It wasn't until midnight that the scorching sun, which seemed to never fall over Luoyang, suddenly became a fiery red, and then quickly dimmed, disappearing behind the night.

On this night, there was no moon, no stars, and no wind.

The last moment was still the scorching sun, but now it has been replaced by the night when you can't see your fingers. Although it was late at night, it was still extremely hot, and the heat just now did not dissipate, but with the arrival of night, the thick yellow spring filth in the air became even heavier.

The courtyard at the east end of the garden was lit up. It turns out that the grass on one side of the courtyard has been turned over, and the soil has been turned into the shape of ditches and ridges, which corresponds to the situation of the entire Luoyang's leylines.

There were dozens of bamboo sticks beside him, and another amethyst hexagram stick was inserted into the soil, pointing diagonally to the north. Ji Ruochen stared at the Luoyang leyline in front of him, the five fingers of his left hand couldn't help bending and stretching, and he was concentrating on calculating the direction of the day, the direction of the leyline, and he was deaf to everything that happened around him.

In fact, the silence in the Huiyuan at this moment is chilling, in the same Luoyang Palace, the main hall not far away is a scene of singing and dancing, but the sound of silk and bamboo can not be transmitted in the Huiyuan at all. In fact, as long as you take a step out of the main building of the palace, you will lose the invisible shelter, and you will not be able to hear the singing and music in the building at all.

Huiyuan was originally a quiet place, at this time, the two heavenly monarchs, the white tiger and the dragon elephant, were asleep and did not wake up, Zhang Yinyin didn't know whether he was awake or drunk, and Tsing Yi was going in and out, busy indiscriminately. She is silent in advance and retreat, and she will not disturb Ji Ruochen.

Ji Ruochen frowned, held a bamboo stick in his hand, and when he hesitated and didn't know where to fall, he suddenly heard a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the courtyard. The footsteps seem to be panicked, different in severity, and a little out of tune with the waves implied in the surrounding environment, and when you hear it, you are not a cultivator. But at this moment, the people in the palace have already hid back in the room and shivered, who would run around so unruly?

There was a heavy knock on the door, and Ji Ruochen looked up in amazement and looked at the courtyard door. He stood up, waved his left hand, and the courtyard door opened on its own.

To his surprise, a woman with a child in tow ran through the door. She is dressed luxuriously, looking at the appearance of twenty **, very beautiful, although her face is open, but the corners of her eyebrows and eyes are still full of spring love. She was dragging a seven or eight-year-old child in her hand, and her eyebrows and eyes were very delicate and cute.

The woman immediately shouted after entering the door, "Which one is Ji Xianchang?"

Ji Ruochen said: "I am Ji Ruochen, and I can't be an immortal." ”

The woman ran forward in a few steps, then knelt in front of Ji Ruochen with a plop, grabbed his placket with both hands, and shouted on her back: "Please save this child from Ji Xianchang!"

Ji Ruochen frowned, stood in place like a stone statue, and asked quietly: "Don't panic, what's the matter is said slowly." ”

The woman froze, wiped the tears in her eyes, and said, "The concubine's surname is Lu Mingyi, and she is the concubine of Li Chong, the king of Yu......"

She was very articulate, and she made the ins and outs of the matter clear in a few words.

It turned out that this Lu Yi was the concubine of Li Chong, the king of Yu, after Li Chong's death, Li An, the king of Shou, saw her beauty and did not kill her, but took Li Qi, the son of the king of Yu, as a hostage, and forcibly included her in the harem. For the sake of her children, she had to commit herself to Ang Lee. It's just that within a few months, Ang Lee got tired of her and gradually became cold. She is also a scheming woman, from Li An's words to know that he has the intention of cutting the grass and eradicating the roots, the heart is panicked, and recently heard that a new young immortal has arrived in the palace, King Li is extremely courteous, so he took advantage of the recent changes in Luoyang heaven and earth, and the palace guards were lax, and rushed to Huiyuan at the risk of death, hoping to send Li Lian to the outside of the cultivation and avoid being poisoned.

Ji Ruochen glanced at the kid and saw that his eyebrows were clear, which was quite gratifying. Although his eyes were red, he pursed his lips and refused to cry out loud. Just looking at his qualifications, he is indeed too much more than mortals, and he can barely be included in the wall of the Moral Sect.

