The Black Wood Forest is located fifteen miles north of the Demon Imperial City, where the woods are dense, it is a happy land for birds, beasts, snakes and insects, and most of the trees in it have been for a hundred years.

Zhou Laosi is a firewood man outside the black woods, making a living by collecting firewood, going to the mountains to collect firewood every morning, and carrying firewood to the imperial city to sell in the afternoon.

A load of firewood can sell thirty copper plates, which is just enough for him to be a pot of Fengqiu old wine. He used the money from the sale of firewood to buy wine every time, but over time he had no money to buy clothes, and the coarse cloth shirt on his body was sloppy and never washed. He did not comb his hair, and allowed lice to settle on his head.

Now he is in his thirties, but no one wants to marry him, and even his relatives twist their noses and hide away when they see him.

Late at night, Zhou Laosi on the big tree was woken up by a gust of cold wind. He occasionally took his own wine to sleep on this tree, and slept all night.

"This damn weather, it looks like it's going to change...... Zhou Laosi cursed in his heart, and tightened his clothes, although the clothes were very thin.

He was about to get down from the tree and go home to sleep when suddenly a clear bell came to his ears from the silent woods.

He listened carefully, the sound of the bell came from far and near, and a terrifying and weird song sounded with the sound of the bell, and the sound was like a note from hell that made Zhou Laosi's heart beat non-stop.

He had never heard such an eerie singing voice, and the singing gave him a creepy feeling. Beads of sweat the size of beans dripped from his face onto the bark of the tree with a dripping sound.

He didn't dare to come out, and following the direction of the ballad, he saw a few blurs in the moonlight.

He rubbed his eyes, and when he looked closely, he saw a terrifying scene, a white sedan chair floated towards him in the air, and there stood a person like a paper tie in front of and behind the sedan chair, on the left and right, and those people did not have any blood on their faces, and their tongues dragged on very long, and the most terrifying thing was that they had no feet, and their empty trouser legs were floating in the air with the sedan chair.

He could no longer bear the fear in his heart, and his body was unstable for a while, and he fell from the tree.

He looked at the sedan chair floating towards him and shouted in horror: "Ah~ghost~"

People are always in awe of the unknown, and they are always full of fear of ghosts and gods.

His legs were trembling, but the terrifying and strange sedan chair in front of him couldn't help him wonder why. He spread his legs and ran out of the woods, shouting as he ran, "Ghost~Ghost~"

I fell several times in a row, but I still stumbled and ran out.

"Huh?" a cold snort came from the sedan chair.

"The subordinates will deal with it immediately!" said the attendant on the left side of the palanquin respectfully.

"Just scare him and spare him his life. The voice in the sedan chair sounded again.

The retinue chased after him.

The sedan chair slowly fell from mid-air, and the attendant in front of him opened the curtain of the sedan chair, and a middle-aged man walked out of the sedan chair, and he slowly walked to the tree where Zhou Laosi stayed before.

I saw the attendant go up to the tree and remove a piece of bark from the root of the tree, and a peculiar groove appeared in the bark.

The attendant pulled out a teacup-sized seal carved of green jade from his bosom, and he placed it into the groove in the trunk of the tree, which fit securely into the groove.

He gently turned the seal in his hand, and the dirt in a clearing about two or three meters to the right of the tree loosened, and the dirt parted on both sides, revealing a staircase that extended into the ground.

The middle-aged man walked down the steps, and at the end of the road was a flat field, and at the end there was a strange cave, like a terrible ghost with a bloody mouth open. On the top of the entrance of the cave is carved three words "Senluo Temple".

He walked into the cave, but there was a cave inside.

When a man wearing a blue-faced ghost mask saw the middle-aged man, he knelt down on one knee and said respectfully, "My subordinates have seen the judge. ”

The middle-aged man couldn't see any expression on his face, so he walked straight to the middle stone and sat down slowly.

"Where's the dragon vein diagram?" he asked faintly.

"My subordinates have the trust of the judge, please punish him. The masked man knelt on both knees at the same time, his hands on the ground, his forehead pressed against the ground.

"Qingmian, you know I've always disliked killing. But that doesn't mean I won't kill. The middle finger and index finger of the man's right hand were pressed together and gently pressed against his temple, and his tone already made the masked man feel extremely cold.

"So many people can't even solve a small bell. You'd better give me a reason not to kill you. ”

"Lord Judge, although the little bell did not share her life, her strength is really good, several of her subordinates defeated her, and the dragon vein map ......is at your fingertips!

"Oh?" the middle-aged man smiled at the corner of his mouth, and his tone was slightly gentle.

"Dragons?" he said to himself.

"Well, yes!" replied the blue-faced man.

"Oh! It seems that this Origin Conference will be very interesting, and even the dragon clan has come over to join in the fun!" the judge smiled slightly, looking extremely weird.

