The exit of the Western Regions of Qiankun Terrace.

The strange mountain of stone that was the landmark was gone, and there was only a pile of rotten stones, which were blown by the hot wind and the pile of stones quickly weathered at a speed visible to the naked eye. It won't be long before even this pile of rotten stones disappears.

Everyone was dumbfounded, the exit was ruined, but how good is this!

Ling Xiangzi's face was a little pale. At that time, she was already injured under the fierce battle with the demon sect demons, although she was warned by Yue Qingzi, she still didn't have time to withdraw, and at that moment, she only felt a huge earthquake in the dantian, the sky swirled, and her body fell involuntarily, and then she was buried deep underneath by the sand and dust that poured from the sky like a torrential rain. She was unable to climb out, so she had to hold her breath and breathe, but fortunately everyone found out and dug up. Although the injury has barely healed, it must be retreated as soon as possible, otherwise the cultivation will be unstable.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at Li Hong, it was said that he saved herself, or that the weird kitten he raised found herself. Kitten...... There was a faint warmth in Ling Xiangzi's eyes, looking at Li Hong's eyes for the first time, they were very gentle, and looking at Chu Xi, her eyes were even more gentle.

She said lightly: "The Demon Sect has set up an ambush here, which means that the exit of this Qiankun Terrace has been exposed. It's okay to ruin it. There is no need to stop, we hurry to the road. ”

A word reminded everyone that they had sacrificed their flying swords, but Lingshizi looked at everyone in embarrassment and did not move.

Ling Xiangzi knew what he meant, and sighed: "Senior brother in charge will be auspicious, let's go." ”

Lingxuzi, Lingyizi and more than a dozen elders have no whereabouts so far, and Lingshizi is always worried about this, but at that time, the Demon Sect set up an ambush and sneak attack, and he was too busy to take care of himself, and he really couldn't remember where Lingxuzi was last seen.

He let out a long sigh and agreed to set off.

This place is located in the Western Regions, as long as you fly all the way to the east, you can reach Luliang Qingyouguan, one of the main exits of Qiankun Terrace, the question is, who knows if there are demons from the Demon Sect secretly following? In case the exit of Qingyouguan is also exposed, it is very bad.

"I can't take care of it, and fly to the Central Plains, take one step at a time. Ling Xiangzi said lightly, his face becoming more and more pale.

Chu Xi was very worried, and she proposed: "If you don't take you to fly, you can rest first." ”

"It's okay, the teacher can guard you for you. Ling Xiangzi agreed to Chu Xi's method.

Chu Xi was even more worried. She knew that Master was very strong, if she hadn't been seriously injured, how could she have hitched a ride after flying her sword? ”

Ling Xiangzi's eyes flashed, and she was a little surprised where she got this, but then she thought that this beloved apprentice was very close to Chu Hong, and everything was self-evident. She took it silently, took one from it, handed the small box back to Chu Xi and said, "I only need one." You take the rest. ”

The crowd set off again.

After a day of pranayama, Li Hong's consciousness had regained, so he volunteered to explore the way forward.

From here, it is thousands of miles away from Luliang. With Li Hong's sword speed, it can be easily reached by one day, and this is still the speed of Lingyi, not a lack of months. But now we have to consider a few Chu Hai who have a lower cultivation, and we have to guard against the Demon Sect, Li Hong calculated carefully, and it must be at least three days to travel during the day and rest at night.

Li Hong secretly decided that in the past three days, he must be fully energetic, and he must bring the master and brothers back to Jiuli safely.

Before he knew it, he had put the responsibility on his shoulders.

The first day was spent in a tense hurry. Spend the night on a large unnamed lake. But I saw the sparkling waves and the endless sky, the clear and deep blue water of the lake, and the white reeds swaying in the wind on the shore. A bright moon in the sky reflected the vast water, and the scenery was very good.

Under the clear moonlight, fish leap up from time to time in the mirror-like lake, and huge fish tails are thrown out of the water, making a large splash, and the sound of this sound can be heard far and wide in the silent night.

