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Ghost Li looked in the dark, and saw that the old man had a clear and thin face, a gray robe on his body, simple and simple, and his demeanor was calm, and there was nothing outstanding about it. If you walk on the streets of an ordinary town, you are afraid that no one will be able to recognize this person as a monk.

But looking at the looks of the two people behind him, not to mention Yan Hong, it was Li Xun, who had always been arrogant, who seemed to have a lot of respect for this ordinary old man, and he didn't dare to have a trace of slackness in his demeanor.

Hearing the old man ask at this moment, Li Xun also hesitated, and then said: "Uncle Mingjian, in fact, the patriarch of those fish-man barbarians died unexpectedly, so these monsters are crazy, and this is ......."

At this time, the three of them happened to walk down the Xuanhuo Altar, and the gray-clothed old man frowned, and said lightly: "How did the fish-man patriarch die?"

Li Xun smiled bitterly and shook his head. Yan Hong said beside him: "Uncle Hui, the fishman patriarch was suddenly sniped by a master less than a mile away from the ancient temple after meeting with Uncle Lu Shun and Uncle Lu in the 'nameless ancient temple' in the north of Hegu Mountain three days ago. ”

The old man in gray let out a "huh", obviously a little surprised, and said, "Who is the murderer?"

Li Xun shook his head and said, "We've been checking for a few days, and we still don't have a clue." Speaking of this, he seemed to hesitate for a moment, and then continued: "Originally, this matter should have been reported to Uncle Shi a long time ago, but the Gu Master remembered that Uncle Shi had guarded the Xuanhuo Altar for nearly a hundred years, and he had long since stopped asking about mundane matters, so he didn't want to disturb Uncle Shi." ”

The gray-clothed old man smiled and said, "The valley lord has a good intention, how can I not know." I think if it weren't for the fact that these barbarians still had something to use, and the old man still had some prestige when he subdued these barbarians, the valley lord wouldn't want to trouble me, a bad old man. ”

Li Xun smiled and was about to say something, but the old man in gray didn't seem to want to say anything more on this topic, so he diverted and said: "Wasn't Lu Shun also present at that time? Less than a mile away, couldn't he find the murderer? Even if he dug three feet into the ground, he would have dug it out earlier." ”

When Li Xun heard this, he couldn't help but glance at Yan Hong beside him. Yan Hong hesitated for a moment, and said softly: "I think that the murderer is too cunning, and his Taoism is high, and he will flee immediately after a successful blow, so even Uncle Lu can't catch this person." ”

The gray-clothed old man snorted, but he didn't say anything more this time, but in his expression and voice, a sense of disdain came out, obviously looking down on Li Xun and Yan Hong's appearance of Uncle Lu Shun and Lu in their mouths.

The three of them said as they walked, and the distance of only three feet in the open space had passed a little and a half, and they were gradually getting farther away from the ghost. Ghost Li slowly relaxed his heart, but his body still didn't dare to relax, at this time, he only heard the gray-clothed old man seem to ask from afar, because he walked far, and his voice was not very clear, but he vaguely heard that the gray-clothed old man was asking how the situation of the rebellious fish-man barbarians was now.

Li Xun replied behind his back and said, "Now that the situation has stabilized, Senior Uncle Lu led a group of disciples to block those monsters at the entrance of the valley, and used his magical powers to suppress the arrogance of the fishmen, and now the two sides are facing each other." Those fish mouths kept saying that they wanted to avenge their patriarch, but the valley lord didn't want to completely tear his face with the Nanban alien race, so he sent us to ask Uncle Shi ......"

As soon as he said this, suddenly, a sharp roar from the direction of the entrance of the valley in the distance echoed far away, and the sound was extremely poignant. Everyone present was taken aback, and Li Xun exclaimed: "It seems to be the entrance!"

Before they could react, in a moment the sound of fighting and fighting surged again, and the angry shouts were endless, and the valley that had just fallen silent was once again enveloped by the sound of this fighting.

The faces of the three of them changed greatly, the old man in gray snorted, and with a wave of his robe, the whole person suddenly turned into a gray light and rose to the sky, flying towards the entrance of the valley, Li Xun and Yan Hong also hurriedly followed.

When their figures completely disappeared in the night, Ghost Li slowly walked out from under the Xuanhuo Altar, pondered for a moment, and turned to look at the Xuanhuo Altar.

The huge building in front of him stood majestically, even a white jade pillar beside it looked so tall and majestic in the night, not to mention the red palace pavilion above it.

