In midsummer, the air is sticky and humid, the sky is clear without a single cloud, and the grass and trees on the ground are all wilted, trying to avoid the scorching sun.
Two women in white came from the other end of the narrow path. They were not afraid of the sunlight, but they were very cautious all the way, as if they were afraid that something would suddenly jump out of the grass.
The shorter one was carrying a package in one hand and holding a sword tightly in the other, while the other one was dressed more fancy, with a gorgeous peacock standing on his shoulder, holding a long braid in his hand, and walking in front.
"The sunlight is so dazzling today, there shouldn't be any demons." Lu Fanzhi looked around nervously as he walked.
Yan Ying was about to speak when suddenly a black mist flashed by and the grass quickly opened up a path. Yan Ying quickly whipped the demon with the glowing long whip and instantly split it in two.
Seeing this, Lu Fanzhi breathed a sigh of relief. She patted her chest and complained, "There are more and more monsters wandering around the foot of the mountain recently. Are they planning to attack Wuhui Gate again?"
"Shut up your crow mouth." Yan Ying said unhappily, "If it happens again, we will all be in trouble. Qu... She has become the Demon Lord, and Luo Jinxiao has disappeared somewhere. The spiritual energy in the mountains has become increasingly depleted these days. If it happens again, we may not be able to resist."
Upon hearing this, Lu Fanzhi sighed deeply. She hugged the bag of spirit stones tightly in her arms, thinking that these were hard to obtain and she was going to give them back to her disciples for cultivation, so she couldn't lose them.
"Be careful!" Yan Ying suddenly shouted. Her figure flashed and she pushed Lu Fanzhi aside. She swung the long whip around a few times and repelled the monsters that came after hearing the news.
Lu Fanzhi's cultivation was not as high as Yan Ying's. Although she had a sword in her hand, she could only stand aside and help.
Yan Ying wielded the whip like the wind, and it formed a circle around her. Then she put her hands in the shape of a lotus. Suddenly, golden lotuses fell from the sky and exploded when they hit the ground, like a firecracker. The surrounding monsters immediately turned into black smoke and drifted away.
"Wow, Lotus Blooms at Every Step, how far have you come in your practice?" Lu Fanzhi exclaimed with his mouth wide open.
"The sixth level. My cultivation level just jumped a level yesterday. How is it?" Yan Ying smiled proudly.
"That's awesome, but your whip is on fire." Lu Fanzhi pointed at the long whip in her hand.
Yan Ying looked down and quickly put out the fire while cursing. At this time, more monsters came from all directions and surrounded them.
"Is this never going to end?" Yan Ying was angry and continued to rush forward to fight with a smoking whip in hand.
At this time, another handsome man came from afar on a cloud, landed and drove away the monsters. He spoke in a gentle voice, "The elder asked me to pick you up, hurry up!"
"Master!" Lu Fanzhi felt relieved and happily walked over with the spirit stone in her arms.
Yan Ying, standing by, whipped a monster to death, sticking out her tongue and rolling her eyes.
With Guijiu around, it became easier to dispel the monsters. The three of them quickly returned to Wuhui Gate and stepped into the barrier, then they all breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ke Tao, quickly give this to Elder He!" Lu Fanzhi called out to Ke Tao who was passing by and stuffed the bag full of spirit stones into his hands.
"Okay, senior sister." Ke Tao took it lazily and walked slowly towards Wuhui Palace.
"There are more and more demons nearby these days. You must be careful when you go out. Bring more people with you to avoid being targeted by demons." Guijiu muttered carefully.
"Got it." Lu Fanzhi nodded.
"Senior Brother Guijiu, is there still no news about Luo Jinxiao and Luo Ning?" Yan Ying suddenly asked.
Guijiu shook his head upon hearing this, with a look of regret: "I asked the disciples who were out patrolling the mountain to keep an eye out, but it was as if the two of them had evaporated from the face of the earth, and there was no news at all."
