black mountain.
After stepping on that mountain peak, a strong peculiar smell lingered in the air all the time, a little choking, with some sulfur smell. Gui Li and Jin Ping'er are both people with deep cultivation, and they can bear this kind of smell, but as they gradually went deeper into this mountain, the wind that was getting stronger gradually made them frown.
It was a bone-piercingly cold wind. Somehow, when it blew across the face, although the wind was not so strong, it was so gloomy but it really made people feel chills from the bottom of their hearts. Coupled with the faint screaming sound coming from somewhere deep in the mountain peak ahead, one after another, high and low, like a monkey crying at night, and a ferocious ghost laughing miserably.
The monkey Xiao Hui lay on Ghost Li's shoulder, gnawed the last wild fruit, threw the core casually, opened three eyes, and looked around, it seemed that it was not affected by these visions at all.
Jin Ping'er frowned more and more, and suddenly said: "It seems something is wrong."
Gui Li was startled, stopped in his tracks, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Jin Ping'er hesitated for a moment, and said: "The last time I followed here, there were no ghosts crying and howling wolves and wind gusts all over the mountains and plains. It was only when I went to Zhenmo Ancient Cave that there seemed to be some. Why did some time pass? Is this place the same as the Nether Ghost Prison?"
Gui Li looked into the distance, and said calmly: "Maybe this is the lair of beasts and demons, the hostility is too strong, it should be like this. When you came here that day, he had just been revived, of course there is no such thing as recent days."
Jin Ping'er thought for a while, and this was the only way she could explain it. On the top of Qingyun Mountain that day, the Beast God fought a bloody battle with the Zhuxian Sword Formation, and was severely injured by the Zhuxian ancient sword. Anyone can see how powerful that sword is. But even under the Zhuxian Sword Formation, the Beast God can still escape, but his practice is already enough to shock the world.
Jin Ping'er's eyes fluttered, and he suddenly said: "Tell me, if we find the Beast God in the Zhenmo Ancient Cave, even though he has been injured, can the two of us really deal with him?"
Gui Li shook his head and said, "How do I know?"
Jin Ping'er looked at him, and suddenly smiled and said, "Looking at you, I'm afraid you're not sure! If that's the case, why are you here with me?"
She looked at Gui Li and said with a half smile but not a smile: "Don't forget, there is Bi Yao waiting for you to save her in Huqi Mountain! If you die here, wouldn't you be too sorry for her? "
Gui Li snorted, walked forward, and said: "Her father ordered me to do this, I owe Bi Yao too much, I always have to do something. It's you," he sneered, Said: "If you die here unfortunately, I'm afraid you will die with regret?"
Jin Ping'er smiled coquettishly, and smiled at his back: "Oh! You are really a stranger, as long as we die together, not to mention the lair of beast monsters, or the pigsty and bullpen, that's fine too. .”
Gui Li sneered twice at the front, obviously he didn't believe Jin Ping'er's words at all, let alone showed the slightest touch, he just walked straight away. On the contrary, the monkey on his shoulder turned his head and smiled at Jin Ping'er, which was extremely rare, and seemed to be in a good mood.
Different from the women Gui Li had dated before, Xiao Hui is not as affectionate to Jin Ping'er as he was with Xiao Bai and Xiao Huan back then, after several days, it is the first time that he has such a happy grin.
Jin Ping'er was somewhat surprised, but it's not a bad thing at all, she was also a little happy, she was about to go up to tease the monkey with a smile on her face, but the monkey opened its mouth and just laughed for a moment, then suddenly opened its mouth and vomited black Huhu came out at an extremely fast speed and flew straight towards the place where Jin Ping'er was standing.
Jin Ping'er was startled, but she was not an ordinary person after all, so she was not flustered, she spun her feet slightly and forcefully, her body abruptly stepped aside, letting the weird thing pass by.
There was only a low pop, and the thing fell to the ground, but it didn't bounce up, but smashed directly into the ground. Jin Ping'er looked back, but it was a wild fruit core, I don't know when Xiao Hui still had one in his mouth, tsk tsk tasted it, but now he used it to play tricks on her.
