Yang Su and the others said goodbye to Wuxuan Zhenren and returned to Lizhou City. Zhang Ziyi left them in the city for a few days, talked about some mountain cultivation, and talked about major events in the world. Only then did I learn that all the great rivers and mountains had fallen into the hands of the Northern Barbarians, and in order to maintain their position, most of the gate lords in the Central Plains surrendered on their knees, and the grass people were naturally not willing to lag behind, and they became the minions of the alien race.

The rebel army in the south relied on the natural danger of the Canglan River, and temporarily blocked the war horses of the barbarians with 100,000 sailors, and they took Canghai City as a stronghold to support the king of Canghai on the throne, which was a corner of peace. These people do not want to forge ahead, they are emotional, and they live in small cities to compete for fame and fortune, and they fall into each other's favor.

Liu Yun said with a smile: "In this way, the dynasty's qi is exhausted, how can Senior Brother Zhang succeed in organizing a righteous army in this Lizhou city?" Zhang Ziyi said sadly: "After dusk, there is a long dark night, and there should always be stars in the night sky to let people see hope." If one day people's hearts really get used to darkness, then we will lose the battle between demons and demons, and this world will never recover. ”

Yang Sushen thinks so, the Tao is governed, the demons are chaotic, and the battle in the world is also the dispute between the Tao and the devil. Although these immortal cultivators are far away from the red dust, after all, they all come from the red dust, and the relationship between them is inextricably linked.

Shui Yue said: "Senior Brother Zhang was martyred, it is really noble. Zhang Ziyi just smiled and replied: "If I die in the chaos one day, you will build a tomb for me on Wangwu Mountain, I really hope that I will have the honor to go up the mountain to listen to the master's teachings in the next life." Everyone was speechless, all of them were sad, the troubled times were out of the devil, and the road ahead was unpredictable.

On the second day, the three of them resigned from Zhang Ziyi and left Lizhou City, Yang Su said, "Senior sister, I want to go to Canghai City." When Liu Yun heard this, she had to follow, unwilling to go back to the mountain. Shui Yue was helpless, so she had to order: "On this way, without the care of senior sister, you should be careful yourself." After speaking, he returned to Tianjian Mountain alone.

Canghai City sings and dances lightly, the voices are boiling, the incense car is on the road, the fat powder is full of the city, the gold and jade carving mausoleum, and the silk is wrapped with rotten wood. The luxury of the world is nothing more than that.

Liu Yun frowned at it, and asked, "Senior brother, this Canghai City is so erosive, what are we doing here?" Yang Su smiled: "We're just here to find someone, and we're not here to soak in Fengyue." Besides, the ancient Dao attainers, money is obsessed with their eyes and there is no greed, and beautiful women sit in their arms without being confused, let's just go into the city for a walk, what are we afraid of?" Liu Yun said angrily: "I have been cultivating in the mountains since I was a child, and my Dao heart is stable, what are I afraid of? I'm just worried that my senior brother's cultivation time is still short, and it is difficult to sustain myself." ”

The two walked through a few alleys while talking and laughing, and finally saw a blacksmith shop, so they went in and asked, and the blacksmith said: "The old blacksmith surnamed Wang, there is one in this Canghai City, this person is about six years ago, and opened a shop on North Street, the craftsmanship is very rough, and the people are boring." It was only later that the dignitaries and nobles of the Central Plains crossed the Canglan River, entered Canghai City, and bought most of the shops in the city at a high price, and his small shop was bought and renovated into a song and dance building. ”

Yang Su asked urgently, "Where is the blacksmith Wang now?"

The blacksmith thought for a while and said, "I don't know about this, but since the emperor lived in our Canghai City, the poor people have not been able to live in peace, and they have all been driven out of the city, you can go to the northern suburbs of the city to ask." ”

Yang Su thanked the blacksmith and went out of the shop with Liu Yun, Liu Yun said angrily: "This dog emperor, his world is occupied by others, and he comes here to grab land with the people, which is really hateful." Yang Su said: "The top and bottom are in chaos, so they were robbed by this, if they are concentric, why not." When I was wandering, I suffered from the warmth and coldness of the world, and then in the clouds, I saw my comrades in chaos. The so-called cycle of heaven is all due to people's hearts. ”

Liu Yun said with a smile: "What Senior Brother said is extremely true, we immortal cultivators, one thought of enlightenment, one thought of demons, or soaring or destroying, is also the human heart. ”

The northern suburbs of Canghai City are barren and desolate, with mass graves in the east and dilapidated thatched huts in the west, one after the other, with no end in sight.

