The sky gradually brightened, and the fire that had been burning in Qilidong all night finally subsided gradually. It's just that after the flames burned, all that remained were ruined walls and burnt black wood smoking green smoke.
Although Fa Dengeng had a high level of human morality, after a busy night, he inevitably had a few scorched marks on his body, and the faces of a few Fenxianggu disciples with lower levels of morality were also stained with black ashes.
However, when they stood still, breathed a sigh of relief, and looked around again, those ordinary Miao people looked at these foreigners with hostility, and did not do anything to them because of their help. Good impression.
Faxiang smiled wryly, although he felt wronged in his heart, he couldn't explain anything, and was about to turn around and say something to others, when suddenly there was a commotion in Fenxiang Valley behind him.
Fa Xiang was stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look, only to see Shangguan Ce descending from the sky, landed on the ground, and slowly walking over.
The Fenxianggu senior who was the first to fly away last night but was the last to arrive overnight made everyone present look at each other in dismay.
"Hey!" A sneer came from Fenxianggu Lu Shun's mouth, "Brother, you came really early!"
Shangguan Ce's face was expressionless, but his brows were furrowed, which could vaguely tell that he was worried. He didn't bother to deal with Lu Shun, he walked closer and looked around, shook his head slightly, sighed, and said to Li Xun: "The things here are almost done, you take your juniors back to Fenxiang Valley first!"
In fact, Li Xun was full of angry questions in his heart, and he wanted to ask this uncle where he went last night, otherwise, if there was such a master as Shangguan Ce, it would be much easier to deal with Gui Li, and he would not cause trouble. So much trouble.
Just thinking about it, after all, he still didn't dare to offend Shangguan Ce, who was second only to the owner of the valley, Yun Yilan, in the position of authority in Fenxiang Valley, so he immediately agreed and said in a low voice, "Yes."
Lu Shun stood beside him furiously, and said to Shang Guance: "What do you mean, you ran away alone last night, and you are giving orders as soon as you come today?"
Shangguan Ce said indifferently: "I had an accident last night, I will tell you about it after I return to the valley."
Lu Shun's face changed, and he was about to say something, Shangguan Ce was obviously very impatient, and said slightly angrily: "Fourth, let's talk when we go back!"
Shangguan Ce's face was not angry but mighty, and after being yelled at by him, Lu Shun didn't dare to say anything for a moment, Li Xun hesitated for a moment, and finally said to Shangguan Ce: "Uncle, when we go back, the nine-tailed sky fox …”
Shangguan Ce shook his head and said: "There is no rush about the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox, let's talk about it when we go back."
Li Xun didn't dare to say any more, nodded in agreement, and led everyone away. Before leaving, he couldn't help but look back at Lu Xueqi who was standing with Fa Xiang in the distance.
The woman in white looked indifferent and didn't even look at him.
Li Xun let out a long sigh in his heart, like turning over a five-flavored bottle, the indescribable feeling slowly went away. Although Lu Shun was reluctant, he also followed.
Shangguan Ce sighed, turned around, clasped his hands to Faxiang and Lu Xueqi, and said, "You two have helped Bigu so much, I am really grateful."
Faxiang and Lu Xueqi didn't dare to be rude, they returned the gift together, Faxiang smiled and said: "Master Shangguan is too polite, Qingyun, Tianyin and Fenxianggu are originally a family of Zhengdao, and it is their duty to help each other out of righteousness. It depends on the expression of the uncle It seems to be not good, I wonder what happened last night?"
As he spoke, he raised his eyes and looked at Shangguan Ce, with a kind smile on the corner of his mouth, indescribably kind and peaceful, just like the appearance of an eminent Buddhist monk.
Shangguan Ce snorted inwardly, but with a grateful smile on his face, he said: "It's not a big deal, the old man met a few little thieves and wasted a little time, that's all. Gu really doesn't dare to bother the two masters anymore, please go back to the mountain! If there is a chance in the future, I will definitely go to the mountain gate with Senior Brother Gu Zhuyun to visit."
