By the time he arrived at Ping'an Village, it had become a pile of ruins.

Xia Shiqing watched silently, her face was neither happy nor sad, and her eyes couldn't help but light up when she saw Ling Ning.

"You're here."

"Shiqing, don't come unharmed? Are your injuries getting better? By the way, and Xin'er, I almost forgot about her, did you find her? ”

Xia Shiqing nodded lightly and said, "We found her, the injuries on her body are not serious, but they ...... But mentally she has been 'defiled', and we have sent her to Xianchen Xiangzhu Mansion, and we believe that she will definitely recover. ”

"That's good, what about you? Are your injuries all right? ”

"Well, I'm fine."

Ling Ning saw that her face was as usual, and he was relieved, he looked at the ruined Ping'an Village, and said, "What happened here?" Who did it? ”

Xia Shiqing shook her head and said, "I don't know. I also came here to take a look after listening to Lingxi, but I didn't expect it to be true. Lingxi has already sent someone to investigate, but there is no living mouth, and even the corpses have been burned to ashes, leaving no clues. But...... A flame of this quality should have been made by a monk. ”

"Monk? Who would have a grudge against a whole village? ”

"I don't know, when I got the news, I immediately escorted him out of the Mortal Dust Continent safely. I haven't told her anything about this yet, I'm afraid she won't leave. ”

Ling Ning nodded in agreement, it was obvious that everything here was inextricably linked to peace, no matter who did it, that person's purpose was probably peace.

"Spirit...... How did she know about the situation? ”

"She has merchants in Lingbao Pavilion all over the world, of course, the news is the most well-informed, but unfortunately there is no way to find out who the murderer is. By the way, I sent a message to Mei'er, but she never replied, why, isn't she with you? ”

Ling Ning sighed and said, "I can't contact her either, she left a message saying that there was some problem in the family and she wanted to leave first, I asked her what happened, but she never replied." ”

Xia Shiqing said: "Maybe there is something tricky in the family." You...... Why don't you go to the Immortal Dust Continent to find her? Why are you still staying here? ”

"Me?" Ling Ning smiled bitterly, he couldn't say that he had become the Xuanyuan Sword Master so he couldn't leave for a while, so he could only prevaricate: "I made a break with the Sword Ling Sect, other than that, my precious apprentice seems to have been taken away, and I have been looking for her traces." ”

Xia Shiqing was surprised: "You? You actually accepted a disciple? ”

"Yes! What, not bad, right? He put away his smug face and said with some shame: "Although she called me Master, I didn't teach her for a few days, and I lost my apprentice...... I'm the master...... It's really a deception of the world, a deception of the world! ”

"Why, don't you have any clues?"

"Yes, yes, but I don't understand what that means. In the last message she left me, she mentioned Daiyu Immortal Mountain, saying that someone was going to take her there, but how could I find this vast sea? ”

Xia Shiqing groaned slightly, she looked at Ling Ning and stopped.

Hope ignited in Ling Ning's heart and said, "What? Do you have a way? ”

Xia Shiqing hesitated for a moment and said, "Maybe there is a place that can help you figure out where Daiyu is, but I don't really want you to go to that place." ”

"Shiqing, you know me, if there is a glimmer of opportunity, I can't do nothing."

Looking at his determined eyes, Xia Shiqing had no choice but to sigh: "The place I said is on the sea, before that, let's get a boat first." I would like to warn you that there are countless Hanhai Demon Beasts lurking in the vast seas outside the territory, so it is best for you to have a very strong ship. ”

Ling Ning smiled bitterly: "Maybe I can ask Shui Yuetian if there is such a ship, but I don't think they will help me because of my personal affairs......"

Xia Shiqing showed a look that I knew, and thought for a while: "There is a ship in Xiangzhu Mansion that will dock in the next two days, I may be able to lend it to you." ”

Ling Ning was overjoyed and said, "This is great! But...... But since it's your sect's ship, is it a bit ...... to lend it to me? Is it hard for you to do? ”

Xia Shiqing shook her head, turned to the side and said, "It's just a small boat, don't worry." ”

In the early morning, a thick fog rose from the sea, a huge shadow slowly approached, as the shadow got closer and closer, suddenly "buzzed", a huge steam erupted around the shadow, this strong air flow swept away the surrounding fog! A behemoth appeared in front of him, this ship was more than 100 meters long and more than 10 meters wide, and three huge sails that could not be seen at a glance stood tall like huge pillars that reached the sky.

