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-What is the most attractive thing in the world is not the superficial happiness of wealth and power. It is an oasis that has emerged from thousands of miles of trekking in the desert where fire and gold have been lost. Or the last drop of honey in life that I tasted when I was dying. Or books stacked in the slums.

For Yang Ze, the mirage spring that appeared in the cave was an oasis when he was thirsty, honey when he was hungry, and hope when he was poor.

The mirage that gathers the essence of heaven and earth, once you have it, is an incomparably rich hole card. This is enough to deserve the four major sects, and even Changlu Kingdom wants to hide a piece of the pie from the world.

However, things in the world are often like this, when you are fully prepared for a gluttonous feast, often all you are waiting for is the leftovers. So when that tall and familiar figure appeared next to the mirage, Yang Ze found that the oasis had collapsed, the honey had been eaten by ants, and the books had rotted. Everything turned into powder and went up in smoke.

On the side of the mirage where the essence of heaven and earth is condensed in the huge cave, between the light and shadow covering, there is a half-lying figure in plain clothes and elegant with a slender body.

What's going on!

It took a lot of effort to track down the four major sects, and at great risk to break through the culling of the Eastern Mirage Beast, he stumbled all the way into the hole, but he actually missed a lot of calculations, and Song Zhen, who was countless times more clever in tracking methods, came to make trouble.

Grandma, how did I provoke you!

Yang Ze secretly complained. Seeing the extremely embarrassing and ugly smile on his face, Song Zhen finally stretched his waist and got up, and said in a narrow tone, "It's too slow, I've been waiting for you for a long time, it seems that I still overestimated you in the end." ”

Song Zhen's green silk hanging from the bright moon-like face and the slender long legs exposed outside the purple shirt are enough to make people's hearts beat and their mouths dry. And she is one of the four monsters high above the Heavenly Ruins, which makes Yang Ze have to be wary and frightened of her.

The four major sects outside plus the elite cultivators of the Changlu Country, as well as their own painstaking exploration and creation of various conditions, found the lair of this thousand-year-old Eastern Mirage Horned Beast, and may even face the wrath of a fifth-order fierce beast, this is a Dao Venerable-level fierce beast. As a result, the woman had already been waiting for a long time, and it seemed that she was still resting here for a while. If those people outside who are desperate to work hard want to know, they probably want to die.

It's all come to this point, what else to rob, just go back to the house.

Seeing Song Zhen, Yang Ze was enlightened, the woman in front of him had already said that she was tasked with hunting down herself and Daozun to return to Tianxu, if he and Daozun did not return to Tianxu for a day, then he would let everything he had to do come to nothing.

This woman is really ruthless! Yang Ze didn't believe it before, but now that he saw Song Zhen smiling and groaning in advance, he couldn't help but believe it.

From this, it is concluded that don't offend women, and they are also quite powerful women both in appearance and inside!

Yang Ze broke out in a cold sweat. He still had several jars of wooden pots in his hand, and he felt that his current appearance was quite stupid in front of her.

Don't disturb yourself when a man is doing big things, but Yang Ze doesn't know how to explain this truth to her, and looking at her, she seems to be quite happy with this kind of thing.

But Yang Ze felt that if he wanted to explain to her carefully, it would be even more stupid for men to do things and women not to interfere, so they confronted each other.

Song Zhen tilted her head and looked at Yang Ze, if she was not one of the four monsters in Tianxu, then she was very much like those young girls in the imperial city at this time

Song Zhen has always been in a dream, and he suddenly wakes up from the middle of the night. If she is just one of those ordinary ladies in the world, then forget it, such a dream may be just a sleepless episode in her midnight dream.

But Song Zhen is one of the four great spirit venerables in the land of heavenly ruins. The Four Great Spirit Venerables are the most powerful existences in the Heavenly Ruins, except for the Zodiac Palace Dharma Venerable and Elders. It is the person who will inherit the supreme Dao method of the Three Thousand Great Dao of Tianxu.

So what she foresaw in her dream was not a surging episode when she dreamed back at midnight. It's the future. ...,

It's fate.

