Fenxiang Valley Chamber of Secrets.
The ancient screen separated the space of the stone room. Shangguan Ce, dressed in gray, stood quietly and waited patiently.
After a long time, the old voice of Yun Yilan, the owner of Fenxiang Valley, came from behind the screen: "I heard, junior brother, you are tracking down the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox this time. Withdrew back, can there be such a thing?"
There was a slight sneer on the corner of Shangguan Ce's mouth, he guessed who Yun Yilan said "I heard". In the entire Fenxiang Valley, apart from himself, only Yun Yilan's most beloved disciple, Li Xun, can talk to him here.
It's just that Shangguan Ce didn't make any distinctions, he just said slowly: "That's right."
Yun Yilan was silent for a moment, then said: "If this is the case, the senior brother will be very puzzled, please ask the younger brother to teach me?"
Shangguan Ce faced the screen, bowed slightly, and said: "Don't dare. I met a man on the way to track down the nine-tailed sky fox, so I ordered all the disciples to turn around immediately, and immediately returned to the valley to report to the senior brother."
Yun Yilan's voice was obviously startled, and said: "Who is it that makes you attach so much importance to junior brother?"
Shangguan Ce slowly spat out the word, "Lich."
There was a sudden silence behind the screen, and there was no sound for a long time.
Shangguan Ce stood there patiently, Yun Yilan's reaction was in his expectation. When he saw the Lich that day, the shock in his heart was no small matter.
I don't know how much time passed before Yun Yilan's calm voice came from behind the screen: "They finally couldn't take it anymore."
From Yun Yilan's voice, Shangguan Ce couldn't hear what this senior brother was thinking at all. Is it anxious? Is it shock? He couldn't hear it at all. He stared at the screen, and continued: "One more thing..."
Yun Yilan gave a "hmm", but this time she was a little surprised.
Shangguan Ce took a deep breath and said, "In the hands of the Lich, two of the sacred artifacts of the five clans were seized: the black staff and the bone jade."
"What?" Yun Yilan finally couldn't keep calm anymore, and blurted out from behind the screen.
A sneer flashed across Shangguan Ce's heart, but the expression on his face did not change at all, and he said: "It should be that the beast monster found a wizard of the Li tribe from somewhere, and then passed on his 'black fire' black art, and then used it to provoke Miao. , and Li clans fought, and thus snatched the black staff and bone jade from the master wizard of the Miao altar. After that, the Li wizard wanted to rebel against the beast monster, but the beast monster was already prepared and asked the lich to use the "black fire essence bead" Kill this person and take back the two holy artifacts."
Yun Yilan snorted coldly, and said: "There are such people who don't know how to live or die!" After a pause, his voice was faintly stern, and said: "These sacred artifacts are of great importance, why don't you Don't do it?"
Shangguan Ce looked indifferent, and said: "When I arrived, the black stick and bone jade had already fallen into the hands of the Lich, and there was an evil dragon beside him."
Yun Yilan fell silent, and then sighed slowly after a while, and said, "God, God! Our century-old plan has been ruined like this!"
Shangguan Ce remained silent.
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Qingyun Mountain, Tongtian Peak.
White clouds are fluttering, and the fairy air is lingering. This place is like a fairyland on earth. The sound of cranes is clear and pleasant, echoing in the sky.
The "Yuqing Palace" that was destroyed in a fierce battle ten years ago has already been rebuilt at this time, and it looks magnificent and grand in scale, even more than it was back then. Dozens of huge red stone pillars support the beams, and the roof of the hall is made of yellow colored glaze. Under the sunlight, it is dazzling and brilliant.
In the center of the top of the hall, it towers like a spire. The jasper ring is in the shape of a pagoda. There are thirty-six floors from big to small, and from bottom to top. The tip of the yellow stone is crystal clear.
The eaves fly in all directions, with golden dragons playing with pearls carved on the east, south, west and north sides, and colorful phoenixes flying around the southeast, southwest, northwest and northeast sides. The golden dragons and colorful phoenixes hold glass wind chimes in their mouths, which flutter with the wind and make crisp sounds. , adding a bit of fairyland.
