The fourteenth collect the first chapter evil spirit
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Two hundred miles north of "Yongshan County" in Zhongtu is the tall "Huqi Mountain" (Note 1). Looking up from the foot of the mountain, you can see rocks piercing the sky, abrupt and steep. However, there is not a single grass on the entire mountain.
A tree is extremely desolate. On the left side of the mountain range, water from underground springs emerges from deep in the mountain and converges to form a river, called "Sheng Shui". It flows to the northeast. Along the way, there are more and more tributaries and the river gradually becomes larger.
Three hundred miles away, it flows into another large river "Fenshui". It has been said since ancient times that this river is rich in a kind of pale jade, but no one has ever seen it.
The main hall of the "Ghost King Sect", one of the three major sects of the Demon Sect, is built in the heart of this high mountain with hard and thick rocks. Few people have ever known about it. Under the leadership of Gui Li, Xiao Bai and the Great Wizard passed through ten
After five days of trekking, we finally arrived here.
Because the great wizard was too weak, the three of them and the monkey Xiao Hui had no choice but to walk. Gui Li even hired a vehicle for the great wizard to ride on the way.
The hardships of the long journey made all three of them look sleepy and dusty, but the Great Wizard and Gui Li looked completely different.
Gui Li's injuries are getting better day by day, maybe he is a young man!
On the other hand, the great wizard's complexion is getting more and more ugly. Compared with the appearance when he just left Qilidong in southern Xinjiang fifteen days ago, he is much more decayed. His face is as gray as ashes. Since entering the mountain road, there is no carriage to ride on.
, although Gui Li and Xiao Bai were supporting him, he still walked a few steps to catch his breath, and his physical strength was really poor. Gui Li was extremely anxious, and sometimes he couldn't help but be afraid: If he hadn't reached Huqi Mountain yet, this great wizard who had saved his life would not be able to survive.
If you die halfway, you will really regret it for the rest of your life.
Fortunately, at noon today, under the warm sunshine, the three of them finally saw the bare top of Huqi Mountain.
Stopping in his tracks, Gui Li breathed a sigh of relief even though he hadn't reached Huqi Mountain yet. He turned around and said to the great wizard: "Senior, the barren mountain in front is where we are going. From here we can walk a little further.
We should be able to reach the bottom of the mountain later tonight."
The great wizard took a long breath, raised his eyes to look at the mountain range, smiled a little tiredly, and said: "Don't worry! Young man, before I see your sleeping friend, I still
He won’t die.”
Gui Li was startled, then apologized slightly, and whispered: "Senior, I didn't mean to..."
The great wizard's old eyes retracted, he reached out and patted his shoulder, smiled and shook his head and said: "I have no other intention. If it were me, I would be a little more anxious than you."
Gui Li smiled silently and said: "Senior, we have been walking for a long time. Let's rest here for a while. We will be on our way later!"
The great wizard looked really tired. He nodded, and with Gui Li's help, he found a fairly flat stone beside the mountain path and sat down.
"Zhizhi!" Xiao Hui, who had been lying on Gui Li's shoulder, shouted twice, jumped down and landed on the ground. Along the way, Xiao Hui was the most energetic and never looked tired.
At this moment, the monkey looked around and saw sparse woods on both sides of the road. After barking twice, he rushed in and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Gui Li glanced in the direction Xiao Hui was going, but didn't care. He turned around and planned to find a stone to sit down and rest. Along the way to this day, the serious injuries he suffered in Qilidong, although heavy, were not serious.
His muscles and bones were getting better day by day, but there was still a dull pain in the wound on his right shoulder. He gently touched the wound on his right shoulder with his hand, and the figure of Li Xun from Fenxiang Valley flashed before his eyes, and he snorted coldly in his heart.
Just a moment later, behind Li Xun, there was another slim figure, dressed in white like snow...
Gui Li shook his head, feeling confused for a while. As he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard Xiao Bai's voice suddenly ringing around him: "Why is Huqi Mountain so desolate? I looked at it for a long time, and there's not even a single plant or tree there?"
Gui Li frowned and said, "This has been the case since I arrived here."
Xiaobai stood beside him, was silent for a moment, shook his head and said: "When I left here, Huqi Mountain was full of green mountains and lush vegetation. It was completely different from now."
Gui Li shook his head and said, "Then I don't know."
Xiaobai sighed, turned around, and said nothing more.
