Ji Wu was holding a medium-sized box, walking in the Qingming Pagoda, walking up the stone steps that circled the tower.
Ji Wu had also been inside the Qingming Pagoda before, but at that time the Qingming Pagoda was still under the auspices of the Xianmen. The body of the Qingming Pagoda is inlaid with countless spirit stones in the dark, and the light of the spirit stones is so bright that it looks like the sky is pouring down from the sky. Now the Qingming Pagoda in Katsuragi is completely changed with golden rays of light floating in the rocks of the body of the Qingming Pagoda.
In the space of the original pillar in the middle of the Qingming Pagoda, the light of the stars that had been hovering had turned into a heavy golden color.
Whether the black Qingming Pagoda is better or the golden Qingming Pagoda is better, Ji Wu is actually not quite sure.
Unlike when the Kyushu Bank was in charge, the current Qingming Pagoda is extremely quiet, and no one has entered it for the first time. Ordinary people can't walk freely in it. The golden light swimming in the rocks of the tower and the heavy gold hovering in the tower all carry a kind of oppressive force and danger that makes people breathless. Walking in today's green In the Ming Tower, Ji Wu felt as if he was trekking on the bottom of a deep sea.
Because of the owner's permission, he was able to go up the steps step by step, but the terrifying pressure still made Ji Wu's back covered with a fine layer of cold sweat.
Stepping onto the last step of the last floor of Qingming Pagoda, Ji Wu secretly let out a sigh of relief.
Sitting on the top floor of the Qingming Pagoda, there is only one person guarding the Qingming Pagoda in Gecheng.
The man in the gray robe sat on the top floor of the Qingming Pagoda with his eyes closed. There was nothing around him, and the wind from the top of the tower was blowing in, making his robe squeak violently. Compared with the ubiquitous oppressive force in the entire Qingming Pagoda, the man in the gray robe did not have a trace of coercion. Just like his gray robe, his whole body was dark and dusty. The only color is in front of him.
In front of the gray-robed man was a long and narrow curved knife. The knife had no sheath, and the blade was a bright red color completely different from its owner.
Such dazzling crimson is the only dazzling brilliance on the top floor of the Qingming Pagoda.
Vagrant and dangerous.
When the footsteps stopped, the gray-robed man slowly opened his eyes.
The gray robed man didn't wear a mask on his face, he was not Jin Tang's secret guard. It's hard to explain what kind of man this is, he is as dark and unobtrusive as the gray robe on his body. His facial features are not handsome, and his face is thin, but the moment he opened his eyes, he gave people an inexplicable feeling, like a knife shaking off the dust covered on the knife.
So the cold light jumped in the dusty sky.
Ji Wu lowered his head to avoid the cold and sharp moment when the gray-robed man opened his eyes.
"What's up?"
The gray-robed man spoke with a strange voice, as if speaking for the first time after he hadn't spoken for a long time, showing an abnormal hoarseness.
Ji Wu put the small copper box on the ground in front of the gray-robed man, not far from the crimson knife: "The people from Kyushu Bank are hiding in Katsuragi, and one of them must die here."
The man in the gray robe didn't move, he looked down at the copper box next to the knife: "What do you need me for?"
"Use the Qingming Tower to seal the entire Katsuragi."
Ji Wu said calmly.
"use this?"
The gray-robed man reached out and picked up the copper box, but did not open it, as if he knew what was inside the copper box.
Ji Wu nodded.
"Do you know what this means? Completely seeking skins from tigers, people in Jin Tang are as desperate as you?" the gray-robed man whispered.
"This is not only what we mean, but also what you mean." Ji Wu said flatly, and he took out a letter from his bosom. There was a dark fire seal on the envelope—that was the seal of the Qi and Qin imperial family. This is a letter from Qi Qin Emperor Bai Manqing.
The man in the gray robe took the letter without opening it: "I see."
After Ji Wu left, the man in gray robe opened the secret letter and browsed it expressionlessly.