A small black beggar, lame with one leg, wandered around the grave, picking up sacrifices scattered on the ground.

The old beggar sat cross-legged on the side of the road, looked in the direction of the little beggar, and when he saw that he had achieved a little success, he shouted, "Dog, that's enough, let's go home." The little beggar picked up two more, and then limped to the old beggar's side, and said with a smile: "Grandpa, with these, it is enough for us to eat for three days." ”

At sunset, the old beggar staggered along the road with his hands on the ground, and it turned out that his legs were broken. Yang Su looked at the old and the young, and felt a little bitter in his heart.

Liu Yun said: "Everything has a cause and effect, don't you want to know why they became like this?" Yang Su smiled bitterly: "Unfortunate people have their own reasons. Maybe he has a gambling and irascible son, maybe his ancestral land has been forcibly occupied, or maybe he is a survivor who has fled from the north. I have been a beggar since I was a child, and I am used to this kind of life, and they are as strong as weeds to survive, and they will definitely live strong in the future. ”

"Don't you want to help them, as long as we cast a spell, they will be able to live a normal life, and it will not be difficult to squeeze into the sea city and enjoy the singing and dancing. ”

"They will have their own chances, just like me, and I think that the boy may be a general in the future, and that somewhat lame leg will not stop a brave heart. ”

After Yang Su said this, he smiled easily, he knew that he was not a prophet and could not see through the future, but he knew very well that people always had to face choices, just like six years ago, he returned to Cloud City without hesitation.

The two came to a broken grass hut and met a white-headed old woman, Yang Su asked her about the blacksmith Wang, and the old woman said: "The old blacksmith Wang was indeed driven here, but he died suddenly a few months ago, leaving only a small apprentice to take over his shop." After speaking, he showed them the way, Yang Su thanked them, and looked for the guide.

Yang Su walked into the shop, everything was familiar, the location of the furnace, the placement of iron, exactly the same as when he was in Cloudsdale. It's just that on the wall of the shop, the old blacksmith's tablet is placed.

There was a child in the shop who was wielding a hammer, his skin dark and rough, and he looked strange like he had when he first entered the blacksmith's shop. When the child saw the living person, he timidly asked, "Do you want to buy iron tools?" Yang Su said: "We just came to find someone, and we have already found it." The boy asked, "Are you called Yang Su, and you are also the apprentice of the king blacksmith?" Yang Su replied, "I am Yang Su." ”

After hearing this, the child bowed down in front of Yang Su and cried, "Senior brother, you are finally here, Master has been waiting for you here all along." Yang Su naturally remembered what he said in Qixia Town, but unfortunately he was late.

The boy took out another pot of wine, poured a bowl for Yang Suman, and said, "Master said before he died that he wanted to drink with you again." ”

Yang Su took the wine bowl and drank it all at the spiritual seat of the king blacksmith. After drinking, he suddenly felt groggy and couldn't use Zhenyuan, and when he looked back, Liu Yun had already fallen to the ground, unconscious.

The child's eyes were cunning, and he said with a smile: "I not only know that you are Yang Su, but also know that you are reborn by relying on the Divine Bead and Phoenix Wood, and you have a Heavenly Dao in your hand, which is nourished by the fairy sword, and its power is infinite." With your strength, even the top masters of the Demon Dao will be difficult to capture you. But after all, I can't bear a bowl of poisoned wine carefully prepared for you. ”

After hearing this, Yang Su said angrily: "You also killed the blacksmith?" The child smiled: "I didn't bother to kill him, but I blamed him for being too shrewd and actually recognized me." ”

"Why are you so painstakingly trying to harm me?"

The child laughed wildly and said, "If you know how valuable you are, you may be tempted to offer yourself personally." Someone has offered a reward for a golden pill that can last for five hundred years, and I can guarantee that wherever you go, there will be a swarm of flies staring at you in the dark, waiting for the time to make a move, and I am just a little luckier than them. ”

"I'll go with you, can you let my junior brother go?"

"What qualifications do you have to negotiate with me?"

"I at least always have a chance to commit suicide, if I die, it won't be worth much, right?" Yang Su was actually a little unsure, maybe the person offering the bounty just wanted his life, maybe that person wanted a living person to realize some unknown conspiracy, no matter what, he had to try.

"Okay, let's make a deal, anyway, it's a burden to have him with you. Don't worry, I'm a person who doesn't like to do superfluous things. After the child finished speaking, he used a bundle of immortal techniques to tie Yang Su up.