Chapter 53. Back Mountain.

The back mountain of Jiuhua had not changed at all from what Xu Qingfan remembered. It was still so peaceful and tranquil, as if it had not been affected by the chaos in the front mountain. There were green shades, bluestones, and a cool breeze, which looked like a paradise.

Seeing the still peaceful appearance of the back mountain, Xu Qingfan, who had hurried over, felt relieved.

"It seems that the changes in Jiuhua did not affect the back mountain. Ting'er should be fine now, right?" Xu Qingfan thought to himself while flying with his flying device.

Although he thought so in his heart, Xu Qingfan's flying speed did not decrease but increased, because although Ting'er might not be in trouble, Xu Qingfan's longing for home and Ting'er did not decrease at all. After reducing his worries, this longing became even more intense.

Xu Qingfan had lived in the back mountain for decades and was very familiar with the roads here. He flew at full speed and arrived at his own cave in the back mountain in a few dozen breaths.

But the scene in front of him surprised Xu Qingfan.

The "Three Yuan Formation" that Xu Qingfan had arranged two years ago had disappeared, and the ground was in a mess.

Without the white mist from the formation, Xu Qingfan could now clearly see the two wooden houses where he had lived for decades. But he saw that one corner of the smaller wooden house had been destroyed!!

The smaller wooden house was the room that Xu Qingfan gave to Ting'er!! Could it be that Ting'er had finally gotten into trouble during the Jiuhua Rebellion?

Thinking of this. Xu Qingfan did not delay any longer and extended his speed to the extreme. In an instant, he flashed into Ting'er's room, but found that except for the destroyed corner, everything in the room was very normal. The furniture did not fall to the ground, the tables and chairs were still placed in their original positions, and even the bedding was folded very neatly. In this room, except for the destroyed corner of the room, only Ting'er was missing.

Although Xu Qingfan was very worried about Ting'er's safety at this time, he still forced himself to calm down after so many storms. Xu Qingfan knew that being anxious at this time would be useless and would only make him miss the original opportunity.

After forcing himself to calm down, Xu Qingfan began to carefully consider the possibilities of the whole thing.

The corner of the destroyed room was about next to the door. Xu Qingfan squatted down and carefully checked it. He found that the destroyed place was charred black, obviously destroyed by fire. But there was still a trace of demonic energy fluctuation inside, which was obviously caused by Ting'er's unique black demonic fire.

Except for this place. There was no abnormality in other places. It was obvious that Ting'er had used black demonic fire to attack after someone came in, but not only did she not hurt the person, but was instantly controlled by the other party.

Although Ting'er has only been in the middle stage of Qi Refining, she can not only use the powerful black demonic fire, but also has a great talent and superb control of Taoism. Even Xu Qingfan ten years ago was slightly inferior to her, and after being transformed by the magic bead, her six senses became extremely sharp. Those who can control him in an instant must have at least the cultivation of the late stage of Bi Gu.

Above the late stage of Bi Gu, there are three realms: Ling Ji, Jie Dan, and Mahayana.

Xu Qingfan first ruled out the result of the Mahayana Grandmaster.

Although the "Three Yuan Formation" he set up before was not a great formation, its power was not bad, and it was also strengthened by a special formation plate, which greatly improved its power. Therefore, unless it was a Mahayana Grandmaster, no one could break this formation silently.

But Mahayana Grandmasters. Even in the entire cultivation world, they are extremely rare. Currently, there are only more than ten known ones. Together with those hidden places, there are no more than fifty. In Jiuhua Mountain, the last Grandmaster-level cultivator died five hundred years ago.

So it is basically impossible for a Grandmaster-level expert to take action. And even if there is a Grandmaster of the Mahayana. With their arrogance, they will never lower their status to attack a little girl.

And from the room that was destroyed, Ting'er must have woken up when the person came to break the formation.

Then think of the mess outside the original "Three Yuan Formation". Xu Qingfan was slightly relieved, because since the person had to spend so much effort to break the formation, it proved that he did not have the cultivation of the Jindan period. Because if it was a master of the Jindan period who broke the formation, although it could not be done silently, it could definitely be done cleanly.

So combined with these, Xu Qingfan can basically judge that the person has the cultivation of the Lingji period. Thinking of this, Xu Qingfan breathed a sigh of relief, because if it was only a cultivator in the Lingji period who took action, Xu Qingfan had the confidence to snatch Ting'er back intact.

Although Xu Qingfan was only a cultivator in the middle stage of Lingji, whether it was Taoism, magic tools, or combat experience, he was much stronger than ordinary Lingji cultivators, not to mention that Xu Qingfan also had a secret weapon like "Wutong Branch".

Seeing that there was no evidence to be found in this room, Xu Qingfan strode out of the room, not even bothering to look at Yue Qingru's grave, and only thinking about where the visitor would take Ting'er.

Since the destroyed corner of Ting'er's room still had spiritual fluctuations, it was obvious that the visitor had not taken Ting'er for a long time. But for a cultivator in the Spiritual Silence period, this short period of time was enough to travel nearly a hundred miles.

