Chapter 140: Completion
Although so far, the secrecy work in Nanwu Prefecture is still very good, and the vast majority of middle- and low-level monks and ordinary people still don't know what is happening in this world, there will definitely be well-informed people who can know a little secret.
Gu Zuo originally imagined that when the news of the refining of the Lianshan Taiji Panlong Array in Southern Wu Prefecture was gradually spread, it was likely to attract a large number of survivors, preemptors, and refugees, so he mobilized the Southern Wu Army, Hedong Light Cavalry, and Longyou's pawns, and used the Black Mountain Heavy Cavalry and the Modao Army as reserves to prepare for a desperate decisive battle with the invading enemy.
But as a result, the more and more frequent mountains and rivers on the road annihilated, most of these people were wiped out, and some of them lost their way and did not come to Nanwu Prefecture at all, and even in the county town of Montenegro, which is dozens of miles away, only a few lucky people were able to pass through the wilderness and reach Nanwu Prefecture.
The disastrous road has become the best protective umbrella for Nanwu Prefecture.
In the past few months, there have been no more than 200 spontaneous people who have been able to arrive without receiving invitations, and after arriving in Nanwu Prefecture on their own, they have not been allowed to enter the country, so they have gathered within two miles of the surrounding area, waiting for a good opportunity.
It has been less than ten months since the world was annihilated, and the refining of the Beaulieu Pillar has completed thirty, and only the last ten remain. And these last ten roots have actually been half refined. Such progress is similar to Gu Zuo's expectations, and the overall progress is controlled in three years and three months, only two months later than planned.
Being able to achieve such results is the result of Gu Zuoju's efforts to raise the two edicts of Huaixian Pavilion and Eight Prefectures, integrate the imperial court, and unite the Huashan Xixuan faction, Suxian Pavilion, Duqiao faction, Lishui faction, Dongting faction, Yunmengzong, Pingdu Eight Array Gate, and Nanhua faction, and also benefit from his own control of the "ledger" management of the entire project. Success often lies in the unseen details, and it's true.
The thirty-first Panlong Pillar came from the hand of Elder Shang, and for this reason, Ying'er named the two-year-old child Shang Panlong, and changed his nickname to Thirty-one Lang.
In mid-August, Guo Ziyi successfully refined the thirty-second dragon pillar. Inspired by Elder Shang, he named the two children Guo Lianshan and Guo Taiji respectively, and after hesitating for a while, he gave the nickname of Thirty-two Lang to the younger son.
Immediately after that, the Su Immortal Pavilion Master, the two elders of the Huashan Xixuan Sect, and the Precision Dao Elder and others respectively completed their second Panlong Pillar.
Lingyuan Dao Elder and Jinghong Dao Elder also completed the first root together, and they were so tired and haggard that they had to go back to sleep for three days and three nights.
But it was impossible for Lingyuan Daoist to have a good rest, stimulated by Ying'er, the little lady Chaoyun did not let him go, and after three days and three nights, his face became more and more pale.
By the end of September, Chen Xuanli had completed the thirty-ninth root, and at this point, there were still seven months left before the world was annihilated, and now everyone was waiting for the last one.
No one knows what the world outside is like, and Gu Zuo no longer dares to send another person to check, even if it is Montenegro County, which is only dozens of miles away, it has already cut off contact.
According to the analysis of the masters, going around the world for a week is a matter of ten days, but there can be no more pedestrians on the road, perhaps only the places where the spirit stone veins are located are relatively stable, and even big cities such as Chang'an and Yizhou are also in the midst of disasters.
The sky became clearer and clearer, but it was as if it were covered with a veil of green, and the moon could not sink any longer, either hanging high above its head or at the foot of the mountain, and when it rose it was like a silver platter, two or three times larger than before, and the black spots and lines on it were very clear.
But the desire of the precise Taoist to go to the moon and spy on the moon is doomed to be unrealizable, no matter day or night, thunder and lightning are incessant. If it weren't for the four heavenly capitals firing at full power, I can't tell how many thunderbolts would have slashed in.
