Chapter 990: Standing up to the heavens and the earth
Zhuozhou City was built near the river, after the destruction of fire and earth attack, it has become a ruin, the river water backs up, flooding most of the area, only in the northeast corner there is still a relatively safe area, including two sections of the city wall, a city tower and more than a dozen courtyards.
It was quiet, not even the barking of cats and dogs.
On a mountain peak eight or nine miles away, Mu Xingqiu was quietly watching, this was the second time he had come here. The first time he approached Zhuozhou City, he noticed that a large number of complex spells were arranged outside the city, and he had a body of mana, but he didn't remember to use the skills, and he couldn't avoid the prohibitions set by the talisman masters, so he returned the same way, and asked for some talismans from Fu Lin, and now he has learned the art of sacrificial talismans.
The interval between the two arrivals was less than an hour, and a lot of changes took place inside and outside the city of Zhuozhou, the roads and houses were destroyed by the earth attack, and even the mountain peaks at the feet of Mu Xingqiu were also shorter, only the northeast corner of the city remained the same.
Mu Xingqiu didn't want to break in, his promise was to save people, not kill people.
He sacrificed a paper talisman, and the three moths flapped their wings and flew towards Zhuozhou City, although the speed was slower, but it was very hidden. On the way back to fly, Mu Xingqiu had already checked all the talismans and roughly guessed the purpose of each talisman, he had a feeling that these talismans seemed to have wasted a lot of mana, and there was quite room for improvement, but he could only sacrifice the original spells of the talismans now.
The three moths guard each other, bypassing the invisible prohibition created by the talismans, and in a safe place they will speed up and fly at a speed that normal insects do not have.
Mu Xingqiu stood with his back against a tree, offered another matching paper talisman, closed his eyes, and the scene of the three moths in his mind came to mind in turn, and he could also direct them to change directions. The scene is not very clear, as if covered with a veil, and with the influence of night, the scene is even more hazy. This made Mu Xingqiu, who had Tianmu, very unaccustomed.
He decided that he had the opportunity to improve the talismans so that they could be used to their full power.
Looking through the cracks in the doors and windows, there were hundreds of mortals locked up in the intact houses in Zhuozhou City, with as few as three people in each room and as many as more than ten people, they obviously didn't know what kind of treatment they were going to face, all of them were very panicked, some held the statue and prayed, some hugged each other and cried, and some sat still.
The moth didn't find the guard. All the doors were unlocked, only a note was posted outside, and none of the detainees tried to escape.
Mu Xingqiu manipulated the moth to turn to the city wall, but still did not find the whereabouts of the guard, and none of the dozens of Fu Master claimed by Tong Weibin were there.
A moth rose to the top of the castle tower, and finally saw the figure of the Fu Gong Master, a man in his thirties, wearing an eightfold crown on his head, standing in front of a four-legged square tripod. He is scribbling on the body of the tripod with a red pen.
The height of the top is about one zhang, and the four legs are directly cast on the copper floor of the city tower, and the surface is engraved with the pattern of the talisman, and the brushwork is strong. It is a bit hideous, and there are stools of different heights around it, which are placed up and down for the master of the stool.
The eightfold crown is scribbled with a red pen to write new talisman patterns, or wide open and closed. The characters written are like a big bucket, such as meticulously crafted, as if they are writing a fly's head.
Mu Xingqiu didn't know much about Fu Zheng. The scene from the moth is also unclear, so I don't know what the Fu Master is doing, but I can roughly guess that he is blessing the four-legged tripod, and those vermilion talismans gradually seep into the body of the tripod after writing, leaving no trace.
After writing a tripod body, the master put the pen and ink on a nearby table, and successively offered three paper talismans of unknown effect, rested for a while, picked up the red pen again, held the ink plate, and walked to the other side of the tripod body to continue writing.
Another slightly older Sevenfold Crown Talisman Master walked up and asked, "Mr. Huangfu, how is it doing?"
