"Of course, you can ......" Seeing that Zhang Zhao was about to agree, Nie Shimo stretched out his hand to stop him: "This matter is extraordinary, let's think about it clearly, you already have some understanding of what the situation is in Jiuyou, can you really give up your parents and sect here for the rest of your life? At that time, everything you have in Wuxuan will disappear." ”

Zhang Zhao and Nie Wanqing's hands were gradually cold, thinking of the elders of the Lingxiao Retirement Hall and the old butchers in the town, Zhang Zhao's mouth moved a few times without making a sound, but when he turned his head to look at Nie Wanqing with a sad expression, he finally made up his mind.

"No, he can't stay in the Nine Shadows. Since Wuxuan can't tolerate me, this matter is over. Without waiting for Zhang Zhao to speak, Nie Wanqing's empty voice sounded first, and her face was pale and she gently let go of Zhang Zhao's palm: "Let you run such a long way, in the end, there is still no fate." ”

Zhang Zhao stepped forward and wanted to hold Nie Wanqing's hand again, but she avoided it: "Wanqing, of course I can come to Jiuyou, if I want to see them, go up and have a look......" Nie Wanqing shook her head: "If your fellow disciples are hurt because of this incident, will you blame me?"

She replied to herself: "Based on your performance in the realm of life and death, even if you don't say it, you will blame me in your heart." Looking at Zhang Zhao's face with a sad smile: "Because I am the same, I will not let my father and them risk following you to Wuxuan." Dad is right, I thought everything was too simple, you better go back. ”

Zhang Zhao's heart was already in a mess: "Wanqing, there will always be a way." Nie Wanqing's voice was full of exhaustion: "If there is really a way, how can my father let us choose?"

The two of them were silent and speechless, and Nie Shimo also sat still without saying a word. It wasn't until a long time later that Nie Wanqing's voice returned to some normal: "Let's go, I'll send you out, don't let them wait outside." ”

She was the first to turn around and leave the hall, followed by Zhang Zhaomulan. As soon as the door was opened, Ye Qinghe and the others hugged over with laughter, and when they saw the expressions of the two of them, they realized that something was wrong: "What's the matter?"

Yan Wuxi gritted his teeth: "Xiao Ye, let's go in and talk to Nie Ghost King, he can't look down on a son-in-law like Zhang Zhao, this vision is too high." Ye Qinghe agreed, and Wei Tiesheng followed behind: "Let's go too, everyone will intercede with Brother Zhang Zhao." ”

"Stop. Nie Wanqing's voice didn't hear anything unusual at all, but there was a relaxed smile on her face: "This has nothing to do with my father, it's this girl who is not married." The Five Xuanmen Sect can't tolerate us, can we really let him leave the master and live in the Nine Shadows?"

Hearing this, Ye Qinghe and the others were silent when their faces changed, but no one made a sound to let Zhang Zhao stay in Jiuyou. They looked at Zhang Zhao with complicated eyes, and they all knew why Nie Wanqing had made such a decision.

Nie Wanqing pouted and looked at Zhang Zhao: "You promised to do one thing for me, even if you finish it now, the two of us will get together and disperse." She stared at the rest of the people: "Okay, don't stay here, let's send him back." ”

Seeing that Zhang Zhao was still looking directly at her, Nie Wanqing waved her hand: "Let's go, let's go, I won't send you." After speaking, she turned her head and glared at Yan Wuxi and the others, and they hurriedly stepped forward and pulled Zhang Zhao, who was still and walked outside.

Zhang Zhao's mind was blank, and he was pushed out by them, and just after walking a few steps, he heard the shouting from behind: "Wait a minute." Ye Qinghe and the others thought that things had taken a turn for the better and hurriedly stopped, Nie Wanqing walked up to Zhang Zhao and smiled lightly: "I'll go and get the bead and return it to you, and you will give her back when you find a good girl in the future." ”

She was just about to walk past Zhang Zhao, but her wrist was grabbed. The composure on Nie Wanqing's face finally collapsed at this moment, and she threw herself into Zhang Zhao's arms, her hands tightly wrapped around his neck. Ye Qinghe and the others pretended not to see each other, and hurriedly greeted each other, turned around and left first.

Feeling Nie Wanqing's soft body trembling gently in his arms, Zhang Zhaogang wanted to say something but felt a stream of heat gurgling down his neckline. Nie Wanqing, who had been admiring him for a long time, gently pressed her cheek against his face, crying silently, tears pouring out.

