Chapter 13: The Tribulation
Tonight is Tanabata, and the Qingyu City City Defense Command Center is worried that the demons will attack tonight, so it has specially strengthened guard patrols, among which the care of the city defense wall is even more important.
"Although it is rare for the two monks to come, the situation does not allow it now, and it is troublesome." The commander originally wanted to take Qin Kuang and He Hongxue to the formation hub to familiarize themselves with the layout to facilitate the deployment of personnel in an emergency.
Contrary to what most people think, the center of the formation was not set up in the center of the city or the foundation of the state capital, but under a dye mill in the south of the city.
"Of course, the dyeing workshop is also built to hide people's eyes, but we usually do start dyeing cloth." The commander smiled, looking at the mountain ancient money is very talkative.
Through layers of authentication, they stood in front of the entrance of the Array Pivot.
He Hongxue's temporary Qiankun bag vibrate, as if there was some resonance inside the gate of the Formation Pivot.
She remembered the rectifier fragments that Yang Yi gave him before going down the mountain, the stones of this nature would resonate with each other, and it was very likely that the formation pivot and the rectifier stone of the Sunny Rain City Defense Array were of the same material.
She asked the commander directly, apparently the commander did not know much about this kind of knowledge, and the technical team had to ask relevant technical questions.
"The person in charge is debugging the power at another hub today, and if the monk wants to have an academic exchange, let's go to him tomorrow."
"Other hubs?"
"Although this is a formation pivot, but in order to prevent being broken by the key points, the technical team has also set up several secondary hubs, in addition to the conduction effect, when the formation pivot is destroyed, it will replace the formation pivot, although the operation effect will be discounted, it is better than being served in a pot." The commander did not open the door of the formation hub, and led the two of them out of the dyeing workshop, and the vibration of He Hongxue's Qiankun bag gradually stopped.
He Hongxue was very satisfied with the arrangement of Qingyu City, the human world had already become more and more powerful in places that their monks didn't know, but with such a layered arrangement, it was still a question whether they could resist the first invasion of the demon clan.
The monks who thought too much of her were not suited to the Tao in a way. Those who pursue the Immortal Dao need to be distracted and prove the Tao by example, and she is always prone to overthinking.
She always wanted to live a little better, a little better. She was afraid of loss, of destruction, of nothing.
So she is good at calculating, but she can't be good at calculating.
The commander did not deploy any tasks to the two unplanned combat forces, and still efficiently deployed each resource according to the original plan.
He Hongxue didn't know if the insurance plan she gave to Qingyu City would be able to be used one day, but it was always a heart.
Throwing off Qin Kuang and walking alone to the entrance of the commercial street, He Hongxue stopped, took two deep breaths, and didn't know what he was thinking about looking at the commercial street where the lanterns were gradually lit up.
He Hongxue really felt that he had lived in vain for nearly a hundred years, and was confused by an ordinary person, obviously except for a gorgeous face, and the cinnabar mole under the corner of his eye, there was nothing else outstanding, and the two of them were far apart, he couldn't accompany her for a lifetime, and she wouldn't guard him forever, what kind of relationship was there between them?
He Hongxue walked in a mess and walked in front of a ready-to-wear store. When was the last time you wore women's clothing? He Hongxue couldn't remember clearly, but she didn't care, she walked into the ready-to-wear store in a daze.
When He Hongxue was in a daze, the brothers and sisters of Yuyuntai were not idle, Fang Xu was so busy that he lacked skills, and even Yang Yi, who had always been only responsible for technical issues, was pulled to prepare for the joint enrollment conference, including preparing shelter and props for the new disciples who might come, and everyone was bound to the latest insurance by default - freshman admission insurance. The cloud marrow star map of the head Jiang Heqiu has been put away, but the entire Yuyuntai Mountain Protection Array has been opened, which will protect Yunyutai until the end of the joint enrollment.
The pile of demonic beast residues stored in Yang Yi's laboratory has recently been dissected by several disciples, and the specific components are still being analyzed. When Yang Yi was helping Fang to continue, he also deciphered the gold pen in reverse, hoping to see the mystery of the ancient magic weapon by chance.
If it weren't for the fact that the gold pen was split by the heavenly thunder, he wouldn't have had a chance to open it at all, except for the rectifier stone technique he talked about with He Hongxue, the complexity of the lines in the gold pen, and the mystery of the formation, he really had to admire the five bodies to the ground, and he could only sigh a sentence of ingenuity, I really don't know how the ancient monks refined such a magical magic weapon.
If you can put the cloud marrow star map of the senior brother in charge......
Yang Yi shook his head and shook off this unrealistic idea, not to mention whether he could dismantle it, there were so many formation organs in the star map, he couldn't guarantee that he would dismantle it and put it back.
The Emei moon ascended to the night sky, and the night of Qixi finally arrived.
Compared with the strict waiting of the city defense center, the residents do not have so much sense of urgency, and a couple walks hand in hand in the lanterns, the future is like a light shadow, unattainable, but people can't help but chase. There are no good girls or trips in twos and threes, or begging for the moon at home.
When He Hongxue returned to the inn where she and Zhang Mu stayed, all the lanterns on the street had been lit up.
