Zhao Shu was slightly surprised. He originally thought that a deity like Tiegong, who had been discontinued from worship and had an incomplete human form, would not be very intelligent and thoughtful. Who would have thought that he was quite wise and could understand the world's affairs.
Now that we can communicate, that would be great. Zhao Shu was worried before that this mountain god and earthly creature who had stopped offering incense and worship would turn into a mountain monster again.
Because with the demise of the Tianxia Dynasty, the laws of Kewen and ghosts that restrained ghosts and gods in the past were gradually invalidated, and it was not surprising that the originally worshiped righteous gods became evil gods.
Just like the local governor and army commander of the Tianxia Dynasty, after the imperial court was unable to command the four directions, he immediately turned into a heroic figure in a separate country and was good at imposing authority.
"Xiao Zhao has the courage to visit Tiegong to seek answers to his questions," Zhao Shu said.
Tiegong's cloud-patterned iron ball turned his head, and a few short cushions appeared out of thin air in front of Zhao Shui, with a cup of warm tea placed on the table.
This move shocked Zhao Shui so much that he did not dare to sit down easily. Tie Gongze said: "I have seen you burying the dead in the nearby countryside and practicing the law to save the souls. I know that you have the heart to help people and benefit people, so I will give you a chance." According to the law of ghosts and gods in summer, sorcerers and wizards can eliminate harm and bring benefits, support the country and protect the people, and there are rewards for showing off. Therefore, I showed my splendor last night to attract you here. If you have any doubts, there is no harm in speaking up."
Zhao Shu didn't expect that every move he made would be in the eyes of this Iron Lord. Although his tone was calm, he seemed to approve of his actions. Considering that this Iron Lord was already very popular with Xingluo County in Tianxia Dynasty. He is loved by all people, and he is presumably a kind and upright god.
Zhao Shu sat down on the lower table and asked: "A few days ago, there were thieves and rebels in Panlong Mountain who forged a divine sword. It is said that the sword's energy soared into the sky and moved the clouds. It was so powerful that it was unstoppable. Does Tie Gong know about this?"
"It is indeed true." Tiegong replied: "But the place where the sword was made is a little far away from here, located at Yunyan Peak in the northwest. That place is the place where the Panlong Mountain vein rises to connect with the sky. It was built by immortal cultivators thousands of years ago. Cave."
"Yunyan Peak?" Zhao Shu thought to himself, thinking that this place must be closely related to Yunyan Chief Helm, so he asked again: "Could it be that the person who forged the divine sword is the immortal cultivator on Yunyan Peak?"
"No." Tie Gong said: "The inheritance of Yunyan Peak has been cut off nearly a hundred years ago, and people have left the mountain. It's just because the peak is extremely high and there are strong wind restrictions around it, not to mention that it is difficult for ordinary people to approach, even if the spirits in the mountain want to Even if you want to steal the cave, you can't do it."
Zhao Miao was puzzled: "If that's the case, why can the monks from Chiyundu now enter it to forge swords?"
Tiegong's head turned: "I don't know the truth either. Back then, when the heroes of Tianxia gathered together, the disciples of Yunyan Peak went down the mountain and went away. Perhaps they were fighting with others, and no one returned in the end. Those who have occupied Yunyan Peak recently, Being able to enter and exit the Gangfeng Restriction freely must be due to the Yunyan Peak inheritance."
Zhao Shu pondered when he heard this, even if you look at it with the word "cloud", in fact, there were so many immortal cultivating sects like this in the past, and each one had more mysterious names than the last. Most of them would establish themselves in a mountain stream where the fresh air gathers, and some might really be able to do so. It can be traced back to the inherited dharma lineage left by an ancient immortal family, but most of them are three, five, seven or eight disciples, huddled in a cave in the mountain blowing wind and refining qi. The situation is similar to that of Mr. Li Shanzhu. The disciples His cultivation and magic power are by no means brilliant.
