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Incense Valley.

Tianxiangju.

It's a quiet place deep in the Valley of Incense, built against the mountains. Three sides are surrounded by a towering wall, and only the main entrance is hidden, making it difficult to see inside.

Although the Incense Valley has undergone such tremendous changes in the past few days, there are still no disciples of the Incense Valley in this vicinity, because this is the residence of Yun Yilan, the lord of the Incense Valley Valley, and it is also his retreat place.

Ever since Yun Yilan began his retreat, all Incense Valley disciples had been forbidden to enter here, and of course, the Incense Valley disciples on the periphery were naturally defended like an iron wall. And those who can enter Tianxiangju, except for Shangguan Ce, who has always been deeply relied on by Yun Yilan, only his personal disciple Li Xun can enter and leave here to meet his teacher.

As for others, including the elders, such as Lu Shun and others, they were also forbidden to enter and exit.

Even when the Xuanhuo Altar of the Incense Valley was infiltrated and let go of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox that had been suppressed for three hundred years, and even the legendary Xuanhuo Jian of the Burning Incense Valley, Yun Yilan did not even go out, but only let Shangguan Ce preside over the overall situation.

What kind of closure is he in that small courtyard?

This question lingered in the hearts of many Incense Valley disciples from time to time.

The sky gradually brightened, and Shangguan Ce gently pushed open the door in the slightly humid air of the early morning, walked in, and then closed the door.

What appeared in front of him was a small courtyard that he was already familiar with, a few linden trees, gently swaying their branches in the morning breeze, except for a small path in the middle, surrounded by green grass. Other than that, there is nothing.

The leader of one of the three great factions of the righteous path in the world, but his residence seems to be simple to the point of simplicity.

At the end of the path, there is a two-entry hut with white tiles and gray walls, built against the mountain, and the door made of paulownia wood is painted purple, which is also hidden.

Shangguan Ce walked over, pushed the door open, and closed it again.

The surroundings suddenly fell silent, as if the distractions of the world had been shut out of the house by him raising his hand.

In the room, there was no one, only a few simple furniture, and there seemed to be a thin layer of dust on the tables and chairs.

Shangguan made up his mind, walked straight to the back room, came to a cabinet, opened the drawer on the left, put his hand in it and seemed to turn something, and after a while, a low voice sounded from behind him.

The entire wall slowly receded to the right, revealing the hard rock of the mountain wall and the dark passage carved out in the middle for only one person to walk.

Shangguan Ce did not hesitate and walked in, not long after his figure disappeared into the dark passage, the door slowly closed again, and there was no trace of it anymore.

In the dark passages, pebble-sized stones that glow are inlaid at intervals for illumination. And while he was walking, he didn't feel bored, naturally there was another ventilation channel here.

The secret passage was not long, and he soon reached his destination, a stone chamber about the size of the inner room outside. The stone chamber was empty, but there was a screen, horizontal in the middle, blocking his gaze.

Suddenly, from behind the screen, an extremely old voice came out: "Is it Senior Brother Shangguan?"

Shangguan Ce took two steps forward, stopped four or five steps away from the screen, and said respectfully, "Exactly, senior brother, is your body okay?"

That voice seems to be Yun Yilan, the world-famous Incense Valley Lord, but I don't know why, this righteous path giant who was as famous as Qingyun Sect Dao Xuan Zhenren and Master Puhong of Tianyin Temple in the past, at this moment, his voice almost sounded like a dying old man with a lack of energy and lack of energy.

I heard him laugh lowly, and said lightly: "Is my body okay, just wait for death." ”

Shangguan Ce's face moved, his expression was complicated, and he was about to say something, but he was cut off by Yun Yilan's weak voice: "What's going on?"

Shangguan Ce pondered for a moment and said: "I probably found out, it was the Golden Bottle of the Demon Sect that secretly provoked the fishman on the night of the accident, and I think she was killed by the fishman in the middle of the death, so she retaliated." ”

Yun Yilan was silent behind the screen for a moment, her voice suddenly sank, and she said, "Then is she aware of the big things we are secretly planning?"

Shangguan Ce's body suddenly paused slightly, and for a moment, the voice behind the screen was suddenly full of majesty.

"In my opinion, not yet. ”

"That's good," Yun Yilan breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Otherwise, if the matter leaks out, years of hard work will inevitably fall short." ”

Shangguan Ce nodded and said, "Senior brother, don't worry." ”

Yun Yilan paused for a moment and said, "The person who infiltrated the Xuanhuo Altar and let go of the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Demon has found out?"

