"The Tao is above, everything in Kyushu is proof, I, Ling Xia, swear by the demons in my heart, what Fang Ye said is not false, and the two of us have no intention of deceiving Xue Yuan. If what you say is untrue and what you do is contrary, you will be guided by the demons in your heart, and your body and soul will be taken as the hostage, and you will be abandoned by the Tao and thrown away by reincarnation. ”

"Kasumi!"

Ling Xia turned her head in Fang Ye's somewhat hasty roar, smiled at him slightly, and then turned to Xue Yuan:

"Fang Ye has not cultivated in his body, it is unknown whether he will be able to continue to cultivate in the future, even if he swears, you will most likely still have reservations. ”

“...... Be. ”

"That'...... And now?"

Xue Yun turned his eyes away and looked at Fang Ye, who had barely calmed down after taking several deep breaths, and nodded slowly: "In this case, I will believe you once." ”

“...... Tomorrow, I will take you to the secret land of Jiujing. ”

Listening to Fang Ye's words with a slight instability, Xue Yun nodded, stood up from the table, and walked out. When she walked to the door, she stopped for a moment: "However, before going to Jiujing tomorrow, I hope to ...... You can answer my question about another matter. ”

"Deal. ”

"Thank you. ”

......

After Xue Yun left, only Fang Ye and Ling Xia were left in the wooden house, as well as the velvet rabbit Xue Tuan'er who was huddled in a ball on the table, looking left and right and not daring to make a sound.

There was no movement in the house for a long time, but the sound of rain outside the window that had not stopped falling into my ears was very clear.

Ling Xia made a move first.

She stretched out her hand to the snow ball lying obediently on the table.

Xue Tuan'er stared at her hands that were getting closer and closer with big eyes, glanced at Fang Ye who was standing quietly on the side with a calm face, her long ears trembled, it was very rare that she did not refuse Ling Xia's hand in front of her master, and ...... obediently It was lifted from the table. Xue Tuan'er was not very comfortable to carry, so she struggled to kick her hind legs twice, and was stuffed into Fang Ye's arms by Ling Xia in a daze. Feeling the familiar embrace and breath of his master, Xue Tuan'er couldn't help but snort, twisted his body, and when his master was still a little stunned and didn't react much, he adjusted his comfortable position and posture, closed his eyes and began to get confused.

After Ling Xia stuffed Xue Tuan'er into Fang Ye's arms, she whispered to Fang Ye, "It's not early, let's rest." ”

“...... Rosy clouds. ”

"You didn't lie to her, and we really didn't mean to harm her. But in order to make her feel at ease, she will not break her oath, and it will not affect anything. ”

“...... Do you have any other ideas?"

Ling Xia paused: "I know that I can't hide it from you, naturally, I don't need to hide it from you." Although I don't have much contact, this Xue Yun feels good to me, and I want to try to make friends. It's just that we've offended her before, and it's not easy to continue without enough sincerity. ”

Fang Ye was silent for a moment and let out a long sigh: "...... You want to ask her about the 'origins'. ”

"Hmm. ”

"Kasumi, you don't have to ...... it"

"You've passed, the power of Jiujing's 'origin' can wash the essence and cut the marrow, and it has the effect of repairing dark injuries and improving qualifications...... Previously, we ...... This is the most likely way to go. Before, it was just that there was no direction and no way, but now, the opportunity is in front of them, how can they let it go?" What's more, this may already be the only way they have left that they can take......

Fang Ye laughed self-deprecatingly: "I've been guarding this Nine Wells for so long, if I could have the qualifications to be recognized by the Nine Wells, I would have ...... long ago."

"Fang Ye!"

Fang Ye looked at Ling Xia's rarely reddened eyes, which had always been cold, and slowly leaned over, putting the snow ball in his arms that had been stuffed by Ling Xia back on the table, and then holding Ling Xia's somewhat stiff shoulders with both hands: "Xia." ”

Ling Xia just opened her eyes wide, looked at Fang Ye a little stubbornly, pursed her lips and said nothing.

“...... If I still have such thoughts, I can't leave Kujing......"

"So what?"

Fang Ye paused, raised his hand and touched the top of her hair: "Many years ago, I promised you...... Leave Naughsu with you and see the various scenery in Kyushu that is different from Naughyu. He wanted to take advantage of the time he could still spend with her, at least ...... Do your best to fulfill the promise you made back then.

“...... Never mind. ”

"If it weren't for me...... You ......"

"Fang Ye!" Ling Xia held his hand, her voice trembling a little: "You're not a drag...... If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have ......."

"It's just sooner or later, the hidden danger has already been buried, and it has nothing to do with you. ”

Ling Xia lowered her head and ripped his hand off her shoulder.

"Kasumi?"

Ling Xia stepped forward and leaned her forehead on his shoulder: "Fang Ye." ”

"Huh?"

