At night.
While the people of Zhuque City were enjoying the weather that only existed in late spring and early summer, the people of Baidi City were greeted by a continuous heavy snowfall.
The white snow covered the vermilion palace walls and golden glazed palace tiles. As the night grew darker, the coldness that penetrated the world became more real.
Bai Di stood at the door of the Imperial Ancestral Temple, looking back at Miyagi City, and tightened the snow-white cloak around his shoulders. It seemed that because the cloak was the same color as the heavy snow, he still felt the cold. His chest rose and fell a few times, and his face suddenly changed. Under the gaze of the portraits of successive emperors behind him, he coughed several times in pain.
"Ahem, cough..."
The more Bai Di coughed, the more reckless he became. His cloak was dyed red with blood. A hand suddenly stretched out from the side and supported Bai Di's body that was about to fall.
"His Majesty?"
Bai Di threw away his supporting hand and turned around to look at the main hall. When his eyes swept across the center of the empty main hall, he seemed to have been stabbed. He narrowed his eyes and stared there for a long time without saying anything.
The bronze tripod, which represented the stability of the country's destiny, collapsed three days ago and was moved out of the tripod. However, this was only the beginning of the decline and dissipation of the national destiny of the Mugung Dynasty. Faced with this situation, Bai Emperor, who had been seriously injured by the backlash, was unable to reverse it. What.
Gu Ci stood beside Bai Emperor, looking at the decayed and lonely look on Bai Emperor's face, and thinking of his own current situation, he said slowly: "Your Majesty, there is news from Youyan Province that Suzaku City has occupied three cities. There are no signs of external troops mobilizing in the city for the time being.”
Bai Di turned sideways and looked at Gu Ci. He was silent for a moment and asked, "How is Elder Gu's recovery from his injury?"
After Gu Ci was seriously injured by Mu Qing, he just escaped back to Baidi City yesterday. Seeing Bai Di's expression at this time, he knew that Bai Di was suspicious of him. He smiled bitterly: "We have no power to fight back in front of Mu Qing. If it weren't for Mu Qing deliberately let me come back, and I should be a corpse in the forest now."
Bai Di frowned slightly, "I let you come back on purpose to let you take the message?"
Gu Ci looked at Bai Emperor's solemn look and quickly comforted him: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, Mu Qing said he has no intention of coming to Bai Emperor City, but..."
Gu Ci paused for a moment, and waited for Bai Di to be mentally prepared before speaking out the order he had received not long ago: "Mu Qing wants the spiritual vein of the Qingchuan River. As long as your majesty agrees, the wells of Zhuque City and Baidi City will not interfere with the river. "
"That spiritual vein from Qingchuan River?" Bai Di raised his brows slightly and looked at Gu Ci, "This spiritual vein was originally prepared for you, but now it has fallen into the hands of Suzaku City. Does the Gu family have any objections?"
In fact, Gu Ci did not send this news back to the Gu family, and replied: "A low-level spiritual vein, the people of the Gu family will not compete with Suzaku City, and..."
"And you can't win?"
Bai Di spoke first for Gu Ci, his face a little ugly.
Gu Ci said: "Your Majesty, this is the best result after the failure of the plan. You must know that there are two immortal beings behind Mu Qing."
A trace of fear flashed in Bai Di's eyes, he hummed, looked up at the portraits of his ancestors, and said in a faint tone: "Is the secular imperial power always so vulnerable in the eyes of practitioners?"
Gu Ci said: "Your Majesty, you are too worried. You are the Emperor of Humanity. Even immortal creatures would not dare to attack you."
"Ha." Bai Di laughed at himself: "What practitioners are afraid of is the fate of the country that is one with me. Now that the fate of the country is gradually dissipating, what will happen when it completely declines? I still don't understand how Mu Qing turned the situation around. Maybe he would have I am no longer afraid of the backlash of the country’s fate, am I going to have to depend on his mood in the future for my life and safety?”
Gu Ci lowered his head and said nothing, because what Bai Di said was the truth.
Bai Di was silent for a long time and suddenly said: "Elder Gu, can you contact the head of the Gu family for me?"
