Chapter 131: Xuanji Pavilion
Mo Xianye said confidently, but I saw a trace of sadness in his eyes.
He's not as carefree as he seems on the surface, and no one can really put this matter on hold easily, right?
"You're right, she is the saintess of the fox clan, one in a million existences, but don't forget, how heavy is the burden on her shoulders, can she be rescued from the underworld as soon as possible, and how big the difference is for the fox clan."
I stared at Mo Xianye and said solemnly: "The ghost knows what earth-shaking changes will happen in the entire Changbai Mountain after Huang Yilin's debriefing, and we can not care about others, but we fox clans really can't suffer any more major turmoil." ”
"Mo Xianye, now that I have the Yin Yang Order, we must rescue the Holy Maiden before Huang Yilin reports on his work."
After I finished speaking, Mo Xianye sighed, as if he was holding back his helplessness, he reached out and stroked my cheek, and said hesitantly: "Bai Li, there is something I haven't had time to tell you, Huang Yilin...... It has been debriefed. ”
My eyes widened and I asked in disbelief, "When?" How did I not know? Where did you report on your job? ”
"This afternoon, debriefing...... Imperial Temple of the Imperial Capital City, Ren Inspector History. Mo Xianye replied.
My mind suddenly rumbled, and I couldn't digest it for a while: "What is the history of supervision!" ”
"Supervise and supervise the passers-by, strictly control the road and inspection work, to put it more simply, that is, we have thought about the Imperial Temple of Xudu City, and we must go through the procedures from him, if he doesn't let you pass, you won't be able to pass the Imperial Temple of Xudu City." Mo Xianye explained.
I really can't figure out why our luck is so bad?
hurriedly chose to enter the ghost market tonight, just to catch up with Huang Yilin's debriefing, but I didn't expect that people not only rushed to report on their work, but also took over such a position, didn't this directly seal our future?
Maybe the matter of our entry into the ghost market has reached Huang Yilin's ears, after all, the Huang Xian clan has always paid attention to us.
I was a little unconvinced: "No, even if he has already reported on his work, the time is so rushed, maybe he hasn't gained a firm foothold yet, and he hasn't been able to straighten out the things in hand. ”
"Bai Li, the new official has three fires, do you want to be the first fire to push Huang Yilin to take office?" Mo Xianye asked me.
Of course I don't want to, but I don't want to think about it.
"Could it be that if he Huang Yilin stays in this position for a day, we will have to escape for a day? We took the road guide and passed the imperial temple in the capital city in a bright and bright way, why did he find an excuse to stop us? ”
"As long as he doesn't want you to live, ten hundred excuses can be found, and even if he can't find it, you will be detained for planting." Mo Xianye reminded.
Yes, not to mention anything else, as long as Huang Yilin insists that the road guide in our hand is fake, this is enough for us to drink a pot.
I glanced inside the ghost market, and as time went by, it became more and more lively, but unfortunately this excitement seemed incompatible with our side.
Mo Xian couldn't bear to see me sad at night, and said again: "Bai Li, do you really think that my mother is imprisoned in the underworld? ”
"Isn't it?" I looked at him in amazement.
"The person who captured my mother is not a person who is above board, such a person, even if he is in the underworld, the power in his hands cannot really belong to the underworld, after all, the forces of the underworld cannot be transferred casually."
"Therefore, the forces that that person transferred to Mo Yanping and them must be marginal forces in the underworld, and even they themselves are outside the underworld and are used by people with intentions."
"So, my mother should not be in the underworld, but somewhere on the edge of the underworld."
Mo Xianye analyzed it like this, I am convinced, not to mention anything else, just say that before, they had suppressed the Holy Maiden at the bottom of the cliff under the Ascension Immortal Terrace, not somewhere in the underworld, which is enough to show that the other party's ability has not reached the point of covering the sky with one hand.
But the word edge of the underworld is so big, trying to find someone is like looking for a needle in a haystack, we are so blind to look for it, we can't find it at all.
Yun Sheng told me before that Mo Xianye's mother was taken away by people from the underworld, and with his ability, he couldn't bring people out, I can't believe it all, but at least Mo Yanping knows the specific location of Mo Xianye's mother.
Don't...... Do you really want to cooperate with Yunsheng and them to get useful clues out of their mouths?
I suddenly remembered another person--the good friend of Jiugu.
That man is indeed from the underworld, and I will never forget the chill in him.
If that person is willing to help us, he can at least help us inquire, and maybe there will be results.
But after thinking about it again, if it was really that simple, then Jiu Gu might have already asked him for help, and it was my turn to figure it out here?
