"There's a mirage ahead." Fei Lian Pavilion Qing Li Zifei said: "There is a group of Xiong Country scouts outside the valley, and they dare not go deeper. ”

Zhao Ziliang climbed high on the sword, looked at the changing churning clouds in the distance, and sighed: "The accumulated qi is like Dai, encouraging and boasting, and it is all over again, could it be that there is really a mirage hidden in the valley?" ”

"Brother Zhao is really good at laughing." On the side, Wang Jiuzhang of Chongxuanguan pointed to the northwest: "Now Huaxu has a bear fighting in full swing, not long ago, my family's first fight with the Four Immortals beat the thousand-year-old blessed land of Cuiyan Mountain to the ground. The mountain spirits and water monsters from all walks of life noticed the change in qi, and they were afraid that they would not even have time to escape, who would wander around? ”

Shen Shangjun of the Mingxia Pavilion asked: "Through the Mirage Valley, you can cross the three passes of Ginkgo Biloba Ridge and reach the heart of my Huaxu, but why didn't the Xiong Kingdom take this road before?" ”

Zhao Ziliang raised his chin slightly: "The Mirage Valley used to be a great place, and it is said that every time day and night alternate here, the mirage is woven into a large illusion, and mortals will be lost in it if they venture into it." Even many immortal cultivators who are looking for the true world have been trapped here, and they have not been heard from since. ”

Wang Jiuzhang pinched his fingers and said: "I don't know if it's because Kunlun Continent is too prosperous, resulting in resentment and drought for many years." Daze in the Mirage Valley turned out to be dry, although it was still muddy, but it was enough for the army to pass. ”

"The number of days is beyond our reach." Zhao Ziliang smiled confidently: "But personnel can be done, as long as the army of the Xiong Kingdom walks into the Mirage Valley, the first seat of the Chongxuan Pavilion will be able to travel clouds and rain, let the army fall into the valley, and let us slaughter!" ”

Qing Lizi shook his head and said, "I'm afraid this matter will not be easy to do." Although Brother Zhao, you volunteered to ask the hussar general for hundreds of elite horsemen, but the country of Xiong is not full of mediocre talents, and they will definitely not rush into it when they perceive that the valley is full of mirage. ”

"Therefore, the ethereal mirage of the Mirage Valley is the best location." Zhao Ziliang raised his sword and pointed out: "If you can transform the mirage into a camp army, what do you think of the Xiong Clan?" ”

Wang Jiuzhang's face was overjoyed, and he stroked his palms and said, "That's right! There is a bear country that can attack Huaxu from the Mirage Valley, and vice versa! If they find an enemy hiding in the valley, they will surely bring in a large number of soldiers, one to destroy the enemy, and the other to take the way. ”

"So we have to take the initiative to attack, so that the country of bears mistakenly thinks that there are a large number of soldiers and horses hidden in the Mirage Valley." Zhao Ziliang said: "This is the reason why I asked for this Feijie elite horse. ”

Shen Shangjun asked with a smile: "Then who does Brother Zhao plan to let drive the mirage and transform the camp?" ”

Zhao Ziliang laughed: "Such a wonderful method, except for our Shen Da Fairy, who can do it?" ”

"Hippie smiley!" Shen Shangjun's cheeks flushed slightly, and he rolled his eyes.

"I don't know who to send to lure the enemy?" Qing Lizi asked.

Zhao Ziliang hugged the sword into his arms: "This kind of thing, who else can I be?" ”

Everyone looked at each other and asked, "Is this too dangerous?" ”

Zhao Ziliang laughed loudly and was open-minded: "Since I called you to take risks, how can I be left behind?" I should be the first to do this, you don't need to dissuade you! Come, I have prepared a good wine before leaving, drink it tonight, and go to the battlefield with you tomorrow! ”

Seeing everyone raise their glasses, the heroic singing in the distance marched for them, and the objects in front of him were gradually eroded by the darkness, Zhao Xiao woke up from his trance.

