Qingyun Mountain, Xiaozhu Peak. The night was dark, and the sky was solidified like dark ink. We could only vaguely see the thick dark clouds moving slowly in the sky, and the silent rain fell from the boundless blackness.Farther away in the sky, there was a faint rumble of thunder, and it was unknown whether there would be more violent wind and rain coming. The disciples of the Qingyun Sect who went to the southern border have been back for a few days. Among them, Lu Xueqi returned to Xiaozhufeng after meeting the elders of the master sect, and never appeared again. It was as if she had never noticed the undercurrent caused by it.

The steep and beautiful Xiaozhufeng is still as calm as it has been for thousands of years. The bamboos all over the mountains, on this stormy night, still murmur the sound of rustling and bamboo waves, silently gazing at the people on the mountain. The green light in the hut is like a candle. The door is lightly closed, but the window is still half open. The wind and rain in the mountains come quietly, and the rain powder flies into the house from time to time, wets the window sill made of pruning bamboo, slowly condenses into water droplets, and slides down quietly, leaving behind trails. Water marks.The wind blowing from a distance gently shakes the window, making a soft "squeak" sound in this silent rainy night.

The candles placed on the table in the house swayed intermittently, flickering and flickering. It seemed that they were about to be blown out several times, but they were always struggling. They persisted until the mountain wind weakened, and slowly recovered and brightened again. . In the night, there was no other light, and a place a little far away from this candle was shrouded in shadow. Lu Xueqi sat under the lamp, watching the candle flame silently. Green lights, beauties, in such a night, it seems that the condensed melancholy is silently engraved in the time, but I don't know, how much time can I keep?

Outside the door, light footsteps sounded from far away, and Lu Xueqi's head moved slightly.A gust of mountain wind blew through the window, the candles on the table flickered and ebbed and flowed, and her beautiful hair fluttered gently with the wind. The door, with a low sound, was pushed open.The wind and rain outside the house suddenly became louder, as if the wind became stronger in an instant, and was about to rush into the house. Fortunately, after that moment, the visitor had already entered the house, turned around and closed the door, which also cut off the wind and rain outside the house, and gave the house a new lease of life. There was silence in the house.

Lu Xueqi stood up, lowered her head slightly, and said, "Senior sister, why are you here?" It was Wen Min who came. She glanced at Lu Xueqi, walked to the table, and sighed slightly: "Since you have returned to the mountain, it is rare to see you out of this room. If I don't come to see you again, I'm afraid I won't know you." What's going on now?" Lu Xueqi looked up at Wen Min, and saw a smile on the corner of her senior sister's mouth, her eyes were soft, clearly full of concern.She smiled in a low voice, and said, "What will happen to me, thank you, Senior Sister, for your concern."

Wen Min looked at her for a while, and saw that Lu Xueqi looked as usual except her face was slightly pale, and then she slowly relaxed, and then said: "Junior Sister, it's good that you are fine, but as a sister, let's see how you change." It really hurts me to become like this. Also, after you went back to the mountain, you only saw Master once that day, and then you shut yourself in this hut, and never went to see her old man again. Anyway, you can You can't blame Master in your heart, you know, we were all brought up by her old man." Lu Xueqi shook her head and said: "Senior Sister, what did you say, I definitely don't dare to blame Master in the slightest, I dare not go to see Master, it's just that I know I'm not good enough, and I'm afraid of making Master angry. "

Wen Min was stunned for a moment, looked at Lu Xueqi, after a while, his expression was complicated, his words stopped, he only sighed in a low voice, and stood up. At this moment, in the distance of the sky, a flash of lightning suddenly flashed, followed by a thunderclap, which sounded like cracking silk, but it seemed to echo above the head, and the echo lingered and lingered for a long time. The wind outside the house seemed to be a little tighter. Wen Min frowned, walked to the window, took a look outside, and said, "Looking at the sky, it seems that the rain is going to be heavy again."

Lu Xueqi stood up, walked slowly to the window, stood beside Wen Min, and looked out. In the night, two slender figures stood side by side, staring at the dark night and endless wind and rain. In the distance, the rustling of bamboo waves and the sound of rain hitting bamboo leaves are faintly heard. For a moment, I don't know if they are still in this tranquility, and both of them are speechless. After a long time, Wen Min took a deep breath, smiled slightly, and said, "Speaking of which, it's been a long time since we watched the rain together, right?" A smile appeared on the corner of Lu Xueqi's mouth, and she said: "Yes, actually, I also remember that when I went up the mountain when I was a child, it was you who took care of me at the very beginning. I was very scared." She slowly turned her head, her eyes were soft, and she said in a low voice: "Every time, you are the senior sister who takes me and sits by the window to watch the rain and tells me not to be afraid."

