In the book, there are not only monsters and monsters appearing in turn, but also all kinds of monsters. There are even endless conspiracies and unofficial secrets between human countries, between Taoist sects, and between human countries and Taoist sects.
The ruthlessness of fairies and demons, the vileness of human hearts, the barbarity of the world, and the entanglement of cause and effect are all evident.
The book even mentions gods, insinuating that they never show up but have a significant influence on the world.
The life experiences of Zhong Shengguang, Hong Xiangqian, Nian Songyu, Sun Fuping... these people seem to exemplify this point of view.
The more He Lingchuan read, the more he felt that, peeling off the grotesque appearance of these two books, the underlying color was gray and black, which was horrifying to think about carefully.
The book also mentioned an important point:
Resurrection of spirit.
The author believes that the aura of heaven and earth should have gradually recovered during the Middle Ages, but it was delayed due to some reasons.
"Some reasons", even this unabashed author did not explain.
He Lingchuan found the author's name:
Orally narrated by Ao Xun and recorded by Sun Yang.
It turns out that this book was written by two people, one said it and the other wrote it down.
He Lingchuan had read so many books in Wenxuan Pavilion before, but now he felt that all of them were not as good as these two books.
Sun Fuling's recommendation is indeed reliable. This is the difference between being able to find books and not being able to find them.
While I was reading, it was evening before I knew it, and the sunset was shining brightly on the horizon.
There were sounds of children and adults quarreling from the neighbor's house, and there were repeated snapping sounds. I wonder if they were fried pork skin on a bamboo board.
But Sun Fuling's house was quiet, with no sound at all.
He Lingchuan knew that she liked to be quiet and often went out, so he didn't think much about it before. But after today's battle, he felt more and more something was wrong:
She is already at home, but why are there no footsteps?
There is only a low wall between the two houses, and with his current hearing ability, he can easily hear the movements in her inner room.
Could it be that she remained motionless after returning home?
Or is it like him, with some cultivation skills?
He Lingchuan's identity in this dream world is like a player and a passerby. So far, he still doesn't know why he came, but the appearance of Sun Fuling must be deliberately arranged by the dream.
One day when she was not at home, should he go over and check it out? As soon as this idea came up, he couldn't suppress it.
Fortunately, someone was knocking a gong outside at this time. He knocked twice in succession and shouted: "The city government has issued an order. There is a curfew at 6:00 tonight. City residents must not go out!"
It's around 6:30 in the evening, and it's only half an hour from now before everyone goes home and closes the door. It can be seen that this curfew comes suddenly.
After everyone obeyed the order, they had to go home quickly. Soon, He Lingchuan heard the noisy and hurried footsteps in the alley outside.
Neighbors are also whispering: "What happened this time?"
"There have been a lot of things since the arrival of Emperor Liujian. It's hard to calm down for a few days, alas!"
He Lingchuan had a vague feeling in his heart, was the temporary curfew related to the monster that appeared in the afternoon?
This shows that this thing has received the attention of Panlong City’s senior officials.
As expected, the entire city's patrol force has been strengthened. Originally, only one group of officers passed by his door within a quarter of an hour, but now there are at least three groups.
The puppet beast patrolling the streets has also increased in size.
This city is concentrating its efforts to find where the monster is hiding.
He Lingchuan was not optimistic about the search results. The thing was too fast, and it was likely to shrink in size and hide in someone's chicken shed, making no sound.
Sure enough, the next two hours were calm, and He Lingchuan did not hear any whistles, nor did he see any signals for arrows and fireworks to fly into the sky.
The moon has passed its zenith and begins to move westward.
He Lingchuan jumped on the roof and found that most of the lights in the houses had been extinguished.
In the middle of the night, no dogs barked, and frost formed on the branches.
At this time, most people were already asleep. There was only the cold wind and night watchmen carrying lanterns walking through the streets and alleys.
He Lingchuan looked down at Sun Fuling's yard.
The door is closed, but light shines through the window paper.
Is she still asleep?
The swaying branches and leaves of the tree in the courtyard never stopped, and the ubiquitous wind seemed to have stopped.
Unknowingly, Panlong City fell into silent solemnity.
He Lingchuan was keenly aware that there was something strange in the air, as if something was coming?
He sat on the roof, with a bright moon above his head and silence all around.
But he felt as if he was being looked at and spied on, and there seemed to be tiny whispers ringing in his ears, like nagging, like ridicule, which made people anxious, but when he listened intently, nothing came out.
This feeling doesn’t seem unfamiliar?
He Lingchuan thought for a while, took out a pill from his arms and swallowed it.
He turned around again and saw swarms of mighty three corpse insects!
It is indeed these things.
Since leaving the Panlong Desert, he has never seen such a spectacular army of three corpse insects. They are like tropical fish in the coral reef, swimming around every building and entering and exiting the doors and windows.
Needless to say, they are inspecting every intelligent living creature.
Needless to say, they were sent out by Zhong Shengguang through the big square pot, and they can penetrate every hole.