"Please...... Let's go, please...... Let's go. Nie Wanqing was fascinated and whimpered in Zhang Zhao's ear and whispered repeatedly: "Please...... Let's go, please...... Let's go. ”

Nie Wanqing cried a few times and suddenly woke up and broke free from his arms, turned his back to Zhang Zhao to prevent him from seeing his tearful appearance, Zhang Zhao's heart was mixed with pain, and he couldn't tell what it was like, as soon as he took a step, Nie Wanqing raised his voice and shouted sadly: "Even if I beg you for one last thing, let's go." Without looking back, he went straight into the back hall.

Zhang Zhao stood in the courtyard for a moment, then moved his steps towards the door. He felt the soft, delicate feeling on his cheeks gradually disappear, replaced by a coldness, but he couldn't tell whose tears were stained.

Zhang Zhao, who was depressed in his heart, quickened his pace, rushed out of the Ghost King's Mansion and hurried towards the city gate, turning a deaf ear to the cries of Ye Qinghe and the others. Seeing Zhang Zhao disappearing as if he was crazy, Ye Qinghe and the others hurriedly caught up, but they were thrown away by him.

Zhang Zhao swept out the light and rushed straight down behind the city gate. Ye Qinghe and the others chased for a while and couldn't see his figure, Yan Wuxi stood up and turned around and shouted, "Don't chase it yet, let's go find someone to help, we can't let him get lost." ”

Zhang Zhao, who was lost and depressed, ran away in one breath and didn't know how far, and jumped over the ravine when he encountered a bush, not caring about the situation in front of him. At this time, a terrifying shock hit his sea of consciousness, and the grief of the power was temporarily washed aside.

Under the investigation of the soul sense, an unfathomable turbulent river appeared in front of Zhang Zhao. Although he could feel the black river flowing rapidly, there was not a single sound of water around him, and it was so dark that he could not see the other side.

This lifeless but turbulent river exuded an amazing aura, and Zhang Zhao felt the strong sense of danger in this aura, but he had an urge to jump in. Deep down he knew it was a mistake, and the golden light in his head swam away, trying to drive the death from the river.

I don't know how long it took, Zhang Zhao finally let out a long breath. He couldn't have imagined that a river could bring such pressure to himself, if it weren't for the soul law in his body, he might have really jumped into the confusion just now.

"This is the Styx of our Nine Shadows. A familiar voice sounded from behind him, and Xiang Qiufeng, who was tied up with his messy hair, chased after him silently at some point, and only relaxed when he saw Zhang Zhaowu's face: "Don't underestimate this Styx, many people don't even dare to approach it." ”

Xiang Qiufeng walked up a few steps and stood side by side with Zhang Zhao: "Jiuyouzhong has a hard life, and it is inevitable to have a heart of relief in the face of this river. Although you can get a hundred with a single leap, but in this world, who lives only for themselves?"

Zhang Zhao turned his head to look at him: "How did Brother Xiang know that I was here?" Xiang Qiufeng sighed: "They said that you came in this direction, I estimate that only this river nearby can block your way, to be honest, I'm really afraid that I won't see you here." ”

"Brother Xiang is worried that I have found a short-term view?" Zhang Zhao shook his head at the River Styx in front of him: "I did lose my mind for a moment when I first met, but if I can really let go of everything, how can I run here?"

Xiang Qiufeng nodded: "That's right, in fact, there is another reason why I can find you, I often come here." He took a few steps towards the river: "Whenever I encounter a problem in my cultivation, or if there is something I can't figure out, I will come here to sit down." ”

"This river can remind me that if I am not even afraid of death, then what else can stop me?" Xiang Qiufeng stretched out his hands and made a hugging gesture towards the river: "With it, I believe that I can definitely break through to the Yin and Yang realm before I am thirty years old." ”

"To others, the river represents death, but to me it is hope. Xiang Qiufeng beckoned to Zhang Zhao with pride in his voice: "Do you want to go with me to see this Styx?"

Zhang Zhao took a few steps closer and glanced at the water of the Heihei River and asked, "Doesn't it mean that you can't swim in this river?" Xiang Qiufeng laughed: "You can't swim, but I have a way, you come with me." ”

The two walked along the river for more than ten miles, and Xiang Qiufeng bent down and dragged out a square thing from a bush. Zhang Zhao looked at it and thought it looked like a raft, but there were a lot of round things tied to the bottom of the raft.

Xiang Qiufeng threw the thing in the River Styx and jumped up, and Zhang Zhao jumped on it without hesitation. This strange raft was about the same size as Zhang Zhao's in Jingxin Lake, and it was not crowded when there were two people standing, and it drifted down the river quickly.