The center of the whirlpool in the dream is related to the man in front of you

The dream began when she was in the Tianxu Zodiac Palace, and loomed in the life of Xianyun Yehe Qingxiu in the future, until she met this man who dared to make trouble in the Tianxu began to be clear. When this dream became clear and she finally understood what she had dreamed of, she began to be angry and unwilling to be affected by various factors. The details of her angry dreams converged into the man in front of her who looked like he was going to steal the oil in his hands with several large wooden pots in his arms.

So she said angrily, "You are also from the Heavenly Ruins, don't you have a little discipline, and you are actually the same as those people in the outside world, in order to obtain a heavy treasure, you do not hesitate to invade the lair of a thousand-year-old horned beast, you must know that this kind of auspicious beast is an extremely rare existence between heaven and earth." It has accumulated a mirage of thousands of years, and it is precisely the essence of nurturing the next generation of children. If the mirage is taken, then this horned beast will lose the foundation to raise the next generation, and it will probably not live for the next thousand years. ”

Song Zhen was born noble, and at this time, the light and shadow of the cave were mottled, and she was reflected like a pine valley and the moon shot into the cold river.

The heavenly voice exudes a sad and pitiful but sometimes sweet atmosphere, if anyone hears her words, I am afraid that they should be ashamed of themselves, ashamed, and deeply reflective.

The words resounded crisply between the caves, rushing back and forth in those lights and shadows, sweeping people's hearts. Yang Ze looked at the dusty woman in front of him in a daze, looking like a vulgar person.

"You have a point. Yang Ze nodded, took a few steps forward with the wooden pot, and missed it from the side of Song Zhen's arrogant and upright chest, "Please borrow it." ”

Then he crouched on the edge of the fluttering mirage and began to draw water.

Song Zhen was furious, lifted Yang Ze's collar behind his neck with his white five fingers with his backhand, and directly threw him to the top of the cave pillar seven or eight meters away. Dust of dappled light overhead.

Looking at the unprincipled man in front of him, Song Zhen's eyes, which were still slightly colored towards him, began to gradually turn cold and disappointed, "I used to think that although you have some minor problems, there is no ambiguity in big things, if it weren't for Liu Jishu of Xiaoyao Palace beating your seventh senior brother, you wouldn't have made a mistake and went to Xiaoyao Palace, and finally went down to the ruins of desperation, which shows that you have some friendship." And because he was disgusted with the killing of the Great Sun Sect, he took action to punish this sect, which was a bit timid. Originally, I was going to capture you back to the Heavenly Ruins, and I could use what I saw and heard to relieve you of a little responsibility."

"But now it seems that you are still those in the outside world who are hungry for profit, accustomed to competing for fame and fortune, and can even cut off their offspring for their own selfish desires, regardless of the hardships of a life surviving for thousands of years, making it difficult for this precious spirit beast to continue, it is really hateful that you are carrying the Heavenly Ruins Dao Law that I don't know, although it is weird, but it is still the pure Dao Dao Aura above my Heavenly Ruins, which is extremely dangerous to the lower realm, by the way, I will definitely arrest you back to the Heavenly Ruins" Song Zhen's beautiful face was dyed a little crimson in the mottled light and shadow, but the words he said were extremely serious and serious.

"Don't try to play other tricks, once I think it's impossible to repatriate you and Daozun peacefully, I will do everything to arrest you back to Tianxu first, and then the people from Tianxu will deal with the stall left by Daozun. However, at that time, it will not be as peaceful as it is now, and if the eight elders of the Heavenly Ruins Zodiac Palace make a move, it is very likely that Dao Zun will be erased from this world. ”

Song Zhenqing's eyes were faint without a trace of fluctuation, and the words he said were also extremely cold without a trace of fluctuation.

This kind of atmosphere made Daozun can't help but break the guard he had put down slightly on her before, and become grinning.

But Song Zhen's cold eyes also looked faintly towards one person and one beast, as if this man and one beast wanted to continue to go their own way for their own selfish interests, she didn't mind starting a life-and-death battle with Dao Zun here

The dust that shook off, the fireflies that swam in the pillars of light in the cavern through the cracks in the stones.

Yang Ze got up from the rubble in embarrassment, although his hair was unkempt and stained with white dust. But he was laughing.

