The mountain breeze sings and the autumn sun is brisk.
The two Lie brothers were walking quickly with their heads lowered, but at this time the setting sun above their heads was suddenly blocked by shadows. They couldn't help but look at each other with shocked expressions, and looked up one after another towards the top of the valley.
I could only vaguely catch a shadow several feet in size, projected far away on the cliff beside me, but I couldn't see clearly who it was.
"We'd better rush back as soon as possible. We have to tell everyone about the abnormality discovered here so that everyone can be prepared." Lie Zhuang's expression tightened and he immediately started walking quickly.
Hunter Xiling didn't ask any questions, secretly speeding up and turning back as quickly as possible along the original road.
When they arrived at the resting place, they saw Yuan Wen standing alone on a cliff not far away, with a thoughtful look on his face.
"Senior brother Yuanwen, why are you staying there?" Lie Xiling knew that Yuanwen was usually very lively, but he was not such a lonely person. He had a very good relationship in private, so he asked directly.
"Oh, Xiaoling, it's nothing. I just felt that the dusk in the valley seemed familiar, so I came here to enjoy it out of boredom. By the way, you two brothers must have sneaked away to compete, right?"
"Well, we were walking along the bottom of the valley and found that the end of the valley was blocked by a mountain peak, making it a dead valley. It seems that we will have to work hard to climb the mountain tomorrow."
"Let's go back together, it's getting late. By the way, Senior Brother Yuanwen, please come down first. I will tell Senior Brother Zheng and Senior Sister Zhao something important later, and you should also listen to it." Lie Zhuang's words were simple and concise, his expression He walked away solemnly and told the reason.
Yuan Wen didn't ask any more questions and came down from the height in a moment and hurried back to the resting place with the Lie brothers.
Seeing Zheng Sheng and Zhao Xin, Lie Zhuang stopped talking and said, "Senior Brother Zheng, Senior Sister Zhao, Lie Zhuang has something to tell you."
Seeing that Lie Zhuang was silent all the way, Zheng Sheng looked solemn this time, smiled lightly and said: "Junior brother, please speak."
"Just now, Xiaolingyou and I realized that it was still early and felt itchy, so we looked for a place to practice along the exit of the valley. On the way back, we saw a figure several feet in size passing through the valley. I guessed that this was probably someone in the mountains. Birds of Prey.”
Zhao Xin's expression tightened: "Can you see what that big bird looks like?"
"I couldn't see it clearly. The farther up the road goes, the narrower the valley becomes. The big bird passed by and I couldn't see it clearly." Lie Xiling looked back on the situation and replied solemnly.
"Whether it's a raptor or not, we have to be on full alert now to avoid failure to remedy it. That's all, let me keep vigil tonight!" Zheng Sheng immediately ordered, and finally turned to Zhao Xin and nodded slightly: "Junior Sister Zhao, you Hurry up and tell Senior Brother Qian and others so that everyone in Tianyin can be on guard."
"That's very good!" Zhao Xin didn't hesitate anymore, and swept his sword towards the resting place of Tianyin and others.
After Zheng Sheng made arrangements, he jumped up and flew down to the cliff next to the valley. He found a stable rock and immediately sat down. While the sky was still dark, he closed his eyes and rested his mind.
After Zhao Xin came back with the message and gave some more instructions, the five newly promoted inner disciples looked for a place to sleep one after another.
Lie Xiling closed his eyes and rested for a while, feeling no sleep at all, and opened his eyes again.
The interior of the valley was gradually shrouded in darkness, and the end of the field of vision was less than ten feet away. Seeing that he could not see further even though he had exhausted all his strength, Lie Xiling thought of the Qi Machinery technique he had practiced.
This time, he did not rely on his eyes, but only relied on his own energy to detect, and he was able to hold the scenery within twenty feet in his chest. Seeing that there was nothing strange within twenty feet, he could even hear something not far away.
The sound of the even breathing of the Tianyin disciples.
"I wonder how it would be if I condensed all my qi into a thread and looked in the same direction. Can I see further?" Lie Xiling couldn't stop thinking, so he mobilized his qi and looked in the same direction in the blink of an eye.
go.
