Chapter 34: The Miao
Incense Valley in southern Xinjiang
After Li Xun drank wine in Heyang City for a few days, he returned to the Incense Valley, and when he returned to the room and wanted to take a rest, he suddenly felt a chill behind him, and turned around to see that it was Shangguan Ce who appeared in front of him. Said: "Uncle Shi, why are you ........?"
"Hmph...."Shangguan Ce snorted dissatisfiedly, "Where have you been these days?" Look at you now, you are full of alcohol, have you gone to drink? "I, I'm ........" Seeing Li Xun's stumbling appearance, Shangguan Ce's face sank, and said, "Is it for that woman again?" Xun'er, don't forget your identity, and I came to tell you that I plan to go to the Miao clan to find out if there is any way to summon the Eight Fierce Xuanhuo Array, if not, I can only use blood sacrifices,"
Li Xun said: "Uncle Shi, do you really plan to go?" Shangguan Ce nodded and said, "Yes, if we can find it, then we can eradicate Qingyunmen and become a true righteous bull!" "Xun'er, a boy was born in the world, and when he is determined to do something big, how can he repeatedly entangle his children's private affairs? Think for yourself! After speaking, Shangguan Ce brushed his sleeves away, leaving Li Xun standing there alone without saying a word......
Qilitong in southern Xinjiang
Continuous drizzle. It's been a few days. Finally stopped. At this time. Two rays of light pierced the sky. Rush down. The light dissipated. Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu are revealed. Naturally, there is still the figure of Little Gray, these days. The two of them have always been flying with swords. When you are tired, find a hill or a forest to rest.
The two of them came to a narrow mountain road and walked in, and Xiao Ash sat on Zhang Xiaofan's shoulder. Tail wagging around. Extremely boring. Walking into the narrow mountain road, twisting and turning, on the hard stone walls on both sides, there are no abrupt rocks piercing out, if you are not careful, you are afraid that you will hit your head.
Looking at the water droplets in many places around the stone wall, the most places also converge into a small pool, up and down the stone wall, in the dark place, there are also a lot of green stone moss, so that the air is filled with a slightly moist and cold smell. Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu twisted and turned, and finally turned out of this mountain road for I don't know how many years. Suddenly the eyes are bright. Here. It's Qilitong. A paradise inhabited by the Miao people.
As they went deeper, more and more Miao people noticed their actions, and whispers came and went, and after about half a cup of tea, they came to the foot of the tall hill of the altar. Then they stopped, not that they hesitated, but that the Miao soldiers stationed at the foot of the mountain stopped them. Repeating the language they didn't understand.
At this time, Xiao Ash, who had been sitting on Zhang Xiaofan's shoulder, moved. It quietly crawled down from Zhang Xiaofan. Gently walked to a Miao soldier next to him. While his attention was on Zhang Xiaofan. Stretch out the monkey's paws. snatched the wine bag hanging from his waist.
The soldier reacted immediately. Fight back. But that has little gray flexibility. It climbs three times and five times. Up to the top of a big tree. Zhang Xiaofan naturally saw all this in his eyes. He seemed to be a little angry and said, "Little Ash, come down quickly." But who knows, Xiao Ash is disobedient. Turn around. Pointed the red monkey's ass at him. Unscrew the wine bag. Grunt and drank. It's really a drinker. Don't want the master either. in its mind. Maybe that's what I thought.
Zhang Xiaofan was helpless. I could only take out some silver and give it to the soldier who was still showing off his claws to the monkeys. Then, the patriarch of the Miao tribe, Tu Ma Gu, walked down and asked, "Zhang Gongzi, I don't know what you have to do here this time?" ”
Zhang Xiaofan said: "Patriarch, why do you still remember me?" Tu Ma Gu saw him like this. He said, "The three-eyed monkey is very special to us. Since your last visit. Many people have seen it. Zhang Xiaofan immediately understood. That's what it looks like. But at this time. Ash wasn't around at this point.
