In January 419 of the Altino calendar, Huaguo Mountain in the Congo Autonomous Region was refined

Gong Jin woke up from a coma, and heard a noisy voice around him, and the habit he had cultivated over the years made him not open his eyes for the first time, but just quietly listened to the sounds around him first, and had luck to review his ** condition.

He was lying on the bed, and the pain in his back was like a fire, forcing him to frown violently, but the **, who has been trained in battle for a long time, has a long patience for pain that is far beyond ordinary people, and ordinary people have long screamed and fainted from serious injuries, Gongjin just frowned, didn't say a word, and didn't even lose a drop of cold sweat.

(Hmm, what's going on...... How could I sleep here? before I fell unconscious...... Well, remembered. ）

Digging the pit, there was an incredible change, those pure energy body beasts rushed out, and even Xiao Qiao, who was wearing two major artifacts, suffered a loss, and was in danger, it was he who rushed over irrationally and covered her well, which led to serious injuries.

(The vertebrae should not be broken, but this pain...... Probably even the belt meat was ripped off a piece of the boss, unless there is a magician's reply spell to assist, there is no three or five months to recover, it's really bad...... ）

Quickly confirmed the current state of the body, if he was captured by the enemy at this time, then he could pretend to be unconscious, and launch a surprise attack while the enemy was unprepared, however, among the noisy voices around, there was the sound of Yan Ning deliberately speaking in a rough voice, and she tapped the code on the bed board, telling herself that she could wake up with peace of mind and no danger.

After confirming these things, Gong Jin opened his eyes and saw a group of people gathered around his bed, except for Jiang Zhong and Yan Ning, the rest were the leaders of other forces who were familiar with him, and when he saw that he woke up, he seemed to be relieved to thank God.

The pain in his back was still terrible, but his upper body was wrapped in bandages, and the strong smell of herbs seemed to have been treated. Everyone was busy telling him the situation at that time, although he covered Xiao Qiao to avoid the attack, he was injured by the heavy claws of the fierce beast, and fainted, but Xiao Qiao relied on the support of the two major artifacts, and fought and walked, and finally succeeded in taking the survivors out of the mine, emergency treatment and rescue, except for Gong Jin, most of them died on the way to the rescue.

"Brother Zhou, you are really blessed with a great life, as long as that injury is a little more serious, it will break the spine, even if Da Luo Jinxian is not saved...... However, you sacrificed your life to save the alliance leader, this is a great achievement, and the alliance leader will definitely look at you differently in the future! ”

Yan Ning touched the two fake mustaches on his face, and laughed as if he was very happy, but from the crystal pupils of his friend, Gong Jin saw a look of worry, doubt, concern, and blame, as if he was puzzled why he was so impulsive and injured in order to save people.

Gong Jin also felt funny when he recalled this, although the situation at that time was dangerous, and he didn't have a long whip in his hand, but it was not without other options, as long as he grabbed the corpse next to him and threw it with all his strength to knock Xiao Qiao away, it would be faster and more effective than rushing away by himself, and he couldn't afford to end up in the tragic situation of being seriously injured. But at the time, I didn't think of this at all, and rushed out all at once, as if if I didn't take action, I would regret it for the rest of my life.

(I'm really confused, this is the most shameful reckless act of Zhou Gongjin in 600 years...... ）

When he opened his eyes, he didn't see Xiao Qiao in front of him, and when he asked Yan Ning and Jiang Zhong, he learned that there were many seriously injured and dead people due to the accident in the mine.

Gong Jin, who learned this, could only smile bitterly at his situation, which could have been said to be a hero's feat of saving beauty, but who knew that the other party didn't appreciate it at all, this time he was really a hero in vain, and the whole injury was in vain.

"I'm tired and want to take a break, can you give me some quiet time?"

Seriously injured and weak, Gong Jin's voice was extremely low, but he could say a sentence completely, and everyone saw that he was fine, so they didn't disturb the tranquility of the seriously injured, and walked out.

The tired Gong Jin fell into a coma, and when he woke up again, the surroundings were silent, it was pitch black, the cold temperature was close to the skin, it was already late at night, and there seemed to be someone sitting not far in front of him, the black shadow and pressure made Gong Jin instantly wake up from the state of semi-conscious consciousness, but he immediately found that it was a woman sitting there.

At first, Gong Jin thought that Yan Ning was guarding over there, guarding his safety, but Yan Ning's body was not so delicate and petite, and the whole feeling was not right, so the people there were ......

