The stone door closed behind him.

Chu Xi didn't get the benefits she wanted in the Great Fire Array, but she didn't have a disappointed expression at all, and she looked satisfied.

Li Hong couldn't help but ask, "Why do you look so happy?"

"Because I know another secret about the cultivation world. She looked up at Li Hong, in the dark, her eyes were like stars in the sky, she smiled slightly and added: "Don't think that these things are useless, maybe the critical moment is because you know more than others to save your life, and therefore stronger than others." In fact, knowledge is also a kind of power. ”

Li Hong admitted that Chu Xi was right, but there were more important things to do at the moment. He stared into the darkness ahead. Gradually, the pitch-black corridor in front of me lit up little by little, and everything could be seen clearly, and even the gaps between the tiny bluestones could be seen.

It's just that...... Where is the second brother? Li Hong was a little uneasy.

At this moment, a black shadow appeared at the fork in front of him, it was Chu Xiong. Li Hong held Chu Xi's hand, and the two of them swept quickly along the corridor and rushed to Chu Xiong.

Chu Xiong only felt a breeze blowing on his face, and there were two more people in front of him, and he trembled with fright.

"Shh Li Hongdao.

Chu Xiong breathed a sigh of relief and whispered, "I was almost discovered by the guards just now, it's so dangerous! Let's go quickly and go out." ”

They sped down the long road. Chu Xi took out a white jade vial from time to time to guide the direction, and soon, the big stone gate at the exit was close in front of him.

Chu Xiong reached out to push. Li Hong grabbed him and said in a deep voice: "Slow, there may be someone outside." ”

"There shouldn't be," Chu Xiong whispered, "Strange things happened here after you went in." Someone helped us distract the guards. I'm going to find out about it. Absolutely, there were four guards who were led into different passages. It's really a strange thing, who could it be? Could it be that Senior Sister Chu Yan also came in?"

"No," Chu Xi was very sure: "I have already told Senior Sister Chu Yan that even if we are caught, we will not do her business." Senior Sister will never come in, and besides, she doesn't have such cultivation. Don't talk about it yet, the time has passed, and it's too late if you don't leave. She pushed open the stone door.

Outside, a strange, chaotic gray fog still shrouded the area. Familiar people cut through the gray fog and ran up to the mound.

As soon as he ran behind the mound, two figures suddenly rushed out of the gray mist. After the two of them rushed out, they looked left and right and pinched the sword trick in their hands, looking very vigilant, as if they were guarding against something.

One of them had a small vermilion feather-like sword on top of his head, and he heard this man say to his companion: "It's so powerful, we can't even touch his shadow!"

The other raised his hand, and a small iron cyan sword in his hand was suspended in the palm of his hand. He took the little sword to his nose and sniffed it: "Someone has indeed come in, and my 'refining green' has also found out." This person's cultivation is very high, we are not opponents, hurry up and send a letter to ask Master to bring someone over!"

"Okay," the owner of the vermilion sword nodded in agreement, only to hear him, "I'll come!" he pinched the sword trick in his hand, and his fingertips tapped lightly on the vermilion sword hovering over his head. The little sword and the master had a heart-to-heart connection, and the red light flashed, and suddenly flew straight towards the sky.

Li Hong and the three of them behind the mound were shocked, watching the vermilion sword fly higher and higher, and paused in mid-air, as if they were identifying the direction, and a red light flew straight to the north like lightning.

Between the lightning and flint, there was a snort in the gray mist, and a lightning-like black light quickly broke through the clouds and fog and rushed into the sky, and then came first.

With a soft clang, the vermilion sword was hit by the black light, and it was immediately injured, and the whining sword rang non-stop, and it flew back upside down and fell in the direction of its master. The man exclaimed, his toe figure rising from the ground, and reaching out to catch the sword in mid-air a few feet above the ground. Then his body fell and fell.

The companions below were so frightened that they didn't want to jump up to pick them up. The two of them threw themselves into the dust together.

When the man fell to the ground, he vomited a large mouthful of blood and fell to the ground with a pale face. He put the flying sword into the dantian and gasped, "It's amazing! My 'Red Feather' has been injured and must return to the dantian to recuperate." Senior brother, leave me alone, go and report to the master. ”

"No, I can't leave you here alone. The man gritted his teeth and dragged his wounded companion back into the gray mist. Soon calm and chaos returned to the place.

Li Hong and the three of them behind the mound were dumbfounded. Everything was so fast just now that it was almost impossible to see. Only Li Hong vaguely saw that black light, and after knocking off the vermilion sword, he quickly fled back to the gray mist.

