The wind is rustling, the ancient road is bleak, and the lonely stretches forward.
Zhou Yixian and his granddaughter Xiaohuan had already left the Dead Marsh and traveled eastward for three days.
It was the middle of the day, and they were still walking on the ancient road, but the originally flat wilderness on both sides of the ancient road had been replaced by hills and jungles that gradually increased.
Zhou Zhouxian glanced forward and saw a dilapidated stone pavilion on the side of the road not far ahead. Feeling tired from walking, he turned to Xiaohuan and said, "Let's go over and have a rest."
Xiaohuan responded, then glanced back, with a smile in his eyes, and said, "Master Daoist, let's sit together for a while!"
The wild dog Taoist who had been following them smiled and nodded. Originally, after Taoist Wild Dog left the Dead Marsh, he followed Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan from afar for some reason, which made Zhou Xian a little uneasy at first. But a few days ago, after meeting the middle-aged man who claimed to be a million people on the road, Xiaohuan said a few words to him, and the relationship became a little closer. In the past few days, he got closer and followed them directly up.
Zhou Yixian walked into the pavilion and watched the wild dog Taoist also follow Xiaohuan in. He was not as polite to wild dogs as Xiaohuan, rolled his eyes, and suddenly said in a strange way: "I said, Daoist Wild Dog, why have you been following the two of us? We are all poor, and there is nothing for you to grab. "
Daoist Wild Dog glared at Zhou Xian, and retorted: "Stinky old man, you're pretending to be poor again, don't think I don't know there's something weird in that bamboo pole of yours!"
Both Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan were startled. Zhou Yixian immediately jumped up as if his butt was burned, his face was flushed, and he said angrily: "Good guy, old man, I already knew that you are not a good person, and you are indeed coveting my money."
Daoist Yegou gave him a blank look, but he didn't say anything, only Xiaohuan next to him said in surprise: "Taoist, how do you know?"
As soon as Xiaohuan opened his mouth, Taoist Wild Dog's voice suddenly quieted down for some reason, hesitated for a moment, and said to Xiaohuan: "He never leaves the bamboo pole every day, and even sleeps in his arms. That's all right, but he Every little while, I always touch the bamboo pole involuntarily, and seeing this, the idiot will know that there is something wrong with the bamboo pole."
Xiaohuan laughed out loud. Old Zhou Zhouxian blushed, snorted, turned his head away, and suddenly felt that this was too embarrassing, turned around and said angrily to the wild dog Taoist: "Even if there is something wrong with my bamboo pole, it's not your turn to take care of it. You Tell me, why have you been following us?"
Daoist Wild Dog was stunned, speechless for a while.
Zhou Yixian suddenly felt complacent, with a smile on his face, pointing at the wild dog and said: "Ha, don't think that the old man doesn't know, you just covet my property and our Xiaohuan's beauty, plotting evil all day long..."
"Grandpa!" Xiaohuan blushed and called out to Zhou Xian.
Only then did Zhou Yixian realize that what he said was wrong, but his old face could not be pulled away, and he said, "Say, is it..."
Daoist Wild Dog took a peek at Xiaohuan, and saw that the fair skin on the girl's face was rosy at the moment, slightly shy, but her eyes were as bright as stars, shining brightly, a youthful beauty really seemed to rush towards her face. The wild dog suddenly felt inferior for no reason, and lowered his head.
Xiaohuan glared at Grandpa Zhou Xian. Since childhood, she and Zhou Yixian have been wandering around the world and have seen a lot. Naturally, she is more relaxed than ordinary girls. At this moment, she turned to the wild dog and said humanely: "Daoist, don't listen to my grandpa talking nonsense, he is a dog mouth!" I can't spit out ivory..."
Zhou Yixian was furious, and said, "How dare you call grandpa a dog, obviously that guy is a wild dog!"
Xiaohuan stuck out her tongue and made a face at the wild dog. The wild dog buzzed in his mind, he just felt that his eyes were full of this beautiful face, and he couldn't tolerate other colors anymore, and he didn't care about Zhou Xian's ridicule of himself.
Zhou Yixian turned his head angrily, and said to the wild dog: "Hey, you haven't said why you are following us! If you can tell a good reason, the old man will let you follow; if you can't, hehe, let you know I am amazing!"
