The Badlands of Southern Border is located in the extreme south of the vast land of China. Legend has it that the mountains and rivers there are barren, and poisonous insects and ferocious beasts are abundant there. The most obvious boundary with the Central Plains is in the extreme south, where tall and majestic mountains suddenly rise up like plains.
The mountains are connected one after another, towering into the clouds, dividing the north from the south.
Since ancient times, few people have traveled to southern Xinjiang from the fertile land of the Central Plains. There are no other reasons. Firstly, the roads are dangerous, and secondly, there are ferocious beasts and poisonous insects, too much miasma and bad water, and the land is too barren for farming. Later, I don’t know when it started.
, the world began to spread that in the endless mountains of southern Xinjiang, there were all kinds of barbaric aliens, who drank hair and drank blood, were cruel and easy to kill, and among them were terrifying orcs who cannibalized human flesh. From then on, no one dared to go there. Instead, the whole world was frightened and worried day and night.
Will those alien races suddenly escape from those mountains one day, invade the Central Plains, and harm the world?
However, in the past thousand years, there have been no rumors of barbarians harming people. Although occasionally there have been reports of strange alien-looking monsters appearing in the southern border areas, most of them ended without any cure and were gradually forgotten by people.
.Today, even among people living on the border of southern Xinjiang, the only thing that mothers say when putting their children to bed at night is, "If you don't obey me, those barbarian monsters will come to catch you." On weekdays, these words
No one would ever think of whether these alien races in the mountains really existed, let alone the Central Plains thousands of miles away.
Speaking of which, the one hundred thousand mountains shrouded in layers of mist are now forgotten by the people of the world.
However, ordinary people in the world have forgotten these alien races, but some cultivators have not forgotten it. Regardless of good or evil evil, as long as they are older, they will know that the reason why the southern aliens have not been able to harm the world in the past thousand years is that the giant sect of the righteous way "
"Fire Incense Valley" is really a great achievement.
Hundreds of thousands of towering mountains cut off communication between the north and the south. The people of the Central Plains could not go south, and the barbarians of other races could not go north. But a thousand years ago, an incredible thunderstorm fell from the sky, and countless people within a thousand miles were killed and injured. After the disaster
, someone discovered that in the majestic mountains, the huge force of the thunder actually split a certain part of the mountain, revealing a dark and dark path only three feet wide.
It was from that time on that there were rumors in the world that there were barbarians and weirdos hidden in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, who invaded the people from time to time, and made the people on the border miserable, until the Fenxiang Valley lineage appeared.
Among the righteous sects, the origins of Fenxiang Valley are the most mysterious. As early as 1,500 years ago, there were disciples of this lineage walking around the world. If we talk about the origin alone, only the Qingyun Sect and the Demon Sect in the world are as old as Fenxiang Valley.
It is longer, even Tianyin Temple is not as good as it.
But despite this, this sect used to be extremely low-key in the past. Although there would be a few profound Taoists from time to time, they had little impact on the world's situation. Until 800 years ago, this sect was on the border of southern Xinjiang.
Near the dark tunnel, he found a valley and settled down. From then on, he called himself the "Incense Valley". In the past eight hundred years, incredible masters emerged in large numbers, and their power grew stronger. Now, they have competed with Qingyun Sect and Tianyin Temple, becoming one of the three major righteous paths in the world.
One of the factions.
Correspondingly, the current owner of Fenxiang Valley, Yun Yilan, is also a great figure in the righteous path who is as famous as Master Daoxuan of Qingyun Sect and Master Puhong of Tianyin Temple. However, this person has always kept a low profile, and his reputation alone is not as good as the above two.
Because of its geographical location, Fenxiang Valley almost instinctively took on the responsibility of guarding the dark path known locally as the "Black Hole". Since then, there have been no rumors of barbarian monsters invading the people. Therefore, in the local area
In the hearts of the people, Fenxiang Valley has a very high reputation and is revered as a first-rate god.
This information has been recorded in the Demon Sect, the Ghost King Sect, and Gui Li has seen it in the past ten years, and now it is slowly turning over in his mind. At this moment, he was already asking Zhou Xian about the news about the fish-human monsters and then went south.
On the third day, I hurriedly and slowly drove all the way, and finally arrived near Shiwanda Mountain.
It was late at night, and the moon was shining brightly in the sky. The clouds were thick and there were not many stars visible. However, the moonlight shone brightly on the world and illuminated the mountain top where he was standing quite brightly.
Gui Li stood on the hill, looking to the south, frowning slightly. The monkey Xiao Hui was still lying on his shoulder, holding a wild fruit picked from somewhere in his hand, and was nibbling it with relish.
Along the way, in the first two days, he still found the marks left by his subordinate, the killing monk, but today, the killing monk has completely lost the news. However, judging from the messages he left in the past few days, he is good at tracking them.
