Qingyun Mountain, Big Bamboo Peak.
The clouds are misty in the mountains, like gentle white ribbons, changing gently. In the early morning, the air is slightly moist, and there is also a fresh and cool wind, crossing the green bamboo forest and blowing over the top of Dazhufeng.
The building centered on the Shoujing Hall stood quietly in the morning light, everything seemed so peaceful...
There was just a sudden barking sound, mixed with the sound of "squeak", breaking the silence here. The brightly colored Rhubarb came sprinting from a distance, and Xiao Hui rode on its back, tightly grasping the hair on Rhubarb's neck to support his body, while waving his other hand in the air, looking very excited .
Ten years ago, after Zhang Xiaofan went to Tongtian Peak from here, he never came back. In the beginning, the two animals became depressed, especially Xiao Hui, who was not active in the past, and was bored for a long time. As for rhubarb, it was not feeling well, it was downcast all day long, and I don’t know if it liked Zhang Xiaofan’s cooking too much. During that time, every time Du Bishu, who was cooking for Zhang Xiaofan, took out food to feed them, he would definitely suffer from rhubarb and Xiaohui. Roaring, after eating, most of them still have white eyes, very dissatisfied, poor Du Bishu was also very depressed for a long time because of this.
It's just that time flies by like water, and the memories of that year seem to fade away, and I don't know when it started, Xiaohui and Dahuang started to fight and play endlessly on the top of Dazhufeng, but even so, they When he was deep asleep at night, he always returned to Zhang Xiaofan's room, as if he was expecting something.
Although, over the years, the room was always empty.
"hiss!"
Rhubarb stopped suddenly in the rush, and the huge inertia made Xiao Hui almost fall off its back. Fortunately, its grip was tight enough, so it barely stabilized its body. Rhubarb barked loudly, turned around suddenly, opened his mouth and stuck out his long tongue, chasing his own tail, and kept spinning around in place.
Xiao Hui sat firmly on its back, and grinned loudly, "Zhi Zhi", looking very excited and happy. I don't know how many times I have done this boring game of rhubarb, but it seems to be the most fun thing for them.
The twilight of the morning shone on them, the voices of the two animals echoed on the Big Bamboo Peak, and the people were still sleeping. This wonderful time seemed to be reserved only for them.
In the distance, in the green bamboo forest on the back mountain, there is a faint sound of bamboo waves blowing bamboo leaves by the mountain wind, echoing slowly, even the wind blowing from that direction seems to carry the fragrance of bamboo leaves, and The breath in the bamboo forest.
suddenly!
Big Yellow stopped chasing its own tail, and Little Gray on its back raised its head almost at the same time, opened its mouth wide, and looked towards the bamboo forest.
Green hills, green bamboos, wind blowing, like the sea...
swish, swish, swish...
"Squeak, creak!" Xiao Hui suddenly screamed, and Da Huang's reaction was also a little strange, but the sound was much quieter, barking a few times, but after a while, the two animals seemed to know something, Xiao Hui held on tight. After touching Rhubarb, Rhubarb immediately spread his legs and ran quickly to the black bamboo forest on the back mountain.
The familiar back mountain path, perhaps because no one has come here to do homework for a long time, the lush vegetation even the original mountain road is gradually blurred, but Rhubarb seems to be born with a spiritual sense, shuttling through the woods, running faster and faster, Soon ran to the bamboo forest.
In the emerald green bamboo grove, it was deep and mysterious. Rhubarb stopped outside the bamboo grove and let out a low "woo woo" a few times, while Xiao Hui jumped off its back, squatted aside, and looked around. Looking at it, he glanced into the depths of the bamboo forest, scratching his head with his hands from time to time, as if hesitant.
But only after a while, Xiao Hui finally made up his mind. It yelped twice to Rhubarb, and walked towards the bamboo forest first. It was not right to say that it was walking, but Xiao Hui felt strange Some of them did not climb up the bamboo, but supported it on the ground with their forelimbs, and walked in slowly with a bouncing posture. Looking at its appearance, it was not only cautious, but also seemed full of expectation.
Rhubarb whined twice, and also took steps to follow behind it into the bamboo forest.
A monkey and a dog slowly shuttled through the quiet bamboo forest, and soon disappeared.
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The morning light was blocked by the dense bamboo leaves, but from the gap, there were still streaks of light, which turned into finger-sized beams of light, sprinkled from above the bamboo forest, and fell on the ground.
Xiaohui and Dahuang walked slowly among the bamboo groves, walking...unknowingly, they came to a certain place deep in the bamboo grove, there was a small open space, somewhat familiar, vaguely remembered, as if it was the first time Zhang Xiaofan came to Here, the place where bamboo is cut hard.
