In the south direction of the land of Huaxia Shenzhou, there is an ancient city, called Jiaozhi City. The city is located between the Nanban and the South Vietnamese, and the catastrophic disaster two years ago turned the city into a sea of flames, almost all the houses were reduced to ashes, and the subsequent wars and strife made the already dilapidated city even more unsightly. However, after the catastrophe and war, the people here returned one after another to rebuild their homes, and soon there was a scene of prosperity again. About five miles south of the south gate of Jiaozhi Castle, there is a dense forest, but this is not an ordinary forest. Because this forest has a different color throughout the year, it is vermilion, the same color as the legendary ancient Suzaku, and its shape is the same as that of Suzaku, so the forest is called "Suzaku Forest" by the local people. The longest place is about 1,000 zhang, and the narrowest place is more than 100 zhang. The forest is extremely hot all year round, and ordinary mortals will sweat profusely and soak their clothes in less than a moment when they walk in, and the closer they get to the center, the hotter it gets. But in winter, there are always passers-by who come here to escape the cold. And in the place where the Vermilion Bird Forest is about 100 zhang away to the south, there is a silver-white pagoda more than ten zhang high, there is a statue of the Vermilion Bird on the top of the tower, the head of the bird faces south, I don't know what kind of material it is made of. Whenever someone wants to climb this pagoda to find out, when climbing to a height of two zhang, this original silver-white pagoda will instantly turn vermilion, and at the same time, its temperature will quickly soar to the highest in an instant, mortals can not withstand the test of high temperature, so it will fall down quickly. Falling from a height of more than two zhang is generally not a big problem, at most his hands will shed a layer of skin, because the ground is a soft grass.

On this day, the leader of the Divine Realm, Chasing Sun, and the leader of the Immortal Realm, at the same time, took their men to an open place more than a hundred miles away from Jiaozhi City. Just as the leader of the fairy realm Feitian and his subordinates were about to use mana to fly in, they were stopped by the leader of the god realm, chasing the sun.

"Don't waste any more mana, you can't rush in. The leader of the Divine Realm, Chasing Sun, closed his eyes slightly and said calmly.

"Impossible, then why can you enter the Divine Realm?" Feitian, the leader of the Immortal Realm, asked curiously, his expression very puzzled.

"Of course you can go in, but you have to become mortal. ”

"Mortal, won't my mana be lost?"

"Don't worry, it's just going to disappear temporarily. Whether it is the Demon Realm, the Ghost Realm or the Demon Realm, or the two realms of gods and immortals, as long as they break into the defensive range of these five divine beasts, they will be immediately ejected. Only after becoming a mortal can you enter this Cochin City. The leader of the Divine Realm chased the sun and explained 1510.

"Alright, I'll go inside. After the immortal realm leader Feitian finished speaking, he immediately turned into mortals with his group of subordinates, and when he turned around to leave, the god realm leader Chasing Sun stretched out his hand to stop him.

"Wait, after you go in, don't act rashly, and be patient in everything. I'm here to guard you from the Demons, Demons, and Demons Realm. ”

"I've written down everything you said, so don't worry. With that, Feitian, the leader of the Immortal Realm, led his group of men to Jiaozhi City.

The journey of more than 100 miles is indeed a bit far for mortals in the world, if it is on foot, it will take two or three days. But for the creatures of the five worlds of gods, immortals, demons, ghosts, and demons, it is just a piece of cake. Because their physical strength is much stronger than that of mortals in the human world. Even if there is no mana, as long as its physical body is not damaged, it can still move like a fly. Soon, in less than two hours, Feitian, the leader of the fairy world, took his men to Jiaozhi City, and came to the eastern gate of this southern city.

Jiaozhi City is more heavily guarded than Jianye City. There were about 100 guards at the door, each wearing vermilion armor, holding a meniscus-shaped vermilion long-handled broadsword, and a statue of a vermilion bird on the helmet. On the tower, there are also more than 100 archers on standby, ready to shoot the offensive enemy soldiers. When Feitian, the leader of the fairy world, saw this scene under the city tower, he couldn't help but sweat beads of nervousness from his forehead. Although there was some fear in my heart, I still had to muster up the courage to stride forward for the sake of the Flame Sword.

"What person?" the captain of the sergeant at the head of the group shouted, his expression very serious.

"Oh, we're refugees from South Vietnam and haven't eaten in ten days, so we want to go into the city and ask for something to eat. Feitian, the leader of the fairy world, hurriedly said with a smile. When the captain of the sergeant team heard this, he stepped forward and looked at him carefully, and sniffed at him with his nose.

