The Fourth Financial Crisis

Qianli Haiyuan is located at the junction of Haiyuan Island and the Hanguang Sword Sect.

After the flying spirit boat crossed the abyss of thousands of miles of sea, it officially entered the actual control area of ​​the Hanguang Sword Sect. It only takes half a day at most to reach the important town of Arctic State where the Hanguang Sword Sect's headquarters is located——

Hanguang City!

As the plenipotentiary negotiator of the Shenhuo Sect to the Arctic State, Li Feiyu was busy with official duties and did not want to be delayed even for half a day. Therefore, after Hanguang Sword dispatched masters to assist him, he took the initiative to say goodbye to everyone.

Although the disciples of the Hanguang Sword Sect had just experienced an attack from a powerful enemy, and a fellow disciple in the Qi Refining Stage died tragically in the hands of Fu Meng, life would always go on. Seeing Li Feiyu's words to Yang before leaving, After Lu showed his enthusiastic attitude, some clever monks from the Hanguang Sword Sect began to line up to express their condolences to Yang Lu. Even if their own pale faces had not recovered, they still had to spend two days with Yang Lu. Say something polite like "Consultant Yang is scared". After all, this journey is coming to an end. If you don't lick it, it will be too late!

Even Qian Lulu didn't care that she was still in shock. Before the spirit boat was about to land, she told Yang Lu her address in Hanguang City and said that if Yang Lu was willing to make her "pay the price", she would be willing to sweep the bed at any time. Welcome...

Although Qian Lulu didn't say it explicitly, both of them knew what the so-called "any price" meant.

Faced with such a direct invitation, it was not good for Yang Lu to say nothing. However, before he could speak, he heard Lin Musen behind him cough slightly, interrupting the conversation between the two: "Consultant Yang, I think Han Guangcheng is almost here, should we say hello to Elder Qu?"

Yang Lu looked in the direction of Lin Musen's finger, and sure enough he found a very large seaport city appearing on the skyline directly in front of the spirit boat. Just looking at the distance of Hanguang City, it seemed that it would take ten minutes for the spirit boat to arrive... …

Yang Lu instantly realized that Lin Musen's reminder to pay attention to the time was false, and his warning not to make mistakes was true, so he quickly followed suit and said, "Okay, let's go say hello to Elder Qu first!"

Then he slightly bowed his hand to Qian Lulu, then turned and left with Lin Musen.

Seeing the two people leaving, Qian Lulu stomped her feet in anger, and then gave Lin Musen a vicious look.

After all, she had made a lot of determination and decided to use a honey trap on Consultant Yang at the last moment. Unexpectedly, her good deeds were disrupted by the bodyguard behind Consultant Yang who almost never spoke.

How could this not make her angry?

After Yang Lu and Lin Musen left the deck, Yang Lu asked: "Fellow Daoist Mu, what did you mean just now?"

When Lin Musen saw that Yang Lu still called himself Daoist Fellow Mu, he knew that he was worried about being eavesdropped, so he explained softly: "Don't worry, Consultant Yang, I have secretly set up a special soundproof array, as long as there are no new weapon refining colleagues here. , no one should be able to hear our current conversation, you can just say what you have to say."

Yang Lu suddenly raised his eyebrows: "So what did you mean by what you just said?"

Lin Musen pointed behind him and said: "Consultant Yang, these days, I have not been standing behind you, but I have found opportunities to inquire about some information from the disciples of the Hanguang Sword Sect... Do you know that Qian Lulu? Who is he?"

"Who else could she be? She is clearly a beautiful woman who is eager to get on top!"

Lin Musen shook his head gently: "This Qian Lulu is not an ordinary beauty, but a famous socialite of the Hanguang Sword Sect. Don't be fooled by this girl's innocent appearance. She doesn't know how to sleep in the Hanguang Sword Sect." After so many people, even when she became Elder Qu’s sword-raising disciple, she slept with the foundation-building monk of the Hanguang Sword Sect who was in charge of personnel affairs.”

After listening to Lin Musen's introduction, Yang Lu also felt a little surprised.

Seeing Qian Lulu's expression of shamelessness just now, Yang Lu thought that she was an innocent and innocent girl. Unexpectedly, this girl turned out to be the famous bus in the Light Sword Sect!

Yang Lu couldn't help but laughed and said: "Haha, this is really knowing people but not knowing their hearts!"

Lin Musen said sternly: "Consultant Yang is a person who does big things. If you are entangled with this kind of cultivation vixen, the troubles in the future will be endless. Putting aside everything else, if this woman depends on you for her life and death, , I have to go to the Qingning Chamber of Commerce to make trouble with Miss Li, how will Consultant Yang deal with himself then?"

