There are bandits in Zhongshan

There are countless islands entrenched on the East China Sea, like stars, scattered on the vast mist, most of them are deserted islands, formed by gathering reefs, not even a few weeds can grow, but there are exceptions, such as being landed Izumo, known to ordinary people as the country of the Far East.

In front of the abyss leading to Guixu from the bottom of the sea, there are three mountain ranges, namely Juling Yutian, Dongji, and Lilong. , This is the residence of Fengshen Zhedan, probably sheltered by Fengshen. Although Izumo is located on the treacherous and unpredictable sea, the weather has always been smooth. Although the miracles are gone, the remaining spiritual power still protects these islands. The islanders live and work in peace and contentment. Fishing and sea trade for a living.

It is said that a long time ago, the islanders made good friends with the sharks and exchanged land crops for shark silk and gems every year, but for the islanders today, those are just legends.

As for the various rumors about the sharks circulating on the island, they are all just regarded as stories. Even if you ask the oldest living person on the island, you can't find any sporadic news that is more than the rumors.

It's no wonder that even among monks who have lived for hundreds of thousands of years, few people know the existence of mermaids, let alone mortals who have lived for at least a hundred years.

Right now, there are lights and festoons everywhere in Izumo. Every spring, when the east wind blows, a five-day Fengshen Festival will be held in various places in Izumo to thank the god of wind for his protection. The largest town in Izumo is even more lively, with tourists flocking on the streets Incessantly, all kinds of performances on the high stage dazzled people.

Among the crowd, a woman in a yellow shirt was holding a jug of wine. While drinking, she looked at the two dazzling scenery with great interest. Whenever someone asked her hello, she would happily respond.

"Is this guest from the west?" In the shop dotted with countless corals, the clerk greeted her immediately when he saw her, with an accent filled with sea breeze, "These corals are all picked from the sea. The big families in yours use it to decorate their gardens."

The so-called people from the west refer to merchants or travelers from the land. The land in the west is far away from Izumo. Although there are people coming by boat every year, they are still a minority, so although the woman looks ordinary, she is mixed in with the crowd. Even though she was inconspicuous, the peddler still noticed her at a glance.

"Okay, these are all pretty." The woman smiled, glanced around the shop, and pointed to a coral plant in the corner, "I want that branch." After she finished speaking, she took it by herself. That branch of coral left behind a string of money.

As soon as she left, the two people who were talking outside the shop followed immediately. The peddler saw that they were unfamiliar, and tried to solicit them in the same way, but the two of them walked over quickly without even looking at them. The peddler felt strange and poked his head out to look around. , only to find that the two people who had just passed by had disappeared.

"It's not long, and it's too fast." The peddler couldn't help muttering.

Those two people shuttled through the crowd, it seemed that their pace was not fast, but they walked through three streets in the blink of an eye, and followed the woman in the yellow shirt, and the woman in the yellow shirt was carrying the wine jar, taking her time Leisurely, her footsteps are not slow at all, even faster than the two who followed her.

After a while, the three of them left the city one after another and headed towards the seashore. The woman was still walking leisurely, while the two people who followed closely stood around without anyone else. Suddenly, they flew into the air and rushed towards the woman. These two people are actually possessing spells, but every time they catch up with the yellow shirt and touch it with their hands, the figure will dissipate into a cloud of mist, and after passing through the mist, they will find that the woman is still in front of them not far away.

When night fell, the three of them had climbed over two hills and arrived at the seashore. Amidst the sound of the waves, the woman finally stopped. All hands were ruthless, but when the magic weapon tore through the woman's body, a light smoke rose, and the woman disappeared again, leaving only a branch of coral standing in the same place, which was the one she bought in the town.

The expressions of the two of them changed suddenly when they saw this, and they were about to run away, but their surroundings instantly darkened. The boundless black curtain pressed down head-on, covering the stars and the moon. Before they even had time to call for help, they were stabbed by the silver thread falling from the darkness. After wearing Linghai, he lost consciousness for a moment.

