Chapter 414
Late at night, the gods light up the lights of thousands of houses.

The cool breeze like water washes away the hustle and bustle of the day, and the fragrance of flowers in March is refreshing.

The moonlight is hazy, like silver sand weaving cloth. In the blue sky, the stars are dotted, echoing the lanterns in the city.

The sacred mountain has been lonely since ancient times.

Raise your head, and occasionally you can see streamers of light shooting from a distance, passing through the city and into the mountains.

The Daoist palace is on this mountain, and the foot of the mountain is only a few miles away from the gods.

In the palace, the head teacher Wu Chenzi wore a white Taoist robe.

From the palace on the mountain, he could see the entire city of God.

The gods are prostrate at his feet, in the huge city, quiet and deep.

This is the heart of the empire, and the bloody battles in the daytime have not slowed down its beating.

When the sun rises, it will still send its own blood to all directions.

Wu Chenzi looked down at Shendu City, lost in thought.

In this way, he stood for a long time until a streamer flew from the sky.

The streamer passed over the Shendu City without a sound, and appeared outside the Dao Palace. After being induced by the formation, it landed on the edge of Wuchenzi.

"Senior brother, I'm back."

The visitor was an old Taoist in a yellow Taoist robe, who looked much older than the middle-aged Wu Chenzi.

But he called Senior Brother Wuchenzi, and he was in the realm of Nascent Soul.

"how?"

Wu Chenzi looked at his junior with his hands behind his back.

Junior brother Wuyouzi is impatient, immediately said: "I have found out, it is indeed Wan Ping who taught me to do it."

"Hmph, great virtuous teacher."

When Wu Chenzi heard this, he snorted coldly, showing his dissatisfaction.

Wuyouzi shook his head and said: "Brother, now the Emperor Daozong has passed away, and the new little emperor is only 11 years old. The Qianyuan court is in turmoil, and the situation is not in my favor."

"Yuanzong and the Wanping Sect were colluding, and Wen Heng was careless, ruining the great situation."

"Fortunately, in this world, 'Wen Jia' is still recognized as orthodox."

Wuchenzi seldom talks, watches the stars at night, and has deep thoughts.

The relationship between Yuanzong and Wanping Sect, he can only take a rough look at it. The death of Daozong was a good move by Wanping Sect. The situation in the entire Shendu became chaotic. The detached status must prevent other Qi refiners from participating in such mundane affairs.

There are too many people who are envious of the secular interests of the Dao Palace, and the entire cultivation world is no longer what it used to be.

Wu Chenzi sighed, and said slowly: "In two years, it will be time to open the gate of heaven. The thousand-year-old gate of heaven will pass this year, and the worldly disputes are just a fleeting moment. You and I are both masters of true essence, so we shouldn't be here." intervene in such affairs."

"Let them go, Tianmen is the real big deal."

"The warriors in this world can't be killed. After the gate of heaven is opened, the warriors in the profound realm, even you and I need to rely on it."

After Wuchenzi said this, it dampened Wuyouzi's enthusiasm.

Wuyouzi became like his senior brother, taciturn.

In the Taoist palace, it suddenly became more and more lonely and quiet.

It seems that apart from their brothers and sisters, there are no other ascetics.

Above the Taoist palace, the spirit bird passed through the sacred mountain formation.

It fluttered its wings and flew across the high sky. It spread its huge wings and glides over the city of God.

Inside the city of God, in the illuminated Changshui barracks.

Suddenly a shadow appeared.

The figure quietly sneaked into the camp, and found the commander's position with ease.

She has sneaked in like this before, and has never been discovered.

But today, as soon as she emerged from the tent, a long knife was placed around her neck.

"Who?"

In the darkness, Cao Su's bright eyes were like wild animals.

Ouyang Xuanji was horrified, and quickly took off her mask: "Brother Cao, it's me."

Cao Su had sensed Ouyang Xuanji's aura at this time, put away his long knife and came to support her: "Xuanji, why are you here? I told you to go to the main entrance, why didn't you listen?"

Ouyang Xuanji's legs were indeed a little weak after being rushed by Cao Su's evil spirit.

At this moment, Cao Su just supported her, and her pale face softened a little, she was extremely embarrassed: "It's all professional habits, professional habits."

Their alchemists master the magic of heaven and earth, shrinking the ground to an inch, and shifting the Eight Diagrams are all necessary skills.

I didn't expect Cao Su to be so sensitive now, she was caught by him as soon as she arrived in his tent.

She didn't know that Cao Su didn't rest at all, and studied the Qianyuan map overnight.

Cao Su also regarded Ouyang Xuanji as a half-counselor. He was dizzy from looking at the map, but now that Ouyang Xuanji came, he happened to ask her for advice.

"Xuanji, Lingzhou can reach Guangzhou and Liaozhou to the north, and Youzhou to the north. I heard that Youzhou covers a very large area, and there are many sects of cultivation?"

