When the news of the extermination of the Mo clan came out, the entire Northwest Continent also exploded. For a time, all the major wine shops and inns were circulating various versions of the destruction of the Mo Clan.

Some say that the Mo clan robbed a treasure of the Ying clan and was wiped out by the Ying clan; some say that it was because the Mo clan offended the dragon clan, and the dragon clan didn't want to do it himself, so they used the hand of the Ying clan to destroy the Mo clan; some said that the Mo clan had a peerless treasure in their hands, and the Ying clan chose to destroy the Mo clan for the sake of that treasure.

In just two days, at least twelve versions circulated wildly in the Northwest Continent. Although some of these versions are very absurd, they have become best-selling in the mouths of the speakers, and they can be regarded as a pastime for the poor people to add in their spare time.

After the Mo tribe was wiped out, the major tribes in the northwest also urgently discussed. Some small clans that are closer to the Ying tribe, after thinking twice, decided to pay tribute to the Ying tribe and become their subordinates in order to seek peace. Some big clans with average strength found that the Ying clan was not so strong, and after deliberation, they decided to form allies with each other in order to counter the Ying clan.

And some other powerful clans, after learning that the Ying clan had destroyed the Mo clan, even opened an emergency meeting overnight, but the object of their discussion was not the Ying clan, but how to quickly carry out their own annexation plan.

With the fall of the Ying clan's stone, the entire Northwest Continent instantly stirred up a thousand waves. And when this news spread to farther regions, those eastern, southern, and western clans also quickly began to act, all they had to do was to seize their own interests from this thousand waves.

After the Mo clan was wiped out, the Ying clan also went to take over all the Mo tribes, and let the Ying laborers live in the Mo clan to open a mine for the first time, the source gas vein of the Mo clan is a superb mine, although the capture of the Mo clan has caused the Ying clan to suffer heavy losses, but with the compensation of this superb source gas mine, it is still acceptable.

But what made the Ying clan tricky was that the hundred-zhang high altar stone gate of the Mo clan couldn't be opened no matter what. Since the patriarch and the elders were in retreat after the war, and they couldn't force it open, they could only put it aside for the time being and wait until the patriarch came out of the customs to report.

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And just when the Ying clan was intensively searching for the property of the Mo clan, in the deep mountains in the northeast of the distant continent, a young man of about fifteen years old was happily walking in the mountains and forests with a basket of stones on his back. But even so, even though he was sweating profusely, the young man was still happy, as if what he was carrying was not a stone, but a treasure.

The young man's clothes were very tattered, but he didn't care. Behind the young man, a middle-aged man in linen followed leisurely. The man was about forty years old, and he carried a wooden stick in his hand, which occasionally touched the ground, like a blind man exploring his way.

"Uncle Ghost, I'm almost home, what story are you going to tell me this time?" the young man wiped the sweat from his head and turned his head to grin at the man behind him. Although he was out of breath, his face was full of joy and anticipation.

Seeing the dirty little face of the young man, the man also smiled and asked, "What story do you want to hear this time?"

The young man thought for a while and said, "Let's continue to tell the story of Wan'er's illness!"

The man nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, but after telling this story, you have to do Uncle Ghost me a favor." ”

"What's the hurry?" the boy blinked.

"My body is almost recovered, and I am almost the last living qi, tomorrow we will go to the valley behind, and you will help me collect some living medicinal herbs and come back." Uncle Ghost said.

"Isn't there all the herbs that are alive all over the mountains, why do you have to go to the valley behind?" asked the young man in confusion.

Uncle Ghost said: "You know all these medicinal materials around, but they are all low-grade living qi medicinal materials, tomorrow I will go to the valley, I will teach you to know two high-grade medicinal materials, but the environment and terrain in which high-grade medicinal materials generally grow are relatively harsh, and my legs and feet are inconvenient, so I have to ask you to help." ”

"No problem. The young man patted his chest with a smile, then his eyes narrowed, and he asked with a wicked smile: "But Uncle Ghost, it is much more difficult to go to the mountains and forests to collect medicine than to carry stones, what story are you going to tell me tomorrow?"

