Chapter 313 Chapter Twenty-three

The continuous mountains are undulating, and under the sun, a figure shuttles between the mountains like a bird. The sky was cloudless, and the scorching sun shone brightly on the earth. Even in the depths of the dense forest, the light was extremely clear.At this time, the figure entered a forest, and after changing directions several times in a row, it disappeared. The mountain wind blew gently, and there were rustling sounds in the woods, as well as the low roars of wild animals.At this time, a faint human voice came faintly, but it was covered by the sound of the unknown bird's chirping, and it seemed a little erratic.

In the forest, the ancient trees were towering and dense, and under a dark cliff, a dark figure could be vaguely seen, lying motionless on the ground. "Feng, how are you, is it okay?" It was a woman's voice, soft and worried. On the ground, a man's deep voice came: "I am seriously injured, and it will be difficult to recover for a while, but I won't die for the time being, so don't worry." The woman lowered her head and said in a worried tone: "Why don't we stay here for a while and stabilize your injury first?" The man shook his head and vetoed: "No, this place is not far from Mount Hua. Once he chases us, we will surely die, so we have to leave immediately."

The woman hesitated, under the dim light, her face was faintly covered with melancholy. "I understand, but your injury is too serious, I'm worried..." The man interrupted her and comforted her: "Don't worry, I survived such a dangerous situation last time, so what's the point? Let's go, we have to stay away from Mount Hua as soon as possible, and then find a way to heal." The woman glanced at the man resentfully, bent down lightly to carry him on her back, then unfolded her spiritual consciousness and flew towards the north. Leaving the dark area, the woman revealed a slender and moving figure.She was wearing a long pink dress, her beautiful face was frowning, she turned out to be Xu Jie from Phoenix Academy.On his back, Lin Yunfeng was weak and weak, his eccentric face was pale and bleeding, and he could no longer see the mischievousness of the past.

It turned out that Lin Yunfeng fled back to the room after being seriously injured by Jian Wuchen. With the help of Xu Jie, he managed to avoid Jian Wuchen's pursuit with the help of the magical invisibility technique of "Three-color Youlian".Afterwards, he followed Xu Jie on the road of escape until he came to this woods. Seeing that he was seriously injured, Xu Jie paused to heal him, but Lin Yunfeng thought it was important to escape, and urged Xu Jie Jie can't stay for a moment. Shuttle through the woods, Xu Jie turned her head back from time to time, her soft eyes filled with silent care and worry.

After leaving Huashan, the fate of the two has been linked together ever since.She put aside the shyness and reservedness of her daughter's family, and followed Lin Yunfeng without asking any reason, just for a love, a relationship. For her, this move made her love come true, but she lost her mentor-student relationship and fellowship. Was the price too high?Xu Jie asked secretly in her heart, but she couldn't answer it herself. Avoiding her gaze, Lin Yunfeng forced a smile, comforting her with a smile, keeping an eye on all directions, full of vigilance in his heart.At this time, he is no longer the playful boy he was back then. After experiencing countless things, his face is a little less immature and more stable, and his whole body exudes a faint maturity.

Xu Jie's eyes revealed her intentions, Lin Yunfeng knew about it, but this moment was not a time of love, so he had to pretend not to know. A soft sigh resounded from Xu Jie's mouth, like a sharp sword, piercing Lin Yunfeng's heart fiercely. Looking into the distance, Xu Jie said to herself: "This is the end of the world, the vast world, where can I rest in peace?" A bit of bitterness appeared on Lin Yunfeng's pale face, and he said in a low voice, "I'm sorry, I'm the one who got you into trouble." Xu Jie maintained her forward speed, shook her head slightly and said, "At this moment, do you still think it is necessary to say sorry to me?"

