"The eye-"
Ning Ning leaned against the tree trunk, wrapped a strand of scattered black hair around her fingers in a circle and stared at the waterfall under her feet in a daze: "Where is the array eye?"
She couldn't think of an answer, so she spread out all the long hair on her fingertips in anguish, and nodded in front of Pei Ji with her toes: "Pei Ji, do you have any ideas?"
Ning Ning didn't like to call him "Little Junior Brother", and always felt that the name would be easier to pronounce, but Pei Ji herself was very disciplined and seemed to have never called her "Ning Ning" once.
This time is no exception.
"Sister."
He is still the same indifferent face that has remained unchanged for thousands of years. If he was born in the 21st century, he might be mistaken for the stiffness of the facial muscles after too much Botox.
And with the same expression, Pei Ji's tone was also very light: "We know very little about the secret realm, and everything I can think of is nonsense to you."
"how could be!"
She couldn't undermine her younger brother's self-confidence, and immediately stepped forward, standing upright and leaning against the tree: "If you have any ideas, just say it, we want to discuss it together!"
Pei Ji seemed to sigh softly: "One, the location of the array eye must be very hidden, and it will not be easily thought of by others; second, according to the "General Principles of the Formation", the array eye is usually closely related to the attributes of the array. And the array of water mirrors... the key lies in the water, or the mirror surface."
He said blankly, watching as Ning Ning's expression changed from anticipation to "Oh so it is", and finally to "I know this too".
After a paragraph was finished, Pei Ji raised her eyebrows uncharacteristically, still keeping her eyes to Ning Ning, with a faint hint of waiting for a good show.
Translated into easy-to-understand vernacular, it is "Look at it, I've said it long ago, but you still don't believe it".
Ning Ning failed in the fight, and his mind was clearly understood by him, and he coughed lightly: "What nonsense is this, it's called a consonance, let's think about it together, how good."
Cheng Ying listened only to the key words, and smirked when she heard the words: "She said that you have a good heart!"
She couldn't hear Chengying's chatter, and continued to analyze patiently: "If it is related to water, there are so many rivers and lakes in the secret realm, we can't rule them out one by one - but in terms of special, except for this waterfall where there is no mirror ghost, it seems The water is the same everywhere."
Qiao Yan explained to her before that the reason why the waterfall is not disturbed by mirror ghosts is because the spirit fox family needs a water source to survive, so when arranging the formation, they deliberately doubled the spiritual power here.
When Qinniang mentioned array eyes, the first place that flashed in Ning Ning's mind was here. Therefore, after saying goodbye to the former, he soon came here with Pei Ji.
However, she came looking forward to it, but she was in vain. She turned the waterfall up and down, but she didn't see anything tricky.
Ning Ning stood on the top of the mountain in frustration, looking at the torrent flowing down not far away, he couldn't help frowning: "Let's talk about mirrors, there doesn't seem to be any particularly eye-catching mirrors in the secret realm... The clues we have are still too little."
Not long after they came to the secret realm, they hadn't even seen the real appearance of the Demon Lord Qi Han. Based on the little information at present, it was difficult to infer anything useful.
- The only one who can provide clues to the formation eye at present is the demon monarch who has disappeared. However, once the two ran into him, they would have to say goodbye to this beautiful world before breaking the formation.
"Have no idea."
Ning Ning was a little frustrated: "How about we go directly into the water and go to the other side of the formation to see?"
Pei Ji was about to nod her head in response, but suddenly she stopped, drew her sword, and pointed the tip of the sword to the quiet jungle beside her.
The sky was clear and cloudless, and the dim and yellow moon was dim and fuzzy, like a rough frosted glass, and it was not clear no matter how you looked at it.
The moonlight sprinkled on the treetops, reflecting the dark and quiet night. The wind blew through the branches of the trees, causing the leaves to rattle, and their reflections on the ground, like a ferocious scorpion, waiting for the arrival of its prey.
