Chapter 2 The Immortal Arrives
The people of Suzhou have been very anxious recently.
The reason is that two minor events happened in Suzhou recently.
First, not long ago, a woman in red came to Suzhou City, set up a ring in the city, and erected a banner of "competition to attract marriage". This kind of courtship is very common in the world. Most of them are women looking for a husband with advanced cultivation. Some knights who are not good in appearance but have advanced cultivation can take this opportunity to solve their single problem.
The woman's name was Hong Tao, and she had a superior figure and appearance. It was hard for anyone not to be attracted to her. So on the first day, almost half the city's swordsmen and heroes came to challenge Hong Tao. What's the matter?"
The young Taoist priest was lying on a stone, with his legs crossed and a straw in his mouth, looking depressed. The monk sitting next to him with his hands clasped together, secretly looking at the girl not far away from time to time.
"Monk, do you think you are robbing your brother's wife?" Duan Chuyi kicked the monk.
Xu Yun looked serious: "It can't be counted. The poor monk just saved Miss Yin in a critical moment. It is considered a moral act."
"You are a moral person, how should you deal with this person? Everyone has been separated, and her senior brother is not very smart. If he thinks that we kidnapped him, he will give us a sword without saying a word. You Resistance or shall I?" Duan Chuyi glared.
"I still remember that some people said yesterday that Brother Zhong is really a genius in this world, with great talent and military skills. It is the greatest honor of my life to join forces with Brother Zhong." Xu Yun's expression did not change.
"Do you understand the scene?" Duan Chuyi turned over and got up: "You monk know nothing! Look at the way his master protects the calf. If I don't praise him, what should I do if he stumbles me?"
The monk looked at the sky and said nothing.
Duan Chuyi waved his hand: "Forget it, I'll go ask this bitch what she thinks. Let's throw this hot potato out first, and then go find my brother Su. I don't know if our brother Su will live well without us." , did anyone bully him?" At the end of the sentence, he sniffed his nose in a decent manner, with a sad look on his face.
Yin Wanwan's mood was very subtle now. She had fainted from the roar of the dragon before. When she woke up, she saw a Taoist priest and a monk muttering something next to a stone not far away.
Although they are both disciples of the three religions, this is not the first time they have met, but now I see the two people dancing and chatting, especially the Taoist priest surnamed Duan, whose face has an unpredictable expression. He is happy and sad for a while. Like a lunatic, Yin Wanwan was a little worried. Could it be that she knew people but didn't know people's hearts?
"So, Miss Yin, what are your plans now?" Duan Chuyi forced out a smile that he thought was very approachable.
"Can you help me find my senior brother first?" Yin Wanwan quietly put her hand on the long sword at her waist.
Duan Chuyi saw the little girl's little movement, his eyes twitched, and he stepped back a few steps: "We don't know how big this fairyland is. The monk and I are going to find my brother Su first. Miss Yin might as well follow us first. If we meet by chance on the way, Brother Zhong is naturally better, if we can't meet him, we will send Miss Yin out of the fairyland safely."
Only a ghost would want to meet your senior brother. Duan Chuyi muttered in his heart.
Yin Wanwan hesitated, bit her lip and said nothing.
"Someone is coming." Xuyun, who had been closing his eyes to rest, suddenly said: "Hide first."
Duan Chuyi was stunned, looked at the grass and stones around him that were no taller than his calves, and asked: "Where to hide? Is it okay to hide it in the grass?"
Yin Wanwan was even more sure that the Taoist priest in front of her was not normal.
Xuyun came to the two of them, untied his cassock, and formed a magic formula with his right hand. The cassock floated above the heads of the three people, emitting golden light and covering the three of them.
"Is this thing okay?" Duan Chuyi raised his head and looked at the shining cassocks in the air: "It looks like we are more conspicuous, monk."
"This should be Buddha's 'Brahma Cloud Kasaya'. The place covered by the cassock can hide all objects. Only people like Buddha, Taoist and my master can detect it." Yin Wanwan questioned: "Speaking of which, how did you become Taoist? Junior brother's? I haven't found your shining point yet."
"What do you know about this little girl? I am a poor Taoist who is intelligent and dedicated to seeking the truth, but he just doesn't pay attention to these side ways." Duan Chuyi looked incomprehensible, his face was not red and his heart was not beating.
Yin Wanwan was speechless.
"Sun Yu from Yudaozong." Xu Yun squinted his eyes and saw the person clearly: "I don't know who the other one is."
"Speaking of it, the Yu Dao Sect is also my Taoist sect. We share the same roots. In terms of seniority, Sun Yu still has to call me uncle. How about we all be frank and help each other?" Duan Chuyi stretched his neck, took a look, and suggested.
