After leaving the inn and walking out of the high city, the shriveled wind blew the fallen leaves from above, mixed with a few pieces of snow flying from the castle towers.

Lin Shouxi stood outside the city, took out the map to confirm the path, and then went on the road with Chu Yingchan.

There were no green woods and endless grasses in the wilderness, and they stepped on the filthy, sour earth, and the black forest in front of them was like hard hair growing out of the mud, but the earth was also unbearable to be worn by the cold wind day by day, and these 'black hairs' were desolate and sparse, as if they would sink into the mud at any moment.

In the sky, half-bald vultures flew and circled, their hoarse cries leaking to the ground, as if to exhort those who walked not to move forward.

Inside and outside the city are two completely different eras, one is the era when civilization and magic flourished, and the other is the barbaric period before slash-and-burn farming, the gods of creation are mysterious and unpredictable, fabricating this strange world, Lin Shouxi often feels that Chu Yingchan is more suitable to live in his past world.

"Why are you so absent-minded today? Are you still thinking about that sister named Xiaoyu? Chu Yingchan noticed her different color and asked.

"No, it's not."

Lin Shouxi shook his head, although he was worried about whispering, but what lingered in his heart was more about the green skirt in last night's dream, he believed that the dream was illusory, but after waking up, he always felt that the ghost of this person's god realm seemed to be really hiding in a corner watching him, lingering.

"If you are unwell, it is better to return as soon as possible, Xiao He is cultivating in the Demon Evil Tower, she may still be in retreat if you go early, not a day or two, don't go wrong." Chu Yingchan said with concern.

"Xu is cowardly and restless." Lin Shouxi smiled self-deprecatingly and said.

"Are you cowardly in your hometown......" Chu Yingchan nodded lightly, and asked again: "When you see Xiao He, do you want to say anything to her?" ”

"Hmm...... Not yet. Lin Shouxi shook his head and said, "If you deliberately prepare, won't you lose your sincerity?" ”

"That's right." Chu Yingchan said.

Lin Shouxi thought about her words, pondered for a moment, but said:

"I deceived Xiao He with the 'Heartless Mantra' at that time, Xiao He should be mindful of this, when the time comes, the first thing I say is to ask her, 'Are you still angry with me?'

"......" Chu Yingchan pursed her lips, "Aren't you trying to be sincere." ”

"That's what I really think...... Well, in short, just in case. Lin Shouxi said seriously.

He felt that what Chu Yingchan said was also reasonable, and when the time came, if he was really stupid and couldn't say a word, he would definitely be laughed at by Xiao He for a long time in the future.

"Xiao He should not be angry, he is not angry for a long time, I can see it before I leave the Wu family." Chu Yingchan said.

She always remembered the wind and snow in those months, the white-haired and red-haired girl leaned against the window to watch the snow every day, her eyes were so thick that she couldn't dissolve the sadness, every time there was a footstep behind her, she would turn her head like a wake-up start, Chu Yingchan and Bai Zhu couldn't bear to see her disappointed look, so even if she walked, she was cautious.

"Of course I know that Xiao He is not angry with me anymore, I just think that I will be moved by asking like this."

Lin Shouxi groaned and spoke, he could even think of the picture of Xiao He crying and shaking his head, hugging himself, and his heart was beating hard.

"Okay, you actually used this method to calculate Miss Xiaohe, aren't you afraid that I will sue?" Chu Yingchan also changed her gentle tone, revealing a sense of reproach.

"I believe in Master." Lin Shouxi said.

Chu Yingchan lowered her head and didn't speak, and when Sakura's crimson lips moved again, the words had already changed, "I think this sentence is not bad, but Xiao He may have forgotten the matter of the unintentional curse, you bring up the old matter again at such a critical moment, I am afraid that you will be imprisoned for a lifetime by this matter." ”

"Or are you thoughtful." Lin Shouxi nodded, feeling that it made sense.

"Hmm...... Why don't you say, 'Xiao He, I found you'? Chu Yingchan also made suggestions.

"Find this word is a good word." Lin Shouxi praised and said, "But isn't this too hypocritical?" ”

The two discussed it.

This situation looks like the harmony between master and apprentice, but if Xiao He is present, I am afraid that he can chase them from the east of the city to the west of the city.