Yan Ying's expression darkened slightly, she said "oh" and drooped her shoulders.
"Oh, Luo Jinxiao is so powerful, nothing will happen to her. Don't worry about her. Look, I'm not worried either." Lu Fanzhi patted her shoulder comfortingly.
Yan Ying shook her hand away and said fiercely, "Who's worried about her? I'll go and guard the barrier, you stay here by yourself!"
After she finished speaking, she disappeared in anger. Lu Fanzhi touched his head and looked aggrieved: "Master, she is mean to me."
Guijiu's face turned red and she didn't know what to say. At this moment, a faint glow suddenly crossed the sky in the distance, followed by a muffled sound.
They both looked up with surprised expressions.
Guijiu frowned and murmured, "That seems to be the direction of heaven. What happened?"
At the same time, go to heaven.
The temple, which had been silent for a long time, seemed to be suddenly shaken to its foundation and began to shake violently. Luo Ning woke up from her sleep, looked up, and turned around to avoid the falling night pearl.
"What's going on, sister?" she murmured to herself, then rushed forward and blocked the flying fragments of the night pearl for the sleeping Luo Jinxiao.
"Why hasn't he woken up after so long?" Luo Ning's eyes were filled with panic. She didn't dare to shake Luo Jinxiao for fear that it would be harmful to her.
But for some reason, the temple suddenly began to collapse, as if to bury them all here.
Luo Ning gritted his teeth and summoned his divine power to try to repair the temple, but it was of no avail. Fragments continued to fall, creating huge holes.
"No, we have to leave here." Luo Ning said to herself. She turned around, carried Luo Jinxiao on her back, and ran quickly out of the temple. Her figure turned into light and shadow and rushed out of the temple.
As soon as it came into contact with the air from heaven, the ground suddenly collapsed, forming a huge, pitch-black hole. Dust was flying everywhere for hundreds of miles around. The temples and tombs of gods that had existed for tens of millions of years turned to dust.
Luo Ning stood at the edge of the dense forest with Luo Jinxiao on his back, looking at the billowing smoke in front of them, a trace of sadness flashed across his eyes.
Logically speaking, Luo Jinxiao had been in a coma for three years and should have woken up long ago, but why had she not made any movement for so long
Luo Ning couldn't help but start to get scared. She was carrying Luo Jinxiao on her back and in front of her was the collapsed Divine Burial Site. Suddenly, a feeling of powerlessness surged in her heart.
The world is so vast, history is so long, in this desolate time and space, where can she go? Luo Ning looked up at the sky in heaven which was always dark.
The muffled sound that rumbled like thunder lasted for a whole day and night. At noon the next day, a group of disciples of Wuhui Sect stood on the white jade platform with their meals in hand, looking towards the distant horizon.
"This place has been bombed all night. Could it be that some kind of demon lord or something like that has been born here?" a disciple said while biting a bun.
"How can there be so many demon lords?" Brothers Baili Xiao and Baili Qingzhou stood in a row. "It would be great if there were. Let them fight. Maybe the world would be peaceful."
"What are you all doing here? You don't practice, and you don't go to the cafeteria for meals. Are you waiting for the sky to fall?" Yan Ying rushed up to the white jade platform, holding a whip and cursing. When the disciples who were watching saw her, they scattered like birds and beasts.
Everyone knows that Yan Ying has a bad temper, especially in recent years.
"Oh, please be gentle. I'm also curious about what happened in heaven." Lu Fanzhi followed her up the stairs, stood on the edge of the white jade platform, and looked up.
The two stood there for a while, and Lu Fanzhi suddenly changed his voice: "No, look in the distance, is there something flying over here?"
"Where?" Yan Ying raised her head and looked for a long time but didn't see it.
"It's getting closer! Is it a monster? No, it's rushed into the barrier! Get out of the way!" Lu Fanzhi hurriedly stepped forward to pull Yanying.
