Chapter 182: A Story
The story of the south finally ends with Han Chan, a disciple from the Liuyun Sword Sect, ascending to the throne of the King of Chu.
Even though Huai'an was in the midst of internal and external troubles at this time, people also raised their heads from the fire of the demon clan that was ignited by Zhang Xiaoyu and looked at the Liuyun Mountain Range, which was located in the south of the middle of the world.
At the end of the first month of the first month of the year and the fourth year of the Gale calendar.
Cheng Lu, the four-broken sword who had originally returned to the mountains to retreat, stood up again.
passed on to the world the words of the sect master of the Liuyun Sword Sect, his master Chen Yunxi - the will of heaven and the will, not the will of the Sword Sect.
This is probably the first time in the world today that I have heard the voice of that extremely mysterious person who is one of the three swords in the world.
Chen Yunxi, as the oldest existence among the three swords, was active in the Tsing Yi era, and then in the long world after that, there was no longer the voice of this ancient sword cultivator, and the world only knew that the Liuyun Sword Sect was still in his hands today, but for such a person, what was it, the world naturally knew nothing.
After hearing Cheng Lu relay the words of his master Chen Yunxi for the first time, everyone fell silent.
In fact, sometimes you can get a glimpse of something from this disciple of the Flowing Cloud Sword Sect.
For example, this Xiaodao Realm Sword Cultivator standing on the floating cloud platform of the Liuyun Mountain Range, when he said such a sentence, he always inadvertently brought the meaning of imitation in it.
The four words of Heaven's will and people's will, the tone is slow downward, not the meaning of the Sword Sect, and it has a lot of gentle and free meaning.
So the people of the world seem to have seen a sword cultivator who sat in the deep mountains and clouds and streams for a long time, with white hair and green clothes quietly born.
But is this the case with the Flowing Cloud Sword Sect?
No, although not everyone in the Liuyun Sword Sect is a killer, in such a place, everyone can become a killer.
So people also wonder if they are thinking a lot of things wrong.
It's just Huai'an's story, and they probably can't help but think about anything.
The world never thought about it.
After thousands of years of the same stream, there are so many demon clans in the world.
Although it is not half of the world in Huai'an.
But even if it is only one-tenth of the world's people, it is enough to shake the world.
When the demon lord led the whole clan from the Youhuang Mountain Range to Daze and returned to Huai'an, how many people were there in the entire demon clan?
It's just tens of thousands.
And in today's world, among ten people, there will be a demon clan.
The evolution of the demon race is unknown and slow.
Yet they outlived the rest of the world.
This is also the reason why a large number of demon clans survive in the human world.
For Huai'an, such a turmoil is undoubtedly fatal.
The demon clan may not be able to cultivate, they are the same as the world, not all of them can have the initial sense of qi.
However, as a group of transformed creatures, the demon clan is naturally conceited of demonic power, and once it is in a group, it is enough to rival an army in armor.
This is also the reason why after the news of Shanyue City broke out, White Deer City, east of Fengqi Ridge, was directly reduced to a demon city after resisting for a few days.
The defenders under the jurisdiction of Bailu and Shanyue were naturally transferred to Daze Bushou, south of Nanyi City. Strictly speaking, not only Bailu Shanyue, but also some Qingluo and Hanging Snow further north, which are all under the jurisdiction of the southern city, are all city air defenses, and only some city lords' mansions are under the jurisdiction of the city guards.
The Human Sword Sect and Nanyi City naturally made a voice to the human world together.
It's just that Jiang Ye can't really convince Ding Zhihai.
Those promises and appeasements from the Human Sword Sect naturally couldn't really calm down the turbulence in the world.
The reason is simple.
The one who ignited this earthly wildfire.
It was Zhang Xiaoyu, who was once a disciple of the Human Sword Sect.
In such a story, the Human Sword Sect will naturally lack a lot of persuasiveness, even if they have already claimed that Zhang Xiaoyu was expelled from the Sword Sect, and he will never die from then on.
Domestic and external difficulties are indeed the situation of the entire South today.
It's just that the north is naturally not having a good time.