The killing monk with magic skills has determined that those mysterious fish-men are quickly heading south, and their goal is obviously to return to their hometown in southern Xinjiang.
Could it be that Shasheng has already had a conflict with those mysterious fish-men?
Gui Li sighed slightly, with a trace of worry in his eyes. The barbarians in southern Xinjiang are completely different from the people in the Central Plains. This has been mentioned many times in the remaining records of the Ghost King Sect. The people there don't know anything about cultivation, but they seem to
There are all kinds of weird witchcraft and magic that are unimaginable.
Monk Shasheng is young and has a bad temper, but he is really an outstanding figure among the new generation of disciples of the Ghost King Sect. He follows Gui Li on weekdays and is really a capable subordinate.
This mysterious disappearance made Gui Li vaguely worried. But at this moment, he stared ahead and saw the dark night. There were black shadows in the south. There seemed to be something baring its teeth and claws in the night. He thought it was the legendary Hundred Thousand Mountains.
And somewhere under that mountain range is the legendary and mysterious Incense Valley.
The southern border has always been the area of influence of Fenxiang Valley. If a disciple of the Demon Sect enters alone, there is no need to mention the danger.
While Gui Li was meditating, he suddenly felt something. He looked up at the sky and saw a lone moon in the sky, shuttling between the faint black clouds. It seemed that suddenly, there was something strange about it.
A dark red light suddenly appeared in the night sky. Under the clear moonlight, it passed across the sky and fell to a mountaintop in the south.
Gui Li stared at the strange red light, his eyebrows gradually furrowed, and after a moment he seemed to have made up his mind. He patted Xiao Hui on the shoulder, and then the blue light returned under his feet, and Soul Eater shone with a faint light, holding him and Xiao Hui.
Hui slowly rose, suddenly accelerated, and chased in the direction of the red light.
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I don't know when it started, but the number of black clouds gradually increased in the night sky, and the brilliance of the lonely moon in the sky gradually dimmed. It seemed that there was a dark and strange aura unique to southern Xinjiang, which became more and more intense at this night.
The mysterious red light flew for a while and landed on a mountain ten miles south of the mountain where Gui Li was hiding. There are many mountains in southern Xinjiang, and there are many vegetation on the mountains, but in the forest of this unknown hill
, but there was a desolate ancient temple. The red light fell in front of the ancient temple, and there was a burst of light shaking, and a skinny old man appeared.
He looked around a few times to make sure there was no one around, then walked into the ancient temple.
In the desolate mountains and ridges, and the desolate ancient temple, someone came here late at night, and there was naturally something ulterior. After a while, Gui Li's figure slowly appeared in the shadow of the woods outside the ancient temple. His eyes were on this unknown place.
I looked around at the ancient temple, and then looked up at the sky. The dark clouds in the night sky were heavier, gradually covering up the moonlight.
His figure swayed and quietly passed towards the ancient temple.
This ancient temple has obviously been abandoned for a long time. There are ruins everywhere inside the temple. Even the main hall looks extremely damaged from the outside, with holes everywhere. The night wind blows coldly, the broken windows squeak and shake, and low voices are heard in the night.
It looked particularly desolate and vaguely strange.
"Bo!"
There was a slight sound, as if someone had lit a fire, and a weak light lit up in the main hall. However, the light was dim and could only illuminate a little of the main hall, and it was still shrouded in places a little further away.
in the dark.
"Chichi, chichi chi, chi, chi chi chi chi chi..." Suddenly, a strange and inexplicable sound suddenly sounded in the hall. The sound was like a ghost crying in the middle of the night, or like a poisonous insect walking at night. It was heart-wrenching to hear it.
Numbness, extremely uncomfortable.
Gui Li hid in the darkness and looked quietly into the hall.
Astonishingly, under the dim lights of the main hall, in addition to the old man I saw just now, there were two other people. One was in his thirties, with a medium build, and the other was quite tall, but for some reason, his whole body was covered with a stripe.
The cloak was tightly wrapped, not even a part of the head was exposed, and that weird and inexplicable sound was actually coming from under the cloak.
This voice echoed in the dark ancient temple, becoming more and more eerie, as if an evil spirit had awakened.
Gui Li looked at it coldly. This was the first time he heard such strange words. Naturally, he didn't know the meaning. But looking at the expressions of the other two people, he knew there would be a result. Sure enough, the mysterious man spoke for a while and stopped temporarily.
, the middle-aged man who was standing next to him and listening attentively turned to the old man and said: "The clan leader said: This time we returned in vain, but instead caused our clan to lose its manpower and expose its hiding place. It's all because of your inaccurate information. Beast God."
After the king heard about it, he lost his temper..."