Lin Yunfeng was taken aback for a moment, then came to his senses, and said apologetically, "Jie, I..." With a faint smile, Xu Jie said with a complicated expression: "Actually, from the moment we left the door, there was no need to say sorry between us. It's just that the incident happened so suddenly that we couldn't adapt to it for a while." Slightly nodding, Lin Yunfeng said: "Thank you, with you in this life, death is enough." The voice was very soft, but it sounded like thunder in Xu Jie's ears, causing her steady body to tremble suddenly, and a little something appeared on her beautiful face. Sad look.

Adding and subtracting, Xu Jie stared at those eyes, her lips trembled slightly, but she never made a sound.It seems that she still can't get used to it, or maybe happiness comes too quickly. Their eyes met, and smiles appeared on their faces. After a long time, Xu Jie withdrew her eyes, looked at the clouds in the distance, and said in a low voice: "The sky is spinning, the earth is moving, and there are strands of love and thoughts, the mountain wind blows, the flowers are like rain, and the fragrance of the dust is all you!" You Mengyin, can't tell how much affection a young girl has, and she loves lightly, but it causes the infatuated man to sigh at the moon.

Leaning on Xu Jie's back, Lin Yunfeng looked at her slightly fluttering eyelashes from the side, her affectionate words echoed in her ears, and there was an indescribable complex emotion in her heart.For a long time, the relationship between myself and Xu Jie has not experienced too much wind and rain.Even if they lived and died together in Huangquan, it was forced by the situation. In the past, Lin Yunfeng was naughty by nature, and his devotion to Xu Jie actually contained a playful psychology.But at this moment, Xu Jie's words shook his mind, and he suddenly felt a sense of guilt, secretly hating himself for not knowing how to cherish, and almost betraying the girl's love.

Withdrawing his thoughts, Lin Yunfeng looked at the front, and said in a low and serious voice: "In the past, I was playful and aggressive, and I was competitive everywhere. I ignored you in many places. From now on, I will change everything and let you feel happy by my side. " Xu Jie paused, looked back at him, and then continued to move forward, whispering softly, "What does happiness taste like?" Lin Yunfeng's face froze, then his expression changed, and he said with a bit of humor: "Of course the taste of happiness is the most beautiful. Don't think too much about it. I guarantee you will like it in the future."

