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The catastrophe began in the spring and summer of that year, and thousands of years later, people in the world still remember very well that period of horror and madness.

In the extreme south of southern Xinjiang, among the 100,000 mountains, countless monsters and alien races suddenly swarmed, the number is innumerable, all of them are bloodthirsty, and they are not divided into men, women, young and old, they kill people when they see them, and there are many evil beasts that are greedy for human flesh, and the places they pass are miserable.

This catastrophe broke out in the southern Xinjiang region near the 100,000 mountains, and quickly spread to the entire southern Xinjiang, and the five ethnic groups in southern Xinjiang, Miao, Zhuang, Tu, Li, and Gaoshan, rose up to resist.

But in the face of countless monsters and alien races, especially among the countless vicious monsters and alien races, there are more than a dozen strange monsters with particularly strong demonic powers, and the resistance of the five clans is tantamount to using the mantis arm as a car, which is defeated in the blink of an eye, and the lives of the southern Xinjiang are devastated, and the corpses are all over the field.

This incident immediately shook the world and spread all over the world, and the people of Middle-earth were frightened and panicked all day long, and some of the people of Middle-earth near the southern Xinjiang region fled to the north with their families and mouths, hoping to get as far away from this catastrophe as possible.

The cultivators in the world were all shocked, and even the two righteous and demonic realms, who had always fought openly and secretly, stopped for the time being, secretly watched the movements in the south, and began to think about their own countermeasures.

Located in the Incense Valley of the Righteous Dao Sect in the south, because the valley master Yun Yilan happened to lead most of the disciples to Qingyun Mountain to visit Dao Xuan Zhenren, he actually escaped this catastrophe.

After the rumored incident, the lord of Yunyi Lan Valley, who was in Qingyun Mountain, heard about the tragic situation of the people in southern Xinjiang, beat his chest and felt pain, and said to himself that if he was there, he would never allow demons to do evil and poison the people. Fortunately, the left and right disciples held back, and there were the first good words of the elders of Qingyunmen to persuade him, and the lord of Yungu calmed down, and vowed to do his best to burn the power of the whole valley of incense valley to avenge the blood of the people of southern Xinjiang!

In a few days, Yun Yilan announced to the cultivators of the world in Qingyun Mountain, explaining that today's catastrophe is really set off by a beast demon, this demon law is strong, ferocious by nature, and it is irresistible if it is not the common attack of the world.

The next day, Tianyin Temple, which received the news, officially reacted, agreeing with the call of Qingyun and burning incense, and sent people to meet the alliance in the near future.

Zhengdao was anxious to plan and discuss, and sent several groups of outstanding disciples to the south to investigate the details of these monsters and alien races, after all, knowing that the other side could not be defeated in a hundred battles.

However, the three major factions of the Demon Sect, the Ghost King Sect, the Ten Thousand Poison Sect and the Hehuan Sect, who were usually arrogant, all quieted down all of a sudden, as if they were watching each other, and were not in a hurry to make any moves. It was in this situation that Middle-earth was temporarily plunged into a strange calm.

This strange calm was finally broken the day before the arrival of the summer solstice, and the monsters and aliens that had ravaged southern Xinjiang to the point of not being able to do anything finally entered Middle-earth.

However, at first, the casualties among the common people were not very large, because as early as a month ago, the people in the southern area had already run clean. It's just that the number of these monsters seems to be increasing, and they are spreading more rapidly, and they are about to be forced into the hinterland of Middle-earth, and at that time, it is time for the whole world to fall into a place of misery.

It is not clear whether it is shocking news or rumors that are difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, but the shocking news is indeed one after another, yesterday it is said that a village was washed in blood, and today it is rumored that the whole city is in ruins, and every day spent in terror and fear is so uncomfortable and alarming for anyone.

It's just that for those who are devastated, even if the whole world is dead, it seems that it is none of their business. Ghost Li has been staying with Zhou Xian, Xiaohuan and Wild Dog for more than a month, and even he doesn't know why he has been following them, maybe he has long felt that there is no place to go, so let it be.

Among the group, Zhou Zhou Xian is the most opposed to the ghost Li following him, not to mention that there is one more guy who eats white food, but he still doesn't do some chores like a wild dog Taoist, he either drinks or sleeps all day long, and in turn often asks people to take care of him.

