As the saying goes, "A hundred years of life is only 36,000 days." ”

For ordinary people, from birth to death, 'a hundred years' may be a luxury. But for demon cultivators, a hundred years is just a long path of cultivation.

In the Heavenly Flame Continent, Xiao Tianhe, a demon cultivation genius who suddenly emerged back then, has faded out of people's sight for thirty-three years. No one knew where he went to retreat, and no one knew what realm he had reached.

Nangong Mansion, Guixi Department, Nanlu City, Nangong Garden. The other courtyard where Xiao Tianhe lived back then was still kept for him. The flowers bloom and the leaves fall, but the courtyard is always neat and refreshing, as if it has always been inhabited. The people of Nangong Yuan all know that Miss Xue will go to clean the courtyard alone every morning and evening, and it will be the same for thirty-three years. Sometimes she even spends some time in a side room in the courtyard.

This year's winter was very cold, and it snowed at the beginning of December. In order to clear the snow, Nangong Xue lived in another courtyard. In the early morning, she swept the open space in front of the house while thinking about the old man.

"Sister, sweeping the snow so early in the morning?" Nangong Ting walked along the path with an umbrella. He hid under the eaves of the porch and shook the snow off his umbrella to the ground.

"Look at you, I just cleaned it. Nangong Xue said angrily.

"Hehe, it's still snowing lightly anyway, and I have to cover it for a while. Nangong Ting snorted haha.

"Say, what's the matter with coming to me so early?"

"Daddy asked you to go to his place in the morning, saying that he wanted to check the progress of your sword technique. I said, sister, you're not lazy these days, are you?" Nangong Ting laughed.

Nangong Xue glanced at him: "I'm not like you." ”

Nangong Ting stood quietly under the porch for a while, watching her sister sweep the snow one by one, and then the clean ground was gradually covered with snowflakes again. Obviously, Nangong Xue's mind is not really on snow sweeping. He opened his mouth and asked, "Sister, are you missing Brother Xiao?"

Speaking of Xiao Tianhe, Nangong Xue's face showed a trace of sadness: "When he left, he said that he would come back when he cultivated to the realm of annihilation." Now even I have cultivated to the middle stage of annihilation, but he is still nowhere to be seen...... "When Xiao Tianhe left, Nangong Xue was only in the late stage of the void and the bones, and she had improved nearly two realms in thirty-three years, so it could not be said that she did not work hard. And the driving force that supports her penance is Xiao Tianhe, who is amazingly talented.

Of course, Nangong Ting knew the hard work her sister had put in for more than 30 years, and she also knew how difficult it would be for her talent and cultivation method to catch up with Xiao Tianhe, who was beyond the reach of others. "Sister, with Brother Xiao's roots, I'm afraid I have already cultivated to the realm of annihilation. Maybe he's something else? Why don't I accompany you to find him? Anyway, he must be somewhere in the Guixi Tribe. Nangong Ting comforted.

"No, I don't want to bother him. In fact, it would be nice to wait quietly for him to come back here, but ...... It's just that I'm afraid that there is no time for this wait. Nangong Xue sighed and continued to sweep the snow in the courtyard.

Nangong Ting stepped out of the eaves of the corridor to hold an umbrella for his sister, and said a little angrily: "Sister, you are really stupid." Brother Xiao has ruthlessly failed your good intentions, why do you have a deep affection for him? I get angry when I think of it!"

"You don't understand, Brother Xiao also has his own difficulties, of course this kind of thing has to be wishful thinking. Besides, we were brother and sister that night, and I only have brother and sister affection for him now. Nangong Xue told lies that she didn't even believe.

"What an infatuated sister...... Nangong Ting couldn't bear to think in his heart, "Brother Xiao, Brother Xiao, what are you doing? Why haven't you come back? Are you really not attached to your sister at all?"

......

Xiao Tianhe, who was far away at the top of the Breaking Sky Mountain, suddenly sneezed. He rubbed his nose and said to himself, "It's really cold this winter." ”

"Xiao Tianhe, you come out, I have something to say. Outside the cave, the man in white shouted.

Xiao Tianhe walked out of the cave and bowed his hand to the man in white: "Listen to Master's orders." ”

Speaking of this master who came out of nowhere for no reason, Xiao Tianhe can be said to be full of curiosity, because he has many strange places.

First, although he accepted Xiao Tianhe as an apprentice, he never taught Xiao Tianhe a move and a half, and he didn't even look at it when Xiao Tianhe practiced swordsmanship.

Second, he didn't stay in Potian Mountain all the time, but he had to go down the mountain every once in a while. The short is half a day back, and the long one is several years without returning, and Xiao Tianhe doesn't know where he went.