The design of the whole ship is mainly dark green, which is not too flashy, but gives people a sense of oppression like a deep-sea monster.

"That's what you call a 'boat'?" Faced with this behemoth, Ling Ning felt that it was impossible to lend it to him.

"It's just an ordinary boat, and there are bigger ones in the sect...... Ready to get on board. ”

Suddenly, two verdant branches "grew" on the deck, and these two branches changed and intertwined until they became a long ladder. The two stepped on the long ladder one after the other, and the long ladder emitted a burst of green light and slowly retracted, and the two of them climbed onto the deck like this.

"Senior sister, it's really more and more dazzling after not seeing you for a long time." The first one shook the feather fan, and the handsome young man greeted him with a smile that was enough to fascinate the woman, followed by two men and two women, who looked good in clothes and appearance, and should be children of the family.

Xia Shiqing's face did not fluctuate in the slightest, and still maintained a cold demeanor, just nodded politely.

The few people present obviously knew her temperament, and they didn't show a surprised look, the two teenagers looked Xia Shiqing up and down, obviously impressed by her beauty, and the two girls couldn't help but look secretly, and it was difficult to hide their envy.

"Huh? This brother is ......," one of the purple-robed young men asked.

"In the next ......" Ling Ning didn't speak, but Xia Shiqing preemptively said: "This is my friend, Shuiyue Tian Ling Ning." ”

"It turned out to be the water moon day...... My Xiangzhu Mansion has always been good friends with Shui Yuetian, and I want to be close to Brother Ling. The handsome boy brother who was the leader said and put on Ling Ning's hand.

Ling Ning secretly wondered what was wrong with this person, why did he move his hands and feet as soon as he came up? He couldn't excuse himself when he first arrived, so he took advantage of the situation to stretch out his hand, but when he saw that the rest of the people had a faint mocking look on their faces, he felt slightly wrong in his heart.

At the moment when the two of them were about to clasp their hands together, Xia Shiqing slapped the boy's brother's hand away with a "snap", and Ling Ning's eyes saw that the palm of the boy's hand flashed with a trace of light, it was actually an inch-long mang's needle! I don't know what material this needle is, and I don't know if it's fed poison, if I just hold it defenselessly, I can't say it's ugly on the spot.

"Zhao Yifan, I said it, his 'good' friend, you are disgraced to our Xiangzhu Mansion like this!"

Seeing Xia Shiqing's face showing a rare anger, the rest of the people stepped forward to say peace one after another, but the boy still smiled lightly: "Senior sister misunderstood me, I have heard that the Water Moon Heavenly Exercise is unique, it is a unique immortal world, and today An Nai can't help but want to try it...... Hey, under Zhao Yifan, he has a little research on hidden weapons, brother Tai is not strange, hahahaha! ”

The so-called "reach out and don't hit the smiling person", Ling Ning had no choice but to show a wry smile and said: "It turns out that Brother Tai has some research on hidden weapons, since Brother Tai is so honest, then I should pay more attention to it in the future." ”

Zhao Yifan laughed and said: "My secret weapon is only for gentlemen, not villains, if Brother Tai is to protect me, it will be too inadequate for 'gentlemen'." ”

Ling Ning secretly thought to myself, if I were a villain, you would have died long ago, lying on the ground like a dog. He smiled and said, "How can a gentleman make a secret weapon?" Ah, it turns out that we are people all the way! ”

Zhao Yifan laughed and said, "Not bad! Not bad! We are all gentlemen! ”

Everyone laughed when they saw this, but Xia Shiqing shook her head and said, "Don't play tricks anymore, let's start as soon as possible while it's still early." ”

Zhao Yifan put away his smile, bent down and saluted: "Obey!" He said to the purple-robed young man, "Yuchen, set sail." ”

The purple-robed young man bowed his hand slightly and turned around.

Zhao Yifan said: "I forgot to introduce, junior sister, you have been absent from the sect for a long time, I have to introduce these new junior brothers and sisters to you...... It was ...... who had just left."

