Just after midnight, when the sky was slightly bright, suddenly dozens of black shadows swept up the top of Zhongnan Mountain and headed straight for Chongyang Palace.
Not long after, fire broke out in several palace buildings for no apparent reason. Many Taoist priests in the Chongyang Palace were awakened and panicked.
"It's gone!"
Soon, several Taoist priests were holding gongs and shouting warnings everywhere, but they suddenly became mute after just a few ringings.
"Something's wrong, Chunchun, wake up quickly."
Ning Ruirui had just fallen asleep and suddenly woke up and immediately pushed Shi Chun who was sleeping next to her.
Shi Chun slept soundly, and didn't wake up even after being pushed. He seemed to be dreaming of something sweet, and the expression on his face was very happy.
Seeing her like this, Ning Ruirui let her go to sleep, while she put on her clothes and got up, slowly walking out of the room.
"do not move!"
As soon as he walked out, a long sword was handed out from the diagonal stab, and it was placed across Ning Ruirui's fair and slender neck.
"who are you?"
Ning Ruirui felt that the person holding the sword was also a woman, so she couldn't help but ask: "You dare to make trouble here, don't you know this is the Chongyang Palace?"
The woman holding the sword sneered: "It's just because this is the Chongyang Palace that I came here to cause trouble.
What, do you have any objections?"
"I don't have any opinion."
Ning Ruirui didn't panic and said calmly: "I just don't understand why you are seeking death?"
"If you keep talking nonsense, you are really looking for death!"
The woman holding the sword probably had a bad temper, or maybe she was jealous after seeing Ning Ruirui's beautiful face, so she was so rude to her.
"Although I don't know how many of you there are and what you want to do."
Ning Ruirui was not an obedient person. She chuckled and said, "But are you really ready to bear the consequences? You must know that Headmaster Ren's cultivation level is not low, not to mention that there are even more powerful masters in Zhongnan Mountain now.
Come on, are you really not afraid of dying without a burial place by doing this?"
"It's none of your business, shut up!"
The woman holding the sword was also emotionally unstable, and she was obviously a little scared deep inside.
Ning Ruirui smiled faintly: "Are you anxious?"
"I told you to shut up. If you say one more thing, believe it or not, I will stab you."
The woman holding the sword lowered her voice and warned angrily.
"I really don't believe it!"
Ning Ruirui replied, and she quickly avoided the edge of the sword and appeared in front of the woman holding the sword. She raised her hand and slapped her in the chest.
The woman holding the sword was alert, and Ning Ruirui noticed it as soon as she moved. Unfortunately, her reaction was not fast enough. Even though she was prepared, she still could not block Ning Ruirui's attack.
"Well!"
The woman holding the sword groaned softly, immediately raised the sword and retreated, staring coldly at Ning Ruirui: "I didn't want to kill you, you'd better not seek death!"
"You are no match for me, so you are the one seeking death."
Ning Ruirui's pretty face turned cold, and she said with a warning: "However, if you dare to cause trouble in Chongyang Palace, you must have been prepared to die."
The eyes of the woman holding the sword suddenly turned around, wondering what kind of evil idea she was planning.
"Don't even think about escaping. Your speed is not as fast as mine."
Ning Ruirui looked at the woman with an indifferent expression, "As long as you dare to withdraw, I will definitely catch your flaws."
The woman holding the sword hesitated for a second or two, then suddenly let out a strange low whistle from her mouth covered by a scarf.
"Are you calling your companions?"
Ning Ruirui couldn't help but shook her head, "It's useless no matter how many people you call."
Sure enough, less than three seconds after the roar passed, three masked men in black clothes floated over.
"No. 7, what's wrong with you?"
One of the tall figures growled unhappily: "Just kill this woman with one sword. Why did you call us here?"
The woman holding the sword was also a little dissatisfied with the other party's attitude, but she still replied: "It's a tough idea, I might not be able to handle her."
"What a waste!"
The tall figure spat, glanced at Ning Ruirui, and immediately punched Ning Ruirui with both fists, "This girl went to the King of Hell, don't blame me for being ruthless, only blame you.
Time appears in Chongyang Palace!"
"Bang!"
Ning Ruirui kicked the man away and said calmly: "Don't blame me, I blame you for your lack of strength and being too useless."
The tall figure suddenly fell to the ground hundreds of meters away and fainted.
The other two masked men who followed the tall figure couldn't help but look at each other. They obviously didn't expect Ning Ruirui to be so strong, and they could kill the strongest among them in one move.
"Come together and kill her!"
The woman holding the sword was worried and couldn't help but said to the other two.
The two people also knew that time was running out and there must be no hesitation, so they drew their swords and surrounded Ning Ruirui.
"Bang, bang, bang!"
But before the three of them could make a move, a mysterious force picked them up one by one and threw them directly to the bottom of the cliff as if they were throwing away garbage.
"Little long-legged girl, just kill idiots like this. There's no need to waste time with them."
Xia Tian fell from the sky, landed lightly on Ning Ruirui's side, hugged her slender waist, and said with a smile.
Ning Ruirui felt much relieved when she saw Xia Xia, but she asked: "Where did you go just now, and who are these people?"
"Just now, I went to see the master."
