After listening to Xu Man's words, Shi Xiaohan couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

"I'm a sword practitioner, can I also come to the Sword Pavilion?"

Xu Man looked at her big clean and translucent eyes, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart, this girl is worthy of being the heir chosen by Hu Yun, just like Hu Yun when he was young, stupid.

But she soon changed her mind—

Perhaps, only such a person can continue Hu Yun's "Tao".

"You're just borrowing the land of the Sword Pavilion to cultivate, and you're not a real disciple under the name of the Sword Pavilion," she said, "Who cares if you practice swords or swords?" ”

As she spoke, she summoned her saber and slashed at the shackles on Shi Xiaohan's hand.

Only a clear sound was heard, and the silver light shone through, and the metal shackles engraved with intricate runes instantly cracked into countless fragments.

This sword is too fast.

Before Shi Xiaohan could hug Gu Xu's neck, he fell directly from his body, but fortunately, he was supported by the "Fengxing Talisman" and didn't let her hurt her buttocks.

Then with Gu Xu's support, she struggled to get up from the ground, barely supporting her body with her limp legs, and at the same time reached out to take the old booklet handed by Xu Man.

"Thank you, Pavilion Master Xu-"

"—Uncle Shi." Xu Man corrected.

"Hmm...... Teacher. ”

Shi Xiaohan replied in a weak voice, and his heart began to think crankily.

Xu Man, who wears a strong suit and holds a long sword, can be said to be Shi Xiaohan's ideal appearance. She couldn't help but fantasize that if she really went to the Sword Pavilion to practice in the future, would she become as heroic and powerful as her?

And Gu Xu next to him thought more.

He felt that the contradiction between Hu Yun and the former Sword Pavilion Master should not be as simple as Xu Man described, and there must be hidden secrets in it.

However, as one of the five saints of Great Qi, Xu Man was willing to answer Shi Xiaohan's questions, and even took her to the Sword Pavilion to practice, which was definitely a big opportunity for Shi Xiaohan.

It's just that this girl is always stupid, and the whole person is like a blank sheet of paper - Gu Xu is very worried that after she leaves her, she will be fooled and lame again.

Subsequently, Xu Man came to Hu Yun's side and put his body into the storage magic weapon.

When Hu Yun was young, he loved the peach blossom forest in the Sword Pavilion very much, always practiced there, practiced martial arts there, admired the sunrise and sunset there, and shared one clumsy joke after another with her there.

Although Hu Yun did not personally explain where he was going to bury him, Xu Man believed that he should be able to have a sweet dream when he was buried in that peach forest.

"Today, on the way to the capital, I was entangled by several monks dressed in costumes and wearing masks, and I couldn't get here in time to witness this 'Luoshui Conference', and I couldn't prevent this disaster from happening," After doing all this, Xu Man raised his head, looked at the huge gap in the wall of Luojing City, and thought silently in his heart, "But as a cultivator of the Sword Pavilion, I should also do my best to put into action our way of 'punishing the strong and helping the weak, helping the world and the people'."

"By the way, for Senior Brother Hu...... Make atonement for his sins. May Hades forgive him and allow him to be reincarnated smoothly without having to suffer in the flames of hell. ”

At the same time, she also secretly vowed to find the Ghost King of Bishan as soon as possible, slash it to death with a sword, and avenge her senior brother.

At this moment, a fierce beast with wings and the size of an ox suddenly leaped up from the ground and flew into the air.

It resembles a tiger, with hedgehog-like fur and a wild dog-like bark.

The scarlet blood stains on the corners of its mouth and sharp teeth clearly prove that it has just preyed on humans.

"Poor Qi."

Gu Xu immediately recognized this monster.

And Xu Man's movements were even faster than his thoughts.

In an instant, her figure disappeared in place, and then appeared in front of Qiqi.

Gu Xu couldn't see her sword movement clearly.

I only saw the dazzling silver light piercing the sky, and criss-crossing cracks appeared on Qiqi's body, like a piece of porcelain that had been broken, and it was split into countless pieces in an instant.

Then it turned into black ash in the sky, like a black snow, and fell to the ground one after another.

Xu Man's sword is volleyed in the air, and his body is spotless.

After confirming that Qiqi had completely disappeared, she turned into a silver meteor and flew farther away.

Over there, there are snakes like mountains and mountains, monkeys with the face of a cow and legs, a red-eyed pig demon with a pig's head and a dog's body, a giant with long tusks and a spear and shield, and a roe deer owl with tiger teeth and human claws and a voice like a baby...... and many people fleeing from the ghosts.

………….c0m

"Let's go."

When Xu Man's figure completely disappeared from view, Gu Xu spoke.

"Where are you going next?" Zhao Yan asked.

She put away the spear "Yizhangwei", put away the wings of the fire phoenix, and put away the dazzling brilliance like a goddess.