I shook my head, put this idea aside for a while, and asked Mo Xianye instead: "Mo Xianye, where is Jiugu now?" Do you know? ”
Mo Xianye's brows trembled, and he didn't speak, I pulled the corners of my mouth and said: "I seem to remember that Grandpa Mo once said that when the holy daughter of the fox clan reaches a certain age, she wants to leave the fox clan and go to the junction of the yin and yang worlds to do things, and this junction of the yin and yang worlds is the ......."
"Yes, Jiugu should be in the ghost market." Mo Xianye said.
I immediately took Mo Xianye's hand and said, "Then what are you waiting for, go to Jiugu, since we can't break into the Imperial Temple of Xudu City for the time being, when we come here, the ghost market has to go around, right?" ”
Mo Xianye pulled me and shook his head: "Even after entering the ghost market, you will not be able to see your aunt easily." ”
"Why?" I glanced at the ghost market and wondered, "Isn't this ghost market a place to do business?" Jiugu is here, she should also be looking at the store, right? Let's go shopping and talk? ”
"Those who open shops and sell things in the ghost market are only equivalent to the flat-headed people in the ghost market, in addition to these flat-headed people, the side adjacent to the Imperial Temple in the city of Xudu, there are also the Xudu Bank, the prison and the Xuanji Pavilion, etc., those are all departments in the system, and it is difficult to meet individuals casually."
As Yun Sheng said, my understanding of the underworld, and even these things at the junction of yin and yang, is really too little and too little.
Mo Xianye's words immediately aroused my interest, I thought that there were only business people in the ghost market, but I didn't expect that there were so many different existences.
I was curious: "Could it be that Jiugu belongs to the people in the system?" ”
Mo Xianye shook his head: "Don't ask about this, it's hard to explain, go back, I'll tell you when I have a chance in the future." ”
I just left like this, glanced at Lu Lao Wu and Lu Xin, who had been waiting not far away, and shook my head: "The ghost market is not just coming if you want to, let's go around and leave, after I go back, I will listen to you whatever you say." ”
I hugged Mo Xianye's arm and was coquettish, and I had a kind of fascination for the ghost market.
Mo Xianye glanced up at the sky, he didn't look, I really didn't notice, the sky in the ghost city was gray, and all the light came from the round moon in the sky.
After entering the ghost market, time seems to stand still, and the only way to estimate it is by the moon overhead.
When the moon was setting in the west, it was close to three o'clock, and we had to withdraw at that time.
And now, it should be just around one o'clock, and we still have plenty of time to visit the ghost market.
I entered the ghost market this time, it was completely the blessing of Tolu Lao Wu, and the process seemed to be very simple, but in fact, when Lu Xin arranged the formation and urged the formation, the price he paid was huge, and not everyone knew about this formation, and Mo Xianye didn't seem to come to the ghost market often.
So, he was finally persuaded by me: "Okay, just go around, but you have to promise me that we will go out in a while, and we are only allowed to go around the ghost market, and don't think about entering the Imperial Temple in the capital city, okay?" ”
"Listen to you." I exclaimed.
I took Mo Xianye's hand and entered the ghost market, the overall layout of the ghost market, in fact, is more like our ancient town in the sun, on both sides of the antique streets, there are large and small shops, the items in the store are dazzling, all kinds of magic weapons, weapons, sachet ornaments, and the people walking in the ghost market, strange shapes, are not all people or ghosts.
Demons and monsters, this time, I have greatly broadened my horizons.
As I walked, I suddenly realized that in fact, Mo Xianye and I were not human, we were both fox spirits who had cultivated to become fine.
Thinking like this, looking at others, it is not so difficult to accept.
After walking around for a while, I have a certain understanding of ghost markets.
The currency circulating in the ghost market is the ghost city currency, and the ghost market currency must be exchanged in the Xudu Bank.
What to exchange?
Paper money cannot be exchanged, gold and silver jewelry, uncontaminated paper copper coins, paper gold and silver ingots, soul ghost crystals, and even their own body, can be, the most valuable thing, called black gold stone.
Wujin stone is produced in the major seas, rivers and lakes, but the yield is very low, in the gold rush brigade in the world, there are a large number of people who pan for black gold stone, most of these people are trading with the ghost market.
The place with the highest production of black gold stone is the Heishui River.
The Heishui River is said to be the only river that connects the three worlds of heaven, earth and man, and its source is in the heavenly realm, which was originally crystal clear, but after flowing through the human world, it takes away most of the filth and sins in the human world, and then flows into the underworld.
After flowing into the underworld, the Black Water River directly flows into the Lethe River, so it is said that the Lethe River is also a river of sin, and the anger of resentment is deep.
Relatively speaking, the items traded in the ghost market are so expensive that ordinary people can't afford them, but the things sold in them are indeed worth so much money.
After entering the ghost market, ordinary people will really linger, and they can't put down every item, look at this, touch that, and time will pass quickly.
Even Lu Xin bought a sachet to hang on her body, the sachet is said to be able to hide her traces, she had worn one before, but after a long time, the fragrance was almost volatilized, so she bought another one.
