In December, Ten Thousand Demon City ushered in the first snow of this winter.
The wind coming from all directions was instantly assimilated by the cold air, and the snowflakes gathered like a swarm of insects. They gathered together like the flesh and blood of an invisible giant beast, and the strong wind flowing among them were the bones that supported its undulations.
When Ning Changjiu changed his clothes and walked out of the Demon Temple, he saw the peaks of the mountains and the sky and the earth turned white.
Lu Marry stood at the window very early, looking at the snowy scene.
On snowy days in a foreign land, she couldn't help but recall the years of Qingxiu at Tianku Peak. The past memories came to her mind, and she suddenly realized that four years ago, she was still lingering at the gate of Ziting Realm, and last night she actually participated in the confrontation. In The Hunting of the God Lord.
Broken snow drifted into the hall from the window, making the woman's figure look even colder.
After taking a bath, Siming also walked slowly out of the darkness of the deep palace, his long pastel-colored hair hanging wet. She closed her shirt as she walked. The dark clothes were like a night covering the snow, with only her collarbone visible.
She walked to Lu Marian's side and looked out the window with her.
The City of Ten Thousand Demons was filled with jade trees and flowers overnight.
"What are you thinking about, Xiao Marian?" Siming put his hands on her shoulders and asked with a smile.
"You are young!" Lu Married said calmly: "Hurry up and say hello to Senior Sister, otherwise the sect's precepts will serve you."
Si Ming pretended to be scared and took half a step back. It was really a blessing. Although Lu Jianjiao knew she was pretending, I felt pity for her appearance. She quickly supported Si Ming and said, "Okay. , stop making trouble, we still have a long way to go today."
Siming smiled and said, "Yes, I'm going to the Western Kingdom. If you don't count the dream, it's been a long time since I saw you and Zhao Xiang'er, right?"
Lu Marian nodded slightly, thinking of the girl in the dark gold dragon robe. Her smile was always bright in her memory.
The last time I saw Zhao Xianger was outside the imperial city, the Suzaku maid came thousands of miles away, and it was also a snowy day...
Siming whispered: "Why don't we work together to plan something, and when we meet Zhao Xiang'er, we can give her a blow."
Lu Marion frowned and said, "I have a very good relationship with Xiang'er, please stop sowing discord."
Siming said calmly: "When I go to the Western Kingdom and get married and stay alone in an empty house, I may not think so."
Lu Marion snorted coldly: "When you and Ning Changjiu were upstairs together, didn't I also cook for you down below?"
Siming chuckled and said, "No wonder the meal that day was a bit sour."
Lu Marianjian couldn't bear it anymore, "You... ask for a beating!"
By the window, the two exchanged moves symbolically, and the outcome was naturally that Lu Jiaoyou, who initiated the fight, lost.
He was so cruel to her and let her defeat him... It was so embarrassing.
Lu Marian felt more and more aggrieved and sat by the window gloomily.
Ning Jiujiu put on his clothes and went out. When he saw Lu Marianjian admiring the snow by the window, he asked, "What's wrong with Marianjian? Did Xueci bully you again?"
Lu Marian glanced at Si Ming and complained: "Well, sister Xue Ci is getting older and younger. You should take good care of her."
Ning looked at Si Ming for a long time and said in feigned anger: "Xue'er is so capable, how dare you bully Marry!"
Siming didn't take it seriously, but said with a bit of pride: "What kind of skill does bullying Lu Jianjian count?"
Lu Marry became even more angry. With Ning Jiujiu's support, she pounced on him like a little tiger.
In the early morning, after loosening their muscles and bones, the three of them finally set off in the wind and snow.
"By the way, where is Miss Liu Xiwan? Why didn't she come with you?" Lu Jianwen looked around the hall.
Ning Changjiu said: "It's at least half a month before the next Kingdom of God opens. I asked Xiwan to go back to Jiange to practice first, and call her the next time she encounters an enemy."
Siming said calmly: "It comes as soon as you call it and goes away as soon as you wave it. It's so convenient."
Ning looked at Si Ming's slightly amused gaze for a long time and said innocently: "What is Xue Ci thinking about again?"
Siming sighed lightly, "I didn't think about anything, I just think it's very convenient."
Lu Marry was a little confused, "What convenience?"
Ning Jiujiu answered: "It is very convenient to kill demons."
Lu Marian thought it made sense and didn't think much about it. She just said oh.
