The world is surrounded by smoke and clouds. Yingtian Mansion was the original capital of the Ming Dynasty. Even after the capital was moved to Shuntian, Yingtian Mansion still had a set of six teams, and because it was located in the south of the Yangtze River, both in terms of population density and its prosperity,
It seems that all the beautiful words in the world have been blessed with the name of this ancient capital city.
Because Shuntian Mansion is close to the border, under the prosperous background, the scenery that is often seen is usually the officers and soldiers patrolling, and occasionally the generals will appear. Weapons, swords and halberds are the most common things that people in the north see.
But in Yingtian, these things cannot be seen.
Here are only the most depressing things in the world.
Here, there is no scourge of war.
Here, singing and dancing flourish.
There are celebrities here who are full of pride and enthusiasm, laughing and talking about world affairs, and there are also dignitaries who spend a lot of money.
The painted boats on the Qinhuai River are like stars in the sky. The boats are connected end to end. Day and night, there are endless melodious songs. The prostitute always attracts countless literati and poets to rush to see her face. And within the city
, there are one hundred and three industries and sixteen prosperous large bazaars.
Ji Xiang's friend Matteo Ricci had already been to Yingtian before going to Shuntian. When he arrived here, he almost didn't want to leave. If it weren't for missionary matters, he would hardly want to return to his hometown.
Therefore...even near Yingtian Mansion, there are thirty-six guardhouses distributed.
But the people in Yingtian Mansion have not seen war for many years.
The sword is sheathed and the horse is released to the south mountain.
Moreover, the city size of Yingtianfu is much larger than that of Shuntianfu.
After arriving at Yingtian, Ji Xiang's long-dormant Ming Dynasty power began to faintly rise.
Gradually, it began to merge with the national power and divine power contained in Yingtian Mansion.
"The national prestige can be used. After all, it is one of the two capitals. Even if the soldiers in the guard station have become corrupt, the national prestige is still protecting the people here."
"But it's only limited to fighting monsters. This thing is not safe."
Anyone who has experienced the Forbidden City incident will no longer believe that national power is 100% capable of resisting demonic methods.
Just like practicing is to intercept a glimmer of life, there is absolutely no perfect thing in this world. As long as this thing exists, there must be loopholes that can be exploited.
The patron saint of Shuntian Mansion is Doumu Yuanjun.
The patron saint of Yingtian Mansion is Ziwei Yandu Emperor.
He is also the great god who controls the stars in the sky.
"It's really exactly the same. Shuntian Mansion really looks like a copy of Yingtian Mansion... No, it should be called a high imitation and pirated copy."
Likewise, there is also a royal palace here.
This palace is also called the "Forbidden City"!
From a distance, you can see the heavy national majesty covering the palace. It is as thick as a dark cloud. Even from a distance, it is overwhelming. Of course, people who are not monks cannot see it.
The population density here is really too high, and the scale of the city is the largest Ji Xiang has ever seen. Among them, there are at least seventy or eighty temples, not to mention hundreds. And the headquarters of the White Lotus Sect provided by those branch leaders
Ji Xiang can't find the location now.
Fortunately, the news of the Immortality Conference has spread all over the city. Of course, mortals have no idea what will happen. They just heard that this event is officially sponsored. All in all, it is a carnival. The vendors smell it and make a lot of money.
The smell, while the scholars smelled the fragrance of courtesans.
Ji Xiang couldn't help but think of Feng Menglong.
This guy seems to have said he wanted to see the Qinhuai River Lantern Festival, but he is probably almost at Wudang now, so he probably won’t be able to see it anymore.
Fortunately, when I looted those White Lotus Sect branches before, I got some useful treasures.
I didn't get many scriptures, but I did get a lot of weird stuff.
Ji Xiang held a palm-sized small mirror. This mirror is called a photo mirror. Its effect is similar to that of a camera. It can reflect the scenery in the mirror and preserve it. It was originally built by the leader of a certain branch with great effort to deceive the masses.
thing.
Ji Xiang was going to keep more images, and turned around to show Feng Menglong a look. After all, that guy listened to his advice and ran back to Wudang Mountain for refuge with Little Fox and the others instead of coming to see this grand event. Let's compensate him somewhat, like this
In the future, when I borrow books from him and wish to read them, I will have a more legitimate reason.
While I was taking pictures, I saw many scholars reciting poems to the girls on the boat on the shore.
