Chapter 148: Fortune and Misfortune
The lights of Tongzhen were sparse at night, and the town on this hill was unusually quiet, and at this time, it seemed that almost no house had its doors open, including this inn, and Mu Xiao and the boss closed the door as soon as they entered. At this time, in front of the counter on the first floor, a middle-aged man sat tremblingly on a chair, and the half-hanger not far away was playing with a dagger in his hand, glancing at him from time to time.
"Guest officer, why don't I go get you something to eat?" The middle-aged man was half-hung and couldn't go anywhere. He had been sitting here for half an hour, and just now he fell down the stairs and fainted, and was woken up by the fat man with cold water.
The fat man tilted his head sideways and squinted his eyes and said coldly, "Stay well!"
There is no sound in the store, quiet! The innkeeper does not know what evil he has done, not to mention the large number of customers in recent days, and finally there are only two rooms in two waves, and what is even more bitter is that he also stopped himself at the counter and could not move. Now we can only pray that the pigeons that were released an hour ago will have some luck.
In the upstairs room, Li Xiu brushed the dust in front of the bed to draw brilliant colors, and the streamer shrouded Qi Nian's body along the dust. A shallow mark loomed between her eyebrows at this time, and Li Xiu's old hand turned again, and the dust rose slightly, and the movement was simple but accompanied by a strong force, surging towards Qi Nian again. At this time, the streamer was even stronger, and the lamps in the room were insignificant under this light. The derived wonderful aura filled the entire room, and Mu Xiao and Jiang Qiaoqiao, who were standing behind them, looked at each other, and saw full of surprise in each other's eyes.
"It's so strong!"
Mu Xiao exclaimed in a low voice, shrouded by Li Xiu's power, as if everything in the room was alive, even the chair seemed to be alive at this time. It's like being in a world full of life. Li Xiu, who was originally standing, sat down cross-legged at this time, put the dust in front of his chest, and quickly sealed in the void with his hands folded.
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An illusory figure loomed on Qi Nian's body, flickering several times before disappearing into her body. When Li Xiu stretched out his hand, a cold aura slowly came from Qi Nian's body, and the next moment, a black thing flowed into his body along Li Xiu's hand. The temperature in the room became unusually cold, and the tea bowls on the table made a cracking sound. Mu Xiao looked back, and the tea in the bowl had formed a piece of white ice, and the cracks were shattering into the ground along the mouth of the bowl.
It's hard to imagine how such a heavy cold energy exists in the body, and how Qi Nian has survived until now. When this cold qi was drawn out of his body, even Li Xiu himself was trembling. His face changed, and a thin layer of hoarfrost was placed on the place where he sat cross-legged.
When Li Xiu's hands were sealed again, the glow all over his body suddenly leaked, and he was like a Buddha statue slowly levitating from the ground, and the dust was slightly raised, and the whole room shook violently in an instant.
"What are you shaking?" the fat man downstairs looked at the middle-aged man who was stuck in front of the stage, and his voice trembled a little and shouted.
The middle-aged man replied intermittently: "You, aren't you trembling too?"
In fact, the two of them had already gritted their teeth by the cold air coming from upstairs, and the fat man really couldn't pretend to be it, so he jumped up and down in the store at this time, but it was still as cold as winter. At this time, he strode to the front desk, grabbed the middle-aged man and hummed, "Go to the room." ”
The two of them walked towards the room in a panic, and at this time they could only burn the fire to keep warm, and they didn't know if it had any effect. Compared to them, Mu Xiao and Jiang Qiaoqiao in the room on the second floor seemed much calmer, but their hands and feet were cold.
Fortunately, when Li Xiu's eyes opened, it was cold and piercing
The aura finally dissipated at this time. Li Xiu withdrew his hands, shook off the dust and slowly got up. Looking back at the two people behind him who were full of surprise, he grinned and said: "She is okay for the time being, but I am afraid it is impossible to eradicate it, and the future will be unpredictable!"
Mu Xiao and Jiang Qiaoqiao, who were nervous, finally relaxed at this time, and as the cold air in the room dissipated, everything finally returned to calm. Qi Nian's face on the bed has improved significantly, although he hasn't woken up yet, his breathing is much more even than when he first came. Jiang Qiaoqiao picked up a towel to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead again, but a strange emotion sprouted in her heart.
"Thank you seniors for your help!" Mu Xiao stretched out his hand and said respectfully to Li Xiu.
Li Xiu looked at Mu Xiao for a long time, and finally asked: "In addition to the extremely yin qi on her body, there is also a pure power, which the old man has never touched, it must be Xiaoyou's true qi, right?"
Mu Xiao glanced sideways at Jiang Qiaoqiao, who was busy working, and was about to speak when he was interrupted by Li Xiu: "If it weren't for that true qi, this girl would probably have died in the Ice and Fire Corridor, and it would be her blessing to meet you." ”
"It's nothing, but she pulled me out of the ghost gate, so the seniors saved her and helped me, if there is a need in the future, Mu Xiao is willing to serve!" Mu Xiao said with a smile.
The old man seemed to be very attentive to Mu Xiao's words, he lowered his head and sighed in contemplation and said, "Since Xiaoyou said so, the old man has a reluctant request. ”
"Senior, please speak!"
"When I go to Youlong Sky Valley in a few days, I hope that Xiaoyou can take care of the old man and fool at that time. Li Xiu stepped forward and smiled between his beards: "The Youlong Sky Valley will be opened once in decades, and when the time comes, it will definitely attract the strong people of the various forces of the Youlong Empire, and you can rest assured that there is an old man who cares about it." ”
This made Mu Xiao wonder, Li Xiu obviously has a lot of strength, and he has to take care of the fat man himself, isn't this a joke? Could it be that when he healed Qi Nian just now, his vitality was greatly damaged? But looking at his current appearance, it is nothing different.