Wen Min shook his head and laughed, stretched out his hand and gently stroked the smooth long hair on Lu Xueqi's shoulder, and suddenly sighed, "In a blink of an eye, you have grown up." Lu Xueqi felt Wen Min's palm gently patted her shoulder, as if there was some warmth coming from there.After a moment of silence, Lu Xueqi looked at her senior sister and said, "Senior sister, if you have anything to say, just tell me." Wen Min was startled for a moment, then smiled wryly at the end, and said, "I know you've always been smart, and you can't hide anything from you..." She paused, and said, "Junior Sister, in fact, your intelligence is far better than mine. As a big sister, how come you can't see through it, can't understand it, and suffer in vain?"

The smile on the corner of Lu Xueqi's mouth slowly disappeared, replaced by a familiar indifferent expression, but, facing Wen Min, she no longer had that cold feeling. "I'm not bitter!" Lu Xueqi said quietly, gazing at the night outside the window. Wen Min stared in astonishment, Lu Xueqi's eyes drifted far away, she didn't know where to look in the deep night, but the tone of her words couldn't be more clear: "I have never been bitter, senior sister. Preaching is to let us have no worries, be at ease, understand nature, and seek longevity, isn't it?"

Wen Min nodded, and said, "That's right, in fact, in terms of practice, we Taoism and Buddhism both have some similarities." Lu Xueqi lightly supported the bamboo handle on the window sill, when a gust of cold wind blew, she seemed to be a little chilled, she shrank a little, but she still stood, and crystal drops of water soon condensed on her white palms. "But, what do I want to live forever?" Wen Min opened his mouth slightly, and frowned between his brows. "I know that the teachings passed down by the ancestors of the Qingyun sect for thousands of years are absolutely infallible. If we mortals want to get rid of reincarnation, we may achieve long life through cultivation. In the past, I thought the same way Yes, so I focused on cultivation. But now..." Lu Xueqi smiled in a low voice, as if deep in her heart, and said: "If you want me to be ruthless and loveless all my life, if you want my heart to be as white as a piece of paper and become a fairy, then such a long life, such a fairy , but it is what I want!" Wen Min said, "Junior Sister, what are you talking about?" As if she didn't hear Wen Min's words, Lu Xueqi continued on her own: "I know what you're thinking, senior sister, you're probably calling me ignorant of human affairs, ignorant of the hardships and dangers of this world, and most of what I want and want in my heart. It’s hard to get results. In fact, why don’t I know? If it’s a bitter heart, I have indeed suffered for it. But now, I think about it. People say that the world is unforgivable and unforgivable, but I can’t be like him after all. , break the door and become a monk. But even so, I only hope that there is someone in my heart that I can miss, and I also know that he also has me in his heart, as long as this is the case, I will be satisfied." Wen Min snorted and said, "Don't you know that you will end up with no results? Don't you care?" The expression on Lu Xueqi's face changed for the first time, as if the deep sadness had passed quietly, and after a long while, she whispered: "Of course I care, if possible, who doesn't want to stay together forever, who doesn't want to Everlasting? It’s just that I know it’s hard to achieve, so I don’t think about it. Anyway, who knows what the future will be, but I will never forget it.” Wen Min looked deeply at the beautiful woman in front of her. In the night, she was as beautiful and elegant as a lily, blooming in loneliness.She sighed softly, and said: "Anyway, I knew I would not be able to persuade you. You should go see Master tomorrow morning." Lu Xueqi was stunned for a moment, then turned her head and said: "Although I am not unwilling to visit Master, but if I go, I will probably make her angry again." Wen Min shook his head and said, "Master asked me to call you in private today, and what I did was a serious business, so don't worry." Lu Xueqi hesitated for a moment, and said: "The party in the southern border, the beast god died, and the serious troubles of Zhengdao's confidants are gone, what else is there?" Wen Min hesitated for a moment, then said, "It's the demon cult that has revived." Lu Xueqi's body shook, and at the same time, a complex and difficult look flashed in her eyes, and she said, "What?" Seeing Lu Xueqi's strange expression in his eyes, Wen Min sighed in his heart, but he still said calmly: "Recently there have been rumors that the demon cult thieves who were destroyed by the beast gods during the beast monster catastrophe that day still have remnants of crimes. It means to make a comeback. Moreover, our Qingyun Sect is facing internal and external troubles at the moment, and Master seems to be worried too. You know that she has always valued you the most, and it is probably because of this that she asked you to come over." Lu Xueqi was silent for a long time, nodded and said: "Yes, then I will go to see Master