The Ascension of Ghosts

When Lu Sheng woke up suddenly, She Qingliu and his men were bandaging his wound.He sat up abruptly, looked around, and realized that he was already in Dawangzhuang at this moment.

Regardless of the burning and pain of the wound all over his body, he grabbed the black rabbit who was standing on the edge of the bed, tiptoeing to drip herbal juice for his wound, and hurriedly said: "Paint white or paint tenderly? Please take me to get that thing."

The black rabbit struggled in his hand: "I am, I am Tu Bai, don't worry, sir, I will lead the way for you."

Lu Sheng didn't care about She Qingliu's obstruction, he hastily wrapped up the wound, then got out of bed and walked with the black rabbit.Zi Yin was originally guarding outside the house, when he saw this, he stepped forward to help him, and sighed: "It's hard to endure until today, and in a few days, the Yellow Emperor will not be able to hold it anymore... Why bother now?"

Lu Sheng thanked him for his kindness, and said, "I'm just to blame for being indecisive and not making up my mind early...but it's not too late to make amends."

After reaching the treasure house, the painted white and purple seals stopped, and Lu Sheng strode in alone. In front of the wooden box, there was a young man in a silver-white dress, with a tall body and a cool face. Gao Hua, like a moon god, turned around slowly when he saw him enter, frowned as always, and said coldly: "How can you be so reckless?"

Lu Sheng turned pale with shock, hurried forward, and said in surprise, "You..."

He was going to ask: why are you here?However, as soon as you uttered the words, you found that the boxes and cages in the warehouse were piled up, and there was no sound. When have there been other people?

It's just lovesickness and illness, and even hallucinations.

Lu Sheng smiled wryly. The pain from the wounds on his shoulders, forehead, waist, abdomen and back seemed to be becoming more and more unbearable, and his figure was crumbling.He breathed a sigh of relief, walked slowly to the wooden frame, and took out the small square tripod from the box.

The mouth of the tripod was still a vast expanse of white, and it was tightly sealed. Lu Sheng raised his hand, but his fingertips froze when they approached the mouth of the tripod, making it difficult to get in.

That person was temperamental, indifferent and arrogant when he was outside, but he was demanding, cruel and domineering when he was inside, always making Lu Sheng overwhelmed and miserable.Now that I can get rid of it, there should be more joy and less reluctance.

But when I really recall the past, why is it full of sweetness.

For example, when Xie Rong was young, he stared round and asked him: Are you sure you won't leave?Worrying about gains and losses is all because of being nervous about him.

For example, if Xie Rong got angry with him, she turned her head and pretended nothing had happened, and brought good wine, delicacies, and rare playthings to please him, but if she was asked, she would always be disgusted and deny it.It was extremely awkward, but it made people feel pity.

The world is far away, and the three realms are vast, so why can't there be a single Xie Rong?

Lu Sheng couldn't help but smiled wryly again, and said in a low voice: "Ah Rong, I finally understand that you have worked so hard and tried all your tricks, so you just want to die at my hands."

On the other side of the bronze mirror, the Yellow Emperor also suddenly realized, and sighed: "I see, this is the only obsession you have insisted on until now? If I had said it earlier, I would have made arrangements for you. How could it have ended today? How far? Harming others and yourself, why bother?"

Xie Rong turned a deaf ear and only looked at the bronze mirror. Seeing that Lu Sheng's fingertips were trembling, he finally lifted the light film covering the mouth of the square tripod.

From then on, farewell to you, in ten directions and three lives, in the world of mortals, only Lu Sheng was left alone.

The film of light hovered in mid-air and recondensed into a small flamingo. Lu Sheng looked down at the cauldron and saw a tiny golden light floating in it, shining brightly. , he said in a low voice: "Ah Rong, I heard that you can stop by the Santu River, you go ahead now... you must stop, wait for me for a few days..."

Lu Sheng's throat was choked up, and he couldn't speak any more. He just knelt down on the ground, holding Fang Ding tightly with both hands, and even his knuckles turned white.Before the words were finished, a teardrop rolled down the cauldron and was dripping on the golden light.

The tiny golden light melted into tears, floating out of the cauldron's mouth, circling around Lu Sheng as if reluctant to part, and was caught in the mouth of the flamingo, and flew out of the room in a blink of an eye, without a trace.

Until now, Xie Rong smiled and said: "Your Excellency, you really don't understand or you pretend you don't understand? I have exhausted my mind and tried my best, naturally it is for a gamble."

Huang Di's eyes were heavy, and he asked, "Gambling? What are you betting on?"

Xie Rong's tone became softer, and the smile spread across his face, as if the bright moon was in the sky, dispelling the dark shadow: "Just bet on him... a tear."