Fa Xiang and Lu Xueqi glanced at each other, both of them were delicate minded people, how could they believe Shangguan Ce's nonsense about meeting some small thieves. The bandit who can rob Shangguan Ce in this world is probably not born yet! It's just that even though they knew that Shangguan Ce wanted to shirk, they couldn't expose it face to face, so the two could only salute and nodded in agreement.
Shangguan Ce said some polite words, then got up and left.
Looking at his figure disappearing into the clouds, Lu Xueqi suddenly said: "He's very thoughtful."
Faxiang smiled slightly, and said: "Yes! I don't know what Master Shangguan did last night..." He stopped suddenly after speaking halfway. Lu Xueqi's face was indifferent, and there was no smile at all. Going up, the white-clothed woman stared into the distance, her bright eyes were complicated and hazy, but her thoughts were a little heavier than Shangguan Ce's.
What is she thinking
Faxiang praised the Buddha in a low voice, and said nothing.
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Xiao Bai supported Gui Li, looked towards Qilidong, saw the last two figures of foreigners also flew towards the sky, and gradually disappeared.
"They're gone." Xiao Bai said with a smile.
Gui Li silently withdrew his gaze from staring at the cloud, was silent for a moment, and said: "Let's go down!"
Xiao Bai nodded, but looked at Gui Li's body, and said softly: "Why don't we take a rest first! Your wound is bleeding so much again."
Gui Li shook his head and said: "My health doesn't matter, it's important to find the great wizard."
After all, he was the first to stand up.
"Zhi Zhi, Zhi Zhi." A familiar scream sounded from the side, and a gray figure jumped out from the side, jumping onto Gui Li's shoulder two or three times. The monkey who woke up was obviously in good spirits, in a good mood, and grinned.
Xiao Bai also stood up, walked to Gui Li's side, gave Xiao Hui an angry look, and said, "What are you laughing at, last night you stupid master almost died, you know that?"
"hiss!"
There was a low angry roar, but Xiaohui lying on Guili's shoulder bared his teeth in an angry and fierce manner, baring his fangs, looking around, the two monkeys clasped into fists and waved them up and down, looking like they were looking for a one-on-one challenge.
Xiaobai snorted and said, "Don't pretend to be you, it's an afterthought!"
The monkey Xiaohui turned his eyes upwards, rolled his eyes at Xiaobai, yelled "Zhizhi" twice, retracted his body, and grabbed Gui Li's skirt, as if he didn't care, just stuck to his master.
Ghost Li stretched out his hand to touch its head, didn't say anything, continued to walk down the mountain, Xiao Hui turned his head, very proud, stuck out his tongue at Xiao Bai and made a face.
Xiaobai smiled wryly, shook his head and sighed, followed, and muttered in a low voice: "Even monkeys have such personalities these days..."
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They walked to Qilidong, and the Miao people they met again had resentment in their eyes, and some of them even showed frightened expressions when they saw Gui Li's appearance like a bloodbathed madman last night.
Seeing how hard Ghost Li was walking, Xiaobai stepped forward to support him, just when Ghost Li was about to break free, he said in a low voice: "I'm afraid these Miao people won't let us go to see the Great Wizard."
Gui Li was not used to being supported by Xiao Bai, he was about to break free and walk alone, but when he heard Xiao Bai's words, he couldn't help being startled, and said: "What's wrong?"
Xiao Bai glanced forward, Gui Li followed her gaze, they were walking towards the mountain where the Miao altar was located, but at the moment there were dozens of strong Miao men gathered at the foot of the mountain, guarding the road leading to the mountain. the only channel. And when they saw these two foreigners approaching, almost everyone felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and some soldiers had already picked up their swords and guns, facing Guili and Xiaobai.
Gui Li was silent, but he still didn't stop, he continued to walk towards the crowd, Xiao Bai was beside him, glanced at him, and said: "What if they don't let us go up?"
