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Huqi Mountain, the main hall of the Ghost King Sect.

It has been three days since the death of the great wizard, and the green dragon has cremated the old man's body and stored it in an urn. At this moment, this small blue and white urn was quietly placed on the table in his hand.

Qinglong stared at Xiao Weng for a long time, sighed lightly, and turned his gaze away. In the past three days, the big and small affairs in the Ghost King Sect have been handled by Qinglong and Youji, and after the accident three days ago, the Ghost King and Ghost Li have all shrunk into their own rooms, and they have not come out yet.

Qinglong still remembers very clearly that three days ago, when the heavy stone door slowly opened with a "squeak" sound, the two men who came out of it, the two men who were almost fearless in the world, were as if they had lost their souls, and their expressions were trance-like and sad.

The ghost king was okay, and said in a low voice: "Within three days, no one will come to disturb me!" As soon as he finished speaking, the man walked straight back to the bedroom and never came out again.

As for the ghost, the whole person lost his soul and didn't say a word, and as he walked, he actually hit the hard stone wall directly, so that blood flowed from his forehead. And he, as if he was unconscious, turned around slowly, stumbled a little under his feet, and walked back to his room.

Most of the people who were shocked by this strange scene had already guessed the result, but when they looked into the stone gate, the blood flowing all over the ground, and the great wizard who was sitting in a pool of blood but had died with his head down, the scene was so terrible and tragic that it was really shocking.

Only Baguio, who was still lying on the cold stone platform, was still as quiet as before in her serene and lifelike face, and the acacia bell in her hand was emitting a faint golden light.

Footsteps sounded from the side, interrupting Qinglong's thoughts, he raised his head, only to see Youji's figure floating in like a ghost, standing beside him, but did not look at him directly, but glanced at the room behind him, and said in a low voice: "Hasn't the sect master come out yet?"

Qinglong shook his head slowly and said in a low voice: "It's been three days, and there is no news at all. ”

The black veil on Yuhime's face moved lightly, and she was silent.

Although they didn't see everything at the scene with their own eyes, the two of them could fully imagine the sadness of that scene.

If there is anything more sad in this world than despair, it is that when you see hope, even when that hope is right in front of you, you fall into despair!

At the moment when the two of them were relatively speechless, suddenly, from the door behind the green dragon, there was a slight sound.

The door slowly opened.

Qinglong and Youji's bodies were shocked, and they quickly turned to look.

The simple wooden door slowly opened inward, making a low and slight "squeak" sound, with a bit of the vicissitudes of the past, Xu is also telling the sadness of the master.

One foot, from that room, stepped out gently. The figure of the ghost king slowly appeared in front of them.

Qinglong and Youji looked at it silently, the man who seemed to be in a different world.

Three days of whiteheads!

The ghost king's hair has turned all snow-white.

Qinglong's voice suddenly became hoarse and hesitant for some reason, and even when he heard it himself, he wondered if it was his own voice:

"Zong...... Lord, are you alright...... Okay?"

The corners of the ghost king's mouth moved, but he didn't speak, but closed his eyes, tilted his head slightly, and breathed deeply.

Yu Ji was under the black veil, and suddenly said, "Sect Master, you have to take care of yourself...... Body. After saying that, for some reason, she suddenly remembered Baguio, and her voice was choked.

The Ghost King's shoulders trembled slightly, but he quickly calmed down, and when he opened his eyes again, although the vicissitudes and sadness were still engraved on his face, there was already a faint light in his eyes.

It was as if he had seen through the vicissitudes of the world.

"I look a lot older!" he said, the corners of his mouth moved slightly, and there was a slight smile, but there was bitterness in it.

Qinglong and Youji lowered their heads at the same time, unable to bear to look at this man again.

Again, the Ghost King took a deep breath, exhaled the breath in his chest, and his eyes turned, and a moment later landed on the small blue and white urn on the table next to Qinglong's hand.

"It's ...... here," he asked faintly.