This is also the reason why she hid around Jiangcheng before, and Lu Zhao and even Shi Lei did not find her.
And I dragged Mo Xianye directly to the Xudu Bank, not to exchange ghost market coins, but to take a look at these institutions in the system, thinking that maybe I could meet Jiugu by chance.
As soon as I entered the Xudu Bank, I was immediately shocked by the scene in front of me.
Throughout the hall, there were several long queues, facing the corresponding windows.
The windows were closed, and you couldn't see what was going on inside, except for the small windows with large faces on the black walls, which looked a bit like pawnshops in the past.
Whatever the people on the outside want, hand over the corresponding currency, and the inside will soon hand things out.
Before, I thought that the Xudu Bank was just a place to exchange ghost coins, but after entering, I found that this is also a place where the underworld distributes goods from the underworld.
For example, there are many things that are issued from the Xudu Bank, which are not contaminated with popularity, and are items that can really circulate in the underworld.
There are two windows to exchange ghost coins, one is the same as the previous windows, and the other is directly open with a door, waiting for a few people outside, the door opens once, a person comes out of it, and a person enters outside, these people use their bodies to exchange for ghost coins.
When you go in, you are fine, and when you come out, even if you are missing arms and legs, you are fine, there are no wounds, no blood, and there are just tired pale faces and vulnerable stumps.
In this world, there are too many poor people, no one can truly empathize, and no one can be a real savior and universalize all sentient beings.
I didn't see what I wanted to see, but I felt that it was very depressing here, and after leaving the Xudu Bank, there was Yaoxiangju on the left.
Compared with the lifeless atmosphere of the Xudu Bank, the medicinal fragrance house is much more lively, I pulled Mo Xian into the night, and a strong medicinal fragrance came to my face.
There are a lot of people who buy medicine, and in the counter, there are a few young ladies who sell medicine, and they look at it at a glance, which makes people fascinated.
I looked at Mo Xianye suspiciously, and muttered in a low voice, "Why do I think these women have strange eyes?" ”
"What's strange?" Mo Xianye asked.
"Look at their eyes, the corners of their eyes ......"
The corners of the eyes of the four clerks are hanging upwards, which is the iconic fox eye.
"Do you suspect that they are of the same race as us?" Mo Xianye said my guess.
I nodded hurriedly, but Mo Xianye shook his head: "No, they are not of the same race as us, according to legend, they are from the elven world, although they may also be foxes, but they are elves, and we fox spirits are completely different." ”
I was a little confused, although I also knew that within the Three Realms and Six Realms, in addition to people, gods and ghosts, there were also demons and the like, but this was the first time I saw the legendary people in the elf world, and I couldn't help but take a few more looks.
Lu Lao Wu next to him opened his mouth and asked, "Since you have already come to Yaoxiangju, do you want to buy some medicine?" The medicine here is not as effective as those bruising drugs outside. ”
"Yes, I can't afford anything else, I should still have one or two bottles of Gyokuro ointment, this treatment for trauma is really a cure." Lu Xin also said.
Mo Xianye snorted coldly: "The medicine of Yaoxiangju is not a last resort, it is easy to not use it, and the physique of ordinary people cannot afford the effect of such a rush." ”
It is a medicine that is three parts poisonous, not to mention that Yaoxiangju is a department directly under the underworld, what is the ingredient of the medicine, I am afraid that the people who use it will not be able to figure it out for the rest of their lives.
Xudu Bank and Yaoxiang Juli, there is no trace of Jiugu, the prison is empty, when the punishment is not carried out, it is equivalent to a large square, you can see the shining execution tools, but there is no one to live.
Passing through the prison platform, behind it, there is a high wall, the height of the wall must be more than two meters, except for the two curved eaves in the center, nothing else can be seen.
I pointed to the wall and asked Mo Xianye, "What's that place?" ”
"That's the Xuanji Pavilion, after the Xuanji Pavilion, it's the boundary of the Imperial Temple in the capital city, let's go back." Mo Xianye said.
