Two years later.
Ashen Territory has changed a lot.
The bluestone of the square has been polished until it shines, and the circular altar stands completely in the center of the valley mouth.
The six-foot-high platform base is engraved with radial patterns, spreading from the center to the edges, like the rays of the sun.
Due to the tax reduction policy of Chen Jieqi, the surrounding territories and villages also received an influx of people looking at it.
The medicine house and medicine shop have doubled in size. Yang Wudi and his apprentice are rushing to make medicines day and night. The medicinal materials in Ye Lingling's medicine shop are filled with three shelves.
Dawnlight Village's old man was still boiling water by the stove. The yellow dog was as fat as an inflated sack, lying on the stone steps too lazy to move.
The newly moved farmers have reclaimed hundreds of acres of wasteland outside the valley, and the wheat seedlings are green and paved from the foot of the mountain to the official road.
Dugu Yan's registration book has been changed to three copies. The paper is as thick as a brick, and each person's name, age, and origin are densely written on it.
Chen Jieqi walked down from the altar, and the white-gold light of the mark between his eyebrows slowly converged.
In the past two years, with the help of the power of faith, his Soul Power finally reached level 60. After that, he did not rush to get Soul Ring, but instead laid a solid foundation over and over again.
The power of faith is coming from all directions like a tide, from the old people at Dawnlight Village, to the newly relocated farmers, to the patients in the medicine houses, to the injured in the medicine shops,
Every face brings a new ray of light.
The voice of Sheng Hui sounded in Soul Ring.
"Your light is ten times brighter than it was two years ago."
Chen Jieqi said nothing. He walked to the edge of the altar and looked in the direction of Heaven Dou City.
Received information that many villages and towns in remote areas of the empire were attacked by Evil Soul Master.
The gray-black mist spread from the Cangmang Mountain Range, flooding official roads, fields, and villages like a tide.
The roots of dead trees stuck in the ground, like bones.
Water sources were polluted, livestock died suddenly, people's skin ulcerated, and panic spread like a plague.
Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's investigation report from Soul Master: Evil Soul Master was divided into several teams and simultaneously attacked more than a dozen villages outside Bluestone Ridge, Whitewater River, and Cangmang Mountain Range.
It is a temptation, and it is also creating chaos and collecting something.
Xue Qinghe is sitting in the royal study room of the palace, with the battle report spread out in front of him.
She has been supervising the country as the crown prince for a year and a half. Xue Ye is lying in the palace, relying on medicine to breathe her last.
No one in the court dared to oppose her, and the city defense, imperial army, and various ministers were all under her control.
She picked up her pen and wrote down a warrant, which was sent to Ashen Territory.
When Chen Jieqi received the warrant, Dugu Yan was counting the supplies.
She glanced at the handwriting on the letter, didn't read it out, just handed it to him.
Chen Jieqi glanced at it, folded the letter, and put it into his sleeve.
"Bluestone Ridge, Whitewater River, Cangmang Mountain Range are in more than a dozen villages. Evil Soul Master is in Tucun."
Dugu Yan's fingers paused. "How many people do we have?"
"Yang Wudi, Imperial Fighting Team, everyone, and the guards of the Defense Clan and Breaking Clan. That's enough."
Dugu Bo walked out of the chapel, carrying a wine flask in his hand. He did not ask "Do you want me to go?"
He just said, "I'm watching in the valley. You go."
Chen Jieqi nodded.
Chen Jieqi stood on the slope outside Bluestone Ridge village, looking at the ruins in front of him.
Houses were burned down, corpses were lying everywhere, gray-black mist hovered over the village, and a sweet rotten smell wafted in the air.
Several men in gray robes seemed to be collecting something in the ruins. Soul Ring lit up, white, purple, and black, mixed together.
Ashbringer solidified in his hand, and white-gold flames flowed on the sword.
He didn't speak, Holy Light Domain spread out under his feet, and the light curtain instantly enveloped the entire village.
Evil Soul Master raised his head and saw the light, his face changed.
They turned around and wanted to run away, but Dugu Yan's earth wall sprang up from the ground, blocking all escape routes.
Yang Wudi looked at the people in front of him and did not take action. He just held the line from the side. The double shields of Shi Mo and Shi Mo pressed forward and knocked the three gray-robed men to the ground.
Chen Jieqi did not take action.
He stood on the slope, watching Holy Light Domain dissolve the gray-black mist layer by layer, watching the remaining pollution turn into nothingness in the flames.
A Evil Soul Master collapsed on the ground, green smoke rising from his skin under his black robe.
