The Demon Soul is Coming

Liu Sang said: "From my junior's point of view, there are at least three groups of demons who are greedy for the treasures of the demon world. The group just now is obviously two groups of people working together, so if something unexpected happens, some will hesitate and some will flee first. They are not at the same level at all. But there is still a group of people in the dark, who have been hiding in the distance to watch the battle."

Wan Guichen glanced at the mountains in the distance, and said with a sneer, "Wufang, since you are going to bring this lamp to Yuhuang Mountain, then we will escort this lamp with you, and see if there are any monsters on the way who dare to be reborn." thing."

At present, under the protection of the Taoists of the Shenxiao Sect, the merchant ship drove all night and went down the river, and within two days, it arrived at Zhenze...

There are seven schools of Taoism, three schools of Tianxuan, Shenxiao, and Xuanguan are located in Yangzhou. Among them, Tianxuan and Shenxiao are the two schools with the largest number of people and the strongest strength in Yangzhou. Taoism is at its peak.

Qingxu Sect is located in Zhongyanzhou, Renzhi Sect and Neidan Sect are located in Chuzhou, Taishang Sect is located in Yuzhou, and seven Taoist schools are distributed on four continents.

In fact, the Qingxu Sect was also on Honglun Mountain in Yangzhou back then, but the Taoist Xu Wu who was originally from the Qingxu Sect killed hundreds of Qingxu Sect disciples overnight, betrayed the Taoist sect, and then broke through to the realm of the great master. The surviving members of the Qingxu Sect were deeply afraid of the Taoists of Nothingness, so they moved out of Honglun Mountain, and then re-established their sect in Zhongyanzhou.

In this era, there is the term "Taoist", but there is no such thing as "Taoist".

Liu Sang naturally knew that the term "Taoist" had already appeared in the Warring States Period, but at that time, "Taoist" and "Alchemist" had almost the same meaning, referring to people with magical skills.It does not specifically refer to Taoists.In his last life, it was not until the Taoism of Taiping and the Way of Heavenly Masters appeared that Taoism gradually evolved into Taoism, and with the glory of the Maoshan School of the Shangqing School, "Taoist" began to gradually become a special term for the disciples of the Three Purities of Taoism.

But here, there is no such thing as the Three Purities. Lao Tzu is just the Patriarch of Taoism, and not some kind of Supreme Lord. As for the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, no one knows who he is.

The name of "Tongtian Jiaozhu".It is occasionally mentioned, but it was used by Confucian children on their ancestor Confucius, and has nothing to do with Taoism.

In this era, there is Taoism, but no Taoism.

Of course, in Liu Sang's previous life, it is difficult to tell what the relationship between Taoism and Taoism is. It is a collection of various classics of Taoism and Yinyang, but it is far-fetched.All kinds of ramblings, and later they were deeply influenced by Buddhist karma and reincarnation.Hanging sheep's head, selling dog meat.

But in that history, no matter what, Taoism was also one of the two major schools of thought that influenced the entire Chinese traditional culture together with Confucianism after the pre-Qin period, and it was also one of the three famous religions of Buddhism, Taoism, and Confucianism. Confucianism in general has been suppressed by Mohism for hundreds of years.It's only now slowly starting to revive.

Due to the difference in historical evolution, Taoism did not form a religion, and there were only famous schools like Momen, Jinwugu, Toad Palace, and Xingmen. Although the word "Taoist" appeared in the Warring States Period, it is now Long forgotten.

The so-called "Taoist" and "Taoist".It is the same as Confucian scholars and Mohists. Sometimes it refers to people who support a certain theory in general, and sometimes it refers to disciples from a certain sect in a narrow sense.

Just like Mo Zhe, it generally refers to Mo Xia and Mo Bian in the Mo sect.When people refer to "Taoists", they usually refer to the disciples of the seven schools of Taoism. When they mention "so-and-so Taoist", they may not necessarily be people in the seven schools of Taoism, but may also be someone who supports Taoism.

Just like many people, although they are not Confucian scholars, sometimes give themselves Confucian titles, such as XX Sheng, XX Gong, and XX Mr., and use them to sign articles, books, calligraphy and paintings. Longing for Taoism, or just for pretending, sometimes I will give myself a Taoist title, called "so-and-so Taoist".

Just like Taoist Void who rebelled against the Qingxu Sect, no one regarded him as a Taoist, and the Seven Schools of Taoism did not recognize him as a Taoist, but the Taoist title "Taoist Nothing" was still retained, and he entered Qing Xuzong's former real name and surname were gradually forgotten.