When he opened his eyes, Xiao Qiao was sitting on a chair next to him, his hands were down, his eyes were closed, he had already fallen asleep, looking at the unsuspecting sleeping face, he even slept more comfortably than Gong Jin, which really made him a little crying and laughing.

However, this girl is also under a lot of pressure, right? After fighting those terrifying beasts in the mine, she will soon have to deal with casualties, and a series of heavy tasks are all undertaken by herself, although she has completed them one by one, but under her capable and shrewd image, many people seem to have forgotten that she is actually just a girl in the mood for love.

What would an ordinary female surname do at this age? No matter what it was, she wouldn't have run out of the revolution and want to change the world, right? Quietly looking at her sleeping face, looking at her slender shoulders, it seemed that she was thinner than when she won the martial arts competition two months ago. How could such a slender and delicate shoulder bear such a huge responsibility?

Sitting up from the bed gently, careful not to touch the wound on his back, Gong Jin held his breath and stared at Xiao Qiao's sleeping face up close.

The bright ivory moonlight slanted through the window, shining through the smoke and dust in the air, sprinkling on Xiao Qiao's delicate face like white jade; the delicate nose and small red lips were exhaling the fragrance with the breathing rate; the arms hanging on both sides seemed to feel the cold air of the mountain night, and seemed to avoid Gong Jin's scorching gaze, and from time to time they brought it up, embracing and guarding the delicate fragrant body like a flower.

"This girl...... What a small ......."

In the past two months, Gong Jin's mind has been on how to explore the secrets of her heart, how to outwit her in wisdom, give her a blow, give her destruction, in Gong Jin's view, this girl is an opponent who is evenly matched with herself, and she can only win by virtue of the advantage of mental arithmetic and unintentional, but now looking at her tired and sleepy face, there is no competition in her heart, Gong Jin seems to have suddenly discovered...... This girl is so petite.

Her palm, compared to her own, is like a tiny leaf, her slender arms, although the skin is tender and white, but as thin as if there are no bones, and the whole body is like a flower, so beautiful, so delicate, that people do not feel half in danger...... Why do you think this girl is the number one enemy?

Closer, the fragrance of her delicate breath blows on her face like a soft spring breeze; her long eyelashes flutter gently, even if there are horns on her forehead and patterns on her face, it does not damage her moving beauty; her white porcelain-like soft skin is afraid that it will break even if you touch it; and the shallow cherry lips are a little pale, a little crimson, a little ......

Before Gong Jin came back to his senses, he had lowered his head and lightly printed his lips, without any obscenity, sipping his lips like kissing a spring breeze, again and again, letting the girl's unique rich fragrance bloom again and again at the end of his nose. Although it was the middle of winter, although it was just a simple kiss, but in the long kiss, Gongjin felt as if she had tasted the sweetness of the whole spring.

It was only at this time that Gong Jin came to his senses, realized what he had done, and saw that the girl who had been sleeping had opened her bright eyes and looked at him calmly and with a faint smile.

"I ......"

Gong Jin originally wanted to explain, but no matter how he wanted to break his head, he couldn't think of how to find a reasonable and polite explanation for this situation, the other party was not a brainless fool, but when he racked his brains awkwardly, Xiao Qiao had already spoken first.

"It's the first time I've been so close to a man, it's my ...... First kiss. ”

This sentence sounded extremely serious, but Xiao Qiao's tone was very relaxed, and he didn't hear any anger, and seemed to be a little happy.

"Brother Yu, do you know? Every first time for a girl is very precious, and the first kiss is the most important memory for every girl!"

"Hmm...... Yes...... Alliance Leader. ”

Even though he is usually resourceful, Gong Jin seems to be unable to come back to his senses now. Is there any special significance in bringing up the theory of responsibility at such a time? Could it be that we have to shoulder our own responsibility? But what responsibility should we bear? For what? Just for a kiss?

As if he was amused by Gong Jin's stunned appearance, Xiao Qiao smiled slightly, stood up from the chair, and at the moment of getting up, the emerald green short skirt swirled and fluttered, like a crystal jade, lined with snow-white and pink legs, which was very good-looking.

