The northern barren grassland, filled with fog.

It has just been hit by a white plague that has not been seen in decades, and the heavy snow has covered almost everything, and it is white everywhere you look.

Deep in the snowfield, there is a vast area of water, which, together with the rivers flowing in and out, nourishes and nourishes countless creatures in the surrounding area.

For the nearby tribes of the Northern Wilderness, this water area is the basis for their survival, so it has been cherished and even worshiped since ancient times, and gradually it has been called the holy lake.

In the middle of Mizusawa stands a small island that covers a small area, but it is like a strange mountain peak.

Among the many rumors popular in the Northern Wilderness, it is possible to directly communicate with the divine will of the Great Brahma Shengtian when you reach the peak of the Holy Island, completely wash away all sins, take off all shackles, and enjoy true peace and ease.

However, except for the royal bloodline who lived in the Golden Horde, the leaders and nobles of the various tribes, and the gurus and priests who could communicate with the spiritual will of the Great Brahma, the other untouchables had filthy souls and low bloodlines, and the Holy Island was a forbidden place where they did not dare to take a single step.

In the afternoon, the wind and snow stopped.

A slender woman walked to a low peak on the edge of the holy island.

She looked far away, staring at the surface of the water covered in ice and snow, and her long skirt fluttered leisurely in the cold wind, outlining a beautiful picture of movement and stillness.

Quietly, an old man in a black robe with a sad face appeared behind her.

The woman didn't look back, but just said, "The Holy Master hasn't left the customs yet, and the Dragon Saint senior may have come a little unlucky, so you need to wait here for a while." ”

After a moment of silence, she asked again, "Senior Dragon Saint, has his injuries healed?" ”

The black-robed old man shook his head, "Thank you Princess Huangyan for your concern, the old man is just able to control the deterioration of the wound, and he is still a long way from healing." ”

"Oh?" She frowned a little puzzled, "With the high level of the Dragon Saint senior, can't you even control the injury?" ”

The old man sighed lowly, his voice extremely weak, "The old man didn't expect that the spiritual intent of the Great Brahma Heaven would be so terrifying.

No, no, maybe it wasn't the spiritual will of the Great Brahma, but the malicious intent of the dark abyss suppressed by Brahma, but it was disguised as a spiritual will, and it was constantly eroding the spiritual will of the old man. ”

The woman slowly turned her body, and the white mist gradually rose, covering her inside, and she couldn't see the true face inside.

"According to the meaning of the Dragon Saint's predecessors, are you sure that when you comprehended the spiritual intent of the Great Brahma Shengtian, you were corroded by the evil thoughts of the Dark Abyss?"

The Dragon Saint shook his head slowly, "I just had this guess, but I wasn't sure, so I came here again to find the Holy Master and listen to her opinion." ”

Speaking of this, he fell silent for a long time before he said slowly, "In addition, this injury also let me know that I have experienced more than a hundred years of time, especially after the accumulation of dark injuries from repeated confrontations and battles.

Even if I am a Grandmaster Realm of Heaven and Man, my spiritual body has already been riddled with holes, and only by breaking through the predicament and going one step further can I truly be reborn and reborn. ”

Huang Yan lowered his eyes and stared at a small patch of snow below, "The Holy Master also said before that there will be death when there is life, and only by going to the old can we welcome the new, so that it is in line with the way of the transformation of life and death between heaven and earth.

Therefore, even if a martial artist achieves a grandmaster, although the life level is different from that of other mortals, if he wants to peek into the mystery of life and death, and then take care of his immortality, he still goes against the sky, and there is almost never a precedent for success. ”

Long Sheng's face was calm, his gaze penetrated the gazebo, and looked towards the increasingly gloomy sky outside, "It's a pity that the old man's talent and qualifications are not excellent, and this time he was counterattacked by Brahma's spiritual intent, so he didn't take a step forward, and completely pushed open the door of the cathode and yang."

If you can reach the Great Grandmaster Realm, you can sweep away the haze when you think about it, even if you still can't get rid of the shackles of the cycle of life and death, at least you can get rid of the current twilight and slow down the trend of accelerating towards the threshold of life and death. ”

Far away, dark clouds swept over again, and soon there was ice and snow, filling the heavens and the earth again.

