I could see that his body had collapsed, and if he didn't finish what he was saying in one breath, he wouldn't have a chance to say it again.

Tu Lao Er was able to rescue me from the "Dragon Head" game, not because his ability to submerge the earth was stronger than Tu Lao San, but because at that time, the arranger threw a mouse taboo, and because of me, he released a "life gate" in the "Eight Gates are Dead" array, for Tu Lao Er to take me away.

It was at that time that the trapped person also took the opportunity to escape and assassinated Tu Lao Er in an instant.

Since it can be called the "enemy of the tenth world", the arrangers and the trapped are not mediocre hands, and their strength is equal, no matter what they do, they continue to entangle, for ten lifetimes.

The focus of the matter is back to the "Lord of the Sharks", which is the biggest enemy in all of China, and only by exterminating him with all his might can the battle be ended.

Before he finished speaking, the chest and abdomen of the arranger had sunk terribly. That was a manifestation of the dantian's exhaustion, proving that he only had his last breath left.

"Help me sit down...... Meditate cross-legged and sit down...... I will divinate the last hexagram and make your future path clear...... Child, you are the only hope for the Xia clan......" He struggled to sit up straight, but his legs were stiff and unable to cross.

I grabbed his ankles and it took a lot of effort to help him complete the standard posture of cross-knee meditation.

The light in his eyes was fading, like a lone lamp that had run out of oil, the fire was getting weaker and weaker, and the light was getting dimmer and dimmer.

"The enemy of the tenth world, there will be a day of conclusion, the enemy defeats me or I defeat the enemy, and they all make a break in the eleventh world...... The Qi veins of the Lord of the Shark are not long anymore, but unfortunately I can't wait for that day, so I have to take a step first...... The responsibilities of the Xia clan have been passed down from generation to generation, and fortunately, several generations of single transmission have not been broken...... You are a good boy, born with great blessings, and you can complete your work and become the immortal 'King of Thaumaturgy' for all generations. Since you, there has been no dispute over the 'King of Thaumaturgy' in the world, and my Xia clan is the eternal 'King of Thaumaturgy', unchanged for eight hundred years...... Huh, what? You have an older brother?" Suddenly, he shook his whole body, and his left palm struck like lightning, clasped my right hand, and twisted it vigorously, causing my palm to rise.

Instead of looking down at my palmprints, he pressed the thumb of his right hand in the middle of my palm, then held his breath and closed his eyes in contemplation.

Look, it is the simplest, most intuitive and most superficial "Physiognomy Technique", and he uses the lines on his thumb to get close to my palm prints, which is a deep communication between the two thaumaturgists, and can get deeper information.

Big brother Xia Cheng has been missing for too long, and I know that he has been killed by the man in black, otherwise he will definitely come back to me.

This is the source of all hatred and the motivation for me to chase the heights of thaumaturgy.

"Your brother is ...... in the summer Where?" he asked.

"Dead. I replied.

"Dead? Dead in the East China Sea...... Somewhere?" he asked again.

"I don't know. I replied honestly, "He was abducted at the Tiegong Temple in Daming Lake, and finally disappeared, and he has not been heard from for ten years." I judged that he was dead. ”

He suddenly breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay, good, this result is good, it didn't ruin your human growth luck." I will tell you four sentences, you must firmly remember - you are traveling west to take the truth, and you will not become an immortal without hardship. Dan's heart lasts forever, and the blood stains the East China Sea and never sleeps. The mission of the Xia clan must fall on your shoulders, you know?So at all times, you must keep this in mind and not be swayed by other strange forces...... Even if there are treacherous changes, we can't forget our original intention. What is the original intention? That is, to be the 'king of thaumaturgy', to make the thaumaturgists of the world submit, to lead them, to the light......"

With a click, the thumb of his right hand snapped in my palm, and the joints of his body cracked with a cracking sound.

"The world is immortal in thaumaturgy, the Xia clan is endless, endless, and not ......" he said these words with difficulty, and his entire body instantly collapsed inward, turning into a thin and curled corpse in the blink of an eye.

Death came instantly, and I didn't even have time to say goodbye to him.

"Go and be the 'King of Thaumaturgy!'" I remembered his words.

People are soft-spoken, and with my current fame and status, I will be despised by others if I say anything. Only the "king of thaumaturgy" can command the world's thaumaturgists and lead them to do great things that are beneficial to society. From ancient times to the present, everyone has bowed down to the king, which is the common characteristic of all mankind.

I found a pickaxe and a shovel from inside the West House, and dug a deep pit half a man high and a man long in the wasteland outside the courtyard.