After hearing Lin Musen's warning, Yang Lu's expression became solemn: "Are the consequences really so serious?"

Lin Musen nodded and said, "Nothing is surprising for a woman like this who uses her body as a weapon. What's more, do you think this woman intends to get close to you without Elder Qu's instructions behind her?"

Yang Lu also thought of this level just now, so he asked: "Do you already know something?"

Lin Musen said in a deep voice: "You should have noticed that since that woman came into contact with you, other people have rarely harassed you. I also thought at first that this might be because other people gave up because of difficulties, but then I I heard a saying that, Consultant Yang, you have fallen in love with that woman, and asked everyone not to be a light bulb and ask for trouble. So I conducted an in-depth investigation of the source of this statement, and found that this statement seemed to be the first one from Elder Qu Jing. Spread the word.”

Yang Lu suddenly took a breath: "You mean, that woman was sent by Qu Jing to seduce me on purpose?"

Lin Musen was obviously not sure about this, and just said in a speculative tone: "That may be the case, or maybe the two of them had not communicated beforehand, and Qu Jing was just pushing the boat forward to facilitate this matter. But in any case, as long as Qu Jing is involved, In this case, it can’t be simple.”

Yang Lu also deeply agreed with Lin Musen's judgment.

His relationship with Li Qingning is well known to everyone in Haiya City. As an elder of the Hanguang Sword Sect who visited Haiya City twice in two years, Qu Jing must be aware of this. Whenever he catches him messing around with Qian Lulu Yang Lu knew without even thinking about it. The other party would definitely use it to blackmail him. The consequences were simply unimaginable.

Especially Li Qingning, she is not a certain tea girl. She knows that her husband has been fished, but she still generously chooses to forgive. With Miss Li's fierce character, it is really possible for her to come and kill the adulterer with a machete. Women's.

I'm afraid even Lin Musen won't be able to save him by then!

Thinking of this, Yang Lu looked at Lin Musen with some admiration: "Brother Musen, you showed me your skills this time! It seems that I chose you to be my bodyguard, which is definitely the wisest decision. .”

"The main reason is that your identity is out there. No matter where you go, you will be the center of attention, and it is difficult to conduct private investigations. In contrast, my identity as a mercenary is not so sensitive. Even if I go out to inquire, These gossips, these Hanguang Sword Sect disciples are not too wary of me, and are willing to tell me the truth."

As he said that, Lin Musen suddenly changed the subject and said suspiciously: "By the way, if I hadn't interrupted you, you wouldn't have really planned to have sex with that woman named Qian!"

Yang Lu suddenly became furious and said, "Fellow Taoist Musen, who do you think I am, Yang Lu?"

Seeing Yang Lu's performance, Lin Musen was still a little suspicious and said: "Before setting off this time, Miss Li specifically asked me to keep an eye on you. You must hold on tight, otherwise it will be difficult for me to do business when I go back! "

Yang Lu said angrily: "Even if I want to mess around, don't I have a chance now?"

Lin Musen shrugged and said: "That's not necessarily the case! I think that during this trip to the Arctic State, various temptations may be inevitable. Among others, Tian Beixi, the direct disciple of Tian Daxiao, is a well-known beautiful fairy. Although you were fighting to the death on the outlying island, you were chatting and laughing in Haiya City some time ago. Who knows if there is a hidden secret in this?"

Yang Lu said with an innocent face: "When Tian Beixi and I met at the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, Miss Li was also present!"

"Now that Miss Li is not here, won't the opportunity come for you to mess around?"

Seeing that Lin Musen had decided that there was something wrong in his heart, Yang Lu was about to get angry. However, at this moment, a communication spell suddenly shot from outside the Feitian Spirit Boat and happened to fall into his hand.

After reading the content of the communication spell, Yang Lu's expression became strange: "What a coincidence, this is a message from Tian Beixi. She just finished her retreat two days ago and has arrived at Hanguang City to wait. I’m here!”

Lin Musen didn't say anything, he just spread his hands, which obviously meant:

What did I say?

If you two didn't have some adultery, how could Tian Beixi have come all the way from the Arctic Palace on the other side of the Snowy Mountains?

Seeing that things were getting darker and darker, Yang Lu planned to explain a few more words, but while the two were chatting, the flying spirit boat had landed in the main square outside the main gate of Hanguang City.

When Elder Qu Jing saw the spirit boat landing, he personally came to see the two of them off.

