LRAB Chapter 1231: Succession Ceremony (6)
Chapter 1231: Succession Ceremony (6)
Chapter 1231 The Succession Ceremony (VI)
The situation of the Seven Sages of Shushan is actually somewhat similar to that of Guo Jing of the Four Seas Gang.
As their desire for strength was not too urgent, the memories of the destined bodies inherited by the seven of them were temporarily sealed by the masters of Shushan, in order to prevent the original owner's personality and outlook on life from affecting them.
Especially in the exploration of the path of martial arts, the Shushan leaders do not want these young people to be directly impacted by the memories of the original owners when their experience is not rich enough and their upper limit is limited.
But for people like Dugu Yuyun and Situ Zhong, who are over fifty years old and have enough experience, there is no need to worry about this situation.
That is why, although the Seven Saints of Mount Shu are quite powerful today and have all reached the Celestial Realm, they are somewhat immature in their interpersonal relationships.
Specifically refers to Gangzhan.
Part of the reason for going to Dao Realm to attend the ceremony was to enrich their experience. Of course, it was not ruled out that they would use this opportunity to show off Shushan's muscles to other factions in Dao Realm, or to have a deeper test.
Therefore, this time Shushan not only sent the two pillars of the middle-aged faction, Dugu Yuyun and Situ Zhong to come in person, but also brought four of the Seven Saints, Taiwu, Qingshi, Gangzhan and Lingyin, and two hundred Shushan disciples who had rich combat experience and were proficient in the Tiangang Sword Formation.
As for the calculations in the minds of the older generation, Situ Zhong would only feel annoyed with his personality.
After sitting down, he and his young apprentice, Gang Zhan, who had just turned eighteen and was finally able to drink, drank heartily, one cup after another.
In preparation for the succession ceremony, Daoyu also took out a lot of good things from his bottom of the box, such as the fire saliva wine for the guests to drink. Its color is bright red and emits a flame-like light. There are dots of red light reflected in the wine, like jumping flames.
After drinking it, it can speed up the absorption of surrounding vital energy, and can also help you understand the rules of fire.
Just as the master and disciple were drinking to their heart's content, the attentive Qingshi noticed that something was wrong with his younger sister.
He noticed that Ling Yin frequently looked at the purple-clothed young man beside Qin Fan, and he could sense the inexplicable anxiety rising in his heart.
"Junior sister?"
Ling Yin suddenly came back to her senses, looking a little embarrassed.
Facing Qingshi who could see through people's hearts, she knew that lying was useless, so she answered in a low voice.
"He gave me a weird feeling. According to the stories we found in Dao Domain, I have a guess. It's just..."
The story feels speculative
The only thing that could make Ling Yin so distracted and depressed was someone or something related to her sister, and the only person who could have a close relationship with her sister was probably that man, the Yaksha King, Long Ming.
In the fateful body story that Qingshi knew.
In order to find a way to restore the water veins of the demon world, Long Ming went to the human world alone. During this time, he met Ling Yin's sister, Ling Bo, who is also one of the seven saints.
Both of them felt like they were soulmates, and Ling Bo was gradually attracted to Long Ming. Although she knew that his background and purpose were not simple, she faced it calmly after realizing her feelings. Long Ming never revealed his thoughts, so Ling Bo just let things take their own course and got along with him naturally.
Long Ming once asked Ling Bo to help him find several things in the Central Plains. Ling Bo had a compassionate heart, and when he asked about them, he learned that "many people's lives depended on them", so he stopped asking questions, trusted Long Ming and helped him look for them.
Afterwards, Long Ming confessed to her that he was the king of the Yaksha tribe, and told her that he needed to take the Shennong Ding sealed in Shushan to save the people of the demon world from the blazing fire. Ling Bo hesitated after hearing this.
After repeated consideration, based on the fact that Long Ming took the tripod to save the people of the demon clan, he lifted the restrictions on the artifact and was injured by the guardian mechanism. Long Ming was also injured by divine power because he sacrificed himself to protect Lingbo at the critical moment. Among the two, Lingbo was more seriously injured.
Since one of them was a demon and the other was an immortal, their physiques were incompatible. Long Ming was helpless against Ling Bo's injuries, so he settled her in the Liuguang Cave under Mount Shu, and hurried to the Shenjiang Secret Realm to seize the Water Spirit Pearl. In order to succeed, he would take Ling Bo to the Demon Realm to work together with Mo Yi to treat her.
Before Long Ming left, Ling Bo gave him the pearl flower he always wore, and promised Long Ming that she would wait for him to come back. During this time, Long Ming also expressed his true feelings for Ling Bo - "In my heart, you will never be more important than the Yaksha tribe, but you must be more important than my life."
