The night is deep, the wind and the earth are blowing, and the fallen leaves do not know where they come from, floating gently in the wind and rain, passing by with the wind.
Under the turquoise oilcloth umbrella, her clothes fluttered gently, and a few strands of black hair stuck to her snow-white cheeks.
Zhang Xiaofan stood where he was, but for a split second, confusion flashed through his mind. In the middle of the night in this foreign land, in a strange place, there is a wind and rain that seems familiar...
He walked over slowly, into the wind and rain.
Behind him, in the depths of the darkness, there are deep eyes, watching silently.
As he got closer, the whole world seemed to quiet down quietly.
Her gaze is right in front of her.
As gentle as promised.
"Why haven't you gone to sleep yet?" Zhang Xiaofan said slowly.
Baguio didn't answer, just looked at him, his eyes were as bright as water, reflecting his shadow.
The rain gradually wetted his clothes, and from his hair, slowly condensed into small and crystal water droplets, flowed through his black hair, dripped lightly, and slid down his face.
"What about you?" She asked back, "Why haven't you slept yet?"
Zhang Xiaofan was silent for a while, said: "Shitou snores in his sleep, it's too loud, I can't sleep."
Bi Yao was stunned for a moment, then chuckled softly with a "puchi", her eyes flowed, and the faint light that vaguely surrounded her seemed to suddenly light up.
In Zhang Xiaofan's eyes, she is like a lily that gently blooms in the rain in the middle of the night.
She smiled, stretched out her hand, and took Zhang Xiaofan's hand, Zhang Xiaofan took a step forward involuntarily. In the wind and rain, the small green umbrella turned sideways and blocked his head.
Under the umbrella, there was her soft breathing.
Zhang Xiaofan's heart beat suddenly quickened, so he turned his eyes away, not looking at her, but the faint fragrance that seemed to emanate from her body surrounded him.
"Tomorrow, are you going to Liubo Mountain?" Biguio said quietly.
Zhang Xiaofan's heart moved, he said: "Yes!" He said, he looked up at her: "What about you?"
Baguio smiled lightly and said, "I'm going too!"
Zhang Xiaofan's complexion changed, he frowned and said: "Stop being childish, there are a lot of decent people there, my master's temper is even worse, you will be in danger if you go there."
Baguio stopped talking and just watched him silently. Zhang Xiaofan felt vaguely uneasy in his heart, but he couldn't say anything, but he thought it would be bad for him to stand in the rain late at night with her, so he said: "Then I'll go back first."
Baguio didn't answer, Zhang Xiaofan left her side and walked back.
But when he was halfway away, her voice suddenly came from behind him in the rain.
"Xiao Fan!"
Zhang Xiaofan was stunned, this was the first time Bi Yao called him so affectionately.
He turned around slowly, the wind and rain between them seemed to be getting bigger, so Bi Yao's face seemed a little blurred, but her voice was transmitted so clearly.
"When I was standing here alone just now, I thought to myself, in fact, if the two of us die in the blood dripping hole and cannot escape, that would be fine."
Zhang Xiaofan was shocked, then forced a laugh, said: "Stop joking around." Saying that, he walked away quickly.
Baguio looked at his figure, lowered her head slowly, and said softly in a voice only she could hear, "At least, I won't regret it."
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Zhang Xiaofan walked up the corridor, got away from the wind and rain, and seemed relieved in his heart. For some reason, he always felt an unknown sense of tension when facing Baguio, a beautiful woman from the Demon Cult. Perhaps, this was the pressure brought by her identity!
He sighed secretly, but couldn't help but glanced back, seeing that woman was still standing amidst the wind and rain, shook his head, and walked back to his room.
Not long after he left, Baguio, holding a green umbrella, also came up and stood on the corridor, looking at the direction he was walking, silent and silent.
At this moment, in the dark place behind her, the darkness suddenly moved, but a woman in black clothes, even her face was covered with a black veil, came out and walked to her side.
Baguio turned her head and said lightly, "Aunt You."
The woman in black glanced at Zhang Xiaofan's direction, and said in a calm and emotionless voice: "Let's go! Your father is waiting for you at Liubo Mountain!"
Baguio nodded slowly.
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Early in the morning, Zhang Xiaofan, who finally fell asleep, was woken up loudly by Shi Shi: "Brother Zhang, wake up soon."
Zhang Xiaofan struggled to open his eyes, only to see that Shitou was full of energy and energy, obviously he slept very well last night!
He smiled wryly, didn't say anything, got up, and walked to the washbasin next to him to wash his face with his eyes dazed. Shi Shi sat on his bed and said with a smile, "Brother Zhang, I didn't mean you. You are so young and a cultivator. You should be refreshed after waking up in the night. How do you look? As if sleeping!"
