The night shrouded the river city all the time, and in the barren darkness, occasionally the yellow spring rushed with the wind of spiritual energy, which swept over the city in a dry and gloomy manner, as if washing something. In the gaps adjacent to the houses, the light of the red moon seems to have shone for thousands of years, and the snow between the roof tiles has formed a trough of ice slag, and the moonlight is reflected in their crystals, which will never melt in a world without temperature.

In an old house, the door full of insect marks was suddenly pushed open, and a little boy ran out of it crying, and he fell to the ground without running two steps, his face was covered with blood, and he wiped his face, and there were hard grains of rice at the corners of his mouth.

In the door, a woman slowly poked her head out, trying to call the little boy back, but she couldn't make a sound, she wore her long hair loosely, and held a handful of yellowed raw rice in her hand, and her skeletal face was nestled in the long hair, and she couldn't tell whether it was a human or a ghost.

When the little boy fell to the ground, he began to cry and shout, "I am going to find the fairy master......

The woman let out a long sigh, and she took one foot cautiously, as if she was afraid of the red moon in the sky, and dared to move forward along the shadow under the eaves, and she went to the little boy's side, and took his hand, and the thin little boy struggled frantically, but was lifted up and pulled back under the eaves.

The little boy shouted: "Mother, take me to the fairy master, I don't want to eat rice, the master will definitely save us." ”

The half-human, half-ghost woman didn't say a word, she held the little boy in her arms, pressed her thin fingers on his shoulder, and opened her mouth and shouted a few times, like a warning.

After sending the boy back to the house, the woman crouched down and picked up the yellowed raw rice that had been scattered on the ground.

The boy is one of the few survivors in the city today, and these survivors have found that as long as they insist on swallowing raw rice, they can resist the erosion of the red moon and continue to survive as a human being.

It's just that the raw rice is swallowed into the stomach, and the stomach pain is unbearable after a long time, not to mention that this long darkness seems to never usher in the dawn, and even some yin spirits have begun to enter the world where the red moon shines, and live again in this city as ghosts, and there are many people who can't bear this pain at all, even if they have been born as souls, they still desperately throw themselves into the yellow spring, and ask for a form and god to be destroyed.

In this month, the city lord once came out to stabilize his emotions, saying that although they have become dead souls, they have been exchanged for eternal life, as long as their hearts remain bright and faithful, they can live in the form of immortality and immortality in Riverside City forever.

This once relieved many people, and the strong temptation of eternal life even made many people worship with gratitude, and the city lord also used his only sporadic authority to show the power that mortals could not understand in front of these ghosts, making many people more at ease and pious, and even making many people who were still swallowing raw rice to sustain themselves also give up and pursue eternal life after death.

But this tranquility did not last long, and after nearly half a month, the contradictions in Riverside City finally revealed its first clues.

By the Yellow Spring, when the souls of the dead gathered to bow down to the Immortal King, the man led by the man stood on the high platform by the river and chanted the ritual, but halfway through the ceremony, the man suddenly hugged his spirit body like crazy, and trembled at a high frequency like a dragonfly flapping its wings.

His madness did not last long, and soon, countless corpse-like shadows appeared in the body of the revenant, and those shadows scurried wildly in his soul body, like headless flies, and his revenant soul was rapidly dismembered in these terrible shadows, and the man's soul was dyed with the terrible color of corpse spots in front of all his faces, and then died in agony under the sacred, symbolizing red moon, which symbolized eternal life.

After the initial occurrence of this rally and prayer, the news was quickly suppressed by the city lord.

The city lord told everyone that only those who were kind in life could be favored by the Lord of Hades after death and obtain true eternal life.

As if to support the city lord's statement, in those days, several dead souls in the city who were originally well-known local bullies also disappeared after a certain interruption.

The bully's unfortunate death made many people believe the castle lord's statement, but it didn't take long for the city's most respected old gentleman to grow in front of everyone's eyes, and a corpse-like monster grew in his body, and then quickly died, disappearing into this long night like snow melting into water.

