Incense Valley, the Chamber of Secrets.

The quaint screen separated the space of the stone room, and Shangguan Ce, dressed in gray, stood quietly in place, waiting patiently.

After a long time, the voice of Yun Yilan, the valley lord of Incense Valley, came from behind the screen: "I heard that junior brother, you tracked down the nine-tailed sky fox this time, and your whereabouts are strange, and at the last moment, you suddenly ordered all the disciples to withdraw back, but is there such a thing?"

A faint sneer appeared at the corner of Shangguan Ce's mouth, and he could guess who he heard about the "heard" in Yun Yilan's mouth. In the entire Incense Valley, apart from himself at this moment, only Yun Yilan's most beloved disciple Li Xun could talk to him here.

It's just that Shangguan Ce didn't distinguish anything, and only said slowly: "Not bad." ”

Yun Yilan was silent for a moment, and said, "In this way, the senior brother is very puzzled, can I ask the junior brother to teach me?"

Shangguan Ce looked at the screen, bowed slightly, and said, "Don't dare." I met a person on the way to track the Nine-Tailed Sky Fox, so I ordered the disciples to turn around immediately and immediately return to the valley to report to the senior brother. ”

Yun Yilan's voice was obviously stunned, and she said, "What kind of person is it that makes you attach so much importance to your junior brother?"

Shangguan Ce slowly spit out the two words and said, "Lich." ”

Behind the screen, there was a sudden silence, and there was no sound for a long time.

Shangguan Ce stood there patiently, Yun Yilan's reaction was already in his expectations. When Rì saw the lich, his heart was shocked, and it was not trivial.

I don't know how much time passed, behind the screen, Yun Yilan's gentle voice came: "They, finally can't help it." ”

From Yun Yilan's voice, Shangguan Ce couldn't hear what this senior brother was thinking at all. It was anxiety, it was shock, he couldn't hear it at all. He stared at the screen and continued, "One more ......."

Yun Yilan said "um", but this time it was a little surprised.

Shangguan Ce took a deep breath and said, "In the hands of the lich, he has captured two of the five clans' holy weapons: the black staff and the bone jade. ”

"What?" Yun Yilan finally couldn't stay calm anymore and blurted out behind the screen.

A sneer flashed through Shangguan Ce's heart, but the expression on his face did not change in the slightest, and said: "It should be that the beast demon found a Li wizard out of nowhere, and then passed on his 'black fire' demon technique, and then used it to provoke the Miao and Li clans to fight, so as to snatch the black rod bone jade from the Miao altar wizard." Later, the Nali sorcerer wanted to rebel against the beast demon, but the beast demon had already prepared and asked the lich to kill this person with the 'black fire jīng bead' and take back the two holy weapons. ”

Yun Yilan snorted coldly and said, "There are still such guys who don't know whether to live or die!" After a pause, his voice faintly revealed a bit of sternness, and said, "These holy weapons are very important, why don't you do it?"

Shangguan Ce's face was indifferent, and he said, "When I arrive, the black staff bone jade has already fallen into the hands of the lich, and there is an evil dragon by his side. ”

Yun Yilan was silent, and only after a while did she sigh slowly and said, "Providence, providence! Our hundred-year plan will be ruined like this!"

Shangguan Ce was silent.

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Qingyun Mountain, Tongtian Peak.

The white clouds are fluttering, the fairy spirit lingers, this is like a fairyland on earth, the sound of cranes is clear and pleasant, echoing in the sky.

Ten years ago, a fierce battle destroyed the "Yuqing Palace", at this time has already been rebuilt, and it looks like the weather is thousands, the scale is grand, especially compared to that year. Dozens of huge red sè stone pillars support the beams, the top of the hall is made of yellow sè glaze, the sun shines, dazzling, a brilliant.

The top of the hall zhōngyāng, towering like a spire, the jasper ring makes the shape of a pagoda, from large to small, from the bottom to the top of the line of thirty-six layers, the tip of the yellow stone, crystal clear.

Eaves to all directions, flying out, east, south, west, north four sides carved golden dragon play beads, southeast, southwest, northwest, northeast four sides carved colorful phoenix flying, golden dragon color phoenix mouth with glazed wind chimes, fluttering with the wind, send out a crisp sound, more added a bit of fairy.

