The rain was coming, and the sky was as gloomy as an old woman's eyes, dim and cloudy, oppressive and breathless.

"No, hurry up, don't grind any longer, or we won't be able to reach the small village before it rains." ”

Hu Yan put his hand on the curtain and looked at the foggy small village at the foot of the mountain, not to mention that there were still three or five miles away, not to mention that the mountain road was full of thorns and ruggedness, and it was obviously not so easy to arrive before the rain. Hu Yan couldn't help but be a little anxious, constantly urging the bitter and unwanted along the way.

Hu Yan returned to the deacon hall, and after staying for two more days, he packed his bags early this morning, and embarked on the road of cloud travel with Wuqiu and Ziling.

However, this is really annoying, and it has only been since he left Qingyuan Palace not long ago, and he has begun to complain bitterly.

The weather in the foggy capital is like a woman's face, it changes when it is said, the sky is still clear in the morning, the sun is shining, and it becomes dark clouds and foggy before evening.

Seeing Hu Yan's urging, he wiped the beads of sweat on his forehead, and said with a sad face: "After walking for so long, I have long been hungry, and I still have the strength to hurry." You too, you don't even let people eat a bite of dry food, you really look like an iron rooster who doesn't pull out a hair. Even if you don't feel sorry for me, you have to feel sorry for Ziling. ”

Ziling covered her mouth and snickered and said, "No, I'm not hungry." I just want to find a place to stay now, I don't want to be a soup chicken. ”

"I've already asked you to stay in Qingyuan Palace to practice, you don't believe it, you have to go out with us to travel and practice. Now you know how hard it is?" Hu Yan glanced at Wuqiu, a little helpless, reached out and took out a big white-flour steamed bun from his backpack and threw it to Wuqiu: "Save some food, we didn't bring much twine when we went out this time." If you run out of money, you'll have to earn it yourself. ”

"Isn't it a long time since I saw Brother Zhuang and the fierce girl, do you want to go to Maoshan and visit them by the way?"

Seeing this, Ziling hurriedly took out the water bag and handed it to Wuqiu, patted Wuqiu's back with a smile and said, "No one is robbing you again, what's the hurry." Now it's choking. ”

Hu Yan shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I think it's fake that you miss Brother Zhuang and the fierce girl, and it's true that you want to go to Zhujidan." ”

After smoothing the steamed buns in his mouth with water, Wu Qiu gasped and said, "You can't say that! Although I do want to go and get Tsukidan, I am also very worried about them." And I've wanted to go around for a long time, and now I don't have a master to control me, so I just take this opportunity to enjoy this great river and mountain everywhere. ”

Without asking for careful thoughts, the nonsense was naturally clear in his chest, and he sneered, and he didn't break it, but just urged: "Hurry up and eat, we'll be in a hurry after eating." Do you really want to get drenched in the rain?"

Wuqiu took a bite of the steamed bun and muttered, "You think I want to, I'm just so hungry that I can't walk." I don't know what kind of monster you two are, you don't get tired after walking the mountain road for so long. ”

Ziling grinned and said: "My little brother and I grew up in the mountains since we were children, and we often go up the mountain to catch wild animals and collect medicines, and we have long been accustomed to walking some mountain roads. Naturally, you don't look like you, the little overlord of the deacon hall who has been favored by thousands of people!"

Hu Yan nodded approvingly: "That's it, you guy, so many senior brothers in the deacon hall spoil you, and you still bully them all day long, and even wet everyone's pants before leaving this morning." You are not afraid that when you return to the deacon hall in the future, the senior brothers will come to you to settle accounts. ”

He tilted his neck unappetizing and said, "They dare! ”

Hu Yan pouted and said: "Fox fake tiger might, if the fourth senior brother ignores you one day, see what you do." ”

Wu Qiu smiled and said, "You don't know about these guys, if you don't leave them with some thoughts, they will miss us." ”

Speechless, he glanced up at the gloomy sky and said, "Okay, don't talk about these useless things." Let's hurry up, or it will rain heavily in a while, and our luggage will be wet. Saying that, he didn't care about the grinding and no demand, and pulled Ziling and walked down the mountain.

Without asking for this, he swallowed the steamed bun in his hand in two bites, called out indistinctly, and hurriedly followed......

In the village, the uncle who had been here for many days was hiding in a dilapidated temple at this time.

Five days ago, an extremely strange thing happened in this village, initially a child was lost in the village, the villagers thought it was lost, or was taken away by a wild wolf, and they searched all night and did not find it, but the next morning, they were found that the body was hanging on the beam of this broken temple, and what is even more bizarre is that the child's death is extremely strange and tragic. His hands and feet were tied with hemp rope behind his back, hanging from the beam, his feet off the ground, but a large weighing stone hung from his feet, and he was wearing a dripping robe, under which he wore a girl's red skirt, and on top of the robe was a white paper flower. There were no obvious injuries on the body, but the Mud Pill Palace and Yongquan Acupoint were pierced with silver needles, and the blood around them was drained.

