In the depths of darkness, the syllables of the demon's mouth still echoed in his ears, shaking his eardrums.

It was a complex syllable, obscure and awkward, like a hidden heavenly machine.

Ning had never heard that kind of language for a long time, but after the other party spoke, he subconsciously knew that that syllable meant "Shura".

Shura is an ancient term.

The indifferent and ruthless gods are reincarnated as human beings after reincarnation, with the body and godhead of a god, but with the seven emotions and six desires of human beings, the bonds of good and evil, and the body of mud and water is dragged with mud and water, and cultivated to the apex of the Tao, which is called Shura.

Previously, after Ning Chang entered the ghost prison, he wanted to use the sword domain to protect himself and stick to it for an hour, but he felt the call from the depths of the ghost prison.

There seemed to be a voice calling to him.

He broke through the barriers and went into the depths.

The monsters on the second layer stared at him bewitchingly and kept moving forward, but they didn't say a word.

This scene seemed to be the courtiers who were summoned to meet the king, walking along the road, and the civil and military officials of the two provinces were silent.

Ning Chang thought back to the appearance of the monster in the depths of the cage.

The demon was indescribable, as if it were just a mud wrapped in chains, with bubbles and tentacles constantly contracting and wriggling, like a ghost hidden in the depths of the sea.

After it drank the syllable, Ning Changjiu understood, and then turned to leave.

Then he went back to the first floor and started killing.

Everything was so ghostly, he seemed to have fallen into an evil spirit, and it was not until he killed the last monster that he gradually came back to his senses.

Ning Chang recalled everything that happened before, and he didn't know what it portended, but he was faintly afraid.

He took a deep breath and suppressed all the emotions that were surging in his heart.

Behind him, Shao Xiaoli looked at the spotless back, recalling the previous scene, her heart palpitated, she looked at his figure coming home, like watching the ghost clothes fluttering in the hell karmic fire.

Shao Xiaoli gritted his teeth and followed.

"Are you afraid of me?" Ning Changjiu suddenly stopped and turned to look at her.

The girl standing on the stone path also paused, bent her eyes and smiled: "What's the matter, I have always admired the boss the most!"

Ning Changjiu smiled indifferently and said, "Let's enter the house." ”

Shao Xiaoli sighed and tiptoed in.

Ning Chang sat on the chair and put the pitch-black sword aside, Shao Xiaoli walked quickly behind him as usual, stretched out his little hand and knocked and rubbed his shoulder.

Ning Chang closed his eyes, relieving the sadness on his face little by little.

Shao Xiaoli looked at his side face, and suddenly had an urge to reach out and pinch it.

Of course, she didn't dare.

It's just that her heartstrings have loosened a lot, thinking that the boss is killing evil ghosts, why should she be afraid of being so cute? Besides, how can a boy with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes like the boss be a bad person......

Shura...... Well, Shura must be a word of praise.

She thought like this, and then remembered her rudeness during today's assessment, and her heart became a little nervous, and the movements of her hands were also much more eager, and she grasped the strength to please him.

And Ning Changjiu was talking to the Spirit of the Sword Sutra at this moment.

"What kind of state was I in the ghost prison before?" Ning Chang asked.

The Spirit of the Sword Sutra also lost its playful look, it was wrapped in long hair, and his slightly immature face was revealed in the gray-white hair.

He stared at Ning Changjiu in the sea of qi, and his voice seemed to be cold: "Someone wants to pollute you." ”

Ning Chang snorted and said, "No one can pollute me." ”

The Spirit of the Sword Sutra was noncommittal and continued, "It did fail, but you were like crazy at the time. ”

Ning Chang said: "I can't remember, I know I killed all the monsters on the first layer, but I can't remember anything, it's like a dream." ”

The Spirit of the Sword Sutra said: "It may also be a curse. ”

Ning Chang frowned and said, "Curse?"

