The sky gradually became brighter, and the fire that had been burning in Qili Cave all night finally subsided. However, after the flames burned, all that remained were the ruins of the walls and the charred wood with green smoke.
Although the Dharma Chancellor and others were of high moral character, they had been busy all night and inevitably had a few scorch marks on their bodies. The faces of several Fenxiang Valley disciples who were of lower moral standards were stained with some black ashes.
However, when they stood up again, breathed a sigh of relief, and looked around again, the eyes of the ordinary Miao people looking at these foreigners were full of hostility, and they did not do anything to them because of their help. Good impression.
Dharma Prime Minister gave a wry smile. Although he felt wronged, he could not explain anything. He was about to turn around and say something to others when suddenly there was a commotion among the people in Fenxiang Valley behind him.
Fa Xiang was startled for a moment, then turned around and saw Shangguan Ce falling from the sky, landing on the ground, and slowly walking over.
The senior from Fenxiang Valley who was the first to fly away last night and the last to arrive the next night immediately made everyone present look at each other.
"Hehe!" A sneer came from Fenxiang Valley Lu Shun's mouth, "Senior brother, you came so early!"
Shangguan Ce's face was expressionless, but his eyebrows were furrowed, and it could be seen that he was deeply worried. He was too lazy to deal with Lu Shun, walked closer and looked around, shook his head slightly, sighed, and said to Li Xun: "What's going on here It’s almost time, you take your junior brothers back to Fenxiang Valley first!”
Li Xun was actually full of angry questions in his heart. He wanted to ask the uncle where he had been last night. Otherwise, if Shangguan Ce was a master, it would be much easier to deal with Gui Li, and he would not cause trouble. So much trouble.
Just thinking about it, after all, he still did not dare to offend Shangguan Ce, who was second only to the Valley Master Yun Yilan in terms of power in Fenxiang Valley. He immediately agreed and whispered: "Yes."
Lu Shun stood aside and was furious, and asked Shangguan: "What do you mean, you disappeared alone last night, and you are giving orders as soon as you come today?"
Shangguan Ce said calmly: "I encountered an accident last night. I will tell you more about it after I return to the valley."
Lu Shun's expression changed, and before he could say anything, Shangguan Ce was obviously impatient and said slightly angrily: "Fourth, let's talk about it when we get back!"
Shangguan Ce's face was calm and powerful. After being shouted at by him, Lu Shun did not dare to say anything. Li Xun hesitated for a moment and finally said to Shangguan Ce: "Uncle, when we go back, that nine-tailed sky fox will ..."
Shangguan Ce shook his head and said: "The matter of the nine-tailed sky fox is not urgent. Let's talk about it when we get back."
Li Xun did not dare to say anything anymore, nodded in agreement, and left with everyone. Before leaving, he couldn't help but look back at Lu Xueqi, who was standing with the Faxiang in the distance.
The woman in white had an indifferent look on her face and didn't even look at him.
Li Xun sighed deeply in his heart, and the indescribable feeling slowly passed away, just like turning over a five-flavor bottle. Although Lu Shun was reluctant, he also followed.
Shangguan Ce sighed, turned around, cupped his hands to Fa Xiang and Lu Xueqi and said, "You two have greatly helped Bigu. I am truly grateful."
Fa Xiang and Lu Xueqi did not dare to be rude and returned the gift together. Fa Xiang smiled and said: "Uncle Shangguan is too polite. Qingyun, Tianyin and Fenxiang Valley are members of the righteous family, and it is their duty to help each other. It depends on Uncle Shi's complexion. Something seems wrong, did something happen last night?"
As he spoke, he raised his eyes and looked at Shangguan Ce, with a kind smile on his lips. He was indescribably kind and peaceful, exactly what a Buddhist eminent monk looked like.
Shangguan Ce snorted in his heart, but showed a grateful smile on his face, saying: "It's not a big deal. I met a few thieves and wasted a little time, that's all. But since things are generally fine here, I Gu really doesn’t dare to bother you two anymore, so please go back to the mountain! If there is an opportunity in the future, I will definitely visit the mountain gate together with Brother Yun, the owner of the valley.”
