Huqi Mountain, where the main hall of Ghost King Zong is located.
"Squeak, squeak!" Xiao Hui's familiar cry resounded in the deep passage, Ghost Li's figure stepped out from the shadows, and Xiao Hui took a few sips from the big wine bag on his shoulder. , Then cleverly tied the mouth of the wine bag and let it hang down. There is a long and thin rope on the big wine bag, which is tied to the monkey's body like a sleeve, so it is not afraid of falling.
Gui Li expressionless, walked forward, saw that the direction was the ice room where Bi Yao was, Xiao Hui seemed a little sleepy, lying on his shoulder and yawning. Huqi Mountain is desolate and there are not many wild fruits. After Xiao Hui returned here, most of the time he could only go to the cellar of Ghost King Zong to steal some wine to drink. He didn't come down for a few days, and he seemed to have gained weight again.
Gui Li walked slowly, but along the way he rarely encountered ordinary disciples of the Ghost King Sect, he frowned slightly, many disciples of the Ghost King Sect had been gathered together, and the Ghost King personally led them out of the mountain a few days ago up. As for the whereabouts, he is not clear, and the strange thing is that he, the deputy suzerain, doesn't know about this seemingly very important matter, but You Ji and Mr. Ghost who have followed the ghost king for many years include Taoist Cangsong who just joined the ghost king sect, and Many elite figures of the Ghost King Sect that he knew stayed in Huqi Mountain.
The ghost king mysteriously brought a team of underdogs whose strength was less than half that of the ghost king's sect, although there were many people, where was he going? Gui Li was also a little confused. But Mr. Ghost, You Ji and the others all kept silent, so Ghost Li naturally wouldn't talk too much. And what he cares most about is not where the ghost king is going or how important this matter is. In his opinion, Baguio is always the first.
And now, he has quickly arrived in front of the Froststone Chamber.
There was no one at the door, and You Ji was not here. Usually, the place where I often see this mysterious woman is the Ice Stone Room, but since these days, there seems to be something wrong with the ghost king's clan, and the number of times she comes here is also less.
Gui Li stood at the door for a while, collected himself, then opened the door and walked in. As soon as he entered the door, he saw a white and slender figure standing beside Biguio, Gui Li was startled, at first he thought it was You Ji, but then he realized that You Ji was always dressed in black, which was not not her. Sure enough, when the woman in front heard the sound of the stone gate and turned her head to look, there was no black veil covering her face.
But Xiaobai.
Gui Li was slightly surprised, since the great shaman failed to cast the spell "Calling Soul", he left Huqi Mountain sadly, and since he came back here, he hasn't seen Xiao Bai again. Although he knew that Xiaobai and the ghost king were old acquaintances from the scene of the ghost king and Xiaobai meeting in those few days, he had no intention of asking about it.
At this moment when Xiao Bai saw Gui Li, his face was also slightly startled, then he showed a faint smile and said: "It's you!"
After all, Gui Li had a friendship with Xiaobai, and Xiaobai had pointed him out in saving Bi Yao, he was still grateful in his heart, he nodded immediately, and said: "Hello."
At this time, the monkey Xiaohui lying on Guili's shoulder happily squeaked at Xiaobai twice.
Xiao Bai smiled at Xiao Hui, then looked at Gui Li, and said, "Are you here to see Baguio?"
Gui Li walked up slowly, Bi Yao's beautiful and peaceful face appeared in front of his eyes again, his voice gradually became low and said: "Yes."
Xiaobai quietly watched the man sit down next to Baguio, and then looked at the body lying on the ice stone platform, motionless. She sighed softly, shook her head, and quietly retreated out, only Ghost Li was left facing Bi Yao in the stone room.
I don't know how much time passed before the heavy stone door was opened again, Ghost Li slowly walked out from the cold stone room, his expression seemed haggard again. He had just walked out of the stone room and hadn't walked a few steps when he stopped suddenly. On the passage not far from the stone room, the white figure of the nine-tailed celestial fox was still standing there patiently.
Xiaobai looked at his appearance, sighed, and said, "Seeing Baguio like that, you must be very sad! It's really hard for you."
Gui Li shook his head dumbly, and said, "I'm fine."
Xiaobai walked up to him, patted his shoulder, and said in a low voice: "Don't be discouraged, there is always hope."
