In Bei'an, who doesn't know that Pingcang, a place that has been established as a county for less than a hundred years, actually has a heavenly being.
This is really great luck!
Many people who understand the difficulty of this spring palace even say privately that Zhou Bai might be the reincarnation of some heavenly power, otherwise it doesn't make sense.
Zhou Bai is often mentioned in the circle of gods in Bei'an. Especially after learning that Emperor Pingcang has a good relationship with him, he is very envious.
These incense gods are looking at the scenery outside, but deep down in their hearts, no one has worries, and no one has thought about the future.
The building is about to collapse, and they can see it more clearly than any wise man in the world.
Now there is a heavenly friend, and no matter how miserable the situation is in the end, there is still a way out.
For example, because they were forgotten by the new dynasty and fell into a long sleep, ordinary incense gods would sleep like this until their souls collapsed.
But Ping Cangcheng Emperor has more possibilities. If Zhou Bai works hard, she can be reactivated by heaven in a few hundred years or even less than a hundred years.
There cannot be immortals in the mortal world. Their destructive power is too strong and the will of the world does not allow it.
But the stability of the mortal world requires agents to maintain order and rules, and the most suitable one can only be a god who controls the power of some rules.
They act in accordance with the destiny, and most of their strength comes from the rules of the movement of heaven and earth. If any god does something that is outrageous and resentful, the god's status can be removed at any time.
As for high-level monks and immortals, if they destroy the mortal world, heaven can often only impose limited thunder punishments. There are many ways to resolve this, such as hiding in a demiplane.
The most common method is to temporarily grant permissions to the heavenly messengers and let the heavenly officials from the upper realm come down to earth to handle the finishing touches.
This happens so many times, there are immortals and gods, and it is common in the mortal world that there are only gods but no immortals.
As for the dragon clan, they belong to a very special category. True dragons are generally called dragon gods, assisting Heaven in maintaining the balance of water vapor in the mortal world.
Pingcang City Emperor dispersed the red divine light around her body, revealing the image of a general with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, and a nose as bold as a hanging one.
Zhou Bai's arrival originally surprised Emperor Pingcang. This was the first meeting with him after he became a heavenly being.
However, Zhou Bai's first question made her feel a mixture of joy and sorrow, with a complicated expression.
"People from Longting have already come to investigate. He should be able to advance to three levels in a row. It is said that he has been initially determined to be the Emperor of Cangbei County, starting from the fifth level."
Zhou Bai naturally saw the complexity on the god's face and couldn't help but curiously said: "The seven-level county emperor has been promoted three levels to the fifth-level county emperor. This is a leap from the red emperor to the golden emperor. It shouldn't be a big deal. Happy event?"
"This would naturally be a great event for other counties, but you also know that Cangbei County is different. Half of the land is still in the hands of the Jin Kingdom. Although the county has not been lost, it has been directly exposed to the military front." Ping Cang The city emperor smiled bitterly.
Because Zhou Bai's identity has changed, she is now able to let go of some of her deity status and even treat her as a complete friend.
"Yes, I heard that most of the city emperors in large counties are of the fifth rank, but Cangbei County is one level lower."
"But no matter what, as long as Cangbei County is not lost, your golden imperial position will be stable." Zhou Bai smiled and comforted.
Then he touched the storage ring, took out a handwritten secret book on the method of intercepting gods, and threw it to Emperor Ping Cang.
Emperor Pingcang City responded while flipping through the secret book: "Yes, Jin Chi's spirit has initially come into contact with the rules of yin and yang. After the divine body becomes yang, I may be able to visit your house as a guest."
Her expression became more and more surprised, and the pages of the secret book turned faster and faster. It was obvious that he was reading through it initially.
"This is actually a secret method that gods can practice. It intercepts pure divine power in the divine power of incense. If I can practice it, even if all Cangbei County falls, I will not be irreversibly affected."
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"For the City Emperor's Induction Sutra last time and the God-cutting Technique this time, I doubt you are some ancient god playing in the human world. No matter what, I will keep this feeling in my heart."
This piece of divine magic is not Zhou Bai's Blue Star inheritance, but a miscellany from the Jintinglou Library.
Facing Emperor Pingcang's gratitude, Zhou Bai sighed: "Consider this as compensation. If I were a normal fellow Jinshi instead of a celestial Jinshi, then you would never be promoted to Cangbei County as a god. "
No wonder Zhou Bai said this. Once he mentions his conditions for promotion, the imperial court and Longting will no longer regard Emperor Pingcang as one of their own.
They would only see that Emperor Pingcang had a close relationship with a heavenly being, or had already hooked up with the heavenly court. At worst, he was out of position and had no intention of courting the court.
"This is the agreement I made with you at the beginning, and you have fulfilled the agreement. As for the current results, who knows whether it is a blessing or a disaster?"
"Also, my name during my lifetime was Chao Qu." Emperor Pingcang didn't say any more unnecessary words, but solemnly announced his name.
