After dinner, the four of them took an early rest. The four of them got up early before dawn on the second day. After getting dressed, they left the north gate of Taiyuan and headed towards the northwest bamboo forest.
Everyone speeded up their pace along the way, fearing that only three people could divine in one day and others would take their place.
After a while, there were gradually more bamboos on the roadside, and a thatched hut appeared vaguely in front of me. When I got close to the hut a hundred meters away, I saw that the hut was surrounded by green bamboo, with leaves like green jade, and a bamboo forest. Distributed in an orderly manner, many bamboo shoots sprouted from the ground, standing tall and tall. As the spring breeze blew, the rustling sound was like sweet music.
The entire bamboo forest cabin has a feeling of clear willows. Shangguan Yuan was about to knock on the door, but he heard the melodious sound of the guzheng coming from the wooden house. The tune was soft and soothing. Sometimes the tune was like a dragonfly touching water, soft and gentle, sometimes like sparkling waves and continuous, the whole tune was like a fairy. Joy, fresh and refined, everything in the world is like dust at this time, meaningless.
Mei Hanyue stopped Shangguan Yuan and signaled to listen to the music. Everyone stopped and closed their eyes to listen to this peerless music.
I don’t know how much time passed, but everyone was deeply immersed in the sound of the piano. At this moment, the sound of the piano slowly ended. The four of them felt regretful and just listened to it a few more times.
The man in the wooden house could only be heard saying: "The four of you outside the door have been waiting for a long time. What are you doing here today?" The voice of the man in the wooden house was hoarse and low, slow and steady. Hasty, it seems that the people in the house are old, so it is like this.
However, after all, I felt that this voice was different from that of ordinary old people. However, through a wooden door, I could not see clearly the appearance of the old man in the room. Zhou Xing did not think about it carefully and replied: "Excuse me early in the morning." I'm really sorry for the senior's retirement. But I heard that the senior is very good at fortune-telling, so I came here to ask him about the whereabouts of an object." The old man in the wooden house gently played the piano and asked slowly: "From the young knight's tone, it seems that it is an important thing. But I don’t know what the young hero is looking for?” Zhou Xing said, “It’s a bit ridiculous. What I’m looking for is the right corner of the ancient evil god Chi You.” After Zhou Xing finished speaking, he felt a little uneasy. This fairy girl is an expert in the world, but she has no idea whether she can find out the whereabouts of Chi You's horn.
After a while, no response was heard from the wooden house, and the surroundings were silent. Zhou Xing was confused, did this senior know where Chi You's right corner was?
He shouted to the wooden house: "Senior!?" The old man in the wooden house responded in a deep voice, his voice full of questioning, and said: "Where did you hear about this thing in Chi You's right corner?" Zhou Xing answered truthfully: "It's a long story. The Shangguan brother next to me is a military attaché in the capital. He was ordered to escort an imperial escort back to the capital. Unexpectedly, he was robbed by an evil thing on the way. According to the evil man, he was robbed by something evil. The thing is Chi You's right corner." Zhou Xing's words were very shrewd. Firstly, he made it clear what happened. Secondly, he also pointed out his purpose. He was not coveting Chi You's right corner.
For the third time, someone named Chi You’s right corner has been taken away by evildoers. If the old man in the wooden house understood the importance of Chi You’s right corner, he would naturallyTell Zhou Xing and others some information.
As expected, the old man in the wooden house responded: "I see." Zhou Xing struck while the iron was hot and continued: "This junior has low skills and failed to stop the evildoer. Now Brother Shangguan is guilty of dereliction of duty and is forced to go into exile. Outside, the junior hopes to help Shangguan brother find the imperial escort, and hopes that the senior can accomplish this." The old man in the wooden house thought for a while and replied: "The cause of this matter is still undecided, and I will let Xingxing make a guess. "How about that?"
"That's it, senior." After Zhou Xing finished speaking, he took a step back and signaled to wait for the old man's answer.
Everyone stood in the bamboo forest, and only heard the sound of thin words coming from the wooden house. It should be the old man who was doing divination.
About a moment later, the old man said loudly: "It turns out that the young hero has a warm heart, eager for success and righteousness, which is very admirable." At this point, the old man paused and continued: "It's just Chi You's right hand is of great importance. Even if he is involved in endless troubles, does it not matter to the young hero? "The old man's words clearly indicate that Zhou Xingyi and others have already understood the story and experience they have come all the way, otherwise they would never be able to tell.