Zhang Xiaofan thought in his heart: "Who can sleep with you here." But he could only nod with a wry smile on his face.
After the two of them washed up, Shitou pulled Zhang Xiaofan and prepared to call Biguio to set off together. Zhang Xiaofan frowned secretly, but he really didn't want to, but he couldn't tell Shitou clearly. Unexpectedly, the two of them knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered. Then they went to the shopkeeper to ask, but it was Baguio who paid the bill and left late last night, and by the way, they also settled the accommodation expenses of the two of them.
Stone was stunned for a moment, shaking his head feeling strange. Zhang Xiaofan stood aside, thinking in his mind, from the time shopkeeper Wang said, she probably left not long after he broke up with Biguio.
In fact, Zhang Xiaofan had always worried about what to do if Baguio wanted to go to Mount Liubo with him, but this time she suddenly left without saying goodbye, and he felt at a loss for a while.
Shi Shi who was standing next to him happened to come over to discuss with Zhang Xiaofan, unexpectedly at this moment shopkeeper Wang looked at him a few more times, and suddenly said: "Dare to ask this Your Excellency, but his name is Shi Shi?"
Shi Shi was startled, and said, "Exactly, how did you know?"
Shopkeeper Wang showed joy on his face, and took out a letter from under the counter, saying: "This is a letter sent to me by a customer this morning, and it is said that it is for a burly young man named Shitou. That must be you, guest officer."
Shi Shi took the letter and saw that his name was indeed written on the envelope, so he opened it to read, and Zhang Xiaofan also recovered his senses and looked over at this time. Shi Shi looked at it, frowned, and lost his voice: "Master!"
Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback, said: "What's wrong with your master?"
Shitou shook his head and said, "I don't know, but this letter was written by my master, asking me to go to the Earth Temple in the west of the city to meet him immediately. Brother Zhang, I think we have to separate temporarily."
Zhang Xiaofan nodded, said: "It's okay, then you go, I'm also in a hurry to go to Liubo Mountain to meet my master and the others!"
Shitou smiled and said: "When I meet Master, I will tell him that most likely he will also go to Liubo Mountain, and we will see you then."
Zhang Xiaofan spent quite a lot of time with him, and he was somewhat close in his heart, he said with a smile, "Okay!"
Stone nodded, turned and left.
Zhang Xiaofan sent him to the door of the inn, watched his tall body disappear into the crowd, stood there for a while, then turned his head away, and walked east alone.
After they were all gone, Zhou Yixian and his granddaughter Xiaohuan slowly walked out of the lobby of Haiyun Building.
Xiaohuan whispered: "It's so dangerous, I almost ran into an enemy." As he said that, he gave Zhou Yixian a sideways look, and said, "It's not all about you, grandpa. For those who have lived, I think the most wronged person in the world is probably me."
Zhou Yixian gave Xiaohuan a white look and ignored her. At this time, shopkeeper Wang saw the old fairy coming out, so he naturally greeted him a long time ago, served tea and dishes attentively, and warmly entertained him. Zhou Yixian was also polite, and sat down with Xiaohuan Dasai, and chatted with shopkeeper Wang without saying a word.
Shopkeeper Wang said: "Old Immortal, do you know? We heard that something big happened outside Changhe City last night?"
Zhou Zhouxian was taken aback, and said, "What's going on?"
Shopkeeper Wang said: "I don't know too well, but I heard that it is the orthodox cultivators who gathered here these days. Last night, they met people from the Demon Cult on the west side of the city. The two sides fought fiercely. I heard from people in the west of the city that even the city walls are shaking!"
Zhou Yixian asked in surprise, "Have the Devil's Cult and decent sect started fighting?"
Shopkeeper Wang shrugged his shoulders, and said: "The news was uploaded earlier, but it probably won't be false!" He said with concern: "Old Immortal, the righteous people are all cultivators. Sects generally don’t seek ill luck for us ordinary people. But you have profound morals, if someone asks you to punish the Demon Sect, you must be careful!”
"Pfft", Xiaohuan next to him was taking a sip of tea, and couldn't help but spit it out.
Zhou Yixian glared at Xiaohuan. Xiaohuan suppressed her laughter, and seeing shopkeeper Wang looked over with concern, she had a hard time keeping her normal tone and said, "Ah! Shopkeeper Wang, it doesn't matter to me, yes, hehe, it's because I choked on drinking water. , huh, choking..."
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Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea (Note 1), 7,000 miles into the sea, is the extreme east of this world, and farther away is the vast sea, boundless.