Passing through the Black Forest, crossing several rough scaffolding, and climbing up a large black mountain, in front of which was a bottomless rift valley with gray mist all year round, Lin Shouxi found a steep mountain path according to the instructions on the map, and walked along the edge of the mountain.

This black mountain is so steep that it seems to have been split by an axe, and it is difficult for flying eagles to settle down, except for life such as antelope and snow leopard, almost all other creatures have the fate of falling into the abyss.

"These unreasonable mountains and valleys are believed to be the relics left by the battles of the gods in ancient times, and legend has it that there was no distinction between gods and demons at that time, they fought between heaven and earth, and the victor would split the rift valley as a coffin, and the defeated would sleep in the ground, and their bodies would be eaten away by the earth, and gradually decay into ghosts condensed by resentment." Chu Yingchan looked at the rift valley and said.

"Where did the gods come from?" Lin Shouxi couldn't imagine how heaven and earth gave birth to these monsters that were enough to destroy heaven and earth itself.

"I don't know, but there is a real manifestation scroll in the Holy Soil Temple, which some people call the 'Book of Answers', and some call it the 'Page of Truth', which is said to contain the truth of the ages, and that divine scroll is placed in the most prominent position in the Holy Soil Temple, but it has never been stolen over the years." Chu Yingchan said.

"Why?"

"Because it is not said to be reading, even if ordinary immortals just touch it, they will instantly lose all sound reason, and become a living corpse that babbles crazy all day long, and legend has it that there was a great monk of the human god realm who tried to read, and when he reached the second page, he plucked out his pupils, chewed and swallowed it, and then laughed madly until he died of exhaustion."

"Is this book so evil?"

"No, it's not evil, God says that truth is chaos, and if you want to understand chaos, you must first merge with chaos."

"Chaos ......"

Lin Shouxi was also very curious about what was recorded in that divine scroll, which could turn the great monks of the human god realm into crazy walking corpses.

"Is there anyone else in the Holy Soil Hall besides the Emperor and the Seven Pure Goddesses?" Lin Shouxi asked.

"Of course." Chu Yingchan said: "The Holy Land Hall is like a palace, there are all kinds of official positions in it, and these official positions are very demanding, even if it is the guard of a small building, it is at least the Yuan Chi Realm...... Of course, the realm is not the most stringent, the most stringent is the bloodline. ”

"Bloodline?"

"Well, those who can enter the Holy Soil Hall must have the pure blood of the 'Immortal Comer' flowing in their bodies."

"The Immortal ......"

When he was in Chaoyun Pavilion, the old man told Lin Shouxi the story of the immortal and the soil born, the legend is that the first born human beings have the distinction between respect and inferiority, a small number of people are immortals, they call themselves true immortals, and do not want to be with the soil life, for a long time, the soil born are lowly, for the slaves driven by the true immortals.

Thousands of years later, the patriarch's teachings have implemented Liuhe, but the Holy Soil Temple, which is known as the abode of the gods, still implements this rule in an old-fashioned manner.

"Well, the Seven Goddesses, including the others, are all descendants of true immortals, no matter how humble they are, they still have no one in their bones, I ...... I don't like them. Chu Yingchan said.

Lin Shouxi couldn't help but think of the eldest prince and Zhao Ge, who were known as the reincarnation of true immortals, and nodded thoughtfully, "I don't like it either." ”

In fact, although the True Immortals have a superior bloodline that they think they have, they don't have much advantage over the top geniuses of the human race, but they like to chalk it up to the 'stain of the bloodline'.

Walking forward along the narrow mountain road, Chu Yingchan walked in front, although she was strong and light as a swallow, she still walked very carefully.

The wind in the mountains was strong, and the cold wind blew in her face, blowing her long hair flying wildly, covering Lin Shouxi's cheeks for a while, Chu Yingchan was a little embarrassed, untied a red ribbon tied around her wrist, handed it to Lin Shouxi, and asked him to help tie her hair.

Lin Shouxi hesitantly took the hairband, ran his hand around Chu Yingchan's long hair, and grabbed it into a bunch a little indecently.

"How to tie it?" Lin Shouxi asked.

"Hmm...... Just, just tie it tightly. Chu Yingchan said.

Lin Shouxi wanted to tie the bow, but the wind in the mountains was too strong, Lin Shouxi thought about it, and still chose to tie a dead knot, Chu Yingchan didn't care, and thanked her softly.