"You cunning ghost, what story are you going to let me say!" Seeing the young man's expression, Uncle Ghost scolded with a smile.

"Hmm... I don't know what the stories are, but it has to be fun, it has to be interesting. The boy thought seriously for a while, but did not come up with an answer.

Uncle Ghost smiled and shook his head, and after thinking about it, he looked twice at the body of the young man in front of him who was happily moving forward with a load, and then asked, "Young Master Xuan, you should be fifteen years old this year." ”

"Well, in three months I'll be fifteen. The boy replied. "Why does Uncle Ghost ask that, is he going to give me a birthday present?"

The boy grinned and bared his teeth, and an innocent smile hung on his dirty face.

"Don't worry, Uncle Ghost has already prepared a birthday gift for you, and you will definitely not be disappointed. Uncle Ghost replied, and when he looked at the young man's lively body, he said again: "Young Master Xuan, you are already fifteen years old, and you will become an adult in another year, so from tomorrow onwards, I will not tell you those hip-hop stories." ”

"What then?" asked the young man, confused.

"Talking about the mainland, talking about the wind and clouds, talking about the strong. Uncle Ghost had a serious face, his eyes looked west, and there was a touch of sadness in his eyes.

"What's so funny about the mainland powerhouses, they know about fighting all day long, it's not interesting at all, Uncle Ghost, let's change to another story." The boy shook his head and said.

Uncle Ghost retracted his thoughts, a smile appeared on his face again, and he persuaded bitterly: "Young Master Xuan, how can my story be uninteresting, don't worry, I won't talk about the fights between those strong people, I'm talking about the fun things about them." ”

"What's fun? What's fun?"

"For example, how do those strong people steal treasures when they go out. For example, when they are idle and bored, how do they rob other people's brides? For example, when they are hungry, how do they go to other people's houses to cheat on food and drink? In short, there are so many fun things that I don't think I can finish talking about in two or three years. ”

Uncle Ghost said word by word, the young man's eyes also brightened up more and more, and when he heard about robbing the bride and cheating on eating and drinking, the young man finally did not suppress his playful heart.

"Well, this is good, that's it, I'll talk about this tomorrow. ”

The two talked as they walked, and after a while, they came to their destination, which was their home. It is surrounded by mountains, and a green stream runs through the center, and the source of that stream is the towering South Mountain in the north.

Under the view of Nanshan, next to the green stream, there is a thatched hut without cooking smoke. The thatched hut sits directly south, and there is a large bamboo forest on the east side, and the west side has been reclaimed and planted with fruits and vegetables and a chrysanthemum garden.

This thatched hut is where this young man now lives.

When he got to the back of the house, the boy took off the basket and poured out the stones in the basket, and after scanning the house, the stones here had been piled up into a mountain, and the size of the basket was at least hundreds.

"Whew!" the young man exhaled, put his hands on his waist, and looked at the huge pile of stones in front of him, and the young man smiled proudly. "It's already eight hundred baskets, and it's still two hundred baskets left, I really don't know what Uncle Ghost wants so many stones for. ”

The boy didn't think much about it, jumped into the stream and played for a while, and after washing all the dirt off his body, he turned around and went back to the house with a smile.

Inside the house, Uncle Ghost made a few simple dishes, both meat and vegetarian, which looked extremely healthy. The young man sat down in the room, filled a bowl of rice, and ate it in a big gulp.

From going out in the morning to carry stones in the mountains, and not returning to the house until sunset, Uncle Ghost only let him eat a few strange wild fruits throughout the day, which made his greedy little mouth how could he stand it? Although he had adapted a lot in the past two months, he still couldn't fully accept it.

"Eat slowly, these are all yours, no one will rob you. Seeing the young man's gobbling appearance, Uncle Ghost joked.

The boy nodded, and the chopsticks kept stuffing things into his mouth.

"Uncle Ghost, why don't you eat it?" the young man asked vaguely with food wrapped in his mouth.

