There are bandits in Zhongshan

Seeing that the visitor had a bad complexion, Changli's hand moved slightly, and was about to make a move, but was stopped by Zhong Mingzhu.

"Fairy Changli, please be safe and don't be impatient." She had a folding fan in her hand at some point, opened and closed, lightly pushed Changli's sword aside, then cupped her hands and smiled at the leader of the cultivator, "I'm here Zhujiu on Langhuan Island, this is Fairy Changli from Tianyi Sect, if I accidentally offend you, I will apologize first, I wonder what you should call her?"

Her words were not humble, she was courteous and thoughtful, very different from the arrogance of the past, especially when she mentioned Changli, her tone was respectful and unfamiliar, as if she had known each other not long ago.Chang Li was not used to it, so he subconsciously turned his head to look at her, and there was a trace of dissatisfaction that he didn't even notice in his puzzled eyes.

Zhong Mingzhu coughed lightly, and secretly sent a voice transmission to her and said: "Li'er, if I remember correctly, there should be a blue and black token in your storage ring with flame patterns engraved on it, just like their faces. The same as above. Others, I will explain to you later." Hearing what she said, Chang Li had no choice but to look for the token in the storage ring first.

"Is it Fairy Changli?" The head cultivator immediately waved his hand after hearing this, signaling the others to put away their weapons, and his scrutinizing eyes fell on Changli, and finally settled on the cinnabar mole on her forehead, his expression softened a lot, Just still a little unsure.At this time, he saw the token in Changli's hand, and after a moment of daze, the hesitation in his expression disappeared, replaced by a touch of inexplicable ecstasy, "This is the token of the patriarch! It's really Fairy Changli! "

Changli glanced at Zhong Mingzhu again, holding the token at a loss, even she felt that extraordinary emotion.

In the next moment, those members of the Huozheng clan knelt down together.

"Fairy Changli! My name is Jing Xin, and I come from the Huozheng clan in Zhuoguang Mountain. 300 years ago, when the patriarch returned, he said that you had a close relationship with the clan. Now that the clan is suffering, we meet the fairy here. In the midst of this, freedom is determined by nature, and I hope the fairy can help us."

"Yuanyuan?" Changli glanced at him, then turned to Zhong Mingzhu, as if seeking proof.

She heard Zhong Mingzhu talk about Li Yang, but in her impression, Li Yang was rescued by Mo Chenxiang and Zhong Mingzhu, and if it is said about the origin, it should be those two people.

Zhong Mingzhu didn't notice her gaze, but propped up his fan, staring at the man who called himself Jing Xin, groaning silently.

The atmosphere fell into a stalemate for a while, Jing Xin saw that Changli had no expression, thought she was unwilling, and said anxiously: "Fairy Changli, I have absolutely no lie, please at least come with us to meet the patriarch .”

"Your patriarch's name is Li Yang?" Zhong Mingzhu finally spoke.

Jing Xin's attention was always on Changli, and she couldn't help being a little surprised to see that the young man next to her knew Li Yang's name, and suddenly looked a little more cautiously at Zhong Mingzhu.

"This place is not far from Zhuoguang Mountain. Before you came, Fairy Changli once mentioned your matter to me." Zhong Mingzhu explained in this way, and at the same time transmitted voice to Changli, asking her to say a few words for herself.

Although Chang Li was still at a loss, since Zhong Mingzhu said that he would explain later, she was not in a hurry to ask, so she followed her order, nodded and said: "Well, he is with me."

Only then did Jing Xin dispel his doubts a little bit, bowed his hands to Zhong Mingzhu apologetically, and said, "That's right, the patriarch of my clan is Lord Li Yang now, it's just..."

He didn't seem to know how to go on, he could only sigh heavily at the end, his brows were full of sorrow.

"You said your clan was in trouble, what happened?" Zhong Mingzhu asked.

"It's a long story." Jing Xin looked at Chang Li pleadingly, "Why don't you two go back with me first, and I'll talk to you slowly on the way."

Changli was a little undecided. Tianyizong always adhered to the way of benevolence and righteousness, otherwise it would not be possible to become the leader of the righteous way. The Huozheng clan needed her help in a difficult situation. She should agree, but she didn't know Zhong Mingzhu's attitude .

