Frontispiece: Heaven and earth, purgatory.

Body:

How long is a month?Perhaps the Gu who has been recuperating in the secret room for so long has the most right to speak.

In the secret room, there is no light, no one to communicate with you. Only the air that could not be seen or touched was accompanied, only the sound of his own breathing could be heard, and even the voice of the attendant who opened the door of the secret room and brought water and food was a luxury for Gu.

I thought that the time of the day was very short and short, but after staying in the secret room for a month, Gu felt like he had lived in it for most of his life, a person's life can be long or short, the key is that the way everyone looks at a thing, if he treats one thing with a purpose and a plan, then the time will be very short; if he has no clue about one thing, even if he thinks it is simple, it will become extremely long.

In the past month or so, Gu has thought about a lot of things, remembering what he used to do with his master, remembering the details of getting along with his senior brother Zhao Lu a long, long time ago, remembering the warmth and coldness he encountered during his journey, and remembering that he experienced the cycle of spring, summer, autumn and winter alone in the wilderness.

These fleeting things, in Gu's mind, changed back and forth, and they could be recalled dozens or more than a hundred times a day. Gu gradually felt that one year was too long, and ten years was too short. If a person knows that he has a few days to live, he will use his efficiency and every minute and second to the limit for a few days, so that he will feel that every day is tiring, hard and long, and when he knows that he has a long time to live, he will be lazy, he will be sluggish, he will be lazy and spend every day lazily.

This is Gu's enlightenment, and it is also the deep awakening of Gu's inner consciousness.

Shizun let Gu stay in the secret room and keep his mind calm, which is a great challenge for Gu, and it is a great obstacle to be anyone, the reason is: people are social things living in the world, language is the medium created for speaking, if one day this medium is isolated, or temporarily disappears for a period of time, then people will be lonely, loneliness is the source of loneliness, loneliness produces all kinds of confused moods. It will take a long time to reach the highest state of mind like water.

A month later, Gu can walk out of the secret room and watch spirit masters from all over the world trade with each other outside the Spirit Guardian Temple, spreading the latest news about the rivers and lakes, every time he sees this, Gu will smile heartily, feeling that he still belongs to this world, and has not yet become a cold-blooded bystander, because when no one is around, he will still be lonely and unbearable.

The handsome brother Nian, the second senior brother Qing, the third senior brother Wen, the fifth brother Lin, the sixth brother Zhi, and the seventh brother Zhu have all come to visit Gu many times, but the eighth brother Fu, who he saved desperately, has never come to visit Gu once.

Everyone said to Gu, "Although you can simply walk here, it will take two months for your injuries to completely heal, and you will have to recuperate in peace during these two months." Gu always smiled and nodded.

One day, Gu was still standing outside the Spirit Guardian Hall as before, looking at the crowd below, and at this time, in the crowd, a person greeted him. Gu looked at your person carefully, feeling where he had seen it, but he couldn't remember it anyway.

It wasn't until he arrived in front of Gu and said his name that Gu reacted.

That person was none other than "Ziran", the best friend of his former senior brother Zhao Lu.

Ziran came to Gu's side and asked with concern, "How are your injuries?"

Gu smiled and said shallowly: "Thanks to your concern, it's already much better." ”

"That's really good, I listened to other spirit masters during the trip, and you have taken over your senior brother Zhao Lu's position as the Dumen among the Eight Great Dharma Protectors, and I'm really happy for you. Later, I heard that you were seriously injured in the battle against the Phantom Slayer, and everyone said that you were more than lucky, and I was especially worried. No, I just arrived at the Spirit Master Gate today, and when I saw you at a glance, I didn't mention how moisturized my heart was. ”

"Brother Ziran, thank you for your compassion, Gu is grateful. ”

After Ziran said a long list of polite words, he quietly leaned close to Gu's ear and said, "I can tell you the cause of your senior brother Zhao Lu's death." ”

Gu looked suspicious and stared at Ziran for half a minute.

"On that day, Zhao Lu was ordered to go to the bank of the Spirit River to get the Spirit Wine, and I was the best person to survey the location of the Spirit River, so Zhao Lu took me with him. ”

"On the banks of the Spirit River?"

"Yes, the bank of the Spirit River, as a spirit master, you only know the Spirit River, but you don't know the bank of the Spirit River, as the name suggests, the bank of the Spirit River is the end or source of the Spirit River, most spirit masters can enter the Spirit River, but they cannot enter the end or source of the Spirit River, and the most important material for the production of yellow and bright spirit wine is the water of the Spirit River, the water of the Spirit River is quite harsh, and the water source of the Spirit River can only be taken out at the end of the Spirit River or on the bank, which is why the Spirit Wine is so precious. ”

"Zhao Lu and I successfully obtained the water of the Spirit River, but the two of us met them on the way back. ”

"Who are they?"

"Heaven and earth are evil. ”

"Heaven and earth?"

