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Chapter 693 - 719 Ningan Small City
Chapter 693 - 719 Ningan Small City
Chapter 693: Chapter 719 Ning’an Small City Chapter 693: Chapter 719 Ning’an Small City “`
North of the East Divine State, there was a border town named ‘Ning’an’.
In the realms above, the Human Race and the Demon Race had always been at odds, with minor skirmishes and frictions being all too common.
Most of these minor acts and frictions between the Human and Demon Races occurred along the borders.
Among them, such border towns faced the toughest challenges.
On one hand, they had to deal with the difficulties of survival; on the other, they had to face attacks from the Demon Race from time to time.
Therefore, in these border towns, there were usually cultivators stationed to defend against the Demon Race.
Ning’an was no exception.
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Several cultivators were stationed there.
In Ning’an Small City, north of the East Divine State, amidst the intertwined snow and wind.
Whoo whoo…
The bone-chilling wind, like knife cuts, swept across the city walls, leaving behind marks of varying depths.
In such extreme weather, mortals simply could not go outside.
Only cultivators could venture out, using their mana to resist the severe cold and move about.
Within the walls of Ning’an Small City.
Two figures quietly descended and came upon the city wall.
These two figures were none other than Ye Luo and Zhang Han.
The two men stood on the city wall.
They stood still.
No matter how the cold wind blew, both remained unmoved.
“Second Brother, why have you brought me to this small city?”
Ye Luo stood on the city wall, gazing below.
His divine sense swept over the area, and he instantly realized.
This was just a very ordinary small city.
Inside were only a few cultivators whose cultivations levels hadn’t even reached immortality.
The majority of those living in the city were also mortal.
He couldn’t quite understand why Second Brother had brought him here.
“That’s of course to find disciples for our Respected Master,”
Zhang Han replied with a smile, his eyes shimmering with the light of wisdom.
“What kind of disciples can we find here?”
Ye Luo still didn’t quite understand.
His divine sense had surveyed everyone, seeing through all their talents in an instant.
There simply were no good cultivation prospects.
“Big Brother, you just don’t get it, do you? Look at us fellow disciples, you, me, and the third brother, do we have anything in common?”
Zhang Han posed such a question.
“Commonalities? Do we have anything in common? You two are so weak,”
Ye Luo frowned, pondering for a while.
But he still couldn’t discern any commonalities between the three of them.
His cultivation levels were far ahead.
Second and third brothers were so weak.
There didn’t seem to be any common ground.
“Big Brother!”
“I’m not talking about cultivation levels! Not cultivation levels! It’s about something else!”
Zhang Han’s face darkened as he quickly spoke.
“Not cultivation levels? Then what? Looks? You’re not good-looking either, and the third brother has a face like he’s perpetually mourning. That’s not it either,”
Ye Luo scrutinized Zhang Han up and down, trying to find some common ground.
“Big Brother! Forget it, the three of us have one thing in common: we were all trash during our weaker periods!”
Zhang Han, too exasperated to rebuke further, could only state the matter plainly.
Hearing this,
Ye Luo was stunned for a moment.
His common ground with Second Brother and Third Brother was that they were all trash during their weaker periods?
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It seems that way.
He and the second and third brothers all had a period of being good-for-nothings, only after meeting the Respected Master did everything change.
The reason why he was a waste during his earlier days was due to ancient consequences that had affected him, but he was indeed a good-for-nothing for a while.
Seeing the expression of the eldest senior brother,
Zhang Han instantly understood that his eldest senior brother had bought into it.
“Eldest senior brother, look, both I and you, and also the third brother, were promising talents during our weaker years. It was due to some reason that we became good-for-nothings, and after becoming good-for-nothings, we were then taken in by the Respected Master as disciples.”
“From this, it can be seen that the Respected Master’s first criterion when looking for disciples must surely be to find good-for-nothings!”
Zhang Han raised his hand, saying this.
“So, you’ve come here to find good-for-nothings?”
Ye Luo roughly understood what Zhang Han wanted to do.
“Exactly, eldest senior brother! Moreover, what the Respected Master mentioned, about wanting someone honest, I guess isn’t truly about being honest, but a preference for quiet disciples? And quiet people, most of them are scholarly, have a bookish air, I guess what the Respected Master wants to find is a scholar!”
“A quiet scholar who is also a good-for-nothing!”
Zhang Han turned around with his hands clasped behind his back, slowly speaking, gradually pushing out his conjecture.
“A quiet scholar who is also a good-for-nothing.”
Ye Luo was a bit dazed.
Is this really what the Respected Master is thinking?
It doesn’t seem quite right.
The words of the Respected Master at that time seemed to have nothing to do with finding a scholarly disciple at all.
All he remembered was that the Respected Master had confirmed with him many times.
Don’t imagine things, don’t imagine things.
This second brother seems to be imagining things right now, right?
“Right, it’s just like that, rest assured, eldest senior brother, trust me, there’s no mistake, nobody understands the Respected Master better than I do!”
Zhang Han put his arm around Ye Luo’s shoulder and was about to pull the latter away.
Ye Luo felt helpless and could only follow Zhang Han as he left.
The two entered Ning’an Small City.
Zhang Han, familiar with the way, led Ye Luo to a certain mansion.
This mansion was the City Lord’s Mansion of the small city.
Zhang Han walked in, showed off a bit of strength, and very easily got the city lord to submit and be at their service.
Zhang Han had the city lord issue a notice; anyone in the city who was a good-for-nothing, literate, and scholarly could come to the City Lord’s Mansion. If they could pass the test, they could become cultivators.
Meanwhile, Ye Luo forcibly kept the snow at bay, allowing the town’s residents to go outside.
After all this was done, the two settled down and waited quietly within the City Lord’s Mansion.
Inside the City Lord’s Mansion,
Ye Luo looked at Zhang Han next to him, who was confidently asserting that he understood the Respected Master’s intentions, and was somewhat silent.
“Second brother, since you want to find a disciple who is both a good-for-nothing and a scholar, why do you come to this small city to find one? Wouldn’t it be better to look in a bigger city, where it’s more likely to find such people?”
Ye Luo thought for a moment and asked.
“No, eldest senior brother, I’ve been to this city before and know that there’s someone here who meets the criteria; I just don’t feel like going to find him personally. I want him to come find us instead; it would give us more face,” Zhang Han said nonchalantly.
At these words,
Ye Luo couldn’t hold back anymore.
He picked up the Immortal Sword behind his back and aimed to hit Zhang Han with it.
Zhang Han was so frightened that he immediately jumped up.
“Eldest senior brother! What are you doing!”
Zhang Han yelled loudly.
Ye Luo, standing opposite, said nothing and lifted the back of the Immortal Sword to strike Zhang Han.
“Eldest senior brother, have you lost your mind? Bullying your fellow sect members, aren’t you afraid of the Respected Master coming over with his sword to suppress you?”
Zhang Han was still wailing loudly.
But however much he cried out, he could not escape Ye Luo’s grasp.
The gap between the two was too vast, so vast it was indescribable.
In the end, Zhang Han was still caught by Ye Luo.
The moment he was caught by Ye Luo, the City Lord’s Mansion was filled with Zhang Han’s screams…