Xiao Hui stopped, squatted on the open space, scratched his head with his hands, and looked around.
In the deep bamboo forest, there was silence.
But there seems to be some inexplicable breath floating here.
Make the heart beat slowly...
"Pfft!" A light footstep stepped in the silence deep in the bamboo forest.
Xiaohui and Dahuang turned their heads at the same time, and that figure slowly appeared behind a thick bamboo tree.
The bamboo forest suddenly became silent again, but after a while, there was a sound of cheers, Xiao Hui jumped up, his body turned into a gray light, rushed over, jumped into the air, and jumped into the embrace of that person!
It clung tightly to the man's clothes, laughed loudly, released its own joy unscrupulously, and laughed non-stop.
That person wrapped his hands around, the once ferocious aura was gone now, there was a gentle smile that he hadn't seen for a long time between his brows, he hugged Xiao Hui in his arms. After a while, he suddenly felt again, looked down, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, bent down, stroked the head of Dahuang who was rubbing against his body, and said with a smile: "Dahuang, are you okay?"
Rhubarb naturally couldn't speak, but whimpered in a low voice, wagging his tail non-stop, and rubbed his head lightly against his palm.
The corners of his eyes seemed to reflect light faintly in a place no one could see: "Only you, still treat me like before!"
He sighed softly and took a deep breath. In this bamboo forest, he was familiar with the smell of longing.
"Wow!"
Suddenly, there was another rush of footsteps, but Taoist Wild Dog rushed out from behind, but seeing how many holes were torn on his tattered Taoist robe by thorns, it was clear that he had gone the wrong way.
Daoist Wild Dog was full of bad luck, and complained to the former Zhang Xiaofan and now Gui Li: "Hey, brat, are you crazy, you don't have to do this if you want to die! This is Qingyunmen, if someone finds out, Even if we have ten lives, we are dead!"
Suddenly, Rhubarb, who was very docile to Ghost Li just now, turned his head, the hair on his neck stood up, and he grinned, obviously he didn't like the wild dog very much. After a while, Da Huang roared and rushed over.
The wild dog was taken aback, but when he saw the giant dog, which was almost half the height of a man, suddenly pounced on him, his heart skipped a beat, and he subconsciously stretched out his hand to hold his magic weapon with fangs.
Unexpectedly, Gui Li said calmly in front of him: "If you dare to hurt this dog with magic weapons, I will cut off your limbs and throw them in front of the Shoujing Hall at the foot of the mountain."
The wild dog was stunned and said angrily, "What are you talking about..."
But before he finished speaking, Rhubarb had already pounced on him, and the wild dog was suddenly thrown down by this giant dog in a daze. Immediately, the dog barked and cursed incessantly, people and dogs writhed, staggered, and rattled! The wild dog Taoist and Rhubarb rolled to the back of a bush in the distance, but there was no human figure and dog body, only the sound of angry barking was heard from time to time.
"Oh! Dead dog, you still bite... Hey, brat, you bastard, don't tell this dog to let go, no, let go, ah... Dead dog, that's a human leg, not a chicken leg! Let go, don't bite la... ah ah..."
Gui Li turned a deaf ear to the screams of wild dogs in the distance, turned his head to look at Xiao Hui in his arms, with a smile on his brows. After looking it over carefully, I saw that Xiao Hui seemed to have grown up a little more after ten years of absence, and the feeling of being held in my arms seemed to be much heavier than before, even the trace between its eyes seemed to be Much bigger.
And Xiao Hui was still grinning after the initial joy and excitement, crawled up to his shoulders like in the past, and habitually stretched out his hand to stroke his hair.
Gui Li stood quietly, then walked out slowly, walked to the edge of the bamboo forest, looked into the distance, the place in front of the mountain covered by clouds and mist was once his warmest home.
He was in a daze, staring deeply.
I don't know how long it took, Rhubarb ran out triumphantly from the depths of the bamboo forest, shaking his head, wagging his tail even more, jumped to Ghost Li's side, yelling "Wow, woof, woof".
Ghost Li smiled, reached out and patted its head.
A moment later, Taoist Wild Dog staggered out of the black bamboo forest, his Taoist robe was a bit torn, even a dog's face had a few scratches, and the wounds on his feet were even more faintly visible.
Seeing Da Huang lying next to Gui Li at this moment, he felt a little scared, he didn't dare to go over, and cursed angrily from a distance: "Damn dog, don't think that someone is backing you, sooner or later I will kill you!"
