After dressing as a high-risk master, I reverse the routine

As soon as the four of them entered the City Lord's Mansion, Mo Xuanli and Li Xiuran felt obvious discomfort.

"Heh, the effect of the magic circle here is even stronger." Li Xiuran said.

"Are you all right? Let the city lord withdraw the magic circle later." Ji Chuling looked at Li Xiuran worriedly and said.

Gu Baiqing looked at Mo Xuanli, and Mo Xuanli hurriedly said: "It's okay, just get used to it, this kind of magic circle is too long, I'm afraid even the city lord himself doesn't know how to withdraw." Mo Xuanli saw that the master was not affected. There was no reaction at all, wondering if the spiritual power was used up again, the master's spiritual power sometimes disappears, so I have to be more cautious and protect the master.

The City Lord's Mansion is very large, with pavilions, terraces and pavilions, carved beams and painted buildings. It looks simple and solemn, and it really is the courage that the Zhuo family that has been passed down for a hundred years should have.It's just an inexplicable feeling of desertedness.

"It is rumored that the ancestors of the Zhuo family practiced Taoism but did not enter Taoism. They believed that they should use the magic they practiced to help the people, so they merged into the world of mortals and became the city lord of Stepping Star City. The king of the country, so the independent geographical location is also recognized, and it is not a military key place, so the war will not affect them, it can be regarded as a place like a paradise. However, it is gradually difficult for the Zhuo clan to produce talents for cultivation. Therefore, very few people can cultivate golden elixir, so naturally they cannot prolong their lifespan for too long. And the current city lord is one of the rare people with the talent of cultivating Taoism, and he is already a golden elixir at a young age." Mo Xuanli slowly Talk about what you know.

The current city lord can be regarded as a hexagram with high talent at the beginning. Although he can't compare with Gu Baiqing's talent, he is also very good. Provoking the genius young Gu Baiqing, it can be seen that he was also a high-spirited and fearless young man back then.

"I don't know how the current city lord's cultivation is..." Li Xiuran said.

"Now the cultivation level is not good..."

Suddenly a steady voice came, and everyone looked up, only to see a group of people walking towards them, probably to pick them up.

The person who spoke was the man who took the lead at the front.

The man looked almost 35 and six years old.With a smile on his face, "I'm stepping on the Star City's lord, Zhuo Ling."

Several people couldn't help being shocked.

Although Zhuo Ling's appearance is sharp and handsome, her temperament has already settled down to be very refined.It's completely different from what they imagined.Calculated based on the time when he broke out that year, Jin Danqi's cultivation base should be about the same age as them.

"City Master Zhuo...be polite." Li Xiuran took the lead and said.Everyone suppressed their surprise and saluted one after another.

"I've already heard about your affairs. Thank you fellow Taoists for helping you step into Star City to get rid of the serious trouble." Zhuo Ling gave a big salute after finishing speaking, and the crowd behind him also saluted.

Everyone was about to be polite, but Ji Chuling was dissatisfied and said, "Is this a serious problem? Can't you get rid of it?"

Zhuo Ling was about to speak, when the woman who came with him suddenly spoke, "This female cultivator, we sincerely thank you, why are you mocking, why don't you understand any manners, are all the monks outside so amazing?"

The speaking woman also seemed to have some spiritual power, but it was not high, so she was about the same age as Zhuo Ling in appearance, with a gloomy look between her brows, and she seemed to have a bad temper.

Ji Chuling was young, and when someone yelled at her face to face, she immediately became cowardly, and she didn't know how to use her strength to overwhelm others, so she could only lean against Li Xiuran a little bit aggrieved.

"Deputy City Lord Lin, don't talk to the guests like that. They really helped Taxing City and solved our difficulties." Zhuo Ling reprimanded: "Don't mind, everyone. This is Lin Ningshuang, Deputy City Lord Lin. What the little girl said is also reasonable, perhaps ten years ago, these things were not a serious problem for me, but not now."

This sounds like a secret.

While entertaining everyone to the inner hall, Zhuo Ling explained the situation.

In fact, it was because his wife was weak and sick and had a short life, and the two were very affectionate, so naturally they were reluctant to let his wife die early, so they used spiritual power to force his wife to continue her life, but it is very difficult to keep an ordinary person's life The thing is, as time goes by, he has no time to practice, and he can't improve his cultivation base. In the end, he didn't even keep the golden core, and his cultivation base directly regressed. His current cultivation base may only be in the early stage of foundation establishment.

Extending the life of ordinary people with spiritual power is like making ginseng pills with your own flesh and blood. own wife.

