Chapter 2: Yun Xiao

"Qianye?" Yun Xiao pulled him and called him, long before he came, the master had said that he was the famous family of Feiyuan, and now he already has another identity - one of the three pavilions and two palaces of the imperial capital, and the current pavilion master of the military pavilion.

Xiao Qianye calmed down in a blink of an eye, and looked at the sky again, the sun that was still hanging in the center had begun to set, and the night was gradually falling.

He had already gone out early in the morning, and he hadn't greeted his subordinates before, and he never expected that he would be trapped in the formation for so long!

However, as soon as he spoke, he couldn't help but change his words: "We look back from here along the road, out of the ancient forest will reach a sea of grass, beyond the sea of grass is the north shore city, in the snow mountains tonight is absolutely impossible to go again, recently it is the annual 'Bailing Conference' of the aliens, the vine demon and the two-headed goldfinch bird you met before will appear here for this reason, if you haven't found Tianche in the city, I will send someone to continue looking for it tomorrow." ”

"Bailing Assembly?" Yun Xiao asked suspiciously, "Won't Tianche be in danger?"

"He—probably not. Xiao Qianye smiled bitterly, the special identity of the fellow senior brother is only known to a native like him in Feiyuan, that is the identity that will face death once it is exposed!

Then, he raised his head to look for the celestial bird that had come with him, and the birdsong came and went, but it was never seen.

He looked at the woman in Tsing Yi with some doubts, and the other party waved his hand, picked up a branch, drew a vertical line on the ground, and said, "Are you looking for that big bird?" I remember that it was given to you by Master when he visited Feiyuan, but we were still trapped in the formation, and it couldn't get in. ”

"Still in the formation?" he instantly raised his vigilance again, and then he felt that something was indeed wrong around him - it was too quiet, it was the end of summer, and it coincided with the Bailing Conference, so it was impossible for the ancient forest to be silent at all!

"This is the Mirror Gate Array, the position where you were just now is the Inner Mirror, and now although you have come out, you are still in the Array. Yun Xiao reminded, pointed to the vertical line, and muttered in a low voice, "I have already asked you to study hard, and you met me, otherwise you will be sleepy for at least ten days and a half months and can't get out, if this line is the mirror door array, its inside is an illusion that can be fabricated wantonly, and the outside is the real world reflected in the mirror." ”

Xiao Qianye didn't refute it, in fact, it wasn't that he was unwilling to learn the way of magic when he was young, but he really didn't have the talent for it, and over time he focused on swordsmanship.

He coughed awkwardly and asked, "Then how are you going to get out now?" I'm in the city...... There are still some important things that cannot be delayed for too long. ”

"Is it the end of the sky?" Yun Xiao said bluntly, "What happened?" Senior brother used to concentrate on cultivation, and never thought of coming to Feiyuan, this time no one persuaded him, and the master in charge couldn't stop him......"

"Last month, a person ran away from the prison in the imperial capital, and not only that, but he also kidnapped the prisoners who fell into the sea and went down to the sky. Xiao Qianye's tone was suddenly serious, and he asked again: "Didn't Tianche tell you the truth at all?" Feiyuan rarely interacts with the Central Plains, and he gives a fixed caravan to do business in Haikou, where did you learn about the Tianzhiya incident?"

Vaguely aware of something in the other party's words, Yun Xiao took a step closer and said, "He just said that he came to find someone, and he didn't tell me the details." ”

"The person he's looking for is a little troublesome......" Xiao Qianye muttered to himself, as night fell, the ancient forest became even colder and damp, and the dark cyan earth showed faint fluctuations, as if it were a tidal surge.

The two of them glanced at each other, and at the same time pressed the sword spirit in their hands, years of cultivation made them sensitive to the fact that there were active creatures in the ground rapidly approaching.

The monster in the ground let out a warning roar, and a "ground thorn" stabbed out without warning, Yun Xiao hurriedly dodged away, but the thorn was like a living thing, and after a blow missed, it swept like the tail of a spirit snake!

After a while, where she was standing, another huge ground thorn was pulled out violently, Yun Xiao's gaze followed its direction, and the next moment, the Qingmei Sword appeared more than ten meters above the ground, she stepped on the ancient tree and jumped high, and a sword pierced the huge branch!

However, after the Qingmei Sword was stabbed in, she was sucked and generally unable to move, she tried hard to pull out the sword, but her back was black, and not far away, the same tentacle appeared and smashed head-on!