There was only the loud noise of waterfalls in all directions. Although it was summer night, Ning Ning felt a biting chill. The shadowless and invisible coercion spread quietly in the air like shattered ice chips, and when it touched her body, it pressed down like an ice cube.
She heard a deep laughter from the bushes.
Immediately, a figure moved forward slowly, passing through the turbulent tree shadows like a dark tide, and strolling to them in a leisurely manner.
It was a young man Ning Ning had never seen before, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, tall and burly. At first glance, he looked like an unstoppable hill.
Even if he didn't speak, the strong Reiatsu radiated from his whole body could already make her heart alarm bells, and she took a defensive posture reflexively.
"The weather is good tonight, the sky and the moon are beautiful, right?"
The man smiled in a good mood, looked up at the night sky with great interest, and then took a rough look at the two sword cultivators in front of him, and raised his brows provocatively: "I heard... already?"
He smiled yin and yang strangely, and his whole person was full of hostility from the inside out, not to mention that the pair of triangles were slightly raised, and at first glance, they looked fierce and fierce.
Presumably this is the Demon Lord Qi Han.
Pei Ji still maintained the action of drawing his sword to confront him, and with a slight pull with his left hand, he pulled Ning Ning behind him.
"It's such a time, you still want to protect this little girl?"
Qi Han was still laughing at this moment, but the next moment he was caught off guard and changed his face, his face was full of black cloud-like suffocating: "Unfortunately, none of you want to live today!"
he is very angry.
The fool surnamed He actually put him together, and before the two sides started fighting, he slipped away without stopping with another sword repairer. The two ran very fast, and although Qi Han had the heart to chase, they soon disappeared.
The surviving demon cultivator in the settlement received news, claiming that "Qinniang" had betrayed and Qiao Yan fled, and the secret of Zhenyan may have been leaked.
The reason why the water mirror array can survive today is that his spiritual power is almost all the source of power. If the eye of the array is broken, it will be tantamount to a fatal blow to Qi Han;
But he couldn't remove the formation on his own, otherwise the demonic energy on the other side of the water mirror would backlash, and all the kinsmen except him would die.
Although they are magic cultivators, they still have some affection in their hearts.
Qi Han is not stupid. When he learned that Zhenyan was leaked, he immediately expected that someone would come before the waterfall.
It is not attacked by mirror ghosts, it is too special, and it is obviously different from the rest of the water.
However, the truth is that the truth is exactly as Qiao Yan knows, this is the water source he specially protected with double the spiritual power.
As soon as he finished speaking, the demonic energy came with a mighty anger, causing Lin Qian outside the profound mirror to exclaim, "No! The demon sovereign has a profound cultivation, the two of them will definitely be invincible!"
"If you escape from under the waterfall, you should be caught up very quickly."
An elder of Haoran Sect frowned: "Strange... Where is the core of the formation?"
Tian Xianzi rarely restrained his smile, lowered his eyes and said nothing.
The black air enveloped the entire mountain in an instant, and beside Qi Han condensed into a ferocious dragon, which was about to go.
If it was in the past, Ning Ning might have panicked.
But since she saw the blood tree riot in Gumu Linhai and had a confrontation with Xuan Ye, who is also a demon king in Jialan City, her character and courage have been tempered a lot, not like when she first came to this world Simple and ignorant as blank paper.
She also secretly gathered sword energy and whispered to Pei Ji, "Be careful."
The voice fell, and in an instant, the black mist surged violently, like a dragon and a tiger roaring. Ordinary people can only see that the black gas is getting thicker and thicker, leaning forward at an incredible speed;
Ning Ning's cultivation base was Xiaocheng, and when he looked intently, he saw countless thin, sharp-edged shards floating in the air.
With a low voice from Qi Han, the monstrous demonic energy rushed up, as if ten thousand arrows were fired at once, attacking Ning Ning and Pei Ji's life!
The demonic energy came so quickly that it was too late to escape or hide. Pei Ji stood in front of her, quickly bit his fingertips, drew a talisman on the sword, and immediately placed the long sword in front of her.
