Along the way, in depth.
That road was made by the mysterious black ball, Shenwan, and was intertwined with Tao rules that transcended the second step.
Xin Yi Nu and Jiu Xiaojiu went all the way towards Xing Ji Palace. Unlike Xin Yi Nu who looked indifferent, Jiu Xiaojiu's heart was full of uneasiness and fear.
The deeper you go into the Xingji Palace, the more violent the collision of purple and yellow qi in the chaotic void. The collision at that level is as if there are hundreds of immortals and immortal kings fighting in the void, which is heart-stopping. Don't dare to mess with it.
Further forward, in the chaotic void, floating corpses floated by from time to time.
There are human corpses, monster corpses, and demon corpses.
There are corpses of lowly cultivators, and there are corpses of immortal emperors and quasi-sages.
There are corpses as tiny as dust, and there are corpses as huge as a sea of stars.
There are corpses that have been dead for less than a hundred years, and there are also ancient corpses that have been dead for hundreds of millions of years.
Every corpse has more or less the complex expression it had when it was dying: like fear, but also like incomparable wonder, joy, and satisfaction.
After careful observation, I discovered that these floating corpses were not entities, but images like mirages.
"These corpse shadows are really eye-catching..." Jiu Xiaojiu said with a trembling voice.
"In the Xing Ji Palace, there was once a pool called the Hua Lei Pond, which was used to propagate the original sea of thunder. People killed by the Hua Lei Pond will be remembered by the Lei Pond. When someone with a destiny arrives, the corpse will be transformed into a group of thunders to greet them. Nowadays, although the Thunder Transformation Pond is no longer there, the original Thunder Sea is still here, hence this scene." Xin Yi Nu explained.
"What a special welcome ceremony... So, senior and I were actually welcomed by the invisible source of thunder here? But if I could choose... this way of greeting, I would rather not..." Jiu Xiaojiu Hanhan road.
"You are thinking too much... What the original sea of thunder here welcomes is not you and me. The path the corpse shadow floats is a circle, and the one located in the center of the circle is the one greeted by the thunder." The Xinyi girl raised her lush jade fingers and pointed towards the star A light finger from deep inside Ji Palace.
"Senior Ning is really here, right? He is truly worthy of being a senior who can make everyone welcome him with thunder..." Xin Yi Nu was filled with admiration.
After flying for an unknown amount of time, the two women finally arrived at the end of the road.
A snow mountain floats in the core of Xing Ji Palace, with snow that never melts all year round deposited in the mountain. As soon as Jiu Xiaojiu Fang stepped into this mountain, he felt endless sorrow rushing towards him, like mourning, remembering, and cherishing. .
"Who is trespassing on Xiaobei Mountain!"
Almost as soon as the two women set foot on the mountain, several rays of starlight flew out from the mountain, landed, and transformed into hundreds of feet of giant star demons.
These star demon giants seemed to be the guards of the snow-capped mountains. When they saw strangers trespassing, they stepped in to stop them. The only strange thing is that when these star demon giants speak, they do not dare to speak too loudly, but whisper and cautiously, as if they are worried about disturbing something if they speak too loudly.
You know, the normal speaking voice of the Star Demon Giant is comparable to thunder.
"Huh? Is that you?" Among the several Star Demon giants, an old Star Demon with a beard that reached the ground recognized Xin Yi Nu.
He is the leader of the Star Demon here, with the Taoist name Cang Xingzi, and his cultivation has reached the half-step to the quasi-sage level.
The star demon clan is arrogant by nature. As the master of the star demons in this place, Cang Xingzi has a higher level of vision. Even though he recognizes the Xin Yi girl, his eyes are still indifferent and arrogant.
"It's Senior Ning's mysterious black ball that brought us here." Xin Yinu didn't mind the other person's tone and explained calmly.
"Huh? Master Hei Qiu actually brought you here? Ahem, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, cough, I don't know how to welcome a distinguished guest from afar, and it is rude and rude." Hearing this, Cang Xingzi's heart skipped a beat, and he was greatly frightened. How could he still be arrogant at all? , the tone suddenly became extremely polite.