Yaeguan put down the red pen he had just raised, and said unhappily: "What else, isn't this what is being written? It takes time to stand up to the sky and the earth, and just now it was a landslide and a flying stone from the sky, so I can't write it at all." ”
"Hey, I'm not here to urge you, I'm just telling you that Tong Weibin from the old military fort hasn't sent back a message for a long time, and I'm afraid there will be changes ahead. ”
"My task is to write talismans, and if there is something you can do first, what's the use of telling me?"
The corners of the seven-fold crown twitched twice, he didn't dare to attack in person, said "whatever you want", turned around to leave, suddenly reached out and grabbed a moth, slowly let go of his palm, watched the moth turn into ashes, and said coldly: "The speed is quite fast, it turns out that it has arrived." ”
The Huangfu Fu Fu Master didn't care about this matter, and said: "The blood and ink are almost insufficient, it must be replenished before dawn tomorrow, and don't scare these people half to death, what I want is the spirit of 'standing up to the sky', not greedy for life and afraid of death, the mood of the ink source will directly affect the effect of the talisman." ”
"Bloody ink will do. The Sevenfold Crown replied coldly, having already sacrificed three talismans in his hand one after another, informing the other companions and searching for the whereabouts of the enemy.
There was a loud bang, obviously someone broke the ban outside the city, and the hand of the Huangfu Fu Master holding the pen trembled slightly, and he almost wrote a useless stroke on Ding's body, with an angry expression on his face, "Zheng Tianyuan, don't be lazy when it's time for you to contribute, I didn't pull you in to see the excitement." ”
Zheng Tianyuan, the seven-fold crown rune master, looked even more gloomy, but he didn't dare to make a mistake, the status of the Huangfu rune master was higher than him, and he was writing the vital rune, even the nine-fold crown of the great rune master did not dare to offend this person, he could only forbear, the sacrificial talisman flew up, and went to meet the intruder.
One moth was destroyed, Mu Xingqiu was observing the situation through the other two moths, heard a bang, and couldn't see clearly with the moth, so he turned out from behind the tree and looked at the city with his heavenly eyes, only to see that Shou Que and ten holy rune soldiers had flown to the edge of the city, and it seemed that they were going to break through.
Mu Xingqiu's location was far away from the official road, and Shou Que and the others didn't see him at all.
Shou Que flew too fast, and after breaking the ban, he flew out of a distance before stopping, he was startled first, and immediately fell on the ruins on the ground, turned over and jumped behind the ten people, "You go and ask Mu ...... Feidian was not in the city, so he spoke politely and told them that we weren't here to find trouble. ”
Fu Lin was taken aback again, thinking how powerful this girl was, but she didn't expect that she was less courageous than herself, but she was not cautious in her actions, and she didn't know how to avoid it in the face of prohibition.
The matter has come to this point, Fu Lin has no choice, he is a descendant of Queen Fu, although this identity is of little value in the eyes of outsiders, he himself takes it very seriously. He was also a general appointed by the imperial court, leading nine troops, and he couldn't show his cowardice, so he stood at the front and waited for the people in the city to come out.
The weapons and armor of the nine soldiers had been discarded, and only Fu Lin's armor was still there, so he pulled out the talisman sword at his waist to strengthen his courage.
Zheng Tianyuan, the seven-fold crown talisman master, flew out of Zhuozhou City, and what he saw was such a small group of people, only the leader held a weapon in his hand. The others didn't even have a set of armor, and as for the lack of guards, he didn't see it at all.
Zheng Tianyuan landed on the roof of a house that was only half left, more than a hundred steps away from the other party, put his hands behind his back, and sneered briefly, "The emperor and grandson are coming, Zhuozhou City is far away, please forgive me." The world is so chaotic. There aren't many Fu Emperors and Grandchildren, you shouldn't run out. ”
"Zheng Tianyuan, I won't talk nonsense with you, where are the laborers you grabbed from nearby villages and towns? Fu Lin saw no signs of the battle. Therefore, it is speculated that Eun Gong may not have arrived, or he may not have appeared in the shadows, so his name will not be mentioned for the time being.
