Mo Jiu Ye

September is already autumn, but the green in southern Xinjiang is surprisingly verdant, and you can see the endless green.The soil under his feet was so soft that he even had the illusion that he would sink if he stepped on it.The turquoise vines grow on the towering trees, climb to a high place and then hang down randomly, echoing the canopy that almost covers the entire sky, like a dense net covering the entire southern border.

As soon as you enter southern Xinjiang, the similar scenery everywhere makes you feel like you are in a maze.And in this naturally formed labyrinth, many poisonous snakes and insects are hidden under the thick green, and a single negligence will cause a fresh life to be lost.Therefore, in southern Xinjiang, it can really be said that the land is sparsely populated, and most of its residents are Miao people who have lived here for generations.Because of this, Southern Xinjiang is also known as Miaojiang.

The Miao people are not scattered all over the place, they also have their own political power.There are ten major Miao villages in southern Xinjiang, each of which is responsible for its own affairs, but at the same time maintains a faint balance.However, the area occupied by these ten Miao villages is only the outskirts of southern Xinjiang.

In places like southern Xinjiang, the deeper you go, the more dangerous it is.Among the Miao people, there are still Gu seedlings who are good at Gu skills.The Miao village made up of Gu seedlings is not among the top ten Miao villages, and its location is deep in southern Xinjiang.They are good at using the most dangerous poison in Miaojiang to make Gu poison. They have tattoos of various poisons on their bodies. They never ask about the affairs of southern Xinjiang, and they rarely even go out of the dense forest of southern Xinjiang.However, as long as they are the people of Miao Jiang, there will be no one who dares to provoke Gu Miao.

However, in this place where the most mysterious and difficult to provoke Gu seedlings live together, there is a continuous sound of blessings like waves.

It was deep at night.However, no one in the entire Miao village, including young children, fell asleep.

These Gu seedlings that make people talk about it differently, regardless of age, are all dressed in white clothes like snow, kneeling neatly on the ground.Under the illumination of the moonlight, the white clothes exuded a lustrous luster, and as they kept touching their foreheads to the ground, the white clothes on their bodies were like silver waves.They murmured whispers of blessings in their mouths, and their different faces showed the same piety and solemnity.

And in front of these silver waves, there is a dark color like ink.

On the high altar, there is a figure of a woman.

The woman raised her face, her ivory-white face was even brighter under the soft moonlight.She is not young anymore, and there are faint fine lines at the corners of her eyes, but people who see her always ignore her appearance and focus on her unusually clear eyes.It was as if at this moment, in those eyes, the little crescent moon was reflected in them, which made her more holy and beautiful like a child of God.

The woman was wearing a black robe with dark red manjusawa embroidered on the cuffs.The pink lips kept opening and closing, and sometimes low and sometimes high-pitched prayers overflowed from her sandalwood mouth. The hoarse and slightly deep voice added a bit of treachery to the vast night.Her hands were facing the sky, and her wide sleeves swayed slightly with her gestures one after another, like rippling water waves.The manjusawa embroidered with thin dark red threads also seemed to come alive with these movements, clusters like burning flames.In other words, they are more like rivers of blood flowing.

——Just like the red Bana flowers surrounding the altar.

Those who have never been to the depths of southern Xinjiang can never imagine that the endless layers of green will stop abruptly in this place.From here on, a large expanse of blood-like red spreads endlessly. Those flowers originally bloomed on Huangquan Road, but at this moment, they are full of enchantment in the southern border.

Under the leadership of the high priest, the Gu seedlings in Miaojiang were praying and blessing to their holy mountain.

To the west of Miao Village, the so-called land of the first month, is a mountain high into the clouds.Wherever you look, there are red manjusawa all over the mountains and plains, as if this cloud-shrouded mountain is the legendary place where the soul returns.

This mountain is called Qingyao.

Qingyao Mountain, without a doubt, is the holy mountain in southern Xinjiang.

