天界。78Please respect copyright.PENANAL5M1bXCnPK
西王母結束了漫長的執筆工作,放下筆。揉了揉手腕,輕嘆一口氣。78Please respect copyright.PENANADRP3j1Av64
聽到動靜,英貞童女走近西王母,遞上一杯茶。78Please respect copyright.PENANAhr1yK8ClK9
「謝謝妳,英貞。天書也編輯到只剩第四卷了。……不過,我有些累了。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAVD1tmJAC0u
英貞朝微笑的西王母行禮回應:78Please respect copyright.PENANAgtcH2p8sqc
「如有任何吩咐,孤必當竭誠聽命。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAkvR3OBVBBF
聽了這話,西王母比方才嘆息得更深。78Please respect copyright.PENANAnb8DS9pQXF
「孤是想快點搞定。一百零八星……尤其是天機星的搜捕工作。」78Please respect copyright.PENANArXDnqRWrSD
「您這麼在意此事嗎?」78Please respect copyright.PENANACsjzC45CdF
西王母臉色發青,身體也在發抖。78Please respect copyright.PENANA7us9r4ngOz
「若只是誰做了什麼之類的小秘密,孤倒不在乎。……可這關係到整個天界的存亡啊。」
英貞沉默了片刻,垂首行禮。78Please respect copyright.PENANAbjqElTcTte
「恕我僭越,但若能稍解娘娘心中之憂,不知可否恩准賜告那個秘密?」78Please respect copyright.PENANAZvvezb8g4Y
西王母抱著頭說:78Please respect copyright.PENANAzQ7r6zIu4k
「……英貞,孤不能告訴妳。妳應該明白原因吧?」78Please respect copyright.PENANAHfXRRLJ4HX
說著,用銳利的目光掃視。
英貞吃了一驚,倒退一步。78Please respect copyright.PENANABkxY7inTg4
「是,我懂。放走一百零八星的是家父。您是擔心我不小心洩露給他。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAWA014Tulih
西王母顫抖著點頭。78Please respect copyright.PENANAI5flgSj7zc
「聽好,別再讓托塔天王對一百零八星起興趣了。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAaxcWiKIOlw
話音凝重嚴厲。78Please respect copyright.PENANADzwEvJTGJx
英貞無聲行禮,退出了房間。
回到自己房裡,英貞關上門落了鎖。然後朝房間深處小聲說道:78Please respect copyright.PENANAvzYpWdtRgn
「父親,我問不出來。」78Please respect copyright.PENANA0SOOR1ApMy
托塔天王低聲笑道:78Please respect copyright.PENANAjKm97QBIzA
「果不其然。不過她看來很痛苦。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAEohEaH3vYN
「您偷看了?」78Please respect copyright.PENANAd0W1ljFfJq
「我只是剛好經過。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAqAd9KeHeIy
托塔天王露出頑皮的笑容。英貞像西王母那樣嘆了口氣。78Please respect copyright.PENANAnkuFkm8tX5
「請別做這種危險的事。王母娘娘似乎很想禁止我們父女見面。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAOwbEH9cdar
「在一百零八星被抓住前,她是不會安心的。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAHFUk3pJz4v
「她還說,讓您別再對一百零八星感興趣了。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAEukcB8LDIf
「他們不過是我的老朋友罷了。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAmUI96VIsqW
托塔天王邊說邊起身。78Please respect copyright.PENANAd1UgjZJr2Y
「雖不知是否相關,但我聽到個有趣的傳聞。據說有種術法能殺死天界中那些不死之神。」78Please respect copyright.PENANA4MNvFdWnQU
「真的嗎?」
「我正要查證真偽。不過若傳言屬實,而且是最近才研發出來的,那目前不在天界的天機星到底知不知情,就很難說了。——說不定那個大嬸想打聽的,正是這一點。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAIqWfeJiHEW
英貞直視著父親。78Please respect copyright.PENANAEcAeEBiw2Q
「父親,什麼是『死亡』?我不願去想像,我們會像凡人一樣消逝。」78Please respect copyright.PENANA6pxlpI5MJI
托塔天王微微一笑。78Please respect copyright.PENANAI7D3zc2PHe
