"So, when Miss Song and Luan Niang were walking together at night in disguised men, they were caught and mistakenly thought she had an affair with an unknown man."
Lin Xun was very serious, writing and drawing on the table, and the white dragon horns were reflected by the light like warm jade: "The aristocratic family took into account their reputation and hurriedly married her to Luo Yuanming. Later, perhaps by chance, she caught Luo Yuanming's ugly soul-refining affair."
He Zhizhou was so hungry that he ate the buns like sharpening a pencil. As soon as they entered his mouth, they were swept away by the wind. While eating, she continued: "So Luo Yuanming put a ban on her, not to reveal any information related to this to others - why didn't he just kill Song Xianning?"
Ning Ning replied: "The city lord's wife died inexplicably, and he must be a big suspect. Luo Yuanming may have wanted to use this method to temporarily stabilize Song Xianning, but she was furious. Not only did she have a big fight with him, but she also moved into another courtyard to live."
Others only thought that the couple had a bad relationship, and they could never guess how angry and helpless Song Xianning was at the time. She
was separated from her only friend, ruthlessly pushed away by her family as a tool for marriage, and her husband, who had no feelings, had blood on his hands, but she couldn't tell a word to outsiders.
So when she and Pei Ji went to Song Xianning's bedroom, they found that the "Ziwei Magic Record" was particularly new.
Song Xianning had learned magic, but because she came from a famous and upright family, she was not interested in evil magic. She bought the book after she noticed that her husband was not right, just to find out what "soul refining" was.
Ning Ning twisted a strand of hair around her fingertips, stared at the flickering candlelight by the window, and frowned slightly:
"Strange, the missing girl case in Luancheng should have happened not long ago, but Song Xianning married Luo Yuanming a few years ago... Could it be that he has been sacrificing women to refine souls all these years, but he has never been discovered?"
"Will he always pick on helpless orphans?"
He Zhizhou sighed, "This incident was exposed because a farm girl in the suburbs disappeared inexplicably. I visited her home. The family was penniless, with only a mother who was seriously ill in bed. I heard that her mother noticed her daughter was missing, and dragged her sick body to Luancheng for two hours, and then reported the case to the criminal justice envoy."
Ning Ning nodded.
As far as she knew, there were five or six girls who were found missing, most of whom were prostitutes whose parents had both passed away. Even if they disappeared inexplicably, few people would be willing to investigate.
Luo Yuanming went from being poor in the sea of knowledge to his cultivation level improving by leaps and bounds, from the first level of Jindan to Yuanying, and it took a long time. If he really has been using soul refining to improve his cultivation…
then how many women have died here over the years?
"I was wondering why the phoenix statue in the city lord's mansion had to rotate around. It turns out that he was guarding and stealing, and deliberately created a visual blind spot."
He Zhizhou was a little angry: "The missing case had not been exposed at that time, and Song Xianning happened to be weak since childhood. Seeing that she didn't obey, Luo Yuanming must have had an idea and arranged for her to die of a serious illness."
“Before Miss Song passed away, she often corresponded with Luan Niang. Although she could not tell the City Lord’s Mansion secrets in person, from the tone of her words, Luan Niang must have sensed something was wrong.”
Lin Xun shook the pen: “Later, she learned about the evil magic shop from Miss Song, and associated it with the fact that Luo Yuanming’s cultivation had greatly improved, so she asked, ‘Is there any way to reshape muscles and bones and cultivate spiritual power?’ - It was at that time that Luan Niang learned about the soul refining technique for the first time, and roughly guessed that the City Lord had serious problems.”
After that, Song Xianningli died of a strange illness, and Luan Niang’s temperament changed drastically. She unfolded her plan to get closer to Luo Yuanming step by step. But -
"By the way!"
Ning Ning poked Pei Ji's arm, turned her head and smiled silently: "Do you still remember? When we sneaked into the City Lord's Mansion and saw Luan Niang walking out of the room alone late at night, she looked more beautiful than before?"