Although Ouyang Xuanji is an alchemist, his methods are not separated, and alchemists are also active in the realm of comprehension on weekdays.

When she heard that Cao Su was humbly asking for advice, she explained to him in general: "In addition to Shenzhou, Liaozhou, Lingzhou, and Guangzhou are the most popular sects of cultivation in the world, and these three states are adjacent. Compared with these states, it is slightly worse."

"Why?"

"Because from the central part of Lingzhou to the north, there are endless mountain ranges. There are too many famous mountains and rivers, and the spiritual energy gathers. The deep mountains are the most suitable for cultivating the Tao."

"On the contrary, there are more plains in the northern part of Youzhou, and it is too cold to the north, which is no longer suitable for human survival."

"These cultivators usually hide from the world of mortals to practice, and they don't want to be contaminated with secular karma."

"So when you go to the north of Lingzhou, in many places, there are almost no cultivators in the secular world. Many uncivilized people don't know that there are cultivators in the world. Sometimes they occasionally see some cultivators flying in the sky, and they think that It's a fairy coming down to earth."

Ouyang Xuanji pointed out the different places in these states. In her eyes, these places are too remote and belong to uncivilized wild lands.

After listening to her words, Cao Su was thoughtful.

Ouyang Xuanji put aside the matter of the map for the time being, and talked about the general trend of Shendu: "Many alchemists in Shendu City have withdrawn. The new emperor ascended the throne, and the situation in Shendu is turbulent. It is the time for the general to rise."

Momentum?What am I going to do?Enter the palace and be the master of your own house?
Cao Su gave Ouyang Xuanji a blank look, and didn't believe her nonsense at all.

Ouyang Xuanji became more and more like those demagogic alchemists in history, she urged: "General, I heard that in the general's line, both the general and the right general were seriously injured and died. Isn't this a god-given opportunity?"

Cao Su snorted: "When did you die? Both of them are fine, but they can't wake up for the time being."

Ouyang Xuanji curled her lips: "When the two of them wake up, nothing will be left."

Cao Su asked in a deep voice: "The Xizhou alchemist you asked Wu Yun to find before, did you have anything to say later?"

Before Cao Su's army came back, Wu Yun and Cao Su and others split up.

Ouyang Xuanji specially sent Wu Yun to Xizhou to investigate the situation, and also learned about the alchemist group in Xizhou by the way.

Ouyang Xuanji shook her head and said: "There are not many alchemists in Xizhou. Among the existing lines, the most famous one is the alchemists of the Lei family, but the Lei family has not come out of the mountain for many years, and we don't know much about them."

"The alchemists of the Lei family study the Human Torch. In the past, the gods had a battalion dedicated to finding the Thunderbolt developed by the Lei family. But for some reason, the imperial court banned the development of the Human Torch, which led to the disbandment of this battalion."

Ouyang Xuanji introduced before that the category of alchemists is relatively large, and all walks of life can be called alchemists.

For example, those who study Qimen Dunjia like her also have a variety of divination, medicine, astrology, alchemy, etc. The level of this group is also relatively large. Or maybe some institution of the imperial court.

Cao Su silently wrote down the name of Lei's family, and changed the subject again: "Now that our army has settled down, I intend to go into the city to investigate the situation. Would Xuanji be willing to go with me?"

Ouyang Xuanji followed Cao Su, waiting for Cao Su to become a stronger martial artist.

Cao Su had given her enough sense of security, but she still didn't feel it was enough.

Hearing Cao Su's invitation, she immediately accepted and said, "Brother Cao, do you know Ouyang's family, my god capital?"

Ouyang's family, the capital of gods, is not a small family.

Ouyang Xuanji is a direct descendant of the Ouyang family, but since she was a child she showed talent in Qimen Dunjia practice, joined the Spring and Autumn Pavilion and became an alchemist, but she is the most low-key descendant of the Ouyang family.

Everyone in Ouyang's family knew that there was such a junior alchemist, but many people didn't know the specific situation of Ouyang Xuanji.

Even subconsciously ignore her existence, and don't know that she is still unmarried at the age of 25.

The most famous Ouyang family is the head of the Ouyang family.

Today's left minister - Ouyang Zeng.

Before Yuwen Bi took power alone, Ouyang was one of the late emperor's right-hand men, and he had always been a representative of the hardliners in the court. He had repeatedly advised the late emperor to cancel the construction of Xiyuan.

It's a pity that the first emperor didn't listen to the persuasion, but he was dying, and he didn't really see the completion of the construction of Xiyuan.

"I know the family situation of Ouyang's family, and I am very satisfied."

Cao Su made a joke of Ouyang Xuanji, and then said seriously: "In the future, there will be turmoil in the capital of God. This environment is not conducive to my breakthrough and enter the upper-grade realm. I intend to change to another place for retreat and practice, so I am going to leave the capital of God."

Cao Su told Ouyang Xuanji his preliminary plan.

