From the end of the world

Chapter 460 Luoshan Power Map
"Willow Shadow wants to see me?"

I remembered the Willow Shadow I saw at the God Burial Ceremony. He gave me a meaningful look at that time, which made me feel that he seemed to have something to say to me. Although he disappeared from the venue afterwards, it seemed that he had finally found time to look for me now.

As for the so-called "request" for a meeting, it is probably just a social etiquette. Most of the interactions between the Great Impermanence do not have so many roundabout procedures. From another perspective, it can also be seen that the other party is mostly not coming with malicious intent. Although formalism is often criticized, people who are unwilling to even do superficial work often do not have much respect for others in their hearts.

But I may not be qualified to make a condescending conclusion. When I went to see the fortune teller before, I did not make any request in advance. There is a saying that goes "Do not do to others what you do not want others to do to you". Although I don't mind admitting that I have double standards in some aspects, maybe I have to do this kind of superficial work carefully in the future.

Lu Chan added: "He knew that I was working for you, so he found me first and asked me to tell you that he would arrive at the gate of this mansion around this evening."

"Evening? I see." I nodded. "Then did he tell me why he wanted to see me?"

"Yes. He said he wanted to talk to you about the Taoyuan Township Lord..." Lu Chan's voice turned low, "- and about the matter of Shan Liangyi."

Because I needed the capable Lu Chan to help me investigate clues related to Shan Liangyi, I had already told him about my relationship with Shan Liangyi.

Mr. Zhu once told me that this matter should not be known to too many people. Once it spreads widely, it may shake the believers' views on me. In fact, I don't care if this matter is known by everyone. Firstly, I don't believe that as long as I keep a low profile, Shan Liangyi will not know the relationship between me, a new Great Impermanence who can only manipulate fire, and him; secondly, Shan Liangyi is a character in my mind that will be determined sooner or later.

At that time, either I will be defeated by him, and everything will be over; or I will defeat him, and then his existence will be meaningless. Being secretive about this matter is the thought of a weak person who does not believe that he is a match for Shan Liangyi from the beginning and wants to at least have a chance to shine before he dies.

The important thing now is, why did Liu Shuying want to talk to me about the Liangyi? And the fact that I am the descendant of Liangyi should not have spread yet.

Also, although I may sound suspicious, I have also suspected that Liu Shuying might be Shan Liangyi. The rumors about him being a "prophet" make it hard not to think of Shan Liangyi's ability to reincarnate in the past and future at will. I have also discussed this with Gua Tianshi, but the result is confusing.

Combining the clues I have collected so far, the only counter-evidence I can come up with is that Liu Shuying's magic power does not belong to the category of the Four Symbols and Five Elements, while Shan Liangyi's magic power must be within the system of the Four Symbols and Five Elements. However, considering that there is the most powerful Wuchang Old Fist God in Luoshan who has killed the latter once in this era, it is understandable that he would want to hide his magic power characteristics. At the same time, I don't doubt whether Shan Liangyi can do this.

Since Liu Shuying came to me on his own initiative, whether he is the real boss or not, I have no reason or way to avoid him but to face him head on.

"Also, Zhuang Cheng, this is my personal opinion. I suggest you not let Liu Shuying see Ma Zao." Lu Chan said seriously, "Although it's just based on my experience and intuition, I think Liu Shuying is very similar to you in some ways... He might have bad thoughts after seeing Ma Zao."

"If you say so, I will listen to you," I said. "Besides, your statement is weird, as if I would have bad thoughts about Ma Zao."

Lu Chan looked around and said, "Oh? 'Even I say so'? Has anyone ever given you this advice before?"

I didn't pursue his interest, but turned the topic back to the information he gave me. While looking down and continuing to check, I asked, "Since you have already found three branch bases within the Mingzhu Force that leaked information to Taoyuan Township, then the Mingzhu Force itself should have found out, right?"

Lu Chan followed up with a smooth talk, "It's not that we found three cases, but we suspected three cases... By the way, the investigation progress of the Fate Turbidity Force itself is obviously not as deep as mine."

"Why is that?" I wondered.

Lu Chan said calmly, "There is no special reason. It's just that some things are much more difficult for our own people to investigate than for outsiders. That's all."

