Pawn Crossing the River

From this position, the main hall of Zhenwu Temple can be seen very clearly. It is still burning with thick smoke.

During the day yesterday, this was the largest Taoist temple in Jinling Prefecture. It had received many Taoist figures, and two Taoist masters were personally in charge. Guarded by many spiritual officials, it was difficult for even gods to visit without disturbing others. Sneak in.

In just one day, this place has been reduced to a sea of ​​flames and ruins.

Even standing next to Zhenwu Lake, you can still feel the scorching heat coming from the fire scene. Many places where documents and files are stored burn particularly quickly.

Although Dao Sect has organized manpower to extinguish the fire, because it was discovered that the Zhiming Cult was spreading a curse in the city, a large number of manpower had to be allocated to clear the curse. Therefore, the fire has not been extinguished, and the fire is extinguished from the outside in. Zhenwu Lake is located in the entire Zhenwu Temple In the deepest part, people from outside the Taoist sect cannot come here for a while.

In this way, it gave Sikong Cuo the opportunity to sneak in through the fire.

This was the opportunity that Sikong Cuo had been waiting for, thanks to the infighting of the Taoist sect.

Sikong stared at the dark Zhenwu Lake, was silent for a moment, and then took out the last "gift" from his Sumeru object, which was also the most important "gift".

In terms of appearance, other "gifts" are like embryos. As long as they are put into the water, various strange fish can be cultivated in a very short time and begin to spread curses.

The "gift" in Sikong Cuo's hand was like a piece of amber, and through the translucent crystal, the shape of a baby could be vaguely seen.

This "gift" is the master, and the other "gifts" are slaves. Only by using the master to drive out the slaves can the "gifts" scattered throughout the city be connected together and become a whole.

Sikong Cuo held amber in his hand, and the wind blew up, making his clothes rustle. Then he heard him murmuring: "When the Lord comes to the world, the sky turns into chaos, containing infinite power. When life and death are reversed, At that time, the Lord has great power and controls all things.”

"When the Lord comes to earth, thunder resounds in the sky, flames descend on the earth, and the blazing wind turns living creatures into corpses. All people praise him as the Lord who controls the supreme power and the Lord who controls the life and death of all things."

As Sikong Cuo chanted, the amber in his hand glowed as if it were real. At the same time, rolling thunder sounded in the sky above the altar. Purple thunder and lightning were like long snakes passing across the sky. Dark clouds gathered, and it seemed that a heavy rain was about to fall.

Sikong Cuo's eyes became deep, like two deep wells with no bottom, but in the deepest part there was a blazing flame, as if it was going to burn up everything in the world.

I don’t know when, there was no longer the heat of the fire season, nor the scorching heat of the fire. Instead, there was a bone-chilling chill, even worse than the dead of winter.

In an instant, Sikong Cuo's hands holding the amber were full of wrinkles, leaving only skin and bones. However, Sikong Cuo ignored it and allowed his palms to gradually dry up, like dead branches, and then began to slowly recover, like flowers blooming and fading, life and death. Withering and prosperity, the cycle repeats.

After a moment, Sikong Cuo let go of his hands, and the amber flew up on its own, until it reached the center of the lake, and then slowly sank into the water.

All things come from water.

They put the "gift" into the water source not only to facilitate its spread, but also to make it grow faster.

After entering the water, the crystals on the outer layer of amber begin to disintegrate, just like ice and snow melting.

Among them, the baby who was curled up and sleeping with his knees slowly unfolded.

Sikong Cuo opened his hands, as if to embrace the huge Zhenwu Lake, and as if he was feeling the divine power with his whole body.

However, the change also alarmed Pei Xiaolou, who was stationed here.

Pei Xiaolou, who was originally directing firefighting outside Zhenwu Temple, rose directly from the ground, swept across most of Zhenwu Temple that had turned into a sea of ​​fire, and landed not far from Sikong Cuo.

Pei Xiaolou still held the bamboo stick in his hand, which was a treasure no less than "Cang Lei", but he did not take action rashly.

Because the aura exuding from Sikong Cuo's body is not just the carefree stage, but the boundless stage.

This is also reasonable. If you don't have some real skills, how can you dare to plan the Jinling Mansion. No matter how empty Jinling Mansion is, it cannot be taken down by a few innate people. It must be taken by heavenly beings.