This smile made Song Zhen feel more and more annoying about him, and couldn't help but be annoyed, "I know that you want to kill me now, but because my realm is far superior to you, you have to use this smile to hide your true heart, for fear that I will see the clue and kill you first." She said contemptuously, "It's just that you don't have to do these little things, because if I had killed you, you would have died." And no matter what, you can't pose too much of a threat to me, although you have the Heavenly Ruins Dao Law, but now you are too weak for me. ”...,

However, Yang Ze did not become hideous as she expected, but continued to laugh, a trace of blood flowed out of the corner of his mouth, he didn't look at Song Zhen, but looked in other directions, "As the proud daughter of the sky high in the heavenly ruins, do you have any sisters?" Song Zhen was stunned, she didn't know why Yang Ze asked like this, there was undoubtedly a smell of strange troops, she didn't like this feeling that everything was not in her control, and said impatiently, " From the moment you step into the practice, you should know that emotions are the last thing a practitioner needs. As for the so-called blood ties of these worldly people, what is the importance? A hundred years later, they will also be piles of loess, passing by in the clouds. I was raised by my master since I was a child, and I grew up and realized the Tao in Tianxu, so naturally I don't need to go through these worldly tricks. ”

"Yes, it turns out that you are an orphan, it is really, very sad. ”

"Really?" Song Zhen smiled faintly at the corner of his mouth, "You people in the world naturally think that three generations are in the same house, and the joy of family." So probably you don't know it all your life, in our eyes, in fact, you are even more sad. You didn't become alone, how do you know that this is not the luckiest thing in the world? Zifei fish, the joy of Anzhi fish. ”

Yang Ze smiled bitterly and shook his head, "On the contrary, this kind of life equivalent to being an orphan seems to have been experienced by me." ”

In the world he once lived in, the people closest to him almost ignored him. Probably with a certain mentality of proving himself, he kept climbing higher and higher, leaving everything around him behind. Although he had relatives and friends around him, in his blind eyes, he was almost no different from being alone. He had been so lonely before, so he understood what a proud thing it was.

"You think I don't understand your world, but you don't, you gradually feel lonely alone, and this loneliness may be slight at first, but it can be stopped. And yet it comes from when you're sleeping, when you're doing things, when you're walking, when you're talking. Eventually, you will find that you are everywhere and you want to get rid of it, thinking that when you are strong enough, this feeling will linger, but as you get stronger, this loneliness becomes more and more profound. Deep in the bone marrow, difficult to get rid of"

A hint of discoloration finally appeared on Song Zhen's face.

"I've probably forgotten a lot of things in my life. But there are some things that are always hard to forget. You haven't been in everything, and you've never been in a family like a royal palace, so there are some things that you probably will never understand. When I was born discriminated against, there were two people who never abandoned their estrangement because of the difference between the porters. Once, because he couldn't memorize the content of the scriptures, he was punished by the old lady of Qi Chunhou in the cold winter and stood under the ice and snow compound. It was they who wrapped the greasy chicken leg in their arms and secretly brought it to me. Outside, the entire King of Daye knew that Qi Chunhou had a wastewood prince, but no one dared to be disrespectful to me in person. Because they know that Qi Chunhou not only has such a waste wood third son, but also two extremely powerful brothers above this waste wood son. Whoever dares to get along with me is having trouble with my two eldest brothers who are in the military system and the academy. Therefore, every time the person who conflicts with me has such a background and prestige in the royal capital, he will eventually weigh the person who stands behind me."

"Although Daye is only a small country, it has a very good memory for me. When I was about to face the national examination for the cultivation of the Great Ye Kingdom, it was they who urgently left the task of the military department and rushed back to the house to conduct a surprise training for me, hoping that I could break through the national examination for cultivation and not become a waste person ridiculed by others! When I was covered in bruises, it was also the eldest brother who took off the necklace that had healing energy and sent it to me for treatment, which was the necklace given to him by his biological mother, the eldest brother's favorite thing. He can punch and kick me when I owe him money, but he can also give me the best when I need it. ”

"This is the outside world in your eyes, this is my previous life, this is my brother. Yang Ze has two souls, but the kind of life that "belonged to him" before this life has been deeply engraved in his mind and is inseparable.

