After surviving the relatively peaceful seven years of the catastrophe, in the spring of the eighth year of the catastrophe, Gu Shuo flew towards the east on Xiaobing. He was planning to travel around Tianxuan to understand the situation in Tianxuan.
The Tianxuan region is so vast that after the spiritual energy dried up, the exchange of news between the regions has been cut off. If you want to predict when the spiritual energy will be restored, the situation in the Northland region cannot be analyzed. It is necessary to understand the entire Tianxuan environment.
In order to travel around Tianxuan as soon as possible, Gu Shuo gave Xiao Bing one of the pills that he had been reluctant to take. Let Xiaobing always maintain the spiritual power in her body, and be able to rely on the spiritual power in her body to maximize her speed.
"Xiaobing!"
Gu Shuo called out and threw out a pill. Xiao Bing opened his mouth and swallowed it, letting out a loud cry.
"cracking……"
People on the ground raised their heads and cheered to the sky.
"Alliance leader!"
"Old Alliance Leader!"
"..."
Although Xiaobing had disappeared into the sky at the moment when Mingfei took off, the people on the ground still cheered excitedly. Everyone in the entire Northland knows that there is an ice phoenix named Xiaobing, which is the mount of the alliance leader Gu Shuo.
More than a month later, Gu Shuo flew over the northern defensive city in the east on Xiaobing. He did not stop, but flew directly towards the Canglang Sect in the east.
At the top of the city, Feng Mu looked up at the direction where Xiao Bing disappeared, with a look of anticipation in his eyes. Years ago, he had already learned from Gu Shuo that Gu Shuo would travel around Tianxuan to speculate on the period when spiritual energy would be restored.
"I hope the alliance leader can find evidence and deduce the period of spiritual energy recovery, so that we can have hope."
High in the clouds, small ice broke through the clouds and mist. Gu Shuo looked down at the eastern land, which was barren and desolate. Many places where humans once gathered have become ruins.
"cracking……"
Hearing the cry from the opposite side, Gu Shuo looked up and saw a group of birds rushing towards him. Gu Shuo had no intention of taking action. These birds were like scum in front of Xiao Bing. Xiaobing didn't bother to pay attention to them. He flapped his wings and flew over the group of birds. When the birds circled in the air and turned around, Xiaobing had disappeared.
Another month and a half later, Gu Shuo saw the Canglang Sect. After patting Xiaobing, Xiaobing dived downwards.
The Canglang Sect's sect-protecting formation is gone. Without spiritual energy, it is impossible to keep the formation open.
You mean spiritual stone?
Then you have to be willing to use it!
Dozens of guards stood at the mountain gate. When they saw Xiao Bing landing outside the mountain gate, their faces changed color, and they drew their weapons loudly, and then they saw Gu Shuo jumping off Xiao Bing.
"Senior Gu...Senior Gu?"
Gu Shuo had stayed in Canglang Sect for a long time, so many people in Canglang Sect knew Gu Shuo, but they just couldn't believe it.
"It's me!" Gu Shuo stepped forward: "Is Sect Master Hua here?"
"Here, I'll report it right away."
The man immediately rode a crane and flew towards the sect. Gu Shuo stood at the gate of the mountain, and Xiao Bing stood beside him. Since the spiritual energy was exhausted, Xiao Bing was able to turn into a human body, but the cost was a bit high. Therefore, Xiaobing has been too lazy to transform for a long time and has always appeared in his original form. The Canglang Sect monks at the mountain gate all looked at Xiao Bing with envy in their eyes.
The cry of cranes appeared in the sky, and Gu Shuo looked up with a smile on his face.
Two cranes swooped down towards the mountain gate. On one crane stood Hua Mantian, and on the other crane stood Zuo Dongliu. The two of them confirmed that it was indeed Gu Shuo at the mountain gate while they were still in the air, with bright smiles on their faces:
"The ancient sect leader."
Plop la la...
Two cranes landed on the ground. Hua Mantian and Zuo Dongliu jumped off the cranes' backs and stepped forward quickly:
"Gu Sect Leader, why are you here?"
Gu Shuo said with a smile: "What? Not welcome?"
"How is that possible?" Hua Mantian smiled and said, "Let's go to the cave to talk in detail."
"good!"
Gu Shuo rode Xiao Bing, Hua Man Tian and Zuo Dong Liu rode the crane. The three of them flew towards Hua Man Tian's cave. The two of them naturally knew Bing Feng. They looked at Xiao Bing with envy in their eyes. In this era of depleted spiritual energy, there are Such a flying beast is simply too convenient.
