The sky was gray.

A ray of dawn pierced the sky, through the clouds and reflected on the border wall.

Inside the small courtyard.

"It's dawn."

Yan Wu looked at Erlang's legs, looked up at the sky, and there was a barbecue bonfire in front of him, and a huge tiger leg was roasting on it.

The tiger leg is the enemy's mount, and it was brought back after being killed by Yan Wu.

"Let's go back to the imperial capital, and this time I don't know where it will be a breakthrough." Tu Sinan got up.

The breakthrough in his mouth refers to the place where strange creatures are concentrated and erupt.

Strange creatures will attack the places where people gather, they will appear outside the densely populated forces, each time it is outside the range of influence, they generally appear outside the range of each force, and will not appear inside, take the Great Qin Dynasty as an example.

The Great Qin Dynasty is very large, it has a vast territory, occupies hundreds of millions of miles of land, and is surrounded by one hundred and eight Xiongguan, and strange creatures will appear outside the Xiongguan, and they will not appear within the force.

On the day of the vigil, darkness turns outside every sphere of influence.

This is so for a reason.

This is the theory summed up by the predecessors!

Mortals often say that people have three fires, and the more people there are, the more prosperous the fire, and the demons and evil spirits cannot get close.

This is how this statement evolved.

The more people gather, the more fire will become, and if you treat people as lights, there will naturally be no darkness where the lights illuminate, so 'darkness' will only exist in no man's land.

After eons of time, the scope of each force has long been linked to this popularity.

It's not that you want to expand, but the size of your power has a lot to do with the place and the people.

Therefore, the sphere of influence, each force has been divided early, and the size of the area is demarcated according to the size of the popularity, which also causes the situation that the weird creatures will only appear outside the sphere of influence, which is not determined by the weird creatures, but artificially created.

Of course, it is not that the more people the better, on the contrary, the more people there are, the greater the danger they face, and the more popular they are, the larger the area illuminated by the lights, and the greater the light, the more strange creatures will naturally be attracted.

Strange creatures like to eat living things, so they will naturally find places where people are popular.

And the Great Qin Dynasty is very popular, the fire of popularity illuminates hundreds of millions of miles, such a huge range, there will be strange creatures in all directions, they will choose a point as a breakthrough!

That's what Tu Sinan's breakthrough meant.

"I don't know how many people will die this time." Yan Wu narrowed his eyes.

He sat up and looked into the distance, "The major forces will begin to gather the scattered people, they will migrate to the nearest city, and even those scattered in the ruined wasteland, independent cities and towns will migrate en masse, and how many forces will accept ......"

There are no accidents in the imperial forces, and generally speaking, they will survive the difficulties.

But not every force is an imperial power, just like Xiaohuaicheng, such a popular gathering place, they can't spend it safely, there are only two ways for them, one is to migrate and rely on the big forces, and the other is to resist themselves.

The first one, it's okay that the big forces have accepted it, but the most afraid thing is that the big forces are afraid that there will be too many people and will be popular, so they choose to refuse, so they can only go the second way.

The second way, can the small forces resist? Throughout the ages, countless settlements have perished on the day of vigil, which is a kind of sadness and a kind of desolation.

"Some emperors have a large sphere of influence, and they will choose to accept it if they need to be filled with popularity." Xia Post spoke out.

If the big forces refuse, they can only take the second path.

However, there are also forces that will expand through this, and many people will enter.

"Then you have to meet it just right."

Yan Wu shook his head.

Some of the agglomerations are in a very bad location, and the targets they want to migrate to are not accepted by the big forces in the vicinity, what should they do?

"Sometimes I wonder, if heaven and earth are unified, this will be the case?" Yan Wu whispered, and his eyes became blurry.

The ruined wasteland is unified, the popularity is condensed, the fire of popularity burns, illuminating the heavens, they can even kill him into the darkness and kill him upside down, this is his fantasy.

"Hey."

Yan Wu said and sighed.

This fantasy is destined to be only a fantasy.

"Let's go back." Fang Xuan's gentle voice sounded.

The group of them embarked on the journey to the imperial capital, and only the teleportation array of the imperial city could reach the border as soon as possible and go to the border place they wanted.

……

The major forces are all self-quiet.

The strong go out of their sphere of influence to absorb the people and agglomerations scattered across the land.

