Zhao Xuanqi remembered that Nanfu was the administrative seat of Heqing Road, and it was the most important and prosperous city in the entire Heqing Road. It was thousands of kilometers away from Guming County in terms of counting units in previous lives.
"You should know that the Hungry Ghost Festival will be here soon, right?"
He Xijun said to Zhao Xuanqi.
"Hungry Ghost Festival?"
Zhao Xuanqi still looked a little confused.
"The movement of heaven and earth has its own rules. All things are born with Qi and are made of Qi. Due to different celestial phenomena, different places, and different times, the Qi born between heaven and earth will also be different."
"Yin Qi is also a type of Qi from heaven and earth, and in a year, for a few days around the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month, the Yin Qi between heaven and earth is at its heaviest. If some special celestial phenomena and terrain are added to this,
When nourished by Yin Qi, the dead can easily transform into corpses, and the souls of the dead can easily transform into evil ghosts. Every time during the Ghost Festival, evil incidents occur frequently, so this is also known among the people as the day when the gates of ghosts are opened."
He Xijun explained calmly.
In this world, the Yuan Qi of the heaven and earth is very strong, and the movement of heaven and earth, and the changes of Yuan Qi, do have a considerable impact on the world and the living beings. He has also heard about the peculiarities of the Zhongyuan Festival in this world, but.
What does this have to do with them going to Nanfu?
Zhao Xuanqi looked at He Xijun with an expressionless face and asked. In the past two months, he has made amazing progress in practice and has shown a strong talent. Even in actual combat training, He Xijun was unable to suppress his own cultivation.
Being one step ahead of Zhao Xuanqi greatly reduced her sense of accomplishment as a senior sister teaching on her behalf, and sometimes she even felt severely hit.
So two months later, she became what she is now, and she was very talkative, because only with the understanding and experience of the martial arts world, she could find a little more sense of existence as a senior sister who teaches on behalf of her teacher.
Looking at He Xijun, who was almost as tall as himself and with a calm face, but there was a sense of expectation hidden deep in his eyes, Zhao Xuanqi's face twitched slightly and he asked: "So, why are we going to Nanjing?"
Please give me some advice, Senior Sister."
Hearing these words, He Xijun's sense of existence as a senior sister was satisfied, a smile appeared on her calm face, and she said: "Did you know that the place where Nanfu was located back then was a very dangerous place in Heqing Road?
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"Oh? What should I say?"
At this time, Zhao Xuanqi became somewhat interested.
"Two hundred years ago, in the last years of the Qi Dynasty, the king was immoral and the dynasty was about to be exhausted. Demonic disasters continued in the world, not only the chaos of evil spirits, but also natural disasters that continued for years. The place where Nanfu is located is the strategic point of Heqing Road.
It was once prosperous during the Qi Dynasty, but later it experienced three disasters: locust plague, famine and epidemic, resulting in countless casualties."
"Then the rebel armies from all over the country raised their flags. Two of the rebel armies continued to annex the rebel armies from all over the country and became the strongest force after Da Qi. One of them was Taizu of the Wei Dynasty who was in power in the south, and the other was Pan Rui, the war king who was in power in the north.
The two armies once fought a great battle at Heqingdao that affected the situation in the world, and the location was where Nanfu is now."
"At that time, Taizu Taizu of the Wei Dynasty was very powerful. It happened that the location of Nanfu experienced three disasters in a row. In addition, countless dead and injured souls became a place of evil. In order to win the war, the war king did not hesitate to rely on the power of the northern shaman.
We set up formations, restrained spirits, and transformed the place into a place of great evil, cultivating a large number of resentful ghosts and generals."
"That battle was extremely tragic. Although Taizu Taizu of the Wei Dynasty finally won, he also paid a heavy price. Soldiers on both sides suffered numerous casualties and it was a bloodbath. The fierce atmosphere on the battlefield was already extremely dangerous, making this place even more dangerous, almost...
It became a forbidden area for strangers, and no one had any way to deal with it at the time."
"It wasn't until ten years later that Taizu of the Wei Dynasty settled the world, founded a new dynasty, and built a jade seal. The world was initially settled and the incense was at its peak. Then he used the power of humane incense to suppress this evil place. Then he built a city, enshrined the city god, and sent generals to suppress it all year round.
The power of prosperous humanity dissolved the evil spirit, and it gradually calmed down after decades."
"However, every time during the Ghost Festival, the yin energy in the sky and the earth is very strong. Even Nanfu City is not easy to control it, and it is easy to cause some troubles in the surrounding areas and even in the city. Therefore, every time at this time, Nanfu City will
A 'Lotus Lantern Ceremony' will be held, and heroes and masters from all sects will be invited to gather together in Nanfu."
