Chapter 19: Inner City Guantian Tower, Abandoning Linjiangfang Gaoliu inner city. Guantian Tower. This building is magnificent and majestic. It is said that this is a tall building built with Liu Zun's body as the foundation and expanding in all directions. It is decorated with carved railings and jade and is magnificent. This building is a hundred stories high and took eighty years to build. During this period, countless craftsmen were employed and many suffered casualties. In the tallest building, there are eight magic mirrors that reflect the eight directions. In the middle is the document warehouse, with sixty-four chief clerks who record the movements of all parties at all times and compile them into a register. "Outer city north wall, location 160, willow branch night lamp extinguished!" "On the northwest wall of the outer city, the fourth, sixth, twenty-fourth, and ninety-second stations have all sent out fireworks to ask for help!"
"Outer city east wall, at location 72, a patrol team has filled the gap and relit the willow branch night lamps." "In the eastern part of the outer city, in the twelfth block, the little demon and three wandering ghosts that had previously entered the city have all been killed!" "The willow branch night lights at the 120th location in the southern part of the outer city have been restored, and the patrol teams have filled in the gaps." News from all sides continued to arrive. Everyone wrote very quickly. In the middle, there sat a man, probably over fifty years old, with a jet-black beard, and his eyes slightly closed, as if he was resting. There are twelve priests in Liuzun Temple. In the Guantian Tower, a temple priest came and took charge of the situation. Every three months, one person will be rotated. The person today is the seventh priest of Liuzun Temple, also known as Master Liu Qi. He had just returned from the altar and was sitting in the Guantian Tower. "There seems to be something wrong with the number 61 to 72 on the south wall of the outer city?" "This section of the defense area belongs to the branch of the Tianjian Division stationed in Linjiangfang in the southern part of the outer city." The young man who came to report said in a low voice: "The flag bearer has just been replaced, but he cleared out his men and is guarding the city alone." "Is there anything unusual at the moment?" "During this period, these twelve willow branches have been lighting the night lamps, and they have not been extinguished yet. So far, no evil spirits have been found to have entered the city." "Oh?" Master Liu Qi's brows relaxed and he said, "It seems this person is quite capable!" "wrong!" Just then, a middle-aged man rushed in from outside.
He was in a position where there were sixteen people responsible for observing the divine mirror in the south direction. At this moment, he looked horrified and said, "Seventh Master, starting from the fifty-fourth position to the sixtieth position, the light of the willow branch night lamp... is fake!" "what?" Master Liu Qi couldn't help but stand up, his face changed drastically. The middle-aged man spoke very quickly, and said: "The lights are still on, but the oil in the willow night lamp has been replaced with ordinary oil..." Willow branches serve as night lamps, and only when combined with the lamp oil from the Willow Temple can they have the power to deter darkness. Both are indispensable! "Before, the magic mirror reflected and the willow branches illuminated the night lamp, and everything seemed normal, so we didn't notice anything! But just now, it seemed like an evil spirit broke into the city under the light of the lamp!" Mr. Liu Qi's eyes suddenly turned cold. His first reaction was that someone had enriched himself by replacing the willow branch night lights on this section of the city wall and making money from the proceeds. But the next moment he felt something was wrong and said in a low voice: "It was just replaced! Someone must have leaked the temple lamp oil and replaced it with ordinary lamp oil..." Because if it was fake from the beginning, then evil spirits would have already flooded into the city in large numbers! But only at this moment did evil spirits break in one after another. It was obvious that the willow branches that illuminated the night were real! Someone turned off the willow branch night light and replaced it with an ordinary light to deceive the Observatory! But in the end, it can’t hide from the evil in the darkness! Then another person stumbled in and shouted, "Six evil spirits and three monsters have broken into Linjiangfang, the outermost area of the southern part of the outer city, and one of them is a bear monster!" "The bear monster has torn apart the two patrol teams that came to intercept it!" "There are no warriors nearby who can match the bear monster. The outermost district in the southern area of the outer city... is about to be lost!" The man's face was pale and he couldn't help sweating. Master Liu Qi stood up and said solemnly: "Notify the City Defense Office immediately, summon the Heavenly Guards, dispatch personnel, strengthen the defense of Qingshanfang, and build a new line of defense!" "What about Linjiangfang?" "Linjiangfang is over!" Master Liu Qi said in a cold voice, "It's too late to rescue them. We can only increase the defense of Qingshanfang immediately! Otherwise... if the evildoers continue to go deeper, even Qingshanfang will become a purgatory for evildoers! Go quickly!" - Lin Yan has moved forward six hundred steps. Slay demons and monsters along the way! Wherever he passed, he relit willow branches to light the night. He left behind a stack of papers, and with a wave of his hand, he transformed into a figure holding a knife, exactly the same as himself! In this dark night, he has already shown his ferocious power! Continuing forward, I found that the lights were still on ahead, but there were still ghosts and monsters roaming in the darkness, crossing the city wall! "Fake!" Lin Yan's heart sank as he thought to himself, "Using ordinary lamp oil to fill the willow branches to light up the night lamp, can we deceive the Guantian Tower?" He walked quickly forward, refilled the lamp oil, and continued to leave the paper-cut horse's fake body. -
"Grandpa, which one is he?" The childish voice in the darkness said in amazement: "Each one seems to be exactly the same!" The figure holding the knife was illuminated by the night light from the willow branches, making it impossible for the evil spirits to see clearly. All I know is that man is standing there holding a knife. Every one of them seems to be him! All the monsters and evil spirits that had previously attempted to cross the city wall were slain without exception. As a result, at this moment, the evil spirits in the darkness retreated, scattered to both sides, and tried to attack the city from other locations on the city wall. "Neither of them is him." The old voice said slowly: "But no one knows where his true body is!" "After all, you saw that anyone who tried to cross the city wall was killed..." "This man is so ferocious and powerful that even I, your grandfather, am a little afraid of his fierce and evil aura." At this point, the old voice laughed and said, "The wandering monsters and the little demons may not be very smart, but even ants have the instinct to survive and know how to avoid dangerous places." The childish voice suddenly realized something and said, "So, he scared off the evil spirits and the little demons, and he was able to defend these 360 steps." "should……" The old voice suddenly became surprised and said, "No! Go to the left, how come his thirteenth figure appeared?" Then the old monster seemed to turn his gaze to the left and continue looking. "More than... fourteen, fifteen, sixteen..." "He left so many traces behind?" "Have all the city walls over there been lost?" "He has left his defensive position... No, that's not right. Should I say...he has expanded his defensive position?" The old voice became more and more solemn. The childish voice also seemed frightened. After a long while, it said, "Then, is this person currently guarding a position more than a thousand steps away?" “Maybe more than that!” "He is alone and has to guard such a long section of the city wall. If he runs back and forth, won't he be exhausted to death?" "But he seems to have...held on?" (End of this chapter)