At first, Li Hong jumped up in fright when he heard this sound, and when he knew that it was a fish, he secretly laughed at his own plants. He rolled his eyes and said to Chu Xiong, "Are you hungry, do you want to eat grilled fish?"

Chu Xiong's index finger moved, and he was busy applauding. The two of them took off their swords and flew low close to the water. Li Hong shot out with a dragon tail whip, stared at the water surface, and caught one with a flick of the dragon tail whip. However, in half a moment, more than a dozen big fish have been reached, all of them are more than three feet, and they are still jumping alive when they rise out of the water. Chu Xiongxi's eyes narrowed, and he plucked a water weed and followed Li Hong, stringing them one by one. When it was about a dozen, where could the aquatic grass eat such a heavy weight, it suddenly broke off. The fish fell back to the surface with a thud.

Chu Xiong was in a hurry, so he simply jumped into the water and grabbed them one by one and threw them on the shore, shouting in his mouth: "Help! Grandma's dare to escape! See if I don't catch you!"

Big fish flutter the shore. The people who were originally heavy in their hearts laughed when they saw this scene and jumped up to help. One by one, I pressed them and walked to the lake to wash and scrape the scales.

Chu Xi's face, which had been tense until now, finally showed a sweet smile, and walked to the shore to watch the excitement.

Chu Xiong's eyes narrowed, and he deliberately threw a big fish that was four feet long at Chu Xi. Chu Xi was caught off guard, and the huge fishtail snapped across her cheeks, which really scared her a lot.

Reaching out and touching it, her palm was full of fishy smell, she was immediately annoyed, and shouted: "Chu Xiong, come up!

Chu Xiong smiled and was silent, but Li Hong shouted loudly: "Let's clean up the fish! Chu Xiong's meat is coarse and not delicious!"

"You-" Chu Xi wanted to say cruel words, but when he saw the arrogant white shadow on the water, he couldn't say anything cruel. She suddenly plunged into the water, and a circle of silver ripples rippled away, and the person disappeared.

After waiting for a long time, Chu Xi still didn't come out of the water, Li Hong was anxious, and was about to fly over to check, when he suddenly saw the water waves, Chu Xi rose into the sky, and bursts of misty mist rose on his body. Her graceful figure turned in the air, the silver moon clothes fluttered in the breeze, and the clothes on her whole body were dry at this moment.

Under the moonlight, a bright white shadow stood on the water.

Chu Xi shook his long hair easily and crisply, and giggled: "The water is very cool." ”

She actually used this method to wash away the dust all over her body. Li Hong secretly praised Gao Ming, and simply plunged into the water.

Everyone suddenly brightened, only to hear the pop sound, and in an instant the water rippled, and everyone took a small bath.

The aroma of grilled fish slowly emanated, and everyone sat around the fire. The night was peaceful and satisfying.

The next day, everyone flew three or four thousand miles, which was already the boundary of Weizhou on Qinfeng Road in the original Great Song Dynasty (note), and after passing Liupan Mountain, they entered Guanzhong.

Ling Shizi looked back at the north, pointed to the majestic mountains on the horizon in the distance, and said, "From here to the north is Kongtong, or we will go to them to rest tonight." They have the same righteousness, and maybe they will escort us to Luliang. ”

Ling Xiangzi showed a mocking look on his face: "Will they have the righteousness of the same sect? They are all the way with Yiyangzi's old man! Seeing that we are in trouble this time, they still somehow fish in troubled waters! It is about to get dark, so let's hurry up and go, and simply stay in the densely populated place in Guanzhong tonight, not afraid of those demon sect demons making ghosts!"

Lingshizi nodded.

In the twilight, everyone sped up, and not long after, the land of Guanzhong appeared under their feet.