The wild dog slowly withdrew its gaze, was silent for a long time, and said, "I don't know either."
"Ha!" Zhou Yixian laughed loudly, his face full of disdain.
Xiaohuan looked at Taoist Wild Dog, and said with interest: "Taoist, what's the matter? It's not like you're homeless, right?"
The wild dog smiled wryly, and said, "You're right." For some reason, he seemed to be particularly willing to speak in front of this girl at the moment, and as soon as he started the conversation, he continued inexplicably: "I have been weird since I was a child. Being treated as a monster by my parents and thrown into the wilderness, I was left to fend for myself... "
"Ah!" Xiaohuan covered her mouth with her hand, startled. But Zhou Yixian rolled his eyes with a look of disbelief.
The wild dog Taoist continued: "Later, I was found by a group of wild dogs. They didn't eat me, but brought food to feed me. So after I became sensible, I always called myself a wild dog."
Zhou Yixian sneered again, but Xiaohuan nodded slightly with a focused face.
Daoist Wild Dog also ignored Zhou Xian, smiled at Xiaohuan, and said, "So I have no home since I was a child. If I must say it, the kennel is my home. Later, a senior from the previous Blood Refining Hall I happened to meet me, and took me into my sect in a moment of pity, and taught me the Taoism. From then on, I will treat the Blood Refining Hall as my family."
Zhou Yixian sneered and said: "Then you should go back to the Blood Refining Hall, why are you still wandering outside all day?"
Taoist Wild Dog lowered his head, his face was gloomy, and he said for a while: "The Blood Refining Hall has been destroyed by the Ghost King Sect, and the leader is the Ghost Li you have seen."
"What?" Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan were surprised at the same time. The demon sect's internal struggles are fierce and cruel, but they don't publicize them to the outside world, so Zhou Yixian and others don't know about the ghost king's annexation of the Blood Refining Hall. But surprised at the same time, the two reacted differently.
Zhou Yixian frowned, as if thinking of something, shook his head and sighed for a while, and said, "What a pity! When the black-hearted old man was there, how powerful the Blood Refining Hall was, oh..."
Xiaohuan didn't think much about it, but after being shocked, she remembered something and said: "Did Guili lead people to kill you, then why are you still following him?"
The corner of Taoist Wild Dog's mouth twitched, and he slowly explained what had happened.
After hearing this, Xiaohuan snorted, and said to Zhou Yixian: "Those who are older are too spineless."
Zhou Yixian glared at her, and said: "You are young, do you know what is spineless? If life and death are at stake, not everyone has that backbone."
The corner of Xiaohuan's mouth twitched, and he said: "Then, wouldn't this wild dog Taoist leader rather die than surrender?"
Zhou Yixian glanced at the wild dog, nodded, and said: "I didn't realize that you still have this kind of backbone. It's not easy. But these years, that Gui Li has been known as the blood son, and he has killed countless people. Why did he just let him go?" passed you?"
Daoist Wild Dog shook his head and said, "I don't know either."
Zhou Yixian was silent for a while, his eyes seemed to be deep in thought, and his usual playful smile had gradually disappeared. Wild Dog Taoist saw Zhou Yixian's sudden expression, which was very different from the past, and couldn't help being startled, but just as Xiaohuan spoke, his attention was attracted to him.
Xiaohuan glanced at him, and said in a low voice: "Then you follow him all day long, don't you feel uncomfortable? You must hate him because he destroyed the blood refining hall that treated you so well?"
The wild dog was at a loss for a while, and then fell silent. After a while, he slowly shook his head and said blankly: "I don't know. I hated this person very much at first, but after these days, I slowly realized that there is no use in blaming him." ? Even if it wasn’t him, and it wasn’t the Ghost King Sect, the Wandu Sect and the Hehuan Sect would do the same thing, and the Ghost King Sect would just be one step ahead.”
"Huh?" Xiaohuan didn't speak, but Zhou Yixian made a slightly surprised voice first, and looked up and down the wild dog Taoist again, quite admiring: "You can think of this level, I I underestimated you."
Taoist Wild Dog gave Zhou Xian a blank look, obviously not interested in Zhou Xian's praise. Zhou Yixian made fun of it, he laughed, but he was not angry.