Xu Yun shook his head: "Your nephew doesn't look right, let's take a look first before talking. Master also reminded me to be careful about your nephew before I came here."
"Monks are suspicious." Duan Chuyi muttered, but still sat down on the ground with a piece of freshly pulled grass in his mouth.
Sun Yu walked near the three of them, looked around, and after confirming that there was no one else, he waved his hand to signal Liu Yuan behind him to stay away.
Without saying a word, Liu Huan turned around and walked for a mile before stopping. Still facing Sun Yu.
Sun Yu nodded with satisfaction, pulled out the long sword from his waist, and held the sword with his left hand. Blood immediately spread all over the sword and dripped down the tip to the ground.
Sun Yu inserted the long sword into the ground, made a seal with both hands, and muttered something in his mouth. The sword emitted a white light that kept flashing. The faster the flash, the faster Sun Yu made the seal with both hands.
"Monk, what is he doing, casting spells on the air?" Duan Chuyi pushed Xu Yun.
Xuyun shook his head.
"The method of summoning spirits is a forbidden technique that costs one's own lifespan and soul. He is summoning the souls of his ancestors." Yin Wanwan whispered.
Duan Chuyi was stunned: "Why do you know so much?"
Yin Wanwan said with some embarrassment: "Master said that my body is not suitable for practice, so I know more about 'skills'."
Duan Chuyi praised: "It turns out that Miss Yin relies on her brain to make a living. It will be very convenient to take you with me."
Yin Wanwan didn't know how to answer this lunatic, so she simply said less.
Sun Yu's kneading speed on the other side also slowed down, and the white light emitted by the sword no longer flickered, but the three of them could feel some subtle changes in the fluctuations of spiritual energy around them, and all the spiritual energy gathered towards the ancient sword. long sword.
The three of them carefully controlled the slow flow of spiritual energy in their bodies. It would not be a good thing to be discovered at this time.
"Come out." Yin Wanwan whispered.
As soon as he finished speaking, above the long sword, the surrounding spiritual energy condensed into the figure of a middle-aged man wearing a long gown. The man closed his eyes and stretched.
Sun Yu stopped kneading and looked excited. He knelt down and said, "Sun Yu, the fifth generation disciple of the Yudao Sect, pays homage to the founder."
The man opened his eyes lazily, looked around, then turned to the junior in front of him, held his chin and said, "You did a good job. Next, go find Taoist Taohua. Only he can make me reborn."
Sun Yu frowned and said, "But will Taohua Taoist be willing to use the resurrection technique for the Patriarch?"
"Then it's not up to him." The man raised his lips: "There is that person's soul hidden in this peach blossom fairyland. If I accidentally destroy something in the fairyland and affect that person's soul, I don't know if this Taoist priest What will be the reaction?"
"Find Taohua Taoist, don't worry about the rest. If anyone blocks him, just kill him." The man's voice was calm.
"Yes, Patriarch." Sun Yu lowered his head and said. But he quickly remembered something and looked at the man: "But Patriarch, among the people who entered the fairyland this time, in addition to the disciples of the three religions, there is also a young man named Su, which is a bit strange."
"Weird?" The man raised his eyes and asked, "What's so strange?" From their point of view, Hongzhu was a delicate and weak woman. She didn't look like a martial arts master or a practitioner. She only had to deal with other competitions in the city. those.
Then after a day of fierce fighting, the swordsmen and heroes had no chance to fight against the competitors.
Because no one can beat Hong Tao, Hong Tao doesn't seem to take these so-called heroes to heart. After watching them perform a set of turtle tricks, Hong Tao casually slaps people off the stage.
After winning, Hong Tao will ask the men who challenged her for an item on their body, no matter whether it is valuable or not, and then hang the item on the big flagpole of the "competition to attract a bride".
Three days passed, and the flagpole was already covered with items left by the knights: wine flasks, sword scabbards, belts...
"Grandma, does this bitch still want to get married? Before I could react, I was slapped away as soon as she stretched out her hand... But this bitch has pretty hands with thin skin and tender flesh." A big man in the audience replied.
"What the hell, when you reach out, why do you fly away when I look at others?" someone joked.
The big man said angrily: "Fuck your mother, she must have raised her hands. How could I fly if she didn't raise her hands? Could it be that I farted and collapsed?"
Before everyone had time to laugh, they heard a cold voice: "One more mouthful of 'this bitch', believe it or not, I will sew your mouth shut."
Everyone in the audience couldn't help but shudder, and quickly bowed their heads and kept silent. When the big man lowered his head, he did not forget to whisper: "Hey, this girl's voice is so sweet, I..."
Before they could finish speaking, everyone saw a flash of red shadow in front of them. Hong Tao was already standing where the big man was, and the big man was already flying out of the city in the sky...and was thrown away.