There was a master in the gray mist! He defeated the guards of the Jindan period cultivation in one move! Li Hong shuddered, who was this person? How could he break into the Great Fire Formation with them at the same time so coincidentally, was he an enemy or a friend? Could it be the person who led away the guards as Chu Xiong said earlier, but what if it was an enemy of the Demon Sect that Master often said?

Chu Xi suddenly whispered: "Senior sister is here! Let's go!"

The wingless boat appeared overhead, and on the bow stood Chu Yan, whose face was pale. She said anxiously, "Come up!"

The trio jumped onto the wingless boat. Until I flew several miles away, I still felt my heart pounding. Looking at each other, they all felt that what had just happened was really incredible.

After a while, Li Hong asked, "Could it be that the enemy has broken in?"

"I don't know," Chu Xiong's face was very uneasy, and he said hesitantly: "It's not that coincidental, right?"

"I can't tell. When I heard Chu Xiong's meaning just now, I thought that it was a fellow master who secretly helped us, but since he injured the guard, it was difficult to say. Chu Xi was worried, and his delicate brows were tightened.

It was silent in the wingless ship, only the wind whirring loudly.

When the day was about to dawn, they arrived at the destination of the small valley, hurriedly said goodbye, and the four of them parted ways, returning to Jiuzhu Peak and Jiuzi Peak.

After a few days, Li Hong and Chu Xiong had ghosts in their hearts, and they pricked up their ears from time to time. Lingshizi was not in Jiuzhu Peak, and Li Hong had no way to inquire at all. However, Chu Xiong took the excuse to find Chu Xuan and asked sideways. Chu Xuan didn't know anything. Chu Xiong had no choice but to give up.

So many days were spent in anxiety. Just after noon that day, Senior Brother Chu Ming came and said that the master had come back and asked them to meet in the three-story pavilion.

Li Hong's heart was pounding, it couldn't be that the master knew, right?

In the quiet room, Ling Shizi was wearing the kind of tattered clothes he had when he first saw him, looking dusty, he twisted his mouse beard and said with a smile: "I haven't seen you two boys for a long time, but it's fast." Old Seven, how are your talismans drawn?"

As soon as he heard the drawing, Chu Xiong was like a ball of hemp rope stuffed into his mouth, and his face was full of bitterness. He touched the mess on his head and whispered, "Master, this ...... You're not here these days, but I just remember practicing......"

Lingshizi's yellow eyes widened, "Okay, you're a seventh! you'll be lazy if I'm not there!" Chu Xiong was speechless. He looked at Li Hong again, looked up and down, and then nodded: "The sixth cultivator seems to have grown again. Very good. ”

Chu Xuan, who had just walked in the door, happened to hear the last sentence, his eyes lit up, and he didn't say anything and stood quietly beside Chu Xiong. Chu Liang followed into the door. Four people stood in a row.

Lingshizi twisted the mouse's beard and looked at them one by one, and finally said: "Very good, I can see that you have worked very hard these days when the master is away, well, except for the seventh child." Old Seven, you have to hurry up on that talisman! If you still tell the master that you won't, the master will definitely punish you severely. ”

Lingshizi said a word, and Chu Xiong answered honestly. Maybe Ling Shizi liked Chu Xiong's honest appearance very much, he finally stopped grabbing Chu Xiong's pigtails, and asked about Chu Xuan and Chu Liang's homework with a pleasant face.

Seeing that Master didn't look like there was an invasion from a foreign enemy, it didn't look like he knew what he had done quietly. Li Hong only then put a heart back into his belly. I just heard Lingshizi say, "Okay, you all go down." Sixth, you stay. ”

Li Hong's mouth opened silently, and his heart began to beat uncontrollably.

Ling Shizi comfortably took off his broken shoes and poured into the Taishi chair where he often sits, and said, "Pour a cup of tea for Master." In the end, it is still the most comfortable place in your own place. ”

Li Hong walked to the front of several cases and reached out to touch the teapot, the body of which was still hot. Senior Brother Chu Ming had already prepared fragrant tea for him. Li Hong took the teacup and shook it, poured in most of the cup of hot fragrant tea, and held it in front of the master with both hands.

Lingshizi watched his actions, and saw that he first tried the temperature of the tea, and then shook the cup, looking very careful and cautious. A slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He took the teacup and held it in his palm, looked at the green tea soup, and said as if he was talking to Li Hong and as if talking to himself: "This time the master is tired!"

He paused, and his expression became serious: "There is an important thing for you to do for the teacher, you have to listen carefully." ”