It rained until midnight.

When the rain stopped, I opened my eyes. Turning his head, he saw that the fire in the outer cave was faint, the snoring was undulating, and the brothers in the dart game were lying on the ground, sleeping soundly. I stood up and walked out of the cave.

There were two brothers in the bureau guarding the entrance of the cave, and when they saw me coming, they immediately hugged me and whispered, "Dart." ”

I nodded, and said softly, "Has Master He come back?"

"Came back a long time ago. ”

"Why don't you see a few of them come in to rest?"

This man secretly glanced at me, but immediately lowered his head again, and said in a slur manner: "Brother He said that the horses have not been fed yet, and when he comes back, he will bring a few brothers to feed the horses." ”

What horses to feed at this time. I wanted to say this, but I didn't say it, just responded lightly, paused, and walked out of the cave.

Outside the cave, the moonlight was pouring, and the thick clouds in the night sky did not know when they dispersed, and there were a few points of starlight, and a ray of moonlight was leaking from the branches of the trees on both sides of the cave, like a spear with a translucent blue rod stuck in the ground. On rainy days in the Western Regions, it is always said that it will stop, and not long after this rain stopped, raindrops were still dripping on the tips of the surrounding branches and grass, and there was a lot of water on the potholed ground.

I walked into a thin forest on the far side of the cave, picked up a flat rock, sat down, and looked at the smooth water below me.

At this time, the moonlight was thick, and the light reflected on the ground illuminated the small pool of water, and through the water, I could clearly see my own face.

It was half a horrible, even, somewhat disgusting face.

If I do it again, maybe I will really worry about my life, right? Looking at the water, my heart felt like something was biting me.

My internal strength began to recover on the night of the confluence with the Hundred Miles. Just like the previous times, after this time I performed the Heavenly Strength, my internal strength increased again, but this time it increased more than the previous times, and the mass of qi in my abdomen was only the size of my thumb, but now it is as big as a fist. With the help of the strangeness of Kaitian Gong, only on the third day, the dozens of sword wounds on my body were all healed, and they were locked by Luo Renshan's soul hooking rope, although the wound on my neck was very deep, but the wound was also completely healed on the fourth day, and only a faint layer of blood scars remained the morning before yesterday. It is immediate to heal the external injury, but for a serious injury such as a broken bone, the effect is not so obvious, plus the rugged mountain road that I have been walking for the past few days, upside down on the horse, my broken left arm is still hanging from my chest with a medicated cloth. But even so, the injury on my left arm recovered quickly and I am now able to move slightly.

It was a blessing that my internal strength could improve so quickly, but what happened after that made me feel like I was at the bottom of the valley, and I couldn't lift the slightest joy. I thought I would be able to recover from this severe injury as I had done the previous times, but I was wrong, not because of my injury, but because while my injury was recovering, my body had undergone another abnormal change - the red scales on my right arm had spread to my neck.

In the bright water beneath my feet, there was a thin red scale on the right side of my neck, and the veins at the edge of my cheeks seemed to be stretched out, protruding three times, curling like three aged green vines, extending to the right side of my face. And my whole right eye became like a red stone, red as blood.

It's no longer human.

In the dead silence around me, I suddenly had a headache in my heart, closed my eyes and didn't want to look anymore, trying to keep myself calm, because I was too hard, and the stone I sat down on was also broken off by my right hand.

First the right arm, then the neck, then the right eye, and then my whole head? Li Yanzong said that the abnormal change in my body was due to the Gu Alchemy Technique, and he also said that I was the same kind of person as him, could it be that the final fate of my cultivation of the Open Heaven Gong would really be the same as him, and it would become something similar to the crystal coffin under the culvert slope?

I clenched my fists, my heart getting heavier and heavier, and the stones in my hands were crushed by me. The appearance of such mutations in the body is completely related to the drawings of the seven villains on the Open Heaven Scroll. If I had always thought that the Gu transformation of my right arm had a lot to do with the venom in the merman's body, but after the battle of Kunlun Mountain, I didn't think so anymore.

All the abnormalities in my body must be due to that red paint, maybe it is a kind of Gu poison. But what the hell is that? How did the Open Heaven Scroll come to be placed in that kind of place? And by whom? I still don't know what it is.

I was thinking nonsense, but I felt dizzy in my head.

Shaking off the gravel in my right hand, I pulled out a one-foot-long waist knife from my waist. My shadow chasing sword was taken away by Cheng Fuhai, and now I don't know where it fell, this waist knife was given to me by Baili disciples, used for self-defense, in the moonlight, this waist knife was shining silver, and the sharp edge made my eyes hurt a little.

Perhaps, I will really turn into the kind of thing in the crystal coffin.

As he was sitting, there was a sudden sound of a wooden branch breaking behind him. After the rain, there was silence all around, and the sound of the branches breaking was even louder. I turned my head sideways and said in a deep voice, "Who!"