"On the one hand, masters have strong qi and blood, and their popularity is countless times stronger than that of ordinary people. When gathered in one place, they can make the human qi strong and suppress the evil spirits of the earth. On the other hand, if there is any commotion or trouble in or around the city,
With the existence of these experts, we can solve the problem as soon as possible and ensure that the people in the city will not be implicated."
"Over time, over the years, there has been little commotion in the murderous place. However, the tradition of holding the 'Lotus Lantern Ceremony' has been preserved in Heqing Road. Every year during the Ghost Festival, various sects are invited to send people to Heqing Road.
The idle sects and warriors in the martial arts world will also gather together. It can be said to be a rare grand gathering in Heqing Province. Last year, I went to attend the gathering with my master."
"It will be lively then. You are lucky. Master has called you to take you with him. Master didn't take me with him in my first year."
He Xijun seemed to have opened a chat box and carefully told Zhao Xuanqi the reason for his trip to Nanfu.
Lantern Festival?
Zhao Xuanqi's expression flashed. Originally, he was not interested in this kind of festive event, but when warriors from all over the country gathered together and could see the methods of different schools in this world, he became more interested.
"Get ready, senior sister, I will take you to see the world."
He Xijun patted Zhao Xuanqi's shoulder angrily and said.
At the same time, the river cleared the road and merged into the city.
Among the entire Heqingdao, Rongcheng is a medium-sized city and is not as prosperous as major cities such as Nanfu and Tangcheng.
In a certain street in Rongcheng.
"Aunt Qiufen, did you just come back from the market?"
"Sister-in-law, when will the clothes I asked you to make be finished? It looks like autumn is about to get colder."
"Sister Qiufen, hasn't your brother Yuan gone home yet?"
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A middle-aged woman dressed plainly was walking on the street, carrying a bamboo basket in her hand, as if she had just returned from the market, smiling and talking to the neighbors who were greeting her.
It wasn't until she returned home and closed the door that the smile on her face instantly faded and she became very indifferent, as if she was a different person. She lowered her head and seemed to be thinking about something.
Zhang Qiufen, a native of Rongcheng, lost her husband in her early years and raised her son Li Dayuan alone. Li Dayuan, because of his good talent, has learned every move. Now he works for a bodyguard agency in the city. He often travels around and does not come home often, but he will ask someone to help him regularly.
People brought home a lot of money, so Zhang Qiufen lived a worry-free life.
But now, the real Zhang Qiufen has been controlled by Tianluosi, and her replacement is one of the twelve earthly branches of Tianluosi, "Si Snake" Ning Qiying.
Among the Tianluosi, the Ten Heavenly Stems are selected based on their combat prowess, but the warriors who can be selected into the Twelve Earthly Branches are not only valued for their combat prowess, but also for certain "wonderful skills".
What "Si Snake" Ning Qiying masters is a strange technique called "transformation". This technique allows her to completely simulate the body, energy and spirit in an almost perfect way.
The greater the difference between a person's form and the strength of the person being simulated and his own strength, the more complete the simulation will be.
Since the second of the Six Pillars came to Haqingdao two months ago, an investigation has begun into the organization behind the previous incidents in Haqingdao. However, the evil priest organization's actions are extremely secretive and it is difficult to find flaws. So far, it has been found that it is involved.
They are all just some different believers, and no real big fish has been caught yet.
Zhang Qiufen is one of these ordinary believers. Ning Qiying disguised himself as Zhang Qiufen with his own abilities, just to wait and catch him.
But until now, nothing has been found.
"The Ghost Festival is approaching, and the deadline set by His Majesty is coming soon. If there is no progress, we will definitely be held accountable."
Ning Qiying sighed slightly, put down the bamboo basket, and started to prepare a fire for cooking.
Before pretending to be Zhang Qiufen, she had observed his actions for nearly a week, and there were no flaws in any of his behavioral habits.
Just when she thought she would get nothing today, she suddenly felt a strange feeling in her heart, which shocked her. She didn't dare to show any flaws. She looked as if nothing had happened and started to light a fire in the room to cook.
That strange feeling seems to be that I am observing, but I can't find any flaws in Ning Qiying, whose appearance, energy, spirit, and habits are almost perfectly simulated.
For a full quarter of an hour, suddenly, a strange voice sounded in Ning Qiying's ears. She could not recognize the gender, age, or child, and was extremely indifferent: "Zhang Qiufen, go to No. 12 C, Beiyuan Street immediately, don't let anyone know.
Follow and enter Room 13 alone."
After speaking, the voice stopped ringing, but Ning Qiying could feel that strange feeling lingering around her.
There was no expression on her face, but there was a slight shiver in her heart.
She was asked to go immediately, and that strange gaze was still lingering around her. It was impossible for her to make any response or send out any information. In order to gain trust, she did not set up any secret sentries or other warning methods around her, because the other party was stronger than she imagined.
