The first year of Chengtian, December.

It was the same heavy snow as a year ago, and it was also Jinling Castle covered in heavy snow.

But the people of the city are not as worried as they were last year, and the streets of Jinling City are decorated with lights, most of the liquor shops are bustling with activity, and the streets are full of children playing in the snow.

This year has been a bumper year.

The grain and grass produced in various places not only made up for the deficit of the national treasury, but also allowed most of the people's families to have enough food to survive this winter, and with these, the people could naturally enjoy the upcoming Chinese New Year's Eve without worries.

"If you want to say that this Emperor Chengtian, it is the person chosen by God. It is rumored that when she was born, there were bright stars, and there were dragons and phoenixes. ”

"When her mother gave birth to her, she saw immortals in her dreams..."

Fang Ziyu, dressed as a ranger and wearing a veil, walked on the streets with a thick layer of snow, and she couldn't help but laugh dumbly when she heard the storyteller's subdued voice from the wine shop.

According to the rules of the past, most of the emperors of the opening dynasty had to have some different backgrounds, in the words of the Confucian scholars in charge of this matter in the court, this is called obeying the will of the people and agreeing with the people.

But Fang Ziyu didn't care about this, and he disdained the Confucian scholars' words and admonitions three times and twice, and finally gave up. But after seeing the Guiguzi that day, Fang Ziyu changed his mind and ordered the Confucian scholars in charge of the matter in the court to start fabricating the matter, and secretly sent people to preach it everywhere. For a while, the "heroic deeds" of Fang Ziyu's life have become the favorite stories of storytellers in various wine shops.

In this story, Fang Ziyu, who is the protagonist, is naturally heroic and martial, but fortunately, Miss Fang is still a person with a conscience. Adhering to the principle of one person attaining the Tao and ascending to heaven, Xu Han and others have also emerged in this story, and they have all become heroes who have the merit of supporting the dragon, but in the end they sacrificed in Dayuan Mountain for the sake of the common people in the world.

In order to curry favor with the Empress Chengtian, Shangyun City in Qingzhou spent a lot of money to build a temple in a month, and it was Xu Han and Liu Sheng who worshipped inside. Recently, Fang Ziyu also heard that Qian Liu, who used to guard the tomb of Xu Han's father, has also risen in status and has become the favored object of various wine shops or government offices, after all, he is also one of the few people in this world who has come into contact with Xu Han when he was a child.

And all kinds of things like this are not uncommon, not because of how well that story was made, but because since Empress Chengtian ascended the throne, the life of the people has really been much better. And most of the people's minds are very simple, naturally they support Fang Ziyu in their hearts, and this kind of support, under the promotion of intentional and unintentional, will inevitably completely deify Fang Ziyu in their hearts, and Xu Han and others have also enjoyed the blessing of Fang Ziyu, and then become a god in the hearts of the people.

Fang Ziyu, who was walking on the street, couldn't help but feel a little funny thinking about this, but more than just funny, there was a sadness that even she couldn't understand.

There is such a huge group of people, but today she is the only one left.

She felt a little cold, stretched out her hand to wrap her clothes tightly, and secretly thought about the conversation with the Guiguzi that day.

In fact, it is the request of the Guiguzi to let those Confucian scholars make up those stories that are half true and false, in their words, in this way, in this way, they can better unite the hearts of the people in this world, and only then can Fang Ziyu become the real gods of this world faster.

It is not entirely clear what kind of thoughts Fang Ziyu is hiding in Guiguzi, but at least since those stories spread among the people, Fang Ziyu can really feel that his strength is increasing faster than before.

And every night, after correcting the recitals, Fang Ziyu would go to the outside of Jinling City according to the agreement with the Guiguzi, and continue to practice the ability to control this world under their guidance.

It's been about three months since that happened.

The end of the year is approaching.

The number of pedestrians coming and going at the gate of Jinling City has gradually decreased, and when they reach the hill twenty miles away from Jinling City, it is already inaccessible.

And as usual, the black-robed figure stood there early, and it had always been like this for the past three months, so that Fang Ziyu couldn't help but have an illusion that the person in front of him seemed to have never left.

Fang Ziyu saluted the figure as usual, then straightened up and allowed the qi around him to connect with heaven and earth—this was the preparation that needed to be made before the cultivation began, so as to better sense the qi of heaven and earth. At first, it was somewhat difficult for Fang Ziyu to do this, but now she can do it very well, and the whole process takes less than half a breath.