"Today in the mine, I'm glad that it was Brother Yu that you came to save me, I'm really happy, thank you for being willing to rush over at that time...... I don't have any gift to thank Brother Yu for his courage, maybe the precious memories of that moment just now can make you feel better. ”

I didn't want to bother the injured too much, now that what I should say had been said, Xiao Qiao, who was already tired, suddenly moved to the door, opened the door and left.

“...... To be able to share that memory with Brother Yu, I ...... Also very happy...... I hope to have more and more beautiful memories with you in the future. ”

After saying a sentence in a hurry, Xiao Qiao closed the door and left, but the shy style of his cheeks flushed at that moment made Gong Jin deeply amazed, although he still couldn't figure out what was going on, but he had a hunch that he would never forget the amazing scene at that moment in the long years to come.

However, after a short shock, he quickly came back to his senses, and his whole expression suddenly felt like frost.

“...... Zhou Gongjin, what are you doing with your enemies?"

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No one knows why there is a problem in this mine, no one can say in detail what is wrong with this mine, and there is only one thing that is known, that is, there are powerful mysterious monsters in this mine.

It wasn't any ordinary monster. When Gong Jin was attacked, the talisman qi was immediately activated, with his strong internal strength, even if the big man with a knife was hard to slash, it was impossible to hurt him a little flesh, but that monster easily hit him hard, this kind of lethality is far better than ordinary martial arts masters, Gong Jin is even sure that even if it is Yan Ning, it is impossible to hurt himself like this.

The monster is not a living thing, but the embodiment of some kind of pure energy, which has been explained in many ways, but it also adds to Gong Jin's doubts. As far as I know, I am afraid that only my mentor Lu You can use my power to avatar myself and inflict such a heavy blow on myself, but according to this speculation, isn't there a force in this pit that is not inferior to that of my mentor Lu You? A ...... that has been extinct in the world for 2,000 years Heavenly power?!

Little Joe ordered the pit to be closed and only allowed to a few qualified people to explore. Gong Jin was not able to accompany him because of a serious back injury, but he was sure that Yan Ning would bring back the information he wanted, but when Yan Ning came back empty-handed and with a lost expression on his face, Gong Jin, who knew the power of his friends, was really stunned.

"Yan Ning, even you ...... out of the horse"

"There were only two people in total, and I went in with Xiao Qiao, who carried two major artifacts, and fought side by side, but we could only hold on for a quarter of an hour, and later, we couldn't even see what was attacking us. ”

Hearing such an answer, Gong Jin's expression suddenly became much more solemn, Yan Ning's martial arts are not under him, and he is definitely a master in the top five of the White Deer Cave, and has hundreds of years of experience in fighting with demon masters, she can be called an impeccable warrior, she joined forces with Xiao Qiao, but she couldn't make a breakthrough in the mine, this pit must hide a big secret.

"Is it really the legendary heavenly power of the Kyushu War?"

"Who knows, none of us have actually possessed the power of the Heavenly Position, except for the old man himself, who can be sure of this? The only thing that is certain is that that power is very powerful, and if we want to continue to explore, we must take considerable risks. ”

Yan Ning deliberately emphasized the word "risk", the intention was to warn the seriously injured friends not to act too rashly, but Gong Jin obviously didn't care about this, lifted the deerskin blanket on his body to avoid the cold, and put aside the cold bean soup on the table, as if he couldn't feel the pain behind him, got out of bed and put on his robe, and asked to explore the details of the pit with Yan Ning.

"Yan Ning, don't do superfluous things, what I want to do, never change my mind, you can stand by and watch, don't let outsiders know about our relationship, you can also sneak in quietly with me, just don't try to stop me. ”

“...... I'm wrong, you're not only wearing metal on your face, you're also a mess of scrap metal in your head, and since you've decided to jump into the sea, what else do I have to say?"

A true friend, needless to say, although complaints are always inevitable, but Yan Ning immediately took practical action.

He had actually entered the pit to explore, and in order to retreat with his whole body, Yan Ning found Xiao Qiao again, saying that he had found an expert who also knew the Dao technique of Bailu Cave, and was ready to combine the strength of the three of them to try to explore the pit again. After Xiao Qiao learned that the person was the seriously injured "Zhou Yu", he vigorously opposed this proposal, but he couldn't resist the strong demands of Yan Ning and Gong Jin, and finally was forced to agree, and the three of them marched to the depths of the mine together.

This is the first time that the three of them have worked together directly, if they have to face a powerful enemy, then the three of them can join forces to defeat almost all enemies in the human world, but this time they have to face the unknown, and every step they take, they feel more uneasy.

