C14

The old monk smiled and said, "Please speak, Benefactor."

Ding Hong said, "Master, the matters of this world are not something that I, as a commoner, can comment about. However, today, the human world does not seem like the human world. The intensity of the slaughter probably surpasses the hell of the underworld. " He sighed and said, "Everyone thought that Jiu Sang and Qu Qi were the most peaceful places in the world, but how could they know the difference between them and other places? Is this world really going to be destroyed? "

The old monk looked at Ding Hong and sized him up. He found that Ding Hong had sharp eyebrows, a resolute face and a domineering aura. However, his eyes revealed a deep sense of confusion.

The old monk looked at Ding Hong for a long time. Even Wu Yu felt uncomfortable. However, Ding Hong sat quietly and looked back at the old monk.

Suddenly, the old monk smiled. With a wave of his hand, the surrounding scenery immediately became illusory.

Ding Hong took a look at the scenery around him. The scenery was a boundless expanse of ice. The sky was white, and there was nothing. No, it should not be called the sky, because it was no longer the sky.

The ice was smooth, like a glazed mirror. His every move was clearly shown on the ice.

Ding Hong looked at himself on the ice.

It was as if he was seeing himself for the first time.

His eyes, his eyebrows, his face, his body.

Also.

There was also his own eyes that were filled with confusion. The confused look in his eyes was something he could not understand.

"Your confusion requires you to travel the entire world yourself and search for the answer yourself. Others cannot dispel the confusion in your heart." The old monk suddenly said.

The scene before his eyes changed, and he returned to the pavilion from before. He remained seated.

Ding Hong looked at the old monk and suddenly burst out into laughter. He felt incomparably carefree in his heart. Ever since his grandfather passed away, Ding Hong had been at a loss, not knowing what to do. The thought of cultivating the Dao occasionally popped up in his mind. Now that the monk in front of him pointed out the confusion in his heart, allowing him to know how to proceed in the future, his heart was immediately filled with gratitude.

He got up and bowed, "Thank you, master."

The old monk shook his head and said, "I didn't help you in any way, so why are you thanking me? You should travel the entire world to be able to tell me what is going on, so how can I dare to speak carelessly? "

Ding Hong said, "May I have your name, Master?"

The old monk stood up and laughed, "I am a wandering monk, what sort of title do I have? If Benefactor is to understand the doubt in your heart, then the difficulty of the future will be unimaginable. With that, the monk left the pavilion and slowly walked into the distance. He recited in a clear voice, "Your body is a Bodhi tree, and your heart is like a mirror." Wipe away the dust all the time. "

After hearing the old monk recite these lines of Zen verses, Ding Hong silently remembered them in his heart. Seeing that the old monk had already left, he sighed and said to Wu Yu, "Little girl, let's head to Ji Mo County."

Wu Yu nodded. The two mounted their horses and did not stay any longer. After a few hours, they finally arrived at Ji Mo County.

Even if the Mo was a large seaside city, the bustling level of the Stone Bridge Town was far inferior to it. The security here was just as Wu Yu had said; it was much better than the town here. There were guards at the entrance of the city inspecting the passersby. However, judging from the lazy and indolent actions of the soldier, it was obvious that he was not very strict.

Entering into the city, it was currently bustling with noise and excitement. The streets were packed with people, hawkers, hawkers, and children. The liveliness made Ding Hong want to play around here.

When Wu Yu saw his appearance, he smiled and said, "The most interesting thing in Ji Mo City is not the daytime, but the nighttime!"

"Hmm?" Ding Hongqi said, "Why?"

She chuckled and did not reply, saying, "Won't you know when you come out again tonight to look?"

Ding Hong looked at Wu Yu's joyous expression and could only smile as he nodded his head. He said, "Then let's come out tonight and take a look."

Relying on their silver coins, the two of them arrived at the legendary Wuhai Pavilion, which was said to be one of the better hotels in Yimo County. Five Seas Restaurant had three floors. The first and second floors were for human consumption, while the third was for housing. The two of them took two rooms at random, and since it was still early, they decided to take a stroll outside.

As they passed a large pawnshop, Wu Yu said he wanted to be some pearls. Ding Hong suddenly remembered that the pearl was from his tears and disagreed. However, he could not help but say that when she said she wanted him to go, Ding Hong would take a boat and send him on his way. Upon thinking of this, Ding Hong could only silently agree.

This pawnshop seemed to be rather large, and the moment they stepped through the door, they felt a sense of luxury. The faint fragrance in the air caused one to feel relaxed and happy. There was a plaque placed on top of the lobby. On it were written the words, "Those who come will not refuse."

Seeing that someone had entered, a middle-aged man dressed in luxurious clothing walked over and asked, "Are you two going to be servants?"

Ding Hong nodded. The middle-aged man made a gesture and said: "Come here."

