round shield with extra materials and extra thickness that could almost withstand the continuous heavy blows of Zhou Laodao's cloak knife... that was all his belongings.
The Hu Family Village has a population of nearly 10,000 and is one of the largest settlements in the wilderness. Apart from the flowerpot worth a hundred imperial coins and the half-dead little tree, the entire property of the patriarch of the Hu Family Village in the secret room is just this much!
Lu Yi shook his head, shook his sleeves, turned and left.
"The Hu family is considered to be a wealthy family." Zhou Laodao followed Lu Yi happily, holding a flower pot.
He explained to Lu Yi that it was not easy to survive in the wilderness. It was already very difficult for a force like the Hu Family to ensure that the people had enough food and clothing and lived safely. If they accumulated a little wealth, they would exchange it for various combat forces that could be used - armor, weapons, various medicines for injuries or secret medicines for tempering the body, etc.
But these things are ridiculously expensive.
The Hu family's enclosure has eighteen pieces of 'Half-Step Heavenly Soldier' ​​level spiritual gold armor, and eighteen heavy sabers of the same level, plus heavy crossbows that can hunt down Wind-Splitting Eagles. The swords, spears, halberds, strong bows and crossbows in the hands of other tribesmen are also of extremely high quality... With the meager income from the wilderness stronghold, it is not easy to accumulate such a small fortune!
"This tiger leopard is also a person who can save money... Such a broken pot, but a hundred emperor coins... Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, he is crazy." Zhou Laodao muttered: "But, Qi Ling, it seems worth it... But if I spend a hundred emperor coins on myself to practice, will the cultivation level I get be stronger than Qi Ling?"
"However, as the head of a family, I choose to buy this broken basin. If I can ripen the three fruits, and let the Hu family have three more spiritual awakening clansmen, it seems to be a much better deal than spending all the 100 emperor coins on myself."
"Oh, oh, my headache, all these calculations are really giving me a headache!"
Zhou Laodao waved his hand and said, "It's really strange that Hu Bao could actually collect a hundred emperor coins... Hey, hey, this is not easy. We all know the annual income of his Hu family's enclosure. Our caravan will not give him too many benefits!"
As Lu Yi walked, he listened to Zhou Laodao's story.
Caravans like Zhou Laodao's go in and out of the wilderness, traveling between deserted cities and wilderness enclosures, buying low and selling high - they collect all kinds of local specialties from forces like the Hu Family Enclosure, and then send them to the deserted cities to sell at high prices.
For the sake of their own interests, when they purchased local specialties from each enclosure, they squeezed the profits of each enclosure to the extreme.
The purchase prices of these caravans are so outrageous that even ghosts would cry - to put it simply, in the wilderness, ten beautiful and virgin girls can only be exchanged for two finely forged long knives or swords... As for a strong bow with enough power, the price will be doubled... If it is a strong crossbow that can hunt wild beasts, the price will be doubled again!
As for a virgin girl, the standard price in the wilderness is about ten sets of perfect beast skins, bones and blood essence!
"How much is an imperial coin worth?" Lu Yi suddenly asked.
"Ten sets of standard war equipment are worth one emperor coin." Zhou Laodao answered subconsciously, "A set of standard war equipment is a full set of heavy armor, a pure steel spear, a war knife or sword, a strong bow, thirty-six pure steel arrows, three well-trained war horses, and two strong and skilled war servants who can help with armor, take care of war horses, maintain swords and armor, and shoot arrows during wartime to assist in combat!"
Zhou Laodao raised a finger and said, "Ten sets of these standard war tools are worth one small emperor coin!"
Licking his lips, Zhou Laodao muttered in a low voice: "This tiger leopard, he was able to save up a fortune of one hundred imperial coins to buy such a broken basin... Tsk tsk, it's really a big deal, it's simply... crazy!"
Lu Yi's pupils narrowed.
He roughly understood the value of the emperor's coin... Ten sets of standard combat equipment could be exchanged for one small emperor's coin?
This flower pot of Tiger and Leopard is worth one hundred small imperial coins, which is one thousand sets of standard war equipment? Not to mention other things, this flower pot is worth three thousand trained war horses and two thousand strong men who are proficient in boxing and can take care of war horses and maintain military equipment?