Xia Tian replied: "Although his medical skills are good, his skills are really average. If he is accidentally killed by these people, I have to save him, which is really troublesome."
Ning Ruirui also asked with some worry: "How is he now?"
"fine."
Xia Tian chuckled, "I helped him find his old lover. He should be safe now, but in another sense, the trouble may be even greater."
"Old lover?
Who is it?"
Ning Ruirui had never met Liu Xihua when she was underground, so naturally she didn't know what Xia Tian was talking about.
Xia Tian didn't want to talk more about this topic, so he asked instead: "Where is the pure girl?"
"She's still sleeping. She was in a deep sleep, so I didn't wake her up."
Ning Ruirui replied.
Xia Tian nodded and said casually: "There is really no need to wake her up for such a small scene, let her sleep peacefully."
"Then let's go to Chongyang Palace and have a look."
Ning Ruirui frowned slightly, "I suspect these people are going for Headmaster Ren. At this juncture, nothing can happen to him."
"Little long-legged girl, you guessed wrong right now. These idiots are not here for Headmaster Ren."
Xia Tian gave up and denied Ning Ruirui's guess.
Ning Ruirui looked at Xia Tian with some surprise: "Do you know what their purpose is?"
"I know."
Xia Tian yawned lazily, "I came here for the messenger from the fairy world, oh, and the Taoist priest with thick eyebrows."
When Ning Ruirui heard this, a thought flashed through her mind: "Are they here to kill people and silence them?"
"Whether it's killing people or saving people, it has nothing to do with us."
Xia Tian said nonchalantly: "As long as they don't come to provoke us, then we can just watch the fun."
"That won't work."
Ning Ruirui categorically objected, "We cannot let them do whatever they want in Zhongnan Mountain, otherwise, we will have no place to save our face."
Xia Tian thought about it and felt that what Ning Ruirui said made sense, so he said, "Then let's go over and have a look."
At this time, fires broke out everywhere in Chongyang Palace, and hundreds of Taoist priests were busy fetching water to put out the fire.
On the other hand, the atmosphere in Headmaster Ren's room was peaceful even though there were three more uninvited guests.
"We are guests from afar, how about having a cup of tea together?"
Headmaster Ren was not asleep and had been meditating. He was not surprised when he saw the visitor. Instead, he smiled and said hello.
"As expected of a respected figure in this religion, his magnanimity is extraordinary. Even when he was about to die, he still wanted to drink tea."
One of them was wrapped the most tightly, not only was there no gap in his body, but even his eyes were covered with a piece of black gauze, and his voice was also processed so that it was impossible to tell whether he was a man or a woman, old or young.
Headmaster Ren smiled softly and said to the man: "This fellow Taoist is very cautious. It is really impolite to dress up like this to come as a guest.
But it doesn’t matter, you still have to drink tea, otherwise you will be ignorant of etiquette.”
With that said, Headmaster Ren took three cups, picked up the teapot and poured eight minutes into each cup: "Please!"
"Since Headmaster Ren poured the tea himself, it would be disrespectful not to drink it."
The black-shaded man hesitated for half a second, then turned around and sat opposite Headmaster Ren, taking a cup of tea: "However, I can't get used to drinking this kind of mountain tea like yours from Zhongnan Mountain, so I'll be fine with it."
The man in black veil flicked the tea cup, and saw a drop of water leaping out of the cup, spinning around in mid-air like a spiritual thing, and then fell into his mouth under the face towel.
"Good work."
Headmaster Ren smiled and nodded, "I just don't know why some Taoist friends came to visit late at night."
The man in black gauze smiled faintly: "Of course I have something to ask for."
"If you need anything, you can come back during the day, why disturb people in the middle of the night?"
Headmaster Ren said calmly.
The black-shaded man responded with a smile: "Because the thing you want to ask for is a bit difficult, so you can't do it during the day."
"You can't do it during the day, you can only do it in the middle of the night."
Headmaster Ren seemed to be thinking about something, and after a few seconds he pretended to realize: "It turns out you want to do something shady."
The black-shaded man was not disgusted with Master Ren's behavior. On the contrary, he nodded cooperatively: "Yes, not only can't you see the light, but you can't see anyone either.
That’s why I came here masked in the middle of the night.”
Headmaster Ren asked: "Then do you want the poor Taoist's head?"
"No."
The black-shaded man shook his head, "Headmaster Ren is the esteemed leader of the religion, and he has selflessly distributed the earth's spiritual energy to the world's casual cultivators over the years. His merits are immeasurable. How could we do such evil things?"
"Then I don't know what you want."
Headmaster Ren spread his hands and said, "Your time is probably precious, so why not get straight to the point."
The man in black veil raised three fingers and said slowly: "There are three things we want."
"The first is the envoy of the Little Fairy Realm. You have to give him to us alive."
Headmaster Ren nodded: "That's okay."
"Second, your eldest disciple Yue Danchen, you also have to hand it over to us."
Headmaster Ren was a little surprised, but he still nodded: "Yes."
"The third is the [Stone Carvings of Heavenly Needles] that records the eight needles that go against the sky in legend. You have to give it to us."
"Although that thing is useless, it certainly can't be left to you idiots."
At this time, a rather lazy voice suddenly sounded in the room, causing Headmaster Ren to break into a cold sweat.