Until Haishi, the scorching sun over Luoyang that seemed to never fade was suddenly dyed fiery red, and then quickly dimmed, disappearing after the night that should have appeared long ago.

This night, there was no moon, no stars, and no wind.

The scorching sun was high a moment ago, but now it has been replaced by a dark night. Even though it is late at night, it is still extremely hot. The scorching heat has not dissipated. Instead, with the arrival of night, there is a strong feeling in the air.

The stench of Huangquan became even worse.

A misty light lit up in the courtyard at the east end of Huiyuan. It turned out that the grass on one side of the courtyard had been turned over, and the soil had been turned into a criss-cross pattern of ditches and ridges, which corresponded to the geological situation of the entire Luoyang. There are countless

Ten shallow trenches marking underground water veins were emitting a faint blue light, making Ji Ruochen's face flicker.

Dozens of bamboo sticks were placed beside him, and an amethyst stick was inserted into the ground, pointing diagonally to the north. Ji Ruochen stared at the Luoyang earth veins in front of him, and couldn't help but flex and stretch the five fingers of his left hand. He was concentrating on calculating the direction of the sky and the flow of the earth veins.

, turning a deaf ear to everything happening around him.

In fact, the silence in the Huiyuan at this moment is so chilling. In the main hall not far away from the Luoyang Palace, there is a scene of singing and dancing, but the lingering sound of silk and bamboo cannot reach the Huiyuan at all. In fact, only

As soon as I took one step out of the main building of the palace, I lost the invisible protection and couldn't hear the singing and music inside the building at all.

Huiyuan was originally a quiet place. At this time, the two heavenly kings, White Tiger and Longxiang, were sleeping soundly. Zhang Yinyin didn't know whether he was awake or drunk, while Qingyi was walking in and out, busy in a haphazard manner. She was always moving forward and backward.

It was quiet and would not disturb Ji Ruochen.

Ji Ruochen frowned, holding a bamboo stick in his hand. Hesitating about where to drop it, he suddenly heard a burst of chaotic footsteps outside the courtyard. The footsteps seemed to be panic, with varying degrees of severity, and were slightly different from those around him.

The tone implied in the environment was out of tune, and it sounded like he was a monastic. But at this moment, the servants in the palace had already hid in their rooms and shivered as a last resort. Who would run around so unruly?

?

Bang bang bang! There was a heavy knock on the door. Ji Ruochen raised his head in shock and looked at the courtyard door. He stood up and waved his left hand, and the courtyard door opened on its own.

To his surprise, a woman with a child rushed in outside the door. She was dressed luxuriously and looked to be in her twenties. She was very beautiful. Although her face was arrogant, her eyebrows and eyes were dark.

Everything was still full of tenderness. She was dragging a seven or eight-year-old child in her hand, with very pretty and cute features.

The woman immediately called out after entering the door: "Who is Chief Ji?"

Ji Ruochen said: "I am Ji Ruochen, and I should not be called an immortal."

The woman ran forward in a few steps, then plopped down and knelt down in front of Ji Ruochen, grabbed his front with both hands, looked up and shouted: "Please Ji Xianzhang, please save this child! Please save this child!"

Ji Ruochen frowned, stood on the spot like a stone statue, and asked calmly: "Don't panic, let's talk about it slowly."

The woman calmed down, wiped the tears from her eyes, and said: "My surname is Lu Mingyi, and I am the concubine of King Li Chong of Yu..."

She was very articulate and explained everything clearly in a few words.

It turned out that Lu Yi was a concubine of King Li Chong of Yu. After Li Chong died, King Shou Li An saw her beauty and did not kill her. Instead, he took Li Lu, the son of King Yu, as a hostage and forcibly took her into the harem. She was worried about her child, so she had to commit herself to the harem.

Li An. Within a few months, Li An was tired of her and gradually became indifferent. She was also a very scheming woman. From Li An's words, she realized that he had the intention of eradicating the roots. She was panicked. Recently, she

Hearing that a new young immortal had arrived in the palace, King Li treated him extremely politely. Taking advantage of the recent changes in Luoyang and the lack of guards in the palace, he risked his life and rushed to Huiyuan, hoping to send Li Hao away to practice Taoism and avoid being poisoned.

Ji Ruochen glanced at the child and was very pleased to see that he had a clear face and beautiful features. Although his eyes were red, he pursed his lips and refused to cry. Just looking at his qualifications, he was indeed much higher than an ordinary person. He was barely able to

Qiang Neng is included in the moral sect wall.

Seeing Ji Ruochen's hesitation, Lu Yi lowered her head and cried, she took another half-step forward on her knees, hugged Ji Ruochen's legs, pressed her soft chest on his legs, and quietly pressed her head against his lower abdomen.

