The yellow dust in the sky was like a curtain, separating Li An and Shangguan Xiaoxiao, but looking through the dust, in Li An's eyes, Shangguan Xiaoxiao's face remained the same.
Four thousand years later, she still looked like a girl, and her body still looked a little sick, but she no longer liked to wear white skirts, but a plain dress, which looked more weathered.
She was not wearing makeup.
He seemed a little absent-minded, but Shangguan Xiaoxiao took the initiative to come over, looked at him with interest, and said: "Strange creature? You are just an immortal, but you can escape from the bone-melting formation. Tell me, how did you do it?"
Li An recovered his mind, hiding all his emotions in his heart, but his face showed vigilance and fear, and said: "Who are you..."
Shangguan Xiaoxiao said: "Compared to your life and the answer to who I am, which one do you want more?"
Li An hesitated, then said without hiding "My name is Xue Jian, I am a disciple of Qingyuan Mountain, and I am Gu Xue Ning's apprentice. My master once studied the bone-melting formation, and I escaped with her..." Shangguan Xiaoxiao looked in the direction where Gu Xue Ning disappeared and said, "No wonder." As soon as she finished speaking, she waved her hand, and the ring in Li An's hand flew into her hand. She glanced at it, and a talisman appeared in her hand. It was just a talisman made by a cultivator in the Tribulation Period, but she looked at it repeatedly, and her eyes seemed to be a little absent-minded and reminiscing. "Where did you get this talisman?" She asked. Li An said, "This is my ancestral item..."
"Ancestral item?"
"Yes, my father told me before he died that my ancestor was once accepted as a disciple by a famous figure, but my family has been declining. By my generation, I am the only one left. Among the ancestral items, this talisman is the only one left. Therefore, I had no choice but to worship in Qingyuan Mountain and seek other people's methods to practice."
He lied casually.
In fact, this talisman was drawn by him, but he believed that Shangguan Xiaoxiao would be able to recognize it...
"Disciple?"
Shangguan Xiaoxiao suddenly raised her eyes, and there seemed to be a dazzling light in her clear and beautiful eyes. Li An only felt the dazzling light shot into his eyes, and then his brain went blank and sluggish.
He knew that Shangguan Xiaoxiao was probing the truth of what he said.
"Did Li Gou accept other disciples in the past..."
She whispered softly.
She originally had murderous intent in her heart. After all, although what Dao Zong did this time could not be concealed and would shake the Heavenly Court, some details were better not to be known to others.
At this moment, this Xue Jian made her heart flash with a complex feeling.
Is he the descendant of one of Li An's disciples?
"Senior, I have a talent for formations. I beg you to spare my life. I am willing to die in return!"
Li An spoke directly.
Shangguan Xiaoxiao glanced at him and said, "You have a talent for formations, but you are not as good as your master. Why don't I kill you and spare your master?"
Li An was stunned.
"I'll lend you this sword. Come, bring back your master's head, and I'll spare your life. How about it?"
She casually handed the Heavenly Corpse Sword to Li An.
Li An was not surprised by this, but he deliberately showed a hesitation, but finally shook his head and said: "All my skills come from my master. She has done me a great favor. How can Xue do this?"
He offered the Heavenly Corpse Sword with both hands and said: "In this case, please kill me and save my master's life!"
He looked calm.
Kill Gu Xue Ning? This must be a test from Shangguan Xiaoxiao.
Although Shangguan Xiaoxiao was born in the Demon Sect, she was not a bloodthirsty person. Later, she practiced in the Dao Sect and had drawn a clear line with the word "demon".
Shangguan Xiaoxiao sighed lightly: "What a pity."
Although she is the successor of Li An's disciple, she is not as ruthless as Li An. Therefore, she regrets that Xue Jian will never become Li An.
However, it's good this way. She put away the Heavenly Corpse Sword and said, "I'll give you a chance to become my disciple."
Li An was stunned for a moment and looked at her in confusion, but then he gritted his teeth and said, "Xue Jian pays respects to the Master!"
He performed the ceremony of becoming a disciple directly.
