The Sky-Swallowing Demon's Nest.
This is a disorderly place within a radius of thousands of miles, where demons and monsters gather, covering an area as large as a country.
Although it is not as good as those big countries, it is even more terrifying than some small countries.
The Sky-Swallowing Demon Lord has an unknown identity so far, and his whereabouts are unknown. It is only known that he has a magical power to swallow the sky. When he uses it, he swallows the sky and the sun with great force. The sun becomes dark and the sky becomes dark, like a deep abyss descending.
It sounds very imposing, but as a signature move of a fifth-grade almighty, a representative magical power, it must have its own uniqueness.
As the master of the demon nest, the Demon Lord Swallowing Heaven, even the demon nest is named after him. There are also six demon kings of Tianhui under his command. They are six toad spirits whose heels have been clearly touched. They are born to uphold Tianyu. The filthy energy has become the Tao, and the Tao has reached the sixth level, each with its own power. Surrounded by the Sky-Devouring Demon Lord, he is fierce and mighty.
With the power and prestige of these seven big demons, countless little demons have become vassals under the demon nest, fighting on their own. Although they are nominally at the command of the Six Demon Kings of Tian Hui, in fact they mostly gather their own forces and occupy the mountains. As kings, each makes a living.
Baiyue Shiwan Mountain is generally peaceful and orderly. Although there are conflicts and frictions between various countries, there are basically no major conflicts. Therefore, the existence of the Sky-Swallowing Demon Nest seems particularly abrupt.
But, after all, it is said to be a demon, not a simple demon.
A simple demon is nothing more than a race. There is nothing special about it. However, if they are called demons, most of them are extremely vicious and do all kinds of evil.
In fact, not only demons, but many demons, wanted criminals and the like are also stationed in the Sky-Devouring Demon Nest. It has become a gathering place for Baiyue's evil forces.
The demons are stationed in the Sky-Swallowing Demon Nest. Black clouds are steaming and they are looting everywhere, making the people miserable.
Yes, the people have no means of living, and there are actually "people" in the Sky Swallowing Demon Nest.
The demons would plunder and eat people from time to time. After all... there are three innate treasures in the human body.
As a naturally intelligent race, humans have three innate treasures, so they are more nourishing than beasts. This is why most demons like to eat humans.
Not only cannibals, but many human demons also like to use human beings as materials. For example, refining a Hundred Soul Banner often requires hundreds of souls.
The three innate treasures are real 'treasures' and can be used in many places.
Fortunately, under the restrictions of Zhengjian Palace and the other three countries, the Sky-Swallowing Demon Nest cannot spread out.
There are three countries bordering the Sky-Swallowing Demon Nest, and they often have wars with the Sky-Swallowing Demon Nest. The Sky-Swallowing Demon Nest often goes to these countries to plunder people, so the three parties have been strengthening city defenses on the borders to prevent demons from invading.
This is the first time that Li Qi has seen such a thing as a "combat readiness state" in this world, and the Sky-Swallowing Demon Nest is one against four, but it is still not at a disadvantage, it is just restricted from expanding.
However, Li Qi also discovered on the way that the basic strategies of those three countries were to stick to their guns and not go out. They would resist the demons when they came, but they would not even take a step into the Sky-Devouring Demon's Nest.
The only one who truly dares to go in and slay demons is the Zhengjian Palace.
These are basically gossips that Li Qi overheard while snooping around on the road.
In fact, less than half a year had passed, and Li Qi had been rushing towards the Sky-Swallowing Demon Nest. Along the way, Li Qi continued to collect information about Zhengjian Palace and the Sky-Swallowing Demon Nest.
After all, no matter what you do, you have to understand it first and then act.
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Time flies, Li Qi left Qingwu City and hurried all the way, almost reaching the Sky-Devouring Demon's Nest.
At this moment, he was at the border of Bailin Kingdom. After leaving the border and crossing the town pass, he arrived in the direction of the Heaven-Devouring Demon's Nest.
Now, Li Qi was holding a ceremony surrounded by everyone.
Li Qi was dressed in his usual clothes, without any special attire, but he was holding a spiritual tree branch in his hand, with an altar in front of him, and he was chanting loudly to the sky:
"The people take food as their heaven, food is the main source of food, and food is the basis of water. Without food, people will not survive, and without water, food will not grow. Since this spring, the gods cherish the rain, and there is no flow in the lower world. The big rivers have shrunk, and the small rivers have shrunk. The fields are dry, the fields are cracked, and the crops are withering and yellowing, especially in this watershed. Early rice is rarely transplanted because there is no water, and middle rice seedlings are damaged because of lack of water. Nowadays, it is the peak season for middle rice transplanting, and the land is still dry and rainless, and the fields are plowed without water. , a matter of life and death."
