Thanks to the spiritual power brought by Pei Ji, when Ning Ning opened her eyes from her sleep, the irritating heat had mostly dissipated.

The cave was very quiet, and only the faint sound of burning firewood could be heard. She was sleepy and could not see anything clearly. In her hazy vision, she vaguely saw Pei Ji moving not far away. He

seemed to lower his head in a hurry.

After a moment, he raised his eyelashes as if inadvertently, and said in a deep voice: "Are you feeling better?"

When he spoke, he returned to his usual dead face, and his tone was also flat and indifferent, and no emotion could be heard.

Perhaps because he had transferred too much spiritual power to Ning Ning, Pei Ji's face was a bit sickly pale, and his eyes were a dark blue, which was blurred by the flickering firelight.

...Did he stay here all the time when she was asleep?

Ning Ning's mind was a little slow, and she stared at him for a long time.

Pei Ji was still looking at her indifferently, but after a while, for some reason, he looked away with some embarrassment.

"Don't think too much."

He said, "I didn't look at you all the time."

Oh.

Ning Ning blinked and continued to be confused.

This kind of question...she didn't ask.

"Did you say before that you wanted to go out for some fresh air?"

She touched her head which was no longer so painful, and tried to recall the vague memory when she had a fever. The more she thought about it, the faster her heart beat, and her voice gradually became like the buzzing of a mosquito: "Did you find any useful clues outside?"

She had indeed been held in Pei Ji's arms .

Although he used the name of transferring air, the posture between the two of them seemed too ambiguous at that time.

What's more, after that, she actually lay in Pei Ji's arms and poked him with her spiritual power. That random flicking and that ambiguous "Are you comfortable?"

Ningning's temples were throbbing.

Pei Ji didn't throw her over at that time, which showed that he was really a kind person in his bones.

Now that he refused to mention that matter, Ning Ning also turned the page and listened patiently to Pei Ji: "This place is different from the other levels of the tower. It is the Buddha Realm."

Ning Ning was startled: "Buddha Realm? Are you sure?"

She had heard of this term.

Similar to the spirits formed after the death of mortals, demons or monks with successful cultivation can use spiritual power to gather into an illusion and reproduce their memories. The Buddha Tower used for training in the Xuanxu Sword Sect is based on this.

"When I was in the forest, I met a demon woodcutter."

Pei Ji stopped looking into her eyes and lowered his eyes to stare at the flame in front of him: "Unlike the evil demons that killed people in the Demon Refining Tower, the demon was kind and gentle. When asked about the things here, he just said that the war between immortals and demons had been going on for a long time and his people had suffered greatly."

In other words, this memory happened during the war between immortals and demons.

Another war between immortals and demons.

Ning Ning thought that she seemed to have a connection with this past.

Pei Ji spoke briefly and his throat moved slightly when he finished speaking.

He also wanted to tell her that although he met the woodcutter in the forest, he had never left the cave.

Ningning looked so bad, and he was so angry that he couldn't bear it and ran away like a wolf. It was not a gentleman's behavior. When he left the cave, he naturally couldn't leave her out of his sight. However,

it was really awkward to say these words. It always sounded like... he cared about her.

Although he did care about her.

"If this is a pagoda realm," Ning Ning said hesitantly, "the Demon Refining Tower itself is also a secret realm, then where we are now... isn't it a realm within a realm?"

Pei Ji nodded: "That's right."

He paused as he spoke, his angular face outlined in a smooth arc by the firelight, his voice very clear: "If you want to leave this level of the pagoda realm, you have to find out the culprit who created the illusion. If you break it forcibly, it is likely to cause the formation to be disturbed and it will be difficult to escape." The

reason why the pagoda realm appears is often due to strong obsession and emotion. Many disturbing, unattainable, or unforgettable memories can be reproduced in it.

Just like the pagoda, the best way to escape the pagoda realm is not by violent means, but by following the memory step by step and breaking the inner demons for the owner of the illusion.

"How strange."

Ning Ning looked around and felt that the scenery in the illusion was no different from the real world. Finally, she focused her eyes on Pei Ji's profile: "The demons imprisoned in the Demon Refining Tower are all evil demons... Even they have such deep obsessions?"

She thought that the evil spirits in this place were no different from the shadow demons, and they only knew how to twist around like a coal ball.

But it makes sense. Humans, immortals, demons and ghosts all have desires. She has been nourished by so many costume TV dramas and has long understood the vulgar truth that "demons also have emotions."