"In my opinion, the three brothers of the Qichun Marquis Mansion of the Great Ye Kingdom will never be separated. And now, the danger faced by Da Ye makes them possible to die in the conflict at any time, and they may become ghosts in the chaos at any time because of this war. This war is far more than that, and behind it is a strong will to destroy and conquer the Great Ye Kingdom. My family is about to be wiped out. When the kingdom is ruined, the men of the kingdom may live forever as enslaved coolies, who will be divided up among the attacking three kingdoms, and will be exhausted and killed in hard labor. And their wives and daughters will always be slaves, serving tea and water to others, and playing as prostitutes. Even large numbers of people were slaughtered by the barbaric bestiality. ”...,

Yang Ze laughed, "I need these mirages as hole cards to change the outcome of this war." And now you're telling me that if I take the mirage, the horned beast out there will lose its foundation for raising children. Am I not cruel? I can't help but be cruel. Because behind me there is a country full of smoke, and there are many people's lives. What would you do if it were you? Song Zhen's clear eyes looked directly at Yang Ze, and his eyes were like knives.

She is the Heavenly Ruins Spirit Venerable, and these worldly killings are likely to be just a war in other people's mouths in front of her, whether it is a river of blood or a broken country, she may never let her moon shoot the cold river's beautiful appearance in the slightest.

But Yang Ze's demeanor and gaze made it difficult for her not to be moved.

With a sigh, Song Zhen moved away from the blocked body, as if there was some kind of silent recognition in desperation.

The sound of fierce fighting outside highlighted the fierceness of the battle.

A certain sense of urgency made Yang Ze no longer hesitate, walked forward from the rubble, picked up several wooden pots scattered on the ground, and sucked the small precious mirage into the three wooden pots.

This mirage has been brewed by the breath of the auspicious beast of the Eastern Mirage Beast for thousands of years, and this mirage of less than twenty catties has been formed.

Each wooden pot brought by Yang Ze could hold about three catties of water, and the three wooden pots contained nine catties, which was almost equal to half of the water of the essence of heaven and earth.

When the mirage was drawn into the spout of the wooden pot, Yang Ze could immediately feel that the wooden pot in his hand had changed from an ordinary color to a blue-green color similar to bronze, and the texture seemed to have undergone earth-shaking changes, the hardness was comparable to that of dark iron, and at the same time, the heavy feel came, Yang Ze thought to himself that if these wooden pots were smashed as weapons, I am afraid they would be indestructible.

Seeing that there were at least ten catties of mirage left in the pit on the ground, Yang Ze felt a pain in his flesh. I knew I would have brought three more wooden pots!

After absorbing it, the battle outside became more and more intense, and in the sound of surprise, it could be heard that although the four major factions outside had joined forces with Chang Lu Guo, they were still quite hard to support in front of the Eastern Mirage Beast, and I am afraid that soon the alliance of the four factions will collapse!

Yang Ze didn't hesitate any longer, put away the wooden pot with a pouch, turned over and rode on Daozun's back, and at the same time patted Daozun's back in front of him, and said to Song Zhen, "Do you want to be together?"

Whether it is this posture and the position of letting Song Zhen ride on the Daozun, it is quite ambiguous.

Once Song Zhen also rode on the Daozun, it would be easy to form an ambiguous posture of Yang Ze behind her in front of her.

A touch of annoyance appeared in Song Zhen's eyes, and she didn't wait for her to attack. Yang Ze hurriedly patted Dao Zun and motioned for it to flee from here immediately!

Daozun roared angrily and carried Yang Ze out of the cave at high speed.

Behind Yang Ze, Song Zhen, who was riding a plain white crane, also followed.

Seeing that it is about to fly out of the huge cave exit. In the uproar, the horned beast on the back of the lion suddenly appeared at the mouth of the cave!

Yang Ze was beaten into the cave before, although he vented his anger on the cultivators of the four major sects, seeing that this group of people was difficult to escape, he began to think about the one person and one beast that had just been beaten into the cave. At this time, he took the opportunity to come to the entrance of the cave to investigate, and when he looked at it, Yang Ze and Daozun were flying towards the exit at high speed.

Seeing the Horned Beast, Dao Zun's eyes were extremely red, and he roared towards the other party as soon as he grabbed it. It seems to be revenge for the previous grab.

Boom! The clashing of claws that rattled the ears resounded in mid-air. Between the flying sparks, the Eastern Mirage Beast and Dao Zun had already clawed each other. Leave it all aside.