As soon as the words fell, golden light broke through the wall and burst into thousands of brilliance.Where the light shines, the iron chain is broken inch by inch.Xie Rong broke out from the envelopment of the golden light, her figure was like a ghost, her black clothes spread out like dark clouds covering the sun, she suddenly rushed towards the Yellow Emperor, and the two figures merged together in an instant.

Sima Jing was writing the memorial, when suddenly there was commotion in the bedroom, the palace servants ran in panic, and came to report: "Your Majesty, Lord Hou...Your Lord has woken up!" Sima Jing hurriedly threw away the ink brush, strode out, and Seeing that beautiful young man walk out of the bedroom, even though his long hair is loose and he only wears a deep coat as soft and white as clouds, he still looks dignified, dignified and elegant.

Sima Jing quickened his pace, followed behind the young man, and asked in a low voice, "My lord...?"

The young man didn't reply, he just stood on the steps of the main hall, looking up at the faintly visible golden pattern in midair.After looking at it for a while, he raised his hand and made a light move, and a light that was difficult to track with his eyes suddenly passed through the golden curtain, and the milk swallows fell into his hand like a forest.

It was a square bronze tripod the size of a palm, and at the same time, the tripod in Lu Sheng's hand disappeared.

Lu Sheng rushed out of the warehouse, and a group of people had already gathered outside the village. Lu Yuan, his wife and Yan Xiu were among them, and when they saw Lu Sheng, their eyes lit up, and they hurriedly called him over. Nodding lightly, everyone looked towards Jianye together.

The golden light that had been shooting straight into the sky suddenly became turbulent, the earth shook, and a giant beast roared faintly. The ominous omen weighed heavily on the hearts of everyone in Dawang Zhuangzhuang. Zhou held her husband in one hand and Lu Sheng in the other, and her face paled faintly.

Lu Sheng held his sister-in-law's hand backhand, and comforted him: "Don't worry, sister-in-law, Jianye will definitely be fine."

He looked at the golden sky and a bright moon rising slowly, but he didn't know that his face was a little paler than Zhou's, but despite the coldness and desolation in his heart, his eyes became more determined, and he walked out the door with the hanging pot.He will sacrifice his life to defend the mountains and rivers that Xie Rong bought with his life.

Zhou seemed to see through his determination, and suddenly burst into tears, and was about to reach out to hold Lu Sheng, but was blocked by Lu Yuan.

Yan Xiu looked left and right, followed behind Lu Sheng, and walked to the gate of Dawangzhuang. Behind the two, people followed one after another, stepped out of the gate, and started fighting with the demon vines that covered the sky and the sun. .

In the deep palace of Taicheng, Sima Jing took a step forward and asked in a trembling voice, "Is it really... Your lord?"

The young man played with the Shenzhou tripod with one hand, and laughed softly: "In the past, Zhuang Zhou's dream was a butterfly, but he didn't know that Zhou's dream was a butterfly, and the butterfly's dream was a Zhou? The world is one finger, and all things are one horse. There is no way to understand, no way to be ideal. You say who I am?"

A white-haired scribe next to Sima Jing whispered: "Your Majesty, this sentence comes from Zhuangzi·Qiwu Pian. The implication is that even he himself can't tell who he is."

Sima Jing's face darkened, and he said coldly: "Presumptuous, you think I have no ink, can't you understand?"

The scribe hastily knelt down and confessed his crime, but Sima Jing turned a blind eye, his heavy eyes only chasing the young man's back.

After the young man finished speaking, he walked down the steps slowly, but as he took steps, he rose higher and higher, his whole body was covered by a layer of white and bright light, as if he had transformed into a bright and famous moon, shining brightly, silently, But like mercury pouring down the ground, it spread in all directions.

Where the light shines, the thick green demon vines move slowly, turn black and wither, and the living people who were trapped in the dead place got their breath and helped each other to escape.The land with overgrown branches and vines, which cannot be settled, gradually died due to the withering of the demon vines, revealing the original appearance of the land.

The soul-calling copper bell rang out from nowhere, clear and crisp, and instantly penetrated the world. The scorched vines seemed to be shaken, and they exploded into debris, which fell into the soil one after another.

However, more green vines came forward to fill the vacancy of the deceased. For a while, the two sides seemed to be in a stalemate like a see-saw, with one side dying and the other reborn.

The silver light in the young man's eyes was like ice crystals and starbursts, so clear that he didn't have the slightest aura, and his demeanor was vaguely like a dance to welcome the gods, but at this moment, he didn't need to summon the ancient gods with himself.As soon as you lift your finger, there will be flowing clouds and golden patterns pouring down, and as soon as you take a step, there will be surging waves and vibrations.