Taoist Wild Dog took a look at Xiaohuan, and saw her bright eyes like water, which were full of ripples, as if they were flowing, it was really touching, for some reason, he didn't dare to look more, lowered his head, and said: "That day from death Ze came out, and I was very annoyed to stay in the group of Ghost King Sect all day long, especially when I occasionally saw Nian Laoda and others, just in time to see you, I don’t know why I followed.”
Daoist Wild Dog suddenly seemed to have thought of something, quickly raised his head, and said to Xiaohuan: "But I never have any intention of harming you, I don't know why, I probably just walk around casually! If... If you don't If you want, I can go now."
Xiaohuan smiled slightly and said: "It's okay! I don't care. Then you can go with us from now on! Anyway, the world is so big, I don't think you have a place to go."
Zhou Yixian was startled, pulled Xiaohuan over and said in a low voice: "Stupid girl, what are you doing with this guy and following us?"
Xiaohuan rolled his eyes at his grandfather, and said, "This guy and that guy have names. Besides, he didn't mean anything malicious, he just walked with us, what's there to be afraid of?"
Zhou Yixian said angrily: "You girl, you don't know the heights of heaven and earth, but he is a notorious person in the Devil's Cult. I heard that he used to..."
Zhou Yixian suddenly stopped talking, Xiaohuan stared at him, and said, "What happened to him before? Tell me, did you hear about him doing some heinous things before?"
Zhou Yixian scratched his head, thought for a long time, and said embarrassingly: "I don't seem to have heard what he did..."
Xiaohuan burst out laughing, and was about to turn around when Zhou Yixian grabbed Xiaohuan and said, "But it won't do you any good if you let this person stay with us! Why bother?"
Xiaohuan said indifferently: "It seems that when we passed by the barren hills last night, a wild boar jumped out from the side of the road. Grandpa, you hid far away. It was the priest who rushed up to drive the wild boar away. Otherwise, I Weak women will face a big wild boar alone."
Zhou Yixian blushed, and said: "My old man is old and weak, how can I stop a big wild boar? Besides, are you a weak woman, let alone a wild boar, even if a tiger comes..."
Xiaohuan coughed suddenly, and Zhou Yixian stopped talking.
Xiaohuan turned around, smiled at the wild dog Taoist who was sitting on the side, and said, "Prince Taoist, please take care of me from now on."
The wild dog got up quickly and said: "No, nothing, if there is any rough work, just let me do it."
Zhou Yixian snorted from afar.
At this moment, a cold and peaceful voice suddenly came from outside the pavilion, saying: "So you came here."
Daoist Yegou shook his body, turned his head to look, and Xiaohuan beside him lost his voice: "Ah! It's you!"
Outside the stone pavilion, on the ancient road, stood a young man with a blank face, with a gray haired monkey resting on his shoulder, it was Gui Li.
It was early autumn at this time, although it was noon, the sun was not as hot as in summer, and a cool wind blew from outside the stone pavilion from time to time.
It's just that in the stone pavilion, the atmosphere suddenly fell silent with the arrival of Gui Li, an unexpected guest.
Daoist Wild Dog's face was red and white and sat aside, his eyes were fixed on the ground, he could see that he was really nervous. Gui Li still stood expressionlessly on the other side, he didn't look at the wild dog Taoist much, but stared at Zhou Xian.
Xiaohuan looked at Daoist Wild Dog, then at Gui Li, and said cautiously for a while: "Well, Zhang... Mr. Gui Li, you, why are you here?"
Gui Li glanced at her and said, "I'm here to find your grandfather."
Zhou Zhouxian was startled, and said, "Looking for me?"
Gui Li nodded and said: "Yes, I would like to ask Senior a question."
Xiaohuan immediately felt relieved, secretly smiled at the wild dog, reassuring him, then turned interested in Gui Li and said: "Ah! You are such a powerful person, what do you want to ask my grandfather?"
While she was talking, she suddenly saw Xiaohui on Guili's shoulder, with rolling eyes, grinning at herself, she couldn't help feeling a burst of love, and said with a smile: "Ha, I was the one who gave you candied haws the other day Oh! Do you remember me?"
"Zhizhi, Zhizhi." The monkey Xiaohui yelled for a while, nodding his head incessantly, suddenly jumped up from Guili's shoulder, and jumped into Xiaohuan's arms. It seems that the monkey had a very good impression of the candied haws that day.
