Chapter 36 Great Changes in Daliang
Chapter 36 Great Changes in Daliang
Just as the young man was about to take out the things that the senior brother had given him, he heard the old man pointing at the young girl and saying, "Little girl, you don't need it."
Xu Zhian was somewhat speechless, and couldn't help wondering, "Does this cloud boat charge you based on your appearance?"
Xu Zhian didn't dare to think too much, and obediently took out the wooden sign that the Taoist had given him, as well as a bag of mountain ghost money.
When the old man saw that it was a lowest-level wooden talisman, he no longer paid attention to the young man. The old man took the brocade bag, weighed it in his hand, and waved his hand. A doorman behind him led the two of them out of the house.
Xu Zhian looked back and saw four large characters written on the huge archway: Blessings from Heaven.
Xu Zhian clearly remembered that on the other side it was written "Peace in the World", while on this side it was written "Blessings from Heaven". This shows that the pursuits of mortals and cultivators are different.
After walking a few steps with the doorman, I arrived at the gate of a courtyard. The doorman was dozing off at the gate, but when he saw someone coming, he quickly perked up.
Xu Zhian looked at the courtyard with some doubts. The doorman pushed open the gate and said, "Come in!"
As soon as the two of them stepped into the yard, their eyes suddenly lit up. Xu Zhian looked at everything in front of him, shocked and speechless. In front of him were towering mountains, and in front of a cliff not far away there was a cloud ship as big as a small city, floating in front of the cliff.
Looking at the dumbfounded young man, the doorman beside him had a face full of disdain, as if lamenting that he was unlucky today, as both of his two orders were from poor country folk. He couldn't help but curl his lips and said, "Another bumpkin!"
Xu Zhian didn't take the doorman's sarcasm seriously. Just as the doorman said, he was indeed a bumpkin. Everything before him broke his understanding of the world for more than ten years, which shocked the boy for a while.
Just as Xu Zhian was about to take a step, a scream was heard in the distance.
"A Ling!"
When the girl heard the voice, her eyes lit up and she quickly looked towards the woman not far away.
"aunt!"
The girl walked towards the woman with joy, and Xu Zhian followed her.
The woman quickly circled around the girl and said, "Ah Ling, why did you run out? You don't know how worried your parents and the ancestor demon are about you!"
The girl said with a guilty look on her face: "It's Ah Ling's fault this time. I made Grandpa Zuyao and my parents worry."
The woman caressed the girl in white lovingly and said, "What happened? When I noticed that you triggered the demon mark, I rushed over here. If it weren't for the old man from the Shen family stationed here to stop me, I would have rushed into Yancheng to look for you."
The girl in white said with a wronged look on her face: "A Ling almost couldn't see her aunt. Oh, if it wasn't for Brother Xu saving me twice, A Ling would really be in danger!"
The girl quickly pulled up the boy beside her and introduced him. Only then did the woman notice the boy's existence. She saw that the boy was dressed in ordinary clothes and had a black sword on his back. He must be a sword cultivator.
Xu Zhian looked at the woman in green robes in front of him and nodded slightly, saying, "Hello."
The woman in green looked at the young man and nodded proudly. Seeing this, Xu Zhian tactfully stopped talking.
The woman admonished the girl in white, "What did your aunt tell you before? Don't get in touch with humans easily. Ah Ling is so cute, and you don't even know that they sold you out in the end."
Ah Ling shook his head and said, "Brother Xu is very good, he is also very powerful, he saved me twice, Brother Xu is a good man."
The woman looked a little unhappy and said, "People are treacherous. How can you tell the truth from the false? Don't sneak out again in the future!"
The girl was so scolded by the woman that she didn't dare to look up.
Seeing this, Xu Zhian no longer wanted to make trouble, and said to the girl beside him: "A Ling, now you are safe, and I have completed my mission. Let's say goodbye now."
The girl quickly pulled Xu Zhian and said, "Brother Xu, you must go to Yunmengze in the future. A Ling will treat you to a glass of Hundred Flowers Wine."
Xu Zhian nodded and said, "If I have the chance, I will go. Take care."
After the young man finished speaking, he nodded to the woman beside him and walked away.
The woman looked at the girl in white who seemed a little reluctant to leave, frowned slightly and said, "A Ling, let's go."
The girl nodded and walked towards another pavilion.
Xu Zhian followed the doorman to a pavilion, and heard the doorman say, "You can board the ship in half an hour. Take your tokens with you. Do not make any noise or fight during this time. If you violate this rule, you will be disqualified from boarding the ship."