But it's only the 62nd floor, it must be a demon from the Yuanying level or above, what could have caused it to be in such a state?

"The Futu realm needs to be explored in detail."

Pei Ji was silent for a while, and then said slowly: "When I was outside the cave, I met an old friend."

"Old friend?"

The moment these two words came out of her mouth, Ning Ning suddenly heard the rustling of the forest outside the cave, and then a white shadow flashed by.

The young man who brushed aside the vines and walked into the cave was slender and graceful, with a white robe that was whiter than snow, stained with a few drops of blood like red plums, adding a bit of awe-inspiring aura to his clean and pure appearance.

When his eyes met Ning Ning's, he slightly tilted his eyes, like eyebrows illuminated by the firelight: "Junior Sister."

"Senior Brother Meng Ju!"

Ning Ning did not expect to meet so many people from the same sect. She raised her eyebrows and curled her lips and smiled: "How long have you been here?"

"Before you."

Although Meng Ju was smiling, his expression was very indifferent, as if smiling was just the most common expression, so he would always put it on his face.

As for what he was thinking in his heart, Ning Ning could not tell.

"I met Junior Brother Pei when you were comatose, and later I went to the forest to investigate."

Meng Ju's tone was a little more teasing and mocking: "I originally planned to let him go with me, but he insisted on guarding the entrance of the cave and didn't want to leave."

Pei Ji's long eyelashes trembled slightly, and he frowned without saying a word.

Ning Ning didn't notice anything wrong, and asked curiously: "Brother, have you found anything?"

"This place should be in Qingzhou, in Chongling."

Meng Ju replied in a calm voice: "It is said that there are many witchcrafts in Qingzhou, and there are many poisonous insects and giant beasts in the mountains, and Chongling--"

He paused, and the smile on the corner of his lips became even wider: "It is the lair of one of the demon kings, Xie Yu."

Ning Ning:...

So your expression really became excited, right! The smile in his eyes was captured by her! It turns out that this is the kind of thing that can make the eldest senior brother happy!

Ning Ning suddenly remembered the first time she met Meng Ju, and the fear of being taught swordsmanship by him all day and night.

Apart from the fact that his temperament was a little distorted by Tian Xianzi, one has to admit that he is a true sword cultivator.

Ning Ning turned into an emotionless question mark machine: "Xie Yu?"

"Xie Yu is an extraordinary person."

Meng Zhu narrowed his eyes and looked at her leisurely: "The slave system still exists in the Qingzhou area. He was born in a lowly family and his family has been slaves for generations, but he was born with excellent cultivation roots. He endured humiliation for many years and finally became a demon with evil magic. From then on, his cultivation increased greatly and he was listed as a demon king."

This is a ruthless person.

But Ning Ning couldn't understand it. If he just survived in the world as a slave, let alone being a demon king, even if he wanted to learn the method of cultivation, it would probably be difficult to ascend to heaven.

There might be something hidden in this. She thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out. She was too embarrassed to interrupt Meng Di, so she just nodded and listened to him continue to talk with interest:

"Xie Yu is a vengeful person. After his cultivation level rose greatly and he became famous, he returned to Qingzhou during the war between immortals and demons, causing the people to live in misery and sorrow everywhere. Those who had bullied him never had a good ending, for example--"

He hesitated to say this, his pupils flickered slightly, and he smiled with pursed lips.

Ningning immediately understood the meaning of this smile.

Those who died were too miserable. Meng Di took her feelings into consideration and swallowed the detailed description back into his stomach.

"The one who can create the Buddha Realm must be a great cultivator."

She thought for a moment and said softly: "With the identity of Demon Lord Xie Yu, it seems to coincide with the evil spirit in the Demon Refining Tower... Could this be his memory?"

Meng Ju shook his head: "It's unknown. If we recognize the wrong owner of the Buddha Realm and help the wrong person in the illusion, causing our obsessions to become chaotic... Then I'm afraid it will be difficult for us to get out again."

Xie Yu didn't sound like a good guy or a good woman. Ning Ning was unwilling to help him from the beginning. Hearing this, she smiled and said with satisfaction: "Since Xie Yu did so many bad things, what was his final outcome?"

"This is the most confusing part for me."

The white-clothed swordsman frowned, his pupils were illuminated by the firelight, but his eyes were full of darkness: "One day, Chongling was hit by a disaster, wildfires raged, thunder struck, and after the disaster subsided, there was no trace of life - not only the civilians living here, but also the demon lord Xie Yu himself, no trace."

