At noon on the second day.

It is still more than 30 kilometers away from the city. has arrived in the territory of Yongle City, the snow in the woods is shining, and there are still leaves that do not fall off stubbornly bear the baptism of snow on the trees.

Step by step, the two of them are all bright fox furs, blending with the snow.

Zhao Yi's pink face had a faint flush and a sweet smile, Ye Tao walked beside her, and found that she was sometimes very naughty, deliberately stepping on a foot hard, leaving her deep footprints on the snow.

Ye Tao chuckled softly, and Zhao Yi cast a curious gaze, "Ye Shaoxia, what are you laughing at?"

Ye Tao said, "Why is Miss Zhao so happy today?"

"Of course we have to be happy! You see, we have collected the medicine, and the people of the city will be saved. ”

"yes, it's time to finish. Ye Tao said wistfully. Suddenly, he said, "I don't know if Yun Ping and they have arrived?" When Zhao Yi heard that Yun Ping was coming, a trace of strangeness flashed in his eyes, and his smile became unnatural.

"It's also good to have a reception when you enter the city. Zhao Yi said duplicitously.

Ye Tao also noticed Zhao Yi's disappearing smile, and wondered if Zhao Yi was unhappy because of Yunping, or for some other reason......

After the snow, the ground was cold to the bone, and in order to meet early, Zhao Yiye Tao quickened his pace.

Above the wilderness, the wind and clouds changed drastically, the dark clouds rolled in the sky, Zhao Yiye Tao looked up at the sky, Zhao Yixin exclaimed: "This is a good day, why is it going to rain all of a sudden?"

Ye Tao subconsciously looked at Zhao Yi, her surprise and a little cute little resentment at the moment didn't seem to be fake, didn't she really know what was going on with this dark cloud.

Zhao Yi may have felt the gaze cast from elsewhere, and the ghost envoy also looked at Ye Tao, but in his eyes, she didn't understand anything, he had such a faint expression, and there was no emotion in his eyes at all.

Looking into his eyes, he suddenly felt a little inexplicably afraid.

"Ye Shaoxia, why are you looking at me like this?"

"Miss Zhao really can't see what's going on?"

"Huh?" Zhao Yi was even more confused when he listened to his rhetorical question. But before Ye Tao could respond, Zhao Yi found out what was going on.

As they spoke, the clouds of heaven rushed towards them, and they were enveloped in dark clouds. There was a gray black in front of him, and the surrounding scenery had lost its color, Zhao Yi only saw Ye Tao's face, so calm and calm, and not shocked. Ye Tao shouted into the air and said, "Don't sneakily hide, come out and be a demon." ”

Ye Tao knew everything, Zhao Yi felt bitter in his heart, he seemed to know everything.

Looking into the depths of the thick clouds, the demon really came out with a smile on his face, and then the thick clouds dispersed, the heaven and the earth returned to their original colors, and Ye Tao and Zhao Yi erected a faint pillar of Xuanguang, and the lightning in the pillar was complicated.

The corner of the demon's mouth smiled evilly, and he said: "Ye Tao, you have always been so smart, but this formation is specially designed for you, you should hand it over obediently!"

"What if I say no?" Ye Tao's cold tone surprised Zhao Yi, what happened to him today?

The demon didn't pay so much attention, and continued to respond: "If not, there is a ghost to deal with you on the Huangquan Road, and the wolf gall is still mine,"

"Okay, since you are determined to win, then I'll wait and see, but you let Miss Zhao go, she has nothing to do with this. The demon looked at Zhao Yi, Zhao Yi was stunned for a moment, and looked at Ye Tao, his eyes full of questions and sadness.

"Ye Tao, I don't want to leave, I want to be with you" This suddenly changed title and words, Zhao Yi realized the gaffe after speaking, he felt strange and shy, embarrassed to look at his eyes, which also made Ye Tao feel surprised.

The demon laughed and said, "Since the girl is so reluctant to you, don't ask other girls to leave, I'd better be a girl!"

Ye Tao was secretly helpless when he heard this, this demon also made this kind of joke, but he had to admit that Zhao Yi's words were indeed ambiguous.

Ye Tao said angrily: "The contest between you and me doesn't need to involve innocent people. ”

The demon was stunned and said loudly, "Okay, I can not hurt her, but I'm not so stupid, let someone out to find you rescuers." ”

Ye Tao listened to the Nightmare's words, but his eyes noticed the two white figures that were gradually approaching not far behind the Nightmare Demon.

