Zhou Yixian and the three of them took a break to treat the wild dog. After the wild dog learned that his life was picked up, he felt even more lucky, and privately he was a little confused about his unexpected bravery at that time. But no matter what, after this time, the relationship between Zhou Zhouxian, Xiaohuan and Wild Dog Taoist has become closer again. After all, they have lived and died together, and Zhou Xian is not as sarcastic to Wild Dog Taoist as before. It's just that when he was ordered to work, it was still the same as before, but after all, Daoist Wild Dog was seriously injured, and more often it was Zhou Xian who did more work, which aroused his old man's complaints.
Xiaohuan and the wild dog are still the same as before, but the wild dog Taoist seems to be a little more afraid in front of Xiaohuan, and talks to Xiaohuan less than before. Although Xiaohuan was strange, she didn't feel that during the past few days, more of her energy had been attracted to that seemingly ordinary book with a black cover.
Daoist Yegou had never seen Xiaohuan read this book before, and he felt strange, but Xiaohuan never said the origin of the book, and Zhou Yixian was also vague. Huan's expression seemed to be gradually changing, but he couldn't tell what was different from before.
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The catastrophe of beasts and monsters rose from the 100,000 mountains in the southern border, and the first to suffer was the land of southern border.
The people of all ethnic groups here have been poisoned by beasts and demons, compared to those in Central Earth, they are far more serious. Ten rooms and nine empties are almost the inevitable fate of many villages and towns. Even the entire village and cottage have no survivors, and they appear from time to time.
After the catastrophe, there are far more small groups of beast monsters left in southern border than those from Middle Earth. People who survived the catastrophe often have to endure the raging infestation of those remaining beast monsters. This life is really dark , in dire straits.
Under such circumstances, Gui Li set foot on the land of Southern Xinjiang again.
Along the way, he didn't find any traces of the Beast God, but countless righteous people flocked to him, including Qingyun, Fenxiang and other famous figures. These many people seemed to be crazy, looking for the whereabouts of the Beast God, but it was obvious that these many people had been looking for him, but no one could find him.
After Qingyun was defeated in the first battle, the beast god who was seriously injured and fled seemed to disappear out of thin air, and no one could find him again. It's just that the 100,000 Mountains in Southern Xinjiang has always been his former residence, no matter what, he will come back, right
With this thought in mind, Gui Li entered the southern border. Along with him, there are countless righteous disciples. Among them, Fenxianggu is considered to be returning to his hometown. After all, Fenxianggu is in southern Xinjiang, but the purpose of other righteous disciples is naturally not just to help the people of southern Xinjiang get rid of the remaining A small group of beast monsters.
But no matter what, because of the arrival of these people, the surviving beast monsters that were originally unscrupulous have temporarily restrained. After all, these righteous disciples will also take action to get rid of these beast monsters if they can. As a result, the atmosphere in various parts of southern Xinjiang was greatly boosted.
It's just that no one has found the shadow of the Beast God in the southern border. The only possibility now is in the strange and mysterious Hundred Thousand Mountains.
How many secrets are hidden in the layers of black mountains!
Before entering the mountain, Gui Li went to Qili Cave of the Miao people in southern Xinjiang, not for anything else, but for what the great wizard did for Baguio that day, he also came to pay homage.
Tianshui Village, Qilidong, this way, the bustling and lively scene is gone, and the path is miserable, even his heart that he thinks has been hardened can't help being moved by it.
What is the reason for such a catastrophe that poisoned the world and the common people
He has achieved success in his own practice, and stays out of this huge tide of evil, but what about the countless suffering people all over the world? What mistakes did they make again, why did they have to endure such a disaster
Thinking back to Tianyin Temple, countless people worshiped and prayed to gods and Buddhas day and night. Looking around the world, there are many more people doing this, worshiping the gods and gods. But when disaster strikes, who will help them
So, is such worship still useful
Or, is it really in response to the mysterious sentence that runs through the whole "Book from Heaven"—
The world is not benevolent, and treats everything as a straw dog
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When stepping into Qili Cave, Gui Li took a deep breath, this place that was once a beautiful place in his impression is already dilapidated and destroyed. The houses that used to gather in a row are almost all left with ruins, and the bustling crowds of the past are no longer seen on the streets, let alone those children running and playing.