No matter it is sunny or rainy season, Qingyao Mountain is always shrouded in misty clouds at a height of about [-] zhang.Whether it is spring or winter, manjusawa will always be in full bloom under a thousand feet, and there is not even a single ordinary tree.And the poisonous insects and snakes coming out of Qingyao Mountain are also far more poisonous than those in southern Xinjiang.

Gu Miao's Miao Village is not located at the foot of Qingyao Mountain, to be precise, there is a valley about a hundred feet wide between them.Due to the existence of the valley, Qingyao Mountain looks more ethereal.Because no matter from which direction, as long as you want to go to Qingyao Mountain, you must walk through this valley.Its terrain looks more like the original Qingyao Mountain. Due to unknown reasons, within a hundred feet around the mountain, all of them have collapsed into the ground.

In the valley, there are also red manjusawa.Compared with the red on the mountain, surrounded by flowers in the valley, it is more like a sea of ​​blood.As the breeze blew, the blood-colored sea water rippled gently.

Manzhushahua, the flower of the underworld, when the soul crosses the River of Forgetfulness, the memories of the previous life will be scattered on the ground, turning into these enchanting, almost weird, red and almost cruel Bana flowers.

Facing this sea of ​​blood, all the worshipers were in awe.

Because of the reverence for the holy mountain and the legendary gods who live above the clouds of the holy mountain, the Gu Miao clan, on the night of the eclipse of the moon every year, that is, the day when the moon in the sky turns blood red, will be presided over by the high priest. A grand sacrificial ceremony will be held in the next day, and anyone who belongs to the Gu Miao clan, even if it is just a baby who has not yet reached the full moon, must pray all night long and pray to the gods for blessings.

This is the rule that the Gu Miao clan has never changed since they lived here for 600 years.

However, the annual grand sacrifice like tonight has been held more than ten times in the past two months.

The reason is that, in the past three months, the strange changes inside and outside the Miao village made them have to guess whether this was a punishment from the gods.

In the first month, not much has changed.It's just that the manjusawa here seems to be growing very well, even worse than in previous years.Although the holy mountain is protected by the gods and the manjusawa is undefeated all year round, this year's manjusawa really gives people a feeling that they are about to come back to life.

In the following month, Manjusawa seemed to be no longer satisfied with the growth range of the holy mountain and the valley below the holy mountain, but gradually overflowed to the outside.But in one night, the entire open space of the Miao Village was also covered with these bloody flowers.Immediately, it grew outward rapidly at a speed of [-] meters a day.The Miao people who have witnessed the growth of Manzhushahua have a bad premonition in their hearts - could it be that in less than a few months, the entire southern Xinjiang will be flooded by these Bana flowers?

Although manjusawa is the holy flower in the eyes of Gu seedlings, it does not mean that the consequences of these manjusawa growing all over southern Xinjiang can be ignored-these are blood-colored flowers that exist because of the holy mountain, not ordinary manjusawa magnificent.The floral fragrance of these flowers has a strong psychedelic effect, a small amount can produce hallucinations, and a large amount may induce deep sleep, and may even be unable to wake up from sleep.

Gu seedlings dare to enshrine and are willing to enshrine them, on the one hand because they firmly believe that manjusawa is the symbol of the gods of the holy mountain and the holy flower that guides reincarnation, and at the same time they have enough skills to avoid being confused by the small amount of flower fragrance overflowing the valley; On the other hand, these magical flowers are one of the essential medicinal powders for the Gu seedlings when they make Gu.

However, these manjusawa have already threatened the survival of Gu seedlings and even the entire Miao border.Especially in the last month, some village-protecting Gu worms placed in eight directions outside the Miao Village blew day and night, all creating a crisis atmosphere.Even the high priest with the highest status in the Miao village, his complexion became more and more cold because of the repeated sacrifices these days but the situation did not improve.I can't help but guess in my heart, what happened in this holy mountain and above the clouds.

In fact, the high priest's guess was half true.The strange change of Qingyao Mountain was indeed related to the Holy Mountain, but it was not intentional to lower the punishment.

