Tai sui

Pang Jian frowned, stared at the bloody characters for a long time, and his expression became strange.

Xi Ping: "Oh, you don't know either."

"Get out," Pang Jian didn't even lift his eyelids, "That says 'moon-plated gold eats people'."

"Ah?" Xi Ping was taken aback for a moment, "Did there be moon gold plating at that time?"

"This is the first moon-gold-plated 'gold melting furnace' in the world. It was built in the fourth year of Emperor Xiaozong's Kangning. Please look at it, my lord!"

Accompanied by the magistrate of Suling, magistrate of Lingxian County, and local officials, the personable chairman of the Lingxian Chamber of Commerce led the way, while spitting about the glorious history of Lingxian County, trying hard to curry favor with the young Third Highness,

"That year, Dawan had two happy events: General Zhi went up the mountain, and the moon-gold went down to earth." The prefect of Suling interjected with a smile, "Master Kang Ning gave the first gold melting furnace to the world with a stroke of his pen. Our Mausoleum County. After that, our little-known little place became the 'Hometown of Golden Moon', isn't it God's grace?"

King Zhuang nodded politely, standing on the high steps, he glanced down condescendingly.

There was no one around the gold-melting furnace, the body and bottom of the furnace were covered with complicated magic circles, and countless gears were constantly rotating under the urging of the magic circles, turning furnaces of ordinary iron into flying mortals with mortals. Earth's moongold.

King Zhuang covered his mouth and nose lightly, and asked casually, "Have the magic circles for fire prevention and dust suppression been opened? The gold melting furnace in the southern suburbs is full of noise because the magic circles are not open."

"Then how can we not open it! Isn't it a joke with human life?" The county magistrate of Ling County said righteously, "They are all those perverted people who are greedy for cheap and lucky. The prince has worked so hard during his years, so he should be severely punished, so as to serve as an example to others!"

"The magistrate of Zheng County in our Ling County is known for loving the people like a son," the magistrate of Su Ling said with a smile, "I heard that some people wanted to give him a longevity card a while ago, but Lianzhi repeatedly refused to give up."

The magistrate of Ling County hurriedly said: "How dare the lower officials overstep, how dare...the workers' quarters are all in front, and the prince said that he wanted to see the truth, so he deliberately didn't tell them. In our Ling County, these workers used to farm at home and couldn't even eat. After the factory area was built, they all returned to the factory, and they all said that they lived a good life! When they were young, they worked in the factory. I also paid for the imperial examination... Everyone said that I got the gold-plated money!"

King Zhuang lowered his eyes, and said half-jokingly: "Everyone in the southern suburbs says that the moon-plated gold is a man-eating monster. How come in Ling County, it becomes a god who saves the suffering?"

The president of the chamber of commerce was quick to answer, and immediately replied: "No, it is said that wind, rain, thunder and lightning are all given by gods. Whether it is a punishment or a grace, it all depends on the morality of the mortal! My lord, please."

Zhuang Wang said "good", raised his feet and let them lead the way, inspected the workers' residences, and appreciated the lifelike performance of "The Years Are Tranquil".

When he passed the corner, there was a gust of wind, and a small piece of paper flew out from under the cover of his wide sleeve, and stuck to the president's shoe.

"Have you ever been to Ling County? I heard Liushi girl speak with a somewhat Lingxian accent." In a land of chaos, the leading "Zhaoxue people" didn't understand what kind of riddle "Liu Shi" and "Impermanence One" were playing, but they knew Knowing that the little girl's status is aloof among the injustices, he is more polite to her, and proposes that the resident of the Shu Kingdom is not peaceful, so that they can stay in the official post of the Chu Kingdom for one night.

Wei Chengxiang used to be a village girl and a female worker, but she was suddenly asked to be a "saint". She had no experience and was as cautious as a hedgehog. She had no choice but to answer. She could answer a word without saying a word, but said: "There are people in Ling County. Honey, I lived there when I was young."

