The Ascension of Ghosts

As soon as Lu Sheng woke up, he noticed something strange.

He sat up and folded his arms and thought for a while, before he suddenly realized that the strangeness was that Xie Rong was not in the cave.

Since returning to Beijing from the Western Regions, the two of them went out in the same car and slept together, they got used to it without realizing it, now that Xie Rong is nowhere to be seen after waking up, it made Lu Sheng feel uncomfortable and weird.

He laughed at himself, patted his clothes, stood up, and walked out of the cave.

Outside the cave, the sky is bright and bright, the sky is blue, the trees are lush and green, the flowers are colorful, bees and butterflies linger in the flowers, and there is vitality everywhere.

An unknown tree stands among the flowers all over the ground. The silver-white trunk is straight and tall, and the tree is full of white flowers and snowy leaves. The cool wind blows, the branches and leaves rattle, and the plain white flowers and leaves sway and fall.

A young gentleman, dressed in a snow-capped form, stood tall and straight among the fallen leaves like frost and snow, with a long scroll unfolded in his hand, and the golden square tripod floated in front of him like a living thing.

Deep clothes and high hats, clear eyebrows, quiet time is like ice covering thousands of rivers, moving time is like a long lake unsealed, yushu Qiongzhi shines on the mirror lake, orchid orchid is like incense.

He raised his head and saw Lu Sheng, with the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, revealing a light and elegant smile, as if the clouds were wide open and the sky was full of colors.It is unheard of in the age of the gods and first seen in the present, and the beauty in the world is beyond compare.

Lu Sheng stepped on the green leaves and fragrant flowers, walked towards Xie Rong, and asked, "Ah Rong got up really early, did you rest well?"

Xie Rong looked as usual, but she didn't feel tired, she just said: "It's okay, Baoyang, come and have a look."

Lu Sheng approached as he said, followed the direction he indicated, and looked down at Fang Ding.

Cloud-like white mist was condensed in the tripod, following Xie Rong's hand gesture, strands of mist drifted out of the tripod's mouth, spreading out like a picture scroll, forming mountains, rivers, plains and city walls.

Lu Sheng snorted, and pointed to the towering mountain and the small foggy city nearby: "Is this the city of Lingbao Mountain and Wuxian Kingdom?"

Xie Rong said: "Exactly."

Lu Sheng was amazed, and when he looked carefully, he realized that the shrunken three-dimensional mountain and city became more and more detailed as the white mist solidified, as small as the cracks between the cliffs and the flags in the city, all of which were faithfully presented.

He praised: "This map is really detailed."

Just about to reach out to touch it, Xie Rong held down her wrist and warned: "If you touch it casually, be careful to destroy the city."

Lu Sheng was startled, and hastily withdrew his hand. He said nervously, "Since casting a tripod is said to last forever, why is it so vulnerable... If it falls into the hands of treacherous people, I'm afraid the earth will be overthrown."

Seeing that he was worried, Xie Rong couldn't help laughing, and raised her hand to touch his cheek, "I'm not as capable as a villain, so don't worry about it."

He also made it clear for Lu Sheng that the Divine Cauldron Qi Machine is connected to the heaven and earth, so it is projected in the cauldron. It is a phantom and also the spirit of the city. If the soul is destroyed, the city will be destroyed, so it cannot be touched easily.Fortunately, there are only a handful of people who can extract this image from the cauldron, and it is enough to keep the divine cauldron properly in the future so that it does not fall into the hands of others.

Lu Sheng was ignorant of what he heard. After all, it was something mysterious and unknown. It is understandable that he could not understand it.He then asked, "Can monk Sunguang guide me?"

Xie Rong scoffed, "Fang Wai is a barbarian, what do you know?"

Lu Sheng was a little relieved, and asked again: "Can Ge Zhenren seduce him?"

Xie Rong said: "My benevolent master is good at refining alchemy and nourishing Qi, and has never dabbled in ancient mystical arts."

The implication is, of course, it cannot.

Lu Sheng thought about it, and then asked: "Then...can you attract the purple seal from the Immortal Kingdom?"

Xie Rong said: "That confused god is ignorant and ignorant, your question is flattering him."

Lu Sheng couldn't help laughing when he recalled the oolong he met with Ziyin for the first time, but Xie Rong said: "Baoyang is very thoughtful, Ziyin is nothing to be afraid of, but the wolf bathing snow should be carefully avoided, and be careful to be caught by it." Smell the clue."

