Entrance to the island in the middle of the lake.

A strong spiritual power rushed to his face, which made Jiu Ge's spirit suddenly shake.

"It's so comfortable, the spiritual power on this island is really abundant." After Jiu Ge finished speaking, he directly sped up and ran forward.

"Ge'er, wait a minute!" Without waiting for her to run two steps, Nangong Yueze immediately reached out and grabbed her sleeve, "The more spiritual power you have, the more cautious you must be." ”

"Huh?" Jiu Ge paused, as if he didn't react to the meaning of the other party's words for a while.

"Where spiritual power is strong, in addition to the monks who are trying to like it, those demon beasts or monsters also like it."

Hearing this, Jiu Ge's footsteps stopped suddenly, and he subconsciously looked around.

Sure enough, as Nangong Yueze expected, seeing the two of them appear, many monsters and monsters hidden in the dark rushed out one after another, surrounding the two of them.

Seeing this, Jiu Ge subconsciously moved his hand to the hilt of the sword at his waist.

"Ge'er, don't be nervous yet." Nangong Yueze glanced around, "This world is my senior sister...... Oh no, it was conjured up by Yao Ji Shenjun with immortal methods, as small as a grass and a tree, as large as mountains and rivers, they are all spiritual, I just saw it, the eyes of these demon beasts are clean and pure, there is no killing intent, we don't provoke them, and they won't take the initiative to attack us. ”

"Really?" Jiu Ge raised his eyebrows suspiciously.

"Nature is true." Nangong Yueze nodded, gently took Jiu Ge's hand, and continued to walk towards the center of the island in the middle of the lake.

Seeing this, those demon beasts and monsters made way for the two of them, and when they saw the scene in front of them, Jiu Ge relaxed a little.

Soon, the two of them entered the middle of the island in the middle of the lake, and the first thing that caught their eyes was a huge garden, surrounded by a variety of flowers, among which various fragrances wafted from it.

"Is this the island in the middle of the lake?" Jiu Ge raised his eyes to the flowers and asked.

"Hmm." Nangong Yueze responded, "What we are looking for should be here." ”

As soon as the words fell, a breeze blew towards the two of them, and a bright flower fell to Jiu Ge's feet.

Jiu Ge bent down and picked up the flower, the smell of the flower was very strong, and there was a hint of refreshing fragrance.

"Ozawa, do you know what kind of flower this is?" She turned her head to look at Nangong Yueze and asked.

"This flower is called the blood-colored orchid, it is the favorite flower of Yaoji Shenjun, this flower only blooms once in three thousand years, it is said that when the flower blooms, the surrounding plants will become red like blood, so it is also called the blood-colored orchid." Nangong Yueze explained with a smile.

"I see." Jiu Ge nodded in a daze.

"The blood-colored orchid has a powerful recovery ability, which can help the injured heal their injuries quickly, it just so happens that the Yao Ji Divine Monarch cultivates the healing technique, and these flowers are all excellent materials for refining pills for her." Nangong Yueze continued.

Jiu Ge let out an "oh", then tilted his head to look at Nangong Yueze, blinked his eyes and said, "It sounds like you know a lot about Yaoji Shenjun, and you even know what flowers she likes." ”

When Nangong Yueze heard this, a touch of embarrassment flashed on her face, "Huh...... This ......"

"You've only been with her for two days, how do you know so much about her?" Jiu Ge continued to dig into the bottom of the matter and asked, "Is it difficult...... She took a fancy to your cultivation talent and wanted to take you as a disciple? ”

"Little girl, don't be cranky here." Nangong Yueze interrupted Jiu Ge's words, "My relationship with Yao Ji Shenjun, when I have a chance in the future, I will talk to you in detail." ”

"Okay." Jiu Ge shrugged helplessly and didn't continue to ask.

Along the way, she suddenly found that she still knew too little about Nangong Yueze, and he was like an inexhaustible book, bringing her some surprises and surprises from time to time.

Not to mention that he had a large number of elixirs in his hands that no mortal cultivator had never seen, even the Heavenly Realm Divine Monarch, which was rare in the world, appeared as soon as he was injured.

Such Nangong Yueze ...... It made her feel as if she was meeting him for the first time.

Just as Jiu Ge was pondering, a huge figure suddenly appeared in front of a towering ancient tree not far away.

It was a phoenix covered with black feathers, the phoenix was huge, more than ten meters long, a pair of eyes were blood-red, and the pupils exuded a bloodthirsty and cold light, which looked particularly terrifying.

The appearance of the black phoenix made the surrounding monsters and monsters panic, and many monsters didn't even have the courage to flee for their lives, just stood in place in a daze, trembling.

"This ...... This is ......" Jiu Ge's eyes widened, looking at the behemoth in front of him incredulously.

Nangong Yueze clenched her hand, and her feet took two steps back slightly, "This is a dark phoenix, the most ferocious of all demon beasts, looking at the color of its eyes, it should have reached the highest level of demon beast cultivation, and it is on the verge of crossing the catastrophe at any time." ”

Hearing this, Jiu Ge's breathing couldn't help but increase a little, although she had already been mentally prepared, her heart still couldn't stop stirring, "The highest level of demon beast cultivation, isn't that equivalent to a mortal cultivator with ninth-order spiritual cultivation?" ”

"Well, you're right, this dark phoenix's cultivation is indeed not low, and in addition, it also has the ability to transform into a human form." Nangong Yueze continued, "As for becoming an immortal or a demon after the tribulation, it depends on its creation. ”

"Crossing...... Tribulation ......" Jiu Ge took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed his violently beating heart.

