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The southern frontier is very different from the customs of Middle-earth, but after many years, although it is located in a remote area, after all, there are exchanges with Middle-earth. The furs, ores and other specialties produced in the southern Xinjiang region have always had an excellent reputation in the Central Plains, attracting many merchants from China to trade.

Over time, inns that did not exist at all in southern Xinjiang also appeared in the most lively towns under the influence of Middle-earth merchants.

What Ghost Li and Xiaobai are in now is such an inn, and the name is directly with the local name, "Tianshui Inn".

Entering the inn, it is obvious that the tables and chairs are very influenced by the Middle-earth culture, but the boss and the guys are local Zhuang people. The Zhuang people in southern Xinjiang, the population is the largest, the relative life is also relatively rich, the most deeply influenced by the Middle Earth, no more than other ethnic groups still adhere to the hunt-based life, the Zhuang people have gradually begun to farm and do business.

However, despite this, the Zhuang people are relatively peaceful, and most of the people have less of that fierceness, so they are not as strong as the Miao people with a population less than them.

Ghost Li and Xiaobai sat down, and a guy had already come to receive him, but the world was getting dark, but there were not many guests in the inn. This guy looks like a costume, and he is also a member of the Zhuang clan in southern Xinjiang, but most of them have been working here for some time, and he actually speaks quite fluently.

"Two guest officers, do you want to eat something, there are clean rooms here in our store, the price is the most fair, and it is famous far and wide. ”

Ghost Li nodded and said, "Leave us two clean houses, and we'll stay for one night." ”

The guy smiled and nodded, and then said, "Two guest officers, you shouldn't have eaten yet, can you order some food?"

Ghost Li wasn't hungry, but after looking at Xiaobai, he still decided to ask for something to eat, and said, "Well, you can bring us two bowls of rice and a few more ......."

"Uh!" Xiao Bai, who was sitting on the side, suddenly spoke, smiling, and said, "Do you have a "stuffy yellow finch" here?"

The ghost was stunned, and looked at Xiaobai, the guy was also stunned, and couldn't help but glance at Xiaobai more, and said: "Girl, haven't you ever been to our southern Xinjiang, we naturally have this signature dish." ”

The smile on Xiaobai's face was even stronger, his eyes flashed, as if he was recalling something, and said slowly: "Well, by the way, there are also "three snake intestines", "roasted bear tail", "roasted autumn leaves", "five little worms", "

Blackheart Fruit "......"

Her eyes flickered, and she thought as she spoke, at first it was relatively slow, and she said it one by one, but later she said it faster and faster, and the name of the dish was even more bizarre.

The ghost was stunned, and not only did the smile on the guy's face in the shop turn into an embarrassed expression with his mouth wide open and couldn't close it, but even the shopkeeper who was settling accounts in the distance couldn't help but come over.

Xiao Bai probably said nearly thirty dishes in one breath, then he stopped and rested, turned his head to the boss and his buddy and smiled: "Do you have these dishes here?"

The boss and the guy looked at each other, and after a while, the boss laughed dryly, and said: "Girl, you are really well-informed, the many dishes you just said, all of them are famous dishes that are special products of southern Xinjiang, but there are many ingredients that are not easy to find. Sorry. ”

Xiaobai couldn't help but show a trace of regret on his face, but then smiled: "Then let's cook these three dishes first!"

The boss and the guy hurriedly agreed and went busy. Xiao Bai turned his eyes, but saw that Ghost Li was looking at him, smiled, and said, "It's been hundreds of years, and somehow I suddenly want to taste these flavors of those years." You've been here, have you ever eaten any of these dishes?"

Ghost Li shook his head, in the past, when he came to Southern Xinjiang, he was full of thoughts to find the Black Witch Clan to treat Baguio, how to take care of these appetites, he usually dealt with them casually in the wilderness. This time, if it weren't for the special situation, he would have to avoid the pursuers all over the Incense Valley, and Xiaobai was a woman after all (although he was a thousand-year-old goblin...... It's not good to sleep in the barren mountains and mountains at night, so I entered the town.

He was silent for a moment, and then suddenly asked, "I can probably guess what the black heart fruit is?"

Xiaobai said with a smile: "This is a unique fruit in southern Xinjiang, the appearance is green, the meat is white and tender, but the heart of the meat is black, fried in an oil pot, the taste is delicious." ”

Ghost Li frowned, and said, "What is that 'roasted bear tail', is it the tail of a black bear? I have heard of bear paws and bear bile in the past, but I have never heard of bear tails can also be used in dishes?"