"Father!" Zhao Xiao instinctively raised his hand and shouted: "Don't go!" The Mirage Valley is a place of death, come back quickly! Grandfather and mother are waiting for you! ”

However, no matter how Zhao Xiao shouted and chased, the scenery that belonged to the past quickly passed away, and was swallowed up by darkness in an instant.

Zhao Xiao was in the dark, the old scene turned into a little light and drifted into the distance, and he ran after the light in a daze.

After a long time, he saw the light turn into a tree, standing in the darkness, radiating a faint light. With the fallen leaves, Zhao Xiao saw the spirit flute leaning against the tree and sleeping, and the green silk was scattered.

"Lingxiao? How did you end up here? As soon as Zhao Xiao asked, he immediately felt strange: "What kind of place is this?" ”

"Jade Emperor Palace." Lingxiao was sleepy-eyed and sat up slowly.

Zhao Xiao was slightly stunned: "The deepest part of the Nine Palaces in the brain?" ”

"Yes." Ling Xiao said: "With your cultivation realm, you can't enter this palace originally. But when a person is detained between life and death, when the soul will not leave, he will go directly to the Jade Emperor's palace and see his life here. ”

Hearing this, Zhao Xiao was silent for a long time, unable to see the joy and sorrow: "I...... Am I going to die? ”

"This is your lifetree." Lingxiao pointed to the big tree that shone faintly in the darkness: "Mortals have a tree of life, and if their life is in danger, the leaves will wither, and when their life is over, they will wither." ”

Zhao Xiao looked at the weak life tree, smiled bitterly a few times, and then sighed heavily: "I'm sorry." ”

"Why apologize?" Ling Xiao lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, never looking directly at Zhao Xiao.

"I repeatedly disobeyed your admonition and insisted on going my own way, and finally ended up in this fate." Zhao Xiao was very remorseful: "I couldn't finish what you confessed." I couldn't save the soldiers and civilians I wanted to protect. I, I ......"

Ling Xiao sighed lightly: "Your cultivation has improved too fast in the past two years, which is not necessarily a good thing. You are already a good character, and as soon as you cultivate to a high level of mana, you feel that you should make a difference, and you refuse to think about retreating. ”

"Really?" Zhao Xiao felt deeply depressed: "Obviously, I encountered a dangerous and powerful enemy before, and I was thinking about how to escape. Now he doesn't escape, but he ends up dying himself. ”

Ling Xiao said indifferently: "If you break through life and death, you are destined to face death. The number of calamities does not disappear because of your change of mood. ”

Zhao Xiao curled up: "Just let me face these things alone, why would I implicate others?" ”

"The country is ominous, it is for the king of the world." Ling Xiao said: "Since you are in a high position, you naturally have to bear the blessings and misfortunes of life and death of everyone. ”

"But I can't afford it......" Zhao Xiao clasped his head with ten fingers of both hands, and cried loudly: "How can this be! How so! I did my best! Why do you kill everyone?! ”

"It was an accident." Ling Xiao looked at Zhao Xiao, who was crying incessantly, and his expression was as cold and silent as before: "If it was originally planned, it should be Liang Tao who should deal with this evil god named Yu Candle." But for some reason, it still came out of the corner cave and appeared in Pujia Pass. ”

"It wasn't an accident." Zhao Xiao paused word by word, and then let out a crazy laugh: "That's because of me!" It's all because I'm smart! I'm the one who killed everyone! ”

Seeing him like this, Ling Xiao had already deduced it thoroughly in a flash: "While the practice runs through the leylines of the earth for thousands of miles, and while instigating the qi of heaven and earth, it inadvertently destroys the already fragile seal of the Horn Cave, so that the dark candle can pass through the leyline, so as to avoid Liang Tao's sharp edge and appear directly in Pujia Pass." ”

"It's more than that." Zhao Xiao shook his head frantically: "I only understand now that I am afraid that the previous practice of ascending the altar may have destroyed the discipline and law left by the Praise Official, and the last trace of power to suppress the Southern Earth Demon God was exhausted." So even if they are reversed by the stars, they are even more rampant than in the past! ”

Ling Xiao lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, then said, "This is Liang Tao's calculation. ”

"That's right!" Zhao Xiao gritted his teeth and said: "He taught me the "Nine Heavens Purple Wen Dan Chapter", lent the Nine Heavens Cloud Platform, and added the talisman seals he cast in various places, all of which were to completely overthrow the remaining discipline and law.

