The wind is bleak, the ancient road is bleak, and the loneliness extends forward.

Zhou Xian and his granddaughter Xiaohuan had already left Death Ze and traveled eastward for three rì.

On this day, they were still walking on the ancient road, but the originally flat wilderness on both sides of the ancient road had been replaced by gradually increasing hills and jungles.

Zhou Zhou Xian glanced forward, and saw a broken stone pavilion on the side of the road not far ahead, and just felt tired of walking, so he turned to Xiaohuan and said, "Let's go over and rest." ”

Xiaohuan responded, then glanced back, with a smile in his eyes, and said, "Dao Chief, let's go sit down together!"

The Wild Dog Daoist, who had been following them, smiled and nodded. Originally, after the wild dog Taoist left Dead Ze, somehow, he followed Zhou Zhou Xian and Xiaohuan from afar, and at first Zhou Zhou Xian was a little uneasy. But a few times ago, after suddenly meeting the middle-aged man who claimed to be thousands of people on the road, Xiaohuan said a few words to him, and the relationship became closer, and these rì got a lot closer and followed them directly.

Zhou Zhou Xian walked into the pavilion and watched the wild dog Taoist also follow Xiaohuan in. He was not as polite to the wild dog as Xiaohuan, rolled his eyes, and suddenly said in a strange manner: "I said that the wild dog Dao Chief, why have you been following the two of us? ”

The wild dog Taoist glared at Zhou Xian, and sneered at each other: "Stinky old man, you're pretending to be poor again, don't think I don't know that there is something strange in your bamboo pole!"

Zhou Xian and Xiaohuan were both stunned. Zhou Zhou Xian immediately jumped up as if his butt had been burned by fire, his face was flushed, and he said angrily: "Good guy, old man, I have long known that you are not a good person, and you really covet my money." ”

The wild dog Taoist glanced at him, and before he could speak, he heard Xiaohuan next to him also say with a slight surprise: "Dao Chief, how do you know?"

As soon as Xiaohuan spoke, the wild dog Taoist suddenly lowered his voice somehow, hesitated, and said to Xiaohuan: "He never leaves his bamboo pole every day, and even sleeps in his arms." That's fine, but every time he passes a short while, he always touches the bamboo pole involuntarily, and when he looks like this, an idiot will know that there is something wrong with the bamboo pole. ”

Xiaohuan burst out laughing. Zhou Xian Lao's face turned red, snorted, turned his head, and suddenly felt that this was too embarrassing, and turned his head to the wild dog Taoist and said angrily: "Even if I have a problem with this bamboo pole, it will not be your turn to take care of it." Tell me why you've been following us?"

The wild dog Taoist was stunned and speechless for a while.

Zhou Zhou Xian suddenly became proud, with a smile on his face, and pointed to the wild dog and said: "Ha, don't think that the old man doesn't know, you covet my belongings and the beauty of our family's small ring, and plot against evil all day long......"

"Grandpa!" Xiaohuan's face flushed, and he shouted loudly to Zhou Xian.

Zhou Zhou Xian realized that what he said was wrong, but his old face couldn't be pulled down, and he said, "Say, isn't it ......?"

The wild dog Taoist secretly glanced at Xiaohuan, and saw that the fair skin on the girl's face was white and red at the moment, slightly shy, but her eyes were as bright as stars, shining, and a green chūn beauty was really like a rush to her face. The wild dog suddenly felt inferior for no reason and lowered his head.

Xiaohuan glared at Grandpa Zhou Xian. She has been wandering the world with Zhou Xian since she was a child, she has seen a lot of things, and she is naturally more open than ordinary girls, and at this moment she turned her head to the wild dog Daodao: "Dao Chief, don't listen to my grandfather's nonsense, he can't spit out ivory from his dog's mouth......"

Zhou Zhou Xian was furious and said, "You dare to scold grandpa for being a dog, obviously that guy is a wild dog!"

Xiaohuan stuck out her tongue and grimaced at the wild dogs. The wild dog buzzed in his head, and he only felt that his eyes were full of this beautiful face, and he couldn't tolerate any other sè cai, and he couldn't care about Zhou Xian ridiculing him.

Zhou Zhou Xian turned his head angrily and said to the wild dog: "Hey, you haven't said why you want to follow us! If you can say a good reason, the old man will let you follow; if you can't say it, hehe, let you know how good I am!"

