As the sun was about to set, people in the inn lined up to leave under the supervision of armored guards. Everyone who left had to face the sunset with their eyes wide open, and at the same time, they had to put their hands into an iron basin filled with stardust.
If your eyes are not red and your hands are not ulcerated, you can leave.
However, everyone who is about to leave must register their address, age and name.
After Tang Xiaohao left the inn, he asked Tang Dun and Lian Lian to hire a carriage to take the two girls Han Shuang and Yue Yan back to Twelve Square. Before leaving, they gave each of them a red dragon eye as compensation.
After confirming that no one in the inn had mutated into Guijia, Tang Chen came to Sang Luo and said: "Great counselor, the case has been closed."
"We should go back to the imperial city to see the emperor and explain this matter," Sang Luo said, then looked at Tang Xiaohao who was not far away with a silly smile on his face, "Young Master is about to become the prince-in-law, so let him restrain himself."
Tang Chen walked up to Tang Xiaohao and said: "I will send someone to escort you back. After you go back, you must behave yourself. Your second sister is about to become a noble concubine, and you are about to become the consort. Don't cause any more trouble."
Tang Xiaohao could only say: "I know."
After five armored guards escorted Tang Xiaohao away, Tang Chen and Sang Luo mounted their horses and returned to the imperial city. Liao Yanqi, who was completely ignored, stood there and watched the two people leave. What he was now in trouble was how to explain to Mu Yinghao.
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When Tang Xiaohao returned to the mansion, the five armored guards did not leave. They took him to the gate of the side courtyard and then stopped.
Tang Xiaohao stood in the side courtyard, looking at the five armored guards still standing there in formation. He knew that this time he would never be able to leave the Tang Mansion again.
After returning to the room, Tang Xiaohao suddenly realized that he had been gone for two days and had not left anything to eat or drink for Wu Tianlu. He immediately turned on the machine and rushed into the basement. Then he saw Wu Tianlu lying there, unconscious from hunger.
Still fell asleep.
Tang Xiaohao approached Wu Tianlu and poked his shoulder: "Brother?"
Wu Tianlu had no reaction. Tang Xiaohao put his fingers in front of Wu Tianlu's nostrils again. After feeling that he was still breathing, he raised his hand and slapped Wu Tianlu on the face.
Wu Tianlu, who had fainted from hunger, woke up, opened his eyes and saw Tang Xiaohao, immediately turned over and got up and asked: "How is it? Where is Xiaoxuan?"
Tang Xiaohao looked embarrassed: "Brother, I tried my best. It was originally planned, but Xiaoxuan turned into Guijia..."
Later, Tang Xiaohao truthfully told Wu Tianlu what happened.
After Wu Tianlu heard this, he was about to say something, but his hungry stomach let out a loud cry for help.
Tang Xiaohao immediately said: "Brother, I'll get you some food and wine."
After that, Tang Xiaohao turned and left, while Wu Tianlu sat there and sighed.
After Tang Xiaohao brought food and drink from the kitchen, Wu Tianlu was not polite and sat there gobbling it up. After eating for a while, he saw Tang Xiaohao sitting there in a daze, so he asked: "Brother, why don't you eat?"
Tang Xiaohao asked: "Brother, are we brothers?"
Wu Tianlu knew that Tang Xiaohao was setting the stage, so he simply said: "Just say what you want to say, don't beat around the bush."
Tang Xiaohao immediately said: "Brother, what on earth is Guijia?"
Wu Tianlu did not explain immediately, obviously hesitating.
Upon seeing this, Tang Xiaohao said: "They said we were brothers, and asked me not to beat around the bush."
Wu Tianlu said: "I won't tell you because I'm afraid you will be implicated. However, since you have seen it with your own eyes in the past two days, I will tell you."
Tang Xiaohao immediately sat down and listened attentively.
Wu Tianlu took a sip of wine: "How did Guijia come from? In fact, there are only legends. The so-called Guijia ranks tenth among the heavenly stems, and there is another name called Zhaoyang. Zhaoyang has a son named Jiaxuan. After Jiaxuan was born, he also
Ranked in the Immortal Class, he was named the Kuixing by the Nine Heavens Emperor. However, Jia Xuanzhu was so arrogant and self-righteous that he offended other gods above the Nine Heavens and made enemies everywhere. Therefore, those gods wrote to the Nine Heavens Emperor and asked the Nine Heavens Emperor to punish Jia.
Xuan. The Jiutian Emperor originally wanted to keep the net open, but who knew that Zhaoyang and Jia Xuan, father and son, in front of the Jiutian Emperor, began to criticize those gods who, to put it bluntly, did not give the Jiutian Emperor any face at all.
In a rage, he killed both father and son directly."
Tang Xiaohao nodded when he heard this, and asked again: "It sounds like these two people, no, these two gods and father and son have offended too many people, but I am very curious, how exactly did they offend? Because what you said is too general, it sounds like other gods
They are all petty."
Wu Tianlu said while eating: "I don't know either, I just retell the legend for you."
