The underground secret passages of the Black Wind Village are intricate, and it is impossible for others to find Xiong Ba's whereabouts, but it is a pity that this time he encountered the nemesis of the hit - one of the innate abilities of hungry ghosts is that they can investigate living beings in a large area.

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In a hidden room deep in the secret passage, Xiong Ba was hurriedly stuffing his belongings into the bag, and before he had time to fill it, he tightened the bag and turned around to leave, and as soon as he arrived at the door, he felt the temperature in the room plummet, and a white mist swirled in front of the door.

Xiong Ba felt deeply uncomfortable, and raised his axe to cut it!

With a "bang", sparks burst out in all directions, and a white bone short sword and the giant axe collided violently! The giant axe flew out of his hand, embedded in the wall behind him more than half a meter deep!

The white mist condensed at the hilt of the white bone sword, gradually turning into the image of a girl in red. The girl didn't say a word, her eyes were cold, and her figure flashed, and another sword stabbed out mercilessly—deeply into Xiongba's chest!

At this time, Meng Gu walked in unhurriedly from the other end of the secret passage.

"Ling Xu! do you really want to kill them all?!" Xiong Ba sat to the side, spitting blood from his mouth.

(At this time, Meng Gu was still painting his skin into a void.) ）

"What do you think?" Meng Gu said with a smile, but his eyes were full of indifferent killing intent, and he turned back to the girl and said, "Xue Liduo, eat it quickly." ”

"Hey, don't want this skin?" asked Xue Liduo distressedly.

"Xiong Ba's strength is too strong, I don't know how long the Soul Devouring Bead will work, don't make any extraneous branches!" Meng Gu said coldly.

"Well, then you're welcome. Xue Liduo licked her lips as she walked over to the dying Xiongba......

The arrogant and domineering three giants of Black Wind Mountain were wiped out in a few days.

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A few minutes later.

Meng Gu faded away from his appearance and returned to his original appearance, and when he saw that everything was dealt with, he took away the bag and giant axe left by Xiong Ba, and was about to beckon Xue Liduo to go back.

"Mengu, I can perceive that there is a dark room behind this wall, and there is a man in it. Xue Liduo said, pointing to a wall.

"Anyone?" Meng Gu was taken aback! If there was another strong opponent at this time, it would really be more than lucky.

"The man didn't have much cultivation, as if he was trapped. Xue Liduo motioned to Meng Gu not to panic.

As soon as the axe went down, the wall broke, and sure enough, there was a small secret room. There is an iron cage in the corner of the secret room, and there is a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl locked in it!

Meng Gu approached cautiously and looked at her carefully: it was a human girl, with curved willow eyebrows, clear black eyes, tall figure, wheat-colored skin, although her cultivation was not high, she had strong and perfect muscle lines. I don't know how long I've been locked up here, unkempt and ragged.

The girl looked in horror at Meng Gu and Xue Liduo, who broke through the wall, and curled up in the corner of the iron cage.

Meng Gu felt that she should be a villager who was robbed by the mountain bandits, so he slowly stepped forward and said gently: "Girl, don't be afraid, we are not mountain bandits. ”

The girl looked up at Meng Gu and then at Xue Liduo with a trembling look, and asked timidly, "You....eyes....she....?"

Meng Gu suddenly realized, and hurriedly explained: "Oh, my eyes are natural, I am a complete human race." She...... She is my friend, although she is not a human race, but she is definitely not a bad person, don't be afraid, girl, we are here to eliminate mountain bandits in Black Wind Mountain. ”

The girl hesitated for a long time, and then asked timidly, "Where is Xiongba?"

"Xiongba has been eaten by me...... No, I killed you!" said with a sweet smile.

Hearing this, the girl was a little relieved, and stood up with difficulty, Meng Gu hurriedly stepped forward to support her, took the white bone short sword in Xue Liduo's hand, and cut the chain with a few clicks.

"Xue Liduo, you go out and deal with the remaining bandits outside, and I'll take this girl to come later." Meng Gu turned his head and gave Xue Li a more look, he didn't want this girl to find out too many secrets of Xue Liduo.

