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Chapter 415: Auspiciousness in the Southwest, the Case of the Pearl (asking for monthly votes)
Xiangrui's eyes widened and remained stiff for a long time.

The mouth is open, teeth showing, dull.

The fruit in the left claw and the peeled bamboo shoots on the right are not fragrant.

I held it in my hands like this, in a daze for a long time, the voice rising in my heart, the syllables that no one in this era knows, that special language, and even the accent with the smell of bronze.

No way! This is the smell from thousands of years ago.

It still tastes the same.

It’s Jiuli!!!
Xiangrui roared and turned to run away. Li Guanyi was looking forward to meeting Xiangrui and was very kind to him, but he was shocked by the roar in this guy's heart, which made his head buzz.

Li Guanyi could understand the strength of this roar.

This guy must be very good at fighting!

If you can't fight, it's definitely not due to physical reasons.

Li Guanyi looked at the Nine-Colored Divine Deer beside him, and sensed that the auspicious sign opposite him was changing madly, and asked in confusion: "Where is he going?!" The Nine-Colored Divine Deer said in confusion: "I don't know either, but he should also be in the state of reincarnation."

"To be able to understand such words, it must be that you are recalling the past."

Li Guanyi asked: "Is this auspicious sign hostile to me?"

"Why is this your reaction even though we haven't met yet?"

The Nine-Colored Divine Deer thought for a long time, and replied in a soft voice: "In ancient times, there was a great war between the southwest region where "he" was and the Central Plains. In that war, the ancient red dragon showed its power, and this one was defeated."

"The southwest is full of mountains and mineral deposits. He can help living beings find minerals and mountains."

"When casting weapons, it is also more likely to produce fine gold and iron."

"The weapons and weapons are even more powerful than those in the Central Plains, but the ancient red dragon was even more ferocious at that time. Could it be that he sensed the charm of the ancient red dragon in you?"

Li Guanyi said: "So that's how it is. It can compete with the ancient red dragon."

He exclaimed in admiration: "It looks like it is indeed an extraordinary auspicious beast."

The Nine-Colored Divine Deer thought about the scenes in his memory and said tactfully:

“It’s a very strong child.”

"Strength, speed, blood, defense, and the ability of auspiciousness. Among all the creatures in the world, if not first-rate, then at least the top of the second-rate. And when combined..."

The gentle voice of the Nine-Colored Divine Deer paused, and commented tactfully:

"His body is the best at fighting among all the auspicious beasts."

Li Guanyi was even more curious about this auspicious sign from the southwest: "Senior Nine-Colored Divine Deer, is there any other way to communicate with Him?"

The Nine-Colored Divine Deer thought for a long time and said, "That's fine."

He told Li Guanyi the ancient language, and Li Guanyi spoke it in his heart.

That auspicious sign was running wildly towards the mountain in a ball of golden wind. As it moved, its yin and yang colored fur swayed slightly. It ran a hundred miles in one breath before it breathed a sigh of relief, with sounds coming from its ears and heart.

The ancient language, with a bronze-tempered accent:

"Old buddy, we won't fight the red dragon this time."

"Do you want to eat bamboo shoots?"

Alas! ! ! !

Southwest auspicious, cardiac arrest.

One foot was empty.

Tumble straight down the mountain.

Duang ~
Fall down and bounce up.

Fei Teng spun three and a half times and continued to bounce down.

There are many strange mountains in the southwest. This mountain is quite high and steep, but this auspicious sign rolled down without any injury. Finally, it fell to the ground, bounced several times, and sank into a crevice in the rocks.

After struggling for a while, he couldn't get out. He could only raise his head and stare at the wind in the sky with dull and melancholy.

Forget it, I won’t struggle anymore, it’s fine like this.

He reached out and plucked a bamboo shoot nearby, then bit it open with his back teeth.

Put it in your mouth.

Still looking at the sky with that sad and melancholy look.

Now that things have come to this, I’d better eat something to calm my nerves.

Chew chew chew.

After this wave of changes, the contact over there ended again.

After all, it's not very stable.

A wave of hot air rose up, and the blazing fire illuminated the surroundings. A bird with golden wings fell down and landed on Xiangrui's head, saying, "?? What happened? Are you so anxious today that you just rolled down from above?"