< p>"That's it." Four words. This fairy girl is indeed as magical as the legend says, can she divine the past and the future?! A hope arose in everyone's hearts. As for the question asked by the old man, Zhou Xing was already calm in his heart. Since he was expelled from Dugu Clan and experienced many accidents, Zhou Xing has long lost sight of his own life and death. He is also an orphan and has no worries. There is no one to care about, no one to care about oneself, and the world is free to wander, wouldn't it be happy?
Thinking of this, Zhou Xing replied calmly: "I am a prodigal son who has nothing to worry about. Even if there will be endless hardships in the future, if I can do a good deed for this, I think it will be worth it." "Yes." Zhou Xing said these words very firmly, with a sense of going forward in his tone, and there was no reason to regret his choice.
The old man no longer answered, but just thought in his heart: "The free and easy firmness in this young hero's words is admirable. He is a person worthy of entrusting him with important tasks. Now the confrontation is coming. The enemy is the enemy, and everything should be considered in the long run." Thinking of this, Xiangu said loudly: "I believe that the young knight can be entrusted with great things. In this case, please take care of me when we go into battle together in the future." With these words, let me take care of you. Everyone was full of doubts and surprises. The implication was that the old man in the room wanted to fight with everyone, and there was a murderous aura in the old man's tone, as if the enemy was coming soon.
Why is this? Zhou Xing couldn't help but wonder: "Senior, what do you say?" Before the old man could answer, he only heard a bang and a hole was opened on the roof of the cabin. Coming out of a hole, a woman jumped out of the roof and stood on the roof beam. She was dressed in white silk and satin clothes, with a wisp of white silk gauze hanging on her shoulders. She was holding a guqin in her hand. The breeze blew and stirred the girl. The woman's long hair and gauze were fluttering. Everyone looked at her and saw that this woman was probably in her early twenties. Her facial features were as natural as those of a person in a painting. Even if she is a fish and a goose, she is shy and shyFlowers are not enough to describe her beauty. This shocking appearance made everyone crazy.
The woman in white jumped down from the thatched hut and stood in front of Zhou Xing. Zhou Xing was a little surprised by this sudden change, and then he had a thought in his mind. Could it be that the old man in the house was harmed by this woman?
Zhou Xing's heart tightened, and he held the dragon-shaped sword in his right hand, waiting to pull it out, and asked: "Girl, how did you enter the wooden house? What did you do to the seniors in the house?" Bai Yi The woman smiled innocently, flicked the silver bell cord in her hand, and replied in a low voice: "Don't worry, young hero, isn't the senior you are worried about here?" When she said this, Zhou Xing and others heard The voice of the old man in the wooden house was the same. Zhou Xing listened and said: "Senior, senior? No, girl, are you the senior divination in the house?" He never thought that the old man in the house would be like this. The appearance of a stunningly beautiful woman was beyond his expectation, and it also caught everyone's surprise.
Then the woman in white smiled and said: "Do you still want to call me senior? Yes, I am the divination senior in the house. Do you think I am very old? You called me senior so many times for no reason. You called me old." After saying that, the woman in white chuckled. The words and laughter were crisp and sweet, just like the song of a lark.
After hearing the words of the woman in white, Zhou Xing's face suddenly turned red. He took it upon himself to call such a young and beautiful woman in the room a senior. Although the woman in white did it deliberately, But after all, being teased like this by her really made me blush.
Mei Hanyue, who was on the side, had been feeling a little uneasy at this time, and her heartbeat was speeding up. For some reason, ever since the woman in white jumped out of the wooden house and appeared in front of everyone, she felt an inexplicable jealousy in her heart.
This feeling was even stronger when Zhou Xing blushed in front of the woman in white.
"I'm really sorry. It's all my fault for using the title indiscriminately.
." Zhou Xing cupped his hands and bowed to express his apology to the woman. Before he could finish his words, he was stopped by the woman in white. Interrupting, the woman in white gently waved her jade hand and said, "Young hero, don't worry about this kind of joke. By the way, I wonder what I call you, young hero?"
"Ah!" Zhou Xing suddenly felt embarrassed. I had always only remembered that the "senior" in this house had turned into the beautiful girl in front of me, but I couldn't help but panic. It really undermined the teachings my master had given me when I was in Dugumen. So he paused and responded slowly: "My name is Zhou Xing. These three are Brother Shangguan Yuan, Miss Mei Hanyue and Senior Ling Zong."
As he spoke, everyone also joined the white-clothed man. The woman gestured with her hands.
The women in white made greetings one by one and replied: "It turns out to be Mr. Yin, from now on you can just call me Zifeng. We are facing a formidable enemy. Let's get rid of them first and then we can talk slowly." After that, he added: "When you came to me, I had already noticed a demonic aura following me. Although I used invisibility and hiding techniques to prevent you from noticing, the small magic can't escape me. The magic circle set up." After that, Zifeng and his wife said.Put your thumbs together, close your eyes slightly, and silently recite the words of the rune.
