This dream seems to have passed another thousand years.
He walked alone in the dark until he saw the village, a sunny and familiar place. He flew away, and those familiar faces looked at him with smiles and jokes.
The fresh air seems to be so sweet to his heart that he can't help rolling and laughing freely on the grass where he plays beside the village.
Suddenly, there were many more children around, and they rushed over. Jing Yu, who was always cheerful, laughed and said, "Are you convinced, are you convinced?"
Not convinced...
He whispered alone, as if repeating the words of the year.
The sky and the earth suddenly darkened, black clouds overwhelmed the top, as low as the sky collapsed, all the people around disappeared suddenly, and the warm village in the distance suddenly disappeared. helpless child...
He suddenly exclaimed: "I've taken it, I've taken it..."
Turned over and sat up, sweating profusely, gasping for breath.
"Xiaofan, what's wrong with you?" A familiar voice seemed to be taken aback by the side, grabbed Zhang Xiaofan's shoulder, and asked anxiously.
Zhang Xiaofan panted, looked to the side, Lin Jingyu was sitting in front of the bed, with a tense and haggard face, staring at him. Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, looked around, it was a small guest room, the furnishings were simple, there were only ordinary tables and chairs and a wooden bed in the room, he was lying on the bed right now, covered with a thin quilt.
He lowered his head, collected himself, and said, "It's nothing, I had a nightmare."
Lin Jingyu looked at him, the corners of his mouth moved, and he slowly let go of his hands.
Zhang Xiaofan was silent for a moment, and said, "Where are we?"
Lin Jingyu hesitated for a moment, and said: "We have already left Liubo Mountain, and now we are in Changhe City on the East Sea. This is a small inn in Changhe City."
Zhang Xiaofan remained silent.
The room suddenly seemed very quiet, after a while, Lin Jingyu suddenly said: "Xiaofan, do you have anything to say to me?"
Zhang Xiaofan's shoulders seemed to tremble, he raised his eyes to look at him, this childhood playmate is looking at him deeply at this moment, but the look in his eyes is so strange.
He lowered his head again, and said slowly: "No, Jing Yu."
Lin Jingyu frowned, and was about to say something, but finally held back.
There was another silence, Zhang Xiaofan said: "Why are we back?"
Lin Jingyu sighed, and said: "On Liubo Mountain that day, after you passed out, everyone saw you...you looked at each other in blank dismay. Finally, my master and Uncle Tian discussed it and brought you We retreated first. There seems to be some confusion in the Devil's Cult, and the attention seems to be on the monster, and we didn't stop it, so we returned to Changhe City smoothly."
Zhang Xiaofan was silent for a moment, then said: "How long have I been like this?"
Lin Jingyu said: "It has been three days."
Zhang Xiaofan remained silent for a while, Lin Jingyu looked at him, feeling agitated in his heart, couldn't help but blurted out: "Xiaofan, what's going on with you? How could you..."
"Jing Yu!" Zhang Xiaofan suddenly called out loudly, interrupting Lin Jing Yu's questioning.
Lin Jingyu was startled for a moment, then looked at him.
Zhang Xiaofan's voice was also a little hoarse, he didn't look at Lin Jingyu's expression, just lowered his head and said in a low voice: "Don't ask, don't ask again, okay?"
Lin Jingyu gritted his teeth, stood up, looked at Zhang Xiaofan for a long time, finally turned around and walked out, but when he was about to reach the door, he suddenly turned around and said to Zhang Xiaofan: "Xiaofan, don't worry, don't worry You are... for whatever reason, I believe in you, and I will definitely ask Master to speak for you!"
Zhang Xiaofan sat on the bed, motionless, as if he didn't hear, Lin Jingyu glanced at him again, turned around resolutely and went out, there seemed to be people standing outside the door, Lin Jingyu talked to them in a low voice, Then his footsteps faded away.
In the room, it was very quiet.
