The embers of the setting sun stained the clouds of the sky red, casting a pale veil over the mountains.

The wild ancient city that is about to fall at night has lost the hustle and bustle of the past, and even in the vicinity of the most prosperous palace, the streets and alleys are rare. Occasionally, a few passers-by in a hurry passed by the heavily guarded gate of the palace in fear, not daring to peek inside.

In a secret room in the Barbarian Palace, an old man in a red robe sat dangerously, his messy gray hair sparsely seemed to have not been combed for a long time, forming a sharp contrast with the gorgeous clothes on his body. Another sturdy middle-aged man dressed in gray stood beside him with his hands tied, his face solemn.

The old man was not angry and arrogant, his body was strong, and his eyes swept over the few black-clothed people kneeling on the animal skin blanket below.

These eight black-clothed people are all in short shirts, and the black cloth wraps their heads tightly, revealing only a pair of sharp and gloomy eyes.

"Have you found out who killed you?" The old man spoke, his voice low and hoarse, breaking the suffocating atmosphere in the room.

"Back to the king, it has been found out." The man in gray said respectfully, "It's Xu Ning, a disciple of Rashomon." ”

The old man's body trembled violently, his gray hair stood up like a needle prick, and he muttered, "Rashomon...... Xu Ning...... Are you sure? ”

The man in gray nodded: "I know from the mouths of several people who came back alive that that person used a black chain. This weapon itself is extremely rare, and it has only been seen among a rookie disciple who has recently emerged from Rashomon. ”

The old man stood up, stroked his long beard and pondered for a moment, and asked again, "How can a rookie disciple be able to kill Wu Tu?" ”

"The king doesn't know that this disciple called Xu Ning is by no means an idle person. It is said that he once challenged Ma Hong, the master of the Dragon and Tiger Hall, as a rookie disciple in the Trial Tower, and killed Ma Hong with the chain that could be stored in his body. Also, this Xu Ning and Shizi have known each other before, and they also have some friendship...... "What the man in gray said is well-founded, not hearsay.

"Wu Tai, you just keep talking." The old man stood up, his tall body very tall.

The man in gray who was called Wutai then continued: "The prince once invited many young talents from Rashomon at night, hoping to take advantage of the intrigue of several families and let them kill each other to the advantage of the fisherman. Later, Long Tian, the son of the Long family, and Beitang Chen, the leader of the Beitang family, really fought, just when Long Tian's destiny was in danger, he didn't know where that Xu Ning came from, and sniped Beitang Chen with the prince, and the black chain was also used at that time, which was extremely domineering. ”

He paused when he said this, and added: "However, at that time, Xu Ning's martial arts cultivation was far inferior to that of the prince, I didn't expect it to improve so quickly in a short period of time, it seems that the genius that came out of Rashomon is not an exaggeration at all." Thinking that the brothers of the Hong family are also good at the realm of generals, the two joined forces to fight against them, but they were easily killed. ”

When the red-robed old man heard this, he slapped his palm on the high chair he was sitting on just now, and there was a "boom" of sawdust splashing, and the entire chair was suddenly smashed into pieces.

"I, Wu Qi, killed my young son before I got out of the division, if I don't break that Xu Ning's corpse, I can't swallow this evil breath." The old man's face was full of hatred, and his killing intent suddenly appeared.

It turned out that this red-robed old man was Wu Qi, the occupant of the Barbarian King City, and since Wu Tu died in Tianchi, he spent his days in grief and hatred.

The following few immovable men in black are the eagle dogs raised by the palace, waiting for the master's order to die.

Wu Qi calmed down his anger a little, and asked coldly: "Wu Tai, I have always regarded you as a confidant, what should I do now?" ”

Wu Tai pondered for a moment, and slowly replied: "The top priority at the moment is to find the prince of Wu Feng......"

Wu Qi showed a look of disgruntle on his face and interrupted him: "He is a martial arts wizard from my Wu family who has not been born for a hundred years, but he is obsessed with martial arts and has nothing to do with the family's affairs, so now he simply avoids it." Don't mention this unscrupulous son again in front of this king. ”

Wu Tai coughed, and said: "Now that the soul searching furnace is missing, and the demon clan has ghosts in their hearts, it is extremely difficult to believe them, so we can only rely on Longde to assassinate Sun Yuan, the head of Rashomon, and then we will secretly help him ascend to the position of head of the sect." ”

"If Long De can really ascend to the position of the head of Rashomon, not only can he bring the wealthy family of Dongzhou to fight with us, but he can also secretly withdraw the disciples who are guarding the formation on the Gathering Spirit Peak, wouldn't it be like searching for things to get the Thunderbolt Staff when the time comes?" When Wu Qi heard this, his face softened slightly, and he found another chair to sit down before continuing, "How are you communicating with Long De now?" After Wu Tu's death, I will leave this matter to you. ”

Wu Tai shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I don't know, now the Long family and I have been in secret correspondence, but I haven't seen any actual actions, it's not that Sun Yuan will be difficult to succeed if he is vigilant for a while, or that his son is a little bad in Rashomon." ”

He suddenly remembered something, and said mysteriously: "By the way, that Xu Ning is on the Gathering Spirit Peak." It's better to take him as a sacrifice flag now, so as to relieve our hatred! ”

When Wu Qi heard this, the murderous intent in his eyes suddenly appeared, and after glancing at Wu Tai, he nodded.

"There are only two people guarding the circle now, and it is a good time for us to kill them." Wu Tai walked over to the eight kneeling people below, and whispered something to one of them.