Yan Ying still didn't look at him. She frowned and asked, "Are you lying to me again?"
"You saw it the wrong way!" Lu Fanzhi yelled.
She was still a little slow. Yan Ying turned around in time and was suddenly startled, but she didn't have time to dodge and was hit by the person falling from the sky. She screamed and fell on her back on the ground.
Lu Fanzhi stood there in a daze.
Yan Ying was nearly killed. She groaned, raised her head with a groan, and cursed in a hoarse voice.
However, when she saw the man's face clearly, she was stunned. She quickly endured the pain, turned over and sat up, pushed the person on Luo Ning's back aside, and hugged Luo Ning in her arms.
"Luo Ning?" Her voice trembled slightly. She held Luo Ning's face and tried to wake her up.
After three years, Luo Ning has hardly changed.
"Luo Ning!" Yan Ying raised her voice with a hint of tears in it.
Fortunately, the woman in his arms suddenly coughed and slowly woke up. She opened her dark eyes, her eyes flashed, and she murmured, "Sister..."
Yan Ying was so excited to see her wake up that she could hardly control herself. She grabbed Luo Ning's shoulders, helped her up, and said in a trembling voice: "You are finally back. Where have you been for the past three years?"
Lu Fanzhi, who was standing by, had just recovered from her shock. She hurriedly took a few steps forward and helped Luo Jinxiao, who was lying on the ground after being pushed by Yan Ying.
"Luo Jinxiao!" Lu Fanzhi called her loudly, looking up and said, "What's going on? Quick, go find the Sect Master!"
Only then did Yan Ying see Luo Jinxiao. She was startled again, and quickly stood up, carried Luo Ning on her back, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.
After an incense stick of time had passed, the sect leader's bamboo house was already packed with people.
The flower forest outside the house was also filled with curious disciples, craning their necks to look.
Inside the room, Luo Jinxiao lay motionless on the bed, while the people opposite him were thinking about something without saying a word.
After a long time, Lu Fanzhi finally spoke: "Master, you really can't wake her up?"
The sect leader had loose silver hair and shook his head slowly: "She should be fine, she is just in a deep sleep. I dare not cast any spells to do anything. She has been sleeping for too long. If the method is not appropriate, what will happen if she becomes possessed?"
Everyone scratched their heads.
"Elder Liu, do you have any ideas?" Elder He asked, stroking his beard.
Elder Liu had just woken up not long ago, and now he was weak, even his originally dark face had turned a lot paler. He coughed a few times and said, "I think a beating will solve the problem."
Elder He rolled his eyes.
"It would be great if she were here. Luo Jinxiao would jump up happily without saying a word." Lu Fanzhi said from the side.
"Stop talking nonsense!" Elder Liu frowned.
Everyone was at a loss again.
Lu Fanzhi slowly approached Luo Jinxiao and whispered, "Why is her wallet moving?"
Hearing this, everyone focused their eyes on the purse hanging on Luo Jinxiao's body. Suddenly, a white light flashed, and a huge, skinny Qiongqi suddenly appeared and sat on Luo Jinxiao's chest.
Being pressed like this by her, Luo Jinxiao suddenly coughed, took a breath of cold air, and his eyes widened.
She subconsciously struggled, pushed Qiongqi away and stood up. Her legs went weak and she almost fell to her knees. Fortunately, a pair of slender and strong arms supported her. Luo Jinxiao's mind was in a mess and ecstasy surged in her heart.
She looked up suddenly, and what she saw was the face of the sect master.
Luo Jinxiao was stunned, all kinds of memories suddenly intertwined in his mind, making it a mess.
She suddenly roared in pain, held her head with her hands, and half-knelt on the ground.
"Tonight!" Seeing this, several people hurried forward, but were stopped by the sect leader.
"Don't move, she's very fragile now." The sect leader whispered. She also half-knelt, stretched out her hands to hold Luo Jinxiao's shoulders, and said softly: "It's okay, it's okay, you're back."
