It's really ...... Humans?

Chu Yunfan, Irene, the demons who attacked him, the prodigal son of the Borderlands who made trouble, as long as he didn't treat him as a human being, Su Xuan had nothing to marvel at their power.

It's just that the woman in front of her not only killed this demon who was far beyond the previous strength of Irene with one sword, but also didn't even catch a trace of unusual signals on the subhuman monitor.

"Girl, girl."

Downstairs collapsed, I only heard someone calling, "Come down quickly, it's cold in the high places." ”

But the woman still stared blankly into the distance, and did not seem to hear the man's cry.

A bloated old woman ran out of the street, the old woman's body was round, and her cheeks were bulging and drooping, Su Xuan remembered that it was a shopkeeper.

"It's because the old man is dizzy, and he doesn't recognize that it is the Lord of the Dark Guard. Please come down quickly, if you want to interrogate, the old man has tied up an evil demon, waiting for the adult to interrogate in person. ”

“......”

"Miss Hu, it's almost time to come down."

Su Xuan slid down from the broken wall and stepped on the face of the bald man lying on the ground like a dead pig, it was the "giant" who smashed his door and knocked him away before, his mask was shattered, and his face was full of meat, Su Xuan stepped on this face, this guy almost didn't beat out his old dry food!

But to teach this guy a lesson, it's still ......

"Miss Hu, if you don't come down again, when this guy wakes up, we can't help him."

The woman seemed to come back to her senses, under the red moon, her smart eyes revealed a lonely coldness, arrogance and indifference; Su Xuan couldn't help but shudder, as if looking at them at this moment was not the gentle and elegant woman who had captivated the country and the city before, but a queen who was arrogant and ruthless, looking at the common people and looking at the world.

That feeling quickly faded away, though. Soon the woman floated down in front of them, her cold eyes melted a lot, and she looked at the unconscious sneak attacker on the ground, and lowered her face as if she was a little sad, "He's dead." ”

Su Xuan's feet were soft, he actually stepped on a dead man! How is this tantamount to stepping on someone's grave? What a sin.

Of course, don't think that Su Xuan is a kind person, after all, he also lives in the circle protected by the peaceful Rhine order, how can he really see a dead person. His "weak" body is only maintained by his most ordinary kind of "kindness", which is not good.

There is not only a difference of 108,000 miles between standing on a high place and still being able to keep her heart like a woman in white!

The shopkeeper didn't know it, but she walked over to remove the man's mouth, only to find that his teeth were broken, his flesh and blood were blurred, and he had lost his breath. There is a method of self-wrangling in the demonic outer path, through some cruel means, to grind one's internal organs to achieve the goal of suicide.

The old shopkeeper shook his head, and in this cold and barren sand town, this person's body was also cold.

The old shopkeeper squinted, turned to the two of them and said, "It's getting dark, and the night is sandy and cold, so you might as well go to the inner room to keep warm." After knowing the girl's skills, they didn't dare to commit it for a short time. ”

Su Xuan couldn't help but admire the mind of the old shopkeeper, the entire store door was demolished, and he actually had the heart to invite them into the house to avoid the wind.

"Thank you, senior." The woman in white bowed respectfully.

"Girl, you're welcome." The old shopkeeper's bloated face and eyes narrowed into two slits, Su Xuan could see that the old shopkeeper's expression at this moment was clearly the joy of solving the puzzle trapped in his heart for thousands of years.

I don't know why she showed such an expression, but it didn't seem to be a bad thing, and Su Xuan was relieved.

"Miss Hu, ...... you" Su Xuan followed behind the woman, since she slashed out the sword, she had not returned to the naïve state that Su Xuan knew, and couldn't help but ask a little worried and a little cautious, "Are you okay?" ”

The woman shook her head and sat down at the table, the old shopkeeper prepared roast mutton and lettuce soup for them, and the woman stared at the food in the pot, her eyes completely regained their agility. Although Su Xuan was a little appetizing after what had just happened, as soon as he smelled the cooking skills of the old shop, his stomach couldn't help but growl.