And when it comes to white food, Ghost Li is just drinking a little wine, Zhou Zhou Xian's biggest thorn in the eye now is the three-eyed monkey who follows Ghost Li's side, Xiao Gray not only eats amazingly, but the amount of alcohol is far from Ghost Li, a person who gets drunk as soon as he drinks can be compared, a big bag of liquor is in his stomach, and the monkey's face is not even red, if it weren't for Xiaohuan insisting on taking this person and a monkey anyway, Zhou Zhou Xian would have run as far as he wanted.

As for the Wild Dog Daoist, since that night, he suddenly had a murderous intention to plot against the ghost, but was discovered and stopped by Xiao Ash, and in the end he was spared by the ghost, and since then, the Wild Dog Daoist has been even more silent, often not saying a word for several days.

However, in the past few days, whether it is the nagging and complaining Zhou Zhou Xian or Xiaohuan, including the silent wild dog Dao people, they have gradually found that Ghost Li seems to have changed a little, although it is difficult for them to say it clearly, but Ghost Li is indeed gradually sobering up, the most obvious manifestation is that he began to decrease when he was drunk, and sometimes he didn't drink all night, but his behavior was just as strange - Ghost Li often sat with Xiao Ash, facing the direction of the north, stunned, as if he was thinking about something.

The news of the catastrophe in the south gradually spread as the people who fled north flocked to the north, and Zhou Zhou Xian and others also knew about it.

Among the crowd, Zhou Zhou Xian was stunned at first when he heard the news, then pondered for a long time, shook his head, and then sighed all day long, saying Where should he flee?

As for the others, they are not as worried as him, Ghost Li and Wild Dog Daoren are all preoccupied, Xiaohuan doesn't seem to take the crisis that sounds relatively distant to heart, for her, she frolicks with Xiao Gray on weekdays, occasionally takes care of Ghost Li and talks to him, and life is also enjoyable.

However, under the insistence of Zhou Zhou Xian, this group finally headed north, according to Zhou Zhou Xian, the farther away from the south, at least the life of people is easier. But as more and more refugees came from the south along the way, the situation seemed to get worse in the news. The monsters that came out of the 100,000 mountains were like bamboos, devouring all the way, and they had gradually forced into the hinterland of Middle-earth.

A few days ago, there was even a news among the many news that the monster alien race had killed a city hundreds of miles behind them, which scared Zhou Zhou Xian and Xiaohuan and others hurriedly left, although they learned that the news was a rumor soon after, but the fear and fear of the human heart can be seen.

In the middle of the night of this day, the group slept in the wilderness, lit a fire on a small hill, and sat around the fire, only the ghost sat in the distance.

Little Ash jumped out of the darkness, holding a lot of wild fruits in his hand, and I don't know where he picked them, he jumped on the ghost's shoulder two or three times, sat down, and ate his mouth.

Zhou Zhou Xian glanced over there, pondered for a while, looked at Xiaohuan and the wild dog Taoist next to him, and said, "I have something to tell you." ”

Xiaohuan was a little strange, glanced at Zhou Xian, and said, "Grandpa, what's the matter?"

Zhou Xian just wanted to speak, but suddenly Xiao Ash, who was sitting on Ghost Li's shoulder, seemed to have noticed something, and squeaked loudly. Everyone was startled, and they didn't know what was going on, so they stood up one after another, walked behind Little Ash, and looked in the direction of his hands and feet. I saw that in the dim light, on the ancient road below the hill, a group of people, men, women, and children, all looked tired, but still staggered forward.

Zhou Zhou Xian looked at it for a long time, sighed, and said, "It's a person who fled from the south." ”

Everyone was silent, no one spoke, Zhou Zhou Xian was silent for a moment, and said: "Actually, this is what I want to say, I don't know what's going on in the south right now, but suddenly many monsters and barbarians will kill people when they see them, this can't be wrong." We've seen a lot of people fleeing north these days, and I think we're going to speed up our journey and run north. ”

Xiaohuan frowned and said, "Grandpa, it's right to go north, anyway, we have always been wandering around, but the north is so big, I heard that those monsters and aliens move very fast, do you have a good place to hide?"

