By Jiulu Feixiang,
Translated, Edited and Arranged by Angel Chua 10/11/2024
Chapter 31 Time in the human world
The next day.
Early in the morning, someone from the Immortal Realm Palace came and called Shen Li in.
In the meeting hall, the Immortal Realm Lord sat in the upper seat, Mofang stood on the side, and several soldiers stood on the other side, seeing Shen Li enter the hall. The Immortal Realm Lord waved his hand to let several soldiers retreat, and said, "Last night, Furongran to the human world through the Immortal Realm world."
Shen Li was startled, and Mofang suddenly knelt down with his head down, and his voice was slightly deep: "It's all Mofang's fault. Mofang is willing to take full responsibility, find Furongxianjun back, and then accept any punishment."
"Why suddenly..." Shen Li looked at Mofang, still a little unresponsive, and said blankly, "Did you hit him?" Shen Li just asked casually, but Mofang nodded unexpectedly, and said heavily: "I drank too much yesterday." He pinched his eyebrows helplessly as if he had a headache, "I kicked him without paying attention..."
Shen Li saw that Mofang was still wearing a light armor, thinking that he had been wearing it yesterday and had not taken it off.
The pair of black iron fine steel boots on his feet, which were specially made by the Immortal Realm clan, could be said to be able to deal with all harsh environments and were extremely aggressive. Shen Li's mind flashed Furong's delicate skin and tender flesh, and suddenly felt that Mofang's kick should have taught the frivolous fairy a good lesson.
"Beat him if you want." Shen Li said contemptuously, "He is still young. He ran away after being beaten. Who does he think he can threaten? Besides, there are no evil spirits in the human world. If you can't kill him, let him go."
"No." The Immortal Realm King handed Shen Li a piece of bright yellow silk paper, "The Heavenly Lord sent an urgent order last night, ordering Furong to return to heaven within three days."
Shen Li was startled, thinking of the letter she gave to Xingzhi Jiuniang the day before, and she had a rough idea of this sudden order in her heart. Although the man looked like he didn't take it to heart, the matter was done so quickly.
The Heavenly Lord's order came so urgently, he must have said something else in the letter.
Shen Li lowered her eyes, not knowing what she felt in her heart for a moment.
"So, Furong must be brought back within three days." The Immortal Realm Lord said lightly, "But fortunately, time passes slowly in the human world, and there is still a lot of time to look for him."
Shen Li nodded, looked at Mofang who bowed his head to admit his mistake, and then looked at the Immortal Realm Lord: "So, you want me to look for him?"
"Your Majesty! This is all caused by Mofang, and he shouldn't have implicated the prince."
The Immortal Realm Lord waved his hand and interrupted Mofang's words: "There is still a long time in the human world. The significance of this trip is not to bring Furong back as soon as possible, but to let you young people get to know each other better. Li'er, do you understand?"
Understood. This marriage cannot be avoided, so she has to pay attention to Furong, and seduce Furongto pay attention to her. Shen Li nodded: "I will go back and pack up and leave for the human world."
Seeing this, Mofang wanted to stop him, but the words of the Immortal Realm Lord just now were still echoing in his ears, like a fishbone choking his throat, stinging and making him unable to say anything. The Immortal Realm Lord continued to explain: "As for General Mofang, he still needs to be punished for his actions against Furong..." "Don't punish him." Shen Li said, "I asked him to beat me, so I will be punished.
After I bring Furong back, I will come to the Immortal Realm Lord to receive the punishment." After that, he saluted the Immortal Realm Lord, turned around and left the meeting hall. Mofang knelt on the ground and clenched his fists silently.
When Shen Li left the palace, she only said hello to Rou Ya, and didn't even look at the villa where Xingzhi lived. She thought, anyway, they have nothing to do with each other now. When she arrived in the human world again, it was a sunny day, the sky was blue and the breeze was gentle, and Shen Li stepped on the white clouds and landed in a small corner of the capital.
Breathing the clean air that she had not seen for a long time, Shen Li couldn't help stretching her waist, taking a deep breath, squinting her eyes, and suddenly wanted to find a cool place with a grape trellis to sleep. She thought, it would be even better if there was a creaking rocking chair beside her ears to hypnotize her.
Exhaling a long breath, Shen Li opened her eyes and looked at the unfamiliar alley, smiling gently. What are you thinking about? That's all in the past. When she left the Immortal Realm world, the sergeant told her that Furong was heading towards Yangzhou.
But Shen Li didn't care. She drove the cloud and came to the capital first. Before looking for Furong, she had to play enough by herself.
This time, without the pursuers behind her, Shen Li was much more relaxed. She deliberately walked to the market, wearing a silk dress and walking with her head held high in front of the stalls, which made her feel moved to avenge her previous shame. After passing the market, Shen Li found the small courtyard where Xingyun lived in the past by memory.
At this time, it has been decades since the last time she came to the human world. Some of the streets and alleys have changed, and Xingyun's burnt house has been rebuilt. But the appearance is very different from before. She stood at the door for a while, and a few children ran past her noisily, and their laughter spread all the way, disturbing the peace.
This was a scene that never appeared at the gate of Xingyun Courtyard before.
That guy preferred quietness. It's completely different now. Shen Li turned around and went to the Fourth Prince's Mansion. The royal mansion had not changed much. It was still in the same place, and the pavilions and towers inside were built more magnificently than before.
It's just that the owner here has changed. Shen Li suddenly wanted to see if the silly little lotus was still withering in the pond, and suddenly wanted to know what the final outcome was for the King Rui and the woman he loved deeply.
She twisted a spell, used a sleight of hand, and walked in through the gate, but after walking around, she found that the pond had been filled up and a house had been built. Shen Li was silent. There was no trace of the King Rui in the palace.
The new owner changed it into his world according to his own preferences. Things have changed, and people have changed. Shen Li suddenly felt a little unwilling. To her, it seemed like something happened not long ago. The memories she had seemed to have no traces in this world.
It was like... being abandoned by this world. What's worse, could it be that there is no such person as Xingyun in this world, and everything is just her vain fantasy... She was shocked and eager to verify it. She fled to the palace and flipped through the books that recorded the past in the place where history was displayed.
The King Rui of that year eventually killed his brother and ascended the throne, but the Princess Rui, who was resurrected from the dead, never accepted the title of queen in her life. She became a nun and lived with the ancient Buddha for her whole life.