He leaned against the wall in the corner alone before, but was forced by Ning Ning to sit at the table and participate in the discussion. After hearing what he said, he thought about it for a while, pursed his lips and nodded: "Yeah."
"At that time, I felt that she seemed to have been carefully nourished in a place with extremely strong spiritual energy. And when Luan Niang and Luo Yuanming returned to their rooms, they said one sentence - 'I am too tired tonight.'"
Ning Ning said slowly: "If Luan Niang wants to find out the truth, she must find out the exact location where Luo Yuanming imprisoned the girl. But she has no ability and no clues. She is isolated and helpless in the entire Luan City. What else can she do? The only way is to let Luo Yuanming take her there personally."
"So, the reason why the two of them went out of the room in the middle of the night was to absorb the spiritual power refined by those girls?"
He Zhizhou couldn't help but shudder, calmed down and thought hard: "Yes. Luo Yuanming's love for Luan Niang doesn't seem fake. She is just a mortal with no cultivation. She is destined to grow old one day, and he wants to stay with her forever. In this way, as long as Luan Niang deliberately uses this opportunity to express sadness for a few times, Luo Yuanming will definitely take her to that place in person to ensure that her face will not age." When
he said this, he couldn't help but worry: "Luan Niang is a thorough undercover. Do you think she will be dazzled by this world of flowers and will not be willing to give up her beauty forever, so she will turn against him and unite with Luo Yuanming?"
"If she had intended to betray us, how could we have come to this point?"
Ning Ning raised her eyes and smiled: "Don't you think it's strange? Why did she persuade us to drink Jiuzhou Chungui, and Senior Sister disappeared inexplicably afterwards? Why did Pei Ji and I run into Miss Ahui being molested, and Senior Brother Meng Ju collapsed in front of her house, and the most coincidental thing is that the painting selling lady actually kept a painting related to the two of them?"
She held the right cheek with one hand, her pupils were reflected in a beautiful orange by the candlelight, her voice was soft and gentle, with a firm strength:
"Although she can't speak, she has arranged people to guide us step by step to discover the truth. Tonight, Pei Ji and I saw Luan Niang communicating with someone. The reason why she showed a satisfied look was probably because those people completed the task successfully."
He Zhizhou was a little confused.
"That is to say, from the moment we drank Jiuzhou Chungui, we have already fallen into Luan Niang's trap?"
He was stunned for a moment, and continued to ask in disbelief: "Senior Sister Zheng's disappearance may also be related to her?"
"Think about it, Luo Yuanming has always been cautious in his actions, and specifically chose the orphan girl to attack, without leaving any information at all."
Ning Ning concentrated and said: "He has been cautious for so long, how could he deliberately kidnap the true disciple of Xuanxu Sword Sect during the Ten Dharma Conference? Isn't it because he thinks he is not exposed fast enough? The only one who has a reason to plan this is Luan Niang."
Lin Xun was horrified and his eyes were blurred when he heard it.
Is this how women think? So scary, really scary.
"She is isolated and helpless in Luancheng, with no one she can trust. The best way to expose Luo Yuanming is to take advantage of the Ten Dharma Conference and rely on the power of major sects."
She is really just like what the rumors say, she will do anything to achieve her goals.
Ning Ning felt admiration and indescribable sadness in her heart. After sorting out her thoughts, she continued, "The reason why she asked us to drink Jiuzhou Chungui is because her cultivation is weak. She can only kidnap Senior Sister Zheng when she is unconscious. And the reason why she kidnapped Senior Sister Zheng--"
He Zhizhou suddenly realized, "This is to force us to find out the truth! Then, she will lead us to discover the painting, the store and her real name step by step, and the truth will be revealed!"
"This, this is too-too amazing."
Everything that happened before was loose and chaotic. Unexpectedly, they were all linked together, one layer after another. Lin Xun opened his mouth from beginning to end, and in the end he could only sigh: "Luan Niang must have valued Miss Song very much."
It's a pity that now, except for Luan Niang, no one knows what happened between them.
