In the city lord's palace, in an elegant house.
Bai Yue was standing silently in front of his bed. In his hand was a piece of paper with Juanxiu's small words written on it.
Just after he escaped from the monster, he came here immediately to find out the secret hidden under the bed from his wife.
The note was not big, but the content recorded in it was very rich, causing the city lord, who was known for his iron-bloodedness, to fall into silence for a long time.
He didn't expect that the truth of the matter would be like this. It turned out that his wife actually had such an unknown side.
Most of the content on the note was written in a literary format. Although the number of words seemed small, the content was actually very rich. The general meaning was the origin of Shangguan Jinling.
It turns out that Shangguan Jingling's destiny was not like this, but she was called "Jiang Ling". The reason why she was given this name was because she needed to survive.
"Jiang Ling..."
Bai Yue let his hair down and murmured the name, his eyes full of reluctance.
He knew the surname Jiang very well, and few people even knew about it in the entire Dafu Dynasty.
This is all because of a major case that happened six years ago.
It is said that after Emperor Xuanyang succeeded to the throne, he searched for traces of immortals, and he did not hesitate to spend a lot of national power for this purpose.
This matter was opposed by most people, because no one believed that the so-called immortal legends were true. Little did they know how many emperors in ancient times were ultimately destroyed by this path of seeking immortals.
In order to seek the illusory eternal life, he devoted himself to the pursuit of immortality all day long, was extravagant and wasteful, undermined the country's foundation, and was ridiculed by future generations.
Therefore, this matter was opposed by almost all ministers at the time.
But there is only one exception, and that is the former Imperial Master - Jiang Wen'an.
As a national advisor, Jiang Wen'an had a very high status in the court. It was precisely because of his support that Emperor Xuanyang was able to carry out this nationwide effort to find immortals for a year.
But at the same time, this situation also caused Jiang Wen'an, a famous writer and national master, to be called a sycophant.
In the Dafu Dynasty, the surname Jiang was very rare, so when it was mentioned, people in the world would immediately think of the national master.
However, the Imperial Master, who had a good reputation, actually did such ridiculous things, which made the people and the civil and military ministers of the dynasty hate him deeply.
There was nothing that could be done about it. After all, the other person who did this was His Majesty the Emperor. Even though people had a choice, they still subconsciously blamed the minister who supported him, thinking that His Majesty had listened to him. Ni Yan was deceived and did these ridiculous things.
However, just a year after the emperor's journey to seek immortality developed, news suddenly came that he gave up the plan and ordered all the monks to be killed, all books related to monasticism to be burned, and even He also said the words that there is no way in the world to destroy the way.
No one knows why Emperor Xuanyang suddenly changed his mind, or even went against the previous behavior and went to such extreme measures.
But as the saying goes, it has nothing to do with you, and the emperor is killing those monks and has nothing to do with other people, so not many people are willing to stand up and speak for them.
Of course, the main reason for this is because His Majesty was able to pull back from the brink and stop this kind of behavior that shakes the country in time. This is already what everyone wants, so naturally there will be no words to stop him from severing his orthodoxy.
In this way, all the cultivators in the world were wiped out, and the remaining ones all changed their sects, and no one dared to call themselves monks anymore.
Of course, the monks here do not refer to immortal cultivators with real magic power as in myths and legends, but a group similar to fortune tellers and alchemists, just like Pei Laoliu before.
However, unfortunately, Jiang Wen'an, as the current national master, also has another well-known identity, that is, the master of Qingxiu Temple, and the largest Taoist leader in the dynasty.
Although he had already resigned, his Majesty the Emperor wanted to liquidate the situation, so Jiang Wen'an naturally couldn't run away.
Therefore, something that was known to the whole country happened at that time. After searching for the immortal to no avail, Emperor Xuanyang finally discovered the true face of the Imperial Master. In a fit of anger, he ordered the execution of the entire Imperial Master's residence. Keep.
And Jiang Ling, also known as Bai Yue's wife Shangguan Jingling, is the youngest daughter of the national master Jiang Wen'an.
