There is an extremely flat body of water in the upper reaches of Xujiang River, which the locals call "Pingkou". It is a ferry and the area with the gentlest water flow in Xujiang River for 7,000 miles.
However, the cave of the 'King Qingtu' is also under this flat mouth.
This has harmed the people of the entire Xujiang Prefecture. Xujiang Prefecture is separated into two halves by the Xujiang River, which is seven thousand miles away. If you want to go back and forth, you must pass through this flat mouth.
Because the entire Xujiang River, except for this flat mouth, is an area where the water flow is very fast and it is difficult for people and boats to cross.
The former prefect of Xujiang Prefecture wanted to build several bridges on the Xujiang River, but every time they failed, either the half-built bridge suddenly collapsed, or the people who built the bridges fell into the river one after another and died.
Later, another incident occurred when the "Water God" King Qingmao appeared, causing everyone in the Xujiang Mansion to panic, and the bridge repair project ended in vain.
To put it simply, the Water God of the Xujiang River does not allow people to build bridges. If you want to cross the river, you must cross the Pingkou, and the Pingkou is a slow stream opened out of the Xujiang River by the Water God out of mercy, so you mortals are under the control of the Water God. A favor must be repaid, right?
What's the return? It's very simple, just offer a pair of boys and girls every year.
Boys and girls are bodies of pure yang and pure yin, which are of great benefit to demon cultivators. Although King Qingtu has become an immortal, he still likes to eat the flesh and blood of boys and girls, because every pair of boys and girls can It brought him nearly a hundred years of cultivation growth.
On this day, a Taoist priest came from Yuanshi County, which is located on the south bank of Pingkou of Xujiang River. He only wanted to open up the Xujiang River for the people of Xujiang Prefecture and kill the evil gods.
But both the officials and county officials of Xujiang Prefecture, as well as the people of Xujiang Prefecture, all avoided this Taoist named Fang.
King Qingmao is the water god of Xujiang River and has ruled Xujiang River for hundreds of years. During this period, the people of Xujiang Prefecture sought Taoist priests and monks to surrender, but the result was that all the Taoist priests and monks died, and the people were tortured by Qingmao. The king's violent revenge resulted in numerous casualties.
Therefore, over the years, the people have succumbed to King Qingmao and dare not make any more trouble.
It's not a big deal to enshrine a pair of boys and girls every year. Xujiang Prefecture has a population of six million, as long as they have more children.
In this regard, the prefect of Xujiang Prefecture also formulated a policy that if the people of Xujiang Prefecture can give birth to three children, they will be rewarded with fifty taels of silver, and thereafter they will be rewarded with ten taels of silver for each additional child. Therefore, the population of Xujiang Prefecture is still very prosperous.
Although they dared not pay attention to it, when the generous Taoist came to Pingkou to surrender King Qingtu, many people still followed him and gathered among the mountains to watch from a distance.
When they saw the generous Taoist cast a spell and fly into the Xu River with a spiritual light, their eyes widened.
Soon the Xujiang River began to roll with waves, and from time to time there were roaring sounds and magical light.
I don't know how long it took, but the surrounding people suddenly saw a wave in the Xu River, and then a wave washed up on the shore, and also brought a body with it.
The common people sighed in unison, and then they quickly came forward to the bank of Xujiang River, set up an incense table, offered three sacrifices, and then kowtowed to Xujiang River to apologize.
Then the rough water in the flat mouth slowly calmed down, and then a deep and ferocious voice came from the water: "I am King Qingtu, the water god of Xujiang River. How dare you sit on the road and offend this god's water house? Xujiang House must have to do this this year." Enshrine two pairs of boys and girls, otherwise this god will not be merciful."
After saying this, Pingkou completely calmed down, and the people kowtowed in response. After a long time, they dared to go forward to see the corpse.
The corpse had turned into a mummy, with only a thin piece of skin attached to the bones. The flesh and blood had been sucked dry by the King Qingmao, but it could be seen from the Taoist robes on his body that this was the generous man. Taoist.
"Take it back." An old man with white hair and beard looked at Taoist Da Fang's body, shook his head and sighed.