"If the mountain god blesses the people, then the people will respect the mountain god. If the mountain god ignores the people, then the people will not believe in the mountain god. There is a relationship between the top and the bottom, and the gods and people are dependent on each other."
"I hope the mountain gods will discern clearly and don't hide the mountain spirit!"
Li Qi read out the memorial speech, which he wrote very plainly, without using many refined words, for fear that the other party would not understand.
He was talking to the mountain gods, because raining is actually mostly the work of the mountain gods.
Clouds, mountains and rivers, come from rain.
Cloud gas is the gas from mountains, rivers, and rivers that evaporates into the sky. It is cloud gas. It is not the real "weather".
Therefore, among the six qi of the sky, there is no such thing as cloud qi.
So when it doesn't rain, there is either a powerful person who can transport water, or even draw endless water directly from the sea like a real dragon. Otherwise, it is better to ask the mountain god honestly.
After all, mountains and rivers are interdependent, and there must be water veins in the mountain god's reservoir. Otherwise, the mountain would not be a mountain, and it would not be able to accommodate a mountain god.
Under the expectant gaze of many villagers, Li Qi waited in front of the altar for a while.
However, the rain still did not fall.
Li Qi was a little embarrassed, and the villagers also wailed, even resented.
However, Li Qi turned around and said, "Fellow folks, please be patient. I'll be back as soon as I can."
After saying this, he whistled.
But I saw a strong dragon horse descending from the sky, covered in black scales, like black armor, with auspicious clouds on its feet. It was eight and a half feet tall at the shoulders. It was majestic and majestic. It had down feathers on its side. The horse's mane was carrying a subtle electric current. It raised its head and neighed. There seems to be thunder, falling from the sky, riding on the wind and clouds, and it is extremely majestic.
The dragon and horse came to the world, and the villagers knelt down and trembled in fear.
But he saw Li Qi get on the dragon horse, slap the horse's leg, and rush directly into the mountain of sacrifice.
The villagers looked at each other.
But within a few minutes, I saw the beasts in the mountains seemed to be afraid and ran away. The wind blew loudly, the clouds blew out mist, the sky and the earth were blurred, and there were rumbling sounds like rocks flying and sand flying.
After a while, I suddenly saw the clear air rising from the foot of the mountain and reaching the glorious peak of the mountain, entangled and lingering.
There was a strange wind slowly falling, circling in the mountain, sometimes twisting and turning with the spirit, going up or down, and there was a flash of lightning, which kept turning with the strange wind, followed closely behind, and refused to let go.
Then, I heard thunder shaking, like a mountain collapsing, strange winds scattered in all directions, and they fled into the waves without a trace.
The lightning flashed again and he caught up.
About a quarter of an hour later, I saw black clouds falling from the sky, the sky was angry, and raindrops were falling.
First, it was as quiet as a bead moving around, and then it turned into a violent wave. Suddenly, it was like a heavenly creation, thousands of horses leaped into the trough, and sweet rain fell down, falling into the ground.
I saw Li Qi again and saw him walking out of the mountain pass. His face was the same as before, his clothes were as clean as new, and Shi Shiran returned to the altar.
The villagers were still stunned.
"Okay, now that the rain has fallen, I will take away a little bit of your village's popularity as promised. The mountain god made an agreement with me that in the next three years, I will not dare to deduct the water vapor again. In the next three years, I dare not say that the atmosphere will be good, but I will definitely Good luck."
Only after Li Qi finished speaking did the villagers react.
They all immediately trembled and knelt down. All their previous thoughts were gone. They all muttered "Witch bless you!" and kowtowed repeatedly.
"There is no need to salute, the mountain gods are unkind. In order to wish people, I should complain to people about their needs, but you must also remember that you can complain to the gods if they are unkind, but you should not make sacrifices that are disrespectful. As I said, up and down are related, and gods and people depend on each other. , all things are equal." Li Qi waved his hand.
After saying this, according to the previous agreement, he stretched out his hand and took a piece of the huge popularity gathered by everyone.
Then, he turned around and returned to the mountains.
Only a bunch of villagers who didn't know whether they heard or not were left behind, shouting "Witch" and kowtowing.
When passing by here and temporarily repairing it, he heard that the mountain god here no longer rained, so he took over the matter, but as a reward, he would receive a bit of the popularity here.
Because it is collected after helping them, there is no causal entanglement.
The popularity collected is the process of Li Qi's cultivation, and his cultivation has become more and more sophisticated in this process.
However, he has been suppressing the cultivation of the spirit in his body. He has to wait for the opportunity mentioned by the Lord of Green Mountain before condensing the spirit. This will be more beneficial to his future practice.
Li Qi left the crowd and entered the mountains,
As soon as they entered, the old horse came close, barking regularly, and carrying a weasel on its back.
