The Luo family fell into decline much faster than Zhongli Qingbi had expected, and he had not expected things to go so smoothly. In his estimation, Luo Kui, the Luo family's protector, should be able to survive for a while, but God wanted him to die, and a late-stage spirit cultivator who had a mortal feud with the Luo family appeared out of nowhere.
If Luo Kui had not been poisoned, the Spiritualization Stage cultivator would have been helpless against him. But now that Luo Kui was only a breath away, the Spiritualization Stage cultivator became the sharp blade that cut the last straw. He broke into the Luo family and started a killing spree. In the end, not only did Luo Kui die prematurely, but the cultivator also killed Luo Kui's second son at the cost of his own life. The two Spiritualization Stage cultivators acted without scruples in the Luo family, almost destroying half of the Luo family.
The gap between the Luo family and those sects with profound heritage was revealed at this time. The Luo family was like a castle in the air. It looked magnificent in the past, but once it encountered a violent storm, it was like a fallen tree.
There are many villains in this world who take advantage of others' misfortunes. The Luo family showed signs of decline, and everyone pushed it down. In just a few months, most of the Luo family disciples died or fled. The current head of the Luo family, Luo Zizhou's father, held on with great difficulty, but he could not resist the increasing number of people who wanted to get a piece of the pie.
Zhongli Qingbi was not in a hurry to kill Luo Zizhou again. He watched with interest the tragedy of the Luo family that he had caused, and secretly observed Luo Zizhou who was in a state of panic at the moment when the building was about to collapse. He wanted to know whether the thing he had integrated into the marrow of the magic stone would have any effect on Luo Zizhou's golden finger jade.
If you ask him what he put into the marrow of the divine stone, it is a very precious thing. Even a big sect like Guangze Sect only has three copies. If it weren't for Zhongli Qingbi's identity, I'm afraid he wouldn't be able to take out even a drop. That thing is called the spirit-dispelling gas. It has no other effect, but it is extremely harmful to spiritual treasures. The more spiritual the treasure is, the faster the spirituality disappears after it touches that thing. It is said that a divine weapon was born, but because of the spirit-dispelling gas, the spirituality disappeared completely and turned into an ordinary weapon.
Therefore, Zhongli Qingbi carefully selected this soul-dissipating energy just to see how powerful Luo Zizhou's golden finger was.
To his disappointment, he didn't know whether Luo Zizhou's golden finger was truly useless or because it had been damaged long ago and had not recovered, so it could not withstand the soul-depleting energy. In short, Luo Zizhou's golden finger jade beads seemed to be useless after his attack.
Without the support of the golden finger, Luo Zizhou no longer dared to leave the Luo family for refuge. Originally, he should have been able to upgrade step by step and obtain various treasures, but now because of Zhongli Qingbi, let alone upgrade, he seemed to be on the verge of death.
It's time to die indeed.
Zhongli Qingbi appeared in front of Luo Zizhou like a ghost one night.
"I'm here. Are you ready to die?" Zhongli Qingbi was still pure and flawless, high above everyone else. In Luo Zizhou's eyes, she was the most terrifying evil ghost who took his life.
However, he was calmer than Zhongli Qingbi had imagined. Although his forehead was sweating and his eyes were wandering, he still asked stubbornly: "Zhongli Qingbi, before you kill me, tell me, is my grandfather's death related to you?"
Zhongli Qingbi didn't say anything. He didn't expect Luo Zizhou to have such a brain. So what if he just guessed it? He rushed forward and stabbed Luo Zizhou's neck with his white hand like a knife. His actions showed that he didn't want to talk and just wanted him to die.
Luo Zizhou could no longer pretend to be calm, and under the threat of death he could not help but shout, "Father, save me!"
In an instant, this seemingly ordinary room was filled with an earthy yellow light, and the net-like silk ropes instantly tightened, tightly binding the unsuspecting Zhongli Qingbi.
Luo Zizhou was shocked and broke out in a cold sweat. He looked at the two people who appeared in the corner of the room, "Father, it's her. She wants to kill me, and I think she is also responsible for my grandfather's accident!"
Luo Zizhou's father's eyes were blazing with fire, shooting at Zhongli Qingbi, "I will make it clear whether it is true or not!" He said, and his hands with flames like eagle claws tightly strangled Zhongli Qingbi's neck. Luo Zizhou just showed a relieved expression, and saw Zhongli Qingbi, who was bound by the net, suddenly smiled.
