Wei State, Pingyang City.

Pingyang City is located in the center of a huge plain. There are no obstacles around it, and it is still a bit chilly in the morning of early April.

The wind was even stronger on the several-meter-high city wall, and the fishy smell in the wind was even more pungent. County Magistrate Shui Zhici tightened his cloak, but still could not suppress the chill in his body.

Not only was the chilly spring breeze cold, but more importantly, there were densely packed demons under the city wall. These demons spread out along the city wall, so dense that he couldn't see the end of them.

The monsters all have animal heads and human bodies, and most of them have no clothes at all. They just lie casually on the cold ground. A group of monsters lie together and huddle for warmth.

These monsters were of very low rank, which meant they were stronger and faster than ordinary people. With a wall several feet high, it was not too difficult to resist these monsters without siege equipment.

However, there were too many demons in front of them. A rough calculation showed that there were at least hundreds of thousands of them.

With so many monsters gathered together, just eating is a big problem.

As a county magistrate, Shui Zhici had a lot of experience in people's livelihood. When he saw that the demon tribe had no baggage or food, he knew it was a big problem.

It was very simple. The food of the demons was the humans. If they failed to capture Pingyang City, the demons would starve to death.

Of course, the demons had attacked the city many times yesterday.

The large patches of black blood under the city wall were traces of yesterday's battle. There were tens of thousands of corpses left behind, which became food for the demons...

The defenders of Pingyang City were in a dominant position and suffered almost no casualties, but 70% to 80% of their defense equipment, such as bows and arrows and rolling logs, had been used up.

If there is another siege of this intensity, Pingyang City will surely fall. By then, nearly 200,000 people in the city will become food for the demons.

Pingyang City is a small city, and there weren't originally so many people. It was just that the refugees from all directions gathered here. Now they were surrounded by the demons coming from all directions, and there was nowhere to run.

When Shui Zhici thought of this, she felt cold all over and shivered.

The tall and strong county lieutenant Ma Quanyong next to him tightly grasped the hilt of his knife with his right hand, but his expression was even uglier than Shui Zhici's. As the commander of the entire county's troops, he was somewhat knowledgeable in military affairs.

The more this happened, the more he knew that Pingyang City was doomed.

The demons are not human beings, and they will be eaten if they surrender. At this point, they can only fight to the death, and kill as many as they can! However, no matter how hard they fight, there is no hope. Although Ma Quanyong is considered a master, his heart is cold at this moment.

When Shui Zhici saw Ma Quanyong's state, he comforted him instead: "Brother Ma, it all depends on you from now on. It's good to be able to hold on for one more day."

"That means death anyway." Ma Quanyong sighed deeply, unable to suppress the despair and frustration in his heart.

"If you delay one more day, you will have a chance to survive."

Shui Zhici said seriously: "As far as I know, Pojun Star Lord is in our country. This star lord is the reincarnation of a star in the sky, and he is here to subdue demons and monsters. It is said that he travels around the countries, and wherever he goes, all the demons are destroyed. The number of people saved by him is at least hundreds of millions..."

"Is the old Lord Pojun in the State of Wei?"

Ma Quanyong's pair of big eyes, which were mostly white and somewhat black, were wide open, filled with surprise and disbelief.

The name of Pojun Xingjun has been known in various countries for decades. It is said that he has killed countless demons and saved millions of people. Various countries have even built temples and cast statues to worship Pojun Xingjun.

Ma Quanyong was a martial artist, and he knew that there were top masters in this world, and even immortals who could enter and leave the underworld. But these immortals didn't care about worldly affairs.

The demons were wreaking havoc, killing people everywhere, and countless people were suffering, but the immortals just sat there and did nothing. It was useless for such immortals to do anything no matter how powerful they were.

It was not until several decades ago that Pojun Xingjun appeared out of nowhere and slew demons and saved the world. Ma Quanyong did not believe it at first, but many people swore that they had seen this Xingjun and his supreme magical powers, and they all worshipped him.

