The city guard's face was pale, and all the guards behind him showed fear and panic.

What kind of cultivation is required to drive away the "pillow girl" evil spirits outside the city at a glance?!

"What, I didn't say anything! A villain has eyes but doesn't know Mount Tai!"

They are just strong mortals who have cultivated their bodies. Relying on the power of the city lords, they can still be majestic to most foreign monks, but if they accidentally offend the powerful and eccentric...then their deaths will be in vain.

The way of heaven is disordered, the morals of the world are unfair, and human life is so contemptible.

Seeing his face change so quickly and his spineless appearance, Xie Qingci's face was as cold as frost and snow.

The world is always like this.

Following Xie Qingci's silence, the city guard only felt that his lips were rapidly festering and itchy, and he couldn't help but want to scratch, but if he really raised his hand to scratch, he would scratch bloodstains.

There were bits of his own flesh and blood between the nails.

The soldier looked terrified: "The immortal, the immortal, spare your life."

"I have no interest in taking your life." Xie Qingci said indifferently, "Within three days, if you can bear the itching of your tongue and keep silent, you will naturally be unscathed."

otherwise?

Soldiers dare not think about it.

This is already a small punishment and a big warning, and a warning means a more serious punishment.

"Okay, okay! Thank you Immortal Elder for not killing me."

The city guard was surprised to find that he could still speak freely.

Talking normally will not intensify the itching of the tongue, but as long as he looks at the girl's soft skin for a while, and has distracting thoughts——

His tongue was so itchy that he wanted to cut it off, but after all, he didn't really want his tongue.

Relieved, he immediately shut up and stepped aside.

The atmosphere fell into a moment of silence, and no one moved.

And there was a young guard next to him, who was quite clever, and immediately greeted him when he saw this: "You two wait a moment, I will register for you now!"

Qing Ying comforted: "It's okay, let's wait for a while."

When the soldiers registered, she held Xie Qingci's hand with a smile, expressing that she was not angry: "There are many fun things in the city."

Xie Qingci's fingers were slender and strong, and they felt good to the touch, she couldn't help pinching them.

"Ok."

They paid the entry fee, and after the young guards registered quickly, they took out something from a wooden box next to it and handed it to Qing Ying.

Qing Ying looked at the objects on the table.

It resembles a bamboo hat in appearance, but a thick white veil drapes around it.

Qing Ying picked it up and gestured, the material was thick and heavy.The length is up to the calf, which can completely cover the whole figure and face.

It's not very breathable, and it blocks the vision severely, but she is a cultivator, except for feeling uncomfortable, she can bear it.

She asked, "This is?"

"This is a female hat. Madam must wear it when traveling in the city. And I understand that you have a deep relationship with your Taoist couple, but as close as you are now... For the sake of your own safety, you must not do it in the city."

Qing Ying found it ridiculous: "I just held his fingertips, and they separated soon."

"But as long as it is such an intimate act, it is absolutely not allowed." The young guard whispered, "And if you are as young and beautiful as your wife, you must cover your face well, otherwise..."

"Otherwise what?" Xie Qingci said flatly.

Perhaps thinking of the tyrannical strength of the sword cultivator in front of him, the young man hesitated slightly, but then he said seriously.

"Maybe it will disturb Grandpa Shennong. If he offends the old man, Madam will be [disappeared], which will damage the safety of you two."

Qing Ying frowned slightly.

At this time, anyone could tell that something was wrong with Tiansheng City. Xie Qingci's strength had given these soldiers some insight, but they were still so sure that their lives were in danger.

This is unreasonable.

One must know that Shennong is a certain Ren Tiandao, whose soul body has long since died out in reincarnation, leaving only the incense to inherit, how could it be possible to be active in Tiansheng City?

Could it be that there is a magic way?

However, Tiansheng City is a big city of the righteous way of Xi Qi, and there have never been any large-scale magic activities in these years.

