After setting foot on that mountain peak, a strong smell has always been floating in the air, a bit choking, with a smell of sulfur. Both Gui Li and Jin Ping'er are people with profound spiritual practice, so they can still tolerate this kind of smell.
But as they gradually deepened into the mountain peak, the increasingly strong wind gradually made them frown.
It was a bone-chilling wind. I don't know why, when it blew over my face, although the wind was not very strong, it was so miserable that it really chilled people from the bottom of my heart. Plus, it came from somewhere deep in the mountains ahead.
The faint shrieking sound comes one after another, rising and falling, like the cry of an ape at night, and the laughter of a fierce ghost. It is also a horrifying sound in the ears.
Monkey Xiao Hui lay on Ghost Li's shoulder, finished eating the last wild fruit, and threw the core away. He opened his three eyes and looked around in private. It seemed that he was not affected by these visions at all.
Jin Ping'er frowned more and more, and suddenly said: "There seems to be something wrong."
Gui Li was startled, stopped and said, "What's wrong?"
Jin Ping'er hesitated for a moment and said: "The last time I followed here, there were no such ghosts crying, wolf howling, and sinister winds all over the mountains and plains. It was only later that I arrived at the Zhenmo Ancient Cave that something seemed to have changed. Some time had passed here.
But is it like a ghost prison?"
Gui Li looked into the distance and said calmly: "Maybe this is the lair of the beast monster, and it is too violent. It should be like this. He had just come back to life when you came over that day. Of course, it is not as bad as it has been in recent days."
Jin Ping'er thought about it and could only explain it this way. That day at the top of Qingyun Mountain, the Beast God had a bloody battle with the Zhuxian Sword Formation, and was severely damaged by the Zhuxian Ancient Sword. Everyone could see how powerful that sword was.
However, even under the Zhuxian Sword Formation, the Beast God can still escape and run away. His cultivation is enough to shock the world.
Jin Ping'er's eyes flashed, and she suddenly said: "Tell me, if we find the Beast God in the Demon-Suppressing Ancient Cave, even though he is injured, can the two of us really deal with him?"
Gui Li shook his head and said, "How do I know?"
Jin Ping'er looked at him and suddenly smiled: "Looking at you, I'm afraid you're not very sure. If so, what are you doing here with me?"
She looked at Gui Li and said with a faint smile: "Don't forget, there is Baguio in Huqi Mountain waiting for you to save her. If you die here, wouldn't you be very sorry for her?
"
Gui Li snorted, walked forward, and said: "Her father asked me to do this. I owe Baguio too much, and you are the one who always has to do something." He smiled coldly and said
, "If by chance you die here, would you rather die in peace?"
Jin Ping'er smiled coquettishly and smiled at his back: "Oh, you are such a cool person. As long as we die together, not only in this beast's lair, but also in a pig pen and a cattle pen, that's fine too."
"
Gui Li sneered in front, obviously not believing Jin Ping'er's words at all. Needless to say, he didn't show any emotion at all. He just walked straight away, but the monkey on his shoulder turned around and faced Jin Ping'er.
He gave a rare smile and seemed to be in a good mood.
Different from the few women Gui Li had dated before, Xiao Hui was not as affectionate with Jin Ping'er as he was with Xiao Bai and Xiao Huan that day. After several days, this was the first time that he smiled so happily.
Jin Ping'er was a little surprised, but it wasn't a bad thing at all. She was a little happy. She was smiling and was about to step forward to tease the monkey. Unexpectedly, the monkey smiled for a moment with its mouth open. Suddenly, it opened its mouth and spit out something black.
Huhu things came out very fast and flew straight towards where Jin Ping'er was standing.
Jin Ping'er was startled, but she was not an ordinary person after all, so she didn't panic. She swung her feet slightly and pushed hard, and stepped aside for a few seconds to let the weird thing pass.
There was a low popping sound, and the thing fell to the ground. It didn't bounce up, but smashed directly into the golden bottle on the ground. When he looked back, he saw that it was a wild fruit core. I don't know when Xiao Hui had something left in his mouth.
The next one, tut tsk, tastes the taste, but now he uses it to tease her
Jin Ping'er was teased by a monkey. She felt slightly angry and her pretty face turned pale. She looked around and saw that the gray-haired monkey had turned around and sat on Gui Li's shoulder, facing Jin Ping'er.
