Chapter 178: Atonement

The city suddenly became lively, and the army of Emperor Ci was stationed on the east bank of the Jiehe River, and a group of Fu Gong divisions built a bridge across the river, so that even if the river thawed, it would not affect the traffic. At the same time, teams of soldiers entered the city and searched for available supplies, and they were much more efficient than Mu Lie, digging ice, breaking walls, and digging holes to turn the city upside down.

Another group of soldiers carved out a square clearing on the wharf on the west bank of the Jiehe River and the east of the city, and then erected a large number of wooden pillars, like a dead forest with all its branches and leaves, and the Patriarch Tower was wrapped in it, located a little closer to the side.

Yin Bushen was stationed at the West City Gate to prevent anyone from passing, and as a result, he clashed with a team of scouts on the first day, "I know that the western place is bigger, but it no longer belongs to the Xijie Kingdom or the Holy Fu Dynasty, and now it belongs to Qin Daoist. Don't blame me for not reminding you, Daoist Qin is not as easy to talk as Daozun, I'm saving you, hurry up and stay away. ”

Emperor Ci promised Mu Xingqiu that he would not disturb the female Taoist priests in the west of the city, but the dozen or so scouts obviously had a different understanding of the order, and an officer stepped forward and said, "We will not approach Xizhao Lake, but only set up a few outposts outside the city to prevent a sneak attack by demons." ”

Yin Bushen shook his head firmly, he stood in the middle of the city gate, surrounded by a group of ground monkeys, no matter what the demon lord said, they all made a squeaky echo sound, which was quite powerful.

"Ha, there are really demons coming to kill you, can you stop it? Don't make a fuss, go back and tell your emperor that he doesn't have to worry about the safety of the west, and you don't interfere with my practice. ”

Yin Bushen began to punch decently, this is a set of Dao Tong boxing methods derived from the demon clan, Qin Lingshuang passed it on to Yin Bushen, asking him to use this method to strengthen the demon body, and when the demon body is stronger and clearer, he will remove it in one fell swoop. Yin Bushen has been practicing for a while, and it has no effect, but he doesn't dare to interrupt. I still practice diligently every day. As soon as he practiced boxing, the monkeys imitated him.

Several scouts glanced at each other, and at the same time pulled out their close-fitting daggers, did not attack Yin Bushen, but stretched out their tongues and cut it, and then sprayed blood mist in front of them, I don't know if they had taken medicine or had the blessing of the talisman, the amount of blood was extremely large, and it was red, filling the entire city gate hole. The thick bloody aura made even Yin Bushen, who was born in the demon clan, feel unbearable.

The ground monkeys already knew the temper of the demon lord very well, and they swooped out of the door, and Yin Bushen really stomped his feet and flew out, faster than the ground monkeys.

The blood mist persisted, and the scouts drew their swords, held them in both hands, and protected each other as they walked out of the West Gate, which was considered to have been occupied.

The scout headed west, not approaching Lake Sunset.

It's not the first time Yin Bushen has been frightened. He had seen and even performed more brutal sorcery himself, but he was still shocked by the fact that the human soldiers did not hesitate to use it on themselves.

He stood outside the city gates, looking at the scouts in the distance. Thinking that something was wrong, he turned to look at the Xizhao Lake, the two portals formed by the Great Bright Mirror were still standing there, and it was useless to tell Daoist Qin about these things. She even sent a snowman to demonstrate how to teach boxing, and after three times, it melted into water without explanation. And don't give him a chance to ask questions. Yin Bushen was afraid of her, this was a kind of fear of staying away, if a catastrophe came, he would rather please Mu Xingqiu and beg for a different Shijun, rather than dare to say a word to Qin Lingshuang.

He had a feeling that apart from Mu Xingqiu, Daoist Qin didn't care about any living beings in this world at all.

Yin Bushen led the monkeys into the city, a little like this group of ugly guys, no matter how timid he was, how unbearable he behaved in front of a strong enemy, the monkeys didn't care, after the danger, he still followed him honestly, when he was the demon lord, even his cowardice was imitated very well.

The streets were full of soldiers of ten to thirty men, either with talismans or instruments, breaking into uninhabited houses, taking away all the food and tools they could find, some of which were too large and heavy, piled up at the door, waiting for the army to move.

"These humans are more obedient and capable than ants, which is really ...... How did you train it? It wasn't like that before. The more Yin Bushen looked, the more frightened he became, and he avoided the soldiers as much as possible.

The soldiers also stared warily at the half-demon and the ground monkey.

At the corner of an alley, Yin Bushen met Mu Lie, who was wearing a thick leather jacket, completely different from the soldier's attire, carrying a shriveled pocket in his hand, and watched blankly as a group of soldiers not far away went in and out.

In normal times, Yin Bushen would laugh at Mu Lie mercilessly, but today he was not in the mood, and stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter? These people are searching everywhere, but you are not allowed to take something?"

"No, they didn't say they wouldn't let me take anything, but ...... But they always got ahead of me, and I didn't get into the house. ”

"Hey, you're a human, not a demon, why do they treat you like this?"

