burn.

It's too burning.

This underground fire is indeed the most intense fire in the world that can melt the fragments of the Sky-Repairing Stone. Even if one uses the Phoenix Secret Technique to avoid the fire, one can still feel the fierce heat coming at him, and even the ends of one's hair are singed.

After Xu Yinglian had been hiding in the sea of ​​fire and lava for a quarter of an hour, he discovered that half of the hem of his robe had been gone.

If I continue like this, and run in the underground fire for a few hours, I'm afraid I'll be completely naked when I come out.

Fortunately, she has always liked cleanliness and had three or four sets of clothes in her storage bag, so it was not a problem.

After about an hour, the collar and hem of the Taoist robe were completely gone, revealing the smooth and white thighs and the skin under the neck.

Although there was no one around, Xu Yinglian still felt ashamed and hurriedly reached for the storage bag around his waist.

Then he took out half of the bag, and there were traces of burning on the torn part.

Xu Yinglian:?

Where is my storage bag? Where is my storage bag that big!!!

"Senior, it's all your bad idea!" She complained to Feng Lan angrily, "What should I do now?!"

"Oh, it's my fault." Feng Lan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "When we Phoenixes use this method, we use our real bodies to move through the sea of ​​fire, so at most some feathers will be burnt, but no clothes will be damaged..."

"Forget it, I'll find a place to go out first." Xu Yinglian looked around.

There were rock walls all around, and no cracks or passages. In addition, Xu Yinglian did not know the art of earth escape, so he could only continue to escape in the underground fire, planning to find an exit and go out directly.

But perhaps the direction was chosen incorrectly, and the exit leading upwards was not found. Instead, the temperature of the underground fire was getting higher and higher, and the clothes were disappearing faster and faster.

If he couldn't find a way out, Xu Yinglian became furious and planned to use the Yujia Sword to break through the wall!

However, ever since Shi Liuli got what she wanted and became pregnant, she has become noticeably lazy, perhaps due to pregnancy syndrome.

First of all, apart from daily monitoring of the smelting process, I spend most of my time in a daze, occasionally touching my belly and laughing foolishly.

Secondly, his reaction speed also slowed down significantly. He was indifferent to Chen Guanshui's conversations, often responding with "oh", "um" or silence, which made him feel inexplicably ignored and unhappy.

So he took some time to leave the smelting place, called out the Kunlun Mirror and said:

"Do you feel that there is something wrong with Lady Liuli?"

Kunlun Mirror smiled and asked back:

"Do you think it's wrong to ask me about your wife's affairs?"

"A Jing, you've changed!" Chen Guanshui was heartbroken. "You used to be my partner in repairing the sky, but now that the sky-repairing stone is about to be refined, you're planning to just sit back and do nothing!"

Kunlun Mirror remained unmoved. Chen Guanshui only heard him ponder and say:

"Will Lady Liuli's current distracted state affect the final product of the Heaven-Repairing Stone? What I mean is, if there are any flaws in the refining process... it may not have any impact."

Kunlun Mirror suddenly shuddered. She didn't care how the scumbag's backyard caught fire! But it would be unacceptable if it affected the plan to repair the sky.

"I'll go find her and test it out." She said calmly, "Before I figure out the problem, don't contact her first, lest she sees you and gets angry."

"Why do you get angry when you see me?" Chen Guanshui wanted to protest a little, but he quickly retreated under the look in Kunlun Jing that looked at him like a stink bug, and left silently.

This is the largest underground fire fissure within a thousand miles, so the surrounding passages are extremely tortuous and complicated. Chen Guanshui plans to find a remote place to isolate himself and think about where he did wrong.

I don’t think I’ve neglected Liuli recently, right?

At this moment, there was a sudden explosion from below.

Chen Guanshui stepped back hastily, and saw a golden line suddenly piercing out from below, quickly cutting through the layers of rock walls, digging out a huge hole, and earth and rocks fell down.

Before he could react, the half-naked Xu Yinglian had already crawled out from underneath, covered in dust and dirt. The moment their eyes met, they were stunned almost at the same time.

Xu Yinglian really didn't expect that while he was drilling upwards in the cave and before he had time to go to the bottom of the sea to find seaweed to shelter his body, he would actually run into a passing monk!

Are you a gopher? Why do you love digging holes so much?

For a moment she even had the urge to kill the person to silence him, but soon she saw the other person's face clearly. After a quick moment of shock and astonishment, she couldn't help but sneer in her heart.

Great, great, it’s true that after searching for a long time, I finally got it without any effort!

Chen Guanshui didn't have the same complex psychological changes as Sister Xu. The first thought in his mind was "Not good, hurry up!"

The second thought is "Where to go?"