tomorrow morning." Wen Min nodded and said, "Then you should rest earlier, I'm leaving." Lu Xueqi didn't stay any longer, and when she arrived at the door, Wen Min suddenly stopped, turned around and looked at Lu Xueqi, and said, "Junior Sister, if you have something to do in the future, don't keep it in your heart, if you believe in being an older sister, tell me It’s better to say it than to be bored in your heart.” Lu Xueqi nodded slowly, and said in a low voice: "Yes, senior sister, I know." Wen Min looked at her expression, and expected that although she agreed, with Lu Xueqi's temperament, most of the troubles happened, so she wouldn't talk about it.At that moment, he could only smile wryly, and turned to leave. Leaning against the door, watching Wen Min go far away. Lu Xueqi slowly retracted her gaze, only to see that the night was as dark as ink, the wind and rain were rustling, and the world was silent, as if there was a feeling of bleakness. For a moment, she was so dazed, for a long time, as if she just woke up from a dream, she turned around silently, and closed the door gently. The wind and rain of heaven and earth were also shut outside the door. ※※※ Just like the news obtained secretly by Qing Yunmen, Huqi Mountain, which was thousands of miles away, suddenly became lively here in the once deserted mountain.A large number of Demon Sect disciples returned to the Ghost King Sect's residence, the previously sealed organs were opened one by one, and the abandoned checkpoints were restored one by one under orderly command. On a clear day, the Ghost King Zong, the last and most powerful faction of the Demon Cult at the moment, returned to Middle Earth under the leadership of the Ghost King. Large and small parcels, the long queue that can't be seen at a glance, seems like a group of ants returning to the nest from a long distance, and in this team, the most striking thing is that every few tens of feet, there will be hundreds of ants. The guards of the Demon Cult disciples escorted a certain colossus, and the outside was completely covered with thick gray cloth, showing a huge square shape. Under the curtain, from time to time, there were shocking low-pitched roars, full of ferocious anger. , but for some reason it sounded like a lack of Qi, and seemed to be some kind of monster that was extremely exhausted. This huge and mysterious thing was quickly transported by these Demon Cult disciples who seemed to be familiar with the road, into the huge cave run by the ghost king Zongna in Huqi Mountain for generations. In the air, only the sound of an unknown monster gradually receding and echoing in a low voice remained. Whining and roaring, at the same time, for some reason in the wind, a strange bloody aura gradually emerged from the surroundings and wafted in the wind. The Ghost King stood with his hands behind his back, watching the last mysterious giant being transported into the depths of the cave, with a blank expression on his face. At first glance, he seemed to have changed nothing, except for the sideburns of his hair. For the sake of my daughter, there are more white hairs. Behind him, there are two figures standing, one is You Ji, still in the same black veil mask, silent, the other is covered in black shadow, it is Mr. Ghost. When almost all the disciples of the Devil's Cult entered the cave, several people quickly ran forward to report to the Ghost King in a low voice. The Ghost King listened silently and did not say anything. Quickly disperse, under the silent order, the boulder mechanism at the entrance of the cave slowly fell down, blocking the light from the outside world. In the darkness, the Ghost King exhaled lightly. This familiar, cavernous smell. In the deep cave passageway, light slowly lit up. It was the disciples of the Devil's Cult who lit the torches hanging above the passageway one by one. Under the familiar dim yellow firelight, shadows also began to shake. Behind him, You Ji slowly took a step forward, and said softly: "Sect Master, do you want to go see Ghost Li?" There seemed to be a twinkle in the ghost king's eyes, and he said, "After I came back, I haven't seen him yet. Where is he?" You Ji whispered: "He has always been with Baguio." The ghost king was about to move forward, paused for a moment, and said after a while, "I'll go there, you don't have to follow." You Ji responded, and watched the ghost king go to the distance until the figure disappeared. When she turned her head, she was suddenly shocked. The mysterious shadow beside her had disappeared at some point.Under the black veil, You Ji's two willow eyebrows slowly frowned, with complex expressions flashing in her eyes. ※※※ Outside the cold stone room deep in the mountain cave, it is completely different from the bustling situation outside. There is no noise here, and it is still as quiet as before. Perhaps in the eyes of some people, there is more here, it should be lonely. The ghost king stood outside the door of the cold stone room for a long time, facing the stone door, for some reason he never stretched out to open it, the heavy stone door lay in front of him, but his eyes seemed to have