Zhenqi turned the secret letter he had seen into ashes, the gray-robed man stood up holding the crimson knife, and the long wind from the top of the Qingming Pagoda roared from all directions. Standing on the ninety-nine-story Qingming Pagoda that reaches into the clouds, you can have a panoramic view of Gecheng. From this high altitude, you can clearly see that the whole city is actually shrouded in a faint golden light, and those auras are strange. The soldiers are actually displayed at the nodes of the city's gossip and four earthquakes according to certain rules, and the strange atmosphere rotates and gathers around the Qingming Tower.
The power of the dynasty is actually too weak in front of the immortal sect that has survived from the Ten Thousand Immortals Era and accumulated over a long period of time.
Relying on the power of mortals to overthrow the fairy gate like the sky is like a tree of regret.
Therefore, in this war, the dynasty is leveraging its strength.
With the help of other ancient powers to contend with Xianmen, the "demon" of the eighteenth Gu Clan and... the power of the ancient emperor.
Seeking skin from a tiger.
Not only the people of Xianmen know that the Qingming Pagoda is connected to the place where the ancient emperor's bones are buried, but also the "devils" of the eighteenth Gu Clan know this. The ancient emperors of the chaotic era ended the rule of wild beasts in the barbaric era. Those ancient emperors were the ones who had the power to command the heaven and the earth. The power of the ancient emperors is too strong, even if they fall, their dying will and strength are already terrifying enough to easily stir up a space.
In the Ten Thousand Immortals Era, in order to solve the impact of the will and power of the dying ancient emperor on the space after the fall of the ancient emperor, the eighteen Gu clan started to build Qingming towers one after another, with the help of the power of the heavens, the earth and the stars Suppressing the ancient emperor's burial place and dying place.
Gu Clan eighteen has been guarding these secrets.
But those who knew this were not only Gu Clan Shiba who guarded the tomb of the ancient emperor, but also the part of Gu Clan Shiba who had been suppressed. After being released from the seal by the dynasty, these things were also known to the dynasty.
If the strength of mortals is doomed to be only ants, then the dynasty does not mind seeking skins from tigers.
The Eighteen Fallen Demons of the Gu Clan who had the longest dealings with the ancient emperor joined the dynasty and helped the dynasty use the power of the ancient emperor to transform the army and reshape the city, thus creating an army capable of fighting against the immortal gate. In fact, on the land of today's Qi and Qin Dynasty, there is a steady stream of ancient emperor's power drawn out through the Qingming Pagoda, transforming the aura of the city bit by bit, changing the people stationed at the nodes of the city. army.
But this is different from the order Ji Wu brought today.
The gray-robed man waved his hand, and the copper box on the ground flew up and fell into his hand.
The copper box doesn't look big, but it's actually very heavy. The man in gray robe is holding the copper box with his head down.
He opened the copper box, and in it was a bronze talisman.
The bronze talisman looks somewhat similar to the ones handed over to the cultivators who joined the dynasty during the Qi and Qin dynasties—in other words, the bronze talismans handed over to the recruited cultivators are a simplified version of the one in the hands of the man in gray robe. As soon as the copper box was opened, the bronze talisman was exposed in the air, and the fierce wind above the high altitude stopped at once, as if the whole space suddenly fell into an extremely heavy stagnation.
Indistinctly, the space around the Qingming Pagoda seemed to reveal a little bit of distortion.
"Seeking skin with a tiger, I don't know whether it is right or wrong."
The gray-robed man gave a short laugh. He cut his hand with a long knife, and the blood dripped on the bronze talisman.
Things have come to this point, in fact, it doesn't matter right or wrong, no matter whether it is Xianmen or Dynasty, there is no way out, and all kinds of people have joined this turmoil for their own purposes.
When the bronze talisman lighted up bit by bit, the gray-robed man raised his head and looked in the direction of the southern capital of the Qi-Qin Dynasty, as if he saw the frail young emperor.
That young man who once came to visit him on a rainy night, who would have thought that such a melancholy and weak prince would do such a shocking thing now
Once the bronze talisman is activated, the power of the ancient emperor will be more closely connected with the space of the Twelve Dynasties today. This is something that Gu Clan Eighteen has tried his best to stop, but just like the wild beasts at the time could not stop Kong Jia's army, the now withered Gu Clan Eighteen cannot stop the "door" hidden in Qingming Pagoda. " was opened.
