In the fourth year of Sheng Yuan Dynasty, it was the second day of February.
The warm spring breeze always makes people feel comfortable. The aftertaste of cold winter has disappeared in the south of Kyushu. The buds of early spring indicate the recovery of all things.
"When I was in Xiangzhou, I still felt a little cool, but when I arrived in Yangzhou, the sun in early spring was so fierce."
The old man who drove the car wiped the sweat from his forehead with a sweat towel. His face looked a bit depressed because of the dust. He only wore a big coat and he was open-minded.
Hum...hum...
The old horse that was pulling seemed to be tired, and even the sound of the horse's hooves had slowed down a bit.
Listening to the old man's heavy breathing, the old man laughed and said: "It turns out that you, a beast, can't hold it anymore, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"Old Gong, find a place to rest." The owner's voice came from the sedan.
The old man nodded.
"Thank you, my master." As he said that, the old man put another whip on the old horse's butt. "You old horse, why don't you thank my master for your generosity?"
While he was talking, there was a sudden commotion on the road ahead.
Soon, the old man saw a figure flying in the air, jumping out of the forest on the side and heading straight in his direction.
"It's a monk." The old man exclaimed and quickly tightened the horse's rope to stop.
But then, the ground shook again.
Winter! Winter! Winter!
As the earth trembled, trees continued to collapse in the direction of the forest where the monk appeared.
In the blink of an eye, a giant beast more than twenty meters long appeared, chasing the flying monk.
"Master, it's not good!" The old man's eyes widened and his face turned pale with fear.
The owner of the sedan also opened the curtain and looked stupidly at the man and the monster in front of him chasing after them, getting closer and closer to them.
Finally, the fleeing monk came closer.
"Get out of the way, don't block the road!"
The monk's voice fell and he casually struck out with a sword.
This was the last scene the old man, his family, and the panting old horse saw.
They were still wondering until the last moment. They knew clearly that you were in heaven and they were on earth, so what was blocking the way?
And the traces of their existence were completely flattened when the giant beast passed by, and the flesh and blood merged with the soil. The only thing left was the sawdust of the carriage scattered everywhere.
...
"Speaking of which, this is my first time coming to Yangzhou."
On the official road, Lin Ji and Lu Zhaoer walked side by side, while A Ling sat on Lin Ji's shoulder. With the vibration of Lin Ji's walking, his body swayed, but he slept extremely peacefully.
There was also the faint sound of snoring.
On both sides of the road, there are large areas of farmland. In early spring, it is already the time for farming.
"When I was in Weizhou, I read the news coming from Beijing. When talking about Yangzhou, there were always disputes between various families. They said that the Yangzhou families were running rampant and were more powerful than Jian Tiansi. There is such a thing
"?" Lin Ji asked.
"Absolutely." Lu Zhaoer nodded and said, "Da Qin can't even control Xiangzhou, let alone Yangzhou, which is across from Xiangzhou? The Tiantiansi in Yangzhou is probably not much different from the decoration. At least when I came here a few years ago,
That’s it.”
Lu Zhaoer said: "In addition to slaying demons and demons, Supervisor Tiansi elsewhere also has the responsibility of supervising the four directions, but in Yangzhou, it is not their turn to slay demons and demons."
"How do you say that?" Lin Ji was a little curious.
"Yangzhou is too close to the Demon Kingdom. It is not a big deal to see demons in human form interacting with the human race everywhere in Yangzhou. In addition, various aristocratic families in Yangzhou also have interactions with the Demon Kingdom, so various
Fang agreed on many rules.”
Speaking of this, Lu Zhaoer's face looked a little strange.
"So speaking of it, although there are many demon clans in Yangzhou, they don't cause much trouble. Compared with the demons scattered throughout Jiuzhou, I have to say that the demon clans in the demon country do know a lot more rules."
Hearing this statement, Lin Ji burst out laughing.
"The difference between domesticated and wild."
"It's quite appropriate for you to say that." Lu Zhaoer also chuckled twice.
While the two were chatting and laughing, there suddenly was some commotion ahead.
A motorcade was rushing in their direction like crazy. The grooms driving the car were all pale with fright, but they didn't even need to wave their whips, and the horses they were pulling were already moving as fast as flying.
In the carriages of these trucks, there were strong men accompanying the convoy constantly throwing goods to both sides of the road, for fear that the speed would be a little slower.
When passing by Lin Ji, someone reminded him: "There's a monster in front of you, run away!"
Hearing this, Lin Ji raised his eyebrows slightly.
"Whatever you say, don't you mean that the monsters in Yangzhou know the rules?"
"There must be some exceptions." Lu Zhaoer was also speechless.
Lin Ji shrugged and said with a smile: "I want to go see the excitement, but there's no need. It's coming faster than I thought."
Before he finished speaking, he saw a monk flying in the air in the distance ahead, approaching his location along the official road.
Behind the monk, a gigantic beast rushed forward, with a sound that was like a mountain collapsing and the earth splitting apart.
In the blink of an eye, the monk was close.
"Don't block the road!" The monk didn't even blink, and just dropped his sword.
Before Lin Ji could take action, Lu Zhaoer on the side winked at Lin Ji.
Lin Ji understood immediately, waved his hand, and a large sword as tall as a man appeared in mid-air.
Lu Zhaoer jumped up, holding the big sword with both hands, and the spiritual energy all over his body flowed and converged on the blade, and he faced the monk's sword light.
clang!
The sword light was blocked by the blade, but Lu Zhaoer was also shot down from mid-air and stood next to Lin Ji again.
"Huh? Night Tour Realm?" The monk in the sky did not expect anyone to be able to block his sword, so he was overjoyed and said, "Girl, please resist the monster for a moment. I'm seriously injured, so I'll go get the rescuers right now!"
But before the Taoist priest could escape far, he suddenly froze up and felt that the spiritual energy in the world around him was squeezing him, making it difficult for him to move even an inch.
It only took him a moment to react.
"Enter the Tao!" His eyes widened suddenly, and then he looked at Lin Ji.
With just one glance, he no longer dared to look at Lin Ji, but simply landed on the ground and bowed to the end.
"Senior, please save me!"
Lin Jize ignored him for the time being and allowed him to bow.
Because on the other side, the behemoth was already approaching and stopped suddenly.
Lin Ji raised his head and looked at the huge creature.
"Young, what a coincidence."
"I took the wrong path."
The giant creature turned around and walked away, but just after taking two steps, it stopped in place like the monk behind it.
It turned back and looked at Lin Ji.
"Who is that...have you entered Taoism?"
"Um."
"We are old acquaintances, so you won't want to let me go."
After a pause, as if it felt it needed to explain something more, it spoke again.
"I have a grudge against this guy. Is it wrong to pursue him?"