Gui Li glanced at Xiaobai and knew that she was recuperating here with the fox demon clan thousands of years ago. She had strange feelings for Huqi Mountain, but he didn't know what to say, and given his current state of mind, he didn't want to say anything more.
Just thinking about Baguio being in that mountain range, and maybe at this time tomorrow, she might be able to regain her life. When thinking of this, Gui Li couldn't help but feel his blood boiling all over, and he couldn't think of anything else.
The three of them rested for a while, and when the great wizard regained his strength, Gui Li led the two of them forward. He said he was leading the way, but in fact it was just the great wizard.
Xiaobai walked alone, with a calm face and silence, but she seemed to be gradually becoming familiar with the roads around her. She even asked Gui Li about the first few roads she encountered, or waited for Gui Li to walk on them.
She followed the right path.
Later, it seemed that the memories of the past had begun to awaken in Xiaobai's heart. Naturally, she became the leader, leading the people behind her on the mountain road leading to Huqi Mountain.
The monkey Xiao Hui, who came back from the woods at an unknown time, had a few more wild fruits in his hand that he didn't know where to eat.
Behind Xiao Hui, there is a big wine bag hanging, which was stolen from the Miao people in southern Xinjiang. Originally there were two wine bags, but he drank intermittently along the way, and the monkey's alcohol capacity actually increased.
At the end of the day, I actually drank a large bag of spirits and never got drunk again.
On the way, Xiao Bai saw that the monkey was always dragging the wine bag around, which was really troublesome, so he used a cloth belt to sew a strap on the wine bag and let Xiao Hui carry it on his back. This was good, and Xiao Hui was even more happy.
Running around carrying a wine bag all day long.
Three people and one monkey, just like this, amidst the sound of monkeys eating wild fruits, they all walked forward silently with their own thoughts in mind.
The sun was setting to the west, and the sky was slowly getting darker. Just before dusk arrived, they finally arrived at the foot of Huqi Mountain.
Almost at the same time, the bodies of the great wizard and Xiao Bai were shocked. The great wizard seemed to feel something. He glanced at Xiao Bai standing beside him and whispered: "You feel it too?"
Xiaobai frowned lightly. With her thousand-year spiritual fox experience, this spiritual power and feeling are naturally extraordinary and extremely sensitive. Almost as soon as she arrived at the foot of Huqi Mountain, she suddenly felt that in this high mountain, in this area
Underneath the seemingly ordinary desolation, there is a faint and strong evil spirit revealed.
This evil spirit was so strong that even she, who was of such a high level, couldn't help but feel fearful in her heart. But after feeling it carefully, she relied on her keen spiritual power to notice that there seemed to be two other sluggish spiritual powers in it.
Although he was unwilling to do so, he could only accept his fate and surrender to the evil spirit.
There may be a huge secret in this mountain!
Xiao Bai, who slowly put away the surprised look on his face and returned to his usual expression in a blink of an eye, glanced at the great wizard. He didn't expect that this old man who looked sleepy and dying could actually have such a keen sense. It seemed that the witchcraft of southern Xinjiang was , it really has its own uniqueness.
She nodded slowly, lowered her voice and said, "What a strong evil spirit!"
The great wizard was silent for a moment and nodded. The two of them looked at Gui Li next to them at the same time, only to see a strange look on Gui Li's face.
In his sleeves, the blood-devouring beads on the black soul-devouring soul suddenly lit up, and the blood-red light continued to flow, even the sleeve robe could not block it.
Gui Li slowly took out the Devouring Soul and raised it in front of him. At the front of the magic wand, he saw the light of the Blood-devouring Bead appearing strangely. Circles and layers of bright red light slowly emitted, and the threads on the bead's body The blood vessels became clear one by one and were clearly visible. Along his wrist, the blood-devouring beads spread waves of cold and slightly exciting breath throughout his body.
Gui Li looked deeply, looking up at the mountain in front of him, a strange light flashed in his eyes.
That's a sign that the Blood-devouring Bead is desperate for blood!
For him, this was already very familiar.
The Ghost King himself stood at the entrance of the Ghost King Sect's main hall, waiting to greet him outside a secret door hidden behind a huge rock. It is not difficult to imagine how much he valued the great wizard brought back by Ghost Li.
After the three of them appeared in front of them, Ghost King and Ghost Li nodded casually as a greeting, then walked quickly to the great wizard, looked at the great wizard up and down, a look of surprise flashed on their faces, and said : "Master, your body..."
The great wizard smiled lightly and said: "This is the fate of an old and dying man. I came here today just to do my best. Whether it succeeds or not depends on God's will."
