The copy of the universe from the journey to the west

Chapter 179: Monsters gather and destroy the city! (ask for monthly ticket)

At this time, 'Demon Words Taoist' Lu Chen, who didn't know that he was 'Demon Words Taoist', had already returned to Qingfeng Lane. When he just reached the entrance of the lane, he happened to meet Zhou Daping, who had a worried look on his face.

"Taoist Master."

Zhou Daping also saw Lu Chen, and greeted him with a smile on his face.

Lu Chen looked at the bright sun, bowed his head and said, "My surname is Lu, Brother Zhou, you can call me Brother Lu, or you can call me Ruchen. Brother Zhou, why are you leaving work so early today?"

Zhou Daping said helplessly, "It was those gangsters who caused the trouble. Two groups of people came from nowhere on the dock and started fighting over a disagreement. I don't know how many people died. There must be no end in sight today. Seeing this, the foreman gave us a day off."

Lu Chen looked at Zhou Daping's clothes. Some parts were obviously torn by someone, and there was a small cut on his arm caused by a sword. In addition, there was a demonic aura wrapped around him. It was obvious that he was not like what he said.

Lu Chen nodded without asking any more questions.

"father!"

At this moment, Zhou Zhaodi, who was playing with a group of children in Qingfeng Alley, saw Zhou Daping and ran over happily. When she got closer, she saw Lu Chen and couldn't help pouting: "Bad uncle, you are here too."

Zhou Daping scolded, "Zhao Di, how can you talk like that? Call me Taoist priest."

Zhou Zhaodi was a little unconvinced.

Lu Chen smiled and said, "It's okay, it's okay, it's innocent."

"I'm sorry to make you laugh at me. I've spoiled you so much that you still have these bad habits. You're already a grown-up girl, but you're still playing around outside."

Zhou Daping angrily said to Zhou Zhaodi: "Can't you learn needlework from your mother at home?"

Zhou Zhaodi pouted.

Although Zhou Daping had a cold face, he was different from most people of this era in that he did not favor boys over girls. As soon as his daughter showed this expression, he immediately felt reluctant to say anything.

He could only smile helplessly at Lu Chen.

Lu Chen just watched with a smile.

Seeing this, Zhou Daping said to Zhou Zhaodi, "Where's your mother? Go back and tell her to kill the big attacker that harassed you a few days ago, and prepare some delicious dishes. I want to have a few drinks with the Taoist priest."

"Ah! Eat chicken!"

Zhou Zhaodi's expression immediately changed from gloomy to bright, and she turned around and ran back home.

"No need, no need, it's too much trouble, I can just go home and do it myself."

Lu Chen waved his hands quickly. Zhou Daping's words were so sudden that he was caught off guard.

How can you have the nerve to let someone kill a chicken when you are not even related to me?
Zhou Daping said boldly, "Ah, why are you being polite? We are all from the same hometown. I have been thinking about having a drink with you these days, but I haven't seen you for a few days. Let's go, Taoist priest."

Lu Chen waved his hand: "Really not necessary..."

Zhou Daping's face darkened: "Brother Lu, are you not giving me face?"

Now even the Taoist priest is not called anymore.

Seeing this, Lu Chen immediately understood that this was the inherent stubborn temper of the people of Dong Lu.

Although this era is more than a thousand years apart from later generations.

But their temperaments are similar. People in the southwestern region of Shandong are all like this. If I give you a benefit, you don't want it? That means you don't give me face!
Seeing this, Lu Chen nodded helplessly and said, "That's right, I have some drinks over there, I'll bring them over."

"No, no, I have wine at home." Zhou Daping insisted.

After much persuasion, Lu Chen finally allowed him to go home.

As soon as he came back, he saw Xiao sitting on the ancient well under the jujube tree, with his chin in his hand, in a daze, not knowing what he was thinking about.

He didn't even notice Lu Chen entering the yard.

Lu Chen ignored her and called over Ren Liansong, asking him to get some wine. After casting a little spell, he turned the ordinary wine into something as good as a fifty-year-old treasure.

After Lu Chen tried a little, he nodded slightly.

Although it is not the nectar of immortals, it can have health-preserving effects if ordinary people drink it regularly.

After all, I am a fellow villager of Zhou Daping, although we are more than a thousand years apart.

But they killed the chicken to entertain the guests, so Lu Chen couldn’t let them down, right?
Lu Chen returned to Zhou's house carrying two one-jin wine jars and knocked on the door. Zhou Zhaodi opened the door, bowed a little aggrievedly, and shouted, "Hello, Taoist priest."

At first glance, you can tell that this little girl has been scolded.

"what happened?"

Lu Chen pretended to be surprised and asked, "Who bullied Zhao Di?"

"hiss……"

The little girl sniffed and pouted, but didn't answer.

