After the defeat of the devil, there is an extra child

Fang Wanchen probably saw that his expression was wrong, so he couldn't help asking worriedly: "Brother Chengfeng, what's wrong with this jade pendant?"

"It's nothing." Ning Buwei returned the jade pendant to him, "The craftsmanship of Pei's craftsman is pretty good."

"It's really good, but I've never seen the pattern on it anywhere else. It looks like a flower but not a flower, or a leaf but not a leaf, but it's very elegant." Fang Wanchen said with a smile.

Ning Buwei turned his eyes away from the jade pendant, and looked at the fluttering lantern by the river, "Perhaps it has been extinct for a long time."

Fang Wanchen sighed: "A hundred years of life go by in a blink of an eye, there are indeed many regrets, and there is no need to worry about them."

This man is very good at comforting himself.

After walking for a while, Fang Wanchen suddenly asked him: "Brother Chengfeng, can you believe the ghosts and gods?"

Ning Buwei paused, he couldn't answer this question directly, so he could only ask back: "Do you believe it?"

Fang Wanchen shook his head, "The sage's words are silent and strange, but I have studied hard for more than ten years, and I only believe that man will conquer heaven."

Ning Buwei said: "Whether it exists or not, as long as you firmly believe in the Tao in your heart, it doesn't matter whether you believe it or not."

Fang Wanchen pondered for a long time, and said, "Brother Chengfeng is right."

When the willow shoots are on the moon, I would rather say goodbye to him.

Fang Wanchen cupped his hands and said to him: "Today I can chat with Brother Chengfeng, it is really a blessing for Sansheng, where is Brother Chengfeng staying? I will visit you later in the evening."

Ning Buwei told him the name of the inn.

The two bid farewell by the bridge, and when Ning Buwei returned to the inn, they saw that Chu Jun had come back and was standing at the table reading the words he left.

"Back?" Ning Buwei turned around and closed the door.

"Hmm." Chu Jun put away the note and asked, "There's news from Wanxuan Yuan, do you want to read it?"

There is no spiritual power in the mortal world, but you can go to a specific formation to win trust. After Chu Jun's explanation, Ning Buwei reacted, "You said you have something to win trust?"

"Well, I saw that you were sound asleep, so I left a message, and I couldn't explain it clearly in a few words." Chu Jun put a thin piece of paper on the table, and then drew a simple symbol on it, revealing the A few lines of words and a few not-so-clear images come out.

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Seventeen states, Wan Xuan Yuan.

Ning Xiu has not seen his father and mother for many days.

Da Huang was not there, only Xiao Hei and his brothers and sisters were with him.

unhappy~

Ning Xiu sat on the brand new small bed, looked at the empty room, lowered his head in frustration, and grabbed his little socks, "Da~"

I want my daddy to hug me~

I want my mother to feed me~

"Xiaoshan, are you awake?" Yang Lingzhu pushed open the door and came in, and saw the little baby sitting alone on the bed, and ran over quickly.

"Sister~" Ning Xiu narrowed his mouth, and tears filled his eyes.

Yang Lingzhu quickly reached out and hugged him from the crib, and said softly, "Xiaoshan, don't cry, brother Zizhang and sister Yizheng were watching you, but they have to go to class, I will come back to see you after class Lah, don't cry, don't cry."

Ning Xiu sniffled, grabbed her sleeve and shook it, "Daddy~Liangqin~da?"

Where did father and mother go?

"They...they will come to pick us up soon." Yang Lingzhu wiped away his tears.

Ning Xiu looked at her tearfully, "Daddy? Huh?"

Does daddy not want me?

Mom and Dad's little house can't get in either~

"Xiaoshan!" Feng Zizhang rushed in panting, seeing Yang Lingzhu hugging him, he was immediately relieved.

"I was scared to death." Feng Zizhang wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, "Today the head teacher dragged the hall, and Yizheng was left behind again. Xiaoshan almost couldn't take care of it."

Yang Lingzhu hugged Ning Xiu and asked, "Didn't the principal say to send someone to watch the hill? Why..."

Feng Zizhang shook his head, "The dean told me that Xiaoshan should be sent to another island, where there are all small children, Huanhuan also followed, Taizun and father also agreed."

Yang Lingzhu froze for a moment, "They separated from us at such a young age?"

"There will be someone to take care of them." Feng Zizhang said: "And we can visit them when we don't have classes, and play with children of the same age, it's better than staying by ourselves."

Ning Xiu was still crying in Yang Lingzhu's arms, immersed in the sadness that his father and mother didn't want him.

However, he never expected that by the afternoon, not only his parents would not want him, but even his brothers and sisters would not want him.

