Altino Calendar 419 June, Eltino Southern Guijiang River Basin

The misfortune of the brain explosion came immediately, Gong Jin knew that things were not good, but he didn't know how he could dodge, as for the protective strength such as hard qigong, it was not his strength, and the mouthparts of this monster were sharp, and he might not be able to retreat with his whole body...... Nine out of nine no.

Just as Gong Jin felt the threat of death again, trying to break free with all his might, a muffled sound broke through the air, and the golden flash was like a thunderbolt, hitting the monster's head first, hitting its entire head to pieces, and the remaining strength was teleported down the long neck, and with Gong Jin's comprehensive burst of protective qi, the body of this monster was shattered at once.

Saved at the most dangerous moment, Gong Jin breathed a sigh of relief, but seeing that the Equal Divine Hammer killed the monster with one blow, the power was so strong that even he was shaved and hurt, and Xiao Qiao, who sent out this blow with all his strength, must have suffered a lot of attrition, Gong Jin was uneasy and turned his head to look back.

"Brother Yu, are you ...... Are you alright?"

Turning her head to look back, Xiao Qiao's figure was carrying the moonlight, a little unreal for a while, hazy and blurry, after confirming that Gongjin was safe, she seemed unwilling to stay for a long time, and without even saying a word, she immediately jumped up, wanting to leave this place with the fastest light effort.

"Little Joe!"

Of course, Gong Jin would not let Xiao Qiao leave like this, and at the same time that Xiao Qiao jumped up, he also got up and chased after him, and the two of them turned into a pair of black shadows in the moonlight, engaged in a short but fierce chase. Since neither side intended to reveal their whereabouts, they were not spotted even though they were speeding across the eaves of their premises.

This chase didn't last long, Xiao Qiao's body didn't seem to be very comfortable, and she was enduring some kind of pain, when she found that Gong Jin had no intention of stopping the chase, her heart was in a mess, her speed slowed down, and Gong Jin grabbed her arm.

"Wait a minute, Brother Yu, please...... Wait a minute. ”

Chasing and escaping, there must always be an end, Gong Jin let go of his hand, but with a firm attitude of never leaving, he stood behind Xiao Qiao, waiting for her to look back.

"Brother Yu, I'...... How I look now...... Not very good-looking......"

Xiao Qiao's voice didn't sound like her usual calm and composure, the kind of fear that she tried to suppress, but was obviously on the verge of crying, made Gong Jin feel a trace of remorse, maybe she shouldn't have stood here to witness the most vulnerable moment of this girl, and she shouldn't have forcibly revealed a secret that she tried her best to hide, because from the perspective of the back, Xiao Qiao's figure seemed to have changed a little, which was different from usual......

But Gong Jin believed that he had done nothing wrong, because when this secret would be revealed sooner or later, one more person would support him, and perhaps Xiao Qiao would be a little better, so he just exerted his most proud calmness, kept his voice steady as usual, and whispered to Xiao Qiao that no matter what she became, he would respect her, support her as usual, and keep this secret for her.

"Really...... Are you sure...... You won't tell anyone...... If I let other people know, they will definitely ...... me and me."

Sobbing sound, Xiao Qiao was reluctant to turn around, but when Gongjin put her shoulder on her shoulder and gently applied force, she did not continue to resist and turned around with his force. Perhaps, in her heart, she also has the same idea as Gong Jin, if this secret is going to be leaked after all, she hopes that this man is the first person in the rebels to know the secret.

At the moment when Xiao Qiao turned around, Gong Jin was already mentally prepared, imagining many images of demons in his mind, thinking that no matter what he saw, he would not be too surprised, so he carefully examined the face that was already full of tears in the faint moonlight.

It is indeed different from before, the horn on Xiao Qiao's forehead is now gone, and the light-colored markings on his face have also disappeared with the change of his body, leaving only the delicate skin like the first snow; under the moonlight, this face does not see any strange feeling, but is like a pure and lovely girl next door, exuding ordinary beauty, which makes Gong Jin look a little trance.

