North Star!
The current North Star has entered an atmosphere of extreme nervousness and suspicion, with countless cultivators walking on the streets cautiously, afraid of causing trouble.
The reason North Star has entered this extremely oppressive atmosphere is entirely because in just three months, ten years will have passed.
For cultivators, ten years is just a short period in life, nothing special at all, but for the cultivators of North Star, ten years means that North Star will usher in a shocking battle.
The rising star, the Seven Stars Sword Sect, will challenge the three quasi-Emperor forces of North Star.
"No, now only the Profound Heaven Sword Sect and the Rending Heaven Sword Sect are left. The Huang family of Zhongyuan City has been erased for violating the agreement with that lord."
On the street, a group of children were listening to an old man telling stories. When the old man mentioned the three major forces, a boy dressed in extremely luxurious clothes immediately interrupted him and corrected him.
"Yes, yes, young master is right, it was my mistake," the old man quickly admitted. This child was his biggest customer today, having already given his attendant one hundred middle-grade Source Crystals. That was one hundred middle-grade Source Crystals, enough for him to buy a lot of wine.
"Can you talk about the Seven Stars Sword Sect?" the little boy asked.
The other children also turned their attention to the old man. This place was called Sword Balance City, originally a city belonging to the Heavenly Sword Dynasty. However, because the Heavenly Sword Dynasty had granted the Seven Stars Sword Sect a territory of 100,000 miles, Sword Balance City happened to be within this range, so Sword Balance City was also under the jurisdiction of the Seven Stars Sword Sect.
However, Sword Balance City was located on the edge of the Seven Stars Sword Sect's rule. The people here only knew that their direct superior was the Seven Stars Sword Sect, and they also knew that the Seven Stars Sword Sect was a powerful new sect, but their understanding of the Seven Stars Sword Sect was limited to this.
As one of the four major forces of North Star today, the Seven Stars Sword Sect was naturally the dream of countless people. The little boy from a wealthy family in Sword Balance City naturally wanted to join the Seven Stars Sword Sect, so he asked the storytelling old man to talk about the Seven Stars Sword Sect.
And the old man naturally would not disappoint his big customer, so he began to use his silver tongue to talk endlessly about the Seven Stars Sword Sect, from the establishment of the Seven Stars Sword Sect, to the conflict with the Blood Cloud Tower, to the Seven Stars Sword Sect's "that lord" taking action to wipe out the Blood Cloud Tower, and exposing the masterminds behind the Blood Cloud Tower as the Profound Heaven Sword Sect, the Rending Heaven Sword Sect, and the Huang family of Zhongyuan City, setting the "Ten-Year Agreement", and finally talking about how the Seven Stars Sword Sect had developed rapidly in the past ten years to become one of the four major forces of North Star today…
After listening to a group of children, they only felt their blood boiling. A little boy clenched his fists, his small face determined, and said: "I must join the Seven Stars Sword Sect and beat those bad guys to death."
But as soon as the little boy with a firm face finished speaking, a hand grabbed his ear.
"You little brat, you sneaked out of school again to listen to stories, hurry back to school and study."
"Ouch, Mom, what's the use of studying? I want to practice swords, I want to fight bad guys." The little boy kept struggling, but how could his small body be a match for an adult, not to mention that this adult, although not a cultivator, had also practiced her body, and the little boy couldn't break free.
The little boy's mother said: "If you don't study hard, what will you use to practice swords? Can you understand a secret manual if I give you one? Hurry back to school, the teachers have come to me, you little brat, I still have to go to the employer to carry goods, you really worry me."
The little boy who was determined to join the Seven Stars Sword Sect was dragged away by his mother, pulling his ear.
Moreover, there were many similar to this little boy. Either their fathers, mothers, or grandparents came to take them back to school to study. The old man watched his little customers all run away, leaving only his biggest customer today, and felt a sense of loss.
"Young master, we should go back too, otherwise the master will know you escaped," the little boy's attendant whispered to him.
"Wait a minute, I still have a question," the little boy said, then looked at the old man and said: "Do you know when the Seven Stars Sword Sect recruits disciples?"
The old man was like a walking encyclopedia, he said: "The Seven Stars Sword Sect holds a recruitment conference every five years, let me calculate when the next recruitment conference will be…"
The old man showed a thoughtful expression, and soon, he said: "The date of the Seven Stars Sword Sect's next recruitment conference is three days before the Ten-Year Agreement. I don't know if it will be changed because of this. If you want to join the Seven Stars Sword Sect, young master, you may have to wait a while."
"I believe the Seven Stars Sword Sect will not change it because of this," the little boy was very confident in the Seven Stars Sword Sect, and said with certainty.