Zhaoxue said with a smile: "Ling County is a good place, the hometown of the golden moon, the place where the moon-plated gold descends to the earth. Miss Sixty, have you ever seen the first gold-melting furnace?"

Wei Chengxiang has seen it before, because the magic circle is too expensive, the factory area can be replaced by manpower, and people are worthless anyway.Her grandfather used to work as a furnace turner. He worked hard, smoked dust all day long, and fell ill. When a person became ill, he would be kicked out of the factory.

Her eyes turned cold, but she said in her mouth, "No."

"Forget it, the melting pot that devours human flesh isn't very attractive." Zhaoxue said, "Miss, do you know when the gold melting pot landed?"

Wei Cheng didn't say anything, Zhang Dalang next to him couldn't help interjecting, "everyone in Dawan knows that Kangning has been around for four years."

"Exactly, six years after Nanhe destroyed the country," the Zhaoxue people sighed, "Nanhe will not be destroyed, and the moon-gold will not come down to earth."

Zhang Dalang asked: "My lord, why is this?"

Wei Chengxiang forcibly held back her curiosity, and when someone asked, she pricked up her ears to listen.

Then the Zhaoxue man sneered and said: "Moon-plated gold is powerful. Tengyunjiao ran all over Dawan in a few days, and the fresh fruits from the south can be delivered to noble people's plates with water droplets—but making these moon-plated gold How much spirit stone does the gold cost? If there is no South Mine, how can Xuanyin allow the moon-plated gold to descend to the earth?"

Few of the new believers could read and write, so they all came over to listen to his lecture on history.

"You know, the art of imitating gold is an ancient method." Zhaoxue said humanely, "It was 800 years ago when Xuanyin Linchi was young and co-created with another person. That person's name was Hui Xiangjun, who was originally from Chu. Expelled from the school by Sanyue, he traveled to Nanhe. Nanhe people have been good at strange skills since ancient times. Hui Xiangjun became Lancang's registered disciple with his unpredictable art of refining... until she met Lin Chi , the two created imitation gold, causing a catastrophe."

A new believer asked: "My lord, why did the imitation of gold get into trouble?"

"There was no steam engine at that time, but the moon-plated gold was originally designed to carry aura and be used as a 'fairy tool' that mortals could use. 800 years ago was far from what it is today—even now, in the north, It is also a taboo to degrade an immortal artifact - at that time, the great masters of the Taoist sect were furious, and if ordinary people used immortal artifacts, wouldn't there be no distinction between immortals and mortals? It was thought that the two of them would desecrate the immortal sect, which was a big rebellion. Lin Chi is the direct descendant of the Xuanyin Lin family, so naturally he held it high He put it down gently, and was released after a hundred years of confinement, but Mr. Hui Xiang had his spiritual bones removed, his meridians were interrupted, and he was deposed as a mortal, and he fell shortly after. Xuanyin Mountain and Lancang jointly sealed the imitation gold technique, and then Don't let the weapon refining monks under the door mention it."

"Until Nanhe and a stranger made a weird steam engine."

"At that time, Dawan benefited from the canal, which was rich and beautiful, and flowed north like gold and silver. Nanhe was adjacent to it, and the blood was almost sucked by the canal. The domestic silver price soared, and half a penny of copper money could not buy two catties. Inferior Su, even the spirit stones are flowing out. For the sake of the national economy and the people’s livelihood, Emperor Xiaohuai Yang Zou conspired with the Lancang Sword Sect to steal the imitation gold art—all the factory buildings in Dawan you see now are the old scenes of Nanhe.”

Zhang Dalang asked: "Since this is the case, why did Nanhe commit crimes in the north?"

The Zhaoxue man smiled strangely: "Ha, this is what Xianmen Zhengtong didn't tell you."

The believers begged him to speak quickly, and Wei Chengxiang felt that he was going to pour heresy into the minds of the believers again when Wei Chengxiang heard his words.

