Chapter 20 9 You and Penglai
"Julia, three bowls of soy milk, three drawers of steamed buns"
"By the way, one of the elements is stuck."
In a Chinese breakfast shop in Chinatown, Lu Xixian ordered breakfast and then said to Steve.
"I'm sorry, I'm a stubborn uncle."
"Even ten cows can't get back what I've decided."
"I'm sorry for causing trouble to you before."
Lu Xixian's phantom bodies did not all inherit his personality. For example, San Zang in front of him was indeed from Lingshan, at least in the other person's perception.
In Lu Xixian's plan, he didn't need all the phantoms to know about his plan. He also needed some messengers of justice to come and intervene.
And San Zan is an important member who plays this part.
An ascetic from Lingshan Mountain.
“Nothing bothering me, just a little unexpected.”
As he spoke, Steve looked at his right hand. Originally it should have been interrupted by the Three Burials, but now there was a yellow talisman attached to it. Based on his own feeling, his right hand was almost healed.
"Magical Eastern power?"
Steve thought to himself.
Then he also remembered the information Nick had shown him.
There is a brief introduction to the person in front of you.
A very mysterious inhuman creature with great power.
"You have a good foundation, but you don't know how to develop"
"As long as you practice with me, you will be able to replicate half of the power of my punch in three months, no, one month."
San Zan drank tea and looked at Steve seriously.
Although it is too late for the other party to practice Lingshan Zen Martial Arts, as long as he works hard, there is still the possibility of further progress.
"I...think about it"
Steve did not resist learning from the other party. Although the other party looked like a child, he learned from the conversation just now that the other party was over three hundred years old.
And thinking of the previous battle with Obadiah, Steve understood that he really needed stronger power now to protect others.
"It's up to you, the venue will be the same tomorrow"
"I'll wait for you just once"
After saying that, Sanzang took the buns on the side and started eating wildly.
As for Lu Xixian, she looked at her wallet and the bun shop behind her, and felt that it should be able to support it.
"Ten more drawers!"
Stark Building.
At this time, Stark Industries has returned to its former prosperity, thanks to Tony Stark's clever mind.
He used the Ark reactor to develop new energy, and the clean energy technology he researched created broad market prospects. This also gave Stark Industries, which had lost its egg-laying hens after the closure of the weapons department, a new lease of life.
It is also known as the Phoenix in the industry.
[Stark Industries stocks rose, and the market trend climbed like a rocket]
[Recently, some investors who sold Stark Industries stocks have jumped off the building, and reservations are already required on the rooftop]
[Rebirth from the ashes, detailing the development history of Stark Industries, in the summer of 1940, Stark Industries was born...]
On the TV nearby, everything related to Stark Industries was broadcast, and at the end there was an explosive news.
[Tony Stark announced at the press conference that I am Iron Man! 】
[A new superhero is born, he is a legendary business wizard and a future city star]
"Tony, you are so uncool"
"I'm calm, are you afraid of challenges, Pepper, I'm not afraid!"
"But it only puts you in danger"
"Danger never evades me, it only faces me."
"Now I have the tools to crush it"
In the office on the top floor, Tony untied his tie as he spoke and asked Jarvis to turn on the air conditioner.
"Do you want to drink? How about bourbon?"
In front of the bar, Tony looked at Pepper who was still angry and asked softly.
"Wine? Now I just want to open your brain and see what's going on inside!"
Pepper looked annoyed, but finally gave in to Tony's rhetoric.
But before leaving, she still begged softly.
"Be safe, okay? Don't be like last time."
Tony looked at the little woman in his arms and comforted her softly.
"Don't worry, I will do it."
As the love grows stronger, the two lonely hearts gradually come closer together.
"Oh my god"
"Maybe I came at the wrong time."
Happy covered his eyes and turned around to leave.
"Happy! Your next month's salary is gone too!"
"No! Boss!"
In the relatively simple living room, a tall man wearing a black windbreaker sat. One of his eyes was covered with an eye patch, and his tightly closed lips matched his face, which made him look a bit serious.
Opposite him was Tony who looked suspicious.
Turning the business card in his hand, he spoke.
"Director of SHIELD? In other words, you are Barton's boss?"
"Why? Is it because of my eyesight?"
Nick Fury didn't care about Tony's jokes, he was the best at dealing with naughty kids.
"Maybe this is part of the reason."
“But the most important thing is leadership ability.”