"Master Black Ball?" Jiu Xiaojiu felt a little funny.
I both find it funny how these star demons act arrogantly and respectfully, and I also find the way these star demons refer to the mysterious black ball funny.
Little Ball is not a human being, so what kind of adult is he?
"Hush, this distinguished guest, please don't speak loudly here. Senior Ning is currently enlightening in the mountains, so don't disturb him." Cang Xingzi advised nervously.
It's like disturbing Ning Fan's thoughts, how terrible it is.
"Senior is indeed here..." Xin Yinu smiled.
Then I felt a little regretful.
"Although Senior is here, it is at a critical moment of enlightenment. As a result, it is inconvenient for me to go into the mountain and meet Senior." Xin Yi Nu sighed quietly.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Senior's realization has not stopped me and the Star Demons from coming forward to watch. If we and the Star Demons can go into the mountain to watch our seniors realize the Tao, it's natural that distinguished guests like fellow Taoists can also go." Cang Xingzi laughed. , then led the two girls into the mountain.
On the way into the mountains, there was snow falling all the way.
The deepest part of the snow formed a snow-capped valley.
Ning Fan stood in the snow valley, raised his right hand and pressed it on a short stone monument, his eyes focused.
There are no words on the front of the stele, and no words on the back.
But when Ning Fan's eyes were covered with green light and he looked at the stone tablet, he actually saw words on the stone tablet that ordinary people could not see.
This monument was actually erected by Immortal Emperor Ziwei himself in the past!
The words on it were also carved by Immortal Emperor Ziwei himself, and every ancient word contained the aura of rebellion within it!
[Monument of Encountering Demons].
【Stand when encountering demons】.
【Destroyed by one thought】.
[The monument is destroyed but the people survive].
[The monument is in the death of people].
【The devil is here】
"What is the meaning engraved on this stone tablet? Why did Duo Wen Wushuang, who could not be repaired, lead me to this place..."
"I repaired Duowen Wushuang, but it's still a little bit worse. What's the difference..."
In recent days, Ning Fan has been busy repairing Duowen Wushuang. The more times he fails, the more clues he gets.
Ning Fan, who has the ability to communicate with all things, once tried to communicate directly with Duowen Fragment, but when it came to repair matters, he repeatedly received no response.
It wasn't until yesterday that he successfully communicated with Duowen Shard.
[Ning Fan: Please tell me how I can truly repair you. 】
[More information: Go to the Demon Monument...Go first...Meet the Demon Monument...]
[Ning Fan: Where is the Encountering Demon Monument? 】
[More news: Xingji Palace...Little Arctic Mountain...]
So Ning Fan came here and found the Encountering Demon Monument.
Although he found this stele, Ning Fan didn't know what the purpose of this stele was, nor did he understand what the words on the stele meant.
He tried to use communication with all things to communicate directly with the Encountering Demon Monument.
but.
Feng Mo Monument refused to talk to him.
It’s not that communication between the two is impossible.
It's just that the other party...is unwilling.
"Brother Bei, since you don't want to talk to me, I have no choice but to do this. I'm offended... I hope Brother Bei won't take offense."
Ning Fan pressed his palms on the stone tablet and thought carefully.
Wisps of spiritual power invaded into the stone tablet, trying to directly establish mental communication with the stone tablet.
Unfortunately, Ning Fan's mental power was bounced back time and time again. It was not easy to get into the other person's heart.
In a daze, Ning Fan had some kind of illusion. The Encountering Demon Monument in front of him looked like a somewhat depressed and autistic young man who didn't want others to peek into his heart.
However, the Demon Monument did not reject Ning Fan's thoughts in a forceful way, but only gently bounced back.
From this point of view, Feng Mobei is also somewhat contradictory deep in his heart: while he is autistic, he probably also longs to be understood.
Ning Fan had many guesses about the inner thoughts of Feng Mo Monument, so even though he was rejected by Feng Mo Monument again and again, he still did not give up, but kept pestering and stalking...
Finally, finally.
