Soon, it was getting dark.

The dense woods obscure the glow of the sky. In the dimly lit camp, bonfires began to be lit.

The disciples of each peak had all returned to their respective rooms to rest at this time, leaving only those outer disciples wearing gray short hexagrams, who were still busy around.

Shen Muzhi was a little bored in the room, so he wanted to go out for a walk, by the way, familiarize himself with the surrounding environment, and see where the entrance to the secret realm where he was going tomorrow was.

It's just that as soon as I opened the door, I happened to see Lin Changying coming down from the second floor.

That Lin Changying also heard the movement of opening the door, and as soon as he raised his eyes, he happened to collide with Shen Muzhi's gaze. Both of them were stunned for a moment, and then quickly looked away in unison.

Lin Changying pretended not to see it and walked away quickly.

Shen Muzhi thought about it, then took a step back, not planning to go out. This camp is not big, so as not to run into Lin Changying again later, and cause embarrassment.

However, as soon as he turned around, suddenly there was a voice from the wooden building where Qingliangfeng lived next door. Shen Muzhi turned around and saw two disciples of Qingliang Peak talking under the eaves of the corridor.

Probably sensing Shen Muzhi's gaze, one of them looked over here. With a touch of his eyes, Shen Muzhi smiled embarrassedly and hurriedly nodded in salute.

Even if these Qingliang Peak disciples were not as mean as the other peak disciples when they looked at him before, the disdain in their eyes was undisguised. But at this moment, this person saw Shen Muzhi's movements, and after being slightly stunned, he even nodded, which can be regarded as a return gift.

This made Shen Muzhi a little unexpected.

The other person was originally facing away from Shen Muzhi, seeing the movements of his companion, he glanced back, and after seeing Shen Mu in the distance, he was also slightly stunned, and immediately nodded at him.

Shen Muzhi hurriedly returned the salute, and then the two went back to the house.

Shen Muzhi stood in place, thinking about the change in the attitude of the two Qingliang Peak disciples towards him just now, and his mood suddenly became a little better.

He knew since he was a child that it is impossible to be a human being to be liked by everyone, even if you have never done anything wrong!

However, no one is born to be hated. Even if these two people are just two people who don't matter.

He raised his eyes to see the dim light falling overhead, and suddenly wanted to go out for a walk. For a while, I forgot to worry about whether I would meet Lin Changying by chance, and after closing the door, I walked to the edge of the camp.

The evening breeze blows through the mountains and forests, with the sound of rustling, and in the gentleness, it seems to carry a little mystery and wildness. Even though the camp is far from the shore, you can still smell a faint smell of sea water in the oncoming wind.

Shen Muzhi paced on the edge of the camp, a corner where the campfire in the camp could not shine. The slightly deeper darkness made him feel at ease.

Beside the stream, a few young outer disciples were fighting, and the laughter that was trying to be restrained was still very obvious in this quiet camp.

Sure enough, soon an elder from the outer gate came over and stopped them.

The few young outer disciples stood there with their heads bowed, and they all suddenly fell down like eggplants that had been beaten by frost.

Shen Muzhi stood in the darkness in the distance, watching this scene, and wanted to laugh inexplicably.

At this moment, a figure suddenly sounded not far from him: "Who is it!" Shen Muzhi's eyes were pulled back from those outer disciples, and when he heard the sound, he saw a figure under a tree not far in front of him.

By this time it was already dark, and the man was again standing in the shadows under the tree. Shen Muzhi couldn't see his figure clearly, but he could feel that the man's eyes were staring at him, and vaguely, there seemed to be a trace of hostility.

This place is full of people from the Great Sword Sect, and Shen Muzhi didn't want to cause trouble at such a time, so he took the initiative to introduce himself: "Disciple of Xia Zhengyang Peak, Shen Muzhi." ”

"Shen Muzhi ......" The man under the tree coldly repeated his name, and suddenly, he snorted angrily and scolded: "You killed Yuzhi!

Shen Muzhi's expression couldn't help but change, and his whole body stiffened.

The thing that Yuzhi is that he will never be able to overcome in his heart. Although her life was not caused by his own hands, it was indeed caused by him and burdened by him.

Although the title of murderer is not very exact, he is powerless to refute it!

After the man under the tree cursed, it seemed that it was not enough to relieve his anger, and after spitting at him again, he turned and walked away.

Shen Muzhi looked at the back of the shadow that walked out of the tree, he was not familiar with it, and he couldn't recognize who it was.

