Xia Zhitao reached out to rub her hair, and said helplessly, "Guess how I know?"
Zhang Lan shook her head honestly.
Xia Zhitao glanced to see that there was no one around, lowered her voice, looked tense, and pretended to be deep, "You don't know, I have seen Zhang Kuang several times when I was doing missions in Yunji, Senior Sister."
Zhang Lan was stunned for a few seconds, then with a straight face, she said solemnly: "Senior Sister! The leader of the Demon Cult is cruel and heartless, and has ulterior motives—"
Xia Zhitao interrupted: "Stop."
It's understandable that a little leader surnamed Zhang tried very hard not to reveal his identity, but you protect the vest, you protect the vest, why do you always scold yourself by the way?
"Regardless of whether this matter was done by the leader or not," Xia Zhitao dragged her over and discussed seriously, "We will act together on this trip, so don't leave too far away, how about it?"
As soon as she heard that her senior sister wanted to form a team, Zhang Lan immediately put other matters aside, nodded excitedly, and said, "Okay!"
Xia Zhitao smiled, pinched her soft cheeks, and said, "Let's go together."
Yashan thinks that Zhujian Villa was done by Zhang Kuang, and he does not hesitate to send Hu Wenchen, the leader of Qiaohu Peak who ranks second among the thirteen peaks of Yashan and is extremely powerful.
Hu Wenchen is a man of few words, and he is a brother of the same sect as Jun Yuehou, the head of Yashan, but his strength is not inferior to Jun Yuehou. It can be said that apart from Tiandao No. 1 Mo Wusheng, there is no rival in the world.
Because Mo Wusheng was retreating in Fengxue Tianshan, Hu Wenchen spent most of his time sitting in the cliff mountain to prevent surprise attacks from the anti-path, but this time the head of the sect ordered him to go out of the mountain, probably just to prepare for a confrontation with Zhang Kuang.
Since Yashan is very likely to run into Zhang Kuang while taking advantage of Zhujian Villa and injure her severely, it is not easy to deal with it.
Xia Zhitao glanced at the wobbly little man who was firmly pulled by her side, and thought: No matter how far-sighted and planned you Yashan are——
If you can't even see people, it's not useless.
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After all the disciples had assembled, a group of people set off in a mighty manner. The sword energy in front of the main hall of Yashan overflowed, and countless figures disappeared into the clouds and disappeared immediately.
Ordinary cultivators need to accumulate spiritual energy to advance to higher ranks, and even more so to cross realms, they need the right time, place, and harmony with others. However, this ordinary principle does not seem to be applicable to the little junior sister.
For some unknown reason, Zhang Lan's realm fluctuated up and down, fluctuating. Before, she fell from Establishing the Foundation to Wendao, and now she is back to Establishing the Foundation, and even faintly has the tendency to break through the Golden Core.
She was still using the small wooden sword that was uniformly issued at the beginning, and she sat firmly on the blade of the sword. Her long black hair was loosely tied into a ponytail, and a few strands were pulled by the head-on cold wind.
Xia Zhitao called out, "Zhang Lan?"
Hearing Xia Zhitao calling her, Zhang Lan lowered the long sword a little bit, moved to the position beside her, and said happily, "Senior Sister, we should be there soon."
"A long time ago, I heard someone talk about Zhujian Villa. I heard that their house is very beautiful."
Zhang Lan looked into the distance, and said in a brisk voice, "The villa is located in the southeast of the land, if it is further away, it will be the territory of the Ligu Monster Clan."
Xia Zhitao smiled and said, "Really."
After the lush forests and lush plains, all the way down along the mighty Xijiang River, there is a water town full of ink.
Zhujian Villa is located in the middle of the mountain. The building is small and exquisite. After everyone jumped off the flying sword, they were brought into the villa by the servants who had been waiting early.
Yashan was willing to extend a helping hand and came from a long way. Naturally, Zhujian Villa did not dare to neglect, and had already arranged residences for everyone, and led a group of people inside.
The two villa owners were surrounded by Qiaohu's disciples, and they were closely guarded. Xia Zhitao and the others walked in the back position, and they couldn't even see each other.
Zhang Lan is short, and the crowd can be completely submerged. She tiptoed to try to see the owners, but was completely blocked by disciples from other peaks.
"What?" Zhang Lan said angrily, "I can't see it!"
Xia Zhitao was watching Zhang Lan's various actions on tiptoe, holding back her laughter and pulling her back, "Disciple Qiaohu will protect the two villa owners, we will be on the side—"
She originally wanted to say that it would be good to be lazy, but she thought that she wouldn't bring the leader into trouble, so she temporarily changed her words: "We'll just play by ear."
Looking at the aggressiveness of the Qiaohu Peak disciples, the assailant didn't even want to take the owner's life, he couldn't even get close to him.Perhaps it wasn't that before he had time to show up, he was pressed to the ground by the disciples of Qiaohu Peak who were already full of fighting power, and they were beaten up several times.
The two of them were leisurely at the back of the line, and after walking for a while, Jin Li, who had been squeezed to the front, also ran over.
"Junior Sister Xia, you're here too!" Jin Li ran over to say hello, "Come on, come on, I won't be with Master anymore, I feel more at ease following you."
When she turned her head, she saw Zhang Lan standing on tiptoe, trying to look ahead, and couldn't help laughing: "Little Carrot, who has been disappearing and disappearing recently, is also following you, Junior Sister?"
Zhang Lan turned around abruptly, gritted her teeth and said, "What did you shout just now?!"
Jin Li smiled and said: "Don't struggle, you're not tall enough, no matter how much you stand on tiptoe, you won't be able to see it."
Zhang Lan: "..."
Seeing that Zhang Lan was on the verge of breaking out, with an expression of "you wait for me, I will kill you", Jin Li did not continue to add fuel to the flames, and slowly changed the subject: "By the way, junior sister, what do you guys think about this?" What do you think?"
Xia Zhitao said: "Look at the two of us stuck at the back of the line, we can't see anything inside, what can we do?"
