Qingyun Mountain, Big Bamboo Peak.
Outside the Shoujing Hall, the disciples of Dazhu Peak, from Song Daren to Du Bishu, stood lined up outside the door, with anxious and worried expressions on their faces, watching the Shoujing Hall from time to time.
After a while, footsteps sounded in the Shoujing Hall, and a woman walked out, but it was Wen Min from Xiaozhufeng.
Song Daren and other disciples from the Great Bamboo Peak immediately surrounded him, Song Daren was familiar with Wen Min, saw that there was no one behind Wen Min, and asked in a low voice, "How is my teacher's wife?"
Wen Min nodded, and said softly: "Uncle Su is fine. When I returned to the mountain just now, I suddenly fainted. I heard from my master that it was because of worrying too much. Now my master is with her inside and has woken up." coming."
Song Daren and the others all heaved a sigh of relief, but none of them looked happy.
Du Bishu said with a bitter face: "This is really a bolt from the blue! There is no news about Master, and now even Master's wife is almost in trouble..."
"Shut up!" Song Daren frowned, and Du Bishu smiled wryly, shaking his head and remaining silent.
Song Daren turned to Wen Min, and said, "My teacher's wife, did she ask you to tell us anything?"
Wen Min shook his head, and said: "No, Uncle Su was just talking to my master in a low voice, and after a few words, the master asked me to come out as well, as if he didn't want me to know anything."
Song Daren frowned, and said, "This... this..."
Seeing that he was in a hurry, Wen Min couldn't bear it, and persuaded him: "Senior Brother Song, don't be too anxious. Anyway, what a big deal, isn't Master Su and my master still there! Now that something has happened, Uncle Su sees it. If you are exhausted physically and mentally, you have to bear the burden here a lot."
Song Daren sighed, nodded and said, "You are right."
He pondered for a moment, then turned his head and said to the other juniors: "Okay, okay, now that I know that my wife is safe, I say that you don't have to stand here all the time, or if your wife finds out, it will cause trouble for her instead. Everyone go back first Go to your own room, the homework that should be done is still to be done, I will stay here and guard it first."
Wu Dayi, He Dazhi, Du Bishu and others glanced at each other, and after a moment of silence, Wu Dayi, the second child, nodded and said, "That's fine, let's listen to what Senior Brother has to say." After speaking, he turned to Song Song again. Daren said: "Eldest senior brother, I'll come over and replace you later!"
Song Daren was just about to shake his head and refuse, but He Dazhi patted him on the shoulder and said, "Eldest brother, tell us to rest well, don't take it carelessly, my wife won't like you like this."
Song Daren smiled wryly and nodded. Everyone gradually dispersed, only Song Daren and Wen Min stood outside the Shoujing Hall, speechless for a moment.
The two looked at each other, Wen Min suddenly blushed, and slowly lowered his head, Song Daren coughed, but felt his heart beating faster, he quickly collected himself, laughed dryly, and said: "Wen …Junior Sister, didn’t you just go to Southern Border with Lu Xueqi from Xiaozhu Peak not long ago, why did you come back so soon?”
Wen Min shook his head and said: "I went to southern Xinjiang, and I didn't plan to come back so early, but something strange happened there, after I discussed with Junior Sister Lu, I felt that the matter was not trivial, so I rushed back to report it first Master and all the elders, Junior Sister Lu is still staying in southern Xinjiang to see what happens."
Song Daren was startled, and said: "What is so important?"
Wen Min hesitated for a moment, glanced around, then approached Song Daren, and whispered a few words in his ear, before she finished speaking, Song Daren's expression changed a little.
After Wen Min came together one by one, he left his side, stood in front of him and looked at him, sighed lowly, and said, "Now you know why I rushed back!"
Song Daren's face was uncertain, and after a long while, he said something in a daze, "This... is really troublesome!"
Wen Min was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Who says it's not! I also feel that there is a wave of ups and downs, and a wave of ups and downs, and after I came back, this kind of thing happened again in this door... Sigh!"
She sighed, and didn't say any more, Song Daren stood with her, suddenly felt that the woman beside her was thinner, she looked a little weaker, couldn't help but slowly stood closer.
Wen Min was lowering his head in deep thought, he didn't seem to feel anything, but the corner of his mouth moved slightly, but he didn't speak, just stood there so quietly.
The two figures stood quietly outside the Shoujing Hall on Dazhu Peak.
In the distance, the waves of bamboo on the Big Bamboo Peak are bursting, and the warm sun is shining down. In the blue sky, it is a beautiful scene of high air and clear clouds, watching the world gently.