She knew how to serve a man, and just a few simple movements made Ji Ruochen feel a strange feeling in his heart. Such a direct and straightforward provocation was something he had never encountered before.

At this moment, the clanging sound of armor suddenly sounded outside Huiyuan, torches were lit, and a group of royal guards rushed into Huiyuan, seemingly looking for someone.

The woman was startled and hugged Ji Ruochen even tighter.

Qing Yi's soft cry suddenly sounded in the courtyard. Ji Ruochen froze and looked back. Two blushes flew up on Qing Yi's face. Seeing Ji Ruochen looking at him, he hurriedly straightened his clothes and bowed, saying: "Qing Yi didn't see anything, Mr.

Please help yourself."

Ji Ruochen was dumbfounded. Just as he was about to explain, a royal guard outside the courtyard had already seen Lu Yi and Li Hao in the courtyard, and shouted: "Here they are!"

With a shout, dozens of guards gathered in front of Ji Ruochen's courtyard. But Ji Ruochen was a monk, his power was unpredictable, and he was Li An's guest. How could these guards dare to act rashly? At that moment, the guard commander came out of the crowd,

After entering the courtyard, he first took a clear look at the situation in the courtyard. He bowed respectfully to Ji Ruochen and said in a deep voice: "Ji Shaoxian will not listen to this woman's nonsense. She is the prince's concubine and was left in the cold palace because of her unworthiness. This time she took advantage of the chaos.

She ran away, which shows how cunning you are! Shaoxian, please hand her over to the general, otherwise the general will not be able to explain her in front of the prince."

The woman started to tremble, raised her head and looked at Ji Ruochen, and said in a trembling voice: "It doesn't matter whether I live or die, I just want to ask the young immortal to save Lu'er! Back then, there was a real person who said that Lu'er has the qualities to become an immortal! Please forgive me, the young immortal!"

Ji Ruochen looked at Qing Yi and saw a look of intolerance on her face, so he glanced at the child again. When the guard commander saw it, his expression also changed. He immediately stepped forward, half-knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "General

The wealth and life of the nine clans all depend on the young immortal’s thoughts!”

Ji Ruochen raised his head and looked at the night. He made up his mind in an instant, so he sighed, gently pushed Lu Yi away, and said, "This matter is a family matter of Prince Li, and it is not convenient for me to comment on it."

The woman's face turned pale in an instant, and she shouted: "Young Immortal, you are a cultivator, how can you not save me from death?"

The guard commander was afraid that the night would be long and he would have many dreams, so he stood up, grabbed the boy and held him under his arm, then picked up Lu Yi and dragged her out of the courtyard.

Lu Yi hissed: "Give me back Luan'er! And Luan'er! Ji Shaoxian! Ji Ruochen! If you don't save me, you will die a good death! Even if I am a ghost, I will never let you go!"

The palace guards were afraid that Ji Ruochen had changed his mind and did not dare to stay in Huiyuan any longer, so he pulled Lu Yi and Li Hao and quickly retreated.

Ji Ruochen stood quietly, listening to the woman's screams and the boy's cries going away. He didn't turn around until calm returned to the courtyard.

Qing Yi was still looking at the direction in which the palace guards disappeared. After a moment, he said, "Why didn't the young master just save the mother and son?"

Ji Ruochen stared into Qing Yi's eyes and sighed: "It's impossible to tell who is right and who is wrong in these family affairs of the royal family, so it's better not to interfere randomly. There is another reason why I don't want to save the mother and son.

We may have to flee Luoyang soon, and I won’t be able to protect myself at that time. I’m lucky enough to be able to protect you and Yin Yin Zhouquan, but how can I have the energy to save these ordinary people?”

Qing Yi lowered his head and said softly: "But... that mother and son are very pitiful. But my uncle said that those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters. The young master has the world in his mind, so naturally he cannot stick to these trivial matters..."

At this moment, a cheer suddenly came from outside the hospital: "What a person who has achieved great things and doesn't stick to trivial matters. I can't tell that you, a woman, have such insight!"

This cheering sound was like a loud bell, with a faint clear sound in the loudness, just like the phoenix's cry for nine days, echoing back and forth between heaven and earth for a long time. Ji Ruochen was shocked. This man had already arrived outside the hospital. How come he couldn't feel his voice at all?

Breath? Could it be said that this human nature has reached the point where the power of all dharma arises naturally and cannot be measured?

At this time, the half-open door of the courtyard was pushed open, and a middle-aged scribe in white stepped into the courtyard. The scribe was also supporting another person, who was half-stained with blood and was dying. He relied on the scribe's support to prevent him from falling.

Down.

After entering the hospital, the man suddenly raised his head and called weakly: "Uncle Ji..."