What's more, Xu Qingfan didn't even know the direction the visitor left.

Just as Xu Qingfan was about to use "Floating Silk Flower" to search for clues within a radius of ten miles, his hand suddenly stopped moving, because he clearly heard a sound coming from another larger wooden house.

That was the room Xu Qingfan had been living in.

Could it be that the person who came was hiding in another room and had not had time to leave?

After hearing this voice, Xu Qingfan rushed to his room and input spiritual energy into the magic weapon "Qingling Arm Shield". A green dragon began to appear and surrounded Xu Qingfan to prevent the person in the room from suddenly attacking.

But the scene Xu Qingfan saw after entering the room. He couldn't help but be shocked again.

I saw that Ting'er, who was thought to have been abducted, was lying on Xu Qingfan's bed with her eyes closed. She was breathing long, but she was not alert to her sudden intrusion. She was obviously unconscious.

On the table in front of the bed, a pot and two cups were placed on it. A young man next to him was drinking leisurely, and the sound Xu Qingfan heard just now was the sound of the wine pouring into the cup when this person poured wine.

Looking at the man's appearance again, it turned out to be Xu Qingfan's junior brother, the murderer who killed Yue Qingru, Nangong Qingshan, who had disappeared for a long time.

Seeing this scene. Xu Qingfan suddenly stopped rushing forward, and then looked at Nangong Qingshan coldly.

And ten years ago, Xu Qingfan had personally abolished Nangong Qingshan's cultivation. With the destruction of the spiritual sea, he was weak and could be said to be worse than a mortal. If he came to capture Ting'er, it would obviously be unlikely.

But looking at the situation at this time, Ting'er's coma was obviously caused by him.

Thinking of this. Xu Qingfan began to observe Nangong Qingshan carefully, but found that although Nangong Qingshan's face was abnormally white, he did not look weak at all, and did not look like the destruction of the spiritual sea.

Moreover, although Nangong Qingshan did not have any spiritual fluctuations and attractive aura at this time, Xu Qingfan could clearly feel an extremely dangerous breath from him.

The breath that can make a person in the Spiritual Silence period feel dangerous is definitely not simple.

And vaguely, Xu Qingfan felt that he had seen this dangerous breath on him somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.

"You are here? A moment later than I thought." Nangong Qingshan saw Xu Qingfan coming in, but there was no expression of tension or hatred on his face. Instead, he continued to drink the wine in his glass, and then looked up and smiled at Xu Qingfan.

"What did you do to Ting'er? Did you expect me to come? In other words, you know everything that happened in Jiuhua?" Xu Qingfan saw Nangong Qingshan like this, and the doubts in his heart became more and more intense.

Let's not talk about why Nangong Qingshan didn't feel weak at all after his spiritual sea was destroyed, and no matter where the dangerous breath on him came from, just looking at his expression and reaction at this time, you can tell that his personality has changed drastically.

If it is said that Nangong Qingshan's previous gloom was from the inside out, then he is still gloomy now, but he hides his gloom deeply in the deepest part of his heart.

In Xu Qingfan's impression, Nangong Qingshan was the traitor who shouted for revenge after being defeated by him twenty years ago, the bastard who sneered after severely injuring Yue Qingru ten years ago. He was the villain who spoke wildly before the duel with him.

But looking at Nangong Qingshan's current appearance, he can't be associated with words like traitor, bastard, villain at all. It seems that he has become a new man, or has hidden his former evil deep inside, imperceptible. But deep into the bone marrow.

If Nangong Qingshan used arrogance to demonstrate his inner weakness before, then he now appears leisurely because of his self-confidence, a kind of absolute confidence in his own strength.

"Yes. I knew you were coming. In fact, I know everything about you over the years, more than you think." At this point, Nangong Qingshan paused for a moment and continued, "I had prepared a pot of light wine, thinking that you and I would each have half a pot, but I didn't expect you to come so late, so I drank it all by myself out of boredom."

As he spoke, Nangong Qingshan shook the wine pot in his hand, but avoided answering Xu Qingfan's second question.

"What did you do to Ting'er?" Xu Qingfan still insisted.

"Ting'er? Is it this little girl?" After Xu Qingfan asked again, Nangong Qingshan finally responded positively: "My master is very interested in her, so he asked me to protect her and not let anything happen to her because of the chaos in Jiuhua, and then bring this Ting'er to him."

When Xu Qingfan heard the master mentioned by Nangong Qingshan, he suddenly remembered the layout on Huandao Island and the "that person" mentioned by Zhang Hualing and Zhou Huahai.

Nangong Qingshan continued at this time: "Originally, I was going to take this little girl away immediately, but suddenly I remembered that we haven't seen each other for a long time, so I stayed here to wait for you and reminisce about the past."

Speaking of this, Nangong Qingshan seemed very happy and smiled at Xu Qingfan.

But Xu Qingfan knew what Nangong Qingshan meant by reminiscing about the past.

Nangong Qingshan, the enemy who had been entangled for decades, came to seek revenge on him today.