The remnants of the people seemed to be only one or two out of ten, and most of them were in front of the dilapidated houses, desperately and laboriously packing up, trying to find usable things from the ruins, but often what they could find was nothing. are the remains of the dead.
The whole Qilidong was filled with a sad and decadent atmosphere. Occasionally, a few children stood there blankly, their eyes full of confusion and fear, and in a short while, an adult would come out from behind and They pulled in again.
Ghost Li walked slowly along the street, and soon attracted the attention of some Miao people, and there was a strong sense of vigilance in their eyes when they looked over. In the strange atmosphere, even the little gray on Gui Li's shoulder seemed to be much more honest, although it was still looking around.
Gui Li sighed secretly, he didn't want to look any more, so he quickened his pace and walked straight to the altar on the hillside deep in Qili Cave, the further he walked in, the surrounding houses and roads could be clearly seen, the dilapidated ones became more dilapidated sharp. Ghost Li remained silent, as if he vaguely saw that when the catastrophe came that day, many Miao warriors faced the ferocious beast monsters here in order to defend the holy place, fighting desperately!
Even in the air, there seemed to be a faint smell of blood.
At the foot of the mountain, two young Hmong soldiers stopped him. Ghost Li silently stopped and looked at them. These two men were holding spears and wearing armors, but they were only fifteen or sixteen year old boys. The figure is wider, I don't know if it is left over from the heroic warriors of the past.
"Gulu how many times?" a person asked in Hmong.
Gui Li couldn't understand, but he guessed what he would ask, so he didn't speak, just raised his head and motioned towards the halfway up the mountain. He didn't use his fingers because he still remembered that the Miao people regarded this behavior as disrespectful.
The two teenagers froze for a moment and looked at each other. Then one of the teenagers seemed to be a little longer and shook his head. Neither of them moved away. Gui Li felt a little anxious, but he really didn't want to fight with the great wizard tribe who had helped him, and seeing the miserable scene in Qilidong, he couldn't make a move either.
He was silent for a long time, when the hostility in the eyes of the two teenagers became more and more serious, he sighed, turned around, and wanted to leave.
He had only walked a few steps, when suddenly there was a commotion on the mountain, he turned his head to look, and a moment later, a person ran down the mountainside quickly, first said a few words to the two teenagers in Miao language, the two teenagers Nodding repeatedly, he stood aside, and then, this priest-like man who looked about forty, said to Gui Li in a somewhat broken Middle-earth language: "You... ok, big, big... Wizard please go up."
Ghost Li was taken aback, frowned and said: "Great wizard?"
The man nodded repeatedly, Gui Li took a deep breath, nodded, followed the man up the hillside.
The cave is still in place, but the buildings and stone platforms at the entrance of the cave have been completely changed, and the rocks are broken and rolled all over the ground. Among the chaotic rocks, there is a young Miao man, who looks to be only about thirty, dressed in a wizard robe, smiling as he watches Ghost Li approaching.
His eyes were faintly shining, as if a flame of passion was burning in them, completely different from those Miao people down the mountain.
Gui Li walked up to him, the young man smiled slightly, and said in a very fluent Chinese dialect: "Hello, Mr. Gui Li, I am a new generation great wizard of the Miao people in Southern Xinjiang, I have admired your name for a long time."
Gui Li was stunned for a moment, nodded in return, before he could speak, the young great wizard had already smiled and said: "Please come in! I will take you to see the previous great wizard."
After all, he led the way and walked into the still dark cave. Gui Li followed behind him and slowly melted into the darkness.
It was still dark in the cave, and the figure of the young great wizard swayed slightly in front of him. For some reason, Gui Li felt that he looked familiar. After thinking about it carefully, he remembered that when he came here last time, the great wizard called out this Young man, he never thought that after a short period of time, he would have taken over the position of great wizard.
Same as last time, the young great wizard brought Ghost Li to the house where the dog god was worshiped deep in the cave. The huge fire was still burning, making crackling noises, but the old and haggard figure was no longer seen. .
The young man stepped forward, saluted the dog god statue upright, and then took out a wooden box from the dog's mouth of the dog god statue, put it on the ground respectfully, and said to the ghost: "We Miao people According to the custom, after the death of great shamans of all dynasties, they must be enshrined under the dog god statue for one year, and this is his ashes."
Ghost Li silently looked at the small wooden box, the whole box was plain and unadorned, and even the wood used was the most common tree in southern Xinjiang. The great wizard was like countless Miao people, sleeping here peacefully.