penetrated the door. Go to the impenetrable stone. Behind the stone gate, in the cold place, is the daughter still lying peacefully? Will a man as strong as him have moments of weakness where he doesn't want to face his daughter? I don't know how long it took, time passed quietly, the ghost king's body moved, slowly stretched out his hand, and turned the mechanism, there was a low roar, and the stone door opened slowly in front of him. A gust of cold air rushed towards the face from behind the stone gate, and there were faint traces of white air floating in the stone room.The ghost king stepped in, and the stone door closed behind him. Nothing has changed. The figure lying peacefully even included the man who had been sitting by the side in his memory. Gui Li didn't turn his head even to take a look, he still just looked at Bi Yao, and Ghost King didn't say anything, walked to the other side of the ice stone platform silently, staring at his daughter. Baguio still had that calm expression with a satisfied smile on her face, lying quietly, and between the crossed hands in front of her, the magical treasure of the Devil's Cult, the acacia bell, was quietly resting in her palm . The faint, golden radiance seemed to be refracted from the bell of the Acacia Bell, emitting rays of light of different lengths. In the silent stone room, somehow, it always gave people an illusion, as if there was a low voice coming from somewhere. The reverberating and clear ringing of the bell, but if you listen carefully, you can't find any trace, only the faint light on the always flashing bell, like gentle eyes, staring at the men in the two stone chambers. "Is she alright these days when I'm not here?" Ghost King said indifferently, his eyes have been on his daughter since he entered the stone room. Gui Li slowly raised his head, looked at the ghost king, the ghost king also looked away from Bi Yao, and looked at Gui Li. The gazes of the two men met in mid-air, as if there was a silent wind and thunder. Between them, in Baguio's hand, the light on the acacia bell lightly circulated. "She's fine." Gui Li stood up and said calmly. The Ghost King nodded and said, "With you here, I am very relieved." He paused for a moment, and then said: "Did you find any news about the resurrection technique when you went to the southern border this time?" A trace of sadness flashed across Gui Li's face, he shook his head, Ghost King was silent, looked down at Bi Yao, and sighed softly.In fact, the main purpose of Ghost Li going to the southern border this time is to track the beast god and receive the secret order of the ghost king to capture the beast gluttonous around the beast god, but at the moment the two of them are talking, it seems that they have already forgotten this matter. In the stone room, there was another silence. At the end, the Ghost King's face became solemn, and he said calmly: "I still have something to tell you, but this is not suitable for you, let's go out." Gui Li nodded, didn't say much, took a last look at Baguio, for some reason, a trace of guilt flashed in his eyes, he turned around and walked out randomly.The ghost king followed behind him and walked out of the stone gate. The heavy stone gate fell slowly, once again catching the silence. In the huge cold stone room, only the faint light of the acacia bell was left. ※※※ The two men walked side by side in the spacious corridor. Along the way, the disciples of the Devil's Cult they met retreated to the sides one after another, bowing their heads in salute. The sound of footsteps echoed softly. Rounding several corners, the two arrived at the residence where Gui Li lived. The King of Ghosts glanced at Gui Li, as if he sensed something, Gui Li frowned slightly, but he didn't look at the King of Ghosts, he just smiled slightly. After hesitating, he reached out and opened the door. Two people walked in. "Squeak, squeak..." "Roar……" The monkey Xiao Hui's familiar cry was accompanied by several strange roars. The Taotie, who used to be a strange beast who followed the beast god, was lying on the ground in Ghost Li's room, but it seemed to be very sluggish. Sluggish and lazy, with its eyes as big as copper bells closed, it lay motionless on the ground. But the monkey Xiaohui still had the same spirit as before, jumping around around Taotie, touching left, hitting right, pulling Taotie's tail for a while, patting Taotie's head for a while, what's more, occasionally Stretching out his hand to Taotie's bloody mouth, he opened Taotie's mouth, and looked inside curiously. Looking at Xiao Hui's appearance, it seems that he wants to cheer up Taotie and play together, but obviously it has no effect on Taotie. After Ghost King and Ghost Li walked in, Taotie turned a blind eye and lay on the ground lazily as before, the monkey Xiaohui let out a cheer, jumped on top of Ghost Li, and lay on his master's shoulder. Gui Li patted Xiao Hui's head, and calmly said to the Ghost King: "That's it." The Ghost King didn't speak, just stared at Taotie lying on the ground.At the corner of his mouth, a faint smile slowly appeared, but there was a trace of unfathomable meaning in the smile.