Seeing that the young soldier had a good attitude, Qing Ying's attitude became more and more relaxed: "Our husband and wife have just arrived here, and I really don't know about it. May I ask what happened in Tiansheng City?"

The young man made so many preparations in order to form a good relationship with the two of them, and immediately said:

"What you two don't know is that since the divine wood withered five hundred years ago, there has been no new vegetation sprouting in our Tiansheng City. There has been no harvest of grain.

After the contemporary city lord succeeded to the throne, he made great efforts to govern, and specially invited the masters of the divine wood sect to invite grandpa Shennong to descend from his spirit.After seven days, the divine wood will germinate.It's just that all powers are exhausted, and the gods are not perfect. In order to maintain the true body of Grandpa Shennong, there must be no laughing and frivolous things in the city for the past seven days."

"And in order to further avoid the incident, the city simply temporarily expelled the young woman and refused to enter."

"But the question is, if young women are really regarded as the root of all evil, what is the effect of your screening?"

Qing Ying wondered: "For example, your companion didn't want the two of us to enter, but we decided to enter, and we finally compromised? Why don't you ask an expert to stop it?"

The young soldier lowered his voice and said: "Because there are orders from above, monks are not restricted from traveling. Even if you really don't want to wear a female hat, you don't have to wear it."

"—But the result of a woman not wearing a female hat, only the victim will know."

With the help of young soldiers and their companions, Qing Ying gradually understands the current situation of Tiansheng City.

Tiansheng City has suffered a food shortage for five years, and now the reserves can no longer support millions of ordinary people.

The "unmarried women over the age of seven are not allowed to enter the city" announced by the soldiers before was only a part of the supplementary regulations.

After three months of evacuation, the women in Tiansheng City are all young women over the age of twelve and under the age of twenty-five, with a certain level of cultivation.

No girls, no old women.

It seems to be specially screening out a certain group.

After thanking the city guards for their dedicated answers with a bottle of "Qi Training Pill", the two of Qing Ying still entered the city.

——Holy Farmer Wood is in the middle of Tiansheng City, and they have to enter the city anyway.

Qing Ying asked Xie Qingci: "Do you know the Lord Tianxuan? Why do I feel like I'm seducing a young woman and then intending to do something wrong?"

But after finishing speaking, Qing Ying felt that something was wrong: "But whether it is for pleasure or for evil worship, isn't it more convenient to choose mortal women without cultivation, why do you specifically exclude them?"

"I know it, but I don't know its current nature."

To be precise, what Xie Qingci knew was the great-great-grandfather of the current Tiansheng City City Lord.

The place where he first survived the catastrophe was in Tiansheng City. When he died in that life, even the grandfather of the city owner was still a teenager.

Xie Qingci remembers the first catastrophe very clearly, it was the catastrophe of parting.

His original catastrophe.

Tiansheng City, somewhere outside the city, Qiu's other courtyard.

Xie Tian said with a sullen face: "Old man, you let me wait here with peace of mind, is there really a chance?"

After he was picked up by Qiu Chengfeng to return to the ancient sword sect, he immediately went to Xiqi Continent, with Qiu's dharma boat, he arrived at Xi Qi in less than three hours.

What Qiu Chengfeng meant was to let him go directly to the Qiu clan to recuperate, and the Qiu clan would naturally find natural treasures for him to heal his wounds.

Xie Tian also felt that this was a safe strategy, but when passing by Tiansheng City, the old man insisted that he stay, saying that there must be a big opportunity within seven days.

"I know that divine wood is important to my injury, but Xie Qingci also needs divine wood. How can I win?"

The old man's voice was impatient: "You have asked three times. What's the use of questioning repeatedly? Doesn't listening to me at least allow you to move freely now?"

Xie Tian didn't shut up: "Xie Qingci is very powerful now, I don't avoid his edge, but I want to confront him head-on, isn't it courting death?"