At this moment, a soft female voice suddenly sounded quietly.

Although it came from nowhere, it slowly flowed in the ears of the two of them.

"It turned out that the master of the Dragon Saint Department was here, and I hope I will forgive me."

The Dragon Saint straightened his clothes and bowed slightly, "The Holy Master is polite, the old man came here this time, it was about the last time, and I want to ask the Holy Master to help me recover from my injuries as soon as possible." ”

"I'm in the blood pool, and the dragon master will come directly."

The soft female voice faded away, and disappeared without a trace at the moment when the wind and snow fell on the island.

Soon after, the Dragon Saint came to the main peak in the center of the island and entered a secret passage that continued to extend downward.

An icy wind came from below, mixed with a dull, shrill cry.

With a calm expression, he walked straight down the chaotic stone steps.

until they came to a rusty metal gate.

Long Sheng took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, feeling the chill gushing out of it, and stepped into it.

It was filled with the smell of decay and decay, as if he had opened not an ordinary iron door, but a dark barrier to death.

A little further on, a pool of water came into view.

Under the dim lighting, the water of the pond is dark red and almost black, exuding a fishy sweet smell that is so rich that it can hardly be dissolved.

In the middle of the pool was a square stone platform, on which a figure sat and slowly opened its eyes.

The closer he got to the pool, the more the Dragon Saint felt that his mind was clear and his thoughts were clear, compared to the pain he had to endure all the time outside.

"The Dragon Saint has seen the Holy Master."

The Dragon Saint stopped at the edge of the pool and bowed again, "Standing next to the Holy Master, it feels like I have come to the Great Brahma Heaven, surrounded by all kinds of spiritual senses, and even the trauma of the spiritual will has improved. ”

A faint sigh came from the pool, "I have been thinking about the situation faced by the Dragon Master for a while, but now there are two solutions, it depends on how the Dragon Lord wants to choose." ”

The Dragon Saint bowed, "Holy Master, please speak, listen to me." ”

After a pause, she continued, "The first way, the dragon lord needs to abandon the mundane things outside, calm his mind on the island, and refine his mind.

In this way, after three or two years, you can reduce the problems you are facing to a small extent and control them within an acceptable range. ”

The Dragon Saint was silent for a moment, and slowly shook his head, "Three years is too long, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait, and listening to the Holy Master's meaning, this method seems to be only alleviating, rather than fundamentally solving the problem." ”

"Then there's only the second way."

She slowly raised her head, revealing a very strange face.

The left is a man, and the right is a woman, as if they had found two completely different men and women, took half of their faces from each of them, and stitched them together in one place.

Under the mixed cheeks, the neck is covered with dense blisters, like countless sparkling one-eyed.

In addition, there were countless transparent filaments that protruded from under the white robe that covered the entire body, and all of them submerged into the depths of the dark red pool.

If you look closely, it looks like a straw as thin as a hair, and with every breath she takes, it will turn bright red, absorbing and absorbing a large amount of water from the blood pool and injecting it into her body.

The filaments surged, supporting her to get up a little and stand up from the stone platform.

The white robe slowly changed, revealing some of the arms that had been tightly covered before, but not a single piece of skin could be seen, only fresh flesh and blood that was dripping with blood and terrifying.

Silently, the silk twisted and surged, like a large mass of dense hair, crossing half of the pool of blood and coming to the front of the Dragon Saint.

At this moment, she spoke again, "The second method is to let me implant the spirit silk in the main body of the dragon department, so that it can intercept and share the malice that has an impact on the spiritual will, and by the way, it can also help you repair the dark wounds in your body and slow down the speed of physical decay and weakness." ”

"Of course, there are hidden dangers in this method, that is, if the spirit silk backs up in the future, the dragon master will be horrific again, and even the extreme pain of not being able to survive or die."

"Spirit Silk Retaliation?"

The Dragon Saint pondered silently, and then glanced at the figure not far away that even felt hideous and terrifying, "The current situation of the Holy Master, is it the result of the spirit silk backlash?" ”

"Yes, if it weren't for that, I wouldn't have come to the Northern Wilderness to suppress my own problems with the help of the Great Brahma Heavenly Spiritual Will, and at the same time find a way to make me enjoy purity and freedom."

