Behind the tall city gate, an inch-long crack was left on the three-foot-wide long street. The crack spread from the west of the city to the inner city gate. Of the once bustling pavilions on both sides of the long street, only a few huge stone pillars are left struggling to support the crumbling snow-white roofs.
When Hua Ruxue returned to Guanyun City again, she saw this desolate scene.
Heavy snow like goose feathers was still falling in the city. Su Yi was dressed in a long white dress, and ice-blue spiritual power slowly spread out in his palms. Several ice sculptures in front of him shed the ice that imprisoned them, and fell to the ground on their backs. .
Feng Helan and He Yuan carried the people who fell on the ground one after another and walked towards the gate of the inner city. The corners of their clothes were stained with green and red stains. It seems that in order to make the monks controlled by Sanshenghua lose their mobility, Su Yi and others also experienced a fierce battle.
Hua Ruxue dragged her body that had not fully recovered, hiding not far away and secretly following Su Yi. She was like a little fox who made a mistake and was afraid of punishment. While she sincerely reflected on her mistake, she couldn't help but think of doing it again next time.
She took advantage of the fact that the powerful people in the Forest of No Return were saying goodbye to each other and no one paid attention to her, so she opened the teleportation array and sneaked back to Guanyun City. Since these powerful men at the top of the cultivation base have not pursued the matter of the "secret medicine", how long will it take if they don't run away now?
If you wait for other uninformed people to bring up the topic of "Why do monsters run to the Forest of No Return?", it will be too late to escape.
Hua Ruxue came to say goodbye to Su Yi with the intention of leaving Guanyun City. Ever since she knew that Su Zhi used her as a container for the remains of the demon, she understood that she was a test subject in the eyes of the strong and there were many dangers around her. If she continued to stay with Su Yi, it would only bring him unpredictable dangers.
The moment he saw Su Yi from a distance, he couldn't remember the story he had prepared. She thought she had made up a good lie, but Su Yi could see through it with just one glance.
In the past, Su Yi would believe whatever she said. Even if her honesty was not obvious, Su Yi would not point it out. Now, do you want to continue to deceive him?
For some reason, her fox heart suddenly trembled and she felt guilty for a moment.
Perhaps what she is doing now is inconsistent with her usual honesty and trustworthiness. In Qingyu Pavilion, she was a fox that the master looked up to. The master always made new plans for her, privately teaching her to be a kind and honest monster, and teaching her not to hurt others.
Su Yi also taught her a lot, but he only told her not to kill people or other monsters because he hated killing.
Living in the center of the killings, countless monsters are killed every year, and countless merits are added to it, but there is a heart that longs for peace in the world and no more killings. This sounds ridiculous and ridiculous. If there is no killing, how can the monks achieve soaring merit? But if the person who said this was Su Yi, she would definitely believe it.
In his eyes, merit is just a string of meaningless words.
While Hua Ruxue was hesitating, a familiar call suddenly sounded above her head: "Little fox?"
Before Hua Ruxue could turn around, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed from broken walls and ruins covered in heavy snow to a sea of spring milkvetch flowers.
This sea of flowers looked familiar, very much like the sea of milkvetch flowers she had dreamed about, but she remembered that there was a tree in the sea of flowers in her dream, but there was no tree here.
Milkvetch is the most common flower in the wild. The patches look purple-red, so it is normal for them to look familiar.
After briefly observing the situation in front of her, Hua Ruxue blurted out two words when she discovered that there was no spiritual energy fluctuation around her: "Su Zhi!"
Even the top teleportation runes and techniques will produce slight spiritual fluctuations when used. Among the people she knew, Su Zhi was the only one who could calmly take her to other places.
"Smart." Su Zhi wore a black robe, and the smile on his face gradually grew. He expressed gratitude without hesitation: "I promised to save Guanyun City alone. Thank you for your help this time."
His facial features are naturally handsome, and his smile should be bright. But the black-haired ink robe made his whole body look gloomy, and the playful smile in his eyes made him even more evil.
At first glance, he doesn’t look like a good person!
"Help?" No matter how slow Hua Ruxue is, she understands that she has been plotted again! She joined the beast tide in fear, fearing that her identity would be exposed, but in the end, it was all the plan of the person in front of her!
Tests and everything else are just a trick on her! Even if she does nothing, Su Zhi will do his best to protect Guanyun City!
From the moment he deliberately mentioned the cause of An Muxuan's death many times and guided her to pay attention to An's family, he had already made a plan!