The sect leader's voice was ethereal and gentle, and his palms were cold, which seemed to have a soothing effect.
The roaring feeling in Luo Jinxiao's head gradually disappeared. She breathed slowly. In front of her eyes was sometimes a vast sea of clouds, sometimes frozen snow-capped mountains, and finally everything gradually returned to calm.
Where is she? There seem to be a lot of people around, and they seem familiar.
Where is Father God? Where is my sister
No, she died a long time ago. Without the Father God, all her clan members died.
Then who is she
"Luo Jinxiao." The sect leader suddenly called her name.
Another memory emerged in Luo Jinxiao's mind, a memory of the human world.
She suddenly held the Sect Master's hand, looked up and asked, "Where's Routuanzi?"
What she didn't know was that at this moment her eyes were gloomy and her voice was low, and even the sect leader was startled and his palm was painful from being pinched by her.
The sect leader looked at her and suddenly felt that she seemed like a different person. Luo Jinxiao now exuded loneliness and desolation, which was the look she least wanted to see.
"No, it's not a ball of meat. Luo Ning, where is she?" Luo Jinxiao said, leaning forward, and the sect leader was almost pinned to the ground by her.
The sect master was stunned. She hesitated for a moment and said, "She is next door. She is fine. She is just too tired. It is time for her to wake up."
Lu Fanzhi on the side wanted to step forward and pull her away, but Luo Jinxiao subconsciously waved his sleeves, and a surge of air burst out, and Lu Fanzhi was almost thrown out of the window. Her back hit the wall hard and she screamed softly.
"Xiao Lu!" Guijiu hurried forward to help her up, then turned around and looked at Luo Jinxiao in shock, as if he couldn't believe that she would actually hurt anyone.
The elders looked at each other and saw confusion and surprise in each other's eyes.
"You guys go away first. I guess she must have been through something and is tired. Let her stay here for a few days to recover." The sect leader suddenly said. She gently pressed Luo Jinxiao's hand and said, "Elders, take the children away first."
Elder Liu looked at Luo Jinxiao worriedly, then strode away obediently. The crowd quickly dispersed, and Lu Fanzhi also followed Guijiu out of the bamboo house with a look of grievance on her face.
Soon, only the sect leader and Luo Jinxiao were left in the room, along with a starving Qiongqi.
Luo Jinxiao covered her temples and closed her eyes tightly. She tightened her grip on the Sect Master's wrist. The Sect Master snorted softly. She did not resist, but continued to speak gently: "Luo Jinxiao, calm down."
Luo Jinxiao suddenly realized something and quickly let go. Her eyes became clear again as she looked at the sect leader's arm which had turned red from her grip.
She suddenly raised her eyes and whispered, "I'm sorry."
The sect leader finally breathed a sigh of relief, relaxed her tense heart, sat down on the ground, and let her skirt fall to the ground.
Luo Jinxiao felt that she was in complete chaos. She didn't know for a moment whether she was the high and mighty God of War Xi thousands of years ago, or an ordinary Luo Jinxiao in the mortal world.
The sect leader looked at her for a while, and suddenly said, "I just tested your body."
"Your immortal veins have disappeared. Every inch of your body now possesses endless power. You can no longer be compared with any ordinary immortal cultivator."
"Even those who have achieved a breakthrough to the Mahayana stage and become a demigod will still have residual immortal veins, but you don't. Jinxiao, are you a god?"
Luo Jinxiao looked up suddenly, she looked straight at the sect leader and nodded slightly.
The Sect Master smiled slightly, her light-colored eyes sparkling with water. She gently pulled up her arm and said, "I'll ask you about these things later. Let's go see Luo Ning."
As long as the Sect Master spoke, Luo Jinxiao could gradually feel the peace. She nodded and stood up obediently.
He turned around and followed her to the next room.