This caused panic in the people, and before it was dark, the whole village closed its doors. In order to find out the ins and outs of this incident, Shi Shuzu personally visited the family of the deceased and the villagers who knew about the incident in the past two days.

It is understood that the day before the tragedy, a strange man wearing a hat and a black robe entered the village, and after the incident, this person disappeared.

Although Shi Shuzu has practiced for hundreds of years, it is the first time he has encountered such a strange thing, and in order to find out the truth, he is hiding here, hoping to find some clues.

"Senior brother, quick, there is a ruined temple here, let's hurry in to take shelter from the rain!" At this time, a girl dressed in red broke in with raindrops and the wind.

"Ning'er, be careful, I heard that the child died in this ruined temple. Behind her, a dignified, extraordinary-looking man followed.

"Ahh

The man shook off the rain all over his body, found a clean place, put down the package on his body, looked around, and said in a deep voice: "I don't understand this matter, but isn't it just to find out the truth of this matter this time, don't worry, this matter will come to light sooner or later." We can also wash away the grievances of the Maoshan faction. ”

"The Zhengyi Sect is really deceitful, and this matter is obviously that someone is doing evil under the guise of the Maoshan faction, and they actually insist on holding this basin on our heads. Those old immortals are really old and dizzy, hateful ......" The girl slapped the sword in her hand on the table, and the table collapsed with a bang.

The man shook his head and sighed, "It's no wonder that they, after all, these children all died under the Maoshan technique." It's normal for them to be suspicious. The master asked us to go down the mountain this time, in order to find out the truth and return the Maoshan faction to innocence. Ning'er, but what you said reminded me. ”

The girl in red was slightly stunned and said, "What did I remind you?"

The man pondered for a moment and said, "Do you remember the people from the Evil God Sect that you met during your trip to the Demon Sealing Cave?"

The girl in red said thoughtfully, "Senior brother, do you mean that these children are very likely to have been killed by the people of the Evil God Sect?"

The man nodded and said, "The Evil God Sect is secretive, and its cultivation method is also extremely evil. It is not surprising that they often use blood as medicine and feed on people. What's more, didn't the demon Dao also say before that the Evil God Sect will invade the Central Plains Dao Gate in a big way, maybe this is an introduction, right?"

When the girl heard him say this, her face couldn't help but condense: "Even so, these people's methods are too cruel, and they don't even let go of children!"

The man snorted coldly and said, "There can be a few people who practice evil arts who are not cruel. I think they use Maoshan art to do evil, maybe it has something to do with us. ”

The girl was a little surprised and said, "It has something to do with us?"

The man said: "Didn't Na Xin say when he left that when their Evil God Sect enters the Central Plains, the first ones to be leveled are the Zhengyi Sect and our Maoshan Sect." If this is really the work of the Evil God Sect, it must be for us. This matter can not only damage the reputation and prestige of the Maoshan Sect, but also cause other sects to attack our faction, and then the Central Plains Cultivation Realm will be in chaos, and they will be able to take advantage of the weakness?"

When the girl heard the man say this, she couldn't help but be shocked: "I didn't expect this matter to have such a big impact on the entire cultivation realm, senior brother, then what should we do now?"

The man patted the girl and said comfortingly: "What we have to do now is to quickly find out the truth and return Maoshan to justice." Only in this way did the Evil God Sect have no opportunity to take advantage of. ”

The girl nodded and said, "I understand, then let's start here!"

Bang Bang Bang ......

At this moment, Shi Shuzu clapped his palms and walked out from behind the statue behind the broken temple.

"Who ......" The man was startled, the sword on his back suddenly came out of its sheath, and his eyes were fixed on the master uncle who came out from behind the statue.

The girl also drew the short sword in her hand and looked nervously at the visitor.

"Two little friends don't have to be nervous...... "Uncle Shi smiled and waved his hand, stepped forward and hugged his fists and said: "Poor Dao is a monk of Qingyuan Palace, and he is also here to investigate this matter. ”

"Are you from Qingyuan Palace?" Jin Ning'er was overjoyed when she heard this: "Then you must know Hu Yan and Wu Qiu?"

Shi Shuzu smiled and said: "Of course I know these two little monkeys, Hu Yan and Wu Qiu, I just broke up with them some time ago, I think I should be here in the past two days!"

"What, senior, are you saying that nonsense and Wuqiu will also come here?" When the girl heard this, she was immediately overjoyed!