The air in this era is as pure as crystal, and the rain is also extremely clean. A gleaming line of rain stretched from the high clouds to the ground. Just the clear water vapor was enough to make people intoxicated. There was still a commotion in Anyi City, and people from several factions jumped out to watch the excitement. There were people shouting and horses neighing everywhere. Outside Anyi City, it was as quiet as another world.
The place where Shang Tang entertained guests was very remote, a small village more than three hundred miles south of Anyi City. The village is very tidy, and all the houses are neat and tidy. The streets more than two feet wide were paved with fine white sand, and the rain splashed on the road, causing small potholes. At the head of the village, under a large sweet-scented osmanthus tree hugged by more than a dozen people, there was a small thatched hut, which was also extremely neat.
It was already late at night, but the lights were still flickering in the thatched hut, and a strong smell of meat was drifting far away in the night wind. Xia Jie walked to the hut and was served by a girl in simple clothes. He took off his heavy boots and put on a pair of light cloth shoes. He jumped on the wooden floor that was several feet higher than the ground and walked along the corridor outside. Entered the hut.
This is a wine shop that specializes in casual wine and food business. On weekdays, it only sells a few taels of cooked meat and a few kilograms of grain wine to the villagers. But today, on the stove in the corner of the room, two lambs were stewed hot in a large iron pot, and strong wine was placed beside the wooden table in the middle of the room. Xia Jie twitched his nose fiercely and asked in surprise: "Dongyi people's lamb blood wine?"
With his hair down and a black cloth tied at the back of his head, Shang Tang sat down at the table and said with a smile: "It's the Dongyi people's lamb blood wine. A hero like Meng Tianhou can only This strong drink is worthy of the fierce weather." Yi Yin, who was sitting cross-legged behind Shang Tang, stared at Xia Jie up and down almost rudely, which made Xia Jie feel uncomfortable for a while.
After twisting his body, he released his Wu Power, knocking away a few drops of water on his clothes. Xia Jie rubbed his palms, walked to sit across from Shang Tang, and said with a smile: "I'm determined. Lie. Wine, good!¡±
He didn¡¯t say much, and didn¡¯t wait for Shang Tang to greet him. He just grabbed a jar of blood wine, opened the seal with one palm, and swallowed it in big gulps. His drinking posture was extremely bold, and a large amount of wine splashed from the corner of his mouth, wetting his clothes, and then splashed on the table along with his clothes, making a large area of ??the table wet.
Shang Tang looked at Xia Jie with a smile and clapped his hands gently. The girl who brought Xia Jie in just now walked to the stove lightly, put the two lambs on a large wooden plate and brought them up. Shang Tang pulled out a short knife, carefully cut off the head of a lamb, served it on a small plate, and placed it in front of Xia Jie. He pointed at the sheep's head and said with a smile: "The lambs raised by my Shang clan using secret methods have the most tender and tender meat, and are extremely fragrant. They are unparalleled in the world. Try it in a fierce weather?"
Inviting people to eat sheep heads is a sign of great respect for nomadic tribes like the Shang people.
Xia Jie dropped the empty wine jar, reached out and grabbed the sheep head, took a few hot bites, tore off a few strips of tender meat and chewed it hard in his mouth. It was indeed delicious, tender and juicy. There is no mutton smell at all. He raised his thumb and praised: "Good meat, Shangtang, you have taken the trouble." He was not polite, and in a short time he ate the two lambs cleanly, leaving no trace for Shangtang. After he had eaten and drank enough, Xia Jie patted his belly and said, "Good meat, good wine, Shangtang, you are also a good person. If you have anything to say, just say it!"
After waving his hand, Xia Jie also pulled out a short knife and drew it between his teeth. He glanced at Yi Yin and said with a smile: "We, the Chihu tribe, are the most straightforward people and say what we have to say."
Shang Tang exchanged glances with Yi Yin, who was sitting behind him, and a smile rippled on his lips. He said softly: "If you have the weather, how about introducing Shang Tang to Mr. Tongtian?"
