Chapter 82 82 Heaven on Earth “It must be done, the worst…

Appeared on September 14, the first year of the Reiki Recovery.

Chi Zhaoming took a deep breath: "Two or three days..."

Chu Qingge looked down at the densely packed notes on the temporary map and tucked her hair behind her ears. "There are more than 200 formation nodes. Basically, I have to redraw the formation. Adding the time for debugging, I conservatively estimate that it will take two or three days."

Activating a formation is simple, and only two things are necessary: ​​the correct flow of energy, and enough energy.

There's no need to worry about the energy supply. Chu Qingge looked up at the transportation team of the Alien Bureau flying in the air with a sword in their hands, carrying a container full of spirit stones.

Hopefully the navigation software doesn't remember this air route.

Yue Jingting interrupted and asked, "Do we have to redraw the formation? Can't we just draw in the spiritual power directly?"

The formation runes are just a way to guide the energy flow to flow correctly. A formation practitioner with sufficient cultivation can directly use himself as the eye of the formation and use his own spiritual power to guide the existing energy flow. This method is low-cost, high-efficiency, and more concealed.

When Ning Changkong reactivated the "Place to Stop the War" formation in Youhuang Village in the Mountain and River State Map, and even secretly rewrote the self-destruct formation pre-arranged by Li Bo in the Tianyan Training School, he used the method of directly guiding the energy flow.

But this method is not without cost. Chu Qingge shook his head: "The complexity of this formation has exceeded the limit of what the human body can bear. Even with the help of the Nine Star Compass, it is not enough."

Lin Jinsong was coughing up blood in Youhuang Village due to the backlash, and Feng Huang even vomited blood all over the floor in front of Li Bo. Using one's own spiritual power to directly interfere with the energy flow of the pre-formation method will cause a huge burden on both the body and the mind.

"We can directly draw on the spiritual power, so that the formation can be completed within a few hours." Qiu Haoyun suddenly spoke.

The prerequisite is that the person who starts the battle must risk his life.

"Stupid." Chu Qingge rebuked without hesitation, "This is an unnecessary sacrifice. As long as it is delayed for a while--"

Taoist Qiu interrupted her and fixed his eyes on Qingniao: "Why are you delaying?"

September 14, the first year of the Aura Recovery, demiplane Jiuli.

"Let alone two days, I can't even delay it for two hours!" Ning Changkong gritted his teeth and yelled in the mind connection.

Chu Qingge: "Don't be impatient, first find out Chi You's motive."

Only by clarifying what the other party wants to do and to what extent they can do it, can they decide whether to... fight to the death to keep Li Gui here.

Li Gui sighed, looking unhappy: "The future of a cultivator and an ordinary person is the same..."

“…Really, just like your father.” The Lord of Arms’ expression suddenly turned cold, a strong wind blew up in the demiplane, and the atmosphere instantly became tense.

How did this bring up Feng Qingwu? Ning Changkong blinked in confusion, subconsciously asking him to say more, and asked tentatively: "Since you don't want to change your mind, why do you want to listen to my long speech and discuss it with me here?"

Li Gui really got hung up on this topic. His voice was filled with an indescribable heaviness: "It is precisely because you are the child of the Phoenix that it is meaningful to convince you."

"What exactly did Feng Qingwu do back then?" Ning Changkong asked sincerely in the mind connection.

Chu Qingge: "Instead of asking me here, why not just ask the person in front of you directly?"

Ning Changkong spoke: "My father back then--"

Li Gui interrupted him mercilessly. He took a big step forward, his eyes sharp as a torch: "How did your father die? To whom did he give his life for his ideals?"

The divine aura pressed down like a mountain, the aura of iron and fire belonging to the Lord of Arms almost ignited the air. The pressure of this power made the surrounding space seem to solidify.

Ning Changkong once asked Bai Xian. Yinglong is a legitimate god, and Feng Qingwu, as a descendant of Yinglong, has the blood of a god, but does not have a formal position as a god. As a half-baked phoenix, it is naturally difficult for him to resist the pressure from Li Gui in terms of status.