"Xiao Ning, it's windy here, let's go in." Xia Shiqing said that, and walked towards the cabin by herself.

Ling Ning showed an "sorry" expression towards Zhao Yifan, who didn't have a good face, and followed.

Zhao Yifan was stunned, then smiled and said, "Senior sister, junior sister, you are still the same, wait for me!" ”

The ship "buzzed" again, like the roar of a giant beast. After a while, the thick fog was rushed out, and the orange-red sunlight shone on Xia Shiqing's cheeks through the porthole made of crystal, which was extremely moving, and Ling Ning couldn't help but feel a little stupid.

Xia Shiqing seemed to be aware, she turned her head to look at him, I don't know if it was Ling Ning's illusion, he seemed to see a gentle smile on her face, like ice and snow melting. But it was only a momentary thing, and in the blink of an eye, the touching smile disappeared, and he even regretted a little why he blinked.

"Look! It's a dolphin! The little junior sister wearing a pink coat and a little freckles on her face pointed in a direction in surprise.

Flocks of dolphins leap out of the sea and are dyed golden in the air, and white splashes are flying around like swords off the string.

"Senior Sister Qin'er is still so childish, but she is just a dolphin and hasn't seen enough?" Another blue-robed teenager quipped.

"There are some things that you can never get enough of......" Ling Ning looked at Xia Shiqing's pretty face, and said softly with feelings.

Xia Shiqing subconsciously turned her head away and didn't dare to look at him again.

Zhao Yifan was angry in his heart, he didn't understand why Xia Shiqing, who had always been cold and treated all men in the world as nothing, would favor a stinky boy who had not dried up. She had never looked so shy as she did today. He was so angry that he stomped his feet and said loudly: "Senior Brother Yuchen, drive the boat faster!" When will you be able to reach the Immortal Dust Continent like this? ”

"Yes, I'll go ...... it"

Suddenly, there was a loud "boom", and a behemoth suddenly rushed out of the sea, opened its bloody mouth and swallowed a group of dolphins in one gulp! A single mouth is two or three times as wide as the ship they are on!

"Bang!" The huge body of the giant beast slammed heavily into the sea, causing an uproar that caused the shipowner to stagger, and almost capsized! Then the sea water fell on the hull like a torrential rain, making a "crackling" sound.

Ling Ning was horrified in his heart, secretly wondering if this bite was on the boat, wouldn't they want to be buried in the belly of the fish for no apparent reason?

Zhao Yifan pointed at Ling Ning, who was surprised, and laughed: "I didn't expect Brother Ling to be so timid, could it be that you are a landlubber and impassable?" ”

Ling Ning was indeed unfamiliar with water, and smiled awkwardly when he heard this.

Xia Shiqing said unhappily: "I remember Yifan, didn't you hold on to the railing and vomit for several days when you first went to sea?" ”

Zhao Yifan hurriedly said: "At that time, I was just sick to my stomach......"

Xia Shiqing waved her hand and interrupted: "Okay, you go out, I want to talk to Brother Ling alone." By the way, we won't go back to Xiangzhu Mansion, you tell the helmsman to drive in the direction pointed by the compass. ”

Zhao Yifan's face was pale, and he subconsciously took the compass. The junior brothers and sisters on the side were indignant when they saw that their senior brother was so "humble" in front of this woman. Among them, the little junior sister who was dressed in pink and had some freckles on her face said loudly: "Why is this woman of yours so disrespectful to Senior Brother? Don't you understand what it means to be inferior and inferior? ”

Seeing this, the junior brother also echoed and said, "Not bad! We've put up with you for a long time! You should apologize to Big Brother! ”

The other tall little junior sister frowned, wanting to say something but held back.

Zhao Yifan hurriedly said, "What are you doing here?" It's so rude! Shiqing has been absent from the sect for a long time, and she is naturally unfamiliar with the rules of the sect, how can you juniors be responsible for the senior sister? Hey, Shiqing, don't be weird......"

Xia Shiqing said coldly: "He is your senior brother, not mine." Before I get angry, take them out. ”

Several people wanted to argue, but they were stopped by Zhao Yifan, and he said, "Okay, okay!" Let's all go out! It's time for Shiqing to rest. This Brother Ling, you also ...... with us."

