The black fog in the Black Fog Forest became thicker and thicker, occasionally mixed with the flow of spiritual energy. However, it was difficult for them to tell which cultivator the spiritual power came from, or whether it came from the Boundless Continent.
They were lost.
There were not so many evil spirits and ferocious beasts that would attack people in the Black Mist Forest, but it was the area with the strongest thunder power along the way. There were constant thunder sounds around them, but the fog was too thick, and they could not see where the thunder fell, so they could only judge by the sound.
In addition to the thunder, they occasionally heard human voices, voices, screams, and calls, but when they followed the sound, the person was gone.
The entire dark fog forest looked like a maze.
“Damn it.”
The eldest grandson, Jun, suddenly cursed. He was getting impatient.
Yi Xichen had almost never heard his eldest grandson Jun swear, which showed how bad his mood was. Yi Xichen said nothing, but just held his eldest grandson Jun's hand.
The eldest grandson, Jun, closed his eyes. His inner demons became clearer and clearer. He could already see the figure of a woman emerging from the magic mist and hear the faint laughter of women around him. He closed his eyes and didn't want to see, and covered his ears and didn't want to hear, trying to shut himself up. But he didn't expect that when he closed his eyes, he could see the girl's face more clearly.
The girl had an almond-shaped face, rosy cheeks, willow-shaped eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes. When she smiled, her white teeth were exposed and her eyes were shining, as if the sun was rising, she was full of energy, bright and proud.
"Zijun, come on, defeat me if you can!"
"Why are you so useless? How can you be a swordsman in the future?"
"Are you a piece of garbage?!"
Boom!
A bolt of lightning exploded above his head, pulling him out of his inner demons!
The eldest grandson Jun broke out in a cold sweat and hurriedly opened his body protection, but it was too late! The person behind him suddenly hugged him tightly, blocking most of the lightning and fire for him, but some of it still fell on him. However, the expected pain did not come, just a slight sting, as if a small static electricity passed through his body.
He immediately pulled Yi Xichen off him and anxiously checked his injuries. He should have been the one protecting Yi Xichen, but because of his inner demons, Yi Xichen actually used his body to block the thunder for him! Damn it!
When he found out that Yi Xichen was safe and sound, the eldest grandson Jun's heart began to beat wildly out of fear.
Any cultivator who can pass through the lightning wall and enter this place should have enough cultivation to resist the power of the Void Sea's thunder. However, the terrifying thing about this Black Mist Forest is that after the demonic energy invades the body, it confuses the mind. If you are hit by thunder at this time, you will be seriously injured without time to protect yourself. Just now, they heard a few thunders accompanied by screams, and it is very likely that a cultivator died because of it.
The eldest grandson, Zijun, grabbed Yi Xichen's arm tightly, "How are you?"
Yi Xichen shook his head, still looking a little confused: "I'm fine."
When the thunder struck just now, the eldest grandson Jun was still unconscious, and it was Yi Xichen who desperately used his body to protect himself from the thunder. He knew that he could not withstand the thunder, so he could only protect himself and try his best not to let the eldest grandson Jun get hurt. But even he was surprised that the thunder was very weak, and he easily blocked it without getting hurt.
"Good luck." Yi Xichen patted his chest, a little scared, "This thunder is relatively weak."
Thunderstorms also have strengths and weaknesses. We can only say that God favors them and only sent a small thunder to scare them, which is harmless.
The eldest grandson, Jun, had a stiff face: "Don't do this again!"
He was lucky this time, but what about next time? When he thought about Yi Xichen getting hurt to protect him, his eldest grandson Zijun was about to burst out with regret.
Yi Xichen smiled and said, "I am not that vulnerable. You spent five high-level spirit stones to buy me the heart-protecting gold iron armor. Wouldn't it be a waste if you don't verify its effect? That's a lot of money!"
The eldest grandson, Zijun, naturally understood his intentions, and felt warm in his heart. He raised his hand and pinched the back of his neck: "No need to do that, I have protection too." He was afraid that Yi Xichen would not believe him, so he added, "...very powerful. It can't be damaged."