Amidst the sound of cranes and wind chimes, Lu Xueqi, dressed in white, slowly climbed up the stone steps in front of Yuqing Hall.
From time to time, there were a few disciples of Qingyun who were sweeping the stone steps. When they saw Lu Xueqi, they all nodded in salute. Among them, there were a couple of young people who had just started and were still young, but they were intimidated by Lu Xueqi's appearance. His face turned red and he lowered his head.
Lu Xueqi returned the salutes one by one, her expression expressionless as usual, and she walked towards the towering palace at the end of the stone steps.
Behind him, there was a loud "crash" suddenly, and a sound like a dragon chant broke the silence here. Lu Xueqi didn't look back, knowing that it was the water unicorn, the spirit beast of Qingyunmen town in the cold pool of clear water, and climbed out of the water to the bank of the pool to bask in the sun and sleep late.
Everything here is so peaceful and harmonious, and who would have known that there was once a teenager who came out angrily and threw himself into another dirty and bloody world
After walking the long stone steps, Lu Xueqi silently glanced at the tall and tall Yuqing Palace, and walked in.
In the grand hall, light shines in from the windows that are open in all directions, making it look particularly bright without any sense of darkness.
The head of the Qingyun sect, Fang Tian, the number one person in the orthodox path, Daoxuan Zhenren, sat on the great seat of the main hall with a smile on his face. On the lower right side of him, there is another person sitting, who is Lu Xueqi's benefactor, the first Master Shuiyue of Xiaozhu Peak of Qingyunmen.
Lu Xueqi was taken aback. She came back from southern border this time, because it was sent by Master Daoxuan, so she first went back to Changmen Tongtian Peak to report to Master Daoxuan, and then she planned to go back to the mountain to see Master Shuiyue, but she did not expect that Master Shuiyue was also in Tongtian peak. And look at this Yuqing Hall, except Daoxuan Master and Master Shuiyue, there is no one else present, it seems that they are just waiting for her to come back.
Seeing Lu Xueqi enter the hall, Master Daoxuan first smiled kindly. Although Master Shuiyue next to him has always been indifferent, but facing his most beloved disciple, he is naturally different from others, and there is a bit of love in his eyes.
Lu Xueqi went up, first saluted Daoxuan Master, and said: "I have seen the Master Master." Then she turned her head and bowed to Master Shuiyue, but she spoke casually to this mentor who is like mother and daughter. Too much, said: "Master, why did you come here?"
Reverend Daoxuan smiled and said: "I received the news yesterday that you are going back to the mountain today, so I sent someone to inform your master of the news, and I happened to have some trivial matters to discuss with your master, so I simply invited her over."
Lu Xueqi responded. Master Shuiyue sat aside, looking at his beautiful disciple, he saw that Lu Xueqi's face, bullying Shuang Shengxue, was still as beautiful as before without any expression, but for some reason, she felt that her face was faintly pale. Very pale.
Master Shuiyue's heart moved secretly, and his two beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly without anyone knowing it.
Reverend Daoxuan doesn't have the experience that Master Shuiyue and Lu Xueqi have spent together for many years, and he doesn't think there is anything wrong with Lu Xueqi at the moment, so he just smiled and continued: "Xueqi, this time I'm going to the southern border to visit the owner of the Fenxiang Valley. How is the old man's business?"
Lu Xueqi was silent for a moment, and immediately told about her experiences in southern Xinjiang one by one, but in the middle, she will not talk about the scene of farewell to Ghost Li in the middle of the night in Tianshui Village.
Reverend Daoxuan and Master Shuiyue sat there without saying a word, slowly listening to what Lu Xueqi had to say. Hearing that Yun Yilan, the owner of Fenxiang Valley, still didn't show up, and only Shangguan Ce, Li Xun and others came out to explain, they looked at each other with strange looks in their eyes, but they didn't speak.
Later, when Lu Xueqi said expressionlessly that during the battle in Qilidong of the Miao people in southern Xinjiang, Ghost Li appeared, and when everyone was fighting fiercely, Master Daoxuan's face suddenly turned cold. However, Master Shuiyue seemed to think more, and at the same time, he also knew what his apprentice was thinking, so he couldn't help but look at Lu Xueqi a few more times, only to see that Lu Xueqi was talking about Ghost Li being attacked by Li Xun, and also because of her "excalibur to guard against thunder". At the moment when he was hurt by "True Art", although the tone of his speech did not change, the look of sadness in his eyes flashed away.