He struggled to raise his head, and when he saw the mark between Chen Jieqi's eyebrows, his pupils shrank suddenly.
"You... you are..."
"Go back and tell you adults." Chen Jieqi's voice contained no emotion or anger, "Ashen Territory won't hide. If he wants Stone Gate, come here."
Evil Soul Master didn't speak, he was dead.
Whitewater River, the stream is black, and there are several corpses lying on the river beach.
Chen Jieqi is standing by the river, Ashbringer is inserted into the water.
The white-gold flames spread along the water flow, forcing back the black pollution layer by layer.
The stream water changed from black to gray, from gray to dark green, and finally returned to transparency.
The people on the shore knelt on the ground.
Some people kowtowed, some cried "benefactor", and some held the child's body with trembling lips and could not speak.
Chen Jieqi pulled out the sword from the water, turned around and walked away without saying anything else.
Dugu Yan followed behind and looked at his back.
She found that his steps were more steady than before, like a tree with its roots deep in the earth.
Outside the Cangmang Mountain Range, inside the stronghold of Evil Soul Master.
The "adult" was sitting on the black stone altar with a map spread out in front of him.
The map is marked with the location of Ashen Territory, the deployment of Heaven Dou City, and the sphere of influence of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
His fingers tapped lightly on the map, the sound was soft but regular.
"The Successor of Light is cleaning our outer strongholds." A man in gray robe knelt on the ground, his forehead pressed to the ground,
"Sir, should we... take action in advance?"
"There's no hurry." The adult's mouth curved.
"Let him kill. The more he kills, the brighter his light will be.
The brighter the light, the clearer we can see when Stone Gate is turned on."
The man in gray robe did not dare to ask any more questions.
At this time, when Tang San walked out from Slaughter City, the sunlight made him squint.
He looked back at the darkness behind him.
Two years later, he won Yum and passed Hell Road. The dark red mark on his arm has disappeared, but the cold breath in his body is still there, like a dormant beast.
He looked down at his hands, then his eyes were scarlet, and he activated Divine Slaughter's Domain.
A scarlet light wave filled the air, filled with the aura of killing.
A closer look revealed that it is different from Divine Slaughter's Domain made by Tang Hao, Bibi Dong and others. It seems to be more active in it.
He raised his head and looked in the direction of Heaven Dou City.
There was a light there. It was completely different from the violent aura in his body.
He clenched his fists and then unclenched them. A scarlet lightning flashed across his forehead, making him completely different from before.
He stepped forward and rushed towards Star Dou Forest. He wanted to find Xiao Wu first.
Heaven Dou City, Royal Palace.
Xue Qinghe stood in front of the window of the royal study, holding the battle report in his hand.
Bluestone Ridge, Whitewater River, Cangmang Mountain Range and Evil Soul Master in more than a dozen villages were wiped out.
Chen Jieqi led his men and swept through all the strongholds within a month.
There was a line written on the battle report, circled in red pen. "Ashen Territory Earl Chen Jieqi, use the holy light to purify pollution, and the people will kneel down and praise the benefactor."
She remembered that two years ago, he stood on the altar and said, "You are different."
She remembered that a year ago, he stood in Ashen Territory Square and said to her, "Wait until you ask."
She thought of his light, which had changed from an oil lamp to a bonfire, and now she felt that the bonfire was turning into a lighthouse.
Can't wait any longer.
She walked back to the case, picked up a pen and wrote a letter, which was addressed to her grandfather Qian Daoliu.
"Grandpa, I want to go back to Spirit City. Start the divine test."
She folded the letter and sealed it with Soul Power.
Then she took out another piece of paper, wrote a few words, and passed it out with a feather.
Ashen Territory.
Chen Jieqi stood on the altar, the moonlight shining on the bluestone floor.
He took out the smooth feather from his sleeve and placed it in the palm of his hand.
The feathers felt slightly hot - not a burning, but a brief, almost imperceptible tremor.
He closed his eyes and felt the sensation extending along the feathers.
Heaven Dou City direction, the resonance of another feather beats in the night.
It's not a message of "I'm leaving", it's a message of "wait for me to come back".
He opened his eyes and put the feather back into his sleeve.
The voice of Sheng Hui sounded in Soul Ring.
"She's going to turn on Angel God Trial."
Chen Jieqi said nothing.
Suddenly the two of them looked in the direction of Slaughter City.
"This breath is full of killing and deathly silence. He can't go back at all."
"Yeah," Chen Jieqi looked at the horizon,
"Heart of the Naaru is also flashing violently. It seems that our struggle has just begun."