Chapter 526: The Sword Riding in the Divine Capital
Chapter 526: The Sword Riding in the Divine Capital (Update 7)
hum~
Light and shadow interweave like flowing water.
In an instant, Li Yuan felt his body lighten and his soul left his body. In a way that he still couldn't understand, it rose up rapidly. In a flash, he felt the alternation of light and darkness.
As if in a daze, he had escaped from the dark world.
Woo~
Coming back to his senses from his trance, Li Yuan opened his eyes and saw the fluttering flags and the Great Sun Golden Scale Bell hanging high in the sky.
"Here again?"
Li Yuan looked around. It was almost dawn and the sky was thick with fog.
He was not unfamiliar with this place. He had been here before when he listened to the heavenly music. It was the tallest building in Dayun Imperial City, the Observatory.
"The Great Sun Golden Scale Bell."
Li Yuan looked up. The bronze bell was very close to him. However, he was in such an illusory state that he could not get close to it, let alone snatch it away.
There was silence on the observatory. Li Yuan floated to the edge like mist, overlooking the entire imperial city. His current state was very strange. He felt weak but his vision was amazing.
From an altitude of three thousand meters, he could see the various buildings of the imperial city clearly. With a moment of concentration, he could see the large black umbrella under the observatory and the Dayun guards standing ready around it.
"Sacrificial ceremony?"
Li Yuan's eyes narrowed, and he instantly thought of the ringing sound just now: "Is it a sacrificial ceremony from the outer cloud demon clan?"
Woo~
Li Yuan's mind moved, and he felt an invisible force emerge, which dragged him down from the observatory with just one tug.
In the blink of an eye, he was already at the bottom, three thousand meters high, and he could clearly see Huang Longzi under the big umbrella.
"Visitors from outer space."
Looking at the middle-aged man with a full beard, dark complexion and blue eyes, Li Yuan's heart moved, and he floated down onto the high platform that seemed to have been built not long ago.
Observing closely, the appearance of this alien visitor was somewhat like that of a street hero, but Li Yuan was more concerned about his pair of green eyes. Faintly, he could sense the gleam of a weapon.
But it seems to be blocked by something and cannot be seen clearly.
"The Cloud Demon Clan still has some background. This ceremony is really interesting... It can see through the past and present, see the future, and glimpse the gods? It's quite arrogant..."
Li Yuan heard Huang Longzi talking to himself.
This alien visitor sat cross-legged, holding an umbrella in one hand and flipping through a silk book with the other.
Li Yuan looked at it intently and saw many names of spiritual beasts and rare treasures listed above, which should be required for the ceremony.
"A glimpse of the God's sacrifice?"
Li Yuan was alert when he suddenly saw Huang Longzi put away the silk book and hold down the whisk at his waist. He turned around and saw Wan Zhuliu wearing armor and holding a knife.
After that, it was Emperor Qian and Wu Yingxing.
Finally, there were ten incense-enhancing tripods brought in by the imperial guards.
“…Such a big deal?!”
Li Yuan was shocked.
The light of the incense was not blocked. He took a look and saw that the light was surging like the tide. Each of these ten incense cauldrons was much larger than what he had obtained before, and contained much more incense!
Obviously, it was prepared for sacrifice.
"His Majesty!"
The guards near the platform saluted one after another, but Emperor Qian said nothing, just waited with his hands down.
"The God-Watching Festival... Could it be that they are looking for me?"
Master Li Dao felt a sense of alarm. Ever since he entered the Bafang Temple, he felt uneasy. The existence of the imperial court was like a thorn in his throat.
Woo~
Emperor Qian remained silent. The silence was so eerie that one could hear a pin drop.
Li Yuan moved with the wind, circling around the crowd, observing Wan Zhuliu, Emperor Qian and others closely. The light of various magical weapons was very dazzling.
"The Demon-Subduing Dragon Sword, the Sea-Suppressing Black Turtle Armor..."
Li Yuan was both fearful and jealous. Including the Big Sun Golden Scale Bell on the observatory, there were a total of three Heavenly Destiny Mysterious Soldiers placed in front of him.
how...
"Let the ceremony begin!"
At a certain moment, Li Yuan heard Huang Longzi's long voice like a singing.