Ning Ning was startled.

"Beyond this forest is the town where Xie Yu once lived. We might as well go there and ask around, maybe we can get some clues."

He chuckled as he spoke, and his eyes flickered slightly, falling on Pei Ji in the corner: "I wonder what you think, Junior Brother Pei?"

Ning Ning turned her head to look at him.

When she was talking to Senior Brother Meng just now, Pei Ji didn't say a word.

Meng Ju and Pei Ji, one white and one black, faced each other, and the sense of opposition between them was stronger than ever before.

The former was dressed in white, and he was naturally bright and elegant, while Pei Ji was surrounded by the shadow of a mountain wall, which dyed the boy's already dark pupils into a dull dark color.

He was tall and thin, with a straight spine, like a pure black sword.

Pei Ji held the long sword in his arms, and his throat moved slightly: "Hmm."

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This forest is not big. After passing through the dense trees, you can soon see the houses in the town.

According to the words of the demon tribe that Meng Du had seen, now was the time when the immortals and demons were fighting and Xie Yu had occupied Chongling.

The town in the mountains had inconvenient transportation, and most of the residents relied on self-sufficiency to fill their stomachs, so they were of course not rich.

Most of the buildings here were wooden houses, and one could imagine the tragic situation of the living beings being covered in charcoal when the wildfire spread in the future.

Ningning looked around and saw two incompatible shadows at the entrance of the town.

One was wearing a monk's robe and had a shiny bald head; the other had a handsome face and seemed familiar, and was Bai Ye, the talisman cultivator of Liuming Mountain.

In front of the two stood a rather bewildered townsman.

The two of them faced the direction where Ningning and others were coming from, and they could look into each other's eyes as long as they raised their eyes.

When Bai Ye saw Ning Ning, his expression froze.

He could never forget the sight of this girl running towards him like a dancing corpse. She

was simply his adult shadow, the kind that would occasionally appear in nightmares.

Meng Ju was indeed the most beautiful face of the Xuanxu Sword Sect. The moment he saw the two of them, he smiled and said, "Daoyou Bai Ye, Master Yonggui."

It turned out that the little monk was called Yonggui.

They were not familiar with each other, and now that they suddenly met, it was inevitable that they would exchange a few polite words, or flatter each other.

Ning Ning always felt that these words sounded too awkward. In order not to embarrass herself, she had already developed a magical skill to amuse herself -

replacing all the crooked immortal sect terms with down-to-earth compulsory education.

For example, now.

Bai Ye tried his best to calm his expression and laughed loudly: "So you are fellow Taoists from Xuanxu Sword Sect! Young Master Yonggui, you may not know these people - they are all direct disciples of Elder Tianxian. This is Brother Meng Ju, who has reached the sixth level of Yuanying at a young age. It only took him less than half a month to practice "Taiwu Sword Art."

- This classmate Meng Ju skipped a grade and came to the third year of high school at the age of twelve. It only took him less than half a month to complete a book "Five Years of College Entrance Examination and Three Years of Simulation".

Meng Ju easily concealed the impatience in his eyes and listened to him continue: "This is Junior Sister Ning Ning. She has been shining brightly in Xiaochong Mountain. She was also the first in the Jindan stage in the last round of the Ten Dharma Conference. She is a well-deserved young talent."

- This classmate Ning Ning not only achieved excellent results in the Mathematical Olympiad, but also won the first place in the high school group of the last English Speaking Competition. She is a well-deserved seed player for Peking University and Tsinghua University.

"There is also Junior Brother Pei Ji, who killed the demonized tree monster in the ancient forest. Although he has only been a disciple of Elder Tianxian for a short time, he is about to break through the golden elixir."

- Classmate Pei Ji solved the key questions of the monthly math test paper. Although he has only been transferred to the school for a short time, he has already ranked among the top few on the honor list.

It is very down-to-earth and in line with Marxist materialism and the core values ​​of socialism.

Bai Ye spoke passionately, and the townsman next to him could not wait to listen, and spoke with a slight accent: "Do you want to listen to the rest? If not, I will go home."

Bai Ye hurriedly tried to stop him: "No, no, no! Let's continue talking about the selection of concubines!"

Ning Ning asked curiously: "Selection of concubines?"

"Yes."

The townsman glanced at her, then pointed at Bai Ye and Yonggui Little Monk: "The Demon Lord is selecting a concubine, and these two are planning to participate."