He stood there for a moment before he finally suppressed the emotions surging in his heart. It's just that after being like this, he finally got better before, and returned to the bottom again, and he didn't have the heart to continue walking, so he raised his feet and walked back.

Not long after I got back to the house, it was completely dark.

The night in the forest was as dark as ink, thick and viscous. Even if there were a lot of large and small bonfires in the camp, they still couldn't completely expel the sticky darkness from the camp.

Shen Muzhi, who was in a low mood, was quietly boxing around the table in the room, although he couldn't enjoy himself because of the space, but it could distract him to some extent, and he didn't think about Yuzhi for the time being.

After a long time, Shen Mu was sweating, and his mood was not calming down a little, and after putting away his fist, he was bored, when suddenly there was a knock on the door.

Shen Muzhi thought it was Xuan Cheng, but he had said that he would come back to him in the evening, so he seemed to have something to say.

But as soon as the door opened, there was a steward standing outside.

Shen Muzhi couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously: "Steward Xi came here so late, but is there something?"

Steward Xi smiled earnestly, bowed respectfully, and said, "The old slave came here to deliver something to the son." As he spoke, he took out a small sachet and handed it to Shen Muzhi.

Shen Muzhi glanced at the small sachet, and did not immediately reach out to take it, but looked at Steward Xi in confusion and asked, "Steward Xi, what is this?"

Steward Xi replied with a smile: "This is what the peak master asked me to give you." When the time comes to enter the secret realm, Childe must bring this thing with him. ”

Shen Muyi heard that Steward Xi said that this thing was handed over by the master, although he had some doubts in his heart, he didn't think much about it, and after reaching out to take it, he said, "I know, thank you Steward Xi." ”

"Childe is polite!" Steward Xi replied with a smile: "That son, rest early, and the old slave will retire first." With that, he bowed and turned to leave.

After Shen Muzhi watched him walk away, he looked down at the sachet in his hand, and faintly felt that this thing was a little strange. If Master wants to give him this sachet, why don't you give it to him directly when he is on the peak? However, thinking that Bai Yu had said that Steward Xi had followed Master before, and looking at Steward Xi's attitude towards him, it didn't seem to be a hypocrisy, so this thought was only turned in his heart for a moment and then suppressed again. When he turned around, he easily received the sachet into the ring, planning to take it out and hang it on his waist after entering the secret realm tomorrow.

After closing the door again, Shen Muzhi didn't have the heart to practice boxing again, and it was not too early, so after cleaning up, he lay down and rested.

It's just that when he was mentioned about Yuzhi before, it was difficult for him to calm down in a short period of time, lying on it, with his eyes closed, it seemed that he was asleep, but in fact, his heart was full of torment.

The night passed quietly with the sound of gurgling water in the stream next to the house.

I don't know how long it has been, Shen Muzhi was in a daze, as if he heard something echoing in his ears, just as he frowned and was about to wake up to listen to the truth, suddenly, the mountains shook.

Shen Muzhi woke up suddenly, and then, the chaotic sound suddenly poured into his ears.

He hurriedly got up, ready to go out to see what was going on, but before he could get to the door, the door was kicked open with a bang, and with the cold wind pouring in, Xuan Cheng, who was dressed in a black and white robe, had already strode in: "Mu Zhi......"

As soon as Xuan Cheng's eager voice came out, he saw Shen Muzhi who had already gotten up, and after being stunned for a moment, he hurriedly said, "Something happened, you go with me!" After speaking, he didn't explain what happened, turned around and walked out.

Shen Muzhi had unconditional trust in Xuan Cheng, and when he heard him say this, he followed Xuan Cheng without hesitation.

As soon as he went out, he found that the five disciples of Qingliang Peak were already waiting outside the house. And the camp outside was already in chaos. Intense firelight, roaring into the sky, human figures, sword light, shuttling around.

When Shen Muzhi saw this scene, he couldn't help but be stunned, and subconsciously wanted to ask what was wrong, but before the words could be spoken, Xuan Cheng had already rushed out with his sword, and the disciples of Qingliang Peak followed one after another, and Shen Muzhi hurriedly followed when he saw this.

"Keep up with them!" At this moment, a roar suddenly came from behind him. Shen Muzhi looked back and saw a dazzling sword light flashing, and a black shadow not far behind him was cut by the sword light and split in half. The hot blood splattered, and just a part of it splashed on Shen Muzhi's body.

Then, I saw Bai Yu leading Huang Zhen and Zhao He to rush out of the building and rush towards them.