Lu said again: "I heard that girls who love to laugh will have good luck."

Zhou Zhaodi was stunned and asked subconsciously: "Really?"

"Haha! Monks don't tell lies! Of course it's true."

Lu Chen smiled and rubbed the little girl's head with his hand.

"Oh! Bad uncle, I'm not a child anymore!" Zhou Zhaodi pushed Lu Chen's hand away irritably.

Mental illness in adolescents: I’m not a kid anymore!

"Brother Lu is here? Come in quickly!"

Zhou Daping, who heard the sound, came out from the inner room and called Lu Chen into the house.

Lu Chen handed over the two jars of wine in his hand, which again caused Zhou Daping to complain.

The food was not ready yet, so Lu Chen and Zhou Daping sat together and talked.

Inevitably, they talked about Lu Chen's current residence.

"Haunted houses are all nonsense." Hearing Zhou Daping talking about haunted houses again, Lu Chen smiled and shook his head.

Zhou Daping was stunned for a moment, then looked at Lu Chen deeply.

After all, he was a martial arts master of the innate realm in the past. How could he not understand whether it was a haunted house or not?
He was a man of great skill and courage. When Liuxiang Garden became a haunted house, he bought the house opposite at a low price.

Otherwise, he would not be living in West City now, but in the slums of North City.

In the past few years, more and more people have bought Liuxiang Garden, but without exception, no one can stay for the full three days!

Lu Chen has been living here for three days, but he still looks like nothing happened.

This is also the reason why Zhou Daping wanted to invite Lu Chen to have a drink.

One reason is that he is from the same hometown as Lu Chen, and the other is that he thinks Lu Chen is really capable.

"What's wrong, Brother Zhou? You seem to be frowning today."

Lu Chen looked at Zhou Daping's expression and asked with some confusion.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Daping gritted his teeth and said, "Brother Lu, to be honest, I used to be good at both martial arts."

Lu Chen smiled and said, "Brother Zhou is too modest."

The martial arts masters in the innate realm are just called "knowing a few tricks", then what are those so-called first-, second-, and third-rate martial artists, as well as the acquired realm martial artists?
Do you know kung fu?
Zhou Daping smiled bitterly and said, "Sure enough, Lu... Taoist Master Lu is not an ordinary person."

"Brother Zhou, you are being so formal again, aren't you? Didn't we agree to treat each other as brothers?"

Lu Chen seemed to be dissatisfied, and then asked: "Brother Zhou, is there anything I can do? If I can do it, I will definitely help you."

"This... I don't know how to put this."

Zhou Daping looked a little doubtful.

"But did you encounter a monster?"

Lu Chen smiled and pointed out without hiding anything what Zhou Daping wanted to say but didn't dare to say.

Zhou Daping was immediately surprised: "Lu...Brother Lu is truly a god!"

"It's not that I'm a god, but the evil aura you carry is too obvious, Brother Zhou."

Lu Chen shook his head and said, "Let alone me, even a cultivator who has just entered the Dao can sense the evil spirit hovering around Brother Zhou."

"It seems that even if I just took a look, I was tricked."

Zhou Daping shook his head helplessly.

Lu Chen looked at him with a smile.

Just a glance?
I'm afraid it's not just this?
Zhou Daping sighed and said, "Today I did encounter a monster and almost got swallowed by it."

He knew that, although there seemed to be only humans in this world, in many places unknown to ordinary people, there were actually a mixture of humans, ghosts, demons and monsters!

Just like what he said today, two groups of people started fighting at the dock, and the reasons why the two groups started fighting were obviously wrong.

Although he doesn't have much strength left, his innate perception ability has not completely disappeared.

The two groups of people were obviously bewitched by something, so much so that they started fighting each other before the two ships reached the shore. When the dead bodies fell into the river, Zhou Daping even saw the huge and terrifying figure that flashed by in the depths of the river!
There is a monster in the river!

The people on the two ships were fighting because their minds were bewitched by the monster.

He had wounds on his body because those people were so bloodthirsty that they jumped onto the shore.

He was only able to return safely after he was forced to kill a warrior who was bewitched by a monster and wanted to kill him.

This is also the reason why Lu Chen looked so worried when he saw him.

According to his many years of experience, when demons and monsters appear too frequently in an area, it means that bad things are bound to happen around.

As the old saying goes: People are 30% afraid of ghosts, and ghosts are 70% afraid of people.

Under normal circumstances, a single demon or monster would not dare to approach a human town.

And if there are demons and monsters that dare to approach human cities and stir up trouble, it must be that the monsters think that this place can be used as a safe foraging area!
The most important thing is, if he kills the person who was bewitched by the monster, will he also be targeted by the monster?
"Hit? What do you mean?" Lu Chen asked.

