On the edge of the blue lake outside the small village, Zhuo Cai walked to the water's edge and squatted down, plucked a small bright red wildflower, stuck it in his hair, and then looked at the mirror-like lake.

Zuo Qiu Xun was behind her, turned his head to look at the sea of purple flowers by the lake, and sighed.

The two were silent for a long time before she asked Zhuo Cai: "It's just the two of us, if you want me to do something for you, just say it, but the price must be sufficient, otherwise you don't have to talk about it." ”

Zhuo Cai's little face became sad.

She asked, "By the way, how did you see that I was different?" ”

Zuo Qiu Xun said calmly: "There is no him, it's just the swordsman's intuition and some simple inferences, but the final result is really like this." ”

Zhuo Cai sighed, plucked the red flower from his hair again, and walked over to the plucked flower stem again, only to see that the red wildflower actually picked up the flower stem again, swaying in the breeze again.

Zuoqiu Xun's face is dignified, destroying a flower is simple, but to recreate, it is not a simple matter, that has already involved some mysterious essence of life.

Zhuo Cai said: "No matter how you guessed, I have no intention of continuing to hide your thoughts now. I guess you can already see that this village is not an ordinary village, in fact, our entire village is in a collapsed secret realm, and it is already crumbling. As for what I want you to help with, I have to start with an incident more than ten years ago.

One day more than ten years ago, dozens of Ono Shu came to the village for no reason. Originally, I was just unprepared when they strayed into the secret realm, so I let them live in the village, and I also took them to see the dry bones of the black phoenix on the high tower of the village outside, and it was the dry bones that supported this secret realm that was about to collapse, so that our village could survive. But who knew that they were carrying something that would destroy the whole village, it was a parchment scroll. It was not an ordinary scroll, it was carved by a monk who killed the black phoenix here back then, and there was still spiritual power in it that was very harmful to the black phoenix. And the reason why our entire village was able to survive in the secret realm was that the dry bones of that black phoenix blessed our whole village. If the dry bones lose their spiritual power, our village will die in the collapse of the secret realm.

That time, they brought the sheepskin scroll, and the dry bones of the black phoenix, which was already very scarce, were once again consumed a lot, so I had to kill all the wild cultivators, but one person took advantage of the chaos to escape with the sheepskin scroll. The black phoenix's dry bones were damaged, and I was also badly damaged, and I had no ability to chase the man, so I had to let him run away. I thought this was the end of this matter, but now, that person actually came back with a scroll, and there were two monks with him, and my strength couldn't stop him, so I had to pull you into this game and help me with your strength. ”

The more Zuoqiu Xun listened, the more strange he felt.

Zuo Qiu asked her suspiciously: "Then what you said is buried in the four or five floors of the tower is the dry bones of that black phoenix?" ”

Zhuo Cai nodded: "Yes." ”

"What is your relationship with the Dark Phoenix, and why did the dry bones hurt you?"

Zhuo Cai said seriously: "Actually, I can't be counted as a human, I'm just the last bit of strength that wants to protect this village after the death of the black phoenix, and you can also see me as the protector of the village." I became one with the dry bones of the Dark Phoenix, which is why I have the ability to communicate with the creatures around me, such as the bear and wolf that attacked me before. ”

Zuo Qiu Xun bowed slightly, which can be regarded as agreeing with Zhuo Cai's statement.

Zuo Qiu Xun asked, "How about cultivating with the sheepskin scroll and the other two monks?" If your cultivation is too high, I won't be able to help you with this. ”

Zhuo Cai hurriedly said: "It's not high, in fact, the people you met were the three monks you met on the night of the first snow. One of the vulgar men was the one with the scroll, and the other two were two immortal monks disguised as Ye Xiu, the young beautiful man at the head should be the Four Realms, and the inconspicuous swordsman behind them was actually a monk from the Six Realms, who had been very cautious, and our main danger this time was him. ”

When Zuo Qiu Xun heard this, he shook his head and said: "This is not good, the other party's strength is obviously far superior to ours, the odds of winning are too low, there is no need for me to do something that will cost my life for the reward." ”

Zhuo Cai said: "Then what if my remuneration is so generous that you can't bear not to accept it?" ”

Zuo Qiu Xun smiled contemptuously: "You think I am the one who covets treasures? I, Zuoqiuxun, will be willing to risk my life for the people I love, but I will never risk life and death for a treasure. ”