Third, he attaches great importance to Xiao Tianhe's forging body, in fact, when he reaches the high-level realm, forging his body is not as important as refining his soul, and Xiao Tianhe has never slacked off in forging his body. But for some reason, the man in white seemed to be dissatisfied all the time, and he had been strict with Xiao Tianhe.

Fourth, he seemed to be very interested in Xiao Tianhe's life experience, and from time to time he casually asked about Xiao Tianhe's past experience. Of course, Xiao Tianhe was basically vague, even making up and blinding, and tried not to let him touch his secrets as much as possible.

I don't know what the man in white has to say when he asks Xiao Tianhe to come out this time.

"Okay, don't call me 'master' in the future, in fact, you and I both know that the two of us are not masters and apprentices at all. "Humane in white.

"Where, Master once saved my life and instructed me to cultivate, and I am grateful to Dade. Xiao Tianhe wondered, he himself said that he wanted to accept Xiao Tianhe as an apprentice, why is he not a master and apprentice now?

"To save you is only to see the unevenness of the road and draw a knife to help. With your talents, I don't instruct you to cultivate, you can still learn without a teacher. We have been cultivating together in Broken Heaven Mountain for thirty-three years, and our fate is over. I'm leaving, do whatever you want. The man in white said the words of separation.

"Master, I'm ......" Xiao Tianhe was about to stay, but found that the man in white was gone. "What is this? just leave?" Xiao Tianhe said in his heart, "Master is really a weird person......

However, the last sentence said by the man in white was right, Xiao Tianhe did have something he wanted to do.

In fact, Xiao Tianhe originally planned to cultivate to the realm of silence and go down the mountain, but because of the relationship between the people in white, he has been cultivating on the mountain to the Mahayana realm. Although the guidance of the man in white was not indispensable, after all, Xiao Tianhe avoided many detours in the path of demon cultivation. Xiao Tianhe is still very grateful to him for this.

"Hehe, thirty-three years of cultivation to the Mahayana realm, it should scare them a lot when they go back, right?" Xiao Tianhe thought to himself. However, he did not plan to return to Nanlu City immediately. Before that, he wanted to go to Xipinghai once.

Xiao Tianhe did not forget to promise the Nangong patriarch - Nangong Yan, the way of casting and refining is broad and profound, once he enters it, he is afraid that he will not have time to do other things in a short time, so he wants to solve the mystery of the red stone first.

Xipinghai is the territory of the Ximen family, and it is not easy to sneak in. After Xiao Tianhe came down the mountain, he flew straight south first, and he planned to swim all the way from the Nanjing Sea of the Nangong family. Because whether it is flying from the sky or walking from the ground, it must pass through the realm of Nangong Mansion and Ximen Mansion. In contrast, walking from the sea is slower, but fortunately it will not be noticed.

Potian Mountain is not far from Nanjing Sea, and after flying for a few hours, the silver-white sand and vast ocean came into Xiao Tianhe's eyes. There is a lot of salt and sand on the shore of Nanjing Sea, so the beach is white. Xiao Tianhe was overjoyed to see it, pressed the knife down, took off his shoes and socks, and stepped on the fine sand barefoot. The soft, smooth touch of the soles of his feet made him laugh and couldn't help but run on the beach.

The waves of Nanjing Sea soaked the sandy shore, and the sea breeze carried a bit of moisture and a hint of coldness. The sound of the waves seemed to come from a distant place, constantly echoing in the ears. Xiao Tianhe slowed down, stepping on the white foam at the end of the waves, and headed west along the coast.

The sound of the wind and the fine white sand reminded him of the distant past. Tiandao Mountain, Wind Law Valley, Ming Beach, and the people who are worried about their stomachs.

The old days should still be there,

The deceased is nowhere to be found.

The end of the world is far away,

The cape is separated from the heart.

Looking at the fog of the South China Sea,

Looking at the clouds of the North Mountains from afar.

Reunion for the coming day,

Continued brotherhood.

Xiao Tianhe chanted this poem with melancholy. "Oh, I didn't expect to be so sentimental. He smiled self-deprecatingly, "When the time comes, it's time for me to go back and see them." The so-called "timing" is the time when you successfully survive the heavenly tribulation and cultivate into a sword demon. Because as long as there are still sword immortals in the Qinglong Continent, he will be in danger if he dares to go back. In the face of the sword immortal, at least you must have the ability to protect yourself to be able to escape smoothly to the misty sea.