Qingyao Mountain, the place at the beginning of the month in southern Xinjiang, the mountain is straight and straight into the sky, but it is not the guess of the Gu seedlings under the mountain, there are only those red manjusawa and nothing else.If the clouds and mist can be cleared away, one will find that Qingyao Mountain can really be called "strange" when looking at the whole Qingyao Mountain.

Starting from the valley, the two-thirds of the entire Qingyao Mountain is covered with red Bana flowers.However, from the height beyond the reach of manpower, the red manjusawa is mixed with white manjusawa as white as snow, which can almost be called spotless.Immediately, the red became less and less, and on the top of the mountain, where the clouds and mist were shrouded, only the white manjusawa was left.

Just like, on the snow mountain, the cleanest first snow.

Above the clouds, there is another world.

Among the white manjusawa, one can vaguely see a jade stone step leading to the top of the mountain.The tall Sala trees have luxuriant branches and leaves, with blue vines hanging down from them.Different from the clouds and mist on the mountainside, the lingering mist here contains an elegant fragrance, which is clearly the mist produced by the peak of aura.

Rather than saying that the amazing growth of the manjusawa at the foot of the mountain is due to the wrath of the gods, it is better to say that Qingyao Mountain has too much aura, so that the manjusawa has gradually become more aura, and has the ability to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.

These auras flowed from the deep blue lake on the top of Qingyao Mountain.

Qingyao Mountain is known as the land of the moon, and there is a naturally formed lake on the top of the mountain, which itself contains the power of the moon.If it wasn't located in southern Xinjiang, a place where miasma and poisonous substances flourish, and there is a natural labyrinth outside, it would have become a place for some sects to cultivate their spirituality just by virtue of its own aura.

Especially in the past three months, the water of the holy lake, which was already full of aura, has become cloudy and even viscous due to the mellow aura.At first glance, it seems like seeing traditional Chinese medicine that has been boiled for a few days.The curling spiritual energy rising from the lake also contained the fragrance of medicinal herbs, staring at it, there was a person in the lake who closed his eyes and fell asleep.

The deep blue lake is gentle, and the breeze can't blow the slightest waves.A man in a white singlet lay with his eyes closed in the water waves, his long purple hair was scattered in the water waves, and the silver dots in the hair gently rippling in the purple.

On the top of the mountain, there were no insects or birds, and it was as quiet as the heavens and the earth had just opened.And the man in white sleeps quietly in the blue waves, his surprisingly handsome face is serene and serene, as serene and beautiful as an ink painting.

Between heaven and earth, there seems to be only the sound of white manjusawa blooming.

Until, a pair of white jade feet gently stepped on the white and tender petals, and the inaudible footsteps broke the quiet atmosphere.

In the sea of ​​white flowers, a girl in light purple clothes walked out, only about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a beautiful face.It looks like she is from the Central Plains, but her hair color and eyes are dark purple, which adds three points of charm to her whole person.At this time, her clear and beautiful face was covered with a faint look of worry, and she saw a bamboo basket slung around her arms, covered with a piece of blue silk, but she couldn't see what was inside.

Three months ago this woman might only be vaguely remembered by some boudoir girls in the Cang Kingdom, but in these three months, her reputation has spread throughout the entire world, including the demon world.

——Yi Yuran, the daughter of the former prime minister of the Cang Kingdom, unfortunately died in the sea of ​​flames.However, a few months later, he was already possessed by the devil, with pure magic power, comparable to the royal family of the devil world.In these short few months, no one knew what kind of adventure she had. The person who was supposed to die turned into a person whose cultivation base was in the realm of the devil king.No one knows why this witch, who can be said to have a bright future in the devil world, calls Kunlun's abandoned disciple Jiu Ye her master.

This witch has been missing for three months.Together with her master, Jiu Ye, who was expelled from Kunlun Wonderland a few days ago, and Xiao Shuyu, the Blood Demon Venerable who had been in Kunlun Wonderland for many years and revealed his identity, did not appear in front of anyone for a full three months.

They stayed on the top of Qingyao Mountain for three consecutive months.

On that day, Xiao Shuyu forcibly opened the space crack. Due to the influence of several demonic powers and true energy, the position of the isolated overseas island that was originally located in the private domain of the Blood Demon Lord shifted, and it turned into Qingyao Mountain in southern Xinjiang.