Gui Li didn't speak.
Xiao Hui, the monkey lying on Gui Li's shoulder, is looking around at this moment, his expression is full of surprise, obviously he doesn't understand why he only slept for one night, and the place has turned upside down.
When they got closer, as Xiao Bai expected, none of the Miao warriors backed away, they all had hostile eyes, they gathered on the road leading to the altar on the mountainside, their weapons were unsheathed, facing Gui Li and the other two .
The corner of Gui Li's mouth twitched, and a trace of irritability flashed in his eyes, but at this moment, he finally knew that it was not time to force it, it was okay to deal with these Miao warriors. Can't heal Baguio for myself anymore.
He took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "We want to see the great wizard."
I don't know if they didn't understand what he said or they didn't intend to pay attention to it at all, the expressions of the Miao soldiers didn't even change. Even Xiaobai frowned at this moment, feeling very troubled.
At this moment, behind the crowd, suddenly came the bone-numbing voice of the Miao patriarch Tu: "The great wizard is seriously injured and cannot see guests. Please go back!"
The crowd moved out of the way, and Tu Magu slowly came out from behind. Seeing that his face was cold and his clothes were still stained with blood, it was obvious that last night was not easy. At this moment, his expression towards Gui Li Xiaobai is completely different from yesterday.
Gui Li was silent for a while, then said: "Is the great wizard alright?"
Tu Magu sneered, and said, "Thanks to you two, the old man is not dead yet."
Gui Li heaved a sigh of relief, but Xiao Bai couldn't bear to listen anymore, and said calmly: "The great wizard was injured, but it has nothing to do with the two of us, even if you are angry, patriarch, you can't blame us."
Tu Ma Gu has been holding back his anger since last night, the reason why he still talks to these two foreigners is because they didn't kill the Miao people last night, and Gui Li saved a child. But at this moment, after hearing Xiaobai's sneering words, he suddenly became angry, and his eyebrows were raised to the point of getting angry.
Suddenly, there was another rush of footsteps from behind the crowd, but it was a Miao man who looked like a young wizard ran down from the mountain, looked at Gui Li and the others, and then whispered a few words into Tu Ma Gu's ear.
Tu Magu was obviously taken aback, a little unbelievable, and asked in a low voice in Miao language, and the young wizard nodded affirmatively.
Tu Magu let out a long sigh, turned around, and said, "The Great Wizard wants to see you, so follow this wizard up there!"
Both Gui Li and Xiao Bai were startled, Xiao Bai frowned thinking how the great wizard would know that he was down the mountain, but Gui Li felt joy in his heart, since the great wizard was willing to see him, most likely he would also be willing to heal Bi Yao.
They followed the young sorcerer through the crowd and walked up the mountain. The Miao people looked puzzled and angry, but the great sorcerer obviously still had power, and no one in the field came out to stop him. But not long after they left, some Miao people said something to Tu Magujiliguala, and then many Miao people agreed, thinking that they didn't want to see evil foreigners enter the altar again.
Tu Magu yelled a few words, and at the same time looked in the direction of the altar on the mountainside, the voices of the Miao people gradually became quieter.
Ghost Li and Xiao Bai followed the wizard who was leading the way, and walked onto the platform in front of the altar. Almost at the same time, the two noticed that at the front of the platform, the ground that was originally made of huge rocks was cracked into countless cracks. Last night, the place where the great wizard stood stretched out in all directions, and the rock at the very center was shattered.
The two looked at each other, Xiao Bai's expression didn't change, but Gui Li's heart trembled slightly. Southern Xinjiang is located in the border area, and has never been seen by the Middle-earth cultivation sects. Not only the decent sects look down on this place, but even the demon sects often look down on it. It's just that what I saw with my own eyes this time, the weird and unpredictable witchcraft in southern Xinjiang cannot be underestimated.
