In Guanyun City at the end of October, after a light rain, the water in the grooves of the stones slowly froze, and the weather became colder.
The dark clouds in the sky have not dispersed, and they gather together as if they are discussing, just like the coming monsters in the Forest of No Return outside Guanyun City. .z.br>
There is only one day left before the beast tide. Dozens of Mahayana monks have led their teams into the Forest of No Return in advance in order to kill the high-level monsters the moment they pass through the barrier of the Forest of No Return. In order to prevent them from controlling high-level monsters and making them demonized.
Hua Ruxue explained the disappearance of "Lin Feng" as: retreat.
Before the beast tide began, many monks temporarily retreated into seclusion because of their sudden enlightenment and potential for breakthrough. Although the excuse she made was perfunctory, it would not be exposed in a short time.
It is precisely because of this that Hua Ruxue can use the excuse of protecting "Lin Feng" and not participate in the early stage of the beast tide.
The high wall in front of the Guanyun City barrier is 20,000 miles long, and a watchtower is built every twenty miles. There are a thousand watchtowers. On weekdays, each watchtower guards a monk in the out-of-body stage, or two Nascent Souls. Stage monks, or three Jindan stage monks.
This year's beast tide has not yet begun, and the city lord Bai Xun has stepped up the guarding, requiring that each observation tower must have one out-of-body-stage monk, three Nascent Soul-stage monks, and ten Golden Core-stage monks.
These one thousand watchtowers are managed by the City Lord's Mansion, Dongyang Ning Clan, An Clan, Li Clan, Gu Clan, Tian Clan, and Yu Clan respectively.
The City Lord's Mansion and the Dongyang Ning Family jointly guarded the observation tower closest to the city gate with 400, and the other five families each guarded the 120 observation towers.
Early in the morning, Su Yi, Feng Helan and five others stood guard at the observation deck managed by the City Lord's Mansion. The dense dark clouds in the sky silently created a tense atmosphere.
Hua Ruxue hesitated for a long time in front of the barrier and finally decided to stand here. She glanced at Su Yi from a distance across the barrier and felt a sense of sourness in her heart.
She thought about it for a long time. The second day of the winter solstice was the middle of the beast tide, and it was also the most serious period of the beast tide. At that time, she must not step out of the barrier.
Instead of finding some lame reasons not to leave the city, it would be better to follow Su Zhi and leave Guanyun City once he passes the so-called test, becomes Yaqin, and understands everything.
The Xuantie Order to serve the Sword Sect has been obtained. Her purpose of following Su Yi to Guanyun City has been achieved, but she is a little regretful that she can no longer follow him to find the truth he wants to pursue.
The child with amber eyes and a smile as warm as the spring sun in his memory handed her a piece of her favorite candy. Only he didn't care that the fox next to him didn't eat candy. Instead, he cared that she liked candy. .
Su Yi, that was the person she wanted to hate, but she couldn't hate her no matter what.
He is a person with sincerity in his eyes, no guard against her, and will unconditionally believe in and protect her.
He is one of the few people she can rely on.
She would feel a little sad when she thought that after leaving Guanyun City, the two of them would go their separate ways, and that she would be truly alone by then.
Just when Hua Ruxue was feeling sentimental, Bai Musheng's eager voice suddenly came from behind:
"Sister Xiaoxue, are we going now?"
Hua Ruxue turned around and saw Bai Musheng's handsome face. There was a smile in his eyes and he seemed to be in a good mood. There was no trace of his worries about the beast tide.
"Tomorrow there will be a beast wave. What is the urgent matter for Miss Junxue that makes you have to go to Anjia now?"
Compared with Bai Musheng who was calm and focused on Hua Ruxue, Bai Yi looked particularly anxious.
"What do you know? Xiaoxue's matter is a big deal!" Bai Musheng pointed to the observation tower not far away and said to Bai Yi in disgust, "You go back first, Xiaoxue and I will go back as soon as we go."
