Although the outer city was devastated by the war, the inner city of Chizhou Fort was picturesque, especially the large lake, with dark green water, calm surface, and mirror-like reflections of the trees by the lake, which was very beautiful.
Tianyang picked a piece of lawn shaded by trees, put little Xitong down, and let the little thing crawl on the lawn.
Xiao Xitong spent most of her time in the car these days. Even when the team was resting in the wilderness, there was no green grass for her to play on. She tried to crawl a few steps on the green grass and found a butterfly resting on a flower. Her eyes suddenly lit up, and then she quickly crawled over using her hands and feet.
Unfortunately, her movements were too big, and the butterfly flew away before she could get closer.
The little creature raised its head and watched the butterflies dancing between the sun and the shade of the trees. It was mesmerized for a moment. After a while, it thought of something and turned back to look at Tianyang.
The little guy pointed at the butterfly above his head and called in a baby voice: "Daddy..."
Tian Yang saw this and knew that he wanted her to help him catch butterflies. He smiled and said, "If you want to catch them, go catch them yourself. I won't help you with that."
Xiao Xitong seemed to understand. She pouted her lips and looked unhappy. She raised her hands and waved them towards the butterfly, as if she wanted to catch it.
But how could she catch it? After a while, the little guy angrily slapped the grass. At this moment, Tianyang suddenly felt an imperceptible energy fluctuation, and then the butterfly seemed to be covered by an invisible cover, unable to fly out, and gradually decreasing in altitude.
When Xiao Xitong saw it, she giggled with joy and reached out to catch it. But at this moment, the invisible cover disappeared, and the butterfly flew away, making the little guy cry in anger.
Tian Yang was stunned, he couldn't help but look at Xiao Xitong a few times. The butterfly just now was obviously unable to fly away because of her, which means that Xiao Xitong, who was less than a month old, could actually control energy
"What are you doing? The little thing is crying like this and you don't move. Do you have the nerve to be her father?" Yue Guang walked over, squatted beside Xiao Xitong, and opened his hands. The little guy immediately crawled over with a look of grievance on his face and let Yue Guang pick him up.
Tian Yang came back to his senses, clenched his fist and coughed, "Let her cry, it's okay for a child to cry, don't spoil her."
Moonlight said disapprovingly: "Xiao Xitong is still young, and her organs are not fully developed. If she damages her voice by crying, it will be a lifelong problem."
"Besides, she is so young now, what does she know? I will be stricter with her when she grows up."
"I'm right, little one."
The moonlight brushed against little Xitong's face, and the little guy immediately burst into laughter.
Tian Yang laughed and said, "Just pamper her."
He paused, then said, "The gods and evil spirits are born with the ability to control energy. If they can coexist with humans, perhaps the world will become a better place."
Yue Guang put Xiao Xitong on his shoulder and sneered, "You are just dreaming. That kind of thing is born with the gene to devour and destroy everything. There is no way it can coexist with humans."
Tian Yang glanced at Xiao Xitong and said, "There should be intelligent species among the evil gods. Perhaps these creatures also hope to coexist with humans instead of just killing each other."
Yue Guang took away Xiao Xitong's foot that was stepping on her face and said, "Let me tell you why your idea is impossible to achieve."
"Yincheng..." Moonlight paused, as if something had slipped out, and then continued, "Yincheng, that is, the Mad King. Before he went crazy, before he established the 'Silver Empire', he had been to the 'Grave'."
Tianyang suddenly looked towards the moonlight.
He had guessed before that perhaps in other realms, there were also "doors" leading to "graves".
Now after hearing what Yue Guang said, his guess should be valid!
"Do you know what a 'grave' is?" Moonlight asked back.
Tianyang didn't answer, just smiled.
Moonlight exclaimed, "You actually know about the 'Grave'. You might know more about the Reverse Realm than I do."
She continued, "Since you know about the 'grave', it's easy. You should know what's in the 'grave'. At that time, Yincheng, with the support of the Reverse Light Cult, organized a super-large expeditionary force and entered the No. 1 Reverse Realm in a mighty manner."
"It took them two years to find the 'tomb' and successfully enter it. There, they encountered an ancient will. That thing possessed the strong men of the expeditionary force, hoping to sneak through the Clave Gate and enter our world."
"But Yincheng discovered it and fought with it. In that battle, the alien god who called himself the 'Immortal Evil Snake' was killed by Yincheng 79 times. It was not until the 80th time that Yincheng completely killed it and returned with its head."
"Not long after that battle, Yin Cheng became the Ultimate, the first and only Ultimate in the world at that time."
"Afterwards, Silver City established the 'Silver Empire' and established the 'Reverse Light Religion' as the state religion. Everything seemed to be incomparably beautiful. However, can the alien god who calls himself the 'Immortal Evil Snake' really be killed so easily?"