The Spirit of the Sword Sutra nodded: "Yes, his syllable may be a spell." ”

Ning Changchang asked, "Have you seen its appearance clearly?"

The Spirit of the Sword Sutra said: "I saw it, but I can't see it clearly, that kind of creature, like an evil in ancient times, maybe it is the same kind as the heavy year written in the ancient book, but I don't know how such a powerful life was captured by Broken Boundary City." ”

"Two masters, what are you talking about? The Blood Feather Monarch in the Immortal Sword was confused when he heard it.

Ning Chang slashed these monsters, using the black sword, wanting to try its edge. And Blood Feather Jun was always trapped in the broken sword, unable to see, and didn't know what was going on.

Ning Changjiu suddenly remembered something and asked, "Did that red-tailed old gentleman tell you anything before he died?"

Blood Feather Jun shook his head and sighed: "How can that old fox care about me as a little minion, alas, it was the peak of the five realms before, pointing directly to the real demon of the legendary Three Realms, if he can be my master, where else can I go to this Nanzhou......"

As he spoke, Blood Feather Jun suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not quite right, and he immediately changed his words: "Fortunately, His Highness is a step ahead, and he is a genius and man, kill that old fox and eliminate harm for the people!"

The spirit of the Sword Sutra on the side listened and sneered: "It's a monster above the five realms again?" Heh, what kind of realm is it above the five realms, it is difficult for ordinary Purple Court Realm cultivators to encounter in their lives, it is worthy of you, the monsters along the way, it seems that they are embarrassed to attack you if they have not been to the five realms." ”

Ning Chang ignored its cynicism, and he said, "I'm going to go to the ghost prison again." ”

"Are you crazy?" The spirit of the Sword Sutra smiled and immediately scolded, his life was still tied to him, how could he watch him take risks for no reason?

Ning Chang said: "Of course not now, when Jin Wu wakes up, no one can pollute me." ”

The Spirit of the Sword Sutra frowned and said, "What is the origin of that golden-haired crow?"

Ning Changjiu was also unclear, so he didn't answer, just sighed and read the word Shura again.

The spirit of the "Shura ......" Sword Sutra felt as if he had heard it, as if he had a memory of these two words in the memory of his first birth.

"It doesn't sound like a good word!" said Blood Feather Jun with a conclusion diametrically opposed to Shao Xiaoli.

Ning Chang folded his hands and placed them on his lower abdomen, his eyes always closed.

He knew more about the word Shura.

In his memory, there is a layer of fog that cannot be observed, even if it is his past appearance, he can't remember, only by seeing it again, can he piece together the bits and pieces of that small Taoist temple.

And Shura......

When she was in the Imperial City, Lu Married had introduced them to the knowledge of cultivation, and she said the Five Ways at that time.

Humanity, Heaven, Demons, Ghosts, Hell.

And at that time, Ning Changjiu vaguely remembered that when he was not observable, his senior brother had told him that above the Purple Court were the six realms.

He couldn't remember what the sixth path was.

Now the sixth piece of the puzzle is finally complete.

Shura Dao.

In the past, it was often referred to as the Demon Path, but it was different from the traditional murderous demon head, but a Shinto path that opened up the gap between man and God.

Shura......

For example, today, could it be that Shura is no longer able to enter the Dao?

Obviously the same twelve years ago, what happened to make the original road to heaven cut off?

And the ghost in the depths of the ghost prison is bewitching himself, is it really just trying to tell himself the word Shura?

What does this have to do with me?

He remembered the corpses, severed arms, and sticky, smelly blood that littered the ground in the ghost prison, and his body stiffened a little.

"Boss, what's wrong? Is it because I'm uncomfortable pinching? My mother taught me this craft, if the boss wants to blame, blame my dead ghost mother......" Shao Xiaoli defended himself.

The girl's words brought him back to his composure slightly.

When is it easiest for a person to become a demon?

