Chapter 3 Persuasion
"What a daze, open the gate quickly!" Wang Shen was a little complacent when he saw that Xu Chen had frustrated the minions, and hurriedly reminded him.
Xu Chen hurriedly gathered his mind, roared angrily, and raised his hand to slash through the air, only to see a large amount of erupted true qi roaring wildly and condensing into a dark ice iron hammer that shone with a cold light, spinning in the air non-stop.
The minions entrenched in the pass were shocked when they saw Xu Chen's might, and the little leader who waved the flag boldly asked, "Who are you?"
Wang Shen was afraid that Xu Chen would leak his mouth, so he shouted first: "Lao Tzu is Princess Lin's right protector Ouyang Lian, he is my junior brother Situ Kong!"
As soon as the words fell, Xu Chen also pushed out with his palms, and the huge ice hammer volleyed down in the air, hitting the closed gate!
Hearing only the sound of "boom", the gate of the village was suddenly torn apart, the sawdust fragments were splashed out, and the pass was also opened under Xu Chen's sharp blow, as if it were a void.
"Oh my mother, wouldn't this hammer be a meatloaf if it hit me?" the little leader was so frightened that he couldn't even stick out his tongue.
Wang Shen saw that Xu Chen was shocked by these minions, so he swaggered out and shouted: "Now you know how powerful Lao Tzu is, don't you hurry up and call your king to come out to greet him! Otherwise, as soon as Lao Tzu is angry, he will kill Zhushan into a river of blood!"
The little leader was still as arrogant as before, and he hurriedly asked his subordinates to come out and serve the two of them, and he flew up the mountain as if he were flying.
Not long after, a person came to the two of them with the little leader, nodded to them and said, "Two lords, the king of my family has invited you to go to Xinyi Hall to discuss important matters. ”
Xu Chen opened his eyes and saw that the thief who was talking was not the strong man who brought people to the village to grab grain a few days ago? He was suddenly angry, and was about to go up and beat him again, but Wang Shen had already seen it from the side, and hurriedly stepped forward and pretended to say: "Then don't lead the way quickly!"
After speaking, he glared at Xu Chen fiercely, suggesting that he should not act rashly.
Wang Shen and Xu Chen followed the two thieves into the pass and walked towards the majestic building on the top of the mountain.
Xu Chen observed while walking, and found that the thief's lair from the pass to the top of the mountain was rugged and difficult to walk, and there were five checkpoints along the way, each of which was extremely strong, and there were elite soldiers guarding the pass.
When he came to the lair on the top of the mountain, Xu Chen strangely found that this majestic building was somewhat similar to the temple, he looked up and saw the plaque on the iron gate with three big characters written on the retribution temple, only to know that this was really a fortress rebuilt from a temple.
After passing through three palace gates in a row, there were heavily armed minions on both sides of each section of the road, and when they saw the two of them coming in, they all looked at them murderously, looking at this vicious look, they wanted to devour Wang Shen and Xu Chen alive.
Xu Chen was secretly frightened, he was not afraid of these bandits, but admired Wang Shen's foresight in his heart, this is a typical place that is easy and difficult to attack, if he didn't listen to his dissuasion to attack the mountain alone, he would definitely fall into a heavy siege and be unable to fly.
At the same time, he also felt a little strange in his heart, these people are just robbers who robbed houses and houses, how could they build this bamboo mountain so dangerously, even if they robbed a huge amount of money, they didn't have a large number of people, how could they build such a majestic momentum in a short time?
Thinking to himself, their group had come to Xinyi Hall, Xu Chen stared at it, and almost laughed out loud, it turned out that this was the Daxiong Treasure Hall in the temple, and the Buddha statue was removed for this group of thieves, and some tables and chairs were temporarily put together and placed in it as a place for their meeting, Xu Chen could still smell a faint smell of incense in his nose when he observed the surroundings.
The strong man smiled at the two of them and said, "Wait a while, two adults, and I will go and invite the king of my family to come over." After saying that, he called a few minions to serve Wang Shen and Xu Chen here, and he and the little leader went straight to the back door.
After waiting for a long time, and not seeing the so-called Mountain King come out, Xu Chen couldn't help but feel a little uneasy, and said to Wang Shen in a low voice: "Uncle Wang, we won't fall for the thieves' tricks, right?
"If you come, you will be safe. Wang Shen was calm and relaxed, and said nonchalantly: "If there is really an ambush, these little minions will also find an excuse to run away, and they will stay here to serve us." ”
Xu Chen thought to himself, so while drinking tea, he observed the surrounding movements again, and he suddenly found that there was a one-man high statue in the corner of the hall, and there was an offering table in front of it, on which were incense burners and offerings, and there was unburned incense in the furnace.
I don't know if this statue was originally this color, or if it was smoked like this by the smoke and fire, it was pitch black, it looked dirty, and the two pairs of big wings stretched out behind it were also jet black, so that Xu Chen couldn't see any details clearly.
What made Xu Chen feel even more strange was that this statue had no head, and he couldn't help but ask the little minions who poured tea for him curiously: "The head of this idol has fallen off, why don't you remove it, what are you doing here?"
"My lord, this is the patron saint of our cottage, it has no head. ”
Xu Chen couldn't help but be stunned, and for a while he couldn't remember which god this little minion was talking about.