It didn't matter if he didn't try it, but he was shocked when he tried it. His 'qi machine' that could only observe things within twenty feet suddenly increased to fifty feet away.
Lie Xiling suppressed the ecstasy in his heart and manipulated the Qi machine to look from the direction of the valley mouth. There was still no movement within fifty feet, so he couldn't help but relax slightly. After coming back to his senses, he continued to control the Qi machine and glanced around him.
His thoughts passed over Zheng Sheng sitting on the cliff, and he saw his brows moving slightly and his hands on his waist. Although his eyes were closed at this moment, his ears were tense and he was feeling the changes around him all the time.
, he will control the weapon in his hand and kill him in an instant.
Lie Xiling saw that he was not aware of his Qi machine at all, so he became bolder and looked up the valley carefully. Then he took back the Qi machine and turned to look in the direction of Tianyin and the others.
He controlled the qi machine to sweep past, and saw a group of young people from the Tianyin Sect, who were already asleep under a huge rock. When he swept the qi machine again, he saw Zhou Wan sitting next to him, with a slight frown on his brows.
Yun Ziyi.
I saw the little girl's nose wrinkled slightly, and she didn't know what she was dreaming about in her sleep. Seeing the girl's expression, Lie Xiling couldn't help but look at it for a while. Suddenly, he felt that his visit was too unreasonable. A flash of shame flashed on his face and he hurriedly took it back.
look.
Continuing to look up, this time Xiling didn't waste any effort, and he saw Qian Chi sitting cross-legged on a high place. His ears moved slightly from time to time, as if he was sensing changes in the breath around him.
The moment Lie Xiling Qi Ji glanced at him, Qian Chi's expression suddenly became stern. His eyes opened instantly, revealing a bit of confusion. After confirming for a while, he glanced in the direction of Lie Xiling.
Seeing that Lie Xiling's Qi had been exposed, he took it back. Qian Chi felt something strange escaping around him, and once again explored the direction of Lie Xiling, Youjue shook his head in disbelief and closed his eyes.
After scanning like this, Lie Xiling felt exhausted physically and mentally. Previously, he was immersed in the joy of getting stronger Qi, so he ignored his own feelings. Now he calmed down and his expression became relaxed. It seems that Qi control requires
It takes a lot of effort.
After thinking about it, he ignored it, closed his eyes for a moment, and then felt sleepiness coming over him.
The night became darker and darker, and due to the low-lying location of the canyon, there were not many stars. Only at midnight, a full moon projected down from far outside the canyon. Looking up from inside the canyon, it was extremely bright. The two men responsible for keeping watch were
The young men raised their heads in unison and looked at the bright night sky, and couldn't help but be fascinated by it.
Taking advantage of the moonlight, a group of night travelers came quickly from the direction of Yashan. Together with Tianyin and the Chenwu Sect, they had already traveled less than a day and a half.
"That's all, let's take advantage of the moonlight to walk for an hour, and then rest. It is estimated that the Chenwu Sect members will not go too far." In the darkness, a young man's sonorous voice came out, which could not be argued, and the night was gloomy.
I couldn't see the person's face clearly.
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No one noticed the changes in the surrounding environment. If Lie Xiling had not exerted too much force and finally fell asleep, with his unparalleled attentiveness, he would have noticed that the place suddenly became quiet, almost silent.
The silence made the whole valley feel strange.
In the darkness, something seemed to have changed.
The group of night travelers who were rushing all the way finally stopped, but they were less than thirty miles away.
When approaching Chou, the valley had lost half of the moonlight, leaving only bottomless darkness. Compared with the warm climate in the mountains and forests outside the valley, the climate in the valley was as gentle as a cradle, making the disciples fall asleep peacefully not long after they rested.
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Compared with the weird atmosphere deep in the mountains far away in Nanli at this time, Chen Wu was at the foot of the mountain.
Sucheng, one of the few Fushengfang cities in the Nanli Dynasty, was brightly lit all night from the outer official square. The streets paved with bluestones were filled with people, and it was really bright as day.
