Chapter 282: Five Emperors and Five Monarchs
() Xiao Tianhe felt that it was a very reasonable lie, but it was exposed by the words of the city lord.
Xiao Tianhe was surprised, the old and strong enemy city lord in front of him really did not do his way! How did he know that Xiao Tianhe was lying?
"Don't blame the city lord, the triple house is dim, and it is impossible to get the black and white of the day and night in the outer world, 'thirteen years' is just a random estimate of me, please forgive me. Fortunately, Xiao Tianhe was in a hurry and thought of a reasonable reason.
"Hmm......" The Qiu City Lord seemed to believe Xiao Tianhe's explanation, "Indeed, I'm afraid that the triple house over there in Xinwangpo has not been taken care of for a long time, and it is normal for you to be in it and not know how long you have been outside." As he spoke, he glanced at Lu Xiaoyan, who was standing aside. Lu Xiaoyan scratched his head embarrassedly.
Qiu City Lord said again: "The Ascension Circle in the Triple House must be replaced with an Array Eye Gem every thirty years, and the last time I went to replace it was twelve years ago, when there was no one in the house, so you must have been used to it for less than twelve years. This qualification is also good. ”
"I see, ......I see," Xiao Tianhe breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it turned out that the mystery was here. But listening to the meaning of the city lord, the aperture in the triple house is actually a magic circle?
"Well, then, the one who does not know is not guilty, and you will not be punished. The Junior Cultivator Evaluation Contest is just three months away, so you need to be prepared. Captain Liao, hurry up and take him back to Xinwang Camp, and stop wandering around before the big game. "The city lord of Qiu let Xiao Tianhe go.
"Thank you City Lord!" Liao Qifeng was overjoyed, and hurriedly grabbed Xiao Tianhe and bowed down to thank him.
The Qiu City Lord nodded, and left the Wanxian Tower with his hands in his hands.
"Phew, escaped. Lu Xiaoyan breathed a sigh of relief.
"Captain Liao, what's going on with that lower-level cultivator evaluation competition?" Xiao Tianhe asked puzzled.
"I'll talk to you about this on the way back. Liao Qifeng said.
When a few people were about to step out of the lobby, the annoying shopkeeper Wang Luoliu stopped them: "It turns out that this brother Tai is not surnamed 'Ji', and he is still the long-lost ascendant of the demon clan, why didn't you say it earlier? Brother Xiao, I'm sorry, I teased you as a new member of the leading team before." You don't have to pay for today's wine, you will come again another day, and Wang will make up for today's wine for you!"
"Oh, that's easy to say. Shopkeeper Wang, with the ban of the city lord of Qiu, we will not come again in three years, and besides, we will leave Feiyun District in half a year. In short, there will be a period later!" Liao Qifeng said to Wang Luoliu.
On the way back to Xinwangying, Liao Qifeng briefly introduced the "Lower-level Cultivator Evaluation Competition" to Xiao Tianhe. This is an important competition in the Yu Yu Realm, and the purpose is to determine whether the contestants have reached the standards of lower-level cultivators. The participants are mainly newcomers in the Yuyu realm, regardless of age, as long as they feel that they meet the conditions of lower-level cultivators, they can apply for participation in their respective regions.
The competition is held every ten years, and the next one is exactly three months away, so when he heard the city lord just now say that he would cancel Xiao Tianhe's qualification, Liao Qifeng would be so excited. If Xiao Tianhe misses the competition because of the brawl, it will have to wait for another ten years, so how can Liao Qifeng be happy in his heart?
