Chapter XXIV: Malice
Li Xiangyun and Jumang Chunshen came to the Spring God City together.
Spring God City is worthy of being an ancient city that has existed for thousands of years, although the pavilions and palaces in the city are not very tall, but under the illumination of the setting sun, there are traces of ancient vicissitudes of time everywhere.
Even the city towers made of granite are mottled.
Spring God City is in the southeast of the central place, Li Xiangyi entered through the south gate, starting from the Shili Pavilion outside the city, until the city gate, all the way was very prosperous.
The shops and houses on both sides of the avenue are scattered and arranged in an orderly manner, each of which is small and exquisite.
The pedestrians on the street, the owners who sell the goods, all have smiles on their faces.
At first glance, it is peaceful.
At this time, Li Xiangyi was still the appearance of a green-shirted swordsman, and Ju Mang Chunshen changed into the appearance of a white-clothed scholar, holding a folding fan and walking with him.
"Mr. Li, how's it going?"
Although because of the [Vientiane Renewal Seal], the white-clothed spring god, as a saint deity, can't see through Li Xiangyun's true face, but knowing that he dominates the heaven and earth and has great favor to Shinto, he has always been called Mr.
At this time, seeing Li Xianglu looking at the bustling scenery beside the road with admiration, he couldn't help but ask.
Li Xiangyi replied: "The people are happy, the merchants are gathered, the goods are abundant, the bandits are nowhere to be seen, and the demons dare not get close. This Spring God City is indeed as rumored, it is a paradise in the candlelight cave sky. ”
"You can see the leopard in the tube, and from the prosperous and peaceful scene outside the city, you can know that the Spring God City is well governed."
"The Divine Monarch is worthy of being the god of the Heavenly Dao, and the younger generation admires it!"
Ju Mangchun God waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's all the long history of the city and the temples and temples, and they have nothing to do with the little gods. ”
That was said, but Li Xiangyi clearly saw a touch of pride on his face.
It seems that he can be recognized by the Shinto nobles in the world, which makes this Spring God Monarch very comfortable.
Li Xiangyun really didn't understand him, he was obviously an ancient god, and he was also a saint realm, and he was one of the masters of the entire cave world, why was his heart so simple?
In his body, he seems to have a pure heart, without the slightest divinity.
He became more and more suspicious that something had happened to this Jumangchun God, so that it became like this, otherwise no matter how pure his nature was, the long years of incarnating as a god would become ancient, and there was a difference between gods and men.
Like the twilight of the Donghua Mountain Divine Lord, it is not accessible to ordinary people.
"It is rare for the Divine Monarch to be able to bless a pure land in this chaotic cave land with his own strength, even those who have the luck of mountains and rivers in the world, and the righteous gods who enjoy the incense of the imperial court, are mostly difficult to compare with the Divine Monarch."
Ju Mangchun God is the old god of the world, knowing what the gods of the world look like and do, he replied: "The gods of the world also have their own difficulties. ”
"Only like the mother of the North Continent in Mr.'s mouth can you be free from all kinds of constraints, act recklessly, and bless a continent."
Li Xiangyi nodded: "Yes, people have human suffering, and gods also have divine difficulties, even if it is a pedantic heaven and a man, the ancestor of the three sects with infinite avenues, is also beyond the reach of power." ”
"Sir, can you continue to explain to me the scenery of the world today and the doctrine of the hundred schools of thought? The cave is ugly, and for thousands of years, there has only been chaos and loneliness, and it is too far from the world in the world. ”
"Of course you can, there are still a few days before the time limit to go to the Immortal Forbidden Ruins, as long as the Divine Monarch does not dislike my shallow knowledge, the younger generation will naturally know everything."
"Mr. is humble, the little god has benefited a lot along the way, but I am afraid that I will ask a lot of questions, and I will be tired of Mr."
From the south of the Central Land, on the way to the Spring God City, Jumang Chunshen was like a Mengtong, and kept asking Li Xiangyun about various affairs in the world.
Seeing that he sincerely asked for advice and was thirsty for knowledge, Li Xiangyi also told him.
Li Xiangyun has 10,000 books in his chest, and has traveled through two continents, and he is very knowledgeable, almost comparable to the great sages of Confucianism on all continents, and among the younger generation, no one is more suitable to explain to the god of spring than him.
Whenever Li Xiangyun finished telling about the changes in a certain area of the world, Ju Mangchun God would be a little melancholy.
The years of the cave have passed in a blink of an eye, and everything in the world has changed.
The two of them entered the city, and they were responsible for the long history of the affairs of the city, as well as the temple blessings of the Spring Temple, and they came together to greet them.
Ju Mangchun God is still a scholar in white, and he has not recovered his true body, so as not to alarm the people in the city.
After explaining to the two powerful people, the god Ju Mangchun dispersed his body and returned to the god's dojo, and made an appointment to wait for Li Xiangyi to rest, and then come to ask for advice.