Zhao Yi was not sluggish, and he also saw that Yun Ping and Wu Nian had come over, and there was a burst of worry in his heart for no reason, and his eyebrows couldn't help frowning slightly.

The Demon Demon didn't know yet, Ye Tao said, "Demon Nightmare, if you withdraw this formation now, maybe I can let you go." The demon couldn't help but wonder, why was Ye Tao so fearless, but he still asked tentatively,

"A caged bird, what other tricks do you want to do?" After the demon finished speaking, he suddenly realized that something was wrong behind him, and then Yun Ping's eager voice came—"Senior brother,"

The demon immediately looked back, Yun Ping and Wu Nian were already close at hand, and then looked at Ye Tao, no wonder he could be so calm, it turned out that he had been prepared for a long time.

Suddenly, he had no bottom in his heart, these three people joined forces, and he had no chance of winning at all. Zhao Yi looked at the demon who had lost his arrogance at the moment, and he didn't know whether he was happy or sad, maybe he would still have a way to get out.

When the demon was in a dilemma, Ye Tao swung his sword to cut off the pillar of Xuanguang, and with a rumbling sound, the formation was radiant, and it didn't take long for it to break open like ice water. This time the demon was shocked, this formation had been cultivated for a while, and his Qingling sword was able to break the formation without being unsheathed, which was really incredible.

Ye Taoqing's sword aura was too strong, and Zhao Yi's face was covered with a layer of gloom. Yun Ping Wunian watched the senior brother break the formation, and they all clenched the hilt of the sword, ready to draw the sword at any time.

Yun Ping was high-spirited: "Senior brother, we have taken this devil." Ye Tao glanced at Zhao Yi and said to Yun Ping: "Senior brother, the two of you take Miss Zhao back to the city first." ”

Zhao Yi listened silently, hoping that Ye Tao would do this for her good. Although Yun Ping Wunian felt puzzled in his heart, the two looked at each other, but when the senior brother spoke, he didn't dare not listen, and he put away his sword unwillingly.

Ye Tao said to Zhao Yi: "Miss Zhao, Yunping Wunian, the two junior brothers will protect you." ”

Zhao Yi responded with a smile: "Ye Shaoxia is careful in everything. Ye Tao nodded slightly, Zhao Yi calmed down, walked towards Yunping Wunian, and quietly glanced at the nightmare demon, his eyes also glanced at Zhao Yi, but there was no malice.

Zhao Yi walked to Wunian's side, and Wunian asked happily, "Miss Zhao, are you okay?"

"It's okay!" Zhao Yi smiled and shook his head. Wu Nian looked at Ye Tao and said loudly: "Senior brother, then let's go." ”

"Take care of Miss Zhao. As soon as Ye Tao said this, the demon kept guessing in his heart, whether it was really taking care of him or having ulterior motives, and then looking at the direction they left, the two people on both sides, were they going to deal with Zhao Yi? Thinking of this in his heart, the demon was angry, pointed at Ye Tao and scolded: "Despicable villain, what do you want to do to a girl?" Ye Tao heard this, and a meaningful smile appeared in the corner of his eyes.

"When did the Demon of Nightmare worry about Miss Zhao so much, I remember that you and Miss Zhao didn't know each other. ”

The demon suddenly stopped talking, did he fall for him again? Reluctantly fooled: "Whether you know it or not, people with a conscience don't allow you hypocrites to bully a woman." ”

"Yes, but unfortunately, Your Excellency is a demon, not a human. The demon was shocked to realize that he had said the wrong thing, and his anger boiled suddenly, and his fists clenched and gurgling, and thick clouds instantly rose around him.

Ye Tao saw the situation and was also ready to fight. Wunian Yunping and Zhao Yi walked into the small forest that entered the city, Seeing Zhao Yi's sad face, Wunian asked curiously: "What's wrong with Miss Zhao? Are you worried about Senior Brother?"

Zhao Yi hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Let's just let Ye Shaoxia deal with the Nightmare Demon by himself, is there really no problem?"

Wu Nian smiled: "Miss Zhao, let's put a hundred hearts, it's still easy for Senior Brother to deal with him as a demon." ”

"In other words, Ye Shaoxia will definitely be able to take him back to Wuzhi?" Zhao Yi panicked for no reason, and hurriedly asked.

