In the middle of summer this year, the days of Yixian County were extremely difficult.

It has been two full years since Ji Biao won the top spot in the Immortal Yuan Conference, and no matter how big the turmoil is, it has gradually subsided. At the end of the Immortal Yuan Conference, because of such an amazing disciple, the Heavenly Sword Sect became the hottest sect in Yixian County and even in the entire Nanzhao Kingdom, and it was a very good time.

However, as the form of the entire Nanzhao Kingdom became more and more severe, the days of the Heavenly Sword Sect became more and more difficult.

This year, since the beginning of spring, there has been bad news coming, first of all, Qianqiu Pavilion has taken back most of the sub-pavilions under the door, and all the personnel have retreated to the capital of Nanzhao Kingdom, Luofu Mountain and the western border, according to rumors, Qianqiu Pavilion even evenly distributed materials and masters in these three places. And all three places are guarded by deputy gate masters, which seem to be in response to an impending catastrophe.

Qianqiu Pavilion's behavior made the entire Nanzhao Kingdom panic.

Under this dark cloud, the atmosphere of the Heavenly Sword Sect was even more terrifying.

After dark, the peaks of the Heavenly Sword Sect became more and more precipitous, and the peaks stood like sharp swords in the night.

Since a big quarrel with Qingheng Daogu three months ago, Huo Ling has moved out of Baihe Peak, since the fall of her grandfather Elder Tianquan, she has no backer in the door, and there is no place for her to go in these seventy-two peaks, so she built a medicine house on the small cliff where Lin Han and Ji Biao lived. Ji Wei won the top spot of the Xianyuan Conference, and was accepted as a disciple of Luofu Mountain, Yu Wei is still there, others know that she is Ji Ao Lin Han's friend, and they don't dare to bully her.

It was already late at night, and there was still a little bean light in front of Huo Ling's medicine house, like a distant lighthouse in the sea. A rainstorm was coming, the air was already moist, the night wind was howling, and the thatch on the roof of the medicine house could be heard being hunted by the wind.

A slender figure in red was anxiously waiting at the door of the medicine house with a glass lamp, this figure was Huo Ling, she seemed to be much thinner than two years ago, her chin was more pointed, her expression was tired, her face was pale, but there was a determined fanaticism in her eyes.

A little silver light suddenly appeared in the night, and then it grew bigger and bigger, and finally turned into a silver jujube core boat that could accommodate nearly ten people, and landed in front of the medicine house.

The silver boat returned to its original form when it landed, and was put into the sleeve by the fire of the boat, and there were two wounded people on the boat, one had lost consciousness, and the other was also slightly injured, both of them were disciples of the peak of the condensation period, the one who lost consciousness was Xiao Anlan, and the one who was slightly injured was Yu Zimo.

"People rescued?" Huo Ling anxiously greeted her, handed the lamp to Huo Yi on the side, she had already prepared the healing pill, crushed it with her fingers and sent it into Xiao Anlan's mouth, and then used the spiritual spring water in the jade bottle to let him take it.

"Only rescued Xiao Anlan, and the rest of the disciples are still with Yu Jun. Yu Zimo himself was also injured, but he was still anxiously communicating with Huo Ling: "They now occupy all the more than thirty peaks in the southeast, and we don't know where the rest of the disciples are being held. ”

Huo Ling tore open Xiao Anlan's clothes, and unsurprisingly found that the injuries on Xiao Anlan's body were also arranged in a certain shape, and the person who injured him seemed to just want to cut his skin, so the blood didn't flow much, and he could be saved.

Huo Ling skillfully sprinkled his wound with medicinal powder, and then bandaged him.

Under the flickering light, her expression was extremely stern, and she was like the girl with a full sense of justice but a little naïve.

"Send him down to cultivate, and Little Sister Bai Ruo will take care of him. ”

After watching Yu Zimo carry Xiao Anlan on his back and carefully climb down the cliff along the vines, Huo Ling put away the pill bandage and looked at Huo Yi on the side.

Huo Yi still looks like he doesn't care about everything, and he dresses very casually. Seeing Huo Ling looking at him with a solemn face, he laughed again.

"Senior Brother Youfeng has really taken refuge in the Yu family?"

