“I know… I know… I know…”
Cicadas were still chirping on the big tree in the field at the entrance of the village. An old man under the tree brought his grown-up grandson to the field to check on the fields again.
The old farmer wiped the sweat from his face with the towel hanging around his neck, looked up at the sun in the sky and the bright light in the far south.
"This is such horrible weather. There's not even any frost at this time of year, and the cicadas are still chirping all day long. Is it not winter this year?"
"Grandpa, the weather is still so hot, shouldn't we plant another crop of rice?"
The grandson was a strong man. He wiped the sweat off his face and withdrew his gaze from the field. He looked up at the branch of a big tree on the side, as if he was looking for the cicada.
"What are you going to plant? The late rice has already been harvested. If the weather suddenly changes, all the farmers will die!"
The grandson loosened his vest and fanned himself with his clothes, but he felt extremely annoyed. He raised his head again to look at the tree, only to find that the cicada's noise was getting louder and louder, more and more annoying.
"Grandpa, you go home first. I'll clear the hole in the ditch."
"That won't work, let's go together."
"Hey Grandpa, go back and have a rest. Hasn't your waist been sore lately?"
The old man subconsciously touched his waist and shook his head helplessly.
"I'm old... Then I'll go back and rest, you..."
"Hey Grandpa, I'm not a child anymore, and I don't have much time left to live, so you should go back."
The grandson endured his annoyance and urged the old man to go back. He also took the hoe from the other's shoulders and carried it on his own shoulders.
"Come back soon."
"knew!"
The old man patted his grandson's arm, then left the field and slowly walked home.
After the old man left for a while, the grandson turned around and looked at the tree again, and kicked it directly.
"boom… "
After a muffled sound, there was a rustling sound. All the cicadas on the tree were shaken down by the kick and fell to the ground. Before the cicadas could react, they were crushed by "bang", "bang", and "bang".
"It's so annoying to let you scream!"
The cicada was stepped into the soil, and the surroundings suddenly became much quieter. The grandson also breathed a sigh of relief, but when he turned around, he suddenly found that there was a person standing next to him. He was immediately startled because he didn't hear any sound of anyone approaching.
This is an old man with a slightly hunched figure, leaning on an old tree root. He looks much older than his grandfather. He is looking at a few crushed cicadas on the ground, then looks up at the young man beside him with a kind smile.
"Young man, you have a strong temper?"
The young man felt as if he had been seen doing something embarrassing, and scratched his head in embarrassment.
"I just felt a little irritated. Did I scare you, old man?"
"No, no, I've seen a lot. How can I be frightened by this?"
The old man shook his head and smiled, and the young man next to him also smiled.
"Are you here to visit relatives in the village?"
The old man in front of him looked very unfamiliar, and the young man thought that he might not be from Zhaojiazhuang, but the latter shook his head.
"Old man, I was born and raised in Zhaojiazhuang, and I have rarely traveled far in my life."
"ah?"
The young man was stunned for a moment, looked at the old man again, and then confirmed that he had never seen him before.
"Don't joke, I've seen all the old uncles in the village."
"Young man, I think you are very lucky. I hope you remember that you are from Zhaojiazhuang. Your parents, elders, and friends are all from Zhaojiazhuang. Your family is also blessed. It is not easy to live a good life. Don't ruin it."
The young man didn't understand some of what the old man said, but he didn't want to talk back to the old man. He just kept saying "yes" and made a joke with a smile.
"The old man also knows fortune-telling?"
"Hahahaha... It's not that I know fortune-telling, but when your grandfather got married, he happened to invite a great master to the wedding banquet. After the wedding banquet, he left his calligraphy to your family. That's why I said that you are a blessed family. Otherwise, how could you be born?"
"Ah? When my grandfather got married? The ink treasure? Where is it?"
The young man was stunned again. The other party seemed to have attended his grandfather's wedding, so it seemed that he might really be from Zhaojiazhuang. Perhaps he later went to the neighboring village to become a son-in-law. As for the calligraphy, he had never seen it.
"Hahahaha, it seems like you really don't know. It's the old couplet posted on the door of your house!"
"Oh, that, that handwriting is really beautiful..."
The young man suddenly realized that the couplet had never been damaged over the years, so it was rarely changed during the New Year. Firstly, farmers were frugal and it would cost money to replace it with a new one. Secondly, the elders in the family said that they were so used to seeing it that they would feel it was not their own home if it was changed.
Nowadays, masters are not just mages. They can also be considered as Confucian scholars with real literary talent and virtue. So the young man immediately perked up and asked the old man in a low voice.
"Is this calligraphy valuable? I heard that a thin piece of paper from a famous scholar can be exchanged for a lot of silver!"
"Ha... Valuable? That couplet is priceless, don't sell it for a fortune, or your grandfather will beat you to death!"
The old man was surprised for a moment, then raised his tree-root cane and pretended to hit the young man, but the young man pretended to dodge and repeatedly said "I dare not".
"By the way, young man, what do you see to the south?"
