In the blazing underground cave, heat waves are rolling, and the red magma under the platform is constantly surging, making explosive sounds from time to time.
Zhang Xiaofan only felt that it was gradually becoming difficult to breathe. It seemed that the air he breathed in reached his lungs and was also very hot. In this place where it felt like every step he took would lead to sparks, but the white six-tailed fox in front of him remained quiet. Lying there, he seemed to be enjoying himself.
He stood there, looking ahead, hesitating for a moment, and finally walked forward. At the same time, he subconsciously tightened the fire stick in his hand.
This platform is long and narrow, extending all the way to the depths of the magma lake. As Zhang Xiaofan gets closer and closer, the surrounding temperature becomes hotter and hotter, almost to the point of being unbearable.
Whether it was the scorching temperature or some other reason, Zhang Xiaofan's throat was extremely dry, but he did not dare to be distracted at all, and stared at the fox closely.
He walked to a place three steps away from it and stopped.
The distance was closer, and he could see more clearly. He was suddenly shocked that this was indeed a beautiful fox, with pure white fur from top to bottom, especially in this place like a flaming hell, it was actually as snow-like. Generally speaking, not to mention a stray hair, there is not even a trace of scorching.
However, its eyes were closed, and there was a slight frown between the eyes, as if there was a trace of pain hanging between its eyebrows.
Zhang Xiaofan looked at it, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind. From Xiaochi Town to now, all he heard was that there was a "three-tailed demon fox" entrenched here to cause harm. But looking at the fox in front of him, it was obviously the same as the one from the fight just now. That three-tailed demon fox is different.
He vaguely remembered that when he was a child, he heard his senior brother Song Daren say that the world is huge, full of wonders, beautiful mountains and rivers, and full of monsters and monsters. Therefore, the old legend says that foxes are the most intelligent species among beasts, and many of them can become monsters through cultivation. And in Among the fox demon clan, there is a lineage with the most spiritual energy, and there is a special feature, that is, the higher the cultivation level and the deeper the Taoism, the more tails they have.
Looking at the six-tailed fox in front of him, Zhang Xiaofan's heart skipped a beat.
At this moment, the six-tailed fox in front of him seemed to suddenly wake up from a deep sleep, with its tail swaying slightly and its head swaying slightly.
Then, it opened its eyes.
The dark and deep pupils reflected the figure of the slightly nervous young man in front of him.
Zhang Xiaofan was startled, took a step back, put the fire stick across his chest, and concentrated on guarding. Unexpectedly, the six-tailed white fox just looked at him, but still lying in the bluestone nest, without any sign of taking action.
One person and one fox, just facing each other. There was no sound around, only the sound of the lava lake that seemed to have existed for thousands of years, still surging, but it seemed so far away.
The air is still hot, floating between humans and foxes.
"Young man." A low, as if tired voice came from the fox's mouth, breaking the silence: "What are you doing here?"
From the voice of this fox monster, Zhang Xiaofan once again confirmed that this fox was injured, which was why he spoke so feebly. However, even so, he still did not dare to be careless and said in a deep voice: "You monsters, you are causing harm." People, I am a disciple of Zhengdao, and today I will eliminate harm for the people."
The six-tailed white fox looked at him with twinkling eyes. He was not angry or sarcastic. He just looked at him indifferently. After a long while, he looked away and said calmly: "What a great ambition!"
Zhang Xiaofan was startled for a moment, then frowned and shouted: "Don't do this, get up quickly, I..."
"Are you going to kill me?" The six-tailed white fox suddenly interrupted him and asked calmly.
Zhang Xiaofan didn't expect it to speak so directly. He choked for a moment, but immediately woke up and said: "You demon foxes have brought trouble to the world and caused a lot of harm to people. I am doing justice to heaven by killing you!"
The six-tailed white fox turned his head sideways, his eyes seemed a bit mocking and a bit desolate, and said: "Young man, I think you are only twenty years old, right?"
Zhang Xiaofan snorted and said: "So what, I still want to conquer demons."
The six-tailed white fox lowered his head slightly, as if suddenly feeling a little emotional, and said in a low voice: "Yes! You humans are really unique in cultivating the Tao. Our fox clan has practiced hard for more than a thousand years, but the most talented among you are not the best." It only takes a few hundred years to defeat us, just like that old guy from Shangguan..." At this point, it suddenly stopped, smiled bitterly, shook its head, looked at Zhang Xiaofan, and said slowly: "Young man, you At such a young age, how do you know that our fox clan has brought trouble to the world and caused a lot of harm to people?"
