"Squeak-squeak-"

The deeper the night, the more noisy the crickets outside the house, the monotonous and hollow chirping endlessly, which is a signal for their courtship, as if to wake up the dead night.

But the darkness is still like a tide, boundless, drowning all colors and creatures.

She hates the dark, so an oil lamp shines in front of the mirror. Xu is window was not closed properly, and the wind blew in. The slender orange flame flickered, but struggled to extinguish, and the flickering candlelight reflected the two figures in and out of the mirror.

In the mirror, she was naked, and the water droplets slipped from her wet shawl black hair to her beautiful white carcass, drawing graceful curves along her carcass, and under the dim candlelight, the undried water droplets seemed to cover her with a hazy halo, making her feel like a pure elf when she came out of the bath.

But she knew that she was different from the figure in the mirror, she was not pure, but dirty, very dirty. Every time she woke up from that quagmire dream, she had to take a bath, but no matter how long she washed, she still couldn't wash away the filth.

The dreams still come like darkness, the ugly, vicious, distorted faces, the fat, the craggy, or the mutilated bodies, and their smug laughter, sharp, harsh, greedy, like the chirping of insects outside the house.

But what was most unbearable to her was the woman in her dream, whose watery eyes looked down on her from above, covered her lips and chuckled, and cast a sympathetic look at her.

"Squeak-squeak-"

"Don't laugh anymore!" the cricket's cry became more and more harsh and unbearable, and she pressed her palm against the smooth mirror, thinking of a provoked female beast, and let out a low roar into the mirror, "It's just bugs, it's just courtship and mating, what's there to be proud of! Autumn is coming, you're all going to die!"

"Hehe, you're the only one who has no right to say that. She whispered to the mirror, in which she reciprocated with hostile taunts, "You were once a worm, humble and unsightly, and like them, the only difference is that you are a worm that is not even qualified to make a courtship call." ”

Not to be outdone, she fought back: "So what, at least I'm still alive, and you're dead, I'm alive, so I have a chance to turn over, and I can win you." ”

"You can win, I'll wait for you to ......" She smiled pitifully in the mirror and said softly: "But after so many years, do you see the slightest chance of winning?"

A light word made her face pale, as if she had been hit by an arrow, and the aggressive illusion was shattered by an arrow, and she held the mirror with her hand, so that her powerless body would not collapse like mud.

And the person in the mirror continued to taunt her, "Don't say it's me, you can't even win my shadow, no matter how you learn from me, it's all in vain, the more you chase, the farther away you will be, poor stupid worm, after thinking about it for so many years, you still can't figure it out?"

The figure in the mirror bowed down like her, and whispered: "It's because I'm dead that you can't win, think about it, no matter how hard you try, how can you win against a person who doesn't exist in the world?"

Yes, how can you win over someone who does not exist in the world?

In fact, she has long understood the truth, but she has always been unwilling to accept it, but the dying struggle, in exchange for a mess, she buried her face in the crook of her arm, sobbing in a low voice, this is a fragility that no one else has ever seen.

But she has long been accustomed to it in the mirror, sighing faintly, and she is about to leave as usual.

"Then will you come back to life?" At this time, I heard a different response, and when I turned around, I saw her raise her head and plead humbly, "Please, come back to life, as long as you come back to life, I am willing to fight nothing, as before, be a worm that can't see the light, can you come back to life?"

In the mirror, she turned her head to stare at her outside the country, and showed a smile like charity, but her black pupils were faint, as if she could suck the other party's life into her body.

She said, "Okay." ”

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The mottled scroll slowly unfolded, and the 90,000 miles of mountains and rivers were in full view.

Unfolding in front of me is a map of the territory of the Tang Dynasty, with fifteen east-west roads, fifty north-south passes, city passes, mountains and rivers, and the weight of rivers and mountains are all miniature to a piece of paper.

"What a picture of mountains and rivers!" Ji Fengming couldn't help but admire when he saw it.

Although Su Miaoyin did not speak, a look of surprise flashed in her eyes.

The dust has settled on the battle for the Book of Heaven, but both good and evil have their own gains and losses, but they all know that this is not the end. At this time, the righteous path factions took a boat along the Min River and sailed straight towards Qingcheng Mountain, where it would be the beginning of a new game.

After the war, Su Miaoyin and Ji Fengming came to Mu Zixuan's cabin to meet after dealing with the affairs at hand, and the first thing they did after they came was naturally to examine the hard-earned half-volume of the Heavenly Book.

The Book of Heaven was divided into two, and what Mu Zixuan got was a map, the splendid mountains and rivers jumped on the paper, if such a detailed and accurate map was seen by the imperial court, it would definitely be regarded as a treasure and kept as a top secret in the heavily guarded military hangar. By the way, the person who touches the map will be imprisoned and supervised for the crime of drawing the map privately, so as to prevent the map from falling into the hands of the enemy.

But it can also amaze well-informed cultivators like Ji Fengming and Su Miaoyin, naturally not only because of the accuracy of the map, but because this map is alive.

After the map is unfolded, there is a translucent golden dragon shadow dancing on it, it tails Kunlun, crosses the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, coils in Taiyuan, and finally explores the dragon's head to the sea in the East Ocean.

On the dragon's spine, there are nine dorsal fin-like protrusions, and if you look closely, you will find that the dorsal fin is nine mottled copper tripods.

