Such a heroic look shocked all the people in the Mingzhen Taoist Alliance for a moment, but when the old man saw the jade ring, he seemed to react. He took it with both hands, examined the hidden patterns on it, and said, "So that's how it is. I understand." He returned the jade ring to the girl in green clothes and the white fox mask with a very polite look.

The latter had a smile in his eyes. He bowed to the young Taoist priest and then left in a carefree manner.

It is gone.

The old man continued to sigh: "What a heroic spirit! It's really heroic spirit."

"However, there are quite a few practitioners who are willing to spend a fortune to get advice on a problem on the path."

"Come, little Taoist priest, follow me."

"Since this distinguished guest has made a price for you, I will simply give you the original version of this volume for you to read. However, this is a lot of stuff, so you may have to read it slowly."

There are indeed a lot.

Because it was a jade book carved directly from gold and jade, it filled an entire bookshelf.

The old man opened the spells on the bookshelf and explained, "Although it can save space to store spiritual energy in jade slips, once there is a situation such as spiritual energy turbulence, the contents will be damaged and not a single word can be read. Therefore, it is a safer method to use this golden and jade book and cover it with spiritual energy. Young Taoist priest, please sit for a moment."

"Let me find the scroll for you."

"Speaking of which, what happened in Jinzhou back then cannot be clarified by a jade slip. In addition to our records, we have also collected many letters to support many speculations and ensure the accuracy of the intelligence."

"Here, this is the first one."

"The beginning of the Jinzhou incident."

The old man placed a jade book as thick as a person's waist on the table for him and cast a spell. The jade book slowly unfolded, on which the mountains and rivers of Jinzhou were outlined with extremely delicate strokes. The young Taoist saw where his hometown was, but in his impression, the town where his hometown was located was not small, with more than ten thousand households.

When I was young, I stepped on flowers in spring and chased butterflies in summer.

Lying in the wheat field and sleeping in the autumn.

It's always lively.

But in this huge jade book that covers the entire table, there is only a faint trace.

It can be seen that Jinzhou is very big, has a large population, and is very prosperous.

The old man sighed and said, "It was called brocade because the landscape was so picturesque. What has it become now?"

He pointed his finger at a certain place, then swept it across and said, "It was around summer that year when something strange happened."

"It was probably here that a blazing aura suddenly appeared, and then it swept across the entire Jinzhou with an unrivaled force, causing the vegetation in the entire Jinzhou to wither and the rivers to dry up. This was the beginning of the disaster... Later, a demon country appeared and tore the land of this state in the human world directly into the gap of the demon country."

"There are countless demons that eat human flesh and souls."

"Everyone says that it is the country of the demon race, but they are wrong."

The old man himself was somewhat surprised and pointed to the record in the file:

"The demons are just like humans, and there are many nations among them. At that time, there were at least three demon tribes wreaking havoc in Jinzhou."

"The three great demon nations appeared in one state, slaughtering the people. Isn't that a loss of blood and flesh?"

"But the situation at that time was too complicated. Even our Dao League didn't know which demon countries appeared in Jinzhou that day. It was just such a natural disaster. Jinzhou is so big. It only happened a few days ago, but what we saw was already a human tragedy."

The old man sighed, and handed a thick stack of paper to Qi Wuhuo. The paper had turned yellow and was stained with blood. He said:

“This is what happened in the area where the disaster occurred.”

"The center is the city, the most prosperous place in Jinzhou. It was also the most prosperous place in the world back then. After the incident, the spiritual rhythm of heaven and earth was in great chaos. All means of transmitting information over long distances were cut off. It took a huge price to deliver this letter."

"It is stained with the blood of the most determined people in Jinzhou back then."

“Among them, they may not be practitioners.”

"There were also grooms, dancers, noblemen from aristocratic families, and even prisoners."

"What a pity! Even the death row prisoners used up their last drop of blood for this city before sending this letter out."

Qi Wuhuo looked at the pile of letters in his hand. After unwrapping them, he found that the contents were extremely tragic, except for the short and direct six words: "The city is in disaster, and I am asking for help." The contents of each of the other letters were exactly the same, just these six words. The old man pointed at the thick stack and said concisely:

"The news is extremely important, so more than 300 teams set out, with about several thousand people."

"They are all extremely brave and intelligent people."

“In the end, only three groups arrived at the remaining cities.”

"The rest will die."

The old man shook his head, took out the jade slip again, and said, "This is the information collected by the leader later."

"It can be confirmed that the general's mansion at the border has received the letter. This can be found in the records in the mansion."

"But the border guards never received the message."

“This matter has never been spread.”

Qi Wuhuo flipped through these books and seemed to be able to see the disaster that had happened that year.

At that time, he was just a nine-year-old child, mixed in the crowd, like a fallen leaf on a turbulent stream, swept away, not knowing where he was running or where he was going. Now, these things, the perspectives of different people, or letters, or jade slips, describing what happened back then, he can see them more completely, and he feels more suffocated.

Natural disasters and man-made disasters.