Evil cultivators probably wouldn't care about this, she thought, besides, she couldn't protect herself now, and she didn't know if it would implicate them in the past.

But before she could figure it out, she heard Zhong Mingzhu say: "It's extremely cold here, and we are struggling to find a shelter from the wind. It's good to go and take a rest, Fairy Changli, what do you think?"

She couldn't help being a little surprised, she glanced at Zhong Mingzhu, and nodded when she saw that she was signaling her agreement.

Jing Xin was overjoyed immediately, got up and pointed down the mountain: "You two, please follow me."

They did not take the path that Changli took when he went up the mountain, but entered a cave not far from the top of the mountain. After entering, Changli found that there was a winding path leading down the mountain, but it was hidden very well. Without guidance, she must not be able to find out.

There are so many forks in the cave, reminding Changli of the continuous ice caves beside the dark river.Jing Xin led the way, while the other seven monks stood beside Chang Li and Zhong Mingzhu, with a respectful attitude, as if treating them as honored guests.

Those Huo Ji were sent out to explore the way, and from time to time, they rushed back to roar at Jing Xin, and then quickly jumped into the depths of the cave again.

"They are more familiar with this place than I am. If there is anything wrong, we will know immediately." Jing Xin explained in this way, and then he asked about the Tianyi case.

It turned out that they had sent people to Yunfu Mountain for help, but when they got there, they found that Yunfu Mountain had been sealed by ice and snow.

"It was only later that we found out that the Tianyi School was plotted against by villains." He said angrily, "It's a pity that we were too busy to help you at that time."

"You guys are very righteous." Zhong Mingzhu said with a smile on his face, and then secretly sent a voice transmission to Changli, "Thanks to my foresight, I changed my form, otherwise I'm afraid I will be chased and beaten by them."

"You already knew?" Chang Li asked, she looked at Zhong Mingzhu's appearance again at this time, the man was much taller than her, she had to look up to see the other's expression clearly, "Zhu Jiu , so it looks like this?"

Zhong Mingzhu shook his fan and secretly covered his sly smile: "Langhuan Island Bamboo Nine was famous back then, but now, only some old guys still remember it." Then she explained : "Under the current circumstances, it will always be troublesome for you to be seen by other people together with me. Why don't you change your appearance and find out their details by the way. If they are sent by Yuyuan, they will definitely care more about me."

She learned from Xiao Ning and Wei Di that Yu Yuan already knew about her abducting Changli, if Jing Xin and the others were sent by her, it would be impossible for her not to be surprised that Changli was replaced by someone else.Furthermore, monks in the world have heard of Chang Li's unkind temper more or less. Seeing her walking with a man of unknown origin, they will definitely feel something strange in it, even if Chang Li himself said that the other party was walking with him, they will inevitably have doubts some.But Jing Xin didn't take it seriously, which is enough to see that he doesn't know much about the outside world.

The Huozheng clan lived in seclusion in Zhuoguang Mountain, and only after the Chongxiao Sword was taken away did some clansmen leave Shuoyuan to pursue Liu Hanyan. Back then, Li Yang had never even heard of Changli's name, and Jing Xin didn't know about Changli. His style of doing things is also reasonable.

"Why did you agree to help them?" Chang Li asked again.

"You will be affected by the Chongxiao Sword. The Huozheng clan has been guarding the Chongxiao Sword for generations, so there may be some clues."

It turned out to be like this, Changli secretly said: She always thinks a lot more than me.Then, she heard Zhong Mingzhu's smiling voice: "Besides, you want to help them, don't you?"

"I..." Changli bit his lip, looking a little confused, "I think this should be the case, but at this moment, it seems a bit inappropriate..."

"It's nothing inappropriate." Zhong Mingzhu casually knocked on the nearby rock wall, and the voice that came into Changli Linghai also showed a careless voice, "Do what you want, you Zhengdao like to save people, you can say it out loud There's nothing to be ashamed of. Me, just drop by."

It's not that she hasn't considered using Legilimency to probe out those people's minds, and then kill them. If she needs to continue to inquire, she can use Transformation to change into one of them and go to their hiding place.

But she could see Chang Li's hesitation, and even the distress that she might not even be aware of.

Li'er probably doesn't like me killing people indiscriminately, she thought.

