Zhu Qiuyi moves very quickly.
The man and the halberd merged into one, turning into an afterimage of the lake.
Seeing the flashing electric light on the tip of the halberd, Gu Xu felt that his "substitute bracelet" and even his life were likely to be handed over here today.
After losing the ability to move, he could not think of any way to help him avoid or block this fatal blow.
"Perhaps, the great revenge that Emperor Ziwei has been planning for many years will come to an end today." Gu Xu laughed at himself and thought silently.
However, just when the halberd was about to hit Gu Xu, a clear phoenix chirp came from not far away.
Immediately afterwards, a golden phoenix spread its wings and appeared in front of Gu Xu out of thin air, colliding with Zhu Qiuyi's halberd.
In an instant, the halberd’s lightning dissipated, and it stopped where it was, unable to move forward.
The bright firelight on the phoenix wings was also dimmed a bit.
Gu Xu stared at the familiar golden phoenix with a complicated expression.
He recognized at a glance that this phoenix with wings of fire was the soul of Zhao Yan who had left her body.
Only an incorporeal thing like the soul could appear in front of him at this critical moment and block Zhu Qiuyi's lightning-like attack for him.
It’s just that Gu Xu is a little confused
Shouldn’t Zhao Yan have returned to Youzhou long ago?
Why is she still staying in the Daqi Dynasty and risking The risk of exposing his identity, rescue him
However, before he could think about these problems clearly, he felt himself being picked up by an arm, as if he had become a pet being picked up by its owner. cat.
Then, the man held him in his arms and took him soaring into the sky.
"Wait, my mask," he said stumblingly.
He was seriously injured, and the smell of blood could be clearly tasted in his mouth when he spoke.
The man chuckled, waved his sleeves, and the mask flew up from the ground, and then landed steadily on Gu Xu's face.
"It is indeed Zhao Yan."
Hearing the arrogant laughter mixed with a hint of ridicule, and seeing the bright red robe, Gu Xu confirmed it again The identity of the savior.
The heir to the Great Yan Kingdom is still the same as when they first met, with a cold temperament and an attractive look.
She held Gu Xu in one hand, held a spear in the other, and spread out the fire phoenix wings behind her back. Facing many Daqi officials, she still showed a calm and at ease appearance.
Obviously, Daqi officials did not expect that "anti-thieves" would actually appear in pairs. Just as one was about to be arrested, the other also appeared.
"If we capture these two people, it will be a great achievement." They thought in unison.
But making meritorious service is not an easy thing.
Dealing with Gu Xu just now gave them a headache.
Now another Zhao Yan with a higher level of cultivation has emerged.
After activating her bloodline, Zhao Yan had the fighting power to compete with the sixth realm monks. The terrifying pressure emanating from her fire phoenix wings made the Daqi officials couldn't help but feel sad.
In addition, Zhu Qiuyi's "Wind Chasing" magical power may be extremely threatening to a "crisp mage" like Gu Xu.
But for Zhao Yan, it was neither painful nor itchy.
No matter how many times Zhu Qiuyi sneaks up on her, she can rely on the strong defense brought by her bloodline and "Holy Fire Totem" to directly resist.
However, in this situation where we are outnumbered and the enemy is outnumbered, Zhao Yan is not willing to fight.
She controlled the divine phoenix to repel Zhu Qiuyi's halberd, burned Que Juchang's hidden arrow, and knocked away Pu Shilong's meteor hammer.
Then she took Gu Xu and flew into the distance like an arrow from a string.
"Hurry up!" Zhu Qiuyi ordered loudly, "Don't let them escape."
While giving the order, she also activated her "Zhufeng" magical power, which turned into a bolt of lightning. Soon he came to Zhao Yan's side.
In addition to "Chasing the Wind"
, she also quickly recited a spell silently and used a secret method called "Rage".
"Rage" is also a spell that Zhu Qiuyi exchanged from the Exorcist Department through his meritorious service. Its function is to greatly increase the monk's combat effectiveness in a short period of time, and even have the opportunity to defeat enemies with higher levels.
But while casting the spell, it will also quickly overdraw the monk's true energy; after its effect ends, the monk will become very weak, lose the ability to fight, and may even leave hidden dangers.
Luo Chuan, the head of the Exorcism Department, once gave this spell to Chu Fengge as a reward, because Chu Fengge's "weed" magical power could greatly reduce the negative impact of "rage".
The reason why Zhu Qiuyi chose to practice "Rage" was because she wanted to increase her upper limit of combat power.
She has practiced the ready-made high-grade skill Feng Lei Yin, which means that she will stop at the sixth realm in this life and cannot go any further.
In the past, she had considered whether to achieve the realm of self-destruction and change her skills to achieve the realm of saint.
But she never dared to try.
On the one hand, she does not have enough confidence in her own understanding, and is worried that after practicing again, she will not even reach her current height.