In this crane chime, Lu Xueqi, who was dressed in white, slowly walked up the stone steps in front of the Yuqing Palace.

From time to time, there were a few Qingyun disciples who were cleaning the stone steps next to them, and when they saw Lu Xueqi, they all nodded and saluted, among them, there were one or two young people who had just started and were still light, and they were taken by Lu Xueqi's appearance, and after looking at it, they didn't dare to look at it again, their faces were slightly red and they lowered their heads.

Lu Xueqi returned the salute one by one, her face was expressionless as usual, and she walked towards the towering temple at the end of the stone steps.

Behind him, there was a sudden loud sound of "bang", a dragon-like sound broke the silence here, Lu Xueqi did not look back, it was the Qingyunmen Town Mountain Spirit Beast Water Qilin in the blue water cold pool, and climbed out of the water to the shore of the pool to bask in the sun and sleep lazy.

The qiē here is so peaceful and harmonious, who knew that there was once a teenager who came out of here angrily and threw himself into another dirty and bloody world?

Lu Xueqi walked the long stone steps, silently glanced at the tall Yuqing Palace, and walked in.

In the grand hall, the light shines in from the windows that are open in all directions, which is particularly transparent, and there is no sense of darkness at all. The head of Qingyun Sect, Fang Jinren, the first person of the righteous path, sat on the throne of the main hall with a smile on his face. At the bottom of his right, there was another person sitting, but it was Lu Xueqi's mentor and the first Water Moon Master of Qingyunmen Xiaozhu Peak.

Lu Xueqi was stunned, she returned from southern Xinjiang this time, because she was sent by Daoxuan Zhenren, so she first went back to Changmen Tongtian Peak to tell Daoxuan Zhenren, and then planned to go back to the mountain to see Master Shuiyue Master, but she didn't expect that Master Shuiyue was also in Tongtian Peak. And looking at this Yuqing Palace, except for Dao Xuan Zhenren and Master Shuiyue, there was no one else present, as if the two of them were waiting for her to come back.

Seeing Lu Xueqi enter the main hall, Dao Xuan Zhenren first smiled kindly, although Master Shuiyue next to him has always been indifferent, but towards his most beloved disciple, he is naturally different from others, and his eyes also show a little love for God.

Lu Xueqi walked up, first saluted Daoxuan Zhenren, and said, "I've seen the real person in charge." ”

Then she turned her head and saluted Master Shuiyue, but to this teacher, who was like a mother and daughter, she spoke much more casually, and said, "Master, why are you here too?"

Dao Xuan Zhenren smiled and said: "I received the news yesterday and knew that you were returning to the mountain today, so I sent someone to inform your master of the news." And I happened to have some trivial matters to talk to your master, so I simply invited her over. ”

Lu Xueqi answered, Master Shuiyue sat aside, looking at his beautiful disciple, only to see that Lu Xueqi's appearance was still as beautiful as in the past and had no expression, but somehow, looking at it, she felt that her face was faintly pale.

Master Shuiyue's heart secretly moved, and the two eyebrows wrinkled slightly.

Dao Xuan Zhenren didn't have the experience that Master Shuiyue had been with Lu Xueqi for many years, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with Lu Xueqi at the moment, so he only smiled and continued: "Xueqi, how did you go to Southern Xinjiang this time to visit Mr. Yun, the owner of the Incense Valley Valley?"

Lu Xueqi was silent for a moment, and immediately told her experience in southern Xinjiang one by one, but the scene of saying goodbye to Ghost Li in Tianshui Village late at night in the middle was hidden.

Dao Xuan Zhenren and Master Shuiyue sat there without saying a word, slowly listening to Lu Xueqi all the way. Hearing this, Yun Yilan, the lord of the middle valley of the Incense Burning Valley, still did not show up, and only Shangguan Ce, Li Xun and others came out to explain, the two of them glanced at each other, and there was a strange look in their eyes, but they did not speak.

Later, when I heard Lu Xueqi say with an expressionless face that when the ghost Li was attacked by Li Xun and was injured by the "Divine Sword and Thunder True Technique" she cast, although the tone of her words did not change, but the gloomy look in her eyes flashed.

