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Zhang Xiaofan looked at the middle-aged scribe in front of him, that is, the "Ghost King", who was the henchman of the righteous path today, and his mind was in chaos. These days, he has had a little doubt about his past beliefs from time to time in the depths of his heart, but in fact, they are all rooted in a conversation in the tea stall at the foot of the Mulberry Mountain in the sky of that day.

Now, seeing the old man again, this mood is really complicated, and he almost forgot the situation in the here and now for a while.

But even if he forgets, the people next to him won't.

Xiao Zhou stretched out his hand to wipe the blood from his mouth, reluctantly stood up, and whispered to Zhang Xiaofan and Tian Ling'er: "This person is too high to be defeated, I'll drag him down, you two go quickly!"

After that, he stretched out his hand and made a move, and the "Seven Star Sword", which was inserted upside down in the rock wall and vibrated slightly, seemed to be summoned by him, and the "Zheng" broke through the wall and flew back to his hand.

The Ghost King looked at Xiao Zhou, nodded, still with a hint of a smile on his face, and said, "With your Taoism, it seems that the young disciples under the Qingyun Sect will be led by you." I can't imagine that in addition to this Zhang Xiaofan, Qingyunmen actually has a talent like you, not bad, not bad!"

Zhang Xiaofan was startled, but found that the eyes of senior sister Tian Ling'er and Xiao Zhou were all aimed at him, and his face was a little hot for a while, but he didn't know what to say.

Xiao Zhou took a deep breath and took a step forward, and the seven-star sword in his hand lit up, but the ghost king didn't make any moves, just stood there and looked at him with a smile. Xiao Zhou knew that this person was really the strongest enemy he had encountered in his life, but there were still junior brothers and sisters from the same door behind him, so he couldn't abandon the battle and run away no matter what, he just hoped that he could drag him and let the two of them go first.

Unexpectedly, he just wanted to try his luck, and suddenly his heart and blood were churning, pouring up, and he couldn't bear it anymore, and a mouthful of blood squirted out with a "wow".

Zhang Xiaofan and Tian Ling'er were shocked and rushed forward to support him. Xiao Zhou's face was pale, knowing that he was hit by the ghost king, his internal organs were shaken, his meridians were injured, and he was no longer able to cast spells. He was horrified in his heart, half of him knew that he was in a desperate situation, and the other half was that he was so high about this ghost king's path that it was appalling, and he was afraid that the harm to the righteous path in the future would be incalculable.

The Ghost King looked at him and suddenly said, "You are trying your best to fight, but you want to hold me off for a while, so that you two of you can escape?"

Xiao Zhou snorted and didn't answer, but Tian Ling'er stood up, blocked in front of him, and said angrily: "Demon Outer Dao, don't think that you are proud of your higher Dao, I'm not afraid of you!"

Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback, the ghost king injured Xiao Zhou with a blow just now, and anyone could see that he was extremely high, and the three of them together might not be his opponent. Seeing that Tian Ling'er was not afraid of the sky, she was a little worried in her heart, and stepped forward to pull her, signaling Tian Ling'er not to be too impulsive.

Tian Ling'er hadn't reacted yet, but this move had already fallen into the eyes of the Ghost King and Baguio. Baguio's face was gloomy, she snorted coldly, looked at Tian Ling'er, then at Zhang Xiaofan, and suddenly said, "Zhang Xiaofan, this is the senior sister Tian Ling'er that you have been talking about, right?"

Tian Ling'er and Xiao Zhou were taken aback, Xiao Zhou frowned, and said, "Senior Brother Zhang, do you know both their father and daughter?"

Zhang Xiaofan was silent for a long time, and said in a low voice: "Yes." ”

At this time, Tian Ling'er suddenly screamed and said, "......Ahh

She was halfway through her words, and suddenly stopped, just staring at Zhang Xiaofan.

Zhang Xiaofan's heart was in turmoil, in fact, what he was most afraid of was this kind of scene, but now that it has appeared, he still doesn't know how to deal with the past.

The ghost king stood there, and when he saw Zhang Xiaofan's complicated expression, he still smiled and said, "Little Brother Zhang, how are you doing these days when you said goodbye to Kongsang Mountain that day?"