Once, someone said a few bad words about Pojun Star Lord while drunk. In fact, it was just a bad mouth, but he was beheaded on the spot.

When the soldiers arrived, the man held up his head and said, "How can the reputation of Pojun Xingjun be insulted lightly? I will kill this villain for him and I will not regret it even if I die!"

After that incident, Ma Quanyong realized that the prestige of Pojun Star Lord was so high that he could even make his believers sacrifice their lives for him.

From then on, Ma Quanyong was full of awe for Pojun Star Lord.

He only regretted that he had been to too few places and had no chance to meet this earthly immortal. However, he had privately practiced the "Great Music of the Intercourse of Yin and Yang of Heaven and Earth" passed down by the Pojun Star Lord.

This magic is indeed extremely miraculous and will be of great benefit to his cultivation...

When Pingyang City was besieged by demons and in despair, he suddenly heard the name of Pojun Star Lord and was immediately greatly excited.

He said loudly: "If Pojun Star Lord can come, he will surely be able to solve the problem in Pingyang."

The morale of the attendants and guards around was greatly boosted when they heard these words.

The fame of Po Jun Star Lord spread far and wide; even a three-year-old child who could barely speak knew of his name.

When County Magistrate Shui Zhici saw how excited everyone was, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. In fact, he was just saying it casually.

Pojun Xingjun is a land immortal who comes and goes without a trace. How could he know his whereabouts? Seeing that Ma Quanyong had no fighting spirit, he could only say some words of encouragement.

No matter what, only by trying your best can you have hope of survival.

It was almost noon. Hundreds of thousands of monsters had enjoyed the flesh and blood. Several small-scale conflicts broke out over this period, and another group of monsters inevitably died. Only then did they have enough to eat.

When Shui Zhici saw this scene on the city wall, she became more and more frightened.

The demon tribe just wanted to survive, as long as they were full. In order to meet this basic need, they were not afraid to fight desperately. The key was that there were too many of them! Fortunately, they were not very smart, nor were they very strong, and they had no siege equipment. They relied on the high walls of Pingyang City, which was enough to resist for a few days.

Shui Zhici soon realized that she was wrong. As the demons continued to attack upwards, they actually piled up the dead bodies layer by layer to form a staircase.

A more powerful demon used a wooden stick to support himself and jumped onto the city wall. A group of soldiers surrounded him and stabbed him with swords and spears, but he was also killed by the demon before he died of exhaustion.

Such a brutal battle also frightened many people, and their morale dropped greatly. If they had nowhere to run, they would have collapsed long ago.

Shui Zhici's face was pale, but he still held on and dared not retreat. He knew that many people were watching him, and if he showed any intention of retreating, these people would surely collapse.

The key is where to retreat to, it's nothing more than being eaten somewhere else!

"Everybody hold on, Pojun Star Lord will be here soon!" Shui Zhici shouted in agreement. This statement really gave everyone a little hope.

Ma Quanyong also shouted, restraining the team and boosting morale. Regardless of whether Pojun Xingjun could come or not, they must not collapse at this moment.

However, most of these soldiers were ordinary farmers, and even if they had some courage, they could hardly display it in the cruel battle of life and death.

After fighting so fiercely for most of the day, the soldiers and civilians on the city wall were exhausted. As the sun set, the western sky turned bright red, making the battlefield even more heroic.

At this moment, several huge black monkeys nine feet tall suddenly rushed up from below, and the city wall immediately became a mess.

One of the black monkeys saw that Shui Zhici was the leader, so it leaped in front of Shui Zhici, raised its huge palm and slapped Shui Zhici on the head.

Shui Zhici felt a darkness before his eyes, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat.

At this moment, a cold light pierced into the black monkey's head with a sharp sound, and the huge monkey exploded like a firecracker, and blood and flesh splattered all over Shui Zhici's face and body.