This matter spread rapidly on a small scale, and before the chaos began, the city lord once again brought the two black and white impermanence officials to the front of everyone, and counted all the crimes of the old gentleman one by one, telling them that it was not that there was a problem with eternal life, but that the old gentleman had been deceiving you for many years, and in fact he was a heinous demon when he was young.

In order to corroborate his words, the city lord even found many dead souls to testify for him, and one of them, a woman in her thirties, tearfully accused the old gentleman of bullying him more than ten years ago.

Some people don't believe these words, but most people still believe them, and walk in the boundless darkness, without a glimmer of light as hope, no one can live.

It's just that what these things have changed after all.

That gentleman had a great reputation in the city during his lifetime, and now there are two generations in the city, many of whom were his students, and with their knowledge of the teacher, of course they can't believe the words of the city lord, and many students with temperament have planned to unite and go to smash the city lord's mansion, killing the old thing and aiding the black and white impermanence.

"If we were in trouble or had hope in our lives, but now we are dead, we are just lonely ghosts, but the old thing has been blessed by the king of Hades, and there are two evil ghosts around us who ask for their lives, even if we add up, how can we be his opponents?"

"That Bai Wuchang, who was still a student of Mr. when he was alive, now wants to suppress everyone here along with that old thing. ”

"It's an ungrateful thing, if you can't study, you can't get fame, and after you die of the whole family, you pretend to wear filial piety for three years, and in those three years, the teacher has asked people to secretly help him many times, otherwise he would have become that starving ghost. ”

"Guys, what do you think should happen next?" asked a man in a well-dressed shirt in his forties, in the center of the long table.

"Gong Qin, when you were still studying before, you were the most valued student of Mr., and you can be regarded as our senior brother, so it is up to you to decide at this time. ”

"Yes, there has to be a beginning in this matter, and your degree and character are the most convincing to everyone, and you should be responsible for this. ”

The rest of the crowd chimed in.

The middle-aged man known as Qin Gong got up, bowed to everyone, and after a few humble words, confirmed that the doors and windows were closed and no one or ghosts were probing, he sat down, and solemnly finalized the plan to assassinate the city lord with everyone, discussed many details, and swore together that even if the soul died, the city lord who killed everyone would be killed.

All the people in the council tonight died in the city lord's mansion the next day, and their souls were destroyed.

Before the execution, the man known as Qin Gong bowed respectfully to everyone and sighed: "You can't help it." ”

He turned his back, the invective whispering in his ears getting quieter and quieter.

Qin Gong sighed.

When the city lord walked out from behind the curtain, his face was a little tired, he smiled at Qin Gong and patted him on the shoulder: "Good job." ”

Qin Gong hurriedly asked, "My lord, what about the nameless corpse cockroach?"

The city lord smiled and said, "Follow me to keep you safe." When Lord Hades returns, the kingdom of God can be rebuilt. ”

Gong Qin was slightly relieved, and asked again, "Dare to ask where Lord Hades is now, when will he return?"

The city lord clenched his fists in front of his chest and sighed with a sigh: "Lord Hades is now on the other side." ”

Qin Gong pondered for a while, and then asked, "So...... How many people?"

He asked about the three young men and girls who seemed to be among the gods.

The city lord's expression darkened, if it weren't for the destruction of the three of them, now that the kingdom of God has been built, where would it have fallen to such a miserable state now, people are not people, ghosts are not ghosts, the red moon indiscriminately erodes everything, and eternal life has become an empty talk.

The city lord sneered, his words slow but heavy: "Don't worry, when the Hades Lord returns, they will all die...... Now they have no time to take care of us, and I have not told them about their destruction of the kingdom of God, which is a mercy to them, and if I tell them about it, they will be the target of public criticism, unless they kill all the innocent people who come to their homes to make trouble, or there will be no peace at all. ”

Qin Gong said that he should accept the city lord's leniency, but in his heart he also sneered, he knew that they and the Hades Monarch were making their own preparations, and they didn't have time to pay attention to the big ghosts and little ghosts in the city, if the city lord really dared to act like this, he would be the first to die.

