Nine Gates of Immortals

Chapter 1
Breaking the boundary, cutting off the other eight kinds of afflictions in the nine knots except greed. The human world in the end of the Dharma era is full of strange and wandering legends.

But the word greed can overthrow the world, divide the kingdoms of heroes, and even have one city and one lord.

In the middle of the Yellow River, in a sparsely populated and mysterious area, there is a dynasty that has always stood tall. It seems that it has been blessed by heaven. Although there are frequent floods, it is still strong and strong, and it produces abundant grain every year, which will benefit future generations.

Luoyang City, with a radius of tens of miles, is surrounded by Mang Mountain in the north and Luoshui River in the south. It has triple walls of Miyagi, Jingcheng and Guocheng.

To the south of Luoyang City, near Luoshui, the vast wheat fields are glowing with a pleasing golden yellow color. In a few days, it will be a good season for autumn harvest.

The people in the city live and work in peace and contentment because of this, and they don't fight for day and night.

However, where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

A handsome young man climbed on the city wall of the capital, with a handsome face and a handsome appearance.It's just that the more you look, the darker those nimble eyes are, making people feel a little unreal.

At this moment, he frowned slightly, looking at the gratifying scenery in the distance, for some reason, there was always a trace of uneasiness in his heart.

His name is Luo Fan, and he is the prince of Luoyang City.

"Fan'er, in three days' time, it will be an auspicious time. It will be your 16-year-old coming-of-age ceremony. It will be this year's autumn harvest. When the time comes, the whole city will celebrate it. What kind of gift do you want the emperor to give you?"

A middle-aged man with sharp edges and corners, his sharp eyes are full of favor at the moment, and he is wearing a dragon robe, but there are only eight. Is there a higher existence above this imperial power?

He is Luo Fan's father, and also the helm of Luoyang City, the lord of the city, Luo Hai.

Luo Fan looked at his father, his eyes flickered, and then stayed on the huge chasm in the sky.

Since the beginning of history, the sky has been separated by a huge chasm. It is boundless and the sun cannot be seen. The chasm is completely dark and cannot be seen through. People call it the Scar of the Sky.

Rumor has it that above the trace of the sky is Jiuchongtian, a mysterious sacred place for immortals.

But is this really the case?

Every year during the autumn harvest, Jiuchongtian will send "immortal envoys" to collect tribute from the world, without him, it is the wheat that the people depend on for survival.

Luo Fan didn't understand why a superior existence would compete with ordinary people for the basis of survival. Could it be natural selection?Or is there something else hidden in it?
Luo Fan couldn't figure it out, and he didn't want to think about it.

"I want my mother!" Right now, the only wish is his obsession since he was a child.

"Your mother, she..." Luo Hai hesitated to speak, shook his head gently, and walked down the city wall slowly.

Leaving Luo Fan alone, he looked at the back in a daze, as if he was about to leave him.

This night is destined to be a sleepless night, because the sky suddenly changed, the strange black and white colors stimulated everyone's nerves, and the heavy snow without warning broke the silent night. It is said that the auspicious snow heralds a good year, but before the autumn harvest , Isn't this going to cut off everyone's way of life!
"Don't run around".

"Come back soon".

There were voices of adults shouting from all over the city, because some naughty children actually ran out to play at this time, how could they know their parents' worries and anxiety.

This snow lasted for three days at a time, and on the last day, the city was already full of folks and elders kneeling.

Luo Hai's brows were already wrinkled together, his clenched fists raised and lowered, he was powerless against natural disasters, if possible, he was willing to deal with the punishment from heaven alone.

"Your Majesty, the residents of this city..." An eunuch stood beside Luo Hai with his head bowed, his waist bent very low, and he didn't dare to continue speaking.

"Why panic, hasn't the sky fallen yet?"

Before Luo Hai finished speaking, a guard of the imperial guard ran in from outside the palace in a panic.

"Hmm—" Luo Hai waved his hand, obviously he was still a few steps away, but he held down the guard's shoulder. This kind of skill is enough to stand out from the crowd in this world.

"Your Majesty, people from Jiuchongtian are here." The guard knelt down with a "plop", sweating profusely. Those who are careful can find that his panic is not due to bumping into Luo Hai, but from outside.

"It's time to come, it will come." Luo Hai's powerful palm slowly lowered, and his whole person became cautious, which shows that the person who came was extraordinary.

Luo Fan, as Luo Hai's only prince, should have supreme power, but he kept a low profile like a commoner. Today was the first time he accompanied his father to court, and the uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense.

He quietly followed Luo Hai out of the palace.

The snow in Luoyang, covered in silver, is a beautiful sight, but it chills people's hearts.

