The next day, Wu Zhizai slept until he woke up naturally, and when he woke up, it was already noon. He got up to fetch water and wash himself, and heard someone chatting downstairs about what adult's house had been burgled last night.

Wu Zhizai listened carefully, and only then did he hear clearly what they said was that thieves had sneaked into Taishou's mansion last night. And the strangest thing is that the thieves are not stealing gold and silver treasures, but books. I didn't steal much, only four copies.

I only heard someone say: "If you want to say that this thief can enter the mansion of Lord Taishou, that spiritual power must be extremely strong." A person with such strong spiritual power actually ran to steal the books in the Taishou Mansion?"

A man in dark gray cotton clothes said: "It is said that the thief entered the mansion quietly, and the guards in the Taishou Mansion did not find it at all, until the thief was about to run away, and there was a movement, and the guards found the thief." This is the leader of the guards in the Taishou Mansion, not to mention the level of a god. Even if a master at the level of the Great Luo Grandmaster wants to enter, he must pass him first. But he couldn't find it, and when the thief left, even if the leader of the guard found out, he couldn't catch up. It is said that the thief disappeared without a trace in an instant. Therefore, I think that thief must not only be at the level of Grandmaster Da Luo, but must be above Grandmaster Da Luo. ”

The onlookers nodded their heads one after another, feeling that it made sense. Wu Zhizai listened with interest, in fact, his Wind Spirit Inner Armor was only at the level of a Heavenly Spirit. However, relying on the Wind Spirit Inner Armor alone, you can't escape. Wu Zhizai thought to himself, what would they think if they knew that they actually didn't have any spiritual power.

Some people were puzzled, "But why did such a powerful person go to a Taishou mansion to steal books? Could it be that there is something hidden in this book?"

Everyone fell silent when they heard this, the hall was a lot quieter for a while, and Wu Zhizai also held his breath. It's as if he is also a listener to the story, not the protagonist of this matter. He wondered what else people could analyze.

The man in dark gray cotton clothes said: "I heard that in ancient times, there were some imperial dynasties, or some powerful ministers and other big people, when their dynasty or family was about to fall, there would be a treasure. And divide the map of the treasure into several parts, each hidden in several different books. ”

Everyone nodded, and one of them said: "This brother is right, it is not a bad idea to hide the map clues in the book and leave them to future generations." The master entered the Taishou Mansion to steal the book, not the gold and silver treasures, it must have been because there was a clue to a great treasure hidden in the book. ”

Wu Zhizai had to admire the brains of these people, just from the matter of stealing books, he could actually associate it with treasures. I don't know what Lord Taishou will think when he hears it, Wu Zhizai whispered to himself: "As an official, Taishou will never think the same as these market people, right?"

An Youming whispered: "This is not necessarily, maybe he thinks so too, and thinks that there is some secret in his book collection." Perhaps, he is now in his study to take a closer look at his collection to see if there are any secrets. Otherwise, how to explain that a person at the level of Grandmaster Da Luo or above went forward just to steal a few books. ”

Wu Zhizai shook his head and went back to his room.

In the past, when he was studying in the General's Mansion, Su Xiaowen also studied with him and knew a lot of words. Without Wu Zhizai's help, he could understand the content of the book.

Wu Zhizai himself doesn't use this kind of cultivation method, and he doesn't know how to practice, so he can't help Su Xiaowen, so he can only let Su Xiaowen understand it himself. Wu Zhizai also has his own cultivation method, which is to conduct physical training every day to make his body stronger. But at this time, it is not appropriate to do so.

When Su Xiaowen was practicing, Wu Zhizai picked up the book "Gods and Demons" and read it. Looking at the dilapidation of this book, it should be a very old book. So when he was flipping through it, he was very careful, for fear that he would accidentally break it.

Lan Ruo sat next to him, and Wu Zhizai told him the contents of the book as a story.

It turns out that in the ancient human period, there were no gods or demons in this world. People gather to live together and form a tribe. In ancient times, wild beasts were rampant and injured countless people.

Reading this, Wu Zhizai muttered in his heart, "It's as if there are no beasts now." ”

Wu Zhizai felt that it was wrong for him to think so, and the current people were not like the people of the ancients. People now live in the city, protected by walls. In ancient times, people lived in the wilderness, and although they gathered together, they did not have walls and enough strength to protect themselves. That's why wild beasts can run rampant and hurt people.

