Underground, in the Magic Palace.
"My lord... my lord..." Wang Ziye's soul wailed, slowly crawling towards the huge heart on the ground.
Princess Qinghe, Feng Qianjun, Xiao Shan, a majestic and tall military general with a pre-Qin helmet, Wang Meng and Sima Wei with broken arms, and a huge rotten wolf surrounded Wang Ziye, the remaining two souls of Wang Ziye , struggling on the ground, climbed to the altar and stretched out a hand towards the heart.
"You... rubbish," Chiyou said in a voice, "you pretend to be perfect, but you end up like this in the end."
A little bit of demon blood dripped from the heart, and it fell into Wang Ziye's soul, Wang Ziye let out a strange howl, and the ghost shadow showed ripples, slowly dispersed, and reunited again, showing a hazy figure.
"I need... more... grievances." Wang Ziye said slowly, "The strength of a thousand years of cultivation is burned out by the heart lamp..."
"Fool!" Chi You shouted in a shocking voice.
Wang Ziye froze suddenly, kneeling on the ground with a ghostly shadow.
"Have you found your formation?" Chi You asked coldly.
Wang Ziye replied: "Yes. In Longmen Mountain, the relics of the ancient tidal formation were indeed found."
Chi You: "After setting up the formation, use Ding Haizhu's spiritual energy to activate seven magic weapons. When Fu Jian starts the battle, he will reshape his body for Gu."
Wang Ziye said: "But Dinghaizhu..."
Chi You replied, "It will come."
Prince Ye: "All kinds of magic weapons..."
Chi You replied: "It will come naturally, the ghost king has stabilized, there are enough seven guards here, you go to arrange it immediately."
Wang Ziye looked at the tall general known as the "Ghost King".
Chi You said again: "With Gu's strength, I can temporarily hold him for a few months, let him go to Hala and Lin, let's go."
"Yes." Prince Ye said, "This subordinate still needs a physical body."
"Go find it yourself." Chi You said solemnly.
Wang Ziye turned his head and looked at his subordinates. Feng Qianjun and Xiao Shan's eyes were blurred, and a faint red light appeared in their hearts.
Chi You's voice gradually lowered: "In order to save Chen Xing's life, he will definitely come, but before that, don't consume Gu's power..."
Prince Ye nodded hurriedly.
In the seventh year of Taiyuan, the fifteenth day of the eighth month.
"How long have you slept again this time?" Chen Xing said to himself, he couldn't stand the headache when he woke up.
After the battle of Wang Ziye, it was incredible that he could still survive.
"Where's Xiang Shu?" Chen Xing murmured again, "Xiang Shu! Where are you?"
Xiang Shu didn't stay by the couch, Chen Xing looked down and saw that he was wearing a single shirt, which was similar to when he was in a coma, so he got down to the couch and pushed open the bedroom door, it was night time. There was a little bit of autumn in the night wind, and it was very cool.
There was a full moon in the sky, and the moonlight this night was extremely bright, so bright that it didn't even look like it was at night.
Chen Xing heard the chatter and laughter coming from a distance, so he walked through the corridor and entered the garden, where he saw a crowd of friends, Xie Anzheng and Xie Xuan, Wang Xizhi and others were drinking and eating snacks and admiring the moon, while Xie Daoyun sat on the side worriedly.
"You..." Chen Xing was a little confused.
"Wake up!" Xie Daoyun shouted.
"Wake up, wake up!" Xie An immediately stepped forward to help Chen Xing.
Immediately, all the guests in the garden were buzzing, and quickly got up to greet them. Chen Xing said, "What banquet are you having? Wait, wait for me to change my clothes..." After speaking, he was a little dizzy, Xie Daoyun hurriedly said: "Go back and rest for a while. , you just woke up."
Wang Xizhi said: "Go to someone and inform the Martial God."
"He said," Xie An explained, "even if he doesn't wake up, he will come back tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."
"Where's Xiang Shu?" Chen Xing asked blankly, "Where's Brother Qianjun? Where did Xiao Shan go?"
