"Do you know?" Xia Zhitao looked around cautiously, and said, "Wait a minute, let's go back and talk."

She trusts Junior Sister, but not necessarily for other people.The world is not black and white, and Yashan is not [-]% safe.

"Actually, I'm not sure, I just have a feeling." Zhang Lan nodded obediently, and Nuonuo added, "However, I guess people are always inaccurate and always make mistakes."

...you can see it.

Zhang Lan never hides anything from herself, like a piece of white paper, as long as she pays close attention, she will find that this child can't hide anything.

Xia Zhitao smiled and said: "It's okay, your senior sister is an old Jianghu, let me analyze it for you."

Zhang Lan was elated: "Good!"

Xia Zhitao didn't know where it was considered safe, so she simply dragged Zhang Lan to her wooden house.

He had been staying with Immortal Master Guanghuan before, and he couldn't feel the horror of Nan Keyao. After hearing Zhang Lan's narration, Xia Zhitao trembled, feeling terrified in his heart:

What actually happened was worse than she thought.

According to Zhang Lan, just one hour after Xia Zhitao entered the illusion, the white mist covering Zhihe and Yuwan Peak gradually dissipated, and the scope of the illusion also weakened a lot.

Xia Zhitao calculated in his mind for a moment, he should have just removed the formation added by the intruder at that time, and suspended Nanke Yao under the instruction of his master.

Several peak masters of Yashan arrived later, seeing that the formation had dispersed, they could not wait any longer, and immediately set off into the mountain to find someone.

The disciples took a look—wow, Jingtang Peak Master Gao Ze is here, and Feng Luoya is here!Oh my god, Peak Lord Qiaohu is here too!

Everyone was surprised and happy at the same time, they found the mainstay in an instant, and followed the peak masters in a panic, and many disciples from other peaks also came to join in the fun.

Unexpectedly, after a group of people rushed to the top of the peak, the first thing they saw was Master Zheng Luo Yi, who was bruised and kneeling on the ground with his sword propped up.

He looked dazed, with bloodstains all over the long sword, staring blankly at the high platform of the main hall, his throat seemed to be strangled, and he couldn't say a word.

Everyone looked along and saw thick smoke and heat waves billowing from the high platform.As far as the eye can see, there are dust and fireworks.

"It's on fire—!"

Some disciples shouted this, but Zhihe Peak has always been filled with water and mist, and the building materials of the main hall are mostly jade, so how can there be anything that can be burned?

The flames were filled with thick white mist, and the hot fire was breathed out one after another, and the reddish orange color was wiped on the iris.

It was unclear whether a fire was ignited in the mist, or the fire melted the white mist to pieces.

"Wait a minute, could it be..."

Listening to Zhang Lan's description, Xia Zhitao's face lost some color, and she almost couldn't bear to listen.

"Yes," Zhang Lan paid attention to her expression, and said cautiously, "The peak masters' complexions are not very good, they hurried forward to put out the fire, and the peak master Luo Yi also rushed over."

Xia Zhitao asked, "And then?"

"Master Mujin Peak stopped me and other disciples from passing by." Zhang Lan said, "But in fact, everyone has seen it."

After the flames were extinguished and the smoke cleared away, only the biting cold remained.

Zheng Luo Yi was kneeling in front of the white jade steps, his robe was covered with embers, and there was a cloud of black ash between his arms.

As soon as the wind passed, some dust and sand were rolled up. He stretched out his hand to grab it, but there was nothing between his five fingers. The black ash sank into his fingertips and flowed away with the wind.

After all, I just listened to people's narration, and Xia Zhitao was not there, so I still felt a little unreal.

But Immortal Halo—she loves and trusts Qin Zhi so much, but she doesn't know that her clever apprentice has already been buried in the illusion set by her own hands.

She thought that the other party was alive, that the other party would continue to guard Nan Ke Yao as always.

I don't know if it's luck or misfortune.

