"So, when Miss Song and Lady Luan were walking together at night disguised as men, they mistakenly thought she was having an affair with a man with an unknown surname after being smashed into it."
Lin Xun was very serious, lying on the table to write and draw, the white dragon horn was reflected by the light like a warm jade: "The big family took care of face and married her to Luo Yuanming in a hurry. Later, maybe it was a coincidence, She broke through the scandal of Luo Yuanming's soul refining."
He Zhizhou was so hungry that his chest was pressed against his back, eating steamed buns was like sharpening a pencil, and as soon as he entered his mouth, a cloud of air was left in his mouth, and he continued while eating: "So Luo Yuanming banned her from revealing any information related to this to others. -Why didn't he just kill Song Xianning?"
Ning Ning replied: "The city lord's wife died inexplicably, and his suspicion is definitely not small. Luo Yuanming may have wanted to use this method to temporarily stabilize Song Xianning, but she didn't expect her to be so angry that she not only quarreled with him, but also moved in. Live in another courtyard."
Others only know that the husband and wife are in a bad relationship, and they can't guess Song Xianning's anger and helplessness at the beginning.
Far away from her only best friend, ruthlessly pushed aside by her family as a marriage tool, and her husband's heartless hands covered in blood, she couldn't say a word to outsiders.
That's why when she and Pei Ji went to Song Xianning's bedroom, they found that the book of "Lagerstroemia" was extraordinarily new.
Song Xianning had studied talisman, but because of her prestigious family background, she was not interested in sorcery. It was a book she bought after she noticed that her husband was wrong, just to find out what "refining the soul" was.
Ning Ning wrapped a strand of hair around her fingertips, staring at the candlelight beating by the window, frowning slightly:
"Strange, the disappearance of the girl in Luan City should have happened not long ago, but Song Xianning married Luo Yuanming a few years ago... Could it be that he has been sacrificing women's souls all these years, but he has never been discovered? ?"
"Would he have been picking helpless orphans to start?"
He Zhizhou sighed: "The reason why this incident came out is because a certain rural girl in the suburbs disappeared inexplicably. I visited her house, and there was only one mother who was seriously ill in bed. I heard that her mother noticed it. My daughter was missing, and she dragged her whole body with illness, and spent two full hours walking to Luan City step by step, and only then did she report the case to the Criminal Division Envoy."
Ning Ning nodded.
As far as she knew, there were five or six girls who were found to be missing. Most of them were women who had lost both parents. Even if they disappeared inexplicably, few would be willing to pursue them.
Luo Yuanming went from the barren sea of consciousness to the later cultivation of a thousand miles, from the first level of Jindan to Nascent Soul, and it took a long time for several years. If he really has been using soul refining to improve his cultivation...
After all these years, how many women have died here?
"I was still wondering why the Luan Bird statue on the city lord's mansion had to turn around. It turned out that he was guarding himself and deliberately creating a blind spot."
He Zhizhou was filled with righteous indignation: "At that time, the disappearance case hadn't been revealed yet, and it happened that Song Xianning had been weak since childhood. Luo Yuanming must have thought about her disobedience and arranged for a serious illness to die."
"Ms. Song often communicated with Luanniang before her death. Although she couldn't tell the secrets of the city lord's mansion in person, judging from the tone of her words, Luanniang must have sensed something was wrong."
Lin Xun shook the pen holder: "Later, she learned about the sorcery shop from Miss Song, and she thought of the great increase in Luo Yuanming's cultivation, so she asked, 'Is there any way to reshape muscles and bones and cultivate spiritual power'? -It was at that time that Lady Luan first learned about Soul Refinement, and roughly guessed that the problem of the City Lord was not trivial."
After that, Song Xianning died of a strange illness, and Luan Niang's temperament changed suddenly, and she started a plan to approach Luo Yuanming step by step. only-
"correct!"
Ning Ning poked Pei Ji's arm, turned her face to the side and smiled silently: "Do you remember? When we sneaked into the City Lord's Mansion and saw Luanniang walking out of the room alone late at night, she looked more beautiful than before?"
He was leaning against the wall in the corner alone before, but was pulled by Ning Ning to sit at the table to participate in the discussion. Hearing that, he pursed his lips and nodded, "En."
"At the time, I felt that she was nourished in a place with a strong spiritual energy. And when Luan Niang and Luo Yuanming returned to the room, they said something - 'Tonight is too boring'."
Ning Ning said slowly, "If Mother Luan wants to find out the truth, she must find out the exact place where Luo Yuanming imprisoned the girl. But she has no ability and no clues, and she is isolated and helpless in the whole city of Luan, what else can she do? The only one The way is to let Luo Yuanming take her there in person."
