Chapter 341 Authority: Qian Kun
Then Gu Xu looked further north and saw armies in armor gathering at the border of Youzhou, their swords flashing with cold light, and the sound of drums resounding through the sky.
He saw many people in the north enshrining shrines to the "God of Fire" in their houses. The statue of the god had a blurry face, and the beautiful "Phoenix Girl" stood beside it with her wings spread out. Women held candles in their hands, knelt in front of the shrine, and prayed devoutly for their husbands who were going to war.
He saw Zhao Changqi, the younger brother of Yan Guogong Zhao Changying, the general of the auxiliary state, standing in front of a huge map, deep in thought. The shadow blocked his face, making it difficult to see through him. thoughts. His son Zhao Yu was wearing a shiny silver armor, standing beside him with his head held high, his eyes revealing a very similar rebelliousness to Zhao Yan.
Gu Xu looked to the east again and saw that the gate of Penglai Island was more depressed than expected. Some disciples were still practicing hard, while some had completely given up on themselves.
He saw many monsters lurking in the bottomless East Sea, quietly watching the passing ships.
He saw that the East China Sea had an end - the sea water gathered in one place and rushed off the cliff, falling into an abyss with no bottom, forming a majestic waterfall thousands of feet high.
This is the boundary of the East China Sea and the edge of the world. The hazy "Hunyuan Qi" floated around the waterfall, blocking his sight and preventing him from seeing farther away.
It is described in the book that the time and space in the "Hunyuan Qi" are chaotic. If you are lucky enough, you can use it to travel to the past or the future. Perhaps because of this, when Gu Xu's eyes fell on the "Hunyuan Qi", he felt a little dizzy. It seemed that countless messy pictures poured into his mind instantly, impacting his mind.
Then, Gu Xu looked to the west and saw the Sichuan sword pavilion standing on the mountain. Young disciples were practicing swordsmanship in pairs in the peach blossom forest all over the mountains and plains. When the sword rose and fell, there was a cold light. Flashing, falling flowers flying.
He saw Lingshan Temple located in a deep valley. All the monks closed their eyes and meditated in the room, motionless like sculptures. Only the abbot of the temple, Master Jueming, stood in front of a mural and murmured something. The content of the mural is the legendary hell. The sky is an airtight cage, and countless dead souls are shackled and suffering from the blazing fire in the cage.
He saw the distant junction of heaven and earth, the mountainous Kunlun Mountains - according to legend, on the top of the mountain towering into the sky, there was a road leading to the fairyland.
The top of the mountain was shrouded in clouds and mist, and he had no way of knowing whether the path to the fairyland really existed. But he saw that in an open space more than a hundred miles away from Kunlun Mountain, more than a dozen monks directed a large number of civilians to transport huge stones carved with complex patterns and arrange them in a specific order. Put it here.
Driven by curiosity, Gu Xu tried to stretch out his spiritual tentacles, hoping to explore the hidden laws. But at this moment, there seemed to be a real gaze falling on him, making him feel a terrifying pressure. There was a strong stinging sensation in his eyes, making him shed tears uncontrollably.
Finally, Gu Xu’s eyes returned to the location of Luo Jing City.
He saw the Ghost King of Mangshan and Zhao Changying, Duke of Yan, walking into the gate of the imperial city along Tianjie; he saw black smoke rising from all directions in the city, and the Yin Qi and Dragon Qi colliding violently, stirring up waves of whirlwinds; he saw the tall and majestic A gap appeared in the city wall of Luojing, and ghosts such as "Qiongqi", "Ba Snake" and "猰貐" poured into it one after another and began to hunt unscrupulously; he saw the crowd screaming and pushing, like a rapid torrent. , chaos...
In this chaotic city, Gu Xu keenly captured Shi Xiaohan's figure.
She was following a one-armed man, walking quickly along a narrow alley towards the outskirts of the city.
Perhaps it was because she had seen terrible things in the secret realm, or perhaps because the events in Luojing City had shattered the sense of security in her heart. Her face was a little pale at the moment, and she was biting her lips lightly, looking terrified. disturbed.
Gu Xu knew that this one-armed man was Hu Yun, the academy teacher who was responsible for teaching Shi Xiaohan's sword skills in Longmen Academy and was known as the "Undefeated Sword God".