Afterwards, Long Ming went to the Secret Realm of Gods alone. Unexpectedly, the creature guarding the Water Spirit Pearl in the secret realm was the guardian beast bone snake from the Nuwa era. Its combat power was extremely ferocious, and it had thousands of lives, so it was difficult to win a quick victory. Long Ming fought with it for a long time with injuries. In the end, he was seriously injured by the bone snake's poison fire while protecting the Shennong Ding. In addition, the injuries he had suffered from the Three Emperors before were too severe, so he unfortunately died in the Secret Realm of Gods.
After Long Ming's death, Mo Yi came to Liuguang Cave. Ling Bo had passed away due to his serious injuries, and only a trace of obsession remained to wait for Long Ming's return. Mo Yi thought that they had a deep relationship, so he put Long Ming's magic essence in her arms and froze the cave.
"Well, what are you going to do?" After a sigh, Qingshi looked at Ling Yin.
Ling Yin was obviously a little at a loss. The person she admired the most was her sister Ling Bo. She couldn't believe that in this fateful story, her sister would choose to betray Shushan for a man. Although she was enlightened by others, she realized that stories are just stories and may not really happen.
But after actually meeting Long Ming, she fell into anxiety again.
"What can I do to stop my sister from meeting him? How can a destined meeting be broken so easily?"
This was Ling Yin's answer. Qingshi did not try to persuade her any further. Perhaps only when some things really happened would they know what choice to make. He only knew that what he could do was to prepare everything in advance to avoid tragedy.
Including Gang Zhan who was still drinking happily on the side.
The other party's fate was also to die for the seal of the Well of Gods and Demons, or it can be said that he died indirectly in the conspiracy of Mo Yi, and Mo Yi was for the survival of the Yaksha people. From another perspective, it is difficult to distinguish the true right and wrong.
But Qingshi thought that now Long Ming had obviously joined the Ghost Market, and the Ghost Market had a pawn shop that could cut off fatal calamities, so a series of tragedies should be avoidable.
At the same time, Qin Fan also noticed that Long Ming's condition was not right.
After his eyes swept towards Shushan, he already understood.
"Don't be too obsessed with the development trajectory of a fateful story. Some events can be replicated, and some people may meet, but it doesn't mean that everything will develop according to the guidance of fate. At least we can solve the cause that worries you in a more appropriate way."
Long Ming nodded. He knew that Qin Fan was talking about the possible depletion of water veins in the Far West Demon Realm.
After learning from Mo Yi that the Ghost Market had taken over a large world, this was no longer a problem. Even when he became a member of the Heavenly Demon Kingdom, he could choose to directly migrate the Yaksha people to the second day of the Desire Realm, which was in a stage of large-scale development.
After Yun Hongce's transformation, the place has become extremely suitable for the survival of the demons.
Thinking of this, Long Ming couldn't help but start to doubt. Judging from the time, after Yun Hongce confirmed the existence of Chonglou and used the ghost market to inquire about the story of the Legend of Sword and Fairy series, he began to prepare for the famine that was likely to occur in the future.
That is why the other party was so decisive in giving up the Red Luo Demon Kingdom, which was more likely to be a big trap dug for the seven royal families in advance.
This speculation was not too exaggerated in Long Ming's opinion, because in Mo Yi's evaluation, Yun Hongce was a person whose wisdom could crush him. Mo Yi even secretly evaluated him as a ghost wielding a knife.
The entire Chiluo Demon Kingdom is a knife in his hand, including the Chihuang.
In the original plan to divide the Demon Kingdom, recruiting Yun Hongce has always been the highest priority, followed by killing Yun Hongce.
However, the difficulty of dealing with this military advisor was far beyond their imagination.
Now after going around in circles, he is still firmly in a position second only to the Heavenly Demon Kingdom. In fact, because Qin Fan cannot focus his attention on the Western Demon Realm, Yun Hongce is still the uncrowned king.
Even if the Yaksha royal family joins in later, they will not be able to threaten its position.
However, Long Ming himself is not a person who values power very much. As long as he can ensure that the lives of the Yaksha people are no different from those of the demons under the rule of the Demon Kingdom today, he will be satisfied.
Otherwise, if he is really a tyrant leader, after realizing the tremendous pressure brought by the Demonic Kingdom and the Ghost Market behind it, he should run around to the major forces in the Mountain and Sea Realm to form alliances.
Including sending Mo Yi to replace Yu Yuanba with the soul-binding technique, after realizing the secret relationship between Yu Haitang and the Ghost Market.
He will not actively cooperate, but will use this to create some trouble, at least to prevent Yu Haitang from becoming the King of the North so smoothly.