Uncle Ghost sat aside and said with a smile: "I can't eat now, tomorrow's Vitality Medicinal Herb needs to be fasted to exert its maximum medicinal power." Eat it, these foods are specially prepared for you, eat them cleanly, don't waste them. ”

"Uh-huh. The young man nodded hurriedly, and after taking two more bites, he said, "Uncle Ghost, you can finish Wan'er's story now, and I can listen to it while eating." ”

Uncle Ghost nodded, and began to pick up on yesterday's story, continuing to talk about how Wan'er finally became the head of the royal family's internal affairs through political means.

Under the rosin oil lamp, the young man listened with relish, and made comments from time to time. If the evaluation is more reasonable, Uncle Ghost nods in appreciation, and when encountering some inappropriate evaluations, Uncle Ghost guides them in the right direction and explains why he did so.

The boy listened carefully, and Uncle Ghost also spoke seriously.

Cuckoo!

After talking for about half an hour, a cuckoo's cry suddenly came from outside the house, and Uncle Ghost frowned, and then instantly relieved. Looking at the young man, Uncle Ghost stood up and said with a smile: "I drank a little too much water, I have to go out to make it easier." Young Master Xuan, you should first think about the truths I just told you, and when I come back, I will continue to tell you the rest of the story. ”

"Good. The boy nodded.

Uncle Ghost walked out of the house, his eyes scanned, and then he settled on the top of a cliff in the northern mountain range, where two figures loomed in the background. Uncle Ghost looked directly at the figure, his eyes flashed with doubt, and the figure slowly faded.

Under the starry sky, on the top of the cliff, two black-robed men sat cross-legged, their eyes staring at a thatched hut hundreds of meters away in great unity. Although the mountain wind was extremely strong at this time, the bodies of the two of them were motionless, as if they were frozen.

Suddenly, the sky fluctuated, and Uncle Ghost appeared on the top of this cliff out of thin air, standing in front of the two of them.

Seeing Uncle Ghost appear, the two quickly got up, knelt down on one knee, and clenched their fists and said, "See the Ghost Master." ”

Uncle Ghost frowned slightly, his eyes looked back and forth on the two of them, and asked, "If you don't stay in the clan, what are you doing here?"

The two looked at each other, hesitating.

"What the hell is going on?" said Uncle Ghost, in a low voice. These two people are Uncle Ghost's cronies, and they chose to appear here at this time, there must be something important, and this matter is by no means ordinary.

The two looked at each other, hesitated for a moment again, one swallowed his saliva, and said stubbornly: "Ghost, ghost master, something happened in the clan." ”

"What the hell is going on? Uncle Ghost said coldly.

"Clan, the patriarch has been arrested. The man stammered.

"What?" Uncle Ghost was horrified, his brows furrowed, and cold air flowed out between his teeth. "Do you know who did it?"

"The Ying clan. ”

"Ying Clan, Ying Evil?" Uncle Ghost clenched his fists, and his eyes were surging with murderous aura, but after thinking about it, Uncle Ghost sensed that something was wrong. "What about the elders?"

"The elders aren't here!"

"What does it mean to be 'not there'?"

The two black-robed people looked at each other, their eyes met, and their sight was full of helplessness. At this moment, the two of them couldn't hide anything, they knelt directly on their knees, bowed their heads and said: "Ghost master, please punish, we are sorry for the patriarch, we are sorry for the Mo clan, we are ashamed of your cultivation!"

Looking at the attitude of these two people, Uncle Ghost's heart suddenly cooled, at this time, he had already guessed the worst thing, but he didn't want to believe it in his heart.

Uncle Ghost looked up at the night sky, his eyes slowly closed. "Tell me, what's going on in the clan?"

"Mo clan, it's gone. The two of them bowed their heads and whimpered.

"Whew!" Uncle Ghost exhaled deeply and repeated it several times, but he still did not suppress the anger and sadness in his heart. Fortunately, Uncle Ghost is also a person who has experienced great storms, although the destruction of the Mo Clan has made him lose his heart for a moment, but after a short period of calming down, he still suppressed all kinds of emotions in his heart.

"Let's be specific. Uncle Ghost spit out softly, at this time his eyes were still closed, and under the cold moonlight in the sky, he could faintly see the tears in the corners of his eyes.