Seeing Xu Chen's doubtful eyes, the little minions hurriedly said with a smile: "This venerable god's name is Di Jiang, and he is an ancient primordial god who existed before the heavens and the earth were opened. ”
In the description of ancient books, Dijiang does not have a head, and his body is as round as a ball, but he is proficient in music and song and dance, and some people even say that it taught music and dance to the world, and brought joy and celebration to the earth.
But some people say that Di Jiang is cruel by nature, eats countless people, and is the ancient demon king who ranks first of the four fierce beasts.
Xu Chen was inclined to believe this, because he had heard his senior brother say when he was cultivating in Chongwu Mountain, thousands of years ago, when the gods and demons were not in dispute, it was the demon clan that ruled the world, and finally the first Heavenly Emperor and the Demon Venerable joined forces to defeat the Demon Emperor Jiang, so that the demon clan completely withdrew from the Central Plains, and the remaining demons were hiding in the wild places overseas, and they could no longer pose a threat to human beings.
After Xu Chen came back to his senses, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, thinking that it was no wonder that the little minions would say that Di Jiang was a god, and the bandits were already cruel and unkind, and they believed in a fierce beast like Di Jiang.
At this time, a group of people came out of the back door, although the young man led by him was draped all over, but his face was as delicate as a white-faced scholar, and he looked like he was born as a child of an official eunuch, Xu Chen suddenly knew that he was the king in the mouth of the minions, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly: "It's a pity, I look so good but become a thief!"
When this person came to Wang Shen and Xu Chen, he was about to bow down, and the old Wang Shen hurriedly got up and helped him up, and said with a smile: "The king, please sit down, we will still be ministers of the same palace in the future, you must not perform this great gift." ”
The king of the mountain replied: "The little one is ignorant, and he has disturbed the two adults, and I hope you don't take it to heart." ”
The three of them sat down and informed each other of their names, Xu Chen knew that the king of the mountain was named Ye Tianxiong, and after a few words of greeting, Wang Shen said: "Her Royal Highness the princess knows that it is really helpless for her brother to fall into the grass, and it is very different from those ruthless robbers, so I ordered my brother and sister to go up the mountain, I hope you can change your evil and return to the right, and go down the mountain to serve the demon clan, this is the right way to protect the country and defend the people." ”
I don't know if this statue was originally this color, or if it was smoked like this by the smoke and fire, it was pitch black, it looked dirty, and the two pairs of big wings stretched out behind it were also jet black, so that Xu Chen couldn't see any details clearly.
What made Xu Chen feel even more strange was that this statue had no head, and he couldn't help but ask the little minions who poured tea for him curiously: "The head of this idol has fallen off, why don't you remove it, what are you doing here?"
"My lord, this is the patron saint of our cottage, it has no head. ”
Xu Chen couldn't help but be stunned, and for a while he couldn't remember which god this little minion was talking about.
Seeing Xu Chen's doubtful eyes, the little minions hurriedly said with a smile: "This venerable god's name is Di Jiang, and he is an ancient primordial god who existed before the heavens and the earth were opened. ”
In the description of ancient books, Dijiang does not have a head, and his body is as round as a ball, but he is proficient in music and song and dance, and some people even say that it taught music and dance to the world, and brought joy and celebration to the earth.
But some people say that Di Jiang is cruel by nature, eats countless people, and is the ancient demon king who ranks first of the four fierce beasts.
Xu Chen was inclined to believe this, because he had heard his senior brother say when he was cultivating in Chongwu Mountain, thousands of years ago, when the gods and demons were not in dispute, it was the demon clan that ruled the world, and finally the first Heavenly Emperor and the Demon Venerable joined forces to defeat the Demon Emperor Jiang, so that the demon clan completely withdrew from the Central Plains, and the remaining demons were hiding in the wild places overseas, and they could no longer pose a threat to human beings.
After Xu Chen came back to his senses, he couldn't help but laugh dumbly, thinking that it was no wonder that the little minions would say that Di Jiang was a god, and the bandits were already cruel and unkind, and they believed in a fierce beast like Di Jiang.
At this time, a group of people came out of the back door, although the young man led by him was draped all over, but his face was as delicate as a white-faced scholar, and he looked like he was born as a child of an official eunuch, Xu Chen suddenly knew that he was the king in the mouth of the minions, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly: "It's a pity, I look so good but become a thief!"
When this person came to Wang Shen and Xu Chen, he was about to bow down, and the old Wang Shen hurriedly got up and helped him up, and said with a smile: "The king, please sit down, we will still be ministers of the same palace in the future, you must not perform this great gift." ”
The king of the mountain replied: "The little one is ignorant, and he has disturbed the two adults, and I hope you don't take it to heart." ”
The three of them sat down and informed each other of their names, Xu Chen knew that the king of the mountain was named Ye Tianxiong, and after a few words of greeting, Wang Shen said: "Her Royal Highness the princess knows that it is really helpless for her brother to fall into the grass, and it is very different from those ruthless robbers, so I ordered my brother and sister to go up the mountain, I hope you can change your evil and return to the right, and go down the mountain to serve the demon clan, this is the right way to protect the country and defend the people." ”