On the avenue, three people came on horseback.
The leader was a twenty-six or seven-year-old man. He gave up his elegant Taoist robes and changed into coarse shorts, but he did not change his handsome appearance and reserved demeanor. In particular, he exudes the power of the fifth level of Qi refining, which makes the demeanor of an expert cultivator appear outstanding.
The woman who followed him was also wearing plain clothes and a plain skirt, and her black silk stockings were tied up. As she looked back, she had a beautiful face. Combined with the power of the fourth level of Qi refining in her body, it adds a bit of transcendental charm.
The young man who lags behind looks like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old man. He is wearing a coarse short coat and a bamboo hat. He has no discernible accomplishments. Even the iron rings on his fingers look rustic, making him look like a farmer from the countryside. juvenile.
Such three people are Yu Xin, Meng Qingqing, and Yu Ye.
After Yu Ye left Kunshui Town, he hid in the valley with his brother and sister Yu Xin to rest for two days. After seeing no abnormal conditions, they set off south together.
Along the way, they got along well with each other.
After the Yu Xin brothers and sisters got ten spiritual stones, they were busy practicing while walking, sitting or lying down. After more than twenty days, each of them improved their cultivation by one level. But it is not accidental. The two of them have excellent bones and are talented and intelligent. However, their cultivation progress has been slow due to lack of spiritual energy. Now that they suddenly have the help of spiritual stones, it is normal for their long-suppressed cultivation to be improved.
And Yu Ye's cultivation level is still at the third level of Qi refining.
He was used to this.
Who makes him the head of the family? The spiritual energy he absorbed was not only for his own cultivation, but also for cultivating and refining dragon pills to help Jiao Ying recover his soul power. It is said that when Jiao Dan is powerful, he will benefit endlessly. But he couldn't think of that far away. At the moment, he just wanted to cross the sea smoothly.
"Junior sister, brother Yu!"
Yu Xin slowed down his horse, and Meng Qingqing and Yu Ye caught up and rode together.
"This is the boundary of the Nanqi Mountains. In more than ten days' journey, you can reach the seaside directly. The Huazhou Town you mentioned is not far away."
Yu Xin and Meng Qingqing were quite familiar with the southern part of Daze, which saved them a lot of trouble on the way. As long as you follow the brothers and sisters, you don't have to worry about getting lost.
"Going around the mountain a few miles away is the town of Nanqi. Why don't you and I stay here for two days and buy a few items for the long journey?"
"Okay, I also want to buy some gouache, silk handkerchiefs and other items."
"Um!"
The three of them drove their horses forward.
It was just afternoon, and the sky was gradually dimming, and there seemed to be dark clouds filling the air, as if a storm was coming.
But just after rounding a mountain, I felt the hot wind blowing on my face and my breath was choking. Looking at it, there was a high mountain standing more than ten miles away, but it was shrouded in steaming smoke and fire. The adjacent wilderness and mountains also burned as the fire spread. There are hundreds of houses on the river beach three to five miles away, which should be the location of Nanqi Town. It is gradually surrounded by fire. Fortunately, it is temporarily safe due to the obstruction of the river water, but people still escape from their homes or escape. Outside the town, or people gathered at the bridge to watch, it was a chaotic scene far and near.
Yu Xin and Meng Qingqing exchanged surprised looks——
"It was Nanqi Mountain that caught fire, and it must have been caused by the Qizhou monks. Nanqi Mountain Taoist Gate, as expected, did not escape this disaster. Why don't you and I take a detour to avoid getting into trouble?"
"Yu Ye said that most of the monks in Qizhou have been lost..."
"How does he know the number of monks in Qizhou?"
"Yu Ye..."
The brother and sister were worried and turned to look at Yu Ye.
Yu Ye stared into the distance and said: "My memory is not good, maybe I made a mistake in asking. The monks from Qizhou came in three batches, not thirty, but twenty-nine. I killed seventeen in succession. There are still ten monks in Qizhou. According to my guess, Bu Yi and two Qi Refining casual cultivators did not participate in this killing. The remaining two foundation-building masters and five immortal disciples want to go all over the world. It is not easy for the Eight Taoist Sects in Daze. From this, it can be seen that there should be only a few people who burned down Nanqi Mountain."
He was riding on the horse, his body rising and falling gently with the horse's back. He was talking softly and twirling his fingers, as if the shopkeeper was calculating accounts, but he seemed to have made a confused calculation.
It wasn't that the enquiry was wrong, but that the number of people mentioned by Hong An was wrong. Hong An, the Qizhou monk who was captured alive before, died tragically in the hands of the Tianbao brothers.
"Seventeen people?"
"He killed seventeen Qizhou monks by himself?"
Yu Xin and Meng Qingqing looked at each other in astonishment, then comforted themselves:
"I couldn't wait and killed two people too!"
"The death of Nanshan at the hands of my Taoist disciples is enough to comfort everyone in the world!"
"Yes, killing one person in Nanshan is enough to kill ten Qi Refining monks."
"It was really dangerous at that time!"
Yu Ye couldn't help but lick his fingers, and he became even more confused.
According to what the brothers and sisters said, the number of people didn't match up again.
Did the Taoist disciples kill Nanshan?
Nanshan clearly died under his own sword energy. Could it be that he was killed again?
While talking, he walked onto a stone bridge.