"My master?" Xia Jie glanced at Shang Tang in surprise, took the hot towel brought by the girl next to him, wiped his hands, and said lightly: "What's the matter? Well, my master has been in Anyi City these days. , why don¡¯t you go and ask for a meeting?¡±
After laughing a few times, Shang Tang said a little bit: "Mr. Tongtian is not fake in Anyi City in the past few days, but there are always people from the Xingtian family to accompany him. What about this?
"Hmm!" Xia Jie pondered for a while, thinking that he should ask Shang Tang's intention first. Just then, there was a sudden commotion outside, and a dozen capable men rushed out from the shadows outside the hut. The sword was unsheathed and headed towards the path Xia Jie came from. A man shouted in a low voice: "What are you doing? If you don't want to die, go ahead!"
"Hmph! I am looking for my own disciple, why should I inform you?" Taoist Tongtian said in a cold and arrogant voice.There was a sudden strong wind outside the house, and more than a dozen men were swept up by the strong wind without any ability to resist, and they were thrown away for an unknown distance. Amidst the sound of footsteps, Taoist Tongtian strode in holding a person in one hand.
Taoist Tongtian, wearing a bright red Taoist robe and a smile on his face, walked into the room and said with a loud smile: "Disciple Xia Jie, how come you didn't even notice that someone was following you? If not for the teacher's whim, you were following me. Isn't there another trouble behind you?" He was holding two men in black, and Taoist Tongtian grabbed them by the neck and dragged them all the way. Tongtian Dao's hands were heavy, and the faces of these two Wus who didn't know their strength had turned purple from holding back their strength. They could only breathe out, not in.
With a sneer, Taoist Tongtian threw the two of them to the ground, strode to the table, looked at the large pile of bones in the wooden plate, put his hands in his hands and laughed: "It's such a good night on a rainy night, with wine and meat, disciple, Why don't you call me Master?" He grabbed Xia Jie, who was kowtowing to him, and Taoist Tongtian sat at the table and shouted: "Come here, serve the meat and wine!"
Xia Jie touched his nose and smiled bitterly at the stunned Shang Tang: "Shang Tang, my master is here. If you have anything, just tell my master directly!"
After hesitating for a moment, Shang Tang first saluted Taoist Tongtian, then pointed at the two people lying on the ground unable to move and asked, "These two people?"
As soon as he finished speaking, dense footsteps came, and a dozen guards arranged by Shang Tang outside strode in. The eyes of these guards were all red. Taoist Tongtian casually rolled up his sleeves and blew them all away for more than a hundred miles. With such a terrifying master approaching their master, could they not be anxious? As soon as two stout young men rushed into the hut, the long knives in their hands drew two arcs of light and struck Taoist Tongtian in the back.
"Hey, these guys are pretty good, they came back so fast?" Xia Jiegang stretched out his fist to block the two knives, but Taoist Tongtian's reaction was a thousand times faster than Xia Jie's? I saw him pointing like the wind, his fingertips trembling slightly like newly born grass buds swaying in the breeze. Circles of soft light blue light rippled from his fingertips. The bodies of the dozen or so guards who were shouting to kill froze. At the same time, Planted out of the hut.
Shangtang was dumbfounded. The corners of Yi Yin's eyes also twitched violently for a while, and he bowed respectfully to Taoist Tongtian and said: "Sir, your magical powers are indeed unfathomable. My master has something to ask for, please be kind and help me, the Shang clan." Yi Yin was deeply moved. He leaned down and knocked his forehead heavily on the floor. It seems that Taoist Tongtian defeated a dozen guards so easily, but only Yi Yin knew that there were three Jiuding high-level witches in this group of guards!
For a Daxia clan like the Shang clan, the three Jiuding high-grade great witches are almost half of the clan¡¯s elite. However, three Jiuding high-level witches were easily knocked away twice by Taoist Tongtian without any obvious damage, just like an old man playing with a baby. Strength, the terrifying strength displayed by Taoist Tongtian made Shang Tang and Yi Yin's hearts tremble. How could they dare to show any slightness?
Shang Tang also knelt down deeply in front of Taoist Tongtian, and said in an extremely soft tone: "I have heard of Mr.'s name for a long time, and seeing you today is really special. Shang Tang has an unmerciful request, please show me your kindness. "I didn't know where to find a beautifully carved topaz cup with dragon body and phoenix head and blood pattern. Shang Tang poured a cup of lamb blood wine and handed it to Taoist Tongtian respectfully. Yi Yin also ran to the side quietly, ordered the girl to stew another pot of mutton quickly, and then ran out to stop the guards from breaking in again and asking for trouble.