"After talking about the cause, let's talk about the 'consequence'."
Zheng Weiqi should be safe for the time being. Ningning secretly breathed a sigh of relief in her heart: "Since the city lord and his wife can go to the soul refining place without any scruples in the middle of the night, this means that the place must be-the snatch begins!"
He thought of this answer!
He Zhizhou's eyes lit up immediately, and he was about to open his mouth in high spirits when he heard Pei Ji quickly say, "Inside the City Lord's Mansion."
He actually used a very serious tone, and his tongue slicked over quickly as if it was smeared with soap, like the top student in the class in kindergarten, afraid that others would take away the right to answer, and he had to perform well in front of the teacher. Damn,
was this kid like this before? We should not be too competitive, Ji.
Ningning nodded after listening.
In recent days, the missing case has caused panic among the people, and the whole city has tightened its vigilance. If Luo Yuanming frequently enters and leaves the mansion late at night at this time, he will definitely be suspected. The safest way is to build a place for refining souls in the City Lord's Mansion.
"But that place must be very hidden, otherwise the Criminal Court would not have found nothing when searching for Luan Niang."
Thinking of this, Ning Ning couldn't help but feel a little overwhelmed: "But Luan Niang can't tell us in person--"
Before she finished her words, she suddenly heard a hasty knock on the door.
Someone pushed the door open and entered. Under the candlelight, Ning Ning saw the appearance of the person clearly.
He was listless and pale, and his eyes were like black marbles, as if they would break if he was not careful.
What a familiar face this is.
Lin Xun screamed out: "Big, Big Sister!"
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one who pushed the door open was Zheng Weiqi.
The once lively and energetic Senior Sister Zheng has turned from a small pond into a salty and alkaline land. Her face is so haggard that she can be directly played as an old zombie in Xiangxi. Her cloudy eyes turn slightly, as if asking for life, which is scary.
Ningning wanted to rush forward and hug her, but she felt that Senior Sister's fragile little body could not withstand the torture, so she had to carefully help her sit on the chair: "Senior Sister, what happened to you?"
Zheng Weiqi looked at her with bloodshot eyes. Then she pursed her mouth and closed her eyes, and hid in Ningning's arms with grievance.
"Junior sister, I missed you so much!"
She burrowed in the girl's fragrant and soft arms, complaining: "If I had known that I would be like this after drinking Jiuzhou Chungui, I would have been willing to drink muddy water! After I sobered up, not only did I lose my spiritual power, but I was also knocked unconscious and thrown into an isolated well. I almost fell in and couldn't get out. The bump on the back of my head hasn't gone away yet - wait, how many of you are here? Why is your look so strange?"
Pei Ji was silent for a while, and said in a deep voice: "There should be a well in the City Lord's Mansion, right?"
Lin Xun grinned, and a pair of dragon horns swayed with his body: "Of course there is!"
Ning Ning hugged her and gave her a kiss: "Thank you, Senior Sister! You are great! Are you hungry? Are you sleepy? Is there anything you want to do? We can satisfy all of you!"
Senior Sister Zheng, an old tool.
Luan Niang first used her disappearance to lure people to find out the truth. Now she has scored a second goal, recovered the items, and through the place where Zheng Weiqi woke up, she clearly hinted at the location of the soul refining ground.
Although she is a tool, Senior Sister Zheng is the most important!
"Senior Sister Zheng, you don't need to know too much. You just need to understand that you are the ship that guides us to victory, the goddess of victory that stands tall."
He Zhizhou stood up from his seat and rubbed his hands: "Brothers, I'm ready!"
Zheng Weiqi, who missed everything: ...?
Who is she, where is she, what did she do, why is she so "awesome"? What's the matter with these girls and boys? What are they going to do?
"Although I don't know what happened."
Zheng Weiqi looked at them blankly, as if she was still drunk, squinting her eyes and scratching her head: "But the person who knocked me out seemed to have left a note in my hand."