On the other hand, as the commander-in-chief of a province, she has heavy responsibilities on her shoulders and does not allow her to cultivate herself easily.
Therefore, she can only continue to do tasks and use the merits she earns to exchange for various secrets, magic weapons, elixirs, etc., so that her combat effectiveness can continue to approach the limit that a sixth-level monk can achieve. .
Zhu Qiuyi could feel that Zhao Yan's true strength was far beyond her apparent cultivation level.
Faced with such an enemy, Zhu Qiuyi must go all out and not dare to hold back at all.
I saw the sharp halberd once again carrying the overwhelming momentum,He slashed towards Zhao Yan head on.
Wherever the halberd passed, there was the sound of wind and thunder, and the sky became dark, as if a heavy rain was coming.
Zhao Yan’s eyes were slightly sharp, and she held the spear horizontally in front of her.
The tip of the gun is surrounded by golden-red flames, adding a bit of bright and bright color to the cold-toned electric light.
It is conceivable that when the spear and the halberd collide, a terrifying power like a cascading river will burst out.
However, before the weapons could connect, Zhao Yan suddenly withdrew her spear.
She took out a bell from her sleeve and shook it gently a few times.
This crisp ringtone seemed to have a magical power, which made the thoughts of Daqi officials present unconsciously blur for a moment.
They seemed to have temporarily forgotten what they were doing, and their consciousness drifted nine days away, leaving their empty bodies standing there blankly.
Zhao Yan took the opportunity to hug Gu Xu around her waist, then turned into a bolide and flew into the distant sky.
By the time everyone came to their senses, they had completely disappeared from their sight.
"It's over now," all the officials looked panicked and thought in unison, "the fugitive has escaped again."
Zhu Qiuyi frowned slightly and took out a white bag again. The small porcelain bottle "reminisces" and tries to trace the escape path of the two rebels.
Only this time, after the colored smoke emerged from the mouth of the bottle, it did not directly outline the scene just now, but wandered around aimlessly like a headless fly, and then Got back into the bottle.
Obviously, those two people have some kind of anti-tracking method.
Zhu Qiuyi sighed softly, took out the jade charm of communication, and reported the situation to Princess Zhaoning.
"Her Highness the Princess will probably be very disappointed with us." She thought silently.
"Thank you, Miss Zhao, for saving your life." A quarter of an hour later, Gu Xu leaned on a huge rock, tilted his head slightly, and weakly said to Zhao Yan beside him, "If Miss Zhao hadn't saved her life in time today, Come here, I'm afraid I've already died in the hands of those Daqi officials."
He used the improved "Purification Curse" to remove the negative effects of the poison on the hidden arrows and regained his ability to move. .
"No need to thank me," Zhao Yan responded calmly, "We are just helping each other and reciprocating politely."
At this moment, Zhao Yan had already changed out of the tattered long skirt and put on a red men's robe.
The style of this robe was very loose, covering her figure curves, but her breasts were inevitably pushed up high, making it appear that the fabric at her waist and abdomen was very empty and fluffy.
At the intersection of the wide robe, you can clearly see the jade-white skin on her neck, and you can also see the beautiful collarbone looming in the shadow.
"I thought you had left Daqi a long time ago and returned to Youzhou." After thinking for a moment, Gu Xu asked his question, "I didn't think so.That you are still here. "
Zhao Yan found a protruding tree root next to him, sat on it with her knees crossed, lowered her head and said, "To tell you the truth, Fellow Daoist Gu, I don't really want to go back to Youzhou. At least I don't want to go back now. "
"Why?" Gu Xu was a little puzzled, "both of our names are now on the court's wanted order. The longer you stay in Daqi, the more dangerous it will be. "
"Maybe it's because I'm a little pretentious," Zhao Yan sighed softly, "That day I walked along the street and walked out of Luojing City, and saw corpses strewn all over the field and a mess. Thinking that my father had colluded with the Ghost King of Mangshan, I felt that I was burdened with a heavy sin, and I didn't know how to face him after returning to Youzhou.
"Perhaps, I will feel better after I get rid of some ghosts for the people here and atone for some of my father's crimes."
Gu Xu looked at her quietly.
Zhao Yan has a pair of charming fox eyes. Her double eyelids have clear arcs, the ends of her eyes are slightly upward, and her eyelashes are dark and thick. Even though she has always been arrogant and indifferent, she still looks charming when she glances at her.
At this moment, her eyes were lowered, and her eyelashes blocked her eyes, adding a bit of hazy beauty.
Gu Xu couldn't help but sigh silently. It seemed that a heroic figure who would do anything to achieve his goals would also give birth to a daughter with some conscience.