The Shenzhou Ding matter is of great importance, the less people know about it, the more appropriate it will be.

It's just that in this way, how to seal Li Ying's mouth is troublesome...

He turned to ask Xie Rong, but Xie Rong sneered and said, "That's easy. When you and I return to Jianye, we will close the road here. Since he has lived in Wuxian for more than two hundred years, he might as well stay longer Days, this is how to live for the rest of the world.”

Lu Sheng was somewhat relieved that there was no need to kill people to silence his words, but the vision in the cauldron made him look sideways. The fine and tiny city walls were originally formed by condensation of white mist, but now they faintly glowed red, just like the setting sun.

He pointed and said in a deep voice, "Ah Rong, what happened?"

Xie Rong looked down for a moment, then pondered: "...This is also the only way to go back to the city, why don't you go and have a look."

He held Fang Ding in his palm, and quickly retracted the floating landscape painting into the mouth of the tripod, and then a wisp of white smoke spread, surrounding the two of them.

When the white smoke dissipated, Lu Sheng found that he had left the place where he was, standing in a willow grove, and he was unconscious and unaware of the change.

Walking out of the woods, I saw the broken city gate, the gradually extinguished fire, and scattered corpses.

Lu Sheng turned pale with shock, and said in a shy voice, "Ah Rong, this..."

He turned his head but there was no sign of Xie Rong, his heart sank to the bottom of the valley for a moment, but he calmed down.

The city gate was open, and the fire burned for a while, and most of the wooden houses were destroyed. Lu Sheng walked through the city gate along the post road, and finally saw a slightly intact corpse at the crossroads. He turned the corpse over, and his hands were cold , the joints have begun to stiffen, and he has been dead for about two or three hours.There is a blood hole on the temple, and there is also a hole the size of a fist in the chest.

The number of corpses in the city gradually increased, and Lu Sheng checked several of them one after another, and found that each corpse was either a temple, or a throat was severely injured, leaving a bloody hole as wide as two fingers.Everyone has a hole in the chest, and the chest is empty, and someone has ripped out the heart.

It's a pity that Lu Sheng had limited experience, so he couldn't tell which part was injured first and which part was fatal. He could only judge that the murderer was ruthless, not only taking people's lives, but also digging out their hearts.

He squatted beside a girl's corpse, and lifted up the girl's sleeve with the scabbard to check. The vines that were originally wrapped around the wrist were all withered, scorched black and dry, without any life left.Lu Sheng thought to himself, it turns out that this vine is different from ordinary plants and trees. People live in the vine, but the dead vine destroys it.I just don't know what the murderer was doing...

Just as he was lost in thought, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a red shadow attacking from the corner of his eye, subconsciously dodged sideways, and was about to draw his sword to fight back, but his subordinates hesitated for a moment, and then were bound by several blood-red vines around their hands and feet.

The vines meandered for more than ten feet, intertwined like poisonous snakes, and moved stupidly. The other end was held in the hands of a young man, whose face was quite familiar. He was talking to him when he was going to Lingbao Mountain, and was caught again. Xie Rong scared Wu Gan away.

It's just that when I saw him at that time, he was a sincere and cheerful young man, but now his face is vicissitudes, his eyes are sad, his face is covered with smoke and dust, dirty and decadent, like a wounded beast without saying a word, only staring at Lu Sheng with bloodshot eyes. It was bright red and glaring, as if made of coagulated blood. It was wrapped around Lu Sheng's wrists, calves, neck and waist, and the heat could be felt through the fabric.

Lu Sheng also noticed that the vines that were attacked were the companions of the Wuxian people, so he cut them off rashly, just like cutting off a human limb, so he hesitated a little, and Wu Gan took the opportunity to capture them instead.

The vines were tightly entwined like ropes, so he could only move his head and asked, "Wu Gan, what happened?"

Wu Gan sneered again and again, and pulled the vine, causing Lu Sheng to stagger two steps. His lips were cracked, and blood flowed down the wound, as if weeping blood. His voice was hoarse, as if he had been crying for a long time, and even his throat was broken. : "Okay, okay, okay, when you kill people, you have fun, and when you get caught, you pretend to be stupid. Are you humans all such despicable and shameless people?"

Lu Sheng had no choice but to say: "Wu Gan, you misunderstood. Ah Rong and I have been in Lingbao Mountain. We just entered the city at this moment. I didn't kill him."