Xie Daoyun asked him to go back to the room, and then talk to him slowly, Huan Yi was also there, Wang Xizhi, Xie Xuan and others came in.
Chen Xing drank some tea, woke up a little, raised his eyes and looked at Xie An with the intention of asking.
"I slept for three months?" Chen Xing said after knowing, "Well, yes, it's almost the same as the last coma, much better than I thought. Where is this?"
Xie Daoyun said, "Shou County."
"Why are you all here?" Chen Xing wondered, "What are you doing in Shou County?"
Xie An was a little hesitant to speak.
"Come one by one." Xie An finally said, "The god of war has gone to track down the location of the Magic Palace based on Sima Wei's whereabouts."
"Oh." Chen Xing said, "That should be nearby. No wonder he wasn't by my side today. Have you found out what happened?"
Xie Daoyun shook his head, Wang Xizhi said, "He will come back once a month. He said that no matter whether you are awake or not, he will come back when August 17 is approaching."
"Well." Chen Xing said, "What about after the last battle? How about the others?"
Xie Daoyun said: "Feng Qianjun and Xiao Shan's little master are both missing. Shu Lukong said that he will definitely bring them back so you don't worry."
"How can I not worry?" Chen Xing said tiredly.
This was the last thing Chen Xing wanted to see, but it still happened. From the time they started using grievances to drive magic weapons, Chen Xing vaguely had an ominous premonition. In the end, the red light that burst out from their hearts played a decisive role, but how did they swallow the blood of the devil
The more Chen Xing thought about it, the more headache he had. Fortunately, as early as a long time ago, he planted a seed of heart lamp in their hearts for prevention, and maybe there was a chance to compete with each other.
"Three days after the battle at Yique, Fu Jian returned to Chang'an." Xie Xuan said to Chen Xing, "You guys got rid of all his stings, but Fu Jian still decided to go to war."
Wang Ziye disappeared with the yin and yang mirror shattered. Fu Jian didn't say anything after returning to Chang'an. He gathered all his military forces and marched towards Shou County according to the previous plan, preparing to fight. He was ashamed. Murong Chong gave up the silver cavalry and left Luoyang, and his whereabouts are currently unknown.
"Where is the Falling Soul Bell?" Chen Xing said.
Xie An replied: "The magic weapon is kept by the god of war, so there will be no problem."
Wang Xizhi sat beside him, nodded and said, "We came to see An Shi. The war is going to start in the next few days, and everyone has to go back."
Chen Xing nodded, frowned for a while, and said, "Where's Tuoba Yan?"
"Let's go." Xie An said.
"Where did you go?" Chen Xing said, "Are you with Murong Chong?"
"Dead." Xie An added, "In order to prevent his body from being used again, Wushen cremated him on Chaohu Lake before you woke up."
Xie Daoyun got up, found a box on the bookshelf, handed it to Chen Xing, Chen Xing opened it, and inside was the ring that Tuoba Yan had given him.
"Where is Fu Jian's army?" Chen Xing said.
"They are currently stationed in Xiangcheng," Xie Xuan replied, "there is no sign of war yet. Shou County has become the front line. It stands to reason that you should withdraw first, but since the war has not officially started, everyone thinks that there is no need to panic too much. ."
Chen Xing nodded and said, "Who is taking care of me these days?"
Xie An said: "I am with me most of the time. Daoyun knows that you are sick, so he will come to see if he is worried."
Chen Xing nodded his thanks, and Wang Xizhi said, "You can rest for a while. You will naturally be uninspired when you wake up after a long sleep."
So Xie An and others backed out. Chen Xing was groggy. After a while, he couldn't help but fall asleep again, but this time he woke up quickly. Outside Xie Daoyun personally brought the porridge, Chen Xing asked a lot of questions, Xie Daoyun answered them one by one, after the battle of Yishui, Wang Ziye and his scorpion seemed to have disappeared without a trace.
However, Chen Xing always felt that things would not be so simple. Although Wang Ziye was knocked out by the falling soul clock, Chiyou was still alive. Facts have proved that the contempt for Chiyou has always led to a shortfall, just because the devil almost never came forward. Fang gave them the illusion that Prince Ye was the number one target.