Tang Xiaohao said: "Oh, okay, then you go on, eat slowly, don't choke, there are still plenty in the kitchen."
Wu Tianlu continued: "After the death of Zhaoyang and Jiaxuan, their grievances fell directly on the land of Jiuyuan. Whoever inhales this grievances will become Guijia. Guijia is neither a human nor a ghost.
Not even demons, some Guijia can even travel between Yin and Yang, that is, they can come and go freely between Jiuyuan and Jiuyu."
After hearing this, Tang Xiaohao kept shaking his head: "I still don't understand, then what exactly is Guijia?"
Wu Tianlu sighed: "Guijia appeared hundreds of years ago. Although Guijia looks no different from ordinary people, its strength and speed are higher than ordinary people. The most important thing is that these things can absorb people's essence, and the people who are sucked dry
It will turn into a withered corpse. Therefore, Guijia was regarded as a demon, and the heretics began to eradicate Guijia from then on. However, Guijia can turn other people into the same kind, which is what we now call infection."
Tang Xiaohao recalled Xiao Xuan's appearance: "Oh, no wonder Xiao Xuan became like that, neither human nor ghost."
"This is the strange thing," Wu Tianlu put down his bowl and chopsticks and said seriously, "The Guijia I have seen before is completely different from the Xiaoxuan you described after his transformation."
Tang Xiaohao immediately asked: "Then what did the Jia Xuan you saw look like?"
Wu Tianlu pointed at himself and Tang Xiaohao and said: "They don't look any different from you and me. As I said before, they are no different from ordinary people."
Tang Xiaohao remembered: "Yes, before we left the inn, we all faced the sunset and opened our eyes, and then we had to put our hands in the iron basin full of stardust."
Wu Tianlu said: "After an average person is infected, it will take six hours at the fastest and twelve hours at the slowest to turn into Guijia. However, after becoming Guijia, it cannot be seen with the naked eye. There are only two ways to tell the difference. One is the setting sun.
, one is Stardust. When a person who becomes Guijia faces the sunset, his eyes will glow red, and he will also be afraid of Stardust."
Tang Xiaohao asked again: "What is stardust? It looks like sand to me, but when I threw it out, I found that the sand was shining like stars in the sky, which is quite beautiful."
Wu Tianlu explained: "The so-called star dust is the powder ground from the stars in the sky."
Tang Xiaohao's eyes widened: "Is there anyone who can pick off the stars in the sky and grind them into powder? Who is so capable? A god?"
Wu Tianlu smiled and said: "It is a stone that fell from the sky. It is called a sky stone, and people who study astrology call it a meteorite."
Tang Xiaohao nodded: "I know about meteorites. I've read about them in books. It turns out that stardust is meteorites ground into powder. I understand. I'll get some stardust for self-defense later, but I still don't understand. According to what you just said, brother, Gui
If A wants to suck the essence of people, it can also infect other people into Gui Jia. I can understand that thing sucking the essence, just like people want to eat, but what is the purpose of Gui Jia infecting other people into the same kind? These things
What is your ultimate goal?"
Wu Tianlu frowned and said: "What you are talking about is what we want to find out now. So far, we have not found out the reason why Guijia infects other people. We only know that these Guijia can sense each other's existence of the same kind, and they
The territory is also divided, and there will be a Guijia leader in a certain area. The aliens are called demons. The demons are more powerful than ordinary Guijia and are difficult to eliminate."
Tang Xiaohao thought for a moment and asked: "What if Guijia doesn't absorb human essence?"
Wu Tianlu replied: "You can live by eating ordinary people's food without absorbing human essence, but the strength and speed are not as good as those Guijia that absorb human essence. Let's put it this way, after a person becomes Guijia, his strength and speed will be reduced."
It will be greatly improved, but if the essence is not absorbed for a long time, the strength and speed will return to their original state."
Tang Xiaohao was still full of doubts: "So, is Guijia still the same person as before? Or has he completely changed?"
Wu Tianlu said: "Strictly speaking, he is still the same person as before, and his memory, behavior and personality are the same."
Tang Xiaohao immediately said: "So, if Guijia doesn't harm others, wouldn't it be no different from ordinary people?"
Wu Tianlu said: "That's true, but people who become Guijia cannot completely control themselves. It's okay for a short time, but over time, it will harm others."
Tang Xiaohao began to think wildly again: "Brother, you said that if everyone in the world turned into Guijia, wouldn't it be the same as now? Or is it that Guijia is hungry and impatient, and he also smokes other people?"
Wu Tianlu shook his head: "So far, I have never heard of Guijia cannibalism."
Tang Xiaohao stood up and said: "Isn't that right? What are you afraid of? Everyone has become Guijia. Isn't this the same thing?"
Wu Tianlu said coldly: "Brother, the last person who said such words has been quartered by five horses from the otherworld."
Tang Xiaohao was stunned, and after a long time he said: "Let me go, you heretics are more cruel than Guijia? You just told the truth and were dragged out and quartered?"
