Ning Ning stood at the entrance of the desert with an expressionless face, looking at the dimly lit junction of heaven and earth from a distance.
In order to prevent the overflow of dead energy, the outer edge of Tianhe was enchanted by Xianmen. Across an invisible barrier, the end where she was standing was bright and bright, and the other side was shrouded in black mist, and she could only vaguely see the blurry sky.
Under the demonic energy, the well-defined sand dunes rolled up and down, like rolling waves of rage frozen in mid-air.
Everywhere in the yellow sand, occasionally a vast black shadow passed by from a distance, I don't know if it was a hurried bird from the horizon, or a fleeting shadow of a demon.
Tian Xianzi, they still didn't come.
When her voice fell, the good-looking driver suddenly turned into an angry bull, panting wildly, pulling on the reins and rushing forward desperately.
She and the other two were tossed around in the carriage, and fell backward unprepared. She thought she was about to hit the plank, but the back of her head landed in a warm and soft place.
It turned out that Pei Ji stretched out his hand and gently protected her head.
Ning Ning wanted to ask aloud whether the strength just now made his palm tender.
Unexpectedly, the next trance was pulled into his arms involuntarily.
Pei Ji's body is cold, but her breathing is hot.
Ning Ning was pulled by a hand, and his lips just landed near his collarbone. Whenever he took a breath, the breath reverberated in the neck pocket, and he could feel the palms on his back secretly exerting force.
She didn't dare to speak or move at the time, not to mention that there was Lin Xun in the car.
Ning Ning:…
She didn't want to look at Lin Xun's expression anymore. With Xiao Bailong's temperament, she might have been blushing long ago, more shy than her client.
Such a three-person space can be described as torture, Ning Ning fled in a hurry after arriving at Tianhe.
But before another carriage came, she was bored while waiting, and simply called the driver: "Uncle, how much do you know about this desert?"
"You mean Tianhe?"
The coachman took a puff of his pipe and glanced into the barrier: "There are quite a lot of people in the battlefield of the fairy and demons, but they came out..."
When he spoke, his eyes rolled around leisurely, his face was a little blurred by the white smoke, and he asked her suspiciously: "Looking at your appearance, it should be the first time you come here, you are not familiar with the place in your life, that's all. Break in, are you not afraid of accidents?"
Ning Ning shook his head: "We've made preparations."
The Tianhe desert is extremely dangerous, and when they came here, it is naturally impossible for them to be empty-headed.
I have a good understanding of maps, common monsters and precautions, and with Wen Hemian, a humanoid science machine, it shouldn't be a problem after entering the desert.
She paused for a while, and then said, "Has anything strange happened in the desert recently?"
"I don't know that."
The man smiled and said, "We are coachmen who run back and forth in the town all day long, so how can we know the weirdness in the desert. If you really want to inquire about this, you might as well ask the group of thieves - they stay in the desert all day, maybe You can see a bit of trickery."
Thief.
Ning Ning was moved by these three words, and became interested out of thin air: "Uncle, do you know a girl named 'Lu Wanxing'?"
"Lu Wanxing?"
The driver stared at her, frowning slightly: "How did you know her?"
"It's just a coincidence." Ning Ning saw that his expression was wrong, and continued to ask curiously, "What's wrong with Lu Wanxing?"
"It's not too much of a problem - just that girl, it's a bit weird."
Both of them were idle and had nothing to do, and the coachman was a messenger who couldn't hide what was in his heart. As soon as he mentioned Lu Wanxing, he didn't stop: "During the war, there were a few townspeople who led the way for the monks. , went into the desert of Tianhe, and was bought by the magic cultivator, resulting in the tragic death of all the cultivators - have you heard of this?"
Ning Ning nodded.
"Lu Wanxing, her brother, is one of the ones leading the way."
The driver showed a slightly disgusted look and lowered the volume: "But you also know that doing things for the monsters, no matter how much they blow their rewards, will it be beneficial in the end? Impossible!"
Ning Ning thought it was just an old story that had nothing to do with the present, but he didn't expect such entanglements, and became more curious for a while: "What happened to those people?"
"Yeah! They came out with a pile of gold and silver jewelry, and they had to run away with their family overnight, but they haven't even stepped out of the house, ho!"
