To the west of the Golden Castle Partridge Mansion are the mountains.

When there is no drought, the mountains stretch, the peaks and mountains are towering, the ancient trees are towering, there are countless birds and beasts, and it is even rumored that there are murderous monsters. Even the fierce bandits only dare to operate on the outskirts of the mountains.

However, now the mountains are no longer green, the water is no longer there, the birds and beasts are extinct, and only a dry yellow and dead silence remains.

At 10 a.m. on July 5, a group of people appeared deep in the mountains.

There were eight people in this group, men and women, old and young, monks and Taoists, bandits and soldiers.

It was Zhang Xiaopaw and others who came all the way from Yancheng to find the remains of the Heavenly Martial Daoist, the Master of Empty Phase, the Donkey-faced Old Man and the Blind Uncle.

To be precise, the others came to find the remains, and Zhang Xiaopu and his senior brothers and sisters came to save the Heavenly Martial Daoist, because the soul lamp left by the Heavenly Martial Daoist in Sanqingguan has not been extinguished, which means that he is not dead yet.

That day, when listening to Yaxuan learn the news from a reed man, Zhang Xiaopaw was so excited that he almost fainted.

There is only one great monk from Tianbao Mountain, and the great monk's name is Huijing.

Pure has the meaning of six pure roots.

However, Zhang Xiaopaw felt that it would be difficult for him to be pure in this life, unless the Qinglian Daoist was merciful and let him go, but this was obviously unlikely. If it could be released, the Qinglian Dao people would have let it go a long time ago.

Once tempted, a lifetime of infatuation, a lifetime of no regrets.

Qinglian has no regrets.

The great monk has no regrets, maybe no regrets.

Zhang Xiaopaw only knew that the great monk was very tired all the way.

When they set off two days ago, the Qinglian Daoist was extremely scoundrel, and forced the great monk to carry a simple bamboo chair. She was like a mother, back to back with the great monk, holding an oil-paper umbrella with a beautiful peony flower case in her hand, half-lying in the bamboo chair, and letting the great monk carry it all the way.

However, she didn't take advantage of the big monk, she kept wiping sweat on the big monk's bright head on the way, and pinched two amethyst grapes with her green onion white jade fingers and fed them to the big monk, but the process was a little violent, and she forcibly pinched the big monk's mouth and stuffed it in.

Zhang Xiaopaw witnessed all kinds of "bullying" behaviors of his senior sister against the great monk along the way, and he couldn't help but wonder if the great monk cut his hair to become a monk to avoid atrocities. However, he was quite envious of the great monk, because he was also carrying people on his back, so no one helped him wipe his sweat, and no one fed him amethyst grapes.

Wan Qiuqing saw that the Qinglian Daoist carried a back frame for the great monk, and immediately learned from it, and also made a back frame for Zhang Xiaopaw to put on his back, and then helped Zhang Butcher up, and the beauty was called a penance.

Zhang Xiaopaw was not unhappy, so he rushed to the fateful friendship with Butcher Zhang on the battlefield, and he was willing to carry the old man on his back, not to mention that the old man also taught him a peerless knife technique, which was worthy of half of his master. It is natural for an apprentice to carry his master.

He was just curious about the relationship between Wan Qiuqing and Butcher Zhang, and the two of them were like daughters serving their fathers on the way, shushing the cold and asking for warmth. For a moment, a bold conjecture popped up in Zhang Xiaopu's mind, but he immediately shook his head and vetoed it.

Let's not mention that Butcher Zhang is in the northern Xinjiang, so he has no time to come to the south. Because the northern frontier is as chaotic as the southern frontier at the moment, or even more chaotic than the southern frontier, otherwise how could the two high-ranking disciples under him die in battle. And Butcher Zhang, as the king of Zhenbei, doesn't have to think about it, he must be busy pacifying the war in northern Xinjiang, how can he have time to come to the south.

Just talking about his appearance, Zhang Xiaopaw denied the possibility that Zhang Lao was Zhang's butcher.

Zhang Tu

Husband, butcher, even if it is not full of flesh and fierce faces, at least his face is majestic and imposing. That terrible aura alone can frighten people not to approach.

How can it be so easy to get along with this one on his back, although he also has a momentum of not being angry and arrogant, but as long as he is familiar with it, he can't feel it, only kindness and kindness remain, otherwise Mei Lan Zhuju would not be able to chat with him so happily and speculatively, seeing that he has formed a deep friendship.

A group of eight people traveled all the way, and only Wu Man'er was sullen the whole time, not because of the fall of the donkey-faced old man, but because the three masters saw that others had seats, so they forcibly carried one for Wu Man'er, and the beauty was called caring for the elderly. But Wu Man'er was obviously reluctant to take care of the old man who cared for him, and kept muttering and complaining, but she didn't throw Wen Buwu off her back.

When Wen Buwu saw Butcher Zhang for the first time, he was startled as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight, but Butcher Zhang made a silent gesture in time, which made him swallow back the frightened sound that came to his mouth.

The two only chatted intermittently on the way, and did not talk much.

Going forward over two more hills, a group of eight people stopped.

A reed Taoist took a copper coin from the Ninety-Nine Evil Money Sword left by the Heavenly Martial Daoist to Zhang Xiaopaw, pinched the seal and cast a spell, and the copper coin floated in the air and flew in one direction.