Escorted by a group of Taoists from the Shenxiao Sect, the merchant ship entered Zhenze.

"Shangshu. Yugong" has a saying: Huaihai is only Yangzhou, and the three rivers have entered, and the bottom of the earthquake is fixed.

As early as Dayu divided Shenzhou into Kyushu, Zhenze existed. It is said that thousands of years ago, a meteorite fell from the sky and smashed a large pit leading directly to the sea.Later, the terrain changed, Haikou was closed, Zhenze became farther and farther away from the sea, and finally became the largest inland lake in Yangzhou.

Although it is already winter, the fishermen stop fishing, and the fog above Zhenze is thick, but there are still many big boats coming and going.

Around Zhenze, there are three rivers and four lakes.

In the history of Liu Sang's last life, the so-called "Five Lakes" in "Five Lakes and Four Seas" originally referred to Zhenze and its surrounding four lakes, Youhu, Mohu, Xuhu, and Gonghu. Cheng refers to the five major lakes including Dongting, Poyang and Chaohu.

At the bow, Liu Sang fetched a map and studied it carefully.

Because of the ancient jade that recorded many pre-Qin classics, he also has a certain understanding of the geographical location of Yugong Kyushu before the pre-Qin period.

The strange thing is that since the disintegration of Kyushu, most of the places have lost the pre-Qin landforms, and the landforms of the pre-Qin period have changed a lot from the Yugong Kyushu in the Great Desolation Period.In the hundreds of thousands of years of history, the terrain has changed little by little. Ordinary people may not be aware of the changes, but if you look back, it is often that things are not and people are not, and the changes are great.

Although there is a record in the Yugong that "since the three rivers enter, the bottom of Zhenze will be settled", but at the end of the pre-Qin period, it was already unclear which three rivers these three rivers referred to.In Liu Sang's last life, although Zhenze was identified as the predecessor of Taihu Lake, the landform of Zhenze before the pre-Qin period and Taihu Lake among the five lakes in later generations are indistinguishable except that they have the same geographical location and are both great lakes. Remember, the theory of "three rivers and five lakes" that was originally used for Zhenze and its surrounding lakes in history cannot be used for Taihu Lake at all.

In that world, although "Three Rivers and Five Lakes" can no longer be used for the changes in Zhenze, this idiom has been preserved, and there are already idioms.Various explanations are inevitable. In the end, the "Three Rivers" gradually became the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, and the Huaihe River, and the "Five Lakes" became Dongting Lake, Poyang Lake, Taihu Lake, Chaohu Lake, and Hongze Lake, but this is not what it used to be. The meaning of this is all because according to the "Shangshu" records, "Huaihai is only Yangzhou, and the three rivers enter", or "Zhou Li" "The southeast is called Yangzhou, and its three rivers. It is immersed in five lakes", these three rivers and five lakes are all In Yangzhou, it refers specifically to the Zhenze area.

It stands to reason that Kyushu collapsed, and after hundreds of years of changes, many landforms are completely different from those before the pre-Qin period, let alone Yugong Kyushu in the Great Desolation Period.

Take Hezhou for example, although Qingzhou and Xuzhou were split into Yugong Kyushu.But as far as the mountains and rivers are concerned, the shadows of Qingzhou and Xuzhou have long been lost.

But north of Yangzhou.Not only did it not change much during the disintegration of Kyushu, on the contrary, in the hundreds of years of landform evolution, it gradually changed back to the appearance of the Great Desolation Period, such as Mount Tu, such as Zhenze, such as Dabie Mountain, and the area around Zhenze even returned to the Great Desolation The appearance of the "three rivers and five lakes" in the period is a strange thing.

In other continents, however, this does not seem to be the case.

certainly.The reason for the collapse of Kyushu is still unknown. After taking the immortal medicine, where did Qin Shihuang, who lived for more than 300 years, go? Is he really dead? What is the relationship between Qin Shihuang's disappearance and the collapse of Kyushu? No one knows.

in this case.It is naturally impossible to figure out why the northern part of Yangzhou slowly returned to the landform of the Great Desolation Period, let alone, maybe this is not a complicated matter.Perhaps the terrain in this area was originally suitable for such an evolution.

