My Taoist companion just wants to welcome and refuse

Fortunately, the child in Fu Wan's arms had no fatal injuries, only frostbite, hunger and excessive fright. The two of them fed her some food and pills, and she was fine.

Walking outside the village, Fu Wan wanted to meet the brothers stationed there.

The severe cold of Xiaoshan Mountain was not only due to the terrain, but also due to the disorder of Shen Xinghai's aura, which caused extreme weather, even cultivators could not resist the cold.

Xia Qi didn't have any thicker clothes, so he could only stand in the wind and snow in light yellow clothes without saying a word.

Fu Wan took out a thick and soft winter coat from Jiezi and wrapped it around the child, and returned the black cloak to him, raising his eyebrows, which meant "see if you can get it".

Xia Qi was amused, and decided to invite Fu Wan to eat noodles in the future, and he would order a bowl with meat.

The guarding brothers seemed to be bored, they took out three wine glasses from the mustard seeds, filled them up and handed them to the two men, while wielding a huge sword himself.

Hearing Fu Wan's question about the movement of Shifang Pavilion, he let out a "squeak" and said, "It's a stalemate, waiting to negotiate with the sect master. Shifang Pavilion has cleared away the evil troubles in the northwest as if showing sincerity, and we are much more relaxed." ...But if you run into it, you have to be careful, I think there is bad water in the stomach of Shifang Pavilion..."

After all, the demon hunter has fought with Shifang Pavilion for a hundred years, and his bad impression of it is deeply ingrained, and there is almost no room for change.

Before leaving, Xia Qi told the elder brother not to let the child run out of the village again, the other party glanced at the child in Fu Wan's arms in a daze, and slapped his thigh: "Yes, I saw a little wild cat run out at that time, I didn't think much about it...there are still demon spirits in the village?"

Xia Qi glanced at the child in surprise, how could such a small demon spirit take form?

Leaving the village, the two wrapped their black cloaks tightly and walked silently in the long wind and snow.

Xia Qi lowered his eyes, and tried to call a Qingyan banquet in the sea of ​​consciousness, the response over there was very fast, and it seemed that the busy work was over.

He was used to discussing matters with Qingyan in Lingzhou, and at this moment he wanted to sort out the information he had received earlier, and he first thought of Qingyan: "Bai Lan, did you hear it just now?"

The other side responded calmly: "Yesterday morning, Liu Shi took most of the disciples of Shifang Pavilion to Zhuzhou, but he did not expect to help Xiaoshan."

Xia Qi obviously didn't trust the aid matter: "This matter is too unreliable... It's like a husband who has been soaking in thousands of flowers for more than ten years suddenly said that he has become a good man... What would you think?"

Qing Yan was silent for a while, as if he couldn't imagine it.

Xia Qi realized that the object of his virtuous deed was Qingyan, and almost bit his tongue, coughed and returned to the subject: "I mean, if you support, you will send troops directly, if you want to negotiate, you have something to ask... How do I feel? The words "take advantage of the fire and rob" are on the forehead."

Qingyan pondered for a moment, and then analyzed pertinently: "Shifang Pavilion is acting perversely, and has been confronted with Xiaoshan for a hundred years. It must be rescued and refused to lower its figure. The collapse of Xiaoshan's defense line will be a catastrophe for Yunzhang. Nanfeng in the state will also be the first to suffer, and Shifang Pavilion should distinguish the seriousness and the seriousness." He paused, but still expressed his concern, "But if there are other possibilities... It's a small matter to take advantage of the fire, and I'm afraid there will be other plans. "

In the tug-of-war against evil, the strategic significance of Xiaoshan's line of defense is very important. Over the past century, it has formed the most powerful barrier between the human world and Lingying Mountain.

If it fails to defend, the evil will instantly submerge Yunzhang.

This is the reason why all sects dare not rush to Xiaoshan to take the blame even though they fear and complain about the demon hunters.

Xia Qi frowned: "What's there for Xiaoshan... I don't know what senior brother said, how serious is Xiaoshan's demon troubles, since I entered Xiaoshan, there are demon tides coming every day, if you slack off, the monsters will come There is room to drill."

