The years I was in the human world

The seven young men were defeated by Lu Zhouxue, but they still couldn't learn the lesson of knowing when to act. They twisted like maggots, but they still challenged him with their mouths, "You monster, you can only use some shady tricks."

Lu Zhouxue naturally would not bother with the kids, she just asked Tianbai to keep them tied up while she turned her head to talk to Xiao Fengzhuo. After a while, a sword light flew out, Tianbai sensed the attack and automatically untied the ropes, and the seven hung boys fell to the ground one after another like dumplings.

Two young men were walking over from a distance. The one in front was dressed in white as snow, with a cold look, and his temperament was very similar to Lu Zhouxue. He seemed to be with the seven young men. Seeing several people falling together and grimacing, he frowned in displeasure and scolded in a low voice: "Shame on you."

Then he turned to Lu Zhouxue and said, "This is the Phoenix Immortal Lord, right?"

Although the young man in white who came later was much more polite, his impatient look made Lu Zhouxue suspect that he was here to stand up for the seven young men. Sure enough, the next second the young man started to question Lu Zhouxue about hanging the seven men up: "May I ask what mistakes these disciples of mine made that Phoenix Immortal Monarch insult them so much?"

"So this is called an insult? Then what does it matter if those little bastards keep calling you a bitch?" Xiao Fengzhuo said sarcastically behind Lu Zhouxue.

Lu Zhouxue tilted her head slightly and scolded in a low voice: "Stop talking nonsense."

When he turned to face the young man in white, his attitude was not much better than Xiao Fengzhuo's. He asked, "May I ask who you are...?"

"This is the deputy leader of the Seventh Layer Sect, Leader Jiang Lingjiang." A small head popped out from behind the young man in white, his mouth opened heartlessly, revealing two pointed fangs, and there were two dimples on his cheeks. He didn't look too smart.

The moment Xiao Fengzhuo saw the young man, the expression on his face suddenly became strange.

Seeing Lu Zhouxue was stunned for a moment, the young man curved his eyes at him and said, "Senior Brother Lu!"

"Do you recognize me?" Lu Zhouxue was a little confused. He blinked and stared at the young man with a bright smile for a while. He didn't know if it was his illusion. The more Lu Zhouxue looked at the young man, the more he looked like Xiao Jin. But when the other party spoke, he didn't look like him anymore. Although he didn't have much contact with Xiao Jin, according to his guess, that guy shouldn't smile so cheaply.

Lu Zhouxue calmed down and thought it was just a false alarm. His whereabouts should not have been exposed so quickly. After all, if Xiao Jin found him, it would not be long before Tai Huang and Ke Qin found him.

"Why don't you recognize me?" The young man walked out from behind Jiang Ling and stood beside Lu Zhouxue, looking at him with a bright smile, "Master said that your predecessor was my second senior sister Yu Zhao, and he plans to teach you the way of the sword, so you are half my senior brother."

Lu Zhouxue: "...your master is..."

Before Lu Zhouxue could ask, Xiao Fengzhuo whispered beside him, "Baili Changqing's young apprentice who just returned from his travels, Wei Ruge."

After greeting Lu Zhouxue, Wei Ruge turned around and spoke to Jiang Ling again: "Master Jiang, please don't blame my senior brother for helping your apprentice. You see, although they were tied up, they didn't do anything to them. As for insulting them, it was unfounded. If I hadn't done this, I'm afraid we would have fought until the end of time. Don't bother with my senior brother."

The little darling with seven eyes in the family was hung up and beaten by outsiders. Although he cursed harshly, he still had to protect him outside.

Jiang Ling was of course unwilling to give up, but because Wei Ruge called Lu Zhouxue "senior brother", he had to take into account Baili Changqing who might be standing behind them. Therefore, no matter how dissatisfied he was, he had to go down the stairs given by Wei Ruge with a sullen face, and walked away angrily with his sleeves thrown. After walking a few feet away, he turned back angrily and said to the seven young men: "Why don't you leave? Wait for me to invite you one by one?"