Although Qu Jing had been severely injured by Fu Meng's sneak attack before, the Hidden Sword Technique of the Hanguang Sword Sect was indeed unique. At the critical moment, it had already reduced most of the power of Fu Meng's killing move. Therefore, Qu Jing was only able to protect his body and was shocked. The internal injuries were not serious. After half a day of recovery, he seemed to be fine.

After a few casual greetings with Yang Lu, Qu Jing said that the Hanguang Sword Sect was careless this time. He did not expect that the Wuliang Sword Sect would be so despicable. He hoped that Consultant Yang could come to the Hanguang Sword Sect headquarters for a banquet to calm his shock.

Although Elder Qu Jing invited him repeatedly, Yang Lu finally refused after being reminded by Lin Musen.

When everyone was saying goodbye to each other, Qu Jing saw that Yang Lu had deliberately avoided Qian Lulu the whole time, and realized that his beauty trap had gone bankrupt. A trace of regret flashed in his eyes, and this subtle change in his expression was not concealed. Yang Lu and Lin Musen, who had always been secretly paying attention to his expression, confirmed Lin Musen's previous guess from the side.

After leaving Hanguang City's main palace square, Yang Lu and Lin Musen went straight to the address sent by Tian Beixi. Since the city's main palace and the Hanguang Sword Sect's mountain gate were both in the north of Hanguang City, Tian Beixi's temporary residence was in Hanguang City. In the south of Guangcheng, Hanguang City is similar to Tianshu City in that they have a city-wide ban on light-escape flights, so the two of them took the opportunity to appreciate the cityscape of Hanguang City.

Compared with the prosperous Haiya City, Hanguang City, an important town in the Arctic state, also has an exotic look.

The first is the size of Hanguang City.

The scale of Hanguang City is astonishing. Both the urban area and the total population are several times that of Haiya City. I am afraid that there is no city with such a dense population in the entire Zhongzhou. Its size is even comparable to many The earth's famous metropolis is a slap in the face, and it doesn't fit the stereotype of ordinary cultivators about the Arctic state's vast territory and sparsely populated areas.

The reason why Hanguang City can reach such a scale is not because of the Hanguang Sword Sect's deliberate intention.

Thousands of years ago, Hanguang City was similar to other Arctic cities. It was just a small mortal settlement near the coast, with a population of only tens of thousands. Until the advent of the Age of Discovery two thousand years ago.

After the explosion of ocean trade between Kyushu and Kyushu, the population of the Arctic State grew rapidly and became highly dependent on the input of living resources from the southern continents. Therefore, the ocean ports where materials circulated naturally became the main way for the residents of the Arctic State to obtain daily necessities. Therefore, the population of the Arctic states is also rapidly concentrated towards the port area.

Almost more than 70% of the population under the control of the Hanguang Sword Sect lives around the coastline of the Arctic state. As the largest port in the area controlled by the Hanguang Sword Sect, Hanguang City has gathered nearly 7 million mortals.

This is equivalent to the population size of the entire Sea Cliff area, and also makes the architectural layout of Hanguang City quite similar to Los Angeles on Earth, covering this narrow coastal plain, as if all habitable places are covered with houses.

Not far from the north gate of Hanguang City is the remnant of the Daxueshan Mountains, the largest mountain range in the Arctic state. As the terrain continues to rise, you will soon be able to see the vast and uninhabited mountainous areas, because at this time it is already the northern hemisphere of Kyushu. In the autumn, less than a hundred meters up the remaining mountains of the Snowy Mountains, the mountains have begun to be covered with snow.

Opposite the snow-capped mountains in the north is the port area in the south of the city. More than a hundred miles south of Hanguang City Port is the thousand-mile sea abyss that separates the mainland of Arctic State and Haiyuan Island. It is affected by the power of the Haiyuan fairy spirit. Due to the spillover effect, this Hanguang City port only freezes for two months of the year, making it one of the best ports in the entire Arctic region, second only to Haiyuan Island.

However, compared to Haiya Port, Hanguang City's port seems a bit deserted. Looking around, most of the ocean-going merchant ships berthed in Hanguang City are flying the flags of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce, and a few are flying Hanguang Swords. Ships sending flags, as well as a smaller number of ships without flags, and the flags of other major ocean-going chambers of commerce are almost elusive.

In particular, the number of ships of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce is abnormally large here, even more than the number of ships of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce in Haiya Port. I wonder if people see the port scenery of the two cities and think that Hanguang City This is the headquarters of the Haiya Chamber of Commerce.