National Division

"Why, dozens of people spread out, but they still can't find the whereabouts of the national teacher?" Qi Jun looked at the leader of the guards with a gloomy face, "Are you all free?"

After hearing these words, the leader of the guards couldn't stand anymore, and knelt down with a plop.The emperor was really annoyed, he even said the common people's words like "eat white rice", if the emperor called them "vegetarian meal in the corpse", he might not be so panicked.

"Your Majesty, it is true that no one in Huishui City has seen the national teacher, and the surroundings of Huishui City..." The range is too large, let alone dozens of guards, even if you throw out hundreds of them, you may not be able to find them all.

Qi Jun pressed his temples irritably.More than 70 days have passed, and it is only a few days away from the 81st day of the scourge. If Zhibai is no longer found, wouldn't he be allowed to face the scourge alone?But he could only sense that Zhibai had come to the southwest, but he couldn't sense anything when he got here.

What else did the spirit dust judge say at that time?Qi Jun recalled desperately, his fingers almost pierced his head.Different from Zhibai's soul leaving the body, he was seduced by ghosts after the end of his lifespan, and his body has been locked with the ecstasy lock, and many of his memories are blurred.But he did remember that when Zhibai brought him back from the underworld, the spiritual dust judge said a word, as if it was about how he survived the punishment of heaven.

"Your Majesty, be careful!" The leader of the guards knelt on the ground and did not dare to look up, but suddenly saw a long wriggling thing crawling out from the corner of the wall. The snake body is still curling and twisting.

"Where did the snake come from?" Although Qi Jun was not afraid of this thing, there was something wrong with snakes appearing in the emperor's residence.

The guards outside the door came in with cold sweat and pleaded guilty: "Please forgive me, the emperor. Since the day before yesterday, there have been a sudden increase of snakes and rats in the city. I am trying my best to drive them away. Unexpectedly, there are still fish that slipped through the net to disturb the holy car. I will die."

Before he finished speaking, as if he wanted to confirm his statement, he chirped twice, and a female mouse jumped over the steps of the door with three or four mice.

Qi Jun frowned: "What's going on here? Where did these many snakes and rats come from? Why did they suddenly appear in Huishui City? Did it cause trouble to the people?"

"Yes..." the guard quickly replied, "These snakes and rats can enter the inner city because they are small and hard to spot. It is said that there are more birds, squirrels and rabbits in the outer city, and there are even wolves and other ferocious beasts outside the city..." He Looking carefully at Qi Jun, he murmured, "Some people say that the mountain god was alarmed..." Everyone knew that the emperor never liked to listen to such ghostly things, so he was also very careful when reporting.

But it's strange to say that the emperor doesn't like these things about ghosts and ghosts so much, why did he give him the title of national teacher?Forget it, it's not something that an ant-like person like him can inquire about.

"Nonsense!" Qi Jun's expression changed, "Who is bewitching people? Immediately go—"

The second half of the conversation suddenly disappeared, and the two kneeling on the ground couldn't help but look up quietly, but saw Qi Jun with a thoughtful expression on his face, and he was patting his forehead with his hands like a madman: " Mountain god... mountain god... mountain..."

Could it be that the emperor missed the national teacher to the point of madness?This disrespectful thought came to the minds of the two guards at the same time.But before they finished thinking, Qi Jun had already stood up suddenly: "Shengxian Valley! Enter the mountain, enter the mountain!"

Yes, what the mountain god said made him suddenly remember.What mountains are there around Huishui City?Shengxian Valley!The judge Lingchen seemed to mention the word "spiritual energy" in the last sentence, but in the cave where the giant python lives in the Ascending Immortal Valley, there is a spiritual spring that he knew at a glance...

No one has come to Shengxian Valley now.Eight years have passed, Qi Jun almost doesn't know this place.The grass and trees grew wildly, and even the pool that was once used for bathing was almost surrounded by bushes.On the steep mountain walls on both sides, because there are no giant pythons coming in and out to overwhelm the vegetation, it is now a thick green, and there is no more rock in sight.

It is obviously too difficult to climb up from here, not to mention the cover of vegetation, even the cave can't be found anywhere.Qi Jun lowered his head and thought for a moment, then summoned a guard who accompanied him to the southwest: "Do you still remember where the cave was when you fell?"

The guards only had a vague impression: "It seems to be going over there, passing through a valley..." It was in the dark at the time, and he was running for his life. Who remembers it so clearly?

"Scatter and look for it!" After Qi Jun finished speaking, he took the lead in climbing up the mountain.