Triggered by the breath of the three of them, those evil beasts with substance appeared from the darkness, such as lions, tigers, leopards, and apes, turning into different types of evil beasts in a row, and the three of them responded with lightning, each with different abilities and weapons to break the enemy.

If it is an ordinary martial artist, he will definitely be in a hurry by the strange and unpredictable nature of these evil beasts, but the three of them all have magical cultivation, Yan Ning and Gong Jin have practiced oriental immortal arts, and Xiao Qiao is also good at the magic of some mysterious factions, when they apply magic power to weapons, combined with their own strength, they can cause effective damage to these energy body evil beasts.

In this triangular offensive and defensive alliance, Gong Jin's sword light is the weakest link. Seriously injured, although he has used special exercises to suppress pain and improve combat power, but the strength and speed of the shot are poor after all, and he has to deliberately hide his strength, this time the situation is even more unbearable, fortunately, whenever Gong Jin's knife net is flawed, the palm strength of the Wuyue Divine Thunder, and the flying smashing of the Equality Divine Hammer will flash from the left and right in time to eliminate the enemy for him and solve the crisis.

It is obviously a situation where three people are fighting together, but Gong Jin can't help but "meet the source left and right", this feeling of being cared for really makes him feel very cowardly, and he sincerely feels ridiculous. But the secret hidden in this cave may be extremely important, and you must grasp it first, otherwise you really can't say what kind of loss it will cause.

The three of them fought and walked, and although the speed was not fast, they pushed forward steadily. A quarter of an hour later, they finally broke through the area where Xiao Qiao and Yan Ning were forced to turn back last time, and the big and small evil beasts around them suddenly disappeared, and the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

"Alliance leader, why did you agree to our action? I'm really curious! Brother Zhou Yu insisted on coming because of the thieves' attachment to wealth and treasures; I was anxious to explore the mine because you promised me before, as long as you could find the secret of the mine, you would let me kiss it once, Tao wanted to die, so I worked for you, but why did you cling to the secret in the mine? I heard that you had already decided to close the mine. ”

After a short break, Yan Ning asked Xiao Qiao this question, which was a question she had carefully captured, and she raised it when the three of them had just joined forces to fight hard and the friendship was at its best.

Xiao Qiao glanced at Gong Jin, and then said these heavy burdens that had been pressing on his heart for a long time, and asked Yan Ning and Gong Jin, when everyone left the valley to raise troops, who would be the most powerful enemy they would encounter?

"Eltino's regular army? They are nothing! Our side is strong, there are many outstanding talents, and the morale is high, everyone is willing to serve you to the death, and it will take some time to put down the Altino army, but it is only a matter of time. ”

"I know this, too, so the enemy who will really stand in our way is not the army of Eltinor, but the White Hart Cave. ”

"White Deer Cave?"

Gong Jin and Yan Ning quickly glanced at each other, never expecting that this girl had actually listed the White Deer Cave as a target.

"Whether it is Al Tino or the former Great Stone Kingdom, they were all appointed by the White Deer Cave as orthodox to establish a dynasty on this land, if the White Deer Cave does not recognize their right to rule and denounce them as rebellious ministers and thieves, their royal power will not be stable at all. Today's Al Tino is the orthodox dynasty hand-picked by the White Deer Cave, and if we insist on subverting the Al Tinor, we will definitely face off with the White Deer Cave in the end. ”

"Oh, but there are many such examples in the past, as long as you follow the example of the ancestors of the Cao family four hundred years ago, when you break through the existing regime, show loyalty to the White Deer Cave, and protect their rights and interests, you don't have to fight them to the death!"

"I ...... We don't plan to build a dynasty, and the White Deer Cave will definitely not give us this path. Because there is dirty blood in our team, which cannot be tolerated in the White Deer Cave, my people and I are the most hated aliens in the White Deer Cave, and those Confucians who pay attention to the righteousness of the nation will not allow the Guiyi Clan to establish a ruling regime. ”

Xiao Qiao said, his originally plain and depressed expression suddenly appeared a trace of anger, and his voice also raised a few degrees.

Why does the fate of a country depend not on the ideological direction of the people, but on whether or not it is permissible to be ......granted by the White Deer Cave? The White Deer Cave is just a sect, a part of this social organization, not the master of society!"

