Yun Songzi couldn't help but feel filled with emotion when she thought that the man and woman were able to meet the owner of the blacksmith shop just by saying "It's going to snow in the evening".
This day in Xuecheng is indeed not simple!
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In the courtyard behind the blacksmith shop.
Lanterns were hung high, their shadows swaying in the night.
When he saw the young man in green robe walking in like a leisurely stroll, the man in cloth robe was startled, his eyes slightly strange.
As for Youxue who was following Su Yi, the man in cloth didn't pay much attention.
"This place is still the same as before, depressing, dull and boring."
Su Yi glanced around and looked at the man in cloth robe.
For the first time, a smile appeared on the stern face of the man in cloth robe, and he said: "It is better to remain unchanged in response to all changes than to go with the flow."
As he said this, he made a gesture of invitation, "Sit down."
Su Yi naturally sat opposite the man in cloth robe.
Youxue stood on one side. This girl with a cold and aloof temperament was unusually slightly reserved at this time.
Because from the moment she entered this old courtyard, she felt an indescribable sense of depression.
It lingers and cannot be driven away.
And the person who brought this invisible sense of oppression was the man in the cloth robe!
His figure is thin, his posture is upright, his temperament is like cold steel, and he has an intangible charm that will last forever.
When people see him for the first time, it feels like they are not facing a person, but a lonely mountain peak standing in the vast sky and earth. They are indifferent to the passage of time and fearless of the ups and downs of the world.
Youxue itself is transformed from the spirit of the weapon, and has the keenest sense of qi movement.
She realized immediately that this middle-aged man in cloth robe was a very scary character!
Su Yi knocked on the wooden table: "Where's the wine?"
Seeing Su Yi being so rude, the burly young man who had also entered the courtyard couldn't help but said: "My master never drinks, how can there be alcohol?"
The man in cloth robe waved his hand and said: "Acheng, you are wrong. I only fight with those who are worthy of my attention."
As he spoke, he turned over his hands, took out a jar of wine and two wine glasses, and said, "Do you still remember this jar of wine?"
Su Yi laughed, showing a nostalgic look, and said: "So you still have it."
Back then, when he came back from his adventure in the City of Futile Death, he had a drink with the man in cloth robes, and he also lamented that life is like a journey against the odds, and he was so happy that he drank a thousand hours in one drink!
And this jar of wine was what Su Yi had kept.
The man in cloth robe opened the wine jar that had been dusty for many years, poured a glass for Su Yi and himself, and then said: "I know you will come back again, so I keep it."
He raised his glass and drank it in one gulp.
Su Yi smiled and drank all the wine in the glass.
The conversation between the two was casual and casual, but it felt like a pair of old friends reunited after a long absence, without any barriers or alienation.
Youxue was stunned, and she became more and more curious as to who this man in cloth robe could be, who could sit down and drink with Master Xuanjun on an equal footing.
The burly young man stood there stunned.
He couldn't imagine how a young man in green robe could become old friends with his master.
What's even more incredible is that although Master looks as serious as before, everyone can feel that he is very happy in his heart!
"I remember you once said that you would never accept a disciple in this life, but how could you break your promise?"
Su Yidao.
These words made the burly young man's heart tighten.
But I saw the man in cloth robe saying: "This is probably fate. In the past years, I have seen countless wizards and geniuses of all kinds in Tianxue City, but only Acheng has the ability to inherit my lineage."
Root bone.”
After a pause, he continued: "If that's all, that's fine. It won't make me think about taking on a disciple. The key is that this kid Acheng is very similar to me when I was young."
Su Yi looked at the tall and burly Acheng again, frowned and said, "What's the resemblance?"
Acheng felt a little uncomfortable and scratched his head.
The man in cloth robe said: "Don't you think he is very honest?"
honest?
Su Yi was startled and couldn't help laughing, "You said you were very honest when you were young?"
Acheng's cheeks turned red and he said, "Guest, what's so funny about this."
The man in cloth robe didn't take it seriously and said: "What I said is that you must be honest on the road, be skillful but not crafty, and be as wise as foolish. Only with this kind of temperament can you inherit my mantle."
Su Yi nodded. When he saw Acheng for the first time, he also saw that this young man seemed to be simple and honest, but his divine talent and solid moral conduct were indeed far from ordinary.
He asked casually: "By the way, who was the demon monk just now?"
The man in cloth robe said: "A long time ago, he was the guardian elder of Jialan Temple, and now he is the high priest of Xuanming Divine Court. He can be regarded as a disciple of 'Pluto'."
Su Yi was startled and said: "How could there be such a change?"
He clearly remembered that a long time ago, Jialan Temple was the top Taoist order in the Styx River Region. It had the mission of eradicating evil spirits from the world and had the great ambition to help the people.
Moreover, it is rumored that it was the strange power from the City of Vain that destroyed the Jialan Temple in the first place!
But now, the protective elder of Jialan Temple has become a follower of Pluto. This change is too big.
Youxue was also shocked.
According to the man in the cloth robe, the Xuanming Divine Court is indeed related to the Pluto who is trapped in the City of Futile Death!