Li Xiangyun followed Changshi and the Spring Temple to live in the temple hall, and the honored guests personally welcomed by the gods, the two did not dare to slack off, and personally arranged accommodation and food, and originally arranged a banquet, but Li Xiangyi refused.
When night fell, when the lights of the Spring God City were first lit, Li Xiangyi refused to be accompanied by Changshi and Miaozhu, and went out of the hall alone to wander on the street.
At night, the Spring God City is more prosperous and lively than during the day, with bright lights everywhere and full of people.
Li Xiangyi followed the flow of people, wandered around the streets and alleys of Spring God City, and saw that most of the people in the city were ordinary people, and there were also some monks and demon clans, haunting the streets.
But these monks and demon clans all restrained their breath and hid in the crowd.
Even at some crossroads and teahouses with a lot of people, there are many monks who use supernatural magic to conjure tricks to make people laugh and earn some tea money.
In several temples in the city, there are adjutants and deacons of the Spring Temple, leading a team to give alms to the people, and there are long queues at each almsgiving point.
Li Xiangyi casually found a few people on the street to inquire, and learned that the night market in Spring God City has lasted for hundreds of years, and every time the sun sets, people who have worked hard all day will come to the street to play.
Even some villagers in the countryside outside the city, who have extra money in their pockets, will go into the city to have fun.
Hearing this answer, and looking at the bustling scene in front of him, Li Xiangyun couldn't help but sigh a little.
Why should the god of Mangchun yearn for the world?
The grand scene here is better than the world.
Just as he was sighing, a crisp voice suddenly sounded not far away.
"Guest...... Li Daxia, you also came to Spring God City? ”
Li Xiangyi turned to look and saw a fifteen or sixteen-year-old girl, carrying a small package, jumping and waving to her.
Next to the girl, followed an old man who was also carrying a package.
These two are the shopkeeper girl Su Jinxiu and the old shopkeeper of the Jinxiu Zhai Bookstore in Luoxing City.
"Miss Su, why are you here?" Li Xiangyi walked over, a little surprised.
The old shopkeeper greeted him politely.
Su Jinxiu puffed out her white and tender cheeks, and said, "It's not from the guest officer?" You made a big fuss in Falling Star City that night and wiped out all the clans. ”
"Later, although a great general came forward and took over Falling Star City, after the war, the people in the city were uncertain and the business was not good, so my grandfather and I could only close the library and run away, and come to this central place to see if we could make a living again."
Li Xiangyi tugged at the corners of his mouth.
If he can believe this girl's words, he will have a ghost.
In such a short period of time, this grandson was able to come from the Southern Domain to this central place, and he was obviously not an ordinary person.
Especially this seemingly ordinary old shopkeeper, even he can't see the depth, either there are strange treasures on his body, or the realm is exceeded.
Li Xiangyi was very suspicious, this was one of the hidden old monsters in the mouth of the god of Jumangchun.
Such an existence is at least a pseudo-saint beyond the half-step holy realm.
Li Xiangyun ignored the girl's lies and looked directly at the old shopkeeper.
"Is the old gentleman really coming to this Spring God City to reopen the bookstore?"
The old shopkeeper smiled, looking very kind, and replied: "The cave world is going to be in chaos, the outer regions of the four directions are no longer a peaceful place, the old and old are weak, and their cultivation is shallow, so they have to take their granddaughter to this central place to find a shelter." ”
"It's that Li Daxia appeared here, he should be going to participate in the Seven Great Male Cities and organize the first forbidden place exploration conference, right?"
Li Xiangyun asked rhetorically: "The old gentleman also knows about the Immortal Forbidden Ruins Exploration Conference?" ”
The old shopkeeper stroked his beard and replied, "On the way north, I heard some news. ”
"The matter of the fall of the human city to the first forbidden place has spread throughout the Candlelight Cave Heaven, and the invitation to the exploration conference jointly issued by the Seven Great Male Cities has attracted the attention of countless rangers and wild cultivators."
"It is said that in the thirty-three cities other than the Seven Great Cities, many big cities will send deputy city lords and young city lords to lead the team to participate, and even some big city lords themselves are not impossible."
Li Xiangyi smiled and said: "It seems that it will be very lively then, does the old gentleman have a clever plan to teach me?" ”
The old shopkeeper rubbed his hands and pretended to be stupid.
Li Xiangyun looked at him with clear eyes, and the words were all said for this part, what kind of weak monk did the old man pretend to be for me?
On the night of the big trouble in Star City, when he hovered high in the sky and looked down on the whole city, he had already discovered that the Jinxiuzhai Bookstore located in the south of the city had a different world.
Since the old man took the initiative to mention the investigation of the Immortal Forbidden Ruins, he had to knock out something anyway.
The girl Su Jinxiu didn't understand, where did Li Xiangyun see that her grandfather was not ordinary, looked at the green-shirted swordsman, and looked at her grandfather, and didn't know what would happen next.