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"That's roughly how it happened, and then we were brought to Yubai Peak."

Zhang Lan concluded: "Later, Peak Lord Gao came to inform us that Master Qin's natal lamp had gone out."

The thirteen peak masters of Yashan and all the disciples who have passed the trial will light a natal lamp in the Wanzong Hall.

The lamp of life burns, and the lamp of death goes out.

It's always been like this.

Xia Zhitao sighed, raised his hand and rubbed his brows, and said softly: "Then the person who you suspected before, can you talk to me?"

"Uh, Senior Sister, listen to me." Zhang Lan, who was not fluent just now, suddenly got stuck.

She hesitated for a long time, and then said: "Well, I don't think it's arrogant."

Xia Zhitao: "?"

Wait, what are you doing? I just asked you to speculate, so I never doubted the leader, right?

Zhang Lansheng was afraid that Xia Zhitao might misunderstand, so she began to clarify: "When Zhang Kuang encounters formations, most of them are destroyed by destroying the eyes of the formation, or directly punched out."

Well, it's really the style of the leader.

Xia Zhitao said "Oh", and looked at the child rather helplessly, Master Xindao, your vest is really about to fall off... No, no, you don't have a vest at all.

She just catches anyone on the street, and her acting skills can surpass Zhang Lan's.

Zhang Lan didn't realize it at all, and was still desperately explaining: "Zhang Kuang doesn't know anything about formations, she can't understand those blueprints at all!"

"And, moreover, she wasn't there at the time, cough, no, Zhang Kuang would never have come to Yashan... No, no, she was actually in a nearby market and saw a very beautiful white jade hairpin—ah! Forget it!!"

You silly boy, the more you paint, the darker you are.

Xia Zhitao sighed.

Zhang Lan was in a hurry, talking nonsense, but in the end she couldn't explain anything, and gave up angrily: "It's Zhang Kuang who did it! I'm so annoying!"

Xia Zhitao was stunned: "Huh?"

Lord leader, why did you give up like this, do you really stop struggling?

Zhang Lan gave up on herself and said sullenly, "Zhang Kuang is a man with ulterior motives and tyrannical behavior, throw her into the snow and bury her!!"

Fortunately, I left Zhihe Peak with Zhang Lan, otherwise the child would have rushed over to take the blame without saying anything.

The embarrassment of acting skills and the skill of taking the blame are really admirable.

Xia Zhitao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Don't worry, when did I say I was crazy?"

Zhang Lan felt aggrieved and muttered, "Senior sister, after the incident, all the disciples said it was crazy."

She only used the word "Shuo" lightly, but according to the degree of Yashan's hatred for the leader of the Demon Cult, she might have scolded him bloody, and she wished she could scatter all the ashes.

Xia Zhitao sighed inwardly, reached out to poke her forehead, and said, "Who said all the disciples, huh?"

Zhang Lan blinked, seemingly puzzled.

"It's not all disciples, I've never said that before." Xia Zhi said leisurely, "You think, Zhang Kuang is so powerful that he can fight directly, why bother to tamper with the formation?"

"That's right!" Zhang Lan was enlightened and suddenly realized, "What you said is absolutely true!"

What the hell are you "oh"!Xia Zhitao is extremely helpless, what the leader of the Xindao Demon Sect can do, don't you know best in your heart.

Zhang Lan "cleared the suspicion", and immediately became elated, and analyzed it seriously with Xia Zhitao: "Senior sister, I suspect it is someone from Baihetang."

When she said this, Xia Zhitao was really impressed.

Baihe originally belonged to the Ligu Monster Clan, and then the ancestors gathered together with the Baihe Clan to form a sect of their own, called Baihetang.

And just over ten years ago, under the leadership of the former hall master, Baihetang joined the Righteous Path Alliance, and had close contacts with Yashan, Hanshuigu, Enshi Temple and so on.