Taoist Tongtian laughed triumphantly. He touched his chin, as if he was a little angry because his chin had not grown any beard, so he said with a gloomy face: "A little false reputation is nothing. I am a poor Taoist in the world." Xia, I¡¯m afraid he¡¯s not very famous, hehehe, but this disciple, Pindao, is quite good!¡± Taoist Tongtian patted Xia Jie¡¯s shoulder dotingly, Taoist Tongtian nodded approvingly towards Xia Jie, and took the Shangtang The wine glass offered.
When Taoist Tongtian patted Xia Jie's body, Xia Jie felt a few extremely powerful heat flowing from his body into Taoist Tongtian's palm. He immediately understood that the swords and magic weapons that Taoist Tongtian lent him to save his life when he went to heaven had been taken back. He bowed gratefully to Taoist Tongtian. Suddenly, he felt his stomach was burning, and out of thin air, another stream of wine poured into Xia Jie's stomach.
Xia Jie thought of that time when Taoist Primordial, Taoist Tongtian, and Tai Yi appeared in Sunset City at the same time. What a similar scene? He helplessly watched Taoist Tongtian drink up the blood wine in the glass, and said with a wry smile in his heart: "Well, Master, he is not too kind. He wants to drink when others toast him, but this blood wine can only It can be poured into my stomach."
Shang Tang was overjoyed when he saw Taoist Tongtian drinking the blood wine so happily. He helped Taoist Tongtian pour the wine. Taoist Tongtian and Xia Jie both looked a bit strange, Taoist Tongtian could only forcefullyXia Jie poured cups of fishy-smelling blood wine into his mouth with his scalp, and Xia Jie could only let his stomach become filled with blood wine with a stiff face.
In the end, Taoist Tongtian ¡®drank¡¯ six jars of blood wine. Shang Tang complimented Taoist Tongtian with a smile on his face: "Sir, you really have a huge amount of it. Among my Shang clan, few people can drink two jars of this lamb's blood wine." Shang Tang looked at Taoist Tongtian and said, He looked at Xia Jie again and said in surprise: Why did his face turn so red in such a fierce weather?
Taoist Tongtian laughed a few times, and hurriedly wiped the corners of his mouth with his sleeve, and asked Shang Tang with a smile: "Shang Tang, what do you want from Pindao?" He looked at Shang Tang with an unfathomable smile. Shang Tang's figure was reflected in his eyes, as if there was another world inside.
Shangtang just looked at Taoist Tongtian's eyes and felt that his soul was about to fly, as if he was about to be sucked in by the darkness. He was startled, and hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to look at Taoist Tongtian anymore, and said respectfully: "Tang, I heard that Mr. Meng Tianhou accepted Meng Tianhou as his disciple, and built more than 300 buildings around the Goddess Lake, the fiefdom of Meng Tianhou. Dojo?¡±
Xia Jie, whose head was a little dizzy and was considering whether to force out his drunkenness, was shocked. How many days had it been since he went to central China to become the governor? Just over 300 more dojos? If every dojo had the scale of Sanqing outside Anyi City, wouldn't it mean that there would be millions of disciples admitted now? The speed of this development is so fast and scary!
With a slight flick of his fingers, Taoist Tongtian glanced sideways at Yi Yin, who returned to the room and knelt respectfully aside, and said with a smile: "Of course. Does Shang Tang have anything to say?"
Shang Tang bowed to Taoist Tongtian and said, "Tang is bold, please come to our Shang tribe's territory and open a Taoist temple in our Shang tribe's territory. Our Shang tribe is willing to enshrine you and spread the great religion."
Taoist Tongtian's eyes lit up. He glanced at Xia Jie. Xia Jie was also stunned by the pie falling from the sky, and couldn't help but smile excitedly. The Shang clan is a relatively powerful clan among the Daxia tribes. It has a very vast territory and a large number of clan members, which is at least equivalent to the size of hundreds of Goddess Lake fiefdoms. If the Shang clan is willing to worship Tongtian Taoist, this will be a great temptation for Tongtian Taoist who wants to spread Taoist teachings.
