The sun hangs overhead, and its light is blocked by the fog, showing a colorful halo, which is quite strange.
Thunder Sword Master Shu Yifan has passed his forties. Even after entering Taoism as a martial artist, the rate of decline of Qi and blood with age has obviously become slower, much slower than that of a normal martial artist. The rate of appearance aging has also slowed down, coupled with the strong Qi and blood
Whether it is or not has little impact on his combat power, and he has a rather otherworldly feeling. However, over the years, he still clearly feels that he is aging.
This kind of aging is different from ordinary warriors.
Ordinary warriors suffer from martial arts training when they are young and are eager to fight fiercely. In their old age, once their energy and blood cannot keep up, their appearance and body will age greatly in just a few years, and their strength, recovery ability, and reaction speed will also deteriorate.
There has been a significant decline, causing the young masters to quickly become inferior to their former self once they age.
Shu Yifan is not obvious in these aspects.
What can be expected is that even if he reaches his sixtieth year in another twenty years, the decline in these aspects may not be too obvious.
However, the heart is still subject to vicissitudes of life.
This body is still going downhill slowly over time. Maybe a few decades later, I will still not be that old. I will still swing my sword like thunder, even three points more powerful than now. Until a few days before my death, I will still be this invincible.
The thundering swordsman in the world, but when his life is about to end, it does not affect him at all from walking to the grave.
In just ten years, the world has changed a lot.
People in Jianghu are the first to know about this change.
Although Dayan seems to be still very strong, and several rebellions and civil strife in the north and south have been gradually suppressed, the court's control over the world is obviously declining. Most of the control lost from the court has fallen to various parties in various places.
In the hands of powerful forces, when the government was unable to maintain stability and protect its own rights and interests, people in the world had to find their own solutions. What emerged from this was more and more brave and fierce warriors in the world, and more and more prosperity.
Jianghu sect.
Guangzhou Wushan, the Thunder Sword Sect, is recognized as the Thunder Sword Master in the world. The first person in swordsmanship for hundreds of years founded and took charge of it. It has an excellent reputation in several states in the hinterland of Dayan and is also famous in the world. Wherever you go,
Bandits and heroes all have to give some face, so they naturally rise to the wind and continue to grow. Now, even leaving aside the Thunder Sword Master, they are actually the largest sect in the world.
The people of Gwangju benefited from this.
In today's world, there are constant incidents of demons and ghosts everywhere, but only Gwangju is peaceful.
Even under the influence of the Thunder Sword Sect, other martial arts sects often sent disciples down the mountain to kill monsters. These good reputations naturally gave rise to the growth of the Thunder Sword Sect.
Already comparable to the Northern Long Spear Gate.
But now the Thunder Sword Master is sitting in the main hall, frowning and his eyes flickering.
The counselor below is sorting out recent matters for him:
"The storms on the sea in Langzhou have been going on for two years. People often see the Sea Dragon King appearing and making waves. The most recent one, which was also the biggest storm, was at the end of last year. It is said that someone went out to sea and saw countless dragons sucking water and hanging on them from a distance.
The sky was like a cage, and the figure of the Sea Dragon King appeared in the mist of water vapor. He was caught by a bigger water dragon and was thrown into the sea. There has been no more storms since then. People in the rivers and lakes of Langzhou said that the two gods of White Rhinoceros once entrusted people with dreams,
The Sea Dragon King has been eliminated, and there will be no more unusual storms and waves on the sea. Please feel free to go out to sea.
"At the beginning of this year, the earth dragon in the Gobi Desert in the Western Regions turned over. Some bandits said that it was not an earth dragon, but a fight between gods...
"The green city of the Western Regions was blazing with fire during the day. It was obviously early spring, but the sky suddenly became very hot. It took a while before the wind came and blew away all the heat...
"Now in Guangzhou, Emperor Tianzhong has begun to appear..."
Shu Yifan sat on the chair above, his eyes flickering, but what he remembered in his mind was that he followed his husband, walked together in Hezhou, slayed demons, and suppressed the demon king.
If anyone in the world has such power...
It must be Mr.
But who knows?
Shu Yifan shook his head.
Thinking back to those days, only in the troubled times in the north were demons and ghosts everywhere. In just a few years, monsters appeared in almost all states. However, these monsters seemed to be born naturally, and they were not like those who ate human flesh in the troubled times in the north.
The demon with human blood is so cruel, but most of them are still ignorant today.
"Emperor Tianzhong..."
Shu Yifan couldn't help but murmur to himself.