"Hmm!" Xue Liduo turned and walked out of the dark room, and when he was out of sight, he turned into a cloud of white mist and disappeared in an instant.

Meng Gu helped the girl out and continued to ask: "Girl, my name is Meng Gu, a native of Huazhen in the Dongsheng Divine Realm, where are you from?

The girl hurriedly replied: "Thank you for saving your life!" My name is Ou Linlin, and I live in the Gull Fishing Valley of Nanyanchuan Ridge. ”

Meng Gu continued to ask, "You were captured by the mountain bandits?"

Ou Linlin sighed and replied: "A year ago, I was kidnapped by the first force under the Demon King, the King of Thailand, and in order to win over the big and small forces in the Demon Clan's territory, the King of Thailand gave me to Xiong Ba to forge weapons for him, and this giant axe is ......."

Ou Linlin pointed to the giant axe beside Meng Gu, and her voice became smaller and smaller.

Meng Gu's eyes widened, and he looked at Ou Linlin in surprise, and said for a long time: "You... You can forge such a powerful weapon?!Are you a master blacksmith?"

Ou Linlin lowered her head shyly and said weakly: "My family has been forging swords for a living for generations, and I am not a master......

For Meng Gu, who was born as a blacksmith, this was simply a naked show-off! Meng Gu couldn't help but sigh in his heart that the world was so big that there were really people outside of people!

Ou Linlin saw that Meng Gu's expression was in a daze and didn't speak for a long time, so she found a topic to break the embarrassment: "What about the girl just now? Isn't it dangerous for her to go out by herself?"

As soon as the words fell, Xue Liduo walked in from the end of the secret passage, with light steps, and said with a smile: "Let's go, let's go out, I'm all clean." ”

Ou Linlin looked at the two of them in confusion and followed closely behind.

It was midnight when the three of them came out of the secret passage. The Black Wind Village, which was still lively before, is now as lonely as a dead city, with only ruins and broken tiles and bloody limbs all over the ground. Ou Linlin watched all this in horror, she couldn't imagine what these two people had done to make Black Wind Castle look like this!

"Two benefactors, let's go quickly, it's not easy to stay here for a long time, and the other three villages will soon find out." Ou Linlin reminded Meng Gu worriedly.

"Just call me Meng Gu, her name is Xue Liduo. Meng Gu smiled and said to Ou Linlin very gently. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something again, and turned to Xue Liduo and said: "Haha, I almost forgot, the door of the wolf village is still closed, let's live here tonight, Xue Liduo, you take the time to go to the wolf village, don't let them wait in a hurry." ”

Meng Gu's tone had a hint of banter in it, and Xue Liduo smiled even more happily and walked out in a hurry. Ou Linlin was even more confused by the second monk.

Of course, Meng Gu saw Ou Linlin's doubts, and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, just rest assured." You go to the back room and find a clean room, and we'll send you home tomorrow morning!"

Ou Linlin saw that Meng Gu was so confident, so she no longer worried about anything.

After Ou Linlin walked away, Meng Gu found a small hidden room in the corner and hurried to refine the energy. There are thirty people in the Black Wind Village, and the energy of Xiong Ba alone can reach more than ten bamboo steps. After all these energies were refined and absorbed, Meng Gu clearly felt that the void in his body fluctuated frequently, and the red void gate formed by the ghost hand was also speeding up, and his entire body had a feeling of overflowing!

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Early the next morning, Meng Gu and Ou Linlin set off for Black Wind Mountain. On the way, Ou Linlin also asked where Xue Liduo went, and Meng Gu had to find an excuse that she still had something to do, and she would naturally come to meet us at night.

Ouyu Valley is not close to Black Wind Mountain, and the two of them hurried carefully along the way, for fear of encountering other demon forces.

There was nothing to say all the way, and it was evening in a blink of an eye.

Meng Gu and Ou Linlin found a remote and hidden place to settle down for the time being, and Xue Liduo walked from not far away.

"Who is the Demon King now?" asked Ou Linlin.

"The demon king of the Southern Yanchuan Ridge is now Ying Long. Ou Linlin replied.