But the demon god, who has been torn apart, must be very limited in what he can do, or else he would have personally come to him, and he would not have relied on Wang Ziye for everything. Did Xiang Shu scout where they were hiding? I just hope that before the Qin and Jin wars, I can find the Magic Palace and solve this matter.
I hope that Feng Qianjun and Xiao Shan will be fine. Since Chi You took them away, maybe he wants to use them, so in the short term, there should be no danger to their lives.
There is only one year left until the deadline.
In the afternoon, Chen Xing thought about a lot of things in silence, and began to worry about Xiao Shan and Feng Qianjun again, so the more he thought about it, the more depressed he became. The news, even Chiyou didn't know where he was hiding.
He began to try to use the heart lamp, everything was as usual, and the power of the soul gradually recovered in the deep sleep.
And when he used the heart lamp, the distance seemed to sense something, and it also flashed.
It's a description! Chen Xing felt it right away, but he couldn't judge the distance. It was like finding Xiang Shu in Xiangyang City that day. In the past three years, as they fought together and died together, the connection seemed to be getting closer every time.
"Where are you?" Chen Xing murmured, raising his heart lamp again.
Xiang Shu in the distance sensed it again, and the heart lamp also flashed. When Chen Xing activated the heart lamp again, Xiang Shu ignored him, perhaps because he was afraid that he would be recovering from a long sleep and wasted his energy.
The next day, Chen Xing ate a lot of food, and his whole body became more energetic. Xie Daoyun boiled ginseng soup to replenish his lost qi and blood. Chen Xing's face finally turned bloody, wrapped in a brocade robe, and sat in the yard watching. Long autumn days.
Suddenly, he heard a loud noise from outside, thinking it was Xiang Shu coming back, but when he went out, he saw that it was a Han Chinese, wearing the official uniform of the Qin people, and walked into the Shou County Prefect's Mansion, holding a scroll of documents.
Fu Jian's envoy
All the people headed by Xie An avoided seeing them, so as not to be known by the envoy that the high-ranking officials of Dajin were here, Xie Xuan came forward to receive them.
"Who are those people?" Chen Xing asked in a low voice.
"It was persuaded to surrender." A young official said to Chen Xing, "Master Xie and the others are hiding behind the screen. If Master Chen wants to hear, please come with me, and I will take you there."
After all, at the time of the New Year's Eve, Chen Xing's name as an exorcist was already well-known in Jiangnan, and Xie An almost never avoided him. Chen Xing didn't want to hear it, but he vaguely felt that the Han who took the lead to recruit and surrender was a little familiar, so he followed the officials into the hall behind the screen.
"It's really been a long time." Xie Xuan said with a smile, obviously he was also an old acquaintance with the officer who persuaded him to surrender.
After Chen Xing came to the screen, Xie An and Wang Xizhi were standing there, and the three nodded in salute. Chen Xing looked out from the gap between the screens and saw the profile of the man, but he couldn't remember who it was.
"Your Majesty knows the strength of the Beifu troops like the back of your hand." The middle-aged civil official stroked his beard and said, "Murong Chui led the army and has arrived in Feixi..."
When Chen Xing heard this voice, combined with his appearance, he instantly remembered: The governor of Liangzhou, Zhu Xu!
Chen Xing immediately made a gesture, indicating that he knew him, Xie An nodded, and exchanged glances with Wang Xizhi, Chen Xing pointed to the outside, and then pointed to himself, making a mouth shape, meaning that he wanted to chat with him.
"...in a few days, the city will be attacked." Zhu Xu said lightly, "Xie Xuan, this is the last chance I have won for my homeland. His Majesty the King of Heaven does not want to cause unnecessary casualties. Bring it here and call it 'the ceremony is followed by the soldiers', he said, you will naturally understand."
Xie Xuan smiled casually: "After the city of Xiangyang was broken, I just wonder if he took care of the people?"