The King Rui never made her a queen. The reason for this was not recorded in history books, perhaps because historians felt that this was just a small part of the life of a great Heavenly Lord. Shen Li looked at the few descriptions and thought of Xiao He who was determined to do it. Compared with Ye Shi, she didn't even have this record. No one knew of her existence, and perhaps even the Heavenly Lord had forgotten it.
After all, so many people died for the Heavenly Lord. Her fingertips passed across the page and quietly landed on the four words "National Master Xingyun".
He was the person that King Rui relied on most in his life, but he had never been given a title. Only after his death was he posthumously named Grand Master by King Rui.
These are the only traces he left in this world. When this page is turned, it becomes someone else's history. Shen Li suddenly found it funny. What on earth was she verifying and looking for! Even if the whole world remembered Xingyun, what did it have to do with her? Her memories were only related to herself, and they were just her own memories. And no matter whether Xingyun was real or fake, he had become the past. No past could be found again.
Shen Li patted her forehead, shook her head and laughed. How could she be so flustered because of a memory? It really damaged the reputation of Lord BiCang.
Shen Li disappeared and left the palace. Walking outside the palace city, she suddenly stopped, then changed her pace, walked to the market, bought two pots of wine, and leisurely left the city. When they reached the riverside on the outskirts of the city, Shen Li gathered her robes, sat down on the grass, and called out, "How long will you follow me, Lord God?"
The man in white behind the tree walked out quietly, without any embarrassment of being exposed. He sat down next to Shen Li calmly and said, "When did you notice it?"
"Lord God." Shen Li handed him a pot of wine, "If Shen Li was so stupid, he would have been killed on the battlefield long ago."
Xingzhi smiled, took the pot and shook it, and there was a silence between the two: "Yesterday..."
"God..."
They both spoke at the same time, and then fell silent. Finally, Xingzhi smiled and said, "I was wrong yesterday. I wanted to apologize to you today, but when I woke up, I found out that you had come to the human world, so I followed you." His eyes fell on the flowing river, reflecting the shimmering light. Although his tone was light, one could hear a slightly awkward sigh because he didn't apologize often: "Sorry."
Shen Li has always been a person who only responds to soft words and not to hard ones. Xingzhi's words made her a little stunned. After a while, she said, "It's okay... There are many ways to bully Furongjun. And losing your temper at God... In the words of Immortal Realm Lord, it is a crime of insubordination, and Shen Li is also wrong."
Xingzhi was silent. The two of them fell silent again.
"Before." Shen Li seemed to have made up her mind, and suddenly pointed to a piece of grass not far ahead and said, "Once I was lying there in my original body, exhausted and unable to move. I have never been so embarrassed and miserable in my life."
As if he remembered something, Xingzhi's eyes revealed a hint of smile.
Shen Li turned her head and saw his slightly curved eyebrows, but she felt a little bitter in her heart, "At that time, when I was picked up, although I didn't say it, I really felt redeemed, like I met a legendary hero." She smiled, "This is the first time in my life that I have seen my hero, but he is still such an ordinary mortal. I can suffocate him to death by pinching his neck without using too much force."
"Probably from that time on, I have taken a fancy to Xingyun." This is the first time she mentioned Xingyun so calmly and soberly in front of Xingzhi. She waited for a while, but didn't hear Xingzhi speak. She sighed slightly and said, "God, Xingyun, Shen Li is not stupid."
The stream flowed quietly, and the sound of the water mixed with Shen Li's words entered her ears. Xingzhi smiled suddenly, "I've been seen through again."
Chapter 32 Ancient god couldn't respond
As the sky gradually darkened, the setting sun cast a brilliant light, and even the river was reflected beautifully.
This is a beautiful scenery rarely seen in the Immortal Realm world. Shen Li looked at the golden water and drank a sip of wine: "In fact, I have noticed it a long time ago. I just can't understand why you want to go to the Mortal Realm to be a depressed mortal when you can live in the heaven outside the heaven."
"Heh." Xingyun shook his head: "This position is really depressed." He paused, "And you should know when you have lived for so long as I have. Boredom will become the reason for you to do many things. When I went to the Mortal Realm, I just wanted to reincarnate as an ordinary mortal and live the life that a mortal should live, but..." Xingzhi smiled helplessly, "The reincarnation path gave me a mortal body, but Mengpo soup did not wash away my memory of being a god."
Shen Li was stunned. He didn't expect that he really entered the reincarnation path and drank Mengpo soup. However, a bowl of Mengpo soup did not wash away the memory of God. That's why Xingyun knows so many strange array techniques, but he has no magic power at all, and can't even see ghosts. Shen Li realized: "As a mortal, how can I bear so many memories? No wonder I am a sickly person." Shen Li paused, "Since you remember everything, why do you pretend not to know me?"
Xingzhi was silent, and looked at Shen Li sideways: "It's the same reason why you drove Mofang back to the capital at the border of the Immortal Realm Realm."
Because he didn't like her, he didn't want the other party to be delayed because of him. That's right, when he was Xingyun, he didn't say a word of acceptance to her. After returning to his position, it was even more impossible. Instead of getting to know each other, why not pretend to be strangers... Shen Li's eyes dropped, that's what he meant. The ancient god couldn't respond to her feelings for Xingyun, so he simply pretended not to know her to prevent her from extending her feelings for Xingyun to him.
Cut off all her thoughts.
Shen Li smiled: "Xingzhi, do you know what kind of actions can make the other party not like you?" She sighed, "Those actions of yours are simply seducing people..." Or... Sometimes, he doesn't even know what he is doing.
Xingzhi's eyes moved: "You were seduced?"
He clearly wanted to cut off the connection between the two, but he still dared to ask such a question... He is really a reckless guy.
Shen Li held the wine pot and laughed: "Is it possible?" She stopped laughing and said, "God is really overthinking. How could the Lord Bicang Shen Li be so inappropriate. When in the human world, Shen Li was only facing a mortal Xingyun, so he could like you, but now you are an ancient god, how can I continue my feelings to you?"
Xingzhi's fingertips tightened, but there was a faint smile on his lips.
Shen Li continued: "The change of identity will change too many things. Just like the Heavenly Lord will kill his brothers for the throne, just like the king Rui loves the princess so much, and finally still married so many concubines for the sake of his offspring, the court, the country and the world. This is not his fault, but just because of his identity. If Shen Li meets you on the battlefield one day, I will also become the Shen Li who is the Lord Bicang."
