The fairy is fierce

After a night's rest, Zuo Lingquan set out again to search for the burial place in the long yellow sand.

Shangguan Lingye still relies on his supernatural powers to sense the situation underground. Zuo Lingquan has been following behind him for the past few days. Apart from occasionally helping Shangguan Lingye pat the dust on his buttocks, he can't do much. At this time, Xie Qiutao came, and he I walked with Xie Qiutao and used the most primitive method to explore.

The sun was scorching, and the scorching temperature distorted the light outside the dunes. Zuo Lingquan carried a bundle of iron rods and walked on the dunes, occasionally glancing at the figure walking alone in the distance.

Xie Qiutao drank too much yesterday and had a hangover all night. The drunkenness has not completely dissipated to this day. She walked a little unsteadily. As she walked, she talked about various tips on digging for treasures and exploring the world. The theory was clear and logical, but in summary from beginning to end, Just two words.

Zuo Lingquan followed the shovel here and there with the hoe and dug for a long time without even finding a single hair. Naturally, he became suspicious and said:

"Miss Xie, are you sure you have learned Jiugong Bagua and Feng Shui?"

Xie Qiutao, wearing a bamboo hat on his head, vigorously inserted the probe rod into the ground on the sand dune and responded:

"I used to live as a guest in Yingyang Immortal Palace. I learned a little bit but didn't understand much. But even if I learned it, it would not be of much use. If I could easily find opportunities for magic weapons after learning these things, all the treasures buried in the ground would have been dug up long ago. . Sister Shangguan is so powerful, but she still hasn’t been found.”

Zuo Lingquan thought about it, said nothing more, and continued to help.

The territory of the Sand Sea is so vast, one can imagine the success rate of such an exhaustive exploration method.

Zuo Lingquan and Shangguan Lingye slowly explored, but in fact their thoughts were focused on the depths of the sand sea, waiting for something strange to happen inside. Others would find and start a fight. If they went to fish in troubled waters, their chances would be much greater.

It's a pity that the few people have been groping for four days and found nothing. The only news is from the casual cultivators they met on the road. They learned that there seemed to be movement in the Huoyan Valley. Several big families sent people there. Ling Quan then changed his route to the direction of Fire Scythe Valley to see if he could gain anything.

However, on the way to Fire Scythe Valley, I encountered something special.

Zuo Lingquan and Xie Qiutao dug along the way, keeping a distance of more than a hundred feet from Shangguan Lingye, and walked together into the depths of the sand sea. Tuanzi transformed into a "scout chicken" and flew around to help several people scout the surrounding situation.

Shangguan Lingye didn't expect Tuanzi to do big things, he just wanted it to fly as much as possible, so as not to become a wandering chicken and forget how to fly over time.

But what they didn't expect was that when the group of people walked near an ancient river, Tuanzi suddenly flew back excitedly, landed on the iron pole in Zuo Lingquan's hand, and pointed to a certain place in the ancient river with his wings:

"Jiji~"

He looked very excited, a bit asking for credit.

Zuo Lingquan's eyes were filled with joy when he saw this scene. Shangguan Lingye noticed something strange, stepped forward and asked:

"Find something good?"

"grumble!"

Tuanzi nodded as if pounding garlic.

Xie Qiutao's eyes showed excitement as she looked in the direction pointed by Tuanzi:

"I just thought it was special there. I looked at it several times and was about to say something. Walk over and have a look..."

He said and trotted over with a long shovel.

Zuo Lingquan had been in contact with Xie Qiutao for a few days, and he had no doubts about the saying that "I felt special just now", because Xie Qiutao felt special everywhere he looked in the past few days, and he wanted to dig out everything he saw.

Soon, the three of them arrived at the ancient river channel.

The ancient river channel was originally a large river that entered the sea, about two miles wide, but it had been thirsty for an unknown number of years, leaving only a long groove.

Tuanzi flew in front of a few people and landed under a cliff along the ancient river. His wings pointed to the ground: "Ji~"

Seeing this, Xie Qiutao was ready to dig a shovel into the soil to check the situation underground.