The tied long hair no longer flies around, but more like a whip, swaying with the wind and falling on the waist and hips of the fairy in white, Lin Shouxi can't help but think of the scene in the underground palace where he crawls forward with Mu Shijing, even if he is used to being calm, he is still a young man, he is inevitably restrained, his pace involuntarily slows down, and he keeps a proper distance from Chu Yingchan.

The obstacles of the mountain road are not only narrow, this mountain stone is like a living thing, countless pitch-black stalagmites from the ground, between the stone walls, blocking the front, if you want to walk, these black stalagmites need to be split.

The black ruler was blunt, and it was inevitable that it would be difficult to chop the stalagmites several people high along the road, so Lin Shouxi handed the Zhan Palace over and lent it to her.

"Your master is really good, he won't even give you a really good sword when he goes out to kill demons." Lin Shouxi shook his head and said.

"The sword is a gentleman's weapon, and I am now wearing a sinful body, and I am not qualified to wear it." Chu Yingchan lowered her neck and said softly.

"You've done a great job." Lin Shouxi said.

Although he has always had some doubts about the Wu family, from the perspective of being a teacher and an apprentice, Lin Shouxi really doesn't think she has anything to blame.

"We're going to the vicinity of the Demon Evil Tower, just to quell a small riot, even if you don't have a sword in your hand, it doesn't matter, the book says, as long as the sword heart is clear, the flying leaves and flowers can be used as a sword." Chu Yingchan said.

"Even if the great god who splits the chaos is born with an artifact, flying leaves and picking flowers are just beautiful illusions." Lin Shouxi said.

"The Great God who splits chaos?" Chu Yingchan showed a look of doubt.

"Hmm...... That's the legend of our hometown. Lin Shouxi said perfunctorily.

Splitting the stalagmites blocking the way, walking all the way up, the gray fog in the rift valley became thinner and thinner, and when you climbed to the heights, the sky and the earth appeared to be wide in view, and flocks of blackbirds flew towards the east, as if to guide the way.

As far as the eye can see, there are countless mountains and rivers and swamps in front of them, and it may be difficult to find a place to rest, but fortunately, Chu Miao thought thoughtfully, and bought them two cloth tents yesterday, these cloth canopies look no bigger than umbrellas, but they can open up a space to accommodate them for the night.

Finally crossing the high gorge, they rested for a while in a lifeless rocky beach.

"Give it back to you, it's a good sword." Chu Yingchan returned the Zhan Palace.

Zhan Gong heard the praise and let out a clear sound. Chu Yingchan was so easily recognized by the Zhan Palace.

Chu Yingchan was also a little surprised after knowing that this was Shizun's sword, she had heard in the past that there was a divine sword called Zhan Gong in the Immortal Tower, which had killed the Demon God of Time and Space, but she had never seen it, and it was only recently that she knew that this sword was given to Mu Shijing.

Chu Yingchan bit her lower lip and lowered her eyelashes, somewhat jealous, but she also understood that Shizun should prefer a lively girl like Mu Shijing to her.

Lin Shouxi took the Zhan Palace, took out a bottle of water from the burden and handed it over, Chu Yingchan took the special porcelain bottle, took a sip, she took out a bottle of jade liquid pill, shook out a pill, and took it herself, and then handed the porcelain bottle to Lin Shouxi, so that he could also recover his true qi, Lin Shouxi took a grain and wanted to return the porcelain bottle, Chu Yingchan wanted to give him this bottle of jade liquid pill to eat on the way, but Lin Shouxi refused to die and insisted on returning it to her.

With the experience of the dungeon, Lin Shouxi didn't dare to put two bottles of jade liquid pills on his body, and Chu Yingchan thought that he was a little sensitive to the pills.

Lin Shouxi carried Zhan Gong behind him again.

At the mention of the sword, Lin Shouxi immediately thought of what Grandpa Zhenshou had confessed, and asked, "Do you know the whereabouts of the Zhu Clan's divine sword?" ”

"The Excalibur of the Zhu Clan?" Chu Yingchan was slightly surprised, "Why do you ask this?" ”

"I've seen murals of the Zhu Divine Sword and the Sword of Ridiculousness on the walls, and I'm a little curious." Lin Shouxi casually made up a reason.