Jin Li stuck out her tongue and said, "I just rushed forward to eavesdrop on a few words. The peak masters said they wanted to check something, and we are heading to the study right now."
Xia Zhitao's heart trembled silently when she heard the word "study", thinking that she was walking to the scene of the murder, no wonder she felt a chill down her spine.
The study room where the two villa masters were murdered was quite small, and the three peak masters were too crowded to stand up. Naturally, the disciples were still far away in the last row, so it could be said that they had nothing to do.
I don't know what the peak owners discussed or found any clues, but the team continued to move forward.
When the team passed by the study, Xia Zhitao was thinking about the scene of her murder, and couldn't help but want to take a look, but the wooden door of the study was firmly closed, so she could only leave regretfully.
Who knows, just after she took two steps, there was a sudden and very slight inhalation sound from behind:
"hiss--!"
It was clearly in the noisy corridor, but the small voice fell into the ear pinna very clearly, and was firmly suppressed in the throat cavity, but it couldn't hide the trembling full of pain.
Xia Zhitao turned her head, and saw Zhang Lan raised her hand, her body was trembling violently, and she staggered back a step.
Her five fingers seemed to be covered with black charcoal. Starting from the fingertips, they were constantly chapped and rotted. The black mist spread wantonly, devouring the fine white skin and biting the flesh and bones.
"—Zhang Lan!!"
Xia Zhitao said in horror: "What happened to your hand?!"
Zhang Lan's complexion was pale, she bit her lower lip tightly, her black and white eyes were covered with mist, and she tremblingly said: "It's okay, senior sister, I'm fine."
Xia Zhitao went up like crazy, wanting to help with all her heart, but she could only watch helplessly, watching the black mist spread along the palm of her hand, but she was helpless, she couldn't do anything, she couldn't help at all.
Zhang Lan's long eyelashes were bent by the water vapor, her voice was hoarse, but she kept shaking her head: "I'm fine, it doesn't hurt."
Xia Zhitao's shout just now was a bit loud, startling the masters at the front, Zheng Luo Yi rushed over, looked at Zhang Lan's situation, and shouted anxiously: "Senior brother, it's the devil's energy entering the body!"
"Ah."
Hu Wenchen came over in no time, he waved his sleeves and raised his hand, and without any explanation, he grabbed Zhang Lan's wrist.
Zhang Lan's breath was unsteady, her thin lower lip was bitten out with bloodshot eyes, she tried to pull her hand back, but was held by the other party.
Hu Wenchen said, "Don't move."
The turbulent spiritual power rushed up, covering the five fingers layer by layer, rushing into the muscles and bones, and expelling the devilish energy that entangled the flesh and blood, barely stopping the further corruption of the five fingers.
He let go of his hand, Zhang Lan lost her support, and fell backward suddenly, being held in Xia Zhitao's arms.
Zhang Lan sniffed, the corners of her eyes were so red, as if she had been bullied, she looked at Xia Zhitao timidly, and called her softly, "Senior Sister."
"You are the body of a fairy. Once the devilish energy enters your body, the spirit veins will immediately flow back and corrode your bones." Hu Wenchen withdrew his hand, "What happened just now?"
Zhang Lan paused, raised her head reluctantly, and pointed to the tightly closed study next to her with her intact left hand.
She suppressed all the blood in her throat, and her voice stopped trembling in an instant, and the painful sip was gone, and it was unbelievably stable:
"...Magic cultivator."
"The person who killed the two villa owners is a demon cultivator." Zhang Lan said softly, "I accidentally touched the gauze curtain with my hand just now, and was burned by the residual demonic energy on it, which caused the spirit veins to flow back."
Hu Wenchen nodded slightly, and walked slowly to the closed study room. The disciples also spontaneously gave way to let the three peak masters check the situation.
"Zhang Lan is my Yuwan disciple, and the spiritual power in her body is extremely pure," Zheng Luoyi explained, "so she is extremely sensitive to demon energy and monster energy."
Hu Wenchen said: "I found him before. Not only is this person high in aptitude, but he is also an extremely rare fairy body. It's a pity that his Taoism is relatively shallow. If you can't teach him, you can throw Qiaohu here. I am interested in teaching him."
Zheng Luoyi: "..."
Jin Li said angrily: "Master Hu Peak, our Jade Crescent Junior Junior Sister is so lively and lovely, you actually want to snatch her away!"
The disciples didn't expect that such a serious situation of devil energy entering the body would suddenly turn into a people-robbing meeting.
Yashan ranked second, and the dignified Qiaohu Peak leader was a little girl at the end of the crane in the trial meeting. She couldn't help but looked at each other, lamenting how wonderful life is.
And pitifully lying in Xia Zhitao's arms, Zhang Lan, the person involved, was completely dumbfounded.
Since she joined Yuwan Peak in the Trial Conference, she went directly to the cave to "retreat" for a few months, and then went down the mountain every day.
From this point of view, the total time spent on the peak did not exceed a week, and it was unknown how conscientious Jin Li was in order to say these words.
Hu Wenchen glanced at Jinli, and said coldly: "You Yuwan plant flowers and weeds every day, and even set up a field behind the mountain. I don't know if you are here to farm or practice Taoism."
Zheng Luoyi was in despair: "...Brother, that is Lingyao Garden, a place dedicated to cultivating and planting spiritual plants."
Hu Wenchen said, "Almost."
Zhang Lan was clutching her wrist, her slender white fingers were covered with layers of black ash, and the skin of her fingertips was cracked with charcoal scars, looking extremely terrifying.
Her breathing was still a bit messy, her long eyelashes were full of moisture, she nestled in Xia Zhitao's arms aggrievedly, and muttered softly, "I don't want to go to any peak."
Zhang Lan said stubbornly, "I just want to go to Shuijing Peak."
Standing silently with no sense of presence, the bearded master who hadn't said much from the beginning to the end trembled and said in a panic, "Hey! Zhang Lan, what did you just say?"