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I don't know how long it took, Zhang Xiaofan raised his head slowly, and lifted the quilt, only to see that he was still wearing the same clothes that he wore on Liubo Mountain, no one had changed for him after all. He subconsciously stretched out his hand to touch the head of the bed, but suddenly his hand stopped in mid-air.
It was empty.
The fire stick that had followed him all these years had disappeared.
He sat there in a daze, his lips trembling slightly.
Suddenly, he quickly got out of bed, ran straight to the door of this room, and opened the door.
The two people standing outside the door turned around in astonishment, they were Song Daren and Du Bishu.
Seeing Zhang Xiaofan, the expressions of the two of them seemed to be a bit strange, after a long while, Du Bishu could only laugh, and said: "Little, little brother, are you awake?"
A ray of sunlight, shining down from the sky behind them, hit Zhang Xiaofan's face, Zhang Xiaofan suddenly felt a little dizzy, and his body also shook.
Song Daren's expression changed, and he subconsciously wanted to step forward to help, but just as he stretched out his hand, he suddenly retracted it.
Zhang Xiaofan was stunned, looking at him, this elder brother who loved him since childhood, his face was as pale as paper.
The corner of Song Daren's mouth twitched, and finally he said slowly: "Junior Junior Brother, you are injured, you'd better recuperate in the room first, don't come out and walk around."
Zhang Xiaofan retracted his body slowly, just when he was about to turn around, he suddenly couldn't help it, and suddenly said: "Brother, where is my fire stick?"
Both Song Daren's and Du Bishu's expressions changed, and after a while, Song Daren said indifferently: "Little brother, your magic weapon is temporarily put away by the master, you, don't worry about it."
Zhang Xiaofan didn't say anything more, turned around and closed the door gently.
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In another corner of the inn, in a secluded room, Cangsong Taoist He Tianbui and Xiao Yicai sat here together.
On the small round table between the three of them, the blue and black fire stick was quietly placed.
Suddenly, a hand stretched out and took the fire stick, but it was Taoist Cangsong. He put the fire stick in front of him and stroked it lightly with his hand. When his fingers touched the front end of the blood-devouring bead, there seemed to be a light in his eyes, and after a while he said calmly: "So this is the blood-devouring bead." Blood beads?"
Tian Buyi suddenly snorted coldly.
Xiao Yicai looked at Tian Buyi, then at Taoist Cangsong, and said: "You two masters, what should I do now, please enlighten me?"
Taoist Cangsong took a look at Xiao Yicai, and said calmly: "Nephew Xiao, you have always been resourceful and decisive, why don't you tell me?"
Xiao Yicai shook his head and said: "This matter is too important, I don't know what to say!"
Taoist Cangsong took a look at Tian Buyi's livid face, and said: "The most troublesome thing now is those Taoist friends from Tianyin Temple, who keep asking us how Zhang Xiaofan can cultivate to have the true Dafan Prajna Dharma. If it wasn't for the leading Dharma Minister who understood some things and tried his best to suppress them, I'm afraid they would have asked us for someone!"
Tian Buyi said coldly: "They want to arrest someone? We have to wait for us to ask clearly, and if something happened to my disciple, it's not their turn to intervene."
Taoist Cangsong frowned, and wanted to say something else, but Xiao Yicai said: "Speaking of which, Martial Uncle Tian, I met Senior Brother Li from Fenxiang Valley this morning, and he, he also asked us for someone! "
Taoist Cangsong was stunned, Tian Buyi rolled his eyes strangely, and said angrily, "What's the matter with Fenxiang Valley?"
Xiao Yicai said in a low voice: "Uncle Tian, please calm down. In fact, I also think that Fenxianggu is making trouble for no reason. Senior brother Li Xun and Li said that that day he and junior brother Zhang went into the den of a group of demon foxes in Heishi Cave to track down a piece of their Fenxianggu. As a result, Junior Brother Zhang arrived first. When they arrived, they saw that the demon fox was dead, but the treasure was nowhere to be seen. Junior Brother Zhang said that he had never seen this treasure. At that time, they thought it was strange. he steals..."
