The wind whistles, the ancient road bleakly stretches forward alone.

Yiyi Xian and her granddaughter Xiaohuan have left Death Lake and traveled eastward for three days.

In the middle of the day, they were still walking on the ancient road, but the originally flat wilderness on both sides of the ancient road had been replaced by more and more hills and jungles.

Zhou Yixian glanced forward and saw a dilapidated stone pavilion on the roadside not far ahead. He felt tired from walking, so he turned to Xiaohuan and said, "Let's go over and have a rest."

Xiaohuan responded, then glanced back, with a smile in his eyes, and said: "Taoist Master, let's go sit down together!"

Taoist Wild Dog who had been following them smiled and nodded. Originally, Taoist Wild Dog followed Yiyi Xian and Xiaohuan from afar after leaving Death Lake. For some reason, Taoist Taoist Wild Dog followed Yiyi Xian and Xiaohuan from a distance. At first, it made Yiyi Xian a little uneasy. But before

A few days later, Xiaohuan suddenly met a middle-aged man on the road who claimed to be a tourist. Xiaohuan said a few words to him, and the relationship became closer. In the past few days, he got much closer and followed directly behind them.

Zhou Yixian walked to the pavilion and watched Taoist Wild Dog follow Xiaohuan in. He was not as polite to the wild dog as Xiaohuan. He rolled his eyes and suddenly said in a strange and sinister manner: "I said Taoist Wild Dog, what are you doing?"

Are you following the two of us all the time? We are all paupers and have nothing for you to grab."

Wild Dog Taoist glared at Zhou Xian and retorted: "Smelly old man, you are pretending to be poor again. Don't think I don't know there is something weird in that bamboo pole of yours!"

Both Zhou Yi Xian and Xiao Huan were startled. Zhou Yi Xian immediately jumped up as if his buttocks were burned, his face flushed, and he said angrily: "Good guy, I've known for a long time that you are not a good person. You are indeed coveting my money."

Taoist Wild Dog rolled his eyes at him, but before he spoke, Xiao Huan next to him said with slight surprise: "Taoist Master, how do you know?"

As soon as Xiaohuan opened his mouth, Taoist Wild Dog's voice suddenly became quieter for some reason. He hesitated for a moment and said to Xiaohuan: "He never leaves his hands with the bamboo pole every day, even holding it in his arms when sleeping. That's fine, but he

Every once in a while, I would touch the bamboo pole involuntarily. Seeing this, any idiot would know that there is something wrong with the bamboo pole."

Xiaohuan burst out laughing. Old Zhouxian blushed, snorted, and turned away. Suddenly he felt that it was too embarrassing, so he turned back to Taoist Wild Dog and said angrily: "Even if there is something wrong with my bamboo pole,

It’s not your turn to take care of it. You can tell me why you keep following us?”

Taoist Wild Dog was stunned and speechless for a moment.

Zhou Yixian suddenly became proud, with a smile on his face, he pointed at the wild dog and said: "Ha, don't think I don't know that you covet my property and our Xiaohuan's beauty, and you are plotting evil all day long..."

"Grandpa!" Xiao Huan's face turned red and she called out to Zhou Xian loudly.

Only then did Zhou Yixian realize that what he said was wrong, but he couldn't hold back his old face and said, "Tell me, is it..."

Wild Dog Taoist glanced at Xiao Huan secretly, and saw that the fair skin on the girl's face was now white and rosy, slightly shy, but her bright eyes were like stars, shining brightly, and a youthful beauty was really coming to her face. Wild Dog Taoist

The dog suddenly felt inferior for no reason and lowered his head.

Xiao Huan glared at her grandfather, Zhou Xian. She had traveled all over the world with Zhou Xian since she was a child, and she was well-informed. Naturally, she was more open-minded than ordinary girls. At this moment, she turned to Taoist Taoist Wild Dog and said, "Taoist Priest, don't listen.

My grandfather said nonsense, he is like a dog and cannot spit out ivory..."

Zhou Yixian was furious and said: "How dare you call grandpa a dog? That guy is obviously a wild dog!"