The wild dog slowly retracted his gaze, was silent for a long time, and said, "I don't know either. ”

"Ha!" Zhou Xian laughed, his face full of disdain.

Xiaohuan looked at the wild dog Taoist and said with interest: "Dao Chief, what's the matter?

The wild dog smiled bitterly and said, "You're right. Somehow, he seemed to be particularly willing to speak in front of this girl at the moment, and as soon as the words began, he actually said inexplicably: "I have been strange since I was a child, and after I was born, I was thrown into the wilderness by my parents as a monster, and I was left to fend for myself......"

"Ahh Zhou Zhou Xian rolled his eyes and looked incredulous.

The Wild Dog Taoist continued: "Later, I was found by a group of wild dogs, and they didn't eat me, but brought me food and fed me, so when I became sensible, I always called myself a wild dog. ”

Zhou Zhou Xian sneered again beside him, but Xiaohuan was focused and nodded slightly.

The wild dog Taoist also ignored Zhou Xian, smiled at Xiaohuan, and said, "So I haven't had a home since I was a child, if I have to say it, the kennel is my home." Later, one of the seniors of the previous generation of the Blood Refining Hall happened to meet me, and took pity on me for a while, and preached my Taoism, and since then, I have been regarded as my home in the Blood Refining Hall. ”

Zhou Zhou Xian sneered: "Then you should go back to the Blood Refining Hall, why are you still walking outside all day?"

The Wild Dog Daoist lowered his head, his face was sinking, and he said for a while: "The Blood Refining Hall has been destroyed by the Ghost King Sect, and the one who takes the lead is the ghost Li you have seen." ”

"What?" Zhou Zhou Xian and Xiaohuan were taken aback at the same time. The internal fighting of the Demon Sect was fierce and cruel, but it was not publicized to the outside world, so Zhou Zhou Xian and the others did not know about the annexation of the Blood Refining Hall by the Ghost King Sect. But at the same time, they were surprised, and their reactions were different.

Zhou Zhou Xian frowned, as if he had thought of something, shook his head for a while and sighed, and said, "It's a pity! When the black-hearted old man was here, the Blood Refining Hall was so powerful, alas, ......"

Xiaohuan didn't think about it so much, but after being stunned, he remembered something and said, "Did that ghost lead people to destroy you, so why do you still follow him?"

The corners of the wild dog's mouth twitched, and he slowly explained the matter briefly.

Xiaohuan snorted after hearing this, and said to Zhou Xian: "The old man is too spineless. ”

Zhou Zhou Xian glared at her and said, "At your young age, do you know what backbone is not backbone? If it is a matter of life and death, not everyone has that backbone." ”

The corners of Xiaohuan's mouth twitched, and he said, "Then isn't this wild dog Taoist leader who would rather die than surrender?"

Zhou Zhou Xian glanced at the wild dog, nodded, and said, "I didn't see that you still have this backbone, it's not simple." But over the years, that ghost is known as a blood boy and has killed countless people, why did he just let you go?"

The Wild Dog Daoist shook his head and said, "I don't know either. ”

Zhou Zhou Xian was silent, there seemed to be a thoughtful sè in his eyes, and his usual hippie smile had gradually disappeared. The Wild Dog Daoist couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Zhou Zhou Xian suddenly revealing such a god, which was very different from Xiang Rì, but just as Xiaohuan opened his mouth to speak, his attention was attracted to the past.

Xiaohuan glanced at him twice, and said in a low voice: "Then you follow him all day long, don't you feel uncomfortable?

The wild dog was dazed for a while, then silent, and slowly shook his head for a while, and said blankly: "I don't know either." Originally, I hated this person very much, but since this time, I slowly thought, in fact, what's the use of blaming him? Even if it wasn't him, it wasn't the Ghost King Sect, the Ten Thousand Poison Sect and the Hehuan Sect would do the same thing, and the Ghost King Sect was just one step ahead. ”

"Huh?" Xiaohuan didn't speak, but Zhou Zhou Xian let out a slightly surprised voice first, and looked the wild dog Taoist up and down again, quite impressive: "You can actually think of this layer, I underestimate you." ”

The Wild Dog Daoist glanced at Zhou Zhou Xian, obviously not interested in Zhou Zhou Xian's praise. Zhou Xian was bored, smiled, and was not angry.