"Bang", there was a loud bang, but in Tian Buyi's rage, he slapped his palm on the table hard, only a few "cracks" were heard, the table shook for a while, and fell down, the legs of the table were already covered by the palm. It broke.
Xiao Yicai looked a little embarrassed, Taoist Cangsong frowned, snorted, and said: "These people in Fenxianggu clearly have malicious intentions, so don't pay attention to such unsubstantiated matters."
Xiao Yicai nodded, and said again: "Actually, here in Fenxiang Valley, it's okay for us to evade, but this time, Junior Brother Zhang is in front of everyone... Uh, many of our comrades have asked us Qingyunmen to stand up and explain why The evil thing from the Demon Cult eight hundred years ago will be on our Qingyunmen disciples?"
Tian Buyi clenched his fists, and from time to time there was a slight cracking sound, his face was extremely ugly, and he cursed in a low voice: "You little bastard!"
Taoist Cangsong said slowly: "Junior Brother Tian, you don't have to be too angry, no one would have expected this kind of thing. It's just that the situation is too serious now, and Tianyin Temple and the Demon Sect are involved. It's a big deal, I think We still have to go back to the mountain as quickly as possible, and ask the sect master brother to make a decision!"
Tian Buyi let out a deep breath, but after all he has practiced for many years, he suppressed his anger immediately, nodded and said: "Alright, then we will leave immediately." Then he turned his eyes and looked into Taoist Cangsong's hand Looking at the fire stick.
Unexpectedly, Taoist Cangsong smiled slightly, but put the fire stick in his arms.
Tian Buyi's expression changed, Xiao Yicai who was beside him also frowned, and said: "Master Cangsong, this magic weapon..."
Taoist Cangsong waved his hand to him, turned his head to Tian Buyi and said: "Junior Brother Tian, what happened to one of your disciples has already made our Qingyun Sect lose face in front of the world's righteous way, and offended Tianyin Temple , you, as a master, are afraid that you have to bear some responsibilities?"
Tian Buyi snorted, his pupils shrank, and he said coldly, "So what?"
Taoist Cangsong said indifferently: "I am the person in charge of punishment in Qingyun Sect. If this evidence is placed here with me, I don't think you will have any thoughts, Junior Brother Tian?"
Tian Buyi stared at Taoist Cangsong for a while, then stomped his feet suddenly, and walked out angrily.
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On the streets of Changhe City, there were still ordinary people coming and going in peacetime, and it was very lively.
Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan stood at a corner of the street, looking at a small inn with a plaque of "Donghai Inn" on the street in front of them, and frowned together.
Xiaohuan licked the candied haws in his hand, let out a satisfied "tsk tsk", and then casually said to Zhou Yixian: "Grandpa, are you really sure that people from Qingyunmen live here?"
Zhou Yixian nodded and said: "Nonsense, didn't you see that the people who came in and out of the door were all cultivators?" Having said this, he said to himself: "These people have been going to Liubo Mountain for a long time. I don’t know what the result will be when I come back?”
Xiaohuan gave him a blank look, and said: "I really don't understand you. If you say you are from the Qingyun Sect! You don't dare to recognize your relatives; if you say you are not! Why do you care so much?"
Zhou Yixian was stunned, and said angrily: "Grandpa, although I disdain to recognize these juniors of Qingyun Sect, I have already seen through the world, and I would rather spend my life in poverty, roam the world, and do something for the people of the world..."
Xiaohuan turned around and left.
Zhou Yixian swallowed the rest of his boastful words, snorted, took one last look at the Donghai Inn, turned around and left.
Xiaohuan said as he walked: "You have the nerve to say that you originally thought we would go to Liubo Mountain to see it, but after more than ten days of asking on the East China Sea, we couldn't find a boatman to take us there."
