On a new day, the sunlight shining on the altar platform seemed to have a brand-new flavor. Gui Li and Xiao Bai stood on the platform in front of the altar halfway up the mountain, looking at the land ravaged by war at the bottom of the mountain. .
Among the ruins and broken walls that can be seen everywhere, Miao people are coming in and out. From a height, they look like ants busy working for their homeland.
Xiaobai sighed, turned around and said to Guili standing next to him: You have to think about it, the monsters in the Hundred Thousand Mountains are not that easy to deal with!
Gui Li's expression remained unchanged and he said: I'm not afraid of death anymore, so what else am I afraid of?
Xiao Bai shrugged his shoulders, smiled bitterly and shook his head. At this moment, there was a strange creaking next to them. The two turned to look, but it was Xiao Hui running over, but his running posture was a bit weird.
After a moment, their eyes unexpectedly fell on the monkey's hands at the same time. Xiao Hui had one in each hand, and both sides were carrying a large bag, which was the big wine bag used by the Miao people to hold wine.
Gui Li was stunned for a long time, then slowly turned his head to look at Xiao Bai, who smiled bitterly and said: "Don't look at me, I don't know either."
Xiao Hui quickly ran close and looked at its expression. It was completely different from the preoccupied expressions of its owner and Xiao Bai. It was obviously very excited. It was smiling from ear to ear. There was a faint smell of wine. From the two big bottles of wine in its hand, The two wine bags were swollen and seemed to be filled with Miao spirits. It was very different from the previous few days when there was only a small bag left during the wine fight.
Yesterday in Gui Li, when Xiao Bai was having a detailed discussion with the great wizard, the monkey Xiao Hui was really bored staying in that gloomy altar. The monkey has a lively nature. How could he endure it, so he sneaked out quietly. And Gui Li then At that time, I was so worried, surprised and happy that I didn't even notice that Xiao Hui had left.
Xiao Hui unknowingly remembered the good wine he drank that day, became addicted to it, and slipped away to Qili Cave at the foot of the mountain. After the fierce battle, the Miao people's homeland was shattered, and it was a busy time. In addition, Xiao Hui looked like nothing more than a bird. How could anyone pay attention to the gray-haired monkey? After several searches and taking advantage of the chaos, the monkey actually found two large bags of unopened spirits in the ruins.
Last night, I don't know where Xiao Hui hid these two big bags of wine in a secret place. This morning, when he saw that he was about to leave, the monkey ran out and dragged the two big bags of wine back. Apparently he planned to do this. Enjoyed the delicious food along the way.
But at this moment, he saw that the faces of his master Gui Li and Xiao Bai were a little strange. Xiao Hui was a little confused. He opened his monkey eyes and looked at the two people. After a while, Xiao Bai covered his mouth and chuckled, and said to Gui Li: Forget it, you agree. For such a big thing as killing the Miao people, even if you take...well, take two bags of wine from them, it's nothing!
Before she finished speaking, she laughed first. Gui Li shook his head and slowly turned around. Xiao Hui was left staring at the monkey eyes, looking at Xiao Bai, then at Gui Li, and put down a wine bag. , with one free hand he scratched his head, looking quite confused.
Deep inside the altar, the Miao tribe leader Tu Ma Gu and the great wizard were sitting opposite each other, with no one else around.
Tu Ma Gu was silent for a long time, and the great wizard did not speak. There was a suffocating atmosphere in the air. Finally, Tu Ma Gu's expression changed, and he seemed to be unable to bear it any longer, and said: "Great wizard, you are so seriously injured, why are you so injured?" Do you have to go with these two Middle-earth people?
The great wizard sighed softly and said: Didn't I tell you just now?
Tuma Gu said bitterly: The Li people have robbed our sacred weapon, and we risk our lives to get it back. Why should we ask outsiders for help?
The great wizard shook his head and said: You are wrong.
Tu Ma Gu was startled and said: What?
The great wizard was silent for a moment and said in a low voice: If it is true that the Li people stole our sacred weapon, I don't have to worry so much, I'm just afraid... Oh!
Tu Ma Gu was puzzled and said: Great wizard, what do you mean?
The great wizard said: Do you still remember the legend of beasts and monsters that our Miao people have passed down from generation to generation?
Tu Ma Gu's face changed drastically, and he asked in surprise: Is that legend true?