Xingzhi looked at Shen Li steadily, his eyes slightly fixed. Shen Li continued to smile: "Of course, the Immortal Realm world and the heaven are going to marry, and it is estimated that there will be no such day. What I want to say today is that if you don't want to be Xingyun, you will no longer be Xingyun. There is nothing to hide or pretend. Originally, to me, Xingyun is dead. And now I am facing the god, Xingzhi." Xingzhi interrupted: "Shen Li, from beginning to end, Xingyun and Xingzhi are just me."
Xingyun is Xingzhi who lives in the human world. His memory and personality are the same, but he has changed his body. He subconsciously didn't want Shen Li to separate him. But Shen Li shook his head and said, "For me, it is different. So..." Shen Li touched the wine pot with him, "Lord Xingzhi, I will be my own Lord BiCang and marry Lord Furong according to the will. I will no longer have anything to do with you.
You don't have to worry." With a "ding" sound, the wine pots collided, and the vibration from the crisp sound seemed to hit his chest, making him tremble at the tip of his heart, and a trace of pain spread silently in his blood, dimming his eyes. But after a long silence, he still pulled the corner of his mouth and smiled: "Okay, it's great that the prince thinks so." The sun set, and the afterglow was still there.
Shen Li had finished the wine in the pot and threw the pot into the stream. The sound of "gulp" seemed to put a full stop to this conversation. Shen Li stood up and said: "The city gate is about to be closed. Shen Li doesn't need to come to the capital from now on.
I want to go to Yangzhou to find someone. What do you think, Lord?" Xingzhi didn't answer. When he was silent, he suddenly heard a few strange footsteps behind him. The reason why it was strange was that Shen Li and Xingzhi could easily hear that this was definitely not a heavy step that a mortal could step on. Shen Li's face was stern, and he bowed his head.
The riverbank grass here was shallow and blocked by grass and trees. The road was on the embankment above. At this time, the sky was slightly dark. If you didn't pay attention, you couldn't see anyone in the grass. Xingzhi looked at Shen Li's solemn expression, but smiled lightly and said, "Why are you hiding?" Shen Li glanced at him: "Can't you feel it?" She stared at the embankment and held her breath, "The breath is too strange, and it's not a good one."
It was still dusk, one of the most evil times in the world... "Even so, you don't have to drag me to hide with you." Xingzhi looked at Shen Li's hand that pressed him down on the grass. Shen Li cleared her throat and retracted her palm.
She had said it beautifully before, but in this situation, Shen Li still subconsciously regarded Xingzhi as the fragile mortal body that needed her protection, and forgot that the current Xingzhi God, even if he wanted to walk sideways in the Three Realms, the people around him had to make way for him.
But Shen Li never thought that when she let Xingzhi go, Xingzhi really acted as if he knew nothing, stood up, and patted his clothes. He simply didn't take the other party seriously at all... so presumptuous. Yes, how could Shen Li forget that even when Xingyun was so weak, this guy could still tease the crown prince's figure in front of him under heavy siege, not to mention that he was now carrying the body of the God.
No matter how calm his expression was, in his heart, he was so unbridled and arrogant from beginning to end. The sound startled a group of four people walking on the embankment. One of them seemed to be held by the other three, with his hands behind his back.
Shen Li looked closely and saw the shape of deer antlers on his head in the fluttering of the huge headscarf.
Thinking of this territory, she tentatively called: "Hu Lu?" The man being held trembled all over, and although he did not speak, he confirmed Shen Li's call. Hu Lu is a terrestrial immortal without the will of the heaven.
Who dares to capture people at will? And these three people are not soldiers of the heaven at a glance. Shen Li frowned.
Before they made a move, the leading black-clothed man suddenly drew his sword from its sheath and chopped straight over without saying a word. Shen Li clenched her palm, and before the red tassel spear appeared, she pressed her shoulder.
Shen Li turned her head to look at him, and saw a column of water suddenly rushed forward from behind him, "Hua" soaking the black-clothed man. Then the cold air spread, and the black-clothed man seemed to be stuck to the ground and couldn't move.
Small ice slag slowly condensed around him, and he was actually frozen. Seeing this, the other two black-clothed men wanted to run, but he waved his hand and followed the same method to keep the two men in place.
Shen Li raised her eyebrows: "Ice Condensation Technique?"
"No, Water Stopping Technique."
Shen Li didn't know much about water magic, so she didn't think it was a big deal. She stepped forward, walked in front of Hu Lu, took off the big scarf covering his head, and saw that the horns on Hu Lu's head were entangled by a bright light. The light extended down along its head, tied his mouth, strangled his throat, and sank into his collar. Shen Li frowned: "What kind of seal is this?"
At the same time, Xingzhi also pulled down the scarf of a man in black.
Seeing that the man in black was staring at him with his eyes wide open, Xingzhi pulled his eyelashes and asked him to close his eyes, which made the man in black even angrier. But Xingzhi still pulled down his eyelids.
Hearing Shen Li asking him, Xingzhi turned his head and frowned slightly, then let the man in black go and walked towards Shen Li: "Binding Immortal Technique." He condensed the light on his fingertips and lightly touched Hu Lu's forehead.
The seal was broken, and Hu Lu bent his waist and gasped loudly as if he was free. After catching his breath, he looked at the two people in front of him, tears rolling down his eyes: "Thank you so much for saving my life! I thought I wouldn't survive this time... "
Shen Li's mouth twitched. This big guy really hasn't become weak at all. After Hu Lu cried enough and wiped away her tears, she looked at Shen Li carefully: "Ah...you, you are..." Shen Li nodded: "Yes, yes, I am. But I'm not here to threaten you this time."
She pointed to the three people next to her, "What's the matter with them?" "It's a long story. It all started with the trouble caused by an immortal sect." Hu Lu sighed, "Three months ago, a small immortal sect called Fu Sheng Sect was famous in the world.
This was none of our business, but they started to hold banquets to invite local gods to gather. Many land gods were invited, but they never heard from them again. At that time, no one paid much attention to it, but that sect sent people to invite the second wave of local gods.
The second wave of people also did not come back. Everyone felt something was wrong. When the sect invited them for the third time, no one was willing to go. Unexpectedly, they turned against us and started to arrest people by force."
Xingyun narrowed his eyes: "Privately capturing local gods is a serious crime against the heavenly rules. Since this is the case, why don't you report it to the heaven?" "I wanted to report it.
