Chapter 11: The Lord of the City
There were no stars or moons, it was as black as ink, and there was a faint cry of ghosts.
Suddenly, an oily lantern with a scorching flame appeared next to him, illuminating the surroundings even more terrifyingly.
The Red Lotus Princess, who was carrying the lantern, let go of the hand that was holding my back collar and beckoned forward. I guess there was no one around, and she wasn't worried about me slipping away or being robbed by anyone.
By the light of the oil-skinned lantern, I finally saw the scene around me, and sure enough, there was no one except Red Lotus and me.
There was an uneven hard stone road under my feet, and the soles of my feet hurt when my diaphragm responded. In front of him was a river of black, red, black and red, bubbling with a bleak bubble, and the air was full of the pungent smell of river water and the fishy smell of blood.
The red lotus held the oily lantern high and approached the river of blood. As soon as the lantern in her hand approached the surface of the river, the normal light of the fire turned strangely, from yellow to blue, from blue to red, and finally, as if it had been dyed by the blood in the river of blood, and turned into a terrible dark red!
It was unbearably hot and windy, but the dark red skirt of the red lotus flew up and down strangely. I tapped my sleeve and soothed Bai Zetu, who was shivering in my sleeve at this time.
Red Lotus's face was cold and serious, and she waved at the empty water surface meticulously. Soon, the surface of the river reacted, and the foam gathered more and more, slowly burrowing out a turtle's head, and then the turtle's shell slowly surfaced.
The huge, dark brown shell is big enough for a person to lie down!
"Where?" said an eerie and deep voice.
"The Demon Realm. ”
"Okay, how many?"
"Two. ”
"Okay, you come here first. ”
But when he saw the red lotus squatting down, he put his ear close to the mouth of the big turtle. The turtle didn't know what to whisper to her, and then, as if for a moment, she thought for a moment, and then put her mouth close to the big tortoise's ear, not knowing what to say.
Then the turtle let her step on her shell. At the same time, with the sound of cooing, an identical brown turtle emerged and swam directly in front of me!
The red lotus sat cross-legged on top of the turtle's shell, and her cold and arrogant eyes gave me a commanding look, and I immediately understood, so I had to walk up to the second turtle with a gourd and put my ear close to its mouth.
The turtle still had a low and terrifying voice, and did whisper softly, "Who is your real body?"
Familiar scenes surfaced, and because of my previous experience, I was not so flustered at this time.
I whispered to it, "I'm a snow rabbit." ”
Unexpectedly, when the turtle heard this, he raised his eyes slightly, looked at me meaningfully, and then slowly turned around and swam away.
Seeing this, the red lotus, who was still standing on the side, stood up angrily, took out a trident and pointed it at me, and angrily reprimanded: "Tell the truth to it!
Bai Zetu shook in my sleeve, and whispered to me: "This blood river is the junction ferry of the Six Realms, and this ferry turtle uses a secret as a ferry fund, and a turtle can only carry one person. The Six Realms of Demons and Demons, without exception. ”
I was nervous for a moment.
Seeing that the red lotus was about to rush back to the riverbank and kill me, I hurriedly stopped the turtle that was swimming away.
Again, it still asked the same question as before, and I could only tell it in a voice that couldn't be softer: "I'm Frozen Sky City Heavenly Cold Xuanbing." ”
It was expressionless, but nodded in satisfaction, motioning for me to walk up to its shell, and I did.
The two ferrying turtles kept a distance not far or close, and swam towards the Demon Realm at the same speed, without hurrying or slow.
I secretly said in my heart that if I and Bai Zetu were really kidnapped and went to the demon world this time, I am afraid that it will be difficult to come back.
As I walked farther and farther away, I saw that the riverbank was quickly gone, and I was anxious!
Sitting on top of the turtle shell, I couldn't help but conjure a two-foot-long ice cube in my hand, stirring gently in the bloody water, trying to see if I could find a glimmer of life.
The red lotus stared vigilantly at the movements of my hands, thinking that she didn't believe that I could toss any tricks, but when I was stirring and playing, she didn't say anything.
Ice Ling separated the wisps of soul-gathering water, and I carefully searched for the souls in the water. I hope to find a trace of the ghost who is unwilling to be trapped here, and lure it up with ice cubes, interfere with the red lotus, and take the opportunity to escape.
"Don't do stupid things. "My ferryman turtle could see my thoughts!" but he turned his head and whispered to me, and gave me a look of inducement to come nearer.
I hurriedly stopped my hand and put my ear close to his mouth again.