Listening to his cheerful voice, Xu Jie's sad mood suddenly improved a lot, a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she said shyly: "Remember what you said, don't lie to others anymore." Seeing that her mood improved, Lin Yunfeng smiled and said: "Don't worry, if I dare to coax you, I will let you come back." Xu Jie yelled coquettishly, and laughed and cursed: "You will never change your nature, Smelly Yunfeng, I ignore you." The words suddenly accelerated, turning into a faint light and shadow, and disappeared in the mountain forest in a blink of an eye. At noon, Xu Jie carried Lin Yunfeng on her back to the upper reaches of the Yellow River, which was more than five hundred miles away from Mount Hua. Turning around, Xu Hao glanced at the way he came from, and sighed softly: "Yunfeng, we hid our footprints along the way, and we didn't find anyone chasing us. It seems that we are safe." On his back, Lin Yunfeng didn't respond. In a coma. Realizing his situation, Xu Jie's face was startled, her eyes searched around, and finally noticed a lone peak, after a moment of hesitation, she swooped down with Lin Yunfeng. At the top of Zhigu Peak, Xu Jie didn't care to observe the surrounding situation first, and quickly put down Lin Yunfeng on her back, and carefully checked his injuries.After examining Xu Jie, she found that Lin Yunfeng's injury was far more serious than imagined, and the meridians all over her body were severely damaged. Although it was better than last time, it was also extremely dangerous. Supporting his body, Xu Jie called softly: "Yunfeng, cheer up, you'll be fine with me here." After speaking, she sat cross-legged on the ground, gathered her true energy with both hands, and slowly pressed it on his chest , The powerful aura is like a flame, wrapping the bodies of the two of them. The sun shrouded the earth with scorching heat.On the isolated peak, Xu Jie and Lin Yunfeng stood still, shining faintly in the sunlight.For ordinary people, such exposure to the sun is harmful to the body, but for Xu Jie, the phoenix law she practiced was reborn from the fire of the mind, and the sunlight was of great help to her.However, Lin Yunfeng has learned quite a lot, and the "yin and yang formula" in his body also has the effect of absorbing sunlight for his own use, so it is actually beneficial to the body and mind under the scorching sun. Time passed silently, and the dazzling light around Xu Jie was gradually fading away.When the sun shifted, Xu Jie withdrew her hands and fell to the ground exhausted, but her eyes were fixed on Lin Yunfeng's expression. In the same place, Lin Yunfeng sat still, with blood on his pale face, but his eyes did not open at all.Xu Jie was a little worried about this. Through the healing just now, she felt that Lin Yunfeng should wake up, but Lin Yunfeng's injury was too serious, and she was not sure. Looking back, Xu Jie sighed quietly and got up slowly.Patting the dust off her body, Xu Jie adjusted the true essence in her body to speed up recovery, while paying attention to the surrounding environment. Under the sunlight, this lone peak is like a sharp knife inserted upside down among the mountains, which looks a little weird.In addition, there are four peaks that are almost equal in height and evenly distributed around the peak, as if they are guarding the peak. Walking around the top of the mountain, Xu Jie frowned slightly, and said to herself: "It's strange, why can't my spiritual sense detect the slightest breath fluctuation here? Is it because I have consumed too much real energy, or is it because of other reasons?" What about it?" After thinking for a while and still not being sure, Xu Jie stopped wasting energy and walked slowly to Lin Yunfeng's side, looking at him softly with a slight melancholy on his face. When you open your eyes, you will see a pair of bright eyes, which are full of excitement and joy, sorrow and anxiety.After gazing for a moment, Lin Yunfeng looked away, looked at the familiar face in front of him, looked at the worry that had not dissipated, and couldn't help but hug her into his arms. Weeping with joy, Xu Jie hugged Lin Yunfeng tightly, and said in a low voice, "It's good that you are fine, I was so worried about you just now." Lin Yunfeng was so moved that he didn't know what to say, so he hugged her tightly and promised, "I won't let you worry about me anymore, I will protect you well, give you a happy life, and let you live forever." In happiness." With a sweet smile, Xu Jie lowered her head and said softly, "As long as you are by my side, even bitterness is sweet." Lin Yunfeng smiled, his expression was a little stiff, it was the first time he faced love directly, which made him a little embarrassed.In the past, his relationship with Xu Jie was well known to everyone, but at that time he always avoided the important ones and concealed his intentions with a playful expression.Now, with no outsiders and no need to hide, he