"At least I won't run the company like a piece of loose sand."
"Compared to old Howard, you are too far behind."
One of Tony's weaknesses, Howard, as long as he hears these three words, his IQ drops by more than two hundred.
"What are you talking about? I can't compare to him!"
"Look at the news behind you, look at the people on the street"
"Stark Industries has once again become the pride of this country"
Standing up, Tony looked at Nick dissatisfied.
But then he realized that the other party was tempting him.
"Ahem, tell me what you want from me."
“I’m very busy”
Nick spread his hands and didn't care about the other party's rough transfer method.
After thinking about it for a while, Nick spoke.
"You should understand that you are not the only superhero in this world."
"Similarly, Obadiah is not the only danger."
"Recently I gained some information and discovered a new trouble"
"It's called Jiuyou!"
His face gradually became serious, and Nick looked into Tony's eyes seriously.
"I need you to help me make an appointment with Mr. Lu"
"After all, there is an old saying in the East."
"Know your enemy and yourself, and you will never be in danger of a hundred battles!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Tony also put away his casual attitude. Obadiah's face also appeared in his mind, as well as the culprit who caused the other party's change.
Danchenzi!
On the balcony on the second floor, Lu Xixian sighed in frustration. There were few worries in this world that could make him sigh.
But now, he has met it, and it was created by him himself.
Looking at the guy on the bed who ate and slept, Lu Xixian regretted a little. He should have added a rule to Lingshan in the first place, no food allowed!
I can’t eat for the rest of my life, so I have to live on food and dew!
But thinking about it carefully, it seems too cruel.
But when I think about my wallet, this is quite cruel to my wallet. I have already entered a lot in just one day.
“It seems we still have to work hard to make money.”
"Oh, I should be the most sentimental person behind the scenes."
At this time, the phone rang. Looking at the caller ID on it, Lu Xixian hurriedly picked it up.
"one million!"
"Well, I'm not..."
"Two million!"
"I said, I'm not..."
"three million!"
"I'll give you five million, please come over!"
The last voice that did not belong to Tony sounded, interrupting the tug-of-war over appearance fees.
It was still the familiar room and the familiar balcony, but this time the number of people increased to four.
"How did you come?"
"Be a temporary record keeper"
"Didn't you take a vacation?"
"Yes, I was attending a concert before, and a phone call came..."
With a sigh, Coulson fell silent.
Looking at Coulson's hairline, Tony sighed in his heart, not ordinary people can be agents.
Opposite the two people was the heavyweight guest who had been looking at each other for half an hour.
One is the director of S.H.I.E.L.D., Nick Fury, known as the half-son of Victory.
The other one is the famous Descendant of Penglai, whose appearance fee is comparable to Robert Downey Jr.
"This is the first time we met. My surname is Lu, my name is Xixian, and my name is Danyangzi."
"Me too, Nick Fury, an ordinary agent"
Fluent Chinese comes from Nick's mouth. As the king of agents, he is proficient in various languages, and Chinese is just one of them.
"Okay, Agent Nick, what do you want to do with me?"
"The five million reward is a bit hot to my hands when I pick it up."
Since the other party didn't tell her the purpose, Lu Xixian would spend time with him. Anyway, he had plenty of patience, and he didn't have to go back home to deal with the little monk who only knew how to eat.
"No, you deserve it, but only if you can answer a few questions for me."
The other party is more difficult than he thought, Nick commented in his mind.
"Yes, I will answer everything I know and tell you everything I want to say."
Smiling in agreement, Lu Xixian folded his hands and placed his left leg on top of his right leg.
Respond in as relaxed a manner as possible.
"The first question is, what is Penglai and what is Jiuyou!"
His single eye held a compelling aura, and Nick was more serious than ever at this moment.
It even made Coulson put away his lazy attitude.
"Are these two questions? But it doesn't matter."
"Please look at the table"
After saying that, the other three people's eyes came to the table, where a round object appeared. As it gradually changed, it finally turned into the familiar earth.
"The Earth is called the Atrium and was once hailed as the center of the universe"
"Countless evil gods from outside the territory are coveting this place."
As Lu Xixian shook his fingers, countless irregular areas appeared next to the earth, and many names appeared on them.
Heaven, Hell, Dark Dimension, and Penglai.
"These dimensions have their own rulers, their own culture, and even the same purpose."
"That is to occupy the atrium and become its new owner."
