The old forest in the deep mountains without people, late autumn has arrived, and the fallen leaves between the mountains and forests have accumulated a thick layer, and it is brittle to step on.

Several birds were startled and made a "fluttering" sound of flapping their wings.

Someone walked step by step on the dead leaves, and his steps were slow and steady.

Qi Ci carried the dying Huo Rongdong on his back, and suddenly stopped his pace.

"Don't hide, come out."

I don't know who this sentence is addressed to, and the only thing that responds to him is the whirring wind in the woods. Huo Rendong opened his eyelids tiredly, a little inexplicable about this.

Before she could ask, sixteen or seventeen black shadows suddenly jumped out of the surroundings, forming a trend of encirclement and encircling the two of them.

Huo Rongdong's eyes widened, but Qi Ci didn't look surprised at all, he sneered: "I've been following all the way from Qiushui Town, and you guys are really hard." ”

These people were all dressed in black, covered their faces with masks, and at first glance they were about the same height, like ghosts copied from a mold.

One of them spoke, buzzing like a false voice: "We don't want to be enemies of our predecessors, and we will be rewarded with a lot of money for handing over that woman." ”

Qi Ci: "What if not?" ”

The man replied, "Now that the news of her being a red pill is well known, without us, someone else will come." A mortal is just a mortal, and if he refines it, he will refine it, and he is not worthy of his predecessors and everyone as enemies. ”

Huo Rongdong's lips turned white, and she was horrified to find that this group of people in black didn't even make excuses, and they didn't hide their intentions at all.

They were sent to take captives, and in addition to the Han family, there were other families in Qiushui Town who wanted to rely on the Red Pill to improve their cultivation.

She may have escaped from the Han family, but can she escape from this cannibalistic cultivation realm?

Huo Honeysuckle trembled, not knowing what kind of fate would happen to him.

I only heard the white-haired man carrying her on his back say lightly: "It's worth it or not, I have the final say." ”

In the next moment, with the two of them as the center, countless small golden currents emerged from the ground, like spiritual snakes, grabbing the feet of those black-clothed people.

“！” Some people subconsciously wanted to raise their hands to block it, but those currents seemed to be alive, climbing up along their ankles, and the golden electric light instantly spread all over the body.

"Ahhh

The remaining Assassins were clearly frightened by the tragic situation of their companions, and did not dare to act rashly. They looked at Qi Ci who was motionless in the enclosure again, and the man was expressionless and looking at them coldly.

Obviously, there are fewer enemies and more enemies, and there is a drag, but he has no fear at all.

The man in black in the lead squinted his eyes and commanded, "Seal!" ”

As the words fell, all the assassins moved in unison, and they pinched out strange hands, and their extremely similar body shapes changed, as if they had grown from seventeen or eighteen shadows to seventy or eighty in an instant!

At the same time, it suddenly rained in the woods, which had been sunny just now, and the rain and fog obscured the figure of the man in black.

The golden electric light and the pitch-black figure were intertwined, and Huo Rongdong's eyes couldn't keep up after looking at it for a while, and his eyes suddenly hurt.

I don't know how long it took, but a thunderbolt fell from the sky, making a loud "boom".

"How, do you want to try?"

Qi Ci was still as motionless as a mountain, with a smile on his face, and lightning obediently hibernating at his feet.

There were no fewer black-clothed people around, they were still arrayed, but there was a scorched smell in the air.

Huo Honeysuckle looked quietly, and happened to meet the eyes of the leading assassin, he looked deeply at this side, and then mentioned the companion who had fainted, and spoke gloomily.

"In the future, please ask your seniors to do it yourself."

When the words fell, these people seemed to evaporate like smoke, and the whole person disappeared in place, leaving only a wisp of black gas.

After walking out of the forest, Qi Ci eliminated the footsteps and battle traces along the way, and then found the ground to put down the woman on his back.

Huo Rendong sat on a big stone with her head down, and Qi Ci squatted in front of her, pinching her wrist with two fingers to probe the pulse.

Hao's wrist under his palm is slender, fragile and easy to break, although he fed her medicine before leaving, and protected his heart with aura, but the situation is still not optimistic.

The kind of evil method that the Han family uses as a pill is probably already about to be completed, if she hadn't run out desperately by herself, it would be difficult to escape in a few days.

