Ningning always has a bad feeling.
It was already noon, but when she and Pei Ji sobered up and planned to leave the inn and go to the City Lord's Mansion, they did not see any other members of their sect.
Meng Jue, Zheng Weiqi, Lin Xun, He Zhizhou and even Master Tian Xianzi, the warriors who stayed in Tianxiang Tower to continue drinking, none of them came back. The door was locked and there was no response no matter how hard they knocked.
"They are not," Ning Ning recalled Pei Ji's appearance last night and couldn't help but worry, "They are still not sober after getting drunk, right?"
Today is the day to announce the results of the first round of the Fa Conference. If disciples do not show up, they may not be discovered;
However, Tian Xianzi is an elder of the Xuanxu Sword Sect. Judging from his eloquent speech at the banquet last night, it seemed that he was going to give a speech in front of everyone and tell them about the formation in the secret realm.
If she didn't show up, her master's reputation would be completely ruined.
"They may have gone to the City Lord's Mansion."
Pei Ji seemed a little reserved and cold for some reason. He stood behind her and said in a deep voice, "It's not a long journey from Tianxiang Tower to the City Lord's Mansion."
This is the luckiest possibility today.
Ning Ning nodded: "Let's go to the City Lord's Mansion first."
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Before entering the City Lord's Mansion, Ning Ning arrived at the door and saw the phoenix statue as soon as she raised her eyes.
There are many pavilions in the city lord's mansion. A phoenix spreads its wings and takes off between the green tiles and eaves. The emerald gems inlaid in its eyes shine brightly, and they are even more dazzling under the bright sunlight, as if they can penetrate into your heart at a glance.
"I heard there are two phoenix statues in total."
Pei Ji saw her looking up, and he also looked up along Ningning's line of sight: "One in the north and one in the south. The gemstones embedded in the bottom of the eyes are cast with magic, and can continuously rotate within a certain angle to record what they see."
Like four surveillance cameras constantly dangling back and forth.
However, just as surveillance cameras always have blind spots, these four stones also have obvious loopholes.
"Even if there is a phoenix, the murderer can still take advantage of the gap when the gem is moved, right?"
Because of what happened last night, Ningning always couldn't help feeling a little nervous when she was alone with Pei Ji.
She didn't know whether those drunken words and actions were true or false, and she couldn't be so shameless as to ask him directly: "Why did you say such ambiguous words last night?"
This is too embarrassing. She will not be able to face Pei Ji again.
and--
Ningning glanced at his profile, which was as quiet as still water, and suddenly thought of the smile that Pei Ji showed when he was lying on the bed last night.
He said he had practiced for a long time and his smile was definitely not fake.
Just because of a joke she once blurted out, did Pei Ji really practice smiling in front of the mirror over and over again?
The thought made her a little confused.
Pei Ji certainly didn't know the complicated thoughts in her head, so he replied softly, "Yeah."
After he finished speaking, he seemed to feel that this response was a bit perfunctory, so he continued in a deep voice: "It is said that after the Luan bird statue was installed, a girl went missing in Luan City. The criminal justice officer searched through all the recorded images but could not find any useful clues."
As Ning Ning walked with him to the mansion, she asked curiously, "Where did the girl disappear?"
"A place of fireworks and willow alleys."
Pei Ji's tone was still calm, completely different from the previous night: "There is a long street with brothels in Luan City, named 'Bai Hua Shen'. The missing person was a dancer. Because she had no relatives or friends, it took several days for the brothel maid to notice that she was missing."
Thinking about it this way, it’s hard not to feel a little sad.
They are all poor people who come out to make a living. The girl has no one to rely on and no one would even know she disappeared.
Today, the demons have disappeared and the world can barely be called peaceful. If it were in the past, such things would have been common. Mortals with low cultivation are all ants. Even if they fight desperately, they cannot shake the great cultivators in the slightest. They can only be crushed to death like ants.
Ningning sighed when she thought of this, and when she looked up again, she had already arrived at the main entrance of the front yard.
The disciples whose tokens were snatched away and who left the illusion midway knew that they had lost their chance, and most of them did not attend today's banquet. Looking around, the banquet was still there, but most of the guests were gone.
Ningning looked around and searched carefully, and finally her eyes lit up and she found the figure of the little white dragon Lin Xun in the corner.
It's just that something seems a little off about him.
The white robe seemed to have been ravaged madly, and the wrinkles on it were like ripples on the surface of a river during a flood, wrinkling badly. He sat motionless in the shadow of the eaves, as if his brain had been eaten by zombies and he had become a walking corpse. He didn't even need makeup to play a zombie.
Later, when she looked closely, she found that not only the white robe was ravaged, but he himself looked like a shrunk SpongeBob, with not a drop of skin left, and looked very haggard.
