Chapter 24 24. Changbai
"Come here." Under the cold moon, the dragon-like creature beckoned.
The giant shadow like a dark mountain approached, half-kneeling in front of the sacred creature, with its head lowered. The fanged and green-faced demon head was just big enough for the creature to reach out and touch. Turning his wrist, the demon statue shrunk at a speed visible to the naked eye, turning into a ten-inch statue and falling into the hands of the creature.
The ancient bronze tripod emerged behind him, sealing the statue into the tripod.
The sacred creature raised its head, and its golden candle eyes reflected the bright moonlight.
Then, the screen was suddenly extinguished.
This is a video from the Imperial Capital that circulated on the Internet for just a few minutes before disappearing. This was the trigger, and soon some changes that had been deliberately concealed were finally brought to light.
In Changbai Mountain, the same moonlight shines on the top of the mountain.
A giant bronze shadow walked from the river to the river bank. It walked on two legs, leaving waves that rippled far away. The thick arms like mountain peaks carried a big fish, with a serrated head and scales like silver armor. If any mountain people see it, they will know that this is the rising creature that likes to eat living people and turns rivers into its own domain. It is ferocious and cruel, and no matter what kind of creature it is, once it gets close to the river, it will be dragged to the bottom of the river and turned into a withered skeleton.
But this rising creature that ruled the world was dead, and its round, lifeless fish eyes reflected a strange cold light in the moonlight.
A giant god-like figure sat on the top of the mountain, and the carcass of the big fish was thrown aside.
It tore down several dead old trees casually, causing dust to fly. The roots of these old trees that had grown for hundreds of years and finally died extended to an unknown depth underground, but they were uprooted by the burly figure.
"The king is mighty!"
"The king is mighty!"
"I knew your Majesty would help us take revenge!" Suddenly, the silent mountains suddenly became lively.
Dozens of adult-sized golden haired monkeys jumped down from the top of the mountain along the old branches and landed in front of the burly giant shadow. Some even jumped to spit next to the carcass of the big fish.
"Don't be in a hurry to celebrate, I'll give you a good meal tonight." The burly giant shadow spoke. Through the moonlight, you could clearly see that it was a giant ape. Its hair was a deep bronze color, and its cheeks were pale, like solidified rocks.
The giant ape gathered the uprooted dead trees in front of him and clenched his fists. The space was lit up and waves of hot air surged. Lava-like veins flowed on the giant ape's skin, bringing terrifying heat. It bowed in a humane manner and snapped its fingers under the stacked dead wood. The flames shot out and soon began to burn violently.
The little monkeys helped set up the big fish carcass and put it on the bonfire.
This big fish had eaten several of their clan members, and today their king took action and killed him even in the river.
"By the way, king." One of the little monkeys who was helping raised his head and took out a black square object, which was still fluorescent at this moment.
"Big news today!"
"Huh? Let's talk about it." The giant ape said.
"Some of our kind have gone to the human imperial capital!" the little monkey beamed with joy.
"What?" The giant ape lowered his head and stared at the glowing black square in the little monkey's hand. There were only these words on the fluorescent screen: "The source code of this video has been deleted."
"Where's the video?"
The little monkey was stunned, turned the black square over, and couldn't help but ask: "Yes, where is the video?"
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Gu Yan broke the working camera.
I didn't expect that in this scene, there would be desperate people climbing to the roof to take videos.
The photographer was shocked by the man's gaze and was too nervous to say a word. But the man quickly shifted his gaze. He looked at the figure in the center of the altar with complicated eyes.
His clan sister and grandfather both died at the hands of the red dragon. If you look at the reason, they want his life. The murderer is killed and cannot blame others. Even when his grandfather exchanged the diamond glass, he warned him not to breed hatred. Cause and effect in the world are caused by a single thought. His clan sister fell into darkness because of that single thought. He did not want him to cut off his future because of a single thought. Rationality is like this, but people cannot always be rational.
"Chijiao, what the Gu family owes you has been truly paid off," he said.
The man is about to leave the imperial capital, and there is no trace of the Gu family's legacy that he can miss.
"If we meet again in this world, I will definitely draw my sword."
Li Xi'an stood there, looking at the night sky.
There are tens of thousands of innocent souls in the golem, and the hateful cries of these innocent souls are the source of the golem's power. The bloody figure once told him that these old men were imprinted when they found this demon statue, so their living souls would directly nourish the demon statue. It didn't matter when they died or who killed them. If the ancient Buddha had not come to this world, the resurrected demon statue would directly slaughter all the creatures in the city in a bloody massacre.
There are tens of thousands of innocent souls, and the total number of people in the entire venue does not have five figures. Obviously, someone used the altar in ancient times, but it was unsuccessful. Those wronged souls accumulated until they are revived today.
If he were to be released directly to heaven, he might come back to the imperial capital and this place would be like a ghost town.
He can't always use the Heaven-Containing Cauldron to suppress resentment. He can't keep an eye on these skilled and huge wronged souls all the time. The bloody figure smiled and suggested that he could pass on a method to Li Xi'an, which could refine souls and turn resentment into strength. In their eyes, tens of thousands of souls born with hatred are a rare opportunity.
"So you are still being suppressed by others even though your methods are all-powerful, and you will not see the light of day for endless years." Li Xi'an responded calmly.
The bloody figure shrugged without retorting. It is just a ray of true spirit of the original body. After being sacrificed by the evil bronze cauldron, it is no longer a part of the "ancestor", but belongs to this bronze cauldron. It was so evil. In his time, he had never seen such an unreasonable method of refining the spirit-sealing ritual into his possessions.
The young man raised his hand, and the bronze cauldron took back the bloody figure.
"Go back to Taihang?" Qing Yan came closer.
The image of human beings in its eyes has not changed at all, and it believes that any empire that Nanzhu continues to stay in the ancient human kingdom will be in danger.
"No need for the time being." Li Xi'an shook his head. He had an idea to send these living souls to the afterlife.
"You go back first and pay attention to safety."
Qing Yan took a deep look at the young man, and a flash of lightning suddenly appeared.
"By the way." The young man thought of something and suddenly said, "Thank you for this trip."
"No need to thank you." Qing Yan shook his head, and finally turned into a bolt of lightning and escaped.
Watching the blue thunder light disappear into the night, Li Xi'an smiled. Isn't this girl very happy to hear his words? She insisted on pretending to be serious and stern.
"Lord Nanzhu." At this moment, two voices sounded behind him. They were Zhao Xingzhou and Li Shishuang. They bowed slightly and looked respectful.
"What are you doing?" he wondered.
"Show your loyalty, my lord. We humans all show our loyalty like this and the world can learn from it." Li Shishuang looked solemn, as if she said it was indeed true.
Zhao Xingzhou on the other side was much more normal.
"The Zhao and Li families have basically taken care of things. We were originally at the helm of the clan's enterprises. The death of the clan elders has no impact on us. Although we have lost some of our connections, it doesn't matter. As your observer of the world, Zhao and Li Eyes should be enough.”
"Very good." Li Xi'an responded.
The roots of these aristocratic families are deeply rooted in the human world. He can easily cut off the visible tree trunks, but he can't do anything about the roots. Rather than letting the family get out of control, it would be better to make yourself the owner of these big trees.
"The Great Zhu Festival will be held soon. It will be very lively. How about walking with me?" The young man narrowed his eyes like clear water and extended an invitation.
(End of chapter)