When she said this, a smile appeared on the woman's face on the right, but the left half of her face was still cold, "This is the price that may be paid for implanting the spirit silk, and the dragon master can think carefully about what choice he should make." ”

The Dragon Saint frowned and said, "I have also seen the strong army created by the Holy Master with the method of spirit silk before, and even the old man's clan has as many as three hundred people, but I haven't found any of them to have a spirit silk backlash. ”

"The time for them to implant the spirit silk is still short, and they need to wait a few days to see it, and it can't be generalized between people."

She smiled and said, "For example, if the Dragon Sect Master can cultivate all the way to the Grandmaster Realm, and even almost almost open the door of the Yin Pole Yang Sheng, who of them have reached the level of the Sect Master?" ”

The dragon saint inhaled deeply and exhaled slowly, without saying a word for a long time.

She was not in a hurry, she sat down on the stone platform in the pool again, looked at her nose, nose and mouth, and mouth and heart, and soon entered the meditation of forgetting things and me.

The two figures stood and sat one by one, separated by the dark red pool water, each in silent thought.

It wasn't until after the tea time had passed that Long Sheng secretly sighed, "I've thought about it, so I'll go according to the second method of the Holy Master."

After all, with my current situation, my physical state is getting worse and worse, and if I don't encounter other opportunities in the future, I'm afraid that I won't be able to live for even three years, how dare I be ambitious and think too much? ”

"Is the Dragon Master confirmed?"

"I have made up my mind, and I will not change it, nor will I regret it."

"Okay, please also ask the dragon master to calm down, let go of a little defense, and wait for the silk to take root in the body."

At this point, her tone suddenly softened, "It won't take too long, it will take less than an hour at most." ”

"Don't worry about the dragon master, with me personally protecting the Dharma and the tonic of the blood pool, there will definitely be no mistakes in the whole process."

Little by little, time passed.

Finally, all the tricks quietly receded.

Revealing the shrouded body underneath.

Long Sheng opened his eyes at this moment, feeling the spirit that suddenly became agile and clear, as well as the vitality that gradually appeared from the depths of his body, and couldn't help but smile with joy on his face.

He took a step back and bowed deeply, "Thank you, Holy Master, for your help." ”

"The dragon lord doesn't need to be polite."

She said slowly, "After this incident, the dragon master can leave with confidence, as long as he is not seriously injured in the future, the silk will not easily rebel against the chaos, which needs to be kept in mind." ”

The Dragon Saint nodded, and was about to turn to leave, but was stopped by a voice behind him.

"The Golden Dragon Hundred-Man Team under the command of the Dragon Master was wiped out just now, and even the Young Master of Longyin, who was given the Spirit Silk by me, also disappeared at the same time, and his body and soul died."

"Yin'er is dead!?"

The Dragon Saint's body moved slightly, "Does the Holy Master know who was so ruthless and dared to kill the children of our clan." ”

"I don't know who it is, but I can get a rough idea of where and when the battle took place."

Her voice was calm and unwavering, "And that person seems to have devoured a large amount of my spiritual silk, and if the dragon lord is nearby, he should be able to sense the existence of the other party." ”

"I see, thank you Holy Master for telling me about this."

The Dragon Saint retracted his expression and strode away.

She was the only one left in the pool of blood, reaching out to touch the left half of the man's cheek, and her fingertips even pierced deeply into it, flowing wisps of blood.

"Now that I have the blessing of the Great Brahma Heavenly Spiritual Will, and there are more and more Northern Wilderness warriors who have entered my realm and become a help against you, then let's take a look at who will become the final winner as time goes by."

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Wei Tao braved the wind and snow and walked quickly.

Instead of continuing north, he began to return south.

Since encountering the hundred-man team with the Golden Dragon Banner hanging high, he has been searching for grass along the river for nearly two days, but he has not gained anything else.

It can be seen that the Northern Wilderness is too vast and sparsely populated, and the various tribes are also chasing grass along the river and living in no fixed place, and it is not easy to explore and find information in it, and it is very likely that a lot of energy has been wasted, but it has ended up with a bamboo basket and a blank result.

It is better to return to the mountain for the time being, inform the Taoist master of the information he has, and then make further plans.