You know, Ah Jing and Liu Li are nearby. Even if I run away temporarily and get rid of Junior Sister Xu, won't the matter still be exposed when she finds Ah Jing and Liu Li?

Junior Sister Xu is convinced that she is Chang Geng, and Liuli may not be willing to help her act... This matter will be difficult to cover up.

Or, be as honest as Liuli?

Since Liuli can accept it, Junior Sister may not be incapable of tolerance...

"Why aren't you talking?" Xu Yinglian asked with a sneer, "Brother, are you so scared when you see me that you can't speak?"

"Why don't you put on your clothes first?" Chen Guanshui tried to buy time.

He took out the dress from the storage bag and handed it over.

Xu Yinglian was embarrassed when she saw that she was naked. She grabbed the dress and put it on. She felt that it was a little tight around her chest. After a moment's hesitation, she realized:

"Brother, are you still carrying women's clothes?"

Chen Guanshui was numb at this time and didn't know how to explain, so he just kept silent and turned away.

"Where are you going, senior brother?" Xu Yinglian hurriedly pulled his arm.

Unexpectedly, the other party did not pull his hand away or run away, but just let her pull him and continued to move forward.

This also made Xu Yinglian secretly alert. He thought that although he was 90% sure that this man was his senior brother, he still lacked the final evidence.

What if I really made a mistake?

Not only was his body visible to others, but the other party was also walking silently in front of him. Could he be looking for a place to harm him?

Thinking of this, Xu Yinglian also became secretly alert, waiting for the other party to reveal the slightest flaw, and then he would use the Taiyi Fenguang Sword without any further explanation to subdue the man.

Chen Guanshui was not in the mood, so he pulled Xu Yinglian and walked in front of him. He finally calmed down and had a vague idea of ​​a solution in his mind.

First of all, this matter is a time bomb. You can hide it on the first day, but you can’t hide it on the fifteenth.

How many years have I been away from Kunlun? The fact that Junior Sister Xu could chase me here shows how tenacious she is... Others may not understand Junior Sister Xu, but don't I?

In the past, just because his cultivation level lagged behind mine, he was still chasing me relentlessly, competing with me every three days, a small contest, and a big contest every five days, doing everything he could to win a game.

Even after they became Taoist companions and let go of their grudges, the competition between them never completely stopped, but it changed from "surpassing the senior brother" to "not being left too far behind by the senior brother". This stubborn character is so deeply rooted that it is comparable to a rock.

It was simply impossible to expect her to give up looking for me. In the past, I was still hoping for luck and running around everywhere, but now it has been proven that running away can't solve the fundamental problem. Sooner or later, the showdown will have to be made.

Secondly, although it is a time bomb, the timing of detonation is still critical.

If several victims gather together, each looking for "their husband", and then "This is my husband", "What? This is also my husband", and finally become hostile to each other due to the common hatred, the power of the bomb will be devastating.

But if we come one by one and let the omnipotent mirror do some ideological work, it is not impossible to cut the wire safely...

Thinking of this, Chen Guanshui suddenly stopped and said to Xu Yinglian:

"You wait here first (I'll go call Jing over to explain)."

"No." Xu Yinglian refused without hesitation, "What if you run away?"

"You don't trust me?" Chen Guanshui asked with a frown.

"How can you make me trust you?" Xu Yinglian asked indifferently, "Or, first admit that you are my senior brother, and then we can talk about other things."

"Heh." Chen Guanshui shook his head. "So you're not sure either... Then why are you so persistent in pursuing me?"

"Because my intuition tells me that you are my senior brother." Xu Yinglian said affirmatively, "Although I will not deny my intuition, I will not completely believe in it either."

What I mean is that I am 90% sure that you are Qiu Changtian, but I still want your personal acknowledgement.

Chen Guanshui pondered for a while, and finally let out a long breath:

"Well, actually..."

"What actually happened?" Kunlun Jing pushed the door open and asked casually at first. Then he saw Xu Yinglian and his expression suddenly stiffened.

"Ah Jing, I leave it to you." Chen Guanshui said as if he had been pardoned, "I'll go..."

He subconsciously wanted to say, "I'm going to see Liuli," but he quickly came to his senses.

Not to mention how suicidal it would be to go see another woman in front of Junior Sister Xu who was about to learn the truth. Just think about it, if Xu Yinglian's spiritual heart collapsed and he started to turn evil, and if I hid there, I wouldn't even have anywhere to run!

"I'm going outside to relax," he said quickly.

"Wait, you are not allowed to leave..." Xu Yinglian was about to stop him, but he only heard Kunlun Mirror sighing:

"Okay. Junior Sister Xu, right?"

"Who are you?"

