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Seven days passed in the blink of an eye, and the entire journey was almost halfway done. Up until now, the journey had been extremely smooth. In the past few days, Lee Xun had learnt about the strength of the Qianye Clan. Amongst the five Heaven Rank Rankers s, two of them were at the middle stage Heaven Rank. Twenty years ago, they had teamed up against Nangong Badao, but in the end, they were defeated by him. Lee Xun speculated that the two of them were definitely not Baili Hong's match, and from the way Baili Hong viewed the old senior from his clan, the two of them were definitely not the opponent of the old senior from Baili Clan. As for the remaining three Heaven Rank early stage Rankers, with the foundation of their Baili Clan, how could they not be able to handle them? Although Baili Hong did not say how many Heaven Rank Rankers s he had, it was definitely not less than five. After all, Baili Hong had not returned to his clan for more than a hundred years, so he did not dare to be certain of the number of Heaven Rank Rankers s within his clan. The three elders of the Duanmu Quan family all thought that there would definitely be more than five Heaven Rank Rankers s and at least one of them, so no one believed that Baili Clan was destroyed by Qianye Clan. However, other than Nangong Badao, no one else was willing to step forward and investigate until Nangong Badao defeated the two strongest experts of the Qianye Clan and then burst out from under the encirclement of five other Heaven Rank Rankers s. Only then did everyone believed that there must be an astonishing secret behind the sudden fall of Baili Clan and that Qianye Clan was nothing more than an opportunity to take advantage of it.

Speaking of Nangong Badao, Lee Xun even asked Duanmu Quan about it. Nangong Badao was born in one of the ten great underworld clans, the Nan Gong Family. However, for some unknown reason, he was expelled from the Nan Gong Family. Before he stood up for Baili Clan, Nangong Badao had disappeared for dozens of years. No one knew where he went, but the moment he appeared again, he looked just like when he was young, shocking everyone with a single brilliant feat. However, after that battle, it was as if he had vanished from the face of the earth, never to be seen again.

"Elder Quan, there's Giant Bear City up ahead. Are we going in or not?" A guard captain came over and asked.

"Go in," Nie Tian said. "If we don't go in, then the Ge and Pan Family will underestimate us."

The captain, having received his orders, galloped to the front of the group to lead the way.

"Senior Quan, is there something wrong with the Giant Bear City up ahead? Who are the Ge and Pan Family?" Lee Xun asked.

"Of course there will be trouble, but with you and Miss Jingjing here, there shouldn't be too much trouble. Although the scale of Giant Bear City could not be compared to the three major cities of the Southern Champion Empire, but this place had been a place where every soldier fought for their lives since the ancient times. Furthermore, there were many famous generals of Giant Bear City, and the Ge and Pan families in the city were famous family of generals. This time, the biggest resistance to buying the Flaming Copper Mother comes from these two families. Although these two families have unique features in training their generals, they rarely produce powerful cultivators. Currently, the two families' strongest were only at the peak of Human Rank. One could imagine how much desire they had for the Flaming Copper Mother. Two families have bought ten carts of Searing Copper Ore from the Imperial Army about ten years ago. I estimate that each family could at most produce two or three hundred needle crossbows, which is not something a top craftsman like Master Tang Si can get. This time, our Duanmu Family has already purchased seventy cars, think about it, how could they not be envious? Moreover, there is another important problem, and that is after this incident, the Southern Champion Empire will not open this hole for us within thirty to fifty years, and this is also one of the main reasons why they are obstructing us. "

"Hehe, if that's the case, then there's nothing to be jealous of. To put it bluntly, in the eyes of the Southern Champion Empire's royal family, the treatment of their two families and Duanmu Family are on a completely different level. " Just this point was enough to be comparable to the great army of a million.

Duanmu Quan and the others nodded with a smile. That was the truth, and there was no need to be modest.

Arriving in front of Giant Bear City, the city wall was actually eighty meters tall, and at the base of the city wall was a moat that was fifteen meters wide. This was the first time Lee Xun had seen such a majestic city, and it was simply an extremely large military fortress. On the left side of the city was an endless mountain range. Lee Xun vaguely saw that there seemed to be a narrow road at the center of the mountain range.

The mountain range on the left was called the Nanling Mountains, and it seemed to pass through two-thirds of the Southern Champion Empire. This long mountain range was only ten kilometers long, with the widest part being less than twenty meters long, as if a giant bear had torn it open. If there was a giant bear blocking the road, then it would truly be impossible to open it, and the current Giant Bear City had played this role. As long as they could guard this place, it could be said that the security problems in the western part of the Southern Champion Empire would basically be solved.

