Chapter 31
Although surprised, Li Xunlian didn't open his eyes directly, he was very curious, who was quietly spying on him, but what was even more curious was the breath of déjà vu.
"It's not Xuanqi, but it's the same as Xuanqi......" Suddenly, Li Xunlian remembered the strange-looking strange man that night.
It's March, the solar term is rainy, today is gloomy weather, although there is no rain, but the dark clouds outside the window are heavy, making people feel stuffy.
With a soft creaking sound, the window seemed to be pushed open, and a breeze swept into the room, accompanied by a fishy smell.
Li Xunlian still didn't open his eyes, he couldn't understand that since the other party dared to spy on him, he should know that he was a Xuan Xiu, even if he was just opening the peak of Xuan, but pushing the window into without concealing it, this was too underestimated!
"Whew...... Whoop......"
The smell of fishiness was getting stronger, like the breath of some animal when it breathed, and the sound of whirring breathing was getting closer.
Secretly running his mind, the dragon shadow sword in the Sumeru ring is ready to be unsheathed at any time, Li Xunlian is still frowning, pretending to be still asleep.
"Hey, no! The person who came despised me so much, why couldn't he hear the footsteps when he approached!" Suddenly, Li Xunlian thought of this, if the other party deliberately slowed down, then he shouldn't have taken the liberty to open the window before, this contradictory thing is very abnormal.
Of course, it can be explained that the sound of the window opening is caused by the comer's mistake, but if this is the case, he should not go any further.
Suddenly, Li Xunlian's mind was reminded of an animal that had flesh pads growing on the soles of their feet, and no matter what kind of ground they walked, they would not make a sound!
"This kind of breathing sound is definitely not something that normal humans can have, could it be a cat-like beast raised by barbarians?"
"No, although the barbarians have the ability to domesticate fierce beasts, they have never heard of any of those fierce beasts who can speak human words and know how to snoop in wisdom. ”
"The person who came has an aura fluctuation that is obviously the same as that of the strange person, presumably the same kind, but who are they and where do they come from......"
This series of questions came to mind like a flash of lightning, only for a moment, but it was also at this moment that the thing had come to the bed. Even, Li Xunlian could feel that it was looking down at him.
Even though Li Xunlian was bold and careful, a cold sweat broke out on his back at this moment, and the hand hidden in the quilt couldn't help but clench, as long as the other party moved slightly, the Dragon Shadow Sword would inevitably come out of its sheath.
However, the other party seemed to freeze on this, and there was no next move, just staring at Li Xunlian and snooping.
Suddenly, it said a strange word, the tone in that sentence was similar to a human language, it should be a question sentence, but what was said Li Xunlian couldn't understand.
According to the transliteration, the pronunciation that Li Xunlian heard was closer to the four words "Gula Gulu".
"What kind of country is this?" Li Xunlian frowned slightly, he had read all the world's general knowledge and was proficient in the languages of various ethnic groups, but he had never heard this kind of words.
"Not good!"
In the middle of the long roar, the Dragon Shadow Sword was decisively unsheathed, and the position had already been judged, and with this shot, Li Xunlian directly slashed at the opponent's neck.
However, in the short time between the time he opened his eyes and the time he took out the sword, what was left for him was already just a human figure with long hair and mixed fur.
Dodging to the window and looking out, the wide streets, the vast flow of people, the monster has disappeared without a trace.
"It's a bit unreasonable to be so fast. ”
Li Xunlian's set of actions is smooth, he is confident that there is no secret method, even if he is a strong person in the Divine Sea, he will never be able to disappear from his sight in the blink of an eye. And this monster did it.
"No, it's above!" After pondering for a moment, Li Xunlian suddenly came to his senses.
He looked out just now, and the left and right sides were empty, only the eaves were blocked by the upper corners, and ordinary thinking almost did not look up, thinking that the monster was hiding above just now.
Although he knew that it was impossible to catch up, in order to confirm his conjecture, Li Xunlian still came to the window and looked up.
As far as the eye could see, I saw a vague shadow leaping quickly between the buildings and pavilions, and the speed was fast, and it quickly disappeared.