When the middle-aged man mentioned the word "Beast God", his voice suddenly became lower, and the tall figure wrapped in the cloak actually seemed to tremble.
The old man also frowned and said: "We originally agreed to inform the Beast God King about the location of the 'Celestial Emperor's Dark Stone'. As far as we know, that strange stone is indeed in the Heavenly Emperor's treasury in the Death Swamp. This
How can you blame us for having inaccurate information?"
He looked at the mysterious figure under the cloak, and a hint of sneer suddenly flashed across his lips, saying, "Is it because you are just out of your depth?"
As soon as he said this, the mysterious man wrapped in a cloak immediately responded: "Chichi, chichi chichi, chichi chi..." This weird sound came out over and over again, and Ghost Li, who was hiding beside him, said it over and over again.
Although I didn't understand the meaning, hearing the rapid and sharp voice, it was obvious that the mysterious figure was very angry.
This mysterious man kept talking "jijijijiji" for a long time, and the middle-aged man who was translating gradually turned ugly. When he finally stopped, the middle-aged man hesitated for a moment and then said: "The patriarch said: Although they have never
I have never been to the Death Swamp, but I know that it has never been uninhabited, but this time there are suddenly countless masters of cultivation from China. Naturally, your information is wrong."
When the old man saw that the middle-aged man seemed to have finished speaking, he couldn't help but be startled. The mysterious man had been speaking for a long time, but when the middle-aged man translated it, there was only this sentence. It must be that the mysterious man in the middle had a lot of curse words.
, middle-aged people don’t want to translate.
The old man pondered for a moment, but seemed to still be unwilling to fall out with the mysterious person, and then said: "The birth of the Emperor's Treasure House this time is a huge sign, which shocked the world. I think those masters of cultivation in China also left after hearing the news. This is something we can't do
Under control."
The mysterious man wrapped in the cloak was still angry and made another strange sound. The middle-aged man listened attentively, nodded frequently, and then said to the old man: "The patriarch said: The Celestial Emperor Stone is very important to the Beast God King, and it has a great relationship.
, after returning in vain this time, the Beast God King became furious and killed several tribesmen on the spot..."
When the old man heard this, his face was solemn, and he seemed to be in a heavy heart, but a trace of sarcasm could not help but flash through his eyes.
The man in the middle continued to translate: "So please quickly find out whose hands this gem fell into, so that they can go get it again and present it to the Beast God King!"
Gui Li, who was hiding aside, suddenly felt something in his heart. He heard them mention the Heavenly Emperor Dark Stone several times. Could it be the strange stone swallowed by Xiao Hui?
At this time, the old man pondered for a moment, then nodded and said: "Okay, we will take care of this matter. We will give you an answer within three days."
The mysterious man snorted and said a few words "jijijijiji". The middle-aged man nodded to the old man and said: "The patriarch agreed and said that we will meet here again in three days."
The old man nodded, and before he could say anything, the mysterious man turned around and walked out without looking at them again. He was extremely arrogant and rude.
The old man's expression changed, and he looked at the mysterious man's back with an angry look on his face. The middle-aged man quickly pulled him and shook his head. The old man glanced at him and then endured it.
After the tall figure of the mysterious man disappeared into the darkness, the old man suddenly let out a "poof" and cursed: "What the hell, they're just a bunch of beasts!"
The middle-aged man smiled apologetically and said, "Uncle, please don't be angry. Don't be on the same level as them."
The old man sneered and said: "I don't care about them." He turned to look at him and said, "Speaking of which, Sun Tu, you have lived among those beasts for three years and learned their bird songs, and you are just afraid that you will eat them."
A lot of suffering, right?”
The middle-aged man named Sun Tu smiled and said: "I have received great kindness from my master, but I have no choice but to have limited qualifications. I am struggling to repay the kindness of the Valley Master and all my uncles. If I have this opportunity, I dare not not do my best!
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Gui Li suddenly heard the word "Valley Master" and his heart suddenly shivered.
The uncle smiled and seemed to be very impressed. He reached out and patted Sun Tu on the shoulder, and suddenly sneered: "Fortunately, Valley Master Mingjian knows that I have always been calm, so he sent me to meet these beasts.
If that old guy Shangguan Ce comes, things will be ruined on the spot!"
Sun Tugu gave a dry laugh, with a strange look on his face. He murmured in response, but he didn't seem to dare to do the Shangguan policy behind him.
Gui Li on the side had no doubt at this moment that Shangguan Ce was one of the top figures in the "Fenxiang Valley" in the south. Although he had never traveled around the world, he had a long-standing reputation. Especially during the battle of Qingyun ten years ago, the ghost king even used clever tricks to send Zhou Yin pretended to be Shangguan Ce and plotted against the monks of Tianyin Temple, and he succeeded in one fell swoop, almost killing Qingyun and Tianyin sects. At that time, Gui Li was still a disciple of Qingyun named Zhang Xiaofan, and was present, so he was naturally deeply impressed by this name. .