A cave filled with flowers.
Hua Mantian handed the brewed tea to Gu Shuo, and the three of them sat around the table. Xiaobing didn't come in and was lying on Canglang Peak.
"What's the situation in the east now?" Gu Shuo asked.
"It's very bad!" Hua Mantian sighed: "If you don't say anything else, you also know that the conditions and environment in the east are better than those in the north, so our population is also larger. Before the spiritual energy was exhausted, there were nearly a hundred people in the east. There are only about 4 billion people left out of a population of 3 billion.”
Gu Shuo was silent. He did not ask why so many died. In fact, this was normal. For example, in the north, less than half died, which was abnormal.
Tianxuan suddenly experienced the unprecedented catastrophe of spiritual energy drying up, and it dried up suddenly. Only Gu Shuo, who had lived in a world without spiritual energy, could know how to live a life without spiritual energy. How should the world of spiritual energy be governed, and then use the means of thunder to let the North run according to its own will. Even so, nearly half of them died.
Seeing Gu Shuo silent, Hua Mantian sighed: "Gu Sect Master, the spiritual energy dried up too suddenly and too fast. It's winter again. The cold and hunger make those mortals crazy. Anything that can be eaten , were eaten up by them, and they would rob whatever they could. Not to mention families, even sects were destroyed countless times by them. And after the spiritual energy was exhausted, we monks lost all control over mortals. Absolute deterrence. The entire East is in chaos, and our Canglang Sect can only guarantee relative peace within our sphere of influence."
Zuo Dongliu on the side said: "At the beginning, our sect wanted to deliver some food for disaster relief and try our best to help the people survive the catastrophe. But later we found that not only was our food not enough, even if it was enough, It can’t be transported either. The eastern part is too big. And since it has lost the ability to fly, it can only take care of the surrounding areas. If it is farther away, it cannot be sent out at all, and it is too late.”
Gu Shuo also sighed. If he hadn't fought for time and speed and opened up a large number of rivers, Beidi would have been in trouble.
"And..." Hua Mantian said: "The demon clan launched an attack, and even the human clan from the south actually launched an attack on our east, causing countless deaths to our eastern people."
Gu Shuo secretly thought in his heart, you are huddled here with the Canglang Sect. Maybe you don't know that your eastern side has also attacked the Northland. It's just because the Northland built the city wall first under your leadership, your eastern attack was unsuccessful. However, he really didn't mean to blame Hua Mantian for this matter. He believed that even if Hua Mantian knew about this now, she was definitely not leading the invasion war. As she said, the current East should be in an era where all the powerful forces are coming together. I don’t know how many forces are fighting with each other. The one attacking the North may be one of the many forces in the East, or a combination of several.
"How's it going over there?" Hua Mantian asked after describing the general situation in the east.
"Nearly half of the people are dead. Now the Northland has basically entered a period of peace."
Hua Mantian and Zuo Dongliu opened their mouths in surprise. After a while, Hua Mantian said: "Is it true that he is only less than half dead?"
"Um!"
"The Northland has basically entered peace now?"
"Um!"
"how did you do that?"
Gu Shuo explained his actions to the two people, and then said: "Master Hua, now we don't know when the spiritual energy will be restored. We cannot let the human beings kill each other. If the killing continues, the population will decrease sharply. The demon clan If the invasion comes again, what can we do to resist it?"
"Alas..." Regret appeared on Hua Mantian's face: "I didn't expect the result to be so serious. Before the spiritual energy was completely exhausted, I acted a little slower."
"It's not too late to do it now." Gu Shuo said seriously: "It's not too late as long as we do it. Also, Yunlang should be coming, right? He should tell you what I mean. Why are you still not prepared enough?"
"I..." Hua Mantian had a look of embarrassment on his face: "After Senior Brother Yun came back, he told me what you meant, and then went to the Monster Clan to guard it. It was Senior Brother Yun who built the defense there first. , I didn’t let the demon clan attack. But I didn’t expect it to be so serious, so..."
Gu Shuo shook his head slightly. He had already asked Yun Lang to bring back the news. Hua Mantian still didn't pay enough attention to it. After all, he was used to the aura environment and had never been in a world without aura.
"Then now..."
"Yes!" Hua Mantian nodded: "I will start preparations. Master Gu, are you coming this time?"