Wu Nian laughed when he heard this, and said, "That's a must!" Wu Nian smiled innocently, Yun Ping could only shake his head on the side, Zhao Yi seemed to be relieved, and said happily: "That's good, in this way, he won't come out to hurt people." ”

Wu Nian also nodded happily, and Yun Ping sneered. Suddenly found that the fog in front of him was dispersed, so he stopped, and gave Wu Nian a hint behind him, Wu Nian and Zhao Yi followed the direction of his finger and saw that the fog had spread not far away, and the road ahead was no longer clear.

Wu Nian was impulsive in his heart, and walked quickly to Yun Ping's side, leaving Zhao Yi alone.

"Senior brother, such a big fog, the other party's source is unknown, how can we find our way back?" Yun Ping pursed his mouth, and he couldn't see anything strange about this fog at once, but it looked like an ordinary fog.

Then he said: "It's okay, let's guess the direction, junior brother, you protect Zhao Yi." ”

"Well, okay!" Wu Nian nodded obediently in agreement, but when he turned his head, he shouted in shock.

"Miss Zhao?" Yun Ping also turned around, where was Zhao Yi's figure, only a white mist.

There is no thought and anxiety, Yun Ping is suspicious, and no one knows where Zhao Yi has gone.

Wu Nian trembled in a hurry, and said tremblingly: "Senior brother, this ......" Yun Ping also talked to himself curiously.

"How did you disappear silently, did you leave by yourself?"

Wu Nian said: "Senior brother, it's not important, we have to get Miss Zhao back quickly." ”

Looking at Wu Nian's anxious appearance, Yun Ping muttered in his heart, intentionally or unintentionally, "Senior brother, this Zhao Yi's origin is unknown, even if Senior Brother cares about her, why do you care about her so much?"

"Senior Brother Yunping, Senior Brother asked us to take care of Miss Zhao, now that the person is gone, we can't explain it to Senior Brother. ”

Yun Ping was already a little angry when he heard Wunian's tone, and after thinking about it carefully, what he said was not unreasonable, Zhao Yi was missing, how could he explain it to the senior brother?

"Okay, then let's look around, if we really can't find it, we will tell Senior Brother. ”

"Okay!" Wu Nian heard Yun Ping say that he was looking for Zhao Yi, and suddenly came to his senses.

Looking at Ye Tao and the Nightmare Demon again, Ye Tao has not yet used the Qingling Sword, the two are comparable, but those who have seen through the situation will be sure that Ye Tao has a better chance of winning, and every move is calm, although the Nightmare Demon is the one who attacks more, it seems to be passive.

After several battles, the Nightmare Demon was at a disadvantage, struggling to resist, one palm was pushed out, the turbidity in the palm was turbulent, Ye Tao pulled the sword with his right hand to resist, and the left hand gathered the clear qi to fight back against the Nightmare Demon. I only heard the Nightmare Demon snort dullly, frowning, Ye Tao pushed further, and hit the Nightmare Demon's chest with his elbow instead, the Nightmare Demon was hit and took a few steps back, Ye Tao took advantage of the momentum to turn the sword scabbard with his right hand, and the Qingling Sword opened slightly, shooting out a dazzling blue light, and the heavens and the earth turned pale for a moment.

The demon waved his sleeves to block his eyes, and after the light flashed, the demon flicked his sleeves and was about to make a move, but Ye Tao was already in front of him, the demon was caught off guard, and at the moment he was hit by Ye Tao's sword, he only felt that his body was hollowed out, and he bounced off a few feet lightly, which made the demon confused all of a sudden.

The demon landed heavily, his right arm was pressed, and he couldn't move for a while. Seeing the demon fall to the ground and snort in pain, he still stubbornly held his injured right arm and struggled to stand up, and even Ye Tao could hear the heavy breathing clearly.

Seeing him like this, Ye Tao hesitated for a moment, but still stabbed at the demon with his True Qi Sword on the spot, although the scabbard of the Qingling Sword was heavy, but with Ye Tao's mana, it was easy to swing it freely. The purple color of the violet flower lingered around the rising Qingling sword scabbard, Ye Tao's gaze was a little more fierce, and the demon looked at the purple qi emanating from his hand in shock, marveling at how a person could have such talent, but he had been able to control the Qingling sword so easily in more than ten years.

