Fang Ping had already received the news that Jiufang Xi had returned home, so he naturally prepared hot water and food early.

When Jiufang Xi returned to his familiar home, he couldn't help but feel that the scenery was still the same, and things were not people.

"Master is back!" Fang Ping opened the door with a hint of a smile on his face, but he was also quite reluctant.

"yes, this line of work, it's too tiring. Jiufang Xi looked at Fang Ping, a few days ago he was full of hope for Yunxing Palace, but now he returned full of decline.

"Ping has prepared a hot soup for Ye, so let's take a bath first. Fang Ping took the luggage and let the two of them in.

Jiufang Xi nodded, he was indeed tired. Not only was the day's driving and horses tiring, but there was also pressure in my heart, as if I was pressed by a mountain.

Seeing that Jiufang Xi's expression was not good, Fang Ping knew the reason, grinned and led Tianma into the house, but pretended to be sad: "Master, Ping has never raised Tianma, does this Tianma also eat grass?"

Fang Yuan saw his brother's forced smile, secretly wiped his tears, laughed twice and said, "Isn't Tianma also a horse?

"Fang Ping, Yuan'er, I'm fine, you don't have to be like this. ”

Jiufang Xi's footsteps did not stop, but the voice drifted to the ears of the brother and sister, and they were at a loss for a while. Fang Ping rubbed his hands and responded: "Then I'll go get some food, and wait for the master to take a bath and play, and it will be delicious and hot." ”

"Then, Yuan'er is going to help. ”

By the time Jiufang Xi finished bathing, Fang Ping had already served the mutton soup. Although it is summer, Jiufang Xi has been cold and thin since he was a child, and the mutton soup is nothing.

"Brother, this soup is not as good as the master's cooking. Fang Yuan held the bowl in his hand and said quietly.

Jiufang Xi paused in his hand and said softly: "Wait a little longer, I will save my father back." ”

As soon as Jiufang Xi drank a bowl of hot soup, there was a knock on the wooden door.

Fang Ping glanced at Jiufang Xi, got the latter to nod, and ran to open the door.

"Who is Jiufang Xi, someone asked me to send something from SF Dart Bureau, please sign for it." "Those were two men with sturdy bodies and swords.

"Dart Bureau?" Jiufang Xi was stunned, walked to the door, pressed his fingerprints on the manifest, and the two said "goodbye" and left.

"Who sent something to the master?" Could it be Qi Gongzi?" Yuan'er instantly rejoiced: "Maybe Qi Gongzi has found a medicine that can cure the master, so I asked someone to send it, and I will open it!"

It was a wooden box, half a foot long, and it was heavy. Yuan'er put the wooden box on the table, moved the candle over, and couldn't wait to open the clasp of the wooden box.

"Ahh

Jiufang Xi secretly said that it was not good, and walked up in three or two steps, but only to see a head that was bloody in the wooden box, already overgrown with maggots, and a rotten smell, thanks to the fact that the wooden box was very tight, so that there was not the slightest rotten breath diffuse.

"Uncle, uncle!"

Jiufang Xi couldn't believe what he saw, that dead face, who was the uncle who was not missing?

"Fang, Fang Ping, look at what else is inside. Jiufang Xi only felt that his throat was so dry that smoke was about to come out.

Fang Ping had always been calm, but at this time, he also had a calm face, sweating, and turned over the wooden box with trembling hands, but there was nothing.

"Who is it? Who the hell are they going to do! kidnapping! Killing! Asking for money or grudges, what can't be solved? Why do you have to do this?"

In the past few days, his mental pressure has reached a critical level, and there are many things to do, locusts rush towards him, washing his original life into pieces, and his original relatives and friends are far away one by one, leaving him at a loss.

"Bang!" Jiufang Xi closed the door and sat on the ground, wanting to cry without tears, his heart was a mess, and his head was splitting.

He remembered many things, but each one was only the dirtiest bits of it. The green liquid, Jiang Hui who wanted to kill him, the disappearance of his father and other relatives, the six dried corpses of Yunxing Palace, Qi Yang's merciless six palms, his body had already been covered with bruises, and it seemed to be healed, but every time he recalled it, it hurt heartbreakingly, revealing that he could not do anything.

It's as if someone was standing behind him with a whip and whipped him with every step he took, urging him to do something. This feeling is getting stronger and stronger, but what the hell is going on, he is still like a cloud.

There seemed to be a breath in his chest, a mouthful of resentment that had nowhere to vent, and he was extremely irritable.

"Master, perhaps you should listen to what the Taoist has to say. He is right, now you are no longer an ordinary person, this should not be the pattern of the master. Di Jiang suddenly spoke, breaking the silence.

"So you can hear the voices of the outside world......" Jiufang Xi was silent for a long time before he spoke.

"Yes, Dijiang can hear the outside world. Dijiang replied.

"Although Dijiang doesn't know the cause and effect of today's events, he always has a purpose for doing something. The host might as well think in this direction. ”

Jiufang Xi's heart was shocked.

Di Jiang was right, things would not happen for no reason, and he had already noticed that it seemed to be a huge game, and he fell into it like an insect falling into a spider's web. Just as he had just returned, the things were in his hands, and it was clear that someone had been paying attention to his movements, and even the arranged route. He tried to calm down and go through the events of the past few days in his mind, looking for any clues that he could catch.

A few days ago, everything was pushed to the Cloud Palace. Whether it is the old man of green medicine, or Shen Yanrong's sudden visit, or Si Chengxiao's provocation and Qi Yang's instigation. After going to Yunxing Palace, the old man disappeared, Qi Yang turned into the master of Yunxing Palace, in charge of the entire Yunxing Palace, Shen Yanrong showed amazing talent and the strength of his subordinates, but Si Chengxiao did not see any action, but looking at the reaction of the touchstone before, he should also stay in Yunxing Palace. It was as if everything was over here.