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Since Luan Niang clearly gave the hint of "well", and the four people deduced that the place of soul refining must be in the city lord's mansion, the combination of the two can easily determine its specific location. The
number of people who explored the city lord's mansion at night increased from two to four. When they turned over and jumped over the wall, they looked like a string of ninja turtles. From a distance, the heads of people were shaking, which gave a sense of déjà vu of the chaos of pop candy.
Lin Xun was reluctant to even step on a weed. He had never done such a fearful thing. He looked around and said in a very low voice, "I know where the well is. You guys follow me."
He Zhizhou was very surprised: "How do you know?"
"I... I'm afraid of people."
The little white dragon walked in the front. The voice was blown by the night wind and it was even more difficult to distinguish: "No one talked to me during the banquet, so I wandered around the city lord's mansion alone."
Ning Ning hummed.
Lin Xun is the young master of the dragon clan. He should not have developed an introverted and shy personality. The reason why he became like this is that he accidentally fell into a sea ravine when he was a child and spent two whole days alone with countless ferocious beasts.
Fortunately, he escaped death, but he was scared to death. Since then, he has been too timid.
Perhaps because of the phoenix statue, no one patrolled the city lord's mansion at night.
On the luxurious vermilion high wall hung a long-burning lamp. Follow this falling Milky Way straight ahead, pass two corners, and when the surrounding scene gradually becomes desolate and quiet, you can see a well in the corner.
There are two secret passages in costume dramas. One is the bookcase or wall behind the rotating vase, and the second is under the dry well.
Ningning was well aware of this setting, and took a look down. There was no water light, only endless dark black.
The whole well was like a deep black hole with no end, or a beast's open mouth, just waiting for someone to jump in and swallow them.
She brought a rope when she came, tied one end of it to the tree trunk, and when she was about to go down, she suddenly stopped.
By the way, Pei Ji is afraid of the dark.
"It doesn't seem right for all of them to go down."
Ning Ning knew that he had a strange personality and would never let the other two know about this, so she made up a reason: "We have to leave one person behind to keep watch - Pei Ji, you are the most reliable, why don't we leave it to you?"
"Ning Ning is too nice! She can even think of you at this time!"
Cheng Ying burst into tears: "She even made up an excuse not to embarrass you. When did this fairy come down to earth?"
How could Pei Ji not understand what she meant.
But the safety of the well was unknown, so how could he be willing to stay.
Ning Ning saw the black-clothed boy beside her glance at her silently. Although his eyes were indifferent, they also carried a slight sense of arrogance and shame. The teardrop mole at the end of his eye was faintly red under the dim light.
"I'll lead the way."
Pei Ji took a few steps forward, and with his long right leg, he stepped into the well. As he spoke, he looked up at Ning Ning, and his throat moved: "Don't worry."
This, this, this, this won't work!
Ning Ning saw him grabbing the rope and going down, and hurriedly followed Pei Ji down.
They were breaking into private homes, so naturally they didn't dare to light a light. No one knew how deep the well was, and the deeper they went, the darker it was. When the light was completely swallowed up, Ning Ning felt a little nervous.
"...Are you okay?"
She hadn't figured out how to talk to Pei Ji yet, but the other party actually spoke first.
Although he has a cold personality, his voice is a clear and pleasant young voice. When it resounds in the ink-like darkness, it inexplicably
has a reassuring magic. If his tone was not so tense, and it was obvious that he was deliberately suppressing his emotions and trembling.
"Of course I'm fine!"
Ning Ning listened to his forced tone and somehow laughed. The tension and fear in her heart disappeared in an instant: "Pei Ji, let me tell you a joke."
They went down very quickly, and when they finished speaking, their toes had already touched the bottom of the well.
The well was full of dry vines and tree branches. Pei Ji was probably worried that she would fall, so he supported Ning Ning's back. Although the palm and back did not touch directly, a faint coolness still came, and when it quickly passed over the spine, it left a string of tingling.
"It's closed all around."
She thanked him and looked around. When her eyes gradually adapted to the surrounding scene, she finally managed to see the appearance of the well.
