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【09】

I was distracted by what my senior sister said, so I didn't pay attention to put the wound medicine and the mission scroll together.When taking out the wound medicine, he took out the scroll and landed in front of Ji Ling, who saw it.

"You can't wait to practice?" Ji Ling picked it up and unfolded it.

I didn't want to say that I got it for the wound medicine that dispelled the evil energy, so I vaguely answered yes.

"It's not a good thing for young people to be too impatient."

I rolled my eyes. Is there any difference between the "young people" in this sentence and the previous "children"?

However, Ji Ling insisted on this task.He read the scroll carefully, looked up at me, and asked, "Do you know where Pingyang Lake is?"

"Three hundred miles to the south of Cangming Mountain, Yujian can reach it in one day."

"'The water demon lake monster is suspected of turning into a demon.' Do you know what water monsters are afraid of?"

"... Tuke water?"

"How are you going to find the water demon's lair? And how do you get rid of it?"

"This……"

Ji Ling shook his head: "It was your first experience, and there was no master or senior brother to take you with you. How could Cangming Mountain let you accept the task alone?"

I was a little guilty, the reputation of Jinghong Peak was slapped out by the master and senior brother very early on, and no one in Cangming Mountain knew that Jinghong Peak's combat power was astonishing.This is probably why I was able to reveal the list so quickly.

"Return the task, this is not suitable for you." Ji Ling wrapped the scroll and put it back on the table.

I refused, too lazy to explain the relationship between the wound medicine and the mission, and insisted: "I'm going."

Ji Ling and I looked at each other for a moment, and finally held his forehead and said: "Forget it, I'll go with you."

"No, you haven't healed yet."

Ji Ling said, "It's nothing."

I have my persistence, and so does he. In the end, Ji Ling went with me.

It is written on the list that Yujian can reach three hundred miles in one day.With my crooked fencing skills, I was still a half way away from Pingyang Town at sunset.Ji Ling didn't say much, he lifted me onto his sword, and drove like lightning all the way, and finally arrived at Pingyang Lake before dark.

Because of the water demon, all households in Pingyang Town turned off their lights early, except for a dimly lit lantern in a small inn that looked quite old.

Ji Ling took me in and explained the purpose of coming to the shopkeeper.The sleepy shopkeeper immediately regained his energy and gave us two upper rooms.

The shopkeeper took us upstairs, and Xu Xu said that the water demon has been causing trouble for a while.Pingyang Lake used to have beautiful scenery, and there are wonders in four seasons, and tourists come here in droves.But since the water demon killed several people, the number of tourists has decreased, and the whole town has become much more depressed.This time there is a fairy elder here, hoping to solve the problem of the water demon forever.

It was the first time that I was placed with such high expectations, and I suddenly became nervous and stammered: "Sure, sure, I will get rid of the water demon."

The shopkeeper is a straightforward person. Seeing that it was me who responded, he was surprised and said, "Huh? You are the fairy head who accepted the entrustment? I thought you were the apprentice of this fairy head."

Ji Ling let out a muffled laugh.

I'm not nervous anymore, I'm embarrassed.Not only was I embarrassed, I was also ashamed.

The inn is old and near water, so there is always moisture on the bedding.

I lay in bed, tossing and turning.

It was the first time that I was so far away from Cangming Mountain, and the person I was traveling with was not a member of the master's school, but a casual cultivator I just met.

Oh, no, when Ji Ling and the junior brother recognize each other, he can be regarded as half of the teacher?

Ji Ling... I owe him a life-saving favor. I thought I could compensate him by sending him wound medicine, but he came with me to solve the task together.

Is the debt of favor getting bigger and bigger?But the man didn't seem to care.

Oh, no, I should be credited for the fact that he recognized his junior brother, so I can make up for some favors...

I was thinking wildly, calculating debts of favor, and fell asleep while looking for troubles.