However, Shangguan Lingye came to the bottom of the cliff and raised his hand to stop Xie Qiutao's movements:

"Be careful of touching the formation, let me do it."

As he spoke, the jade hand was gently raised, and the ancient river bed buried by the sand turned into liquid, separated on its own left and right, and extended underground. The three people and the bird also sank into the ground.

Zuo Lingquan was not careless. He took out his sword and followed behind him, carefully sensing the movement around him. After sinking more than ten feet and the round hole turned into a deep well, he slowly discovered that there were traces of water on the surrounding soil. It looked like a desert. There is an underground river below; and deep underground, there are indeed subtle fluctuations of spiritual energy, and I don't know how Tuanzi sensed it.

The three of them continued to dive. When the sky above turned into a small bright spot, Shangguan Lingye stopped. Ancient stones emerged from the soil in front of them, and formation patterns engraved on them could be vaguely seen.

Xie Qiutao came closer and took a look: "This seems to be the Soul Locking Formation, one of the necessary formations for monks to retreat. The formations are cracked, and the people inside are either gone or gone."

Opening someone else's retreat place is a dangerous job. Shangguan Lingye realized from the complexity of the formations that the level of the monks who were retreating here was definitely not low. She asked the two of them to move away, and the necklace around her neck turned into a set of black armor. Wrapped around his body, he carefully broke through the stone wall.

call

The stone wall was empty behind it. As soon as it was opened, a dark wind blew out of the underground stone room that had not seen the light of day for thousands of years. Other than that, there was nothing else out of the ordinary.

Zuo Lingquan took out the lighting bead and threw it into the stone chamber, only to see that the stone chamber was three feet in diameter, with formations carved on the walls, and one side collapsed.

In the middle of the stone chamber, there is a white skeleton sitting. It is unknown how many years it has been buried in the ground. There are signs of dryness and cracks on the bones, but it is generally very complete. Even the sitting posture is straight. It was obvious that he was sitting cross-legged and doing exercises before death.

Xie Qiutao's eyes lit up when he saw this scene, but he immediately became discouraged and shook his head:

"It seems like someone has been here."

The reason why I say this is because there is no other object except a white skeleton in the stone room.

Even if a monk goes into seclusion without wearing any clothes, it is impossible not to bring life-saving magic weapons and other items with him. If the bones are still there but the items are gone, it is only possible that someone got there first. ✿.｡.:* ☆:**:. .:**:.☆*.:｡.✿

Shangguan Lingye was also a little disappointed, but after a few glances, he said a slightly suspicious "Huh?", walked slowly to the skeleton, and looked at a sword mark on the ground.

Zuo Lingquan followed and walked forward. He looked down and saw a sword hole on the ground. It should be the right hand side of the skeleton. There used to be a sword inserted there.

Shangguan Lingye carefully observed the marks in the sword hole, frowned and said: "The marks are too new, it seems that it was just pulled out not long ago." She glanced around, and finally stopped at the collapsed corner of the stone chamber, pointing to a few black dots on the ground. :

"The blood stains haven't disappeared. I can't leave for more than seven days."

Zuo Lingquan walked in to check and found several blood spots seeping into the ground. He wondered:

"This place is airtight, leaving no traces of entry or exit?"

"It should have come in through the collapse, and it left bloodstains there; but how it left is difficult to detect, and the technique was very clever, leaving no traces."

After Shangguan Lingye looked around for a week and found that there was nothing, he shook his head and said:

"It's a pity it's too late. Let's go."

Xie Qiutao finally found a treasure and was touched by others. Naturally, she was a little reluctant. She came here and she had to do something. She thought about it for a moment, then she held the pipa and played a relatively sad song with her fingers. , it looks like he is saving the souls of the dead.

Zuo Lingquan and Shangguan Lingye entered other people's tombs and disturbed the souls under Jiuquan. It was quite rude, so they did not stop them. After Xie Qiutao finished playing the song, they closed the stone chamber and returned to the ground together...