Gui Li shook his body, turned to look at her, opened his mouth slightly, but Xiao Bai saw his expression, and smiled wryly before he said: "Don't ask me, I don't know what to do now?"
Gui Li's complexion suddenly darkened, he turned around silently, just about to take a step, suddenly there was a buzzing sound in his mind, he felt the world spinning for a while, instantly his whole body was icy cold, and the icy energy in the veins in his body suddenly rose.
Ghost Li's shock was no small matter, the icy aura that was playing tricks in his body at this moment was the strange power of the Blood-devouring Orb that he was very familiar with, but in the past, especially after he practiced the three volumes of heavenly scriptures and made great progress, This icy breath has gradually been restrained by him, and he no longer acts as a mischief. I don't know what happened today, but it suddenly burst out like this.
In less than a moment, under Xiaobai's astonished eyes, Gui Li's face lost all color, and it seemed as if it was covered with a layer of frost, and within three feet around his body, a strange feeling gradually emanated from his body. Shrouded by the dark green light, there is even a faint taste of fierce blood devouring.
Xiaobai's face changed color, and he just stretched out his hand to help the ghost, but as soon as his hand touched the dark green light, he felt a monster-absorbing power rushing towards him from the strange light, Xiaobai frowned, and stepped back three steps in a row. Avoid this monster force. And Xiao Hui, who was lying on Gui Li's shoulder, also realized something was wrong, jumped away from Gui Li's body early, and landed behind Xiao Bai, opened three eyes wide, staring at the master blankly.
Pain appeared on Ghost Li's face, his cuffs moved suddenly, a icy breath flashed, and the Soul Eater Wand slid out, without falling to the ground, it floated in front of him, turning slowly, as if using Strange and cold eyes stared at the man who had owned it for many years.
The flickering dark green light fluctuated, the air was filled with a strange atmosphere, Xiaobai's face was pale, and his brows were tightly frowned, but this blood-devouring demon power actually emanated from within Ghost Li's body, even if he wanted to help Ghost Li , get rid of this sudden monster power, but the source is in Gui Li's own body, how can we do it? For a moment, Xiaobai was also at a loss.
At the moment when Gui Li's face became paler and paler, and he seemed to be unable to breathe, suddenly, a warm pure red light shot out from his chest, immediately counteracting a lot of this yin and cold monster power, the ghost With a stern expression on his face, he tried to sit down, golden light and cyan flashed on his face at the same time. Under the simultaneous support of the two true methods of righteousness in his body, the pure yang fire of "Xuan Huo Jian" became more and more vigorous, gradually dispelling this yin. The cold breath suppressed, but when Gui Li fully recovered, it was already half an hour later.
At this moment, Gui Li's whole body was completely soaked, when he opened his eyes, he saw Xiao Bai's caring eyes.
Gui Li smiled wryly, but didn't say anything, and slowly stood up. Xiao Bai looked at him, and said in a low voice, "Is it the blood-devouring beads?"
Gui Li picked up the Soul Eater Wand that fell on the ground at some point, took a deep look, and then put it back into his sleeve again.
With a twitch in the corner of Xiaobai's eyes, he suddenly took a step forward, and said, "Don't think you won't know if you don't tell others. Now the blood-devouring orb's evil power has begun to bite back at you. In the past ten years, the energy, essence, and blood in your body have already Because of getting along with this fierce thing day and night, you have become shady and vicious. Now you can escape your death by luck. It's just that you are lucky, and you have obtained one of the few magic weapons in this world that can compete with the Blood-devouring Orb. Xuanhuojian .But..." Her face seemed a little bleak, and even her voice became vicissitudes, "But, you are sure to escape a few times, and next time, can you escape?"
Gui Li stood there the whole time, with no expression on his haggard face, quietly listening to Xiao Bai's words, after a while, he softly said: "I'm not sure, but, what can I do?"
Xiaobai bit his lips, and said angrily: "Don't play dumb with me, don't you know? Now you have to throw away this evil thing immediately, and then you take the Xuanhuo Jian to a place of the sun, and use the earth fire to remind you of it. Use the profound fire to gain pure yang into your body, this is the only way for you to survive!"
Gui Li looked at Xiao Bai for a long time, then suddenly smiled, that smile seemed a bit unbelievably innocent, as if it was that simple Qingyun youth ten years ago.
Then, he turned around slowly, walked slowly while leaning on the wall as if losing strength, Xiao Hui immediately ran towards the master, two or three times jumped onto Gui Li's shoulder.