Master Shuiyue sighed softly in his heart and closed his eyes.
Reverend Daoxuan waited until Lu Xueqi had finished speaking, then retreated to stand beside Master Shuiyue, glanced at Master Shuiyue, snorted coldly, and said: "That evil Zhang Xiaofan, he was not eliminated ten years ago, and now he has indeed been raised. Tigers are infested."
Master Shuiyue opened his eyes, glanced at Lu Xueqi next to him intentionally or unintentionally, and said calmly: "It's all due to fate, you can't force it."
Lu Xueqi's face seemed to turn pale again.
Reverend Daoxuan pondered for a moment, and said: "Judging from what Xueqi said just now, it seems that this human being has made great progress in the past ten years."
Master Shuiyue nodded slowly, and said: "Zhang Xiaofan was able to suck the blood of more than a dozen Li warriors to death in an instant with the demonic power of blood-devouring beads. After being injured by Li Xun, he immediately turned back against him. Even Fenxianggu is famous. Even the pure Yang jade ruler can't resist, this kind of Taoism is no longer..." She looked at Lu Xueqi, and said: "I am no longer under Qi'er and Xiao Yicai, who is under your sect."
Lu Xueqi was expressionless.
Reverend Daoxuan shook his head slowly, Master Shuiyue was stunned for a moment, and said: "What? Brother, do you think I misread it?"
Reverend Daoxuan sighed, and said: "That evildoer was attacked by Li Xun in front of him, and was injured by the Divine Sword Yu Lei Zhenjue. Not only did he not die on the spot, but he was able to fly back to fight back. The power of the True Art of Thunder must be the true method of Tianyin Temple "Da Fan Prajna", and then use the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao of our sect to break through the magic power of the True Art of Yu Lei and rush towards Xue Qi. Xue Qi said that this person has both His eyes are like blood, and the blood-devouring bead magic wand is full of red light, so he must use the power of the blood-devouring demon to restrain Xueqi. From these, he has integrated the three true methods, and his way of doing is probably better than my disciples gone."
He glanced at Lu Xueqi, and said: "It's just that he was exhausted at that time, like he was at the end of his strength, so he couldn't hurt Xueqi anymore, otherwise Xueqi's magic sword of controlling thunder would be broken, and he would be powerless to fight back." , It is extremely dangerous. Xueqi, it seems that this person has integrated the three schools of Buddhism, Taoism, and magic into one body, and his Taoism is strange and unpredictable. If you meet this person in the future, be careful."
The corner of Lu Xueqi's mouth twitched, and the fingers holding the Tianya Divine Sword were quietly clenched and loosened, and she whispered: "Yes."
Master Shuiyue looked at her, sighed in his heart, and suddenly said: "Qi'er, you have worked hard all the way, so go back and rest first! I still have something to discuss with your sect master, so I will go back later. "
Lu Xueqi responded, and looked towards Master Daoxuan, Master Daoxuan shook his head and smiled, and said with a smile: "Look at my memory, I'm really confused. Xueqi, there's nothing else going on here, you can go back to Xiaozhufeng to have a good rest first! "
Only then did Lu Xueqi come out, first bowed to Master Daoxuan, and then said to Master Shuiyue: "Master, then I'll go back first."
Master Shuiyue nodded and said, "Go!"
Lu Xueqi bowed her head in response, and slowly backed out. After a while, she disappeared from the sight of Reverend Daoxuan and Master Shuiyue.
Reverend Daoxuan pondered for a moment, then sighed: "What a Zhang Xiaofan... Alas! What a pity."
Master Shuiyue said indifferently: "That child turned into such a appearance, we can't get rid of it!"
Reverend Daoxuan frowned, his face darkened immediately, and said, "Junior Sister Shuiyue, what do you mean by that?"