Because of this, he couldn't find monsters at all with his abilities, and even if he found them, he couldn't deal with them. He could only desperately study the spells left in his family to see if he could find any useful ones.

"Why don't you ask the outside world for help?"

"There are ancestors' precepts at home, stepping on the Star City is a matter of stepping on the Star City. I can't violate the ancestor's precepts, but fortunately, a wild spirit vein has been opened, and I think most people who are not afraid of meddling will pass by the Stepping City to help solve the problem," Zhuo Ling explained. road.

It was only at this time that Gu Baiqing heard the complete reason, but this kind of statement really made him feel awkward. The ancestor's precepts are more important than human life. Of course, he would not deny the rules and traditions of a place, but after he heard about Zhuo Ling a few times, In the story, I always feel that Zhuo Ling is not a person who doesn't know anything.

"In short, thank you for your help." Zhuo Ling raised his glass at the banquet, and everyone followed suit.

Gu Baiqing was thinking, drinking wine, and suddenly felt a gaze coming from the window, staring at herself closely.

Gu Baiqing was taken aback for a moment, then turned her head to look out the window, but there was nothing there, when she turned her head, she saw Mo Xuanli staring out the window vigilantly.

"City Lord Zhuo, are there any cultivators in your City Lord's Mansion?" Mo Xuanli suddenly asked.

"It's just me and Deputy City Master Lin." City Master Zhuo said, "By the way, I was only talking about my own affairs just now, and I haven't asked you to call your names yet. Are you casual cultivators or... sect disciples?"

Li Xiuran said directly: "I am Li Xiuran, a disciple of Tianzhaozong, this is my friend, Sanxiu Ji Chuling."

"Oh? Casual cultivator, the aura exuded by this girl is really as pure as I have ever seen in my life, and of course her appearance is also..." Zhuo City Master smiled and praised: "It is estimated that the disciples of Chuuxuexuan can't compare..."

Ji Chuling was coaxed instantly, and said shyly with a blushing face, "The city lord praised you absurdly."

Zhuo City Lord looked at Gu Baiqing and Mo Xuanli.

Mo Xuanli glanced at Gu Baiqing, and seeing the master nodded slightly, he knew that he could say straight, "I am a disciple under Elder Luofeng of Zixiao Sect, Mo Xuanli. This is my elder brother, loose cultivator, Mo Bai."

"Wait, you said you are... Elder Luo Feng... Gu Baiqing's disciple?" City Master Zhuo was obviously quite surprised.This is the first time Gu Baiqing has seen such a real expression since he came here, and it was a little bit of etiquette before.

Now it looks like a teenager who is really shocked and deflated.

"Exactly." Mo Xuanli nodded.

The other two looked like they were watching the excitement, but Gu Baiqing felt that the Lord Zhuo would not embarrass Mo Xuanli, after all, he was a generation behind.

Sure enough, he soon heard Zhuo City Lord's laughter, as if he hadn't laughed so heartily for a long time.

"No wonder... no wonder..."

"No wonder what?" Mo Xuanli frowned.

"No wonder I always feel destined to see you." Zhuo Chengzhu paused for a while and said with a smile: "Your master and I...well, we don't know each other, but I know his affairs very well, and I thought he would never accept him in this life. As for his disciples, are you his direct disciple? Does he have any other disciples besides you?"

Mo Xuanli suddenly straightened his posture, "No, Master only accepted me as an apprentice."

"Isn't it the Thunder Element Sky Spiritual Root?"

"No, it has dual spiritual roots of wind and fire."

City Lord Zhuo was already so surprised that he could not close his mouth from ear to ear, but the corners of Mo Xuanli's mouth were slightly raised, as if he was very proud.

"It really is true that the longer you live, the more you see. It seems that you are very talented elsewhere, so you can catch his eyes." Zhuo City Master shook his head and smiled: "These are all rookie stars in the cultivation world. It was my honor. Another toast to all of you."

After the atmosphere improved a bit, Ji Chuling became enthusiastic again, "Master Zhuo, I know some medicine, how about I help you see your wife?"

Zhuo Ling stopped moving, and suddenly forced a smile and said: "Thank you, Miss Ji, for your kindness. In fact, I started to study medicine a few years ago for the sake of my wife's body. I know the situation of my wife very well. I can't see my wife, I'm really scared, I'm afraid that one by one will go in to see a doctor for my wife, and then tell me that it's only a few days later, I really don't want to hear it again."

