1096: C1096 A City Without Walls

C1096 A City Without Walls

"Master, what a master!" Ye Bufan felt happy in his heart.

He had met such a mysterious expert the moment he left Desolate River. Didn't this represent a good omen?

Ye Bufan left the dock in a good mood. He walked along the wide bluestone road towards a crowded place. Soon, he saw a city without walls.

This made him feel very interesting.

Whether it was in Upper Level World or New World, he had seen and heard of cities with walls.

The purpose of the city walls was to protect the residents in the city, and it was also a means for the local rulers to consolidate their rule. The reason why there were no city walls here was because there was no ruler here. Or was it because there was no ruler here? Was it because the ruler here was too confident?

Ye Bufan stood by the side of the road and looked at the city in front of him. He found it very interesting.

At this time, a passerby walked over and said with a smile, "Young man, this is your first time coming here, right? Our Cloudharbor City is special, right?"

When the man spoke, his tone was filled with pride and pride. It seemed that not only would he not feel unsafe living in a city without walls, he would also feel a strong sense of satisfaction.

This made Ye Bufan even more interested. He quickly asked, "I would like to consult you, sir."

The man smiled and said, "It's a long story. Originally, the Cloudharbor City also had walls. However, three hundred years ago, something like this happened. That's why the city wall no longer exists. This is also the most special place in Cloudharbor City. "

Ye Bufan didn't expect that the residents of this place would be so hospitable. Not only did they not treat him as a stranger, they even told him the legendary story of this city.

From the uncle who was obviously a fisherman beside him, Ye Bufan could feel that the people who lived here had a kind of spirit that he could not see from the inside out.

It was as if although they lived at the bottom of society, they could see hope.

Ye Bufan was very interested in this. Although he was not a sociologist, he always had an inexplicable desire to study things that he was curious about.

After running for his life, he also wanted to think about things other than cultivation so that he could change his mind and ease his nervousness.

On the river, Ye Bufan had seen the mysterious old boatman. He wondered what kind of story this fisherman uncle could tell him.

Ye Bufan was full of anticipation.

This story had to be traced back to hundreds of years ago.

At that time, the world of Cloudharbor City wasn't the current New World, but a part of the Tianyuan Continent.

In the Tianyuan Continent, there were all kinds of cultivators. Some cultivated Divine Sense, some cultivated True Qi, some cultivated Demonic Yuan, and some cultivated Devil Arts... In short, there were all kinds of cultivators, and there were all kinds of them.

At that time, the Cloudharbor City also had a thick and tall city wall. In the city, there was a large family that controlled the entire city. A hundred miles away from the city, there was a huge mountain range.

There was a sect in the mountain range, and that was the Heart Sword Sect. The Heart Sword Sect had a history of several thousand years. Although it didn't directly rule the Cloudharbor City, its influence on the Cloudharbor City wasn't small at all.

At that time, the power that ruled the Cloudharbor City was a large family. The Yue family. At that time, the Yue family firmly controlled the entire Cloudharbor City, whether it was within the city or near the harbor. It was all managed by the Yue family. Basically, most of the people in the Cloudharbor City were actually working for the Yue family.

The competition between the Yue family and Heart Sword Sect was very intense. Not only did they fight for the good seedlings of the cultivators, but they also fought for the ordinary people, hoping to obtain the territory of the other party.

The Heart Sword Sect hoped to obtain the Cloudharbor City, while the Yue family hoped to obtain the Green Yun Shan controlled by the Heart Sword Sect.

The geographical location of the Cloudharbor City could be said to be superior. It was surrounded by mountains on three sides. When faced with water, the Green Yun Shan was in the east, west, and north of the Cloudharbor City, while the river was in the south.

The Green Yun Shan was a mountain range that was tens of thousands of miles long. This mountain range was a natural treasure vault. Not only were there abundant plant and animal resources in the mountain range, there were also countless rare herbs, herbs, minerals, and so on. According to the legends, there were even Demonic Beast in the mountain.

It could be said to be a land of treasures.

The river was not bad either. Countless fish, prawns, crabs lived in the river. The aquatic products were abundant, and the river water was the most important golden water channel. It was connected to more than 170 cities nearby, which brought about frequent trade and trading. There was a wide variety of material exchanges, just the income from tax collection at the pier... Every year, there were tens of millions of taels of silver.

Of course, this was a figure that was converted to silver. In fact, the taxes on the pier were not only collecting silver. More importantly, it was collecting real objects. All kinds of goods would arrive here. A portion would be divided up by the Yue family.

Originally, convenient transportation and abundant property were totally a match made in heaven. However, because they belonged to different forces, there were a lot of disputes.

When the conflict developed to the end, it became a conflict between the Heart Sword Sect and the Yue family.

Both sides sent out their own cultivators to fight against each other. The war had lasted for fifty years, and it was only a draw. No one could completely destroy the other side. Their strength had always been at a disadvantage, and they were constantly in a tug of war.

