Chapter Eighty-Five: The Immortals Are Lined Up
The Yamen of Fengzhou County is too much to keep the study.
Cui Qingyang was dealing with the files that had recently been reported from various places, and his son Cui Guanlan stood aside, quietly observing his father's handling of official business.
As one of the 12 families of the Great Qi, Fengzhou is the territory operated by the Cui family for thousands of years, and although the position of Taishou was enshrined by the imperial court of the Great Qi, it is actually an extension of the power of the Cui family, and is usually inherited by the brother of the head of the family.
Cui Qingyang is the second brother of the head of the family, Cui Tianhe, and their lineage has been operating in the position of the county guard for nearly a thousand years, and it is basically the industry of this lineage.
Cui Guanlan is Cui Qingyang's eldest son, with good talent, he is already close to the level of the secret six products before he is thirty years old, and he is also shrewd, and he has been positioned as the next candidate for the county guard of Fengzhou.
Now, it can be regarded as learning from Cui Qingyang's side.
At this moment, an errand officer suddenly hurried over.
"My lord, there is a young man who calls himself Zhou Heng who comes to visit, and he claims to be a true disciple of the Pure Yang Palace. β
Zhou Heng?
The true biography of the Pure Yang Palace?
Cui Guanlan, who was standing behind Cui Qingyang, raised his head sharply and looked at the errand officer.
Cui Qingyang looked as usual, slowly put down the pen in his hand, and smiled: "Let him come in." β
Then, he said to Cui Guanlan: "Guanlan, you go down first, I have something to discuss with this Zhou Xiaodao." β
"Father......" Cui Guanlan wanted to speak and stopped, but finally swallowed the words back, nodded, and gave up.
Cui Qingyang's attitude made him feel complicated.
After all, half a year ago, Zhou Heng was still a "young handsome" on the same list as him, and his ranking was even above Zhou Heng.
But it hasn't been long since the two of them are far apart.
"I'm not even qualified to negotiate with him anymore. Cui Guanlan was in a trance, but there was also a surge of anger in his heart, he was not convinced, and he was determined to catch up.
Not long after Cui Guanlan retreated, Zhou Heng followed an errand officer to Cui Qingyang's study.
"The little road chief came here in person, and he missed the distance, so don't blame him. Cui Qingyang laughed, and got up directly to greet him, startling the errand who brought Zhou Heng over, and his legs trembled a little.
Could it be that this Zhou Heng is a celestial?
In the past, it seems that the only person who can greet the county keeper like this is the Celestial Honor.
But wasn't this Zhou Heng still on the list more than half a year ago?
I can't figure it out, I can't figure it out, but I don't dare to ask.
The officer withdrew with doubts.
Only Cui Guanlan and Zhou Heng were left in the study.
"Lord Cui is polite. Zhou Heng arched his hand slightly and said with a smile: "I'm here to find someone." β
"Oh, Chief, please. Cui Qingyang led Zhou Heng to a chair and sat down.
"He Mengqiu and He senior, came to the county seat yesterday. Zhou Heng said: "I don't know where she lives, please let me know." β
"It turned out to be looking for Senior He. Cui Qingyang said: "She is resting in a house in Chengnan District, and I will send someone to inform her later, saying that you are going to visit." β
He seems to have a lot of respect for He Mengqiu, the head of a county, the top four great grandmasters, all call He Mengqiu a senior.
Zhou Heng was slightly surprised, but he didn't delve into it, and said with a smile: "Thank you very much, in addition, there is another thing, the people of the Plague Emperor Sect are secretly planning to sacrifice to the county seat of Fengzhou, and hold a ceremony to attract the incarnation of the evil god." β
"Pure Yang Palace really knew about that incident. Cui Qingyang nodded and said with a smile: "When I learned that you were coming, I guessed that it might be related to this." β
Cui Qingyang didn't know that the person who reported the arrival of the Nine Dragons Plague Emperor to the Zhou Tian Patrol Division was Zhou Heng, and he didn't know that Zhou Heng was a member of the Zhou Tian Patrol Division, he just thought that Zhou Heng was here as the spokesperson of the Chunyang Palace to convey his attitude about this matter.
"Well, I got a notice from the Zhou Tian Patrol Division. Zhou Heng smiled, "We will lend a hand." β
"Oh? That's great. Cui Qingyang was overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "The Zhou Heaven Patrol Division said that there will be seven celestials who will come over and join forces to prevent the evil god incarnation from descending. β
He didn't know that the Pure Yang Palace had planned to stop the evil god from descending.
"My five brothers will come. Zhou Heng smiled and said: "When the time comes, counting the seven celestials of the Heavenly Patrol Division last week, we will have twelve celestials, even if the advent ceremony really begins, there is a great hope of preventing the evil god incarnation from coming." β
As long as the ritual of advent begins, it means that the incarnation of the evil god begins to come, even if the ritual is not completely achieved, the evil god can also use the ritual to make a connection and descend a part of the power.