Afterwards, the darkness dissipated, blue scales appeared on the faces and hands of the unconscious two people, they were actually sharks, and the woman in yellow appeared on the reef not far away, dragged the shark and threw the shark into the sea , and then raised the wine jar to take another sip of wine, but found that the wine jar was empty, so he threw the jar into the sea, then looked at the undulating sea, and sighed heavily.

The shadow that trapped the two mermaids just for a moment is the unique skill of Senluodian. This woman is Jiang Zhao. The technique of Senluodian is restrained by the sun, and it needs to be dark to be fully effective, so she delays it until sunset.

Now I saw her staring at the sea worriedly, completely lost the joy of wandering in the town, but sighed, seemingly having infinite troubles.

She was indeed very upset. Once she left the town, the short-term happiness of walking through the market disappeared like a cloud of smoke, leaving only the dullness of being trapped here.She has been in Izumo for more than a year, and has already traveled to every corner. With her temperament, she should have left long ago, but she hasn't left until now, just because it was Lu Lin who called her over.

More than a year ago, Lu Lin approached her, and said straight to the point: "I need your help."

At that time, she was living leisurely in the northwest desert.Ever since she was no longer intimidated by Wu He, her life has changed from the usual elusive style. At first, Wu He didn't know that her mind had changed. After learning her whereabouts, she came to the door to get rid of her, but was injured by her , and finally fled.Afterwards, she didn't immediately go after this fellow apprentice, she just thought that it would be best if no one was looking for bad luck, and there was no rush to clean up the house, but instead played around to make up for the previous days of hiding in Tibet.

A few years ago, the world of comprehension was in turmoil, but she was not affected in the slightest. After all, other sects suffered heavy losses, and everyone was searching for the body of the sword spirit. These have nothing to do with her, and the result of laxness is that Lu Lin can do it without any effort. and found her.

The majestic Kunwu city lord has spoken, how dare she follow suit, not to mention that Lu Lin could seriously injure her with a single shot, even if she can escape, Lu Lin only needs to issue a kill order, and the stability he finally gained will be melted again. Make bubbles.So after weighing it for a moment, she agreed to Lu Lin's request and followed him to Izumo.

Lu Lin asked her for help because he liked her stealth skills and asked her to steal a treasure from the shark clan at the foot of the mountain.

Before she came, Lu Lin had already scouted out the terrain and was responsible for creating chaos when she sneaked in, so she took the treasure without much effort, and after handing it over to Lu Lin, the other party asked her to wait here.

"It's dangerous to go here, and even I'm not sure I'll be able to get out of here. If Qingluan finds this place, I hope you can tell him where I am going." After that, Lu Lin's aura could not be found again.

She stayed in Izumo, but it wasn't enough to worry about her life. The strength of mermaids on land is not as good as in water. Even if they are found, she can escape calmly. torment.But it's not easy to just leave. Although Lu Lin didn't make any contract with her, he only said that he owed her a favor this time, and she wouldn't suffer any harm even if she walked away.

But no matter how precious Lu Lin's favor is, once something happens to him, Jiang Zhao is sure that Zhong Mingzhu will find him sooner or later, even if he hides in the ends of the earth.Just thinking about that scene made her shudder.

So even though she was bored to the extreme, she still stayed, hoping every day that Lu Lin would break through the water, or that a Qingluan would fly in front of her, but Lu Lin never appeared again, and Qingluan never came.

"Hey, if you are dead, please show your spirit and give me a good time." She raised her foot and kicked the water surface, then raised her head and sighed long at the crescent moon.

The moonlight sprinkled into the water, staining the surface water waves with a dreamlike light, but it was fleeting, and there was no trace left in the depths, only endless darkness. On land, even in the darkest night, there is A faint ray of light comes from the stars and the moon, or from the lights of the world, but there is no light in the depths of the sea, and occasionally there are flickering phosphorous fires, like gravel falling into the sea, disappearing in an instant.

