The sword light came quickly, faintly with a bit of urgency, and there were some signs of instability.

Seeing this, Chu Qing's heart moved, and a wall of light emitted around his fingers, blocking it three feet in front of him, holding his breath and concentrating, watching the changes.

After the sword light found the wall of light, it was also stunned, and instead of moving forward, it circled an arc in the air and fell down not far away.

The brilliance flashed, the sword light disappeared in an instant, and two people appeared from it, and Chu Qing was pleasantly surprised that one of them was actually Xiao Jiu, who had been separated from him for many days, and he was holding a person in his arms, judging from his clothes, it should be Yuru, but at this time, his head was wrapped with strips of white cloth, and he couldn't see any strength on his body, and he was obviously seriously injured and unable to move.

Xiao Jiu was obviously stunned when he saw Chu Qing, but at this time, Yuru in his arms groaned in pain, he frowned, withdrew his gaze, and looked down with concern.

Chu Qing waved his hand, withdrew his fingers, stepped forward, and said suspiciously: "Xiao Jiu, you ...... What's wrong with her?"

Xiao Jiu didn't raise his head, his face was a little more solemn, his eyes were staring at Yuru in his arms, and he said sadly: "She was seriously injured by Granny Duan." ”

Chu Qing was taken aback and asked, "Granny Duan?" But then she thought of her battle against the centipede spirit Qingqian, and later Granny Duan came to her aid, and she faintly guessed a little.

Xiao Jiu didn't answer, but cautiously helped Yuru to sit down nearby, leaned Yuru on top of him, looked at it twice, and then said, "She was injured like this by Granny Duan to save me." ”

Chu Qing heard that Xiao Jiu was a little self-blaming, but after hearing it, she was confused, why did Granny Duan hurt Xiao Jiu, looked at Yuru, who was extremely injured, and asked, "Save you?"

Xiao Jiu kept looking at Yuru, who was almost unconscious, and said in a trembling voice: "Granny Duan is crazy. I was accidentally attacked by her, but fortunately Yuru came over and saved my life. Herself, herself...... but was beaten into a seriously injured ....... Speaking of the back, Xiao Jiu's voice was already choked.

When Chu Qing heard this, her heart rose with pity, her brows furrowed, she squatted down, and after reaching out to help Xiao Jiu lay Yuru down, she looked at it twice before she said softly: "Granny Duan is crazy?"

Xiao Jiu didn't answer, his eyes never left Yuru, but said softly: "Qing'er, help me get some water." ”

Chu Qing answered, turned around, found the camel carrying the sheepskin water bag, walked over to untie the bag of water, and walked back quickly.

Xiao Jiu raised Yuru's head slightly with one arm, and took the sheepskin water bag with the other hand, confirming that the eye plug had been pulled out, before gently approaching her chapped and bloodless lips.

The tightly tied strip of white cloth blocked most of Yuru's cheeks, and only her eyes and lips could be seen, and she opened her mouth tremblingly and took a small sip of water. Her eyes were kept closed, and her eyelids were a terrible blue-black, like the bark of a tree that had been carved over time. Later, she shook her head gently, signaling that Xiao Jiu didn't want to drink any more water.

Xiao Jiu immediately put down the sheepskin water bag, supported Yuru's body, gently put her down, leaned over and whispered a few words in her ear, then stood up, turned around and looked carefully for a long time, stopped on one of the camels, lightened his steps, strode over, unwrapped the package from the camel's back, took out the felt mat from it, held it in his arms, and walked back quickly, laying it on a platform. Then he walked over again, leaned into Yuru's ear, and said softly

Then he reached out with both hands, gently picked it up, slowly placed it on the felt mat, and pulled out a blanket to cover his body. Finally sat next to Yuru and gently held her hand until Yuru seemed to fall asleep, Xiao Jiufang sighed softly and turned his gaze to Chu Qing.

Xiao Jiu was about to get up, but he didn't forget to look back at Yuru, who was asleep, Fang got up gently, slowly walked to Chu Qing's side, hesitated, looked back at Yuru again, and then sat down, but lowered his head very gloomily.

The cave was quiet, all the animals looked at the two uninvited guests nervously, and the little fat bear bag had already found a comfortable place to lie down and squint his eyes and take a nap.

Outside the cave, there was still a thunderous sandstorm, like a giant beast, gasping for breath at the entrance of the cave, coveting the delicious food in the cave, and from time to time stretching out its huge claws and shaking the sandstone.

Chu Qing also turned her head to look at Yuru for a while, thought about it, and finally asked in a low voice, "Xiao Jiu, what happened? Why is Granny Duan crazy." ”

Hearing the sound, Xiao Jiu slowly raised his head, staring at the faint light emitted by the finger wrapping in front of Chu Qing, his gaze gradually became hollow, and he spoke eloquently after a long time.

It turned out that after Xiao Jiu separated from Chu Qing, he originally wanted to find some dry firewood to come back and make a fire, but he didn't expect this desert to be so desolate that it didn't grow a hair. I flew a pillar of incense and didn't see any place to find firewood and grass for a long time, but I was unwilling to give up, so I changed directions and flew to the other side of the direction where I was moving with the camel caravan.

