In the depths of Baiyu Mountain, the night forest is quiet, and a figure flies by. The aura of the dangerous demon beast emanated from the old body without hesitation, scaring away all the poisons with slightly higher spiritual intelligence around it. This person was Gu Yuan, he was rushing back to the bamboo house, there were still blood stains on his chest clothes, and his face was slightly ugly.

Ying Yanshu didn't fight Gu Yuan, and he himself knew that he was not the opponent of this medicine picker. There are rumors in the rivers and lakes that this old guy has collected a piece of Kagego's skull, and many mercenaries have paid attention to it, but none of them succeeded. Ying Yanshu is no exception. Gu Yuan is strong and has a lot of means, and he even has more than one hiding place. Once, Ying Yanshu tried his best to steal the skull when Gu Yuan was out, but the old man chased after him in less than half a column of incense, and he had no choice but to abandon his bones to escape, and he also paid the price of two ribs for this.

His original plan was to pretend not to know, bring Xiu to Gu Yuan's territory, and then lead Gu Yuan away. According to Xiu's suspicious character, he will definitely go to Gu Yuan's bamboo house to find out if there are any fragments. Ying Yanshu knows Gu Yuan very well, and the two sides have dealt with each other many times. Although Gu Yuan is unfathomable, he doesn't like to cause trouble and won't chase him too far. When he returns, he finds Shu preparing to evacuate or still in the bamboo hut, and mistakes Shu for the Kagego skull he collects. In that way, he would be able to use Gu Yuan to entangle and cultivate, so as to get out.

However, under the circumstances, the plot may be more exciting than he arranged.

Gu Yuan's mood is now extremely bad. The originally peaceful life was disrupted by the sudden arrival of Salan, and those mercenaries also came to join in the fun. He knew this man, known as the Detective Sword in the rivers and lakes, and he was the most slippery of all the mercenaries who coveted Kagego's skull, and he almost succeeded many times. This time, he was surprisingly bold enough to break in unabashedly. Gu Yuan hated him to the core, but he didn't want to reveal his identity as a demon beast, let alone expose Salan, so he had to drive him away again as usual.

Suddenly, a familiar and unfamiliar smell was inhaled into Gu Yuan's nasal cavity, and he was startled and accelerated forward.

Soon, Gu Yuan returned to the bamboo house. In front of him, Salan was coiled with a huge snake tail, his eyes were angry, and there were several cracks around him; the middle-aged strong man with a raw face stood opposite Salan, carrying a huge gun, and his expression was slightly emotional; behind the strong man, the thin charm general Kankan maintained a standing posture, as if he was seriously injured.

Seeing the charm general, Gu Yuan subconsciously quickly restrained the aura of his demon beast. Xiu didn't notice, all her eyes were on Salan and the guy who suddenly appeared. When he took the blow for himself, there was no energy outflow, that is, he took the blow with all his physical strength. This has surpassed the limits of the human body, even the blood sword slave is impossible to fight with Salan for physical strength, only demon beasts can do this, and they are half-demons who are as powerful as Salan. Thinking about this, the identity of the comer is actually about to be revealed.

Yi Zhao, the only one who appeared in the Central Plains in modern times, the nominal murderer of the Ying family, Ying Zhao.

However, just because you don't pay attention doesn't mean that no one else is paying attention. The middle-aged strong man's gaze swept back and forth between Gu Yuan and Salan, and sighed: "I really haven't seen you for a long time! Think about it, there is not a thousand years, but eight hundred years, and even you Gu Yuan have become like this." ”

Hearing this, Gu Yuan's face froze, and he smiled bitterly in his heart: "My good uncle, can't you ignore me? This is for fear that the charm general will not know that I am a demon beast." I know you're awesome and don't care about those miscellaneous soldiers, but can you stop carrying me when you're pretending to be forced? I'm afraid this idle day is completely gone. ”

Salan stared at him, his chest rising and falling, and it took a while for him to calm down, and he said softly: "I really didn't expect to see you here, burning." ”

A complicated look appeared on the face of the middle-aged man known as "Burning": "This name has really not been used for a long time. ”

"Then what are you using now?" Salan's tone suddenly put on a bit of sarcasm, "Do you really think you are a person by pretending to be a personal name, and putting away your wings and tail?" I tell you, no matter where you have been hiding all these years, or what identity you have mixed into, you will be burned with disgust! This name, and the sin of this name, you will not be able to wash it away forever!"

