As soon as Lu Sheng woke up, he noticed something was wrong.

He sat up and crossed his arms and thought for a moment, before he suddenly realized that the difference was that Xie Ying was not in the cave.

Since returning to Beijing in the Western Regions, the two of them have slept in the same car when they go out, and they have unconsciously become accustomed to it, but now they have no trace of Xie Ying when they wake up, but they make Lu Sheng feel uncomfortable and weird.

He laughed at himself, patted his shirt and stood up, and walked out of the cave.

Outside the cave, the sky is bright, the sky is green, the green trees are lush and lush, the flowers are purple and red, the bees and butterflies linger in the flowers, and everywhere is full of vitality.

An unknown tree stands in the midst of the flowers all over the ground, the silver-white trunk is tall and straight, the tree is full of white flowers and snow leaves, the cool breeze blows, the branches and leaves rattle, swaying and falling plain white flowers and leaves.

A young man was dressed in snow and stood tall in the fallen leaves like frost and snow, and his hand unfolded a long scroll, and the golden cube was suspended in front of him like a living thing.

Deep clothes and high crowns, clear eyebrows, such as ice covering thousands of rivers when quiet, such as the unsealing of the long lake when moving, Yushu Qiongzhi shines on the mirror lake, and Zhilan Du Ruo incense.

He raised his head and saw Lu Sheng, the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, revealing a light and elegant smile, as if the clouds were wide and the sky was open, and the nine days were colorful. It is the gods who have never heard of it and now they have seen it, and the world is absolutely beautiful, so it is like this.

Lu Sheng stepped on the green leaves and fragrant flowers, walked towards Xie Ying, and asked, "Ah Ying got up so early, have you rested?" ”

Xie Ying's expression was as usual, but he didn't see fatigue, and only said, "It's okay, Baoyang, you come and see." ”

Lu Sheng approached as he said, followed his direction, and lowered his head to look at Fang Ding.

There is a cloud-like white mist in the ding, and with Xie Ying's gesture, the wisps float out of the dingkou, spreading and spreading, like a picture scroll, forming mountains, rivers, plains, and cities.

Lu Sheng sighed and pointed to the towering mountain and the small mist-like city nearby: "Could this be the city of Lingbao Mountain and Wuxian Kingdom?" ”

Xie Ying said: "Exactly." ”

Lu Sheng was amazed, and when he looked closely, he realized that the shrunken three-dimensional mountain and city became more and more delicate as the white mist condensed, as small as the cracks between the mountain cliffs and the flags in the city, all of which were faithfully presented.

He praised: "This is a fine picture. ”

was about to reach out to touch it, but Xie Ying held down his wrist and warned: "If you touch it at will, beware of destroying the city." ”

Lu Sheng was taken aback, hurriedly withdrew his hand, and said worriedly: "Since it is said that the casting tripod is eternal, why is it so vulnerable...... If it falls into the hands of traitors, I am afraid that the earth will be overturned. ”

Seeing that he was worried, Xie Ying smiled unconsciously, raised his hand and touched his cheek, "How can a traitor have my ability, there is no need to worry about it." ”

He also made it clear to Lu Shengfen that the Shenzhou Ding Qi Machine is connected to heaven and earth, and it is projected in the Ding, which is a phantom and the spirit of the city, and if the soul is destroyed, the city will be destroyed, and it cannot be easily touched. Fortunately, there are only a handful of people who can draw this image out of the tripod, and it is enough to properly collect the tripod in the future and not fall into the hands of others.

Lu Sheng listened to it ignorantly, after all, it was a mysterious and unknown thing, and it was understandable that he couldn't understand it. He asked, "Can the Nikko monk lead you?" ”

Xie Ying sneered: "Fang Wai barbarian, what do you know." ”

Lu Sheng was a little relieved, and asked again, "Can Ge Zhenren lead it?" ”

Xie Ying said: "The teacher is good at alchemy and qi cultivation, and has never dabbled in ancient occult arts. ”

The implication is that it can't.

Lu Sheng thought about it for a moment, and then asked, "That...... Can the purple seal from the Immortal Kingdom be introduced? ”

Xie Ying said: "That confused immortal doesn't know how to learn, and your question will inevitably exalt him." ”

Lu Sheng recalled the oolong he had met with Ziyin for the first time, and couldn't help laughing, but Xie Ying said: "Baoyang is worried, Ziyin is not to be afraid, but the wolf bathing in the snow should be carefully avoided, and it will be sniffed carefully." ”

Shenzhou Ding is a big matter, and the less people know about it, the more appropriate it is.

It's just that in this way, how to seal Li Ying's mouth is a trouble......