At first, I sent a spiritual creature to deliver it, but the next day I saw the spiritual creature dead in the wilderness.
Later, some earth immortals wanted to go by themselves, but there was no news after they went. How many earth immortals and mountain gods can there be? Two waves were invited, one wave was captured, and some people were taken away here and there, so there are not many left." When Hu Lu mentioned this, he began to wipe his tears again, "There is a hundred miles around the capital, and I'm afraid I'm the only one who was captured. I still hid in the city, and I was able to hide for so long because of the large number of people, but I was still caught today.
If it weren't for you... woo woo, I don't know how I would have been treated." Shen Li was surprised: "You earthly immortals have an immortal body after all. Your magic power is not strong, but you are not so weak, right? Are you a soft persimmon? Can people pick on you at will?"
Hu Lu looked at Shen Li aggrievedly: "It's not that there was no resistance... Some earthly immortals with strong magic power also resisted, but the other party seemed to have special methods to deal with immortals, like this immortal binding technique. Once you are fixed, you can't get rid of it no matter how hard you struggle.
And... I heard from other earthly immortals before that the tricks used by the people of this immortal cultivation sect don't seem to be immortal magic, but..." He looked at Shen Li for a few times, hesitated and said, "It looks like something from the Immortal Realm world..."
Chapter 33 All the clues are broken
Magic from the Immortal Realm world? Shen Li's eyebrows sank.
The Immortal Realm world submitted to the heaven. Although there were some people in the clan who were dissatisfied, because the policy of the Immortal Realm king was properly implemented and the interests of the Immortal Realm clan were preserved to the greatest extent, no one had conflicted with the heaven.
However, there were always people in the heaven who believed that the Immortal Realm world was sinister.
Even if they had submitted for a thousand years, they were just hiding their strength and waiting for an opportunity to retaliate. However, the Immortal Realm world had never had any major problems, so those idle people were aimless.
If the heaven knew that the earthly immortals were captured one after another and had a little relationship with the Immortal Realm world, even if only a little evidence could be found, the people in the heaven would think that the Immortal Realm clan had sinister intentions and that they were guilty of a crime.
Not to mention that the Immortal Realm king and his clan were splashed with black water, the relationship between the two realms, which was not very trusting, would definitely be greatly impacted.
Although Shen Li felt that it was nothing terrible to tear her face with the people in the heaven, if the tearing of her face was caused by someone's instigation, she would inevitably feel that she was being played by someone, how unhappy.
"Remove your water magic." Shen Li walked towards the leader while informing Xingzhi. Xingzhi raised his eyebrows, "It's not a good habit to order the leader around."
After saying that, he still obediently removed the magic on the man. Shen Li had already grabbed the man's collar and punched him to the ground. Without saying a word, she sat on his stomach, stepped on the black-clothed man's hands with her feet, and then pinched his jaw to prevent him from biting his tongue or swallowing poison.
"I will only ask each question once.
If you don't answer, I will chop off your fingers and let you swallow them. You should count how many fingers you have." Her eyes were cold. Xingzhi knew that she was not threatening or joking, but would really do what she said. As the prince of the Immortal Realm world, she never performed inferior when she needed to be ruthless.
The black-clothed man trembled all over and wanted to break free from Shen Li, but the pressure was like a thousand-pound weight, making him unable to move at all.
"Who ordered you to do this?"
The veins on the man in black's face bulged, and he tried his best not to answer. Shen Li's other free hand took out a dagger from the man in black's waist.
The dagger turned very skillfully in his palm. Seeing that Shen Li's blade was about to fall and cut off the finger, the man in black slowly squeezed out two words from his mouth: "Master..."
Shen Li frowned, and before asking the second question, he saw that the man in black's face became more and more blue, until it turned purple, and there seemed to be insects swimming in the veins on his face. Finally, his eyes bulged, and he screamed in pain. Shen Li only heard a "bang".
Sticky blood splashed all over her hands, and even her face was inevitably covered with warmth. Shen Li looked at the body with its head blown off, threw away the dagger, and stood up. The body of the sturdy man in black seemed like sand, flowing out of his clothes and spilling all over the ground. There
was no body at all.
"You must have been cursed before." She saw the clues, "If you answer these questions, you will die."
Hu Lu was so scared that he was paralyzed and sat on the ground: "What a... What a vicious curse..."
Xingzhi's eyes were solemn. Turning to look at the other two men in black, he found that they had closed their eyes. They had just committed suicide, but... they didn't die so ugly. Shen Li obviously also discovered this and frowned slightly: "All the clues are broken."
"I... I did hear it by accident before." Hu Lu hesitated and said, "They seem to take the captured earth immortals to a cliff cave with a huge waterfall and covered with green vines. In this area of 100 miles, only the Qingya Cave Mansion fits their description."
Shen Li came over: "Let's go there first and see if there are other earth immortals, rescue them first." Xingzhi pondered for a while and said: "In order to avoid alerting the snakes, let's dress up as these people first and get close to the cave, and everything will be easy."
"Okay, then I'll leave the magic and formation to you, and I'll beat them up."
Xingzhi smiled when he heard it, picked up a piece of wood and knocked on Shen Li's forehead: "Girl, be reserved."
Shen Li was stunned by the knock, touched her forehead, turned her head away, and said nothing. Previously, Xingzhi had to deliberately hide in front of her, but now everything was revealed, and Xingzhi's bad nature was exposed. After knocking on the forehead, his expression and tone were exactly the same as Xingyun's. Shen Li was so upset that she wanted to drag him over and beat him up. How could there be someone like him who could reject and seduce at the same time?
Before Shen Li finished complaining, she suddenly felt that her clothes changed and turned into a capable black short-sleeved shirt, the same as the black-clad men just now. Xingzhi threw the wooden stick in his hand and turned into a human figure, the leader's appearance. Then his own clothes also changed. The tight black clothes made him look particularly capable, and the lazy and idle man suddenly became more heroic.
Shen Li cleared his throat: "Let's go."
With Hu Lu pointing the way, the few people soon arrived at the Qingya Cave House a hundred miles away. The cave house was inside the waterfall. Shen Li subconsciously felt uneasy about crossing such a water screen, but there was no other way at this time, so he had to bite the bullet and go up.
Without saying a word, she followed Hu Lu's footsteps and stepped into the huge water curtain. But unexpectedly, when she stepped into the cave behind the water curtain, her body was not wet at all.