After passing the suspension bridge, when they were about to enter Gigantic Bear City, they encountered the obstruction of the city guards. The captain of the guards who was leading the way took out a pass issued by the imperial family. In the end, he had to use the fact that they were in the middle of a war and even if they had the royal pass, they still had to check it carefully to block off the carriages. This caused those who wanted to enter the city to complain incessantly. After checking the first carriage, the captain of the city guards said, "Your goods are the Searing Flame Copper Ore which is strictly controlled by the empire. Although there is an exit pass for the empire, there is no indication that you are allowed to bring the Searing Flame Copper Ore, and the amount you are carrying this time is very large.

The guard captain that led the group immediately became angry, and scolded: "Only you know of the Searing Flame Copper Ore? "You said that we have a huge cargo of them after just inspecting the car, and you already know that the ones behind are all hot copper ore?" These guards were all carefully trained with Duanmu Family, the captain of the soldiers was too bad with his acting skills, his lines full of loopholes.

"What do you want? Do you want to rebel? " As the captain of the soldiers confronted him, hundreds of elite soldiers wearing armor poured out from both sides of the city gate, blocking it so that not even a drop of water could leak out.

"Damn it, I'm not going to the city anymore. Let's see what you can do to me."

"People can leave, but we must keep the ore. If there are no problems, you can go to the Mayor's Mansion to retrieve it in a month."

"Damn you." The captain waved his fist in anger, and the captain was sent flying back into the crowd of soldiers.

The thirty Soul Sword guards all held a set of Five Treasures purple ranked swords in their hands, and they lined up in two rows beside the captain. The soldiers who had originally wanted to rush forward stopped in their tracks and did not dare to act rashly. With their strength at the fourth step, wasn't this just courting death? The pedestrians who were blocked outside the city were all grumbling and groaning. The group of thirty people in front of them were all at least at the Five Treasures Violet Rank Swords. Everyone knew that only the Zhao Family and Pan Family within the city were as casual as this.

"Stop. Put away all the swords. " Duanmu Quan walked up and had everyone withdraw their Soul Sword. Then he said, "One of you go report to the Lord Mayor, tell him that the Peach God Valley Duanmu Family invites him to come and take a look."

"If you say Duanmu Family is the only thing that matters, then who can prove it?" The captain of the soldiers who had been smashed into the crowd now had half of his face swollen. As he spoke, blood splattered, but the tone of his voice didn't change. It seemed like his punch didn't give him much memory.

"Hmph, this old man has already given you a lot of face today." I know that someone has ordered you to come, but if you feel that it's worth losing your life, this old man might as well help you. " The strong aura that Duanmu Quan unleashed immediately scared the guard captain and made him sit on the ground.

He hurriedly got up and shouted to get out of the way before he ran into the city. Today, he was indeed ordered by the Zhao and Pan Families to make it difficult for Duanmu Family. If he could take this opportunity to capture the goods, that would be for the best. But that was on the premise that he could not lose his life. If he lost his life, then wouldn't all the promises he made be for nothing?

Before long, Zhao Huo, the city guard, had arrived. Because Gigantic Bear City was in a strategic position, Zhao Huo was born into the royal family, but it was also just a duty of supervision. Usually, the matters of the city were handled by the Ge and Pan Clans. The Ge Pan Family had already informed him about what had happened today. Now, he could only smile apologetically as he arrived in front of Duanmu Quan, saying, "So it's Elder Quan. It's a sin for Zhao Huo to fail to welcome you."

"Zhao Huo, let's not beat around the bush. I know you can't make decisions here. But let me ask you, now that we have brought all these ores into the city, are there any more troubles? " Duanmu Quan and Zhao Huo knew each other, so he asked directly.

"Haha, Elder Quan, don't make things difficult for me. I can only guarantee that the City Guards won't cause trouble for you." Zhao Huo had a bitter and difficult expression. With him stuck in the middle, no one dared to offend him. Even though he was born in the Southern Champion Royal Family, it depended on who he was facing.

"It's not hard for me to help you. You bring a message to those two families, if you want to hit on my Duanmu Family, it's best to consider yourself. "Enter the city."

Even the city guards were respectful to this old man, so how could the soldiers dare to stop him? All of them hurriedly moved to the side to let the door open.

After entering the city, they found a place to stay and divided the seventy large carriages into three parts. Each carriage had one person in it, which meant that they would never leave the carriage. Even during the night, they would always have one person in each carriage, no matter where they were.