Ji Ruochen felt that the voice was very familiar. He quickly took a step forward and took a closer look, only to realize that this person was actually Xu Zekai! It was just that his face was ashen, with a lot of blood on his face, and his true energy aura was extremely weak, so he couldn't

Recognizing it, Ji Ruochen was surprised and asked quickly: "Mr. Zekai, you...how did you end up like this?"

Xu Zekai smiled bitterly and said: "Zekai is incompetent. When he came over, he encountered a group of evil demons. He had to fight hard to escape, but all the equipment and magic weapons were lost. If this gentleman hadn't helped me out, I'm afraid... cough

Hey, I'm afraid Ze Kai will never see his uncle again."

Ji Ruochen took Xu Zekai from the hands of the middle-aged scribe and laid him gently on the grass in the courtyard to ground him. He had worked hard on the Jindan Avenue, and now he took a closer look and found out that Xu Zekai was injured and not injured.

It wasn't serious. The main injury was caused by the internal organs being invaded by the dirty air of the underworld, which suppressed the true energy in the body. Now that the cause of the injury is known, it is easier to deal with. Ji Ruochen took out a small bottle of jade dew from Xuanxin's finger and dropped a drop on Xu Zekai's nose.

In a short time, all the gray energy on Xu Zekai's face faded away. However, his true energy was severely damaged this time, and his external injuries were not minor. He could only move reluctantly at the moment. If he did not rest for a month, he would not be able to recover at all.

But at this moment, Xu Zekai, who has been his biggest helper, is injured like this. So what should we do when the monster is born? And there is no need to wait for the devil of the dark abyss to be born, the little devil turned into evil spirit can already hurt Xu Zekai.

With things like this, even though Luoyang is big, where is the safe place?

Ji Ruochen was worried in his heart. His spiritual sense was sharp, and his heart was getting more and more uneasy. In the night, the foul smell of Huangquan was getting stronger and stronger, and it lingered around, as if it had spirituality, and when the demon of the dark abyss in the foreign body was born,

The odor is quite different. Although this difference is slight, in Ji Ruochen's spiritual perception, it is as big as the difference in the sky.

And as the hours passed by, Ji Ruochen felt more and more on pins and needles. Sometimes in a trance, he seemed to feel that the entire Luoyang's filthy odor had quietly united into one, and was gradually turning into an extremely huge monster. Just look at it

With the speed at which the foul odor was gathering, the moment when the monster was born was probably not tomorrow night as Xu Zekai calculated, but around tomorrow's dawn. If Ji Ruochen's feeling was correct, there would be no time to set up any formations.

Seeing that Xu Zekai was no longer in danger, Ji Ruochen put away the bottle of jade dew again. Just as he put the jade dew away, Ji Ruochen suddenly froze!

At this moment, the sound faded away and the shadows disappeared. Up, down, left, and right, only endless darkness remained in the vast expanse!

Ji Ruochen is right in the middle of this darkness.

But he is not alone.

Ji Ruochen was not afraid, and suddenly felt something in his heart. He suddenly looked down, and saw a thousand feet below, in the vast darkness, entrenched in a giant snake of unknown length. It was swimming slowly, as if it had just woken up.

!

This giant snake is several hundred feet long from head to tail. Although it is far away, and although it has not yet fully woken up, Ji Ruochen has clearly felt its power, which can move mountains and fill seas, making it impossible to resist!

Suspended on the body of this ancient giant snake, Ji Ruochen felt like a mosquito and fly, indescribably insignificant.

In the blink of an eye, Ji Ruochen had come to his senses.

He looked intently and saw that no plant or tree in the courtyard had changed at all. Xu Zekai was still lying in front of him, his eyes were slightly closed, he was taking deep breaths and exhaling slowly, and kept spraying purple gas from his nose, obviously refining the power of the medicine.

A gust of night wind blew by.

Ji Ruochen suddenly felt a chill on his body, and then realized that his clothes were soaked with cold sweat.

He stood up suddenly, turned around and stared at the map of Luoyang's veins on the side of the courtyard, trying to figure it out, but there was a joint that he couldn't figure out. For a moment, Ji Ruochen was so anxious that his forehead was covered with sweat. In the midst of anxiety, next to him, there was a joint

Suddenly there were quarrels, interrupting his calculations many times.

Ji Ruochen turned around and saw that it was Qing Yi and the middle-aged scribe who were arguing. He didn't hear clearly what the two of them were arguing about in the first half. At this moment, he only heard the middle-aged scribe shaking his head and saying: "...No! The saint has it.

As the saying goes, villains and women are difficult to care for. Those who are close will be rude, and those who are far away will be resentful. It can be seen that I made the first impression and there is no mistake."

Qing Yi said: "It's paradoxical! My uncle said that when looking at monsters... ah no, when looking at people, one should focus on their moral character and their bloodline... no, when looking at people based on their family status and gender, they have already fallen into the inferior category!"
To be continued...