Not far ahead, there were the steps where the old man in gray walked down with Li Xun and Yan Hong just now. Ghost Li walked towards the steps, only to see that all the steps were also made of the same strange red stone as the high place, and they were integrated with the surrounding railing slabs.

Slowly stepping on it, the ghost walked upward, and the heat around him seemed to rise a lot at this moment, as if what he was stepping on was not the kind of red stone, but the real burning flame.

The steps of the Xuanhuo Altar went up thirty-six steps, turned a corner, and continued to extend upwards. Ghost Li took a deep breath, his face was cold, and slowly walked upward. The surrounding railings and stone walls are plain and unpretentious, without any carvings, which is particularly primitive.

At this moment, even the wind blowing in the night sky became extremely hot, and the little gray lay on the shoulders of the ghost, his eyes dripping and rolling, and he looked around curiously.

Finally, after walking a total of three floors of one hundred and eight steps, Ghost Li came to the Xuanhuo Altar.

Although he had seen the scene from afar under the Xuanhuo Altar just now, now that he was on the Xuanhuo Altar, standing in front of the tall hall that stood in the center of the Xuanhuo Altar, looking at the huge building that was a hundred times taller than himself, and looking at the spire that pierced the sky like a sharp sword, the ghost still couldn't help but feel small.

The crimson stone of the same material was cut into huge stones of equal size, each of which was almost half a man high, and piled up to form a magnificent temple. Walking closer, in the hot and dry air, the ghost clearly saw that these stones were so tightly connected, and the gap in the middle seemed as if even the blade could not be inserted. It is really unimaginable how the ancestors of the Incense Valley created such a miraculous palace.

He almost had the illusion that in front of him was not a temple at all, but a huge flame that was blazing. And the flame was so great that it seemed to be about to overwhelm and engulf its small self.

Ghost Li took a deep breath, calmed down, suppressed the feeling of admiration in his heart, and then turned his head to carefully examine the path into this Xuanhuo Altar Palace. It didn't take much effort for him to find it.

The whole tower-like altar did not even have a window, it was all surrounded by huge red stones, except for a door not far from him at the lowest level, which was one foot high and six feet wide.

Ghost Li walked over and soon found that although the door had been painted with red paint, it was still different from the surrounding stone walls, but a wooden door. If you think about it, even the entrance and exit portal is a heavy stone gate, it must be very troublesome!

Ghost Li stood in front of the door for a moment, but instead of pushing it open, he turned around and looked behind him.

In the entire Xuanhuo Altar, except for the hot and dry air, there was silence.

"Squeak!"

The next moment, he pushed the door open.

At the entrance of the Incense Valley, there was already a river of blood flowing at this moment, and more than a hundred tall and strong fish-headed barbarians screamed, extremely angry, holding all kinds of strange blades, with guns and knives, swords and halberds, fighting with the surrounding disciples of the Incense Valley. Blood was pouring on the ground in the field, stumps could be seen everywhere, and among the casualties were many disciples of the Incense Valley, but more were fishmen.

As for these stumps, I'm afraid they were all cut off by those cruel fishmen.

However, although this scene was terrifying, and the fishmen were also extremely fierce, the situation was that the side of the Incense Valley gradually suppressed the fishmen, and it seemed that there was obviously room for the Incense Valley here, and dozens of disciples with higher Dao skills formed a semicircle shape and pressed inward together.

It's just that these fish-man aliens are really fierce, and their bodies are very different from humans, even if the cultivators are struck by the sword light emitted by the disciples of the Incense Valley, they are afraid that they will be injured, but these fishmen are extremely strong for some reason, and the people in the Incense Valley seem to have received some orders, leaving room for them. Except for the sword magic weapons of a few masters, the magic weapons of other disciples hit the body, and the fishman was beaten and flew out at most, and it was extremely difficult to see blood.

However, firstly, everyone here in the Incense Valley has been cultivating for many years, and the Tao is not shallow, and the power of the magic weapon is still better than these barbarian fishmen;

Among the disciples of the Incense Valley, an old man commanded in the center, and it was Lu Shun who he saw in the barren mountain and ancient temple that day. At this moment, I saw that his brows were furrowed, his face was extremely ugly, and he was obviously extremely annoyed.

When the fight reached a fierce place, there was a sudden scream, but there was a disciple of the Incense Valley who was careless for a while, revealing a flaw, and was hooked by a fishman with a weapon that seemed to be like a hook sickle, and was dragged down from mid-air and fell to the ground. In a moment, several fishmen swarmed up, their blades fluttering, and they died in a blink of an eye, and even their bodies were incomplete.

