Upstairs in Qingfeng, Nie Yuanshan finished talking with the young people, and then glanced over the railing at the square below the mountain. At this moment, the plaza has long lost its original traces, replaced by a large lake. The thrilling wave just now passed, and the water that submerged Lingshan all gathered in the lake. The giant waves that destroyed the sky and the earth faded away from the ferocious appearance, and the calm lake water reflected the starlight, revealing an air of tranquility and serenity.
In the distance, a group of monks and laborers were working. The lake is overflowing, and these people are busy digging a pool near the lake to drain the lake.
Zhu Li and a few youths from the same village rolled up their trousers and stepped in the knee-deep mud. They were shoveling dirt in full swing when a young monk suddenly called out, "Brother Zhu, the tiger is here!"
Zhu Li was very popular among this group of people, and he did not hide his origins. A group of villagers from Fufeng Town, Ningzhou, were sent to Lingshan for no reason, and were almost washed away by the flood. They also experienced a modified teleportation formation and were lucky enough to be sent out. These experiences immediately aroused the curiosity of the surrounding laborers and even monks. . And he always treats people modestly and politely, and leads several young and middle-aged people to work very hard, never slacking off. What is even more valuable is that, as a mortal without mana, he is neither humble nor arrogant in the face of cultivators, which makes many people admire him.
Huzi was entrusted to his neighbors by him. The child clings to the father, and there are always several hours of the day wandering around the construction site. The monks and laborers at the scene liked him very much, and often brought some sweets and snacks to tease him.
Hu Zi probably had dinner at this time, and came to the construction site to watch his father work.
Zhu Li raised his head to wipe his sweat, smiled at Huzi, and asked, "Why are you here again? There is water in the lake now, be careful not to fall into it!"
Hu Zi snorted, and the childish little face made a disdainful expression. Everyone around laughed. A neighbor took the shovel in Zhu Li's hand, pushed him and said: "Today, the spirit mountain barrier is open, let alone children, even adults are a little scared when they see it, go and hug him. We are here. Well, it's not bad for you!" The people around nodded one after another.
Zhu Li smiled and bowed to the crowd, climbed to the ground, washed his hands in the lake next to him, then picked up Hu Zi and asked him lovingly, "Can we go back to our place?"
Huzi shook his head and pointed to Dahu.
"Want to see the water?" Zhu Li asked.
Tiger nodded.
"Go, go, take the child to see the water, be careful!" The people around agreed.
Zhu Li hugged Hu Zi and waved at the people, and the two men, one big and one small, walked slowly towards the distance of the lake.
"Oh, what a good boy, beautiful and obedient." A laborer sighed, "It's a pity that I always don't speak, and I don't know how I will grow up."
The youth from Zhu Litong village glanced at him, lowered his head and smiled, sighed with everyone, and then started to work again.
Zhu Li hugged Huzi and walked slowly along the lakeshore. There are still a few days until the fifteenth, the moon is only half-circle, and it is now covered by a cloud, making it dark and unclear.
The trees by the road suddenly trembled. Zhu Li stopped and said alertly: "Who!"
The bushes rustled, revealing the figure of a man. When the man saw Zhu Li, he immediately knelt down on one knee, presented a long axe in both hands, and said in a low voice, "Grey Wolf has seen the Prime Minister." After speaking, he raised his head. The moonlight came out from behind the cloud, and the clear light shone down on the man's face. It was the wolf demon in the illusion.
Zhu Li put down Huzi and blocked him behind him. He reached out and took the long axe. With a slight shake, he put away the long axe that could split the illusion. He said lightly: "Get up, there are many people here, so there is no need to salute."
The wolf demon stood up according to the words and stood respectfully in front of Zhu Li.
The moonlight sprinkled down, and Zhu Li's profile was shrouded in a hazy white light. I didn't see how he moved, and the whole person suddenly changed. There was a look of majesty on the face of the former gentleman, which was the majesty of those who have been in high positions for a long time.