Although Shi Xiaohan often complained to him in letters, Hu Jiaoxi was a madman with a strange temper. Not only did he often assign devil training to her, but he also liked to be eccentric and picky and would never praise her.
But Gu Xu can see from her actual actions that she still has great trust in her teacher - she seems to believe that Hu Jiaoxi can protect herself in this disaster, so she has been He lowered his head and followed Mr. Hu, without looking up at the road or using his brain to think about where he would take him.
Just.
When Gu Xu stood on the "Wangxiang Terrace" and looked at the world from an almost God's perspective, he always felt that something was wrong with this "Invincible Sword God".
This person has normal breathing and normal heartbeat, but he feels inexplicably lifeless and lifeless.
Soon, Hu Yun led Shi Xiaohan, turned a few corners, and walked into a remote and dilapidated alley - this place was far away from the center of the city and far away from the crowd. The screams, noises, and howling ghosts and wolf howls when the disaster happened, seemed like nothing. Exists in another world.
When he reached the end of the alley, Hu Yun suddenly stopped.
He took out his saber out of thin air and tapped it twice on the ground.
Suddenly, countless chaotic and hazy lights appeared on the uneven bluestone pavement, and then these lights were connected together to outline complex patterns.
This is undoubtedly a pre-arranged formation.
But it does not exist in the books Gu Xu has read. Therefore, Gu Xu didn't know its name or its function.
However, when his eyes fell on the formations, he felt as if the formations had turned into a rapid whirlpool, seeming to draw his soul into it.
Intuition told Gu Xu that this formation was very dangerous.
“Go in,” he heard Hu Jiaoxi pointing at the formation and saying to Shi Xiaohan, “This formation can transport you out of Luojing City and to a safe place.”
< br>Shi Xiaohan still stood there, hesitating.
After hesitating for a few seconds, she raised her head and said to Hu Jiaoxi in a pleading tone: "Mr. Hu, can you do me a favor?"
"What do you want me to do?" Hu Yun's voice Sounding impatient.
"I...my fiancé Gu Xu should still be over there in Luohe," Shi Xiaohan carefully weighed his words, "Mr. Hu, you...you have a high level of cultivation, can he also come with you?" "Rescued?"
Shi Xiaohan grew up with the love of her family and lived a pampered life. She rarely had the experience of asking for help, so her words sounded a bit clumsy.
What a silly girl. Gu Xu couldn't help but sigh silently. It was clear that the danger was right in front of her, but she didn't realize it at all. Instead, she was still thinking about her fiancé.
"He doesn't need me to save him," Hu Yun said in a cold tone. "With the saint taking care of him, he is safer than any of us. You should worry more about yourself."
Shi Xiaohan said "hmm" softly, then followed Hu Yun's instructions and slowly walked into the formation in front.
Gu Xu noticed that on the back of her white neck, a dark red mark shone faintly. From a distance, it looked like it was smeared with blood.
Based on the knowledge he had learned from books before, Gu Xu knew that this mark was a type of writing called "Bird Seal", which was once popular in the Chu Dynasty. Its strokes had the shape of flying birds, which were larger than ordinary characters. The seal characters are more artistic and are often carved on magic vessels.
"Chu." Gu Xu recognized the meaning of this word.
The moment he recognized it, his mind was immediately filled with worry - he thought of the "Ghost King of Mangshan", the "Ghost Waiters", and its desire for revenge. .
"Xiaohan, it's dangerous there! Don't go in!"
Looking at Shi Xiaohan's back gradually becoming blurry in the light of the formation, Gu Xu could hardly help shouting at her road.
Then he realized that he was still in the process of cultivation and still standing on the "Wangxiang Terrace", so it was impossible for Shi Xiaohan to hear his voice.
...
"Have you seen everything?" At this moment, a familiar voice came from behind him.
Gu Xu turned around and saw the white-haired boy who looked exactly like him.
His long hair is disheveled, like flowing starlight; his eyes are deep, as if hiding a vast starry sky.
However, the difference from the last time is that this time there is one less nail on his body, and it is not nailed to the "Sansheng Stone", but to the railing of the "Wangxiang Terrace" .
There was a faint smile on his face, and he seemed not to feel the pain of the wound at all.
Gu Xu nodded.
"In this meeting, I have to help you pull out another nail, right?" He said bluntly, "Which one to pull out?"