Shou Que didn't squeak in the back, holding his breath. Resist the scent of the living soul.
"You're really impressing, Fu Lin, let me guess...... You feel like you've escaped fire and earth attacks one after another. It's a great calamity, and it seems that with the protection of the gods, you can inherit the imperial lineage from now on, right?"
"Mankind is experiencing an unprecedented crisis, the imperial line is not important, the Longbin Association is not important, the people are the most important. You can be loyal to anyone, and I hope you don't harm the people. Fu Lin said very sincerely, but he expected that the Fu Masters would definitely not have a good intention to recruit young men and women.
Zheng Tianyuan glanced Fu Lin up and down a few times, "Is there any difference between the blood of the royal family and ordinary people?"
"What?"
"We're writing the Heaven and Earth Symbol, and we need a little blood. ”
"What!" A chill rose from the soles of Fu Lin's feet to the top of his head, lingering for a long time, and he was silent for a while before he said, "Huangfu Yanghao is here?"
"Of course, he is the only one who can write the Heavens and the Earth. Zheng Tianyuan said with a slight sarcasm.
"Mr. Huangfu is the first person in the world to write talismans, and he has been depressed for many years in the Longbin Club, and it is still at the insistence of the former Chief Xin that he was barely awarded the eight-fold crown, but I didn't expect it...... Alas, he will fall into your hands. ”
"You look down on us, Huangfu Yanghao volunteered to join and write talismans, but no one forced him, but he always forced us to collect fresh blood and ink everywhere. You came at the right time, the blood of the royal family may not be anything special, but it is worth a try, you can go all the way here, and break through Tong Weibin's level, it shows that you have some ability, and you are not small - it is the person we need the most. ”
Fu Lin shook his head, not worried about his own safety, "I don't believe that Mr. Huangfu would do such a thing voluntarily, you must have forced him." ”
"Stupid, Huangfu Yanghao only has the word 'write a talisman' in his heart, he has written almost all the talismans in his life, only the top of the sky and the earth talisman is an exception, and now he finally has an opportunity, how can he miss it?"
"Standing up to the sky and the earth, the corpse is thousands of miles away, don't you want to live?"
Zheng Tianyuan smiled disdainfully, "We have our own way, as for you, raise your sword and let me see if Emperor Fu's descendants still have a little bit of 'standing up to the sky' spirit?"
Fu Lin did have a little bit of courage in his heart, not much, but it was enough for him to raise his long sword with both hands, ready to face the opponent's talisman.
Zheng Tianyuan waved his hand and sacrificed the first paper talisman, he saw that Fu Lin had broken through Tong Weibin's level, and he didn't dare to underestimate the enemy in his heart, what he sacrificed was a three-cut divine talisman, the spell was simple, just a flying knife, but the power was great, he wanted to arouse Fu Lin's stronger fighting spirit and then collect blood, so he slowed down slightly.
Fu Lin gritted his teeth, and the veteran behind him suddenly reached out and pressed on his back, and an unfamiliar force entered the meridians, and before he could understand what was going on, he couldn't help but swing his long sword, and the flying knife that shot in the middle not only blocked the attack, but also rebounded it back at a faster speed.
Zheng Tianyuan was taken aback, and he didn't have time to fight back, so he had to turn over and jump off the roof, looking quite embarrassed.
The throwing knife was uncontrollable and hit the city wall, smashing down a large block of masonry.
Zheng Tianyuan was furious, and was about to kill the killer, when an indifferent voice came from the air, "Better blood is behind, what do you care about him?"
Zheng Tianyuan replied in a very respectful voice, "Thank you Grandmaster for your advice. ”
Fu Lin's heart trembled, and he finally understood why these Fu Masters were so confident: there was a Dao Sect Grandmaster behind them.
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