Following. Early in the morning, the old patriarch sent someone to invite Xu Ning Yanbing to come over to discuss the matter.

When the two of them arrived at the stone hall in the back valley, the old patriarch had been waiting for a long time.

After the salute, the old man asked Xu Ning to come to him, touched his cheeks with his thin hands like withered branches, and finally clenched Xu Ning's palms tightly, with a very solemn expression.

Xu Ning was puzzled in his heart, and he didn't dare to move, only feeling that a strange aura came out of the old man's hand, flowing into his limbs and hundreds of remains.

The old patriarch examined it so carefully, and finally let go of his hand and sat down, his expression relaxed, and said with a smile: "It seems that you are not impregnated by demons, so I can rest assured." ”

Xu Ning was full of doubts in his heart, and he became more and more puzzled, and couldn't help asking: "Patriarch Grandpa, do you think there is something wrong with me?" ”

Yan Qing replied on behalf of the old patriarch on the side: "Last night, the three elders all told you about what happened under the blood pool, the patriarch grandfather was afraid that you would be hit by the demon qi after breaking that piece of soul crystal, and he was afraid that the demon would possess your body, so he asked you to come over in a hurry early in the morning......

Xu Ning said with a smile: "The martial veins I practice are very different from ordinary people, and the soul I use is also very different, it seems that I am not afraid of this kind of demonic things, and I can absorb them without myself being counterattacked." ”

The old patriarch nodded, overjoyed, and his originally wrinkled face also stretched: "You kid is really talented, but yesterday was also a coincidence, you created a lot of wisdom, and actually destroyed the magic circle of the blood pool, which was the only way to ambush those terrible demons!" ”

It turned out that Xu Ning was besieged by many souls under the water yesterday, and in a hurry, he used the demon extermination lock to smash all the surrounding talismans, and once the evil spirit was lifted the curse, his soul was immediately scattered. And the soul spar that was condensed and condensed by the extremely powerful demons over thousands of years was even destroyed into powder by Xu Ning's demon slaying lock, and even the remaining trace of spiritual power was absorbed into the chain.

Ever since Xu Ning came to the wilderness and fought against demons several times, he had long felt that his martial arts cultivation was not afraid of this kind of thing at all. The Emperor Venerable had also mentioned to him that the demon vein could absorb demonic energy, so he didn't think there was anything particularly terrifying.

Yan Qing handed him a small gray cloth bag, and instructed softly: "The bag is full of colorful fairy orchid flower seeds, when you go back to Juling Peak and pass through the blood pool, you will have to work hard to scatter these flower seeds inside." ”

Xu Ning took the bag and asked, "Isn't it because you want to plant colorful fairy orchids in it to dispel the filthy air?" ”

Yan Qing tapped his head and replied in a soft voice: "That's right, although the demonic qi of the blood pool has dispersed, in order to prevent the demonic mist and evil qi from gathering in it again, it is still necessary to take a trip to the tired son." ”

This matter is a gesture for Xu Ning, so he happily agreed.

The old patriarch said to him earnestly: "I want you to go inside to spread the fairy grass, it's not that people are worried, the origin of the blood pool is really mysterious, and the cave that suddenly appeared may lead to some terrible place." ”

"If the patriarch and grandfather have something to say, please make it clear to the juniors directly, you can't leave hidden dangers after all the demon eradication." Xu Ning "pounced" in his heart, and faintly felt that the old man had any scruples that he hadn't said all.

The old patriarch thought for a while, and then said slowly: "The Demon Wind Mountain Range's Demon Suppression Array is the most powerful mana formation in the world, and Rao is the Soul King's magic is impossible to escape. But the demon war a thousand years ago was the demon clan's sneaky use of the soul searching furnace to resurrect the demon king's body, which brought ruin to this continent......"

