my demon

Chapter 60 Happy New Year

The nine states of Great Yan are Ji, Yu, Xu, Yan, Qing, Yang, Jing, Liang, and Yong, and the mausoleum of Yan Taizu, like the emperors of several generations of Dayan, is buried in Yongzhou.

The Lich took Fan Zuosi away for more than half a month. Originally, he said he was going to Yongzhou, and the boat was the fastest, but when he arrived in Qingzhou, the Lich suddenly insisted on stopping the boat and going ashore, and then asked Fan Zuosi to wait for him on the boat, and he was alone. left.

Fan Zuosi was a little unclear, so he could only chat with the local people on the boat. He had the sensitivity of a geologist, and he liked to ask if there were any anecdotes wherever he went.

The fisherman on the roadside spends all day by the water in the port, so he has naturally seen people from all over the world, and he loves to talk about anecdotes and strange things.

It is said that there is a deep pool in the deep mountains of Qingzhou. About a few decades ago, there was a water monster with teeth like knives and claws that were good for hooks. It can freeze the pool water like ice. It is said that after it appeared, it ate up all the fish in the deep pool, and also ate up all the birds and beasts passing by the bank. To get rid of the monster, I threw poison into it from afar, but it was useless. I also invited mages and Taoist priests to exorcise the evil, but they couldn't get rid of it. The people called it the ice otter monster. Raise funds by yourself every month, collect cattle, sheep and other livestock as sacrifices and throw them into the deep pool, and the monster will stay in the deep pool and never come out to make trouble.

Fan Zuosi found it interesting.At night, the Lich suddenly returned to the boat and ordered people to sail the boat. When he saw Fan Zuosi coming out, he threw a cold and hard white object in the shape of a dagger at him.

Fan Zuosi held it in his hand and touched it. He felt that the thing was as smooth as ivory, but he felt chills when he touched it. He couldn't help asking the Lich, "Mr. Wu, what is this thing?"

The Lich said indifferently: "The incisors of the otter."

Fan Zuosi: ...

He wondered: "Is there such a big otter?"

The lich waved his hand: "Take it as ivory, and carve something with it, it may also be able to exorcise evil spirits. Don't you think that ivory and dog teeth can exorcise evil spirits?"

Fan Zuosi: ...

How to say it as if he is not from here, yes, Mr. Jiuyao is not from the Central Plains at first glance, but don’t some people in the Western Regions also think that ivory and canine teeth exorcise evil spirits?Is it more popular over there?

The boat slowly opened, and along the way, the Lich often disembarked and disappeared, but Fan Zuosi gradually realized that the places where the Lich disembarked, as long as he inquired carefully, were places where big monsters and wild monsters appeared .

Lich is actually very helpless, he originally only had a hidden perception, and used it as an excuse to hide the truth from the little emperor, but he really didn't expect to meet him not long after he left Beijing. Everywhere he went, he seemed to have Induction, his soul body, about a few decades ago, was torn apart in the turbulent flow and fell into the Kyushu of this world, was inadvertently inhaled by countless fierce beasts in this world, and turned into a great monster.

You must know that in this world, the magic is originally low, so it is difficult to generate this kind of spirit monster, but these ferocious beasts and wild monsters, after causing disaster, will damage his luck, but they are faintly growing and nourishing his soul body , after he sucked back those soul fragments, the soul body became more and more complete.

In his free time, he would also chat with Fan Zuosi, talking about these wild monsters scattered all over the place, Fan Zuosi obviously felt that he was subduing monsters, revered them extremely, and even volunteered to accompany him to slay monsters.

The Lich couldn't help but laugh: "You can't help me. Speaking of it, don't you find it strange? Why do so many spirits suddenly appear in the land of Kyushu? In fact, it is rare for you to have spirits and ghosts in this world, right?"

Fan Zuosi waved his hand: "Mr. Wu is well-read and knowledgeable, haven't you heard of Emperor Liujiang?"

The lich was taken aback.

"Every plant and tree must receive the essence of the moonlight to become a demon, but it must be the Gengshen Yeyuehua. Because of the Gengshen Yeyuehua, there is emperor fluid in it, which is shaped like countless olives and ten thousand golden threads, hanging down in succession. The vegetation in the world One can become a demon by absorbing its energy, and foxes and ghosts can manifest supernatural powers by eating them. Plants and trees have nature but not life, but sap has nature, which can replenish life; foxes and ghosts have their own life, so eating them is very beneficial." (Note: "Continuation of Silence")

Fan Zuosi continued: "Everywhere I go, I have inquired. This group of ghosts appeared 50 years ago, which happened to be the year of Gengshen. This is in line with the records of the Qin Tianjian's stargazing!"