"This speed is not weaker than that of Huanfeng. If it had killed me just now, I guess I'd be in a different place by now. Li Xunlian's expression was solemn, and a chill rose in his heart, even though he knew that he couldn't hide it after frowning habitually just now, so he immediately attacked, but at this speed, if the other party wanted to kill him, he could also kill him before he took out his sword.
"What do you mean, is it really just to look at me?" I joked, there is no need to be overly nervous.
After this out, Li Xunlian didn't have the heart to sleep, put on his clothes and pack up, he wanted to see if the other three had encountered this situation.
As soon as I washed my face, there was a knock on the door outside the door, followed by Jingkong's voice: "Xun Gongzi, what happened?"
Jing Kong stayed next to him, thinking that he heard the sound of the Dragon Shadow Sword coming out of its sheath, or felt the fluctuation of Xuan Qi, so he came over to watch.
"Friends of the mirror, please come in and talk. Li Xunlian is still happy to call Jingkong a friend, although this guy has always been a neutral, but at least there is no bad intentions.
Pushing the door in, Jingkong first glanced at the open window, then frowned at the Dragon Shadow Sword that had not yet been sheathed and placed on the bed at will, and said, "I just felt a single and violent fluctuation of Xuan Qi coming from you here, what is the matter?"
He said this very carefully, the so-called single and violent Xuan Qi fluctuations are the offensive Xuan Qi from the hands of one person, which is where his doubts lie.
Li Xunlian would not take care of himself to launch an offensive Xuan Qi in the house, but only this fluctuation of Xuan Qi showed that Li Xunlian's opponent did not fight back or did not have Xuan Qi, or even had no opponent.
If you don't have Xuan Qi, it is not easy to avoid his perception and enter Li Xunlian's house, is it impossible to launch Xuan Qi without an opponent?
Therefore, there is only one situation left, the person who comes has great magical powers, and he can retreat without even urging the Xuan Qi under Li Xunlian's attack.
From Jing Yuan's expression, Li Xunlian could see where the other party was thinking, so he smiled and said, "I'm not talking about a person, will you believe it." ”
Hiss......
Jingkong gasped, although Li Xunlian's temperament was a little lazy, he was not enough to make such a joke with him. The two have no deep friendship, and they haven't even been in contact before. Second, he is not the kind of person who likes to laugh, and Li Xunlian has no reason to talk nonsense with him.
"That'...... Who is coming?" Jingkong frowned, and then said, "Could it be a fierce beast raised by barbarians?"
This guy's first reaction was the same as Li Xunlian's, but he immediately denied this point of view himself.
"There's no reason, if it's a fierce beast, how can it know how to climb to six floors and spy on you. Jing shook his head slightly and muttered to himself.
Li Xunlian didn't interject, just nodded lightly in appreciation. Since Jingkong entered the house, he hadn't said a word about it except that the person who came was not a human, but Jingkong only deduced the general situation based on some seemingly inconspicuous clues at the scene, and his mind was really thoughtful.
As if sensing Li Xunlian's thoughts, Jingkong coughed dryly twice, and said: "Subjective conjecture makes Xungongzi laugh." ”
"It's okay, Jingkong friends don't have to hide their edges in front of me, I, Li Xunlian, can swear by the reputation of the inn, I really want to investigate this matter thoroughly, and there is indeed a power entanglement with the Daozong royal family, but with your Buddha Sect, no!"
The words were sincere, and there was a slight change in Jingkong's expression when he heard this, and his heart was obviously moved.
"There is no edge, let alone hidden, Xun Gongzi or tell me about the talent. After all, Jingkong still diverted from the topic.
Since people didn't want to say it, Li Xunlian naturally wouldn't continue, so he relayed the monster snooping and the strange people encountered in the village at night before.
After hearing this, Jingkong fell into deep thought, Li Xunlian waited quietly, and after a long time, the former asked again: "Xun Gongzi said that the breath fluctuations they induced are similar to the Xuan Qi?"
"That's right, nine times out of ten, I feel something but I can't feel it. Li Xunlian replied.
"Could it be that this has something to do with the fact that Xuan Qi is becoming more and more difficult to ingest?" Jingkong's expression was solemn, and he twisted the chain of ancient Buddha beads in his hand as he thought.
"I have this suspicion too, so the first priority is to find the strange man. After a pause, Li Xunlian said again: "But it is also possible that the monsters that appeared today are not in the same group as that strange man, because one can speak people's mouths, and the other can only grunt." ”
"I think they're a gang, and today's monsters are following your breath. Jingkong guessed.