There are no relatives, everyone betrays their relatives and leaves, the bottleneck of Taoism, and the birth year is coming to an end......

All kinds of life and death, joys and sorrows that cannot be escaped in the world, they are pressed in the depths of the soul when cultivating immortals, and at the end of the indifferent immortal road, when the 'immortals' are no longer so flawless in the heart of the Tao, they are then woven and ignited by the seven emotions and six desires, and they are born.

So the viciousness, which is diametrically opposed to the immortals, broke through the shackles and turned into the power of becoming a demon.

Devil is indifferent and ruthless in another sense.

They are empty-sighted, ignoring the moral laws of humanity in the world, and they are alone. They are willing to give everything for the sake of a true heaven and earth, the great freedom of the body and spirit, and the unrestrained universe.

This is another possibility of immortals.

But this is not the Tao that Ning Changjiu likes.

He was just a little scared suddenly, if his junior sister, Lu Marrying, Zhao Xiang'er, or all the people related to him in the past were not around, over time, would he lose his ties and gradually walk into the winding path to the underworld?

He didn't know.

"Your heart is upset. The Spirit of the Sword Sutra said.

"I must be missing Your Highness again. Blood Feather Jun analyzed randomly.

Ning Jiu ignored them, he opened his eyes, looked at the girl behind him, and suddenly smiled.

For the boss's abnormal behavior, Shao Xiaoli shrank his hand in fright, such a terrible thing just happened today, so his obviously gentle smile also looked very mad.

"Old ...... What's wrong with the boss?" Shao Xiaoli was sincerely afraid.

Ning Changjiu smiled and said, "Aren't you going to be a Red Lotus Jade Girl?"

"Oh!" Shao Xiaoli suddenly came to her senses, and immediately thought of her previous promise, but that was her nonsense...... What can the red lotus have to do with the jade girl? But in front of the boss, how could she show her timidity, she immediately said: "I'll go and prepare food, treat the boss well!"

Ning Chang didn't have much hope.

Sure enough, when Shao Xiaoli finally served the three dishes, Ning Changjiu only had a wry smile.

"This is the Red Lotus Jade Maiden?" On the plate in front of Ning Changjiu's eyes, the tomatoes were cut like lotus flowers, and a few slices of mussel meat were sprinkled on them.

Shao Xiaoli was also a little weak-hearted, and immediately said: "It doesn't matter if the boss is not satisfied, there are two of your favorite dishes." ”

Ning Changjiu's gaze moved to the side.

There are indeed two stacks of vegetables next to it, one is stewed eggs with green onions and vegetables, and the other is pancake rolls mangosteen.

"This is ......" Ning Chang looked at the first dish and asked, "Dinghai God needle wrapped around the green dragon?"

Shao Xiaoli's eyes lit up, thinking that he was just the boss who had been cooking for three days, and the boss had such a heart to heart with him.

She nodded her head, satisfied with her good food.

"So what is this...... Old...... Lao Shan?" Ning Chang looked at another dish and fell into deep thought.

Shao Xiaoli said confidently: "This is the iceberg flying fox!"

"What do you mean by that?" Ning asked shamelessly.

"The bread of the pancakes, the mountains of mangosteen. Iceberg ......"

"Didn't it be the first word last time?"

"Cooking is like practicing a sword, you have to learn to be flexible. ”

"Oh...... What about the flying fox?"

Shao Xiaoli picked up the chopsticks with a twist, lifted some of the cakes, and his face was so red that he looked like he had lifted his skirt, and he only saw the side of the cake...... Fried...... It's mushy.

"Oh......" Ning Changjiu suddenly realized, sneered and praised: "You are really a genius. ”

Shao Xiaoli smiled shyly and said, "When it's cold, many places outside the city will have long food, and the whole city can be full at that time, and I'll make you something to eat when the time comes!"

Ning Jiujiu didn't refuse her kindness, and hummed softly.