"Don't be so anxious, Gu Xu, I still have many things that I plan to talk to you about seriously," the white-haired boy smiled slightly, his tone sounded very relaxed, but after catching a glimpse of Gu Xu's slightly chilly eyes, he immediately changed his words, "Okay , I understand your feelings. Your fiancée was kidnapped by the Ghost King of Mangshan. You must be eager to break through and rescue her as soon as possible. "
"It's good that you know." Gu Xu said lightly.
The white-haired boy's words confirmed his suspicion: Hu Yun, the "Invincible Sword God", was indeed the "Ghost Attendant" of the Ghost King of Mang Mountain.
"How does it feel to use the 'Astrolabe'?" the white-haired boy asked again. His tone sounded like a salesperson asking customers about their experience using the product.
"That thing is incomplete and cannot be used for the time being." Gu Xu replied.
"Actually, you have already used it." The white-haired boy said mysteriously.
"Have you used it?" Gu Xu frowned slightly.
"You just stood on this 'Wangxiangtai', didn't you use its power to see the entire wild world?"
"So this is the power of the 'Astrolabe'," Gu Xuruo said. Thinking, "I thought I was just looking at the world from the 'Wangxiang Terrace'."
"If every monk could see everything in the world from the 'Wangxiang Terrace', that would be okay." The white-haired boy raised his mouth slightly and explained, "In fact, they can only see their bonds in the world, their thoughts and memories.
"One of the functions of the 'astrolabe' is to use The stars in the sky correspond to all corners of the world. In this way, we can know what is happening on the earth through the changes in the stars in the sky.
“Luochuan’s ‘Mystery Deduction Technique’ also relies on this.
"Of course, what you just said is correct. The 'astrolabe' in your hand is indeed incomplete.
"The reason why you can see the vastness of the wilderness from this 'Wangxiang Terrace' is that Because I used my own power to temporarily complete its function. But when you return to the real world, you can no longer do this. "
"Then what do I need to do? "Gu Xu could hear something in the white-haired boy's words.
"'The astrolabe' has 'three walls', 'the elephant of the blue dragon in the east', 'the elephant of the southern vermillion bird', and 'the elephant of the white tiger in the west' ' and the 'Northern Xuanwu Elephant'," the white-haired boy replied, "But now, the 'Astrolabe' in your hand only has the 'Three Walls' in the center and the 'Southern Suzaku Elephant', and the remaining three All parts are lost in a corner of the wilderness, and you need to find them back to make the 'astrology' complete again.
“Although the incomplete ‘astrolabe’ is already a powerful enough magic weapon, with your wisdom, you should be able to discover its use quickly.
"It can help you fly, help you divination, help you cast spells, help you calculate...
"But it is not worthy of you.
“If the starry sky above your head is your territory, then the complete astrolabe is a symbol of your power.”
“Where should I find them in this huge wilderness? "Gu Xu asked, "This is simply looking for a needle in a haystack."
"The power of cause and effect is hidden in the 'astrology'," the white-haired boy said. "Even if its fragments are lost, they will only be lost. specific location.
"For example, the 'Northern Xuanwu Elephant' will definitely fall in the north of the wilderness. You can just go north to look for it."
I said it but didn't say it. Gu Xu silently complained in his heart.
"Okay, since you can't wait to save your fiancée, I won't talk to you anymore today. Luochuan will probably tell you many stories about us in the future," Bai Fa The young man chuckled, "You should have already seen that the formation your fiancée is in will suck her soul and erase her self-awareness. If you arrive late, she will be turned into Mangshan The Ghost King's 'Ghost Attendant'.
"Haha, a 'demon body' like hers is a good thing that the Mangshan Ghost King has been coveting for a long time. ”
The words of the white-haired boy successfully aroused the anger in Gu Xu’s heart. If it weren’t for the huge difference in strength, Gu Xu would have wanted to immediately burn the Mangshan Ghost King who dared to flirt with Shi Xiaohan. into ashes.
At the same time, he couldn't help but sigh silently in his heart: "It turns out that Xiaohan is a 'demon body'. No wonder she has such a terrifying appetite, and she has terrifying brute strength like an ancient beast..."
"Come on, Gu Xu, "Come and help me pull out this nail on my right leg," the white-haired boy continued, "The authority it seals is called 'Qiankun'. You should need it very much now..."
(This chapter End)