But he soon realized that something was wrong. This beautiful face, which did not show the slightest demonization, shocked Gong Jin, who was already mentally prepared, even more shocked, and when he finally understood what the chaotic thought in his head was, he almost screamed uncontrollably.

"Little Joe, you...... You're human!"

Even if he saw Xiao Qiao completely demonized into a demon clan, Gong Jin would not be one-tenth of the surprise he is now, but the fact he discovered was really extraordinary; the leader of the Mandate of Heaven, who had always been on the same front with the Guiyi clan and fought bloodily for their happiness, was actually a human girl?

But Gong Jin soon realized the seriousness of the matter, if others knew Xiao Qiao's identity, as soon as the secret was revealed, this alliance army, which was put together by the legend of the "True Son of Heaven", would immediately face a crisis of splitting, and the situation was even more serious than announcing that Xiao Qiao was a demon.

There are many people around here, it is not a good place to talk, and a large number of noisy voices are approaching quickly, the situation is not right, Xiao Qiao must be taken away immediately, but Gong Jin was just about to speak, and Xiao Qiao, who could no longer suppress his excitement, was already lying on his chest and crying.

Tears soon soaked his clothes, and the warm heat made even his chest feel burning pain for a long time......

"Zhou ...... Zhou Yu, what are you doing there?"

Fortunately, the first one to come over here was Yan Ning, she looked at Gong Jin hugging Xiao Qiao, who was crying, and was comforting, and her face was suddenly full of astonishment.

"Yan Ning, the alliance leader has just killed a spy, very sad, the corpse is ...... in that direction"

"I know, we just found a corpse, but you said it was...... How could it be? Anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is a demon ......."

"Don't say it, the alliance leader is emotionally unstable, I'll take her to rest, and I ask you to clean up the aftermath. ”

Holding Xiao Qiao firmly in his arms, Gong Jin hung down the cloak on one side, not letting anyone see Xiao Qiao's appearance, and after simply explaining the commission to Yan Ning, he immediately retreated and disappeared with Xiao Qiao in his arms.

The sergeants who came from behind and witnessed this scene looked at each other, but no one felt that anything was wrong. During this period of time, Xiao Qiao's alliance leader and General Zhou Yu have always been in and out of pairs, and hundreds of thousands of people in the whole army know the relationship between the two of them, and most of them are also optimistic, but they didn't expect that tonight would be so obvious.

"Miss Yan Ning, the alliance leader and General Zhou Yu ......"

"Are you deaf? Didn't you say that the two of them, a man and a woman, went to rest together? Rest~~Rest! Don't you understand this? Did you come out on the first day?"

Yan Ning smiled and scolded the unfortunate person who asked recklessly, her own mood was actually quite restless, with many years of experience in working with Gong Jin, just the tone of those few words just now, she was sure that something must have happened to Gong Jin and Xiao Qiao. However, since Gong Jin gave himself the task of stabilizing the situation here, he couldn't let people see any flaws.

Therefore, she not only kept smiling, but also joked very inappropriately, asking her companions to remember to tell her subordinates not to harass the large and small hotels in the city tonight, so as not to disturb the innocent men and women who were busy resting in the inns.

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Yan Ning's orders are admittedly intimate, but Xiao Qiao and Gong Jin are not blessed tonight. Gong Jin was worried that there were people coming and going in the city, and he didn't know how many spies there were in Bailu Cave, and he was not suitable to talk about this top secret, so he took Xiao Qiao outside the city.

But the damage caused to Xiao Qiao by using the three artifacts was also evident on the way the two of them left the city. Not far from the city, Xiao Qiao snorted, her whole body trembled violently, in Gong Jin's arms, her whole body was cold like a huge ice in an instant, even through her clothes and cloak, Gong Jin still felt the bitter chill, and couldn't help but attack herself.

The situation was the same as when Xiao Qiao and Yan Ning fought for the second time, Gong Jin immediately asked Xiao Qiao to sit down, started a fire with primers around him, lined up a circle of flames, channeled heat, and helped Xiao Qiao get cold. But this time the situation was worse than before, although Xiao Qiao sat down in the circle of flames, she had lost consciousness and had no ability to lose her luck on her own, if it wasn't for Gong Jin's help, she would definitely die in the circle of fire.

