On Qingyu Island, in the study of Xuan Ri Hall.

"Senior brother, this is what happened, according to the other juniors who returned on time, there is no sign of any abnormal changes on the demon island, only Senior Brother Shen doesn't know why, he hasn't returned for a long time, I'm afraid that something happened, please go to the demon island to have a look, okay?"

A few candles were lit, and the study was very bright, Wang Gan, who was burly and heavy-faced, sat behind the desk, with a solemn face, and behind him was Zheng Zhe, and on the other side of the desk, there were Xu Yanzhi and Zeng Zhibai, who spoke just now was Zeng Zhibai, who looked ugly and anxious at the moment, and looked at Wang Jian with anticipation after speaking.

Wang Yan was silent for a moment, Fang raised his eyes and glanced at Zeng Zhibai, and said, "Why didn't the two of you immediately go to the island to search for and rescue at that time?"

Zeng Zhibai and Xu Yanzhi glanced at each other, both lowered their heads, and after a while, Zeng Zhibai said in a low voice: "After the reopening of the Demon Island, Senior Brother, you have repeatedly told us not to go to the island without authorization, this is a strict law, and we must not violate it lightly." ”

Wang Yan stood up slowly, a candle flame not far from him flickered, reflecting his face a little gloomy under the dim yellow halo, only to hear him say in a low voice: "Since you know that it is the door rule, why do you come to beg me again?"

Zeng Zhibai was speechless, Xu Yanzhi, who was standing beside him, gritted his teeth, but took a step forward and said: "Senior Brother Wang, that Senior Brother Shen has a good talent, and he has already cultivated to the high-level realm of the Qi Refining Realm. If it falls on Demon Island like this, it's a pity, I beg you to ...... it."

Wang Yan shook his head slowly, turned his gaze, Xu Yanzhi was looked at by him, and the words that followed were suddenly unable to continue, so he had to stop at a loss, unable to hide the look of disappointment on his face.

Wang Gen didn't look good-looking, as if there was a little struggle in his eyes, but in the end, he still said in a deep voice: "The door rules are the door rules, once they are set, they must not be offended!"

Xu Yanzhi clenched his fists, and suddenly seemed to be a little impatient, and suddenly took a step forward, with a little anger, and said: "Senior Brother Wang, five years ago, it was also this Senior Brother Shen, and another girl from the Zhong family disappeared, you were desperate to search all over the island, and even said that you want to see people alive and corpses when you die, why, why have you become so indifferent after these five years, and would rather let such a junior brother be in danger but still stand by and watch?"

This voice was sharp and harsh, and even Zeng Zhibai and Zheng Zhe, who were standing on the side, were instantly moved, but the difference was that Zheng Zhe had an angry face and shouted: "Nonsense!"

Zeng Zhibai, on the other hand, was taken aback, and hurriedly pulled Xu Yanzhi back a few steps.

However, Xu Yanzhi seemed to be angry, and he still said angrily regardless of it: "Senior Brother Wang, to be honest, do you only have those children of the family in your eyes, Senior Brother Shen is from a civilian background, and you look down on him?"

The muscles on Wang Gan's face twitched, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes, Zheng Zhe next to him was furious, stepped in front of Xu Yanzhi, and shouted: "Senior Sister Xu, if you talk nonsense again, Senior Brother Wang won't care about you, and I won't spare you!"

Xu Yanzhi looked at Wang Yan angrily, then at Zheng Zhe, stomped his feet suddenly, turned around and rushed out of the door, Zeng Zhibai smiled bitterly, saluted the two senior brothers, and hurriedly followed.

In the study, the atmosphere was a little stiff for a while, Wang Yan was scolded by Xu Yanzhi with his head and face, for him it was simply something he hadn't seen for many years, with his current prestige and status in the Lingxiao Sect, even his mentor Elder Sun Mingyang had a little more respect than other disciples when talking to him, but it was really many years since anyone had reprimanded him in person like this.

Zheng Zhe turned around, frowned, glanced at Wang Yan with a little worry, and stopped talking.

Wang Yan silently sat back on the chair next to the desk, and after a while, he suddenly heard him whisper: "Senior brother, am I wrong to make such a decision?"

Zheng Zhe was silent.

Wang Gen suddenly had a look of deep fatigue on his face, smiled bitterly, and said, "When I took over this position, I thought it was a good thing to make connections and show my ability, but in the past five years, how has it become like walking on thin ice?"

Zheng Zhe took a step, looked at Wang Gan, and said, "Senior brother, don't think about it too much, the situation is not as good as it was back then, and there are undercurrents surging in the sect, and the waves are treacherous. Especially after the incident on the Demon Island, the Gan family has been suppressed both openly and secretly, and they have long been disgruntled over there, and they dare not provoke others, so we have been staring at you here, as long as you make a small mistake, I am afraid that a bunch of people will pounce on you, and when the time comes, ......"

Zheng Zhe didn't continue to say the next words, and Wang Gen didn't ask, just sighed softly and said, "There is still the last half a year, just get through it." ”

Zheng Zhe nodded silently, and after a while, he glanced at Wang Gen again and said, "That'...... What about that Senior Brother Shen?"

Wang Yan stared at a candle flame in front of him and was silent for a long time.

Suddenly, a night breeze blew from outside the house, and with a deep chill, the candle flame flickered abruptly, and after a moment it was quietly extinguished in the wind, leaving only a wisp of light smoke, which drifted away silently.