Bai Yi was so ruthlessly abandoned by Bai Musheng. He looked at the two people in front of him aggrievedly and couldn't understand why he was sentenced to death by his master just for saying a word. He thought that back then he was a famous person around his master.
"Master... shall I leave then?" Bai Yigang turned around and immediately turned around and asked, his eager eyes seeming to be waiting for Bai Musheng to change his mind.
Bai Musheng waved her hand, signaling Bai Yi to leave quickly, "Go quickly."
Bai Yi took three steps and then
Once he looked back and said pitifully: "Then I'm really leaving..."
Bai Musheng: "..."
Facing Bai Yi who was reluctant to leave Bai Musheng in three steps and two steps, Hua Ruxue did not explain to him the reason why she wanted to settle down.
The An family had encountered an incident in the ghost refining formation, and people were in panic. Now the actual person in charge was Mr. An, who had sent people to assassinate her several times. She did not want to go to the An family alone.
After her observation these days, Bai Musheng had secretly tricked her twice in the Sword Trial Conference and the Sword Serving Sect assessment, but he had no ill intentions towards her and simply wanted to keep her in the City Lord's Mansion.
Bai Musheng is the young city lord. With him by her side, Mrs. An does not dare to touch her.
After Bai Yi left, Bai Musheng took Hua Ruxue to the inner city with his sword. It would have been faster to use the teleportation array, but Bai Musheng obviously didn't want to let go of this opportunity to abduct her back to the city lord's palace.
"Alas! I made an agreement with Su Yi. He has promised me that he will not join the Sword Sect before I have reached the Mahayana stage. Will you consider staying in the City Lord's Mansion again?"
Bai Musheng had played chess with Su Yi in private earlier, and Su Yi's identity had been revealed.
Bai Musheng promised Su Yi that as long as Su Yi was willing to help several other Ice Spirit Root monks practice and give them the corresponding skills, he would support Qingyang Mountain during the beast tide.
However, listening to Bai Musheng's words, Su Yi obviously paid more than what he said before.
Hua Ruxue was also grateful for the City Lord's Mansion's willingness to support Qingyang Mountain in resisting the beast tide. She could feel Bai Musheng's kindness and sincerity, and Bai Musheng sincerely hoped that she could stay in the City Lord's Mansion.
Unfortunately, the reality was not what he expected.
What will happen after the winter solstice is yet to be determined.
Hua Ruxue knew that it was useless to refuse. Even if she refused, Bai Musheng would continue to ask again next time she met. To a certain extent, he was a little too persistent.
So she said "hmm" softly, indicating that she would think about it again.
Bai Musheng seemed to be aware of the depression in her heart, so he gave up without asking any more questions, and changed the topic, saying, "I have also heard about An Muxuan. The cause of her death is related to a scandal in the An family."
Because Hua Ruxue mentioned before that she wanted to know the cause of An Muxuan's death, Bai Musheng said this.
The two of them were not flying very high, just brushing against the roof. This height was only a small step closer to the dark clouds in the sky, but it made people feel particularly depressed.
Hua Ruxue guessed that the so-called scandal refers to the fact that An Muxuan was fond of An Murong.
With An Muxuan's talent, she is an excellent sacrifice for the ghost refining formation, and Ghost Lord Chu Ming will not let her go.
The so-called "Xin Yue" is most likely the influence of the soul sealing technique.
"I want to take a look at the identity card of Miss An Muxuan, the third daughter of the An family, to confirm the cause of her death." Hua Ruxue said solemnly. Half of the reason why she cares so much about An Muxuan's death is because Su Zhi never talks nonsense. .
Su Zhi brought up the topic "Why did the third young lady of the An family die" twice. The first time was when he first met Yang Ling, and the second time was at the tea party a few days ago.
The other half was because the Beauty Academy had a long history. She suspected that An Muxuan and Feng Yage died in the ghost refining formation. She suspected that the ghost refining formation was used twice.