Before dawn, the occasional wailing of wild dogs could be heard all around.

I thought about it, jumped off the pit, and continued to dig until it reached a depth of more than one and a half meters, and it was estimated that after such a deep burial, it was impossible for the body of the predecessor to be destroyed by wild dogs.

By the time I sent his body into the pit, the eastern sky had already revealed the whiteness of the fish's belly.

"Goodbye seniors, I will remember your words, the highest ideal in this life is to become the 'king of thaumaturgy', lead the righteous thaumaturgists of the world, and do great things for the benefit of the country and the people. "I knelt on the edge of the pit and bowed three times to him and bid him farewell.

Burying a body is a heavy task, but I have always tried to restrain my emotions and not shed tears or self-pity.

The battle isn't over yet, and this is not the time for self-pity. Moreover, thaumaturgists are born in troubled times, and their lives are originally to seek wars and respond to wars repeatedly, if it is too peaceful, then what else do thaumaturgists need to do?

Since there are battles, it is not surprising that there must be casualties.

"Goodbye. "I filled in the pit and carefully raised the grave, and put a plank on it as a mark. In fact, I also know that in such a precarious and troubled world, any mark will be destroyed by the flames of war, and it will eventually be impossible to find.

When I look southwest, I can see Zengdi, Baihuazhou, and Qushuiting Street in the distance, and when I look due west, I can see the high-rise buildings of Jinan Railway Station, and then I look southeast, I can see the city wall of the moat. With these few approximate references, if you come back one day, you can almost find the place where the body is buried.

"Senior, I'm leaving, I hope you will ascend to reincarnation as soon as possible, and you will be a good man again in eighteen years!" I whispered.

I headed south alone, and the dawn had arrived, and a new day had begun.

The inside and outside of the Tiegong Temple are quiet, and Zhang Quan and others should still be sleeping, accumulating energy for today's Hongmen Banquet.

I walked along the lake, but I saw a woman dressed in white standing by the water, it was Jingguan Xiaowu.

Her left palm stood on her chest, her right palm supported on a large willow tree as thick as two people hugging together, her head and neck were lowered, and the corners of her mouth twitched, probably chanting or praying.

I stood at a distance and turned my head to look at the gulls on the lake.

Daming Lake will never change, the lake will rise and fall, the vegetation will rise and fall, and no one can make it disappear from this old city.

The water I see today is no different from the water I saw in 2016, except that the faces of tourists from different eras are reflected on the surface of the lake.

"Survival" is the pursuit of civilians, and "survival before counterattacking" is the responsibility of thaumaturgists. For example, today, Zhang Quanzhong set up a Hongmen banquet to take the head of the enemy chief and deter the enemy on both sides of the Yellow River.

"Mr. Xia, morning. Jingguan Xiaowu slowly lowered his left palm and turned his head.

Her face was very white, without any grease powder, although it was only without makeup, she was already as beautiful as a fairy.

I looked directly at her, and from her delicate facial features, I seemed to be able to vaguely see the face of the aunt.

"It's the last day. She said, "You have to see it, but you can only watch it for a while." ”

I shook my head, "We have a chance. ”

Jingguan Xiaowu smiled: "Yes, Mr. Zhang also said so, there is a great opportunity." According to his plan, after assassinating the enemy chief before the Hongmen banquet, he led all the people out of the North Water Gate, crossed the Xiaoqing River, and made a detour to the west to Changqing. However, I just divined a hexagram, but it was the appearance of 'Mo Shangren is independent, and the goose flies alone for a hundred years'. Which is more likely, you say?"

Without waiting for my persuasion, she turned and pointed to the lake.

There are many weeping willows on the shore, and the large trees are long, and the willow branches hang down into the lake, and the water surface is naturally enclosed by two meters square at a distance of five meters from the shore. The branches keep the waves out of the lake, and the water is calm, like a tiled "blackboard".

Now, there are nine big "death" characters written on this "blackboard".

"Nine Palace Death Talisman. I gasped.

"Yes, you are really well-informed, and you even know the 'Nine Palace Death Talisman'. This is a very remote knowledge of thaumaturgy, and most people don't even know what it means. Jingguan Xiaowu said.

I have seen the "Nine Palace Death Talisman" in ancient books, and the nine "death" characters represent nine people.

When this natural spell appears, nine big people must die at the same time.

"Hehe, nine people must die today?I believe that the Japanese defenders in the city will be able to gather these nine people......" I tried to make my smile more real, but it didn't work.

Of course, I know that the nine dead people revealed in the "Nine Palace Death Talisman" do not necessarily refer to all enemies, but to all those present, including me.