Afterwards, the person brought them to a round table covered with luxurious silk and said, "Please show me what you two are going to make so that I can decide on a price."

The middle-aged man opened the bag and saw a few large pearls inside. The color was bright, but it was the best. Just as he was about to announce the price, his eyes suddenly swept over Ding Hong's right hand. He was wearing an ancient looking ring on his right hand. The middle-aged man's heart skipped a beat as his thoughts raced. He hurriedly put down the things and said: "Please wait a moment, these things are no longer recognizable to me. I will go get the shopkeeper and invite him in." He then hurriedly walked to the back of the hall and looked at Ding Hong from time to time.

This middle-aged man originally had a pretty good position in the pawnshop, and there were countless people who usually flattered him. Seeing him act so suddenly, everyone else in the pawn shop could not help but reveal a surprised expression towards Ding Hong. They all whispered to each other to guess Ding Hong's origins.

Ding Hong's heart skipped a beat when he saw the middle-aged man glance at his right hand. He suddenly remembered that the ring his grandfather left behind was the Dark Market Controller's proof. When he thought here, he suddenly smiled. He took the small bag from the table and returned it to Wu Yu. He said, "It looks like today's trip was the right one to come!"

Wu Yu looked curiously at him, puzzled. "Why?"

Ding Hong mysteriously smiled and said, "You'll know soon enough."

After a while, a fat man walked over with a masked man and a middle-aged man. After the fat guy came to Ding Hong's side, he hurriedly said respectfully, "It's too noisy outside, please speak inside."

Just as he was about to get up, Ding Hong suddenly thought of something. It was that Boundless Tower who was one of Ding Tian's four guards could betray him. Now that these people had seen his keepsake, how could they not have any other thoughts in their minds? He immediately became alert and was about to speak. The fat person suddenly whispered: "Young Master, don't suspect anything. The fact that Boundless Tower betrayed us is an exception. Right now, the dark city's Second Boss is unable to personally lead Master Lou to capture him. Furthermore …" He suddenly moved aside and revealed the masked man behind him.

That person walked up to Ding Hong and took off his mask. He bowed and said, "Young Master, do you still remember me?"

Ding Hong stood up immediately and looked at the person before him in disbelief. The person wearing the mask was someone he knew, Wang Zhi, who had spoken outside the stronghold the other day!

Ding Hong said in disbelief, "Uncle Wang, you …"

He smiled and said, "Young Master, I am the Empyrean Terminus Tower."

The speed at which this happened caught Ding Hong off guard. Wu Yu's eyes widened when he heard the conversation between Ding Hong and the people in front of him.

Wang Zhi, no, it should be Boundless Tower: "Young Master, let's go inside and chat. There are too many people outside."

Ding Hong nodded and said to Wu Yu with a smile, "Little girl, let's go." Then, without waiting for her to stand up, he pulled her to a large private room on the second floor.

However, the middle-aged man didn't follow. He looked at the people around him and said in a deep voice, "If today's matter is spread out, be careful of the life of your entire clan!"

The surrounding people immediately shivered, secretly hating that they didn't see the calendar when they went out.

They all said, "Of course."

"This little one will definitely obey."

"I will remember, I will remember."

Second floor.

Looking at Wu Yu who was sitting down, the Tower of Heaven asked, "Young Master, this is …"

Ding Hong looked at Wu Yu. His heart suddenly felt a little chaotic. He could only say, "He's just a friend of mine."

Wu Yu couldn't help but feel anticipation in his heart when he heard Wu Yu's question. However, when he heard Ding Hong mention that she was his friend, he suddenly felt an uncomfortable feeling in his heart. However, she still had a smile on her face as she said, "I only bumped into him on the way here."

Boundless Tower smiled. Without thinking about what exactly happened among them, he said to Ding Hong, "Young Master, you must have experienced quite a few things along the way."

Ding Hong looked at him silently. Lifting up the tea that was placed on the table, he took a sip. It was as if he had returned to his childhood and was able to quietly sit there by himself. Whatever he wanted to eat or drink would be brought over.

Wu Yu looked at Ding Hong and suddenly felt that the easy-going youth from before had disappeared. The replacement was a standard young master from a large clan, a young master who had suddenly gained power. Wu Yu didn't know why she had such a feeling. Could it be a woman's intuition? The atmosphere in the room suddenly turned strange due to Ding Hong's silence. Ding Hong was immersed in his thoughts and suddenly did not say anything. Skyless Tower was also silent, looking at the young master in front of them, the owner of the dark market. The shopkeeper seemed to know that he was no longer qualified to hear these kinds of conversations and had long quietly retreated.

Wu Yu looked at them strangely. He didn't know what they were thinking, but just as he was about to speak, Ding Hong suddenly asked, "Uncle Wang, why did grandpa get ambushed when he was going to the Pre-Ascending Underground?" Although Ding Hong knew that he was from the Heaven's Tower, he was still used to calling him Uncle Wang.