Wu Tianlu motioned Tang Xiaohao to sit down: "Brother, listen to me, the people in the heretic are completely opposite to Guijia. In order to prevent Guijia from harming others, the heretic has sacrificed countless people for thousands of years. Also, we beggars
Half of the gang belongs to Jianghu, and half belongs to the different sects. It is the most unique gang among the different sects. Therefore, we members of the Beggar Clan not only study martial arts and practice internal skills, but we must also break through ourselves and obtain the power of strange magic."
Tang Xiaohao became interested when he heard this: "I know martial arts and internal skills, but I don't know any internal skills because the masters who taught me have never taught me. As for the power of magic, this is the first time I have heard of it."
Wu Tianlu explained: "To put it bluntly, martial arts are moves, which can be seen, but internal strength is not. Internal strength is divided into innate and acquired. Innate is what is brought out in the mother's womb, and acquired is what you need to obtain through daily practice. Internal strength is what is inside the human body."
The active Qi has the Dantian as its core and is also stored in the Dantian on a daily basis. If we have to explain the power of magic, it is the human mental power."
Tang Xiaohao scratched his head: "I don't understand at all."
Wu Tianlu continued to explain: "Spiritual power exists in the human head, and the human brain is the container for storing mental power. Now try to close your eyes, relax yourself, and stay calm."
Tang Xiaohao sat up, breathed slowly, and relaxed his whole body.
Wu Tianlu added: "Use the palm of one hand to cover your closed eyes."
Tang Xiaohao raised his left hand to cover his eyes.
Wu Tianlu asked: "Did you see anything between the eyebrows?"
Tang Xiaohao said: "No, it's completely dark."
Wu Tianlu frowned, feeling a little regretful. He thought that someone like Tang Xiaohao, who could learn martial arts from all over the world, would have good qualifications, but he didn't expect to see anything.
Seeing Wu Tianlu's silence, Tang Xiaohao immediately asked: "Brother, what do you mean?"
Wu Tianlu said: "The mental power is concentrated from the eyes to the center of the eyebrows, and then flows to all parts of the body. Only by borrowing magical power can the talisman and spell be driven, and powerful power can be exploded."
Tang Xiaohao opened his eyes and said: "Talk spells? Are they the ones used by Taoist priests?"
Wu Tianlu said: "Generally speaking, the talismans and incantations used by ordinary Taoist priests are just a kind of beautiful vision. In fact, they have no effect. They are just for psychological comfort."
Tang Xiaohao suddenly realized: "Does that mean that everything goes well, peace and joy, happy birthday are all just for good luck?"
Wu Tianlu couldn't help but laugh and said: "Yes, that's what I mean, because ordinary Taoist priests do not have magical power, but those with advanced Taoism are completely different. The talismans and spells they use to drive the magical power cannot be said to destroy the world, but they can destroy the world.
It won’t be a problem to defeat one against a hundred.”
Tang Xiaohao was so surprised that he couldn't open his mouth from ear to ear, but immediately asked: "Brother, what level has your magic power reached?"
Wu Tianlu took out a piece of talisman paper from his waist, and then threw it at the wall. The moment the talisman paper touched the wall, it exploded, directly blasting a hole in the wall as big as a pair of fists.
Tang Xiaohao looked at the wall with his mouth wide open, then slowly stepped forward, looked closely at the hole, and compared it with his hands: "This is as powerful as a firecracker, it is just a small cannon. Brother, please teach me how to practice
Magical power, right?"
Wu Tianlu looked at Tang Xiaohao with his hands behind his back and said: "Inner strength is divided into six levels, also called Liuhe, which has two meanings. The first level refers to the direction, that is, east, west, north, up and down, and the second level refers to the six parts of the human body, that is
Hands, feet, elbows, knees, shoulders and hips. Different magic powers are divided into nine levels, which are called Value Talisman, Tang Snake, Taiyin, Liuhe, Gouchen, Taichang, Suzaku, Nine Earths and Nine Heavens."
Tang Xiaohao immediately heard a question: "Do the Liuhe of internal strength and the Liuhe of the fourth level of magic power mean the same thing?"
Wu Tianlu nodded: "You are very smart, that's what you mean. In fact, as long as people from different sects break through themselves and accumulate the power of different arts, they will naturally learn internal skills at the fourth level. However, as far as I know
, among the current different sects, no one has cultivated to the ninth level of different magic power. At most, they have reached the seventh level of Suzaku, which is already the top master of the different sects."
Tang Xiaohao asked again: "Brother, what level have you reached in cultivation?"
Wu Tianlu said: "The fifth floor is Gouchen."
Tang Xiaohao nodded: "The fifth floor is good, my lucky number is five."
After saying that, Tang Xiaohao approached Wu Tianlu with a playful smile: "Brother, how many days do you think it will take me to reach your level?"
How many days? You kid can't even touch the door now. Wu Tianlu couldn't bear to hit Tang Xiaohao, so he had to say: "If you want to cultivate your magic power, you must first break through yourself." This chapter has been completed!