It is also a force that stabilizes itself, ignores the outside world, and prepares for the vigil.

The gates of the major border cities of the Great Qin Dynasty were opened, and tens of thousands of people walked into the Great Qin, they were scattered in the ruined wasteland, and there were also people from the towns who migrated en masse.

From the beginning of the news of the coming vigil, word of mouth spread that the ruined wasteland had been known for the arrival of vigil day.

"We're also going to start migrating to Daqin."

Xiao Huaicheng Zhang Niu spoke up.

As early as when Great Qin and the Southern Dou God Dynasty were fighting, the people of Xiaohuai City were preparing to migrate, and now that the vigil day came, they immediately made a decision to go to Great Qin!

It's not just Zhang Niu...... The people and gathering places scattered outside the four borders of the Great Qin Dynasty all began to flock to Great Qin, and absolutely some of them chose Great Qin, and only a small number went to Feixian and Nandou.

The Empress's Palace.

Its subordinate cities also began to act.

At the same time, the elders of the palace constantly inspected the defensive formations on the place where the Empress Palace was dominated, checking for mistakes.

There were many female cultivators in the Empress Palace, and there was also a huge flow of people who came to Hongxuan City.

The Xiling Holy Land, like the Empress Palace, continues to absorb female monks.

And in the regions under them, the major families have received orders, and the strong ones have walked out of the retreat and stepped out of the cave to gather the gathering place and people......

In the hands of each imperial power there is a huge sand table.

There is a little bit of starlight on the sand table, which is popularity and the fire of popularity, and you can use the sand table to see how strong the fire of popularity of their forces is, and how much territory it illuminates.

Some people looked at the firelight and waved people to continue to gather people in, and some people ordered not to admit people in.

One order after another came from the mouths of the decision-makers of the major emperors.

Great Qin Dynasty.

In the area of the Imperial Capital Teleportation Array, a huge Teleportation Array platform flickered.

There are a few figures in it.

There are men in white, little girls, and cats......

"I'm back in the imperial capital again." Yan Wu took a deep breath, sighed on his face, and went to the border for ten days as if he were in a different world.

"Let's go, I'll take you to my palace."

Tu Sinan said with a smile, and walked towards King An's Mansion with a step.

And at this time, a figure appeared, and it was Tiangang!

Tiangang saluted Fang Xuan and Tu Sinan, "Mr. Fang, His Royal Highness Sinan, Gongzi Yan, the emperor is invited." ”

He said a passage, it was Xia Chunqiu who invited them to be like the palace.

Fang Xuan bowed his head and smiled gently at Tiangang, "There is Lao Tiangang to lead the way." ”

"Don't dare, it's the duty of subordinates." Tiangang returned the salute, there was no change in emotion on his face, not that he didn't want to make an expression, but that he was paralyzed, a real facial paralysis.

"Even me, please? It just so happens that I also want to meet this virtuous monarch among the people, the emperor among the virtuous lords. ”

Yan Wu bared his teeth and smiled.

Xia Chunqiu, known as the unique ruined wasteland, has unparalleled wisdom and wisdom like a demon!

single-handedly led the collapse of the rival Dao system 'Cang Yan Que', which had been inherited for millions of years, so that the forces such as the Flying Immortal God Dynasty and the Southern Dou God Dynasty could not react, and could only watch Cang Yan Que perish.

Its wisdom is the first in the ages, and its virtue is also praised by everyone, when he was the prince of Daqin, there was a big man who came to Daqin, and after seeing Xia Chunqiu, he said golden words, Xia Chunqiu will be a wise monarch through the ages in the future.

Among his peers, Xia Chunqiu stood at the top.

He didn't use force, he was just a mortal, but he was side by side with those heavenly pride in the cultivation world, or even surpassed.

"Yan Gongzi can be good friends with Mr. Fang, which is naturally extraordinary, and the emperor is also invited." Tiangang Dao, this sentence only had one praise, but it praised Yan Wu and Fang Xuan at the same time.

It's a compliment, but it's also a fact.

Who is Fang Xuan, and the people who are good friends with him are themselves telling about the extraordinary.

After speaking, Tiangang bowed and walked in front to lead the way.

Nothing to say along the way.

The palace garden, on the pavilion where Fang Xuan and Xia Chunqiu met at the beginning.