Well, it seems that this girl is not as cold as she seems on the surface, she is still a bit grumpy.
Soon no one came up to challenge Hong Tao. Everyone knew that this weak-looking woman was most likely a disciple of some sect on the mountain. People who practice Taoism must have people who practice Taoism to deal with it. It is not something that ordinary people like us can get involved in. of.
But there are still people who would peek at Hong's figure lying on the bamboo chair. From a woman's point of view, Hong's figure is top-notch. The men in the city all agree that Hong's figure cannot be seen when she lowers her head. foot.
Hong Tao didn't care about any of this. He just looked up at the northern sky from time to time, as if he was waiting for someone. Occasionally, he would take a look at the men, women, and children coming and going in the city, and a trace of... pity would flash in his eyes.
The second incident happened in the City Lord's Mansion.
The day after Hongli came to Suzhou City, a monk wearing black cassocks came to the city.
Generally speaking, according to the city's regulations, monks will only wear black cassocks during funerals to help the deceased.
However, few families in Suzhou would invite monks to save the souls during funerals. In their opinion, the monks would just recite an unintelligible scripture and then carry away the pig's, donkey's and dog's hooves in the house with a bowl.
Therefore, the appearance of this black monk attracted the attention of a large number of people. I wonder which family suddenly wanted to invite a monk to chant sutras.
The monk clasped his hands together, lowered his eyes, and muttered words. He walked straight to the gate of the city lord's mansion, sat cross-legged, and began to recite Buddhist scriptures.
For some reason, the monk chanted the sutra very softly, but the whole city of Suzhou could hear the monk's sutra.
"Good boy, does this old monk still want to live? He dares to recite Buddhist scriptures in front of the devil's door." Everyone was shocked.
As expected, soon, a blood-red sword light struck at an extremely fast speed from the city lord's palace. The monk sat still and allowed the sword light to split him in half, and the sound of chanting sutras also stopped.
Then a group of soldiers ran out of the city lord's palace, wrapped the monk's body in a straw mat, and walked outside the city. In the back hill outside the city, there were countless people from the world who were killed by the city lord buried.
After the Demonic Dao entered the Central Plains, the new city lord sent to govern Suzhou City was named Riying. He was one of the ten princes of the Demonic Dao. He was addicted to killing. Although he was not the strongest among the ten princes in the battle between good and evil, he was the one who killed the most people. The most cruel.
On the first day when Split Shadow came to Suzhou City, even though the old city lord had given up resistance and was willing to voluntarily give up control of Suzhou City, Split Shadow still stabbed the old city lord through the chest in front of everyone in the city and killed him. His body was hung on the tower until it was dried.
Almost everyone in the city wanted to kill Split Shadow, but reason still told them that a demon with such advanced cultivation as Split Shadow was not something they could deal with.
Although there were monks from the mountain who came down to challenge Split Shadow. Although the appearance of the immortals did look different from ordinary people, none of them survived. The bodies of the monks were also hung on the towers, as if to warn everyone not to Having dangerous thoughts.
But fortunately, after Split Shadow came to Suzhou City, he only focused on cultivation and had no time to manage the affairs of Suzhou City. As long as the residents in the city did not have any thoughts of rebellion, Split Shadow would let them go freely.
As for those who wanted to rebel privately, those with high cultivation levels would hang them on the top of the city as a warning, while those with low cultivation levels would be directly killed and thrown into the mountains behind.
So it is not surprising that the monk was killed. Dare you recite sutras in front of the gate of the city lord's mansion? Do you think that split shadow is your Buddha?
I thought this incident would be over, but the next day, two more monks in black cassocks came to the city. Their appearance, body shape, and voice were exactly the same as the monks who were killed yesterday.
Although everyone was a little surprised, they didn't think much about it. Maybe they were three brothers?
The two monks still walked straight to the city lord's palace, sat cross-legged, and began to recite Buddhist scriptures. The Buddhist scriptures echoed in the sky above Suzhou City, and then the sword flashed, and the two monks were split in half, wrapped up and thrown away by the soldiers. Go back up the mountain.
On the third day, when three identical monks appeared in the city, some people began to realize that this was no ordinary monk. The two monks yesterday and the three today were actually the same person.
This time City Lord Split Shadow appeared in person and stared at the three monks for a long time. After saying something, seeing that the monks ignored him, he used his sword again to kill the monks from the waist, and also killed the monks' souls. They beheaded them to ensure that the three monks were completely dead and did not even have a chance to be reincarnated before leaving.
On the fourth day, the four monks still appeared in the city. The residents in the city showed no surprise or other emotions when they saw the four monks.
It’s obvious that they are also gods. Damn it, what kind of world is this? There are gods everywhere, but they still let us live?
The city lord Split Shadow is the most helpless person in the city.