The wild dog Taoist glanced at Xiaohuan, only to see that her eyes were as bright as water, and her eyes were full of waves, as if she was flowing, it was really moving, I didn't dare to look at it anymore, lowered my head, and said: "I came out of Death Ze that day, and I was very annoyed to stay in the group of people in the Ghost King Sect all day long, especially occasionally I would see the old man and others, and I just happened to see you, I don't know how to follow." ”

The wild dog Taoist suddenly seemed to think of something, quickly raised his head, and said to Xiaohuan: "But I don't have any intention of harming you, and I don't know how, I probably just walk around......! If you don't want to, I'll go now. ”

Xiaohuan smiled slightly and said, "It's okay! Then you can come with us in the future! Anyway, the world is so big, I don't think you have anywhere to go. ”

Zhou Zhou Xian was startled, pulled Xiaohuan and said in a low voice: "Stupid girl, what are you messing with this guy to do with us?"

Xiaohuan glanced at his grandfather and said, "What is this guy and that guy, people have names." Besides, he has no ill intentions, he just walks with us, what's there to be afraid of?"

Zhou Zhou Xian said angrily: "You girl doesn't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, he is a notorious person in the Demon Sect, I heard that he used to ......"

Zhou Zhou Xian suddenly stopped talking, Xiaohuan stared at him, and said, "What happened to him before?

Zhou Zhou Xian scratched his head, thought for a long time, and said, "I don't seem to have heard what he did......"

Xiaohuan burst out laughing, and was about to turn around, Zhou Zhou Xian grabbed Xiaohuan and said, "But it's always no good for you to let this person follow us, right?"

Xiaohuan said lightly: "It seems that when we passed by the barren hill last night, a wild boar came out of the side of the road, grandpa, you are hiding far away, it was this Taoist who rushed up to drive the wild boar away, otherwise I, a weak woman, would have to face a big wild boar alone." ”

Zhou Xian's face turned red, and said: "My old man is old and frail, how can I stop a big wild boar? Besides, are you a weak woman, let alone a wild boar, even if there is a tiger, you are not ......."

Xiaohuan coughed suddenly, and Zhou Zhou Xian didn't continue.

Xiaohuan turned his head, smiled at the wild dog Taoist sitting on the side, and said, "Dao Chief, please take care of it in the future." ”

The wild dog hurriedly got up and said, "No, no, if there is any rough work, you just let me do it." ”

Zhou Xian snorted from afar.

At this moment, a cold and calm voice suddenly came from outside the pavilion, saying, "It turns out that you ran here." ”

The wild dog Daoist body was shocked, and when he turned his head to look, the little ring next to him had already lost his voice and said, "Ah! It's you!"

On the ancient road outside the stone pavilion, there was a young man standing with an expressionless face, and a gray-haired monkey lying on his shoulder, which was none other than Ghost Li.

At this time, it was early autumn, although it was noon, but the rì head was not as hot as the summer rì, and a cool wind blew from time to time outside the stone pavilion.

It's just that in the stone pavilion, the atmosphere suddenly fell silent with the arrival of the uninvited guest of Ghost Li.

The wild dog Taoist sat aside with a red and white face, his eyes staring at the ground, and he was really nervous. Ghost Li still stood on the other side with an expressionless face, and he didn't look at the wild dog Daoist much, but instead looked at Zhou Zhou Xian.

Xiaohuan looked at the wild dog Taoist, then at the ghost, and said cautiously for a while: "Well, Zhang ...... Ghost boy, you, why are you here?"

Ghost Li glanced at her and said, "I'm here to find your grandfather." ”

Zhou Xian was stunned and said, "Looking for me?"

Ghost Li nodded and said, "Yes, I would like to ask my seniors a question." ”

Xiaohuan immediately put his mind at ease, secretly smiled at the wild dog, reassured him, and then turned to Ghost Li and said, "Ah! You are such a powerful person, what do you want to ask my grandfather?"

As she was talking, she suddenly saw the little gray on her shoulder, a pair of slippery eyes turning, and she was grinning at herself, and she couldn't help but feel a burst of affection, and said with a smile: "Ha, I was the one who gave you rock sugar gourd to eat that day! Do you remember me?"

"Squeak, squeak. The monkey Xiao Gray shouted for a while, nodded his head, and suddenly jumped up from the ghost Li shoulder and jumped into Xiao Huan's arms. It seems that this monkey has a very good impression of the rock sugar gourd.

