In the land of the northern desert, the dense dark clouds in the sky were pressed by black, and occasionally a few lightning rays pierced the sky, and the rumbling thunder came one after another, shaking people's eardrums.

Looking at this posture, the torrential rain could not be stopped for a while, but developed towards a trend of getting heavier and heavier.

Outside the window, the rain has been connected into a white line, and the sky and the earth are all white, crackling on the eaves and windowsills, becoming the only constant sound in this world.

The boss yawned, stretched again, smashed his mouth, the sky outside the window was just like his face, all were cloudy, seeing that today's heavy rain was pouring and there were few people, this day's business was afraid that this day's business would be like this.

Sighing, the boss looked at the only table in the living room, several young people had eaten and drunk enough, chatting without a word, and the expressions on their faces were sometimes happy and sometimes frowned, but most of them were excited.

Fang Yanqi and the others came to the Northern Desert for the first time, so they were naturally interested in the alien customs here.

The boss's surname is Zhu, he is a Kyushu person, he has no children and no daughters under his knees, and he has been alone for most of his life, and now he has just taken down this inn not long ago, but looking at this posture, it seems that the business is not as prosperous as imagined.

Boss Zhu was in a reverie alone, and suddenly saw several figures suddenly appear in the heavy rain, the speed was extremely fast, and he entered the inn almost in the blink of an eye, and the rain on the hat was flowing down.

There were a total of four people who came, and they were all young faces when they took off their hats, dressed in black warrior uniforms, with a red "thunder" word printed on the back. One of them had a cold face, his eyes were sharp, his gaze swept over the cold and bleak inn with few people, and his brows seemed to be relaxed, and he said: "Boss, stay in the hotel tonight, and prepare a table of wine and food by the way, it will not miss your silver." ”

When Boss Zhu saw the guests, he hurriedly got up to greet him, and said with a smile: "The guest room is available, and the four of you are satisfied, and there is no problem with the wine and food, but the small shop still has the rules of the small shop, and you need to pay a silver ingot as a deposit......

Before the man at the head could speak, the youngest of the four looked annoyed, and snorted: "If it weren't for the heavy rain outside, do you think we would come to your place?

Boss Zhu's face changed, seeing that these people seemed to be from famous and decent families, but he didn't expect them to be so unreasonable. I was hesitating in my heart whether to let go of the rules and let these people move in, but unexpectedly, the cold man who was the leader glared at him, turned his head and reprimanded: "Cui Hao, don't think that you are a disciple of Elder Yin Leizi, you can do whatever you want, since you came out with me, you won't cause trouble for me, understand?"

The young man who spoke out before looked stunned, and suddenly couldn't speak anymore, his eyes kept flashing, obviously very unconvinced. However, the grim man seemed to be the leader of the four, and the other two did not speak, only stood silently in place.

The cold man turned around, took out a bulging small bag and put it on the table, it looked like it was more than ten ingots of silver, and pushed it in front of Boss Zhu, his voice was still cold and hard, and said, "Boss, don't be afraid, even if you prepare wine and food, these silver must be enough, right?"

Boss Zhu looked surprised, reacted and hurriedly said: "The guest officer doesn't need so much, a few of you will find a place to rest first, and the wine and food will be ready immediately." ”

After speaking, he hurriedly ran to the back room, as if preparing wine and food.

The four of them picked a position near the window and sat down, and at the same time, they also saw Fang Yanqi and other Luoxia Sect disciples sitting on the other side. The leader was stunned for a moment, and then one person walked over to this side.

Fang Yanqi and Ruan Qingqing stood up, only to see the cold man stop in front of the two of them, his eyes first swept over Fang Yanqi and Li Muyan behind him, and finally fixed on the beautiful woman in front of him, his stiff face seemed to be smiling, and he suddenly arched his hand and said: "Senior Sister Qingqing, long time no see!"

Ruan Qingqing's expression was also stunned, staring at the man in front of him who was almost a head taller than him, frowning and thinking for a long time, a trace of surprise flashed on his pretty face, and he said in surprise: "You...... Are you Ling Yunfeng?"

The man nodded, his face was like an iceberg of ten thousand years, without the slightest change, and said, "Senior sister has a good memory, and it is really an honor to still remember my name." ”

Ruan Qingqing's expression was first surprised, and then his eyes gradually fell on the man's clothes, the crimson word "thunder" was extremely eye-catching, his expression became solemn, and he said softly: "Sure enough, although you concealed your identity at the beginning, your moves were not fake, and it had the charm of Thunder Valley, so ......"

Ling Yunfeng looked at Ruan Qingqing quietly, there seemed to be an inexplicable light flashing in the depths of his eyes, and he still looked motionless on the surface, and said: "Senior sister's eyes are like torches, and she was forced to hide her name at the beginning, but it was really not her own wish. ”

Ruan Qingqing laughed, her expression gradually became indifferent, and there was a little coldness in her voice: "Ling Yunfeng, whether you are incognito, you have to do it, these have nothing to do with me." Are you standing here just to say hello to me, or do you want to settle the score?"

Ling Yunfeng's expression was suddenly moved, the light in his eyes flickered, as if he was suppressing the emotions in his heart, and said in a deep voice: "Qingqing......"

"Shut up!"

