In the past year, he has not left the valley except for a trip down the mountain to Fang City, Mu Xiaofan has looked for him a few times, and learned some news related to it from his mouth.

As expected, Ju Er really became an inner disciple and worshiped under the door of a golden lotus elder, but because of the strict rules of the door, he has been practicing in retreat at Zizhu Peak, and it is said that he has also entered the White Lotus Five Grades.

Tang Li was genuinely happy for him.

As for Senior Brother Leng, who stepped into the Qinglian Realm half a year ago, Tang Li didn't feel any surprises.

As for this Senior Sister Mu, since she entered the White Lotus Nine Rank a year ago, she has still not reached the peak of the White Lotus Rank, the point is that the merits she has accumulated are far from reaching the conditions for advancement, which is really a little sad.

But Mu Xiaofan looked relaxed and didn't seem to be in a hurry.

It turned out that she had been waiting for the Flame Mountain, the Molten Fire Valley trial.

Tang Li was no stranger to this valley, Ling Yu entered the valley to test and got a lot of opportunities.

According to legend, the seal of this valley is an ancient flame demon, and every ten years, the seal of this valley will be loosened, and the disciples of the four major sects will take this opportunity to enter the valley and accumulate merit by killing the monsters that breed in the valley.

However, only White Lotus disciples could enter this valley, and the ultimate purpose of the trial was actually to replenish the operating energy of the sealing array.

And there are still almost two years left before the seal is loosened next time, so it's no wonder that Mu Xiaofan is not in a hurry.

In addition, Tang Li also inquired about Ling Yu's news from the side.

Hearing that Ling Yu had already entered the Golden Lotus Rank and was one of the three elders who were most likely to enter the Red Lotus Rank within ten years, Tang Li's heart suddenly cooled again, and he wanted to catch up with this anti-heaven existence, I was afraid that there was really no hope.

On this day, outside the mountain gate of the fairy cave.

"Senior brother, you have to remember the agreement between us, otherwise Senior Sister will turn her face," Mu Xiaofan's eyes were bent into a crescent moon shape, and he looked at Tang Li with a smile.

Hearing the word 'agreement', Tang Li felt a headache, and the meeting between the two was naturally the trial of Molten Fire Valley two years later.

He remembered that he just squeaked casually at the time, but he didn't expect the eldest sister to make up for it by herself, so he agreed and was serious.

"Senior sister, that Trial Valley does not have the cultivation of the White Lotus Seven Grades, even if the junior brother wants to enter, the sect will not agree," Tang Li said with a bitter face.

"If you haven't been in the White Lotus Seven Rank for two years, then you are a pig. Mu Xiaofan's face changed suddenly, and he said as if he was going to eat people.

Tang Li had a black line in his head, he really had no way to deal with this senior sister, he couldn't be ruthless, he began to wonder if he had masochistic tendencies.

Maybe this is love, Tang Wei thought, but unfortunately this senior sister didn't mean this at all, just as he was a junior brother, but the relationship was relatively close.

In other words, male girlfriends.

Tang Li left the sect, but only this best friend and senior sister were the only ones to see him off, but this already made him feel very gratified, in his heart, no matter how many people came, it was not as good as Mu Xiaofan.

"Senior brother, do your best, in this way, junior brother will leave, senior sister take care," the words fell, Tang Li released the fat wind leopard, took out the sect token, and ran down the mountain without looking back.

Looking at the back of this junior brother, Mu Xiaofan suddenly had a feeling of emptiness in his heart, but this feeling was only fleeting, and before he could taste it, it had disappeared.

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South Sky City.

Tang Li came to the Imperial Court Guard Yamen, pushed open the door, the courtyard was still in a dilapidated state, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

It turned out that the pavilions and pavilions he saw before were illusions, and this was the original face of the imperial palace guards, and the illusion array was just to support the scene.

Tang Li came to the 'B' gate of the Imperial Guard, but the courtyard was deserted, and he didn't even see a figure, which seemed to be extremely depressed.

turned around and came to the general flag room of Liao Zongqi, and the person was really not there.

At this moment, the door of another room in the courtyard was opened, "Brother Tang." ”

Tang Li heard someone call him, and when he looked back, it was Lu Chen, and he couldn't help but feel inexplicably happy in his heart, "Lord Lu." ”

Tang Li was overjoyed, but Lu Chen had a sad face.

"Brother Tang is finally back, change your clothes quickly, let's go." Lu Chen said very quickly, looking extremely anxious.

"Where?" said Tang Li.

"If something happens, let's talk about it on the road. ”

Tang Li thought that Lu Chen was going to pick him up and wash the dust, and wanted to surprise him, but he didn't expect Lu Chen to let him change into the standard leather armor of the imperial guard, so he took him straight out of the city.

Tang said what is the situation, how did a good surprise turn into a fright in an instant.

"Master Lu, what happened to make it so urgent?" Tang Li wanted to tell him that I hadn't eaten lunch yet.

"Three days ago, more than 30 members of the county order family in Yuanfeng Town were tragically wiped out, which is the third county order to destroy the door in three months. Lu Chen said.

Tang Li's heart sank when he heard this, but he didn't ask anything more, and followed Lu Chen to hurry.

A hundred miles away, the two of them arrived at the time of the meal, entered the county seat, the city guard sergeant hurriedly opened the way, and the two really went to the county office.

The entire county government has now been surrounded by the guards and servants, and when they saw the two royal guards coming, they didn't say a word, and directly led the two into the county office.

As soon as he entered the county government compound, Tang Li smelled a foul smell.

It's May now, the weather is getting warmer, and it's normal for the corpse to stink after three days after the crime, but Tang Li didn't figure it out, is it waiting to plant flowers while keeping the corpse?

Sure enough, when I came to the backyard, the rancid smell was smoking, and the flies were scurrying around.

I saw dozens of mutilated corpses lying in the courtyard, the ground was black and red, the blood had already coagulated into blood bumps, and even the pear blossoms in the courtyard were blood red, exuding a strange color.

The sky is cloudy, the sky is dark, and this situation and this scene give people a kind of lifeless depression.

At this moment, several imperial guards walked into the courtyard, and the leader was Liao Chengfeng.

"Lord Zongqi," Tang Li said with a fist clenched.

"No need to be polite," Mr. Liao put his hands behind his back and looked at Tang Lidao, "What do you think?"

Tang Li glanced up at Liao Zongqi, then turned his head to look at one of the corpses, his stomach churned for a while, and he quickly looked away.

"The subordinates can't see it," Tang Li said bluntly.

Liao Chengfeng didn't see any expression on his face, and said, "These more than 30 corpses all have a common feature, they have all been drained of their five internal organs, sucked dry brain marrow, and the deceased's eyes are round, obviously before death, they were greatly stimulated, judging from the posture of these corpses falling to the ground, they were all killed with one blow." ”

Liao Zongqi calmly recounted the situation at the scene, and then looked at Lu Chen, "What do you think?"

"The subordinates think that there must be something strange in it. ”

"Tell me about it. ”

"Judging from the situation of the corpse at the scene, there are two possibilities, one is that the demon did it, and the other is the ghost, and the subordinates are more inclined to the latter. ”

Mr. Liao nodded, "Go on." ”