Chapter 299: The loneliest thing is wanting to stay but not being able to
Xuanwu left.
Of course, not the kind of peaceful departure, but the kind of safe departure.
After it showed enough goodwill to Li Chu, seeing that he did not move, it turned around and merged into the void again.
Disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Looking at the direction he left, Li Chu was a little puzzled.
"This Xuanwu looks...quite friendly?"
"Oh."
The little monk smiled and shook his head.
"In the ancient times, there were ten great beasts, five auspicious and five evil. Although the Four Symbols are listed as the five auspicious ones, don't think they are really close to humans. Because their original name was called the 'Ten Evils'!"
"The so-called Five Luckys only became Five Luckys after being recruited."
"The remaining five fierce ones are still stubborn and cannot be subdued."
"In fact, the so-called five auspicious beasts and five evil beasts can also be regarded as the watershed of strength. Although the ten great beasts are all at the top level of the human world, their combat power is also divided into high and low levels. Among them, those who cannot defeat humans become the five auspicious beasts. The rest become the five evil beasts."
"Like this time, Lord Canghai has clearly reached an agreement with Xuanwu. If there wasn't something that could make Xuanwu afraid, I'm afraid he would help Lord Canghai destroy Shenluo City without hesitation!"
Li Chu murmured: "It makes Xuanwu afraid..."
"If I'm not mistaken..." The little monk frowned and said, "It has been looking at us just now. It must think that the two of us can compete with the best in the world when we work together..."
"For a mythical beast like this that has come from ancient times, increasing its strength may be important, but it's not that important... There's absolutely no need to risk its demise for this."
"And in order to show its goodwill to us, it decisively killed Lord Canghai..."
The little monk wiped the conspicuous cold sweat on his bald head.
“It was a close call.”
"Luckily the two of us scared it off."
Yeah?
Li Chu still had some doubts in his heart.
But he also nodded in agreement, "Yeah, that was a close call."
At the same time, he also turned his gaze to the other side of Tianlu Peak.
In Shenluo City.
He took a quick look and found that the entire Shenluo City was shrouded in a strange smoke.
It seems like an illusion.
"I'll go over and take a look."
Out of concern for the Huadu Conference, its audience, and some of its investors, Li Chu leapt up and quickly landed back in Shenluo City.
Only then did I see it.
The whole city was surrounded by peony flowers, but at this time a puff of smoke was released from all the petals, causing everyone in the city to fall into a huge illusion.
turn out to be……
Is there anything else in Canghai Jun’s plan?
In addition to being the reason for holding the Flower City Conference, these flowers were also the trigger for performing magic. Some of his subordinates could use pollen to perform magic.
He wanted all the people in Shenluo City to die in the illusion.
Why was he so crazy? Li Chu still had a little confidence in resisting the illusion. In addition, he was worried about what might happen, so he directly found the center of those "qi".
The flower in the eye of the storm.
Flowery silk.
Thinking about it now, her exchange with Shen Ming's lover must have been the masterpiece of Canghai Jun.
It’s all for this dream that brings together the entire city today!
Pop.
Li Chu landed on the stage.
Hua Qiluo, dressed in a brilliant feathered robe, turned her head to look at him, calm and not panicked.
"Since you are here, the master must have failed?"
"Yes." Li Chu said coldly: "You have been surrounded. Give up resistance as soon as possible and get rid of the illusion. It is possible that you can get leniency."
"Legally?"
Hua Qiluo laughed.
"We are from the Demon Sect, and we are engaged in the business of massacring the city. How can we be lenient? Do you think we are making noodles?"
Li Chu was silent.
She is right.
As a direct subordinate of Lord Canghai, it was indeed difficult for her to have a good ending.
"It doesn't matter. When we did this, we knew it would end like this." Hua Qiluo seemed to be very open-minded. "If we win the bet, everyone will be prosperous. If we lose the bet, everyone will be in chaos."
As she spoke, her voice gradually became lower and her eyes suddenly became unfocused.
"I have kept this body intact. If the girl wants to come back... she can still..."
With a plop.
Before he could finish his words, a gorgeous figure fell down.
Li Chu's gaze shifted and he walked forward, only to find that she had dispersed her soul on her own initiative.
This is a very difficult way to die, and people without sufficient spiritual cultivation cannot do it.
certainly.
It is absolutely incomparable to the difficulty of Canghaijun "summoning Xuanwu to swallow himself".
Li Chu was not too affected by her death.
