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The Xuanhuo Jian placed on her chest gradually subsided, and all the light slowly disappeared. Zhang Xiaofan suddenly realized that the huge fire dragon that had been tumbling below had disappeared at some point.

Really, I don't know how long it took......

He was stunned, millions of thoughts stirring in his mind, but he still felt that his mind was blank.

The six-tailed white fox was silent for a long time before slowly raising his head and saying to Zhang Xiaofan: "Young man, come over for a moment." ”

Zhang Xiaofan walked over slowly, and behind him, in the corridor, the whistling wind was getting louder and louder!

The six-tailed white fox was still clinging to the unconscious body in front of him, his face had regained his calm, and even his voice was as quiet as water: "Can you do me a favor?"

Zhang Xiaofan was silent for a moment and said, "What?"

The white fox glanced at the woman in his arms and said quietly, "Throw the two of us into the magma below!"

Zhang Xiaofan raised his head sharply and took a step back.

The white fox looked at him and said nothing.

Zhang Xiaofan opened his mouth wide, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say a word, only felt that his eyes suddenly began to heat up as if they were being scorched by flames.

He nodded heavily.

The white fox smiled and hugged the woman in his arms.

One step, two steps, Zhang Xiaofan held the two foxes hugged tightly together, walked slowly towards the end of the platform.

The raging heat wave, at his feet, galloped and roared.

Finally, he came to the end, standing on the edge of life and death.

The white fox's face suddenly looked a little better. It looked up, at the boy.

No one saw Zhang Xiaofan's expression at the moment.

Then it smiled suddenly, as if all grievances had been forgotten, and only the old elder gazed at the young man.

"Young man, why do you have to do this?"

Zhang Xiaofan did not speak.

The white fox gently picked up the Xuanhuo Jian that was still on the woman's chest, and with its last strength, pulled up the sleeve of Zhang Xiaofan's right hand, and tied the Xuanhuo Jian to his arm with the red silk spikes at both ends.

"This is the supreme artifact that our fox clan has exchanged countless lives for, let's give it to you as a souvenir!" it smiled, and at the same time, its whole body began to tremble violently again, and black blood flowed from the corners of its mouth: "However, you don't want others to see it......"

His voice, finally, also lowered.

Zhang Xiaofan bit his lip, took a deep breath, and then let go of his hands.

In the distance, with a loud bang, Baguio and Shishi, as well as Li Xun and Yan Hong of the Incense Valley, shot out of the corridor like lightning and appeared on the platform. I happened to see that Zhang Xiaofan threw the two foxes into the magma.

Zhang Xiaofan stood at the end of the platform, unaware of what was happening behind him, and looked at the figure rolling in the air in a daze.

The wind blew from nowhere, and swept up the hem of his clothes.

There was a faint flash of light, and the soft woman faded away from her earthly clothes in the graceful turn of the day, revealing her true body, a beautiful three-tailed fox.

Two lifeless but still beautiful foxes, hugging tightly, rolled in the air and fell downward. Until, with a muffled sound, they melted into the surface of the lake and were never seen again.

Baguio was a little worried, stepped forward, and shouted, "Xiao Fan......"

But the young man, if he didn't hear it, just stood still, motionless.

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Coming out of the Fire Dragon Cave, and then passing through the dark black stone cave, finally returned to the ground. At this moment, the sky is already bright.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, including Li Xun and Yan Hong. Looking at the expressions of the two of them, they were also a little tired, and it was conceivable that the monster called "Big Black Leech" (Note 1), which was defeated by the four of them last night, was not so easy to deal with.

But only Zhang Xiaofan was silent for some reason.

Baguio, who was standing beside him, asked him softly, but Zhang Xiaofan just shook his head.

Li Xun glanced here, walked over, and said to Zhang Xiaofan: "It turns out that Senior Brother Zhang actually got out of the great disaster and escaped from under the dead spirit abyss, which is really gratifying." ”

Zhang Xiaofan smiled reluctantly, nodded, and replied, "Thank you, Senior Brother Li." ”

At this time, Yan Hong also came over, her expression was much more relaxed than Li Xun, and she smiled: "Senior Brother Zhang, you are deeply blessed, and if you don't die in a catastrophe, you will have a blessing in the future." Speaking of this, she suddenly smiled: "Speaking of which, when I was under the Necromantic Abyss, because I couldn't find you, the people in your fellow sect were really anxious, especially your Senior Sister Lu......