——That's why I asked her if she liked this, and if she took pleasure in torturing people as others said.

Zhong Mingzhu doesn't take pleasure in torturing people. To her, killing or interrogating is just a means to achieve her goal. She can't wait for others to take the initiative to give information without doing anything, but how can there be so many people who are willing to catch them without a fight? , it just so happens that she doesn't care whether certain practices are against humanity.

As a result, the image of cruelty and inhumanity deepened day by day in the true or false rumors.

Humanely, Zhong Mingzhu really didn't care, but she realized: Chang Li cared.

Although Changli is still ignorant of everything in this world, and sometimes she can't even figure out her own thoughts, but she grew up in Tianyizong after all.

Even if the three elders tried their best to cut off her ties with this world, the awe-inspiring righteousness engraved in the door rules and swordsmanship, like spring rain moistening things silently, took root in her heart unconsciously.

The reason why Changli did not become a heartless thing is largely due to the teachings of Tianyizong.

Jing Xin is not a member of Yuyuan's party, so his life and death are indifferent to Zhong Mingzhu, if Changli cares about it, then just follow her wishes.

——If it’s troublesome, it’s troublesome, anyway, I’m not always so cold-blooded, Zhong Mingzhu thought happily.

After walking for a while, seeing that both of them were silent, Jing Xin began to talk about why they came to the top of the mountain.

It turned out that Huo Ji, who went out to explore the way, noticed that the spiritual power on the top of the mountain was abnormally surging, so they went to have a look.

After Zhong Mingzhu heard this, he made a few nonsense in response, saying that he came to participate in the Appreciation Conference, and after the end, he went north on a whim, and they went together when they met Changli, and said that they also went to see it because they noticed that the spiritual power was abnormal there Ultimately.

"Then do you want to change back now?" Changli suddenly said via voice transmission, she was still not used to Zhong Mingzhu's current appearance, and every time she went to see her, she would be taken aback for a moment, but she didn't have much to say about Jing Xin interest.

"Not for now, I can't explain clearly for a while, so I won't bother you." Zhong Mingzhu saw that Chang Li's lips were tightly pursed, and he seemed a little reluctant. They are all human, so she could only resist the urge to tease Changli, and instead asked Jing Xin what happened to the Huozheng clan.

Jing Xin glanced at him hesitantly, and Changli didn't say anything all the way here. On the contrary, the young man who claimed to be Zhu Jiu asked him about every detail, which made him feel a little weird.

Zhong Mingzhu noticed the suspicion in his eyes, and smiled slightly: "Fairy Changli doesn't like to talk, so let me ask her about the situation."

Seeing that Changli didn't object, Jing Xin sighed softly: "Maybe it's because we lost the Chongxiao Sword, and the heavens punished us."

Due to the oath of their ancestors, the Huozheng family has lived in seclusion in Zhuoguang Mountain for generations to guard the Chongxiao Sword. Although they cannot leave Zhuoguang Mountain, they will not be disturbed by the outside world and have lived a peaceful life for tens of thousands of years. More than 300 years ago, Liu Hanyan fell into the ground with a sword. Although the clan sent warriors to look for her clues, they found nothing. Most people believed that she had been buried in lava, and the Chongxiao Sword was naturally impossible to find.

The ancestors of the Huozheng clan once swore to protect the sword of the times with the law of heaven, otherwise they would not die well.Now that the Chongxiao Sword is missing, what is at stake is the survival of the entire clan, because everyone in the clan is in danger, lest disaster befalls immediately.

"Suddenly one day, the high priest said that there was a way to rescue our family from the oath of Zhongtian Dao, but the old patriarch seemed to disagree."

"Old patriarch?" Zhong Mingzhu noticed this statement.

A trace of grief flashed across Jing Xin's face: "Not long after the high priest's proposal was rejected, a large group of monks came to Zhuoguang Mountain. They occupied the temple and the sword furnace, and imprisoned all the Huozheng people who refused to attach to them. Lord Yang led the remnants of the warriors to escape, but the old patriarch, the grandfather of Lord Li Yang, fought hard and died."

"So she's been hiding here all these years." A chill flashed in Zhong Mingzhu's eyes.