Before you know it, it's getting late.

At this moment, a deserted village appeared at the end of Wei Tao's sight.

He immediately picked up his speed and quickly approached the past.

During this time, it was either a high-intensity rush or a battle, even Wei Tao felt tired, and now it is really gratifying to find a place to live that can shelter from the wind and rain.

The village seems to have been abandoned for a long time, and most of the houses have collapsed, leaving only a few stone houses, still standing stubbornly in the howling cold wind.

Wei Tao casually found a room to enter, and with the help of the last light before the night fell, he cleared out a flat clearing.

Then a bonfire was lit, and a few pheasants that had just been caught outside the village were plucked and cleaned, and grilled on them.

Unwrap the package, take out the dry food and spices captured from the cavalry of the Northern Wilderness, throw them into a small pot and mix them with snow water and heat them together.

Then open the last two bags of spirits and wait until the soup pot is boiling and the chicken is roasted, and the rich aroma suddenly fills the entire stone house.

Barbecue with wine, then drink hot porridge, and listen to the wind and snow howling outside the house, there is also a different kind of wonderful feeling.

Suddenly, the sound of chaotic footsteps came from far and near.

Wei Tao frowned slightly, closed the wine bag and fastened it tightly, and came to the courtyard in a flash.

In the second step, he had already crossed the half-collapsed courtyard wall and came to the road outside.

The cold wind mixed with snowflakes blew on his body, which also made Wei Tao, who was feverish, let out a sigh of satisfaction.

A figure stepped into the deserted village at this time, and then froze there.

She narrowed her eyes, her gaze cold and murderous, "Who are you?" ”

Wei Tao quietly looked at the woman in the Northern Wilderness a few steps away, with a gentle smile on his face, "I'm wearing this red robe, naturally I'm a master of the Esoteric Sect, who are you?" ”

"Esoteric Guru?"

"Such a young Esoteric Master has not even shaved his hair, are you lying to the ghost?"

The woman sneered silently, stepped forward without warning, and burst into action.

Rumble!

A blazing palm wind whistled.

Stirring up the large cloud of snowflakes, and at the same time distorting the middle-aged woman's not-so-good-looking face.

Oh?

She was even more impatient and urgent than him, and she actually took the first step and did it directly?

What's more, looking at her moves, it seems to be a little inexplicably familiar.

Wei Tao's eyes were deep, as if he was in a secluded pool, staring at her movements with some distraction.

At the moment when he was stunned, the woman of the Northern Wilderness did not pause in the slightest, and quickly stepped forward and slapped it down.

Her blow, whether it is her pace or the angle of her shot, did not go straight to the middle line, but constantly changed her position, and at the same time rolled a large area of wind and snow, making it difficult to accurately judge her landing point.

And with each change of direction, her speed seems to increase by one point, and her palm momentum is also stronger by one point, and the trick of accumulating momentum is almost perfect.

"This monk of the Northern Wilderness, he is still stunned!"

At the moment of the riot, the woman of the Northern Wilderness stared at Wei Tao's eyes, and obviously found that he was absent-minded.

"I dare to be stunned in the face of my full strength, I really don't know if he is self-sustaining strength, or he is simply scared and doesn't know how to deal with it......"

The woman of the Northern Wilderness slapped her palm, and such a strange thought suddenly rose in her heart.

"I remembered why I felt this inexplicably familiar."

"The Pilgrimage Division and the Martial Inspector Division, whether it is Liu Qingyuan's subordinates or Lu Zhihe's subordinates, there are people who can use this type of killing move."

"Although it is from the hands of this woman in the Northern Wilderness, it is much more powerful than those two people, but from the root point of view, there is indeed a continuous connection."

Wei Tao's thoughts were flying in his heart, watching her slap her palm fall, and it was about to fall on his neck.

But he lowered the arm that had been raised halfway down again, and his feet moved slightly at the same time, and he ghostly retreated a step back.

Rumble!

At this moment, the arms of the Northern Wilderness woman swelled, her nails popped out, and she changed from palm to claw.

At the moment when the move was about to be old, he leaned forward without warning.

"It's kind of interesting."

"This trick has such a mysterious follow-up change."

"I don't know if Liu Qingyuan's subordinates only performed the first half in front of me, or if this woman is talented and created her own tricks later."