He spoke passionately, with a bit of a storyteller's aura: "The group of people fell to the ground one after another, their energy was sucked away by the devil's breath, and they became mummified corpses that couldn't rise again! As for the jewelry obtained from the devil's cultivator, All turned into rot and mud—all retribution!"
"That's why," Ning Ning thought thoughtfully, "the demon cultivator has cursed them for a long time, and wants to kill them all."
"That's it!"
The driver nodded again and again: "No one can believe in demons. Who knows what kind of thoughts those monsters have in their hearts - ouch, beside the point, aren't we talking about Lu Wanxing!"
At this moment, Pei Ji and Lin Xun also got out of the car. The latter hadn't recovered from the scene he had seen before. He lowered his head from beginning to end, and the dragon's horns were slightly pink.
Ning Ning didn't look at the two of them and tried to divert her attention by talking with the driver: "Yes, Lu Wanxing."
"Her father passed away a long time ago, and her brother and mother depended on each other for life. When such a thing happened, only Lu Wanxing and her mother were left in the family."
The driver said: "It's strange to say that her brother has done such a scandal, and her reputation in Pingchuan has long been stinky. Staying here can only be looked down upon. The rest of the families who led the way back then all moved out of Pingchuan, and only the Lu family stayed. Come down, I really don't know what they think."
"If you want to say, her father is also a figure. He was the mayor of our town with a reputation for being honest and honest. Unfortunately, he died in a fire to save people."
He sighed when he said this: "Leave a son and a daughter, the son died in collusion with the demons, the daughter... Lu Wanxing is in and out of the desert all day, doing things to steal relics, I have seen her It's a pity to sneak around with outsiders, it should be a deal. It's a pity, a pity."
Pei Ji listened for a while, then suddenly said, "Has she ever done anything to steal from a living person?"
"what?"
The man was taken aback for a moment: "Theft... Shouldn't it be? Although she is a bit wild, she wouldn't do such a thing."
The topic came to an abrupt end here.
A high-pitched horse roar sounded not far away, and it was the carriage where Tian Xianzi and the others were finally coming.
After the galloping horse, the horse rolled his eyes from exhaustion. When the reins were suddenly tightened and he had to stop, there were bursts of yellow smoke under his feet.
A mass of jelly-shaped humanoids rolled out of the car door and collapsed to the ground as limp as they died. It was He Zhizhou meat.
The driver's eyes narrowed: "The pursuit is so fast, it's not bad, the future generations are terrifying."
The young man sitting on the carriage also had a ferocious face: "What kind of person are you, and your skills are so superb... Damn it, I lost this time."
Ning Ning:…
What's going on with you desert people, uncle!
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If you ignore the fact that he almost died before his apprenticeship, and was beaten to death by the man of the desert coachman, the group finally entered the sky unimpeded.
The demonic energy of the sky is entrenched, and at the moment of passing through the enchantment, you can clearly feel the faint oppression from all sides.
Even the air in this ghost place looks turbid. Tian Xianzi's complexion is no different from ordinary because of his profound cultivation: "The further you go in, the stronger this devilish energy will be. You have to be careful."
The desert is definitely a barren land, and it has been hard to see the traces of the fairy and demon battlefield.
Jianxiu's sword energy is exposed, and ordinary demons dare not approach, so they are much faster than ordinary people who come here to hunt for treasures.
As Tian Xianzi said, as he got closer to the center of the desert, Ning Ning could clearly feel that the surrounding demonic energy was getting stronger and stronger.
She felt something, and glanced at Pei Ji beside her.
The demons made it clear that among all the people who came to Tianhe this time against him, Pei Ji was the most critical one.
Tian Xianzi knew that he would be affected by the demonic energy, so he had specially prepared a lot of Qingxin Pills and Demon-Suppressing Pills to suppress the demonic breath so that he would not be controlled by the aura gathered in the desert.
What's more, after the battle of the Demon Refinement Tower, Ning Ning swallowed the spirit tree, and Pei Ji succeeded in eradicating the demons.
After the realm has been improved, the restraint on demonic energy has also been greatly improved.
The desert is full of unchanging scenery. After walking in the increasingly dark atmosphere for a while, Ning Ning's curiosity about new things gradually faded, and he has lost much interest.
