flstandardbreds Chapter 152 Fufang County Zaidao Pavilion
Chapter 152 Fufang County Zaidao Pavilion
Ning Xiaoxi looked at the unremarkable five-room house in front of her and thought that the Celestial Master Pavilion in Fufang County was quite frugal. It was far inferior to the Celestial Master Pavilion residences she had seen in Panhou Mountain City and Muyun Mountain City. It only had two courtyards, and the only thing that was big enough was the courtyards.
Liu Xing, who was leading the way, unlocked the door to the east wing, which was frozen shut by the cold, and it took him a bit of effort to push the door open.
Liu Xing himself felt a little embarrassed. They hadn't bothered to hang up the "Zai Dao Ge" plaque, and no one really wanted to go in.
Ning Xiaoxi entered the Zaidao Pavilion, where the temperature inside and outside were the same. Fortunately, there was a brazier.
Liu Xing quickly brought firewood and charcoal, lit the brazier, opened a record book on the desk in the hall, wrote: "May 10th, 905th year of the Great Xia Dynasty, by Ning Xiaoxi, an official under the Heavenly Secrets Bureau," and had Ning Xiaoxi sign her name at the end. After leaving a basket of firewood, he departed.
Ning Xiaoxi cast a protective shield around herself to ward off the lingering chill in the room. She moved the brazier to the desk in the middle and got up to look around the Zaidao Pavilion.
The place was filled with shelves, layer upon layer. Aside from the table near the entrance, there was only a narrow passage between each shelf, just enough for one person to pass through. Looking inside, the shelves were overflowing with flat boxes, making it impossible to tell how many shelves there were. The shelves on the left were empty, clearly covered in dust. The shelves on the right were half filled with flat boxes and half empty.
Walking into the nearest aisle where files were stored, the shelves were divided into square compartments, each containing a flat box. Some compartments held one box, while others held multiple boxes. The year was written on the horizontal board under each compartment, but the years were not consecutive; some were separated by several years, and some by decades.
Looking at the year written as 874 of the Great Xia Dynasty, with the rest blank, and thinking about the 905 that Liu Xing had just written, it meant that the most recent record was 31 years ago.
He picked up the dossier, finding it icy cold to the touch; it seemed to be frozen solid! He opened the box and took out a thin wooden slip from inside.
On the eighth day of the second month of the 874th year of the Great Xia Dynasty, Banhuo attacked the city. Later, the Demon General Youmeng Moji appeared, and Difuxing was killed. Tianji was ordered to pursue Youmeng Moji. Addendum: Youmeng Moji used the heavy snow in Beixiao to escape.
Ning Xiaoxi looked at the simple record on the wooden slip, which only recorded the time of the incident, the demons that appeared, and the Heavenly Gang and Earthly Fiends involved. It was so simple that it was outrageous! This could be called a record, but it had nothing to do with any classic texts, right?
He put the wooden slip back into the box and moved it one space inward. On the horizontal board was written "Da Xia 868," six years later.
On January 20th of the 868th year of the Great Xia Dynasty, Banhu attacked the city. All the Celestial Masters stationed at the Celestial Master Pavilion were wiped out, and the defending army suffered 26,814 casualties. The Kuafu chieftain, who rushed to the aid, led the Kuafu priests and clansmen in a pursuit of 800 li, and killed the Blood Soul Demon General who had been resurrected after absorbing enough blood.
Blood Soul Demon General? The Blood Soul Demon General who was killed by Tianjie and Tianwei in Panhou Mountain City? The records say that the Blood Soul Demon General was resurrected after absorbing enough blood, so who killed all the Celestial Masters in the Celestial Master Pavilion's residence? The Kuafu Clan hunted down the Blood Soul Demon General, so how did it survive in Panhou Mountain?
【Dumplings.】
The little dumpling nestled on Ning Xiaoxi's arm, looking at the records on the wooden slip, then turned back to Ning Xiaoxi with a wronged expression, saying, "This doesn't match my records."