Shui Zhici was stunned for a moment before she reacted. She quickly spat out the blood and flesh in her mouth and wiped her face. Then she saw a man in white beside her.

The man had a Taoist bun on his head, his facial features were extremely handsome, and his white clothes were whiter than snow. Especially his eyes were as bright and shining as the stars in the sky, which were both mysterious and full of endless charm.

"Pojun, Xingjun?!" Although Shui Zhici was dizzy, he recognized the other party's identity at a glance.

There is no way, this person is too famous. Shui Zhici has heard people talk about the image characteristics of Pojun Star Lord thousands of times.

After Pojun Xingjun, the truly great people dared not wear white clothes. Only ordinary people, who had no choice, would wear rough white cloth.

Such a person who suddenly appeared at this time could only be Pojun Star Lord.

Shui Zhici reacted quickly, and he knelt down and kowtowed: "County Magistrate Shui Zhici pays homage to the Star God..."

"No need to be so polite." Gao Xian waved his sleeves and motioned Shui Zhici to stand up. He didn't like others kneeling down. But at his level, it would be bad to force others not to kneel down.

Taoist Mingye, who came with Gao Xian, reached out and helped Shui Zhici up. He whispered, "There's no need to be polite in front of the Star God."

Shui Zhici was helped up, and then she saw that there was a Taoist priest in yellow clothes next to her. The old Taoist had white hair and beard, and his face was full of wrinkles. He looked to be in his seventies or eighties.

Please...collect 6...9...books...!

He hurriedly bowed to the old Taoist: "Thank you for your advice, Immortal."

Taoist Mingye said with some amusement: "I am just a follower of the Star Lord. I am not worthy of the title of Immortal Lord."

He only has a small foundation, and if he claims to be an immortal, people will laugh at him. What's more, Gao Xingjun is right in front of him. Gao Xingjun treats people kindly and does not follow conventional etiquette.

However, this person is the number one Taoist master in Jiuzhou.

In the past two years, he followed Gao Xingjun around the Wei Kingdom and witnessed him killing hundreds of millions of demons. This made him have great respect for Gao Xingjun.

Although the demons were savage and brutal, they were not much different from humans. Gao Xingjun killed without hesitation, and such bloody methods made the spectators feel horrified.

On the other hand, Gao Xingjun was brave enough to kill for the sake of the human race, and was willing to bear endless foul anger and resentment. He was extremely impressed by his generosity for the people of the world.

But ordinary people cannot understand the reason behind this.

Mingye would not say these to Shui Zhici. He said a few words to comfort the county magistrate who had escaped death, and then came behind Gao Xian.

Standing on the city wall, he could see the densely packed demon tribe outside. Although he had seen many, he still felt a little dazed when he saw so many demon tribes.

Looking at Gao Xingjun again, the foul and resentful energy gathered on his body was as real as substance, and the black and red energy even obscured the spiritual light of his soul. Those who didn't know would think that Gao Xingjun was an unparalleled demon.

There was some worry in Mingye's eyes. If the Star Lord really killed all the hundreds of thousands of monsters in front of him, he was afraid that the killing calamity would be triggered immediately...

As a foundation-building cultivator, Taoist Mingye really could not understand Gao Xian's actions.

Let alone the Divine Transformation, even if a Pure Yang strongman killed like this, he would inevitably attract a killing calamity and end up with his body and soul destroyed...

Gao Xian didn't think too much about it. He flicked his long sleeves and released the Blood Sun Divine Light.

Millions of fine blood lights fell like rain, and once they touched the demons, they would ignite their essence, blood, and souls. Before the demons knew what was happening, their bodies turned into a ball of blazing blood-colored flames.

In a short while, hundreds of thousands of demons turned into countless black smoke and ashes that drifted everywhere. Their burning blood and spirits were all absorbed by the Xuehe Tianzun Huayuan Book.

