“Fun, so much fun!”
Tian Xianzi was very happy to see it, and he laughed: "The great master of the Demon Sect and the disciples of Wanjianzong actually fought each other because of his words. Xiao He really played the two people around, causing countless heroes to compete!"
Maya took a piece of white jade cake with a light expression and shoved it directly into the mouth like a big trumpet.
Throughout the entire attic, the number of elders gathered in front of the Xuanxu Sword Sect Xuanjing was the largest. Before, it was just Lin Qian and Qu Feiqing who came to join in the fun, but now the disciples have become famous for their unusual operations, and no one wants to come and watch in person.
—After all, in the mirrors of other sects, the little apprentices are conscientiously collecting tokens. Although the group of Jindan Yuanying stage children fought in full swing, for the elders, this family-style fight was obviously not enough to watch.
For example, it’s like a group of adults watching junior high school students do math problems. At first, they may find it interesting, but over time, they will inevitably suffer from visual fatigue and lose interest in continuing to read.
But the Xuanxu faction is completely different here.
Others are seriously assessing, but they actually tinkered with a secret many years ago, such as the "Ancient Divine Bow", "Water Mirror Formation", "Spirit Fox Extermination", plus all kinds of dazzling and unexpected battles of wits and courage , It's like reading a book, never guessing the next step.
"Obviously, he was trying his best to escape from the devil's hands, but for some reason, Fellow Daoist He He actually performed a witty comedy temperament."
Lin Qian was amazed, "Perhaps this is the legendary personal talent... Ye Zongheng will be unlucky when he meets this person."
Wan Jianzong's white-clothed female cultivator snorted coldly, "Ye Zongheng's temperament is not strong, and he was distracted by stage fright during the battle. When the ten methods are over, I will send him to the Demon Lock Tower for training."
A Paramount Qin Xiu smiled lightly: "Jindan Yuanying is very different, under the pressure of the devil, it is not a scandal to be flustered."
Someone suddenly asked, "How are Ning Ning and Pei Ji?"
"It seems to be developing slowly!"
Ji Yunkai hurriedly swallowed the cake in his mouth and responded loudly, grinning subconsciously, his cheeks bulging: "It's a pity, I can't see anything at the waterfall."
Qu Feiqing covered the corners of her lips with her cuffs, her peach blossom eyes gleaming, overflowing with a shallow smile: "Don't worry, fellow Daoist, there is a lot of time for trials, we can still watch it slowly."
Tian Xianzi was quite excited and shouted righteously: "No, no! If the two of them found out about this, Ning Ning and Pei Jing would be so shy!"
The man paused for a while, before finally hesitating to answer: "No, I meant to say... Aren't the two of them looking for the truth of Shuijing? It is very important to the survival of the secret realm."
- What's in these people's heads
The scene was a little awkward for a while.
Ji Yunkai scratched his head pretending that nothing happened, lowered his head with wide eyes, and sat on the chair loitering; Qu Feiqing took a piece of dessert with a stiff face, and shoved it straight into the child's mouth.
Tian Xianzi laughed dryly, glared at the two disrespectful leaders, and moved the Xuanjing screen to Ning Ning's side.
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When Ning Ning arrived at the settlement of the fox clan, the sunset had already been swallowed up by Xishan. A lonely moon hung miserably on the treetops, barely shedding a few pale white shimmers.
The surroundings were eerily quiet, no shadows of people could be seen, only the flickering candlelight in the wooden house, like clusters of quiet and eerie ghost fires, drifted silently in the night.
She told He Zhizhou and Xu Ye in the letter that if they left the village in a hurry at such a critical juncture, it would definitely make the demons suspicious.
The best way now is for the two of them to stay in the room pretending to be nothing, waiting for her and Pei Ji to come back, and then discuss the next plan together.
However, when Ning Ning rushed to He Zhizhou's room, he found that the room was empty and no one was seen.
"The wooden table was knocked over."
Pei Ji whispered: "There has been a dispute here, and the demons should have learned that they know the truth."
Ning Ning panicked, frowning and looking at the round table that was overturned on the ground: "Although the wooden table in the room fell, there was no trace of blood or corpses, and the rest of the objects were standing in place... This shows that the confrontation between the two sides was not very fierce. , they were not injured."
However, he was not injured here, and he might have died after he went out.
When he set up Niguang Island, Xiao Zhao helped them set up an illusion.
Ning Ning felt that something was wrong at the time for a young child to be able to make such an exquisite formation. Now, in retrospect, he should have recovered most of his strength and was far superior to all the disciples in the secret realm.
If He Zhizhou and Xu Ye collided with him, the consequences would be unimaginable.
There was also no one in Xu Ye's room, and Ning Ning had no way of knowing what happened, and looked at Pei Ji worriedly.