Xiaohuan stuck out his tongue and made a face at the wild dog. There was a buzz in the wild dog's mind, and he felt that his eyes were full of this beautiful face, and could no longer tolerate other colors, and he couldn't care less about Zhou Xian mocking him.

.

Zhou Yixian turned his head angrily and said to the wild dog: "Hey, you haven't said why you are following us yet! If you can tell me a good reason, I will let you follow; if you can't tell, hehe, I will let you know.

My awesomeness!"

The wild dog slowly withdrew his gaze, remained silent for a long time, and said, "I don't know either."

"Ha!" Zhou Xian laughed loudly, with disdain on his face.

Xiaohuan looked at Taoist Wild Dog and said with interest: "Taoist Master, what's wrong? You can't be homeless, right?"

The wild dog smiled bitterly and said: "You are right." For some reason, he seemed to be particularly willing to talk in front of this girl at the moment. As soon as he started talking, he continued inexplicably: "I have been weird since I was a child.

My parents treated me as a monster and threw me into the wilderness, leaving me to fend for myself..."

"Ah!" Xiao Huan covered her mouth with her hands, surprised. But Zhou Xian rolled his eyes with a look of disbelief.

The wild dog Taoist continued: "Later I was found by a group of wild dogs. Instead of eating me, they took food in their mouths and fed me. So after I became wiser, I always called myself wild dogs."

Zhou Yixian sneered again from the side, but Xiaohuan looked attentive and nodded slightly.

Wild Dog Taoist ignored Yi Xian, smiled at Xiao Huan, and said: "So I have never had a home since I was a child. If I must say it, the kennel is my home. Later, a senior from the previous generation of Blood Refining Hall

He met me by chance, and out of pity, he took me under his wing and taught me Taoism. From then on, I considered the Blood Refining Hall to be my home."

Zhou Yixian sneered: "Then you should go back to the Blood Refining Hall. Why are you still walking outside all day?"

Taoist Wild Dog lowered his head, with a gloomy look on his face, and said after a while: "The Blood Refining Hall has been destroyed by the Ghost King Sect, and the leader is the Ghost Li you have seen."

"What?" Zhou Yi Xian and Xiao Huan were both surprised at the same time. The Demon Sect's internal fighting was fierce and cruel, but it did not publicize it to the outside world. Therefore, Yi Yi Xian and others did not know about the Ghost King Sect's annexation of the Blood Refining Hall. However, they were surprised at the same time.

, but their reactions were also different.

Zhou Yixian frowned, as if he had thought of something. He shook his head and sighed for a while, saying: "What a pity! How powerful the Blood Refining Hall was when the black-hearted old man was here, ugh..."

Xiaohuan didn't think much about it, but after being stunned, he remembered something and said, "Did Gui Li lead his men to kill you all? Then why are you still following him?"

The corner of Taoist Wild Dog's mouth twitched, and he slowly and briefly explained what happened.

After hearing this, Xiaohuan snorted and said to Zhou Yixian: "Those old people are too spineless."

But Zhou Yixian glared at her and said: "You are so young, what do you know about having no backbone? If it is a matter of life and death, not everyone has that backbone."

Xiaohuan curled his lips and said, "Then wouldn't this Taoist Wild Dog Priest prefer death to surrender?"

Zhou Yixian glanced at Wild Dog, nodded, and said: "I didn't realize that you still had such backbone before. It's not easy. But over the years, Gui Li has been known as the Blood Master and has killed countless people. Why did he just let him go?"

Passed you?"

Taoist Wild Dog shook his head and said, "I don't know either."

Zhou Yixian was silent, his eyes seemed to be deep in thought, and his usual playful smile had gradually disappeared. Taoist Taoist Wild Dog saw Zhou Yixian suddenly showing such a look, which was very different from the past, and he couldn't help but be startled, but Xiaohuan opened his mouth to speak.

, his attention was attracted.

Xiao Huan glanced at him and whispered: "Then you follow him all day long, don't you feel uncomfortable? He destroyed the Blood Refining Hall, which was so kind to you, you must hate him very much, right?"

The wild dog was at a loss for a while, and then fell silent. After a while, he slowly shook his head and said blankly: "I don't know either. Originally I hated this person very much, but over the past few days, I have slowly thought that there is no point in blaming him.