Xiaohuan smiled, stretched out his hand to catch Xiao Ash, but after it started to sink, it was unexpectedly heavy, and it was almost thrown to the ground. Fortunately, she reacted quickly, and hurriedly strengthened herself, so she stabilized her body and hugged Xiao Ash steadily, but there was a burst of surprise in her heart. This is just a few years of work, and looking at the little gray body has not grown much, how can the weight suddenly weigh more than half, it is really strange!

Ghost Li saw Xiaohuan teasing Xiao Ash, giggling on the side, very happy, and there seemed to be a faint smile in the depths of his eyes, but then he disappeared and turned his head to face Zhou Xian.

Zhou Zhou Xian shrugged his shoulders and said, "My old man is only nine buckets tall and six cars are rich, so how can I not know anything in the world." But it's surprising that you'd ask my old man for advice. What's the matter, do you say?"

Ghost Li didn't pay attention to his boasting, and said lightly: "Then in the midst of death, there was a fish-headed monster who attacked your granddaughter, do you remember?"

Zhou Xian was stunned, and the wild dog Dao and Xiaohuan next to him listened to it, and they all looked at it at the same time.

Xiaohuan hugged Xiao Ash and said, "Yes, that monster is so fierce, if it weren't for the timely action of the ghost boy and Sister Bottle, I would have almost been killed by it." ”

Ghost Li still looked at Zhou Zhou Xian and said, "You said that the monster was a fishman who was one of the sixty-three alien races in Southern Xinjiang, right?"

Zhou Zhou Xian was silent for a moment and said, "Not bad." ”

The ghost arched his hand and said, "I don't know what my predecessors know about this fish-man clan?"

Zhou Zhou Xian glanced at Ghost Li and said, "Why are you suddenly interested in this?"

Ghost Li pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Since I asked my seniors, I don't have to hide the rest from you." After you left, it seems that my men were attacked by a group of monsters similar to the fish-men, and there were many casualties, so I wanted to ask my seniors about it. ”

Zhou Xian frowned, his body gradually straightened, and there was a thoughtful look in his eyes, but he didn't speak. Ghost Li was not in a hurry, and stood quietly aside. After a while, Zhou Zhou Xian suddenly said: "The people who died under your hands, are they cruel in death, and their corpses are mostly cut into several pieces, which is miserable?"

"Ahh

Ghost Li nodded slowly, looked deeply at the old man in front of him, and said, "Yes, that's right." ”

Zhou Zhou Xian nodded and said: "That can't be wrong, it must be the Fishman Clan of the 100,000 Mountains and 63 Alien Races in Southern Xinjiang." According to their own legends, they are the descendants of the ancient fish god and the human woman, and they have always regarded themselves as the descendants of the fish god. This alien race has always been cruel and easy to kill, and it is believed that both animals and humans can only chop up and kill ghosts at the same time by cutting the corpse into pieces after slaughter, so as to avoid future troubles. Therefore, under their hands, whether it is animals or people, most of them can't even save a whole corpse. ”

Suddenly, there was a strange sound, and the two of them looked at it, but Xiaohuan's face was pale, his brows were furrowed, and he was a little disgusted.

Zhou Zhou Xian shook his head slightly, looked at Xiaohuan and sighed: "The world is so big, how many more murderous things there are, you don't know yet!"

Naturally, Ghost Li would not be like Xiaohuan, but he also frowned slightly, and said, "Why is it that such a ferocious alien race has never heard of it?"

Zhou Zhou Xian said lightly: "You have always lived in the Central Plains, so naturally you don't know about such a wild race. Among the 100,000 mountains in southern Xinjiang, there are poor mountains with bad water everywhere, and the people there drink blood, which is completely different from the civilized people of the Central Plains. However, those alien races have always been accustomed to where their ancestors lived, and on the road that the land of Middle Earth must pass through to connect with southern Xinjiang, it is where the 'Incense Valley', one of the three major decent sects in the world, is located, and occasionally a few barbarians run over, and most of them are killed by the disciples of the Incense Valley with the immortal Taoism, so the Central Plains has never known the details of the alien races in southern Xinjiang. When I was young, I traveled all over the world and ran to the vicinity of the 100,000 mountains in southern Xinjiang, so I knew a little bit about it. ”

Ghost Li nodded slowly, but the light in his eyes gradually brightened, and said: "According to what the predecessors said, it is understandable to occasionally run an alien race, but it is simply impossible for such a large group of aliens to enter the Central Plains silently, and to the death swamp that is not less than 10,000 miles away from southern Xinjiang. Unless something goes wrong in the Incense Valley in southern Xinjiang......"