Ning Changkong felt his chest being compressed by an invisible force, making every breath extremely difficult. However, his thoughts were extremely clear at this moment.

Did Feng Qingwu die to prove his truth? What truth was he proving?

Ning Changkong's mind gradually became clear, and he slowly spoke: "I am a little surprised that I am actually discussing with a god where mortal civilization should go?"

"...This must be a god." Chi You was not moved by Ning Changkong's words. He just sighed, and then his tone became cold: "Okay, the time for reminiscing is over."

As he finished speaking, the air around him seemed to be frozen by an invisible atmosphere of tension. Waves of energy awakened like a hidden beast, surging and rolling up the knives, swords, halberds, and axes on the weapon rack behind him. They broke free from the constraints of gravity one by one and hung in the air, like loyal guards waiting to be summoned.

At the same time, the energy of the spiritual weapon condensed and grew inside, until it emitted a faint glow, like a star about to explode in the night sky, foreshadowing the coming of a storm.

Ning Changkong's fighting instinct was screaming wildly, and every cell in his body was warning him of the impending danger. But there was still a chance, and he could still buy some more time.

He blurted out without thinking: "I know your subordinate, Li Bo, he injected evil energy into the spirit stone and deliberately spread evil energy in the world."

The attack stopped abruptly on the verge of exploding. The weapon, held up by the mighty force, seemed to be frozen in time, standing still at that moment.

"Evil spirit?" Li Gui seemed to be confused from the bottom of his heart: "Forget about other people, but you also call that thing evil spirit?"

According to the information currently available, the essential characteristic of evil spirits is the erosion of spiritual power, and it can be divided into two versions.

The first version appeared at the beginning of the school year, when Gu Minghui accidentally entered the Yaochi. In that incident, the evil spirit attached to the sword that broke through Ning Changkong's carefully arranged defense technique and pierced his thigh was the first sample Ning Changkong came into contact with.

It is preliminarily inferred that this evil spirit may be the "tentacles" of the strange machine that Phoenix once controlled. The purpose of that machine seems to be to continuously extract spiritual energy, thereby causing a large-scale spiritual energy decline in the world.

As for the mastermind behind the decline of spiritual energy... it seems to be related to the Phoenix Feng Qingwu, but there are not many actual clues at present.

The second version of evil energy appears after the resurrection of spiritual energy. It not only erodes spiritual power, but also has the emotional effect of bewitching people and stimulating the dark side of the individual's heart.

This kind of evil spirit has appeared in the events of Su Yunyao, Xuanwu, and Qianshi Bank. When Ning Changkong used the phoenix spirit power to help heal those infected by evil spirits, he mostly faced this type of evil spirit.

It is currently speculated that this modified version of evil spirit may be the result of the seventy-two demons headed by Baril making modifications based on the first version of evil spirit. Its purpose is - as Baril said, "bring back the eternal night", or to rule the world or something, let's put that aside for now.

In any case, the modified evil spirit was the work of the Western devil. How could it be found in the spiritual stones produced by the Qianshi Bank controlled by Li Bo?

There was no time to ponder the deeper meaning of Chi You's words. Ning Changkong quickly seized the opportunity and asked the next question that hit the nail on the head:

"Do you want to see a conflict between practitioners and ordinary people?"

Yes, yes, it should be so.

It was as if Su Yunyao attacked Yan Xiaoling under the influence of evil spirit. If Ning Changkong had not carefully arranged their reunion, Yan Xiaoling would not have been able to easily accept the explanation that Su Yunyao was kind by nature and was just confused.

In the Chinese region, the source of most evil spirit incidents can be traced back to the spiritual stones that flowed out of the Qianshi Bank and were contaminated by evil spirits. And those who need spiritual stones are all practitioners without exception.

As a practitioner, Yan Xiaoling may have heard of the power of evil spirits, but what if the person attacked was an ordinary person? If an ordinary person was suddenly attacked by a practitioner with evil spirits, resulting in injuries or even the destruction of his family, what would the situation be like?