There was a gap in the mental defense of Feng Mo Monument, and a ray of Ning Fan's mind was allowed to enter.
…
"Is this the inner world of Feng Mo Monument?"
Ning Fan's mind entered a similarly snowy world.
In the heart of Feng Mo Monument is a snow-capped mountain. The snow-capped mountain is very similar to the Little Arctic Mountain in Xingji Palace, but it is countless times larger than the Little Arctic Mountain.
Above the snow-capped mountains, the sky is covered with wind and snow.
The snow was very cold, and Ning Fan felt a bit cold at this moment even with his strong mind.
In the distance, on the mountain road, a vague figure stands in the snow.
When Ning Fan noticed this figure, he immediately chased after him.
"Your Excellency, are you Brother Bei? Please stay and talk to me."
But the other party didn't stay.
He didn't even want to have a word with Ning Fan.
Ning Fan chased it all the way, but it just ran away, farther and farther away.
Seeing this scene, Ning Fan was not going to give up easily, and chased after him faster and faster, leaving deep footprints on the snow wherever he passed.
The blurry figure also fled through the snow, but did not leave any traces on the snow.
There is some fundamental difference between Xi and Ning Fan.
Gradually, Ning Fan got closer, and then he saw clearly through the wind and snow that the person he was chasing was not actually Brother Bei.
Instead, it was a young girl.
A girl wrapped in a fiery red cloak.
"It turns out that you are a girl, I'm rude..." Ning Fan said apologetically.
Hearing this, the girl who met the Demon Monument froze, as if she finally wanted to respond to Ning Fan. But immediately, she didn't know what she was worried about, she just sighed quietly, and continued to escape into the depths of the wind and snow without looking back. .
That was her inadvertent sigh.
But when it reached Ning Fan's ears, it was as if it was deafening and enlightening, making Ning Fan's mind agitated and unable to control himself.
Strange things.
A casual sigh from the Demon Monument could affect his state of mind.
What's even weirder is that the closer the distance between Ning Fan and the girl is, the more unfamiliar she feels to Ning Fan.
It is normal for them to be strangers to each other. After all, today is the first time Ning Fan sees the Monument of Encountering Demons.
What makes Ning Fan strange is that this strange feeling seems to be an illusion deliberately created by the devil girl.
When they met each other for the first time, why did the other party deliberately create a feeling of strangers to each other? It seemed a bit... unnecessary.
"What are you hiding, what are you afraid of..."
Ning Fan frowned.
He came here originally for Duo Wen Wushuang's reminder, but at this moment, he was a little concerned about the Demon Monument itself.
The girl's footsteps stagnated again, and then she ran away faster, faster...
At this moment, in the mental world of the stone tablet, the wind and snow instantly increased countless times.
Ning Fan's mind was swept by the wind and snow, and he retreated continuously, making it difficult to catch up with the girl.
In the end, Ning Fan could only watch the girl's figure disappear in the depths of the wind and snow.
"Are you so unwilling to meet me? But if you are unwilling, why did you allow a ray of my mind to enter..." Ning Fan frowned deeper.
He became more and more confused about the strange behavior of the girl who met the Demon Monument.
I care about it so much that I can't ignore it...
Even if I don't care about Duowen Wushuang... I still want to meet her, otherwise I will have a knot over this matter.
The wind was loud, but there was no answer from the girl.
Ning Fan pondered slightly, thoughtfully, and despite the cold wind and snow, freezing his mind, he did not take his mind back from the monument.
He looked around, trying to find any trace of the girl's escape in the snowy sky.
But, can't find it.
If the other party doesn't want to meet, it will be difficult for Ning Fan to find him no matter what.
After all, this is the other person's inner world.
"Perhaps I can directly use the ability of all things to recognize the owner and change the owner of this mental world. In this way, I can easily find the girl, but in this way..."
Ning Fan sighed.
In the end, the ability of all things to recognize their master was not used to destroy the judgment of belonging to this world.
He doesn't want to do this.
"Perhaps, it's not that you don't want to see me, you just don't want me to see you..." Ning Fan looked around in the snow and said to himself.
