Volume 1: Prelude to the Dead Chapter 19: The Protectorate

General's Palace, in the hall.

In front of a huge sand table, eight spirit refiners were stationed in various directions, controlling every important node. With their control, bursts of spiritual light surged on this huge sand table, connecting into a dome light curtain with a round sky, directly reflecting the entire Xunyang City of Nuoda.

Around this sand table, there are still many spirit refiners who are busy coming in and out, constantly bringing in a large number of spirit stones, maintaining the operation of the entire large array.

If the negative beast at the head of Xunyang City is the most powerful attack weapon of this great array of city protection, then this sand table is the real core of this great array. This place not only controls those divine beasts, but also controls the one hundred and eight squares on the two floors of the entire Xunyang City.

The spiritual veins start from here, pass through the drum tower in the center of the south city and the bell tower in the north city and then disperse, like a neural network into every square of Xunyang City, connecting every big or small street and alley, connecting the negative beasts on the entire city.

In addition to the top of the city, on the side of many streets, on the eaves of the high pavilion, and in front of the gate of the deep house compound in Xunyang City, there are also a venerable beasts. If you don't look at them, they're just street decorations. But if the Protectorate is activated, they will be the most feared weapons of all.

In this Xunyang City, no one can escape its presence.

However, if you embed the protective array of this Xunyang City in the entire Zixuan, it is only a small node in the Zixuan Plane Array, although it is one of the four brightest nodes among them.

More than five hundred years ago, the entire Zixuan Plane Guardian Great Array was re-dredged and governed by the legendary Spirit King Yi Shizhong and the Protector Spirit King Fengyun Old Man, and the current pattern was laid.

It starts from the imperial capital Weiyang City, and is divided into four main veins: to the south through the Xunyang City, to the north through the Wind Breath Fort, to the east through the Xingtian City, to the west through the Duhua City, and then into two, divided into eight branch veins, permeating the Zixuan three passes, four palaces and twenty-eight nights, lighting up the whole world.

They are the source of the growth of all things, the foundation of spiritual growth, and the guarantee of the rights of the Empire.

Since this change of time, the great array of city protection above each node needs the seal of the Linghou issued by the imperial capital to be opened. But since the Xunyang Linghou Shi Jingtang abandoned the city and fled, the city protection spirit seal has long been gone, fortunately, Shuofeng Lingzun risked the felony of the nine clans to re-create the spirit seal, so that this Xunyang City avoided the fate of the destruction of the city.

As much responsibility as you bear, you have as much power as you have. Once the Great Array of Protectors is opened, the city and one person become one. And as long as the snowflake spirit seal is still in the hands of Shuofeng Lingzun, then in this pool, he is the only king, even General Chuanshi has to retreat.

However, as powerful as this moat array is, there will always be occasional failures that it can't do. For three days in a row, Shuofeng Lingzun had been searching for the madman who had injured General Chuanishi, but he had never found anything.

The spirits of all the spirit refiners were highly tense, and Shuofeng Lingzun had already made a fate: if they couldn't find that madman, then everyone here could only be buried in Xunyang City.

When Shuofeng Lingzun said this, his expression was indifferent and his tone was flat. But all who know and know him well know that when he shows this look, he is most serious.

In fact, no one dares to imagine the consequences behind this. Although Lingzun sent an order that General Chuanshi had been first aided by the requiem master in the city, he was no longer in serious trouble. But looking at the eerie atmosphere in front of him, who dares to say more?

This large protective array opened, swallowing the aura of the Quartet. The consumption of this spirit stone is also amazing, if it were not for the life and death situation, no one would dare to waste the already small life-saving inventory in Xunyang City.

Right now, everyone is just hoping to find that madman quickly and put an end to this. If General Chuanshi, the mainstay of this city, really falls, the spirit stones in this city will always run out one day, and at that time, I am afraid that all the people in this city will be slaughtered by the Purple Lotus rebels outside the city, and there will be no place to bury.

In the back hall of the General's Mansion, Shuo Feng's face showed this indifferent look again. He was silent about General Chuanshi's question, which was sitting on the Taishi's chair, and he didn't know how to respond.