Adjacent to Lilong Mountain is a trench that is said to be thousands of miles deep. It is said that there are countless sea monsters lurking there. There are some strange skeletons, which should be dead sea monsters, as well as several sunken ships and scattered bone fragments belonging to humans. Those ships were sunk by wind and waves, and finally fell here without seeing the sun.

Soft aquatic plants grow from the sand at the bottom, entangle everything that falls into it, seemingly soft and weak but full of tenacity and cannot break free. In the deepest part of the trench, countless aquatic plants are entangled in one place, like a huge fortress. A long shadow surrounds those aquatic plants, with black and white striped patterns growing on its body, but it is actually a few sea snakes, all over ten feet long, about as thick as an arm's length, obviously turned into demons, they spit out letters in their mouths, staring at them covetously. Looking at the group of aquatic plants, it seems to be examining the prey that is easy to get.

Suddenly, the group of water plants shook violently, and there was faint cyan-purple lightning in the gap. The next moment, the light shot out from the water plants like a sharp sword, instantly smashing the huge fortress into pieces, and several sea snakes avoided it. Not enough, just like the water plants, it was chopped into several sections by the green thunder, and the only remaining one saw that the situation was not good, and wanted to escape after turning around, but was pierced through the head by an arrow that flew silently, and struggled a few times. No longer move.

Scattered fragments scattered in the water, some drifted away with the current, some slowly fell, a figure stepped on the sand with the scattered aquatic plants, raised his hand, and the arrow stuck in the head of the sea snake was gone. It turned into a bolt of lightning and entered into the chain whip on his arm, that was Lu Lin.

His complexion didn't look good, the previous aggressive aura was gone, replaced by lingering fatigue, everything in the sea was completely different from that on land, he couldn't remember how many sea monsters he had killed, and fell How many traps he has fallen into, although his face does not look depressed, he is actually covered with scars.

"It's here." He whispered, in this dark and dangerous underwater, even he couldn't help talking to himself from time to time to dispel the ominous silence.Then, he opened his hand, and a long halberd appeared in his hand. He inspected the soft and fluffy sand under his feet, and after a short rest, he stabbed the long halberd towards the sand.

The sand layer was very thick, and after the halberds of several feet were all submerged in it, they continued to descend. After a while, Lu Lin heard a crisp, clear and short sound, like jade and stones colliding, followed by a sky-shattering roar , the sand under his feet sank quickly under the violent vibrations. This is already the deepest part of the trench, but there is still an abyss below.

That is the treasury belonging to the sharks.

According to an old man of the Ruoye tribe, the trench beside Lilong Mountain is thousands of miles deep, and the treasure house of the Shark tribe is sealed in the deepest part. There are countless treasures, including many artifacts inherited from ancient times.The mermaid tribe migrated from the Southern Ocean to the East China Sea. The mermaid people from Lilong Mountain to Guixu were originally one tribe, but after several disputes, they were divided into several tribes, large and small. The Ruoyana tribe guarded the Eight Desolation Mirror in Guixu , and the key to the underwater treasure house was inherited by the merman at the foot of Lilong Mountain. It was a war halberd, which was once a weapon of Kunpeng, and was enshrined in the ancestral hall.

A few years ago, Lu Lin and Zhong Mingzhu went to Guixu to inquire about the whereabouts of the five-color stone, but they returned without success. Zhong Mingzhu was worried about leaving, so he left after talking with the patriarch, and he stayed for a while , Returning the Eight Desolation Mirror to its original owner. Before leaving, he overheard about the treasure house in the sea. He wanted to call Zhong Mingzhu back, but when he thought of the deeper disappointment in the other party's eyes every time, he gave up his idea and turned to Zhong Mingzhu. Came to Mount Lilong alone.

The mermen here are more aggressive and aggressive than the Ruoyana tribe. After several conflicts, Lu Lin finally found out where the halberd was. However, the water is the territory of the mermen after all, and even he has no ability to snatch it alone.At that time, Fufenglin was surrounded by countless monks. Zhu Maolin and Baili Ningqing not only had to deal with many monks, but also helped Changli refine medicine. He couldn't find helpers, so he thought of the stealth technique of Senluo Temple.