Sun. Quietly moved to the middle of the sky. Three people. Just stand like this. Tu Ma Gu said: "You haven't said what you came here for? Zhang Xiaofan asked: "Patriarch, I heard that there have been many mysterious disappearances here recently, and there are also some people from the Incense Valley, right?" ”
Tu Ma Gu replied, "That's right, that's true, I'm still wondering if it's what you cultivators in Middle-earth are doing. Lin Jingyu replied: "We are here for this matter this time, the patriarch, can you tell us what happened?" ”
Tu Ma Gu nodded and said, "That's no problem, I'll talk to you." So Tu Ma Gu told Zhang Lin and the others what had happened these days. That's how it went. After Tu Ma Gu finished speaking, the two fell into a deep thought, Lin Jingyu looked at Zhang Xiaofan and asked, "What do you think?" Zhang Xiaofan looked into the distance and said, "It seems that those who are missing must have been arrested by the people of Incense Valley." Lin Jingyu said: "But what are they doing with so many people?" ”
At this time, Zhang Xiaofan remembered the conversation he heard with Jin Zhu'er at the Xuanhuo Altar that day, and said slowly: "Blood sacrifice!" "What!?" Lin Jingyu and Tu Ma Gu were all shocked.
Blood sacrifice is to use the resentment in the blood of living people to gather nearby yin spirits and use them to strengthen the power of formations or weapons, but this method is too cruel and despised by people in the righteous path, but it is used by people in the demon sect, so there are a lot of yin spirit magic weapons.
"Blood Sacrifice ......" Lin Jingyu was also frightened, and said, "Xiaofan, are you telling the truth?" Zhang Xiaofan nodded and said, "That's right, I heard Yun Yilan say this with my own ears." Tu Ma Gu said: "In that case, they want to use the power of the blood of the living to strengthen the power of the Eight Fierce Xuanhuo Array. ”
Zhang Xiaofan said: "Patriarch, I wonder if you can let us go to see the Great Wizard?" I have something I want to ask him. "Of course, come with me." After saying that, he led the two to the altar. The altar here is still the bloodstained and gloomy cave, and the solemn Miao soldiers still stand on both sides of the passage. It's just that there is no longer a former great wizard here, and he is replaced by a new wizard in his thirties.
After Zhang Xiaofan and the others saw the Great Wizard, they told him what had happened, and after listening to it, the Great Wizard lowered his head and thought for a while, and said to Zhang Xiaofan in the Middle-earth language that was not very fluent: "According to legend, the formations of the Eight Fierce Xuanhuo Arrays are recorded in two places, the Xuanhuo Altar in the Incense Valley, and the Ancient Cave of Demon Suppression in Southern Xinjiang, now that these two places have been destroyed, there is no way to summon the Eight Fierce Xuanhuo Array in this world, so it can only be urged with blood." ”
Tu Ma Gu said: "What we said is just speculation, and there is no real evidence, so we can't help them." Lin Jingyu said: "Then without further ado, let's go to the Incense Valley to have a look." Zhang Xiaofan said: "Well, that's fine, let's go and have a look." After speaking, the two walked outside the cave, and when they came out, there was a shout behind them: "Zhang Gongzi, please stay." Zhang Xiaofan turned around and saw Tu Ma Gu coming to him, took out two strings of bells from his arms and handed them to them, and said: "This bell is a treasure handed down by my Miao people, called Gu Bell, you pin it to your waist and use it for communication." ”
Zhang Xiaofan smiled when he heard this, and said, "Then thank you." He turned to Lin Jingyu and said, "Let's go." After saying that, he disappeared in front of him in an instant. Lin Jingyu stared into the distance, couldn't help sighing, and said to himself: "This kind of cultivation, I don't know if I can cultivate it?" Immediately, he also raised the dragon slaying sword, turned into a blue light, and flew towards the Incense Valley.
Not long after they flew up, the bell on the waist rang, and Lin Jingyu said: "Xiaofan......." Zhang Xiaofan said: "Oh no, go back!" With that, the two flew back in the direction of the altar.