"So, the reason why the two of them left the room in the middle of the night is to absorb the spiritual power cultivated by those girls?"
He Zhizhou couldn't help but shivered, calmed down and thought hard: "Yes. Luo Yuanming's love for Luanniang doesn't seem to be fake, she is just a mortal with little cultivation, destined to grow old one day, and he wants to be with her again. Keeping each other together - in this way, as long as Luan Niang deliberately takes this opportunity to hurt the Spring and Autumn a few times, Luo Yuanming will definitely take her to that place in person, so as to keep her face from getting old."
When he said this, he couldn't help but feel a little worried: "Luan Niang is a thorough undercover agent. You said, will she be fascinated by this flowery world, unwilling to give up her face forever, so she will turn against the tide and turn against Luo Yuanming. United Front?"
"If she intentionally goes against the water, how can we get to this point?"
Ning Ning raised her eyes and smiled: "Don't you think it's strange? Why did she persuade us to drink Jiuzhou Spring Return, and then Senior Sister disappeared inexplicably? Why did Pei Ji and I bump into the molested girl Ahui, And Senior Brother Meng Jue collapsed in front of her house again, and the most coincidental thing is that the grandmother who sold the painting actually kept a painting related to the two of them?"
She supported her right cheek with one hand, her pupils were beautifully orange-yellow reflected by the candlelight, her voice was soft and gentle, with a certain strength:
"Although she couldn't speak, she arranged for someone to guide us step by step to discover the truth. Tonight, Pei Ji and I saw Luan Niang sending a letter to others. The reason why she appeared satisfied was because those people successfully completed the task. ."
He Zhizhou was a little stunned.
"In other words, from the moment we drank Jiuzhou Spring Return, we have already fallen into Luanniang's trap?"
He was stunned for a while, and he continued to ask in disbelief, "Senior Sister Zheng is missing, maybe it has something to do with her?"
"Think about it, Luo Yuanming has always been vigilant in his actions. He specially selected orphan girls to attack, and left no information at all."
Ning Ning said: "He has been careful for so long, how could he deliberately kidnap the true disciple of the Xuanxu Sword Sect during the ten-law meeting? Isn't this because he was not exposed fast enough? The only reason to plan this out. , only Lady Luan."
Lin Xun's face was horrified, his eyes blurred.
Is this what women think? Terrible, really terrifying.
"She is helpless in Luan City and has no one to trust. If she wants to expose Luo Yuanming, the best way is to take advantage of the Ten Ways Conference and use the power of the major sects."
She is just as rumored, she will do anything to achieve her goals.
Ning Ning felt both admiration and an indescribable loss in her heart. After sorting out her thoughts, she continued, "The reason why we drink Jiuzhou Spring Return is because of her weak cultivation, and only when Senior Sister Zheng is unconscious. She can be kidnapped only when she is a child; and the reason why you want to kidnap Senior Sister Zheng—"
He Zhizhou suddenly realized: "This is forcing us to find out the truth! Then we will be induced to discover the painting, the shop and her real name step by step, and the truth will be revealed!"
"This, this is too—too great."
Everything that happened before was loose and chaotic. Unexpectedly, it was all interlocking, layer by layer. Lin Xun kept his mouth open from the beginning to the end, and in the end he could only let out a sigh: "Ms. Luan must have attached great importance to Miss Song."
It's a pity that now, except for Luan Niang, no one knows what happened between them.
"After talking about the antecedents, let's talk about the 'effect' again."
Zheng Weiqi should be safe for the time being, and Ning Ning breathed a sigh of relief in her heart: "Since the city owner and his wife can go to the place of soul refining at midnight without any scruples, this means that the place must be there—the rush to answer begins!"
The answer came to him!
He Zhizhou's eyes lit up immediately, and just as he was about to open his mouth happily, he heard Pei Ji say quickly, "In the City Lord's Mansion."
He actually used a very serious tone, and swiped his tongue like soap, just like the first place in the class in kindergarten, for fear that others would take away the right to answer, so he had to behave well in front of the teacher some time.
Damn, was this kid like this before? We can't be too competitive as human beings, Ji.
Ning Ning nodded after listening.
In recent days, the disappearance case has caused panic among people, and the whole city has stepped up its vigilance. If Luo Yuanming frequently entered and exited the mansion in the middle of the night at this time, Luo Yuanming would definitely be suspected.
"But the location must be very hidden, otherwise, when Luanniang was searched, the Criminal Court would not have found anything."
Thinking of this, Ning Ning couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed: "But Mother Luan can't tell us personally—"
Before she could finish her sentence, she suddenly heard a hasty knock on the door.
Someone pushed in the door, and under the candlelight, Ning Ning could see the appearance of the person coming.
