If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 200: The first time I experienced the pain of losing a child

"Martial Arts Conference?" Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment, then he said with a strange expression: "Master Jijiu, what do you mean by receiving news? What about the daily parade of ten thousand ghosts? What happened at the Lianghe Beach battlefield?"

The "Dongge Jijiu" of the palace came over on horseback, sweating profusely, and his dark blue brocade robe was obviously stained with dust.

After arriving at Tianbaoju, he didn't even enter the gate. After climbing the stairs, he saw Xiaoyu coming out to greet him, and he started shouting directly at the door.

In terms of demeanor and temperament alone, this Lord Jijiu was far inferior to Li Dan, the lacquer garden official.

Shaoyao touched her arm, gently pulled her away from the door, made way for her, and invited her with a smile, "Master Cheng, please come in and have a cup of tea first, and we'll talk slowly."

"You're welcome, Miss Shaoyao. You should be able to tell that I'm delivering a message for His Royal Highness.

Alas, from this morning till now, I have met more than forty wealthy people from eastern Shu.

Miss Yu is now the 49th one. I will go to the Shahe Sect to find Sun Botao, the One Cutting Sea."

Although Cheng Jijiu said this, Shaoyao had already stretched out her hand to indicate "please come in" and made way for him. He had no choice but to quickly walk into the lobby on the first floor.

Wen Zhiruo was already sitting in the seat of honor, holding a tea bowl in her hand, gently skimming off the tea foam with the tea lid.

"Ah, Master Wen is also in Tianbao Residence. I am sorry for the rudeness."

Wen Zhiruo stood still like a mountain. Cheng Jijiu stepped forward in panic, bowed his hands and bent his waist, performing the Confucian salute to his teacher.

Only then did Wen Zhiruo slowly put down the tea bowl, stood up and returned a half-curt gesture - she only bowed her head slightly and did not bend over.

Cheng Jijiu was not displeased at all. He sat down naturally below Wen Zhiruo, took the hot tea handed to him by the maid, took a sip, and then said, "Miss Yu, I am Cheng Daolin, the Jijiu of the palace. You can just call me 'Old Cheng'.

Tomorrow is the last day of August. Will you go to Yingxiang Mansion?
If you go, I won't waste any more words.

If you don’t go, I would like to talk a little about the martial arts conference and the day of the Ten Thousand Demons Parade.”

Xiao Yu was confused and asked, "The last day of August is a special holiday in Yingxiang Mansion?"

Shaoyao's eyes flashed, and she smiled and said, "That's not wrong, Immortal Lao's birthday is on the last day of August.

On the birthday of the immortal Lao, the entire Yingxiang Mansion was as lively as a festival.

This has been going on for two or three hundred years, and it has almost become a special festival.”

"It turns out to be the birthday of the immortal Lao."

Before coming to Tianmen Town, Xiaoyu had already heard of the name of Lao Shenxian.

After all, the "Xiong Long Gong" she practiced was one of the core skills of the "Changchun Martial Arts School", and the ancestor of the Changchun Martial Arts School was none other than Lao Shenxian.

Song Changqing also said that when she arrived at Yingxiang Mansion, she would know how notorious "Xionglong Kung Fu", "Changchun Martial Arts School" and "Lao Shenxian" were.

To be honest, it’s not as exaggerated as Song Changqing said.

There is no Changchun Martial Arts School in the entire Tianmen Town.

Lao Shenxian himself has a relatively low presence.

It's not that he has no fame.

Everyone in Tianmen Town knows that "there is an immortal named Lao in Yingxiang Mansion."

It’s just that Lao Shenxian rarely does anything on weekdays, and he rarely even makes public appearances.

It's totally different from Xiaoyu. One moment, Hongxiufang "recruits four immortals in the list of gods", the next moment, "giving away the throne to the ancient saints", and the next moment, "assassination in Baxia Hutong".
If we make a “Yingxiang Mansion Today’s Headlines”.

In the past two months, Xiaoyu has been ranked first on the list for a long time, while Lao Shenxian can't even make it into the top 100.

"What does the birthday celebration of the immortal Lao have to do with me? Why should I go to Yingxiang Mansion?" Xiaoyu asked puzzledly.