Seeing Ji Ruochen's hesitation, Lu Yi hung his head and cried, took another half step forward on his knees, hugged Ji Ruochen's legs, pressed his soft chest on his legs, and quietly stuck his head on his lower abdomen. She is well versed in serving men, and just a few simple actions made Ji Ruochen feel a strange feeling in his heart. Such a direct and straightforward teasing was something he had never encountered before.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of armor clanging outside the Huiyuan, and the torches were lit up, and a team of royal palace guards rushed into the Huiyuan, as if they were looking for someone.

The woman was startled, and hugged Ji Ruochen even tighter.

A soft cry from Tsing Yi suddenly sounded in the courtyard, and Ji Ruochen's whole body stiffened, and he looked back. Tsing Yi's face flew two blushes, and when he saw Ji Ruochen looking at him, he hurriedly dressed and saluted, and said, "Tsing Yi didn't see anything, son, please take care of yourself." ”

Ji Ruochen couldn't cry or laugh, and was about to explain, when a palace guard outside the courtyard had already seen Lu Yi and Li Lian in the courtyard, and immediately shouted: "It's here!"

With a hula, dozens of guards crowded in front of Ji Ruochen's courtyard. But Ji Ruochen is a cultivator, his power is unpredictable, and he is a guest on Li An's seat, how dare these guards act rashly? At that moment, the guard commander came out of the crowd, entered the courtyard, first saw the situation in the courtyard, saluted Ji Ruochen respectfully, and said in a deep voice: "Ji Shaoxian Hugh wants to listen to this woman's nonsense. She is the prince's concubine, and she is in the cold palace because she is not virtuous. Shaoxian handed her over to the last general, otherwise the last general would not be able to explain in front of the prince. ”

The woman trembled, raised her head to look at Ji Ruochen, and said in a trembling voice: "It doesn't matter if the concubine lives or dies, just ask the young immortal to save Lian'er! Back then, there was a real person who said that Lian'er had the quality of ascending to immortal! Ask the young immortal to be merciful!"

Ji Ruochen looked at Tsing Yi and saw that her face was unbearable, so he glanced at the child again. When the commander of the guards saw this, his complexion also changed, and he immediately stepped forward, half-knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "The net worth and life of the last general of the nine clans are all in the thoughts of the young immortals!"

Ji Ruochen looked up at the night, and had made a decision in an instant, so he sighed, gently pushed Lu Yi away, and said, "This matter is a matter of King Li's family, and it is inconvenient for me to put my beak." ”

The woman's face turned pale in an instant, and she shouted, "Young Immortal, you are a cultivator, how can you not be saved when you see death!"

The commander of the guard was afraid that the night would be long and dreamy, so he got up, grabbed the boy and held her under the armpit, and then pulled Lu Yi and dragged her out of the courtyard.

Lu Yi hissed: "Give me back your Son! And Juan'er! Ji Shaoxian! Ji Ruochen! If you don't save you when you see death, you will not die well! I won't let you go if I am a ghost!"

The palace guards were afraid that Ji Ruochen would change his mind, so he didn't dare to stay in Huiyuan longer, so he pulled Lu Yi and Li Lian and quickly retreated.

Ji Ruochen stood quietly, listening to the woman's screams and the boy's cries all the way away, until calm returned to the courtyard, and then turned around.

Tsing Yi was still looking at the direction in which the palace guards disappeared, and after a while, he said, "Why didn't Gongzi save that mother and son just now?"

Ji Ruochen stared at Tsing Yi's eyes and sighed: "These family affairs of the royal family can't tell who is right and who is wrong, so it's better not to interfere indiscriminately." I don't want to save the mother and son, there is another reason, that is, we may have to flee Luoyang after a while, and I can't protect myself at that time, and I am already lucky to be able to protect you and Yin Yin, how can I have the spare strength to save these ordinary people?"

Tsing Yi lowered his head and said softly, "But...... The mother and son were pitiful. However, my uncle said that those who achieve big things are not informal, and the son has the world in his heart, so naturally he can't stick to these small things......"

At this moment, there was a sudden cheer from outside the hospital: "A good person who has achieved great things is not informal, I can't see that you are a woman, but you also have such knowledge!"

This cheer is like a bell, and there is a faint clear sound in the loudness, just like the phoenix singing for nine days, echoing between heaven and earth, and it will not disperse for a long time. Ji Ruochen was taken aback, this person had already arrived outside the courtyard, how could he not feel his breath at all? Could it be said that this person's deeds had reached the point where the power of all laws could arise naturally and could not be measured?

At this time, the half-hidden courtyard door was pushed open, and a middle-aged scribe in white stepped into the courtyard. The scribe was still holding on to a man, who was half bloodied and dying, and it was all up to the scribe to hold him so that he would not fall.

