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they were still walking on the ancient road, but the originally flat wilderness on both sides of the ancient road had been replaced by more and more hills and jungles.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.
Xiaohuan 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's ridicule.
.
Zhou Yixian turned around 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 had no home since I was a child. If I must say it, the dog house 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 the wild dog, nodded, and said: "I didn't know 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 Xian was silent, his eyes seemed to be deep in thought, and his usual playful smile had gradually disappeared. Taoist Taoist Wild Dog saw Zhou Xian suddenly showing such a look, which was very different from the past, and he couldn't help but be startled, but Xiao Huan 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 hill 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 a distance.
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."
Zhou Xian was startled and said, "Looking for me?"
Gui Li nodded and said, "Yes, I want to ask you a question, senior."
Xiaohuan immediately felt relieved, secretly smiled at the wild dog to reassure him, and then turned to be very interested in Gui Li and said: "Ah! For such a powerful person, what do you want to ask my grandpa?"
While she was talking, she suddenly saw Xiao Hui on Gui Li's shoulder, his eyes rolling, grinning at her. She couldn't help but feel a sudden burst of affection, and said with a smile: "Ha, I was the one who gave you the candied haws. That day
Oh! Do you remember me?"
"Squeak, squeak." The monkey Xiao Hui yelled, nodding his head, and suddenly jumped up from Gui Li's shoulder and jumped into Xiao Huan's arms. It seemed that the monkey had a very good impression of the candied haws of the day.
Xiaohuan smiled widely and stretched out her hand to catch Xiaohui. Unexpectedly, it suddenly sank after she took it. It was unexpectedly heavy and she almost dropped it to the ground. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and quickly applied more force to stabilize it.
He held Xiao Hui steady, but felt surprised in his heart. It had only been a few days, and it seemed that Xiao Hui's body had not grown much. Why did he suddenly lose more than half of his weight? It was really strange!
Gui Li looked very happy when he saw Xiao Huan teasing Xiao Hui, giggling non-stop. There seemed to be a faint smile deep in his eyes, but then it disappeared and turned to face Zhou Xian.
Zhou Yixian shrugged his shoulders and said: "My old man is very talented and knowledgeable. There is nothing in the world that I don't know. But you actually ask me for advice. This is surprising. What's the matter?
Tell me?"
Gui Li ignored his bragging and said calmly: "That day in the Death Swamp, a fish-headed monster attacked your granddaughter. Do you still remember?"
Zhou Yixian was startled. Taoist Taoist Wild Dog and Xiaohuan next to him heard this and looked over at the same time.
Xiao Huan hugged Xiao Hui and said, "Yes! That monster is so fierce. If Mr. Gui Li and Sister Ping'er hadn't taken action in time, I would have almost been killed by it."
Gui Li still looked at Zhou Xian and said, "You said that monster was a fish-man, one of the sixty-three alien races in southern Xinjiang, right?"
Zhou Xian was silent for a moment and said, "Not bad."
Gui Li cupped his hands and said, "I wonder what else senior knows about the fish-men clan?"
Zhou Yixian glanced at Gui Li and said, "Why are you suddenly interested in this?"
Gui Li pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "Since I'm asking for advice from senior, I don't have to hide anything else from you. After you left, my men seemed to be attacked by a group of monsters similar to the fish-men, causing heavy casualties, so I want to know something from senior.
."
Zhou Yixian frowned, straightened his body gradually, and there was a look of thought in his eyes, but did not speak. Gui Li was not in a hurry, and stood quietly aside. After a while, Zhou Xian suddenly said: "The person who died under your command, is it?
The death was cruel, the body was chopped into several sections, it was too horrible to look at?"
"Ah!" This soft cry came from Xiaohuan. Seeing the horror on her face, she was obviously very surprised.
Gui Li nodded slowly, looked deeply at the old man in front of him, and said, "Yes, that's exactly it."
Immortal Zhou Yi nodded and said: "That's correct. It must be the work of the sixty-three alien tribes of fish people from the Shiwan Mountains in Southern Xinjiang. This alien tribe has a strange appearance. They were born with fish heads and human bodies. According to their own legend, they are
They are the offspring of the ancient fish god and human women, so they have always regarded themselves as descendants of the fish god. This alien race has always been cruel and easy to kill, and they believe that no matter whether it is an animal or a human being, after the slaughter, the body can only be chopped into pieces.
Only then can the ghosts be cut into pieces and killed at the same time to avoid future troubles. Therefore, in their hands, whether animals or people, most of them cannot even save the whole corpse."
Suddenly there was a strange sound, and when the two of them looked, they saw Xiaohuan's face was pale, her brows were furrowed, and she felt a little nauseous.
Zhou Yixian shook his head slightly, looked at Xiaohuan and sighed: "The world is so big, and there are so many more cruel things that you don't know yet!"
Gui Li was naturally not like Xiao Huan, but he frowned slightly and said, "Why have you never heard of such ferocious aliens in the past?"