For more than three hundred years, while trying to lure out the Tianyi Sect, she has been paying attention to Yu Yuan's movements, but Yu Yuan seems to have disappeared, and there is no news at all, not even the monks who followed her. And those sects controlled by her, all they did was send out spirit stones on a regular basis.

Zhong Mingzhu once sent Mu Yun to follow those sects, but those spirit stones went a long way, generally pointing to Jiuyi Mountain, but they never found out where they went.

Unexpectedly, it was in this extreme north.

The Huozheng clan lived in seclusion in the depths of Zhuoguang Mountain, with a hidden entrance, and even Zhong Mingzhu didn't know where it was, so although she passed nearby more than once, she failed to notice anything unusual.In addition, Chijin and Lingshi were sent to Jiuyi Mountain, and Yuyuan's plan was also related to Jiuyi Mountain, so their attention was always on the south, thus ignoring the large ice field in the north of Tianyu Mountain.

"Why don't you ask Nanming Villa for help?" Zhong Mingzhu asked, "It has been built for more than 100 years, you don't know?"

"We know that there are monks who built a mountain villa in the south of Fantianzhishui." Jing Xin smiled wryly, "But who knows if they are in the same group. In order to escape the hunt, more than 100 years ago, we only had dozens of people left, and we dare not Take a risk."

"That's true. You have been hiding from the world for a long time. The relationship between the sects and sects in the cultivation world is so complicated. How can you figure it out?" Zhong Mingzhu smiled, and then changed the subject, "But why do you dare to take us to see Li Yang? ? Shouldn't you be more cautious?"

"That's because the patriarch said that Fairy Changli will be a turning point for our clan." Jing Xin said, "If it's other people, I won't bring you here even if I die there."

"Oh? I remember that Fairy Changli only said that she had met Li Yang once. Could it be that there is something hidden?" Zhong Mingzhu pretended to be surprised, but he remembered that Li Yang had a strange look after seeing Changli. move.

She was shocked when she saw Chang Li, and asked her where her home was.

——"Sorry, because the respected teacher looks a bit like an old friend, so I accidentally offended."

Li Yang said so at the time, but it was the first time she left Zhuoguang Mountain, where would there be an old friend who looked like Changli on Zhuoguang Mountain.

"I don't know about that either." Jing Xin said honestly, "When we escaped from Zhuoguang Mountain, the patriarch only said that Fairy Changli might help us, but he didn't say the reason. Later, when she learned that the Tianyi Sect was in trouble, she thought it was hopeless to see her again. When it came to Fairy Changli, I didn't mention it again."

"Li'er, what impression do you have? To the Huozheng clan?" Although he knew that Changli had lost his memory, Zhong Mingzhu secretly asked her with the mentality of giving it a try, and then found that Changli was staring at Jing Xin with a slight smile on his face. Zuo seemed to be thinking about something, so she asked again, "What's wrong, you keep looking at him? Is there something wrong?"

"I don't have any impression of the Huozheng clan." Changli thought, still staring at Jing Xin, with a hint of doubt in his tone, "But this person looks familiar to me."

"Oh?" Zhong Mingzhu raised his eyebrows, and turned to look at Jing Xin.

I saw that he was born with a high nose and deep eyes, with forked eyebrows at the end, and a short mustache on both cheeks. His hair color is not usually black, but slightly dark red, and his complexion is lighter than the others.

She recalled it for a while, but she didn't remember seeing a similar face when she was with Changli back then. She remembered everything that happened in those 100 years, even when she was a candied haws vendor in Qingyang County, she still vaguely remembered him. She looks so distinctive like Jing Xin, she won't forget it, so she coughed lightly, pretending to be curious and said: "Forgive me, may I ask your Excellency's hair color, are there many in the Huozheng clan? It's rare elsewhere."

Jing Xin didn't expect to be asked this question, so he was stunned for a while before saying, "That's not true, only my lineage can do this."

Although the Huozheng clan will not leave Zhuoguang Mountain, it is not that there have been outsiders for tens of thousands of years.The climate in Shuoyuan is harsh, especially in the northern mountains. Most of the people who will appear there are those who have been chased and killed by their enemies to the point of desperation. Just leave.

The last time outsiders were taken in was thousands of years ago. The few people who fled to Zhuoguang Mountain came from a declining tribe in the northwest. They had red hair and deep eyes. It is their descendants.