Xiangrui kept talking, saying sadly:

"Jiuli is back again."

The bird fluttered its wings: "It's good that the red dragon is not back!"

"Hmph, Red Dragon!"

A low roaring sound was heard, and a tiger with golden pupils walked out slowly, its muscles bulging and its whole body dark in color. It was not a tiger in the conventional sense, but it was not a top-notch divine beast either. It was the white tiger representing the murderous aura of Gengjin.

Southwestern mythology, the tiger king Xuanhu.

Also known as one of the gods of the year, it is an auspicious legend from ancient times.

She looked at Xiangrui, who was lying peacefully, and said unhappily, "What are you doing? A mere Jiuli scared you into this state!"

Xiangrui sighed and muttered, "You all know that my predecessor was not good at fighting, but in the end, for a bite of food, he refused to tell Jiuli. In the end, Jiuli really thought that he was a good fighter."

"Embroider Him on the battle flag. If the battle is lost, I will stay here and not go out after my reincarnation."

“It’s not like I won’t go out.”

Xuanhushan Jun said: "Isn't that you?!"

Xiangrui was anxious: "You, don't slander me, it was He who said he could fight, because Jiuli provided food and gave too much, He was embarrassed to object, so, it was like this until the end."

"Jiuli himself misunderstood. Did I lie to him? I didn't lie to him. He just misunderstood. I, I just wanted to have a full stomach..."

After a pause, Xiangrui became melancholy:
"It's fine if I kill Jiuli, but I will die on the battlefield myself."

"That was Him, not me. The Him at that time was not me now!"

"Right now, I just want to curl up here and not move a muscle!"

The golden bird laughed at Him and said, "Nonsense! You clearly wanted to go out eight hundred years ago! As soon as you went out, you saw the ancient red dragons started fighting again."

"The next thing we saw was the White Tiger from the West showing up. Hundreds of thousands of human armies were fighting on the land. The sounds of swords clashing and shouting were like the roar of the Martial God in the sky. Human heroes who could display the Dharma form, which were rarely seen in peaceful times, appeared one after another."

"The short battles in the chaotic times are longer than the one hundred or two hundred years of the peaceful times."

"The stars in the sky light up like candles on the ground. The [Western Lord of Slaughter, White Tiger Arms Heavenly Lord] and the [Lord of the Red Flame, Candle Dragon Swallowing the Sun Heavenly Lord] have formed an alliance with the heroic kings of mankind to conquer the entire world."

"The battle was so fierce that even the Fire Kirin died."

"Then he walked out five hundred steps, turned around and came back!"

Xiangrui chewed the bamboo shoots and said righteously, "I'm not good at fighting."

"And have you forgotten?"

"The white tiger is dead, and that, that human Red Emperor, brought a bunch of tough guys and killed all the flying beasts."

"That's Fei. How come these guys are so fierce? The Fei gods who have been rampant from ancient times to the present have their heads chopped off, their hearts pierced and taken out, and then crushed and used as poison."

"Do you want me to remind you?"

"How did the ancient red dragon, [Zhulong Swallowing Sun Celestial Lord] get his name?"

Xiangrui fights back.

Xiangrui's counterattack was successful.

The most auspicious sign of that era encountered an auspicious sign that did not look like an auspicious sign at all. The final outcome can only be described as tragic.

The final outcome is that the ancient red dragon obtained the most auspicious title.

The body of the golden divine bird stiffened, and it pecked at Xiangrui's head frantically. The force of each peck seemed to be able to tear a crack in the rock, but when it fell on Xiangrui, it seemed to have no effect at all.

The divine bird representing the sun was so angry that it flew to the top of Xiangrui's head and said, "Five hundred years later, I wanted to go out for a walk again. Before I could do anything, I saw a human with a bow."

"With just one shot, a huge hole was shot in the deep mountain where the Nine-Colored Divine Deer lived, and the heroes of the Heavenly Wolf Fate and Dharma Image were blown up on the grassland."

"There was also a muscular man holding a spear, who killed Qiongqi, one of the four evil gods. It would have been fine if he had killed Qiongqi, but he was able to break out of Qiongqi's poisonous blood. Nothing happened to him, he just scared you back."

"And more, three hundred years ago."

"The leader of the Western Buddhist country was captured by a guy and trampled into a pulp by the iron-bumped heavy cavalry of humans. He also encountered a guy from the Yin-Yang School."