I seem to be using the Nine Heavens Cloud Platform as an enchantment, but I forgot that the magic weapon of the Immortal Family has its own magic degree! When I first practiced the Fa, the mandala I erected was not a wellside altar, but a nine-day cloud platform! Our law is incorporated into the discipline and law, but it gives Liang Tao the opportunity to use the local symbols to deduce the creation and make another law! ”

"Awesome." Ling Xiao sneered: "When you were successful in cultivating the Nine Heavens Purple Wen Dan Chapter, I said that you were the descendant of Qingya True Monarch, and I never thought of saying a word.

Zhang Duanjing's "Five Tibetan Chapters" is obviously in line with the foundation method of the five directions and five qi of the praise official, but it is not as good as the "Nine Heavens Purple Wendan Chapter" and is more in line with the true meaning of the Xuanmen Immortal Dao.

Originally, I thought that after you cultivated the Nine Heavens Purple Wen Dan Chapter, your foundation might be able to transfer to the Xuanmen Immortal Dao, and with the guidance of Lu Wangji, over time, you might be able to gradually grind away your stubborn and rigid heart. ”

Zhao Xiao suddenly looked up at Ling Xiao, lowered his head in shame in a blink of an eye, and said with a wry smile: "Even if you figure it out afterwards, what? Liang Guoshi may have killed the big snake at this moment. People have real immortal mana, and my rituals seem to be profound, but they are still played around. What's more, the Tianxia Dynasty has long since perished, and I, as a descendant of the praise official, can't afford to raise any big waves! ”

"You put away this mind first." Lingxiao reminded, "Sometimes you just covet too much. Cultivating immortals has few selfish desires, not only to reduce the desire for lust, but also to attempt to achieve all kinds of deeds.

In the past two years, your cultivation has been improving rapidly, but your mind has not kept up, but your secular power has also been rising, which has caused you to have many greed that does not match your own strength. I know that you want to help the poor and benefit the common people, but you are far from reaching the realm of cultivation or the pattern of your mind. ”

"I know I'm wrong." Zhao Xiao knelt in front of the spirit flute, kowtowed, and said, "Please give the immortal advice." ”

"Now, you have to wake up first." Ling Xiao flicked his fingers lightly, and Zhao Xiao felt that he was being catapulted to the sky, and he couldn't distinguish between up and down, left and right.

After a moment of whirlwind, Zhao Xiao felt that his body was suddenly heavy, and he immediately understood that his soul was in harmony and he had regained control of his body.

"Are you awake?"

Before Zhao Xiao opened his eyes, he heard Zhang Duanjing's voice coming from the side.

"Teacher?" Zhao Xiao was lying on the bed, with more than a dozen golden needles inserted in various points on his chest, and there were five-colored silk threads at the ends, which were condensed by true qi and connected to Zhang Duanjing's five fingers.

Zhang Duanjing's fingertips were raised, and the golden needles were pulled out in order, and before Zhao Xiao could get up and speak, he raised his hand and pressed it weakly, and said: "The fierce qi in your body is entangled in the meridians, and I have cleaned it up for you." This kind of side door technique is harmful to others and oneself, and it is not allowed to be used again in the future. ”

"Yes." Zhao Xiao had to answer in a low voice, and then hurriedly asked, "How is the situation in the city?" The serpent and the people ......."