Fang Ziyu was actually extremely talented, but there was always Chen Xuanji, a senior brother, standing in front of her in Linglong Pavilion before, and then Xu Hanmengliang and others sheltered her from the wind and rain, so that she couldn't help but be a little slack. At this moment, when all the burdens fell on her, the girl really showed her talent to the fullest.

But when she made these preparations for today, there was such a sentence from under the black robe.

"I don't have to practice today. ”

Fang Ziyu was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but look at the black robe strangely, and asked, "Why?"

"Your mastery of the power of gods and men has reached the point where it is perfect, and if you want to improve it any longer, the time that will be lost will be hundreds of years, and now, we don't have that much time to wait for you to grow, and even if you gain several times more power than you have now, it will play a very little role in this game. The black robe said slowly, and there was no lack of contempt for Fang Ziyu in his tone.

If it was placed in the past, Miss Fang, who was counted down like this, would inevitably be angry, and she would definitely have to reason with this Guiguzi. But now Fang Ziyu is much more mature, and after hearing this, she nodded silently. She knew her situation very clearly - no matter how beautiful Guiguzi said, Fang Ziyu understood that she was just a pawn in the game of two behemoths, and only by doing everything that this chess piece should do could she find a little life for her world in this crack.

"So what am I going to do now?" she asked, calmly.

"The ancient evil god has come out, but most of his power is still sealed in the depths of this world. ”

"Once he gains that power, it will be difficult for even us to be his enemy, and the reason why we help you become the god of this world is because as a god, you have the ability to drive the heavens and the earth. There is also the power to break through the layers of seals and go to the depths of the world. ”

Guiguzi's voice sounded, Fang Ziyu frowned when she heard this, and she asked in a deep voice: "So, what I have to do is to go there and strengthen the seal in the depths of that world, so that the evil gods in your mouths can't obtain that power, right?"

The black robe shook his head: "What we need you to do is to break the seal and release that power." ”

Fang Ziyu was stunned for a moment, and his tone couldn't help but be a little higher: "Why? Isn't this the wish of the evil god?"

"The evil god is far more powerful than you think, just because he hasn't opened the seal now doesn't mean he can't do it in the future, we need you to open the seal and take that power to a safer place before we can escape the sight of the evil god. In this way, the evil god who has lost this power will no longer be our opponent, and we can clear this threat for the Ten Thousand Domains Starry Sky. ”

This is certainly an unassailable-sounding statement, at least for Fang Ziyu, who doesn't know the inside story.

But the strange thing is that after hearing this, Fang Ziyu lowered her head, she thought about the situation silently for a while, and when she raised her head, her gaze had a touch of resoluteness that Guiguzi did not expect.

"No!" she said.

"If everything is true as you say, you want to kill the evil god. Then before this world is covered by the evil god, you can come to this world, then what you have to do is not to kill Xu Han, but to let him lead the evil god to fall on him, and then you can kill Xu Han!"

"You are just like that evil god, you want the power of the depths of this world!!"

Fang Ziyu's words obviously exceeded Guiguzi's expectations. So much so that Guiguzi, who answered all of Fang Ziyu's doubts, fell silent at that moment.

And Fang Ziyu's body immediately took a step back, and his eyebrows were once again filled with vigilance and hostility.

Then, before Fang Ziyu could ask again, a long sigh came from under the black robe. "I wanted you to die with hope, but now it seems that you can only sink in despair. Man, sometimes it's not a good thing to be too smart. ”

As soon as the voice said this, black aura suddenly poured out from under the black robe.

Like poisonous snakes, they came to the square fish at an astonishing speed, and went to the limbs and head of the square fish. Although Fang Ziyu, who had been alert for a long time, summoned the golden dragon phase in his body at the first time. But that thing didn't have the slightest power to resist in front of the poisonous snake condensed by the black aura, and it collapsed in an instant with just a slight touch.

And Fang Ziyu's body was soon enveloped by these black aura, and she suddenly couldn't move, and Rao is best at distorting space couldn't use it.

Painful wails continued to come from the black air, from high to weak, and finally to silence.

After the scene of Baixi, those black breaths suddenly converged and poured into Fang Ziyu's body, and when the girl with her eyes closed opened her eyes again, there was only a pitch black left in her eyes.

She jerked down on one knee toward the black-robed robe, and spoke.

"Meet Lord Valley. ”