The shabby room had broken curtains and it was quiet in the dead of night. One person and one fox suddenly met each other, and the atmosphere was a bit awkward.

Liu Xiaomu laughed out loud, and after a long moment of slumping, he lost his guard and said, "Little Taoist priest! Those two pieces of music are pretty good. If I didn't want to listen to them, I wouldn't bother to show up!"

The moment he saw Liu Xiaomu, Yang Chaoxi felt much more at ease. It had been almost half a month since he came down the mountain. If it hadn't been for the death of Senior Sister Luo Rou, and Aunt Chunxi had taught him the art, he would never have been so persistent.

To find out the truth of the matter.

Manpower is sometimes poor, and one's own strength often appears too small and pale when faced with a huge force or a huge plan.

Yang Chaoxi had mixed feelings: "Aunt Xiaomu, I've taken Xun as my nickname whenever I'm free these days. Why do you always ignore me?"

Liu Xiaomu smiled bitterly and said: "That day when I left Mang Mountain, I kept hiding here and there without a definite destination. I never heard you play the xun." There was a hint of apology in his words, but soon he smiled deeply, "Later... I always

Being around you, I just left my old love, found a new love, and flirted with women, so unhappy! So... I can't bear to disturb you, hehe! "

Yang Zhaoxi was immediately embarrassed: "You...you peeked at me!"

Liu Xiaomu rolled her eyes: "My aunt has been traveling among the human race for more than five hundred years. What kind of human affairs have I never seen? I just looked at some of them. The little Taoist priests, the two young Taoist nuns who were coy and reluctant to talk.

, in fact, they all favor you, right?

You, on the other hand, managed to sway Miss Cui's sixth daughter's heart easily, but you hesitated and hesitated, thus betraying her good intentions. Hehe! I feel so sorry for you!"

Yang Chaoxi's face turned red from suppressing it, and she hesitated for a long time before saying: "I just... she and I have a very different family background after all, and there will be no good results... How can we do that thing of starting chaos and finally abandoning it! Besides...

Besides, didn't my aunt say that if you don't cultivate until the soul leaves the body, you can't break the "innate essence", otherwise you will have no chance of the great road..."

Liu Xiaomu's Taoist skills are so deep that she can naturally see the night as day. She clearly saw Yang Chaoxi's transformation from embarrassment, to shame and anger, to self-defeating. She couldn't help but ridiculed: "But in your heart, there is

Don’t think so! If you weren’t upset, why would you go to the wine shop and sit across from Hu Ji and have a drink to drown your sorrows? Besides, the Tianzhu dancer who accompanies you to perform orders is also a person with stunning appearance. Tsk! You

Have you really never been tempted? Geez!"

Yang Zhaoxi suddenly became speechless. Although Liu Xiaomu was watching from the sidelines, when he commented, every word was heartbreaking. When he first saw Xiaoman, a dancer from Tianzhu, he was astonished. Later, he met him twice by chance. Even a stone man was unavoidable.

You want to be tempted and have unreasonable thoughts, right?

Yang Zhaoxi was silent for a long time, then awkwardly changed the subject and said: "Aunt Xiaomu, I called you here because I want your help with something. Senior Sister Linji Guanshui Xizi Luo Rou died suddenly and violently half a month ago.

yes…………"

Yang Chaoxi looked solemn as he recalled what he had seen and heard about Luo Rou's death since he came down the mountain. He told Liu Xiaomu in detail, and then said sincerely,

"The only one on the run now is the tiger demon. There was only one incarnation that did evil at that time, and it was taken away by a mysterious man with a bronze mirror; but the real body is unknown where it is hiding, and it has never fought with it. But according to the master of Hongdao Temple

Yuchi Yuan, the leader of the Beggar Clan, Long Zaitian, said that the tiger demon is quite intelligent, has powerful spells, and is at least at the sixth level of Qi Refining."

Liu Xiaomu's eyes flashed with a bright smile, but he didn't dwell on the topic just now. He said reluctantly: "The two Taoist cultivators are also knowledgeable, and they actually understand the method of demon cultivator's incarnation. Do you want me to help you find your idea?

That tiger monster? Or even subdue it?"

"Aunt Xiaomu really has a beautiful heart, and she hit the nail on the head." Yang Chaoxi complimented with hope in her eyes.

"Impossible! First of all, although our demon tribe attacks each other, it is just internal fighting. If you do things for the human race, you will be a traitor who will be killed by all the demons. You will be stigmatized as a 'monster' and will ascend to heaven and earth in the future.

, it is difficult to gain a foothold. Secondly, even if I am willing to be a 'monster', this tiger demon's cultivation level should be on par with mine, or even worse. I can't defeat it, so how can I help you?" Liu Xiaomu smiled.

Unreduced, clean rejection.

