Accompanied by Cui Changan, Su Yi walked around the walls around Ziluo City.
Purple City is a giant city that has existed from eternity to the present. Its scale is beyond imagination.
Cui Changan and Su Yi flew quickly along the way, occasionally stopping to talk. Even so, after circling around the city wall, it still took a full four hours.
Finally, the two stood on the wall of the east city gate.
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On July 12th, it was very dark.
Posuo handed the Tianman lotus lantern to Su Yi.
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July 13th, night.
Su Yi woke up from meditating and was so excited that he wrote:
Awakening the bright moon one day, it shines on me full of ice and snow, and the mighty rivers flow.
On the fifteenth day of July, there is no moon in the underworld, but countless sky lanterns will light up the night sky all over the world to resist darkness and drive away evil spirits.
If there is a bright moon in the sky, it will definitely be the brightest light in the 150,000 Lantern Festival in July.
Su Yi's calligraphy was inspired by his feelings.
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July fourteenth.
In the ancient and huge Ziluo City, the streets are deserted and empty.
The strong men of the Cui clan set up camp near the four city gates in the east, south, west and north respectively. A depressing atmosphere enveloped the inside and outside of Ziluo City like dark clouds.
Near each city gate, there is an emperor sitting in command.
The atmosphere inside the Cui family was also dull and solemn.
No matter young or old, everyone has an unstoppable look of worry on their brows.
Everyone knows that when the Lantern Festival comes tomorrow, an unforeseen disaster will befall Ziluo City.
The Cui clan will also face a life and death test!
In an attic.
Su Yi was sitting leisurely in a wicker chair, looking at a strange chessboard.
The chessboard is bronze-colored and perfectly round, with the squares inside it, just like a huge copper coin with a circle on the outside and a square on the inside.
This is the Yizhen chessboard.
Yi means playing chess.
Array, the way of restriction.
This Yizhen chessboard uses the ancient forbidden formations scattered on the walls around Ziluo City as a chess game. When operating the forbidden formations, you only need to use this treasure to kill the enemy with every move like in a chess game.
The ancient forbidden formation covering the walls around Ziluo City is called the "Golden Crow Suppression Formation". The city wall bricks are a hundred feet high and are made of the secret "Xuanyang Fire Gold" magical material, which is as solid as gold.
After generations of reinforcement and refinement by the Cui family, even without using the power of the forbidden formation, the city wall itself can block the attack of the spiritual monks!
But when the "Golden Crow Extinguishing Formation" is in operation, even the emperor will find it difficult to take a step beyond the realm of possibility.
However, the greatest function of this array is to kill evil spirits and drive away disasters!
In the years since ancient times, when the Thousand Lantern Festival comes once a thousand years, the Cui family has relied on this formation to resolve the impact of terrifying and boundless disasters.
"In other words, after running this formation, as long as the east gate is guarded, Ziluo City will be worry-free?"
Su Yi said.
"Exactly."
On one side, Cui Changan nodded and said, "Ziluo City is too big. A long time ago, my ancestors of the Cui family realized that when setting up a forbidden formation, we must not give the enemy an opportunity to take advantage of it."
"Like this Golden Crow Suppression Formation, as long as we concentrate our efforts to guard the east city gate, even if the emperor comes, he will not be able to enter the city from other places."
After a pause, Cui Changan continued: "The forces like my Cui family currently stationed near other city gates are not for killing the enemy.
It’s just to help maintain the operation of the forbidden formation when the Lantern Festival comes.”
Su Yi rubbed his chin with his fingers and said, "But if the East City Gate falls, doesn't it mean that the entire Ziluo City will be unsafe to defend?"
Cui Changan said: "If that time comes, we can only take my Cui clan members and use the power of Wandao Tree to evacuate."
Su Yi smiled and said: "But what if we deliberately let go of the East City Gate and invite you to enter the urn?"
Cui Changan thought for a while and said: "In that case, the city may be completely destroyed, but... not many people will die."
Today's Ziluo City is almost empty, and there is no need to worry about how many innocent people will suffer.
Su Yi made a decision and said: "Tomorrow night, you and I will guard the east city gate wall and let everyone else stay in the clan."
Tomorrow night is the arrival of the 150,000 Lantern Festival in July!
Cui Changan's eyelids twitched and he said: "Uncle Su, is this... a little reckless?"
Su Yi said: "Listen to me."
This is not an explanation, but a command.
Cui Changan nodded.
Su Yi raised his eyes and looked at Cui Changan and said, "The sky is still falling, so don't put too much pressure on me."
Cui Changan was startled for a moment, and his mind was surging. He recalled that when he was a boy, Uncle Su once patted him on the shoulder with a smile and said:
"Young people should have a brave and enterprising heart, not to cause trouble, and not to be afraid of trouble. From now on, you kid will make trouble. As long as what you do is not bad, I will help you shoulder it."
It was such a casual remark that Su Yi might have forgotten it.
But a seed was planted in Cui Changan's heart.
After calming down, Cui Changan said with a smile: "As long as uncle is here, I won't be afraid if the sky falls."
During this period, he indeed endured unimaginable pressure.