? Even if it weren’t for him and the Ghost King Sect, the Wandu Sect and the Hehuan Sect would do the same thing, and the Ghost King Sect would just be one step ahead.”

"Huh?" Xiao Huan didn't say anything, but Zhou Xian made a slightly surprised sound first, looked at Taoist Wild Dog up and down again, and said with admiration: "You can actually think of this level, I

I underestimate you."

Taoist Taoist Wild Dog rolled his eyes at Zhou Xian, obviously not interested in Zhou Xian's praise. Zhou Xian was bored, laughed, and was not angry.

Taoist Wild Dog glanced at Xiaohuan and saw her bright eyes like water, which were filled with eye waves, as if they were flowing. It was really touching. For some reason, he did not dare to look more. He lowered his head and said: "I never died that day.

When I came out, I was very tired of spending the whole day among the people of the Ghost King Sect, especially when I occasionally see the elders and others. I happened to see you, so I didn’t know why I followed them."

Taoist Wild Dog suddenly seemed to have thought of something. He quickly raised his head and said to Xiaohuan: "But I have absolutely no intention of harming you. I don't know why. I'm probably just walking around casually! If...if you

If you don't want to, I'll leave now."

Xiaohuan smiled slightly and said: "It doesn't matter! I don't care. Then you can come with us from now on! The world is so big anyway, I don't think you have anywhere to go."

Zhou Yixian was startled, pulled Xiaohuan over and lowered his voice: "Stupid girl, why did you get this guy to follow us?"

Xiaohuan rolled her eyes at her grandfather and said, "This guy or that guy has a name. Besides, he doesn't mean any harm. He's just walking with us. What's there to be afraid of?"

Zhou Yixian said angrily: "You girl, you don't know how high the sky is. He is a notorious person in the demon sect. I heard that he used to..."

Zhou Yixian suddenly stopped talking. Xiaohuan stared at him and said, "What happened to him before? Tell me what heinous bad things you heard about him doing before?"

Zhou Yixian scratched his head, thought for a long time, and said sarcastically: "I don't think I heard what he did..."

Xiaohuan burst out laughing and was about to turn around. Zhou Yixian grabbed Xiaohuan and said, "But it's always no good if you let this person follow us! Why bother?"

Xiaohuan said lightly: "It seems that when we passed by the barren hills last night, a wild boar jumped out from the roadside. Grandpa, you hid far away. It was the Taoist priest who rushed up and drove the wild boar away. Otherwise, I

A weak woman has to face a big wild boar all by herself."

Zhou Yixian's face turned red and he said: "I am old and frail, how can I stop a big wild boar? Besides, are you considered a weak woman? Not to mention the wild boar, even if a tiger comes, you are not...

"

Xiao Huan coughed suddenly, and Zhou Xian stopped talking.

Xiaohuan turned around, smiled brightly at Taoist Wild Dog sitting on the side, and said: "Taoist Master, I'll ask you to take more care of me from now on."

The wild dog stood up quickly and said: "No, it's nothing. If there is any rough work, just let me do it."

Zhou Xian snorted from afar.

At this moment, a cold and calm voice suddenly came from outside the pavilion, saying: "So you ran here."

Taoist Wild Dog was shocked and turned around to see Xiao Huan beside him, who had already lost his voice and said: "Ah! It's you!"

On the ancient road outside the stone pavilion, there was a young man standing with an expressionless face, and a gray-haired monkey lying on his shoulder. It was Gui Li.

It was early autumn at this time. Although it was noon, the sun was not as hot as in summer, and a cool breeze blew from time to time outside the stone pavilion.

But in the stone pavilion, the atmosphere suddenly became silent with the arrival of Gui Li, an uninvited guest.

Taoist Wild Dog sat aside with his face turning red and white, his eyes staring at the ground, and it could be seen that he was really nervous. Gui Li still stood on the other side with an expressionless face, and did not look at Taoist Wild Dog. Instead,

Watching Zhou Xian.

Xiaohuan looked at Taoist Wild Dog, then at Gui Li, and said carefully after a while: "Well, Zhang... Master Gui Li, you, why are you here?"

Gui Li glanced at her and said, "I'm here to see your grandpa."
To be continued...