Cheng Huo followed Le Zheng's words and said: "So what does it mean to find a friend, let me fight for the place of the captain of the Immortal Guard?" ”

"Not bad."

Le Zhengxunyi had also heard of the name of Chengsheng's 'first person in the deep diving period', and said confidently at the moment: "After all, with the strength of Chengdaoyou, the quota of the captain of the Immortal Guard should still be nine out of ten, right?" ”

Cheng Huo said again: "Then this time, is it still the same as the previous selection of Xianwei, and the final candidate will be decided through the ring competition?" ”

"If the captain of the Immortal Guard is the captain, he still attaches more importance to comprehensive ability."

Le Zhengxun thought for a moment and said: "In short, the screening should not just be a ring competition, as for how to choose, it will be decided by Li Zhuo of Tianwei Mansion, Yun Rusong, the head of the Great Dao Sect, and Xuan Si, the abbot of Great Buddhism." ”

Although he has become the captain of the Immortal Guard, there will be many constraints in his actions.

But now that the catastrophe is coming, being able to break through to the deep diving period as soon as possible and raise the strength to another level means that there is an extra chance of survival.

Thinking of this, Cheng Huo responded: "Okay, I participated in the selection of the Immortal Guard Captain this time, what do I need to do next?" ”

"Follow me to the Tianwei Mansion first." Le Zhengxun said: "Only those who join the Tianwei Mansion and become a monk of the Immortal Guard are eligible to run for the captain of the Immortal Guard."

After receiving an affirmative reply, Le Zhengxunyi left with his little sister Meng Yao.

Three days later, a team called the 'Woo Woo Sect' appeared in the refugee area outside Bianjing under the banner of 'Disaster is coming, new gods save the world'.

According to the doctrine, the followers of the Woo Woo Sect need to believe in the supreme and all-knowing and all-powerful 'Woo Woo' Lord.

When the Western Apocalypse comes, 'Woo' will descend on the world, save people from their suffering, and build a new world with only desire and pleasure.

Maybe it's because of people's fear of a catastrophe in the West.

It could be something else.

In short, the Woo Wai religion that appeared in the refugee areas grew rapidly, and in just three or four days, more than half of the refugees became its followers.

Due to the large number of followers of the Wu Woo Sect and the serious illness of Emperor Daliang, the princes of the court and the central government are planning to seize the throne, and the Western catastrophe is coming.

Under the internal and external troubles, the imperial court was simply unable to govern the Woo Cultists

…

The southern urban area of Bianjing City.

Inside the Tianwei Mansion station.

Under the recommendation of Le Zheng Xunyi, Chengsheng successfully joined Tianwei Mansion three days later.

On the way to see Li Zhuo, the governor of Tianwei Mansion, Chengsheng Tongle was looking for a casual chat about the 'Woo Woo Sect' outside Bianjing City.

"Actually, there is a reason why the imperial court announced the news of the 'Western Tribulation' to the world in advance."

Le Zhengxun rushed to survive and said: "In order to cultivate Xianwei, Tianwei Mansion has recruited too many fetal and blood pill stage cultivators in one go. ”

"And the monks need to absorb the 'power of suffering' in their cultivation."

"After the number of monks increases, it will definitely not be enough to rely on the 'power of pain' naturally exuded by mortals in Bianjing City due to birth, old age, sickness and death."

"Therefore, in order to solve this problem, the imperial court announced the news of the Western Tribulation in advance, causing a large number of people to move east outside Bianjing."

"These people gather outside Bianjing City, and their living conditions are poor, so a large number of 'painful forces' are generated almost every day."

"In this way, those newly recruited fetal stage cultivators in the Tianwei Mansion will have a large amount of 'pain power' available."

"But I didn't think about it."

Speaking of this, Le Zhengxun suddenly smiled bitterly and said: "I never thought that there would suddenly be a so-called 'Woo Howl Sect' outside the city, and for some reason, the people all joined in a fool." ”

"Normal."

Cheng Huo took over the conversation and said: "The poorer the people's lives, the more likely they are to be superstitious about gods, Buddhas and religions, or to get rich overnight, or to some other kind of faith, so it is unexpected and reasonable that the Woo Religion can rise during this time period." ”

"I can't see it!" Hearing Chengsheng's explanation, Le Zhengxun was shocked and said: "Unexpectedly, Chengdaoyou also knows the way of the emperor!" ”

"This is the way of the emperor?"

Chengsheng was a little speechless when Le Zhengxun said: "On the ground. In my hometown, in fact, many people can understand this truth. ”

"Your hometown?" Le Zhengxun was stunned when he heard this.

Survival only laughs and does not speak.

This made Tie Niu, who was following Chengsheng, couldn't help but say loudly: "Chengsheng, you were fantasizing again just now, you are from another world?" ”

Chengsheng didn't respond to Tie Niu, but just glanced at Le Zhengxun on the side.