I shook my head: "No, no, no, aren't we going to take a look at Xuanji Pavilion?" ”
Mo Xianye didn't speak, and Lu Lao Wu on the side said with a smile: "The Xuanji Pavilion is not open to the public, if you want to enter the Xuanji Pavilion, you must have the name card issued by them, the name card is rare, we may not have a relationship with the Xuanji Pavilion for the rest of our lives." ”
I was surprised: "Xuanji Pavilion is so high? ”
"Of course." Speaking of this, Lu Lao Wuyi's eyebrows fluttered, "Xuanji Pavilion knows all the unsolved mysteries within the Three Realms and Six Realms, as long as you spend enough money, you can get the mysteries you want to know the most from them, such an existence, the force is not high, and there is no confusion in this industry." ”
"I don't believe you." I immediately questioned Lu Lao Wu, "If it's just as you said, then isn't this Xuanji Pavilion above the Three Realms and Six Realms?" Isn't such an existence the target of public criticism? Can you live here safely? ”
"It's all spread like this in the world, whether it's true or not, it's enough to show that this Xuanji Pavilion is powerful, isn't it?" Lu Lao Wu didn't care, "What's more, there are a group of killers in this Xuanji Pavilion, as long as you can invite these killers, the head of the king of Hades can be cut off for you." ”
Lu Lao Wu lowered his voice and said, and as soon as he finished speaking, he was glared at by Lu Xin fiercely: "Fifth master! ”
Lu Lao Wu shut up at this time, some things really can't be said nonsense, and they may cause trouble at any time, he probably talked about it, and he didn't keep his mouth shut for a while.
And I, on the other hand, was already stunned.
I couldn't help but glance towards the Xuanji Pavilion, and suddenly felt that the high courtyard walls were all gathered in a murderous aura.
I was a little disappointed, and just wanted to say that since this is the case, let's go back, but at that time, Mo Xian said faintly: "Auntie...... One of the lowest killers in that killer team. ”
"Huh?"
I was so shocked that I couldn't speak, Jiu Gu turned out to be the killer of Xuanji Pavilion?
With such an identity, how did he escape from the Xuanji Pavilion and stay in Changbai Mountain for 10,000 years?
Not believing, unreasonable, but everything is true.
Mo Xianye pointed to his own people, and chased after him: "Didn't you ask Jiu Gu about the origin of her lips before?" ”
"The killer of the Xuanji Pavilion, the man wears earrings, and the woman wears lip beads, whether it is earrings or lip beads, they are all tokens of the underworld and a symbol of their identity."
"Every saint of the fox clan, after the merit is completed, is going to enter the Xuanji Pavilion to report on her work, but what the specific position is, there is no way to know, my aunt entered the Xuanji Pavilion on behalf of my mother, and her cultivation level, of course, it is impossible to get a good position, so she can only be a low-level killer of the Xuanji Pavilion."
"She carefully tried to survive in the Xuanji Pavilion, and slowly became an emotionless killing machine, but later, she was finally exposed, and the Xuanji Pavilion gave her a hunt and kill order."
"How did she escape, no one can ask, but when she returned to Changbai Mountain, she was blind in one eye, and she lost one eye and exchanged her life, which is actually quite worth it."
"Only this time, she returned to the Xuanji Pavilion, and now she is re-reporting to her work, or she is imprisoned and imprisoned, waiting for trial, no one knows."
When Mo Xianye said this, the whole person was gathered in sadness.
In fact, everyone understands that she came back this time, and it was more than lucky.
And the reason why Jiu Gu returned to Xuanji Pavilion was to help me fuse the Yin and Yang Order!
If I had known that the Fusion Yin and Yang Order would make her pay such a big price, I wouldn't have agreed to anything.
I feel uncomfortable and want to die, but I can't help it.
"Go back, everyone has their own life, what should my aunt's life be, we can't control it, maybe ......"
Maybe what, Mo Xianye didn't say it, it was hope, and this hope may only be fulfilled by using the word 'miracle'.
So he couldn't say it, because he felt that this hope would only end up disappointed.
And this hope, if there can be any unexpected turn, I think that all the bets may not be on Jiu Gu herself, but on the man who once helped her escape from the punishment of the Xuanji Pavilion and personally brought her back to the Xuanji Pavilion.
Is that man also from the Xuanji Pavilion? is also the same as Jiugu, is it the killer of Xuanji Pavilion?
Or is there something else?
All I remember about that man is the awe-inspiring air of the man, the wide black cloak, and the mask that covers his entire face, and nothing else.
But there is no doubt that person's ability is absolutely outstanding, maybe Jiugu can really have a glimmer of life if he follows him?
When Mo Xianye held my hand and walked back, I suddenly understood why his mother risked her life to escape from entering the Xuanji Pavilion, this entry, there is no way back, for a person who already has a heart, it is really more terrible than death.
It's just that...... It's hard for the ninth aunt.
We walked back, and halfway through, the people in front of us kept coming in our direction, and there was an endless stream.
Lu Xin grabbed someone and asked what was going on?
At that time, it should have been past two o'clock in the morning, and I was going to prepare to leave the ghost market soon.
The man said excitedly: "Haven't you heard, the supervision history has been replaced, the new official has taken office, and at two o'clock, he will be beheaded for the first time, I heard that among the people who were executed this time, one of them has a very high cultivation, has escaped for many years, and has just been arrested. ”
When he said this, several of us immediately looked at each other, and from each other's eyes, we both saw horror.
That person, it can't be the ninth aunt who was just arrested, right?