Gu Ci was moved in her heart and asked, "What does Your Majesty want to do?"
Bai Di looked up at the portrait, a hint of hysterical madness flashed deep in his eyes, and said: "There are reports of practitioners going south from all over the dynasty. There have been such movements in two days. Give him a little more time to understand. What? Instead of doing this, it is better to let the Gu family come to Baidi City."
Gu Ci was shocked and looked at Bai Emperor with wide eyes: "Your Majesty..."
Bai Di turned around
Looking at Gu Ci, he seemed to see through some of the differences after Gu Ci came back. After a moment of silence, he said expressionlessly: "The Gu family is willing to help me embark on my spiritual journey. The relationship between the two parties has been maintained for so many years. Isn't it possible that they want to start from Beihuang?" Are you leaving the bitter cold land and coming to the dynasty to take root and develop?"
"I know that Elder Gu Ci did not choose to go back at the beginning. He just held his breath and wanted to prove himself. If he does this well, Elder Gu Ci should be recognized by many people in the Gu family."
"..."
The hall fell into silence, except for the soft sound of the portrait shaking as the wind and snow poured in.
Gu Ci subconsciously touched his vagina, and seemed to feel the Shura mark located in his heart. He felt that he would suffer the pain of flesh and blood tearing in the next moment, and there was no response.
Bai Di frowned at Gu Ci's actions, and seemed to understand something, and said: "I will ask Yu Jian, the lord of Wangxue City, to contact the Gu family. I will also send you the elder's... situation."
Gu Ci did not expect that Bai Di could guess his current embarrassing situation at a glance. He nodded gratefully and said, "Wangxue City and Juye City are quite far apart. Now that the road is blocked by heavy snow, we may have to wait until the beginning of spring to contact them."
Bai Di frowned and sighed: "There are still three months. I hope you and I can still make it. If Suzaku City has any requirements during this period, we should try our best to satisfy them."
Gu Ci breathed a sigh of relief and praised, "Your Majesty, it's clear."
…
It's late at night, and the stars are few and far between.
The clouds travel over the mountains and into the distant valleys.
Taoist Wild Dog looked at the familiar mouth of the canyon ahead, with a relieved smile on his face and said, "Master Luo, we are back."
Lin Luo snorted. The bruises on the face of this core member of the Lin family who had been severely beaten by Mu Qing had faded on the way, and he returned to his usual smile: "Thank you for your hard work this time, brother."
Taoist Wild Dog waved his hand quickly: "It is my luck to be able to work for you."
Taoist Wild Dog raised his hand to Lin Xiangqiong who was silent at the side, "Elder Lin, Young Master, Xiaodao will say goodbye here."
"Wait a minute." Lin Luo stopped the wild dog Taoist.
Taoist Wild Dog's body froze slightly, and he struggled to squeeze out a smile: "Sir? What else can you do? I don't have any high-level talismans on me anymore, and the few remaining mid-level talismans probably don't look down on you either."
Lin Luo narrowed his eyes slightly and sighed softly: "It seems that Brother Dao has a deep misunderstanding of me."
Lin Luo said as he took out a jade slip from his sleeve and handed it to Taoist Wild Dog: "Here is a talisman Taoist technique that I promised you before. It should be able to help Taoist brother advance further on this Taoist path."
"Oh?" Taoist Taoist Wild Dog took it doubtfully, and when his consciousness swept away, he was immediately overjoyed and thanked him sincerely before leaving.
Lin Luo watched the figure of Taoist Wild Dog disappear from sight, and after waiting for a moment, there were footsteps approaching.
The bandit leader who had participated in Xiao Gaofeng's incident before came to Lin Luo with great respect and said, "Sir."
Lin Luo hummed and handed another jade slip to the bandit leader, "He was injured, but he still has some tricks. You should pay attention to it."
The bandit leader chuckled: "Don't worry, sir, this time we will find out all the family background of this wild dog."
The bandit leader led a group of elite troops away, and everything calmed down in front of the canyon.
Lin Luo turned to look at Lin Xiangqiong, who had been silent all the time, and apologized: "Second uncle, giving all the Imperial Scriptures to Mu Qing will make it impossible for the head of the family to protect this person. Please understand."