She looked up and saw the golden light barrier flashing above her head. Shen Li turned her head to look at Xingzhi, who was staring at the dark cave in front of him and stepped forward.
Then go forward, as if nothing happened.
Walking along a dark road to the depths, down a few steps, suddenly the eyes lit up, and a vermilion door suddenly appeared in front of her, blocking the road.
Hu Lu said that this was the place where a big monster lived before. The monster was not bad and did not interfere with the earth immortals. But this time, for some reason, it became a cage for holding earth immortals.
The few people did not stand in front of the door for long, and the vermilion door opened slightly: "Token." The person inside said coldly. They did not take the token from the man in black. Shen Li's eyebrows sank, and she wanted to step forward to force the door open, but Xingzhi held her hand. Shaked her head.
The leader who evolved with a wooden stick took two steps forward, but he seemed to be seriously injured and held the door. The people inside were slightly alert: "What's the matter?"
"Master... Master..." The voice coming out of the wooden stick man's mouth was exactly the same as the voice before the man died. Although the people inside didn't know what was going on, they relaxed their vigilance and opened the door. Xingzhi let Shen Li go: "Now." Shen Li understood, flashed into the door, and knocked the gatekeeper to the ground with a punch. There was another guard on the right. Before the man could react, Shen Li hit him on the neck with a knife.
The two guards were easily dealt with. Xingzhi said to Hu Lu: "Leave it to us inside, you go back to your own territory to rest, and these earth immortals will be released soon."
Hu Lu hesitated: "They are very powerful... Are you okay? Otherwise, I'd better go with you..."
Xingzhi smiled, and Shen Li said disdainfully: "You should worry about the other party."
Xingzhi changed the stick back and put it in Hulu's palm: "Take it for self-defense. You're welcome." Then he turned and went into the cave. Hulu looked at the stick in his hand in confusion. How could this thing... be used for self-defense?
Shen Li looked at Xingzhi with a squint: "He is an ancient god after all, how can he be so stingy when giving gifts to people." Xingzhi smiled: "If he didn't throw away the stick, no one within a hundred miles would be able to beat him." Xingzhi thought, this is to thank him for providing useful clues, and also to thank him for coming to rescue him last time in the human world, although he didn't succeed...
After walking through another very long passage, Shen Li finally saw a little light in front of him. He walked forward quickly, and suddenly the light in front of him was bright. He saw that this was a huge cylindrical cave. There was water below reflecting the green light, illuminating the entire cave.
There were as many as ten layers of winding upward roads on the cliff. The captured earth immortals were locked up in iron cages by each person, and fell down from the top one after another, drawing a straight line in the middle of the cave. Each cage was covered with a thin layer of light, which was roughly the same as the immortal binding technique on the lake deer before.
The black-clothed man was busy going back and forth on the winding road. I don't know what he was moving.
Shen Li frowned: "How to save them?"
Xingzhi smiled: "As you said before, leave the formation and magic to me, and you can beat them up." After saying that, he waved his hand, and a golden light wrapped around the cage from top to bottom like a snake. "Break." His extremely light voice spread throughout the cave, and those immortal binding techniques broke.
The busy black-clothed men reacted at this time. Some of them were more nervous to coil the wooden boxes, and some of them attacked with big knives. Shen Li had the silver spear in his hand, and Xingzhi jumped to the side of the iron cage, starting from the bottom one, and opened the iron cages one by one. After releasing all the earthly immortals, Shen Li also dealt with the black-clothed men who attacked, and the others also ran away.
The earthly immortals all bowed their heads and thanked him.
"It's not advisable to stay here for long." Xingzhi said, "Let's go out first."
Seeing the light of day again made many timid earthly immortals cry, and everyone was even more grateful to Xingzhi, but strangely, someone came to Shen Li to say thank you. Shen Li didn't notice this at first, but when she asked: "Do you know where those earthly immortals were captured before?"
The eyes of the earthly immortals fell on her, and no one answered for a long time. One of the young men lost his temper and pointed at Shen Li and said, "You, a guy from the Immortal Realm clan, actually dare to ask! You don't know where they went!" As soon as he finished speaking, someone next to him immediately tugged at the corner of his clothes: "At least you saved us, don't be like this!"
Shen Li's eyebrows sank: "I'll only say it once, the capture of the earth immortal has nothing to do with my Immortal Realm clan. I just found out about it today..."
"Bullshit!" Perhaps because he had been imprisoned for a long time and was finally liberated at this moment, the anxiety in his heart turned into anger. The young man interrupted Shen Li and said, "It's you Immortal Realm clan people who are barbaric and rampant, with ulterior motives, and have always been plotting something illegal. I don't know what you are going to do after capturing us this time. Will you go to the heaven to capture people next time! You Immortal Realm clan guys, none of you are good guys! Your Immortal Realm Lord is even more..."
Before he finished speaking, Shen Li stood in front of him, pinched his neck with one hand and lifted him up: "You can say another word of insolent, and I, Lord BiCang, will make your body torn into pieces."
Chapter 34 Inform the heaven
Seeing the red light in Shen Li's eyes, the young man who was being strangled almost fainted. The earth fairy next to him was terrified and apologized repeatedly, persuading Shen Li to let the man go, but Shen Li's fingers slowly tightened as if she didn't hear him, and the man's face gradually turned blue.
Xingzhi frowned and called out in disapproval, "Shen Li." His eyes sank slightly, and Shen Li only glanced at him sideways, without letting go, but the force was slightly reduced.
"Cruel... brutal and barbaric..." The young man struggled to say these words when he had a chance. Shen Li smiled coldly, staring at him and said, "I didn't want to kill you, but since you have convicted me, I will confirm the crime and let you die more peacefully, okay?"
After saying that, she exerted force with her five fingers, and the young man's face became even more blue and purple, and white foam appeared at the corners of his mouth. The earth fairy next to him exclaimed again and again. Some people were already scared to tears.
At the right time, a hand grabbed her wrist. Xingzhi did not force her to let go, but advised: "If you kill him, it will be more difficult for the Immortal Realm world to clear its grievances."
Shen Li felt even more aggrieved, and gritted her teeth and said: "This man is full of shit, despises my people, insults my king, and falsely accuses my Immortal Realms of things that they have not done. If I don't abolish him, I will not be able to relieve my anger."
"Shen Li..." Xingzhi sighed softly, feeling extremely helpless.