discovered that love is the words that can't come out of his mouth, and he wants to take them back but the bones are stuck in his throat. Touching Xu Jie's beautiful hair, Lin Yunfeng was thinking about how to speak, so as not to lose the man's face, but also to soothe the girl's heart.For love, he still seems a little strange. Although the woman in his arms is in love with him, whether the words are expressed properly will often affect each other's feelings. For this reason, he fell into deep thought, and at this moment, a strange feeling came into his heart and caught his attention. Pushing Xu Jie away, Lin Yunfeng glanced around and said in a low voice, "I have a feeling that this place seems very strange." Xu Jie blushed slightly, avoided his gaze, and said softly: "I don't know, but I tried it just now, and found that my spiritual consciousness didn't respond at all, and I don't know if it has something to do with the environment here, or my own The problem." Standing up, Lin Yunfeng looked at the nearby mountains, his eyes stayed on the four peaks, and said with a serious face: "This terrain is familiar, it seems that I have seen it somewhere before, but I just can't remember it for a while." Xu Jie said softly: "Don't worry, take your time, it's good to be able to remember, it doesn't matter if you can't, anyway, I won't stay here forever." Lin Yunfeng responded with an oh, but his eyes fluctuated, revealing There was a hint of mystery. After a while, Lin Yunfeng exclaimed, and said with a changed expression: "I remembered, I have seen the terrain here in a booklet of Master. According to the above records, this is the 'Four Elephants'. It’s just that I’m curious, what is there on this lonely peak, and why does it appear here?” Xu Jie was puzzled, and asked: "Yunfeng, what is the 'Four Evils' land, and what is so amazing about it? Why is your expression so heavy?" Lin Yunfeng glanced at her, and said with a worried expression: "As far as Master said, the legend of the place of 'Four Images of Extreme Evil' originated from ancient times, to the effect that something very important was captured by Suzaku, Xuanwu, Qinglong, and White Tiger. Guarded by the four elephants, generations will never give up. If the world wants to get such a thing, it must break through the guardianship of the four elephants, and then have a chance. And the four elephants are legendary gods. No one knows what mystery is hidden Can't tell." Understanding his worry, Xu Jie comforted him, "Don't worry, as long as we don't have greed, we won't be tempted by it, and there won't be any danger." With a bitter smile.Lin Yunfeng sighed: "You think too simply, if it's what you said, I wouldn't care so much." Xu Jie was slightly stunned, and asked: "Is there any other secret?" Lin Yunfeng's face was gloomy, and he said with a little hesitation: "It is said that it is very difficult to enter the 'Four Elephants' place, and it is not easy to get out once you enter it." Xu Jie wondered: "No, I brought you here to heal your wounds when I saw you unconscious before. Everything is normal and there is no obstacle. How can it be difficult?" Lin Yunfeng frowned and said, "I don't know why, but it's different now." "Different? What's the difference? How about we leave immediately." While speaking, Xu Jie's breath turned around, and she wanted to soar into the sky. Lin Yunfeng's face changed slightly, he grabbed her arm, and said in a deep voice: "Don't be reckless, you will only ask for trouble if you rush in like this. At present, you have consumed a lot of real energy, and I am too seriously injured. If we can’t play it out, we have to proceed with caution.” Xu Jie looked at him questioningly, and asked, "Yunfeng, is this place really as weird as you said?" Lin Yunfeng smiled bitterly, and sighed softly: "If you don't believe me, you can pick up a stone and throw it vigorously towards the sky." Xu Jie bent down and picked up a two-inch-sized stone, and pointed it towards the sky. The sky throws it away. Following the upward movement of the stone, Xu Jie and Lin Yunfeng discovered that when the stone flew about 150 feet away from the ground, there was a sudden explosion, and the entire stone turned into a cloud of dust, which was scattered in the wind. With a cry of surprise, Xu Jie said in amazement, "How could this be so? I didn't even notice any external force was applied to the stone. Why did it explode automatically?" Lin Yunfeng looked silently, looked into the air from a distance, and whispered: "It seems that my guess has come true. But what is the secret of this mountain, why does it need the protection of the four elephants?" Xu Jie didn't hear the answer, so she quickly shifted her gaze to Lin Yunfeng's face. Seeing that his expression was different, she couldn't help but asked with concern: "What's wrong with you, Yunfeng? Why do you feel weird." Oh, Lin Yunfeng came back to his senses, and said awkwardly: "It's nothing, I'm just