Huo Rongdong looked at the man with a cautious expression in front of him: "Engong, those people just now are ......"

"A professional assassin, he collects money and sells his life, and does everything."

Qi Ci looked at her, "I want to know, it's the old monster in Qiushui Town who has a short time to hear about what the Han family has done, and found an assassin to arrest you, and wants the praying mantis to catch the cicada and the yellow finch behind." ”

Huo Rongdong's face turned pale, and she closed her eyes: "Thank you Engong for saving me three or four times, and the little girl is alone and can't be repaid." If there is an afterlife, he will repay his kindness and virtue. ”

Qi Ci pinched her wrist and lost some spiritual power: "This life is not over, what is the next life." Besides, the cultivator has a long life, you have to make an agreement with me in the next life, I don't know what year and month we can meet. ”

Huo Rongdong's lips moved, although the statement of 'agreeing to live in the afterlife' in his mouth was a little ambiguous, but it seemed to be true.

She is a mortal, and she has a long lifespan, and I am afraid that she will have to be reincarnated several times before she can meet him.

Qi Ci stood up straight, her tall and slender body like a tree growing wantonly, casting a shadow on the hem of her clothes.

With a light smile on his handsome face, his whole person was full of energy: "Don't worry, although the Red Pill Evil Law is tricky, it is not incomprehensible." ”

"These people want your life, and they have to weigh their own pounds."

"If I save your life, I will repay the karma with your Huo family ancestors. I don't have to take a bite of a gracious father, my name is Qi Ci, merciful mercy. ”

So Huo Rendong called: "Qi Gongzi." ”

Qi Ci: ......

He has been called "Uncle Shizu", "Little Uncle Shi", "Zhenjun", and "Senior", but he has never been called "Childe".

This title full of mundane meaning, coupled with Huo Rongdong's delicate voice, made him feel awkward.

Huo Rendong saw that his expression was wrong, and tried again: "Otherwise, Qi Immortal Master, Qi Dao Chief, Qi ...... Outside? ”

Qi Ci frowned, and compromised: "It's better to call it Childe." ”

He was a little curious, evil laws hurt people, but it was quite complicated and time-consuming. These people can go to great lengths for a mortal woman, and she must have something special. Coupled with her previous performance in Dengxianmen, her qualifications may be very extraordinary.

He stretched out his hand: "Show me your jade pendant." ”

Without saying a word, Huo Rendong took off the red rope from his neck and put it in his palm.

Qi Ci played with this half-yellow and half-emerald jade with his big hand, and his eyes showed nostalgia: "This is one of my mother's relics, called Qingxiao Jade, born in the blue sky and born in the blue sky, it is a real innate spiritual object, and I am afraid that there is only one piece in the cultivation world." ”

After saying that, she bent down again and put the red rope back on her neck.

Huo Rongdong was surprised: "Since it is so valuable, it is better for the son to take it back, right?" ”

Qi Ci smiled: "Innate spiritual objects are useless to ordinary people, at most they are auspicious. There is no one in a world who can use its true ability. My mother can't, and neither can I. ”

"It now recognizes you as Lord. Qingxiao jade can be used as a medium to borrow the power of the five elements. You killed Han Lu in Dengxian Gate because you used it to attract the power of the ancient trees around you. Maybe it's because you have a high-level wood spirit root, and you're particularly affinity for wood spirit power. ”

He said this, but the woman in front of him didn't react in any way.

If someone else hears that they have a spiritual root, they will probably jump up with joy.

Huo Rendong looked up at him, his eyes clear: "Gongzi is also a monk, do you also think that immortals are different?" ”

"Today, the Han family will kill me, and tomorrow someone else will refine me, mortal life is like grass mustard, it is really not worth mentioning."

Qi Ci sneered: "The world is ignorant, and immortal cultivators boast of fighting for their lives with the sky, but in fact they are also one of the ants. For 10,000 years, no one has been able to ascend to immortality, and these old immortals have come up with some crooked ways when they reach the end of their lives. ”

"You only know the evil method of the red pill, but you don't know that there are many dirty things in the cultivation realm, a pure yin physique like you, in addition to alchemy, can also be used as a furnace, a medicine jar, and a puppet, and life is better than death after being caught."