There are very few files about the Baihe clan, and most people in the world only know that they are born to be good at building formations and weaving other people's memories, and they have no other impressions.

Maybe it's because they know too much, or maybe they've seen things they shouldn't.

But now this list of "Unable to die well" is afraid that another line will be added.

Seeing that Xia Zhitao was thoughtful, Zhang Lan continued, "Nanke Yao is famous far and wide, so the formation must be huge and the arrangement is exquisite."

She paused, hesitated and said: "As for the people who have the ability to tamper with the formation and cause it to lose control, after thinking about it, the only ones are the Baihe clan."

Zhang Lan's analysis was not unreasonable, but if it was true as she guessed, it was the people from Baihetang who killed Qin Zhi, which would be unreasonable both emotionally and rationally:

...Since they belong to the Baihe clan, why bother to cook beans and burn Osmunda, and kill each other?

Xia Zhitao asked, "Apart from the Baihe tribe, is there anyone else who can influence Nanke Yao?"

Zhang Lan shook her head, then nodded again.

She looked dignified, and said with deep pain: "The arrogance of the heyday, it's okay, just tear down the illusion."

Xia Zhitao: "..."

Xia Zhitao was physically and mentally exhausted: "It doesn't count if you demolish it, it's over."

Seeing that Zhang Lan hesitated to speak, looking like she really wanted to take the blame, Xia Zhitao could only change the topic: "This time the Nanke rumor got out of control and brought disaster to Master Qin, Baihetang will definitely not sit still and wait for death."

Zhang Lan nodded, and said: "The Baihe clan has always been in the same line, and they attach great importance to blood and reputation."

"In a few days, someone will definitely be sent over."

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A prophecy.

Fifteen days later, Baihetang led a group of people to the main hall of Yashan as Zhang Lan had guessed.

They were dressed in white feather weaving clothes, with Tengyun Ruihe tattooed on the back of the robes, and one of them was holding a white brocade lantern, half kneeling on the white jade steps of the cliff mountain.

The leader is the current head of Baihe Hall, who is also Qin Zhi's biological father, Qin Minghe.

He looked unpredictable, he didn't distinguish between sorrow and joy, he just said in a low voice to the many peak masters on Yashan: "Those who came from the White Crane Hall must go back to the White Crane Hall."

"...Let's take Qin Zhi away."

The pedestrians looked very calm, they had clearly heard the news of Qin Zhi's death, but there was no look of sadness on their faces, as calm as a pool of stagnant water.

Jing Tang Feng received them when the head was not there.The peak leader Gao wanted to invite everyone to sit in the hall, but he silently refused.

Qin Minghe said: "Falling leaves return to their roots, even though Qin Zhi has been removed from my family tree, he must never stay outside."

When Qin Zhi was accepted as a disciple by the former master of Zhihe Peak, Yashan knew about her expulsion from the White Crane Hall.

But because of the former peak master's preference for concealment, Yashan was not easy to get to the bottom of it, and involved too much family affairs, so he just turned a blind eye and let her go.

Qin Zhi joined Yashan for a long time, worked tirelessly and did everything by himself, Zhihe Peak has always been in good order.

However, Bai Hetang usually ignored him, but now that something happened, he suddenly came to ask for someone, which is really unreasonable.

Gao Ze sighed and said: "The emergency report has clarified the matter, and Yashan will definitely investigate the matter. You can stay for a few days."

A woman beside Qin Minghe couldn't hold back and walked forward.

Her long hair was tied up carefully, and it looked like a frost flower, with slender white stamens inserted behind her ears, which made her look especially white against the black hair.

The woman was somewhat similar to Qin Zhisheng, but more gentle, her eyes were red all night: "Thank you, Peak Master Gao Ze, but there is no need."

"Elder Sister has been away for a long time, we are here..." She said with a lonely voice, "I just want to take her home."

Qin Minghe scolded: "Qin Shu, come back to me!"