Zhou Daping no longer concealed it and told Lu Chen what had just happened at the dock, and also told him his own guesses.

Of course, he concealed the fact that he had committed the murder.

Lu Chen listened and nodded repeatedly.

After Zhou Daping finished speaking, he looked at Lu Chen's expression and couldn't help asking, "Brother Lu, what do you think about this?"

Lu Chen shook his head and said, "I don't know much about monsters, nor do I understand their habits. I'm afraid I can't make any calculations."

Although he had seen demons, he had even seen demon kings like Dabai in the world of Journey to the West.

However, the cultivation systems of the two worlds are different after all, and he has only seen the monsters in this world in Mount Zhongnan.

In the towns of the human race, I really haven't seen many monsters. Even if it is a ghost, I only encountered the Xiao family.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that Lu Chen did not use his divine sense to investigate carefully.

For him, he never meddles in matters that do not concern him.

"Is this so?"

Zhou Daping was a little disappointed.

In fact, there are many records of monsters in the imperial court and major forces. As far as Zhou Daping knows, most dynasties have invisible departments like the Demon Slaying Department.

Specialized in dealing with demons and monsters.

As for sects like Taoism and Buddhism, it goes without saying that some sects placed their sects in deep mountains and forests, one for tranquility and the other for finding resources for spiritual practice.

Demons are also resources for cultivation!
Lu Chen didn't know the habits of monsters and it was obvious that he didn't have much experience. He also didn't look like he came from a big power.

Seeing this, Zhou Daping had an idea of ​​Lu Chen in his mind.

He has real talent and knowledge, but like himself, he comes from a self-taught background.

Lu Chen asked curiously: "Brother Zhou, have you encountered many demons and monsters?"

Zhou Daping shook his head, his expression somewhat complicated: "I have only encountered a big monster once, and that one time, all the skills I had cultivated throughout my life were wasted."

As he spoke, he took a big gulp of the wine in his cup.

It seemed that only this way could he hide the sadness in his heart.

Lu Chen was planning to comfort her, but at this moment, Mrs. Zhou and Zhou Zhaodi brought up the food.

The meal was not too rich. There was only one plate of roast chicken as meat, and the other five dishes were all vegetarian.

However, this is already considered a very rich meal at the moment.

The little girl Zhou Zhaodi seemed to have a very good relationship with the big rooster that had turned into a roast chicken, and tears rolled down from the corners of her mouth.

Lu Chen tore off the chicken leg and put it in the little girl's bowl: "Eat it!"

"Thank you, uncle!"

Zhou Zhaodi called out very sincerely this time.

"hehe."

Lu Chen smiled and started chatting with Zhou Daping again.

Because Zhou Daping's wife and daughter were present, the two of them tacitly did not talk about demons this time.

Just because he didn't say it, it didn't mean he could forget it. Zhou Daping kept drinking one glass of wine after another.

It seems that only in this way can I eliminate my fear of monsters.

As a result, it didn't take long for the entire jar of wine to enter his stomach.

"No...no, Brother Lu...Brother Lu, there's something wrong with your wine."

Zhou Daping looked at the wine jar with dazed eyes and called out to Lu Chen.

"Boss, what are you talking about!"

Mrs. Zhou gently pulled Zhou Daping's clothes, then turned to Lu Chen and apologized, "I'm sorry, Taoist Lu, my boss is like this, he tends to talk nonsense when he drinks too much."

"It's okay, Mrs. Zhou."

The latter smiled, then shouted to Zhou Daping: "What's wrong, Brother Zhou, what's the problem with my wine?"

"Ask... that's a big question."

Zhou Daping said dissatisfiedly: "I... I used to claim that I can drink ten kilograms without getting drunk! How... How come I feel so dizzy after just one jar of your wine? Hiccup! Something is wrong, something is extremely wrong..."

Lu Chen shook his head.

It would be weird if this wasn't right.

What kind of wine is this era's wine?

It's pretty good if the alcohol content is as high as beer.

And what about his wine?
It has been purified before, and with the addition of magic, how could it not be intoxicating?

In other words, Zhou Daping at least has the physique of a congenital warrior. If an ordinary person came instead, he would probably pass out after just one glass of wine!

Zhou Daping was so drunk that Lu Chen asked Mrs. Zhou to take Zhou Daping to rest, and he stood up and prepared to say goodbye and leave.

Just as she was about to leave, Zhou Zhaodi rolled her eyes and said, "Uncle Lu! Can I come to your house to play with you later?"

Lu Chen smiled and nodded: "You are welcome anytime, of course, when I am at home."

He didn't want Zhou Zhaodi to see a pale-faced female ghost in red as soon as she entered the gate of Lu Mansion.

"Yeah, okay, uncle." After getting Lu Chen's consent, Zhou Zhaodi nodded repeatedly.

