Lu Ran flew in the sky again and finally got a glimpse of the whole city.
As dusk approaches, the sky darkens and the lights turn on.
The entire Jueying City was like a four-pointed star, lighting up bit by bit, piece by piece.
When Lu Ran saw Teng Yun heading west, he couldn't help asking: "Are we going to the Immortal Land?"
Huaihuang nodded, "Yes, let's... go see the Queen again."
"But go there, it's unobstructed, Master Huai, aren't you afraid..."
Huaihuang smiled and said, "There is a strange thing. I didn't have time to tell you and Fairy Yufu last time. It's very strange. Our religion is everywhere here, but there seems to be some taboo in the area where the Queen of Heaven's statue is located. They We didn’t dare to enter. Later, after years of verification, we guessed..."
"What?"
"We are guessing, just guessing, because the sect's leader became very disgusted with Tianhou after her death in the battle, and he even disliked her statues. Therefore, there is some unwritten rule within the sect, that is, never Go and kneel down, pay homage, and even hold activities in front of the statue of the Queen of Heaven.”
"This Yang Sanlang is quite cautious."
"Shh... we're not here yet. Be careful what you say. We'll talk about it later."
…
After a while, Wuxian Land.
Huaihuang took Lu Ran around in a circle and came to the front of the statue of the Infinite Lord.
Hanging in mid-air, Huaihuang knelt down first, and Lu Ran hurriedly wanted to follow.
Huaihuang said there was no need to do so. According to seniority, Lu Ran and Tianjun should be the same generation, so there was no need to perform such a grand ceremony.
Lu Ran said it didn't matter, but he thought of Xu Fu in his heart, thinking that Xu Fu's face was so similar to this mottled stone statue.
After worshiping, Teng Yun went up and came to the place where he and Xu Fu went last time, Tianjun's Daoguan, which was actually a viewing platform.
On the observation deck, looking at the light paths of Jueying City like star trails and the lights like stars, Lu Ran stopped his thoughts and couldn't help but admire Huaihuang and the immortals he represented.
Huaihuang smiled and said he didn't dare to take it seriously. After pondering for a moment, he asked Lu Ran: "Do you know the population of Jueying City?"
Lu Ran shook his head.
"Seven million households, the total population exceeds 25 million."
Lu Ran still shook his head. He had indeed been to big cities, but the time he could stay there was limited. Even in a fantasy city like 3022 Middle School, due to the limited scope of activities, he had no idea about the "bigness" and "population" of a city. In fact, I still have no idea.
Huaihuang then reported a few numbers at random——
"There are two million young children alone."
"There are four thousand main roads."
“There are six million cats and seven million dogs.”
"There are millions of heretical immortals, evil immortals, and demons combined."
"The daily volume of goods moving through Pig Face Bay is measured in hundreds of millions."
…
With such specificity, Lu Ran just felt the grandeur and sincerely praised: "It is truly the number one city in the world!"
Huaihuang's face was not happy, but rather melancholy, and his smile became bitter, "Brother Lu, what he sees in his eyes is indeed prosperity, but when I stand here, what I see are sacrifices."
"Four thousand roads, each of them covered with the blood of my old friends and comrades."
"In the past four hundred years, we have fought more than a thousand battles with outsiders on Echang Street, and our side has suffered equally heavy casualties."
"In the battle with the pirate Wang Zao at Pig Face Bay, in just one day, we lost three hundred red immortals, sixty human immortals, and three true immortals."
"Every time a Huanjiao immortal is killed according to the law, we must spend ten times the manpower of the corresponding level."
"So people praise the city for being built with wisdom and hard work, but in fact there are still two things missing, and that is blood and tears."
…
Lu Ran listened quietly to Huaihuang's words, a little unclear whether this was because he came here to be moved by the scene, or if this was the rhetoric he had prepared early in the morning. After thinking about it, he could only comfort him: "Although I can't really understand these things. Sacrifice, but I think the result is always good. Their sacrifice was not in vain, and they bought a stable life for tens of millions of people."
"But I don't think it's worth it." Huaihuang's tone suddenly became a little cold, "And as far as the current situation is concerned, I even think that our efforts over the past hundreds of years have failed. I, or You said we are sorry, Master."
"fail?"
"Excuse me...Master?"
For a moment, Lu Ran was so shocked that he could no longer speak.
A gust of wind blew, and a half-full moon rose into the sky, making the Huaihuang figure in front of him appear much smaller.
Huaihuang waved his sleeves and motioned for Lu Ran to sit down face to face with him, and his expression gradually calmed down.
"Come on, let us finish telling the unfinished story four hundred years ago, and then see where this failure came from."
Lu Ran nodded, took out an iron flower from his arms, spread it in the palm of his hand and showed it to Huaihuang, then held it in his hand and sat down gently.
The stories of immortals four hundred years ago who were still happy about the human world continued again in the mouth of this inexplicably angry old man.
This is where the finale ends.
Master Wu Qi was severely injured by Jiejiao and Wuji with the most precious treasure of Huanjiao, and he turned into a yellow light and escaped.
Zhan Wuji did not pursue it because according to the established plan, all the Heavenly Lords and True Immortals in Jueying City had already arrived in Jueying City to participate in the originally planned enthronement ceremony.
The news of the death of the Queen of Heaven had spread among the people. Millions of people took to the streets and held a grand memorial ceremony. In the end, they angrily surrounded the Wanhuan Building, which was only five stories at the time, clamoring for the ring to be destroyed. Teach them to get out of Jueying City.
As the actual management of Jueying City at that time, Huaihuang was on the one hand looking for the whereabouts of Master Wuyi. On the other hand, he was really helpless about this kind of mass movement. He had to try his best to maintain public order and prevent those with ulterior motives from getting in the way. The situation is even more chaotic.
At first, people from the Immortal Sect came and wanted to reconcile with these people, but the angry crowd lost their minds and collided with the important figure in the sect at that time. So the Immortal began to use magic weapons, talismans, etc. to attack these demonstrators. After the suppression, there were more outsiders in Jueying City at that time than now. The two sides fought for fifteen days, and the situation became increasingly chaotic.
The Huanjiao was not panicked at first. Because of the enthronement ceremony, all the strength within the sect was basically gathered in that five-story building. Not to mention the millions of people. Even if there were ten times more people, there would be no pressure at all. Maybe at that time, they had no control over the sect. There are also differences here. It may be that they don't want to commit more crimes, so they choose to delay, which consumes the patience of these mortals, and the crowd naturally disperses. After all, in their view, low-level people like humans are the easiest to be shaken. of.
Things took a turn for the better one month later. The war on the northern front first took a dramatic turn.
Originally, Xia Ya's army, which was supposed to withdraw after the two sects planned to kill Tian Hou, suddenly changed its route and fought back. The leader was Zhan Wuji, who held one of the ten treasures of the sect in his hand.