No matter what should be hidden or not, Gong Jin went all out to help Xiao Qiao expel the cold energy in his body, but judging from the increasingly severe internal injuries, Gong Jin knew that this was a way to cure the symptoms but not the root cause, and the source of the problem was the invasion of demonic energy caused by the use of the three artifacts.

In order to hide his identity, Gong Jin couldn't say that the news came from the White Deer Cave, only that he had studied the secrets of the three artifacts these days and found some amazing sequelae.

"The three artifacts originally came from the Demon Realm, and they were relics from the Kyushu War, and they were not developed for use by races other than the Demon Race. If you continue to use it, it will cause adverse effects on your body, so from now on, I hope you ......"

"I know, but the reason why you didn't say anything, Brother Yu, must be able to understand my difficulties!"

Gong Jin does know. If Xiao Qiao no longer uses the three artifacts, then who should continue to rush in front of the battle, guiding the loyalty and morale of the entire army? In this coalition army, Xiao Qiao is an irreplaceable leader idol, if she disappears or shows fear and retreats, the entire army will be affected, and it is because she understands this that she has been rushing to the forefront.

"The three artifacts will absorb the vitality of the user, Master has already told me. Before I came to Pengfenpo, Master had set up a shield for me, and sealed the power in the Holy Armor and the Divine Hammer to reduce the damage of these two artifacts to me, but that day, I was in the mine and ......."

Of course, Gong Jin will not forget that day in the mine, when the three of them were attacked by the demon leopard together and almost died together, it was the two artifacts that slowly emitted the demonic qi and the protective power sealed inside, which made the demon leopard give up and continue to attack and changed his attitude towards the three of them.

At that time, I just thought it was a coincidence, the three of them were saved inexplicably, how did they know that all luck had to be paid, after that, when Xiao Qiao used the Divine Hammer and the Holy Armor, the vitality was depleted ten times that of before, and when the Freedom Magic Ring interacted with the Divine Hammer and the Holy Armor, some unexpected side effects appeared one after another.

"Recently, I often feel very tired and tired, and every time I come back from a battle, I want to collapse and sleep well, but when I sleep until midnight, I will wake up so hot that my whole body feels uncomfortable as if I have been put in a steamer, and my throat is so dry, I want to ...... I really want to drink something special......"

Xiao Qiao said it tactfully, but how could Gong Jin not hear it, that strange dry mouth represented the body's thirst for blood. The three artifacts are very depleted of flesh and blood, and the gradually demonized flesh is in the most direct way, asking the master to replenish it; for the demons, there is no more nutritious food than the blood of the creatures, and the higher demons may directly absorb the flesh and blood of the creatures, but no matter whether they are high or low, all the demons will not hate the sweetness of blood.

"When I first heard about vampires, I was terrified and worried if I had gone out and done these things when I was in a semi-coma...... But I really didn't. I've been using magic arrays to seal enchantments for several nights in a row, and as long as I'm gone, I'll know when I wake up. ”

"Little Joe, you don't have to be in such a hurry to prove to me, I believe in you very much! I know that you can't do these things. ”

Gong Jin was secretly ashamed of his words, because he was indeed suspicious of Xiao Qiao just now, and he was anxious, but now he couldn't say these words, and her psychological burden was heavy enough.

"By the way, where's your horn?

Gong Jin originally just wanted to tear away from the topic, but as soon as this sentence came out, it made him and Xiao Qiao face the reality more directly.

"The horn is gone. Xiao Qiao wiped his tears and barely squeezed out a smile, "The horns and the patterns on his face are all disguises conjured with magic, they are special spells taught to me by my master, and after casting the spell, my appearance will be the same as all the ghosts, this camouflage magic is very effective, at least ...... Brother Yu, you haven't seen it all along, have you?"

"Why are you pretending to be a ghost? No, I want to ask, why did you come out and do so much ...... for the ghost?"