He ate briefly and asked casually, "Do you have any illness that you brought out of your mother's womb?"

"No, I seem to have been an advantage all my life......" Shao Xiaoli said without thinking.

Ning Changjiu continued to ask: "Then why do you think your clothes want to kill you?"

Shao Xiaoli crossed his arms, rubbed his shoulders, and said a little embarrassed: "How do I know." ”

Ning Chang asked: "Have you been like this since you were a child?"

Shao Xiaoli said: "It's not, after coming back from the snowy mountains last time...... Rest assured, it's no big deal. ”

Ning Chang didn't ask.

In the next few days, there was a rare calm in the city, and after the assessment was over, the prime minister did not look for them in the future, and Ning Changjiu also deliberately went to find the location of the Star Spirit Palace, but he walked all over the royal city, and he did not find a large hall named the Star Spirit Palace.

Shao Xiaoli has been learning swords with Ning Changchang these days, hoping to improve his Northern Hell Divine Sword again.

"Boss, what's the name of your divine sword?" One day, Shao Xiaoli pointed to the branch around his waist and asked seriously.

Shao Xiaoli will never forget his superb appearance when he broke the big array with a branch, although this branch looks ordinary, it is regarded as an artifact in her heart.

Ning Chang looked at the branch that was filled with the power of time around his waist, and felt that it should have a name.

The Spirit of the Sword Sutra and the Blood Feather Monarch also participated in this naming conference.

In the end, the "Northern Underworld" proposed by Shao Xiaoli overwhelmed the "Moon Branch" of the Spirit of the Sword Sutra and the "Divine Stick" of the Blood Feather Jun, and was chosen by Ning Chang for its name.

Shao Xiaoli admired the boss's insight and talent, and if she knew that she had inadvertently defeated the two little demons, she would have been even more excited.

And Ning Changjiu is also familiar with her recipes, basically Shao Xiaoli said her exaggerated name of the dish, and Ning Changjiu could think of the appearance of that pot of vegetables.

Before you know it, it's another three days.

It's only a day away from Xingyuan going out of the city.

On this day, Shao Xiaoli tossed and turned, so excited that she couldn't sleep, she wrapped herself in the quilt, walked barefoot to Ning Changchang's door, and knocked on his door.

"Something?" Ning Chang looked at the little girl standing at the door and asked.

"Boss, you must cover me tomorrow. Shao Xiaoli advised.

Ning Chang said: "If you don't sleep obediently, I will throw you on the ice field tomorrow." ”

Shao Xiaoli got along with him for a few days, and her courage grew, she pouted and said coquettishly: "Boss, I'm afraid of cold ......"

Ning Chang thought to himself that he really couldn't be soft-hearted, this little girl dared to be so hard-hearted.

Shao Xiaoli looked at his somewhat helpless face and continued: "Boss, when the time comes to get out of the city, are you leaving?"

Ning Jiu didn't hide her for a long time and nodded.

Shao Xiaoli said: "You take me with you." ”

Ning Chang couldn't answer.

Shao Xiaoli was sullen, she gathered her big cotton quilt, wrapped her body in it, and the whole person looked a little bloated.

Shao Xiaoli asked, "Boss, did you have a daughter-in-law in your last life?"

Ning Chang said: "No." ”

Shao Xiaoli looked at him shyly: "What a coincidence, I don't have a ...... either"

Ning Changchang said coldly: "If you say more, you can go and bring the whip and washboard." ”

Shao Xiaoli was not afraid at all, but said excitedly: "The boss is finally going to attack me......

"......" Ning was speechless for a long time.

After finally tricking Shao Xiaoli into going to sleep, Ning Chang hit her eyebrows and let her sleep peacefully. Then, as usual, he walked out at night, first walking around the Imperial City to see if there was anything unusual, and then went to the library alone.

Two days ago, he searched the library for records about the ghost prison, and he couldn't understand it.

Today he infiltrated again, hoping to find some clues that he had missed.