Shen Li knew the harm of killing this earth immortal, but the Immortal Realms have always been maliciously slandered by such gossiping things, and they have to endure and restrain themselves every time. How could she be willing to do that?
Shen Li gritted her teeth, and finally exerted force with her arm, and threw the earth immortal far away, breaking several small trees before stopping. The man rolled his eyes and fell to the ground, and he fainted. An immortal ran over in a hurry, and seeing that he was seriously injured, she couldn't help but complain, "It's just a few words, why are you so angry? You Immortal Realms, can't you be a little considerate..."
" Consideration?" Shen Li felt that these immortals were extremely funny. There was magic power hidden in their voices, which shocked everyone's heart. Some weak people covered their ears with pain. "Even if I don't understand you, what can I do?"
She was very angry, and her magic power was surging when she spoke. There was still magic power in her mouth. A big hand suddenly covered her mouth, making her choke back all the magic power, and also pressed her back forcefully.
Shen Li felt her back was pressed against a warm chest, and the gentle breath on Xingzhi's body instantly enveloped her, as if she was cast by some magic, like a breeze blowing away the mist, making her feel all the hostility in her heart disappear, leaving only some unwillingness and grievance blocking her heart, making her feel anxious.
"My fellow immortals, the Immortal Realmic aura on those who captured you does not necessarily mean that this was done by the Immortal Realms. Perhaps someone is behind this and is deliberately trying to sow discord between the heavenly and Immortal Realmic realms.
I hope that my fellow immortals will not believe in rumors, lest they fall into the trap of the traitors." Xingzhi's voice caused his chest to vibrate, causing Shen Li to lose consciousness involuntarily. But when she saw the earthly immortals in front of her, she felt angry again and pushed Xingzhi's hand away in a bad mood.
Shen Li struggled out of his arms, turned her head and glared at him, then turned around and walked to the other side, kicking away the rocks and weeds under her feet as she walked, like a child throwing tantrums. Xingzhi looked at her back, sighed, shook his head and smiled faintly.
He didn't leave in a hurry. He turned around and continued to say to the earthly immortals: "To be honest, I have been to the Immortal Realm Realm a few days ago. The people of the Immortal Realm Realm are not as bloodthirsty and warlike as you think.
They are cheerful and act directly and decisively. Moreover, there is no preparation for large-scale military activities in the military camp. Just imagine, if the capture of the earthly immortals is really what the Immortal Realms said, then they must have been prepared for war with the heavens, and these preparations are absolutely impossible without military rehearsals and large-scale military mobilization."
After hearing what he said, the earthly immortals pondered for a while. A white-haired old man stroked his beard and said: "As far as I know, the only person who went to the Immortal Realm Realm a few days ago was Furongjun, the grandson of the Heavenly Lord. The woman just now claimed to be the Lord Bicang Shen Li.
Could it be that they are really this couple?" Xingzhi's eyebrows moved slightly, and he turned his head to look back. He saw Shen Li standing by a tree in the distance, looking at the waterfall. The sound was loud, so she probably didn't hear anything.
Xingzhi turned around, his lips curled up and he said, "Mr. Furong and Lord BiCang have not been married yet." But he did not deny their relationship. The old man nodded, "Since it is the words of the Immortal Lord, it should be true." "Lord BiCang is devoted to the Immortal Realm clan, and is very protective of her.
She can't stand others saying anything bad about her Immortal Realm clan. She just acted like that because she got angry. I hope you can forgive me." Xingzhi smiled, "In terms of honesty and kindness, I am not as good as her. So you can believe what Lord BiCang said just now."
The white-bearded old man stroked his beard, "The Immortal Lord is very good to the prince, not as good as what I heard in the rumors before... uh... haha."
The old man laughed before he finished speaking. Xingzhi was silent, but the corners of his lips were somewhat restrained, and he only lowered his eyebrows and said softly, "Because, she is worth it."
After asking about the matters after being captured, Xingzhi told the earth immortals to return to their own territories to guard them. The black-clothed people in this area would probably not come again in the short term. Let them take the opportunity to inform the heaven of the matter.
After dismissing the immortals, Xingzhi slowly walked behind Shen Li. He didn't call her, but Shen Li had already noticed his presence and turned her head slightly to look at him. "Are they all gone?" Xingzhi nodded: "It seems that a group of people were taken away before them.
They should be going to the south, but they don't know the specific direction."
"This is your heaven's business, and it has nothing to do with me. If you want to save people, go by yourself. I'm going to Yangzhou."
After saying that, Shen Li flew away on the cloud, but after flying for a while, she found that Xingzhi had been following behind her.
Shen Li turned her head and glared at him, "Why are you following me!" Xingzhi smiled helplessly: "Yangzhou is also in the south. We are going the same way." Shen Li was silent. Although she was still a little angry, she didn't rush to drive her away.
Xingzhi followed her for a while, getting closer and closer, and finally walking side by side with her. He glanced at Shen Li and asked: "Do you want to eat something?" Shen Li was stubborn and coldly spit out: "No." But her stomach responded with a cowardly sound.
The corner of her mouth twitched, and she heard Xingzhi's unkind smile beside her. Shen Li was even more angry, and was about to run away on the cloud, but her wrist was pulled by Xingzhi: "There is a family downstairs, let's borrow their kitchen to make some food.
I haven't eaten grains for a long time, and I miss them." Shen Li's eyes moved: "You cook?" Xingzhi smiled: "I will." "Go down."
The things made by Xingzhi, or the things made by Xingyun, are indeed somewhat missed.
This family in the mountains happened to be built on the side of the road.
It seems that they are used to passers-by borrowing land here to rest.
There are also several tables outside the house, and a large "Tea" sign is hung on the side of the house. Before Shen Li and Xingzhi sat down, a middle-aged woman dressed as a peasant came out of the house: "Hey, would you like to have some tea?" She greeted them warmly, "Sit down, sit down."
"Auntie, we are hungry on the road. Can we borrow your kitchen to make some food?"
The peasant woman blinked, looked at the two of them, and said with a smile: "What do you want to eat? I will make it for you."
Xingzhi smiled and said: "My sister is picky. I am afraid that you don't like it. I will pay you later."
The peasant woman was silent for a moment: "Well, okay, I will clean up the kitchen first. You have tea first." As she said that, she took the cups attentively and poured them tea. Then she hurried to the kitchen.