At this time, an uninvited guest appeared on the altar - Shangguan Ce. At this moment, only Tu Ma Gu was left in the altar to look at him. And Tu Ma Gu also knew that Shangguan Ce was not good, so Bian cautiously asked: "Who is Your Excellency, and why did you come to my Miao altar?" ”
Shangguan Ce replied: "It doesn't matter who I am, you just need to answer my questions." "Oh?" Tu Ma Gu was stunned for a moment, didn't think much about it, and asked, "Then what do you want to know?" ”
Shangguan Ce asked in a deep voice, "In this world, is there no place where the Eight Fierce Xuanhuo Arrays are recorded?" Tu Ma Gu kept looking at the person in front of him, and said for a long time: "No, unless you use the method of living blood to summon." ”
"Thanks, I've finished asking my question, then you can die too." After speaking, Shangguan Ce turned around and threw his right hand, and slapped Tu Magu's chest, Tu Magu immediately fell to the ground, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. "You, you......" He died before he could finish his sentence. Shangguan Ce looked at the sky in despair, and then turned into a ray of light and flew away.
Soon after Shangguan Ce left, with two "whoosh" sounds, Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu fell from the sky. Lin Jingyu leaned down and gently pushed down the tump bone who fell to the ground, and Zhang Xiaofan, who was on the side, asked, "How is it?" Lin Jingyu glanced up at him and shook his head helplessly. Zhang Xiaofan took a deep breath and said, "We're still a step late........."
Qingyun Mountain Tongtian Peak Yuqing Palace
When Song Daren arrived at the Yuqing Palace, there were already some people standing here. And he knew all these people, and everyone present knew in their hearts that the friends who were standing here at the moment, the once high-spirited companions, could now be on their own.
Among the crowd, the most outstanding are the two, one is naturally the cold and glamorous Lu Xueqi, and the other is Qi Hao, who has an extraordinary bearing. Speaking of which, the first seat of the other three veins has not yet come, and they are also the first of the three veins to reach Tongtian Peak.
As soon as Song Daren saw Lu Xueqi, he couldn't help but think of Zhang Xiaofan, and wondered if he should ask about the situation of the old seventh who used to be the most uncompetitive in Dazhufeng, but looking at Lu Xueqi's face that was still calm and calm and enough to captivate the country, he didn't know where he came from a burst of inferiority, but when the words came to his mouth, he choked back, and accidentally coughed a few times.
Wen Min, who was standing next to Lu Xueqi, was really angry and funny when he saw his husband's embarrassment at the moment, glared at the head of Dazhu Peak, and said angrily: "I have already asked you about the situation of your good junior brother, you look at your appearance, following you is really my eight lifetimes." ”
"Xiao Fan, he's fine...... Well, I just recently went down the mountain with Senior Brother Lin. Speaking of Zhang Xiaofan, Lu Xueqi's frosty face also showed a rare shyness and a faint smile. This moment of elegance has already made Chu Yuhong and Feiyun Daoren of Chaoyang Peak and Luoxia Peak who had just arrived turbulent, and Zeng Shushu next to him didn't even blink his eyes, and sighed secretly in his heart, "Three-eyed spirit monkey, Nine Heavens Fairy, this may be God's compensation for Xiaofan's injustice." "I can't help but sigh.
At this time, suddenly above the main hall, the sound of the bell sounded, and everyone immediately stood solemnly, and after a while, the head Xiao Yi walked out, glanced at everyone, said hello with a smile, and sat down on the main seat. Lang Sheng said: "Everyone, I invite you to come here today because there is one thing to discuss with you. ”
When he said this, the people below immediately frowned, Xiao Yicai coughed slightly, and continued: "Recently, people have disappeared in the southern Xinjiang area, and there are also some people from the Incense Valley who frequently haunt there. I suspect they're plotting something. ”
Someone below: "Hmph, it seems that they still don't give up, and want to replace me Qingyunmen as the first on the right path." Xiao Yicai said: "So some time ago, I sent Senior Brother Zhang and Senior Brother Lin to investigate, if this is the case." I'm afraid we're going to have another big war. ”
Everyone pondered, if there really was such a day, it might be another time to lose lives and blood........