The great wizard gave a bitter smile and said: It was originally true. Back then, Empress Linglong sacrificed herself to seal the beast monsters in the Demon Suppression Cave, and she decreed that future generations would never allow the five beast monsters sacred artifacts to return to the Demon Suppression Cave at the same time. But to this day, , all five sacred artifacts have been lost, I'm afraid this is really a sign of the resurrection of the beast monster.
The expression on Tuma Gu's face changed. As the leader of the Miao tribe, he naturally knew the weight of that legend. But after a while, he couldn't help but said: Great wizard, under such circumstances, you can't leave here, just in case... ...With you here, our tribe will feel more at ease.
The great wizard shook his head silently and said: With this old life, I can only live for another thirty days at most.
Tu Ma Gu's body was shaken.
The great wizard sighed: In fact, I am not willing to leave. If I go, I am afraid that I will die in a foreign land. But now that the five tribes in southern Xinjiang are divided and their talents are withered, if my prediction is right, I am afraid that no one can To deal with the crisis. Although the young man from Middle-earth is not old, he possesses strange skills. The black stick beside him has such evil and powerful evil that I have only seen in my life. But the most important thing is...
He glanced at Tu Ma Gu meaningfully, lowered his voice, and whispered: The most important thing is that the Xuan Huo Jian, known as the essence of all fires, is on his body.
Tu Ma Gu was shocked and said: What, this thing is not burning incense...
The great wizard showed it with his eyes, Tu Nu knew what he was doing, and kept silent, but the look of surprise in his eyes only increased.
The great wizard said slowly: When he met me for the first time that day, there were strange signs in the stone statue of the dog god behind me, and the holy fire was even more warning, and the two sacred weapons of the beast demon, the black staff and the bone jade, were both uneasy. If it had not been for suppressing the beast back then, The supreme sacred object of demons is the Mysterious Fire Mirror, let alone anything else. As for how this sacred object was lost from the Incense Valley, I don’t know.
Tu Ma Gu remained silent.
The great wizard paused for a moment, then continued: Later, when I was talking, I deliberately told the origin of the Xuanhuo Jian, and the two of them were really surprised. Especially when I talked about the Eight Ominous Xuanhuo Array, the two of them were even more surprised. Their expressions changed drastically, thinking that they must be closely related to this magic weapon array.
Tu Ma Gu let out a long breath, obviously these words were something he had never thought of before.
The great wizard said calmly: You also know that the legend passed down by our Miao people from past generations is that only the Xuanhuo Jian and the Eight Ominous Xuanhuo Array can suppress the beast monsters. Now let’s not say that the Xuanhuo Jian is not in our hands. The young man snatched it from his hands, but no one could drive it, and no one knew about the mysterious Eight Ominous Mysterious Fire Array. So, in this situation, the young man was actually our The only hope for all living beings in southern Xinjiang. Even if I die in a foreign land, I will go with him. I just hope that I can save his friend's life before I die. I hope that he will take this kind of kindness into consideration and help me, the Miao people, in the future. .
Tu Ma Gu's lips trembled slightly, and his old face was deeply wrinkled. Unknowingly, a few tears secretly leaked out. Facing the great wizard, he slowly leaned down and put his head on the cold ground.
The great wizard smiled, with a somewhat forlorn look on his face, and said: You don't have to worry about me after I leave. If that young man is willing, he will send my bones back to his hometown in the future. Things here depend entirely on you.
Tu Ma Gu did not raise his head, and said in a low voice with a hint of sobs: Great wizard, don't worry.
The great wizard said leisurely: If I go, I will die, which is nothing. But you are in southern Xinjiang, and the weather is fierce and the waves are fierce. The other four tribes do not know how high the sky is. Seeing that the Miao tribe has lost power, I am afraid that it will inevitably add insult to injury. In the Hundred Thousand Mountains, beast monsters may resurrect at any time, and disaster is coming. You have a heavy burden on your shoulders, so you should take more care of yourself.
Tu Ma Gu gritted his teeth and agreed.
The great wizard stood up slowly, glanced around, and suddenly said: If the situation is really critical in the future, although Qilidong is the place where our Miao people have lived for generations, it is not impossible to abandon it. As long as people are here, there will be something in the future. hope.
Tu Ma Gu's face became a little pale again, and he said slowly: Yes.
The great wizard sighed and walked out slowly.
When the rickety figure, supported by Tu Ma Gu and followed by Gui Li and Xiao Bai, came down from the mountainside altar, not many people noticed.
But following the sound of footsteps, the figure of the great wizard, who had not appeared on the streets of Qilidong for who knows how long, was finally noticed by the Miao people. With the shouts of surprise, more and more Miao people dropped their hands. Work comes together.