【10】

On the second day, Ji Ling and I came to Pingyang Lake.

Pingyang Lake is surrounded by mountains, and the water in the lake is sparkling. Except for the occasional fish jumping in the lake, the waves and white birds skimming the water, the mountains and the lake are all quiet.

Ji Ling planned to walk along the lake and let me stay where I was.

I pulled out a compass, and the compass showed that there was neither evil spirit nor evil spirit here.

"Strange... No matter how you look at it, this is a calm place."

I reached out to explore the lake, but was shocked by the cold.

Strangely, according to the season, the lake water should not be this temperature.

I released some spiritual power to explore the lake, but suddenly there was a surge of water, and the light and shadow refracted and dazzled my eyes.I squinted my eyes, looked at the gravel and gravel in the shallow water, and suddenly found a dazzling white thing pushed up by the water waves.

—It was a bone.

Ordinary people dare not make jokes about Cangming Mountain. There are indeed monsters killing people here—even though this place is really clean in my opinion.

I walked over carefully, pushed aside the rocks in the water, and took out the severed bone.

It was the leg bone of an adult, and it had been picked clean, leaving no traces of beasts gnawing on it.

This cut bone... even seems to have been carefully polished, and it looks quite smooth.

It is said in the mountain gate that the monster race admires blood and prefers torturing their prey more than eating, so the monster race often leaves behind a lot of blood and flesh that is hard to distinguish.And the demon will only devour it, and will not leave even the slightest fur in the place it passes.

So it's not a monster here?

I don't understand.

Suddenly there was a movement not far away, and there was a rustling in the bushes.

The branches and leaves of the forest on the bank are intertwined, and the forest is deep and difficult to see.I squeezed out two talismans and walked in slowly.

——In the dark forest, a huge spider web was knotted between two trees, glowing with a cold light; an unlucky rabbit bumped into the spider web, and was stuck tighter and tighter as it struggled.

A spider half the height of a person was entangled on the web, and it was slowly crawling towards the rabbit.

A spider about to mature and a hapless rabbit are neither demons nor monsters.

I can't do anything other than lament that the spider is surprisingly big.

The spider was indeed about to become a sperm, and its reaction was quite sensitive. I could even feel it "look" at me.Suddenly the spider web trembled, and a piece of silver thread suddenly hit my face, and was cut off in the air by my fire art.

If one blow fails, it knows how to retreat quickly.Once the spider web trembled again, the rabbit and spider disappeared.

I didn't bother to pay attention to a spider. I walked out of the forest and looked at the bone again, trying to see something unusual.

When Ji Ling came back, he also felt puzzled, Pingyang Lake is a peaceful place no matter what, and even the geomantic omen is good, so evil spirits are hard to come by.

I suggested that Yujian go to the lake to have a look, and Ji Ling agreed.

The lake is extremely cold.I was trembling and wanted to cast a warming spell, but I couldn't be distracted while fencing the sword.Ji Ling was afraid that I would fall, so he carried me onto his sword again.

Pausing in the middle of the lake, I felt something thin and sticky brush past my face.

"Spider silk?" I was stunned for a moment, the big spider just now really impressed me.

"What? Why are there spiders in the middle of the lake?" Ji Ling was puzzled.

I was about to tell him about the weirdly big spider I met just now, when suddenly four jets of water sprang up all around, and the accident happened suddenly——

Obviously there is no evil spirit around, but four water corpses suddenly appeared in the lake—the water corpses surrounded Ji Ling and me, stretched out their green nails, and were about to grab us .

The water corpse looks ferocious, but its actual monster power is low.I set up a barrier to keep those rotting limbs out.Taking advantage of the momentum, Ji Ling congealed the fire formula and burned the water corpses clean.

I looked at Ji Ling, and Ji Ling frowned: "I still can't feel the demonic aura."

The compass did not move either.

There was a difference between the lakes, and Ji Ling and I didn't dare to stay in the sky any longer and returned to the shore.