Southern Xinjiang is located in the southwest of the wilderness, it is truly a place with fierce mountains and rivers, and there are few people.Cultivators never want to come to this barbaric land where the folk customs are shining and uneducated in their eyes, and the demon world has always looked down on the human world, let alone such a southern border where even the human world can be called a wasteland.All of a sudden, the land of southern border became the place that was least infiltrated by various forces.And this Qingyao Mountain can be said to be a rare spiritual place among the [-] fierce mountains in southern Xinjiang. Although the aura is far less than that of Putuo in Kunlun, they really have no intention of looking for a place where they can escape from the world and have a lot of aura. Settle down here.

After all, the situation of Jiu Ye they brought was extremely bad.

First of all, the injury on the chest never had the slightest tendency to heal, but intensified, and the excessive blood loss made Jiu Ye's complexion surprisingly pale.Not only that, the meridians in Jiuye's body were empty, without any real energy, except that his hair color had changed to a silver-purple color that day, Jiuye, who was still in a coma, was no different from ordinary people.

In fact, if we really want to talk about it, there is still a gap between Jiu Ye's body and ordinary people.After all, in terms of the amount of blood lost by Jiuye, it would only be possible for an ordinary person to lose such a amount if all the blood in his body was lost.But Jiu Ye was just in a coma all the time, her pulse condition was stable, and her expression was surprisingly calm, but she couldn't wake up.

Yi Yuran sighed in her heart, her eyebrows were slightly frowned, and her eyes couldn't hide her worry.Her steps were slow, but she came to the lakeside in an instant.Staring at the peaceful Jiu Ye in the blue lake water with deep purple water eyes, her heart was sour.Squatting down, Yi Yuran took down the basket hanging from the crook of her arm, and uncovered the blue silk covering it.

The basket was covered with white silk and satin, and on it was a fist-sized "stone" with the luster of jade. The surface of the "stone" is a bit rough but extremely transparent, and you can clearly see a dark green light cluster in the center of the stone.Just shake the "stone" slightly, and you will find that the center of the "stone" is not the so-called light cluster at all, but a grease that exudes a dark green light.Its edge has not yet completely solidified, showing a viscous liquid state, and the dark green color also flows gently with the viscous liquid at the edge, in which the spiritual energy gathers but does not disperse, condenses but does not emit, which is exactly the legend The jade ointment that "one dose will make you immortal".

In fact, although the jade ointment does not have the legendary effect of making mortals become immortals, it is indeed an extremely rare and precious treasure in the world of cultivation.If it weren't for the real cave, it would have been impossible to produce a piece in thousands of years.For example, the jade ointment in Yi Yuran's hand is no more than the size of a fist with the unbroken jade shell, but its formation time is by no means less than tens of thousands of years, and the aura contained in it is no less than that of Kunlun seven. A whole vein of spirit stones under one of the main peaks.

The most commendable thing is the attribute of this jade ointment.

In addition to absorbing the aura of heaven and earth, ordinary practitioners often use spirit stones to assist them, especially those sects whose sects are not located in the blessed land of Lingshan.As for jade, most of them are accessories to be worn, and they are full of aura. They are not as good as some low-level spirit stones in cultivation.

But the jade paste is different, it itself is an innate spiritual treasure that has absorbed the aura of heaven and earth through countless years.Although it can't make people instantly become immortals like legends, but for ordinary people, it is a treasure that prolongs life.For cultivators, it is an elixir that cuts tendons, washes marrow, regenerates and greatly increases one's cultivation base.And the jade ointment in Yi Yuran's hands is not only old, but also has an earthy attribute, and it contains a strong wood energy, which has a miraculous effect on people who are seriously ill.

Yi Yuran had a calm expression on her face, and gently grasped the unattractive "stone" with woody jade paste with her fair five fingers, leaned over to dip it in the deep blue lake water, and then exerted a little force between her fingers.

The jade shell wrapped outside the jade paste is actually very fragile, which is why Yi Yuran carefully put it in the basket.

