The Ascension of Ghosts

In the past, the Yellow Emperor defeated Chiyou and unified the Central Plains. He collected gold from Shoushan Mountain and cast a tripod in Jingshan Mountain.

Therefore, the nine doors protecting the cauldron did not criticize the visitors too much, but they showed a simple history of the Central Plains.

The ancestors hunted bears to offer sacrifices to the heavens, sacrificed wine with the jue, and sacrificed dance with the sword.After comforting the world, he fought against the barbarians, using the war drum as the name, which means that he worked hard and finally won a place in the Central Plains of China. He was favored by the gods and turned to farming and livestock, which was prosperous and stable.Afterwards, the granary knows the etiquette in real life, and knows the honor and disgrace when there is enough food and clothing. Therefore, there are beauties in calligraphy and painting, but they are just keeping warm and thinking about heaven and desire.

No worries about food and clothing, multiplication of people, and hoarding of wealth, only the heroes are unwilling to be reconciled to the wild, and they have the heart to compete for the top.However, there are hustle and bustle, fighting and killing, even if the pages of history books are crying blood, it is just a game of chess between heaven and earth.

Therefore, there are bears, jue, swords, drums, pigs, paintings, deer, tripods, and chess in this order.

As Lu Sheng walked up the stairs, he heard Xie Rong explain the meaning of the nine doors to him. He couldn't help but couldn't believe it. He frowned and said, "Just talk!"

Xie Rong said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if you say it casually or guess it by luck, Lu Gongcao is a dignified Habayashi, a gentleman, you should be willing to gamble and admit defeat."

Lu Sheng only hated himself for being hasty and underestimated the enemy, so he couldn't help but feel dejected. Even if he was lucky enough to witness the ancient and modern Shenzhou Ding, he couldn't arouse his interest, so he followed Xie Rong step by step to get the tripod.

The stone platform is hundreds of feet high, flying in the air on all sides, and the strong wind blows, blowing the sleeves of the robes. Only in the brilliance, a four-legged tripod with golden light is suspended in it, as big as a table case, with thick walls etched, and seal patterns. As it got closer, it could be seen that there was faint condensation of water mist in the cauldron, presumably it was the dew of the Earth Mother that Li Ying was looking for.It's just that now that Li Ying has rebelled and Xie Rong has released the ghost, even if Lu Sheng gave him this treasure regardless of the past, it will be useless to Li Ying.

The two of them were still more than ten zhang away from the Shenzhou tripod, when the golden tripod suddenly landed firmly on the ground, swallowing all the golden light emitted from the outside into the tripod, condensing it without emitting it, turning it into a golden longbow as if in substance, The string is as wide as a full moon, and there are three golden sharp arrows on the string, aiming at the comer in three directions, up, middle and down, ready to go.It's just that standing in front of it, there is a shuddering murderous aura rushing towards him, as if clusters of sharp arrows are hanging in front of his forehead.

The divine cauldron is located in the middle of the high platform. When two people move to the left, the bow and arrow will turn to the left;

Lu Sheng couldn't find a way to break it, so he had to ask: "Ah Rong, is this also an illusion? How to break it?"

Xie Rong was no longer idle and calm as before, her brows were slightly frowned, her eyes were fixed, and after a while she whispered: "Baoyang, lend me the hanging pot."

Lu Sheng immediately drew his sword, but Xie Rong was still saying: "With the scabbard attached, don't..." Before the three words were drawn out, the Xuanhu sword was unsheathed. In an instant, the bowstring of the long bow was fully stretched, and three sharp arrows roared. Come, but in the blink of an eye, one is divided into two, two is divided into four, and four is divided into eight. Suddenly, a dense arrow net is woven all over the sky, which is invulnerable, making the two of them inescapable and inescapable.

There was a delay in speaking, but in fact it was less than a breath, the two of them didn't even meet their eyes, but as agreed, they all retreated back, retreating a few steps below the steps one after another, the rain of arrows like locusts crossing the border followed their tracks. However, he changed direction in mid-air, and continued to pursue the two people obliquely downward.

Xie Rong pulled Lu Sheng, then raised her hand, and a fire dragon spewed out from her palm, swallowing up the rain of arrows coming towards her face, and the heat wave roared, forcing Lu Sheng to raise her hand to cover it.

Countless golden feathered arrows were burned, and more feathered arrows were blown away, but the longbow opened again, shooting out a second wave of arrows.

Xie Rong raised her hand again to burn the arrow rain, and shouted: "Give me the hanging pot!"

