Chapter 356: Dwelling in the Mountains to View the Bones and the Sea

(In the last sentence of yesterday’s chapter, Master Lu was written as Master Mo. I’m sorry to report this to everyone.)

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On the top of Shenmo Peak, the mist gradually dispersed.

Lu Qing knelt in front of Zhao Layue.

Neither Jing Jiu nor Zhao Layue liked disciples kneeling back and forth, but today he had to kneel because he came back alone.

Zhao Layue looked at the open space by the cliff, thinking about the bamboo chairs there before, and was silent for a while, then asked, "This happened a few days ago?"

Gu Qing said: "Seven days ago."

Yuan Qu stood aside, thinking anxiously that his uncle had been wandering around for three years, just came out, and disappeared again?

Zhao Layue asked: "Did he explain anything?"

Gu Qing wanted to say no, but suddenly remembered what happened when Iron Sword crossed the Lengshan Mountain, and said, "Master said to find out who the current Suzerain of Xuanyin Sect is, and then kill him when he can."

Zhao Layue said: "Then go check it out and get ready."

Lu Qing thought that what Master meant was that he would kill himself, but after thinking about it, Master might really not be able to come back this time, and couldn't help feeling extremely sad.

He could clearly see the sword in the blue sea and blue sky that day.

Facing the full-power sword of Xihai Sword God, who can survive?

The atmosphere on the summit was somewhat depressed, but not everyone was as sad as Gu Qing.

The white cat was lying on the jade couch and sleeping with Han Chan in its arms, with its eyes closed and purring lightly.

Leaving Qingshan this time, it didn't have a chance to fight Canglong, and it didn't have a chance to sneak attack Jianxilai. It just coaxed children in Chaoge City for a few years, which was really meaningless.

It didn't care whether Jing Jiu was alive or dead. It would be better if he died. You must know that he wished that his brothers and sisters would die quickly, and there should be many people in the world who think like this.

It suddenly opened its eyes, remembering that the five sections of Thunder Soul Wood were still at the bottom of Shangde Peak, it couldn't help shrinking its pupils, thinking Jing Jiu, you can't die yet... I can't get the Thunder Soul Wood back from that dead dog.

Yuan Qu was not very sad, but he was a little worried, because he didn't know what Xihai Sword God's sword meant.

Zhao Layue's calm made Lu Qing somewhat worried.

There are no bamboo chairs on the edge of the cliff, but there is a person.

He Zhan sat there in a daze.

Today, Fang Jingtian sent Pei Baifa's body back to Wu'en Sect. I don't know what the Longevity Hill will look like.

Su Ziye is his trusted friend, that's why he rescued him in Yizhou City, and introduced him to Tong Yan, so there was such a murder against Xihai Sword God.

Who would have thought that Su Ziye had already secretly betrayed them, and the Sword God of the West Sea knew about this situation in advance, so how could something happen?

Mr. Pei is dead, Tonglu is dead, and the fate of Guodong is unknown... These are all his faults.

He Zhan sat on the edge of the cliff, looking at the fog in front of him, his eyes were also covered with fog, and his voice was hoarse and deep.

"it's all my fault."

Zhao Layue walked to the edge of the cliff and stood behind him with his hands behind his back.

Gu Qing and Yuan Qu thought she was going to comfort He Zhan.

No one expected that she suddenly kicked He Zhan off the cliff.

Not being able to hear the trash's thoughts, the world finally became a little quieter, and the depression in her heart was also slightly dissipated.

"Shi Yuefeng said that the magic weapon called Huanxi yarn should come from Shuiyue nunnery."

Zhao Layue looked at Gu Qing who was stunned, and said, "You take him back."

From the foot of the cliff, He Zhan cried out in pain: "I don't want to go to the nunnery!"

Zhao Layue ignored him, turned around and entered the cave.

Only then did Yuan Qu know that Master was in a very bad mood.

Gu Qing's feelings were clearer, he didn't dare to say anything, he hurriedly called the ape to go down the cliff to catch people.

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Yunmeng Mountain is like a real fairyland.

Looking far away from the green pines by the cliff, the high platform enters the clouds and disappears, and the cranes fly among them, passing the rainbow, and go to the distance to pick up some fairy fruits.

Tong Yan stood by the high platform, looked at the picture in front of her, remained silent, her eyebrows, which were already very light, seemed to disappear under the light of the sky.

The green pine moved slightly, the ribbon was like a cloud, and then gathered between the sleeves.

A girl in white clothes appeared on the pine tree.

She should be in Chaoge City, but for some reason, she hurried back to Yunmeng Mountain.

"what is going on?"

Bai Zao stared into Tong Yan's eyes and asked.

What happened in the depths of the West Sea has spread to the mainland.

In order to avenge his past, Pei Baifa, the head of Wuenmen, challenged the Sword God of the West Sea again at sea, but failed and died.

