Longcheng relies on the water and is a natural shipping place. It is rich and fertile, and the natural scenery at night is brighter than it is at night.
Long lanterns hang on both sides of the market, disturbing pedestrians.
Where the Long River is wide, buildings, boats, and boats meet each other, as if another street has been laid out on the river.
"roar!"
Roaring like thunder
The whole Long County was shaken like an earthquake.
Shocked, countless people in the county who had closed their doors and turned off the lights lit candles.
Longcheng County Government was the first to bear the brunt.
The magistrate's aura was completely released, and his eyes were like torches looking towards the direction of Longshan Mountain.
The dancing pavilions, boats, and singers and dancers were also startled by the vibrating sound.
The people on the boat, whether they were handsome young men or wealthy businessmen, all stuck their heads out. From the dignitaries to the traders and footmen, they were all awakened by the loud noise.
"Could it be that the earth dragon turned over?"
"It shouldn't be such a big noise."
"Could it be that some big demon has awakened?"
"Bah, bah, bah."
"Don't want a crow's mouth."
"..."
The police patrolling the streets and the garrison guarding the city cheered up.
The general in the warm bed was woken up by the clerk, pushed aside the beauty beside him, quickly put on his clothes and rushed to the Yamen.
The burly imperial envoy frowned: "Why is there such a strange movement?"
The county magistrate standing beside him pondered a little and said, "Could it be that there was some accident at Longshan that made that man so angry that the noise in the cave affected the county town."
The burly imperial envoy had doubts in his heart and did not intend to think too much: "You stay here, I will come back as soon as I go."
He was very confident in the one guarding Longshan, but confidence was confidence. If he couldn't see it with his own eyes, he would still be nervous.
Fortunately, Longshan is not far from the county seat, and with his cultivation level, it doesn't take much time to go back and forth.
…
The ghost figure in front of the soul banner froze.
The thing on the other side was tearing Zhang Xincheng's soul apart.
The strength of his incarnation is too weak, and he has no strength to take it away.
He opened his mouth and said: "Chi Xuan, continuing this stalemate is not an option."
Zhang Xincheng's soul was tightly held by Chi Xuan, but his strength was not enough to support him, so he could only watch his body being dragged by the soul.
In just a few breaths, he was already ten feet away from where he was.
"What good advice does the old practitioner have?"
"Let the soul enter the flag."
Upon hearing this, Chi Xuan fell into deep thought.
He was not sure what the consequences would be if he entered the banner, but in that big city, he saw many Yin gods. Many people there had higher cultivation than him, but they had lost their minds.
Whether to watch Zhang Xincheng's soul being dragged away without a trace, or whether to let him enter the flag and become the soul inside, but he could not retain his sanity.
Neither of these two options is easy to choose.
"Taoist Priest, how is my brother?"
"He's fine."
Chi Xuan didn't know how to tell him. He felt that he had influenced the fate of the two brothers.
"That's good."
"That's good……"
Zhang Xincheng's face was slightly distorted by the tearing, but there wasn't much he said: "Taoist Priest, don't blame yourself, and don't blame Boss Chen. My father said that everyone is destined to die."
"It is destiny and cannot be changed by human power."
Seeing Zhang Xincheng's painful expression, Chi Xuan was stunned on the spot.
Finally he nodded and said, "I don't blame myself."
"Old Xiuxian, I don't want him to go back."
This is the choice Tu Shanjun heard.
The ghost figure turned back and approached, pulled up the soul-revering flag standing in the center of the altar, waved it violently, placed the flag on Zhang Xincheng's head, and said in a low voice: "How dare you compete with me for your soul!"
The soul flag was covered, and Zhang Xincheng's soul was absorbed into it.
As the figure in front of him disappeared, Chi Xuan was not immersed in sadness. He looked around and saw that there were many boys and girls in the wooden cages and said, "I want to save them."
Tu Shanjun glanced at it and said, "It's too late."
"The incense enters the body and is entangled with life. They can no longer survive. Even if they can barely survive, they will live in pain in the future and will only seek ways to kill themselves."
"And, with your current strength, you simply can't take them away."
Chi Xuan was stunned on the spot, and suddenly burst out laughing. There was sadness in his laughter, and he pointed at the soul flag in front of him: "If I unseal the seal of this thing and let the old practitioner out, can I rescue these trapped children?"
?”
Tu Shanjun sneered: "You are too weak."
There is no seal at all, he is the Soul Reverend Banner, he is this magic weapon.
Putting aside these things, even if there is a so-called seal, what can a third-level Qi practitioner do?
Nothing can be done.
"I gave you a large amount of scriptures and spells, but you didn't practice them, and you didn't eat the elixirs given to you. You cheated and acted secretly, and relied on a little cleverness to think that you could hide from me. In fact, what you did will only harm you in the end.
It's you."
"You are too weak."
"No one can save me."
"You can't save Zhang Xincheng, you can't save these children, and you can't save your damn world."
"It doesn't matter, this world doesn't belong to me anyway."
"It has nothing to do with me that he killed his people."