Fa Xiang and Lu Xueqi looked at each other. Both of them were thoughtful people. How could they believe the lies about Shangguan Ce encountering a few thieves? The bandits who could rob Shangguan Ce in this world have not yet been born. !It’s just that even though they knew that Shangguan Ce was trying to evade, they couldn’t expose it directly in person. The two of them had to bow and nodded in agreement.
Shangguan Ce said some more polite words before standing up and leaving.
Looking at his figure disappearing into the clouds, Lu Xueqi suddenly said: "He is very thoughtful."
The Faxiang smiled slightly and said, "Yes! I don't know what Uncle Shangguan did last night..." Halfway through his words, he suddenly stopped. Lu Xueqi's face was cold and indifferent, and there was no smile at all. It seems that the woman in white is staring into the distance, her bright eyes are complex and hazy, but her thoughts are a bit heavier than Shangguan Ce's.
What was she thinking about?
The Dharma minister chanted the Buddha's name in a low voice without saying anything else.
Hilltop.
Xiaobai supported Gui Li and looked into Qili Cave, watching the last two foreign figures also fly into the sky and gradually disappear.
"They left." Xiaobai smiled and said.
Gui Li silently withdrew his gaze from the clouds, remained silent for a moment, and said, "Let's go down!"
Xiao Bai nodded, but looked at Gui Li's body and said softly: "How about we take a rest first! Your wound has bled so much."
Gui Li shook his head and said: "My health doesn't matter, finding the great wizard is important."
After that, he stood up first.
"Squeak, squeak." A familiar scream sounded from the side, and a gray figure jumped out from the side, jumping onto Gui Li's shoulder two or three times. Although the figure's movements seemed a bit jerky, it finally recovered from the drunkenness. The monkey who woke up was obviously in good spirits, in a good mood, and grinning.
Xiao Bai also stood up, walked to Gui Li, glared at Xiao Hui angrily, and said: "Why are you laughing? You know that your stupid master was almost dead last night?"
"hiss!"
There was a low angry roar, but it was the little gray man lying on Gui Li's shoulder who grinned in an angry and ferocious manner, exposed his fangs, and looked around. The two monkeys formed fists and waved them up and down, as if they were looking for a fight.
Xiaobai snorted and said: "Don't pretend to be you, it's an afterthought!"
Monkey Xiao Hui raised his eyes and rolled his eyes at Xiao Bai. He called out "Zhi Zhi" twice, retracted his body, and grabbed Gui Li's clothes. He looked indifferent and just clung to his master.
Gui Li reached out and touched its head without saying anything, and continued walking down the mountain. Xiao Hui turned around, feeling very proud, and stuck out his tongue and made a face at Xiao Bai.
Xiaobai smiled bitterly, shook his head and sighed, followed, and muttered in a low voice: "These days, even monkeys have such a personality..."
They walked to Qili Cave, and the Miao people they met again had resentment in their eyes. Some of them had frightened expressions on their faces when they saw Gui Li looking like a bloodthirsty maniac last night.
Seeing how hard Gui Li was walking, Xiao Bai took a few steps forward to support him. When Gui Li was about to break free, he whispered, "I'm afraid these Miao people won't let us go see the great wizard."
Gui Li was not used to being supported by Xiao Bai. He was about to break away and walk alone, but when he heard what Xiao Bai said, he was startled and said, "What?"
Xiao Bai glanced forward, and Gui Li followed her eyes. They were walking towards the mountain where the Miao altar was located, but at the foot of the mountain, dozens of strong Miao men gathered, guarding the road leading to the mountain. The only passage. When they saw these two foreigners approaching, almost everyone felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy. Some soldiers had already picked up their swords and guns and pointed them at Gui Li and Xiao Bai.
Gui Li was silent, but his footsteps still did not stop, and he continued to walk towards the crowd. Xiao Bai was beside him, glanced at him, and said, "What if they don't let us go up?"
Gui Li said nothing.