"Emperor's Coin!" Lu Yi hooked his finger at Zhou Laodao: "Give me one and see its quality!"
Lu Yu was very surprised. What did this imperial coin look like?
Was it made of some rare metal or extraordinary material? Such a value was completely beyond common sense!
Zhou Laodao's face twitched, and he gritted his teeth, took out the only two small imperial coins he had on him, and generously said "yes", and handed them to Lu Yi: "Brother Fahai, I only have these two coins... Hey, keep them for life-saving."
Lu Yi took the two imperial coins.
Very thick, a bit heavy.
The material is very common, it is made of extremely common alloy.
But there is a mysterious restriction inside, which stores a ray of spiritual energy of heaven and earth for absorption, and more importantly... a tiny trace of Tao rhyme?
Tao rhyme?
Lu Yu's eyes lit up slightly.
Even though he held the seal of the deputy governor of Loulan, he had the power to mobilize the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and with the blessing of the Taimi Emperor Axe, this power was enhanced a hundred times. He could mobilize a huge amount of spiritual energy of heaven and earth for his own use, but the rhythm of the Tao could still only be observed from afar and could not be touched.
And in this imperial coin, there actually is a trace of the rhyme of the great Dao, which is extremely weak but does exist and can be absorbed and comprehended!
Lu Yi didn't bother to explain anything to Zhou Laodao. As soon as he had a thought, the two imperial coins in his hand shook slightly.
Two strands of heavenly and earthly spiritual energy flowed into his body, and after a rotation, they were swallowed by Lu Yi's body without leaving any ripples. And two extremely weak strands of the Dao rhyme of the "Postnatal Gold Avenue" slowly flowed in, and Lu Yi's mind suddenly rippled.
Tao rhyme.
The great Dao rhythm of this world.
Deep, majestic, lofty, mysterious and unfathomable, no matter in terms of 'quantity', 'quality', or even 'grade', the rhythm of the Dao, which is thousands of times stronger than the Dao of heaven and earth of Liangyi Heaven, is pouring into the body.
This feeling is like two tiny drops of mercury suddenly dripping into the endless thin mist.
These thin mists, as if they had found some unpredictable template, quickly moved towards the two drops of mercury, then adsorbed on the two tiny drops of mercury, began to be assimilated by the two drops of mercury, began to rapidly collapse and condense, and then continuously improved their own grade!
Lu Fu's understanding of the Tao began to undergo a subtle but fundamental transformation.
As soon as this transformation happened, Lu Yi felt inexplicably extremely happy and excited. He was like a toad that had jumped out of a dry well and suddenly saw an incomparably vast, fresh, and vibrant world appear before his eyes!
The toad that jumped out of the dry well, because of the sudden freshness of the perspective before its eyes, began to transform from skin to bone marrow into a more perfect and powerful creature.
However, this transformation had just begun. For Lu Yi, who had an extremely strong foundation, perhaps just a few insignificant cells on the skin had just begun to transform... and everything came to an abrupt stop!
The Tao rhyme contained in the two small imperial coins was so thin that it was shocking. Just as Lu Yi tasted a little bit of it, everything was gone!
Lu Yu had a gloomy face.
He raised his head, his brows raised and his eyes opened, his three eyes staring fiercely at the void of heaven and earth.
The magnificent and majestic avenues of heaven and earth were clearly visible in Lu Yi's Dharma eyes. He could see the avenues that spanned the void like a giant dragon and supported the entire heaven and earth. They were so clear and so dazzling, but he could not get close to them, could not touch them, could not get any insights from them, and could not touch any rhyme of the Dao!
authority!
authority!
authority!
He only has the authority to 'see', nothing else!
If you want to touch the Tao, if you want to comprehend the Tao, if you want to absorb the Tao and use it to improve your own cultivation and promote the comprehensive "evolution" of your entire being, at least from the current conditions, the only way is through Emperor Money!
Zhou Laodao watched with heartache as the two imperial coins in Lu Yi's palm dimmed and all their spiritual charm completely dissipated, leaving only two bronze-colored, gray and inconspicuous "coin embryos".
