Jie Ling Lu

The display screen squeaked, and it changed back to the faulty interface, and the piercing sound brought back everyone's deep thoughts on the screen.

Xun Nagan opened the folding fan and covered his chin and said, "The things in this mountain are hard to deal with. Everyone is tired after a day, so we can recover here. There are still a lot of things left here. Let's set up a stove to eat something warm." Yes, tired people sleep when they want to sleep, and meditate when they don’t sleep, there is not much time for you, and there will be no free time in the future.”

"There is also a night watch in shifts. I am on the first shift."

After Xun Nagan gave the order, he went to the tent to look for things. This time they came here with the least amount of food and water. They originally wanted to buy some before going up the mountain, but who would have thought that this place is so remote, and most of the shops are crowded during the Chinese New Year. With the door closed, there will be no chance to resupply along the way.

Everyone put down their packages and performed their duties, and Xun Youling went to help light the fire and cook. She would be restless if she didn't do something to distract her attention now.

Ji Xinxi sat in the original position and did not move. She repeatedly watched the flashing black shadow in the video. The more she looked at it, the more weird she felt. Then she looked up at the forest covered by lush plants, feeling heavy. People who are stressed can't breathe.

She put down the screen and ran to Xun Nagan's side, and asked, "Xun Daoist, this place is so weird, most of the things are here why no one has disappeared, is it really okay for us to stay here?"

Xun Nagan tapped the tree trunk next to him with the fan in his hand and replied: "Of course it's not good, but no one has been to this place, how do you know that you will be safe if you leave here? Come to the door, and save us the trouble of looking."

Xun Nagan's words also made some sense. Ji Xinxi chose to respect the other party's decision, and Xun Nagan said without saying a word: "Xiaochun came to tell me about your relationship last night."

Ji Xinxi was taken aback when he heard the words, and suddenly became a little cautious, nodded and admitted generously, waiting for Xun Nagan's next speech.

Xun Nagan swept Ji Xinxi's eyes complicatedly, and continued: "You have to know, people are staring at our Dingxuan Temple recently, especially Xiaochun. She didn't do business before, and she was known on the road. There are not many people there, and now all parties are inquiring about her, and you and her are inseparable, so naturally you can't run away."

"I understand." Ji Xinxi nodded to indicate that she had realized this before, but she didn't care, and besides, she had nothing to be afraid of being alone.

Seeing Ji Xinxi's changes, Xun Nagan said with a satisfied expression, "I've been dealing with those old foxes outside these days. They have a lot of people and money. It's easy to find out a lot of information. Some things You know more details than us, and rumors about your bloodline spread like wildfire."

"Everyone is very interested in your bloodline, and they searched ancient books and legends one after another, and found a lot of deeds that seemed unrelated in the past but can be linked together now. If you want me to say that the water here is very mixed now, no one has any ideas. Yes, what will happen afterwards is far more complicated than you can imagine."

Ji Xinxi's heart skipped a beat. What Xun Nagan meant was that she is also very dangerous now. If she is not careful, she will cause even greater trouble. She looked at Xun Nagan worriedly, thinking that this is It wasn't that the other party was implying that she should stay away from Xun Youling.

The fan in Xun Nagan's hand supported a piece of bark, and with a light pry, the bark fell off from the trunk. His eyes fell on the vacancy of the trunk, and he said, "But there are benefits. Xiaochun also told me that if there are those tens of thousands of years old things staring at you, then you are already in the light, it is better to stand directly under the sun, everyone is staring at you, your danger is less gone."

These words relieved Ji Xinxi's high-hanging heart, she understood the meaning of Xun Nagan's words, and he was turning a corner to comfort herself not to worry too much.

She guessed the reason after thinking about it for a while. Originally, the enemy was in the dark and she was in the open. She could only wait for the other party to make a move before fighting back. Now people from all sides are staring at her. Wraith Ling will never sit idly by, because if she disappears, then the next unlucky ones will not be those cultivators whose nutritional value is hundreds of times better than ordinary people in the eyes of Wraith Ling.

After thinking about this joint, Ji Xinxi smiled and said sincerely: "Thank you Taoist Xun for your reminder, I will take it down."

Xun Nagan nodded, turned and left to check the situation elsewhere, and asked about the cooking progress of the food.

Ji Xinxi was still standing there, thinking about Xun Nagan's words in her mind. She was thinking that if someone really had malicious intentions towards her and wanted to attack her, it would very likely involve Xun Youling. Do you stay by the other party's side without any scruples?

While she was hesitating, with one hand on her shoulder, Ji Xinxi suddenly turned her head and made a defensive posture, but saw Xun Youling looking at her in a little surprise, and asked, "What's the matter? Isn't it?" I scared you, I just saw you here alone, what did the old man just tell you? Why do you look so bad? "

"Don't worry, no matter what he told you, tell me, if he doesn't tell me to take you to reason with him, he will never favor him." Xun Youling solemnly promised Ji Xinxi.

Ji Xinxi slacked her shoulders, looked at Xun Youling in front of her, stretched out her arms and hugged him into her arms, feeling the breath on his body, she said sullenly: "It's nothing, the Taoist priest treats me very well, I just don't worry about you .”

Ji Xinxi sighed silently in her heart, and let her be selfish for a while, she was reluctant to leave Xun Youling's side, she was greedy for what belonged to him, and for her, Xun Youling's existence occupied most of the meaning of her life.