At this moment, her red dress was ragged, her jade skin was stained with blood, and her satin-like black hair was flying in the wind. A ray of sunlight pierced through the dark clouds and fell on her pale face, adding a bit of poignant and beveling beauty to her, like a fairy in Yaochi who fell into the world, and like a mountain and forest fairy who violated the rules of heaven and was punished with a flail.

"Send Xiao Han to a safe place first," Gu Xu replied, "and then try to save some people as much as you can." ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but think of Chen Jisheng's figure in his mind—he was thinking that if Governor Chen was also in the capital at the moment, he would have made such a choice.

"What about you, Miss Zhao?" After a pause, he asked Zhao Yan rhetorically.

"Of course it's running away," the corners of Zhao Yan's mouth turned up slightly, "I'm now the daughter of a traitor and the heir of the Great Yan Kingdom." If you continue to stay in the capital, you may soon be arrested and rewarded for it. ”

Regarding Zhao Yan's sudden joke, Gu Xu didn't know how to respond for a while, so he said "um" and said, "Good luck."

Zhao Yan suddenly laughed out loud.

"Gu Daoyou, has anyone ever told you before that you look a little cute when you're embarrassed?"

Gu Xu looked away and did not answer.

At this time, he felt that Shi Xiaohan grabbed his arm tighter, pinching his muscles a little sore.

"After today's separation, you are Qi Chen, I am a thief, and the next time we meet, it is likely to be on the battlefield," I saw the corner of Zhao Yan's mouth smirk, and continued, "I remember everything you did to me in the 'Heavenly Dragon Secret Realm' clearly. In the future, if I have the chance, I will find a place to go. ”

Gu Xu was still silent.

Uncontrollably appeared in his mind the picture of Zhao Yan's peaks and mountains after he was hit by the "body bondage talisman", and sighed in his heart, this woman is really holding a grudge.

But at the same time, he also noticed that after a fierce battle, Zhao Yan had come out of depression and gradually returned to his previous sharp-toothed appearance.

"Of course, for the sake of your kindness to me," Zhao Yan continued, "If you can't get along in the Great Qi Dynasty in the future, you can come to Youzhou to join me." Although the land in the north is a little more barren than in the Central Plains, it is still no problem to support you alone.

"It just so happens that my mansion still lacks a janitor."

Gu Xu didn't want to be pressed by her in terms of language.

So he also said in a joking tone: "Let a leader of the 'Luoshui Conference' watch the door for you, that is a treatment that the emperor does not have." ”

Zhao Yan stretched out her hand to comb the messy hair on her sideburns: "Maybe in a few years, you will have to call me Her Majesty." ”

Speaking of this, the two laughed out loud.

Then, Zhao Yan turned into a fire phoenix and headed south.

Gu Xu supported Shi Xiaohan, who was weak, and put the "Kunwu Knife" she fell on the ground into the "Xianyun Residence", and then headed north.

On the way, Shi Xiaohan was sudden

His legs went limp, and he fell to the ground.

Gu Xu frowned slightly, and simply hugged her back with one hand, picked up the crook of her leg with the other, and hugged her all horizontally.

Anyway, after pasting the "Wind Talisman", this girl's body is as light as a piece of paper, and it is not difficult to hold it at all.

This intimate posture made Shi Xiaohan feel a little shy, and his white earlobes were slightly red.

But she involuntarily wrapped her arms around his neck to prevent herself from falling.

"Gu Xu." She softly called out his name.

"Huh?"

"What is the relationship between you and that Miss Zhao in a red dress?"

Gu Xu looked down at her sparkling apricot eyes, and sighed in her heart, this stupid girl who was full of only thinking about picking up a knife and cutting ghosts had actually learned to be jealous.

"When we first met, we were rivals, and then we became partners," he replied, "and the words later...... It should be the enemy. ”

Shi Xiaohan blinked his eyes and didn't speak again.

At this moment, a person suddenly burst out of the street next to him and ran straight towards the two of them.

The man was small, pale, dressed in a gray shirt stained with oil, with a blood-stained pig-killing knife in his hand, and his eyes were dark and hollow.

Gu Xu narrowed his eyes slightly, and his expression became a little solemn.

This man he had ever seen.

It was when he was on an investigation mission with Guan Jin, he met a shopkeeper in a small restaurant in Beifeng Caifang, Luojing City.

The figure and appearance of the shopkeeper are exactly the same as Wu Angelica, a former member of the "Shenji Battalion" of Daqi.

At that time, Gu Xu tried to divinate this person with copper coins, but in the process of divination, whether he used the words "human" or "ghost", the copper coins stood firmly on the table like a tumbler, and failed to tell him the exact result.

But now, Gu Xu already knows the answer-

Wu Angelica is the "ghost attendant" of the ghost king of Bishan.

Therefore he is neither a human nor a ghost.

The fact that he was able to hide his power and escape from Gu Xu and Shangguan Jin's perception range in an instant was obviously also because of the close connection between him and the Ghost King of Bishan Mountain.

Today, when the Ghost King of Bishan destroyed the "Heavenly Dragon Array", a large number of ghosts and ghost servants poured into the capital, slaughtering monks and killing civilians.

