Chapter 99: Purdue City They returned to a certain period of history. …
Just when Li Zhou decided to head towards Pudu City, Nie Hong, the teacher's wife, dressed in a bright red shirt, hurried over, crossed her arms and saluted, saying, "Master Swordsman, something is not right."
Li Zhou didn't find anything wrong and looked at Nie Hong thoughtfully. In fact, the word "if" was only on his mind, and there was no "thinking".
Nie Hong's heart trembled, knowing that with Lord Swordsman's skills, he must have discovered the strangeness of this dusk at the first moment.
She quickly cut to the chase and stated her guess: "The sun stays in the sky for a long time, so night cannot come. I guess there may be three reasons."
"First, there is something wrong with the condition of Lord Xihe. He is trapped somewhere and cannot escape."
Everyone who practices cultivation knows that Xihe God and Taiyin Star God are the sun god and moon god respectively. Nie Hong did not think that this needed additional explanation, so he continued without pausing:
"Secondly, Xihe God and Mahakala have joined forces to block Taiyin Star Lord's sight, making it easier for other gods to attack the human world."
"Third, the sunset now is not the real sun at all, but a disguised sight by Mahakala or his accomplices."
After speaking briefly, Nie Hong looked up and observed Gongsun Jianxia's expression, worried that his guess was too wrong and would cause Jianxia to doubt his and Lord Xi's abilities.
She wanted to let Master Swordsman know that in the face of natural disasters, all the wives of masters would not back down and there were no cowards in the entertainment school.
After hearing her words, Gongsun Jianxia's expression remained calm, as if what he was about to face was not a serious natural disaster like a problem with the sun, but a trivial matter like what to eat for dinner.
In comparison, Nie Hong's worries and anxieties seemed so unnecessary.
Nie Hong couldn't help but feel secretly ashamed. She had to learn the composure to remain calm even when faced with a catastrophe.
Li Zhou thought for a long time before he remembered what Lord Xihe did.
This is because before I traveled through time, the bedtime stories my mother often told me included the plot of Xihe and Taiyin creating the world.
According to legend, when the world was first created, it was filled with evil and chaos, and no living thing could survive.
In order to create a land for all living things to survive, Xihe created the sun and Taiyin created the moon. The sun god and the moon god took turns emitting light to dispel the filth and madness of evil and chaotic things. This allowed the light of reason to appear and the sprouts of civilization began to flourish.
When he heard that it was the Goddess Xihe who was in trouble this time, Li Zhou immediately felt overwhelmed with a sense of justice and decided to help.
Even if we don't mention the merits of creating the world, my mother believes in Taiyin Star God, and Taiyin Star God has such a good relationship with Xihe God. According to seniority, she has to call Xihe God aunt.
We are all family, so of course we should help each other.
Li Zhou didn't think about it. The number of people in the family she counted was indeed not very high.
The afterglow of the setting sun was still shining brightly on the earth, but the weirdness behind the brilliance had quietly emerged. Nie Hong suddenly heard a rustling sound. He turned his head and saw clusters of twisted vines and weeds growing on the surrounding earth walls.
“Squeak.”
A rat, half the size of my head, leapt over a plant that was clearly growing too fast.
Nie Hong sucked in a breath of cold air and subconsciously clenched his fist. He felt a pain in his palm from his nails. He looked down and found that his nails, which had been trimmed neatly before, had grown a lot longer.
As she lowered her head, a strand of hair slid across her chest.
——My hair grows too fast and my bun is now messy.
"Master Swordsman."
Princess Changning's voice came from behind her. Nie Hong hurriedly made way for the princess and saw her walking forward, followed by the Wangman girl A'piu.
"Ah Piao said that when her father was taken away by the dog-barbarians, he drew a sun pattern on the back of his hand." Princess Changning paused, and her attendants immediately brought a piece of cloth. On the back of the cloth was a rune painted in cinnabar to suppress evil spirits, and on the front was a charcoal-drawn sun pattern with halos of varying widths.
"This is the pattern I ordered people to restore based on her description." Princess Changning took the cloth personally and presented it to the swordsman Li Zhou, despite her entourage's attempts to stop her.