After the doorman left, Xu Zhian walked to a corner of the pavilion and looked at the cloud boat that was as majestic as a hill not far away. His heart still could not calm down for a long time. At this time, a gaze was cast towards him. The young man looked in that direction, but the man looked away again.
This was the first time the boy had seen such a shocking scene, which was even more fantastic than the strange stories he had read.
Since the boy stepped into the yard, this world is no longer the world he is familiar with. It is shrouded in clouds and mist, with mountains in the distance. Occasionally, cranes ride the wind and land on the cloud boat.
Everyone here is what the world calls the mountain immortal master, and is what the common people call the immortal monks.
Not long after, a cloud boat docked at the cliff mouth, and everyone in the pavilion stood up and waited to board the boat.
When the ladder landed, an old man came down to the cliff and shouted, "Climb up!"
Immediately, the crowd took out their talismans and began to climb the cloud ladder. When Xu Zhian climbed onto the deck of the cloud ship and looked into the distance, he saw a girl standing on a cloud ship in the distance, waving her arms and shouting, "Brother Xu..., you must come to Monster Spirit Mountain...!"
Seeing this, Xu Zhian smiled slightly and waved.
At this time, a voice sounded on the deck: "Everyone, use the talisman in your hand to enter the warehouse, please do not stay on the deck."
Suddenly, the people on the deck began to enter the warehouse one after another. When Xu Zhian arrived, the young man asked the old man beside him, "Old man, which warehouse should I go to?"
The old man took a look at the talisman in the boy's hand and said with some disdain: "Ding Zi Cang!"
The young man asked, "Where is the T-barn?"
The old man said impatiently: "It's on the bottom floor of the warehouse. You'll know when you go there!"
Xu Zhian nodded and walked towards the warehouse. The cloud ship was very large, and the boy searched for a long time before he found the T-shaped warehouse. Looking at the densely packed warehouses downstairs, the boy frowned. At this time, a middle-aged man beside him said, "Bring the talisman! Where are you going?"
Xu Zhian quickly handed the talisman to the middle-aged man and said, "East Sea Kingdom, Qimu City."
After the middle-aged man took the talisman and registered, a golden rune appeared on the talisman.
"Warehouse No. 173 will arrive at Qimu City in two days!"
Xu Zhian took the talisman, said thank you, and walked into the warehouse.
When Xu Zhian entered the warehouse, he found that there was already a person lying inside. This person was disheveled and his clothes were tattered. Xu Zhian had seen this person before. He was the young man who had just glanced at him in the pavilion.
When the man saw Xu Zhian coming in, he turned over and faced away from the boy. Xu Zhian didn't pay much attention to him. He looked at the slightly simple warehouse. The boy walked to the bed and looked at the sea of clouds in the distance, his heart full of curiosity.
At this time, with the sound of a loud bell, the cloud boat began to float slightly, and then its speed became faster and faster until it sailed away with the wind.
Xu Zhian withdrew his gaze and sat cross-legged.
So he silently chanted Purple Air Coming from the East, and instantly entered into a state of meditation, arriving at a special space. As soon as the young man arrived here, he saw a man in white chasing a black dog, cursing as he ran: "You damn dog, spit out the luck pill!"
The young man in white was a little stunned when he saw the young man coming in, then he straightened his clothes and said lightly: "This dog is a little stupid, I am training it."
Xu Zhian nodded and said, "Brother, how could this black dog enter my body?"
The young man in white said, "Because of the Black Dragon Luck Pearl, your Luck Sea and the Dragon Pearl have merged into one. Your own body is equivalent to a piece of heaven and earth. Of course, not everything can be put in here. Now a dog is the limit!"
The young man felt it was a bit mysterious, so he asked again: "What's so special about this black dog? Senior brother, why do you care so much about it?"
The young man in white said calmly, "It's nothing special. I just felt bored and let it in to relieve my boredom."
Xu Zhian's face was filled with black lines. He thought this black dog was some kind of treasure, which made him steal something for the first time, and it was a dog.
The young man in white found the young man's face a little funny: "He just stole a dog, didn't he? Why are you so bitter and resentful? It's as if you lost the dog yourself."
Xu Zhian frowned and said, "I don't like stealing other people's things. Once I steal once, I will do it many times later, so you'd better explain it clearly next time."
After saying this, the young man no longer paid attention to the young man in white, but sat aside with his eyes closed and concentrated. This made the young man in white smile bitterly and said, "You are really stubborn."