Huo Rendong's hands tightened, clutching his cuffs and not speaking.

Qi Ci no longer scared her, and her voice softened: "It's a pity, if you do something that hurts heaven and reason, none of these old monsters can escape the reincarnation of the Great Dao, and there will be evil retribution after all." ”

After that, he saw the woman in front of him with her head down, her face was snow-white, but her eyes were a little red, like a rabbit.

Qi Ci couldn't help lowering his voice: "I know that you are wronged in your heart, cry if you want to, I don't look at you." ”

Huo Rongdong was stunned, the tips of her nails pinched the palms, her eyes were dry, but she couldn't shed tears.

From Xiaocao Village to Qiushui Town, mortals and monks have met so much, but it is the first time that someone has asked her if she is wronged.

Aggrieved?

uprooted from home, almost without bones, betrayed by his ex-fiancé, trampled into mud with a true heart.

What they care about is whether they can increase the value from her, and no one cares if she is wronged.

With Qi Ci, the two of them obviously just met in Pingshui, she never thought that he would be surrounded by assassins for her, and was willing to be the enemy of everyone.

This man, though he has blood on his hands, his heart is clean.

Huo Rongdong's nose was sour, and he subconsciously bit his lip.

The next moment, a large warm hand covered her eyes, and a deep voice sounded overhead.

"Okay, do it and forget about it. I promise you that no one will dare to bully you in the future. ”

Huo Nindong didn't move, she blinked in the dark, letting two lines of hot tears roll down, wetting his palm.

*

Qi Ci traveled down the mountain, and it was nothing for him to go on the road alone as a big man, but now he brought a pretty mortal woman, and she was seriously ill, and it was always impractical to hike. A man is unmarried and a woman is unmarried, and it is impossible for him to carry or hold her all the time.

After thinking about it, Qi Ci summoned the Thunder Punishment Sword from the sword box, made it converge the Thunder Method, and hovered in mid-air.

Huo Rendong looked at this quaint flying sword, without those terrifying electric lights, the whole body of the thunder torture sword was pitch black, the sword body was broad, and there were faint dark purple lines engraved on it, and the silence was solemn and intimidating.

"I don't have a magic weapon to fly, so I can only fly with my sword."

Huo Rendong just wanted to ask what the sword meant, but Qi Ci suddenly grabbed her armpits with both hands, and directly lifted the person to sit on the flying sword.

"Ahh She exclaimed, grasping his arm firmly.

Not long ago, the Thunder Torture Sword that squeaked and screamed and rolled all over the ground was sitting on the ground by someone on the buttocks, and it was quiet and very well-behaved.

Qi Ci stood in front of him and laughed: "Sit tight!" ”

When the words fell, the flying sword had already risen into the air, like an eagle falcon instantly reaching the sky, leaving only a series of screams from the woman.

The monk was tireless, trekking through mountains and rivers, traveling thousands of miles a day, and he only needed a flying sword.

Although Qi Ci was rough, she still remembered to put a wind spell on Huo Rendong to prevent her from being blown down by the wind or dying of hypothermia at high altitude.

After most of the day, the sun was setting in the west, and Qi Ci found a land temple where no one was there to rest, and ordered the Thunder Sword to land.

Huo Rongdong's sideburns were slightly messy, she slowly moved off the sword, and before she could stand firmly, her legs suddenly rolled to the ground with cartilage, but even so she didn't say a word.

Qi Ci held her up: "What's the matter, the symptoms have worsened?" ”

Huo Rongdong shook his head with a white face: "No, it's just that my legs are numb, don't worry, son, it'll be fine in a while." ”

She struggled to stand up on her own strength, and Qi Ci immediately heard a slight "grunt", if it weren't for his keen five senses, I'm afraid he wouldn't have noticed it.

He looked at the red face and slightly chapped lips of the woman in front of him suspiciously, and then remembered something: "I'm sorry, I've been in the valley for many years, and I forgot that you still need to eat." ”

"Why didn't you mention it to me?"

