Book 39 - Chapter 5 – Divine Bow Displaying Its Migh (1/2)

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The without-horizon, without-boundary silent dusk descended upon the prairie The sun, sinking fast into the flat plain, before it ed by the great earth – spitted out its rose-tinted light, dyeing the western horizon red

Tong Wan City towered ahead Tents of all shapes and sizes were spread outside the city wall The white-colored fortified city consisted of the East City, the West City, and the Outer Open City Each of the four corners of the city had a pro over the city wall, which added not a few of grandeur to the city

Si and s big and small streets and alleys

Most households already lit up the lanterns, while all over tohite smoke spiraled out of the kitchen chi with the breath of life To the three faraway travelers who had not seen kitchen save up so

Kou Zhong spoke cheerfully, “I did not expect Tong Wan to be this lively Apart fro into the city before dark”

Ba Fenghan said, “In this area, Tong Wan is the biggest commercial distribution center In itself it is famous for its ironware industry It is known as the Armory of Maowusu, and this treasure house is under the control of Heishui division’s big tribal chief Tiefuyou”

“What is Maowusu?” Xu Ziling asked

“Mauwusu is another nahan replied, “I especially mentioned Tiefuyou, because this man is quite not si his a talent It is ru Tuli in the dark Froht andnodded and said, “If he lets Xieli eliood days to pass”

Ba Fenghan spoke indifferently, “Not only Tuli is not ood friend, he can’t be consideredsaid, “Does Tong Wan allow outsiders to enter and exit freely?”

Sound of hoofbeats was co back, they saw three s rate; apparently the riders were co his eyes to exa Wan is a place where no one can boast that he has exclusive control over it, since that would provoke an attack froroup in the vicinity Even Tiefuyou can only control about 70 of the ironware industry in the city On top of that, the city has eight teht different sects Grassland tribes are coe to these teate, even if the gates are broken, no one dares to repair it, for fear that others would accuse hi different ambition”

This moment the three riders have come near The men on horseback wore Mo Ji tribe’s warrior outfit; they looked young, swift and fierce Although their appearance was out of the ordinary, people could feel the evil air e to Ba Fenghan’s instruction, Kou Zhong put his right hand in front of his chest in Mo Ji people’s style of greeting Who would have thought that the threeat all? When they were galloping past thee, “Han dogs co here to court death!”

The other two roared in laughter in an extrery at all, si’s conduct and deeds toward the

The refined light in Ba Fenghan’s eyes flaring greatly, he fixed his gaze on their backs as they galloped away toward Tong Wan Suddenly he shouted, “Tagulunalie!”

Hearing that, one of thehter and spoke in Tujue language, “What a coincidence! Later on I et to know you, three brothers better”

The other two looked back The oreatly, but they did not stop In the blink of an eye they already disappeared in the distance

Astonished, Xu Ziling asked, “Do you know thehan replied, “This trip on’t need to worry about being lonely Just by tossing a tiny stone to test the waters, I found out that they are the Heshui San Sha [lit Three Demons of the Black River; in Book 38 Chapter 12 it was Heishui Shuang Sha (twin demons)] whose bad name spread far and wide Do you re happily said, “So they are the Heshui San Sha that Xu Kaishan er!”

Pointing to a group of about a dozen tents erected on a high ground east of the city, Xu Ziling asked, “Those tents are colorful; which tribe do they belong to?”

Ba Fenghan replied, “That ought to be Yiwu people’s caments that they produce enjoy fa’s mind was still on Heshui San Sha; he said, “The fa over hurriedly, it can’t be a good thing I wonder what’s going on?”

Ba Fenghan s to be forced to kill us to shut ourto hide away”

Kou Zhong laughed aloud and said, “Old Ba really understands Xiaodi’s intention”

Finished speaking he pressed his legs to urge his horse to speed up, to gallop toward the white city in the prairie, which was built using people and livestock’s blood

When Helian Bobo built the city, obviously he received Central Earth’s influence Other than different architectural style of the construction of the buildings, the basic layout of the city was following the traditional rules of Han ethnic group city planning There were four gates on four sides, the cross-shaped h the whole city, with the palace city located in the s was quite grand Theeverywhere They just entered the south gate, and iate were ts of stone carving of h they were badly dahly siant flavor

The three led their horses into the city Every scene that entered their eyes induced a novel feeling in their heart On the street, people and livestock went back and forth; there were herds the sheep, there were ox carts and ca merchants from far away land The locals were mainly of Mo Jie tribe and noe Different social custom and local practice, as well as different clothes and ornarassland, bri with exotic flavors

The tents that were erected on spacious and eruous cos, a clear-cut contrast, as if the prairie was ’s ear, Kou Zhong asked, “Do you sense the Relics?”

Xu Ziling responded by shaking his head, while his eyes were on the buildings standing on both sides of the street A lot of the buildings had door eaves as protection against the rain, as shi+eld from the sun Some even had chairs and tables under the eaves for the people to sit and rest Only unlike shops in the Central Earth’s city and town, restaurants and inns were lacking “Where could we rest tonight?” he asked Ba Fenghan

Ba Fenghan replied, “You guys pay attention to the signs outside the door The house that has a sheep’s horn hanging on it ners, or perhaps he has vacant room in the house This is the noifts to ht and satisfaction But our situation is a bit different, because you are Han people who are thenoticed the unfriendly gaze that the pedestrians on the street cast toward the wryly, he said, “Can we buy a tent and set it up outside the city to han moved to the side; he temporarily tied the horse to a horse post, took off the saddle, and said with a smile, “Let’s sit down first and then we’ll talk Leave everything to Xiaodi to take care”

Following his example, the two took off the saddles and sat down at a table and chairs under the eaves by the big street They put the saddles on the ground by their feet

Facing the long street, they felt differententirely on the lights co froroup of warriors coly, the Three De them The other dozen or so armed men, everybody had his hair draped over his shoulders, apparently they were the warriors from shi+wei tribe Their eyes were on the three men, but they did not immediately come over to make trouble; instead, they simply sat down on the tables and chairs outside the house across the street Clearly they intended to hed and said, “Good show is co houses, as well as the passersby on the street already sensed the peculiar roups separated from each other by the street; those who et away got away quickly, the long street i said, “nobody’s in charge in this place?”

Ba Fenghan stretched out his legs, he pushed his chair back to lean against the wall Stretching out his limbs, he said, “This is just like another Yan Yuan Ji, everybody acts according to Jianghu rules Those with harder fists can speak and decide on any matter These bunch of shi+wei men, nine out of ten are local bullies; otherwise, local residents would not be this afraid”

Kou Zhong spoke calhan pulled out his Beheading Mystery Sword and lightly stroked it with his fingers He spoke calet killed If it were us, three foreigners with no name, no surname, no one would utter even half a sentence If it were they who are being slaughtered, the consequences will be difficult to guess It depends on who’s behind them”

The sound of hoofbeats was suddenly heard asfro a show, they pulled the reins in the middle of the street, so that their warhorses reared on their hindlegs and neighed, before the riders flew off their horses to join the group ofat their hair, ornaments and clothes, they must be Qidan people Irew trehed and said, “Really have no guts; they still need helpers”

“They are thinking highly of us,” Ba Fenghan co!”

One of the shi+wei ht and crossed the street to co noise was heard as the enemy lit up four torches to illuminate this section of the street

The number of the enemy reached thirty-nine; in tere

The shi+wei h, his hand clenched the saber hilt; he stopped about ten paces in front of the three, and then using Tujue language, he pointed his fingers like a halberd and roared, “Two Han dogs, get out and receive your death!”