Regarding the "lower-level cultivators", Liao Qifeng gave a detailed explanation. In the Yuyu realm, where the immortals and demons coexist, "cultivator" is a general term covering the two races. For the immortal clan, the "cultivator" is the immortal cultivator, and for the demon clan, it is naturally the demon cultivator. Therefore, "lower-level cultivators" refer to immortal cultivators and demon cultivators who are not at the level of "sword immortals" and "sword demons", called "lower-level sword immortals" and "lower-level sword demons", which is the realm level that every cultivator in the Yu Yu realm must go through. Although the Ascended Ones have cultivated into "Sword Immortals" and "Sword Demons" in the Great Red Realm, in the eyes of the cultivators in the Yuyu Realm, their level is not enough to match the reputation of "Sword Immortals" and "Sword Demons", and they are only considered "primary cultivators", so they must also participate in the lower-level cultivator evaluation competition. Only those who have passed the competition can be regarded as having the qualifications and ability to continue to cultivate at a high level.
Fortunately, the competition is not limited to age, so even those with poor qualifications will eventually be able to qualify as a lower-level cultivator after all after all.
Because all the ascendants appear in the three ascending zones, the two immortal and demon clans have agreed a long time ago that the evaluation competition will only be held in the three ascending zones. Due to the special status of the Ascendant, if there are Ascendants from different camps in the same evaluation competition, a separate Immortal Demon Ascendant Battle Contest will be held, which can test the actual combat ability of the Ascendants of the two clans, and attract a large number of spectators to make profits.
But because the demons have not appeared in the ascendant for a long time, there has been no battle competition for a long time. And this time, Xiao Tianhe will be the winner of the demon side in the battle match in three months. His opponent should be Fu Guangxian.
"Tsk, I can't imagine how many people will come to watch the battle. It's a pity that a few of us can't see Brother Xiao fight with our own eyes!" Sun Hailiang sighed regretfully.
"Not really...... It's just a contest between two ascendants, and I believe that there should be more of a performance in it, right?" Xiao Tianhe guessed.
Liao Qifeng said with a smile: "Of course not! The strength of the ascendant can roughly reflect the situation of cultivating immortals and demons in the lower realm, not to mention that Brother Xiao, you are the first ascendant in the lower realm for hundreds of years since the way of my great demon was 'destroyed', which must be particularly eye-catching." ”
"Brother Xiao seems to be a low-key person. In fact, for yourself, it is also very beneficial to win, and you must strive to win at that time!" Sun Hailiang admonished.
"Hmm......" Xiao Tianhe replied vaguely. Knowing that the Immortal Clan's Ascendant was not Tianyao, he was a little disappointed. "That's it, isn't it just a competition, it just so happens that I haven't done it for many years, and it's also a good thing to test the sophistication of the knife and body skills through actual combat. He thought to himself. "Brother Sun, I wonder what will benefit me if I win the game?"
That's a long explanation...... To put it simply, for the Ascendant, the Shogun will assign the attribute based on his performance in the tournament. In the ascension
The winner of the match will receive a small percentage of the ticket revenue. Sun Hailiang paused for a moment, and then continued, "Don't underestimate this money, the more people who watch the battle, the higher the income you can get, not to mention that this time you are the only ascendant of the demon clan for many years, presumably the ticket price will not be low." Besides, no matter how much or how little money you have, it is always your first fortune after you come to Yuyu Realm, and it will definitely come in handy in the future. ”
"Money......" Xiao Tianhe was a little surprised, when he was in the Great Red Realm, he never felt how important money was. For ordinary people, money may be extremely tempting, but for cultivators, the truly rare things are classics, pills, weapons, and so on, how can their preciousness be measured by money? It can be said that all the items of cultivation that are famous are priceless. "Okay, I'll do my best to fight!" Xiao Tianhe said.
Liao Qifeng patted Xiao Tianhe's shoulder with satisfaction: "You have just arrived in Yuyu Realm, many things you don't know yet, and it is not an overnight thing to understand, in short, you just listen to our advice first, we will definitely not cheat you." ”
"Thank you. ”
A few people chatted, and it didn't take long for them to return to the New Hope Camp. Because Lu Xiaoyan has lived in the Xinwang Slope Sea Tower for many years, most of the tents in the camp are empty except for one each of Liao Qifeng and Sun Hailiang. Xiao Tianhe was puzzled, except for a few tents for storing sundries, why didn't the others be dismantled? In this regard, Liao Qifeng explained that if there were more tents, it would not look so "desolate."