"The answer is obviously no. At that time, the alien god only made himself look killed. But its will had already parasitized Yincheng's body. After lying dormant for a while, it revived when the time was right. Then Yincheng became the Mad King. In the end, his will was devoured by the 'Undead Evil Snake' and he was completely transformed into an alien god."
Moonlight said this, exhaled and said: "Now you should understand why the evil gods cannot be completely killed. That's right, because their cells come from the 'Immortal Evil Snake'. It is said that even though the 'Immortal Evil Snake' was killed in the alien god war, its cells created the species of evil gods."
"Therefore, if one day, when all the evil gods gather together, when all the cells of the alien gods gather together again, the 'Immortal Evil Snake' will return."
"If, I mean if."
"If the gods really do show a desire to coexist with humans, then I can be sure that it is absolutely an illusion. If this really happens, we must be vigilant."
"Maybe, that's a sign of the return of the alien god!"
Tianyang was shocked when he heard this, and looked at Xiao Xitong again. The little thing was lying on Yueguang's shoulder, with her mouth open and yawning. She smiled at Tianyang, and her eyes gradually closed. She was going to take a nap.
Night falls.
When the lake is illuminated by the lights along the shore
At that time, Tianyang followed Tu Moshan and others, and his father Su Lie, into a magnificent hall.
Tonight, Lin Zhengnan held a banquet here, ostensibly to welcome the Ruby Caravan. But anyone with a little bit of common sense would know that Tu Moshan didn't have that much face. Therefore, tonight's banquet was actually for Su Lie.
The reason why it was called a caravan reception was because during the day, Lin Zhengnan approached Su Lie and the latter kept his eyes closed and ignored him. So Lin Zhengnan thought that if he said it was a caravan reception, people would probably not want to come, so he made up a different excuse and said it differently.
In the hall, tables were arranged in a circle. The main table was naturally for Lin Zhengnan, the city lord. The left table was for Tianyang and his son, and the right table was for Tu Moshan. As for the others, they were arranged at other tables.
Yue Guang didn't like this kind of occasion, so she stayed in the courtyard to look after Xiao Xitong. However, Sun Sun and a few others came. They occupied a table and were very much looking forward to the banquet.
As soon as everyone entered the hall, they saw Lin Zhengnan. The mayor of Chizhou Fort had arrived early. If it was a banquet for other people, normally the mayor should appear last to reflect his noble status.
But tonight, he was waiting in the hall early, which shows how much he values Su Lie.
As soon as he saw Su Lie, Lin Zhengnan smiled and strode forward: "Mr. Su, please come this way."
He personally led Tianyang and his son to their seats, and then exchanged a few simple words with Tu Moshan, giving enough face to the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce.
Tu Moshan's face was beaming with joy. Today, he was indeed benefited by Tianyang and his son. Otherwise, as the chairman of the Chamber of Commerce, how could he be qualified to meet the lord of a city
Even though Chizhou Fort was a small fortress, he couldn't meet a person of the city lord's level whenever he wanted.
After the guests were seated, Lin Zhengnan nodded to the secretary behind him, who made a gesture and music started playing in the hall.
Then, a group of girls aged seventeen or eighteen years old swarmed into the hall like colorful butterflies and danced gracefully in the center of the hall. This scene of singing and dancing made it hard to believe that Chizhou Fort had just experienced a war during the day and almost fell.
"Mr. Su."
A moment later, Lin Zhengnan came out with a glass of wine, came to Su Lie's table, raised his glass and said, "Thanks to Mr. Su, our Chizhou Fort was preserved today, and our residents were able to return, instead of wandering in the wilderness and becoming food for wild beasts."
"Here, on behalf of the entire Chizhou Fort, I would like to express my respect to Mr. Su."
After saying this, Lin Zhengnan drank the liquor with great courage.
Su Lie smiled lightly, without any airs of a strong man. He stood up, raised his glass and said, "Don't worry about it, Lord. It was Su who was not paying attention and turned the outer city into scorched earth. Lord, please don't be surprised."
Lin Zhengnan laughed out loud: "Mr. Su, you are joking. Mr. Su is so kind, I am grateful to you so much, how can I blame you?"
Su Lie smiled and drank it all in one gulp.
Lin Zhengnan immediately gave a wink, and a waiter came over with a tray, took Su Lie's empty glass, and replaced it with another glass of wine.
Lin Zhengnan also changed his cup and said, "This second cup is also for Mr. Su. Mr. Su's 'Ten Trillion Scorched Earth' left a deep impression on me. This is the only vision I have ever seen in my life. It really opened my eyes."
After saying that, Lin Zhengnan drank the wine in his glass again.