When I turned my head, I saw that it was Jiang Shun standing not far behind me. Probably my current appearance is really a little ugly, and I am sitting alone in this dark forest, even Jiang Shun couldn't help but pause, and a trace of melancholy flashed on his face.

But the uneasiness on his face was only fleeting, and he immediately turned to smile, and walked over and said with a smile: "I was sleeping soundly, but I saw that there was one person missing from the cave, so I came out to see who it was, hehe." ”

He's worried about me, right? I quietly put away my waist knife, stood up and owed to him, and said, "It turned out to be Senior Jiang." disturbed the rest of the seniors, and asked the seniors to forgive their sins. ”

Jiang Shun walked up to me and said, "Sleeping with your brothers is not stable, and the snoring is louder than thunder." When I got closer, I saw that he was holding a ball of medicine cloth in his hand, and he sat down on the stone where I had sit, and said, "What's the matter, I don't sleep this big night, what are you doing here alone?"

I smiled bitterly and said, "It's nothing, come out and breathe." ”

Jiang Shun's small eyes turned, as if he had seen through my thoughts, and said, "Is it just to come out to breathe?"

I was a little cramped and couldn't help but tilt my head.

Seeing that I didn't speak, Jiang Shun put away his smile and suddenly sighed, and said for a while: "Sit here, I'll change the dressing cloth for you." ”

I nodded, sat down beside him, Jiang Shun reached out and took off the cloth belt around my neck, untied the yellowed medicinal cloth on my left arm that had been soaked in rain, and said, "Cheer up, it's just a little different, it's not a big deal, you are so depressed now, your brothers are scared by you." ”

I turned my head to look outside the forest, and saw that the two brothers at the entrance of the cave were secretly looking this way, and their eyes were also excellent, and when they saw me looking over, they immediately lowered their heads. These days, I have been concerned about the change in my right face, and I rarely talk to the brothers in the dart game, and I have snubbed them a lot, although they don't ask much in their faces, but I know that they must be talking about the changes in my body in private, and even a little afraid to see my face, and after just a few days, I only feel that the relationship with them is getting farther and farther away. I exhaled and said, "If you're scared, you'll be scared, it's already like this anyway." ”

Jiang Shun didn't stop in his hand, he pulled the medicine cloth in circles, and said casually: "You are very open now, and you are in such a mood when the tip of the knife is aimed at your eyes? ”

He's seen my sword. I blushed when he said it, and I did have the idea of gouging out my right eyeball. I smiled bitterly and said, "Senior Jiang, can I still change back to the way I was?"

Jiang Shun then removed the medicine cloth from my left arm, revealing my entire arm. He grabbed my wrist and lifted it slightly, and smiled, "Of course, you see, isn't this arm almost recovering?"

I was silent. In the past few days, my left arm has recovered very quickly, the broken bone in it has healed on its own, and I don't feel any discomfort anymore, but now my elbow is still a little swollen. It is indeed something to be proud of that the body can have such healing ability, but these are completely restored due to the opening of the heavens.

"The Gu poisons in the Western Regions are huge and complex, and they are also strange, no matter which kind of Gu poison has an antidote or not, no one can say. Poison has plagued the rivers and lakes for hundreds of years, and no one has been able to cure it before, but in the end, didn't you find it in you? Although the world is vast, there will always be a turning point. Brother Gu, you are still young, you have to cheer up, you can't give up on yourself like this, besides, the Gu poison on your body is not just infecting your eyes, it is useless for you to dig it out. ”

He said this patiently, and I didn't know how to respond to him, but I just looked up at the night sky. Indeed, the Gu poison on my body has long been soaked all over my body, and it is useless to gouge out my right eye now. I know the truth, but there is such a dirty mutation on the body, in my opinion, it is really like a maggot with flesh, which makes people have a straight hair, in the past, when the right arm was mutated, I could still use it to cover it, out of sight is clean, I didn't feel any discomfort at that time, but now the red scales on the arm have spread to the neck and even soaked my right eye, but I can't settle down, these days, whether day or night, I always feel that the right side of the body is like a fat worm lying on my stomach, biting my body all the time, where can I still have the slightest mood to be happy？

Seeing that I didn't speak, Jiang Shun sighed and said: "You are only half of your body now poisoned by Gu poison, in fact, it is nothing, where is the whole body eroded by poison like us, once a month poisonous hair can simply drive people crazy, you don't know that when I was first stained with that poison, the bones and veins of my body were like being bitten by poisonous insects, it was so painful that I wanted to peel off my skin, but after a long time, I got used to it, nothing remarkable." ”

Although he said it seriously, his small eyes kept secretly looking at me, as if he was tempting. He said so much, I understand what he meant, he wanted to persuade me to be happy and not to do stupid things that killed me, so he deliberately used the pain of poison in his body to make me find some psychological balance. It's just that he really doesn't look good, and he looks at me more obscenely, but he really seems to be encouraging me to peel off my own flesh.