Perhaps the clue "two" left by An Murong does not mean that there are two missing people in the ghost refining formation, but that there are two ghosts in Guanyun City!
"If I remember correctly, An Muxuan has been dead for many years, and you don't know this person." Bai Musheng was a little unsure of what Hua Ruxue wanted to do, and why she cared so much about a dead person she had never seen before.
After his observation, he found that this girl's level of indifference was not much different from that of his brother Bai Xun. She was at most curious about strangers and could not possibly care or care about an unrelated stranger.
So he guessed that there must be some secret hidden in An Muxuan.
Hua Ruxue hesitated for three breaths after hearing this. Bai Musheng already knew about the ghost refining formation. If her guess was correct, the next operation to capture the second ghost clan would require the help of the City Lord's Mansion.
She thought over and over again, and without any intention of concealing anything, she directly told what she had discovered in the Beauty Academy:
"First, I saw
When building the altar for the ghost refining formation, the altar was old and had black marks on the edges. It wasn't until the ghost refining formation started that I realized that those black marks were scorch marks. From this point of view, this is not the first time that the Ghost Refining Formation has been used. "
"Is there such a thing?" Bai Musheng changed his previous playful attitude and analyzed it seriously:
"I heard from Su Yi that although the ghost refining formation has the effect of refining living people into ghosts, in the past the ghosts only used this formation to improve their cultivation level. The ghost king attaches so much importance to the reincarnation of the Lord of the Underworld, so he will definitely use the refining in advance. The test effect of the ghost array will not put the reincarnation of the Lord of the Underworld at any risk."
Hua Ruxue nodded in agreement. With the importance Ghost Lord Chu Ming attached to Underworld Lord Chu Tang, he had been lurking in Guanyun City for so long, so it was impossible not to test the ghost refining formation in advance.
And An Muxuan and Feng Yage, two female monks with high-grade spiritual roots, are the indispensable high-grade sacrifices for the ghost refining formation.
The deaths of her two people may not be what they were rumored to be.
"Second, it's because of An Muwan. After the ghost refining formation was over, I didn't find Anmu Wan's identity card on the altar. She had warned me to stay away from An Mu Rong and the Beauty Courtyard, which showed that she had no regard for An Mu Wan. Rong Hebei Renyuan became suspicious. It sounded reasonable for a person who was suspicious and disappointed with the family to not carry his identity tag with him.
But I once asked the guards of the An family. Shortly after An Muxuan escaped from marriage, the identity tag that had been inseparable from An Muxuan disappeared, and she never said a word to her again. She went from doubt to disappointment to wanting to give up her identity. The process was too fast, as if she had already seen the truth about An Muxuan's death. "
There is only one way to know the truth as quickly as possible, and that is An Muxuan's real identity card!
"Do you suspect that An Muxuan knew the truth about An Muxuan's death through the identity card?" Bai Musheng was surprised, but also a little proud. The ghost clan has appeared in the world, and the city of Guanyun is covered with fog. It is rare for the little girl to be able to draw such an inference based only on what she saw that day.
Regardless of whether Hua Ruxue's guess about the second ghost clan is right or wrong, the ghost clan cannot be taken lightly and must go to Anjia again.
"It is not difficult for Ghost Lord to forge a monk's identity card. It is even more difficult to turn An Muwan into a mute who cannot speak."
These two points combined together point to: After An Muxuan learned the cause of An Muxuan's death, she was controlled by the ghost king Chu Ming.
Although An Muxuan's talent is a little worse than An Muxuan's, she can still be used as a high-quality sacrifice. Therefore, even if An Muwan discovers the truth about the ghost refining formation, Ghost Lord Chu Ming will not kill her directly.
"It seems that we have to go to the An family this time." As he spoke, Bai Musheng thought clearly about the key and decisively gave up on using the sword. He concentrated on drawing a teleportation array.
The journey that he originally planned to take for a day was shortened to a stick of incense in an instant...
