One thousand and fifty-eight, nine chapters Lantern Festival
His name is indeed Chu Cheng. But he is not the Lord of Chu City.
This is my first time here, and I haven't even entered the city yet. How can I be the lord of this city?
"You have recognized the wrong person. My name is Chu Cheng, but I am not your city lord."
After hearing this, the old man on the city wall looked at the scroll in his hand again, carefully looked at the man in the scroll, and then raised his head in awe.
"Might can kill ghosts and immortals. Your name is Chu Cheng... That's right. You are the lord of my Xiaoyao City."
"Great city lord?" Chu Cheng frowned again and suddenly thought of something. "Is there more than one city lord in your city? Are the other city lords related to me?"
The old man nodded and replied: "Originally, there was only one city lord in Xiaoyao City, but later due to the arrival of City Lord Mo, he voluntarily reduced himself to the rank of Young City Lord."
"What a mess of a city lord, young city lord." At this moment, Master Jian spoke up and said: "I'm afraid these people are out of their minds. Stop following them and enter the city early. While there is still some light left in the night, come in."
Please take a look at the flower girl."
"I haven't seen the girl in more than three years, Master Jian, and I'm also feeling itchy. Although it's nonsense, it's great to see her."
Lord Jian urged Chu Cheng to quickly enter the city and wait until everyone enters the house. Then he would have to wait at least until dawn before he could see the beautiful girl.
This voice appeared out of thin air, which also made those people startled. However, it quickly turned into a smile.
"Master Sword? Lord Chu, that sound before was made by the big sword behind you?"
These human monks, even if they learned that the sword master was like a human being and peeked at his magic sword, Chu Cheng had nothing to worry about. So he nodded and said: "Yes, the talking sword is this sword."
"It is indeed the Lord of Sword City!" The old man put away the scroll in his hand, picked up another scroll and opened it to read.
"Don't worry, Lord Sword City. We have an immortal formation in Xiaoyao City, and those low-level ghosts are not allowed to enter. Even high-level ghosts and immortals will find it difficult to attack the City Lord."
"So, at night, the people in the city will also go out and walk around. There happens to be a lantern festival tonight, and there are many talented people and beautiful women. The Lord of Sword City does not have to worry about not having a woman."
"Lord of Jian City? Lord Jian, am I also the Lord of the City?" Lord Jian was also stunned when he heard this.
Chu Cheng smiled and walked forward. The two sides were talking to each other in the air, and they were still dozens of miles away from the city gate.
In just one step, we arrived in front of the city gate.
"Within a radius of fifty miles, two immortal formations have been opened. Both formations are offensive and defensive formations. Even the ghost immortals in the middle stage of Xuanzhao cannot invade under these two formations."
"Three years ago, the most powerful aura I felt in this city was just the Tribulation Realm. Then who set up these second formations?"
If you don't take the second step, no matter how deep your attainments in the talisman array are, you will not be able to set up the immortal array without the power of Xuanyuan. At most, it will be a half-step immortal array.
Although it is only one word different from the Immortal Formation, its power cannot be compared at all. The Half-Step Immortal Formation is only slightly stronger than the Peak Formation of the Human Realm, and even the Third Realm monks can break it.
Just like when Chu Cheng had not entered the Xuan Dynasty, he could only use means to reach the half-step of the immortal level.
When Chu Cheng came to the city gate, he instantly heard a dull sound and the city gate slowly opened.
The dozens of monks quickly flew down from the city wall, and before Chu Cheng could walk in, they came out of the city gate to greet him.
"We welcome the Lord of Chu City and the Lord of Jian City!"
The dozens of monks, headed by the old man, bowed and greeted them with great respect.
Chu Cheng nodded and glanced at these people.
This is the north gate, and there are thirty-three monks stationed there. These monks are already at a high level in the human world. They are all above the Fusion Realm, and most of them have reached the late Fusion stage.
Three of them are already in the Mahayana realm. The old man named as the leader has the highest level of cultivation among these people and has reached the middle stage of Mahayana.
These people are the same as the monks I met in Zhouzhuang. They all have pale faces and vague ghostly auras on their bodies. They are all ghost cultivators.
The monks in Netherworld are afraid of ghosts. But they also desire ghosts. If they can form a contract with a powerful ghost and become a fighting ghost, their strength will undoubtedly be greatly improved.
"The Lord Mo you are talking about is a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl?" After Chu Cheng finished speaking, he thought of something else.
Now, three years have passed since the time of retreat. For young girls, these three years are the season of growth. I am afraid that Mo Xiaoba is now a tall and graceful girl.
"But a girl about sixteen years old?" Chu Cheng thought for a while and then changed his words.