Ning Xiu was crying heartbreakingly while being hugged by Shang Nuanwei. Cui Yuanbai wanted to run away, but Shang Nuanwei grabbed him by the back of his neck.

Seeing this, Jiang Yizheng and Feng Zizhang ran up, "Dean Shang, can we go see him off? We'll be back when we get there."

Shang Nuanwei said, "You two aren't in class anymore?"

"Don't worry about this moment." Jiang Yi was listening to Ning Xiu's crying, feeling extremely distressed, and stretched out his hand to hug Ning Xiu, "Xiao Shan, don't cry, my sister is here."

Ning Xiu clutched her sleeve tightly, weeping.

Cui Yuanbai pawed on Feng Zizhang's back, drooping his head, apparently not wanting to go very much.

Feng Zizhang patted his head, "We're not here, you are the biggest brother, you must take care of Xiao Shan, don't let others bully him, you know?"

Cui Yuanbai nodded seriously, "I see."

Ning Xiu was sent to Wanxuanyuan, which was specially used to take care of young children. Some of them were sent by aristocratic families and sects. When they reached the age, they went directly to the opposite Wanxuanyuan to study. Young children with no father and no mother, among these children, those with high aptitude will also enter Wanxuanyuan, but those who have no spiritual roots or ordinary aptitude will be allowed to go out to fend for themselves when they reach an old age.

When Ning Xiu and Cui Yuanbai were led in by the head teacher inside, Feng Zizhang and Jiang Yizheng were full of worries, always feeling that the two younger brothers seemed to have entered the Longquan Tiger's Den, standing at the door and refusing to leave.

Yang Lingzhu who followed quietly tugged at them, "Brother and sister, Xiaoshan and Huanhuan are no longer visible."

Jiang Yizheng looked at her tearfully, "Xiaoshan is only so small, will he be bullied by other little dolls? What if he can't beat them?"

"...Sister, Xiaoshan is a Golden Core cultivator." Yang Lingzhu said helplessly: "Even if he doesn't know how to use it, he certainly can't stand being bullied."

Feng Zizhang nodded, "When Xiaoshan was only a month old, he could kick our father three feet away."

Jiang Yizheng: "I almost forgot."

Feng Zizhang worried: "It's Huanhuan instead, will he beat up other children?"

Jiang Yizheng struggled and said, "Why don't we go in and have a look—"

Yang Lingzhu sighed, and dragged them back, "You're going to be late for class, hurry up."

Ning Xiu was held by Cui Yuanbai, and looked in surprise at the dozen or so little dolls who were similar to him in the room, with tears on his eyelashes, he looked up at Cui Yuanbai, "Brother~Brother~baby~"

Brother~ so many little dolls~

Seeing a group of radish heads shorter than himself, Cui Yuanbai suddenly felt that he was a mature and reliable adult, reached out and touched Ning Xiu's little head, imitating Chu Jun's expression and said seriously: "Hey, don't run around. .”

Ning Xiu nodded obediently.

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Ning Buwei raised his eyebrows when he saw the image of Ning Xiu sitting in a circle of little dolls and crooked his eyes, "Yo, you didn't cry."

"Hao Zheng said that he cried a lot in the first two days, and it would be good to get to know those children later on. Yuan Bai is also next door, and they live together." Chu Jun said: "It is difficult for outsiders to enter this island, and they are safe inside."

Ning Buwei nodded, "Although Hao Zheng is old-fashioned and pedantic, he is reliable in his work."

Wanxuanyuan doesn't care about world affairs, whether it's martial arts or sect disputes, they will stop when they enter Wanxuanyuan, and it's not too much to say that it's safe.

"What did you eat out?" Chu Jun asked.

"Seed cakes and noodle soup." Ning Buwei smelled his body, "Does it smell?"

"No." Chu Jun paused, and said: "In the mortal world, it is best not to get too close to mortals, mortals have heavy karma."

Ning Buwei yawned and nodded, "I know."

Chu Jun wanted to say more, but Ning Buwei had already collapsed on the bed, closed his eyes and patted the space next to him, "Come and sleep."

The next morning.

Fang Wanchen was wearing an official uniform and riding on a horse, followed by the master secretary and the guards of the county government, and then there were more than a dozen courageous young people from the county, all of whom insisted on following despite the obstruction of their family members.

The master book is a middle-aged man in his 40s, and he said tremblingly while riding on a horse, "My lord, if you go further, you will enter the boundary of Yuquan Village... This, although your lord is blessed, there are some things that you have to believe Now, if—"

"Xu Tao, if you don't want to go, turn around and go back immediately." Fang Wanchen gave him a nonchalant look.