In the wilderness, two imperial coins like these mean two lives!
However, thinking of the scene in which he was severely injured by the heavily-armored saber-wielding warriors of the Hu family's enclosure and was almost chopped into dumpling stuffing, but was pressed down by Lu Yi's palm, and the injuries on his body disappeared immediately, and the whole person recovered to his peak condition in an instant... Zhou Laodao forced himself to turn his head away and no longer look at the two coin embryos that had turned green.
"Brother Fahai, this Emperor's Coin is not easy to come by." Zhou Laodao complained bitterly: "We braved the wind and snow in the wilderness, risked our lives, and toiled for several months to go back and forth to the deserted city... We sold the goods we collected in the deserted city, and it would be great if I could have 20 or 30 Emperor's Coins left in my hand!"
"It sounds like a lot, but this kind of training...tsk, it's not enough to cover the cost."
"I'm not just practicing for myself, I also have family members, young and old, waiting for me!"
After grinding his teeth, Zhou Laodao murmured, "It's still those big bosses in the deserted city who earn a lot of money sitting on the ground and collecting goods!"
"I'm a little curious." Lu Yi clapped his hands and casually threw the two imperial coins back to Zhou Laodao: "Hurry up and clean up the front and back of the Hu family's enclosure. I want to go to the deserted city you mentioned to see it... This imperial coin is a good thing."
"Isn't it a good thing?" Zhou Laodao smacked his lips and said, "This emperor's money..."
After thinking about it for a while, Zhou Laodao, who was short of words, stomped his feet heavily and said, "This emperor's money is a good thing!"
Lu Yi smiled and said no more.
Just after absorbing two Emperor Coins, his chaotic mind calmed down a little bit, and the soul light suspended above his mind had recovered to the size of a bowl. If there were enough Emperor Coins and enough Dao rhyme to absorb, then it would not be a problem to recover to the peak state, find back all the lost memories, and understand the cause and effect of his wandering here!
Emperor's money, enough emperor's money!
Lu Yi held the Buddhist beads made of white bone relics in his fingers and looked at the caravan men who were busy taking care of the Hu family's enclosure.
One month later - one month in this world, in the Yin-Yang Heaven, that is almost half a year. After one month in local time, Lu Yi followed the caravan to the deserted city called "Luoyi".
After capturing the Hu family enclosure, Zhou Laodao and several caravan leaders formally formed an alliance.
They left some people to stay in the Hu Family enclosure to take care of daily affairs. The others, led by Zhou Laodao and two caravan leaders, formed a large team with nearly a hundred carts and more than three hundred camels. They traveled all the way and traded in three wilderness enclosures along the way before finally arriving in Luoyi.
Luoyi is named after the Luo River, and the city is located on a large bay of the Luo River.
No one knows where the Luo River begins or ends. No one who makes a living in the wilderness is willing to waste their brains thinking about this question. In short, the Luo River is very long and flows through many places. In this area, the Luo River is more than 300 miles wide, forming a large bay with a radius of more than 2,000 miles. Here, the water flow becomes gentle and slow, forming a huge alluvial plain.
Luoyi was built on this alluvial plain, surrounded by endless neat farmland dotted with countless large and small farms.
Lu Yi had not yet figured out the rules of the changing seasons in this world. When he arrived here, the rice-like crops in the surrounding farmlands were growing well. The "rice" that was as thick as a wrist had grown to nearly seven feet high. The heavy rice ears were green and as thick as a human arm, hanging down to nearly three feet long. Each rice grain was as big as a corn kernel.
For crops like this, the yield per acre should be tens of thousands of kilograms, right?
At a glance, such farmlands stretch out endlessly, extending for thousands of miles in the four directions of east, west, south, and north. How much farmland would have to be opened up?
Developed agriculture brought sufficient food, and with it, naturally, sufficient population and sufficient labor.
Therefore, the Luoyi City that appeared in front of Lu Yi had a city wall that was nearly thirty feet high, and the entire wall was built with huge stones that were three feet square. What was even more luxurious was that dovetail grooves were carved between the huge stones, and thick dovetail tenons were driven in with green alloy steel.