Yi Xichen was slightly startled: "An indestructible body armor?" He thought to himself when his eldest grandson Zijun bought something he didn't know about, and the indestructible body armor must be very expensive, costing a lot of money. However, after thinking about it carefully, the corners of his mouth twitched: "You don't mean that one... the one that the boxing monkey can't destroy..."
"Um."
Yi Xichen: “…”
What kind of weird martial arts is this? ! It is a fatal weakness for others, but it becomes the most powerful body protection for Zhang Sunzijun! ! This is against the will of heaven! !
But then again, what's the point of having that thing if it can't be broken? If your brain is broken, you'll become a fool, and then the thing will be awesome, but it's useless!
Yi Xichen rolled his eyes: "The Heart Guardian Gold Armor is still useful, and your thing is useless!"
The eldest grandson, Zijun: "..." Actually, it was very useful in the past, but I just haven't had the chance to use it recently...
After a few jokes, the atmosphere was no longer tense, and both of them smiled. Yi Xichen continued to hug his waist from behind: "Don't worry, at most we can spend a few more days here. Didn't we get stuck in the mountains for more than half a month before?"
At that time, they had just entered the forest and lost their way. They lost their way in the deep forest and walked around for more than half a month without finding a way out. However, neither of them was in a hurry. They found a tree hole to sleep in the middle of the night and got up again at dawn to continue looking for the way. Yi Xichen was leisurely. There was nothing urgent to do anyway. He wandered around in the forest and occasionally found rare medicinal herbs. His eldest grandson Zijun did not seem impatient either. He felt curious and asked him, Zijun, we have been lost for so long, why are you not in a hurry?
The eldest grandson, Zijun, said, don’t worry, it’s the same everywhere.
In fact, there was a sentence he didn't say, but Yi Xichen understood. The two of them were together, no matter where they were, it was the same.
The eldest grandson, Zijun, let out a long breath: "Yeah."
He summoned a sword light and cut his palm with it, and blood gushed out instantly.
Yi Xichen frowned: "What are you doing?"
The eldest grandson Jun shook his head, signaling that he need not worry: "I have to sober up."
He was almost dragged into the realm of inner demons just now, but the inner demons were deeply rooted in his heart. He didn't know how to get rid of them immediately, but he had to think of a way to stay awake. Otherwise, he might not be so lucky next time. This dark fog forest was much more dangerous than the maze forest.
He wiped his eyes with his bloody fingers, and opened his eyes with a sharp aura. Although the shadows did not completely disappear, they were fewer.
Yi Xichen frowned. He looked at the blood in the palm of his eldest grandson Jun's hand, and suddenly felt a lot of regret - if he could be stronger, if he didn't need the protection of his eldest grandson Jun, but could protect his eldest grandson Jun, how great it would be!
At this moment, they suddenly heard a wolf howl coming from the depths of the fog!
Both of them looked startled: "It's a big wolf!"
Lang Yue's roar was anxious and angry. Since they had heard it, it was not an illusion brought about by the evil spirit! The two of them immediately rushed in the direction where the sound came from!
The thick black fog hindered their progress. The source of the sound was clearly not far away, but it took the sword a lot of effort to get there after penetrating through the layers of black fog. Lang Yue was no longer there. In the black fog, they could only see a dark shadow flash by!
"It's the big wolf!"
Lang Yue moved freely in the evil spirit, and his body was faster than them. He disappeared in a flash!
Yi Xichen was surprised and asked, "He's alone?"
Although they failed to catch him, the figure was alone, and it was clearly Lang Yue alone, while Qiao Jue was nowhere to be seen!
The eldest grandson, Zijun, frowned and said, "Chase!"
The two men broke through the layers of magic mist and followed the figure. However, Lang Yue was already half-demon, and the magic energy had no effect on him. He could even control the magic mist, so in just a moment, Lang Yue disappeared in the black mist again. But at least they saw clearly that Lang Yue was indeed alone, and Qiao Jue was really gone.