Seeing this, Tie Niu said again: "Don't worry, you can't hear us if you are looking for a friend. Only if I want to make a friend hear me that he can hear me. ”

After dispelling the worries in Chengsheng's heart, Tie Niu continued to chatter: "Chengsheng, you and I grew up together in Shenshu Village since childhood, and those memories are still vivid in my mind, and this will never be false." ”

"Besides, traveling from another world, this kind of thing sounds outrageous, and this is obviously something that only happens in fantasy."

Cheng Sheng frowned.

He couldn't help but retort at Tie Niu: "Since you said that you have vivid memories of me and you when you were a child, then you should pick a few of them to talk about?" ”

"This"

Tie Niu meditated hard, but he couldn't remember even a little bit of his childhood memories anyway.

He hesitated for a long time before he gave an explanation: "After all, I am a house without beginning and no end, and it is generated according to your memory, so if you forget what happened before, then it is impossible for me to recall the things of the past." ”

Chengsheng was speechless and said: "How can a person's memory be forgotten if it is forgotten?" I can't remember because I wasn't in Shenshu Village at all when I was a kid. ”

"Ahh

Tie Niu sighed, and then fell silent.

Meanwhile.

Le Zhengxun on the side saw it, and said with a worried face: "Chengdaoyou, you were talking to the iron bull you imagined again just now?" ”

"Don't worry, I'm in good spirits now."

During the conversation, Cheng Huo had already come to the residence of Li Zhuo, the governor of Tianwei Mansion.

He patted Le Zhengxun on the shoulder, and said with a normal expression: "Then I'll go to see Master Li first, find a friend and wait outside." ”

Le Zhengxun smiled and waved his hand: "Go, go, go."

Chengsheng arched his hand and left on his own.

"Ahh

A few seconds later, looking at the back of Chengxing leaving, Le Zhengxun suddenly sighed.

He showed a helpless expression, and said to the little junior sister Meng Qingyao on the side: "The reason why Cheng Daoyou became like this is probably because of the battle in Ruyun City. ”

"In order to win the victory over the little Buddhist monk Wusheng, the enlightened friend took the initiative to deepen the infection in his body, which caused his appearance to become strange and his mental state was often out of control."

"Although Cheng Daoyou has become stronger, and even become the 'first person in the deep diving period', his mental state has also begun to become abnormal from that day."

"Now that two years have passed, although Cheng Daoyou is no longer out of control, and his appearance has gradually returned to the same as a normal person, he unfortunately suffers from paranoia."

"That's true."

"Alas!"

Le Zheng Xunyi sighed again and analyzed: "The paranoia of the Taoist friend is probably caused by missing the deceased friend and missing the disease. ”

I like to follow Le Zhengxunyi's little sister Meng Qingyao, and the most beautiful thing is her eyes.

Big and divine.

She likes to blink when she thinks.

He blinked his eyes and said, "So senior brother, what do you mean, in fact, the Tie Niu and Yuan Xiujie in the mouth of the enlightened friends don't exist at all, do they?" ”

She was puzzled: "But if it doesn't exist, why can we hear or even touch the iron ox in the courtyard of the Enlightenment Friend Mansion that day?" ”

"It's not easy."

Le Zhengxun thought for a while and said, "You should still remember that Enlightenment Friends have the ability to 'take things from the air'."

"The iron bull we touched that day was nothing more than a touch forcibly created by the Enlightened Friends using the 'Telekinesis' spell."

"And the sound, it's simpler"

"In addition to ventriloquism and thousands of miles of sound transmission, there are many spells that can create sounds out of thin air in this world."

"Really!" When Meng Qingyao and Le Zhengxun were together, she always believed whatever Le Zhengxun said.

This time, of course, there was no doubt about it.

She thought for a moment and said, "But I can understand that the enlightened friend suffers from paranoia and imagines two dead friends, but why does he have to believe it too?" He even used all kinds of spells to create illusions. ”

Le Zhengxun replied: "Father-in-law Qin who followed the emperor, you should still remember, right?" Didn't he always have a puppet on his hand? ”

"Remember, what's wrong?" Meng Qingyao was puzzled.

Le Zhengxun said: "The puppet in the hands of Gonggong Qin is actually a typical paranoia: he always fantasizes that there is a person who is acting with him, and he is deeply trapped in it and can't extricate himself, and the reason why the puppet can speak is because of the 'ventriloquism' of the Qin Gonggong. ”

"Huh!?"

Meng Qingyao said suddenly: "So, when Gonggong Qin talks to the puppet in his hand, he is not pretending, he really thinks that the puppet in his hand is a living person?" ”

"Hmm"

Le Zhengxun nodded.

He looked in the direction of Chengsheng's departure, and the sorrow in his eyes was even worse

And just when Le Zhengxunyi was talking to his little sister Meng Qingyao.