This divine bird seems to have a good relationship with auspiciousness.

I am very happy and willing to reveal Xiangrui's dark history.

Xiangrui sighed and said earnestly: "This is not my fault."

He was very sad, so he grabbed a bamboo and bit it open with a grin.

Put the tender part into your mouth.

Chew chew chew.

"The White Tiger has fallen, and Fei has been beaten to death."

"Even, even the Qilin is dead. The Qilin, that was the Fire Qilin. Once it reaches adulthood, it is equivalent to a human hero who can summon a Dharma image. It is a auspicious sign on the battlefield. But He has fallen."

"I can't even imagine what a tragic battlefield that would be!"

"How tragic, how heroic!"

"And that time five hundred years ago, Qiongqi, that was Qiongqi!"

"Just by being shot, the head of the guy called Destroying Mountain was blown up, and the tough guy was covered in Qiongqi's blood, but he was not hurt at all, and he even suppressed Qiongqi's charm."

"What kind of monsters are there in the world? I don't want to fight with them."

"As for the Yin-Yang family..."

Xiangrui paused and recalled that about three hundred years ago, that handsome-looking man played a game of chess with him with a smile. After thinking for a long time, the Yin-Yang master stretched out a finger and said that with his ability, he should not hide in the mountains like this.

It would be better to let him be a good omen for the southwestern tribe and help him find the black tiger.

He also asked the guy from the Yin-Yang School why he wanted to help him. The guy smiled and just said:

"The various parts of the southwest are scattered and fighting each other. If this continues, they will only become more and more distant from the Central Plains. It is better for the southwest to be united and then enter the Central Plains than for the southwest to be in chaos."

"As for why, just think of it as a casual move on my part."

"A game of chess today can save at least thirty years of time for future generations hundreds of years later. If so, how can it not be my blessing?" Xiangrui originally wanted to refuse him.

But that guy got a group of big men called farmers from somewhere, who made the bamboo varieties better and better, and could plant them on a large scale. Xiangrui originally wanted to sneer and say that he wanted to bribe this divine beast.

But there are too many bamboo shoots grown in this systematic way.

You can also lie down and wait for the successive kings of the southwest to send bamboo shoots over.

I really couldn't refuse.

But at that time, next to the young Yin-Yang master, there was a barefoot girl wearing ink-colored clothes? She carried a heavy sword without an edge, and seemed to be the descendant of the strong man who killed Qiongqi five hundred years ago, and the descendant of the god general who surrounded and killed Feili and finally defeated Fei beast.

Xiangrui was eating bamboo and suddenly felt a little melancholy.

I had a very happy time during that period.

The young man is very free and easy, and the girl is stubborn.

The descendants of the man who killed Qiongqi were free and easy, while the other ancestor, the man who cut open the heart of the beast with one move, was solemn and quiet.

Those people who were so high-spirited at that time should have now turned into bones.

After all, that happened three hundred years ago.

Forget it, now that things have come to this, let’s eat something first.

Bang!
Xuanhu Shanjun was not satisfied with Xiangrui's lying posture. She sharpened her claws and pounced towards Xiangrui. Xiangrui bit a bamboo shoot in his mouth and slapped Xuanhu, pressing her under his palm and petting the cat.

The golden bird's beak emitted golden light as it pecked at His body.

Useless.

Xiangrui didn't change at all, and sighed, "Luckily, I still have you two to accompany me. I'm weak, timid, and not good at fighting. It's too dangerous outside. Jiuli clan will definitely come to cause trouble for us when they come back."

"Got to hide!"

Xiangrui's body shook, and he broke free from the rock that had trapped him. He ate all the bamboo shoots in two or three bites, then he slapped Xuanhu lightly with his bear paw, making him dizzy. He opened his mouth and bit the back of the neck of the more than 300-year-old Xuanhu Mountain King.

This ferocious fighting beast was forcibly controlled.

Then he ran outside at an extremely high speed.

slip away.

This auspicious sign ran for hundreds of miles and arrived at a ravine, where it finally settled down. However, when it came to its senses, it realized that this was where Jiuli was in the past. It sighed and thought that it had been missing Jiuli for all these years.

But it's okay to miss you.

If the Jiuli clan showed up again, he would be scared to death.