The Golden Crow flew out, and Siming and Lu Jianyou entered the magnificent world of the sun together. Now the Golden Crow world is becoming more and more vast, and it will not be long before it will be as big as the entire Middle Earth.
Of course, the Kingdom of God is an independently developed world, and no matter how vast it is, it will not affect the real world.
Siming sat on the throne of the Kingdom of God, looked at the statue of the Goddess Xihe in the center of the Kingdom for a while, and then set his sights further away.
"It's a pity that the six-eared macaque chose to reflect the dark master in the end, and the power of the mirror also collapsed and could not be used by us." Siming said with some regret.
Lu Marry also said: "Yes, it is a pity that such a powerful authority has been reduced to ashes."
Ning Jiujiu wondered: "How powerful is this authority? I am already the number one person here. No matter who I try to reincarnate, I can't become stronger. The six-eared macaque got this authority in the first place, perhaps because he was too weak and needed to The mirror' gave him the qualification to ascend to the position of leader of the country."
"Having said that..." Si Ming considered it, "But I always feel that the power of the mirror can do a lot of things."
Lu's marriage also nodded, and said to Ning Changjiu: "For example, you can turn yourself into a snow porcelain and make me breathe."
Si Ming frowned and immediately said: "You can also turn yourself into a young girl and bully Marry, so that she can experience the humiliation of being bullied by your own female disciple!"
Lu Marry's lips were half pursed, her eyes were murderous, and she thought: "Then continue to transform into Xue Ci, go and provoke Master, Senior Sister, Zhao Xianger and the others, then leave and blame Si Ming. Let Sister Xue Ci be speechless and experience the feeling of being the enemy of the whole world."
"You..." Si Ming was angry, but he took the initiative to make concessions and said: "Forget it, what are we fighting for? Why don't we let my husband look like Master or Xiang'er and let us have sex hard."
"Master..." Lu Jianjiantan opened her mouth and said, "Okay, sister Xue Ci, how dare you be disrespectful to Master!"
"Huh? Don't you want to get married?" Si Ming's ice eyes smiled coldly: "Now that we are in the Golden Crow Kingdom and there is no one else, how can we not be honest?"
Lu Marry looked at Siming, her earlobes quickly turned red, and finally said softly: "Well... If I can, of course I want to."
"Fortunately, the six-eared macaque destroyed the power of the mirror, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous..." Ning Jiujiu couldn't bear to listen. He sighed, and then said in anger: "Hey, I have been through life and death, can you bear to treat me like this?"
Siming and Lu Marry looked at each other, hesitated and nodded together.
"You..." Ning Jiujiu resisted the urge to fly into the Golden Crow Kingdom to deal with their family, and flew in obscurity with his sword.
Lu Marry and Siming were still discussing the wonderful use of mirror power.
Ning Changjiu walked with his sword, folded his sleeves with his hands, looked at the wind and snow on the thousands of mountains, and turned a deaf ear to their discussion.
He did not go west immediately, but temporarily went to Luohe to pay attention to Shao Xiaoli's current situation. In the Red Mansion, the crying look of Shao Xiaoli hiding in the cupboard always lingered in his mind and could not go away.
Many lakes in the northern country have long been covered with thick ice. The Luo River is fast. Instead of freezing, it is carrying the ice and snow on both sides of the river and flowing more violently, roaring towards Beiming.
Lu Marion chatted with Siming, and then pointed the finger at Ning Changjiu.
"By the way, if I was peeling fruit in front of the mirror the night before to deal with the six-eared macaque, who would have appeared in the mirror?" Siming mentioned the matter again.
Lu Marry's mind moved slightly. She thought about the scene that night. When the peel fell to the ground, she and Siming immediately drew their swords and destroyed the mirror before it could be reflected.
I must have been a little scared at the time, right
Afraid of seeing what's in the mirror, whether that person is me or not.
Lu Marian said in a low voice: "What is there to be concerned about?"
Siming asked: "Don't you really want to know who it is?"
Lu Marry said softly: "Hmm... I guess it's Sister Xue Ci. In the City of Ten Thousand Demons, you shared life and death together, clinging to the moonlight. Even if I just heard about it, I was touched by it."
Si Ming became unusually shy and said: "I think it's a marriage. If we count from the age of sixteen in this life, it's not an exaggeration to say that we are childhood sweethearts. They have been dependent on each other for life and death all the way to this day. The other women around this evil man have left." Separated and separated, only marriage is untouchable."