He was a little embarrassed to look at the old shopkeeper, and the old shopkeeper smiled cutely, "Childe doesn't have to be polite, if it's not enough, the old man will prepare for the two of you." Oh, by the way, does Childe drink? ”

"Although it's not polite to ask like this, I don't think Childe's outfit looks like an outsider, so it's unlikely that he likes it; But if you don't prepare, I'm afraid you'll lose your manners again. The old shopkeeper's face was facing the woman again, so naturally there was no need to ask, the upright shopkeeper would never allow a woman to drink with the opposite sex, even if the woman was a secret guard she had admired for a long time.

Although it was a very polite sentence, Su Xuan always felt as if he had been insulted, and the old shopkeeper said that he was weak in terms of food. He changed his mind, "But shopkeeper, why are you treating us so well." After all, if the store door is damaged, we also have a copy. ”

Su Xuan glanced around at the decoration of this room, all the items were still intact, and some of the decorations were gorgeous to the naked eye, but Su Xuan, the turtle, naturally couldn't recognize what it was, but this didn't prevent him from knowing...... "Although you may have a big family, there is no need to be so enthusiastic." ”

"It seems that this son ......" The old shopkeeper glanced at the woman who was interested in roast mutton, as if asking for advice, "You don't know ...... either"

Seeing that the woman in white had no abnormal reaction, the old shopkeeper continued, her expression was like a memory, like nostalgia, and she only listened to her slowly tell a story that remained in her memory:

"When I was very young, I used to hear my grandfather tell stories about the guards in the dark night. According to legend, in the ancient world, the manpower was small and the demons were numerous, and the people were invincible to the demons and demons. What's more, it is common for corpses to be mountains and seas of blood, stretching for hundreds of miles. All the human tribes are like charcoal millet in the rain, and they are extinguished in an instant. Only the Luohe family, the mystery of Hyosungdou, has insight into the luck of heaven and earth, and knows the origin of all things, so they have created three magic weapons to guard the safety of Luohe.

So there are Xuantian jade, dragon sandalwood, Taixu sword, and ten thousand demons in the world.

The night guards of the Naluohe clan are the caretakers and holders of Xuantian Jade, Longtan Xiang, and Taixu Sword.

They wander the world during the day, ordinary people can't recognize them, and at night they kill evil spirits and behead demons.

......

Today's Luohe tribe does still have such a tradition, and on the ninth day of the ninth month of September every nine years, a grand exorcism ceremony will be held. At that time, it can be seen that the dark guards wearing the masks of the gods and the saints wearing colorful clothes perform sacrifices on the altar of the Lingqu to comfort the heroic spirits of the ancestors. ”

Eating mutton, drinking hot soup, listening to the stories of the old shopkeepers, it is a rare leisure. Hearing the old shopkeeper talk about the ceremony, Su Xuan couldn't help but feel a little moved, "Then I have to see it with my own eyes." "His interest is not in history, but history does, but anyone who has ever talked about the origin of matter is interested in time.

"It's a big day, but I think about it...... The next nine years...... It seems like after two years. ”

"Uh......" Su Xuan thought about it, and felt that if he had a big life, he should be able to live until that time......

Seeing Su Xuan's appearance, the old shopkeeper smiled, and the nostalgia on his face became stronger.

"I thought it was just a legend, a story that my grandfather told us...... But fifty years ago, I probably would never have known the truth of this story if I hadn't experienced it myself......"

"I was twenty-nine that year. I have been under the door of Yu Qingzi's predecessors, and Yu Qingzi was a very famous swordsmith in the Luohe clan at that time, and his sword was known for its flexibility, lightness, and spirit, but the cycle of casting the sword was slightly longer, and it took half a month for other masters to cast a sword, and we needed a month or more. The reason for this is that every time the master refines the sword, it is in the shape of the steel of Kunyang, the cold water of the Tianshan Mountains and the cold water is the spirit, quenched in the karmic fire, and molded in the hundred refinements.