The black air drowned the night like a tide, whistling and rushing forward. When it was close to Pei Ji, the long sword made a humming sound, and the talisman suddenly shot out a dazzling red light—
And the devilish energy spread out in the air that was so close to him, without touching the two of them in the slightest.
Qi Han's eyes flickered.
The boy in black was actually a descendant of the demon race, and he tried his best to block his attack with his blood with demonic energy as a guide.
However, the two cultivation bases are far apart, and he is destined to not last long.
Qi Han knew the situation in his chest, and Ning Ning, who was guarded by Pei Ji, also knew it well.
Although there is only a layer of cultivation between Jindan Yuanying, the strength is very different. Pei Ji was able to temporarily block the invading demonic energy, and he had already exhausted his strength. When the spiritual energy was worn out a little bit, they still could not escape death.
The back of the young man in front of him was thin and tall, and a thin shadow was reflected in the moonlight, enveloping her completely.
Ning Ning could not see Pei Ji's expression, but could only see that his back was shaking uncontrollably.
Without warning, Pei Ji's voice came from his ear.
He has always been strong, and he never reveals his pain at any time, so at this time he tried his best to suppress the trembling in his words, and told her in an extremely weak but firm tone: "Run."
Ning Ning's heart skipped a beat.
Pei Ji must have been unable to support it any longer. At that time, the demonic energy will come, and they will all be seriously injured in this place. He had no choice but to let her escape as soon as possible.
But if she leaves, with the little spiritual power he has left, he will surely die in the magic tide.
The demonic energy did not show any tendency to subside, but a slender crack appeared on the long sword in Pei Ji's hand, more and more denser and denser like a spider web.
At the moment when the blade was about to shatter, in the chaotic black mist around him, he smelled a familiar fragrance of gardenias.
Pei Ji thought that Ning Ning had escaped.
But she still stayed behind him, and at the critical moment, Pei Ji heard her voice: "How could I leave you and leave... Don't underestimate your senior sister."
Immediately, there was a flash of sword light.
Ning Ning took a step forward and drew his sword out of the scabbard, and used the star-marked sword to stab the wave of demonic energy that was coming towards him. Although she does not possess the devilish energy like Pei Ji, the sword intent in her body burst out at this moment, forming a short-term confrontation with the devil tide, blocking a fatal blow for Pei Ji.
Sword Qi and Demon Qi are incompatible with fire and water, and they devoured each other at the moment when they collided, and exploded in all directions with a bang.
Both Ning Ning and Pei Ji were knocked back a few steps, and they coughed up blood, Qi Han's expression stiffened, and he withdrew his demonic energy.
"Very unhappy, right?"
Qi Han casually moved his wrists, his eyes full of leisurely smiles: "Don't be sad, the fox clan will go down to accompany you soon, with their inhuman appearance, they will all be able to return to the west in about ten days. "
He paused as he spoke, and the curvature of the corners of his mouth deepened: "It's a pity that you won't know until you die, where the array eyes are arranged by me... This is also human nature. No one can guess that kind of place."
Where no one can guess.
Ning Ning didn't have much energy left, and the bones all over his body were uncomfortable as if they were dislocated, as if they would turn into powder at any time and crack together.
She seems to have never suffered such a serious injury before, resisting the urge to shed physiological tears in her eyes, trying to keep calm and continue to think.
Where exactly... is the place that is absolutely impossible to think of
water? Mirror? Or-
… what.
A wild idea is like a flame, quietly ignited in the bottom of my heart. Ning Ning clenched the hilt in his hand and took a deep breath.
The demons are not familiar with the secret realm, and since Qi Hangui is the devil, he will not search for treasures all over the map.
What's more, the situation was in crisis at that time, delaying every moment was a dead end, and it was impossible to leave him too much time to deliberately find a hidden place as an eye.
That is to say, that place is related to "water" or "mirror", and although it appears in front of their eyes, it does not make people think of the formation.
… It's more than not reminiscent of a formation.
