Chapter 16: Phantom City
The sound of high heels walking on the marble floor is particularly obvious at night, "cluck, cluck, cluck" like knocking on people's ears. The owner of the high-heeled shoes stood in the shadows, unable to see his face clearly, and "he" silently walked to the display case in the middle of the museum, and the glow in the darkness was the white hosta where the cold branch lived.
"He" stood still and spoke, his voice revealing a cold chill from time to time, and because of the special sound quality, he really couldn't hear men and women, which was a good hand at disguising himself.
"Meng Hanzhi, don't you have anything to explain to me?"
Before the words of "he" fell, he saw that the cold branch that was slowly swallowed on weekdays suddenly appeared, and he knelt on the ground with a "bang", trembling like a sieve, and he didn't even have the courage to look up at the person in front of him.
"Don't be angry, beg the master to spare Hanzhi, and Hanzhi will not go against his master's last wishes. Next time, Hanzhi will definitely do better next time......"
Han Zhi, who was arrogant in front of Lingye'er that day, suddenly restrained all his anger, cowered and cautious. It's as if the current Hanzhi is not the same person as the one from that day.
"It's been a long time since you've sent fresh people and souls to me, don't forget, your little life is still in my hands, as long as I'm not happy, you'll be gone! Meng Hanzhi, I hope you will cheer up your spirit and work hard for me. ”
As soon as Han Zhi heard the four words, he couldn't help but shudder, "Master, master, I don't have it, don't worry...... But that moon dust, she stopped us from taking Nanhe away last time, if she learned about us from Nanhe, will it affect our next ......?"
"He" sneered, "Yue Wanchen is not a problem for the time being, hasn't she been able to find the missing person until now?" It's just that I didn't expect that she actually had an artifact in her hand, otherwise with his little boyfriend's skills, it wouldn't be enough to stuff my teeth. It's a pity that Nanhe ended up in her hands. But I don't have you right now. Also, you have to be more vigilant for me in the future, and have less contact with those people in Lingye'er, and the identity of Lingye'er has not yet been clarified, if it affects the big plan of this seat, this seat will let you survive and not die! ”
"The master is angry, and his subordinates obey."
The two men in the darkness thought that their communication was firmly sealed in the enchantment, but they didn't know that the flowers and trees around them had already heard their secrets. There is a very tall tree behind the building of the museum, which has been planted in the old campus for I don't know how many years, although it can't be transformed, but there is no problem communicating with the mullion leaves.
Ling Ye'er felt more and more that his side was full of danger, listening to that person's tone, he lived around him, so he knew that Yue Wanchen had not found the missing person, and he would know that he had gone to talk to Hanzhi. However, Ling Ye'er still learned about the situation of Yue Wanchen from the mouth of that person, and it seems that that person can not have the upper hand every time.
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After Jun Zhiheng returned to the city, he returned to Jun's home. I haven't been home since I regained my memory. Although he made a lot of excuses for himself that he didn't go back because he was too busy, he knew in his heart that it was because he didn't know how to face his father and grandfather in this life, after all, they were the ones who raised themselves as adults, and how could he really treat them ruthlessly.
The Jun family did not build their ancestral house on the mountainside like the other seven families, but invested in a piece of land, and the real estate developer sold more than a dozen of them to the Jun family at a relatively affordable price after the villa area was completed. Because these dozen buildings are connected in location, Jun Shiwei fortunately ordered a fence to be built outside. Now, the Jun family is not only hidden in the city, but also hidden in the rich area, which is really a good way to hide the identity of the family.
Most of the people of the Jun family live here, and only some young people who are not subject to the discipline of the family will move out. The children in the clan rarely go out to school, and they are all started in the school of the clan. The gentlemen in the school are also old gentlemen with a reputation in the clan. However, after all, the matter of cultivation is about talent, and not every child can become a heavenly master who dominates one side after going through an elite education like the Jun family. Therefore, Jun Zhiheng's prestige is very strong in the clan, and every parent of the Jun family will educate his children in this way: "You must work hard, and when you grow up to be like the Jun patriarch, you are not only the best in the Jun family, but also the object of the cultivators outside." ”
Jun Zhiheng, worthy of his name, is actually "someone else's child".
But Jun Zhiheng didn't like this way of educating his children, and after succeeding as the patriarch, he wanted to change this status quo more than once, but his father and the elders of the clan did not agree. As a result, his ideas were ultimately superficial.
Jun Zhiheng, who was only nineteen years old at the time, chose to join the Qing'e Pavilion in order to compete with his father and elders, and became the most powerful principal, that is to say, although he is nominally the patriarch of the Jun clan, but now the person who is talking is still his father Jun Nuocheng.
Before Jun Zhiheng's car drove into the villa area, his father was notified by the sentry. He instantly felt some changes in the circle around him. It may be that Junnuocheng changed the original formation for safety.
As soon as he walked into the courtyard, he found that there were many people hiding around and saluting him, which was actually normal, and he had only come back a handful of times over the years, so some children in the clan had not seen him. At this moment, he felt a vicious and unfamiliar gaze shooting at him from among these gazes. As soon as he turned to the left, he saw that the feeling was gone.