Zhuo Cai continued to say seriously: "Then what if this magic weapon is an immortal soldier? ”

Zuo Qiu Xun's face suddenly became serious: "Really? ”

Zhuo Cai nodded heavily and said, "It's indeed true, and it's a fairy sword." You are now in the Fifth Realm, and you will soon be promoted to the Sixth Realm, so you should be missing a good sword to refine the Natal Flying Sword, right? Aren't you impressed? ”

Zuoqiu pondered for a while, but still refused: "The fairy sword is good, but it must also be killed. I'm just a Five Realms Sword Cultivator, and Huang Shan and Xu Huaigu are not opponents of each other, so we have no chance of winning. ”

"In fact, there is a foolproof strategy, which can not only allow you to get this fairy sword, but also help me survive this calamity."

"Tell me about it?"

"Breaking the Border."

Zhuo Cai walked to Zuo Qiu Xun's side and continued: "As long as you break through the realm, you can refine that immortal soldier to make a natal flying sword, and when you bring it, the combat power is naturally not comparable to that one Six Realms monk, and all this will be solved." ”

Zuo Qiu Xun shook his head and said: "How can it be so simple to break the realm, if you say that you will break it, then what do you need monks to do?" Although my kendo talent is indeed very high, it is not said that I can break through the realm. ”

Zhuo Cai encouraged: "How do you know if you don't try? I'll take you to the withered bones of the black phoenix on the top of the tower to see what happens, maybe you'll have an insight. As soon as the aura arrives, it is very possible to break the realm. How about it, would you like to give it a try? ”

Zuo Qiu Xun turned his head to look at the clouds in the sky and hesitated.

A handful of immortal soldiers, is an extremely rare and rich opportunity, she has been walking in the rivers and lakes for so many years, and she has heard the news of the birth of immortal soldiers twice, but each time it has alarmed the monks of the Eight Realms to go to fight, where is her turn? With such a good opportunity at this time, how can you turn it down?

Besides, she still has to avenge that person, how can she avenge if she doesn't have the strength?

So Zuo Qiu Xun only hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Okay, I promise you, but if I fail to break through the realm, you must save the lives of Xu Huaigu and Yu Qin and his party." ”

Zhuo Cai solemnly agreed: "Yes, if you can't do anything, I will let my grandfather take them away, I have a sense of proportion." ”

Zuo Qiu Xun has always done things simply, so he said: "Time is pressing, if you can have more time, it is a point of hope, then take me directly to see the dry bones of the phoenix, and also give me that immortal soldier, I will use it when I break through the realm." ”

Zhuo Cai said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry to take the immortal soldier first, when you see the dry bones of the phoenix, you will know the immortal soldier." ”

Zuo Qiu Xun vaguely guessed something, and his mood unconsciously became a little excited.

Zhuo Cai took Zuo Qiu Xun back to the black tower.

At this time, Xu Huaigu had already rested in the room on the second floor, and Yu Qin was also lying on a small bed, facing the warm sun, squinting slightly and taking a nap.

Zuo Qiu Xun and Zhuo Cai naturally did not hide from Xu Huaigu when they walked to the high-rise building, Xu Huaigu asked suspiciously: "Zhuo Cai, where are you going with Zuo Qiu Xun?" ”

Zhuo Cai laughed innocently and said, "Sister Zuoqiu said that she likes that purple flower, and I happen to have a book that writes the name and origin of the purple flower, and I am about to go up and show it to her." ”

Xu Huaigu was bored, so he also wanted to go up and have a look, and said, "I'll go and see it too." ”

Zuo Qiu Xun turned his head to him and said coldly: "You stay here, you have time to seize the time to stabilize the realm." You have just broken through the realm, be careful that the realm is unstable and the foundation is not strong, and when the time comes, there will be endless harm. ”

Xu Huaigu looked at the rejection in Zuo Qiu Xun's eyes, so he stopped following and let her and Zhuo Cai walk up.

Zuoqiu asked Zhuo Cai: "Aren't you tired of pretending to be like this?" ”

Zhuo Cai said helplessly: "No way, Xu Huaigu and Yu Qin are both good people, let me leave a good impression in their hearts." ”

On the third floor, a small black staircase leads to the higher part of the Black Tower, but is held in chains.

Zhuo Cai put his finger in his mouth, gently bit the skin, and smeared a small drop of blood on the chain, which gradually twitched like a cargo, and shrank to the side, revealing the entrance.