"I still have something to tell Brother Ling, so I won't send it." Xia Shiqing said coldly.

Facing the "strong" Xia Shiqing, Zhao Yifan showed his signature smile and pulled his younger brothers and sisters out.

Out of the cabin, the little junior sister with freckles on her face shook off Zhao Yifan's hand and said, "Senior brother! You...... Why did you let that woman do this? It doesn't look like you at all! ”

"But no, senior brother, if you hadn't pulled me just now, I would have beaten that woman a long time ago! Hum! ”

"Alright, alright, you guys...... Senior brother knows that you are facing me, but her identity is not trivial in Xiangzhu Mansion, and you still respect her. Jiang Yuan, you and Wanyun take the compass and go to talk to Yuchen and follow the direction of the compass. ”

"Senior brother! You just listen to that woman? Moreover, we don't know where this is going, so we ...... Let her decide? The little sister with freckles on her face protested loudly.

"Shhh Senior Sister Qin'er, be quiet! Jiang Yuan, you and Wanyun should go first. After the two left, Zhao Yifan approached Qin'er with a smile, his hand unconsciously wrapped his arms around her waist, and whispered in her ear: "Brother knows that Senior Sister Qin'er feels most sorry for me, ah, why don't you come to my room tonight?" We have a few powerful Taoism in Xiangzhu Mansion, let Brother Wei explain it to you in detail......"

"Division...... Brother...... Yes...... Someone will see it...... Yes! Qin'er let out an intoxicating moan, and her hands desperately pressed Zhao Yifan's big hand that couldn't help but explore upward.

"What are you afraid of...... Senior Sister Qin'er's figure is really getting fuller......"

"Division...... Brother, no...... Don't ......"

"Big brother!" A voice interrupted them at the critical moment, and the two hurriedly separated. Compared with Qin'er's panic, Zhao Yifan reluctantly took his hand away, obviously not afraid of being seen at all.

"Oh, it turned out to be Senior Brother Yuchen, what's wrong?"

Yu Chen, who was wearing a purple robe, already knew what was going on when he saw the two of them, and he looked at the blush on Qin'er's face, and he didn't feel good in his heart. He and Qin'er are childhood sweethearts, they are a couple, but they didn't expect that after joining Xiangzhu Mansion, his junior sister would empathize with Zhao Yifan, which made him extremely uncomfortable, but his cultivation family background was not as good as Zhao Yifan, so he could only endure it.

He pressed the unhappiness in his heart and said with a smile: "This compass doesn't seem to be pointing in the right direction, I want to confirm with you whether it is really going in this direction." ”

"Oh?" Zhao Yifan took the compass and examined it carefully, and after a while, he also found something wrong, frowned and said: "It seems that few people have set foot in this sea area, no matter what, let's go as she says first." ”

……

On the other hand, Ling Ning in the cabin smiled bitterly: "Shiqing, thanks to you just now, otherwise I would have made a fool of myself." ”

Xia Shiqing shook her head and said, "Don't mind, your friend, how can I sit back and watch others say bad things about you." ”

"It's just that you are too cold to these fellow disciples of yours? I don't mean anything else, I'm just wondering, could it be that they did something bad? ”

Xia Shiqing looked at Ling Ning squarely and said, "Xiao Ning, we have already left the Mortal Dust Continent, outside the territory, everything depends on strength. Zhao Yifan was respectful to me on the surface, and that was because my strength and status were higher than his. ”

"Although you can't fully understand it, you should have your point......"

"Promise me ......"

"What?"

"Promise me to always be wary of anyone."

Ling Ning's mind immediately surged with the figure of the palace master, as well as the hatred in her eyes. Then he remembered the sunset that had saved him in the infinite darkness, and since that time she has disappeared without a trace.

"Okay, I promise you." Ling Ning nodded.

Xia Shiqing sighed softly and said, "I hope you can really understand this truth, before you lose anything." ”

Ling Ning said silently in his heart, "Maybe I've lost something. ”

Closing his eyes, Xifei's tear-filled eyes shone with crystal light, and it was a gentle mess.

"Shiqing, where are we going?"

"Black Domain."