, folded his hands on his chest, swung his feet back and forth, looked at the sky with three eyes, his face was full of arrogance, and he had the legendary gangster spirit, even his long tail was dangling behind him.
Go, look like: I just bullied you, I am a gangster, who am I afraid of?
It was a good thing that Jin Ping'er didn't look at it. When he saw that he was very angry, he took a few steps to catch up with Gui Li and said angrily: "Why are you such an uncultured monkey? You just spit out fruit cores at people, do you know that?"
Gui Li slowly turned his head and looked at Jin Ping'er with a strange look on his face. He said after a while: "Are you scolding it?" He pointed at Xiao Hui.
Jin Ping'er nodded
Xiao Hui immediately became angry and jumped up from Gui Li's shoulder, squeaking and screaming, his eyes wide open, his hands clenched into fists, and he couldn't stop gesticulating. It looked like he was burning with anger and wanted to fight Jin Ping'er who complained.
A very impressive scene
Jin Ping'er didn't expect that this gray-haired monkey could actually understand human nature to such an extent. She was startled for a moment, took a step back, then ignored it and said loudly to the ghost: "I was scolding it, but this beast is also
It’s really disgusting. If you raise it, you have to teach it well.”
"You!" Suddenly, Gui Li spoke loudly and shouted at Xiao Hui, while also interrupting Jin Ping'er's words.
Xiao Hui was startled and paused. Jin Ping'er was also startled. Looking at Gui Li, he saw Gui Li frowning with a serious look on his face. He shouted to Xiao Hui: "I told you earlier, I want more."
Only by reading and knowing books can you be sensible. You just didn’t listen to the book "Strange Stories of Gods and Demons" that I taught you last time. Why didn’t you study it? Come back and copy three hundred chapters of it for me before you come back to see me."
Xiao Hui's three eyes widened together. He blinked and blinked. He touched his monkey head with his hand, scratched it again, and touched it again. He was obviously in a daze, but the golden bottle on the other side was not much better.
After being surprised, he couldn't help but sneer and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? No matter how knowledgeable this monkey is about human nature, I have never heard of him being able to read and write."
Gui Li turned his head and glanced at her, said "Oh", and seemed to have woken up. He said calmly: "In this case, even if you say so, it's not my fault that the monkey is uneducated. All things are born, but monkeys can't
Reading, what can I do, what can I do?”
He looked at Jin Ping'er and sighed without sincerity. Without saying much, he turned around and walked forward again.
Jin Ping'er was so angry that her face turned pale.
The monkey in front, Xiao Hui, made a plop, fell off Gui Li's shoulder, and fell to the ground. However, it did not appear to be in any pain. Instead, it screamed loudly, danced, laughed wildly, sometimes held its belly, sometimes beat the ground, with its limbs in the air and its tail.
Waving, in short, laughing as wildly as you want
The more Jin Ping'er looked at it, the angrier he became, and was about to have a fit when Xiao Hui suddenly jumped up, screamed "Zhi Zhi Zhi Zhi" at Jin Ping'er, made a big face, and then got down on all fours and swished back.
, jumped onto Gui Li's shoulder a few times, and then he lay down again, where he looked back at Jin Ping'er triumphantly, with another grimace.
Jin Ping'er became more and more angry, and even her body seemed to be trembling. After biting her teeth, she raised her hand to swing forward. Under the warm sunshine, a lavender light glowed on the edge of her palm, which was extremely strange.
But when the palm was raised halfway, it stopped in mid-air. Under the figure of the man in front of him, a faint cyan light seemed to emit from his hand.
Jin Ping'er's pupils contracted
After a while, she suddenly paused, then put down her hands, closed her eyes, took a deep breath, and after her chest rose and fell a few times, her face returned to its usual appearance, and the green glow on Gui Li's hand in front of her also slowly disappeared. As for his
The figure has also slowly walked away amidst the harsh and strange laughter of the gray-haired three-eyed monkey.
Jin Ping'er calmed down, she was still a little angry in her heart, but at the same time, for some reason, her face was a little warm. She always confuses all living beings and plays with people's hearts. How did she know that today she was betrayed by a monkey?
Such a joke
She snorted, put these things aside, and was about to move forward. Suddenly she frowned, as if she remembered something again, turned around and walked back slowly. Not long after, she had reached the place where Xiao Hui had just provocatively vomited.