The people immediately carried Taoist Dafang's body back for burial, but what no one knew was that after they buried Taoist Dafang's body, the body immediately turned into a clear spiritual light and disappeared without a trace.
This Taoist Da Fang is one of Fang Jian's thousands of incarnations. These incarnations are all transformed by Fang Jian's tiny trace of spiritual thought + magic power (equivalent to one cell in the body). The only function of these incarnations is to use various methods in the lower world. Experience, understand the laws of nature, travel around the world, experience ups and downs, honor and disgrace, wealth, poverty, birth, old age, illness and death.
After the death of these incarnations, they will return to their origins and return their experience and insights to Fang Jian's soul.
When the real Xujiang Water God Xuanlie came to the Pingkou waters, three hours had passed since the battle between Taoist Dafang and King Qingtu.
At this time, the atmosphere in the Pingkou Demon Mansion was extremely tense. Inside the cave, a group of demon cultivators from the Yang God Realm gathered around a demon immortal wearing black armor and serving him diligently.
That demon fairy was King Qingmao. At this moment, half of his black armor was taken off because there was a very deep and difficult-to-heal wound on his left chest.
"Hiss!" King Qingmao poured the powdered elixir onto the wound. As the elixir glowed with spiritual light, King Qingmao also took a breath of spiritual energy.
King Qingmao glanced at the broken sword on the ground that had been broken into several pieces, and said with a gloomy expression: "Damn it, he's obviously just a Yangshen realm monk, but he can actually pierce my body-protecting fairy light and black armor. If I hadn’t reacted quickly, he would have almost broken my heart.”
King Qingmao really couldn't figure out how a Yang Shen realm monk could break through his body-protecting fairy light? And not only broke through the body-protecting fairy light, but also broke through the black armor on his body.
At first, he suspected that the problem was with the sword held by the Taoist priest, but after killing the Taoist priest, he found that the sword was just an ordinary mortal magic weapon, nothing special at all.
"Is it the Taoist secret technique?" King Qingmao thought of this and could only think that it was the Taoist secret technique.
At this time, the demon cultivator on the side said: "Your Majesty, the Taoist priest injured you, why don't you ask those mortals for more boys and girls? This can also compensate for your injuries."
King Qingmao said: "Do you think I don't want to? I can't! If you ask for too much at one time, it might attract the attention of Heaven, and then the gain will outweigh the loss."
King Qingmao is very smart. He only needs one pair of boys and girls every year. If he encounters a situation like today, he will need an extra pair.
People die every day in the world, but he only has one pair of boys and girls every year, and allows mortals on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to cross the river smoothly throughout the year. As long as he doesn't cause anger and resentment, heaven will not notice him at all.
After King Qingmao finished applying the medicine, he put on the black armor again, but at this moment, a big hole appeared in the black armor on the left side of his chest, which was the hole that had just been pierced by the Taoist priest's sword.
"Damn it." King Qingtu looked distressed, "This hole will take at least three years to be repaired."
This black armor is a low-grade spiritual treasure refined from the scales shed by King Qingmao. It has extremely strong defensive power. For hundreds of years, not to mention the Yangshen realm, few real immortals can break it. Unexpectedly, today But he fell down.
Just as King Qingtu was cursing, a little demon with a body and a fish tail hurriedly swam into the cave, "Your Majesty, please report to your Majesty that a person came from outside the cave and asked your Majesty to go out and see him."
"Huh?" King Qingtao raised his head, and then sneered: "Let me go out to see him? Who is he?"
The little demon said: "I don't know, but that man is quite powerful and dressed in extraordinary clothes. He doesn't look like an ordinary person."
When King Qingmao heard this, he immediately frowned and then released his spiritual thoughts to investigate.
However, as soon as his spiritual thoughts flew out of the cave, they were blocked by the power of water element and could no longer move forward half an inch.
King Qingmao's face condensed, and he immediately stood up and said to the little demons around him: "You guys, follow me."
Then King Qingmao led more than 300 little monsters in the cave mansion out of the cave in a mighty manner. When he saw Xuanlie with his own eyes, King Qingmao's face suddenly changed.