Black Tiger and the divine bird were both dizzy from his high speed. Xiangrui lay there eating bamboo and catching two fish to replenish his body. He was thinking that it was such a far and remote place, and no one would be able to find him!

His ears moved slightly, and Xiangrui turned his head to look not far away.

Someone there laughed and said, "This place is so far away, so remote."

"No one will be able to find us!"

Auspicious sign, the Sun Bird, the Black Tiger, one big and two small ones looked at each other.

Xuanhu didn't want to join in the fun.

But he couldn't resist Xiangrui whose eyes were lighting up. Xiangrui crept over with a few bamboo sticks on his head to conceal his breath and appearance. He looked outside and saw that it was a city lord from the southwest, who was young, probably in his early thirties, with a tense face.

"Once you do something like this, there's really no turning back."

"Humph, does that mean you can turn back if you don't do this?!"

The city lord's expression was tense, and he said in a cold voice: "That Duan guy is planning to take the city lords of these cities and tens of millions of people in the southwest to join Qin Wuhou. With such a large force, he will occupy the southwest in the troubled times."

"Even if we don't chase after the so-called Lord of the Central Plains, we can still achieve hegemony. At that time, we will have everything we want, including wealth and glory. But now that we have left the command of Qin Wuhou, after the alliance, we may not be able to gain any great benefits. Instead, we will be restricted by Qin Wuhou."

"You have to bow down to him."

"Without the status and power of the past, how can I have the power?!"

The young man punched out, causing the rock beside him to shake, and a large crack was created by his punch. He was Mu Taihong, who had previously disagreed with continuing the alliance with Qin Wuhou. He said, "The Duan family also got the throne because of the merits of their ancestors, and it is legitimate."

"Li Guanyi is only a marquis at best. He should surrender to us! Moreover, I have heard that the laws in the cities under Li Guanyi's command are extremely strict. He even teaches the lowest of the lowly people martial arts and writing. How shameful!"

"They also know martial arts and knowledge, so don't we have anything better than them?! There will definitely be those ungrateful beasts who will not accept our status and power."

The middle-aged man next to him, Xiong Tianrui, said, "It's a good thing for the people to learn martial arts and literature. Wouldn't it also produce more talents and provide more work?"

Mu Taihong said: "Stupid!"

He looked cold and arrogant: "Why do you think those lowly people are so respectful to us? Do they really think that our bloodline is naturally superior to theirs? It's fine if those things can fool those lowly people, but how can you believe this?"

"They are like this for only two reasons."

"On the one hand, we are powerful, and on the other hand, they are ignorant."

"If everyone learns martial arts, how can we defeat them by ourselves? How can the world know that we are superior to them? If everyone learns literature, the criminal law will be known to the lowly people, and we will not have the power to be unfathomable."

"If everyone practices martial arts and literature, how can we stand out from them?"

"This road is more dangerous than fighting. Duan only saw the relationship with the Duke of Taiping, but did not notice that we need to pull those untouchables up. We cannot just sit there and wait for death!"

Mu Taihong gritted his teeth. He had a vague feeling of a majestic momentum. Li Guanyi might be gentle and polite to them, but what he actually did was to uproot these noble city lords. He was a fundamental enemy.

Such danger is more terrifying than launching an attack.

But those other city lords, the older generation, only saw the gentleness in human nature and did not notice the deeper contradictions and threats. How sad and lamentable it is.

Mu Taihong said coldly: "I am located in the southwest, covering thousands of miles. I have been living like this for many years. I don't need others to point fingers at me."

“The laws of our ancestors cannot be changed, the blood of our ancestors cannot be insulted, and the hierarchy cannot be changed. Even if the King of the Southwest and his men are determined, I cannot let them go astray. How can they be free and easy in this place and serve as subjects to others?”

The middle-aged man thought for a long time and said, "That makes sense!"

Then he asked, "Then do you want to compete with Qin Wuhou?"

Mu Taihong fell silent.

I fight Qin Wuhou?
real or fake?

Qin Wuhou is invincible in the world and the fifth most powerful general of the contemporary era.

This sentence shattered all his ambitions and he was unable to utter a word.

After a long time.

Mu Taihong looked around and said, "...Qin Wuhou is just a brave man without strategy. He is only brave and powerful. We don't need to be afraid of him. Don't worry, our goal is not to go to war with Qin Wuhou, but to make the alliance fail."