Master Shuiyue sighed softly in his heart and closed his eyes.

Dao Xuan Zhenren waited until Lu Xueqi finished speaking, then retreated to stand beside Master Shuiyue, glanced at Master Shuiyue, snorted coldly, and said, "Zhang Xiaofan's evil obstacle, ten years ago, there was no other than him, and now he has really raised tigers. ”

Master Shuiyue opened his eyes, glanced at Lu Xueqi beside him, intentionally or unintentionally, and said lightly: "This is all due to fate, and you can't force it." ”

Lu Xueqi's face seemed to be a little whiter.

Dao Xuan Zhenren pondered for a moment and said, "Judging from what Xue Qi just said, in the past ten years, this person's Taoism seems to have made great progress. ”

Master Shuiyue nodded slowly, and said: "Zhang Xiaofan can suck the blood of more than a dozen Li warriors with the demon power of the blood devouring beads in an instant and die, and after being injured by Li Xun, he immediately backfrustrated him, and even the famous pure yang jade ruler of the Incense Valley can't resist it, this Taoism is no longer ......" She looked at Lu Xueqi and said, "It's no longer under Qi'er and Xiao Yicai under you." ”

Lu Xueqi's face was expressionless.

Dao Xuan Zhenren shook his head slowly, and Master Shuiyue was stunned for a moment, and said, "Why, doesn't Senior Brother think I'm wrong?"

Dao Xuan Zhenren sighed and said, "That demon was attacked by Li Xun and injured by the Divine Sword and Thunder True Technique, but instead of dying on the spot, he was able to fly up and fight back. I expected that it would be the true method of Tianyin Temple 'Dafa Prajna' to resist the power of the Divine Sword True Technique, and then use the Taiji Xuanqing Dao of this sect to break through the mana formation of the Divine Sword True Technique, and after rushing close to Xue Qi, Xue Qi said that this person's eyes were like blood, and the blood devouring bead magic wand was red and prosperous, so it must be to use the blood devouring demon power to restrain Xue Qi. From these points of view, he has fused the three true methods, and his Dao is so high that most of them have surpassed my disciples. ”

He glanced at Lu Xueqi and said, "It's just that at that time, most of him was exhausted and at the end of his crossbow, so he couldn't hurt Xue Qi anymore, otherwise Xue Qi's Divine Sword and Thunder True Technique would be broken, and it would be extremely dangerous if he had no power to fight back." Xue Qi, this person seems to have integrated the Buddha, Tao, and Demon into one, and the Tao is strange and unpredictable. ”

The corners of Lu Xueqi's mouth moved, the fingers holding the Tianya Divine Sword quietly clenched and loosened, and said in a low voice: "Yes." ”

Master Shuiyue looked at her appearance, sighed in his heart, and suddenly said, "Qi'er, you have worked hard all the way, just go back and rest first." I still have something to discuss with your master, and I'll go back later. ”

Lu Xueqi responded and looked at Dao Xuan Zhenren, Dao Xuan Zhenren shook his head and smiled, and said with a smile: "Look at my xìng, I'm really confused." Xueqi, there's nothing wrong here, you go back to Xiaozhufeng to rest first. ”

Lu Xueqi walked out at this time, first saluted Dao Xuan Zhenren, and then said to Master Shuiyue: "Master, then I'll go back first." ”

Master Shuiyue nodded and said, "You go." ”

Lu Xueqi bowed her head in response, slowly retreated, and after a while, disappeared from the sight of Dao Xuan Zhenren and Master Shuiyue.

Dao Xuan Zhenren pondered for a moment and sighed: "What a Zhang Xiaofan...... Alas, it's a pity. ”

Master Shuiyue said lightly: "That kid has become like this, and we can't get out of it!"

Dao Xuan Zhenren frowned, his face suddenly sank, and said, "Senior Sister Shuiyue, what do you mean by this?"

Master Shuiyue looked indifferent, but the tone of his words remained unchanged at all, and said: "It's not interesting, Zhang Xiaofan abandons the light and turns to the dark, and we are somewhat wrong." ”

Dao Xuan Zhenren said in a deep voice: "Could it be that Senior Sister Shuiyue thinks that what I did back then was wrong?"