After getting the war halberd, he dived into the bottom of the sea according to the position found by the Eight Desolation Mirror. On the way back to the ruins with Ruoye last time, he knew something about the crisis in the sea, but even if he was fully prepared, once Trapped in this boundless darkness, what awaits him is countless unpredictability.

Now that he has finally arrived at the point pointed by the Eight Desolation Mirror, he can't help but feel lucky that he is as calm as he is.

Looking at the sandy ground where the vortex appeared due to the fall, he retracted his halberd, took a deep breath, and jumped into the vortex. In the fast-falling sand, he tried his best to stabilize his body, not daring to relax at all until he felt the transparent When Shimmer came, he breathed a sigh of relief.

But in the next moment, a faint singing voice floated into the ears, misty and elusive like clouds and smoke, but with a gentle aura, people unknowingly put down their guard.

The scene in front of him suddenly changed.

It is no longer the cold depths of the seabed, but a mountain surrounded by red smoke.

The mountain is so high that even poor eyesight can’t see the top. The terrain in the mountain is ever-changing, with criss-cross gullies and endless flat land. All kinds of trees, flowers and plants are bathed in the mist that does not disperse all the year round. However, once the calm is broken, the birds perched on the branches will flap their wings and fly high, causing a brief noise in the eternal calm.

In front of Lu Lin was an open swamp. He stepped in the mud by the water, looked at his own reflection in the water, and the lush and towering mountains behind him. Complex emotions flashed in his light-colored eyes—warning, nostalgia, And the overwhelmed by unfamiliarity.

He naturally recognized where it was.

This is Mount Sumeru. He was born in the swamp transformed by the bones of the Thunder God before him, and then spent thousands of years in the vast and endless mountains.

This is his hometown.

Mount Sumeru is very large, because it is made of divine bones, every day, there will be unpredictable changes everywhere in the mountain. There is often only a thin line between crisis and tranquility, and the creatures in the mountain often cannot travel to every inch of land in their entire lives.

Lu Lin had met many of the same kind. Some of them planned to cross Mount Sumeru to the outside world, and some turned back from the outside world and planned to go to the deepest part of Mount Sumeru. They came from afar, stopped for a while, and then went to another distant place.There is warlike blood in their bodies, and they don't have much friendship with each other, and they prefer to fight rather than talk.The only thing in common is that they all regard Mount Sumeru as a burial ground. Once the limit of perception is approaching, they will return to the place of birth, the blood and bones will dissipate, and the power will merge into the earth, and then after a long time, a new one will be born. creatures.

Lu Lin has never left Mount Sumeru. When he met Zhong Mingzhu, he was planning to go to the outside world after the investigation of the Emperor's Mausoleum. The place is more vast and there are more powerful people. He was full of hope until he was Involved in the turbulent torrent, he opened his eyes again, and Mount Sumeru was in ruins.

The huge force aroused by breaking the boundary tore everything apart, and the boundless mountains were smashed to pieces in the spiritual flow, most of which were annihilated and turned into nothingness, leaving only some fragments scattered between the upper and lower realms.

And this lower bound is really too boring.Power is suppressed and restricted by various rules. Although monks pursue power, they spend a lot of energy on forming factions and eliminating dissidents. On Mount Meru, such a thing would never happen - what they pursue is pure power, not profit, power or anything else.

Therefore, for more than 2000 years, Lu Lin has been seeking ways to return to the upper realm all the time, taming Qingyang, building Kunwu City, and recruiting party members, all for this purpose.

He didn't understand why Zhong Mingzhu could enjoy playing in the human world endlessly.

"If we are trapped here forever, on the day of our death, looking back on our lives, only to find that we have spent so many years chasing after the mirror, and have nothing else. Wouldn't it be a pity." Zhong Mingzhu once said, but He still doesn't understand.

Isn't the meaning of survival an end in itself?