"After all, there are a small number of people from outside, so the descendants rarely retain those characteristics. Occasionally, there will be more obvious ones like me. I heard that several people in my grandfather's generation were red-haired, but they all left Zhuoguang Mountain with the young patriarch at that time. , and finally died outside. At present, I am the only one like this. Maybe it will appear in future generations." He stroked his hair, sighed again, and added softly, "If there is a future .”

When he told the story, Zhong Mingzhu had already calculated the experience of 300 years ago. After confirming that he had never met him, he answered absent-mindedly, "I will turn the danger into a bargain", and then asked Chang Li again: "Li'er, are there Do you remember anything?"

Changli looked at the face covered by fire lines, and felt more and more familiar, just like those images that flashed through her mind from time to time. Familiarity is familiar, but she still can't find the source. She couldn't help but feel a little anxious , biting his lip and intending to think about it more carefully, suddenly there was a gentle feeling on his back.

It was Zhong Mingzhu who took advantage of other people's unpreparedness to stroke her vest a few times: "Don't worry, it doesn't matter if you don't expect it, we will not return empty-handed after this trip."

At this moment, Jing Xin stopped and said, "It's almost here."

There was a calm lake in front, and there was no end in sight. Zhong Mingzhu calculated the position and found that they should be at the bottom of Qiaoming Mountain at this time.

Then, she saw Jing Xin stepping into the water slowly, and quickly disappeared under the water, and she suddenly realized: the entrance is under the lake, but it is very hidden.

While the rest of the people cast the water-dispelling curse on Huo Jiong, she quietly left a few talismans in the crevices of the rocks on the shore.It was a teleportation array, which was similar to the method she used to rush to Qiaoming Mountain in an instant, but this time she had recovered from her injuries, and the distance was short, so she didn't need to expend too much energy when performing the spell.In case of an accident, she can take Chang Li away in time.

On the way here, she not only memorized the route, but also used a few wisps of spiritual power to investigate the situation of the other forked roads. She has a general understanding of the situation in this area. Even if she is chased by many experts, she is confident that she can escape.

But when she did all this, she kept it a secret from Chang Li.

Changli looks calm and calm, but in fact, all emotions are written on her face, she has no expression, it's just that she is indifferent

If she finds out, she will inevitably be asked this and that along the way, and she will reveal her secrets by accident - Zhong Mingzhu said so thoughtfully, and glanced at Chang Li, showing a bit of helplessness on his face.

"Why?" Noticing the look in her eyes, Chang Li raised his head slightly and asked.

Looking at the black eyes that could clearly reflect the lake light at this time, Zhong Mingzhu smiled, and quickly rubbed her hair with his current figure, and then stepped into the water in a few steps.

Chang Li looked puzzled, stroked the tangled hair, and asked, but the other party only responded with a few chuckles, and in the end she could only put this aside first, and followed into the water.

Similar to the lake that Zhong Mingzhu used to heal his wounds at first, the water here is also hot, and the temperature gets higher as it goes down. However, Jing Xin did not dive all the way down, and stopped at a crack about [-] feet underwater. Pointing inward, signaled Changli and Zhong Mingzhu to go first.

There is a narrow passage inside, go straight ahead, go down first, then gradually rise until it leaves the water, and continue to walk for a while, and you will see an empty cave in front of you.

It should be in the middle of the mountain, with stone walls on all sides, and only the first entrance under the water.

The cave was very dark, with only a few bonfires for lighting. A dozen people sat on the ground around the bonfire, with weapons within reach.

Noticing a stranger coming in, they immediately picked up their weapons and jumped up, attacking without saying a word.

Everyone is like a beast in trouble, clamoring and exuding an immortal breath.

"Stop!" The woman's voice stopped them.

The weapon stopped immediately, less than a foot away from the tip of Zhong Mingzhu's nose, she stood in front of Changli, smiled and pushed the halberd away with her fan, and said, "Is this how you treat guests?"

The woman who looked like a leader walked forward slowly, the totem on her face reflected the color of fire, as if it was really burning. She ignored Zhong Mingzhu, but stared at the woman in white with a cold expression, and her voice could not hide her excitement:

"You are... Fairy Changli?"