Time passed quickly in the small village. After Xu Huaigu walked around the village with curiosity at first, he also felt bored.
Yu Qin has been playing wildly with Zhuo Cai these past few days, visiting all the nearby mountains and forests. Huang Shanze was even more shameless. He first begged local wine from Grandpa Zhuo Cai. After taking a sip, he was full of praise, saying that the small village is definitely a treasure of spiritual energy, and the wine is full of spiritual energy. So in the past few days, besides getting drunk, he wandered around the mountains around the small village.
Although he claimed that he was going to enjoy the scenery of the mountains and waters, Xu Huaigu actually knew very well that he was just coveting the stone spirit he found on the roadside last time and wanted to pick up another one. He was just looking for money.
Xu Huaigu didn't have any objections to this. In fact, there were many similarities between the spiritual world and the secular world. Money transactions were one of them. Monks also had to exchange goods, which was necessary.
Although Huang Shan was as cheeky as ever, this was his nature, and Xu Huaigu was used to it, but Zuo Qiuxun made Xu Huaigu feel strange these days. Ever since Zuo Qiu Xun went up to the tower that day, Zuo Qiu Xun has never been seen coming down again. And when Xu Huaigu went up to the third floor to look for her, he only saw a large pile of messy books and did not see Zuo Qiu Xun. shadow.
He also asked Zhuo Cai about this matter, and Zhuo Cai said that Zuo Qiuxun had already walked out of the tower and didn't know where he went. Zuo Qiuxun never likes to talk to people around him when doing things, but Xu Huaigu always feels that she is a person with a lot of stories.
A very quack-like person.
So Xu Huaigu had no choice but to stay in the black tower for the past few days. He spent most of the time practicing swordsmanship, but from time to time he would go to the third floor to read those weird books. With the help of Grandpa Zhuocai, he has now read a lot of information related to the Monster Clan, and his understanding of the Monster Clan is increasing day by day.
Xu Huaigu learned that the battle five hundred years ago was actually an invasion by the so-called demon clan from outside the territory.
Outside the Territory is a very vague concept. Xu Huaigu knew that the whole world has another name, which is the Central Territory, and people habitually call the areas outside the Central Territory the Outside the Territory. As for where these demon clans come from outside the Territory, There is no record in the book.
There are also differences among the demon clans. For example, in the central domain where Xu Huaigu is located, there are also local demon clans. However, the demon clans in the central domain are collectively called the demon clan within the domain. Although they have a close relationship with the demon clan outside the domain, they It can’t be considered a family.
In this way, the days passed like this for the time being.
Xu Huaigu practices every day to stabilize his realm, while Zuo Qiuxun nervously comprehends the black phoenix bones on the fourth floor of the black tower, hoping to break through the realm as soon as possible.
Three days passed in a blink of an eye.
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The sunset turned the sky red and dyed the blue lake water into a blood-like color.
Shi Cheng walked to the lake and looked at the water, a little dull.
He remembered the last time he saw this lake as if it was yesterday.
He picked up a small handful of lake water, washed his face, then picked up another handful and drank it, it was very sweet.
Seeing Shi Cheng's weird actions, Hua Shan couldn't help but feel pity, and said to the short swordsman next to him: "Uncle Wei, this guy has become more and more abnormal in the past few days. Could it be that he is being tortured by inner demons and is going crazy? Bar?"
Wei Yi, the swordsman in a bamboo hat, replied: "I guess so, so you should be more careful. Your heart is like a bright mirror, always brush it. The road will be very broad in the future, unlike this person, who has already reached the end."
Hua Shan smiled slightly and said, "Remember my uncle's teachings."
Hua Shan turned to look at Shi Cheng again, his eyes becoming more pitiful. But it was more disdain.
Although the name Huashan is not well-known in East Fuyao Continent, it is still somewhat famous in Middle-earth.
He is a direct disciple of Tianhe Sect, a large sect in China, and the first disciple of this generation of Tianhe Sect. Although the contemporary Tianhe Sect is indeed in decline, with only the sect leader and the great elder promoted to the ninth realm, and can barely be regarded as a second-rate sect in China where there are so many sects and monks gathered, the Tianhe Sect was still a family hundreds of years ago. It is a first-class sect, so it has a great reputation and many people know about it. This is why Hua Shan is somewhat famous.
The Tianhe Sect is currently in a period of stagnant growth, and the quality of its disciples is getting worse and worse. However, Hua Shan, as the number one disciple, is indeed very capable, and when he broke through the Four Realms, he was personally given an immortal weapon by the sect leader. The combat power is very high. It was the Tianhe Sect's high regard for him that gradually aroused the pride in his heart, so he always looked down on the lower-level monks.
This time he left the sect because he had reached the peak of the fourth realm, so he wanted to go outside to find opportunities to break through the fifth realm. In fact, there are enough opportunities for him to break through in the sect, but Hua Shan has a high vision and is not willing to simply break through. He wants to break through under great opportunities. In this way, the realm will be stronger, and he will be able to break through in the future. much easier.
