Taiping Inn

In the depths of the Golden Tent, there is an open-air altar with a square tower structure. It is large at the bottom and small at the top, with layers upon layers, and is ten feet high. There are ninety-one steps leading to the top of the altar in each of the four directions of the altar. All the steps plus the top altar are exactly the number of 365 days in a year. There are three-foot-wide side walls on both sides of the steps. At the bottom of the north wall, there is a huge stone carving of a snake head, four feet high, five feet long, and three feet wide. Every year on the spring and autumn equinoxes, a snake shadow wonder will appear near the altar. When the sun begins to set, the side walls of the northern set of steps will form a winding giant snake shadow under the sunlight, together with the snake head carved at the bottom, as if a giant snake is swimming from the altar to the earth.

This is a forbidden area for the entire royal court. Except for the old Khan and the national teacher, no one is allowed to set foot here, including the kings and the Yan family.

In the night, the national master walked into the altar in a black robe. He wore a hood connected to his robe, which made most of his face hidden in the shadow of the hood. Some white hair fell from the hood, swaying in the night wind, like curved white snakes. The national master held a thick black staff that seemed to be entangled with vines. The material was neither gold nor wood. The head of the staff was cast with a white skeleton with a cracked smile, and sharp white teeth were exposed in the mouth. The appearance was very ferocious and weird. What was even more strange was that there were two long snakes coiled on the staff, winding up and down.

The national master walked like an ordinary old man. Every step he took, he would touch the ground with the long staff in his hand. The end of the long staff fell on the steps of the altar, making a crisp sound, which was very clear in the night and could be heard very far away.

After walking up the ninety-one steps, the national teacher climbed to the top of the altar. There was a stone platform in the center of the place. On the stone platform hung a diamond-shaped eight-sided stone emitting faint fluorescent light. It was almost translucent and blood-red. It was slowly rotating on its own, constantly absorbing the blood-colored breath from the altar below.

The national teacher stood aside with the snake staff in his hand, opened his hands, and the black robe on his body was rustling in the cold wind. Then he muttered: "When the thunder of Changshengtian descended, the sky turned into chaos. In the thunder, there was infinite power. When light and darkness met, the flames of heaven and earth changed instantly. The messenger came, mastered the power, and ruled everything."

"When he arrived, thunder resounded through the sky, flames descended on the earth, and the scorching wind turned the creatures into corpses. The people praised him. The messenger with great power must control the life and death of all things."

As the national teacher chanted, a light like substance shone from the blood-red stone, reflecting the national teacher's black robe into a blood-stained robe. At the same time, thunder rumbled above the altar, and purple lightning flashed across the sky like long snakes.

The State Master's eyes became deep, like two bottomless wells, but in the deepest part there was a blazing fire, as if to burn everything in the world.

At some point, the night wind was no longer cold, but replaced by a strong burning heat, which was more oppressive than the heat of the scorching season, as if standing on the edge of a volcano, and the ice and snow melted wherever he passed.

The State Master reached out his hand, broke through the red halo, and grasped the bright red stone that was suspended in the air. At this moment, the veins on the back of the State Master's hand bulged and wrinkles appeared, but the State Master didn't care, and let his palm gradually dry up, like a dead branch, and slowly began to recover. This is the terrifying vitality of the immortal realm, and longevity is not a lie. If it were anyone below the Heavenly Man Realm, the moment he held the stone, he would be firmly sucked in, and then watch in despair as he was sucked dry bit by bit, becoming a skeleton, unless he cut off his arm at the first moment.

The Imperial Master held the stone tightly with one hand, and began to impose various restrictions on it with the other hand to isolate it from its terrifying suction.

The sound of thunder gradually faded away, revealing a bright moon, and the moonlight fell, shining on the altar, a piece of pure white. The blood-red light gradually faded, and finally disappeared completely. The stone in the Imperial Master's hand lost all its luster and strangeness, just like an ordinary crystal.

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Li Xuandu looked up at the winding electric snake above the night sky, silent.

At this time yesterday, Shigan Khan sent Abechi, the third lieutenant of the Wangting Qiexue Army, to invite him to the Golden Tent. Li Xuandu did not see the old Khan, but learned from Shigan Khan that Song Zheng's son Wulien was missing. When Li Xuandu left the Golden Tent, Shigan Khan asked him to go to the Golden Tent again at midnight the next day, because the old Khan would wake up at this time and regain control of the Wangting. Now there is only half an hour left until midnight.