"Did they get separated?" Yi Xichen asked. Qiao Jue was very cunning, and he wondered if this was a conspiracy of the two. However, Lang Yue had deep spiritual power, so it was fine for him to move alone. But Qiao Jue was just an alchemist after all. He couldn't survive alone in this void, and he had to be held by a monster to move. What was the purpose of such a conspiracy? Therefore, Yi Xichen gave up the idea. He just didn't know what they had encountered, and why they got separated in such a dangerous place. Listening to Lang Yue's roar just now, it was full of anxiety.
What is the relationship between these two people?
"Walk!"
They wandered around in the dark foggy forest, without seeing anything. The sky was filled with thick fog, and they didn't know if they were still walking around in the same place or had already gone far away. Fortunately, the two of them stayed close to each other. As long as they didn't separate, even if they lost their way in the dark foggy forest, their hearts would always be at peace.
Suddenly, they saw a figure riding a bird flying in the dark mist.
After just a moment of stunned silence, the eldest grandson Zijun used several fire techniques to throw over!
The flames instantly surrounded Qiao Jue and the Thunderbird, cutting off their retreat! At the same time, Yi Xichen swung his sword and pierced Qiao Jue's shoulder!
Qiao Jue groaned, and both shoulders were pierced. Yi Xichen quickly chanted a spell to use his sword to freeze Qiao Jue in place, so that he would not escape into the black mist again. Qiao Jue cast a death-substitution spell on the monster, so he could not kill him with a single blow, but if it was not a fatal injury, the death-substitution spell would not be activated.
The Thunderbird flapped its wings nervously, trying to escape, but Qiao Jue grabbed its neck angrily and said viciously, "Don't scream!"
The Thunderbird trembled its wings in pain, not daring to cry or run away. ——To the surprise of the eldest grandson Zijun and Yi Xichen, Qiao Jue did not even have the intention to run away this time!
Qiao Jue still had Yi Xichen's sword stuck on his shoulder, his Taoist robe was stained with blood, and the firelight made his face look tragically pale. His facial features were originally gentle, but under this tragic look, they looked eerie and quite scary.
His face changed, and he suddenly became tearful and cried miserably: "My two Taoist friends, save me!"
The eldest grandson Zijun frowned, and Yi Xichen raised his eyebrows.
Such a shameless person really opened their eyes. He had been the one who had repeatedly made troubles before, and his true face had long been exposed, yet he dared to pretend to be pitiful now. Could it be that he wanted to say that it was the monsters that he had enslaved that made troubles for him?
Qiao Jue saw through their thoughts and immediately said, "I know that my fellow Taoists will definitely despise me for practicing evil magic, but I was also forced to do it! I was threatened by a demon!"
Yi Xichen ignored what he said and silently recited the sword technique. His sword immediately flew over, and Qiao Jue, who was skewered on the sword, was also dragged over along with it and was strangled by the eldest grandson Zijun with one hand.
Qiao Jue's pale face finally showed some color, and his lips moved up and down, begging desperately: "I left Lang Yue and came all the way to find you two fellow Taoists! I know you are all good people, please listen to my explanation first!"
Yi Xichen pulled off the Qiankun bag on his body, untied it and checked what evil things he had brought and what he could use. When he signed the slave contract, he needed a lot of spiritual stones and immortal materials, and he must need them when he untied them. While checking, he said casually: "Tell me about it." Obviously, he didn't care what Qiao Jue was going to say, and he didn't believe it.
Qiao Jue said, "I was also threatened by the demon! You are from a famous and righteous sect that kills demons and monsters, you will definitely be able to help me!" He rolled up his sleeves, revealing a black hexagram symbol on his arm, "This is the mark left by the demon. If I don't listen to him, he will kill me. Everything I did was forced! Please save me and Lang Yue!"
When the eldest grandson Jun saw the black mark, his pupils suddenly shrank!