Qinglong took a step, picked up the small urn, handed it to the ghost king, and said: "After the death of the great wizard, his subordinates boldly took the initiative to cremate the old man's body, and in this small urn is his ashes relic. ”

The ghost king silently took the blue and white urn, stroked it with both hands for a long time, sighed softly, and said: "Although this master did not save Yao'er, he was dying, desperate to exhaust his vitality, and collected Yao'er's soul. ”

He handed the small urn back to Qinglong again, and said, "You are ready, and with my holy sect, you will respectfully send the master back to southern Xinjiang." ”

Qinglong took the blue and white urn and nodded, "Yes." ”

The Ghost King was silent for a moment and said, "What about Ghost Li, how is he?"

Qinglong hesitated for a moment, but Youji was already beside him and said: "After coming out of the cold ice stone room, he seemed to have collapsed, lost his soul, stumbled all the way back to his room, and never came out again. At this point, she paused and whispered, "As of today, it's been three days." ”

The ghost king's face was gloomy, he slowly put his hands behind his back, and whispered for a while: "Ten years of sad things, one night in my heart! Alas, let's go, let's go see him." ”

After speaking, he slowly walked away, Qinglong and Youji glanced at each other, and silently followed behind him.

Looking from behind, the ghost king had white hair, and his figure was unusually desolate.

The ghost room was quite far away from where the ghost king lived, but it was extremely close to the cold stone room where Baguio was. This is because the ghost king didn't want to be more sad at the beginning, so he stayed away from the stone room where his daughter was, and the ghost Li Ruo was in Huqi Mountain, and he would visit Baguio almost every day.

When the three of them walked through the corridor and gradually approached the ghost room, Qinglong and Youji, who were walking behind, obviously noticed that the ghost king's body was a little strange, I don't know if it was because it was close to that sad place again.

But none of them said a word.

Finally, he came to the lonely stone gate, where the ghost lived, and there was no one around, he had always liked to be alone. It's just that outside his door, there is still a disciple of the Ghost King Sect standing in the distance.

The ghost king stepped forward, opened the stone door and walked in, and was immediately stunned. Qinglong and Youji also noticed that something seemed wrong, and when they walked in to take a look, they saw that the room was empty, not only did they see the ghostly figure, but even Xiao Ash was gone. Everything in the room was as usual, there was no trace of use, only the bed, a little messy.

Qinglong frowned, turned around and went out to call, and the disciple of the Ghost King Sect standing outside the door hurriedly ran in, knelt down in front of the Ghost King and saluted, "Meet the sect master!"

The Ghost King turned his head to look, and Qinglong whispered beside him: "In addition to dealing with the affairs of the sect in the past few days, my subordinates are waiting outside the sect master's gate, and as for here, let these disciples be guarded by good lives." ”

The Ghost King nodded slightly, turned his head and said to the disciple of the Ghost King Sect, "Where is the Deputy Sect Master?"

The disciple of the Ghost King Sect was obviously in awe of the Ghost King, and even his voice trembled slightly, and said, "Hui Yu, Sect Master, Deputy Sect Master locked himself in the room for three days and three nights, and there was no movement at all. Just when his subordinates were worried, this morning, he suddenly walked out with the gray-haired monkey and left the place directly. ”

The Ghost King was stunned for a moment, and Qinglong frowned, "Where did he go?"

The disciple buried his head and said: "The disciple has been following the deputy sect master, only to see him walk out of the mountain, and then break through the air, the disciple looked at his expression, it was very terrifying, and he didn't dare to come forward to ask, so he had to come back here and wait......"

Qinglong's face flashed with anger, but the ghost king suddenly said "huh" in front, walked a few steps forward, picked up a sealed letter from the bedside, glanced at it, but handed it to Qinglong, and said, "It's for you." ”

Qinglong was stunned for a moment, took a look, and sure enough, it was written by Ghost Li to himself, and he was confused in his heart, and glanced at the Ghost King. But seeing that the ghost king's face was expressionless and looked away, Qinglong frowned, tore open the seal, and read the letter.

The letter was not long, he read it quickly, but his face suddenly became a little gloomy, and he said in a low voice: "Sect Master." ”

The Ghost King said lightly, "What's wrong?"

Qinglong said: "In his letter, he asked me to make a hard trip to send the ashes of this great wizard back to Qilitong of the Miao people in southern Xinjiang. ”

The Ghost King shook his head slowly, suddenly sighed, and said, "That's it, that's it!"