The next moment, there was a "clattering" sound of armor rubbing against each other, and the guards outside the altar retreated in unison, leaving an open space of a hundred feet in radius.
Emperor Qian did not retreat, but Wan Zhuliu and Wu Yingxing approached him.
Li Yuan retreated behind Emperor Qian. Although he didn't think the sacrifice could hurt him in his current state, it wouldn't hurt to be safe.
boom!
On the high platform, Huang Longzi flicked his whisk lightly, and ten large tripods exploded. The rich incense shot up into the sky, but it did not dissipate, but lingered above the altar.
"Luxury!"
It was the first time that Li Yuan saw so many incense sticks burning at the same time. He couldn't help but be amazed. The foundation of the Dayun court was so strong that it was terrifying.
Woohoo~
On the altar, Huang Longzi kept swinging his whisk and muttering to himself. After a moment, he suddenly looked up, and everyone present, including Li Yuan, looked in his direction.
The rolling sea of clouds was dyed red by the morning light, and then four big suns jumped out of the sea of clouds.
hum~
At the moment the sun rose in the east, Li Yuan felt the altar shaking and the incense burning violently. Then, he saw an incredible scene.
The sunlight shone from the horizon at an incredibly fast speed, and with it came a torrent of purple air!
"Purple Qi is coming from the east!"
In just a moment, only purple remained in Li Yuan's sight.
The purple air brought by the incense covered the altar and enveloped the imperial city, and it seemed as if it filled the entire divine capital city in an instant!
"Um?!"
In a guild hall somewhere in Shendu City, Long Yingchan, who had not slept all night, seemed to have sensed something. He raised his hand and pushed open the window, only to see purple air surging, filling the city like a sea of clouds.
Suddenly, exclamations came one after another in the streets and alleys.
"Where does the purple air come from?"
Nie Xianshan's surprised voice came from next door. He broke out of the window and jumped onto the roof of the tallest restaurant nearby. Many figures flashed around him at the same time.
Fang Sanyun, Zen Master Dading, Tianshezi and others also keenly noticed the abnormality.
"The earth veins are trembling!"
Taoist Yuan Qing suddenly appeared in front of everyone, his eyes passed through the purple air and looked towards the imperial city: "This seems like a ritual..."
"Another ceremony?"
"What does the court want to do? Didn't it invite us to watch the grand ceremony in fifteen days?"
"Ahead of schedule? No, this is not a ritual!"
The leaders of several Daoist sects looked at each other and discussed in whispers. Suddenly, Long Xixiang's voice came: "Look to the east!"
East?
Several people were startled, looked up, and their expressions changed.
The sea of clouds in the sky was rolling, and the four rising suns cast out four purple auras that were as thick as real.
Purple light rolled and converged in the sky above the capital city of God.
The light and shadows interweave and flow rapidly...
"What a big commotion?!"
Under the observatory, Li Yuan was somewhat puzzled: "What, what is the principle behind this?"
There were many martial arts in the martial arts world that could breathe out the purple air from the east, and he had learned some of them, but the scene of the sun opening its gates and spurting out four pillars of purple air was still a little too shocking.
"Peeping God's Sacrifice!"
On the altar, Huang Longzi swept the dust with his whisk, and the voice finally became understandable human language:
"If you look at the sky through human beings, you will only see the sky. If you look at the sky through the sun, moon and stars, you can get a glimpse of the past and present, and the years..."
hum~
He swept his whisk one last time, and the incense gathered on the altar also rose into the air, like a waterfall flowing upstream, pouring straight into the place where the four purple lights gathered.
Boom~
As the incense poured back, the purple air around it rushed up into the sky as if inspired, gathered into a ball, and accompanied by a loud bang, the illusory purple light seemed to be suspended in the air like a real scroll.
"God!"
This scene was so spectacular and shocking that even Li Yuan was stunned. In the Divine Capital City, countless people knelt down in horror and kowtowed.
"What is this?"
Seeing the people kneeling on the ground, Nie Xianshan couldn't help but frown. The culture of worshiping gods in Henglong and Wanlong sects was too strong. Listening to the various calls for gods, he felt quite annoyed.
“Like a painting?”
"nonsense!"
The leaders of several major Taoist sects were also deeply shocked.
hum!