Zhang Xiaofan sneered and said: "Your companion of the three-tailed demon fox harassed the residents of Xiaochi Town day and night, robbed countless cattle and sheep, and also killed people. Isn't this a disaster for the world and a lot of harm to people?"
The six-tailed white fox was silent for a moment and said: "Yes, I have heard her say this. It is indeed as you said. When she went to Xiaochi Town three days ago, the father and son dared to come out to stop me. It happened to be that day that I was ill. Again, she was in a bad mood, so she killed the two idiots who didn't know whether to live or die."
Zhang Xiaofan said angrily: "Then what else do you have to say?"
The six-tailed white fox said calmly: "You are mistaken. I am not judging you. Even if it were me who went there that day, I would still kill him as usual."
Zhang Xiaofan was furious, pointed his halberd and said angrily: "Then you actually dare to say that you are not bringing trouble to the world, and it has caused great harm to people. The evildoer must die!" Where he shouted angrily, the green light of the fire stick rose up, and it was about to break through the air. out.
The six-tailed white fox had no intention of moving, and remained lying still. He said calmly: "What do you mean by the world?"
Zhang Xiaofan was startled again, and the thoughts in his mind changed. Suddenly, for some reason, looking at the six-tailed white fox in front of him, and listening to his low words, he inexplicably remembered the meeting of thousands of people.
Vaguely, as if somewhere deep in my heart, there was an inexplicable voice calling.
The light of the fire stick gradually faded away. But the voice of the white fox still continued: "In your eyes, the so-called world is dominated by your human race, right? All things are born for you, the human race. Asking for anything at will, as long as there is any resistance, is causing harm to the world, causing great harm to people, and is an unforgivable crime. The crime deserves death, right?"
Zhang Xiaofan looked at it, silent and speechless. He didn't know why both the three-tailed demon fox and the six-tailed white fox seemed to like talking to him. But what he didn't understand even more was why these words, which sounded so outrageous, spoke to him. Does his will have such a big influence?
"But, have you ever thought about the feelings of other races? How do the beasts that you people kill and eat feel? In the final analysis, it is just because you humans are so powerful that the beasts are unable to resist, so they have to restrain themselves. Kill." The white fox's voice continued calmly: "In this case, our fox demon clan is stronger than some of you humans, so what's the point of killing some of you? Anyway, in this world, it's just the jungle of the jungle." It smiled. , looked at Zhang Xiaofan and said: "What do you think?"
Zhang Xiaofan stared at it, pursed his lips, and said nothing.
"Also, even among your human race, isn't it like this? You have practiced Taoism and have not yet achieved immortality, but you are still fighting with each other. The so-called right way and evil way are actually not just your own words. What it says here is nothing more than that the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit."
It smiled again, looked at Zhang Xiaofan, and repeated: "What do you think?"
Zhang Xiaofan closed his eyes, raised his head, and took a deep breath. The white fox stopped talking. It seemed that it felt a little tired after talking so much.
a long time.
"What do you want me to say?" Zhang Xiaofan said suddenly.
The white fox looked at him and found that he had opened his eyes. The young man's complex but bright eyes were looking at it.
"Every one of you is telling me this or that." Zhang Xiaofan said coldly: "It seems that I am wrong as a righteous person, and you are right to kill people and commit chaos. You evil heretics, in addition to deceiving people, What else?"
Bai Hu suddenly frowned, a light flickered in his eyes, and suddenly said: "Why, has anyone else said such a thing to you?"
Zhang Xiaofan didn't answer, but the dark green light of the fire stick gradually lit up again, reflecting his face, which was changing. He only heard his voice saying: "Monster, do it!"
The green light came like this, faintly, but it actually overshadowed the ubiquitous hot red light, like a mountain coming down from the sky.
The six-tailed white fox looked at the oppressive green light, which was actually a bit cold in this place of hot lava, and his whole body suddenly trembled involuntarily.
At this moment, Zhang Xiaofan suddenly heard a roaring sound coming from behind him, in the corridor where he had just fallen.
