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Huqi Mountain, Ice Stone Room.

Ghost Li silently stared at Baguio lying peacefully on the cold stone platform, and the woman sleeping in the curling white light smoke, the corners of her mouth seemed to always have a hint of smile. Does she still feel it at the moment, but does she still know that there is someone guarding her?

Or is it that in her heart, she has never regretted it, so she fell asleep so peacefully?

For these, Ghost Li asked himself countless times in his heart, and he never knew the answer, and he didn't dare to think about it, but every time he thought about it, he seemed to suffer a little more. However, his body is getting worse and worse now, although because of the practice of the three volumes of the Heavenly Book True Method, these days he has gradually comprehended the Buddha, Dao, and Demon Three True Laws, which seem to be fused into one, and the Tao is advancing day by day, but the demonic power of the Blood Devouring Bead seems to be wandering in his body every day, like a lingering ghost, waiting for the last opportunity to die with him.

That cold feeling, Ghost Li has long been familiar with it anymore, from the young man to this moment, he has always been with himself this feeling! Even if he dies, he will die because he will feel cold like this!

He smiled bitterly in his heart, and took one last look at Baguio, this was the third day he had been alone with Baguio.

"Rest well, I'll be back to see you soon." Ghost Li said softly, "Don't be afraid, your father and I are only leaving temporarily." Even if I'm dead, I'm going to come back to see you before I die. ”

He looked at Baguio, smiled softly, and then turned and walked out of the cold stone room. Light smoke drifted behind him like a light veil.

"Boom!"

The heavy stone door slowly closed behind him, and the little ash that had been waiting for him jumped onto his shoulder with a whoosh. Ghost Li reached out and gently touched Xiao Ash's head, nodded and walked all the way out. Along the way, he either reached out to the corner of the wall, or turned many detours to fiddle with the mechanism, and along the way, all the layers of mechanisms in the main hall of the Ghost King Sect of Huqi Mountain were activated, and more than ten heavy stone doors alone fell.

In the belly of Huqi Mountain, there is the sound of organs ringing everywhere at this moment, but there is only one ghost, and the others have already followed the ghost king to the Barbarian Temple three days ago. At this moment, Huqi Mountain, cold and lonely, the ghost Li walked all the way out of the mountainside, and when the sun brought a trace of warmth on the body, he couldn't help but shake his body.

"Boom Boom ......Boom" The last stone door slowly closed, covering the belly of this huge mountain, which was also mixed with a faint "snap" sound, the ghost listened to it in his ears, knowing that it was the sound of the mechanism buckle, if people don't know how to open the mechanism here in the future, just want to attack it from the outside, in the face of this tens of thousands of catties of boulders, it has to be like a fairy-like Taoist.

The warm sun shone on his body, and the little gray who was lying on the shoulders of the ghost stretched out his arms, stretched his waist, and yawned in his mouth. Ghost Li turned his head to look at it, and said with a slight smile: "What's the matter, look at you looking bored and sleepy?"

Little Gray squeaked twice, rolled his eyes on the monkey's face, and then danced his hands and feet, pointing out of the mountain. Ghost Li smiled and said, "You're bored, hmm, speaking of which, these places are desolate, and there are not even a few trees, so it's no wonder you feel uncomfortable." ”

Ash immediately nodded desperately and jumped off Ghost's shoulder, squeaking in his mouth and dancing with his hands. Ghost Li took a deep breath, looked back at the door of the cave where Huqi Mountain had been integrated with the mountain at the moment, and there was no trace at all, nodded, and said, "Okay, anyway, we have to wait for a month before going in to visit Baguio, and during this time, we will take a walk around." ”

Little Ash was overjoyed, bouncing on the ground and grinning. Ghost Li was infected by it, and his mood couldn't help but feel much better, and he scolded with a smile: "Okay, don't come up yet, otherwise you will stay here by yourself." ”

The little gray head shrank, and with a "whoosh" sound, he jumped back, and climbed onto the shoulder of the ghost in a few clicks, laughing. Ghost Li shook his head, there was a smile on the corner of his mouth, his hand flipped, the familiar cold feeling reappeared, Ghost Li seemed to think of something, and hesitated. Xiao Ash was a little strange why Ghost Li didn't fly away, squeaked twice, Ghost Li glanced back at it, then smiled faintly, and said softly: "Life is lonely, why do you think so much?"

