Text Chapter 38 Silk Play (Second Collection)
For a whole day, Shen Mu stayed in the room and concentrated on cultivating, the cold beads condensed by the Heavenly Cold Sutra needed to be warmed and nourished in order to truly take shape, as long as it was completely formed, Shen Mu would be able to reach the sixth layer of condensation qi, adding a bit of strength.
Time passed quietly, in a blink of an eye it was night, Shen Mu finished meditating and walked to the window, Star City has always been lively, at night, all the markets reached their peak, Shen Mu pushed open the window and looked at the galaxy, this is a habit he has had since he was a child, and many stars in the sky can bring him a different kind of peace.
It has been more than ten days since Tianqing escaped, I don't know what the situation is now, he is not too worried about the rest of the people, only Xu Ruohan is concerned, but Wang Yifan should not be able to continue to stay in Tianqing Daoist Temple, Wang Yifan fought with him viciously, Tianqing Daoist people must be tired later, Tianqing Taoist Temple he can't stay.
Xu Ruohan is innocent by nature, but after experiencing such a thing, she should be much more mature, the road to cultivation is extremely dangerous, she will have to face these sooner or later, and now it is not a disaster.
After thinking for a long time, Shen Mu closed the window, tomorrow is the time to enter the City Lord's Mansion, with his current cultivation of the fifth layer of condensation and the sixth layer of Cailing, he should be able to deal with the monks of the seventh to eighth layers of condensation under the full outburst, if he enters the extinction realm, the tenth layer of condensation can also fight, but there is no shortage of foundation building monks in the City Lord's Mansion, so it is necessary to be extremely careful.
"Knock knock..."
There was a knock on the door, and Xiao Er's voice came from outside the door, he came to deliver dinner to Shen Mu.
Shen Mu opened the door, Xiao Er opened the wooden box in his hand, and the dishes were placed on the table in the room, and there was a sound of applause downstairs, which attracted Shen Mu's attention.
"Little Er, why is it so noisy down there?"
Xiao Er smiled and said excitedly: "Today, there is an old man who sings shadow puppets at the Yunlai Inn, don't say it, this is the most wonderful shadow puppet show I have ever seen in my life, I wonder if the guest officer is interested in going down and taking a look?"
"Shadow puppetry?"
Shen Mu's heart moved, Xu Ruohan had told him about this kind of thing before, but he didn't expect it to be here, and it was not impossible to go down and take a look.
After Xiao Er set the meal, he couldn't wait, as if he didn't want to miss the highlights.
After eating a few bites at random, Shen Mu also pushed open the door and went downstairs, almost all his memories in the past twenty years were in the Azure Taoist Temple, and the young man's heart prompted him to see what the shadow puppet show was.
A large number of people have gathered on the first floor, Shen Mu stood on the top of the stairs, from his position you can see an old man holding a few shadow puppets, concentrating on fiddling behind the white cloth, the shadow puppet is as long as a ruler, the light passes through the shadow puppet, people, flowers and plants, buildings, accompanied by the gongs and drums behind him, the sound of the erhu, the other end of the white cloth presents another colorful and lifelike world.
Shen Mu sat on the elegant table, watching the old man below constantly fiddle with the shadow puppet, and beside the old man, there was also a roast duck, which made Shen Mu laugh dumbly, this old man and Yun Shusheng have the same hobby.
This play is in the climax part, the general with a long knife in his hand rode a horse, and the enemy generals fought to the death, between the long knife flying, a knife will cut the enemy leader under the horse, the heroes immediately applauded, Shen Mu also watched with relish, this shadow puppet play is indeed interesting.
The next scene is that the general returned to the camp, a woman was waiting in the tent, whispering softly with the general, grinding her ears and temples, the old man suddenly turned his head and glanced at where Shen Mu was, with an inexplicable smile in his eyes.
An ominous premonition suddenly appeared in Shen Mu's heart, and he subconsciously wanted to stand up, but he was shocked to find that he couldn't move, and a tearing sensation appeared all over his body.
"Shen boy, that old thing has a problem, leave quickly!"
Ji Tianxuan's voice was anxious, originally he didn't find that there was something wrong with the old man, until he glanced at Shen Mu, Ji Tianxuan didn't react, but it was too late now.
Ji Tianxuan frantically used his divine thoughts to wake up Shen Mu, but at this moment, Shen Mu could no longer hear Ji Tianxuan's voice, he only felt that the shadow below was summoning him, slowly pulling his soul closer.
The shadow puppet show is getting closer and closer, the originally unreal world is suddenly changing, the shadow puppet world is becoming realistic, and Shen Mu is slowly plunging into that world.
Shen Mu frantically wanted to break free, but there was no effect at all, until in the end, he plunged into the shadow puppet world and descended into the world of painting in person!
Ji Tianxuan was anxious in his heart, if Shen Mu was trapped in the world in the painting, then everything would be over! He didn't expect that an ordinary-looking old man would have such terrifying abilities.
"Old man, I advise you not to make mistakes! No matter what kind of bull ghost and snake god you are, stop me!"
Ji Tianxuan came directly to the old man in a soul state, he couldn't take care of it now, he had to make a move, if something happened to Shen Mu, his remnant soul would really have no hope.
