Chapter 428 55. Nanzhu Clues
"Day 43." Li Chengqi counted silently in his heart.
He looked up at the dark sky. The rain of blood caused by Zu's death finally stopped, and the evil angels' carnival briefly came to an end.
It's really strange, Li Chengqi thought. It is clear that white chess pieces are better than black outside the sky, but in the good world, the apostle of evil is devouring everything with overwhelming force, and no living thing can stop it. The situation in the two places was opposite, although Li Chengqi knew that the war that could truly determine the future of this world was fought outside the sky, in the vast starry sky.
Suddenly, the face of Mo Zu that he had seen before flashed in Li Chengqi's eyes.
On the surface, Mo Zu was kind and friendly, but in fact, he had a black fire deep in his heart.
"No wonder..." Li Chengqi muttered.
When he came to the good world and dealt with those creatures, he noticed something was wrong. It turned out that the original good law had shrouded the good world for too long. The law directly and bluntly changed the personality of the creatures in this world. The imprint of the law penetrated deeply into all living beings silently. In the soul, those evil thoughts cannot be released, but they do not disappear, but accumulate. Under normal circumstances, in the good world ruled by the good sage, the evil thoughts in the hearts of all living beings will not be revealed until death. The hateful sage appeared, and the two began to confront each other tit for tat and engage in holy war.
During the holy war, the good saints no longer maintained the laws that enveloped the good world. Evil began to quickly occupy the hearts of most living beings, and the long-lost vacancies were instantly filled. This created what Li Chengqi saw as one-sidedness, and the apostles of evil slaughtered wantonly. The apostles of goodness, hundreds of ancestors, died or fell, no one was spared.
Li Chengqi lowered his head, covered his face with a bamboo hat, and walked quickly through the crowd in the market.
This is the first town he has encountered in these days that is still inhabited.
The creature guarding here is a black bear, who abides by the law of good and repels the evil angels who come one after another. The people living in the town erected monuments for the black bear and erected statues for people to worship in temples. In normal times, it would be transgressive to erect a statue to worship before becoming an ancestor, but people nowadays don't care about that. They only know that the black bear demon has great influence on it. They are good, and they are willing to contribute a little to this big monster.
Li Chengqi knew that the reason why the black bear demon was able to protect the town for such a long time was not because the black bear demon was powerful, but because this town hidden in the mountains was really inconspicuous. No powerful evil angel would focus on this place. The evil angels who attacked were all Yang gods. The little guy who can't reach the realm. During the days of isolation, many of the foods in the town were hunted by the black bear deep into the mountains, and then the hunters cut up the skin and meat and distributed them in turn.
In this town, according to the rules of the Black Bear Demon, a special currency is traded in the market. These "coins" can be exchanged for hunting, providing food and weapons.
Under the brim of the bamboo hat, Li Chengqi glanced at passers-by one after another. The faces of these people were filled with joy, maybe because they had money to exchange for a handy weapon, maybe because they had enough money to add more clothes to their families.
In short, this is the place where Li Chengqi feels most comfortable since he came to the good world, except for the Master's sacred tree jade tablet.
He stopped and stayed for a moment on the bulletin board in the center of the market, but didn't see what he wanted to see. Most of what is written on this bulletin board are warnings and transaction reminders, as well as poems praising the guardians. Also, there is little information in this mountain town. Where can I get some information that even the orthodox people don't know about?
Li Chengqi shook his head, turned and left, hiding in the crowd.
As he took a step forward, someone stopped him.
"Your Excellency."
Li Chengqi turned around, and the person who stopped him was a burly middle-aged man, wearing a black fur cloak, standing in the center of the crowd and cupping his hands at him.
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Outside the town, in the huge stone mountain gate.
"That's how you guessed that I am a far better monk than you?" Li Chengqi smiled.
The middle-aged man responded: "Of course. To the south of the town, there are only mountains and the continuous rain of blood. You can walk from the direction of the rain of blood. Along the way, there are mountains and fierce beasts. If you are not a monk, I really can't." Imagine how this is done.”