This seemed to be just an ordinary dry well, surrounded by high circular stone walls. Ningning was familiar with the routine of the secret room in the costume drama. She reached out and felt on the stone wall, and indeed touched a bulge.
Pressing lightly, the stone walls in front and behind opened like doors.
He Zhizhou, who came down later, was stunned: "Strange, why are there two doors?"
"They should have different uses."
Ningning was a little suffocated by the heavy darkness, and she put her hand on her chest to calm down: "Why don't we act separately."
Pei Ji's eyes were filled with depression, and he silently gripped the hilt of the sword in his hand.
"Oh - you are nervous."
Chengying laughed: "Are you afraid that Ningning will not choose to go with you, right?"
Pei Ji did not refute.
When he came to his senses, the girl next to him had already pulled up his sleeves.
"Pei Ji and I will go this way."
Ning Ning saw him standing there motionless, and smiled and hooked the fingers of her left hand: "Why, don't you want to listen to my jokes?"
"Tsk tsk tsk tsk, let's guess how little Pei Ji feels at this moment."
Cheng Ying used an extremely artificial tone, which was like deliberately being mean, vividly explaining what it means to be disrespectful to the elderly: "What do you think, do you think that just saying this will make people happier than all the jokes?"
Pei Ji ignored it and let Ning Ning pull his sleeve to walk deeper. Later, he gradually walked to the front, as if Ning Ning was afraid and followed behind him, pulling his sleeve.
"Let me think about which one to talk about."
The darkness that made him uncomfortable was all around him, like a giant python wrapped around his body, emitting a heavy murderous aura and a sticky and dull smell.
Perhaps noticing his stiff movements, Ning Ning moved her fingers silently and gently held Pei Ji's wrist.
Her breath slowly approached and gradually fitted.
He began to pray inexplicably, hoping that this deep road would be longer.
"I thought of it! One day Xiaohong asked: Do you use your right hand or your left hand when you drink soup? Xiao Ming replied: Of course the right hand!"
Ning Ning couldn't help it, and halfway through her words, she made herself laugh: "As a result, Xiaohong said: Wow, you are so amazing, you are not afraid of scalding, like me, I use a spoon, hahaha."
Pei Ji felt a little cold on his back.
Pei Ji: "Should I... laugh at this time?"
So disrespectful!
Ning Ning's eyes widened instantly: "Wow, you're really going too far!"
Pei Ji lowered his head, and when he heard her unconvinced tone, he let out a quiet laugh from his chest.
She opened her mouth, and was about to say something else, but was startled by the bright light that suddenly entered her eyes.
After walking forward for a while, the dim lights on both sides of the passage finally lit up.
This is a narrow but long passage, with cold stones piled on both sides, like a gloomy tomb. The further you go forward, the smoother and wider the road becomes, and it opens up suddenly. When it is illuminated by the lights, its original appearance is gradually revealed.
At the end of the passage was a cave. Due to its large size, the light disappeared as Ningning walked further in. All she could see was the endless darkness.
At the entrance of the cave, a figure was standing there.
That shadow seemed familiar, like a sword that cuts through light and darkness. She concentrated and held her breath, and stopped in the pressure from the other side.
Pei Ji held the sword in front of her.
Wow.
Look at those familiar eyebrows and the half-smile.
How could Luo Yuanming be here?
"Are you surprised?"
Luo Yuanming stood in the scarlet firelight, still using his usual elegant tone, but the spiritual pressure emanating from his body carried a murderous aura, like a flood.
He seemed to find it somewhat amusing, and he looked at the expressions on the two people's faces with satisfaction, and finally raised the corners of his lips:
"You don't really think that I'm so stupid that I can't see the cat's peeping? Zheng Weiqi's inexplicable disappearance, and the incense that Luan Niang lit in the middle of the night... She was the one who instructed you to find this place, right?"
Ning Ning didn't let go of Pei Ji's hand, and actually replied seriously: "So you are waiting for something to happen?"