The old man raised his eyelids, not caring about Ji Tianxuan's hostility at all, and said casually: "It's just that you have a fate with him, don't hurt his life, you were only in the Yuanying realm when you were alive, so let's watch this scene with me." ”
Ji Tianxuan's heart was suddenly shocked, this old man actually casually told him the details, what is the sacred? Ji Tianxuan temporarily stopped the idea of making a move, this old man in front of him may be an old monster who has turned into a god! Now he can only hope that he will not hurt Shen Mu.
At this moment, Shen Mu didn't know what was happening in the outside world, because at this moment he was already attached to the general, and the woman in his arms was stroking his cheek, all of this was true!
Shen Mu had a strong sense of disbelief in his heart, what was the origin of this old man, he was able to turn shadow puppetry into a real world, at least with his current eyesight, he couldn't see any illusion.
"Qin Lang, what's wrong with you?
There was distress in the eyes of the woman in her arms, she had been fighting abroad with the general for eight years, and now he had become the famous general of the Qin State, but only she understood how much the general had suffered over the years.
"It's okay, I killed the enemy thief today, but I can protect my Great Qin without war for a hundred years, this time I entered Beijing to face the saint, I asked the saint to let me disarm and return to the field, we can finally be together." ”
Although Shen Mu was attached to the general, he was just a bystander, and he could only watch these things happen with his own eyes.
What kind of place is this?How can I get out?Shen Mu was anxious in his heart, he still didn't understand that the old man before was definitely a powerful monk, otherwise how could he attract his soul to this shadow puppet world.
After several struggles to no avail, Shen Mu stopped doing useless work, and quietly waited for things to advance, since the old man hadn't made a move on him yet, it meant that it was not a target, and there must be a way to get out.
The picture turned again, it had reached the court, and when he faced the saint, the general was in high spirits, and the courtiers in the hall did not dare to look directly at him, this iron-blooded general who had been fighting for many years, where did these civil officials dare to look at it at will.
King Qin also disliked it in his eyes, the general's prestige was too high, and the minister's fear of him was even more than his own, but in such a situation, he could only be awarded according to merit.
The general stepped forward, knelt down on one knee, and said in a sonorous voice: "Holy Lord, Qin Tian has been fighting for many years, and he doesn't ask for any other rewards, just ask the Holy Lord to let Wei Chen disarm and return to the field!"
King Qin's eyes burst into a gleam, is Qin Tian testing him, or does he really intend to retreat? He is so highly meritorious, if he is relieved of his official position like this, I am afraid that those generals under him will not be convinced, if Qin Tian raises troops to rebel on the grounds of this matter in the future, who will be his opponent?
"Qin Qing is the pillar of my Great Qin State, how can he easily retire? If Great Qin lacks Qin Qing, I am afraid that the country and society will be unstable, and now canonize Qin Qing as the king of one word side by side, reward thousands of acres of fertile land, and ten thousand taels of gold!"
"Holy!"
Qin Tian hurriedly wanted to refuse, as the saying goes, peace is determined by the general, and if you don't see the general, you won't enjoy the peace, this sentence is by no means alarmist!
But King Qin waved his hand to ask Qin Tian not to say any more, and Shen Mu, who was in Qin Tian's body, clearly saw the killing intent in King Qin's eyes!
At this time, in the Yunlai Inn, everyone was watching with relish, but they only saw the canonization of King Qin, but they couldn't see the turbulent undercurrent.
Ji Tianxuan was hidden beside the old man, his eyes were full of evil, if Shen Mu was in danger, he would act as soon as possible.
The picture turned again, Qin Tian had already arrived in the mansion, Leng Xuan was fidgeting, and when she saw Qin Tian coming back, she hugged him and asked:
"Qin Lang, does the Holy Lord agree with you to hand over the military power?"
Qin Tian's eyes were gloomy, and he shook his head and said: "The saint is afraid that I will be a master, so I will use a word to stabilize me side by side, and then it may be extremely dangerous, you leave the capital first!"
Leng Xuan suddenly burst into tears when she heard this, "Why does the Holy Lord suspect you so much? You have made great contributions to Great Qin, he can't do this to you! I won't leave, no matter life or death, I will be with you!"
Qin Tian held Leng Xuan's shoulders and said word by word: "The king wants the minister to die, and the minister has to die, do you understand this truth? Xuan'er, listen to me, I must have a way to escape! You wait for me in Liangzhou, I will be fine!"
Although Shen Mu was an outsider, he could also feel the hatred and helplessness in Qin Tian's heart, but he still didn't understand why he wanted to show him such a scene.
Next, the real climax appeared, the king of Qin ordered Leng Xuan to be arrested, to coerce Qin Tian into submission, Qin Tian had to put down his weapon and die generously, the king of Qin promised him that if he was killed, he could keep Leng Xuan alive, and Qin Tian's family would also be treated preferentially.
But how could Qin Tian not know, this was just the rhetoric of King Qin, how could he not understand the truth of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, as an emperor? If he died, Leng Xuan and his family would not know what kind of insult they would receive.
Qin Tian raised the long knife stained with the blood of the enemy in his hand, and killed a river of blood in the palace, as the general of the Zhenguo, he said that if he wanted to rebel, that is, 100,000 troops would fight together!
This scene made everyone in the Yunlai Inn applaud, a bloody man should be like this, killing him upside down!