The old man nodded and said: "City Lord Mo looks young, he should be about this age. In addition, there are City Lord Zhang, Black Wind City Lord, and Red Wind City Lord."
"Sure enough." Chu Cheng smiled. He might have had some doubts at first. But after hearing this, City Lord Mo thought for a moment and understood the reason.
Zhang Mubai and others took Mo Xiaoba and directly occupied the mountain as king. Chu Cheng was not puzzled as to why they became the city lords of Xiaoyao City. It was just that these people were bored and looking for something to do.
"City Lord Chu and City Lord Wuya have been released from seclusion?" The old man thought for a while and asked again.
"Fellow Taoist Wuya?" After hearing this, Chu Cheng was even more convinced that this was what Mo Xiaoba and others told them, and there was no need to worry about any fraud.
Because Zhang Mubai is here, even if it is a trap, there will be a shocking battle, and the sound will definitely alarm Chu Cheng. What's more, even if they lose, it will not be fully revealed that they still have companions, let alone
Tell this by name.
"Fellow Taoist Wuya hasn't left seclusion yet." Chu Cheng thought for a while and then spoke again.
The old man nodded and said: "Then City Lord, please go into the city first and take a look around the city. Our Xiaoyao City is the only gathering place for monks within thousands of miles."
"Boy Chu, Master Jian is already very hungry and thirsty. Go and have a look at the lantern festival."
Chu Cheng smiled helplessly, nodded and said, "Okay, let's go and have a look."
When he walked into the city, the scenery of heaven and earth changed again.
There is a world of its own in this city, far more than 3,000 acres.
"It turns out that this city is just a facade."
Chu Cheng stood on the cliff, the night was full of stars, twinkling in the middle.
These stars are not real, but illusions in the formation, dotted with stars in the night sky.
Ahead is a large basin. There are tens of thousands of pavilions and lights on every house. In addition, the river spreads to the south end, where there is a forest of red trees all year round. To the east, there are green fields. To the west, there are still thousands of lights.
No matter which area you are in, blooming flowers are indispensable, except that the wind is a bit cold. The wind and snow outside have not fallen in. It has the beauty of a beautiful spring river with flowers and a quiet moonlit night.
"The clouds are light and the wind is gentle, and when you see the beautiful scenery, you know that the flowers beside it are real mountains." Chu Cheng couldn't help but sigh.
"If you look at it from the outside, there are at most tens of thousands of people in the city. In fact, there are far more than that. There are thirty thousand mortals in Xiaoyao City alone, and there are as many as fifty thousand monks."
"This is actually a place in the cave. The reason why the city is exposed to the outside world is to attract other scattered human races. After all, in the Netherworld, our human race is a very small minority. Even the monsters are more numerous than the human race.
"
Chu Cheng was also greatly surprised and said: "I didn't expect that there is such a world in this Netherworld."
The old man nodded and said with a smile: "Looking at the auras of City Lord Chu and others, there is no ghostly aura at all. They must have come from outside the Netherworld."
Chu Cheng nodded, these are not secrets. After all, the cultivation methods are different, and any ghost cultivator can detect them.
"Yes, we are not from the Netherworld."
"City Lord Chu is not from the Netherworld, so he doesn't know. There are at least ten thousand caves like this in the Netherworld. As long as ghosts and gods don't come, they can be transported across the starry sky to other places."
"I see."
The land of the cave has no roots or foundation. It is like the floating pods in the river, which can be moved with the flowing water.
"It's just that moving the cave requires a lot of Nether Stone. And maintaining the operation here also requires Nether Stone."
"Netherworld Stone?" Chu Cheng suddenly thought of something. He stretched out his hand and spread it, and a black crystal bead the size of a dragon's eye appeared.
This small crystal bead contains great energy.
This black crystal bead was obtained by Chu Cheng when he killed the Ghost Fairy Queen. The power inside was very turbid, and even ghost cultivators could not possess it and refine it for use.
Chu Cheng put away the black crystal bead because after all, it came from the body of a ghost and immortal, so it couldn't be an ordinary thing.
When the monks saw these black crystal beads, their eyes suddenly lit up.
"This power...this is the Immortal Nether Pearl. Just one, it is enough to support the operation and consumption of this cave for tens of millions of years."
"You said these Netherworld stones are all from ghosts?" Chu Cheng asked after hearing this.
"Yes, and no." The old man shook his head and said: "Ghosts may not necessarily have Nether Crystals on their bodies. They will only appear when they reach the level of Ghost General, but they are almost all low-grade. Only when you reach the level of Ghost King will you have a chance of Nether Pearls appearing.
"
"The energy contained in this Nether Pearl is hundreds to thousands, or even hundreds of thousands times richer than that of the Nether Stone. It is only found in the immortal Youyou Guixian. It is divided into three levels, lower and middle.