Ning Ning and Pei Ji looked at each other, walked forward and called softly, "Junior Brother Lin?"
The moment Lin Xun looked up, she smelled a sweet scent of wine. It is worthy of being the return of spring to Jiuzhou. Even after so long, the lingering fragrance is still like a spring breeze.
Seeing that he was still in a daze, Ning Ning continued to ask with some concern: "Are you okay? Where are the others besides you? What happened last night?"
The dragon boy stared at her intently. After a long while, he took a deep breath with red eyes and cried out in grievance: "Little Senior Sister - so scary, so scary, Master and the others are crazy!"
Lin Xun looked like a harmless fair-skinned young man, but at this moment his eyes were full of tears, his voice was as soft as cotton, and his two light pink dragon horns swayed with his head, looking like a powerful killing weapon.
Chengying chuckled: "You were almost like this kid last night. When you were acting like a spoiled child towards Ningning, oh my god, it was simply amazing hehehe."
Pei Ji's eyes dimmed, and his expression, which was not friendly to begin with, became even gloomier, and he pursed his thin lips tightly.
If he had heard Chengying say this in the past, he would have ignored it with disgust. However, when he saw Ningning comforting Lin Xun softly, he subconsciously spoke out in his heart.
"I--"
He seemed to feel extremely ashamed of this sentence, his tone was very stiff, and he took a lot of courage to finish it in one breath: "Who is better, me or him?"
Chengying was stunned.
Then he burst into laughter: "Oh my god, Pei Xiaoji! Is this something you would say? The sun rises from the west?"
It became more and more excited as it spoke, with an extremely weird and devilish "hehe" sound in between its words: "Are you...jealous or enlightened?"
Pei Ji frowned, held back the heat rising from his ears, and said in a cold voice: "Answer."
Chengying laughed for a long time and whispered in a voice that sounded like a whisper: "Of course it's you! Pei Xiaoji is the cutest in the world. When Ningning heard you acting like a spoiled child last night, her face turned really red."
Pei Ji: ...
Pei Ji was so confused that he just wanted to draw his sword and chop himself to death together with this extremely wretched uncle Yin.
But no matter how embarrassed he was, he was always rational. Hearing this, he raised his eyelids silently and quietly looked towards the ear of the girl next to him.
As white as jade, without any red.
Lin Xun did not make her feel shy or embarrassed.
Pei Ji withdrew his gaze with satisfaction. The annoyance in his heart mostly dissipated, and he was reluctantly willing to forgive Cheng Ying for chattering.
Ning Ning was startled by the little white dragon and responded in a soft voice: "Tell me slowly, what happened to Master and the others?"
"Last night, when you and Junior Brother Pei left Tianxiang Tower, Master and Senior Sister Zheng both said that Jiuzhou Chungui was indeed a fine wine. We had finally managed to trick the City Lord into treating us, so we couldn't waste it, so we kept drinking. Senior Brother Meng Jue and I were also forced to drink by them..."
Lin Xun gradually revealed a look of fear, his eyes widened: "In the end, everyone went crazy. Master, Senior Sister, and Senior Brother He jumped out of the window and ran away like monkeys. Senior Brother Meng Jue was lying on the ground unconscious. I drank the least, and barely had a little consciousness left to chase the three of them, but I also fainted halfway and can't remember anything."
A good drinking party turned into a monkey show. When I thought of the three people jumping up and down with their teeth bared, and finally jumping out of the third-floor window in full view of everyone...
It's so terrifying that I dare not think about it too much.
Ning Ning had a night-shining pearl in her storage bag. She had intended to give it to Lin Xun personally as a gift after the first round of trials. However, seeing how distraught he looked at this moment, it was obvious that she had no intention of accepting it.
She had no choice but to let the matter go for now, and continued to ask thoughtfully: "Senior Brother Meng Jue didn't show up in the City Lord's Mansion either... Do you remember where the three of Master went?"
Lin Xun didn't know what he remembered, and his whole body trembled instantly, and he whispered four words: "Deep in the Hundred Flowers."
Oh no.
Coincidentally, this was the long street where the last woman disappeared. I don’t know if those three people who ran in there without thinking would cause any trouble.
"Miss Ningning!"
She was worrying about her master's misfortune when another clear voice rang in her ears. Ningning turned her head and met Qiao Yan's light brown eyes.
The little fox girl finally shed her former melancholy, and a faint smile appeared in her eyes. When she saw her, her ears shook, and a faint halo was reflected by the sun.
Lin Xun's drunkenness and social phobia took effect at the same time, and he huddled in a corner.
Ningning smiled and said, "Calling me 'Miss Ningning' is too formal, just call me by my name. I wonder how the spirit fox tribe is doing?"