Lu Sheng avoided him when he stretched out his hand, but Xie Rong did not expect him to dodge. He was shocked and angry for a moment, but Lu Sheng said: "I understand, Ah Rong, you are not as good at using the hanging pot as I am, so I will do it instead."

The longbow made a jerky sound again and slowly stretched the string. The third wave of arrow rain arrived as promised, but Lu Sheng could clearly see that there was a gap of more than ten breaths between each wave of arrow rain, which was enough.

So he didn't wait for Xie Rong to speak again, the fourth wave of arrow rain stopped, he kicked off, and quickly passed through the remaining roiling heat wave, the hanging pot was raised high, shining dazzling silver light in the night, and the longbow was drawn again , the three golden feathered arrows gradually converged and formed, and the arrows were naturally aimed straight at Lu Sheng - if you looked carefully, they were actually aimed at the Xing Tian Broken Blade Hanging Pot Sword in Lu Sheng's hand.

However, Lu Sheng's attack was swift and violent. Before the golden arrow could take shape, he slashed down with his sword, cutting the longbow and the golden square tripod under it in half.

In an instant, the golden light burst out, and the strong light pierced Lu Sheng's eyes with severe pain, and he shed tears.When the light faded away, the longbow, gold and tripod were all gone.Lu Sheng rubbed his eyes, only to notice that there was a palm-sized bronze tripod in front of him. It was exactly the same shape as the four-legged golden tripod that appeared before, but it had been shrunk by dozens of times. Ambilight, gold bright, as if freshly baked.

Lu Sheng bent down and picked up the Fang Ding in his hand, but it was as light as a feather. He felt uneasy, and looked at Xie Rong who was walking towards him with a serious face, and he couldn't help feeling more guilty. He hoped that Ai Ai would pass the Fang Ding over: "Ah Rong... ...Is this really the Shenzhou Ding? Why is it brand new and light? Could it be broken by me..."

Before he could finish speaking, Lu Sheng felt his wrist tighten, and he was pulled forward and fell into Xie Rong's arms.

The fingers clasping the back trembled almost imperceptibly, and even his breath became a little unstable. Lu Sheng felt that the arms around his back were like iron hoops, which were too tight.

He held the hanging pot in one hand and the tripod in the other, but his face was buried in Xie Rong's arms, and he moved uncomfortably, Xie Rong's arms exerted a little more force, almost crushing his bones into his arms.

Lu Sheng couldn't help but said with a bitter face: "Ah Rong, it's too tight."

Xie Rong's complexion became darker and darker, and his subordinates held him tightly in his arms, angrily said: "You always act rashly, what if something unexpected happens?"

Lu Sheng was so imprisoned that he felt his chest was squeezed out and he couldn't breathe, so he had to beg for mercy: "Ah Rong, Ah Rong! I know I was wrong... Let go first, I'm going to suffocate to death!"

Xie Rong heard his voice was hushed, so he let go bitterly, walked to where Fang Ding was, the stone platform was empty, the previous brief fierce battle, golden light burst, leaving only a few cracks on the ground, he lowered his eyes and said: "You guessed it all?"

Lu Sheng breathed a long sigh of relief, and then he recovered, and said with a smile: "It's not hard to guess, the Yellow Emperor cut off Xingtian's head, and if the Yellow Emperor's relics and Xingtian's broken blade are alive, they are naturally like the mouth-swallowing beast at the door. I am extremely jealous... Ah Rong wants to use the hanging pot as bait, but the hanging pot is slightly better in my hands, I should do it, the chances of winning are better than Ah Rong..."

Xie Rong suddenly whispered: "I was wrong."

Lu Sheng was taken aback: "Ah Rong...what's wrong?"

My mistake was pampering you and letting you do whatever you wanted.My fault was that I couldn't be ruthless and couldn't make a move. Let your wings grow and gradually lose control.My mistake was that the clouds were calm and the wind was light, and I never planned carefully, so that when I really needed to use it, I was powerless.

If I had met you earlier, if I had known today, I would not be willing to be a pawn in the chariot of King Pengcheng, a guest in the door, ignoring the common people, not caring about world affairs, so that my hands were empty and I missed countless good opportunities. Can't catch it.