Rhubarb turned around eagerly, and roared at the wild dog Taoist. The wild dog lost his soul, and immediately retreated a few steps, but Rhubarb just looked at him to scare him, and did not chase him after a while, but turned his head away. The dog felt relieved, but no matter what, he didn't dare to scold him anymore.
Looking down the mountain for a while, the first ray of sunshine of the day had already quietly set, covering the green mountain with a layer of light golden clothes.
Gui Li closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
After a while, he turned around, stretched out his hand to hug Xiao Hui on his shoulders, glanced at the wild dog, and said, "Let's go!"
The wild dog couldn't wait to hear his words, so he hurried over and muttered, "Isn't it just looking for trouble! For a monkey, risking your life..."
Da Huang seemed to sense something, stood up and looked at Gui Li. Gui Li stretched out his hand and patted Rhubarb's head, smiled, waved his left hand, and a black stick shining with dark blue light appeared, it was the "fire stick" back then, supporting his body, straight up to the blue sky.
The wild dog was dumbfounded, and complained: "Stinky boy, where do you think it is! Even walking so arrogantly..."
He was complaining, suddenly, Da Huang roared loudly, the wild dog was startled, and quickly harnessed the magic weapon, and followed Ghost Li.
In front of the black bamboo forest, Rhubarb was alone, barking loudly, barking all the time...
Its roar echoed in the mountains, and it kept screaming until a white hand caressed its head, and said softly: "Rhubarb, what's wrong? Why did you come here today and scream?" stop?"
Rhubarb seemed to be agitated and gasping for breath. He looked at Tian Ling'er, who was now a young woman, and turned his head again, barking loudly towards the sky.
"Wow woof, woof woof, woof woof..."
Tian Linger frowned, looked around, a little strange, said: "What's wrong, Dahuang? By the way, where is Xiaohui? Why isn't it with you?"
Da Huang didn't know if he understood what she said, but he still barked hoarsely towards the sky.
Tian Ling'er looked at the sky, but only saw the blue sky and white clouds, the blue sky was infinite, there was faintly a cloud drawn from the clouds, galloping across the sky, it was very spectacular. For some reason, she suddenly felt bewildered, and for a moment she was staring in awe.
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To the south of Qingyun Mountain, in a remote place thousands of miles away, there is a high mountain named "Huqi Mountain", which is the head hall of the demon king's sect.
In the past ten years, the power of the Demon Cult has become more and more prosperous, and masters have emerged, but its internal struggles have become increasingly fierce, almost more intense than fighting against the righteous way. The Ghost King Sect was originally one of the four major sects in the Devil's Cult. In the past ten years, the Suzerain Ghost King has worked hard to govern and has great talents. He has managed the Ghost King Sect to grow stronger and stronger.
In today's Ghost King Sect, besides the mysterious Four Great Sacred Envoys from the previous generation, there is also a mysterious character "Mr. Ghost" who appears around the Ghost King. But the most eye-catching one is the younger generation of Ghost King Clan, especially Ghost Li who is highly valued by Ghost King, the leader among them, Ghost King even made an exception to promote him as the deputy suzerain, treating him as his own. Now everyone in the world knows that Gui Li must be the next generation's Suzerain of the Ghost King Sect.
In the Devil's Cult, internal fighting is not only fierce but also all-consuming. I don't know how many people have tried to drive a wedge between the ghost king and his number one general, but all of them failed.
In the hearts of the few people who knew about that period of the past, there was a touch of sentimentality towards the relationship between these two people that was so strong that it was almost unbreakable.
The black veil gently covered her face, and that mysterious woman in black—You Ji, was sitting silently in the most important room of the Ghost King Sect. The room is not very big, but it is very cold. The reason is that in the center of the room, there is a crystal clear white ice platform, and the slightest cold air floats from the almost transparent ice platform.
A beautiful woman, wearing her beloved green clothes, lay quietly on it, in the white cold air, her face looked a little pale, as if it was also transparent, with a cold beauty!
She crossed her hands in front of her body, and in the palm of her hand, as if it had been integrated with her body, was a small golden bell, shining with a strange light, as if staring at the world.
At this time, there was a low "rumbling" sound from behind, and the heavy stone door of this room was pushed open, and then closed again.
Footsteps sounded, and someone came to You Ji's side.
You Ji raised her head slowly, there would not be more than four people who could enter this room, even if it was King Zong of All Ghosts.
Gui Li's pale face appeared in front of her eyes, her heart throbbed slightly behind the black veil, and she vaguely remembered that every time this man entered this place, his face became paler and paler.
