Bashan, dusk.

The afterglow of the setting sun shines on a rolling mountain beam, and the forest is dyed, and the glow reflects the branches. The tired birds are returning to their nests, and the coming night blows away the heat of the day.

As the last rays of afterglow fall into the horizon at a speed visible to the naked eye, the mountains are dark and the sky is dark. Suddenly, the mountain beam moved, as if lazily stretching its waist, and began to swim slowly.

From west to east, with its head at the head of the mountain and its tail at the end of the mountain, a huge snake's head was raised leisurely, its body stretched for a few moments, and its turquoise eyes looked around, exuding a warmth and peace that was different from that of cold-blooded animals.

It looked among the mountains, and its eyes were fixed on a thatched hut, which was strange and eerie, and full of black air.

The serpent stared for a moment, as if thinking, and then opened its mouth to squirt. A strange aura enveloped the hut, and the black qi quickly faded, turning into wisps of clear qi in the blink of an eye.

"Sizzle!"

The serpent was a little delighted, shrunk in size, and disappeared into the forest.

On the practice ground, dozens of miles away from the hut, there are stone piers standing at the four corners, with hollow covers, and inside are placed balls the size of eggs, emitting a bright and undazzling white light.

Three figures are flying up and down in the field, fighting happily. After about a stick of incense, the three of them staggered and stopped at the same time.

Shui Lanshao and Qing Buzi stood together, panting and sweaty, their clothes torn a few times. On the opposite side was Fang Yuan, who was also a little angry, but he was far less embarrassed than the two of them.

"I just learned a new move, and I was going to be surprised, but it was broken. ”

Shui Lanshao put away her long sword, a little helpless.

"I still can't beat back and forth, the second senior brother is so powerful, and the senior sister still doesn't know how far it is!" Qing Buzi was also very frustrated.

"You are shorter than me to get started, I take advantage of it, as long as you study hard and practice hard, you will soon be able to surpass mine. ”

Fang Yuan scratched his head, a little embarrassed.

The four disciples, Gu Xiaofei is sixteen years old and Fang Yuan is fifteen years old, and their temperament is steady and down-to-earth, which is reassuring. Shuilan Peony and Qingbuzi are both thirteen years old, one is smart and lively, so that he can be a little smart, and the other is still a little frizzy and still needs to be polished.

They have been studying art for more than a year, and they are still laying the foundation, and they have little communication with the senior sister on weekdays, they are very in awe, and they regard the master as a celestial. Because the time of receiving training is still short, I don't know a lot of things, I just know that my own school is very good, and like many children, I am full of curiosity and eager to try.

Life in the mountains was boring, and after the evening class, the servants returned to their lodgings to wash up, and then got together to eat and chat—each holding the sword given by the master, which was made of three stones that Xiao Zhai picked up casually.

"Senior sister has been in retreat for half a month, why hasn't she come out yet?" Qing Buzi said.

"It's not a retreat, it's just that it takes time to think about it. "Shui Lan Peony corrected.

"What do you want?"

"Didn't she say that her heart was upset, she might want to, she wanted to ......"

Shui Lan Shao pondered the adjective for a moment and said, "To adjust, yes, adjust." ”

"You didn't see the way she just came back, she was very haggard, she must have been through something big. ”

Fang Yuan fiddled with the fire, and a fat spirit beast was roasted on it, and said, "This is the inner demon that Master talked about. ”

"Alas, Senior Sister will definitely be able to do it, she is so powerful!"

The three children sighed and shared dinner, and the small fire was particularly obvious, which made Bashan more and more depressed at night.

Shui Lanshao looked at the few broken thatched huts, and suddenly pouted: "There are too few people in our sect, it's fine during the day, but it's deserted at night, and the junior brother is afraid to sleep alone." ”

"Who, who's scared? How can you smear people's innocence out of thin air......" Qing Buzi's face turned red.

"What innocence? When we first entered the mountain, I obviously heard you crying in the house at night!" Shui Lanshao showed no mercy.

"Can you be afraid of the things of the cultivators?"

The green tendons on the forehead of the green cloth burst out, and they argued vigorously, and then there were difficult words, such as "leaving home at a young age", "weaning", etc., which caused everyone to laugh, and the air inside and outside the mountain was full of joy.

When he was happy, Fang Yuan suddenly restrained his smile, drew his sword and got up, pointed to a dense forest not far away and shouted, "What person?"

"Second Senior Brother ......"

Both children were startled, and without warning, a girl suddenly appeared in front of them.

He is petite, with soft facial features, extraordinarily fair skin, closed eyes, and a blood-red dropdrop-shaped mark dripping from his left eye.

She stood there, silent, motionless, very eerie.

"Spirits?"

The servants looked at each other, a little panicked.

Fang Yuan asked a few more words, but the other party never responded, so he said: "It doesn't matter if you are a human or a demon, those who trespass on the mountain gate, kill!"

The three of them reacted quickly, quickly surrounding, excited and nervous.

The girl's eyes were still closed, but the corners of her mouth were curled as if she were smiling. She didn't wait for the other party to make a move, her figure disappeared, and she appeared behind Qing Buzi.

Qing Buzi has very little experience with the enemy, and he is flustered for a while. The girl didn't attack further, and disappeared like a ghost, standing in front of Shui Lan Shao.

Shui Lanshao was trying to come to the rescue, but she was cold and almost bumped into her.