However, Shifang Pavilion had no intention of getting involved at this time.

Qing Yan assisted Xiaoshan 40 years ago, so he naturally knew the situation of Xiaoshan.

He remembered something again: "Although the evil outbreaks in Lingzhou before and Cang Li five years ago are different from usual, there are some similarities between the two."

Presumably this conclusion was drawn in Cangcheng a few days before the Qing banquet, Xia Qi hurriedly asked, "What are the similarities?"

Qing Yan: "I browsed through a book of spells, compared it, and found that the traces of demonic energy in Cangcheng demons five years ago were similar to those in Lingzhou. First, where the monsters appeared, there was this book The teleportation inscription on the spell book."

Xia Qi realized when he heard the words, the Qingyan refers to the principle of the soul-locking bell and the magic heart of the main formation, and it turned out that the teleportation inscription was applied.

This should be the reason why Cang Li was caught off guard in the first place.

Qingyan said again: "Secondly, the demonic beasts before the Cangchengtian Sea Banquet all came from the dead souls and corroded spiritual beasts of Lingying Mountain. Since then, when I purified the souls of demonic beasts several times, I faintly noticed Something is wrong. A few days ago, I also found the reason in this classic, those demonic beasts were made from living souls that were refined into demons."

living soul?

Xia Qi's pupils shrank.

He thought that the century-old evil was caused by Shifang Pavilion, and this wind of revenge rose from Lingying Mountain, sweeping across Yunzhang regardless of enemy or friend.

But Qingyan's discovery confirmed the previous speculation in Changyao's secret realm. Since five years ago, the people behind the scenes have begun to turn natural disasters into man-made disasters.

Moreover, refining demons with living souls... is indeed similar to Yang Huai's method of using living people to refine weapons, and it should have the same origin.

Xia Qi thought of the Shifang Pavilion where the contract was forcibly carved on the demon pill.

"A hundred years ago, the batch of demonic beasts that provoked disputes in the Shifang Pavilion used this method. Is that the first batch of demonic beasts in Yunzhang?"

Qing Yan said: "The traces of the technique are different."

Xia Qi pondered for a while, and suddenly realized sharply: "Bai Lan is proficient in one technique, but it took time to analyze it. Isn't that classic book very common..."

He paused again, this seemed to belong to Cang Li's sect secret.

Qing Yan didn't shy away from it, and seemed to be planning to tell him: "That is the magic book of Lingying Mountain, only half of it is left. The magic circle of Lingying Mountain is ancient and strange, and most of them need to be stimulated by demon power, so they are not suitable for monks. This book has always been in the forbidden book area of ​​Cangcheng. At the beginning, Shifang Pavilion burned all the things that could not be taken away in Lingying Mountain, including thousands of books. For a hundred years, Yunzhang's few items in Lingying Mountain were also regarded as prohibited items destroy."

Xia Qi thought about the books that were burned in the fire, and his heart ached, and he felt more and more that Shifang Pavilion was irrelevant.

"In this way, there are three possibilities for the people behind the scenes. First, they still plundered the Shifang Pavilion in Lingying Mountain. Although they should not want to destroy Yunzhang, but this time they came to Xiaoshan, and I am a little unclear about their intentions. ..."

"Well," Qing Yan also agreed, "two, the other half of the other party who holds the forbidden book, and three, the surviving residents of Lingying Mountain."

Xia Qi frowned and remained silent for a while.

Qing Yan also reminded: "Lingying Mountain's spells have appeared in various forms in various places in Yunzhang. Xiaoshan should pay more attention to the abnormal actions of Shifang Pavilion this time."

Xia Qi thought to himself: "No matter what, the Shifang Pavilion is absolutely untrustworthy."

There was a pause on the Qingyan side, and the tone was a little slow and solemn, with a hint of relief: "I have been collecting spell inscriptions in Longzhou recently, and when I find a way to deal with it, I will transfer to Xiaoshan for support."

If Xiaoshan's line of defense really collapsed and the demons of Qingtian spread, all the sects of Yunzhang would only have a harder time coping with it.