The Boundless Tower didn't reply to his question. Instead, he turned to Wu Yu and said, "Little girl, I want to talk to my Young Lord for a bit. Please leave."

Wu Yu nodded tactfully after hearing what he said before leaving. When Ding Hong heard the words of the Trembling Pavilion, he also frowned slightly.

After Wu Yu left, Wu Tian Tower turned around to look at Ding Hong, his eyes revealing deep sorrow. He slowly said, "All of this was just a trap set up by the old master! It was a test for the Young Lord! If young master has passed it, young master will definitely become a dragon! "

With a clang, Ding Hong stood up. His speed was so fast that the chair he was sitting on was jolted backwards, creating clashing sounds. He looked at the Boundless Tower, unable to speak.

Heaven's Tower's eyes became moist as he said, "Master is truly a heaven warping genius, to think that by relying on the power of mortals, he was able to study the heavenly talismans and have a small success! He discovered that the Heavenly Talisman had the ability to change the fate of heaven and earth! Master used more than half of his blood essence to calculate young master's future safety, but who would have known that Master would actually calculate his life in place of yours! "

Ding Hong's mind was cloudy. This sudden news was too shocking, causing him to be unable to think straight. Originally, he thought that his grandfather had been taken advantage of by a traitor because of a vengeful heart. Who would have known that today, he would deliberately sacrifice himself for his own sake? All he wanted to do was to allow himself to walk on the road ahead of him!

He suddenly bent his knees and knelt on the ground, tears flowing out of his eyes. He clenched his fists, unable to use words to describe the cold feeling in his heart. He suddenly felt as if his normally doting grandfather was looking at him from all sides.

Flawless Tower walked up to Ding Hong and tried to help him up.

Ding Hong's arm moved. He pushed away his hand and choked with sobs, "Uncle Wang, I want to be alone for a moment. Please leave first."

Skyless Tower looked at him for a long time before slowly retreating. After leaving the room, he turned around and closed the door. He sighed as he looked at the shadow inside. He stood there for a long time before leaving.

Downstairs, Wu Yu was staring blankly out of boredom when he happened to see Wu Tianyun approach. He hastily ran over and asked, "Why didn't you come down?"

By this time, the pavilion had returned to its usual grave expression, "Young Master has some matters to attend to, so you'll be coming down in a while."

"What's the matter with him?" Yu Lan asked.

Skyless Tower frowned. They really didn't know what to say to this little girl in front of them. He waved his hand impatiently and said, "Just you wait." With that, she ignored him and went to the back of the hall.

As Wu Yu watched him leave, the corners of his mouth curled up as he snorted. In the end, he glanced at the top and could not resist his curiosity and ran up, wanting to see what exactly it was all about. She came to the room where Ding Hong was and secretly poked a hole into it. When he saw it, he could not help but exclaim loudly.

Not long after, Wu Heaven Tower brought a few people over to her place. Seeing that it was her, the Heaven's Tower could not help but ask, "Didn't I tell you not to come up?"

Seeing him arrive, Wu Yu hastily pointed inside. "The item on his right hand … it's starting to move again."

Wu Tian Tower originally wanted to teach this little girl a lesson, but after hearing her words, their expressions changed. He ignored her and went straight into the room. At this moment, Ding Hong's entire body was twitching. The Heavenly Talisman on his right hand was frantically twisting and turning.

Upon seeing this, Empyrean Flameless Sky Tower hastily took out a small blood-red bottle, opened it and placed it next to his nose, allowing him to inhale. It was unknown what was in the blood-red bottle. Ding Hong only inhaled a few times before his body instantly returned to normal. However, he fainted.

Flawless Tower carefully put away the bottle and said, "Men, bring the young master back to his room to rest!"

Several servants hurriedly acknowledged him and went up to help Ding Hong out.

Wu Tian Lou turned to look at Wu Yu and suddenly bowed. "Thank you, Lady. I had something to do earlier that I forgot about Young Master's matter." I hope that you will forgive me for what I said to you just now. "

Seeing his actions, Wu Yu couldn't help but say with a smile, "That's fine. This young miss has always been magnanimous." But what happened to him? "

Flameless Sky Tower said, "This is my Young Lord's secret and cannot be told to others. Please forgive it, Miss."

Wu Yu didn't pursue the matter further after hearing his words. He just said, "Then, can he go out with me to look at the calligraphy lanterns?"

"Of course you can."

She happily jumped up and down and suddenly said, "Just now, that bag of pearls, can you give me a price now?"

Hearing her words, the Tower of Heaven laughed again. "Please take back that bag of pearls. If Miss lacks money, this old man will give you some." He shouted, "Someone come!"