But after his words, I was in a better mood, and said gratefully: "Thank you, Senior Jiang, I'm fine." ”

Probably Jiang Shun also knew that he was not good at persuasion, but his face was not different, he just raised his eyebrows, and said, "Really?"

I smiled and said quite frankly: "Senior Jiang, the younger generation itself has such an evil state, if you want to say that you have no heart knot, it is fake, but it will not be stupid to the point of suicide, Cheng senior once taught me that I can make a difference only when I live, and now I am framed inexplicably and suffered a humiliating injustice, this account is not clear, Gu Tian is really unwilling in his heart." ”

Jiang Shun paused in his hand, as if he wanted to see me clearly, and after a long time, he breathed a sigh of relief, and said with some appreciation: "Brother Gu, you have changed a lot." If you can think so, it's not in vain that I risked breaking with the Seven Great Sects to save you. If you live, you have to live well, don't think about those messy things, it's useless. ”

After saying that, he seemed to be in a much more relaxed mood, and he smiled and pulled open the yellowed medicine cloth in his hand, and began to wrap it around my left elbow layer by layer.

I looked at Jiang Shun and didn't say anything more. This famous thief in the rivers and lakes is far from being as disrespectful as he shows on his face, although he loves to fight and make trouble on weekdays, but after getting along day and night in the past few days, I already know that he is not like this in his bones, he is also a person who is deeply persecuted by Gu poison, and he has been poisoned for thirty years, in this regard, he has taken a far better path than me. Probably he used to be like me, depressed behind his back, and living a good life is what he has gained along the way.

Thinking of this, I said: "Senior Jiang, the blood in my body is the antidote to the poison, if you want to unravel the poison, you might as well take some." ”

Jiang Shun smiled and said, "No need, I'm not a horse, I have to take a bite when I see anyone, if I drink your blood, I will become a vampire." ”

I was surprised: "Don't the seniors want to unravel the poison on their bodies?"

Jiang Shun raised his eyebrows again, and said, "Of course I want to, but I can't ask me to drink my friend's blood." You don't have to worry about me, now that the antidote to the poison has been refined, if the Seven Great Sects win this time, the Shaobai Daoist will leave me a mouthful of the antidote. ”

This time, the Immortal Hall invaded Kunlun Mountain on a large scale, and they didn't end up well. The antidote to the poison is in the hands of the master of Benkong, and the antidote will definitely be distributed after the war, since it is indispensable for the Shaobai Daoist, and Jiang Shun is the younger brother of the Shaobai Daoist, it is he who has done such an outrageous thing now, between family affection, the Shaobai Daoist is only afraid that he will leave an antidote for Jiang Shun.

I thought about it, but I heard Jiang Shun suddenly say: "By the way, Brother Gu, what are your plans to return to the Central Plains this time?"

I hesitated for a moment and said, "The junior wants to go to the capital, go to the Liuyan Pavilion." ”

Jiang Shun had already tied the new medicine cloth on my left arm at this time, and pulled out two strips of fine cloth from the remaining medicine cloth and wrapped them around my neck before saying, "You want to track down that Boss Jin?"

I snorted coldly and said, "Not bad." They are so framed, I won't swallow my anger, this account, Gu Mou must settle it clearly. ”

Jiang Shun rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "I'm afraid you're going to end up empty this time." You also know that Zheng Dongsheng went to the capital a few months ago to investigate, and he couldn't even find out his kind of character, so how could you find out? In my opinion, it is feasible to go to the Liuyan Pavilion to see those little women dancing. Moreover, you have offended the Seven Great Sects now, if you go like this, you will inevitably be ostentatious, and if you run into people who are on the right path, your brothers will have to suffer with you. ”

I was still full of ambition, but when I heard him say so casually, the arrogance in my heart suddenly decreased by more than half, and I couldn't help but turn my head to look to the side. The fire in the cottage not far away has been extinguished, it is charred black, there is a trace of light smoke in the charred wood that has not been completely extinguished, and the corpses pierced on the wooden stakes in front of the village have also been burned to ashes, and the wind blows, and the rotten bones are scattered all over the ground.

Turning my head, I sighed and said, "I've thought about these things below, but I'm still going to check them out for myself." I had already thought about it, and when I had to return to the Central Plains, I dismissed the dart bureau and went to the capital alone. ”

Jiang Shun grabbed his hair, stood up and said, "Since that's the case, then I'll go with you." ”

I was stunned and said, "Senior......"

Jiang Shun stretched his waist, reached out to his waist, and felt out a waist knife. At first glance, I couldn't help but be taken aback, and reached out to touch my waist, but it was empty. But seeing Jiang Shun shaking the waist knife in his hand, he said with a smile: "I also want to go to the capital, let's go together, so we can take care of it." ”