Ordinary mortals can only see countless monsters turning into ashes, but cannot see the vision of blood rising into the sky.

Deep in Gao Xian's sea of ​​consciousness, the Blood River Heavenly Venerable's Book of Transformation was surging. Countless killings over the past hundred years had pushed this artifact to the sixth-grade ultimate level, and even raised Taixuan Shenxiang's cultivation to the ninth level of Transformation.

As long as Xuehe Tianzun Huayuanshu dares to kill, the upgrade is like riding a rocket. Of course, such a rapid upgrade also caused Gao Xian to suffer several killing disasters, the most dangerous of which was the second earth fire disaster that attracted foreign demons.

If he hadn't used a Pure Light Pill, Taixuan Shenshen might have exploded on the spot...

At this moment, the Xuehe Tianzun Huayuan Book, which had accumulated a huge amount of essence and blood, transformed all the pure essence into the Taixuan Divine Image, and the Taixuan Divine Image was shaking slightly.

Gao Xian had an epiphany that the third level of heart fire calamity had been triggered.

He glanced at the people kneeling around him, and a bit of uncontrollable murderous intent arose in his heart. He then used his own spirit to suppress the restless murderous intent.

The Blood River Heavenly Venerable's Yuanshu was upgraded too quickly, which brought many negative effects and had a certain impact on his life spirit. Fortunately, over the past hundred years, he has accumulated a huge reputation in the mortal world of Mingzhou.

On the other hand, the dual cultivation method he passed down, "The Great Joy of the Intercourse of Yin and Yang of Heaven and Earth", also spread among the mortal world. Over the past century, it has achieved remarkable results.

Only one in ten thousand people in the mortal world can produce a sense of Qi, but with this dual cultivation method, the chance of a mortal developing a sense of Qi can be increased tenfold.

Over the past hundred years, the amount of accumulated human spiritual light has increased significantly. This shows that the mortal world can also collect human spiritual light.

Gao Xian felt that his inner fire disaster was about to break out, and he had to find a place to survive it. If he stayed in Pingyang City to survive it, the city would surely become a dead city.

"You stay here to help clean up the mess. You can go back on your own when you're done."

Gao Xian and Ming Ye gave some instructions, then said "no need to formality" to everyone who were kneeling and kowtowing to express their gratitude, and then floated away.

Shui Zhici, Ma Quanyong and the others looked at Gao Xian's receding figure and kowtowed again to express their gratitude. It was a great favor to save his life, so a few kowtows would not matter.

It was a pity that the Star God didn’t want anything, so everyone could only kowtow and thank him.

After Gao Xian flew for more than a thousand miles, he suddenly felt a sense of inspiration and landed in a dilapidated village.

The village was completely deserted, with only broken houses and various bloodstains. It was obvious that the demons had wreaked havoc here.

Gao Xian stood quietly under a peach tree that had just blossomed.

In the distance, the last bit of the sunset glow was still bright red, and the horizon seemed to be on fire. A few crows were circling and screaming in the woods in the distance...

A beam of light descended from the sky and landed beside Gao Xian. She was wearing a gorgeous yellow Taoist robe, a golden hibiscus crown on her head, and holding an eight-treasure ruyi in her hand.

I haven't seen her for a hundred years. Zhizhen's demeanor and bearing are even better than before, and it is obvious that her cultivation has greatly improved. However, there is a bit of worry in her shining eyes, and her expression is a bit serious.

Gao Xian smiled at Zhi Zhen and said, "Daoyou, it's been a long time since we last met."

Zhizhen looked at the black and red foul aura covering Gao Xian's body, and she couldn't help but sigh: "Brother, why do you have to do this..."

Gao Xian did not answer Zhi Zhen. He whispered: "The peach blossoms are ownerless, and the tobacco fields are covered with crows. Several ruined walls surround the old wells. They have always been people's homes... (quote)"

The truest thing is silence.

(Seeking monthly ticket~) (End of this chapter)