Shangguan Ce said: "Last night, Li Xun's nephew and Ke Ruhui tracked down the golden bottle near Tianshui Village, and I heard him come back this morning to tell that the ghost of the Demon Sect Ghost King Sect also appeared there and plotted, and caused Ke Ruhui to be attacked and killed. Fortunately, Lu Xueqi of Qingyunmen, who came to Southern Xinjiang last night to inquire about his senior brother on behalf of Dao Xuan Zhenren, passed by halfway and gave him a helping hand, so that he was able to get rid of the attack of the two demons. ”

"Ghostly?" Yun Yilan's voice paused, and said, "Could it be that Zhang Xiaofan who betrayed Qingyun ten years ago?"

Shangguan Ce nodded and said: "It is that person, when Qingyun Mountain caused a sensation in the world, Zhang Xiaofan betrayed Qingyun, and in just ten years, his Taoism has advanced by leaps and bounds, and now he is the number one general under the Ghost King." ”

Yun Yilan snorted and said, "Old Dao Xuan is old, and his head is a little confused, but he can't use such talents. ”

Shangguan Ce smiled, and then said: "Master Li Xun's nephew came back and said, he suspected that the person who sneaked into the Xuanhuo Altar that night and made trouble was a ghost, and to rescue the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox, without the secret spell of our Incense Valley, only by using the Xuanhuo Jian of the Essence of Ten Thousand Flames can we unlock the prison of Xuanhuo Lian." In his opinion, he was only afraid that Xuanhuo Jian would be on Ghost Li. ”

Yun Yilan was silent for a while, and suddenly said, "What do you think?"

Shangguan Ce's face changed through the screen, and after a moment, he said respectfully: "I also think it's very possible." ”

Yun Yilan's voice came from behind the screen, and said: "When I met Dao Xuan Lao Dao back then, he prided himself on being a decent family, and he always had the idea of letting go and not killing mistakes, and praised me with this, do you remember?"

Shangguan Ce was stunned, not knowing why Yun Yilan suddenly mentioned this long-term matter, but he had to nod and say: "Yes, I was also by my senior brother's side at that time, I remember clearly, Daoxuan Zhenren did say so." ”

Yun Yilan smiled faintly and said, "But I see that ten years ago, on the Tongtian Peak of Qingyun Mountain, when he used the Zhuxian Ancient Sword to slash at that disciple named Zhang Xiaofan, what kind of mood did he have?

Shangguan Ce was silent.

Yun Yilan chuckled lowly, and then said, "You go! You are still in charge of the affairs here." ”

Shangguan Ce hesitated, but still asked, "...... over there?"

Yun Yilan's voice came clearly from behind the screen.

"I'd rather kill the wrong one than let it go!"

The muscles on Shangguan Ce's face moved, and then he nodded and said, "Yes." ”

With that, he turned and walked away.

Soon after, his figure disappeared into the dark passage, and a moment later a muffled sound sounded, apparently he had opened the secret door and went out.

In the silent stone room, Yun Yilan's laughter suddenly rang out, with a hint of desolation, and there seemed to be a hint of mockery: "What thoughts do you put on Xun'er, saying that he speculated, do you think I don't know? Three hundred years ago, you were derelict in your duties and lost the Xuanhuo Jian, but three hundred years later, junior brother, you still haven't made any progress!"

"Hehe, hehe......"

The desolate and somber laughter slowly echoed in the cold stone room.

Leaving Tianxiangju, Shangguan Ce walked out of the door, and somehow, with his kind of practice, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He settled down, pondered for a moment, and then walked outside, and along the way he came to a rather majestic looking hall, with three words hanging on the plaque:

The Temple of Mountains and Rivers.

This name is matched with this tall and majestic palace, but it really has a bit of a taste of the world, and I don't know if it was when the ancestors of the Incense Valley built this palace to meet guests, they also thought that one day, the taste of the world.

Shangguan Ce thought like this in his heart and slowly walked in.

There were people sitting in the hall, except for the disciples of the Incense Valley who were standing on the side, the guests here were mainly people from the righteous path who came to greet them, there were roughly a dozen people, and Li Xun was sitting with them.

In Shangguan Ce's eyes, the most important of them is actually the two people sitting at the top.

Lu Xueqi.

Method.

These two outstanding disciples of the two famous sects today are from the sects behind them, so although they are not as old as some other old people in terms of age, they are ranked first.