A young man stood up in it, wearing an imperial robe, smiling, and his posture was straight and well-proportioned, with a faint majesty but no sense of distance, as if Emperor Wen was alive.

Xia Chunqiu stood at the entrance of the pavilion and looked at the end of the garden path.

At this time.

Tiangang appeared, and behind him were Fang Xuan, Yan Wu, and Tu Sinan.

Without saying much, Xia Chunqiu walked up the steps, he walked straight towards everyone, and immediately made an apology.

"If you can't come to the door in person, please be rude and sloppy!" Xia Chunqiu apologized and did not personally invite him to make amends.

Fang Xuan smiled lightly.

He could tell that his voice was sincere, and there was no deception at all.

"Spring and Autumn are too worried." Fang Xuan was helping Xia Chunqiu up, and his elegant voice confided, "I know your difficulties, friends understand each other, how can we talk about rudeness and neglect?" ”

"Hehe, you are Fang Xuan's friend, naturally you are my friend." Yan Wu grinned, even if he was in the Great Qin Palace, he was not restrained at all, and he was calm.

Listening to Fang Xuan's rhetorical question, Yan was speechless, Xia Chunqiu smiled in return, and did not say anything more on this issue.

"I don't talk about this ceremony, but there is a gift that you can't not accept." Xia Chunqiu said.

As he spoke, he looked at Fang Xuan, Yan Wu, and Xia You.

"You are kind to my Great Qin, and the Spring and Autumn Festival represents Great Qin."

Silence.

Xia Chunqiu shook his hands, his face was serious and solemn.

In this regard, Fang Xuan did not support Xia Chunqiu and let him bow and thank him.

The etiquette between friends can be easily diluted, but there is no need to shirk this kind of thank-you gift Fang Xuan, he does have the qualifications to accept it, and he is not a hypocritical person, if he helps, he will help, and it is normal to accept this gift.

"Hey, by the virtuous lord, it seems that there will be a foundation for boasting in the future." After watching Xia Chunqiu worship, Yan Wu winked at Xia Chunqiu and said lightly.

"In the Spring and Autumn Period, I should not have the reputation of the three words of virtuous and virtuous lord in the mouth of Yan Gongzi."

Xia Chunqiu shook his head and smiled.

It's not that he is modest, but he himself thinks so, from beginning to end, he didn't hide the look on his face, he looked approachable, gentle as jade, but he was somewhat similar to Fang Xuan.

"I have prepared a wine banquet, I rarely have time to have a drink with Fang Xuan and you today."

"Is this wine mixed with water?" Fang Xuan raised his eyebrows and chuckled.

"Haha, this is nature, Sinan's secret recipe I have always used to implement it."

Xia Chunqiu generously admitted, and he was proud.

See this scene.

Yan Wu has a strange complexion.

"My secret recipe ......" Tu Sinan patted Yan Wu on the shoulder and answered it with a smile.

Hearing this, Yan Wu couldn't cry or laugh a little.

It's also a funny person.

In his heart, his evaluation of Xia Chunqiu was raised a few points, and if nothing else, this 'shamelessness' was enough to make Yan Wu have a good impression of him.

Wine table.

After everyone toasted each other for a few rounds, Xia Chunqiu spoke, "I heard Sinan say, Fang Xuan, you want to go into darkness on the day of the vigil?" ”

He said it very seriously, and his brow couldn't help but furrow slightly.

After receiving Fang Xuan's response affirming this matter, Xia Chunqiu's brows furrowed even deeper.

"This time, the number of people in Daqin is expected to exceed 100 million, the fire of popularity is strong, and the difficulties faced are more than three times that of other Dao systems, among them, there must be a strange attack from the Holy Realm, not one or two ......"

The fire of Great Qin's popularity is the most vigorous in the ruined wasteland, and there is no one.

Every time, strange creatures from the Holy Realm will appear, and this time will be no exception, and even more than ever.

The fall of Great Qin is compared to before, there were many strong people in the past, but they couldn't withstand the consumption and died a lot, as for the population, it didn't decrease much, Great Qin fought again and again, so that more warriors and mortals entered this dynasty and joined this dynasty.

So there are more people than ever before!

If Daqin has a future, if it can survive this life, there will inevitably be a qualitative leap, and the glorious heyday will come.

Because of this, Fang Xuan had to face countless strange creatures when he entered the 'darkness', and the more weird creatures there were, the stronger the 'darkness' became, and he would quickly get lost in the darkness.

