1 Gala Chapter 29: People from afar (Part 1)
On the top of the distant Parliament Hill, in a simple stone hall, Gan Ruyi woke up from trance, opened his eyes, turned his head and looked at the middle-aged man not far away who was watching a certain photo repeatedly, and then continued. Lost in thought.
This mountain peak is located in the center of the Thousand Needles Mountains at the northern end of the Aegean continent in the west. It is more than a thousand meters high and is extremely majestic!
Within a radius of thousands of miles, Parliament Hill is the tallest and most abrupt. From the top of the mountain, you can see countless peaks and rocks, and cliffs can be seen everywhere. It can be said that all the mountains are small at a glance!
Going down from the hall on the top of the mountain, there are groups of buildings not far apart, occupying every slightly gentle spot on this thousand-meter-long mountain.
In front of the hall on the top of the mountain, a jade-white stone staircase about ten steps wide winds down, leading directly to all the buildings below. It looks like a jade belt winding around the mountain, and the stone hall on the top of the mountain is like the head of a dragon carved on this jade belt. , entrenched majestically, showing its majesty!
Therefore, this Parliament Hill is also known as "Jade Dragon Mountain"!
The strange thing is that this giant mountain range with a radius of thousands of miles is filled with countless blood-red colors...
This kind of tree, which is the color of blood from its leaf tips to its roots, is growing like crazy. Giant trees that are hundreds of meters tall can be seen everywhere, and their tough branches are linked together like flames!
After the battle a thousand years ago, this giant blood-burning tree suddenly appeared and spread crazily, covering the Thousand Needles Mountains within a short period of time!
Someone once did research specifically on this - this kind of giant tree can only survive within the Thousand Needles Mountains, and cannot be successfully planted even one meter away from the mountains...
People say that these giant trees were transformed by the ancestors who fell in the Battle of Parliament Hill thousands of years ago. Even if they died on the battlefield, the blood is still flowing among these mountains!
The blood-red Thousand Needles Mountains are just like the Lianyun Mountains on the northern side of the eastern Crescent Continent. They stand on the left and right on the map of the human world, separating the northern frozen soil from the hinterland of the human world.
The Quenching City-state, one of the five major city-states of the human race, is nestled on the south side of the Thousand Needles Mountains.
However, there is not a single blood-burning giant tree on Parliament Hill!
After that battle, the entire Parliament Hill has been bare and barren...
This mountaintop hall was actually later rebuilt on a new mountaintop that was flattened several hundred meters by the energy impact. It is the only building on the top of the mountain, and it is very eye-catching!
Its shape is also extremely simple. There is only a circle of thick stone pillars around the hall, which together support the roof. It is transparent in all directions, making the bright hall in the hall even more spacious.
Anyone with sufficient eyesight can see thousands of stone chairs in the hall from thousands of meters away, as well as the seven stone seats lined up on the platform only one step higher on the north side of the Mingtang.
——This is where the Pan-Continental Parliament is located, where human race leaders discuss matters!
For three thousand years, countless political orders have been issued from here, guiding the entire human world!
The stone chairs are where the members sit. The members come from various tower districts in the mainland and are elected by local people for a period of fifty years.
Over the past three thousand years, the Guangming Pagoda Forest has continued to expand, and the number of stone chairs has gradually increased to thousands!
And those seven stone seats belong to the positions of the seven elders.
In order to commemorate the seven heroes who founded the Parliament three thousand years ago and commemorate their unparalleled achievements, the seats of elders have been inherited by the descendants of the most outstanding families of the seven heroes from generation to generation. The strong ones in the altar are the lowest threshold for these seven seats!
Since the establishment of the Parliament, the descendants of the seven elder families have shed their lives and blood on the northern battlefield, sacrificing their lives and forgetting the dead. They have never failed to live up to the will of their ancestors and the name of the elders! And they are extremely powerful and intellectual. It goes on from generation to generation!
Although the position of speaker is determined by referendum in parliament according to law, most of the time it is held concurrently by one of the seven elders.
However, during the Battle of Parliament Hill a thousand years ago, the seven major families were the first to bear the brunt. The casualties were too heavy, and the strong men in the altar were almost withered. Fortunately, the bloodline continued unchanged, but they could only recuperate and disappear for a long time. He has not emerged from the world, and has almost faded out of the world's sight. Even the seat of the elders is often vacant...