Cheng Daolin said: "The birthday celebration of the immortal Lao is a grand feast, not only is it lively, but it also contains many opportunities.

Many people will go, such as Prince Xianzhi and Miss Shaoyao. I thought Miss Yu would go with Miss Shaoyao. "

If you go to the Laoshenxian family in Yingxiang Mansion and meet Prince Xianzhi, you can discuss the matter of the "Martial Arts Conference" in detail face to face.

Xiaoyu looked at Shaoyao.

Shaoyao opened her mouth but said nothing in the end.

Upon seeing this, Cheng Daolin realized that he had to give a brief explanation.

“Miss Yu has been in Tianmen Town for some time. You should know about the Lianghe Beach battlefield a hundred miles north of the city, right?

The total strength of the coalition forces of thirty-six nations was close to one million, and together with the civilians plundered from the territory of Shu, the total number of people exceeded two million.

Less than one third of the civilians survived, and the rest all died on the battlefield.

Among them are 200,000 elite troops from our Great Shu.

Among the 200,000 elite troops, there are 50,000 Luye Guards.

Even if we clean up the battlefield after the war, all those with names and surnames, whether enemy or friendly, will be sent back to their counties.

Those whose names and identities cannot be found are also offered sacrifices with Shaolao rituals and buried in a nearby Feng Shui site.

But there are too many people who died, and most of them died with their eyes wide open, carrying a lot of resentment.

In the months after the war, a large number of resentful souls and evil spirits emerged one after another.

Even though there were ghosts and generals roaming around in nearby villages in groups before, they never directly harmed living people, and they dared not kill the ghosts and gods in the Yingxiang Prefecture.

Last night, a ghost general from Guaizi Mountain had a big fight with Guan Chenghuang near Qinghe Village.

I don't know the exact casualties yet.

It is only certain that ghosts and gods have fallen, and this may even include the land gods near Lianghe Beach. "

Seeing the expression on Xiaoyu's face gradually change from surprise to enlightenment, Cheng Jijiu sighed and said, "It seems that Miss Yu has understood. The purpose of the prince convening the martial arts conference is to gather heroes from the eastern region of Shu to gather together, pool their wisdom and strength, and fight against the eight ghost kings of the 'Eight Kings Palace of Guaizi Mountain'." "The ghost kings have been born, and eight of them?!" Shaoyao said in shock.

Cheng Jijiu pondered and said, "Whether it is the Ghost King or whether there are eight of them, the prince is not sure.

Even the City God has only seen the Flat-Headed General.

The one who fought against the City God last night was the 'Flat-Headed General'.

The Eight Ghost Kings are very low-key and have not yet made a public appearance.

The reason why there is the saying of "Eight Ghost Kings of Lianghe Beach" is because General Bietou recruited craftsmen from all over to build the "Eight Kings Palace" on Guaizi Mountain.

Since it is the Heavenly Palace of Eight Kings, it means there are at least eight 'Ghost Kings' in Guaizi Mountain. Regardless of their realm of 'Ghost King' or not, they are at least the kings among the ghost soldiers.

In terms of strength, it should not be weak.

After all, General Biantou is just a general of a minor title, not even qualified to be crowned king."

"Sir Cheng, how could General Biantou, alone, without the help of the eight ghost kings, defeat the City God of Guan and abduct several land gods?" Xiaoyu first thought of the disappeared "Guan family".

No wonder no one from the “Guan family” came to monitor her from last night until now. It turned out that she had met with a misfortune.

Xiaoyu secretly gave a thumbs up to General Biantou in her heart.

"The City God was not defeated! In fact, the City God defeated General Bie Tou's army of ghost soldiers, but from Lianghe Beach to Guaizi Mountain, it almost formed a ghost country on the ground.

As the lord of the underworld of Yingxiang Mansion, the City God actually lost the advantage of being at home.

Although they were able to defeat the army of ghost soldiers, they were unable to completely suppress General Biantou, who took advantage of the chaos to abduct several ghosts from the underworld." Cheng Jijiu sighed.

Xiaoyu felt that the real situation was worse than what the Lord Chief Priest said.

Guan Chenghuang and Qinghe County Prince were too anxious and even seemed a little panicked.