Master Shuiyue looked indifferent, but the tone of his speech did not change at all, he said: "It's not interesting, Zhang Xiaofan abandoned the light and turned to the dark, there is something wrong with us to some extent."
Reverend Daoxuan said in a deep voice: "Could it be that Junior Sister Shuiyue thought that what I did back then was wrong?"
Master Shuiyue took a look at Master Daoxuan, and saw that his face turned serious, sighed, and said slowly: "Brother, don't think too much. If it were me, I would do exactly the same as you. As I said just now, Zhang Xiaofan is fate, God wills!"
Reverend Daoxuan was silent for a while, his face gradually relaxed, but in the hall, the atmosphere seemed to be a little awkward.
After a while, Reverend Daoxuan said slowly: "Just now you also heard that Xueqi went all this way, but she still didn't see Yun Yilan, Guzhu Yun, what do you think?"
Master Shuiyue snorted, and said: "That old guy Yun Yilan has always been mysterious and mysterious, so he doesn't know what he's going to do this time? No one can harm him, so we don't have to worry too much, but... "
Master Daoxuan was startled, and said: "What?"
Master Shuiyue looked at Reverend Daoxuan, and said, "You didn't send any other disciples this time, but you sent Qi'er alone to Fenxiang Valley in southern Xinjiang, and you didn't even discuss it with me beforehand!" After finishing speaking, her complexion suddenly changed After cooling down, he sneered twice.
Reverend Daoxuan frowned, and said: "Junior Sister, I told you about the reason later, didn't you also object?"
Master Shuiyue stood up and said calmly: "Although I don't object, but my apprentice has always been strong and persistent. You know that it's better to have some leeway in everything." After speaking, he walked out of the hall on his own.
Reverend Daoxuan looked at her back, suddenly shook his head, and let out a long sigh.
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Fox Qishan.
Froststone Chamber.
From the ghost king down, Qinglong, Youji and others were standing in the stone room, beside Ghost Li and Xiaobai, in the most secluded corner, Mr. Ghost in black was standing there alone, but now, no one has Concentrating on paying attention to that dark figure, everyone's spirits were nervously looking at the great wizard standing beside the ice-cold stone platform in Baguio.
Ghost Li involuntarily clenched his fists quietly, on this occasion, he didn't let Xiao Hui follow him. Looking at the aging figure of the great wizard and Baguio's face in the white smoke, he, who had long been determined like steel, even began to tremble slightly.
It has been ten years, the longing for ten years, the nightmare that haunts my heart all the time, this hope is now in front of my eyes.
The body of the great wizard swayed slightly, everyone behind him was moved, Gui Li couldn't help but took a step forward, even the usually calm Ghost King twitched the corners of his eyes.
The great wizard turned his head and smiled at everyone, saying that he was fine, and everyone was relieved.
After a night of rest last night, the complexion of the great wizard I saw today did not seem to be much better than yesterday. On the contrary, there seemed to be a more decaying trend. Every wrinkle on the old face was deeply embedded, as if squeezing His last remaining life.
In the stone chamber, there was only the sound of the great wizard's gradually heavy panting.
The King of Ghosts and Ghost Li who was standing beside him looked at each other, they both saw the faint anxiety in each other's eyes.
Suddenly, the great wizard stretched out his hand tremblingly, pointing in the direction of the "Acacia Bell" that Biguio held in both hands.
The golden bell stood upright in the white hands, shining with soft light, and the old hand that was getting closer and closer was slowly reflected on the body of the bell.
The next moment, the withered hand touched the acacia bell, and everyone in the ice stone room held their breath.
From the fingertips of the great wizard, a faint blue light slowly lit up, gradually shining, but as the light kept flickering, the face of the great wizard became even more lifeless, like ashes.
As if hearing some call, suddenly, the Hehuan Bell, which had been silent for ten years, burst out a crisp ringtone, which echoed gently.
Excitement suddenly appeared on the faces of Ghost King and Ghost Li, and the two men couldn't help but take a step forward at the same time. It was only after a while that they woke up at the same time, and then they controlled themselves, but their eyes had long been fixed on the head of the great wizard. finger.