The entire city wall is seamlessly integrated with these metal mortise and tenon joints, so its defensive power is needless to say.
Luoyi City is divided into three urban areas: 'ancient', 'old' and 'new'.
The Ancient City District is the oldest city district in Luoyi. It has been destroyed and rebuilt many times. However, the most recent reconstruction that can be verified was probably tens of thousands of years ago. The Ancient City District is located in the core of the "Old City District". The square city wall has a circumference of 60 miles. In it live the most powerful families in Luoyi City.
The 'old' city area is a circle of city walls expanded from the ancient city area ten thousand years ago, which surrounds the ancient city area right in the center. The circumference of the city wall is 180 miles. Inhabitants are the wealthy merchants and powerful people of Luoyi City. True practitioners like Zhou Laodao have a large house in the old city area.
As for the New City District, it was built a thousand years ago. Due to the rapid growth of Luoyi's population, the wealthy families and prominent figures in the city donated a sum of money and materials respectively. It took ten years to expand the New City District.
Luoshui is to the north of Luoyi. The original ancient city area and old city area are already adjacent to the river bank. Therefore, the expanded new city area can only be built in the east, west and south directions.
The circumference of the New City District is 420 miles, which is slightly shorter from east to west and slightly longer from north to south. The city is densely populated, with well-developed industries and a wide variety of food, drink, entertainment, socializing and trade. In the words of Zhou Laodao, it is truly a "happy nest of the ultimate bliss on earth."
The caravan moved forward, and Lu Yi and others returned from the west side of Luoyi, so they naturally entered the city from the west gate.
Lu Yi saw that there were three gates of different sizes on the west wall of Luoyi.
The largest city gate was filled with large groups of convoys loaded with various grains, wine, vinegar, firewood, coal, etc. Luoyi was so large, with a population of millions, and the daily living needs were astronomical, so supplies had to be continuously imported from outside the city.
A medium-sized city gate is used for ordinary people in the city to travel, and it is bustling with traffic.
As for the smallest city gate, it was located in the middle, and its layout was much more magnificent than the other large city gates that were nearly ten miles away. Not to mention that the streets inside and outside the city gate were paved with smooth and thick stone slabs, and the metal gates were also carved with exquisite patterns. Even the soldiers guarding both sides of the city gate had brighter and neater clothes and armor than the garrisons at the other two city gates.
"The largest gate is called 'Za', where the most miserable coolies come in and out. They work hard for a year but don't make much money. There's nothing much to say." Zhou Laodao gestured and introduced the three city gates: "The medium-sized one is called 'Ping'. As the name suggests, it is used by ordinary people in daily life. It's ordinary and has no meaning."
"And this smallest city gate, named 'Luo', is where the really important people come in and out."
Zhou Laodao raised his thumb to his face and said with a smug smile, "I am not talented, but I am a true cultivator. I am also a well-known figure in this wilderness. Old Zhou and his caravan have always entered and exited from Luomen!"
The two caravan leaders laughed and complimented Zhou Laodao.
With their wealth and strength, although they were all merchants who went in and out of the wilderness to make a living, their caravans could only enter and exit through the Ping Gate. Not only was the efficiency of entering the city slow, which often took a lot of time, but sometimes they would be harassed by the soldiers guarding the city and lose a fine.
Following Zhou Laodao, they can enter the city through the Luo Gate without any obstruction.
Following Zhou Laodao's explanation, Lu Yi looked towards the three city gates for a while. The Zamen and Pingmen were naturally crowded with people and noisy. There was a large square outside the city with tea shops, restaurants, simple post stations and freight yards, stretching out for a long area. Amid the hustle and bustle, there was a strong smell of fireworks.
The area near Luomen seems much quieter.
Outside the city gate is a stone square of one hundred acres, which is kept clean and almost spotless.
On the south side of the square was a forest of flowers in full bloom, in all colors, like peaches or apricots, and no one knew what kind of flowers they were, but they were in full bloom. There were two or three restaurants, a large inn, and even a brothel that was open for business in broad daylight with pink lanterns hanging.