Zhou Zhou Xian glared at her and said, "Haven't you listened to the rumors of people these days? Among those monsters, some have a good nose, some have good hearing, whether you hide in a tree, hide in a cellar, or even run into the mountains, they will be found and eaten." Where do I go to find a place to hide when I encounter such a monster?"

Xiaohuan's face was bitter, and he said, "Then what should we do, will we all be eaten by those monsters sooner or later?"

Zhou Zhou Xian snorted and said, "Nonsense, I, Zhou Daxian, am clever, how could I die in the mouths of these beasts." I've already calculated that there is only one place in the world that is the safest. ”

Xiaohuan was startled, and the wild dog Taoist next to him even moved his ghostly body, and looked at Zhou Zhou Xian, who was a little proud, "hehe" laughed twice. Xiaohuan was surprised and delighted, and said, "Grandpa, is there such a place, say it quickly!"

Zhou Zhou Xian coughed twice, and then said solemnly: "Qingyun Mountain." ”

The face of the wild dog Taoist changed, and the ghost turned his head away, only Xiaohuan was a little surprised, and said: "I know that Qingyun Mountain is where Qingyun Gate is located, and there are many cultivators, but after all, it is only a faction, and when I meet those monsters and alien races, it is good to protect myself, where can I take care of us?"

Zhou Zhou Xian laughed and said: "You don't know this, although there is no news yet, but I expect that the sects of Incense Valley and Tianyin Temple will definitely be in Qingyun Alliance, because Yun Yilan's old guy is in Qingyun at the moment, plus in the battle of Qingyun ten years ago, Qingyunmen's "Zhuxian Sword Formation" ......

Ghost Li heard these four words on the side, and his body shook violently.

Zhou Zhou Xian didn't pay attention to him, and continued to say happily: "Qingyunmen's Zhuxian Sword Formation is out of the limelight, and everyone knows that the sword array really has earth-shattering magical powers, so if it is in the Qingyun Alliance, at least there is an extra layer of security." I think that the righteous people in the world, I am afraid that in a few days, most of them will go to Qingyun to fight against this unprecedented catastrophe, if we reach Qingyun, we will naturally go to the safest place. There are so many cultivators, they won't watch our common people die!"

A cold snort, but suddenly came out in his laughter, Zhou Zhou Xian was stunned, and looked at it with Xiaohuan and Wild Dog Daoren, only to see Ghost Li slowly stand up from the shadows, but he didn't turn around, and said coldly: "I'm afraid that your righteous masters will not only see you dead, but will also kick you in the back." ”

Zhou Zhou Xian was ridiculed by him in person, his face was a little unbearable, and he said angrily: "Phew, anyway, you are a crooked demon, and you will be driven out if you go......"

Xiaohuan suddenly shouted, "Grandpa!"

Zhou Zhou Xian glanced at Xiaohuan, knowing that the words were serious, so he suffocated, Xiaohuan turned to look at Ghost Li, a little hesitant, but finally said: "You, don't listen to my grandfather, he is so open-mouthed......"

Zhou Zhou Xian was furious and interjected: "You dare to say that your own grandfather is open-mouthed!"

Xiaohuan ignored him, and still said to the ghost: "But the situation is really bad now, you better go with us, after all, it will be safer there than other places......

Without waiting for Xiaohuan to finish speaking, Ghost Li said lightly: "No need, the world is big, I have my own place to go." ”

With that, he moved and walked forward.

Xiaohuan was taken aback, an anxious look appeared on his face, and he said hurriedly: "Zhang ...... You, where are you going?"

Ghost Li didn't answer, the figure moved forward from slow to fast, and Xiao Ash, who was lying on his shoulder, turned his head, looked at Xiao Huan, who was standing on the top of the hill and looked at him in a daze, grinned, and raised his hand to shake it.

Xiaohuan looked at the figure that quickly became smaller and disappeared, and for some reason, he suddenly felt that his heart was suddenly empty, his nose was sore, and he was almost about to cry.