"I don't want to." Fang Xuan spoke.

Xia Chunqiu sighed.

"Is there a way for Great Qin to resist this time on the night vigil?" Fang Xuan didn't seem to want to be redundant on this topic and diverted the topic.

Hearing this, Tu Sinan looked at Xia Chunqiu.

Yan Wuyi looked at it, they all wanted to know this question, and it was also one of the reasons for coming to the imperial capital, Daqin would accept a lot of people every year, and a lot of people would die, and now there were many wars and many casualties, is there any hope in the face of vigil?

"The number of night watchmen has been increasing over the years and has never stopped." Xia Chunqiu said, "What I believe in is being able to resist." ”

Night watchman.

It has been a group since ancient times.

They exist for the vigil day, and they are extinguished because the vigil day is silent.

Tracing the history of the Night's Watch can be said to be the Harmony Era, the years before eternity......

Each faction will have night watchmen, they train night watchmen, there are special methods, methods against strange creatures, these people have dedicated their lives to the night watch.

In the earliest years, there are clear historical records, the night watchmen are a special group, they do not belong to any force, independent in the world, on the day of the vigil they will appear to fight strange creatures, they spread the law and magic power specifically for strange creatures.

This is why the major forces have begun to cultivate night watchmen for the vigil day.

Therefore, the night watchmen of the major forces come from the same origin, so the night watchmen are divided into two kinds, one is the beginning of the night watch, the other is the night watchman, the former refers to the earliest group of people, those who spread the law against strange creatures.

In the beginning, the night watchman was very mysterious, calling himself a sinner, calling himself a night watchman.

About them, no one can say clearly.

There are too many mysteries in this world, taboo stone statues, immortals, night watchmen, and night watchmen......

The Night's Watch is the real living 'mystery'.

It is also the only force that existed and survived from the historical fault line, thousands of years ago!

The reason why they say this is because they know about the vigil day, and they know about strange creatures.

The timing of the vigil is uncertain, sometimes every hundred years, sometimes three or four thousand years, sometimes ...... Time is chaotic and irregular, and can only be calculated by the Heavenly Machine Immortal Master.

And the night watchmen are even more terrifying, they are more mysterious than the group of heavenly machine immortals in the Tianji Tower, and they can know the years and times when the next vigil will appear for a long time in advance, and they will notify the major forces in advance and start cultivating the vigil day, and there is no mistake.

The night watchmen of the major forces were all trained at the suggestion of the night watchman at the beginning, but they don't exist all the time!

After all, the existence of the night watch is very difficult, they need to abandon their relatives, abandon their friends, and devote themselves to the future vigil.

Listening to Xia Chunqiu's words, Fang Xuan's eyes flickered, "The twelve hours at the beginning of the vigil are the most difficult moments, and they are more difficult than ever. ”

Hear the words.

Everyone present was shocked.

"Did you count anything?" Xia Chunqiu said in a low voice, as for the matter of Fang Xuan being a Heavenly Machine Immortal Master, Kuang Chenghei had already passed the news to him, so he asked like this.

"The tragedy of Qingxuan's vigil will happen again."

"What?!"

Everyone present was shocked.

The 'Qingxuan Vigil Day' in Fang Xuan's mouth is a special day, one of the few vigils that has been given a name.

Qingxuan Vigil Day refers to the vigil day when Emperor Qingxuan Gu walked into the darkness, and history records that there were no strange creatures on that vigil day, which is actually biased, because there were strange creatures on that vigil day, and at first the strange creatures came out, but they were all killed and slaughtered by Emperor Qingxuan Gu alone.

The Qingxuan Ancient Emperor is 4.2 million years old.

In those years, the number of strange creatures at the beginning was unimaginably large, and it was completely the peak number group, that is, the number reached after twelve hours.

According to the algorithm of increasing every three hours, what kind of number will it be after twelve hours?

If it weren't for the Qingxuan Ancient Emperor in those years, the ruined wasteland would have sunk.

If Fang Xuan's words were true, it would be a dark catastrophe, a turmoil that would destroy most of the civilizations.

"Are you going to the darkness not just to get something?"

Yan Wu thought of what Fang Xuan was going to do during the vigil, and his heart trembled.

This sentence comes out.

The garden became quiet, except for the cool autumn breeze......

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