In the town ahead, people were rushing here one after another, helping the old and the young, carrying burdens and driving the cart. It was like an escape scene. It is human nature to seek good fortune and avoid misfortune. Although what we were avoiding was a fire, it was a man-made disaster.
The three of them were about to cross the bridge on horseback when they were suddenly blocked by a panicked crowd, and suddenly there were cries and shouts.
"Abandon your horse!"
The mounts of Yu Xin and Meng Qingqing were frightened and blocked by the crowd. They couldn't help but scream and jump. The two of them were still at a loss and hurriedly jumped off their horses.
He heard the voice message shouting again——
"Get under the bridge for now!"
Yu Xin and Meng Qingqing did not dare to neglect, so they turned over and jumped off the bridge. But I saw a group of people standing on the embankment under the bridge, and the one wearing a bamboo hat was Yu Ye. The brother and sister were lying in the river, quietly hiding behind Yu Ye, and looking into the distance through the gaps in the crowd.
At this moment, a sword light flashed through the air and headed straight for the wilderness on the other side of the river.
More than ten figures suddenly appeared in the burning wilderness, including men and women, young people and old people, but they all fled like frightened birds.
Just as everyone was running away, the sword light struck like lightning, passing through one figure after another, followed by a flash of blood and screams.
Some people were forced to raise their swords to fight back, and were instantly torn into pieces by the sharp sword light; some were so frightened that they threw away their swords and jumped into the river desperately; others escaped across the river bank and ran towards the stone bridge here. Expecting help, the crowd dispersed in shock.
Yu Xin and Meng Qingqing were also forced back by the crowd.
The figure who fled more than ten feet away was a young woman. She was only sixteen or seventeen years old. Although she had no cultivation level, she was wearing a Taoist robe and had a beautiful appearance. She should be a Taoist disciple. She looked at the people fleeing, perhaps feeling compassion, and couldn't help but slow down. Just as she hesitated, a sword light pierced through her chest. Her petite body suddenly flew up, and then fell to the ground as light as a feather.
"ah……"
Meng Qingqing exclaimed, and was pulled under the bridge by Yu Xin to hide in the crowd. But she still couldn't help but look up, but tears were streaming down her face.
As a female cultivator, she felt the same way.
Such a young Taoist disciple was brutally killed just because of a grudge dispute. What was her fault?
And it was not just one young woman who was brutally killed, but in the blink of an eye, more than a dozen of her companions had all fallen under the light of the sword.
At the same time, someone came with a sword.
He was a middle-aged man. He was hovering in the air on his sword, looking down at his feet coldly, his tyrannical consciousness passing over the panicked crowd. After a moment, he waved his sleeves and walked away.
At some point, it started raining.
Meng Qingqing and Yu Xin followed the crowd out of the bridge, and it was already pouring rain. She was about to activate her true energy to protect her body, but then she was slightly startled.
I saw a man standing on the river embankment. Although he was wearing a bamboo hat and his whole body was soaked by the rain, he still stood silently.
When the foundation-building expert appeared, he didn't dodge?
In front of him, there was a woman lying quietly, as if she was asleep, motionless as the rain washed her beautiful cheeks and small body.
Meng Qingqing and Yu Xin walked over.
Yu Ye still stared down, his face unusually cold.
Maybe he had killed too many people and had gradually become indifferent. Now he suddenly discovered the preciousness and fragility of life, which made him panic for a moment. Especially when a young girl died in front of him, she withered like a flower, and her fragrance disappeared in an instant, but he could only watch helplessly and was unable to save her. A kind of humble uneasiness and self-blame of incompetence welled up in his heart, making him even more guilty and inexplicable.
Meng Qingqing's eyes turned red again, and she said, "How could she have done anything wrong to suffer this disaster..."
Yu Xin was much calmer and sighed: "Alas, you and I practice Tao in order to defy heaven. Death means the Tao will perish, and life means immortality. Life, life, and death are called the Tao's eternity!"
Those who practice Taoism should take life and death lightly. But humans are not grass and trees, so how can they be ruthless?
"You can't watch fellow Taoists from Nanqi Mountain abandon their corpses in the wilderness, junior sister..."
"Well, you and I couldn't help each other, so we should do our best to share the same principles. Yu Ye..."
Yu Xin and Meng Qingqing buried these Nan Qi disciples who died tragically.
Yu Ye was noncommittal, but took out a stack of Lihuo Talisman.
The brother and sister took the Lihuo Talisman and were busy burning the remains of the victims.
Although the rain was heavy, it could not stop the power of the Lihuo Talisman. In a short time, the remains of more than a dozen Nan Qishan disciples and the women on the river embankment had disappeared in the light of the fire. And the burning ashes soak into the earth in the water and fire, just like life has found its final destination.
This heavy rain not only extinguished the mountain fires, but also extinguished the fires in the wilderness mountains and forests. The fleeing people had already returned to the town.
After Yu Xin and Meng Qingqing were busy, they saw Yu Ye standing alone on the Wind and Rain Stone Bridge.
The ancient bridge is alone, very lonely.
And loneliness is nothing more than losing your mount, and three horses are gone. The crowd must have been in confusion, it was raining heavily, and the horses were frightened and had already fled without a trace.
The three of them looked around blankly, feeling lonely and helpless. They had no choice but to give up the idea of looking for horses, and then ran towards the town in the wind and rain...
