There are bandits in Zhongshan

After a sudden change, Changli held the sword in his hand with a slap, and subconsciously pulled Zhong Mingzhu behind him with the other hand, staring intently at the slowly moving square pillars, not daring to slack off at all.

But after waiting for a while, there was no expected danger.There are no monsters waiting for the opportunity to move, no magic array to hide the murderous intention, although the flow of spiritual energy around changes, but that's all.

A chuckle suddenly came from behind, but it was Zhong Mingzhu.

Changli suddenly realized that the small dispute between her and Zhong Mingzhu hadn't been resolved not long ago, but at the slightest sign of trouble, she protected the other party so tightly, and the aura of questioning just disappeared in an instant. Feeling annoyed, she wanted to shake off Zhong Mingzhu's hand with one finger, but unexpectedly, she was held back first. She twitched twice, but the hand that was held was still motionless.Zhong Mingzhu has always been stronger than her. If she wants to break free, she has to use spells, but now the situation is unpredictable. She is worried that something might go wrong if she breaks free forcefully, so she can only frowned and look away from Zhong Mingzhu. Ming Zhu looked at each other and said lightly: "Let go."

"Li'er..." Zhong Mingzhu didn't let go, but stuck his whole body against Chang Li's arm as if flattering him, "Now is not the time to get angry, the most urgent thing is to get out from here."

"I know." Chang Li's tone was a bit stiff, "But why did you say that suddenly just now?"

Zhong Mingzhu's eyes flickered, and he caressed the back of Changli's hand and sighed: "Looking at your lifeless appearance, it is inevitable that you will be thinking wildly." Then she laughed at herself, "You know, I have a bad temper. Alright, always causing trouble, seeing that you are safe and sound, I can't help but think about it while I breathe a sigh of relief."

Chang Li pursed her lips, but did not respond, she suddenly remembered that when she was in Fufeng Forest, Zhong Mingzhu asked what would happen if she was involved with evil ways, and thought: Could it be that she is worried about this.So she looked at Zhong Mingzhu and asked, "Do you remember the past?"

Zhong Mingzhu was still laughing, but didn't say anything, her eyes were hidden under the shadow of bangs, Chang Li couldn't make out her expression for a while, just when she wanted to ask more carefully, the booming voice suddenly stopped , the light on the ground dimmed, and the moving square pillar stopped abruptly.

The original tranquility was restored in all directions, and the feeling of emptiness reappeared. Although the mist was lingering and the square pillars were everywhere, it seemed that nothing existed.

Zhong Mingzhu thoughtfully looked at the messy lines on the ground for a moment, then suddenly let go of Chang Li and took a few steps forward, with a flick of his sleeve, 64 Zhu Mingtie immediately appeared beside her, and slowly spun around her a few times Zhou Hou flew in all directions, and then she turned to face Chang Li, her expression was as casual as ever, with a slight smile on her lips, her voice was gentle like soft cotton wool: "I know you are full of doubts now, but this place is unpredictable, It's not a place for discussion, after we get out of here and get to a safe place, let's talk again, okay?" Seeing that Chang Li bowed his head in silence, she continued: "When the time comes, no matter what doubts or guesses you have, you can trust them all. Come out, I will never hide."

"I..." There was a trace of hesitation on Changli's face. As Zhong Mingzhu said, now is indeed not a good time to get to the bottom of it. Although the displacement of the square column did not cause danger just now, who can guarantee that it will be the same in the future? .If it's someone else's business, she can't think about it if she can't figure it out, but when it comes to Zhong Mingzhu, she doesn't want to have the slightest confusion.

Zhong Mingzhu seemed to see her worries, smiled helplessly, and said: "If you still have concerns, I would like to swear by the law of heaven that there is absolutely no falsehood in this statement." hand.

Seeing this, Changli hurriedly pressed her hand, and blurted out: "No need! I promise you." Seeing that Zhong Mingzhu was about to form a pact with Heaven, her first reaction was to be afraid, but in the end it was because she was afraid of Zhong Ming Whether Zhu will break her vow in the end, or whether she is afraid that she will be killed by the Dao of Heaven after breaking her vow, she herself can't tell.

Maybe it's both, even regardless of the severity, that makes people so confused——she unconsciously sighed a little, and the next moment, her hands were covered with a slightly higher temperature again, she raised her head and found Zhong Mingzhu As he got closer, those thin, cool eyes seemed to be filled with a bit of caution.