She knew that her grandfather was not a good-natured person.
On the way to the seclusion in Falling Star City, there were several groups of strong men and big demons blocking the way, but they were all wiped out by her grandfather, and there were no ashes left.
And the green-shirted swordsman in front of him, who can kill the Falling Star City Lord of the half-step Holy Realm, is naturally not easy to get along with.
Just when she was full of anticipation, the old shopkeeper smiled kindly: "What strategy can the old man have, it's just that when I broke into the cave in the early years, I heard that in the first forbidden land, there is a [Killing Immortal Evil Light], which is enough to slaughter immortals and slaughter saints, and extraordinary means can resist it." ”
"If Li Daxia goes in, you have to hide."
Li Xiangyi asked: "If you can't resist it, can you control it?" ”
The old shopkeeper shook his head with a smile: "How could I know about this kind of thing?" I'm just a bad old man selling books, and I don't have any great powers or amazing treasures. ”
Li Xiangyun understood what he said, that is, some great supernatural powers, or world-shattering secret treasures, could control the [Killing Immortal Evil Light].
With his current realm, even if he had the corresponding great supernatural powers, it was impossible to control the terrifying evil light that was enough to kill immortals and slaughter saints.
But when it comes to the world-shattering treasure, the [Vientiane Update Seal] should be counted.
After all, this is a mysterious weapon that can be smashed even over the years, and even the invincible objects above the top such as the Jiuzhou Pavilion Lord, Ah Xiao, and the Divine Lord Niangniang are all amazed by it.
After entering the Immortal Forbidden Ruins, as a last resort, it seems that you can try to use the [Vientiane Update Seal] to attract the [Immortal Killing Evil Light].
Of course, he and this old shopkeeper of Jinxiuzhai just met in Pingshui, and the other party's words could not be fully believed, and when he encountered the [Killing Immortal Evil Light], he had to be careful.
The conversation was very pleasant, Li Xiangyi invited the old shopkeeper and Su Jinxiu to drink a bowl of wontons at a roadside stall.
After Li Xiangyi finished eating and paid the money and left, the girl looked at his distant back and muttered in a low voice: "Grandpa, what kind of foot is this 'Li Zhenjiu in the world', you really told him the secrets in the immortal forbidden ruins?" ”
"I thought you'd dig a hole for him, like the people who recognized you before."
The old shopkeeper took a sip of wonton soup, found a handkerchief, wiped his mouth, and then said leisurely: "I can't see his roots." ”
"He either has an amazing treasure on his body, or he has a big man standing behind him."
The girl was surprised: "Ah, the big man in the realm of heaven? How big is it? Are you better than grandpa? ”
The old shopkeeper shook his head: "I don't know." ”
"What? Don't even know this? Could it be a shocking treasure? Grandpa, do you want me to trick it? ”
Boom!
Before the girl's voice fell, she was rewarded with a burst.
She covered the place where she was knocked, blinked her eyes and said aggrievedly: "Grandpa, what are you doing beating me?" It's not like I haven't done this before. ”
"Three years ago, in the Blood Mountain City of the Western Great Region, the young master just looked at me twice, and you asked me to steal his talisman spiritual object."
The old man put away the handkerchief, flicked the chopsticks, and laid a shielding technique in his hand, saying, "This time and that time." ”
"Even if this Li Zhenjiu doesn't have a Taoist protector behind him, but he is just lucky enough to get a world-shattering treasure, we can't beat his idea."
"He was invited to this Spring God City by the Spring God, although this Spring God Monarch has become simpler in heart because of some changes, but after all, he is an ancient god who has never broken Nirvana."
"With him on his side, how can he peek into the seat of the temple?"
The girl understood, and nodded.
She didn't expect her grandfather to value this spring god so much.
She changed the subject and said, "Grandpa, can I go to the Immortal Forbidden Ruins Exploration Conference?" Can't hit the attention of this Li Daxia, those treasures in the Immortal Forbidden Ruins are always ownerless, right? ”
……
Li Xiangyun wandered until after midnight before returning to the temple hall.
Ju Mangchun God really came to visit again, in addition to continuing to ask about the affairs of the world, he also discussed the matter of the Immortal Forbidden Ruin Exploration Conference.
Three days later, Li Xiangyi, accompanied by the Temple of the Spring Temple, went to the Immortal Forbidden Ruins, which was located outside the northern region.
By the time they arrived, there were already several men and horses from the city, who had already arrived first.
After another half a day, the delegations of the Seven Great Cities, including the men and horses of more than a dozen Great Cities, as well as some messengers of hidden old monsters, gathered outside the First Forbidden Land.
Li Xiangyun leaned against a big tree and drank wine, and let the Spring Temple Miao Zhu go to discuss the matter of entering the Immortal Forbidden Great Ruins with the leaders of the other six major cities.
He was just about to turn sideways and change his posture to continue drinking, when he suddenly felt a malicious gaze, from somewhere.
(End of chapter)