Qin Shu's eyes were flushed, and he pursed his lips. After all, he couldn't resist his father's order, so he took a slight step back.

Gao Ze couldn't hold back a few people, and agreed to Bai Hetang's request.One disciple went to Zhihe Peak with the person holding the lantern, while the rest sat down in the main hall of Yashan and waited quietly.

Xia Zhitao was completely unaware of this matter, she was still thinking about it in her room, until someone knocked lightly on the wooden door, and she suddenly came to her senses.

She opened the door and said in surprise, "Peak Master Luo Yi?"

Zheng Luoyi was wearing bamboo leaves and green clothes, Jin Li poked his head behind him and said, "Junior Sister Xia, we are here to find you!"

Zheng Luoyi was not angry when Jin Li robbed him of the conversation, but he just smiled helplessly and said, "Sorry, although it was a little abrupt, but there are people from Baihetang, and they hope to see you."

see me?why the need to see me?

Xia Zhitao was encouraged by the halo to take Qin Zhi's two things, feeling a little uneasy about his conscience, and said silently, "Can I not go?"

Zheng Luo Yi wondered: "I don't want to force you, but at Baihetang..."

Well, whether it's a blessing or a curse, Xia Zhitao hesitated for a while, feeling that he had no chance to choose, so he could only nod.

Zheng Luo Yi knew that she didn't want to, and kept apologizing all the way, which made Xia Zhitao feel a little embarrassed.

The three of them came to the main hall of Yubai Peak, but before they entered, they heard some voices in the distance.

The man's voice was hoarse, and he said casually: "The White Crane Hall has a thousand-year formation, after taking people back, everything will come to light."

Zheng Luoyi led the two of them into the hall, Gao Ze the peak master sat on the right side, and the people on the left side were dressed in white crane robes, they must be from the White Crane Hall.

Gao Ze, as the oldest person among the thirteen peaks, has a bright head and a bright face, but his voice is still like a bell, and his momentum is imposing. There are few disciples in Yashan who are not afraid of him.

Now he doesn't speak, and the Baihe Hall on the opposite side also doesn't speak, the atmosphere in the hall is very solemn and very eerie.

Xiao Xiao cold wind swept into the fallen leaves, Xia Zhitao shrank her neck, and stood silently behind Zheng Luoyi, without saying a word.

Seeing that the two little girls behind him were a little scared, Zheng Luo Yi quickly stood up and said politely: "Master Gao, this is the one who repaired Nanke Yao."

He turned his head to look at Xia Zhitao, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, Master Gao admires you very much, and I'm here too, I will definitely not let the other party make things difficult for you."

Ah, in this indifferent and ruthless cliff, there is only the gentle and gentle Master Zheng Luoyi, and our cute little junior sister who is a little bit warm!

Xia Zhitao was moved in his heart, and quickly said: "The photos of the immortals in Nanke's ballad helped me a lot, but my disciples are just drawing on gourds, so I really dare not be them."

Qin Minghe sized her up and snorted: "I know."

"Nan Ke Yao is not an ordinary illusion, but a killing formation strictly banned by the Baihe Clan."

Qin Minghe looked disdainful, and his voice was contemptuous: "If it wasn't for your special constitution and the failure of the formation, I'm afraid you wouldn't even know how you died."

Xia Zhitao didn't expect the other party to speak so bluntly and without mercy, so she took a step back silently and stopped talking.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Qin Shu hurriedly came out to smooth things over: "This matter is very important to the Baihe clan, but also to Yashan."

She spoke earnestly, and said in a gentle voice: "We heard that this disciple is not affected by the illusion of Nanke Yao, and hope that we can take her to the White Crane Hall to help find out the truth."

Um? ?Want to take me to the White Crane Hall?

Xia Zhitao didn't expect this to happen. Not long ago, she heard her junior sister analyze a whole story about Baihetang, and she was suspicious of this family, but the other party was so nice that she asked her to go there by name.