Ji Ling chopped a piece of wood by the lake, and with a flash of sword light, a human figure was carved out.

"What is this?" I was a little curious.

"It's just a heretical little spell." Ji Ling didn't say much, and the wooden figure became more realistic after a little carving.He swiped his fingertips on the sword, and drew a spell on the wooden torso with blood, and the wooden man slowly "stands up" in his palm.

"Go." He threw the wooden man into the water and closed his eyes.I saw the wooden man stroked and pulled a few times, and went to the depths of the lake.

"Is this... dead object empowerment?"

Cangming Mountain expressly forbids them to learn the two great sorceries of the Immortal Sect, the Immortal Immortality and the Silk Puppet.

From what I can see, Ji Ling's actions really fit the description of "endowing spirits from dead objects".

Ji Ling said, "No."

The wooden man was quickly taken back, and Ji Ling's expression changed slightly.He said to me: "There is no demonic or demonic aura in the lake...but the deadly aura is thick."

"The dead breath of a mortal."

Unless the people in Pingyang Town favored water burials and many people had died in recent years, they would not have gathered so much dead energy.

I was a little uneasy: "...could it be a man-made disaster?"

This is difficult to deal with, Xianmen can control demons, but can't intervene in human disputes.

Ji Ling shook his head: "Not sure."

We went back to the town, intending to ask the townspeople about the past of Pingyang Town.

But their caliber is exactly the same, Pingyang Town has always been in good weather, except for the water demon that killed a few tourists before, there has been no other disasters these years.

This is really weird.

I exchanged news with Ji Ling during our separate investigation during the day, but still had no clue, so I planned to go back to sleep.

Before going out, Ji Ling suddenly asked me: "What did you find when you were in the middle of the lake?"

I replied: "It feels like a spider's silk is floating past. Maybe I just met a spider before, and it's an illusion."

Ji Ling was thoughtful, but didn't say any more, just said good night to me.

I slept very deeply that night, and the excitement of the previous day seemed to have dissipated. After all, I began to realize the difficulty of this matter.

I yawned and got up to wash up, but Ji Ling had already tidied up.He came over and asked me: "Yesterday, you mentioned the ability of dead objects... Cangming Mountain talked about this?"

I rubbed my eyes, only to feel that Shen Meng was still awake after waking up: "Puppet art is a forbidden art... Cangming Mountain does not teach this, and repeatedly emphasizes that 'dead objects' and 'thread-drawing puppets' are crooked ways. Can't learn."

Ji Ling nodded.

I asked, "What, any new clues?"

Ji Ling: "I don't have a clue, just think about it casually."

I nodded confusedly.

Seeing that I was really sleepy, Ji Ling said, "It seems that I got up too early? Why don't you rest for a while, and I'll go to the lake to have a look first."

I waved my hand and refused, and forced myself to go out with him.

Ji Ling wants to see that big spider, I think we really have no clue.

The web was still in place, but the spider was gone.Ji Ling put on a pair of gloves, carefully burned off a length of spider silk, and took it off for a closer look.

The spider silk is quite flexible, with sharp edges, presumably the spider can produce a lot of good materials for forging after it becomes refined.

Ji Ling twirled the spider's thread, and suddenly said: "I feel that this matter is a little bit closer."

I was surprised: "What? Did this spider do it?"

Ji Ling looked at me helplessly: "It hasn't matured yet."

Ji Ling had a clue, but refused to tell me.He said that he wanted to verify one thing, and he had to leave Pingyang Town first.

I let out a groan, and my heart suddenly became clear, and I realized that there was no reason for this person to follow me all the time.

Even I owe him most favors.

This is the task I took on, and it was originally something that I should solve.

Ji Ling left, and I stayed alone in Pingyang Lake for a whole day, and the investigation of this day still found nothing.At this time, it has been five days since I left Cangming Mountain. If this task is not resolved, then the master will leave the customs; and Master Qufeng found out that I was overdue for class, and I am afraid that he will get angry again.