After the crisp bell rang, a layer of golden light gradually appeared on Acacia Lingling's body, although it was not bright, but almost at the same time as this layer of golden light appeared, the great wizard's face suddenly showed a struggling look. In a short while, the ice-cold stone room was suddenly filled with cold air.
Everyone present changed color almost at the same time. Those who can stand here are all great experts in Taoism and cultivation, almost subconsciously, Ghost King, Ghost Li and Xiao Bai all floated up.
But just as the cold air expanded in an instant, the original soft golden light on the carnival bell turned into a blazing blaze, almost like a tangible fire, and with a "boom", it spread incomparably rapidly to the surroundings in the stone room.
The great wizard was the first to bear the brunt, his body was already weak, and suddenly his whole body was hit into the air by the blazing light, and a mouthful of blood spurted out like this.
The ghost king's figure was almost like a ghost, and he appeared next to the great wizard in an instant, catching him. Ghost Li appeared in front of him at the same time, the Soul Eater Demon Rod appeared in the air, and a dark green halo appeared in an instant, blocking the blazing golden bells rushing towards him like overwhelming mountains and seas. But Xiaobaibai's figure appeared beside the ice stone platform, and a white light slowly descended from the place where he raised his hand, covering the acacia bell.
After a while, the trembling acacia bell gradually calmed down, the golden glow gradually disappeared, and the temperature in the stone room returned to its original state.
Everyone looked at the great wizard who was supported by the ghost king, and saw blood oozing from the seven orifices of the great wizard after being hit by this blow. Everyone could see that the old man was really on the verge of dying, and only had a little strength left.
In the silence, all the people looked at each other, speechless in a daze.
It wasn't until a gasp and moan broke the deathly silence that the great wizard slowly opened his eyes and tried to stand upright.
The ghost king was moved and stretched out his hand to help, but the great wizard slowly shook his head. The ghost king nodded silently, with a look of admiration in his eyes, and slowly withdrew his hand.
The great wizard panted for a moment, raised his sleeves, and slowly wiped away the blood around his mouth, before he spoke, but his voice was extremely hoarse: "The remaining soul of this young lady is indeed in this acacia bell. .”
Everyone was silent.
The great wizard took a deep breath, and said: "It's just that this acacia bell is a rare treasure. The spiritual power contained in it is like a strong magic circle. Although this can protect the soul of the young lady, if outsiders want to take it out, they have to break it. This acacia bell is not acceptable."
As soon as he said this, his body suddenly swayed, and another mouthful of blood spurted out from the mouth that had just wiped off the blood. Gui Li rushed up a few steps, supported the old man in his arms, the corner of his mouth twitched, and finally couldn't help but said: "Senior, you should take a rest first!"
The great sorcerer glanced at the young man, smiled faintly, then lowered his voice suddenly, and said, "Don't you forget what you promised me in Qilidong that day!"
Gui Li was startled, nodded and said: "Senior, don't worry!"
The great sorcerer let out a sigh of relief, slowly pushed Gui Li away, turned to the ghost king and the others and said, "The current plan is to destroy the spiritual power of the Acacia bell without damaging the young lady's soul. Summon the soul and draw the magic circle, see if you can draw the lady's soul out of the bell, cough, cough cough... "
A severe cough interrupted his words, and everyone looked at each other speechlessly. Everyone could see that the old man was exhausted, and he was going to spread this "spirit calling", I really don't know if he can last until then.
The ghost king gritted his teeth, took a step forward, clasped his fists to the great wizard, and said, "Master, I am so grateful for your efforts for the little girl. You don't have to worry about other things, you just need to rest assured to cast spells. No matter what the result is, the Ghost King Sect will definitely not let you down." That's it."
The great wizard nodded slowly, with comfort in his eyes, panted for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Spirit calling is a technique of ghosts and ghosts, so there should not be too many strangers present, please stay and help Mr. Gui Li and the suzerain, and everyone else go out for now." !"
Gui Li and Ghost King nodded at the same time, the other people did not wait for them to say more, they retreated one after another. After a while, only the Great Wizard and Ghost King Gui Li were left in the Frost Stone Room.
The great wizard's face faded, his body trembled slowly, but he could no longer stand up, his body softened, and he slowly sat down on the ground.