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Some literati who came here because of the reputation, together with the local people who took care of the wedding carefully, shuttled between the towns, making it very lively.
They are all waiting for the arrival of a grand festival in the southern wilderness - the Autumn Fruit Festival: giving you an unparalleled harvest and thanking the cause and effect of life for making the entire season rich. This is the meaning of the Autumn Fruit Festival.
The Autumn Fruit Festival is a sacred festival for people in the Southern Wilderness to give thanks to the universe and the Five Elements for their creation. On the last full moon night of the autumn festival every year, when the fruits are ripe and the busy farming life has slowed down, the power of the universe is bestowed upon the Southern Wilderness.
It is an exquisite feast for all living beings. On this day, the power of mountains and seas is grabbing a grand carnival.
Originally, tonight was not the Qiushi Festival, but the eve of the Qiushi Festival. However, this night was extremely noisy for the people in the Southern Wilderness. Most of them celebrated all night long to wait for the arrival of the Qiushi Festival, which is commonly known as staying up late.
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On the northeast side of Suchengfang City, a tall stage has been built. Different props have also appeared one after another. At this time, wandering artists from all over the Shanhai Continent will also flock to Bahuang, and they will be temporarily recruited and gathered.
Together, prepare to add a touch of color to this grand festival.
If the Lie brothers were still at the bottom of the mountain, they would have been able to see at a glance that there was a middle-aged man in a gray Wu suit standing in the center of the stage with his hands behind his hands.
I saw him giving instructions on the stage construction work from time to time, often stopping and walking, and then fell silent after a while.
Old Man Ge. He is a juggler who has been stationed in the Nanli Dynasty all year round. He has a distinguished status. He is not a simple artist, but the person in charge of the entire acrobatic troupe.
During the days when the Lie brothers lived at the foot of Wangbei Peak, Lie Zhuyi would bring his two children to Suchengfang City to watch the sideshows every year. No matter how big or small the festival was, he would never fail to do so.
Over time, when Old Man Ge saw that the Lie brothers were lively, he would invite them to perform a simple juggling show with his jugglers.
For example, the barbarians in the Western Alliance are good at the power of spiritual consciousness (a technique of controlling elemental energy similar to "Qi Ji"). They can use their spiritual consciousness to control many giant wooden blocks to fly up and down around their bodies.
After Lie Zhuang learns the trick, he can play with them at any time.
As time went by, Old Man Ge saw the two children's incomparable dexterity, and he couldn't help but love talents, and wanted to include the Lie brothers into the variety troupe. Unexpectedly, he would be bumped into by Lie Zhuang almost every time, and he often
There were countless things under old man Ge's jaw.
With a few extra goatees, he shook his head and threatened: "Old man Ge, don't think that my father is easy to cheat, so you come here to fool him all day long. Is it possible that you want him to persuade us to do acrobatics with you? Let me tell you,
There’s no door!”
Seeing that threats were ineffective, Lie Zhuang still sat at home calmly, taking a sip of Nanli tea to ease his predicament. Then he widened his eyes, clenched his fists, and said bitterly: "Old Man Ge
, I'm warning you, young master, I will definitely become a peerless strong man like the Holy Master of Chen'an Bank in the future. Don't have such evil thoughts towards me in the future, otherwise, I will cut off your little goatee one by one.
Pull it off!”
When Old Man Ge heard this, he was not upset. But he was a bamboo hunter. When he heard Lie Zhuang speak rudely, he looked unhappy and shouted loudly: "Lie Zhuang, if you talk to your Grandpa Ge like this again, I will beat you to pieces with a big bamboo board."
Your ass!”
Hearing this, Lie Zhuang stuck out his tongue guiltily, punched Old Man Ge, and ran out the door.
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Let’s not talk about the extremely noisy and prosperous streets in Sucheng when the Autumn Fruit Festival comes.
It is far away from the mountains in the south and has deep valleys.
At this time, approaching the direction of the Jue Valley, in the dark night, a giant bird flew over by the moonlight outside the valley, landed on the steep peak in front of the Jue Valley, turned its head and looked at the depression behind it, and suddenly let out a sharp cry.