Howling in my heart, I finally decided to go to Pingyang Lake again at night, and return to Cangming Mountain tomorrow morning.

It's full moon tonight.

Pingyang Lake is still calm and there is no clue.

And that bone cut, still...huh?

Under the light of the full moon, strands of silvery threads were wrapped around the bones, like spider silk.

I suddenly had a flash of inspiration: it wasn't that the bones were polished smooth, but that there was a layer of fine spider silk stuck to them——

There was a piercing sound behind the ear.

For a moment, I only had time to think—isn’t that spider still immature? !

Spiders didn't become sperm, so it wasn't a spider that attacked me.

The visitor was bright and flamboyant, his body was bright red, his eyes were so red that they were about to bleed, and a crimson mark between his brows showed his identity when he fell into the devil - a cultivator who voluntarily fell into the devil.

When did such a person come to Pingyang Lake? !

The spider silk choked my throat and tied my limbs. I couldn't move, I could only watch him approaching slowly.The bewitching man looked at me as if he were dead. He sized me up from head to toe, showing a satisfied expression, and made a grasping motion with his five fingers in the void.

The spider silk was tightened more and more, and the numbness spread from the place where the spider silk was entangled to the whole body.I tried my best to shatter the messenger talisman hidden on my body.

... I hope Ji Ling can collect my body in time.

【11】

When I woke up, I felt the pain that all the bones in my body seemed to be crushed, and I felt that I had reached bliss in a trance.

Someone was holding my hand to transmit spiritual power, I squinted and looked over, it was Ji Ling.

But how could there be Ji Ling in the Paradise?Could it be that something unexpected happened to him when he went out?

Ji Ling... an accident?

I woke up instantly.

The living Ji Ling leaned against my bed and let out a long breath when he saw me wake up.

Ji Ling is alive, so I am alive too?

I wanted to see my hands, but my limbs were so numb, my wrists and ankles felt like burning pain, and I couldn't move.

I want to speak, but I can only make a breathy sound with all my strength, and my throat is dry and painful.

Ji Ling noticed my movements and quickly stopped me: "Little ancestor, don't move. Your whole body is full of injuries. I'm afraid you won't be able to return to Cangming Mountain immediately."

What does "little ancestor" mean?I wanted to stare at him, but couldn't do it.

Ji Ling didn't notice my sullenness, and was still sighing: "Fortunately, I caught up that day...how did you meet Xuan Qingyi?"

Who is Xuan Qingyi?I look puzzled.

Ji Ling said: "He was originally a leader in the Luoyan Mountain of the Immortal Sect, but he became a demon because of his practice of puppetry. There are no monsters in Pingyang Lake, only the corpses of puppets that were refined by Xuan Qingyi, so there is a lot of death there. The person who was killed was probably Xuan Qingyi who was collecting 'materials'."

I felt chills in my heart, it turned out that I was only one step away from turning into those bloated and corrupt water corpses that day.

Have you beaten Xuan Tsing Yi?I looked at Ji Ling.

Ji Ling didn't understand the look in my eyes, he just fed me a few wound medicines, and said with concern: "It's good to rest, and think of a reason by the way, how to explain it to your master."

The entrance of the wound medicine brought a burst of drowsiness, and I fell asleep again involuntarily.

On the seventh day after leaving Cangming Mountain, I felt like returning home.

But I still have strangle marks all over my body, so it is very inconvenient to move.Ji Ling cast a spell, turning the paper crane into a real crane, and flew us towards Cangming Mountain.

I sigh with emotion, the spirit of the dead is indeed true.

Sure enough, going out to experience a trip can gain a lot of knowledge.

The numbness brought by the spider silk has not completely faded away.Ji Ling was afraid that I would not be able to sit still, so he simply held me in his arms.

