Three days later, the fifth Tingyun and Bai Jie, who were riding the white crane with a limp, had already left Xiaoxiang and entered the Sichuan-Chongqing border.

On the official road, the sound of horses' hooves sounded from time to time, and the swishing sound of whipping always brought a burst of neighing and dust to the wind. Fifth, listening to Yun Xia and Bai Jie walking side by side, let the people who were in a hurry go first, in fact, they were not in a hurry, Bai Jie returned to Jialing Province this time to participate in the sword sacrifice ceremony of the Ghost King Sect, and the sword sacrifice ceremony will not start in four days.

Time is abundant.

The two of them walked along the official road, healing while moving forward, in the past three days, although the fifth Tingyun has not been able to recover, he himself feels six or seven percent better. This is still thanks to the help of the past business inherited by the other caves, so that the ability to move can be restored in a short period of time.

At this time, the fifth Tingyun is much better than Hu Anchao and Xiao Mengdie.

After the battle three days ago, the three of them fainted and died in the woods. If it weren't for Guo Xiang and the others who came back at night and found them, I am afraid that they did not die in the hands of Deacon Xiao, but were buried under the mouth of the jackal in the Sun'er Mountain.

And the day after Guo Xiang and the others rescued him back to the market, the fifth Tingyun had already woken up and was able to get out of bed and move. On the other hand, Hu Anchao and Xiao Mengdie have been asleep, and after discussion, Guo Xiang and they took Hu and Xiao back to the academy first, while the fifth Tingyun and Guo Xiang explained the reason, and embarked on the road to the west with Bai Jie.

"I don't know what happened to Senior Brother Hu and Xiao Mengdie?"

Holding the lame three slowly forward, the fifth Tingyun thought of Hu Anchao and Xiao Mengdie who fought side by side from time to time.

Bai Jie said with relief: "Childe don't worry, Senior Brother Hu and Xiao Gongzi have good strength and will definitely be able to survive the difficulties." ”

The fifth heard Yun sighed: "Alas, I hope so." However, I heard Senior Sister Guo Xiang say that Senior Brother Hu used the secret method this time, which may damage the foundation and affect his cultivation in the future. I think so, recalling that day, Senior Brother Hu stubbornly faced Deacon Xiao with more than a dozen palms, and he was not defeated, which shows that Senior Brother Hu's strength has suddenly improved to the Nine Heavens of the Lingxuan Realm. The price paid for such a domineering secret method must be not small......"

Bai Jie was silent for a while, tilted her head and thought for a moment, and said, "It's already good to survive." ”

Fifth, Tingyun turned his head sideways and looked at Bai Jie blinking, in those slightly immature eyes, he felt like he had returned to the first time he met Bai Jie, youthful, simple, contented, and happy. Yes, it's really hard to get a life back...... It's already very good to survive, this sentence made the fifth Tingyun think of Bai Jie's grandfather.

When his thoughts were outdated, he looked at Bai Jie again, and he found that there was something crystal in those clear eyes. These eyes are no longer pure, no longer content, they contain hatred, and they contain deep worries.

He stretched out his hand to wipe away the white tears and said, "Silly girl." ”

Bai Jie sniffled, then laughed happily.

In the evening, the two entered the boundary of Fengdu County.

Although he hasn't entered the city where the headquarters of the Ghost King Sect is located, the surrounding atmosphere is still very noticeable. Gradually, in some of the wild tea estates where farmers and hunters gathered, you could hear some remarks about the Oni King Sect and the sword sacrifice ceremony, and further west, to the larger bazaars and towns, in the taverns and inns, crowds of people discussed almost all of the topics of discussion about the sword sacrifice ceremony of the Oni King Sect.

It can be seen that the sword sacrifice ceremony seems to be not only a major event of the Ghost King Sect, but also a grand ceremony of the entire Fengdu County.

Along the way, the fifth Tingyun and Bai Jie heard many folk sayings.