Xie Rong wasted more than [-] years of her life, and she is clearly gifted, amazingly talented, mastery of military tactics, calligraphy and painting, and she knows everything at one point, which is enviable.However, his personality is extremely cold and arrogant, and he has been treated coldly since he was a child, so he has become blind to everything. Although he is young, he has already seen through the world.If he didn't care about it himself, how could the mere rumors of Taicheng's city walls and Rahu's evil son have a chance to affect him?

But now, just because of meeting someone, I have greed, extravagant demands, and unwillingness. I am confused, my heart is like a mess, and I am entangled in greed, anger, ignorance, jealousy, jealousy, suspicion, and six annoyances, and I can't get out of the world of mortals.

In short, Mr. Xie was aloof and aloof all his life, but now he fell on Lu Sheng.

The chief culprit, however, was full of perturbation and confusion, while asking "What's wrong with Ah Rong?", while handing out the small golden square tripod.

Xie Rong didn't accept it, but said coldly: "The Yellow Emperor casts the tripod, and the state of China will last forever; Xia casts the Nine Ding, and the imperial system begins. The ancient bronze tripods are all treasures, not to mention that this is the number one sacred object among the nine blessings. The one who wins the tripod wins the world, and you gave it to me so easily?"

Where did Lu Sheng think about all this? Xie Rong's question made him even more at a loss, so he could only respond: "...I don't know how to use it, and it's useless to bear such a great reputation. It's just a hot potato, so let it go naturally. Let Ah Rong deal with it." He suddenly came to his senses, and hurriedly said: "Did Ah Rong think that I was robbing you for a treasure just now? Misunderstanding, I have no such intention!"

Xie Rong said with a cold face: "You are so careful, you think I don't know? It's just relying on me to deal with the aftermath, so you are brave and ruthless, and you are not afraid of future troubles."

Lu Sheng coughed: "Where...where is it so brave and fierce. If you can compete with ancient gods, it will naturally be a chance to practice. Cough cough, that longbow is so powerful, my arm is still hurting...it hurts It's going to kill me!"

He put away the hanging pot, grinned his teeth and rubbed his arm, feeling seven points of pain, but he pretended to be twelve points.

Xie Rong still had a stern face, casually put away the Shenzhou tripod, and said coldly: "Come here, stretch out your hand."

Lu Sheng followed his words honestly, and then Xie Rong held his wrist, and his cool fingers gently kneaded along the meridian of the arm. After the tingling, the pain and numbness gradually subsided.

Xie Rong's complexion was uneasy, but his movements were very attentive. His kneading technique was delicate and skillful. Lu Sheng wanted to praise him a few words, but he couldn't find the right words, so he had to keep silent. For a while, there was only the whisper of wind on the high platform.

Unexpectedly, the taste of rubbing gradually changed. The fingertips pressed against the inside of the elbow and scratched in a slight circle. Returning his hand, he said coldly: "Now I can always go back?"

Xie Rong felt a little regretful, rubbed her fingertips for aftertaste, and said with a smile: "First find a place to stay, and let me study it carefully."

The two then walked down the stone platform and found a cave to stay temporarily. Xie Rong looked at Fang Ding. Since Lu Sheng couldn't understand it, he simply lay down with his clothes on and fell asleep soundly with his head on Xie Rong's lap.

Two flowers bloom, one branch each.

After Li Ying successfully escaped from the cave, he waited outside the cave for half a day without seeing any movement, even the phantom array broken by Xie Rong never recovered.However, he had lingering fears in his heart, and he didn't dare to enter again rashly. After thinking about it, he turned back to the mountain forest, went to several places where Wuxian people often go to gather herbs, and coaxed a young man into it, throwing him into the depths of the cave.

But after a long time, the young man screamed, the Mie Ming spider was still dormant in the dark, but if any living things entered, they would attack them in groups, devouring them to nothing.

Li Ying became more and more horrified, and wanted to retreat for a while. This is a land that is neither life nor death. Apart from him, only a few tribes of the ancient survivors survived.Now that the two outsiders were surrounded by the Mie Ming spider, they died ten times, and since the checkpoint was broken, he could be more patient, and wait for the next year when the poisonous fog subsides, and then enter the cave with full preparations.

But he wavered for a while, if those two were lucky enough to escape from the siege of the Mieming Spider and go deep to find the Shenzhou Ding, it would be too much for him.Just because he was facing Xie Rong head-on, and because Lu Sheng was holding a weapon that was extremely evil, he had no chance of winning.

While hesitating like this, the young man's miserable cry gradually became weaker and finally dissipated.