They are more vigilant and will cut off contact if there is any abnormal movement.
In the city? With the local city god around, the danger level in the city is actually not that high.
Have my disguises and squatting finally achieved results? This trip must be done.
Many thoughts flashed through Ning Qiying's mind, and he made an instant decision not to give up this clue.
She immediately started to pack her clothes, took the bamboo basket and walked out.
Beiyuan Street was not far from her neighborhood, and in less than two-quarters of an hour, she arrived in front of the number C number 12 mentioned by the voice.
This is an inn called "Laifu". Its decoration is ordinary and it can only be regarded as a mid-range hotel in the city.
After entering the inn, Ning Qiying specified that she wanted Room No. 13. The waiter seemed a little strange. She didn't know how Ning Qiying knew that there were no guests staying in Room No. 13.
After paying the room fee, she refused to follow the waiter as the voice asked. Ning Qiying took the door lock key and walked up to the second floor alone. She started searching according to the house number, and at the same time she began to think in her mind.
"Judging from Xiao Er's behavior, he didn't seem to know that I would come. He didn't seem to know me before, nor did he have any contact with me. It didn't look like other members of that organization."
"And judging from what he said, there are no guests staying in Room No. 13. What is the purpose of that voice asking me to check into an empty room? Did he leave other clues in the room?"
Ning Qiying thought in her heart.
There was no way, she didn't have many clues. Even if Tianluosi secretly arrested Zhang Qiufen, they couldn't get much out of her.
That ordinary woman who seemed honest and kind, after being secretly arrested, she showed a kind of madness that made people palpitate, and her whole spirit was rapidly collapsing. After she was rescued, she was already stupid, even with some "
The information obtained from the "Qiji" interrogation was also very limited.
Soon, she found Room No. 13. From the outside, it seemed no different from other rooms.
Disguising herself as Zhang Qiufen, without taking the initiative to expose her, means that all her perceptions are almost indistinguishable from the original Zhang Qiufen, so she cannot conduct too many investigations.
She took out the key, unlocked the door, and opened the door.
Crunch!!
With a soft sound, the door was pushed open. Looking in from the door, the room was decorated as an ordinary guest room, without anything unusual.
However, the moment Ning Qiying stepped into the door, she suddenly felt a spin. The scene in the entire room was quickly distorted and blurred, and the surroundings were shrouded in a bloody light.
Among all the scenes, only the door is still a distinguishable entity.
She turned around suddenly and saw that the door behind her had turned blood red at some point, and there were some twisted strokes imprinted on the door beam, which seemed to form a word.
That is the word "death".
Death's door.
Before she had time to react, the distorted scene around her quickly stabilized. In the blink of an eye, she was no longer in the Rifford Inn, nor in the room No. 13, but in a strange place.
The place.
This seemed to be a huge cave. The stone walls of the cave were covered with twisted blood-colored runes, and a faint red light shrouded it, making it look extremely strange and gloomy.
Directly in front of her, civilians in different clothes were kneeling on the ground, worshiping the thing in the center of the cave.
It was a high platform. There was a blood-red wooden building sculpture about two meters high erected on the high platform. The wooden building was divided into nine floors. On the first floor of the wooden building, there were a total of eight doorways open, and the doors were vaguely visible.
Several distorted fonts.
On the top floor of this wooden building, a simple clay sculpture sits upright, with a face that resembles a Taoist old mother, and a kind and strange expression. The most eye-catching thing is its left arm, which seems to be made of some kind of blood-colored jade.
, there seemed to be blood-colored liquid rolling inside.
"I took one step forward and actually appeared in a strange space?! It's not a hallucination, it's not a spiritual dream, it's indeed reality. That room door is equipped with an 'Escape Technique Channel'?! It's impossible. The Escape Technique Channel is extremely complicated and requires
Driven by extremely strong Yuan Qi, this kind of formation cannot be set up on an ordinary door."
"Furthermore, from what I just saw, the strange changes in the door seem to be similar to the characteristics of evil objects, so it is probably the effect of the combination of evil objects and some kind of terrible escape technique? In the city, the city god
Under the watchful eye, you can actually do this to this extent?!"
"No wonder no trace of this organization has been found before. Through the 'doors' in different places, members and believers of its organization arrived at the same place. This kind of trace is almost difficult to trace. The existence of this organization is greater than imagined.
What's even more terrifying is that this kind of escape technique alone is already a means of magical power. I am afraid that not many people in the entire Wei Dynasty can do it. The situation seems to be a bit bad this time. We must find a way to use this information.
Pass it on."
Ning Qiying's heart was electric, but she didn't dare to show it at all on her face. Instead, she showed a hint of fanaticism and walked forward slowly, imitating the appearance of others, towards the tall building and the one sitting cross-legged.
The statue of an old mother on the top of a tall building kneels down and worships.