What he is doing now is just seeking a way to live on the premise of preserving himself.

The city lord walked outside, he stopped under the eaves, looked at the snow and red frost all over the ground, and slowly spoke: "Qin Gong is also a famous man in the city, and now for the stability of this riverside city, he has to make a choice between this small righteousness and the great righteousness, and the people who come with you are all heroes, and the old man is not a person with a small amount of energy, and when everything is settled, he will chase a reputation for them, but now he has to do it." ”

Gong Qin's expression was generous and grief-stricken: "I have wronged my lord." ”

The city lord turned a little sideways, looked at Qin Gong's face, and asked seriously: "It's just that now it is difficult for all the people in this city to be united, and there have been many short-sighted rats gathering to make trouble in the past month, which is harmful to the stability of the city, Qin Gong cares about the common people, and the old gentleman also thinks that you are the most talented before his death, and now he has the opportunity to cooperate, the old man humbly asks for advice, and now the situation in the city, what does Qin Gong think should be?"

Duke Qin pretended to think about it, but he had already dealt with it in his heart, he locked his brows, and after a moment of silence, he spoke: "In my opinion, from now on, raw rice should be forbidden in this city, so that all the people together, there is no difference between life and death, and they will naturally stand on the same side." ”

The city lord closed his eyes, thought for a moment, and asked, "Is there something wrong with this?"

Qin Gong said loudly: "The righteousness is on the side of the adults, what's wrong?"

The hand on the city lord's chest sank as he clenched his fists, and said, "Then this matter will be carried out by Lao Qingong." ”

Qin Gong's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly said: "Why should I go to this matter personally? There are several disciples under my sect, who are also quite talented and learned, and one of them does not listen to persuasion in every way, and insists on swallowing raw rice every day, I want to persuade him, let him lead by example, and then ...... again."

The city lord waved his hand: "They are still young, where can they compare to Qin Gong's high esteem and convincing, this matter is up to you, hard work Qin Gong." ”

Qin Gong still wanted to speak, but his back suddenly cooled, black and white impermanence did not know when it had appeared, black impermanence was carrying an erhu, black belt was tied to his eyes, his expression was serious, and Bai impermanence looked at him with a smile, like a drama.

Gong Qin smiled miserably and said, "Just listen to your lord's orders." ”

After Gong Qin left, at the back of the house, the door opened, and a pair of cute little boys and girls ran out and surrounded the knees of the old man of the city lord.

The little boy overheard their conversation, looked happy, and asked: "Grandpa, will we not eat raw rice in the future, my stomach is uncomfortable, I have blood in my stool many times, and my sister often wakes up in pain, we don't want to eat that for a long time, it is better to give it to those who want to suffer this sin, I ......"

Syllable!

The old city lord slapped him in the face, looked angry, and said: "How many times have I told you, raw rice must not be broken, three meals a day, one meal can not be missing, you and your sister supervise each other, not a grain of rice is allowed to be eaten less, and you are never allowed to complain about this matter in the future, understand?"

The little boy covered his face, looked panicked, and said puzzledly: "But grandpa obviously told that person......"

The old city lord sighed, touched his reddened face, and his voice was tired and vicissitudes: "When you grow up, you will understand grandpa's hard work." ”

The little boy lowered his head and let out a faint oh, and the little girl looked humble and did not say a word from beginning to end.

And the ban on raw rice, when it was about to be implemented, was also suddenly interrupted.

It was a month when Riverside City became the capital of Xudu.

On that day, on the bank of the Yellow Spring, a girl in a white dress came to the shore, and as if she had a heart, Mrs. Bai also appeared on the other side, and it was a very inconspicuous teenager who pushed her.

They looked at each other for a long time.

This incident almost alarmed the whole city.

They watched from afar, awaiting in horror for a moment when they could not be sure where they would stand.

......

......