The old man saw Xu Ning bowing his head and was silent, and then asked, "Haven't you thought about how the demon clan found the soul of the demon king?" ”

Xu Ning raised his head, his eyes flickered, and he said weakly: "Could it be that Patriarch Grandpa knows the ins and outs of this matter?" I've never heard it mentioned anywhere. ”

He thought to himself in his heart, if it weren't for the demon clan people entering the weird and unfathomable abyss gully of the Demon Wind Mountain Range to find the soul of the demon king, there would definitely be no other possibility. I also remembered that the evil spirit and demon beast I encountered in the Demon Wind Mountain Range last time was obviously to steal the soul of the demon king to find out what the magic circle was, and my heart was even more determined.

"There are only two possibilities for the demon clan to find the soul of the Spirit King." The old patriarch finally got to the point, and his expression was awe-inspiring, "If you can't destroy the Demon Suppression Array, there must be another secret passage that can enter the Demon King's coffin." ”

Demon King's coffin?

Xu Ning gasped reflexively in his heart, the strange coffin he saw in the dilapidated house behind Juling Peak the night before was the Demon King's coffin?

"The Demon King's coffin is the abyss under the Demon Suppression Mountain." The old man's words reassured Xu Ning a little, "I now wonder if this stone cave that suddenly appeared in the blood pool has something to do with the magic circle in the Demon Wind Mountain Range......

Although the old patriarch's eyes can't distinguish things, his consideration of the problem is indeed more thoughtful and profound, which probably has a lot to do with his experience when he was young. He was over a hundred years old, and he was the patriarch of the oldest tribe in the wild forest, and his knowledge was naturally profound and remarkable.

Xu Ning began to suspect before, and now when he heard what the old man said, he naturally believed it a little more, but now that the demon and evil in the blood pool had just been eliminated, there had been no vision yet, and he was a little apprehensive in his heart, and he didn't know what to do next.

So he began to turn to the old man for help, and asked humbly: "Patriarch Grandpa, if this is really the case, how should I deal with it?" Do you want me to go into that cave to investigate? ”

The old man groaned for a while, then stood up tremblingly, and wandered around, as if he was quite embarrassed and unable to make up his mind.

After a long time, he said slowly: "This matter is not trivial, even if you are highly skilled in martial arts, how can you take risks lightly, by the way, aren't you going to inspect the magic circle in a few days?" It's better to go there and see before you decide. ”

The old man's idea coincided with Xu Ning, so Xu Ning made an appointment with him, and after a few days came back from the Demon Wind Mountain Range, he would discuss with the old man.

He originally wanted to tell the old man and Pan about the scene where he saw Chen Jin privately touching the Thunderbolt Scepter in the back mountain the night before, but after thinking about it again, he still didn't dare to speak, just because it was not easy to reveal the internal affairs of Rashomon, not to mention that Chen Jin's relationship with him was already extremely deep, and he was also ashamed to say it.

So he said goodbye to the old patriarch with Yan Bing, went out to the back, and turned his head directly towards the Ancestral Peak Mountain.

Ever since the Emperor Venerable's soul left the Demon Slaying Lock and entered the Soul Searching Furnace, Xu Ning's heart felt a little more empty and lost, especially when he was cultivating alone in the chain space at night, he felt even more lonely and uncomfortable. Some things are like this, after getting along for a long time, you feel that there is nothing special about it, but once you lose it, you have a sense of loss.

Before you reached the entrance of the cave halfway up the mountain, you could see the blue mist on the grass in the woods, and when you reached the entrance of the cave, the fog inside was even more diffuse, rising into the sky and interweaving into clouds, which were constantly changing.

Xu Ning didn't dare to enter rashly, he only poked his head into the cave, and his eyes wandered around, but he could see any humanoid phantoms.

He carefully called out Master's name again, and was extremely nervous: "Master, Master, the apprentice has come to see you, please show up quickly." ”

I screamed like this for a while, but there was no response at all. The cave was filled with blue mist, and there was no half of a human figure in sight.

Yan Bing stood behind him, and it was also quite strange, so he got to the front and stepped directly into the stone cave, his ink-like pupils dripping and turning, looking left and right.

"Huh! The day before yesterday, I was playing hide and seek with Master and his family in the cave, but why am I missing me today! Yan Bing furrowed his brows, biting his nails, and muttering to himself in confusion.