"You laughed, and my heart grew colder. Jingguan Xiaowu said.

There was no smile on her face, only endless sorrow, as if she had seen the end of the people in the Iron Ancestral Hall.

"Why be so pessimistic? When the last stab falls, you know who lives and who dies, doesn't it?" I tried to argue.

"'Nine Palace Death Talismans', nine people--do you know? At today's Hongmen banquet, Mr. Zhang only invited three enemy chieftains, and the remaining six people must be on our heads. You and I may also be in the seventh middle school. She said.

I was speechless, and I couldn't find any reason to make a soothing explanation for this "Nine Palace Death Talisman".

"It's not terrible to die, it's terrible to die worthless. And she said, "You know what? I'm standing here, but all I think about is what's going on at the foot of the Five Dragons. ”

I was slightly startled, and immediately asked, "What's going on under the Five Dragons?"

She flicked her nails lightly and wrapped her white clothes tightly.

"Please tell me, what's going on under the Five Dragons?" I asked again.

Recently, a lot of strange things have happened around the "Lord of the Sharks", and "there is a waterway under Wulong Pond leading directly to the East China Sea" is the most popular rumor in the old Jinan market, and at this moment I heard Jingguan Xiaowu mention that there is something under Wulong Pond - the combination of the three aspects, I suddenly found the key to the problem.

"I want to live forever. Jingguan Xiaowu answered the question.

"How to live forever?" I asked, holding back my impatience and following her words.

"In the past, in Maweipo, some people left the sentence 'I don't see the empty death place of Yuyan'. Today's Five Dragon Pond, I must live forever and retain the true mystery. This time, I failed as a person, but I was extremely successful in doing things. Again, she said, answering the question.

I thought for at least a minute before I slowly spoke: "I understand what you mean, you can only live alone in this battle, don't you?"

Zhang Quanzhong set up a Hongmen banquet to contain the main force of the enemy, and Jingguan Xiaowu created conditions to live alone in the melee, and then obtained eternal life, so as to take on a more important mission.

We are thaumaturgists, and we must make the most rational choices at all times and in all circumstances.

If you live alone for another great mission, what is the criticism of these mortal people?

Ma Weipo was robbed, the emperor lost his favor, causing great regrets through the ages, so the descendant Bai Juyi had such a famous article as "Song of Long Hatred" came out, reshaping the peak in the history of Tang poetry, and the poet immortal Li Taibai and the poet saint Du Fu kept pace with each other.

Jingguan Xiaowu's mention of Ma Weipo has to give me a kind of ominous warning.

The nine words "death" on the water are always there, and every stroke is shocking.

Nine words, nine lives, this is the only rule of the "Nine Palaces Death Talisman".

"You have to help me. She said.

"Okay, how can I help?" I nodded.

"When the Hongmen banquet is coming to an end, kill a bloody road and send me to Wulongtan. She replied.

"Good. I nodded again, without hesitation.

"Killing devils" is the dream of every Jinan man, and it is my honor to be able to kill the enemy here with my own hands instead of talking on paper in 2016.

"When the enemy chieftain goes to the banquet, there must be a car or a war horse, and when the time comes, assassinate the soldiers watching the chariot and horse, go south from the east bank of the lake, and then turn to the west, and go straight to Wulong Pond. When I get to the edge of the pool, no matter what I do, don't block it, so as not to delay the fighter. She whispered.

I frowned, and I heard some clues.

Wulong Pond is a pool of deep water, we galloped to the edge of the pool, and then could it be that she will throw herself into the pool?

"I—maybe I shouldn't have asked, and when that time comes, if you throw yourself into the water and die, I won't be able to stop you?" I hesitated, but still asked aloud to be on the safe side.

"Yes, exactly. Jingguan Xiaowu replied indifferently.

I smiled bitterly: "In this case, you have never been able to escape the killing of the 'Nine Palace Death Talisman'." I don't understand, what is the difference between dying in Daming Lake and dying in Wulongtan?"

After a sleepless night and several battles, my mind was a little swollen, and the questions I asked were too plain, which made Jingguan Xiaowu cover her mouth and smile lightly.

"Am I wrong?" I blushed.

She shook her head: "Yes, but we are thaumaturgists, thaumaturgists act, and we want a 'strange' word, if everything follows traditional common sense, then what kind of kit kat changes can be made? Of course, if you want to take care of it, I'm afraid you won't be able to do it, after all, you have too much to do today. ”

I looked at the "Nine Palace Death Talisman" again, and couldn't help but worry about Zhang Quanzhong's life and death.