What City Lord Zhuo said was affectionate and sad, Lang Ningshuang, who had been expressing displeasure at the side, suddenly became a little anxious, bowed his head and drank the strong wine in the glass.

Mo Xuanli, who originally wanted to help, didn't speak for a while, but looked at Zhuo Ling above with deep eyes.

It was getting late, after pushing the cups and changing the cups, Zhuo City Lord gave them a pass order and invited them to rest here for a night, and they could go to Lingmai the next day.

Naturally, there is no need to pay money if there is a pass order. Although it is nothing to them, it is also Zhuo Ling's gratitude.

Then someone arranged for them to go to the guest room to rest. Along the way, Ji Chuling lamented how loving and enviable the Santo and his wife were, but it was a pity that their fate was not close.

Regarding this, Gu Baiqing was also a little emotional.

The original text did not mention how Zhuo Ling's wife will end up, after all, she is not even a background character, but Zhuo Ling will die in four years according to the original text's arrangement, not only Zhuo Ling, but the entire Star City All gone.

The demons invaded, and Star City became a dead city. Zhuo Ling exhausted all means to die with a high-level demon.This news naturally shocked the entire cultivation world. At that time, there were already demons raging everywhere, and Mo Xuanli's identity was also exposed.

The crimes related to the demon clan were all passed on to Mo Xuanli in the end. Just because he had been there before and was the owner of the wild spirit veins, everyone felt that he must be related to him, so the Star City tragedy became one of his major crimes. one.

But in fact, the tragedy in Star City had nothing to do with Mo Xuanli.

It's just that there were several other cases in front at that time, and Mo Xuanli, who became the target of public criticism, obviously no one would pay attention to what he said, and he didn't bother to explain at that time.Let everyone blame him for all the evil things related to the demons, arrogant and arrogant, rampant.

But this time, this kind of thing will definitely not happen. Four years later, he and Mo Xuanli will definitely come here again to prevent all tragedies from happening.

The thoughts in Gu Baiqing's mind became more and more ambitious. Suddenly, he felt his head was hot and dizzy. By the way, he just drank wine... This body should not be drunk. I didn't drink much. Now I feel sober .

At this time they had already arrived in front of the guest room, Zhuo Ling had prepared four separate guest rooms with yards for them, all of which were very clean.

After dismissing the servants, Li Xiuran and Mo Xuanli looked at each other.

"I'm with my brother."

"Okay, we're in the next room." Li Xiuran said.

Ji Chuling originally wanted to choose a room, but when she heard it, she was embarrassed and confused: "What do you mean? Li Xiuran, do you want to share a room with me?"

Li Xiuran suddenly said with a serious face: "Come in and say." Then he pushed open the door of a nearby room.

Originally, when Gu Baiqing heard what they said, she wanted to express her objection, so why would she want to share a room with her apprentice?

But looking at the serious faces of the two of them, it was obvious that there was a reason, so they could only remain silent for a while and listen to the reason before speaking.But looking back, it's strange, what about Sandou who has been following them?Didn't you just feed it dried fish?Where did you go?

Gu Baiqing and her spirit beast naturally had a sense of touch, knowing that the other party was safe, she went for a walk at that time, and when she walked into the room, she saw Li Xiuran cautiously put a barrier around her.

"Follow the matter urgently. After all, this is someone else's territory. Even if we rest, it's better not to disperse." Li Xiuran explained to Ji Chuling.

"Ah? City Lord Zhuo is so friendly. You don't mean to take advantage of me, do you?" Ji Chuling pouted and said, "My grandfather said that unmarried girls cannot sleep in the same bed as men."

Li Xiuran said helplessly: "Don't worry, I'll sleep on the couch, you sleep on the bed."

Seeing that the two were flirting, and they didn't talk about serious things, Gu Baiqing asked helplessly: "It is necessary to be on guard against others. Are you worried that other people's sites are not safe? But according to his cultivation , there should be nothing to worry about."

Mo Xuanli looked at Gu Baiqing with some embarrassment. All the way here, the master would never rest in the same room with him. He originally had a little thought in his heart, thinking that the master would take the opportunity... But he didn't expect that the master would take the opportunity. don't want.Sometimes he really doesn't understand Master's behavior.

"Actually, we found something wrong. Right, brother Xuanli." Li Xiuran looked at Mo Xuanli while talking.

A tacit understanding naturally developed between the two wise men.

Mo Xuanli nodded and said, "Brother, do you still remember that I discussed with you the strangeness of the whole case?"

Gu Baiqing nodded and said, "Well, you said the bride's curse is strange, and the whole city seems to know something but doesn't say it, but didn't we investigate Xue Bin?"