Xiaobai stared blankly at the firm but fragile back, and suddenly said loudly: "You want to die, don't you? You really want to die in your heart, right?"
Gui Li's body paused for a moment, but he didn't turn his head back, and he didn't speak, after a while, he continued to walk forward.
Xiaobai's voice came loudly from behind him: "Do you want to die? Don't dream! How many debts you owe to people in this world have not been paid off, so you want to die? Impossible! You won't listen What I said is, okay, you are amazing, then I will go by myself, I will find the magic formula of the 'Eight Fierce Black Fire Formation', and let you save yourself. You remember it for me, Baguio is still lying In the Frozen Stone Room, before she wakes up, even if you want to die, you can’t help yourself..."
"I can't help you, I can't help you, I can't help you..." In the long passage, there was a vague echo from a distance, Gui Li's face was bleak, and his body slowly straightened up, but he still didn't turn his head to take a look.
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The dense forest, the quiet valley, the morning of the Viper Valley was originally a quiet and peaceful place, but at this moment, the ground gradually trembled, and the stench became heavier and heavier. The countless poisonous snakes that had gathered and swam on the edge of the valley suddenly disappeared. As if vaguely aware of something, these animals all hid.
A piece of black smoke and dust appeared in the distance of the valley, and quickly rushed towards the direction of the Viper Valley. There was a thick and choking breath in the air, and the growing roar gradually converged into an overwhelming roar!
Getting closer!
"Hey ah ah..."
Impressively, there are countless monsters, like evil spirits rushing out of the Jiuyou Hell, with blood-red eyes, sharp fangs and sharp roars rushing towards them. All kinds of grotesque monsters gathered into an unstoppable raging torrent. In front of this ferocious torrent, no one could stop and survive. Even the forest trees on both sides of the road were also roaring loudly. , was quickly engulfed by the torrent.
Without hesitation or pause, this torrent rushed directly into the Viper Valley, like a black tide rushing into the green ocean in an instant. In every corner of the forest, terrified poisonous snakes were constantly being thrown out, struggling desperately in the torrent , but instantly submerged without exception. Not even the poisonous colored mist in the forest could stop the terrifying torrent of beast monsters. The dozen or so beast monsters rushing to the front fell to the ground and died, but countless more beast monsters stepped on the feet of their companions. The corpses rushed past unstoppably, and the powerful hurricane quickly blew away the colorful poisonous mist, floating to the sky above the forest.
In the torrent of black beast monsters, there were four or five powerful monster beasts that seemed to be dozens of times larger than ordinary monsters, leading their men to rush forward with their teeth and claws open. And at the entrance of the Viper Valley, there are still countless monsters rushing continuously.
The entire Viper Valley seemed to be trembling at this moment. Everything looked like the end of the world.
At the other end of the Poisonous Snake Valley, the ghost king standing on a high place took a deep breath. Although he had seen the power of the beast monster, the scene in front of him still changed his expression. Looking at the forest in the north of the valley, under the morning sun, there is a faint reflection of the forest in the forest.
A sneer slowly emerged from the corner of Ghost King's mouth: One day, you will all know, who is the one who won in the end
He yelled in his heart, and the expression on his face gradually became hard. Baguio is gone, so let's use the world to make up for it!
He turned around slowly, and in the dense forest behind him were the disciples of Ghost King Sect, densely packed all over the forest, with high fighting spirit. The ghost king looked at these people in front of him, and countless eyes were fixed on his face.
At that moment, who knows his mood
The arm that was slowly raised seemed to become heavy. The distant roar and the gradually sounding scream of panic seemed to be transmitted here. The expression of the ghost king suddenly changed again. Then, he lifted the raised arm heavily swing down.
The arm is like a knife, like a sharp blade cutting towards the world, cutting off the last warmth, tearing up the dreams once had, the sound that the arm makes in the wind seems to be like a broken bone piercing the chest!
Countless people shouted passionately behind his majestic back, raised their sharp knives and rushed down the mountain, their skirts fluttering, the strong wind blowing, the trees in the forest swaying, and they seemed to be dancing wildly for this. The ghost king stood in the crowd, motionless like a hard and cold rock. He turned and looked towards the forest to the north. There was also a commotion in the forest there, gradually spreading.
The ghost king laughed, he suddenly laughed loudly in the sea of people going to death, the laughter was so piercing but no one dared to ask him a single word, only the sun just rising in the morning! Still rushing towards this crazy world with a touch of warmth!