Using his spiritual consciousness, he explained the situation of the Shang clan to Taoist Tongtian. Taoist Tongtian smiled slightly, put on an extremely majestic and graceful look, and said solemnly: "Why?"
Shang Tang just kept kowtowing to Taoist Tongtian, but Yi Yin on the side raised his head and said with a sorrowful tone: "No one else, please protect yourself. Sir, please be merciful!"
Yi Yin, who was full of tears, told the story one by one. However, the Shang tribe is located at the junction of Daxia, Dongyi, and the Southern Barbarians. Although it is a tribe of Daxia, it has always been a tribe of Dongyi and Southern Barbarians. The object of robbery. Every year, the Shang clan had to pay a large amount of taxes and livestock as tribute to Daxia, but Daxia did not fulfill its protective obligations as the suzerain. The last time the Dongyi people invaded the Shang clan, if the Shang clan hadn't happened to discover the raw jade mine and dedicated it to Daxia, how could the former Xia King have sent Lu Gui and the private armies of the four major witch families to rescue the Shang clan?
In this decisive battle between Daxia and the Hairen, although the Dongyi people were surrendered to the Doomsday Fortress of Daxia and annihilated a large number of elite forces, the southern barbarians were also almost completely wiped out in the territory of the Hairen. But compared to the Shang clan, Dongyi and Nanman were still invincible behemoths. What's more, the Shang clan sent a large number of clansmen to follow Lu Gui on the expedition, and there were also a lot of casualties?
After the war, both the Dongyi people and the people from the southern barbarian countries needed to recuperate. In this era, with this kind of social productivity, what do we rely on for recuperation? Have children, work hard to have children, have many children, the more children the better! To have children, you need a lot of food and as many women as possible.
The Dongyi people are just that, they have vast pastures and countless livestock groups. But what about the southern barbarians?
Hearing this, Xia Jie's face couldn't help but blush slightly. The productivity of the southern barbarian country was indeed a little primitive. He pulled Taoist Tongtian's sleeve and said with a wry smile: "Master, my disciple also knows. After this battle, since Pan Geng has been returned to Chiyou Mountain City by the king, in order to recover his strength as soon as possible, , the barbarian country can only send out troops to plunder everywhere."
Looking sympathetically at Shang Tang who was kowtowing his head and Yi Yin with a sad face, Xia Jie couldn't bear to say: "I was just taught a lesson by Da Xia and swore a blood oath before being let back." Pan Geng will definitely not come to provoke Daxia. Then, he can only plunder the tribes and countries of Daxia in the south. The Shang clan has weak military force, but is extremely rich, making them the best targets for looting! "
Not only did they rob food and livestock, but they also robbed women. This is what the Chihu tribe did back then. All along, the large and small forces around DaxiaHere's how it works.
Seeing that Taoist Tongtian kept a straight face and remained silent, Yi Yin thought for a while and asked in a low voice: "Sir, Yi Yin has heard that Mr. Tao teaches the Tao so that common people can have magical powers. If Mr. Meng, the Shang clan, opens the If you teach Taoist Taoism in the Taoist temple, you have the power to protect yourself." Yi Yin also knelt on the ground, kowtowed to Taoist Tongtian and begged, with tears pouring down his eyes.
Taoist Tongtian closed his eyes and thought for a while, then asked slowly: "Is it possible that there are no masters in your Shang clan?"
Shang Tang finally spoke: "The laws of Daxia stipulate the number of great witches in the country and clan. Our Shang clan is a top-ranking clan among the Daxia clans, and can have up to eighteen Jiuding great witches. Facing Dongyi and Nanman How can you resist the intrusion of the He clan?" He raised his head, smiled bitterly at Xia Jie and said, "Do you still remember Meng Tianhou? When you and I first met, Shang Tang went to hire those spirits to do things in our clan. Guards. However, the Dongyi people are so powerful that in a small invasion, tens of thousands of hired spirits were completely killed!"