Wu Gan gritted his teeth and stared at him, and said in a hoarse voice: "My Wuxian Kingdom is left here alone. There are no other races in the four fields, and no outsiders have ever visited. Now you and that Xie Rong are the only two who have come here, and their behavior is suspicious. As soon as they entered Lingbao Mountain, there was no trace of them, and then they wounded Master Li, slaughtered my ethnic group, and destroyed my city. The piles of blood and debts were piled up. It wasn't you and other outsiders who committed the crimes. Could it be that I, the people of Wuxian, killed me? Can't you be your own?"

The more he spoke, the more outrageous he became, and he pulled the vine again. Unexpectedly, the young man's feet were as stable as Mount Tai, and he hadn't been dragged by him for a moment. He couldn't help getting more bloodshot in his eyes, and his back molars were clenched. He roared angrily. : "Lu Sheng! I will kill your blood sacrifice clan!"

Lu Sheng really couldn't argue with it, stood firm and confronted him, sighed: "Wu Gan, the changes in the city are indeed a tragedy in the world, I will definitely not sit idly by, please stay calm and calm, let me explain..."

A crimson vine lashed at his head. Lu Sheng was tied tightly, and he barely turned his side to avoid it, but the vine was still whipped on his shoulder. Suddenly, his shoulder was burning with pain. Lu Sheng gasped in pain, but saw Next to Wu Gan came a man and a woman, both staring at Lu Sheng with pain and hatred on their faces.The woman said: "Wu Gan, what more do you say to this murderer, kill him!"

But the man grinned and said: "It would be too cheap to kill him on the spot, not to mention that he still has an accomplice who has disappeared, so don't act rashly, lock them up and deal with them. Capture the two of them together and send them to Master Li to refine medicine." It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter if it’s a Gu, they must be tortured and their life would be worse than death, even so... the hatred in my heart cannot be dispelled!”

Everyone in Wuxian suffered a tragic change, their homes were destroyed and their families were destroyed. Although Lu Sheng sympathized, but he was indiscriminately treated as a murderer and hated again and again, but he was inevitably angry. A tightly entangled one, but it was not easy for him to draw the sword, and he couldn't help feeling annoyed at his soft heart just now.

He lowered his face and said: "Wu Gan, the culprit has its head and the debt has its owner. If you don't track down the real culprit, but just arrest someone to vent your anger, don't you just let the murderer go free? To be honest, I make a living by investigating cases and have some experience. , if you can trust me, I will help you track down the real culprit and avenge your revenge."

Wu Gan smiled miserably, pulled out the hunting knife from his waist, and walked towards Lu Sheng step by step with dark eyes, "You humans are really eloquent, but let me ask you, Lu Sheng, if it is true as you said, but you just entered the city , How did you avoid the eyes and ears of my many people along the way, and arrived without anyone noticing? Your companion...where did you go?"

Lu Sheng choked, and Wu Gan asked questions one after another, but he couldn't answer any of them, either he didn't know anything, or he couldn't tell even if he knew the inside story. Seeing that the situation was not good, the two also raised their hands to release the vines, binding Lu Sheng layer by layer like rice dumplings.Lu Sheng couldn't help but angrily said: "My companion has powerful magic power, if you dare to hurt me, none of the remaining clansmen will be able to escape!"

Wu Gan was furious, rushed over in a few steps, raised the hunting knife and slashed at Lu Sheng's head. With all his strength, Lu Sheng once again pulled the vine sideways to avoid it. The hunting knife lost its aim and hit a nearby vine hard. superior.Even though no wound was cut, the Wuxian woman was afraid of the pain, so she let out a miserable cry, quickly retracted the vine, squatted on the ground, and protected her right hand in her arms, her shoulders trembled from the pain, and her face was pale.

Seeing the miserable state of the man, Lu Sheng was determined. He became ruthless again, and with a roar, he finally loosened the vine a little. Using his thumb, he immediately pushed the hilt half an inch out. All the vines were cut off.

The roots of the vines were broken, and Wu Gan's complexion was as pale as that of the Wu Gan man, and he almost couldn't even grasp the hunting knife steadily.Lu Sheng noticed that the remaining parts were also loosened in circles, and there was a gap in his right hand. He grasped the hilt and swung it, the long sword came out, and cut several times in a row. After only one meeting, Sheng snatched the hunting knife from his hand.

The so-called born in sorrow and died in peace, these people of Wuxian country have lived in a corner for many years, without external enemies or internal troubles, I am afraid that they have long forgotten what it is like to fight between life and death, and they are easily defeated by Lu Sheng.

It looks more and more pitiful.