After everything was settled, Lee Xun started chatting with Duanmu Quan and the rest. Lei Jingjing did not like such a scene and went shopping with Duanmu Ruxue. Four days ago, Duanmu Ruxue and Lei Jingjing had a private conversation, and it was unknown what they had chatted about. In any case, the two of them had become good sisters upon their return, and Lee Xun truly admired Duanmu Ruxue. With Lei Jingjing here, Duanmu Quan and the others were not worried about Duanmu Ruxue's safety.

Duanmu Ruxue was so angry that her face was flushed red, while Lei Jingjing's cold face revealed a faint killing intent. Seeing this, Lee Xun knew that something big must have happened, and he specifically told Lei Jingjing that it was fine to beat people up, but not to kill them.

"Ru Xue, what happened?" Duanmu Quan asked.

Before Duanmu Ruxue could reply, the sounds of fighting could be heard from outside.

When he went out to take a look, he saw a rather handsome young man fighting with a captain of the guards. The young man looked to be about twenty-six or twenty-seven, but his strength had already reached the twelfth step.

Tie Feng, stop. Who are you? " Such a young expert, must have an extraordinary background, Duanmu Quan immediately stopped the two from fighting and asked.

After the two of them separated, the handsome young man kept his Soul Sword and cupped his hands in greeting: "Junior Qianye Jun, may I know which elder senior has the most Duanmu Family?"

"This old man is Duanmu Quan, I didn't expect you to be that Qianye Jun, I don't welcome you here, please do as you wish." When Duanmu Quan heard that this person was the Qianye Jun who was once engaged to Duanmu Ruxue, his expression immediately darkened and he chased him out.

"So it's a full-grown man. Junior has been rude." May I know who these few are? " Qianye Jun had no intention to leave.

"Tie Feng, Tie Ying, chase them away."

Hearing Duanmu Quan's words, the two guards' leader, Tie Feng and Tie Ying pointed their swords at Qianye Jun.

"Elder Quan, this junior came here specially to marry Miss Ruxue. This attitude of yours is neither a form of hospitality nor is it to the detriment of our relationship. " Qianye Jun was not panicking, he did not use his sword, thus it was not good for Tie Feng's Iron Eagle to attack.

"The marriage between you and my clan's Miss Sun was dissolved twenty years ago. How could you propose it? You don't need to bring it up again."

"Elder Quan, our clan was in danger back then and we did not want to implicate Duanmu Clan. We have a complete understanding of old patriarch Duanmu's method of annulling the engagement. But now that my Qianye Clan is on the rise, with my current position and this junior's current condition, am I not worthy of Miss Ruxue? " The corner of Qianye Jun's mouth slightly rose, filled with extreme confidence.

After twenty years of development, his Qianye Clan had swallowed all his Baili Clan, causing his strength to rise greatly.'s appearance and strength were both top-notch, if one were to say that he was compatible with Duanmu Ruxue, it would be a pair.

"Hehe, is Qianye Clan that amazing?" Just as Duanmu Quan was unsure of how to answer, Lee Xun smiled. and the others were all startled. After all, this was a matter of Duanmu Clan, and Qianye Clan. According to their understanding of Lee Xun over the past few days, Lee Xun should not easily intervene in this matter. Lee Xun had never mentioned about his origins, so it was not wise for the three of them to ask. Although they knew that Lee Xun was sent by Guangcheng, they had heard of the grudge between Lee Xun in Sky Rainbow City and his Hongjun Sword Sect. After all, there was a big commotion that day, where two Human Rank Warriors died, and there were more than a thousand people watching on the way, so Lee Xun was definitely not someone from Hongjun Sword Sect. Now that they heard Lee Xun say that, they were even more curious about Lee Xun's identity. The three of them had already guessed that he must have had some sort of background, to be able to teach such an outstanding disciple, what kind of expert was his master.

"Who are you? When are you allowed to interrupt when you're speaking here? " When Lee Xun appeared, Qianye Jun realized that Lee Xun only had the strength of his Tenth Rank. Although it was considered average among those of the same age, the difference between them was like the difference between heaven and earth. Furthermore, with the strength of his Duanmu Clan, a twenty-three or twenty-four year old Tenth Rank practitioner wouldn't receive much attention, and wouldn't have a high status.

Duanmu Quan and the rest were all laughing, Lee Xun did not know whether to laugh or cry, as the saying went, "I'm not afraid of the goods, I'm afraid of not knowing the truth", this was truly fearless.