Fan Zuosi took out a scroll of letters from his sleeve: "I just copied this. The Observation Platform of Qintianjian is a good place! Since Dayan established the dynasty, there have been few astrological changes. I have copied them all, sir. You see: "On the fifteenth night of the seventh month of the Gengshen year, the moon was shining brightly, and a huge meteor fell into the capital from the northeast. It was red and yellow in color, as big as a moon lamp, and radiant. The stars are falling, flying like weaving, rustling, flying stars all over the sky are falling like rain, and the people of the capital come out to wait and see, colorful and magnificent. There is still a glow in the sky, and it slowly disperses in the middle of the night.'”

"This must be the reason for the birth of these spirits. It must be the legendary emperor liquid! After being sucked by wild beasts and plants, one night's practice is equivalent to absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon for thousands of years! That's why this became a spirit!" Fan Zuosi His face became excited, his eyes were bright, and he turned his head to beg the Lich: "Mr. Wu! Take me with you! I have never seen a demon in my life!"

Lich: ...

Is the biggest lich right in front of you?

After being watched by so many people who had watched his soul body being torn apart and falling into this world, he suddenly felt that he couldn't look directly at the astrology hall of Qin Tianjian.So what kind of emperor's liquid is probably the Dharma God of various worlds who have been torn apart by crossing the road!

The Lich ruthlessly rejected Fan Zuosi who was extremely excited as if he had discovered the truth of the universe, and returned to the cabin by himself.

It took about three more months to walk like this, sometimes by boat, sometimes on the road, intermittently he also traveled more than half of Kyushu, absorbing those tiny soul fragments of himself, and along the way, he also saw many ghosts of death. The land, some thousands of miles away, are all dry bones, and there are ancient battlefields. Although it has been many years, it is still full of evil spirits, and he has easily absorbed the evil spirits.

His soul body became more and more solid, and the sky began to cool down.

In December, the snow fell, and they also arrived at the northernmost border town in the snow and frost. The westerly wind was blowing in the snow field, and the soul of the Lich was more solid than ever. He and Fan Zuosi lived on the boat. In that year, the river was frozen, the setting sun was dim in the distance, the river wind was bleak, the clothes were as cold as water, and Fan Zuosi was shivering from the cold, and he could only hug the fur coat near the stove in the cabin.

Seeing how cold he was, the Lich threw him a leather robe made of salamander skin. After putting it on, Fan Zuosi's vest suddenly warmed up. I have written all the monsters, but it is a pity that you refused to tell me what the monster is, so I can only ask the people."

Over the past three months, he collected many odds and ends. Apart from the first otter's teeth, he also collected dim but round fish eyeballs, thicker canine teeth, and a horseshoe as hard as metal. , a huge black turtle shell like a bed board, he even joked with the Lich, using it for divination, it might be able to divination out some huge suspicious things!

He looked at the lich sitting by the window of the boat with a little awe, looking at the stars in the sky, he was truly a god-man, and it was truly a blessing to have such an emperor master in the Great Yan Dynasty!How fortunate I am to be able to accompany him on this journey and witness this journey of demon subjugation!

The Lich didn't know that Fan Zuosi was immersed in the fantasy of saving the people again, but he just looked up at the stars in the sky. The stars were dim. Fan Zuosi poured two glasses of hot wine from the stove and handed a glass to the Lich. The Lich didn't answer: "Go ahead and drink."

Fan Zuosi looked at the Lich's face that was not afraid of ice and snow, and murmured: "They must have stopped court in Beijing to celebrate the New Year. Your Majesty, they should have a palace banquet at this time."

The Lich nodded: "Mr. Fan is up to you." After speaking, he left the front cabin and returned to his room. He stretched out his bone fingers and grabbed into the void, but grabbed out a meowing dark cloud. , Wu Yunduo suddenly appeared in a strange place, Mimi yelled for a while, turned her head and looked around, jumping excitedly in the air, the lich clicked on Wu Yunduo, and a talisman array was embedded in the center of its eyes: "Watch here Wait for me to come back, don't run far away, don't disturb mortals."

As soon as the voice fell, the Lich disappeared instantly.

The soul body is solid, he can cast relatively long-distance spells this time, especially the little emperor is wearing his own soul box, it is relatively easy to return to the soul box, but it is a bit troublesome to come here after going back, fortunately There are dark clouds, which is helpful for quick positioning.