"When did you come out? Is there anything unusual?" Zhu Li asked in a deep voice.
"Prime Minister, Linghu and I have always been with the Shadowless Valley Master. We went out of the illusion this afternoon, taking advantage of the barrier outside the Lingshan disappear, and came out from the back mountain when the flood attacked. After the Shadowless Valley Master came out of the mountain, he went straight away. , Linghu is resting at the foot of the mountain, as for being in Lingshan..."
"Huh? What happened to you in Lingshan?" Zhu Li looked at him like a blade.
"We saw two young people in Lingshan. They broke the water control array on the top of the mountain. Fortunately, all the arrangements were completed at that time, and our business was not damaged."
"Two young people? Zhu Li glanced at Hu Zi," and then what? "
"We're fine, but the Shadowless Valley Master behaved very strangely. His subordinates don't know what his relationship with those two people is, but when he saw the two of them, he went crazy and took the broken mirror axe to open several illusion formations. Looking for, and fighting with the two in the illusion, almost delaying the last chance to come out."
"Oh? That's kind of interesting. Who could let the ruthless Wuying get so emotionally out of control?"
Under Zhu Li's playful gaze, the wolf demon described the scene in Lingshan at that time.
"Okay, I see. Now, what we have to do for the Celestial Monster Race has been done, and we just wait for them to keep their promises, and when things are done in the future, we will go and get what we deserve. "Stop, he said. Slow down a bit. "You and Linghu have worked hard this time. Let's find a place to rest for a while and wait for His Highness to call."
The wolf demon was overjoyed when he heard the words, gave a respectful salute, and left happily.
Zhu Li watched the wolf demon go away, turned around to face Hu Zi, and in an instant he turned into that kind father again, but this time, with a respectful look on his face, he held the magical long axe in both hands. to the tiger.
Little Huzi straightened his body, closed his eyes, and put his forehead on the blade of the axe. Under the pale moonlight, a four- or five-year-old child pressed his childish little face tightly to the shiny axe. The tender cheeks and the cold axe blade formed a strange picture.
A streak of scarlet rose from the long axe and slipped into Huzi's frowning brows. Hu Zi's body trembled, as if he was enduring infinite pain. Zhu Li stood beside him, watching worriedly, but did not move or make a sound.
After a long time, the red light finally dissipated, the tiger's hand loosened, the long axe fell to the ground, and the small body also fell down. Zhu Li took a step forward and supported him with both hands.
"Prime Minister." The child who had not spoken for a long time finally made a voice.
"Your Highness the Demon King, how do you feel?" Zhu Li's eyes were full of worry.
The little demon king was covered in cold sweat. He raised his hand and wiped his forehead, sighing, "It's okay, it's just that the demon force is taken out and inhaled. I can still bear this little pain."
With a mixture of pain and suppressed anger on Zhu Li's face, he carefully hugged the thin child's body in his arms and let him rest his head on his shoulder.
"Prime Minister," the little demon king sighed in Zhu Li's ear with a weak voice, "You said we were right or wrong this time?"
"Is Your Highness worried about those human races?"
"You know, although I am the master of the demon, I don't like killing."
"His Royal Highness, the people of the Celestial Demon tribe are not born to like to kill. Thousands of years ago, the cultivation of the immortals of the human race flourished. In order to seize the spiritual treasure of the Celestial Demon Clan, they took the initiative to provoke a war and slaughter my Celestial Demon people. In desperation, the old demon Wang took the remaining demon clan to go to the Demon Realm. But how can the Demon Realm be a paradise? For nearly a thousand years, the demon people have been wandering in the Demon Realm, killing for the land and the safety of future generations. Settle down, who doesn't want to live a good life? And the source of all this is the greed of the human race. Now, we have the opportunity to return to the Central Plains, what is the point of killing a few people? It's just that the subordinates are not capable, and you need to take action yourself. It's still in such a way that it hurts the body."