Zhang Lan said, "I want to go—"
"Such a serious injury from the devil's energy entering the body!" Master Beard roared righteously, "Disciple Zhitao, hurry up and take him out for treatment first!!"
With a loud voice, he directly covered Zhang Lan's voice, and in the name of "healing well", he pushed the two of them out without any explanation.
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After a lot of tossing, Zheng Luoyi, who was good at healing, took Zhang Lan to the treatment first, and Xia Zhitao naturally wanted to come together, and then followed Jinli secretly.
Zhang Lan walked a little ahead of Xia Zhitao, she lowered her head slightly, and untied the cuff buttons with five fingers, and the loose white clothes hung down in clusters, covering her right hand that was eroded by the evil spirit.
Zheng Luoyi said softly: "Master Hufeng will help you get rid of the evil energy, but once the spirit body is damaged, it is extremely difficult to recover. Master first help you find some spiritual grass to bandage it for a while, and then go back to Yuwan Peak and take a closer look." look."
Zhang Lan shook her head and said, "No need to be so troublesome."
"I...I'll go back to Yashan and practice hard for a few days," Zhang Lan whispered, "I'm almost recovered."
Zheng Luo Yi always felt that these words sounded familiar, as if someone had said similar words not long ago, but he couldn't remember who it was.
Xia Zhitao knew that Zhang Lan was a stubborn child and never listened to what others said, so she had to persuade her in the end.
She bent down slightly, and said patiently: "No, the wounds eroded by the devil energy need to be dealt with in time. If it is delayed until after returning to the peak, it will be too late."
Zhang Lan blinked and silently agreed.
The remaining two peak masters and other disciples stayed in Zhujian Villa to investigate and protect the villa owner, while Zheng Luoyi led the three of them out of the villa and came to the market at the foot of the mountain.
He found a remote medical clinic, and after saying hello, he borrowed some water and bandages. Just as he was about to carefully examine Zhang Lan's injury, Zhang Lan shook his head slightly.
With her sleeves hanging down, she slowly rolled up her white sleeves little by little, and the slit on her wrist had already healed more than half.
The horrible chapped marks closed slightly, and Kurosawa faded a lot, and the milky white skin was slightly pink, and looked very soft.
"Master, look," Zhang Lan said slowly, "It's almost done."
Zheng Luo Yi took a closer look, a little unbelievable: "This... the magic energy entering the body will cause great damage to the fairy, and it will be difficult to recover for a while."
Zhang Lan didn't change her face: "Just now, Peak Master Hu's aura is pure, dispelling the evil energy and healing my wounds, but it's only showing up now."
Zheng Luo Yi couldn't figure it out, no matter how pure Hu Wenchen's spiritual power was, it was impossible for the place eroded by the devil energy to heal so quickly, unless the other party...
He thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with a reason, but seeing Zhang Lan's appearance of an old god, he sighed and helped her tie the bandages a few times.
Zhang Lan's hands were firmly wrapped in several rounds of bandages, and together with her white jade face, which was a little less bloody, she looked quite miserable.
Aggrieved, she leaned over and stood next to Xia Zhitao without saying a word, which made Xia Zhitao's heart ache for a while. She stretched out her hand to hold him in her arms, patted his back lightly, and comforted him, "It doesn't hurt."
Zhang Lan leaned against her shoulder, carefully controlled her breathing, and rubbed against her shamelessly. Her amber eyes were bright, and she didn't look like she was dying before.
"Hey, junior sister, you looked at Little Carrot and smiled so happily," Jin Li said with a smile, "By the way, where are we going now, are we going back to Zhujian Villa?"
Zheng Luo Yi didn't reply immediately, he looked down at Zhang Lan's situation, hesitantly said: "This..."
"Since we've all come out," Jin Li grabbed the words and said brightly, "It's rare to come to the water town, master take us to play around!"
Zheng Luoyi: "..."
"Master, look, Hu Feng master and Hu Feng master are both here, they are 'tiger and tiger' powerful," Jin Li began to use idioms indiscriminately again, "They can investigate the matter of sword casting, let's go to the street to buy glutinous rice cakes to eat Bar!"
Zheng Luoyi: "..."
Xia Zhitao rubbed his forehead: "Senior Sister Jinli, luckily Master Zhengxuefeng, who teaches literature, didn't come this time, otherwise I would have been pissed off by you."
The matter of Zhujian Villa is extremely serious. Although residual demonic energy was found beside the window screen, it is not certain that the owner of the villa was killed by the demon cultivator.
If you think about it further, there are some similarities between Zhujian Villa and Baihetang.Both rely on family inheritance to maintain their prestige, one is the eternal formation, and the other is the Lingwu casting tool.
What's more coincidental is that in recent years, the two families have more or less faintly shown signs of decline.Although it might be a bit outrageous to think so, the possibility of the owner falling into a demon cultivator cannot be ruled out.After all, in order to save the reputation of the sect, there is nothing high-ranking people can't do.
Xia Zhitao was still thinking about how to find a reason to go back to the villa to investigate, Zhang Lan quietly moved closer and whispered, "I want to eat glutinous rice cakes too."
"The matter of Zhujian Villa is very important. As the peak owner, I need to be present," Zheng Luo Yi sighed, "But... the three of you go shopping nearby, I will go and talk to them."
Jin Li's eyes lit up immediately, she rushed forward and straightened Luo's robe, and said softly, "Master, you are so kind!"
Zheng Luoyi carefully put away the messy bandages on the table, stuffed a whole silver ingot to the owner of the clinic, took the three girls to give them instructions, stuffed them with dozens of taels of silver, and then turned and left .
"It's good to be with Junior Sister," Jin Li said proudly, "I can eat, play and not work again."
Zhang Lan was obviously not interested in the Forging Sword Villa either, her expression was listless when she was walking inside, and she was alive and kicking as soon as she came out of the street.
She raised her bandage-wrapped arm, swung it vigorously at Jinli, and said, "It's all due to me."