It's not that she is careless, but the current situation, no matter how you look at it, it looks like a grand banquet that never returns!

Xia Zhitao felt extremely unhappy in her heart, silently looked at Master Zheng Luoyi, hoping that the other party could say something.

Just as Luo Yi wanted to help, Gao Ze frowned first, and said, "Nine times out of ten, the leader of the Demon Sect did this, so why take my Yashan disciple away?"

What Xia Zhitao said made her feel very complicated.

Although the peak masters are good at protecting themselves, they can't throw all the blame on Zhang Kuang, it's really uncomfortable.

Qin Minghe snorted coldly, and tapped on the wooden table with his fingers. Qin Shu, who was standing beside him, responded immediately like a cat elf.

She stepped forward, bowed to several people, and said softly: "Peak Master Gao, although there are many doubts at present, it should have nothing to do with the leader of the Demon Sect."

Gao Ze said, "Why do you say that?"

Isn’t this nonsense, how idle is the majestic leader of the demon sect, so he will try his best to sneak into the cliff mountain and tamper with the formation, just to murder Qin Zhi——

Oh no.

The leader is really very free, pretending to be a junior sister and sneaking into the cliff, and being bullied all the time, Xia Zhitao still doesn't know what she is thinking.

However, Qin Shu's reasons were somewhat different.She smiled slightly, her eyebrows and eyes were slightly bent, and she said softly: "The leader's demons have not been eliminated, and he can't break through the illusion."

Demons, demons, demons again.

Xia Zhitao frowned slightly, remembering something.

Before she entered Nankeyao, Zhang Lan had been trying to persuade her to stay, and even said that she had a "demon".

When she talked about her inner demon, her expression was timid and her voice trembled all the time. She also admitted that she "couldn't win" the other party. She didn't know what happened to this child to be so scared.

Xia Zhitao didn't pay attention to it at the time, but when she thought about it, she suddenly saw the slightly red eye sockets, the eyes reflecting the water.

Her heart seemed to be pricked by something invisible and intangible. At first she didn't feel any pain, but after a while, she felt bitterness all over her heart and eyes.

Qin Minghe leaned on the chair, and said in a low voice: "Qin Shu is talented and intelligent, and he is the best among the younger generation. The illusion of heaven that she set up once trapped Zhang Kuang."

"Father was joking, it's just a coincidence." Qin Shu lowered his brows and said, "I'm not very educated, and I was only trapped by Zhang Kuang for three days before she completely destroyed the entire formation."

Xia Zhitao was very angry.

She wanted to overturn the table, she wanted to swear.

Did Zhang Kuang provoke you?For some reason, you were trapped in an illusion. You were alone for three days and three nights. After finally getting out, you are still pointing at others behind their backs?

The more Xia Zhitao thought about it, the angrier she became, she wished she could run out and sue the leader right now, but due to her status, she could only stay here aggrieved.

"Zhang Kuang left this green feather hairpin in a hurry, but we checked it many times, and it seems that it is just a mortal fake."

Qin Shu took out a rusty green hairpin and a light gray spar from his bosom, and presented them to everyone.

"The Illusory Realm Creator couldn't see what was going on inside, and Zhang Kuang completely destroyed the formation. I tried my best, but only a fragment of it was left."

As she spoke, she lightly touched the gray stone, and in an instant, fragments of the illusion enveloped the entire hall.

Xia Zhitao took a few steps back in astonishment, thinking, "No way..."

Shura Dao has been entrenched in Qiling Mountain for a long time, with extreme violence, covering the sky with one hand for more than ten years, but he ushered in his death on that day.

The whole mountain was slaughtered cleanly, black blood flowed all the way to the foot of the mountain, thick smoke billowed, covering the sky and the sun.

The thick black stone palace gate was shattered in an instant, Zhang Kuang was dressed in black, holding a sharp long sword in his hand, his knuckles turned white with force.