However, after the destruction of Tianxia and the violent turmoil of the Five Kingdoms War, these so-called immortal sects also experienced a period of decline. For example, Huaxu Kingdom established Guanshe to replace these sects that cultivated immortals on the hilltops.
Zhao Miao also knew to some extent that these immortal cultivating sects did not have a good impression of Guanshe. When Huaxu Kingdom established the Guanshe, Chongxuan Guan once openly broke into some immortal cultivating sects to search for immortal scriptures, magic weapons, and elixirs with the decree.
Medicine, it caused a lot of deaths in those days.
Later, in order to survive for their disciples, some immortal cultivating sects either gave up their immortal scriptures, magic formulas, and joined the imperial palace, or abandoned their sects' caves and fled the Huaxu Kingdom.
Zhao Shu suddenly thought of Yang Liujun, whose technique was very different from that of the Chiyun Mountain lineage. This person was probably not the true disciple of the Three Elders of Chiyun, but a latecomer to Chiyun City. Could it be that this person was a stray from Yunyan Peak?
The inheritance outside has come back to take revenge on Huaxu Kingdom?
"The Chiyundu monks must have mined the hardware elites from Panlong Mountain when they forged the divine sword." Zhao Shu asked, "Does Lord Tie know where their mine is?"
Tie Gong pondered for a while: "This divine sword is not made of metal, and I don't know its origin. When the divine sword was born and the stars shook, I am afraid that the material for the sword did not come from Panlong Mountain. But there are indeed monsters mining glowing stone in the mountain.
That is an otter demon from the northern border. This generation is good at digging earth caves, can detect the aura of gold and jade, and can also use the earth veins to escape. It is difficult for ordinary people to climb Panlong Mountain, but this generation can use the earth veins to communicate with earth caves."
Zhao Shu nodded thoughtfully. He had known about Chi Yundu's collusion with the monster for a long time, but the ability of this northern Xinjiang otter monster was unexpected.
Considering that the northern territory is vast and filled with all kinds of non-human monsters and alien warriors, this seems not surprising.
"I wonder if Mr. Tie can point out the place where the otter demon mines the Yinhuo Stone?" Zhao Shu asked.
"The otter demon quarries stones not on the ground, but underground. The entrance and exit caves are so narrow that it may be difficult for you and the soldiers to enter." Tiegong turned his head, and Zhao Shui naturally thought of the locations of several otter demon caves in his mind, and listened to him again.
Said: "Monk Chiyundu goes outside the cave every once in a while to exchange Zhicao elixir for Yingzhuo stone. However, the divine sword was cast a few days ago, and the contact between the two has gradually become less and less. If you go there, you may not get anything."
Zhao Shui also felt helpless. When he learned that Chiyun was forging divine swords, he didn't take it too seriously. Who could have expected that they would succeed just after the spring started. Originally, Zhao Shui had imagined how to dispatch troops and horses.
, intercepting Chiyundu's mining, the results are all impossible to achieve.
"Xiao Zhao still has something to ask Tiegong for advice." Zhao Shu straightened up: "We are currently searching for the evil spirit driving the walking corpse. Does Tiegong know its whereabouts?"
Tie Gong answered very bluntly: "In the Burial Di Valley, more than thirty miles west of Huangyang Township, this demon is using evil magic to awaken the corpses of a handful of people."
"One Eye of the People?!" Zhao Shu's face suddenly changed.
"Back then, the Huaxu Kingdom attacked Xingluo County, beheaded all the civilians, and abandoned their corpses in the Wasteland Valley, hence the name Burial Di Valley." Tie Gong said.
When Zhao Shu heard this, he almost jumped up. Yimumin was a descendant of the ancient Longbo people. It is said that "Longbo people are thirty feet long and die at the age of 8,000 years." This cannot be regarded as a mortal. Even if
Nowadays, the Longbo Kingdom has long ceased to exist in the world, but its descendants are still tall. It is said that there are other descendants of the Longbo Kingdom on the ice fields deep in northern Xinjiang. They are two or three feet tall, with white beards and hair. They can blow cold wind when they open their mouths.