Jin Li said loudly: "Thank you junior sister for sacrificing her right hand and giving the three of us a chance to be lazy!"
Xia Zhitao: "..."
What's this all about.
"Senior Sister, let's go buy glutinous rice cakes," Zhang Lan said cheerfully, picking up Xia Zhitao's sleeves, "I saw several food shops just now, and they are just below."
Judging by the energetic appearance of this man, his right hand should be fine.Xia Zhitao was dragged by the two, unable to go back to investigate the incident at the villa, she simply let herself go and took the two of them shopping in the market.
Jin Li dragged Zhang Lan and ran away. Xia Zhitao looked at the two of them from a distance, laughed inwardly, walked behind slowly, and took a closer look at the surrounding market.
There are many rivers in the water town. She walked down the river slowly, and the willow branches were dripping with water vapor, and even the green brick ground was cool.
After a while, Zhang Lan ran back with Jin Li in her arms. She held a lot of messy gadgets in her arms, and showed them to Xia Zhitao graciously, and said, "Senior Sister! Which one do you like?"
Xia Zhitao smiled and said, "Don't worry about me, you two just relax, and be careful not to touch the wound on your right hand."
Looking a little disappointed, Zhang Lan carefully stuffed her things in her arms, and said in a low voice, "I don't want to go with Senior Sister Jin, I want to go with you."
Xia Zhitao laughed, helped her put a bunch of things into the storage ring, raised her hand to rub Zhang Lan's long hair, and said, "Okay, then follow me."
She stretched out her hand to hold the other's left hand, Zhang Lan was stunned for a moment, then followed in a small step, obediently staying behind Xia Zhitao, her five fingers quietly clenched a little.
Zhujian Mountain Villa is not far away, and as the Zhuwu sect has close contacts with various towns, Xia Zhitao saw that among most of the low shop buildings, there was a tall building with sharp edges and forged metal beams around it, which seemed to be A blade stands at the end of the market.
"That's the storefront of Zhujian Villa in the mortal world," Jin Li said with a bunch of things hanging on her body, and walked back to greet the two with clanging bells, "There are swords and swords, axes, halberds and whips, and all kinds of weapons. "
Although it felt that few people would be affected, Xia Zhitao was still thinking about the matter of Jianjian Villa. Right now, he happened to meet the sect's mortal storefront, so he discussed with the two of them, "Shall we go in and have a look?"
Zhang Lan never shook her head at her suggestion, and Jin Li was so distracted from playing, anyway, she went to play wherever she went, so she also excitedly followed in.
Just a few steps in, before Xia Zhitao had time to look at the weapon, Zhang Lan suddenly rushed in front of her and blocked her way with outstretched arms: "Be careful!!"
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I saw a silver light passing by suddenly, the sharp blade plunged into the ground a few feet away, and the tail was still humming.
"...What a coincidence."
Someone came slowly, with long hair tied loosely by a purple butterfly hairpin, five or six cold white blades held between five fingers, with a sharp smile: "Xia Zhitao... right?"
Behind the woman were several guards in black, who stood aside respectfully, with black stripes and mottled body, and the muscles and bones were so emaciated that they did not look like a living person.
The person in front of him was dressed in purple, his steps were like haze, and he wore a warm jade pendant on his neck. He looked at Xia Zhitao with a playful look: "It seems that Yashan's movements are quite fast."
Xia Zhitao recognized the person at a glance, but what she didn't expect was that they would meet again so soon after the incident with the Yang family in Youzhou.
She was surprised: "Liu Ling?"
Liu Ling smiled and said, "However, she dared to call me by my young master's name when we met for the second time. Miss Xia is really No.1 in history."
"I've always had a bad memory. I can't remember people's names or faces," she said casually. "You are one of the few people who impresses me."
Zhang Lan stopped Xia Zhitao in front, clenched the wooden sword in her hand, and asked, "Why are you here, and what did Cai Liuya mean?"
Liu Ling pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "Miss Xia is someone I value, if she can't even avoid Ruya, it would be too disappointing."
Zhang Lan exploded immediately, and was about to step up to beat someone with a wooden sword, but Xia Zhitao quickly snatched it back, and held the little guy in his arms.
Liu Ling smiled and said: "Why are you so excited, my colleague? When you see someone you know, you just throw a arrow for fun, and it doesn't hurt you."
She spoke nonchalantly, but Zhang Lan's expression suddenly tightened, Hu Po's eyes were dim, and her voice was cold: "If you dare to touch Senior Sister, I will chop your bones and throw them into the West River!"
These words were harsh, Liu Ling raised her eyebrows, and said with a smile: "You are a fierce little guy, are you interested in playing with Qian Renmae as the king of Hades?"
Before the matter of Yang Liangcai in Youzhou, Liu Ling used the pretext of appreciating Xia Zhitao, and wanted to make her the King of Hades.Now I plan to give Zhang Lan another...
It seems that Qian Ren's Mace's "King of Hades" position is very worthless, and was sold by their young master as wholesale.
"We just came here according to Yashan's order, and we didn't intend to collide with Qianren's mace," Xia Zhitao said, "I don't know what's the purpose of Young Master Liu stopping us?"
"I have the same purpose as you Yashan." Liu Ling didn't hide it, and smiled sharply, "I'm also here to find someone."
She crossed her arms, half leaned against the wooden table, and said lazily: "Qian Ren's eyeliner reported that Zhang Kuang appeared in Yunji of the Western Regions for a while, we followed the clues to chase after him, but the other party had already left for a long time."
"—However, just a day ago, another apostle sent the news of Zhang Kuang's appearance in the water village, which seems to be somewhat related to the matter of the Forging Sword Villa."
Liu Ling said lazily, "I came all the way here to find her."
The author has something to say: Zhang Kuang: Are you looking for this seat?If you dare to throw Zhitao Liuya in front of me, today I will go and dismantle the Qianren mace.
【Orange cat】
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Zhang Lan shook her head honestly.