He was sluggish and pale, and his eyes were like black marbles, which seemed to shatter if he was not careful.
What a familiar face this is.
Lin Xun cried out with a wow: "Big, big sister!"
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It was Zheng Weiqi who pushed the door and came in.
Senior Sister Zheng, who used to be alive and active in the past, has changed from a small pond to a saline-alkali land. With a face full of vicissitudes, she can directly play the role of an old Zombie in Western Hunan. The turbid eyeballs turned gently, as if they were dying, which made people panic.
Ning Ning wanted to rush forward and hug her, but she felt that Senior Sister's fragile little body couldn't stand the toss, so she carefully helped her to sit on the chair: "Senior Sister, what happened to you? ?"
Zheng Weiqi looked at her with bloodshot eyes. Then he directly shriveled his mouth and closed his eyes, grieved Baba drilled into Ning Ning's arms.
"Junior Sister, I miss you!"
As she arched back and forth in the little girl's fragrant and soft arms, she complained bitterly: "If I had known that drinking Jiuzhou Chunguihui would be such a virtue, I would be willing to drink muddy water! , not only was his spiritual power gone, he was knocked unconscious and thrown into a lonely well, almost fell into it and couldn't come back, and the bag on the back of his head hasn't disappeared until now—wait, why are you guys so strange?"
Pei Ji was silent for a while, then said solemnly, "There should be a well in the city lord's mansion, right?"
Lin Xun grinned, and a pair of dragon horns swayed with his body: "Of course there is!"
Ning Ning hugged her and gave her a kiss: "Thank you, Senior Sister! You are amazing! Are you hungry? Are you sleepy? Is there anything you want to do? We are all satisfied!"
Senior Sister Zheng, an old tool person.
Luan Niang first used her disappearance to induce everyone to find out the truth, but now she has scored twice, recovered her items, and passed the location where Zheng Weiqi woke up.
Although she is a tool person, Senior Sister Zheng is the most important!
"Senior Sister Zheng, you don't need to know too much, just understand that you are the ship that guides us to victory, the goddess of victory that stands tall."
He Zhizhou jumped up from his seat and geared up: "Brothers, I'm ready!"
Zheng Weiqi, who missed everything: ... ?
Who is she, where is she, what does she do, how is she "awesome"? What the hell is going on with these girls? What are they going to do?
"Although I don't know what happened."
Zheng Weiqi looked at them blankly, as if she hadn't woken up yet, she squinted her eyes and scratched her head: "But the person who knocked me out seems to have left a note in my hand."
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Since Luan Niang clearly gave a hint of the "well", and the four of them deduced that the land of soul refining must be in the city lord's mansion, the combination of the two can easily determine its specific location.
The people who visited the city lord's mansion at night have changed from two to four. When they turned over and crossed the wall, they looked like a string of ninja turtles. From a distance, the heads of the people were swaying, and there was a sense of sight. .
Lin Xun was reluctant to even step on a weed. Where did he ever do such a worrying thing? He glanced from side to side and said in a very low voice, "I know where the well is, you come with me."
He Zhizhou was very surprised: "How do you know?"
"I... I'm not afraid of people."
Xiao Bailong walked at the forefront, and his voice was blown by the night wind, which made it even more difficult to distinguish: "No one talks to me during the banquet, so I will wander around the City Lord's Mansion by myself."
Ning Ning said "No".
As the young master of the dragon clan, Lin Xungui should not have developed an introverted and fearful personality. The reason why he became what he is now is because he accidentally fell into the sea when he was a child, and spent two full days alone with countless beasts.
Fortunately, he escaped from death, but was scared to death, and since then he has been too timid.
Perhaps because of the Luan Bird Statue, there was no one patrolling the city lord's mansion late at night.
The luxurious vermilion high walls are hung with ever-bright lights, and they move forward along the drooping Milky Way, and then pass two corners. When the surrounding scene gradually becomes desolate and silent, you can see a well in the corner.
There are a total of two secret passages in the costume drama, one is the bookcase or wall after turning the vase, and the second is under the dry well.
Ning Ning knew this setting by heart, and glanced down, there was no water, only an endless rich black.
The whole well is like a deep black hole with no end, or a ferocious mouth opened by a beast, just waiting for someone to jump into it and swallow it.
When she came, she brought a rope and tied one end to the trunk of the tree, and when she was about to go down, she suddenly moved.
By the way, Pei Ji is afraid of the dark.
"It doesn't seem good to go all the way down."
Ning Ning knew that he had an awkward personality and would never let the other two know about it, so he made up a reason: "We have to leave someone to watch the wind - Pei Ji, you are the most reliable, why not just you?"