At the beginning, the people of Nanwu Prefecture still couldn't sleep all night, but now, everyone is used to falling asleep with lightning and thunder.
The thunder was like a whisper in my ears, and lightning flashes seemed to be within reach, especially the lightning that had been separated like dead branches a few months ago, but now it was like a fishing net, falling from time to time, tearing apart the mountains.
The scattered earth and gravel, the collapsed stream and spring, splashed in the air and scattered, turned into pieces of rainbow light, gathered in the nine heavens to form a belt, dancing and changing, extremely magnificent.
Gu Zuo stood on the top of the north main peak, looking at the four directions from afar, and couldn't help but sigh: "Thousands of mountains and birds are flying away, and thousands of people are gone!"
Luo Jun stood beside him and shook his head: "Don't mention it first, where can there be birds? I haven't seen birds for a long time...... What about down there?"
"What's underneath?"
"Birds...... No, poetry! Pavilion owner, you only chant two sentences every time, which makes us just get interested, and the following is gone, do you know what Du Fu and Gao Shi said about you?"
"I really don't, I can't help it, what do they say about me?"
"Say that you are out of context and crazy, and you have no literature!"
Gu Zuo smiled: "Due to the limitations of talent, if you can't write, what can you do?"
As he spoke, a mountain in the northwest was once again struck by lightning, causing a massive collapse, causing a wildfire, and then the stars quickly disappeared.
Because the distance was so close this time, only a few miles away, everyone could see it very clearly, and it was extremely shocking, and no one said anything for a while.
After a long time, Luo Jun said: "Fortunately, I came back from southern Xinjiang, if it is a few months late, maybe I will become a starlight...... It's just a pity that little goblin, what a cute child...... Actually, I'm saving him, but it's a pity he doesn't understand......"
Gu Zuo said: "Child, the spirit grass that can transform into a human form can live a little longer than you, right? Huh? Look there, was that stone cave so close to us back then? This is less than a hundred and ten zhang, right? It is already at the foot of the mountain, do you think the stone cave will be merged into Nanwu Prefecture?"
As he was speaking, the Lingyuan Dao Elder rode the sword light to fly at a low altitude, and shouted at Gu Zuo from afar: "The last Panlong Pillar has come out! Elder Xing of the Yunmeng Sect has completed the last Panlong Pillar!"
Gu Zuo was overjoyed, Heng Yi's sword flew out, and beckoned Luo Jun: "Go!"
When we arrived at the Great Array Square, it was already overcrowded, and hundreds or thousands of monks cheered in unison, celebrating the completion of the Lianshan Taiji Panlong Array.
It took three and a half years, and there was one refining void, twenty yuan infants, more than one hundred and thirty gold pills, and more than six hundred foundation builders directly involved in the refining, and thousands or even tens of thousands of qi refining cultivators, martial artists, and ordinary people participated in the collection of materials, and countless material resources were invested.
Gu Zuo watched as the last dragon pillar was sent to the designated position and slowly erected, his heart was inexplicably agitated, and tears almost flowed out.
It's not easy!
Deacon Gu was stunned and wept, muttering to himself, and he didn't know what he was thinking; Lingyuan Dao Chief, Jinghong Dao Chang, and Yucheng Sanren were crying with their heads; Xue Dingtu was jumping up and crying, his palms kept hitting each other; Yang Sanfa shouted and screamed; Qiu Dabo kept throwing red scarves to the world; Xie Zhen spun in circles as if he was drunk......
Twenty Yuan Babies each put their hands behind their backs, lingering in front of the dragon pillar they had refined......
The only thing that was missing King Qi who had refined the three dragon pillars was gone, Gu Zuo asked Li Twelve beside him, and Li Twelve smiled and said: "He didn't have time to come over, he has been obsessed with puppet shows recently, and he is busy rehearsing, saying that he wants to get out the story of Wei Jiansu and Ji Wen......"
Gu Zuo couldn't help but laugh for a while, laughed for a long time, and hugged Li Twelve and said, "Then let's try the formation now!"