It was not until a hundred years ago that Qian Ruyi, who was born in the Qian family, one of the seven major families, and ascended to the altar with the power of summoning spirits, suddenly appeared. Thousands of members were convinced, and the position of Speaker returned to the hands of the elders.
In the hall on the top of the mountain, stone chairs and stone seats are lined up facing each other, like stars over the moon, clustered around a stone platform in the center.
The style of this stone platform is more simple, with only a straight column about half a person's height inserted into the ground, supporting a square tabletop half the size of a stone chair. However, there is nothing on the table at this time, and only the central area can be seen upright. A dent the size of a book is being polished, and there are nine lines of extremely vigorous gilded handwriting below the dent!
"Swear to death to slay the demons"!
"Insist on seeking benefits for the people"!
"Act uprightly and fairly"!
"Firmly safeguard justice"!
"Swear not to use power for personal gain"!
"Swear not to be jealous of the virtuous and capable"!
"Swear not to bully the weak"!
"Adhere to the unity of the world"!
"Never betray the tribe"!
——This is the "Nine Rules of the Code"!
This stone platform is the place where the artifact - the "Human Codex" is placed!
Without strong restraint, any system will eventually become corrupted and degenerate! In this world where evil is endless, any creature, even the powerful in the altar, is very likely to be twisted into an enemy! How could the seven heroes who founded the parliament not Be prepared for a rainy day and be vigilant?!
This is why the artifact-"Human Codex" was born!
As we all know, contracts are like the projection of certain rules, which can directly affect the souls of living beings, regardless of level differences. Many contracts are fatal threats to the powerful in the altar!
Since ancient times, the human realm has been in awe of the power of contracts! However, the dozens of known contracts have their own limitations. They either cannot completely match the nine oaths, or they are not powerful enough to threaten the altar. But how can this be difficult? Dedicated to helping the heroes in the world!
——If something is not as good as inside, external things will make up for it!
There is an extremely rare and strange object in the human realm called the "Truth Stone"!
If the holder's words and deeds are inconsistent, his soul will often be hurt, or even his words will become a prophecy! Since ancient times, everyone has avoided it!
One of the seven heroes who founded the Council was a wise man who did not hesitate to try the law himself. He suddenly discovered that this truth stone can also ignore the level gap and is very similar to the power of the contract!
A piece of truth stone is hardly a threat to the strong men of the altar in the parliament, but thousands of pieces melted together are enough to have the power to destroy the altar!
The main body of the human code is almost all the truth stones that have been accumulated in the human world for countless years! It is also blended with tens of thousands of rare objects, and there are three spiritual artifacts that are willing to sacrifice themselves for it. In order to promote the birth of his spiritual consciousness as soon as possible!
This code is like a tailor-made contract! It is the ultimate weapon to intimidate the parliament! Only successive speakers can use it!
Before taking office, all members of the Parliament must swear a death oath in front of the Code and abide by the "Nine Rules of the Code" for life!
If there is any violation, it will be impossible to hide it in front of the code! Once the power of the mantra is activated, the souls of those below the altar will be extinguished in an instant! Even the Speaker himself, who is recognized as the most powerful, cannot escape death even if his soul is burned!
Don't say that these nine oaths are a sign of betrayal of the world. Everyone in the parliament will punish them!
Thousands of years ago, the Human Codex was already at the critical juncture of the birth of spiritual consciousness. It was about to break out of its cocoon and turn into a butterfly, truly becoming the most powerful artifact to calm the world! It was a pity that the war suddenly broke out, and the Codex was besieged by the demons. It was severely damaged and has not yet fully recovered...
Today is not a day for a regular meeting, and all the projection arrays on the stone chairs did not move at all. The Mingtang has been silent for a long time.
Speaker Qian was sitting in the middle of the seven stone seats. At this moment, he woke up from his meditation and saw that the photo was coming to an end, so he said:
"Mingyi, no need to look any further!"
This photo is exactly what it was like a few days ago when the Dharma God inheritance was launched!
This middle-aged man with an elegant face had been burying his head in it for several days. After hearing this, he raised his head and asked warmly:
"Brother, did you go to Garo just now?"
"Haha, I can't hide it from you!"