The stone chamber was closed and fell into the darkness that had not seen the light of day for a thousand years, as if no one would ever set foot here again.

But not long after the three people left, a low humming suddenly sounded from the dark north corner of the stone room:

"Uh huh huh~..."

The song he was humming was the song Xie Qiutao played just now.

Slowly, a faint light reappeared in the stone room, and the stone wall in the north corner gradually became illusory. A swordsman in a bamboo hat leaning against the wall emerged, holding a simple long sword in his hand.

The swordsman's face is still that of Zhao Qu, but his eyes have undergone earth-shaking changes. He is sharp, arrogant, and cold-blooded, but more importantly, he has experienced the vicissitudes of life when his old friends have all turned into dust, and he is left alone in the world with one sword.

There are still people who remember him in this world, but probably no one he knows. After the swordsman finished humming a song, he lowered his head to look at the sword in his hand and said:

"The soul-soothing tune of Xuanwutai has been passed down for so many years, but I didn't expect that it has not been lost yet; that girl should be the last descendant of the Xie family."

The sword in his hand is a natural immortal weapon. It does not use a living soul as a weapon. It has intelligence but cannot think and speak in a human way, and has no response.

At this time, the swordsman had no one to communicate with except this old friend in his hand, so he continued:

"That young boy, your sword energy is so heavy, and you complement each other. If you become the new sword master, it will be possible to conquer Jiuzhou in the future. If he steps into this secret room first, will you change the door to follow him, or will you continue to look after me? This old bone?"

The sword didn't speak and didn't need to speak.

There are spiritual weapons in the world. For monks, they are more reliable than their parents, wives and children. As long as the monk survives, even if there is only a trace of his soul left, the weapon in his hand will be broken into pieces to protect his master.

Only after the sword master completely escapes reincarnation, the sword will return to silence and wait for the appearance of a good master again, never changing the story of the family.

However, when a more suitable master came in front of him, the old sword master was too lazy to die. From a human perspective, it was indeed a pity.

Therefore, the swordsman said again:

"This mediocre body is not worthy of you, old friend; since you have taken a liking to that boy, I will snatch his body away. Let's go to the land of Jiuzhou again. What do you think?"

In order to adapt to the new environment as quickly as possible, the swordsman knew everything Zhao Qu knew, and he roughly guessed the background of the three people, so he didn't show up.

He no longer has a place in the world today, and the immortals of all walks of life are not much weaker than when he was in power. Asking questions at this time also feels that this is a risky move, and he seeks the advice of the only person he can rely on.

However, the sword is a killing weapon. It can be moved according to the owner's will and will not express his own opinions.

Therefore, when the swordsman asked this question, he had already made up his mind...——

The three of them returned to the surface and continued to travel to the Fire Scythe Valley.

Shangguan Lingye walked in front, still exploring the underground situation along the way. Zuo Lingquan and Xie Qiutao did not dig around anymore, because judging from their previous experience, they could not touch the underground stone chamber even if they connected all the iron rods. There is no point in searching with a probe rod. It is better to follow the dumpling.

Tuanzi squatted in the palm of Xie Qiutao's hand, his small black bean-like eyes still staring in the direction of the ancient river. He tilted his head and looked a little dazed. This look was interpreted by the three of them as a result of a rush.

Xie Qiutao held it in her arms like a treasure and patted her head lovingly:

"I haven't found anything, but at least I've found a place. Tuan'er has done a great job. If you see anything wrong around you again, just say, if you really find something good, you'll be the first to do it. You'll share half of the benefits and convert it into fairy money." , I’ll buy you all the delicious food.”

Hearing that he was eating, Tuanzi immediately regained his concentration and turned to look at Xie Qiutao, "Chiji!" He said twice, which should be saying:

"Niaoniao won't be fooled. The wet nurse said that the small fish stems were enough, but when one of them got upset, she kicked the birds out to look for worms to eat."