Zhang Xiaofan's heart moved, raised his head, and looked at Yan Hong, but saw that she seemed to be smiling on her face, and glanced at Li Xun next to her.

Li Xun felt Yan Hong's gaze, and smiled rarely, but there was a faint flash of light in the depths of his eyes, and he nodded slowly: "Yes, your fellow disciples are very worried about you, you better go back and report your safety earlier!"

Zhang Xiaofan was a little moved in his heart, and bowed slightly and said, "Thank you two." ”

Yan Hong smiled back, but out of the corner of her eye, she inadvertently saw the woman in green standing next to Zhang Xiaofan, with a pretty appearance, but her face was a little gloomy at the moment.

Yan Hong has always been careful, and immediately paid attention, couldn't help but look at Baguio twice, and immediately said to Zhang Xiaofan: "Senior Brother Zhang, may I ask who these two are......"

Zhang Xiaofan turned his head and said, "Oh, this one is named Shishi, and he is a disciple of the Righteous Path Cultivation True 'Vajra Gate' Great Venerable. ”

Then he said to the stone: "Brother Shi, these two are Senior Brother Li Xun and Senior Sister Yan Hong under the Incense Valley Gate. ”

When the stone heard this, he was in awe. In the eyes of the world's cultivators, the Incense Valley is famous, and it is by no means under the famous Qingyun Gate. ”

Li Xun and Yan Hong returned the favor. Yan Hong smiled and said, "Brother Shi's Taoism is very high!"

Shishi's face was red, but he was a rectal person, and his face couldn't help but show a little smugness, and he smiled: "It's over." ”

Yan Hong turned around with a smile, glanced at Baguio, and said to Zhang Xiaofan, "What about this girl?"

Zhang Xiaofan choked for a moment and did not speak. Baguio stood next to him, his eyes gradually getting cold.

Seeing that they didn't speak, Shi Shi smiled and said, "This is a Baguio girl, but a friend of Brother Zhang, who has a deep cultivation. ”

Li Xun glanced at Baguio, but saw that she had no intention of saying hello, so he turned his head away. But Yan Hong seemed to be very attentive to Baguio, and smiled: "Ah! It turned out to be a Baguio girl, I don't know which family you come from?"

Baguio glanced at Zhang Xiaofan, but saw that he was silent, suddenly sneered, and said: "I have no door and no faction, I am born lonely, and I occasionally help people once, but I am also disliked by others!"

Zhang Xiaofan listened to it and frowned. Yan Hong looked at her with a smile.

At this time, Li Xun coughed in front of him and said to Zhang Xiaofan: "Senior Brother Zhang, I have something I want to ask you. ”

Zhang Xiaofan didn't dare to slack off, and said, "Senior Brother Li, please say something." ”

Li Xun looked at him and said slowly: "Senior Brother Zhang is the first person to enter the Fire Dragon Cave, may I ask if in that cave or on the white fox, have you ever seen a jade ring with a flame totem in the middle and a magic weapon with red silk spikes at both ends?"

Zhang Xiaofan's heart jumped, but the stone next to him had already shouted loudly: "Yes! When we fought with the three-tailed demon fox last night, we saw her use this magic weapon." ”

Li Xun and Yan Hong were happy at the same time, but Yan Hong's mind was more detailed, and after thinking about it, he said to Li Xun: "Then why didn't the three-tailed demon fox sacrifice the Xuanhuo Jian when we went down last night?"

Li Xun said lightly: "She used the Xuanhuo Jian to summon a fire dragon to fight against us, and the Xuanhuo Jian must be on her." ”

Yan Hong nodded in a deep voice. Li Xun turned to Zhang Xiaofan and said, "Senior Brother Zhang, that Xuanhuo Jian is a treasure of my master's sect, and it has a lot to do with it, I don't know if you have ever seen it?"

Everyone's eyes were on Zhang Xiaofan's body for a while. Zhang Xiaofan took a deep breath, was silent for a moment, and said lightly: "No." ”

Li Xun was stunned and frowned.

Yan Hong's eyes turned on Zhang Xiaofan, and he muttered: "Why, when Senior Brother Zhang fought with the 'Three-Tailed Demon Fox' and the 'Six-Tailed Demon Fox', didn't they actually use this Xuanhuo Jian?"