Then Song Zhen's plain white crane rose from behind.

Yang Ze had time to look at the battle outside the cave. The four major sects and the Changlu Kingdom can only be described as miserable. Those many elders and the strongest disciples of the younger generation from the Incense Valley, the Flower Sect, the Tiandan Pavilion, and the Biluo Temple were quite embarrassed at this time. Many of the young disciples of Qi Yu Xuanang before were also injured and died at this time. Some even stood in rags and miserable. Among the elders of the four major factions, some had been seriously injured, some had one hand torn off, and the grass on the ground was stained red with blood and wailing.

Seeing the man and beast before, he broke through. Countless people even pointed at Yang Ze, who was already regarded by them as a "Beast Riding Venerable" in the sky, and scolded him for being a bastard!

Seeing Yang Ze break through again, Master Pang of Chang Lu Guo knew that Yang Ze had succeeded, so he hurriedly made a gesture and said some polite words, it was nothing more than that the momentum of the demon beast was too strong, and I, Chang Lu Guo, would not accompany him. Immediately, he began to evacuate Cangqi Mountain with the cultivators of Changlu Kingdom. ..., Seeing that the four major sects presided over by the sect boss and backed by rare spirit weapons, Yang Ze couldn't help but be a little secretly surprised when facing the Eastern Mirage Horned Beast, although he had a sense of security with the Dao Venerable Raiding Formation, he didn't expect this thousand-year-old spirit beast to be so strong. If it turned around and saw that the mirage in the cave was half gone, it didn't know what it would become? Thinking of this, Yang Ze looked at the people of the four major sects below with great sympathy, and then patted Daozun, preparing to break through from the southeast.

Where did the four major sects make it so easy for him to go, and in the angry scolding, various attack methods appeared one after another to seal the space for Yang Ze to escape.

However, Yang Ze just sold a flaw, from the southeast space to a turn, with the unique mobility of Dao Zun, quickly flashed to the west, so that everyone pounced, when leaving, did not forget to shout, "The fierce beast is strong, I advise all the seniors to make plans early, and if the soul is weak, I will not accompany you!"

All the way to Xingchi, Yang Ze found a safe place outside the capital of Changlu Kingdom, Li City, placed Daozun, covered his figure, and entered the capital. Yang Ze bought twenty palm-sized bottles in the capital. He put it in his bag, found a good hotel room, took out a wooden pot, and filled the mirage in the wooden pot with twenty such bottles one by one. When it was filled, there was almost no mirage left in the wooden pot. Yang Ze was extremely careful throughout the whole process, and there was not a single mistake.

When I was done with all this, I put away the bottle. Yang Ze used a special waist card to go to the court of Changlu Kingdom.

After layers of notification. This young man of unknown origin, but holding the king's secret waist card, entered the most private back garden in the court under the surprise of countless princes and nobles in the court.

When he saw Yang Ze appear, Liu Che, the respected country of Changlu, had been waiting in the back garden for a long time, because he was uneasy and excited, his hands were rubbing vigorously.

Brushed away the only maid around him, and there were only two people left in the huge back garden.

Yang Ze opened five small bottles on the table.

Seeing these five bottles, Liu Che couldn't help but stand up from the spot. After looking at it for a long time, he couldn't hold back his excitement and slowly sat down. Stroke the five small porcelain vases in front of you.

"When the four major sects contacted Changlu Kingdom, they once said that they could only grasp the number of five or five. Defined as extremely confidential. Whoever knew that His Holiness would make a move, and he would be able to achieve it immediately. ”

Yang Ze actually has a good impression of Liu Che, the monarch of Changlu Kingdom, although he is not eloquent, but he is also a shrewd and kind person. is in front of him, he didn't greedily ask Yang Ze how many mirages he had won, but just kept his share, which made Yang Ze very good.