He has killed countless enemies in the battle between good and evil. The more people he kills, the more excited he becomes. Especially cutting off the opponent's head with his own hands and crushing the opponent's soul can give Split Shadow great pleasure.
But for the first time, this black-clothed monk made him feel powerless. No matter what he asked, he would not answer. The monk seemed to have only reciting Buddhist scriptures in his eyes, even if he cut him with a knife. The monk seemed to feel no pain and had no reaction when he touched the flesh on his body.
Split Shadow gave up and turned around to go back home. Just let him read it. At worst, his ears would be blocked, and he couldn't kill him, so just waste it. What's more, Split Shadow also knows the monk's purpose of chanting sutras here, and he will leave sooner or later.
Now the people of Suzhou are unhappy again. They were enjoying watching the excitement, but the city lord suddenly gave up? Isn't he some big murderous monster? Shouldn't we delve more into how to kill this monk? Just give up if you say you give up?
The same goes for this monk. Damn it, if you have a conflict with the city lord, you two get into a fight, or you recite sutras at the door of his room. You make the whole city listen to you reciting sutras, without considering whether we like it or not?
Fortunately, it was bustling with people during the day, and the sound of chanting was not so harsh. Once the city quieted down at night, the monk's voice could clearly be heard in everyone's ears. How could he still sleep? Get some sleep! Doesn’t it mean that the family is compassionate? In fact, you are also a demon, right? Chanting sutras to kill? It's not as enjoyable as Split Shadow.
So in the following days, the woman in red in the north of the city and the monk in black in the south seemed to want to settle down in Suzhou City. In other words, they seemed to want to die in Suzhou City without even moving from where they were. Someone watched for several days and found that these two people did not even need food or convenience.
"You know what? A Taoist cultivator can go without eating or drinking for hundreds or even thousands of years. It has only been a few days. Look at that monk. He can do nothing to make Split Shadow. At first glance, he is a master of Taoism. He must be a master of Taoism. When our generation is old and dead, we won’t even fart.” One day, an old man in the city was stroking his beard and spreading knowledge to the young people.
"If you don't fart, won't you choke to death?" a young man questioned.
The old man glared: "You, a mortal, know nothing about farts. The breath in the body of a cultivator circulates internally and externally, and farts can be expelled between breaths. Do you think you have to take off your pants to fart like your kid?"
The crowd burst into laughter. The young man blushed: "Grandpa, didn't you agree not to tell anyone?"
The old man was stunned: "On impulse, on impulse..."
It’s a rare leisurely afternoon. The strange thing is that it is winter now, but the temperature is extremely high today. I don’t feel cold even if I only wear a thin shirt. The snow on the streets has melted cleanly overnight, and the sun is high in the sky. The sun makes people feel warm all night long.
This is a sight that shouldn't happen, but everyone has seen too many strange things during this period, so it's no surprise.
So most people put down their work that afternoon and gathered together in twos and threes, cracking melon seeds and chatting, enjoying the warm days that they had not seen for several months. Even the monk's chanting didn't sound so annoying anymore.
"What is that in the sky..." I don't know who raised his head first and saw the scene in the sky, his voice trembling.
Everyone noticed that the sunlight suddenly disappeared, and they all looked up at the sky and saw perhaps the most spectacular and unforgettable sight they had ever seen in their lives.
Thousands of fairy swords flew densely in the sky towards Suzhou City, blocking the brilliance of the sun. On each fairy sword stood a man in fluttering clothes, standing with his hands behind his back.
Although you can't see the expressions on those people's faces clearly, you can imagine how proud and romantic they are. There are so many people cultivating immortals.
"Those are all gods!" Some people in the city began to kneel down and shouted excitedly. Then the residents of the city knelt down one after another.
In the eyes of mortals, immortals are almost omnipotent. With a snap of their fingers, they can turn the sun and the moon upside down, and make the mountains and seas bow to their knees. Immortals possess the most powerful power in the world.
How can the appearance of an immortal be easily seen by mortals? Not to mention that with so many immortals appearing at once, all the residents in the city could do was kneel down to express their excitement. Even the monk in front of the city lord's palace stopped chanting sutras, and the woman in red in the north of the city stood up from the recliner and looked at the sky, with an indescribable meaning flashing in her eyes. City Lord Split Shadow stood on the roof of the City Lord's Mansion, his face uncertain.
"Hey, it came pretty fast." On the second floor of a small restaurant in the city, a young gentleman leaned against the wall. He only glanced at the dense crowd of immortals and then withdrew his gaze, continuing to deal with a plate of peanuts on the table. .
What's so good about him? He's just an immortal. Can he resist one more blow from me or what? The young man only took one glance and had a rough idea of the strength of the immortal in the distance.
Nothing more.