"Li'er." Her voice sounded as if she was pleading, and compared with the usual domineering, she seemed to be a different person, "In the future, if I make you angry, can you give me a chance to explain?"

Chang Li carefully looked at her eyes, in a trance, she seemed to have returned to Shangyuan Ye not long ago, the girl's eyes were so serious when she confided her heart, it made people's breathing and heart beat out of rhythm, uncontrollably Indulging in it, she closed her eyes and forced herself to calm down. After a long time, she gave a soft "hmm", and then said with some hesitation: "I will listen to your explanation, but..."

Zhong Mingzhu covered her mouth, shook her head and said with a smile: "You don't need to guarantee anything else, just do what you want." After finishing speaking, she turned her back, looked at the mist ahead and said: "Next, let's think about how to leave first."

Changli didn't notice it, and when Zhong Mingzhu turned around, a look of worry flashed in his eyes, but he quickly recovered his composure.

Once there is no emotion, those light-colored eyes look completely inhumane, and can even be described as cold.

The goose-yellow Taoist robe appeared above Taiyi Square like a ghost, and it was Qianmianyan.

I saw him looking around, his sallow face was full of viciousness.

After Fairy Yuyuan released him from the furnace, she told him that Fairy Changli had returned to the sect, and that she had arranged for people to help him take revenge secretly, and gave him some talismans to defend himself, so he went straight to Yunfu Mountain. Come.

The last time Changli could be killed by her hand, but she escaped by chance, the resentment accumulated in his heart was getting deeper and deeper, and he wished that Changli would be broken into pieces immediately.He never thought about why he was so obsessed with Chang Li, that thought seemed to be rooted deep in his heart from the very beginning.Whether it's cultivation or power, nothing else is as important as this.In the beginning, the reason why he agreed to Ye Lianxi to go to the southwest to help Nanming was because Changli was also in the southwest area.

As long as it is related to Changli, he can be said to be irrational.For someone else to go to Yunfu Mountain alone, even if Fairy Yuyuan had a guarantee, she would never act rashly, but he came here without thinking.

Tens of miles away from Yunfu Mountain, he met a group of disciples from the Tianyi Sect. Those disciples did not dare to stop him when they saw him, but scattered and fled in all directions. He thought that it was probably because the other party recognized the disparity in strength between them, so he couldn't help He became more and more proud, and then he met some members of the Tianyi sect. Those people either ran away with a bluff, or were killed by him in an instant. No one could stop him. As if in a state of nowhere, he went straight to Tianyi Peak.

It stands to reason that Yun Yi should have known the news early in the morning and personally guarded the mountain gate, but Qianmianyan has never been seen. Now the front of Zhenwu Hall is also empty, and there is no sign of preparations for battle. Sporadic spiritual power is scattered in the corners of the square. , looks like someone left in a hurry not long ago.

Could it be that he escaped?

Originally, Fairy Yuyuan told him not to worry, but he still had some doubts. When he came here, he looked around and planned to run away if there was any accident. Seeing that the Tianyi Sect had done nothing all the way, he was completely relieved, and stood on the eaves of Zhenwu Hall and sneered Said: "I didn't expect that one case today would be so useless."

At this time, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a white shadow flying away from the sword in the distance.The school clothes of Tianyi Sect are divided into blue, purple and black. Ordinary disciples wear blue-gray long gowns, the suzerain master wears purple clothes, and the senior elders who are senior to the suzerain wear black robes. Chang Li was the only one in white.

A sinister look flashed across Qian Mianyan's eyes, he chased after him with a touch of toe, and said sharply: "Stop running!"

The white robe must have heard his voice, he paused, then immediately turned around and headed towards the top of Tianyi Peak, Qian Mianyan saw that place covered with snow and a layer of thick fog, and thought that the other party must want to escape , also quickened his pace, and chased to the top, but the man in white disappeared without a trace.

He landed on the top of the mountain, and with a wave of his hand, the snow attached to the rocks fluttered down, but the man seemed to have disappeared out of thin air, not to mention a figure, but there was no trace of spiritual power.

"Where did you go?" He wondered, before he finished speaking, light blue spirit patterns appeared under his feet.

The spirit pattern was the force of controlling the earth, covering the entire mountain, at the same time, the chains condensed by the spirit power sprang out from the snow, binding his hands and feet.