Zhang Xiaofan was upset and ignored him. Xiao Zhou's brows were furrowed, and he was really puzzled in his heart, seeing that the ghost king's father and daughter had ambiguous expressions towards this junior brother, the relationship between them was only afraid that it was very unusual. It's just that Qingyunmen has strict rules, and it is strictly forbidden to interact with people in the Demon Dao, but I don't know what the relationship between this Senior Brother Zhang and the two of them is, don't violate the door rules, it will be very bad.

But at this moment, after all, it is not the time to ask, the three of them are still in a Jedi, Xiao Zhou barely restrained his mind, turned to face the ghost king, and was about to speak, but the ghost king glanced at him, and suddenly preemptively said: "You are strong luck with the true yuan, and secretly inject spiritual power into the seven-star sword, but you want to drag me with the residual strength, so that your two fellow disciples can have a chance to escape?"

Xiao Zhou's body was shocked, and his face was like ashes, but he didn't expect this ghost king to be so thoughtful, with his Taoism, plus he had precautions in advance, he and the others were afraid that they would never be lucky.

Unexpectedly, the ghost king smiled slightly and said, "You don't have to be disappointed, I don't intend to embarrass you." ”

"What?" Xiao Zhou and Tian Ling'er said at the same time, and Zhang Xiaofan was also surprised and looked at him.

The ghost king looked at Baguio, then turned his head to look at Zhang Xiaofan, and said with a smile: "Little Brother Zhang, that day under the abyss of death in Kongsang Mountain, you can be regarded as seeing the truth in adversity to Yao'er, and you have lived ......and died together."

He was only halfway through his words, Zhang Xiaofan's face had already changed, and he felt that Xiao Zhou and Tian Ling'er next to him had already looked at him with strange eyes, and he was in a hurry, and he was about to speak: "You, you are ...... nonsense."

At this moment, Zhang Xiaofan looked at Baguio's eyes, but when he saw her bright eyes, there was a faint sense of grievance. Suddenly, he remembered that windy and rainy night, when the heavens and the earth were slaughtered, but she was the only one to accompany him to suffer, and his heart was inexplicably soft, but he couldn't say it anymore.

And the words of the ghost king are still continuing: "And that day, you even unraveled Yao'er and resolved the knot between our father and daughter for more than ten years, which can be said to be kind to me." He smiled and said, "For your sake, I will spare the three of you today." It's just that in this way, when you return to Qingyun in the future, you will definitely be reprimanded by those old guys who don't know right from wrong, why don't you just join my holy sect, I will definitely be more important than you, and you can live with Yao'er, wouldn't it ......"

"Shut up!" stopped drinking, but Zhang Xiaofan couldn't bear it anymore, pointed at the ghost king, and said loudly: "You come and kill me! Even if I die, I won't join your demon sect!"

Tian Ling'er breathed a sigh of relief, clapped her hands and said, "That's right, Xiaofan." ”

But Xiao Zhou next to him glanced at Zhang Xiaofan lightly, but his brows still did not loosen.

The Ghost King smiled and shook his head, and said, "That's it, that's up to you." Anyway, it's going to be a long time coming, so you can think about it slowly!"

After speaking, he pulled Baguio and didn't stay, and the two flew out of the cave.

Baguio was in mid-air, suddenly turned around and looked at Zhang Xiaofan, Zhang Xiaofan looked at her looking back, and her originally angry heart was confused again.

Xiao Zhou stood to the side, looking at his expression, but his brows furrowed even tighter.

The ghost king's father and daughter quickly disappeared into the darkness, and after a few moments, there was a loud noise outside, as if someone in the righteous path had suddenly been attacked by something.

Soon after, there was a whistling and sharp wind, and it seemed that many people flew into the sky together.

I only heard the strong voice of the Cangsong Daoist, and the voice moved the four fields, and said: "Who is the honorable driver, the Tao is so profound, why don't you dare to come down and learn from the poor Dao?"

These words were obviously said to the ghost king, but only listening to the wind whistling, no one answered, thinking that the ghost king and Baguio were far away.