In fact, he didn't really care about the whereabouts of the two of them, so he didn't feel too nervous, but seeing her frown, he subconsciously clenched the hilt of the sword and comforted him unskillfully: "Senior Brother He has always turned danger into danger. Only, I must be safe this time."
Having said that, when Pei Ji caught a glimpse of Ning Ning's expression, the first thought that flashed in his mind was: If he is in danger one day, I wonder if she will also be willing to frown.
This thought was so despicable that it could not be seen, and it hit him hard. Pei Ji didn't understand why he suddenly had such thoughts, but felt his ears dry, paused for a moment, and said, "There's something wrong here."
Ning Ning restrained her expression and nodded lightly.
It was too quiet here, not only did He Zhizhou and Xu Ye disappear, but the demon cultivators who pretended to be the spirit fox clan also disappeared. At this moment, there was a sudden bloody smell in the air.
This breath should have come from not far away, and it was mostly blown away by the night wind, leaving only a very faint aftertaste.
Pei Ji's eyes darkened, and she said in a deep voice, "Be careful."
The five senses of the practitioner are extremely sensitive. Ning Ning searched for the bloody aura and continued to move forward, bypassing the square and scattered wooden houses, and came to a very familiar house.
She remembers this place.
It's Joey's residence.
As it got closer, the rust-like fishy smell became more and more obvious, as if it was so rich that it had substance, covering the whole house, and a scarlet color was faintly visible in the air.
And in front of the small wooden house, there were several figures standing, and the whole body was full of murderous violence, surrounding someone in the center.
Ning Ning originally thought that the person surrounded by the center must be Qiao Yan, but when his eyes passed through the gap between people, he saw another completely different face.
- That's actually Qin Niang.
In other words, the demon woman who pretended to be Qiao Yanniang's mother for many years.
There was blood hanging from the corner of Qinniang's mouth, and several hideous cuts were opened on her face. It seemed that she was seriously injured and lost her strength.
The faces of the people around her were also pale. Perhaps they had just experienced a fierce battle, and the little spiritual power that was left had come to an end.
A young man was trembling with anger, and the long knife in his hand reflected a cold light: "Everyone is from the same clan, why do you have to get along with us because of others!"
Ning Ning's heart moved, and he heard the woman beside him cough softly: "You have done enough for Qiao Yan over the years. If you hadn't begged Qihan Demon Lord in every possible way, he would have kept that girl until Now? Do you still want to lose your life for her?"
"In my opinion, this woman really got herself into it by acting."
It was another middle-aged man's voice, his tone was filled with poison, full of ridicule and contempt: "Not only did he give us his life-saving medicine, but he begged to save the life of her 'daughter', even today to help her. That fox escaped and shot at the same clan that he has known for many years... Wake up, you have never been a piano girl!"
It turned out to be so.
Ning Ning heard the thumping sound of her heart, and many secrets that could not be understood suddenly became clear at this moment.
That's why Qin Niang is so weak, she is obviously nourished by Qiao Yan's so many heavenly treasures, but it is still a problem to stand up; so even if Qiao Yan has no use value, she can still live well among the demons. .
Before the truth was known, she had imagined many explanations as to why the demons did not kill Qiao Yan.
For example, Qiao Yan has a close relationship with the Burning Sun Bow and is an indispensable person to obtain the divine bow; or she is closely related to the formation, and if the magicians want to break the formation, they must pass her.
However, under all the intricate and imaginative possibilities, the real reason is so simple and pure that it has nothing to do with conspiracy and trickery. Like a pure white flower that quietly bloomed in a deep pool full of mud and blood, it was unbelievably abrupt.
This is just the purest selfishness of a woman, but Qiao Yan has never known it from beginning to end.
"It's useless to talk too much."
The woman who just spoke coughed a few more times: "Let's do it as soon as possible to get back Qiao Yan and that sword cultivator. If they spread the news, all the disciples who participated in the trial would know the truth... Then something bad would happen. already."
As soon as she finished speaking, a knife flashed in front of her. Qinniang was covered in blood and was dying, unable to resist in the slightest. She was about to drop her eyes and wait for her death, but she caught a glimpse of a piercing sword light.
——I saw two long swords severing the night and coming, the sword energy ran across the four fields, stirring up cold winds like knives and blades, and attacking the lives of everyone present!
Although the demon cultivators had been recuperating for many years, their bodies were still extremely weak. In addition, Qin Niang was fighting for their lives, which consumed most of their spiritual power. At this time, they were completely unable to resist, and they were forced to retreat by the sword energy, and spit out a mouthful of blood.
Ning Ning took a few steps forward with the Star Mark Sword in hand, and looked at Niang Qin with a cold expression.