Because of the war between the two parties, the number of people in the vicinity of the Cloudharbor City's Qing Yun Shan had become scarce. In the end, it had caused both sides to suffer huge losses.

If the two sides in the war were countries, then perhaps they would sit down and negotiate after seeing this.

But unfortunately, neither of them was a country, and the other was a family. One was a sect. These two forms were already destined to sit down and negotiate after the intense war that had lasted for several decades. That was completely impossible.

After all, the ones who had died on this side were all uncles and brothers. The ones who had died on the other side were all masters and siblings, and they had a deep friendship with each other.

Once a war between two parties involved a large amount of personal enmity, it was virtually impossible to resolve it.

Unless these backbone forces were gradually worn down, but as long as the war continued, this sort of hatred would accumulate even more deeply, wanting to resolve the enmity between the two parties. It was already impossible to stop this war that was not beneficial to both sides.

Because of the war between the two sides, Cloudharbor City was riddled with holes, and the population was decreasing rapidly. The dock by the river could no longer see the prosperous scene from before.

There were people everywhere, and the population was scarce. This was the true depiction of Cloudharbor City at that time.

Just when people thought that the Cloudharbor City would eventually turn into ashes because of the war between the two forces, someone stood out.

This person was an old boatman.

At that time, both sides were engaged in an intense battle. The old boatman supported his boat and appeared on the shore of the river.

With a light tap, the old boatman's boat flew up and crossed the entire Cloudharbor City, appearing above the cultivators of both sides.

When such a mysterious person suddenly appeared on the battlefield, both sides naturally stopped fighting and looked at the old boatman.

The old man told them to stop, hoping that they could cooperate and recreate the prosperous Cloudharbor City.

Of course, no one would listen to him, even if the old man appeared in the sky. It was obvious that he was an expert just by looking at him. However, both sides had long ago turned red from killing each other. They were mortal enemies. How could it be because of a sentence from an outsider? The war that had been going on for decades had stopped.

No one paid any attention to the old man, so the old man made his move.

The old boatman stood in the boat in the air and waved his hand casually. The tens of thousands of cultivators on the ground felt that their bodies were empty, no matter if they were cultivating zhenqi. In an instant, they disappeared without a trace.

All the cultivators, regardless of their cultivation base, were reprogramming the ordinary people with the wave of the old boatman's hand.

After witnessing the power of the old boatman, the two of them stopped the battle and saluted him, asking what they should do.

The old man told them that as long as they stopped the war and cooperated with each other, the prosperity of Cloudharbor City would be restored. Then, their cultivation base would return.

Both parties were suppressed by the old boatman, so they naturally agreed readily.

At the beginning, both sides had really stopped the war and started cooperating with each other. Soon, the Cloudharbor City showed signs of recovering its vitality.

The old boatman saw signs of improvement, so he returned the cultivation base to these people.

Who knew that after obtaining the cultivation base, someone would turn hostile.

The Heart Sword Sect's War Hall and the Yue Family had both obtained the cultivation base and overturned the previous agreement.

Moreover, this time, not only did they start a war with each other, but they also treated the old boatman as their enemy.

The Heart Sword Sect had the most understanding people. They knew that even if the warriors of the War Hall recovered their cultivation base, they would still not be a match for the old boatman. Yet, they still wanted to deal with the old boatman. It was obvious that they wanted to bury the entire sect with him.0

Therefore, in the Heart Sword Sect, other than the Hall of War, there were other branches. They first suppressed the Hall of Combat and continued to fight. Furthermore, the chief of the Hall of Combat, who was planning to deal with the old boatman, had his cultivation base crippled, and imprisoned all the disciples of the Hall of Combat.

The Heart Sword Sect's method was proven to be correct and timely. The old boatman didn't come to find them.

The Yue family's choice was different. The entire Yue family was the main war faction. They planned to continue the war with the Heart Sword Sect and also think of ways to deal with the old boatman.

Because the Yue family felt that the old boatman was just a fluke last time. Although the old boatman was powerful, but at that time, when the Yue family didn't use the city-protecting grand formation, once they activated the city-protecting grand formation... No matter how many old boatmen came, they would still be killed by the Yue Clan.

The result was obvious. The old boatman's power was beyond their expectations.

Even if the Yue Clan really activated the great city-protecting formation, they still couldn't stop the old boatman.

This time, the old boatman didn't hold back. He knocked the city-protecting grand formation twice with the bamboo stick in his hand. Then, he destroyed the city-protecting grand formation that the Yue family spent decades to build.

Not only was the city protection grand formation destroyed, but even the Cloudharbor City's city wall, which was supported by the grand formation, was also shattered.

At that time, all the Yue family members had climbed up the city wall and were prepared to use the city protection formation to trap the old boatman. Then, they collectively attacked and killed him.

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