Ruan Qingqing's expression changed, her body lit up with cyan true qi, and a blue ice bead suddenly appeared in her hand, a trace of chill permeated, and the inn seemed to turn into deep winter in an instant, I don't know if it was the chill on the woman's body, or the blue light emitted by the ice beads.

Ling Yunfeng's face changed, and he pulled out a long sword with a "sonorous", and purple lightning flashed all over his body. Seeing this, Ruan Qingqing's expression was full of sarcasm, and said: "Hmph, Ling Yunfeng, you are really still the same, do you want to draw your sword when you see others using your mental method?" Come on, I'll ...... here."

There was only a distance of three or four meters between the two, Ruan Qingqing Lian moved lightly, her eyes were full of sarcasm, and she slowly walked towards Lingyun Peak.

Ling Yunfeng's body trembled slightly, and as Ruan Qingqing slowly approached, he subconsciously retreated backwards.

One step, two steps, three steps......

Fang Yanqi and the others and the three people on the other table had already stood up at this time, one hand had already been pressed on the magic weapon, and if one was wrong, they would fight. Obviously, Ruan Qingqing and this Ling Yunfeng seem to have old grudges, and between the words, they are almost about to start.

The atmosphere was silent and weird, and at this time, the wooden door of the back room "creaked" softly, and Boss Zhu pushed the door in. The chill in the inn disappeared without a trace, as if it had never appeared. Ling Yunfeng put away his long sword, as if nothing had happened, took a deep look at Ruan Qingqing, who was already standing in front of him, and turned around and walked away.

Ruan Qingqing froze in place, her beautiful eyes glanced in the direction he walked away, and a voice suddenly came from her ears.

"Shenliu!"

Boss Zhu came up with wine and food, and happened to see the scene of Ling Yunfeng turning away, walked past Ling Yunfeng's table, and said with a smile: "It turns out that a few guest officers know each other? That's really a coincidence, my small shop says that if you don't come, you won't come, and if you come to two tables, you still know each other, it's really interesting!"

Ling Yunfeng was stunned for a moment, but he didn't mean to speak, grabbed the wine jug on the table, poured a few sips into his mouth, and then fell silent.

Ruan Qingqing was not interested, as if she had something on her mind, her expression was depressed, she beckoned Boss Zhu to her and said, "Boss, prepare a few guest rooms for us, they should be clean." ”

Although Boss Zhu felt that the atmosphere was a little weird, he understood what to ask and what not to ask, and agreed: "Okay, a few people here, please!"

I have to say that Boss Zhu is still very smart, and arranged Fang Yanqi and the others on the inside of the second floor, and the few guest rooms on the outside are mostly reserved for Ling Yunfeng and the others.

This is a spacious big house, originally two rooms, but last time Liu Zifeng and the others clashed with Ye Huang here, now it has been repaired together, except for the middle hall, there are two rooms on each side.

Ruan Qingqing pulled a chair and sat down at random, still immersed in what had just happened. Fang Yanqi and the others didn't know why, so they also sat down beside her, looked at each other, and no one spoke for a while.

After a while, Ruan Qingqing suddenly sighed, looking a little lonely, seeing that she was a little uncomfortable in her heart, and said slowly: "Have you all seen the characteristics of the clothes of those people clearly?"

Fang Yanqi was stunned for a moment, and remembered the conspicuous word "thunder" on the robes of the four people, and immediately nodded: "See, if I guess correctly, those people are the disciples of Thunder Valley?"

Ruan Qingqing's face was slightly condensed, thinking of the word "Shen Liu" that Ling Yunfeng said at the end, and thinking of Zhou Yuru's advice to her when she was leaving, her heart moved.

"Could it be that Senior Brother Liu is still in the Northern Desert, who is this kid?"

Ruan Qingqing wondered in her heart, but because of the sisterhood, she didn't ask in detail at that time, so she agreed. Now, she suddenly realizes that things are not as simple as she imagined.

Coughing lightly, Ruan Qingqing glanced at a few junior brothers and sisters, and said in a deep voice: "Yes, it is the person from Thunder Valley." However, this is your first time going down the mountain to practice, and it is understandable that you know very little about other sects and things outside. The Thunder Valley is divided into two parts, with the word "thunder" on the body, the blue word "thunder" represents the inner valley of the thunder valley, and the red word "thunder" represents the blood valley of the thunder valley. ”

Several people were surprised, Thunder Valley was far away from the Luoxia Sect, and the two sects had almost no contact, not to mention that the two sects had a gap between their hearts because of something, and they were not intimate.

"Thunder Inner Valley, most of them are people who are obsessed with cultivation, and at the same time they are in charge of various affairs up and down Thunder Valley, which is quite normal. And the Thunder Blood Valley has always been extremely secretive, the disciples of the Blood Valley are generally brutally cultivated, each of them is a ruthless character, although these people are not high, but the means are endless, you must not take it lightly!"

Ruan Qingqing said solemnly, Fang Yanqi and the others listened carefully, and gradually became cautious in their hearts. Wasn't the handwriting on the robes of the four Thunder Valley disciples downstairs just now blood-red?

Ruan Qingqing saw that everyone was upright, nodded slightly, and said slowly: "It is said that the word 'thunder' on the robes of the disciples of the Thunder Inner Valley is smeared with the blood of the enemy, and only one drop of blood is taken for each person killed, and these people are ......."

She didn't say anything more, but looking at the faces of a few people, it was already a little abnormal.