Qinglong was stunned, but the Ghost King turned to the disciple of the Ghost King Sect and said, "You go down." ”

The man kowtowed three times as if he had been amnestied, and hurriedly withdrew.

Qinglong looked at the ghost king and said, "Sect Master, that ghost is ......."

The ghost king glanced at the empty room, his eyes were full of depression, he turned around for a long time, and did not greet Qinglong Youji, but walked silently, and from his back, a low voice came from Youyou:

"It's all sad people......"

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Southern Xinjiang, Incense Valley.

This righteous sect that has been changing in recent days has another shocking news today, which instantly spread throughout the valley. From the depths of the Incense Valley, the heavenly drums sounded seven times, resounding far and near, indicating that Yun Yilan, the valley master of the Incense Valley, who had been in retreat for a long time, was about to leave the customs today.

In the main hall of the Incense Valley "Mountain and River Palace", led by Shangguan Ce, Lu Shun and others, Li Xun and other disciples were ranked behind, and they were in front of the hall, waiting patiently.

Among the crowd, what is particularly eye-catching is a woman standing next to Li Xun, who is Yan Hong. Since the night when the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox escaped from the Xuanhuo Altar not long ago, Shangguan Ce still recognized Yan Hong as a fake person in the confusion, and the later results turned out to be the Golden Bottle of the Demon Sect Hehuan Sect, but the real Yan Hong was not found in the cellar of a house in the Incense Valley until three days ago.

Naturally, the golden bottle didn't know how to use a strange spell to cure Yan Hong and hide it in such a place. These days, everyone in the Incense Valley poured out of their nests, looking for all the nearby hills, but they didn't pay attention to the houses in the valley. This was only three days ago when a male disciple went down to the cellar of the Tibetan medicine to look for it because of the lack of medicinal materials in the valley, and only then did he find Yan Hong, otherwise he didn't know how long this poor woman would have to wait in the cellar.

It's just that these days of torture, Yan Hong's expression has obviously become much haggard, but everyone has no intention of paying attention to her at the moment, and all of them are looking at the side door of the main hall.

Shangguan Ce, who was standing at the front of everyone, was still dressed in black, standing there calmly, but in the depths of his eyes that everyone couldn't notice, there was a faint flicker of strange light in his eyes.

For him, every time Yun Yilan, the valley master who has been a senior brother, meets him in the past few years, he is separated by a screen, and he is even weaker when he speaks, and he has become older and older in recent days, he couldn't believe it at first, but until recently, he gradually decided in his heart that this senior brother who had been pressing on his head was really dying.

Unexpectedly, today, Tianxiang was in the middle of the heavenly drum like thunder, and he was shocked to the local area, and Yun Yilan was out of the customs!

Could it be that he was really practicing the magic in retreat and not hiding anything?

Shangguan Ce's heart was troubled and worried.

Behind Shangguan Ce, Li Xun, who was standing at the forefront of the younger generation of disciples, had excitement in his eyes that could not be concealed. He has always been Yun Yilan's most proud disciple, and he is even more proud of the sky in the Incense Valley. It's just that Yun Yilan suddenly retreated a few years ago, and without the slightest warning in advance, she never saw everyone again.

Although Li Xun himself still treats Yun Yilan specially, like his uncle Shangguan Ce, he is the only two people in the Incense Valley who can meet Yun Yilan, but I don't know if it is because Yun Yilan thinks that Li Xun is young after all, and his Taoism is not enough, but he is in charge of the major affairs in the Incense Valley, so invisibly, Li Xun's status has dropped a lot.

But now that Yun Yilan is back out of the customs, the situation has naturally changed greatly, he is the most beloved disciple of the current valley master, and the next valley lord is the best candidate, and the weight of his words is naturally different. And more importantly, just yesterday, the night before Yun Yilan left the customs, he had been secretly received by Yun Yilan, and knew in advance that his mentor was going to leave the customs.

And with the teacher out of the customs, there is a long-awaited wish that he has been looking forward to for a long time, and it is finally possible to achieve it. Thinking of this, Li Xun's handsome face could no longer suppress his excitement.