The Zhaoxue man's voice echoed in the wilderness of the land of chaos: "Because, within a few years of Nanhe's scenery, domestic commerce and trade have just "surpassed", and I found that the territory—especially near Lancang Mountain, the mountains, rivers and farmland have been destroyed. A sign of stealing the sky'. Several major epidemics occurred one after another in a few years, and more and more babies were born. At first, I thought it was a demon causing trouble, but Lancang sent experts down the mountain to investigate thoroughly, but found nothing. Xianmen was puzzled , the head of the sect personally touched the veins of the earth...and found that the spiritual energy in the mortal world had flowed to Lancang Mountain. It was none other than the fairy mountain that was 'stirring the sky'."

"Why is this?"

"Spiritual mines are not inexhaustible. A lot of spiritual stones were lost before Nankai, and a large amount of moon-plated gold was consumed. The fairy mountain is short of spiritual stones. When a certain critical point is reached, the spiritual mountain will be withdrawn from the mortal world. Use the spiritual energy." Zhaoxue said slowly, "Nanhe's spiritual energy is not enough... what should I do?"

"The five great immortal gates are really too many. What if there are only four gates left? The extra spirit mountains can be burned for hundreds of years at least. By then, the gold-plated moon may not need so many spirit stones."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a scream not far away.The believers huddled together in fright, but the Zhaoxue people unhurriedly threw out a spell.

Just hearing a "crack", a winged spirit beast full of fangs was staggered by the spell, and ran away staggeringly.The corpse of a mobster was left on the ground... Those mobsters had sparse hair, and their stature was about the size of a twelve or thirteen-year-old child, but their faces were streaked and wrinkled like walnuts, and they couldn't tell the difference between men, women, or children .

As soon as the spirit beast ran away, two mobsters, one big and one small, rushed out, surrounded the dead man and howled mournfully, like a whole family.The tattered figure kneeling on the ground looked like a human being.

Some believers were impatient and were about to say something, but they were horrified to see the mob screaming, stretching out their fangs and claws, tearing off a piece of flesh from the corpse and swallowing it!

Wei Cheng quickly turned his gaze back into the car, his stomach churning.

Horrific chewing sounds echoed in the wilderness, and the new followers of the Zhaoxue people stared dumbfounded at the two mobs, one big and one small, who quickly ate up the corpses, leaving only bloody remnants on the ground.

"This... this is not a human..."

"Why not people. This is the extra people at the foot of the 'Extra Lingshan'." Zhaoxue snapped his fingers, and the horse pulled the cart and walked forward rumblingly. , make gold and silver and make treasure ships, eat people, ha!"

Wei Chengxiang and Xi Ping in the underground palace had goose bumps all over their bodies together.

They walked a long way, and the smell of blood still wafted into people's noses along the night wind, accompanied by a high-pitched and immature child's voice, the words were indistinct, vague, and the tone was copied from their funeral that day The revival tune sung by companions.

Don't linger, the joys and sorrows of the whole life seem to be in vain.

heading west...

"In those years, Dawan was rich, and the price of spirit stones was much lower than other places. The head of Lancang once asked Xuanyin for help, and was willing to share the profit of moon-plating gold with Dawan, and asked to buy spirit stones. Xuanyin angrily reprimanded Lancang for using forbidden techniques without permission. , treachery, and refused to cooperate. Yang Zou was so mad that he committed crimes against the north next year." Pang Jian reached out and knocked on the statue, "This one should be Yang Zou, Emperor Xiaohuai of Nanhe."

Xi Ping "heard" the mourning song of the troubled people from Wei Chengxiang: "But later, we didn't also..."

"Later, Lancang Mountain became a spiritual mine, and all countries took action on the long-coveted imitation gold. The flood will not be recovered once the flood gate is opened. If you move slowly, others will take the lead. After a hundred years, Nanhe will end up. " Pang Jian said, "Do you think that when the South and the North committed crimes, they easily cut off the passage between Xianshan and Jinping, and there was no other handwriting from the Three Kingdoms? Let's go, find the exit."