This also just confirms Su Yi's previous inference that the person behind Xuanming Shenting, a behemoth that has only risen in the world in recent times, is actually "Pluto"!
"It sounds complicated, but it's actually simple. He rebelled."
The cloth-robed man said calmly, "Back then, before the Jialan Temple suffered a disaster, a kind of emperor-level Buddhist lords in the sect joined forces to fight into the City of Wasted Death, but none of them returned. Some of the buddhas fought to the death, but unfortunately died.
, the Dharmakaya was refined into the evil demon monk."
"Some Buddha Lords chose to betray and became disciples of Pluto."
"The old black-robed monk whose Buddhist name was 'Bitter Willow' is now the high priest of the Xuanming Divine Courtyard, 'Shi'e Seng'."
Su Yi couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "It is extremely difficult to make a Buddhist cultivator with a strong Taoist heart rebel. Is this 'Pluto' really so capable?"
The man in cloth robe shook his head slightly and said: "I don't know, but I guess that this must be inseparable from the 'Wheel of Destiny'."
Wheel of Destiny!
Su Yi vaguely understood.
According to rumors, Pluto from the ancient times controlled nine forbidden artifacts, which are called the Nine Forbidden Plutos.
There is an artifact among them, which is shaped like a divine wheel. It is engraved with the secret map of the Six Paths on the outside and the appearance of the Nine Netherworlds on the inside. It is called the Wheel of Destiny.
It is said that this treasure can predict the future, crush past causes and effects, and resolve disasters in this life. It is mysterious and powerful.
Back in Ziluo City, when Su Yi relied on his previous life to kill the Nine Nether Crow, the latter escaped with the power of the "Wheel of Destiny".
After thinking about it, Su Yi asked again: "Why does this demon monk come to you?"
The man in cloth robe picked up the wine jar, poured a glass of wine for Su Yi and himself, and then said: "The Xuanming Divine Court is planning a big event, trying to rescue the trapped Pluto from the City of In vain."
Su Yi understood immediately and said, "They want you to move that tombstone?"
The man in cloth robe nodded: "Yes, as long as the tombstone in front of the gate of Wusi City is still there, it will be difficult for the terrifying evil spirits trapped in the taboo places in Wusi City to escape from their traps throughout the ages.
"
After a pause, he continued: "And they already know that I have the ability to move this tombstone."
Speaking of this, the cloth-robed man thought of something and said: "On the night of the Lantern Festival not long ago, the person who defeated the Nine Netherworld Crow in Ziluo City must be fellow Taoist, right?"
Su Yi smiled and did not deny it.
The man in cloth robe said: "The little crow tried to snatch the Cui family's artifact of suppressing the clan, the 'Judge's Pen', and used this treasure to change the original rules of the city of Fusi, so as to achieve the purpose of letting Hades out of trouble. Unfortunately, he failed in the end."
Su Yi said: "So, they got your idea again and tried to get you to move the tombstone."
The man in cloth robe said: "I didn't agree."
Su Yi thought thoughtfully, "They shouldn't give up just like that."
"good."
The man in cloth robe nodded, his brows furrowed on his stern and unsmiling face, and he said, "However, they already know the reason why I have been guarding this place in the past years."
Su Yi narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "They are threatening you with the oath you made back then?"
The man in cloth robe said calmly: "They don't dare to do this now, because they know how serious the consequences will be if they offend me. But in the future... it won't be possible."
Su Yi couldn't help but sigh softly.
Few people in this world know that in the ancient times, Tianxue City had another name:
Fengdu!
One of the core places in the underworld!
And the man in cloth robe in the blacksmith shop also has another identity, the "Night Watchman of Fengdu"!
Although, as early as the ancient times, the behemoth of the Underworld had been destroyed, now, Fengdu has become the prosperous Tianxue City in front of us.
But the lineage of men in cloth robes has been silently guarding this city.
It is no exaggeration to say that in the past years, if it were not for the men in cloth robes who were in charge, Tianxue City would have been wiped out from the world long ago.
According to the rules of the Night Watchman lineage, each generation of Night Watchmen must swear an oath to guard Tianxue City for 60,000 years.
The city is there and the people are there, but the city is broken and people are dead!
This is the road oath of every night watchman.
If the Xuanming Divine Court threatens the cloth-robed man by destroying Tianxue City, the trouble will be big.
However, Su Yi also knew that based on the conduct of the cloth-robed man, if Xuanming Divine Court really did this, the consequences would not be something that Xuanming Divine Court could bear.
It is not even an exaggeration to say that if it were not for the great oath he had made and the strength of the cloth-robed man, not many people in this Netherworld would dare to threaten him!
"But fortunately, you are back."
A smile appeared on the stern face of the man in cloth robe.
Su Yi was startled, dumbfounded, "Didn't you see that I only have cultivation at the spiritual level now?"
The man in the cloth robe said calmly: "Cultivation is just an appearance. In this netherworld, if anyone can help me, that person is destined to be you."
Acheng, who was full of confusion while listening to the conversation between the two, was almost stunned when he heard this.
He really couldn't imagine how his master could value this "old friend" who looked younger than him so highly.