Zhu Xu could only pretend that he didn't understand Xie Xuan's sarcasm towards him. In fact, nearly three years ago, after Murong Chui attacked Xiangyang, not only did he not abide by the agreement with Zhu Xu, but he looted and slaughtered all over the city.
"That's because General Murong has the idea of revenge," Zhu Xu said. "If it wasn't for an accident that destroyed half of his face, I would have been sure to save the people in the city."
Chen Xing thought to himself that it was my fault, because I set Murong Chui's face on fire, causing him to slaughter the city in anger.
Xie Anyun said lightly: "If you want to come, just come. It's useless to talk about the battle of words."
Zhu Xu said: "Tomorrow Shou County will be caught in the flames of war. Xie Xuan, with all due respect, your mere 80,000 people are really too much."
Xie Xuan is also not forgiving. It seems to be a tradition of the Xie family to ridicule the enemy. This group of literati, from Xie An to Chen Xing, never spared anyone any face, and he smiled and asked: "Fu Jian is in Luoyang. Is the madness cured?"
Zhu Xu looked at Xie Xuan, but did not speak, Xie Xuan lowered his voice again: "Master Zhu, be careful that he is in a bad mood and stabbed with a sword. Come, see off!"
Zhu Xu saw that his persuasion to surrender was unsuccessful, and he knew that this battle was imperative. The Han people have been tough since ancient times. When he was guarding Xiangyang, he did not surrender himself. In the end, he was caught and had no choice but to die. Sending him to the so-called "ceremony first, then soldiers" is just a big revenge that Fu Jian still remembers being taunted by Xie An on Yishui.
"Then we will leave." Zhu Xu said politely, "See you on the battlefield tomorrow."
Xie Xuan just sat and didn't get up to see the guests. Zhu Xu left the letter of persuasion and said, "Aren't you going to take a look?"
Xie Xuan said: "It's not the Lanting Collection Preface. Manzi's characters are so beautiful. If you're disappointed, let's go."
Zhu Xu: "..."
Zhu Xu left the Shou County Prefect's Mansion alone. As soon as the people left, Xie Xuan got up immediately and went to a meeting with Xie An, Wang Xizhi and others. Zhu Xu came out through the courtyard, and was about to go out on horseback to leave Shou County when suddenly a voice from behind stopped him.
"Master Zhu," Chen Xing said with a smile, "It's been a long time."
Zhu Xu turned his head suspiciously. In the evening, after watching for a while, he recognized Chen Xing, and said in surprise, "It's you?!"
Chen Xing saluted Zhu Xu, and Zhu Xu returned the salutation. When the two met three years later, they remembered the past, and they felt as if they had passed away. After Zhu Xu surrendered to the Qin court, he was first imprisoned for a period of time, and was only used as an official a year ago. During this period, I heard a lot of rumors about Chen Xing's activities in Shenzhou and his strange powers. At first, he thought it was just a story. After the First World War in Yishui, Fang was sure that Chen Xing did not lie to him.
Chen Xing observed Zhu Xu's expression, and suddenly his heart moved, he held hands with him, the heart lamp was injected into his body, and he was relieved after confirming that Wang Ziye was not possessing him.
Wang Ziye's "borrowing the corpse to bring back the soul" spell simply made him suspicious.
But just as the heart lamp was circulating, Chen Xing noticed that there was actually a heart lamp seed in Zhu Xu's heart veins
Did he inadvertently plant it on the high platform of the City Lord's Mansion not long after he and Xiang Shu first met
"It's been three years since we last met." Zhu Xu sighed, "I heard that you have done a lot of things. Do you still remember your grand wish at that time, which was to restore the human world and exorcism. Has it been accomplished now?"
"No," Chen Xing also sighed, "the future is still foggy."
Zhu Xu said: "It is said throughout the imperial court that Wang Ziye is a demon who can revive dead corpses, and he also controlled His Majesty. In the end, you got rid of him in Yique, and the army did not attack. Three years ago, what you said about Shenzhou The crisis has been lifted."