Xia Zhitao glanced to see that there was no one around, lowered her voice, looked tense, and pretended to be deep, "You don't know, I have seen Zhang Kuang several times when I was doing missions in Yunji, Senior Sister."
Zhang Lan was stunned for a few seconds, then with a straight face, she said solemnly: "Senior Sister! The leader of the Demon Cult is cruel and heartless, and has ulterior motives—"
Xia Zhitao interrupted: "Stop."
It's understandable that a little leader surnamed Zhang tried very hard not to reveal his identity, but you protect the vest, you protect the vest, why do you always scold yourself by the way?
"Regardless of whether this matter was done by the leader or not," Xia Zhitao dragged her over and discussed seriously, "We will act together on this trip, so don't leave too far away, how about it?"
As soon as she heard that her senior sister wanted to form a team, Zhang Lan immediately put other matters aside, nodded excitedly, and said, "Okay!"
Xia Zhitao smiled, pinched her soft cheeks, and said, "Let's go together."
Yashan thinks that Zhujian Villa was done by Zhang Kuang, and he does not hesitate to send Hu Wenchen, the leader of Qiaohu Peak who ranks second among the thirteen peaks of Yashan and is extremely powerful.
Hu Wenchen is a man of few words, and he is a brother of the same sect as Jun Yuehou, the head of Yashan, but his strength is not inferior to Jun Yuehou. It can be said that apart from Tiandao No. 1 Mo Wusheng, there is no rival in the world.
Because Mo Wusheng was retreating in Fengxue Tianshan, Hu Wenchen spent most of his time sitting in the cliff mountain to prevent surprise attacks from the anti-path, but this time the head of the sect ordered him to go out of the mountain, probably just to prepare for a confrontation with Zhang Kuang.
Since Yashan is very likely to run into Zhang Kuang while taking advantage of Zhujian Villa and injure her severely, it is not easy to deal with it.
Xia Zhitao glanced at the wobbly little man who was firmly pulled by her side, and thought: No matter how far-sighted and planned you Yashan are——
If you can't even see people, it's not useless.
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After all the disciples had assembled, a group of people set off in a mighty manner. The sword energy in front of the main hall of Yashan overflowed, and countless figures disappeared into the clouds and disappeared immediately.
Ordinary cultivators need to accumulate spiritual energy to advance to higher ranks, and even more so to cross realms, they need the right time, place, and harmony with others. However, this ordinary principle does not seem to be applicable to the little junior sister.
For some unknown reason, Zhang Lan's realm fluctuated up and down, fluctuating. Before, she fell from Establishing the Foundation to Wendao, and now she is back to Establishing the Foundation, and even faintly has the tendency to break through the Golden Core.
She was still using the small wooden sword that was uniformly issued at the beginning, and she sat firmly on the blade of the sword. Her long black hair was loosely tied into a ponytail, and a few strands were pulled by the head-on cold wind.
Xia Zhitao called out, "Zhang Lan?"
Hearing Xia Zhitao calling her, Zhang Lan lowered the long sword a little bit, moved to the position beside her, and said happily, "Senior Sister, we should be there soon."
"A long time ago, I heard someone talk about Zhujian Villa. I heard that their house is very beautiful."
Zhang Lan looked into the distance, and said in a brisk voice, "The villa is located in the southeast of the land, if it is further away, it will be the territory of the Ligu Monster Clan."
Xia Zhitao smiled and said, "Really."
After the lush forests and lush plains, all the way down along the mighty Xijiang River, there is a water town full of ink.
Zhujian Villa is located in the middle of the mountain. The building is small and exquisite. After everyone jumped off the flying sword, they were brought into the villa by the servants who had been waiting early.
Yashan was willing to extend a helping hand and came from a long way. Naturally, Zhujian Villa did not dare to neglect, and had already arranged residences for everyone, and led a group of people inside.
The two villa owners were surrounded by Qiaohu's disciples, and they were closely guarded. Xia Zhitao and the others walked in the back position, and they couldn't even see each other.
Zhang Lan is short, and the crowd can be completely submerged. She tiptoed to try to see the owners, but was completely blocked by disciples from other peaks.
"What?" Zhang Lan said angrily, "I can't see it!"
Xia Zhitao was watching Zhang Lan's various actions on tiptoe, holding back her laughter and pulling her back, "Disciple Qiaohu will protect the two villa owners, we will be on the side—"
She originally wanted to say that it would be good to be lazy, but she thought that she wouldn't bring the leader into trouble, so she temporarily changed her words: "We'll just play by ear."
Looking at the aggressiveness of the Qiaohu Peak disciples, the assailant didn't even want to take the owner's life, he couldn't even get close to him.Perhaps it wasn't that before he had time to show up, he was pressed to the ground by the disciples of Qiaohu Peak who were already full of fighting power, and they were beaten up several times.
The two of them were leisurely at the back of the line, and after walking for a while, Jin Li, who had been squeezed to the front, also ran over.
"Junior Sister Xia, you're here too!" Jin Li ran over to say hello, "Come on, come on, I won't be with Master anymore, I feel more at ease following you."
When she turned her head, she saw Zhang Lan standing on tiptoe, trying to look ahead, and couldn't help laughing: "Little Carrot, who has been disappearing and disappearing recently, is also following you, Junior Sister?"
Zhang Lan turned around abruptly, gritted her teeth and said, "What did you shout just now?!"
Jin Li smiled and said: "Don't struggle, you're not tall enough, no matter how much you stand on tiptoe, you won't be able to see it."
Zhang Lan: "..."
Seeing that Zhang Lan was on the verge of breaking out, with an expression of "you wait for me, I will kill you", Jin Li did not continue to add fuel to the flames, and slowly changed the subject: "By the way, junior sister, what do you guys think about this?" What do you think?"
Xia Zhitao said: "Look at the two of us stuck at the back of the line, we can't see anything inside, what can we do?"