"Are you really a refugee?" the captain of the sergeant asked in a skeptical tone.

"Well, I'm really a refugee. ”

"I just sniffed your whole body, and it doesn't smell bad. If you're a refugee, you're bound to have a stench. Honestly, who are you, why did you come to my Suzaku Country?" the captain of the sergeant suddenly shouted.

"Brother Jun, I am really a refugee, please believe me. Feitian, the leader of the fairy realm, suddenly said in a begging tone.

"Don't pretend to be pitiful in front of Lao Tzu! If you are not honest again, I will drive you out ten miles away!"

"Well, I'll tell you, in fact, I am a good citizen of South Vietnam, and I went to the city this time to buy something to eat. After Feitian, the leader of the fairy realm, quickly took out a little broken silver from his arms, then leaned down and knelt down, grabbed the hand of the leader of the soldiers, and then said in a begging tone: "You just let me in." The captain of the sergeant at the head felt something strange in his hand, and knew that what had been stuffed into his hand was broken silver, so he quickly transferred it to his arms while the people around him were not paying attention, and then pretended to say: "Well, since you have knelt down to me, I will believe you this time." However, only one person is allowed to enter, and as for the others, they can only stay here and wait for you. ”

"This, this ....... The leader of the fairy realm said in a hurry.

"Didn't you say you were going to go in and buy something? There are only twenty people behind you, and you can buy something to eat alone, and that's enough. If one really can't get that much to eat, you can hire a horse-drawn cart to pull it out. ”

"Isn't that good?"

"Don't be long-winded!, are you going in or not?" said the captain of the sergeant at the head impatiently.

"Okay, I'll just go in. After that, Feitian, the leader of the fairy world, had no choice but to walk into the city alone.

The leader of the fairy world, Feitian, entered the city of Jiaozhi, and the first thing that caught his eye was that after the disaster and war, the city of Jiaozhi was full of holes and ruins, but after the rebuilding of the people of the Suzaku country, it quickly restored the prosperity of the past, lively as in the past, the crowds of people, the boiling ground and the singing, the streets and alleys in the city were full of all kinds of goods, only to see those small vendors waving and shouting. When the leader of the immortal realm Feitian saw this scene, he felt very incredible in his heart. He walked cautiously along the road, looking around. As he walked, he saw a group of men, women and children walking in the same direction, followed by six ** big men with upper bodies, four of them carrying a cow that had been slaughtered, and two people in the back carrying a pig. Feitian, the leader of the Immortal Realm, thought to himself at this time: "This team beating gongs and drums is so mighty, it must be holding a major event. No, I'm going to ask somebody. Thinking of this, he stepped forward and asked a roadside vendor who sold folk jewelry for news.

"This boss, I want to ask you, what was the team beating gongs and drums doing just now?" I saw this peddler glance at Feitian, the leader of the fairy realm, and said, "This guest officer, listen to your accent, you are from out of town, right?"

"Well, I'm from South Vietnam. ”

"The team just now is holding a worship ceremony on the fifteenth day of the new year, so you can go with it. ”

"Why is there a worship ceremony, and what the hell is going on?" asked Feitian, the leader of the Immortal Realm, pretending to be curious.

"You buy me some jewelry, and I'll tell you. When Feitian, the leader of the fairy realm, heard the hawker's words, he quickly took out a bit of broken silver from his bosom and stuffed it into the hawker's hand.

"Well, for your sake, I'll answer your questions truthfully, and I'll tell you whatever I know. The peddler suddenly said with a slight smile.

"To answer my question. Feitian, the leader of the fairy realm, said.

"It's a long story. The catastrophe of two years, you know?"

"Knowing a little, but not very clearly. ”

"Two years ago, there was an earth-shattering catastrophe on the earth, which led to chaos in the Six Realms, and the five worlds of gods, immortals, demons, ghosts, and demons took this opportunity to come to the world to make waves and slaughter us human beings unscrupulously, causing rivers of blood to flow on the earth, and corpses were everywhere, the scene was simply miserable, shocking, and even couldn't help but vomit. When the five worlds of gods, immortals, demons, ghosts, and demons were evacuated from the human world, the human world on the earth was in ruins, and many ordinary people were displaced and homeless. When the roadside vendor said this, his heart was unusually sentimental.

"And then?"