Gui Li bowed his body and bowed deeply.
Monkey Xiao Hui squeaked, jumped off him, and ran to the side by himself.
According to the customs of Middle-earth, the young great wizard also bent down to return the salute, then held up the plain wooden box with great care, and put it into the mouth of the Inugami statue again.
The two sat on the ground by the fire, the fire reflected in their eyes, very bright in the dark.
Before Gui Li could ask, the young man had already said calmly: "I was the disciple of the old man when he was alive, but after the terrible disaster, all the elder priests here died, so I inherited the position of great wizard .”
Gui Li nodded silently, looked at the dog god statue in the distance unexpectedly, and said slowly: "The Great Wizard also died for me, every time I think about it, I feel uneasy."
The young great wizard bowed slightly, and said: "You are wrong, Master has already told me that his lifespan has expired, even if he does not go to the Central Plains, he will only die, but if your sect can send Master's ashes back, then It is already the great fortune of our entire Miao people.”
Gui Li sighed, and said in a low voice: "These things were done by other caring people, and have nothing to do with me."
The young great wizard smiled, obviously he didn't care about Gui Li's words, and said: "But this time you came to our Qilidong, I don't know what you are doing?"
Gui Li said: "Actually, it's not for other reasons, I just came here to pay homage to the senior great wizard. Besides, this catastrophe is so severe, I intend to chase after the culprit, the beast god, do you have any clues?"
The face of the young great wizard changed slightly. Obviously, to him, the word beast god was still a very scary and taboo word, so he quickly fell silent.
After a while, Gui Li said indifferently: "You don't have to worry about it, countless people in the world wanted to find him, but they couldn't find him, it's normal if you don't know. I'm bothering you here, so let's say goodbye first!"
After finishing speaking, he was about to get up, the young great wizard showed hesitation on his face, and suddenly said: "Is it true that you are going to track down that beast god?"
Gui Li said: "Yes."
The young great wizard stared at him closely and said, "You can kill him?"
Gui Li was silent for a long time, and said, "I'm not sure."
The young great wizard pondered for a moment, and said: "In that case, I will tell you what I know. I don't know how to find the beast god, but according to the ancient legend in my clan, this beast god is a demon-like ghost. You can't kill him, you can only suppress him like the witch maiden ten thousand years ago. To suppress him, you need to take five artifacts from various tribes in southern Xinjiang from his body. Those five artifacts are the life of beast monsters. If it is lost, the beast monster will fall into a deep sleep. In addition, there is another important point. When the beast monster was raging that day, the monster power was strong and invincible. Array' traps it, if you can find this array, maybe..."
Gui Li nodded slowly.
The young great wizard thought for a while, and then said: "How to find the beast monster, I really can't think of it, but according to the legend in the clan, when the witch maiden suppressed the beast monster, it was in the depths of the Hundred Thousand Mountains. A place in an ancient cave. Moreover, it is said that the empress herself turned into a stone statue and faced the depths of the ancient cave. Perhaps, if you find such a place, there will be clues of beast monsters!"
Gui Li remembered them one by one, nodded to the young great wizard in front of him, and said, "Thank you."
The great wizard smiled slightly, but said nothing.
When the two walked out of the cave, Gui Li couldn't help but ask him why there was no sadness in his eyes.
The young great wizard paused for a moment, then said lightly: "If I am depressed and sad again, what should those people in Qilidong do? It's not that I don't feel sad, it's that I can't be sad!"
After hearing this, Gui Li was silent for a long time before he left.
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After leaving Qilidong, Gui Li didn't hurry on his way, he walked slowly all the way, thinking over and over what the young great wizard said several times, that strange "eight fierce mysterious fire magic circle" made him involuntarily Another person came to mind—Xiaobai.
She left angrily that day, and there has been no news since then. Although she doesn't need to worry about anything more with her Taoism and magic power, thinking about Xiaobai's purpose of going here, it is probably to find the "Eight Ominous Black Fire Formation", Gui Li felt somewhat guilty.
The demonic power of the Blood-devouring Bead has troubled him for many years, but some time ago, under the wordless jade wall of Tianyin Temple on Mount Sumeru, he comprehended four volumes of "Book of Heaven", which combined the demonic power of the Blood-devouring Bead with the three true methods of Buddhism, Taoism and demons, and even The power of Xuanhuojian and pure yang are all integrated into one, and he has faintly peeked at the threshold of the return of all dharmas. For him, the demonic power of the Blood-devouring Orb is no longer a major obstacle to his life as his practice becomes more and more refined.