On what should have been a golden wheat field, a strange man stood facing the wind, floating in mid-air, giving people a sense of sacredness and inviolability.

Then there is the unfathomable Luoshui, which is said to deter gods.

That man was a sinner sent by Jiuzhongtian to take away people's flesh and blood, at least in Luo Fan's view.

Luo Fan dismissed this so-called fairy envoy at all, but he was inevitably shocked and longing for that mysterious power.

"I won't let you starve to death."

The city gate opened slowly, Luo Hai left Luo Fan behind, and walked out alone, the people in the city hid in the city and watched nervously, their hope of surviving was placed in the hands of this man.

"Luo Hai, are you convicted?"

The man was not close, but the momentum was overwhelming, and the man actually questioned the king of a country with a condescending attitude. It is true that in the face of powerful strength, the imperial power is like a dog.

"I don't know why Luo Hai is guilty?" Luo Hai was neither humble nor overbearing, even in the face of the fairy envoy, his back was still straight.

"Bold, do you know who you're talking to." The fairy envoy shouted loudly, his brows were raised up, and the snow under his feet was blown up by a gust of wind, and hit Luohai head-on.

"Of course Luo Hai knows, but does your lord know about our difficulties?" Although Luo Hai was hit by the wind and snow, there was still light in his squinted eyes.

"What's the problem with you? Even if there is, it's a punishment from heaven. It's nothing to do with me. I only come to get what I want from above. If I can't hand it over, you are guilty." The fairy envoy acted like he had nothing to do with me. .

"Bastard!" Luo Fan looked at the face of the fairy envoy, and almost had the urge to rush up and beat him up.

"What does your lord represent?" Luo Hai asked.

"Of course it's this day, and the immortals in the sky." The immortal envoy replied proudly.

"Then shouldn't my lord be sympathetic to the sufferings of the people? Is it going to cut off the people's livelihood? If it weren't for the snow, I would naturally be willing to give half of the harvest, but the snow came too suddenly, and I'm afraid the remaining harvest would be less than ten percent." One, even surviving this winter will be a problem." Luo Hai glanced back at his imperial city.

There are not only his own sons in the city, but also his own subjects, so he must fight to the end.

Although Luoyang City is strong, it never provokes troubles, let alone plunders the city. It has always been self-sufficient. It can develop to this day because of this wheat field and this easy-to-defend and difficult-to-attack terrain.

"Of course I care about your life and death, but as for how to live, it depends on your own choices." The fairy envoy suddenly raised his hand and pointed, and there was the sound of war horse neighing not far away.

"It's really not that simple." Luo Fan sneaked up to the city wall at some point, his hands tightly clenched, because an iron horse army appeared in sight at the foot of Mang Mountain. Judging by its costumes, it was indeed another dynasty. The military horse - the iron cavalry of the empire on which the sun never sets.

"Luo Hai, as long as you surrender to me, I will guarantee you to survive this winter, and I can even help you complete the mission entrusted by the envoy."

A golden armored warrior walked out of the queue, majestic and majestic, with a murderous aura, his light was as dazzling as the rising sun, and it was the monarch whose sun never sets—Sheng Hui.

It's just that with his attire, it's hard to believe his sincerity. I'm afraid the affiliation is fake, and the enslavement is real, and it's more likely that he will be looted and abandoned.

The sun never sets and is warlike, and he often fights in all directions. More importantly, he has been a deadly enemy with Luoyang City from the beginning to the end, all caused by the names of the two imperial powers.

"It seems that today's matter is difficult to get better." Luo Hai's eyes flickered, and he couldn't make up his mind for a while.

"Can the emissary give me a few days, let me think of a way, and I will definitely give the emissary an explanation!" Luo Hai is not a fool, and the cause and effect of this can be easily understood after thinking about it. This move is just to delay time. But it's not just this one emissary, as long as other emissaries are found, there may be a glimmer of hope.

"Isn't the solution already in front of your eyes? Don't let me down!" The fairy envoy's tone revealed a deep sense of threat.

"We are not traitors!"

"Yes, we will never have two masters!"

"To live together, to die together!"

At some point outside Luoyang City, a huge crowd appeared, protected by the imperial guards, but each of them excitedly took up the weapons at home, vowing to live and die with Luoyang City.

Listening to the shouting sound, Luo Hai's blood also boiled, and then recalled the fairy envoys of the Nine Heavens in the past, which one was not a wild goose plucking hair, which made people resentful.

With a bang, the sword was unsheathed, and Luo Hai stared angrily at the envoy from the sky.

"Since the sky can be unkind, why should we respect it?"

"Okay, okay, you dare to challenge the majesty of the heavens, then I will fulfill you."

(End of this chapter)