"Black shop." Shen Li touched the edge of the teacup and made a conclusion.
"Are you scared, Your Highness?"
Shen Li raised her head and drank the tea in her hand: "I personally think that they are still not as evil as the God." Xingzhi smiled slightly: "Your Highness, you are too kind."
After the peasant woman had packed up and came out of the house, she saw the two men still sitting upright.
A trace of doubt flashed across her face, but she put on a smile and walked over: "It's packed, go ahead, young master." She picked up the teapot on the table and felt that there was only half a pot of water left in it. She looked at the two men with some surprise.
Shen Li took a sip of tea in front of her: "What's wrong?"
The peasant woman smiled: "No, I just walked through this wilderness without looking tired. I think the girl may be in good health."
Shen Li smiled: "Not bad, just killed hundreds of monsters and beasts."
A green light flashed in the peasant woman's eyes: "The girl really loves to joke." Shen Li was not as patient as Xingzhi, nor did he like to keep things secret like him. He immediately grabbed the peasant woman's neck and pressed her on the table, "I don't like to joke." After saying that, he lifted the pot of tea and poured it directly into the peasant woman's mouth.
The peasant woman struggled desperately with her hands and feet, but she still had the chance to speak. Shen Li poured her so hard that she immediately fainted and lost her direction. Shen Li lifted her and shook her. The peasant woman's limbs shortened, her flesh slowly turned into smooth skin, and her tail dragged back and forth on the ground, turning into a green python.
Throwing the powerless python to the ground, Shen Li said coldly: "Come out, I'll kill her if she hides again." As soon as the voice fell, a girl rolled and crawled out from the haystack beside her: "Don't! Don't kill my mother!" Her voice was soft and she was a little unsteady on the road. Her lower body was sometimes a snake tail and sometimes a human leg, changing back and forth. Before she ran to the green python, she tripped and fell to the ground, with dust all over her face.
Xingzhi smiled and was about to make a few jokes, but suddenly saw Shen Li took two steps forward and helped the girl up. She patted her cheek without feeling dirty, and said happily: "Xiao He!"
The girl looked at Shen Li blankly, and because of fear, her voice trembled a little: "I'm not Xiao He... I'm sorry..."
Chapter 35 Earth and Immortals
The girl's body was shaking so badly that Shen Li had to let her go for the time being.
She was so happy that she forgot that the Xiao He she knew had sacrificed himself for the person he loved. Regardless of whether she only looked like Xiao He, even if she was really Xiao He's reincarnation, not everyone was the same. Meng Po soup was a poison but also a relief for ordinary people. In this life, she no longer knew the man named Rui Wang, and she had never been hurt by such a calculation.
Shen Li was silent for a moment. Xingzhi stepped forward and asked the girl, "You are not very skilled in Taoism, but you dare to set up a stall to harm people. It's really presumptuous. Aren't you afraid that the mountain gods and the land gods here will punish you?"
The girl trembled and hugged the python's neck on her legs, and whispered, "The mountain gods and the land gods here have been captured a long time ago."
Hearing this, Shen Li and Xingzhi looked at each other. Shen Li asked, "When was he captured? Did you see where he was captured?" When she asked the question, her voice unconsciously became a little stern, which frightened the girl even more. Her pink lips trembled for a long time and she couldn't squeeze out a word.
"I didn't beat you..." Shen Li sighed, a little depressed. Xingzhi laughed at the side.
When Shen Li was helpless, the green python lying on the girl's legs moved its head and said in a hoarse voice: "Great Immortal, please spare my life." It struggled to hold up its head. Shen Li had just shaken her twice and made her so exhausted. Knowing the difference in strength, the green python was even more respectful: "My mother and I didn't want to do this kind of business that harms people, but we were forced by reality and had no choice but to do such a thing. But in the past few months, we definitely didn't kill anyone! We just took the money and let the people go. We never hurt anyone! I hope the Great Immortal will spare my life."
"When did you set up the stall here?" Shen Li asked a different question, "Why were you forced to do this?"
Speaking of this, Qing Mang sighed, "It's because the mountain gods and land gods kept disappearing. We originally lived in the mountains thirty miles away from Yangzhou City. The child's father is a mortal. Before that, we relied on the food grown by his father and the game I brought back from the mountains to barely survive.
But three months ago, something happened to the mountain where we lived. The trees withered, the miasma was everywhere, and there was no grass..."
Thinking of that scene, Qing Mang seemed to still be in fear. She sighed and said, "The land gods and mountain gods were not there. Later, I heard from other monsters in the mountain that they were taken away by some guys called Fusheng men." Fusheng men again.
Shen Li frowned. It seems that they have not only captured people around the capital. How did a small immortal sect that has risen in recent years have the ability to capture so many earth immortals. And there is such a Immortal Realmic aura. At this time, even Shen Li began to doubt whether there was someone with evil intentions in the Immortal Realm world. "So I had to take this child and hide here.
But there are so few things to eat in this mountain. We had no choice but to come up with this last resort, robbing passers-by for money and food to make a living." "Where is your husband?" Xingzhi asked softly, but it was not about the Fusheng Gate. "If he doesn't come with me, how can a mortal live?" "He..." Qingmang hesitated for a moment and said honestly, "He was a Taoist priest before he married me.
Although he usually lives with me, he has never let go of the responsibility of exorcising Immortal Realms and defending the Tao in his heart. This time, the mountain was full of miasma. He took his disciples to Yangzhou City long before my mother and I ran away. He said that the miasma was so strong that the city would definitely be affected..." Shen Li was stunned when she heard this. This snake Immortal Realm, it's fine if she gave birth to a child with a mortal, but the man is actually a Taoist priest? Humans and Immortal Realms are different, and coupled with the constraints of their identities, it must be very difficult for the two to be together.
Shen Li actually admired this green python for a while. At the moment when Shen Li was silent, Xingzhi suddenly decided: "In this case, let's go to Yangzhou now." He smiled lightly, "I'll make this meal for you another day." His tone was unconsciously intimate, which made Shen Li stunned, then turned her head and coughed unnaturally. "Great... Great Immortal!" The girl suddenly said, "Can you take me to Yangzhou?
I miss my father and brother Jingyan very much." Her cheeks were slightly red, and she didn't know whether she was anxious or shy. If there is miasma in the city, it will have a great impact on this little Immortal Realm. Xingzhi was about to refuse, but Shen Li agreed: "Let's go." She looked back at Xingzhi, "Just give her a talisman paper to avoid miasma."