Shangguan Xiaoxiao accepted his gift calmly and put away his talisman, cherishing it and saying, "This talisman will be regarded as your ceremony of becoming a disciple."
"As for your master Gu Xue Ning, I will not kill her."
"But she must forget everything about this place."
With a wave of her hand, Li An was already enveloped by her Daluo Jinxian's magic power. As she crossed the void, in just a blink of an eye, he was already tens of millions of miles away. Looking at it, Gu Xue Ning, who was obviously fleeing at a high speed, moved as slowly as a turtle.
The movement of the Daluo Jinxian directly crossed the void, which was difficult to match by any magic!
Shangguan Xiaoxiao pointed from a distance, and a beam of light hit Gu Xuening. Gu Xuening, who was flying, trembled and fell into a mountain forest, and seemed to faint.
"Cut off her memory of this battle. Don't worry, she won't die."
Li An said: "Thank you, Master!"
"Master, where are we going next?"
Shangguan Xiaoxiao said: "Why ask so many questions? As a disciple, just follow the master."
Li An: "..."
He originally wanted to find out what Shangguan Xiaoxiao was going to do next. After all, Dao Zong's plan should have a follow-up, and he needed to understand it in order to better deal with it, but now it seems that Shangguan Xiaoxiao is not going to tell him.
But it doesn't matter.
Shangguan Xiaoxiao was not in a hurry. She even stopped several times in the middle of the journey to hide her identity in the fairy city, and then spread the news that the Lord of Heaven had died and Dao Zong was about to enshrine Fairy Zi as the Lord of Heaven. It was obviously adding fuel to the flames and deliberately making this matter bigger.
In fact, this news spread throughout the heaven at the fastest speed, and all the immortal realms heard about it!
"Dao Zong is plotting rebellion and dares to ambush the Lord of Heaven. Is he looking for death?"
"Is it true or not? Has Heaven really changed its master? If so, it might be a good thing... Fairy Zi is kind and benevolent, more suitable than Fairy Hongbo."
"Hush! Don't say this casually. Be careful if someone hears it. If the Heaven asks for punishment, it will be over?"
"Oh, I think you don't have to worry. If Fairy Hongbo is really still alive, will she keep silent? I have received news that Fairy Hongbo is really dead. Several states such as Chenluozhou have turned into yellow dust because of the Daluo War!"
"Dao Zong has issued a manifesto, advertising the world! Fairy Hongbo, the Lord of Heaven, colluded with Guiyu and brought chaos to the people? Is it true or not?"
"Breaking news... Biluo Palace and Baoding Palace have expressed their support for Dao Zong. Did Fairy Hongbo really do something that angered the heavens and the people?"
...
All kinds of news are flying everywhere!
The whole Heaven was in a state of panic, and news of the Great Luo War came from time to time. It seemed that a group of Great Luo Jinxians loyal to the Lord of Heaven, such as the Red Spear Lord, had fought many battles with Yun Xi and others...
The White Mist Origin War had not yet ended, and the Heaven was completely in chaos!
However, most of the forces remained silent at this moment!
...
"You are quite familiar with the technique of peeling crocodiles. Have you killed many crocodiles before?"
At this moment, in a mountain forest, next to a pond, Shangguan Xiaoxiao sat on a huge rock, staring at the talisman in her hand. Seeing that Li An had already beaten two crocodiles on the other side and was peeling them with familiar techniques, she couldn't help but speak.
Li An was stunned for a moment.
I didn't pay attention to hiding, and I almost got exposed!
He smiled embarrassedly and said, "After my family fell into poverty, I followed my father to be a hunter for a while. I hunted many spirit beasts and wild animals. Crocodile skin is very valuable, so I peeled a lot..."
He covered it up casually.
"Well, let's make a fire."
Shangguan Xiaoxiao didn't ask much. After Li An washed the two crocodiles, she personally put the two crocodiles on two silver spikes and roasted them on the fire. As the fire burned, she took out many bottles and jars from her sleeves from time to time, including oil, sauce, salt, pepper, etc., which were very complete and had no shortage of seasonings.
Soon, the two crocodiles were roasted golden, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, exuding an attractive fragrance.