Then, throw the gauze on your shoulders forward, and only hear a "bang" sound, as if something was hit in the air. . Suddenly, two groups of monsters appeared outside the bamboo forest not far from the northwest and northeast corners of the small hut, each with four feathered monsters. This monster was good at flying, with yellow feathers and white wings, and only one huge eye. The head and body shape are similar to those of an ordinary goshawk. They also have sharp claws and sharp beaks and often move in groups. If ordinary people encountered it, they would be either dead or injured. Even those who practiced martial arts would be a little afraid. Immediately, a large number of monsters appeared in the southeast corner, southwest corner and the south entrance to the thatched house. The monsters team was arranged like a prism, surrounding Zhou Xing and his group. Everyone suddenly saw the monsters surrounding them, their hearts trembled, and they felt a deep chill. If Zifeng hadn't broken the magic circle, these monsters had been following them for so long without even noticing. Zhou Xing felt a little sad. With his current cultivation level, he would not be followed by monsters without noticing. Is it because he is not strong enough or are these monsters too strong? He was thinking about the answer in his mind.
Ling Zong concentrated and held his breath, and glanced at the monsters in the five directions. When he looked over, he found out the number and types of monsters, and said sternly: "There are four Yumei in the northwest and northeast corners, and there are four Yumei in the northwest and northeast corners. There are two Demon Kui and Zhu Yan Demon Fire in the northwest, and there are two Corpse Insects, two Magicians, four Feather Demons, and a Luo Ghost in the south. You should be careful, there are a lot of monsters this time and they are difficult to deal with! "
Zifeng added: "Other monsters are easy to deal with. Everyone should be especially careful about the Luo ghost and the magician over there, as well as Yu Mei. This Luo ghost is the most famous man-eater among the monsters. One of the demons, they are extremely strong, four to five feet tall, and have light green skin with long light green hair everywhere. This is their distinctive feature. They usually use their claws to tear apart the enemy. If they let them It is even more dangerous when armed, and has a violent temper. Even in the world of demons, ordinary monsters avoid them. The magician next to it is proficient in the method of gathering demon energy, so it can use magic to heal demons. If you don’t destroy them first through magic spells, this Luo ghost will probably get the support of the magician, and it will be difficult to defeat them. As for Yu Mei, this species is good at flying and is extremely fast, so you need to guard against their air raids! ” p>
"What Miss Zifeng said is absolutely true." Zhou Xing answered after listening.
Shangguanyuan clenched the spear in his hand and shouted loudly: "Leave the enemies in front to me and Brother Ling, Brother Yin Xian, this girl Zifeng looks extremely weak, you have to protect her." That’s it.” After that, he burst into laughter.
Zifeng seemed to understand the teasing meaning and said with a smile: "Brother Shangguan's kindness is very gracious. I don't worry about you, little lady. Mr. Yin, I think you should take care of Miss Mei." Let's go." After that, he looked at Mei Hanyue who had been silent in the crowd.
After hearing this, Mei Hanyue blushed, feeling a little hot, and said coquettishly: "Me.
I don't need others to take care of me!" After that, she tightened her grip. Dagger in hand. Only then did Zhou Xing remember the many gaffes he made during the conversation with Zifeng. He couldn't help but glance at Mei Hanyue and thought to himself, don't let Miss Mei misunderstand.
And Ling Zong had been watching this scene for a long time, thinking that this young man and woman must have had a romantic relationship, but he hadn't noticed it yet, but now they were not in love. When I was talking about love, I thought about it, picked up my big sword, rushed to the front of everyone, and shouted: "Be careful, the enemy is in front of you, everyone concentrates on fighting!"
At this time, the beggar boy was so expressionless. Staring at He San with an expression on his face, there was an indescribable emotion in his eyes. He San only felt a little guilty when he stared at him. He quickly shouted angrily at the young man: "You kid actually dare to stare at me, didn't you just do that?" I haven’t beaten enough yet!”
The beggar boy lowered his head silently when he heard this, and the hands holding his head couldn’t help but tighten again and again. When Zhou Xian saw this scene, he didn’t know that this statement was probably just He San's high-sounding words.
"Oh...since you said that this young man stole your delicious food, but I don't believe it, why not see if there are any residual vegetable residues and smell in his mouth to prove that what you said is true. How?" Zhou Xian deliberately wanted to expose He San's lies.
"Yes! How could this beggar boy go to Juxian Building to steal food?"
"Think about it! How could a beggar get into the back of Juxian Building? Kitchen..."
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