thinking about something." Xu Jie turned her head to look at him and asked, "Is that so?" Lin Yunfeng smiled, took Xu Jie's hand and said, "Of course that is the case, would I still lie to you? Well, the environment we are in is not good now, so I won't talk about it for now, let's talk about the situation in front of me." situation." Xu Jie nodded calmly, and said softly: "Okay, let's not talk about anything else, just tell us what you think. What do you think we should do now?" Lin Yunfeng frowned slightly, and led Xu Jie to walk around the peak, pointing to the four peaks in the four directions and said: "East Qinglong, West White Tiger, South Suzaku, North Xuanwu, these are the directions of the four elephants. Here, the four peaks Mountain peaks represent them. Right now, if we want to distinguish which one is Suzaku and which one is Xuanwu, we can only deduce it based on the direction of sunlight. Only by accurately grasping their bodies can we further explore the mystery." Xu Jie was at a loss when she heard this, and said in puzzlement, "Yun Feng, what do you want to do when you tell me this?" Lin Yunfeng was stunned for a moment, then he reacted and explained: "I forgot to explain to you, there are two roads before us at present, the first is to leave, and the second is to go deep into it. Speaking of leaving, with our current situation , even if you fully recover the true energy you consumed earlier, you probably won’t be able to get out, let alone take me with you, so I decided to choose the second way.” Xu Jie's face changed slightly, and he asked worriedly: "You mean, we have no hope of breaking out, and you plan to change your strategy and take a gamble?" Nodding slightly, Lin Yunfeng said: "That's right, that's what I meant. But besides that, I have another guess, which I hope can be confirmed." Xu Jie's eyes changed slightly, and he pondered: "You mean about that legend?" Lin Yunfeng said calmly: "Yes, that's the legend. According to what Master (Xuan Gui) said, there must be a mystery hidden in the place of 'Four Images of Extreme Evil'. Either it is some kind of treasure or some kind of treasure land. The four elephants protect the earth." Xu Jie asked suspiciously: "Even if what your master said is true, the legend is true. But what is hidden here? Besides, you are sure that for thousands of years, the hidden things here have never been discovered or obtained? " Lin Yunfeng was stunned, hesitated for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "I don't think so. After all, the defense here is intact. If it is true as you said, then this 'Four Elephants' land will be destroyed. We You won't be stuck here any longer." It was right to think about it carefully, so Xu Jie stopped asking about it, and changed the subject: "Since you believe that the things are still there, what are your plans and how should we proceed?" Lin Yunfeng thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "We don't know what that thing is, but what is certain is that this move must be dangerous. Therefore, before taking action, you must adjust your body to the best condition, so that it will be smoother. There will be a series of changes in the future. As for me, due to the serious injury, it is too late to hold on to the Buddha's feet at this moment, so everything depends on you." Xu Jie nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will be careful and protect you. I'm just thinking, do we need to take this risk?" Lin Yunfeng said bitterly: "We have no way out. Don't look at the calm at this moment. In fact, danger is lurking around us at all times. Even if we don't move, it will be difficult to escape in the end." Xu Jie retorted: "Even if that's the case, I can heal your injury first, and then we can face it together, which is better than the current situation." Lin Yunfeng smiled lightly and said: "Don't talk stupidly, unless there is some miracle, how can my injury be cured within a few days? Not eating for a few days will have no effect on our body, but we can't stay forever Here." Hearing the words, Xu Jie sighed quietly: "It's really a good thing to stay here for the rest of your life and live a carefree life. It's a pity... Alas!" Sitting cross-legged on the ground, he began to recover his kung fu. True Yuan consumed.Lin Yunfeng stood aside quietly, looking at her silently with a complicated expression. After a while, Lin Yunfeng withdrew his eyes and began to look at the surrounding environment, and looked at the sky from time to time, analyzing the directions of the four elephants.Through comparison, Lin Yunfeng quickly grasped the exact distribution of east, west, north, south, and thought about some legends about the four elephants. As far as Lin Yunfeng knows, the four images have many meanings. In addition to referring to Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku, and Xuanwu, they also represent the sun, Shaoyin, Shaoyang, Taiyin, and other legends in Taoism.As for which