How long is forty years?

For gods, it's just a matter of breath. But for mortals, forty years is a long time, most of their lives, or even their whole life. Forty years is enough time for two mortal generations to grow up.

Forty years have passed, and fewer and fewer people have personally experienced that sudden disaster. And that matter has been passed down by word of mouth for many years, and has long since changed.

The protagonists in the story have different identities and different names. But no matter how wonderful it is, it is just a fairy tale for today's mortals. Few people believe that it really happened. Even when the elderly at home mention it, they just treat it as a joke.

But no one can explain why the snow-capped mountains in the north have not appeared in previous maps, and no one can explain why poisonous insects are occasionally encountered in the forests in the south.

But these are not important things.

Mortals have spent a lot of energy just thinking about how to survive. They don't care about the extra snowy mountains and hard-to-find poisonous insects. Even the disappearance of the gods and the demise of the fairy world did not bring any earth-shattering changes to their lives.

Mortals can still live without gods.

And what about the gods?

In the past forty years, spiritual energy has declined sharply again. The divine pillar supporting the sky was shattered, and the sacred Fusang tree in Lingqing withered and collapsed one day.

Not all the gods are dead. The immortals who were lucky enough to survive established a new Heavenly Palace, but they could never restore the Heavenly Palace. They built the New Heavenly Palace in Mount Tai, accepted the king's worship, and bound the divine power to the king's power again.

The first new emperor was Lord Lu Qi, whose hands and feet were broken by Jiang Zhixia and thrown into the mortal world.

After he ascended the throne, he first organized people to "record" the events of the previous emperor. He confused right and wrong with a group of immortals who had fled to save their lives, and put all the blame for the demise of the immortal world on Jiang Zhixia and Xie Zezhi.

He accused Xie Zezhi of plotting to murder Zhang Heyu, and also found someone to pretend to be the Emperor of Heaven, manipulate the puppet Emperor of Heaven, and harm the Immortal family. He also colluded with Jiang Zhixia, the former head of Lingqing, and worked with the demon world to destroy the three realms. At the critical moment, it was him, Mr. Lu Qi, who led a group of immortals to destroy their conspiracy.

Afterwards, they spread the news to the mortal world.

At that time, Jiang Zhixia still had a certain prestige among mortals. So at first, not many people believed.

But later, in order to strengthen the imperial power and downplay her status in the hearts of the people, the mortal emperors added fuel to the flames and took the lead in dismantling her divine throne. In addition, she and the Lingqing disciples all disappeared overnight, and no one could prove where they went or speak for her.

Therefore, the rumors gradually became "true" and more and more people believed them. In the end, she changed from a goddess who cared about the people to a demon who wreaked havoc on the three realms. Statues of her and Xie Zezhi were placed outside Chenghuang temples in various places, and were spurned by passers-by.

In the twenty-second year after the fall of the Heavenly Palace, Chen Piaopiao led a group of Xuxuan disciples and Sanxian to seize the throne of Emperor Lu Qi and beheaded him in public.

Chen Piaopiao became the new Emperor of Heaven. She overturned the case for Jiang Zhixia and Xie Zezhi, but no one cared. Because there were very few mortals who remembered her at that time.

Then, Chen Piaopiao led all the gods to hide in the northern snow mountains and carried out a series of reforms.

Countless nights, she stood alone on the top of a snow-capped mountain, looking up at the starry sky, recalling what Jiang Zhixia said to her at that time.

"Piaopiao, I have something for you to do. If Ning Shu is really crazy and wants to completely destroy the fairy world. When that day comes, I hope you can lead the other gods to hide.

After the incident subsides, if all the immortals fall, you will re-establish the Heavenly Court. By then there won't be those old stubborns, and you can implement your ambitions. Maybe under your leadership, the fairy world will take on a completely new look. "

That day, Chen Piaopiao could only watch the familiar people disappear one by one, and watch all the gods fly towards the Emperor's Mountain...

It's easy to die, but harder to survive.

What Chen Piaopiao promised her back then was achieved despite some twists and turns. However, in the dead of night, she would always think of those old friends. She misses them all alone...

As for the four great immortal sects, no one is mentioning them anymore. The realms of Xu Xuan, Pleiades Cang and Xing Chi are now replaced by Taoist temples and Buddhist temples in the mortal world. However, Lingqing's situation is somewhat special.

Back then, Jiang Zhixia withdrew all her disciples in advance, leaving the people sent by the emperor in vain. Although they avoided conflicts with the people, Lingqing was still sealed. For the next thirty years, no one could enter this place.

Lingqing has completely turned into an abandoned place.

As for Dongyao, just as Jiang Zhixia expected, after she left, the brothel that had been closed reopened overnight; the land allocated to the poor was taken back by the landlord. The only good thing is that the demon appears less and less often and finally disappears.