It has been more than ten years since he came to Guangzhou to establish a sect, so he naturally knows who this Emperor Tianzhong is.
This is an ancient god widely believed in and around Gwangju. The local people have believed in him for many years. As for how old it is, it is too old to be determined, but it far exceeds the age of belief in Emperor Chijin.
, maybe much more than the previous Emperor of Heaven.
But Shu Yifan had never heard of the legend about the apparition of Emperor Tianzhong.
No matter it was in the past when demons and ghosts were rampant in the north and the people of Guangzhou were in dire straits, or now when the world is in trouble and demons and ghosts appear all over the world, including Guangzhou, this emperor has never appeared to help the people.
It has always been the disciples of the Thunder Sword Sect who subjugate demons and protect the stability of the place.
Now the spirit suddenly appears, and appears in palaces and temples all over the country. Although this sounds like a good thing, the local people are also very happy, and they go to burn incense and worship the gods one after another, but it inevitably arouses his doubts.
"Why is this?"
Shu Yifan sat on it and said.
"I don't know..."
The counselor below thought he was asking himself, and quickly shook his head and said, but he did not dare to say it.
Shu Yifan didn't ask any further questions.
In fact, everyone knows it.
I'm afraid Dayan doesn't have many years left.
Shu Yifan sat still, his eyes flashing, looking back at the past, while secretly calculating the time.
"The autumn of the eighth year of Da'an..."
There are still two years, two years to go.
I must pay a visit to Yizhou in person.
…
Not only the Thunder Sword Sect, but the news of the appearance of Emperor Tianzhong in Guangzhou and its surrounding areas also spread to other places, other states, other counties, and even the central court.
Some people in the world heard about it.
Some earth gods and monsters heard about it.
Someone in the court heard about it.
…
On Ding Mountain, the crane spreads its wings at night.
Although the white crane did not need to be controlled, Sanhua Empress also stared ahead seriously, fearing that something would happen to the white crane. She did not retract her gaze until it flew halfway up the mountain towards the bright moon, and then looked back.
"Why don't you sleep here one night before leaving?" Sanhua Empress asked, "We have never walked through the night before, oh, we flew through the night."
"Save the other party from waiting too long."
"Who is the other party?"
"The ancient god of Tianshan."
"Aren't you tired from being on Ding Mountain?"
"Not too tired..."
The Taoist's voice was very calm. He paused for a moment, met the girl's concerned eyes, and said again: "It is equivalent to sleeping for two or three months."
"I see……"
Empress Sanhua nodded, no wonder she didn't sleep.
Indeed, the group seldom traveled at night.
Even if I walk at night, I walk leisurely. I picture the bright moon and stars, and the mood and scenery that are different from those in the daytime. It's like this kind of thing that I just finished something, but I don't even want to rest for a night. I want to do it immediately.
It’s rare to rush to the next place.
It's just that tonight is also the first full moon in early autumn. The autumn moon is boundless and the stars are shining. Riding on the white crane flying in the night sky seems to be walking side by side with the stars and the moon. The cool breeze is refreshing, which is also very comfortable.
"While you were in the mountains for more than two months, Sanhua Empress made several trips to Changjing. Sometimes she bought preserved egg and lean meat porridge, sometimes she bought buns and steamed buns, and she also bought candied haws and glutinous rice soup to drink. Yes.
The glutinous rice soup in a small restaurant is the best, very sweet. After drinking it and sleeping on the crane, when you wake up, you will be back on Ding Mountain. It is very comfortable."
"Sanhua Empress has also learned to enjoy life..."
"It's a magical day!"
"It's enviable..."
"Originally, Empress Sanhua had thought of it. If you came down from the top of the mountain one day and rested until the next day, Empress Sanhua would go to Changjing to buy good food for you to eat! Oh, yes, Empress Sanhua will take advantage of you.
When we were on the mountain, we also went to the foot of the mountain to help people catch monsters, and I earned some money, so I can go to the most expensive store in Changjing to buy some delicious food!"
"It's so troublesome, Miss Sanhua..."
"Sanhua Empress has a crane!"
"But even if there are cranes, they still have to fly to the deserted mountains outside Changjing City, and then run to Changjing. Now that the horse is not with Empress Sanhua, it will be quite strenuous to go back and forth."
“No effort!”
"That means I have let down Empress Sanhua's kindness."
"It doesn't matter!"
The girl answered simply.
Just after I finished answering, I suddenly saw a spot of light below.