The sound of wind reached my ears, and it seemed to be chaotic. There was a moment of confusion, but there was still no response from the girl.
"You don't want me to see you, but you are hiding somewhere in the wind and snow...looking at me? Why is this?" After all, Ning Fan is a person with keen perception. Ning Fan finally noticed from somewhere hidden in the wind and snow. A line of sight.
It should be the girl looking at him through the wind and snow.
"That's fine..."
Ning Fan shook his head.
Although he noticed the girl's position, he did not pursue her again.
Since the other party didn't want to meet, he didn't force it. He simply sat cross-legged in the girl's mental world and began to understand on his own.
Seeing that Ning Fan was no longer chasing her, the girl seemed relieved, but also seemed to feel... regret.
The girl's figure turned into snowflakes and merged into this spiritual world.
Pieces of snowflakes fell on Ning Fan's long hair, on her shoulders, on her palms, and melted in her palms.
Like that girl, passing through Ning Fan's world.
The girl did not appear again.
But Ning Fan felt her gaze and deliberate alienation from her in every snowflake here.
"What a pity." Ning Fan sighed.
He didn't know what he was regretting.
I just feel that my heart is also empty for a moment, which makes people lonely and lonely.
He was sitting cross-legged in the snow, as if a thousand lifetimes had passed in an instant.
He was in a trance, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that the season in this spiritual world was no longer midwinter, but... Su Chun.
Everything begins to revive and vegetation begins to grow.
An ant emerged from the soil and crawled past Ning Fan's feet. It was so familiar and yet so unfamiliar. When Ning Fan reached out to touch it, it turned into little rays of light and dissipated like ice and snow melting.
"You don't want me to touch even an ant here..."
Ning Fan stood up and walked aimlessly on the mountain road of Chun Mountain.
At the end of the mountain road is the sea.
Spring is coming, flowers are blooming, everything is reviving, and it’s mating season again. The male turtle lay on the female turtle's body and made a hearty sound. But as Ning Fan approached, the male turtle seemed to be aware of it and let out a frightened scream. He immediately fled into the sea.
The angry female turtle kept yelling and scolding.
"That male sea turtle is really ugly, as ugly as Wu Laoba..." Ning Fan said inexplicably.
Continue walking aimlessly along the coast.
Suddenly, there was a scene of snipe and clam fighting in front of us.
When I got closer, I realized that it was not a snipe and a clam fighting, but a crane fighting with the clam.
Sensing Ning Fan's approach, the crane suddenly lost consciousness for a moment and hurriedly left the clam behind and flew away.
Ning Fan looked at the direction where the crane was going, thoughtfully. When he came back to his senses, not even the big clam had gone.
move on.
Ning Fan came to the end of the coast, where a wild boar was fighting with a wild dog.
Ning Fan ignored the matter and chose to move in another direction.
There is another mountain ahead.
On the hillside, there was a damaged bullock cart parked.
On top of the bullock cart, there is an old wine gourd.
It was obviously the first time he saw this bullock cart and this wine gourd, but Ning Fan strangely and extremely skillfully jumped onto the bullock cart, untied the wine gourd, and took a big gulp.
The spicy wine enters the throat, like a round sky, like a place, and like an endless road flowing through the mouth.
"The taste...is very good..." Ning Fan praised.
Suddenly, the world in front of me is spinning!
The ray of his mind that entered the Demon Monument finally reached its limit and began to withdraw from the monument.
The mind is at home!
The scene returns to the Star Chronicle Palace, Little Arctic Mountain, and Snow Valley.
Ning Fan's true body is still in the snow valley, but at this moment, he is not standing in front of the Monument of Encountering Demons, nor is his palm pressed on the Monument of Encountering Demons.
The touch in the hand is not the texture and coldness of the Demon Monument.
But...
soft.
Um?
This is…
When Ning Fan completely came to his senses, the scene in front of him shocked him extremely.
What happened after his mind entered the Demon Monument?
Why is he not standing in front of the Demon Monument at this moment, but lying on an inexplicable girl, squeezing her softness? Um?