"I don't need you to remind me!" said Burn Disgust with the same anger, "It is precisely because I know that these sins cannot be washed away that I will hide in the world for thousands of years, waiting for that one chance to push everything again." What about you? What are you doing? Don't forget that you have a share of those sins!"

"That's why I stayed in the Huangmu Mountains to atone for my sins!"

"Hush. Burning disgusted and laughed disdainfully, "You still like to do this kind of useless work, as useless as three thousand years ago." ”

Gu Yuan, who was stunned and looking at the dispute between the two, sighed helplessly: "It's over." ”

Salan's shoulders trembled slightly, his eyes were closed, he took two deep breaths, and said softly: "This appearance of yours is as annoying as it was three thousand years ago, I really want to ······"

"Punch you in the face!" Before he could finish speaking, Salan's body suddenly swelled, turning into a half-human, half-snake beast with a body comparable to that of a mountain. The snake's body twisted, and the earth cracked. The upper half of his height rose high, and his right fist smashed into the burning disgust like a falling rock.

The burning disgust here is also not timid, the already extremely burly body changes in an instant, the clothes burst, the heavy spear behind it merges into the flesh, the purple-black scale armor grows rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, it turns into a demon beast with two arms and four legs, and the huge bone wings open in the wind. Although his body is much smaller than that of Salan, his power is not weak at all. The wings fluttered angrily, and they went straight for the terrifying fist wind. Both arms were swung out in unison, from the bottom up, and he forcibly took Salan's fist.

The moment the two came into contact, a sharp roar resounded throughout the valley. The surging air wave spread out from the central point, tearing a small vacuum of the surrounding air out of it in an instant. Grass and sand and gravel flew, trees in the vicinity were broken at the waist, and bamboo houses and small courtyards in the valley were also razed to the ground. Xiu was swept two heels by the strong wind before she could barely stabilize her body, and in the confusion, a severed iron cable came straight to her face, and she quickly grabbed it, the sharp blade at the end of the ghost mask. Gu Yuan jumped backwards with the wind, turned over lightly, turned into a black eagle with a red feather on its top, and flew towards the depths of Baizhen Ridge without looking back.

His life had been completely upset, his father's debt to Salan had been paid off, and there was no reason for him to stay here. The only thing that needs to be considered is whether to continue to hide in Baiyu Ridge in the future, or to set off for Liuze or the Demon Domain.

Salan's sheer force slammed the Burner back to the ground again, and the four stout beast feet were embedded deep in the earth, reaching to their knees, adding a few more terrifying cracks to the devastated ground. Salan was also shaken away by this force, and his upper body leaned back, slamming heavily on the cliff behind him, and the rubble fell like rain. Then, the demon shrunk slightly, straightened up again and made an attack stance. At the same time, Incineration also flapped its huge wings and soared into the air to confront it.

Salan pressed down the anger in his heart with difficulty, his body kept getting smaller, and said, "Forget it, I didn't come to fight with you today, anyway, it's all covered with water." ”

Seeing that Salan took the initiative to stop, his disgust calmed down a little, but his mouth was still tough: "Is it difficult to collect the water?" ”

"Whatever you want to say, that's all for today. Salan looked into the distance, and could still see Gu Yuan's figure that had not completely disappeared, appearing and disappearing in the night. He didn't hold back or stop him, after all, the debt had been paid off, and he didn't want to bother him anymore. Immediately, Salan jumped into the air like a dragon, leaving only one sentence echoing in the empty valley: "I hope that in the future, I will not see you again." ”

By the time Salan said this, the burner had fallen back to the ground. Salan's voice was not angry or sharp, on the contrary, it was very indifferent and had a slightly disappointed tone. But this sentence seems to hit the sore spot in my heart. His shoulders trembled slightly, his fists clenched, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly strode forward and roared, "Salan! Is it so hard to believe me again!"