I didn't know what to do for a while, not to mention that my right arm was injured and couldn't move, even if I could move, I might not be able to resist the Qingling Sword. Just when the demon was thinking like this, Ye Tao suddenly urged the true qi and pushed the Qingling sword with the scabbard to stab over, looking at the lightning speed of the Qingling sword, the demon stared at him in horror, and secretly said in his heart that it was not good, but he seemed to be sucked, his eyes were inseparable from the Qingling sword that was stabbing quickly, the closer the Qingling sword became, the more anxious the demon's expression became, and he was so frightened that he fell into despair. The Qingling Sword was about to touch the tip of the demon's nose, and the demon closed his eyes sadly. At the last moment, a brilliant red light flashed in front of the demon, the Qingling sword pierced into the red light, and the two different forces collided together, rubbing out flying sparks, the demon didn't see anything wrong with him for a long time, so he opened his eyes, and saw that the place where the red light and the Qingling sword came into contact at the moment was undulating, on par.

The demon was pleasantly surprised: "The Great Protector!"

The red light flashed, a circle of ripples, and the Qingling Sword was flicked away, and then the red Xuanguang contracted and thickened, and a thick red Xuanguang transformed into a woman with a red rhododendron all over her body. The woman's face was covered by a veil, and she saw black eyebrows and red pupils, and fireworks between her eyebrows.

The woman's appearance seemed to be expected by Ye Tao, only to see him calmly withdraw the Qingling Sword that the woman bounced back.

opened his mouth and said: "Finally attracted Your Excellency to show up," As soon as Ye Tao said this, the woman's red pupils moved slightly, all of this he had known for a long time, but she didn't realize it.

The demon was shocked, could it be that he had made a mistake? How did Ye Tao know that there was a Great Protector? For this reason, the demon hurriedly wanted to explain to the woman, "The Great Protector, the subordinate ......"

"Wei Jun went back earlier, his purpose is me, if you want to leave, he won't stop you. The woman said calmly.

"But the Great Protector"

"Let's go!" The demon had something to say, but the woman wouldn't let him say more. The demon had no choice but to grit his teeth and leave first. When the body of the demon had turned into turbidity and left, the woman said slowly: "The young man is smart, it took a lot of thought to lure me out." ”

"Wan Kill the Great Protector, the mysterious demon domain, even the Luwen Palace has no relevant records, if you want to know a little news, you have to use the sky without a trace, it is rare for your Excellency to enter the dream, this account, we should calculate it." Ye Tao raised his sword and pointed at the woman, the woman was slightly stunned, and then calmed down,

"Heh, you're holding a grudge like that?"

Ye Tao was silent for a while, and said coldly: "There are some places where there are some people that you can't touch. ”

The woman's red pupils widened slightly, and her curved eyelashes curled up, and she knew in her heart that Ye Tao was talking about the princess of Da Yuedi.

didn't wait for her to say anything, Ye Tao's figure was already a shape-shifting phantom in front of her, the Qingling Sword struck with lightning speed, obviously such a large tangible scabbard, but at this time, it was like a gust of wind, the sword qi was approaching, seeing that the woman's veil and black hair were flying gently, and in a moment, the woman's hands were quickly crossed, and the back of her hand clamped Qingling who was coming quickly, Ye Tao's phantom's figure gradually became clear, and the Qingling Sword was indeed a few centimeters away from the woman.

Ye Tao's eyes were cold, facing the woman's fiery red pupils, her eyes were completely devoid of any emotion, Ye Tao suddenly couldn't find anything, no matter how close he was, the woman's face still couldn't be seen clearly, unless he took off the veil.

Ye Tao thought of this, the true qi in his hand was surging, the Qingling sword was full of purple light, and he snorted and brushed through the woman's palm, the woman was clever, her hands fell to the right, and she pressed down the Qingling sword, and with Ye Tao's true qi, she rose from the left side, skillfully avoiding the front end of the Qingling sword, and the woman crossed a fan-shaped arc in the air, and the slender figure passed straight. Ye Tao inverted the sword in his hand, and a man turned around and swung his sword to attack the woman who had just landed on the ground, and the woman gathered mana in her hand to resist the Qingling sword that was still sealed in the scabbard with her bare hands.

