Before leaving, the Lin family saw each other off. It was originally agreed, but Xu Mo and Xiang Ying went together, while Lin Jiuyuan stayed in the Lin family, and even the great demon Yuan Jun was not allowed to follow.
But unexpectedly, Lin Jiuyuan caught up with him not long after he walked out.
This drama is called "making the decision without authorization and following the teacher".
"Why did you run out?" Xu Mo was confused.
"Learn knowledge and learn skills. And since you have become a master, of course you must practice with the master." Lin Jiuyuan's answer was straightforward.
"Does your father know?" Xu Mo asked again.
Lin Jiuyuan nodded: "My father asked me to come."
"Okay then!" Xu Mo was not a stubborn person. He thought that he had gone five miles away and was too lazy to go back. Besides, Lin Jiuyuan could also verify the swordsmanship he had learned by following him.
So, a young talent and two beautiful girls traveled together. This time they changed their journey to the north and headed straight for Kyoto, the capital of the Great Xia Dynasty.
When we were in Zhuzhou before, there were very few people on the road. That place could be considered a remote state, and that’s right. If it wasn’t remote, how could there be such deep mountains and old forests as Zaowang Mountain and Gualong Mountain that breed demon cultivators?
But all the way north from the shore of Xiangshui Lake, the road is much more lively and prosperous.
The waterways are full of boats, and even when traveling by land, you can often meet passers-by. There are traders and footmen, people visiting relatives and entertainment, and escorts and theater troupes, all from all walks of life.
Xu Mo is also a person who is good at socializing. In this regard, neither Lin Jiuyuan nor Xiang Ying can compare. Seeing them along the way, these two people were also dumbfounded by Xu Mo.
No matter who he is, he can start a conversation if he goes up to him, and he can call him brother-in-law in just two or three sentences.
"I'm not very good at cultivation, but I'm really thick-skinned!" Xiang Ying concluded. Even Lin Jiuyuan gave a thumbs up and agreed.
It was a safe journey with no twists and turns.
Xu Mo was surprised by this. He thought that he would encounter some weird and weird things along the way, and he would learn about them by the way.
What a pity.
"There are still many ordinary people in this world." Xu Mo sighed with emotion. Lin Jiuyuan didn't understand what he meant, but Xiang Ying understood instantly.
"This is normal. Otherwise, it would be like the Lion and Camel Ridge, where evil spirits rule, people are like livestock, and the bones in the monster cave are like a sea. I'm afraid it wouldn't be a good thing."
What Xiang Ying was talking about was a passage from "Journey to the West" told by Xu Mo.
She still remembers this period vividly.
Xu Mo knew what she meant, which meant that if that were the case, this person would become a rarity and you might not be able to eat him if you wanted to. After all, there were monsters and monsters outside, and they would inevitably get involved with each other.
With her temperament, she probably won't be able to adapt to it.
However, because of this sentence, Xu Mo thought of some interesting things and the speculations that came from it.
"Since the weird ones are in power and human elixirs are rampant, why don't they enslave all living beings? Then they can eat as much as they want. Why should they whitewash themselves and pretend to be pretentious?"
It is still based on "Journey to the West", let's talk about the place Shituoling. The description in the original book is extremely terrifying.
"Skulls are like ridges, and bones are like forests. Human hair has become like felt pieces, and human skin has rotted into mud. Human tendons are wrapped around trees, and they are burnt and shiny like silver. It is really a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. It is really smelly and unpleasant. The small town to the east
The demons took the living people and cut their flesh into pieces; the demons went down to the west and cooked the human flesh freshly."
It can be said that it is a country of demons and demons, where people are like animals.
However, if you look at it from the perspective of a third party, this is in line with the law of development of things, because if the demon is strong and the other is weak, naturally, the weaker party will inevitably be enslaved by the stronger party.
Just like people eating livestock, it is the same principle.
"But why is there no place like Shituoling that was born here?"
Xu Mo asked.
"How did you know?" Xiang Ying said at this time. Xu Mo was stunned at first, and then felt his scalp numb.
"Really?"
"Yes, I have seen it, but not in the Central Plains states, but in very far away places. So the reason why I like to listen to "Journey to the West" that you are talking about is not only because it is interesting, but also because it is close to life."
Xiang Ying's answer surprised Xu Mo.
Although she made it clear that places like Shituoling were not located in the many states where the Great Xia Dynasty was located, but in the far outer states.
But even so, just thinking about it makes people's hearts beat wildly and makes it difficult to calm down.
"Then why can humanity prosper here alone?" Xu Mo asked a key question.
"You don't know about this?" Xiang Ying was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered: "Oh, by the way, you are in the loop, so maybe you really don't know."
Lin Jiuyuan couldn't understand what Xu Mo was talking to Xiang Ying.
She wanted to ask, but she didn't dare to ask, so she could only listen.
cycle?
What cycle?
"How about I tell you something?" Xiang Ying said.
"Of course I have to tell it, tell it quickly, tell it quickly!" Xu Mo felt that he had to have a deeper understanding of the history of this world.
Xiang Ying was very excited. For her, Xu Mo used to tell her the story. Today, it was the other way around. She became the speaker.
Now they were walking into the mountains. Although there was no pavilion, there were pines and cypresses to shade them from the sun. Sitting under the trees felt quite good.
"Then let me tell you why. The states in the Central Plains are able to prosper in humanity. This matter has to be talked about eight hundred years ago." Maybe it's because I listen to a lot of books on weekdays, so the methods Xiang Ying talks about are a bit different.