"There are actually five celestial beings coming!" Cui Qingyang couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, and a storm broke in his heart, he didn't expect the Pure Yang Palace to be so powerful.
In an era when Dao Jun and Divine could not make a move, being able to send five celestials in one breath meant that there was still this more powerful force to guard within the mountain gate.
The ancient sect of Chunyang Palace is really profound and difficult to measure, and it is worthy of being one of the three sects of the Daomen.
"Well, there is also my senior brother Yan Shouyi. Zhou Heng bowed his head lightly and said with a smile: "After all, the incarnation of the evil god is not trivial, if there is a slight mistake, maybe there will be one more evil way in this world, and the senior brother also attaches great importance to it." β
"People in the world are also coming over on the first day?" Cui Qingyang couldn't help but speak, and then smiled: "In this way, this matter is nine out of ten, and the evil demons of the Plague Emperor Sect probably never dreamed that there would be so many immortals coming." β
The realm of heaven and man can already be called "ranking in the immortal class" in ancient times, and it is a real immortal.
"However, the arrival of the celestial man to prevent the evil god from descending is only the last step after all, and we had better find out the people of the Plague Emperor Sect in advance. Zhou Heng said in a deep voice: "As long as Zeng strangled this matter from the source, we can solve it without the arrival of heaven and man." β
"Yes, exactly. Cui Qingyang nodded, but then frowned again: "However, in the past few days, I have sent people to look around, but there are still no clues, even if my eldest brother used the magic power of heaven and man to check the entire Fengzhou more than a dozen times, but he did not find anyone deliberate." β
Cui Qingyang's eldest brother is Cui Tianhe, the lord of the Cui clan in Fengzhou, the respect of heaven and man.
"Can't even trace the supernatural powers of heaven and man?" Zhou Heng's brows also furrowed, and he couldn't help but be a little puzzled, "Does the Plague Emperor Sect have such a background?" Or do they want to let the evil god incarnate come at all costs this time?"
The rise of the Plague Emperor Sect has only been three thousand years, and the evil gods it serves are in a state of being suppressed, and they have not yet recovered, and there are very few celestial beings, but they are not very powerful.
And if you want to hide the search of the heavenly and human powers, you either have a special heavenly and human secret treasure or even a Dao Monarch-level secret treasure, or you have a cave heaven with you.
No matter which one of them, the Plague Emperor Sect could easily take it out.
ββThe evil god served by the Plague Emperor Sect was not the Nine Dragons Plague Emperor Lu Yue, but an evil god that Zhou Heng had never heard of, and he had no treasure, and he called himself "Heavenly Plague God Monarch".
"Could there be other forces involved?" A thought suddenly flashed in Zhou Heng's mind, and suddenly the whole person shuddered, "Yes, my judgment of the incarnation of the evil god is actually just from the memory fragments of those two fanatical believers.
"The information on the memory fragment is extremely incomplete, and it is very likely that what I have learned is only one-sided, maybe it is not just the Plague Emperor Sect that wants to lead the evil god incarnation to descend now?"
This thought was out of control, and the more I thought about it, the more I felt that it was possible, and my previous thinking was a little one-sided.
So, Zhou Heng explained this guess to Cui Qingyang.
Of course, it only said that there was a suspicion that other forces were involved, and that there might be some variables, but did not mention anything else.
Cui Qingyang immediately thought it was true when he heard this, and said, "It's really possible, I'll go to my eldest brother, and the little Taoist chief wants to go with me?"
"No need. Zhou Heng shook his head and said, "I'll go find Senior He." β
"That's fine. Cui Qingyang nodded and said, "Senior He is using the Dream Realm Dafa to investigate this matter, and the little Taoist chief will also inform Senior He of this speculation." β
"No problem. Zhou Heng bowed his head.
......
In a large mansion in the southern district of Fengzhou County, Zhou Heng met He Mengqiu.
"Are you saying that there are people who suspect that there are other forces helping the Plague Emperor Sect?" He Mengqiu listened to Zhou Heng's description, his willow eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he nodded: "It's not impossible." β
"Did Senior He make a discovery?" Zhou Heng asked.
"Hmm. He Mengqiu bowed his head lightly and said: "After I came to Fengzhou County, I tried to walk in the dream realm, looking for suspicious people, but I never found it, until just now, I suddenly felt that there was a person's sea of consciousness projection disappeared.
As long as people are alive, even if they are unconscious, there will be spiritual power escaping, and this spiritual power is called the sea of consciousness after it is gathered together.
"The spiritual power emanating from different people will be slightly different in the sea of consciousness, which is called the sea of consciousness projection. The sea of consciousness projection suddenly disappeared, either the person suddenly died, or it was ...... Entered another world. β
"Since Senior He said so, it must not be that someone died. Zhou Heng said.
"That's right. He Mengqiu nodded and said, "I can be sure that there should be a world similar to Dongtian, hidden in the county town of Fengzhou, providing shelter for the people of the Plague Emperor Sect."
