Chapter 392 The Human King's Invitation (1/2)

Finally, the method of refining the black gourd and collecting the souls of the dead was passed on to the King of Zhennan.

Lu Heng also had a friendly and cordial conversation with the prince, mentioning the concept of building the netherworld and the vacancies of the ten kings of hell.

In the netherworld today, not to mention the ten kings of hell, even the Zhuanlun Palace under Youyue has a large number of vacancies for ghost officials and ghost positions. And in the mortal world, it is also necessary to build a city god system, and the number of ghost officials and ghost positions required is even greater.

At the very least, there must be a city god temple in a city. Looking at such a vast land in the world, the number of ghost officials and ghost cultivators required to fully build this netherworld reincarnation system is extremely terrifying. Compared with the number of thousands of ghost cultivators in the Zhuanlun Palace, it is simply a drop in the bucket.

At the same time, Lu Heng also smiled and told the King of Zhennan that after destroying the Qingming Cave and expelling the evil demons, the Huotong Kingdom in the south has begun to prepare to build a netherworld reincarnation system. In the territory of Huotong, wizards began to count and pay attention to the good people in the area who did good deeds and had good conduct. After a hundred years, they would lead their souls to the netherworld.

Sure enough, after Lu Heng mentioned that Huotong had been on the right track, the King of Zhennan became more anxious.

He stayed in the netherworld and talked with Youyue and other ghost cultivators for three days and three nights, and was finally sent back to the human world.

After the King of Zhennan returned to Zhuxian Town, he casually told the wife of Nangong City Lord a few words, then left all his followers and went to the direction of the capital with Bai Yu, who was also a Xiantian cultivator.

He had to meet the Lord of Youxiong as quickly as possible.

As for Lu Heng, he was much more relaxed. After solving the disaster in Zhuxian Town, he took the ancient sword formation map he picked up and set off on the journey north.

Although Nian Cangqing said that the power of the Nine Swords of Heaven was "average", it was actually enough for Lu Heng to defend himself. With this Tianji Sword Formation Diagram, Lu Heng, who has always lacked conventional means of defending against enemies, felt much more at ease.

In the flying snow, Lu Heng and Xiao Ai walked alone in the mountains. Their leisurely steps were like ordinary merchants on the road.

But now the snow has closed the mountain, and no merchants dare to walk outside in such a season. In the cold wind of the winter night, countless ferocious beasts and mountain demons entrenched in the wilderness and ambushed passers-by.

The disappearance of Wuyou Wuyu made Lu Heng and Xiao Ai's wilderness journey much lighter, but also much quieter.

After all, Lu Heng and Xiao Ai are both quiet people.

When he went down the mountain with Xiao Ai before, Lu Heng didn't think it was strange that one person and one wolf talked less. Now that he is used to the quarrels of Wuyou Wuyu and his brother, Lu Heng suddenly feels a little empty without the company of these two children.

But the dead cannot be resurrected, not to mention that Wuyou and Wuyu were already dead two or three hundred years ago, but were created out of thin air by the evil spirits.

Now that the truth has been revealed and the phantom has disappeared, these two siblings who never existed in the world will naturally return to dust and return to earth, and even Lu Heng cannot save them.

Thinking of this, Lu Heng felt a little bitter. He looked up at the flying snow and sighed, "After all, I didn't make it to the New Year's Eve of this year..."

Lu Heng was still thinking about giving these two fake descendants some red envelopes and gifts on New Year's Eve.

Xiao Ai, who was following Lu Heng, remained silent and did not express his opinion on this matter.

A man and a wolf walked in the wilderness, stepping on the white snow, almost becoming the only active shadows on the cold and silent pale land.

At their speed, I'm afraid they won't be able to leave Youxiong Country in ten years.

However, if the demons in front of him didn't speed up, Lu Heng naturally couldn't speed up either, and could only keep the speed of the demons moving northwards at a speed similar to theirs.

Lu Heng was confused. Could it be that the demons had guessed that he was following them all the time when they fled at such a snail's pace?

He didn't know what the demons were planning. When they stayed near Zhuxian Town before, Lu Heng thought they were going to intervene in the changes in Zhuxian Town. However, he didn't find them in Zhuxian Town in the end.

Now the demons continued to move northwards, but their speed was still so slow. They only traveled less than a thousand miles in three days. It was really confusing. I don't know what the demons were up to.

On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, the demons stopped moving, and there happened to be a big city within the range where they stayed, which made Lu Heng wonder if the demons also wanted to join in the fun and spend New Year's Eve in the city.

In the wilderness, Lu Heng and Xiao Ai built a temporary camp by a frozen lake.