"Probably not, I haven't smelled my breath before, how can I recognize it. Li Xunlian shook his head in denial.
Hearing this, Jingkong lowered his voice and said, "How do you know that it hasn't smelled it?"
Hearing this, Li Xunlian stood upside down with no hair all over his body, what Jingkong said was not unreasonable, with the ability of that monster, if he didn't want to be noticed by Li Xunlian, it was really possible for him to be bullied within three feet of his body under the premise that he couldn't even notice it!
"You also said that there was a ritual in the village that night, and then the white shadow swept out of the woods, which means that there were accomplices in the village before that, and I suspect that you only found the strange man at that time, but the monster hidden in the shadows was not noticed by you. Jingkong looked out the window and said, "And the monster hidden in the shadows is the thing that spied on you today." ”
Click!
A bolt of lightning streaked across the sky, and the rolling clouds tore a crack, followed by a torrential downpour.
Li Xunlian also came to the window, looking at it from afar, the clouds were surging, and as far as the eye could see, the rain was like fog, and the sky and the earth were foggy.
The doubts in my heart are like this scene, more and more full of fog, what kind of race are they, where do they come from, why did they cause the villagers to disappear, what is the so-called thing that the monsters come here today, they obviously have a chance but they don't hurt the killer, whether the monster and the weird are the same gang, all of this is complicated and weird, so that Li Xunlian can't figure it out at all.
"One word comes to mind. Kagagi suddenly spoke.
"What?"
"Demon ......"
Li Xunlian turned his gaze to the mirror when he heard this, only to see that the latter's face was solemn, and his eyes were distant and deep.
Goblin!
In ancient legends, there are strange beasts that psychic illusion of the human body, drinking blood and eating flesh to endanger the common people, and there are many historical records that the emperors of the past dynasties favored the demon concubines, causing the national power to decline and the mountains and rivers wither. But these are only in legends, throughout the past dynasties, up to five hundred, down to the present, not to mention demons, even clever beasts have never appeared.
So much so that in the eyes of the world, the demon is the evil demon outer way, and the evil demon outer way is nothing more than the evil cultivation that controls the secret exercises.
Looking at the empty eyes of the mirror, Li Xunlian knew that the demon he was talking about was definitely not an evil demon!
"If you are aware of it, please tell me in detail. ”
As if sorting out his thoughts, he pondered for a moment and said, "I just remembered this thing by chance, but in the end, it just feels similar." But...... When he was young, he traveled the world and once suppressed a little demon. ”
Suppressed a little demon!
This is definitely an important breakthrough, Li Xunlian looked awe-inspiring after hearing this, and immediately continued to ask.
"What are the characteristics of the demon in the town of the Divine Monk, and is it similar to the strange man and monster?"
"That little demon can't speak, but no matter how he looks or behaves, he is very similar to humans, but his intelligence is not too high, but he has the ability to deceive people's hearts, and he is a spirit fox into a demon. Jingkong didn't need to think about it, after the monk talked about it back then, he always remembered it vividly.
In this way, it is quite similar to the two monsters. I don't know if the Delusional Monks mentioned that the aura they controlled was Xuanqi, or if it was also this kind of ......"
Jingkong shook his head, he knew where Li Xunlian wanted to ask, but the Monk Wufu didn't mention it back then. After all, the cultivation of the unvained god monk is to reach the sky, and looking at Kyushu, it is second only to the existence of the Great Shopkeeper and the Qingxiao Emperor, and even to a certain extent, it is not impossible to be comparable.
He took action to suppress a little demon, and the little demon probably didn't even have a chance to resist, so how could he sense the breath of the other party.
Although the clue was broken again, but after all, there was a breakthrough, Li Xunlian pondered for a moment, and felt that this matter was used as a breakthrough to get twice the result with half the effort, so he said: "There is a reluctant request below, and my friends can agree." ”
"Looking for a son, but it doesn't hurt to say it, I will do my best if I can. Of course, this is a polite remark, but as long as it does not involve power disputes, I believe that Jingkong is still happy to help Li Xunlian, not to mention that what the two are talking about at the moment is the disappearance of people.