An Muxuan, An Muwan, the Ghost Refining Formation, An Xiaoer, and Wuyoujiu were all part of his plan. He just moved his words and willingly brought her, an outsider, into the game.
What a good plan!
Seeing her angry look, Su Zhi hurriedly said: "My lord wants to make a deal with you. As a thank you, I can answer your three questions before your arrival."
Hua Ruxue didn't pay attention to the deal Su Zhi mentioned. In her opinion, the transaction mentioned by the strong is no different from the errand.
"Three?" Hua Ruxue raised three fingers. This seemed to be different from what she had promised before. "You said earlier that you would tell me why the underworld was sealed and why monsters became demons. These don't count?"
Su Zhi glanced at the purple milkvetch at his feet, chose an open space and sat down on his knees, and said slowly: "My lord will tell you those questions."
Hua Ruxue lowered her head and thought after hearing this. There were many things that confused her, but she knew that there were some things that she, a fox, should not know.
For example, who is Su Zhi? Who is the adult in his mouth? Why did they choose her as the container for the remains of the First Demon? What's special about her?
After thinking about it, Hua Ruxue said: "There is one thing that I think about and feel I must say."
"What's the matter?" Su Zhi turned his head slightly and saw Hua Ruxue's particularly serious face. If he ignored the twinkle in her eyes, he would probably praise her for being cute and cute.
He was curious about what kind of questions the little fox would ask. What else was in her head besides the incomplete stone?
"According to what An Xiaoer said, you were the one who suggested Ghost Lord Chu Ming and Sansheng Flower Demon come to Guanyun City. You guys reached a cooperation on 'Let Lord Chu Tang of the Underworld reappear in the world'. Let Lord Chu Tang of the Underworld reappear. Being a ghost clan is the goal that Ghost Lord Chu Ming has to devote all his efforts to achieve. He will do this even without you. Therefore, there is another reason for your participation."
"As a reward for helping Guijun Chuming, you got a unique thing from him. With the special nature of this thing, Guijun Chuming is sure that you will continue to help him. He gave you the greatest trust, Until the end of his life.”
Speaking of this, Hua Ruxue's face darkened slightly. The reason why she mentioned Ghost Lord Chu Ming was because she didn't want to be teased like Ghost Lord Chu Ming.
If her guess is true, Su Zhi's duplicity will really make people have to guard against it.
Su Zhi nodded slightly, and the smile in his eyes became more genuine, "I got a new thing from him."
"If my guess is correct, you got the puppet technique from him, a puppet technique that only a natural ghost can fully master."
There are two points that can support this guess.
First, the Thousand Changes Stone, an indispensable material for refining top-level puppets, was stolen. However, Chu Ming, the ghost king who is best at puppetry, has only made one top-level puppet in Guanyun City for thousands of years. The person who stole the Thousand Changes Stone was either higher in cultivation than Ghost Lord Chu Ming, or he was Ghost Lord Chu Ming.
The former pointed out that the person who stole the Thousand Changes Stone was Su Zhi, while the latter was certain that the ghost king Chu Ming handed over the Thousand Changes Stone and the puppet technique to Su Zhi.
Second, puppetry can only be fully mastered by those born in the ghost race. Thinking from the perspective of Ghost Lord Chu Ming, based on this alone, he was extremely confident that Su Zhi would definitely help him complete the ghost refining formation.
Su Zhi heard a flash of surprise in his eyes, as if he didn't expect that the little fox in front of him could guess that he had obtained the puppet technique from the ghost king Chu Ming.
Hua Ruxue confirmed her guess from his eyes, but she didn't feel the slightest bit happy that her deduction was correct. On the contrary, her heart felt even heavier.
Because the truth of the matter is far more than that.
"Not only that." Su Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly and motioned Hua Ruxue to continue speaking with great interest. He was sure that this little fox would bring him a bigger surprise.
"On October 15th, on the night when Ghost Lord Chu Ming opened the ghost refining formation, you secretly stopped other people's actions to ensure the success of the ghost refining formation. This shows that you also wanted Chu Tang, the Lord of the Underworld, to reappear in the world. . The death of the snake vulture and the seriously injured soul body of Sister Ning mean that the ghost refining formation has been completed, and the Lord of the Underworld, Chu Tang, has transformed into a ghost clan again."
"Li Zangzhi was your cover to cover up the success of the ghost refining formation. Ghost Lord Chu Ming's death can also be regarded as murder. But considering that you have obtained the puppet technique, Ghost Lord Chu Ming's death is not reasonable. That night With your strength, saving Ghost Lord Chu Ming is just a matter of stretching out your fingers. Others will only marvel at the ghost clan's means of saving lives and don't think much about it."
