Late at night, the city of God lights up thousands of lights.
The cool breeze like water washes away the hustle and bustle of the day, and the fragrance of March flowers is refreshing.
The moonlight is hazy, like silver sand woven cloth, and the stars are dotted in the deep blue sky, echoing the lanterns in the city.
The sacred mountain has remained silent forever.
When I raised my head, I could occasionally see streaks of light shooting out from the distance, crossing the city and into the mountains.
The Taoist Palace is located on this sacred mountain, and the foot of the mountain is only a dozen miles away from the sacred capital.
In the palace, headmaster Wuchenzi was wearing a white Taoist robe.
From the palace on the sacred mountain, he could see the entire divine city.
The gods were crawling at his feet, and the huge city was quiet and deep.
This is the heart of the empire, and the bloody battles during the day have not slowed down its beating at all.
When the sun rises, it will still send its own sincere blood to all directions.
Wuchenzi lowered his head and looked down at the city of God, lost in thought.
He stood like this for a long time, until a stream of light flew from the sky.
The stream of light passed over the Shendu City and appeared outside the Dao Palace without any sound. After being induced by the formation, it landed next to Wuchenzi.
"Brother, I'm back."
The visitor was an old Taoist wearing a yellow robe, who looked much older than the middle-aged Wuchenzi.
But he calls himself Senior Brother Wuchenzi, and his Tao charm flows endlessly, and he is also in the realm of Nascent Soul.
"how?"
Wuchenzi looked at his junior brother with his hands behind his back.
Junior brother Wuyouzi was impatient and immediately said: "I found out clearly that it was indeed Wanping's teaching."
"Humph, great wise teacher..."
When Wuchenzi heard this, he immediately snorted coldly, showing his dissatisfaction.
Wuyouzi shook his head and said: "Brother, now Emperor Daozong has passed away, and the new little emperor is only eleven years old. The Qianyuan court is in turmoil, and the situation is not good for me."
"Yuanzong and the Wanping Sect colluded together. Wen Heng was careless and ruined the good situation."
"Fortunately, the world still considers the 'Wen family' to be orthodox."
Wuchenzi talks little, watches the stars at night, and has a deep mind.
He could only take a rough look at the relationship between Yuan Zong and the Wanping Sect. The collapse of the Dao Sect was a good move made by the Wanping Sect. The situation in the entire Divine City became chaotic. If their Dao Palace still wanted to maintain
Due to his transcendent status, other Qi refiners must be prevented from participating in such mundane matters.
There are too many people who are jealous of the worldly interests of Taoist palaces, and the entire world of cultivation is no longer what it was before.
Wuchenzi sighed and said slowly: "In two years' time it will be the time to open the Heavenly Gate. The thousand-year Heavenly Gate will be opened this year. The worldly disputes are just a passing cloud. You and I are both true masters, and they shouldn't be.
meddle in such matters.”
"Let them be, Tianmen is the real big deal."
"The martial arts in this world are inexhaustible. After the Heavenly Gate is opened, the martial arts in the Xuan Realm, even you and I, need to rely on them."
After Wuchenzi said this, Wuyouzi's enthusiasm was dampened.
Wuyouzi became like his senior brother, silent and taciturn.
In the Taoist palace, it suddenly became more and more lonely and quiet.
It was as if apart from their senior brothers, there were no other ascetics.
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Above the Dao Palace, the spiritual bird passes through the sacred mountain array.
It flapped its wings and flew across the high sky. It spread its huge wings and glided over the city of God.
In the city of Shendu, in the Changshui military camp illuminated by lights.
Suddenly a shadow appeared.
The figure sneaked into the camp quietly and found the location of the commander's tent with ease.
She had always sneaked in like this before and was never discovered.
But today, as soon as she emerged from the tent, a long knife was placed on her neck.
"who?"
In the darkness, Cao Su's bright eyes looked like wild beasts.
Ouyang Xuanji was horrified and quickly took off her mask: "Brother Cao, it's me."
Cao Su had already noticed Ouyang Xuanji's aura at this time, put away his long knife and came to support her: "Xuanji, why are you here? I told you to go through the front door and go through the front door, why didn't you listen?"
Ouyang Xuanji's legs were indeed a little weak after being attacked by Cao Su's evil spirit.
At this moment, Cao Su happened to support her, and her pale face softened a little, and she was extremely embarrassed: "It's all professional habits, professional habits."
Their alchemists control the magic of heaven and earth, shrinking the earth into an inch, and moving the Eight Diagrams are all necessary skills.
I didn't expect Cao Su to be so sharp now. As soon as she arrived at his tent, he caught her.
She didn't know that Cao Su didn't rest at all and studied the Qianyuan map all night.
Cao Su regarded Ouyang Xuanji as half a counselor. He was already dizzy looking at the map, but now that Ouyang Xuanji was here, he happened to ask her for advice.