When Ning Changjiu and Ning Xiaoling ran out of the house, Zhao Xiang'er, who was dressed in a white long dress, also happened to appear outside the door, her silky green silk was draped over her shoulders, and she was not messy at all.

"Xiang ...... Sister Xiang'er. Ning Xiaoling was taken aback when she saw Zhao Xiang'er who appeared at the door.

Although Ning Changjiu frowned, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and asked, "Where have you been?"

Zhao Xiang'er put her hands behind her back, her eyelids raised slightly, and she glanced at him: "You want to take care of it?"

Ning Chang asked, "Have you gone to see Madame Bai?"

Zhao Xiang'er's footsteps stopped slightly and said, "It seems that you haven't been beaten stupid." ”

Ning Chang said worriedly: "What is the result?"

Zhao Xiang'er said: "We didn't do it. ”

Ning Chang was slightly shocked, he didn't know what this result represented for the time being, but said, "It's good that nothing happened." ”

"What can happen to me?" Zhao Xiang'er snorted and walked towards the house.

Ning Changjiu followed and asked, "Don't feed the fist?"

Zhao Xiang'er said: "You have been beaten for a month, and I haven't seen any growth in you, but I have suffered in vain." ”

Ning Changjiu lowered his head, looked at the injuries on his body, and said, "Don't go out alone in the future." ”

Zhao Xiang'er stopped and said coldly: "I feed you every day, I just want to see some miracles in you, don't be sentimental and give birth to some thoughts, there will be no results." ”

Ning Chang ignored her cold words and asked, "What happened?"

Zhao Xiang'er didn't answer, but said: "In short, from today onwards, you don't have to be beaten, anyway...... There will be no results either. ”

Ning Changjiu smiled and said the guess in his heart: "Is it the other side?"

Zhao Xiang'er's thin eyebrows tilted slightly, she turned her head, looked at him with a pair of good-looking eyes, and finally nodded lightly and asked, "You know?"

Ning Chang said: "There is a guess. ”

Zhao Xiang'er was a little angry: "Why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Ning Chang said: "This matter has too much impact, I only thought of it yesterday, and I wanted to verify it today and talk to you." ”

Zhao Xiang'er glared at him, not satisfied with his explanation, and said coldly: "Come to my room." ”

That's my room...... Ning Chang dared to think but didn't dare to speak.

Ning Xiaoling was confused when she heard it on the side, thinking to herself that she couldn't even understand their bickering now?

After entering the house, the three of them sat down on chairs, and Zhao Xiang'er began to tell all the things that happened today.

"On the bank of the Yellow Spring, Madame Bai and I actually did it. Zhao Xiang'er closed her eyes, recalled the scene at that time, and said: "At that time, none of us moved, but invisibly, we made a total of seventy-eight moves. ”

Ning Xiaoling was curious: "What is the result?"

Zhao Xiang'er shook her head: "No result." ”

Ning Chang closed his eyes and sighed, "Is it really the other side?" ”

Zhao Xiang'er snorted and said, "Madam Bai may have thought of it a long time ago, which is also the reason why she has not done it for a long time. ”

Ning Xiaoling asked, "What is that?"

Ning Chang explained: "According to legend, many secret realms or closed cities in this world, in order to maintain the balance in the city, will formulate a law on their own, this law is called the other side theorem, that is, along the central axis of the city, there will be two worlds divided in the underworld, although the two worlds are connected, but they are essentially independent, like two ends on the same scale, the weight of the two ends is almost equal, and if the power of either side is too strong, it will tilt the scale, and eventually cause the destruction of the entire city." ”

Ning Xiaoling didn't seem to understand.

Zhao Xiang'er explained in more understandable words: "That is to say, now that we are separated from Madame Bai by Huangquan, we are actually born in two worlds, and the combined realm of our world is almost the same as the realm they combined. Because if any of us has a great ascension or weakening, it will cause an imbalance in the world, so in order to prevent itself from being destroyed, the world will also be elevated under many 'coincidences' when the overall realm of one side is raised. ”

Ning Xiaoling asked, "In other words, if we work hard to cultivate and improve the realm, the people on the other side will be able to obtain the realm we have ascended without much effort?"