"I want to ask to see the head of your sect, the monk without delusion. Li Xunlian said.
Hearing this, Jingkong seemed to hesitate, and replied after a while: "The family master has directly entered a state of retreat since returning to the mountain from the True Dragon Palace, and he should not receive you." ”
Straightforward refusal, Jingkong's unabashed behavior is not rude, because the taboo of metaphysical retreat is to be harassed, and the higher the cultivation, the more so. Li Xunlian naturally knows it, so he will not have negative emotions.
But he still refused to give up, and asked, "You can't do it either?"
"I can't either. Jingkong shook his head, and after a moment of silence, he said, "Maybe Senior Brother Jingyuan can." ”
After hearing this, Li Xunlian seemed to see a glimmer of light, and said happily: "Senior Brother Gui understands righteousness, and he will definitely help in this matter!"
Li Xunlian has a very good impression of Jingyuan, this statement is from the bottom of his heart, even if there is no invitation today, if he mentions Jingyuan, he will praise it like this.
"It's better to be like this, and the friends of the tired mirror will immediately set off back to the mountain, and discuss it with your senior brother, if you can meet the innocent monk, the things about that little demon, no matter how big or small, will be recorded. This matter is very important, no matter whether a breakthrough is made or not, this investigation will be a great credit for friends!"
"The merit or not is not valued by the little monk, this is a move for the country and the people, Jingkong is in charge, it's just ......" said this, Jingkong looked at Li Xunlian's eyes a little strange, after a pause, after all, he still whispered: "The little monk is here, they have hindered it after all, if I leave, your situation will be ...... at that time"
A trace of warmth crossed his heart, and Li Xunlian certainly knew who they were referring to in Jingkong's mouth. And what he said is right, with him here, although he will not deliberately help Li Xunlian, but after all, it can still play a certain role in hindering the behavior of Qing Lingzi and Li Cheng, once he leaves, even if the two join forces to kill Li Xunlian, it will be unaware, and they will not be able to investigate it afterwards.
patted the other party on the shoulder, Li Xunlian smiled and said, "Don't worry, just Qinglingzi, you can't help me." ”
This is a relief, and it can also be seen that Li Xunlian is determined to this matter, in order to thoroughly investigate the case of missing persons, he can't take too much care of his own safety for the time being.
Jingkong sighed lightly, Qing Lingzi and Li Chengnai are Gu Xuan cultivators, if the two join forces, Li Xun will be more and less lucky, but since the parties have said so, then he can't say anything more.
"Well, I'll leave at once, and if things go well, I'll be back in three days. Jingkong raised his voice, finally glanced at Li Xunlian deeply, and turned to leave.
There are some things that he can't say directly in case the wall has ears. But it is precisely because of this that he deliberately emphasized the words "return in three days", which is to remind Qing Lingzi and Li Cheng that he will be back soon, and you don't have enough time to do evil.
The competition for power, the battle of power, like the whirlpool of the angry sea, must be painstaking, every sentence is profound, if you don't put your mind into it, you will never recover, Jingkong speaks for Li Xunlian like this, and has reached the maximum degree he can lean towards.
"If Jingkong's friends need it in the future, Li Xunlian should help him!"
Looking at the departing figure of Jingkong, Li Xunlian arched his hand. To be honest, just a sentence is not a kindness, and it may not work. But Jingkong's words moved Li Xunlian, and if you are moved, you should be grateful, which is the foundation of human beings.
At the same time as Jingkong left, the windows of the other two rooms opened a slight gap, and Qing Lingzi and Li Cheng locked their eyes on Jingkong, which gradually disappeared into the crowd, and the corners of their mouths invariably sneered.
The location of the sect of Buddhism is the Bodhi Mountain in the extreme west of Qingxiao Country, at least more than 3,000 miles away from here, even if the mirror is empty and sleepless, it will take at least ten days to make a round trip!
"Hmph, three days, am I a fool when I am Qing Lingzi. Even if you have the help of the secret method of the Buddha, you will definitely not be able to come back within three days. Qing Lingzi rubbed the sheath of the Thousand Crows, and his smile became more and more gloomy.
That's right, although his Qing Lingzi's EQ is low, his IQ is not low to that extent! Although Jingkong's move is kind, it just becomes the catalyst for Qing Lingzi to let go and do evil!