In the cave, it was also quiet at the moment, Tian Ling'er looked at Xiao Zhou's face was pale, and said with some concern: "Senior Brother Zhou, your body doesn't matter, right! Uh, I don't know which master's disciple you are?"

Zhang Xiaofan watched Xiao Zhou's crumbling appearance from the side, and hurriedly ran over and helped him. Xiao Zhou glanced at him, Zhang Xiaofan felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, and lowered his head.

Xiao Zhou sighed softly, smiled, and said to the two of them: "Don't call me Senior Brother Zhou, this is a fake name that I have mixed into the Demon Sect, and I don't have a surname Zhou." ”

Tian Ling'er let out an "ah" and said, "Then you are ......"

Xiao Zhou smiled, and at the same time frowned, as if something hurt, but then returned to normal, and said with a smile: "I am Qingyunmen Tongtian Peak, a disciple of Dao Xuan'en Master, surnamed Xiao, and named Yicai. ”

"What, are you Senior Brother Xiao Yicai?"

Xiao Zhou, that is, Xiao Yicai nodded with a smile.

Zhang Xiaofan and Tian Ling'er looked at each other, this name, for them, is really a big name for a long time.

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The night is deep, and the night sky on Liubo Mountain is shining with countless bright stars, twinkling and shining in the world.

In a hidden place, the ghost king walked out slowly, only to see Baguio standing alone on a small hillside, looking in the direction of the east side of Liubo Mountain in a daze.

It is the place where those who are in the right way dwell.

The ghost king sighed softly, walked behind her, and said softly, "Yao'er, the night is heavy, you have to be careful." ”

Baguio's body moved, turned around silently, forced a smile, and said, "Yes, thank you, Dad." ”

The ghost king looked at her and suddenly said, "Are you thinking about Zhang Xiaofan's kid?"

Baguio's face flushed, but he didn't speak.

The Ghost King showed a look of kindness, patted his daughter's shoulder, took two steps forward, and said, "When I saw him today, I found that he seemed to have taken a step forward since he went to the Fire Dragon Cave with you once. ”

Baguio was stunned for a moment, with some joy on his face, and said, "Really?"

The Ghost King nodded and said, "I speculate that most of it is because he has some understanding after reading the first volume of the 'Book of Heaven'. Speaking of this, he turned his head and smiled, "Speaking of which, the general outline of the first volume of the Book of Heaven that you brought me from the Blood Dripping Cave, after I read it, it will be of great help to the cultivation of the Dao Law. ”

Baguio said happily, "Really?"

The Ghost King nodded and said, "Yes, there are four volumes of the Book of Heaven, and there is a fifth volume in the legend, but no one has ever read it." However, since ancient times, there have been four volumes in our holy religion, but unfortunately most of them have been lost. Our Ghost King Sect can have today's scenery because the previous generation of Ghost King Patriarch accidentally obtained the second volume of the Book of Heaven three hundred years ago. ”

Speaking of this, he paused for a moment, and then said: "It's just that in the second volume, although the Dao is profound and mysterious, the general outline text and the key method are closely followed by the first volume, so for hundreds of years, my Ghost King Sect can only share the world with the three major sects of the Hehuan Sect, the Immortal Hall, and the Ten Thousand Poison Sect. But in the future, hehe......"

Baguio smiled: "Then I want to congratulate my father." ”

The Ghost King smiled and nodded, "This time you have really made a great achievement. Originally, I sent you to the Empty Sang Mountain Blood Refining Hall, in addition to letting you practice, but also to find out if the black-hearted old man's predecessors could leave any magic weapons, but unexpectedly, they brought back the Book of Heaven, which is more than ten times better than any magic weapon. ”

Baguio smiled, but her face suddenly darkened.

The ghost king looked at his daughter for a long time, and suddenly smiled.

Baguio woke up, his face turned red, and he said angrily: "Dad......"

The Ghost King shook his head with a smile and said, "Why are you so worried?"

Baguio gritted his teeth and said, "Dad, it's not like you haven't seen it today, Zhang Xiaofanna, that dead guy looks like him senior sister Tian Ling'er, I'm only afraid, I'm only afraid, I'm only afraid of ......."

The ghost king said: "What are you afraid of, afraid that he will be infatuated and have no mercy for you?"