"Brother Yao was taken away by the Sword Immortal to practice in seclusion, Sister Qingyu's Huajun Vein cultivation method is very mysterious, Senior Brother, Second Senior Sister, Xiaomin, all of them are amazing and brilliant people, if I don't work hard, not to mention whether I can successfully cross the catastrophe, even if I succeed, when I go back to find them, I am afraid they will have already soared to the Yuyu realm. After I study the way of casting, I will achieve success, and if I don't succeed, I must immediately retract and continue to intensify my cultivation. Xiao Tianhe thought to himself.

Taking a deep breath, he plunged headlong into the rushing waves.

The Nanjing Sea is much wider than the West Ping Sea. In fact, strictly speaking, the Nanjing Sea is boundless, which Xiao Tianhe knows best, if you go all the way from the Nanjing Sea to the south, you will eventually go around to the Starwind Sea in the south of the Qinglong Continent. Of course, the Nangong family will not include such a large ocean into the territory of Nangong Mansion, in fact, "Nanjing Sea" only refers to the sea area within 1,500 miles from the land, and all the islands are almost in this sea area, and there is only a vast ocean no matter how far away. In addition, the Nangong family does not guard the sea area as strictly as the Ximen family, so there is basically no one in Nanjing except for the fishing boats.

The boundary between the Xiping Sea and the Nanjing Sea is divided by a large reef area. There are many open reefs and reefs in this area, and ships cannot approach them at all, so it is named "Absolute Boat Reef". The boat can't get close, but it has become a paradise for fish. All kinds of colorful and lovely sea fish frolicking and playing among the reefs, seeing Xiao Tianhe coming, not only did not avoid, but went up to "escort". Xiao Tianhe was in a good mood, and accompanied by all the fish, he passed through the sea area of the Absolute Boat Reef.

Out of the Jiezhou Reef, it is the Xiping Sea. The Xiping Sea is about 1,200 miles wide, and ships patrol it almost every few tens of miles. "The Ximen family is really patient, I don't know how many Blue Yuan Stones they can find over the years?" Xiao Tianhe said in his heart. It was getting late, and patrol boats, fishing boats, and pleasure boats were lit up one after another. In order to avoid being discovered, Xiao Tianhe quietly sank to the depths and continued westward against the bottom of the sea.

Many places in the Xiping sea area have laid silkworm nets, and the silkworm nets are invisible in the water, even if you are careful, you may not be able to avoid the area under the net, what should I do?

Xiao Tianhe was thinking of a way, and the water above his head suddenly passed a patrol boat.

"That's right!" Xiao Tianhe was in a hurry, and immediately kicked the bottom of the sea to the surface, caught up with the boat, and stuck to the bottom of the boat. As long as there is a place with silkworm nets, ships will not pass. Each patrol boat is responsible for monitoring a fixed sea area, and when the two patrol boats meet, they can continue to move forward with the other ship.

This is indeed a wonderful method, and a few days later, Xiao Tianhe has successfully traveled a thousand miles westward.

It was only the last two hundred miles away from the Misty Sea, and the patrol ship attached to Xiao Tianhe was already the westernmost one. When he reached the edge of the patrol range, he saw the boat turn north, and Xiao Tianhe let go of his hand. There must still be a silkworm net within a hundred miles ahead, but fortunately, the Ximen family has no surveillance of this area

It was so dense, and it happened to be late at night at this time, and Xiao Tianhe waited for the patrol boat to surface after it traveled far away. He didn't dare to fly with the sword, because the light of the magic knife would expose him, so he used the "Dragon Tour" body technique to speed west on the surface of the sea.

The silkworm nets are all in the sea, not higher than the sea. When Xiao Tianhe first came to the Heavenly Flame Continent, he was swimming in the water, so he was entangled in the Heavenly Silkworm Net. And this time, he approached the Misty Sea unharmed.

In the middle of the night, the fog takes on a mysterious dark cyan. Xiao Tianhe glanced back at the starry lights on the sea in the distance, and then burrowed into the mist.

This time I felt completely different from the last time I entered the Misty Sea. First of all, Xiao Tianhe immediately felt that the Heaven and Earth Xuan Qi had thinned a lot, and in addition, there was also a sense of depression, as if the air had become viscous, and breathing was very laborious. "Maybe the realm is higher, and the sense of Xuan Qi is more keen. Xiao Tianhe guessed in his heart. He simply sank into the water and didn't breathe, looking around, looking for light.