Where the core fell to the ground
The core is an ordinary wild fruit core in the mountains here. There is nothing strange about it. However, the core at this time has actually sunk into the ground, with only a few hard shells exposed. And this strange and charred fruit core is
On the mountain peak, unlike other parts of Shiwanda Mountain, there is soft soil and hard rocks everywhere.
With the force of Xiao Hui's spitting, he actually drove the core of the fruit into the hard stone.
Jin Ping'er frowned slowly, stood up slowly, and looked in the direction where Gui Li's figure disappeared. The dark wind blowing from that direction seemed to still contain the harsh and strange laughter of the monkey Xiao Hui.
In a low voice, as if she was whispering to herself: "How come even this monkey has such a Taoist practice and can advance so quickly? Who is this person?"
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The vast black forest welcomed another visitor, but this time, the number of guests was much larger than before. A team of more than ten people walked through the jungle, among the giant trees and vines with lush foliage.
Walking through thorns
However, this section of the journey went surprisingly smoothly, except for the unexpected attack by wild beasts.
The few people walking at the front of the team were all unusual people. Lu Xueqi frowned slightly and said nothing, but Zeng - - could not help but said to Li Xun
: "Senior Brother Li, there seems to be something wrong here."
Li Xun stopped, glanced around, and then looked at Zeng--, pondered for a moment, turned around and said loudly to the disciples of Fenxiang Valley: "Everyone, first
Let’s rest here for a while and we’ll continue on our way later.”
Everyone agreed with a roar. Obviously walking such a long distance is not an easy task for anyone.
After settling down the others, Li Xun, Zeng - - walked to a place slightly ahead and approached Lu Xueqi at the same time. Lu Xueqi frowned, but took a step back to Li Xun His face darkened, Zeng - - was so smart that he immediately interrupted and said: "Senior Brother Li, have you discovered it too?"
Li Xun nodded, and his eyes fell to the feet where the three of them were standing. Among the dense thorn bushes, although it was blurry, there were vague marks of someone stepping on them after the thorns were broken.
"Someone walked through this forest before us, and it must not have been a long time ago." He said with certainty, and at the same time, there was a hint of worry on his face.
Zeng - < Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster! > - said in a deep voice: "Could he be a fellow disciple of yours, Senior Brother Li?"
Li Xun shook his head and said: "It's impossible. Our team is the only one in Fenxiang Valley who has penetrated into the Hundred Thousand Mountains. Most of the young elites in the valley are here, and no one else will come in."
Zeng - - frowned and said: "That's strange. According to what Master Yungu said that day, this news shouldn't have leaked. Could it be? Other sects also knew the news and entered Shiwanda Mountain?"
Li Xun hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't think so. First of all, this matter is still kept secret. Only our two factions know about it." He coughed lightly, lowered his voice and said, "The beast god is He is the chief culprit of the catastrophe. If others add insult to injury and take advantage, wouldn't it be the case that our two factions fought bloody battles at the top of Qingyun Mountain?"
Zeng - - stretched out his hand, with a smile on his face, patted Li Xun on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "What Senior Brother Li said is exactly what I want, and it turns out that heroes think alike. Ah, hehe, hehehe”
The two of them looked at each other and smiled, but a cold snort suddenly came from next to them. It came from Lu Xueqi's mouth. Both of them were startled. They turned around and saw Zeng-< Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster. ! >- asked in a low voice: "Senior Sister Lu, what's wrong with you? Did we say the wrong thing?"
Lu Xueqi glanced at him coldly, turned her head away, and sneered: "The face is disgusting."
Zeng - < Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster! > - I was stunned for a while, and I couldn't figure out what Lu Xueqi meant by this sentence. I didn't know whether she was scolding herself or Li Xun, or simply scolding both, he Turning to look at Li Xun, the two looked at each other, feeling embarrassed for a moment and not knowing what to say.
After a while, after all Zeng - - was thick-skinned and made a haha, pretending not to have heard anything, and said to Li Xun: "Senior Brother Li, since the news has not been leaked to the public, Xie, it’s not like you are the other disciples of Fenxiang Valley, so there are such traces here, I’m afraid there’s something weird in them.”