"What's going on!" He screamed, clenched his hands into fists as if breaking free from the chains, but with only one movement, more chains were entangled, not only his limbs but also his body were firmly bound, the last one strangled His neck made him unable to even nod and shake his head. He summoned Fairy Yuyuan's talisman to destroy the spirit formation under his feet, but after the talisman flew out, it turned into dust and nothing happened.

Only then did he realize that he had been tricked, and his entire face was distorted in a flash of anger, he gritted his teeth and said, "That bitch Yuyuan! You lied to me!"

Two figures, one mysterious and one purple, appeared outside the spirit formation, they were Wu Hui and Yun Yi.

Wu Hui held the spirit sword, and the sword energy was ready to be released. The cold light made the ice and snow on the mountain a little bit colder, while Yun Yi twisted the formula with both hands, a few spirit talismans flew out, opened several layers of barriers, and thousands of faces died. The cursing stopped immediately.

Although he was still talking, he couldn't make any sound, only his slender eyes stared at Yun Yi, exuding a look of resentment.

"Okay, he has nothing to do." Wu said as he took back the sword.

Only then did Yun Yi heave a sigh of relief, and then he felt the chill behind him, and he was obviously covered in a cold sweat. He made up his mind, and then bowed his hands to Wu Hui and said, "Thank you uncle this time."

The jade card he received that day was from Fairy Yuyuan. He didn't know what Fairy Yuyuan's intention was, and he didn't even want to believe it. So he decided on such a strategy: use illusions to lure Qianmianyan into it, and then trap him in the spirit formation of Tianyi Peak.

That white shadow and the disciples killed by Qian Mian Yan were actually phantom formations set up by Yun Yi, because he almost died under Qian Mian Yan's hands, so he dared not be negligent, and mobilized after making a plan A large number of spirit stones and spirit talismans were laid down along the road, and the spirit formation at the top of Tianyi Peak was engraved by Wu Hui with his own spiritual power, and it took several days to carve it into the mountain. In the barrier, Qian Mianyan couldn't find any gaps.

After finishing these, Yun Yi and Wu Hui returned to Taiyi Square, where a group of disciples were already waiting.Seeing them coming back, Xiao Yue, who was guarding the door, immediately went up to meet them. She first asked Yun Yi and Wu Hui if they were injured, and after knowing that they were fine, she asked, "Senior Brother Yun, excuse me, but why don't you directly Kill that villain?"

Only Yun Yi and Wu Hui knew about the jade card, the other disciples were just acting according to plan, seeing that it took a lot of time to catch Qian Mianyan, but no further move, the rest of the disciples were inevitably surprised.

Yun Yi waved his hand, "My uncle and I suspect that Qian Mianyan has other secrets hidden in him, so we don't want to deal with it hastily, we have to discuss it before making a decision."

"Speaking of which, I also think that Qianmianyan seems a bit weird." Xiao Yue thoughtfully said, she was one of the 28 disciples who formed the Four Spirits Punishing Evil Formation, and fought against Qianmianyan.

"Why?"

Xiao Yue thought: "At the beginning, Qian Mianyan easily broke the Four Spirits Punishing Evil Formation, so he must be extremely skilled in formation techniques, but just now he encountered illusionary formations one after another, but he didn't have the slightest suspicion." She hesitated, "I'm afraid that the There is fraud, it is better to remove it as soon as possible, so as to avoid future troubles."

Yun Yi smiled wryly, and continued: "With a master in command, Qianmianyan is nothing to be afraid of. You don't have to worry about it. The twists and turns will be announced after my uncle and I have inquired clearly. You should step down first."

After the crowd dispersed, he looked up at the pale blue shadow on the top of the mountain, frowned, and sighed worriedly: I just hope it's not too late.

In the mist, Zhong Mingzhu was leading Changli forward step by step. Every few steps, she would stop and think for a while, and then choose a new direction before moving forward.

So even though they didn't walk very far in the past few days, they changed directions countless times in zigzags, Changli even felt like they were just spinning around in place.

At first, she was still thinking about the unpleasantness before, so she only mentioned what happened when Zhong Mingzhu was in a coma, and then she kept silent even though the other party babbled, but seeing the same scenery around her , and finally couldn't help but asked aloud: "Do you really have a way to get out?"

Zhong Mingzhu stared at the pattern on the ground and muttered: "I have some clues, but I haven't figured out the way yet." After that, she seemed to realize that Changli was finally willing to speak, and immediately raised her eyebrows, and said with a bright expression: "Besides, you Anyway, I'm already bigu, so why worry, there's nothing wrong with staying here for ten or a hundred years."