Jiang Ling led the people away. Wei Ruge was still smiling as if he didn't realize anything. He turned to Lu Zhouxue and said, "The master of Jiangmen is not a bad person, but he is partial to his shortcomings. I will go back to Master first. If you need help, just send the message over a thousand miles."

"Yes." Lu Zhouxue said, "Thank you very much."

"Oh yes, Master asked me to ask you, the road to Dongshan is long, and you don't know how to use a sword. Do you want me to take you there on the sword?" Before leaving, Wei Ruge finally remembered the main purpose of his search for Lu Zhouxue, and turned around to ask.

"No need." Lu Zhouxue said, "I have my own way to go, just take care of yourself."

Lu Zhouxue tried hard. Wei Ruge had no psychological burden in calling him senior brother, but he didn't have the ability to call him that.

"Okay then. I'm leaving." Wei Ruge said and went back to Baili Changqing.

Lu Zhouxue glanced at Jiang Ling who was scolding his apprentice not far away, and whispered to Xiao Fengzhuo: "Jiang Ling doesn't look very old, but he's already the sect leader. Those seven brats are so arrogant, but they still obey him?"

Xiao Fengzhuo followed Lu Zhouxue's gaze and suddenly laughed. He grabbed the latter's hair and played with it, saying, "Mianmian, you really don't know anything."

Lu Zhouxue was puzzled: "Why?"

"Jiang Ling and Chunhui Jun are of the same age." Xiao Fengzhuo explained to him, "He formed his elixir at the age of seventeen, so his appearance remained at that of seventeen. That guy is also a sword cultivator. Sword cultivators are all a little careless. He is too lazy to change his youthful appearance and just beats up those who don't accept him."

"But the more interesting one should be your junior brother." Xiao Fengzhuo had an ambiguous smile on his face, which made Lu Zhouxue want to hit him: "Just say what you want to say, don't keep us in suspense."

"Bai Li Chang Qing is the new disciple we accepted during the time when Lin Xiyang was expelled from the sect." Xiao Fengzhuo took out a bag of snacks from his storage ring and talked to Lu Zhouxue while eating, just like an old lady chatting on the street.

Not only did he not care about his manners, he also dragged Lu Zhouxue into it, "Eat? - You haven't seen Lin Xiyang, otherwise you will find that they are really similar. Of course, I mean in appearance. Lin Xiyang is a man-eating wolf, and Wei Ruge is at most a stupid dog guarding the house."

"Perhaps Baili Changqing just felt pity for him because he was similar to an old friend, so he accepted him as his disciple?" Lu Zhouxue's guess was reasonable. After all, Xiao Yueheng was the same back then. He loved Baili Changqing and loved his dog, so he could understand Baili Changqing's mentality better.

"That's fine if that's the case." Xiao Fengzhuo chuckled and casually picked up a piece of dessert and fed it into Lu Zhouxue's mouth. He didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Lu Zhouxue was not paying attention and was fed the snack by him. He couldn't spit it out as it would seem that he disliked Xiao Fengzhuo. So he ate the snack with his cheeks moving while listening to Xiao Fengzhuo's gossip.

"Lin Xiyang was originally from a noble family in the Southern Dynasty. He entered Taoism at the age of 28 on the battlefield. Naturally, his name was not given by his master like that of ordinary cultivators. Xiyang was just a courtesy name, and his full name was a single word 'Ge'. As a result, he fell in love with his master and was expelled from the sect. Then Baili Changqing accepted a disciple who looked similar to him and named him 'Ru Ge'. Whether it was intentional or unintentional, I don't need to say more, right?"

"You mean, Baili Changqing might have done something to his eldest disciple..." Before Lu Zhouxue could finish her words, Xiao Fengzhuo blocked her mouth with a piece of cake. Xiao Fengzhuo smiled and distanced himself from the matter, "I didn't say that. I just think Wei Ruge is an interesting guy."

After Xiao Fengzhuo finished speaking, he sighed and said casually: "But your personality is very similar to that of Chunhui Jun. No wonder that old monster Baili Changqing keeps urging you to be his apprentice. It turns out that you are just collecting things here."