He turned to ask Xie Ying, but Xie Ying sneered: "It's simple, when you and I return to Jianye, the passage here will be blocked." Since he has lived in Wuxian for more than 200 years, he might as well live a little longer and live for a long time. ”

There is no need to kill people and kill people, which makes Lu Sheng feel relieved, but the vision in Dingzhong makes him look sideways, the delicate and tiny city was originally formed by the condensation of white mist, but now it is faintly red, as if it is sunset.

He pointed and said in a deep voice, "Ah Ying, what's going on?" ”

Xie Ying lowered her eyes for a moment and muttered, "...... This is also the only way back to the city, so it is better to go and see it. ”

He grabbed Fang Ding in his palm, and the landscape painting scroll floating outside quickly retracted from the Dingkou, and then a wisp of white smoke spread, surrounding the two of them.

When the white smoke cleared, Lu Sheng found that he had left where he had been, standing in a willow forest, unaware of the change.

When I walked out of the woods, I saw the broken city gates, the flames that were gradually extinguishing, and the corpses scattered and scattered.

Lu Sheng was shocked, and said astringently: "Ah Ying, this ......"

He turned his head but disappeared from Xie Ying, and his heart sank to the bottom for a while, but he calmed down.

The city gate was open, the fire burned for some time, and most of the wooden houses were destroyed, Lu Sheng passed through the city gate along the post road, and finally saw a slightly complete corpse at the crossroads, he turned the corpse over, the tentacles were cold, the joints had begun to stiffen, and he had been dead for about two or three hours. There was a bloody hole in his temple, and a fist-sized hole in his chest.

The number of corpses in the city gradually increased, and Lu Sheng checked several more corpses one after another, and found that each corpse was either a temple or a severe wound to the throat, leaving a bloody hole full of two fingers wide. The hole in the chest is shared by everyone, and the chest cavity is empty, and I don't know who has taken out the heart.

It's a pity that Lu Sheng's experience is limited, and he can't tell which one was injured first and which one was killed, so he only dared to judge that the murderer was ruthless, not only taking people's lives, but also digging out his heart.

He crouched beside the corpse of a young girl, and lifted the sleeve of the woman's shirt with his sword scabbard to check, and the vines that had been wrapped around his wrist were all withered, charred and shriveled, and there was no life left. Lu Sheng secretly thought, it turns out that this vine is different from ordinary plants and trees, people are in the vine, and people are dead and destroyed. I don't know what the murderer is doing......

He was thinking about it, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of a red shadow from the corner of his eye, and subconsciously flashed sideways, and was about to draw his sword to fight back, but his subordinates hesitated for a moment, and then they were wrapped around their hands and feet by several blood-red vines and tied up.

The vines meandered for more than ten zhang, like poisonous snakes intertwined, stupidly moving, and the other end was held in the hand by a young man, his face was quite familiar, it was the witch gan who talked to him when he went to Lingbao Mountain, and was scared away by Xie Ying again.

It's just that when I saw him at that time, he was still a sincere and cheerful young man, but now his face is vicissitudes, his eyes are sad, his face is covered with smoke and dust, dirty and depressed, like a wounded beast without saying a word, only staring at Lu Sheng with bloodshot eyes, and the vines are even more red and dazzling, as if they are condensed with blood, wrapped around Lu Sheng's wrists and calves, neck and waist, and its heat can be detected through the fabric.

Lu Sheng had also noticed that the vine that was attacked was a companion of the Wuxian people, so he hastily cut it off, just for fear of cutting off the limbs of the same person, so he hesitated a little, but was captured by Wu Gan by taking the opportunity.

The vines were wrapped so tightly like ropes that he had to move his head and asked, "Wu Gan, what's going on?" ”

Wu Gan sneered again and again, dragged the vines, and pulled Lu Sheng staggered two steps, his lips cracked, blood flowed down the wound, as if crying blood, his voice was hoarse, as if he had been crying for a long time, and even his throat broke out: "Good, good, good, when you kill people, you are happy when you are caught, and you pretend to be stupid when you are caught, are you human races all such despicable and shameless people?" ”

Lu Sheng had no choice but to say: "Wu Gan, you misunderstood, Ah Ying and I have been in Lingbao Mountain, and we have just entered the city at this moment, and I didn't kill the people." ”

Wu Gan gritted his teeth and glared at him, and said in a dumb voice: "My Wuxian country is the only one left here, there are no aliens in the four wildernesses, and there has never been a foreigner visiting. Now only you and that Xie Ying have come, and their appearance is suspicious, as soon as they enter Lingbao Mountain, they will disappear, and then they will injure Li Zhenren, slaughter my ethnicity, and destroy my city. Pile by pile, blood debt, it wasn't committed by you and other outsiders, could it be that I, the people of Wuxian country, killed my own people? ”