In an instant, the disciples of the Incense Valley were in an uproar, and many people could no longer control it, and the magic weapon flying swords flying all over the sky suddenly roared violently, and the group attacked them. However, after a while, the screams sounded again and again, and several fishmen had been hacked to death by magic weapons.

It's just that these fish are really fierce in nature, and instead of being afraid of these bloody scenes, they are even more crazy to fight, and they are not afraid of death.

Lu Shun flew into the air with his sword, and shouted loudly again and again, but whether it was the fishman or the disciples of the Burning Incense Valley below, they were all red-eyed, and no one took his words to heart, seeing that an even bigger slaughter was about to begin.

At this moment, the night sky where the lonely moon was hanging suddenly darkened, Lu Shun frowned, glanced at the sky, and saw a gray cloud sweeping in. Lu Shun's face changed, and he couldn't help but snort.

The gray cloud came so fast, it had flown in front of him in a blink of an eye, and it was getting more and more powerful, only to see the wind in mid-air rotate rapidly, and gradually turned into a tornado with a diameter of several zhang, mixed with a sharp sound, "woo", rushing down from the night sky.

Almost at the same time, all the flowers and trees around the ground were blown outward by the strong wind, and the sand and stones on the ground flew away, and the disciples of the Burning Incense Valley and some fishmen with low skill were even swept up by the strong wind and thrown out.

Everyone was shocked, and before they could react, the tornado wind had fallen to the ground, and in the sharp wind, the sound of "bang" was loud, and dozens of fishmen were like being caught by giant hands, and they all flew up, flew backwards, and fell heavily to the ground.

The fish-men squeaked, their voices were shrill and unpleasant, but they were terrifying. I saw that the wind turned for a while, separating all the fish people and the disciples of the Burning Incense Valley, and then slowly stopped. The sound of the wind gradually subsided, and the huge wind gradually dispersed, revealing the figure of an old man in gray.

The disciples of the Incense Valley were stunned, and then they fell to the ground one after another, saluted the old man together, and said respectfully: "Uncle Shangguan." ”

Lu Shun also slowly fell back to the ground at this moment, walked over, glanced at the gray-clothed old man, his face jumped, and then said with a smile: "Senior Brother Shangguan, how can such a trivial matter alarm you, a big man?"

The old man in gray glanced at him, smiled faintly, and said, "The valley master has an order, and I have to come." ”

Lu Shun's face changed.

At this time, Li Xun and Yan Hong had also arrived and fell from the sky. Li Xun walked to Lu Shun's side, lowered his voice, and said softly: "Senior Uncle Lu, it was the valley lord who ordered me to invite Senior Uncle Shangguan. ”

Lu Shun snorted, his face was even more ugly, but he didn't say anything more after all, and turned his head.

The old man in gray didn't look at him either, turned around and looked at the blood-soaked ground in the field, his face sank.

At this time, those fish people all gathered in one place, and their eyes fell on the gray-clothed old man. It's just that at this moment, they seem to recognize this gray-clothed old man, somehow, these fishmen who are not afraid of death, but they are a little afraid of this ordinary gray-clothed old man, and they don't dare to rush forward for a while.

The gray-clothed old man retracted his gaze and said in a deep voice, "Where is Sun Tu?"

As soon as the words fell, a middle-aged man ran out from among the disciples of the Incense Valley, it was the same Sun Tu who went with Lu Shun that night and knew the barbarian language.

I saw him running to the gray-clothed old man's side, his face was extremely respectful, and he said, "The disciple is here." ”

The gray-clothed old man glanced at him, only to see that this person was disgraced, it seemed that in the fight just now, because of his own low morality, I am afraid that he has suffered a little, but it is fortunate that he is not dead, after all, there are not many people who can understand these barbarian languages.

The old man in gray immediately said, "You come and translate their words to me." ”

Sun Tu responded cautiously and stood aside.

The old man in gray looked at the fishman and said loudly: "The old man is Shangguan Ce, and he came out to speak alone." ”

There was a stir in the crowd of fish, obviously they understood Shangguan Ce's words. And the name seems to have a kind of magic to them, which is very extraordinary. After a while, a tall fish-man walked out.

Shangguan Ce glanced at him twice, and said slowly, "Do you know me?"

The fish-man hesitated for a moment, and then said.

Sun Tu next to him immediately translated: "They know. ”

Shangguan Ce's face remained unchanged, and he said, "Why do you want to attack my valley, don't you deceive me that there is no one in the Incense Valley?"

The fish-man's face turned angry, and he began to speak, his voice loud and angry.