Having said that, I couldn't help but marvel at his investigative abilities again, and asked again: "I have another question... Why are these three bases located like this on the map?"

I pointed to the locations of two of the branch bases. "One is outside the border, and the other is almost to the Arctic Circle..." Lu Chan replied as a matter of course, "Because these two places are also within Luoshan's sphere of influence."

“I thought Roshan was an organization of this country,” I said.

"It's not wrong to think this way. Most Luoshan demon hunters think this way." Lu Chan said after thinking, "...You might as well think about it this way. Our country has a long history, and the territory of influence has changed with the change of dynasties. This change is related to the war and political situation of secular countries. There have been occasions of humiliating cession of territory in history. But do you think these situations will affect the weird world and Luoshan?

“Unlike countries, Luoshan has always been the largest force in the strange world. It will expand along with the expansion of the secular countries, but will not spit out the land it has already taken.

"If it weren't for the division between the weird world and the common sense world in the past, this stability should have protected this country... Let's not talk about that for now. Do you know how big this country was when it was at its largest in history?"

I have some impression of this. I have seen someone else popularize the power map of the Tang Dynasty on the Internet before. The area of ​​the Tang Dynasty at its peak was much larger than the power map of the country today, which is enough to make people who see it for the first time feel surprised and unfamiliar. Some countries that are now foreign countries were part of its territory at that time. Mingzhu seems to be the great impermanence that was born in the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

It is said that it was not the largest period among all dynasties, nor even the second largest period. Speaking of which, I also saw some Luoshan demon hunters who looked like foreigners participating in the God Burial Ceremony. I originally wondered if they were ethnic minorities. For example, among ethnic minorities, there are also ethnic Russians, who are descendants of Russians who immigrated here in the past. Now that I think about it, there may really be Luoshan demon hunters who came from parts of Russia and other countries.

It is no wonder that there is a Luoshan branch base near the Arctic Circle. In some dynasties, there were indeed periods when the territory of influence reached the Arctic Circle.

"In addition to expanding with the expansion of the country's territory, Luoshan has also expanded spontaneously... Now Asia is basically Luoshan's sphere of influence, and there are also some deployments in Europe, Africa, North America, and Oceania, but due to cultural identity and other factors, the base is still in this country." Lu Chan said, "It is probably because of this that even some Asian countries tend to regard Luoshan's forces as the tentacles of invasion by these countries, and want to cultivate their own organizations that specialize in dealing with strange events.

“I won’t elaborate on this aspect, since it’s all stuff that’s not too suspenseful.

"Come to think of it, you really don't know a lot of basic common sense. Have you never thought of checking it out? No, it's probably because you have a preconceived notion that there is no need to check it out, so you can't generate curiosity in this regard..."

Although I have felt uncomfortable when looking up certain information before, I never thought that Luoshan's sphere of influence was so huge. Maybe this is basic common sense within Luoshan, so it is not emphasized. Zhu Shi never thought of mentioning this kind of thing to me, probably for the same reason.

As Lu Chan helped me draw the approximate total area of ​​Luoshan's sphere of influence on the map, I sighed. No wonder those Great Impermanence always talk about how this world is. It would be difficult for them to say those things if they didn't have this much area under their rule.

"What are you talking about staying out of it...you are also one of the supreme rulers in this power map." Lu Chan said casually, which made me feel even less real.

He said earnestly, "Rosa has not officially become the ruling power in the secular world yet, but anyone with a little intelligence can see that the outcome is already decided. I only hope that you gods can show mercy in the future and save some bloodshed in this world."

Before parting with Lu Chan, I took out a batch of slag impermanence swords that I had agreed to give to meritorious believers in the future, which consumed about one ten-thousandth of my total slag. If there are really believers who can summon my flames with faith and use the slag impermanence swords as weapons, it will be enough to reach the level.

It was evening, around six o'clock, when the sun was about to set, I sensed the shadow of a willow tree appearing in the distance.

He walked over leisurely like an ordinary person, moved to the front door of the mansion, and then knocked lightly on the door with his knuckles.

I used fire teleportation to get behind him. He turned around slowly as if he had eyes on his back and smiled.

"Hello, Zhuang Cheng. This is the first time we meet officially, right? I am Liu Shuying," he said.

(End of this chapter)