Zhou Yixian felt very embarrassed, laughed dryly, and said: "These boatmen are ignorant, how come they don't even know where Liubo Mountain is, they are all idiots!"
At the same time, he thought that if he kept mentioning these things, he would be ashamed in front of his granddaughter, so he changed the subject and said casually: "I don't know if that guy named Zhang Xiaofan will die on Liubo Mountain this time. ?”
Xiaohuan glared at him, and said: "Don't talk nonsense, I saw his palmistry that day, although this man's life is strange, he is the image of a chaotic demon, but his life span has nothing to do with luck, he is not a short-lived person. "
Zhou Yixian chuckled, and said to Xiaohuan: "Speaking of which, I want to know more and more, what exactly did he see in that 'Full Moon Ancient Well' outside the Black Stone Cave that day?"
Xiaohuan laughed and said, "You still remember?"
Zhou Yixian nodded and said: "That's right, you must know that there is no one person in the chaos, and I'm getting more and more curious about that guy now!"
Xiaohuan nodded repeatedly, and said with a smile: "Actually, I too..."
The two of them laughed and talked, forgetting what was ahead for a while, and suddenly found that there was a figure in front of them. They almost bumped into each other, and they were startled. Angrily said: "What are you doing..."
Unexpectedly, before he could speak halfway, his voice immediately became hoarse, Xiaohuan was a little surprised, and at the same time looked forward, he was also startled immediately. I saw two people standing in front of them, in front of them was a delicate and beautiful young girl, dressed in water-green clothes, it was Baguio who made them suffer a lot, and behind Biguio, there was another woman, but she was dressed in black, She was still covered with a black veil, so she couldn't see her face clearly.
Zhou Yixian laughed twice, and said repeatedly: "I was wrong, I was wrong..." As he spoke, he winked at Xiaohuan, Xiaohuan was young but so clever, he understood immediately, and the two of them turned around and ran away Unexpectedly, when they lightened up, they were picked up by the two women one by one, and then they were shaken in front of their eyes, and the people on the street turned upside down several times. When they woke up, they were already in a secluded back alley. Among them.
Zhou Yixian was sweating on his forehead, knowing that the girl in front of him was far better than himself, so he really didn't know what he was going to suffer, so he could only say with a bitter face: "This girl, I, I was wrong that day. Ah! I put Return all the money to you! You have a lot of money, please let us go!"
Baguio frowned, since she came back from Mount Liubo, she looked rather haggard at this moment, she gave Zhou Xian a look, and said, "Who wants your money, I'll ask you a few questions, You answer me honestly."
Zhou Yixian immediately said: "Miss, please, I will answer everything truthfully. I don't know if you want to ask about wealth or longevity, or if you want to ask about marriage? These are all the special skills of Zhou Daxian, Zhou Daxian. Come on." Come, let me do the math for you..."
The more he talked, the smoother he was, but suddenly he felt Xiaohuan constantly tugging on his clothes, turned around in surprise, and said, "What's wrong?"
Xiaohuan was sweating profusely, rolled his eyes at him, and smiled apologetically at Biguio, "This one, um! Pretty big sister, what do you want to ask us?"
Baguio was silent for a moment, and said, "What were you looking at at the entrance of Donghai Inn just now?"
Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan looked at each other, and said: "No, it's nothing! We just happened to pass by and saw a lot of practitioners there, so we stopped to take a look."
Bi Yao said indifferently: "So, all the people from Qing Yun Sect live there?"
Zhou Zhouxian nodded and said, "It seems so!"
Baguio was silent for a while, before saying after a long time: "Then you... have you seen the young disciple of Qingyunmen who saved you once?"
Zhou Yixian was startled, then understood, and said: "Young lady, you mean the boy named Zhang Xiaofan?"
Bi Yao didn't expect them to know Zhang Xiaofan's name, nodded and said, "Why, did you see him?" At the same time, there was a bit of concern on his face.
Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan shook their heads at the same time.