Unexpectedly, the little emperor was not in his bedroom, but in his room in Jin'ou Lane. He was lying on the large magic workbench, reading a thick book of poetry.

He was a little amused: "Do you understand?"

Xiao Yan was taken aback, turned around and saw that it was the Lich, and jumped at him in surprise, the Lich hugged him, felt that he was much heavier, and was a little taller by visual inspection, so he couldn't help laughing: " Not bad, I've grown taller, and I still know to come to sleep with me, it's good, it won't be cold."

Xiao Yan's cheeks flushed with joy, but suddenly he felt a little guilty. He glanced at the mithril treasure box that had been put away, and his ears became hot: "Did you just come?"

The lich said: "Yes, it's the Chinese New Year, and I just came to the border town to see you. What did you read?" He flipped through a collection of poems: "Do you understand this?"

Xiao Yan shook his head: "I don't understand, but there is a magic quill." He took the magic pen on the pen holder and said with a smile: "You can't think of it, right? After I clicked on this magic pen, I wanted to use the Central Plains language for me." If you translate it, it can really be translated on your magic paper!"

The Lich was a little surprised: "Yes, this magic pen really has this translation function, but you can actually drive it—probably because you are wearing my soul box, it mistakenly thinks you are me, and the magic pen's intelligence is relatively low .”

He flipped through the stack of neatly clipped poems on the table, and there were a few lines of poems written on the top, which Xiao Yan could see liked it very much, so he copied it again by himself:

"I love him who justifies the future and saves the past:

Because he is willing to perish as the present.

I love the man whose soul is so rich that he forgets himself, and is all in one:

so all things become his downfall

I love all those who fall like heavy raindrops from dark clouds over the heads of mankind:

They announce the coming of lightning, and then perish as heralds. "

(by Nietzsche "Thus Spoke Zarathustra")

Lich's heart suddenly moved slightly. After all, he was going to do a big event soon, and these few poems seemed like a prophecy.

Xiao Yan was a little embarrassed: "Although it has been translated, it is still very obscure. I can't understand many poems, including some books on your shelf. I have read them when I have time in the past few months. Most of them understand No." But I still want to know your world, what kind of world can give birth to a person full of wisdom like you.

The Lich didn't take it seriously: "Read it if you want, but some magic books are not very useful, so you should just read it and play."

Xiao Yan asked him: "Why are you free to come over tonight? Where are you now? Is the soul collection going well?"

The Lich smiled slightly: "It went well. When I arrived at the border town, it happened to snow and the river was frozen. It happened to be Chinese New Year, so I stopped and didn't leave... I took in a lot of big monsters along the way...You Mr. It was formed by eating Emperor Ointment, but it's the same way..."

Xiao Yan listened with relish, fearing that he missed a word, fixed his eyes on the lich, and feared that he missed a glance, but the appearance of the lich's soul body has not changed much except that it is more solid and clear.

But the Lich took out a pot of hot wine from his bosom, but it was brought from Fan Zuosi's stove before he left: "This is the mead brewed with ginseng that I drink in the border town. It is said to be very tonic. I mixed some spirits The absinthe, cold and hot, this is just right, come and have a drink, bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, and celebrate the new year."

Xiao Yan saw that the color of the wine in the flower-shaped crystal glass was as clear as gold, thick as honey, but there was a piece of green ice in the middle, which was very attractive, so he took it, and watched Lich hold another glass of wine to clink with him: "May the Chinese New Year be over, be auspicious and happy. Everything goes well." (Zhao Changqing's "Tan Chun Ling Early Spring")

Xiao Yan took a shallow sip, his face flushed, Lich drank it all, and asked him: "It seems that you have practiced your sword well, and your body is much stronger?"

Xiao Yan took another sip, feeling that everyone is drunk if the wine is not intoxicating, he just stared at the Lich, with the corners of his mouth curled up all the time: "Yes, I have also studied Cheng's Little Nine Heavens, and I have already mastered the whole set, Mr. Cheng Master praised me for playing well."

The Lich couldn't help laughing: "Very good, very good."

Xiao Yan didn't remember when he got drunk in the end, but the ginseng was quite alcoholic. When he woke up again, he was on the beautiful bed of the Lich King, covered with a quilt like a cloud, and the Lich had already left up.

Snow fell outside the window, the capital was silent, it was another new year, and Xiao Yan, who was one year older, was very melancholy.

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The astrology has a reference to the records of meteor showers recorded by the Qin Tianjian in the Qing Dynasty.