Really soft.
"Woooooooooooooo..." Jiu Xiaojiu really wanted to cry!
She couldn't figure out why Ning Fan, who was in the process of enlightenment, suddenly suppressed her and pinched her here and here!
She wanted to ask Ning Fan if he was being scornful of her on purpose, but she didn't ask because her mouth was sealed.
The kind that seals mouth to mouth.
After being tasted mouth-to-mouth, the other person also praised the delicious taste.
On the side, were the stunned star demon audience.
And, with the same expression with a hint of strangeness, Xin Yi Nu?
"Senior, I know that you have just been in the process of enlightenment and everything you did was unintentional, so you don't have to mind it too much." Xin Yinu comforted her calmly.
…
After being informed by everyone, Ning Fan finally knew what had just happened.
When his mind entered the Demon Monument, Cang Xingzi and others led Xin Yinu and Jiu Xiaojiu to this place to observe Ning Fan's enlightenment.
At first, Ning Fan's enlightenment was relatively peaceful. His body stood like a statue without any movement.
But after a while, Ning Fan's body began to move aimlessly, walking up and down the Little Arctic Mountain, seemingly disorderly and yet orderly.
Everyone did not dare to wake up Ning Fan who was walking around. They just followed Ning Fan silently and watched in secret.
After that, Ning Fan suddenly jumped on Xin Yinu and pushed her to the ground - his movements were as rough as jumping onto an oxcart.
Fortunately, although Ning Fan's actions were rude, he did not take any further aggressive actions towards Xin Yi Nu.
On the contrary, it was Jiu Xiaojiu who was beside him.
After Ning Fan overpowered the Xin Yi female, Jiu Xiaojiu became anxious and wanted to pull Ning Fan away and rescue the beloved senior Xin Yi female, but was pushed down by Ning Fan instead.
He moved his hands up and down, squeezing it until it was soft.
Jiu Xiaojiu was so angry that he wanted to scold Ning Fan for being a hooligan.
However, he was immediately sealed mouth to mouth, tasted fiercely, and then... was praised that it tastes good...
"Actually, this is a misunderstanding..." Ning Fan didn't know how to explain the misunderstanding.
Jiu Xiaojiu was so angry that she was shaking all over, but she was also timid. At this moment, Ning Fan clearly woke up and did not seal her mouth again, but she calmed down and did not dare to blame Ning Fan for his rudeness.
He just pretended to be a big belly and said, "Senior, this was an unintentional move, and this little girl doesn't care at all."
In fact, he had already determined in his heart that Ning Fan's behavior was definitely a deliberate act of humiliation and revenge against her!
Forget it, don’t be angry! I can’t beat him even if I’m angry! It's a blood loss to be mad at yourself! A good woman does not fight with the devil! In short, the cause and effect should be considered even! This guy has done this and that to me. Even if I don’t make him wine to apologize, I don’t owe him anything!
But I’m still so angry!
"By the way, according to what Fairy Xinyi just said, you came to Xingji Palace specifically to make some wine for me?" Ning Fan said apologetically.
He didn't mean to be frivolous. Although he didn't like Jiu Xiaojiu very much, he did something rude after all, and he was concerned about the relationship between Jiu Xiaojiu and the fish owner. He felt a little more apologetic in his heart. He really didn't want to because This woman hurt her relationship with the fish owner.
He had no intention of accepting any gift of apology from Jiu Xiaojiu, but now that something like this happened again, it was even less possible for him to accept the gift. By asking like this, he actually wanted to refuse the matter so as to prevent the other party from continuing to worry about brewing wine.
"!!!"
Kejiu Xiaojiu was shocked.
But Jiu Xiaojiu misunderstood.
Jiu Xiaojiu only said that Ning Fan wanted to ask for the wine she brewed on the spot, so she was shocked.
I thought to myself, Senior Ning, you have done this and that to me, but you still don’t want to undo the previous consequences! Isn't this enough? I still can’t satisfy you! Are you still going to let me brew it for you? liquor? pay? crime?
Is this good?
this is not good!