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The never-ending darkness seemed to be as endless as the sea, Shen Shi couldn't see where the future led, and when he looked back, even the way was drowned out by the darkness. At this moment, the only one who led him forward in the darkness was the Niu Xiong, who seemed to have been reduced to a ghost but still had some sanity for some reason.

Shen Shi looked at the tall back figure in front of him, because the surroundings were too dark, even if he was so close, it looked very blurry, and Niu Xiong held his hand, and there was a cold breath like ice, just like ...... A dead man's hand.

What really happened to him?

And where is he going to take himself?

Shen Shi walked in the dark dazed and confused, and he didn't know how long he walked, and it seemed that Niu Xiong took him up and down the bends and walked through many forks in the road, but he still didn't meet a ghost along the way.

Walking like this, Shen Shi suddenly felt that there seemed to be a little more humid water vapor in the air around him, as if the two of them had gone deep into the ground, and the air began to be filled with a faint smell of seawater. Just when he was in doubt, Niu Xiong led him into a very narrow road, with a small gap between the hard stone walls on both sides, and they could only barely pass through alone.

Shen Shi was puzzled, but Niu Xiong, who had been walking forward, suddenly stopped at this time, Shen Shi just wanted to ask, but suddenly saw a faint light, lit up somewhere in front of him.

It was a golden light, faint but eye-catching, and for some reason, Shen Shi vaguely felt that he seemed to have some familiar feelings. And along with that light, there was a faint sound of water, subtle and clear, and it was the rhythm that Shen Shi was familiar with all these years.

It was the sound of the tides of the sea.

"Here ......"

In the darkness, Niu Xiong's strange and hoarse voice came, and he whispered in a low tone.

Under Niu Xiong's guidance, Shen Shi walked a short distance forward in this narrow corridor, and then found that there was an additional gap in the stone wall that was more than two feet wide, and the golden light penetrated into this corridor from here.

Niu Xiong motioned for Shen Shi to come over, and then pointed outside, Shen Shi was surprised in his heart, but he still leaned over to his side, and then cautiously looked up at the gap.

In the eye, Shen Shi found that the corridor they were in at the moment seemed to be in a high place, and outside the gap was a huge stone chamber, dozens of zhang wide, and there were dozens of weird and terrifying dark red skulls on the surrounding stone walls, embedded in the stone cracks, emitting wisps of weird red light.

In the middle of the stone chamber, I don't know who dug a tunnel to the underground, but at this moment, from the depths of this tunnel, there is a light shining out, golden light, and the flow is non-stop. The golden glimmer that penetrated through the gap in the half-empty place of the stone chamber where Shen Shi and Niu Xiong were located was refracted from this underground tunnel.

And the sound of the sea waves and tides is faintly heard from the underground of this deep cave.

But in addition to these, Shen Shi's gaze finally fell on the stone room Next to this tunnel, there was a strange ghost creature with a pitch-black body and a body length of more than a foot long, looking from a distance, the ghost was surrounded by black gas, which seemed to be somewhat similar to the Yin Spirit, but the momentum was a hundred times stronger than the Yin Spirit, and even the appearance was also covered in the black gas, faintly revealing a fierce aura. At the moment, it seemed to be lying on the edge of the tunnel, as if it were sleeping.

After a long distance, Shen Shi also felt the fierce and fierce power of the ghost thing in the stone room, and his heart jumped and he didn't dare to look at it again, so he quickly retracted his head, lowered his voice, and whispered to the half-human, half-ghost-like Niu Xiong beside him: "Senior Brother Niu, what is the purpose of you bringing me here to see this ghost thing?"

Niu Xiong let out a low friction sound in his mouth, and two flames of resentment seemed to shoot out of the strange eyes of the two dark red lights, but after all, he still seemed to have some scruples, and pulled Shen Shi back two steps and left the gap a little, and then used his hoarse and weird voice to say: "That monster is called 'Yin Ghost King', and he is the one who turned me into the ghost I am now." ”

Shen Shi's heart jumped, and he was just about to ask, when suddenly a voice suddenly came from the stone room, as if someone had walked in.

With that faint golden light, Shen Shi saw that the expression on Niu Xiong's somewhat hideous face seemed to suddenly become more and more distorted, and then he stood up suddenly, and at the same time pulled Shen Shi back to the stone crack, looking towards the stone room, his mouth seemed to be filled with bitter hatred, and he gritted his teeth and said: "In addition to the Yin Ghost King, the person who harmed me is also this beast!"

Shen Shi was dazed, raised his head and looked into the stone room again, only to see a figure in the dark corner, slowly walking over, looking a little short, walking closer, under the illumination of the golden red light, it was also a ghost, the bones were rotten, the clothes were torn, the face was also twisted and hideous, and there were two fangs like a vicious beast, stretching out from the mouth, looking like a demon.

And in the eyes of this ghost, there was also a strange dark red light, which looked almost exactly the same as Niu Xiong.

Shen Shi looked at this ghost thing that suddenly appeared from a distance, and watched him slowly walk in front of the Yin Ghost King step by step, although his face was ugly and hideous, but this ghost thing actually showed a bit of flattery, knelt down in front of the Yin Ghost King, and kowtowed a few times.

"Ghost King, I've found something good. ”

He said in a hoarse voice, with a flattering flattery, to the seemingly sleeping Yin Ghost King.

At that moment, although his voice had completely changed tone and his face was almost completely deformed, Shen Shi's body suddenly trembled, as if he understood something, he was stunned and almost difficult to control, he turned his head suddenly, looked at Niu Xiong, and even his voice seemed to be a little astringent, and said slowly:

"That's ...... Lin Hu?"

(There is another chapter in the evening)