"South?"
The young man first determined the direction, then looked to the south. There were only fields and ditches, nothing special.
"field?"
"No, no, look up, look at the horizon in the distance."
The young man's heart moved slightly, and he looked up at the southern sky. In that "bright color", he could see that there was a sun.
"sun?"
"You can really see it."
The young man suddenly became excited.
"Old man, can you see it too? I told my parents about it, and they said I was crazy. How could there be two suns? But I can really see it!"
"Well, I can see that, young man. You have talent. Either you live a peaceful life here. As the country of Dazhen becomes strong, it will naturally keep the world peaceful. Or you can join the army and serve the country. Don't go astray."
"My father will beat me to death if I go astray!"
“Hahaha… that’s right!”
The old man was smiling, but suddenly his face froze. He looked in one direction with surprise, then walked over with a little excitement. The young man next to him frowned and turned to look over there, only to see an old man with white beard and hair and a man in a green shirt walking over there.
Without avoiding the young man, the old man took a few steps forward, holding his walking stick and bowed respectfully to the two people who came.
"I have met Mr. Ji and Lord Qin!"
Ji Yuan thought back to the past and a smile appeared on his face. He and Qin Zizhou returned the greeting together.
"God of Land, I haven't seen you for many years. How are you?"
"Nothing is wrong, I am doing very well. Lord Qin has come to support me before! I am very happy to meet you two today!"
Ji Yuan looked at the young man standing beside the big tree. He could tell at a glance that the other party had an extraordinary background. Although he was not the reincarnation of a powerful divine beast or a ferocious beast like Li Feng, he might be the reincarnation of a creature from the ancient mountains and seas. This situation was not an isolated case.
Because of the appearance of the second sun, its light attracted the ancient primordial energy of heaven and earth, and also caused the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to continuously gush out from all directions of heaven and earth. The result is that the spiritual energy of the world becomes thicker and more restless.
Many creatures with ancient bloodlines began to awaken, and many ancient creatures who were willing to give up everything in order to escape the wilderness began to show their extraordinary abilities due to some magical fate in heaven and earth. Some were good, some were bad, some were in chaos, and some were in order.
It wasn't just Yunzhou that was plagued by demons and monsters. In fact, all parts of the world began to become restless, with demons and monsters causing chaos and human kingdoms fighting each other.
Moreover, Ji Yuan knew that compared with other parts of the world, the demons in the Black Wasteland were undoubtedly the most affected, and the demons in the mountains of the Southern Wasteland were also ready to make a move.
But there was no need for Ji Yuan to say it out loud, he just nodded to the young man. The latter did not react for a moment, because he was extremely shocked at the moment. When he heard the words "Earth God", he certainly could not calm down.
Ji Yuan didn't even look at the young man and said to the old man.
"Lord of the Land, there is a missing god beside the boundary stone tablet of the Tianhe River. Lord Qin and I both think that you are the best person to be the one. You have practiced the Treasure Record for decades and have already achieved extraordinary accomplishments. You can complement the boundary tablet. Are you willing?"
It seemed as if the God of Land had expected this. He looked up at the sky, then lowered his head to face Ji Yuan and the others and bowed again.
"As the earth is in turmoil today, I am willing to contribute my modest efforts."
"Okay, then come with us."
Qin Zizhou stroked his beard with a smile.
Ji Yuan took a step closer to the young man and spoke calmly.
"Everything is predestined. If you are restless, you should not suppress it all the time. You need to vent. Why don't you go out for a walk, practice martial arts to strengthen your body, fight violence and protect the good, or join the army to serve the country. Both are good. If you can really concentrate on farming here, I think you will have a better future."
"Sir, can't I study hard and pass the exam to get a good degree?"
"Well, of course you can!"
Ji Yuan laughed, and the young man also laughed. He himself did not believe in studying hard, but suddenly he asked a question with a serious expression.
"Sir, you said that everything has its own destiny. What if this destiny is not good for us?"
Qin Zizhou slowly looked at the young man, and the God of Land turned around in surprise. This young man, whom he had watched grow up, felt a little unfamiliar with these words.
Ji Yuan's eyelids, which often drooped slightly, slowly opened, revealing a pair of pale amber eyes.
"Then Ji is the destiny!"
As he was speaking, Ji Yuan had already pointed a finger. The young man raised his hands, but before he could even touch Ji Yuan's hands, the other party pointed a finger at his forehead.
"Puff..."
Just like a ball being punctured, after a sound of deflation, the young man fell straight to the ground. If his chest had not been rising and falling, one would have thought that he had been stabbed to death by Ji Yuan's finger.
"I have broken the root of your soul. You and this young man are originally one. If you want to merge with him and make progress together, it will be fine. But if you want to turn the tables and become the host, it will not be as easy as it is today."
Hearing Ji Yuan say this, the God of Land was immediately relieved that the young man's life was safe.
"Thank you, Mr. Ji!"
"Nothing, let's go."