"Last night, the elders of the Suwen Hall diagnosed the entire clan and said that it was evil spirits that had entered their bodies. If they were to recuperate in a place with rich spiritual energy, they would be able to regain consciousness within half a year and become normal again."
Qiao Yan said: "As for the demons, they have all been imprisoned in the dungeon. After the ceremony is over, they will be taken back to the Demon Refining Tower by Elder Kunshan."
Ning Ning nodded in understanding, paused for a moment, and then asked slowly, "Which sect do you plan to take them to join?"
"Su Wen Tang's dedication to medical skills will be of great benefit to the recovery of my people. In addition, I have been studying medicine in the secret realm for many years, which just happens to be in line with this path."
The fox girl blinked her eyes and smiled peacefully and gently: "Besides my fox clan, there are many people in the world who are imprisoned. If I can learn something and use my medical skills to save them from danger, that would be my greatest wish."
She really grew up a lot overnight. She was no longer the little girl holding a bow and arrow and seeking revenge when she first met Ningning and her group. Ning Ning was not surprised by this result. Thinking of the secret realm, she added: "The Burning Sun Bow—"
Qiao Yan smiled and shook her head.
"That bow has attracted countless murders and robberies. I am no longer able to control it, so why not leave it in the secret realm?"
This is the best ending.
The Lord of Luancheng, who was not far away, had already walked to the center of the banquet and said a lot of official polite words similar to a speech under the national flag. After Ningning finished talking with Qiao Yan, she heard him laughing loudly in a trance:
"Many disciples do not know what happened in the secret realm, the remnants of the demon clan, and the illusion formation. Thanks to Little Taoist Ningning from the Xuanxu Sword Sect, the Shuijing Secret Realm was saved. Today, at this grand banquet, his master, Elder Tianxian, will explain the secrets to you one by one."
As soon as he finished speaking, the disciples around him stopped what they were doing out of respect, and waited in the same posture as Luo Yuanming. However, after half a cup of tea, Elder Tianxian, whose name was called, still did not show up.
A cloud in the sky came slowly and left slowly, without making any sound from beginning to end.
Luo Yuanming was very embarrassed. He and the other elders looked at each other, his temples throbbing.
Ningning pulled Pei Ji's sleeve with a stiff expression.
Her heart was in her throat as she stared motionlessly at the center of the banquet. She never expected that a young man with an extremely familiar figure would suddenly appear in front of her and slowly walk towards her.
It was simply the tenth wonder of the world. Tian Xianzi, who should have been drunk and lost his way, actually appeared in the City Lord's Mansion. However, his expression was not right. His eyes were red and swollen, like a wandering murderer who had been on the run for ten years.
He won’t do that. He must be drunk yet.
Ningning's sixth sense was like being thrown into a garbage can, spun 720 degrees, and then fermented with stinky mandarin fish, stinky tofu and snail noodles for 49 days. It was worse than before.
"My fellow Taoist friends——"
Tian Xianzi stood where Luo Yuanming had stood originally, grinning at everyone. However, since he did not stand steadily, he swayed violently to the side, and his whole expression was distorted like a bowl of wontons.
Thanks to him, a righteous banquet turned into a scene where people from the evil cult were reporting their murder achievements. "As we all know, these ten methods——"
He paused here, as if he had forgotten the words, and took out a thin piece of paper from his pocket, squinting his eyes and looking down: "The Ten Dharma Ceremony is a major event that we rarely see in several years!"
The Ten Dharmas of God’s Mother. So what are they here for, a funeral exchange conference?
Luo Yuanming widened his eyes, almost choking on his breath, and seemed to want to say something but stopped himself.
"Well, let me see. Let's fix—"
Tian Xianzi obviously had not yet recovered from his drunken state, and he was staggering as he tried to identify the handwriting on the paper.
He was not conscious clearly, and the words were all blurry and he couldn't tell whether the word "Xiu" was followed by "Xian", "Zhen" or "Tao". He tried to identify it for a long while, then frowned in annoyance and looked away.
Under the paper, his legs were spread outward.
Oh, it’s neither “immortal” nor “truth”, nor is it “Tao”.
He understood. The words that occupied his entire mind at this moment were——
"The Ten Dharmas are a rare event in the shoe repair industry that only happens once in a few years!"
Tian Xianzi raised his eyebrows and said: "Among them, my good disciple Ningning is a talent in the shoe repair industry. I am extremely proud of her!"
Many people around her looked at her with shock. Ningning just wanted to close her eyes and die in a decent way.
Luo Yuanming pinched his Ren Zhong point hard to prevent himself from fainting. Tian Xianzi beside him was still talking non-stop:
"You will never be able to imagine what happened in the secret realm!"
