The whole world stopped.
Li Changan walked out of the demon nest.
I saw dense raindrops floating in the air one by one.
Seeing Zhang Yi holding Sanniangzi in the corner, tears bloomed on his feet.
Seeing that in the courtyard, people who were waking up one after another froze their bodies again, like sculptures.
Along the way.
The world is dead silent.
The only sounds that could be heard were his own footsteps, heartbeat, breathing, and the friction of clothing.
Sudden.
簌~
there's noise!
He turned his head suddenly following the sound.
A black shadow jumped out from the wall.
Li Changan chased after him without thinking.
…
Black Shadow's speed was unexpectedly fast.
Li Changan had to use a divine walking instrument to barely follow him.
One chasing and one escaping.
Soon we arrived at the long street in front of the Temple of Wine.
The black shadow no longer flew away, but turned around and hit the closed door panel of the street shop. It did not smash the thin wooden door, but scattered into a ball of thick ink and melted into the picture on the door. Character drawings.
Door god?
Li Changan came down and took a closer look.
wrong.
There is no door god painted directly on the door panel. Moreover, the characters look weird, and they don’t look like door gods. Instead, they look like those strange and rampant soldiers on the Shuiyueguan murals.
Li Changan lit the fire and looked around.
But the walls, windows, door panels, and beams along the street were all covered with pictures of "rampant soldiers and generals."
What does this mean... Hiss~ A gust of cool wind rolled into the neck with raindrops.
The Taoist priest shrank his neck, but was stunned.
Time has stopped, how can there be wind?
The world is alive again?
He looked around and saw a strange sight.
The stagnant heavy rain flows again, but not downward, but upward, rolling back the Tianhe River.
The rain clouds dispersed, revealing the stars spinning behind the clouds.
If the pause button was pressed just now, the back button is pressed now.
Looking back on time, the stars have changed.
When you are dazzled.
Crunch.
The door in front of him suddenly opened.
The Taoist priest was startled and quickly retreated to be on guard.
But I saw a person coming out of the door, dressed like a store clerk.
His eyes were dull and his expression was stiff, like a puppet being manipulated. His dull eyes did not pause for even a second on Li Changan next to him. He closed the door and left the street.
No matter how much the Taoist priest tried and called, there was no response.
At the same time, the sound of doors opening and closing could be heard.
But I saw that all the shop doors in the whole street were opened, and many men, women, old and young came out, with the same sluggishness, the same movements, the same closing of the doors and walking into the street, forming a huge and silent crowd. Swarming outside the long street.
It doesn't take a moment.
The crowd left, leaving Li Changan with an empty long street and a gushing red sun.
Yes.
After the stars change, day and night change.
The light and dark changed so quickly that Li Changan's eyes couldn't adapt, so he had to look away slightly.
But he was surprised to see it.
It turned out that it was not just the wall painted with soldiers and generals, but both sides of the entire long street. Every wall, every door, window, and every beam and column had drawings of rampant soldiers made of various colors of pink, black, black, black, and black. The living spirit (harmony) is alive and wandering on it.
During the movement, he turned slightly sideways, as if listening for commands coming from a certain direction.
Li Changan took advantage of the situation and looked around.
It turned out that at the end of the long street, in the direction where the rampant soldiers were bowing, and in front of the Temple of Wine, there was a special altar standing.
No matter how extravagant the ordinary Dharma altar is, it only focuses on the ritual implements, decorations, and personnel, but this Dharma altar is completely different. It is made up of twelve large tables, stacked one above the other.
It can be several feet high.
It even exceeds the spire of the Temple of Bacchus, so that the figures on the stage seem to be in the red sun.
This platform is called Dengyuntai, and it is something from the Lushan Dharma lineage.
And how many people in the entire Xiaoshui City are Lushan believers?
Li Changan raised his eyes, gradually adapted to the light, and saw clearly the people on the stage.
Gorgeous and complicated cassocks are wrapped around the stooped body, and the colorful forehead is tied with a bright head.