Tu Shanjun's voice was not harsh, nor was his tone sinister. He even sounded very calm, as if he was really indifferent. However, Chi Xuan felt as if he was being pricked with blood by countless sharp thorns.
Chi Xuan opened his eyes, and the impatience in his eyes calmed down. The arrogance in his body that had grown due to his improvement in strength was also completely eliminated. He already understood and understood his powerlessness.
He bowed his hands and said, "Zhang Tianbao."
"Sincerely, be taught!"
Tu Shanjun threw out a bunch of spiritual talismans, and there were dozens of them in one hand, and they were posted in the cave. His body merged into the soul flag and said: "It's time for us to leave. That thing was awakened, and the county government will react soon."
Chi Xuan took the soul flag, and the magic robe on his body made him levitate in mid-air under the influence of mana.
He walked upwards, paused for a moment, and looked back behind him. Finally, he turned around unbearably and turned into a ray of light that blended into the earth wall in front of him.
He already knew the whole story from Zhang Xincheng's mouth.
Rather than letting them be eaten by giant beasts, it would be better to blow up the cave and let them sleep here.
At the moment of escaping, Chi Xuan controlled the spiritual talisman and robe to fly outside Long County.
A talisman was thrown from his body and he rushed into the county government office, and then got into the underground of the county government office.
As the lines on the talismans flowed, the talismans posted in the cave responded together and intertwined into a huge talisman.
boom,
boom.
Boom.
A huge roar came from underground.
The entire county government office suddenly sank five or six feet, and the surrounding terrain converged toward the county government office.
There was no fire, let alone any fireworks, only the vibration after the muffled sound.
"What!"
The magistrate of Longxian County yelled and opened his spiritual consciousness, trying to see what was going on underground in the county government office, but there was only darkness left there.
He dived like crazy, nervously and eagerly searching for the incense.
He frantically dug into the ruins of underground caves, hoping to find what he was looking for.
"No?"
"Why are they all gone?"
"Was it swept away by Ran Fu or stolen by someone else."
"Where?"
"Where on earth is it!"
The angry and frightened screams of the Long County magistrate echoed through the ruins of the cave.
I kept digging, but not only could I not find the incense, but it seemed that everything had turned into dust and dust at that moment, with nothing remaining.
How could he explain to the court without offering incense?
Losing the incense is a capital offense.
…
Chi Xuan sighed and was about to fly to Jixian County. This incident made him understand his own weakness and also made him stop being anxious and arrogant. His advancement in cultivation was nothing at all.
He is no match for the county magistrate. When facing the cave monks, he can only rely on the demon king.
Fortunately, it was not too late for him to wake up.
He pretends to be a profound Taoist in front of the people, travels around the comrades and yamen, and seems to be smooth in dealing with things, as if he is well-rounded and will not suffer losses, but in fact he has no power, and the other party does not take it seriously.
When he really touches the core interests, the other party will not care about anything.
"careful."
With the reminder in his ears, You Zai, Chi Xuan stopped abruptly and looked straight ahead.
It was a burly man in black attire, holding a ghost-headed sword in his hand. His eyes were green, like an evil ghost in the night. His eyes passed over Chi Xuan, who was wearing a magical talisman robe.
"You want to leave now?"
A sudden sound came from the big man's mouth.
"He didn't notice you, so hold your breath and avoid him." Tu Shanjun's voice transmission did not stop: "He came after the breath of the magic talisman. He is just deceiving you. Don't agree randomly."
Chi Xuan's indifferent voice made Chi Xuan feel relieved.
He thought his aura was exposed again.
If it were in the past, he would definitely not have such worries, because he is also an old man and will not be easily intimidated.
However, the world he has seen recently and the world he lived in before seem to be two completely different worlds.
He even doubted whether with his cultivation level, he could be recognized by any monk he met.
Chi Xuan restrained all his aura and tightened the talismans of his spiritual talisman.
The two of them just staggered apart.
Even though he was far away, Chi Xuan didn't unlock the concealment talisman.
He was worried that the other party would catch up again.
Looking back at Longxian, who was running wild behind him, Chi Xuan murmured softly: "I won't just let it go, I will definitely make you pay the price."
"Old practitioner, I was pressed for time just now, so I didn't ask what incense is."
"I wonder if Old Cultivation can help me clear up my doubts?" Chi Xuan has always remembered this matter, but he only asked about it now.
Tu Shanjun asked: "Do you really want to know?"
"Um."
"Then I will tell you."
"..."
Listening to Tu Shanjun talking about the memories retrieved from Ran Fu's soul, Chi Xuan felt a chilling feeling of horror.
This was something he had never heard of before.
The Great Cang Dynasty has been standing for thousands of years, and it actually feeds on the incense of the human world.
The higher the rank of official, the higher the salary.
Tu Shanjun only talked about the things in the soul's memory, and did not discuss other things about the incense and its power in detail.
Only now did Chi Xuan realize, no wonder Tu Shanjun said that their world deserves to die.
"Destiny."
"Da Cang Dynasty?"
Chi Xuan turned back to look in the direction of Long County, unspeakable emotions surged, and he could only hear a soft chant: "The blue sky is not destiny."