Jun Zhiheng smiled in his heart, this person was very vigilant, and left no trace for him. However, if someone in the clan is disloyal to him, it should be resolved as soon as possible, and there must be no sequelae.
When he came to the building where his father was, he saw that his father was already standing at the door waiting for him in the morning, slightly embarrassed, and his expression could not hide his haggardness. In a short distance, the father's face was both familiar and unfamiliar. Jun Zhiheng slowly approached, and only one thought came to his heart: his father was old.
"Zhiheng, come here, I've been waiting for you for a long time, let's eat first, your Aunt Tang has made you a table of favorite dishes."
"Okay."
It was dusk when he arrived in the tribe, so it was already dark when he ate. The father and son ate quietly, and occasionally Jun Nuocheng would ask him how his current work was and how his body was, just like the father and son in the mortal world, in harmony.
But Jun Zhiheng knew in his heart that this was just the beginning.
Sure enough, as he expected, on the next topic, Jun Nuocheng asked him, what is the relationship between him and the owner of the bookstore, Yue Wanchen is not a good person who married into the Jun family, and the Jun family will not allow such a woman to enter the ancestral hall of the Jun family.
Jun Zhiheng was very graciful and did not immediately refute Jun Nuocheng, he gently put down his chopsticks and cleared his throat.
"Father."
At first, Jun Nocheng didn't look unhappy, and thought that he had listened to his words. Unexpectedly, Jun Zhiheng suddenly sat down and called him solemnly, father. Jun Nuocheng was stunned for a moment, after so many years, this was the first time he heard Jun Zhiheng call him father.
There was once a great disagreement between two people about the future of their clan, so big that whenever two people met, there would be a quarrel. In the end, the answer is obvious, Jun Zhiheng left the Jun family.
Seeing Jun Zhiheng now, Jun Nuocheng understood that his son was no longer the young and vigorous teenager he used to be, and he suddenly had an illusion, as if he was about to lose his son.
"Father, I'm here today to enter the Junjia Mansion and find out some things I want to know, the situation is very urgent, and mortals who have been victimized can't wait, so let's talk about the old days another day."
Although Junnuocheng was unwilling, he also had to hold back what he wanted to say.
Jun's Jun's building is actually a collection of major events over the years collected by the Jun family, and there are some unknown secrets. I can't find anything in the Qing'er Pavilion, so I can only look for it in the building at home.
There was another thing that he was just as anxious to know, and that was what had happened after his death. Why, he can come back from the dead? Why, his reincarnation was not recorded in the book of life and death in Hades?
With a lot of doubts, Jun Zhiheng walked into the Jun family building, which only the patriarchs and elders of the Jun clan could enter.
The Junjia Building is built underground, with a total of three floors, each of which records the major events that have occurred in the spiritual world over the past thousand years. Because the elder who sorted out the ancient books was very serious, he quickly found the secret of Xilan University hidden underground.
Many people know from reading history books that the predecessor of Xilan University was Xilan Women's College, but few people know what the place before the women's college was for.
Fast forward in time, 400 years ago, the area around the women's college belonged to a small town called "Phantom Field".
"The lord of the Phantom Field, surnamed Xia Mingwen, with his own strength, has to build the Phantom Wild High Wall, and since then it has been like the middle of the court, extravagant and extravagant, obsessed with longevity. His wife died early and gave birth to an only daughter, Xia's Liushuang. The father and daughter went against the sky, which violated the way of humanity and heaven, so the gods punished him heavily, the phantom field was destroyed, and no one in the city survived. ”
The above paragraph is a summary of this history in ancient books, and there is nothing else to say. Everything else Jun Zhiheng heard from the elder of the guard.
The reason why the imperial court recognized that it could be a city instead of a village was that they had an extremely special city lord.
The city lord's surname is Xia, and his ancestor used to be the outer disciple of Streamer. Although the ancestor did not inherit the pure streamer spell, he also learned a lot of real skills. Later, it was passed down from generation to generation, until the current Xia Wen, the lord of Phantom Wild City.
However, Xia Wen is an extremely ambitious person, when he was young, he helped the imperial court to use the technique of Yin Damage to repel the invading Fanguo, and the emperor at that time saw that Xia Wen was so capable, so he had murderous intent.
Xia Wen also understood that when he was the emperor, he was naturally familiar with hiding all the birds, so he had a negotiation with the emperor. No one knows the content of the negotiations, only that Xia Wen returned to his hometown safe and sound, and also established the DPRK and the Fantasy City.
Once people have enough rights, they hope to enjoy them for a long time, and Xia Wen is naturally no exception. In order to pursue the method of immortality, Xia Wen cruelly made sacrifices with the lives of the people in the city. He wasn't alone, he taught his daughter to use human anger to keep her face up. The father and daughter, who were embarrassed, committed a heinous crime in Phantom City.