The sound was like a wild beast roaring, and like an army of thousands of horses, raging with iron hooves, and the momentum was fierce. It was coming before it was seen. Zhang Xiaofan was shocked, but he did not dare to take the six-tailed white fox in front of him lightly, so he had to immediately withdraw the fire. Hold the stick across your chest and focus on it.
Farther away, the six-tailed white fox also frowned slightly and looked towards the corridor.
Soon, Zhang Xiaofan felt that the heat wave coming from the tunnel was getting hotter and his breathing became more difficult. It almost felt like people were being cooked in this lava cave.
Just as he was frightened and suspicious, he heard the noise getting closer and closer, and the momentum became more and more fierce. After a moment, he only felt his eyes light up, and the dark corridor suddenly shone brightly, and he suddenly burst out of the narrow hole. A huge fire dragon sprang out. After exiting the cave, the fire dragon let out a long roar, soared into the air, and opened its teeth and claws. A white shadow flashed past the dragon's head, and a white figure floated down, but it was the extremely charming three-tailed demon fox. .
I saw her falling in front of the six-tailed white fox, with a somewhat anxious look on her face for some reason. The originally neat clothes on her body now had several torn and dirty places. It seemed that the fight outside just now, she I actually suffered some losses.
Zhang Xiaofan was startled for a moment, and stood there without stepping forward. Instead, his eyes were attracted by the huge fire dragon that was still swimming in mid-air. He saw that the fire dragon's whole body was burning with hot flames, and in Lianlong's eyes, They are also two huge incandescent flames.
The fire dragon seemed to have received some nourishment in this huge underground lava cave, and its momentum became more and more fierce. Amidst the roar of the dragon, the fire dragon actually rushed down.
Zhang Xiaofan was shocked and quickly took a few steps back, only to see the fire dragon just brushing past him. Under the heat wave, the fire dragon roared into the lava lake at his feet and disappeared in the blink of an eye. After a moment, it fled again. Come out and roll and swim comfortably in this terrifying lake.
Suddenly, I heard the faint voice of the three-tailed demon fox coming from the front: "Brother, are you okay?"
The six-tailed white fox smiled and said calmly: "This little brother from the Zhengdao sect has not yet taken action against my dying fox!"
Zhang Xiaofan's face turned red, then he frowned. Listening to the words of the six-tailed white fox, it seemed that it was dying of illness.
The three-tailed demon fox's face was a bit sad, and he whispered: "Brother, in addition to the two people who came with this boy, there are also two people from Fenxiang Valley."
The six-tailed white fox seemed to tremble, turned to look at her, and said, "Is it that old guy Shangguan?"
The three-tailed demon fox shook his head and said: "No, they are two younger generation disciples, but they are quite profound. I, I am not their opponent..."
The six-tailed white fox was startled for a moment, then sighed slightly and said: "Alas! You have only practiced Taoism for three hundred years. Even if you have the Xuanhuo Jian, how can you compete with these outstanding disciples of the famous sect, that's all, that's all."
On the extremely soft face of the three-tailed demon fox, two traces of tears fell down in confusion: "But, brother, now there is no way out of this "Fire Dragon Cave", and it has been sealed by the four of them. Now we only rely on "big black leeches" "I tried my best to block them, but I think their magic weapon is very powerful, so I'm afraid they'll be captured in less than a stick of incense. What should we do?"
The six-tailed white fox looked at her and struggled to raise its front paws, as if it wanted to catch her, but when it was lifted into the air, it fell down again. It panted for a long time, then said: "You haven't noticed yet? Even if they don't come, , I can’t do it either.”
The tears of the three-tailed demon fox dripped onto the pure white snow-like fur of the white fox.
The white fox's voice, on the other hand, sounded much calmer: "For three hundred years, I have been running around here and there, living in darkness all day and night. I am afraid that people from Fenxiang Valley will come to hunt me down, and I have to endure it day and night. The ice poison of "Nine Cold Ice Thorns" attacked me. But today, I still can't escape."
The three-tailed demon fox said sadly: "Brother, stop talking. I will take you out right now. We still have the Xuanhuojian. With your way, you can definitely..."
Bai Hu slowly shook his head and whispered: "My foundation of Taoism for nearly a thousand years has been destroyed bit by bit by the ice poison of the Nine Cold Ice Thorns in the past three hundred years. Now my whole body is cold and cold. The bone marrow is gone."
The three-tailed demon fox trembled and could no longer speak.
