"You win." Zhou Qiubai raised his hands in surrender, "I won't fight with you."
Yang Guyun didn't answer the call and continued walking forward.
After walking for about a stick of incense, he suppressed his words: "Gu Yun, you talk a bit too much today."
"Hmm."
"Did you do it on purpose?"
"Hmm."
Zhou Qiubai was choked to the point of speechlessness and could only give him a fierce look.
Yang Guyun didn't seem to notice it, and kept walking forward. It seemed that there was a hint of... in those usually stern eyebrows...
Joking?
"Gu Yun." Zhou Qiubai said word by word, "You are a bad student."
Yang Guyun finally stopped, turned half of his face, and the corners of his mouth seemed to curve. "Those who are close to the red are red."
"That's not how the word is used!"
"Then he who is close to black is black." Yang Guyun turned around and his tone returned to his usual indifference, "It's all your fault anyway."
Zhou Qiubai opened his mouth and wanted to refute, but found that he had no words to reply.
He walked quickly side by side with Yang Guyun, trying hard to find any trace of joking on Ice Seal's face, but he never succeeded.
"Were you teasing me just now?" Zhou Qiubai asked.
"No."
"You have."
Yang Guyun stopped and looked at him seriously. "The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, how can you say it jokingly?"
"Look, you're talking like that again!" Zhou Qiubai pointed at his nose and said angrily, "I usually can't hold back a word for a long time, but today I talked so much. Isn't this a joke?"
Yang Guyun was silent for a moment and said slowly, "Brother Zhou These words are wrong. How can one say more or less words to determine one's mind? As the saying goes, a loud voice can make a sound, but an elephant cannot be seen..."
"Stop, stop, stop!" Zhou Qiubai covered his ears and couldn't help shouting, "Where did you learn these polite words?"
"I read it in a book." Yang Guyun continued walking forward.
The two of them bickered all the way. To be more precise, Zhou Qiubai was choked unilaterally.
After walking east for three days, they passed through three small towns, and the two of them went on a four-way trip.
The first one happened at Clear Water Town.
There is a group of bandits outside the town who specialize in plundering passing caravans, stealing money and even killing people.
The leader Soul Elder and a dozen of his subordinates have been running rampant in the neighborhood for more than a year, and the government dispatched three times but failed to eradicate them.
Good Soul Master If you don't do it, you have to be a gangster.
Obviously you can get money from the Spirit Hall, but you have to use the faster way.
When Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun arrived, they happened to encounter bandits robbing a caravan transporting medicinal materials.
The two looked at each other without speaking. One drew his sword, the other raised his gun, and strode out of the forest.
The battle ended quickly and neatly.
The bandit leader tried to trap Yang Guyun with the third Soul Skill "Earth Wall", but as soon as Earth Wall was halfway up, the tip of the gun had already pierced his throat.
Seeing this, the other bandits scattered and fled for their lives. However, they were caught up by Zhou Qiubai, who struck each one with a sword, and they all fell down beside the official road.
The steward of the caravan was very grateful and wanted to give him some money as a token of his gratitude.
Zhou Qiubai shook his head and only picked a few medicinal herbs for treating internal injuries, saying it was "in exchange for the reward".
The steward forced him a bag of dry food, which he reluctantly accepted.
The second incident occurred at Black Stone Village.
There was a bully in the village who took advantage of his distant relationship with the town officials to seize the villagers' fields and allowed his servants to hurt several elderly people.
The villagers complained to the government, but were beaten up and kicked out.
Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun heard about this incident in the village tavern. They felt indignant and sneaked into the bully's house that night.
He didn't kill anyone, he just broke the bully's legs.
The third pile is at Wild Goose Slope.
A group of Slave Hunting Squad's remnant soldiers, about seven or eight people, have settled here, and are discussing going north to "replenish supplies."
What they said while drinking was heard word by word by Zhou Qiubai at the next table.
That night, the inn where Slave Hunting Squad was staying suddenly broke down.
The fire started in the woodshed, and by the time the town's fire brigade arrived, the inn had been reduced to rubble.
People dug out seven charred corpses from the ashes, and one man went crazy.
The fourth pile is at Azure Cloud Ferry.
There are tax collectors at the ferry who secretly add tolls in order to prey on foreign merchants.
Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun were stopped while crossing the river and asked to pay double the boat fare.
Zhou Qiubai paid the money readily without arguing.
When the boat reached the other side, he turned back, found the tax collector, and asked with a smile, "Can I get a refund for the money I overcharged just now?"
The tax collector's eyes widened. "Where are you from? Get out of here!"
Zhou Qiubai nodded and left silently.
The next day, there was a new tax collector at the ferry, and the old one was recovering from his injuries at home. It was said that he accidentally fell down in the middle of the night, and the fall was serious. Three ribs were broken and one leg was broken.
"Did you strike too hard?" Yang Guyun asked.
"Is it heavy?" Zhou Qiubai gnawed on the sesame seed cakes bought from the town, with a smile on his lips, "He didn't feel it was heavy when he asked for money."
Yang Guyun thought for a while and nodded, "That makes sense."
On the evening of the seventh day, the outline of Tianxing City finally appeared on the horizon.
The two of them followed the flow of people into the city. The streets were wide, with shops lined up on both sides. The aroma of food and the faint Soul Power fluctuations wafted in the air.
Tianxing City is the hub from Northern Territory to the hinterland of Heaven Dou, where merchants gather and there are many Soul Master.
The most conspicuous building in the city, besides the city lord's palace, is the giant Soul Fighting Arena in the east of the city.
"Go to Soul Fighting Arena to register first?" Zhou Qiubai asked.
"Hmm."
There was a long queue at the entrance of Soul Fighting Arena, all of them came to register or sign up for the competition Soul Master.
After about a stick of incense, it was finally their turn.
The old man wearing glasses was checking the account book with his head down. When he heard the footsteps, he didn't even raise his head. "Name, Martial Soul, Soul Power Level, entry type."
"Zhou Qiubai, White Clothes Sword, level 35 Soul Elder, both single and double."
The old man raised his eyes, glanced at him, and recorded in the register. "The name of the duo?"
Zhou Qiubai thought for a while and said confidently, "Spear and Sword Peerless."
The old man's pen tip paused, he raised his head and looked at him carefully, and then at Yang Guyun who was carrying a gun behind him. "Spear and Sword Peerless? That's not a bad tone. Where is your partner?"
"Yang Guyun, Returnless Spear, level 42 Soul Ancestor."
"Wait, you Soul Ancestor?"
"Yes." Yang Guyun nodded.
"That won't work, Soul Elder can only play Soul Elder games."
"Then let me go and play Soul Ancestor." Zhou Qiubai said.
Soul Saint They have all been killed, yet you are still afraid of just Soul Ancestor?
The old man pushed up his glasses and wrote his name on the registration book, "The combination registration fee is ten Gold Soul Coin per person. In addition, although you have registered, I still want to remind you that you are not allowed to intentionally cause death or disability. Violators will be permanently removed from the list and held accountable. Understand?"
"Understood." They both said in unison.
Zhou Qiubai paid and received two Black Iron Badge.
"There will be a match tonight." The old man pointed to the schedule on the wall, "The singles match will start at 3:00, and the double match will start at 1:00. Go to the waiting area and wait."
Zhou Qiubai and Yang Guyun found a corner to sit down. As soon as they sat down, someone started talking next to them.