She was bored and looked around, when she was caught off guard, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a dark shadow passing by quickly.
That shadow carried a demonic aura with a killing intent.
Not right.
In the dull air around... There seems to be a very strange aroma.
Tian Xianzi smiled lightly and turned a long sword in his hand: "Do you notice it?"
Wen Hemian nodded: "Be careful."
As soon as he finished speaking, a gust of wind blew hurriedly.
That strange fragrance was blown away by the strong wind, and it spread unscrupulously to every corner. Xu Shi was affected by this, and suddenly there were bursts of birdsong in the sky, and the chaotic shadows covered the sky, but a stunned—
Several swift shadows leaned down and attacked everyone!
"There is a magic incense nearby, which is waiting for us to take the bait."
Tian Xianzi let out a light tsk: "The demons really broke the two-meter dust formation... A fish that slipped through the net came outside."
The horizon and the sand dunes are all shadows floating, and the strong demonic energy spreads recklessly along with the demonic breath. Ning Ning drew his sword out of the sheath and cut off a bird monster that came suddenly.
Now the evil wind is in full swing, and there are demons that are ready to move in all directions.
She could probably guess the abacus of some demon cultivators, and knew that the purpose of their attack this time should be Wen Hemian or Pei Ji, the most important one in the group.
—Wen Hemian is proficient in the two-meter dust formation technique. If he can be solved, it will be difficult for the cultivation world to find out the tricks of the big formation in a short period of time;
Pei Ji has a strong demon bloodline. Although the specific plans of the demon cultivators are still unclear, from the previous deliberate targeting of him, Pei Ji is determined to be the key person in the plan.
Apparently, others thought so too.
Therefore, when the layers of sand under their feet suddenly trembled, several vines broke through the sand, and when the yellow sand filled the sky and the wind was blowing, everyone subconsciously turned their attention to the two sides.
Unexpectedly, there are so many ghosts and shadows, the vines rush forward at a speed that is difficult to catch with the naked eye, like knives like blades, breaking through the layers of howling winds.
However, the direction of the attack was not Wen Hemian and Pei Ji.
The shocking change only takes a short moment of electric light and flint.
Ning Ning was taken aback.
The long sword in her hand was resisting the mindless attack of a sand charm, and the one wrapped around her waist—
It is a demonic vine that blends with the pitch-black demonic energy, making it difficult to detect its aura.
The barrage exploded in Ning Ning's mind.
What did the tentacle monster catch her for? Are these monsters indiscriminate attacks? Why didn't she follow the agreed script, she was just an innocent and vicious supporting actress
She hadn't finished talking about her spit, but she rolled it hard.
The girl's figure and the vines fell together, and at the same time the yellow sand on the ground surged, forming a circular vortex that kept squirming not far away, but Ning Ning was swallowed up in the blink of an eye.
Tian Xianzi shouted in shock: "Ning Ning—ah! Pei Ji! Why are you jumping off!"
He lacked skills, so he could only grit his teeth and glance at He Zhizhou: "Take care of Elder Wen and Junior Brother Lin, I will bring them back!"
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Ning Ning felt that she was dreaming.
Everything in the dream was extremely blurry, and the light and shadow flickered back and forth, condensing into many changing shadows.
She saw the majestic mountains rippling like ink and wash, the long streets and alleys with bright lights, and the swirling swords and swords. The final picture stopped, and the scattered images gathered together, condensing into a slender human shape.
There is an endless blank space around, and in the whole world, it seems that only she and that person are left.
It was so dangerous, so dangerous, that she almost thought she died in a daze, and she was playing a revolving light of her life in front of her. It was only when I saw the figure in front of me that I suddenly realized that it was a dream.
Because that person was someone she had never seen before.
He was a man, or a boy.
Ning Ning looked at him quietly, and a very inappropriate thought floated in her head: It's a pity that it wasn't Pei Ji who appeared here. If she saw him in a dream, she might be bolder than usual.
While thinking wildly, she stepped forward curiously.
The young man was condensed by the mist, without a substance, just a phantom that could not be touched. He was wearing a clean and tidy white coat, his face was like a scrambled puzzle, his facial features were blurred, and he couldn't see his face at all.
Ning Ning looked him up and down and tried to speak in the dream: "That... hello?"