Baguio lowered her head.

The Ghost King said lightly: "I don't think the same as you. ”

Baguio was taken aback and said, "Dad, what did you say?"

The ghost king said: "From what I saw today, Zhang Xiaofan is indeed good to his senior sister, but at the critical moment when you and that Xiao Zhou fought with him, he couldn't control himself, and he cried out and jumped out without caring about his own safety." Based on this alone, coupled with the fact that you have experienced life and death with him in the past, and accompanied you all the way, in his heart, maybe he himself still doesn't understand, but your weight may not be much worse than his senior sister. ”

Baguio's face was red again, and under the night, it was even more delicate, but then his eyes flowed, but there was a joy that could not be concealed.

The Ghost King looked at her in his eyes, walked over and gently stroked her hair, his caring color was undoubted, and said, "However, you can't be too happy. First of all, the difference between the portals is a hurdle that he can't cross, and besides, his masters, uncles, and uncles in Qingyunmen will not allow him to have any affection for you. So when I was leaving today, I deliberately said that your relationship was ambiguous, I think that the person named Xiao Zhou must have a high status in Qingyunmen, and if he goes back to spread the word, Qingyunmen will definitely be suspicious of Zhang Xiaofan. In this way, the possibility of him taking refuge in our Holy Sect is a little more!"

After that, he seemed to be very proud of what he had done, and laughed twice.

Baguio started to laugh again, but after a while, he slowly put away his smile and lowered his head silently.

The Ghost King frowned and said, "What's wrong?"

Baguio hesitated for a moment and said softly: "I, I'm a little worried, in this way, I'm afraid that Xiaofan will suffer again!"

The ghost king snorted and said, "If there is no sharpening, how can you know that the sword is sharp! If he can't even bear this kind of suffering, don't say that I don't worry about handing you over to him, even if I let him come to my door, I will also look down on him!"

Baguio nodded slowly, but somehow in his heart, he was still a little worried, and couldn't help but look east, only to see that under the sky, the forest sea was vast, cutting off the line of sight, as if there were thousands of mountains and rivers far away.

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Xiao Yicai's sudden appearance really caused a commotion in Qingyunmen, and Cangsong Daoren and Tian Buyi were both surprised and happy. And from Xiao Yicai's mouth, they also learned that the Demon Sect seemed to want to find the strange beast "Kui Niu" that appeared on this Liubo Mountain, and unexpectedly knew that this time, even the Ghost King, one of the four major sect masters of the Demon Sect, had also come here.

At this moment, Xiao Yicai was lying on a makeshift stone bed because of his physical injury, with his back against the stone wall, and there were only Cangsong Dao and Tian Buyi around, and the other disciples were temporarily dismissed.

Cangsong Daoren nodded slowly, his face was solemn, and said: "It turns out that person is the ghost king of the new generation of the Demon Sect Ghost King Sect, and he is really profound. ”

Tian Buyi frowned and said, "Yicai, how did you get into the Demon Sect?"

Xiao Yicai smiled and said, "On the order of my mentor, I sneaked into Kongsang Mountain to investigate the whereabouts of the Demon Sect, and sure enough, I found that there were remnants of the Demon Sect's Blood Refining Hall active there. However, after my secret observation in many ways, these remnants of the Blood Refining Hall are not great enemies, so there is no need to worry, but I have heard them talk about how the Holy Sect is doing many times, as if there is some secret big move in the Demon Sect. In order to find out, I assumed the name Xiao Zhou, and it happened that when they were employing people, I saw that I still had some skills, and I actually entered the Demon Sect smoothly. ”

Speaking of this, he was slightly apologetic, and said to Tian Buyi: "But Senior Uncle Tian, when Senior Brother Zhang and Senior Sister Lu Xueqi of Xiaozhufeng fell into the Necromantic Abyss that day, I happened to be assigned to deal with Senior Brother Faxiang and others in Tianyin Temple on another road, and I was really sorry in my heart." But fortunately, Senior Brother Zhang is blessed with a great life and is safe and sound, so I can rest assured. ”

Tian Buyi smiled and said: "It's okay, I can't blame you, you don't have to take it to heart." ”

Cangsong Daoren listened to it next to him, and suddenly snorted.