Jin Ping'er was teased by a monkey, her heart was slightly angry, her pretty face turned pale, she looked sideways, but saw that gray-haired monkey had turned around and sat on Gui Li's shoulder at some point, facing Jin Ping'er , crossed his hands on his chest, swinging his feet back and forth, looking up at the sky with three eyes, his face was full of arrogance, full of the legendary hooliganism, and even his long tail was dangling behind him Go, act like I'm just bullying you, I'm a hooligan and I'm afraid of someone.
Jin Ping'er was fine if he didn't look at it, but when he saw it he was even more angry, he took a few steps to catch up with Gui Li, and said angrily: "You monkey is so uneducated, you just spit out fruit pits, do you know that? "
Gui Li slowly turned his head, looked at Jin Ping'er, with a strange look on his face, asked for a while, "Are you scolding it?" He pointed at Xiao Hui.
Jin Ping'er nodded.
Xiaohui got angry immediately, jumped up from Guili's shoulder, squeaked loudly, opened her three eyes, clenched her hands into fists, kept making gestures, seemed to be burning with anger, and wanted to fight Jin Ping'er who complained One, the momentum is compelling.
Jin Ping'er didn't expect this gray-haired monkey to be so understanding of human nature, he was stunned for a moment, took a step back, then ignored it, and shouted to Gui Li: "Even if I scolded it, this beast also It's really disgusting, if you raise it, you have to teach it well... "
"You!" Suddenly, Gui Li spoke loudly, which is rare, and shouted at Xiao Hui, and at the same time interrupted Jin Ping'er's words.
Xiao Hui was startled and paused, Jin Ping'er was also startled, and looked at Ghost Li.
Gui Li frowned, with a serious face, and shouted at Xiao Hui: "I told you a long time ago, you need to read a lot to be sensible, but you just don't listen. The book "Gods and Demons" I taught you last time Strange Tales, why don’t you learn it? Copy 300 articles of it and come see me later!”
Xiao Hui's three eyes widened together, blinked and blinked, touched his head with his hand, scratched it again, touched it again, obviously a little dazed.
But Jin Ping'er on the other side was not much better. After being taken aback, he couldn't help but sneer and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? No matter how human this monkey is, it has never been heard that it can read and write!"
Gui Li turned his head and glanced at her, and said "Oh", as if he had just come to his senses, and said calmly: "In this case, even if you say so, it is not my fault that this monkey is not well-educated. Can’t read, what can I do, what can I do?”
He looked at Jin Ping'er, sighed without sincerity, let alone said more, turned back and walked forward.
Jin Ping'er was so angry that her face turned pale.
The monkey in front, Xiaohui, fell off Guili's shoulder with a plop, and fell to the ground, but he didn't see any sign of pain, instead he screamed loudly, danced and laughed wildly, sometimes hilariously, sometimes beat the ground, and even turned his limbs to the sky, The tail is waving, in short, the laugh is as crazy as it is.
Jin Ping'er looked more and more angry, and was about to explode, but Xiao Hui suddenly jumped up, "Zhi Zhi Zhi" screamed at Jin Ping'er, made a big grimace, then hit the ground on all fours, swished back twice, Jumped onto Gui Li's shoulder for a few times, then got down again, and looked back at Jin Ping'er triumphantly, making another grimace.
Jin Ping'er became more angry, and even her body seemed to tremble a little. As soon as she gritted her teeth, she raised her hand and wanted to wave it forward. Under the warm sunlight, a lavender light appeared on the edge of her palm, which was extremely weird. .
It's just that the palm was lifted halfway, but it stopped in the air. Under the figure of the man in front, it seemed that the hand also emitted a faint blue light.
Jin Ping'er's pupils contracted.
After a while, she suddenly paused, then put down her hands, closed her eyes, and took a deep breath. After her chest rose and fell a few times, her face returned to its usual appearance. And the Qing Hui who was in front of Gui Li's hand also slowly disappeared, as for his figure, he had already walked away slowly amidst the ear-piercing laughter of the gray-haired three-eyed monkey.
Jin Ping'er regained her composure, her heart was still slightly angry, but at the same time, for some reason, her face was slightly hot. She has always turned all living beings upside down, playing tricks on people's hearts, how could she have been played by a monkey like this today...
She snorted, put aside these things and was about to move on, suddenly she frowned, as if she remembered something, turned around and walked back slowly. Not long after, she had already reached the place where the fruit core that Xiao Hui provocatively spit out just now fell to the ground.