The sect sent this six-level monk to protect Hua Shan at all times, just to keep Hua Shan absolutely safe. The two of them traveled all the way from the Middle Earth to East Fuyao Continent, but never found a suitable opportunity. As a result, Hua Shan's spiritual energy was full and he could break through the five realms at any time, but they kept suppressing it, just to make the breakthrough more perfect.
But this time, they finally encountered a great opportunity, which was the withered bones of the black phoenix that Shi Cheng had mentioned.
The phoenix is the sacred bird of the demon clan and a great demon in the eleventh realm. The mystery of the withered bones in it is unimaginable. For Hua Shan, a monk in the fourth realm, it is simply a great blessing. And not only that, if there is a chance to bring the withered bones of the Black Phoenix back to the Tianhe Sect, it will be very beneficial even to the sect masters and great elders who are already in the ninth realm. Maybe Tianhe Sect can take the opportunity to add two more tenth realm monks and return to the level of a first-rate sect.
Hua Shan gets a little excited just thinking about it.
When the time comes, he will be the benefactor of the Tianhe Sect. Will he not pass on the position of the sect leader to him when the sect leader gets old?
Not only him, but Wei Yi beside him was also very excited.
He is just a small six-level monk and does not have much future in the sect. Otherwise, he would not be sent by the sect to protect a junior monk. Wei Yi was very frustrated, and he also hoped to regain the sect's attention through such an incident.
And all this will be realized here.
According to Shi Cheng's previous description, there must be someone or something guarding the secret realm. Otherwise, how could a group of Shi Cheng's brothers die here?
Through these three days of investigation, Wei Yi has found out the basic situation of this small village.
The small village is in a dangerous secret realm that is about to collapse, but it is preserved because of the withered bones of the black phoenix. Except for the priest, the rest of the people in the village were just ordinary people, and the priest was just a low-level monk. In Wei Yi's eyes, this village was just a piece of fat.
The most troublesome one is the still mysterious person guarding the secret realm. However, Wei Yi still felt that the risk was worth taking. His confidence was not only his Sixth Realm cultivation, but also the magic weapons and immortal weapons that Hua Shan had been rewarded by many sects.
Wei Yi felt that the time was ripe to take action, while Hua Shan was impatient, and they decided to take action tonight.
As for Ye Xiu Shi Cheng, naturally no one will take care of it.
Life or death is up to God. Hua Shan doesn't even bother to kill him. Anyway, all his value is over.
Hua Shan impatiently asked Shi Cheng, who was still staring blankly at the lake, "Shi Cheng, are you still leaving?"
Shi Cheng shook his head slightly and said: "I won't leave. The further I go, the more confused I will be. Our deal ends here. You have already entered this secret realm. I have told you everything I know. What we did before Can you give me the agreed price?"
The price is ten large beads, enough to buy a medium-level magic weapon.
Hua Shan raised his eyebrows: "What did you say?"
Wei Yi scolded: "What did I tell you? The heart is like a mirror, it's not just words, otherwise sooner or later the inner demons will appear."
Due to his seniority, Hua Shan had no choice but to agree: "It's just a joke with him. The agreed price will be paid out naturally. I'm not a duplicitous person."
So he took out ten big beads from his body, walked to Shi Cheng, and said, "Take it, it will be enough for you to spend a lifetime."
Shi Cheng slowly stretched out his hand and caught ten large beads.
Hua Shan turned and left without looking back. Wei Yi took one last look at Shi Cheng by the lake and turned and left.
Shi Cheng looked at the ten bright red fairy coins in his hand, feeling mixed.
This is what their wild cultivators have been pursuing all along, and what they pursue at the risk of their lives, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that.
Shi Cheng had no emotions at all in his heart. As he went deeper and deeper into this secret realm in the past few days, the scenes that he had almost forgotten were repeated one after another, and his heart was dying little by little during this torture.
The voices of those dead brothers echoed in his ears, and the faces that he had tried to forget appeared in front of him at an inappropriate time, and they couldn't go away.
Shi Cheng knew that his life was finally coming to an end and he no longer had the courage to live.
But before he went to be with his brother, he had one more thing to do.
That scroll was taken away by me, so everyone would die that time.
And now, he wants to return the scroll to his brothers.
Shi Cheng looked at the sunset in the distance. At this time, only half of it was left, and more of the black night was reflected on the lake.
Shi Cheng suddenly waved his hand and threw the ten large beads into the distance, and then watched them fall into the depths of the lake.
He picked up a handful of water again and washed his face.
Then he finally walked back to the shore, took out the ancient sheepskin scroll, and looked at it for a long time.
"Here, I'm finally here to accompany you. It's destined that none of us can leave."
Shi Cheng murmured.