"Xuanji, Lingzhou can reach Guangzhou and Liaozhou to the north, and further north is Youzhou. I heard that Youzhou covers an extremely large area and has many monastic sects?"
Although Ouyang Xuanji is an alchemist, alchemists are not divided into different families, and alchemists are also active in the world of cultivation on weekdays.
When she heard that Cao Su was humbly asking for advice, she gave him a general answer: "In addition to Shenzhou, among the cultivation sects in the world, Liaozhou, Lingzhou and Guangzhou are the most recommended. Moreover, these three states are adjacent to each other. Although there are many sects in Youzhou, they are not as close as those in Youzhou. Compared with these states, it’s still a little worse.”
"Why?"
"Because from the central part of Lingzhou to the north, there are endless mountains. There are too many famous mountains and rivers, and the spiritual energy gathers. The deep mountains are the most suitable for practicing Taoism."
"On the contrary, there are more plains in the north of Youzhou. Further north it is too cold and is no longer suitable for human survival."
"They, ascetics, generally avoid the world of mortals to practice, and do not want to be contaminated by worldly karma."
"So when I go north to Lingzhou, there are many places where there are almost no monks in the secular world. Many uncivilized people don't know that there are monks in the world. Sometimes they occasionally see some flying monks, so they think It’s an immortal descending to earth.”
Ouyang Xuanji pointed out the different places in these states. In her eyes, these places were too remote and belonged to uncivilized wilderness.
Cao Su was thoughtful after listening to her words.
Ouyang Xuanji put aside the matter of the map for the time being, and then talked about the general trend of Shendu City: "Many alchemists in Shendu City have withdrawn, the new emperor has ascended the throne, and the situation in Shendu City is turbulent. It is the time for the general to rise."
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Cao Su rolled his eyes at Ouyang Xuanji and didn't believe her nonsense at all.
Ouyang Xuanji looked more and more like those demagogues in history. She encouraged: "General, I heard that among the generals, the general and the right general were both seriously injured and died. Isn't this a God-given opportunity?"
Cao Su sighed: "When did they die? Both of them are fine, they just can't wake up for the time being."
Ouyang Xuanji curled her lips: "When the two of them wake up, nothing will happen."
Cao Su asked in a deep voice: "What happened to the Xizhou alchemist you asked Wu Yun to find before?"
Before Cao Su's army returned, Wu Yun, Cao Su and others split up.
Ouyang Xuanji specially sent Wu Yun to Xizhou to inquire about the situation, and also to learn about the alchemist group in Xizhou.
Ouyang Xuanji shook his head and said: "There are not many alchemists in Xizhou. Among the existing lines, the most famous are the alchemists of the Lei family. However, the Lei family has not been out of the mountain for many years, and we don't know much about them."
"The alchemists of the Lei family study thunderbolts. In the past, the gods had a battalion, specifically looking for the thunderbolts developed by the Lei family. But later, for some unknown reason, the imperial court banned the development of thunderbolts, and this battalion was later disbanded."
Ouyang Xuanji introduced before that the category of alchemists is relatively large, and all walks of life can be called alchemists.
For example, those who study Qimen Dunjia like her also have divination, medicine, astrology, alchemy, etc. The level of this group is also relatively large. It can exist in the form of a family, a sect, or a sect.
Or maybe it was an agency of the imperial court.
Cao Su silently wrote down the names of the Lei family and changed the topic: "Now that our army has settled down, I intend to go into the city to investigate the situation. Will Xuanji come with me?"
Ouyang Xuanji followed Cao Su, waiting for Cao Su to become a more powerful warrior.
Cao Su had given her enough security, but she still felt it was not enough.
After hearing Cao Su's invitation, she immediately accepted and said, "Brother Cao, does he know about my Ouyang family in the capital of God?"
The Ouyang family in the capital of God is not a small family.
Ouyang Xuanji is a direct descendant of the Ouyang family, but she showed talent in Qimen Dunjia practice since she was a child, and became an alchemist in the Chunqiu Pavilion. In fact, she is the most low-key descendant of the Ouyang family.
Everyone in the Ouyang family knows that there is such a descendant of the alchemist, but many people do not know the specific situation of Ouyang Xuanji.
He even subconsciously ignored her existence, not knowing that she was still unmarried at the age of twenty-five.
The most famous person of the Ouyang family is undoubtedly the head of the Ouyang family.
Today's left prime minister——Ouyang Zeng.
Before Yu Wenji took sole power, Ouyang had been one of the late emperor's right-hand men and had always been a representative of the hardliners in the court. He had repeatedly advised the late emperor to cancel the construction of Xiyuan.
It is a pity that the late emperor did not listen to the advice and died without actually seeing the completion of the construction of Xiyuan.
"I understand the family situation of Ouyang's family and I am very satisfied with it."
Cao Su made a joke about Ouyang Xuanji, and then said seriously: "The city of God will be turbulent in the future, and this environment is not conducive to my breakthrough into the high-level realm. I intend to change places to practice in seclusion, so I am preparing to leave the city of God."