It's just that where can you find a densely populated place! The more you look at it, the more desolate it becomes. Thousands of miles of fertile passes, now ten rooms and nine empty. The Jin people invaded, the Xixia people fished in troubled waters, the people of the Great Song Dynasty died and fled, and the scene of the lights of thousands of homes in the past is gone, and only the sparse bean lights are swaying in the dark ruins, which looks like a ghost city in the dead domain.

Occasionally, they flew over a few densely lit places, but everyone didn't bother to pay attention to it—it was already occupied by the Jinren. Chu Xuan had already shouted angrily, saying that he would never live in the same city with the Jin people, otherwise he would not blame him for killing mortals.

No one blamed him, everyone understood his feelings, and could only move on silently.

Midnight was approaching, Chu Hai was staggering on the flying sword, Lingshizi couldn't bear it, and pointed to a place below: "There is a small village there, let's make do with it all night." ”

In the darkness, everyone flew directly to the front of the village and landed, and then everyone's brows were furrowed.

The village is not big, there are more than a dozen dilapidated mud-walled thatched huts, the courtyard door is wide open, you can always see inside, the door is black and hollow, the broken windows are blown by the wind and bang, other than that, there is a dead silence, and there is no half a figure in sight.

"What about people?" Chu Hai casually chose a house and stepped in, and before Li Hong could warn him, he turned around and rushed out, his face pale and shouted: "Dead man!"

Li Hong had already smelled the pungent fishy smell, which he was familiar with, the smell of rotting corpses.

Chu Xuan's face was even more ugly, his eyes were like beasts in the dark, and he actually emitted a faint green light, he turned around and left, and spat viciously: "It's a sin made by a golden dog again!"

No one wanted to be in the same room with the dead body, Lingshizi sighed and turned to walk out of the village. When Li Hong saw a strange phenomenon, his heart moved, he stopped, turned around and walked into the earth courtyard that Chu Hai had just rushed out.

The small courtyard is not big, three earthen houses, and the thatch on the roof has been blown away by the strong wind, but the remaining thatch is particularly green. He looked at the thatch and paused slightly, and walked into the dark door.

The door was wide open, and there was a person on the ground behind the door, looking at the costume of ordinary people. Li Hong bent down, carefully looked at the dead man's face, and his doubts were even worse, and he walked into the left wing room again.

There is a corpse on the kang and one under the kang, both of which are dressed as women. The corpse on the kang was shrunk into a ball, with black hair, and he was not very old. Li Hong looked at the one on the ground. Gray-haired, thorn-haired cloth skirt, an old woman, her body lying face down.

He approached the corpse and turned it over. The heart is suddenly sudden.

These three corpses were exactly the same, their faces were blue, their eyes were protruding, there were purple-black coagulated blood clots overflowing from their mouths, and there was no wound on their bodies, so they must have died of poisoning. And the death time is not long, Li Hong estimates that it will not be more than two days at most, because it is the end of summer, the weather is still hot, and it will start to rot, but the degree is still light.

Li Hong walked out of the earthen house, turned around and entered another courtyard, and then another.

Walking out of the small village, he was extremely puzzled.

Everyone couldn't stand the evil breath, because Li Hong hadn't come out yet, so they waited in front of the village, but no one wanted to approach. Seeing that it took him so long to come out, Ling Shizi frowned and asked, "What did you do?"

Li Hong didn't answer, he looked around. The village is located on a hillside on a flat hill with a large forest in front of it. It was far from the forward route of the Jin soldiers' attack. This means that unless Jin Bing is familiar with the surrounding environment, he will not realize that there is such a small village hidden on this hill.

Judging from the situation just now, the village has indeed not been a soldier. Although most of the young people are gone, the old and weak women and children continue to live in the village. These men died almost simultaneously, all of them by poisoning.

It wasn't Jin Bing who did it! Jin Bing couldn't have used poison!

Li Hong said his doubts. Before he finished listening to Lingshizi, his face changed greatly: "Hurry up! This place is not suitable for a long time!"

"It's late. "Someone said gloomily.

Note: The area of Pingliang in present-day Gansu.