Because of the movement of Yi Yuran's palm in the water, small bubbles appeared on the surface of the water.However, when the bubbles are broken, the broken water vapor does not directly melt into the water like ordinary foam, but escapes into the air as if it has substance.At the same time, a fragrance of grass and trees wafted along with the fragrance of medicine in the lake water. Being in it, I felt refreshed with just one breath—the bubbles were not air at all, but the jade ointment contained in it. The aura of the lake dissipated because the lake was nearly saturated.

The not-so-clear lake water is even more turbid with the ointment and viscous liquid flowing out from the damaged jade shell.But the aura escaping from the lake became more mellow.

Yi Yuran let go of her hand, allowing the jade stone, which was continuously flowing out of the jade cream liquid, to sink to the bottom of the lake.Then he withdrew his hand, took out a white handkerchief and wiped his hands casually, his movements were extremely skillful, his eyes were calm, as if he was doing something very ordinary.

But when Yi Yuran's watery eyes fell on the man with closed eyes in the middle of the lake, especially the red trickle on his chest that curled up like a stream, that beautiful face sank down hard, and the white teeth were so white. Consciously biting the bright red lips, the force is so great that even a little bit of bright red oozes out.

She stood motionless by the lake, looking at the sleeping Jiu Ye with her beautiful eyes without blinking.After an unknown amount of time, a ruthless look flashed across those dark purple eyes.The empty basket placed under his feet was kicked out viciously by a jade foot that couldn't hold it, and he had no usual gentle and elegant temperament.

Three whole months... three whole months! !The wound was bleeding continuously, and there was no real energy in her body. Even if she comforted her master in her heart that she fell into a deep sleep because she spent too much energy, as long as she replenished more energy, she would definitely be able to wake her up. The naturally aura-filled lake water is mixed with countless treasures from heaven and earth to refine it into a medicinal soup, in the hope that it can repair the injured body of the master. The wound on his master's chest still cannot stop the bleeding.

Although the lake in front of him was dark blue, in Yi Yuran's eyes, it was undoubtedly a blood-colored lake soaked in blood!

Now Yi Yuran can't wait to tear the Xuanhu King's corpse into thousands of pieces... With Jiuye's current appearance, can he have nothing to do with the Fox King who left a fatal wound!Even though she told herself countless times that this was to replenish energy for her master's body, she always couldn't help but think that this was to renew her life!Although she could clearly feel that the master was not dead, his chest had indeed stopped rising and falling.

Because Yi Yuran did not have the strength of the blood demon venerable, who can be called the top powerhouse in the mainland, she insisted on stripping her spirit body from it, and changed countless physical bodies in three months, whether it was ordinary mortals or monsters. The demons collect natural materials and earthly treasures everywhere in order to wake up their masters.Unexpectedly, it was still nothing after all, but this holy lake is cheap, it can be called aura.If the Gorefiend hadn't set up a restriction by the lake, Qingyao Mountain would have already been favored by the Dazong sect because of its overflowing aura.

Yi Yuran felt bitter in her heart, looking at the abnormally pale face of the sleeping man with closed eyes in the lake, her silver teeth were clenched tightly - when she woke up in the outskirts of Cangguo, thinking about the weird scene before she fell into a coma, her heart was full. Is at a loss and despair.When she first saw this gentle and handsome young man, she had thoughts in her heart.Later, we met several times, and although we didn't talk much each time, our thoughts deepened.Otherwise, she would not have killed him in order to preserve her appearance, nor would she have bitten him after the final despair, and was finally ready to die in the sea of ​​flames.

At that time, she only had one thought in her mind - burn her body and turn it into ashes, as long as there is wind, she can always be by his side.

It's just that he didn't expect that he didn't die, but became a demon instead, and the blood in his body was faintly drawn by Jiuye.When I got his news, I wanted to take a look at him, but at the moment I saw him, I was so full of admiration that I couldn't express it. Instead, I respected him by three points and obeyed him by seven points, as if the man in front of me was born to be his master.

