On a rainy day, with a gust of wind, Lu Jingxing and the others finally came to a small town on the border of Guilin County after seven or eight days of fast horses. However, this is not the destination they want to reach, what they really want to go to is the mountain forest behind the town surrounded by clouds and mist all day long, and the open space in the depths of the mountain forest is the meeting place of the various major sects.

It was still early, and before noon, the group dismounted at the door of an inn, ready to stop here for a while. After a lunch, after Ling Xiao took a bath, they went to the mountains and forests, and they had been at the inn for less than an hour.

The reason why they chose such a secret and remote place to gather was also because after some consideration, the various sects jointly decided on the place. This place is the closest to Qianmin Mountain Villa, but it is only a few hundred miles away, and the location is of course also discovered by them. If the location is set in the town, then there are at least a thousand people from their various sects gathered in one place, which will inevitably disturb the usual peaceful life of the small people in the town. And some sects have never been very harmonious with each other, in case there is a quarrel

If you don't agree with each other, it is very likely to cause chaos and hurt the innocent.

This is only one of the reasons, but on the other hand, this mountain forest is the only place to go to the nearest road to the Flying Cliffs. The sects came from all directions to meet here, and then rushed to the Flying Cliff together, thus saving a lot of time and avoiding a lot of unjust travel.

According to the report of the people sent by Lu Ci to search for clues, they followed the subtle traces left by the group of dead soldiers, and these clues finally disappeared near a huge sinkhole. For this reason, they stayed there for several days, but there was no clue to be found, and Lu Ci was worried about this matter.

Therefore, this time, in addition to going to Feitou Cliff to find Kong Bozhi, another important thing for each sect is to go to the vicinity of the Tiankeng to find out, and try their best to rescue those who are trapped. Simply flew through the cliff and was only a few hundred miles away from the sinkhole. In order to prevent Kong Bozhi from stabbing these kidnapped people when he was forced to have no way out, they decided to save people first, and then go to Kong Bozhi to take revenge.

The forest is full of trees, the environment is dark and vast, and the air is foggy and humid, mixed with a strong smell of bird feathers. The huge moss-covered roots are intertwined on the ground, and the ferns are overgrown, and each step is extremely difficult under the cover of overlapping branches and leaves. The group walked in such an environment, but fortunately Lu Ci had the insect repellent powder given by Mr. Duan, so they were not bitten by mosquitoes, but they still had to worry about the snake hidden in the dense bushes under their feet.

Little by little, they walked into the depths of the mountain forest. Looking at the scene in front of her, Ling Xiao was in a trance, and couldn't help but stop and stare at it, how similar it was to the scene she saw in her dream.

She clearly remembered that in the dream, she was wearing a dark green gauze dress, a pair of snow-white feet were bare# standing naked on top of the dark green and thick moss, her hair was scattered, and she was wandering in a primeval forest. The white mist is surrounded by unknown confusion, and under the towering ancient trees is endless darkness and depression. She is like a little goose that has lost the shelter of the geese, and loneliness and despair envelop her heart.

Suddenly, a mirror seemed to appear in front of me, and the face in the mirror was charming. Her pure detachment in the hair is outstanding, but the evil is incomparable.

She looked in the mirror and shook her head, strenuously denying: "No, it's not me, I've never worn anything like this." Nor is it such a complicated face. ”

"Why isn't this you, you are both Zhong Liyan and Ling Xiao, and you are also a phantom pearl." The voice of the mirror was cold and soft, as if a stream of ice water flowed through her heart on a summer day, comfortable and cool, and it was her voice.

"Phantom Orb?" She bit her lip and whispered.

The soft voice in the void floated again, with an affirmation: "That's right." Phantom Orb ......"

She asked blankly, "What is the Phantom Bead?" ”

She was answered by a terrible silence.

Such a familiar picture, as if the place where she is at the moment belongs to her, there is a sense of stability and tranquility like returning home, but she is also extremely clear in her heart, it is just a dream, where that uncontrolled consciousness comes from, she doesn't know.

"Xiao Xiao, what's wrong? But what's uncomfortable? The others had already walked in front of Ling Xiao, Lu Jingxing was walking side by side with her, seeing her pause, her eyes in front of her were dull, and after looking at her for a long time, she couldn't help but worry about her.

The gentle voice that sounded in his ears pulled Ling Xiao back to reality, and he didn't think that he had fallen behind the team in a trance. Not only that, but also Lu Jingxing stood here with the dew, which was a little reluctant for her. She smiled faintly at Lu Jingxing, shook her head and said, "I'm fine." Just seeing this scene reminded me of that dream that I still remembered, as if it had ever existed. ”

Stepping on the rugged and slippery green moss, the two continued to move forward step by step, Lu Jingxing heard Ling Xiao say this, and couldn't help but ask casually curiously, "What dream?" ”

"It was the dream I had on Chinese New Year's Eve, when my life was dying. I dreamed of many strange things that night, including returning to the place where I had been a child. But strange to say, only this dream is particularly clear. Ling Xiao stretched out his hand to remove the dense branches and leaves that were covering in front of him, the face towel was not removed, and the thin clothes on his body were soaked in the dew, and the body was a little sticky and uncomfortable, and the delicate curve of his body loomed in the half-transparent clothes. But fortunately, the environment was dark, and I couldn't notice it when I was a little away, but I couldn't escape Lu Jingxing's casual sight, but he still behaved indifferently, as if nothing happened. He only thought that she was his wife in the near future, and that it was better to treat her with a normal heart.