"Yes, these two killers have always been inseparable. When they fight, they cooperate with each other, and they are full of murderous opportunities, even if the left and right divisions of the spirit master sect are dispatched, it is quite tricky to deal with them. ”

"Earthshatter, Heavenly Evil, and Demons, Owls, and Demons. They are all characters in the phantom of the killer organization established at the end of the Ming Dynasty. After the death of the Ming Dynasty, this organization joined forces with the anti-Qing forces and became a murder weapon for murder without blinking, in an attempt to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. It's a pity that the rule of the Qing Empire was slowly consolidated, and Emperor Kangxi sent elite swordsmen to jointly kill them, and only these eight parties escaped from the killer members of the Phantom Organization. The Earth Demon can control the evil gods on the land, the Heavenly Demon can manipulate the Thunderbird, and the weapons of the two are also very special, the Earth Demon is a seventy-two golden needle umbrella, and the Heavenly Demon is a thirty-six layer of thunder rod guns. It is important to remember that the weapons used in the hands of a person are special, and often his strength is also unfathomable. ”

(Recall the scene) "Ziran, the two people on the opposite side are murderous and angry, their spirit control and spirit control skills are above you and me, the two of us are not their opponents no matter what, wait a while, find the right time, and escape if you can." ”

"Can you not always destroy your own prestige and grow the ambition of others, this is your consistent style, Brother Zhao Lu, I, Li Ziran, am quite confident in myself. ”

"Triple Shadow Body Swordsmanship. I saw three of myself behind Li Ziran.

Li Ziran, holding a sword, said provocatively: "Hahaha, I see, now it's a five-on-two situation, if you know each other, give way to the uncle, otherwise you will cry and call your mother." ”

The two people on the opposite side were motionless, that is to say, Li Ziran's formation, they didn't pay attention to it at all. On the contrary, the ghost masks they wore added a bit of horror to the silence.

"Since you toast and don't eat and drink, let you wait and see, the triple shadow body swordsmanship is powerful. Li Ziran took the lead in attacking.

"Ziran, don't underestimate the enemy. Although Zhao Lu dissuaded him in the back, it was too late.

Armed with a thunder stick gun, Tiansha attacked him. Sure enough, there was a flash of lightning on the thunder stick gun, and when his weapon touched Li Ziran's shadow, it made a thunderous sound, startling thousands of birds in the woods.

In this way, Zi Ran was shocked, and Zi Ran's other two shadow bodies attacked him, first being hit by lightning and unable to fight, and then, a thunderbolt shattered the shadow body.

Zi Ran's legs trembled with fright, and he saw that the evil stick of Tiansha was about to smash on his head.

"The Array of Spirits. A powerful aura withstood the attack of the thunder stick gun in front of Ziran.

Li Ziran breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's dangerous, it's dangerous." Brother Zhao Lu, thank you for saving me, I owe you a favor. ”

"Now is not the time to talk nonsense, hurry up and defend against the enemy, otherwise neither of us will want to get out alive. Zhao Lu replied to Li Ziran while defending.

"At the moment there is only one enemy in action, and if the two of us fight it alone, all the indications just now are that it is an egg hitting a stone, which is tantamount to suicide. The two of us must join forces to have any chance of escape. ”

"Brother Zhao Lu, how should we deal with it now?"

"For today's plan, I can only use the Heavenly and Human Formation. ”

"Celestial Formation? Hey, you have to figure it out, I'm not the protector of your Spirit Master Sect, I'm just a Spirit Master, where have I practiced such a formation. ”

"Now, the opponent in front of you is too tricky, and you can only use the Heavenly and Human Formation at the moment, although you are not the protector of the Spirit Master Gate, but there is one thing I approve of you very much, that is, you have a flexible mind and the ability to never forget. I'll just say simply, you can do what I want. ”

"The formation of heaven and man is the first creation of the Taoist supreme Zhuangzi, absorbing the unity of heaven and man, and the principle of Taoism and nature. Naturally deliver the aura in the body to all parts of the body, use the sensitivity around your body to sense the opponent's moves, and forget your own moves, which is the so-called winning move with no move. This is very similar to the Tai Chi Sword Technique, except that the Heaven and Man Formation requires two people to cooperate with each other, one for the sky and one for the human. Those who are for heaven look at all things and forget the complexity, and those who are human beings are as calm as water, round when they meet the circle, and square when they meet the square. ”

"Do you make my heart watery? You don't know what I'm capable of, a big spatio, and I can't stop talking. ”

"If you want to live, listen to me. ”

"I can only pray for my own blessings. ”

"In the position of a person, the heart is as calm as water. Place. ”

"Heaven is the seat of heaven, all things are mine, and I am all things. ”

Tiansha gripped the thunder stick gun tightly, and the thunder and lightning around him seemed to increase tenfold, and flew in the direction of the two of them.

The powerful power of thunder and lightning converged into the dragon's wrath and swung it with a thunderous momentum.

Zhao Lu and Li Ziran held their swords and said, "Heavenly and Human Formation." ”

A barrier appeared in front of them at the flash, and there were traces of spirit on the body of the barrier, and they strengthened the barrier with spiritual magic.