The fruit core is an ordinary mountain wild fruit core here, there is nothing strange about it, but at this time, the fruit core has sunk into the ground, with only a few parts of the hard shell exposed. And this scorched black and weird mountain peak is not like other places in Shiwanda Mountain, where there is soft soil and hard rocks everywhere.
With the force of Xiao Hui's spitting, it actually hit the fruit core into the hard rock.
Jin Ping'er frowned slowly, stood up slowly, and looked towards the direction where Gui Li's figure disappeared, there was a gust of wind blowing from that direction, and there still seemed to be the piercing laughter of monkey Xiao Hui in the wind.
It was low, as if she was whispering to herself: "How come even this monkey has such a way, and is so diligent, is this person..."
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The vast black forest has ushered in a new visitor. It's just that the number of guests this time is far more than before. A team of more than a dozen people walked through the jungle, walking among the giant trees with lush branches and thorny vines.
However, apart from the fact that there was no unexpected beast attack during this period of the journey, it went unexpectedly smoothly.
The few people walking in front of the team were not ordinary people. Lu Xueqi frowned slightly and said nothing, but Zeng Shushu couldn't help but said to Li Xun: "Brother Li, there seems to be something wrong here!"
Li Xun stopped, looked around, then looked at Zeng Shushu, pondered for a moment, then turned his head and said loudly to the disciples of Fenxiang Valley: "Everyone rest here for a while, we will continue on our way later."
Everyone suddenly agreed, obviously walking such a distance is not an easy task for anyone.
After settling down the others, Li Xun and Zeng Shushu walked a little ahead and approached Lu Xueqi at the same time. Lu Xueqi frowned, but took a step back.
Li Xun's complexion darkened, Zeng Shushu was so clever, he interrupted him immediately, and said, "Senior brother Li, you also found out, right?"
Li Xun nodded, and his eyes fell on the feet where the three of them were standing. In the thick bushes of thorns, although they were blurred, there were faint traces of someone trampling on them after the thorns were broken.
"Someone walked through this forest before us, and it must not have been a long time ago." He said with certainty, and at the same time, there was a trace of worry that could not be concealed.
Zeng Shushu murmured: "Could it be Brother Li, your fellow disciple..."
Li Xun shook his head and said: "Impossible, only our team went deep into the Hundred Thousand Mountains in Fenxiang Valley. Most of the younger generation elites in the valley are here, and no one else will come in."
Zeng Shushu frowned, and said, "That's strange. According to what Master Yungu said that day, this news should not have been leaked! Could it be that other sects also knew about this news and entered Shiwan Dashan?"
Li Xun hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't think so. First of all, this matter is indeed still kept secret, and only our two factions know about it." He coughed lightly, lowered his voice, and said, "The beast god He is the chief culprit of the catastrophe. If other people fall into the trap and take advantage of it, the bloody battle between our two factions at the top of Qingyun Mountain is not..."
Zeng Shushu stretched out his hand, patted Li Xun's shoulder with a smile on his face, and said with a smile, "What Brother Li said is exactly what I want, it really is a hero who sees the same thing! Hehe, hehehe..."
The two of them looked at each other and smiled, but suddenly there was a cold snort from the side, it came from Lu Xueqi's mouth, both of them were startled, and turned their eyes to look.
Zeng Shushu asked in a low voice: "Senior Sister Lu, what's wrong with you, did we say something wrong?"
Lu Xueqi gave him a cold look, turned her head away, and said with a sneer, "You look detestable!"
Zeng Shushu was stunned, he couldn't figure out the meaning of Lu Xueqi's words for a while, he didn't know whether she was scolding herself, Li Xun, or both. He turned his head to look at Li Xun, and the two looked at each other, feeling awkward for a moment, not knowing what to say.
After a while, Zeng Shushu had a thicker skin after all, he slapped haha, pretending he hadn't heard anything, and said to Li Xun, "Senior brother Li, since the news hasn't been leaked, and it's not your other disciples of Fenxiang Valley, then there is such a person here. I'm afraid there's a lot of weirdness in it!"
Li Xun frowned, obviously struggling to think, and was about to speak when Lu Xueqi, who had just turned around, said coldly: "Beast God!"
