Zhu He

I saw that this person's face was as frosty as ice, his brows and eyes were sharp, and he was none other than Qiu Muwang, one of the eight elders of Qinghemen.

Since Murong Jiaoyang succeeded to the throne, although Elder Qiu still has a name in the door, he has always lived alone on Banlun Peak, and has not interacted with the outside world for many years. Elder Qiu unexpectedly appeared here.

"Actually, Mu Wang should have gone to visit..." Qiu Mu Wang said.He and Murong Jiaoyang had a very close relationship in the past, after the succession of the head of the former sect, Qiu Muwang firmly believed that Murong would be able to make the Qinghe sect stronger, but time passed, and when they met suddenly, he didn't know where to start.

The two were silent for a moment, Qiu Muwang raised his hand to bid them farewell.

Seeing that the head of the sect didn't stop him, but instead nodded and let Elder Qiu drift away, Yu Miao couldn't help but want to say something. I don't know when the next reunion will be when we see each other this time.

"Sect Master, Elder Qiu..."

Murong Jiaoyang interrupted: "It's okay, we will see you again."

Yu Miao didn't know why, but he was so obedient that he didn't ask further.

After demoting the Magic Artifact Conference to nothing, the head of the Murong sect didn't grab the person and return immediately, but stayed in the inn instead. Of course Yu Miao would not object to this. Faintly sensed someone or something that the sect master was waiting for.

It turned out to be true, even faster than Yu Miao expected, but on the second day, they met Elder Qiu again.

Still at the Magic Artifact Conference, Qiu Muwang, who was wearing a black robe covering his head and face, wandered inside. He cast an invisibility spell, but he couldn't hide from Murong Jiaoyang's eyes. The two met again, and Qiu Muwang couldn't hide Dodging, raised his hand slightly, walked over naturally and saluted.

Murong Jiaoyang nodded, and pulled Yu Miao to the other side.

Qiu Mu saw it clearly, thought about it, and followed.

Several people found a remote cliff to talk.

Qiu Muwang took off his cloak: "The owner of the door knew that I was also in the inn." He used an affirmative tone, Murong Jiaoyang didn't recognize him when he met him yesterday, but he noticed it a step earlier .

Murong Jiaoyang also took the gauze hat: "When that beggar was hunted down by the people in the inn the night before, I felt your aura in the room on the second floor." Although Qiu Muwang tried his best to hide it, after all we have been together for many years, how could Murong Jiaoyang ignore it, It's like the other party has noticed himself.

It's just that neither of them chose to show themselves at the time.

"Phoenix Immortal Sword..." Murong Jiaoyang's eyes fell to the long sword in Qiu Muwang's hand that he had just seized yesterday, "This is the sword that Elder Yingshu never left his body during his lifetime."

At that time, Elder Yingshu of Zhiqi Mountain had a deep affection for Qiu Muwang. No one knew it. When Qiu Muwang was seriously injured in order to save Shen Yuanxiu, but Shen Yuanxiu was missing, it was Yingshu. The elder took care of and guarded Elder Qiu with his clothes untied, and now Elder Qiu personally left the peak to find the sword for her, which was worthy of Yingshu's previous infatuation.

Qiu Muwang also lowered his head: "Half a month ago, there were water monsters making trouble in Pingxu River, causing waterlogging on the north bank, flooding Zhiqi Mountain's tomb, and breaking their barrier." Feng Xianjian, who was buried together in the tomb after his death, disappeared without a trace and drifted outside the mountain. After Qiu Muwang found out, he was naturally duty-bound.

Murong Jiaoyang looked at Qiu Muwang without blinking: "But Elder Qiu took back the sword and still lingered here. Is there anything else you want to find?"

Qiu Mu looked silent.

Murong Jiaoyang said: "Although the Artifact Conference is a good thing on the surface, but there are so many visitors, there may not be no universe inside. I don't know what Elder Qiu is doing, but it is almost past noon now, and the elder still seems to have nothing. With one and a half days left, the conference will end, and with the elder alone, if you really want to search for something in depth, you may be looking for a needle in a haystack."