It was not difficult to find the narrow valley from the top of the hill.Although eight years have passed, the valley that is clean and empty like a road is still very obvious, but it is troublesome to find the entrance of the cave after passing through the valley.

"Everyone spread out and look around, what are you doing around me!" Qi Jun became more and more irritable, vaguely feeling as if something was about to happen.This mountain is too quiet, it's as if wolves, insects, tigers and leopards have all gone to Huishui City, but not even a bird or insect can be heard in the mountain.Counting with fingers, it is only three days away from the scourge, and if you can't find Zhibai, something may happen.

The guards did not dare to disobey the emperor's order, and seeing that the mountain forest was so quiet that there was not even a ghost, and they thought that there would be no beasts rushing out to hurt the emperor, so they dispersed, leaving only two people behind. Not far from Qi Jun, while searching and protecting the emperor.

Suddenly, the ground shook without warning, and Qi Jun was caught off guard, so he fell to the ground and rolled down a slope.The earth gave out a low roar, the ground sank, and rows of young trees that hadn't grown up toppled over, blocking the guards who wanted to rush over to rescue him.

Qi Jun felt that his body was suddenly suspended in the air. He stretched out his hand and grabbed a tree root indiscriminately.When he was about to climb up, he suddenly felt something tugged on his little finger, as if a thread was entangled at the base of his finger.He's had this feeling before, but it's never been as obvious as it is now.The thread was pulled extremely tightly, as if it was about to break. Following this feeling, he found that the other end of the thread seemed to be extending to the space below him.

This is the entrance to the tunnel they fell down in the first place!Qi Jun suddenly understood, he let go of his hands without thinking, and let his body fall.The nearest guard finally got under the fallen tree and wanted to pull him, but found that the hole collapsed rapidly under the shaking of the earth until it disappeared—the hole collapsed, and the emperor was buried inside.

Qi Jun never thought about how anxious the guards would be outside.After falling down, he took out the torch that he had prepared long ago and shook it, and immediately found that this was indeed the passage leading to the cave where the giant python was hiding.

The ground was still shaking crazily, and stones and soil kept falling from the top of the passage, which might collapse at any time, burying Qi Jun alive inside.Qi Jun protected Huozhezi, even ignoring the gravel and dirt that fell on his head, and walked forward desperately.Almost as soon as he took a step, the passage behind him collapsed until a faint light appeared in front of him, and Qi Jun was already trudging through the gravel and mud that buried his calf.

There was a muffled sound above his head, and a large amount of soil poured down. Qi Jun ran all the way, and he already knew that this was a sign that the passage was about to collapse again. All the passages collapsed.

Qi Jun raised his head.In front of him was the cave where the giant python once lived, but there were no bats left in the cave, and the surrounding mountain walls were cracked and collapsed, only the spring in the center was still intact.Sitting next to the spring is a man with his bare feet stretched out in the water and his hands in knots on his chest. He is Zhibai.

"Zhibai!" Qi Jun was both surprised and delighted, but he was stunned after just yelling - Zhibai's clothes were torn, revealing his entire slender calf, but these two legs were not as white as before. But it's a gray-brown color like tree bark...

There was another shaking, and even the cave made of rocks couldn't resist it, and a corner collapsed.But Qi Jun didn't care about these, he got up and rushed towards Zhibai: "Zhibai! What's wrong!"

no answer.Zhibai sat steadily, as if rooted in a rock, without even raising his eyelids.Qi Jun watched in horror, and carefully stretched out his hand to touch his exposed calf.The tentacles are cold, not the coldness of a stone, but not human body temperature; they are hard, not the hardness of a stone, but not the softness of the skin.

like wood.A word suddenly popped up in Qi Jun's heart.He raised his hand tremblingly to touch Bai's hand and Bai's face.Zhibai's hands had complex handprints on his chest, and ten long and slender fingers were tangled together in a dark gray color, like tangled branches.Qi Jun touched it carefully, the tentacles still felt like wood, but not as rough as bark.

"Zhibai!" Qi Jun only felt that he was about to collapse.Is this condemnation?Was it God's punishment that made Zhibai turn into wood and stone?He desperately raised his hand to touch Zhibai's face, but his fingertips touched a trace of warmth, extremely subtle, but like a bolt of lightning splitting the darkness, Qi Jun jumped up suddenly: "Zhibai, Zhibai, are you still alive?" Can you hear me? Promise, you promise!"

There was some blur in front of his eyes, Qi Jun didn't know if it was his own illusion, but his eyelashes seemed to move on his face covered with dust.He blinked his eyes to see clearly, but felt a line of warm things slide down his cheeks, he wiped it casually and couldn't help being startled—is this, tears?

