Chapter 017: Infiltrating Xiangyang City
Since the leader of the ghost realm was reborn after parting ways with the demon and demon realms outside Jiangzhou City, he led the group of ghost soldiers under his command alone to an open field more than a hundred miles away from Xiangyang City in the middle of the Central Plains. Just as he was preparing how to enter this Xiangyang City, a demon soldier under the Demon Realm Leader Annihilation quickly rushed to him and told him that the Demon Realm Leader Annihilation and the God Realm Leader Chasing Sun had a big battle outside the Jianye City of the Eastern Qinglong Kingdom yesterday, and the two sides were evenly matched. The Ghost Realm Leader Rebirth was surprised when he heard this, so he asked, "Isn't there a small cyan bead in the hand of the Divine Realm Leader Chasing the Sun? That thing is embedded in the blade of the weapon, which can greatly increase the power of the weapon. Last time, I joined forces with the Demon Realm Leader Annihilation outside the city of Jianye in the Eastern Green Dragon Kingdom, and I barely managed to tie with him. Now, how can he compete with him alone?"
"Our king also has a small bead in his hand, but it is black. It is embedded in the blade and can also increase the power and sturdiness of the weapon. However, the king inlaid the small black bead on his battle armor, which greatly increased the defensive ability of the battle armor, so he was invulnerable, and the cyan halberd qi caused by the cyan halberd in the hands of the god realm leader Chasing Sun could not hurt my king at all. But the strange thing is that the leader of the Divine Realm, the Sun Chasing Envoy, waved his best strength for two hours, and he did not see him catch a breath. In the end, he saw that he couldn't help the king of my family, so he had to stop. ”
"Oh, I see. Okay, you go back and tell your king first, and after I go to Xiangyang City to find out the situation, I will naturally go to him. ”
"Okay, then I'll go first. ”
"Well, you go back first. The leader of the Ghost Realm waved his hand, and after speaking, he thought to himself in a blink of an eye: "This Demon Realm Leader actually has a small black bead in his hand, which is inlaid on the battle armor to make the battle armor invulnerable, where did he get that magic weapon? Could it be in Plains City? Also, the small cyan bead in the hand of the Divine Realm Leader Chasing the Sun is inlaid with inexhaustible mana on the weapon, it is simply terrifying! Now that the Demon Realm and the Divine Realm are opposed, it is the time for my fisherman to benefit, why don't I let the two of them fight and then come and clean them up together after they are both defeated?" Thinking of this, the leader of the ghost realm was reborn very proud of his plan to kill two birds with one stone, and his joy was overflowing.
Xiangyang City, located in the middle of the Central Plains, is in a straight line with Jianye City of Qinglong Kingdom in the east, Jiangzhou City of Baihu Country in the west, and Pingyuan City of Xuanwu Kingdom in the north and Jiaozhi City of Suzaku Country in the south. So, the position of the city and the other four cities is like a cross, and it is located at the center of the cross. Gangneung Fortress to the south and Namyang Fortress to the north of this city has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times. In the absence of great disasters and wars, it is a stable and prosperous city with rich people. After the catastrophe and war, everything here was almost destroyed. The ruined city walls, the houses are full of holes, the uneven city roads, the broken bricks and tiles scattered all over the ground, and so on. After the catastrophe and war, the displaced and homeless civilians returned one after another, and spent a lot of effort to build the city and repair the broken houses and roads. Under the careful management of the local people, the place has gradually regained its former prosperity and strength, and people live and work in peace and contentment.
Outside the city of Xiangyang, less than ten miles to the west, there is a rolling mountain, hundreds of zhang high. At the foot of the mountain, there is a cave about ten zhang high and more than five zhang wide, as for how deep, no one knows. The cave is usually silent, but when someone approaches the mouth of the cave, the sound of a strange beast roaring can be heard, and then the earth will begin to shake, and countless stones of various sizes will roll down the mountain one after another, and if they are hit, they will either die or be injured. Therefore, the people of Xiangyang City would not dare to approach this cave under normal circumstances. But on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, because it was a day to worship divine beasts, there was no problem in approaching the cave on these two days, but because the cave was pitch black and extremely deep, no one dared to enter it. There have been many people who risked their lives in ordinary days, deliberately approached this cave, after causing the earth to shake the mountain, hid under a small forest more than 100 zhang away to peep, witnessed a dragon head, horse body, fish scales of the rare ancient beast rushed out of the cave, because its color is like yellow, shining with golden light, so the local people know that this is the unicorn beast in the ancient beasts, and the cave is also called "beast god cave". There are a lot of more than ten zhang high in the vicinity of the beast god cave, the width is about one zhang, the body and the leaves and branches are all golden yellow of the big tree, because the color is golden yellow, so it is named "golden tree" by the local people, and the fruit of this golden tree is also golden yellow all year round, it is as big as a person's head, for this reason the fruit of this golden tree is also called "golden fruit", because the color is the same as the ancient divine beast unicorn, and because the unicorn is an auspicious beast, the folk have the saying that the unicorn sends the child, so this golden fruit is also called "unicorn fruit". The unicorn fruit has a sweet, juicy taste and a very good taste. Local people usually worship the ancient beast unicorn on the first and fifteenth days of the new year, and then come to the golden tree of this beast god cave to pick unicorn fruits. In general, unicorn fruit is eaten directly, and some people use it to make wine or put it in an iron pot to boil soup with water. After eating, unicorn fruit can enhance a person's physique and flexibility of hands and feet, so it is suitable for both men and women.