Jin Li stuck out her tongue and said, "I just rushed forward to eavesdrop on a few words. The peak masters said they wanted to check something, and we are heading to the study right now."
Xia Zhitao's heart trembled silently when she heard the word "study", thinking that she was walking to the scene of the murder, no wonder she felt a chill down her spine.
The study room where the two villa masters were murdered was quite small, and the three peak masters were too crowded to stand up. Naturally, the disciples were still far away in the last row, so it could be said that they had nothing to do.
I don't know what the peak owners discussed or found any clues, but the team continued to move forward.
When the team passed by the study, Xia Zhitao was thinking about the scene of her murder, and couldn't help but want to take a look, but the wooden door of the study was firmly closed, so she could only leave regretfully.
Who knows, just after she took two steps, there was a sudden and very slight inhalation sound from behind:
"hiss--!"
It was clearly in the noisy corridor, but the small voice fell into the ear pinna very clearly, and was firmly suppressed in the throat cavity, but it couldn't hide the trembling full of pain.
Xia Zhitao turned her head, and saw Zhang Lan raised her hand, her body was trembling violently, and she staggered back a step.
Her five fingers seemed to be covered with black charcoal. Starting from the fingertips, they were constantly chapped and rotted. The black mist spread wantonly, devouring the fine white skin and biting the flesh and bones.
"—Zhang Lan!!"
Xia Zhitao said in horror: "What happened to your hand?!"
Zhang Lan's complexion was pale, she bit her lower lip tightly, her black and white eyes were covered with mist, and she tremblingly said: "It's okay, senior sister, I'm fine."
Xia Zhitao went up like crazy, wanting to help with all her heart, but she could only watch helplessly, watching the black mist spread along the palm of her hand, but she was helpless, she couldn't do anything, she couldn't help at all.
Zhang Lan's long eyelashes were bent by the water vapor, her voice was hoarse, but she kept shaking her head: "I'm fine, it doesn't hurt."
Xia Zhitao's shout just now was a bit loud, startling the masters at the front, Zheng Luo Yi rushed over, looked at Zhang Lan's situation, and shouted anxiously: "Senior brother, it's the devil's energy entering the body!"
"Ah."
Hu Wenchen came over in no time, he waved his sleeves and raised his hand, and without any explanation, he grabbed Zhang Lan's wrist.
Zhang Lan's breath was unsteady, her thin lower lip was bitten out with bloodshot eyes, she tried to pull her hand back, but was held by the other party.
Hu Wenchen said, "Don't move."
The turbulent spiritual power rushed up, covering the five fingers layer by layer, rushing into the muscles and bones, and expelling the devilish energy that entangled the flesh and blood, barely stopping the further corruption of the five fingers.
He let go of his hand, Zhang Lan lost her support, and fell backward suddenly, being held in Xia Zhitao's arms.
Zhang Lan sniffed, the corners of her eyes were so red, as if she had been bullied, she looked at Xia Zhitao timidly, and called her softly, "Senior Sister."
"You are the body of a fairy. Once the devilish energy enters your body, the spirit veins will immediately flow back and corrode your bones." Hu Wenchen withdrew his hand, "What happened just now?"
Zhang Lan paused, raised her head reluctantly, and pointed to the tightly closed study next to her with her intact left hand.
She suppressed all the blood in her throat, and her voice stopped trembling in an instant, and the painful sip was gone, and it was unbelievably stable:
"...Magic cultivator."
"The person who killed the two villa owners is a demon cultivator." Zhang Lan said softly, "I accidentally touched the gauze curtain with my hand just now, and was burned by the residual demonic energy on it, which caused the spirit veins to flow back."
Hu Wenchen nodded slightly, and walked slowly to the closed study room. The disciples also spontaneously gave way to let the three peak masters check the situation.
"Zhang Lan is my Yuwan disciple, and the spiritual power in her body is extremely pure," Zheng Luoyi explained, "so she is extremely sensitive to demon energy and monster energy."
Hu Wenchen said: "I found him before. Not only is this person high in aptitude, but he is also an extremely rare fairy body. It's a pity that his Taoism is relatively shallow. If you can't teach him, you can throw Qiaohu here. I am interested in teaching him."
Zheng Luoyi: "..."
Jin Li said angrily: "Master Hu Peak, our Jade Crescent Junior Junior Sister is so lively and lovely, you actually want to snatch her away!"
The disciples didn't expect that such a serious situation of devil energy entering the body would suddenly turn into a people-robbing meeting.
Yashan ranked second, and the dignified Qiaohu Peak leader was a little girl at the end of the crane in the trial meeting. She couldn't help but looked at each other, lamenting how wonderful life is.
And pitifully lying in Xia Zhitao's arms, Zhang Lan, the person involved, was completely dumbfounded.
Since she joined Yuwan Peak in the Trial Conference, she went directly to the cave to "retreat" for a few months, and then went down the mountain every day.
From this point of view, the total time spent on the peak did not exceed a week, and it was unknown how conscientious Jin Li was in order to say these words.
Hu Wenchen glanced at Jinli, and said coldly: "You Yuwan plant flowers and weeds every day, and even set up a field behind the mountain. I don't know if you are here to farm or practice Taoism."
Zheng Luoyi was in despair: "...Brother, that is Lingyao Garden, a place dedicated to cultivating and planting spiritual plants."
Hu Wenchen said, "Almost."
Zhang Lan was clutching her wrist, her slender white fingers were covered with layers of black ash, and the skin of her fingertips was cracked with charcoal scars, looking extremely terrifying.
Her breathing was still a bit messy, her long eyelashes were full of moisture, she nestled in Xia Zhitao's arms aggrievedly, and muttered softly, "I don't want to go to any peak."
Zhang Lan said stubbornly, "I just want to go to Shuijing Peak."
Standing silently with no sense of presence, the bearded master who hadn't said much from the beginning to the end trembled and said in a panic, "Hey! Zhang Lan, what did you just say?"