Zhang Duanjing said: "The matter has passed, I specially used medicine to make you sleep for half a month." ”

"Half a month?" Zhao Xiao was taken aback.

Zhang Duanjing's expression remained unchanged: "The big snake has been ambushed, the dead have been collected, the injured have been properly placed, and the damaged houses in the city are being cleaned and repaired every day, so you don't have to worry." ”

Having said that, Zhao Xiao still couldn't help but ask, "How many casualties?" ”

"One thousand four hundred and twenty-one soldiers in the city were killed, three thousand one hundred and seventy civilians were killed, and nearly 10,000 were wounded." Zhang Duanjing reported a string of cold numbers.

Zhao Xiao closed his eyes in despair, and tears couldn't stop pouring out. He still remembered that He Dangguan and Lieutenant Zhang and other personal soldiers, in the face of the ghost candle snake, they had no power to resist, and they were instantly shattered, and their heads were built into a scene of Jingguan, and when he closed his eyes, he involuntarily came to mind.

"Lu Wangji was seriously injured and is currently recuperating in another hospital, while Jing Shi was picked up by someone sent by Chongxuan Pavilion." Zhang Duanjing continued: "Zheng Siyuan was lucky to only break a few bones, and he was already able to walk on the ground at this moment. ”

Zhao Xiao endured his grief and asked, "How is the situation on the front line?" ”

"General Wei has won a great victory on the front line, and a few days ago he has captured the town of Wuluo in the Jiuli Kingdom." Zhang Duanjing said: "During the days when you were recuperating from your injuries, I handled military affairs on my behalf, and the military supplies were constantly running. General Wei also sent a letter to inquire about the situation, and I replied that everything was settled, and the hidden danger of the Horn Cave had been completely resolved. ”

Zhao Xiao wiped away his tears, he trusted the teacher more than anyone else, and the teacher would definitely handle all his official duties in Pujiaguan more thoroughly and safely than himself.

"Who killed the serpent candle?" Zhao Xiao asked, "Is it Liang Guoshi?" ”

Zhang Duanjing was silent for a moment before he said, "It's the faceless swordsman in Xingluo County who is holding a divine sword. ”

The expression on Zhao Xiao's face froze, he was fighting to the end with the big snake and the candle, and forcibly attracted the fierce qi into his body, and his mind was not very clear. Later, he was pulled away by the big snake and was unconscious, only vaguely remembering that he seemed to have been swallowed by the big snake, and he didn't know anything about the rest of it.

"Then, that swordsman can actually kill the big snake?" Zhao Xiao's mind was in a hurry, and he felt unbelievable at first, but after thinking about it carefully, if the Great Snake Candle was really congenitally sacred by the mortal faith, he was afraid that ordinary magic methods would not be able to kill him.

Zhao Huang was in a hurry, thinking that he could fight back and forth with the big snake and the candle by means of attracting evil and forming a true form, but he couldn't leave a scratch on the other party.

But if it is a divine sword that condenses the aura of calamity, it may really be able to defeat the enemy.

Remembering that when he was in Xingluo County, Zhao Xiao also spread the mandala and prayed to eliminate disasters, so as to suppress the edge of the divine sword. Even with full preparation, Liang Tao was still almost injured in the face of Excalibur. It can be seen from this that the divine sword refined by Chiyun Du may have the unparalleled edge of killing immortals and killing gods.

"Why didn't that swordsman kill me?" Zhao Huang was confused at first, after all, his scientific ritual and ritual affairs were not the nemesis of this divine sword, but he quickly figured it out again: "Could it be that this swordsman was sent by Chiyun to rescue Pujia Pass?" ”

The more Zhao Xiao thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense, he and Chiyun had also formed a good fate, and the three elders of Chiyun should not act rashly, and sent this swordsman of unknown origin to restrain the evil god of the world.

It's just that the matter of his dealings with Chiyun is really not suitable for others to know, even the teacher can't say that if the matter is revealed in the future, he will bear all the blame.