Haunted house!
If I go in once and come out again, can I rely on this experience to become the boss among the kids in the alley! ?

The little girl's mind was filled with illusions of herself becoming the king of children, and the corners of her mouth cracked three degrees.

On the other side, Lu Chen returned to the Lu Mansion and found that Xiao's figure beside the ancient well under the jujube tree had disappeared.

With a thought, he saw Xiao sleeping at the bottom of the well.

Ghosts also need to replenish energy.

Renmian Song was taking care of the flowers and plants in the yard.

His calm and leisurely demeanor might make someone who didn't know him think he was an old cadre who had retired from somewhere.

"Master, you are back."

Seeing Lu Chen coming in, Ren Liansong put down the scissors in his hand and greeted him with a smile on his face.

"Ah."

Lu Chen nodded and ordered: "Go and investigate whether there are many more monsters in Xunyang City in the past few days."

The man was stunned for a moment, but immediately nodded: "Yes, sir."

After the human face left, Lu Chen shouted to the void: "Senior Zhongli, I have something to discuss with you, I hope you can show up!"

Before he finished speaking, Zhongli Quan appeared on a chair in the main hall, waving a palm-leaf fan in his hand, and said impatiently, "I am sleeping well, Taoist priest. Why are you calling me?"

Lu Chen said: "Senior, there is something I don't understand, so I have to call you."

"Say it."

Lu Chen said: "Senior, will the news of the emergence of the cave also attract monsters?"

"will not."

Zhongli Quan shook his head directly: "Every time a cave heaven appears, it means that at least a being above the Yuanshen Zhenren has appeared. Even ordinary demon kings have to stay away. How dare they get close?"

Lu Chen frowned: "Then...if the number of monsters in a region suddenly increases, what does it mean?"

"Of course it's the Demon King calling..."

Zhongli Quan's voice suddenly paused, and he looked at Lu Chen: "Do you mean that a demon king appeared in Xunyang City?"

As he spoke, his spiritual consciousness had expanded rapidly, almost covering the entire Xunyang City!

He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Did Lu Song go to investigate those monsters?"

It took Lu Chen a while to realize that "Lu Song" refers to the human face.

Nodding, "Yes, senior."

Then, he recounted what he had just talked about with Zhou Daping.

Zhongli Quan frowned and said thoughtfully, "I really don't know how many monsters there were in Xunyang City in the past, but now there are more than 30 monsters that have become powerful in the city... This number is obviously wrong."

He just scanned with his divine sense and discovered the monster hidden in Xunyang City.

The so-called powerful monsters are not just those little monsters that have just entered the door or have just begun to awaken. They must at least reach the level of a human refiner.

There are more than thirty monsters at the level of refiner and above, including some at the level of magician.

This number is extremely scary even for Zhongli Quan.

Xunyang City is a county town with a population of 100,000. More than 30 monsters may not seem like a small number.

But under normal circumstances, the ratio of humans to monsters in a city should be about one in ten thousand.

Not too much more.

But now, it is more than three times the normal ratio!
Monsters also need to hide themselves in human towns.

It is normal to find a monster among ten thousand people.

If there are too many of them, not only will it be easy for the demons to find each other and cause conflicts, but it will also be easier for the practitioners in the human race to find them.

If some monsters transform into human form and hide among humans, the base number required will be even greater.

If wild monsters want to hide among humans, it’s not without cost, it requires killing people!

The human race has a small population, so the monster cannot hide for too long before being discovered.

The current ratio is already extremely abnormal.

Not to mention that among the more than thirty monsters, the number of monsters in the magician realm is almost reaching ten!

This is already an extremely terrifying thing.

After all, the only spiritual forces in Xunyang City were Longquan Temple and the Tianshi Dao branch.

Even if these two forces are added together, there are only three practitioners at the level of mages!

Even if the official court is included, the number would not exceed one handful.

Without taking into account other factors, if we only rely on the practitioners in Xunyang City, if these monsters collectively riot, I am afraid that within a few days, the outskirts of Xunyang City will become a dead city!
"There are three situations where monsters begin to gather. The most common one is the Monster King calling."

Zhongli Quan knew that Lu Chen didn't know much about these aspects, so he began to explain to Lu Chen: "Only monsters above the Monster Pill Realm have the ability to summon other monsters. Apart from that, there are genius treasures that appear in the world, but these things happen in the deep mountains and old forests. There is no environment for the growth of genius treasures in the human city. Finally..."

Speaking of this, Zhongli Quan couldn't help but frown.

"What's the end?" Lu Chen asked.

Zhongli Quan sighed helplessly: "In the end, it was the sign that the cave heaven was broken and the great demon suppressed by the cave heaven was about to be born. This kind of thing had happened in the demon cave heaven in the north. All the demons gathered together to worship the demon king!"

(End of this chapter)