"Seven days ago, Ying Xie led the Ying army to attack the Mo Clan, and the Mo Clan guards resisted with all their might, but the Ying Clan still broke the Protector Array. The patriarch and the elders fought a decisive battle with the masters of the Mo clan in front of the altar, but there were too many strong people of the Ying clan, and in the end..."At this point, the black-robed man was already crying like a child who had been robbed of candy, and they all said that the man had tears and did not flick, it was just that he had not reached the sad place.

Uncle Ghost listened quietly and was silent for a long time. After a long while, he suddenly asked in a cold voice, "Why didn't you inform me in advance?"

"The patriarch specially explained, saying that it was too late, so we didn't need to be notified. ”

The ghost let out a deep breath: "What about the other clansmen?"

"Most of the people in the clan who can fight have sacrificed their lives when resisting the Ying army. However, those underage children in the clan were sent to the altar in advance by the patriarch, but the inside of the altar is extremely dangerous, as for whether they can survive and escape, it can only depend on their creation. The other said in a low voice.

"The altar is the resting place of the ancestors of my Mo clan, although the descendants of my Mo family have tribulations when they enter it, they should not worry about their lives, and the patriarch's move is also carefully considered. Uncle Ghost sighed, his eyes were red and he asked, "Patriarch, are you good?"

"I don't know the specifics. Before the Protector Array was breached, the Patriarch ordered the two of us to break through and inform you of the situation of the Mo Clan. After I broke through, I didn't leave, and after inquiring, I learned that Ying Xie did not harm the patriarch's life, but brought the patriarch back to the Ying clan. The two of them said carefully.

"Whew. Hearing this, Uncle Ghost exhaled deeply again, and the most uneasy stone in his heart finally fell. "Have you ever heard why Yingyi brought the patriarch back to Ying? Yingyi is not a good-hearted person, he will do this, there must be a purpose. ”

"No, the current Mo Clan has been covered by the Ying Clan's 'Burning Sky Array', and we can't get close at all. The two shook their heads.

"Get up, it's not your fault that the Mo clan has this calamity. Uncle Ghost looked gloomy, looked down at the two, and asked, "Patriarch, do you have anything to say to me?"

The two of them got up, shook their heads and said, "The patriarch didn't leave you with anything. However, he asked us to bring a word to the young master. ”

The young master in their mouth is the concubine of the patriarch of the Mo clan, Mo Xuan, which is the young master Xuan mentioned by Uncle Ghost.

When Uncle Ghost heard that the patriarch had something to say to the young master, he was also puzzled and asked, "What words?"

"The patriarch asked us to tell the young master that his birthday gift has been prepared and placed in the Heart Cultivation Valley, hoping that he will pick it up as soon as possible, otherwise I am afraid that it will be taken away by others. One said.

"Nothing else?"

"It's gone. ”

Uncle Ghost looked at the eyes of the two, and saw that they didn't look like lying, so he believed it a little, and at the same time secretly thought in his heart.

"At the time of the great disaster of the Mo Clan, it is impossible for the patriarch to say such useless words, and I don't think these two boys are lying, so the patriarch's words must have other meanings. The patriarch had clearly asked me to choose a birthday gift for Young Master Xuan before, so the birthday gift that the patriarch said must be something else. I know about the Heart Cultivation Valley, does the patriarch want to tell me that there is something in the Heart Cultivation Valley, so that I can retrieve it as soon as possible, so as not to be taken away by others? But the Heart Cultivation Valley is so big, even if there is something in it, how can I find it? Could it be that there is a deeper meaning in the patriarch's words?"

Uncle Ghost thought about it repeatedly, and suddenly, he thought of a year ago, when he had just returned from going out, and the patriarch suddenly took him and Mo Xuan into the Heart Cultivation Valley, and in the main hall of the Heart Cultivation Valley, the patriarch told a story and a place name.