「這話題對妳來說還太早了。永生固然好,但若活得太久,也會因無聊透頂而感到厭煩。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAzhXnxJCm27
他輕撫女兒的頭,悄然離去。
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人界。78Please respect copyright.PENANAIhNIIE3LWp
黃昏時分,吳文榮來到市集。78Please respect copyright.PENANAVSRgc6KBI1
他肩上扛著一頭野豬,是方才在山裡偶遇,一箭斃命的戰利品。78Please respect copyright.PENANApsWr0iVU5u
賣了豬肉後,吳文榮留了一些自用。接著買了些青菜和香料。他本想再買些酒,但各攤位都賣光了。78Please respect copyright.PENANAk1HEGEPQua
來到河邊,他挖了個灶坑。這比用石頭砌灶快多了,也更通風。然後把肉吊起來烤。途中撒上香料,又烤了一會。油脂滴落,火勢更旺。
「吳文榮,你現在收了幾顆魔星了?算了,不問也罷。肉香真不錯,正好可以開飯了。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAIWYRPWZdpq
隔壁突然傳來聲音,吳文榮嚇得往後一跳。78Please respect copyright.PENANA5NalkL3vHW
不知何時,一名身著童子袍的男子已坐在旁邊。78Please respect copyright.PENANAjbSe4We4SZ
「又是你這小鬼。」78Please respect copyright.PENANA3xmG9eTqJD
「嗯?啊,你說這身打扮啊。隨你怎麼叫都行。」78Please respect copyright.PENANA7jHDZyN86M
「魔星的事就別提了。我現在一顆也沒有,全被賀鋼先搶走了。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAXrwFfSYs2n
「這樣啊,辛苦你了。」78Please respect copyright.PENANA5CgxsOI6uj
童子袍男子笑著遞來酒壺,吳文榮默默接過。78Please respect copyright.PENANAAj5LJYOoCD
「今天可不請客。要喝酒,就拿肉來換。」
童子袍不滿地嘟囔。吳文榮切了些肉遞過去。兩人就著熱騰騰的烤肉對飲,偶爾夾些青菜。沒多久就風捲殘雲,只剩骨頭。
「你不是專程來蹭飯的吧。什麼事?」78Please respect copyright.PENANAcijo4q74Kx
吳文榮冷冷地問。78Please respect copyright.PENANAZkcMvHWFD8
「嗯,我有些事想問你。」78Please respect copyright.PENANADOaCHFJGv6
「說吧。」78Please respect copyright.PENANApbmdANwUC3
「你有沒有跟魔星正面交手過?」78Please respect copyright.PENANAgMuVl4QBKe
吳文榮想了想。78Please respect copyright.PENANAtuaQ3bvFmj
「幾次吧。就是在吸收他們時,遇到反抗的情況。」78Please respect copyright.PENANA8A0Gmd5wTC
「你有沒有做得太過火?」78Please respect copyright.PENANASe7b8RYvDV
「什麼意思?」
「就是你太強了,差點把魔星給殺了之類的。」78Please respect copyright.PENANApuSVkJP7aS
吳文榮說:78Please respect copyright.PENANABaOzsgcCak
「嗯……有一次,我重創了一個魔星的要害,把他打昏後吸收了。但之後大概三天,我都感應不到那傢伙的存在。啊對了,那是天速星。現在回想起來,或許那時候很危險。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAckghb9NeO0
童子袍咯咯笑道:78Please respect copyright.PENANA5FNmMKyUQv
「這樣啊,果然如此。這下我確定了。」78Please respect copyright.PENANA4EekZVWD8Q
那笑聲實在太詭異,吳文榮趕緊站起來拉開距離。78Please respect copyright.PENANAAuCrLSlmEd
童子袍喃喃自語:78Please respect copyright.PENANAJJZ5cC6Bmt
「天界的神祇來到人界,就不再不死了。……就像魚兒換了水,也會虛弱一樣。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAVa8t6kvc5q
說著,他站起身踱來踱去。過了一會,像是想到什麼,轉過頭來問:78Please respect copyright.PENANANLUH2t6pVW
「對了吳文榮,從那之後你的修為如何?有沒有更上一層樓?」78Please respect copyright.PENANAwvrzfcSJhe
面對如此明目張膽的挑釁,吳文榮勃然大怒。他握緊拳頭,悄無聲息地拉近距離。78Please respect copyright.PENANAMFNlf6rzZB
「哦,好快。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAQoGrp0mxPF
童子袍苦笑,卻輕鬆閃過拳頭。吳文榮咬牙切齒,正要再次出手,童子袍卻像揮鞭般一揮手。78Please respect copyright.PENANAzpvrGMnOgb
「唔!」
吳文榮胸口一痛,跪倒在地。明明沒有肢體接觸。78Please respect copyright.PENANANG42CqgMVA