Zhang Xiaofan was silent for a moment again, and said, "After I accidentally crashed into the fire dragon cave last night, I found that the white fox, the six-tailed demon fox you said, was seriously ill and dying. Later, when the three-tailed demon fox came in, it might have been fighting with the four of you outside, and it was also a big loss of vitality. It didn't take much effort for me to beat them up. ”

Yan Hong and Li Xun immediately had disappointed looks on their faces. Yan Hong turned her head and looked at Li Xun, Li Xun said lightly: "Before coming out of the Fire Dragon Cave, I had carefully searched the nearby places, but there was no trace of Xuanhuojian, but I was afraid that I would fall into the magma with them and be buried." ”

Yan Hong sighed, and then said: "Forget it, Senior Brother Li, no matter what, we have removed the remnants of the demon fox, and we can be regarded as having an explanation for the master." ”

Li Xun nodded, then turned around, bowed his hand to Zhang Xiaofan and the others, and said, "In this case, my junior sister and I still need to go back to the Incense Valley to tell the master, so let's go first." ”

Zhang Xiaofan and Shi hurriedly said, "The two of you, please." ”

Only Baguio still had a gloomy face, standing to the side, not moving.

Li Xun nodded and said to Yan Hong: "Senior sister, let's go!"

Yan Hong smiled and nodded, but as if she suddenly remembered something, she turned her head to Zhang Xiaofan and said, "Senior Brother Zhang, the Demon Sect is about to move again, Qingyunmen will meet the rest of the righteous people and gather in Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea, I heard that your master has all gone there, why don't you go to meet?"

Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback, then his face was overjoyed, and he said, "Really? They all went to Liubo Mountain! Then I will leave immediately." ”

Yan Hong smiled and nodded, and said, "That's good, after I go back to Shimen with Senior Brother Li, maybe I will have to go over, and I'll see you again when the time comes!"

After that, he turned around and walked a few steps with Li Xun, Yan Hong suddenly turned around, but smiled at Baguio and said, "Baguio girl, that golden bell on your waist is really beautiful." ”

Baguio's face changed, and the golden bell on her waist was naturally the "Hehuan Demon Bell" left by Mrs. Jin Ling when she and Zhang Xiaofan were trapped in the blood dripping cave under the necromantic abyss.

This time he was suddenly talked about by Yan Hong, almost mistakenly thinking that the gentle female disciple of this Incense Valley had seen through her identity.

But Yan Hong only said this sentence, but as if nothing happened, she just smiled at her, and left with Li Xun.

Baguio frowned, his heart was uncertain, and he suddenly realized it, and looked to the side, only to see Zhang Xiaofan also looking at her.

At that moment, the three of them also left the forest outside the Black Stone Cave, and during the same time, they passed by the full moon well last night, and Baguio remembered that the three-tailed demon fox had asked Zhang Xiaofan several times what he saw inside, so he also asked him a few words. Zhang Xiaofan was stunned at first, but did not answer, just shook his head.

Baguio was angry, so he didn't ask him anymore, but he was very curious and walked over. She looked down from the ancient well, and saw that the well was deep and secluded, and the water was clear, reflecting her own face, which was very beautiful, but there was nothing else unusual, so she didn't pay attention to it.

They came out of the forest and returned to the town of Koike, where the mayor and the rest of the people had been waiting for them for a long time, and as soon as they saw them, they immediately surrounded them.

When they heard the stone say loudly that this evil has been eliminated and that you can live in peace in the future, everyone was thunderous and elated.

Zhang Xiaofan stood beside him, looking at the happy crowd, but he was confused in his heart, and the figures of the two demon foxes appeared in front of him.

When Li Xun asked him about Xuanhuo Jian, he naturally knew that what they were looking for was actually tied to his arm, but somehow he remembered what the white fox said in his mind.

In fact, he and the six-tailed demon fox only met for one night, and there was no friendship at all, but seeing that the three-tailed demon fox committed suicide, the six-tailed demon fox even hugged her and jumped into the hot magma together, and the thrilling scene is still in front of him.

In his deep heart, he actually had a close heart for the demon fox, so he inexplicably shirked to Li Xun and the others and hid it.