"Ning Ning is too good! I can think of you at times like this!"
Cheng Ying burst into tears: "She even made up an excuse not to embarrass you, when is this a fairy who descended to earth!"
How could Pei Ji not understand what she meant.
But the safety of the well is unknown, how could he be willing to stay.
Ning Ning saw the black-clothed young man beside him glance at her silently. Although his eyes were indifferent, they were also slightly angry and embarrassed, and the tears at the end of his eyes faintly glowed red under the dim light.
"I head."
Pei Ji took a few steps forward and stepped into the well with her slender right leg. He looked up at Ning Ning as he said, and his throat moved: "Don't worry."
This, this, this is what!
Ning Ning went down when he saw him grabbing the rope, and quickly followed Pei Ji down.
What they did was trespassing into private houses, and naturally they did not dare to light the lights. I don't know how deep this well is. The more you go down, the more you can't see your fingers. When all the light is engulfed, Rao Ningning also feels a little nervous.
"… How are you?"
She hadn't figured out how to speak to Pei Ji, but the other party actually transmitted the voice first.
Although he has a cold temperament, his voice is a clear and pleasant youthful voice, and when it sounds in the darkness like splashing ink, there is an inexplicable reassuring magic power.
If the tone is not so tense, it is obvious that he is deliberately suppressing his emotions and trembling.
"Of course I'm fine!"
Ning Ning listened to the tone he forced out, and for some reason he laughed, all the nervousness and fear in his heart disappeared: "Pei Ji, let me tell you a joke."
They descended very fast, and by the time they finished speaking, their toes had already touched the bottom of the well.
The well was covered with dry vines and tree branches. Pei Ji was probably worried that she would fall, so she held Ning Ning's back. Although there was no direct contact between the palm and the back, there was still a faint coolness, and when it hurried across the spine, it left a string of crisp itching.
"It's closed all around."
After thanking her, she looked around, and when her eyes gradually adjusted to the scene around her, she finally managed to see what the well looked like.
It seems to be just an ordinary dry well, and there are ring-shaped stone walls stacked high on all sides. Ning Ning was very familiar with the secret room routines in costume dramas.
Press it gently, and the stone walls on the front and back are opened like doors.
He Zhizhou, who came down after that, was stunned: "Strange, how come there are two doors?"
"There should be uses for each."
Ning Ning was a little stuffy under the heavy darkness, and put his hand on his chest to smooth the air: "Why don't we split up and act."
There was a gloomy look in Pei Ji's eyes, and he silently clenched the hilt of the sword in his hand.
"Oh—you're nervous."
Chengying laughed: "I'm afraid that Ningning will not choose to go with you, right?"
Pei Ji did not refute.
When he came back to his senses, the little girl next to him had already pulled up his sleeves.
"I'm going this way with Pei Ji."
Ning Ning saw that he was stunned and didn't move, and smiled and hooked the fingers of his left hand: "Why, don't you want to hear me tell jokes?"
"Tsk tsk tsk, let's guess how little Pei Ji feels at this moment."
Cheng Ying used an extremely pretentious tone, which was deliberately disgusting, and vividly explained what it means to be disrespectful to the old: "How about it, do you think that just this sentence will make people more happy than all jokes?"
Pei Ji ignored it and let Ning Ning pull his sleeves and go deeper. Later, he gradually walked to the front, but it seemed that Ning Ning was afraid and pulled his sleeve behind him.
"Let me think about which one to talk about."
Surrounding him was the darkness that made him uncomfortable, like a giant python wrapped around his body, exuding a heavy murderous aura and a sticky and dull smell.
Xu Shi noticed that his movements were stiff, and Ning Ning moved his fingers calmly, gently holding Pei Ji's wrist.
The breath that belongs to her slowly approaches and gradually fits.
He inexplicably began to pray, hoping that this deep road would be longer.
"I figured it out! One day Xiaohong asked: Do you use your right hand or your left hand when you drink soup? Xiaoming replied: Of course it's your right hand!"
Ning Ning couldn't hold back. Halfway through, he made himself laugh: "In the end, Xiaohong said: wow, you are so powerful, you are not afraid of being hot, like I always use a spoon hahaha."
Pei Ji felt a little cold on her back.
Pei Ji: "I... should I laugh at this time?"
Super disrespectful!
Ning Ning's eyes widened instantly: "Wow, you are really going too far!"
Pei Ji lowered her head, heard her dissatisfied tone, and let out a laugh quietly from her chest.
She opened her mouth and wanted to say something else, but she was stunned by the sudden light that broke into her eyes.
After walking for a while, dim lights finally lit up on both sides of the passage.