Yun Xiao staggered back, turned over and fell back to the ground, four huge tentacles had unconsciously gathered around her, and the pierced tentacle didn't feel any pain at all, still waving defiantly.

Xiao Qianye jumped up, first pulled her, then flipped with his left hand, pulled out the cyan sword spirit on the tentacles and threw it back to her, and then the sword in his right hand swung continuously to repel the monster!

"It's a vine demon. Xiao Qianye reminded with a straight face, the sword qi evoked the barrier, but there were doubts in his heart - although the vine demon was huge, it had a gentle temperament and was not a murderous thing, even if the Bailing Conference was approaching, it should never take the initiative to attack humans!

He immediately noticed Yun Xiao's abnormality, his pupils shrank, and he couldn't believe it—under the collar torn by the tentacles, fiery red feathers suddenly appeared, growing one by one on the snow-white skin, which was particularly eye-catching.

Yun Xiao hurriedly shook off his hand, tightly covered her collar and dodged back, biting her lip suddenly, her expression was a little painful - there was a familiar pain on her body, she had only been on this isolated island for half a day, and those things became more and more unbearable.

"Are you ......" Xiao Qianye wanted to ask, but when the words came to her mouth, she swallowed it back, her eyes dodged, and she didn't dare to look directly at Xiao Qianye, and the vine demon quickly burrowed into the ground after this blow and disappeared.

She was scared, and she hadn't seen her for years, but she was so scared in front of her?

The moment she frowned and thought, Xiao Qianye couldn't help but think back to the girl who recommended herself back then.

She was born in Kunshan and grew up in Kunshan, her mother Mrs. Qiushui is one of the four peaks, but Mrs. not only did not teach her swordsmanship, but even Kunshan's mental method did not let her touch it at all, this woman stubbornly let her daughter learn everything that a girl should learn, let her read poetry and books, but always forbade her to refer to any martial arts.

She herself doesn't seem to have much interest in this, originally the Lunjian Peak where Mrs. Qiushui lived was far away from the main palace of Kunlun Mountain, and she was also quiet, like a young lady who had no quarrel with the world, living a carefree life but incompatible with Kunlun.

This situation lasted until he came to Kunlun, and Jiang Qing, the head of the wandering house, suddenly returned, took him under his door without warning, and arranged his living in the Sword Peak!

For so many years, Lady Qiushui's Lunjian Peak has never arranged for a disciple to move in, but this time the decision of the head of the sect is unpredictable, after learning about this matter, Mrs. Qiushui, who has always had a tough attitude, did not speak, and in the end, it was to everyone's surprise, nodding and acquiescing to the master's approach.

In the second year, after she watched him practice swords in Jian Feng for a whole year, she finally recommended herself to worship under the head Jiang Qing, and from then on, this girl became her rightful junior sister, and like Tianche, she was the only two of her own relatives.

Now that I think about it, she does have something unusual, and the most puzzling thing for him is that she can speak bird language.

However, it was only that, and it was strange to say, except for the birds flying in the sky, she could not understand the words of the beasts on the ground at all.

And now she really has fire-colored feathers on her body?

"Let me see. He lowered his voice, still insisting on taking a step forward to take a closer look, but as soon as his fingertips touched the collar, Yun Xiao opened his hand.

Still unwilling, Xiao Qianye asked, "Was it back then...... Is it a wound from that time?"

"No!" she interrupted Xiao Qianye without hesitation, remembering the past of the year, her cheeks flushed instantly, and she hurriedly said: "This is my own business, it has nothing to do with you, don't meddle with things, find a way out first." ”

"Ah Xiao—" He followed Yun Xiao, the memories in his mind churning - Yun Xiao was the daughter of Lady Qiushui, but no one knew who her father was, and Lady had traveled down the mountain when she was young, and she was already pregnant when she returned to Kunlun.

Lady Qiushui also stayed in Feiyuan for a long, long time, and even left an indelible mark on this isolated island.

He didn't know how many secrets there were, and Mrs. Qiushui's past was also something that everyone on Kunlun Mountain tacitly avoided talking about.

He was vaguely aware of Yun Xiao's background early on, which may also have an inseparable relationship with this isolated island, and may even be related to all kinds of alien people on the island.

This is actually not a good thing for him, the humans and aliens on the flying wall have been in a stalemate for a long time, and this past grievance has also intensified in the thousands of years since the big star fell into the sea, and the Emperor of Tianquan has hated the alien race even more after succeeding to the throne, and he can't wait to wipe it out, he has ordered the military pavilion to exterminate the alien race several times, and even in the later imperial capital's decree, it has been explicitly forbidden for aliens to enter and leave the Heavenly Imperial City.