A black mist filled the entire hall.Xia Zhitao couldn't see her expression, but she could see the figure stepping forward, as if roaring heart-piercingly,

It's too hazy, and some can't hear clearly.Xia Zhitao could only try to identify the shape of her lips, and said silently in her heart:

"Give...give it to me...?"

She was saying, "give it back to me".

The illusion only lasted for a moment, and then dissipated immediately, but the thick fog seemed to still cover the surroundings, pressing down like a rock, making people a little breathless.

"This is a fragment of her state of mind," Qin Shu put away the spar, and said softly, "According to the way of breaking the formation, her inner demons have not dissipated."

Qin Minghe raised his fingers, his expression indifferent: "In short, we have our own considerations in our hearts, so we won't bother Yashan."

Gao Ze thought about it for a moment, although his doubts about Zhang Kuang had not been eliminated, but thinking about the relationship between Yashan and Baihetang, he finally let go.

He waved his hand and said: "That's all, you and I are an alliance of righteousness and help each other. Now that the hall master has made up his mind, then Yashan will no longer intervene in it - but how does Baihetang hope to deal with this matter?"

Qin Minghe pointed at Xia Zhitao, and said in a low voice, "This person and Qin's relic are indispensable."

They insisted not to let him go, determined to take Xia Zhitao back with him.

At the moment when he was in a dilemma, Zheng Luoyi took a step forward, cupped his hands and said: "Master Qin Feng, I and Master Qin Feng were friends in life..."

He couldn't continue speaking for a while, his throat seemed to be choked up, he calmed down, and then said softly: "Can you let me go together?"

Unexpectedly, Qin Minghe was completely indifferent, and said casually: "No problem."

The two sides discussed for a while, Baihetang didn't care about how many disciples of the Yashan Sect, even the peak master, as long as Xia Zhitao was among them.

Gao Ze thought for a long time, discussed with the other peak masters, and finally decided to let Zheng Luoyi bring a few more disciples and go to Baihe Hall with Xia Zhitao.

—Leave immediately.

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The word spread quickly, and when they heard that Xia Zhitao was leaving, Wang Yan took the lead and quickly pulled a group of people, clamoring to come over to see her off.

"...It's not like I'm leaving and never coming back."

Xia Zhitao helplessly looked at the people in the room, exhausted both physically and mentally, "Give me a break, I can't reach the table."

"Senior Xia, Senior Sister Jin, how long are you going?" Wang Yan was a little reluctant, "When can I come back?"

Xia Zhitao shrugged, saying that she didn't know.

Jin Li, who had packed her things, sat on the side, shaking her legs, and muttered loudly: "Who knows, I don't want to go to the White Crane Hall, which is full of gods and ghosts!"

Zhang Lan's eyes were covered with water, and she didn't speak, just looked at Xia Zhitao pitifully, like an abandoned animal.

"How should I put it, it's probably due to my temperament, or the environment I grew up in," Xia Zhitao rubbed Zhang Lan's hair, and said, "The Baihe clan is more... restrained."

What she said was too polite, her own daughter died in such a way, but being a father was irrelevant and careless, he just treated Qin Zhi as a "property" of Baihetang, his indifference was chilling.

"By the way, the hall master's daughter is also there." While Xia Zhitao was collecting things, Jin Li couldn't stay idle and chattered with everyone, "I didn't expect that she would be so sleepy that Zhang Kuang would leave behind the hairpin of the master—"

Before she finished speaking, Zhang Lan suddenly coughed violently, opened her eyes suddenly, and said urgently, "A hairpin? What kind of hairpin? Is it a finely carved and ingenious green feather hairpin?!"

"It's not exquisite," Xia Zhitao said, "The rust is very heavy, a little old, and it can be roughly seen to be blue."

"No way! It's beautiful!" Zhang Lan shouted angrily, "The most beautiful in the world!!"

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