The girl still did not attack and disappeared for the third time.

"Whew!"

Fang Yuan swung his sword and slashed into the air. Sure enough, the girl happened to be there, but the next second his eyes widened.

The sword was clearly slashed, but it seemed to slash through the air, and the other party's body seemed to be a projection painting, illusory.

Sizzle!

The hearts of the servants suddenly burst into their hearts, and the secret path was not good, and they were thinking about how to fight the enemy, when they heard a familiar voice sound.

"That's it!"

"Master!"

The servants rushed over together, and the person who came was Xiao Zhai. She was obviously dissatisfied with her disciple's performance, and said, "Xiao Yuan is not bad, what are you two doing, you are in a hurry, have you forgotten your teaching skills......

Shui Lan Shao and Qing Buzi were in a cold sweat, and they didn't dare to raise their heads.

After fasting, he beckoned again, and the girl ran over, her limbs soft, not like a zombie.

"Master, what is this?" Fang Yuan asked.

"It's a servant. ”

Servant?

Fang Yuan paused, and suddenly remembered that this sect had a unique set of advanced techniques, "But the skill of the servant ghost?"

"Yes, it's a servant. ”

There are many spells in the Xuanhuang faction, which are all-encompassing, and there are basically all types. Among them, there is a very special one, simply put, it is to refine seven different servants and ghosts according to different characteristics, including:

Hu: That is, the little ghost, that is, this girl.

Lu: Refers to the national ghost, the most famous unjust deceased person in a country, such as Wu Zixu, he is the national ghost of Wu State.

Xiao: Ancient star name.

L: Same as above.

Hu: Same as above.

Ghosts: People die as ghosts, ghosts die as deaf, and ghosts are afraid of deafness. It is said that this deafness is more powerful than ghosts, and it is extremely rare.

Beard: The ghost of the mountains.

I don't know where the Xuanhuang faction got this technique, or record it casually, in short, few people practice it, because the conditions are too harsh, first to find the right soul, and then find the right body.

It's not that refining ghosts is an evil way, but it deviates from the Xuanmen Orthodox Law, like Li Suchun's alchemy technique came from Maoshan Mountain, although it is a little terrifying, but it is by no means an evil law.

Xiao Zhai was also curious, searched for many years, and finally found eight bodies.

That's right, it's the eight bodies that pinched the female number for Lao Gu, like Lu, Xiao, and Wei, which are nowhere to be found, so there are only two mustaches and six mustaches.

Oh, woman!

She wouldn't have made so much effort to specifically scare Gu Yu, she was piggybacking.

After some explanation, the servants were no longer afraid, and began to look in circles.

Shui Lanshao also stretched out her hand and poked, the girl's face was smooth and delicate, no different from a real person, but a little shaded, "Master, she was obviously not injured by the sword just now, how could it be an entity?"

"This is the supernatural power of the servant. After you make a blood sacrifice, unless the enemy's strength is much higher than yours, it can escape from heaven and earth, and it will be difficult to hurt by ordinary means. ”

"Oh...... Huh?"

Shui Lanshao reacted and said in surprise: "Is this for me?"

"Yes, even if it is refined, you should be kind to it. ”

As soon as Xiao Zhai pointed at it, the girl ran to her side, and opened her eyes, no different from a real person. The more Shui Lanshao looked at it, the more happy she became, and the two of them also looked at the master with hot eyes.

"I'll wait until I find the man. ”

Xiao Zhai poured a basin of cold water on it, she didn't want her apprentice to become a dead fat house, and she nested in the house all day playing with maid dolls.

"Master, ......"

Fang Yuan was okay, Qing Buzi was like a mourner, "Didn't you find eight bodies, even if you give one to Senior Sister, what do you keep the rest for?"

"Naturally, I kept it for tea and poured water. ”

Xiao Zhai flicked his sleeves, kicked the little apprentice away, and went up the mountain by himself.

She came to the outside of the hut and felt the breath inside, sometimes in and out, sometimes gently, sometimes restless...... Obviously, he is still trapped in his own mental barriers, and he can't extricate himself.

She stretched out her hand, but still didn't push the door open, wiped herself away.

……

It was said that Gu Xiaofei returned to the mountain and told the story as it was.

"My junior brother is dead, my heart is in turmoil, how should I deal with myself?"

"Do you have affection for him?"

I don't know, I need to think about it. ”

"Then you go into retreat and come back to me in ten days. ”

So Gu Xiaofei locked himself in a thatched hut, without eating or drinking, but after ten days, there was no movement.

And so it was, ten days after ten days, ten days after ten days...... I don't know how long it took, so long that Shui Lanshao and they almost forgot about this senior sister.

Xiao Zhai is not on the mountain, as long as he is there, he must go to the front of the house every day to stand for a stop, but he never pushes the door.

In the early morning of this day, the night rain stopped, and the smoke and clouds were vast.

Xiao Zhai came to the hut as usual, suddenly smiled, and stretched out his hand to push.

"Squeak!"

The wooden door that had been closed for a long time was finally pushed open, and Gu Xiaofei sat on the cloud bed, looking very haggard after months of water and rice, but the eyes were brighter than before.

"Got it?"

Xiao Zhai stood in front of her.

"Master......"

Gu Xiaofei bowed down, as if a lost traveler had finally found an oasis, directly, simply, and unshakable, "The reason is very simple, but I only understand it now."

I'm not strong enough!"

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