I saw that the person who came was wearing a purple Dou Shu God robe, a purple and gold red bird crown on his head, and a Zhaowu sword on his waist. He was majestic and awe-inspiring.
The 'Zhaowu Sword' is made by Tiangongdu Province (formerly Tiangongyuan). It is a low-grade spiritual treasure. It is the unified sword for the righteous gods and immortal officials of the heaven. It is issued by the heaven. After getting it, the righteous gods and immortal officials can forge it by themselves. If it is damaged, you can get it replaced by Tiangongdu Province.
With such attire and majesty, how could King Qingmao not recognize him? This is clearly a person from heaven!
King Qingmao sensed Xuanlie's Qi again, and it turned out that he was in the Yangshen realm. King Qingmao breathed a sigh of relief, and then he quickly walked forward to greet him and said, "Xujiang little demon Qingmao, pay your respects to the god. , I wonder what God’s instructions are when he comes to Xujiang River?”
Xuanlie looked at King Qingtu who was bowing very respectfully in front of him, and said calmly: "I am the new Water God of Xujiang River in Heaven. I came here to take office today. However, along the way I saw many corpses floating in the waters of Xujiang River, especially the majority of children in the world. I came here specially. Inquire.”
King Qingmao was shocked again, the new Xujiang Water God? Doesn't that mean that the good days of King Xujiang are coming to an end? As the saying goes, there is no room for two tigers in one mountain, especially the water god appointed by heaven. Once he takes office, how can he be as good as him, the demon fairy who controls water as the king?
Especially when the demon cultivators behind King Qingmao heard that Xuanlie said that he was the new Xujiang Water God of Heaven, their eyes changed. Although they followed King Qingmao to harm one side, they absolutely did not dare to do anything to Heaven. Rebellious.
King Qingtu also noticed this, he immediately reacted, and then bowed to Xuanlie: "It turns out that it is the new Sui Lord, the demon fairy Qingtu pays his respects to Lord Suijun."
The mountain god is known as "Tiger", and the water god is known as "Water Lord".
Xuan Lie returned the greeting with his hands, and then said: "Do you know what I asked just now?"
King Qingmao said quickly: "Lord Hui Shui, I don't know, but since I gained enlightenment, I have been cultivating with great concentration in the waters of Pingkou, and I have never harmed any living thing on either side of the river!"
Xuan Lie said: "I did not say that you harmed living creatures, I just asked you if you know what happened to those children's bones."
"Uh, that's it." Qingmao's face froze, then he lowered his head and said, "Master Hui Shuijun, Xiao Wang doesn't know."
Xuanlie looked at King Qingtu and said, "Oh, I don't know? Then who is the 'Water God King Qingtu' enshrined on the incense table on the bank outside?"
Upon hearing this, King Qingmao worshiped without changing his expression: "Sir Shuijun, please forgive me. It is because Xiaowang has protected the creatures on both sides of the strait over the years and has made great achievements. Therefore, the creatures on both sides of the strait mistakenly thought that Xiaowang was the water god of the Xujiang River and worshiped him all the time." Unfortunately, the little king is a demon fairy and cannot appear in front of mortals, so he cannot stop it. This is not the original intention of the little king, and I ask for your forgiveness, Lord Sui-kun."
Xuan Lie smiled slightly and said, "So you still have great merit?"
King Qingmao quickly bowed and said, "I don't dare."
Xuan Lie nodded slightly, then raised his hand to make a spell and said, "Then who said this?"
As Xuan Lie finished the incantation, a bubble of spiritual light suddenly appeared, and then the bubble of spiritual light exploded, and a deep and ferocious voice suddenly came out from the exploded spiritual bubble: "I am Qingmao, the water god of Xujiang River. Your Majesty, you dare to offend me, Shui Mansion, by sitting on the view path. Xujiang Mansion must enshrine two pairs of boys and girls this year, otherwise I will not be merciful."
King Qingmao's face changed drastically, and Xuanlie had already pulled out the Zhaowu sword from his waist, "Qingmao, you pretended to be the water god of the Xujiang River, asked mortals for sacrifices of boys and girls, occupied the water, caused trouble, and harmed living creatures. The laws of heaven are strict. According to the The law must be killed!"