Zhao Xiang'er nodded: "Theoretically, it's like looking in the mirror, we draw an eyebrow, and we will draw one if it's exactly the same in the mirror, but it's a bit troublesome, so usually, the world's approach is...... Lock the realm. ”

Ning Xiaoling was taken aback, immediately thought of something, and looked at her senior brother.

Ning Chang snorted.

This is the fundamental reason why he has been practicing penance for a month, but his realm has not improved much.

They are now in the capital of Xudu, and they abide by the laws of the capital, and at this moment, the authority of the king of the underworld has also been lost, this city is already a city without an owner, and its laws are all derived from themselves, no one can modify them, and if there is not enough realm to resist, they can only bear it.

At the same time, such a law is also blunt, and one day, the forces on both sides will no longer be able to maintain balance for various reasons, and then the entire temple will be destroyed with it.

Ning Xiaoling felt a chill in her heart, she had never thought that there would be such strange things in this world.

Then, she suddenly remembered something, and looked at Ning Changjiu with wide eyes, and Ning Changjiu had already thought that he had seen through Ning Xiaoling's thoughts, and said softly: "Yes, Miss Lu may come." ”

Now that a month has passed, it is the day to return to the master's gate, if Lu Marry is worried that they have not returned, go down the mountain to find him, and strayed into the Xudu City, then the balance of the entire Xudu will be destroyed in an instant, even if they defeat Madame Bai, they will not be able to keep this city.

Ning Xiaoling said worriedly: "Then what should I do?" Lu Yuanbai knows that we have come to Linhe City, and Master will definitely know, if she comes to us at that time, ......

Ning Chang said: "That is the disaster of destroying the city." ”

Zhao Xiang'er said: "This is the territory of Zhao State, and it is also my city, I will not let anyone destroy it." ”

Ning Chang sighed: "I hope Miss Lu doesn't come, it's just that she misses us very much in her heart, and she may be on the way at this moment." ”

Zhao Xiang'er snorted, and suddenly stood up, she was obviously wearing a white dress, but it looked like the black gold-painted dragon robe, and her beautiful face was full of king-like majesty, she glanced at Ning Chang and said, "Hey." ”

"Huh?" Ning Changjiu's expression was slightly different: "It's not that the realm has been ......"

Zhao Xiang'er said: "Don't talk nonsense, come out." ”

Ning Xiaoling looked at him with pity, and watched his senior brother being dragged out by Zhao Xiang'er.

......

Many people have seen what is happening by the Yellow Spring today, but because of the difference in their positions and visions, the things they have realized are of course different.

After the Duke of Qin and the city lord had done the final consultation, they decided to push out the decree of fasting raw rice tonight, and as soon as the Duke of Qin walked to the door with his front foot, the raised foot couldn't help but retract.

"This ...... The two ......" Qin Gong felt a slight chill in his heart, clutching the documents in his hand, in a dilemma.

In front of him was a pair of teenagers and girls, the girl was born extremely beautiful, with a graceful posture, noble eyebrows, and a temperament that was even more soul-grabbing, and at first glance, his knees were a little soft.

He was in a trance for a few breaths before he came to his senses, his eyes slanted slightly, and he glanced at the young man beside her, who was also very delicate, but he seemed to be injured a lot, and he should be a guard or something.

He knew who they were, and he often heard the screams of a man from a distance, and that man must have been this hapless boy.

Qin Gong sighed, thinking about this little girl with extraordinary Taoism, don't look at the beautiful face, but she has the habit of abusing people, tormenting this young man for a whole month, such a person is definitely not a good talker, and she must not be careless.

Zhao Xiang'er didn't even look at him, and said, "What about the city lord, let him come out." ”

Qin Gong originally wanted to say some excuses, but he never thought that the old man of the city lord really came out, he seemed to have thought that one day they would come to visit him, and greeted him with a smile, as if to show sincerity, black and white impermanence did not follow him.