Listen to a loud bang, and the powerful impact of the attack and defense will blow the branches and leaves of the surrounding trees everywhere.

Falling leaves covered the battlefield.

Temporary calm.

When the fallen leaves returned to the ground, they saw Zhao Lu and Li Ziran panting in the position of heaven and man, which was caused by excessive consumption of internal force.

And the Tiansha on the opposite side raised the thunder stick gun, and the spiritual power in his body was constantly transmitted to the weapon in his hand, and after a while, the thunder stick gun lightning in all directions, actually split a tree next to it, and the sky became cloudy, as if it was about to thunder.

"There is a considerable amount of thunder and lightning spirit 'Sky Heaven' in his body, this kind of spirit gathers in the human body, if it is used excessively, it will often attract real thunder and lightning, just now this person used some kind of spiritual magic to transfer spiritual power to the weapon, if he launched this blow, it must be ten times the attack of the blow just now. Li Ziran said.

"That's right, just now we used the Celestial Formation to barely block his attack, but this time we launched it again, and whether the barrier of this Celestial Formation can be blocked is mysterious. Zhao Lu analyzed the form in front of him.

"The celestial formation just now used up half of the power of the two of you and me, but it didn't exert half of the power of the formation, we use it this time, we must remember our hearts and minds, and strive to grasp the proportions of the formation scheduling, so that it is possible to resist his next attack. ”

Tiansha waved and rotated the stick at this time, but saw the sand flying, the wind and clouds, the body of the dragon rose between the flying sticks, and thunder and lightning appeared around it, such a scene Zhao Lu and Li Ziran saw for the first time in their lives.

Tiansha threw the thunder stick gun out, the thunder stick gun spun rapidly in the air, and a dragon swam away with the overflowing thunder and lightning, and when it came to the front of the heaven and man for a while, it suddenly exploded, the momentum was huge, and the trees around fifty meters away were uprooted and had become flat.

Zhao Lu and Li Ziran couldn't resist and were thrown to the ground.

Tiansha stretched out his hand, as if gravitational, and the thunder rod gun on the ground trembled twice, and returned to his hand.

At this time, the Earth Devil, who was watching the battle with cold eyes, followed behind the Heaven Demon with the seventy-two golden needle umbrellas on his shoulders and walked over.

"Am I really going to die here? I don't want to die yet. Li Ziran said sadly.

"Ziran, until the last moment, you must not give up lightly. ”

At this time, Zhao Lu stood up tremblingly with his body propped up, picked up his sword, and once again made preparations for battle.

Li Ziran also stood up then and said with a smile: "My Li Ziran likes friends who are loyal and brave the most, it seems that making a friend like you is not in vain, today, it is also a pleasure to have friends on the road together." ”

"No, Ziran, you have to get out of here alive, you have a more important mission to complete, you have to report the news of the Phantom Assassin Regiment's reappearance to the Spirit Master Gate, and let the Spirit Master Gate come up with a plan to deal with it. I think there's going to be something big going on in the world of the spirits. ”

"No, I'm not going to go, I'm going to walk together, I'm going to die together. ”

"Don't be rash, the Phantom Assassin Group is a demon group that kills people without blinking, they are back in the rivers and lakes, there must be a great conspiracy hidden, we are looking for spirit wine, we met them on the way back, it can be seen that they are coming for spirit wine, you have to live, tell the spirit master door of this news, and save the spirit master world." ”

"I..."

"Ziran, what are you waiting for, go quickly!"

Ziran hesitated again and again and ran to the rear.

At this time, Tiansha and Earthsha came to chase after him with weapons in hand, Zhao Lu jumped and was impassioned: "If you want to catch him, first step over my corpse!"

Zhao Lu used the little spiritual power left in his body to intercept the Heavenly Demon and the Earth Demon with his sword, buying time for Li Ziran to escape smoothly.

Tiansha opened the umbrella and threw the umbrella into the air, the golden umbrella rotated rapidly in the air, and countless golden needles shot out from under the umbrella, one after another on Zhao Lu's body, Zhao Lu was bleeding from his mouth and nose, trembled a few times, and fell to the ground and died.

Li Ziran barely survived by hiding his body in the bushes and masking the smell with a special deodorizing spirit seed.

After listening to Li Ziran's story, Gu gritted his teeth and said, "If I don't avenge my senior brother, I swear not to be a man!"

"Young man, according to your current strength, you are far from being their opponent, Zhao Lu was considered by countless people to be a great master among the eight Dharma Protectors during his lifetime, but he was still killed. If you want to avenge your brother, you have to make yourself strong. If you just use your mouth, I, Li Ziran, am 10,000 times stronger than you, and if you fight against the heavens and the earth according to your current ability, you can only bring about your own destruction. ”

"As the saying goes: 'It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years.'" You still need to go through the training, and you have a long way to go. No one can say for sure, now that the Phantom Assassins' demons, owls, celestial demons, and earth demons have all appeared, and the most intractable ghosts are about to appear. The four of them were quite scary. As long as it is their prey, nothing can escape. ”