「你是很快,但我能以速度產生衝擊波。恕我直言,咱倆的差距猶如天壤。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAg1hlpR48Q0
童子袍笑著說完,走進蘆葦叢不見蹤影。78Please respect copyright.PENANAOPisbDdCiy
吳文榮目送他離去,擦去額頭的汗水。
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八月下旬,亥衛山。78Please respect copyright.PENANAkHcUbLjueF
收星陣一行人暫住在那座古老的廟宇。78Please respect copyright.PENANAmrjrddbzLW
正在通風良好的陰涼處打盹的鋼先,聽見哥哥在喊:78Please respect copyright.PENANA6YjuyvjhFX
「鋼先,鋼先!百威回來了!」78Please respect copyright.PENANADIU4wPcoxN
「嗯?啊,總算來了。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAt6EPFt8bzC
睡眼惺忪的鋼先望向哥哥所指之處,卻皺起了眉頭。78Please respect copyright.PENANAXHeILNcj4P
「這確實是百威沒錯,但牠好像有點不對勁。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAY3QTMn3XrW
百威拖著一隻大小不一的翅膀搖搖晃晃地飛來,一見到鋼先就興奮地叫個不停。78Please respect copyright.PENANAmE7WyPi8Xz
緊接著魯乘也現身了。78Please respect copyright.PENANASv1gr9GH0P
「哦,大夥都在啊。抱歉,我們來遲了。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAfxbXGXxeb2
鋼先笑著揮手。78Please respect copyright.PENANAbuCr9oXKF5
「你們平安就好。來喝杯茶吧。」
久別重逢的收星陣眾人,在廟宇後院席地而坐。78Please respect copyright.PENANA2BOrC4xyin
大家輪流講述在遁甲森林的經歷,魯乘也將捉到的魔星收進朔月鏡。78Please respect copyright.PENANAuNCbu2LHUo
隨後,鋼先轉述了和李白等人的際遇。
接著魯乘提到颱風魔星一事,眾人都驚訝地望向百威。
「雖然百威不會說話,但地然星他們跟我講了事情的經過。那真是一場殊死搏鬥。百威直接飛進颱風,將閃電纏在自己的鋼翅上,狠狠教訓了那幾個魔星。」
「太厲害了,不愧是百威!」78Please respect copyright.PENANAsff9V7z8a0
李秀感動地撫摸著百威,後者不好意思地發癢。
「就算是我們,恐怕也辦不到吧。畢竟對手可是颱風啊。」78Please respect copyright.PENANANC975gaWSn
萍鶴也由衷地讚嘆。倒是雷先不服氣地嚷嚷:78Please respect copyright.PENANAqiLUj6M1it
「不試試怎麼知道?可惜了,我也想跟那玩意一決高下!」78Please respect copyright.PENANAnZh5vGmdO3
鋼先笑道:78Please respect copyright.PENANAvAdzzDnZvQ
「哥哥還是老樣子,死性不改。總之百威老師,謝啦。你拼了老命才剿滅那些煞星,真是辛苦你了。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAGD26RDf8aE
他直視著百威的眼睛。百威自豪地叫了一聲,張開雙翼。
魯乘解釋道:78Please respect copyright.PENANAuBQ0b3ePYL
「百威失去了鋼鐵義翼,目前用獵到的鴿子翅膀湊合著用,但太輕了,不好操縱。」78Please respect copyright.PENANA4nuR94eVz2
「那就再幫牠做一副唄。」李秀說。78Please respect copyright.PENANA17gMbfuZFn
「說得容易,」魯乘搖頭,「上等鋼材哪有那麼好找?還要花時間打造。總之現在先權充,回頭再說。——不過眼下有更緊要的事得跟你們講,這可不是什麼好消息啊。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAD6fVle0PUA
魯乘突然正色,眾人忙不迭地屏氣凝神。
「其實昨天為止,我還和九天玄女姊妹在一塊兒。是聽她倆說的。——有人潛入了龍虎山的上清宮,在打探魔星的消息。張天師已經向天界通報此事。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAms3OFn6yZo
鋼先等人面面相覷,驚愕不已。78Please respect copyright.PENANA2Fr947dKq7
雷先激動地說:78Please respect copyright.PENANA7lnpT0oOpO
「可是,龍虎山周圍有張天師設下的結界,外人根本無法隨意進出啊。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAYXxNyqyjmv
魯乘搖頭道:78Please respect copyright.PENANA4gZ6SrXx5W
「那結界只對一百零八星為首的天界人士有效。畢竟不能連普通遊客都攔在外頭。」78Please respect copyright.PENANA1AXSfalOcm
雷先狐疑地問:78Please respect copyright.PENANA26TRWK5Z6G
「那不就沒事了?誰會冒險潛入,你想太多了吧。」
