bayedsolid Chapter 458 Hearing Xuan Ying Again
Chapter 458 Hearing Xuan Ying Again
Ma Yan then sat down, asked him to drink and eat, and asked him many questions about animal spirits.
Chu Xiaomu didn't want to reveal too much, so he just talked about some unimportant things. He didn't mention anything about the Beast Spirit Ancestor of Bu Jian Peak, the King of Ten Thousand Beasts, the Queen Mother of Zi Chen Peak, and the two masters raising their heads.
Ma Yan suddenly changed the subject and asked, "Brother Chu, Bicheng is to our east, and Humu Pass is also to our east. How did you come from Yinling Town to the south of our city?"
Chu Xiaomu thought that this question was not easy to answer. If he told the truth, he would inevitably bring up the matter of the Beast King and his master. So he sighed and said, "I escaped from the hands of Chi Bing with untold hardships..." His mind was quickly thinking about what to say next.
Ma Yan hurriedly asked for details of the matter.
Chu Xiaomu made up a story, saying that after Humu Pass was breached, he was captured by the Red Soldiers and taken to the territory of the Claw Tribe. Fortunately, his horse was very powerful and managed to escape from the hands of the Red Soldiers who killed people without blinking an eye. After 49 days, he fled to Yinling Town and finally arrived at Yixianya Pass, General Ma. He also said that in these few short days, he had suffered so much that ordinary people would not even dare to imagine.
Ma Yan was extremely curious and asked Chu Xiaomu what the claw tribe's territory looked like and what their "weapon-raising technique" was all about. He said that although there were often people from the claw tribe passing through the Yixianya Pass, most of them smelled bad, and no one had the patience to ask them about this.
Chu Xiaomu knew a little about the Claw Tribe's hand-raising instruments, so he explained a little bit about it. However, he had never seen what the Claw Tribe's territory looked like, so when he mentioned it, he pretended to choke on the wine and started coughing loudly.
Fortunately, Ma Yan did not ask any further questions. He sighed and said, "After the Mingyuan Ding appeared in our Cangmu Country, the world has been in chaos. Many people have fled for their lives over the years. Brother Chu, you are still lucky. Some of the people I saw before were really pitiful..." He shook his head repeatedly.
Chu Xiaomu could only sigh, thinking that General Ma was actually a good man who cared about the people.
Ma Yan took a sip of wine and said, "Speaking of refugees, it reminds me of a young man five or six years ago. At that time, I had just been transferred to be a guard at the first line of the cliff. One day, a dozen dirty people suddenly came and said they wanted to cross the border. But none of them had a Dingyuan certificate, so the brothers under them naturally would not let them pass."
"It happened to be raining heavily that day, so more than a dozen of them just stood in the rain and didn't leave. A brother felt sorry for these people and came to ask me to make a decision. I asked them where they came from, but they refused to tell me at first. I said that you didn't have official certificates, so you shouldn't be allowed to pass. But you are all good citizens of Cangmu Country, so I was going to let you go. But you even concealed where you came from and where you were going. How could I let you go? What if you want to harm me, Bai Juncheng?"
"Later, a fat man finally spoke and said that they came from an island far to the south. That island was called Lixuan Island. This guy smelled as bad as the people of Chisha, and had a shiny greasy beard on his face. I still remember him. I think his name was Xuan Youzhu or something..."
When Chu Xiaomu heard Ma Yan actually mentioned Xuan Youzhu, he thought that Xuan Ying must be among the ten people there at that time. He immediately became interested and listened with great interest.
"I later found out that the Xuan clan from Lixuan Island was annihilated by a very powerful spirit from the Chisha country and a group of barbarians! Only a dozen of them escaped out of more than a thousand people..."
Chu Xiaomu was horrified. When he was a slave in Jiaoshan, he lived in the same slave house with Xuanying. He knew that Xuanying became a slave after escaping from a disaster. He never thought that it was such a disaster. More than a thousand people died and only a dozen people were left. What a tragic thing that must have been. Compared with this incident, the change that happened on Baihua Island was a small matter.
He had heard Xuan Youzhu and Xuan Ying say that they came from the south of Baijun City, but they didn't say where exactly. It was only then that he learned that their hometown was also an island like his own, called Lixuan Island.
Ma Yan went on to say, "There was also a young man among them who remained silent. His eyes were cold and scary. I didn't know his name at the time..."
Chu Xiaomu knew that this person must be Xuan Ying.
"Since they told the truth and were really pitiful, I let them go and gave them some food. I never thought that these small actions would bring me great wealth." He said with excitement on his face.
"I now know that the young man who had been silent all this time was called Xuanying. At that time, he was tall and thin. Although he looked fierce, he had no special abilities. But now he is completely different. The change is so great that it is hard to imagine."
Chu Xiaomu hurriedly asked the reason.
Ma Yan said with great joy, "Brother Xuanying was a refugee whose clan was wiped out and whose family was destroyed. It is said that he was even a slave in Jiaoshan, Jinyang City, for several months. But now he has become the most proud disciple of Golden Blade and Black Sword. It is said that he will pass on the Infinite Blade and Sword of Golden Blade and Black Sword in the future. The three great Jinweis of Jinyang City have to listen to him! Wow, he is so powerful. Apart from his master Golden Blade and Black Sword, he is the next in line in Jinyang City!"
Chu Xiaomu didn't expect Xuanying to have such an experience. He was so shocked that he didn't know what to say. He asked, "How...how did you know?"
Ma Yan said, "I am not talking nonsense, I saw it with my own eyes!" He took a sip of wine, ate a bite of food, and continued, "It has only been two or three months, it was last winter. My battalion was still guarding the pass here, and suddenly a messenger came to report that General Xuan from Jinyang City wanted to see him."
"I thought that I had only heard of the Golden Lieutenants, Silver Lieutenants, and Bronze Lieutenants in Jinyang City, but I had never heard of any generals, let alone a general with the surname Xuan. Besides, Jinyang City is so far away from here, what was he doing here? At the time, I thought someone was trying to deceive me, so I asked the messenger to chase him away. Fortunately, the messenger was smart. Seeing that I refused to go out to meet him, he stayed here and refused to leave, saying that the man was indeed powerful, and that he was not the only powerful person who came."
"I thought that they were not alone, so I should go out and take a look. If a fight breaks out, I can make the decision. When I arrived at the gate of the camp, I saw that there were more than 20 people. The one in the front was tall and thin, with a frighteningly cold look. I recognized him at a glance, but I didn't know his name, so I had to bow and invite them to come sit with me. This person was naturally General Xuan and his brother Xuan Ying."
There was a strange light in Mayan's eyes.
"Brother Xuanying actually bowed to me! General Xuan of Jinyang City actually bowed to a small general like me! Brother Chu, you say... you say how can I bear this?! But I didn't know it at the time, and I accepted it like a fool. I really deserve to die!"