"You don't have a hundred years left." Changli frowned, and his tone was a bit heavy, "Now is not the time to joke."

"Okay, okay." Zhong Mingzhu raised his hand as a sign of surrender, "Do you still remember the maze at Kunlun Terrace?"

"Remember." Changli nodded, and immediately realized, "This is also a Lost Formation?"

"Well, it's the same with minor differences." Zhong Mingzhu twirled a hand trick, and a Zhu Mingtie flew into her hand from behind the fog, and then flew out again, "But now there is no one to help, it may take more work."

"En." Chang Li responded, and then thought that Zhong Mingzhu was still so careless at this time, and felt a little annoyed, "If you continue to be so indiscriminate, you will inevitably be punished when you return to the teacher's school. "

"Hey, I can write these books of oaths and commandments backwards silently." Zhong Mingzhu sighed quietly.

Chang Li thought she felt remorse, but unexpectedly saw her proudly raising her chin in the next moment and saying: "It doesn't matter if you copy it a few more times." Then, before Chang Li had time to say anything, she said solemnly again: "Anyway, there are You accompany me."

"I accompany you?"

"You recognize Baili Ningqing as your master, and your sin is much greater than mine. You may not only have to copy books, but you may have to spend hundreds of years thinking about it in the back mountain."

"I..." Chang Li was rendered speechless by her words.

If Zhong Mingzhu hadn't mentioned it, she would have almost forgotten about it. When Yun Yi knew about it, he told her to think about it after returning to the sect. At that time, she didn't care about everything, and this matter was no exception. Knowing the importance, knowing that even if Yun Yizhai is kind-hearted and will forgive, the other senior brothers and sisters may not be so easy-going.

In the past, under the protection of the three great elders, most of the brothers and sisters would turn a blind eye, but it was about Baili Ningqing, the first one who would not let it go was probably her master.

"The two uncles told me that Master hates evil as much as hatred." She sighed softly, "Besides, there seems to be a feud between him and Senior Baili. Senior Brother Yun doesn’t pursue that much.”

She recalled Baili Ningqing's indignant look when she mentioned Wu Hui, and she couldn't help showing a little worry on her face.She was not worried about being punished, but felt that if she was punished to think about her mistakes, there would be no one to take care of Zhong Mingzhu.

"No and no." Zhong Mingzhu stretched out his hand and waved it in front of her eyes, bringing her back to her senses, "Baili Ningqing has a feud with Grand Master, so it may not be that Grand Master has a feud with Baili Ningqing."

"Why?" Chang Li was puzzled.

Isn't grudges a matter for both parties?

"I secretly asked Mr. Zhu about your retreat in the Twin Tree." Zhong Mingzhu said mysteriously, "Do you still remember the golden-armored monster that was killed by the Grand Master 1000 years ago?"

Chang Li nodded, this matter was widely spread, she must have heard of it.

"Mr. Zhu said that the golden-armored monster lost its mind and became a monster because it failed to break through. Before that, he had been Baili Ningqing's friend, and he had many suggestions for her."

"So that's how it is." Changli thought for a while, "But the golden-armored monsters are confusing the world, and it's only Master's duty to put down the monsters. If the golden-armored monsters are allowed to go unchecked, righteous and evil paths will be in danger."

"What Baili Ningqing resents is not the Grand Master's beheading of the monster beast." Zhong Mingzhu said, his tone was flat and emotionless, "but after beheading the monster beast, he also dissected the monster's inner alchemy and gave it to Daddy." Disciple lives on."

"Eldest disciple? That is my elder brother?" Changli has never met Wu Hui's other three disciples. He only knows that two elder brothers and one elder sister passed away a long time ago when he started his apprenticeship. "I remember the elder brother's name is Jing Yu." , has disappeared thousands of years ago."

"That's right, even if he took the inner alchemy that had been condensed for thousands of years, he still couldn't survive."

It is righteousness for Wu Hui to kill monsters, but for Baili Ningqing to cut off the inner alchemy of monsters, it is tantamount to being insulted after a friend dies, so it is only natural to have hatred.But Wu Hui took the inner alchemy to save the disciple he regarded as flesh and blood, even if it was selfish desire, it was human nature.

After thinking about it, Chang Li felt that both of them were reasonable, but they were also unreasonable.