"No wonder there are scholars and witches among Zhiguai, but there are almost no candidates. I'm afraid it's because the candidates are preparing to attack the official body. Those who have no money are preparing for the exam at home, and the rich are colluding with the officials to clear their paths.
, there is no time to flirt with girls. In other words, the scholars failed the exam, so they are very idle."
"Speaking of which, when I came here before, I felt a little uneasy, as if some disaster was about to happen, but this feeling soon disappeared. This is really strange."
Ji Xiang shook his head. Last time we cleaned up the group of demons in Phoenix Mountain, the number of demons above Yuan Shen and above killed by the Chapter of Conquering Demons only stayed at nine. The last one is still short of the second level of cultivation. It's a pity.
Along the way, the powerful monsters on the ground seemed to have disappeared and could not be found at all.
"It's unlikely that the group of demons in Phoenix Mountain that I just killed and the wild demons in other places heard my name so quickly and became frightened, right?"
Ji Xiang turned his head slightly. Among the crowd, there were several people who looked like monks who did not dare to look at Ji Xiang, but their eyes were hostile, and the traces of mana on their bodies made Ji Xiang feel familiar.
Moreover, after Ji Xiang looked at them, they seemed to "awake" from a certain state.
His ears moved slightly. In a place shrouded by such a powerful national power, Ji Xiang's five senses were improved to a certain extent, so although the distance was slightly far, he could still hear what they were saying.
"...I don't know why, but I feel resentful when I see this person."
"..... Could it be that this person has a relationship with our Huaguang Sect?"
The monks were whispering to each other, and this time their expressions were truly evil, rather than being affected by some kind of force.
Ji Xiang also understood their identities. They turned out to be members of the Huaguang Sect. Due to the psychic incident in Dingjia City, he was spied on by Emperor Huaguang. All the monks of the Huaguang Sect would passively regard themselves as enemies.
Moreover, he cannot use any spells from the superior true form of Emperor Huaguang, the "Taiyi Thunder-moveable Heavenly Lord".
"Certainly."
Ji Xiang saw them approaching in an aggressive manner, and did not want to deal with these junior monks, so he raised his hand easily. In their eyes, they only saw Ji Xiang raising a finger and opening his mouth.
The word "ding" was obviously far away, but it seemed to ring clearly in my ears.
Buzz! Several monks suddenly froze, maintaining their walking posture, and stood motionless in the middle of the road. The people behind them accidentally bumped into them, so they started to curse.
"Why are you standing in the middle of the road? You must be sick!"
Passers-by looked at these motionless monks in wonder, and some Westerners were full of curiosity. They didn't know what new rules this was in the Ming Dynasty. But it was the idle scholars who saw these people and caused a stir.
In the commotion, he confidently came over to point out the situation, his eyebrows were dancing and foaming at the mouth:
"You don't understand. This is an old thing from the Wei and Jin Dynasties, and it is an elegant act!"
"It is said that Emperor Wei Wen once learned the behavior of a donkey and imitated its braying, because doing so would keep his inspiration flowing out. The Seven Sons of Jian'an also learned similar things, so if they stood still, these days
My dear fellow, you must be imitating the behavior of a tortoise!"
Several monks, on the other hand, watched Ji Xiang disappear into the vast sea of people. They saw Ji Xiang's mouth shape and could read Ji Xiang's lip language. It seemed to be... You just don't move around here.
In the end, they were left with only a meaningful back view.
.....
However, Ji Xiang's behavior was still noticed by interested people.
Of course I saw it accidentally.
But fate comes from unintentional means.
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"God...god?"
The girl in gorgeous clothes saw the place where Ji Xiang disappeared at the edge of the boat. She widened her eyes and tried to find it but couldn't find it. She also held a pipa inlaid with jewels in her hand.
"Sister, there are gods!"
The curtain in the boat was lifted up, and the half of the face revealed was that of Qin Nuxiu.
"Immortals? There will be more immortals coming in the next few days. They are just some monks. There are only three true immortals in this world."
"One is grandpa, one is my brother, and the other one is me."
"Wuxia'er, you will be my disciple from now on. Don't always make a fuss when you see the monks. It would be too embarrassing for me, Master."
"It seems that some immortals are really going to come to this Immortal Assembly. If I see your two masters, you should say hello properly."
Qin Nuxiu played with the girl's face, but the girl was a little confused and cautious, and nodded desperately.
And inside the painting boat, the old woman in the brothel was kidnapped by Qin Nuxiu. She stared with frightened eyes, not daring to look at this beautiful woman.