The attendants and Nie Hong all looked worried. Although runes to suppress evil spirits had been drawn on the cloth, this evil god dared to use the sun pattern as his symbol. How could he be easy to deal with?
You know, even if it's just a cultivator with profound Taoism, when his name or title is mentioned, he will be touched and roughly feel the location of the person being mentioned.
With the swordsman here, everything should be fine.
Everyone stared at the cloth nervously, but saw that the swordsman didn't take it seriously at all and just took it.
Princess Changning appeared calm on the surface, but her fingers were already shaking. In the brief moment she held the cloth, she felt a gaze passing through the pattern on the cloth and falling on her.
People who are contaminated by the royal energy but do not possess it themselves are very likely to attract evil spirits. To them, the royal energy is highly poisonous, but also very tonic. There are always evil spirits who know how to enjoy this tonic.
Princess Changning knew in her heart that the reason she came to conquer the Quanyi was not only to expand the territory for the Great Zhou and protect the country and the people, but the most original motivation was for herself.
Only by truly becoming a king can she gain a foothold in this era of constant disasters.
She never told anyone about this little thought. She was not as bright and cheerful as she appeared to be. In essence, she still loved herself the most.
From taming the surrendered Inuyi army to personally confronting evil spirits, all her amazing actions were done to show off to the ministers and followers around her.
She was like an actress covered in oil paint, hiding all her true emotions and acting like a qualified master.
She didn't expect that she almost dropped the cloth just by taking it. She had followed Nie Hong to learn Taoism since she was young. Although she didn't have the talent for cultivation, she had rich theoretical knowledge. When she ordered people to restore the pattern, she had already prepared some suppression measures.
Just a short contact can show your bravery and increase your followers' confidence in you. Why not do it?
But who would have thought that the gaze from across the pattern seemed to be completely unaffected by the evil-suppressing rune, causing her scalp to tingle and her whole body to feel hot.
A bright well vaguely emerged in her mind, and the warm light emanating from the bottom of the well shone in all directions, echoing the seven temples on the ground that exuded blood.
The well in the sky and the temple on the earth formed a big net, making her breathless. Her soul and body were about to melt in the sacred and vast light.
She also vaguely heard the cry of a cuckoo, and the blood in her chest surged, and she felt dizzy as if she was about to vomit blood.
The horrific sight and sound frightened her terribly. It was a completely uncontrollable survival instinct. She even thought that she would fall apart and become a part of that horrible thing.
The next moment, the swordsman took the cloth.
Her world became quiet. All the sacred and magnificent scenes and the heartbreaking sounds of crying blood disappeared in an instant.
Instead, there is an overwhelming coldness, like the icicles formed under the eaves in winter, sharp, yet pure.
The chill quickly cooled her hot body, and her melted spirit and form were like molten iron poured into a mold, quickly solidifying into the desired shape.
Princess Changning slowly raised her head, opened her eyes wide with trembling hands, and saw Gongsun Jianxia's jade-like cold face with the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a cold smile.
"So it's Him." She lowered her eyes to look at the sun pattern, as if she had completely seen through the other party's origins. "I have been waiting for Him for a long time."
She loosened her hand, and the evil-suppressing rune on the back of the cloth ignited without fire, and burned into ashes along with the sun pattern. They flew away slowly without wind.
Everyone looked in the direction where the ashes flew away, which was the direction of Purdue City.
Sure enough, the Dog Barbarians didn’t build the temple in vain, there is a big guy hidden in Pudu City...
Everyone was filled with awe, and the next moment, they saw Gongsun Jianxia heading towards Pudu City, and their eyes were suddenly filled with awe and admiration.
In the past, I only knew that Lady Swordsman was an expert at swordsmanship, but I never expected that she was so knowledgeable and could tell the whereabouts of this strange evil god at a glance.
Everyone, of course, realized that although Master Swordsman had recognized the sun pattern, he hadn't told them who it was.
But no one would suspect that the swordsman was pretending to know and using this kind of rhetoric to deceive them.
Since the adults didn't say anything, she must have her own intentions.