The eight received the order, bowed their heads and said goodbye, and all walked out of the secret room and disappeared into the darkness.

The two in the room continued to conspire, and Wu Tai mentioned the strange incident that happened a few months ago in Juling Peak, and his eyes flickered.

Wu Qi also fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he said: "The strange thing is that there is one person who survived, and he has always stayed in Juling Peak Mountain and never left, if he is a normal person, even if he can save his life, he is so scared that he escaped, how can he still stay?" ”

"What does the king mean......" A hint of cowardice flashed in Wu Tai's eyes, and he didn't even dare to say the truth.

"Actually, this matter is not difficult to guess, according to the old man's insight, it must have something to do with this only living person." Wu Qi stroked his beard and spoke

Chiseled, "It's just that I don't know why he wants to do this to his fellow disciples?" ”

Wu Tai broke out in a cold sweat when he heard this, and the cold wind that came out of nowhere blew on his body, and he couldn't help but shiver a few more times.

The house had already been lit with animal fat candles, and the flickering candle flame illuminated the shadows on the four walls.

……

Outside the council hall of Juling Peak, that is, on the cliff of that cave, Xu Ning was lying on the back of the winged eagle beast.

One person and one bird are bored hiding in the shadows, lazily passing the time.

Today he got up early, waiting for Chen Jin to go out of the customs, and then go to the Demon Peak Mountain Range together, he pinched his fingers and counted the time, it had been delayed for several days, and it was originally a routine inspection once every half a month.

"I haven't seen Senior Brother Chen for some days." Xu Ning said to himself.

"Ha, I've been in retreat for a few days, and Senior Brother Xu misses it so much." A familiar voice came from close by.

Xu Ning was startled, and sure enough, he jumped off the back of the bird, spit out the blade of grass in his mouth, and looked Chen Jinlai up and down. Seeing that he had changed into a dark green shirt today, he was much more energetic, but his face was as pale as ever.

Chen Jin looked at him with strange eyes, quite strange, and asked, "Didn't Senior Brother Xu see something abnormal about me?" ”

Xu Ning said with a smile: "No, no, I haven't seen my senior brother for a few days, today I saw you in green clothes, refreshed, I can't help but take a few more looks." ”

Chen Jin laughed out loud, shook his head and said: "There are few people here, and it is indeed difficult for you, except that this big bird is with you, but it is a pity that it can't speak." ”

The two made a joke, had a good time, and rushed to the Demon Wind Mountain Range together.

Xu Ning was still worried about Chen Jin's affairs in the back mountain a few days ago, but today he suddenly felt more cordial when he saw it, and saw that Chen Jin's mental outlook seemed to be better than before, so he threw the terrible scene he saw that night out of the clouds.

He is in a very good mood now, and the scenery he sees on the road seems to be beautiful.

I saw the green everywhere, in the forest as old as time, the lush canopy of the trees was dotted with yellow, green, and red fruits, and the weeds under the feet were soft and the roadside was dotted with all kinds of flowers whose names were growing.

The early morning sun shines through the treetops, and everywhere is sprinkled with dappled golden light and shadow, which also wakes up the insects and birds in the forest that have slept all night, and the forest becomes alive.

Rushing out of the dense forest of ancient trees like a swift wind, it is almost to the pool of blood.

After walking for a while, Chen Jin suddenly said "Huh", and said in surprise: "It's strange, why do I feel like I'm going the wrong way today?" ”

Xu Ning said with a smile: "Senior Brother Chen, you haven't come out for many days, it is estimated that you are a little unfamiliar, where will you go wrong, this road is the path to the blood pool." ”

Chen Jin nodded, and after seeing the blood pool from a distance, he suddenly said loudly: "It's really different, you see that the demon fog here was originally thick, and the grass and trees were difficult to grow, but now, not only the fog has disappeared, but even the grass and trees have begun to turn green!" ”

Xu Ning also noticed it, thinking that it must be that the ghosts imprisoned in the blood pool had escaped and disappeared, and trees slowly grew, but he didn't expect the change to be so obvious and so fast.

He secretly observed the expression on Chen Jin's face, and sure enough, he saw that he was more and more apprehensive as he walked, and when he slowly walked to the edge of the blood pool, standing on the edge of the cliff that had now formed a deep pit, Chen Jin was stunned and shocked, and it took him a long time to come to his senses.

Chen Jin has come and gone on this road for I don't know how many times, and the sudden great changes, where did he accept it all of a sudden, and he was panicked as if in a dream.

He looked at the abyss more than a thousand feet deep under his feet and muttered, "Where is the pool of blood? Where did the pool of blood go? ”

Xu Ning didn't want to continue to hide him, and said softly: "The water in the blood pool has run out, and all the demons and ghosts inside have run away." ”

He looked at Chen Jinyu's eyes in disbelief, so he added: "I made a big hole down there, and the water flowed from there." ”

"You...... How did you get down there? Chen Jin's face was pale and extremely ugly, which scared Xu Ning a lot.

"Senior Brother Chen, what's wrong with you, you should be happy that I got rid of the demon?!" Xu Ning was stared at by him in a daze, and the second monk couldn't figure it out.

Chen Jin clearly came to his senses and sneered: "It's me who lost my temper, just because I have been walking here all year round, and I am inevitably surprised to see such changes." ”

Xu Ning was relieved and said with a smile: "Let's go to the Demon Wind Mountain Range first, it's not a good thing to go late and return late." When I come back, I will simply take you down to the inside, and I will explain it carefully to you. ”

Hearing this, Chen Jin turned around and left the cliff, and continued to move forward with Xu Ning.