"On the river of blood, it cannot be taken off, and once the grapple falls into the river, it will be wiped out. ”
Heaven and earth, who will save me?
I don't know if the Buddha's grandfather heard the cry for help in my heart, and the ferry turtle carrying my savior actually swam head-on!
The beautiful and smooth silver hair, illuminated by the light of the oily skin lamp in his hand, was like a rushing and pouring waterfall, rippling slightly, like life.
The noble and arrogant face, the resolute and slightly sad eyes, shot a beam of eyes at me, I don't know whether to sigh or doubt. Although he was just standing on the back of a gray and ugly ferrying turtle, he was still a king who could not hide the nobility of the king around him.
"City Lord!" Bai Zetu shouted excitedly and jumped out of my sleeve, jumped on the head of the ferrying turtle, and shouted desperately at the silver-haired man.
The person on the other side seemed to be startled, his eyes deviated from me, and he looked at the red lotus not far away, his eyes were on fire, and there was a white longbow in his hand!
The silver-haired boy standing upright on the turtle shell pulled the string, and the arrows were like meteors, shooting at the red lotus with precision!
The arrow was about to shoot at the red lotus, and the red lotus's ferrying turtle bit the arrow. I don't think this ferrying turtle is not at all like the ordinary turtle in the dust viewing mirror is slow.
The Red Lotus Turtle spat out a broken arrow, and the arrow was instantly submerged in the raging river of blood.
"Don't fight above the river of blood. "The empty and gloomy voice, I don't know where it comes from.
Seeing that the silver-haired boy was so brave, and he looked like he had a deep enmity with the Red Lotus Witch, I suddenly had a plan.
"Childe over there, we are going in the wrong direction, dare to ask Childe where is he going?" I shouted at the man.
"Nine Heavenly Realms. When he said that, my heart was overjoyed!
"Coincidentally, we'll go there too!"
"Just follow me. The silver-haired man replied in a loud voice.
In a burst of ecstasy, I bowed my head and told my ferryman to turn around in the direction of the silver-haired turtle's path. The ferrying turtle did so.
I smiled and saw Honglian's angry expression that was about to explode, and my heart was even more happy.
In fact, I have already seen that Honglian is very jealous of this son. When the arrow came at her, her expression betrayed the look of fear. So I didn't think she would dare to go ashore with us.
Seeing that the red lotus turtle was getting farther and farther away from us, I looked back at her from afar and gave her a very bright smile.
Back to the riverbank, I took Bai Zetu and the silver-haired boy to the shore one after another. We rode the clouds with him and flew in the direction of the Nine Heavenly Palaces.
Along the way, Bai Zetu chattered and chattered the city lord and the Great Wall lord for a short time. The cold silver-haired boy didn't like to answer, and only occasionally answered her with a few words. Bai Zetu was not angry, and still talked with him enthusiastically.
From their endless gossip, I seem to have learned a lot of anecdotes.
This silver-haired boy is none other than my relative, Ling Shuangying, the Lord of Frozen Sky City!
Bai Zetu also traveled to Frozen Sky City many years ago, and it can be said that he worships this cold and handsome city lord to the extreme, and he can't wait to marry him immediately!
In order to stay in Frozen Sky City for as long as possible, she actually mixed in with the Snow Rabbit Clan in Frozen Sky City. But after a long time, it was still discovered, and the leader of the snow rabbit persuaded her to return to the demon world earlier, saying that the climate of this frozen sky city was really not suitable for Bai Zetu to practice. Bai Zetu had to leave reluctantly with a sad look.
And now that Frozen Sky City has been sealed, only the highest cultivation city lord can enter and exit at will. After all, it is impossible to be infected with the evil disease of fire qi with the cultivation of the city lord, and the Emperor of Heaven does not dare to put the city lord under house arrest in Frozen Sky City. As a result, Ling Shuangying also traveled around the Six Realms, looking for a solution to the internal and external troubles of the Frozen Sky City.
And a hundred years ago, he also heard that the Tianhan Xuanbing placed in the Palace of Love was lost, and he was so anxious that he had already searched for it. This time, it was to go to the Nine Heavens to find Emperor Wuyang to discuss the search for ice sculptures.
In fact, when Bai Zetu and Ling Shuangying were talking about finding ice sculptures, they also looked at me slightly. Seeing that I quickly avoided her gaze, she thoughtfully avoided the topic.
The group of three went directly to Kaiyang Palace, and before they entered the gate, they heard the sound of dispute inside.