Only then did Li Ying come to his senses, and hastily exited the cave. It was getting late, he found a hiding place and started a fire, hesitating, he took out the white silk hidden in his purse, and said in a low voice: " Miss San, if you bear with me, I will be able to rescue you when I find the Earth Mother Condensation and refine it into a resurrection medicine."

With deep affection and a deep voice, he carefully unfolded the white silk—there was nothing on the white silk, Li Ying turned pale with fright, clutched it tightly and took a closer look, only to find that the silk was very brand new, and he did not know when it was It was stolen and replaced.

His face suddenly turned livid and ferocious, he threw the white silk into the fire, and said in a low voice: "Xie Rong... If I don't kill you, it will be hard to get rid of the hatred in my heart!"

Li Ying couldn't wait for dawn, so he coaxed five Wuxian youths to come to several herbal gathering spots.He has lived in the city for a long time, he is very good at deceiving and deceiving, the residents trust him very much, these five young people also do not suspect him, they only think that there is a rare elixir hidden in the cave, so they go together to collect the medicine.

Li Ying said again that in the middle of the night, he was afraid of wild beasts, and advised the five people to rest for the night first.Then he was busy all night, picked more than ten kinds of herbs, and refined two kinds of pills.

In the early morning of the next day, the five youths were full of energy and wanted to go into the cave to collect elixir. Li Ying distributed two kinds of pills to everyone, and said: "Take the red pill first, which can resist the damp poison accumulated in the cave for many years; After the cave, listen to my orders, and then take the green pill, even if there are any snakes, insects, rats and ants in the cave, stay away."

Those five people responded one after another, and said repeatedly: "The real man has bothered."

Li Ying just smiled and said, "It's convenient for others, and it's convenient for myself. The income in the cave, the poor Taoist must share [-]% with everyone."

Everyone responded: "Naturally, it should be so."

Then he took the red pill and went happily without any suspicion.

Li Ying followed behind, and after making a clear calculation, he slowed down and said solemnly, "Masters, there are abnormal movements ahead, please take medicine just in case."

The five people also heard the slight noise, and hurriedly took out the pills and swallowed them. After taking the pills, they saw a group of purple-black spiders rushing in like waves.

Li Ying had retreated a few feet before, but now it was convenient, and he ran away immediately. The screams echoed in the cave one after another, but before Li Ying ran far, there were explosions behind him, and the flesh and blood exploded and splashed on the walls. It burned like oil, and countless Mingming spiders were engulfed by the flames.

Li Ying was thrown down by the heat wave, and his back was almost scorched. He escaped from the cave in a dangerous situation, trampled to death the few Mingming spiders that fell on him, and then fell to his knees panting heavily. But more and more cruel.

There are less than 3000 people left in Wuxian Kingdom so far, and the elixir they gave birth to is enough. But now, six people have been sacrificed in just a few days. , said with hatred: "Xie Rong, Lu Sheng... what I owe today, I want you to repay a hundred times!"

Two days later, fully armed, Li Ying entered the cave for the third time.

The Mie Ming Spider was severely injured, and the burnt smell in the hole lingered for a long time, but it was no longer a threat.

It took him some time to pass through the cave and arrive at the valley from another place. The lake surface was shimmering. The Mie Ming spider that had chased and killed Xie Lu and the two of them was devoured, and there was not half of it left.

However, even though Li Ying reached the valley safely, he had already exhausted his luck, and spent several days without finding any clues.

Before he could make any further progress, in the middle of the night on the fourth day, suddenly the valley roared, and the sky and the earth changed. Li Ying was climbing on a cliff, unable to respond, fell down and fell unconscious on the spot.

When he woke up again, he felt severe pain all over his body. Fortunately, he only broke his right arm. The difficulties and obstacles he encountered in the past were far better than this.Therefore, Li Ying could only bear the pain, put all the debts on Xie Lu and the two, swallowed the pills, picked up a branch to fix the broken arm, and after he recovered, he realized the abnormality.

This anomaly is inexplicable, but somehow it made him aware that there are variables in the mysteries of heaven and earth, which he knows, but he cannot transfer.

Li Ying closed his eyes and focused on counting, pinching his fingers to calculate, but it was profound and difficult to distinguish, he forced to calculate again, he couldn't help chest tightness, spit out a mouthful of blood, his face suddenly became grayer, and his handsome face faintly showed the appearance of an old man.

He clenched his fingers tightly, his knuckles turned white, and murmured: "How... how could this happen? Could it be that those two people really got the Shenzhou Cauldron?"