There is no need for the people of Dongyao Mountain to unite to catch monsters. The monster-catching manual, which had taken generations of people to record, was thrown into the corner as a miscellaneous book, and was never seen again.

In the thirty-sixth year of the fall of the Heavenly Palace, the Emperor of the Central Plains passed away. The new emperor ascended the throne and granted amnesty to the world.

The seal of Lingqing, which was originally sealed, was removed, and later it was bought with a lot of money. The place was renamed Xuanmen and was used to teach people the art of catching and collecting demons. However, unlike other Taoist temples and temples, there are no gods or Buddhas worshiped here.

In the past four years, some people have gone to the mountain to study with teachers, but it is no longer as lively as it was in the past.

On this day, a middle-aged woman who lived here prepared the soup and quickly sent it to a small courtyard in the back mountain.

She pushed the door open, put the medicine bowl on the small table beside the bed, gently pushed the old man lying on the bed, and asked softly: "Uncle, are you awake?"

The old man coughed a few times and nodded.

"Then let's take medicine." She helped him sit up and put the medicine bowl to his mouth. But the old man just shook his head.

"Uncle?"

"I feel much better today and I don't want to eat anymore. I haven't been out for a long time and I'm bored. Please help me go out for a walk."

The woman was shocked at first when she heard this, then calmly took the coat from the hanger and put it on for him.

The old man stood up tremblingly, holding the crutch in his hand and crossing the threshold with the help of the woman. Suddenly, he stood still and groped up and down, "I forgot to bring my flute."

"I'll get it. Just stand still and don't move."

After getting the flute, the old man had a smile on his face.

The two of them walked slowly and step by step to the place where the old man usually played the flute. The woman helped him sit on the chair and covered him with a thin blanket.

"Susu..." the old man said, "I'm a little thirsty. Can you pour me a cup of tea?"

"Okay!" She stood up and left.

After she left, the old man took out his flute. But accidentally, the flute fell out of my hand and fell to the ground. He went to pick it up in a panic, but fell to the ground.

He lay on the ground, groped for a long time with his hands, and then sighed: "I can't find you. Your senior brother and I are like a useless person now. Without Susu and Ahong, I can't do anything. Fortunately, they and Ruofu can't find them. They didn't dislike me as an old blind man. They took me with them wherever I went and even sent me back to Lingqing for my retirement.

Xiao Liu, you have two good apprentices and one good disciple. We Lingqing disciples are all good..."

This old man is Yu Yi. At that time, he played "Zhenling Song" in Yaochi to resolve the resentment of the gods. Huangwu used the sound of pipa to create an illusion of a sea of ​​corpses and blood to stop him.

He couldn't see the blood. But in order to save the dead souls and break the magic circle, he ruthlessly gouged out his eyes.

Later, he was sent to Lingqing by Jiang Zhixia with a horizontal knife. He survived by chance, but his immortal roots were destroyed and he became a mortal. During these forty years, he has been living with He Susu and the others.

They traveled to many places. After the emperor granted amnesty to the world, he rushed back to buy Lingqing as soon as possible.

In order not to attract attention, they had no choice but to rename this place Xuanmen, and Ahong became the leader here.

And after He Susu came back from Pleiades Cang, it was like a new person. She became taciturn. In addition to taking care of Yu Yi, she just looked at the fairy and the butterfly hairpin in a daze. Only when Ruofu came to see her, she would say a few words.

She no longer lies, and she no longer wants to practice to become an immortal. She allows the spiritual energy in her body to disappear and her face to age.

Later, the immortal withered due to lack of spiritual energy, and He Susu completely lost his life.

Yu Yi forced herself to get up, leaned against the chair, panted and laughed: "I said you were here, but none of them believed me. I originally wanted to play you another song. Now it seems that I'm afraid it won't work. .

I don’t know if I will meet them this time. Do you think senior fellow apprentices can still recognize me? "

He smiled and laughed, but then started crying again, "Liu'er, I'm leaving. From now on, senior brother can't guard you, what will you do alone?"

Yu Yi raised her head and said to the sky: "God, please help my junior sister... help her..."

After saying that, he felt a warm wind blowing on his face, and then he became unconscious again.

At this point, Jiang Zhixia's last classmate also left her.

Yu Yi was right, Jiang Zhixia was in Lingqing, near where he played the flute every day.

She could hear the sound of Yu Yi's flute, but couldn't see his face clearly. She heard Yu Yi's cry, but couldn't respond to him.

On that day, her body perished and her soul should re-enter reincarnation. But because she failed to fulfill her promise to a group of wronged souls, she was suppressed by them in Lingqing, enduring the pain of Mount Tai every day and never being able to escape for the rest of her life.

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