To be fair, Pei Xiaolou is not good at fighting, or to put it more seriously, compared with his brother Pei Xuanzhi, he is a bit ineffective. At his core, he is still a Taoist priest in the garden. Even compared to Lei Xiaohuan, he is also a typical example of a strong woman and a weak man. Otherwise, Pei Xuanzhi would not have handed over the investigation team's affairs to his sister-in-law. He was probably a little disappointed with this brother. The eldest brother is like his father. Pei Xuanzhi decided to marry Pei Xiaolou because he wanted to have a strong wife to support the family in the future.

Pei Xiaolou is quite self-aware, and he doesn't think about it. He usually just hangs around as an assistant, listening to his brother when he has something to do, and his wife when he has nothing to do. The only thing he makes his own decisions is to partner with Qiniang. After doing business, he lost all his money. Since then, Lei Xiaohuan has also deprived the family of financial power.

Of course, compared with ordinary people, Pei Xiaolou is not that bad. After so many years of exposure, he also has some methods and the cultivation of heaven and man. Just letting him face the fierce monsters of the Zhiming Cult alone would still inevitably make him feel frightened.

What is the nature of the demon in "Heavenly Court"? When fighting a Zhenwu Guan, one has to look forward and backward, not daring to kill this or move that, for fear of making things worse and incurring retaliation. To put it bluntly, the people above were fighting with knives, but they all slashed their knives downwards. For a real person at this level, the danger was indeed not great.

What is the nature of the demons of Zhiming Cult? A mere Zhenwu temple is not in their eyes at all. What they want is the entire Jinling Mansion. The "Tianting" can kill at most a few hundred members of the Yuan family, but there are millions of lives in the city of Jinling Mansion. As for the Taoist sect's revenge, it was the Taoist sect that was beaten, and the real person was killed. The fallen Yinglong, the broken flying boat, Shangguan Jingshen's death, and the ruins of the workshop by the Biluo Lake are all clear evidence. If they were afraid of Taoism, they wouldn't do this business anymore.

The difference between the two is like the difference between a petty thief and a fierce bandit. They are both secret societies. The Zhiming Cult and the Lingshan Witch Cult are particularly fierce, and most of them are desperadoes. Even though its senior leaders no longer sacrifice their wealth and lives as freely as ordinary believers, they are still very fierce and have few worries compared to the senior leaders of the Taoist sect.

A rich man wearing shoes or a barefoot desperado, not everyone has Zhang Yuelu's strong will. After all, will comes from ideas and beliefs.

As for Qi Xuansu, he has no ideas or beliefs, but he is essentially a barefoot desperado. Let alone a family, he doesn’t even have a house that truly belongs to him. He has only heard of wealth and has never seen it. He is poor and has nothing. Same thing, who is afraid of whom? So he accompanied Zhang Yuelu to the Great Baoen Temple without thinking, leaving Zhang Yuelu hesitant for a long time. This was probably one of the reasons why Qi Xuansu was favored by Zhang Yuelu. There are too many Taoist priests in today's Taoism, and there are also too many people who have no ideas and beliefs.

Sikong Cuo turned around suddenly and looked at Pei Xiaolou: "Master Pei, what a pity."

"What's a pity?" Pei Xiaolou felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy.

Sikong made a mistake and laughed: "It's a pity that you came one step late. It's a pity that it's not another Master Pei who came. If it were another Master Pei here, then I would be a prisoner now."

Pei Xiaolou did not feel dissatisfied: "If another Master Pei was here, would you still dare to come?"

"Yes, we don't dare to come." Sikong laughed, "That's why it's a pity."

Before he finished speaking, Sikong Cuo in Pei Xiaolou's sight began to age rapidly. His figure drifted away like countless dead leaves, leaving only an outline shadow. At the same time, the surrounding scene looked like a picture that was being burned and eaten away by flames from the middle. The starting position of the scroll is the outline shadow left by Sikong Cuo. The burned edge appears burnt yellow. The dark part after being swallowed by the burning spreads quickly, like a huge mouth that is constantly growing, swallowing up Pei Xiao. Lou swallowed it.

Sikong Cuo did not kill Pei Xiaolou. Even if his level of cultivation was higher than that of Pei Xiaolou, he could not kill him with one move. He only temporarily trapped Pei Xiaolou in a temporary small world. , so that it cannot interfere with itself, that is enough.

In fact, what worries him more is Zhang Yuelu, the banished immortal who has been promoted to heaven. Even in the carefree stage, he should not be underestimated. Fortunately, Situ Xingluan volunteered to hold him back. In this matter, Situ Xingluan was relatively reliable.

Sikong Cuo took out another thing.

The Taoist sect calls it "Xuanyu", and the Zhiming Sect calls it "blessing".