Chen Xing said with a wry smile: "It's far from enough, one thing has been solved, and another one has come. Besides, Fu Jian invaded south, and I don't know how many people will die... I'm just afraid that Wang Ziye... will come back to life again. The grievances between heaven and earth are easy to dispel, It's hard to get rid of the anger in people's hearts."
Zhu Xu thought for a while and replied, "What else can I do for you? To tell you the truth, little brother, since I came to Qin, I have been criticized by thousands of people and spat at by thousands of people, and I have long since seen it. ."
Chen Xing frowned slightly and asked, "How is Fu Jian's situation?"
This is the real purpose of his looking for Zhu Xu. Zhu Xu said: "After returning from Yishui, it has become much more normal than before. But Nan Zheng's determination has become firmer."
"Has Wang Ziye never appeared again?" Chen Xing wondered, "What about Princess Qinghe? And what about other people's movements?"
Zhu Xu briefly talked about the situation in the DPRK. As he was, he was naturally excluded, unable to approach the center of power, and only knew very little about it. But what is certain is that after returning home, Fu Jian didn't mention anything, and he didn't punish the people of the Murong clan. It seemed that he had returned to normal, but he resolutely promoted the southern expedition and recruited an army of 1.12 million people. Come.
"More than one million?!" Chen Xing said in disbelief.
Zhu Xu replied, "With so many people crowded in Feixi, it is difficult to even turn around."
Chen Xing was thinking about how much resentment would be generated when these 1.12 million people fought, but Zhu Xu was thinking of another thing. Since ancient times, even Zhuge Liang and his like have not dared to bring so many soldiers, the only one who dared to boast about Haikou. The only famous general who said "the more the better" is Han Xin. So many people need to supply and command, which is a huge problem in itself.
"Where's your Dharma protector?" Zhu Xu said, "When I was in prison, I didn't know it was Dan Yu from the north. I apologize to him for me."
Chen Xingyi smiled and said, "He's out on a business trip, so he doesn't care."
Zhu Xu said: "But I have no regrets about the fact that he slaughtered my Han Chinese and imprisoned him. It's just that he followed you later and saved innocent people, but he was guilty and meritorious."
Chen Xing said: "That's why everyone wronged him. He is not an indiscriminate killing of innocent people."
"Oh?" Zhu Xu said.
The sky was dark, and Chen Xing didn't want to delay Zhu Xu for too long. It was too complicated to explain, so he smiled and said, "In this troubled world, he is a well-deserved hero."
Zhu Xu nodded and said, "It's his fault... Well, I'm leaving now..."
When they said goodbye, one person stood at the door and stopped. Chen Xinggang raised his eyes and saw the man.
Exactly the description!
Chen Xing: "!!!"
Chen Xing was out of control and ran towards him quickly. I saw that Xiang Shu was dressed in the dust. Outside the martial robe was a cowhide belt buckle that looped around the shoulders, and a leather bag, which was supposed to contain a few magic weapons. The wrist guards, a pair of hunting boots are full of mud, and the face is a little thin, but still handsome and unassuming, the beard seems to have been swept in a hurry, a kind of wave after the wind and the sun, over the mountains and mountains.
"You're back!" Chen Xing laughed, then hugged Xiang Shu tightly.
Xiang Shu raised his hand, touched Chen Xing's head, glanced at Zhu Xu again, glanced at him suspiciously, and nodded.
Zhu Xu smiled and said, "It's you, I didn't recognize it."
When Xiang Shu was taken back to Xiangyang, he only glanced at Zhu Xu, but still remembered, said solemnly, "Zhu Xu?"
Zhu Xu nodded and said casually, "I didn't expect that you two never knew each other, but now your relationship is so good. In troubled times, it's precarious, just live a good life."
Xiang Shu signaled that Chen Xing's guests were still there, so he would see them off first, so they both sent Zhu Xu outside the mansion.
As soon as the person left, Chen Xing took Xiang Shu's hand and began to ask questions.
"Where have you been in the past three months?" Chen Xing wondered, "Why did you lose weight? Did you find where they were?"
"I found it." Xiang Shu replied, "But if you want to go in and save people, you have to spend some time. I will talk to you slowly when I have time. I want to see Xie An."