Ning Ning smiled in relief, that kind of place usually doesn't even dare to think about it.
When she came out of the jungle and saw the lake, what was her first thought
- Not "the water in the lake is really clear", but "the sky is as clear as a mirror".
After seeing her and Pei Ji, what was Qi Han's first sentence.
—The weather is good tonight, the sky and the moon are beautiful, right
This is not a greeting, but a straightforward provocation for their inability to find an eye.
The passage between them and the real secret realm is full of water ponds, in other words, the entire mirror is actually located underwater in the real world.
Since "water" covers the entire secret realm, and now hanging above their heads, covering everyone and everything—
Isn't it "Heaven"
A place that would never be thought of, a place where the entire secret realm is shackled.
Not a pool of water under your feet.
But the sky overhead.
In other words, the "sky" they saw in front of them was not a real existence, but a turbulent pool of clear water in the real secret realm, which silently reflected all things in the world, and then presented itself under the mirror.
The whole world is in formation.
This is the meaning of "water" and "mirror".
And if you want to destroy the eye-
"I'm in a hurry, so I can only say goodbye to the two of you first."
Qi Han smiled lightly and looked behind the two of them. Because they were repelled far away, Ning Ning and Pei Ji were already on the verge of the end of the cliff, and a step back was the snow-white waterfall that was flying straight down.
They had nowhere to run, and he had already made a killing: "I see that the two little priests are close to each other, and it would be good to die together."
"Pei Ji."
Ning Ning struggled to mobilize his spiritual power, and the sound transmission entered the secret. Now that the situation is in crisis, there is no time to explain any further, she can only give a succinct outline: "I have thought of a way to break the game. Staying on the top of the cliff is a dead end... You will catch me, right?"
This time the formation eyes are really "far in the sky", and now she and Pei Ji are under the deterrence of Qi Han, not to mention destroying the formation, it is difficult to even do superfluous small movements.
The only way it would work was to jump off the top of the cliff before he was ready and—
Ning Ning took a deep breath and looked at Pei Ji. When he jumped down without hesitation, he also smiled at Qi Han and took a step back.
A huge sense of weightlessness instantly enveloped the entire body, and even breathing became a luxury. Ning Ning opened his eyes in the howling wind and the silver-white water splashing around.
The moment of falling off the cliff is a visual blind spot that can never be interfered by Qi Han, and it is also her only opportunity.
"Are all spirit foxes good at using bows?"
When she saw Qiao Yan for the first time, she had asked this question out of curiosity.
"Exactly."
At that time Qiao Yan said to her: "I still have a lot of bows and arrows at home. If the girl doesn't dislike it, I can give you one."
Later, Qiao Yan really gave her a longbow.
All the small memories are quietly connected, and countless seemingly unrelated people and things are intertwined with each other, and they converge into a predetermined chain.
The waterfall is like a star river hanging upside down, and the moonlight reflects the pale golden floating light. The snow-white long skirt and the scattered black hair fluttered in the night wind, Ning Ning recited the formula, and a dark light flashed in the storage bag.
What appeared in her hand was a delicate bow.
Qiao Yan gave her the bow.
All movements are in the blink of an eye, Ning Ning gathered all the remaining spiritual power at his fingertips, tightly holding the star-marked sword in his right hand, and placed it on the bowstring.
Since this secret realm was originally a lie—
Even if there is no Sun-scorching Bow, she can also break through this illusory illusion with an illusory bow and arrow.
The star-marked sword hummed loudly, and in the scattered waterfalls, a starlight flashed suddenly.
Immediately, the sword energy soared, and the momentum was like clouds and snow, stirring up the waves and floating flowers. The girl's dark pupils were illuminated by white light, and through the swaying blue threads, she looked straight at a lonely moon on the sky.
The long bow is raised, and the sword is raised.
The cold light was like a wandering dragon, slicing through layers of water spray and evening wind like a broken bamboo, rolling up thousands of piles of snow in the surging airflow. Even the moonlight on the horizon was not as dazzling as this, and the figure dimmed for a while, making the dome more and more eerily empty.