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To the west of the imperial city of the demon clan, there is a cliff, this cliff is bottomless, the Dixi River that flows through the imperial city is to end in this cliff, converging into a huge waterfall, which is very spectacular, and the deepest and farthest place is a sea.

In this

Under the cliff, there are naturally many demon clans living here, but they don't know the outside pattern, like a paradise.

Before dawn, the whole world was shrouded in darkness, and only one magical animal could predict that the sun was coming, and the people who were still asleep got up from their beds after a long cry and began their busy day.

The little bottle is fourteen years old this year, his parents died early, and only a mute sister is left to rely on him.

When he was eight years old, his father went missing while fishing, and his mother fell seriously ill and left the country, leaving the family without labor.

Unlike ordinary crying children, he carried the family strongly, and then he began to go out to sea with the uncles in the village to fish, and gradually a few years passed, and he became the most powerful fisherman in this small fishing village.

The lives of the two siblings are gradually improving, but because the elder sister is mute, she is eighteen years old and has not yet come to the door.

"Sister, I'm going to sea~" He said to the inner room after getting dressed and taking the tools.

"Ahh......h

Although the woman was dressed very plainly, and even had only a worn-out wooden hairpin on her head, and her face was slightly yellowed, her facial features were very delicate, and her body exuded a touch of pure and elegant temperament.

She rested her left hand flat on the bottom handle, made a chopping motion with her right hand, and made a string of "ah, ah" sounds from her mouth.

The little bottle smiled and said, "Sister, I brought yesterday's dry food, you don't have to worry." ”

He looked at her patched clothes, and swore to himself that when he came back this time, he would go to the town to buy a new dress for his sister.

The little bottle was followed by a group of fishermen who walked from the village to the sea, and everyone put their tools on the boats and prepared to go to sea.

Then the little bottle put it down and looked into the sea as usual, and then he saw that something seemed to be floating in the sea.

He fixed his eyes and saw that it seemed to be a person, so he shouted to the people on the side: "Uncle Yu, Uncle Zhou, look, is there a person in the sea?"

The two people next to them took a serious look and really saw a person floating in the sea.

"Sail over and drag him up to see if he's still alive. ”

After half a ring, the little bottle and the crowd finally pulled the man in the sea up.

"Uncle Yu, there is still breath, why don't we take him back to the village first?" The small bottle put his index finger on the man's nose, feeling that there was still breath.

"This man's origin is unknown, let's put him aside, we still have to go to sea. Uncle Yu said hesitantly, and several fishermen next to him also showed expressions of agreement.

"But...... This ......" the vial hesitated, looking at the unconscious man again.

"Otherwise, Uncle Yu, you go to sea first, and I'll carry him home first?" he finally made up his mind, he still couldn't bear to see death and not save him.

"Alas, the little bottle still follows your father's kindness~ Your father was ...... at the beginning" Uncle Yu sighed.

"What else do you say about old things?" Uncle Zhou interrupted him, "Let's go to sea first......"

Zhan Qingyun woke up from the long darkness, and when he opened his eyes, he found himself lying on an old bed covered with a thin quilt.

He sat up, he remembered that he had met Xu Jinglong, the enemy who had been in Maohai City before, in Shenwu City, and then he was hunted down and forced to ask Zhan Qingxiao's whereabouts. He was not the opponent of the masters around him, he was injured and fell off the cliff, and he was punched in the face again, and he was stabbed several times by his people. But now I don't see any scars on my body.

He ran his spiritual power for a week, and he felt that his body was incomparably smooth, and his whole body seemed to have inexhaustible strength.

He looked carefully into the house. It was found that there was no decoration in this room except for a bed, a rough bow and arrows hung on the walls, and a fishing net.

Then he heard a noise, and from outside the house came a young girl dressed in shabby burlap. The girl saw that he had woken up, and a smile appeared on her face.

"Ahh

Her right index finger is pointing to Zhan Qingyun, her left index finger is extended, her thumb and middle finger are pinched together, and then she opens it when she swings it to one side, and then she makes a fist with her right hand and extends her thumb upward. Zhan Qingyun looked at her with a questioning expression, looking at him with watery eyes, and his eyebrows raised slightly, as if he wanted Zhan Qingyun's response.

Zhan Qingyun watched her movements, and instantly understood, she should be mute, right? He couldn't help but think of Bai Zhi, it seems that Bai Zhi is also a deaf and dumb person, but this girl doesn't seem to be deaf.

He had dealt with Bai Zhi, so he naturally knew that what her gesture meant was "Are you okay?"

Zhan Qingyun smiled slightly: "I'm fine, thank you for saving me." ”

Hearing his answer, she smiled sweetly and pointed outside.

"You want me to go out for a walk?" Zhan Qingyun asked guessingly.

"Ahh......h

He stepped out of bed, feeling that his body was fine, but still aching. Following the girl out of the house, he saw a bamboo fence in the current yard, where a few chickens and ducks were wandering idly on the ground, as if looking for food.