"Although the River Styx cannot float bamboo and wood, I learned it from your ferry in the Xuan Waters. Xiang Qiufeng pointed to the things tied to the raft: "Cut the animal skin from the neck, soak it in oil for more than a month, hollow it out and blow it full of air, and after it is tied, it can float." ”

"It is rumored that the killing within the Nine Shadows is too heavy, and the souls of those dead beasts are difficult to disperse, and they are all integrated into this Styx. Xiang Qiufeng and Zhang Zhao stood firmly on the raft, letting the raft full of airbags be pushed forward by the torrent of the River Styx: "Therefore, the river contains the power of the undead, and ordinary people will feel lifeless and unhappy when they approach. ”

"I am drifting in this river, but I only feel the power of heaven and earth. Give birth to the urge to master this power. Zhang Zhao listened to Xiang Qiufeng's words and stood on the raft to spread his senses, and sure enough, he felt that endless strange spiritual power surrounded him, and he was pouring in from the pores of his body.

The two of them floated hundreds of miles along the Styx rapids, and Xiang Qiufeng beckoned Zhang Zhao and the two jumped back to the shore. Xiang Qiufeng pulled back the raft with a rope and threw it in the bushes, turned around and looked at Zhang Zhao's expression: "Sure enough, you are not small, I invited Tie Sheng a few times, but he didn't dare to come up, you are the first to swim this Styx with me...... Friend. ”

"Let's go dozens of miles forward from here to the Nine Ghost Bone Road, and then I will accompany you to Guangzhi City to get the carriage......" Xiang Qiufeng said this, Zhang Zhao shook his head: "The carriage will be left for you to transport some things, I won't go to the city of Guangyi." ”

Zhang Zhao arched his hand at Xiang Qiufeng: "Thank you Brother Xiang for accompanying me all the way, Zhang Zhao will leave." Xiang Qiufeng waved goodbye, Zhang Zhao walked a long way and turned back, until Xiang Qiufeng handed over a silk sac: "This should be a little bit of my heart." ”

Xiang Qiufeng took it casually and opened it, and was immediately stunned by the flickering crystal light: "Brother Zhang Zhao, what are you...... Zhang Zhao looked at Xiang Qiufeng and said sincerely: "Born together, there is a difference between the five mysteries and the nine secluded worlds, and it is really difficult for Zhang Zhao to feel at ease when he sees it." Please ask Brother Xiang to do it for me, let me do my part. ”

The darkness in the cave of the Ghost King's Mansion in Lu Nancheng suddenly lit up again, and as soon as the stone door opened and closed, a black-robed man with three locks of long beard under his chin flashed into the stone room, and the stone platform that released a halo in the middle did not move for a long time.

"Before you got engaged to Zhuo Xuhan, my father came to ask me for my opinion. The black-robed man lowered his head and gently stroked the stone platform and was silent for a moment: "My brother has been looking forward to you being happy since he was a child, so ...... I persuaded my father to agree. ”

"I've never been here in the past twenty years, not because I hate you, and I don't hate Zhuo Xuhan. His mournful voice echoed in the stone chamber for a long time: "I hate myself, I caused you to become like this. ”

Lingxiao was thriving during this time, and even the more than 20 groups of people who had newly taken refuge were all sent out. The entire sect was busy up and down, not only busy with business, but also because the day of the Red Maple Sect to welcome relatives was approaching.

The kitchen is even more hot, not only to bring enough food and drink to the same door who goes out to transport goods, but also to make some preparations for the big day in a month. The fat master shouted from morning to night for more than ten days in a row, urging the disciples to work quickly with their hands and feet.

Every morning, Lao Sha and the livestock they bring in more than tripled compared to before. More than a dozen disciples had to work for a long time to clean up, but the fat master felt that today seemed to be a little different.

He was just about to help after tying up the last livestock, when he found that it was already clean in front of him: "Ouch, you free cubs are quite good today." The smile on the fat master's face just bloomed, but his eyes suddenly widened: "Zhang Zhao, when did you come back?"

"Hey, yes, Senior Brother Zhang Zhao, aren't you going to Jiuyou?" These disciples were all dizzy, and a few of them didn't take it seriously when they saw Zhang Zhao standing beside them, and they surrounded them when they heard what the fat master said.