Zhuo Cai said, "Go up." ”

Zuo Qiu Xun walked in first, she was actually curious in her heart about what the black phoenix was, it was only a dry bone from five hundred years ago that could support all the creatures of the entire huge secret realm.

She asked, "How many realms did the Dark Phoenix have before it died?" ”

Zhuo Cai stretched out two hands.

Zuoqiu Xun was surprised: "Ten realms? ”

Zhuo Cai held out another finger.

After Zuo Qiu Xun was shocked, he couldn't help but sigh: "The demon beasts of the Eleventh Realm will even die, it seems that five hundred years ago the First World War was really tragic." ”

Walking further into the staircase, it was getting darker and darker, without any light, which was completely different from the sunny three floors under the Black Tower.

As soon as Zuoqiu Xun walked to the fourth floor, he looked around, but as far as his eyes could see, it was only pitch black, and he couldn't see anything.

Zhuo Cai walked in front of her, put her two fingers together, pointed at the center of her eyebrows, and then gradually pointed her two fingers to another place.

A black light poured out from Zhuo Cai's eyebrows, and flew into the corner with the direction of her two fingers.

The moment the black light touched the corner, the whole tower seemed to suddenly come to life, a black light quickly came out of the corner, and then illuminated the entire black tower, for a time the black light and shadow inside the black tower flowed, very mysterious.

Zhuo Cai pointed to the corner and said, "See?" That's the dry bones of the Dark Phoenix. ”

Zuoqiu looked intently, and finally saw a dry bone standing there in the darkness.

The dry bones are only about one person tall, but they are very long, about two or three zhang long, and they look very small and delicate, completely different from those demon beasts that are good at brute strength.

Zhuo Cai said: "The phoenix is already small in size, famous for its speed and skill, but it is very beautiful. ”

"Legend has it that there are six phoenixes, one black and one white, one good and one evil, one water and one fire, and this is one of the black phoenixes. The black phoenix not only cultivated extremely high, but also had feathers and dry bones that were hard and indestructible, but in the end, the monk slowly wore out his soul with the spell scroll technique, and he could only die with hatred. ”

"Isn't the spell scroll long gone, how can anyone still know about it?"

Zhuo Cai shook his head and said: "Actually, there are still masters who are proficient in the art of scrolls, but they don't want to appear in the world, and I don't know the specific situation." ”

She walked over to the black phoenix, looked at the dry skeleton that had guarded the village for hundreds of years, and knelt down under its proud head even after it died.

She prayed sincerely: "Noble Dark Phoenix, we have survived in the secret realm for five hundred years under your care, but today we are about to usher in a catastrophe, please help us one last time for the sake of saving us, forgive me for offending." ”

She knelt for a long time before standing up, walked to the back of the phoenix's dry bones, and Zuo Qiuxun followed.

Zhuo Cai squatted down, pulled out a small sharp black object from the tail feathers of the dry bones, about a little more than three feet, and held it in his hand.

The small piece of dry bone was pitch black, and there were veins of phoenix feathers on it.

Zuoqiu looked for the fox and doubted: "This is the immortal soldier?" ”

Zhuo Cai nodded and said, "Yes, this is." Don't look down-to-eye, in fact, this is the sharpest of the tail feathers of the black phoenix, and just like the black phoenix itself, it is indestructible, it is the only one in the world, and it can definitely be regarded as a fairy soldier. ”

Zuo Qiu Xun took the black tail feather from her hand, took it from his hand, and weighed it gently, just right.

She brought the black tail feathers to her eyes, looked at the cold light above, and smiled with satisfaction.

"This sword is enough."

"Not only this tail feather, the phoenix is full of mysteries and mysteries, you hurry up and take the time to comprehend, and after breaking the realm, you can refine the natal flying sword."

Zuo Qiu Xun nodded, walked over to the black phoenix and sat down, put the black tail feathers to his side, and began to close his eyes to comprehend the sword intent.

Zhuo Cai asked: "Swordsmen love swords, don't you give them a name?" ”

Zuo Qiu Xun couldn't hide the smile on the corner of his mouth: "Then let no one see it." ”

Zhuo Cai also smiled: "The three-foot phoenix feather sword, no one in the sheath sees it." It's so nobody's seen, and the only thing you can see is ghosts, right? ”

Zuoqiu Xun did not answer.

It's not for this reason, it's just that I just want to remember some other person or thing.