“Aren’t you afraid of being caught by the Daqi officials?” Gu Xu frowned slightly, “You have been exposed in front of them today. I believe they will send more powerful monks to deal with us next time.”< /p>
"Don't think that you are the only one who has the means to hide your whereabouts," Zhao Yan said, opening her palms and showing the bell in her heart in front of Gu Xu, "This is what my mother left for me. His treasure is called Huan Meng Ling. The fact that we were able to get rid of those officials just now was largely due to it. With its presence, most of the tracking spells of the Daqi government, including Zhu Qiuyi's recall, could not be used. "
At this point, Zhao Yan paused for two seconds, and then looked at Gu Xu, "Why did you suddenly become a traitor? I thought that as the leader of the Luoshui Conference, Go straight to the top in the Da Qi Dynasty and enjoy the glory and wealth. Unexpectedly, as soon as we parted, I saw wanted posters for you posted everywhere in the streets."
Gu Xu sighed.
It is not convenient to tell her directly about "Emperor Ziwei" and "Tai Shang Haotian" for the time being.
So he said helplessly, "I don't know why. After I separated from you that day, Wang Guanyu, the commander of the Imperial Guard, suddenly and inexplicably brought a group of men to arrest me, saying that I was colluding with ghosts and intending to commit rebellion. They want to escort me to the Imperial City.
“If I hadn’t mastered some space magic and escaped from the Immortal Formation in time, I might have been on the gallows by now. ”
Zhao Yan did not respond immediately.
She sat slightly closer to him, leaned over and looked at the wounds on his face and shoulders, her long black hair hanging down like a waterfall . The loose robe suddenly fit snugly and outlined the figure.The elegant curve of her spine.
From this angle, Gu Xu could clearly see the guilty look on her face.
"I'm sorry," she whispered, "I caused you trouble."
Zhao Yan didn't know the secret of Emperor Tianxing, nor did she know that Gu Xu and "Zi Wei" The relationship between "The Great Emperor".
She believed that it must have been the day of the "Luoshui Conference" when Gu Xu had been staying with her and helped her, the "daughter of a rebel", awaken the power of her bloodline and was regarded as such by the Qi court. One of the "conspirators".
"Don't think too much, Miss Zhao, this has nothing to do with you."
"Do you think I am a fool?" Zhao Yan narrowed her eyes, "If it weren't for me, Daqi How could the imperial court put an outstanding and talented monk on a wanted notice for no reason and post it everywhere? It couldn't be because they took the wrong medicine."
The more Zhao Yan thought about it, the happier he became. irritable.
The father’s original intention of revenge is certainly correct.
It’s just that in Zhao Yan’s mind, she felt that if she wanted to take revenge, she should target the enemy Emperor Tianxing instead of involving innocent people, let alone Gu Xu, the enemy. The person she was kind to was involved in the quagmire, ruining his future.
She was silent for a while, and then said in a calm voice, "Take off your clothes."
Gu Xu was shocked, "What are you going to do?"
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He almost sat up from the boulder. However, he was injured too seriously. If he moved even a little bit, the wound would hurt so much that he had to lie back down.
Zhao Yan glanced at him, took out a medicine bottle from the storage magic weapon, and said calmly, "Heal your wounds."
As she said this, she dipped it in with her fingers. Inject some medicine and wipe away the conspicuous blood stain on Gu Xu's face.
A cool, crisp touch suddenly came to Gu Xu's face. He didn't know whether it came from the healing potion or from her jade-like fingertips.
After a few seconds, the scar on his face healed as if it had never existed.
Zhao Yan looked at his face that had become handsome and flawless again, and nodded with satisfaction.
She has always had an instinctive aversion to physical contact with the opposite sex.
The only special case was the activation of bloodline with the help of Gu Xu in the imperial palace on the day of the "Luoshui Conference".
At that time, she thought that she ignored the physical disgust because she was focused on the operation of the technique and the changes in blood power.
But now she discovered that it was not "that time" that was special, but "this person" in front of her.
While healing Gu Xu, she could feel the true energy in her body surging faster and becoming hotter, and she could also feel a kind of intimacy and familiarity coming from her soul.
This feeling comes out of nowhere.
Just like the inexplicable feeling of déjà vu when she saw him for the first time.
"Is it because we practice the same technique?" Zhao Yan was puzzled..
However, despite the myriad of thoughts in her mind, the expression on her face remained unchanged, and she said to Gu Xu again, "Take off your robe."
Gu Xu looked at Zhao Yan's expression, then glanced at the boulder he was leaning on, and suddenly felt that it was uneven and quite annoying.
"How about we change places?" he suggested.
At the same time, with a thought in his mind, an antique small building with cornices, carved beams and painted buildings appeared out of thin air in front of the two of them.
There is a couplet on the doorpost of the small building
The upper couplet is like the idle clouds, the moon shadow and the light of the stream are proof of nature;
The lower couplet is like the flowing water, the sound of pine trees The color of bamboo shares forgetfulness.
The "Xianyunju" left by Kongxuan Sanren was finally restored to its original appearance after being quietly stored in Gu Xu's pocket for several months. ,,