Fortunately, his favorite daughter had already been adopted into a wealthy family when she was young, and her surname was changed to Shangguan and Jingling.
At that time, Jiang Wen'an was just a poor scholar. His family was so poor that he couldn't even afford food, so he adopted his daughter.
As Shangguan Jinling's husband, Bai Yue didn't know anything about these things.
It's no wonder, after all, she has a lot of involvement behind her, so she never told her about it.
Now, after reading the note, Bai Yue finally understood his wife's true life experience. She turned out to be the daughter of the former national master.
Of course, there was more than just that in the note. What shocked Bai Yue the most was that in addition to being Jiang Wen'an's daughter, his wife was also a monk who studied the methods of cultivating immortals.
According to Shangguan Jinling's description, although she had never learned this whole method, her biological father was the owner of Qingxiu Temple, so he naturally left many precious classics.
It's just that those classics seem to have this problem, making it impossible to practice.
However, the fact that the Jiang family was exterminated has always been a thorn in her heart, so she was thinking about those books all the time, hoping to find a real path to immortality and avenge her family.
But it is a pity that no matter how hard she has practiced over the years, she has never found the correct path to immortality from those ancient books.
But just half a year ago, Shangguan Jinling, who had been practicing to no avail, suddenly discovered that she had actually developed true energy.
She hid this very well, not even telling her husband, whom she had been with day and night.
In this way, with expectation, Shangguan Jingling has been silently practicing those ancient books. She plans to wait until she has figured out the path, wait until she has avenged her family, and then she will tell everything honestly.
But what is helpless is that although she can develop spiritual power, her progress is extremely slow. Until now, she is only at the entry level.
And the big formation in the backyard was not actually set up by the monster, but was set up by Shangguan Jinling, a monk who had just started, based on the books at home.
The purpose of this formation was to improve her cultivation. However, after the monster took over her body, it was used to absorb human blood essence and blood to help her overcome tribulations and transform into another form.
As for the origin of this monster, it has something to do with Shangguan Jinling.
According to her records, she thought she was eager for revenge, so she practiced all the ancient books she owned in one go.
It was precisely because of this that she, who knew only a little about cultivating immortals, did not know that one of the books contained a vicious evil spell called "Yin Sha Xue Cicada".
To put it bluntly, this Yin evil blood cicada Gu is a method of raising voodoo. The practitioner uses himself as a matchmaker to sacrifice a blood cicada, which sucks the essence and blood of living beings, thereby promoting the growth of the blood cicada, and ultimately feeding back to himself, improving his cultivation. for.
Originally, although Shangguan Jinling was eager for revenge, she was kind-hearted and mostly secretly used the blood of some meat animals for sacrifice, and the frequency was not high.
But it was precisely because of this that the blood cicada did not get enough nutrients, and finally turned against the guest, devoured the mother's body, and completely occupied her body. This was the scene that Bai Yue saw later.
This note was written by Shangguan Jingling after she realized something was wrong. However, not long after she wrote it, her body was taken away by the blood cicada, which eventually led to a catastrophe.
After watching all this, Bai Yue was silent for a long time, just standing at the bedside without saying a word.
He really didn't expect that his wife was actually a monk, and because of a moment of carelessness, he caused the current situation.
However, Bai Yue had no intention of blaming the other party.
Although his wife did indeed make a mistake in this matter, she is his wife after all, who has been with him for more than 20 years. With his character, he will naturally not feel resentful about this.
However, no matter what he thinks, since the matter has reached this point, he must find a way to solve it, otherwise, the millions of people in Hanyue City will probably suffer disaster.
While he was concentrating on thinking, he suddenly heard the sound of rolling thunder from the sky. Bai Yue suddenly woke up from his trance and hurriedly ran outside to check the situation.
The sky was already covered with dark clouds, and countless thunder and lightning were rolling in them, flickering brightly and dimly, as if the entire world was enveloped in it.