"What a good smell!"
Li An was greedy.
This smell... is exactly what he likes most.
In fact, every step of Shangguan Xiaoxiao's roasting crocodile is exactly the same as he did at the beginning. Because he can eat spicy food, there are more peppers. He likes a crispy taste, so Shangguan Xiaoxiao roasts it for a longer time...
Li An seems to remember that Shangguan Xiaoxiao didn't like eating crocodiles.
Besides, she doesn't like spicy food very much.
...In the long years of getting along, Li An has become very familiar with her living habits.
But now she seems to enjoy it very much. She calmly tears off a crocodile leg, ignores her ladylike image, and bites it directly, with grease all over her cherry mouth.
Li An smiled, then cut the crocodile tail into small sections, and prepared to dip the sauce, but before the sauce was ready, he found that Shangguan Xiaoxiao was looking at him thoughtfully.
Li An was stunned and said, "Master...what's wrong?"
In his heart, he wanted to slap himself.
How did he reveal his trap again...
Following Shangguan Xiaoxiao, he seemed to have lost his mind. His usual vigilance and caution seemed to have flown away. He had no sense of defense at all. He subconsciously wanted to relax, and vaguely felt a sense of self-indulgence.
It seemed very reassuring.
It seemed that he had no desire to calculate at all.
He just wanted to be free and casual... Just enjoy life and the present moment.
"Have you eaten it?"
Shangguan Xiaoxiao said.
"Well... I have eaten it. My father said that crocodile tails are the most powerful. Dipping them in sauce is the most refreshing, especially when adding more vinegar, the taste is very different."
He picked up the vinegar and poured a pile.
Shangguan Xiaoxiao couldn't help laughing and said, "I don't like to eat vinegar."
She also started to mix a bowl herself without too much suspicion.
After all, four thousand years ago, Li An had been sacrificed by the Immortal Lord Changqing, and the world was divided from then on, and life and death were separated from then on. At this moment, even if Xue Jian showed some similarities with Li An in the matter of the crocodile, she could not think that the two were actually the same person...
It's just that because Xue Jian evoked more memories of Li An, she had an inexplicable good impression of Xue Jian as a disciple.
Li An didn't say anything, eating the dipping sauce with a lot of vinegar, and felt bitter in his heart...
Damn, he hated vinegar the most and never ate it!
But now, in order to cover it up, he had to pretend to enjoy it...
It was really uncomfortable!
After eating the roasted crocodile, Shangguan Xiaoxiao took Li An to move forward.
"If I ask you to destroy this fairy city in front, how would you destroy it?"
While hurrying on the road, Shangguan Xiaoxiao pointed at the fairy city below and asked Li An.
"Use the formation."
"I don't know how to use the formation? How to use it?"
"First, we need to go in and see what the guardian formation of this city is like. It is best to arrange the killing formation based on the big formation in the city, but one killing formation is definitely not enough. We need to arrange seventeen or eighteen small formations inside, and finally connect them with the big formation, and then kill them all at once..."
Li An answered casually.
"You are a teachable kid, but if you do this, you will die."
Shangguan Xiaoxiao said: "Remember, before you take action, check the escape route first. If you don't prepare seventy or eighty escape routes and make sure you can survive, it's no different from sending yourself to death."
"Magic spells, magical powers, and cultivation are only secondary. Learning to hide is the kingly way."
"Forget it, you won't understand even if I tell you, you are a fool with a wooden head."
She shook her head. She didn't think Xue Jian had talent in this area. After all, if Xue Jian really had talent, he wouldn't be caught by her when he escaped from the bone-melting formation.
However, he still had to be taught.
Besides, these things were what Li An should have taught his own disciples.
Now she... just regarded it as leaving something for Li An.
This was also the reason why she accepted Xue Jian.
She didn't need a disciple, and had long been accustomed to loneliness. It was just a pleasant surprise to meet the descendants of Li An's disciples.
Li An couldn't help but smile. He never dreamed that one day, Shangguan Xiaoxiao would actually teach him how to survive...
Hahaha...
"What are you laughing at?"