He could only rely on hiring spirits to protect his territory. Xia Jie couldn't help but look at Taoist Tongtian. Although Xia Jie still had some small murmurs in his heart, what Shang Tang said was indeed pitiful. The territory of the Shang clan is really unlucky. It is surrounded by Dongyi in the east and barbarians in the south. Compared with other vassal countries that have no border worries, the Shang clan is really unlucky.
Taoist Tongtian finally slowly opened his eyes and said in a deep voice: "I just want to go to your Shang clan for a visit. But, Shangtang, you" He nodded with a half-smile, Taoist Tongtian said lightly. Said: "But is there anything else to say?"
Shang Tang was speechless, with a strange expression on his face, as if he was very happy but unable to express his joy. He seemed to be severely suppressed by Taoist Tongtian's last words.
However, Yi Yin suddenly raised his head, his eyes flashed, and he said loudly: "Of course, my master still has something to ask for. If you, sir, can help my master take over the power of the Shang clan, then the Shang clan's fate is yours. from."
Taoist Tongtian smiled. He admired Yi Yin's courage and straightforwardness. He smiled and said, "Okay, I like people who tell the truth."
Xia Jie looked at Shang Tang with admiration and admiration. He dared to play tricks in front of Taoist Tongtian. Shang Tang and Yi Yin were indeed bold. However, he admired Yi Yin even more. As expected of Yi Yin, he actually heard the implication from Taoist Tongtian's words, and he was able to confess everything immediately. He was really a person of interest. Grassy dragon and snake, who says that people without witchcraft cannot achieve great things?
At this time, the two unlucky guys who were caught by Taoist Tongtian struggled for so long and finally regained their breath. One of them roared, his body suddenly swelled like a ball, he fiercely rushed towards Taoist Tongtian, and hugged Taoist Tongtian around his waist with both hands. The other person let out a mournful hiss, and his body turned into a streak of blood and fled quickly.
The man hugging Taoist Tongtian shouted wildly: "Let's die together." As soon as he finished speaking, his body exploded like a heavy cannonball.
"Let's die together? The poor Taoist hasn't lived long enough!" With a sarcastic smile, Taoist Tongtian waved his sleeves, and the self-destructing witch was blown far away by a strong wind, and "boomed" high in the sky. Completely exploded. He grabbed the void with his right palm, grabbed the void with one claw, and caught Wu Lingkong, who had turned into blood and escaped.
"The name of the poor Taoist is Tongtian. Even if you run away to heaven or hell, no one will dare to save you even if the poor Taoist wants to arrest you!" Taoist Tongtian pinched the great witch's neck fiercely and shouted loudly: "Who sent you to follow Pindao's good disciple? Tell me honestly, Pindao will leave you a ray of remnant soul to reincarnate! Otherwise, it will be wiped out, and Pindao can still find out with the soul search method!"
The Taoist Master Tongtian sneered a few times with disdain, and said gloomily: "How to search for souls? If the soul is gone, how can you search for it?"
The last few words were sprayed out from the gap between the teeth like ice slag. A strange green flame came out of his pores. It had no heat at all, but it gave people a great sense of threat. At the same time, an extremely powerful force spurted out of the great witch's body, and all the power poured into his arms. His arms turned into two pillars of blood-red flesh about a foot thick and translucent. He fiercely blasted towards Taoist Tongtian who was very close at hand.
Sacrificing the soul, when the great witch is fighting for his life, he burns his soul and sacrifices it to the evil god in exchange for powerful power in order to finally kill the enemy. If the great witch who initiates the soul sacrifice is powerful enough, for example, a great witch at the peak of Jiuding, he can even summon part of the evil god's divine power to possess him.
The great wizard in front of him obviously possesses extremely powerful power, reaching the peak of the Eight Cauldrons. Especially when the soul sacrifice was activated, a few streaks of black gas came out of a jade gourd around his waist. They were several wisps of the ghost souls of the great witch, which were also ignited by the green flames coming out of his body and joined the ranks of the sacrifices. So, ?The power of the evil gods that can be summoned becomes more and more powerful.
"It's a pity that he is facing Taoist Tongtian - the Lord of Jiejiao!"
With a sneer, he casually pointed a finger at the big witch's eyebrows, and the flames that emerged from the big witch's body were extinguished instantly. At the same time, Taoist Tongtian grabbed the void above the great witch's head with his right palm, and the void suddenly split into a huge gap. He reached into the dark gap and scolded coldly: "You dare to attack me? Stay here. Just put something down!"