She leaned over and lightly touched the corner of Jiu Ye's clothes hanging on the ground with her forehead, and the pure purple that symbolized respect in the devil world fell on the dusty ground along her back, willingly.

Now, the life and death of the master she admired so much is unknown, how can she not be angry.

"Tsk, go crazy and stay away, don't get in the way of my little brother here." On a tall Sala tree not far from the lake, the surrounding air twisted for a while, and a tree appeared on a branch that was originally empty. A man with red hair and red eyes.He leaned against the tree trunk, with his right leg curled up, his brows were cold but with a sinister air.

It was Blood Demon Lord Xiao Shuyu.

Given the height of his position, it was obvious that Yi Yuran's gaffe was in his eyes.

"Little Junior Brother?" Yi Yuran's voice was not moved by Xiao Shuyu's condensed tone at all, and her usual warbling voice had a sad feeling, saying: "Kunlun Wonderland was removed from the master seven days ago. He is not a disciple of Kunlun for a long time. Kunlun can't tolerate you as a majestic blood demon. If you really want to talk about why the master ended up in such a state, you, the demon who made him an enemy in public and exposed his identity , apart from the enmity between you and Master, Yuran really doesn't know what kind of affection makes you stay here again and again!" Don't think that she can't see what Xiao Shuyu has in mind.

"Hmph." Xiao Shuyu snorted coldly, moved his body, and appeared by the lake in a moment.He squinted at the beautiful face full of resentment, and said indifferently: "It's not up to you to care about how I do things... What's more, with your meager skills, can you keep Jiuye safe?"

Yi Yuran didn't speak, her face was ashen.

Xiao Shuyu didn't say any more.Although I don't know the truth, this woman does have Jiuye's breath on her body, and she is indeed Jiuye's servant.Big dogs still depend on their masters.Although Xiao Shuyu hated Yi Yuran very much, second only to Xuanhu King, this woman was Jiuye's dog after all, so she had to save some face.

Speaking of Xuanhu King, Xiao Shuyu felt a little hesitant.In the past three months, not only this woman went out to search for treasures of heaven and earth, but he also went deep into the world of monsters and demons to find elixir after drawing layers of restraining formations. Naturally, he heard about the Xuanhu King.

A place like Jiuyi Mountain is equivalent to the ghost abyss purgatory in the demon world, and it is also a place where the color changes in the demon world.What's more, Cangwu Zhiyuan is still the bottom of Jiuyi Mountain, with the strongest restriction and the worst environment.

Of course Xiao Shuyu didn't sympathize with King Xuanhu, but because of the wound on Jiuye's chest that never stopped bleeding, Xiao Shuyu had the urge to chop off that fox's paw.If it weren't for worrying that Jiu Ye would have emotions similar to worry and anger after waking up, which would further affect his dilapidated body... Xiao Shuyu thought about it seriously, should he go to the most ethereal and hard-to-find underworld among the six worlds to get the water of the river of forgetfulness? It's really a problem to go to Jiuyi Mountain to rescue that damned fox.

……never mind.Xiao Shuyu lowered his eyes, not to mention that the underworld is misty and hard to find, but if this Wangchuanshui accidentally made Jiuye even forget himself, it wouldn't be worthwhile.Or wait a little longer, wait for that fox to suffer a little more before doing it.

It would be even better if the fox could die by itself before he did it.

Xiao Shuyu sighed lightly, feeling conflicted in his heart.He didn't want to save the fox and find his own trouble, and he didn't want to be angered by Jiu Yeqian after waking up. He really couldn't think of a way to achieve the best of both worlds.

While sighing, the eyes that had been locking on the white figure froze suddenly, the pupils shrank suddenly, and the whole body froze suddenly.

In the blue lake, the man in white slowly opened his eyes.

——But what Xiao Shuyu didn't know was that the moment Jiuye opened his eyes, it was under the abyss of Cangwu, the fire fox emperor Su Junyue used the blood of his index finger to volley the layers of restraints drawn into the sky into blood chains, and the right side of Su Yishang's face was bound. When the purple snow roses above were imprisoned layer by layer.

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