The old man asked back: "Do you know about Xie Qingci, or do I know about Xie Qingci?"

Xie Tian choked: "..."

Seeing him calm down, the old man just said slowly: "I felt Xie Qingci's shaken breath in Tiansheng City in the previous life."

Xie Tian was stunned: "How is it possible?!"

The old man's words were simple but incomprehensible. He was full of suspicion, but he was stopped by the old man.

He scolded: "Don't ask, don't care, just wait here honestly, when the opportunity comes, everything you want will be there."

"Isn't the old man accompanying you too?"

"When dealing with Xie Qingci, the most taboo thing is to be impatient. If you are in a hurry, you will be completely finished."

...

When Qing Ying entered the city, honestly put on a female hat.

Xie Qingci felt her discomfort and said, "If you don't like wearing it, don't force yourself."

"I know you are strong, and I know you care about me. It's just that the current situation is unknown, and there is no need to cause trouble for such a trivial matter." Qing Ying smiled, "It happens that your eyes are covered with white gauze, and I'm wearing a hat and a couple outfit."

The girl spoke and laughed at Yan Yan, her voice was clear and sweet.

However

In the calm streets and alleys, the wind blew for no reason, almost blowing the white veil covering her face.

Oh, I forgot that Tiansheng City prohibits young women from laughing, saying it will disturb "Shen Nong".

But at this moment, she had just seen the outside world clearly through the white gauze.

There are very few pedestrians in the streets and alleys, and even fewer women, without the prosperous atmosphere of the famous city of Xi Qi.

This situation can only be relieved when the divine wood germinates and Tiansheng City is no longer in danger of food shortage.

Qing Ying's laughter stopped abruptly, and she silently smoothed the white gauze.

"Let's find an inn to stay at first." She sighed, "Then find out what's going on in Tiansheng City."

"it is good."

...

The two settled down in an inn.

Compared with the outside world, the inn, as a place where people gather and distribute, is much more lively.

But that's all.

"Isn't this too quiet?"

When did people become so talented?Are you soft-spoken in the inn?

Qing Ying looked at the environment of the inn, and found that the environment was really good, but usually the private rooms above the second floor of this type of inn are relatively quiet, and the lobby is always noisy.

What's more, when she saw a table of Lifu wearing turbans, these people who love to drink loudly and loudly, at this moment, they were actually drinking quietly with food and occasionally talking in a low voice.

"Both, do you want to eat or stay at the hotel? I'm not bragging, my pear blossoms are the best in Tiansheng City."

Xie Qingci said softly: "There is no grain for ordinary people to chew, but there is still grain for wine?"

"As long as you have money." The shopkeeper chuckled, "Nowadays, there are not many restaurants in the city."

Otherwise, these Lifu wouldn't pay a high price to come to their house to eat food.

Just as Qing Ying was about to answer, hurried footsteps came from outside the inn.

Someone read out loudly: "New decree of the City Lord's Mansion! In order to welcome the birth of the divine wood, from now on, Tiansheng City will ban alcohol for seven days!"

There was a slight grumbling sound in the inn.

The official stepped into the inn with his head held high. He ignored the hostility below, and spoke with the shopkeeper arrogantly and indifferently.

The King of Hades is easy to provoke, and the little ghost is difficult to deal with. The shopkeeper dared not be arrogant at all. He smiled apologetically at Qing Ying and the two, and motioned for Xiaoer to entertain him first, and then talked with the little official himself.

Qing Ying noticed that although the diners were cursing and reluctance written all over their faces, none of them dared to take an extra sip of wine.

"This city lord's dog leg, I won't stay for a while after this trip—"

The eyes of the person staring at the little official suddenly straightened.

"Mouth, his mouth—"

I saw that the little official had started scratching his mouth at some point until his fingers were covered with minced meat.

The shopkeeper said tremblingly: "Just a moment ago, the City Lord's Mansion issued a ban, prohibiting loud noises, and those who violate it will have their tongues fester."

