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A towering city stood in the boundless Border Wasteland.
The dark brown city walls were thick and heavy with the vicissitudes of time. It was as if a giant beast was crawling on the wilderness and had not changed for countless years.
Standing in front of this ancient city, Chu Mu was shocked from the bottom of his heart. This kind of majestic aura was an impact on his vision and heart.
This was Chu Mu's first time in the wilderness.
While cultivating, Chu Mu did some calculations. He had been guarding the mining area for half a year. Now, more than three months had passed. In another two months, he would leave here and return to the Sword Mansion.
There were a total of 20 Ancient Tianhuang Elixirs. According to the current situation, these 20 Ancient Tianhuang Elixirs were not enough for him to complete the tempering of the Tianhuang Sword Body. Once he lacked the assistance of the Tianhuang Elixirs, it would be extremely difficult to cultivate the Tianhuang Sword Body. Chu Mu had tried before when he tried to cultivate. Without the assistance of the Tianhuang Elixirs, he could only absorb the Desolate Qi in the air.
The Desolate Qi was originally very thin, mixed and impure. The cultivation efficiency was extremely low. Once he left here and returned to the Sword Mansion, the Desolate Qi would be even thinner. By then, he did not know when he would be able to cultivate the Tianhuang Sword Body.
He had to solve this difficult situation. Chu Mu thought of the wilderness.
In the wilderness, swordsmen would often enter the Tianhuang Mountain Range to search for Tianhuang Roots and other Spiritual Herbs that contained Desolate Qi. They would bring them back to the wilderness to sell. These Spiritual Herbs were all refined into elixirs.
Chu Mu had obtained quite a number of Tianhuang Roots. This time, he planned to come to the wilderness to find an alchemist to refine them into Tianhuang Elixirs. Even if they could not be compared to the Ancient Tianhuang Elixirs, it was better than nothing. At the same time, he could also stroll around the wilderness and experience the charm of the largest city in the dynasty.
Withdrawing his gaze, Chu Mu's heart recovered its calmness. With a trace of a pilgrimage mentality, he strode into the city gate of the border city.
There were four sword guards at the city gate. They were clad in full armor and had long swords at their waists. They exuded an aura of iron and blood. It was clear that they were elites who had gone through hundreds of battles. Moreover, they were all in the Qi Transformation Realm.
At a glance, Chu Mu could tell that the sword Qi cultivation of these four Sword Guards had reached the peak of the initial success stage of Qi Transforming Realm. Using peak swordsmen at the initial success stage of Qi Transforming Realm to guard the city gate was a testament to the strength of the border city.
The streets of Border City were paved with dark brown square stones. They were about ten zhang wide, and there was an endless stream of people and carriages. There were many shops on both sides of the street, and it looked very lively and prosperous.
There were so many people coming and going that for a moment, Chu Mu felt as if he had walked into a market. However, most of the people walking on the street had long swords at their waists or carried swords on their backs. It was clear that most of the people in Border City were swordsmen. There were relatively few ordinary people.
In a city like this, with so many swordsmen, it was bound to be very chaotic. In order to govern a city like this, one needed not only extraordinary skills, but also enough power to suppress it. Otherwise, it would have been rioting long ago.
The world of swordsmen had always been one where the strong preyed on the weak.
"Little brother … this little brother, give me a Desolate Border Chronicle." Chu Mu was standing on the side and reading carefully when he suddenly heard a shout. Turning his head, he saw a skinny man waving at Chu Mu a dozen meters away and quickly walking over. He had a square basket hanging in front of him. There were some books inside.
"Border Chronicle?" Chu Mu was slightly startled. This flash of expression was immediately caught by the man.
"Little Brother, this is your first time in Border City, right? You definitely don't know much about Border City." The skinny man immediately said with a smile of exultation, "It doesn't matter. As long as you buy a Border Chronicle, you will know everything clearly. The Border Chronicle here is written by my ancestors and passed down through generations. It is the work of many generations of painstaking effort. Everything about Border City is recorded in it. It is very detailed. With a book in hand, you will never have to worry about traveling to Border City."
Like an advertisement, the skinny man took out a book from the basket in front of his chest and waved it around.
"How much silver?" Chu Mu's heart was moved, and he asked indifferently.
"Ten taels, only ten taels of silver. No, only nine taels and eight taels, only nine taels and eight taels, you can get a copy of the Border Chronicle passed down by my ancestors. Only nine taels and eight taels, you are worth it." The skinny man skillfully advertised while placing the book in front of Chu Mu.
"Ten taels, no need for change." Chu Mu took out ten taels of silver and handed it over to the skinny man.
"Thank you, Little Brother. You will not be disappointed. I hope you have a good time in Border City." The skinny man beamed with joy while holding the ten taels of silver. While talking, he left to find the next buyer.
The book was not thick, only about thirty to forty pages. The dark yellow cover had the words' Border Chronicle 'written on it. After opening it, one could smell a faint ink fragrance. Obviously, it was a new copy.
The first page was a table of contents. It talked about the origin of Border City, the few big powers in Border City, powerful warriors in Border City, evil people in Border City, and so on. It seemed to be divided very clearly. Although it was a handwritten copy, the person who copied it obviously practiced his writing. Although the words did not look special, they were regular, square, and round, making it easy to understand.
After reading the table of contents, Chu Mu felt that the ten taels of silver was worth it.
To a poor family, ten taels of silver was a fortune. To Chu Mu, it did not have much value. However, Chu Mu was not an extravagant person.