Like a storyteller.
She also patted her thighs, probably using her hands as a wake-up call.
"At that time, before I was born, I heard that demons were still in power, and humans were like livestock. Although there were countries, they were all evil countries. Taoism, Buddhism, and demons and evil were three pillars. People at that time were really like livestock.
So when I listened to you talk about "Journey to the West", I always felt that you were telling the true events of the past, just like listening to a history book."
"What happened next? Tell me directly why the change occurred."
Xu Mo wanted to hear the key.
Obviously, this world is much darker than he thought. The key is what kind of power can give birth to a glimmer of light in the originally dark world.
Even the gleam of dawn that was born in the beginning still shines to this day and still remains.
Otherwise, what I heard and saw along the way would never be so peaceful.
Maybe it really is the scene of "skeletons like mountains and bones like forests".
"I heard that eight hundred years ago, a true immortal descended, swept across all directions, killed demons and demons, and wiped out the evil kingdom in the Central Plains states. It is said that in just a few days, evil corpses spread all over the land, killing countless people, even
Many powerful demon cultivators were so frightened that they fled thousands of miles away, never daring to set foot in the Central Plains again. Even those who stayed behind made a three-part agreement, changed their appearance, practiced Taoism and practiced Buddhism. In this way, they have been honest for hundreds of years, even if they are
If you want to do something shameful, you can only do it behind your back or in a remote place in the countryside. If you really want to do something in a big way, you would never dare to do it."
Xu Mo really didn't know about this.
It's also because I met Xiang Ying, like the Xuan Shanjun and Huai Yuan Hui I met before. They have only been practicing for a hundred years, so how could they know these things.
Who would have thought that the Central Plains states in the past would have such a history.
The problem is that ordinary mortals don't know.
That's right.
The lifespan of a mortal is no more than a hundred years, and eight hundred years is enough to last more than ten or twenty generations.
Don’t talk about the ten or twenty generations.
In just two or three generations, many things may be forgotten in the long river of history.
Unless there are classics left alive, people today have no idea what happened in the past.
"Eight hundred years ago, what kind of immortals were so powerful?" Xu Mo asked.
"This, I only know his title, which is 'Emperor Zhenwu', or 'Zhenren Tianyuan', and some people call him 'Xiaoyao Zhenxian'. As for the name, no evil spirit dares to mention it, so I have never heard of it."
After Xu Mo listened, he remained silent.
He is thinking about this matter.
What Xiang Ying said should be true. After all, she has been practicing for nearly six hundred years. In such a long time, she has come into contact with and heard of more and more complete things.
She has even experienced some things herself.
In other words, the reason why we have such a bright and peaceful world today is all because of the gift from the immortal eight hundred years ago.
But what kind of immortal is this immortal?
"Is it the kind I think of, or the kind with a baby in your belly and flowers growing on your head?"
Xu Mo couldn't help but ask.
But obviously, no one can answer this question for him.
But Xu Mo had a feeling.
It must be the former one.
Because what the other party did was very consistent with Xu Mo's understanding of a true immortal.
"Eight hundred human beings have passed through the world, but only one person is a true immortal!"
Xu Mo muttered.
He was obviously excited.
It was as if he had drank eight bottles of espresso in a row, and his eyes were as wide as bells.
Very excited.
The secret technique of human elixir and the reunification of three animals into one are all methods of pseudo-immortals. There are still real immortals in this world.
That was the one eight hundred years ago.
"Then, was there any trace of that immortal later?" Xu Mo asked quickly.
Xiangying shook his head.
"It is said that that person only came to this world for a hundred days, then drifted away and never appeared again."
Xu Mo was stunned.
Then he was even more shocked.
"It only took a hundred days to scare so many evil spirits from causing trouble in the Central Plains states for eight hundred years? What a man of God!"
Xu Mo rarely admired people, but the man from eight hundred years ago was so powerful that he was extremely admirable.
If it wasn't for its truly heaven-defying combat power, if it wasn't for its truly tyrannical strength, how could it have such terrifying power?
"I heard that the Central Plains has experienced five dynasties since then, and there have also been years of war. However, no matter which dynasty or generation, everyone respects 'Emperor Zhenwu' as their ancestor. He is worshiped by all dynasties, worshiped at the beginning of the new year, and granted the throne.
'Emperor Zhenwu' talks about things, if there is no such thing, it seems to be unorthodox."
Xiangying knows this.
She didn't know much more. Even these things were pieced together from what she heard in the past, and this was how she taught Xu Mo such a lesson.
"The person eight hundred years ago was like a beacon in the darkness, shining for eight hundred years. But can this light continue to shine?"
Xu Mo thought deeply and couldn't help but have this question.
People are not as good as a thousand days, and flowers are not as red as a hundred days.
If the 'Zhenwu Great Emperor' is still there, he will naturally say nothing, but if the other party is no longer there, no matter how strong the remaining power is, it will gradually weaken.
Until finally nothing remains.
When the time comes, I'm afraid it will be like in the past, with humanity fading and weirdness rising.
But no matter what, after knowing this past, Xu Mo also had an idea in his mind.
After eight hundred years of ups and downs, evil spirits were rampant, evil ways and strange Buddhas were in chaos in the world. Fortunately, one person was a true immortal. In this way, Xu Mo felt that he had finally made his way forward.