When Xu Zhian woke up, he found that the young man in the room was no longer in the cabin. He turned his head and looked out the window. Outside, the sky was already full of stars and the sea of clouds was rolling.
The young man carried the black sword and the bag on his back, stood up and walked out of the cabin. It was very lively and noisy outside, just like being in a city.
When the young man appeared on the deck, he found that many monks were sitting cross-legged on the deck, as if they were practicing facing the stars. Xu Zhian looked up at the sky, and the starry sky was as bright as a galaxy.
This was the first time the boy was so close to the stars, and they seemed clearer and brighter than before.
Xu Zhian followed everyone else's example and sat cross-legged. It was this action of Xu Zhian that attracted many people's attention, and they all looked puzzled, or laughed and mocked.
At this time, a voice sounded: "Stand up, sword cultivators should only cultivate swords, don't put the cart before the horse."
Xu Zhian was startled to find that the young man in the same cabin was staring at him.
Xu Zhian stood up, bowed and said, "Thank you."
The man nodded and looked into the distance again. At this time, a meteor streaked across the night sky with a tail. Everyone stared at it. At this time, an old man dressed as a Taoist priest made hand gestures and muttered, "The world is in chaos, and the era of great strife is coming."
Everyone scoffed after hearing this, it was just a rumor, but some people always made it seem like the sky and earth were collapsing and the end of the world was coming.
"Old Taoist, I'm afraid you have miscalculated. Although this Jiazi rumor has some credibility, your statement is a bit alarmist, isn't it?" A fat man on the deck said disdainfully.
"that's right!"
Everyone echoed the fat man's words.
The Taoist smiled slightly and said, "Everyone, wait until tomorrow to see the truth. May you be blessed with infinite blessings."
In the entire Yunzhou, only the passengers in the T-cabin left the cabin. The passengers in the other cabins seemed to be very comfortable and were unwilling to go out to feel the cold wind in the coldest days of the year.
At this time, a small discussion was heard on the deck. "Have you heard? A land swordsman appeared in the Daliang Kingdom of Donghua Spiritual Land!"
A young man in tight clothes asked the man next to him, and the man said with a serious face: "Everyone knows this, the whole cultivator world has been in an uproar. I would like to rate that sword as the strongest in the world! I just don't know why, on earth, a land immortal could be so angry?"
The young man in tight clothes shook his head and said, "You may not know, but it is said that the puppet emperor who has been in the Daliang Palace for decades has handed over the fate of the country to the national teacher Zhang Moling. However, Zhang Moling actually mingled with monsters, practiced evil methods, and sent people to kill the younger generation of the Sword Immortal many times. In the end, he was killed by the Sword Immortal with a single sword. It is said that even his soul was directly annihilated and he was unable to enter the reincarnation."
The man was a little curious and asked, "The emperor is really a coward, being bullied by a demon."
Xu Zhian walked forward, bowed to the two of them and said, "Two big brothers, what happens next?"
The young man in tight clothes looked at Xu Zhian curiously and asked, "Are you a pure swordsman?"
Xu Zhian nodded and said, "That's right."
The young man nodded and said with envy, "Later, I heard that the Sword Immortal broke through the Liang Kingdom's dragon protection formation and destroyed Daliang's 600-year luck with one sword. He flew into Baiyujing through the sky. The Daliang emperor is unlucky enough. He has been suppressed by the national teacher for decades. Now Daliang's luck has been damaged and his life is coming to an end. At this critical juncture, the Prince of Guangling has also started a rebellion. I'm afraid that the dragon throne in the palace has changed hands!"
Hearing this, everyone sighed.
The young man in tight clothes immediately bowed to the crowd and said, "My fellow Taoists, in fact, it is not appropriate for cultivators like us to ask too much about worldly matters, but after practicing, we can also talk about it briefly. You can just listen for fun."
Two men not far away looked at this side with gloomy faces. At this time, a young man in tight clothes saw the gazes of the two men and couldn't help but curled his lips and said, "Demon tribe?"
The two men snorted coldly and then withdrew their gaze from the crowd. Everyone frowned when they saw this. Although everyone on the Shen family's cloud ship was a guest regardless of race, and humans and demons could coexist in the outside world, the thousands of years of grievances between humans and demons could not be eliminated in a short time. Humans generally felt particularly disgusted with hostile alien races.
After everyone left, Xu Zhian stayed for a while and then walked back to the cabin. Just as he entered the cabin, he suddenly heard a shout from behind him: "Boy, stop!"
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