In the middle of the night, when the lights were bright, Zhao Huang was carrying the pen, Jiang Ru pushed the door in, and complained: "Can't you have a good rest?" If you are in a hurry during the day and have to write a book at night, even if you cultivate to a high level, it will not be beneficial to your cultivation if you are so exhausted. ”

"I know my situation." Zhao Xiao picked up the pen, gently dried the ink, and examined: "Ding Muqiu asked me before to teach me how to renovate the garden, I thought I wouldn't be able to stay in Lianxiao Mountain for a few days, so I hurriedly wrote this "Four Seasons Ridge Chronicle", and prepared to give it to her before leaving. ”

Along the way, Zhao Huang not only compiled and revised the rituals and regulations, but also copied down many of the secrets he knew. The future is in turmoil, and his future is unpredictable, if an accident occurs and the formula is lost, it is really sorry for the ancestors who passed on the secrets of the method.

Jiang Ru sat on the couch casually, her skin was ruddy, her hair was slightly wet, and she asked with a smile: "Are you using the magic book as a bride price, and you plan to be a good son-in-law of Mingxia Pavilion?" ”

"Do you think I have that in mind?" Zhao Xiao was also amused: "Besides, Ding Muqiu has lofty ambitions, but he may not look down on me." ”

"Pretending." Jiang Ru brushed her hair: "Just now she led us to the hot spring to soak in the hot spring, and she happened to talk about you." I think Ding Muqiu still has a good impression of you, otherwise I wouldn't have invited you to Mingxia Pavilion as a guest. ”

Zhao Xiao shook his head: "You think too much, I don't think Ding Muqiu will be affected by the love of men and women." She looked at me as nothing more than a fellow cultivator. ”

"Not necessarily." Jiang Ru smiled and said, "I found that Ding Muqiu wanted to speak and stopped, so I came to you in the middle of the night." ”

"Listening to what you said, I thought Ding Muqiu was some kind of thief." Zhao Xiao packed up the books.

Jiang Ru saw the sorrow lingering between his eyebrows, and couldn't help asking, "Are you still thinking about what Ding Shouzuo said?" ”

Now there are very few people who can open Zhao Huang's heart, Jiang Ru is one of them, he nodded and said: "I killed Wang Zhongding and Chu Mengchun, Zheng Tunan's death is also related to me, three of the four surnames of Chongxuan, it can be said that they share the sky with me." ”

Jiang Ru said: "But you can do this, isn't it because you have the acquiescence of the first seat?" ”

"That's true, but have you ever thought that the situation where I have made many enemies now is not exactly what the National Teacher is happy to see?" Zhao Xiao sighed: "Chu Mengchun's cultivation is advancing by leaps and bounds, and he can even operate the mountain protection array of Lingtai Ruins, it is not all his own ability. ”

Jiang Ru was slightly surprised: "Could it be that the first seat is deliberately arranged?" ”

"It's hard to say." Zhao Xiao held his forehead a little tiredly: "The National Teacher may just use Chu Mengchun to confirm the key to cultivation, and this move just happened to make Chu Mengchun and the Yi'an Chu clan think that they were gaining momentum, and secretly planned to set up another portal. ”

Jiang Ru sneered and said: "There is no first seat, and the four surnames of Chongxuan are just a bunch of rabble. ”

"The rabble has passed this too." Zhao Xiao said: "The cultivation of the national teacher has reached its peak, and he borrowed my hand to rectify the Chongxuan Pavilion and the four families of Weifu, so as to be supreme. As long as the National Teacher is still there, the Chongxuan Pavilion will be unshakable, but if the National Teacher is not there one day, the four surnames will inevitably have differences and disputes. Not to mention anything else, just the hussar general who rejected Hongguan, except for the national teacher, who can control Huaxu State? ”

Jiang Ru understood: "So the first retreat is not out, is it to lead the other three families to take the initiative to stir up trouble?" ”

"At the moment, there are actually only two Wang Chu." Zhao Xiao rubbed his eyebrows: "But the national teacher doesn't want to kill them all, and in the future, to create a Taoist country in the world, it is still necessary for the children of the four surnames to contribute." But in addition, there must also be people who can check and balance, and not let the four surnames become bigger. ”

"And that person is you." Jiang Ru asked tentatively, "Do you want to get rid of the control of the first seat?" ”

"Don't say that again." Zhao Xiao glanced at Jiang Ru deeply.

Jiang Ru knew that she was speechless, so she quickly shut up. Zhao Xiao continued: "It's not that I control it or not, but that I don't have any room for maneuver. If the future plan fails, I'm afraid there is only a dead end. ”

"Shouldn't that be the case?" Jiang Ru said that, she was indeed a little worried in her heart.

"People can not care, but I have to be prepared." Zhao Xiao said: "You are the same, your Jiang family is too close to the National Teacher, if there is really any accident, it will be the most implicated." ”

Jiang Ru thought about it for a while, and in the past, no matter what others said, she categorically did not believe that Liang Tao could fail.

However, by Zhao Xiao's side, Jiang Ru gradually understood that he could not entrust his life and death to others. In the past, the immortal blood Yin, who seemed to be in its prime, has been hit hard in the past few years, and it is no longer the weather of the past, is Liang Tao really a solid backer who will never collapse?