Xiaobai smiled and said: "This bear is not another bear, there is a unique beast in southern Xinjiang, called "long-tailed bear", which is far smaller than the black bear and white bear we are familiar with, but the meat is delicious, far from being comparable to them. In particular, a long tail is the essence, and it is famous in southern Xinjiang!"

Ghost Li was silent, Xiaobai glanced at him, and suddenly said: "Strange, I see that you don't care much about anything on weekdays, why are you a little interested in this dish when you mention it?"

The ghost was stunned for a while, he was speechless for a while, he grew up on the big bamboo peak of Qingyun Mountain since he was a child, and soon began to cook, and he really had a bit of talent and interest in cooking. If he is in an ordinary family, I am afraid that he will become a cook, and most of them will be able to make a small name. It's just now......

Ghost Li sighed softly, and suddenly he was so excited that he didn't want to say anything. Xiao Bai looked at him with interest, the soft light flashed in her eyes, and she didn't know what she was thinking?

Only Ash was still restless, looking around, and whispering without a word, as if expecting something.

In the dead of night, Tianshui Village, which has been lively for a day, gradually calms down at night.

Tianshui Inn has two floors, and the second floor is the guest room. Ghost Li paid close attention to observe, only he and Xiaobai stayed overnight tonight, it seems that although it is lively here, but at this time, the world is in chaos, and there are not a few merchants from Middle Earth who come to southern Xinjiang. However, the local people in southern Xinjiang generally do not live in stores.

Xiaobai's room is next door to the ghost room, the wall separated by wooden planks does not have much sound insulation effect, and the slight laughter and squeak of the next door can be faintly heard. Monkey Xiao Ash ran over to play with Xiao Bai again, although now Xiao Ash will still run back to be with Ghost Li every night when he sleeps, but Xiao Bai doesn't know how to do it, it seems to be very good with Xiao Ash, and now Xiao Ash likes to stick to this thousand-year-old demon fox when he has nothing to do.

Ghost Li lay in the room for a while, he hadn't lived in the inn for a long time, but he was still a little unaccustomed. Before he knew it, it was late at night, but he still didn't feel sleepy, and he couldn't help but feel a little bored in his heart, so he stood up, slowly walked to the window, pushed open the window, and looked out.

Different from the daytime, at this moment, in the night sky of southern Xinjiang, the dark clouds gradually dispersed, although the clouds were still there, but from the gap, a trace of moonlight was quietly revealed.

The moonlight shone brightly, like frost and snow, and fell on him.

In the world, all living beings are asleep, and the four fields are silent. Only on the corner of the unknown street, there was a low chirping of insects.

Darkness covers the earth.

Looking out of the window, thousands of mountains and thousands of miles, the night sky is deep.

Under such a cool and lonely night in southern Xinjiang, suddenly, the past was like a tide, flooding my heart.

Once upon a time, the child in the remote village was immersed in the rolling waves of red dust and drifted with the waves. When I turned around, it turned out that there was no one around.

Life is really lonely......

The man under the moon bowed his head and was speechless.

"Shhh

A sound of breaking the air in the distance came slowly.

The ghost raised his head, his eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he saw a light light light in the sky, like a meteor passing in the night sky, crossing the sky, crossing the sky above Tianshui Village, and falling to the west.

And behind it, there were three rays of light, chasing after it.

What kind of vision and experience does Ghost Li have now, he can naturally see at a glance that these four rays of light are the people in the cultivator walking in the sky, only to see these four rays of light chasing back and forth in the clouds of the night sky, although the back three rays of light have never been able to catch up with the light in front, but the person who escaped can't get rid of the chase.

A moment later, the first ray of light seemed to have made a decision, and it fell from the sky, looking at the direction, it was in the southwest direction of Tianshui Village.

Then, the three rays of light that were tracked also fell.

The ghost pondered for a moment, but he felt that he was restless tonight, and he really didn't want to stand here alone anymore, so he waved his right hand, silently turned into blue light, and flew towards the place where the four rays of light landed.

After his figure became smaller and smaller, there was a "squeak", and the window of the room next to the ghost was also pushed open. Xiao Bai hugged Xiao Ash and looked in the direction where Ghost Li flew, and after a while, Ghost Li's figure disappeared into the darkness.

Xiao Bai's face was calm, and there was no expression on his fair face, only the brilliance in his eyes, but it flashed strangely.