The Fa Xiang is still a moon-white monk's robe, with a kind smile on his face, and he talks with Li Xun with a smile and responds decently. And Li Xun and Fa Xiang have known each other for a long time, and they are a little happy to meet, and they talk quite happily, but between talking and laughing, his eyes glance at Lu Xueqi who is sitting next to Fa Xiang from time to time.

Shangguan Ce saw this situation in his eyes, and when everyone saw him enter the hall, they all stood up one by one. Shangguan Ce returned the salute with a smile, walked to the upper seat, and unexpectedly glanced at Lu Xueqi and Fa Xiang.

The two of them saluted him at the same time, Lu Xueqi was still silent, and Fa Xiang smiled: "I haven't seen you for many years, and Uncle Shangguan is in good health as before, it's really rare. ”

Shangguan Ce shook his head and smiled: "It's old, it's old, it's useless." Then he stretched out his hand and asked them to sit down.

He turned his mind around, over the years, the reputation of the Fa Xiang between Tianyin Temple and the righteous path of the world has been in full swing, and all parties believe that he is the next successor of Tianyin Temple, so it is not surprising that he came on behalf of Master Puhong of Tianyin Temple this time.

But in terms of Qingyun Mountain, it seems that he heard that Xiao Yicai, a disciple of the Changmen, is the young disciple who is most valued by Dao Xuan Zhenren, of course, Lu Xueqi has also been very dazzling and strong over the years, and her peerless beauty is talked about by people in the world.

Shangguan Ce's thoughts turned in his heart, and he secretly guessed that Qingyunmen sent Lu Xueqi to have any other intentions, but his face naturally did not show it, everything was as usual, and he smiled and said to everyone: "Everyone, in Xia Shangguan Ce, I am very grateful to all of you for your concern for the valley, the volcanic eruption a few days ago is indeed a normal change in heaven and earth, and with your blessings, there is no damage to the valley." ”

Fa Xiang smiled and said, "Amitabha, this is the best. However, when I heard about this rumor, Yun Yi Lanyun, the lord of Incense Valley, seemed to have an accident, and my mentor, Master Puhong, had always been friendly with Yun seniors, so I asked me to come to greet him on behalf of the old man. ”

As soon as he said this, he said what most of the people here thought, after all, the actions of the Incense Valley here were strange, especially when such a big thing happened, the valley master Yun Yilan never showed up, which was really strange.

For a while, everyone echoed and focused their eyes on Shangguan Ce.

Shangguan Ce said with a smile: "Actually, I won't tell you anything, I just came from the valley master's residence "Tianxiang Ju". ”

The sound of everyone's "ah" and "oh" suddenly came out, and the sound became one, Shangguan Ce waited for everyone to calm down a little, stood up, bowed his hand to everyone, and said with a smile: "You care for the good intentions, I have reported to the valley lord one by one, and the cloud valley lord is very grateful in his heart." It's just that Senior Brother Yun is indeed in retreat at a critical time, and he doesn't come out to meet guests, and he is rude, so please forgive me. ”

With that, he smiled and clenched his fists, and Li Xun, who was beside him, also stood up and saluted with him.

Everyone looked at each other, and after a while, Fa Xiang stood up, smiled, and said, "Since Shangguan and the donors have said so, presumably Senior Yun must be healthy, and we will be relieved." It's really disturbing here. ”

Shangguan Ce and Li Xun said at the same time: "Where, where." ”

Fa Xiang glanced at Lu Xueqi beside him, but saw that the woman beside him was expressionless, almost as cold ice, especially when she looked at her face, which was almost pale as if transparent, and there was a faint hint of depression.

Fa Xiang smiled bitterly in his heart, knowing that Lu Xueqi would not take the initiative to speak no matter what, so he had to say Lu Xueqi's share for her at the moment, and said, "Senior Yun is healthy, so it would be the best." In addition, Senior Brother Li Xun said just now that there seems to be a demon sect demon taking advantage of the ghost this time, I don't know if there is anything we need help with?"

Shangguan Ce pondered for a moment and said, "The Demon Sect demon is scheming, and he loves to fall into the well the most, and he secretly attacks the valley when he takes advantage of the natural disaster, which is really hateful. But fortunately we defended them well and drove them out of the valley, although we could not stop the matter, but now we cannot find their whereabouts. Incense Valley sent out many disciples, and to this day, except for some small people, only Li Xun's nephew and Lu Xueqi Lu girl tracked down the golden bottle of the Demon Sect Hehuan Sect last night, but unfortunately let her run away again. I don't know how to track it down now?"