Both Zeng Shushu and Li Xun were shocked, with astonishment on their faces.
After a while, Zeng Shushu nodded slowly. Although he hesitated, he still said: "This... Although what Senior Sister Lu said is quite... whimsical, but after thinking about it, it is really possible!"
The expression on Li Xun's face was not quite the same as Zeng Shushu's, he hesitated to speak, hesitated for a while, then shook his head and said, "Forget it, let's continue walking and take a look, it's useless to guess here."
After speaking, he said to the two of them again: "You guys also take a break, I'll go back and see those juniors."
Zeng Shushu nodded and said, "Brother Li, please go ahead!"
Li Xun gave a few more words of caution, turned around and walked back.
When Li Xun was far away, Zeng Shushu turned his head, looked at Lu Xueqi's back, and smiled suddenly: "Senior sister Lu, did you just scold me?"
Lu Xueqi snorted coldly, neither admitting it nor denying it, judging from the meaning, it was more of a default meaning.
Zeng Shushu smiled wryly, pondered for a moment, walked slowly to Lu Xueqi's side, but lowered his voice, and said, "Senior Sister Lu, I have something to ask you."
Lu Xueqi glanced at him, and was slightly taken aback, seeing that Zeng Shushu's expression was very serious at the moment, which was quite different from usual, and said immediately: "What?"
Zeng Shushu took a deep breath, looked around, and then said in a low voice: "Senior Sister Lu, tell me honestly, is the ancient Zhuxian sword of our sect really damaged?"
Lu Xueqi's face turned pale, her eyes flashed, she stared at Zeng Shushu, even the Tianya Excalibur in her hand, with its light blue light like autumn water, seemed to make an invisible buzzing sound, stretched instantly, and then slowly I took it back again.
Zeng Shu's expression changed slightly. He felt that the woman in white in front of him was like ice at the moment, but now it seemed to be a sharp and terrifying needle. He couldn't help but took a step back, and said with a wry smile, "Senior Sister Lu, don't be like this." !"
Lu Xueqi stared at him coldly, and said, "What do you mean by this question?"
Zeng Shushu smiled slightly, and said: "How can I say that I am also a disciple of Qingyun, how can I not care about this kind of thing? Senior sister Wen Min, she returned to the mountain temporarily, maybe it is to report this matter to the teachers?"
Lu Xueqi didn't speak, but just looked at him coldly.
Zeng Shushu nodded and said, "Okay, okay, Senior Sister Lu, you see, I am not malicious, but there are some things here that are very suspicious. There are few opportunities along the way, so I just want to talk to you now."
Lu Xueqi glanced at him and said, "What's the matter?"
Zeng Shushu coughed and said in a low voice, "What kind of person do you think Yun Yilan, the owner of Fenxiang Valley, is?"
Lu Xueqi frowned, and said, "What do you mean?"
Zeng Shushu smiled slightly, and said: "Let's put it this way, do you think Master Yun is a simple-minded person? Or maybe he is a person who hates evil and takes the righteous way of the world as his own responsibility, and has no defense against disciples of Qingyun who are also righteous What about people?"
Lu Xueqi snorted and didn't speak, but her disdain was evident on her face, obviously she completely denied Zeng Shushu's questions.
Zeng Shushu was not angry either, he seemed to have known that Lu Xueqi would have such a reaction, and then said: "Since we all know that Master Yungu is not such a warm-hearted or simple-minded person, then he rashly asked us in the Shanhe Palace that day. Isn't it strange that the three of them asked about Zhu Xian's destruction?"
Lu Xueqi took a deep breath, and looked at Zeng Shushu without saying a word.
Zeng Shushu was a little embarrassed, and said, "Okay! I know it's a bit inappropriate to say such a respected elder behind his back, but look, it's really strange to think about these things..."
"There's nothing wrong with it." Lu Xueqi said in a cold voice, as if she didn't bother to care about Zeng Shushu's slightly widened mouth, and said coldly: "Let's just say it, there is nothing to worry about, from Qingyun Mountain to now, I think he is also Not a nice person!"