"Shhh

The sound of breaking the sky sounded softly, and a ghostly figure slashed through the night sky. The dark clouds in the sky were heavy, and there was not a single bright spot of starlight, and it seemed that even the canopy had been affected by the southern catastrophe, which was gloomy and dark, and did not give people a little hope.

Leaving Zhou Zhou Xian and the others, Ghost Li flew south alone for a while, but in this night sky, under the dark clouds, but he saw that there was a gloomy and dark place in all directions, and the wilderness and mountains under the canopy of the sky were cold and lonely, and the people were also empty in the air, and they didn't know where to go.

Xiao Ash, who was lying on his shoulder, suddenly screamed twice, and the ghost glanced at it, only to see three eyes in front of him, and Xiao Ash grinned, for him, it seemed that most of the time was happy. With a smile and pity on his rare face, he gently touched the monkey's head, and his body sank and fell to the ground.

The place where you settle is a wilderness mountain with dense forests, looking at the lush vegetation and dense shrubs, it is difficult to have a place to step on in the forest, and no one has ever been to this mountain and this forest if you want to come to this wilderness. Ghost Li's face was pale, he fell in the forest, his body did not fall, his right hand shook, the Soul Eater wand flew out of his sleeve, circled under his feet, and did not hear any abnormal sound, in the blink of an eye, in this six-foot radius, all the trees, shrubs, and thorns suddenly withered, and turned into dead branches in the blink of an eye.

And as the Soul Eater flew back into his hand, Ghost Li clearly felt a thin wisp of cold aura swimming in the black rod body. Ash screamed in joy, jumped off his shoulder, and ran deeper into the woods. Ghost Li glanced up at Xiao Ash's back, since he went to southern Xinjiang, especially after Xiao Ash's transformation, his appetite began to increase rapidly, and he always wanted to eat.

The night was deep, and the night wind blew from the fields, blowing over the mountain forest, and the trees made a wave-like sound, and countless shadows shook together. Ghost Li slowly sat down on the ground, slowly closing his eyes, the shadows of the trees around him swept over his face, and in the darkness, he was like a silent yin spirit.

I don't know how long it took, there was a faint roar in the distance, and then disappeared without a trace, Ghost Li frowned slightly, opened his eyes, but his body did not move, sure enough, a moment later, there was a tremor in the nearby bushes, but it was the monkey Xiao Gray who ran back.

The sharp and annoying thorns seem to be not in the eyes of Xiao Ash at all, many times it is directly stepped on, ran closer, and the ghost saw it clearly, only to see Xiao Ash put one hand on his chest, sure enough, he was holding a few wild fruits, but the other hand was dragging behind him, as if pulling something.

Ghost Li couldn't help but feel a little strange, and glanced behind him, but was taken aback. I saw that in the shadows, Xiao Ash actually dragged an animal-like thing and ran back, seeing that it was not small, much bigger than Xiao Ash, but Xiao Ash dragged it very easily. After a while, Xiao Ash had already run closer, smiled, first put down the wild fruit, and then waved his hand, "Bang"

There was a muffled thud, and a chunk fell in front of him.

It was an adult wild boar, very large, and he was afraid that he would stand taller than Little Ash, but at this moment, he saw a hole in the boar's head, bleeding from his body, and he was already dead. Ghost Li looked at the wound, and saw that the wound was still fresh, so he was stunned for a moment and said to Xiao Ash: "You caught it?"

Ash grinned, pointing at the boar and then at the ghost.

Ghost Li sighed, smiled, and said, "I'm not hungry." ”

Ash scratched his head, and the three eyes blinked together, then pointed at the boar and then at himself. Ghost Li couldn't help but laugh when he was amused by it, and the heaviness in his heart disappeared a lot for a while, and he smiled: "Okay, I'll help you." ”

Little Gray smiled happily, obviously knowing that the ghostly craftsmanship was not trivial, and it was his favorite. The ghost pulled up his sleeves, and pointed like a knife, lightly scratched the belly of the wild boar, and scratched the tough pig skin away, only to see that he was skillful, two or three times to peel the wild boar and remove the bones, and then flew up to find a place with spring water to wash the pork back, set up a wooden frame to make a fire, and began to roast the pig.