Perhaps, the name of the evil god cannot be spread among the human world, otherwise it will bring about greater disasters.
Perhaps, the people present were not necessarily reliable. After all, this was already in the territory of Inuyi, and no one knew whether there might be believers of the evil god hiding somewhere.
Everyone was filled with thoughts, lamenting that the swordsman was cold on the outside but warm on the inside. Not only was he highly skilled in Taoism, but he also took such good care of ordinary people like them who had low skills.
Nie Hong and Princess Changning looked at each other, nodded, turned around and followed the swordsman Li Zhou: "My lord, I will go with you."
Even if she is not needed on the battlefield, she can still do the work of serving the horses and serving tea and water.
Little did she know that at this moment Li Zhou was still trying hard to recall where he had seen a similar pattern before.
I can’t remember at all!
Li Zhou said very loudly in his heart.
In fact, she didn't even know why the cloth caught fire and flew away. Could it be that the evil god was very kind this time and was afraid that she would lose the way, so he showed her the way?
He is a very nice person.
Hearing Nie Hong yelling about going together, Li Zhou thought that since the evil god was so kind this time, there shouldn't be any danger. He nodded and was about to agree. Suddenly, the barefoot girl from the Wangman tribe came forward and said in a trembling voice: "Master Immortal, I, I also want to go with you."
Her father was still in the city and she had to go save him.
Li Zhou immediately became alert. Why did this person want to go even though he looked scared? Was he trying to snatch the dragon fruit from her?
However, there should be a lot of dragon fruits, so it’s okay to share some with her.
Li Zhou nodded generously: "In that case, let's go together."
As she finished her words, the white dog took a step forward, and a whirlwind appeared under its feet, sweeping up Nie Hong and A Piao.
The white dog can cover a distance of 100,000 miles in one step, so for it, traveling dozens of miles is just a matter of lifting its feet.
Before Nie Hong and A'piu could even blink, they saw a completely different scene before their eyes. The gates of the city shrouded in a sea of blood were wide open, like a ferocious beast waiting to be eaten.
A few mournful cries of cuckoos suddenly rang out, and the white dog, who was still waiting for the swordsman Li Zhou's order, suddenly raised its feet uncontrollably.
In an instant, the world turned upside down, the stars moved, and the surrounding scenery changed dramatically again. The barren land turned into a grassland with lush grass and water. The city walls that were bumpy and full of dents from weapons lost the traces of time. The Quanyi people with their families lined up in front of the city gate, and several scholars dressed in Zhou style walked over from not far away.
Bai Quan, Nie Hong and A Piao looked at the scene in surprise and vigilance, with countless speculations running through their minds.
Nie Hong caught a glimpse of Gongsun Jianxia frowning, and his heart sank. He tensed up even more and paid attention to the movements around him.
Swordsman Li Zhou frowned because the fragrance of the dragon fruit suddenly disappeared, as if mocking her nose.
How could this be possible?
Just wait, Li Zhou thought viciously, when I catch the dragon fruit, I will beat it into a pulp.
She inhaled the scent of the air without leaving any trace, and did not notice that several Zhou scholars were walking towards her.
As soon as the female scholar in the Confucian scarf and colorful gown opened her mouth, Nie Hong was so startled that he felt as if he were hearing thunder, with a buzzing in his ears.
"My name is Gao Congxu. I came here to study. I see that you are all from Zhou Dynasty. What should I call you?"
Gao Congxu.
Nie Hong will never forget this name in his life.
She is the eldest daughter of Emperor Xianheng, and is also the one who guides the entertainment education onto the right track and becomes the mentor of the orthodox religion.
The reason why Nie Hong came to Princess Changning was because she gave advice to the former leader of the Entertainment Sect.
They had never met, but she had received her kindness and blessings.
She had been dead for more than 20 years. How could she suddenly appear and chat and laugh with them?
Nie Hong suddenly raised his head and looked at the brand new plaque hanging above the city. The three golden characters "Pu Du City" were shining in the sun.
She suddenly realized.
The change in scene just now was not a change in space, but in time.
They returned to a certain period of history.
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