After all, except for a few rare accidents like Wanli Feisha, the people in the Demon Sect had to sacrifice countless lives to get to the top. No matter how they died, it was hard to feel sympathy.
certainly.
Canghaijun's "summoning the Black Tortoise to swallow himself" still makes people feel pity for him.
This is really unavoidable.
The moment Hua Qiluo's body fell, the flower mist covering Shenluo City began to dissipate and turned into countless points of light and disappeared in the north wind.
The audience below also woke up quickly.
The dancing woman on the stage disappeared, and in the blink of an eye she turned into a neat little Taoist priest in green clothes.
In front of the little Taoist priest, there was a delicate figure lying.
“Good fellow!”
Suddenly someone exclaimed.
"This little Taoist priest came to ruin Miss Xie's debut yesterday, and today he actually committed a crime in public on Miss Hua's stage!"
"Catch him!"
"We can't let him go!"
"Hurry and check if Miss Hua is okay!"
Looking at the people around him who were in a state of turmoil, Li Chu wanted to explain...
No, I just saved Shenluo City.
But obviously no one would listen to what he said, so Li Chu had to shake his head helplessly and disappeared instantly by stepping on the flying flaming meteor.
Anyway, Chaotianque will definitely issue a notice afterwards.
It’s better to slip away first as a sign of respect.
…
That evening.
Li Chu had a dream.
In his dream, he saw a small peddler, who was born in poverty. He relied on his clever mind to do some small business and gradually made his life affluent.
Life was originally quite comfortable.
Until he met an oiran.
He fell in love with the courtesan at first sight and had to save up money for many days to have the chance to see her.
But he enjoys it.
The courtesan's name was Xue'e. She wanted to do well in the Flower City Convention, but she had not been able to do so for several years.
Until one day, she met an old man who bought souls.
She reached a deal with the old man in exchange for a beautiful dance.
If the dancing is good, then so is she.
She made a splash at the Flower City Conference, won the top prize in the Flower Kingdom that year, and was showered with glory.
The peddler was very depressed because all the money he had saved in his entire life was not enough to meet the courtesan.
But the courtesan came to see him.
The courtesan said that she had made a deal and had to sell the soul of a person who loved her.
But in the whole Shenluo city, only the peddler truly loved her.
Even after she became an overnight sensation and had millions of fans, she remained unchanged.
Yes, countless people fanatically admire her and spend a fortune on her, but the one who truly loves her is still that one person.
This seems bizarre, but it is true.
Now that things have come to this, it seems that all we need to do is hand over the peddler's soul to that person.
But……
The courtesan had long fallen in love with the peddler.
She didn't want him to die.
So she came to remind him to leave Shenluo City as soon as possible.
The peddler was scared, but also worried.
The courtesan told him to leave without worry, saying that Shenluo City was so big and I had so many fans, so why should I worry about not finding another person who loved me? The peddler eventually left.
In fact, he doesn't want to leave. In fact, he wants to stay.
But the fear of death still made him take the next step.
He left his hometown and his fate was very strange. Because of his character and talent, he was chosen by a powerful demon sect and accepted as a disciple. When he felt that he had some cultivation, he quickly returned to Shenluo City.
Later he found out that the courtesan had died that year.
Shenluo City is so big, but she still hasn't found another person who loves her.
Everything is fake.
A seed of hatred was planted in the peddler's heart.
It's a cowardice to myself and to this city.
The most lonely thing is wanting to stay but not being able to.
The tenderness was not finished and only the farewell song remained.
With such obsession, he was trapped at the gate of the land immortals for ten years.
He began to have a crazy idea.
Since this city is so cold and ruthless, why not let it freeze at its most prosperous moment. Let everyone in the city die in her fantasy and then be sealed forever.
He is good at business.
But his obsession was precisely because of a business.
In that business, he got a chance to survive, but lost the person he loved most.
He made this gamble, perhaps not simply to break through, but perhaps just to seek liberation. Either transcend the world, or return to one place.
Death may be a reunion after a long separation.
In this ancient city, there are heavy snowstorms every winter, gorgeous flowers bloom every May, and beauties dance every night, but the girl who dances most beautifully will never come back.
More than 30 years have passed.
No one will miss her anymore.
…
When I woke up, it was already the next morning.
The snow has just cleared.
Li Chu looked out the window and was briefly lost in thought.
Canghaijun is really a person with strong obsession.
He had to finish the unfinished story through dreams even after his death.
This kind of person.
No wonder he became rich.
(End of this chapter)
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