Xiao Gray's eyes blinked twice, obviously not quite understanding the two sentences that Ghost Li suddenly came out of, but Ghost Li didn't say anything more, as soon as he turned his hand, the blue light flashed, and the Soul Eater Demon Wand was sacrificed, carrying them one by one and one monkey, straight up to the blue sky, and left Huqi Mountain.

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The closest and most populated place to Huqi Mountain is a small town two hundred miles to the northeast called "Sanfu Town". Sanfu Town does not have a large population, but there are still a few villages around, which can barely be regarded as lively. In the past, in order to keep secrets, when the Ghost King Sect generally purchased daily necessities such as food and wine, it would not go to Sanfu Town, but went to a farther town to buy them, in case the righteous path or other factions of the Demon Sect found out where the main hall was located. However, before the disciples of the Ghost King Sect returned to the mountain, many people went to Sanfu Town to rest.

In the past, Ghost Li and Xiao Ash also passed through Sanfu Town, although the number of times was not much, but Xiao Ash was extremely smart, and he actually remembered it firmly, just out of Huqi Mountain at this moment, Xiao Ash waved desperately on Ghost Li's shoulder and arm, and kept pointing in the direction of Sanfu Town, obviously wanting to go to Sanfu Town to drink and eat. Ghost Li shook his head, but he didn't say anything, turned around and flew towards Sanfu Town.

The distance of two hundred miles is not much for the cultivators who fly in the sky. Between the blue sky and white clouds, I saw a faint blue light with a bit of black gas flickering and flying, passing through the air.

Ash lay restlessly on her shoulder, tilting her head from time to time, and her long monkey tail swinging back and forth, wondering if she was thinking about the delicious food she was about to enjoy. Ghost Li manipulated the soul devourer, while looking at the foot, the Huqi Mountain area is naturally needless to say, a desolate and bald mountain, after the Huqi Mountain Range, the terrain is relatively flat, but the wilderness is lonely, there is also no human population, from a high place, there is only a desolate ancient road in the wilderness lonely, and I don't know where it leads?

Ghost Li suddenly sighed, but he didn't say anything, but Xiao Ash was a little strange and looked at his master twice.

After less than half an hour's flight to the northeast, they had already flown to the top of Sanfu Town, and in the distance, they saw a series of houses below, one after another, and Xiao Ash looked excited, squeaking in his mouth, pointing downward. Ghost Li smiled and said, "Okay, let's go down now." ”

The blue light flashed, making a sharp "hiss" sound in the air, falling from the sky and falling on the streets of Sanfu Town. But as soon as he landed, Ghost's brow was already wrinkled. Ash jumped off his shoulder, reached out and scratched his head, and looked around, obviously confused. After a moment, it seemed to feel something, and all three eyes lit up at the same time, and its mouth squeaked, and its face looked a little nervous.

The town of Sanfu in front of me looks like it has become an empty town, most of the surrounding houses are still intact, only a few places can see the damage, but the people of the entire town have completely disappeared. A deathly silence hangs over this town.

The ghost snorted, and somewhat understood in his heart, needless to say, the way it has become like this here is mostly due to the beast demon catastrophe. The people of the town either fled to the north one step earlier, and if they fled slowly, most of them would have been unable to avoid the fate of becoming food for the beast demons. What a small town has become. And thinking about the past, on the vast land of Shenzhou at this moment, I don't know how many towns are like this?

There was a wind blowing in the distance, blowing a little wind and sand in the streets, but on such a warm day, the wind that blew on this town also seemed to be cold. Xiao Ash still seemed a little uneasy, approached Ghost Li, and looked around at the same time, Ghost Li leaned down, picked up Xiao Ash, and said in a low voice: "It's okay." ”

Little Gray's eyes blinked, and it seemed that he was with Ghost Li, and he also quieted down. Ghost Li took a deep breath and slowly walked forward with his feet raised, and Ash climbed onto his shoulder, no longer noisy, and quietly looked around.