Murong Jiaoyang's words seemed to speak to Qiu Muwang's heart, the cold-faced Elder Qiu's pupils flickered slightly, and there was a hint of anxiety in his eyes.

It seemed that he was really looking for something important, Murong Jiaoyang saw the other person's appearance in his eyes.

What could it be?

After wandering through all kinds of gains and losses in his heart, Qiu Muwang finally chose to speak: "I don't know if the sect master has heard about it... Recently, it has been rumored that a strange treasure will appear in this magic weapon conference."

Yu Miao couldn't help but his eyes lit up when he said this. He remembered that when he first met the white-bearded old man, he also said that there would be treasures in the Magic Artifact Conference, but the door owner said that this place is not worth paying attention to. Who is right? of?

Murong Jiaoyang nodded: "This can be regarded as a place where some old treasures have been produced. Many people who are not reconciled do this every few years, especially this time." Murong Jiaoyang heard similar rumors along the way. Not many, but he felt that Qiu Muwang didn't seem like someone who would trust such things.

Qiu Mu Wang said: "This time is different. It is rumored that a few months ago, someone brought an incredible treasure to Mount Night, but was accidentally killed by a wild beast in the mountain. A beggar who lived in a nearby cave took everything on him. I picked up everything I had, and I plan to sell it at the Magic Artifact Conference." After the news spread, all the beggars nearby were targeted, including the lame beggar in the inn.

Murong Jiaoyang remained calm: "Of course I believe the elder's words, it's just...the source, who has seen this treasure with his own eyes? And seen it being picked up by a beggar? He said that he would sell it at the magic weapon conference?" Thinking about it feels full of loopholes.

Qiu Muwang understood Sect Master Murong's suspicion, and narrowed his deep eyes like cold pools: "I understand, the reason why I am sure of this is because... I heard the person with the treasure say it himself. "

"Ah? Elder Qiu, didn't you say...he was killed by the wild beasts in the night mountain?" Yu Miao was also confused.

"He's dead," Qiu Muwang nodded, "but he's alive again."

"Wh-what? It's... using the Yang Yang Formation?" Yu Miao was surprised.

"It's not a return to the sun. When I spent some effort to find that person, he didn't understand the reason. He just said that he remembered being burned by the flames. He knew that the beggar was searching but was powerless to resist, and finally swallowed his breath. But When I opened my eyes the next day, he was still lying there, and most of the injuries on his body had miraculously healed. After I heard this, I also doubted whether he was not dead at all, or whether he was rescued by some expert, so I was in two A few days ago, I went to the Mountain of the Night again, and came to the place where the incident happened. The man who carried the treasure said that the beast he encountered was Fudou, and the ground there still had scorched black traces and scars from Fudou's spewing fire. There is a large amount of human-shaped blood, which shows that what he said is true. However, the strange thing is that when I went there... I saw that the trees within a radius of ten miles were still lush, and it did not seem to be burned by the fire of disaster. If someone really rescued him, could it even The surrounding trees have also recovered together? This is something that cannot be done even in the sun array." Qiu Muwang said.

Murong Jiaoyang frowned, Huo Dou is a fierce beast that is good at fire, the place where its flames pass has never been born, and it will never be restored after ten years, but people were bitten by it, trees were burned by it, but in the end they all recovered?What's the point?Is it really the effect of that baby? !

"What artifact did he pick up?" Murong Jiaoyang asked.

"That person can't tell." Qiu Mu looked at him.

"But you already guessed it." Murong Jiaoyang affirmed.

"The man said that when he woke up, he felt a sharp pain between his eyebrows, a feeling of emptiness in his heart that fluctuated from hot to cold, and two bloody mouths on the soles of his feet. I read an ancient book, which recorded a When the Supreme Treasure brings people back to life, there will be such sequelae, the soul enters the eyebrows, the qi returns to the soles of the feet, and turns from yin to yang..."

"What is it?" Murong Jiaoyang frowned deeply.