situation the terrain in front of him belongs to, this is what he has to consider. Standing still on the isolated peak, Lin Yunfeng fell into silence, thinking about what the four images in front of him meant.Behind him, Xu Jie jumped up and said softly: "Yun Feng, I have fully recovered, what are you doing?" Startled by hearing the words, Lin Yunfeng woke up, looked at Xu Jie who was approaching, and said calmly: "It's nothing, I was just thinking about something. Now that you have recovered, let's start." Xu Jie smiled when she heard the words, took his hand and said, "Okay, let's start, what should be the first step?" Seeing her confident face, Lin Yunfeng couldn't help but smiled and said softly: "I thought about it just now, the secret should be hidden on this mountain. What we have to do now is to search this mountain carefully. For the sake of safety, let's go along the Searching along the surface of the mountain peak, trying to avoid the prohibition of touching it.” "Okay, everything is up to you, let's start." After speaking, he let go of Lin Yunfeng's hand, walked quickly to the edge of the peak, and walked down on foot, looking around.Looking at Xu Jie's back, Lin Qufeng said softly to be careful, and then hurriedly followed her, keeping a distance of several feet from her, and searched carefully down the mountain. Under the sun, Lin Yunfeng and Xu Jie held long swords and gradually moved down the steep cliff, launching a carpet-like search.Since both of them were unusual people, even though the isolated peak was steep, it still couldn't help them, and they searched most of the place in a short time. Stopping, Xu Jie glanced at Lin Yunfeng, and greeted: "Yunfeng, are you tired, why don't you take a rest first, leave it to me here." Lin Yunfeng smiled and said, "I'm a master of Yi Yuan's sect, don't underestimate me." Xu Jie was stunned for a moment, then laughed and cursed: "Fuck you, what kind of expert are you? At most, you are a second-rate guy." Seeing that she was amused by him, Lin Yunfeng didn't try to defend herself, but just smiled and accelerated the speed of the search. This lone peak is about hundreds of feet high, and the surrounding area is no less than several miles. There is a real cliff that cannot be approached, and the other three sides are extremely steep slopes.At this time, Lin Yunfeng and Xu Jie had already searched the slopes on three sides, but found nothing, and the only thing left was the cliff. Standing on the top of the peak, Xu Jie glanced at her feet, frowned and said, "This cliff is very strange. It always gives me a feeling of timidity. I don't know why?" Lin Yunfeng pondered: "I also have this feeling, so I think what we are looking for is here. It's just that there is something dangerous in it, which is worth our deep thinking and prudence." Turning around, Xu Jie looked at his confused face and said softly, "Don't think too much about it, just leave it to me." Lin Yunfeng hesitated: "But..." Xu Jie smiled slightly and said, "Don't talk, I understand what you mean. You are currently injured, so I have to deal with it. After you recover, I won't rob you." Lin Yunfeng was moved, and said softly: "Be careful, if there is something wrong, come back immediately." Xu Jie gave him a confident smile, and said coquettishly, "Don't worry, I'm going." After speaking, she flew down and gradually landed along the cliff, her eyes watching her surroundings. At the top of the peak, Lin Yunfeng consciously locked onto Xu Jie's figure moving back and forth, with worry written all over his face.Regarding this action, there was an ominous omen in his heart, which made his spirit highly concentrated. In mid-air, Xu Jie had already descended a hundred feet away, and nothing unexpected happened—of course, they didn't find what they were looking for.However, when she descended to a distance of about 150 feet, the body that was descending at a constant speed suddenly trembled, the center of gravity of the whole person shifted, she let out an exclamation, and then fell for no reason. On the edge of the cliff, Lin Yunfeng's face changed drastically, and he said anxiously: "Xu Jie, what's wrong with you, answer me quickly!" There was no response, Xu Jie completely lost control, and the whole body seemed to be hit by evil, unable to move or speak.For this reason, Lin Yunfeng hissed and screamed, trying to redeem himself with his unwilling anger, but unfortunately it was useless. Just now, at the moment when Xu Jie had an accident, Lin Yunfeng clearly sensed that the consciousness locked on her body was interrupted instantly, without any sign, and he couldn't figure out why. Seeing Xu Jie fall, Lin Yunfeng's first thought was to fly to the rescue, but he knew in his heart that the distance between the two sides was too wide, and even if he wanted to, it would be too late.Furthermore, Xu Jie didn't know exactly what happened to her, if she went rashly, would she follow in her footsteps?