The chaos of the demon country.

"How could the people back then escape from Jinzhou..."

The old man seemed to have received a message and left. The next person who came to the young Taoist was the middle-aged man who was in charge of all matters of the Zhongzhou Taoist Alliance. He came over holding a jade box, and his expression was slightly hesitant. After that, he put the jade box on the table, opened the seal on it, and stroked it with his hand and said:

"This is the most important news in Jinzhou. Anyone who has read this news will be shaken."

"Thousands of years ago, the Human Emperor of that time briefly unified the human world and made a covenant with the Heavenly Court."

"The affairs of the human world are decided by the Human Emperor."

"The many immortals and gods are only responsible for maintaining order."

"The covenant has its own constraints."

"Later, due to various reasons, the Human Emperor died, his sword and seal were scattered, and the human world was divided into different countries. However, the land we are in is the largest and most powerful. We can still be called the Human Emperor. What we practice is not breathing exercises, nor flesh and blood, but the power of destiny."

"When all the luck and fortune converge on one person, he becomes the Human Emperor, and possesses great power."

"The human empire's military formation cultivates the power of qi and blood, which can carry luck. When they fight in formation, they can fight to the death with the demons."

"This is also the reason why humans can stand in the human world."

Qi Wuhuo nodded. He already had some guesses about this matter.

Since there are practitioners in the world, but the dynasty still stands, then it will not be as simple as in my dreams.

At least the element of practice should be included.

The man stroked the jade box with a complicated look on his face. He handed the files and the letter inside to Qi Wuhuo and said:

"Many things happened back then, and no one could see clearly how the situation was changing. It was not until later, when the dust settled, that we discovered that the disaster in Jinzhou could have been avoided. This is the largest dynasty in the world, and unlike many other small countries, there were already 600,000 iron-clad black troops that arrived in Jinzhou."

"The leader is a famous general in the world, who has fought against the demons for half his life."

"Then the current emperor, who was the second prince at that time, took advantage of the opportunity when his eldest brother sent his trusted Iron-Armored Mystic Army to Jinzhou to fight the demons, contacted the court, took the opportunity to overthrow the former crown prince, and entered the East Palace."

"After I became the crown prince, I was worried about the aftermath. I was worried that the current situation was unstable and I might be suppressed by my brother."

"I have issued an order. The Iron-Armored Black Army is to stop and not to take a single step into Jinzhou."

"At the same time, the news was blocked. This is why those people risked their lives to spread the news, but they could not spread it any further when they reached the general's mansion at the border. The news received by the Black Armor Army was that the Second Prince imitated the Crown Prince's handwriting and pressed it with the Crown Prince's seal. All the Black Armor Army mistakenly believed that this was an order from the First Prince."

The middle-aged man took out a letter and handed it to Qi Wuhuo: "This is the order they received that year."

Qi Wuhuo remained silent.

I opened the letter and saw the words on it——

[A group of demons have infiltrated the fleeing people and are trying to disrupt our country]

[Black armor array, someone is crossing the border]

【Kill without mercy! 】

The young Taoist looked at the last three words for a long time without saying anything. He suddenly understood why he was dragged around by the crowd for a long time before he got a chance to survive. The middle-aged man sighed and said:

"It's so ironic. Many civilians died under the crossbows of the Black Armor Army who once defended them. The most ironic thing is that until the moment the crossbows were fired, these Black Armor Army soldiers thought they were protecting their country."

“The matter was eventually exposed.”

"And because the military order came from the seal of the eldest prince, the second prince's position as the crown prince is more secure."

"We don't know how they did it, but it finally worked, and it was vicious."

"The people of a state exchanged the opportunity to completely overthrow their brother for the current title of Human Emperor."

"Hey... Even our Mingzhen Dao League doesn't dare to do such a deal."

Qi Wuhuo's eyes dropped. He had never seen the emperor of this country, but he had come into contact with the emperor in a dream. It seemed extremely mysterious. The dream was obviously a world constructed based on his own experience and cognition, but the character, personality and behavior of many royal family members and high officials were extremely real.

The image of the emperor in the dream appeared before his eyes.

Qi Wuhuo still had some restraint, but the little peacock suddenly felt uncomfortable sleeping, as if there was some kind of cold and eerie breath flowing. The young Taoist said: "There are black armors on the border and demons in Jinzhou, so how did people get out?"

"Master, please sit down for a moment. This involves other things."

"Let me look for it..."

The middle-aged man went back and fetched many books, which filled up the space in front of the young Taoist priest. After checking them out, he heaved a sigh of relief and said, "There is indeed nothing missing. I just used the teleportation array to bring all these things out from the secret library of our Taoist Alliance. Well, these are all directories, and some are incomplete methods."

Qi Wuhuo flipped through the books and saw a monk and a Taoist priest among them.

The man stood up and pointed at the names on the scrolls, and answered, "Ordinary people are of course no match for the demons, and can only be eaten into flesh and blood. However, there are still practitioners in the human world. The Buddhist sect has the Miaofa Tianci'en Temple among the Thirteen Sects of Buddhism, and the Taoist sect also has the Tage Sword Sect. In addition, there are countless side sects and small sects."