There was no sound at all in the town except for the wind, and the ghost walked hard, and halfway through the street, I saw that some of the doors and windows of each house were closed, and some of the doors were open, I don't know if they were broken into by beasts and demons. It's just that there were no corpses on the way, and it seems that the people here still got the news in advance, so most of them fled to the north.

At this moment, a cold wind blew, and a crumbling door on the left side of the street fell with a "bang" and hit the ground with a loud sound, echoing in the empty street. Ghost Li and Xiao Ash both turned their heads to look at the same time, only to see that behind the door, one arm fell weakly on the wooden board, motionless, and at the same time, there was a faint smell of blood in the air.

Ghost Li looked silently in that direction for a while, then turned his head and continued to walk forward, Xiao Ash lying on Ghost Li's shoulder, but from time to time he looked back at that arm.

Ghost Li has been to Sanfu Town a few times before, so he knows a little about the situation here. He walked slowly, silent for a long time, and then spoke: "I remember that there was a tavern earlier, let's go there, and maybe I can find you something to eat." ”

Ash squeaked twice.

The sound of footsteps on the street seemed to sound particularly loud at the moment, and the cold wind blew from behind them, and soon, along the street, they came to the front of the tavern. The tavern's sign had fallen from the olive, claming over the doorway and covering it with a layer of dust. Ghost Li glanced at the wooden plaque whose name he didn't know, stepped on it, and left a footprint on it.

Suddenly, Ash let out a low cry and stared at the inside of the tavern, and his ghostly body suddenly stopped. A moment later, a low roar came from the tavern.

Was it a beast demon? That was the ghost's first reaction, but the roar sounded a little familiar.

"Roar......"

Ash suddenly let out a scream and rushed into the tavern, Ghost was taken aback, he didn't know why Ash suddenly became excited, but Ash had always been very close to him, and it could be said that he was his only partner, no matter what, he couldn't let Ash face the mystery in the tavern alone. Seeing that Xiao Ash was about to enter the tavern in a blink of an eye, Ghost Li's face changed, his figure shook, and he had already chased in.

The next moment, he appeared in the tavern, and when he saw the things in the tavern clearly, he couldn't help but be stunned.

The tavern was messy, pots and pans were littered, debris was piled up, the original tables and chairs were also disorderly, a few were still intact, and a thick layer of dust could be seen on the tables and chairs. But it was in such a dilapidated tavern, on a fairly intact table in the middle of the tavern, a pot of wine and a few wine glasses were placed, and next to it sat a young man dressed in bright silk clothing, and in the open space between him and Ghost Li, a monster and Little Gray confronted each other, looking hideous and terrifying, with a low roar and a slight trace of consternation, it was the evil beast "gluttony".

It was actually a mysterious boy who met the ghost in the barren mountains and deep forests that day.

Tao Tao stretched his long neck, stared at four giant eyes the size of copper bells, staring at Xiao Gray, but Xiao Gray's expression was not as nervous as at the beginning, but a little happy, squeaked twice in his mouth, grinned, and slowly walked forward, but he wanted to touch Tao Tao's head with his hand.

Gluttony roared, obviously a little uncomfortable with Xiao Ash's action, Xiao Ash paused, his three eyes blinked, and walked around the body of the gluttonous beast twice, from left to right, and from right to left. The glutton's long neck turned, and he followed Xiao Ash's body around, and there were a few low roars in his mouth from time to time, but it sounded less and less hostile, obviously he also had a good impression of this three-eyed spirit monkey, and he actually had a good impression of it, but I don't know if it was because it was rare to meet a guy who was as greedy as it, so he looked at it so differently......

At this time, the young man also saw Ghost Li, and he sat and didn't move, but his expression seemed to be stunned, obviously he didn't expect to meet Ghost Li here. However, he quickly returned to normal, smiled slightly, and nodded at the ghost. The degree of surprise in Ghost Li's heart was no less than that young man, and at this moment, he was even more puzzled about the identity of this mysterious young man, to be able to appear in the tavern of such a dead and silent town, the origin of this person was unknown, it was very strange.