"So what are we going to do?" Jiang Ru asked seriously.

Zhao Xiao shook his head: "I can't find a way out myself, how can I help you?" ”

Jiang Ru's expression was slightly depressed, and Zhao Xiao had no choice but to say: "I have to say, your Jiang family had better not hold on to the wish to follow Liang Tao to ascend to the house." When necessary, mountain monsters are actually a way to avoid disasters. ”

When Jiang Ru heard this, she smiled bitterly and said, "I'm afraid that my people won't be able to accept this way out at all." ”

"No one will give up until a catastrophe comes." Zhao Xiao sighed: "A person is fine, but once the dust is not broken, he will be affected everywhere." ”

Jiang Ru asked, "Could this be the reason why you are alone?" Convenient to give up the dust in the future? ”

"Maybe." Zhao replied ambiguously.

Jiang Ru didn't say anything, left Zhao Xiao's room, and thought about it on her own.

Zhao Xiao sat alone in the house to recuperate, until after the time had passed, Ding Muqiu sneaked through the window and entered the house.

"Ding Daoyou, ......" Before Zhao Xiao finished speaking, Ding Muqiu signaled silence, shook the purple silk on his waist, and isolated the internal and external sounds.

"I've got something to look for you." Even if he was on guard, Ding Muqiu still lowered his voice.

Zhao Xiao was accustomed to Ding Muqiu's hot appearance, and asked, "I don't know what the matter is, let Ding Daoyou be so cautious?" ”

"You promise secrecy first." Ding Muqiu stepped forward, and Zhao Xiao saw that there was a little nervousness in her expression, lest she would not agree.

"Okay." Zhao Xiao had a subtle premonition in his heart, he suspected that Ding Muqiu had another intention in inviting him to the Refining Xiao Mountain Dojo at the beginning, so he nodded and said, "I promise that the next thing will not be announced to outsiders." ”

Ding Muqiu's expression widened slightly, as if he had won great help, he took a deep breath to calm down, and then said, "I suspect that Shizun has been bewitched by demons and evil people. ”

Zhao Xiao was originally fully prepared, but he was still taken aback when he heard this: "Ding Daoyou, is there any evidence for this?" With Ding Shouza's cultivation as the realm, what demon can bewitch her? ”

Ding Feiyan is the first seat of the Mingxia Pavilion, although the cultivation realm is not as good as Liang Tao's and other living immortal families, and he is by no means a superficial and mediocre person. Zhao Xiao didn't dare to conclude whether Ding Feiyan had the realm of contaminating a fetal immortal, but it was definitely above him.

The head of a pavilion was bewitched by demons and evil spirits, what kind of evil demon and evil master must be? Zhao Xiao didn't dare to think about it.

Ding Muqiu said: "Yes! There are always a few days a month when she has to go to the thatched cottage in Shanyin to retreat, and I was going to ask Shizun about it, so I went to the thatched cottage in Shanyin and found that there were men nearby! ”

"Man?" Zhao Xiao was puzzled.

"Not bad!" Ding Muqiu said: "You still don't know, Shanyin Thatched Cottage is the place where the previous heads of the Mingxia Sect were cultivated, and there are many mazes arranged around it, and outsiders can't get close to it at all. But when I went to the cottage, I found that there were men who easily entered the hall and were not hindered at all! ”

Zhao Xiao frowned and said, "So you think that Ding Shouzuo was bewitched by demons and demons, and handed over the means of entering and exiting the maze to that man?" ”

"Exactly!" Ding Muqiu became anxious: "Shizun never pretends to be a color for men, and Shizun behaved as usual in the past, I think about it, I can only be bewitched by demons and evils!" ”

"Ding Daoyou, don't be in a hurry to make such a judgment." Zhao Xiao reassured: "If you have any suspicions, you should ask Ding Shouzuo, it is very inappropriate to inform me of an outsider about this matter." If you really can't do it, you can also discuss it with other fellow students. ”

"I don't trust anyone else!" Ding Muqiu's eyes flashed.

Zhao Xiao saw her like this, so he asked, "Ding Daoyou, didn't he notice something abnormal?" ”

"I, when I've been cultivating lately, I've always vaguely sensed that someone is snooping." Ding Muqiu hugged his arm: "If I expected to be correct, then the demon demon may not be able to go back to the area of Lianxiao Mountain!" ”

Zhao Xiao was silent for a moment, and then asked, "Daoist friend, can you let me probe the pulse?" ”

Ding Muqiu nodded slightly, took off his wrist guard, and revealed an arm as white as snow. Zhao Xiao raised his hand and pressed it lightly, feeling a little surprised after a moment: "Daoyou Xuanzhu is about to ascend into the mud pill?" ”

"Huh? Oh, probably. Ding Muqiu withdrew his hand, a little absent-minded.

Zhao Xiao was in a difficult situation, because Ding Muqiu's situation, no matter how you look at it, it looks like an illusion caused by Xuanzhu's ascension. At this time, it is easiest to be cranky, Zhao Xiao has experienced it himself, where can he not understand?