Wei Tao's eyes flashed, but he still didn't raise his hand to stop him.

Instead, she stepped back slightly to the side, avoiding her chest, and let her claw on her left shoulder.

Katsa made a crisp sound, piercing through the darkness and snow, and spread far and wide through the ruined village.

There was also a suppressed cry of pain from the mouth of the woman who staggered back.

"Your body is quite agile, and the final killing move is also quite mysterious and unpredictable, but unfortunately because the body is too weak, the lethality of the final outbreak is seriously insufficient, and even in the case of my intentional release of water, I also injured myself because of the shock."

Speaking of this, he shook his head slowly, and sighed secretly, "If I didn't use my shoulder to pick up your grasp after changing your move just now, but raised my hand to block the hard block, under the acceleration of the explosion between the lightning and flint, you wouldn't want this arm." ”

The woman of the Northern Wilderness covered her broken wrist, and a layer of cold sweat was fine on her forehead.

She gritted her teeth and said word by word, "Who the hell are you!?" ”

Wei Tao said, "This sentence should be asked by me, after all, you are wearing the clothes of the Northern Wilderness, but you are performing the exercises that are circulating within the Great Zhou Dynasty, and there are many doubts on your body, which has to make people wonder." ”

She screamed miserably, "I won't say it, you can kill me!" ”

The voice was poignant and high-pitched, and it could be heard far away in the dark night.

"The person who really wants to seek death has already silently cut himself off at this time, instead of shouting like you."

Wei Tao's eyes flashed thoughtfully, "So, you're actually alerting your companions that there's danger here." ”

At this moment, a middle-aged man in a leather jacket pierced through the wind and snow and came quickly.

Seeing the two facing each other, the man's eyes fell on the conspicuous blood-colored red robe, and he subconsciously grasped the hilt of the knife on his waist.

The woman bit her lower lip and stared at her companion who was soon approaching, and suddenly slapped her.

Wei Tao originally wanted to speak, but the next moment he automatically closed his mouth and watched the scene in front of him with great interest.

The woman was almost crazy, and even beat and scolded, "Are you a fool, the old lady is such an obvious warning, and you have to run to die!" ”

"Do you think you have the courage to see death as if you were home?"

"The old lady told you that you are a pure stupid pig!"

"No, at least I heard the sound of killing pigs, and the other pigs also knew that they were afraid to run away, and you were so stupid that you weren't even as good as a pig."

The middle-aged man did not dodge or dodge, and received a slap, his cheeks suddenly swollen high, and a wisp of blood spilled from the corner of his lips.

He didn't get angry at all, just smiled and said, "I've already let the others scatter and flee, and as for myself, I'm naturally here to save you." ”

"If you can't beat him, you will die in vain." The woman sighed, her face miserable, and muttered to herself.

The middle-aged man still smiled, "It's better to die with you than for me to run away and live alone." ”

As he spoke, he patted the woman's arm to keep her in the back and looked at the figure that stood silently not far away.

"Although Your Excellency is wearing the red clothes of Esoteric Buddhism, he is not a Esoteric monk, but a warrior who went north from the Great Zhou."

He stared at Wei Tao for a moment, but his expression softened, and he spoke pure Da Zhou official dialect, even with a slight Central Plains accent.

Wei Tao was quite surprised, so he looked at it with the Qi Technique, and found that this person's qi and blood were really surging, at least reaching the level of qi and blood above the sixth turn, and it was even possible to practice the cultivation level.

After a pause, Wei Tao nodded slowly, "You're right, I'm really not a monk of the Esoteric Sect, and this time I went north to collect information about the movements in the Northern Wilderness."

However, I see that the two of you are not from the Northern Wilderness, but secret agents sent by the Great Zhou Imperial Court. ”

The man smiled, "If you count according to my ancestral hometown, then I am indeed not a member of the Northern Wilderness Tribes, but I have been lurking and living in the Northern Wilderness Realm for more than ten years, and many times I am more like a pure Northern Wilderness than the Northern Wilderness people." ”

Speaking of this, he exhaled lightly, "Both of us are Shaoqing of the Zhenbei Division, I sneaked into the Northern Wilderness more than ten years ago to collect intelligence, and she has been responsible for contacting and docking with me. ”

Wei Tao nodded, "In this way, you either have found out enough information, or your identity in the Northern Wilderness has been exposed, so you have to make a decision and return south directly." ”

"Sir's eyes are like torches, and I admire them to the bottom."