This is a narrow but long passage, filled with cold stones on both sides, like a gloomy tomb. The further you go, the more open and spacious the road becomes, and the brighter it is.
At the end of the passage is a cave. Due to the huge area, there is no light when you go inside. Ning Ning can only see the darkness that extends infinitely in all directions.
At the entrance of the cave, a figure stood impressively.
The shadow seemed familiar, like a sword that cut through light and darkness. She held her breath and stopped under the oppressive pressure of the other party.
Pei Ji held the sword in front of her.
Be nice.
Look at the familiar eyebrows and eyes, and the half-smile look.
Why is Luo Yuanming here?
"Are you surprised?"
Luo Yuanming stood in the scarlet firelight, still using his usual refined tone, but the spiritual pressure emanating from his body had a murderous aura, which rushed towards his face like a flood.
He seemed to find it a little funny, looked at the expressions on the faces of the two with satisfaction, and finally raised the corners of his lips:
"You don't really think that I'm so stupid that I can't see the tricks, right? Zheng Weiqi's inexplicable disappearance, and the incense of Luanniang in the middle of the night... She instructed you to find this place, right?"
Ning Ning didn't let go of Pei Ji's hand, but replied seriously: "So you are waiting for the rabbit?"
Luo Yuanming didn't expect her to answer the call, so he laughed:
"Zheng Weiqi disappeared. She must have tried to induce the Xuanxu Sword Sect to investigate the matter. If you think about it like this, it will be a matter of time before you will be discovered here. I might as well just take the plan and wait for everyone to come here, and then I will catch up with you all-to betray me, That crazy woman! Kill her when I get back!"
When it came to this topic, he finally showed a slightly split-eyed look: "Thanks for trusting her so much... She must be for the property of the government! I knew that a woman from such a place could be a good thing. ?"
Ning Ning laughed dumbly, and did not discuss this topic with him, and continued to ask: "You have been using women to refine souls for many years, right?"
Throughout the ages, villains are not necessarily cute and charming, but they all have one thing in common: they talk a lot.
Come to think of it, I have been secretly doing things for so many years, and I can't show off with others on weekdays. Luo Yuanming was no exception, grinning as if extremely proud.
"good."
He smiled when he spoke: "I was traveling in the desert at night, and I came across the scene of a demon giving a woman a sacrifice. I went up to experience it, and it really tasted extraordinary... After returning to Luan City, I began to practice."
He actually called this kind of thing "cultivation".
Ning Ning gave up expression management, showing a very disgusting look.
"There are many orphans without parents and mothers in this world. Even if the world suddenly disappears, no one will care."
Luo Yuanming pondered for a moment, then suddenly frowned: "I never arrest people myself, I mostly buy them from black market vendors—there was a fool who made a mistake, arresting a peasant girl whose mother is still alive, and doing everything. smashed."
It was after that, the Criminal Division Yuan merged several disappearance cases into one, and Luancheng began to be on alert for a long time.
"Actually, it's nothing, really. Think about it, those women don't have much meaning in life. It's better to sacrifice them as sacrifices, and they can make themselves useful."
Luo Yuanming smiled as a matter of course: "And I am the city lord of Luan City. I have made countless achievements over the years. It is very cost-effective to exchange them for my cultivation."
Ning Ning felt a little disgusted, and endured the discomfort and asked in a cold voice, "You did Song Xianning's death as well?"
"Who told her to meddle in her own business? I thought about the relationship between husband and wife and didn't want to kill, but she was getting better every day—the lady from the family was weak and died suddenly."
He finally got bored when he said this. He glanced at the two young people not far away, and his eyes were cloudy: "Did your friends go to another door? Then they will definitely die. Today, you are here, too. Don't want to go."
- As soon as the voice fell, white light came from all directions, swiftly like thunder and lightning, and attacked the door of the two!
The white light contains the power of the five elements, and in the dark and dull cave, it is like dense raindrops flying obliquely. Luo Yuanming stood there motionless, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more obvious.
Jianxiu was the best at killing people by leapfrogging. However, if you want to get rid of them unknowingly, only at the bottom of this well.
After thinking about it, I finally set up an ambush here in advance, just waiting for it to be wiped out.
The white light was as dense as a net, and when the brain suddenly hit, it was completely unstoppable by the sword energy alone, not to mention Luo Yuanming's cultivation base was higher than the two of them, it was even more difficult to break through.
Ning Ning frowned and drew his sword to forcefully cut off a few of them. Seeing that the white light was getting closer, he suddenly saw a tall and thin shadow on the cage in front of him.
- Pei Ji actually used her body as a shield to gather sword energy and demonic energy together on the long sword, and used her body to carry the attack abruptly.