He was already familiar with the layout of the library.

Ning Changjiu quickly found the records of the monsters in those ghost prisons, and all the known contents of various monsters on them were listed one by one, even the most common monsters, there were hundreds of pages of records and analyses.

Ning Chang turned over one by one.

It's just that these files were broken on the second layer of the ghost dungeon, and there was not a single volume left about the third layer.

In the darkness, Ning Changjiu's sword eyes shimmered, and the slight sound of flipping books lingered between his fingers, and then at a certain moment, it was like spider silk burned by flames, and suddenly disappeared.

Ning Changjiu raised his brows slightly.

In his Dao heart, a sudden trace of alarm came out, and that trace of alarm made him turn around suddenly, and stabbed directly with a sword without mercy.

The sword met something, and then was blocked and stagnant.

Rumble!

The sword fire lit up in an instant, and the sword eyes that illuminated Ning Chang like a mirror were red, and also illuminated the black shadow that suddenly appeared behind him.

Ning Chang's pupils shrank suddenly.

At the moment of danger, he thought about many possibilities, but he never imagined that he would see it again.

It was a very black figure, almost the same color as the thick night.

It is ugly, sticky, and devoid of facial features and limbs.

It is a demon imprisoned in the deepest part of the ghost prison.

For some reason, it escaped the shackles of the ghost prison and came to the library, where it appeared behind itself.

Ning couldn't see his eyes for a long time, but he could feel his heart and throat being stared at with sharp eyes, as if the other party only needed to squint, and his eyes could turn into a sharp sword to stab himself through.

But none of this happened.

A silent light lit up in the calm darkness.

It was a golden fire.

At the moment when the ghost appeared, the golden crow in his body was like a napping dog, and suddenly heard the sound of banging on the rice bowl.

The golden crow opened his eyes and let out a long-lost roar, so that all the darkness and filth of the world could not come near him.

The golden flame had no temperature, but it illuminated the library brightly.

The ghost was not as powerful as he had imagined, he seemed to have lost much of his strength in the long years he had been entangled in chains, and now he was just an ugly wretched worm, rapidly disintegrating and dissipating in the light of the golden crow.

After the layer of silt-like filth outside cleared, Ning Chang saw his eyes.

It was a pair of human eyes, I don't know if it was out of fear or not, his eyes were very white, but his pupils were only a small part.

Those eyes stared at Ning Changchang through the light of the golden crow, and kept repeating in his mouth: "Shura, Shura, Shura......"

"Shura?" Ning Chang wanted to ask him, but the other party was forever repeating this syllable in his mouth, and he couldn't communicate at all.

"Shura Shura Shura ......"

The speed of his speech became faster and faster, and the human form wrapped in the mud was so withered, and Ning Chang found that he was still wearing a corroded imperial robe that was difficult to identify.

Rumble!

The light exploded around the two of them.

Ning Chang didn't react to what was happening in front of him until he completely dissipated and melted into the darkness, he had thought that he might have a life-and-death battle with him in the future, but he didn't expect this ghost to die directly under the natural crow victory.

The golden crow landed on his shoulders.

Ning Chang knew that it was not advisable to stay here for a long time, so he quickly left the Book Pavilion, and when he left, he spread out the net of divine consciousness, but he did not observe the abnormalities around him.

And after he left, a figure appeared in the library.

She wore a black hood, silver hair, and a wistful smile on her lips.

......

......

After returning home, he untied Minglan and threw him in his room, and then ignored Blood Feather Jun's pleas and came to Shao Xiaoli's house.

Jin Wu has already woken up, and Shao Xiaoli's physical problems can naturally be solved.

He let Jin Crow divide a part of the light and suppressed the spirit of the Sword Sutra, and the spirit of the Sword Sutra angrily scolded Ning Chang for eating alone, and retreated to the depths of the sea of qi in grief and anger.