Baguio was a little disappointed at once, and she wanted to say something, but suddenly she seemed to lose interest, and waved her hands, "Let's go!"
Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan were like listening to fairy music, they immediately thanked her and walked out of the alley quickly, but after walking a few steps, Biguio suddenly said behind her: "Wait a minute."
Zhou Yixian's heart skipped a beat.
Baguio said slowly: "You just said on the street that there is a full moon ancient well outside the Black Stone Cave. What does that mean?"
Only then did Zhou Yixian feel relieved, and hurriedly told the allusion of the ancient well of the full moon, and finally said: "... um! That's it. It is said that on the night of the full moon, as long as people stare into the ancient well of the full moon, they will see their most beloved. people!"
Bi Yao's complexion changed, she stopped talking, and was in a daze, Zhou Yixian was still thinking about this ever-changing girl who didn't know what strange problem she had, and was suddenly pulled by Xiao Huan, seeing Xiao Huan's winks, she turned back Suddenly, the two of them walked out slowly, but Baguio and the mysterious woman in black beside her did not stop them.
After a long while, only Baguio and the mysterious woman in the black veil were left in the secluded alley.
"Aunt You, who do you think he saw?" Before he could leave his mouth, Baguio suddenly smiled bitterly to himself, with a few sour smiles: "Actually, do you need to say, it must be his Senior Sister Linger, or , is also the peerless Qingyun fellow who wields the Tianya Divine Sword, what am I?"
The mysterious woman called "Aunt You" by Baguio said indifferently: "Don't be like this, these men sometimes don't understand their own minds at all!"
Bi Yao closed her eyes, opened them after a while, and said to the woman in black with a hint of pleading, "Aunt You, I want to go see him."
The woman in black immediately shook her head and said, "No."
Baguio mourned: "Aunt You, his current situation is really unclear, I, I, I really can't let it go!"
The woman in black sighed softly, and said: "Your father just knew that you would mess around, so he told me to keep an eye on you. At present, a large number of masters from Qingyun sect are in this inn. If we go rashly, we must Unavoidable." At this point, there was a bit of pity in her voice, and she said softly: "Yao'er, the future is long, we will definitely see him again."
Bi Yao stood there in a daze, and then said after a while: "But, but what he committed is a big taboo in the righteous way, will they just, just kill him like this..."
The woman in black frowned, shook her head and said, "Baguio, be more sober, you are not so confused. Zhang Xiaofan is now suspected of being related to our Holy Cult because of possessing the Blood-devouring Orb. The Dafan Wisdom of Yin Temple, this is really a big deal, if you can't find out, Tianyin Temple can't give up with Qingyun Sect first. I predict that Qingyun Sect will definitely bring Zhang Xiaofan back to Qingyun Mountain, and Daoxuan will intervene in person Make a decision and give Tianyin Temple an explanation, so nothing will happen for the time being!"
Baguio subconsciously bit her pale lower lip for a long time, but she didn't see any reaction.
Seeing it, the woman in black seemed to feel a little distressed. She gently stroked her hair with her hand, and comforted her in a low voice: "It's okay, don't worry, didn't your father also say that, he won't just sit idly by .”
Baguio nodded silently, then suddenly she raised her head, grabbed the woman in black's hand, and said eagerly: "Aunt You, I know you've stopped doing it a long time ago, but for my sake, please help him too." Bar!"
The woman in black was silent for a moment, then slightly looked away, looking out of the alley.
Baguio called out again: "Aunt You!"
The woman in black seemed to sigh softly, and said: "Okay! If your father decides to save him, I will help you too."
Baguio was overjoyed.
The woman in black smiled, but the smile was hidden in the black veil, and no one could see it, just like no one could see the ripples in her heart.
On that dark and chilling night, when that young man resolutely threw himself at the ferocious giant beast regardless of life and death, her heart was throbbing in the darkness!
He vaguely recalled that figure in white clothes like snow many years ago.
Even the expressions on their faces seemed somewhat similar...