Seeing this, Zhou Bai could no longer remain calm and composed. He also solemnly bowed his hands and said, "I've met Brother Chao."
In the mortal world, there are many incense and gods appearing to benefit the people in their jurisdiction.
But they are generally called by the names of gods, and few people know the gods' real names during their lifetime. This is a kind of respect.
Such as City Emperor, Tu Tu, He Bo, etc., at most the place names under the jurisdiction of the priesthood are added in front.
Now that Emperor Pingcang has revealed his real name, he wants to treat Zhou Bai with sincerity, which is the highest etiquette for making friends with gods.
Putting aside the matter of "promotion" for the time being, Zhou Bai revealed another reason for his visit, which was the invasion of another world after the bloody rain.
At this time, the blood rain outside was getting smaller and smaller, and it was estimated that it would stop in one night.
Historical records record that when a saint dies, it rains blood for three days and three nights. It is reasonable for a half-saint to survive for one day and one night.
"The alien enemies from the Qingxu Realm will invade the mortal world, perhaps targeting the underworld and stirring up ghosts. There is a group among them called Heavenly Demons..."
Chao Qu looked solemn and said: "The barrier between the underworld and the Yang world is very strong. As long as I go down and keep an eye on it in person, it should be fine. On the contrary, those ghosts that have been staying in the mortal world may cause disturbances."
"In the recent period, too many people have died in the grassland and Cangbei County. The gods there are absent. It is difficult to eliminate the lingering ghosts by relying solely on the rules of the underworld."
Zhou Bai nodded. In his memory, the ghosts were in chaos, and the area that had been wreaking havoc for the longest time was north of Cangshan Mountain.
"If I am not in my position, I will not pursue my political affairs. Until the edict of Longting is issued, I can only be the Emperor of Pingcang City."
"Fortunately, I have cleared away the ghosts in Cangshan Mountain before, and I have enough time. Tonight, I will make sure that there are no ghosts hiding inside and outside Pingcang County." Chao Qu did not doubt the authenticity of Zhou Bai's information and immediately wanted to take action.
Zhou Bai bowed again: "The Lord God is doing this to benefit the common people. If he loses his divine power, he will be replenished by the power of incense and vows."
At the end of the dynasty, luck declined, and the government became more and more lax in worshiping the righteous gods.
Many gods adhere to the rule of inaction to avoid wasting money without replenishing it.
Why is it that the dynasty, which obviously seems to have some airs, is on an irreversible decline? It's because a vicious cycle has been created.
The same was true for Ping Cang. Ji Hongzhe was fine when he was there, but in the six months since Shou Heng took office, there had been no public sacrifice to the city emperor in the entire county.
Chao Qu accepted Zhou Bai's gift calmly. Her thoughts at this moment and her next actions were all out of public motives, without any thought of any benefits.
After a while, the room returned to silence, leaving only a faint smell of incense.
Zhou Bai sat cross-legged on the bed, adjusting his breath quietly, as if waiting for time to pass.
When he opened his eyes again, it was already dark and midwinter outside. It was the time to kill someone in the middle of the night!
The temple's priests and servants didn't even dare to come over to light the lamps, for fear of disturbing the meeting between the gods and their own city emperor.
Zhou Bai walked out of the room and saw that the sky was dark, but the centipede-like cracks were slightly bright and filled with stars.
Tick tock, the blood rain is getting smaller and smaller. It seems that the blood rain will end before dawn, and the war between the two worlds will officially extend to the mortal world.
Zhou Bai gently exhaled a breath of turbid air, and the transparent mist cut through the night sky like an arrow missing.
"In the face of disaster, we need to deal with it carefully and deal with the consequences, otherwise we have to allocate energy to be on guard."
With his thoughts set, Zhou Bai silently recited mantras such as "hidden and unpredictable". The magic power flowed throughout his body, and his body suddenly became transparent.
This is a small spell commonly used by monks when traveling in the world of mortals. It is an invisibility spell that can cover the naked eyes of mortals without any problem.
Why is the second realm called the Mortal Realm? In addition to the fact that the longevity will exceed the 100-year limit of mortals, there is also the fact that monks in this realm can already master various spells.
Even though some of them are not very powerful, they are the methods of immortals and gods in the eyes of mortals.
Then Zhou Bai took advantage of the wind and headed straight for the Zhao family's ancestral home. He had a murderous intention today and needed the blood of his enemies to quell it.
Sure enough, it was a trough period when the world was undergoing great changes and the fortune of the dynasty was declining. Zhou Bai was so arrogant in the city, but the French Open could not restrict him too much.
The stagnant mana was only a drop in the bucket compared to his vast Dantian.
While flying around, they searched for the monks in the city, not searching like a dragnet, but judging based on the thinness of the spiritual energy.
As long as there are monks practicing meditation in the city, they need to absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Over time, a spiritual gathering effect will occur, and the spiritual energy in the location must be much richer than the surroundings.
Some of the first and even second realms may be difficult to detect, but for Zhou Bai, who has built the foundation of Heavenly Dao, this is a very intuitive phenomenon.