The monkey Xiao Hui, who was lying on Gui Li's shoulder, was looking around now, with a look of great surprise on his face. Apparently he couldn't figure out why he had only slept for one night, and the place had turned upside down.
They walked closer, and as expected, as Xiao Bai expected, all the Miao warriors did not back away, and all of them looked hostile. They gathered on the road to the mountainside altar, and their weapons were unsheathed, facing Gui Li and Gui Li. .
The corner of Gui Li's mouth twitched, and a trace of irritation flashed in his eyes. But at this moment, he finally knew that it was not the time to force it. It was easy to deal with these Miao warriors. Once the Miao people were injured, even if the great wizard was safe and sound, I'm afraid... I can no longer heal Baguio for myself.
He took a deep breath and said in a low voice: "We want to see the great wizard."
I don't know whether they didn't understand what he said or didn't want to pay attention to it at all, but the Miao soldiers didn't even change their expressions. At this moment, even Xiaobai frowned, feeling very troubled.
At this time, from behind the crowd, the voice of the Miao tribe leader Tu Ma Gu suddenly came: "The great wizard is seriously injured and cannot see guests. You should please come back!"
The crowd made a way, and Tu Ma Gu slowly walked out from behind. Seeing that his face was cold, and the clothes on his body were still stained with blood, it was obvious that he had not had an easy time last night. At this moment, he looked at Gui Li Xiaobai's expression, which was different from that of Gui Li Xiaobai. Yesterday was very different.
Gui Li was silent for a moment and said, "Is the great wizard okay?"
Tu Ma Gu sneered and said, "Thanks to you two, he is not dead yet."
Gui Li breathed a sigh of relief, but Xiao Bai couldn't bear to listen anymore and said calmly: "The great wizard was injured, but it has nothing to do with the two of us. Even if you are angry, patriarch, you can't blame us."
Tu Ma Gu has been holding back his anger since last night. The reason why he is still talking to these two foreigners is because they did not kill the Miao people last night and Gui Li also saved a child. But at this moment Hearing Xiaobai's sarcastic words, he immediately became angry and raised his eyebrows to get angry.
Suddenly, another rush of footsteps came from behind the crowd, and a Miao man who looked like a young wizard ran down the mountain. He looked at Gui Li and the others for a few times, and then whispered a few words into Tu Ma Gu's ear.
Tu Ma Gu was obviously stunned for a moment and couldn't believe it. He asked in a low voice in Miao language, and the young wizard nodded affirmatively.
Tu Ma Gu let out a long sigh, turned around and said, "The great wizard wants to see you, so follow him up!"
Gui Li and Xiao Bai were both startled. Xiao Bai frowned and wondered how the great wizard knew he was at the foot of the mountain. Gui Li felt happy in his heart. Since the great wizard was willing to see him, he was probably willing to heal Baguio.
They followed the young wizard, walked through the crowd, and walked up the mountain. The Miao people's eyes showed confusion and anger, but the great wizard obviously still had power, and no one present came to stop them. Instead, they walked Soon after, some Miao people chirped to Tuma Gu, and then many Miao people agreed, thinking that they didn't want to see evil foreigners entering the altar again.
Tuma Gu yelled a few words, and at the same time looked towards the mountainside altar, and the voices of the Miao people gradually became quieter.
Gui Li and Xiao Bai followed the wizard who led the way and walked onto the platform in front of the altar. They noticed almost at the same time that at the front of the platform, the ground originally made of huge rocks was cracked into countless small cracks. The place where the great wizard stood last night stretched out in all directions, and the rock in the center was even more shattered.
The two looked at each other. Xiaobai's expression did not change, but Gui Li's heart was slightly shaken. This area of Southern Xinjiang is located on the border, and has never been in the eyes of the Central-Earth cultivation sects. Not only the decent sects looked down on it, but also many demon sects looked down upon it. Contempt. But what I saw with my own eyes this time is that the witchcraft in southern Xinjiang is so weird and unpredictable that it cannot be underestimated.