, God, Immortal. This Netherworld Pearl is an Immortal."
Everyone's eyes fell on Chu Cheng's hands, and their eyes were bright, as if they were about to burst into flames.
Chu Cheng glanced at everyone and said: "This Netherworld Pearl is of no use to me. Since you respectfully call me the City Lord, there is no harm in giving it to Xiaoyao City. But I have to wait until I see Miss Mo."
When everyone heard this, they were immediately overjoyed. They thanked them repeatedly and praised their great achievements. They even wanted to announce the arrival of Yang Chucheng and Master Jian, but Chu Cheng stopped them.
"It's just a false reputation." Chu Cheng shook his head and said, "Go to the lantern festival first, and then take me to see Miss Mo."
The old man smiled and said: "If you are looking for City Lord Mo, then she happens to be at the lantern festival. This lantern festival is organized by City Lord Mo himself."
As he said that, the old man looked at the others and said, "You guys will stay here while I take the two city lords to see the lantern festival."
The lantern will be in the center of the tens of thousands of pavilions just under the basin. It's just one step to lead the way.
Red lights are hung in front of every house, but the universe is full without a moon.
This kind of human fireworks is really rare in the netherworld full of ghosts.
The ten-mile long street was brightly lit and full of people, not afraid of the dark night at all. Chu Cheng looked around and watched carefully. These lanterns have various images, including lifelike goldfish lanterns, lifelike lotus lanterns, and elegant
Palace lanterns are exquisitely crafted and extremely beautiful.
"Look, this girl is so handsome, with her ass and breasts. I can't wait to lie on that woman all day and all night."
In the midst of this beautiful scenery, there was a sound that disturbed the scenery.
This was naturally Lord Jian's voice. When the woman in front heard this voice, she turned back and glanced back. After all, this voice came from Chu Cheng, so it was naturally misunderstood.
The woman is quite beautiful, and no matter where she is placed, people can’t help but look at her more.
The woman looked at Chu Cheng and frowned. She was still a lady after all, so she said softly.
"He's handsome in appearance, but he didn't expect to be so dirty and dissolute in his heart. It's such a pity for such a good person."
The woman's voice was very soft, but as a monk, how could Chu Cheng not hear her? There were also black lines on her face.
The old man on the side coughed and said in a low voice: "Master Sword City, these are all ladies of our family. They usually don't go out, but today we have this lantern festival to go out. If Master Sword City wants a beautiful woman, I will take you with me later."
Go to the Flower House."
"Is there a flower tower in this small cave?" Master Jian was also curious.
The old man coughed and said: "Although this place is small, there are more or less more than 80,000 people. Nowadays, there are more men than women. If there is no flower house, there will inevitably be trouble. After all... Man, you should understand
of......"
"Okay, Hualou! Mr. Jian, I haven't visited a brothel for a long time. I will find more than ten flower girls to come over later. Master Jian decided to stay awake today. Let me choose between ten flower girls and this girl, then
Master Jian, I will definitely choose the former."
The old man responded repeatedly, but he was amazed in his heart. It is a wonder that a sword can open its mouth to speak. He did not expect to be greedy for the beauty of women. I don’t know if tonight, this sword will transform into a human body and interact with those flowers.
The mother-in-law fought all night.
"A sword and a person, is it a sword or a sword?" the old man thought in his mind.
However, in order to keep these few, he was willing to give away the old man's daughter, even if Master Jian was a sword or a maggot.
After all, these people are all Xuanjing Immortals. If these people are stationed in Xiaoyao City, there is no need to worry about being attacked by ghosts one day.
Because they had already learned from City Lord Mo that some of them were in retreat and entering death, and when they were about to enter death, they would be able to defeat ghosts and immortals.
For the sake of the 80,000 people in Xiaoyao City, the old man was willing to give up his only daughter.
"The Lord of Sword City is so greedy for beauty that he will mention this to it later." The old man nodded secretly and had an idea in his mind.
"Shameless and obscene!"
The woman didn't leave. As soon as she turned around, she heard another voice coming from behind. She even compared her with the romantic woman in the flower house, and her face turned red with anger.
"...."
Chu Cheng smiled helplessly and said: "The lantern festival is indispensable without the lantern riddle couplets. Take me to see it."
There has been no contact with this lantern festival since the Lantern Festival in the Huang Kingdom. Seeing each other again today will inevitably stir up emotions.
The old man took the order and led the way. The pace was neither fast nor slow, just enough to watch the night fire.
There is a stream in the city, and bright lights shine on it, floating on the surface of the river, dyeing the ripples red.