After some investigation, it turned out that as he expected, the number of monks in a county was extremely limited.
Of course, the place with the strongest spiritual energy comes from the county government office, where a small spiritual gathering array has been set up, and five monks are practicing there.
They should all be Taoist officials, four of them have entered Taoism and one has transformed into a mortal. They are considered a very powerful configuration in the entire Dingzhou.
In addition, according to the location, it is where the ancestral residences of several wealthy families in the county are located, and there is an abnormal aura phenomenon.
Chen, Qian, Shi and Yu each worshiped a monk, and the Zhao family announced that they also had one. But when Zhou Bai came to the Zhao family's ancestral home, his spiritual consciousness immediately scanned out the two monks who were hiding in a quiet room to worship.
Observing the faint mana fluctuations they emitted, one was at the early stage of the first realm, and the other was actually at the peak of the first realm.
If Zhou Bai was just an ordinary heavenly being who came here, he might really be tricked to death by the Zhao family.
The Zhao family's ancestral residence occupies a large area, including a bookstore, a school grounds, rockeries, flowing water... hundreds of consecutive houses. The various buildings are arranged according to a certain layout, implying the principles of Feng Shui.
It can be seen that the red aura of the Red Mansion is firmly sealing the escape of luck, allowing the Zhao family to delay the decline of the family as much as possible before being upgraded.
No wonder the Zhao family is the oldest county magnate family in Pingcang. It turns out that they had expert guidance when they first established their ancestral home.
Zhou Bai stood fluttering on the high wall. The servants patrolling the courtyard with lanterns turned a blind eye to him. Only the big black dog on the leash sniffed doubtfully.
This is indeed because Zhou Bai is not good at learning. He knows all kinds of techniques, but most of them are just entry-level and it doesn't take much time.
Fortunately, with his magic power and soul realm here, it was easy to restrain his aura and prevent a dog from discovering it.
In this way, Zhou Bai walked in in front of the patrol team and followed the Zhao family's Feng Shui layout.
The auspicious position must be where the master's home is.
Within a moment, under the cover of his spiritual consciousness, Zhou Bai successfully found Zhao Xian in Ji Wei's residence.
And in the middle of the night, the dignified second-in-command of the Zhao family was still struggling on the woman's belly.
The seductive gasping sound, the creaking sound of the wooden bed, and the sound of Zhao Xian scolding while exercising.
The key is that the target of the scolding happened to be Zhou Bai.
"Asshole, how could a country boy reach this stage? How dare he use troops to destroy the twenty-three manors of my Zhao family!"
"It's all my fault that my eldest brother has been slow and slow, and now he actually wants to drag the family into trouble. The worshiper doesn't say whether he is willing to take this risk. Even if he is willing, why would he waste the family's heritage like this?"
"I don't have a son, but I do, so why not abdicate early and see what I do..."
The sound stopped suddenly, Zhou Bai shook his head and left here.
The life breath of a man and a woman inside disappeared, both of them had dull eyes and foaming at the mouth.
Then Zhou Bai immediately fled to the core of the Zhao family's ancestral home, the clan temple. The next clan leader died at home like this. How could the ancestral spirit not warn him.
I saw several Zhao family ancestral spirits in the spiritual realm suddenly awakening, and then frantically consuming the family's luck, trying to warn the descendants of the Yang Dynasty that there are enemies who want to overthrow the family!
Especially as a spirit being who could see the entry-level invisible Zhou Bai, they were keenly aware that this was the murderer.
Then a dark wind suddenly rose in the ancestral hall, the candle flames swayed, the incense sticks in the incense burner burned out at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the tablets of gods shook.
How could the servants of the Zhao family who were waiting here day and night not see something strange? An experienced old servant immediately said in shock: "The ancestors are warning that a disaster is coming!"
The servants of the clan temple immediately dispersed and rushed out, trying to shout a warning, but at this time another breeze blew by, and everyone fell to the ground as if they had been drugged.
Seeing this, the Zhao family's ancestral spirits in the spiritual realm fell into despair, but they were just county ancestral spirits and did not have the ability to step out of the spiritual realm.
In addition to the dream support that can only be used after a long period of time, the small warnings just now are the limit.
Zhou Bai didn't want to talk to these ancestral spirits. The huge soul power emitted, and a condensed thorn cone directly pierced the spiritual realm.
The incense and wish power accumulated by the ancestors of the Zhao family is like quicksand, gurgling out, and then dissipating into nothingness, and the buildings in the spiritual realm are crumbling.
"No, no, sir, my Zhao family is willing to surrender!"
"We are willing to entrust Zhao Chun with a dream and give you half of our family property, including all spiritual stone resources, in exchange for your return. The Zhao family will follow your lead in the future!"
"It's up to you to choose the next clan leader. As long as you retain the spiritual realm, leave behind an ancestral spirit, and at least retain the family status of the village clan..."
Zhou Bai heard the pleadings of the ancestors, and the conditions were very good. Unfortunately, he needed the Zhao family to be the chicken.