Now, Long Ming also feels at ease with just one thought.
At least the burden that had been weighing on his mind for so long because of the fate issue would no longer be something he had to carry so hard on his shoulders.
Then he looked at Ling Yin who was looking at him again. He nodded actively, which startled the little girl and she suddenly turned her head away.
This made Long Ming feel helpless.
It is impossible to say that the woman in the fateful story who made him say, "In my heart, you will never be more important than the Yaksha clan, but you will definitely be more important than my life" was not curious about her.
Especially for a group of people who were responsible for the lives of their entire clan, Long Ming knew better how much pressure and how much truth the original owner had to bear when he said these words under such circumstances.
"Your Majesty, does the love catastrophe really exist?"
Qin Fan was tasting the fire saliva wine. His conversation with Xiaoyaozi just now went very smoothly. Although they did not directly list out one, two, three, and four conditions, the private promises made by both parties were more reliable. That was why he felt a lot more relaxed.
Now, when he heard Long Ming suddenly ask this question, he just smiled and said.
"It really exists. I recommend you to buy Wuji's Diary. It describes the changes in a person's mentality every day after he meets his target who is entangled with him in love. It can also make you re-examine yourself and see if the feelings you have developed are fake."
"I see."
Long Ming nodded slightly, but did not directly use the updated voice transmission token to check it. He knew that this succession ceremony was not only important to the Dao Realm, but also to the Ghost Market. Therefore, he would naturally not behave impolitely at such an important ceremony.
This was also the first time he personally participated in a grand event in the world.
To get rid of the slight melancholy that arose in his heart when he saw Ling Yin and thought of Ling Bo, Long Ming was also carefully observing the representatives of various forces.
Even if he doesn't understand something, he will take the initiative to ask Qin Fan for help.
"Does the commander Gu, who represents the Northern Territory Palace, also know about the relationship between the king and the Northern Territory King?"
"Well, it should be that 'Hua' has already started to make some preparations. After all, the Northern Border Palace is just a transit station. What is more worthy of attention is the Donghuang Heavenly Court. Compared with the Dao Realm, 'Hua''s actions will not be constrained in some way, so it is appropriate to take bigger steps."
"It's just that Commander Gu's performance was too... um."
"You mean flattery?" Qin Fan chuckled and said, "You can read more fate stories when you have nothing to do recently. If you knew the original experience of this General Gu, you wouldn't be surprised by his eagerness to improve himself."
Long Ming secretly kept it in mind, preparing to go back and take a look at the glorious deeds of this passerby in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Then his gaze swept towards the Buddha Land Alliance.
The demon among them made him feel threatened, which meant that he had also reached the Tianyan realm. However, he was very respectful to Qin Fan, including the Black Tathagata, the lord of the Buddha's land, who politely raised his glass to them.
"It seems that the battle between Wutian Demon Sect and Buddha Land was not a pleasant one."
"But that battle is over. Zhishan is a man of absolute rational thinking, so he will not dwell on past defeats. As for Zhishan's ideas, Mara, who is also one of the three bodies of Poxun, will absolutely obey them. As for Yuya.
It seemed that the military advisor had casually set a fuse for her before. Whether this fuse would cause a big explosion depended on whether the military advisor would ignite it.
As for Black Tathagata, after he killed the envoy sent by the Wanjiang Buddhist Kingdom, he had no way to retreat. In a sense, the Buddhist Kingdom is now half of the Ghost Market’s own.”
Long Ming nodded thoughtfully.
It was a pity that he did not personally participate in the Desire Realm War, and Mo Yi did not join in it either. Otherwise, he should have had a better understanding of this covetous neighbor. As for Qin Fan calling Buddha Land half of his own, he was also quite shocked in his heart.
After all, as far as he knew, Buddha Land had the worst relationship with Ghost Market, but without anyone else knowing, the relationship between the two parties was now at least much closer than that of the Great Xuan Dynasty, which was still nominally the Lord of the Kings.
He also had some questions about the Great Xuan Dynasty.
Now that he has joined the Ghost Market, he really needs to first distinguish who is the enemy and who is the friend.
Just as he looked towards Jade Emperor and was about to ask.
But he noticed a familiar aura... no, a breath belonging to the demon clan, gradually approaching.
Long Ming turned sideways and looked towards the entrance to the square stands. Under the leadership of Ning Xiaoyao, the chief shopkeeper of Tongtian Chamber of Commerce, Fan Wanqian, walked in front, followed by a man with white hair mixed with black, strong features and a tall stature, but with a cunning look between his brows.
"Demon?"
"Not pure, more like a demon race that has mastered the devilish energy."