Blowing frost and snow.
As for the Yimu people, these descendants of the Long Bo Kingdom are known for their barbarism and stupidity except for the strange feature of having only one eye on their face. Apart from fighting and gluttony, they know almost nothing else, and they do not engage in production and cultivation. They rely entirely on plundering to obtain everything.
Need, even in the vast northern Xinjiang, it is a scourge that the number one person hates dogs.
At that time, Xuan Ju, the leader of the Xuan Ming Kingdom, swept across the northern border, and with the help of a black dragon with an extremely violent temperament, he recovered all the Rong and Di tribes. Whether they were human or non-human, fairies and ghosts, all of them surrendered and loyal, including the descendants of ancient giants like Yimumin. From then on.
The Xuanming Kingdom gathered an unstoppable and powerful army, marched southward to attack the city and seize the territory, launching a massive attack.
Not to mention how other countries in Kunlun Continent later fought back, at least the Yimu people who entered Xingluo County were eradicated by the Huaxu Kingdom. However, the corpses of those Yimu people probably did not go through rituals to exorcise evil spirits and filth.
If the evil and evil spirit lingers, it is likely to be awakened by evil magic.
Thinking of Yimumin's size, Zhao Shu felt his scalp numb and was about to get up when he quickly asked: "Tie Gong, I don't know what kind of evil spirit he is. He has such evil skills and can drive so many walking corpses?"
"I can't recognize it," Tie Gong said bluntly: "But I feel that its blood is very foul, and it has the ability to eat human flesh and blood to nourish itself. Its hair is thick, and it howls towards the moon every time it looks at the sun, which is not like an ordinary monster.
Swallow the moonlight to practice."
Zhao Shu frowned. The more he heard Tie Gong's description, the more familiar he became. Why was it similar to the young master of the Dai family back then?
"Tie Gong, I'm sorry for Xiao Zhao's rudeness. The matter is so important that we have no time to discuss it in depth." Zhao Shu stood up and handed over his hands: "If such evil spirits are allowed to awaken a sight of civilian corpses, it will definitely cause great harm. Xiao Zhao will leave immediately."
"You can just go." Tiegong said, "I have assigned the true surrender to you on the talisman. If you encounter a strong enemy, use the talisman to summon him. This is the reward you deserve."
After saying this, Zhao Shu only felt the sound of wind blowing in his ears, and the scene in front of him was quickly pulled into a large area of mixed light and color. His whole body seemed to be dragged backwards by a huge force. His mind was filled with shock, and the true energy in his body was flowing.
"That was just now..." Zhao Shu blinked and found that he was still sitting cross-legged in the cave temple. His previous experiences seemed real and not real, making it difficult to distinguish between reality and reality.
Lingxiao said: "You just came out with your soul and went to the virtual palace opened by Tiegong."
"Xu Palace? That's the Xu Palace?" Zhao Shu was confused: "Didn't you say that the Xu Palace is a palace realm formed by the condensed clouds of the true spirits of the mountains? What I just saw was an ordinary mountain forest, and there was no fairy atmosphere.
."
"The virtual palace refers to it in general. Whether it is necessary to form many palaces and thousands of saints depends on the weather of the mountain." Lingxiao said: "If the mountain is big, the god will be big, and if the mountain is small, the god will be small. Tiegong has self-awareness, and far away
It’s impossible to talk about taking pictures of Panlong Mountain’s aura. What’s more, the scenery of the palace is a favorite of the world. Tiegong has no intention of doing it, so he naturally won’t condense such things.”
Zhao Shu stood up and looked at the true-shaped talisman in his hand. The talisman and seal patterns were a little more vivid than before, and the talisman seemed to be heavier.
"It feels quite strange when the soul comes out." Zhao Shu touched his forehead.