"Sure enough, there are no red and blue stones here. As I recall, the place where the two stones were found was further north. Xiao Tianhe was not in a hurry, and he was safe when he entered the misty sea area. "Heh, think about it carefully, no one here can enter except me, no sword immortals, sword demons, all of them. In other words, this is my territory. In the future, if I am chased and killed, I will hide in, no matter how powerful the enemy is, what can I do? Anyway, there is endless mystical energy in the Sky Splitting Knife, and it is a big deal to cross the tribulation and ascend here!" Xiao Tianhe thought nonsense as he swam. He is already in the Mahayana realm, and it stands to reason that the only things that can threaten him are demon cultivators and sword demons in the realm of tribulation. Whether the imaginary enemy will appear in the future, of course, he does not know at this time. Just when he thought of the mysterious core, he felt a faint sense of unease in his heart.

There was no contrast between the surrounding scenes, and I don't know how long I swam, but a point of light finally emerged in the dark water. "It's here!" Xiao Tianhe happily sped up his swimming. There were more and more points of light in front of them, red mengshi, blue yuan stone, and the two colors of light converged into one in the distance.

"Just one blue yuan stone has made the Ximen family not very peaceful, if Ximen Ding saw this scene, he would probably be stupid, right?" Xiao Tianhe secretly laughed. In fact, whoever sees this situation will be stunned, Lan Yuan Stone can be called the rarest rare treasure in the Heavenly Flame Continent, but it is everywhere here.

"The blue yuan stone is too precious, and it is not safe to carry too much on it. Anyway, I still have a blue yuan stone, so this time I will only take a few red mengshi to study. If I'm guessing correctly, the mystery of these two stones should be about the same. Xiao Tianhe muttered to himself. Because he was worried that the "texture of the red mengshi" that was more scattered on the periphery was "impure", he also deliberately swam deeper.

In the process of diving, Xiao Tianhe suddenly noticed something unusual. The closer you get to the center where the two stones converge, the more intense the Xuan Qi seems to become. Not only that, but this aura doesn't seem to be very pure, and there seems to be something else mixed in with it.

"Sure enough!" Xiao Tianhe said in his heart. He had guessed that the red mengshi should be a highly condensed thing of Xuan Qi, and with so many red mengshi gathered together, it was natural that he could feel the enhancement of Xuan Qi. So what was the mixture of the Xuan Qi? He thought of it in an instant.

That's right, it's the relationship between the blue yuan stone. Although Xiao Tianhe had already formed a Demon Dao Yuan Infant and could not feel its characteristics exactly, he was almost certain at this time that the "impurity" was nothing else, it was the aura of heaven and earth!

In an instant, countless thoughts surged into Xiao Tianhe's mind.

The Red Flame Stone is a thing of Xuan Qi condensation, which is undoubtedly a precious thing for the demon cultivators of the Heavenly Flame Continent, why is it devalued by the Demon Lord? Why has no demon cultivator ever discovered the mystery of the Red Stone?

On the other hand, the Blue Yuan Stone should be a thing of spiritual energy condensation, and it is supposed to be the favorite thing of the immortal cultivators of the Qinglong Continent, why does the demon lord have a soft spot for it?

How did the red and blue stone come to be, and why did they gather in this uninaccessible sea?

At this moment, all doubts cannot be explained. Xiao Tianhe's mind seemed to be a mess, and he couldn't figure it out. "It seems that it is only after a careful study of the red stone that we can understand the reason for its formation. "But one thing he can be sure of is that the Demon Lord must know the mystery of the two gems!

In this way, the mysterious demon lord was covered with a veil of psychedelia, Xiao Tianhe wanted to enter the core very much, and saw this ruler who was powerful but almost faceless, but Shi Haoming's warning still echoed in his ears: "No matter what happens in the future, don't enter the core!" The meaning of this sentence could not be more obvious, the core is dangerous to Xiao Tianhe. But who this danger comes from, Xiao Tianhe can't be sure.

In addition, Shi Haoming himself is also an eccentric character. On the one hand, judging from the fact that he was responsible for leading the children of the four major families to participate in the Fengyun Conference, and the three demon women were in charge of the difficulties and tests of the conference, they should be obedient to the Demon Lord;

There is also the mysterious Meng Zhang Realm, whether the demon lord is in the core or in the Meng Zhang realm, the relationship between Shi Haoming and the three demon girls and the core and the Meng Zhang realm, etc., all of this, I'm afraid it is possible to figure it out only by entering the core.

Although it was still early to reach the realm of tribulation, Xiao Tianhe had already begun to hesitate. At that time, if the demon lord lets himself enter the core, will he go or not?

Just when Xiao Tianhe was immersed in thousands of thoughts, a voice suddenly sounded in his head, and this voice that suddenly appeared in the deep sea made him startled and creepy.

The voice was a sentence: "You're here!"