Holding the idea rooted in his heart, he kept searching and searching, until more than 300 years ago, he felt a touch of sword energy in Hexu Mountain.That was the place where Changli and Liu Hanyan dueled. Although Yu Yuan and others erased the traces of the fight afterwards, he still noticed the clues.Although it was just a faint wisp, it was enough for him to recognize that it was the sword energy emanating from the top of Hexu Mountain and the Mausoleum of the Emperor of Heaven.

At that moment, he understood that it was not Cangwu sword that hurt Zhong Mingzhu back then, but Chang Li.Afterwards, he tested Wu Hui in Hexu Mountain, which made him more sure of his guess.Wu Hui used the blood curse to connect Changli with his own blood, firstly for control, and secondly to avoid accidents for Changli. Once Changli suffered more damage than he could bear, he would bear it together to prevent Changli from awakening in the body of the sword spirit Died before.

On the Hexu Mountain, Lu Lin and Wu counterattacked, and found out that the injury suffered by the other party was poisonous. The only one who has cultivated into a dragon for thousands of years is Heishuiling, the truth is clearly revealed.

Afterwards, he sat silently and watched everything happen. Even after Li Langxuan's death, he still chose to assist Fairy Yuyuan and provided Feixiantai with a large amount of red gold. If Yuyuan hadn't been unfavorable to Zhong Mingzhu, he might not meddle.

Just because that is also his purpose, he wants to go back to his hometown, even if there are only ruins or nothing left, he also wants to go back.

Therefore, even though he had long been aware of Fairy Yuyuan's intentions and Changli's identity, he did nothing, letting the chances of saving Changli slip away in his hands.

He didn't know whether Zhong Mingzhu already knew his selfish intentions, Zhong Mingzhu never asked him the reasons for those actions, maybe he had no time to take care of them, or just like him, he tacitly kept silent.

But Chang Li said to him, "I'm sorry."

When Zhong Mingzhu went to Tiantai Peak to set up an enchantment, he entrusted Chang Li to his care.At that time, Changli had just woken up, but he was like a lost doll, silent all day long, like a withered flower, which would wither at any time.Zhu Maolin said that she had endured too much and needed time to adapt.

Lu Lin thought that they probably wouldn't talk to each other. After all, apart from Zhong Mingzhu, there was no connection between them, but one day, when he was checking whether the barrier in the room was firm, he suddenly heard Chang Li apologize to him.

The voice was very soft, weaker than the smoke that was about to be extinguished, but it fell in his ears like the roar of bells and drums.

He asked, "Why?"

Changli said that she thought of many things, the obsession with breaking the boundary, and the countless creatures who died on Mount Sumeru. She spoke very slowly, stopping for a while after a few words, while Lu Lin Listening quietly, for some reason, he actually felt the strength from that woman.

It was clearly a dying body, but when he looked at those calm black eyes, he seemed to see the majestic Mausoleum of the Emperor of Heaven thousands of years ago.

It was a strange power that he had never touched, and it seemed that it was also a power that would be difficult to achieve in this lifetime.

It is transparent after everything, enough to hold the whole world.

In contrast, his obsession suddenly paled.

As Zhong Mingzhu said, in his 2000 years, he had nothing but mirrors and mirrors.

"This kind of trick is enough." He stared at the land of birth, his voice was low and soft, with a bit of reluctance, and more of determination. Suddenly, a few cracks appeared on the tranquil picture, which quickly shattered into countless pieces and disappeared into the icy sea water.

The Mount Sumeru he saw originated from the mermaid's illusion, and Ruoye's Tianmen song came from the same line. On the way here, he fell into such an illusion more than once.It's just that the illusion here is particularly powerful. If he still hesitates, he may not be able to get out.

After breaking the illusion, the surrounding area did not get darker, but became brighter. He froze for a moment before realizing that it was aura.

Below is a long gully, in the middle of which lay a huge skeleton, under which treasures piled up like a mountain, shining brightly, and those dazzling rays of light alone are enough to fascinate people.