"Fellow Daoists came tonight, could it be that Ding Shouzao has already gone to Shanyin Thatched Cottage for retreat?" Zhao Xiao asked.

Ding Muqiu replied: "That's right, I want you to go to the Shanyin Thatched Cottage with me secretly to expose the traces of the demon!" ”

Zhao Huang was skeptical of the demon and evil, a demon who could bewitch Ding Feiyan, if it really existed, he would have been able to stir up Hua Xu Guo into a miasma, it is impossible that this demon is a kind of love and made a special trip to have a tryst with Ding Shouzao, right?

"Okay." Zhao Huang faced Ding Muqiu's expectant gaze, so he had to agree, and then said: "But since Daoist friends are looking for me for help, if you really encounter unexpected dangers at that time, please listen to my orders, run away when you should, don't take risks." ”

"Okay! Listen to you! Ding Muqiu replied bluntly: "Let's go now!" ”

Zhao Xiao took the magic weapon charm, and together with Ding Muqiu, he left the Lianxiao Mountain Dojo at night, galloped north against the wind, and approached the Shanyin Thatched Cottage in a short time.

With the help of Yingxuan's illumination technique, Zhao Xiao found that a mountain col was shrouded in mist, with qi and machine circling and intertwining, and the light and color were hazy and intricate, and he could not see the scene in the mist.

This kind of maze, if you don't know how to enter and exit the portal and break it, once you break in, you will immediately be noticed by the people in the array, and usually only by mastering the formation talismans can you enter and exit without hindrance.

With Zhao Xiao's current ability, if he wants to solve this maze, he will have to spend at least several days observing and deducing, and the premise is that there can be no new changes in this maze, otherwise he will have to start all over again. And even if the formation is broken, it will also alarm the people inside.

Zhao Xiao and Ding Muqiu stayed on the periphery of the maze like this, hiding in the grass, and waited for more than half an hour, but no one else came.

Just as Zhao Xiao was thinking about how to guide Ding Muqiu to break through the barrier, he suddenly sensed that there was a dark light in the northeast that crossed the mountains and went straight into the maze.

"Look!" Ding Muqiu involuntarily exclaimed in a low voice and grabbed Zhao Xiao's arm.

"Don't worry." Zhao Xiao checked the magic weapon spell again, if the person who came was really strong and demonic, he couldn't act rashly.

After entering the maze, the dark light gradually dissolved, although he looked down on his face, but he could faintly see a tall figure, wide robe and big sleeves, quite a bit of fairy wind bones, judging from the pace and posture, it should be a man.

Until the man disappeared into the fog, Ding Muqiu couldn't hold it anymore, and got up angrily and was about to rush out, Zhao Xiao hurriedly held her down: "Don't worry, fellow Daoist!" ”

"How can I not be in a hurry?!" Ding Muqiu was very anxious: "The demon is rampant so far, it's too late if you don't make a move!" ”

Zhao Xiao looked at her eagle eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and then looked at the purple silk on her waist, a few thoughts flashed in her mind, and her heart was dark for a while, so she had to let go and let Ding Muqiu fly away.

"Hurry up!" Ding Muqiu took out a talisman and made a move towards the maze, his body was like an arrow off the string, and he rushed straight inside, Zhao Xiao sighed secretly, and had to follow.

When the simple thatched cottage appeared in front of him, the candle flame in the middle could be faintly seen, reflecting the silhouette of the two people leaning on each other.

Ding Muqiu was furious, and with a wave of Chang Aya, like Zixia opening, rolling thunder roared down, directly leveling the grass hall by nearly half, Ding Feiyan happened to look at a man hand in hand, and wanted to get close.

"Demon rats, let me go!" Seeing this, Ding Muqiu raised the purple silk and threw it heavily towards the man.

But the other party didn't look back, just raised his hand slightly, and easily held the purple silk full of true qi mana.

This kind of ability to grab magic weapons empty-handed, looking at the world, I am afraid that few people can do it, the man just gently tugged, Ding Muqiu's whole person was dragged to the ground, and he couldn't help but stumble a few steps.

"You-" Ding Muqiu was furious, and as soon as he looked up, he saw a handsome man with eagle eyebrows and falcons standing in front of him, and when he saw this person, he didn't know why he felt familiar.

"Xiao Qiu'er has grown up, I'm afraid she won't remember me." The handsome man raised his hand and patted Ding Muqiu's head.

Ding Muqiu was so frightened that she took a few steps back, and she saw Ding Feiya standing aside, her face full of shame, and she bowed her head and said nothing.

"Y-Who are you?! Who are you? Ding Muqiu saw the man slowly approaching, and there was a huge panic in his heart, his voice trembled, his legs and feet weakened, and he fell to the ground.

"Me? I'm your ......"

Before the handsome man finished speaking, a spell was attached to the heavenly spirit above Ding Muqiu's head, and she suddenly felt extremely tired and fell asleep directly.

And behind Ding Muqiu, there was Zhao Huang with a gloomy face, he looked at the handsome man with eagle-eyed eyes, and said, "Master Guoshi, I haven't seen you for a long time. ”