She never expected that she would meet a demon beast from the Tribulation Period here!

Just as he wanted to speak, Nangong Yueze suddenly pointed to the dark phoenix's neck and shouted, "Ge'er, look, there's something on that phoenix's neck!" ”

Hearing this, Jiu Ge immediately looked in the direction of his finger, only to see a bright thing hanging on the neck of the dark phoenix, and when he looked closely, it was actually a silver key, "Ozawa, I can see clearly, it's a key." ”

"If I'm right, that key should be the key that opens the gate to the Black City." Nangong Yueze said, "Only by getting it can we leave here." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the Dark Phoenix suddenly raised his head and let out a long roar, the roar was deafening and terrifying.

Immediately afterward, the entire island in the middle of the lake trembled a few times with the roar.

"Ozawa, could the vibration we just felt also the roar of this dark phoenix?" Jiu Ge asked, swallowing his throat.

"That's what it should have come from." Nangong Yueze nodded.

Jiu Ge pursed his lips and said no more.

At this moment, the dark phoenix suddenly discovered the existence of the two.

It slammed its wings outstretched, instigating a hurricane that tore over all the flowers and plants around it, and then rushed straight at the two of them.

"Ge'er, beware!!" Nangong Yueze hurriedly reminded.

Jiu Ge answered, and his body moved quickly, dodging the phoenix's attack.

After the dark phoenix fell into the air, it flapped its wings and flew again, continuing to fly in the direction where Nangong Yueze was standing.

This time, instead of attacking him directly, it circled around him and then spewed a fireball at him.

"Ozawa!!"

Seeing this, Jiu Ge was immediately startled, and hurriedly shouted at Nangong Yueze.

She tried to rush over, but was forced back a few steps by the heat of the scorching fireball.

Nangong Yueze seemed to have noticed all this a long time ago, and when Jiu Ge called out his name, his body had already risen into the air.

Just as he left the ground, a boulder beside him happened to be hit by a fireball, only to hear a loud "bang", and the stone instantly burst open, splashing the sky with rubble.

Seeing that Nangong Yueze avoided his attack, the Dark Phoenix spewed a fireball at him again.

This time the fireball was bigger and more powerful than the previous one.

Seeing this scene, Jiu Ge's heart almost rose to his throat.

In normal times, with Nangong Yueze's cultivation, he would definitely be able to easily dodge these attacks, but now, the spiritual power of both of them was sealed, and they couldn't resist the frontal attack of the Dark Phoenix at all.

Seeing that the fireball was about to smash into Nangong Yueze, at this time, the opponent's figure accelerated suddenly, Jiu Ge only felt that his eyes flashed, but Nangong Yueze had already appeared at the other end of the flame.

"Bang-"

There was another loud bang, and the fireball hit the mountain wall by the lake, and the mountain wall suddenly collapsed.

At the same time, the fireball was shattered by the rocks on the mountain wall, turning into a cloud of sparks.

Jiu Ge blinked his eyes and looked at the scene in front of him incredulously, his cultivation was sealed, and it didn't seem to affect Nangong Yueze's strength in the slightest.

This man is too rebellious!

On the other side, the Dark Phoenix seemed to be enraged, and it circled in the air a few times before landing and transforming into a human figure.

The moment he saw that figure, Jiu Ge was suddenly taken aback, that person was none other than the old woman they had met at the door of the inn.

"Ozawa, that ...... That dark phoenix was actually changed by an old woman!! Jiu Ge's eyes widened in surprise.

Nangong Yueze quickly flew down from mid-air to the ground, he squinted his eyes, quickly looked at the old woman in front of him, and then muttered: "It's a little interesting, it turns out that this mother-in-law's real body is a dark phoenix." ”

"You two mortals! How dare you trespass on my island in the middle of the lake! It's just looking for death!! The old woman said coldly, and then her figure flashed, and she came directly to Jiu Ge.

Seeing this, Jiu Ge subconsciously took a few steps back.

"Bang-"

In the next second, a powerful spiritual power attacked, directly shocking Jiu Ge and flying out, Jiu Ge's body was uncontrollable and fell directly into the lake.

"Song!!" Nangong Yueze shouted.

Without even thinking about it, he immediately jumped into the lake.

The water in the lake was cold, and a thin layer of ice quickly formed on their clothes.

Nangong Yueze didn't care about it so much, and reached out to hug Jiu Ge into his arms.

"Ge'er, are you alright?" Nangong Yueze asked with a worried expression.

Jiu Ge raised his eyes, met the other party's concerned eyes, shook his head, and said, "I'm fine, but you, why did you jump down with it?" ”

"I'm afraid you're in danger." Nangong Yueze tightened his grip on Jiu Ge's hand, "This dark phoenix, it's really ruthless!" ”

With that, he raised his eyes and glanced fiercely at the old woman on the shore.

Seeing the two of them fall into the water, the old woman turned into a dark phoenix again and flew above their heads.

"Ozawa, the old woman doesn't really want to kill us, does she?" Jiu Ge frowned.

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