Such a strong impact in the body is tantamount to overturning the river, tearing every inch of muscle and blood, forcing him to frown and spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Pei Ji!"
Ning Ning exhaled in a low voice, and smelled an incomparably strong bloody smell. When he looked closely, he found that there were several bloodstains on the young man's fair neck, which spread all the way down, and all the blood was covered by the black clothes.
As for what was under the clothes, she no longer dared to think about it.
Pei Ji turned her head slightly, there were no undulations in her dark pupils, she glanced back at her, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and shook her head slowly as if comforting.
He probably couldn't even speak.
"Even if I can take this blow, so what! My cultivation level—"
Before Luo Yuanming could finish speaking, he saw the two people in front of them draw their swords again.
Sword Qi pierced through the silent air like stagnant water, as if the bright day pierced through layers of dark clouds, rolling up a whirling wind, killing intent.
Sword repair.
Luo Yuanming scolded secretly in his heart, recited the magic formula in his heart, and showed three spirit talismans in his hand.
Swift Shadow Talisman, Earth Fire Talisman, Bone Erosion Spell.
Fu Xiu is not like Sword Xiu. Holding a sword, he rushes forward without hesitation. Compared with pure killing, he pays more attention to the coordination and flexible use of spells, so he looks a lot more flexible and treacherous.
Attaching the Bone Eating Charm to the ground fire, once it is burned to the skin, you will feel the pain of ten thousand ants eating your heart. In addition, the Shadow Talisman comes and goes without a trace, making it difficult for people to dodge.
To be honest, he did not expect that these two Jindan stage disciples would be so difficult to deal with.
Luo Yuanming's cultivation was improved entirely by the accumulation of drugs and soul refining, and it was a gimmick.
Ning Ning's body is light, and her speed is beyond imagination. To her, the Swift Shadow Talisman seems to be non-existent. With a slash with her sword, a cluster of ground fires disappeared;
As for Pei Ji's life, he was already seriously injured, but the attack was as cold as ever, fast and ruthless.
It's hard to imagine that this scarlet-eyed mad wolf would stand in front of the girl with heart-piercing pain not long ago, blocking all attacks for her without saying a word.
The sword qi was very bright, the spells changed, and after several fights, both sides suffered a great loss of spiritual power. The spirit talismans beside Luo Yuanming were flying, and when they suddenly surged up together, a smear of blood was coughed up from his mouth.
He had also coughed up blood before listening to books in the teahouse.
Just like the long-standing legend in Luan City, in order to get it, you must exchange something precious.
The art of soul refining will make people extremely dependent, and the longer they practice, the greater the need for soul refining.
Now a single ray of soul can no longer satisfy him. If he wants to stop the rapid weakening of his body, he must gather the souls of forty-nine women as soon as possible and absorb them together.
If he could gather the number of people earlier and set up a big formation, he would definitely not be as embarrassed as today.
This was Luo Yuanming's blow with all his strength, and Ning Ning couldn't resist, and was blown away by the spiritual energy.
Three people, three pairs of eyes staring at each other, three humanoid mollusks slumped to the ground.
Ning Ning endured the pain and looked at Pei Ji, and asked with her mouth shape, "Are you alright?"
He looked really bad, but nodded anyway.
"Are you out of the way?"
Luo Yuanming reluctantly propped himself up from the ground, and let out a dry smile from his throat: "I still have a lot of magic talismans on me, and it's easy to solve the two of them."
-"yes?"
It was none of the two who responded to him.
There was a faint smile in the sudden female voice, but more casual contempt. The moment Luo Yuanming heard this voice line, he raised his head in shock, and in the volatile flames, he saw a very familiar face.
It's Lady Luan.
"you-"
There was a brief dazed look on his face, which had always been in his hands: "Shouldn't you be sleeping soundly in the room?"
He asked seriously, but the other party lowered his eyes and sneered, as if he was looking at a bedbug, and the words he said were cruel: "You think that I have revealed so many flaws, do you really think that you have already noticed something tricky? ?"
Luo Yuanming's expression became even more out of control.
Luan Niang's tone was light, and every word fell on his heart like a huge stone: "Incense incense to lure sleep, let them drink Jiuzhou Spring Return in front of you, and then abduct Zheng Weiqi... You don't think, these Are you acting too deliberately?"
What does it mean.
Did she do it all on purpose? Deliberately let him notice something wrong with her, and then deliberately... Let him come to the bottom of the well alone in order to trap the Xuanxu Sword Sect?
"I had long expected that you would come to the well when you noticed something strange."
She made a gesture of silence, and her slender eyes drew a charming arc, like the spring water dripping from the Crescent Moon Spring: "However, what you think of waiting for a rabbit is actually catching a turtle in my urn."