However, for some reason, following the epiphany under the jade wall without words, he gradually thought of many things, and gradually saw things that he could not think of in the past, in his recollection.
Xiaobai treated him like this, probably not because of the relationship between Baguio and herself, right
She was alone, and went back to the southern border to look for the magic circle when the beast monster catastrophe was in full swing that day. The world was so remote, and now there was no news of her at all. Thinking of this, Gui Li couldn't help feeling an inexplicable pain in his heart, but the sky and the earth are so big that he really doesn't know how to find it.
Gui Li pondered for a long time, and finally decided to go to Fenxiang Valley in secret, not for other reasons. He heard Xiaobai once said that the Eight Ominous Xuanhuo Formation had appeared in the Xuanhuo Altar of Fenxianggu. If you look for this magic circle, you will probably go here, and even if she is not there, it is good to go and have a look by yourself.
After making up his mind, Gui Li rushed towards Fenxiang Valley.
Fenxianggu was originally one of the three righteous sects in the world, but in this catastrophe, he was the first to bear the brunt, just at the exit of the raging beasts and monsters, so the end can be imagined. Fortunately, Yun Yilan, the owner of Fenxiang Valley, led all his disciples to the middle land first, and joined forces with Qingyunmen and other righteous ways to deal with the beast monsters. Therefore, although Fenxiang Valley was destroyed in a mess, the disciples of Fenxiang Valley were not injured. moving bones.
It's just that the dignified and righteous sect ended up like this, which inevitably makes people lose face, and after the catastrophe, many rumors and gossips spread, implying that the people in Fenxiang Valley were timid and fearful, and with the respect of the righteous sect, they did not Dare to face the calamity of the beast monster alone, but hid behind Qingyunmen.
Now Qingyun Sect and Daoxuan Daoist are really supreme in the hearts of the Righteous Dao, and their prestige is high. Compared with them, Fenxianggu and others are far inferior. As a large number of righteous disciples entered the southern border to search for the whereabouts of the beast gods, the disciples of Fenxianggu would naturally not fall behind. However, when they met on weekdays, the disciples of Fenxianggu had lost a bit of their former arrogance.
But even so, Fenxianggu is a famous sect after all, and its strength is still there. Although there are many rumors, no one dares to bully Fenxianggu face to face. As for the valley of Fenxiang Valley itself, it is really a mess, at least that's what Gui Li saw when he sneaked in secretly.
A valley that was originally quiet and beautiful is now full of unpleasant burnt and fishy smells. Countless Fenxiang Valley disciples are carrying all kinds of rotting garbage and bones in the valley, including both human and animal corpses.
Ghost Li observed secretly, after thinking for a while, he already understood that when he sneaked into Fenxiang Valley late at night, he was still found by Fenxiang Valley.
It's just that Yun Yilan could take most of his disciples to the Middle Earth, but he couldn't take these animals away, and when the catastrophe came and those extremely ferocious monsters passed by here, these many animals would naturally not be spared. After a long time, the corpse decayed, and the stench was even more unbearable.
But the lack of these strange animals is good for Ghost Li, at least he is not afraid of some monsters appearing in the dark corners of these rooms to suddenly call the police and expose him.
There are many disciples in Fenxianggu, but half of them are sent out to track down the whereabouts of beast monsters. How can Fenxianggu not want to do what countless orthodox sects want to do. And the remaining half of the disciples are mostly in the valley doing the work of sorting out the rubbish and ruins. Even if there are some elders in the valley, it is naturally impossible for people like Yun Yilan and Shangguan Ce to be around all the time. Valley tour. Therefore, Ghost Li hardly encountered any difficulties, so he sneaked into Fenxiang Valley.
It was evening at this moment, and it was much brighter than the late night when he came to Fenxiang Valley last time, but it was so much easier to sneak in.
After Gui Li sneaked into Fenxiang Valley, he didn't think much about it, he went straight to the direction of the profound fire altar in Fenxiang Valley, Xiaobai was imprisoned here at that time, and the eight fierce mysterious fire circles were also arranged here, so he naturally wanted to come Find it here. It's just that this place is the forbidden area of Fenxiang Valley after all, in such a hectic situation, the guards and defenses of the Xuanhuo Altar seem to be a bit tighter than when Ghost Li came last time, I don't know if it's because Xiaobai escaped and outsiders sneaked in reason.