"After the five worlds of gods, immortals, demons, ghosts, and demons were evacuated from the world, we had no choice but to rebuild our homes and build cities. However, after the earth-shattering catastrophe, the originally unified country also collapsed, the regime changed, and people everywhere rebuilt their homes and established their own countries. This catastrophe caused huge casualties and incalculable losses, due to the appearance of the five ancient divine beasts frightened off the invasion of the five worlds of gods, immortals, demons, ghosts, and demons to the human world, and its contribution was indispensable. Jianye City and the central Xiangyang City Center near the establishment of a number of temples, each placed in the clay statue belonging to them, every fifteenth day of the first month of the whole city men, women and children will enter the temple to worship, and slaughter pigs, dogs, cattle and sheep sacrifices, together with melons, fruits and meals to worship, it is regarded as the heavenly gods in general, the status is quite noble. At the same time, the countries rebuilt by people everywhere are also named after them, namely the Xuanwu Kingdom in the north, the White Tiger Kingdom in the west, the Vermilion Bird Kingdom in the south, the Qinglong Kingdom in the east, and the Qilin Kingdom in the middle of the Central Plains. And the people of these five countries also have the cities where the five ancient mythical beasts are located as their capitals, namely Pingyuan City, Jiangzhou City, Jiaozhi City, Jianye City and Xiangyang City. After this earth-shattering catastrophe, the people of this earthly land, although the power of the country was divided into five, they also recuperated and recuperated, and for two years the people of all places lived and worked in peace and contentment, and did not commit any offence against other countries, and lived in peace with each other, and soon a scene of vitality appeared. ”

"Oh, I see, it turns out that the name of your Suzaku Country comes from this. ”

Feitian, the leader of the fairy world, pretended to suddenly realize.

"Soon after the five worlds of gods, immortals, demons, ghosts, and demons evacuated from the human world, they often came to the capital of the five kingdoms on the earth and the earth from time to time, and I heard that it was to find the shelter and guard of the five divine beasts, hoping to enter one of them to find out, so as to find a way to crack and defeat the five divine beasts, obtain the five divine swords, and then use the power of the five divine swords to unify the six realms. However, every time they didn't know why, when they approached the place of Jianye City for a hundred miles, they inexplicably retreated. The roadside vendor continued.

"Retreat from the army, why do you have to retreat?" Feitian, the leader of the fairy realm, also pretended to know nothing at this time.

"I don't know. However, I have heard that there is a flaming sword hidden in this Cochin City. It is said that this fire sword is an ancient divine weapon formed by gathering the aura between heaven and earth since Pangu opened the world, and its power is so great that it can trigger a burning flame, so that the surrounding houses, flowers and trees turn into a sea of fire in an instant. Even the gods in the sky and the demons and demons in the ground were so frightened that their faces were bloodless, and their hands and feet trembled after seeing them. The roadside vendor said this, with a smug expression on his face.

"This boss, don't talk nonsense. Is this Flame Sword really that powerful?Who are you listening to this?" The leader of the Immortal Realm, Feitian, glanced at the roadside vendor and said.

"I don't know how powerful this fiery sword is, and I haven't seen its power. If you want to get to the bottom of it, I suggest you go to the restaurant in front of you, where there is a destitute scholar selling calligraphy and paintings at the entrance of the restaurant. This scholar is full of wealth and knows astronomy and geography, if you ask him, you must be right!"

"What's the name of that restaurant in front of you?"

"Oh, I almost forgot, sorry. The restaurant is called "Suzaku" restaurant, and there is a wooden Suzaku statue on the roof of the restaurant. ”

"Thank you, boss, I'll leave first if I have something. ”

"You're welcome!

Feitian, the leader of the fairy world, came to the door of the Vermilion Bird Restaurant and saw a scholar in white selling calligraphy and paintings. I saw that the scholar kept shouting: "Sell calligraphy and paintings!

"Do you only have five copper plates for this calligraphy and painting?" Feitian, the leader of the fairy realm, looked at this scholar and said.

"Yes, do you want to buy a pair back?"

"I don't buy calligraphy and paintings. The leader of the fairy realm, Feitian, gestured.

"Why are you here if you don't buy it?" said the scholar angrily.

"I have something I want to ask you about. ”

"If you want to inquire about things, please find someone else, I'm selling calligraphy and paintings, don't bother me. The scholar said impatiently.

"I invite you to drink. After Feitian, the leader of the fairy realm, took out a bit of broken silver from his arms and threw it on the wooden rectangular table in front of the scholar.