He didn't want to stay any longer, he hurried back the way he came, and when he left the cave, he couldn't go for a long time, then he met two Wuxian men and women, when they saw Li Ying, they hurriedly came forward, they were overjoyed and said: "The real man, the real man! The fog has cleared! Maestro, your hand...could it be injured?"

Li Ying was startled again, waved his hands and said, "A little injury, it's okay, what does it mean when the fog clears?"

The woman among them smiled and said: "I don't know what the real person is. When I woke up this morning, I accidentally looked down the mountain and saw that the poisonous fog surrounding the foot of Lingbao Mountain had completely dissipated. God opened my eyes, and now I can go in and out of Lingbao Mountain every day." It’s a great joy to collect the medicine!”

Li Ying's complexion was slightly gloomy, and he walked down the mountain with big strides. Along the way, he encountered people from Wuxian who rushed to tell each other. Some people returned to the city earlier to tell relatives and friends the good news of this day.

When we arrived at the fork where the crowd dispersed, we could see the foot of the mountain at a glance. There was no grass growing on the bare soil, but the thick green poisonous fog that killed people was not left at all.

There are many herbs in Lingbao Mountain. It is a good thing that there is no poisonous fog barrier now, but all kinds of changes make people feel uneasy. Li Ying is wearing a Taoist robe with a scorched back and tattered sleeves. He took a few people with him and rushed to Wuxian City.

However, when they were still far away, they could see the sky above Wuxian City was bright red from a distance.

Several entourages looked at each other, Li Ying's heart sank to the bottom of the valley, and he quickened his pace. After walking for a while, he found a bloody man who couldn't see his face stumbled out of the woods, shouting hoarsely: "Help...help..."

Li Ying stepped forward hurriedly, caught the man's crumbling body, wiped off the blood dripping from his face, it turned out to be Wu Qiao, a butcher from Xishikou.This person is in the prime of life, with infinite strength, even ten ordinary people are no match for him, but now he is wounded and dying.

He took out the pill and stuffed it into Wu Qiao's mouth, and asked sharply, "What happened?!"

Wu Qiao swallowed the elixir, and then she regained her composure, and said in a hoarse voice, "There...there are foreign enemies...in the city...killing people wantonly! Real people, save me..."

Before he could finish a sentence, his pupils were dilated and he died.

Li Ying was furious, and said sharply: "Xie Rong and Lu Sheng, these two thieves, destroy me Wuxian, and never let him go! Wuguang Wuxia! You two return to Lingbao Mountain quickly, and tell everyone to gather, don't let him go!" act rashly!"

The boy named Wu Guang was sixteen or seventeen years old. His eyes were already red, and the vines around his wrists turned bright red, as if bleeding. He gritted his teeth and said, "Really! My city, how can we escape in battle..."

Li Ying said: "Stupid! Those two are armed with spiritual weapons, and they are highly skilled. They confront each other head-on. Even I dare not show their strength. If you want revenge, you must bear the humiliation and take it slowly!"

Wu Xia was much more stable, she just clasped her fists and said: "The matter is of great importance, it should be the prophet who will survive the clansman, and preserve oneself first... My brother and I are going to spread the news, please take care of the real person."

Li Ying nodded deeply, and continued on with the rest of Wu Lin and Wu Mo, but this time he was much more cautious, instead of taking the main road, he only moved forward in hiding in the forest, trying to cover up his tracks.

When they arrived at Wuxian City, they saw the flames burning from the inside to the outside, the city walls and gates were completely destroyed, the swallowing beast split in two and rolled to the ground, the door knocker in its mouth was broken into pieces and scattered everywhere, and the ground was covered with withered vines. , Flesh and bones intertwined.

Wu Lin covered his mouth and tried his best to suppress the sobs, but big tears rolled out. Wu Mo clenched his fists tightly, a thread of blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, but he dared not make a sound.

Just because looking into the city from the open city gate, the houses are burning beeping, beeping, blazing, and the streets are full of bones, all of them are decapitated and dead. The peaceful homeland in the past has now turned into a purgatory on earth. , The tragic scene is shocking, and the sea of ​​corpses and blood is heinous.

Once hundreds of years of painstaking efforts were ruined, Li Ying's knees suddenly went limp, and he knelt on the ground as if he was out of strength. His eyes were about to split open, and he punched hard on the masonry floor. , screaming furiously: "Xie Rong! Lu Sheng——I will kill all relatives of the two of you, blood sacrifice to Wuxian!"