After such a tossing, it was almost night.
The dome was like the blushing face of a young girl, and a layer of ambiguous orange red spread silently. There are still few clouds on the horizon, and the sunset glow is surging like a tide, covering the boundless mirror.
Ning Ning was wrapped in Pei Ji's coat, and all his hands and feet were covered in a wide cotton cloth. She seemed to find it interesting, and fluttered her sleeves with enthusiasm like a Peking Opera, drawing out a cool breeze soaked in fragrance.
She just entered the water pool from the waist down. Although she was splashed with some water by the waterfall, she did not turn into a chicken.
Pei Ji was soaked all over because of the squatting action, long black hair scattered behind him, dripping wet, like a water snake crawling on his neck, his tail swept across the sunken neck of the teenager.
I don't know if it was because of the icy cold water or some other reason, the demonic energy that was rampant in his body slowly receded without knowing it, leaving only very weak embers.
The light pink cloak on his body was covered with a light fragrance of gardenia, reminding him of the same smell on Ning Ning's body.
"Pei Ji, do you think things are weird?"
Ning Ning walked briskly, turned her head to look at him when she spoke, chuckled for some reason, and handed over a handkerchief: "Wipe the water on your face, it's completely soaked."
Pei Ji took it as she said, with a very light tone: "I would like to hear the details."
"The first is the whereabouts of the Sunburning Bow, everyone knows this."
Ning Ning took a breath and played with the cuffs of his jacket: "Whether it's a demon or a spirit fox, once you get it, it's equivalent to having the power to turn the tide of the battle. If it was really acquired by one of them, how could it be possible that it's still not there until now. No news?"
Pei Ji listened to her patiently, and gave a low "um": "According to the time line, Qiao Yan saw her father was ambushed by the demons on the way to fetch the sunburning bow, and the jade pendant was robbed by the fire phoenix. For a long time, it should have been hidden in the Western Hills."
He paused and said again: "After that, we took it away, Niguang Island was deceived, and the jade pendant was returned to us. There was no vacant opportunity in the middle, so that others could take advantage of it."
That is to say, no matter from the results or the time of committing the crime, the chances of someone stealing the jade pendant and stealing the divine bow are very small.
"And then Qiao Yan's childhood sweetheart."
Ning Ning nodded and gently raised the corners of his mouth: "Qiao Yan said that he lost the thousand silk ears she gave him in that battle, and after that, he became more and more indifferent to her, alienating him like a stranger. It can be explained that he knows that his time is short, and he doesn't want to have any more entanglements with Qiao Yan, but if he abandons this old-fashioned sadomasochistic deep routine, he thinks from the most intuitive perspective-"
She pondered for a moment and increased her tone: "There is no token, and it is unfamiliar. Isn't this a person I have never met?"
If you think about it this way, without the shell of self-sacrifice and so-called love, this story is a bit too weird.
Ning Ning thought about it carefully, only to feel her scalp tingling. After a long silence, she continued: "The reason why I deliberately distance myself and rarely talk to her is because I don't want to be discovered by Qiao Yan, he is just a fake impostor - but he What is the purpose of doing this? Except for Qiao Yan, there are so many Linghu villagers, has no one noticed his strangeness? Where is Qiao Yan's real childhood sweetheart?"
Pei Ji followed her thinking, frowning slightly: "Could it be for the Sunburning Bow? As long as she enters the fox clan and is close to Qiao Yan, once she obtains the jade pendant, she has a good chance of winning it. Come."
"But according to Qinniang, the water mirror formation will never be broken by the demons. How could he come in without knowing it?"
Ning Ning thought about the first two big ones, and frowned in distress: "And if you really want to incarnate as someone close to Qiao Yan, wouldn't it be contradictory to his deliberate alienation later?"
When she spoke, her hands couldn't be free, and she kept playing with her cuffs. The long gown was placed on her body but not closed. As long as Pei Ji turned her head, she would see the thin fabric gently pressed against the girl's chest, and the white cloth around her neck. skin.
He pursed his lips and looked away, raised his arms involuntarily, and buttoned up Ningning's shirt, causing her to laugh softly.
There was no sign of this laughter, and because the two were so close, it almost fell into Pei Ji's ears.
Inexplicably, he felt a sigh in his heart, and soon resumed the posture of walking side by side with her, his voice was a little hoarse for some reason: "...Not only him, others have problems too."
Ning Ning replied obediently, "You mean, Mother Qin?"
Pei Ji nodded.
"She has an unreasonable desire to control Qiao Yan and the Burning Sun Bow. If it was before, it may be explained that she is eager to love her daughter and does not want to let her take risks."
He restrained his expression, and deliberately avoided looking at her gaze: "But later we found the jade pendant, but found that the Shengong had been stolen, and when Qiao Yan told her about it—"
When Pei Ji said this, he paused for a while, and Ning Ning took over the words seriously: "She didn't show too much surprise, and changed the topic quickly, as if she knew that we would not find the divine bow. As the patriarch's wife, the treasure that has been passed down in the Linghu line for many years has been stolen, such a reaction is really unreasonable."
"good."
Pei Ji nodded, and finally stared at her for a moment: "And don't you think? Her obsession with 'not allowing Qiao Yan to go to the other end of the formation to slaughter the demons' is far higher than that of the burning sun. The obsession with bows, and even everything else. Even persuading her to leave the secret realm quickly, as if all that was in her heart was to never let Qiao Yan come into contact with the demons."
- What is she trying to hide? Why can't Qiao Yan go to the other side of the formation
At this point in the conversation, the fog seems to have gradually dissipated.
Ning Ning heard the thumping sound of her heart, and took a deep breath: "And the most important point."