After learning the truth, Gong Jin's biggest confusion was this. If it is a ghost person, in order to get a better living space, for two thousand years of oppression and resistance, it is not surprising to make any sacrifices and efforts, but why does a human girl do so much for the ghost people?

"Brother Yu, is this different from who I am? If you want to live a peaceful and happy life, you are not only the ghosts, but also humans! I know that if you want to realize the true ideal world, you can't do it with human efforts alone, so I want to fight together with the ghosts!"

Xiao Qiao's expression was extremely serious, and his serious eyes flashed with the brilliance of life, so hot that Gong Jin could hardly face it, as if it was a strong sun, and it couldn't stop shining deep into the darkest corners, making him feel a throbbing that he hadn't seen for a long time.

"No one wants to be a bridge between the Oniyi and humans, so let me be it! However, the Oniyi have too much resentment and too much vigilance against humans, and if I approach as a human, no one will be willing to listen to my thoughts, so I use magic to disguise myself, live with the Oniyi, and do things with them, hoping to bring everyone to a better direction...... Uncle Bai said that if my identity is discovered, the ghosts will treat me as a spy, and the humans will see me as a traitor, and I will have nowhere to stay in both worlds. ”

The pearl-like tears on the girl's pale cheeks were traced, and the secret she had been trying to keep collapsed with her fragile heart, and she did not know how the man would react, nor what eyes he would look at herself, and she ...... I care a lot about his reaction.

"Brother Yu, do you think I'm a traitor to humanity......? Have I betrayed you?"

"Little Joe, I don't know if you are a human or a ghost, but in my eyes, you are you, what you have done for these people, the hard work you have paid, those all represent you, and I hopelessly like you now!"

Whispering such comfort, Gong Jin hugged the girl beside him into his arms, ignoring her initial struggles, hugged her tightly, and gave her as much warmth as possible.

"Don't cry...... Don't cry...... You are our leader, you have to be the leader, if people see you crying, I will become a sinner for the whole army, so stop crying!"

Patting Xiao Qiao's slender back, Gong Jin prayed that the sobbing sound in his ears would slowly decrease, but at this sad moment, Gong Jin felt a trace of joy, because at this moment, this second, this girl was in her arms, trusting herself and relying on herself, such a feeling...... That's nice.

Xiao Qiao has such a secret, and the burden of the three artifacts is like maggots attached to the bones, and the road in the future will become more and more difficult, but Gong Jin secretly made a promise to himself, no matter what he has to face in the future, he will never let others hurt this girl.

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Gong Jin didn't tell Yan Ning what he discovered, this secret belonged to Xiao Qiao, but he was only known by chance, even if it was his best friend, he would not leak this secret to her.

Xiao Qiao's camouflage magic is very practical, most of the time it is impossible for people to see any flaws, but whenever the effect of the demonic energy effect kicks, Xiao Qiao, who is half unconscious, can no longer maintain the magic disguise. That night, her body was already extremely unwell, and she couldn't maintain her magic disguise, but when she saw Gong Jin chasing the vampire monster and seemed to be in danger, she was forced to show up and make a move, and she revealed her secret.

Gong Jin was determined to help Xiao Qiao keep this secret, and the next day he showed the remains of the monster to everyone, announcing that the vampire monster had been found, and everyone didn't have to worry anymore, and this monster tried to disguise itself as Xiao Qiao's alliance leader, obviously there were other forces behind this matter.

"Lord Zhou Yu, do you know what forces are planning this behind the scenes? Everyone wants to know, everyone wonders if it is the conspiracy of the White Deer Cave ......?"

"Jiang Zhong, don't speculate, we don't have definite evidence for this matter, and we can't be sure. ”

When the loyal subordinates asked so worriedly, Gong Jin did not answer very directly, and did not affirm this matter that almost everyone could guess the truth.

When his relationship with the White Deer Cave gradually became strained, he realized that the power of the White Deer Cave was huge, and for ordinary people, it was simply irresistibly deep-rooted. With these powerful resources, Gong Jin was once invincible, but if one day, those resources that were once used by him all became enemies, and with his own intelligence alone, could he really equalize these disadvantages?