The shopkeeper hurriedly rushed up from downstairs and respectfully said: "Third Boss, what do you want?"

"Get a dark market certificate for this girl," Skyless Pavilion said.

The shopkeeper's body trembled as he hurriedly replied, "Yes." When he left, he couldn't help but glance at Wu Yu as if he had suddenly thought of something.

Seeing his strange expression, Wu Yu asked, "What's the certificate?"

Wu Yi was delighted, but soon he felt puzzled and asked, "How much money does this dark market have?"

The Tower of Flawless smiled mysteriously but didn't answer him. Then he said, "I still have some matters to attend to, so I'll be leaving first." With that, Skyless Tower left the house.

Wu Yu watched him leave before sticking his tongue out behind his back. He turned his head to look at the dark market certificate in his hands. This certificate was a jade yet not jade token. The token was engraved with a blood-red colored strange thing, and the original emerald green plate was especially clear.

She kept the sign, thinking that those people would not let Ding Hong wander around for a while, she left the room alone and went for a stroll outside.

Ding Hong was lying on the bed. He woke up dizzy, a splitting headache came upon him. He couldn't help but press his hand on his head.

Ding Hong looked over and saw Wu Tian Tower standing there dragging a cup of tea with a plate in their hands. He said, "Uncle Wang, what did you give me to sniff just now?"

Flameless Sky Tower replied, "That was passed down from the young master's ancestors. It was specifically used to suck blood at noon on Heavenly Talismans. Master gave him to me when he went to the underground, telling me to give him to you in the future. "Originally, when I brought my men to look for you at the stronghold, I found that you had disappeared. Back then, you really gave me a fright. Now that I'm feeling good, I feel gratified." As he spoke, he took out a blood-red bottle and some tea, and handed them over.

Ding Hong sat up and looked at the blood-red bottle before putting it away. He picked up the teacup and drank it, then asked, "Where is that little girl?"

Flameless Sky Tower said, "He must have gone out to play."

Ding Hong stretched his body and stood up from the bed. He turned to the Skyless Tower and asked curiously, "Uncle Wang, what exactly happened at night in the Mo City? "Look at how mysterious that little girl is."

Skyless Tower was startled and laughed, "Of course it's the lantern festival. Even though there is a war going on every year, the lantern festival in Yimo County has never been broken. "

Ding Hongqi said, "Why is that so?"

"The Yinmo City is a city by the sea. It has been rich since ancient times and a large portion of the powers have left their forces here." No matter how vicious the war between the Zhou and Qi nations is, they would not dare to offend so many powers here for no reason at all. "

Ding Hong stood up. When he heard that there were no thoughts of a country in the words of the Heaven's Tower, he could not help but feel a little strange. He said, "Don't these people belong to no country?"

Skyless Tower sighed and said, "These days, there is a bit of money and a bit of power that comes from not being in a country for a long time. Qi, Chu, Qin, Yan, Zhao, Wei, Han, and Zhou, these few countries, had all started getting restless. They didn't know what to do next. Now that he had a nationality, it was equivalent to him participating in their matters. If they were not fishing for money or capturing someone, who would be willing to do so? "If you can run, then run. If you can't run, then die."

Ding Hong did not even bother to think about these matters that were too far away from him. He nodded and said, "Mmm."

"Then I'll send someone to get that lady to come back for dinner."

Ding Hong nodded. Skyless Tower then retreated.

Afterwards, after lunch, Ding Hong and Wu Yu, in their boredom, finally waited for the arrival of night.

The streets were bustling with people walking in and out. When Ding Hong and Wu Yu were walking on the road, they had to rely on the crowd to force their way forward.

Arriving at a place where he could slightly turn around, Ding Hong gasped, "Isn't … isn't there a bit too many people?"

Wu Yu let out a few breaths and glared at him. "Of course. Yimo City has always been a rich city since the ancient times. Furthermore, war rarely broke out. If there aren't many people here, then there won't be many left!"

Ding Hong shot her a glance, ignoring her adult look and attitude as she taught a child as he walked forward.

When he passed by a small vendor selling masks, Ding Hong couldn't help but stop. Although there were very few masks on display, all of them were extraordinarily exquisite, but very few people came to watch. The booth owner was a person wearing a bamboo hat and his appearance could not be seen clearly. He leaned against the wall and gave the newcomer a nonchalant expression.

Ding Hong ignored him and looked at his mask. He suddenly saw a golden butterfly mask. There was something placed on top of the mask, which shone brightly under the light of the lamp. However, if one did not look carefully, they would not be able to see it. The entire part of the mask looked like a butterfly, but it was filled with a domineering aura. The more he looked at the mask, the more he liked it.

He pointed at the butterfly mask and asked, "How much is this mask?"

The stall owner looked up. It was an old man with a long white beard. He looked at the mask that Ding Hong was pointing at and said, "Five thousand taels of silver."