Most pedestrians walk in groups, and some watch the lights alone. Whether alone or with friends, the same thing is that everyone has a smile on their face.
So Chu Cheng also laughed.
After a stick of incense, Chu Cheng and the old man came to an elegant pavilion. The place was full of the scent of pen and ink, the fragrance of clear sandalwood, and also hung with lanterns.
Each lantern is tied with a red rope and a colorful cloth bag.
"This is a crossword puzzle. If ten are solved, City Lord Mo will give the person who solves the crossword puzzle a corresponding magic weapon of the same realm. If it is twenty, it is a weapon of the three realms."
"Is it possible that all the magic weapons that Zhang Mubai accumulated were given to her?" Chu Cheng was also stunned when he heard this. This compartment is very big, with at least more than five thousand lanterns hanging on it. For someone with some ink in his stomach, undoing twenty
It's not difficult. This is a big deal.
"Don't stay in Moji. Master Jian is very knowledgeable and knowledgeable. Today I can finally show off my skills."
"City Lord Chu, Lord Sword City. You two will solve the riddles here first. I'll prepare some tea." The old man said from the side.
"Okay." Chu Cheng nodded, reached for the nearest lantern, took off the cloth bag, opened it and took out the paper.
"The beautiful name is exquisite, full of longing and joy." Chu Cheng murmured, and then said: "This should be a flower, you go first or me?"
Master Jian chuckled and said: "This is too easy, you should go first, I will do the next one."
"White, crystal clear and pure, it must be Narcissus." Chu Cheng murmured, and the two words appeared in the note. It was indeed Narcissus.
"If the answer is correct, will the answer be revealed?" Chu Cheng spoke softly and took another cloth bag.
"The dragon and the phoenix appear auspicious, the fetus is full and the moon is full. It's your turn, Lord Jian."
Master Jian floated out from behind Chu Cheng, looked at the paper with the words carefully, and said after a long time: "That's not right...dragon and phoenix, Master Jian has never heard of the combination of dragon and phoenix in all his life."
I gave birth to a child, what kind of mythical beast is this? It was born by Mo Yatou. She probably made a random guess. Such a mythical beast has never appeared since ancient times."
"..."
Chu Cheng also laughed and said: "Who said I'm asking you to guess the mythical beast? Of course I'm asking you to solve the word puzzle."
"The dragon and the phoenix appear auspicious, and the fetus is full and the moon is full. This meaning is joy. The birth of the dragon and phoenix becomes a man and a woman, and the man and woman are children. Together they are good. What people in the world want is for things to come true."
Yuluo, on this piece of paper, is a good word.
"I know that you are indeed knowledgeable, and you have informed the past and present. But these are just fun created by future generations. You don't have to feel ashamed if you don't know." Chu Cheng did not forget to give Master Jian the steps to go.
"Ahem, you're right. Today's dolls are still engaging in romantic affairs. It's incomparable. It's incomparable. Mr. Jian is really old."
Chu Cheng didn't reply. He looked at the bright lights that stretched across the night sky, replacing the stars. After a moment, he sighed. "Come here at night, the same night, it's like seeing the shadow of the countryside."
I can't help but think about it with melancholy, leaving the seven realms of the human world, just a few hundred years ago.
"The colors are far away, and the light is far away in the sky." Chu Cheng took a deep breath and murmured.
However, at the next moment, a pleasant voice came from the space between the lights.
"The stars are falling when I pick up the Han Dynasty, and the moon hangs like a moon hanging by the building."
The lights connected to the Milky Way are like stars falling down, and the lights leaning on tall buildings are like the moon hanging in the sky.
The brilliant colors of the lights seemed to separate the earth from a distance, and the numerous lights dotted the sky from a distance.
The two sentences complement each other and the artistic conception is connected. The continuous connection seems to form a cycle of reincarnation, and the endless transition forms the eternal beauty of the night sky.
"Mingyue Oiran?"
At this moment, a soft squeak sounded from behind Chu Cheng, it was the old man from before.
The old man walked in carrying the teapot and cup, and heard the voice calling softly.
"Oiran? Could it be a prostitute?" Mr. Jian was also stunned. He floated up and turned on the lantern. He saw the face of a beautiful woman dressed in white.
"Beautiful! Really beautiful! I never thought there would be such a beauty among the world! Master Jian will point you out tonight!" Master Jian was also stunned.
The woman was not surprised by the opening of the sword, she just smiled at it.
After a while, Mr. Jian came back to his senses. He said deeply: "The poem is a good poem. Mr. Jian, I originally thought of a sentence, but you beat me to it. Beauty, you have to respect your profession and don't take it away.
Others are majestic."
"...."
The old man's expression suddenly changed when he heard this, and the hand holding the teapot trembled violently, almost falling over.