Liao Qifeng asked Xiao Tianhe to choose a tent as his temporary residence, and after a while, Lu Xiaoyan brought a lot of things and belongings to help Xiao Tianhe clean and arrange them together. After a short period of toil, the tent finally became decent. Before Lu Xiaoyan left, Xiao Tianhe grabbed him and drank a pot of tea together.
Through the conversation, Xiao Tianhe learned some more about the situation in the Yu Yu Realm.
The pattern of the immortals and demons is still generally evenly matched, and there is not a high degree of unity within their clans. As the saying goes: "There are five emperors for demons, and there are five monarchs for immortals." Even the horizontal and the vertical, ruling the people. ”
This pattern is somewhat similar to the rule of the Seven County Kings of the Blue Dragon Continent, but it is different. Each emperor and each monarch has its own ruling territory and its own "army", but this "army" is not like the other "army" of the Qinglong Continent, and its scope is much wider. In general, everyone who supports the emperor can be regarded as a member of the "army", and in the small way, the so-called "army" is just an efficient way for the emperor to lead his supporters.
From another point of view, the ten emperors were all elected by their supporters over a long period of time, and their actual identities were actually the leaders of a group of like-minded people, which was quite similar to the original seven major sects of the Blue Dragon Continent. Among the seven counties of the Qinglong Continent, the origin of the people of Li cannot be chosen, where they are born, they belong to the people of where, and for cultivators, choosing which county king to support does not need to consider the connection between their birth position and family business. However, compared to the seven major sects of the Blue Dragon, it is because the resources for cultivating immortals are limited, and the number of sects should not be too large. In the Yu Yu Realm, there is no such problem, the obligation of the emperor is only to provide basic stability for his supporters, and everything else related to cultivation basically depends on himself.
All in all, the pattern of the immortals and demons in the Yuyu realm is a unique model between the rule of the emperor and the leadership of the sect.
Of course, the realm of the ten emperors is not the ministry of the Yu Yu realm. Listening to Lu Xiaoyan's meaning, in addition to the areas occupied by the demon clan, there are also some neutral areas that do not belong to the jurisdiction of any force, and there are also some independent areas that are self-managed. It seems that in the Yuyu world, "freedom" is the theme.
Among the neutral zones, the most famous are the three existing Ascension Zones. Since both the immortals and demons have ascenders, it is not appropriate to hand over the rule of either side, and a long time ago, the immortals and demons reached a consensus and concluded a treaty to divide the ascension region as a neutral territory. But for many years, there has been no demon ascendant, which has led to the situation that the immortal forces are gradually annexing the ascension area.
The immortal clan invested in the Feiyun District to build the Take-off Cloud City, and also built the Luoxia City and the Star Picking City in the Luoxia District and the Star Picking District. The city lords are naturally all from the immortal clan. Speaking of this, Lu Xiaoyan sighed happily, if there are no more demon ascendants, I am afraid that the three major ascension areas will be included in the territory of the immortal clan sooner or later.
Regarding the five emperors of the demon clan, Lu Xiaoyan simply said their names, which are: Lingwei Emperor, Chixi Emperor, Hanshu Emperor, Yaogui Emperor, and Yinhou Emperor. As for the five monarchs of the Immortal Clan, Lu Xiaoyan didn't mention it, and Xiao Tianhe didn't ask.
After a pot of tea, it was not too early to see the hour outside, Xiao Tianhe sent Lu Xiaoyan out of Xinwangying. In the three months before the advent of the Lower-level Cultivator Evaluation Competition, Xiao Tianhe had already made plans. The first step is to familiarize yourself with the qi of heaven and earth in the Yuyu realm - Mengqi, and enhance the ability to control and apply the Mengli in the body; Three months is only 90 days, which is not enough.