It's just that in the man's eyes, there is no You Ji at all, that beautiful woman lying there peacefully has occupied his whole body and mind at this moment.
The stone room suddenly became very quiet, deathly quiet.
You Ji got up gently, and stepped back, but her gaze remained on this man. His figure seemed to be a bit lonely again. As for the terrifying bloody aura that often appeared on him in the outside world, he couldn't feel it at all here.
I don't know if this is the only place where he can find peace.
She took one last look at the man, walked out, closed the stone door carefully, and then was startled, a green dragon in white stood beside her.
"What's the matter?" You Ji was silent for a moment, then said calmly.
Qinglong glanced at the stone gate and said, "He's back?"
You Ji Heisha moved, as if she nodded slightly, and said: "Yes, talking with Bi Yao inside."
Qinglong frowned and sighed softly. In fact, they all knew in their hearts that the so-called talking was just Gui Li whispering to himself, as for whether Bi Yao could hear it, that was another matter. It's just that this matter is too sad, and none of them want to talk about it.
You Ji stood silently for a while, then suddenly said: "Every time Zhang Xiaofan comes back, he will come here the first time..."
Qinglong's face changed slightly, and he cut off: "Sanmei, he has been given the name Ghost Li by the Ghost King suzerain now, I have told you many times, don't call him by this name again."
Behind You Ji's black veil, she didn't know what her expression was, but she continued to say without changing her tone of voice, "...but the suzerain hasn't been here for a long time."
Qinglong looked at her, finally heaved a long sigh, and said: "In the past ten years, the suzerain has grown a lot of white hair from his sideburns, you can always see it? It's not that he doesn't want his only daughter, he just puts her The pain is just hidden in my heart."
You Ji remained silent for a while, then seemed to remember something, raised her head and said, "How is the search for the Black Witch Clan going?"
Qinglong shook his head and said: "The Black Witch Clan was only a flash in the pan a thousand years ago, but now they have no clue where to look for it."
You Ji turned around slowly and walked outside.
This stone room where Baguio sleeps is naturally in a very secluded place of the Ghost King Sect, and few people come to it on weekdays. At this moment, there are only the two of them in the corridor outside the stone room.
Qinglong looked at the back of You Ji walking away, and suddenly said: "You'd better stay away from Gui Li."
You Ji's body was shaken suddenly, and she stopped immediately, her whole body seemed to be tense, but then she slowly relaxed, turned around, stared at Qinglong through the black veil, and said word by word: " What do you mean?"
But Qinglong stopped looking at her, turned to look at the stone door of the stone room, and said lightly: "I know you feel guilty towards Baguio and think that you didn't protect her well, but your private concern for that man has gone too far."
You Ji stopped talking, but the tunnel suddenly became almost colder than the stone room just now, and the invisible murderous intent seemed to emanate from the black-clothed woman continuously.
"Are you saying that I actually have feelings for this young man?" She spit out every single word.
Qinglong didn't seem to feel the killing intent towards the front, and his expression didn't change, he just said slowly: "Sister, I didn't say that, I just want to remind you that because of Baguio, there is a relationship between the Sect Master of the Ghost King and this man. The relationship between them has always been very delicate. I have followed the Sect Master of the Ghost King for many years, and I know that even though he regards Ghost Li as his own, sometimes he feels sad for Biguio like this, and I am afraid that he also has a bit of hatred."
Having said that, he turned around, looked deeply at You Ji, and said softly: "Third Sister, you have to take care of yourself."
You Ji snorted coldly in the distance, and said coldly: "I don't know what to say!" After saying that, she turned around and walked away.
Qinglong smiled wryly, shook his head and sighed slightly.
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In the stone room.
Gui Li sat next to Bi Yao, staring at that beautiful but slightly pale face, said softly: "I'm back, Bi Yao."
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"When I went out this time, I killed another sect for your father, that is the Blood Refining Hall we knew back then, you must still remember?"
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"I don't know why, when I was the last person left, I suddenly thought of you, and thought that we met here, so I couldn't kill you. Baguio, will you blame me?"
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"A few days ago, I sneaked past the guards, went up to the Big Bamboo Peak secretly, and brought Xiao Hui back by the way. Have you seen Xiao Hui? It's the monkey I raised since I was a child..."
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"I went to the Black Bamboo Forest, guess what I saw?"
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"It turns out that the black-jointed bamboo that fell on the ground is still lying there. Baguio, do you remember? It's the two of us sitting together on the bamboo..."
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"It turns out that nothing has changed, Baguio."
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"Baguio..." He whispered softly, with a faintly choked voice floating in this stone room.