"The history of these two divine swords is said to be older than the history of mankind, and it is an existence that the primeval gods fear, but like many ancient gods, its whereabouts have long been unknown. Don't say it's me, even if it's Shizun, I'm afraid there is no clue. Chu Yingchan said.

"That's ......" Lin Shouxi got the expected answer.

Chu Yingchan looked at this skeletal young man seriously, and always felt that he had a real secret.

"If you really want to find it, I will try my best to help you search for information in the future, I believe that as long as a thing still exists, there will always be clues to follow, even if it is a divine sword." Chu Yingchan looked at him with clear eyes and said.

Lin Shouxi listened to her firm and gentle words, and didn't know what to say for a while.

"You don't have to be that good." He said.

Chu Yingchan was slightly stunned, and also showed a look of confusion, "You are my only apprentice, of course it is a matter of course to be good to you." ”

"Master is too well-behaved." Lin Shouxi said.

"Good?" When Chu Yingchan heard this word, she always felt that she was like a junior, she frowned, feeling a little embarrassed, and couldn't help but let go of her words, "You have relieved the order of serving the gods, see if I am still obedient." ”

"But I haven't used the Servant Order."

Lin Shouxi prides himself on having a gentleman's style, and at the same time, he is also a little afraid that Chu Yingchan will really sue Xiao He at that time, after all, he has always adhered to the purpose of never doing anything to be sorry for Xiao He.

"If you tie a rope to a bad dog, and the dog is bound to a man, he can only shake his head and beg for mercy, and disguise himself as good, and the same is true of man." Chu Yingchan said.

"Why do you think you're a bad dog?" Lin Shouxi was surprised.

"Let's say! I'm just making an analogy. ”

Chu Yingchan was really a little annoyed, she explained seriously, she wanted to prove that she was not as good as he imagined, but she was exploited by his words, annoyed and ashamed, she felt that she needed to maintain the dignity of her teacher, so she picked up the black ruler and knocked on Lin Shouxi's head with a wide face, her voice was terrifying, and when it fell on his head, her hand softened, just touched it gently, compared to Xiao He's ears and Mu Shijing's chestnuts, it was like a spring breeze.

Lin Shouxi gently parted the iron ruler and looked at Chu Yingchan for a while, and Chu Yingchan took the initiative to look away.

After resting for a while, they got up together and continued on their way.

On the way, they occasionally talked, and they also asked about the history of Shenshan, Lin Shouxi's questions were too big, Chu Yingchan couldn't answer well, and she couldn't help feeling guilty in her heart, just thinking that she would read more books and be a qualified teacher after she went back.

As they reached a valley, they stopped at the same time.

A forked road appeared in front of them.

"What's going on, there's only one road on the map, why are there two here?" Lin Shouxi repeatedly checked the map and was confused.

Chu Yingchan didn't know either, she looked at the road in front of her, the two roads were separated by high mountain peaks, the road on the left was desolate and rugged and covered by muddy sand, the road on the right looked much smoother, and there were still melodious calls of birds in the depths.

"Which way?" Chu Yingchan asked.

……

"Is there a problem with his choice? Won't it ruin the plan? ”

After Lin Shouxi and Chu Yingchan walked into the valley, outside the valley, two figures quietly appeared, standing on a mountain rock almost without warning.

The two figures are a white-robed boy and a girl in costumes, the child's face is covered with powder, his face is like white ash, but his lips are red and his teeth are white, his eyes and eyebrows are handsome, the girl is wearing a patchwork of colored robes, and a string of masks of different colors are hung around her waist, she is wearing a very thick makeup, although the makeup cannot hide her beauty, but it also creates a grotesque beauty.

They have been waiting here for a long time, just waiting for Lin Shouxi and Chu Yingchan to arrive.

"There is a choice in the world, and that is to think that you have made a choice."

The girl in costume jumped down from the stone, shook the colorful flag on her back, cleared her throat, and spoke slowly, her steps graceful and her voice muffled.

"Don't worry, you go and report to your employer, the next little girl has been arranged, and there will be no mistakes...... Besides, when have I ever gone wrong over the years? I'm very conscientious. ”

The girl smiled, her head was tilted very cutely, but it was crooked into an angle that humans could not do at all, her smile did not decrease, her lips and the corners of her eyes seemed to be red by this smile, she looked at the valley, and said quietly:

"The well-prepared show is about to start."