Gan Ruyi laughed and said:
"What a big event it is to start the inheritance! The whole world has felt the vision of heaven and earth on such a scale, how can I, as the Speaker, know about it and not ask about it? I happen to have a clone next to Brother Qingyanqingyu, and I also met with the two deans today. After that, the ANBU information should have arrived by now!"
As soon as Speaker Qian finished speaking, a dark light flashed around Qian Ming's waist, and a small piece of paper suddenly appeared in his hand. After he read it carefully, he couldn't help but nod his head:
"So that's what happened! Senior Phantom has not appeared for many years. Unexpectedly, he is willing to break the mirror and rebuild it this time. It is really admirable!"
He suddenly remembered something and actually started shooting the case, saying in shock:
"Brother! Could it be that Master Phantom's inheritance is..."
“Should be good!”
Gan Ruyi nodded solemnly and replied solemnly:
"You and I are both half disciples of Master Dharma God. You and I understand what the sudden start of the inheritance means! Think about how profound the formation of the consciousness school is! Senior Phantom's willingness to break the mirror and rebuild it must have something to do with this! Confined to this The dome formation has been in place for three thousand years, and I finally hope for some hope in this world!
"This is such a big matter that it should be kept secret! However, there must be a lot of doubters in the council. As a descendant of the Dharma God, the old patriarch Augustus has not yet rushed to Jialuo. I think he has some scruples! As a brother, I thought Reliable personnel from the ANBU were mobilized to protect Senior Phantom, but after all, the ANBU was still affiliated with the Council, and every move was watched by someone!
"Fortunately, the two deans have improved in strength. Senior Phantom is in the hinterland of Jialuo Academy, protected by countless formations. There are still two seniors sitting at the foot of Fengming Mountain. No one dares to make trouble!"
"Brother handled it very well!"
Qian Ming raised his palm and praised, but then he said doubtfully:
"Thinking about what kind of person is standing behind that young man, it seems that he did not make a big mistake in this matter, but the two Dean Jia Luo still insisted on handling the matter impartially. This is a bit unexpected..."
"Is it surprising?"
Gan Ruyi sneered:
"I don't think so! Both deans are hundreds of years old. They are just showing off, for fear of being used as a pretext! But they never expected that I would show up!
"The criminal has been at large for more than two years. It is rare for him to leak some clues about this matter. If he does not use the law to force him, who knows whether the so-called amnesia is true or not? Now that I have hit him, how can he easily Let it go!
"When I left, the two people at the foot of Fengming Mountain didn't show up. I think they felt wrong and couldn't refute me!
"Now that the trial is a foregone conclusion, there are four remaining seats for judgment, and the temple faction will definitely do it at any cost! At tomorrow's regular meeting, you and I will surely see another fight!"
Having said this, Gan Ruyi couldn't hide his disgust, couldn't help but stand up, walked a few steps in the bright hall, and said in deep thought:
"It's so much better. The bait has been thrown out, how can it be eaten so easily?! I'm going to the temple right now. The recruitment is imminent. The matter of sending out priests and divine scrolls still needs to be discussed with the seven puppets face to face!"
Qian Ming sighed secretly and said seriously:
"Brother, those who are capable work hard, it is really hard work!"
Gan Ruyi feigns anger:
"It's not like you suppressed your strength and refused to break through to the god level. Otherwise, I would have been drinking tea and signing autographs to see the scenery. Why would I have to do all these running errands!"
"...Brother, please don't make fun of me. It's not that easy to become a god... What's more, I have too many distracting thoughts and am restless. I have to continue polishing... But brother, you gave me the inheritance of the Dharma God, but I haven't been able to do it for a hundred years. The progress has been a waste of brother’s hard work…”
Gan Ruyi waved his hand and said:
"Why are you so polite to me? The God of Magic is very powerful. The science of magic is indeed profound, but it is not my way. Besides, I don't have enough energy to study it with concentration. You are more talented than me in magic. Quite a few of them are born heroic spirits who are strong in the legal system, so we might as well make the best use of them. The old man, the God of Magic, will not blame us."
Gan Ruyi then sighed:
"My human world seems to be stable, but in fact it is shaky. I, the Speaker, am also in a difficult situation. Fortunately, you have been advising me over the past hundred years, so there has been no trouble, but it has delayed you..."
Qian Ming shook his head repeatedly:
"Brother is joking with me again. We are from the same mother and father. This little thing is nothing. Brother, there is no need to blame yourself!"
