"The Iron Rider Heading to Guli Mountain...... There were thirty-four people in total. ”

An intermittent, hoarse voice.

Echoing in the pavilion.

The young man, who had removed his armor and was half covered in bandages, looked extremely embarrassed, with more than eighty percent of his cheeks wrapped around and only one eye exposed.

He looked cautiously at the black-robed man in the pavilion.

This was the first time he had met the inspector of the "Intelligence Division".

Yes.

The waist card that Yun Xun gave to Ning Yi symbolizes the secret waist card of the extremely high status of the Tiandu Intelligence Division...... It is the exclusive power of the chief secretary, and the person who holds this order is the "inspector of the intelligence department", which is the reason why the thirty-four cavalry scouts of the intelligence department worked for Ning Yi.

The man lying on the bed is named Yu Yan.

Yu Yan's voice trembled, and he used all his strength to speak.

"My comrades...... All dead. ”

"Their lives, in exchange for this. ”

A trembling voice, with trembling hands.

A broken, carved wooden box of ancient copper sheets with blurred handwriting.

"The Great Commander gave it to me before he died. ”

......

......

In the pavilion, in addition to Yu Yan, there are four other people.

Ning Yi, Pei Lingsu, Song Yiren, Cinnabar.

The expressions of the four people were very solemn, they used the power of the Intelligence Department to explore the fog of the "Guli Mountain", but they didn't expect it...... It's so dangerous there.

It stands to reason that this should not be the case.

At the beginning, Daoxuan trekked to the east, found Guli Mountain, and Zen Zi Shenxiu duel in advance, he once said that there is a simple barren mountain, only Zen Zi lives alone, in order to hide people's eyes, no one else in the entire spiritual mountain knows about it...... And such a barren mountain turned into a murderous place after Shenxiu's death?

"What did you encounter there?"

Ning Yi squatted down, took the copper box with one hand, and pressed Yu Yan's forearm with the other, signaling him not to worry, and at the same time conveying the vitality of the "Character Scroll" into the body of this seriously injured man.

Ripples of vitality spread throughout the pavilion.

The spring breeze lingers.

Yu Yan closed his eyes in pain, but his complexion quickly improved, his cultivation was not low, he had reached the back realm, and among the iron horses of the Intelligence Division, he could be regarded as a small commander.

"Gray Mist...... Illegible gray fog...... In the Gray Mist...... There is a wooden house...... And also...... And ......"

Yu Yan's voice became more and more difficult.

His teeth were almost crushed by himself.

"I can't remember...... I can't remember ......."

The scroll healed his physical wounds.

But it could not heal the wounds in the soul.

The tragedy in Guli Mountain caused Yu Yan's Shenhai to be greatly traumatized.

As if remembering something, he raised his head abruptly and cried bitterly, "There are unkillable creatures in the gray mist...... The Great Commander is dead, Xiao Qi is dead, and Shui'er is dead......"

Speaking of which, the man's emotions collapsed again.

He tugged at his hair with both hands, trying to break it and twist his skull off.

"I was in charge of the Queen's ...... Watch them enter the gray fog...... And then one by one, the cards were shattered......"

The man turned his head and slammed it against the stone wall.

Ning Yi stretched out a hand to stop it, but his fingertips froze...... with a "bang", Yu Yan's forehead overflowed with blood, and he gasped and cried bitterly, "I became a deserter...... I'm sorry they ......."

Ning Yi sighed and looked back at the girl.

Several people looked at each other with a clear look.

Because of luck, he escaped with his life, and the perseverance that supported this man to go to Lingshan was disintegrated and shattered the moment he arrived, and the shadow left by this mission may exist for a lifetime.

Ning Yi did not hinder "Yu Yan's" behavior of hurting himself.

Sometimes, when people are desperate, they must release the "depression" in their chests, in fact, Yu Yan did the right thing, he still faced fear

Yet sane.

The "gray mist", which even the Iron Cavalry Commander of the Intelligence Department could not solve, quietly devoured thirty-three people.

Even if he doesn't choose to retreat, it won't affect the ending.

Ning Yi's fingertips swept out a wisp of green light, hanging above the pavilion, like a small warm sun, he left a complete word scroll gas machine to take care of Yu Yan...... Make sure he doesn't leave an indelible wound from "self-harm", or actually die of it.

This man needs to rest for a while.

......

......

Close the wooden door.

The four of them were silent for a long time.

"Blame me for this matter...... After many months, Song Jinglian's first words to Ning Yi were to apologize, "Because of my negligence, it led to the death of these innocent people." ”

He originally thought that Guli Mountain was not a sinister place.

It's just that it's too far away to explore...... But he didn't expect that the "clues" left by Shenxiu caused the death of thirty-three people just to explore a corner of the secret.

and the psychological breakdown of an adult man.

"There are 'shadows' in the gray mist. ”

Ning Yi spoke very directly, and the four people present all knew the existence of the shadow, so there was no need to deliberately hide it.

Ning Yi's expression became serious, "During the bathing Buddha puja, there was a rumor of the ghost cultivator's 'fire stealing' plan. There was a misconception that has been misleading us...... It was Liulishan who was looking forward to 'borrowing fire', and it was Liulishan who planned 'borrowing fire'. ”

"But in fact...... Not really. ”

Song Yiren took Ning Yi's words, frowned and groaned:

"Uncle Gu Xing is a shoe cultist who believes in 'Ayia Nava', and behind him is an immortal shadow, distorting beliefs, stealing wishes, he concealed everyone, and launched a 'stealing fire'. ”

"Yes......" Cinnabar muttered, "Shenxiu, as the most critical part of the Little Lei Yin Temple, as a Zen man, how could he have access to the 'shadow'?"