The surrounding area changes into creatures, and they all approach the earth in the middle.
"So, Penglai is also among them?"
Tony stood up and circled the image on the table.
"It's different. Penglai is still too fragile compared to these dimensions, because it relies on the earth to survive."
"It's more like a pocket on clothes, essentially it still belongs to the earth."
"And it also has its own responsibilities."
Penglai is similar to the dimension, but much more fragile. Lu Xixian finally summed it up with a term for several people.
subspace.
It can also be called the Paradise of Cave.
"Penglai has existed for thousands of years. During this period, people from Penglai came to the earth and left their own legends."
"I believe you have all heard the story of Qin Shihuang's search for the elixir."
The Marvel world also has a similar history. This is not uncommon knowledge for the three Nicks. After hearing this, the three of them nodded in understanding.
"Looking at it this way, there are really immortals in Penglai?"
Coulson not only pays attention to Captain America's story books and collects each other's cards, but also dabbles in other things, among which the immortals from the East are the ones he yearns for the most.
"Yes, if those people are counted!"
Tony visited Penglai once in Lu Xixian's fantasy world, and he felt that the old men with white beards at the Demon Sealing Ceremony could indeed be called immortals.
Nick didn't ask, he had his own calculations in mind. Judging from the current situation, the reason given by the other party was quite credible.
"Where is Jiuyou?"
"Is it the same as Penglai?"
Tony is a curious person who longs for answers to knowledge and the unknown.
Lu Xixian did not answer immediately after hearing this, but pointed to the earth on the table. Then the earth began to evaporate, and wisps of black air emerged, and finally turned into a pure black earth.
"This is Jiuyou"
"A place that absorbs all the negative energy on earth"
"It is deeper than the dark dimension and more terrifying than the crimson universe"
"It condenses all the evil on the earth, and Penglai's role is to seal it."
There are two sides of yin and yang in the world, there is righteousness and evil. Good and evil are opposite to each other and can never be separated.
At the same time, the world is also balanced. When the evil energy is reduced, excessive righteousness will be converted into evil energy.
Used to maintain balance.
"Penglai suppressed Jiuyou for too long, which is why Dan Chenzi betrayed"
Too much righteous energy turned into evil energy, inducing Dan Chenzi to fall.
"Accidents like this happen every few hundred years, but this time it's a little different."
"He took away the key seal scroll, and he has already opened up a corner of Jiuyou."
"Two years have passed, and I still don't know how far Jiuyou has developed."
With a sigh, looking at the dark earth, even the thoughtful Nick felt heavy and pressured.
"I remember you said at the beginning that there are two more holy places like Penglai?"
"Can it be that the combined efforts of the three cannot suppress Jiuyou?"
Tony returned to his seat, and now he was a little worried about the future situation.
"Three mountains overseas have suppressed Jiuyou for generations, but inheritance is a heavy word."
"Let's put it this way, the population at Sanshanxia may not be as large as the people in this city."
"Not to mention practitioners, only one among thousands of people can appear."
Inheritance requires people and qualified people, and the problem now is that there is no one available in the three overseas mountains.
These few words also made the three of Nick understand why Penglai had only sent one person for so long. It turned out to be like this.
A heavy conversation ended quickly, and Nick was ready to take Colson away, but in the end he still said to Lu Xixian.
"I will continue to pay attention to Dan Chenzi. It is good for both of us to cooperate for the time being."
"I will verify your words. Please forgive the worries of a person who cares about the country."
"Finally, I wish you good luck, Mr. Lu"
"Same for you, Mr. Director"
Watching the other party leave, Lu Xixian thought to himself.
"A good opponent"
Nick Fury, who had fastened his seat belt downstairs, also thought to himself.
"You lier!"
It is undeniable that some of the other party's words are correct, but some of them are absolutely confusing.
Taking out an old pager from his arms, Nick held onto his trump card.
He doesn't mind calling in outside help when necessary.
The departure of the two also made Tony relax. Although he was still worried, he still said relaxedly.
"Let's go downstairs and have a drink."
"The last meeting was rushed. This time I still have many questions to ask you."
"Can I ask for advice? You are a science major, and I am a fairy major."
"No way, man"
But Lu Xixian still accepted the other party's invitation, and the two of them walked downstairs together.
At the same time, a new customer from Tony's side also came over.
He's Matt Murdock, and he's accompanied by his friends.
Danny Rand.