Under the moonlight, the tall city walls surrounded a huge square city. There were countless houses, so many streets and alleys, countless bridges and shops, many courtyards, groups of palaces, pavilions and pavilions, and countless lights gathered together to form a large square city.
This is the most prosperous city in the world.
"where is that?"
Empress Sanhua asked blankly.
"It's Changjing..."
The Taoist sat cross-legged and stared below.
Under the bright moon, the white crane has an elegant figure, slowly flapping its wings, and flies over Changjing in the moonlight.
There were still pedestrians on the street who had not returned, and there were poets and literati on the rooftops admiring the moon, as well as Taoists watching the stars. Idle people raised their heads, and the Taoists looked down at them. They were also surprised to see the cranes flying under the moon.
Another Yin God military attache appeared from the top of the temple, holding a weapon and looking wary, staring at the crane above. The City God was also alarmed by it and appeared in person. He also looked at the sky. After seeing who was on the crane, the military attache and the City God
They all raised their hands and saluted upwards.
The Taoist also returned the courtesy in the air.
At this time, Changjing was covered with moonlight.
The sound of thousands of households pounding clothes in the city.
…
Early the next morning, Heyuan, Hezhou.
A red sun came out from the east. The red light dyed the autumn colors and morning fog on the ground, illuminating a flat plain of grassland.
The white land that was once covered with three feet of snow has now been restored to hundreds of miles of fertile farmland. The harvest has just been completed, and there are still golden stubbles on the ground, making the land also golden.
Around Heyuan, there are temples at regular intervals that are still preserved, and the statues inside are all intact. Some of them still have incense. Every year, a large number of people still come to burn incense, which records that the gods once tried their best to seal off this place.
The past of the Demon King. In the plain, where some of the original human-shaped stone piles were, someone built a temple again, but they didn’t know who they were worshiping.
But in the middle of this land that should have been flat and boundless, with no big undulations, a rocky mountain suddenly appeared——
The stone mountain is towering, strange and beautiful. There is a monument on the mountain and a temple in front of the mountain. In front of the monument and in front of the temple, there are many freshly burned incense. The morning mist envelopes the stone mountain and is gradually dispersed by the morning light.
There is a Taoist priest under a small pine tree on the top of the mountain.
The Taoist's body was soaked with mist.
The cranes, swallows and cats were all gone.
Until the morning sun jumps out of the water vapor clouds in the sky, the sunlight it casts suddenly becomes brilliant and bright, and the temperature it carries with it is completely dissipated by the mist in just a moment, leaving the world clear and clear.
During the Qingming Festival, there are white clouds floating overhead again.
"Rumble..."
It looked like just ordinary cumulus clouds, solid, thick, and clustered together, but there was a faint sound of war drums that ordinary people couldn't hear.
The Taoist finally opened his eyes.
Look up to the sky——
The cumulus clouds are divided into several pieces and surround them from different directions, some are large and some are small, some are high and some are low. On many cumulus clouds are the figures of priests and generals. Among them, there is a small cloud at the front and highest point, standing on the cloud.
There was an old man wearing an ancient white robe. The old man's beard and hair were all white. Looking down, he had an indifferent expression.
Many priests and generals also looked at the Taoist.
The pomp this time was obviously extraordinarily grand.
"There are some people below who live very close to each other. I have entrusted a dream to the county officials and asked them to evacuate. You are all gods, so please wait for three more days." The Taoist, however, was not afraid at all and said to the people above.
"..."
The old man still looked down at him, expressionless.
But he didn't refuse.
Indeed, as the Taoist said——
There are all gods in the clouds. At least on the surface, gods must put virtue first. How can they behave the same as mortals?
After the Taoist finished speaking, he closed his eyes.
When the sky got brighter, officials came down on horseback and left with people from several nearby villages. Before leaving, some people even came to the foot of the mountain to burn incense and pray for blessings, but they didn't know who they were praying for.
Three days is just a blink of an eye.
This book will probably be finished within a month. At the end of this month or at the beginning of next month, I will write an extra chapter about Sanhua Empress’s modern travel story, which will probably be tens of thousands of words. As for today’s extra chapter, it is actually a year-end activity of Qidian.
, I originally thought it would be released at the end of this month or the beginning of next month, because it was called a year-end event, but it turned out to be earlier than expected. However, this is also an extra chapter that Jasmine wanted to write a long time ago. It does not belong to the main text itself. Everyone likes it.
Just watch it. If you don’t like it, just pretend you haven’t seen it. It doesn’t cost any money anyway, it’s just for fun.