Bai Yue was shocked when he saw this. When he escaped from the monster, although dark clouds had begun to gather in the sky, they were definitely not as scary as before.
To him, this scene looked like the end of the world was coming, and the power of the thunder in that millisecond was already terrifying even if it hadn't exploded.
He carefully recalled the content left by his wife, but it did not describe what the battle was about, which made him a little at a loss for a while.
But after all, Bai Yue is the lord of a city. After a brief period of confusion, he reacted immediately. When he opened the door and ran out, he needed to meet with the city guards first to urgently discuss the solution to this incident. plan.
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On the other side, after Pei Laoliu settled Yan Jiantong and others, he immediately flew to Hanyue City with his flying sword without stopping.
This round trip requires a lot of spiritual energy. If Master Liu hadn't had the spiritual stone to help him recover, let alone stop the monster, the remaining spiritual energy would have been consumed as soon as he reached the halfway point.
However, using spirit stones to replenish energy is indeed effective, but it cannot be used endlessly.
After all, spirit stones are not pure spiritual power. There are more or less impurities in them. The lower the quality of the spirit stones, the more impurities they contain.
After absorbing the spiritual power of the spirit stone, impurities will also be sucked into the meridians, causing blockage of the meridians. You must find a secluded place and spend some time meditating in order to discharge the impurities again.
It is precisely because of this that the use of spirit stones as a way to recover from battle is restricted and cannot be absorbed without limit.
"It seems that I should be able to absorb the last piece..."
Liu Ye felt the impurities in his body and knew that he would only use this method for the last time today to replenish his spiritual power. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
It is not impossible to forcibly absorb it, but not only is it less efficient, but too many impurities will also cause damage to your own cultivation, and the gain outweighs the loss.
Simply, now that he has returned to Hanyue City, he is just waiting for the Heavenly Tribulation area to look for opportunities to make a sneak attack and kill the monster in one fell swoop.
After such a back and forth, even though Pei Laoliu burst out at his fastest speed, almost twenty minutes had passed. At this moment, the thunderclouds in the sky finally finished brewing and launched an attack.
"boom!!"
There was a deafening explosion, and thick thunder and lightning struck into the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion as if it penetrated the sky and the earth.
For a moment, the whole incident seemed to have fallen into deathly silence, especially after absorbing the spiritual power of the spirit stone, impurities will be sucked into the meridians, causing blockage of the meridians. You must find a secluded place and spend some time meditating. Only through meditation can the impurities be discharged again.
It is precisely because of this that the use of spirit stones as a way to recover from battle is restricted and cannot be absorbed without limit.
"It seems that I should be able to absorb the last piece..."
Liu Ye felt the impurities in his body and knew that he would only use this method for the last time today to replenish his spiritual power. He couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
It is not impossible to forcibly absorb it, but not only is it less efficient, but too many impurities will also cause damage to your own cultivation, and the gain outweighs the loss.
Simply, now that he has returned to Hanyue City, he is just waiting for the Heavenly Tribulation area to look for opportunities to make a sneak attack and kill the monster in one fell swoop.
After such a back and forth, even though Pei Laoliu burst out at his fastest speed, almost twenty minutes had passed. At this moment, the thunderclouds in the sky finally finished brewing and launched an attack.
"boom!!"
There was a deafening explosion, and thick thunder and lightning struck into the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion as if it penetrated the sky and the earth.
For a moment, the whole incident seemed to have fallen into dead silence, especially in Suo Xing. Now that he had returned to Hanyue City, he was just waiting for the Tianjia area to look for opportunities to make a sneak attack and kill the monster in one fell swoop.
After such a back and forth, even though Pei Laoliu burst out at his fastest speed, almost twenty minutes had passed. At this moment, the thunderclouds in the sky finally finished brewing and launched an attack.
"boom!!"
There was a deafening explosion, and thick thunder and lightning struck into the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion as if it penetrated the sky and the earth.
For a moment, the whole incident seemed to fall into dead silence, especially in the