This one finally appeared.
Ning Ning breathed a long sigh of relief, raised her eyes and looked at her, remembering the note stuffed in Zheng Weiqi's hand.
That was the message Luan Niang left them.
[Luo is aware of it and waits for it. If you can find the location, please don't tell the elders of the sect, try your best to fight with it, and then make your own arrangements. ]
When she first saw this note, Ning Ning was a little puzzled.
Knowing the location of the Soul Refinement Ground, but not being able to tell the elders, and asking them to fight Luo Yuanming, it sounds very thankless.
But after thinking about it, I quickly understood the other party's intention.
If the elders know about it, Luo Yuanming will be handed over to the Criminal Division for disposal—
But Luan Niang wanted to kill him with her own hands.
She must have thought of some way, as long as Ning Ning and others use up most of Luo Yuanming's energy first, she can solve him cleanly.
"Catch the turtle in the urn—"
Hearing this, Luo Yuanming's face changed greatly, and he struggled to move forward. His facial features were so fragmented that it was like sticking it with plasticine: "You can't do this to me! You slut! I am a dignified cultivator of Yuan Ying, I have a kind of you. Come on!"
When he spoke, he stepped forward, as if to tear her to pieces, but he never expected that the moment he stepped away, his right leg stopped immediately, unable to move.
At the same time, the dim light on the soles of his feet was like a strong chain, which bound him little by little.
Luo Yuanming's eyes were in a daze, and there were finally a few tremors and panic in his tone: "This is... a spirit lock formation? Impossible, impossible! How do you know this sorcery, and where does so much spiritual power come from?"
Lock Spirit Array.
Using their own blood as a guide, they turned into chains with deep resentment. Those who set up the formation suffered great physical and mental damage, and those who were cursed died without a place to be buried.
The most prominent feature is that, as a sorcerer that damages 800 to 1000 enemies, the Locking Array can largely ignore the gap in cultivation. the deeper.
"Of course I don't have enough spiritual power and blood alone."
She smiled mockingly: "But don't forget, under this ground... there are more than 30 girls trapped."
Luo Yuanming's face turned ashes in an instant.
Luan Niang just looked at him quietly, with the undisguised disgust in her eyes, there was also some other affection.
In fact, she is a person with no aspirations. Like many girls in the depths of Baihua, she is not special at all.
Desperately making money, trying to sell laughter, just thinking that one day I can walk out of the Nuanyu Pavilion—
But what happens after you go out? she does not know.
On the day they met Song Xianning, they stood side by side on the flower boat and talked about the legend of the luan bird.
"You can fly freely in the whole world, but you want to find a so-called 'partner', how stupid."
At that time, Song Xianning turned her head to look at her, her pupils were full of sparkling light: "If I were a bird, I would definitely not be obsessed with unprovoked love and love. I want to fly out of this place. Go to Luan City, go to Youzhou, go to the imperial capital, go to many mountains and rivers, and see what it looks like outside Luan City."
"But how can we fly out?"
She had just finished dancing at that time, so tired and sleepy, she didn't even have the strength to speak: "In today's world, a woman who has no support can do nothing, and anyone can bully—what a man, why are we? Will you be a girl?"
She was born in the land of fireworks, and she is most familiar with the experiences of down-and-out women.
It was a life where you could see the end at a glance, struggling in the quagmire but getting nothing, and only clinging to the man around in circles, with no dignity left.
There is nothing they can do, there is nothing they can do.
"I don't think so."
With a sick face, Song Xianning looked at her with a smile: "Although limited by the world, girls are actually very good, and they are not inferior to men - we can be stronger, smarter, and more understanding than them. If you plan your strategies, you will be able to beat them one day.”
She turned her head away dumbly.
"After all, we can also study, practice martial arts, and cultivate Taoism. I've already thought about it, and I'll run away from home when my cultivation is successful one day. I don't care about marriage contracts or mundane routines."
This is really not like what a big lady would say.
And Song Xianning raised the corners of her mouth when she said that, staring at the self-willed, vulgar and incompetent, who was trampled on by everyone.
They were only meeting for the first time, but Song Xianning asked with a smile, "Do you want to come with me?"
That's something that no one else knows except them.
As if no one would know, the lady of the city lord, who is now a snake-hearted, seductive and bewitching lord, took out layers of gold and silver jewelry from her most cherished treasure box, and was carefully hidden at the bottom. It's just a yellowed old painting.
The painting depicts two young men in white shirts sitting side by side by the Longyin River.
And when she saw this painting for the first time, she was stunned for a long time.
Deep in the dark cave, a ray of light suddenly flashed.
The rays of light were linked into lines, and upon closer inspection, they extended forward, turning into a filament that was imprisoned on Luo Yuanming's legs.