"Xue Bin is a monster transformed by the undead absorbing demon energy. We have all come into contact with it in the illusion, but according to his behavior pattern in the illusion, apart from the basic hatred drive, he even... has no sense of IQ." Li Xiuran road.

Gu Baiqing was taken aback, and Ji Chuling also thought of it and said, "That's right, he obviously couldn't beat us and didn't run away, but he still ran back to die because of hatred."

Mo Xuanli nodded and said: "The undead absorbed the devil's energy and turned into a monster. Seven years is not enough to restore reason. A monster without IQ can't choose brides purposefully and thoughtfully. It will only be like never being able to eat It’s right to keep killing people like you’re full. In the past, the bride curse was about once or twice a year, with an interval of at least half a year. Although we were holding the mentality of giving it a try, this time it was only a month before Xiaoyan’s death. The characters are all wrong, and they are so easy to get hooked, it always feels like someone sent them to our door on purpose to ask us to do business."

Li Xiuran continued: "And it is the lowest level monster, it is absolutely impossible to build such a big illusion."

Mo Xuanli said: "Everything seems to be controlled by someone behind the scenes."

Ji Chuling was dumbfounded.Gu Baiqing was also stunned for a while, he was constrained by the original plot, so he took it for granted.But after what they said, there are indeed many doubts that do not make sense.

"Are you suspecting that this matter has something to do with Zhuo Ling?" Gu Baiqing frowned.

"The whole city is silent about the bride's curse, and what kind of ancestral precepts did Zhuo City Lord use to perfuse us? He appeared as soon as they solved the problem. It's hard not to suspect him." Li Xiuran said.

"Aren't these... all of your guesses? What if Xue Bin encounters some adventure and becomes like this, isn't there just a spiritual vein here? I feel... Zhuo City Lord is a good person, he loves himself so much How can a wife be a bad person?" Ji Chuling said in disbelief, after all, she already had a good impression of people.

"But when we asked to see his wife, he refused." Mo Xuanli said: "And the servant who just sent us here, whenever we mentioned the mayor's wife, he was very uncomfortable .So I suspect there is something wrong with his wife too."

"Didn't you let your master's spirit beast go?" Li Xiuran said with a smile.

Mo Xuanli smiled, "It's just a stroll for the kitten, but these are indeed our guesses, and I also hope that all of this is false, and the matter will end with Xue Bin."

"Isn't it? If there is a problem with a city lord, then the whole city... Forget it, anyway, there are no other abnormalities here, we can only pass this night first, and if there is something tonight, we will solve it at once. If not, we can only leave if we can't find out." Li Xiuran echoed.

After the two finished speaking, they looked at each other again.

Seeing this, Gu Baiqing couldn't help raising her eyebrows. This level of tacit understanding is worthy of the two people who have a single arrow in the original text.If it is placed in a general novel, it will definitely develop into the best brother.

Gu Baiqing was still wondering if Li Xiuran would fall in love with Mo Xuanli as in the original text, but seeing that Li Xiuran was always surrounded by beauties, she felt as if she was a couple with someone else.Thinking about it, he really wanted to say something to tease him, but why did his head feel uncomfortable after a series of thoughts just now, so sleepy...so tired.

And Ji Chuling next to him couldn't stand it anymore.

"The two of you... seem to have a good understanding. Aren't you just ordinary friends?"

Li Xiuran smiled, just wanted to tease because both of them are smart, so naturally they see the same problem, but was interrupted by another voice.

"That's right, Li Xiuran, how come you have such a tacit understanding with our family Xuanli, haven't you only met a few times?" The words were teasing, but it was strange to be uttered by Gu Baiqing's cold voice.

It seems to be questioning, and it seems to be on guard, or exploring something.

Both Li Xiuran and Mo Xuanli were stunned, and turned their heads to look at Gu Baiqing, but Gu Baiqing stared at Li Xiuran blankly. If you look carefully, you can see that someone's eyes are gradually losing focus.

Li Xiuran said in a daze, "Maybe it's fate."

Mo Xuanli's expression turned strange.

Li Xiuran couldn't help but toss and turn in his heart, seeing that Mo Xuanli's expression was not right, he had a flash of inspiration in an instant.

etc!If Mo Xuanli has that kind of relationship with his master, then does Mo Xuanli like men?And his own brother must know something, seeing himself getting close to him, he thought...

Thinking of this possibility, Li Xiuran was immediately embarrassed, and hurriedly dragged Ji Chuling away before the atmosphere became even weirder.