The snow is still falling and it is past midnight.
In the room, Nangong Ruyu had already woken up Xiao Qing, leaving Xiao Long'er alone in bed unwilling to get up.
The charcoal fire in the brazier in the room was burning brightly. Nangong Ruyu, who was too lazy to have breakfast, took some snacks and piled them on the table. It seemed that the two of them didn't care at all about the change in temperature overnight.
It's just snowing, not a knife. Even Xiao Long'er stayed in bed. This kind of weather was suitable for staying indoors.
There was silence between heaven and earth.
Nangong Ruyu stretched out her hands to warm the fire. She was a little distracted when she saw Li Xiuyuan who had put away his sword and came in. Suddenly he said, "We went to the street to inquire about it yesterday, master."
Li Xiuyuan looked at her stunned for a moment, and then asked: "What do you want to know? You won't cause anything, right?"
Xiao Qing, who was sitting nearby, dragged a chair to Li Xiuyuan, who then naturally sat next to the two women.
Nangong Ruyu looked at him and said, "We met the legendary demons. Unexpectedly, they are similar to us humans. They just have two more horns and masks on their faces."
Li Xiuyuan looked at the two women quietly, and after thinking for a while, he said calmly: "The demons I know have different faces. They can't be the same... they should be phantom appearances. Bar?"
"Master, what have you been thinking about these days when you've been asleep?" Nangong Ruyu changed the topic, poured a cup of hot tea for Li Xiuyuan, and took a cup himself.
"I don't know either." Li Xiuyuan shook his head and replied quietly: "You haven't caused any trouble outside these days, have you?"
Xiao Qing continued: "What kind of trouble can you get into here? Fighting and killing are not allowed in the city, otherwise I'm afraid those demons would have wanted to rush up and eat people."
Nangong Ruyu nodded: "I heard that fighting is not allowed in the city, otherwise you will be driven out of Yecheng."
Li Xiuyuan handed over the tea cup and said, "We are not lambs to be slaughtered. There are many people who want to kill me, but it is not easy to succeed."
Nangong Ruyu thought for a while, picked up the cup, took a sip, and said for a moment: "I took Xiaoqing and Xiaolonger shopping, and I always had the feeling that someone was following me, and I don't know where the monster was!"
Although Nangong Ruyu's experience in the world of martial arts is not as good as that of Li Xiuyuan, a woman's intuition tells her that there is danger behind her.
When Li Xiuyuan heard this, he replied gloomily: "Don't go out anymore these days. Just stay in the inn and take a look."
Nangong Ruyu shook her head and said nothing more. She just said quietly: "I hope they won't follow us to the Valley of the Dead, otherwise..."
Being smart, she naturally knew Li Xiuyuan's methods.
"Come on, the more people, the better." Li Xiuyuan's voice was emotionless and he smiled: "Someone gives you money, don't you want it?"
Nangong Ruyu was silent. She naturally knew that Li Xiuyuan was very strong. He was so strong that he could kill the monster dragon at the peak of Dongtian with his sword in the cave. She was afraid that there were no monks like her master in the entire seven towns in front of Longmen Pass.
Xiao Qing glanced at the two of them, then took a sip from the tea cup in front of her, looked at Li Xiuyuan and asked, "After you've finished sleeping, it's Xiao Long'er's turn to sleep. Do you want to wake her up for dinner?"
"Whatever she wants." Li Xiuyuan threw two pieces of charcoal into the brazier and replied quietly: "We will have another day of rest today, and we will leave Tianye City tomorrow."
Xiao Qing raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you want to bury people in the Valley of the Dead? I didn't expect you to come to the Shura battlefield, so you are not afraid of getting into trouble."
She didn't understand what Li Xiuyuan wanted to do?
This issue has been tangled in Xiaoqing's mind. She doesn't like that someone of unknown origin suddenly follows the four of her at this time, which makes her feel insecure.
However, as long as Li Xiuyuan is by her side, it is not her turn to worry about these troubles.
Thinking of this, Xiao Qing suddenly said: "These people should not be from the Heavenly Demon. I don't know if they are casual cultivators from that Heavenly Realm. They probably ran away from us."
Li Xiuyuan didn't understand very well, but he believed in the judgments of Nangong Ruyu and Xiao Qing. Only Xiao Long'er was like him, he didn't need to think about it, and he would just kill with one sword when something happened.
He sighed, looked at the two of them and said, "Let's wait until they take action."
Xiao Qing glanced at him and knew that Li Xiuyuan was a person who was not afraid of trouble, let alone Xiao Longer who was not afraid of trouble even when he was lying alone in bed.
Thinking of this, looking at Nangong Ruyu, she couldn't help but laugh: "It's not bad to think about it, eldest sister. When we go to the Valley of the Dead, it will be time for Li Xiuyuan and Xiao Long'er to dig holes and bury people."
When killing people, you don’t need to choose whether it rains or snows, but it depends on your mood.
If there are really casual cultivators who want to kill Xiao Qing and the three girls, no matter if they are from that heavenly realm, Li Xiuyuan will have a reason to kill them. When he comes to the Shura battlefield, he will put aside many of his previous thoughts.
"Don't let me look at their shadows." Li Xiuyuan said lightly.
Nangong Ruyu looked at him and said calmly: "If they go to the Valley of the Dead with them, will the master treat the two dragons like Xiao Long'er did?"
Li Xiuyuan was silent for a moment: "If they don't take action, we won't take the initiative to provoke them."
Xiaoqing naturally understood what Li Xiuyuan meant. The three of them had bought enough food and snacks these days, enough for her to stay in the wild with Li Xiuyuan for a year or longer.