Xiaohuan smiled brightly, stretched out his hand to catch Xiao Hui, unexpectedly it sank suddenly after holding it, it was unexpectedly heavy, almost dropped to the ground. Luckily, she reacted quickly, and quickly increased her strength to stabilize her body and hold Xiao Hui firmly, but she was surprised in her heart. It's only a few days' work, and Xiao Hui's figure hasn't grown much, so it's strange how he suddenly gained more than half of his weight!
Gui Li saw Xiaohuan teasing Xiao Hui, giggling non-stop, very happy, there seemed to be a faint smile in the depths of his eyes, but it disappeared immediately, and turned his head to face Zhou Yixian.
Zhou Yixian shrugged his shoulders, and said: "I am an old man who is only nine years old and well educated. There is nothing in the world that I don't know. But it's strange that you would ask my old man for advice. What's the matter, you Say it?"
Gui Li ignored his boasting, and said indifferently: "That day in the Dead Marsh, there was a monster with a fish head who sneaked up on your granddaughter, do you remember?"
Zhou Yixian was stunned, and the wild dog Taoist and Xiaohuan who were beside him heard it and looked over at the same time.
While hugging Xiao Hui, Xiao Huan said: "Yes! That monster is terribly fierce. If Mr. Gui Li and Sister Ping'er hadn't acted in time, I would almost have been killed by it."
Gui Li still looked at Zhou Yixian, and said: "You said that monster was a murloc, one of the sixty-three alien races in southern Xinjiang, right?"
Zhou Yixian was silent for a moment, then said, "Not bad."
Gui Li cupped his hands and said: "I don't know what else does senior know about this murloc clan?"
Zhou Yixian glanced at Gui Li and said, "Why are you suddenly interested in this?"
Gui Li pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Since I asked senior for advice, I don't need to hide anything else from you. After you left, my subordinates seemed to be attacked by a group of monsters similar to the murlocs, causing heavy casualties, so I want to know about it from senior. .”
Zhou Yixian frowned, gradually straightened his body, his eyes gradually became thoughtful, but he did not speak. Gui Li was not in a hurry, he stood quietly by the side. After a long while, Zhou Yixian suddenly said: "Did the people who died under you die in a cruel way, and the corpses were often chopped into several sections, which is too horrible to look at?"
"Ah!" This whisper came from Xiaohuan, seeing her terrified face, she was obviously very surprised.
Gui Li nodded slowly, looked deeply at the old man in front of him, and said: "That's right, that's right."
Zhou Yixian nodded and said: "That can't be wrong, it must have been done by the murlocs of the sixty-three alien races in the 100,000 mountains in southern Xinjiang. This alien race has a strange appearance, and they were born with fish heads and human bodies. They are the descendants of the ancient fish god and human female, so they have always regarded themselves as the descendants of the fish god. This alien race has always been cruel and easy to kill, and it is believed that no matter whether it is an animal or a human being, after the slaughter, the corpse can only be cut into pieces. Only then can the ghosts be cut up and killed at the same time to avoid future troubles. Therefore, under their hands, no matter whether it is an animal or a human, most of them can't even save a whole corpse."
Suddenly there was a strange sound, the two looked, but it was Xiaohuan's pale face, frowning, a little nausea.
Zhou Yixian shook his head slightly, looked at Xiaohuan and sighed: "The world is so big, there are many more cruel things, you don't know yet!"
Gui Li naturally wouldn't be like Xiaohuan, but he also frowned slightly, and said: "Why have you never heard of such a ferocious alien race before?"
Zhou Yixian said indifferently: "You have always lived in the Central Plains, so naturally you don't know this kind of barbaric alien race. Among the 100,000 mountains in the southern border, there are bad water and poor mountains everywhere. The people there drink blood like hair, which is completely different from the civilized people in the Central Plains. But those alien races They have always been accustomed to where their ancestors lived together, and on the road that must pass between Middle-earth and Southern Border, it is the "Fenxiang Valley", one of the three great sects in the world, where occasionally a few barbarians ran over, and most of them They were beheaded by the disciples of Fenxiang Valley with the method of the immortal family, so the Central Plains has never known the details of the alien races in the southern border. I also traveled around the world when I was young, and I only knew a little bit when I went to the vicinity of the 100,000 mountains in the southern border."