Shangguan Ce's body moved, and slowly turned back, although the young nephew behind him tried his best to keep calm, but the joy and excitement that emanated from the bottom of his heart were not something that could be covered by his age and experience, and it was impossible to escape Shangguan Ce's eagle-like eyes that saw through the world.

"Hey......" He slowly sneered in his heart, and said to himself: "Young man, I don't know how long the road you have to walk!"

Just when everyone was thinking about it, suddenly the drums beat melodiously, like flying out of the sky, circling in the hall. Shangguan Ce and the others were in high spirits, tidied up their grooming clothes, and looked at the side door.

I saw a flash of red shadow, and a figure slowly appeared, wearing a fiery red shirt that was the clothing of the valley lord in the Incense Valley, representing the belief of this still fire sect.

I didn't feel the heat of the flame, let alone the dazzling light, but somehow, everyone's eyes were so red, but they all had a feeling that a red flame, Shi Shiran walked over like this.

And when everyone came back to their senses and saw the characters in the red light clearly, including Shangguan Ce, who had always been calm and calm, they all let out a low cry of surprise in disbelief.

The person who came was just a middle-aged man who looked like he was about forty at most, with bright but smooth red hair untied, floating on his shoulders at will, and there was a hint of elegant and debauched taste.

Everyone looked at each other, when Yun Yilan was in retreat a few years ago, everyone clearly remembered that he was already a drooping old man, and his head was gray and gray, but at this moment, this person was much younger than Yun Yilan at the beginning, and the skin on his face was smooth and smooth, and he couldn't see even a trace of wrinkles.

It's just that this person's face is outlined, but it is clearly Yun Yilan's appearance, especially Shangguan Ce, he has been with Yun Yilan longer than anyone else, and he recognizes this is clearly the appearance of Yun Yilan when he was young, just looking at that face, it is better than his demeanor when he was young, under such shock, everyone can't say a word.

However, that Yun Yilan walked to the main hall with a swagger, in front of everyone, his eyes were bright, he glanced at everyone, suddenly smiled, and his voice was against the old man in the secret room, clear and pleasant, and said: "Why, don't you recognize me as the valley master?"

Everyone's bodies were shocked, Li Xun came back to his senses first, bowed down first, and said loudly: "Disciple greets the master out of the pass, congratulations to the master on the completion of the retreat and cultivation of the true law!"

Everyone suddenly woke up and saluted one after another, and the look of surprise in Shangguan Ce's eyes gradually receded, and he also bowed his head and saluted.

Yun Yilan obviously looked good, and she was in a very good mood, waved her hand, and said, "Okay, okay, everyone hasn't seen each other for a long time, just get up and talk." ”

Everyone responded and stood up one after another, Yun Yilan looked at everyone with a smile, and finally his eyes fell on Shangguan Ce, and said with a smile: "Senior brother, have you been in charge of the trivial affairs in the valley all these years, are you annoyed?"

Shangguan Ce shook his head, and also smiled: "Senior brother is not here, it is my duty to be a junior brother, but there was an accident in the Xuanhuo Altar a few days ago, and I ......."

Yun Yilan suddenly burst out laughing, interrupting Shangguan Ce's words, and said, "What happened in the past, why should the junior brother be obsessed with it, the future will be long, and we will just think about it in the long run." ”

Shangguan Ce's face flashed a hint of surprise, but he didn't say anything more, bowed his head and said, "Yes." ”

Yun Yilan looked at everyone present, only to see that everyone's eyes were full of respect and surprise, obviously her body was like a rejuvenation, which made everyone really stunned.

It's just that he didn't explain much, turned around and asked Li Xun, who was already standing aside, "Is there anything going on in the valley recently?"

Li Xun stepped forward and said respectfully: "Early this morning, Dao Xuan Zhenren, the head of the Qingyun Sect in Middle Earth, brought a letter, saying that it was a reply to the letter sent by the master a few days ago. ”

He said this in his mouth, his face was calm, but Shangguan Ce, who was standing on the side, changed his face, during Yun Yilan's retreat, he was in charge of all the major affairs of the Incense Valley. Correspondence with the head of the Qingyun Sect was also an extremely important matter, but he knew nothing. And this reply letter arrived this morning, and Li Xun somehow intercepted it halfway without letting him know, it was clear that Senior Brother Yun Yilan deliberately did not let him interfere in this matter.