At this time, the sky appeared strange. Whether it was Li Xuandu, Ning Yi, Shi Wuyue, or Huangfu Yuxiu, they all knew in their hearts that tonight would probably not be peaceful.

Being in a foreign country, Li Xuandu's face was not afraid, but deeply solemn. Involving the huge changes in the Wangting Imperial Capital, the great master of the Heavenly Man Realm can only be said to be qualified to participate in it, far from being able to dominate the situation, and it is also natural for the immortals of the Changsheng Realm to enter the scene.

At this moment, Feng Niang, who was beside Xiao Yanshi, appeared in the inn and said to Li Xuandu: "Messenger, something bad has happened."

Li Xuandu asked: "Did someone take action?"

"Mingli Khan." Feng Niang had a solemn and worried look on her face for the first time. "Mingli Khan said that only made Lao Han sick. He knew that Lao Han would definitely not let him go after he recovered, so he decided to At this time, I tried my best to destroy Yaomu Huhan and Naitahan, and then forced the palace to force the Thunder Khan, who was guarding the golden tent, to surrender. In this way, even if the old Khan woke up, he could not change anything. Wang Ting and the golden tent They all became the items in the bag of Mingli Khan. "Li Xuandu asked, "Why? Why did Mingli Khan eliminate Yaomu Hushan and Naita Shan? As far as I know, although Mingli Khan is sweating in the entire Golden Tent The country is even more powerful, but there is no overwhelming advantage in the royal court.”

Feng Niang said, "It was the Qiexue army that rebelled. Cewang Alab and others led half of the Qiexue army to swore allegiance to Mingli Khan under the banner of Yili Khan. The guards of Sui Ge Khan and Mo Ge Khan also joined in Badu Khan led his cavalry out of the royal court.”

Li Xuandu asked, "Where is the little clan?"

Feng Niang said, "The Ching family is in her own palace. The Ching family asked me to invite the envoy to see the Ching family."

Li Xuandu pondered for a moment, shook his head and refused, "No, I want to see Lao Khan. Under the current situation, Lao Khan is the key."

Feng Niang heard Li Xuandu say this and did not persist. Perhaps Xiao Yan's intention to see Li Xuandu is just an excuse. Letting Li Xuandu go to Jin's account to meet Lao Khan was her fundamental purpose.

Li Xuandu said to Ning, Shi and Huangfu again: "The royal court has changed a lot, and the golden tent is not a peaceful place. I hope the three of you will help me."

All three are the great masters of the Heavenly Realm. In addition to Li Xuandu, the four of them joined forces, and even Yili Khan had to retreat. At this time, when he heard Li Xuandu say this, Ning Yi and Huangfu Yuxiu felt nervous and responded solemnly. Down.

In a tense atmosphere, Shi Wuyue seemed relaxed and casual, looked around and said, "Is this going to fight? Can we let go of killing people? I'll kill a king first, and I'll have a discussion after I go back. .”

Li Xuandu shook his head and said, "Don't act rashly."

Shi Wuyue said disappointedly: "I also want to see the might of the kings of the Golden Tent."

Li Xuandu said, "Follow me, let alone the kings of the Golden Tent, maybe you can still see Lao Khan and your thoughtful person."

Shi Wuyue's eyes lit up and she asked, "Song Zheng?"

Li Xuan nodded.

Shi Wuyue said with a quick look: "It's time to break it."

At this time, Li Xuan stopped pretending and showed his decision as the leader of the country. He ordered Feng Niang, "You go back and reply to the Shih Truly, please rest assured."

Feng Niang took Li Xuandu’s momentum, and she said, “Yes.”

Looking at Feng Niang who was leaving in a hurry, Li Xuan shook his big sleeves and smiled, "Tonight's scene reminds me of the change of the imperial capital in the second year of Tianbao. That time, three immortals of immortality entered the inner court. , I wonder how many immortals from the immortal world are coming to the golden tent today? "

Huangfu Yuxiu also vaguely heard many rumors about the change in the imperial capital. At this time, he heard Li Xuan say this and said, "It's probably three people."