151 “Blessing from Heavenly Official” Chapter 150

☆, 150 left and right, choosing the east or west road 2

More than two thousand!

Hearing this, everyone looked slightly condensed.Xie Lian glanced at Huacheng and said: “It seems that choosing the west is indeed the right choice.”

The skull’s teeth chattered and said: “Oh! Whichever side you choose is wrong, there is no way out!”

Indeed, for ordinary brats like them, no matter which side they choose, it will be a disaster.No matter east or west, they can be crushed easily; no matter which way they go, they will end up being turned into ashes and used as nourishment.After howling a few times, the will-o’-the-wisps in the skull’s eyes gradually extinguished.

Xie Lian gently placed it on the side of the road and said, “Sanlang, do you know what is on the east side?”

Huacheng Road: “It’s not certain yet, but it is coming here. At the moment, it is not recommended to have a head-on confrontation. The one to the west is slightly easier to deal with.”

Xie Lian nodded and said: “Okay. Then let’s continue heading west.”

The group of people walked through the corpses on the ground and hurried forward.After walking all night, I didn’t meet the man in black that the skull mentioned, nor did I see any trace of the Rain Master. Xie Lian couldn’t help but worry.

As they walked along, there were more and more houses and buildings on both sides of the road, and they were already clustered together. It was even possible to identify that these were the houses of poor people, this was a theater for leisure and entertainment, this was a shop for buying and selling groceries, this was the courtyard of wealthy people… The road they were walking on was also a man-made road, and the pattern of tiles on the floor could be vaguely seen. It looked like a wealthy town, but it was empty and extremely desolate.

I saw an ancient well on the roadside. When I drew water, I saw that the water was quite clear, so everyone rested here for a while.Xie Lian and Pei Su drank some water and washed their faces. When they looked up, they saw Ban Yue walking over.

Ban Yue has been holding the black pottery jar, waiting for a long time, and said: “General Hua, brother Pei Su, let’s have something to eat.”

Pei Su said: “Okay. Thank you for your hard work.”

Xie Lian also said: “Everyone has worked hard, come and give it a try.”

So, everyone gathered around.However, the moment Ban Yue opened the jar, many people’s expressions froze.

Although “smell” is colorless and invisible, when Ban Yue opened the lid of the jar, it seemed that there was some mysterious substance that distorted the air at the mouth of the jar.

Everyone stared at the scene in the jar for a long time. The boundless darkness was reflected in everyone’s pupils, as if it could pull people into the abyss. No words could express the emotions contained in those eyes.After a while, Xie Lian patted Ban Yue’s shoulder and gave a thumbs up: “Not bad. It’s the first time, it’s okay.”

Pei Ming looked at them in disbelief and said: “This is her first time, and so is yours, Your Highness? If I remember correctly, you asked her to do everything according to your instructions, and you did more than she did. I just said why I always feel that something is wrong with what you are doing. It turns out it is not my illusion.”

Huacheng said: “Really? Since my brother did it, I really want to give it a try.”

Hearing this, Pei Ming and Pei Su both looked up at him, their eyes a mixture of awe, horror, admiration and other emotions.Huacheng said: “Brother, what is this called?”

Xie Lian coughed lightly and said: “…’Better than a Phoenix’.”

Huacheng said sincerely: “What a good name.”

After saying that, he put his hand into the bottomless jar.The look in the eyes of Pei Ming and Pei Su seemed as if they were worried that he would be swallowed by the jar soon.Huacheng calmly took out a small piece of something like a burnt corpse and put it into his mouth calmly.

Pei Ming said: “How.”

Huacheng said: “It tastes just like its name.”

Pei Ming said to Pei Su, who had a complicated look on his face: “It’s for you. It’s up to you.”

Pei Su: “…”

He took the jar from Ban Yue’s hand and put one hand in expressionlessly.

Xie Lian wiped his face with cold water again, straightened his hair, turned around, and no longer looked at them. While looking around, he asked: “Why are there so many traces of human habitation in this isolated place? Can people still live in Tonglu Mountain?”