Qiu Muwang paused, and slowly said three words, "Du, Jing, Deng."

Murong Jiaoyang was taken aback.

Yu Miao looked at the sect master suspiciously.

Murong Jiaoyang murmured: "Yin and yang reincarnate, congeal the soul and unite the soul, and survive the world... Is it the ancient rumored magical treasure 'Lamp of Sutras'?!" This thing is actually true?Also appeared in the cultivation world?

"That's right, the man said that he found this lamp by chance in a cave. He didn't know what it was, but he saw its brilliance, grandeur, and extraordinary quality, so he put it away and planned to turn over into the night mountain to find the door at Qinghe Gate. The Lord made a decision, but in the end it didn’t work out because of misfortune.”

Murong Jiaoyang almost understood when he got here: "So... this is the real purpose of the elder going down the mountain."

He should have known that for so long, Qiu Muwang's heart has been stagnant. He seems to have re-entered the world for the Phoenix Sword, but in the end, there is only one thing or person who can stir up this stagnant water again, and there is only one from beginning to end.

Passage lights...

The sutra lamp, which can bring the dead back to life, continues to light up the fire in Elder Qiu's heart that has never been completely extinguished.

Seeing the complicated and probing eyes of Murong Sect Master, Qiu Muwang, who was guessed in his mind, simply stopped hiding, he tightened the Phoenix Immortal Sword in his palm, and fell into memory.

"As we all know, I was also injured by Fudou back then, and I was in bed for a long time. Many times I thought I couldn't survive. Fortunately, Elder Yingshu took care of me day and night, so I gradually improved... But I didn't want to, one day, be chased away. He who came out of the Qinghe Gate suddenly came back, stabbed me three times and then took me away, which caused an uproar in the world. At that time, the people in the gate did not chase me, but found the body of Elder Yingshu on the way. I thought she was poisoned by him..."

It goes without saying who the "he" in the words refers to. Neither Murong Jiaoyang nor Yu Miao expected that Qiu Muwang would take the initiative to mention the person who left. Her hair as pale as snow and her emptiness in her gaze revealed a kind of emptiness and loneliness.

"Is there something hidden in it?" Murong Jiaoyang asked carefully.

Qiu Muwang suddenly smiled, with bitterness overflowing his eyes: "I went there after Zhiqi Mountain's mausoleum was flooded, and happened to meet Yingshu's mausoleum guard, who was also her maid in front of her. She told me that, in fact, ...Elder Yingshu was not killed by someone. During the time she took care of me, she kept using her soul energy to keep me alive. I was seriously injured by the three swords, and Elder Yingshu also suffered backlash Her soul was weakened and died due to the shock. She was not killed by a demon cultivator or brutally killed by a demon cultivator as rumored. She spent all her mana on me... If we must find a culprit for this matter, In fact, it should be me."

"Elder Qiu..."

Seeing Qiu Muwang's description of being sluggish, Murong Jiaoyang seemed to want to speak, but the other party's deeply lowered head quickly lifted up, his face changed from tense and distorted to calm again, only a pair of gray eyebrows and eyes were vaguely caught in the dark. Kind of weirdly bright.

"So, my life is still alive, and I will not give up for a day. I have waited for so many years before finally waiting for such an opportunity."

Murong Jiaoyang was at a loss for words, and it took him a long time to think about it: "Even if the Sutra Lantern really brought the person who entered the night mountain back to life, it is because he passed away not long ago and his soul has not dissipated, but..."

But Shen Yuanxiu has already...

Qiu Muwang understood the cruel truth that Murong Jiaoyang couldn't reveal, he raised the corners of his mouth, and actually showed a faint smile: "Yuan Xiu's soul is gone, but it hasn't gone away, I only gradually felt it in recent years. Yes, he has been still at Banlun Peak, he hasn't left, he hasn't gone far..."

What? !Shen Yuanxiu's soul has not disappeared yet? !

Murong Jiaoyang was astonished, that man was a demon cultivator, his soul disappeared after death, so many years have passed, this is absolutely impossible!