Lu Marian's ears turned redder, and she quickly changed her target and said: "Actually, it might be Xiang'er. When he came to see me with a sword in the past, he had never been so fast. You see, now that he is heading to the Western Kingdom, he can't wait anymore. It’s beyond words.”
Ning Jiujiu said weakly: "Because Ning used to be in a low state..."
Si Ming shook his head slightly and said, "I think he and Zhao Xiang'er are more like old enemies, and Master is more likely."
"Master?!" Lu Marion exclaimed, "Master... it's impossible, right?"
Siming said confidently: "How is it impossible? The master is so beautiful, and they were connected in the previous life. Some evil people may have hidden bad intentions!"
"Hmm... It makes sense." Lu Marian thought thoughtfully.
Siming said: "Why don't we go back to the City of Ten Thousand Demons now and let's peel the fruit again?"
Lu Marry raised her eyes and looked across the Golden Crow Kingdom at Ning Changjiu, who was controlling the sword.
Of course Ning Jiujiu would not peel any fruit. He looked at Siming and smiled lightly: "Human-faced beast-heart? Then I will let Xue'er see what human-faced beast-heart is today."
The sword light disappeared into the wind and snow, and Ning Jiujiu suddenly arrived at the Kingdom of the Golden Crow. He smiled lightly and looked at the beautiful woman sitting on the throne with her legs folded and her elbows propped up. She looked like a goddess.
Soon, Si Ming lost his arrogance, and the voice of begging for mercy and acknowledging his mistake sounded tenderly in the hall.
The white snow blew and the sword light moved again. Ning Jiujiu quickly saw Luo He in his sight.
In the Golden Crow Temple, Xue Ci became a little more well-behaved. She straightened her slightly messy clothes and hair, looked at her slender jade fingers, smiled at Lu Marry and said, "You see, this is what happens when you live under someone else's roof. Wait until I cultivate in the future." Dacheng, I will take you to marry you and start your own business."
Lu Marry said thoughtfully: "So... living under someone else's roof means you have to keep your tail between your legs?"
The soft lines between Xue Ci's eyebrows turned sharp, her red lips twitched, and she said: "Marry, which side are you on?"
…
The sword light fell on the winding Luo River.
Ning Jiujiu restrained his breath and walked forward.
On both sides of the bank covered with heavy snow, there are faint figures of two girls rising and falling.
When Si Li helped Shao Xiaoli practice, he did not know how to use whips directly. They first fought with fists and feet for an hour every day, which was called opening the muscles and bones.
Many ascetics have swallowed the essence of the sun and moon all their lives and sat high in the cloud mountains. Although their realms are high, their bodies have never been tortured and are very weak. If they could break through the protective aura, it would be the same as killing a chicken.
Many cross-border killings have their roots here.
Although Shao Xiaoli has fought a lot in this life, compared to a true martial arts expert like Fourth Senior Sister, he is still far behind in terms of physical fitness.
On the bank of the Luo River, the two of them almost didn't use their spiritual energy. They used pure martial arts moves. With the sound of banging and banging, white snow flew up.
Shao Xiaoli and Si Li have been sparring for many days, and they are very familiar with each other's moves. Practice makes perfect, and their movements are also very open and close, with majestic momentum.
On the messy snow, Si Li always followed a relatively regular pace, which was very rhythmic. She used her fists and arms to intercept Shao Xiaoli's fierce attacks, disassemble them one by one, and then accurately counterattack when they showed their flaws.
Even though Shao Xiaoli had suffered a lot, he still couldn't figure out Si Li's unpredictable moves.
While moving, Ning Jiujiu saw Shao Xiaoli's figure suddenly stop, deceived Si Li with a quick and slow punch, then jumped up, suddenly pulled up from the snow, twisted his waist and hit Si Li's neck with a whip kick. With shoulders.
Shao Xiaoli hit the fourth senior sister solidly.
The fourth senior sister's head was slightly tilted, with no expression on her face. Her body suddenly vibrated like a rooster fluttering its feathers, and the energy rebounded. Instead, it made Shao Xiaoli numb from his feet to his body like an electric shock. Shao Xiaoli groaned and wanted to temporarily He retreated, but his ankle was caught in Si Li's hand.
Si Li pulled Shao Xiaoli over like a whip, swung him around and then smashed him into the snow.
Shao Xiaoli quickly adjusted his balance, landed on the snow with his toes, and slid backwards like roots growing under his feet.
But before she could stand still, Si Li's figure came again, with an expressionless face, and punched her forehead.