Sun Tu listened and translated: "He said: 'Our patriarch was killed when he met with your people, and you even said that you could not find the murderer, it is clear...... It's clear that you did it. Although we Fish-People are no match for you people, we must fight to avenge the Patriarch!'"

Shangguan Ce's brows furrowed, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes. He is the top figure in the Incense Valley, unfathomable, a hundred years ago in a secret fierce battle with the barbarians in southern Xinjiang, Shangguan Ce showed his might, shocked the barbarians, and since then his prestige has spread far and wide among the sixty-three alien races in the southern barbarians. Today, Yun Yilan, the valley master of Incense Valley, asked him, who had not asked about mundane things for a long time, to come forward, and this was the reason.

And Shangguan Ce has lived in southern Xinjiang for a long time, and his understanding of these barbarians in the 100,000 mountains is by no means comparable to others, just this fish-man barbarian, he knows that it is so ruthless and fierce, and the death of the patriarch is an unprecedented shame for them, it is really possible to kill the whole clan here at all costs.

If it was just this alien race, Shangguan Ce naturally didn't care about it, but the barbarians in southern Xinjiang were fighting each other on the surface, but the internal relationship was complicated, not to mention that there was a peerless figure in the past hundred years, which was even more extraordinary, in case it alarmed that person, I was afraid that the plan of the Incense Valley for a hundred years would be ruined.

He was thinking about himself in his heart here, and Li Xun next to him saw Shangguan Ce bowing his head and pondering, so he whispered to Sun Tu: "Didn't I already control the situation when I left just now, the two sides confronted each other, and the fishman had no intention of making a move, so he wanted our valley master to come out and speak? Why did you fight again?"

Sun Tu had a bitter face and said with a wry smile: "We are also wondering! It was fine, although I was a little nervous, but neither side had the intention of continuing to do it." Unexpectedly, there was a sudden scream from the fish-man, and a fish-man at the edge was somehow killed, and then the fish-man suddenly turned red and rushed up like crazy......"

Shangguan Ce heard it in his ears, and suddenly said in a deep voice: "Did our people do it?"

Sun Tu opened his mouth for a while, but Lu Shun next to him said coldly: "It was a mess at that time, who knows?"

Shangguan Ce's face turned cold, and he suddenly raised his voice and said loudly to the disciples of the Incense Valley: "When we confronted each other just now, did someone kill the fish man?"

Everyone in the Incense Valley was silent, all the disciples, you look at me, I look at you, and no one came forward to admit it for a long time.

In the distance, there was a commotion among the fish-men, clearly furious.

Shangguan Ce frowned, and suddenly said to the fishman standing in front of him: "I'll go and see that person's corpse." ”

After that, he didn't wait for the fish-man to answer, and walked straight over.

The fishman's face changed, but looking at Shangguan Ce's expression, he finally turned around, led him to a corner next to the crowd, identified it, and then pointed to a fishman corpse, and said a few words.

At this time, Lu Shun, Li Xun, Sun Tu and others also followed behind Shangguan Ce. Sun Tu said in a low voice: "It was this fishman who died. ”

Shangguan Ce stood next to the corpse, looked carefully, his face gradually became difficult to see, and after a while, he whispered to himself: "Powerful, powerful." ”

Li Xun stood behind him and also looked at the corpse, and couldn't help frowning. I saw that the fish-man corpse was still holding a big knife in his hand, but the head on his neck was gone, and there was a fish-man head not far away, which seemed to be his.

This fishman was actually decapitated by someone with a clean knife.

Li Xun's gaze unexpectedly fell on the neck, and he saw that the wound was extremely flat, and he was obviously fatally killed by an extremely sharp blade.

"Huh!" Suddenly, Lu Shun next to him whispered, walked up, squatted down and looked at the fish-man corpse carefully.

Shangguan Ce frowned and said, "What's wrong?"

Lu Shun looked at it for a long time, then slowly stood up, but his face was already very ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "This wound is exactly the same as the wound left by the murderer when he sniped the fishman patriarch, the wound is flat, and the muscles are not twisted at all, but the depths of the veins are slightly purple for some reason. ”

Everyone was shocked, and hurriedly took a closer look, and sure enough, it was as Lu Shun said.

Shangguan Ce's heart was shocked, Huo Ran turned around, his eyes were shining, and said, "This murderer is here!"

Shangguan Ce's gaze was like a knife, extremely sharp, and an ordinary old man seemed to suddenly exude an irresistible edge all over his body at this moment. He slowly looked at everyone around him, and no one dared to look him in the eye.

There was a sudden silence in the field, except for the rustling of the night wind that blew from nowhere, blowing through the branches of the trees.