Zhou Zhou Xian suddenly stretched his waist and said lazily: "That's your business, I don't bother to care." ”

Ghost Li pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "Thank you, senior." ”

With that, he turned around, only to see Xiaohuan holding Xiao Ash and teasing it.

Xiaohuan looked at it out of the corner of his eye, and couldn't help laughing: "You monkey is so cute! By the way, why is it suddenly so much heavier? Also, you can see that there is such a deep gray mark on its forehead, as if it has an extra eye." Hehe, isn't it, monkey?"

As he spoke, Xiaohuan grimaced at Ash, who grinned "squeak, squeak" and wagged his tail behind him.

Ghost Li's heart moved. Ever since he was in the Heavenly Emperor's treasury, Xiao Ash drank the mysterious liquid and swallowed the strange stone, as if he was drunk, and slept for two days and two nights. After waking up, I didn't see anything to eat, but it suddenly gained a lot of weight, and its appearance gradually began to change, and the hair became more and more shiny, especially the gray mark on the forehead, which became more and more obvious.

But other than these, Xiao Ash has not changed much, and it is still the same playful and delicious. At first, he was still a little worried, but seeing that Xiao Ash was not unusual, he gradually relaxed.

At this moment, the ghost paused for a moment, and moved his gaze to the wild dog Taoist. The Wild Dog Daoist glanced at him, and his eyes couldn't help but be a little afraid.

Ghost Li said lightly: "Do you plan to follow them in the future?"

The Wild Dog Daoist was silent for a moment and said, "Yes." ”

The ghost said: "What I told you before, do you remember, the old man will come to you at any time." ”

The wild dog Taoist face was sinking, but he looked at Xiaohuan and still said: "I know, I don't care, it's their own rebellion, do they still have the face to see me?"

Ghost Li glanced at Xiaohuan intentionally or unintentionally, then retracted his gaze and said, "Since you want this, then it's up to you." ”

The wild dog Taoist was stunned and raised his head, as if he couldn't imagine that Ghost Li was so easy to speak. Ghost Li ignored him, stepped aside, and said hello to Ash. Little Ash swooped out of Xiaohuan's arms and jumped onto Ghost Li's shoulder.

Xiaohuan was stunned, quite reluctant, and said, "You're leaving?"

Ghost Li nodded, and arched his hand to Zhou Xian, and then the blue light under his body flashed, instantly turning into brilliant blue light, rushing straight to the sky, and disappearing into the sky after a while.

Seeing the ghost Li disappear, the wild dog Taoist suddenly let out a sigh, it seemed that the ghost Li was standing here just now, and there was an invisible power, which pressed him out of breath.

Xiaohuan saw it in his eyes and was about to laugh at him a few words, when he suddenly heard a gust of wind behind him, and a soft voice sounded softly behind him: "Sister, we met again." ”

Xiaohuan was stunned, and before she could turn around, she laughed and said, "Sister Bottle." ”

Looking back, it was indeed the golden bottle with all kinds of charm and elegance, standing behind it with a smile, and I don't know when it appeared.

After all, the Wild Dog Daoist was a member of the Demon Sect, and he was quite afraid of the Golden Bottle, and his expression was a little uncomfortable. But Xiaohuan and Jin Bei'er are really good friends, and they are overjoyed when they see her, pulling her to laugh non-stop.

Like a sister, Jin Bei'er touched Xiaohuan's head quite lovingly, and then glanced at the sky intentionally or unintentionally, and said, "Sister Xiaohuan, I am looking for you today, in fact, I want to ask your grandfather a few words." ”

Xiaohuan, Zhou Xian, and wild dogs were all stunned.

Jin Zhu'er said lightly to Zhou Xian: "Regarding the alien fishmen in southern Xinjiang, I still have a few questions for you!"

Zhou Xian was dumbfounded and frowned, but before asking, Jin Bei'er looked at the sky lightly.

I saw a faint light shuttling through the clouds between the high white clouds, gradually moving towards the south.

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