Chapter 117: Dayan's Destroyed World
Li Zhou buried his head in the tunnel, sniffed the source of the smell, determined the direction, and without thinking, said "I'm leaving", stood up and jumped into the cave.
With a plop, the tiger-head hat flashed past Master Chen's eyes and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Master Lechen was greatly surprised. He originally wanted to use his spiritual sense to investigate, but seeing this he had no choice but to follow.
She was just about to pop out a bead from her necklace to leave a message for Jin Mingda, lest she find out they were missing and run back to Ciyu Temple to steal things.
Unexpectedly, the next moment, she heard a sound of breaking air above her head, and Jin Mingda actually jumped in with them.
Master Liaochen was startled, she raised her eyes and met Jin Mingda's eyes. In the darkness, those eyes were like a pair of gems soaked in water, wet, yet extremely firm.
Master Liaochen withdrew her gaze and sighed in her heart.
This girl must have known that her teacher was no longer with us, and she wanted to find out the evil spirit that caused her teacher's death, so she followed him without hesitation.
It's a pity for this master and disciple...
Li Zhou didn't know how long she had been falling when a bright light suddenly appeared in front of her eyes. She didn't react in time and fell to the ground. She slid on the cold ice for a long time before she climbed up again.
After getting up, she unconsciously regained her hands and feet, and looked like an ordinary child wearing a tiger-head cloak and tiger-head shoes.
She turned her head and glanced upwards, vaguely hearing the voice of Master Chen, who seemed to be asking her to wait for her or something like that.
The teacher was old and his legs were not as agile as before. The impatient Li Zhou temporarily closed his ears, turned his head, sniffed the scent of honey, and walked forward following the smell.
The underground world looked all slippery ice at first glance. Fortunately, Li Zhou had anti-slip suction cups on his feet. The suction cups extended from the soles of his feet through the tiger-head shoes, so he took every step steadily.
Suddenly, she saw a piece of candy with a milky smell on the ground.
She hurried over, picked up the candy, put it in her mouth, and just as she was about to chew it, she saw another piece not far away.
She raised her head and looked forward, wow, it was a winding candy road.
How can this be tolerated?
A good boy like Li Zhou who is not picky about food and does not waste food, of course he cannot miss a single piece.
She jumped up and down as she picked up the candies here and there, happily putting them into her mouth.
After a while, her cheeks were puffed up like a little hamster hoarding food.
She didn't notice that the empty ice surface around her was gradually covered with many crystal clear ice flowers and ice trees.
A series of short and fat figures covered in ice armor approached quietly from the depths of the icy jungle.
Each of them held a mace, walked silently, and held their breath.
The short and fat figure was getting closer and closer to Li Zhou, who was bending down to pick up candies. He walked very lightly, fearing that he would be discovered by Li Zhou.
"This monster ate so many exorcism beads, why is there no reaction?"
"She only has two arms, no antennae, no wings, and no stinger. How scary."
"Fortunately, she was slow and didn't notice us."
The communication between spiritual consciousness was carried out silently. The short and fat figures looked at each other, nodded, and swung the mace at the back of the "monster"'s head.
"Zhu'er, be careful!"
Nun Liaochen's voice came from afar. Li Zhou, who was eating candy with his head down, subconsciously quickened his chewing speed. His figure, who was swinging the mace, froze and turned his head to look.
When they saw Master Lechen and Jin Mingda running towards them one after another, they took a few steps back in fear. These monsters, which were almost human-like but not human, could actually grow to such a size when they became adults. Oh my God, no wonder His Majesty didn't allow them to go out. The ground couldn't be full of these deformed creatures.
Master Liaochen knew very well that Li Zhou could not be hurt by a few bee monsters, but when she saw Li Zhou's small figure squatting on the ground with the terrifying bee monster holding a mace next to him, she still couldn't help but feel worried.
She shouted Li Zhou's name, wishing she could fly to Li Zhou's side immediately. However, her good disciple seemed to be deafened and only turned his head away when she was about two or three feet away.