This place is extremely remote, originally it was uninhabited, but just a few days after Zhang Xiaofan and others entered Kongsang Mountain, demon cult figures suddenly appeared from all over the place, within a few days, dozens of cultivation sects were wiped out by the demon sect, and the world was shocked . After 800 years, the Demon Cult has re-emerged with great momentum.
In the Righteous Path, various sects headed by Qingyunmen, Tianyin Temple and Fenxianggu hurriedly discussed. At this moment, news suddenly came from Fenxiang Valley that a large number of people from the Devil's Cult will gather in the remote place of Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea. I don't know why
The so-called morality is at the forefront, and the situation is at odds, and people in the righteous way are filled with righteous indignation. Not long after, the three major sects were the main ones, and elite disciples were sent out to Mount Liubo in the East China Sea, led by elders with profound cultivation. Along the way, many decent people joined in, intending to wipe out the monsters and benefit the common people in the world.
Along the way, Zhang Xiaofan deliberately inquired, and somehow knew what happened, the blood in his chest surged, and he strengthened his idea of going to the East China Sea.
However, the journey to this extreme east is extremely long. The Demon Cult chose this place because they saw that although the Central Plains is a rich place, it is also a place where the three sects are deeply rooted, so they are willing to go to the big island. It's just that I never expected that the righteous way is prosperous now, and in the hearts of all righteous people, righteousness is the first word, and those who are far away are still rushing to destroy them and then quickly!
Along the way, Zhang Xiaofan hurried on, except for resting, he just flew in the sky with a firestick. About two days later, I went out to the sea. At first, I could often see some small islands. After another ten days, I flew far away, and only saw the blue sea and blue sky, the sky was high and the clouds were light.
He often flies day and night, the sea is clear and blue, if it is not for the rippling waves, it is almost like a crystal clear and beautiful gemstone under his feet, but there is no shadow of an island.
At this time Zhang Xiaofan was dumbfounded in mid-air, the sea breeze was blowing, it was cool on his face, but he was full of anxiety in his heart.
Today, it has been ten days since he flew out of the East China Sea, and this time he couldn't find an island to rest for a day and two nights. Unexpectedly, he got lost in this boundless sea.
But these days, he has slept in the open air, nothing else, his ability to fly in the sky has greatly improved, and he is no longer as frightened as before.
At this moment, he looked up at the sky, and then looked down at the blue sea under his feet, and couldn't help but smile wryly.
Just when he didn't think about it, Zhang Xiaofan suddenly heard a crisp bird song in front of him, he looked up and saw it was a pure white seagull, soaring above the sea.
Zhang Xiaofan's heart moved, when he first went out to sea, he often saw these seabirds, but after flying too far, the seabirds were beyond his strength, so he couldn't see them anymore. Unexpectedly, in the depths of the sea, seabirds can still be seen. It seems that there must be islands nearby.
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaofan immediately became excited, and without hesitation, he flew towards the seagull. The vast sea is boundless, and on the distant horizon, the sea and sky are the same color, like a poem and a picture.
Flying between the heaven and the earth, Yukong suddenly felt as if he was out of the dust, and felt refreshed, as if his whole body was integrated with the sky and the earth.
After flying for another half an hour, I saw a small island appearing in front of me. Looking down from the sky, the whole island is lush and full of vegetation, and the sea water near the island is clear and blue, like crystal clear sapphire.
Zhang Xiaofan had been flying for a long time, he was a little tired, so he landed with the fire stick, and rested on this island for a while. As soon as his feet set foot on the ground, Zhang Xiaofan looked around, he saw that looking on the ground, the scenery is different from looking in the sky, it is more clear.
The clear sea water washes the white sandy beach wave after wave. Near the sea, there are mostly trees that have never been seen in Middle Earth. The trunks are tall, but there are no side branches, and they go straight to the sky. The branches and leaves, under the branches and leaves, are bearing fruits as big as a child's head.
And deeper into the island, besides the tall trees, the low shrubs gradually flourished. The forest is densely covered, but there is no road in sight. It seems that no one has been here for thousands of years.
Above the head, seagulls are singing and circling over the island, and the fresh sea breeze is blowing from the sea level, which is very cool. Zhang Xiaofan took a deep breath, in this desolate and lonely place, a sense of tiredness came up, looked around, there was nothing strange, then found a clean place, lay down with all his clothes on, soon fell into a deep sleep.
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This sleep was quite sound, the island was quiet, except for the tide and sea breeze, there was no abnormal movement, and naturally no one would come to disturb him, Zhang Xiaofan slept until dusk before waking up.