Yi Xichen did not notice the abnormality of his eldest grandson Zijun, but sneered. Qiao Jue was quite good at talking, and he gave them a high hat of "a famous and righteous family who slayed demons and exorcised monsters". If they did not help him, wouldn't they not be "a famous and righteous family"?
"Save the big wolf? Weren't you the one who left him behind that day?"
Qiao Jue's expression changed slightly, and a hint of mockery flashed across his face: "He is a monster that I have bonded with. I know you won't make things difficult for him."
So when he was surrounded by people that day, he left Lang Yue and went away. But when his eldest grandson Zijun really wanted to kill him, he didn't dare to leave.
This Qiao Jue has a feminine appearance. He can be ruthless and heartless when he is cruel, but now he shows weakness, and he looks very pitiful. If a person is a little dull, he would be easily deceived by his appearance.
However, his eldest grandson Zijun and Yi Xichen did not believe a word he said.
Qiao Jue said: "I will tell you the whole story, I..."
“No need!”
The eldest grandson Jun interrupted him and slapped him on the forehead. Qiao Jue was caught off guard and immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, his pupils dilated. The eldest grandson Jun pointed at his eyebrows and forcefully invaded his sea of consciousness! He was not interested in what kind of story Qiao Jue had fabricated. He would see the whole story for himself!
Qiao Jue was shocked and struggled to dodge, but how could he resist the powerful spiritual power of his eldest grandson Zijun? In just a moment, his sea of consciousness was occupied!
The scene in front of me changed rapidly, the magic fog dissipated, and an ethereal valley appeared.
The eldest grandson, Zijun—at this moment he was in Qiao Jue's memory—had a gray wolf demon beside him. It was not a giant ice wolf, but just an ordinary demon wolf.
Qiao Jue pointed at a red blood lotus on the mountain peak and said to the wolf demon, "Go and help me pick it." It was a twin blood lotus, an extremely precious immortal material that could greatly enhance spiritual power when used to refine elixirs.
However, the mountain was extremely steep and full of strong evil spirits. It was unknown which cave master's territory it belonged to. Even if one was a sword cultivator, it would be difficult to reach the top due to the interference of the evil spirits. If one climbed up, there would be many dangers. If one fell halfway, he would be smashed to pieces.
The wolf demon didn't move.
Qiao Jue said, "Grey Wolf, did you hear me?"
The wolf demon was unhappy: "I can't go up."
"Why can't you get up there?" Qiao Jue was a little anxious, but still coaxed her patiently, "As long as you help me pick the twin blood lotus, I'll give you ten tranquilizing pills, okay?"
"If I lose my footing, I'll be dead. What use will your medicine be to me?"
Obviously, Qiao Jue had not enslaved the wolf. Qiao Jue could only lure him with benefits, and it was difficult to force him to do something he was unwilling to do. At this time, Qiao Jue was just an ordinary beast-killing alchemist and had not learned those evil ways.
Qiao Jue tried to coax him again and again, but the wolf demon remained unmoved. No matter what Qiao Jue said, he refused to put himself in danger.
At this time, a demon eagle flew from the sky and circled near the mountain peak, obviously coveting the twin snow lotuses. However, the mountain peak was as sharp as a blade, and there was a demonic aura shrouding it, so the demon eagle did not dare to move forward and could only circle around looking for a suitable opportunity to attack.
When Qiao Jue saw that there was a competitor, he became more anxious and his tone was no longer gentle: "Grey Wolf! You are such a heartless thing. You ate so many of my pills, and when I needed you, you made excuses! If you don't want to go, give me back everything I gave you!"
Gray Wolf was enraged: "I don't care about you for the crappy pills you made! You want me to risk my life for a few pills, who do you think you are! I've tolerated you long enough!"
The gray wolf turned around, crouched down, opened its bloody mouth, and made an attacking gesture towards Qiao Jue.
Qiao Jue was shocked and stepped back repeatedly, then took out a handful of fire talismans and threw them at the wolf demon!
The wolf demon dodged nimbly, pounced forward, and bit Qiao Jue's right arm!