She said: "According to Niang Qin, the other side of the water mirror is full of demons from the Jindan Yuan Ying period, and their strength should not be underestimated, so Qiao Yan is so afraid of Shui Po - but what we saw before was clearly nothing. A threatening little monster. Judging from the familiar posture of Qiao Yan when she shot it with a bow and arrow, she must have killed the 'Mirror Ghost' many times. "
Both of them were speechless for a while.
Ning Ning was silent for a while, then suddenly looked up at him again.
This time, there was no smile in her eyes, and her voice was crisp: "I have an idea... Let's go to the nearby lake and take a look, how about?"
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There was not much water around the waterfall. Ning Ning followed Pei Ji through the verdant woods, and after walking for about a stick of incense, he finally found the nearest lake.
This lake is not big, reflecting the dim skylight, and the surrounding spirit mushrooms have faintly radiated light, casting a layer of faint green fluorescence on the evening wind.
Ning Ning stood by the lake, intending to take a step closer to the lake, but was gently pulled by Pei Ji's sleeve.
The two of them hurriedly changed their clothes before coming. Pei Ji probably bought countless sets of black clothes with similar styles, and their figure was engulfed in the night.
When Ning Ning turned his head, he saw his expression and shook his head lightly: "I'll come."
Even if there are not many words, he can always quickly understand her thoughts.
After saying that, Pei Ji pulled her back a step and walked straight to the lake.
The moon leaned out from the twilight and cast an ambiguous yellow halo. In the moonlight and water light, the tall and straight shadow of the young man was reflected in the lake.
- Immediately, the water surface shook violently, and a bony bloody hand suddenly stretched out from the lake and attacked Pei Ji's throat.
He had expected it for a long time, so he did not show the slightest surprise in his eyes. Instead, the dark color took a step back and led the underwater monster to the shore.
This time, the mirror ghost is not too different from the previous one. He still has a bald head and a short and thin body. He is grinning and screaming from his throat, reminding Ning Ning of the sound of fingernails crossing the blackboard. .
She resisted the urge to cover her ears and said to Pei Ji, "Don't kill it."
Pei Ji had already drawn the sword out of its scabbard, but when she heard the words, she put the long sword back into the scabbard, quickly dodged the sharp claws of the mirror ghost, and recited the sword art in her heart.
He didn't kill him, but saw the sword energy surging all over his body, and then a white light flashed, attacking the back of the monster's neck with lightning speed.
Before the Mirror Ghost could let out a whimper, he lost consciousness and fell to the ground.
Ning Ning's eyes dimmed slightly, and he subconsciously clenched his fist: "Go ahead."
So Pei Ji walked to the lake again.
They tested it six times in total. Every time Pei Ji used her body as a bait, all the ghosts with weird appearance and weak strength came. However, as Qin Niang said, "there are many Jindan Yuanying Demon Cultivators", but none of them were seen. arrive.
Among them, the tricky is more obvious.
Qin Niang is lying.
"It's obviously just such an insignificant little monster, but she swears to make up a lie to tell Qiao Yan not to approach the lake anyway."
Ning Ning squatted on the ground and looked at the mirror ghost carefully: "In this way, Qin Niang must not be worried about her safety, the reason why she doesn't want Qiao Yan to contact the mirror ghost—"
A thought flashed by, and the bone-chilling chill spread straight from her spine to her mind, making her feel chills all over her body.
Thinking about it carefully, everything they know about Shuijing comes from Qiao Yan.
And Qiao Yan's own information came from her mother.
A war broke out between the Linghu lineage and the demons overnight. In order to resist the monsters, they had to use the power of the whole clan to set up a water mirror array and imprison it on the other side of the mirror.
Back then, Qiao Yan was seriously ill in a coma, and she didn't know anything about it. This is what Qin Niang told them.
The spiritual power of the Linghu clan has declined, and they are only willing to sacrifice the dying lives of the entire clan to protect Qiao Yan from being infested by monsters.
Qiao Yan has been kept in the dark for many years, looking forward to leaving this place with everyone, so this is what Qinniang told them.
But if none of this is true, from beginning to end... What if their knowledge of that past and this secret realm was based on outright lies
Why doesn't Qiao Yan's childhood sweetheart have a thousand silk ears on his wrist.
Because he is not the original person at all, even if he has the intention to imitate, he will never notice such an innocuous little decoration.
Why is the Sunburst Bow missing
Because this is not a real secret realm at all, but a mirror space created by the formation. The water mirror can copy all the landscapes, birds and beasts, but the powerful ancient divine bow cannot be faked no matter what.
Why did Qin Niang prevent Qiao Yan from obtaining the Sunburning Bow and let her leave the secret realm as soon as possible.
Because once Qiao Yan gets the Sunburst Bow and goes to the other side of the water to annihilate the "mirror ghost", there is a high chance that he will detect clues and understand the truth of everything buried—
Under the pool, those creatures who looked weird and were shot and killed mercilessly by Qiao Yan as monsters were the real foxes.
And the "compatriots" who get along with her day and night are the demons who slaughtered the fox clan and wore masks.
Ning Ning should have thought of it long ago.
When she saw Qiao Yan for the first time, the fox girl told her, "Mirror ghosts are all demons after mutation".
But if you think about it carefully, the monster has been infected by the devil energy, and even if it goes into the devil, it will definitely not become such a weak and weird appearance.
The only people who can be affected and mutated by demonic energy are people and monsters who are extremely weak and have little spiritual energy left.
Above the water mirror, under the secret realm, it is not only spiritual power that is used to maintain the formation.
There is also a lie that runs through.