The wind at high altitude is a bit cold, but the embrace around me is solid and warm.

Ji Ling collected the paper cranes outside Cangming Mountain, and said, "I won't go up."

I wondered: "Aren't you going up to see the younger brother? It's rare that he is still in Cangming Mountain."

Ji Ling still refused: "I haven't fully prepared the invitation and meeting ceremony, so choose another day. When you go up, pay attention to the wound."

It seems that Ji Ling really attaches great importance to this family relationship, and I am even a little envious.

When we reached the top of Jinghong Peak, the atmosphere was extremely tense.

I am also very nervous.

Master Qu of Baicao Peak, Master Mo of Guying Peak, Master and Junior Brothers, and even the Senior Brothers all gathered together, as if it was certain that I would come back at this time.

When I walked into the gate of the courtyard, Peak Master Mo just happened to finish a hexagram, and said loudly: "The mountain is poor and the river is full of doubts, and there is another village...Fall into the dust net, and go for 30 years!"

Master Qu Feng sneered: "Where did you get the signature? It's all about something irrelevant!"

My feet stopped at the gate of the courtyard, not knowing whether I should go in or not.

"Back?" Master accurately captured my movement, and his tone was cold.

I froze in place like a wooden man, and sneered: "I'm the one who came back..."

Seeing that I was standing in an uncomfortable position, Master frowned, raised his hand and swung a spiritual cord, which happened to rest on my right wrist.

My heart skipped a beat, I was done thinking about it.

The master frowned more and more, and finally shouted: "Lin Xianyuan!"

I was so frightened that I almost tripped over my left foot and fell over my right foot.

The elder brother noticed something strange, he stepped forward to support me, so that I didn't fall in front of everyone.

Eldest brother lifted up my sleeves, the strangle marks that haven't faded are very conspicuous.

"You... what's going on here?!"

I laughed and said, "There are always some injuries when you go out...it's not a problem."

So there was chaos in the courtyard.

The senior brother carried me into the yard, and offered a few high-quality pills to Master Qu Feng who caught me skipping the alchemy class, and the master walked around my body with spiritual power to carefully check whether I have fallen to the root of the disease.

The junior brother looked down from the side.

"You said you met Xuan Qingyi? You can break free from being bound by puppet silk?"

Master finally withdrew his hand and began to question the ins and outs.

Ji Ling once told me not to reveal his existence, he wanted to surprise the younger brother.I made up my own words: "I don't know...but when I first arrived in Pingyang Town, I saw a strange person. I heard from the shopkeeper that the person was also very concerned about the troubles caused by the water monster in Pingyang Lake. I seem to have seen it the day I was attacked. That person appeared near Pingyang Lake. After I woke up, that person sent me back to the inn, only saying that Xuan Qingyi committed a heinous crime, and everyone should be punished."

Xuan Qingyi should have many enemies with this identity, I just need to fabricate one.

Sure enough, the master pondered for a moment and said: "Xuan Qingyi offers a very high reward, and there are also many enemies, this time it's your luck."

The elder brother suddenly sighed: "It's rare to come back, but I saw you hurt like this."

I could hear his sadness, and tried to smile and said: "In the end, you have to go through trials before you can grow."

The elder brother said, "I would rather you be free from worries, diseases and disasters forever."

When he said this, his eyes were blank, and he didn't know where to look.

Master can't blame me for accepting the task, he can only blame me for accepting the task without saying hello to him.

So I had to report to Master twice a day.

The younger brother's old injury has healed, and the master is not busy taking him down the mountain these days.It seems that my injury has brought back the long-lost attention of the people in the mountain gate, and everyone in Jinghong Peak is staring at me.

However, how much I wanted the people in the mountain gate to pay attention to me again, but now I don't want it at all.

I want to go down the mountain, I want to see Ji Ling.

Ji Ling hasn't come to visit Cangming Mountain yet.