Shao Xiaoli crossed her arms in front of her body, trying to block her, but her movements were hasty, her breathing was unstable, and her defense collapsed at the first touch. Her whole body was thrown away like a sandbag, and she fell heavily into the snow, and was buried in the snow. The pain made her twitch even more.
Si Li looked at her and sighed, "That's it for today."
Shao Xiaoli held down her trembling hands. She pulled herself out of the snow and stood still, with red spots on her forehead from the impact.
"It's okay, I can still fight." Shao Xiaoli gritted his teeth.
Si Li said: "If the beating continues, your muscles and bones may not be able to hold on. Let's wait until you become the real Luohe Water God."
Shao Xiaoli couldn't help but recall the scene in Shao Xiaoli's mind of Ning Changjiu falling from the sky after the battle with Sin Lord. That was a real physical and mental destruction, and his own minor injuries and pains were nothing compared to it.
She gritted her teeth and thought about herself in her previous life, trying her best to find that feeling of loneliness. She clenched her fists and said, "Senior sister, get whipped."
Si Li looked into her eyes and finally took out the long whip.
In the snow, Shao Xiaoli's figure was as fast as a leopard.
With the boundless snow field next to Luohe River as the boundary, their shadows are like a black line, mixed with the sound of Shao Xiaoli's fist and the sound of the long whip breaking the wind.
In the past half month of hard training, Shao Xiaoli has made great progress. When she punches, she can make the snow curtain roll back, and when she draws the sword, she can make holes in the snow storm, but she cannot break the long sword held by Si Li. whip.
The final result was that Shao Xiaoli was beaten to the ground over and over again, his acupoints were numb, and his muscles and bones ached sharply, as if he had been cut with a knife.
Ning Jiujiu watched from afar, not knowing whether he should step forward or not.
"Then... that's Xiao Li?" Siming was also a little surprised. In her impression, Shao Xiaoli was still the little girl who pretended to be powerful and didn't even need to do anything herself. She started begging for mercy after being scared.
"Xiao Li has always practiced very hard." Lu Jiaomi recalled the days of practicing Taoism in Huanpu Mountain.
"Is it hard?" Siming recalled it, but he had no intuitive feeling.
Lu Marry explained: "Because no matter how hard she practices, she is far behind us, so she rarely shows off on weekdays. Instead, she pretends to be relaxed. Maybe... she wants to make a big splash."
"That's it..." Siming looked at the girl who was repeatedly smashed into the snow and rolling on the ground in pain, and said softly: "There is no need for her to be like this."
Finally, their practice came to an end.
Shao Xiaoli's hands and feet twitched and she breathed rapidly. The cold winter wind sucked into her mouth and nose like a knife. She forgot to filter it with spiritual energy, and she immediately choked and coughed after taking one breath.
A hand stretched out in front of her.
Shao Xiaoli grabbed his hand with difficulty and pulled his body out of the snow.
"Thank you, senior sister..." Shao Xiaoli thanked him, and then found that something was wrong with this hand. It was far from as soft and delicate as senior sister.
Kneeling in the snow, she looked up in surprise and saw a face with a gentle smile.
…
In the temporary wooden house, Shao Xiaoli was wrapped in a heavy blanket, holding hot tea, looking at Ning Changjiu, Siming and Lu Jianjiu, and said: "Master... why are you here?"
Ning Changjiu touched her cold hand and asked, "Why don't you use spiritual energy to keep out the cold?"
No matter how bad Shao Xiaoli is, she still has the cultivation level of the first five realms. How can ordinary ice, snow and pain hurt her
Shao Xiaoli shook his head firmly and said, "No, Senior Sister Si Li is helping me build up my martial arts body. I can't rely too much on spiritual energy."
Ning looked at the fourth senior sister for a long time.
In this life, this was the first time he saw the Fourth Senior Sister.
Si Li crossed her arms across her chest and leaned against the door, looking at the vast snow outside. The weapon box was placed at her feet, reflecting the sharp edge on her petite body.
"I've met Fourth Senior Sister." Ning Changjiu stood up and saluted.
Si Ming and Lu Jianjian also bowed.
The fourth senior sister looked at them and nodded lightly. She was used to fighting demons alone and was not very understanding of people. She just said slightly stiffly: "Well, hello everyone."
Ning Changjiu said: "In Nanzhou, I would like to thank my senior sister for defeating Yuqi and seriously injuring Jiuying. If not for this, Marry and I may not be able to get out of the Southern Wilderness."
Although Ning Changjiu didn't see it with his own eyes, he guessed that it was the fourth senior sister who took action.