——It's a pity that there are no five-color stones in it.

He can recognize all those treasures, and what he can recognize is naturally not the five-color stone.

Disappointment rushed into his heart immediately, he stared blankly at those treasures, and suddenly sighed softly, a hint of heaviness appeared in his gray eyes.

Even he would feel disappointed, what about Zhong Mingzhu?

He didn't want to think about it.

After scanning the treasures for the last time, he confirmed that there was nothing he wanted, so he planned to leave, but before leaving, his eyes fell on the skeleton. The skeleton was very long. out of sight.

The skeleton had four legs, and five claws protruded from the front of each foot, and they were tightly buckled into the hard rock below. It should be because of the age, the outermost big bone was empty, but Lu Lin still recognized it. What is that.

"It turns out that the legend of the shark slaying the dragon is true, and the slaying is still a real dragon."

Legend has it that when the Mermaids migrated to the East China Sea, it happened that the Dragon Returning to the Ruins made trouble in the East China Sea, and the Mermen gathered their strength to kill him and settled down in the East China Sea.This must be the remains of the dragon of Guixu. Water beasts can eventually turn into dragons through cultivation, but they all have four claws. Only real dragons have five claws.

"In addition to the five-color stone, we also need the bone of a real dragon." Lu Lin murmured, "Although it's not worth much, it's better than nothing." .

Jiang Zhao walked slowly to the seashore, holding the newly bought wine in her hand. It has been several months since the Fengshen Festival, and she stayed by the seaside for a while, but she didn't see Lu Lin, so she simply went to a nearby town to set up a house Live here and only come to have a look at the end of each month.

On this day, the weather was still calm, and she felt that there was probably no progress, but when she was near the sea, she found a blue shadow hovering on the water, which was a green luan. After Qingluan arrived at a reef, he found a man crossing his legs and adjusting his breath.

There was an enchantment there, so she didn't notice it. Her first reaction was to be led into a trap, and it was only after she let out an exclamation that she recognized that it was Lu Lin.

He seemed to be injured, and his breathing was not stable. When he sensed someone intruding, he swung Qingyang in an instant.

Jiang Zhao immediately shouted: "It's me, it's me!" Lu Lin raised his eyes when he heard the sound, saw that it was Jiang Zhao, and sneered mockingly: "So you haven't left yet."

"You have to keep your word." Jiang Zhaoqian smiled, but he was muttering in his heart: I knew it earlier, so I stayed here, and Qingluan slipped away as soon as Qingluan came. After that, she sized Lu Lin a few times, wondering how he would be accepted. Such a serious injury, but when he thought about the other party's temper, he dismissed the idea, turned to salute and said: "It seems that your business has been done, then I will leave, and there will be—"

It's just that Lu Lin interrupted before he finished speaking: "I need you to escort me to Yunfu Mountain."

Although the Dragon of Return to the Ruins has been dead for thousands of years, the bones still contain extremely domineering power. He tried his best to suppress it and keep it in his pocket.

The price he paid for this was blood damage to his limbs, but luckily he didn't hurt his heart, so he was able to escape from the bottom of the sea, but dragging his wounded body to Yunfu Mountain was really too reluctant.He didn't see Jiang Zhao after he got out of the water, and he thought she had left long ago, but when Qingluan found her, he was powerless to do anything, just when he was at a loss, Jiang Zhao came to the door.

"escort?"

Lu Lin threw a cloth bag into Jiang Zhao's hand, and said, "Escort me back, these are all yours."

Inside are the treasures he collected at random, and he intends to use them to reward Jiang Zhao. He is not interested, but they are all priceless to other monks.

When Jiang Zhao saw the things in the bag, even though she was indifferent, her eyes lit up, she thought for a while and said, "I'll take you to Yanjiu, where there is a teleportation array, you can go directly to Kunwu."

"No." Lu Lin shook his head, "I want you to escort me to Yunfu Mountain."

——Qingluan only brought a few words: Yunfu Mountain has changed.

Five words, but it is extremely urgent.