Angelica sinensis is naturally among them.

For Gu Xu, who had already been promoted to the fourth realm, it was not difficult to defeat Wu Angelica.

But Gu Xu didn't want to kill this predecessor of the previous generation of "Shenji Battalion" as soon as they met.

After all, he had just witnessed Hu Yun, who had regained his self-consciousness on his deathbed, and felt that the "ghost servant" might still have a chance to be saved.

So, he once again cast the spell "salary" he had just mastered, wanting to cut off the connection between Wu Angelica and the ghost king of Bishan.

I saw that between the streets and alleys, the glow of the sun was bright, and the ten thousand rays of light dispelled the haze around them.

But it failed to dispel the indifference and emptiness in Wu Angelica's eyes.

The attempt failed.

Gu Xu sighed.

He understands that like Hu Yun, a "ghost servant" who has an obsession in his heart and can always maintain his self-consciousness is an example after all.

And Wu Angelica's self-consciousness has long been completely erased by the Ghost King of Bishan, leaving no trace at all.

"I'm sorry, senior," Gu Xu said softly, "Let me help you get free." ”

As he spoke, lava-like scorching True Yuan gushed out from his meridians and rushed towards Wu Angelica's location, quickly drowning Wu Angelica's entire person.

In an instant, Wu Angelica's body completely evaporated from the world.

On the bluestone pavement, only the blood-stained pig-killing knife remained, and there was a slightly rusty metal pendant.

As soon as Gu Xu's mind moved, the metal pendant flew up from the ground and suspended in front of his eyes.

The style of the pendant is very similar to that of an ordinary longevity lock.

It's just that the words engraved on it are not "long life" or "peace and happiness", but "wandering angelica".

"Is this where the name Wu Angelica comes from?" Gu Xu guessed silently.

Behind the name, he thought, there must be a lot of stories hidden — not just the story of one person, but the story of a family.

But with the death of Wu Angelica, these stories were buried in the dust.

His family, perhaps an old mother who "went on a close journey", or a wife who "mended clothes at night", could not wait for the return of this wanderer.

Of course, it's not just Angelica Wu.

The same is true of the other monks of the previous generation of the "Divine Machine Battalion".

The world only remembers the names on the stone tablets of the ancestral hall that were worshipped one by one, but they ignore that this name was once a living life, with its own life, family and dreams.

Gu Xu sighed and put the metal pendant into the "Xianyunju".

He planned that if he had the opportunity to meet Wu Angelica's family in the future, he would give them this pendant - this was the only trace left by Wu Angelica in this world.

Then he hugged Shi Xiaohan and walked on a messy street, stepping on broken bricks and dripping blood, and continued to move forward.

I don't know how long he walked, he saw Shi Lei, a thousand households in Laizhou Mansion.

The father-in-law-to-be was taking a few officials to evacuate the panicked people.

At this moment, when Gu Xu walked towards him, Shi Lei frowned, and his eyes were firmly locked on Shi Xiaohan in his arms.

"Lord Shi, Xiao Han's soul is injured, and I need to ask you to take care of her for a while."

Gu Xu put Shi Xiaohan on the stone steps beside Shi Lei, and at the same time concisely described "Hu Yun's identity as a ghost servant" and "The ghost king of Bishan coveted Shi Xiaohan's 'demon god body'".

In addition, he also emphasized that if there is a soul-repairing elixir, he must give it to Shi Xiaohan as soon as possible, which can speed up her recovery.

Shi Lei's brows furrowed even tighter, and an obvious word "Chuan" appeared on his forehead.

After saying this, Gu Xu turned around and left, without a moment's delay.

"What are you going to do?" Shi Lei couldn't help but ask.

"Like you, perform the duties of an official of the Exorcism Division," Gu Xu turned his head and smiled politely, "Kill ghosts and save people." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure disappeared at the end of the street.

Come in a hurry, go in a hurry.

Shi Lei took a deep breath.

On the one hand, he admires this young man's sense of responsibility and thinks that his baby daughter's eye for picking people is really good; On the other hand, he couldn't help but pray silently to Shangtian, hoping that this kid could spare his life and not risk his life, so that Shi Xiaohan would become a widow.

However, not long after Gu Xu walked on his front foot, another person rushed towards Shi Lei.

The person who came was a young eunuch with a young face.

He panted and handed a bright yellow scroll to Shi Lei's hand, and said sharply: "This is an urgent order from the palace. ”

Shi Lei immediately bowed down and took the scroll with both hands, and unfolded it without hesitation.

I saw that it read:

"Gu Xu, the head of the Exorcism Division, colluded with ghosts and monsters with the intention of rebellion, and his sin is unforgivable.

"It is hereby ordered that the officials at all levels of the Exorcism Division, the garrison of the capital, and the guards of the barracks must capture him as soon as possible, whether he lives or dies. If there is any cover-up, it is regarded as the same crime. ”_&