"Could it be..." Uncle Ghost perked up, quickly turned around, looked at the thatched house in the distance, nodded and sighed: "Yes, it's that thing, but that thing is just a legend, not to mention that Young Master Xuan's current ability is not enough to control it at all." ”

"Yes, yes, no wonder the patriarch suddenly asked me to lead Young Master Xuan away from the Mo clan a year ago, it seems that he should have foreseen it. And most of the Ying clan's actions this time are probably aimed at it. Uncle Ghost's eyes flashed, and after thinking for a while, his eyebrows suddenly put on a smile, he looked up at the starry sky in the west, and sighed lightly: "Patriarch, your foresight, your courage, I really have to admire." Don't worry, I have taken everything you said before to heart, I will protect Young Master Xuan, as long as my ghost is still alive, I will definitely help Young Master Xuan fulfill your wish. ”

Uncle Ghost smiled, and smiled very easily, as if nothing had happened before.

And just when Uncle Ghost's words fell, in the starry western sky, a originally dim star suddenly brightened up, and the star became brighter and brighter, instantly blocking the light of other stars, and that brilliance actually had the potential to catch up with the bright moon.

...

Seeing that the ghost master actually smiled, the two looked at each other, and they didn't know why.

The ghost turned around, looked at the two of them, and asked, "Did you two come here this time, were you being followed?"

The two shook their heads and said: "There shouldn't be, we have hidden traces along the way, and we have made a big circle, although there is no absolute, but no one should be able to follow it." ”

The ghost nodded, and then admonished: "The affairs of the clan, you two should keep it in your hearts, you can't say it, let alone let the young master know, understand?"

"Understood!" the two nodded.

"Now that Tianqiong Mountain is definitely surrounded by the eyeliner of the Ying clan, since you have escaped, then stay and live well. No matter what, as long as I'm here, I won't let the Mo Clan disappear so quietly. ”

"Yes, ghost. ”

"Also, this place is no longer safe, you two have the same arrangement, I will send the young master out after tomorrow, since the patriarch has handed over the young master to me, I must not let him down." ”

"Then where are you going? You definitely can't send the young master to the Northwest Continent, if not, let's go to the south, where I still have a few friends. A man said.

The ghost thought for a moment, shook his head, and said, "The south is too far away for us to get information. Well, let's go to Mobei first, it's relatively remote, and it's not too far, it should be a good hiding place. ”

A man said: "If I go to Mobei, I happen to know the dean of Mobei Desolate Academy, if I can, I can arrange for the young master to enter the Desolate Academy." I don't think the Ying clan will search for an academy that doesn't go into the stream. ”

"This is a good way, Mo Xun, you can go to Mobei now, and if you can, send the young master there for the time being. The ghost nodded, turning to the younger, thinner man on his right.

Mo Xun arched his hand: "Obey." ”

"And Mo Kui, you go and find a way to get a set of 'Shen Armor', remember that it is made of meteorite, and hand it over to me at noon tomorrow. The ghost said to another, slightly muscular man.

"The 'Shen Armor' made of meteorite gold, ghost master, what do you want that thing for?" Mo Kui asked suspiciously, and Mo Xun also cast a puzzled gaze.

The ghost shadow frowned, and said, "The hatred of the extermination of the clan is not shared. But my ability is limited, and I can't be ashamed of the Mo Clan, but even so, I have to do my best for the Mo Clan. Although I can't do it, but the descendants of the Mo clan can, even if the Ying clan comes to hunt down tomorrow, I have to do this last thing for the Mo clan. ”

With that, the ghost's gaze looked again at the thatched hut, where a young man was calling.

"What do you mean... Okay, ghost master, I understand, I'll go get the 'Shen Armor' now. With that, Mo Kui clenched his fists and said goodbye, and his toes touched the ground, and the two flashed and disappeared.

Seeing Mo Kui's hurried behavior, the ghost smiled helplessly. "You go too, although you know the dean of the Desolate Academy, but this matter is very important, and you must investigate it before making a decision. ”

"Yes!" Mo Xun nodded.

"Okay, the young master is in a hurry, and I have to go back. Remember, this matter must not be mentioned to the young master, and also, without my consent, do not appear in front of the young master, so as not to arouse his suspicion. "The ghost admonished.

"Understood, ghost. ”

"Go ahead. ”

When the words fell, Mo Xun flashed away, and the ghost master also returned to the thatched house.