Even if I am beaten to death by you, even if I die on the roadside, I will never make it for you again! liquor!
Therefore, she wanted to bravely reject Ning Fan's shameless request.
But when the words came to his lips, it turned out to be "I'm happy to make wine for seniors. Please don't refuse, seniors."
Have no idea!
Ning Fan was looking at her apologetically (with bad intentions), which made her feel scared. She really didn't dare to say anything that might offend him in person.
She is so cowardly!
Too much paranoia!
This is a terminal illness and there is no cure!
…
In the end, with Ning Fan's help, Jiu Xiaojiu easily collected a large amount of Tiandao Purple Qi from the Xingji Palace to use in making wine.
She was furiously refusing in her heart, not wanting to make amends to Ning Fan for making wine, but her body was in a bad shape, and she kept saying "Senior, please accept my apology."
Why!
Why did I apologize to Mao!
Why is Mao not apologizing to me here and there?
Jiu Xiaojiu fell into deep self-doubt and self-denial, and left Xingji Palace in despair.
Leaving with her was the female senior Xin Yi who was traveling with her.
"Just now, thank you for sacrificing your life to save me..." Xin Yi Nu thanked her.
Thanks, it was because when Ning Fan held her down, Jiu Xiaojiu rushed forward to treat her regardless of her own safety.
It's really brave.
It’s hard to imagine that such a timid little girl could have such a brave side.
"Ah, you're welcome, you're welcome, senior, please don't pay attention to this matter. It is an honor for the junior to be able to help the senior. As long as the senior survives, the sacrifice of the junior will be valuable." Jiu Xiaojiu comforted himself.
"But actually, maybe it would have been better if you didn't save me just now, but it's a pity..." Xin Yinu said with a little regret.
Who knows what she is regretting! What a pity!
Could it be that it's a pity that I couldn't repay my benefactor with all my heart and soul?
If so, wouldn't my sacrifice be meaningless!
I was so full of wine that I couldn't breathe.
"But thank you for your kindness. In return, I will accompany you to make wine together. Wherever you need to use your magic power, you can use it to me as a thank you." Xin Yi female thanked you.
"..." No, you really don't have to accompany me! If you stay with me, it won't be convenient for me to poison Ning Fan in the wine.
Forget it, I don’t have the courage to poison him anyway.
I'd better be a happy coward.
"Then thank you for your help, senior." Jiu Xiaojiu said politely.
"Well, generally speaking, this is still a matter of mutual benefit." Xin Yi Nu smiled slightly.
So Jiu Xiaojiu knew in his heart that he would most likely be used as a tool again, which was a shame.
…
As Jiu Xiaojiu and Xin Yinu left, Xiaobei Mountain returned to its previous tranquility.
The Star Demons did not dare to keep making noises like the noisy Jiu Xiaojiu, and they only dared to watch quietly from the sidelines.
The small ball of divine pills circled over the snow valley, always protecting Ning Fan.
"Although I haven't figured out the purpose of Duowen Wushuang letting me enter the Demon Monument..."
"Do you want to enter the Demon Encounter Monument again?"
Ning Fan's eyes flashed and his mind was made up.
He decided to enter the Demon Monument once again to find out.
But this time he had one more order for the Star Demons.
No other people are allowed to watch here.
Just in case someone else is treated like this by him when he is enlightened...
"Just thinking about it carefully, what I saw in the mind of Enchanted Girl is vaguely consistent with what is happening in the outside world. Why is this..."
"That mysterious feeling is like... something that I have pursued before but could never succeed in."
Open your eyes!
If you think about it carefully, what you see and hear when your mind enters the Demon Monument is like waking up from a dream. It is as if what you see there is the real opening of your eyes and the reality; the enlightenment and frivolity at this moment , all kinds of experiences are actually dreams.
It's a very strange and mysterious feeling.
"Could this be the reason why Duo Wen Wushuang directed this matter..."
Ning Fan had a guess in his mind, but could not get confirmation.
After driving away the star demons, he finally took a breath and pressed his palms on the Demon Encounter Monument.
"Mind...invasion!"