Since her cultivation became stronger, Xiao Ai has been doing more and more tricks. She specially practiced a simple small magic weapon, which had no other use, just a palm-sized wooden house.

Whenever Lu Heng and her stopped, Xiao Ai took out the small wooden house and put it on the open space. The palm-sized wooden house quickly enlarged and finally turned into a quiet courtyard with three entrances and three exits.

The courtyard is full of pavilions, flowing wine and winding water, and green bamboos. It is really a quiet hermit's residence, which is very in line with Lu Heng's preferences.

And in this quiet courtyard with three entrances and three exits, the temperature is like spring all year round. Even in the cold winter, as long as you step into the courtyard, you will not feel cold.

Now this small courtyard is placed by Xiao Ai next to the frozen lake, and it suddenly appears in the wilderness. If passers-by see this quiet courtyard suddenly appearing in the wilderness, they will definitely think they have encountered a middle-aged demon living in seclusion in the mountains.

Lu Heng named this courtyard "Green Bamboo Garden".

Now Lu Heng was sitting on the terrace facing the lake, watching the snow falling down. In front of him was a bright white light, and in the white light was a small person the size of a palm.

In the white light, the power of the thunder swept through from time to time, training the small person made entirely of thunder sand.

In the kitchen, the smell of food wafted out. It was Xiao Ai cooking.

In the white light in front of Lu Heng, the small person made of thunder sand was originally extremely black and had only simple limbs. But as Lu Heng shaped it with his mind, the extremely black little person gradually had curves, and the color of the body surface gradually faded from black.

In the end, it turned into a little girl with silver hair and animal ears. It was the smaller version of Xiao Ai.

Seeing that the thunder sand was successfully shaped, Lu Heng smiled. He waved his hand to disperse the thunder light of the ritual weapon and caught the smaller version of Xiao Ai that fell.

The touch was cold and tingling, with a hint of thunder and evil spirit.

This was the "servant" that Lu Heng prepared for Xiao Ai. Although Green Bamboo Garden was quiet and elegant, there were no servants. Xiao Ai cooked alone every time, and Lu Heng wanted to add a few helpers to her.

It just so happened that there was still thunder sand in his hand, so he used it as the foundation to practice a simple puppet.

However, although Xiao Ai in his hand had already begun to show his charm and was almost exactly the same as Xiao Ai, it was only the most basic shaping success. At least dozens of days of sacrifice and practice were needed to make it really move.

However, such a simple shaping aroused Lu Heng's interest. He took out the remaining thunder sand and started to practice again.

When Xiao Ai came to call Lu Heng for dinner, four little girls with silver hair and animal ears and cold faces stood side by side on the terrace in front of Lu Heng.

Although they are all only the size of a palm, each of these "Xiao Ai" has a delicate and fair skin, a cold face, and silver hair, just like a real person.

Xiao Ai was stunned when she saw this scene, and her mouth subconsciously opened.

"Wolf... Lord Wolf God..." Xiao Ai looked at this scene blankly, a little confused.

Lu Heng turned around and smiled, saying: "I will help you to sacrifice a few puppets and put them in the Green Bamboo Garden. In the future, you don't have to do everything yourself. You can directly ask them to do some chores. When you encounter small fish, you can also directly call them to deal with them."

"But now it's just a successful shaping. If you want to really move, it will take a long time to sacrifice. For four dolls, it will take at least half a year, right?"

Lu Heng smiled and said: "Anyway, there is nothing to do on the way north, and I'm idle anyway, so I practiced... How about it? Make it exactly like you?"

Lu Heng smiled and handed over one of the puppets.

Xiao Ai blushed slightly, and was a little embarrassed after taking it. Lu Heng had already stood up and said, "Okay, okay, let's eat first. If it's too late, the food will get cold."

The sky was gradually getting darker.

Since Lu Heng and his friends left Zhuxian Town and headed north, they hadn't seen the blazing sun for so many days. Every day was cold and snowy, and the sky was completely covered by dark clouds.

Several times, Lu Heng was curious and wanted to fly into the clouds to see if he could really find the dragon clan as Ao Tianxing said.

It's just that it's snowing now, not raining. The dragon clan controls the clouds and rains, and benefits the people, but I don't know if snow is their responsibility.

Rain and snow on Earth are essentially the same thing, both are water, but in this world that does not follow the laws of physics, snow and rain may not be the same thing.

After all, it is impossible for the snow on Earth to fall all over the world at the same time, and it is equally cold in the winter regardless of the east, west, south, and north...

Although the sky gradually darkened, the night sky was still filled with white snow. When these misty white snow fell in the Green Bamboo Garden, they disappeared silently.