Although the northern defenders have not been withdrawn, and Huaidu is also in charge, it is only when some rumors spread from south to north, which also caused a lot of chaos in this land, which was more inclined to Daomen.
The view of mountains and rivers and the Qingtian Dao, as well as many Taoist temples in the world, were all involved in these wars.
And all the stories come from a white-clothed sword cultivator who looks like he is wandering around in the world.
What is the war for?
Maybe it's a benefit, maybe it's an ideal.
However, for those demon clans who converge in the sound of the cold wind.
They are still the same as they were thousands of years ago.
Just to survive.
More than a thousand years ago, no one cared about some changes in the attitude of the human emperor named Li Asan above the Huaidu court.
Until the whole Huai'an began to burst out.
After killing the demon clan, they had to flee south, and were expelled by the emperor Huangliang, and finally settled on the bank of the autumn water in the extreme south of the world.
No one wants to see that story repeated.
If mortals can't do it.
Then be a hero.
About every demon clan who wields a sword towards the world has had such thoughts.
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"At the beginning of the war, in the flames of war, which had just begun to be ignited, people thought of noble, great, self-saints. But once the wars that came out of indignation and impulse fell into bitter battles, day after day consumed the patience of the world, and destroyed their minds, in the end, even they themselves could not remember the cause of such a war in the first place, and killing people did not know when, it has become a matter of muscle memory. If this war lasts for a long time, it will not be possible for the two clans to return to their original beginnings for a hundred years after this war. ”
The old man stood at the door of the house with the stove in his arms, quietly looking at Chen Huaifeng, who was standing quietly in a Taoist robe holding an umbrella in the rain after the spring rain.
"Hatred engulfs each other, and it will take a long time for rational considerations of balance to regain their dominance."
The old man's voice was very calm and indifferent.
In such a war, there may be some strange emotions.
"Just as when my squire died in your human sword sect, Huaidu didn't say anything, for the human world, stability is better than everything, Liu Yue's death in Daze is the best news, your human sword sect thinks so, and so does Huaidu."
With the fall of this sentence.
The identity of the old man in regular clothes at the door has naturally been revealed.
Chen Huaifeng raised his head and looked at the high-rise suspension bridges on the long streets that covered the sky and the sun and divided the spring rain, everything was in the spring rain, flickering with a hazy and warm shimmer.
The world is extremely noisy, and it is Nanyi City, which is incomparable.
This is Huaidu.
The old man in front of him is Li Chenghe, the secretary of the Huaidu Military Department.
So far, the flames of war have been ignited in the entire Huai'an for half a month, and Chen Huaifeng, who should have been in the human world to contact the cultivation of the Sword Sect, for some reason, appeared in this most glorious and majestic city in the world.
Maybe it's not so inexplicable.
Because Huaidu, which was supposed to shock the world, faced with such a turbulence, there has been no movement so far.
The military department's orders on the armoury of the world are often only paraded between the cities of the world.
So Chen Huaifeng decided to come to such a majestic and vast city and take a good look.
When the incident of Nanyi City was at the beginning, Chen Huaifeng couldn't understand Huaidu's attitude.
The same is true today.
Even if Huaidu has a backhand in the world, it will not be without any news.
This Qingtian Daoist, who had been running around the world for days and had not drunk a cup of hot tea for a long time, lowered his head and looked at the old man standing in his clothes at the gate of the mansion again.
"But as the adults say, a long war breeds endless hatred."
Chen Huaifeng paused, and said in a deep voice: "Huaidu should have entered the game earlier." ”
Li Chenghe just calmly held the stove in his hand.
"Not all demon clans in the world have rebelled."
Chen Huaifeng said in a deep voice: "Not all, and there are not a few. ”
Li Chenghe looked at Chen Huaifeng quietly for a long time, and then said softly: "Then guess how many demon clans there are in Huaidu, and how many demon clans are above our majesty's court?" ”
Chen Huaifeng fell silent.
Back then, the demon lord had been the secretary of Huai'an's Ministry of Rites, not to mention that this was the human world of Kamigawa.
Although the court is still dominated by people and cultivators, there is still a large part of the demon race.
"As soon as I received the Heavenly Hell Sword Book from Shanyue City, the military department had already begun to prepare for war."