Lingxiao explained: "If the spirit is taken too far away, you won't be able to bear it. However, if you go to the Void Palace on the mountain, you use the fragrant clouds as a bridge to connect the aura of the Void Palace. In fact, the spirit has not gone far."
"I probably understand." Zhao Shu put away the talisman, packed up the debris, then walked out of the temple and called all the soldiers to gather.
Now that he knew the location of the evil spirit, Zhao Shu no longer hesitated. He first sent people to Yuyang County, reported the news that the evil spirit was trying to awaken the people, and asked him to mobilize an army. Then he led everyone to the funeral.
Digu.
Zhao Shu did not dare to be careless. He carefully took inventory of the soldiers and weapons he led on the way, distributed the golden armor talisman to everyone, and also gave the five fire evil talisman swords to the soldiers with the best martial arts.
When they arrived outside Burial Di Valley, Zhao Shui could see a gloomy and gray dense forest from a distance. He did not lead his troops directly into the deep forest. Instead, he sent scouts to explore around and sort out the terrain. He also released paper cranes and flew them.
Go deep into Burial Di Valley.
However, once the paper crane flew close to Burying Di Valley, the strong sinister odor dispersed the spells on the paper crane, causing it to fall out of control and Zhao Shui could not see clearly what was inside.
"Are you kidding me? The stench is too strong!" Zhao Shu felt unbelievable. It's not surprising that the magic was broken by filth and stench. But the current situation of Burial Di Valley is comparable to a large cesspit that has been soaked for more than ten years.
, slightly shallower spells cannot be used at all.
"Zhao Fuli, what should we do now?" The soldier who got the Fire Talisman Blade was very excited and eager to try it.
"No hurry." Zhao Shu said: "Surround the carriage and dig a ditch outside. We will stay here and wait for reinforcements to arrive."
Zhao Shu knew his own abilities very well. He could not fight his way in and out of the enemy army like Luo Xixian.
Fortunately, the carriage Zhao Shu mentioned was not an ordinary cart loaded with goods, but a carriage with widened wheels and three layers of thick wood on both sides. A few carriages surrounded by it would be equivalent to a simple camp, and soldiers could stand behind the battlements.
By firing arrows, the infantry armed with spears can also stab the invading enemy from a high position.
They had been waiting for most of the day. Zhao Miao and others were guarding behind the car ramparts, but saw no movement in Burial Di Valley. The ordinary soldiers also felt bored. Some of them put their weapons aside and chatted in a daze while holding dry grass in their mouths.
Just when Zhao Shu felt that he had to find another way, the ground suddenly shook slightly, and a series of trees broke and fell in the distance. No birds were frightened and fled, maybe there were not many living things there at all.
"Prepare for war!"
When Zhao Shu saw this, he hurriedly shouted. He was standing behind the plank of the car rampart. A soldier came forward and said, "Official Zhao Fu, just stay behind. Our brothers will protect you!"
"What protection?" Zhao Shu retorted: "With these few cars, where can I hide? Just block the evil spirits here and wait for General Wei's troops to come for reinforcements!"
When all the soldiers heard this, their morale was high and they immediately got into fighting postures. Everyone stared in the direction of Burial Di Valley.
However, the next moment everyone's hearts were tightly grasped by invisible hands.
I saw an Ichimoku citizen who was more than two people tall, covered in gray, swollen and obese. His whole body was covered with sutures. Even the head that had been severed was re-sewn with thick needles and threads. His belly and flesh swayed with his steps.
Trembling, his one eye, which was cloudy and yellow, looked lifeless. He dragged a dead tree in his hand and slowly approached the car camp.
"Did you really get it?" Zhao Shu was really in trouble now. The height of the car base was quite effective against ordinary infantry and even cavalry, but when faced with the Yimu people who were much taller than ordinary people, I'm afraid there wasn't much advantage.
Already.
But before the civilian zombies could get close, a large group of zombies ran out of the dense forest from behind. There were hundreds of them. They let out weird roars, their eyes glowed with green will-o'-the-wisps, and they staggered out one after another.