She couldn't see clearly through the distant night before. Now that she is closer, she realizes that Qin Niang's body is covered with bloodstains and knife wounds, and her white clothes are dyed blood red, making her face pale as paper, and she has lost too much anger.
"you-"
She just uttered a word, and she didn't know how to answer it next. On the contrary, Qinniang coughed out a mouthful of blood and said softly, "Miss Ningning... You all already know that."
Pei Ji stepped forward and spoke on her behalf: "Where are Xu Ye and Qiao Yan?"
"Xu Xiaodao found out the truth and fled here with Xiaoyan."
She took a deep breath and continued to speak in a very soft voice: "I'm dying soon, I have an unkind request... I wonder if you two are willing to accept it."
The demon youth who was seriously injured by the sword energy seemed to have guessed her intentions, and roared, "You are crazy!"
But Qin Niang ignored him: "After the war, the demons suffered heavy casualties. Many of my comrades were buried here, but the demonic energy in the secret realm could not be leaked out, so they hovered in place, degenerating the surviving clansmen of the spirit fox into Half-demon, and they continue to eat away spiritual energy and life, they can't support it for long."
She frowned suddenly, and clenched her fists as if it was unbearable: "If you want to break the water mirror array, you must find the only eye of the array and destroy it. It's just that the eye of the array is extremely concealed, except for the devil. Qi Han, no one knows... If you want to save the spirit fox on the other side of the water mirror, you must find it before the secret realm closes."
Ningning paused and asked her hesitantly, "Why are you helping us?"
The woman with the dusty face slightly closed her eyelashes, and for a long while a faint, self-deprecating smile appeared from the corner of her mouth.
"… Who knows."
"You have done so many bad things, why do you have to set up a memorial archway at this moment! If we die, Qiao Yan will always know everything!"
The young man sneered sharply, his eyes full of cobweb-like bloodshots: "She will know that you are one of the enemies who slaughtered her entire clan, and that you have lived falsely as her mother for so many years, she will only hate you. , will never be grateful!"
The more he talks, the more maddened he looks, and his laughter is mixed with a hoarse voice, which makes people feel cold: "Qiao Yan will never know who you are, your name, your appearance, or even what you are for Protect her and die... In her eyes, you are always just a substitute for her mother, a heinous devil!"
He spoke indignantly, but Qin Niang just raised the corners of her lips indifferently, and her tone was so flat that she couldn't hear the ups and downs: "Yes."
She is a demon, and from the beginning, the sins committed will never be washed away.
Everything in the past is really far, far away, blurred like another person's dream.
She was poor and lonely since she was a child.
Later, the battle of the secret realm was defeated, and she had to hide in the water mirror with other demon cultivators. Because she needed Qiao Yan to collect elixir, she was forced to pretend to be her former clan.
Her strength is the strongest under the Demon Lord, and of course she takes over the role of her mother. How impatient she was at that time, she always felt that the little girl was annoying and didn't want to pay attention to her at all.
She hurriedly learned to be a mother, and slowly concealed all her hostility and sharpness. It was also the first time she knew that in addition to endless slaughter and slaughter to survive, she could have a completely different life from before—
Cooking smoke, family, smiles, and every night, you can hear the little stories that Qiao Yan made up for her.
The child talked about the secrets of the fox clan, talked about many naive fables and jokes, and also talked about the water town and fireworks in Nancheng in the book, and vowed to take her out to take a look one day.
It was a very, very long time ago.
But I don't know why, only after meeting that annoying fox girl, her memory changed from black and white to color.
However, the distance between them is too far, not only the indelible family hatred, but from the very beginning, the bond between them is based on lies and use.
She could barely remember her own name.
Occasionally, in the dead of night, when people are still in a trance, they feel that they are Qin Niang.
This kind of affection is cowardly and hidden, scattered in the night lightly, and no one can know it.
"Qiao Yan she," Ning Ning's voice was low, "I don't know that you held off the pursuit of the demons for her?"
"I only showed up after the two of them left. It's okay if you don't know, but don't tell her."
Qin Niang actually smiled in a low voice, her pupils gradually became cloudy and lost its color: "Good and evil will eventually be rewarded... I am a sinner who is unforgivable, how can I deserve such a heroic sacrifice drama, saying it will only make people laugh - this It's a scam, it's time to end it."
She has experienced so many killings and dangers in her life, but for some reason, when she was nearing death, the last thing that came to her mind was the gentle and shy smile of a girl.
At that time, Qiao Yan told her that she wanted to give her mother the most beautiful fireworks for everyone to see.
Qin Niang raised her head slightly, silently looking at the quiet and serene sky.
The night was empty and there was nothing.
... how sad.
In fact, she had never seen fireworks in her life.