Stretching, standing up, Zhang Xiaofan strolled to the beach, raised his eyes and saw the seascape at dusk, which is quite different from the daytime. The setting sun is like blood, and on the western skyline and coastline, the clouds and sea water are red. Clouds and clouds are transpiring, with different shapes and unpredictable changes. The sea breeze blows head-on from the sea, Zhang Xiaofan couldn't help opening his arms, and took a deep breath.
A sense of comfort filled his body, and he seemed to relax in this paradise-like place.
At that moment, he couldn't help thinking that if he could live in this clean place, accompany Senior Sister Ling'er every day, and watch the beautiful sunset, his life would be worthwhile.
Thinking of Tian Ling'er, Zhang Xiaofan's heart became hot again. It has been more than a month since he went down the mountain, since he entered Qingyunmen, he has never been separated from his senior sister for such a long time, now in this quiet island, thinking that his senior sister might be on another nearby island, Zhang Xiaofan immediately felt Tossed up, can no longer be calm.
After standing for a long time, the fluctuating mood gradually calmed down. I only heard two "cuckoos", but I was hungry. Zhang Xiaofan smiled wryly, since he was trapped in the Dripping Blood Cave in Kongsang Mountain, he seems to be particularly hungry. Fortunately, he had enough dry food, but there was not much water left.
Zhang Xiaofan raised his eyes to look around, finally his eyes fell on the fruits of the tall and tall trees, he jumped up and picked a few.
Unexpectedly, the fruit shell was extremely hard, finally Zhang Xiaofan smashed it on the rocks ten times before breaking it open, but the white juice flowed out from it. Zhang Xiaofan was overjoyed, he drank one fruit in one gulp, only felt that although it had a slightly astringent taste, it tasted sweet, it was actually a rare good.
With this natural delicacy, Zhang Xiaofan had a full meal to his heart's content. Seeing that the sky was getting dark, he thought about going on his way tomorrow.
At this time, the sky was getting late, and the sea breeze was blowing on the body, and it became colder and colder. Zhang Xiaofan frowned, walked towards the woods, but hesitated for a while, finally didn't go in, just found a shelter from the wind, lay down and rested.
The night is getting darker, the bright moon rises from the east, and the sky is full of stars, like naughty children, jumping out one by one, blinking their eyes in the night sky.
After sleeping for a long time in the afternoon, Zhang Xiaofan couldn't fall asleep for a while, tossing and turning, he couldn't help but think of the words that thousands of people said to him at the Gudao tea stand that day.
He picked up the firestick stuck in his waist, reflecting the faint light of the stars in the sky, he saw a faint blue light emanating from the originally black firestick, especially the red blood like veins inside, which seemed to be It seems that there is life, and there seems to be fresh blood flowing in it.
Is this what people always say, my essence and blood
Zhang Xiaofan recited a sentence in his heart, feeling mixed feelings for a moment. He still clearly remembered the scene in that deep valley that day, the Blood-devouring Orb sucked out a large amount of blood from his palm...
Zhang Xiaofan's body trembled, he shook his head forcefully, he didn't want to think about those past events anymore. It's just that this magic weapon is still so clearly in front of him, and even the unique cold feeling is still swimming in his body so familiarly, like a part of his body.
That day, although he had said some grandiose words to thousands of people, but when it came to him, he still didn't feel so comfortable.
After all, it is not easy for a young disciple like him who grew up in a famous sect to suddenly accept that his magic weapon is a demonic object.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but looked at the fire stick again, seeing the blood streaks in it that became more and more clear at this moment, he couldn't help thinking in his heart: How many souls have been buried by this magic weapon
The blood in it probably contains many people's resentful spirits!
He couldn't help shivering.
However, he suddenly thought, if what people are telling the truth, then what is the "Ancient Sword of Zhu Xian" in the Huanyue Cave Mansion of Tongtian Peak in Qingyun Mountain
Is justice and evil in this world really as taught by the masters and brothers, have existed since ancient times, and have remained unchanged forever
Suddenly, an unprecedented thought popped up in his mind: Who said that our righteous way must be righteous
Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaofan suddenly jumped up, without hesitation, closed his eyes and gave a "slap", slapped himself hard, and said loudly: "Bastard, damn it, how dare you have such a treacherous idea!"
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"Note 1: "Shan Hai Jing·Hai Jing Volume Nine·Da Huang Dong Jing": In the East China Sea there is Mount Liubo, which enters the sea for seven thousand miles. There is a beast on it, shaped like a bull, with a pale body and no horns, with one leg, and when it comes in and out, there will be wind and rain, its light is like the sun and the moon, and its sound is like thunder. Its name is Kui. The Yellow Emperor got it, used its skin as a drum, and used the bone of a thunder beast as a prong. It was heard for five hundred miles, and it was powerful in the world. 』