"Not good." The man standing next to the head of the Luo family, who had been silent all this time and was wrapped in a purple cloak, suddenly attacked, and a stream of purple smoke rushed towards Zhongli Qingbi. Unfortunately, it was too late. Zhongli Qingbi shrank and turned into a green leaf. The purple smoke was a step slower and wrapped around the leaf, turning the green leaf into a withered yellow.
The dead leaves fell to the ground and were crushed by a pair of shoes embroidered with poisonous insects. "It's the magical power of Huaye's split spirit. It's not her real self who came, but an incarnation. That girl is not simple. She can't even be seen by us. She must have the help of some powerful spiritual treasure." The voice coming from under the cloak belonged to an old woman.
"She ran away. What should I do? She will definitely come back! If I can't catch her this time, I'll be even more afraid of her next time if she's prepared." Luo Zizhou's heart started to tighten when he saw Zhongli Qingbi's smile, and he never let it go. He had a very bad premonition.
Luo Zizhou's father was also annoyed and angry. He didn't expect a little girl to be so difficult. Seeing his son's haggard appearance, he made a decision in his heart and looked at the old woman in the cloak next to him, "Dugu, the Luo family may not be able to escape this disaster. As the head of the Luo family, I must defend here to the death. But Zizhou is different. He is our Luo family's only hope. I hope you can take Zizhou away from this dangerous place for my father's sake."
The old woman asked, "You want me to take him to Southern Xinjiang?"
"That's right. Southern Xinjiang is isolated from the outside world and filled with poisonous miasma. Even cultivators cannot easily enter. I believe that the disciples of Guangze Sect would not dare to do anything reckless there. Zizhou will be safe if he goes there."
The old woman was silent for a long time, then sighed, "Well, for Brother Kui's sake, I'll help you one more time."
In a cave thousands of miles away from the Luo family, Zhongli Qingbi suddenly opened his eyes and spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Hiss... Sure enough, he has a trick up his sleeve." Zhongli Qingbi wiped the blood from his lips, sneered, took out a pill and swallowed it, closing his eyes and regulating his breathing. Next to him, there was a green leaf, which was slowly turning yellow and looked like a dead leaf. The most peculiar thing was that there was a flower next to the leaf, which was shaped like a trumpet. The sound in Luo Zizhou's room was coming out through this flower.
Southern Xinjiang… Catching this word, Zhongli Qingbi's eyebrows moved slightly. He knew who the old woman in the cloak was. She had appeared in the original plot, Poison Aunt, the wife's sister of Luo Kui, the former head of the Luo family. This woman and her sister were both from the Southern Xinjiang Poison Clan. The two sisters fell in love with the same man. In the end, Poison Aunt withdrew and hid in Southern Xinjiang for many years. This time she appeared for Luo Kui's death.
In the original plot, Luo Zhou and this Du Gu also had an intersection, but the intersection was not Luo Kui, but Du Gu's little master, the princess of the Du clan, Dugu Hongzhu. Dugu Hongzhu was Luo Zhou's other wife besides Zhongli Qingbi. The two of them held up half of Luo Zhou's harem, and they were the most typical red and white roses, one noble and cold, the other proud and fiery.
The inertia of the 'plot'... has been changed into this, and the people who are supposed to have intersections still have intersections.
But Zhongli Qingbi was not worried. When Luo Zhou met Dugu Hongzhu, he was already at a high level, and he also got the poison-avoiding orb to change his physique, becoming immune to all poisons. This was how he could restrain Dugu Hongzhu everywhere, and then make her look at him differently and commit herself to him. But now, Luo Zizhou was still a useless person, unable to upgrade, without a golden finger, and without a physique that was immune to all poisons. What was the point of him going there like this
As for him, instead of going to southern Xinjiang to hunt down the enemy, it would be better for him to get the anti-poison bead, so that he would be absolutely safe.
Having made up his mind, Zhongli Qingbi finished regulating his breathing, healed his wounds, and headed straight for the anti-poison bead. Many of the opportunities that originally belonged to Luo Zhou were guided by the jade beads, and even required some of the power in the jade beads. Fortunately, the anti-poison bead was not like that. After experiencing some dangers, he still managed to get it.
Zhongli Qingbi lagged behind Luo Zizhou and Du Gu because of his preparations. When he started to set out for Southern Xinjiang, Luo Zizhou and Du Gu had already arrived there.