The white fox raised his head, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then said: "I really can't survive, but you don't have to die in vain, and you have the Xuanhuojian with you. When they rush down the corridor, you drive the fire dragon and rush up. They I may not be able to stop you if I am so shocked. You, you still..."
It suddenly stopped talking. The three-tailed demon fox slowly stood up in front of it, reached into its arms, and took out a magic weapon with red silk tassels at both ends, which was the Xuanhuo Jian.
In this hot lava cave, the Mysterious Fire Mirror was also illuminated faintly red, and the ancient flame totem in the middle seemed to be burning at this moment, almost erupting.
The three-tailed demon fox, the charming woman in white in Zhang Xiaofan's eyes, was staring at the Xuanhuo Jian in his hand. Not long after, a drop of teardrop quietly fell on the Xuanhuo Jian. After a while, it turned into white smoke and curled up.
It turns out that foxes also have tears?
It turns out that monsters are also sentient?
Zhang Xiaofan stood there in shock, motionless.
"Three hundred years, brother." She said lowly and sadly: "It's been exactly three hundred years since the day I became a Taoist and met you at "Huqi Mountain". From then on, I I'm leaving with you. The world is far and wide in the wilderness. From now on, there is no light. From now on, I worry day and night, being hunted and killed.
However, I have never regretted it..."
Zhang Xiaofan slowly took a few steps closer and stood behind them. Suddenly, he felt an inexplicable confusion deep in his heart. When he heard the three words "Huqishan", he felt something in his heart and felt a bit familiar, but But I couldn't remember it for a moment.
The charming woman's eyes were filled with crystal tears at this moment: "But today, why, why did you ask me to leave?"
The white fox lowered its head, and at the same time Zhang Xiaofan noticed that its body began to tremble slowly, not knowing whether it was due to cold or excitement.
"Brother!"
The charming woman suddenly shouted, and the sound was so shrill. Bai Hu quickly raised his head, and Zhang Xiaofan was startled by her and turned his head to look.
The clumsy-shaped Xuanhuojian was gently placed on her chest, close to her gentle and undulating chest, emitting a faint halo.
The white fox's whole body started to tremble. He didn't know where the strength came from, he pushed up his upper body and shouted in a hissing voice: "No..."
"boom!"
There was a muffled sound, but it seemed to hit Zhang Xiaofan's heart. He stood behind the charming woman and looked at her originally soft back, revealing the light of the Xuanhuo Jian.
Bit by bit, they converged into a fiery beam of light that penetrated her gentle body.
The surrounding world and all the sounds suddenly became so distant at that moment...
…
All the killing and persistence in my heart slowly receded.
In the young man's eyes, there was only bright red blood, flowing out from that gentle and beautiful body, dripping to the ground, turning into bright red flowers, and then slowly seeping into the rocks.
The blood-red land will never fade!
She fell weakly in front of the white fox. The white fox let out a hoarse cry, but Zhang Xiaofan couldn't understand what it was shouting. He only saw the white fox screaming, its whole body shaking, and struggling to crawl forward. , crawling towards the fragile dying body not far ahead. But it was so weak that after struggling for a long time, it only crawled out half a minute.
Zhang Xiaofan suddenly rushed over.
He rushed over, and at that moment, he seemed to have forgotten everything.
He carefully picked up the seriously injured and charming woman's body and placed it in front of Bai Hu. Then he silently stepped back and stood in front of them.
At this time, the sound of whistling came again from the corridor in the distance, and then there was a loud noise, and something fell from the corridor. It was black and dry, but Zhang Xiaofan clearly recognized it. It was part of the giant tentacle that once trapped him.
He turned around blankly and stared at the two fox monsters in front of him.
The white fox grabbed the charming woman, and its whole body was shaking violently. Its once beautiful fur was withering away at an almost visible speed.
"You..." He said hoarsely, as if every word he said was tearing his heart apart.
The mellow woman, the monster known as the three-tailed demon fox, her face was as pale as paper, without any color, but she was still surprisingly gentle, as if the fear of dying and the pain of ripping her chest could not control her at all.
Until this moment, she still looked at the white fox tenderly.
"Brother, now, you can't ask me to leave!"
The white fox choked and couldn't make a sound.
She raised her hand as if she wanted to touch him, but she finally dropped it halfway. Her blood dyed the white fox's chest red.