But unlike what He Lingchuan saw in the Panlong Desert, these ferocious little things did not harm any of the city residents. They only walked around them, as if checking, and then looked for the next suspicious point.
Even He Lingchuan felt a little irritable when he was shaken by them, but he didn't go crazy.
People who are sleeping are even more unaware.
It can be seen that the binding force of the large square pot on the three corpse insects is so strong that it can actually make them disobey their own nature.
This kind of method is indeed beyond the reach of human beings.
Of course, at this moment, He Lingchuan was more concerned about whether they could find their target.
Zhong Shengguang actually dispatched an army of three corpse insects to search the whole city, which shows that he attaches great importance to monsters.
After waiting for another hour, there was still no sound outside.
He Lingchuan was a little confused while reading, and the last thought in his mind seemed to be:
By the way, his sword is broken and he needs to change his weapon as soon as possible.
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Haotian Township, Xiazhou, Bailu Town.
On a high wooden platform at the east end of the town, three young men were tied up, the youngest was fourteen or fifteen, and the oldest was in his early twenties.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The executioner stood aside holding a knife, and Youyou was reading the charges loudly on the stage.
It turned out that the last time the grain transport army passed through Bailu Town, these three men actually succeeded in stealing two carts of grain. One cart was buried, and the other was secretly distributed at night to the same hungry townspeople.
After several days of pursuit, the three were finally arrested. According to the Dayuan Law, those who stole military rations during war should be executed, and they were punished on the spot and did not need to be reported to the royal court.
After laying out the charges, Youyou asked them: "Any last words?"
The oldest boy cursed loudly: "Last words? Last words are ****, I'm not at a loss, at least I had a full meal last night!"
"You robbed all the last grains of food, and you lay on the bodies of the villagers to suck their blood. The robbers are not as ruthless as you, so why do you call them parents!"
"How come the rebels at Woling Pass didn't break into the capital, rip out the intestines of you bunch of dog officials, and parade them around their necks?"
"I will just stick my head out for you to kill. If you kill me and the people who come after me, one day you will lose your head like me!"
He was so impassioned that the high platform was surrounded three times inside and three times outside. The villagers looked up and watched without saying a word, and some even opened their mouths.
You You winked at the executioner, who stepped forward and chopped off the young man's hands with a knife.
Blood spurted out from both wrists.
The young man screamed in pain and kept cursing.
The executioner struck him again and chopped off his feet.
The young man fainted immediately.
On the third stab, the head fell to the ground.
This is standard procedure for the first offender of stealing military rations.
Blood flowed all over the table, and the head rolled in front of the other two teenagers. The latter were already kneeling down, but now they were so frightened that they peed, screaming and crying: "Sir, please forgive me, he tricked us into stealing food!"
"We didn't know it beforehand!"
Youyou sneered: "He was also the one who tricked you into distributing food. Didn't you know when he did this?"
The two desperately begged for mercy, but the executioner raised his knife and dropped it.
As accomplices, they got a kick out of it.
"I reiterate the Xiazhou Prefecture's order: The battle on the frontline is stalemate, military supplies are of great importance, and thieves will be punished on the spot!" Youyou was full of anger. After saying this, he retreated. Someone brought water to wash away the blood, and the family members cried and collected the bodies.
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In the chaos, someone secretly took off the shoes from the corpse's feet.
After watching the fun, the dull audience dispersed.
A tall man also followed the crowd and turned around, holding the wind hat tightly on his head.
When he walked around the pawn shop's shame board, he found that there were many people inside, and there was actually a queue. The people who left the counter and walked out were either angry or dejected.
Soon, it was his turn.
The young court official sitting on top asked: "What do you think it is?"
The tall man took off his jacket, turned it over and pushed it forward: "The lining is made of mouse leather, which is waterproof and warm."
Chao Feng took it and pinched it: "It's too old, the hair is gone. The price is two cents of silver."
The tall man was depressed: "When I bought it before..."
"That was before." Chao Feng didn't bother to listen to him recalling those years. Who among those who came here was not a hero back then?
"How much can I give you?" Online is humble, but he has gotten used to it in the past few years.
"You shouldn't pull it down." Chao Feng pushed the coat out, "There are too many clothes being pawned recently, and I don't need this one like yours."
"Dang, dang, add this." The tall man also took off his hat, "This is made of ermine skin."
"I've worn it for so long, and it looks like any kind of rat skin." Chao Feng said after just touching it, "Seven points."
The tall man choked and his voice became louder: "The total is only two cents and seven cents?!"
From behind, another old man, Chao Feng, poked his head over and asked, "What's going on? What's so expensive?"
"It's okay." Young Chao Feng smiled back, "Demon rat skin jacket."
As he took the money, he lowered his voice and said urgently: "Mr. Hong, this is already too much. Please take the money and leave quickly."
The tall Mr. Hong was startled when he heard footsteps coming from inside the counter. Then he saw the young man Chao Feng nodded towards him, so he had to grab the two cents and seven cents, lowered his head and walked away quickly.
The wind is strong today, and without my coat, the streets in spring are still quite chilly.