Qian Ru's eyes flashed, and his words were solemn:
"I just regret that today's parliament is no longer as grand as it was when it was first created! People are unpredictable and it's hard to describe... If this expedition can be successful, I think this parliament should also change!"
Qian Ming was shocked when he heard this:
"Brother, the strength of the ANBU is still insufficient... After all, this is a big deal, so you must be well prepared!"
Gan Ruyi stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the infinite scenery on the top of the mountain, and said proudly:
"Mingyi, you are worrying too much!
"I never lack heroes in this world!
"I believe that after this battlefield baptism and tempering of life and death, as long as they don't die midway, the ANBU's hundreds of masters will surely be promoted to at least ten new gods! It won't take long for the ANBU to be reborn, get rid of the control of the parliament, and truly become law enforcement The sword of defense!
"Ming Yi, you selected these members. I believe in your vision. Over the years, you have never let me down!"
Qian Ming smiled and said:
"Brother upholds the righteousness of the world and implements the law, and the atmosphere in our world is greatly improving! All the masters of the ANBU are inspired by my brother's ideas and come here to admire my reputation. It can be said that they all respond! But I, the ANBU chief, are holding me back. , let my brother down..."
Gan Ruyi laughed, then suddenly thought of something again, and his expression became serious:
"...Ming Yi, what's the recent progress on the demon spies?"
Mentioning this matter, Qian Mingyi was helpless:
"There are no clues...
"...Brother, you also know that in accordance with the secret meeting of the Senate and Mr. Su's last will and testament, we forcibly activated the code and secretly checked all the members. Unfortunately, the power of the truth is still weak, except for uncovering a few people who have misbehaved and are not very powerful. Except for the Grandmaster, it has no effect on the altar!
"Furthermore, in the past thousand years, my world has been peaceful, and strong men have emerged in large numbers. What's the use of just checking the parliament?! Unless the code can be used on all people in the world, it will be difficult to find anything!
"This is even more idiotic! Don't say that the code is damaged and difficult to restore. Even when the code is intact, the power of the truth cannot cover tens of billions of civilians, so we need to work hard to figure it out!"
Gan Ruyihan said in a cold voice:
"Code Code! If it weren't for the prestige of the Code, I'm afraid there would be many who would disobey the oath among these thousands of members!
"Mingyi, I often wonder, are we humans so frivolous and unstable to begin with?!
"Otherwise, where is the need for legal restrictions?! Where is the need for mantras to intimidate?! The inscription on the Holy Spirit Monument, 'Born in sorrow, dies in happiness', has not been erased for tens of thousands of years! But the spirit of our human race is getting worse and worse. purely!
"In just a thousand years, even the parliament has become so full of chaos! How can we lead tens of billions of people?!"
Qian Mingyi could only remain silent...
After a long while, Gan Ruyi sighed:
"It's a pity that Mr. Su, a wise man of his generation, inevitably ended up like this...
"Besides the sinner, what he couldn't forget before he died was the demon and the spy!
"With the strength of Mr. Su's top altar, even the most powerful demon in the devil's sky cannot hide from his perception! If there really is a demon that can hide so perfectly that even the most powerful person in the altar cannot detect it, then We are truly facing a critical moment of life and death in this world!
"I'm even thinking that the battle on Parliament Hill a thousand years ago might have had the shadow of this kind of demonic spy!"
Qian Ming comforted in a low voice:
"Brother, don't worry, fortunately the code has not been completely destroyed, there is still hope of restoration!
"Although very few truth stones have been mined over the past thousand years, they have actually bridged several cracks. I think that one day if enough truth stones are accumulated, the code of law will be restored to its original state!
"Patriarch Augustus and Patriarch Lewen have also been working hard on the restoration of the code. I don't know how the recent research is going. Maybe there will be some new progress..."
"...I hope so..."
Gan Ruyi responded in a long voice and was about to leave, but saw that Qian Mingyi was still hesitant to speak, so he smiled and said:
"Mingyi, is there anything you can't tell me?"
Qian Ming frowned and said:
"...Brother, speaking of demon spies, I remembered one thing...
"That night, the young man clearly had demonic energy entering his brain and became completely demonized! That kind of concentration of demonic energy was incomparable even to some great demons at the altar level, yet he actually returned to normal in a matter of seconds!