About ten miles to the east of Xiangyang City, there is a golden pagoda that goes straight into the sky, called Qilin Pagoda. It is said that this tower leads directly to the heavenly gods, and if mortals in the world can climb to the top of the tower, they can see the gods, and then the gods will help mortals realize a dream, except for becoming immortals, of course. Whether or not they will actually meet God is only speculation on the part of some, because no one has ever climbed to the top of the tower. There is a circular black hole about two zhang in size and bottomless in the direction of more than 500 zhang to the west of the Qilin Pagoda, and it is said that this black hole leads directly to the ghost realm in the Six Realms, and if mortals accidentally fall into this hole, they will re-devote themselves to the Six Realms.
The leader of the ghost realm Reborn wanted to use his mana to break into this Xiangyang City at this time, but as soon as he turned around, he quickly dispelled this thought: "This Xiangyang City is shrouded in the aura of the ancient unicorn beast for more than a hundred miles, and it will not work to break into this trick." How can I get into this Xiangyang City?" Just as he was struggling about this, the sound of a carriage running was heard more than a hundred zhang ahead, and following the reputation, it turned out to be a carriage that was about to enter the city. With it, he had an idea, and it turned out that he could become a mortal and blend into this Xiangyang City. So he ordered the group of ghost soldiers under his command to all turn into mortals and enter this Xiangyang City with him. At this time, one of the ghost soldiers under his command was very puzzled by this: "King, if we all become mortals, won't we lose all our mana?" After hearing this, the leader of the ghost realm had no choice but to explain to the ghost soldiers that becoming mortals was only a temporary loss of mana, and after leaving Xiangyang City, he would return to his true body, and his mana would also be restored.
The leader of the ghost realm, Reborn, and the group of ghost soldiers under him turned into mortals, and after some simple disguises, they set off towards this Xiangyang City. When they arrived at the southern gate of Xiangyang City, they found that this place was extremely heavily guarded, there were four or five hundred guards at the gate alone, and the soldiers were all wearing golden armor, holding golden crescent halberds, and there was a golden unicorn on the helmet, which was very powerful and domineering. There were also nearly two hundred archers on the tower, also densely packed in several rows, ready to enter the battle at any time. There is also a military camp more than 200 zhang away from the south gate of the city, and an army of five or six hundred people is drilling.
"Stop, where did you come from?" said the captain of the sergeants.
"Oh, we're from South Vietnam, and we're in town this time to make some business. "The leader of the Ghost Realm is reborn in the right color way.
"Recently, there have often been spies who have infiltrated the Xiangyang City of my Qilin Kingdom to collect information, for the sake of safety and security, so you group can only enter one person. ”
"Someone, what about my people?" asked the Ghost Realm Leader Reborn curiously.
"There are many inns in the area more than 300 zhang behind you, and you have your people stay there for a few days, and then take turns to enter the city. ”
"It's ....... The leader of the ghost realm reborn said in a huff.
"Alright, don't dwell on it any longer, are you going to go in or not to go in?" said the captain of the sergeant at the head impatiently. After hearing this, the leader of the ghost realm was reborn, so he had to enter this Xiangyang City alone.
As soon as he entered Xiangyang City, the rebirth of the leader of the Ghost Realm was immediately attracted by all this in front of him. The first thing that caught his eye was a wide and straight blue brick avenue, full of traffic and pedestrians. On both sides of the avenue are all kinds of commercial shops, such as restaurants, tea houses, silk cloth mills, etc. Thirty zhang road further is the market of Xiangyang City, a variety of street stall vendors, porcelain, vegetables and fruits, calligraphy and paintings, folk ornaments and so on. Seeing all this in front of him, the leader of the ghost world couldn't help but think: "This world is much more lively than our ghost world, I really want to stay in the world for a few more days and then go back to the underworld." At this moment, a large red sedan chair passed by him with the sound of gongs and drums, and the scene was very spectacular. The rebirth of the leader of the ghost realm couldn't help but smile comfortably when he saw the human world on the earth so festive. However, when he thought of finding the Kaishan Sword, he suddenly frowned again, he was confused at a clue, and he didn't know how to start investigating for a while, so he decided to go to the restaurant first and have a few drinks. The leader of the Demon Realm, Annihilation, was walking around the streets, and when he saw a restaurant called the "Qilin Sacred Building", he walked in.