The more he spoke, the more angry he became, and he actually dragged the vine again, but the young man's feet were as steady as Mount Tai, and he had not been dragged by him for half a minute, and he couldn't help but be so angry that his eyes were more and more bloodshot, and his back molars gritted and gurgled, and roared angrily: "Lu Sheng! I will kill your blood sacrifice people! ”

Lu Sheng was really speechless, stood firm and confronted him, and sighed: "Wu Gan, the accident in the city is really a tragedy in the world, I will not sit idly by, you are calm and calm, let me explain......"

A red vine was pulled on the head, Lu Sheng was tied firmly, and he barely turned sideways to avoid it, but the vine was still whipped on his shoulder like a long whip, and his shoulder was suddenly hot and painful, Lu Sheng gasped in pain, but saw a man and a woman walking beside Wu Gan, both of whom stared at Lu Sheng with bitter hatred on their faces. The woman said, "Wu Gan, what do you say to this murderer, kill him!" ”

The man sneered: "It's too cheap for him to be killed on the spot, not to mention that he still has an accomplice missing, don't act rashly, detain him and deal with it." Capture the two of them together and send them to Li Zhenren, whether it is refining medicine or making Gu, they will definitely be tortured and life is worse than death, even if it is so...... It can't get rid of the hatred in my heart! ”

Wu Xian and the others suffered a tragic change, the family was destroyed and people died, although Lu Sheng was sympathetic, but he was hated as a murderer indiscriminately five times, but he inevitably became angry, he moved his wrist, the vines became more and more tight, and it was firmly wound along with the hilt of the sword, he wanted to draw the sword but it was not easy, and for a while he couldn't help but feel annoyed that Fang Cai's heart was soft.

He lowered his face and said: "Wu Gan, there is a wrongdoer, a debtor, if you don't track down the real murderer, don't you arrest someone at will to vent your anger, don't you let the murderer go free?" To tell you the truth, I have made a living by investigating cases, and I have a little experience, if you can trust it, I will help you track down the real murderer and take revenge. ”

Wu Gan smiled miserably, pulled out the hunting knife from his waist, his eyes were gloomy, and walked towards Lu Sheng step by step, "You human race are really clever and eloquent, but let me ask you, Lu Sheng, if it is really as you said, but you have just entered the city, how did you avoid the eyes and ears of many of my clansmen along the way, and arrived without knowing it?" Your companion...... And where did it go? ”

Lu Sheng choked, Wu Gan asked questions one after another, but he couldn't answer any of them, either he didn't know anything, or he couldn't say anything about the inside story, he couldn't help but feel full of bitterness, and struggled again, the vine loosened a few inches, and the other two saw that the situation was not good, and they also raised their hands to release the vines, binding Lu Sheng layer by layer like a zongzi. Lu Sheng couldn't help but say angrily: "My companion's mana is profound, if you dare to hurt me, none of the remaining clansmen will be able to escape!" ”

Wu Gan was furious, rushed over in a few steps, raised his hunting knife and slashed at Lu Sheng's head, Lu Sheng stepped hard, and pulled the vine sideways to dodge, the hunting knife lost its accuracy and smashed heavily on a vine next to it. Although she had not cut the slightest wound, the Wuxian woman was very afraid of the pain, and she cried out miserably, suddenly withdrew the vines, squatted on the ground, and protected her right hand in her arms, her shoulders trembled and her face turned pale in pain.

Lu Sheng saw the tragic situation of that person, his heart was settled, he was ruthless again, roared angrily, and finally broke the vines a little, his thumb was forced, and he immediately pushed out the hilt of the sword by half an inch, and the blade was like a silk silk, easily cutting off all the vines that were wrapped around the outside.

The vines were broken, and Wu Gan and the Wu Gan man were also pale, and they almost couldn't even grasp the hunting knife. Lu Sheng noticed that the remaining part was also loosened in circles, his right hand got a gap, he held the hilt of the sword and flicked it, the long sword came out, and he slashed several times in a row, Wu Gan was like someone cutting off his fingers one after another, the pain was in the bone marrow and it was difficult to take care of himself, Lu Sheng just took the hunting knife in his hand with a face.

The so-called born in sorrow and died in peace, these Wuxian people have been in a corner for many years, with neither external enemies nor internal troubles, but they are afraid that they have long forgotten what the situation of life and death struggle is, and they will be easily defeated by Lu Sheng.

It's getting more and more pitiful.