Ghost Li galloped silently all the way, and soon found that the place where those lights and shadows fell was the location of the old village of Tianshui, the mountain that had been abandoned for many years.

Just as he had entered the cottage, a dull whisper came from the front, followed by an angry voice mixed with the familiar laughter of another man.

Ghost Li immediately frowned.

This laughter is soft to the bone, and it has the power to confuse people's hearts, which is the voice of the golden bottle.

Ghost hesitated for a moment, hid his body in a dark corner, and slowly swept forward.

The originally quiet and uninhabited streets, with ruins and tiles, are a desolate scene.

At this time, the sky was a little clearer, the clouds gradually dispersed, and the moonlight gradually brightened, illuminating this deserted cottage a little brighter.

With her ever-changing smile on her face, she stood in the middle of the street with a smile on her face, facing a young man in front of her who was glaring angrily. This person is also known to Ghost Li - Li Xun, an outstanding disciple of Incense Valley.

And on the street behind him, there was also a disciple of the Incense Valley who fell to the ground, who seemed to have been injured by the golden bottle just now, and his clothes were cut straight down from his left chest, and there was a deep, large wound, and he was moaning weakly.

It's just that the ghostly gaze only turned around on the three people, and after a while, his gaze completely fell on the last person.

In the early night, in the desolate street, in a deserted small building left behind Jin Bei'er, there was a woman dressed in white, carrying a long sword, standing on the roof, standing in the wind, her clothes fluttering slowly.

Snow-like skin under the clear moonlight, even makes people feel a little pale color of the beautiful woman.

This night, this moonlight, is it because of her that she is so beautiful and bright?

Lu Xueqi!

In the familiar bright eyes, whose shadow is reflected?

The ghost was stunned.

In the darkness, he quietly looked at the woman who seemed to be out of the dust, the wind and frost of the whole world, ten years, but it seemed that she had not been contaminated at all. So what makes people look at it at first glance is her figure like a cold fairy in the moonlight.

"Demon girl!" Li Xun's handsome face was full of anger.

He and Lu Xueqi blocked the golden bottle one after the other, but when they landed just now, this demon demon girl suddenly attacked, and bewitched the senior disciple of the Incense Valley behind him with the "Technique of Confusing the Heart", and then injured him with a purple blade. If it weren't for Li Xun's action, I was afraid that this junior brother would die.

It's just that Li Xun is more concerned about at the moment, in addition to this junior brother's injury, there are other things: "What happened to my junior sister Yanhong, hurry up and hand her over?"

Jin Zhu'er smiled slightly, but her eyes suddenly drifted, intentionally or unintentionally, she glanced at the dark place behind Li Xun, the place where the ghost was hiding, and said, "You also said, that is your junior sister, not my junior sister, how do I know?"

"Phew!" Li Xun looked very angry, obviously very concerned about this junior sister, and said angrily: "If it weren't for Uncle Shangguan's clear eyes, we would still be kept in the dark by you, a demon girl. You deliberately killed my incense burning disciple, and this revenge will definitely be repaid by you. If you know each other, hand over Senior Sister Yanhong as soon as possible!"

"Ouch! I'm so scared!" Jin Bei'er patted his heart with his hand, but his face was full of smiles, where there was a trace of frightened looks, but the soft color was a little heavier, and he said softly: "You are also a member of the righteous path, how can these many people bully me a weak woman?"

A cold snort came from Lu Xueqi behind him.

Li Xun glanced at the beautiful figure standing on a high place, his face sank, and he said to Jin Zhu'er: "Demon girl, no matter how stubborn you are, I will not be polite......"

Before the word "了" was spoken, Jin Bei'er suddenly laughed, and the purple light at the bottom of his right sleeve suddenly flourished.

Li Xun suddenly became vigilant, this demon girl is scheming, and the magic weapon purple blade is incomparably sharp, it is really not trivial, just now, although the junior brother behind him was affected by her confusing technique, but after years of cultivation, she is not her enemy, which shows that her way is high.

It's just that Li Xun is proud of himself, and his own cultivation is also high, although he is vigilant, he has no timidity.

And this time, there is a peerless beauty in the distance who stares coldly, since he first met ten years ago, he has been in love with Lu Xueqi for a long time, and he must not lose face in front of the beauty.

He was about to concentrate on the enemy here, but he didn't expect that the treacherous golden bottle was just a false move, and suddenly his body was stunned, and he turned into a purple mang, and it was actually a combination of human blades and attacked Lu Xueqi behind him.