Just as Xiao Tianhe closed his eyes and meditated, comprehending the sword code handed down by the Black Knife Ancestor, Lu Xiaoyan hurriedly went and returned.
"I'm sorry, Brother Xiao, for disturbing your meditation. Look at my memory, I forgot a big thing!" Lu Xiaoyan untied the knife holster on his back, and shook out a magic knife from it, "Oh, this is a weapon for you." I'm afraid the knife you brought up from the Nether Realm is no longer usable, right? Alas, it's a pity that Duhailou doesn't have any good products in stock, so you can only take this handle first. I hope that when the brand is sent to you, it will also be accompanied by a good knife for you. ”
Xiao Tianhe glanced at the green glowing magic knife on the table, which was the one he brought down from upstairs when Du Hailou first saw Lu Xiaoyan. "It's better than nothing, thank you. If it weren't for Lu Xiaoyan's reminder, Xiao Tianhe would have forgotten that the Heavenly Enemy Knife had been damaged in the triple house, although there was a Splitting Void Knife, but it could only be used for cultivation, and he didn't want to take it out in front of the public during the evaluation competition.
Before Lu Xiaoyan left the tent, he looked back and admonished: "Oh, by the way, for the ownerless knife, as long as a drop of blood is dropped on it, you can recognize the master,
After confessing the Lord, you don't have to carry it on your back, you can usually put it in your body, you can try it and you will know. ”
After careful observation, Xiao Tianhe felt that the power of this knife did not seem to be bad, and if it was placed in the Great Red Realm, it would at least be at the best level. "Maybe in the Yu Yu Realm, this is the worst weapon, right?" he said to himself, "I'll use it for the time being, and I'll change it to a better one later." Xiao Tianhe hurriedly dripped blood to recognize the lord and put the knife away, "That reckless Lu Xiaoyan doesn't remember to tell me what the name of the knife is." That's it, seeing that you are so green and elegant, let's call it 'Bifeng'.
The night deepened and sank, and Xiao Tianhe also began to cultivate truly after arriving in the Yuyu realm.
Different from the "Great Red Collection", the opening chapter of "Yu Yu Ji" has an overview of Mengqi, which reads as follows: "Those who are Mengqi are the source of Yuyu Realm together with Yuanqi, that is, the qi of nature. People have three treasures, namely essence, qi, and god. These three treasures are not visible, but they can be revealed. If you are full of energy, you will be full of energy, and if you are full of energy, you will be prosperous, and everyone in the Three Treasures should be born from being angry. Qi deficiency is fatigue, refinement is disease, and loss of spirit is death. I cultivate the Demon Dao, breathe and breathe to replenish qi, sit and meditate to return to the essence, and dance the knife to cultivate to return to the gods. When the torso and limbs are the foundation, the qi of heaven and earth is the medium, the essence of the sun and the moon is the guide, the power of the soul is the source, the dantian meridians are the tools, the mental perseverance is the drive, the wonderful sword technique is the help, and the way of the great demon is respected.
The Great Demon Road,
Shine brightly.
The endless flow of
Firm and indestructible.
Rin Demon Cultivator,
The sword shows its might.
Lang Lang Qiankun Ding,
The world is back. ”
Xiao Tianhe read it and sighed. The way of cultivating demons in his heart is the pursuit of his own limits. "There is a sky outside the sky", and the higher world is the goal of his tireless efforts. However, the Black Knife Patriarch is always looking at the revitalization of the Great Demon Dao, which may be the incomparable difference in vision between the originator of the Demon Dao and the younger generations of later generations.
"Junior, I hope you will work hard to cultivate and bring my demon cultivation to the peak in the future. The Black Knife Patriarch's dying entrustment was deeply imprinted in Xiao Tianhe's mind, and he never forgot it, nor did he dare to forget it. "'Lang Lang is determined, and the world is great. 'Ancestor, Patriarch, do you know what a difficult mission you have left to your juniors?" Xiao Tianhe thought.