Luoyi also has a curfew. Once night falls, the city gates will never be opened. The unlucky ones who are late for entering the city can rest and stay outside the city. After all, a night in this world can be as long as five times the length of the two-yin days. The night is long and it is always hard to sleep outside in the open air.
To the north of the square is a neatly maintained black pine forest.
The pine forest was like a sword or a spear. Inside it was a large training ground and barracks. From afar, one could hear the sound of people and horses neighing. It was a military camp. Judging from its size, it could hold at least tens of thousands of soldiers.
As I said, Luoyi has a curfew. Once night falls, the city gates are closed, cutting off traffic inside and outside. No matter how shameless you are, you can't go in or out. But the wilderness is dangerous, and during the long night, there will inevitably be bandits, or some ferocious animals will suddenly attack the farms outside the city, or the villas and farms of some nobles.
This garrison camp is the mobile force that patrols the surrounding areas at night in Luoyi.
The caravan continued to move forward, crossed the mile-long bridge over the moat outside the city, and came to the square outside the city gate. They heard a loud shouting and cursing coming from the black pine forest to the north of the square, followed by the sound of weapons and fists. Then, with a whistle, a large group of young men in disheveled clothes rushed out of the woods like wild dogs in a mess.
These young men looked to be around 14, 15 or 16 years old, or at most less than 20 years old.
Many of them were beaten with bruises and swollen faces, spitting blood or with blood constantly flowing out of their noses. Some of them covered their arms that were twisted at strange angles, or supported their friends with bent legs and feet, and fled in a panic, cursing and shouting.
Behind them, there were seven or eight companions who remained calm in the face of danger, holding sticks, spears and the like, fighting and retreating, blocking a large group of "pursuers" wearing soft armor who were chasing them relentlessly.
Seven or eight sturdy young men retreated while waving their weapons. The people chasing them were numerous but somewhat disorganized. Although they had the upper hand, they were unable to do anything to these young men for a while.
On the contrary, among the seven or eight young men, there were two who were about nine feet tall, strong and muscular, with their chests exposed, revealing their muscular bodies. They were waving a pure steel stick each, and from time to time they would knock away the sticks and guns in the hands of the pursuers. Occasionally, they would roar and smash down a pursuer behind them with a stick.
The pure steel clubs broke the pursuers' shoulder blades and arms with loud crackling sounds, and the sound of broken bones made people's scalps numb.
The large group of pursuers behind them had clearly been knocked down several times, but they were still chasing them. There were a few young men who seemed to be the leaders. They did not dare to confront the two young men, but mixed in with the pursuers and shouted loudly, waving their hands and shouting: "Catch Zhou Lao Da and Zhou Lao Er, catch them, knock one of them down, and I will reward him with an imperial coin!"
"Big Brother Zhou? Second Brother Zhou?" Lu Yi was watching the fun.
No matter whether it was the group of defeated soldiers who were fleeing or the group of armored men who were chasing them from behind, their methods were all chaotic, with no coordination between them at all, and they were completely relying on their own strength to fight.
In Lu Yi's opinion, both groups were a typical mob, except for Zhou Lao Da and Zhou Lao Er, who should be a pair of brothers. They cooperated with each other and fought like an elite force.
However, the two men were just relying on brute force to fight, swinging a pair of pure steel sticks that made whirring sounds, and their moves... were so crude that Lu Yi couldn't bear to watch.
Zhou Laodao rolled his eyes and roared in horror: "Zhou Dalong, Zhou Dahu, you two were raised by slaves, are you rebelling?"
With a roar, Zhou Laodao lifted the three-foot-long hilt hanging on his belt, waved his hand, and a six-foot-long blade spurted out. He carried the cloak knife and strode towards the north. He rushed two or three feet away in one step, and in a few breaths he rushed to the group of young people who were fighting and retreating. He swung the long knife, and the knife flashed.
The sound of "chi chi" was endless. More than a dozen weapons in the hands of the group of pursuers behind were cut off by the cloak knife. Zhou Laodao was quite fierce. The blade swept across the bodies of several pursuers. Blood splattered everywhere, and two arms and more than twenty fingers flew up along with the blood.
Two burly young men holding pure steel clubs shouted in unison: "Dad!"