"Hmph," the little demon king let out a sneer, "I only have this value to use. The power of the demon royal family can break through all barriers. It's just that I am still young and have insufficient demon power, so I need to take out the demon power attachment. On the broken mirror axe. If my father is still there, just use the demon power to stimulate the axe to complete it." Speaking of his father, the little demon king's voice gradually became lower.
Zhu Li listened to the child's calm breathing, but felt wetness on his neck.
"You've done a good job." Zhu Li patted the child's back and walked back slowly, "Now I just hope they can keep their promises and let the demon clan return to their homeland when things are done."
"Speaking of them," the little demon king wiped his face, "The Shadowless Valley Lord's behavior is very strange! He is notorious for his unscrupulous efforts to achieve his goals. I really don't know what kind of entanglement can make him temporarily let go. Goals act recklessly."
"Those two, it's not your highness..."
"Oh, did you see that?" The little demon king straightened his back a little, his two big eyes bright and unusually bright in the moonlight. "When I was in the mountains, I discovered that these two people were different from other immortal cultivators. I could vaguely feel that Gu Wanbo, his power was very complex, similar to the Demon Race and even the Shadowless Valley Master. And that Mu Xianjun has a deep bond with him. I don't know how they met before, but when I meet them, I feel that it is the will of heaven."
Zhu Li looked at Hu Zi's lovely face. The demon clan has a long lifespan, and this little demon king is actually a hundred years old. Although it is for the task of turning into a child, even if he returns to his true form, he is only a teenager. It's just that this young man's thin back bears the future of the entire Heavenly Demon Race.
When he came back to his senses, Zhu Li smiled and said, "That's why you gave Namu Xianjun Chanyin and left them in the mountains?"
"Yes, it was indeed me who recruited the black ape at that time and forced the two people to stay, just in the hope that they could go up the mountain and find something. You can also see that the water of the glacial river has stopped, and they were cast from the Lingshan Sword Pond again. If the teleportation came back, it means that they have broken the formation and passed the Lingshan Illusion. This is really an unexpected surprise!"
"His Royal Highness," Zhu Li frowned, "We have kept these things secret, why do you want them to discover all this?"
"Hehe," the little demon king let out a low laugh, "this time we broke the spirit mountain barrier from Beiyuan and brought in the water of the glaciers, just to facilitate them to sneak into the Central Plains. Now that their goal has been achieved, we will complete it. "The little demon king's eyes flashed in a flash," but if they fully followed their plan, the human race would be slaughtered. For the celestial demon race, the demon domain and the human race, whoever sits on top is both for us. Threats, it's better to muddy the water..."
"This subordinate understands." Zhu Li patted the little demon king on the back, and said softly, "During nearly a thousand years of fighting, the talents of the demon clan have gradually withered away, so they have to survive in the cracks. I really envy the human race. In the past thousand years, talents have been produced in large numbers and prospered day by day.”
The little demon king was silent for a long time, and suddenly he wrapped his arms around Zhu Li's neck and laughed. "Speaking of talents, I really like that Young Master Qin, who was able to build a large teleportation formation with such a simple talisman and spirit tool, and bring us out of the mountains without any risk."
Zhu Li smiled and said nothing.
The little demon king looked at him and laughed again: "Stop pretending, I know, if it wasn't for your help during the teleportation, we still don't know where we would be sent!"
Zhu Li shook his head with a wry smile, and hugged the child in his arms to make him feel more comfortable.
Hu Zi was lying on Zhu Li's shoulder and slowly passed the construction site by the lake. There, the youth of the Heavenly Demon Race was working with the human race cultivators. Several people raised their hands to greet them.
"Prime Minister," the little demon king's tone became colder, "let the clansmen we brought here keep an eye on both sides, the Tianyao clan can't stand any mistakes. And I feel that that day will come soon."
"I understand, you can rest assured."
Zhu Li waved to the people at the construction site and walked away slowly with the child in his arms.