"After the Jinzhou incident."

"There are more than 3,600 monks in the Buddhist Ci'en Temple. The oldest is 331 years old and the youngest is six years old."

"Everyone died."

"Finally, the fleeing people were like a tide."

"After the thirteen stick monks broke through the demon tribe's blockade, they were killed by the volleys of fire from the Black Armored Army at the border."

"I am unwilling to die, and I still want to defeat the devil."

The middle-aged man took out some documents and showed them to Qi Wuhuo, saying:

"When we went to check later, we found that all the relics in Ci'en Temple had been used up. After divination, we found out that they had smashed the temple, taken out the relics of their ancestors, ground them into powder, and then mixed their own blood with the relics to write Buddhist scriptures and distributed them to people. We knew that they had made their final plans."

"We saw the monk's head turned into a Jingguan."

"The inheritance of the Tiantai lineage of Buddhism has been cut off."

"Their Dharma is gone, and their relics are gone."

"There are no more disciples."

“So this lineage is gone.”

The man took out another volume: "As for the Tage Sword Sect, they are the most arrogant. It has always been the master who chooses the disciples, not the disciples who choose the master."

"There are very few disciples in the sect, and they escorted the common people along the way. As a result, more than 600 sword immortals died in battle."

"The road is littered with broken swords."

"Later, a group of cavalrymen disobeyed military orders. It seemed that they couldn't bear it, so they opened a gap in the blockade. The founder of Dao Sect came out of seclusion and tore open the formation with a sword. Only in this way could the people enter Zhongzhou and the people of Jinzhou survive this disaster."

"It is said that the Taoist master's practice was ruined because of this, and that cavalry was sent to Jinzhou to fight against the demon tribe for disobeying military orders. In the end, all of them died, leaving only 27 people alive."

"This is what the leader saw when he led the Dao League members into the place."

"We don't have the determination of the sword cultivators, nor the enlightenment of the Buddhists, so we can only watch those sword cultivators die in battle and the Buddhist disciples die. We can only do business with the demons, using 150 years of profits in exchange for 150,000 lives, and also record what happened that year."

"The immortal way values ​​life, but without killing there is no way to protect life; the Buddhist way is compassionate, but without anger, how can we stop killing and prove compassion."

"That's why."

"One hundred and fifty years of profit in exchange for the lives of one hundred and fifty thousand people."

The man crossed his arms and said, "The leader said, big profit."

"After 150,000 people, there will be people who can set foot on the path of cultivation. This way, we can [establish good karma]."

"We are also human beings. We feel sorry for our own kind and cannot bear to see them die. This is to [seek peace of mind]."

"There are many cunning people in the alliance. This can [correct my bones]."

"Everyone stands back and watches, but I go west alone, so that I can make a name for myself."

Qi Wuhuo said: "Your alliance leader..."

The man replied, "When I entered Jinzhou, I investigated the truth and found out that someone wearing a black robe and a red dragon costume had led the demon country. When I returned, I was ambushed and severely injured. He died six months later. When he died, he said he had made a lot of money, a lot of money."

"Merchants have their own business, and practitioners have their own moral principles. Don't forget that we are seekers of the Way, not profit seekers."

"It's a Taoist alliance, not a business alliance."

"That will correct my way!"

"Let the world know that our four words [Mingzhen Daomeng] are not false."

"That's what happened back then..."

The young Taoist looked through all the records and books, and deduced for a long time in his mind. His voice became a little hoarse and suppressed unconsciously, and he said:

"Jinzhou, how many people died?"

The man said: "...The Dao Alliance estimated that there are more than 3.7 million, but less than 5.4 million."

Qi Wuhuo shook his body.

After all, he was just a teenager, and this number was like a heavy hammer, making him feel a little dizzy.

Look at the chronology afterwards.

"Three years later, the crown prince ascended the throne and issued the 'Imperial Decree of Accession to the Throne'"

"The Great Saint, Great Mercy, Benevolence, Virtue and Filial Piety Emperor."

"He is called the Human Emperor."

"Praise Shengming."

The young man pressed his palm on the table, and his own Yuanshen, Yuanqi, and Yuanjing unconsciously accelerated their flow, faintly gathering together. Anger, murderous intent, and other emotions were like a rolling torrent under the blue waves, surging, but not showing to the outside. The man said: "Only Daoist Fellow knows this matter, please don't spread it outside. After all, it is considered information. I don't know your honorable title yet."

The young Taoist read out his Taoist name and wrote it down, saying:

"I know about this matter."

But the middle-aged Taoist priest didn’t understand the Taoist name.

Even if I write it down, my eyes won’t recognize it.

But after confirming that there was Qi Wuhuo's aura above, he felt relieved. However, when the young man stood up, he suddenly asked:

"One of the cavalrymen who participated in the Battle of Jinzhou is still in Zhongzhou."

"Master, do you want to go meet him?"