Tian Buyi listened to it in his ears and didn't pay attention to him.

Cangsong Daoren turned his head to Xiao Yicai and said, "But then again, Yicai's nephew, your move is too risky. You must know that the thieves of the Demon Sect are all insidious and cunning, if you don't get it right, what harm you have suffered, I can't explain it to the senior brother in charge. ”

Tian Buyi also nodded, and said: "Yes, before going down the mountain this time, the senior brother in charge had no news about you for several months, and he was also quite worried in his heart, so he specially asked us to pay attention to your whereabouts in private!"

Xiao Yicai's face darkened, and he shook his head and said, "Alas, it's all my fault, which makes my teacher worried." ”

Cangsong Daoren smiled slightly, and said: "You don't have to think too much, you have made a great contribution this time, and when we clean up the remnants of the Demon Sect here, after returning to the mountain, the senior brother in charge will definitely not blame you, but I am afraid that you will be rewarded heavily."

Xiao Yicai's face turned red and said, "Uncle Cangsong, it's funny." ”

Tian Buyi said lightly: "This is not a joke, you have indeed contributed a lot this time." But Yicai, you don't want to do such dangerous things in the future. The senior brother in charge of the family attaches great importance to you, and after his old man becomes an immortal in the future, most of the position of the head of the family will be passed on to you, and then you will be burdened with heavy responsibilities, so don't be willful. ”

Xiao Yicai said solemnly: "Yes." Thank you Uncle Cangsong and Uncle Tian for your teachings. ”

Cangsong Daoren nodded and said, "Okay then! I see that you are also tired, so rest early! Fortunately, your injury today did not hurt the meridians at all, otherwise it would be troublesome." ”

Xiao Yicai watched Cangsong Dao and Tian Buyi both stand up, and wanted to get up to send them off. Tian Buyi held him down, shook his head and said, "You have an injury on your body, just rest well." These vulgar rites, we are not in Qingyun Mountain, so we can be exempted!"

Xiao Yicai was not good at disobeying him, and his body was really tired, so he leaned back against the stone wall and said, "Thank you two uncles, then I will not send it." ”

Cangsong Daoren waved his hand, and Tian Buyi walked outside, seeing that he was about to walk to the entrance of the cave, he suddenly heard Xiao Yicai shouting behind him: "Uncle Tian." ”

Tian Buyi was stunned for a moment, turned around, and said, "What?"

Xiao Yicai leaned against the stone wall and said with a smile: "Look at my memory, I almost forgot it." When I visited Uncle Su in Dazhufeng last year, Uncle Su Ru once mentioned that I wanted a 'big shell pearl' that was a specialty of the southeast coast, and it happened that I came to the East China Sea this time and found one. Uncle Shi wants to watch it now?"

Tian Buyi pondered for a moment, looked at Xiao Yicai again, laughed, and said, "Hey, don't you say it, I actually forgot about it, fortunately you have a heart, otherwise after I return to Dazhu Peak, I'm afraid that I will be annoyed to death by your Uncle Su." ”

With that, he walked back with a smile. Cangsong Daoren stopped slightly in place, naturally he didn't ask about this pearl, and walked out.

In the cave, only Tian Buyi and Xiao Yicai were left.

Tian Buyi walked over with a smile, but when he walked in front of Xiao Yicai and sat down, the smile on his face was gone, he looked back slightly, and said lightly: "Your Uncle Su's temper has always been external and internal, a hundred years ago, she ran to the East China Sea to find that big shell pearl." There is no one at the moment, what is the matter, but it doesn't matter if you say it's okay. ”

Xiao Yicai nodded, looked at Tian Buyi, and said, "Uncle Shi is really discerning, I left Uncle Shi behind, in fact, I want to talk to you about your disciple Zhang Xiaofan and Brother Zhang." ”

Tian Buyi frowned, slightly surprised in his heart, and said, "What's wrong with him?"

Xiao Yicai coughed and deliberately lowered his voice. Tian Buyi immediately understood, leaned forward slightly, and listened attentively.

In the cave, there was silence, and only faint whispers echoed softly.