Zhu Liang squeezed over and shouted: "It's not that you went to pick up your daughter-in-law, why did you come here early in the morning to help, we are all waiting to drink your wedding wine." A gloomy smile flashed on Zhang Zhao's face: "I'm sorry everyone, you won't be able to drink my favorite wine for a while." ”

"What the hell is going on?" Zhu Liang and the others kept asking, and the fat master shouted loudly when he saw this: "Hurry up and go to work, don't you know how much food you have to cook today? ”

After the kitchen disciples dispersed, Zhang Zhao went back with meat and vegetables as usual, and only said to Lao Sha when he went out: "Shabo, the carriage let me give it away, you see ......" Lao Sha smiled and shook his head at him to signal that it was okay, the fat master reached out and patted Zhang Zhao on the shoulder, and after Zhang Zhao left, the two looked at each other and sighed.

"Tell me, is this the only way to do this?" Sheng Jin was the only one in the Yangxian Hall who shouted in a loud voice: "Because Zhang Zhao is too famous?

"The people have gone far away, and the carriage has also sent them, and even the fairy crystals have been left for them. This stupid boy has been tossing for months in vain, isn't this an empty joy?"

The more Sheng Jin spoke, the more angry he became: "For this Nie girl, our Zhang Zhaoke even pushed away the family affairs of the Long family." He yelled at the rest of the Yangxian Hall: "Tell me, we have lived on the Five Heavens for so long, and we haven't heard of the truth that we can't marry the Nine Shadows Girl." ”

Leng Pingyuan couldn't bear to listen to his endless nagging: "Sheng Datou, what's the use of you shouting at us? This is not just you alone, you are so endless, we are even more annoyed." ”

"That's right, Senior Brother Sheng, now I still want to find a way to let Zhang Zhao cross this hurdle quickly. Li Mengshan gently patted the dwarf on his body: "Otherwise, let's let Gu Changqing go and talk to the Dragon City Lord again, and see if we can talk about that family matter again?"

Sheng Jin responded and was about to express his approval, but Wu Zongting shook his head slowly: "Zhang Zhao has already stated the reason when he refused to kiss in person, if he mentions this matter again, won't it make people feel capricious?"

Liu Feng nodded again and again: "Senior Brother Wu is right, let's let Senior Brother Zhang Zhao choose another family affair for Zhang Zhao." Wu Zongting sighed: "I don't think this matter is easy to do, we have pushed the family affairs of Xuanmu City, how can other sects save the face of the Dragon City Lord?"

"Then find someone more majestic than their Xuanmu City. After Sheng Jin finished speaking, he saw that all the elders looked at him with helpless eyes and slapped his head hard: "What a fucking trouble, how did a good thing get mixed up in this field." ”

The elders were silent, and after a long time, they heard Feng Qianli mutter: "I still think it's strange, if that Zhuo Xuhan's enemy has the strength to kill dozens of Yin and Yang cultivators, why do you have to wait until the day he welcomes him?"

After Zhang Zhao returned quietly from Jiuyou, the entire Lingxiao soon knew that his marriage was rejected. Except for some elders who knew the inside story, most of them were speculating in their hearts, and when they saw Zhang Zhao, they all kept their mouths shut about it.

Although everything is normal on the surface, Zhang Zhao has never let go of his heart. From time to time, he recalled the way Nie Wanqing whimpered in his arms, and while he was sad, he also remembered the hardships of the people in the Nine Shadows, chanting until late at night and still unable to fall asleep for a long time.

He felt as if he had lost his bearings all of a sudden, and he was not sure whether what he had done before was right or wrong. The fame in Xuanmu City did not do anything for the unjust souls in the three-point city, but instead put himself in this dilemma.

Before going to Jiuyou, Zhang Zhao felt that it was understandable for him to spend more immortal crystals for his spirit. Now he feels that although he seems to have deep pockets, he is powerless when it comes to those who really need help.

Under the strong contrast between before and after, Zhang Zhao tosses and turns every night. He didn't know whether he should forget everything and continue with his old life, or whether he should find some way to save his hopeless relationship with Nie Wanqing.

He lay down for nearly an hour that night, still thinking crankily, and felt that the confusion in his brain was really uncomfortable. He sat cross-legged and recited the Requiem verse a few times before calming down, and was about to lie down again when he caught a glimpse of a clump of animal skins on the table.

When Zhang Zhao came back from the Nine Shadows, he didn't even have the immortal crystals left in his arms, and the only thing he brought back was these demon beast Neidan that Hu Buli gave to him in the ghost yuan. He gently took the hide and opened it, holding a dozen colorful beads and sighing.