And behind the dim light, a woman came slowly.
A woman who was imprisoned here by him and was about to become a sacrifice.
Then the second, the third.
The silk thread gradually turned from blood red to light blue, and became more and more prosperous in the dark, like sparks everywhere, lighting up a prairie prairie.
"You, you—"
Luo Yuanming was speechless and shuddered.
"Confused?"
Luan Niang's face was as usual, and her voice was also indifferent: "Do you think I'm asking you for the location of the Soul Refinement Ground, do you really want to absorb spiritual power?"
She said and suddenly smiled: "Song Xianning taught me the technique."
Song Xianning.
Luo Yuanming never thought that he would hear this name in her mouth, and her already gray face became even more ugly.
Most people have spiritual roots, it only depends on the amount of spiritual power and talent.
She started the layout a year ago. She practiced formation techniques, studied spells, and later married into the city lord's mansion, and taught the girls here how to use spiritual power to make a perfect spiritual lock formation.
Just like when Song Xianning taught her by the Longyin River.
Although their cultivation is far inferior to Luo Yuanming's, they are like ants who are not worth mentioning, but now Luo Yuanming is seriously injured and his spiritual power is greatly damaged, and he has almost no defense ability. Dozens of ants can kill him.
Song Xianning was right.
They could be stronger, smarter, and more strategized than him, and one day they could outsmart him, and then kill him with their own hands.
The lives of women in this world are like duckweed, but even so, there are many people who are unwilling to compromise.
For the sake of her missing daughter, the seriously ill mother dragged her body full of ills on a long journey under the scorching sun, and played drums and pleaded injustice after a full two hours.
The impoverished old woman did her best to adopt the orphans in the market, and when she was frail and forgot everything, she also remembered to make poor paintings for them.
And these girls who are about to be refined.
A young girl slowly walked out of the darkness, and her fingertips were all tied with long blue lines, one strand after another, tightly binding Luo Yuanming to it.
The dark light illuminated their pale and thin faces, and the scratched skin was oozing blood, turning from scarlet liquid to faint filaments.
Luo Yuanming finally nearly collapsed, and the two sides shouted: "Luan Niang, save me!"
The woman in red next to him gave him a long look and smiled ironically: "You don't know yet, do you? Oh, you never asked—in fact, my real name is not 'Luan Niang'."
She hates the name.
After getting off the flower boat that night, she heard a familiar voice behind her: "What's your name?"
—Song Xianning stood on the edge of the boat and asked her with a smile like a star, "Isn't your real name 'Luan'?"
No one has ever asked this question.
"I-"
She stared at him in a daze, watching the boat sway away with the waves little by little, the girl's face on the boat getting further and further away, gradually blending into the distant night.
And she moved her lips awkwardly, and after many years, read out those three words that only existed in memory.
"Meng Tingzhou—"
Facing the night wind, the heavily-dressed young dancer shouted loudly for the first time, "My name is Meng Tingzhou!"
Song Xianning turned her back to the sky and the long lanterns, her long hair was lifted by the river wind, she smiled softly when she heard her voice: "I remember it!"
She has almost forgotten her original name and has become one of the most inconspicuous among many people.
She's vulgar, ignorant, selfish, nothing special.
But until he met Song Xianning, he suddenly became different from everyone else.
In other words, she finally became the most special one in someone's eyes.
That's enough.
She is not Luan Niang, nor is she a nameless dancer who sells laughter.
Her name is Meng Tingzhou.
"You are killing people!"
Luo Yuanming's eyes were blood red, and he shouted frantically: "You have no evidence, a bunch of crazy women!"
"It's not that there is no evidence."
Ning Ning coughed lightly, took out a small object from her pocket, pressed it lightly, and a blurry image was projected in the air.
The well-dressed man in the picture smiled smugly, and said word by word: "And I am the city lord of Luan City, and I have made countless achievements over the years. It is very cost-effective to exchange them for my cultivation."
"What a bargain."
"Hey."
"When I went to the Nuanyu Pavilion, those girls specially gave me the Vision Spirit in order to ask us to rescue our friends."
Ning Ning turned her head and shouted to the crowd, "Miss Wei Lingyuan, thank you!"
A girl responded briskly: "Ah!"
"You can't treat me like this!"
Seeing that the ropes are getting more and more tighter and tighter, and they have slowly seeped into the flesh and blood, Luo Yuanming even spoke with a cry: "I love you! I gave you everything, even with all the secrets in this cave— How can you bear it! Don't you have the slightest love for me?"
"You are joking."
Meng Tingzhou laughed softly, looking at him with disgust in his eyes: "How can people fall in love with livestock?"