After Da Chu's accident, she no longer thought about leaving Li Xiuyuan and flying alone. After all, she and Xiao Long'er were not as good as Li Xiuyuan in facing the dangerous things in the world.
She glanced at Nangong Ruyu and said quietly: "Sister, think about it, by the time we leave the Shura battlefield, will we have already broken through to the extraordinary?"
"Xiaoqing, you are dreaming." Nangong Ruyu was frightened by her, thinking that her mother had practiced for countless years before she could reach the extraordinary state.
And how many days had he been with Li Xiuyuan? How long have you been practicing?
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but murmured: "I've been feeling like I'm dreaming these days, and I've reached the middle of the cave world without knowing it..."
"I look forward to breaking through to the extraordinary realm as soon as possible, so that I will never be tricked again when I return to the Shura Realm." When Xiao Qing said this, he glanced at Li Xiuyuan.
"You are dreaming." Nangong Ruyu glared at her.
The three of them fell silent for a moment. In such a windy and snowy day, there was a group of unknown casual cultivators following behind. It was thrilling and exciting to think about it. This was much more fun than the black dragon in the cave.
If you want to defraud my head, you must be prepared to keep your head. This is Li Xiuyuan's consistent principle.
Just like the army of Taoyuan Platinum City, they couldn't keep him, not to mention that he has now reached a new level.
"I don't understand why these guys are following you three?" Li Xiuyuan frowned and said, "It seems that even if we hide in the mountains, we will not be at peace."
"Yu'er is not afraid." Nangong Ruyu looked at him and said slowly: "If they dare to follow us to the Valley of the Dead, Yu'er will kill them personally."
After Li Xiuyuan thought for a moment, he slowly shook his head: "I don't know who else they have. We will leave tomorrow. If there are only a few people, why do you need to worry?"
Xiaoqing gave him a strange look, thinking that this is not your style.
Li Xiuyuan looked up at the snowy sky outside the hall, thinking that a snowy day like this is a good time to dig holes and bury people, so don't bother me.
His current thoughts are only on finding the Phoenix Spirit, and he doesn't even bother to play cat and mouse games with these casual cultivators from all major heavens.
As long as you dare to trouble yourself, there is only one result.
To this day, whenever Li Xiuyuan thinks about what Xiao Long'er and Xiao Qing met in Dachu Imperial City, from that moment on, he feels a trace of anger in his heart.
As long as he thinks back to the words he heard Chu Feiyan say that day, he still has a trace of palpitations in his heart and a streak of anger that has not been extinguished.
When the Shura battlefield is over, he will finally go to Dachu.
He didn't know what kind of attitude Dachu Imperial City would use to welcome his anger!
Even after ten years, this anger still cannot be extinguished.
Although he had already dethroned the Weiyuan Hou of Tianfeng Kingdom's Cave Heaven Realm, it was not enough. Because the main culprit has not been punished yet, he doesn't care whether the main culprit is the emperor of Dachu or the emperor's uncle.
Nangong Ruyu and Xiaoqing didn't know what Li Xiuyuan was thinking, and they didn't take these shadows following them seriously.
Xiao Qing touched her belly and shouted in frustration: "I'm going to wake Xiao Long'er up. It's almost noon."
"Then wake her up and let's go get something to eat."
After sleeping for a few days, Li Xiuyuan's stomach began to growl.
Li Xiuyuan looked at Nangong Ruyu and sighed, stood up, patted his black shirt, and prepared to walk out of the hall.
A gust of wind and snow blew into the living room, causing his eyes to narrow. But there was no hidden arrow as expected, and he couldn't help but despise these casual cultivators.
I also want to kill people and buy goods, but I don’t have the courage.
...
After breakfast the next day, Li Xiuyuan took the three girls out of the inn against the wind and snow.
In the eyes of ordinary practitioners, such weather is only suitable for staying in an inn, brewing a pot of tea, and then brewing another pot to enjoy life in the moment.
Li Xiuyuan bought four wildebeests and planned to release them when they could no longer walk.
Li Xiuyuan didn't care about such weather, and Xiao Qing and Xiao Long'er naturally didn't care either. Nangong Ruyu thought of the days when she and her master were in Tianshan, so naturally she didn't care either.
The four of them were walking on the deserted streets of Yecheng. Not to mention the casual cultivators from all major heavenly realms, not even a single demon from a foreign land could be seen.
Only the guards guarding the east city gate looked at the four people on horseback with surprised eyes.
In their opinion, not only the monks, but also the demons would not go out in such weather.
And when the four people were riding horses through the long street, there were always some mysterious figures in teahouses, restaurants, inns, or in some dark place, silently watching the four people leaving.
Xiao Longer was the most vigilant. When she told Li Xiuyuan the situation, Li Xiuyuan just nodded lightly and said with a faint smile: "Let him go!"
Nangong Ruyu frowned and asked, "Master, will these guys follow?"
Li Xiuyuan shook his head, waved his hand and said, "I don't care if he will follow. Let's walk more today and find a place to rest in the Valley of the Dead at night."
"Xiao Long'er, you need to think more carefully later."
Nangong Ruyu looked at Xiao Longer riding on the horse and said with a smile: "Don't let the hidden arrows behind you hurt the master."
"Brother's skin is very thick and can't be hurt." Xiao Long'er rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Xiao Long'er's skin is already very thick, but it's still not as thick as my brother's."
Li Xiuyuan was silent for a moment, thinking that he wanted to see where the monster dared to cause trouble for him.
The young blue-eyed Li Xiuyuan didn't care at all, so he followed Nangong Ruyu and walked forward.
Just like yesterday, snow is still falling in the sky, and the snowflakes are gradually charming the eyes and tempting people.