"It's a trivial matter, don't dare to bother the son." Huo Rongdong shook his head, "Compared to life, two hungry meals are nothing." ”

Qi Ci sighed, he rummaged through the storage bag on his body for a long time, and said apologetically: "I don't have Bigu Dan on me, but there are a few kinds of spirit plants, but the medicine should not be eaten indiscriminately." ”

He looked at Shanghuo Honeysuckle with a forbearant and firm look, and scratched his hair.

After thinking about it, Qi Cifei jumped up to the big tree on the side, picked a green fruit casually, and handed it to the woman.

"Eat?"

Huo Rongdong took it and took a bite, spit it out again, and covered his cheeks.

"It's bitter."

“……”

Qi Ci took a deep breath, and for the first time, the master and ancestor who had no one in the eyes of the Tianyan Sect felt distress and embarrassment.

He has been cultivating grain for almost ninety years, and he has long forgotten that mortals need to eat and drink, or they will die!

Letting Huo Honeysuckle eat is a more important thing than lifting the curse of the Red Pill.

He ordered Lei Xingjian to sit in place, and instructed Huo Rendong a few words: "You wait in the temple, I'll go find you something to eat." ”

It is said that this is so, but this land temple is remote, surrounded by deep mountains and old forests, and it is inaccessible, and there is no place to beg for food. Fortunately, it's autumn, everything is ripe and fruitful, so look for some and maybe some food.

So in the woods, Qi Ci stood on the high treetops with his arms crossed, watching a few small birds peck at the wild fruits between the leaves.

He nodded with satisfaction: "I can eat it." ”

The red ordinary fruits, growing in bunches, are pleasing in color; The mushrooms that grow under the trees have strange shapes; The black fish caught casually in the creek are slippery and not slippery; Birds with colorful feathers pass by and catch them and pluck their feathers.

Huo Rongdong looked at the pile of rich "ingredients" in front of him, and felt that his weak body was even weaker.

Qi Ci is very powerful, but unfortunately, he can only distinguish whether this thing can be eaten or not, but he doesn't care whether it is delicious or not.

Huo Honeysuckle used the abandoned stone pot in the land temple to cook a large pot of strange chowder soup. What to eat keeps telling yourself that it's good, at least you can't eat dead people.

In order to have the strength to escape for her life and deal with potential enemies, she forced herself to swallow two large bowls.

A few days later, Qi Ci flew out of the mountain range with Huo Honeysuckle.

There was a very unsightly cloth bag hanging on the hilt of the Thunder Torture Sword, which contained edible things collected along the way, and it was also the rations that Huo Rongdong relied on for his livelihood.

Qi Ci learned to take care of people, and he knew to stay at least twice a day to give her time to drink water, eat and clean up.

When he was in a hurry, he would also let the woman rest on his back. The flying sword seemed scary, but at least he wouldn't let her fall.

Huo Rendong also practiced the magical ability to sleep at a high altitude.

If Qi Ci is there, she can sleep with peace of mind wherever she is.

If he went out to leave, Huo Rongdong didn't even close his eyes while holding the Thunder Torture Sword. She was very scared, afraid that if she was distracted, a man in black with Han Lu's face would emerge from the woods, smiling and snatching her back and eating her.

One day, Huo Rendong fell asleep while sitting on the flying sword. When the wind calmed down, she rubbed her eyes and saw the two of them land on an exquisitely carved red tile wall.

The air was filled with the smell of incense, and the surrounding people were buzzing with people.

"Childe, where is this?"

Qi Ci looked around: "A mortal dynasty, the name is not important. ”

"The important thing is that this temple is full of incense, which can solve your evil spells."

He took her majestically through many pilgrims and monks to the most spacious hall in the temple.

The golden body of the Buddha is solemn, standing in the hall, and there are various offerings on the incense table. Under the lotus platform, devout believers and pilgrims are bowing their heads and bowing, and the monks are Amitabha.

Huo Rongdong really hoped to quickly unravel the evil spell on his body, but it didn't look like there was a doctor here.

After asking, Qi Ci looked serious: "The essence of the red pill is an evil curse, a spell that makes people lose their sense of existence as a human being and is rejected by the way of heaven, so the people around you can't see you." ”

Qi Ci pointed to the huge golden statue of the Buddha in the hall: "Here the faith is the most prosperous, he comes down, you sit up, accept the incense, and the curse will be solved." ”

Huo Nurish: ......

Childe, can I refuse.