Anyway, he couldn't sleep, Zhang Zhao remembered his original intention of asking for these Neidan, so he tried to probe with the soul sense in his mind. As a result, as soon as he swept the outer edge of a few inner pills, he felt his whole body tremble, and more than a dozen inner pills were thrown on the bed by his shaking hands.

Several powerful breaths came back to Zhang Zhao's mind, and he didn't know why he suddenly had a pressure to face more than a dozen fierce beasts. These Neidan were obviously taken out of the dead demon beasts, how could they still give him such a feeling?

Zhang Zhao gathered up more than a dozen inner pills, leaving only one pale yellow one in his hand, and swept it in with his soul sense again after concentrating for a moment. When the golden light transformation seeped into the inner pill, a giant python with three huge heads suddenly appeared in Zhang Zhao's mind.

This time, Zhang Zhao had already prepared and did not stop the exploration of soul consciousness. He allowed the three mouths of the huge golden python in the sea of knowledge to spit out blood and red tongue letters to swim around, and the python also turned into a clear scene around it, as if he had witnessed the domination of this giant snake in the past.

Zhang Zhao felt that he could actually feel some fragmentary memories of this giant snake. The ease with which it broke free from the eggshell when it was born, the wildness with the sudden increase in strength when it transformed, the confidence when it turned into a head, and the comfort when it strangled its prey and swallowed it were all clear.

The screams pulled Zhang Zhao back to reality, and he opened his eyes to see that Xiao Bai and Hei Face, who were sleeping on the other bed, had woken up at some point, and the two monkey faces were full of horror, huddled tightly together, and trembled with fright, as if they didn't even have the strength to escape.

Zhang Zhao felt that he had a "sizzling" sound when he breathed, and when he got out of bed and walked, the soles of his feet still meant to walk. The two monkeys trembled even more when they saw him approaching, and Zhang Zhao reached out and stroked their heads for a long time before finally settling down.

These Inner Dans are all made of demon beasts that are more than hundreds of years old, and the soul power contained in them is extremely profound, how can it be compared to the Three-Eyed Bat King who has just formed Inner Dan. Although Zhang Zhao didn't know the mystery, he was like an incarnate python under the induction of soul power.

With this experience, Zhang Zhao took out an inner pill whenever he couldn't sleep and used the soul method to experience the wonderful feeling. Although he tried hard, the two monkeys were frightened by the various terrifying auras emanating from him. Every time I saw him pick up Nedan, he hid outside the house.

After more than ten days, the two monkeys found that Zhang Zhao, whether he was a lion or a tiger, or an eagle wolf, would always return to his original appearance in the end, and they slowly got used to this change in Zhang Zhao, no matter how he tossed, they turned a blind eye and fell asleep.

The fantastical feeling brought by Nedan gave Zhang Zhao's life some new meaning, and he had to play for a while after chanting every day. When he went to Yangxian Hall to deliver food, he occasionally made a few strange noises in his mouth, and the elders only turned a deaf ear when he was depressed and wanted to vent.

In the blink of an eye, it was almost the day of the Red Maple Sect's greeting. According to the customs of the Five Xuans, Lingxiao should put on a sumptuous banquet to entertain the Lu family team with the friends of the alliance who came to congratulate, and then send someone to accompany him to the Red Maple Sect.

In the study room of the Dragon Mansion in Xuanmu City, Lu Wanchen sat opposite Longhuai Valley and frowned: "Judging from the current situation, Yuwendong really has to make some moves. He had just returned from the Wanhua Sect, and Hu Xiucheng had sent more than twenty Yin Yang cultivators to follow him to Chibai City. ”

Long Huaigu nodded: "I also know this, Yu Wendong also summoned all the Yin Yang Realm elders scattered all over Chibai City, it seems that he really wants to fight with us." ”

Lu Wanchen stood up and walked around the hall a few times: "There is also news from Chibai City, they should be attacking together on the way to welcome relatives. But I'm worried that they'll be bad for the Red Maple Sect. If the forces are dispersed, I am afraid it will be difficult to wipe them out. ”

Long Huaigu smiled: "Brother Lu, what are the two of us sharing with each other." A cold light appeared in his eyes: "Since we want to do it, let's do a big one, this time it is better for you to bring enough people to greet your relatives in person." I sent someone to keep an eye on these two guys. ”

"If they really want to make a move on the Red Maple Sect, it will naturally be the best time to wait for you to leave, if there is any movement, I will ask Uncle Chen to lead someone to set up an ambush in your Red Maple Sect, waiting for them to throw themselves into the net. Hearing this, Lu Wanchen's face finally relaxed: "Okay, this time they must have no return." ”

(End of chapter)