When Elder Shoulou talked about this, Jun Zhiheng had a question, "Uncle Lou, since you said that it was the Xia father and daughter who did something against the way of heaven, but why did the entire city collapse?" Those people are the most innocent. ”
Lou Bo smiled, "Patriarch, don't worry, the story is not over yet." ”
Xia Wen took the lives of the people as sacrifices, so naturally some people questioned this matter. In order to confuse the people, he said that those people were guilty in their previous lives, and in this life, in order to atone for their sins, he chose to sacrifice to bless the eternal peace of the phantom field. At that time, most of the people were illiterate, and the clever Xia Wen finally dispelled others' suspicions about him.
Xia Wen didn't have much talent in streamer spells, but he did have a lot of research in evil arts. He didn't know where he got a difficult ancient book, all of which were evil arts that had lost their conscience, and the techniques that helped the imperial court repel Fanguo came from this. Soon, he had figured out a way to live together with his daughter.
As the city lord, Xia Wen can be said to cover the sky with one hand, and what he said is the principle of heaven in Phantom City. He had already calculated the day for the operation and was fully prepared for it.
On that day, Xia Wen announced to the people at the gate of the city lord's mansion that a great calamity would come from heaven to punish their sins. The people were very scared and asked Xia Wen how to avoid the disaster. This was exactly what Xia Wen wanted, and he told the people to gather together for a sacrificial ceremony, to show humility to the heavens, and to beg for forgiveness.
The people were relieved to hear his words, thinking that as long as Xia Wen was there, they would not receive the punishment of the gods.
In the center of Phantom Wild City, a huge altar was erected early, and many people gathered here one by one, just to wait for the sacrifice to begin.
On this day, the night came early, and I didn't even see the beauty of the dusk before I went into darkness. The night breeze was cool, and the trees around it kept shaking and rustling.
Suddenly, all the torches around him lit up, as if the darkness above his head had been dyed red. The light was so bright that even the front altar was painted golden. Xia Wen was dressed in the robes of the high priest and slowly walked up to the altar.
With the sound of "dang", the bell was struck and the ceremony officially began.
Xia Wen held the human skull in his hand and stroked it gently. This is no ordinary skull, it is the best quality skull selected from a few dead people. He engraved all the spells of the Immortal Technique on it, and kept it in the Snake Cave for a whole month, in order to be contaminated with the most poisonous breath in the Snake Cave, which was the guarantee that the Immortal Technique would be perfect.
Suddenly the wind was so strong that it was impossible to open their eyes, the air seemed to become cloudy, the temperature had dropped, and the people kneeling in front of the altar began to tremble. However, everyone thought that this was the time to show their loyalty to the gods, so no one complained, but just waited quietly.
Seeing that the weather suddenly became so bad, a hint of triumphant smile appeared on the corner of Xia Wen's mouth, and he muttered: "The time has come!" ”
I could only hear a dark eagle chirping in the air, the voice was high-pitched, as if it was about to tear the sky apart, and at the same time, Xia Wen began to chant a spell, the art of immortality, officially began.
Gradually, Xia Wen's voice became louder and louder, so loud that everyone present could hear it clearly. At the same time, the people began to chant incantations loudly. This is what Xia Wen explained long before the sacrifice began, and they must remember every sentence firmly and must not make mistakes, otherwise the gods will not forgive them.
Their voices were neat and loud, and they reached the City Lord's Mansion not far away. In this house, which people couldn't see, Xia Liushuang also started to act.
She also held a porcelain-white skull in her hand, and following the melody of the chanting, she picked up the small black porcelain vase on the table at hand. The small porcelain bottle was not plugged with a stopper, so she poured the unknown liquid from the bottle directly onto the skull. At this time, I saw that the original white bones gradually turned dark red, and there was a "zizi" sound, and there was a strange smell wafting in the air.
Xia Liushuang kissed affectionately on the bone as if looking at her beloved lover. With a wave of her hand, the skull turned into powder and scattered around her, forming a circle, igniting a demonic blue flame.
Xia Wen on the other side saw that the skull in his hand had successfully turned blue, so he stopped chanting the mantra, he knew that Changsheng was within reach, so the smile on the corner of his mouth gradually expanded, until there was no longer anything to hide.
Xia Wen repeated the same steps as Xia Liushuang, opened a small porcelain bottle, sprinkled an unknown liquid on the skull, the skull turned dark red, and with a wave of his hand, the bone chips turned into a circle around him, and the blue flame of the demon Ye appeared again.
As if they were connected by heart, the father and daughter began to recite the last mantra at the same time, the mantra of returning to heaven. As soon as the blue flame turns dark red, the spell stops, and their immortality comes true. As soon as the curse came out, the figures of the people kneeling under the altar began to become transparent. But everyone closed their eyes, and no one saw the situation at this time. In fact, the so-called ode to blessing in their mouths is a technique that turns their soul into nourishment, called "turning the soul". The souls of thousands of people were nourished, and they increased the longevity of the Xia father and daughter at the most terrible price. After reciting the cycle a few times, everyone's minds began to blur and they were at the mercy of others.
Xia Wen thought that no one would know about the sins he had committed in his small court, but just as he was reciting the mantra of returning to heaven, an accident happened.