There was deathly silence in the City Lord's Mansion. Pei Ji stood in front of Ning Ning with an expressionless face, blocking the latter's sight from all directions, and she herself did not dare to listen any further.
"The secret realm was set up with a water mirror formation by the demons. The place where everyone first arrived was actually the dark side of the formation, where the demons gathered."
He spoke passionately, gesticulating with joy: "It was Ningning who discovered the center of the formation and fought the Demon Lord with the sword for three hundred rounds, thus severely damaging the demon clan and restoring peace to the secret realm!"
take. Wear. magic. Jun.
Zhenxiao Jianzun, who usually has the best relationship with this person, had a dark face, his hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, and he took a gulp of hot tea.
"Elder Tianxian."
After all, this person is a well-known and powerful person in the immortal sect. Even if Luo Yuanming finds something wrong, he cannot embarrass him in public.
Seeing that Tianxianzi paused at this point, he judged the situation and lowered his voice, reminding in a low voice that only the two of them could hear: "Elder Tianxian, it's time to ask Ningning to come on stage and let me give the reward."
Tian Xianzi nodded, twisted his head stiffly like a broken artificial intelligence device, and glanced at most people present. Because Ningning was blocked by Pei Ji, she did not see the shadow of the little girl she remembered.
"But Ningning—"
He tilted his head, his eyes full of disappointment and confusion, and said to Luo Yuanming in a dull voice without disguising: "Ningning is no longer here. Even if you call her name now, no one will come up."
The elders were shocked, the disciples were stunned, and the scene was in chaos.
Not here anymore.
——Oh, heaven and earth! Ningning is dead? !
Junior sister Ningning from the Xuanxu Sword Sect, she, she was seriously injured and died after the duel with the Demon Lord? ! Was the oolong incident at the exit of the secret realm that day the last time they saw her? !
No wonder she looked different that day, could it be... a last burst of energy? !
Ningning's eyes went dark, she clutched Pei Ji's sleeve tightly, and tried to take a deep breath.
The people who were not near her sighed and lamented, and the disciples next to her looked sideways, with horror on their faces, and took a few steps back without making a sound.
Then, Tian Xianzi's voice like a broken gong was heard again: "The rest of you, fellow Taoists, don't be discouraged. No matter how unknown you are now, as long as you practice diligently, you will be like Ning Ning. One day, you will lose your head and turn into a phoenix burning with lust!"
This time, not only Luo Yuanming, the entire venue was boiling with excitement.
Who would want to lose their head like her?
“This guy is crazy!”
Lin Qian screamed in shock: "Quick, quick, quick, someone go stop him!"
"Did he mean 'to rise to prominence' or 'to rise from the ashes'?"
Qu Feiqing saw through the trick immediately: "He is drunk."
"Elder Tianxian, what's wrong with you?"
Luo Yuanming was so scared that his face turned pale. He hurried forward to stop him, but Tian Xianzi suddenly turned his head, and the ferocious and crazy murderous intent in his eyes like a wild beast made him dare not move forward.
This look was truly terrifying. The guards in the City Lord's Mansion followed suit. They thought that Elder Tianxian was going to draw his sword and fight, but unexpectedly, the other party just smiled coldly, took a step back and said, "What are you doing? Want to arrest me? No way!"
So everyone at the banquet watched Elder Tianxian do backflips and fly backwards, while the city lord's guards chased after him, like a monkey, and finally arrived at the stables in the mansion.
He ran away, they chased him, and he couldn't escape even if he had wings.
Under heavy siege, Tian Xianzi was not panicked. Instead, he jumped straight to a horse in the corner, raised his hand to hold the reins, and shouted with overwhelming passion: "Good horse brother, you have always been ridden by others before, today I will let you ride me too! Let's run away!"
His coquettishness finally turned into a knife stabbing him.
Inside and outside the City Lord's Mansion, everyone was shocked.
——Help! Elder Tianxian picked up a horse without saying a word, swung it in the air to make a big circle, and ran towards the street amid the horse's screams like a pig being slaughtered!
People and horses were falling down and screaming on the street. The horses were bouncing up and down on his shoulders, wailing and foaming at the mouth out of fear. The sound of the horses' screams echoed throughout the area, accompanied by Tian Xianzi's flamboyant laughter.
His wildness was beyond the reach of ordinary people, and the people of Luancheng called him "the number one horse-torturing and head-chopping demon in the immortal world", and his good name will live on for generations.
"Little Senior Sister Ningning, go and save them!"
Lin Xun in the corner either felt the same way or was frightened by Tian Xianzi, sobbing: "If even Master has become like this... then what will Senior Sister and Senior Brother He do in the depths of Baihua!"
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