"The wish of the year, more importantly, was with you, but not ...... Scenery of Kyushu. ”

Fang Ye was stunned, and his heart couldn't tell whether it was warm or astringent.

So...... "Don't give up......

Fang Ye raised his hand and gently stroked Ling Xia's back: "...... Well. ”

Abandoned on the table by the master again "ruthlessly", Xue Tuan'er lowered her ears aggrievedly, scratched and scratched her claws on the table, raised her head to look at her favorite master, and looked at the master Rao Lingxia who had "occupied" her again, turned around with a hum, and pointed her butt at the two of them.

Even if it's a velvet rabbit, it has a temper!

......

Returning to the guest house alone, although he had dried his clothes and hair with spiritual power, he still brought back the cold and dampness of his body at this time. Xue Yuan sat down at the table, looking at the candle flame dancing on the table, and a lot of doubts and panic rose in his heart.

Everything about Jiujing is something she doesn't know, and she has no idea what the so-called Jiujing Secret Land looks like.

In fact, Fang Ye didn't take the initiative to mention it without asking her, the "Origin Power" on her body was actually a bit confusing.

Her origin did not come from the secret place of Jiujing guarded by the Xue family in Mianzhou, but from the giant python that inexplicably appeared crazy in the Flowing Light Grass Mountains in Qiaozhou, the border land connected to Cangzhou.

If it is also one of the secret places of Jiujing, Qiaozhou Jiujing, most of the guardian families have withered and disappeared. And the unguarded Jiujing was accidentally hit by the giant python after a long time, and he didn't know how to get the "origin", but because he didn't have the bloodline of the nine families, he was counterattacked, and came out and bumped into Xiao Luo and Xue Yun who were nearby.

If this conjecture is correct, then the later anomaly of the Streamer Grass Mountains may be explained.

It's just that......

Xue Yuan always felt that there was something that violated the harmony and was not very smooth.

And the deep mountain valley, the two vague figures, and......

Xiao Luo's Kunwu knife.

If it was really the secret place of the Nine Wells, why did the fragments of the Kunwu Knife be sealed there, and was there any connection between the Kungo Knife and the Nine Wells?

Xue Xuan let out a long breath, thinking that he would go to the Jiujing secret place of the Fang family in Naozhou in a few hours, he was a little curious and expectant, but he was also very uneasy and frightened.

I always feel that something will change from here.

Xue Yuan stood up and walked to the half-open window in a few steps, through the window, his gaze skimmed over the dim courtyard, and slowly moved to the dark clouds that did not see the moonlight

“...... Xiao Luo, you're right...... "She was alone, and sure enough, she was a little scared.

......

In the early morning of the second day, the heavy rain that had been falling all night had stopped in the courtyard where the three people who had not rested well the night before, and the air was full of damp and earthy smells.

Knowing that Fang Ye was here, there was a formation enchantment established by the Fang family's inheritance for several generations, and no one would be able to disturb him, so Xue Ye didn't have too many worries when he got up.

"Last night, before entering the secret place of Jiujing, I had something I wanted to ask. ”

Fang Ye was also calm: "It's about Qingyun Jue and Yuan Che, right?"

Xue Yun pursed his lips, hesitated for a moment, and did not make a sound.

“...... It doesn't seem to be. That's right, listening to what you said yesterday, you must already know the truth of this matter, so you don't need to ask more. So...... Do you want to know the whereabouts of the Shangguan family's Rao?"

Xue Yuan's eyes lit up.

"Looks like I guessed right. Fang Ye smiled: "It's just...... Sorry, Xue Daoyou. If what you want to know is the whereabouts of Shangguan Jiarao, I have to ask a few more words. ”

Xue Yun didn't mind, but was a little more relieved.

The situation of the Shangguan family is too dangerous, Yuan Che, the Feng family, and even the other families of the four great families may be the "enemies" of the Shangguan family. In fact, Xue Yun didn't dare, in the matter of chasing and persecuting the Shangguan family, were there any other three major families, and there were no traces of the Xue family.

No matter what the transaction between her and Fang Ye was, Fang Ye could handle it more cautiously for the sake of the people of the Shangguan family, which made her more down-to-earth.

"I understand, about this, I can tell you that there are two reasons why I am looking for someone from the Shangguan family. ”

"Oh?"

"First, I ...... My father's death, the people of the Shangguan family he met in Chenzhou Loucheng eight years ago, may be a very important clue, I want to find out. Second, I ...... I want to take down Motoche. ”

Regarding Xue Yuan's first point, Fang Ye only nodded and didn't say too much, but for the second point, he raised his eyebrows after hearing it: "Do you want someone from the Shangguan family to come forward......?"