In fact, Ouyang Xuanji had already faintly felt it before. Before entering Xiguan, Cao Su sent his capable men everywhere to search for information, and bought a lot of information from her, some of which were from Tianji Pavilion, and some were from all states in the world.

As for Xizhou intelligence, Cao Su even went to prostitute Wu Yun for nothing, asking Wu Yun to find out the situation for him.

Cao Su himself knew the situation better in Xizhou.

"Brother Cao is planning to go to Xizhou?"

Ouyang Xuanji asked tentatively, Xizhou is not a good place.

Xizhou is chaotic and exhausted, with a weak economy. After the war last year, corpses and bandits are everywhere. I heard that there have been many big bandits making trouble recently. Xizhou is simply a mess.

Moreover, Xizhou is very close to the demon realm, and the Qiang people may go south at any time. Ouyang Xuanji thinks that Cao Su should not go to Xizhou.

This matter involved Cao Su's core thoughts. Of course, he didn't answer directly, but told Ouyang Xuanji.

Instead, it talked about other aspects, about the development of martial arts and Taoism in each state.

Warriors and ascetics are the most common monks. If Cao Su wants to develop in a certain place, he must not avoid the basic situation of this place.

That's why he had to learn about the states before.

Cao Su said with a smile: "Master Zuo Xiang, I have never been in contact with him before, how about you introduce me and let me meet with Mr. Zuo Xiang later?"

"You want to see Ouyang Zeng?"

Ouyang Xuanji had a strange expression on her face, and she even called Prime Minister Zuo by his name.

Cao Su laughed back and said, "Why not?"

Ouyang Xuanji said embarrassingly: "It's not impossible, it's just that the old man has a weird temper. Don't expect too much. When the time comes, you will be sprayed yourself, so don't rely on me."

Cao Su sneered: "Joke, am I a person who is afraid of being sprayed? You can just lead the way. I have long wanted to make friends with such an important minister of the late emperor and the cornerstone of the imperial court."

Ouyang Xuanji:.
Shanglinfang, Cao's house.

The gods have changed drastically, and the Cao family's family is trembling.

From day to night, the shouts of killing in front of the palace gradually died down.

Shanglinfang is a second-class square city, not too far from the imperial palace, and the shouts of killing can be heard very clearly.

Cao's father and Cao's mother were very worried.

The eldest son has long lost contact, and he doesn't know where he is. Everything now depends on the second son, but the work of the second son is not easy. Behind the seemingly glamorous and beautiful back, he is all with his head pinned to his belt Decapitation.

There is a saying that there is as much profit as there is risk, and this is true of everything in the world.

At night, Cao's house lights up like other houses.

Only the lit lights can dispel the chill of early spring and bring some comfort and warmth to everyone.

Cao's father, Cao's mother and Liu Luan, a family of three, sat in the hall.

There has been no news of Cao Su for a long time, and the atmosphere is rather dignified.

Since the chaos in Shendu, Cao Su was busy rushing to raid Shendu, so there was no time to write a letter from home.

"I don't know where Ah Su is now. These days, there is a lot of chaos, and even a place like God's City is unavoidable."

Father Cao stood under the hall, sighing repeatedly.

"It's okay, Ah Su is highly skilled in martial arts, and he is alert and intelligent. He is now a fourth-rank general Pingxi in the imperial court. He is protected by thousands of troops. Who can touch him?"

Liu Luan is relatively clear about Cao Su's situation, and uses factual evidence to comfort his parents-in-law.

Cao's father and Cao's mother looked better when they heard this, but the worry in their eyes still did not dissipate in the slightest.

When Cao's mother thought that Cao Su was only 20 years old, she began to mutter again: "My family, A Su, is only 20 years old this year. He joined the army to protect the country before he was married. When he comes back this time, at least I will ask him to make a decision for his life. gone."

Cao's father and Cao's mother are anxious. There are also 20-year-old unmarried young people, but they are by no means such outstanding people as Cao Su.

Without Dalang, the task of inheriting the family can only be handed over to Cao Su.

"Don't think about it for now, let's talk about it when he comes back!"

Cao's father shook his head helplessly. When it comes to marriage, Cao Su is like a different person.

It's not that he is against marriage, it's just that he seems to have more important things to do now, which is not the same as Cao's father and Cao's mother's philosophy.

After being scolded by Cao's father, Cao's mother suddenly became a little unhappy: "If he doesn't come back, I can't think about it? You also know Li Ma next door. She is one year older than me and has three grandchildren."

The more Cao's father talked, the more Cao's mother became more enthusiastic. She took Liu Luan's hand and said, "Aluan, you also met that girl from the Liu family a few days ago. What do you think of Miss Liu, she can be a good match for Erlang?"

what?
Liu Luan was stunned, and looked at Cao's mother in surprise, as if if she nodded her head, the marriage would be settled.

(End of this chapter)

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