"Can't I be an exile from the north?" Li Chengqi asked.
"To the north..." the middle-aged man pondered for a moment, "To be honest with you, this is already the edge of the Legalist land. Going further north is the Yu family's land, where the Yu family's orthodoxy stands. There are palaces, pavilions, and huge cities. , Yu Zu used the Tongtian Dao method to place the main city of the Taoist line in the sky, hanging down thousands of rays of light. It was brilliant in the past and was the yearning of countless cultivating creatures here. But now the north has become a dead place." "This is it. Clear." Li Chengqi raised his eyebrows.
The middle-aged man did not hide anything, "I am from there. I am a descendant of the Elder Seat. I was named Black Mountain. Before I escaped from the Yu Family, I witnessed a woman covered in scarlet lightning knock down the head of the Yu Family with one blow. City, fighting with Yu Zu, the sky and the earth paved with red lightning, I don’t want to recall the second time now.”
"Shortly after the lightning dissipated, there was a torrential rain of blood. I risked my life and returned to the land of the Yu Family. I saw ruins one after another. In the center, the once most grand and exquisite place was a ruins crushed by lightning. The pit is as far as the eye can see and is filled with bloody rain. It is simply a sea of blood.”
"So there won't be any living people there." The middle-aged man looked at Li Chengqi.
"Your Excellency, please explain your purpose of coming. I cannot see through you, and my intuition from living in the mountains all year round tells me that you are very dangerous, so I have no intention of turning against you."
Li Chengqi replied: "I'm just a passerby."
"Does that have a purpose? You can't just wander around forever." Heishan said.
"The purpose..." Li Chengqi was silent.
"If you have nowhere to go, this might be a good place to go. At least you can get a short rest. Even our ancestors who have stood for eternity have died in these troubled times, so why should we go to this muddy water? This town is comfortable and hidden in the mountains. In the country, the people are self-sufficient and will not cause trouble." Seeing Li Chengqi's silence, Heishan sincerely proposed that he would like to keep Li Chengqi here.
"No, you misunderstood." Li Chengqi shook his head.
"Have you heard of any strange phenomena in heaven and earth in recent days?"
"Weird phenomena in heaven and earth?" Heishan was stunned, "Isn't this happening every day? The rain of blood has never stopped. I can't even remember how many days it has been since I saw the stars and the moon... Wait, one day it was weird. , the sky clouds broke open, and the stars and the moon could be seen. You also know that the spirits in the mountains absorbed the moonlight at the beginning of their practice, and were particularly sensitive to the moonlight. That day, I even felt the shackles of my practice move, and it was a rare bright moon. .”
"How many days ago?"
After thinking about it, Heishan replied: "About a month ago. If we are specific, it may be longer, but the difference will not exceed ten days."
Li Chengqi's expression condensed slightly.
"Can you still recall the scene of that night? Pictures of the night sky."
Heishan laughed and said, "Sir, you are making things difficult for me. The night sky is so vast. How can living beings like us remember it completely? We are content if we can receive some starlight and moonlight."
"Then can you tell me the direction in which the sky clouds break?" After Li Chengqi finished speaking, he made a move with his palm, and a cold war ax hit the ground with a buzzing sound. The inscription on the ax vibrated, and murderous intent overflowed.
Heishan's pupils shrank, "Your Excellency, what is this?"
"A little thought is not enough respect." Li Chengqi picked up the battle ax and waved it.
"I know you don't have a handy weapon. I think this one is pretty good. I'll take it as a thank you gift. I heard that the Black Bear Demon is extremely powerful, but every time the people tell you about your victory, it's like a palm of brute force, an arm. Hengduan, if there were weapons, who would use his claws to fight for his life?"
"Tell me, which direction?"
Heishan struggled to look away from the battle ax and solemnly replied: "To the north, I estimate the distance, it may already be within the scope of the Sea of Mirrors."
Starting tomorrow, let’s end it today
(End of chapter)