In front of Lu Heng and Xiao Ai, who were sitting in the courtyard, was a sumptuous banquet of six dishes and one soup, all cooked by Xiao Ai. It might be too much for mortals, but for cultivators, they could eat it all.

At the dinner table, Xiao Ai said, "Lord Wolf God, I want to go to the city ahead to buy some things tomorrow. New Year's Eve is coming soon, and Xiao Ai wants to make a real New Year's Eve dinner for you."

The little girl's eyes were full of expectations.

Although she has been following Lu Heng for almost nine years, she has never spent New Year's Eve with Lu Heng. Now that she can stay here, the little girl is actually quite happy in her heart, and she secretly prays and hopes that the group of evil demons can stay nearby until the end of the year.

Seeing the expectation in Xiao Ai's eyes, Lu Heng smiled and nodded, saying: "Then I'll trouble Xiao Ai tomorrow. The New Year's Eve dinner can't be just six dishes and one soup~"

Lu Heng's words made Xiao Ai very happy, and she nodded quickly.

In this way, until she finished eating, the little girl's face was full of joy. Xiao Ai, who has always been cold and indifferent, is now smiling.

After Lu Heng finished dinner, he returned to the terrace by the lake again, sitting on the edge of the terrace facing the cold wind to practice puppets.

However, such a peaceful night was soon broken.

A bright escape light flew from the east sky and landed directly in the center of the ice lake.

After the escape light dissipated, two figures, one blue and one purple, appeared in the heavy snow. They should be two brothers, with very similar facial features, and the blue and purple robes flashed a faint glow in the night wind.

It is obvious that the top practitioners came.

Lu Heng, who was training the puppet, stood up, put the lightning and the puppet back into his sleeves, and bowed in surprise, saying: "Two Taoist friends, are you here for something?"

These two people definitely came for him, Lu Heng. But Lu Heng didn't quite understand their origins.

However, the two did not hide their origins. Seeing Lu Heng saluting, they also hurriedly bowed to Lu Heng and said: "My two brothers are here in the name of His Majesty the Human King to invite the Wolf God to the New Year's Eve banquet tomorrow. The Wolf God wiped out the ancient evil spirits and the evil demons in Zhuxian Town, which made His Majesty the Human King admire him very much. But now that New Year's Eve is approaching, the Human King Palace is busy with miscellaneous affairs, so His Majesty sent us two to find the Wolf God."

"Otherwise, according to His Majesty's idea, he should come to greet him in person... I wonder if the Wolf God will be free tomorrow?"

The respectful inquiry of the two brothers surprised Lu Heng.

Human King?

Although I know that there is a human leader in this world, who is superior to all countries. However, the Human King Palace has always been high and mighty, rarely involved in human affairs, and will not interfere in the internal affairs of various countries.

Only when disasters such as the changes in Zhuxian Town come, will the Human King Palace come forward to resolve the danger.

In Lu Heng's view, it is more like a firefighter who is revered and worshipped by the world but has little sense of existence, and a fuse in the righteous world.

But I didn't expect that this fuse would now send someone to invite Lu Heng to a banquet...

Lu Heng looked at the sky and smiled: "This place is thousands of miles away from the Human King Palace. Even if we set off now, I'm afraid we won't be able to catch up with the New Year's Eve banquet."

Lu Heng politely refused.

However, the cultivator in the green robe bowed to Lu Heng and said, "Replying to Wolf God, my two brothers brought the treasure of the Human King Palace, the Floating Light Boat, which can travel at the fastest speed in the world [Floating Light] and can return to the Human King Palace within half an hour. I guarantee that Wolf God can catch up with the New Year's Eve banquet."

The words of the green-clothed cultivator surprised Lu Heng even more.

Floating Light Boat, Lu Heng had also heard of this thing, which is one of the treasures of the Human King Palace. Looking at the world, it is also a top treasure, but now it is used to invite Lu Heng to the banquet?

This sincerity is too much.

In the night wind, Lu Heng hesitated for a moment and looked back at Xiao Ai behind him.

In the end, he smiled bitterly; "Sorry, Lu Heng has an arrangement tomorrow, and I really can't attend the banquet. I failed the good intentions of His Majesty the Human King. I hope that the two Taoist friends will go back to explain the situation to Lu Heng. Lu Heng will definitely apologize in the future."

Lu Heng saw Xiao Ai's desire for the New Year's Eve dinner tomorrow.

How could he let Xiao Ai's expectations go unfulfilled just for the invitation of a human king he had never met?

Therefore, Lu Heng rejected this banquet invitation that was enough to drive the world crazy.