He asked this question yesterday, but no one could answer him at that time.Now there is.Huacheng Road: “Yes, but it was a long time ago. Tonglu Mountain is seven cities wide and covers a huge area. It was once an ancient country. These houses are all the town ruins of that ancient country. The closer you get to the ‘Tonglu’ in the center, the more and more ruins will become more and more prosperous.”

Xie Lian had no doubts and said: “That’s it.”

At this time, Pei Ming’s voice came from behind: “Little Pei, what are you doing? The man has gold under his knees, stand up!”

Xie Lian did not look back and said: “What is the name of this ancient country? Does Sanlang know it?”

Huacheng did not look back, and said with his hands behind his back: “Wu Yongguo.”

Pei Ming scolded: “Your Highness the Crown Prince? Your Highness the Crown Prince, do you have an antidote or something? You can’t just kill him or bury him. And you, how do you cook for him? What’s wrong with you snake, it can still move after being cooked for so long? Has it become a spirit?!”

Ban Yue seemed to be kowtowing and apologizing, saying: “I’m sorry… I’m sorry… I’m sorry, it is indeed a sperm. I don’t know how long it takes to cook it… I’m sorry…”

Xie Lian held his chin in his hand and thought for a while, then said: “I am ignorant and I seem to have never heard of the name of this country. How old is it?”

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he was unsure again.Wuyong, Wuyong.At first glance, it does sound strange.But thinking about it carefully, it seems that I heard it from someone a long time ago.

Huacheng said: “I’m not sure exactly, but it must be older than Xianle Kingdom. It’s at least two thousand years old.”

Xie Lian looked around and said, “But looking at these buildings, it doesn’t look like they have lasted for thousands of years.”

Huacheng said: “That’s natural, because most of the time, Tonglu Mountain is completely closed to the public. It’s like being sealed into a huge mausoleum, isolated from the outside world, and naturally well preserved.”

Xie Lian lowered his head and fell into deep thought.Over there, Pei Ming finally left Pei Su behind and came over, saying: “Your Majesty the Ghost King is indeed omniscient. However, your information is too mysterious. Can you ask where the source is? Pei has never heard of it being circulated outside.”

Huacheng didn’t look at him and said: “I dare to ask General Pei, what kind of person can collect this kind of information in Tonglu Mountain?”

Pei Ming said: “Theoretically speaking, it can be anything as long as it is a ghost. But given that the rules of Tonglu Mountain will make all ghosts fight, and to collect so much weighty information, you have to stay there for a long time, so it must be very strong.”

Huachengdao: “After collecting this information, what kind of people can come out of Tonglu Mountain?”

Pei Ming said: “Then there must be only a desperate ghost king like you.”

Huachengdao: “So, I collected this information myself. As long as I don’t tell it, naturally nothing will be spread outside.”

He finally turned around and said with slight teasing: “Keeping secrets may be more difficult for the priests who go to heaven than surviving the tribulation; but for me, it is not.”

“…”

This is true.If there is information of a similar level that is known to any of the priests in the Yuan Shang Heavenly Court, within an hour you will hear everyone discussing it excitedly in every psychic formation.Huacheng was able to hold back such important information for so many years without selling it to others or showing it off. He was really calm.Pei Ming said: “I understand. It seems that the Lord of Huacheng not only knows everything about His Majesty the Crown Prince, but he also knows and talks about everything.”

Xie Lian suddenly said: “That’s wrong.”

Everyone turned their heads and said, “What’s wrong?”

Xie Lian had been thinking hard just now. At this time, he finally made a fist with his right hand, lightly smashed it in the palm of his left hand, and said: “I just said that I have never heard the name of ‘Wu Yong Country’, which is wrong. I have heard of this name!”

Huacheng looked slightly condensed and said: “Where has my brother heard of this?”