"Then let's not record it." Ning Xiaoxi was quite calm. "During the incident at Panhou Mountain City, was Blood Soul really killed?"
[Demons mostly live on desires, and Blood Souls live on blood sacrifices. If there were another blood sacrifice of ten thousand people, they might be resurrected again.] Tuanzi's voice was dejected; it seemed that it was impossible to completely slay the demons.
[A blood sacrifice of ten thousand?] Ning Xiaoxi thought back carefully. [Tianji mentioned to me before that a blood sacrifice of ten thousand could awaken Hou Qing. How come this Demon Lord and Demon General are on the same level?]
[It was merely awakened; the cultivation technique still needs to be practiced. That blood soul was only in a newly awakened state at the time, which is why it was so easily killed.]
[The purpose of Blood Soul, Demoness, and Flame Dance is to awaken Hou Qing. According to your records, Tian Wei was killed by Blood Qilin and Hou Qing. So how was Hou Qing killed or sealed?]
[That time, although Tianwei was killed, he did take me with him. I used my ultimate skill and perished together with Houqing.]
Ning Xiaoxi stared wide-eyed at the little dumpling. "You still have this ambition?"
[I don't know the result, I only remember that I used my ultimate skill and wrapped it up. I was too weak then, I couldn't even wrap it up with the Blood Kirin.]
Ning Xiaoxi looked at Tuanzi with disdain. What use are you anyway! Every time you level up this account, it becomes useless. Wait, no, this is also an alt account. It can't be useless, it'll kill it if it's useless.
[But that doesn't make sense. Tianwei had you back then, yet you were only at the mid-high level?]
He was a body cultivator, physically strong but not adept at magic. At the time, he felt that humans, demons, and monsters might coexist, so he stopped focusing on improving his skills. That's why, when he encountered the Blood Qilin and Hou Qing, he charged at them recklessly.
【I'm not very quick to grasp things either. Didn't you just internalize everything in my head?】
Tuanzi buried her face in Ning Xiaoxi's arm, no longer looking at her. [Tuanzi wasn't this fierce before.]
Amazing? Ning Xiaoxi felt that Tuanzi had some misunderstanding about her abilities, which was why she thought Tianwei was the one who wanted to die back then, just like she sometimes wanted to die herself. Who would be so unlucky as to transmigrate and encounter such a useless and unreliable system? She felt sorry for her two predecessors for a second.
No longer dwelling on her useless little dumpling, Ning Xiaoxi took another step forward. The Great Xia Dynasty was 865, only three years later.
On the first day of the second month of the 865th year of the Great Xia Dynasty, Banhu attacked the city. The leader was a group of ten demon servants. Lord Diqiangxing led his ten subordinate officials to capture all ten demon servants.
On the second day of the second month of the 859th year of the Great Xia Dynasty, Banhu attacked the city. The leader was a Crimson-Scaled Merman. Lord Dijiexing led eight of his subordinates to kill the Crimson-Scaled Merman.
On January 24th of the 853rd year of the Great Xia Dynasty, Banhu attacked the city. The leader was a high-ranking wolf demon. Lord Di Huixing led ten subordinate officials to kill the wolf demon.
It is obvious that the records in Zai Dao Ge are all about the deeds of the Celestial Master stationed in Fufang County who killed demons.
Looking back at the record he had first read, it meant that since the 874th year of the Great Xia Dynasty, no demons had participated in the sieges of the half-horse.
The information my brother gathered is that Banhuo hasn't attacked a city for four years, and no demons have colluded with Banhuo for thirty years. Judging from the frequency of the previous events, this doesn't make sense.
Therefore, after the appearance of the Demoness of the Dream, no demons participated in the siege.
This is only the record for Fufang County. There are ten cities in the northern border. Was the Banhuo attack a full-scale attack? Attacking all ten cities at once? They probably don't have that kind of strength. A planned attack? Do the Banhuo have that kind of strategy? Besides, they haven't been able to successfully enter the border guarded by the ten counties for so many years. Only someone desperate would launch such a meaningless attack, right?
Or is it for blood offerings?