Because it is a false sky in the illusion, the dome is not far from the land. At the moment when Ning Ning fell into Pei Ji's arms, the star-marked sword went straight into the sky, and the lonely moon was in the middle.
Like a mirror shattering, breaking through layers of cracks, after a loud bang, the sky erupted into a light that enveloped the entire secret realm.
Ning Ning had run out of strength, and had no time to see what was going on in the sky. He only felt that his entire body was being caught with force, and what surrounded him was no longer a stream of cold water, but a familiar warmth.
- Pei Ji hugged her in his arms, and used his back to block the surging waves of water by the waterfall, so that the pool water would not splash on her.
When he took over Ning Ning, he didn't hesitate, but at this moment, he unexpectedly showed a look of bewilderment, and even his strength was much weaker.
Pei Ji has never done this kind of gesture to anyone, and now she always feels that the two of them are too close.
What's more, their whole body was soaked in pool water when they fell, and his palm could just touch the shoulders and knees of the little girl in his arms. Wherever he touched, it was cold and wet, but with soft warmth.
Standing in the pool, it should be cold and biting, but for no reason, his heart was slightly dry, which caused his ears to feel hot.
"I'm all right."
It was the first time that Ning Ning was hugged like this, and when An Jing was silent, she could even hear Pei Ji's violent heartbeat hitting her eardrum again and again.
She was inexplicably shy and whispered, "Put me down."
So Pei Ji leaned over unskilledly, put her down carefully, and let go of her hands when Ning Ning's feet touched the bottom of the pool.
- I didn't expect that as soon as I let go, I saw Ning Ning's figure swaying and pounced directly on his chest.
Ning Ning's cheeks blushed:…
Help! ! ! She really really wants to stand up well... Why doesn't she even have any strength! ! !
Pei Ji knew in her heart that she had exhausted the spiritual power in her body, and when she was hit so unexpectedly, she held her breath subconsciously. After a while, she asked her in a deep voice, "... Are you out of strength?"
Ning Ning's head was buried in his chest, and the tip of his nose was full of fresh wood plant fragrance belonging to young people. She didn't know how to answer, so she could only resist the urge to dodge with a blushing face and let out a small "um".
"Do you need me to continue..."
Pei Ji focused her eyes on the water not far away, and her voice was stiff. He seemed embarrassed to say the word "hug", paused for a moment and then added in a muffled voice, "Help you?"
Ning Ning's face became even hotter, and she quickly answered, "No, no! I'll--"
Before he finished speaking, he felt a rush of heat on his back.
Pei Ji couldn't help but hug her again, deliberately not looking down at Ning Ning's expression, his palms were scorching hot, completely different from his usual cold body.
When she raised her gaze blankly, she could only see the young man's clear and white neck and smooth jaw. A few drops of pool water slowly dripped down his neck. I don't know if it was an illusion, but Pei Ji's throat rolled up and down, quietly dyed pink.
… The one with a light blush in the cage, as well as his ears.
Ning Ning didn't speak, she pursed her lips and her eyes wandered, passing through Pei Ji's chest, Adam's apple and chin in turn, and finally landed on the dark water.
There was only the sound of water splashing all around, and the two of them were silent when they suddenly heard a loud bang behind them, as if something suddenly fell into the pool.
——It turned out that the devil who talked a lot went after the victory, uphold the good tradition of making up for the knife, and jumped down from the waterfall with them.
In the end, he never expected that when he was halfway down, the formation's eyes were broken, and before the evil charm that was bound to be on his lips fell, the spiritual power immediately came back, and hit the pulse gate hard, causing him to slammed violently. Spit out a mouthful of blood in the air.
So in the fluttering blood flowers, the devil Qi Han swirled and jumped like flowers and dreams, like a wild duck struggling up and down, and finally when the mirror shattered, he fell into the water in a posture of a thousand Buddhas. inside.