The surrounding girls were surrounding the old woman, looking a little confused, not knowing what this woman was going to do.
"I said, aunt, your boat belongs to me now, is that okay?"
The old lady shook her head like a rattle.
Qin Nuxiu glanced at her, the knife in her hand trembled slightly, and her tone was playful:
"By the way, there's one more thing."
"Auntie, I smelled it and found out...why do you have a demonic aura on you?"
........
The voice of calling appeared, making Ji Xiang feel something.
"Is it... a trial of demonic calamity?"
With the idea of taking a look at the situation, following the call, when Ji Xiang walked out, the scenery around him changed slightly.
This is entering the scope of a small tribulation of ten demons.
Someone was going through the ten small demon tribulations, and it was only then that Ji Xiang discovered that he could actually enter the demon tribulation.
Not far away stood a Tao-testing demon. This was a real Tao-tester, not a counterfeit in Phoenix Mountain. Therefore, the moment Ji Xiang entered the illusion of demonic calamity, the Tao-testing demon noticed that Ji Xiang
The appearance of the image.
He was just surprised, how could a second person appear during the calamity?
A job is a job, and you are not allowed to ask for help outside of the exam.
However, next, his expression changed from surprise, to confusion, to anger, to shock, and finally to fear.
The feeling of oppression from the superior demon is the absolute gap in levels!
Demon King!
The devil is confused!
It's just a little monk going through a tribulation. How could he alert the devil in the sky to descend?
"If you are not quiet enough, you will have greed when you see something on the road, which will lead to the demons in the environment...that is, the demons in your heart."
In this illusion of evil tribulation, there are many money treasures, valuables, even immortal treasures, and even nine-turn elixirs, but they are all changed by the illusion.
The monk who was overcoming the tribulation was erasing these money treasures and immortal treasures. These were all caused by his evil thoughts. When he suddenly saw Ji Xiang appear, he was stunned for a moment.
It's really strange, I have never seen this person before, why would he appear in my "greedy inner demon"?
So the monk attacked Ji Xiang, thinking that Ji Xiang was the demonic thought. This frightened the demon so much that he immediately came out to stop him. In an instant, a large mountain of gold and silver engulfed the tribulation monk, who was shocked.
!
The difficulty of this test paper is wrong!
So much gold and silver... I'm not that greedy!
"Huh?"
Ji Xiang was originally focused on studying the illusion of demonic calamity. At this time, he noticed the movement between the inner demon and the monk. Seeing that the monk was about to be crushed to death by the mountain of gold and silver in the illusion, he reached out and flicked the mountain of gold and silver.
Turned into smoke and disappeared without a trace.
The inner demon was also frightened and hurriedly showed up and bowed, indicating that the monk had successfully overcome the disaster.
Ji Xiang nodded, then left in another direction, and then sensed more magical illusions.
"There are quite a few monks in Yingtian Mansion."
So on this day, many monks who were going through the tribulation of demons suddenly saw a young Taoist priest wearing soap clothes in the midst of the tribulation. The Taoist priest helped them overcome the tribulation and subdued the demons, so that they did not dare to cause trouble.
The long-lasting evil tribulation passed in an instant.
The name of the Demon King preached by some demons was also heard by some monks in the illusion of demonic tribulation, but they had never heard of a Demon King who looked like this.
On the contrary, many people suddenly became excited because of the unexpected events on this day.
The Demon King recommends it to the sky and lists it in the realm of the Three Pure Ones. This is a precursor to becoming an immortal!
It turns out that I am the legendary proud man!
The expansion of mentality determines the success or failure of the next demonic tribulation in the future, but these people do not know it.
And Ji Xiang also suddenly discovered that as he continued to manifest himself in the demonic realm, those demonic thoughts could actually be condensed by him.
This evil thought is gathering more and more, getting bigger and bigger, and the degree of danger is getting higher and higher. If it is allowed to fly out and possess someone, within a few years, there will be a terrifying monster in this world.
The big demon is coming.
But Ji Xiang gave these demonic thoughts a complete form and spirit.
After being given the shape and spirit, the demonic thought made a terrifying grinding sound, but the next moment, it was cut off by Ji Xiang with one finger!
Buzz! A mysterious and mysterious supreme artistic conception appears!
The God Card in the interior scene is displayed! The tenth soul-level demon required for the Chapter of Conquering Demons is killed here!
"The demonic thoughts of all the people gathered together and gave them form and spirit. They were also great demons."