Zhang Mu sat at the table fiddling with his colorful cloud chasing moon lantern, looking in a good mood, and the cinnabar mole under his eyes was as red as blood. When I looked up, I saw He Hongxue, and at this time she changed into a set of women's clothes.
It is a style often worn by mortals and monks, with white undergarments at the cuffs, and a red gown and a watery skirt on the outside, which sets off her skin better than snow. The hair was also tied into a bun, and a few delicate hairpins were inserted. In fact, He Hongxue is also a beauty, she doesn't know how to dress up on weekdays, but now she is dressed up, which makes Zhang Mu's heart flash a trace of amazement.
A pair of good-looking men and women walked along the river together, and He Hongxue was still chasing the moon with colorful clouds in his hand.
Young girls put lanterns on the riverside, and all kinds of lanterns float along the water, twinkling like stars with the waves, and the water surface hangs upside down like the night sky.
"Do you like river lanterns?" Zhang Mu saw that he could see it, so he bought an ordinary lotus flower style from the merchant who sold lamps by the river, and brought a colored note.
"I like it." He Hongxue has no awkward habits and generously admits it. She took the lantern and took out the colored paper, but she couldn't think of what to write.
Zhang Mu looked at him, he looked up at Zhang Mu: "Why don't you write?" ”
Zhang Mu took the colored note, kissed it lightly, and returned it to him.
He Hongxue: Hey......
She took out a gold pen to remake the one-point zero, wanted to write something, looked up at Zhang Mu again, and still put the pen back.
"Why didn't you write it?"
"I am originally a person who cultivates immortals and seeks Taoism, and it is better to ask God than to seek myself." He Hongxue rolled up the empty colored paper, stuffed it into the river lamp, borrowed the fire from the little girl next to her, lit it and held it in her hand.
She and Zhang Mu squatted by the river, and the river lantern was held between the two.
The lights were swaying with the cool autumn wind, Zhang Mu's smile was a little distorted, He Hongxue panicked, and reached out to rub the red mole under his eyes.
When she touched him, she felt the heavenly thunder that bound her spiritual power began to twitch, and an electric current exploded in her brain, which made her very irritable, and her hands increased the intensity of rubbing.
Zhang Mu grabbed his hand and said, "If you want to exert yourself, you are not here, do you want to go with me?" ”
He Hongxue shook her head, she was not an ignorant girl, she could see Zhang Mu's temptation step by step, but she couldn't help but fall into it. Tonight's Zhang Mu's palms are warm, which is the temperature of a normal person, but she is a little unaccustomed to it.
The girls who put the lights on the side have begun to go back one after another, and He Hongxue's feet are also numb, so she lets go and let the river lanterns flow away.
The swaying river lantern does not know what wish it carries, and it drifts away with the water, blending into a sea of lights that cannot be found.
"It's going to be safe tonight, don't worry." Zhang Mu's voice sounded behind him, and it was the same temptation hazy as last night.
The god Lei Tianwei on He Hongxue's divine soul began to sting her divine sense, and she showed no expression on her face.
"Look at these points of light." She pointed to the stars on the river, "Which are the real lights, and which are the illusory shadows." ”
Zhang Mu stood next to him and took her hand.
"Just like you next to me, is it the real Dr. Zhang, or the shadow of someone."
Zhang Mu's expression has not changed, but the strength of the hand holding her has increased.
"I've ever wondered if everything after being struck by thunder is just my dream, but this dream is too real, senior brothers, junior brothers and sisters, fellow practitioners with good relationships, inexhaustible insurance, and the child who died in my arms."
"And you."
"Now I know that it's all real, it's just that it's all my fate."
"Including you."
Her divine consciousness was bound by the thunder and was already so painful that it was about to burst, and she was still holding on.
"Zhang Mu, you may be my doom." She felt the hand holding her begin to grow cold, and brighter than Zhang Mu's eyes were the cinnabar mole under his eyes.
He Hongxue had already begun to faint and fell into the arms in front of her.
In a trance, she felt that she was picked up, and she was put on a bed not long after, it should be a hotel bed, I don't know if it was in his own room or Zhang Mu's room.
Although her consciousness hurt, it felt more real than last night, and she wanted to see who had entered her, but what remained in her memory was still the smiling eyes and the red dots at the corners of her eyes.
The same thing, different people have different feelings, she feels like Zhang Mu was thrown into the clouds and fell into the dust.
When I woke up again, there was no one around.
As Zhang Mu said last night, the Qixi Festival in Qingyu City was calm, and the calculated beast tide did not arrive, and Qingyu City once again resumed its bustling and lively scene. According to the scout's report, there is no trace of the demons nearby, and Sunny Rain City has begun to gradually withdraw the city defense project, and the protective shield driven by the array pivot will be gradually removed within a week to preserve spiritual power for the next demonic attack.
He Hongxue has a problem, and he can't figure it out and put it aside, such as Dr. Zhang Mu, who stayed with her all night last night and now doesn't know where to go. She was thinking about the rectifier stone in her heart, and today she had to go to the technical group to find the person in charge to ask about the source of the rectifier stone, so that she could go back to Yuyuntai as soon as possible and let Yang Yi fix her gold pen.
Just thinking about what he was going to do today, the door of the room was pushed open, and Zhang Mu came back with the breakfast he had just bought.