"It's not true. Huo Yi smiled lightly: "Xiao Anlan was deceived by him, and Xuanyue hasn't found it yet." Yu Feibai was looking for her, so she came back late. ”

"That's good. ”

There was a hint of happiness in Huo Ling's words. In the past, she went to Yu Jun's territory many times to save people, but when she came back, she lost one or two teammates, and she didn't dare to ask where the people who didn't come back went. Although Yu Feibai is in danger now, he is a senior brother and should know how to advance and retreat.

After the two of them cleaned up, they also climbed down the vine together.

There was a cave under the cliff, climb into it along a small hole, inside is a big cave, with stalactite stone beds and many elixir seedlings, there are about twenty or thirty people in the cave, most of them are wounded, sitting or lying, a girl in white clothes is shuttling through it, changing their dressings, taking care of them. Seeing Huo Ling coming down, these wounded people all got up one after another, and it was obvious that Huo Ling was very respected among them.

"Don't move, just lie down. Huo Ling held the glass lamp and checked the wounds for them one by one, these wounded people were all survivors she had rescued from the Yu family in the past few months, a few of them escaped without dying, and the rest were rescued by them, since the Yu family's Taishang Elder came out of the customs, the Yu family has already grasped the real power of the Heavenly Sword Sect, and the sect master is nothing. Yu Jun is now closed, and frequently summons some talented disciples to the past with the orders of the sect master, but they have never returned.

The elders in the sect were afraid of Yu Jun and didn't dare to ask, only they, the disciples of the first generation, formed this small alliance in private, secretly moved under Yu Jun's nose, and often went to Yu Jun's territory to rescue one or two disciples who were taken away.

This operation was actually very hasty, because Xiao Anlan and Xuanyue were deceived by You Feng to learn martial arts, but Yu Feibai was shocked when he came back, because there was reliable news that You Feng had taken refuge in the Yu family, and someone saw him digging a big pit in the Yu family's territory, and it was rumored that he was burying the killed disciples for the Yu family. So they had no choice but to save Xiao Anlan and them. Yu Zimo and Huo Ling came back, but Yu Feibai didn't find Xuan Yue for a long time.

Huo Ling walked up to Xiao Anlan and half-knelt down.

"His situation has stabilized. Huo Ling checked his pulse and looked at Yu Zimo: "Where did you find Xiao Anlan?"

"We found him at Qingxin Peak. That was Yu Yan's territory, Xiao Anlan was covered in blood at the time, and he was fighting with people, so he should have escaped after being caught. When we arrived, Yu Yan was already alarmed, and I could only take Xiao Anlan back first. ”

"Did he say anything before he fell unconscious?"

"No, I just keep calling my mother when it hurts so badly. ”

Huo Ling checked Xiao Anlan's wound again.

On the fair skin, neat red wounds spread across her back like streaks, exactly the same ones she found on other wounded.

"The Yu family has already captured a thousand disciples, and everyone who escapes has this kind of wound on their bodies......" Huo Ling gently pressed the skin near his wound, Xiao Anlan groaned, and she frowned.

Huo Yi suddenly said: "I have a conjecture, but I need to prove it. ”

"How do you prove it?" Huo Ling turned his face away and looked up at him.

"Do you remember where the pit was dug by Youfeng?" Huo Yi said calmly, "I want to go there now." ”

"Do you want to check on the body of the murdered disciple?" Huo Ling frowned: "No, without a careful plan, it is too dangerous to leave here rashly." The Yu family was afraid of the Hidden Sword Elder retreating near here, as well as Ji Wei's residual sword intent, so they didn't dare to come here. Now that Senior Brother Yu is injured, it is too dangerous for the two of you to go out now. Moreover, the grave digging movement is too loud, it will definitely alarm the people of the Yu family......"

"There's no better time than this. Yu Feibai can't find Xuanyue and will definitely not come back, now the Yu family must be restrained by Yu Feibai, let's take the opportunity to dig up the body and find out about this matter. When Yu Feibai is caught by the Yu family, it will be difficult for us to enter the Yu family's territory in the future. ”-

On the Xianju Peak of Luofu Mountain, the night is thick.

The foolish Taoist fell asleep soundly on his back in the grass like a ragged beggar, and the wine gourd next to him fell to the ground on its side, and the amber wine slowly flowed out of the mouth of the gourd, forming a thin line, and the weeds soaked in the wine were extremely verdant. Recently, the night in Luofu Mountain has been unusually quiet, and even the birds and finches living in the woods have disappeared, and it is said that animals are more sensitive than human instincts and will actively migrate when the catastrophe comes.