Luo Yuanming didn't expect her to answer, and laughed:
"Zheng Weiqi is missing. She must have done this to lure the Xuanxu Sword Sect into investigating the matter. So it's only a matter of time before this place is discovered. I might as well take advantage of the situation and wait for you all to arrive here, and then catch them all in one fell swoop - she actually betrayed me, that crazy woman! I'll kill her when I get back!"
Mentioning this topic, he finally showed a look of bloodshot eyes: "I trusted her so much... She must have done it for the property in the mansion! I knew that a woman from such a place couldn't be a good thing?"
Ning Ning laughed dumbly, and didn't pursue the topic with him, and continued to ask: "You have been using women to refine souls for many years, right?"
Regardless of the past and present, villains are not necessarily cute and charming, but they all have one thing in common: they talk a lot.
Come to think of it, I have been doing this secretly for so many years, and I can't show it off to others on weekdays. When asked, I will inevitably have a strong desire to tell others. Luo Yuanming is no exception, and he grinned as if he was very proud.
"Not bad."
He smiled as he spoke: "When I was traveling in the desert at night, I encountered the scene of evil demons sacrificing women alive. I went forward to experience it, and it was indeed extraordinary... After returning to Luancheng, I began to practice."
He actually called this kind of thing "cultivation."
Ningning gave up on facial expression control and showed a very disgusted look.
“There are many orphans in this world. Even if they suddenly disappear from the world, no one will care.”
Luo Yuanming thought for a moment and suddenly frowned: “I never arrest people myself. I usually buy them from black market dealers. But there was a fool who made a mistake and arrested a farm girl whose mother was still alive, and messed up everything.”
It was from then on that the Criminal Court merged several missing cases into one, and Luancheng began a long period of alert.
"It's nothing, really. Think about it, there's not much point in keeping those women alive, it's better to sacrifice them as sacrifices, so that you can show some use."
Luo Yuanming smiled as if it was a matter of course: "And I am the Lord of Luan City, and I have made countless achievements over the years. It's a big deal to use them to exchange for my cultivation."
Ning Ning felt a little disgusted, and suppressed her discomfort and asked coldly: "Did you also cause Song Xianning's death?"
"Who asked her to meddle in other people's business? I didn't want to kill anyone because of our relationship, but she got more and more aggressive day by day. The young lady from the aristocratic family was weak and died suddenly not long after."
He finally felt annoyed when he said this. He glanced at the two young men not far away with sinister eyes: "Did your friends go to another door? Then they must have survived a narrow escape. You are here today, so don't even think about leaving."
- As soon as he finished speaking, white light came from all directions, as fast as lightning, and attacked the two people in the face!
The white light contained the power of the five elements. In the dark and gloomy cave, it was like dense raindrops flying diagonally. Luo Yuanming stood in the middle without moving, and the smile on his mouth became more and more obvious.
Sword cultivators are best at killing people above their level. If Tianxianzi's disciples attacked in groups, he would be defeated. However, if he wanted to get rid of them without anyone noticing, he had to do it at the bottom of the well.
After thinking about it, he finally set up an ambush here in advance, just waiting to catch them
all in one net. The white light was as dense as a net. When it suddenly attacked, it was impossible to block it with sword energy alone, not to mention that Luo Yuanming's cultivation was higher than theirs, so it was even more difficult to break through.
Ningning frowned and drew her sword to cut off a few of them. Seeing the white light getting closer and closer, she suddenly saw a tall and thin shadow in front of her.
——Pei Ji actually used his body as a shield, gathering the sword energy and demonic energy on the long sword, and used his body to withstand the attack.
Such a strong impact was like a tumbling sea in the body, and the overwhelming force tore every inch of muscle, bone and blood vessels, forcing him to frown and spit out blood.
"Pei Ji!"
Ning Ning cried out in a low voice, and actually smelled an extremely strong smell of blood. When she looked carefully, she found that there were several bloody marks on the young man's white neck, spreading downwards, and all the blood was blocked by the black clothes.