When the city lord saw Zhao Xiang'er, he saluted and said, "The girl should be an immortal master from the Immortal Mountain, right?"

Zhao Xiang'er said: "No. ”

The city lord was slightly different in his heart, and he made a calculation again, and said: "That girl should be the daughter of a certain cultivation family, today the girl and Madame Bai confronted each other across the Yellow Spring, the sword was tense, thrilling, and finally scared off the Madame Bai, we all saw the fairy demeanor in our eyes, and admired it very much in our hearts." ”

Zhao Xiang'er smiled slightly and asked, "Then what are you going to do?"

Seeing her so straightforward, the city lord was overjoyed in his heart, and almost did not hesitate, and immediately said: "Presumably, the immortal master should also be able to perceive that the city is not stable now, and we happen to have some scattered authority in our hands, so that we can stabilize this half of the city for the immortal master, so that the immortal master can meditate and practice, and kill the white bone monster that deceived us all, and then all the authority in the city, as long as the immortal master wants, we will give it away." ”

Zhao Xiang'er listened quietly and said, "That's all?"

The city lord was shocked, originally he thought that the other party would also make some concessions, but he never thought that he was still not satisfied, he scolded in his heart, but he was also wise, and hurriedly said: "This Linhe City is a battleground between Zhao and Jin, and if it falls into the hands of the immortal master, it will be able to have the power of one city and one country. ”

Zhao Xiang'er smiled and asked, "How can a woman be called an emperor?"

The city lord immediately said: "The immortal master is passing through here, I don't know, the current emperor of Zhao is an empress, but this empress is young, but sixteen years old, I don't know the height of the sky, I do my best to abuse the people, lose all conscience, the old man was forced to agree to the white bone demon girl, so that the city becomes a dead city, there is also this reason, if the immortal master is willing, I am willing to help the immortal master replace the empress, this is also the blessing of the Zhao country." ”

Zhao Xiang'er listened and said lightly: "It is indeed a good idea." ”

The city lord secretly breathed a sigh of relief, he raised his head a little, but suddenly saw the white-clothed young man beside the girl with a faint sarcastic smile on his face for some reason.

He saw that the girl didn't have too much look, couldn't figure out her thoughts, hesitated for a while, and wanted to continue to say a few words to show his loyalty, but on the long street, suddenly a little boy ran over, the little boy fell to the ground, hugged Ning Changjiu's legs, kowtowed, and said: "Big brother, big brother, please save us, we are all about to die...... There are still many living people in this city, but they are all about to become ghosts, and I saw you secretly seeing you in the street with your sword in the street that day...... You are so powerful, you will definitely save us, you must not believe this old man's words!"

The little boy had been watching in the dark for a long time, and he didn't have the courage to come out, but when he saw that they seemed to be talking harmoniously with the city lord, he finally couldn't help it, thinking that there would be a knife in both horizontal and vertical directions, and he mustered up his courage, rushed out into the street, and knelt down in front of the young man.

The city lord said in a bad heart, and hurriedly said: "Immortal master, don't listen to this childish child's words, he must have been instructed by some person who is afraid that the world will not be chaotic, the old man is very hard, how can they understand?"

Zhao Xiang'er raised her hand and motioned for him not to speak, she looked at the little boy and said, "What can he help you with?

Ning Changjiu: "......"

The little boy raised his head, just his point of view, vaguely only saw a person standing next to the big brother, but he couldn't see who it was, and now he saw such a beautiful sister, he was surprised, and immediately thought of whether he knelt down wrongly, he was also the most clever among their partners, and immediately understood, turned his knees, and kowtowed heavily to the beautiful girl.

It's just that he was nervous in his heart, and he couldn't think of what to call it for a while, he was anxious, thinking that he didn't refute calling this man's big brother, so the woman who was with him should be called...... He immediately thought of the etiquette that his mother had taught him, and said loudly:

"Please make the decision for us. ”