Qiao Jue screamed in agony, pounding the wolf demon to push it away. The wolf demon roared, its demonic energy invading Qiao Jue's eardrums, causing a buzzing in his ears and a splitting headache. The wolf demon attacked him again, and he had almost no power to fight back. He was hit in the heart and fell to the ground, his whole body twitching.
Pain! Unspeakable pain! His whole body almost fell apart, and he couldn't even move a finger. Maybe he would die here today.
However, the wolf demon did not kill him, but only tore off his Qiankun bag and poured out everything inside. The pills he had prepared to lure the monster were swallowed by the wolf demon, and the pill-forming stone he had worked so hard to refine was crushed to pieces by the wolf demon!
"With your limited ability, why practice Taoism?"
Suddenly, some fragmented memories came flooding back.
"Why practice Taoism with your qualifications? Just find a cave and wait for death!"
"Sword cultivator? Are you qualified? You should just go and make pills."
"What kind of rubbish is this pill you refined? It took you 49 days to refine a bunch of garbage. You should refine some fruits to deceive low-level monsters, hahahaha!"
He had poor talent since childhood and could not do anything. He wanted to practice sword skills, but was driven away; he started to refine elixirs, but was still despised; he tried to subdue beasts, but now even the monsters he hired want to step on him!
Hate! Deep-seated hatred!
The wolf demon bit his Dan-condensing stone into pieces, took away all his things, walked up to him, and sneered: "You Taoists call people like you beast-like alchemists. Beast-like? Don't flatter yourself. This is called exchange! Now I will tell you what plunder is!"
He bit Qiao Jue's arm and tore off a piece of flesh!
Qiao Jue screamed miserably and fainted from the pain!
After an unknown amount of time, he finally woke up. The wolf demon had long since disappeared, and all he could see was the land stained with his blood and his broken Dan-condensing stone.
Once again he had nothing.
Suddenly, a red twin blood lotus appeared before his eyes.
He was stunned for a moment, thinking he was hallucinating. He felt so sad that he didn't move.
A pair of black boots appeared next to the twin blood lotus.
"I'll give you this blood lotus." A hoarse voice came into his ears.
He wanted to raise his head to see who was talking, but he was too weak to even lift his neck.
"I heard everything the wolf said." The hoarse voice said, "Exchange and plunder. Haha, very interesting words. Do you want to exchange with me?"
"Exchange?...What..." he asked blankly.
"In exchange for the ability to plunder," the hoarse voice said, "I will give you the ability, and you will provide me with a sacrifice."
"What is... sacrifice..."
The man said, "Answer me first, are you willing to exchange?"
A strong impulse arose deep in Qiao Jue's heart, making him hesitate at all costs: "Change!"
There is no one in this world that can be trusted! Beast? Partner? There is no such thing! He wants to capture people's hearts and control everything in his own hands!
The hoarse-voiced speaker squatted down and held his arm, which was left with only bones after being eaten by the wolf demon. After a while, flesh and blood grew on his bones, and gradually a complete arm was regenerated! On the regrown flesh and blood, a black hexagram mark appeared!
"This is the power I lend you, 'Inner Demon'. I await your sacrifice, do not let me down."
He used all his strength and finally raised his head slightly and saw the man's face.
An ordinary face, without any special features, no one would notice such a person walking on the street. However, what is frightening is that his eyes are completely black, without any white!
It’s actually him!!!
The eldest grandson Zijun's finger suddenly flicked away from Qiao Jue's brow! !
"What's wrong?" Yi Xichen immediately supported him, "What did you see?"
The eldest grandson Jun clenched his fists tightly and gritted his teeth, saying, "It's him! He's not dead!"
His breath surged in his chest, and in an instant the women's laughter and smiling faces flooded into his mind, leaving him unable to move.
Yi Xichen frowned, and while Qiao Jue was still unconscious, he touched his finger between his eyebrows, and used a strand of his consciousness to invade his sea of consciousness to see what was going on!
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