When Jiuding slowly moved along the water veins on the map, it pulled the golden dragon to dance its teeth and claws, appearing vivid.

"Sure enough, as we expected, Yuwang Jiuding moved with the water veins, the location is uncertain, if there is no map guidance, it is difficult to find them, and the northern demons can say that they have found nothing this time. Su Miaoyin said after examining it.

"But it's different for the six paths...... Ji Fengming stretched out his finger and rubbed the Kunlun hometown on the map, pointing to a tripod: "Kunlun is the bell of heaven and earth, this tripod has always been fixed on Kunlun, it has never moved, the six paths have obtained the method of breaking the qi, this tripod is broken, I am afraid it will be a matter of time." ”

"It's too early to say this, Di Lingtian won't have the spare strength to break Jiuding before his injuries heal, we still have time. Now let's discuss what to do with this hot potato, right?" Mu Zixuan re-rolled up the map and said with a look of disgust.

"It's just a curse to stay, or it's a fire to save trouble. Ji Fengming said decisively, in his opinion, it doesn't matter if he gets the Book of Heaven or not, the important thing is not to be obtained by Beilongtian and them, so destroying it is a way to do it once and for all.

"Heroes see things the same way, and that's what I thought at first. Mu Zixuan agreed.

"And the result?"

"Of course, the result is to wait for you to burn it, and burn the Heavenly Book of the Descendant, this is really comparable to the ancestral dragon burning a hundred schools of thought, such a vigorous thing, naturally it will be handed over to you Phoenix Flame!" Mu Zixuan said with a smile.

"I can't say that, as a Taoist, I pay attention to quiet and inaction, and the vigorous and vigorous big things have to be done by the leader of the Zhengtian Alliance himself. Ji Fengming also apologized.

"You two don't make a fuss. Su Miaoyin interrupted their nonsense, "I have checked the records of the Book of Heaven from Mr. Zhishi's 'Fishing History Pavilion', the Book of Heaven is the Mandate of Heaven in the present world, and those who destroy the Book of Heaven can be said to be against the fate of the Heavens, and there will be disasters coming, and more importantly, if the Mandate of Heaven is exhausted, the Book of Heaven will disappear by itself, if the Mandate of Heaven is not fulfilled, even if it is forcibly destroyed, it will inevitably reappear again soon, if so, it will only repeat the battle of the Book of Heaven, which will not benefit us at all." ”

"So, it can't be destroyed and destroyed, and it is remembered to keep it, Su Sect Master, such a thing that is related to the lifeblood of the world, only the Holy Buddha can keep it in the world today, so please send it to the Buddha Heart Zen Temple and hand it over to the Holy Buddha. Mu Zixuan said, pushing the Book of Heaven towards Su Miaoyin.

"It is indeed the safest way to be under the care of the Holy Buddha, but now is not the time. Su Miaoyin held down the Heavenly Book that was pushed and said: "The Heavenly Book is very important, in order to prevent being robbed on the way, many masters need to accompany and escort them to the Buddha Heart Zen Monastery to be at ease, but now that the day of the recovery of the palace master is imminent, most of the six evil annihilations will attack in a big way at that time, and it is really not appropriate to divide the troops at this time." ”

Ji Fengming also echoed: "Yes, the strength is weak, everything will wait for my master to recover smoothly, so it is better for you to keep it at this moment, with the strength of the leader of the Zhengtian Alliance, you will definitely be able to protect the Book of Heaven." ”

Mu Zixuan also expected that they would say this, it was a void and a snake, and at this time he said tentatively: "Speaking of strength, there is still a big master in my Zhengtian Alliance, why don't you hand it over to him for safekeeping?"

Ji Fengming and Su Miaoyin glanced at each other, but they were silent.

Mu Zixuan raised his eyebrows and asked, "You are also wary of the Sword Emperor?"

"Ha, this word 'also' is used well!" Ji Fengming chuckled lightly and grabbed the key word.

Mu Zixuan said: "Nonsense! What day did the Sword Emperor say that he wanted to join the Vientiane Heavenly Palace as your junior brother, see if you can have no mustard in your heart?"

Su Miaoyin responded: "The more ambitious the firmament, he has never been willing to be lonely, if he hadn't lost to Yu Wenfeng when he was in the middle of the day, I am afraid that the current cultivation world is already a different pattern, and after he came out of the customs this time, his style of acting is very different from before, and it is even more incomprehensible, but no matter what, there is nothing wrong with being careful, it is indeed inappropriate to hand over the heavenly book related to the luck of the Tang Dragon Vein to a person who cultivates the sword of the Emperor Extreme." Therefore, since you are the leader of the alliance elected by everyone, this responsibility belongs to you. ”

"Okay, Sect Master Su has said this, then I won't shirk it......" Mu Zixuan was no longer hypocritical, and at this time, he suddenly heard a slight and imperceptible sound on the top of the cabin.

"Someone!" Mu Zixuan's expression tightened, and he hurriedly took the book of heaven into his arms, and at the same time opened the folding window to look outside the cabin.

But he saw a slender figure rushing by, and there was another figure under his arm, but he still walked on the ground when he touched the water.

"Is it them?" Mu Zixuan and Ji Fengming recognized the back, and they were both shocked, and they wanted to chase after it to see what was going on.

But seeing Su Miaoyin, she sighed lightly and stopped: "Forget it, don't chase it, leave this injustice to them to solve by themselves......"