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In the backyard of Shoujing Hall, in a secluded bedroom, two women were sitting facing each other.
Master Shuiyue was silent for a long time, and said: "Junior Sister, why don't you lie down on the bed for a while!"
Suru shook her head slowly, although she looked tired, she still said firmly and in a low voice: "I won't go, even if I lie down, I won't be able to fall asleep."
Master Shuiyue sighed, and said: "Junior Sister, don't worry too much, just like what I told you just now, no matter what, Tian Buyi disappeared at the same time as the head brother, you really didn't see him If you encounter... an accident, don't think about it anymore. Besides, although Senior Brother Xuan has been wrong recently, his supernatural powers are far above us, and so is his concentration. Tian Buyi is his senior brother for many years. He definitely won't mess around."
Suru was silent, but her eyes were slightly red again.
Master Shuiyue shook his head, stood up, and walked a few steps back and forth in the room, obviously a little upset. Even ordinary disciples can see the current chaos in Qingyunmen, let alone elders like them who know something about the inside story.
Suru forced a smile, changed the subject, and said, "Senior sister, why did you suddenly go to Tongtian Peak today?"
Master Shuiyue said angrily: "It's not all because of the mess at Fenxianggu Yunyilan, I was going to discuss it with the senior brother in charge, but I didn't expect such a big thing to happen, and in the end even Tangtang's family The Lord has disappeared."
Suru frowned, and said: "Yun Yilan, the owner of Fenxiang Valley? Does he have anything to do with us Qingyun?"
Master Shuiyue sneered, and said: "My disciples Lu Xueqi and Wen Min went to the southern border to track down the whereabouts of the beast monster, you know it?"
Suru nodded and said: "I know! I was wondering just now! Why did Wen Min come back so quickly and follow you, did that Lu Xueqi also come back?"
Master Shuiyue shook his head, and said: "Xue Qi hasn't come back yet, this time it was Wen Min who went back to the mountain to report to me after the two of them discussed it."
Suru asked, "What happened?"
Master Shuiyue said: "When they were visiting that Yun Yilan in southern Xinjiang, Yun Yilan suddenly asked them if our Qingyun Sect's ancient Zhuxian sword has been damaged!"
Suru's face changed drastically, she said in astonishment, "What?"
Master Shuiyue sneered and said: "You are also surprised! I heard it at the time, and I was really shocked by it. Yun Yilan is thousands of miles away, how could he know this great secret? Senior brother Daoxuan told us all about it that day. The door veins of the disciples present are like guarding against thieves, just for fear that this matter will be leaked, do you still remember?"
Suru was silent for a long time, and the worry in her eyes became more serious, she sighed: "This is really a bad story that has spread far and wide."
Master Shuiyue paced back and forth, and said, "And have you ever thought about why Yun Yilan said such things to those juniors?"
Suru nodded slowly, and said: "I'm also thinking about this matter, if it's for the sake of being righteous, he shouldn't mention it in public, instead he should hide it for us; if not, he is He has ulterior motives, but he should keep it hidden, seeing the timing is what a character like him should do."
"That's right!" Master Shuiyue snorted, and said, "That's the problem. This old Yun Yilan seems to have done something stupid that would only be done by a fool. It's not pleasing to both sides, but I waited Everyone knows that this person is not a fool, but a cunning and cunning person, but what he wants to do is really hard to figure out."
Suru pondered for a long time, but suddenly reached out and rubbed her forehead, her face showing pain.
Master Shuiyue was taken aback, and quickly walked over to support her, and blamed himself: "Look at me, you are already upset enough, and I still tell you these things, okay, don't say it, don't say it it's..."
Suru smiled wryly, and said: "Oh... If in the past, there was a senior brother who was in charge of the overall situation, we would not have been afraid of these things at all, but now Qingyunmen is in chaos first, and the situation outside is extremely chaotic, I don't know How many foreign enemies look at the tiger and delay, I really don't know what to do... "
Master Shuiyue frowned, and then said softly: "Junior Sister, don't talk about it, look how tired you are. Didn't I tell you, although the head brother has a weird temper these days and is different from the past, but He practiced Taoism and practiced spiritually, and his mind was firm, so we didn't have to be afraid of anything."
Suru shook her head, and said casually: "Senior sister, you don't understand. Although the senior brother in charge of the sect is powerful, but the fierce spirit of the Ancient Sword of Jade Immortals will get stronger when he encounters the stronger. It's even deeper..."
Master Shuiyue was startled, and said, "What did you say?"