Liu Sang was sitting on the bow of the boat, looking at the map in his hand. He had nothing to do, studying the difference between the topography of Yangzhou and the records of Yangzhou in Yugong Kyushu, and the fragrant wind wafted behind him.

He turned his head and saw Xia Yingchen.

Xia Yingchen lightly gathered her lower garments, and with her knees forward, she sat beside him in a "sitting upright" posture.

Liu Sang said: "My lady..."

Xia Yingchen sighed softly: "I will go back first for my wife, and my husband will also go back earlier after everything in Yangzhou is settled."

Liu Sang nodded.

At the beginning, they planned to come to Yangzhou together and go back together, but the situation has changed now.There was already a war in the vicinity of Ningyun City. At this time, Xia Yingchen had no choice but to rush back.

But Liu Sang wanted to send the heart-changing lamp to Yuhuang Mountain, and had to get the permission of the Daqi court if he wanted to leave Yangzhou, so naturally he couldn't go with her.

Xia Yingchen said helplessly: "Daiyu and Baochai will go back with me, but Zhao Wu insists on going to Yuhuang Mountain with you and your wife to join in the fun, you watch her come."

Liu Sang said: "Understood."

Xia Yingchen glanced at him: "I just told you to watch her." She said the word "just" very emphatically.

Wife, what do you mean... Do I still cook and eat your sister?

On the other side, Xiao Ying poked her head out timidly, and Xia Yingchen waved to her.

Xiaoying came to them, Xia Yingchen pulled her and sat down together, letting her snuggle up beside him.

Liu Sang thought, the lady seems to be very kind to Xiaoying.

But he didn't know that the reason why Xia Yingchen felt pity for Xiaoying was that, to a certain extent, she, like Xiaoying, was an experimental product of the Yinyang family's "sacred creation". One came from the Toad Palace, one came from the Star Gate, one had a soul that was the remnant of an ancient god, but its body was made of flesh and blood, and one even had the body of a witch spirit manifested.

Seeing the baby now, Xia Yingchen's feeling is like seeing himself when he was a child, after his mother left, lonely, scared, at a loss, hurting others, naturally he sympathizes.

Holding Xiaoying in her arms, she whispered: "Do you want to be with daddy or mother?"

Xiaoying looked at Liu Sang, and then at her, with a look of reluctance.

Xia Yingchen said: "Then follow me back."

Xiaoying didn't have much opinion, just nodded quietly.

But Liu Sang remembered something, and hurriedly said: "My lady, after you go back..."

Xia Yingchen turned his head sideways and looked at him intently.

Liu Sang said: "Well, that child of Youyou, what if he did something wrong...cough..."

Xia Yingchen said slowly: "Could it be that Husband thinks that what happened on Xu Donglu might have something to do with her?"

Liu Sang smiled bitterly: "Youyou is not a bad boy, it's just..." For a moment, he didn't know how to explain.

Xia Yingchen sighed lightly: "My husband has something to hide from me."

Liu Sang bit the bullet, and said helplessly: "Lady, in fact, Youyou is the Wenqu Star Master of the Star Gate."

Xia Yingchen said in astonishment: "She's just a child?!" Although she already felt that Youyou was not a normal girl from her intuition, she would be the most mysterious and legendary among the four star masters of the Star Gate. The vicious "Wenqu" was really beyond her expectation.

But Liu Sang couldn't hide it anymore, he deeply realized that Youyou had a strong possessive desire for him, and she was a big kid with too many schemes, if she didn't explain the matter clearly to Xia Yingchen.Xia Yingchen didn't take enough precautions against her, there was a real possibility that she would kill her.

Worry is doable.

He thought that Youyou was actually another "infant". One of the two girls was the goddess of darkness and the other was the goddess of auspiciousness. Due to the long-forgotten experiment of the star gate, the "infant" split into two One of the souls, one of whom replaced the star master of Wenqu star of the star gate through the ancient sound of moving the soul, became "sorrowful" and said it.

Such a strange thing.Even Xia Yingchen was moved when he heard it.

She looked at Liu Sang: "How much did my husband hide from me?"

Liu Sang whispered, "I'm sorry, lady."

Xia Yingchen said in a deep voice: "No wonder I was at Tiannv Peak that day. That girl is like a baby, able to use the Dream Spirit Banner." She glanced at Liu Sang again: "Since you know she is 'Wen Qu', since Knowing that there is so much resentment and darkness in her heart, why do you dare to keep her by your side?"

Liu Sang said: "This..."