The Qingming Pagoda is actually a gate that connects the land of the Twelve Dynasties with the tombs and dying spaces of the ancient emperors.
All along, this "door" has been tightly closed. Once it is opened in the wrong way, it will cause a terrible disaster. This is the case for Jingling Tower, and the same is true for Bingzhou Qingming Tower. A key is needed to open the door, and this key is the bronze talisman currently held by the man in the gray robe.
For a long time, the people from Xianmen and the people from Jin Tang Qi, Qin Nan and Chen secretly searched for these bronze talisman cards. In the end, the Dynasty had the upper hand, and most of the bronze talisman cards fell into the hands of the Dynasty.
In this respect, it is the state that has the upper hand.
Activate the bronze talisman, completely control the entire Qingming Tower, and open this taboo "door". At that time, they were indeed able to complete the control of the entire Gecheng, and the remaining people in the Kyushu Bank did not have any possibility of escaping. . But in this way, the power of the ancient emperor will completely invade Katsuragi.
Would it really be a good choice to let the power of the ancient emperor be so closely connected with the space of the Twelve Dynasties
The man in the gray robe didn't know.
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"It doesn't matter whether it's the Xianmen, the eighteenth Gu family, or the ancient emperor." In the misty rainy night, the young man whose father and brothers died was wearing a black cloak. His face was pale and his figure was thin, but his voice was louder than he had ever seen Any sword would be three points colder, "Actually, it's almost the same."
When he pointed out that the fallen demons of the eighteenth Gu family should not be trusted, and that the power of the ancient emperor is even more dangerous, that young man, who had been immersed in literature and ink before, smiled slightly.
"Why are they so superior? When immortal cultivators fight, ordinary people who are implicated by the aftermath have nowhere to redress their grievances. In front of immortal cultivators, ordinary people are just ants. People who have mastered extraordinary power, to ordinary people, It’s a fairy, it’s a god, would a god feel guilty because of the death of an ant? No.”
The young man's voice was very soft, with a touch of coolness on a rainy night, as the rain poured down from the sky, washing away the entire troubled mortal world.
The young man standing under the eaves looked at the rain that seemed to be falling until the end of the world in the dark night. His eyes were full of profound darkness that people could not understand, but he could clearly feel that in those deep eyes, there was slowly beating cold water. flames.
"Immortal Sect, Gu Clan Eighteen, Fallen Demon, Ancient Emperor... Actually there is nothing wrong with them."
The young, frail young man who was about to become the emperor of Qi and Qin stretched out his hand to catch the rain that fell from the sky.
"As long as there is still a day in this world where there are these tyrannical forces that no one can resist, there will never be peace and stability in this world."
"If you want peace in the world, you need a stable order."
The young man turned around and looked at him calmly.
"I want to... establish an order that cannot be broken."
At that moment, he saw the frantic flame beating in the depths of the frail young man's eyes.
So he understood, it's not that Bai Manqing is ignorant of the danger of relying on the power of the ancient emperor, it's just that Bai Manqing... that young man who has been neglected by the world has a crazier and more unimaginable plan in his heart.
In the rainy night, he knelt down towards Bai Manqing, took off the knife from his waist, and gave it to the frail young man.
From that moment on, he no longer had the ancient surname that was one of the eighteenth, and became an anonymous surname under the Qi Qin Emperor Bai Manqing.
From the moment he knelt down to Bai Manqing, the gray-robed man knew that in the future, he was destined to have a day when he would draw his sword and turn against the eighteenth Gu family, but when this day really came, he still felt that there was something wrong with him. Kind of sad.
In the end, fate is impermanent.
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"The reaction was faster than guessed."
Holding the knife at his waist, Elder Qin raised his head and looked solemnly at the golden ripples slowly rippling in the night sky.
Bai Li stood behind Elder Qin.