This cave is very small, and she is like a yellow butterfly fluttering around the soul search furnace, and she lowers herself to the ground, but she finds nothing.

"Master, don't tease us, if you don't show up again, Brother Xu Ning will be angry with me, thinking that I lied to him." Yan Bing simply sat on the ground, wiped his eyes with the back of his hand and cried "woo-woo".

Xu Ning said anxiously outside: "Bing'er, don't cry, where am I angry with you." ”

Yan Bing didn't care about it, just sat on the ground and wailed pretendly, and when he got to the back, he actually sang and cried very sadly, and his tears were full of pity.

Xu Ning was horrified in his heart, and he didn't know why. Just when he was at a loss, the blue mist inside shook sharply, and a figure faintly appeared, and he didn't need to look closely to recognize it as the Emperor Venerable, his old man, with his hair fluttering and smiling.

"Master, you have finally appeared, frightening the disciple." Xu Ning hurriedly knelt down and bowed.

He and Master were originally very familiar with each other casually, but they hadn't seen each other for a few days, and it was inevitable to pay attention to etiquette, not the kind of "distant is estranged, close is resentful".

Yan Bing really burst into tears and laughed at the rain after the sunny day, and said delicately: "Master, your old man is too good at tossing people, Brother Xu Ning came to see you from afar, and you still scared him without showing your face for a long time." ”

The old man Huangji stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "I saw that he didn't come to see me for several days, thinking that he had alienated me a long time ago, and I was not angry." ”

Xu Ning knelt on the ground and explained in fear, how he didn't come a few days ago, and what he was busy with in the past two days, and reported them one by one.

Only then did the Emperor Venerable let him get up, looked at Yan Bing and praised kindly: "It's better to raise a female apprentice, and accompany the old man all day long, it's really intimate." ”

Xu Ning also echoed: "Bing'er has worked hard for you, fortunately you are accompanied by my master, an old naughty boy, otherwise there is no one to talk to here, and the master kicked down the soul searching furnace one day when he was in a bad mood." ”

The old man of Huangji laughed out loud, his voice was very loud, and compared with the day before yesterday, he was obviously much more stable in terms of breath. It's just that he is still stuck in the illusory period at this stage, with an ethereal body outline.

The three of them had a long talk in the cave, how could Xu Ning's heart hide from the master who had lived together in his body for several years, and under the guidance of the old man, he hesitated again and again, and finally told everything.

Yan Bing was stunned and said, "Why didn't you tell me earlier, it would be better to say it, wouldn't it?" ”

Xu Ning sighed: "I found out about Senior Brother Chen's abnormality the night before, and my heart was tormented repeatedly, so I was going to talk to you in the middle of the night." Unexpectedly, he encountered a bloody man in the middle of the road and sneaked into Zhuping Village, which delayed it. At that time, I was panicked when I saw it, but I calmed down a little afterwards, so I didn't tell you for the time being, and I always felt that this matter was an internal matter of my Rashomon......"

After Yan Bing expressed his understanding, he still said: "How can this matter be said to be just your Rashomon business?" It is not trivial to be concerned with the safety of the Savage Land and even the entire Soul Continent. ”

She was also as worried and anxious as Xu Ning in her words, because although Chen Jin only had a one-sided relationship with her, it could be regarded as a life-saving grace, and she also admired Chen Jin's conduct very much.

The old man stood between the blue mist, quietly listening to the conversation between the two without saying a word. This matter is just like Yan Bing said, Chen Jin and Xu Ning are both brothers and friends of life and death, it is really difficult to do, Rao is well-informed and he can't think of any good way for a while.

Yan Bing is the same, he can't say anything constructive, it seems that the situation is beyond imagination.

Xu Ning finally begged the master to decide, and the Emperor Venerable said leisurely: "You can only wait and see what happens, but you must pay attention to your net worth and life not to be harmed, if it really comes to the point of being out of control, you can only ......"

The old man looked at Xu Ning meaningfully, and said word by word: "I can only kill him." ”