The eight men followed the copper coin into a valley, and saw a deep hole under a cliff, and the copper coin hovered in front of the hole, blocked by an invisible light curtain. Looking at the environment around the cave entrance, it is easy to tell that the cave was once an outlet for the river underneath.

Yiwei Daoist stretched out his hand and pressed it on the light curtain to feel it for a while, and said: "It is the seal left by Situ's predecessors, there should be no doubt here." ”

Butcher Zhang, Wen Buwu and Qinglian Daoren consciously got down from the back frame and entered the cave is a dangerous place, and they didn't dare to be careless.

"Why are there so many footprints on the ground? and they are all going in, but there are only a few footprints going out. Zhang Xiaopaw pointed to the messy footprints on the ground and asked in surprise.

"Tianwu seniors said that someone is sacrificing ancient corpses alive, and these footprints that only enter and cannot be made should be left by those who are sacrifices. Wan Qiuqing said as he took out a special military torch from his backpack and gave one to each person.

"Amitabha!" the great monk said sadly after hearing this.

"Master Dao, Bu Yigua, ask about the good luck of this trip. Wu Man'er said with a smile to a reed man.

"Before I came, the master had already calculated. A reed man responded.

"What do you say?" Wu Man'er asked impatiently.

"Heaven and earth change, chance and fortune, life and death are combined, remember the word 'greed'. A reed said.

Wu Man'er's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she hurriedly asked, "What does the opportunity mean?"

"I don't know. The reed man shook his head.

"What does the word 'greed' mean?" Wu Man'er asked again.

"I don't know. Yiwei Daoist shook his head again, and when he saw that Wu Man'er still wanted to ask, he hurriedly said: "The answers are all in the cave." ”

"Cut!" Wu Man'er rolled his eyes unhappily and said, "Saying it means not saying it." ”

Wen Buwu said: "Heaven and earth are changing, and there are blessings and misfortunes by chance, and it seems that there will be something terrible in the world." ”

"Since Yu Chengyang is relieved to let the two of you come, there must not be much danger, just keep his motto in mind. Let's go, let's go

Hole. Butcher Zhang said.

Yiwei Daoist nodded, and grabbed the hand on the light curtain violently, directly tearing the light curtain and breaking the seal left by Situ Qing.

The seal had been set up when he escaped from the cave, and he was badly wounded, so it wasn't very powerful.

Lighting the torches, a group of eight people walked side by side.

The cave meandered all the way to the underground, similar to the underground river that Zhang Xiaoshu walked in Baihuang Mountain, deep and deep, and walked for four hours without seeing the end. Fortunately, they had already learned carefully from Situ Qing before they came, and knew that this cave was extremely deep, so they had already been mentally prepared. In addition, they are all determined people, and even if they walk for four hours, no one is upset because they can't bear it.

Along the way, there were many seals left by Situ Qing and Tang Jiucai when they escaped, but they were all arranged in a hurry when they were injured, and they were all easily broken by a reed Dao person.

Zhang Xiaopaw has always been in the subtle state of mind, since the last time he cultivated to break through, his subtle state of mind has been able to cover a distance of three hundred steps, not letting go of any subtleties, but there is no special discovery.

After walking forward for more than four hours, there was a fork in the road ahead, one to the left and one to the right.

According to Situ Qing, enter the cave on the left, and walk forward for two or three hours, you will encounter a collapsed tomb.

There are nine burial chambers in total, and the ancient corpses are in the innermost main burial chamber. The main burial chamber is very large, with a length and width of hundreds of zhang.

Situ Qing said that they fought with the ancient corpse in the main burial chamber, the blind uncle and the donkey-faced old man died in battle, and finally the Heavenly Martial Daoist and the Void Master sacrificed their lives to seal the ancient corpse.

However, the copper coin that was flying in the air after chasing the Heavenly Martial Daoist flew towards the hole on the right.

Yiwei Dao man frowned and fixed the copper coin, looked at everyone and said: "There is the essence and blood of the family teacher on the ancient coin, and it can trace the location of the family teacher, this will definitely not be wrong, so do you think it should be divided into two ways?"

"Who?!" Zhang Xiaopaw suddenly shouted.

In the cave on the right, there was a figure that suddenly broke into the coverage of his subtle state of mind, but this figure seemed to be able to feel his subtle state of mind, and as soon as he broke in, he instantly retreated, and Zhang Xiaopaw didn't have time to see his appearance clearly.

Everyone was startled by his cold shout, and they all cast inquiring glances at him.

"There was someone in the cave on the right, and as soon as he stepped into the area covered by my subtle state of mind, he retreated again, so fast that I didn't even have time to see his face. Zhang Xiaopaw quickly explained.

"Go to the right. Butcher Zhang made a decision, and regardless of whether the others agreed or not, he directly spread his body and rushed into the cave on the right.

No one objected, and all of them followed Butcher Zhang into the cave on the right.

"See!" After chasing a distance of more than a thousand steps, Zhang Xiaopaw's subtle state of mind suddenly covered a figure in the darkness in front of him, and the figure was half-bowing and retreating vigilantly, like a beast smelling the breath of a hunter approaching, and then turned around and ran.

A chill rose from the vertebrae of Zhang Xiaopa's tail and said, "It's a corpse!"

He could clearly see that the figure was covered with fine red hair, including the face, and even the eyes were covered by fine red hair.

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly had goosebumps on his scalp, and he swallowed in fright, and then said in an uncertain tone: "It seems to be—it seems to be—it's a blind uncle." ”