The middle-aged man sighed, "I originally wanted to hide for a while and find out the detailed information of the various departments of the Northern Wilderness preparing to go south, but I didn't expect that my traces were exposed during this connection, so I had no choice but to flee in a hurry to avoid pursuit." ”

When Wei Tao heard this, he suddenly asked, "What kind of information did you find out that made them sneak into the Northern Wilderness to pick you up at any cost?" ”

The middle-aged man's face remained unchanged, ready to say something to explain.

was interrupted by Wei Tao's abrupt hand.

"Don't talk just yet, it's better to be quiet."

After finishing speaking, Wei Tao lowered his eyes, and his ears trembled slightly in extremely subtle amplitudes.

Listen to the message brought by the cold wind of the night.

Little by little, time passed.

It wasn't until more than a dozen breaths later that he opened his eyes and sighed secretly, "It seems that the secret you have discovered is not trivial, and it is actually possible for a Northern Wilderness Grandmaster to personally pursue here." ”

"Grandmaster of the Northern Wilderness?"

The middle-aged man's face changed suddenly, "Your Excellency are sure that there is really a Northern Wilderness Grandmaster nearby!?" ”

"I can tell you, of course."

Wei Tao nodded, his tone was still calm, "One more thing, the other party has shot a total of four times in different directions south of this deserted village, and it should have killed four people, I don't know if it was the subordinates you brought." ”

At this moment, a muffled sound of winter came from a distance.

The ground trembled slightly, and a large canopy of snowflakes fell from the trees beside it.

Wei Tao was slightly stunned, "It's five people now." ”

"Shot five times, killed five people!?"

The middle-aged man felt the movement just now, and his face already showed a desperate expression, "It's over, they actually dispatched the Grandmaster so quickly, and we will die if we die, and this information in my hand stained with the blood of my colleagues can no longer be passed back." ”

The woman on the side turned her head to look, and her voice suddenly became gentle, "Brother Yi, we can give the last secret letter to this gentleman, and then lead away the Northern Wilderness Sect Master in the opposite direction, so that it is possible to let the gentleman get out of danger and then pass the information back to the Zhenbei Division." ”

Wei Tao was slightly surprised, "Why don't you beg me and let me go and lure the Sect Master away, and then you can find a way to escape?"

After all, compared to the two of you, I am stronger, and I should run faster. ”

The woman sighed, "In this case, the three of us are afraid that none of us will survive, but it is better to die the two of us, so that it is possible for the strongest Your Excellency to escape with his life." ”

"What's your two names?"

Wei Tao said with emotion, "Being able to cultivate such subordinates, the Zhenbei Division is a bit impressive. ”

"In Xia Huo Chen, the concubine is depressed, and she will definitely delay as much time as possible so that Mr. can ......"

They didn't finish their words.

Wei Tao slowly turned around and looked towards the wilderness outside the village.

"Maybe there's a third option."

He took a deep breath of the cold air and exhaled slowly, "As long as we kill that Northern Wilderness Grandmaster and solve the person who created the problem, then all problems will no longer exist." ”

Huo Yan and the others were dumbfounded, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

However, in the next moment, a hoarse voice accompanied by the night wind filled their hearts with surprise and doubts, as well as a deep confusion that was difficult to solve.

"The old man traveled day and night, following a ray of induction brought by the spiritual silk given by the holy master, and finally found you."

Quietly, the figure of the Dragon Saint appeared from the darkness and slowly approached, "Oh? You even subdued two Northern Wilderness tribesmen as subordinates, then send all of you to the Yellow Spring of the Underworld to avenge Yin'er and more than 100 children of our clan. ”

Wei Tao narrowed his eyes, and his gaze reflected the old figure in a black robe.

His expression also became serious at this moment, "You are the strongest Northern Wilderness Grandmaster I have ever seen, so in order to show respect for you, I will use the strongest strength to beat you to death and send you to the Great Brahma Heaven to meet your clansmen." ”