Behind him, Xunchuan Shi's two entourage soldiers were still standing in front of the door. There were two other people standing beside him, one was the beast venerable from the abyss of sorrow, and the other was a ghostly envoy with a vague face hidden in the darkness.

The Taishi chair where Xunchuan Shi was located was enveloped and imprisoned by a layer of dark purple light curtain, and in the entire backhall of Nuoda, only these four people looked at each other, and the atmosphere seemed empty and strange.

"yes, why do you do this?" After a long time, Shuofeng finally responded to Xunchuan Shi's question. He gently recited a ballad that had been circulating in Zixuan for a long time, and the name of the ballad was "The Prophecy of Loneliness":

"The cold fire is falling, the wind and clouds are turning, and the Geng Geng galaxy is bathed in blood;

Loneliness, the gloom appears, the spiritual light is exhausted, and the heavens are chaotic;

Reincarnation, three lives and cripples, heaven and earth are not seen. ”

This is a song that all the Soul Sealers of Zixuan are familiar with, and at the awakening ceremony when the Soul Sealers step into the door of spiritual cultivation, this Song of Purple Xuan will be resounded above the ceremony and in the depths of everyone's soul. It is rumored that the higher the talent and the greater the potential of the awakened person, the louder and wider the singing of "The Lonely Message" will be.

Ten years ago, the only daughter of the current Spirit King Zixuan, the eight-year-old Zixuan Princess, Zixuan Weiyang, held an awakening ceremony in Weiyang City, and the song of "Lonely Message" resounded in the sky, instantly spreading throughout the entire Zixuan's three palaces and twenty-eight nights, almost simultaneously sounding in the depths of the souls of Zixuan's countless spiritual cultivators, and even the minds of many ordinary people who had not yet stepped into the door of spiritual cultivation suddenly heard this Zixuan holy song.

What's even more shocking is that when this ballad sounded, the guard array of the Zixuan plane was automatically opened, and the guard array of countless cities was lit up one by one. This was originally a sign of the awakening of the will of the plane, and it was also a warning that would only appear when the entire Zi Xuan was facing a catastrophe like the end of the world.

Therefore, some people say that this Zixuan Weiyang is the son of the plane that came into being. Some people also say that this may be a sign of the chaos in the Zixuan world and the coming of the end times.

When chanting this chant, Shuofeng Lingzun's tone was soft, and his expression gradually became confused: "Although I am not a spirit sealer, I can't sound this purple Xuan holy song. It's not a unicorn like Zixuan Weiyang, who can let the will of the entire plane ignite for me. But since I met the Master in Xingtian City, awakened at the age of eight, and stepped into this path of spiritual refining. In the past 30 years, I have been cultivating all the way, and I have seen a lot of scenery. ”

"It is these landscapes that have made me have my own independent judgment on the world and the fate of Zixuan's future. But it was also because of this independent judgment that I was squeezed out of the power center of the imperial capital and came to this Lufeng Mountain, becoming an unconcerned spiritual cultivator. Then, I was fortunate to meet the general, risking the destruction of the nine clans, restarting the city protection array, and becoming the tomb keeper of Xunyang City. ”

"I have never regretted all this, I respect the general as a human being, and I am willing to drive you to life and death. But unfortunately, to this day, between the general and this independent judgment, I still choose to stick to my heart. ”

Listening to Shuofeng Lingzun's answer, Xun Chuanshi sighed: "Do you really believe that your choice is right? That soul separation weapon can really change the fate of our Xunyang City and even the entire Zixuan in the future!?"

"I don't know if the general is right or the wind is right. I am not the Holy Son of Soul Refining of Tiantong Eleven Thoughts, nor am I the same as a Qilin like Zixuan Weiyang. I believe that there are people like this, and they don't dare to say that they can see everything in this world. Shuo Feng's expression perked up, and he replied loudly: "But when I woke up, Tiantong refined the Eight Thoughts of the Spirit, and was praised as a rare genius by my teacher. After meeting the old blind man and seeing those drawings, I am even more convinced that I have understood the key to it. ”

Xun Chuanshi looked at Shuofeng Lingzun, and his eyes showed a fine light: "In that case, why did you want to kill him!?"