Considering these factors, before his mentor Lu You came out, Gong Jin didn't want to make things too stiff and force Bailu Cave to strike first.

The waiting moment finally came, every time Lu You retreated, he would tell Gong Jin the date of his departure, which had never changed for hundreds of years, only earlier, never delayed. In the middle of July, Gong Jin sent a unique secret communication to Lu You with a water mirror according to the scheduled time, this message was only received by Lu You, and it was an absolute secret between the master and apprentice without going through the old hall.

However, the message sent by the water mirror was like a stone in the sea, and Gong Jin did not get the slightest response, which has never happened in the past hundreds of years.

There will be no problem with the signal sent by the water mirror, the only explanation is the deliberate silence and non-response of the other party, when the water mirror failed for the third consecutive day, Gong Jin had to face the answer that made him feel dead: he and Yan Ning had been abandoned by the master.

There were many reasons for being abandoned, and because Gong Jin had been helping Master with worldly work for hundreds of years, he knew very well how decisive the change of attitude in the White Deer Cave could be when it decided that someone had no value in existence, or was ready to replace that person with someone else. The master can give up himself and Yan Ning for many reasons, including the strange truth of "training you to become talents".

When it happened to others, this matter could be dealt with with with a smile, but when it actually happened to him, Gong Jin couldn't laugh at all, especially when he found out that Su Laotang had cut off all the resources at his disposal, and some of them were even items that could only be changed by the master's personal order, he understood what Lu You had said.

...... Or perhaps, as Su Laotang said, the so-called retreat was just a lie from the beginning, and the intention was just to let himself and Yan Ning not find out that they had cut off contact with each other for a long time.

"Gong Jin, do you have anything to be afraid of? Things have come to this point, just be bold and fight with them, what is there to care about. ”

"You said it easily, Yan Ning, don't you know how strong the strength of the White Deer Cave is, especially Master, we are facing them head-on, and it is impossible for us to win. ”

"White Deer Cave is terrifying, yes, but it makes no difference to me, because I have already decided to part ways with them and officially defect!"

Yan Ning said that she didn't care, but Gong Jin was taken aback, but after thinking about it, Yan Ning was different from herself, maybe on the day on the top of the snow mountain, she had already made a decision, and now she naturally doesn't have any psychological burden.

On the contrary, he still has a lot of worries, knowing that he has become a pawn used and abandoned by his master, but he still can't make a final decision. It's really hateful, is he such a cowardly person?

"No, Gong Jin, you are just too rational and understand the horror of the White Deer Cave, and a person who is too rational sometimes makes decisions on impulse. I'm just a rotten woman with a cheap life left, it doesn't matter when I'm tired and dies on the side of the road, but you're different, you still have a good life...... If you're willing to start, that's why you're so hesitant. ”

Yan Ning smiled: "But, my friend, I still have to advise you, there are many choices in life, some choices you can escape, some choices don't have to be so urgent, but there are still some ...... Whether you want it or not, you have to do it sooner or later. ”

Gong Jin did not answer. There are some things that don't need to be put into words, just do it, and if you don't want to let the current situation continue, then the world needs some change.

And the speed of Gong Jin's actions really made Yan Ning staggered. At the combat meeting the next day, Gong Jin went against his usual low-key style, took the initiative to put forward his own tactical ideas, and strongly dominated the entire meeting.

In Bailu Cave to execute and plan the change of dynasty for hundreds of years, Gong Jin is an extremely talented leader, when he gets serious, goes all out, and directs the country, the leadership edge that bursts out, almost makes people forget the existence of Xiao Qiao, the real leader.

Xiao Qiao noticed this, and noticed that this man who was deeply trusted by her seemed to be a little different, but based on that trust, she didn't interfere much, and let Gong Jin do everything without fear of anything.

Although he couldn't get the latest information, with Gong Jin's deep understanding of the situation in Bailu Cave, the strategy he came up with could only be described as spicy.