Xi Ping didn't move, Pang Jian thought that the ignorant young master was overwhelmed by the filth behind the Xuanmen, so he said impatiently: "You know there are tigers and wolves out there, right? Immortal Sect is not strong enough. Today you are a prince and aristocrat, and tomorrow your parents, brothers and sisters will be a riot of people. If there was no General Zhi back then, Guangyun Palace would be like ruins under your feet. If you have the time to lament others, why don’t you go back and work harder? Xuanyin Mountain is the big one. Wan Zimin's confidence in his life, don't dawdle!"

Xi Ping suddenly asked: "Then my master has been to the land of chaos?"

Pang Jian paused slightly.

On Feiqiong Peak, heavy snow almost buried the sword platform, and the spirit platform of the sword bearer sitting in it moved slightly, and the sword intent dissipated instantly.

Zhi Xiu opened his eyes and looked towards the south, where the vast whiteness became a piece, he didn't know what he saw.

He was only distracted for a moment, and then he withdrew his gaze from the side, and walked along the boundless sword path alone...

Ask him about his many puzzled days and places.

After Xi Ping said that, he fell silent, and the atmosphere suddenly became dull.

The two of them were thinking about their own affairs in their hearts, pinching the general direction of Nanhe Palace, drilling around in those old ruins, sometimes stepping on bones.

Suddenly, Xi Ping was distracted, and the inspiration of the two half-immortals moved at the same time, there was wind!

They have left the closed collapse area.

Xi Ping soon realized something was wrong, the aura in the wind was so strong that he was about to catch up with Xuanyin Mountain!

He remembered the majestic aura he encountered in the water when he broke through the spirit beast pool... It must have been many years since the rich aura had soaked through the intricate underground palace and crowded the secret passages, so he asked, "Senior brother, where are we?" Didn’t you touch the mining area of ​​Shu Kingdom?”

"Back then, Lancang was closely related to the Nanhe royal family, and their palace was indeed built on the fairy mountain." Pang Jian also frowned, and pondered, "But it's just like Qianxiu Temple, it's the junction of immortals and mortals, why is this underground The aura is so thick?"

Xi Ping: "You'll know if you go there."

"Hey, wait!" Pang Jian grabbed him, took out the spell gun, and silently cast a spell on Xi Ping's eyes, ears, and hands.

Being pointed at with a gun, it is impossible for anyone to be indifferent. Xi Ping instinctively swayed, resisted not hiding, and complained in a low voice: "Senior brother, why didn't you even remind me? I am used to being hit by you with a spell gun." , if you really shoot at me in the future, don't I know how to hide... What kind of talisman is this? Why haven't I seen it?"

"'Bone Splitting Talisman' is not common. If you don't have a spirit bone, this talisman won't work—within three quarters, I will give you half of my spirit bone's supernatural power, and you can go through the wall by yourself. I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of you. "Pang Jian said, "The spirit stone is heavily guarded, remember to hold your breath when passing through the wall, and use the spirit to hold the heart, will it?"

Xi Ping nodded.

No wonder he felt as if he was about to suffocate when Senior Brother Pang led him through the wall before. It turned out that he was forced to breathe.

"Keep your mouth shut. Sound travels faster and farther in the wall. Don't bump into things in the wall. Follow me." Pang Jian waved at him and took the lead to hide in the stone wall.

Xi Ping took a deep breath and followed, he no longer had the feeling of being crushed into pieces when he was led through the wall before.Only then did he know that Pang Jian could open his eyes underground in the wall.To Pang Jian, a solid wall is like a translucent channel, people walking through it have slightly greater resistance than in water, and can vaguely see what is outside the wall.

The two of them walked inside the wall following the aura, and soon, they vaguely saw the white light of the steam lamp. It was actually an underground warehouse, with three steps, one post and five steps, one sentry post, and it was as strict as an imperial palace.

Pang Jian's eyes twitched: there are warehouses in the resident mining area, what is stored in this underground warehouse?