Li Zhou stepped on tiger-head shoes, walked through the yellow and black, furry feet, ran to Master Chen, and raised the candy in his hand high: "Teacher, have some candy."
Master Liaochen looked at the bead in front of her with twisted patterns and emitting a chilling aura, and was silent for a moment: "Where did the candy come from?"
Li Zhou: “I picked it up.”
She saw that Master Chen looked strange, and quickly said, "I've already eaten a few, and I don't have a stomachache, and they're not dirty."
Seeing that she was still swallowing her saliva, Master Liaochen said, "Zhu'er, eat it yourself. I don't like candy."
"Really?"
Just as Master Liaochen was about to nod, she saw Li Zhou impatiently stuffing the "candy" into his mouth.
Master Liaochen: “…”
Seeing the "Exorcist Beads" being chewed as candy again, the "Bee Demons" said: "..."
Jin Mingda dragged the meteor hammer and walked slowly forward, looking at the "bee monsters" in front of him. They had upright legs but were covered with yellow and black fur. Their faces were no different from human faces, but they had two pairs of arms and two pairs of wings behind them.
"Are you the evil spirits who attacked the teacher?" she asked calmly.
The "Bee Demon" looked confused and could not understand what she said.
However, she was not prepared to listen to the other party's answer. The ice armor on the "bee monster" and the vigilant look on its face proved that they were the masters of this ice field.
She swung the meteor hammer towards the "bee monster". The iron chain clanged and extended to three or four feet long. The hammer head drew an arc and swept across the head of the "bee monster" with a sweeping force.
The "bee demons" reacted quickly. They raised their maces one after another and swung them at the hammer heads. For a moment, there was a constant clanging sound of the maces and hammer heads colliding with each other, and sparks flew everywhere.
Master Liaochen frowned as she watched. These "bee monsters" moved in an orderly manner, with their feet following the steps of the Gangbu sect, which was in line with the orthodox Taoist demon-subduing formation. If it weren't for their non-human appearance, she would have thought that they were serious monks.
However, it is not uncommon for monsters to imitate humans. Master Liaochen pushed Li Zhou away from the battlefield, and then she advanced and joined the battle.
Just as the beads on her neck fell out one by one and flew towards the "bee monsters", circling and knocking down their maces, a strange voice called out to her: "Wait a minute, nun, there must be some misunderstanding!"
It turned out to be the official language of the Great Zhou.
Master Liaochen paused and turned to look at the owner of the voice. Several "bee monsters" wearing more gorgeous ice armor and ice hats flew out from the icy jungle. The leading monster had an anxious expression and spoke in human language. His behavior did not look like a monster, but rather like a court official.
Jin Mingda pretended not to hear it and continued to swing the meteor hammer, smashing it hard at the "Bee Monster".
The hatted "bee demon" swung out an ice spike with one hand, intercepting the meteor hammer, and threw out a document with the other hand, shouting: "Eight hundred years ago, when the Great Zhou was founded on the ground, my Great Yan also founded a country here underground. The guardian immortal of your Great Zhou signed this non-aggression agreement with our majesty."
Master Liaochen took the document and flipped through a few pages, and found that it was exactly the same as what the hatted "bee demon" had said.
At the end of the document, where the signature was drawn, there were three words written:
【Xue Jingzhen】
Jin Mingda's meteor hammer was suppressed by the ice spikes, veins on his forehead were throbbing, and bloodshot eyes were filled with murderous intent.
Just as she was about to explode, Master Lechen touched her forehead. A cool feeling seeped into her mind, startling her.
"First, find out what this document is about." Master Liaochen handed the document to Jin Mingda, "I know you want to avenge your teacher, but before that, you must at least know why your teacher died."
Jin Mingda lowered his head, clenched the documents, and silently put away the meteor hammer.
Li Zhou slid back, holding the newly picked up candy, looked up at the girl, and asked tentatively: "Do you want some candy?"