Xun Youling listened to Ji Xinxi's words, and hugged him back, she didn't speak, she knew she couldn't fool Ji Xinxi, she missed her fifth senior brother in her heart, she was afraid of the other party's leaving, only Ji Xinxi was by her side Only then can she muster up the courage to face the next thing.

The two hugged each other tightly for a moment, and Xun You shouted to them to go and eat, and they walked back hand in hand.

What they didn't notice was that after they left, the bark pried off by Xun Nagan was picked up by a pale hand, twirled between two slender fingers, and silently pasted back to the original place , the bark squirmed a few times, and grew back again.

Xun Nagan in the distance suddenly felt a chill in his back. He turned his head and looked behind him. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, he felt restless. He closed his eyes and pinched his fingers to deduce the situation of his two apprentices. It was the same as that time.

Xun Nagan took a sip of the broth in front of him. It was simply processed and boiled with canned meat in the camp. Of course, the taste was incomparable with the authentic one, but the warm soup flowed down his throat and into his stomach. It can also warm up the frozen body.

Ji Xinxi noticed Xun Nagan's strangeness, and asked, "Master Taoist, what's wrong?"

Xun Nagan shook his head, and said: "You guys, raise your vigilance a little bit, I think this place is weird, but apart from the dark atmosphere, I can't find out why, it's better that I'm paranoid, if even I I didn’t even see the problem, do you understand what it means?”

Several people nodded when they heard the words, and each of them stabilized the small packages that were close to their bodies. Inside were all the equipment they made good use of.

After everyone finished eating, the sky was already getting dark. Because of being in the mountains, it was getting darker and faster than outside. Xun Nagan was on the first shift, and everyone else closed their eyes and meditated. Those who practiced Taoism meditated and slept. It is the same, but in the short term, meditation is better than sleeping, and for a long time, sleeping can relieve fatigue better.

Ji Xinxi couldn't sleep, so he sat by the campfire with Xun Nagan, and Xun Youling meditated next to her. Qu Ruogong and Wen Lianzhen were fine if they didn't sleep, and they also sat on the side in silence.

Xun Nagan had found a small wine jug in a backpack earlier, and he put it away, and took it out to drink from time to time in the cold night, two blushes floated on his white and fat face.

After sitting in front of the fire for an hour, Ji Xinxi felt a little drowsy, staring at the swaying flames, thinking of Xun Nagan and Qu Ruoxuan beside him, he slowly closed his eyes.

She didn't sleep soundly this time. There was crackling burning sound in her ears, and other sounds gradually mixed in, as if someone was approaching her again, breathing gently against her ear, and there were shrill voices. Whispering voice, can't hear clearly.

Ji Xinxi frowned, the breath made her feel disgusted and terrified, she wanted to open her eyes to see who the other person was, but at the moment her eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand catties, no matter how hard she tried, they would not move a single bit.

A feeling of grievance suddenly surged in her heart. This emotion came suddenly and without reason, but it overwhelmed her violently. Become hurried up, leaning closer and closer.

The two different feelings inside and outside caused all Ji Xinxi's senses to mix together in a mess, and finally everything calmed down abruptly, and she heard a whisper.

"Soon, we will meet."

Ji Xinxi suddenly opened his eyes, and found that he was still sitting in front of the bonfire, Xun Nagan turned the fire in front of him with the wooden stick, Qu Ruogong and Wen Lianzhen were also the same, everything was exactly the same as when she closed her eyes.

She sat up straight, feeling her face was cool, she raised her hand and found that her face was covered with water, did she actually cry just now?

Xun Nagan looked sideways, saw Ji Xinxi's appearance and paused the wooden stick in his hand, and pretended not to ask, "Did you have a nightmare? This place is very cloudy, disturbing people's thoughts, and it's normal to have nightmares. "

Ji Xinxi didn't say much when he heard the words, only said that she got up and moved around, her legs and feet were stiff from sitting, Qu Ruoxi immediately got up to accompany her when she saw this, Ji Xinxi didn't refuse, she felt at ease now that there was someone by her side.

Xun Nagan told her not to go far, Ji Xinxi responded, and walked back and paced within ten meters.

Qu Ruoxi stood there looking at Ji Xinxi who was bowing his head in thought and asked, "Xiao Xixi, what's wrong with you? You look very preoccupied."

Ji Xinxi stopped, stared at the ground and asked, "Ruo Xun, did anything happen when I fell asleep just now?"

Qu Ruogong frowned, recalled and said, "Did you fall asleep? I feel that you just closed your eyes for a while, and then opened them in a few minutes. I thought you were resting your eyes? Could it happen in a while? What? It’s just that the yin energy is heavier than the day.”

Hearing the words, Ji Xinxi felt a little relieved, maybe it was really just because of the reaction caused by his overthinking after listening to Xun Nagan's words before, if someone really got close, it would make no sense for others to react at all.

Although she persuaded herself so much, the shadow that shrouded Ji Xinxi's heart did not dissipate. She scratched the ground unconsciously with her toes, but found that the stiff ground just now became extremely soft, and the toes of her shoes sank into it easily. On the ground, there are still water stains overflowing with her squeeze.

Ji Xinxi frowned, and suddenly smelled the pungent smell of blood in his nose.