"...Later I checked carefully and found that there was no priest who was powerful enough to use the Great Dispersion Technique when the incident occurred...
"...Mr. Su is a magician, how can he save that young man?
"The only relic left by Mr. Su is the memory crystal that records all the situations that night. I have watched it repeatedly. The disappearance of the demonic energy is very strange, as if it was sucked into the body of the young man..."
Gan Ruyi was silent for a moment and asked slowly:
"Mingyi, I think you have been holding this question in your mind for a long time..."
Qian Mingyi was a little surprised, but still insisted:
"Brother, I know this suspicion is too baseless. Besides, our seven hermit tribes have been united and fought against demons for more than three thousand years. That tribe also sacrificed a lot, but this matter is really strange!
"...If, I mean if, someone can completely store the demonic energy in his body and still maintain a normal state on the surface, wouldn't he be exactly the same as the demon spy we suspect..."
Gan Ruyi said in a deep voice:
"Ming Yi, even Mr. Su is suspicious of your words!
"The ancient contract between the seven hermit clans has been executed for three thousand years. Although I hate it deeply, I can't say more because of the oaths sworn by my ancestors!
"That clan has been mysterious since ancient times and has always been kept secret from the outside world, but Mr. Su died in front of me! If there is any abnormality, I believe it will never be hidden from me!
"But that sinner has been stuck in my throat for the past two years!
"If I were him, whenever I remembered the past even a little bit, I would have killed myself long ago!
"If his amnesia is fake, but he still hides quietly until now, and even the two people at Fengming Mountain can't notice it, wouldn't he be even more sinister, ferocious, and extremely vicious? The thought of it makes my spine cold!
"If he hadn't made a three-year agreement with Mr. Su, in my opinion, he would never have seen the sun the next day!
"No! Even if his life is spared for three years, he should be imprisoned in the parliament prison to prevent what happened that night from happening again!"
"What happened that night, he committed a heinous crime! According to the law, of course the crime cannot be forgiven! I know that my brother has a righteous heart, and I cannot tolerate his existence, but after all, he is a descendant of Mr. Su, the only orphan of that family... Her Majesty the Queen With Patriarch He and Elder He on guard, it is extremely difficult to bring him to the Parliament Hill to find out what is going on!"
Gan Ruyi lowered his head and thought about it for a moment, then all the hesitation on his face disappeared!
I saw him calling out his natal heroic spirit, spitting out an inconspicuous ring and handing it to Qian Mingyi, and said:
"Mingyi, take this with you!"
Qian Mingyi frowned and said:
"Brother, that three-year agreement is an extremely vicious agreement to abstain from blasphemy! Due to the oath, we cannot mention the past in front of him! Even if we talk behind his back, we must be extremely careful to avoid misunderstandings! Brother, do you want to do this? Is it possible to kidnap someone in full view of everyone without saying a word?!
"What's more, he is just a poor kid who has lost his memory and cannot practice cultivation. He has been very normal for more than two years and is really not a threat!
"Furthermore, the crime of breaking into the altar is extremely far-fetched. It is not honorable for my brother to forcefully propose a trial. I believe that most of the seven tribes will be dissatisfied! Brother, please don't show up again..."
Gan Ruyi said angrily:
"Can amnesia erase all sins?!"
"The three-year period is only two months away. Whether the young man is still involved with the demon may be answered by then. If there is any doubt at all, it will be justifiable to conduct a detailed investigation at that time. Why should my brother be in a hurry..."
Gan Ruyi shouted flatly:
"otherwise!
"The bloody battle in the north is imminent, and everything in the hinterland of our human race can only be stable! Naturally, such a serious problem must be solved as soon as possible!
"I can afford to wait for two months, but the world cannot afford to wait!"
Seeing that Qian Mingyi was still hesitant, he stepped forward and gently patted his brother on the shoulder:
"Ming Yi, for the sake of the world, don't be merciful!"
Qian Ming sighed sadly and immediately replied:
"For the sake of humanity!"
The two brothers looked at each other without saying a word...
Gan Ruyi left in a hurry, and the hall on the top of the mountain fell silent. The extremely elegant man opened the photo again and let it play on a loop.
His expression continued to struggle and change in silence, and it took him a long time to return to calmness. In the huge bright hall with a radius of one thousand meters, a long sigh drifted in the wind:
Chapter completed!