Afterwards, the disciple of Shuiyue Temple, Guodong, tried to assassinate him again, but he still failed. He was rescued by an elder of Qingshan, and was cut halfway by the sword of Xihai Sword God.

Tonglu was involved in this matter, but failed to kill his teacher, so he committed suicide in despair.

Bai Zao knew that this matter was related to Tong Yan, and it might even be arranged by him.

Tong Yan refused to tell her at the beginning, so she didn't ask, but the situation is different now.

She vaguely guessed that the one who rescued Guo Dong was not Elder Qing Shan, but Jing Jiu.

A few days ago at Jing's house in Chaoge City, when she and Jing Jiu talked about the winter, she felt that Jing Jiu's reaction was a little strange.

She had to go back to Yunmeng Mountain to ask clearly what was going on.

"This is what we have decided in Baotong Temple. The first floor is what the world sees now."

Tong Yan was silent for a while, and said: "Senior Guo Dong doesn't believe in Su Ziye, and thinks he will rebel, but Jian Xilai is too arrogant, so she will definitely join the game, so she hides behind and becomes a variable in the game."

Bai Zao said, "This is the second floor?"

Tong Yan said: "That's right, only Senior Guo Dong and I know about this level. I objected, but she didn't listen."

Bai Zao looked into his eyes and asked, "Then... what about the third floor?"

Tong Yan said calmly: "There is no third floor."

Bai Zao said: "Brother, we grew up together since we were young, I understand you better than anyone else, you think things will never be so simple..."

Tong Yan was silent for a while, and said: "The third meaning is actually very simple. Su Ziye, Mr. Pei and I all think that Jian Xilai cannot be killed. He is too strong, even if the master takes action, he may not be able to do it. So this time the Xihai game is actually just the first half. We just want Su Ziye to truly gain Jian Xilai's trust. As for what will happen next, we have to wait and see."

Bai Zao said in disbelief: "So many people died, just to make Su Ziye gain trust? You also said that Jian Xilai is too strong, so how can he succeed?"

Tong Yan said: "Su Ziye assured me that he definitely has a way to kill Jian Xilai. In this case, I can only trust him."

Bai Zao was silent for a long time, and said: "You have deceived Tonglu, senior Guo Dong, and Mr. Pei..."

Tong Yan said: "Of course Mr. Pei knows. If he can't defeat Jian Xilai, this is the best choice. As for Tonglu... If Jian Xilai really dies, he will definitely commit suicide. It's just the difference between early death and late death."

Bai Zao said: "How about the winter? If she is really the senior you mentioned, how dare you plot against her?"

Tong Yan looked at the white crane soaring over the sea of ​​clouds in the distance, and said, "Since she wants us to follow her way, she will understand my approach."

"But now Jing Jiu is dead too..."

Bai Zao said: "He is not our comrade."

"The person who rescued Senior Winter was Jing Jiu?"

Tong Yan slightly raised her eyebrows and said, "This is impossible."

Bai Zao said: "Believe me, that person is him."

Tong Yan was silent for a while, then said, "Then he might not die."

Bai Zao said tremblingly, "Why do you say that?"

Tong Yan withdrew her gaze and reached out to wipe away the tears from her junior sister's cheeks.

When talking about Jing Jiu's death, Bai Zao cried.

Tong Yan looked at her and smiled and said, "Back then we thought you and him died in the snow field, but what happened later?"

Bai Zao said: "Brother, is a person who is good at chess like you really so ruthless?"

Tong Yan said: "You have to remember that the way of chess is about life and death, and there is no room for sentimentality. I am like this, and so is Jing Jiu."

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After the sea breeze passed through the woods, it became much weaker, and the dry dirt road did not become dusty, but it was still extremely difficult to walk.

Jing Jiu traveled all the way carrying the winter, and saw some seriously damaged houses, rotten fishing nets, and some skeletons of livestock after being eaten by the roadside, but he didn't see anyone. The slightly cold starlight shone on these things, creating a sense of decay and terror.

Obviously, no one has lived here for a long time, presumably there should be powerful monsters not far away.

Thinking of this possibility, Jing Jiu was not worried, but felt that he finally had a destination.

He is now seriously injured and unable to control the sword, but how can ordinary monsters hurt him.

Leaving the dirt road, he followed those traces to a mountain not far away, and within a short distance, he found a cave among the rocks and long vines.

The cave is wide and dry, and there is a large pile of bones in the depths. It can be seen that most of them are whale bones and fish bones.

There are clear traces on the cave wall, like the scraping of an iron broom.

This is a monster with hard hair and good at diving into the sea. I don't know if it is a fur monster or something.

Jing Jiu put the winter on the pile of bones, leaned on the iron sword and walked slowly back to the cave entrance, looking down the mountain.

At this time, the night was dark and the stars were shining, and he could see far away with his eyesight.

A few miles away, a mountain-like monster was moving towards the sea. When it was about to enter the sea, it looked back at the cave.

The monster was obviously reluctant to leave, but had to leave because of inexplicable fear.