Tie Niu's voice suddenly sounded in the ears of the two of them: "That. . . Looking for a friend, although it is true that you can't see me, it doesn't mean that I really don't exist. ”

"It's okay for you two to show affection in front of me, but you still force me to say that I was imagined by Chengsheng in front of me, you guys are a bit too much, right?"

！！

Hearing the sound of the iron bull, Le Zhengxun was shocked.

He looked around, hoping to find the life that was hiding in the corner.

Not surprisingly, the 'Iron Bull' who just spoke was the voice made by Chengsheng through ventriloquism, or the technique of transmitting sound for thousands of miles.

Right.

It must be so, yes.

Thinking of this, Le Zhengxun tried to rush to the hidden Chengsheng and said: "Chengdao friends, don't play, come out quickly!" ”

"Enlightened friends?"

"Enlightened friends?"

No one responded

…

At the same time.

Outside the mansion of the Nine Emperor Princes, on the street.

An old man wearing a red bullfighting robe, with a white face and no beard, came slowly from not far from the street.

When he arrived at the door of the Nine Emperors' Mansion, he knocked on the door ring and said, "Hurry up, open the door for our house!" ”

This white-faced bearded old man has a soft and shrill voice.

As soon as the porter heard his voice, he immediately recognized the old man's identity.

He opened the door for the old man, and said in a respectful tone: "Father-in-law Qin, you are here!" ”

"Hmm" Father-in-law Qin held his head high, and didn't look at the porter, but just made a voice from his nose: "Is the Nine Emperor Princes there?" ”

On the opposite side of Father-in-law Qin, the porter kept his head down and responded, "Yes, Father-in-law Qin, come with me." ”

After that, he led Gonggong Qin to the depths of the mansion.

Gonggong Qin turned his head and said to the two little eunuchs who followed him: "You two just wait here, don't look around, don't talk nonsense, give me some cleverness!" ”

After the porter led Duke Qin to the main hall, he left by himself.

But I saw a man in the main hall who was no more than four feet tall and looked no different from an adult, lying in the arms of a slender maid.

It's a dwarf.

At this moment, his head rested on the maid's lap.

Seeing that Gonggong Qin was coming, he hurriedly waved his hand to signal the maids around him to retreat, and then spoke: "How is it, how many people have joined our Woo Sect so far?" ”

Gonggong Qin didn't speak, just looked at his left hand.

On his left hand, he wears a doll made of a mixture of coarse linen and Hanahiro Aya. The workmanship is slightly rough and looks like a child's toy.

Gonggong Qin stared at the puppet, his left arm swaying slightly.

With its movements, I saw the puppet smile and say, "Hey, praise Lord Woo!" Right now, the imperial court is busy with Emperor Tianhui's illness, and it doesn't have time to care about our Woo Sect at all. ”

"In just three days, our Woo Shan Sect has grown to nearly 30,000 believers."

"Some of the more devout believers have begun to worship the idol of Lord Woo in the refugee area outside Bianjing."

The voice of the puppet is rough and heroic, which forms a strong contrast with the identity of Gonggong Qin's eunuch.

When people watched it, they unconsciously felt a sense of weirdness in their hearts.

But perhaps it has long been strange.

The Nine Emperor Princes didn't react much to the puppet in Father-in-law's hand, but just inadvertently turned his head and tried not to look at the puppet.

He said with a hint of joy in his tone: "It's already very good, but what about Bianjing City?" ”

"As for the inside of Bianjing City," the puppet looked at Gonggong Qin and said, "Brother Qin Feng, let's talk about it." ”

"Hey!"

Gonggong Qin took the opportunity to speak: "Although the imperial court does not restrict us from doing things outside the city, but in Bianjing City, it is still relatively strict, so there are not too many believers in the city. ”

"It's okay, let's take it one step at a time."

The corners of the Nine Emperors' mouth raised slightly, as if everything was under his control: "In addition, I am also bothering Father-in-law Qin to pay more attention to my third brother recently." ”

"The Third Prince?" Gonggong Qin had a hint of doubt in his tone.

The Nine Emperor Princes said: "Recently, he has been in contact with the group of Blood Pill Stage cultivators in Yin Sijian, and it is estimated that there will be a big move. ”

"Coupled with Senior Yun, Abbot Xuan Si and Lord Li, these three deep diving monks are not allowed to make a move at will."

"So if the day really comes to do it, it is not surprising that the third brother's power should be the largest in Bianjing City."

"We must not take this lightly."

"We understand!" After listening to what the Nine Emperor Princes said, Gonggong Qin hurriedly replied.

"My subordinates understand!" At the same time, the puppet in Gonggong Qin's hand also responded in time.

After a brief conversation, Gonggong Qin led the two little eunuchs and left in a low-key manner from the back door of the Nine Emperors' Mansion

(End of chapter)