The eyes of Shang Tang and Yi Yin almost popped out of their eyes - Taoist Tongtian pulled out a huge arm from the gap. Five golden lights emitted from his five fingers, and he clasped the big hand, which was about ten feet thick. He forcibly dragged the arm out. A panicked scream came from the crack, but Taoist Tongtian pulled the arm out completely without changing his expression. Then he waved his right palm, and a bright sword emerged from his hand, and he slashed it fiercely. Go down. An arm more than ten feet long fell down with a bang, smashing the hut to pieces.
"God? You are a pig!" Taoist Tongtian fiercely grabbed a wine jar on the ground and slammed it into the gap. The sound of the wine jar breaking was clear and sweet, and then the space gap quickly closed.
Shang Tang stammered and pointed at the huge arm on the ground and shouted: "Mr. Tongtian, this, this is the arm of the god!"
Taoist Tongtian raised his brows and said calmly: "God? Ten thousand years ago, I killed many people. God? Hum!" He suddenly lowered his voice and muttered in a low voice: "If it weren't for the leader of this sect, there are still people in charge. Wait, how can you allow that guy to escape today? Humph, it is already rare for someone to dare to follow the disciple of my leader, but that guy actually dares to help the person who is following my disciple. I really don¡¯t know what the word death is. Write."
After a fierce attack, Taoist Tongtian grabbed the great witch who was almost strangled to death by him, shook it violently for a while, and shouted loudly: "Quickly tell me, who asked you to follow Xia Jie? I am here! With my heavenly heart, I don¡¯t want to commit any more sins of killing, but I am willing to let your remnant soul reincarnate.¡±
The shining sword pointed at the great witch's neck for a while, and Taoist Tongtian said coldly: "If you still don't know whether to live or die, don't blame the poor Taoist for being ruthless!"
Xia Jie coughed lightly, pulled Taoist Tongtian's arm, and said with a bitter smile: "Master, you are about to strangle him to death, how can he speak?"
Taoist Tongtian was stunned for a moment, he laughed a few times, threw the big witch on the ground, and cursed in a low voice: "I want you to live, but you can't die; I want you to die, within the Three Realms Except for one person, no one can save you! Tell me, are you going to be reincarnated, or will your soul be lost after being searched?"
The great witch hissed and made a wise choice angrily. He pointed at Taoist Tongtian and shouted sternly: "Okay, if you dare to kill the secret guard of Ansi, you, you, just wait until the clan is exterminated!" After saying that, he closed his eyes and said very bachelorly: "I am Ansi Among the secret guards, who asked me to follow Meng Tianhou, you don¡¯t need me to tell you?"
"Extermination of the clan? Haha! Extermination of the clan? Haha!" Taoist Tongtian laughed strangely, raised his sword and slashed the great witch to death with one strike. With a casual finger, he saw a soul wrapped in a spiritual light. He ran downstairs.
Shaking his head, Taoist Tongtian said to Xia Jie with a smile: "Disciple, it seems that you still have to be careful recently! However, you have had no near misses recently, but Master is not worried about anything."
Patting Xia Jie's shoulder affectionately, Taoist Tongtian smiled and said to Shang Tang: "Shang Tang, I will go with you to join the Shang clan. Let's leave now!"
Taoist Tongtian couldn¡¯t wait to swallow the fat piece of Shang clan first, so as not to have two more senior brothers come to compete with him for the dojo and disciples. He didn't even bother to know that Guangchengzi, Taoist Duobao and other juniors who were preaching in the Goddess Lake fiefdom would go to the Shang clan alone to do business.
Shangtang naturally agreed with all his heart. Only Xia Jie frowned a little worriedly and said: "People from the Secret Guard of the An Division? Why did Lu Gui send people to watch me? Will I still rebel?"
Xia Jie shook his head in confusion, knelt on the ground, and bowed to send Taoist Tongtian off to the south with Shang Tang.
Standing up, a piece of fish belly white has appeared in the east, but there are still a few dark clouds in the sky, scattering small drops of water. Xia Jie picked up the freshly baked god's arm and ran towards Wushan