Xu Tao's back was sweating coldly, he cursed inwardly, and said with a smile on his face: "How can I, I just talk about it casually, even if it's heart-wrenching, I'm determined to follow you."

Fang Wanchen ignored him and led the people forward.

Not long after, a deserted and dilapidated village appeared in front of everyone.

The half-person-high stone tablet is covered with wild vines in a criss-cross pattern, and the dense leaves cover the stone tablet tightly. Even in midsummer, it seems that there is a cold wind blowing against the soles of the feet, making people feel chilly.

"My lord, this is Yuquan Village." A guard got off his horse and roughly tore the vines apart, revealing the mottled stele body.

Shuangjing County, Yuquan Village.

Fang Wanchen raised his hand, "Enter the village."

A group of thirty or so people marched into the deserted village.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, I found nothing except burnt-out dilapidated houses and overgrown weeds.

Someone in the team boldly said: "Master Fang is right, this is an ordinary deserted village at all, such female ghosts and cannibalism are all just fabricated lies."

"That's right, Mr. Fang is still wise and powerful." Someone echoed: "It looks normal here..."

However, Fang Wanchen, who was riding a horse, frowned, and a guard asked, "My lord, what did you find?"

Fang Wanchen frowned and said, "The county annals record that this village has been abandoned for 500 years?"

"Exactly." Xu Tao who was beside him nodded hurriedly.

Fang Wanchen reined in his horse and pointed to an earthen wall and said, "Since it has been abandoned for 500 years, the black ash on the wall looks like it was just burnt out, and these are earthen walls, but they still stand up to this day. "

As soon as these words came out, everyone present could not help but shudder.

"You...do you smell smoke?" A young man at the end of the line shrugged his nose vigorously, "It smells like—"

He turned his head following the smell of smoke, and saw a raging fire not far away, and the fire was rapidly spreading towards them.

"Run!" A guard yelled, "Run in the direction against the wind!"

"Protect adults!"

"Run!"

Everyone ran forward in a panic, but the fire behind them seemed to have eyes, and soon forced them into a dead end.

When he was desperate, a guard shouted loudly: "There is a door here, come in quickly!"

Everyone rushed in, this house is not big, it is a square courtyard, when the last person came in, the door was closed, isolating the fire from the outside.

Fang Wanchen patted the ashes on his sleeves, and said to Xu Tao, "See if there are any fewer people."

At this time, the person leaning against the door was shocked: "The fire is gone! It disappeared by itself!"

The ashen-faced people in the yard were covered in white sweat from fright.

Xu Tao's legs suddenly went limp, and he was supported by the guard next to him, "This, this can't be... is it a will-o'-the-wisp?"

"Where did such a big will-o'-the-wisp come from? And the will-o'-the-wisps are all blue, but the fire outside is red." Someone choked back.

"Stop arguing." Fang Wanchen frowned, pulled out the sword in his hand, and said to the guard next to him, "Open the door."

"My lord! Absolutely not!" Xu Tao hastily dissuaded, "In case that will-o'-the-wisp makes a comeback—"

"If it's a real fire, how can it be extinguished?" Fang Wanchen held his sword and said, "I want to see who is pretending to be a ghost! Open the door!"

The guard next to him had no choice but to open the door and quickly stepped aside.

The cold wind blew in with dead leaves from outside the door. Outside the door was an empty street. There were only silent ashes on the street, and there was no shadow of the fire.

Fang Wanchen clenched the hilt of the sword in his hand, and was about to step out the door when someone behind him exclaimed: "My lord, don't—"

The boots fell heavily on the ashes outside the street, and the surrounding area was quiet, nothing happened.

Everyone held their breath nervously, Fang Wanchen tightened the sword in his hand, and resolutely stepped out with the other foot.

However, the moment he landed, a raging fire burst out in front of him, and the screaming and mournful cries pierced through the fire and hit his eardrums. For a moment, he seemed to see the tragic situation of countless men, women and children struggling in the burning fire. About to be engulfed by the fire in front of him, a black figure suddenly flew out of the fire, stretched out his hand to clasp his belt, led him to leap two steps forward, and landed directly in the middle of the yard.

"Oh!"

The man in black had cold eyes, holding a long and narrow knife with a narrow handle in one hand, and put Fang Wanchen on the ground with the other. The open door behind them closed with a bang, stirring up a cloud of dust.

Everyone in the courtyard was stunned.

Fang Wanchen hadn't recovered from those shrill screams, he grabbed the opponent's arm in shock, and said in surprise, "Brother Chengfeng!?"