Shui Yue glanced at Dao Xuan Zhenren, only to see his face sè rarely Yan sù up, sighed, and said slowly: "Senior brother, don't think about it too much." If it's me, it's the same as what you did. I just said it, Zhang Xiaofan is fate, and God is like this!"

Dao Xuan Zhenren was silent for a while, and his face gradually relaxed, but in the main hall, the atmosphere seemed to be a little awkward. After a while, Dao Xuan Zhenren said slowly: "You also heard it just now, Xue Qi went this time, but still didn't see Yun Yilan Cloud Valley Lord, what do you think?"

Master Shuiyue snorted and said, "Yun Yilan, that old guy, has always been mysterious and secretive, and he doesn't know what to do this time. But his cultivation is not to be underestimated, and there are no people in southern Xinjiang who can harm him. So we don't have to worry too much, but ......."

Dao Xuan Zhenren was stunned and said, "What?"

Master Shuiyue looked at Dao Xuan Zhenren and said, "You didn't send any other disciples this time, only sent Qi'er to the Southern Xinjiang Incense Valley alone, and you didn't even discuss it with me in advance!"

Dao Xuan Zhenren frowned and said, "Senior sister, the reason for this, I told you later, didn't you have no objection?"

Master Shuiyue stood up and said lightly: "Although I don't object, my apprentice's xìng son has always been strong and persistent, you know, it's better to have some leeway in everything." ”

After that, he didn't wait for Dao Xuan Zhenren to speak, and walked out of the main hall by himself.

Dao Xuan looked at her back, suddenly shook his head, and let out a long sigh.

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Huqi Mountain.

Ice Stone Chamber.

The Ghost King Sect is from the Ghost King down, Qinglong, Youji and others are standing in the stone room, next to Ghost Li and Xiaobai, in the most secluded corner, Mr. Ghost in black is standing there alone.

It's just that now, no one has the heart to pay attention to that dark figure, and everyone's jīng god is nervously looking at the great wizard standing next to the Baguio Ice Stone Platform.

Ghost Li involuntarily clenched his fists quietly, and on this occasion, he didn't let Xiao Ash come over. Looking at the aging figure of the great wizard and the face of Baguio in the white smoke, his body began to tremble slightly.

It's been ten years, ten years of longing, a nightmare that haunts my heart all the time, this hope, is right in front of me at this moment.

The Great Wizard's body shook slightly, and everyone behind him was moved, and the ghost couldn't help but take a step forward, and even the Ghost King, who had always been extremely calm, twitched the corners of his eyes.

The Great Wizard turned his head and smiled at everyone, indicating that he was fine, and everyone was relieved.

It's just that after a night's rest last night, the Great Wizard I saw today didn't seem to be much better than yesterday, but seemed to have a tendency to decay even more. Every wrinkle on the old man's face was deep, as if he was squeezing his only remaining life.

In the stone room, only the sound of the great wizard's gradual heavy gasping sound.

The ghost king and the ghost Li standing beside each other glanced at each other, and each saw the faint anxiety in each other's eyes.

Suddenly, the great wizard stretched out his hand tremblingly, and the direction he pointed to was the "Hehuan Bell" held by Baguio in both hands.

The golden bell stood erect between the white hands, flickering with soft light, and on the body of the bell, the old hand that was getting closer and closer was slowly reflected.

The next moment, the withered hand touched the Hehuan Bell, and everyone in the cold stone room held their breath.

From the tips of the archwizard's fingers, a faint blue light slowly lit up, gradually shining, but as this light kept flickering, the archwizard's face became more lifeless, as if it was dead ashes.

As if hearing a call, suddenly, the Hehuan Bell, which had been silent for ten years, burst out with a crisp bell and gently echoed.

The Ghost King and the Ghost Li suddenly showed excitement on their faces, and the two men couldn't help but take a step forward at the same time, only a moment later they woke up at the same time, and then they controlled themselves, but their eyes were already staring at the fingers of the great wizard.

After the crisp bell rang, a layer of golden light slowly appeared on the body of the Hehuan bell, although it was not bright, but almost at the same time as this layer of golden light appeared, the great wizard's face suddenly appeared with a hard look, and in a moment, the cold air in this cold stone room suddenly became cold.