Xue Liduo pursed her lips and said, "I don't know." ”

"Then have you heard of the Royal Palace?" Meng Gu interjected.

Xue Liduo suddenly frowned, and said, "The palace of the King of Thailand, the demon clan realm forces have such a name?" Xue Liduo thought about it and stopped talking.

There were too many secrets on Xue Liduo's body, and Meng Gu didn't ask any more when he saw this.

When Ou Linlin fell asleep, Meng Gu pulled Ou Linlin away and told her how she felt when she refined and absorbed it yesterday.

Xue Liduo said excitedly: "You are about to break through to the wooden level! Hurry up and refine the wolf wolf clan energy I ate yesterday, you should be able to break through immediately!"

Meng Gu meditated cross-legged and absorbed the exercises. After these energies were transformed, the fluctuations in the void changed significantly, the ghost claw gate became more eerie and majestic, and Meng Gu's perception of the Xuanqi in his body and around him also underwent a wonderful change - more delicate and clear, and he could clearly feel the flow and transformation of the Xuanqi Qi.

Meng Gu struggled to capture all of this and realize the meaning of this change......

"Bang!" Meng Gu's body burst out with a faint energy fluctuation, and the fallen leaves around him swirled several times.

Meng Gu slowly opened his eyes and smiled reassuringly - the wooden step is level 1!

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The next day, the three of them continued on their way.

Since Meng Gu reached the wooden steps, his mastery and control of the Xuan Qi has become more accurate, and he is already fully capable of making Xue Liduo come out during the day.

Along the way, Meng Gu was thinking, what is this Xuanqi Qi that can induce the awakening of cultivators, can it give special attributes to weapons, or the power of the origin of cultivating Senluo's mental method, even Xue Liduo, a big living treasure, requires me to control Xuanqi Qi to replenish energy!

A few days later, the three of them finally arrived at the Gull Fishing Valley, this is a small valley, the geographical location is extremely hidden, only an inconspicuous path can reach here, a pool of water scales rippling, gulls flying and fishing, grass and flowers, along the side of the pond there is a big mansion built by the mountain, the scale is only larger than that section of the house, it must also be a hidden wealthy, but there is not even a plaque on the door of the house, it is really strange.

Ou Linlin ran to the door excitedly, shouting for joy.

Soon, the door of the mansion opened, and out came a man in his fifties, tall and thin, with bright eyes, dressed in black, immortal wind and bones, and his strength was unfathomable.

This person was taken aback when he saw Ou Linlin, and then stepped forward and hugged Ou Linlin tightly in his arms. Ou Linlin couldn't control it anymore in the man's arms, and she cried out loudly, sobbing and shouting, "Uncle, I miss you so much!"

The man wiped Ou Linlin's tears and said excitedly: "Niece, don't cry, don't cry, come into the house with me quickly." ”

"Who are these two?" the man looked at Meng Gu and Xue Liduo suspiciously, with a hint of caution in his eyes.

Ou Linlin briefly explained the ins and outs, and the man was surprised and delighted, and then gratefully invited Meng Gu and Xue Liduo into the mansion.

There wasn't a single servant in the huge mansion! Not only Meng Gu and Xue Liduo felt strange, but even Ou Linlin was very puzzled.

"Uncle, what about the people from Oufu?" asked Ou Linlin.

"Alas, a lot of things happened this year, I sent all the disciples away, and now only me and your brother are in the mansion. Your brother is out looking for mines, and he will be back tomorrow, and he doesn't know how happy he is to see you!" The man's tone was very happy, but a sadness flashed in his eyes.

Ou Linlin wanted to continue asking, but was interrupted by the man.

"You are tired from a long journey, go and rest first! Look at what you look like now, go and clean up quickly!" the man said to Ou Linlin with a smile.

The next morning, Ou Linlin's eldest brother also returned, and everyone gathered in the main hall to drink tea and talk (Xue Liduo did not like to socialize with the living, so he was not among them).

After Ou Linlin dressed up, the temperament of the famous lady was undoubtedly revealed, and there was a trace of sassiness in the noble and elegant.

During the conversation, many questions in Meng Gu's heart were answered.