Suru was startled, and then realized that she had slipped her tongue, and was about to cover it up, Master Shuiyue frowned deeply, walked up to her, and said solemnly: "Junior Sister, what secrets does the ancient sword of Zhu Xian have? If you know it, tell me quickly.”
Suru was silent for a long time, sighed, and said: "Forget it, anyway, it will be impossible to hide it sooner or later, senior sister, let me tell you! Actually, this happened more than a hundred years ago..."
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In the 100,000 mountains in southern Xinjiang, in the depths of Zhenmogu Cave.
Reunited after a long absence, after the first words, both Xiao Bai and Gui Li felt like they didn't know what to say, only Xiao Hui, the monkey lying on Gui Li's shoulder, seemed very happy to see Xiao Bai, grinning non-stop.
Gui Li was startled suddenly, seemed to remember something, turned his head to look at the way he came from, but there was only darkness, he couldn't help frowning, and said to Xiao Bai: "What did you do to the woman who came with me? "
Xiaobai snorted, and said lightly: "What can I do to her? You really have so many things to worry about!"
Gui Li was silent for a moment, shook his head, didn't want to get entangled in this issue, and immediately said: "By the way, why are you here? I haven't heard from you since you left that day, this time I'm here Nanjiang also inquired secretly, but they couldn't find you either."
Xiaobai smiled, his figure seemed to be swaying gently in the blue light, and between the swaying, it was full of charming charm, and said: "Didn't I tell you when I left, I want to find the 'Eight Fierce Mysterious Fire Art' array' for you."
Gui Li said: "I remember, so I also went to the Xuanhuo Altar in Fenxiang Valley, but I didn't find anything. By the way, you still haven't said what you are doing here?"
Xiaobai shrugged his shoulders, and said, "I'm here, of course, for the magic circle, and to see an old friend by the way."
Gui Li looked at her, pondered for a moment, and said: "Could it be that you mean here..."
Xiaobai nodded and said: "That's right, after the magic circle at the Xuanhuo Altar in Fenxiang Valley was destroyed, only the Eight Ominous Xuanhuo magic circle remained intact in the ancient cave of Zhenmo in the world. In addition, my old friend happened to be here Here!"
Gui Li's face changed, and he said slowly: "That old friend you mentioned, could it be..."
Xiao Bai smiled slightly, and said: "It is the king of beast monsters and beast gods that you are talking about."
Although Gui Li somewhat thought of it, but when he heard Xiao Bai say it himself, he was still startled for a moment, he didn't know what to say.
After a while, Gui Li said slowly: "How can you have friendship with him?"
Xiaobai looked at him, still with a gentle smile on his face, but his eyes were as clear as water, but with a bit of sarcasm, he said: "Don't you know that I am an old fairy, I am old, Naturally, I know a lot of things, and I know a lot of monsters!"
Gui Li was silent, Xiao Bai glanced at him, and said: "What about you! What are you doing here? Just now you said that the ghost king ordered that woman to bring you here, what the hell is he trying to do?"
Gui Li shook his head and said: "The Sect Master of the Ghost King ordered me to come here, not to chase and kill that beast god."
Xiao Bai was taken aback, and said, "It's not about killing him, so what do you want to come here for thousands of miles?"
Gui Li said: "He wants me to subdue a Taotie beast that is beside Beast God and bring it back to him."
"Glutton?"
Xiaobai was stunned again, frowned and thought for a moment, then said to himself: "It's weird, when did he become interested in Taotie?"
Gui Li said indifferently: "I don't know about that, anyway, he passed the order like this, so I will follow through."
Xiaobai snorted, and said: "That Taotie is a spirit beast that never leaves the Beast God's side. If you want to take it in, you must pass the Beast God's test. Are you sure you can beat the Beast God? Or Do you also think that after he was injured, he wanted to make trouble?"
Gui Li looked at Xiao Bai, didn't speak, after a while he suddenly smiled, but he took a step, walked past Xiao Bai, and walked towards the darkness deeper in the cave.
Xiaobai's complexion changed slightly, and he followed beside him, saying, "What do you mean?"
Xiao Hui, who was lying on Gui Li's shoulder, saw Xiao Bai was beside him, jumped off Gui Li's shoulder with a "huh", and landed on Xiao Bai. Xiao Bai caught the monkey, hugged it to his chest, stroked its head, couldn't help but have a kind look in his eyes, then turned his head to look at Ghost Li.
Gui Li said slowly: "You know, what the suzerain ordered me to do, as long as it is not too much, I will do it for him."