"Well, then, aunt, asking you for some information about the tiger demon is not considered 'demon rape', right? What is the weakness of the tiger demon? If people from our Taoist sect want to find the tiger demon, what magic can be used? If we find it,

How to surrender the tiger demon?" Yang Zhaoxi refused to give up and continued to ask.

"It's really perseverant! The tiger demon rarely gathers in groups and is hard to find. However, since the mysterious man has taken its incarnation, his true form will definitely come to Luoyang to seek revenge, so just wait for it to come to you. As for surrendering

, Unless the Taoist skills are far better than it, otherwise you will die. In addition, the tiger is also called the 'Tiger', which is almost invincible among the beasts and has no weaknesses." Liu Xiaomu snorted coldly, seeming to be full of Yang Chaoxi's whimsical question.

Disdainful.

There is no weakness...and he will come to seek revenge! Yang Zhaoxi began to be a little worried. Those who participated in the roundup that night included people from the Taoist sect and bad guards from Wuhoupu. If the tiger demon really came to seek revenge, who knows who Zhong Jiudao was?

Not an opponent.

"If I guess correctly, you should know the mysterious man who took away the tiger demon's incarnation, right?" Liu Xiaomu had already sat down on the waist stool by the window and stretched his arms lazily.

Seeing that he couldn't hide it from her, Yang Zhaoxi simply confessed: "We do know him. He is an unpredictable senior. I just promised him not to reveal his name."

"It's so mysterious that there must be a ghost! Who he is, I'm not interested in knowing! But the person who tied the bell needs to be tied to untie the bell. Since he can arrest the tiger demon incarnation, he must have other ways to deal with it. Why don't you call him

Come and ask?" Liu Xiaomu chuckled.

Seeing that she was so perfunctory, Yang Zhaoxi felt helpless and changed the topic: "Aunt Xiaomu, what are you doing in Luoyang City these days? You're not just here to spy on me, are you?"

Liu Xiaomu laughed out loud: "You are so sentimental! Do you think that I, a woman from the demon race, are just like you from the human race, only thinking about how to have fun every day and grow old together? I have seen that recently, several groups of humans are looking for a "Rushui"

Jian'. I'm a little curious in my heart, and I want to fish in troubled waters, so I can look for it!"

Yang Zhaoxi looked in disbelief: "Ah? Auntie, you are a fox demon...a fox fairy, your toes and claws are sharper than swords. Why are you fighting for the 'water sword'? Besides, I have never seen you use a sword!"

"I'm bored, so I'm going to look around. Just take a look and see what these groups of human beings want to do!" Liu Xiaomu suddenly returned to her quirky girl appearance, her eyes curved like a hooked moon, "By coincidence, aren't you here too?

Do you want to explore secretly? From now on, I will follow my aunt so that I don’t have to go to Tongyuan Canal to fish for money and be as dirty as a mud monkey every day. Giggle!"

Yang Chaoxi scratched her head politely but awkwardly: "You know it all! Let me thank my aunt first. Recently, I have had a lot of confusion on the way to practice Taoism, and I need my aunt's generous advice..."

"Teach me some advice! I can't tell you. My aunt has been in a good mood recently, so she just gave you some random advice... It's just that our fox tribe never engages in loss-making business. How can you thank me, little Taoist priest?" Liu Xiaomu suddenly smiled like a profiteer.

Yang Zhaoxi touched all over his body, and found that except for the few dozen taels of silver left, there was nothing left to offer. He could only smile bitterly and said: "I don't have much left in my pocket, and I have no rich relatives or official friends.

I wonder what my aunt wants?"

Liu Xiaomu rested his forehead on his right hand, tilted his head and said thoughtfully: "You little Taoist priest, you are really worthless and useless! I feel like becoming a Taoist friend with you is like knowing a poor relative... That's all! I owe it to you first!"

Yang Chaoxi was about to happily agree when he suddenly thought of the "auspicious prophecy" written by Master Gongsun before he left, and said with a smile: "I almost forgot! Master Gongsun gave me a copy of the 'auspicious prophecy', saying that it was from that year

The income I got from supporting the ji when I was in Taiwei Palace is related to the whereabouts of the Rushui Sword. I can give it to my aunt for reference!"

The stars in Liu Xiaomu's eyes lit up, and her smile grew stronger: "Take it out quickly!"

Yang Zhaoxi turned out the neatly folded yellow paper and handed it to Liu Xiaomu's catkin hands. He put the pottery xun away, stood up, and went to hold the lamp as a habit.

"No problem! I can see clearly." Liu Xiaomu stopped him with a smile, "I am a demon cultivator who came uninvited. If Long Zaitian knew his whereabouts, wouldn't he be bombarded with dozens of magic weapons? Giggles.

!”

Yang Zhaoxi also smiled and said: "Aunt Xiaomu, you even know that we asked Long Zaitian to borrow magic weapons, and you still said you weren't spying on me?"