The old man smiled lightly when he heard this, it's hard to say, it depends on whether that kid has the courage.
The little boy also followed the attendant back. The old man saw that there were no more customers today, so he packed up and prepared to go back.
Just as he was about to leave, a few small gangsters walked towards him.
One of them had a scar on his face, looking extremely ferocious. He seemed to be the boss of these small gangsters. He walked towards the old man and said sternly: "Old man, we brothers are short of Source Crystals recently, lend us some to spend."
The old man's face remained unchanged, and said: "Are you sure you want to talk about this here?"
The gangsters looked at each other. They didn't expect the old man to be so easy to talk to, and he didn't seem to be afraid of them. This made them strange, but the other party seemed to be very cooperative, which was good.
Scarface smiled and said: "Okay, old man, you're quite sensible. Tell me, where shall we talk?"
"There's a small alley over there. There's no one at this time. Why don't we go there to talk?" The old man pointed to a small alley not far away.
Scarface looked at the location of the alley. Wasn't this the alley they often hung out in? They had robbed many ordinary people there.
Scarface was a little suspicious, but he had seen the Yi family's young master, Yi Jifeng, reward the old man with one hundred middle-grade Source Crystals. Wealth moved people's hearts, and Scarface and the others were already blinded by the Source Crystals, and immediately agreed to the old man's request.
So Scarface and the others walked into the alley with the old man. Some passers-by shook their heads when they saw this, feeling sorry for the old man. Scarface and the others were considered well-known gangsters in this area. They never provoked cultivators, and only targeted ordinary people and even beggars.
This was also the reason why they were able to live until now.
As Scarface and the old man entered the alley, Scarface became impatient and said in a deep voice: "Old man, quickly hand over all the Source Crystals on your body, otherwise we brothers will let you walk in and lie down to go out."
Faced with the threat, the old man's expression did not change. He said in surprise: "Didn't you say you wanted to borrow Source Crystals? I didn't say I wasn't willing to lend them!"
When Scarface heard this, he was happy. Did this old man really not understand or was he pretending not to understand? Didn't he see that they were here to rob him?
But since the old man was so cooperative, Scarface also showed a smile and said: "Since you are willing to lend them, that's fine. I want to borrow one hundred middle-grade Source Crystals, can you lend them?"
As long as the old man said no, he would rob him.
"Okay!" The old man agreed readily.
Scarface was overjoyed and quickly said: "Then quickly take them out."
"Hey, wait, you can borrow them, but when will you pay them back?" The old man asked.
"Pay back?"
A mocking look appeared on the faces of several gangsters.
When the old man saw this, he was unhappy and said: "What? Are you planning to borrow them and not pay them back? Then I'm not willing to lend them to you."
"It's not up to you, brothers, do it. This old man dares to play with us, today we will let him lie down to go out." Scarface said fiercely. After saying that, the few younger brothers behind him rushed towards the old man.
The old man did not feel afraid, but sighed: "I just came out to earn some money for wine, and I met scum and dregs. I really don't know if I'm unlucky or you're unlucky."
The old man's voice changed, becoming very young. The next moment, even his appearance changed, becoming a young man wearing a green robe.
The young man waved his hand at the few gangsters who rushed towards him, as if driving away flies. The few gangsters didn't even let out a scream before they turned into nothingness.
When Scarface saw this, he was so scared that he collapsed on the ground. He looked at the young man in horror, trying to say something stammeringly, but because he was too scared, he couldn't say anything. Soon, he felt a burst of wet heat coming from his butt, he peed his pants!
"Huh?" Gu Changsheng smelled a strange smell, frowned, and casually sent Scarface to see his younger brothers.
"Boss, you're really into bad taste, you're actually pretending to be an old man telling stories." At this time, the Golden Ancient Emperor came out, looking at Gu Changsheng speechlessly.
"What do you know? Now I am the Holy Emperor of all races, all races are my people, I call this a private visit, forget it, you have never been the co-lord of all races, you will not understand," Gu Changsheng said.
The Golden Ancient Emperor's mouth twitched. Did he not become the co-lord of all races? He had to have the opportunity to do it, ah, boss, don't forget, you and I are from the same era, with you, I can still be the co-lord of all races!
"Hey, I earned another hundred middle-grade Source Crystals, let's go, Old Huang, I'll treat you to a drink," Gu Changsheng said.
The Golden Ancient Emperor didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The private visit was fake, and experiencing life was real, right?
Only you, boss, can do whatever you want without worry, I envy you!
"But boss, why do people here call you 'that lord'?" The Golden Ancient Emperor asked curiously.
"How do I know?" Gu Changsheng's face was not good, because of "that lord", he thought of Sha Fulin, that was a villain, am I a villain? No!
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