Sure enough.
Shuiyue Zhenren is in Mei.
…………
The climbing platform is at the end of the long street, but Li Changan is at the corner of the street.
The distance is too far, even the flying sword can't reach it.
So he shouted to Yu Mei:
"Why did the real person come on stage here, and how did he lead the younger generation here? What is your advice?"
On the cloud platform, Yu Mei just dropped his hands and remained speechless.
Li Changan frowned and was about to go up when a tall and powerful general suddenly appeared from behind the beam in front.
Wearing a silver robe and gold armor, with five-color flags on his back, his face painted green and white, he looked like an actor on the stage, and he spoke in a measured tone.
"I am the Dharma Master, sit down here, General She. My Dharma Master is here, Taoist, why don't you bow down quickly!"
Divine general?
Li Changan glanced at it.
The figure is slightly unreal, indeed not a mortal.
But if you look closely, you can see that there is evil and turbidity hidden in the pure air.
That's right, the rampant general.
The Taoist priest ignored him and continued to ask Yu Mei loudly:
"It turns out that the reinforcements Mr. Yu said were real people, and the rampant troops in the Jin Mansion that day were probably your work. What is the intention of putting up this array now?"
High on the cloud platform, Yu Mei remained speechless.
On the contrary, the rampant general in front of him was furious.
"Bold Taoist, dare to be rude to the Dharma Master."
He raised his hand and made a move, green light surged and turned into a big spear. The red tassel swallowed (harmony) and spit out the spear blade, like a green snake coming out of its hole, and it went straight to the chest and abdomen of the Taoist priest.
"Suffer death!"
Li Changan was always on guard, and he immediately dodged and swung his long sword out.
puff.
The long sword easily penetrated the gap in the armor, which made Li Changan stunned.
Is this a rampant general? Why is it so weak?
For a moment of surprise, the fierce general buried his face and kept mumbling.
“It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts.”
The sound became increasingly urgent, louder, and increasingly vague, unlike a human voice.
finally.
"It hurts me too!"
He raised his head and hissed.
A human face quickly began to distort and deform, and the figure also expanded rapidly. The white robe burst and the armor pieces fell apart.
Li Changan drew his sword and retreated quickly, and immediately after, there was a fishy wind.
He rolled over again and looked up again.
The light around him suddenly became dim.
In front of him, he was blocked by a squirming "wall". The wall was covered with blue and white scales. It turned out to be a giant snake coiled around him in the center.
Looking up, I saw a huge (harmony) triangular snake head sticking out its fangs and spitting out human words.
"Swallow you!"
Pounce down.
The next moment.
"Slay the demon."
The green sword light burst out, revealing his true form, and the rampant general was torn apart in the blink of an eye, turning into pieces of meat rolling on the ground.
Blood rained down, and the mountain of flesh disintegrated, revealing the figure of the Taoist priest.
He was looking at the crucified snake head thoughtfully.
Although it is said that rampant soldiers and rampant generals are demons and monsters, and they are captured and used by Taoist sects, it does not sound like they are on the stage. But in fact, for demons, this is also a very rare path of righteous cultivation.
It is said that "monster slaying" that only destroys evil spirits will not have much effect on monsters who have converted to the righteous way. At least they will not be chopped into pieces like tofu just like before.
unless.
It was captured by evil laws and was not a serious "army to protect the Tao". Or, the Dharma Master fell into a wrong path, causing it to eat blood or commit evil deeds. No matter which one it is... Li Changan looked at him coldly and saw that Yu Mei was already dancing a weird dance on the cloud platform. During the roundabout steps, the cassocks fluttered and the sacred bells rang. At the same time, one after another rampant soldiers will jump out of the painting, and in a blink of an eye, they will block the entire street, with cold eyes, flocking to the Taoist priests... There is no need to waste words anymore.
Li Changan shook his long sword and shook away the demon blood.
"Evil heretics."
The light of the divine walking instrument shines slightly.
He jumped up and headed towards the crowd of demons.
