pertwk Chapter 1849: Interweaving Reality and Illusion
Chapter 1849: Interweaving Reality and Illusion
Chapter 1849: Interweaving Reality and Illusion
Hatred is a powerful driving force, but it is not hatred that always inspires He Lingchuan to move forward.
The belief he needs goes beyond hatred itself.
Bai Ziqi frowned. He really couldn't understand this statement.
Can't accommodate it? "Is it because of the big square pot?"
It is easy to understand that the gods cannot tolerate He Xiao, just like the gods cannot tolerate Yuan Kingdom and Panlong City;
"You, He Xiao, can't tolerate the gods. How can you say that?" Even Bai Ziqi thought that this kid was too arrogant. What qualifications did he have?
He Lingchuan drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.
It is difficult to explain his mental journey over the years. At the beginning, he was indeed wary of Beijia because of Dafanghu and because of the crime of possessing a treasure. He wanted to strengthen himself and was forced to strengthen himself. However, as time went by and his experience grew, his state of mind had long changed.
He became more and more aware that he had taken over the fire from Zhong Shengguang.
But he couldn't express this feeling to Bai Ziqi, or to anyone else.
Seeing that he was smiling but not saying anything, Bai Ziqi sighed and said, "I'm really curious, what ability does Dafanghu have that can make you and Zhong Shengguang so devoted to him?"
"Brother Bai, why don't you go and see it with your own eyes?"
The moment He Lingchuan put down the cup, the scene around him changed.
They suddenly found themselves on another hill, which was also bare, but Bai Ziqi was facing not the lake but the towering outer walls of a city.
The city wall is two meters high. In Bai Ziqi's opinion, the wall is a bit thin and the defense is not outstanding.
The walls were filled with soldiers, some holding swords and spears, some with bows and arrows, and they all looked out of the city with extremely nervous expressions.
Outside the city?
He turned around and took a look, and his scalp tightened.
Across the city there used to be an endless green grassland, but now it is an endless sea of spears and halberds!
There was an army with bright clothes and armor, tough looks, and their sharp weapons still flashed a cold light in the setting sun!
Bai Ziqi himself had led troops to fight in battles, and he knew from their spirit and vigor that they were rare elite soldiers and brave generals. The huge army was like a magical weapon unsheathed, and the horses under the soldiers did not even move.
The warriors in the front row were wearing dark red armor. It was a little faded, but also had a sharp look of frost.
"Where is this?" The two were between the two armies, less than ten feet apart. Bai Ziqi could feel the murderous aura of the iron horses.
But they seemed not to notice Bai Ziqi and He Lingchuan, and did not even glance at them.
Is this an illusion?
"Luanzipo City." The table and chair between the two disappeared without a trace. Bai Ziqi found himself sitting on a large rock and heard He Lingchuan say, "It's about seventy miles away from the former capital of Xianyou."
Xianyou Kingdom? A country that has disappeared in history? Bai Ziqi quickly located it in his mind, probably somewhere north of the newly established Shen Kingdom.
However, why did He Xiao specifically mention Xianyou Country?
Just as this thought came to mind, someone on the top of the city wall shouted, "General Hong, General Hong, please come out and answer the question!"
The team below split in the middle, and a rider slowly walked out.
Black horse, red armor, and cloak fluttering behind.
Even though this person was wearing a dragon-head mask and heavy armor, Bai Ziqi could still tell at a glance that this should be a female general!
The neck is very slender.
Of course, he was able to be so perceptive because the officials on the city wall shouted out her name.
The famous red general who was buried in history!
As the Duyun Envoy, Bai Ziqi had read the sealed information in the Heavenly Palace and of course knew what kind of person this was.
But why did she appear here with a large army?
"King Xianyou escaped, leaving you, a lowly official, to die for him." General Hong spoke, and his voice resounded in the hearts of everyone in and outside the city. "Open the gate and surrender. I killed people in the capital this morning, and I am a little tired."
Others would say this just to show off; but when General Hong said this, the soldiers on the city wall felt their scalps tingling and they swallowed their saliva wildly, because she was not exaggerating at all.
Bai Ziqi was moved.
She killed someone in the capital of Xianyou Kingdom, and the King of Xianyou escaped?
Putting these key sentences together, could it be that... the immortal is destroyed by the country?
General Hong captured the capital of Xianyou Kingdom this morning, and the king of Xianyou abandoned the capital and fled, and then the army of Panlong City chased him all the way here?
"Isn't this right?" Bai Ziqi immediately found the difference. "In history, Panlong City was conquered by Xianyou and Baling together. How could this counterattack happen?"
Now it was General Red from Panlong City who broke through the capital of Xianyou Kingdom and forced King Xianyou to flee!
He Lingchuan said lightly: "Perhaps, this is the new history."
The officials on the city wall said passionately: "If you dare to attack, Beijia will not spare Panlong City! Just wait, Baling Kingdom will soon..."
An arrow flew up from the bottom of the city and hit the battlement beside him.
The officer was startled and leaned back.
"A rotten tree cannot be carved." General Hong seemed to sigh, raised his hand and waved, "Kill!"
Luanzipo was just an ordinary city, without any iron walls. The Panlong Army didn't even need to send out special siege beasts.
Soon, the city gate was broken.