Fa Xiang frowned, and the other people were speechless, and the Demon Sect was now very powerful, and Jin Bei'er was a famous hot-handed woman in the world, and some righteous people with low Taoism might not want to provoke her.

And here in the Incense Valley, for various reasons, in fact, I don't want other factions to intervene.

At that moment, Shangguan Ce glanced at Li Xun, Li Xun understood, took a step forward, and arched his hand: "Thank you for your kindness here, but Incense Valley has done its best, although it will take time, and it will also be investigated for this matter, so don't bother you......"

"Wait!"

Suddenly, a cold voice came from his side.

Everyone was stunned, and when they looked back, it was Lu Xueqi, the frost woman who had been silent.

This cold woman who is high up in the eyes of the world, her face is as cold as frost, but in her originally cold eyes, there is a faint glimmer of light at this moment, and she doesn't know what she is thinking in her heart?

"Those demon cult demons," her voice echoed in everyone's ears, "most of them went to a place called 'Qili Mountain'. ”

The others suddenly burst into discussions, only Li Xun's body was shocked, and there was a strange look in his eyes when he looked at Lu Xueqi.

"When I was fighting with those demon sect demons last night, Senior Brother Li Xun and I both heard the demon girl Jin Zhu'er ...... to each other," her voice said this, paused, and then returned to normal, and said, "Say the word 'Qili Mountain' to the ghost of the Demon Sect Ghost King Sect." ”

Shangguan Ce frowned and glanced at Li Xun, Li Xun didn't tell him the news for some reason.

Above the main hall, everyone's eyes fell on the Incense Valley and the others for a while, Shangguan Ce's mind turned, and then he smiled: "I didn't think that Miss Lu had a clue, since this is the case, Gu Gu immediately sent someone over to investigate, as for your colleagues, in fact, you don't have to go, after all, this is the southern Xinjiang, and you are just here to greet our valley master." Therefore, you have all the thoughts, and I have the heart of the valley. ”

Everyone agreed.

Li Xun quietly stood behind Shangguan Ce in the midst of everyone's voices and looked at Lu Xueqi. Last night, he tracked down Jin Bei'er, firstly, Jin Bei'er was no less than him, and secondly, Jin Bei'er had always been deceitful, and after many tricks, he finally got rid of him. When he was angry, he remembered that Lu Xueqi was still in that Tianshui ruined village, confronting the ghosts of the Demon Sect Ghost King Sect, so he hurriedly rushed back.

Unexpectedly, halfway through, he met Lu Xueqi who returned with a sword, after meeting, he couldn't help but be surprised, Lu Xueqi's whole person at that time seemed to be like a lost soul, his face was pale without a trace of blood, and his white clothes were a little red, which was the traces of blood.

In a panic, he shouted repeatedly, which seemed to call Lu Xueqi back from his strange emotions, but he only looked at him silently twice, and went straight back to the Incense Valley.

What happened to this cold woman, and the ghost who used to be with her, in the deserted Tianshui cottage?

Is it a fight? Is it talk?

Somehow, once Li Xun thought of this in his heart, an inexplicable anger surged up in his heart.

His complexion changed with his mind, and none of these escaped the eyes of Shangguan Ce and Fa Xiang.

It's just that these two people didn't say a word, smiling and talking happily.

Finally, the sects that decided on the other greetings were converted. And because of the deep relationship with the Incense Valley, and the news was provided by Lu Xueqi, Lu Xueqi and Fa Xiang stayed and went to Qilitong with the people sent by the Incense Valley to check it out.

And almost at the same time, Ghost Li and Xiaobai appeared in front of Matou Mountain with Xiao Ash.

Looking at this high mountain shaped like a horse's head, Xiao Bai smiled and said, "Legend has it that there is a deep hole on this mountain, and the dog god believed by the Miao people lives in the cave. There is a narrow mountain road at the foot of this mountain, which only allows one person to walk, and when you walk in, it is Qilitong where Miao people live. ”

Ghost Li glanced at the high mountain in front of him expressionlessly, didn't say a word, and walked forward silently. He hadn't said a word since last night until now.

Xiao Bai stood behind, looking at his back, but a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, turned his head and patted Xiao Ash lying on his shoulder, and smiled: "Then let's go." ”

Little Gray squeaked twice, grinned, suddenly jumped off her shoulder, ran forward in three steps and two steps, swished up on the ghostly shoulder, sat down, and turned back to beckon to Xiaobai.

Xiaobai shook his head slightly and chuckled, and followed.