The battle between Yin gods took place outside the city late last night, and yet the promotion for the martial arts conference began this morning. What kind of urgent efficiency is this?

"Sir Cheng, what are the specific rules of the martial arts conference?" she asked.

After traveling through this world for many years, she finally encountered the legendary "Martial Arts Conference". She was a little excited!

But in the world of immortals and Buddhas set in the context of Journey to the West, doesn’t “Martial Arts Conference” sound a bit low?

Gather a group of martial artists to fight against ghosts and gods
Do you think everyone can be the "Yu Fengxian who slays ghosts and destroys gods"?
Even Yu Fengxian himself did not have much confidence.

Let her kill her "adoptive father", even if he is at the level of a god, it doesn't matter.

However, being able to kill the "godfather" does not mean being able to kill other gods!
God knows what magical powers the eight ghost kings and the flat-headed general have. She is completely in the dark and has no idea.

Even though Wukong is so powerful and his realm and hard power are stronger than his enemies, he will still suffer great losses when his enemies use mysterious magical powers and magic weapons.

Her true realm of strength is definitely not as good as that of the "Ghost King". Unless she makes the Ghost King her adoptive father first.

No matter how high your realm is, it cannot defeat supernatural powers.

"Great Destruction of Father" is the most powerful magical power against "godfather", which can cross the realm and kill the godfather.

"The specific regulations are the same as in the past. Everything should be done according to the old rules." Cheng Jijiu blurted out.

"Old rules?" Xiao Yu was a little surprised. "Did martial arts conferences often take place in the past?"

"Didn't Tianmen Town last year——"

Cheng Jijiu had just said half of his sentence when he suddenly realized that this righteous Yu Fengxian was a "newcomer".

Shaoyao explained to Xiaoyu: "When the Thirty-Six Kingdoms invaded our Great Shu, the northern, northeastern, and northwest regions of Shu, our eastern Shu, western Shu headed by Luodu, and the southern counties all held the 'Heroic Conference to Defend the Territory and Maintain the Nation'.

The "Shudong Heroes Conference" in Tianmen Town was hosted by Prince Qinghe himself.

Afterwards, Prince Xianzhi led more than 3,000 martial arts masters to go deep into the enemy's rear, cut off the enemy's food supplies, eliminate the enemy's secret sentries, and find out the enemy's defense map."

Xiaoyu immediately thought of Aunt Liu's lover and illegitimate son, Tianmen Society leader Lei Zhen and his son Lei Tianyang.

"Master Cheng, have you ever been to the Tianmen Club?"

Cheng Jijiu shook his head and said, "I will go to see Master Lei later."

——Lei Zhen is down and out, and he is actually ranked behind her.
Xiao Yu muttered in his heart, but generously promised: "Master Cheng, please let the prince rest assured that I will definitely attend the martial arts conference on time."

Cheng Jijiu nodded with satisfaction, then hesitated and said, "This martial arts conference will be hosted by Prince Xianzhi, so the prince probably won't be present."

——It seems that Ge Qingyun's paddle to Li Jingyu was really heavy and powerful! He couldn't even show his face, pretend, or boost morale.

Xiao Yu asked curiously, "When Master Cheng met me just now, he asked me if I had heard any news. Could it be that the relevant news has spread everywhere?"

Cheng Jijiu looked at her strangely and said, "How could the news of something that just happened last night spread so quickly?

But I have been to Xiaojingxuan in Hongxiufang before, to find the dog meat Taoist priest.

He was investigating the situation near Xiaojingxuan, and the direct cause of the conflict between Guan Chenghuang and General Bietou was the two ghosts and a vengeful spirit that had appeared near Xiaojingxuan.

The vengeful spirit seems to be looking for you, and the other underworld ghost is also your acquaintance, so I thought you already knew what happened last night."

Xiaoyu's heart skipped a beat: It's over, her new godson is gone.

The black-haired person sends the white-haired ghost away, now she has to attend the Hero Conference.

The murder of my son must be avenged!

Even if she did not personally participate in the "filling-line baby army" that was sent to defeat the Eight Ghost Kings, she would stand on the city wall when the army left the city and wave flags to cheer them on, otherwise it would not be enough to ease her pain of losing her son.

(End of this chapter)