Ji Yuan left with Qin Zizhou and others. Even if they had not seen the young man from Zhaojiazhuang, similar things in the world were not uncommon among humans, and even more so among demons.
After a long time, the young man on the ground shook and woke up from his sleep. He felt pain in his back and waist. He turned around and looked around. The people who had come before him were gone. After hesitating for a moment, he picked up his hoe and went to finish the work at the mouth of the canal. He would go home and tell his elders about the strange thing that had just happened.
…
That night, Zhao Tudi returned to his position in the Tianhe Realm, and it was as if the great formation of the Tianhe Realm had found a hub. The starlight began to show greater vitality, really flowing like a river. The underworld had Yellow Springs flowing in all directions, and the Tianhe in the sky continued to break through the void and slowly extend into the distance.
However, at this moment, Ji Yuan, who was standing in the Tianhe Realm, suddenly felt something in his heart and looked towards the north.
"Um?"
With a thought, Ji Yuan took a step forward, left the Tianhe Realm, and fell in the direction of the sensing direction.
At the same time, the evil demon seemed to have sensed something and looked up at the sky. He saw the stars in the sky were shining brightly, and a ray of starlight was falling from the sky, heading straight towards this place.
With a frown, the evil demon disappeared into thin air, as if it had never existed.
Ji Yuan descended from the sky, and with a flash of magic light, he had already landed outside the big city of Qiliang State. He just glanced at the direction where Yin Zhong was, then turned his light and chased in a certain direction.
No matter how chaotic the world was during this period, Ji Yuan always disappeared without a trace. One of the reasons was that he didn't want the other party to be unable to figure out his whereabouts. However, the person he met tonight was no small character.
Although there seemed to be nothing in front, Ji Yuan continued to fly with his sword and kept changing the direction of his flight. The opponent was indeed amazing and actually avoided his Dharma eyes, but Ji Yuan could smell the rotten smell of the desolate valley.
"Why are you running? Go!"
Ji Yuan raised his arm, and the immortal rope turned into a golden light and suddenly flew out, transforming into a golden cage in the distance, shaped like golden glass, or a wide hemisphere, blocking the roads in all directions ahead.
brush…
A turbid blood-red shadow emerged before the golden cage closed, and turned into a blood-red gyroscope as it spun, slamming hard into the cover formed by the immortal rope.
"Boom..."
Under the violent vibration of the sky's aura, the cover was actually pierced through at once, but the next moment, the gold turned into a rope, like an extremely long spirit snake, spinning around the spinning blood-color, trying to wrap around it.
In Ji Yuan's eyes, the blood in front looked like flowing water. The immortal rope kept wrapping around him, turning into a golden color, and then suddenly tightened, forming a golden "dumpling".
But soon endless blood will seep out, and during this time it will be able to drag the Immortal Rope along with it and fly away, and its speed is surprisingly not slow at all.
"Hahahaha, Ji Yuan, your immortal rope can't do anything to me! Let me see how powerful you are!"
When Ji Yuan was chasing him, the evil demon suddenly changed his fleeing momentum and came back, transforming into a human form and colliding head-on with Ji Yuan.
"boom… "
The bluish-white light and the bloody light were like two hemispheres colliding head-on, shaking the sky. At this moment, Ji Yuan also pointed his sword. A white light shone from his fingertips as bright as the sun. With a "puff" sound, it pierced through the evil demon and even crushed half of his shoulder. However, the latter also stretched out his right hand, as if boneless, and wrapped around Ji Yuan's body and hit his top.
Ji Yuan turned his head and opened his mouth, and a cluster of Samadhi True Fire spurted out, burning on the blood like boiling oil poured on water.
“Sizzle…”
"Ha, this is the Samadhi True Fire, it really burns painfully!"
Although the evil demon said this, he did not retreat at all. The two of them were almost close to each other, and they attacked quickly in a very small space. Whether it was casting spells or controlling weapons, they were all dangerous.
"Not only can it burn you, it can also scorch you!"
Ji Yuan's voice was indifferent, and the next moment there seemed to be a layer of phantoms of heaven, earth, and mountains and rivers around him, which then became clearer and clearer, and a huge alchemy furnace emerged among the mountains and rivers.
"Bang~"
The lid of the alchemy furnace flew up, and a blazing sea of fire poured down.
But the evil demon turned into a sticky blood mist at this moment, and it was still entangled around Ji Yuan, fighting with him around Ji Yuan, and even attacking him from time to time, completely ignoring the sea of fire.
At the moment when the sea of fire was approaching, the Samadhi True Fire bypassed Ji Yuan, and a stone in the rapids separated the flowing water.
“Hahaha, the Samadhi True Fire is so overbearing, how could there be anything that could have no effect on it? Even if it’s you, Ji Yuan, it’s the same. Even if the distance is only a hair’s breadth away, it will avoid you! Ji Yuan, you thought I was trying to run away, but actually I can’t wait to get close to you.”
"Very good, then don't leave!"
Ji Yuan did not feel any psychological gap. Although the opponent was powerful, he was not scary enough to scare him.