The Ghost King bowed to the ground, made a deep salute, and said in a deep voice: "Master is an expert outside the world, so I won't talk too much about vulgar words. The journey is hard, and it's getting late tonight. Please come to this cave in the mountains for a while." I'll be sorry for one night, so I'll rest and ask the master for advice tomorrow."
The great wizard nodded, looking at his expression, he was indeed very tired.
As soon as the Ghost King waved, someone ran over and helped the great wizard in. Everyone got out of the way, and after a while, the great wizard's figure disappeared into the heart of the mountain.
The Ghost King slowly turned around. At this moment, in addition to Gui Li, the people standing in front of him were an unusually charming woman behind him. As for the monkey Xiao Hui, he was looking around with three eyes open. Looking at the people in front.
The Ghost King's eyes paused on Xiao Hui, then glanced at Xiao Bai behind Ghost Li, and finally returned to the young man in front of him.
"Are you injured?" The Ghost King said slowly.
Gui Li was silent and just nodded.
The place suddenly became quiet. The two men stood face to face, and the atmosphere was a bit strange. For ten years, the Ghost King had taught Gui Li carefully, but there always seemed to be an invisible deep connection between the two of them. Groove marks.
Behind the Ghost King stood Qinglong, Youji, and many other disciples.
Gui Li's eyes slowly swept over, and he recognized many of the faces, because many of them were the ones he had destroyed the small sects of the Demon Sect and brought these forces under the banner of the Ghost King Sect. At this moment, the old bosses of the original Blood Refining Hall and others , also standing in the crowd.
Only the Taoist Taoist Wild Dog is not among them. I wonder if he is still wandering around the world with the fortune teller Mr. Zhou and his two brothers?
The power of the Ghost King Sect seems to be getting stronger and stronger.
The mountain wind blew by, picking up someone's clothes and making a whistling sound. Deep in the heart of the mountain, there seemed to be a black shadow, shaking vaguely.
Gui Li withdrew his gaze. Although he couldn't see clearly, he knew who the person in the dark place was - Mr. Ghost!
This mysterious figure seems to be always hiding in the darkness, hiding behind the Ghost King.
"Is this girl your friend? Did you bring her back?" The Ghost King asked calmly, with no strange look on his face.
Gui Li hesitated for a moment and said, "She said she is your old friend and wants to come back to visit you."
The Ghost King was startled. This answer was beyond his expectation. He couldn't help but look at Xiaobai a few more times, but he couldn't remember when he had met such a woman. He was surprised and said: "This girl, we used to Have you ever met?"
Xiaobai took a step forward, sighed, and then smiled and said: "Is Xiaochi okay? Is she still the same as before, dazed from time to time, looking at a flower and seeing Chichi being silly?"
The Ghost King's body was shaken, and a rare look of astonishment appeared on his face. Not only him, but also Qinglong, Youji and others who had been following him for a long time, their faces changed drastically at the same time, and an expression of inability appeared on their faces. An expression of confidence.
The Ghost King stared at Xiao Bai for a long time and said, "Who are you, and how do you know about Xiao... Xiao Bai?"
Xiaobai's eyes wandered, and he looked past the crowd and upwards. In the dusk, he saw the tall and desolate shadow of Huqi Mountain, which was a particularly desolate scene.
How much time slipped quietly between the fingers like sand...
"Do you still remember," she said quietly, "the origin of the name of this mountain?"
The Ghost King's eyes lit up, and his gaze was piercing, but the look of surprise on his face was even heavier, and he said in astonishment: "You are Bai..."
Xiaobai said calmly: "I am White Fox!"
The mountain wind blew past with a "Woo" sound, picking up the light dust on the ground and flying silently into the distance.
In the secluded stone room, the furnishings are very simple, including tables, chairs, beds, and simple furniture. This is the bedroom of the head of the Ghost King Sect.
The only thing that is somewhat conspicuous is the red sandalwood desk placed against the stone wall. There are three thick stacks of books neatly placed on it. There is a white jade pen holder on the table with a small wolf-hair pen. There is still ink on the inkstone next to it. It is completely dry. A little further away, there is a blue and white brush wash, which is bright and clear, and contains half a basin of water.
All these things give him a refined and elegant demeanor, and he is absolutely nothing like what people in the world imagine as the leader of a major demon sect.
The Ghost King and Xiaobai were standing in this room at this moment. Apart from them, there was no third person present.