"Southern Xinjiang is not like your place. The wind, rain, sandstorms, and even poisonous miasma in the air here. Take one poison pill I gave you every three days to protect you from the poisonous miasma. Remember to take it on time, otherwise you will die an ugly death." Poison Aunt was kind to Luo Zizhou and took him to the Poison Clan. "You can stay here temporarily and go back when the situation of the Luo family stabilizes."
As Luo Zizhou walked along, he was frightened by the poisonous insects of various colors that were as big as a house. His face turned blue as if he was poisoned. After hearing what Du Gu said, he could only nod. He didn't want to come to such a scary place, but in order to save his life, he had to come here obediently.
"Dugu, you're back from outside? Hey, who is this? Is this the poisoner you brought back to test poison?"
Hearing this voice, Luo Zizhou turned his head to look, and was stunned for a moment. It was a woman riding on a giant spider. She had a slim figure, reddish curly hair draped behind her, and a red gauze dress like smoke. Her eyes were the color of flames, with red dots at the corners of her eyes, and her lips were the color of blood. She was actually a beauty comparable to Zhongli Qingbi.
Luo Zizhou had never seen a woman who could match Zhongli Qingbi in terms of appearance, but in terms of temperament, the beauty in front of him seemed to be inferior to Zhongli Qingbi. Although he didn't want to admit it, the more he was frightened and tortured by Zhongli Qingbi, the more he could not forget her.
"Young master, this is the grandson of an old friend of Du Gu, who came here to seek refuge." Du Gu's identity is somewhat special. She was the one who raised Dugu Hongzhu. Therefore, even though Dugu Hongzhu is domineering and self-centered, she still has to give her some face.
But she found that Luo Zizhou was so calm and even absent-minded when he saw such a beautiful woman like her. She couldn't help but feel unhappy. She raised her long white legs and pointed at Luo Zizhou: "Okay, since he wants to live here, I won't touch him, but he has to play with me!"
Du Gu agreed immediately and said to Luo Zizhou, "This is our Du Clan's young leader, Dugu Hongzhu. Since she wants you to play with her, go ahead. It's your honor."
Luo Zizhou: “…” I always feel that after experiencing Zhongli Qingbi, I always feel subconsciously frightened when I see beautiful women.
Outside the Poison Clan is a vast sea of barren hills and sand. The sand here is not like the ordinary yellow sand outside the Poison Clan, but is colorful. The color of the sand in each place is different, and it changes with the passage of time during the day. Luo Zizhou walked on it and saw various poisonous insects occasionally crawling out from under the colorful sand. Everything here is colorful.
“See? Here, the more beautiful something is, the more poisonous it is. These little creatures in the sand sea may not look big, but once bitten by them, even the immortal cultivators outside of you won’t be able to withstand it.” Dugu Hongzhu spoke with pride, and seeing the shocked look on Luo Zizhou’s face, he burst into laughter.
"Hey, you're from outside, you should know what it's like outside, tell me about it."
Luo Zizhou curled his lips in his heart, thinking that he was bossing people around like that. He thought I was your slave. But even though he was unhappy, he didn't dare to show it, and he described the outside world honestly.
Dugu Hongzhu seemed to be full of curiosity about Luo Zizhou, a foreigner, and took him for walks in the colorful sand sea every day. Poor Luo Zizhou, although he had eaten the poison pill of the Poison Girl, he accumulated too much poison gas by walking in the sand sea with heavy poison gas every day, and had to be drained of the poison serum after returning.
On this day, Dugu Hongzhu was idle again, so she took Luo Zizhou, who was staying in the Poison Tribe, out for a stroll. She didn't like Luo Zizhou as the tribe members guessed, and she didn't like such a weak man. She was just bored and wanted to have some fun. For the sake of Poison Aunt, she just didn't play him to death.
The two men and the giant spider came to a weathered rock. The giant colorful red spider under Dugu Hongzhu's seat suddenly moved its antennae, and a red scorpion emerged from the sand and crawled along the body of the giant red spider to Dugu Hongzhu's shoulder. Dugu Hongzhu listened attentively, and as if he really heard something, he chuckled.
"I never thought that there would be outsiders who dared to enter our Southern Border's poisonous sea. Now that you are here, don't hide and come out!"
Following her loud shout, a figure appeared in the air. There seemed to be an invisible sword under the feet of the person, his clothes were flying, his white skirt was like clouds, his face was like ice, and when he appeared, it seemed that even the hot sand sea was cooled down a bit.
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