When this little official read out the imperial edict in a show of power, he violated a prohibition on the contrary!

Qing Ying was dumbfounded.

How many strict prohibitions are there in this Tiansheng City?

And these strict prohibitions, because of the existence of spiritual power, can actually take effect.

This city lord is really—

Qing Ying was worried about the prohibition against satirizing and insulting the city lord, so she held back her complaints.

"Xiaoer, about Tianxuan

Is there a collection of the prohibition that the city recently withdrew?"

Xiao Er shook his head with an ugly expression.

"No, remember it all by yourself."

Moreover, the prohibition is coming out faster and more stringently, even if you use the Tianshu order, you may not be able to catch up, and no one knows when you will violate the prohibition and be severely punished.

Those who insist on staying here now have reasons why they cannot leave easily.

"No wonder there are so many people entering the city, and so many people leaving the city."

Qing Ying was thoughtful.

If it weren't for the City Lord's Mansion not blocking the exit of the city, she might really think that Tianxie City mainly kills everyone.

In order to protect safety, the two opened a big room, but they did not sleep in the same bed.Qing Ying sleeps on the bed, Xie Qingci is the iron man who practices night vigil every night.

The matter of sharing the same bed seems to be completely unnecessary.But Qing Ying felt that since they were husband and wife, they would sleep together one day.

By the time the two of them cleaned up the room, it was already dark.

"Brother, good night." She said, "Don't be too tired, we have to investigate the divine wood tomorrow."

Qing Ying closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

She heard the rustle of sprouting grass.

She smelled a very special aroma.

The aromatic woody smell that seemed to be soaked in rainwater in the mountains, mixed with the coldness of blood, constituted a certain cool and special fragrance, which slowly awakened her.

Qing Ying slowly opened her eyes and found herself lying in a... tree hole?

How did she appear here?

It seems that... Daddy gave her some meat buns, she was so hungry, she couldn't hold back and ate them all... Then she fell asleep.

"father?"

"mother?"

She wasn't sure where it was, because there was no exit at all in the space that seemed to be made of wood, so it was so dark that it was impossible to judge.

In the small and dark space, she was lying with her limbs all cut.

"hiss."

She tried to push and kick the barrier in front of her. If she couldn't get out in time, the oxygen inside would be exhausted, and she would definitely die.

However, no matter how she kicked, the wood didn't budge.As time passed, the suffocation made Qing Ying desperately try to survive, but it was always in vain.

Just when her consciousness became blurred again and her strength weakened.

"Crackling".

A beam of light shines in along the "wood" that is divided into two halves,

She opened her eyes in a daze, and in the strong and turbulent halo, she saw a black-haired boy in a white robe.

The black-haired boy has a pure temperament like a mountain moon, and his appearance is slender and elegant.

Qing Ying has never seen such a beautiful person, just like the gods and spirits in the stories grandpa told.

How can a normal person have such smooth hands, such a beautiful face, and such clear eyes?

"ah."

The boy raised his eyebrows slightly, as if a little surprised: "Why is there a little girl here?"

His palm brushed against her vaguely, although it was still so far away, but her body didn't hurt at all.

"My name is Cai Cai."

"It's a bride dedicated to the mountain god."

she asked timidly.

"Are you the mountain god?"

"That's right."

The young man responded readily, and he looked at her with a smile.

The clear voice came, so distant and misty, as if traveling through endless time.

He seemed to be teasing the little girl: "But you are only six years old, how can you be my bride? There are no idlers in the mountains."

No, can't go back.

Mother said that if she couldn't sacrifice to the mountain god, the whole family would be poked in the back after returning home.

And...the family can't afford it anymore.

She heard herself speak anxiously.

"I will grow up!"

"I eat very little every day!"

"As long as I have a steamed bun, I will grow up!"

"Then be your bride!"