At this moment, not only the Imperial City and the Divine Capital, but also people outside the Divine Capital and even in more distant places saw the painting of purple air.
Then, under the gazes of countless people, the painting slowly unfolded, and the originally ever-changing light and shadows had long since become peaceful.
"The God-peeking Ceremony is complete!"
Huang Longzi on the altar just breathed a sigh of relief and was also paying attention to the painting in the sky. However, after just a glance, his heart skipped a beat.
As they glanced over, Emperor Qian, Wan Zhuliu and others also frowned.
"God's capital city?!"
One of the guards couldn't help but exclaim.
The huge city that emerged in the slowly unfolding painting was the capital city of God. At a glance, one could find familiar buildings such as the observatory.
"This thing..."
When seeing the huge city in the painting, Li Yuan's heart skipped a beat and he almost thought he was exposed.
And just as he was floating away from Emperor Qian, he actually heard a voice coming from the hanging scroll.
when!
The majestic bell sound echoed in the sky.
"Great Sun Golden Scale Bell!"
When the familiar bell rang, the faces of Dayun's ruler and his ministers all changed. After that bell rang, another one came, and soon, it had rang forty-six times!
At this time, the scene in the scroll has become clearer and clearer.
Under the gazes of countless people, the sky seemed to have become a huge mirror, reflecting the entire capital city of God!
The difference is that the Divine Capital City in the scroll is currently covered with heavy snow, and there are not many pedestrians in the streets and alleys. Only a large number of soldiers and guards are moving around in the city.
"when!"
The bells are still ringing.
After taking a look at the gloomy faces of the ruler and his ministers of Dayun, as well as the guards kneeling on the ground around them, Li Yuan finally noticed something was wrong.
The ringing of the Great Sun Golden Scale Bells indicated that something had happened in the imperial city. In the scroll, the soldiers who shuttled through the city, looking as if they were facing a great enemy, all wore white scarves on their heads...
"The emperor has passed away?"
When Li Yuan changed his mind, he heard a "crack" sound, and the stone slab under Emperor Qian's feet was broken into pieces, and the faces of Wan Zhuliu and Wu Yingxing beside him also changed!
In the scroll, Wu Yingxing appeared, also wearing a white scarf!
"This……"
Li Yuan's eyes narrowed as he looked at the scroll, showing the Dayun priests and guards rushing towards the city gate like a tide, and an idea suddenly occurred to his mind.
The scene in this scroll comes from the future, after Emperor Qian's death?
"Your Majesty, this..."
Wu Yingxing was horrified.
"Let's see!"
Emperor Qian's face was as gloomy as water. He glanced at Huang Longzi with cold eyes and looked up at the sky again.
The capital city of God in the painting is bleak, with north wind, heavy snow, bell sounds, white-clad Dayun soldiers, and guest officials...
When this scene appeared, the city of God's Capital suddenly became chaotic.
Most people in the city did not see any familiar faces in the painting, but everyone in the city of God knew what it meant for the guards to wear mourning clothes.
For a moment, the city of God was dead silent at first, and then it was in an uproar.
"What does the court want to do?"
On the roof of the restaurant, Long Yingchan, who saw this scene, couldn't help but fall into deep thought, wondering why the court released this scene.
"This seems like many years later..."
Taoist Yuan Qing narrowed his eyes slightly. He saw many familiar faces in the scroll, but they all looked much older than they do now.
"The little emperor is dead?"
In a tavern somewhere in the city, Qin Shixian narrowed her eyes slightly, but was not surprised. If she was alive, the little emperor would definitely die in her hands.
But what made her a little dissatisfied was that the scene reflected in the scroll seemed to be many years later?
"Zhaixinglou assassinated the emperor again?"
Li Yuan followed Emperor Qian and others to the observatory, where he could even see the grief and fear on the faces of the guards and worshippers.
Woohoo~
The guards in the scroll followed Wu Yingxing and came to the city gate.
Outside the capital city of God, the north wind was howling and heavy snow was falling.
Under the gazes of countless people inside and outside the painting, an extremely dazzling sword light came from the sky at an extremely fast speed. As the sword lights intertwined, it seemed that a Taoist was standing above it!
(End of this chapter)