"Huhululu..." The wizard in front urged in a weird and unfamiliar Miao dialect, and Gui Li and Xiaobai turned around and walked over.
The altar was deep, and the darkness inside was like an endless tunnel, swallowing their figures inside.
Far away from the south of Qilidong, where the Miao people live in southern Xinjiang, there is a tall, steep, rolling mountain range, which is the Shiwanshan Mountain that people in southern Xinjiang have heard of.
Here, it seems that there is no sunshine all year round, dark clouds linger, and the black wind howls. Occasionally, bold hunters go into the mountains to hunt in famine years, but they never come back.
Among the five tribes in Southern Xinjiang, there has been a warning passed down from their ancestors a long time ago, and they are never allowed to enter that evil mountain range, because there is the demon king who is feared by all the tribesmen in Southern Xinjiang, and his terrifying barbarians. people.
For many years, this common commandment has been passed down from generation to generation, and has been passed down among the five ethnic groups in southern Xinjiang. As time flies, the hundreds of thousands of mountains shrouded in black clouds have become even more mysterious.
The only passage leading to that terrifying and mysterious world still exists quietly at the foot of the mountain, in the gloomy cave. From time to time, weird screams are heard, making people's teeth sore and their bodies chilled. In the legends of southern Xinjiang, it is the angry roar issued by the mysterious and terrifying demon king.
A lich dressed in black suddenly appeared next to the cave like a ghost. Although it was already dawn, darkness seemed to still be shrouded around him.
Behind him, a giant beast slowly appeared. It had four feet on the ground and its protruding claws were extremely sharp. Its back and waist were arched, and on its long and thick neck was a huge head. At first glance, you almost thought it was Middle Earth. After taking a closer look at the legendary dragon, I found that there were differences. The giant beast had a huge mouth with extremely sharp teeth, and a pair of eyes radiated a fierce light from time to time. It looked around vigilantly, as if it wanted to choose people to devour.
In front of this giant beast, the Lich was almost only one-third as tall as it was. But for some reason, this evil dragon was extremely respectful to the man in black.
The Lich seemed to be as vigilant as the evil dragon beside him. At this moment, he was also looking around carefully. After making sure that no one was following him, he turned to the evil dragon and nodded, saying: "Go back. Bar!"
The evil dragon made a muffled sound deep in its throat, probably as a sign of agreement, but the sound sounded like a roar, deafening.
The lich had obviously long been accustomed to the reaction of the evil dragon. After a moment, he flashed and disappeared into the cave, blending into the darkness. The evil dragon was obviously too big to get into the cave. Look at it. He looked as if he was about to make a move, but suddenly his body movements froze and stopped suddenly.
With a huge but low roar, the ferocious dragon slowly turned around. It seemed that some movement suddenly alarmed the sensitive dragon. At this moment, it looked ferocious and looked around again. At the same time, the nose above its mouth was no longer there. It stopped stretching and contracting. Apparently it had a keen sense of smell and was sniffing something in the air.
There was silence all around, nothing happened, and after smelling it for a while, the evil dragon found nothing. The evil dragon seemed a little confused, but after a long time, it finally decided to give up, turned around again, and roared softly, With all its four legs exerting force, and with a loud bang, the giant beast rushed directly towards the towering and steep mountains.
It has a strong figure, its giant feet are flying, and the sharp claws on its feet are deeply dug into the rocky soil on the mountain, like steel nails, driving deeply into it to stabilize its body. I saw it running on the mountain ridge like flying, and in the blink of an eye it rushed over. Climbing up a very high mountain, it gradually disappeared into a dark cloud.
And in that gloomy cave, after a long time, from behind a clump of flowers and plants in the distance, a long cry suddenly came out. It seemed that he had been nervous for a long time, and then relaxed.
After a while, Jin Ping'er's goose-yellow figure floated out from the flowers and grass and landed outside the dark cave. Facing the dark cave, a pensive expression gradually appeared on her face. After a while, she seemed to have made a decision. , gritting his teeth, his figure swayed and floated into the cave, sneaking into the mysterious world quietly. (To be continued)