As for what the scene was under the clothes, she didn't dare to think about it.
Pei Ji turned his head slightly, and there was no fluctuation in his dark pupils. He looked back at her solemnly, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, and shaking his head slowly as if to comfort her.
He probably couldn't even speak.
"Even if I can take this blow, so what! My cultivation level--"
Luo Yuanming hadn't finished speaking when he saw the two people in front of him draw their swords again.
The sword energy broke through the air that was as silent as dead water, just like the bright sun piercing through the layers of dark clouds, rolling up the swirling wind, full of murderous intent.
Sword cultivator.
Luo Yuanming cursed in his heart, silently recited the spell in his mind, and three talismans appeared in his hand.
Swift Shadow Talisman, Earth Fire Talisman, Bone Erosion Curse.
Talisman cultivators are not like sword cultivators who rush forward without hesitation with a sword. Compared with pure killing, they pay more attention to the coordination and flexible use of talismans, so they appear much more flexible and cunning.
Attaching the Bone Erosion Curse to the underground fire, once the skin is burned, one will feel the pain of being eaten by thousands of ants. In addition, the Swift Shadow Talisman comes and goes without a trace, making it even more difficult to dodge.
To be honest, he did not expect these two Jindan-stage disciples to be so difficult to deal with.
Luo Yuanming's cultivation level was entirely based on medicine and soul refining. It was a showpiece that looked good but was useless. Even though his cultivation level had reached the middle stage of Yuanying, he still felt a little tired when he ran into the two people joining forces.
Ning Ning's figure was light and her speed was beyond imagination. The Swift Shadow Talisman was as if it did not exist to her. With a swing of the sword, a cluster of underground fire disappeared without a trace;
As for Pei Ji, he was simply reckless. He was obviously seriously injured, but his attacks were still fierce, fast and fierce.
It was hard to imagine that this mad wolf with scarlet eyes would stand in front of the girl not long ago, enduring the heart-wrenching pain and blocking all attacks for her without saying a word.
The sword energy was bright, the talismans were changing, and after several exchanges, both sides suffered great spiritual power loss. The spiritual talismans were flying around Luo Yuanming, and when they suddenly surged up, he coughed up a trace of blood from his mouth.
He had coughed up blood before when he was listening to stories in the teahouse.
Just like the long-circulated legend in Luancheng, if you want to get it, you must exchange it with some precious things.
The art of soul refining will make people extremely dependent on it. The longer they practice, the greater their need for soul refining.
Now a single soul can no longer satisfy him. If he wants to stop his body from weakening rapidly, he must gather the souls of forty-nine women as soon as possible and absorb them together.
If he could gather the numbers and deploy a large formation earlier, he would definitely not be in such a mess today.
This was an attack that Luo Yuanming had done his best. Ning Ning could hardly resist and was blown two meters away by the spiritual energy.
Three people, three pairs of eyes looking at each other, and three humanoid molluscs paralyzed on the ground.
Ning Ning endured the pain and looked at Pei Ji, and asked with her mouth: "Are you okay?"
He looked really bad, but nodded.
"You are out of steam, right?"
Luo Yuanming managed to get up from the ground, and laughed dryly, "I still have a lot of magic talismans on me, it will be easy to deal with you two."
—— "Really?"
The one who responded to him was not either of them.
The sudden female voice had a faint smile, but more of it was careless contempt. The moment Luo Yuanming heard this voice, he raised his head in shock, and in the flickering firelight, he saw an extremely familiar face.
It was Luan Niang.
"You——"
His face, which always seemed to be confident of victory, showed a brief moment of daze and confusion: "Shouldn't you be sleeping soundly in the room?"
He asked seriously, but the other party lowered her eyes and sneered, as if looking at a stink bug, and said words that were heartbreaking: "Do you think that I have revealed so many flaws, and I really don't think you have already noticed the cat?"
Luo Yuanming's expression was even more out of control.