Yuan Yaozi stood quietly in front of his foolish uncle for nearly half an hour, before he hiccuped, then stretched and slowly woke up.

The confused Taoist squinted his drunken eyes and saw Yuan Yaozi standing aside.

"Why are you here?" the confused Taoist asked with a drunken expression, "The affairs in the door are finished." ”

There are millions of disciples in Luofu Mountain, and it is impossible for the affairs to be completed one day. Yuan Yaozi's appearance here can only mean that he also encountered something that he couldn't choose, so he came to the confused Taoist to decide. No matter how crazy this senior brother is, after all, he is an elder in the god transformation stage.

"Uncle Taiqing, the eastern realm has fallen, only Yuntian Sect is still supporting, and now there are three demon kings in the eastern realm, and hundreds of millions of refugees are pouring here along Daze. ”

"That little traitor has always been alone, and it's not surprising that the East was the first to fall. The confused Taoist picked up the wine gourd on the ground, squinted his eyes and took a sip of wine, and said slowly: "The next one should be the turn of the southern border." ”

The look on Yuan Yaozi's face was extremely solemn.

"News has come from the Daze Guard Tower that refugees from the east are pouring along the avenue between Daze and Yunmo towards Luofu Mountain, and there must be demons mixed in among them. Yuan Yao asked Uncle Shi and the other three Avatar Elders to close the mountain gate together......"

The confused Taoist held the gourd's hand and stopped.

"Close the mountain gates, and you want to keep these refugees out?"

Yuan Yaozi was shocked by the confused Taoist question, as if he was also ashamed of the decision he made. But after he lowered his head and pondered for a long time, he raised his head with a firm expression and said: "Uncle Taiqing, when the first master leaves, he will entrust me with the 10,000-year foundation of Luofu Mountain, even though Luofu Mountain is responsible for the Vermilion Bird Continent, but now that the Vermilion Bird Continent is about to fall more than halfway, there are many demons hidden among the refugees. Under the catastrophe, it is fundamental to preserve the inheritance of the sect ......"

The confused Taoist laughed.

"Xiao Yuanyao, you keep them out and let them be infected by the demons, and when the Vermilion Bird Continent is full of demons, can we in Luofu Mountain be left alone? Now we have to accept these refugees and resist the demons together. ”

"Even if we find out the demons, these refugees have seen the demons with their own eyes, and they will inevitably have a heart for the demons, or they will have a demon root planted in their bodies. Let them pollute my Luofu Mountain disciples, and when the time comes, the demon clan will break out in the mountain gate and destroy the foundation of the sect, and it will be impossible to redeem it!" Yuan Yaozi lowered his voice and said with shame: "If the Vermilion Bird Continent all falls, it will naturally alarm the Ten Directions Immortal Realm, and then it will be saved." ”

"Do you still want to wait for reinforcements from the Immortal Realm? Let me ask you, the Demon Race is now locked in the Immortal Demon Battlefield, and countless immortals patrol day and night, like iron buckets. How can there still be demons escaping? My Vermilion Bird Continent is isolated from the world, where do the demons come from? You all think that demons are alien creatures, don't you know that demons are born from your hearts? The reincarnation of the Heavenly Dao, the immortals and demons disappear from one to the other, and now the demons are revived, and the Ten Directions Immortal Realm itself is difficult to protect......"

"Senior Uncle Taiqing, stop it!" Yuan Yaozi looked anxious, and said angrily: "I respect you as Senior Uncle, this kind of demagogic words, if you only say this time, I won't care about you." If you still preach to your disciples in the future, I will alarm the Supreme Elder to adjudicate it! Before the master died, let me pay more attention to you, I only want you to be free and unfettered by nature, and now you actually say such words to the demon clan......

A desolate look appeared in the eyes of the confused Taoist, but it turned to a sarcastic look and laughed.

"Hahaha, let you pay more attention to me...... It turns out that my senior brother doesn't worry about me until he dies, it seems that he has not only deceived you, but also himself...... That's it, that's it, you go and block the mountain gate, Luofu Mountain's 10,000-year foundation is the most important!

He laughed and drank as he staggered away like that. Yuan Yaozi saw him leave, and sighed, his expression complicated.