Everyone present changed almost at the same time, and all of them who could stand here were all great experts in Dao cultivation, almost subconsciously, and the ghost king, ghost Li and Xiaobai all floated up.

But just as the cold air expanded instantly, the originally soft golden light on the acacia bell turned into a blazing flame in a blink of an eye, almost like a tangible fire, and a "boom" spread rapidly and incomparably in the stone chamber.

The Great Wizard bore the brunt of the attack, and his body was already weak, and his entire body was hit into the air by this blazing light, and a mouthful of blood spurted out like this.

The figure of the ghost king was almost like a ghost, and instantly appeared next to the great wizard, catching his body, and the ghost appeared in front of him at the same time, the soul devouring wand appeared in the air, and a dark blue aura appeared in a blink of an eye, blocking the golden bell blazing that rushed like a mountain and a sea. And the figure of Xiao Bai Bai Sè appeared next to the cold ice stone platform, and at the beginning of his hand, a white light slowly descended, enveloping the acacia bell.

In a moment, the trembling Hehuan bell slowly calmed down, the golden glow gradually disappeared, and the temperature in the stone chamber also returned to its original state.

Everyone looked at the great wizard supported by the ghost king, only to see that by this blow, the blood oozing out of the seven orifices of the great wizard, and everyone could see that this old man was really on the verge of death, and only a little strength remained.

In the silence, all the people looked at each other, stunned and speechless.

Until, with a gasp moan, broke the dead silence. The archwizard slowly opened his eyes and struggled to stand up straight.

The ghost king was moved by this, and stretched out his hand to help, but the great wizard slowly shook his head, and the ghost king nodded silently, with a hint of admiration in his eyes, and slowly withdrew his hand.

The Grand Wizard gasped for a moment, raised his sleeve, slowly wiped the blood from his mouth, and spoke, but his voice was extremely hoarse: "The remaining soul of this young lady is indeed in this acacia bell. ”

Everyone was silent.

The Great Wizard took a deep breath and said, "It's just that this Hehuan Bell is a strange treasure, and the spiritual power contained in it is equivalent to a solid magic circle in itself, although this can protect the soul of the young lady, but if outsiders want to take it out, they have to break this Hehuan Bell." ”

As soon as he said this, his body shook suddenly, and another mouthful of blood spurted out of his mouth that had just wiped away the blood. The ghost rushed up a few steps, held the old man in his arms, the corners of his mouth moved, and finally he couldn't help but say, "Senior, you better rest first." ”

The Great Wizard glanced at the young man, smiled faintly, suddenly lowered his voice, and said, "Don't you forget to promise me when you are in Qili Mountain." ”

The ghost was stunned, nodded and said, "Senior, don't worry!"

The great wizard let out a sigh of relief, slowly pushed away the ghost force, and turned to the ghost king and the others: "Today's plan, to break the spiritual power of the Hehuan Bell, and not to damage the soul of the young lady, I can only lay down the 'Soul Summoning' magic circle in the southern Xinjiang witchcraft, and see if I can draw the soul of the young lady out of the body of the bell, cough, cough, cough cough ......."

A violent cough interrupted his words, and everyone looked at each other speechlessly, everyone could see that the old man had run out of oil and lamps, and besides, he wanted to make this "soul summoning guide", I really don't know if he could survive until that time.

The ghost king gritted his teeth, stepped forward, hugged his fists at the great wizard and said, "The master has done so much for the little girl, and I am grateful for it." The master doesn't have to worry about other things, just rest assured that no matter what the result is, the Ghost King Sect will definitely not disappoint the master. ”

The Great Wizard nodded slowly, his eyes were comforting, he took a moment of breath, and said in a low voice: "Conjuring spirits is a ghost technique, and there should not be too many people present, so please ask the ghost prince and the sect master to stay and help, and the others will go out for the time being." ”

Ghost Li and the Ghost King nodded at the same time, and the other people didn't wait for them to say more, they retreated one after another, and after a while, only the Great Wizard and the Ghost King Ghost Li were left in the Ice Stone Room.

The Great Wizard's face was decayed, and his body slowly trembled, but he could no longer stand, his body weakened, and he slowly sat on the ground.

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