"An officer approached me and asked me to join the Holy Rune Army, but I didn't agree, maybe that's why. ”

"Maybe? That's it, the emperor's heart is really small. Why don't you join the Holy Rune Army? Don't you want to seek revenge on Zuo Liuying? If you join the army, your hope will be a little greater. ”

Mu Lie's face was slightly red, and he whispered, "That...... I'm not convinced that I'm fully human. ”

"What do you mean? Oh, you're half-blood, which one is a demon? Father or mother? I'll just say, you're not like a pure human. ”

Mu Lie's face turned even redder, "My family comes from a place called the Stopping State, where there is no distinction between humans and demons, and they have intermarried with each other for hundreds of years, so ......"

"Understood. Yin Bushen patted Mu Lie on the shoulder sympathetically, "It's a pity that I didn't learn Lao Jun's skills, otherwise if I bite you on you, I will know if you have demon blood." ”

Mu Lie got rid of Yin Bushen's palm, "Don't let anyone want to bite me." ”

Ahead, a group of soldiers were about to carry a thick log two or three feet long out of the courtyard, but the door was too small to get out, and one soldier stepped forward and spewed blood into the wall with his dagger tongue, and then the others smashed it with their hammers, and soon broke a large enough gap.

"Are these people crazy?" Yin Bushen said loudly, not caring about being heard, "Offering blood for this little thing can easily be solved by finding a talisman master, and I don't want to think about how people transported wood in the first place." ”

As if they hadn't heard, the soldiers lined up in two rows and walked to the street with logs on their backs, as other soldiers passed by. But they did their jobs, and no one came up to help.

Yin Bushen stepped aside, feeling more and more strange, and stepped forward to grab an officer's arm, "I'll ask you something." ”

The officer walked in front, he couldn't move, and the soldiers behind couldn't move, carrying the log and stepping on the spot, he stared at the half-demon fiercely, and said coldly: "Let go of me." ”

"How. Are you going to squirt blood on me again? I won't let it go this time, unless you answer my question. Yin Bushen glanced at Mu Lie next to him, Mu Lie was puzzled, but the monkeys understood the demon lord's intentions, and scattered in a hurry, rushing into the nearby courtyard, searching for frozen food everywhere.

Mu Lie reacted at this time, and hurriedly ran to the house that the soldiers had just searched, and shook his head straight. I thought that there were such simple people in the world, and even the earth monkey was smarter than him.

The soldiers were trapped by the heavy logs and could not get out, and the officers were full of anger. But one hand was used to support the wood, and the other arm was caught, so it was impossible to perform a blood sacrifice.

"Where did you learn the method of blood sacrifice?"

"It's none of your business. The officer yelled.

"Who said it's none of my business? Blood sacrifice is demonic art, and there isn't much left of our demon clan. You're going to have to learn this trick, and you're going to leave us a way out? No, I have to figure it out. ”

The officer was anxious and angry. Suddenly chanted aloud: "The ancient gods bless me, the emperor protects me, my flesh and blood, only the gods enjoy ......"

Yin Bushen was startled again, let go of the officer, and flew into the air, on the ground, the army spewed out a large column of blood, where the blood fell, the ice and snow stood up, and a small hole several feet deep appeared on the bluestone pavement.

The officer staggered, and the soldiers behind him were still on the ground, and none of them had the intention of stepping forward to help, as if they were waiting for him to fall and continue to advance.

Mu Lie didn't find anything, and when he walked out of the courtyard gate, he saw this scene, and hurriedly stepped forward to help the officer out of the queue, and the soldiers really left with the logs.

"Come and see, what's going on with him?" Mu Lie sent the officer to the wall, asked him to sit down, asked the heavenly Yin Bushen for help, and hurriedly took out a few small wooden bottles containing medicine from his bosom, and looked at them, none of them were right.

"What do you care about him? If he wants to die, let him die, I am a pure demon and never save humans. Yin Bushen refused to land, and the monkeys appeared from all directions, standing on the wall and on the roof, and they all pouted and shook their heads, indicating that they would not be saved.

Mu Lie didn't care so much, poured out one or two pills from each small wooden bottle, and said to the officer: "This is the herb from my hometown, I don't know if it's easy to use or not, you eat it first, I'll take you to see Mu Xingqiu, he knows magic, and he will definitely save your life." ”

The officer shook his head, refused to take the medicine, the anger on his face disappeared, and he actually smiled, "It's finally over, it's finally over......"

"What's the end?" Mu Lie was puzzled.

"Only the guilty will escape the calamity of the five elements and live to endure the suffering, and my sin is coming to an end. ”

"I survived without sin. Mu Lie was even more puzzled.

Yin Bu fell, bent down and asked, "Who told you this?"

The officer didn't even have a bitter hatred for the demon clan, "Emperor Ci, he said that we are all guilty, it is our sin to be deceived by Kun Chao, and it is also our sin that the world falls and all living beings perish, we must keep fighting, and those who die in the process can atone for their sins." ”

Yin Bushen was dumbfounded, and after a while, he said: "Qi Wusupreme has never been so demagogic. What else did the emperor say?"

He said......" another stream of blood welled up from the officer's mouth, "the world is hopeless, the enemy ...... Kun Chao is too powerful, no one is his opponent, even if all the living beings in the world are united, but those who insist on fighting will enter the world of the ancient gods after death, Kun Chao is not an immortal, so he can't enter, and the strong people in the world can't enter, because ......"

The officer's breathing gradually weakened.

Yin Bushen summoned a blood-red pill and stuffed it into the officer's mouth, "It's not so easy to die, your 'crime' is not over yet." ”

Yin Bushen felt that he had to remind Dao Zun: It was definitely a wrong idea to lend the Patriarch Pagoda to Emperor Ci.

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