"The hearts and minds of the millions of people in this southwest area are the way to defeat Li Guanyi!"

Xiong Tianrui asked: "What?"

Mu Taihong said: "You should know that I have three treasures in the southwest."

Xiong Tianrui said: "Yes, one is the auspicious sign of the divine beast of our ancestor Jiuli clan."

"The second is the sword-making gold and iron left by the Jiuli Army Master."

"It can be forged into a magical weapon of the [Lord of Arms] level. Legend has it that when the Lord of Arms returns, he will once again use this gold and iron to forge a magical weapon. This time he will sweep away all powerful enemies, and finally kill the Red Dragon and take over the world."

"Although it is just a legend passed down from generation to generation, many people believe it."

"Three means twenty-four pearls, which were a gift from the Lord of Arms to the goddess."

Mu Taihong said, "Yes, many people were already dissatisfied with the King of Southwest giving the pearl as a present. Now that the national treasure has returned, no one will say anything. If the national treasure is returned when Qin Wuhou comes, the people will be happy."

"What do you think if this national treasure is lost again when Qin Wuhou comes?"

Xiong Tianrui was shocked and asked, "Are you going to frame Qin Wuhou for this?"

Mu Taihong said, "He is an outsider to begin with. His father also took the pearl away. If he comes now, he will probably bring hundreds of thousands of troops with him. Everyone is nervous. In such a situation, if the pearl is lost, a little manipulation can be done to arouse public anger."

"Even if it wasn't his fault, the fact that the King of Southwest lost the national treasure twice is a major dereliction of duty. The King of Southwest is unpopular, so the so-called alliance is naturally empty talk."

Xiong Tianrui was surprised.

He breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"I thought you would fight with Qin Wuhou."

Mu Taihong sneered and said, "The army of Qin Wuhou is invincible, but victory or defeat in this world is not just on the battlefield. As long as we achieve our goal, then it can be considered a victory no matter what!"

"Besides, after we win, His Majesty Emperor Chen promised me the title of King of the Southwest. You are my confidant and my cousin. When the time comes, my position as the city lord will naturally be yours!"

Xiong Tianrui suddenly realized.

Mu Taihong gave him many instructions and asked him to leave. After watching Xiong Tianrui go away, he suddenly took out a box from his arms. Inside was exactly the twenty-four pearls. He sneered and said, "...In this case, I will use Xiong Tianrui as my evidence."

He was quite proud: "How can I get rid of the suspicion of stealing things?"

"Of course, he wanted to steal the pearl, but he didn't have time to realize his plan. He used a small crime to cover up a big crime..."

"King of the Southwest, King of the Southwest, what a nice title. Under the command of Qin Wuhou, not only can I not be as free and easy as I am now, but I will also be subject to many restrictions. Qin Wuhou is only in power for a while, it doesn't count for anything."

"Even if Qin Wuhou was truly invincible and conquered the world."

"But with our contribution to the city and our alliance status, we are at most a founding hero. How can we be free and unfettered as if we were the king and can do whatever we want in this southwestern country?"

"Stupid! Stupid!"

"The King of the Southwest, the successor of Jiuli, this title should be mine. When the notoriety of Duan spreads far and wide, I can get these pearls back and win the support of the people."

"What a shame, what a shame. If only we could pick up the weapon-casting stone."

“I’m afraid I’ll gain even greater fame.”

"However, forging the weapon of the Lord of Arms and slaying the red dragon to gain the world are just nonsense. What's the point of those foolish people believing it? False is false and can never become true."

Mu Taihong sneered a few times and threw the twenty-four pearls into the hidden lake. Xiangrui, Black Tiger and Divine Bird just watched the twenty-four pearls fall into the lake right under their noses.

Xuan Hu: “…………”

Divine bird: “…………”

Auspicious: “…………”

This is also what Jiuli used when proposing marriage.

Do you want to fish it out?

If I give it to Jiuli, will he stop bothering me?

Xiangrui pondered, pulled out a bamboo shoot and carefully put it into his mouth.

By now.

Eat some bamboo shoots first to calm down.

crunch--

With a crisp sound, Mu Taihong turned his head suddenly:
"who!!!"

(End of this chapter)