Ji Yuan and Song Lun finally let Shi Jiu go. For the latter, even though he still had lingering fears, he was still happier for surviving the calamity. Even though the layout of the Tomb Hill was destroyed by his master Song Lun at night, if you think about the situation tonight from another perspective, it means he has a backer.
The only thing that made Shi Jiu uneasy was Ji Yuan's finger. He knew the horror of that finger, but if it was just the horror shown before, it would be better. At least he died clearly because of the might of heaven. But the real horror was that he could not feel any effect in his body and soul. He didn't know if he did something wrong one day, and the ancient immortal Ji Yuan would take his life at a thought. Fortunately, Shi Jiu thought that the goal he wanted to achieve should not conflict with his master and Ji Yuan. At least he could only force himself to think so.
Shi Jiu bowed and kowtowed repeatedly before leaving. After he left, Ji Yuan and Song Lun still sat on the top of the peak deep in the Tomb Hill for a long time, until the sun rose on the distant horizon, and then Song Lun broke the silence.
"Mr. Ji, do you really believe that the evil creature can succeed? In fact, if I take him back and suppress him, and then slowly refine his soul, and then ask for some special spiritual objects and ask Master for help, he may have a chance to start a new life. It will be painful, but at least there is hope."
Ji Yuan couldn't help but frown when he heard this. Could this be considered "a little" painful? He felt frightened just by hearing this. To refine the Yuan Shen in detail, it must be an extremely long and extremely terrible torture. The pain in it might be even more exaggerated than some cruel punishments in the underworld.
"You, Master, are really thoughtful..."
Ji Yuan couldn't help but say this. Shi Jiu had already left. Song Lun no longer pretended to be selfless to Ji Yuan and said with a wry smile.
"After all, we were master and disciple. I loved this child so much and couldn't bear to see him go down such a dead end. After so many years of cultivation, he still has such a selfish heart. If I hadn't neglected to teach him, how could he have fallen to this point?"
"Immortals are also human beings. These are just human nature. And Brother Song, you don't have to blame yourself too much. As the saying goes, everyone has their own aspirations. As a cultivator, Shi Jiu just fell into depravity. It's not Brother Song's fault. By the way, what was Shi Jiu's original name?"
Ji Yuan suddenly realized that he didn't know Shi Jiu's original real name. It couldn't be that he had always been called Shi Jiu. Hearing Ji Yuan's question, Song Lun's eyes were full of memories and he sighed.
"His original name was Song Zixuan, and I gave him the name. Let's not talk about the past. My apprentice is dead, so I'll just call him Shi Jiu. Sir, how do you plan to deal with the matter in Tianbao Country?"
Some of the more senior members of the Apocalypse Alliance often do not act alone. Two or even more members will appear somewhere together and act for the same goal. Moreover, many people in charge of different goals do not have much right to know each other. Members include but are not limited to practitioners such as demons and monsters. They can make these practitioners who normally find it difficult to recognize each other or even coexist with each other act together in such a disciplined and unified manner. This alone makes Ji Yuan feel that the Apocalypse Alliance should not be underestimated.
It is certainly not a coincidence that Shi Jiu is in Tianbao Kingdom. Besides him, he has companions. However, zombies are evil creatures and are at the bottom of the contempt chain even among monsters and demons. Shi Jiu relies on his strength so that others will not look down on him too much, but they also don't like to get too close to him.
Considering that he was in such an extremely dangerous situation before, Shi Jiu of course sold out all his companions. His life was almost gone, so why would he care about others
So after knowing that in addition to Shi Jiu, there were several other members of the Apocalypse Alliance in Tianbao Kingdom, Song Lun asked this question at this moment.
Ji Yuan thought for a moment and said in a deep voice.
"I will take a look at this matter first. Fellow Daoist Song does not have to accompany me all the time. Go and deal with your own affairs. Since the Tianqi League is not short of capable people, if you stay here, you may come into contact with Shi Jiu, and perhaps someone will figure something out for you."
Song Lun nodded. The nine-tailed fox alone was already very frightening.
"And you, sir?"
Ji Yuan smiled.
"If it weren't for Ji's own intention, no one could have figured me out. At least that's how it is in today's world."
When saying this, Ji Yuan was still very confident. He was no longer the ignorant Wuxia A'mon of the past. He also understood more and more secrets and had a more appropriate definition of his own existence.
Song Lun also smiled, stood up and bowed deeply to Ji Yuan.
"If you have any instructions, please send them through. I will take my leave now!"
Ji Yuan was about to stand up to return the gift when Song Lun hurriedly spoke.
"Sir, please take a seat. I will take my leave now!"
As he spoke, Songlun slowly retreated, stepped out of the top of the mountain, floated backwards on the breeze, then turned around and flew away on the wind.
After Songlun left, Ji Yuan sat on the top of the mountain with one leg bent and his right hand resting on it, glancing at the two empty cushions with his peripheral vision. A thousand-bowl wine pot made of white jade flew out of his sleeve. He tilted his body so that the spout of the wine pot was facing his mouth, and with a slight tilt, the fragrant wine poured out.