The tone was decisive, and there was no tone of negotiation at all. She didn't want to go alone with Xingzhi anymore. Xingzhi looked at Shen Li for a little bit of surprise, then smiled, walked to the girl, wrote a word on her forehead, and said: "If you feel uncomfortable after entering the city, remember to tell me."
The girl nodded gratefully. Then she changed her body shape and turned into a small green snake, crawling into Shen Li's sleeves. She showed her head and looked at Shen Li, who smiled and said, "Let's go." When they arrived in Yangzhou, the sun was setting, but there was no beautiful shadow of the sunset. The sky above the city was shrouded in a dark miasma.
If she didn't look carefully, Shen Li would have thought she had arrived in some place in the Immortal Realm world. According to the green snake Jing Xi, all the earth immortals in and outside Yangzhou were captured, and the outer mountains and forests were full of miasma. The miasma that floated down from the mountains every day accumulated in the city, and it became like this.
Shen Li frowned: "The people of the Immortal Realm clan are naturally adaptable to miasma, but mortal bodies must not be able to withstand such miasma." As she said, an epidemic broke out in the city. Everyone, young and old, was sick.
Occasionally, a few strong people could still walk a few steps on the street, but the prosperous and wealthy Jiangnan area in the legend had become like a dead city. The little snake trembled in Shen Li's sleeve. Shen Li touched her as if to comfort her: "You will find your family."
They walked along the street for a while, and Shen Li asked Xingzhi: "Is there any way to get rid of the miasma?" "Of course you can, but the miasma in the city is caused by the mountains and forests. Clearing the miasma here is only a temporary solution, while clearing the miasma in the forest is a permanent solution."
" First treat the symptoms, then the root cause." Shen Li said decisively, "It's better to slow down than to do nothing." Before Shen Li finished speaking, a man suddenly rushed out from the side. He was dressed in gray, his hair was blown away, and his face was black and gray: "Finally... finally someone is here!" He covered his face with excitement and almost cried for joy, "Finally someone is here!" Shen Li asked: "Who are you?" The man wiped his face and almost cried: "I am Furongjun!"
He wiped his dirty face with his dirty clothes, making his face even dirtier, and then Pointing at his own face, he said, "Furongjun." Shen Li frowned, extremely disgusted: "Go away. I don't have time to care about you now." Furong was stunned, and looked at Xingzhi Shenjun who turned his head away and didn't look at him: "Too much!"
He said angrily, "This immortal king risked his life to save a city and you treat me like this! If this immortal king hadn't rushed to Yangzhou City, everyone here would have been swallowed by the miasma! It was this immortal king who used purification magic to control the situation!
What's the matter with your disgust!" Xingzhi looked up at the sky: "There are signs of purification."
Hearing Xingzhi's affirmation, Furong's anger turned into a little grievance: "I came here to seek some freedom, but I ran into such a thing. But since I ran into it, I can't just leave it alone. I tried my best to purify the miasma in the city, but in less than a day, it spread again. There were too many patients in the city, and those who were too seriously ill could not be taken care of, so I took those with slightly lighter illnesses to the temple in the north of the city, set up a barrier to trap them, and came out every day to purify the miasma, but the miasma has been getting heavier these days, and I can't do anything about it."
He spoke very sadly, and Shen Li pointed out: "Why didn't you report it to the heaven when you found it? You were afraid that you would be caught and taken back. So you insisted on purifying the miasma on your own, and now you can't bear it anymore, so you think of looking for someone."
Shen Li glanced at him, "You have the nerve to say that you saved a city." Furong choked. Just when he was feeling embarrassed, he saw a flash of green light, and a young girl suddenly stood in front of him. Because she couldn't stand steadily, she stumbled two steps and threw herself into Furong's arms, and then quickly stepped back: "Immortal, have you seen a Taoist priest with an apprentice in the city?"
This soft call made Furongfeel relaxed all over. He looked up and down at Jing Xi, and narrowed his peach blossom eyes: "Of course I saw it, it's all inside the barrier set up by this lord." "Can you take me there?" " Of course." Furong stretched out his hand, "I'll hold your hand, the miasma here is an eyesore, be careful not to see it." Shen Li hugged Jing Xi around the waist, carried her directly on his shoulders, and then told Furong: "Go, lead the way."
Furong glared at Shen Li angrily, turned around and walked in front. Shen Li didn't expect that Furongjun, who had always been regarded as a firework by her, actually had the ability to surround a circle of barriers around the North City Temple, protecting the lives of at least hundreds of people there.
After entering the barrier, the people all greeted Furong with smiles, as if they were extremely grateful to him. Furong turned his head proudly to look at Shen Li, as if showing off his merits.
Shen Li turned his head and ignored him, but Jing Xi was frightened and kept praising along the way: "The Immortal King is so powerful, the Immortal King is really a kind man." Furong laughed happily. When he walked into the temple, Jing Xi saw the two people in the corner at a glance, shouted loudly, and ran over: "Dad, Brother Jingyan!"
Shen Li looked over and was slightly startled. Jing Xi's father looked like an ordinary Taoist, and her brother Jingyan looked too similar to King Rui in the previous life. At this time, a woman in pink was lying next to Jing Yan.
She seemed to be sick and was in a coma. Although the woman looked similar to Ye Shi in the previous life. Jing Xi rushed over, but Jing Yan shouted in return: "Don't make noise, don't you see someone is asleep?" Jing Xi was stunned, moved back aggrievedly, walked to the side and grabbed her father's clothes.
This scene made Shen Li strangely think of the delicate relationship between the three people in the tomb. Is that kind of thing going to happen again in this life? Shen Li couldn't help asking: "Are they just repeating their fate?" Xingzhi shook his head: "It's just a coincidence."
Seeing Jing Xi's somewhat aggrieved look, he suddenly thought of Xiao He, and couldn't help but say to himself: "After King Rui became Heavenly Lord, in so many days and nights in his life, was there even a moment when he would recall that there was a young woman who had just shown her talent and never had the chance to bloom again in order to fulfill him."
"I will remember it." Xingzhi replied, "After he became Heavenly Lord, the imperial garden was full of lotus flowers."
Shen Li was stunned. She didn't expect Xingzhi to answer her, but after being stunned, she sighed again: "Although it's useless, if Xiao He knew, she should be happy. At least, she was remembered."