Seeing her expression like this, Zhong Mingzhu knew that she was thinking about this again, and smiled and said: "You are not the person involved, why take it so seriously. There is no distinction between right and wrong in many things in the world. If I were the Grand Master, I will also take away the inner alchemy like him, if I were Baili Ningqing—" A chill flashed in her eyes, "Then you may be adopted by other people."

Chang Li glanced at her, and suddenly felt a sense of gloom in his heart. Be it emotions or worldly affairs, they are always so complicated that people can't see through them. Whether it's sweet or bitter, they are all mixed together, and they can't be separated separately. Take it all.She was silent for a long time, and in the end she could only talk about the immediate things: "How long will it take to leave?"

Zhong Mingzhu smiled at her: "It won't be used for a hundred years, but in three to five years—"

Before she finished speaking, there was a long howling sound suddenly after the fog.

Like a giant beast roaring and roaring.

"It's so noisy." She complained, and after that, she seemed to think of something, and suddenly stopped, "Li'er, you also heard this sound when you were in the water? Then you were sucked into the whirlpool?"

"That's it."

"Then you may now be able to tell where the sound is coming from?"

"Sound?" Changli glanced at Zhong Mingzhu, seeing that she didn't seem to be joking, so he concentrated on distinguishing it. At first glance, the whistling sound seemed to come from all directions, but her mind was clear and she didn't have a lot of distracting thoughts like others, so After listening to it for a while, I could discern the subtle difference, stretched out my finger and pointed in one direction: "It should be there."

"Then try swinging your sword there."

Changli suddenly realized: "You want me to break through this lost trace formation?"

She is not a dull person, but she lacks experience, so she is always helpless when encountering problems. As soon as Zhong Mingzhu reminded her, she realized that the other party wanted her to break through the maze with swordsmanship.

The formation enchantment cannot be separated from the principle of mutual generation and mutual restraint of the five elements. Since she can break through the enchantment at the entrance of the secret realm, she can naturally break through the lost trace formation.

"Then I'll try." She held the sword in her hand, but before she swung it, there was a look of hesitation on her face.

She herself didn't know why she used such swordsmanship, one time was to resist Ji Qiancheng's ultimate move, and the other time was an unconscious move under a headache.

Now there is no danger and no headache, she raised her sword and pointed at the source of the sound, but she was a little at a loss, and slashed the sword indiscriminately, the fog still shrouded her eyes without any change.

"Don't think too much, if it doesn't work, let's continue to explore." Zhong Mingzhu patted her on the back with a relaxed expression, "I can afford it in three to five years."

Chang Li glanced at her, seeing that the smile in the other party's eyes was not forced, he couldn't help but relax his tense emotions.She looked at the handicraft-like long sword in her hand, put her fingers together and caressed the sword, the rounded side of the sword was close to her fingertips, and the sword energy swallowed by it suddenly became as gentle as water.

Whether it was dealing with Ji Qiancheng's last move or when she completely broke through the barrier of the secret realm, she never thought about anything, maybe it was too late, maybe she didn't have the energy, her thoughts were clear, and she didn't even think that she was swinging a sword. exist.

Naturally—shoulders and arms stretched, the whole body is as light as a cloud, the steps move as if there is nothing under the feet, and the wrists are lightly flicked—although the sword intent moves with the heart, that's all

There was a clear whistle, and at the same time, the sword light flashed and disappeared into the fog.

Afterwards, the roar gradually stopped, the mist dispersed, and a huge shadow appeared in front of them.

It was a skeleton about the size of a small mountain, from which light blue aura was continuously rising.

The skeleton was covered with a solid armor, and all four feet were in the armor.

"Is this a tortoise bone?" Chang Li looked at the skeleton, and a look of astonishment soon appeared in his eyes, "Why are there two heads?"

"No." Zhong Mingzhu shook his head and raised his finger above the tortoise shell.

There was actually a long skeleton wrapped around the tortoise bone like vines. It circled seven times from tail to head, but it was a giant snake. The head of the snake was juxtaposed with the head of the tortoise. At first glance, it looked like it had two heads. .

If you look closely, you will find that the two heads and limbs are different from ordinary turtles and snakes.

The head of the dragon, the back of the unicorn, the tail of the unicorn——

This is very old, so old that monks have only seen it on totems.

One of the four ancient spirits, Xuanwu, the Nether Lord who guards the north.