......
At three o'clock in the afternoon, there was a knock on the door of Li Xunlian's room, and it was Qing Lingzi and Li Cheng.
"We're almost done, so we'll leave as soon as possible, and we'll be able to lurk in the nearby villages, and if we're lucky, we'll be able to spot something in the evening." Qing Lingzi said seriously.
What he said is very reasonable, the mirror has not returned, and there is no breakthrough for the three of them to act at the moment, and it is the best choice to hit the luck, as the saying goes, the opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, and they lurk in advance, so that the probability of encountering monsters will naturally increase by a few points.
However, Li Xunlian knew that Qing Lingzi was so active, but what he did was to kill himself.
Even if he knows, Li Xunlian still can't refuse, and he won't refuse. The three of them simply packed up and set off on the road.
About half an hour later, the three of them appeared near a remote village, surrounded on all sides by mountains, which were not high but steep, with babbling streams, bald stone shrubs, few dense trees, and the occasional roar of wild beasts. A grassy path extends from the outside, and the sun is blocked by the peaks and mountains as soon as it arrives, and the scene in the village is as dark as the sunset.
"It's a nice place, perfect for evil. Qing Lingzi made a pun, and swept towards Li Xunlian when he said this.
Yes, monsters kidnapping people are evil, and their murder of Li Xunlian is also evil, but either way, this place is indeed an excellent choice.
"I also have a hunch that tonight is not going to be peaceful. Li Cheng also looked at Li Xunlian and said with a sneer.
Li Xun smiled, and after observing the surrounding environment, he said, "I'll go to the east peak and the north peak, and you can check the two peaks in the southwest." ”
"Hey, you don't want to escape, do you?" said Qing Lingzi excitedly.
Without replying, Li Xunlian climbed directly to the east peak.
"Will he take the opportunity to escape?" Qing Lingzi asked with gloomy eyes, looking at Li Xunlian's background.
"Don't worry, this son loves face very much, and you didn't find out, you didn't take you seriously at all. Li Cheng took the opportunity to provoke.
"That's for the best, because after tonight, there won't be any need for him to open his eyes again. ”
......
The east and north peaks are more bare than the southwest peaks, and there is almost no vegetation on them, and there are only low weeds, rocky and barren.
Li Xunlian chose to explore this place because he could make it clear to the other party at a glance, so that they would rest assured, and the province was afraid that he would run away and say some useless nonsense behind him.
However, there is nothing to explore here, there is a square stone cave not far away, the entrance of the cave is not big, the inside is very shallow, it is about three or five zhang, it should be a natural formation.
After a few casual walks, Li Xunlian walked into the cave, sat down on a flat stone pier, and practiced qi meditation.
Qing Lingzi and Li Cheng are both in the early stage of Guxuan, and they don't seem to be very stable, although they are in the same realm as the prince Zhu Tong, but there should be a gap in combat effectiveness.
Moreover, Li Cheng would never shoot directly, even if no one watched in the dead of night, but he was thoughtful to prevent Qing Lingzi from biting back afterwards, and he would just plunder the formation for him if he died.
In this way, the threat posed by Li Cheng to Li Xunlian will be weakened a lot, although it cannot be underestimated, but it is still acceptable.
As for Qing Lingzi, if he does something with him, Li Xunlian is still very confident, at least he should be able to maintain the momentum of five or five.
Li Xunlian's confidence is not conceited and arrogant, but a conclusion made with reference to Zhu Tongwei in the Great War. Although Zhu Tong did not give up his advantage at that time and did not come out of the sword, Li Xunlian at that time was only in the late stage of Kaixuan, and now he is at the peak, and his entry into the realm can be imagined.
And judging from the length of time Qing Lingzi has been using the sword technique on weekdays, this son's cultivation cannot be compared with Zhu Yan. Of course, in the real fight, he will not take into account what Zhu Tong takes into account, and it is an inevitable trend to use a sword. But even so, it was nothing more than barely reaching Zhu Tong's level that day.
After thinking about it for a while, Li Xunlian put aside these distracting thoughts, in recent days, the Xuan Qi in his body has frequently hit the pass, and there is a tendency to break through, it is better to take this opportunity to practice well, if he can break through, defeating Qing Lingzi will be as easy as it is.
(End of chapter)
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