When there were only two people left, Lin Luo's name for Lin Xiangqiong became more affectionate. Lin Xiangqiong's tense face relaxed slightly, and he took a deep look at Lin Luo, who was highly respected by his ancestors, and said: " It can be said that the two immortal beings took action to destroy the great formation of heaven and earth. Lingshuzi has actually succeeded in this matter. But the result of our trip is far from the original purpose. How do you think about it? Did Ancestor explain it?"
Lin Luo touched his forehead, grinned in pain, and said gloomily: "What else can I do? Tell the truth. The strength Mu Qing showed in Beihuang was not deliberately fabricated by the Gu family for the sake of face, trying to find out Mu Qing's true identity. , I’m afraid it will take Elder Lin Wu.”
Mentioning the name "Lin Wu", Lin Luo's mood suddenly improved: "Elder Lin Wu will lead the team to the Black Sea this time. We can let him try it out then."
Lin Xiangqiong frowned slightly. Lin Wu's strength was recognized by the Lin family as the best under the head of the family, Lin Langtian. He considered himself inferior, and now he was more concerned about another issue: "For so many years, we have never cooperated with the Gu family. Ancestor What kind of news did you receive that made you want to make such an arrangement even if the owner of the family caught you?"
Lin Luo shook his head, looked in the direction of his return, and said, "If the second uncle can find out Mu Qing's true identity, we may be able to know the reason."
Lin Xiangqiong's eyes flashed, and the whistle that exploded above the heart of the road suddenly sounded. He looked to the north, and even though he was separated by many mountains, he still seemed to see the Shenglong Mountains lying in the north of the Western Mountains.
…
There were birds chirping in the forest outside the house, and Mu Qing opened his eyes.
The woman in his arms woke up quickly after he opened his eyes. There was still a trace of confusion in her eyes that could not distinguish between virtuality and reality. "How long has it been?"
Mu Qing tied a strand of green silk behind Murong Jing and said with a smile: "It's just dawn, but it's more than four months in Qingshan Realm."
Murong Jing sat upright and exclaimed, seeing that the fire pit was extinguished. He stretched out his hand a little further, and a cluster of golden flames lit up with a "bang" and soon occupied the entire fire pit.
After a night of practice, the aura on Murong Jing's body has reached the peak of transcendence, and her control over the Nine Heavens Nether Flame Technique has also reached a higher level.
Mu Qing raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems that both of you can break through the realm faster than me."
Murong Jing leaned back against Mu Qing's chest, enjoying the silence of the cabin. After a while, she asked, "When are you going to set off?"
Mu Qing had never thought of hiding it from Murong Jing, and said honestly: "There should be more than half of the time before the secret realm trial, but considering the time on the road, there may still be a few days left."
Murong Jing's brows moved but she said nothing.
Mu Qing felt her emotions, held her hand and said helplessly: "I will come back as soon as possible, Suzaku City is my home."
Murong Jing snorted softly: "You dragged me to practice in Qingshan Realm last night, and I guessed that you were leaving again."
Mu Qing was stunned for a moment when he heard the complaint of this tiny mosquito, and suddenly tightened his arms: "So you are angry about this."
Murong Jing's eyes were slightly annoyed. She put her hands on Mu Qing's chest and was about to push him away, but Mu Qing moved backwards and rolled sideways.
"Yeah - what are you doing?"
Murong Jing huddled her hands in front of her chest and wanted to push Mu Qing away, "It's already dawn!"
Mu Qing confirmed that Murong Jing's words were full of complaints. He put his hands on the floor beside her face and smiled cheerfully: "It's dawn, so what? No one knows we are here anyway, and I don't want you to be angry with me all day long. "
Mu Qing said as he loosened his grip and kissed Murong Jing's lips.
"Hmm——"
Murong Jing's eyes widened, and she slapped Mu Qing's arm in shame and anger, but soon, the strength in her hand weakened, and her eyes slowly closed.
The small regret that lasted for "more than four months" was satisfied early in the morning.
Suddenly, the spring in the cabin came earlier than in Suzaku City.