The sand of Kunyang and the Tiantian Mountain, one south and one north, it will take several days and nights to go back and forth alone. And there is no shortage of good swordsmiths in the Luohe clan, and when it came to Yu Qingzi's generation, the only disciples were me and my senior brother. ”

As the only strength in the door, Senior Brother naturally won't let me go south to north. The burden of collecting sand and gravel minerals naturally fell on him, although I am a woman, but because of my natural activity, the strength is not inferior to ordinary men, usually when my brother goes out, I can help the master, swing a hammer, add firewood to the fire, and stand for three or four hours, it is not a problem. When you have some free time, you can also go to the north of the Heavenly Sacred Mountain and bring back a few boxes of spiritual springs.

Thinking about this kind of quiet and comfortable life, seven or eight years have passed, until that day, the senior brother still went out as usual, but that time he never came back.

But all the people who are older on the side of Shuilian and the half-horned flag probably still remember what happened in those days.

On the day of my brother's trip, a dark star happened to fall in the valley to the south, and a few days later, news began to spread that someone was missing in Shuilian Town. So I took the opportunity to go to the holy mountain to pick the spiritual spring, and ran to the town alone. Shuilian is the closest place to the valley, so I'm worried that something will happen to my senior brother.

I didn't see the demons, and I never saw my brother again, but I knew those things really existed. That was the first time I had seen the patriarch and the night guards outside of the altar. There were ten of them before they left town, and only two of them when they returned.

I think they must have had a fierce battle with something terrible on this trip, and eight out of ten people were lost.

Since then, the direction south of Shuilian Town has become a forbidden place, and anyone who later tried to venture out did not return.

Some people say that the valley there was sealed with a demon, and the patriarch did not defeat the demon, and those who went to peep were controlled by the demon, enslaved by it, or eaten.

But I didn't see any of that with my own eyes. After knowing that my brother could not come back, after the death of the master, I opened this inn in this half-horn town, after all, the half-horn town is a famous iron production area of the Luohe clan, there are many businessmen who come and go, and there are some prodigals and chivalrous warriors who come and go, as long as they are willing to stay here, they can leave some interesting stories more or less. The story is both within and outside the Luohe tribe, and the talk of the forbidden land in the valley has slowly faded into oblivion with the passage of time......"

Speaking of this, the old shopkeeper raised his head and looked at the woman, "And today, this is the second time I have seen the dark guards outside the altar, not only that, but I have also seen those demons with my own eyes, and since the dark guards can kill demons so easily, then the senior brother may not have been killed." ”

When he said that he was excited, the old shopkeeper stood up and grabbed the woman's hand tightly, "Lord Dark Guard, please tell me, Senior Brother is still here!" ”

The woman did not get angry because of the old shopkeeper's presumptuousness, but gently calmed her, "Don't worry about the old shopkeeper first, you should ask the patriarch about this matter, I don't know what happened back then." I think if the patriarch knew, he would have told you. ”

The old shopkeeper woke up to the fact that the hand she had grasped was so delicate and soft, and the owner of this hand would not be more than twenty years old at most, how could a little girl who was less than twenty years old know what happened more than fifty years ago.

Things are not people, even the secret guards who survived back then, I am afraid they are dying.

"It's rude."

The old shopkeeper hurriedly apologized to the woman.

"Even if your senior brother survived at that time, after such a long time, I'm afraid it will be difficult for him to live to a high life like the store."

Su Xuan sometimes can't speak, to tell the truth, fortunately, he has been in business in the old shop for many years, and he has seen the warmth and coldness of the world, and he doesn't care about these things anymore.

"This son, although he is from that circle, but I look pretty good, unlike the people I usually see with sharp-beaked monkey gills and smiling knives. But this time with this girl, I'm afraid it's not a coincidence. ”

Su Xuan sighed, this old and dizzy shopkeeper seemed to know a lot of things about him at once.

"Of course, with the simple mind of the child, it is naturally impossible to lay out such a big situation, just the two of them, the road ahead is boundless, but you have to pay attention to the people behind the scenes." The old shopkeeper suddenly became unfathomable, and Su Xuan couldn't figure out her words for a while.

"If you say something from an old shop, you'll keep it in mind." Following the customs of the locals, Su Xuan also imitated the appearance of the previous woman and saluted the old shopkeeper.