Li Xun frowned, obviously struggling to think, and was about to speak. Suddenly, Lu Xueqi, who had just turned around in front of him, said coldly:
"Beast God"
Zeng - < Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster! > - and Li Xun were shocked, with a look of astonishment on their faces. After a while, Zeng - < Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster! Hurry! >-He nodded slowly, although he hesitated a little, but still said: "Although what Senior Sister Lu said is rather whimsical, when you think about it carefully, it is really possible."
The expression on Li Xun's face was quite different from Zeng - - He hesitated to speak, hesitated for a while, shook his head and said: "Forget it, let's keep going Let's go down and take a look, there's no point in making random guesses here."
After that, he said to the two of them: "You guys should also take a rest. I'll go back and see those junior brothers."
Zeng - < Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster! > - nodded and said: "Senior Brother Li, please do it."
Li Xun said a few more words of caution, turned around and walked back.
After Li Xun had gone far, Zeng - - then turned his head, looked at Lu Xueqi's back, and suddenly smiled and said: "Senior Sister Lu, were you just here? Are you scolding me?"
Lu Xueqi snorted coldly, neither admitting nor denying it. Judging from the meaning, it seemed that the default meaning was more Zeng - - smiled bitterly, pondered for a moment, and walked slowly Next to Lu Xueqi, she lowered her voice and said, "Senior Sister Lu, I have something to ask you."
Lu Xueqi glanced at him and was slightly startled. She saw that Zeng - - looked very serious and serious at this moment, which was very different from usual. She immediately said: "What?"
Zeng - - took a deep breath, looked around, and then whispered: "Senior Sister Lu, tell me honestly, our sect's Ancient Sword of Killing Immortals, Is it really damaged?"
Lu Xueqi's face turned pale, her eyes flashed, and she stared at Zeng - -, even the autumn-like light blue brilliance of the Tianya Divine Sword in her hand was also It seemed to make an invisible buzzing sound, stretched out momentarily, and then slowly retracted
Zeng - < Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster! > - His complexion changed slightly, and he felt that the woman in white in front of him was like ice one moment, but at this moment she seemed to be an extremely sharp and terrifying needle, and he couldn't help but retreat. He took a step forward and said with a low and bitter smile: "Senior Sister Lu, there's no need for this."
Lu Xueqi stared at him coldly and said, "What do you mean by this sentence?"
Zeng - - smiled slightly and said: "I am also a disciple of Qingyun, how can I not care about this kind of thing? Senior Sister Wenmin returned to the mountain temporarily, I'm afraid it was just for Shall we report this matter to the teachers?"
Lu Xueqi did not speak, but looked at him coldly - - nodded and said: "Okay, okay, Senior Sister Lu, you see, I am not malicious, just There are some things here that are very suspicious. There are few opportunities along the way, so I just want to tell you now."
Lu Xueqi glanced at him and said, "What's the matter?"
Zeng - < Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster! > - coughed and whispered: "What kind of person do you think Yun Yilan, the owner of Fenxiang Valley, is?"
Lu Xueqi frowned and said, "What do you mean?"
Zeng - - smiled slightly and said: "That being said, do you think Master Yun Gu is a simple-minded person? Or maybe he is a person who hates evil as much as he hates it. How about someone who takes the righteous path in the world as his own duty and has no defense against Qingyun disciples who are also righteous?"
Lu Xueqi snorted and said nothing, but the disdain on her face was clear. She was obviously dissatisfied with Zeng--These questions are completely negative. Zeng-- He was not angry either. It seemed that he had known that Lu Xueqi would react this way, and then said: "Since we all know that Master Yungu is not such a warm-hearted or simple-minded person, then Isn't it strange that he rashly asked the three of us about Zhu Xian's destruction that day in the Shanhe Palace?"
Lu Xueqi took a deep breath and looked at Zeng without saying a word - < Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster! > - Zeng - < Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster! > - Somewhat embarrassed, Said: "Okay, I know it is inappropriate to talk about a respected elder like this behind his back, but you see, when you think about these things carefully, it is really strange."
"There's nothing wrong with it," Lu Xueqi said in a cold voice, as if she didn't bother to care about Zeng - - opened her mouth slightly and said coldly: "Just say it, yes. There is nothing to worry about. From Qingyun Mountain to now, I don’t think he is a good person."