Li Chenghe looked up at the rain curtain and said calmly: "The lord of the subordinate has rejected the proposal of the military department. ”
The old man did not identify the attendant.
But when it comes to this, Chen Huaifeng is naturally very clear.
If it is said that Nanyi City is the beginning of the land of the same stream.
Then Huaidu is the pinnacle of the land of the same stream.
The separation of powers and checks and balances in the world is nothing new.
Li Chenghe lowered his head, turned around and walked towards the door.
"The affairs of the two races are far more complicated than the world sees, Chen Huaifeng. Unless the whole world is opposed, it is impossible for Huai to make a big move. What's more, the world has been at peace for too long, and the world has not seen war, and it may not be a bad thing to see it. ”
Li Chenghe walked on the corridor of the mansion, looked back at Chen Huaifeng, thought for a while and said, "You should have heard the story of the south." ”
Of course Chen Huaifeng heard it.
Such a vast spring festival and the change of the fake capital, even if Daze in the middle, it is impossible to really be stopped in the south.
The affairs of the North and the South, like the affairs of the two races, are naturally not to be taken lightly.
The world can sit still and be unprepared, but it will never be unprepared.
The red door closed slowly.
Chen Huaifeng stood in the rain for a long time, thinking about the words of the Shangshu master.
Perhaps, as Li Chenghe said.
Huai is the center of the world, and it is naturally very important.
Of course, the world must not forget.
Your Majesty today is not only a demon clan.
It's still a sorghum person.
He is also a cultivator who is extremely high in the world.
Chen Huaifeng frowned and looked at the closed door.
Although Li Chenghe did not point out what the world should be like in the end.
But there are some things, in fact, Chen Huaifeng can also hear some of them.
The matter of the two clans must be settled.
However, if Huai doesn't move, then only the cultivation world moves.
Chen Huaifeng stood in the rain, and suddenly there was a chill of spring rain coming from all directions.
Looking up at the pavilions and the hanging bridges, a man in a gold-striped black robe stood there, standing against the railing.
However, those spring rain chills do not come from that person, but from the world.
Between the prosperous long street and the high-rise buildings in Huaidu, the distance seems to be slowly rising, changing, and the suspension bridge in the world is easier, and the person who was at the end of the long street has become much closer in this replacement with an extremely dull voice.
It is like a mountain sinking and a valley rising.
The world has changed.
"In the city of midday, the rule of heaven and hell has passed, and the demon clan will rule."
The man seemed to have some smiles, standing on the hanging bridge with a glimmer of light under the spring rain, looking at Chen Huaifeng and whispering.
"Don't talk about the demon clan, Chen Huaifeng."
Chen Huaifeng stood there in a daze, while the person from the Heavenly Domain calmly walked down the suspension bridge, and in the blink of an eye, he disappeared.
This tall brother who was born in the south turned his head to look at the long street.
There are many demon clans slowly coming out.
did not hide his identity like in the human world, and the beast-eared fox-tailed people who could only be seen during All Souls' Day in Nanyi City could be seen everywhere.
Of course, not all demon clans are mountain and forest beasts.
Some people have their hair hanging like water, some people have eyebrows and eyes like clear pools, and some people have a spring breeze in their hearts.
This is Huaidu.
A place of co-governance on earth.
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Chen He felt as if he had seen a familiar figure, but when he handed someone a piece of iron plate tofu, the figure in a Taoist robe hurried away, not knowing where to go.
Chen He felt that he might have seen it wrong.
Of course, if he was very idle, Chen He would certainly not decide so quickly that he was wrong.
Chen He is very busy right now.
Although Qingtian Dao is not very far away from Huaidu.
But Chen He didn't expect that there would be such a big difference in prices between the two places.
In that small town at the foot of Qingtian Dao Mountain, you can buy a big meat bun with thin skin and a lot of meat for two pennies.
However, in Huaidu, it costs twenty wen!
Twenty texts!
When Chen He first heard this price, he was much more shocked than when he first saw such a strange and gorgeous capital.
After all, no matter how prosperous and beautiful Huaidu is, this has nothing to do with Chen He after all, he doesn't need to spend a penny, he can see it all over.
