Dragging his tired body, Zhou Kui pushed open the door of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, where the senior brother Guo Jia and the second senior brother Zheng Zilong had been waiting here for a long time.

"Senior Brother Zhou, you are finally back, Master is waiting for you in the main hall, please come with us!" Guo Jia helped Zhou Kui take the yellow cloth bag and said softly.

Zhou Kui originally planned to go back to his room to rest for a while before going, but since the master was waiting for him, Zhou Kui couldn't refuse, so he could only insist on persevering.

The main hall mentioned by Guo Jia is the place where several elders of the Heavenly Master's Mansion usually hold meetings, and Qingyang Daoist people are waiting for Zhou Kui in the main hall, indicating that he has something very important to tell Zhou Kui.

Stepping into the spacious main hall, Zhou Kui raised his eyes and saw the old heavenly master sitting on the main seat opposite, the other masters were sitting on both sides of the old heavenly master, and the Qingyang Taoist was sitting on the seat diagonally facing the door, he saw Zhou Kui come in, and his face showed a relieved smile.

"Apprentice Zhou Kui meets the master, meets the master, and meets the master!" Zhou Kui knelt on the ground and solemnly saluted everyone.

"Xiao Zhou, what did you gain from this trip?" The Celestial Master stroked his beard with his hand and asked in a gentle tone.

Zhou Kui thought about it a little and described the process of going down the mountain in great detail, and everyone present changed their faces and discussed a lot.

Qingyang Daoren looked at Zhou Kui with a solemn expression, and said with a somewhat ashamed face: "Zhou Kui, I apologize to you for the teacher, this time I sent you down the mountain to practice, called Experience, but in fact, I asked you to go to Broken Dragon Mountain to investigate the octopus monster of unknown origin, but I didn't expect to be met by you in Meridian Valley." ”

The Old Heavenly Master turned to the side and whispered something to the Lingyin Master and Qingyun Master who were sitting on either side.

Zhou Kui glanced at his master, and said unwillingly: "If it weren't for the fact that Broken Dragon Mountain was too dangerous, the disciple chose to return the same way after careful consideration, and asked Master to forgive him!" ”

"No, it's all the teacher's fault, the teacher knows the danger of the Black Bamboo Forest and Broken Dragon Mountain, but he still insists on sending you to cultivate, fortunately you came back alive and well, otherwise it would be difficult for the teacher to take the blame!" Qingyang Daoren's tone was very self-reproachful.

When the Heavenly Master finished talking with the two masters, he turned around and said lightly: "It's better for Xiao Zhou to come back safely than anything else, besides, Xiao Zhou, as a newcomer, can do this kind of thing when he goes out on a mission for the first time, which is already very good." ”

Zhou Kui said to the Heavenly Master in fear: "The head of the family has won the award!" ”

At this time, the always taciturn Lingyin Master Venerable spoke: "Xiao Zhou, are you sure that octopus monster is still in Meridian Valley?" ”

Zhou Kui replied categorically: "Well, it must still be there, why is the master asking this?" ”

Master Qingyun took over the conversation and said with a confused expression: "You are an octopus monster found in Meridian Valley, not in Broken Dragon Mountain, this is strange......."

"Brother Zhou, why can't I understand what they're saying?" The white rat spirit hid in Zhou Kui's arms and asked in a low voice.

Zhou Kui shook his head, indicating that he hadn't figured it out either.

Qingyang Daoist saw that Zhou Kui had a question mark of doubt on his face, and hurriedly explained to him: "Apprentice is like this, just before I took you up the mountain, there were many mysterious incidents of tourists disappearing in Broken Dragon Village near Broken Dragon Mountain, according to the testimony provided by the survivors and various circumstances, the culprit who attacked the tourists was a monster that we had never seen before, and the biggest feature was like an octopus in the sea, so we all called it by the name of the octopus monster." ”

Hearing this, Zhou Kui suddenly realized: "It turns out that Master asked me to go down the mountain in order to send me to investigate the movements of the octopus monster!" ”

The Old Heavenly Master took a sip of the tea on the coffee table, and his tone suddenly became a little serious: "This octopus monster has done a lot of evil, and the Heavenly Master's Mansion will eradicate it sooner or later." Qingyang obeys the order, and the task of destroying the octopus monster is left to you. ”

"Disciple obeys the master's orders!"

After everyone dispersed from the main hall, Qingyang Daoist instructed Guo Jia and Zheng Zilong: "You two go to Meridian Valley quickly, be sure to find out the whereabouts of the monster, depending on the situation, you can bring the body back after killing the monster." ”

"Disciple obeys!" The two brothers replied in unison.

That night, Guo Jia and Zheng Zilong returned to their respective rooms to make preparations for the trip, and Zhou Kui learned that they were going to Meridian Valley to eradicate the octopus monster, and he also wanted to follow him to have a good time.