"Moreover, this 'world' used to shelter them is probably related to the way of dreams, when the projection of the person's sea of consciousness disappeared and instantly condensed a substitute to hide people's eyes.
"Observing the projection changes of the sea of consciousness is the category of the way of dreams, and it is even more difficult to manipulate it, if I don't have some attainments in the way of dreams, I'm afraid I won't be able to find it. β
"Something to do with the way of dreams?" Zhou Heng's heart moved when he heard this, and said: "Senior He, some time ago, I went to the Southern Jin Dynasty, where there is a Dream Saint Relic Treasure in the world......
He roughly told He Mengqiu about the picture of the hundred halls of the Yao Palace, as well as the matter of turning flowers into a spirit with a smile.
"Hundred halls of Yao Palace...... This picture actually contains the great fear of the master. He Mengqiu sighed softly when he heard this: "Smile at the flowers, I roughly know who it is, it should be my second senior brother, but he has long been far away from the Central Plains, and this time it shouldn't be him." β
She didn't elaborate on this "second senior brother".
"It seems that the seniors already have a candidate in mind?" Zhou Heng said, although he thought of continuing to ask about the matter of smiling, but it was not easy to make it too obvious.
"I'm afraid it's my senior brother. The expression on He Mengqiu's face was a little complicated, and he said: "At the beginning, there were only three of us under the master's seat, and the story of the smile was also told by the three of us listening to the master together, it was really a good time."
"After the Middle Ages, the second senior brother went to the south, and the senior brother was missing for many years, and I was reborn after death, and the three disciples of the master were completely dispersed.
"However, this method of opening up the void and manipulating the sea of consciousness is indeed very similar to the method of my senior brother, but he has always hated evil gods and evil spirits, how can he ......?"
At this point, she couldn't go on.
Zhou Heng did not speak.
He could hear that although He Mengqiu had mentioned many things in this passage just now, he was afraid that there were a lot of secrets and tangled pasts hidden in them.
Half an hour later.
"In any case, the coming of the evil gods must not be allowed to begin. He Mengqiu adjusted his mood and said in a deep voice: "By the way, what are you doing here, is the Pure Yang Palace also coming to help?"
"That's right. Zhou Heng nodded and said with a smile: "I can also do my best." β
"Is it just a modest force?" He Mengqiu suddenly laughed and said, "I'm afraid it's not the power of Dingding." β
......
In the next three days, Zhou Heng and others still failed to find any clues.
And in order to avoid startling the snake, the Plague Emperor Sect jumped over the wall and directly began to hold the ceremony, and the Zhou Tian Patrol Division only secretly came to two celestials to help investigate.
The two of Zuo Yuan and Right Yuan are both accumulated celestials, and it is rumored that they have been practicing the Tao for nearly three thousand years, and the five decays of heaven and man have been passed, and their strength is unfathomable.
However, even these two celestials were unable to find traces of the activities of the Plague Emperor Sect.
Except for the anomaly of the sea of consciousness that He Mengqiu had perceived before, all the other investigation results showed that there was no abnormal situation in Fengzhou County.
But Zhou Heng and the others all knew that an unstoppable storm was about to break out.
If you can't find someone from the Plague Emperor Sect, it means that you can't stop the beginning of the evil god advent ceremony, and you have to resist it head-on.
Three more days passed.
The county town of Toyosu is still sunny and beautiful, and many people go out to buy groceries and take a walk as usual...... But an invisible force is quietly spreading in the dark.
Someone suddenly began to cough inexplicably, and had difficulty breathing, as if he was infected with some kind of disease, and the number of such people increased rapidly, and more than 100,000 people were infected in just a few breaths.
At the same time, the sky above the county seat of Toyosu suddenly darkened, as if it was about to collapse downward, and the clouds were dyed with a strange purple-black, and two huge black palms seemed to stretch out from infinity to push away the clouds.
In the dark alleys of the North District, the Sect Master of the Plague Emperor Sect, Yu Yi, and several of his companions, including a celestial and human six great grandmasters, all walked out of the hidden void and came to reality.
"Hahaha!!The Great Emperor is coming, and my body is about to recover!" The celestial beings of the Plague Emperor Sect danced and cheered, looking at the vision in the sky, extremely excited.
But at this moment, thirteen rays of light suddenly pierced the sky, illuminating the sky in large quantities, and the purple-black clouds were squeezed by pure golden light.
One by one, figures walked out of the golden light, they carried the heavenly dome on their backs, wore the Great Dao, intertwined the Dharma all around them, and their gestures were all rhymed, and they were accompanied by many visions.
The tiger roars and the dragon roars, and the phoenix and the song are roaring!
The sword shines brightly, the sword shines brightly!
The tiger drum is rushing back to the car, and the immortal people are like hemp!
Everyone in the Plague Emperor Sect was stunned, looking at the scene in the sky in disbelief, their mouths slowly opened, like puppet clay sculptures, and they all froze there.