The pursuers behind all stopped in their tracks. Several leaders mixed in the crowd hurriedly fled back seven or eight steps. When more companions came and surrounded them, a young man wearing a white robe embroidered with large water red peony patterns, with a rather greasy face and a pretty face, jumped up and shouted at Zhou Laodao.
"Zhou Laodao, you are a true Taoist, but you are bullying the weak. Do you have any shame?"
Zhou Laodao swung the long sword in his hand, and with a howl, a large armored man standing closer had a bone-deep wound on his chest. The pain was so severe that the man dropped his weapon, turned around and ran away, crying.
Raising his head, Zhou Laodao said in a cold voice: "I, Zhou Laodao, was born with this temper. I bully the weak. Do you want your mother to bite my bird? You are...you are...that..."
Brothers Zhou Dalong and Zhou Dahu said in unison: "Dad, this kid Ma Dian, his father is Ma Shangfeng from the Ma family!"
Zhou Laodao turned around and slapped the two brothers in the face without hesitation, causing their noses to bleed and their faces to be swollen like dog butts that had been stung by a wasp.
Zhou Laodao scolded in a hoarse voice: "Who cares who his father is? You two brothers were chased like dogs by this woman-like guy and his men... It's a disgrace... Bastard!"
With two "bangs", Zhou Laodao raised his right leg and kicked each of the two brothers in the heart, causing them to fly two or three feet back and fall to the ground groaning.
Lu Yu's eyes twitched as he watched!
With such family education, it was not easy for these two brothers to grow up to such a strong and sturdy size of nine feet and survive all the way!
In the crowd, Ma Shangfeng was jumping up and down in frustration.
But facing the powerful Zhou Laodao, how could he dare to say anything more?
If he had the courage to face Zhou Laodao head-on, he would not have hidden in the crowd just now, but would have directly picked up his weapon and fought Zhou Dalong and Zhou Dahu!
Zhou Laodao carried a long sword and ignored his two unlucky sons. He turned around and stared at Ma Dian, whose face was red in the crowd: "No matter who is right or wrong in this matter... You brought so many people to beat up my sons and said that they were seriously injured. We have to settle the cost of this medicine!"
Ma Dian was furious, and he hissed, "Zhou Laodao, don't go too far... It's obviously my people who got hurt so much, look at all the arms and fingers on the ground... It's ok for you to bully the weak, but you're also blackmailing... You're a true cultivator, do you still have any shame?"
Zhou Laodao curled the corner of his mouth slightly and laughed contemptuously.
'Shame on you?'
Such nonsense is asked, which shows that Ma Dian is a good-for-nothing and completely useless.
In the wilderness, in Luoyi, as long as your fist is big, as long as your fist is hard, as long as your knife is fast enough, as long as your knife is fierce enough, you can do whatever you want!
Zhou Laodao is one of the most true Taoist practitioners in Luoyi. But he is unreasonable and he bullies children. Who can do anything to him?
Carrying a cloak sword, Zhou Laodao drove straight in and passed through the large group of armored men.
Wherever Zhou Laodao passed, these armored men looked at each other, not daring to say a word, and separated to the left and right obediently, allowing Zhou Laodao to walk to Ma Dian, grab Ma Dian's neck, and lift him up like a chicken.
"Are you Ma Shangfeng's son?" Zhou Laodao said coldly, "Your father and I have dealt with each other before. However, we are not close friends. Hehe, send someone who can breathe to tell Ma Shangfeng that his useless son has been taken away by me... If he still wants this son, then bring the money for medicine to me."
"By sunset today, if Ma Shangfeng doesn't show up, this kid will be dead!"
Zhou Laodao shook Ma Dian in his hand. Ma Dian held Zhou Laodao's hand tightly with both hands. He rolled his eyes and made pitiful "gurgling" sounds in his throat.
Brothers Zhou Dalong and Zhou Dahu immediately perked up. They pointed at several other young men in fancy clothes in the crowd and shouted, "Dad, there are still them!"
Zhou Laodao raised his eyebrows and whistled.
A group of caravan men rushed up, violently pushed away the group of men in soft armor, and quickly tied up those frightened young men whose faces turned pale, and threw them directly onto the caravan's carriage.