When Mu Xiao was puzzled, Jiang Qiaoqiao was walking from the side, glancing at Mu Xiao and saying, "Senior Li's realm is already a Sword Sect, and you can't enter the Empty Valley. So we went to the Empty Valley this time, although it is said that it is dangerous, as long as we can hide from the masters outside and enter the Empty Valley, the highest person inside is the Sword Venerable realm, so there is still hope. ”
Li Xiu nodded slightly and looked at Jiang Qiaoqiao and said: "The girl is right, even if this time it will attract a lot of Youlong masters, but as long as you enter the empty valley, with your strength, it shouldn't be a big problem in it, but if you want to get the treasure inside, it still depends on chance." After a pause, Li Xiu continued: "You go to the empty valley this time, I'm afraid you are going to (the ancient book of demon suppression), if it is not the old man pouring cold water, (the ancient book of demon suppression) will not be able to take away, as for how much you can realize, it depends on your personal ability." But there is one thing, it is the thing that must be fought for in the Dragon Sky Valley this time!"
"What is it?" Mu Xiao suddenly became interested, at first he heard that the Demon Suppression Ancient Book could suppress the demon seed in Yi Ling's body, so he and Jiang Qiaoqiao decided to go to the Youlong Empty Valley, but after hearing Li Xiu say this, he was also interested in another thing.
Li Xiu's eyes were hot, his frost-white beard rose slightly at this time, and his eagle-like eyes looked at Mu Xiao and said, "A seventh-order demon pill." ”
"Seventh-Order Demon Pill?"
Mu Xiao's heart was as turbulent as a horse Tengyun, and he couldn't help but feel a trace of worry. The demon beast that the bear lion beast was exiled to the empty valley, the demon pill that was given to him last time, was it brought out of the empty valley?
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Zuo asked ignorantly: "There is still a seventh-order demon pill in the empty valley? This is unlikely, isn't it? Not to mention the demon pill, I haven't even seen a demon that can transform into a human." ”
"I'm afraid Xiaoyou doesn't know anything about the origin of the Dragon Sky Valley. Li Xiu pulled out the chair next to him and sat down at this time, and the whisk that never left his hand was actually resting on the table at this time, like a ponytail sweeping the dust, this is to give Mu Xiao a good talk about the Youlong Empty Valley: "Okay, today the old man will tell you about the Hidden Dragon Empty Valley......"
The Dark Dragon Sky Valley is a forbidden place in the Dark Dragon Empire, which has been closed for countless years. Countless years ago, the Youlong Empire was rampant with monsters like the Qingyang Empire, and the northern border of the Youlong Empire was almost occupied by demon beasts.
In the era when monsters were rampant, the people of Youlong were struggling to make a living, and the demons in the world finally had the mercy of heaven for several years, and sent divine soldiers to the lower realm to drive the demon beasts rampant in Tongyou City into a valley. And set up an enchantment to seal the entire valley, and carved (the ancient book of demon suppression) on the mountain peak, so that future generations can practice the method of killing demons and eliminating demons.
Many demon beasts were trapped in the valley, and from then on, no grass grew in the valley, and no one could approach. Every few years, the entrance to the valley is opened, and only one incense stick is opened each time, although the origin of the empty valley is a legend, but the entrance is only one incense stick time.
"How many people can come back in such a short time?"
After Mu Xiao heard Li Xiu talk about the empty valley, he couldn't help but feel a little lost in his heart. A stick of incense enters the empty valley in time, and you can't come back quickly without anything?
"The opening time of the entrance to the empty valley is a stick of incense, but the exit is somewhere else, as long as you walk out of this valley before the fog fills the empty valley, remember not to go back. Li Xiu said with a solemn face.
Mu Xiao poured a bowl of tea for Li Xiu, covered the teapot and went back, looked at him expectantly and asked, "Do you know if there are other living creatures in the valley?"
This is the question that Mu Xiao is most concerned about, after all, the empty valley has been closed for countless years, and no one knows what it looks like inside, and now he can only ask about all kinds of possibilities for existence.
Li Xiu couldn't be sure, he didn't know what the empty valley was like now, many years ago, like Mu Xiao now, before entering the empty valley, all parties inquired about it, but when he went inside, it was far from what was said outside.
At this time, looking at Mu Xiao's expectant eyes, Li Xiu grinned and said, "The empty valley is a world that is ever-changing, and what you see may not be true, so what I tell you now may not really exist." There is such a sentence in the record of the Dragon Sky Valley: Void and reality are a thought. ”
Li Xiu stretched out his hand to pick up the dust on the table and gently raised it on one side, then retracted it into his arms, and said with a sigh: "When the old man entered the hollow valley for a few days, he only found this whisk, but it was also the biggest opportunity for the old man in this life, you must remember, don't underestimate any of the small things inside, although the hollow valley is a place to suppress demons, but it is also a place where many powerful treasures have been left, and it is not in vain to find one." ”
"The predecessor whisked the dust very strangely, and there was not a trace of artificial traces in sight, but it looked like a naturally growing spiritual creature!" Jiang Qiaoqiao, who had been standing aside without speaking, was staring at Li Xiu's hand at this time.
Li Xiu looked up at Jiang Qiaoqiao, with a hint of surprise in his eyes: "The girl's eyesight is very good, this dust is a thing of Wolong, and it is naturally extraordinary." ”
When Mu Xiao heard this, his eyelids jumped, and complex emotions seemed to come to his heart without reservation at this time.