"I understand that the people of the Shangguan family don't have to come forward, and we will figure out our own way for the leading forces. Just want to expose Yuan Che's face, and he needs real and convincing evidence. ”

Fang Ye took a deep look at Xue Yun: "As far as I know, Yuan Che's incomplete Qingyun Recipe, the Qingyun Pill that must be equipped is not only the benefit of the Feng family, but also the Xue family."

Sure enough, the two of them even knew about it.

Xue Yun thought that Ling Xia was ruthless to her last night, and she may not have been affected by the anger of the Xue family in Mianzhou after learning this.

"First, we want to fight for it, and the first force to stand up is not the Xue family. Second, at this time and at that time, sometimes the interests are not as good as their own safety. Three to ...... I have passed before, and I am no longer from the Xue family in Mianzhou. ”

Fang Ye looked at Xue Yun and nodded slowly: "Old man, to be able to get Jiujing to admit and obtain the 'origin', not only does it need to be endowed, but also have a good enough heart. I guess he wouldn't lie at that point, I ...... I believe in you. ”

Xue Yun pursed his lips and didn't make a sound.

In fact, she didn't know if the way she obtained the power of the origin could be regarded as recognized by Jiujing.

"The person from the Shangguan family you are looking for is called Shangguan Miao. Fang Ye said the name that Xue Yu had heard from Zhou Yan: "It will only be her, the Shangguan family, there is no one else alive." ”

Xue Yuan's heart tightened.

Although this situation had been expected after Zhou Yanguo encountered Shangguan Miao's situation, he really heard the confirmation from others, and Xue Yun still felt a powerless grief and indignation in his heart.

The next person to speak was Ling Xia:

"About three years ago, when I was looking for elixir in the deep mountains on the road from Huocheng, I met Shangguan Miao, and there was an injury on his body, which was done by a monk, but it was not a new injury, it should have been two or three months, because I didn't recuperate well, the situation looked very bad, my mind was already a little blurry, and I couldn't use spells when my spiritual power was exhausted, and I was being chased by ordinary beasts in the mountains and forests. I didn't have much medicine on me, and I finally ...... Brought people back. ”

Xue Yun couldn't help but frown fiercely when he heard Ling Xia's description of Shangguan Miao's tragic situation at that time.

Three years ago, in terms of time, it matched Zhou Yan's description.

It seems that after Shangguan Miao left Zhou Yan in the south of Cangzhou, he was chased and killed on the way to escape.

"First, I am grateful for Xia's life-saving grace, second, I know that we are not involved with the four great families, and third, I ......" Fang Ye's calm tone tightened when he said this, and the palm on his knee was silently clenched into a fist: "Because I practiced Yuan Che's remnant Qingyun Technique, I failed to take Qingyun Pill during an accidental breakthrough, causing the meridians to break and hurt the spiritual root, and since then, ...... Repair is scattered and can no longer be repaired"

For the rest, Fang Ye didn't know, and Xue Yun also understood.

Fang Ye was the victim of Yuan Che's remnant pure essence, as long as he knew the truth, the hatred of ruining his future would not make him fall to Yuan Che.

For monks, especially those who are not involved in the family, no matter what kind of interests they have, they will not be more important than their own cultivation and Dao.

Therefore, Shangguan Miao was relieved of Fang Ye.

"Most of the truth we know is Shangguan Miao. Speaking of this, Ling Xia's voice was also so cold that ice slag fell: "Yuan Che embezzled the efforts of the Shangguan family, the flaws of the remnants of the Qingyun Recipe, and the Qingyun Dan connected the interests of not only the Feng family, but we finally knew about it at that time." ”

"It's a pity. Fang Ye muttered, his eyes a little wandering: "I was thinking about it at that time...... I've ...... or so I couldn't use it anymore, so I didn't collect it...... She wanted to give me the true essence of the essence. ”

Perhaps, he was also afraid at that time, afraid that keeping the belated true Qingyun by his side would drive him crazy day by day.

Ling Xia lowered her head and bit her lip, so hard that it was fishy.

If...... Can you ...... a little sooner

If you can meet Shangguan Miao earlier, if you can know the existence of the true essence of the essence earlier, if you can ......

Ling Xia closed her eyes fiercely, and the situation of that day resurfaced in front of her eyes.

In order to save her from falling into the nest of demon beasts by her jealous classmates, Fang Ye hurriedly attacked, and in the end, he could no longer be distracted to suppress his cultivation, and after the victory in that battle, he broke through without warning in the perception that was originally considered a great opportunity......

It's just that at that time, he didn't have enough Qingyun Pill in his hands.

Since then, the young man who was not valued by the Fang family because of the spiritual root mixture, but lived an exceptionally happy and uninhibited life, the talent who had endowed with amazing cultivation and rapid progress in addition to the spiritual root mixture, never showed the wanton smile that was imprinted in her memory.