In the black pine forest, a man wearing heavy armor and with a dark complexion walked out slowly from a barracks. Behind him, there were a dozen or so men with eerie auras, and they were obviously elite armored warriors.
Seeing Zhou Laodao, the heavily armored man smiled and raised his hand to Zhou Laodao: "Laodao, you're back? Did you get anything good this time?"
Zhou Laodao laughed, casually threw the horse to the guy behind him, and nodded to the man in heavy armor: "Oh, this trip is just ordinary, just to make a living. I'm lucky not to lose money."
Shaking his head, Zhou Laodao turned around and left, waving at the heavily armored man without even turning his head: "General Xu Biao, we'll see you later... I'll treat you to a drink after we sell all the goods in our hands."
General Xu Biao put his hands behind his back, smiled and nodded, then looked at the horse said, "Well, it's just a kid playing around. Old Dao, just break an arm or a leg. It's not worth it if someone dies!"
Zhou Laodao stopped and chuckled strangely. He turned around and looked at General Xu Biao deeply, "Now that you've said that, I have a point... Children are just playing around. Damn you, General Xu, for not restraining the lackeys in your own camp. Ximen Youqi Biao of Luoyi was brought out by this kid surnamed Ma to beat up my son!"
"You're so stupid, you're sitting on the wrong side of the fence!"
"Or, do you want to test my sword?" Zhou Laodao licked his lips, and the cloak sword in his hand suddenly made a sharp sound: "Do you want to try and see if I can chop you down with one sword, so that my useless second brother can directly replace your position as a general?"
Xu Biao's face turned slightly blue. He was silent for a while, clasped his fists towards Zhou Laodao, then turned and left.
Zhou Laodao snorted coldly and kicked the unlucky kid standing next to him, who was either Zhou Dalong or Zhou Dahu, to the ground. The kid groaned for a while before getting up.
"Tell me in detail what happened." Zhou Laodao's face turned ugly. "The Ma family doesn't matter. Ma Shangfeng can't withstand three blows from your father. I can easily chop him up. But Xu Damabang is not so easy to deal with... You have nothing to do, why do you attack his camp?"
Lu Yi watched Zhou Laodao's behavior with great interest.
A merchant leader who led a hundred or so men and worked hard in the wilderness to make money in the wind and rain dared to be so strong and arrogant to a "standard general" who had tens of thousands of soldiers... The atmosphere and rules of this deserted city are quite interesting.
Brothers Zhou Dalong and Zhou Dahu blinked their eyes and said in unison: "It has nothing to do with us. We are just here to lend a hand. It was this kid Madian who provoked Brother Niu..."
Zhou Laodao's face suddenly fell, his eyes widened, and he angrily asked: "Isn't this your business?"
The two brothers blinked their eyes and looked at their own father pitifully: "It really has nothing to do with us. It was this kid Ma Dian who fought with Brother Niu for the new water girl from Luofeng Tower. Brother Niu suffered a loss and got his head broken. We brothers are here to deal with this kid Ma Dian and help Brother Niu vent his anger!"
"We have been blocking this guy Ma Dian inside and outside the city for half a month. We finally found his whereabouts today and brought our brothers to surround him... We finally blocked him at the west gate, but he relied on his brother being the captain of a thousand men in the west gate camp and hid in the camp..."
Zhou Laodao rolled his eyes.
Lu Yi laughed, "Where is your brother from the Niu family?"
Zhou Dalong and Zhou Dahu rolled their eyes at Lu Yi and said with their heads held high: "Brother Niu is naturally recovering at home and didn't go out today!"
Lu Yi shook his head speechlessly. Well, Zhou Laodao raised two pigs!
Zhou Laodao gritted his teeth and was about to scold his precious son when a dozen riders on fast horses galloped out from the city gate in front of them. Seeing Lu Yi and his companions, the man in the lead shouted and pulled the reins. The warhorse suddenly stood up, and its two hind hooves rubbed rapidly on the stone road, grinding out two sparks seven or eight feet long.
"Zhou Laodao!" The man suddenly jumped off his mount and ran towards Zhou Laodao with big strides.