Shen Muzhi looked at the three of them, and suddenly chuckled in his heart.

What about Miss Lin?

Shen Muzhi couldn't help but pause at his feet, his eyes hurriedly looked around, but in the pieces of firelight, where could he still find Lin Changying's figure.

"What about Miss Lin?" Seeing Bai Yu and them chasing after him, Shen Muzhi hurriedly asked.

Bai Yu shook his head: "She's not in the room, and I don't know where she went!"

When Shen Muzhi heard this, he suddenly remembered that when it was night before, Lin Changying left the wooden building. Did she never come back after that?

So where is she now?

Shen Muzhi's eyes became more and more anxious to search around, but this chaotic scene, even if Lin Changying was near here, he was afraid that it would be difficult for him to find it for a while.

Just when he was anxious, countless black shadows suddenly appeared around him, surrounding them.

These black shadows, like ghosts, have no physical form, and they are constantly twisting in the light of the jumping fire. Only a little green light, flashing with a cold sheen, let out a low roar, full of bloodthirsty longing.

When Xuan Cheng and Bai Yu saw this meeting, their faces suddenly became solemn.

The rest of the disciples turned pale one by one.

When Shen Muzhi saw this scene, his heart also sank suddenly, and he didn't care about searching for Lin Changying's figure at the moment, and his heart moved, and the long sword given by the master quietly appeared in his hand.

"Be careful!" With Xuan Cheng's low shout, those black shadows moved one after another, with a whistling sound, surging towards them like a tide.

"Muzhi, follow me!" In a panic, Xuan Cheng's eager voice suddenly sounded in Shen Muzhi's mind, but before these words fell, the tide had arrived, and the cold aura was overwhelming, and it was like falling into an ice cellar for a while.

Shen Muzhi hurriedly swung his sword, and the Xuantian Sword Technique was frantically urging in his body, and wisps of sword light swayed out like moonlight, but this sword light seemed to be useless to these black shadows.

Where the sword light passed, the black shadow was still there.

"Ahh

A scream, with fear, suddenly rang out.

It was a woman's voice.

Shen Muzhi hurriedly looked back, but when he turned around, he saw a firelight, full of ruins, but there was no standing figure.

Ash fell from the sky like snowflakes.

He looked up and watched as the ashes gradually fell on his face, turning to a cold bone, soaking into the marrow.

When I looked down again, I suddenly found a pair of hands and feet exposed in the foot-thick ash on the ground.

He looked at those twisted hands and feet, his heart trembled, and he subconsciously squatted down, wanting to remove these ashes and see who was buried in them!

The first thing I saw was Lin Changying.

The face that is obviously ordinary, but still makes people feel inexplicably ugly, with his eyes closed without the slightest expression, is still cold.

It's just that the cheeks, which were not very fair, now I don't know if it's because they are lifeless, or because of the ashes, they look much whiter than usual, so they look a little more weak than usual.

Shen Muzhi looked at her quietly, there was not much pain in his heart, it was just wooden, as if he had no feeling!

"Pastoral ......"

A gentle voice suddenly sounded in front of him.

Shen Muzhi looked up blankly, and stood not far away, wearing a dark blue robe, which was very familiar.

"Brother He Xian......" he muttered in a low voice, and then raised his eyes, sure enough, it was him.

"Muzhi, come with me......" He Xian had a light smile on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes were extremely gentle.

Shen Muzhi stood up abruptly and walked towards him.

He Xian looked at him, and the smile on the corner of his mouth suddenly became bigger......

"Brother He Xian, why are you here?" When he walked up, he looked at him and suddenly subconsciously asked.

He Xian's expression changed suddenly, and then the gentleness in his eyes suddenly disappeared, and he was fierce and murderous, surging out.

Shen Mu's heart froze, and he woke up in shock: "You are not Brother He Xian......" When he exclaimed, he had already stepped back without hesitation.

The man sneered, and his whole body suddenly turned into a steaming black gas, and with a strange scream, he swept towards him.

At this moment, among the hostas above Shen Muzhi's head, a golden light suddenly shone out.

The surroundings changed suddenly.

There are no ashes like snow, no black gas.

Only Xuan Cheng's face was full of worry.

"How is it?" Xuan Cheng saw that his eyes seemed to have regained clarity, and hurriedly asked.

Shen Muzhi stared at him for a while, and after roughly confirming that he was really Xuan Cheng, he spoke: "I'm fine." It was only when he opened his mouth that he found that his voice was extremely hoarse, as if he had been thirsty for many days and had not drunk water.