After entering the courtyard, the man suddenly raised his head and called weakly: "Uncle Ji......"

Ji Ruochen only felt that the voice was very familiar, so he hurriedly took a step forward, and looked carefully, only to find that this person was actually Xu Zekai! Ji Ruochen was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Mr. Zekai, are you ...... How did you get it like this?"

Xu Zekai smiled bitterly and said: "Zekai is incompetent, he encountered a team of filthy demons when he rushed over, and he had to get out of the hard fight, but the magic weapon of the equipment has been lost, if it weren't for this gentleman's righteous help and help me come, I'm afraid ...... Ahem, I'm afraid Zekai will never see Uncle Shi again. ”

Ji Ruochen took Xu Zekai from the middle-aged scribe and gently placed him flat on the grass in the courtyard to be grounded. He had worked Jindan Avenue, and after a careful examination at this moment, he knew that Xu Zekai's external injuries were not serious, but mainly caused by the invasion of Huangquan's filthy qi in his internal organs, which suppressed the true yuan in his body. Now that you know the cause of the injury, it's easy to do. Ji Ruochen took out a small bottle of jade dew from Xuanxin's finger and dropped a drop into Xu Zekai's nose. In a moment's effort, all the gray anger on Xu Zekai's face faded. It's just that his true yuan was extremely damaged this time, and the external injuries were not light, so he could only barely move at the moment, and he couldn't recover at all if he didn't recuperate for a month.

But at this time, Xu Zekai, who has been the biggest helper, has been injured like this, so when the monster is born, what should be good? And there is no need to wait for the demon of the abyss to be born, the little devil turned into filth can already hurt Xu Zekai like this, although this Luoyang is big, where is it a safe place?

Ji Ruochen was worried in his heart, he was sharp, and his heart was becoming more and more uneasy. In the night, the filthy aura of the Yellow Springs is gradually thickening, and it lingers, as if it has a spirit, which is quite different from the filthy aura of the demon of the Abyss contained in the Foreign Object Chronicle when it was born. Although this difference is slight, in Ji Ruochen's spiritual awareness, it is like a heavenly difference.

And as the hour faded away minute by minute, Ji Ruochen became more and more like a pins and needles. Sometimes in a trance, he seemed to feel that the filthy qi of the entire Huangquan in Luoyang had quietly joined together, and was gradually turning into an incomparably huge monster. Just looking at the speed at which this filthy energy gathers, it is likely that the moment when the monster was born will not be tomorrow night as Xu Zekai calculated, but around dawn tomorrow. If Ji Ruochen felt that it was correct, then it would be too late to arrange any formations.

Seeing that Xu Zekai was no longer worried about his life, Ji Ruochen put away the bottle of jade dew again. As soon as the jade dew was put away, Ji Ruochen's whole person suddenly froze!

At this moment, the sound faded, the shadow dissipated, up and down, left and right, in the vast expanse, only endless darkness remained!

Ji Ruochen was in the middle of this darkness.

But he wasn't alone.

Ji Ruochen was not afraid, and suddenly felt something, and suddenly looked down, but saw that under a thousand feet, in the vast darkness, there was a giant snake that did not know how long it was, and it was swimming slowly, as if it had just woken up!

This giant snake is hundreds of feet long from head to tail, although it is far away, although it has not fully woken up, but Ji Ruochen has clearly felt its power that is enough to move mountains and reclaim the sea, and it is invincible!

Suspended above the body of this desolate giant snake, Ji Ruochen only felt that he was like a mosquito and fly, which was really indescribably insignificant.

In the blink of an eye, Ji Ruochen had come back to his senses.

He looked intently, and saw that not a single grass or tree in the courtyard had changed in the slightest, Xu Zekai was still lying in front of him, his eyes were slightly closed, he inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly, and he couldn't help but spew out purple gas from the end of his nose, obviously refining medicinal power.

A gust of night wind blew.

Ji Ruochen suddenly felt a chill on his body, and then he found that his clothes were already soaked with cold sweat.

He got up suddenly, turned around and stared at the Luoyang leyline map on the side of the courtyard, and concentrated on calculating, but there was a joint that he couldn't figure out. For a while, Ji Ruochen was so anxious that his forehead was full of sweat. When he was anxious, there was a sudden quarrel next to him, which repeatedly interrupted his calculation.