Nowadays, as long as people do not go to the wild, even if they live in villages, few people will be injured by wild beasts. After all, people are stronger now than they were before.

In addition to the beasts that hurt countless people, there are also various natural disasters. In order to resist the disasters of wild beasts and heaven, people finally comprehended the power of heaven one day.

The person who comprehended the power of heaven was named Yuanxi. He has mastered the power of light and darkness. He can bring light in the darkness of the night and save his people from wild beasts. He can bring darkness to his people under the scorching sun, and save them from the scorching sun.

Wild beasts hunt in the dark, and Yuanxi has the power of darkness and can see clearly in the night. The beasts that came to hunt were caught by the traps set by Yuanxi. His power of light expelled darkness for his people and brought peace to their hearts.

Under the leadership of Yuanxi, the tribe became more and more powerful, and people loved each other, took care of each other, and fought together against wild beasts and natural disasters.

Yuanxi is the first god in this world.

Suddenly, one day, a group of people came. The group of people were all fierce and vicious, like demons.

Wu Zhizai snorted in his heart, the person who wrote this book was from the Yuanxi tribe, and he was just scandalizing those enemies. In fact, those enemies are just like them, they are all people. But that's right, because history is written by the victors.

Wu Zhizai then looked down. That group of people was shrouded in black qi all over their bodies, coming from the westernmost Nine Shadows Land, they could absorb people's spiritual power, which was very weird.

Wu Zhizai and Lan Ruo glanced at each other, and they both saw the shock in each other's eyes. Wu Zhizai said: "An Youming, you are the devil from the land of the Nine Secluded Places, aren't you?"

An Youming said: "You can see clearly, it is to absorb the spiritual power of others. I haven't finished reading it yet, so don't jump to conclusions. And this book is just a storybook, don't take it that seriously. ”

Wu Zhizai said: "Originally, I also thought that this was a story book, but when I saw that I could absorb the spiritual power of others, I felt that this book was more like a book that recorded history. There is still a difference between spiritual power and spiritual law, but I was wrong. ”

An Youming said: "In fact, there are a small part of myths and legends that are real. It's just that these real things have been deified by later generations. ”

Wu Zhizai said: "Where is the need for deification, in my cognition, this world is originally a mythical world. So you're trying to say, this book I'm holding isn't a book of anecdotes, it's a history book?"

Lan Ruo was puzzled: "Xiao Zai, why is this world a mythical world in your cognition?"

Wu Zhizai thought for a while and said, "Well, this is a long story, let's continue to tell the story." ”

The group of demons from the Nine Shadows wanted to rob Yuanxi's territory and supplies, and Yuanxi had to go to war with the demons in order to protect his clansmen. The battle was fought in darkness, and the end result was that the earth withered, the rivers dried up, and all living beings lost their lives.

All this is because those demons can absorb the life force of living beings.

Does that mean that the person who is sucked into the life force will become a dry corpse?

An Youming said lightly: "Yes." ”

After just two words, there was no sound after that, and Wu Zhizai said: "So the book I am holding in my hand is really a history book? So, isn't the devil recorded in this book the Ghost Clan? Legend has it, the Ghost Clan also came from the Nine Shadows." An Youming, are you serious? The Wraiths really exist?"

At this time, An Youming was not as immodest and talkative as in the past. He was silent, and there was a solemnity in his silence.

An Youming said: "It's true. ”

Lan Ruo asked, "Xiao Zai, what is a Wraith?"

"The Wraith, the legendary devil, comes from the dark land of the Nine Shadows. At that time, when I first found out about An Youming, I went to look up the books to find out what was going on. Later, my father said that my spirit method was very similar to the Night Spirit, so I went to learn about the Night Spirit. It turns out that the Night Spirits are believed to be the descendants of the Wraith. But this is just a legend, after all, only the spirit of the night spirits is black, and the others have no similarities. ”

An Youming actually said that it was true, Wu Zhizai had countless questions in his mind, and he couldn't bear to ask. The book is not thick, and he feels that after reading the book, he will greet An Youming again.

In the end, Yuanxi led the clansmen to victory and drove the devil of the Nine Shadows back to the Nine Shadows. After the devil of the Nine Shadows returned to the Nine Shadows, the withered earth slowly recovered, and the dry rivers slowly gushed out of the ground. The earth has regained its former vitality, and all living beings continue to run and frolic happily on the earth.

Nine Shadows, in Wu Zhizai's understanding, is the underworld.