"Salan!" a disgusting roar disappeared into the night sky, but Salan didn't react, as if he hadn't heard it.

Xiu clutched his chest and limped behind Burner. Burning disgust turned his head, his eyes glaring at Xiu like a fierce bell.

"What do you need me to do?" Xiu did not shy away from his gaze in the face of this former descendant of the Ying family, the only Yizhao clan to appear in the past hundred years, and one of the strongest people in the world. She understands that if she wants to kill herself, she won't be alive now, and even says that he just wants to save herself on purpose.

"It's worthy of being a person from the charm department, isn't it very good? Burning disgusted laughed contemptuously and turned around, "I didn't expect that a person whose life and death have nothing to do with me made me meet Salan. I should thank you. ”

"Oh, so can this thank you be offset by what you're going to make me do?" Xiu chuckled as he stubble.

"Did I just say, 'Thank you,' and 'thank you?'" Burning Disgust laughed along, and I didn't know how much of the laughter between the two was true, "I ask you, what is the relationship between the human you followed before, and where is it now?"

The Probe Sword? He has something to do with the Probe Sword, how does he know, what does he want to do?

Xiu was stunned for a moment, and Burning Disgust caught her momentary hesitation, and said, "Human, don't you want to play any tricks. Thanks to your blind noses, the world in our minds is much more real than yours. ”

"I—what can I have to do with a mercenary?" replied after a moment's thought, "but he had what we wanted, so I followed him all the way here." He was chased away by the herb pickers, and I was going to take this opportunity to search the house, but I didn't expect to bump into that old friend of yours. Then, there is no then. ”

At this point, Xiu deliberately tested the relationship between the two, but he didn't react to the title of "old friend".

"So, you don't know where he is now?"

"Isn't your world more real and three-dimensional?" Maybe it's because you've just been on the verge of death, or maybe it's because you know that the other party has something for yourself, and Xiu is much bolder when facing Burning than when he is facing Salan, "What's the matter, Qiandonkey's skills are exhausted? Did you catch a cold? Or was the movement of the fight with Salan just now too big, and it destroyed your smell maze?"

It seems that he was in the middle of the cultivation, and his head hung slightly, and his eyes were very ugly, with a slight murderous intent.

"Otherwise, if you're looking for this mercenary, we can actually cooperate. Xiu threw out an olive branch very naturally, "Not in the name of the charm department, but in my own name." ”

"I'm sorry, I don't know what the meaning of a general is without the charm. "I won't give my tracks to a human, especially a ghost. ”

Xiu shrugged his shoulders and was noncommittal. Burning disgust with saying this, instead of directly attacking her, is actually admitting the possibility of cooperation in the future in disguise.

At this time, Burning Loary suddenly noticed something, walked up to Xiu, and said in a deep voice: "However, you have to give me something as a reward for saving your life today." ”

As he spoke, he bent down, not caring at all about the sense of oppression that his tall body brought to Xiu. He grabbed Xiu's hand and forcibly pulled away the half of the chain: "It's better to leave it at that." ”

Under the ghost mask, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Half a discarded weapon is exchanged for a life, and Your Excellency will really make a deal." ”

"Don't worry, it's not against you. Burning disgust stared at the iron rope in his hand, and waved his hand, "Now, before I'm going to shoot you to death, get out." ”

Xiu arched his hand, turned to leave, and when he was about to enter the woods, he did not forget to turn around and shout: "Your Excellency, I believe that you will come to us for cooperation." ”

With that, Xiu disappeared between the leaves, and only then did she realize that her back was already wet with cold sweat.

After Shu left, Burning Disgust tore the sharp blade at the end of the wire from the chain and placed it in front of his eyes. The edges of the blades are mottled dark red, congealed with dried blood.