As the army surged forward like a tide, Bai Ziqi kicked a stone, which rolled down the hill with a clatter.
General Red, who was in the chaos of the battle, suddenly turned his head and glanced here.
Although she was wearing a mask, Bai Ziqi could immediately feel that her eyes were fixed on him.
Did she see them?
Oops. He Lingchuan waved his hand quickly.
Bai Ziqi's eyes blurred and the scene changed again.
They sat back at the table again. It was also a square table, but it was made of boxwood. The paint on the surface had been repaired several times and it still looked a little old.
They were no longer outdoors but in a tavern.
The restaurant is not big. There are six or seven tables with three tables of guests sitting at them. They are all drinking and chatting, and there is nothing unusual to see.
Bai Ziqi glanced out the door and frowned.
This restaurant is also facing a city wall. Compared with the Luanzipo just now, this one is incredibly high, and the plank roads on the upper and lower walls are also neatly built.
"Why do they look like prison walls?"
He Lingchuan poured himself a glass of wine: "I heard that Lingxu City also built a wall, how high is it?"
Bai Ziqi immediately shut his mouth.
It’s very high, at least not shorter than the one in front of me.
Then he saw a dragon swimming across the wall.
"Is that... a city guardian beast?"
Bai Ziqi was surprised at first, but then he realized that it was not a real dragon.
With this dragon in mind, combined with the Luanzipo City and General Hong he had seen before, he understood after a brief thought:
"This place, isn't it Panlong City?"
"It's genuine." He Lingchuan raised the pot with his middle finger and shook it, "It's empty. Come on, get some wine!"
The person who came was a four or five-year-old kid, holding a pot of wine in his arms, which could barely be placed on the table: "Father said that this wine is for General Hu Yi to drink, and it's free!"
He Lingchuan took the wine jug and rubbed his head: "Okay, thank him."
"General Tiger Wing?" Bai Ziqi's eyes were as surprised as Qian Huan's before, "Are you also from Panlong City?"
"Yes, absolutely."
"No, that's not right. You are alive." Bai Ziqi murmured, "What's going on?"
The drinkers nearby suddenly burst into laughter and talked about interesting things that happened on the battlefield.
There was a constant stream of people outside the door, a peddler passed by shaking a wave drum, and the aroma of wine, meat and food wafted through the hall...
it's getting dark.
Bai Ziqi raised the cup and took a sip. The wine had the aroma of pears, different from what he had drunk before.
"We're in the big square pot?"
"No. You just saw the scene in the Dafanghu." The Dafanghu would not accept Bai Ziqi. It was just that He Lingchuan used the Dayan Dzi Bead to synchronize the scene of the Panlong World.
"Then where are you?" Bai Ziqi asked, "In reality or in the pot? Why can these people talk to you?"
"I'm all here." He Lingchuan smiled slightly, "I'm between reality and illusion."
Where is the boundary between the virtual and the real? During his trip to the Upside-Down Sea, he gained new insights.
Although he was in a state of confusion, Bai Ziqi still discovered: "This Panlong City is no longer the Panlong City in history, right?"
He Lingchuan only said: "Panlong City has never disappeared."
He waved his hand again, and Bai Ziqi saw a flash of light before his eyes again.
They returned to the lakeside. It was cold and dreary all around, with a pot of leftover wine on the table.
This is reality.
He Lingchuan said calmly: "It has never been that I am devoted to Dafanghu, but Panlong City has shaped me into this kind of person."
Bai Ziqi was silent.
In the last two scenes, the questions about He Xiao were answered, but more questions also arose.
Who is this guy in front of me?
He Lingchuan did not give him more time to think: "I am also curious, what kind of magic does the Heavenly Palace have that can make a brilliant person like Brother Bai betray his origin and position and work wholeheartedly for the gods?"
Bai Ziqi narrowed his eyes and said in a very surprised tone: "Betraying your origin and position?"
This was the first time someone used the word "betrayal" to describe him.
"You are the Cloud Envoy of the Heavenly Palace. You know exactly how the Heavenly Demon controls Beijia and how it creates chaos to seize the nightmare energy of the human world. You are not one of those ignorant believers." He Lingchuan looked him straight in the eyes. "But you are a human first. Why are you so determined to be a dog for the Heavenly Demon?"
"Human?" Bai Ziqi's eyes met his, showing no fear. "Do you know what the human world was like before Beijia appeared?"
"Back then, I listened to many lectures at Lingxu Imperial College." He Lingchuan sat back on his chair, "The world was desolate like an eternal night, and the common people lived like pigs and dogs, until Beijia came out of nowhere and became the ideal country for monsters. Right?"
"Back then, Lingxu City didn't have walls yet, and nations from all over the world came to pay tribute, so the academic atmosphere was lively. Lingxu City would of course carefully restore the history of Beijia and frame it beautifully." All the books that He Lingchuan had read and the classes he had attended in Lingxu City specifically explained the country's prehistory, which contained countless heroic deeds of the ancient sages.
And he could also feel that not only the foreign students believed it, but also the people of Lingxu City and the Beijia citizens who went there from other places believed it.
Everyone believed it firmly.
What reason is there not to believe it? It is a complete set of theories and a well-ordered history.
There are so many great people who specialize in writing books and making annotations. Are they all fake?