The great wizard smiled and waved to the Miao people around him, but he never stopped and walked towards the exit of Qilidong.
Finally, the Miao people gradually felt that something was wrong. Among the crowd, someone began to shout loudly in Miao language. Although Gui Li and Xiaobai couldn't quite understand what they were saying, they figured out what the Miao people were shouting.
The great wizard's face seemed a little sad, and the smile gradually disappeared from his face covered with vicissitudes of life, and was replaced by a clear sadness.
But he remained silent.
Just wave.
Walk away slowly.
Tu Ma Gu also stopped and stood at the front of the crowd, silently staring at the rickety back.
The crowd was now screaming and crying, many people were panicking, and even more people were kneeling down towards the old man who was walking away.
Gui Li, who was walking behind the great wizard, silently looked at the old man, and was shocked to find that tears were streaming down his face from unknown time.
Finally, when we reached the passage leading to the outside of the valley, the crying from behind could be heard throughout the valley.
The old man's body began to tremble slightly. Suddenly, he turned around and once again looked at this land, this valley, this sky...
The Miao people in the distance exclaimed, and many people jumped up from the ground in surprise.
However, the next moment, the great wizard closed his eyes tightly, as if he wanted to engrave everything in this land in his heart, frowned, and turned around again.
There was sudden silence in the valley.
Countless looks, as if shouting silently behind you!
The muscles on the great wizard's face trembled slightly, and he slowly stepped out and disappeared into the passage.
There was silence in Qili Cave.
After a long time, I don’t know who was the first to cry. For a moment, the whole valley was filled with the sound of mourning.
One hundred thousand mountains.
Passing through the black forest, and then over seven dangerous mountains, you will reach a high mountain surrounded by black air all year round and howling by the wind. And under this bare mountain, without a tree or a blade of grass, there is a big hole. The entrance of the cave is three feet high and five feet wide. A sinister wind howls out of it all year round, mixed with sharp and abnormal sounds, as if some furious soul is roaring endlessly.
In the middle of the cave entrance, there is a stone statue standing upright, life-size. It looks like a beautiful woman. Facing the depths of the Demon Suppressing Cave, she stands silently. The cold wind howls all year round and never stops blowing on the stone statue, making a sound. The low voice is like the fragile wooden board that blocks the wind and rain in the storm.
However, she seems to never back down!
A lich dressed in black was standing in front of this stone statue, staring silently.
The evil dragon beside him seemed to be particularly afraid of this stone statue. He subconsciously moved away, looked around for a while, screamed, let go of its four legs, and ran up the mountain. Soon after, it disappeared into the black air. middle.
The cold and biting wind blew the lich's black clothes. In this desolate scenery, this person seemed to gradually become ethereal, with a hint of unreality.
He just kept looking at it for a long time, so long that even Jin Ping'er began to wonder whether the man in black had turned into a stone statue.
After narrowly escaping from the dark forest, he unexpectedly found a killing knife inserted deeply into the rock crevice under the cliff. Jin Ping'er vaguely guessed that the ghost king sect's general killing monk was earlier than himself. Entered here?
It's just that although the killing knife is there, the killing monk is nowhere to be seen. The magic weapon is still there. The danger can be imagined. I'm afraid that the killing monk may have met with something unexpected. In the 100,000 mountains, there is really a murderous intention at every step.
But after Jin Ping'er pondered, she still secretly followed the lich. Along the way, she learned that the lich had special powers, so she became more cautious, not daring to be careless at all, and she didn't dare to approach the black-clothed monster and the witch at will. The evil dragon and the lich probably thought that the person they were following was dead in the dark forest, so they didn't even notice Jin Ping'er behind them, so they let Jin Ping'er follow them all the way to the Ancient Demon-Suppressing Cave.
At this moment, Jin Ping'er was crouching behind a hill in the distance, looking at the black figure from a distance, and couldn't help but start to wonder if the man in black was going to stand in front of this woman's stone statue for the rest of his life.
From the time he arrived at the Demon Suppressing Cave to now, the Lich had been staring at this stone statue motionless for more than four hours.
Just when Jin Ping'er was about to close her eyes and fall asleep out of boredom, the figure of the lich finally moved. Jin Ping'er's spirit was lifted and she quickly looked carefully.
The lich in black seemed to have finally made a decision after a long period of contemplation or struggle. He silently bent down towards the stone statue of the woman and bowed respectfully.