"No! Today, the old Taoist said that all the people I will come into contact with in the future will be cultivators...... Could it be that this series of things is just for me to practice? Including the southwest mentioned by the old Tao, and the south mentioned by Dijiang, it seems that the route has already been planned for me. But...... If the purpose is to let me practice, why is it so? Who in the world doesn't want to become a disciple of the Cloud Traveling Palace, even if they go to the mountains and fields to worship the master, why do they have to do things so decisively?"

"This ...... Dijiang didn't know. ”

It's as if you've seen through something, but it's as if you've fallen into a bigger mystery.

Jiufang Xi thought about it for a long time, but he couldn't sort it out.

"Dijiang, the south you said is probably in the same direction as the southwest mentioned by Lao Dao, right?

"I don't know, there's only one direction. But if you go in that direction, you will always find it. The places we are talking about should be on the periphery of the circle of gods and mortals. ”

Di Jiang sensed that Jiufang Xi had already had the idea of going to that place, and began to explain patiently.

"Three thousand years ago, after the release of the dog set the covenant of the nine tripods, they made an agreement with the various races, dividing the world into two parts, and they used their supreme power to enclose a vast area of ten thousand hectares in the most suitable place for mortal growth, which contained mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, for the continuation of the life of the weakest of all races. This circle is called the circle of gods and mortals, which means that the world of cultivation is cut off from the world of mortals.

The closest boundary to Leling is the first line of heaven of Yunxing Palace, and the mountains that run through the north and south of the first line of heaven are the boundary, simply put, the east of the first line of heaven is the mortal world, and the west is the world of cultivation, and the first line of heaven is the entrance of that exchange.

At the beginning, the various clans agreed that they could select talented people from the mortal world to enter the cultivation world, so as to ensure the diversity of the cultivation world and the basic population base. A ray of heaven is the passage of the human race, and each race has its own passage.

Later, even if Emperor Xuanqi unified the Xuan Realm, this Xuan Realm only refers to this mortal world, and the covenant of Jiuding is deeply rooted, and it cannot be broken at all, and it can only be selected every year to enter the Yunxing Palace for further study.

This time, Di Jiang could feel that Leling was the westernmost part of this mortal world, which should be the reason for being close to the first line of heaven. Therefore, the southwest of this place should be similar to the south of the sky, but the specific words are unknown. ”

Jiufang Xi was shocked when he heard it, but there was an indescribable sense of coincidence in his heart, but the Taoist should not know that Di Jiang had told him about Huo Huangmu, and judging from Di Jiang's words, he had only communicated with him for so many years.

Is this really providential?

"Isn't there a specific place name?" asked Jiufang Xi again.

"No, the fire phoenix wood is something that can not be found, no one knows which plane tree the phoenix will be nirvana, and the noble person that the Taoist said does not know where. Dijiang said.

After pondering for a long time, Jiufang Xi seemed to have made up his mind: "Then go to the southwest, if someone is a pusher, I want to see what his purpose is." If there is no pusher...... Think of it as an increase in strength. Si Chengxiao's strength is growing day by day in Yunxing Palace, and I always have to fight for a chance. ”

"Now that it's decided, let's leave tomorrow without further ado. But I'm afraid it's inconvenient to take Fang Ping and Yuan'er with me, so the Qi Mansion and the Shen Mansion don't need to be alarmed. ”

The unwillingness buried in the bottom of his heart was rekindled in the end, Jiufang Xi was never a good gentleman, he just had his own principles, nothing more. Si Chengxiao owes him, he wants to get it back after all, what kind of generosity to say, generosity is not aimed at people like Si Chengxiao.

"Then let Di Jiang do something for the master. Di Jiang said sincerely: "Since the master suspects that there is a mastermind behind the scenes, then no one should use it this time, and there is no need to bring the harrier sent by Yan Wei, and there is no need to summon it for a while, and with Di Jiang here, I can find a better Brother Xun for the master." ”

"Good. ”

"Master, I don't know if the master has an opinion on Wu Dao?" Di Jiang asked cautiously.

"Wu Dao, what's wrong?" Jiufang Xi was puzzled.

"If the master is willing to practice witchcraft, Dijiang can solve the master's doubts. But Dijiang can only witch and demon paths, and nothing else, and witch paths are more suitable for people. Dijiang said.

"Ha, no matter what kind of Tao it is, it is just the Tao, the cornerstone of carrying people, not the people themselves. Wu Dao, why not?" Jiufang Xi chuckled, and his heart seemed to be relieved.

"Haha, it's great that the master is willing to learn the witch way! And the master has the blood of the ancestor of all demons in his body, and it is excellent to practice the witch path and the demon way!" Di Jiang suddenly became happy.

"Master, this exercise is quite powerful, and it is the best exercise for the master to protect himself. But the owner has a shallow foundation now, and if he wants to be foolproof, he still has to find some accessories. ”

Di Jiang said, Jiufang Xi felt that a "Thunder Formula" appeared in his mind, which contained a lot, including methods for practicing qi and spells.

Remembering that Di Jiang was also the only beast among the twelve witch ancestors, although this exercise seems to have traces of Taoism, it is more of a ability to communicate heaven and earth with spells.

"What do you need??" asked Jiufang Xi.

"The bones of the beast, the bones of the beastmaster. Di Jiang said: "I can sense that there is a lion on the mountain not far away, which is the root bone of a natural brute beast, and the master you go and kill it and take two canine teeth." ”