Ou Linlin's uncle is called Ou Wangjian, and his son is called Ou Shiyu, who has been a sword-forging family since the era of "Senluo Gate", and has lived in this gull fishing valley for generations. After the rise of the three major forces, the Ou Fishing Valley became the realm of the demon clan, and the first demon king admired the Ou family's forging skills very much, so he promised that the Ou family could live in this Ou Fishing Valley for generations, but also put forward two requirements: one is that the descendants of the Ou family will never return to the Dongsheng God Realm, and the other is that the Ou family's sword-forging thaumaturgy will never be passed on to outsiders!

However, after a long time, the demon king has been replaced from generation to generation, and the promises of the year have become ineffective. Ou Linlin's parents were killed by the demon clan when she was a child, and she was brought up by Ou Wangjian, and in the past few years, the various forces of the demon clan have frequently harassed Ou Fu, of course, there is only one purpose - to forge a sword! In this way, it becomes logical that Ou Linlin has been kidnapped for a year and still alive, and it is reasonable for Ou Wangjian to dismiss all his disciples.

"Meng Gu Xiaoyou, at a young age, he has a wooden step cultivation, and the two of them have leveled the Black Wind Mountain! The hero is a young man! It must be a very powerful awakening stunt!" Ou Wangjian looked at Meng Gu and exclaimed.

"No, no. Mr. Ou, just call me Menggu. My awakening stunt is only a fifth-class Soul Recognition Soul ......" Meng Gu was a little embarrassed.

Ou Wangjian's eyes lit up and said, "Oh?!Can you see the soul of the machine?rare, rare!"

Meng Gu nodded and said, "You can only see the instrument soul, and you can't condense the instrument soul, so you can only be a blacksmith, and you can't make a big thing." ”

Ou Wangjian looked at Meng Gu kindly and continued, "Are you from a blacksmith?"

Meng Gu nodded and said, "Well, Dongsheng God Realm Huazhen Blacksmith." ”

Ou Wangjian nodded, smiled and continued to ask, "Do you want to become a forger?"

This time, Meng Gu's eyes lit up! Become-forging-building-teacher? This is something he has always dreamed of! But......

Seeing that Meng Gu's face was full of suspicion, Ou Wangjian laughed and turned to Ou Linlin and said, "Niece, what is your awakening stunt?"

"My awakening perk is physical toughness. Ou Linlin replied.

Meng Gu's eyes widened, he looked at Ou Linlin in disbelief, and then turned his head to look at the giant axe he had snatched back from Xiong Ba.

Ou Wangjian smiled and continued: "Do you think that my Ou family has been forging swords for generations, and generations of descendants have awakened the condensed instrument soul? How is it possible! Hahaha! In fact, the ancestor of my Ou family is extremely talented, and he invented forging thaumaturgy, and he can forge a divine blade with a weapon soul without relying on the condensation weapon soul awakening stunt!"

"Ah?!And such a miraculous skill?!" Meng Gu couldn't believe his ears.

"You saved my niece from danger, and now the demon clan is not trustworthy, if you are willing, I am willing to accept you as an apprentice and pass on your Ou family's forging skills!" Ou Wangjian looked at Meng Gu and said sincerely.

"Father, this ......" Ou Shiyu got up and was about to say something, but was interrupted by Ou Wangjian raising his hand. Ou Wangjian glanced at Ou Shiyu, and then he sat down again and stopped talking.

"You mean... I can also forge such a weapon in the future?" Meng Gu said excitedly, staring at the giant axe with a wistful face.

Ou Wangjian turned his head to look at the axe, shook his head and said with a smile: "Haha, this weapon, it's just an ordinary weapon made by a child! If you worship me as a teacher, we will return this axe to the furnace today, so that you can see what the real one is—forging a sword!"

Ou Linlin blushed and lowered her head.

Meng Gu got up excitedly, knelt down on his knees, and said happily: "Mr. Ou, please accept me as an apprentice! I will cultivate wholeheartedly and will definitely live up to your expectations!"

Ou Wangjian laughed and lifted Meng Gu with both hands.

"Good apprentice, go, follow me to the sword furnace!"