From a distance, Jin Ping'er saw the lich and whispered something to the stone statue, but the distance was too far and he couldn't hear it at all. Then, the lich slowly turned around and faced the stone statue. Floating deep into the ancient cave of Zhenmo.
Jin Ping'er frowned, and the mystery in his heart became bigger and bigger. There was obviously some great secret in that ancient cave, and it was probably the location of the mysterious figure that Shangguan Ce mentioned in the conversation with the lich. But in this extremely remote place, How could there be such a stone statue of a woman standing right in the middle of the cave entrance in such a remote place?
And looking at the expression on the Lich's face towards this stone statue, it is clear that he has a close relationship with this stone statue, and I'm afraid there are still unexplainable past events.
Just when Jin Ping'er saw that the lich was about to disappear into the ancient cave, and was about to lean out and sneak over to take a closer look at the stone statue, suddenly, the lich's body suddenly stopped.
Jin Ping'er was startled, almost thinking that she had exposed herself in her haste, and couldn't help but feel regretful. When she was anxious, she realized that the lich didn't even look back at her, and it didn't seem like she had noticed her appearance.
Then she felt relieved and quickly hid herself, then secretly poked her head out again and looked in the direction of the ancient cave.
At this look, she couldn't help but stare straight.
Just in front of the female stone statue, at the entrance of the Ancient Demon-Suppressing Cave, a ball of white air suddenly appeared in the sky, forming a strong contrast with the surrounding black air and wind. The lich also stopped and silently stared at the ball of white air.
The white energy gathered more and more, and gradually condensed and took shape, turning into a human shape. Looking from Jin Ping'er, it was a tall man, holding a giant sword in his right hand and a large shield in his left hand. His body was completely composed of white energy. It was swaying in the cold wind, but the movements of the body and even the expression on the face were completely visible.
Jin Ping'er was stunned and speechless, took a breath of cold air for a while, and whispered to himself: What a Yin spirit!
She is from a demon sect, and she knows something about such ghostly things: According to ancient legends, only the soul is immortal during life and death. At the end of one life, the soul will leave the body and go to the next life. The reincarnation will never end. .However, there are resentful spirits in the world. They are caused by the three poisons of greed, anger, and ignorance, and are caused by fear, evil, and fear. They are attached to the world, look back on the past, and do not want to be reborn. These are Yin spirits.
When Gui Li was still Zhang Xiaofan, a young disciple of the Qingyun Sect, he and Lu Xueqi fell into the abyss of death in the Ten Thousand Bats Ancient Cave in Kongsang Mountain. On that ruthless seaside, they encountered countless Yin spirits under the abyss. But those Yin spirits They are all mortal souls who were killed by the Blood Refining Hall back then and were unable to pass away. Although ordinary people were killed when they met them, in the eyes of cultivators, they were not powerful monsters. Therefore, Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi were still struggling for a long time before they succeeded in their Taoism.
The Yin spirit that Jin Ping'er saw was by no means an ordinary Yin spirit, but the rarest evil spirit in the legend. Most of these souls were people with advanced spiritual practices during their lifetime, but after death, they were possessed by some extremely powerful and profound evil spirits. Out of anger and obsession, he actually gave up his past life and was willing to protect something and become a desolate wild ghost, wandering in the world.
These evil spirits are already very high in their spiritual conduct, and they are even more ferocious with the ghost power after death. Ordinary cultivators are no match for them. It can be said that they are ferocious ghosts that are unique among ten thousand. Only cultivators, People tend to take the afterlife more seriously than ordinary people, and rarely give up on it. That's why evil spirits are so rare. Jin Ping'er was really shocked when he suddenly saw it this time.
However, looking over, the black-clothed lich didn't seem to show any surprise. Facing the evil spirit blocking his path, he just slowly looked up.
The evil spirit's body made of white gas was extremely tall, almost blocking the entire entrance of the Ancient Demon-Suppressing Cave. The Lich looked at this evil spirit holding a sword and shield like a god of war, and suddenly sighed.
Are you finally willing to come out to see me? He said quietly.
The evil spirit stared at the Lich coldly. His white aura and the Lich's black shadow were like two extremes that would never compromise.
You, a traitor who betrayed your mother-in-law, how dare you say this?
The Lich's body seemed to tremble, and he, who was always unfathomable, was actually stabbed with severe pain all over his body by such a sentence.
He looked up at the angry face, remained silent for a long time, and slowly lowered his head.