Ning Changjiu ripped off Shao Xiaoli's quilt and stripped her body out of the quilt.

Ning Chang summoned the Golden Crow.

The golden crow seemed to have encountered a delicacy more delicious than the darkness, and it directly blended into Shao Xiaoli's back, feasting on those cold airs.

"Uh-huh......" In his sleep, Shao Xiaoli groaned lowly, and his soft upper and lower lips were about to leave.

When she doesn't speak, she looks so delicate, like a fragile grass.

There seemed to be a lamp lit in the room, and this lamp was placed in the center of them, illuminating the boy and maiden in the darkness.

Half an hour later, Ning Changjiu rewrapped her in the quilt.

And Ning Chang's lips were covered with a thin layer of frost, looking like a zombie.

He touched his cold lips, then retracted the golden crow, intending to leave.

"Boss ......"

Behind him, a girl's voice suddenly sounded.

She woke up early.

As if she had a terrible dream, the girl stretched out her hand and grabbed it forward, looking very helpless.

He wanted to leave directly, but he finally stopped, squeezed her hand, and gave her cold body a trace of warmth.

"Boss......" Shao Xiaoli opened her eyes and looked at him, she didn't ask why Ning Changjiu appeared in her room, but repeated: "I just had a terrible dream. ”

Ning sat down for a long time and asked patiently in a rare way, "What did you dream about?"

"I dreamed of a big fireball in the sky...... That fireball is so red and big, it keeps burning, if it falls one day, it will definitely burn the whole world......" Shao Xiaoli said worriedly, his eyes full of fear.

Ning Chang was relieved: "That's not a fireball, that's the sun." ”

"Sun?" Shao Xiaoli felt like he had heard the term somewhere.

"Yes, the sun, in the outside world, it is the sun that illuminates the whole heaven and earth, it rises in the east and sets in the west, and it will never fall to the earth, as it has been for all eternity. Ning Chang explained.

"The outside world ......" Shao Xiaoli looked in a trance.

"Well, I'll take you out to see it later. Ning Changjiu suddenly made a promise.

"Can't get out, can't get out......" Shao Xiaoli suddenly curled up tightly, the quilt was wrapped tighter, she hid inside, holding herself and shivering.

Ning Changjiu didn't know what was wrong with her, touched her forehead, and said, "Are you cold?"

Shao Xiaoli shook his head vigorously: "I'm not cold...... I...... I'm going to die. Boss, I'm going to die. ”

Ning Chang has always been more patient with the little girl, and said, "I will treat you, you won't die." ”

Shao Xiaoli suddenly closed his eyes, and the moment he closed his eyes, tears squeezed out: "I won't live long...... I...... I sold my time ......"

"What?"

"I think about it, I sold my time to someone...... He bought my time......" Shao Xiaoli said a little incoherently.

Ning Changjiu's face became more and more solemn.

The little girl wiped her tears with the quilt, and her words were messy but serious: "There are many people in this city who have sold their time...... I've been selling for many, many years before I met you, the boss, and you're not allowed to leave me......"

Ning Changjiu tapped her eyebrows with his fingers, stabilized her confused thoughts for her, and then said softly, "Who did you sell your time to?"

"Monsters in Snow Valley...... There is a canyon outside the city, and there are big monsters living in it...... Boss, don't go, you'll be deceived. ”

Snow Valley ......

Ning Chang remembered the record in the forbidden land scroll.

"Night except. Ning Changjiu softly called out his name.

......

......

Deep gorges, heavy snow, mountain cliffs, strange rocks.

A man walked out of the cave slowly, he was handsome, his appearance was extremely beautiful, his pupils were engraved with ancient texts, and each word was like a star, glowing with the brilliance of divinity.

He looked at the snow that raged wildly all year round in this deep gorge, and picked out a flag as if it were opening for business.

On the banner is a poem that has been handed down for some time:

"Burst out in the sound of a year old. ”

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