The Weasel's expression was extremely humane. When he saw Li Qi coming in, he immediately uttered human words: "This wizard must always be reasonable in life, right? I hate that unreasonable mortal. I treat him with good intentions. He waits." Instead, you treat me with evil intentions. Whenever outsiders come, you only complain about your grievances and don’t remember how I treated them. I just hid my anger and trapped them for a year to set a warning for others. Then you knock on the door. What’s the point!”
It turns out that this weasel is the mountain god here.
Li Qi looked at the other party and replied calmly: "No matter how serious your grievance is, it is not right for it not to rain for a year. This area does not rain for a year. Let's not talk about people's life and death. Just talk about the surrounding mountains and forests, the wild beasts in the distance, and the river." Fish and shrimp, who hasn't been harmed by you? As the god of a mountain, do you only enjoy the incense of Shinto but don't do practical things?"
"Because of selfish desires, cutting off the water and vapor of a mountain is something you shouldn't do anyway. I am punishing you this time because of this. Since you have walked the path of God, you must know that God exists because of humans, and Shen is God. , after receiving the sacrifice, you have to do something." (Note: The inscription of the god is 'Shishen', Shi: the ancient meaning is altar, Shen: the ancient variant of 'electricity', the extended meaning is thunder and other natural Power.)
The weasel was originally confident and confident, but after hearing this, his momentum suddenly weakened by three points, and he whispered: "The rivers are drying up, the forests are drying up, and the beasts are withering... That, of course, it is my fault, but that village is really too much!"
The Weasel became angry: "Originally, they always worshiped me, and I naturally blessed them with good weather, but then the Sky Swallowing Demon Nest came, and I gave up a dozen of my skills to protect a safe place. However, my strength was indeed inferior, and I was killed by the demon. They broke through the maze and robbed three to four hundred people from that village... Then they smashed my idol, destroyed my shrine, and almost cut off my path to Shinto. How could I endure this?!"
"How many people are there in the village?" Li Qi asked back.
The weasel was stunned for a moment, recalled, and replied: "About a thousand."
"In a village of more than a thousand people, three to four hundred people were robbed, and thirty to forty percent of the people were gone. Do you blame them for not continuing to sacrifice to you?" Li Qi asked again.
"Then you can't blame me. I lost a decade of cultivation to lay out the maze, and I did my best." The weasel was angry and no longer even afraid of Li Qi.
"Then let's talk to them. If you cut off the water and qi veins without saying a word, how can you let them continue to worship you?" Li Qi waved his hand and said: "You have difficulties, they also have difficulties. Humans and gods depend on each other. How can they continue to worship you?" The Qi will be broken in a moment. Without them, how will your Shinto path go? Do you think you are one of those great gods, and there are people worshiping you from thousands of miles around, so it doesn't matter if one or two villages don't believe in you?"
"The foundation of Shinto lies in the power of Shen and the integrity of Shinto. Think about it for yourself. It is not easy for the Yellow Weasel clan to become Taoist. You are also kind-hearted. If you continue to protect them for three years, they will have good weather. What do you think? ?" After Li Qi finished speaking, he grabbed the weasel and threw it up the mountain. He no longer lingered here, got on his horse, and galloped towards the main road.
There is nothing to miss. This scene is not uncommon in Li Qi's journey.
Along the way, he didn't know how many times he had done this.
Coordinating people and gods, coordinating people and ghosts, coordinating ghosts and gods, among all kinds of conflicts, as a Zhuren, stand in the center, handle things with justice, treat people with justice, resolve misunderstandings and contradictions, make fair decisions, and then collect Their corresponding Qi.
One of the ways of practicing Zhuren is this.
Of course, if you feel that this is too tiring, you can also squat in the mountains and practice slowly, carving out the small world of the human body bit by bit, and you can also be promoted.
But compared to Li Qi, it will be slower.
Every time Li Qi collects other qi, he is filling up his own small world. For example, this time, he has the popularity of a village. After his small world is perfected, settlements similar to this village will appear.
According to the book, if your small world of human body can hold it and get all types of 'Qi' in the world, then his small world of human body can be perfect.
However, if you go directly to collect Qi, you will be tainted with cause and effect.
For example, if Li Qi directly takes the popularity of that village instead of taking it after balancing it in advance, it will be contaminated with the cause and effect of the village, which will be very detrimental to future development.
Some wild witches in the countryside only realized that they could extract other Qi, but did not realize what happened later. Therefore, their cultivation level improved rapidly in the early stage, but in the later stage, they had to pay thousands of times to repay their debts.
The most important thing in the way of shamanism is righteousness, so you must always be vigilant.
Otherwise, if you can't repay it, you'll probably have to change your path, for example... join the devil's path, take cause and effect as your nourishment, and take plunder as your responsibility from now on.
Li Qi rode his old horse and quickly returned to the roadside.
On the side of the road, stood Shen Shuibi, who was dozing off.
That's right, standing.
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