At this time, Xiao Gray was already close to the glutton, suddenly opened his mouth and smiled, reached out, and patted the glutton's rough head. There was a low roar in the glutton's mouth, and the four eyes stared at Xiao Ash, looking vicious, but Xiao Ash didn't seem to be afraid at all, but thought it was very funny, and slapped it twice with his hand, making a weird and funny "poof" sound.

The gluttony seemed to have no way to take the monkey, snorted, and seemed to snort helplessly, as if a person snorted helplessly, and lay down, no longer paying attention to Xiao Ash. Little Gray seems to like this strange-looking monster very much, and is close to the gluttony to move here and there, and it is very affectionate.

The mysterious young man withdrew his gaze from the two spirit beasts, looked at Ghost Li, and smiled, "It seems that they are very good." ”

Ghost Li nodded and smiled slightly.

The young man patted the chair next to him and said, "Actually, the two of us are quite fateful, the world is big, and we can still meet here." Why don't you come and sit down, let's have a drink and have a chat. ”

Ghost Li glanced at Xiao Ash and Tao Tao who were getting together, and saw that Xiao Ash's attention seemed to have been on Tao Tao at the moment, and he said lightly at the moment: "It's okay." So saying, he walked slowly, but instead of being beside the young man, he took another chair and sat down on the other side of the table.

There was a faint smile on the young man's handsome face, he reached out and took a clean cup, put it in front of Ghost Li, and then filled him with wine, and said with a smile: "Brother Tai came to this deserted and deserted town, I don't know why?"

The ghost didn't answer, looked at the young man, and said in a deep voice, "Then what are you for?"

The young man smiled slightly and said, "I was passing by here, and I saw that I could still find a few glasses of residual wine here, so I rested here for a while and poured myself a drink." ”

Ghost Li turned his head to look at Xiao Ash and said, "If I say that I also brought this monkey here to find wine to drink, do you believe it or not?"

The young man was stunned, glanced at Xiao Ash, suddenly laughed, stroked his palm, and said: "Believe, why don't you believe it!" Come on, come on, you and I have a drink, life is lonely, and it is rare to have a person who is destined to find wine to drink together in a remote corner of the world. ”

With that, he raised his glass to the ghost, and then drank it all. Ghost Li glanced at him deeply, and slowly repeated the sentence in his mouth: "Life is lonely, hehe, life is lonely......"

He suddenly laughed too, and that smile was full of vicissitudes, raised his wine glass, and drank it in one gulp. A hot smell of wine, from the throat to the stomach, the wine in this remote town is quite powerful.

The boy laughed, "How?"

Ghost Li raised his eyes, reached out and took the wine jug, added wine for the two, and said, "Good wine!"

The young man smiled even more, slapped the table, and laughed, "Okay, it's really good wine." In the midst of laughter, the young man's expression gradually became excited, and he suddenly chanted loudly:

"The old time, the vicissitudes of life,

Remember, sad people.

White-haired withered lamps go to the end of the world,

Once lonely for a hangover......"

After chanting, his voice gradually turned desolate, and there was a bit of loneliness on his face. After groaning, he bowed his head and was speechless, looking at him silently, and drank the wine from the wine glass in front of him in one gulp.

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At night, the cold wind gradually rose, and the sound of "woo" sounded in the lonely town, like someone crying quietly in the distance.

The night was deep, and the darkness was like a tide, flooding the earth. The monkey fell asleep leaning on the glutton, and the ferocious beast was now lazily lying on the ground. In the tavern, it was dark, and Ghost Li and the boy sat in the dark, and no one had any intention of getting up to find a candle to illuminate it.

Maybe they feel more comfortable in the dark.

At the end of the day, they sat facing each other, occasionally saying a few inconsequential words, occasionally drinking a few glasses of wine, but more often they seemed to remind each other of their thoughts, silently pondering, recalling the past of their lives.

On such a cold night, in a deserted place at the ends of the earth, two strangers seem to have known each other all their lives and get along indifferently.