"Uh..." Zeng Shushu was surprised and amused at the same time, and was speechless for a moment. He never dreamed that Lu Xueqi, who had always followed the rules, would actually be more out of line than himself, directly speaking of contempt for a respected senior. But looking back, it seems that there really are quite a few conflicts between this unparalleled beauty and that respectable senior and his disciples!
Looking at Lu Xueqi's face, Zeng Shushu felt chills on the back of his neck for some reason, and instinctively thought to himself, did he accidentally poke a hornet's nest? He coughed immediately, and quickly changed the subject, saying: "Well, uh, well, let's not care about his character for now, I mean, in this matter, there are at least a few things that are very unusual about Valley Master Yun..."
"How did he know the news that Zhu Xian's ancient sword was damaged, that's one." Lu Xueqi cut off the words, her face remained unchanged, but there was a gleam of light in her eyes, like a dazzling crystal, "Second, After he found out, why did he tell us? He clearly knew that the news came out of his mouth, and we must report it to the teachers of Qingyun Sect, so wouldn't there be changes between Fenxiang Valley and Qingyun Sect immediately?"
Zeng Shushu nodded again and again, and said: "I knew that with Senior Sister Lu's intelligence, she would definitely not fail to discover the critical relationship." After a pause, he continued: "Thinking about it carefully, there are no more than two situations for Master Yun. First, Qingyun Sect has a spy who tipped him off. Even Qingyun disciples like me have kept the news, but he actually knew about it. It can be seen that the status of this spy should not be underestimated. But what he said, Could it be possible to reveal the identity of the spy instead?"
Lu Xueqi snorted, and said: "Secondly, what is the purpose of him telling us these words? Is it to remind Qingyunmen that he already knows this secret, or to warn all the teachers that Fenxianggu is no longer afraid of Qingyunmen?"
Zeng Shushu took a deep look at Lu Xueqi, sighed, and said: "What I thought in my heart, you have already thought of it, so it's useless for me to remind you. But it's right to think about it, you asked Senior Sister Wen Min to temporarily return to Qingyun , just report these things to the elders!"
Lu Xueqi nodded silently.
The corner of Zeng Shushu's mouth twitched, and suddenly he let out a long sigh, the voice was actually very emotional.
Lu Xueqi was slightly startled, and said, "What's wrong with you?"
Zeng Shushu smiled wryly, and said: "I, I am sighing because of the ancient sword of Zhu Xian in our sect. To be honest, although I have thought of this these few days, I am still very reluctant that it is true. I would rather guess wrong by myself. gone."
Lu Xueqi didn't speak, but turned her head silently, looking ahead. In the depths of the dense forest, it is dark and gloomy, and the future is not even half bright.
Zeng Shushu heaved a sigh of relief, shook his head, and said, "Forget it, there is no other way to think about it anyway, so I have to take a step and take a look. I want to see what is sold in the gourd of that Yungu master? What medicine?"
Lu Xueqi didn't answer, her gaze inadvertently shifted to the blurred trace she found just now.
Zeng Shushu whispered from the side: "Actually, although the beast god you mentioned is also possible, I still think it should not be him."
Lu Xueqi said: "Then who do you think it is?"
Zeng Shushu pondered for a moment, then said in a low voice: "If what Li Xun said is true, and it is not the other disciples of their Fenxiang Valley, I am afraid that these traces are probably left by the remnants of the Demon Sect."
Lu Xueqi's body shook, she turned her head, her usually cold and beautiful face was moved for the first time, and said, "Why do you say that?"
Zeng Shushu pointed to the trace and said: "Look, although this trace is vague, it is obviously the trace left by humans passing through this place. Since Fenxiang Valley has never been here, there is no other sect in the world who is more familiar with it than them. It is hard to imagine that they will be traced to this place. But the Demon Cult is different. After the great war between good and evil, the Demon Cult was expelled from the Middle Earth by the Righteous Way. It is likely that they will come to such a poor place. So it’s them, I think it’s very possible.”
"What do you think! Senior Sister Lu?" Zeng Shushu turned his head and asked, but seeing Lu Xueqi's expression, he couldn't help being startled.
The beautiful woman looked at the footprints in a daze, her complexion looked a little pale, but she unexpectedly had a faint blush, faintly revealing from the depths of her skin. In this remote and cold ancient forest, she stood quietly, as if she had fallen into a strange dream, and could no longer hear the words of the people around her.