Ye Tao met an opponent this time, and the woman's cultivation was on par with him, not to mention that she was a woman, her body was relatively light, and she could quickly avoid frontal attacks.

Ye Tao attacked the woman with the Qi Imperial Sword, seeing that the Qingling Sword was about to touch the woman's thin neck, the woman jumped up lightly, the delicate embroidered shoes tapped the tip of the Qingling Sword, and her body leaned back and somersaulted in the air, the two opened a distance, and the Qingling Sword also folded in one direction and returned to Ye Tao's hand.

She only defends and does not attack, and has been avoiding its edge, if this continues, Ye Tao will consume her physical strength in vain, does she want to wait until Ye Tao is exhausted before attacking, or is she really not an enemy of him?

Ye Tao drew his sword and waved it at the moment, Qingling was out of the sheath, the heaven and the earth were Qingxuan, the cold air hit, the woman felt the cold air, her heart was stunned, and the Qingling sword qi in front of her swept like a seven-foot sharp blade, and the ground was dusty in an instant, and the grass was also swaying.

The position of the sword qi blade must be the position that will hurt the woman's shoulder, looking at the speed of the sword qi flashing, the woman knew that she couldn't avoid it, so she could only resist, and immediately gathered her true qi and turned it into an air blade, pushing Ye Tao's air blade, one was elegant and* The purple, a fiery red that is bright but not demonic, has a trace of cold breath, when the two true qi collide, it erupts into a spherical shape of Xuanguang illusion, and the huge impact force of the collision is even faster than their own attack, Ye Tao pulled his sword to resist, and he was not injured at all, but the woman was different, resisting such a rapid impact with her bare hands, it was inevitable that she would be injured, the air blade passed by, and it was a strong wind, and the woman's right shoulder was torn open with a long wound at the moment, from the shoulder to the elbow. The veil was also fluttering, as if it was about to fall off......

The blood poured out non-stop, ticking and ticking, not only soaking the sleeves for a while, but also flowing down the arm to the woman's slender hand, and the blood slipped from the fingers.

At the same time, the white cloth strip on her arm also slipped down, and before it hit the ground, the woman panicked, and pushed out a palm of true qi, burning it into ashes in an instant.

Ye Tao was dumbfounded and looked at this sudden moment. It was the corner of his clothes that he tore off to bandage Zhao Yi, he knew that Zhao Yi was a demon, and he also knew that the woman who broke into his dream that night was a demon, but he never connected the two of them together, and now that he thinks about it, it is really stupid.

The woman was stunned for a moment when she saw Ye Tao, her red pupils flashed with questions and surprises, she gritted her teeth and flew away towards the distant mountain with her left hand, but the veil slipped off and left her face lightly.

Can't turn around, absolutely can't, she reminded herself, and after a while, she disappeared into the distant mountains.

Her reaction came suddenly, and Ye Tao was also stunned, looking at the direction she left, only a beautiful figure disappeared into the sky.

Ye Tao lowered his eyes and saw where the woman was standing, there were bright red blood stains on the ground, and even the withered grass tips left drops of red blood. It's okay if it's gone, but when I see it, I can't help but feel uncomfortable. The blood that trickled like water, except for Zhao Yi, he couldn't think of anyone else.

Looking at the veil on the ground, Ye Tao lost his mind in a trance,

"You can't bear to let the people of Xicheng suffer, you can't bear to hurt me, why are you still in the company of the Nightmare Demon?" Ye Tao asked in his heart, but he couldn't ask the result.

"Big Brother ......"

Just when Ye Tao was conflicting in his heart, Wu Nian's anxious voice sounded again, Ye Tao turned back when he heard the voice, Wu Nian and Yun Ping rushed over, and Wu Nian's eager emotions were all written on his face.

But it was just the two of them. Without waiting for them to speak, Ye Tao asked first, "What about Miss Zhao?"

Wunian Yunping was hesitant in front of Ye Tao, and the two of them didn't know how to say it.

In the end, Yun Ping replied: "Senior brother, it was the two of us who didn't protect Miss Zhao well, in the grove outside the city, we encountered a fog, and Miss Zhao was missing." ”

Ye Tao was not surprised when he heard this, he didn't mean to blame them, this happened to be an explanation, and he looked at the direction of the woman's departure again, although it was not the direction of the grove outside the city, but that would not be a problem.