"Gurgle... Gurgle... Gurgle..."
After swallowing a few mouthfuls, Ji Yuan stood up, drank as he walked, and walked down the mountain. In fact, Ji Yuan wanted to get drunk occasionally, but unfortunately he had never tried to get drunk when his physical fitness was still poor. Now, if he wanted to get drunk again, in addition to not being able to resist being drunk, he also had extremely strict requirements on the quality and quantity of the wine.
The actions of the several demons of the Apocalypse Alliance in Tianbao Kingdom are not few and seem very complicated. Many of them even go against the demons' straightforward style and are roundabout. However, they essentially only have one goal, which is to subvert the humanitarian order of Tianbao Kingdom.
To some extent, humans are the most numerous sentient beings in the world, and are known as the spirit of all things. Their innate spirituality and wisdom are envied by countless creatures. The decline of humanity will greatly weaken the way of God to some extent, and the resentment and evil spirits of humanity in chaos will also breed many bad things.
In fact, Ji Yuan knew that Tianbao State had been established for hundreds of years, and although it looked prosperous, it had already accumulated a lot of problems. Even in the calculations and observations made by Ji Yuan and Song Lun last night, they vaguely felt that if there was no saint to save the country, Tianbao State would soon be doomed. However, it was hard to say when. Although Zuyue State had been in such a bad state for a long time, the survival of the entire country was a very complicated issue, involving the political and social environment. It was possible for it to linger on or die suddenly and be overthrown.
But human affairs should be decided by human beings, and it is inevitable that some places will breed some monsters. Ji Yuan can tolerate this natural development, just like he does not object to a person being responsible for the wrong things he has done, but the Apocalypse Alliance is obviously not among them. Anyway, Ji Yuan considers himself to be active in Yunzhou, at least in the southern part of Yunzhou. Most of the territory of Tianbao Kingdom is also barely in the southern part of Yunzhou. Ji Yuan feels that it is very likely that he "happened" to run into the monsters of the Apocalypse Alliance. Even if only Shi Jiu escaped, it would not make the Apocalypse Alliance suspect Shi Jiu all of a sudden. He is a "victim" after all. At most, he can let another one go and let him team up with Shi Jiu.
But at least there was one thing that made Ji Yuan happy. The fox spirit who had an old grudge with Lao Niu was also in Tianbao Country. Ji Yuan’s purpose at the moment was very simple. First, he "happened" to run into some monsters, and then found out that this group of monsters were not simple, and then did what a righteous immortal cultivator should do; second, he could let everything else go, but the fox must die!
In the nearest big city, there is a place that Ji Yuan must visit. It is a wealthy family that has a close relationship with the fox.
While drinking and thinking, Ji Yuan kept walking at a fast pace. He walked out of the depths of the Tomb Hill, passed by the outer burial mountains full of tombs, and walked out along the same road he came from. At this moment, the sun had already risen, and people had come to pay their respects, and there was also a funeral procession carrying coffins.
In the brief confrontation last night, under Songlun's deliberate control, the tombs on the mountains suffered almost no damage, and there would be no situation where people coming to worship would find their ancestral tombs had been turned over.
“Walk, walk, walk… Wander, wander, wander… It’s a pity I’m not drunk… It’s a pity I’m not drunk…”
Ji Yuan hummed a clumsy song that was a mixture of some lyrics from his previous life and his own improvisations, and drank a few sips of wine from time to time. Although he could no longer remember the original tune, his voice was deep and peaceful, and he had the state of mind of an immortal, so the song he hummed had a special kind of free and easy flavor.
There were no convoys of dignitaries and nobles on the roadside today like there were yesterday. Even if they met pedestrians, most of them were busy with their own things. However, people could not help but look at Ji Yuan twice, but Ji Yuan did not care. He was completely immersed in the rare elegance of wine and singing.
The tomb hill in the back was getting farther and farther away. In a dilapidated rest pavilion on the roadside ahead, a man with black beard as thin as needles, who looked like Li Kui or Zhang Fei in the TV series in his previous life, was sitting inside. When he heard Ji Yuan's singing, he couldn't help but look sideways at the man in blue who was getting closer and closer.
Ji Yuan closed his eyes slightly, and even though he was not drunk, he walked swayingly with a bit of childishness. His sight swept across the rest pavilion not far away, and he found such a man interesting to see.
Coincidentally, when he reached the pavilion, Ji Yuan stopped and shook the white jade wine pot in his hand vigorously. There was no wine left in this thousand-bottle pot.
This thousand-bucket pot was Ying Feng's filial piety gift back then. It was filled with a large amount of fine wine. Ambergris was reluctant to drink too much of it. Ji Yuan had been drinking from this pot for many years, but he didn't expect to drink it all today.
"Haha, I'm still not drunk even after drinking a thousand bottles of wine. What a bummer, what a bummer..."
The man in the pavilion's eyes lit up.
"Sir, you are so generous! I have some excellent wine here. If you don't mind, just take it and drink it!"