Xia Yingchen sighed and said, "My husband still has something to do and he didn't tell me."

Guilt surged in Liu Sang's heart. Now that the worrying things have been said, many things naturally become difficult to explain at once, such as the darkness of the heart.Why did Youyou, who destroyed the entire star gate, pester him? Is it just because they met by chance in Juejizhou, and he recognized Youyou as his daughter?

Since his relationship with Youyou is so strange, then naturally, his relationship with Xiaoying also suddenly becomes strange.Obviously these two daughters didn't have much contact with him before that, so why are they all so close to him?

Liu Sang was thinking.How should I explain it, but Xia Yingchen looked at the lake and mountains in the mist in the distance, and said slowly: "Actually, I have known for a long time that there must be some secrets hidden in my husband. When my husband flew out of the sky, the I bumped into the audience for my wife, and later my husband explained that I met a monster in the wilderness, and I didn't know how I was thrown into the sky by the monster, because the world is so big, there are no surprises, and the husband at that time was dark and thin. I knew that I was short of nutrition since I was a child, and I obviously never practiced any exercises, no matter how I look at it, I am indeed a farm child, so I believe it as a wife."

Liu Sang smiled bitterly and said, "I didn't lie to my wife about this." At least this part is true.

Xia Yingchen said: "Later, I also asked my husband, where is my home, and my husband said that you only know the name of the village, and you don't know what county it is, because there are many people in this world who end up with one of them." Living in a valley and never seeing the world, there is nothing strange about it, and naturally I don’t care about it as a wife.”

Liu Sang said: "This..."

Xia Yingchen said: "But later, the intelligence and knowledge displayed by my husband became more and more impressive. Maybe my husband was a child from a farm before, but he was by no means an ordinary person. My husband said that he I don't know where I have been since I was a child, and which county it is. Although it was not suspicious at the beginning, it is completely inconsistent with the insights that my husband has shown in the days to come. Children who live in the valley and don’t even know which county they belong to can know.”

Liu Sang said: "Even if there is that tall man who has been sitting motionless by the river for more than a year, it doesn't make sense?"

Xia Yingchen said solemnly: "Even if there is such an expert, it doesn't make sense."

Liu Sang scratched his head, he did hide many things from Xia Yingchen, but what exactly did he hide from her?In fact, it was difficult for him to explain clearly.He was a farm boy, there was nothing wrong with that, he was caught by a monster, and he fell into Ningyun City when he woke up, there was nothing wrong with that, he just didn't tell her that it was 900 years ago.

A lie is a strange thing, it was just a tiny crack at the beginning, in order to plug this gap, more lies had to be created, and the insignificant crack was invisibly widened.

He didn't tell the fact that he originally lived in the Great Qin Dynasty 900 years ago, and he couldn't even tell that he brought Hu Cuier and her grandfather to him to help him refine the demon god in his body into a magic pill. You can’t talk about the soul, and naturally you can’t talk about the series of things that follow. You can’t talk about the wonderful relationship between Xiaoying, Youyou and him, or that he is a “dark devil”. The lies will naturally become bigger and bigger. , can't make up for it, until the end, no matter how much you can't pull it off.

But what if things were told from the start?At that time, even if there was a so-called marriage between him and Xia Yingchen, it was actually equivalent to Stranger Things. If he wasn't an insignificant farm boy, maybe he would be regarded as a monster, maybe he would be heavily suspected, No one can tell how a strange boy with an unknown origin and an ancient demon god primordial spirit sealed inside his body will be treated.

Based on Xia Yingchen's temperament of practicing the Jade Girl Xuanjing all the year round, his heart is like a glacier, and he rejects people thousands of miles away. , she can safely keep him by her side, and he also has the opportunity to get to know her slowly and narrow the distance between them.

Otherwise, the two of them probably wouldn't be able to reach this step at all.

However, now that this point has been reached, the "secret" has become a hurdle between the husband and wife invisibly. If they can overcome this hurdle, the relationship between the two will undoubtedly go further, but if If it is not handled properly, this hurdle may become an abyss that separates the two of them heavily, and neither of them can jump to the position designated by the other's heart. In that case, the two may even return to the original state , become a stranger again.

Some things in the world are so subtle, and there are so many things that no one can explain clearly.

Xiaoying nestled next to Xia Yingchen, looking left and right, looking not very understanding.

Liu Sang suddenly turned around, looked at Xia Yingchen, and said, "My lady..." He had already decided to say what he had to say.

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