Shangguan Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at him and said, "For a fool like you, I really don't know how your ancestors could be accepted as disciples by him."
"Oh, that's right, he likes to accept fools as disciples, so they can be fooled."
Li An couldn't help but ask, "Master... do you know my ancestor's master?"
Shangguan Xiaoxiao gritted his little tiger teeth and said, "Yes, I know him, a mortal enemy."
Li An deliberately showed a pale face, stopped on the spot, looked at Shangguan Xiaoxiao with fear, and looked very scared.
Shangguan Xiaoxiao suddenly laughed and said, "Don't worry, you are such a fool, I can't take revenge on you."
Li An looked relaxed and said, "Master, what kind of person is my ancestor's master?"
"Selfish and cold-blooded, doing all kinds of evil, for the sake of profit, he can sell out the people he loves the most. In his eyes, there are no relatives, no brothers, no love, and a ruthless person..."
Li An said, "What a bastard."
Shangguan Xiaoxiao suddenly glared at him and said, "What did you say?!"
Li An said, "He..."
"You are qualified to scold him?"
"Master...you are scolding him."
Shangguan Xiaoxiao snorted coldly and said, "I scold him, what does it have to do with you?"
"Although I don't know which disciple your ancestor was, he took good care of his disciples. He was still watching over his sect when he died..."
"So is he a good person or a bad person?" Li An asked softly.
"There is no good or bad, he is who he is." Shangguan Xiaoxiao said: "Forget it, I won't talk to you about this." "We are here." She took Li An and landed in a valley. She saw that the fields were full of roses. Among the flowers, there was a small thatched cottage, and there was a lake in front of the cottage. Not far away, there were three graves. Shangguan Xiaoxiao picked a bunch of blooming roses and put them in front of a grave, standing silently for a long time. "This is..." Li An asked. "A friend's grave, next to it are her husband and children." Shangguan Xiaoxiao stroked her hair and said: "Her husband died very early, so there is only a cenotaph. She lived a miserable life, but she was also very happy. After she left, I buried her family of three here according to her will." Li An was stunned for a moment. His intuition, coupled with Shangguan Xiaoxiao's description at this moment, he had guessed... This should be the immortal
The wife and children that the immortal missed so much...
The immortal had a miserable and cruel life. He was a human Gu who walked out of the Wanren Island. He had never believed in anyone in his life, but in the end he was moved by Yuan Ziyi and was willing to give up everything and try his best to set up the Eternal Bureau, just to let his wife and children return to this world.
He lived a happy and peaceful life.
I have seen this gorgeous and gloomy world.
Now the three graves are in front of us. They are ordinary and there is not even a tombstone. Who would have thought that these three graves have such a great origin?
After a period of time, perhaps even the graves will disappear and be swallowed by weeds. No one in the world will remember that there was a human Gu who walked to immortality in this world, and there was a purple-clothed woman who called back the lost soul.
"When it can be eternal, there is only loneliness. It is finally beautiful but very short. Is it true that all beautiful things cannot be eternal? Will eternal things no longer be beautiful?"
Shangguan Xiaoxiao sighed inexplicably.
Then she turned around and said, "You practice here. This is all the secrets of your lineage. How far you can practice depends on your own luck."
As soon as she pointed out, a lot of information suddenly flooded into Li An's mind. Li An scanned them one by one, and they were the Life-Nourishing Immortal Art and the Immortal Heavenly Demon Art!
These things were originally left to Dao Zong by Li An, and now she has passed them on to Li An.
"Remember, your ancestor's master is called Li An."
"People call him the Blood Sword Demon Lord."
After Shangguan Xiaoxiao finished speaking, her figure gradually faded away, as if she had left far away!
"Master, where are you going?!"
Li An was shocked and asked loudly.
"Li Shan, save people, then kill people."
This time, Shangguan Xiaoxiao did not hide it, and then asked Li An: "Answer me, what is the name of your ancestor?"
Li An said: "Li An, Blood Sword Demon Lord."
"Remember his name, don't forget it. I don't want no one in this world to remember him after I die."
After saying that, her figure disappeared.
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