"I want to look around and see if I can analyze when the spiritual energy will be restored. Or find an opportunity for the spiritual energy to recover. By the way, it has been seven years since the spiritual energy was exhausted. Do you have any special perceptions? "
"No!" Hua Mantian shook his head and said, "I sense it many times every day, but since the spiritual energy dried up, nothing special has happened."
Gu Shuo nodded: "You continue to sense, or you discovered something in the east. If possible, please inform me."
"Okay!" Hua Mantian nodded.
Gu Shuo chatted with Hua Mantian and Zuo Dongliu for a while, and got a general understanding of the East. Then he stood up and left, and flew towards the Eastern Monster Clan on Xiaobing. He wanted to meet Yunlang.
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Yun Lang, a talented disciple of the Canglang Sect, when he first participated in the Tianxuan Competition, his cultivation level was still far away from that of Hua Mantian. Now he has become the number one person in Canglang Sect. Even now that his spiritual energy is exhausted, his physical strength is still the best. However, after becoming friends with Gu Shuo for a long time, he had no desire to fight for power and gain and devoted himself to the Tao. They have the same ideal as the Wilderness Team, which is to return to the Wilderness. Therefore, he has not returned to the Canglang Sect for a long time, so long that even the Canglang Sect has forgotten such a peerless talent.
When he returned to the Canglang Sect, he saw that since the death of the old sect leader, the Canglang Sect had been fiercely fighting for power, and Hua Mantian had finally gained a foothold. He didn't want to ruin this situation and bring another fight to the sect. Therefore, after stating that he had no intention of becoming the sect leader, he also knew that as long as he was in the sect for one day, someone would come to join him and persuade him to compete for the position of sect leader. It brought chaos to the sect, and then to the entire eastern region. Therefore, he resolutely left the sect and went to the frontier facing the demon clan, and never came back.
When Gu Shuo saw Yunlang at the border, it was already approaching summer, and everything he saw was green. Although they were on the border, they saw order and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. This made Gu Shuo very happy. When Yun Lang saw Gu Shuo, the worries floating in his brows suddenly disappeared, and his smile became bright.
"Captain, why are you here? Is the spiritual energy about to revive?"
Gu Shuo shook his head and said, "How do I know? There is worry between your eyebrows. Are you worried about this every day?"
"Of course I'm not just worried about this, but this is the biggest worry. Captain, the spiritual energy has not recovered, what are you doing here?"
Gu Shuo said angrily: "If the spiritual energy is not revived, we can't come?"
"No, I thought you were looking for me to return to the team. Since I have returned to the team, of course the spiritual energy will be revived."
Gu Shuo, dumbfounded, patted Yun Lang on the shoulder: "You're crazy."
Yunlang sighed: "Yes, I am stunned. Every day I think about the revival of spiritual energy. Not only me, but probably all the monks in the world are like this. The depletion of spiritual energy has simply taken away the hope of our generation of monks. Fortunately, Captain, you said that the spiritual energy will eventually recover. Let’s go, I’ll treat you to a meal.”
"good!"
"Yunlang."
"Um?"
"At the border between the human race and the demon race, have you sensed any changes in the environment?"
"No! I think even if the spiritual energy is revived, it won't be in our eastern part. It should start from the central part, right?"
Central!
The fifth sword mark was riding a horse on the ground. The lush ancient trees were moving quickly behind him in his field of vision. The chirping of birds came from the sky. He looked up, with a hint of expectation in his eyes. . He hoped that the birds would swoop down and attack him, so that he would have the opportunity to capture a bird and take his place. His previous walking bird died a month ago, and when he started riding again, he felt that the speed was too slow.
"Keng!"
The sounds of clashing weapons and shouts of fighting came from the front, accompanied by screams. The screams were dense, indicating that people were being killed continuously. Fifth Jianhen's ears twitched, and surprise flashed in his eyes. He heard a scream after each buzz from the same knife.
This shows that a group of people are besieging one person, but they are being hacked and killed by one person.
"Who is so powerful?"
He adjusted his direction and rode towards the left front. After a while, I saw more than a hundred people besieging a person. There were still a dozen people lying on the ground, but they were killed by this person.
"So... majestic!"
The experienced Fifth Sword Mark couldn't help but slightly open his mouth. In front of his eyes, a majestic man over three meters tall was holding a broadsword like a door panel, waving it like a big windmill. More than a hundred people were literally beaten to death. During the battle, the majestic man looked at the fifth sword mark coldly. The fifth sword mark jumped off his horse, raised his hands to the majestic man and said:
"Shaoyang Sect, the fifth sword mark has met fellow Taoist."