Luan Niang's tone was light, and every word was like a huge stone falling on his heart: "Using incense to induce sleep, letting them drink Jiuzhou Chungui in front of you, and then kidnapping Zheng Weiqi... Don't you think these actions are too deliberate?"
What does this mean.
She did all this on purpose? Deliberately let him notice her abnormality, and then deliberately... let him come to the bottom of the well alone in order to capture the Xuanxu Sword Sect?
"I had expected that you would come to the well after you noticed something was wrong."
She made a gesture of silence, and the tail of her slender eyes drew a charming arc, like the spring water flowing out of Crescent Moon Spring: "But what you thought was waiting for rabbits by the tree stump is actually catching turtles in my jar."
This person finally appeared.
Ningning breathed a sigh of relief, raised her eyes and looked at her, thinking of the note stuffed in Zheng Weiqi's hand.
That was the message that Luan Niang left for them.
[Luo has noticed something and is waiting inside. If you can find the location, please do not tell the elders of the sect, try your best to fight with it, and there will be arrangements afterwards. ］
When Ning Ning first saw the note, she was a little confused.
Knowing the location of the soul-refining place, but not being able to tell the elders, and asking them to fight Luo Yuanming, it sounded like a thankless task.
But after thinking about it, she soon understood the other party's intention.
If the elders knew about it, they would definitely hand Luo Yuanming over to the Criminal Court for punishment -
but Luan Niang wanted to kill him herself.
She must have thought of a way. As long as Ning Ning and others first consumed most of Luo Yuanming's strength, she could deal with him cleanly and neatly.
"Catching turtles in a jar—"
Luo Yuanming's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he struggled to take a step forward, his facial features were so shattered, as if they were made of plasticine: "You can't do this to me! You jerk! I'm a dignified Yuanying monk, come on if you dare!"
As he spoke, he rushed forward as if he wanted to tear her to pieces, but he never expected that his right leg would stop immediately as he took a step forward, unable to move.
At the same time, the dim light on the soles of his feet was like a series of solid chains, binding him bit by bit.
Luo Yuanming's eyes were dazed, and his tone finally showed a few tremors and panic: "This is... the Soul Locking Array? Impossible, impossible! How do you know this kind of evil magic, and where do you get so much spiritual power?" Soul
Locking Array.
Using one's own bones and blood as a guide, it turns into chains with deep resentment. The person who sets up the array will suffer great damage to his body and mind, and the person who is cursed will die without a burial place.
The most prominent feature is that as an evil magic that damages the self 800 times and injures the enemy 1,000 times, the Soul Locking Array can largely ignore the difference in cultivation. The more blood, the stronger the resentment, and the deeper the power that can be exerted.
"Of course my spiritual power and blood are not enough."
She smiled mockingly: "But don't forget, there are more than 30 girls trapped underground."
Luo Yuanming's face turned pale in an instant.
Luan Niang just looked at him quietly, and in addition to the undisguised disgust in her eyes, there was also some other emotions quietly.
In fact, she was a very unambitious person, just like many girls in the depths of Baihua, not special at all. She
worked hard to make money and smile, just thinking that one day she could walk out of Nuanyu Pavilion -
but what would happen after she got out? She didn't know.
On the day she met Song Xianning, they stood side by side on the flower boat and talked about the legend of the phoenix.
"You can fly freely in the whole world, but you only want to find the so-called 'partner'. How stupid."
At that time, Song Xianning turned his head to look at her, his pupils full of light flashing like stars: "If I were a phoenix, I would definitely not cling to unreasonable emotions and love. I want to fly out of this Luan City, to Youzhou, to the imperial capital, to many mountains and rivers, to see what the outside of Luan City looks like."
"But how can we fly out?"
She had just finished dancing and was so tired that she was sleepy and didn't even have much energy to speak: "In today's world, women without support can do nothing and can be bullied by anyone - men are so good, why were we born girls?"
She was born in the land of fireworks and was very familiar with the plight of down-and-out women.
It was a life that could be seen at the end at a glance. She struggled hard in the quagmire but gained nothing. She could only rely on men in circles.
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