The man didn't answer, like a corpse or a doll.
To be honest, it's kind of scary.
Ning Ning was not used to this kind of weird and deadly atmosphere, so he scrutinized the mosaic on his face, and was about to reach out to touch it, when he suddenly saw the man trembling all over.
This sudden shock is the most terrifying, Ning Ning took a step back in conditioned reflex, but found that the other party did not continue to move.
The only thing that was different from before was that there was a bloodstain on his heart.
The young man was dressed in white, and the dark red blood overflowed like a tidal wave, which made him look particularly abrupt and terrifying.
For some reason, although he couldn't see his facial features, Ning Ning had an inexplicable feeling that this person was watching her.
She clearly didn't know him at all, but at this moment she couldn't help feeling a tightness in her chest. Her heart began to beat extremely violently, and every impact was as heavy as a boulder, making her a little stunned.
All monsters and monsters are paper tigers. Ning Ning worked hard to calm down. With years of experience in reading novels, he made up countless stories that fit the worldview of Xianxia.
For example, taking a house, such as past and present life, or lost memories and forgotten people, I always feel numb when I think about it, and my brain gets goosebumps.
Compared with the confused entanglements in the past and present, she would rather believe that the brother in front of her is an alien who descended from the M79 nebula, and is using brain waves or subconsciousness to communicate with her at a deep level.
The silence was like death, Ning Ning poked the man on the shoulder, only to encounter invisible white smoke.
She still wanted to say something, but as soon as she opened her mouth, another voice she had never heard before came from a certain woman.
"Wake up quickly."
This voice pulled her back from her murky dream back to reality, and Ning Ning opened her eyes abruptly.
Very good, the body hurts like falling apart, this is not in a dream.
From entering the sky to the present, too many strange things have happened. She barely propped herself up, sat on the ground and looked around, recalling what happened before she fell into a coma.
Their group encountered the incense of the demons set by the demons. During the chaos, she was caught in a vortex by a demon vine. In order to break free from the shackles, she drew a sword and cut off the vine.
Then what happened
Ning Ning frowned and recalled that in the bottomless vortex, she could not see her fingers. She lost her support in the endless darkness and kept falling. She planned to use the sword to stabilize her figure, but was enveloped by another stronger force. lost consciousness.
… is the power coming from this place
She moved her heart and looked up. Her vision was full of flawless pure white, which was completely different from the sky and desert shrouded in black mist in her memory, but it was very similar to what she saw in her dream.
The difference from the dream was that the boy who had been mosaicked disappeared, and there was only a cloud of thick white smoke floating in front of Ning Ning's eyes.
She couldn't figure out what happened. She stared at Bai Yan in a daze. She was going to reach out and touch it, but she heard a woman's voice coming from the smoke, light and soft, as if laughing. : "You're here again."
… again
Has she ever been to this place
Ning Ning had a lump in his head, endured the pain and said, "Who are you?"
At this point in the conversation, for some unknown reason, the surrounding air quietly stagnates.
The scattered white smoke suddenly stopped, and said with a little confusion: "You don't remember me? Over the years... Every time you come here, you clearly never forget it."
She seemed to be talking to herself, the volume getting lower and lower, with a tone of disbelief: "How can you be like everyone else and don't remember me? Obviously you are different from them... Only you are different. "
What she saw and heard today was far beyond her imagination. Ning Ning's head had never been filled with countless small question marks like it is now.
What is this place? Who is the woman in front of you? Why did the other party act like... as if he knew her
And the boy who appeared in her dream inexplicably.
Ning Ning only felt a splitting headache.
"so poor."
Bai Yan suddenly gathered, condensing into a female form with blurred faces, and gradually getting closer to her, the facial features also took shape little by little.
The cold air quickly spread to her limbs and bones, and Bai Ying's hands were already on both sides of her cheeks. The woman said to herself, her empty pupils stared at her without blinking, and her voice was misty like a cloud of smoke.
"The death energy is still so strong... Since you forgot about me, can you still remember—"
Ning Ning couldn't understand the meaning of her words, but froze in the next instant.
Bai Yan brought the woman and murmured like a sigh, every word was extremely clear, and fell heavily on her eardrum: "In a short time, you will die?"