Hearing this, Xia Qi came back to his senses, thinking of meeting Qing Yan, he couldn't help furrowing his brows, and said happily: "Is this the sect's aid, or is it to help the Taoist couple solve their problems?"

There was a pause there, and the voice of Qingyan came slowly, with a slightly loose gentleness: "I remember you used to be well-behaved, why are you so lively now?"

Xia Qi laughed, pretending to be sad and aggrieved, and slowed down the tone: "My Taoist companion used to be proactive and enthusiastic, but now I'm not the only one on the mountain, so I can only go to the mountain... I think my Taoist companion still likes me more than before. "

Then there was an artificial sigh.

The Qingyan side fell silent, knowing that he was teasing again, but still explained: "...not really."

Xia Qi was amused by his Taoist companion's honest reaction, and he didn't plan to let him go, so he pursued him even further: "Oh, do you like them all, or don't you like them?"

The Qing banquet was silent for a while.

Xia Qi's long and short sighs only started, and Qing Yan replied helplessly: "...Naturally, I was sincere in the past."

When Xia Qi heard this, the corners of Xia Qi's mouth almost cracked to the base of his ears.He knew that it would be difficult for Qing Yan to say something that showed his heart, but he answered it tactfully.

Qing Yan is not as active and expressive of love as before. This time she wants to greet but refuses to hide and respond frankly, but it is also interesting.

He just felt that the flying snow wasn't so fierce anymore, and the wind that curled was quite romantic.

He was about to continue "difficult" his Taoist companion when Fu Wan suddenly spoke.

Fu Wan glanced at the child who had fallen asleep in his arms: "This child will follow us back to Xiaoshan. I don't know whether it's luck or misfortune. Xiaoshan is not a good place."

Xia Qi understood what he meant.

Although the two regard Xiaoshan as their home, for the monks of Yunzhang, if they seek the supreme swordsmanship, they will go to Cangcheng; Only then will I come to Xiaoshan.

But now that there is such a big cloud, there is not much room for demon cultivators.

Thinking about demon cultivators, Fu Wan suddenly thought of something: "That boy Zhou Lin, is he going to be your junior or apprentice? Why are you still hanging around after so many years?"

More than 20 years ago, the head of the door, Bian Qiuguang, rescued a child of a demon cultivator and a monk, and brought him back to Xiaoshan to raise him.Quan Xiaoshan was afraid of the sternness of the sect master, but the sect master was a little indulgent towards this kid.

The strange thing is that Bian Qiuguang didn't accept Zhou Lin as his apprentice, but took Xia Qi, who was picked up by the roadside five years ago, as his only apprentice.

In Xia Qi's previous life, he had no feelings for his master and brothers, let alone a person who had no impression of him. He said casually: "Master is unwilling to accept him, saying that he doesn't agree with him. I don't accept apprentices either, I don't even understand Well... not to mention that he is about the same age as me. There are so many capable people in Xiaoshan, just choose a suitable apprentice at will."

Fu Wan didn't know Xia Qi well in the past, and Lingzhou and his party improved their relationship, so they said a few more words: "I think that kid is very arrogant, and the sect master is reluctant to beat and scold him. Even if you are the only apprentice of the sect master, teach you It is not uncommon to lose limbs while practicing swords.”

Before Xia Qi opened his mouth, Yunzhang Sword Cultivator No.1 asked in confusion, "Why do you lose your arms and legs when you practice swords?"

He gave a "tsk" and coaxed in a low voice: "He is bragging, don't believe it."

Fu Wan asked many demon hunters' doubts over the years: "I won't tell others, Xia Xiaoqi, tell me, is that kid the sect master who has been lost for many years..."

Xia Qi almost burst out laughing: "Don't make up the sect master's affair, do you want to be turned into a spinning top by Sister Ying?"

Qing Yan was forced to listen to gossip, and the protagonist of the gossip was still a person of his own generation. Just as he was about to withdraw his consciousness and hide in peace, he heard Fu Wan say——

"Tsk, then let me tell you something you definitely want to know. The head of Qing sect you admire actually has a Taoist couple who escaped marriage."

Qing Yan: "..."