"Shenxiu committed suicide too quickly. Song Jinglian shook her head and said, "After returning to Lingshan, my father thoroughly checked the archives of Zen Buddhism, and we once suspected that Master Mu Heng was the mastermind behind the cultivation of Shenxiu...... But the case file of Zen Buddhism is very clean, Mu Heng only knows that Shenxiu is a 'Taoist fetus', but he doesn't know where Shenxiu lives in seclusion. ”

"It was indeed the idea of Zen Buddhism to let Shenxiu hide his traces, but this matter was messed up. "Song Yiren's expression is quite complicated," Shenxiu carried Mu Heng behind his back and had a connection with the 'shadow'...... If the shadow has a very strong spiritual contagion, then why did he insist on telling me the words 'Guli Mountain' before he died?"

The answer is in the copper box?

......

......

The afternoon light shines through the wooden window and falls on the copper box.

"It can't be easily disassembled, although it is an ordinary copper box, but there is some kind of mysterious prohibition hidden inside...... Once attempted to open it, the copper box shatters. ”

Pei Yatou looked at the copper box and frowned, "It looks like a ...... Diary?"

"Shenxiu said that he left a deployment in Guli Mountain. ”

But Yu Yan said that in the gray fog-shrouded Guli Mountain, they only saw a dilapidated wooden house, and the only thing in it was this empty copper box. ”

Song Jinglian said: "This is the deployment of Shenxiu. With the size of this copper box, he can't hide a treasure with killing power, if he doesn't guess wrong, the copper box is the secret he left with his divine thoughts, and it is an ulterior secret. ”

The clue was interrupted here, and the way to open the copper box was also stuck, and several people fell silent.

Ning Yi looked out the window, the big flag fluttered outside the inn, and the noise of Obon spread melodiously.

He said softly:

"Master Shao Yun is gone. ”

Song Jinglian was slightly stunned.

He has no feelings for Lingshan, but he is grateful to Master Shao Yun.

Song Yiren shook his head, "When I left, my father told me that Master Shao Yun's days are numbered...... It's a pity that he didn't see 'Obon'. ”

"He asked me to be a silent 'spectator' before the Bon fire

Don't do, don't say. ”

After hearing this, Song Yiren was silent for a moment, "What Master Shao Yun said is right, about the matter of Buddhism...... You shouldn't get involved too much. ”

"No...... I originally thought so, but later found out that Shao Yun didn't mean that. ”

Ning Yi stared into Song Yiren's eyes and said, "Before he left, he left a word. ”

"The 'prophecy' of the Xuyun Master Ancestor is a 'mistaken prophecy'. ”

Once again, the room fell silent.

Song Jinglian rubbed his eyebrows, he chewed Ning Yi's words, and after realizing the several layers of meaning contained in them, he slowed down for a long time before he said the truth with great difficulty:

"Master Shao Yun basically doesn't lie. ”

Ning Yi also smiled.

"The same goes for the Void Cloud Master......"

Song Yiren shook his head and said, "I don't believe that the ancestor is dead. ”

"I don't believe it either. ”

Ning Yi said calmly: "But what if this prophecy is really wrong. ”

Song Yiren seemed to have thought of something terrifying.

He stared at Ning Yi.

Ning Yi spoke again: "What if Xuyun is really not dead?"

"Click".

The copper box burst out with a strange sound, as if the rotten wood had been sawn open, and the cinnabar who was looking at the copper box was stunned, her face appeared a touch of red, and she put down the copper box awkwardly, and pointed to this gadget, "I saw that there were some 'divine soul gravure marks' left on the copper box, corresponding to the ancient Sanskrit scriptures of Lingshan, so I filled in the vacant place...... It seems, it's on?"

Quiet quiet room.

The ancient copper box, after cinnabar had inadvertently filled it, made a squeaky sound similar to that of a baby's cry.

For a long time, I can hear a volt, two staggered, long cries.

One boy, one girl.

Ning Yi frowned...... Something is unclear.

Immediately above the copper box, an image appeared, which was very faint in the light, and the face was very sickly, but there was a gentle smile on the corner of the lips.

"Senior Brother Shenxiu......"

In Song Jinglian's subconscious, Zenzi is always the image that is as gentle as jade.

The copper box did not open as a result, but after it was filled, it triggered such an image.

"From the day I was picked up by Shao Yun and returned to Lingshan...... I've always wondered how to end this miserable life......"

The smiling young monk, when he recorded this video with his spirit, guessed that there would be such a day.

"Jinglian, my dearest junior brother...... If one day I will die, then I will definitely die in front of you...... I still have so many things in this world that I can't let go. ”

"Human life is not about choice. ”

Shenxiu's voice became dark, and mocking, "From the day I landed, my fate has been decided...... As a chess piece, being picked up by Master Shao Yun and returning to Lingshan is the beginning of the chess game. ”

He was seven points guilty and three points helpless, "Regarding the 'curse' in you, junior brother, it has something to do with me...... I have removed the ascetics who are responsible for guarding your mansion. ”

Song Yiren's pupils contracted violently.

Shenxiu seems to know that this image will only be made public after his death, so his expression at this moment, although guilty, is also relieved, "I am a cult believer of 'Ayia Nava', an ascetic who has gone astray...... I've thought about ending my life countless times, but I don't just live for me, I have a sister. ”

The image shook slightly, and the copper box was deflected to a bed, revealing a petite and thin body wrapped in a futon, looking like a flower that could be broken by the wind at any moment.

"Senior Brother Jinglian, I don't know when and where you will see the image...... Hope you can save my sister. ”

"In this case, it is not too late for my 'salvation'. ”

Shenxiu realigned the copper box with himself.

He said word by word.

"My master, Mu Heng, will destroy the entire spiritual mountain on Obon. ”