The Shenzhou Ding was suspended in front of him, he only turned his head slightly, and the dragon tortoise broke free from the silver needles that pinned his limbs, rose up with bloody wounds, and protected the north for him; The top poured down and turned into a snake to protect the east for him; he raised his right hand again, and the tiny flamingo suddenly expanded and turned into a giant flaming bird that could stand shoulder to shoulder with the roc, hovering and guarding the south.

Only the west side was still open, and what he looked at when he turned his head was the direction of Dawangzhuang.

Yan Xiu stepped on several dry vines with one foot, and as if realizing something in the silver moonlight, he raised his head, suddenly knelt down on one knee, bowed his head reverently and said: "Order!"

Lu Sheng watched helplessly as Yan Xiu's palms touched the ground, and he returned to the appearance of a tiger-striped kitten. Then, he grew up against the wind, and the brown and yellow tiger stripes all over his body faded, and finally turned into a pure white tiger with the height of two people. Sheng bent his forelegs, lowered his head, and even signaled for him to sit up.

When Lu Sheng saw the tiger-striped kitten turned into a pure white giant tiger, he suddenly realized that he had seen the third of the four sacred beasts in Xie Rong's mansion, but the western white tiger had never been seen. Hidden around him.

He hesitated for a while, he didn't want to meet that person again, but he remembered that the Xuanhu Sword in his hand was also a weapon of the Nine Forbidden Swords, he was afraid that a moment of anger would delay the important event, so he had to turn over and ride on the back of a tiger.

The white tiger firmly grasped the withered vine with its four paws, roared, and leaped towards the clouds, fleeing like a lightning bolt.Still carrying Lu Sheng on his back, he landed on the top of the Star Observation Tower at the highest point in Taicheng, raised his head and roared like a tiger, the sound shook the palace, and guarded the west side.

Lu Sheng was still sitting on the back of the white tiger, looking up into the sky, the silver light around the man was strong but not glaring, both coercive and soft, making one feel as if bathed in divine light, giving birth to infinite peace.

The man felt something, turned around, smiled at Lu Sheng, and lifted a golden longbow out of the cauldron as if lifting a weight lightly.

Immediately, the Shenzhou Ding soared into the sky and suddenly became huge and split into five. One of the big tripods was still guarding the zenith, and the other four small tripods slowly rotated and shot away in all directions. Then the new force, once again followed the tripod to expand in all directions, shining with silver light, and finally reached the frontier.

The vines entangled outside the stone house seemed to be fixed by the silver light. When they drilled into the house, the green vines that were about to entangle the boy's ankles also stopped moving. The silver light swayed faintly from the cracks in the stone house, as if countless Tiny moon debris fell on Hou Yan's body, the surging blood stopped, the wound healed slowly, and new flesh grew.

Everything in the world is quiet, silver debris falls quietly like snowflakes, if you meet the enemy, you will kill, if you meet us, you will live, thousands of miles away, the crying of the people gradually subsided, all raised their heads, looking at the direction of the capital from afar, hanging high in the sky, A brighter moon than ever before.

The man said again: "Baoyang, come here."

Lu Sheng frowned slightly, but Bai Hu obeyed, jumped up from the top of the tower, and landed beside the young man.The man held Lu Sheng's waist and sat on the tiger's back with him.

The joint on the back is wide and warm, and there is even an elegant and slightly bitter scent of trance, which is no different from the time when the ears and temples were rubbed together in the past. Lu Sheng knew that it was not the right time, and he also knew that he had made such a decision before, so he shouldn't have extravagant hopes , but at this moment, he was still in a state of confusion, and said in a hoarse voice: "You, you are—"

The young man hissed in a low voice, and only smiled in his ear: "The enemy is in front of you, you must concentrate."

Before Lu Sheng could answer, he felt strange in his hand. Looking down, the Xuanhu Sword had turned into three bows and arrows that were as clear as ice crystals, without any flaws, reflecting the silver light, shining brightly, eager to try, full of infinite murderous intent.

The young man said: "I still need to borrow Baoyang's strength to follow me."

Lu Sheng had no choice but to suppress the confusion in his heart, and said solemnly: "I will do my best."

The young man put the longbow in Lu Sheng's hand, held the bow together with him, took the ice crystal-like bow and arrow, put it on the string, and opened the bow slowly like a full moon.The two of them seem to be of one mind, their fingers intertwined, and they pose together in a posture ready to go.

Immediately the white tiger leaned forward and rushed towards the ground, the young man said: "Let go!"