Listening to the two people calling the mysterious man a "beast", the identity of the mysterious man seemed to be revealed just now, but the Fenxiang Valley lineage, which has always been righteous and awe-inspiring, actually revealed an incredible evil aura at this moment.
Gui Li stared coldly at the two people in the hall, with a cold and contemptuous sneer on his lips in the darkness.
In the field, the two people discussed a few more words. Sun Tu blew out the candles in the hall, and the two walked out. It seemed that they wanted to leave. Gui Li frowned in the dark and was thinking deeply. , suddenly, a strange roar came from outside the ancient temple!
Everyone in the ancient temple was shocked, and the old man and Sun Tu stopped at the same time.
The voice was shrill and angry, with a hint of panic in the middle, but it sounded like the roar of some wild beast rather than the scream of a human being. Only after a brief explanation by Ghost Li, he immediately realized that the voice seemed to be that of the one wrapped in the cloak just now. The mysterious figure made his brows furrow involuntarily. At the same time, the old man and Sun Tu also heard it, and their expressions suddenly changed. At the same time, they jumped into the air and flew out of the temple.
There are actually people ambushing me in the deep mountains and wild ridges!
The moonlight was cold, as if the color of the moon was even more eerie.
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Outside the ancient temple, behind a hill in the distance.
A ray of purple light suddenly bloomed in the night, rushed into the air, and then chopped down.
Even though he was dozens of feet away, Gui Li could feel the biting evil aura. His pupils shrank, and in a moment he recognized what kind of magic weapon it was.
The two men from Fenxiang Valley flew over, but the old man's Taoism was obviously much higher than that of Sun Tu. In just a moment, he pulled Sun Tu down several feet. At the same time, he already had a dark red fairy sword in his hand. Fly towards the shining purple light.
But before he could fly to the back of the hill, he heard a loud roar, filled with despair, echoing in the dark night. The old man's face changed drastically, his feet became even more anxious, and with a roar, the ghost flew over. Li quietly followed from the other direction and went around to the back of the hill.
A bloody smell immediately hit his face. The cloak that was split in half slowly floated down from the air, and dark red blood splashed everywhere. The mysterious figure who revealed his true form was indeed a fish-headed man. However, at this moment, Shengsheng was cut in half from head to crotch with a knife. The body fell to the ground, but the murderer had disappeared.
The old man was shocked and angry. The murderer killed someone in an instant and then disappeared. This act of morality was really no small matter. Although he disliked these murlocs in his heart, he knew that the Valley Master actually had important matters to discuss with these barbarians. He was actually killed in a sudden attack under his own eyes. If someone came to investigate, it would be difficult for him to explain.
At this time, Sun Tu also rushed to the scene and was stunned when he saw this bloody scene.
The old man's face was extremely ugly. He suddenly stood up, holding a dark red light under his feet, and flew into the air. He looked around, but he saw nothing but darkness and a vast forest. Where could he find the trace of the murderer?
Suddenly, he shouted loudly: "Which expert is here? Please come out and see Lu Shun in Fenxiang Valley for advice!"
This voice spread far away, and a moment later, a faint echo came back in the Linhai Mountains. "Lu Shun asks for advice...Lv Shun asks for advice..." everywhere.
But other than that, there was no sound.
Lu Shun's eyes were about to burst out with fire. He fell to the ground after a moment and said to Sun Tuji: "Pick up the clan leader's body and take it back to the valley. The murderer must have been nearby not long after he struck. I'll dig three feet into the ground to dig out the corpse."
Find this person."
Sun Tu nodded quickly and said: "Uncle, be careful."
Before he finished speaking, Lu Shun had already stood up and disappeared into the darkness of the woods. Sun Tu turned around and looked at the corpse that had been split into two halves on the ground. A smell of blood hit his nostrils and he couldn't help but
With a look of disgust on his face, he sighed.
Gui Li slowly retreated back, pondered for a moment in the darkness, and then took a closer look at the surrounding terrain. Then his eyes fell on the ancient temple he had just come out from, and he immediately passed by quietly.
The night was cold and dark clouds covered the moon.
Although it had only been a while, the interior of this ancient temple suddenly seemed much gloomier and darker. Only the moonlight that occasionally peeked out from the dark clouds illuminated some places, but it returned to darkness after a while.
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Gui Li slowly walked out and stood in the open space in front of the main hall, staring at the main hall with his eyes.
The cold wind blew, and the broken windows made a strange "squeaking" sound, making a low sound in the darkness.
"Young Master is really powerful. I can hide it from Lu Shun, but I can't hide it from you!"
In the darkness of the main hall, faint words suddenly sounded and floated out gently.