Not caring about how long he hadn't shed tears, Qi Jun stretched out his hand to shake Zhibai's hand, but he was afraid of breaking his fingers like branches, so he had to grab a few times in mid-air indiscriminately before thinking about it. Get up and gently touch Zhibai's eyelids: "Zhibai, you can hear it, can you hear it?"

"Why is Your Majesty here..." A soft voice sounded, but it didn't ring in the ear, but in the heart.

Qi Jun looked around in a daze, he couldn't even tell where the voice was coming from, but it was Zhibai's voice, but Zhibai's lips obviously didn't move at all.

"Your Majesty, don't look at it. It's not me who is talking now, but I'm talking with Your Majesty." Zhibai's voice is still so soft, just like Qi Jun's eyes are dizzy every time he talks about Taoism. A bit helpless and smiling, "It is also because your Majesty and I have practiced together that we have the same mind."

As before, Qi Jun still understands or not, but this is not important, as long as Zhibai can communicate with him, it is enough: "What's going on here? You are—what's wrong?"

Zhibai was silent for a moment, and did not answer his question: "Leave, Your Majesty, the scourge has arrived, and the cave will collapse in half a day. If you don't leave, Your Majesty will not be able to leave until the entrance of the cave is sealed."

"I'm not going!" Qi Jun roared, "If you want to go, I'll take you away too! Isn't there still three days left for God's punishment? Why is it here now?"

Zhibai seemed to chuckle softly: "It was me who forcibly remarried the Nascent Soul, which caused the early scourge. However, Your Majesty don't care about me, I can't die."

Qi Jun suddenly remembered what Zhibai said in the underworld: "Yes, you said that you would share my life with me, and you would give me half of your life? You, is it because of this that you—"

"Why is your majesty so smart now..." Zhibai really laughed, and his eyelashes moved slightly, like two butterflies just waking up, "Don't worry, your majesty, with the support of this spiritual spring , I have a long lifespan. It’s just that the Nascent Soul is forced to break through the Niwan and is trapped inside it.”

Qi Jun didn't care about Yuan Ying or mud pills, he only heard Zhibai say the number of life: "Long life? You sit like a log, what's the use of long life? I don't want your life Count, as long as you go back with me like before, and still live in the observatory!"

"Did your majesty forget my master's words?" Zhibai sighed softly, "Qin Tianjian didn't lie to your majesty, the star next to the emperor star is indeed me, and I have a chance to change my luck with your majesty, but the way of heaven depends on you." One shot moves the whole body, and the two stars are entangled. No one can predict where it is moving. If your majesty does not meet me, you will not have the luck to ascend the throne, but if you meet me, you will have no children..." He sighed deeply again He took a deep breath, "For the current plan, I can no longer seek a son for His Majesty, so I can only stay away from Your Majesty and tie my life for His Majesty."

These words are not difficult to understand. Qi Jun has heard a lot of words about Baiyun Mountain's fog cover on weekdays, and now he understands every word. He only feels the buzzing in his ears, like a hundred bees flying around. Go, scramble to come out.It took a while for his lips to move, but what came out of his mouth was the most stinging thought: "Stay away from me? Why stay away!"

Zhibai was a little surprised: "Your Majesty didn't understand what I mean? If I'm still by Your Majesty's side, I don't know whether the future will be good or bad. It's better to stay away. Now that my Nascent Soul is married, my life expectancy is worry-free—" His His eyelashes moved slightly again, revealing a faint smile, "Perhaps after a hundred years from His Majesty, I can still ask for help from the army—"

"No!" Qi Jun roared.At the same time, there was another violent vibration in the cave, and the walls buzzed. I don't know if it was the earthquake or his roar, "I don't care what is good or bad, as long as you go back!"

Zhibai's body sitting there also moved slightly: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty has no children——"

"Prince Jin has a son!" Qi Jun suddenly felt that everything was clear at this moment, and his sea of ​​consciousness was clear, "Prince Jin has a son, I can adopt him. He is my biological brother, and this country will still belong to my Qi family in the future. "For a long time, heirs and the country have been the big things on his mind. Now he suddenly let go of his arms, feeling extremely relaxed, and stretched out his hand to gently hold Zhibai's skinny fingers, "You want to stay by my side, Watch me conquer Siyi and leave a prosperous foundation for future generations!"

With a loud bang, both of them fell to the ground, and both rolled into the spring.The cave could no longer bear the shock and collapsed...