Even if he is dissatisfied with Altino's national politics and is determined to rebel, there are still many people in the current rebel army who worship Bailu Cave and Lu You as gods, and Xiao Qiao's words will definitely cause an uproar within the rebels.

Yan Ning admired Xiao Qiao's idea in her heart, and finally understood why Su Laotang was desperate to move the assassination order, those old men who were so rotten that they were about to enter the crematorium had a good vision in this matter, this girl would be a big man who could threaten the White Deer Cave!

"No, because the White Deer Cave has a shade tree that is big enough, unless you can defeat the Moon Sage Lu You, the White Deer Cave's position on the Wind Continent will always be deeply rooted and unshakable. ”

Directly pointing out the source of Xiao Qiao's problem, Gong Jin originally wanted to point out that her ideas were meaningless, since it was impossible to achieve, it was useless to think about those things, but when he said this, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he finally understood Xiao Qiao's intentions.

“...... So, when you find that there is a force in this mine, which is enough to compete with Lu You, you regard this as a source of hope, right? As long as you master the power in the mine, you don't need to take the White Deer Cave in your eyes in the future. ”

Gong Jin's questioning was undoubtedly Xiao Qiao's plan, she didn't say much, just nodded quickly, wanting to continue walking.

"Wait a minute, is that all there is to it? I think the Alliance Leader seems to be telling us less. ”

Yan Ning's words made Gong Jin stop immediately. It's a little strange to say, but Yan Ning seems to have some kind of special sixth sense, and can always see if people have not finished speaking, or are telling false lies, when Yan Ning said that someone did not tell the truth, Gong Jin absolutely believed that Xiao Qiao had something to hide.

However, Gong Jin can also be sure that Xiao Qiao will definitely say it, because in this group, Xiao Qiao can be said to have no cronies and no close friends, even though everyone likes her, but in a short period of time, she can't cultivate a deep enough friendship, except for herself and Yan Ning, who are deliberately close to her, she can't find anyone else who can be trusted, can share pressure, and can speak.

Especially at this kind of time when everyone is born and dies together and should be frank with each other, Xiao Qiao has no reason to continue to hide his words in his heart.

"I ...... Got a rumor ...... before"

Under such circumstances, Little Joe began to speak, telling him all the plans he had planned. From her words, Yan Ning and Gong Jin learned about the Medici family...... To be correct, Kublai Khan has long coveted the legend of the three artifacts, and has been sending people to secretly collect relevant information, and even personally went out to seize the two major artifacts in Xiao Qiao's hands.

But in those legends, there is a third type of three artifacts, the "Freedom Ring" that disappeared in the records for more than two hundred years, and the relevant record of the last holder, that is, the leader of the Guiyi came to Huaguo Mountain, for an ancient legend of the Guiyi tribe, came here to find a cave with a secret treasure, and never returned.

Kublai Khan sent many spies to the Huaguo Mountains in succession, but in the end, they either returned with nothing or never returned, just like the leader of the ghosts. This made Kublai Khan pay attention to it, and he came back empty-handed, which was not a problem, but it was strange to never return.

Originally, Kublai Khan planned to come to find it in person, but the Pengfenpo Conference was about to be held, so he had to give up the plan to hunt for treasures and go to the conference first, and after announcing that he would never interfere in the rebellion of the ghosts, Kublai Khan gave up the collection of the three major artifacts, and did not ask, but Xiao Qiao hoped to collect the three major artifacts and obtain enough power to resist the White Deer Cave, so he chose the hiding place here, hoping to use this winter to find clues about the third artifact.

Kublai Khan would completely give up the information he had painstakingly collected, Gong Jin didn't believe it at all, he thought that what Xiao Qiao said was just smoke for tricks, because if Kublai Khan really gave up and did not participate in and interfere with the actions of the rebel army, where would the grain come from? It was definitely not something that could be bought in a short period of time by casually finding some merchants to purchase, not to mention that he had to hide the monitoring network of the White Deer Cave and quietly send the grain, except for the Medici family, who else could do it?

"So, Alliance Leader, you are willing to take the risk to come here just to find the Freedom Ring? The reason why we chose to camp here is also for this? Hmm...... It feels a little better, at least we know what we're looking for, and we're not at a loss. ”

Yan Ning shrugged, knowing more about the current situation, being able to take the opportunity to obtain this information must be a great gift for Gong Jin, God knows how much energy this guy has spent on investigating the East and West recently, if he doesn't help him, he may be so tired that he hangs up.

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