If there are tens of thousands of ordinary people like this, how can the conflicts between practitioners and ordinary people be resolved?

The evil spirit that confuses the mind induces practitioners to attack ordinary people indiscriminately. It is undoubtedly the best way to disintegrate the mortal society from within.

Phoenix asked in a low voice: "What exactly do you want to do by bringing Jiuli back to the human world?"

The motive for cooperating with the Western demons and stirring up evil has been clarified, but what is the motive for establishing the channel between Jiuli and the real world?

"Isn't this obvious?" Li Gui tilted his head slightly, his tone contemptuous, as if he was stating an indisputable fact: "Jiuli was a city-state I built with my own hands, and the people here followed my laws. Now, it can also be..."

He paused, as if searching for the right words: "A perfect place to test my ideas."

The villain starts talking about his grand plan, and then some.

Ning Changkong swallowed, but he couldn't relax. A vague premonition made him feel cold inside.

The half-plane gate that was openly opened above a large city was undoubtedly suitable to serve as a fuse - a fuse that intensified the conflict between practitioners and ordinary people.

It greatly undermined the credibility of the bureau and marked a complete destruction of the previous order.

It also indicates that a new order will be nurtured and emerge here.

"It is true that many people aspire to be the best, but not everyone is willing to become a slave to others. Do you want to establish a city-state with only practitioners? This seems to be contrary to the ideas you preach." Ning Changkong tried to refute, trying his best to delay time.

Li Gui was not impressed. He responded lightly, "I will provide food, rest and entertainment. All they need is some labor in exchange. Even before the resurrection of spiritual energy, there were countless people willing to give up their dignity for a comfortable life."

"Especially after the resurgence of spiritual energy, ordinary people are as fragile as paper in this world full of spiritual energy. Instead of being afraid for survival, it is better to submit to me."

"Survival is the first need of all living things. In the face of a sense of security, self-worth seems insignificant." He paused, his eyes sharp as a knife, "Instead of asking whether I can recruit ordinary people, you should ask yourself first, have you really made them feel safe?"

Ning Changkong gently closed his eyes, and his mind involuntarily emerged the scenes he had just witnessed when he flew over the city as a phoenix.

When we first took off, the first thing we noticed was the condition of the houses.

In places further away, the houses had at most cracks in the walls, but those houses that were directly affected by the energy of the formation were not spared. They collapsed into ruins, becoming silent witnesses of the disaster.

When flying low, you can see the panic on the faces of the frightened residents and hear the helplessness and fear in the crying children.

Going higher, you can see that traffic has been paralyzed on the cracked ground. The only struggle made by the crowded vehicles is to make way for the ambulance in the chaos.

At this altitude, practitioners flying swords would pass by from time to time. They would often just cast a surprised glance at the phoenix and continue to focus on their mission: to send the injured on their backs to the hospital as quickly as possible.

In the sky, the huge structure that suddenly appeared above the city not only formed a funny irony with the disaster on the ground, but the meaning behind it was even more terrifying.

Because the passage opened by Jiuli was too close to human cities, strategic weapons could not launch large-scale attacks on Jiuli for a long time.

And to attack Jiuli with the power of practitioners... Jiuli itself has a restricted entrance, so the only way to go is to attack from the outside, which is a time-consuming and laborious way. But the most difficult thing is the gods guarding here.

Before the surrounding residents were evacuated, and before the practitioners of the good camp thought of a solution, this huge structure suspended in the sky was enough to attract those practitioners with extreme thoughts, or those ordinary residents who were tired of the life in front of them.

Thus, an independent city-state suspended in the sky and ruled by practitioners was born.

As Chi You said, this was a perfect testing ground to prove his idea of ​​a paradise on earth.

Chu Qingge said solemnly in the telepathic connection: "We can't set this precedent."

This is not only the fuse that intensifies the conflict between practitioners and ordinary people, it is the most serious challenge to the existing social order since the revival of Reiki.

"We have to prepare for the worst."