Lu Marry's expression moved slightly, and she quickly thanked her: "Thank you, Senior Sister, for your rescue back then."
The Fourth Senior Sister waved her hand and said calmly: "I don't know about this. I just followed Master's orders. There is no need to thank me."
Ning Jiujiu asked: "Is it Master's idea to help Xiao Li get better?"
Fourth Senior Sister hummed.
Ning Jiujiu asked again: "Xiao Li is the god of Luohe. Doesn't he need such training to become the master of Luohe?"
The fourth senior sister said: "It is not necessary to become the master of Luohe, but what if you want to become the righteous god of Jianghai?"
Ning Jiujiu still had doubts, but Shao Xiaoli held his hand and said, "It's okay. Although it hurts to practice, I am very happy. It seems like I have returned to the days when the boss was not around in the Duanjie City."
Ning was stunned for a long time and asked with a smile: "Are you happy when I'm not here?"
Shao Xiaoli hurriedly explained: "That's not what I mean, it's just... Well, in short, it makes me concentrate on nothing while practicing."
Ning Jiujiu rubbed her hair and said, "Do you like being beaten so much?"
Shao Xiaoli shook his head and said: "Other than Sister Siming, who likes to be beaten? Xiao Li, Xiao Li just doesn't dare to stop."
Si Ming, who was drinking tea at the side, was mentioned. The hand holding the tea cup froze. She took a deep breath and looked at Shao Xiaoli sharply, but Xiaoli lowered his head as he spoke, looking pitiful. It seems that Si Ming is not in trouble.
Shao Xiaoli felt that he was hesitant to speak, and said: "Don't worry, senior sister is very measured in her actions. Next time we see you, maybe Xiaoli has been reborn."
Ning Jiujiu looked at the sudden expression in Shao Xiaoli's brows, and finally smiled and nodded.
Si Li stood by the door, looking at Shao Xiaoli who was surrounded by people in the room asking for help, and was lost in thought for a while.
"Xiao Li." She suddenly spoke, her words cold.
Shao Xiaoli looked shocked: "Senior sister."
"Come out and practice martial arts."
Si Li kicked the weapon box with his toes, and the large and heavy weapon box was kicked up directly. She grabbed it casually. She pinned the weapon box on her slender waist and stepped into the white snow mist.
Shao Xiaoli quickly drank the water that warmed his hands, then took off the thick blanket, grabbed the sword at his side, and went into battle lightly.
"Master, I'm sorry that Xiaoli can't spend more time with you today." Shao Xiaoli saluted and said, "You must be going to the West Country to see Sister Xiang'er, right? Please say hello to Xiaoli as well."
Ning Changjiu said: "We just killed the six-eared macaque, and there is nothing else to do in the following days except traveling to the Western Kingdom. We can stay here for a few days."
Shao Xiaoli hurriedly shook his head and said: "This house is so small, there is no way it can accommodate so many people. Master, please leave quickly. You are here. I am so hurt that I don't dare to scream. This is not good for practice."
Ning looked at Shao Xiaoli's firm eyes for a long time and finally nodded: "Well, Xiaoli and senior sister will get along well. If you can't support it, don't force it."
Shao Xiaoli smiled and said, "Don't worry, I won't embarrass our Hehuan Sect."
Siming on the side frowned and said, "Hehuan Sect? What is that?"
Shao Xiaoli didn't want to explain and ran out quickly.
Ning looked at Siming's questioning eyes for a long time and said calmly: "That is one of the many earthly causes and effects that constitute me."
…
On the bank of Luohe River, Ning watched Shao Xiaoli's martial arts practice for a long time and finally left.
He rose up with his sword and went to the Western Kingdom.
As the name suggests, the Western Kingdom is to the west of the Central Plains. If the Central Plains is viewed as a square and a "tian" character is drawn horizontally and vertically, then the Western Kingdom will be at the intersection in the middle of the left side of the Tianzi.
For today's Ning Chang, the Western Kingdom is not far away.
Three thousand worlds are suspended above the Western Kingdom.
Qitian's authority only takes effect over the Kingdom of God and does not regard the three thousand worlds as enemies.
At this moment, Xiguo looked up and still couldn't see the layers of hidden kingdoms floating high above.
As if in a real fairyland, Zhao Xiang'er was sitting in the clouds, wearing a phoenix skirt casually, with its long hem hanging down along with her slender white legs, like a swing.
She stared into the distance, and after a long time she said leisurely: "Have you finally heard that you are coming?"