Yan Ying was sitting on a bamboo chair beside the bed, quietly watching Luo Ning who was sleeping.
"She seemed to have not rested for a long time. That's why she slept longer. It also proves that the environment here makes her feel that she and you are safe, so she can relax and fall asleep." The sect leader said softly.
Luo Jinxiao felt that what she said made sense, as her heart gradually settled down.
Maybe, this is home
Luo Ning suddenly muttered in a daze, opened her eyes, and sat up abruptly. After seeing Luo Jinxiao, the panic in her eyes disappeared.
She smiled with tears in her eyes and whispered, "Sister, you're awake."
Luo Jinxiao also curled his lips slightly, his face still a little stiff, and hummed.
"No, can you look at me too, Miss Luo?" Yan Ying's three years of longing turned into this one blame that he dared not say too harshly, and he leaned forward.
Luo Ning glanced at her, looked away, and snorted, "What's so good about you?"
"You scolded me?" Yanying suddenly laughed.
Luo Jinxiao looked at the scene in front of her, and her cheeks suddenly relaxed, but then she was shrouded in depression again. She turned back to look at the sect leader and asked, "Where is Qu Weiyin?"
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It’s not that hot deep in the flower forest, and I don’t know what tricks the sect leader used to make these unknown white flowers bloom all year round.
Luo Jinxiao sat on a small hillside, looking at the petals falling in the distance and thinking.
Qiongqi crawled to her side, transformed into a human form, and also sat beside her in deep thought.
"What do you want to say?" Luo Jinxiao suddenly said.
"Cool." Qiongqi spoke, and it was unclear whether he was saying that she was awesome or that she was hungry.
Luo Jinxiao then remembered that he had slept for three years and Qiongqi had really been hungry for three years. Guilt welled up in his heart and he quickly took out some silver and said, "Go to Wuzhong City and buy some for yourself."
Qiongqi took the silver and tried to run away, but Luo Jinxiao stopped him: "If you see any monsters on the road, capture one alive for me."
Her eyes gradually became deeper, with a hint of cruelty.
After Qiongqi left, Lu Fanzhi came back, holding her aching back. She looked at Luo Jinxiao from a distance for a while before she dared to walk forward.
"Aren't you going to apologize to me?" Lu Fanzhi said aggrievedly.
Luo Jinxiao raised his head and moved his hands, and the wound on Lu Fanzhi's back suddenly healed without a trace.
Lu Fanzhi was surprised and happy. She jumped to sit next to Luo Jinxiao and patted her shoulder.
Luo Jinxiao didn't move. He turned around to look at her and said softly, "I'm sorry. I just..."
"It's okay, I thought you had become a demon too, it's good that you didn't." Lu Fanzhi just finished speaking when she suddenly realized that she had said the wrong thing and quickly stuck out her tongue.
Luo Jinxiao's eyes dimmed a little, and she suddenly asked: "Qu Weiyin, is it really like what you said?"
When Lu Fanzhi heard her ask this, she said with some embarrassment: "These are all legends in the martial arts world. In fact, they can't be taken seriously. Some people also say that the Demon Lord has a pair of fangs, four legs, and three heads."
"But my master did see Qu Weiyin after he was possessed by the devil. He almost lost his life that time. It was Qu Weiyin who almost killed him. Fortunately, he escaped by himself."
Luo Jinxiao sat there for a while, and suddenly said, "But I still don't believe it. I want to meet her and see it with my own eyes."
She touched the jade pendant hanging around her neck that Qu Weiyin had given her.
"But how do you get into the demon world?" Lu Fanzhi asked.
"There is always a way." Luo Jinxiao said. Thousands of emotions surged in her heart at this moment, and finally turned into confusion.
Now that the situation between immortals and demons is so tense, how can she prevent the catastrophe
But no matter what, she must find Qu Weiyin first.
She had promised her that no matter whether she was a fairy, a demon or a monster, she would never abandon her.