The two let go at the same time, and the bow and arrow whizzed sharply, rushing towards the ground like piercing the clouds and breaking the moon, knocking the ground into a huge hole, the ground trembled for a while, the houses collapsed, like the earth shaking, mountains shaking, and rivers roaring.In the deep underground, which is hard to reach with the naked eye, the ice crystal bow and arrow broke rocks and rocks all the way, pierced the soil and drilled wood, and pointed directly at the dark green ball where the ghost leaf is, but after a distance of more than a foot, it was exhausted and shattered into thousands of crystal chips .

Ghost Leaf suddenly raised her head, the previous joy turned into anger, the ball shrank by more than half, and the roots were intertwined in layers, intertwined with the crushed rocks and boulders, forming a giant rattan cocoon tens of miles thick.

The demon vines returned to the defense with all their strength, and the ground offensive was naturally weak. The monks and soldiers of the Jingye sect who had been blindly attacking with the demon vines were exposed, but they were already deeply surrounded by Jin soldiers.

With Gao Tai's order, the iron cannons of the Zhendong Army roared one after another, smashing the group of monks and soldiers into meat.Zhao Douluo was the first to bear the brunt of the attack. With his tyrannical body, he endured a few shell attacks and closed the distance in one breath. Unexpectedly, his foot stepped into the air and fell into a trap that was more than ten feet deep.At the bottom of the trap, sharp spears were erected, piercing him into pieces of meat on the grill.

Zhao Douluo's angry roar also gradually weakened, and in the blurred and blood-red field of vision, he vaguely saw a young scholar poking his head out from the edge of the pit, shaking his head and sighing: "Idiot, idiot, is it a barbarian country after all? The trick is that you can't even avoid a trap for catching animals, and you are the only one who is blind."

Zhao Douluo was in a hurry, grabbed a spear, pulled it out from the ground, and threw it at the top of his head, but unfortunately missed the target, and the spearhead finally plunged into the mud wall three inches away from the entrance of the cave.

The scholar sighed: "This guy is so powerful, I'm afraid he's even stronger than Guo Dasha... It's a disaster to keep it, kill it quickly."

A sergeant at the side responded, "Yes, Master Shen."

Immediately several archers stepped forward, took aim with their bows, and shot him to death in the pit.

This "Shen Junshi" is Shen Lun. He stood side by side with Gao Tai, looking at the brilliance of the zenith, and sighed at the same time. Sir no."

When Yan returned to the foot of the mountain, Wei Su was standing in a piece of withered vines supporting his precarious body with his scabbard. Regardless of the bruises all over his body, he held the sword and laughed loudly: "Old boy, why did you..." The word "lai" was accompanied by a mouthful of blood. During the exit, the burly body fell down, but it happened to be caught by Shuiyue.

The guards rushed forward to treat her in a hurry, Shuiyue let go of her hand, and said calmly: "Don't panic, the disaster will last for a thousand years, this guy won't die."

Outside Pinglang County, Hou Zongbing was the first to tear away the withered vines that wrapped around the stone house, rushed into the house, and hugged the mourning youngest son in his arms.Hou's eldest son and the second son followed closely. Hearing the younger brother's angry cry, the second son patted his chest with peace of mind and smiled, "I still have the strength to breathe out the pain, so I definitely can't die."

Immediately, his elder brother slapped his head severely.

In the sky of Taicheng, Lu Sheng followed the young man to draw a second ice crystal bow and arrow, and put it on the string again.The attack of the vines and the rain of arrows was completely resisted by the other three holy beasts, and the sun had to stop at the hole in the ground, with the eight-leaf mandala under his feet and the golden body of the Tathagata hanging above his head, with a gesture of willingness to die.

Lu Sheng couldn't help stopping his hands. The young man noticed his hesitation, and his face darkened for a while, and he said coldly, "Can't you give up Baoyang?"

Lu Sheng shook his head lightly. He didn't know whether he was reluctant or not. He suddenly raised his voice and said, "Riguang, you and the Jieluo Sect devoted yourself to protecting the peace of the people of the Western Regions in the first 26 years. Although I was confused for a moment, it is not too late to rein in the precipice, so why... be obsessed with it?"

Sunlight raised his head slightly, and the smile on his face was still as warm as the spring sun melting snow, the wind and the moon, when he first met Xingshan Temple, the dignified and upright monk who protects the country is the same: "Lu Baoyang has good intentions, and the poor monk appreciates it." But the poor monk has already told Baoyang that one step back is a bottomless abyss, and there is no way out, and the poor monk has no way out."

The young man interrupted and snorted coldly: "This seat will send you to eternal doom."

He actually clenched Lu Sheng's hands tightly, pulled the string and released the arrow. The ice crystal bow and arrow shone with dazzling light and screamed piercingly, piercing through the sun.