It's just that Gui Li's cultivation at this time is no longer the same as in the past. Although Fenxiang Valley is tightly guarded in the Xuanhuo Altar, Gui Li carefully sneaked forward, and finally sneaked into the majestic Xuanhuo without anyone noticing. In the altar of fire.
As he expected, although the outside guards were tight, there was no one guarding the Xuanhuo Altar. At first glance, it seemed that it was still the same as when he came last time, and there was still that weird dark red formation on the ground. , deeply buried in the ground, Gui Li knew in his heart that this is the strange and miraculous Eight Ominous Black Fire Formation in the legend.
However, the damage caused by the magma eruption caused by Ghost Li and Xiao Bai's escape can still be seen faintly. On the surrounding walls, scorched places scorched by magma splashes can be seen everywhere, and the places where the stones collapsed are even more countless. It is the image of the eight fierce black fire arrays on the ground. The fire was slightly deformed by the burning.
However, if it was an ordinary place, it would have been destroyed long ago under such a disaster, but the surrounding land can still be roughly intact. It seems that the magical effect of the magic circle is what preserved it.
Looking up, the mechanisms on the second and third floors that originally imprisoned Xiaobai have lost their effectiveness, and they just opened like that, revealing an empty, gloomy and dark hole. In the entire majestic Xuanhuo Altar, under the light of the fire, only Gui Li's figure flickered slightly.
Gui Li remained silent for a long time, shook his head, and walked in front of the eight fierce black fire magic circle. Looking carefully, I saw that in the huge array, all the fierce gods were still as clearly and vividly depicted as in the memory, and the patterns connecting these fierce gods were also weird and complicated. Gui Li took a deep breath, and sat cross-legged in front of the picture.
Just when he was about to meditate and comprehend the strange formation of the Wu Clan in the legend, suddenly, in the silent and gloomy Xuanhuo altar, in the darkness above him, a clear and reverberating laughter came from a woman.
Gui Li's expression changed drastically, he suddenly stood up, looked up, and blurted out: "Is that you, Xiao Bai..."
His words came to an abrupt end, and a figure floated down from the dark shadow above, with the once-familiar light-yellow clothes, clear and soft eyes, as beautiful as if someone was already intoxicated at the first sight——
It turned out to be someone he never dreamed of, the woman who was rumored to have died in the catastrophe—Jin Ping'er!
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After the initial shock, Gui Li quickly calmed down, Jin Ping'er was still standing there, as if nothing had changed, her clothes, face and expression, even the corners of her mouth still had that faint and infinitely charming smile on her face. smile.
She looked at Gui Li, smiled slightly, and said, "How are you!"
Gui Li looked at her silently, and said after a long time: "Why are you here?"
Jin Ping'er brushed the hair on her sideburns lightly with her hands, and there seemed to be infinite charm in her small movements, and she said softly, "I'll wait for you here!"
Gui Li frowned, said: "Wait for me? What are you doing? How did you know I would come here?"
Jin Ping'er smiled and said: "Could it be that you have forgotten that last time you came here, you came with me. I heard that this time you are going to track down the Beast God. According to the legend here in southern Xinjiang, you want to suppress the Beast God. Naturally It is inevitable to avoid this magic circle here. If you don’t get here, where else can you go?”
She narrowed her eyes slightly, she seemed to be a little bit proud, and she was indescribably charming like water, and said with a smile: "Look, I'm smart, right?"
Gui Li frowned, feeling that after making great progress, under Jin Ping'er's allure, there was still some turbulence, he couldn't help but secretly startled. After the catastrophe, this legendary dead woman seemed to have improved to a higher level.
Since she is not dead, what about the others! What about the masters of other demon sects who were destroyed in the catastrophe? Don't they die too
Gui Li was puzzled, but he still said coldly: "You haven't answered me yet, what are you waiting for me?"
Jin Ping'er smiled softly, but said in a calm tone: "I know the location of the Demon Suppressing Ancient Cave where the Beast God was sealed! After the Ghost King Sect Master knows, let me help you."
Gui Li's body was shaken, he raised his head suddenly, looked at Jin Ping'er, but saw Jin Ping'er's eyes were like water, his smile was like a flower, unexpectedly there was no abnormal expression at all.