Xie Lian turned around and said: “When I was young, I practiced Taoism at Huangji Temple, the Royal Dojo of Xianle Kingdom. My mentor was the Master of Xianle Kingdom. When he first accepted me as his disciple, he told me a story.”

In fact, it is not a story. Rather, it is a tall and glorious legendary image that was instilled in Xie Lian. Once upon a time, there was an ancient country, and there was a prince. He was extremely talented, young and intelligent, and had both civil and military skills. He was an amazing figure that was unparalleled in the world.He loves his people, and his people love him.Long after his death, people did not forget him.

The national teacher said to Xie Lian in a sincere, kind and kind manner: “My child, I hope you can become that kind of person.”

Xie Lian, who was still young at the time, sat upright and said without thinking: “I don’t want to be that kind of person. I want to become a god.”

“…”

Xie Lian said: “If the Crown Prince you are talking about is really so unparalleled in the world, why didn’t he become a god?”

“…………”

Xie Lian continued: “If people really haven’t forgotten him, why have I never heard anyone mention this Crown Prince?”

“………………”

Xie Lian swore that when he asked these questions, he did not have any provocation or rebellious intentions. He was genuinely curious and asked for advice.But the expression on the Imperial Master’s face after hearing this was still very wonderful.

Why can Xie Lian memorize the Tao Te Ching backwards and forwards?Because, on that night, the imperial master asked him to copy the Tao Te Ching a hundred times, euphemistically calling it “cultivating one’s moral character and cultivating one’s nature”.Xie Lian was very suspicious that if it weren’t for the fact that he was the noble Crown Prince, the Imperial Preceptor would have asked him to kneel on the nail board and copy.

In short, from then on, every word of the Tao Te Ching was deeply imprinted in Xie Lian’s mind.By the way, I also left a little impression on this “His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Wuyong Kingdom”.

Xie Lian always loved reading, and had never seen any relevant records about “Wu Yong Country” in ancient books, so he felt that it was probably made up by the Imperial Master casually to educate him, or that the Imperial Master played too many mistakes in his memory.But he felt there was no need to expose it, and he didn’t want to copy the Tao Te Ching a hundred times, so he didn’t take it seriously and didn’t take it to heart.

Pei Ming said: “His Royal Highness, it sounds like your Imperial Master, Xian Le, has a lot of background and knows a lot? Can you ask what happened to him afterwards?”

After hesitating for a moment, he thanked Lian and said, “I don’t know. After the destruction of Xianle Kingdom, I have never seen what happened to many people.”

At this time, he suddenly felt a tightness in his ankle, his expression became serious, and he said: “What is it!”

Just as he was about to step down and crush his muscles and bones, he looked down, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, “Little General Pei, why did you come out in such a way? It was such a close call that I almost lost your hand.”

That hand belonged to Pei Su.He lay on the ground with his face buried in the soil, one hand grabbing Pei Ming and the other grabbing Xie Lian.The two squatted down and said, “What do you want to say?”

Ban Yue held the jar and said, “I don’t know. Brother Pei Su has been crawling around on the ground just now. He seems to have discovered something important.”

Pei Ming said: “Oh? Can you discover something this way? As expected of Xiao Pei. So what did you discover?”

Pei Su let go of the hand holding his and pointed to the side.Xie Lian followed his guidance and said: “This is…”

Everyone gathered around, studied for a while, and said, “Cow hoof prints?”

Pei Su finally raised his face from the soil and said hoarsely: “This is… the seal left by the protector’s seat and ride on the Great Rain Master.”

Ban Yue said: “Brother Pei Su, your sentence seems to be wrong.”

Pei Su said: “I have nothing to do. Mr. Rain Master, man, man…”

He was stuck with “people” and couldn’t move on.Xie Lian doubted: “This…could it be that he was poisoned by a scorpion-tailed snake?”

Ban Yue said: “The venom of scorpion-tailed snakes is not like this…”

Huacheng Road: “The Rain Master has already met the man in black in the west and had a fight with him.”