"Alas, someone has to die. Shuo Feng sighed slightly: "Besides, if it weren't for him, Shuo Feng really couldn't think of any other way to take down the general and let you cooperate with us." ”

"Okay, you're very good!, even my entourage was sold!" Xun Chuanshi sneered: "You really dare to bet so much!?"

"Bet, who is not gambling on everything in this world!?" Shuo was in the limelight, and replied proudly: "So since it is all gambling, the fate of Xunyang is better to let Shuofeng gamble than let the general gamble!"

"In that case, the old man has nothing more to say. Xun Chuanshi sighed again, and his expression was full of old age: "It's okay to leave this world to you young people." After all, this world still has to be handed over to young people like you. ”

Shuo Feng looked at Xunchuan Shi deeply and said, "I have wronged the general in the past few days." The general can heal his wounds with peace of mind, and the poison of this soul Gu will be relieved by the general after Shuofeng completes his mission. ”

After speaking, Shuo Feng nodded at the Beast Venerable again, and said slowly: "This place will be handed over to the Beast Venerable, whether our plan can succeed or not, this will be the key." ”

"Haha, don't worry!" The beast venerable patted his bare chest and grinned: "Forgive an old and sick beast for not making any waves, besides, isn't he locked in a cage, what is there to worry about." ”

"Although the beast venerable cultivation is profound, the exercises are strong. Shuo Feng smiled slightly, and Zhengse replied, "But never underestimate the power of a Soul Sealing Sect Master who has entered the Mind Realm. ”

"Haha. I wish this old man would be able to hammer the bones of this beast. These bones of the deity have seen many so-called masters, but all of them live up to their names, and they are all tickling the deity. I haven't seen this Grandmaster yet. ”

The beast venerable eyes howled: "I can't get in or out of this small house these days, it's really suffocating me! I said friend, when is this kind of day a head......

"Please also rest quiet. Shuo Feng Lingzun smiled slightly, and said comfortingly: "Our plan is only short of this last step! In a few days, Shuo Mou will definitely give the two of you what you promised." ”

"Lingzun rest assured, since we have been involved in this troubled water, Beast Venerable and I will naturally do our best. The beast venerable was about to say more, but the ghost envoy on the side interrupted his words, and said coldly: "What I am worried about is the other two drawings, not to mention the strength of the abyss, and now there are two more helpers, who have dealt with them in the next, and those two are not easy to mess with." ”

"Don't worry, as long as this great array is opened, in this Xunyang City, I will be the king!" Shuofeng Lingzun replied proudly: "Besides, although the things we have prepared have not yet been put to light, we should be able to test its power." ”

"I've seen that thing down, and I don't doubt its power. Otherwise, I will not be persuaded by Your Excellency to cooperate with you. The ghost made the ghost reply: "What I suspect is this Xunyang's city protection array, since it is so powerful as you said, why is it that three days have passed, and there is still no news of those people?"

"Rest assured, it will be soon. Shuofeng Lingzun smiled slightly: "Look, isn't this coming!"

Before he could finish speaking, a personal soldier who had been guarding the door walked in. Since General Chuanshi was attacked on the school ground, this place has become a forbidden place for the entire Xunyang City, and no one is allowed to approach without the order of Shuofeng Lingzun.

Not even his most trusted spirit refiners, all the rewards had to pass through the two guards standing at the door.

Dressed in black armor and wearing a mask on his face, the soldier gave a military salute to Shuofeng Lingzun at close range, and said, "Lingzun, the spirit refiner outside has told you that the city protection array has found traces of those madmen. ”

"How many?"

"One!"

Lingfeng Lingzun was quite surprised: "Who?"

"That little soldier named Cold Night Walking!" the black-armored soldier replied, "According to Lingzun's explanation, the spirit refiner did not do anything to that person. Moreover, right now, that little soldier is rushing towards the General's Mansion alone, and he is almost at the gate of the camp!"

"Is there anyone behind you who is secretly following!?"

"The Great Array didn't find out!"

"Come alone!?" Shuofeng Lingzun rubbed the snowflake spirit stone in his hand and said thoughtfully: "This matter is becoming more and more thoughtful. Come on, what should come will come. Since we're here, we'll have to continue!"

As he spoke, Shuofeng Lingzun smiled at the ghost envoy again: "Since the person has come to the door, let's ask Mr. Ghost to accompany Ling to sing this play." ”