"It's all you, it's you again! Last time in the East China Sea, you took it upon yourself to forcibly break the mercury cage and hurt her! This time, it was your bad idea to let her go back to Kaiyang Palace first! If she had been with us all the time, how could she have been taken captive by the red lotus!" A series of accusations of anger and rage.
"If it weren't for the fact that you were inexplicably wronged in the East China Sea, how could there be all the things that followed! I didn't just want to save you at that time...... Today's matter, if you accompany her back to Kaiyang Palace as I said, how can there be all kinds of aftermath!" Yuan Feng forcibly retorted angrily, this is the first time I have heard him so angry, and I feel unspeakably sad.
"Okay, since the Sand Sea Mirror and the Heavenly Realm can't be found anywhere else, I think it's been taken captive to the Demon Realm, let's go to the Blood River now. The emperor's voice was filled with deep helplessness.
When Ling Shuangying and I appeared in front of them, everyone was overjoyed and messy.
The fox rushed over and hugged me, and shook my body so hard that it almost shook people apart, muttering something like I don't care about it, I'm hateful.
"You're back. Yuan Feng walked to my side and said softly, with a hint of vulnerability. Such a fairy person, this tone sounds a little sad inexplicably.
When they saw Ling Shuangying, they weren't as surprised as I expected.
Burning String also proposed to contribute his own Fire Cloud Palace to Ling Shuangying. Ling Shuangying only said that she didn't like palaces with fire characters, and she was so angry that she clenched her fists and wanted to hit him. Of course, the dignified Heavenly Realm Divine Monarch would not really fall in front of the Frozen Heaven City Lord.
In the end, Ling Shuangying followed Ye Yu and Yuan Feng to the Xuanqiong Palace. And Zhixian, very consciously, found a room closest to me in Kaiyang Palace to live.
"Master, my junior brother has such a big palace by himself, do you still want to live with us?" I grabbed the emperor and asked urgently.
Although I like my junior brother a lot, his over-enthusiasm really scares me.
After all, my current situation, how to say, is still precarious, there is a long way to go, I really don't know how to face this fox who thinks crankily all day and knows nothing.
In the past few days, the emperor has often run to the Xuanqiong Palace, probably to discuss some things with Yuan Feng and Ling Shuangying, and maybe some things related to me.
Although I am very curious, because the strings have been sticking to me in Kaiyang Palace, I don't want to ask the emperor much.
Actually, I also thought about why I didn't just tell him that I was so good to me. After all, even Bai Zetu and Ye Yu knew about it, and now that the emperor and they had been hanging out with Ling Shuangying, the lord of the Frozen Sky City, all day long, Ling Shuangying would know about it soon.
And why do I have to keep hiding it from the Burning String King? He trusts me so much, never asks more, gives me a hidden spirit bracelet, enters the East China Sea for me, jumps into the sea of sand, and asks to see me for the first time in a hundred years, why am I still subconsciously mentioning him? Isn't he still worthy of my trust?
Yes, now, I have learned from Bai Zetu that Yan Lie has gone to the Fire Spirit Fox Demon King to cultivate the Chaos Holy Fire together. Within the Six Realms, the elves of Frozen Sky City are the most afraid of fire.
Yan Lie Mo didn't want to unite with the demon world to deal with us together, he also wanted to marry his daughter Honglian to Burning String, and their relationship may not be simple.
After thinking about it like this, no matter how good the string is, I can only keep my distance from him.
Since the emperor has been gone, I have no new schoolwork. While the scorching strings didn't stick to me tonight, I continued to practice the life-saving trick - stealth.
I mobilized my spiritual power, recited the trick, and completed it invisibly. Then I wandered around the garden of Kaiyang Palace in the beautiful night,
Swinging and bumping into something.
When I hit the object, it took shape, not a fox, but a fox.
The fox actually hid in this garden at night to scare me, and he really didn't take my senior sister seriously.
The scorching wide robe and jade belt, with his back to a full moon, the robe is flying in the evening breeze, and the affectionate hanging eyes that seem to be angry and smiling on weekdays are black eyes and black eyes at this time.
The faint wisps of moonlight poured down through his long black hair, and I felt a palpitation, and hurriedly turned my head to go back to the wing.
"Ice condensation. ”
He stopped me, and I knew I should leave quickly, but because of his call, I couldn't move half a step as if I had been immobilized.
Blazing Strings put his hands on my shoulders and turned me around. A pair of narrow peach blossom amorous eyes as always.