Although they couldn't understand the meaning, several people could still tell that Tuanzi was unhappy. Xie Qiutao said quickly:

"I really bought you something good to eat. What are the small dried fishes you usually eat? They are yellow croakers from the East China Sea. They are all raised in fishing grounds. No matter how good the domestic ones are, they are not as delicious as game. I really want to say that they are delicious fish. , also depends on the little silver dragon of Beihai, the mythical beasts of Xuanwu bloodline love to eat this.”

Tuanzi's eyes brightened a little, and he said "ji?", probably asking whether it was true or false.

Shangguan Lingye walked beside him and said softly: "The little silver dragon tastes really good, but it is not produced here in Yuyaozhou, so it can only be transported here from the north of Huajunzhou. If you really want to eat it, I will ask the master to bring some back. , but we have agreed in advance that the freight for transporting things across continents is astonishing, and it is okay to satisfy our cravings occasionally, but it cannot be used as a meal.”

Tuanzi hesitated for a moment, then nodded. After all, it was better than not having anything to eat.

Xie Qiutao smiled when he saw this: "The little silver dragons on Beishouzhou are easy to catch. My hometown is there. If I have a chance, I will take you there and make a special trip to fish for Tuanzi."

Beishouzhou is the portal of the Youying alien race. If you really want to go there, it will be like going straight to the enemy's nest. Shangguan Lingye laughed at this suggestion.

However, one of Zuo Lingquan's wishes in practice is to go to the top of the mountain to see the whole world, so he nodded and said:

"I will definitely visit places like Beishizhou and Huajunzhou in the future."

"Hee~ That's just right. I have been to many places. I will be a guide for Mr. Zuo when the time comes. Huajunzhou is bigger than Yuyaozhou. There are not only many experts but also fairies. I know many of them. I will guide you then. Mr. Zuo..."

Xie Qiutao originally wanted to introduce it to Zuo Lingquan, but when she noticed that Shangguan Lingye squinted slightly and felt that she might be kicked out of the team by the captain, she quickly changed her words:

"When the time comes, I will remind Mr. Zuo not to provoke him. The fairies outside are very sinister, and they specialize in deceiving foreign monks like Mr. Zuo who are extremely talented and have a chivalrous heart..."?

Zuo Lingquan sounded like something was wrong. He tilted his head and said:

"Really? Is there such a thing?"

Xie Qiutao's words were out of her mouth, so she naturally continued:

"That's natural. Although it's not all, some fairies are like this. I've heard a lot. In order to win over young talents, some sects and aristocratic families specially let the most beautiful fairies in the sect come to contact them without expressing their opinions. He looks like he admires you very much.

"Those young people who are not deeply involved in the world cannot withstand the test. They feel that they are the chosen ones. They enter the school with luck and show their courtesy to the sect. In the end, they fail to capture the heart of the fairy for decades. When the enthusiasm wears off, they give up. At that time, I had already been in the family for many years, and I had a strong love, so it was not easy to change the family..."

Zuo Lingquan felt that this method of recruiting talents was a bit funny. He smiled and said:

"It's just a little trick. How could I not be able to withstand such a simple test?"

"I think so. Mr. Zuo, who is unmoved by his beauty at first glance, is much better than those stupid young men in the cultivation way."

"..."

Zuo Lingquan opened his mouth, wanting to admit humbly, but he really didn't have the face to nod when he said he was unmoved by his beauty.

Shangguan Lingye also rolled his eyes and couldn't listen anymore. He was about to walk faster and explore a sand dune ahead, but suddenly his brows wrinkled and he raised his eyes to the northwest.

The two people who were talking and laughing stopped when they noticed something strange, and Zuo Lingquan looked to the northwest:

"Is there any movement?"

Shangguan Lingye felt carefully for a moment, then stood up against the wind and hurried to the northwest:

"Such a strong sword energy. There must be something going on ahead. Let's go and take a look."

Zuo Lingquan and Xie Qiutao did not hesitate, and after greeting Qingwan in the sky, they quickly followed...

I'm not in a good state today and my writing is not good, so I won't write much!