"I will tell you everything I know, that is, everything about Qiu Changtian."

Chen Guanshui hid outside and suddenly remembered that if it were a TV series or a movie, this kind of scene would always be followed by "I'm going outside to smoke a cigarette", and then the man would go out and stare into the distance, puffing away smoke, just like a prisoner about to be executed, calmly waiting for his final end to come.

But this was underground with no distance and no smoke, so he could only squat in a corner sadly, lowering his head to study the texture of the soil under his feet.

"Master Sword Master is so pitiful." Su Mingjian said in his sea of ​​consciousness.

"It's not that pitiful." Chen Guanshui sighed and said, "Today's result is yesterday's cause. What you have to bear will come sooner or later, no matter if you are prepared or not."

"Then, Master Sword Master, do you think Junior Sister Xu will forgive you?" Su Mingjian ignored his sigh. After all, he was the one who caused this whole thing. Compared to this, he was more concerned about what would become of Master Sword Master. After all, that was closely related to the amount of fun he had.

"I don't know." Chen Guanshui said blankly.

Emotionally speaking, Xu Yinglian might forgive himself, because after all, he had loved her deeply and was still in love with her now; but in terms of personality, how could such a proud Phoenix Fairy accept that her Taoist partner had another woman?

In other words, it all depends on luck.

Chen Guanshui was feeling extremely nervous when he suddenly heard footsteps behind him.

He turned around hurriedly and saw Xu Yinglian coming towards him with an expressionless face.

"Well, you... know everything?" Chen Guanshui asked nervously.

"Yeah." Xu Yinglian nodded, "How do you plan to die?"

"What?" Chen Guanshui didn't hear clearly for a moment.

"Why don't you just commit suicide?" Xu Yinglian said, "I'll let you reincarnate."

"Junior sister, don't joke around." Chen Guanshui finally understood what the other party meant and said tremblingly, "Isn't this for the purpose of repairing the sky..."

"It's okay to die after repairing the Queen of Heaven." Xu Yinglian said lightly.

On her otherworldly and beautiful face, there was only a biting, icy chill at this moment, as if it were the eternal, unmelted ice in the Far North.

"After repairing the sky..." Chen Guanshui was silent for a moment, then asked cautiously, "Why does Junior Sister want me to die?"

"Because scum like you, brother, living in this world will only lower the average moral bottom line of cultivators." Xu Yinglian replied indifferently, "Although the original intention was to repair the sky and save the world, how can Kunlun Taiqing Sect tolerate such shameless behavior? How can Tiannan Xu Family tolerate it? And... me, how do you think I should tolerate it?"

When she spoke the last part, she finally couldn't hold back her anger anymore and revealed a furious look as if she was ready to devour anyone.

Chen Guanshui was speechless for a long while before he said:

"It is indeed my fault, I..."

"Brother, you don't have to confess to me here." Xu Yinglian suppressed his anger and said coldly, "Brother, you have let down too many people. What's the point of just coming here to perfunctorily deal with me?"

"If you still have any moral bottom line in your heart, then you can commit suicide after the sky-repairing mission is completed. With the merits gained from the sky-repairing mission, you can be reborn into a good family. This can be considered as offsetting your demerits and returning the world to a clean slate."

"Yeah." Chen Guanshui's face was ashen. He didn't say anything. He just turned around and left silently.

It wasn't because Junior Sister Xu's words were too harsh, but because the other party had such a resolute attitude, which made him realize that he had lost the opportunity to win back Junior Sister Xu's feelings forever.

Xu Yinglian watched him leave in a desolate manner, then turned back to the inner room, only to hear Shi Liuli, who was sitting on the stone bed, asking in a half-smiley voice:

"Isn't this an over the top performance? Aren't you afraid that he will take these words seriously and then ruthlessly break up with you?"

"What's it got to do with you how my relationship with my senior brother ends?" Xu Yinglian asked contemptuously.

"Why is it none of my business?" Shi Liuli said indifferently, "I wish you all would cut ties with him...but fake is fake after all, and your acting is so bad that I can't bear to watch it."

"By the way, your trick of playing hard to get is just what I left over."

Xu Yinglian responded with silence, and after a while he sneered and said:

"I never thought that a noble woman like Penglai Dongyou could be such a mean and mean woman."

"I have never boasted about how noble I am." Shi Liuli said coldly, "Moreover, when it comes to love, who wouldn't be selfish if there is a chance of squeezing out the rival in love?"

"Fellow Daoist Qiongying, if you have any tricks, just use them and let me open my eyes."

Kunlun Jing had an awkward smile on his face as he watched the two women confronting each other and squeezing each other, and he couldn't help but worry for Chen Guanshui.