In the blink of an eye, the purple mang approached, Lu Xueqi's face was as pale as frost, and there was a sharp sound of "Zheng", the fairy aura was endless, the blue light was shining, and the Tianya Divine Sword was unsheathed and lay across his chest. Li Xun looked at it behind his back, and his heart was inexplicably anxious, and he chased after him with his sword.

Unexpectedly, the golden bottle of purple mangblade came into contact with Tianya, but the whole person took advantage of the situation and retreated, retreating back like lightning, just under Li Xun. Li Xun was taken aback, and couldn't stop chasing back for a while, but Lu Xueqi was about to catch up, but was blocked by Li Xun, so he had to press his body down.

The two of them looked at the same time, and saw that the direction in which the golden bottle flew was where Li Xun was standing just now, and there was also a disciple of the Incense Valley who was injured and fell to the ground, and was panicking. Li Xun was shocked, just now he was bent on performing in front of Lu Xueqi, but he forgot that the junior brother behind him no longer had the slightest ability to resist at the moment, and he regretted it at the moment, roared, his body was like electricity, and he chased back with all his might.

Lu Xueqi also followed behind him and chased after Jin Zhu'er.

In the blink of an eye, the golden bottle had arrived at the disciple of the Incense Valley, and suddenly he lifted his toes, kicked the whole person's body, and flew backwards, Li Xun hurriedly caught it, but the tentacles were bloody, and in the blink of an eye, the robes were dyed red.

The golden bottle's kick had already cost the young disciple's life.

Li Xun's eyes seemed to erupt with fire, but in this moment, Lu Xueqi had already crossed his body and chased after the golden bottle. And the figure of the golden bottle at this moment happened to pass through the dark corner.

Low, in that moment, the voice of the golden bottle came quietly and urgently: "Help me block that woman." ”

In the dark, the man snorted, his disdain was obvious, and his body was about to move, obviously not wanting to participate in this matter.

Unexpectedly, at this moment of lightning, Jin Zhu'er suddenly said three words quickly but loudly and clearly: "Qilitong!" (Note 1)

These three words, like lightning, knocked down the body of the ghost who was about to fly, and I saw that the eyes and face of the golden bottle were full of mysterious smiles, and they passed by him in an instant.

And a moment later, Lu Xueqi's white figure, tracked over, was right in front of him.

Does anyone know whose figure flashed through his mind at that moment?

The blue light floated, and Lu Xueqi's face, which had been as cold as frost, was instantly moved, a little confused, a little confused, a little happy, and a little angry!

Choking ......

Tianya and blood-devouring, blue and red, reflected each other in the night, drifting far away.

Li Xun swept past Lu Xueqi and followed Jin Zhu'er, after all, Jin Zhu'er was the more important object, especially after she killed the junior brother who came from the same way. It's just that others are in mid-air, quietly looking back, looking at a man and a woman staring silently at each other on the deserted street, and the flame that flashes in the depths of his eyes is so hot.

In the distance, the laughter of the golden bottle came from afar, and the voice was soft with a hint of banter, and the ghost listened to it in his ears, silent.

The moonlight is like water, sprinkled on this desolate hill and lonely street.

The woman in front of her, dressed in white like snow, with a long sword in her hand, bright as autumn water.

In the bright eyes, who is the person who is looking deeply?

Note 1: Qilitong, the largest settlement of the Miao people in history, is named because it is rumored to be as wide as seven miles. It is impossible to know when it was developed, and it was destroyed in the encirclement and suppression of officers and soldiers at the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Legend has it that this place is easy to defend and difficult to attack, with only a narrow passage connecting the outer road, which has always been the spiritual pillar of the Miao world.

Now the specific address is difficult to verify, but check the information, it seems that in 1983 in Heyang, Guangxi (Heyang??) found a "Daping Township", the surrounding terrain is extremely similar, and led by the Miao people, there is a "dog god cave" on the nearby mountain, there is a dog god-like boulder worshiped by the Miao people, it is suspected that it should be here.

Another note: Dog God, the legend of the Miao people, the officers and soldiers rushed into the middle of the night, the Miao people were asleep, and a stone dog on the top of the mountain suddenly barked loudly, alarming the clansmen, so they joined forces to resist the enemy, and the whole clan was saved. Since then, the dog god has been worshipped, and the incense has continued year after year.