The group of Jiuxuanmen couldn't all enter Gecheng. In the end, Bai Li pretended to be the young master who came from the Southern Chen Dynasty and planned to participate in the poetry meeting, and Elder Qin pretended to be an old servant. connect.
I have to say that Elder Chen is too cunning. In order to find them, Bai Li and Elder Qin had to resort to the most time-consuming method. Based on his own knowledge of Katsuragi, Baili delineated the possible places where Kyushu Bank could settle and hide under the situation of martial law throughout the city. Then Elder Qin would test them out one by one.
Elder Qin and Elder Jiang have been rivals for many years, and they are very familiar with each other's sword spirit.
Elder Qin's cultivation base is so high that he can release an extremely subtle saber energy, which will not cause other immortal cultivators to notice.
In the end, Bai Li and Elder Qin finally got in touch with the people from the Kyushu Bank in this inn where the business was not doing well.
Elder Chen squatted in front of the window without any image, staring blankly at the change in the sky, and for a long time, a curse came out of his mouth.
Although Elder Chen's cultivation base is not very good, he is an elder anyway, and he still has the ability to perceive. It is still possible to feel that the golden ripples appearing on the top of the Qingming Tower are completely sealing off the entire Gecheng little by little. The pressure as heavy as water, as time goes by, will soon be able to deal with them who do not have bronze symbols. The cultivator of the card creates a fatal restriction.
"Time is running out."
Elder Jiang also looked at the sky.
"We must rush out of Katsuragi tonight."
Elder Qin said coldly, although he came to save the Jiuzhou Bank, he and Elder Jiang still disliked each other.
Elder Jiang snorted coldly, but did not refute.
With a bitter face, Elder Chen left the room to summon other Kyushu Bank disciples. This time the situation became obvious. If the changes in the Qingming Pagoda were completely completed, those immortal cultivators staying in Katsuragi who did not have the bronze medals issued by the dynasty would be completely suppressed and made useless.
Sometimes it's like catching a turtle in the urn, and it's easy to catch.
Elder Chen has always been timid and tactful. He insists on running as long as he can.
But in the current situation, it is obvious that they can only rush out.
At nightfall, the watchman knocked on the streets of Katsuragi.
The changes in the sky did not have much impact on these ordinary people - since the Qi and Qin Dynasty destroyed the Kyushu bank, everyone has become accustomed to some strange changes in the city from time to time.
The old watchman coughed and turned a small alley in the night wind. When the old watchman turned the corner, several black shadows passed behind him silently.
The old watchman didn't notice anything.
At the same time, at the inspection office, Ji Wu stood solemnly in the courtyard, and several hidden guards wearing masks stood behind him—the masks on the faces of these dark guards were not white stripes, but gray.
These hidden guards belonged to "Hui Ling", and they were responsible for killing people among the dark guards.
Ji Wu's hand was on the hilt of the sword at his waist, and he was in a state of preparation for battle.
The changes in the Qingming Tower were also noticed by those people hidden in Gecheng. If they were not willing to let go, the opponent would definitely break through the defenses in Gecheng and rush out of the encirclement before the Qingming Tower's power was fully released.
Before dawn, the Qingming Pagoda will be completely completed.
So the other party only has time for this night, and so do they.
Ji Wu stroked the patterns on the hilt of his sword, his face sinking like water.
Long before the Qingming Pagoda started, he had made other preparations, and he was waiting to do it tonight. The Lingxiao bird was hovering over Gecheng, monitoring every corner of the city, and the immortal cultivators who joined the dynasty were holding bronze medals A large number of people are scattered in every corner of the city to patrol.
The dark guards of "White Crow" hide in the central corner of the city, monitoring the changes in the entire area.
The remodeled army has been silently displayed on the city wall, heavily guarded, and the rest are the people led by Ji Wu.
Ji Wu waited for the time to make a move.
The night wind was getting cooler and cooler, and clouds gathered in the sky.
It might be raining.
As Ji Wu thought about it, he raised his head and looked at the sky, when a drop of cold water fell on his cheek.
A white flame rose in the night sky.
Ji Wu's eyes sharpened suddenly: "Let's go!"
he snapped.
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