"It's okay. Can you move?" asked Xuan Cheng as if he didn't notice something wrong with his voice.

Only then did Shen Muzhi realize that he was sitting on the ground, and the surrounding area was no longer a camp, but a pitch-black mountain forest, there was no sky-high fire, and there was no other figure.

Shen Mu's heart suddenly panicked, could it be that he was still in the illusion just now. Thinking about it like this, when he looked at Xuan Cheng again, he was a little more vigilant in his eyes, and almost subconsciously, he punched Xuan Cheng towards the door.

Xuan Cheng was defenseless, and when he was caught off guard, he slammed into a muffled sound, and was hit by Shen Muzhi's punch.

Shen Muzhi's punch almost used all his strength, and after Xuan Cheng was hit by a punch, his head fell back, and he fell backwards with the whole person, and the nosebleed rushed out instantly......

Shen Muzhi looked at this scene and was dumbfounded.

Is this really Xuancheng?

"What are you doing?" Xuan Cheng lay on the ground and let out a low roar of pain. Immediately, he raised his hand to wipe his nose again, looked at the blood stains on his hands, and couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Shen Muzhi came back to his senses at this time, realized that he had misunderstood, and hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull Xuan Cheng up from the ground, and asked apologetically, "I'm sorry, how are you?"

After glaring at him, Xuan Cheng wiped the nosebleed that was still flowing out with his sleeve, and saw that it seemed that he couldn't stop for a while, so he had to take out the powder to stop the bleeding and stuff it into his nostrils a little bit, which stopped the bleeding.

After Shen Muzhi saw that he was better, he hurriedly asked the doubts in his heart: "Where are we?

"I don't know!" Xuan Cheng was obviously still angry, and he didn't speak anymore after he stiffly popped out three words.

After Shen Muzhi smiled, he didn't ask any more questions.

After a while, Xuan Cheng had already cleaned up all the blood stains on his face, and after glaring at Shen Mu again, he said in a condensed voice: "This place is very evil, you follow me." ”

Shen Muzhi nodded hurriedly.

Xuan Cheng looked around, then took a step and walked towards the darkness.

In the mountains and forests where you can't see your fingers, there is not even a trace of insects and birds, and it is so quiet that it makes people's hearts flutter.

Shen Muzhi followed Xuan Cheng closely, and the two walked cautiously in the dense mountain forest. The subtle rustling sound made when walking through the chaotic bushes was as if it had been amplified countless times in this silent mountain forest, and it sounded even more eerie.

Shen Muzhi didn't know how long it had been since before, and the night seemed to have no end. Looking up at the sky, the thick branches covered the stars and the moon, leaving only darkness, so black that people had no bottom in their hearts.

Occasionally, there seems to be a whining wind through the woods, but the sound of the leaves not being heard fanning, which is really strange.

The two of them groped like this, and walked for about half an hour, Shen Muzhi's ears suddenly moved, as if he heard the sound of water, thinking that there was a stream in the camp, his mood was suddenly slightly excited, and he hurriedly reminded Xuan Cheng who was walking in front of him: "There is the sound of water!"

As soon as he said this, Xuan Cheng suddenly stopped.

Shen Muzhi didn't expect it, and he followed closely, and directly bumped into it.

Xuan Cheng was hit and stumbled forward.

At that moment, a small sound came from overhead.

Shen Mu's heart trembled, and without thinking about it, he stretched out his hand and pushed Xuan Cheng in front of him hard, and at the same time, he also rushed forward.

At this moment, the lake-green sword shone brightly and swept through the air.

With a snort, the sword light faded again, and the forest returned to darkness. There were two slight cracks, as if something had fallen on the ground beside him.

Shen Mu's heart palpitated, he threw himself on the ground, didn't dare to move, and asked Xuan Cheng quietly: "What is it?"

Xuan Cheng shook his head silently, indicating that he didn't know.

The two waited for a while, seeing no other movement, before carefully getting up.

After Shen Muzhi stood still, he listened carefully, the sound of water from before was still there, and it seemed to be not far ahead.

"Go over and see. After Xuan Cheng whispered, he led Xuan Cheng and touched the place where the sound of water came.

The sound of water sounded close, but Shen Muzhi and the others walked and walked, but they never found a place. After a long time, Xuan Cheng first realized that something was wrong, stopped, listened carefully for a while, and asked Shen Muzhi: "Do you think this sound of water sounds different from the beginning?"

When Shen Muzhi heard this, he also listened carefully, and then his face couldn't help but change.