Xiaobai snorted, and said, "Have you ever thought that you may feel better if you do this yourself, but what you have done these years may not necessarily be what Baguio likes you to do, right? !"
Gui Li's footsteps suddenly stopped, and his whole body seemed to stand still for a moment. Xiao Bai frowned, and also stopped, but instead of looking at Ghost Li, he lowered his head and slowly looked at the monkey Xiao Hui, gently stroking its hair. Xiao Hui blinked her three eyes, seemed a little puzzled, looked at Xiao Bai for a while, and looked at the master again for a while.
Gui Li was silent for a long time, then said in a low voice: "Since you know that doing this will make me feel better, why do you still say that?"
Xiaobai sighed and didn't speak.
Ghost Li's figure suddenly seemed a bit lonely, but he stood in the faint blue light, but he didn't turn his head back, as if he was used to it long ago and never looked back, he was silent for a long time, and finally he only said: " I have never done anything that hurts heaven and reason!"
After all, he didn't say another word, and continued to walk forward.
Looking at that figure, Xiao Bai also fell silent, and after a while, she looked at Xiao Hui in her arms, only to see the monkey's three eyes looking at her.
Xiaobai smiled wryly, and said: "Your master! It's really strange that you haven't gone crazy for more than ten years!"
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The two figures walked for a long time in the depths of Zhenmo Ancient Cave, Gui Li didn't rush on his way, but Xiao Bai seemed to be preoccupied, neither stopped Gui Li from looking for the Beast God, nor pointed out the direction of the road, just Walking behind him, thoughtful.
Suddenly, Gui Li stopped in his tracks, in front of him, in the darkness ahead, a faint green light suddenly lit up, flickering non-stop, shimmering at a height several feet above the ground.
And all around, there was silence, not to mention breathing, even the stench of those ferocious beasts was not at all.
At this moment, Xiao Bai, who was walking behind Gui Li, sighed, and said: "Here we are, there is a door under the green light in front of you, and there is a big stone room after passing through that door, the people and spirit beasts you are looking for will all be there." It's inside."
Ghost Li didn't speak, but Xiao Hui looked at Xiao Bai's face, jumped up suddenly, jumped back to Ghost Li's shoulder a few times, then turned back to grin at Xiao Bai, and patted his head.
Xiao Bai also smiled slightly at Xiao Hui, and then said to Gui Li: "Listen to me, I have a very close relationship with the Beast God, so I'm afraid it's impossible for me to help you deal with him. I think that even though you have never fought against each other, you should be aware of it! Although he was severely injured by the sword of Zhu Xian, he is not something that ordinary cultivators can deal with, so..." She looked at him and said slowly : "Really, you let go now, it's not too late!"
Gui Li was silent for a while, but turned to Xiao Bai, slowly shook his head, then took a deep breath, collected himself, and walked towards the green light. Looking at his figure, Xiaobai did not continue to follow, but there was a hint of resentment and tenderness in his eyes.
Suddenly, she slightly raised her voice towards Gui Li's figure, and said: "Do you still have that Profound Fire Mirror on you?"
Gui Li was stunned for a moment, stopped in his tracks, turned his head, and said, "Yes, what's the matter?"
On Xiaobai's face, he seemed a little helpless, slowly shook his head, and said: "Remember: first, the beast god can be defeated; second, in a critical situation, you can use the Xuanhuo Jian to try it out."
Gui Li nodded, although he was still a bit puzzled, he didn't want to ask more, and said: "Thank you very much." After finishing speaking, he continued to turn around and merged into the darkness.
From far away, the monkey Xiaohui called "Zhizhi" a few times.
Xiaobai looked at the darkness, stood where he was, silently, as if he was already stunned, and seemed to be silently waiting for something.
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Under the green light, there is indeed a stone door, but the door has long since disappeared. The green light that can be seen clearly at this moment turns out to be a huge green gemstone, which is inlaid on the rock wall of the stone door.
Ghost Li didn't pause, walked in, his eyes suddenly lit up, a burning brazier was placed alone on the ground in the distance, around the fire of the brazier, there was darkness again, it is not clear how big this stone room is. But behind the firelight, he really saw a man, a man in bright silk clothes, sitting on the ground with his back leaning on a small stone platform, looking at him with a smile.
He was familiar with that person's face, and beside that man, the evil beast Taotie slowly stood up, roaring in a low voice full of hostility.
The man who looked a bit coquettish, although his face was tired, but there still seemed to be a faint smile in his eyes, smiling at Gui Li who was standing at the door, and said: "We meet again !"