Shangguan Ce's anger grew in his heart, but his face was still the same, and his strange expression flashed.

Yun Yilan nodded, took the letter handed over by Li Xun, and glanced at it, only to see the number written on the top of the envelope: Senior Brother Yun Yilan of Incense Valley saw it in person.

The payment is: Qingyunmen Daoxuan Meeting.

Sure enough, it was the handwriting of Qingyunmen Dao Xuan Zhenren, Yun Yilan smiled slightly, tore open the seal, took out a piece of thin paper, and read it from beginning to end, always with a smile on her face.

At the end, he nodded slightly, pondered for a moment, put the letter into his arms, and said loudly to everyone: "That's all for today, you go back and prepare, and soon after, I should lead the outstanding disciples of the Incense Valley to go to Middle Earth to visit the Taoist friends of the Qingyunmen and Tianyin Temple, and discuss the great plans of the world!"

Everyone was shocked, it was a long time ago that the Incense Valley entered Middle-earth in a big way, but as soon as the valley lord came out of the customs today, he gave this great order. It's just that Yun Yilan has always had a deep prestige, and everyone in Incense Valley didn't think much about it, and after seeing the ceremony, everyone retreated one after another, and they went to prepare without mentioning it, but only Li Xun was left by Yun Yilan.

After everyone left, only Yun Yilan and Li Xun were left in the Shanhe Palace. Li Xun was alone with Master, so he was not as restrained as when everyone was present, and said with a smile: "Master, what kind of method are you practicing in retreat, and it has such a miraculous effect?"

Yun Yilan smiled and said, "This is a strange technique passed down by my ancestor of the Incense Burning Valley, and when you have done enough in the future, are you afraid that I won't pass it on to you?"

Li Xun was stunned, but when he saw the smile in Yun Yilan's eyes, which seemed to have a deep meaning, he thought about it for a while, and couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly bowed down, and said, "Thank you Master for your kindness, the disciple will definitely live up to Master's expectations!"

Yun Yilan smiled and picked Li Xun up, looked him up and down, and sighed: "You are a great talent for cultivating the Dao, but I see that you are young and vigorous, and your heart is still a little impetuous. ”

Li Xun nodded again and again, and said, "Thank you for your advice." By the way, Master, if you leave me here, is there anything wrong?"

Yun Yilan glanced at him and said, "Yes, I want you to go to Middle-earth first." ”

Li Xun was stunned for a moment and said, "Where are you going to go in Middle Earth?"

Yun Yilan said lightly: "Qingyun Mountain." I will write a reply letter later, and you will leave immediately and deliver this letter to the hands of Qingyun Mountain Dao Xuan Zhenren. ”

Li Xun nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Yun Yilan walked back and forth a few steps, and said: "After Dao Xuan Zhenren has read this letter, he will most likely leave you to stay in Qingyun Mountain for a few days, and you don't have to postpone it, just stay in Qingyun for a few days, and I will bring others there later." ”

Li Xun nodded, but was slightly confused, and said, "Master, are you in such a hurry to enter Middle-earth, is there anything important?"

Yun Yilan smiled slightly and said, "It's not the thing you begged me for a long time!"

Li Xun's body was shocked, and then his face showed excitement that he couldn't hide, and he immediately knelt down again, and said loudly: "Thank you, Master, for making it happen." ”

Yun Yilan shook her head and smiled: "Okay, okay, you go back and prepare first, and then come over to pick up my letter, and then leave directly." ”

Li Xun excitedly agreed and strode out.

When the figure of this young disciple disappeared, the smile on Yun Yilan's face gradually faded, he turned to the south, and looked far away in the direction of the 100,000 mountains, and after a while, he suddenly snorted coldly:

"Since you're going to come out, I'm going to let the whole world stop you. If I have to carry this burden alone, hehe, I'm not that stupid!"