Outside the courtyard there was a young man with an axe chopping wood, he followed the girl to the courtyard, the young man heard the movement behind him, put down the axe, and looked into the courtyard.

He got up, with a smile on his green face, and said to the girl, "Sister, you are here." ”

Then he looked at Zhan Qingyun and asked, "Are you awake?"

Zhan Qingyun was relieved when he heard the young man's question, fortunately there was someone who could speak and communicate, otherwise with his half-baked level of sign language, he would probably be crazy.

"You saved me?" Zhan Qingyun hurriedly replied and asked.

"This morning I was going out to sea to fish, and the fishermen and I in the village found you floating in the sea. I carried you back, but fortunately you were fine. The boy responded.

"Thank you little brother for rescuing me, in Xia Zhan Qingyun, just call me by name, may I ask the name of Engongzun?" Since it was the young man in front of him who saved him, he naturally needed to thank him, but it seemed that he couldn't get any thank-you gifts for the time being......

"Hey, we are lowly in the mountains and villages, how can we have any name, my surname is Han, no name, just call me a small bottle." This is my sister, just call her Li'er. The boy waved his hand, and did not seem to regard himself as a benefactor, introducing himself and the girl beside him.

"It turned out to be the little brother of the bottle and Miss Li'er, the grace of saving their lives, and they should be repaid in the next place. Although Zhan Qingyun was penniless, he felt that he should still do something to repay them.

"It's so fragrant, sister, have you cooked your meal?" asked the little bottle nose with a deep inhalation, who nodded with a smile.

"Brother Qingyun, you haven't eaten for a day, why don't you eat together, don't dislike the coarse tea and light rice of our mountain people. ”

As soon as he heard the little bottle talk about eating, the stomach in his stomach began to wriggle and gurgle. He didn't care about his stomach, and he found that he was already very hungry.

He said embarrassedly, "I'm a little hungry, so thank you very much." ”

Then, he followed the little bottle to the courtyard, where some of the food brought by Liel was placed on the table.

There were only vegetables and a fish that Zhan Qingyun had never seen on the table, and there was only white rice, which he couldn't care about so much when he was hungry.

He took a few bites, and these dishes had no taste at all, and it was understandable that there were no seasonings in ancient times, but they were too light and had no salt taste.

Finally, Ye Feng felt very warm in his stomach, he was full, and he didn't care so much when he ate.

After eating, I began to complain in my heart, I had never lacked silver before, and the food was naturally not bad, and I was inevitably a little uncomfortable with eating these things for a while.

"Brother Qingyun, is the food unappetizing?" the little bottle looked at Zhan Qingyun's expression and asked.

"That's not it, it's just that it doesn't feel like there is any salt, it's too light, small bottle, is there no salt at home?"

Obviously, this thing is going to eat and drink here under the pretext of repayment.

Xiao Bottle showed an embarrassed look on his face, and he explained: "Brother Qingyun, you don't know, the people in our small fishing village have to go to Langshan Town, fifty miles away, to buy salt, and we will only buy some in half a month, and this salt is expensive, so every household saves to eat." ”

"Huh?" Qingyun showed a look of surprise, are the people here so poor that they can't even afford to eat salt?

"By the way, do you know how far Shenwu City is from here?" Zhan Qingxiao still asked, after all, he couldn't live in this small fishing village all the time, if he had the chance, he could send some silver over to help the poor siblings.

"Shenwu City? Sister, have you heard of it?" The little bottle seemed to be confused, and did not know what Zhan Qingyun said, so she turned to Li'er and asked.

Li'er showed a blank look on her face, and spread her hands out, as if to say, "I'm a mute, I haven't even been out, how can I know the world outside the small fishing village?"

Zhan Qingyun lowered his head helplessly, there was no way, these two sisters and brothers had never even heard of Shenwu City, and it was estimated that this was a very remote place. He doesn't remember what happened after he was shot off the cliff, he was completely unconscious, but he must have been injured, but this injury has inexplicably improved, and by the way, his cultivation realm has been improved.

But the little bottle told himself that he had rescued himself from the sea, could it be that the sea was under the cliff he fell?

"By the way, Brother Qingyun, you are from that Shenwu City, you must have cultivated the Demon Yuan, right?" asked the little bottle at this time.

Zhan Qingyun was stunned for a moment, he didn't know what the demon yuan was, so he asked with confusion: "What is the demon yuan?"

The little bottle exchanged glances with Li'er, and then said, "Qingyun, big brother, you don't know what a demon yuan is?"

"yes, I've never heard of it. Zhan Qingyun replied very puzzled.

The little bottle's face changed, it was very complicated, he had heard his father tell him that there was a mysterious passage in this sea, and this passage could lead directly to the human world, could it be that this Qingyun brother was a human?

"That'...... Brother Qingyun, will you be able to skillfully transform the technique?" "The skillful transformation technique is an innate ability of any demon clan, and it is a skill that all demon clans have, and the little bottle asked this question in order to verify the conjecture in his heart.