鋼先拍了哥哥的肩膀制止他,說:78Please respect copyright.PENANA2Q4jFlX6pO
「不對。打探魔星的,不是天界而是人間。而且,上清宮內部有人洩露了消息?」78Please respect copyright.PENANACS0VF90737
雷先和李秀大吃一驚。魯乘搖頭否認:78Please respect copyright.PENANANtwp2BUnfo
「並非如此。走漏風聲的,是那幫魔星自個兒啊。……間諜先是偽裝成一般遊客混進去,跟在上清宮閒晃的魔星接觸。然後請他們喝酒,恭維幾句說『你看著就很厲害』,接下來的事你們懂的。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAO6f6U7y7om
「什麼?就這樣?」眾人無語,只覺事情太過荒唐。
鋼先接口道:78Please respect copyright.PENANAmaP0LJ5oGi
「看來優待魔星的做法,反而適得其反了。……我有種不祥之感。打打殺殺,逍遙快活的日子怕是到頭了。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAexRroleZoB
他目光如炬,鏗鏘有力。78Please respect copyright.PENANAfoKeucgs8G
「所以說,幕後黑手是吳文榮囉?」78Please respect copyright.PENANAZHDGuwiE4v
雷先一臉恍然大悟,魯乘卻搖頭。78Please respect copyright.PENANALPajtNAd3h
「據說間諜不止一人,背後似乎有某個組織在活動。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAx21BrLHyWm
鋼先點頭問道:78Please respect copyright.PENANAjqqAk7MpbZ
「目前掌握的情報就這些?」78Please respect copyright.PENANAUH7xPKpdtN
「嗯。姊妹倆讓你們有任何線索就寫信告訴她們。——你們怎麼看?」78Please respect copyright.PENANAuKOQYZslxv
「我和李白,張巡談過,他們對此事一無所知。……說不定對方正等著情報收集齊全,再一舉拿下我們。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAITmzagCE7e
眾人面面相覷,陷入沉默。
過了一會,雷先開口了。78Please respect copyright.PENANA6H0BMZPsIm
「喂,魯乘,六合姊妹去哪了?既然昨天還在一起,你怎不帶她們來?」78Please respect copyright.PENANAE7ZM3uI6hy
被心上人放了鴿子,雷先顯然很不是滋味。78Please respect copyright.PENANALDg0EWhcuY
魯乘趕忙擺手解釋:78Please respect copyright.PENANAoQ3kxkOH1x
「我勸過她們的,可人家說有事就匆匆走了。——對了對了,六合姊妹託我轉交鋼先一封信。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAWva82Rmg1q
魯乘從懷中掏出信遞過去。78Please respect copyright.PENANAsNRA1dbGr7
鋼先想起先前因吳文榮一事與姊妹起了爭執。他悄悄打開信,只見信中為那件事道歉,還提到她們在分別後不久就被西王母召見,並見到了上清宮的張天師。78Please respect copyright.PENANABgAUryOebK
讀到第二頁時,鋼先停了下來,把信遞給哥哥。78Please respect copyright.PENANAsThsJBOUIn
「這部分是寫給你的,真是恭喜啊。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAg5GfiR5vGl
「咦?」78Please respect copyright.PENANAuRoDfa4aRJ
雷先臉紅了,大聲念道:78Please respect copyright.PENANA0N4kZnLmjU
「賀雷先,近來可好?那日與鋼先見面時一同擊敗的魔星,已動身去尋找地暗星。若一切順利,想必不久便會前來投誠。煩請不時留意朔月鏡的動靜。——六合慧女」78Please respect copyright.PENANAZ3Or1VtaQL
內容雖不甚曖昧,讀罷雷先卻感動得熱淚盈眶。鋼先和李秀竊笑道:「又不是什麼祕密,幹嘛唸出來丟人現眼。」
魯乘環顧眾人,正色道:78Please respect copyright.PENANAmqGPFlY67B
「抱歉,讓大伙久等了。總之能齊聚一堂,實屬不易啊。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAd0bPSjVbwC
鋼先點頭附和:78Please respect copyright.PENANARngdQdU7gr
「可不是嘛。到目前為止,咱們大概收服了四十來顆魔星。雖說征途漫漫,但還是鼓起勇氣繼續前進吧。信上還提到了下一個目的地。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAB5R7GczPir
「去哪兒?」78Please respect copyright.PENANAc8zPtE9D4U
大夥異口同聲。78Please respect copyright.PENANAJQc06w3JZb
鋼先伸指一點:78Please respect copyright.PENANAYm38seSp6k
「山東地區,梁山。」78Please respect copyright.PENANAtYUGCtzlFl
78Please respect copyright.PENANArBR6dxjO02