The firelight grew, and the faces of Xiao Ash and Ghost Li were a little red from the flames, and Xiao Ash had already eaten a few wild fruits at this time, and at this moment his eyes were staring at the roast pig that was gradually emerging from the flames. Ghost Li slowly took out various homemade spices from his waist and added some to the meat, then took out a small bottle of sesame oil and began to gently drip it on the pork. The sesame oil flows slowly down the pork, is grilled by the flame below, and slowly seeps into the meat. Soon, the surface of the pork began to turn a faint golden yellow, and the pork itself oozed transparent oil droplets, and the enticing aroma immediately wafted away.

The light of the fire lit up the faces of the monkeys and men, as well as the small trees in the surrounding clearing. The reflection of the tall trees swayed as if the wind was howling. The ghost looked at the burning flames in front of him, and gradually became distracted, while Xiao Ash looked at the roast pig with a salivating look, touched his ears and cheeks, and ran to the side from time to time to break some wooden branches to join the fire.

The silent air is filled with a strange and seductive scent.

In the depths of the woods, a low roar suddenly sounded: "Roar!"

The roar was low and powerful, and seemed to be far away, but it was still clearly heard, and a sense of murder quickly spread. The ghost woke up from his contemplation violently, his brow furrowed slowly, his body did not move, but his gaze gradually deepened, looking in the direction where the roar sounded. Xiao Gray jumped on the shoulder of the ghost with a flutter, and there was no fear on his face, and he also looked back.

There was a "crackling" sound in the flames, and a branch burst open, and the scent of wild boar became stronger.

Three feet away, there was the dark woods, and the wind in the forest seemed to suddenly become stronger, whirring, and after that low roar was heard, there was no more sound, but the cold and murderous intent quickly approached here almost in a tangible quality.

The pupils in the ghostly eyes shrank slightly, and his brow furrowed even tighter.

"Crack!" another twig finally burst open.

Suddenly, the howling wind lost its sound, and the whole forest seemed to be still, and there was no more sound, and in the darkness ahead, the dense woods and tangled brambles, suddenly fell to the sides, revealing a narrow passage that could be walked by a man.

A young man dressed in bright silk clothes, with a handsome face almost with a sense of bewitchment, walked out of the darkness step by step. In the darkness of the night, he was so conspicuous that it was as if his surroundings were lit up because of him. Ghost Li didn't get up, didn't move, still sat on the ground, staring directly at the young man.

The young man looked at Ghost Li, and then his eyes fell on Xiao Ash, slightly stunned, "Huh"

sighed and said, "Three-eyed spirit monkey!"

Ghost Li didn't speak, but Xiao Ash suddenly "squeaked", looking very annoyed.

Almost at the same time as Ash shouted, the low roar just now rang out again, but this time the roar sounded directly from behind the young man.

"Roar, ......" With this low and powerful roar, behind the young man with a calm expression, a hideous strange head slowly rose from his shoulder, with four eyes, two pairs of upper and lower sides of the face, as thick as a copper bell. The mouth is huge, almost as wide as the face, and between the mouths, it can be seen that the mouth is full of sharp teeth, especially the six sharp fangs that stick out of the mouth, which are even more terrifying, and in the faint light of the flames in the field, dripping saliva can be faintly seen between the teeth, falling on the gray-black skin of the monster full of crusty bumps.

Ghost Li's face finally changed, he slowly stood up, and said coldly: "Gluttony?"

The young man hadn't answered, his eyes were still looking at Ghost Li, and suddenly he seemed to be aware of it, and turned his eyes to look at the gluttonous (note 1), and couldn't help but be stunned, only to see that the beast's always fierce gaze was even more greedy at this moment, but the target was not Ghost Li and Little Ash, but the wild boar that was barbecuing on the ground.

The enticing aroma of barbecue wafts through the air.