With great difficulty, the stone broke out of the crowd and winked at the two of them. Zhang Xiaofan and Baguio looked behind him, only to see that the villagers were still unsatisfied, and they were still waiting to gather around with smiles on their faces.

Shi turned to the crowd and said, "Everyone, please listen to me, this is the end of the matter, and we will continue to practice, so I will say goodbye here today." As for what silver taels are thankful for, I have thanked them together with these two companions, but the silver taels are things outside the body, and it is useless to ask for them. Everyone, please come back!"

After that, he walked a few steps quickly, pulled Zhang Xiaofan, and said in a low voice: "Hurry up." ”

The people saw that the three people turned into a few rays of lightning, and they disappeared after two whistling sounds, sighed, gathered together and discussed for a while, and then gradually dispersed.

But after everyone dispersed, at the corner of the street, an old man and a young man walked out, looking at the direction in which the three of them disappeared, and looked at it, it was the fortune teller Zhou Zhou Xian and his granddaughter Xiaohuan.

Zhou Zhou Xian glanced in that direction a few times, and saw that there was no one on the left and right, and whispered to Xiaohuan: "I didn't expect that although the three-tailed demon fox had the Xuanhuo Jian in hand, it was actually eliminated by these people." ”

Xiaohuan held a string of newly bought rock sugar gourds in his hand, ate them with relish, and said in his mouth: "If that magic weapon is really as powerful as you say, how can the three-tailed demon fox have anything? ”

Zhou Zhou Xian frowned and said: "Xuanhuo Jian is an ancient artifact, there is no doubt about it, I think it is most likely that the three-tailed demon fox is not good enough, and he can't use all the power of Xuanhuo Jian." In addition, there were two more powerful people from Incense Valley last night, and she is also doomed!"

Xiaohuan glanced at him and said, "You say, who got the Xuanhuo Jian?"

Zhou Zhou Xian shrugged his shoulders and said: "Most of them were taken back by the two disciples of the Burning Incense Valley, forget it, alas! I originally wanted to go in to see if there was anything good, but I didn't expect ......."

Xiaohuan "poof", spit out the core of a rock sugar gourd, and said, "Then where are we going now, grandpa?"

Zhou Xian Wei groaned and said, "I heard that the characters of the two realms of righteousness and demons have been going to the East China Sea recently, I don't know what the reason is. And looking at the direction of the three people just now, it is the east, why don't we go over and have a look!"

Xiaohuan smiled and said, "Then let's go! Anyway, it's the same wherever we go." ”

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After Zhang Xiaofan and the others left, Xiaochi Town returned to its former calm, and in that black stone cave, naturally there were no monsters coming out to harm the people. But the strange thing is that not long after, in the woods outside the black stone cave, there were many wild beasts inexplicably, and some of them were strange-looking, and the people of Koike Town had never seen them before.

In the days that followed, nine out of ten people who had strayed into the woods never came out. But these monsters have one thing, and that's that they don't come out of the woods. Later, the people of Koike Town found out about this, and no one went to the woods again.

As the years went by, the place became more and more desolate, uninhabited, and no one remembered what had happened in the woods.

After Zhang Xiaofan and others left, the people of Xiaochi Town sighed, and in the future, in the east of this town, they built an immortal ancestral hall together, and there were three immortals on it: the middle one was strong and tall, like King Kong, and next to each was a man and a woman. The woman was quite beautiful, but the man was very strange, holding something that looked like a burning stick in his hand.

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The years that followed were far-reaching, and future generations had long forgotten today's events, but the incense in the immortal ancestral hall in Koike Town was very vigorous. Although there are many good deeds to verify, but they still can't guess which way in the sky this is the immortals, saying that they are the land bodhisattvas in Xiaochi Town, but they are not like.

I don't know if it's because I have received the incense for too long and have an aura, it is said that I went to this immortal ancestral hall to worship God and petition, and it was very effective. After the fame spread, people from the nearby towns also came to pay homage, some blessed and wealthy, some prayed for officials, and later the pregnant woman begged to have a child, and even came to pay homage to the statues of the stone and other gods.

I wonder how the three of them would feel if they learned about this?

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Note 1: "Gods and Demons: Demon Beasts" - Great Black Leech: An ancient xenomorph that lives in a dark crypt. The body is huge, ten zhang high, there are tentacles, more than several zhang long, eating meat, and those who are close all plunder and eat, and there are no bones.