"Senior Brother Zhou, just stay in the mansion and have a good rest, Master will teach you to draw talismans and some basic spells tomorrow." Guo Jia said earnestly.

Zhou Kui knew that his ability was limited, even if he might drag the two senior brothers back if he went, he finally gave up.

When he returned to the room to rest, the bronze bell of the Heavenly Master's Mansion had just struck zero o'clock, Zhou Kui was lying on the bed and couldn't fall asleep, he asked the white rat spirit sleeping on the side: "Aren't you going to tell Master about Qinglan with them?" ”

The white rat spirit replied in a lazy tone: "More things are better than less things, for the sake of Brother Zhou's face, I will keep this secret for you for the time being." ”

Zhou Kui rubbed his tired eyes and said gratefully: "Lao Bai, thank you!" ”

"We're friends, and we don't need to thank each other." After saying that, the white rat spirit fell asleep deeply.

"I don't know how Qinglan is now......"

Zhou Kui closed his eyes, and all that appeared in his mind was Qinglan's figure.

At dawn the next day, Guo Jia and Zheng Zilong packed their bags, and the two followed Zhou Kui's route and arrived at Meridian Valley in less than an hour.

In the empty and lonely valley, there is a deathly silence, and occasionally a strong wind blows through the valley and makes a mournful sound of "woo woo".

Guo Jia pulled out the seven-star sword behind his back, and cautiously walked in front to explore the way, Zheng Zilong held the magic weapon Ben Thunder Sword tightly, and followed closely behind Guo Jia.

Just as the two of them were engrossed in searching for the whereabouts of the monster, a disgusting fishy smell wafted from the air in the distance.

"Senior brother, there seems to be a situation ahead!" Zheng Zilong glanced at the thunderous sword in his hand, and said in a serious tone.

Guo Jia nodded silently, he clenched the magic weapon Seven Star Sword, and continued to walk forward as if walking on thin ice.

After walking a distance of more than 100 meters, the two brothers saw an unbelievable scene at the same time.

On the rocky surface, there were piles of fragmented monster fragments, heavy dirty blood was scattered and splashed, and everywhere it went was dyed black, and in the pile of scattered fragments, the sharp-eyed Guo Jia found an object that seemed to be a brain.

Guo Jia quickly stepped forward and carefully tested the fragments on the ground with the seven-star sword, and after confirming that the monster was dead, he instructed Zheng Zilong: "Make a video and send it to Master on WeChat." ”

Zheng Zilong held a sword in his left hand, took out his mobile phone from the pocket of his robe with his right hand, turned on the camera and began to record a video.

On the side of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, Qingyang Daoist got up early, ready to listen to the Heavenly Master's lecture, and just closed the door and walked out of the house, the mobile phone in his arms rang a crisp message prompt.

Qingyang Daoist skillfully opened WeChat and clicked on the video sent by Zheng Zilong.

"Master, after the confirmation of the senior brother, the octopus monster is completely dead!" Zheng Zilong said with some joy.

"Well, I know. But there is one thing that the teacher is puzzled about, why does the corpse of the octopus monster show such a fragmented state? ”

Guo Jia walked to Zheng Zilong's side and said to the Qingyang Taoist on the mobile phone screen: "Master, disciple is foolish, it should be a certain person with extremely advanced cultivation who killed this octopus monster in seconds, because the destructive power is too powerful, so there is no whole corpse left." ”

Qingyang Daoist nodded and agreed with Guo Jia's conjecture.

"Who would do it? You must know that the octopus monster has caused dozens of lives, and ordinary warlocks don't dare to take action easily. Qingyang Daoist couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

After a while, Qingyang Daoist spoke: "Since the octopus monster is dead, you two should come back first, there are other tasks to be explained for the teacher." ”

"Obey the order, the disciple will return to the Heavenly Master's Mansion!"

Guo Jia wanted to say something more, but the mobile phone signal was suddenly interrupted, Zheng Zilong frowned, and complained unhappily: "I heard that several 5G base stations have just been installed in the Meridian Valley area recently, but I didn't expect the signal to be as weak as ever." ”

Guo Jia raised his eyes and looked around, and said with a solemn expression: "I don't think it should be a problem with the base station." ”

"Why is that?" Zheng Zilong asked puzzled.

"Don't you feel an unusually powerful spiritual power around here?"

When Zheng Zilong heard this, he closed his eyes and felt silently.

"Brother Jia, you are really right! This spiritual power is not far away from us, and I think the fluctuation of the signal should be affected by the spiritual power. ”

Guo Jia glanced at Zheng Zilong, lowered his voice and said, "Anyway, it's still early, why don't we go over and have a look?" ”

Zheng Zilong put the phone back in his pocket and nodded in agreement: "Okay, then listen to you!" But then again, in case of a danger that we can't handle, it's still the same as before......"

"Thirty-six plans to go up!" Guo Jia added tacitly.

The two looked at each other and smiled, and continued to advance into the depths of the Meridian Valley in the direction where the spiritual power was.