The young man smiled suddenly, and said to the ghost: "Your skills are good! I said why I was restless tonight, I didn't expect to be attracted to you." ”

Ghost Li said lightly: "Although gluttony is an ancient evil beast, fierce and fast, but it has always been greedy, and a roast pig is nothing." ”

The young man shook his head and said, "Otherwise, my gluttony is different, and the general food has long been ignored, and I can't imagine that I will be coveted like this by your seemingly rough barbecue." ”

At this moment, as the young man said, the gluttony seemed to be particularly fond of this roast pig, and the saliva between his mouth and teeth flowed wildly, flowing down between the teeth, and suddenly with a whistling, the gluttony jumped out of the young man's shoulder, turned into a black shadow, and pounced on the flames. Unexpectedly, the gray shadow flashed, and the sound of "squeak" rang out angrily, and it was Xiao Ash who came out of the sky, blocking the roast pig.

The gluttonous "roar" roared, fell to the ground, and showed its true body, only to see its four-legged claws, its body looked at least four times larger than the wild boar, and the strangest thing was that the neck was extremely long, rising upward, almost doubling the height of the body.

Xiao Ash is pitifully small compared to him, but for some reason, the gluttony seems to be a little jealous of Xiao Ash and dare not be careless, but he is reluctant to eat the food in front of him, and now he roars in a low voice, and his expression gradually becomes hideous.

Ghost Li looked at the two strange beasts who were angry and confrontational for roasting pigs, and suddenly said: "This wild boar hasn't finished roasting yet, and the taste is not up to the fire, what are you fighting for?"

He said this inexplicably, even the young man couldn't help but look at him more, but the two confrontational beasts reacted, gluttonous four eyes stared at Xiao Ash, Xiao Ash also opened three eyes, two strange beasts seven eyes stared at one bigger than the other, a moment later, Xiao Ash "squeaked" at the gluttony a few times, showing his teeth, and then ran back a few steps, sitting next to Ghost Li, his eyes staring at the roast pig.

The gluttonous four eyes shook with the action of Xiao Ash, when Xiao Ash sat down, the evil beast "roar, roar" screamed twice, and unbelievably slowly walked to the other side of the flame, the hind legs were retracted, the front legs swayed lightly, and actually lay down in front of the flames, but the saliva in the mouth still flowed out involuntarily, looking terrifying, but still a little funny.

The young man watched the gluttony sit down, walked over slowly, and didn't care about the dirt on the ground, so he sat down beside the glutton, looked at the ghost, smiled slightly, and said: "Your Excellency, which master is it, I can't imagine that there is such a means to let the gluttony temporarily suppress the ferocity?"

Ghost Li didn't look at him, sat down, his eyes fluttered back into the flames, and said: "You and I met by chance in the mountains, why do you know the name, just a roast pig, just a belly. ”

The young man looked at the ghost for a while, and suddenly laughed, and the laughter was loud, startling countless night birds in the distance.

"Well said, well said. He smacked his leg lightly, and with a look of surprise praise on his face, he said, "A good one is just a good one. Speaking of all living beings in the world, they are busy all day long, isn't it just for the sake of hunger. In this way, don't you say that the so-called "people" are no different from me, a gluttonous beast?"

Ghost Li gently flipped the roast pig, and the smell of sesame oil on the pork became stronger, seducing the gluttony on the opposite side for a while, but I don't know if it was to taste the delicacy or what, this strange beast known for its gluttony in addition to ferocity actually endured it, and at the same time Xiao Ash glared at it fiercely.

The flames burned quietly, reflected on the ghostly face, and he said slowly: "People are still different. ”

The boy said, "What?"

The ghost said: "Love and hate, people have feelings." ”

The young man laughed and said, "Don't you know that all beasts also feel that if you kill this wild boar, you should know that the wild boar is painful and afraid, and if I kill you, you will be like a pig." All beings are equal, so how can there be a distinction between humans and beasts?"

Ghost Li raised his eyes, looked at the young man, and said, "There is a difference." ”

The young man's eyes were sharp and he said, "What's the difference?"

The ghost said: "I have a big regret in my life, engraved in my heart day and night, life is better than death, but I can't help but live." Life is still hopeful, and death is a cowardly person. How can a pig have such a feud?"

The young man was stunned, the fierce color in his eyes gradually faded, and then a strange look appeared on his face.

Note 1: Gluttony: "Gods and Demons Are Strange." Strange Beasts: There are evil beasts in the extreme south of Shenzhou, with four eyes and black skin, long necks and four legs, fierce sex, and extremely greedy. Traveling swiftly like the wind, it is a disaster.