The defense ability of the Xiaowu scale armor is extremely high, and with his strength, it is difficult to hurt Salan. Then, it was almost impossible for Xiu to break through Salan's scale armor. In that case, if the blood on the blade does not belong to Salan, to whom will it belong?

Burning Loath reached out his right index finger and hung above the sharp blade, his pupils narrowing suddenly, and at the same time he muttered something in his mouth. Then, the blood on the blade faded, turning into a small drop of dark brown blood that floated out beneath the incredulous claws. Blood beads and hair tips are the size of a hair, making them difficult to detect with the naked eye. He raised his right hand and placed it in front of his right eyeball, trembling slightly. Beads of blood floating below burst out and shot into the socket of Burning Disgust, staining his right eye a dark brown. A treacherous throbbing came, guiding the ethereal direction.

"Wenwen, I'm here. ”

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Yisang Palace, back garden. It is rainy and rainy, and autumn is gradually rising. Shan Huaiyan fiddled with his white hair in front of a bronze mirror, the blood sword slave stood aside, and Xiu knelt under the steps outside the pavilion in the rain. Except for the three of them, there wasn't even a palace maid around.

"Salan, sneaked out of the Huangmu Mountain Range?" After listening to Xiu's report, Shan Huaiyan asked seemingly casually. But to Xiu's surprise, the first thing he asked about was Salan instead of the fragment.

"That's right, but I should have returned by this time. ”

"Alas. Shan Huaiyan sighed with a little regret, "Lone really underestimated this fang's spirit. If our deterrence of the Huangmu Mountains could be stronger, it might not dare to venture out, and even if the surveillance could be put in place, it would not miss this great opportunity to exterminate the alien race. ”

"Then, what about the secret scroll?" Shan Huaiyan on the side suddenly spoke, with irrepressible anger in his tone.

Xiu was just about to answer, but was interrupted by Shan Huaiyan's voice.

"There's no hurry. Xiu, you immediately recall the two charmers stationed in the Huangmu Mountains, and then select two newcomers from the charm camp to replace them. Shan Huaiyan took her eyes off the bronze mirror and raised her head to look at Xiu, the cold light in her eyes made her feel a chill, "Remember, the punishment of a hundred spears and bones." ”

"But, but, back to Your Majesty! The last time the envoy rebelled, the charm of the charm department will suffer heavy losses, and many outstanding newcomers in the charm camp have been promoted to the charm department, so the quality of the charm camp is not high now, and it may not be appropriate to blindly promote it. At this time, the division of Jingchuan, the movement of the demon clan, the secret scroll will be Qi, and the death of the strange doctor is unknown, which is the time to employ people. The strength of these two charms is also considered to be the best in the entire charm department, and everything is a lack of lowly supervision. He dared to ask His Majesty to be merciful and spare his two lives. ”

"Hmmm······" Shan Huaiyan pondered for a moment, "That's good, Lone will spare the lives of the two of them." You call the two of them back to fight it to the death with Meita, and the one who is alive stays. ”

"Yes, yes!"

"By the way, set the dueling time within two sticks of incense. If there is no life or death, a hundred spears and bones will be punished on the spot. Shan Huaiyan continued to lower his head and take care of his white hair, "Remember, it is a decision between life and death, not a victory or defeat." ”

"Humble duty understands. ”

"Alright, let's go back. Then stay in Yisang, waiting for my orders. ”

"Yes······ W-what?"

"What's the matter, the cultivator still has something to report?"

"Your Majesty! The lowly investigation of the secret scroll is unfavorable, and he mistakenly falls into the trap of the probing sword, so that the target escapes. The crime of despicability deserves death, please punish your majesty. ”

Shan Huaiyan shook his head and chuckled: "Hehe, the cultivation envoy is serious." My orders are the only criterion for the Charm Department. Tracking down the Probe Sword is not a task I gave you, so why are you guilty?"

Hearing this, Xiu was stunned. Under the blood robe, the body of the blood sword slave trembled slightly.