But he felt that Qiu Muwang would not talk nonsense about such things...

"Although I don't know why this is, it doesn't matter if the sect master believes it or not. I'm not crazy or stupid. This lamp... I will definitely find it." After finishing speaking, Qiu Muwang stretched out his hand and put on the gauze hat again. Murong Jiaoyang cupped his hands and wanted to leave.

The way forward was blocked.

Murong Jiaoyang looked at Qiu Muwang's persistent gaze, and then turned his gaze to Yu Miao again, his heart suddenly tugged.I can't imagine if something like this happened to me...

Sect Master Murong gritted his teeth lightly: "I'd better go with the elder." Whether it's true or not, you'll find out if you search around, but Sect Master Murong is a little bit worried that if it all ends in vain, Elder Qiu will bear it again.

Qiu Muwang wanted to evade, but Murong Jiaoyang pulled Yu Miao who hadn't understood yet, and went back to the Magic Artifact Conference first.

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He said he wanted to find the treasure, but it was not so easy. One day later, the master of Qinghe sect and the elder Xingchang tried their best to search the prisoner Fenglin, but they still found nothing.

Seeing that this Magic Artifact Conference had only a few endings, Murong Jiaoyang felt a little uneasy, but Qiu Muwang was much calmer than he imagined, and suggested going back to the inn first to find another way.

However, on the way back, a few people suddenly heard a commotion. When they looked up, they saw the flames in front of them. It turned out that several demon cultivators fought for some treasure again.

Murong Jiaoyang was about to choose a path, but when he turned around, he found that Xiao Lingxiu, who was closely following him, had slipped into the distance at some point.Murong Jiaoyang was surprised, but he didn't call for someone urgently, but followed behind him, followed Yu Miao all the way and stopped in front of a thick poplar tree.

The demon cultivators on the side were still coming and going, and the splashing sparks ignited the forest green trees layer by layer, until there was only a scarlet red in sight.

Yu Miao stared blankly at the dancing flame, then suddenly took two quick steps, and opened his arms towards the side of the forest.The next moment, a small black shadow leaped from a distance and jumped into his arms.

Murong Jiaoyang was startled.

Yu Miao was also stunned, holding the thing jumping up and down in his arms, he turned his head in disbelief and said to Murong Jiaoyang, "Sect master, sect master...it, it, it's alive."

Yes, it lived.

The dog that Yu Miao personally buried two days ago... survived.

Yu Miao who was hiding in the stone cave when the dog was killed was there, Murong Jiaoyang was there, and Qiu Muwang was also there, and they hid in the dark together to watch the beggar being surrounded by the crowd, watching his dog loyally protect the Lord and pity him After dying, Murong Jiaoyang even watched this dead dog lie behind the door of the inn all night with his own eyes.

This is a mortal dog, neither a monster nor a spirit beast.

But after three full days of death, it came back to life.

Yu Miao excitedly emphasized: "I buried it with my own hands. I also set up a wooden sign in the small forest in front. I did not make a mistake. Look, I still remember the little pendant in its arms... "While speaking, he grabbed the hemp rope around the puppy's neck to show them, but the tentacles were shocked again.

"Hey, this, this thing...how did it get bigger??"

Yu Miao remembered that the dog pendant was no bigger than a fingernail at first glance, but now it looked like a grape, and the patterns on it became more and more delicate, as if there were streamers shining faintly.

The next moment, the dog was swept into Qiu Muwang's hands by a gust of wind.Elder Qiu held the small pendant, his cold face was blushed with surprise, and his whole body lit up.

Yu Miao was still a little foggy, his shoulders had already been embraced by Murong Jiaoyang, and the sigh of the door master was remembered at the same time.

"I didn't expect to search for a long time, but the strange treasure is already by my side..."

Yu Miao looked around in a daze, and finally his eyes fell on the small pendant tied by the dog leash.

"what?!"