There was a big tree covered with green moss in front of his feet, Lu Jingxing naturally reached out to help Ling Xiao, and said, "When you are free, how about talking to me in detail?" I'm a little interested in Xiao Xiao's dream. ”

"Hmm." Ling Xiao focused on the road ahead, didn't look at Lu Jingxing, just nodded and continued to walk forward.

After a difficult trek, the environment ahead was much brighter and brighter, and the further we went, the more light became, and it was the soft light of the afternoon, sprinkled on a sparse green grass full of stones, which was a sight to behold.

A few steps away was the open space, Lu Jingxing turned around and blocked in front of Ling Xiao, skillfully took off his deep clothes, and without giving Ling Xiao time to react, he directly draped the clothes gently on her shoulders, and did not forget to close the edge of the clothes, tightly wrapping Ling Xiao's looming body curves in the deep clothes. In this regard, he is quite stingy and will not allow others to look at him.

Raising his eyes and sweeping in the direction of the grass, there was already a sect that had arrived here, and at this moment, they were sitting scattered by the edge of the opposite woods to rest, and Lu Jingxing and his party walked straight to the opposite side. In less than a moment, the people on the other side also seemed to notice the people who were walking towards them, and they all got up and greeted Lu Jingxing.

The two groups of people gradually approached, and Ling Xiao saw that this was the person from Yuliu Villa, and the leader was the current owner of the village, Liu Yan (xié) Luo. He stopped a few steps away, and arched his hand towards Lu Jingxing with a smile: "Brother Lu, last time Jun Jian Pavilion said goodbye, don't come unharmed?" ”

"I'm tired of the owner of the willow village, everything is fine!" Lu Jingxing is also able to salute the rivers and lakes, but he is not as enthusiastic as Liu Yanluo, and his tone reveals politeness and detachment. Regarding Ning Yan's death, although it was Liu Yanluo's manslaughter, Lu Jingxing always had a knot in his heart, it was his friend, and the person in front of him was the murderer, no matter how broad-minded he was, I am afraid that he would not be able to act as if nothing had happened. Besides, he has always treated people like this, and he is relatively cold to people who have not had deep friendships, and the former Liu Yanluo was just an ordinary, friend to him.

After Liu Yiluo greeted Lu Jingxing, he turned his head slightly, shifted his attention to Ling Xiao, who was dressed in deep clothes, looked at it slightly, a friendly smile hooked up at the corner of his lips, he bowed his hand again, and bowed deeply and said: "Miss Ling, in the inn that day, don't think that you are the same as the demon girl, but after that, I have not been able to find a chance to apologize." There was a lot of offense that day, and I ask the girl to forgive me. ”

"It's good that the misunderstanding is resolved, and the owner of Liu Zhuang doesn't need to blame himself." Ling Xiao's expression was hidden under the face towel, but from the tone of voice, you could still hear that her faint words were sincere. She also heard that this Liu Yanluo was sincerely apologizing to her, and such a person was open-minded.

Lu Jingxing inadvertently moved his eyes, but noticed the person standing next to Liu Yanluo, a long-bearded Taoist priest holding a dust, with a thin face, gray hair, and a little outstanding, he couldn't help but raise his finger slightly, and asked, "Who is this Taoist leader?" He is naturally no stranger to all kinds of heroes in the rivers and lakes, but he has never seen this person, and he looks different from ordinary people, and he is not an ordinary person.

Ling Xiao followed Lu Jingxing's line of sight when he heard the sound, and when he saw the appearance of the Taoist clearly, his heart couldn't help but tremble slightly, and then Liu Yanluo's voice sounded in his ears: "This is Ling Juguan's Guanzhu Yuanqu Dao Chief." ”

This Yuanqu Daoist had a relationship with Ling Xiao last year, when Yanling Zhan took her to Ling Ju to watch incense, and it was this person who greeted them. Now that he met this person, Ling Xiao was a little nervous and worried at first, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt that he was too worried, and he quickly put his mind at ease. It's been more than a year since the two met, and now her temperament is completely different from before, and she is still hiding her face, and this person may not be able to recognize her.

It's just that Ling Xiao had doubts in his heart, why did he appear here for no reason. Lu Jingxing was also slightly surprised, Ling Juguan is located outside the Jundu, it is a veritable royal Taoist temple of the Central Plains, and it is extremely famous in the whole Dongzhou, as the master of one view, how can he easily leave the Taoist temple. Come to think of it, no matter how bold the person who flies through the cliff is, I am afraid that he will not dare to provoke the majesty of the royal family.