Ji Ruochen turned his head and saw that it was Tsing Yi and the middle-aged scribe arguing. He didn't hear what the two of them were arguing about in the first half, and at this moment, he only heard the middle-aged scribe shake his head and say, "...... The saint has a saying, but the villain and the woman are difficult to raise, and if they are close, they will be profane, and if they are far away, they will complain. It can be seen that I have preconceived ideas and there is nothing wrong with them. ”

Tsing Yi said: "Plausible! Uncle said, watching demons...... Ah no, the observation of people should be heavy and virtuous, with blood...... No, judging by the distinction between men and women, they have already fallen behind!"

The scribe snorted and said, "I'm a saint." The saint was born from time to time, inheriting luck at the top, enlightening the wisdom of the people at the bottom, like a towering mountain, and his spirit is brilliant, what kind of character is your uncle?"

Tsing Yi said angrily: "Uncle stands between heaven and earth, through ten thousand years, has the ability to move mountains and reclaim the sea, how can the ordinary earth wandering immortals in the eyes of uncle?

The scribe looked up to the sky and said, "Strange power and confusion are pure nonsense! The world can carry a thousand catties, but it is already a village man's nonsense, how can he move the mountains and fill the sea? If this is the case, is there really no god in the world?"

Tsing Yi was so angry that he paused: "You are obviously unreasonable! Uncle said that the shaft is not enough to talk to you, so I won't tell you." ”

The scribe sneered and said, "Even if your uncle really has the ability to penetrate the heavens and the earth, how can he understand the suffering of the world? He has his own immortal spring and zhuguo, how can he know that the world needs to sell his sons and daughters in order to get a full meal? The sage has a saying, but the summer worm is not enough to say ice, and this principle is applied to your uncle, but it is the same......"

Tsing Yi's little face turned red, but he couldn't find anything to refute him for a while.

Ji Ruochen hurriedly walked over to relieve Tsing Yi. He first saluted the scribe and said respectfully: "Thank you for the kindness of Mr. for your help, and I haven't asked Mr. for his name." ”

At this time, Ji Ruochen had already seen that although the scribe had a dignified appearance and a different voice, he had no way of doing anything, and he was obviously an ordinary person. Since the scribe didn't have the aura of Taoism, it was normal that Shicai himself could not find out about his whereabouts.

The scribe said proudly, "Seeing that you are still knowledgeable and courteous, and different from the misleading girl, you might as well tell you my name." My surname is Ji, my name is the world, I know all the words, and I know everything about the world. However, if a gentleman saves someone's life, he should be rewarded as he deserves. Since you say that you want to thank you, then five taels of silver tattoos are enough. ”

Ji Ruochen was stunned on the spot, but after thinking about it, this is not unreasonable. So he took a silver ingot of more than five taels and handed it over respectfully. Ji Tianxia was not polite, and immediately accepted the silver into his arms, turned around and left.

He had just taken two steps when suddenly the earth trembled, and boundless filth floated out of the earth!

Jitian was not on guard, couldn't stand, and fell to the ground with a thud.

Tsing Yi burst out laughing and said, "It's in vain that you call yourself a saint, but you turned out to be a money-loving person, and now you fell down, right?

Ji Tianxia fell not lightly, and it took half a day to get up, and he still refused to admit defeat: "The sage has a saying, and a gentleman loves money, and there is a way to take it! These five taels of silver are what I deserve, and what does the little girl know? Not to mention that I fell on the soil, and the hexagram book cloud, there is soil in the center, which is majestic and thick, and it can overcome water and produce gold. It can be seen that it is a blessing to fall on the thick soil in the center! The little girl reads more books of sages and sages before she speaks!"

Tsing Yi was stunned, covered his mouth and laughed shallowly. Naji Tianxia also felt that he was too forceful, his old face turned red, he covered his face with his sleeves, and hurriedly took the road away.

Ji Ruochen suddenly screamed, just thinking in his heart: "There is soil in the center, there is soil in the center...... Yes, yes, I only care about calculating the heavenly and terrestrial branches, how can I forget the most basic principles of the five elements!?"

Ji Ruochen waved his hand, and a bamboo stick flew up on the ground and inserted it in the center of the Luoyang leyline situation map. For a while, dozens of leyline spring roads lit up one after another, circulating on their own, and they became natural.

Ji Ruochen only glanced at the leyline situation map, and his face turned pale in an instant. He stood for a moment, then turned to Tsing Yi and said slowly, "Go and wake up Yin Yin." We must set off immediately, march along with Luoshui, and kill Luoyang!"