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Prior to this, no one would have guessed that the Three Realms Exotic Treasure Sutra Lamp...in fact, it was not a lamp, but an incense burner pendant, or a small pendant hanging around the neck of a dead dog.

In the inn in Yawu Town, the door was closed tightly, and several people sat around the table, looking at the inconspicuous objects on it, thinking silently.

After a while, Murong Jiaoyang said first: "I just looked at the dog's paws, there are indeed bloody mouth marks on the four palms, it must be the same as that person in the mountain at night, if this thing is really a sutra lamp, the beggar who hung it on the dog's rope , should be the one who picked up the rare treasure in the forest." It's just that the demon cultivators who were chasing after the beggar lost their plans a few nights ago.

But the dog had been dead for a few days, why did it come back to life today, and how did the sutra lamp bring the dog back to life? This is what they have to worry about.

Murong Jiaoyang turned to Yu Miao: "You said earlier that this incense burner has become bigger?"

Yu Miao nodded: "It really got bigger just now, but...but..." Now the baby on the table has changed back to the size of a fingernail, and Yu Miao doesn't understand why.

"It's fire, and it has spiritual power," Qiu Muwang said suddenly, "If you want to activate the scripture lamp, you must be guided by fire and supported by spiritual power. The incense burner buried in the ground with the dog is contaminated by fire. , and the spiritual power of those two demon cultivators who fought for the treasure, brought the dog back to life."

The same is true for the person in the mountain at night, the fire of Fudou hurt him, but let him return the sun.

Murong Jiaoyang looked at Qiu Muwang and knew in his heart that the elder might have read many relevant classics after learning the news.He stretched out his hand to grab the incense burner, hung it on the candle, poured it with spiritual power, followed the way of Murong Scorching Sun, within a short while, the incense burner really expanded from the size of a peanut to the size of a lychee, and a quiet fragrance was produced in the room, which people could smell Refreshing.

Yu Miao was about to rejoice and exclaim that the fetish is extraordinary, but when Murong Jiaoyang let go, the incense burner slowly retracted.

Murong Jiaoyang frowned, and comforted Qiu Muwang: "I only put in a little bit of effort just now, and when I get back to the door, I may go all out..."

"It's useless," Qiu Muwang already understood, "Even if the sect master exerts great efforts, at most it can only keep the incense burner inflated for a period of time, a few days, dozens of days, even a few months, but it is still not enough. A dog's life is easy to save, but a person, a magic cultivator whose soul has been scattered for hundreds of thousands of years... Even if you and I work together, it is far from enough."

Murong Jiaoyang wanted to refute, but he knew that what Qiu Muwang said was right. The ancient soul-collecting technique was far more labor-intensive than the Yang-returning technique. In a place as big as half round peak, if you want to kill Shen Yuan All the souls are pieced together, and it will take few years or decades to use them. Even if Murong Jiaoyang and Qiu Mu Wangdao Xing pay their hearts to each other, they may not be able to supply the spiritual power that is needed like a bottomless pit of scripture lamps. If he failed halfway, Shen Yuanxiu's soul might dissipate at some point, and that would be truly irreparable...

But seeing Qiu Mu looking calm, as if he had expected this result, Murong Jiaoyang's heart turned, and he suddenly figured out something.

"Elder Qiu has already found another way?"

Qiu Muwang took out a juan handkerchief, carefully wrapped the scripture lantern and put it back in his arms: "It's natural that we can't do anything about things outside the world. After all, we are all people in the world."

"That's why we need to find someone from outside the world who can pass through the lamp in no way?" Murong Jiaoyang narrowed his eyes, "It turns out that you have already sensed that he is here."

Qiu Muwang didn't answer, just opened the door and walked out.

Murong Jiaoyang also got up, took two steps and found Yu Miao was still standing there blankly, he stretched out his hand and grabbed him.

"Master, door master... are we going back?" Yu Miao asked in a daze.

Murong Jiaoyang hooked the corners of his mouth, and floated towards the upper room on the other side of the inn: "You have been thinking about it all the time, now is the right time, let's go see...that old friend of yours."