"Huhululu..." the wizard at the front urged in a strange Miao language, Guili and Xiaobai turned back and walked over.
The altar was deep, and the darkness inside was like an endless tunnel, swallowing their figures inside.
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Far away from the south of Qilidong, where the Miao people live together, the towering, steep and rolling mountains are the famous Hundred Thousand Mountains in southern Xinjiang.
Here, there seems to be no sunshine all year round, dark clouds linger, and black winds howl. Occasionally, daring hunters went hunting in the mountains during the famine years, but they never came back.
Among the five tribes in southern Xinjiang, there have been warnings passed down by their ancestors from a long time ago, and they are never allowed to enter that evil mountain range, because there is a demon king who is feared by all tribes in southern Xinjiang, and his terrifying barbarians people.
For many years, this common order has been passed down from generation to generation, and has been handed down among the five ethnic groups in southern Xinjiang. As time flies, the 100,000 mountains shrouded in black clouds have become even more mysterious.
And the only passage to that terrifying and mysterious world still exists quietly at the foot of the mountain at this moment, in the gloomy cave, there are strange screams from time to time, which makes people's teeth feel sore and their bodies feel cold. In the legend of Southern Border, that is the angry roar issued by the mysterious and terrifying Demon King.
A lich dressed in black suddenly appeared next to this cave like a ghost. Although it was dawn at this moment, it seemed that darkness was still shrouded around him.
Behind him, a giant beast slowly appeared, with four feet on the ground, and its protruding claws were extremely sharp. The back is arched, and on the long and thick neck is a huge head. At first glance, it is almost thought to be the dragon in the legend of Middle-earth, but after a closer look, there is a difference. The giant beast has a big mouth and extremely sharp teeth. A pair of eyes radiate fierce light from time to time, looking around vigilantly, as if wanting to choose someone to devour.
In front of the giant beast, the Lich was barely a third of its height. But for some reason, the evil dragon was extremely respectful to the man in black.
The lich seemed to be as vigilant as the evil dragon beside him, and was looking around carefully at the moment. After confirming that no one was following him, he turned his head and nodded to the evil dragon, saying: "Go back Bar!"
The dragon let out a muffled sound deep in its throat, probably agreeing, but the sound was almost like a roar, deafening.
The lich was obviously used to the dragon's reaction, and after a while, his figure flashed, disappeared into the cave, and merged into the darkness. But the body of the evil dragon is too huge, obviously it can't get into the cave. Judging from its appearance, it seems that it is about to move, but suddenly its body movement is suffocated, and it stops suddenly.
Amidst the huge but deep roar, the ferocious dragon slowly turned around. Something seemed to have alarmed the sensitive dragon. At this moment, it looked ferociously, and looked around again. At the same time, the nose above the mouth kept expanding and contracting. It was obvious that it had a keen sense of smell, and it was smelling something in the air.
It's just that there was silence around, and nothing happened, and after the evil dragon smelled it for a while, it didn't find anything. The evil dragon seemed a little confused, but after a long time, it finally decided to give up. It turned around again, roared in a low voice, and exerted force on all fours. Amidst the loud noise, the giant beast was directly heading towards the towering and steep mountains. rushed up.
It has a strong figure, and its giant feet are galloping. The sharp claws on the feet are deeply grasped into the rocky soil on the mountain, and they are deeply driven into the rocky soil like steel nails, stabilizing the body. I saw it running like flying on the mountain ridge, rushed up to a very high mountain in a blink of an eye, and gradually disappeared into a dark cloud.
And in that gloomy cave, after a long time, behind a clump of flowers and plants in the distance, there was a long cry suddenly, as if he had been tense for a while, and then he relaxed.
A moment later, Jin Ping'er's goose-yellow figure floated out of the flowers and grass, and landed outside the dark cave. Facing the dark cave, a pensive expression gradually appeared on her face. After a while, she seemed to have made a decision. She gritted her teeth, her figure swayed, and she also floated into the cave, sneaking into that mysterious world.