Originally, when he came to Border City, Chu Mu had planned to ask around. He wanted to know what he should do first. Now that he had this Border Chronicle, he only needed to look through it.
Flipping it open, Chu Mu practically skimmed through a few lines. He had a highly retentive memory, and each page only had ten to twenty lines. Therefore, in less than fifteen minutes, Chu Mu finished reading the entire Desolate Border Chronicle and memorized it in his mind.
Putting the book into the mid grade space bracelet on his left wrist, Chu Mu recalled the contents of the Border Chronicle, and immediately had a goal.
Walking on the street, Chu Mu was not in a hurry. Although he needed time, since he came to Border City, it would be a pity if he did not take a look.
It should be known that the cultivation of a sword master was not only about the cultivation of sword arts, but also the cultivation of the heart. Every action in daily life could be seen as a kind of cultivation.
According to the Border Chronicle, Border City was built eighteen hundred years ago. At that time, it was just a village called Jiang Family Village. At that time, it was because the Dark Eagle Dynasty wanted to invade the Great Kun Dynasty, and the two dynasties started a war that lasted more than ten years.
The Great Kun Dynasty used Jiang Family Village as a supply point to transport resources, which allowed Jiang Family Village to expand and develop rapidly. Because the war affected too many people and lasted for a long time, the civilian swordsmen of the two dynasties also joined the war. Jiang Family Village was a village where everyone practiced the sword, so they naturally joined the war as well. The village chief of Jiang Family Village was highly respected, and his cultivation was profound. During the war, he killed many powerful swordsmen of the Dark Eagle Dynasty and made a great contribution.
The war that lasted for more than ten years finally ended with the victory of the Great Kun Dynasty, and the Dark Eagle Dynasty suffered heavy losses and retreated.
The Great Kun Dynasty celebrated, and the Great Kun Emperor also rewarded those who made great contributions. At that time, the village chief of Jiang Family Village, Jiang Ye, made great contributions and was conferred the title of Border King. The Border Lands were under his jurisdiction, and he was also rewarded with a large amount of resources.
Jiang Ye took this opportunity to expand Jiang Family Village into Jiang Family Town, and he built a city in a short period of time. He worked hard to govern the city, and the Border City continued to expand. In the end, it became the largest city in the Great Kun Dynasty other than the King City, and it was known as the second city of the Great Kun Dynasty.
Because of the increase in Jiang Ye's strength, he received the title of Sword Of Gojoseon, and the title of Border Sword Of Gojoseon. His reputation expanded again, and the Great Kun Emperor bestowed him the title of Border King. It even made Border City under the jurisdiction of the Great Kun Dynasty in name, but in reality, it had its own laws.
It was like one dynasty, two systems.
Fortunately, Jiang Ye wasn't someone who was obsessed with fame and fortune. His pursuit was the way of the sword, and thus, he set down an ancestral rule. Border City could have its own laws, but in front of the greater benefits of the dynasty, they had to give up their own benefits, and they couldn't be independent or betray the Great Kun Dynasty.
It was also because of the ancestral rule left behind by the Sword Of Gojoseon, that Border City was under the jurisdiction of the Great Kun Dynasty's royal family for generations.
This wasn't a secret, and it was even the content that Jiang Ye requested to be made public. He wanted to use everyone in the world to supervise the descendants of the Jiang Family, and prevent unfilial descendants from violating the ancestral rule.
Thus, Chu Mu was able to read these contents in the Border Chronicles that could be bought with ten taels of patterns, and understand the whole story. As for the specific content, he didn't know. After all, it had been more than a thousand years.
Multitasking, Chu Mu looked at the shops on the left and right while recalling the contents of the Border Chronicles. He continued to move forward in the crowd.
At this moment, there were shouts and sword qi ripples in front of him, as if there were people fighting.
Walking along the crowd, Chu Mu saw two swordsmen with their swords drawn against each other, as if they had a great hatred for each other.
"Who dares to start a fight in the city, arrest them all, and kill anyone who resists!" At this moment, a loud shout sounded, filled with an iron-blooded murderous aura, and a tyrannical power rolled towards them.
"Spread out, it's the Blood Iron Swordsmen." Immediately, someone shouted and retreated. Chu Mu noticed that their expressions changed drastically.
The two swordsmen who had their swords drawn against each other also changed their expressions. They hurriedly put away their swords and ran into the crowd, trying to escape.
But the moment they drew their swords, they were already targeted. The Blood Iron Swordsmen of the Border City would not allow them to escape. A few figures flashed, and the two swordsmen who were trying to escape were immediately caught. They were punched into the shape of shrimps and thrown in front of a swordsman who was striding towards them.
This swordsman was tall and muscular, wearing a dark red general's armor and carrying a sword at his waist. His skin was dark, and his eyes were like lightning flashing. The aura around him was extremely sharp and terrifying, and there was a strong evil aura surrounding him.
"Qi Hai Realm …" Chu Mu was secretly surprised.
The general's eyes swept across the crowd like lightning, and no one dared to look at him directly. Finally, his gaze landed on the two Qi Transformation Realm warriors who were kneeling in front of him, causing them to shiver and their hair to stand on end.
"Take them away." The swordsman shouted, and immediately, a swordsman in armor came forward and grabbed the arms of the two swordsmen and took them away.
"You are not allowed to cause trouble in the Border City. If you want to solve your problems, go outside the city." The general's swordsman said something that seemed to be a threat, then turned around and walked away. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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