"At first I thought An Xiaoer had learned the puppet technique, but then someone told me that only those born with the ghost tribe can fully master the puppet technique. There are not many people in the world who are born with the ghost tribe, only the Underworld Lord and the Lan Yu Ghost King. Why didn't you save Chu Ming, the ghost king who has completely mastered the puppetry technique?"
This sounds like Hua Ruxue is asking Su Zhi, but in fact she is asking herself, what is the reason why Ghost Lord Chu Ming lost Su Zhi's life-saving straw?
There is only one answer: Ghost Lord Chu Ming is no longer unique.
"You have found the second ghost clan who has fully mastered the puppetry technique, and you have a better collaborator." Hua Ruxue said with a complicated expression. What she was most afraid of was that once Su Zhi had a better partner, He would abandon her, just like Ghost Lord Chu Ming did.
"I heard that the previous Underworld Lord's lineage has a total of six sons, one mother and one brother, and they are brothers and sisters. They will never do such unscrupulous things to harm their brothers and sisters. You are working with the remnants of the Lanyu Ghost King's lineage, and your ultimate goal is the same as Ghost Lord Chu Ming is just the opposite.”
"Why aren't they the same?" Su Zhi asked doubtfully, seeing defensiveness and distrust in the little fox's eyes. If the purpose is the same, and the ghost king Chu Ming is allowed to die, wouldn't it be more consistent with the impression he has in the little fox's heart of killing the donkey?
Hua Ruxue responded with a decent and kind smile, "The underworld is sealed, and the ghost tribe is already rare, especially the natural ghost tribe. If the purpose is the same, keeping it will naturally have more advantages than disadvantages, and will become a boost." On the contrary, If he stays, it will only create another unstable factor in the camp.
"Yes, that's right." Su Zhi nodded in agreement with her statement, and said in a relaxed tone: "He wants Chu Tang to live, but I want him to die."
Su Zhi took a deep look at Hua Ruxue, but did not tell her that Chu Tang in Yanmiao Village was the reincarnation of Chu Tang, Lord of the Underworld.
Hua Ruxue did not associate Chu Tang in Yanmiao Village with Chu Tang, Lord of the Underworld. After all, they only had the same name, and there were countless people with the same name and surname in the world.
Hearing the rare true words from Su Zhi's mouth, Hua Ruxue calmed down the chaotic heartbeat in her chest. She couldn't understand why Su Zhi was so focused on letting Chu Tang, the Lord of the Underworld, reappear in the world and then wanted him to die. How much hatred and hatred is this? He wants to turn people into ghosts and then kill them completely!
She mentioned this just to tell Su Zhi that she knew the fate of Ghost Lord Chu Ming and would take this as a warning. She will stand by him until she is strong enough.
She hopes that she will be taken seriously, even as a pawn.
Perhaps in Su Zhi's eyes, her words and the metaphors in them were very funny. But for her, this matter is related to her life. This was what she decided to say after careful consideration.
"So, what do you want to know?" Su Zhi raised his head and looked at the gray-white sky through the barrier, his voice filled with unprecedented joy.
Hua Ruxue shook her head. Su Zhi would naturally tell her what she should know. It was useless for her to ask about things that she shouldn't know.
Su Zhi chuckled lightly, raised the corners of his mouth, showing a satisfied arc, as if to say: You know the truth.
"Before the adults come, I will give you three final pieces of advice."
Hua Ruxue acted like she was listening attentively, but Su Zhi said with an extremely serious expression: "First, don't join the Sword Sect before the Mahayana period. Second, don't trust that stone too much. Third, be careful of the Ying Yun clan. .”
She had heard the words not to join the Sword Sect before the Mahayana period. She had heard it many times. She had no obsession with the Sword Sect and she could go or not.
But what made her 200% alarmed was the "stone" in Su Zhi's mouth. Did he mean the reincarnation stone? He also knows about the reincarnation stone?
Before Hua Ruxue could ask her doubts, Su Zhi took out a sharp dagger with a smile and said to himself:
"Do you think you will die if this knife is struck?"
"How about we take a gamble?"
The moment the dagger pierced her heart, severe pain swept through her. Hua Ruxue couldn't help but hold Su Zhi's hand holding the dagger tightly, with only one thought in her mind: He must be killed!
In a daze of consciousness, she felt that she was lying in a pool of blood, her vision was slowly covered by black mist, and a thin figure slowly walked out of the black mist.
Su Zhi bowed his head to the man and shouted respectfully: "Sir."