Watching the monster disappear into the sea, Jing Jiu felt a little regretful. He originally thought that if the level of the monster was high enough, he could take out the demon pill and let him eat it in winter.

On the beach last night, Guo Guo had already taken Shuiyuean's elixirs, but for her injuries at this time, fresher herbs are often more effective.

I didn't expect that monster to be so vigilant and sensitive, and ran away early.

Jing Jiu was a little puzzled, thinking that he was seriously injured, and his breath hadn't leaked at all, so why would he scare this monster away?

He didn't expect that he stayed in the Devil's Town Prison for three years, and a great battle had tainted a lot of flavors. After only a few days, a lot of them still remained.

And he would occasionally hug Liu Ada.

This is equivalent to saying that the smell of Zhongzhou Canglong and Qingshan White Ghost is now on him.

No matter how powerful the monster is, if it smells the breath in the wind from a distance, it will naturally be scared to death, so what if it doesn't run away?

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Starlight refracts in from outside the cave, illuminating the picture inside the cave.

There is a cocoon in the pile of bones, and there is a person in the cocoon.

The winter face is exposed.

She was sleeping, innocent as a baby.

This picture is very interesting.

Jing Jiu thought that it would be great if He Zhan was there, so he could draw it.

He sat down in front of the pile of bones, crossed his legs and began to adjust his breath to rest.

The next morning, Guo Dong opened his eyes and woke up.

She was not dissatisfied with being placed on the pile of bones, nor did she have any discomfort.

As she said on the beach that day, she has killed too many people and seen too many bones.

She knew that Jing Jiu was always awake.

"what's on your mind?"

Jing Jiu opened his eyes and said, "I'm thinking whether I should send you back to Shuiyue Temple or Baicheng."

It is closer to Baicheng than Shuiyue Temple, but it is still far away.

With their injuries, they couldn't walk over, and there was no way to notify the mountain gate. If they wanted to disappear through others, they were afraid that it would be unsafe.

Guo Dong said: "Four hundred miles to the southeast, there is Dayuan City, and there is a nunnery outside the city, let's go there."

This place is in the north of the Chaotian Continent, not within the sphere of influence of the Qingshan Sect, but there are nunneries in every prefecture and county.

Jing Jiu thought for a while, thought it was good, and said, "I'll arrange it. You should sleep at this time."

Celestial silk cocoon is a method similar to hibernation for spiritual practice or healing.

Of course Guo Dong understood, and said, "Call me if you need anything."

Jing Jiu supported the iron sword and moved outside the cave to sit down.

The last stars in the distance are fading, and the morning glow over the sea is extremely red.

Countless clouds come from the sea.

The clouds met a mountain range stretching northward in front of them, and gradually stretched out, and some of them finally managed to climb over, turning into countless strands.

They will become the spring rain, nourishing the land and life there.

There will be creeks and rivers, and then into the sea.

So back and forth.

Jing Jiu felt something.

This is the case with cause and effect. I don't know where it started, but they actually point to each other.

He slowly closed his eyes.

When I opened my eyes again, it was already more than ten days later.

He used the sword consciousness to contemplate and confirmed that the injury had improved, but he was still unable to perform strenuous exercise.

Such as leaving with a sword, such as killing people with a sword, such as jumping hundreds of meters away into a cliff covered in fog, but you can already do some relatively simple things.

The iron sword left his side and floated back into the cave, moving at high speed on the ground and the cave wall, making a slight grinding sound.

The seemingly blunt tip of the sword is engraved with countless complicated and delicate patterns.

After finishing these things, he got up and walked back to the cave. When he came to the pile of bones, he found that his winter complexion was better and rosy.

Her injury is stable, although it cannot be cured, at least she will not die in a short time.

Looking at that ordinary face, Jing Jiu was silent for a while.

He had thought about why she still couldn't guess who he was, but when he thought about the fact that he hadn't recognized him at the May meeting, he was relieved.

Both he and she are a bit stupid in this regard.

Jing Jiu woke her up and put the iron sword into his body.

Looking at the picture, Guo Dong recalled the rumor, and said, "It is said that you encountered problems in your practice and stagnated, but now it seems that you are making progress?"

Jing Jiu didn't answer her question, but said, "I'm going to do something."

Guo Dong said, "Where?"

Jing Jiu said, "There seems to be a mountain village over there, not far away."

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It is very difficult for Jing Jiu to go over mountains and ridges. Fortunately, with the help of Iron Sword, he only needs to go over one mountain to see the mountain village.

He had lived in the small mountain village of the Liu family for a year and knew how to deal with people.

He took off a hat and put it on outside a certain house, walked to the big locust tree at the entrance of the village, and bought the news he wanted to know with a piece of gold leaf.

Where is this place, how far is the nearest big city, which one has a car?

Then he found himself with a problem.

The only family in the village with a car was an official who retired from the county seat.

It is the big house not far away, it is said that there are several big cars.

The retired official couldn't lend a car to anyone and had a bad temper.