Gui Li nodded slowly, but the light in his eyes gradually lit up, and said: "According to what the senior said, it is understandable for a foreign race to come in occasionally, but such a large group of foreign races entered the Central Plains silently, and when they arrived at Li It is simply impossible to live in the death swamp that is thousands of miles away in southern Xinjiang. Unless there is something wrong with the Fenxiang Valley guarding southern Xinjiang... "
Zhou Yixian stretched suddenly, and lazily said: "That's your business, I don't bother to care about it."
Gui Li pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "Thank you, senior."
After saying that, he turned around, only to see Xiaohuan holding Xiaohui and playing with it.
Out of the corner of Xiaohuan's eye, he saw Ghost Li looking over, and couldn't help laughing: "You monkey is so cute! By the way, why did it suddenly gain so much weight? Also, look, it suddenly had such a deep cut on its forehead. Gray marks, it seems that there is an extra eye. Hehe, isn’t it! Monkey?”
Saying that, Xiaohuan made a face at Xiao Hui, and Xiao Hui grinned "Zhizhi, Zhizhi", with his tail dangling behind him.
Gui Li's heart skipped a beat. Ever since Xiao Hui drank the cup of mysterious liquid and swallowed the strange stone in the Heavenly Emperor's Treasure that day, she slept for two full days and two nights as if drunk. After waking up, I didn't see it eating anything, but it suddenly gained a lot of weight, and its appearance gradually began to change. The color of its coat became more and more shiny, especially the gray mark on its forehead, which became more and more obvious.
But apart from these, Xiao Hui has no other changes, it is still the same playful and delicious. At first Gui Li was a little worried, but seeing that Xiao Hui didn't show anything unusual, he gradually relaxed.
At this moment, Gui Li paused, and shifted his gaze to the wild dog Taoist. Daoist Wild Dog glanced at him, and there was some fear in his eyes.
Gui Li said indifferently: "Are you going to be with them in the future?"
Taoist Wild Dog was silent for a moment, then said, "Yes."
Gui Li said: "What I told you before, do you still remember that people like Nian Da Da will come to you at any time."
Daoist Wild Dog's face was gloomy, but he looked at Xiaohuan, and said: "I know, I don't care, they are traitors themselves, do they still have the face to see me?"
Gui Li intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Xiaohuan, then looked away, and said: "Since you want to do this, then it's up to you."
Daoist Wild Dog was startled, and raised his head, as if he didn't expect Gui Li to be so eloquent. But Gui Li ignored him, walked to the side, and greeted Xiao Hui. Xiao Hui jumped out of Xiaohuan's arms with a whoosh, and jumped onto Gui Li's shoulder in twos and threes.
Xiaohuan was startled, rather reluctant, and said: "Are you leaving now?"
Gui Li nodded, and bowed his hands to Zhou Xian, then a blue light appeared under his body, which instantly turned into a brilliant blue light, soaring straight to the sky, and disappeared into the sky after a while.
Seeing Gui Li's disappearance, Daoist Wild Dog let out a breath suddenly, it seemed that just now when Gui Li was standing here, there was an invisible power that overwhelmed him.
Xiaohuan saw it, and was about to laugh at him, when suddenly there was a gust of wind behind him, and another soft voice came from behind: "Sister, we meet again."
Xiaohuan was startled, but before turning around, she laughed, and said, "Sister Ping'er."
Looking back, it was indeed the charming and glamorous Jin Ping'er, standing behind with a smile, and she did not know when she appeared.
Daoist Wild Dog is a member of the Demon Cult after all, he is quite afraid of Jin Ping'er, and his expression is a little uncomfortable. But Xiaohuan and Jin Ping'er are really good friends, they are overjoyed to see her, and they keep laughing along with her.
Like an elder sister, Jin Ping'er touched Xiaohuan's head lovingly, then intentionally or unintentionally glanced at the sky, and said: "Sister Xiaohuan, I came to you today to ask your grandfather a few words. .”
Xiaohuan, Zhou Yixian and the wild dog were all taken aback.
Jin Ping'er said indifferently to Zhou Yixian: "I still have a few questions for you to ask about the murlocs of the alien race in southern Xinjiang!"
Zhou Yixian was dumbfounded and frowned, but Jin Ping'er looked at the sky lightly before asking the question.
Between the high and white clouds, there is a faint ray of light shuttling through the clouds, gradually heading south.