Some people say that the annual sword sacrifice ceremony of the Ghost King Sect is a grand event in the entire ghost city of Fengdu, and even the city lord of Fengdu County will be invited to attend. This has undoubtedly raised the level of this sect to the level of docking with the empire, and it is conceivable what the status of the Ghost King Sect is in Fengdu County.

Fifth Tingyun This is the second time he has come to the ghost city of Fengdu, but what is obviously different from the first feeling is that the people here have a deep sense of identity with the Ghost King Sect, which he has never experienced when he came for the first time. Maybe it's time to be different, he thought.

The Ghost King Sect, in the eyes of ordinary people outside Fengdu County, is just a local sect in Jialing, and in the eyes of the cultivators, it is just a killer group with some weight in Jialing Province, and they have always been unconcerned about it in the empire. And if it is outside Jialing Province, it is estimated that many people have not even heard of it.

Fifth, Tingyun didn't expect that the Ghost King Sect would have such a great appeal in the local area.

It is also said that this year's sword sacrifice ceremony is different from previous years. Because this statement is related to Bai Jie, the fifth Tingyun paid special attention to it. The group of people who held this view were a group of cultivators, and the fifth Tingyun guessed that they were probably members of some small sect in Fengdu County. They insisted on doing it, this year's sword sacrifice ceremony is a major event for Ji Sanniang, the sect leader of the Ghost King Sect, to confirm the inheritance of the sect, and it can also be said to be the sword awarding ceremony of Ji Sanniang.

The inheritance of the sect is naturally white and undoubted.

While they were chatting with the Fifth Tingyun with great interest, they didn't even notice that the genius girl they were talking about who was gifted in kendo and easily learned the Ghost Shadow Thirteen Swords was right next to them. Of course, even if Bai Jie admitted his identity now, they wouldn't believe it, which sect's inheritor would still wander outside with Gongzi at this juncture.

Some people also say that this year's sword sacrifice ceremony of the Ghost King Sect is to "climb the dragon and attach the phoenix". The basis for this statement is that a few days ago a huge team came to Fengdu County, and this team used mastiffs as mounts, and must have come from Tibet. Mastiffs are wild and untamable, and it is impossible for ordinary people to domesticate them, and only some big families have the capital and strength, that is to say, this team must be a wang clan.

If the Ghost King Sect can catch up with the famous sect in Tibet, it may be able to become a first-class sect in the southwest of the empire all of a sudden.

In addition, there are many theories circulating among the people, but in addition to the above three are more common and can be regarded as reasonable, the rest of the theories seem to be skilful speculation.

"Xiaojie, what do you think?"

The two came out of a restaurant and walked down the street with their horses, and the fifth Tingyun asked. After all, this is something closely related to Bai Jie, although I can't be completely sure now, but if this is the case, I wouldn't really panic when I think about it earlier. And the fifth Tingyun didn't know Bai Jie's true thoughts, so he wanted to ask.

"Me?" Bai Jie stopped, thought seriously for a long time, and then raised his head to stare at the fifth Tingyun Dao, "I want to follow Childe!"

Fifth, Tingyun didn't speak, because looking at Bai Jie's appearance, he knew that he hadn't finished speaking.

"But I can't live up to Master's heart. Master was very good to me, and several sisters in the sect also regarded me as a younger sister. During those days when I was in the sect, Master really taught me skills, and my sisters treated me like family. Master actually told me, but I didn't say yes at the time, but now that I think about it, I can feel the disappointment hidden in Master's eyes, as well as the displeasure of several elder sisters, who really want me to inherit the Ghost King Sect......"

Maybe it's a little overwhelmed, so Bai Jie's language seems a little messy. But the fifth Tingyun knew that these were Bai Jie's heartfelt words, she had kept these words hidden, and now that she said them, she must have made a decision in her heart.

"Xiaojie has grown up. ”

Fifth Tingyun said with a smile, and originally wanted to reach out to touch Bai Jie's hair, but suddenly felt that it shouldn't be like this.