Zhang Lan said, "I want to go—"
"Such a serious injury from the devil's energy entering the body!" Master Beard roared righteously, "Disciple Zhitao, hurry up and take him out for treatment first!!"
With a loud voice, he directly covered Zhang Lan's voice, and in the name of "healing well", he pushed the two of them out without any explanation.
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After a lot of tossing, Zheng Luoyi, who was good at healing, took Zhang Lan to the treatment first, and Xia Zhitao naturally wanted to come together, and then followed Jinli secretly.
Zhang Lan walked a little ahead of Xia Zhitao, she lowered her head slightly, and untied the cuff buttons with five fingers, and the loose white clothes hung down in clusters, covering her right hand that was eroded by the evil spirit.
Zheng Luoyi said softly: "Master Hufeng will help you get rid of the evil energy, but once the spirit body is damaged, it is extremely difficult to recover. Master first help you find some spiritual grass to bandage it for a while, and then go back to Yuwan Peak and take a closer look." look."
Zhang Lan shook her head and said, "No need to be so troublesome."
"I...I'll go back to Yashan and practice hard for a few days," Zhang Lan whispered, "I'm almost recovered."
Zheng Luo Yi always felt that these words sounded familiar, as if someone had said similar words not long ago, but he couldn't remember who it was.
Xia Zhitao knew that Zhang Lan was a stubborn child and never listened to what others said, so she had to persuade her in the end.
She bent down slightly, and said patiently: "No, the wounds eroded by the devil energy need to be dealt with in time. If it is delayed until after returning to the peak, it will be too late."
Zhang Lan blinked and silently agreed.
The remaining two peak masters and other disciples stayed in Zhujian Villa to investigate and protect the villa owner, while Zheng Luoyi led the three of them out of the villa and came to the market at the foot of the mountain.
He found a remote medical clinic, and after saying hello, he borrowed some water and bandages. Just as he was about to carefully examine Zhang Lan's injury, Zhang Lan shook his head slightly.
With her sleeves hanging down, she slowly rolled up her white sleeves little by little, and the slit on her wrist had already healed more than half.
The horrible chapped marks closed slightly, and Kurosawa faded a lot, and the milky white skin was slightly pink, and looked very soft.
"Master, look," Zhang Lan said slowly, "It's almost done."
Zheng Luo Yi took a closer look, a little unbelievable: "This... the magic energy entering the body will cause great damage to the fairy, and it will be difficult to recover for a while."
Zhang Lan didn't change her face: "Just now, Peak Master Hu's aura is pure, dispelling the evil energy and healing my wounds, but it's only showing up now."
Zheng Luo Yi couldn't figure it out, no matter how pure Hu Wenchen's spiritual power was, it was impossible for the place eroded by the devil energy to heal so quickly, unless the other party...
He thought about it for a long time, but he didn't come up with a reason, but seeing Zhang Lan's appearance of an old god, he sighed and helped her tie the bandages a few times.
Zhang Lan's hands were firmly wrapped in several rounds of bandages, and together with her white jade face, which was a little less bloody, she looked quite miserable.
Aggrieved, she leaned over and stood next to Xia Zhitao without saying a word, which made Xia Zhitao's heart ache for a while. She stretched out her hand to hold him in her arms, patted his back lightly, and comforted him, "It doesn't hurt."
Zhang Lan leaned against her shoulder, carefully controlled her breathing, and rubbed against her shamelessly. Her amber eyes were bright, and she didn't look like she was dying before.
"Hey, junior sister, you looked at Little Carrot and smiled so happily," Jin Li said with a smile, "By the way, where are we going now, are we going back to Zhujian Villa?"
Zheng Luo Yi didn't reply immediately, he looked down at Zhang Lan's situation, hesitantly said: "This..."
"Since we've all come out," Jin Li grabbed the words and said brightly, "It's rare to come to the water town, master take us to play around!"
Zheng Luoyi: "..."
"Master, look, Hu Feng master and Hu Feng master are both here, they are 'tiger and tiger' powerful," Jin Li began to use idioms indiscriminately again, "They can investigate the matter of sword casting, let's go to the street to buy glutinous rice cakes to eat Bar!"
Zheng Luoyi: "..."
Xia Zhitao rubbed his forehead: "Senior Sister Jinli, luckily Master Zhengxuefeng, who teaches literature, didn't come this time, otherwise I would have been pissed off by you."
The matter of Zhujian Villa is extremely serious. Although residual demonic energy was found beside the window screen, it is not certain that the owner of the villa was killed by the demon cultivator.
If you think about it further, there are some similarities between Zhujian Villa and Baihetang.Both rely on family inheritance to maintain their prestige, one is the eternal formation, and the other is the Lingwu casting tool.
What's more coincidental is that in recent years, the two families have more or less faintly shown signs of decline.Although it might be a bit outrageous to think so, the possibility of the owner falling into a demon cultivator cannot be ruled out.After all, in order to save the reputation of the sect, there is nothing high-ranking people can't do.
Xia Zhitao was still thinking about how to find a reason to go back to the villa to investigate, Zhang Lan quietly moved closer and whispered, "I want to eat glutinous rice cakes too."
"The matter of Zhujian Villa is very important. As the peak owner, I need to be present," Zheng Luo Yi sighed, "But... the three of you go shopping nearby, I will go and talk to them."
Jin Li's eyes lit up immediately, she rushed forward and straightened Luo's robe, and said softly, "Master, you are so kind!"
Zheng Luoyi carefully put away the messy bandages on the table, stuffed a whole silver ingot to the owner of the clinic, took the three girls to give them instructions, stuffed them with dozens of taels of silver, and then turned and left .
"It's good to be with Junior Sister," Jin Li said proudly, "I can eat, play and not work again."
Zhang Lan was obviously not interested in the Forging Sword Villa either, her expression was listless when she was walking inside, and she was alive and kicking as soon as she came out of the street.
She raised her bandage-wrapped arm, swung it vigorously at Jinli, and said, "It's all due to me."