"What do you think? It really has nothing to do with you, don't guess. She interrupted Xiao Qianye's thoughts with her mouth open, and put away all the panic of Fang Cai, and then showed a clear smile as before, "The vine demon seems to be the only living creature in this kind of mirror gate array, if I guess correctly, follow the direction of the vine demon's escape, there should be an exit." ”

The two of them walked in the direction of the vine demon's escape, and there were many strange sounds passing by along the way, but it was like an invisible mirror, and they couldn't see anything.

"Bailing Conference...... Is there a banquet of a hundred kinds of spirit beasts?" Obviously interested in the voices around her, Yun Xiao blinked, "I heard that Feiyuan used to be a big star in the sky, and after it fell into the sea, it became an island like this, there are many spirit beasts on the island, and some of them have even cultivated into people and become so-called aliens, is that so?"

"Hmm. Xiao Qianye nodded and added, "Legend has it that there are countless floating islands like Feiyuan in the clouds, and Bailing is just a saying, as far as we know now, there are thousands of alien people, and there are even more spirit beasts." ”

"I really want to go to their Bailing Conference to have a look!" Yun Xiao sighed wistfully, Xiao Qianye smiled bitterly, "Then forget it, they don't like humans either, and it will be dangerous for you to go." ”

"Where's that day?" she changed the subject, squeezing her eyes, and slyly returning to the original question.

Xiao Qianye wanted to speak and stopped, seeing her curious expression and didn't know how to hide it, since the senior brother himself didn't want to mention more, then it wasn't his turn to explain, right?

What's more, this complex issue is not something he can explain clearly in a few words.

"Still don't want to tell me?" Yun Xiao pushed him, in Kunlun, she is also a personal disciple of the master in charge, and she is at the same level as Tian Che and Xiao Qianye, but the two senior brothers have their own concealments, and they don't interact with each other, not only do they not seem to be the same door, but they often have the smell of gunpowder with arrows and crossbows.

Maybe Tianche himself didn't want to mention it. Xiao Qianye sighed, no matter how he said it, he was also a well-known military pavilion master on the Feiyuan Continent, but he was really helpless against this fellow disciple who grew up together since childhood.

Putting aside everything else, if she hadn't been there at that time, maybe he would have already become a white skeleton in the snow of Kunlun Mountain.

Thinking of this, Xiao Qianye's eyes suddenly dimmed again, although it was only eight years in the past, the memory at that time was very vague, as if someone had deliberately erased something, no matter how he recalled, there would be a large blank.

The only thing he remembered was that at the moment before he lost consciousness, his body seemed to have undergone some amazing changes, there was a beast that seemed to tear him apart, and even his hands grew strange white burrs, he lost control of his body under the severe pain, and fell off the cliff with one foot!

And after he finally woke up, he found that he had landed safely in a valley, and the woman who hugged him tightly in his arms was Yunxiao.

There were several huge and horrific wounds on her body, the first cut vertically from the chest to the abdomen, the second connected to the shoulders and cross-cuts, the third and fourth places were located from the palms of both hands to the arms, and the fifth and sixth places were from the ankles to the thighs.

And the most puzzling thing is the source of those sword wounds, which were obviously cut by her own sword spirit "Green Charm Sword", and because of this, the sword qi remaining on the wound kept the blood from coagulating, and it flowed until he was sober before he hurriedly helped stop the bleeding.

After that, I don't know if she really didn't remember it or deliberately hid something, Yun Xiao never mentioned to him what happened that day again, and even Kunlun didn't spread it.

But after that day, the head master and Mrs. Qiushui's eyes looked at him significantly heavier, and even his senior brother Tianche, who had never been in contact with him, came to visit him several times for the first time.

Xiao Qianye knew better than anyone else that the senior brother's was not for his injury, as a senior brother, he was more like he was investigating something.

Soon after, he ended Kunlun's practice early due to bad news from his family, and by the time he finished packing his bags, he was ready not to set foot in the Central Plains again in this life.

"Heh......" For some reason, Xiao Qianye suddenly let out a wry smile, obviously with such an awareness, why would he still be convinced the moment he received the letter from the Wind Demon?

After all, he couldn't let go of it in his heart, and even hoped that the letter was real, even at such an urgent moment, he still wanted to see her again.

Then his thoughts were interrupted by Yun Xiao's excited voice: "Look ahead-"

In the direction of her finger, there was a strange spiral-shaped halo.