Yang Ze nodded, "I also hope that the monarch will abide by the agreement between you and me." ”

Liu Che nodded, "Venerable can rest assured! After a month, the mercenaries will arrive in Daye Stone City. Helping His Holiness to travel the plan. I have commanded that these 10,000 people be placed under the command of His Holiness. After the deed is completed, there is no need to return to Changlu Kingdom, it will be placed by His Holiness and incorporated into the sequence of the Great Ye Kingdom, if the siege can be resolved, they will be the heroes of the Great Ye Kingdom. ”

This group of incognito soldiers allocated by the Changlu State is not trivial, which means that the Changlu State is involved in the war between the Three Kingdoms and Daye, and once exposed, it means that the deeper meaning is that the Orthodox Church is the enemy. This is naturally not the consequence that Chang Lu Guo is willing to face, so these 10,000 people are said to be soldiers of Chang Lu Guo's army, but they are not so much mercenaries given to Yang Ze.

Once this group of people goes to war, it doesn't matter if they have wives, children, relatives and friends in Hitachi Province or not. They will never be able to return to Changlu again, and once they step into the borders of Changriku, they will not be greeted with a heroic welcome, and it will probably be the killing of the Black Crushing Iron Horse. This matter belongs to a conspiracy with Yang Ze, and it is absolutely impossible for Chang Luguo to expose it.

For the sake of this war, for the sake of his own words and thoughts, the fate of these 10,000 lives was completely changed by himself. They may die in obscurity, and no one will remember their names in the future, and their silent expeditions, unknown deaths. Their family and friends will also be completely lost from their news.

Yang Ze didn't know if this was the result he expected, but in this big era, he couldn't help it. They can't help themselves

Liu Che got up, came to a big tree in the back garden that withered almost only the branches remained, patted the withered tree with wooden tumors, Liu Che sighed, "This is a building tree, it is a holy tree, the first king founded the country for three years, and it was obtained from a seed given by a great cultivator, and it was planted from this, representing the luck of a country." Green leaves and purple stems, Xuanhua yellow fruit. There are no branches, there are nine bamboos on it, and there are nine wolfs under it, in fact, it is like hemp, and its leaves are like mangs. When the building tree grows, hundreds of birds build nests and hundreds of beasts gather. The bird sings and dances. This tree is born of the aura of heaven and earth, and when it blooms, the entire back garden is shaded by its leaves, like a forest. Then he lost the aura of heaven and earth and died. My late mother died sadly because she watched Jianmu wither, but she never saw Jianmu cover the palace and protect the Wang family at this moment. ”...,

Liu Che stroked the dead tree, uncorked the vial, hung the mouth of the bottle obliquely, and poured a wisp of blue mirage on the dead wood.

In the blink of an eye, the dead tree suddenly changed at a speed visible to the naked eye. Thick purple stems protrude from the base of the tree, like dolphins breathing a sigh of relief, and then plunge headlong into the soil, and the original hideous nodules on the trunk of the tree begin to crack, revealing green buds and leaves. The buds and leaves are growing wildly, and the branches are growing cloud-like mango leaves. Overhead, the dead trees are rapidly regaining their vitality, constantly pulling out joints, and the new tenderness of the new trunks of the new trees gradually replaces the old trees, and they begin to grow continuously.

Under this situation, Liu Che's eyes were full of excitement, "It's been fifty years since Jianmu withered!

The trees soon grew to a majestic state before they withered, reaching a height of hundreds of meters, and the leaves were covered with towering leaves, almost obscuring the back garden. Above the trees, shiny buds are glittering.

In some royal courts on the eastern continent, the princes and nobles are hotly hyping such popular things, which are known as "jade buds."

Unexpectedly, there was still a building tree in this Changlu country, and he made a small fortune invisibly. Yang Ze pursed his lips.

But Liu Che was already too excited to be overwhelmed.

Less than 60 years after its founding, Hitachi was a completely small country among the countries on the mainland. Liu Che is the third generation of monarchs, and he is a descendant of the royal family of Yan on the Eastern Continent, which is a regional power. Tough on the outside. The incident of the Great Ri Sect, if it were changed to the Yan Kingdom, which had great national strength, basically there would be no such thing as such a sect disturbing the royal power. Liu Che is a descendant of the Yan royal family, and although he established the Changlu Kingdom on this land, he always expects to regain the glory of the Yan royal family.

Seeing the towering Jianmu at this time, he seemed to have seen the hope that the Changlu Kingdom was beginning to rise. The kind of hot-blooded ideals that were lost many years ago couldn't help but infiltrate his eyes for a while.

The opportunity for the rise of Hitachi Kingdom seems to be just around the corner, as Jianmu indicated.