Jin Li said loudly: "Thank you junior sister for sacrificing her right hand and giving the three of us a chance to be lazy!"
Xia Zhitao: "..."
What's this all about.
"Senior Sister, let's go buy glutinous rice cakes," Zhang Lan said cheerfully, picking up Xia Zhitao's sleeves, "I saw several food shops just now, and they are just below."
Judging by the energetic appearance of this man, his right hand should be fine.Xia Zhitao was dragged by the two, unable to go back to investigate the incident at the villa, she simply let herself go and took the two of them shopping in the market.
Jin Li dragged Zhang Lan and ran away. Xia Zhitao looked at the two of them from a distance, laughed inwardly, walked behind slowly, and took a closer look at the surrounding market.
There are many rivers in the water town. She walked down the river slowly, and the willow branches were dripping with water vapor, and even the green brick ground was cool.
After a while, Zhang Lan ran back with Jin Li in her arms. She held a lot of messy gadgets in her arms, and showed them to Xia Zhitao graciously, and said, "Senior Sister! Which one do you like?"
Xia Zhitao smiled and said, "Don't worry about me, you two just relax, and be careful not to touch the wound on your right hand."
Looking a little disappointed, Zhang Lan carefully stuffed her things in her arms, and said in a low voice, "I don't want to go with Senior Sister Jin, I want to go with you."
Xia Zhitao laughed, helped her put a bunch of things into the storage ring, raised her hand to rub Zhang Lan's long hair, and said, "Okay, then follow me."
She stretched out her hand to hold the other's left hand, Zhang Lan was stunned for a moment, then followed in a small step, obediently staying behind Xia Zhitao, her five fingers quietly clenched a little.
Zhujian Mountain Villa is not far away, and as the Zhuwu sect has close contacts with various towns, Xia Zhitao saw that among most of the low shop buildings, there was a tall building with sharp edges and forged metal beams around it, which seemed to be A blade stands at the end of the market.
"That's the storefront of Zhujian Villa in the mortal world," Jin Li said with a bunch of things hanging on her body, and walked back to greet the two with clanging bells, "There are swords and swords, axes, halberds and whips, and all kinds of weapons. "
Although it felt that few people would be affected, Xia Zhitao was still thinking about the matter of Jianjian Villa. Right now, he happened to meet the sect's mortal storefront, so he discussed with the two of them, "Shall we go in and have a look?"
Zhang Lan never shook her head at her suggestion, and Jin Li was so distracted from playing, anyway, she went to play wherever she went, so she also excitedly followed in.
Just a few steps in, before Xia Zhitao had time to look at the weapon, Zhang Lan suddenly rushed in front of her and blocked her way with outstretched arms: "Be careful!!"
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I saw a silver light passing by suddenly, the sharp blade plunged into the ground a few feet away, and the tail was still humming.
"...What a coincidence."
Someone came slowly, with long hair tied loosely by a purple butterfly hairpin, five or six cold white blades held between five fingers, with a sharp smile: "Xia Zhitao... right?"
Behind the woman were several guards in black, who stood aside respectfully, with black stripes and mottled body, and the muscles and bones were so emaciated that they did not look like a living person.
The person in front of him was dressed in purple, his steps were like haze, and he wore a warm jade pendant on his neck. He looked at Xia Zhitao with a playful look: "It seems that Yashan's movements are quite fast."
Xia Zhitao recognized the person at a glance, but what she didn't expect was that they would meet again so soon after the incident with the Yang family in Youzhou.
She was surprised: "Liu Ling?"
Liu Ling smiled and said, "However, she dared to call me by my young master's name when we met for the second time. Miss Xia is really No.1 in history."
"I've always had a bad memory. I can't remember people's names or faces," she said casually. "You are one of the few people who impresses me."
Zhang Lan stopped Xia Zhitao in front, clenched the wooden sword in her hand, and asked, "Why are you here, and what did Cai Liuya mean?"
Liu Ling pursed her lips and smiled, and said: "Miss Xia is someone I value, if she can't even avoid Ruya, it would be too disappointing."
Zhang Lan exploded immediately, and was about to step up to beat someone with a wooden sword, but Xia Zhitao quickly snatched it back, and held the little guy in his arms.
Liu Ling smiled and said: "Why are you so excited, my colleague? When you see someone you know, you just throw a arrow for fun, and it doesn't hurt you."
She spoke nonchalantly, but Zhang Lan's expression suddenly tightened, Hu Po's eyes were dim, and her voice was cold: "If you dare to touch Senior Sister, I will chop your bones and throw them into the West River!"
These words were harsh, Liu Ling raised her eyebrows, and said with a smile: "You are a fierce little guy, are you interested in playing with Qian Renmae as the king of Hades?"
Before the matter of Yang Liangcai in Youzhou, Liu Ling used the pretext of appreciating Xia Zhitao, and wanted to make her the King of Hades.Now I plan to give Zhang Lan another...
It seems that Qian Ren's Mace's "King of Hades" position is very worthless, and was sold by their young master as wholesale.
"We just came here according to Yashan's order, and we didn't intend to collide with Qianren's mace," Xia Zhitao said, "I don't know what's the purpose of Young Master Liu stopping us?"
"I have the same purpose as you Yashan." Liu Ling didn't hide it, and smiled sharply, "I'm also here to find someone."
She crossed her arms, half leaned against the wooden table, and said lazily: "Qian Ren's eyeliner reported that Zhang Kuang appeared in Yunji of the Western Regions for a while, we followed the clues to chase after him, but the other party had already left for a long time."
"—However, just a day ago, another apostle sent the news of Zhang Kuang's appearance in the water village, which seems to be somewhat related to the matter of the Forging Sword Villa."
Liu Ling said lazily, "I came all the way here to find her."
The author has something to say: Zhang Kuang: Are you looking for this seat?If you dare to throw Zhitao Liuya in front of me, today I will go and dismantle the Qianren mace.
【Orange cat】
The number of words in this chapter is particularly auspicious hahaha
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