But what is the concept of eating a meat bun?
It's a fucking money grab!
Chen He, who was generous and wealthy in the past, realized his poverty for the first time.
Xu Chunhua held her little white umbrella and covered her mouth and snickered on the side.
Chen He hesitated for a long time before he counted forty yuan from his money bag again, and ate one with Xu Chunhua.
Huaidu dwelling, it's not easy!
Chen He only had this idea at that time.
Then I finally understood what the child I heard on the road meant by the longing of himself.
"I don't know when our Majesty will have his next birthday."
Chen He thought to himself, are the children of Huaidu so devout to Shenhe?
"Why do you want to see Your Majesty's birthday?"
Then he heard something that he couldn't understand.
"Because on His Majesty's birthday, Huaidu's buns can be eaten as much as you like!"
The child said as a matter of course.
Chen He once thought that the child's family was not wealthy.
Although it is said that this is the jurisdiction of the capital, the matter of wealth and poverty is naturally inevitable.
It wasn't until he saw the twenty yuan and a bun that Chen He sincerely realized.
I'm sorry, but I'm also poor.
After renting a very small yard in a remote alley west of Huaidu.
Chen He had to do his old job.
Selling teppanyaki tofu.
I thought that the savings of a busy year last year would be enough for me to settle down in Huaidu.
It's just that apparently this is thinking too much.
But fortunately, Chen He, who traveled south and north, finally had a skill, and the extremely delicious sizzling tofu made Chen He became famous in a short period of time.
It has a very resounding name.
It's called Tofu Chen.
Chen He's tofu sold almost early in the morning, Huaidu's buns were expensive, but Chen He's iron plate tofu was also correspondingly expensive.
After all, in the world, the two are always the same price point.
Even sizzling tofu, which is used as a flavor snack, is a little more expensive than twenty wen a sizzling tofu.
It's just that Huaidu's expenses are also large.
Huaidu makes money and Huaidu flowers, and they want to take it home.
The water in Huaidu costs money.
But Chen He can understand this.
After all, Huaidu is the north of the world, and further north, through the border towns of Anning City, is the desert of the world.
Green mountains are sometimes available, but green water is not often available.
The north is naturally not as good as the south, with large rivers and clear streams everywhere.
Chen He pushed his small wheelchair and walked into the alley.
Don't ask why it's pushing.
Because the water in Huaidu costs money.
As a Tianyan car produced in Nanyi City and powered by boiling water, it is naturally difficult to move an inch in a place like Huaidu. If it weren't for the fact that he would use it in the world in the future, Chen He would want to sell it.
In the spring rain in the alley, the small town girl wearing a floral skirt was sitting with an umbrella at the gate of the courtyard, and when she saw Chen He pushing the cart back from outside the alley, she stood up and walked over to help him push the cart together.
Huaidu as a whole is naturally beautiful.
However, such a small alley is still similar to the world.
It's like a clump of grass in the midst of flowers.
There are mossy white walls, and there are old eaves with dripping rain.
"Still haven't found it today?"
Chen He turned his head to look at Xu Chunhua, who was holding an umbrella on the side and helping him push the cart on the other hand, and asked.
The woman in the floral dress shook her head.
The acacia is not only very large, but also changes several times a day.
Every two hours, the entire capital city undergoes a drastic change.
It is said that this is the masterpiece of the Huaidu Tiangong Division.
The entire Huaidu has been built into a city of opportunities.
Such a capital city is naturally not the same as the Nanyi City built thousands of years ago.
Huaidu is divided into upper and lower cities.
People can always hear many loud and low voices in a trance.
That's the sound of Huaidu running.
Except for the permanent ground of the Imperial Palace and the permanent underground of the Heavenly Engineering Division, all the buildings in the city will slowly move during the daily rotation of hours.
Adapting to the price of Huaidu is a simple matter.
However, it is extremely difficult to adapt to such a majestic and intricate human capital.
Before Xu Chunhua left the alley every day, she was ready to get lost in Huaidu.
And Chen He was ready to go to her.
The human world may be like this capital.
It's easy to get lost, it's the norm.
Therefore, when we get together, it will be extraordinarily precious.