Jin Mingda shook his head silently.
Li Zhou opened his mouth and stuffed a handful of candies into it.
The bee demon with a hat who was ordering the soldiers to put away their weapons paused, and the bee demons holding maces began to yell in the Great Yan Mandarin: "Now you see how horrible the evil spirit is. It has already eaten up half of the exorcism magic circle we set up."
The bee demon in the hat shook his head and said, "Don't be rude to your distinguished guests."
Although Master Liaochen didn't understand what they were saying, she sensitively realized that the content was related to her good disciple.
Oh.
These must be the words of ignorant and mediocre people.
Nun Liaochen tightened Li Zhou's tiger-head cloak, took her hand, and said to the "bee demon" wearing a hat, "We want to see your emperor."
She said coldly: "The contract from eight hundred years ago cannot determine what happened today. A righteous cultivator from the Great Zhou died in order to seal the icy aura that you infiltrated. We want to seek justice for her."
The bee demon with a hat looked serious, nodded and said, "Please follow me to see His Majesty. We in Dayan also have some questions to ask you."
Li Zhou was led by Master Lechen and followed the hatted "Bee Demon" into a crystal palace. The floor tiles, palace walls, doors, windows and furniture were all made of ice, and wisps of cold air kept coming out.
Jin Mingda was no longer dominated by hatred. His will to fight to the death disappeared, and his body belatedly sensed the icy air around him. His lips turned purple and his teeth chattered from the cold.
Master Liaochen took off her outer robe and handed it to her. She shook her head and reached out to push it away. As soon as her hand touched the robe, it wrapped her from head to toe.
She couldn't even take off Master Lechen's clothes.
Jin Mingda, becoming more and more discouraged, lowered his head again, and the meteor hammer in his hand swayed back and forth, as if he was proud of his foresight.
If it hadn't led the nun over, how could they have achieved revenge on their own?
As Master Liaochen walked, she suddenly became suspicious. Where did such a large area underground come from that could accommodate such a kingdom of ice and snow, and no one had discovered it for eight hundred years?
She looked at the three words "Xue Jingzhen" at the end of the document again and felt vaguely that the three words sounded familiar, but she couldn't remember who this person was.
Li Zhou walked beside her and caught a glimpse of the document out of the corner of his eye. He blinked, not expecting that the friend of the Emperor of Dayan had the same name as her friend.
Finally, everyone arrived in front of a heavily guarded palace, and the hatted "bee monster" stopped.
"The envoy from the Great Zhou has arrived."
The hatted "bee demon" said to the guard at the door.
The guard nodded and turned to go into the hall to report, but he saw a figure in a black imperial robe stumbling out of the hall.
It was startled and knelt down quickly: "Your Majesty!"
The bee demons wearing hats were also shocked and bowed one after another: "Greetings, Your Majesty!"
The officials and guards of Dayan were all shocked that the emperor actually went out in person to welcome the envoys from Great Zhou.
However, they didn't know that their emperor glanced at Li Zhou and wiped his sweat quietly. Although he didn't know why, the King of Dayan was in turmoil just now, as if treating this person with the etiquette of an "envoy" would immediately lead to the destruction of the country.
It calmed down and welcomed Li Zhou, Master Liaochen and Jin Mingda into the hall. As soon as they sat down, it couldn't wait to ask: "But Master Xue asked you to come? Has our world been repaired? When will you send us back?"
Master Liaochen was feeling a little confused when she suddenly heard an unfamiliar voice. She looked at the expressions of the people around her calmly and when she saw that no one reacted, she realized that the voice was only directed at her.
The source of the sound was the document in her hand.
"The world where Dayan existed was destroyed when the gods came to the world. The survivors relied on the flying boats left by their ancestors to break through the void and come here. I am powerless now and can only use a contract to keep them here."
"People in the future who are destined to hear their stories, the invasion of the gods is not a matter of one world, and if mortals want to gain a foothold, they can only unite and fight to the death."
"Xue Jingzhen stayed."
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