In fact, it has not been a day or two since he and the concept of the confused Taoist are at odds, but this confused Taoist is the last words left by his ancestor and master when he fell, no matter how big a mistake he makes, as long as it does not endanger the sect, don't worry about him. Although Yuan Yaozi was dissatisfied, he couldn't really do anything with him.

Now that the confused Daoist is not cooperating, Yuan Yaozi has to look for other elders. Because he was afraid that the confused Taoist would spread the set of rebellious words just now, he sent disciples to follow him and monitor his behavior. After that, he began to discuss defensive matters again, and he was very busy-

In the middle of the night, the mountain behind Xianju Peak was silent, the moonlight sprinkled on the hillside, a breeze blew, and many leaves fell from the trees, turning and falling towards the grass. The moment the leaves were about to land, I saw a little cold light passing through the fallen leaves, and the strange thing was that this cold light didn't seem to bring even a trace of airflow, only the leaf that was passed by the cold light was shattered into powder in an instant, and even the air was torn open a pitch-black crack.

"Your archery has improved again. ”

The confused Taoist quietly appeared behind the swallow carp.

"Uncle Shizu. Yan Li, when he turned his head and saw the confused Taoist, he put away his bow and arrows, and stood aside respectfully.

After the last time he was seriously injured in the test with Ji Biao, he was cut by the sword qi and his meridians were slashed, and it was the foolish Taoist who insisted on using the best pills to treat him, but the result was probably because of the excess of medicine, and he just recovered and survived the Jin Dan Tribulation, because there was not much movement, and the sect didn't pay much attention to him. He survived the tribulation silently, and found a quiet place near Xianju Peak to concentrate on practicing archery.

It was rare for the confused Taoist to be so strict, and he didn't speak, but took out a small jade bottle for storage and handed it to him.

"There are five hundred Gathering Spirit Pills in here, as well as some refining materials, and a Silent Annihilation Pill. You can leave tonight, it's too late to go to the north, so let's settle down in Dazeli first, and it's best if you can meet Ji Biao. That kid is very blessed, and you can't go wrong with him. ”

Yan Carp hung his head and did not take the small jade bottle.

"Uncle Shi wants to drive me away?"

Because of his low talent, although he became a disciple of a generation with hard work, he was always shirked without a master to accept him, so he was always not very confident in his bones. Fortunately, he is kind by nature, and even so, he has not had a word of complaint against his master.

The confused Taoist smiled helplessly.

"I'm not driving you away, I'm asking you to leave Luofu Mountain before the mountain gate closes, so as not to die here. He saw that Yan Carp was still holding his head down and not saying a word, so he said in a deep voice: "Yan Carp, raise your head." ”

Yan Li's head was raised suspiciously, only to feel a pain in his eyebrows, as if something had come in, Rao is forbearance personality, and he also snorted in pain.

"Your cultivation is still low, and you will inevitably encounter danger when you wander outside, this golden seal can resist a deadly attack for you, and it cannot be used until it is absolutely necessary. The Elixir of Silence can keep you safe and sound through the Great Tribulation of Incarnation. The catastrophe is coming, and Luofu Mountain is also difficult to support, you go, if the incense of Luofu Mountain is cut off in the future, it will depend on you to revitalize the division. ”

Yan Carp was confused, frightened and frightened, just about to ask, he felt that his body was light, like a cloud driving the fog, so he flew lightly in the air for half an hour, and when he landed again, he was already on the edge of Daze under Luofu Mountain.

The grass and trees in the valley are verdant, the sky is empty, and the Daze in front of it is shrouded in dark mist, and in the huge place, there is only a thin figure of the swallow carp, and even the birds and finches have disappeared without a trace.

"Go ahead, you and I have a master-apprentice game, and today the fate is over. Don't look back, your fortune is still ahead. ”

The voice of the confused Taoist disappeared into the air.

Yan Li has always only regarded him as disgusted with his dull qualifications, so he didn't dare to go beyond it, and every time he called him his uncle, he didn't expect that in his mind, he actually regarded himself as a disciple. He had a thousand words to say in his heart, but he was clumsy in his tongue. He could only kneel down and kowtow respectfully in the direction of Luofu Mountain three times.

"The disciple is gone. ”

Yan Lili picked up the small jade bottle in front of him, stood up and wiped his face, put a bow and arrow on his back, and plunged into the mist of Daze with a resolute expression.