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Seven days later, entrusted by Daoxuan Daoxuan, Master Puhong, Yun Yilan and other righteous leaders, a group of righteous disciples set out from Qingyun Mountain and arrived in the southwest.
Because the matter is so important, the three major sects have sent their most capable disciples, as if by coincidence, these people have already known each other for a long time.
Xiao Yicai, Lin Jingyu, and Lu Xueqi from Qingyunmen, Faxiang and Fashan from Tianyin Temple, Li Xun and Yanhong from Fenxiang Valley, a group of seven people, after setting off from Qingyun Mountain, they were cautious all the way, walking day and night, trying their best to Avoid conflicts with the beast monsters on the road, and rush to the southwest at full speed, hoping to find out why a large number of beast monsters suddenly gathered here.
When these Righteous Path disciples first set out on the road, although they knew that the trip was extremely dangerous, but for the sake of the common people in the world, none of them had the intention of shrinking back.
But after the seventh day after their trip, all the people had turned pale and remained silent all day and night, including Xiao Yicai who was the most eloquent, Dharma Xiang with deep concentration, and even the one who had been trying to get along with them all along the way. Li Xun, who was talking to Lu Xueqi, fell silent.
On a journey of thousands of miles, the further south one goes, the more dire the situation becomes. Either the entire village or the entire city is littered with corpses and bones, or one after another the villages and cities are desolate, and the fertile fields are turned into scorched earth. No one knows why these beast monsters still set fire to them, why they devour blood so cruelly, just like no one knows when this catastrophe will end
The ghostly chimes seemed to echo forever in the wilderness of the southern land, telling the sad and desolate past.
After entering the southwest region, the group became more cautious, but they were facing great trouble at the moment. First of all, they couldn't find the local residents at all. All the common people either fled to the north before the beast monsters came, or died in this catastrophe. Therefore, these righteous disciples have no way to ask the local people about these beast monsters trend.
On the other hand, most of those beast monsters could not understand the human language, even though they took the risk of catching a few beast monsters, most of the questions they asked were roaring and struggling, so how could they ask anything
In desperation, after discussing with the group, the group finally had no choice but to follow Xiao Yicai's suggestion and take the risk to follow the monsters secretly. Wherever there are more monsters gathered, they will go there to see what these monsters are going to do.
In this way, they tracked them in the southwest for three days and three nights, during which time they were almost discovered by some beast monsters with keen senses, senses of smell and hearing. Fortunately, Xiao Yicai, Faxiang, Lin Jingyu and others were all extremely intelligent people, and they were there every time. At the critical moment of life and death, he escaped without any risk. But even so, they still had little to gain.
Just when they were getting discouraged, by accident, they found a demon disciple who had gone mad in a forest where the beast monster passed by.
After careful questioning by everyone, or patiently coaxing them, they gradually learned that the monster beasts entered the Southwest in a big way this time, and it turned out to be a battle with the Demon Cult. The arrogant and invincible three major factions of the Devil's Cult were almost wiped out in this battle.
This news immediately stunned everyone, but among the crowd, Lu Xueqi, who was standing farthest away, looked extremely pale!
Looking at this poor man who huddled into a ball and kept chanting "monster, monster", and the lunatic who suddenly trembled all over his body from time to time, and screamed in fright, a heavy shadow was cast over the hearts of the seven righteous people.
Xiao Yicai coughed, looked at Faxiang, and said, "Senior Brother Faxiang, we have a general understanding of the current situation, what do you think should be done?"
Faxiang frowned, glanced at the poor man on the ground, sighed, and said, "Amitabha, sin! Sin." After a pause, Faxiang said slowly: "Everyone, in fact, the purpose of our trip is Now that we know about everything, the little monk thought, why don't we go back to the mountain first and report the current situation to the teachers."
"No!"
Suddenly, a cold voice came from the side, and everyone was stunned. The person who spoke was actually the most taciturn Lu Xueqi along the way. Fa Xiang was a little surprised, and said, "Junior Sister Lu, do you have any other opinions, please tell me."
Lu Xueqi's complexion was still very pale, but her voice was extremely calm, and she said calmly: "Everything we know now is from this Demon Sect disciple who has gone crazy with fright, and when he spoke just now, he was talking about things, After going over and over again, many places are our own guesses. If we only think that we have completed the tasks assigned by the teachers, I think it is inappropriate."
