Evening.

Gong Xingyun sat on an unnamed hill in Caozhuang, the capital of Jiang.

Playing with a piece of jade in his hand, Gong Xingyun's eyes glanced at an altar that had long been abandoned not far in front of him from time to time.

“…… No wonder, I said that the stars move Beidou and Tiangang are not visible, but why those fools here are not moving, is it because of this thing? ”

The jade he held in his palm was covered with sludge.

Last night, the stars were in chaos, and Gong Xingyun hurriedly left Mu Yue's house to check here, and it wasn't until just now that he found this piece of jade.

Before, I wondered why the chaos of the celestial phenomena did not attract the attention of the local [Chongdao Palace] branch personnel, and it was only after finding this piece of jade that Xingyun realized that it was this piece of jade that shielded the heavenly machine.

Of course, the jade is very old, and even if the heavenly machine is shielded, it will not be able to hide from Gong Xingyun, but the ordinary Dao monarchs of those branches will not be able to find anything abnormal no matter what.

“…… Could it be that Master already knew about it, so he sent me here? ”

Before this, Gong Xingyun had always been puzzled by one thing, that is, why the master would send him to Jiangdu.

If it was just a simple spiritual vein seal, the personnel of the branch here would be completely competent.

Gently wiping the jade in the palm of his hand, the inscription on it, which was originally covered by sludge, appeared in front of Gong Xingyun's eyes.

It is a [Sui] character.

“…… Hey, it looks like it's a bit of a problem. ”

Gong Xingyun pursed his lips and took out a handful of talismans from the small satchel beside him.

Throwing a handful of talismans into the sky, these talismans did not fall back to the ground, but began to emit red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and purple light respectively.

Seven talismans were arranged around the altar, and seven pillars of light of different colors soared into the sky.

"Suppress it for the time being, these pillars of light should also be able to attract those guys from the local branch......"

Gong Xingyun looked at the altar not far away and muttered to himself.

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"Gone?"

Looking at the empty home, Mu Yue and Meng Zhu looked at each other.

"Nana, Yue-chan, could it be that Xiao Daojun found his way to [Chongdao Palace] and said goodbye without saying goodbye?"

Mengzhu looked a little depressed.

"Isn't that why we can't play?"

The branch of [Chongdao Palace] in Jiangdu, the periphery is open for tourists to play.

However, only the Taoist Buddha and other staff members were allowed to enter.

With Gong Xingyun's departure, Mengzhu's original plan to take the opportunity to send Gong Xingyun back to explore inside also failed.

Putting away the breakfast that was placed on the table and prepared for Gong Xingyun, Mu Yue looked at Mengzhu, who was sitting on the sofa in the living room, and shook his head and did not comfort the other party.

Sure enough, it didn't take a minute—

"Tsuki-chan Tsuki-chan! Let's go to the park after dinner! Is it good, is it good? ”

Mengzhu, who had instantly regained his vitality, jumped and pounced on Mu Yue's back, his head rubbing against the latter's cheek, with a silly smile on his face.

[I knew that you girl would always be insulated from 'frustration', 'sadness' or something......]

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Seven o'clock in the evening.

It's the end of the magic moment in the wild.

Jiangdu Caozhuang, under the nameless hills, there are a number of black cars parked at this time.

Each car has the logo of "Chongdao Palace" on its body.

At the same time, a barrier was also pulled up, and several trainees from the [Chongdao Palace] branch were in charge of maintaining order and letting the ordinary people who had come over because they were attracted by the Seven Cupola Pillars of Light leave.

"Everybody back off! Back off! Evil spirits are about to appear here! ”

"For safety, please leave as much as possible!"

……

on the hills.

Gong Xingyun was still wearing the beige hoodie, and this time he finally took off the hat on his head.

"How's it going?"

As he inquired, a man in his thirties, wearing a third-level Dao monarch uniform, with a sighing stubble on his chin, bowed his head and replied respectfully: "The preparations have been completed, the mountain sealing array has also been arranged, and several apprentice juniors are dispersing the citizens." ”

"Okay."

Nodding expressionlessly, Gong Xingyun at this time completely lost his previous posture when he was at Mu Yue's house.

The oppressive force emanating from his body made the third-level Dao Monarch Gao Yan couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

[This、Is this the power of the Eight Monarchs of Chongdao...... It's really full of majesty......]

And then—

"Goo......

Gong Xingyun's stomach suddenly made a strange noise.

He couldn't help but blush on his cheeks, who had been keeping a straight face.

After all, after leaving Mu Yue's house last night, he hasn't eaten anything.

The unkind gaze stared at Gao Yan, and then the waist bent even lower.

"Did you hear anything?"

"Nope!"

“…… Very good. ”

Nodding with satisfaction, Gong Xingyun touched his stomach in distress.

[If you're hungry, it shouldn't affect your combat effectiveness...... Probably......]

“…… Mutter...... Mutter...... Goo ......"

Gong Xingyun: "............"

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Just at the moment when the magic time was about to pass—

The entire hill shook violently suddenly, causing some low-level Dao Monarchs who were caught off guard to accidentally fall to the ground.

"It's coming!"

Gong Xingyun's eyes froze, and the figure of the Emperor Qi Sword appeared with the light on his flat raised right hand.

In the sky, heavy dark clouds began to coalesce.

Directly below the dark clouds was an old altar that had been sealed with talismans in advance.

"Great, great!"

Gao Yan struggled to keep his body from falling on the shaky hill, and after turning his slightly panicked face to Gong Xingyun, he gradually became calm.

[If this adult is here, it should be fine]

However, Gao Yan didn't know that Gong Xingyun couldn't say anything about his suffering at this moment.

[That's right...... It's a royal ...... It's a bit of a hassle now......]

Click-

The old altar suddenly cracked in the middle.

A deep purple smoke erupted from the crack, but it was blocked from leaving the altar by the sealing light shield formed by the talismans arranged around the altar.

The dark purple smoke immediately retracted after touching the light mask, and then slowly condensed, finally forming a blue-faced human form in front of everyone's eyes.

The tall body, the torn armor, and the spear in his hand exuded a burst of death.

It turned out to be the appearance of an ancient general.

The moment Gong Xingyun saw the evil spirit general, he finally confirmed his guess completely.

"The armor system of the Sui Dynasty, sure enough...... Emperor Yang of Sui is buried here! ”

"W-What!?"

Gao Yan and the Dao Monarchs around him who heard these words suddenly exclaimed.

"That evil spirit is Emperor Yang of Sui?"

"Nope."

Gong Xingyun shook his head.

"It should just be the evil spirit of the general guarding the imperial tomb, and Emperor Yang of Sui is still below."

Is it just a general?

Gao Yan felt the majesty emanating from the evil spirit general in front of him, and his heart couldn't help but lift it again.