Cao Su told Ouyang Xuanji his preliminary plan.
Ouyang Xuanji had actually vaguely felt it before. Before entering Xiguan, Cao Su sent his capable men everywhere to search for information. He also bought a lot of information from her, part of which was from Tianji Pavilion and part of which was from all the states in the world.
As for Xizhou Intelligence, Cao Su even hired Wu Yun for free and asked Wu Yun to investigate the situation for him.
Cao Su himself also knew the situation relatively well in Xizhou.
"Brother Cao is going to Xizhou?"
Ouyang Xuanji asked tentatively, Xizhou is not a kind place.
Xizhou is chaotic and exhausted, and its economy is weak. After the war last year, there were corpses everywhere and bandits everywhere. I heard that many big bandits are causing trouble recently. Xizhou is simply a mess.
Moreover, Xizhou is very close to the Demon Realm, and the Qiang people may move south at any time. Ouyang Xuanji feels that Cao Su will not go to Xizhou.
This matter involved Cao Su's core thoughts. Of course, he did not answer directly and told Ouyang Xuanji.
But it talked about other aspects, about the development of martial arts and Taoism in various states.
Warriors and monks are the most common types of monks. If Cao Su wants to develop in a certain place, he must not avoid the basic conditions of this place.
That's why he had to understand each state beforehand.
Cao Su smiled and said: "I have never been in contact with Mr. Zuo Xiang before. How about you introduce me to Mr. Zuo later and let me meet him?"
"You want to see Ouyang Zeng?"
Ouyang Xuanji had a strange look on her face and even called the left prime minister by his first name.
Cao Su smiled and said, "Why not?"
Ouyang Xuanji said awkwardly: "It's not impossible, it's just that this old man has a weird temper. Don't expect too much. When the time comes, you will get sprayed, so don't rely on me."
Cao Su sneered: "What a joke, am I afraid of being criticized? Just lead the way. I have long wanted to make friends with such an important minister of the late emperor and the cornerstone of the imperial court."
Ouyang Xuanji:..........
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Shanglinfang, Caojia.
The city of God has changed drastically, and the entire Cao family is trembling.
From day to night, the shouts of death in front of the palace gradually became quieter.
Shanglinfang is a second-class city, not far from the palace, and the shouts of killing can be heard particularly clearly.
Cao's father and Cao's mother were very worried.
The eldest son has lost contact a long time ago, and he doesn’t know where he is. Everything now depends on the second son. However, the second son’s job is not easy. Behind the seemingly glamorous appearance, he has his head in his belt.
Beheading trade.
There is a saying that the greater the risk, the greater the reward. This is the case in the world.
At night, the Cao family lit up lights just like other families.
Only the bright lights can dispel the chill of early spring and bring some comfort and warmth to everyone.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Father Cao, mother Cao and Liu Luan, a family of three, were sitting in the hall.
There has been no news from Cao Su for a long time, and the atmosphere is rather solemn.
Since the chaos in the Capital of Gods, Cao Su was busy rushing to the Capital of Gods, and he had no time to write letters home.
"I don't know where A Su is now. These days, there is a lot of war and chaos. Even a place like Shendu is unavoidable from knife disasters everywhere."
Father Cao stood in the hall and sighed repeatedly.
"It's okay. Asu is very skilled in martial arts and is alert and intelligent. He is now General Pingxi, the fourth rank of the imperial court. He is protected by thousands of troops. Who can touch him?"
Liu Luan was relatively clear about Cao Su's situation and used factual evidence to comfort his father-in-law and mother-in-law.
When Father Cao and Mother Cao heard this, their faces looked better, but the worry in their eyes still did not dissipate at all.
When Cao's mother thought that Cao Su was only twenty years old, she began to murmur again: "My Asu is only twenty years old this year. He joined the army to protect the country before he got married. When he comes back this time, don't talk about it anymore. I want him to take care of his life-long affairs first."
It’s given.”
Cao's father and Cao's mother were anxious. There were also young people in their twenties who were not yet married, but they were by no means as outstanding as Cao Su.
Without Dalang, the task of carrying on the family line can only be left to Cao Su.
"Don't think about this now, wait until he comes back!"
Cao's father shook his head and felt helpless. When it came to marriage, Cao Su seemed to be a different person.
It's not that he resists marriage, it's just that he seems to have more important things to do now, which is not the same as Cao's father and Cao's mother's philosophy.
After being scolded by Cao's father, Cao's mother suddenly became a little unhappy: "If he doesn't come back, I can't think about it anymore? You also know Ma Li next door. She is only one year older than me and has three grandchildren."
The more Father Cao talked, the more excited Mother Cao became. She took Liu Luan's hand and said, "A Luan, you also met the girl from the Liu family a few days ago. What do you think of Miss Liu? Can she be a good match for Erlang?"
ah?
Liu Luan was stunned and looked at Cao's mother in surprise, as if if she nodded, the marriage would be settled.