Faxiang fell silent, and everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. After a while, Faxiang nodded and said, "That's right, what Junior Sister Lu said is indeed reasonable. The little monk was too impatient just now."
Xiao Yicai pondered for a moment, and said: "Junior Sister Lu has some truths, but we have been investigating in the southwest region day and night, but we have no clue at all. Are we going to continue to investigate like this in the future?"
The corner of Lu Xueqi's mouth twitched, but she didn't say anything. Obviously, she couldn't think of any good solution to the current dilemma.
At this moment, Li Xun, who had been looking at Lu Xueqi from time to time, suddenly took a step forward and said, "I have a way, maybe there is some hope."
Everyone was taken aback, even Lu Xueqi looked at Li Xun a few more times, and Fa Xiang said happily: "Really, Senior Brother Li, please tell me."
Li Xun took a deep breath, trying not to look into Lu Xueqi's eyes, and said, "I just listened carefully to what this lunatic said, and I heard that he mentioned a place called 'Poisonous Snake Valley' several times. I don't know if you paid attention. ?”
Xiao Yicai nodded, and said: "That's right, I've noticed it too. I've heard about the Poisonous Snake Valley before. It's said that it's a valley deep in the mountains in the southwest, where countless poisonous snakes gather, and there is a highly poisonous miasma in the forest. No one has ever dared to enter this forest. After a long time, no one knows the exact location of this valley."
Lin Jingyu suddenly asked: "Could it be that senior brother Li thinks that the battle between the beast monster and the Demon Cult took place in the legendary Poisonous Snake Valley?"
Li Xun nodded, and said decisively: "That's right. From my inference, the decisive battle took place in the Poisonous Snake Valley. What's more, I thought that the Poisonous Snake Valley might be the head hall of one of the three major sects of the Demon Cult. As long as If we can find it, we can naturally find out whether what this lunatic said is true or not?"
Yan Hong, who had been silent all this time, suddenly said at this moment: "But brother, many days have passed, let's not talk about whether we can find the poisonous snake valley right now, even if we find it, the scene there may not be able to maintain its original appearance..."
Li Xun said coldly: "Junior Sister, have you forgotten that those cruel beast monsters will indeed set fire to eat people, but after setting fire, there will be ruins. Beast monsters can eat people, but they don't eat bones either!"
Everyone's complexion changed, and Yan Hong's face turned pale after hearing this, and she suddenly felt nauseous and vomiting. Obviously, all the tragedies they saw along the way made this woman gradually reach her psychological limit.
Li Xun sighed and stopped talking. Faxiang and Fashan recited the Buddha's name in a low voice at the same time, Xiao Yicai shook his head, walked over to Yanhong's side, comforted her in a low voice, and turned around when Yanhong's expression gradually calmed down. Slowly walked to the side of the Demon Cult disciple who was still shivering slightly on the ground, and squatted down.
"Do you know where the Poisonous Snake Valley is?" Xiao Yicai tried his best to make his voice softer, sounding kind, but the Demon Sect disciple shook his body, but buried his head lower, and said nothing . Xiao Yicai asked three times in succession, but the Demon Sect disciple seemed to be deaf and didn't respond at all.
Xiao Yicai stood up slowly, looked at the crowd, but no one spoke. Xiao Yicai sighed and said, "What should I do?"
Standing aside, Li Xun frowned, and suddenly strode up to the demon disciple, picked him up, and asked loudly, "Where are those monsters killing people?"
The Demon Sect disciple's body was shaken, an expression of extreme fear appeared on his face in an instant, he opened his mouth wide, and a moment later he let out a sharp scream, but Li Xun held on tightly like a heart of stone, and shouted: "Where are those places where monsters kill and eat people?"
"ah… "
Deep in fear, the Demon Cult disciple trembled all over his body, his teeth were chattering, his eyes were full of fear, but his head turned to the north involuntarily. Li Xun focused his eyes and said anxiously, "It's in the north, isn't it?"
The demon disciple suddenly tilted his head, and his whole body went limp. Everyone was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to check, only to see that his pupils were dilated, and when he probed his nose, he was no longer breathing, and he was actually dead.
Li Xun slowly put down the body of this person, stood up, and faced the north, everyone followed his gaze, the forest and sea far away, although it was a clear day, seemed to have a blood-colored cloud covering it.