Purple City is in turmoil, and the buildings are empty.
People in the clan are in a state of uncertainty and panic.
Many foreign enemies are watching with eager eyes, and their troops are on horseback.
In addition, the life and death of Cui Longxiang is uncertain, and the Nine Netherworld Crow has reappeared in the world... Almost all kinds of disasters have appeared together and will break out together when the Lantern Festival comes.
One can imagine how much pressure Cui Changan is under!
Even in this underworld, there are countless eyes waiting to see what will happen to the Cui family that has existed since ancient times.
The Cui family has experienced countless bloody storms before, but this is the first time they have encountered dangers like the one they faced this time.
Cui Changan asked himself, if Su Yi had not been here this time, he might have led his tribe to evacuate from Ziluo City with the help of the power of Wandao Tree.
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July 15th, Hungry Ghost Festival.
It is also the day when the Lantern Festival, which takes place once a thousand years, comes.
On this day, even during the day, the sky showed an oppressive leaden color, and the six realms and thirteen realms of the underworld suddenly became deserted.
Don’t go out during Ghost Festival.
This is the consensus of the entire Netherworld.
Because on this day, the original power of the Nether World will be obscured by strange forces, and all kinds of strange and unknown things will appear in all parts of the world!
Especially in dangerous places such as the City of Wangsheng, the Pond of Wangsheng, the ruins of the Adjudication Department, the Blood River of Sin, and the Sea of Bitterness, many extremely terrifying and strange creatures will appear!
On this day, the cultivation forces distributed all over the world, whether they are the top Taoist traditions or those belonging to the three religions and nine streams located in a corner, are all ready and fully prepared.
When night comes, the entire underworld will be covered in strangeness and evil
!
On this day, the atmosphere in the Cui family was extremely depressing.
Everyone has many things on their mind.
But for Su Yi, this day was not much different from the past.
Get up, wash, practice, eat...
It seems that he has no idea what the huge disaster that is going to happen today means to the entire Cui family.
"When the Lantern Festival is over, you can leave. However, remember to tell me before you leave so that I can see you off."
In the pavilion, Su Yi put on a brand new green robe and tied his long black hair into a bun with a wooden hairpin. Looking at the appearance reflected in the mirror opposite, he nodded with satisfaction.
"good."
The old blind man nodded in agreement.
As early as when he arrived at Chu Cui's house, he said that he planned to go to the sect's hometown to take a look.
After hesitating for a moment, the old blind man whispered: "Master Su, I am from the sarcophagus lineage, and I am also proficient in the art of exorcising evil spirits and eradicating disasters. Even if my skills are a little shallow, I can deal with those weird evil spirits with ease...
"
Before he could finish speaking, Su Yi turned around and warned: "There is no need for you to help with this matter. You can just stay at Cui's house and wait."
After that, he walked towards the outside.
Outside Lou Ge, Cui Changan had been waiting for him for a long time. After the two met, they left Cui's house.
The sky was gray, covered with a layer of gloomy and heavy clouds.
On an empty street in Ziluo City, only Su Yi and Cui Changan were walking towards the east gate.
"Chaos first opens, the clear and turbid phases separate, the pure air rises and turns into the sky, and the turbid air sinks and condenses on the earth. According to the trajectory of the Zhoutian Dao, July 15th is the time when the turbid air between heaven and earth is the heaviest.
"
Su Yi put his hands on his back and raised his eyes to look at the sky, "It's just that this Nether World is different from other world planes. As early as the ancient times, this place was originally the 'underworld'. In the endless changes of years, countless people were destroyed.
How many immortals, demons, gods and Buddhas, yin energy, resentment, evil energy, evil energy, evil energy...all kinds of evil forces have accumulated in the origin of this world."
"Therefore, until now, all parts of the world are still filled with countless forbidden places, and countless evil forces are still emerging."
"In the final analysis, there is something wrong with the original power of the Netherworld."
Speaking of this, Su Yi couldn't help but sigh softly.
This was originally just a casual chat, but Cui Changan was surprised and said with emotion: "Uncle Su, what's wrong with the origin of the nether world?"
Su Yi thought for a while and said: "If my inference is correct, there is a missing order in the heavenly way in the Netherworld."
"What order?"
"Reincarnation."
Hearing this answer, Cui Changan was completely shocked and his mind was churning.
Before he could figure it out, he had already arrived in front of the east city gate.
Su Yi stepped out of thin air, and his figure immediately appeared on the towering city wall.
Looking from here, the sky and the earth in the distance are dark and gloomy, and the vast mountains and rivers are shrouded in it, as if there is no luster, leaving only a dead gray color.
Depressing people's hearts.
Su Yi looked down from the city wall and saw the stone statues of Xie Zhi and Bi An standing guard on both sides of the city gate.
At the same time, in the far distance, dazzling rays of light suddenly appeared on the horizon. From far to near, they soon arrived in the void hundreds of feet away from the city gate, manifesting one after another powerful figures.
Cui Changan frowned and murmured: "It's still daytime and the dark night has not yet fallen. Are those guys so impatient?"
Su Yi looked up and immediately saw several familiar figures.