I pulled my hands away and took a few steps back from him: "It's not too early, I should go back." ”
He had to withdraw his hands, and the light in his eyes was uncertain.
"I don't care if you still have him in your heart, and I don't disdain, as long as the last person who accompanies you is me, I will be content. ”
The coldness in his heart gradually rose, and when he raised his eyes to look at him again, he was a sly and smiling peach blossom in the moonlight.
"Haha, with Benjun by your side, how can you still miss others?"
Hearing this, I immediately became angry, and I raised my fist to beat him: "Why are you scaring my senior sister here in the middle of the night?"
"Why are you here, why am I here, and I'm practicing stealth!" the fox twitched at the corner of his eye. "Senior sister, let's practice how to do it together, stealth together, you run in front, I chase behind. If I catch you, it's mine!!"
"Burn, don't make a fuss. I said earnestly.
"Then on the other hand, Senior Sister came to chase me, and if she catches me, it will be yours!"
"Strings. "I call him again.
His eyes froze, and his drooping hands clenched into fists slightly.
"Bing Ning, or you don't like to practice stealth all the time, then tomorrow we will go to Shahaijing to practice the art of fire resistance?" He tried to recover his eyes, and said with a smile: "If you only like to use the cold moon, I will stand and let you cut it tomorrow, as long as you are happy, how about it?"
"Burning strings, you know, it's not stealth, it's not firefighting, it's not cold moon......"
"Don't call me that!" String finally couldn't help but burst out. "I'd rather you just call me a fox. You know, I want to call you Ning'er too, but I can't stand to use the affectionate name that others have already used for you! You can dislike me, but you can't alienate me!"
In the end, it was unpleasant.
However, when he woke up the next day, the fox was still giggling as usual, as if nothing had happened.
The days were plain but peaceful, sweet and sad.
The emperor only spends very little time in Kaiyang Palace every day, and they have never been to Yuanfeng again. Most of the time, I practiced spells with my brother Blazing String, Bai Zetu, and a few little immortal attendants from Kaiyang Palace, eating, drinking, and chatting.
One day, Tianmi came to look for the string, but it was the princess of the East China Sea who rushed to the Huoyun Palace with an unkind face, but she didn't find the string. Tianmi saw that she was not good, so she didn't dare to tell her that she had lived in Kaiyang Palace these days. Now that the Linglong princess has just left, Tianmi is in a hurry to report.
"What are you looking for me?" said Blazing String, sitting under a peach tree in the garden, gritting his teeth.
"It seems that the prince has been closed to her, and she feels that it was the god king who picked her up. Tianmi, who was standing on the side, bowed over and replied timidly, his voice getting softer and softer.
"People have come looking for you, so why don't you go and see you?" I lay on the grass and peeled walnuts while squinting and smiling at the strings.
"Where is she now?" asked Tianmi impatiently.
"When she left, she said that she would live with Shuide Xingjun first. ”
"I know, you go back first, and you must not mention to others that I am always in Kaiyang Palace. ”
Tianmi understood. ”
Soon after Tianmi left, Burning String also left, and he said that it would be better for him to meet this dragon woman, lest she find out that she was often in Kaiyang Palace, and came here to trouble him, but it would affect me.
The fox is actually very meticulous and thoughtful, but this time everyone miscalculated.
As soon as the front foot of the string left, the Linglong princess made trouble in Kaiyang Palace, and before anyone came in, the red gold dragon whip was already in her hand. Frightened, a few little immortal attendants hurriedly explained that the scorching string had returned to the Huoyun Palace.
But this delicate princess is not a fuel-efficient lamp. She didn't believe it, so she just broke in. When he found the wing room and saw me, he looked at me proudly for a while, but he didn't say anything.
I thought I could invite this god away safely, but I didn't expect that Bai Zetu, who didn't know whether to live or die, came into the wing room from the garden sooner or later, and bumped into the princess Linglong who was about to go out.
When I landed, the princess's eyes changed, and I was shocked, no, I had a story with this princess of the East China Sea a hundred years ago. A hundred years later, when I was chatting with other immortal attendants, I also heard that it seemed that Yuan Feng had seriously injured his precious pet rabbit because of the incident in the East China Sea, so he refused to see that Linglong again.
This time, this unruly princess saw Bai Zetu, who was exactly the same as me at that time, and I am afraid that she will also take revenge on me as me!
As expected, the princess finally carried Bai Zetu's long ears and twisted and left Kaiyang Palace with a smug face.
Hey, don't worry, Xiaobai, this immortal will definitely save you back!