On the stone wall on the other side of the room, there is a fine gold-painted painting hanging. In the painting, a beautiful woman is carefully studying a blooming flower, with a pair of butterflies flying around the lace. It’s just that the woman in the painting is looking at it so carefully and attentively. , all the energy was on the flower, without any notice of the butterfly next to it.
This painting's delicate brushwork and meticulous slow-drawing unique to the gongbi style are fully utilized by the painter. The woman in the painting almost seems to be alive, and her infatuated look at the flowers is even more vivid.
Xiaobai looked at the woman in the painting silently. After a long time, he sighed and said, "Your painting skills are really amazing. You can make Xiaomo's paintings so lifelike. When you see the painting, it's like seeing a real person."
The Ghost King standing behind Xiao Bai was also looking at the painting at this time, with tenderness in his eyes that had never been shown in front of outsiders. He shook his head silently, and after a moment he whispered in a low voice: "I just wish I couldn't be saved.
she!"
Xiao Bai's eyes did not leave the painting, and he said quietly: "I never knew that the person Gui Li wanted to save was your and Xiao Chi's daughter."
The Ghost King smiled miserably and said: "When the little idiot left, I couldn't catch up with her for the last time. Over the years, every time I think about this, my heart is cut like a knife. Now she has left nothing behind, only Baguio... But she
Actually..."
Xiaobai said calmly: "She did not misjudge the person. She was lucky to have chosen you. I think she must have no regrets before she died."
The Ghost King was silent.
Xiaobai took a step forward, stretched out his gentle fingers, and gently touched the delicate and beautiful face of the woman in the painting. A faint crystal light gradually appeared in his eyes, with a bit of sadness and a bit of love.
The monkey Xiao Hui made a strange "squeak" cry and jumped on the bed. Returning to the bedroom of Gui Li in Huqishan Mountain, which he had not seen for a long time, it didn't seem to feel unfamiliar at all. It jumped up and down a few times and suddenly remembered something.
, stretched out his hand to take the wine bag from behind, pulled out the cork, and took another sip of strong wine.
After a pause, the monkey let out a long breath, narrowed his eyes, and looked happy and satisfied.
Gui Li stood in front of the bed and looked at the monkey's expression. He was speechless. He slowly shook his head, sighed, turned around, walked to the door, opened the door and walked out, then closed the door behind him.
The tunnel was deep and extended forward. He walked slowly in the tunnel in the heart of the mountain. Along the way, everyone who saw him bowed their head in greeting. However, his face was indifferent, and his eyes were only looking ahead, as if there was a place right in front of him.
Calling him.
After walking around the corner and walking through the passage, the figures of the disciples of the Ghost King Sect gradually disappeared. When he came to the familiar ice stone chamber, he only saw a silhouette as silent as a ghost.
The black veil on You Ji's face moved, she turned around and looked at Gui Li.
Gui Li's eyes swept over her black veil and landed on the stone door behind her. The next moment, he walked over without any hesitation, pushed open the stone door and entered.
The stone door slowly closed behind him, and Youji's figure remained motionless, standing alone at the door.
In the stone chamber, on the ice-cold stone platform, amidst the rising white smoke, a beautiful woman was lying there peacefully, with a faint smile on her lips.
Gui Li leaned against the stone door. Suddenly, his indifference and strength seemed to suddenly relax, loosening and peeling off little by little. What was left was only a desolate figure, walking slowly forward, beside her.
Sit next to me.
"I'm back, Baguio..."
Light smoke curled up from the ice stone platform, making Baguio's body seem a little unreal. Her appearance was so beautiful, and her smile was so warm, wasn't it?
Did she also know about this man's return?
"You are saved, Baguio." His voice was low and slightly trembling, "It's been ten years, a whole ten years."
"I let you lie like this for ten years. I'm so useless. You will definitely blame me... No, no, how can you blame me! The most you can do is just smile at me, right?
"
There was no answer, just wisps of smoke slowly gathering and separating in front of his eyes.
"I will definitely save you, Baguio, and you will definitely wake up." He whispered, "We will be together, Baguio, for the rest of our lives, we will be together!"
The low words dispersed faintly along with the light smoke, floating in the stone chamber, and then gently drifted away, leaving no trace.
Note 1: "The Classic of Mountains and Seas."
The third volume of Shan Jing.
Huqi Mountain in Beishan Jing: Two hundred miles north of Yongshan Mountain in the county, it is called Huqi Mountain. It has no vegetation and is mostly green. Shengshui flows out of Yan, and flows into Fenshui in the northeast. There are many green jade in it.