The Black Sword Patriarch and the White Sword Patriarch have been fighting for a lifetime, and both of them want to support the cultivation path they have created to the supreme position, but in the end, they end up with a sad ending where their souls are scattered. Xiao Tianhe began to doubt himself, with his mentality of "being alone", could he complete the legacy of the Black Knife Patriarch?
"Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. Revitalizing the path of demon cultivation is not an imminent matter, let alone an overnight thing. It's too early for me to think about this. When you become a powerful existence like an ancestor, you may naturally know the answers to all your questions. Xiao Tianhe comforted himself, closed his eyes again, and started a new cultivation according to the "Yu Yu Collection" of the "Yutian Sword Codex".
......
"Brother Xiao, Brother Xiao!" As soon as the sky was bright in the early morning of the second day, Liao Qifeng's shout came from outside the tent.
Seeing Xiao Tianhe open the curtain and walk out, Liao Qifeng hurriedly stepped up to meet him, held his hands warmly, and said happily: "Haha, Brother Xiao, your good luck is here!"
Sun Hailiang also stood aside happily.
"Oh, what good luck?"
"After receiving our report yesterday, the above was greatly shocked and reported it directly to the general! The general also attached great importance to it, not only ordered the craftsman to rush to make your name tag overnight, but also informed us that he would come to meet you in person today! It was too late to receive the news last night, and I was too embarrassed to come and disturb you, so I will come to inform you immediately early this morning!" After Liao Qifeng finished speaking, he laughed and hugged Xiao Tianhe.
"Yes, we managed to endure it until this morning!" Sun Hailiang said.
"General......" Xiao Tianhe still didn't understand why, but seeing that Liao Qifeng was so excited, he simply let him be happy for a while.
When Liao Qifeng let go of his arm, Xiao Tianhe took a breath and asked, "Captain Liao, I don't know what's good about this news?"
"Let me tell you, the Shogun is not something you can see casually. He is willing to come to see you in person, which shows how big your face is! You must know that the general is the right-hand man of the marshal, and the marshal is the emperor's right-hand man!" Liao Qifeng explained with a smile on his eyebrows.
A "general" didn't know who it was, and there was an extra "marshal".
"This ...... I don't know who the 'Great Emperor' you are talking about?"
Liao Qifeng was surprised: "Didn't Xiao Luzi tell you? Our Great Emperor is the head of the Five Great Demon Emperors—Lingwei Great Emperor!"
"Oh, Emperor Lingwei, Brother Lu mentioned it to me. Hey, isn't the Ascension Zone a neutral zone, how can you belong to Emperor Lingwei?"
"The Ascension Zone is neutral, but the Receiving Team is not. The neutrality of the Ascension Zone is to protect the Ascendants on both sides of the Immortals and Demons, and the Receiving Team is responsible for accepting the Ascenders into the Demon Army. The affairs of the demons in the three Ascension Regions are in turn controlled by the five Great Emperors, who rotate in charge every four hundred years, and now it is the turn of the Lingwei Emperor. The receiving team in Luoxia District is under the command of Marshal Bi, the leading team in the Star Picking District is under the command of Marshal Deng, and our Feiyun District leading team is under the command of Marshal Xin, and General Yong is the confidant general under Marshal Xin. It is estimated that General Yong will arrive in a short time, so you hurry up and prepare. Liao Qifeng said.
"Prepare, what am I preparing?" Xiao Tianhe was still at a loss as a second monk.
"Ready to receive the reward! General Yong loves talent like a son, and he is generous, and he will definitely not treat you badly!"
Sun Hailiang added: "Yes, because we are fortunate enough to accept you, Brother Xiao, General Yong ordered us to be rewarded with a few extra twenty years of money!"
"Isn't it too little, if it's too little, just boldly tell me, and then supply you!