"Uh" Zeng - - was surprised and funny at the same time. He was speechless for a moment. He never dreamed that Lu Xueqi, who had always followed the rules, would actually go out of his way than him and go straight. He said his words of contempt for a highly respected senior, but when he thought about it, there seemed to be a lot of disagreements between this unrivaled beauty and that highly respected senior and his disciples.
Looking at Lu Xueqi's face, Zeng - - The back of his neck felt cold for some reason, and he intuitively thought that he had accidentally poked a hornet's nest. He coughed and quickly turned away. topic, and said: "Well, uh, well, let's not care about his character for now. I mean, in this matter, there are at least a few extraordinary things about Master Yun Gu."
"How did he know about the destruction of the Zhuxian Ancient Sword? This is one," Lu Xueqi said, the expression on her face remained unchanged, but there was a gleam of light in her eyes, like dazzling crystals. "Second, he knew After that, why did he tell us that he knew that the news came from his mouth, and we must report it to the teachers of Qingyun Sect, so wouldn't things between Fenxiang Valley and Qingyun Sect be about to change immediately?"
Zeng - < Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster! > - nodded repeatedly and said: "I know that with Senior Sister Lu's intelligence, she will never fail to discover the important relationship between this." After a pause, he continued, " If you think about it carefully, Master Yun Gu can only have two situations. First, Qingyun Sect has a spy who tipped him off. This news that even Qingyun disciples like me have kept secret, he actually knows. It can be seen that the identity and status of this spy should not be underestimated, but by saying this, wouldn't it be possible that the identity of the spy would be exposed?"
Lu Xueqi snorted and said: "Secondly, what is the purpose of what he told us? Is it to remind Qingyun Sect that he already knows this secret, or to warn the teachers that Fenxiang Valley is no longer afraid of Qingyun Sect?"
Zeng - - took a deep look at Lu Xueqi, sighed, and said: "What I was thinking, it turns out that you have already thought of it, it is useless for me to remind you. , but it’s right to think about it. You asked Senior Sister Wenmin to temporarily transfer back to Qingyun that day just to report these things to the elders."
Lu Xueqi was silent and nodded.
Zeng - - The corners of his mouth moved, and suddenly he let out a long sigh, and his voice was filled with emotion. Lu Xueqi was slightly startled and said: "What's wrong with you?"
Zeng - - smiled bitterly and said: "I, I sighed for the ancient sword of killing immortals in our sect. To be honest, although I have thought about this in the past few days, , but in my heart I am still extremely reluctant to tell the truth, and would rather guess wrong."
Lu Xueqi didn't speak, she just turned her head silently and looked at the depths of the dense forest ahead. It was dark and dark, and the future was not bright at all.
Zeng - - took a deep breath, shook his head, and said: "Forget it, there is no other way to think about it anyway, I have to take one step at a time and see what happens." I want to see what kind of medicine that Yungu master is selling in his gourd?"
Lu Xueqi did not answer, and her eyes inadvertently turned to the vague trace she had just discovered - - whispered to the side: "In fact, although the beast god you mentioned is also possible, But I always feel that it shouldn’t be him.”
Lu Xueqi said: "Then who do you think he is?"
Zeng - - pondered for a moment and whispered: "If what Li Xun said is true, and it turns out that he is not the other disciples of their Fenxiang Valley, I am only afraid of these traces , most likely left behind by the remnants of the Demon Cult."
Lu Xueqi shuddered, turned around, her usually cold and beautiful face moved for the first time, and said, "Why do you say that?"
Zeng - - pointed at the trace and said: "Look, although this trace is blurry, it is obviously a trace left by humans passing through this place. Since I have never been to Fenxiang Valley , then there is no other sect in the righteous way in the world that is more familiar with the Hundred Thousand Mountains than they are, and it is difficult to imagine that they can trace it here. But the Demon Sect is different. After the war between good and evil, the Demon Sect was expelled from the Middle Earth by the Righteous Way, like this It’s a remote place, and I’m afraid they’ve been there, so I think it’s very possible that it’s them.”
"What do you think, Senior Sister Lu?" Zeng - - turned around and asked, but looking at Lu Xueqi's face, she couldn't help but be startled.
The beautiful woman stared blankly at the footprints. Her face looked slightly pale, but unexpectedly there was a hint of blush, faintly showing from the depths of her skin. In this remote and cold ancient forest, she stood quietly, as if I fell into a strange dream and could no longer hear the words of the people next to me.