Immortal Zhou Yi said calmly: "You have always lived in the Central Plains, so naturally you don't understand such barbaric alien races. Among the hundreds of thousands of mountains in southern Xinjiang, there are bad water and poor mountains everywhere. The people there eat raw hair and drink blood, which is completely different from the civilized people in the Central Plains. But those alien races
They have always been accustomed to the place where their ancestors lived together, and the road that must pass between the Middle Earth and Southern Xinjiang is exactly where the "Fenxiang Valley", one of the three major sects in the world, is located. Occasionally, a few barbarians come over, and most of them are.
He was killed by the disciples of Fenxiang Valley using Immortal Taoism, so the Central Plains has never known the details of the alien races in Southern Xinjiang. I also traveled around the world when I was young and went near the Shiwan Mountain in Southern Xinjiang, so I only knew a little about it."
Gui Li nodded slowly, but the light in his eyes gradually brightened, and said: "According to what the seniors said, it is understandable that a foreigner comes in occasionally, but such a large group of foreigners entered the Central Plains silently, and they arrived in Lijiang
The death swamp that is thousands of miles away in southern Xinjiang is simply impossible. Unless something goes wrong in the Fenxiang Valley that guards southern Xinjiang..."
Zhou Yixian suddenly stretched his waist and said lazily: "That's your business, I don't care."
Gui Li pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Thank you, senior."
After saying that, he turned around and saw Xiao Huan holding Xiao Hui and playing with him.
From the corner of her eye, Xiaohuan saw Gui Li looking over, and couldn't help but smile: "You monkey is so cute! By the way, why did it suddenly gain so much weight? Also, look at it, there suddenly was such a deep incision on its forehead.
The gray mark seems to have an extra eye. Haha, isn’t it? Monkey?”
As he said this, Xiao Huan made a face to Xiao Hui, who grinned "Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi" and his tail swayed behind him.
Gui Li's heart moved. Ever since Xiao Hui drank the cup of mysterious liquid and swallowed the strange stone in the Emperor's Treasury that day, he slept for two days and two nights as if he was drunk. After waking up
I didn't see it eating anything, but it suddenly gained a lot of weight, and its appearance gradually began to change. Its coat color became more and more shiny, especially the gray mark on its forehead, which became more and more obvious.
But other than these, there were no other changes in Xiao Hui. He was still as playful and delicious. Gui Li was a little worried at first, but when he saw that there was nothing strange about Xiao Hui, he gradually felt relieved.
At this moment, Gui Li paused and turned his gaze to Taoist Wild Dog. Taoist Wild Dog glanced at him, with some fear in his eyes.
Gui Li said calmly: "Do you plan to follow them in the future?"
Taoist Wild Dog was silent for a moment and said: "Yes."
Guili said: "Do you still remember what I told you before? People like Big Brother will come to you at any time."
Taoist Wild Dog's face was gloomy, but he looked at Xiaohuan and still said: "I understand, and I don't care. They rebelled against the sect themselves. Do they still have the nerve to come see me?"
Gui Li glanced at Xiaohuan intentionally or unintentionally, then looked away and said: "If you want to do this, then that's up to you."
Taoist Wild Dog was startled and raised his head. He seemed to have never expected that Gui Li was so easy to talk to. Gui Li ignored him, walked aside and said hello to Xiao Hui. Xiao Hui swooped out of Xiao Huan's arms, and the three of them
He jumped twice onto Gui Li's shoulders.
Xiaohuan was stunned for a moment, rather reluctantly, and said, "Are you leaving now?"
Gui Li nodded and cupped his hands towards Zhou Xian. Immediately, a green light emerged from under his body, instantly turning into a brilliant green light, soaring straight into the sky, and disappearing in the sky after a while.
Seeing Gui Li's figure disappear, Taoist Wild Dog suddenly let out a sigh of relief. It seemed that just now Gui Li had stood here with an invisible power that made him unable to breathe.
Xiao Huan saw this and was about to laugh at him when he suddenly heard a gust of wind behind him and a soft voice sounded softly from behind: "Sister, we have met again."
Xiao Huan was startled, but before she could turn around, she already laughed and said, "Sister Ping'er."
Looking back, I saw that it was the charming and unparalleled Jin Ping'er who was standing behind me with a smile. I don't know when she appeared.
After all, Wild Dog Taoist was a member of the Demon Cult, and he was quite afraid of Jin Ping'er, so he looked a little uncomfortable. But Xiaohuan and Jin Ping'er were really good friends, and he was overjoyed when he saw her, pulling her to laugh non-stop.
Like a sister, Jin Ping'er touched Xiaohuan's head lovingly, then glanced at the sky intentionally or unintentionally, and said: "Sister Xiaohuan, I am looking for you today because I actually want to ask a few words to your grandfather.
."
Xiao Huan, Zhou Xian and the wild dog were all stunned.
Jin Ping'er calmly said to Zhou Yixian: "I still have a few questions to ask you about the foreign fish people in southern Xinjiang!"
Zhou Xian was dumbfounded and frowned, but Jin Ping'er looked lightly towards the sky before asking the question.
I saw a faint ray of light traveling between the high white clouds, gradually moving towards the south.