It was already dark at night, and when I looked down from the air, there was nothing to be found except for the rolling sand dunes. Just when Xiao Jiu was about to turn back, he occasionally saw a little fire below, looming under a sandstone, like a little fishing fire on the river in the dark night, flickering and shaking. If there is a fire, it means that someone is there, Xiao Jiu immediately became vigilant, and did not dare to fly over rashly, but pressed the sword light at a long distance away from the sandstone, and stepped on the fine sand and walked forward lightly for a while before going around to the back of the sandstone. I looked around by the starlight, and saw that this was a rare oasis, on the back of the sandstone, where the wind and sand could not blow, there were many dwarf wild grasses, perhaps in the light and sun, most of them became dry, and it was a good firewood for making fire.

Xiao Jiu saw the surrounding situation clearly, only clinging to the sandstone, exploring the past, only walked a short distance, and saw the sandstone depression in the place, forming a sheltered cliff, under the cliff there was a big fire, on the opposite side of the fire faintly visible sitting a person, but because of the flames, he couldn't see his face clearly, but the person was stunned by the fire, motionless, like a stone clay sculpture.

Xiao Jiu hesitated, observed for a while, and saw that the person was still motionless, but he thought about it in his heart, in the depths of such a desert, he stayed here alone at night, and he was definitely not a mortal. After much hesitation, he tentatively sneaked along the sandstone, and with little caution, he finally got around the man's back.

During this period of time, Xiao Jiu kept staring at the man, but the man did not move from beginning to end. Could it be that this is not a living person? Xiao Jiu had such a question in his heart, so he quietly approached a few steps from behind the man, and at this time, by the light of the fire, from the back, the person seemed to be a gray-haired old woman, with a rickety back, sitting quietly by the fire, and a cane was inserted not far from beside him. If you don't look at it, just look at it, Xiao Jiu immediately recognized that it was Granny Duan's purple dragon head crutch, all the doubts in her heart suddenly disappeared, she immediately showed her body, walked forward quickly, came to stand not far behind Duan Momo, waited for a while, still didn't see any reaction, and bowed

He saluted and said respectfully: "The younger generation has seen my mother-in-law." ”

Xiao Jiu bowed his head and waited for a while, but there was still no movement, and he became suspicious in his heart, and realized that something was wrong, so he hurriedly stepped forward and came to Granny Duan. I saw that his eyes were empty, staring at the fire in front of him in a daze, his hair was scattered, and his clothes were torn in many places.

Xiao Jiu was startled at the time, moved closer again, and said softly: "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, what happened? Why are you here alone?"

Hearing the sound, Granny Duan came back to her senses, glanced at Xiao Jiu, her face was still expressionless, she stared for a long time, the corners of her mouth moved, and squeezed out a few words that made Xiao Jiu sound like a thunderbolt on a sunny day: "Shui Lingyue is dead, Shui Yue Palace is completely finished." He laughed wildly.

After hearing her say these two words, Xiao Jiu was so frightened that he almost fell to the ground, hurriedly calmed his mind, and stammered for a long time before saying, "Mother-in-law, you ...... What do you say?"

Granny Duan had a grief-stricken look on her face, and said miserably: "Shui Lingyue is dead, dead...... , haha, the Water Moon Palace is completely finished. After speaking, he raised his head and laughed wildly, and the laughter was terrible, floating in the desert with the night wind. After laughing, Granny Duan Huo Ran stood up, her eyes were extremely fierce, her whole face was twisted together, hideous and terrifying, and she looked at Xiao Jiu viciously.

Xiao Jiu was furious at this, took two steps back, and was stunned for a moment, still unable to believe this extremely shocking news.

After Granny Duan forced Xiao Jiu back, she beckoned, picked up the dragon's head crutch and walked straight to the fire step by step, and when she walked a few feet to the fire, her footsteps stopped again, and she used the dragon's head crutch to hit the ground, and the fire was separated from it and turned into two piles on the left and right.

Granny Duan stepped on the ground that was charred and scalded by the barbecue, walked over step by step unconsciously, and after passing through the fire, she turned around suddenly, her eyes were round, glowing with fiery light, and she looked at Xiao Jiu for a while. The fire between the two suddenly closed again, and the flames were better than before, almost blocking Xiao Jiu's vision.

Xiao Jiu felt that it was neither advancing nor retreating, only to hear Granny Duan let out another miserable laugh, turning into a sword light and rushing straight into the night sky.

Xiao Jiu was stunned for a moment before he reacted, and he also turned into a sword light and chased after him.

Two sword lights galloped in the desert night sky. At the beginning, the mother-in-law seemed to have some purpose, galloping and flying in one direction, but later, Xiao Jiu gradually found that she began to run around, like a headless fly, one east and one west, one south and one north, one galloping, and one frustration, but in order to find out the truth of the matter, he had to follow closely behind, and he did not dare to slack off.

Where do you know that flying and flying, Xiao Jiu only felt that the sword light in front of him disappeared in a flash, and he circled in the night sky for a long time, only to find that Granny Duan was standing on a sandstone below, silent in the night, motionless.

Xiao Jiu landed and walked over gently, only to see that the sandstone was reddish-brown, like the blood stains on the swords, the color of the achievements of the years. The whole sandstone is like the tip of a bamboo shoot, and it is just the size of a few people.

Not far behind Granny Duan, Xiao Jiu stopped, he was afraid that he would accidentally stimulate the old mother-in-law again.

Granny Duan hung her head, looked under the sandstone, heard Xiao Jiu's footsteps coming, her body moved slightly, and after a long time, Fang said slowly: "Shui Lingyue fell from here, and she fell to her death at that time." ”