Liu Xiaomu smiled but did not answer, his eyes were already cast on the unfolded yellow paper, and he couldn't help but mutter:

"The stele is a sword tomb, and the sword is buried in the stele. If there is no trace of the stele, the sword will also become empty... If you dig out the spring surge, you will see the white edge."

After reading it once and carefully reading it, I felt that something was pointed out, deeply hidden in it, and I had a feeling of enlightenment. I couldn't help but secretly thought:

It turns out that that ancient stele was left here by An Lushan! No wonder no one who is interested has been able to find it in the past twenty years. Li Changyuan's joke was too big, but... it's also quite interesting!

Liu Xiaomu pretended to ponder for a moment, then raised his head and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "What do you mean?"

"The first sixteen characters are easy to understand. The 'Sword Like Water' seems to be sealed in a stone tablet. Only when you find the stone tablet can you find the sword. There is also the song 'Sword Like Water', which I recited to my aunt..." Yang Zhaoxi actually said

I can only make a rough guess. Since it is just a prophecy, it will not be so thorough. It needs to be guessed by someone with a clear mind.

"There is no need to memorize poems. Those poems are quite common. In the temples, rivers and lakes, there are not many people who know the 'Sword Song Like Water'. Who can find a sword just by relying on a few sword songs?"

Liu Xiaomu frowned slightly and interrupted Yang Zhaoxi. A slightly troubled look appeared on her face, but it also had a different charm.

"We still need to analyze it sentence by sentence. The two sentences 'Tianjie is in the east, looking at the Immortal Palace in the north' should be the location of the stone monument. 'Tianjie is in the east' means that the stone monument is in the west of Tianjie, and 'looking at the Immortal Palace in the north'

'It means that the north side of the stone monument looks at the 'Immortal Palace' in the distance."

"Is there a 'fairy palace' in Luoyang City? Aunt Xiaomu, your explanation is meaningless." Yang Zhaoxi curled his lips and said.

"You don't understand this! When Yu Wenkai built Luoyang City, he used the ground as the astrolabe and the Luo River as the river. He built the current palace city, imperial city, and outer city to correspond to Ziwei Yuan and Taiwei Yuan.

and Tianshiyuan. Among them, Ziweiyuan is centered on the North Pole, meaning 'Beichen Weiwei', because Ziwei Palace is the place where the Emperor of Heaven lives. So it is not an exaggeration to call it 'Immortal Palace'." Liu Xiaomu Bowen

Strong knowledge and eloquent talk.

"Then it means that the stone tablet is located south of Ziwei Palace and west of Tianjie. But looking at it this way, the area is still very large." Yang Chaoxi lost no time in throwing out his questions, waiting for Liu Xiaomu to answer.

"Next, 'Lingbo is red, and Luoshui is connected', which means that there are red waves here for several hectares, connected to Luoshui. It means that the actual position is still south of Luoshui. It's just a water wave, why is it red?" Liu Xiaomu

He explained something in a vague way.

"I understand. 'The cold rushes down, the green blood dissolves', which means that the sword is cold, covered with blood, and rushes into several acres of red waves. This is also an allusion to the actions of the officials and people of Luoyang City during the Jizhou Rebellion.

They were all slaughtered, and the blood was so miserable that the rivers and swamps in Luoyang were all dyed red." Yang Chaoxi looked like he had a pearl of wisdom in his hand.

Liu Xiaomu glared at him, and then said: "That's basically true. 'The pond is flying and the garden is frozen' gives two pieces of information. One is that this place is a palace, and the other is that the season is still cold.

The only one that fits the location, hydrology and architectural characteristics is 'Shendu Garden'."

"But Shendu Garden is a forbidden garden for the royal family, so how can we go in and search...wait! 'The cold rushes down, the green blood melts, and the pool flies into the Qiong'. Aunt Xiaomu, please connect the first word of each sentence and read it!"

Yang Zhaoxi suddenly noticed something and said anxiously.

"Ning, Bi, Chi!" Liu Xiaomu was also really surprised. He had just looked over and over, but he had never seen such a straightforward statement.

"So the following sentence is easy to explain. 'The stone suppresses the algae, and the fish and dragon lurk together' means that the stone tablet sank to the bottom of the water, playing with fish, shrimps, and dragons. 'If you dig out the spring surge, you will see the white front' means that in winter

Frozen swamps, only when the snow melts and the spring waves surge, can you go out to find them!"

When Yang Zhaoxi said the last word, he was actually a little excited. He had carried this "auspicious prophecy" with him for many days, but thought it was of little use, so he never thought about it in detail. Now he suddenly figured out the whereabouts of the "Ru Shui Sword", and he vaguely felt that he was related to the "Ru Shui Sword".

"Sword" seems to have a chance.
To be continued...