"Hu Yan, are you very familiar with Chunhui Jun? How do you know that I look like him?" Lu Zhouxue had wanted to ask this question for a long time. Xiao Fengzhuo's cultivation was indeed at the Nascent Soul stage, but he knew a lot of things and recognized many people. Logically speaking, a cultivator of Zhongting, as a demon, should not be so familiar with them.

"We are friends, but not close friends. If I must say, we've probably just fought a few times." Xiao Fengzhuo answered, as if he had seen through Lu Zhouxue's thoughts. He explained, "After all, I work for the Demon King. Even if my cultivation is not outstanding, I should at least have some skills to show off."

"I understand, intelligence chief." Xiao Fengzhuo didn't say it explicitly, but Lu Zhouxue understood, "Did you win the fight with Chunhui Jun?"

"I kept winning at the beginning, but kept losing later." Xiao Fengzhuo told the truth without feeling embarrassed, which made Lu Zhouxue laugh and cry: "Why did I win at the beginning, but then I lost later?"

Xiao Fengzhuo: "Later, that kid's cultivation level surpassed mine, and I couldn't beat him anymore."

Lu Zhouxue: “…” So he is bullying others by relying on his high level of cultivation.

But in this way, Xiao Fengzhuo also seemed to be an old monster who looked young. Lu Zhouxue couldn't help but think of the way this guy turned into a cat and meowed at him, thinking that this old cat was really shameless.

While the two were chatting, Baili Changqing had also made preparations for departure. He did not make any meaningless pre-departure speeches, but only reminded everyone to be cautious, and then announced the departure.

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone who was accompanying him summoned their flying swords and flew away. Xiao Fengzhuo looked up at the figures riding flying swords one after another in the sky, like a stupid goose. He turned to Lu Zhouxue and asked, "Mianmian, what should we do?"

"Let's go over there." Lu Zhouxue said, fiddling with his sleeve for a while, and finally took out a scroll.

"Are you serious?" Xiao Fengzhuo lazily put his head on Lu Zhouxue's shoulder and lowered his eyes to watch his movements.

"Seriously." Lu Zhouxue said as he spread out the scroll, and a magnificent picture of mountains and rivers appeared before their eyes. The mountains and rivers under their feet looked small and insignificant. Lu Zhouxue pulled Xiao Fengzhuo and walked a few steps along the mountains. When they put away the scroll, what they saw was no longer the towering palace of Zhongting, but a black mountain range twenty miles in the distance, which was Dongshan.

Traveling thousands of miles in a moment, Xiao Fengzhuo just raised his eyebrows and didn't show much surprise. He glanced at the sleeve where Lu Zhouxue put the scroll and said meaningfully: "Mianmian's magic weapon is really mysterious. It can shrink the distance by thousands of miles. It's earlier than everyone else."

"This is not a magic weapon, it's a spell." Lu Zhouxue casually threw the scroll to Xiao Fengzhuo to play with. When the scroll was unfolded, it was just an ordinary landscape painting. "Thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, the scroll is just a medium."

"They haven't arrived yet. I see there seems to be a small town ahead. It looks quite lively. Shall we go take a look?" Xiao Fengzhuo said, but his expression did not look as relaxed as his tone.

"Let's go and take a look first." Lu Zhouxue glanced in the direction of the small town. On the towering city gate were written two large characters "Rongcheng" whose outlines were almost invisible. Lu Zhouxue frowned slightly, seeming to have some doubts.

The Dongshan Ghost Den is actually an area a hundred miles west of Dongshan. It is fine during the day, but all kinds of monsters and demons appear at night. Because of this, there is no one living within a radius of twenty miles outside the ghost den. It is really suspicious that there is a prosperous small town at the foot of Dongshan.

The two did not take the official road, but a more secret path. However, the Dongshan Ghost Cave is located to the west and northwest, bitterly cold and desolate. It was autumn, and the trees and grass along the way were all turning yellow. When the autumn wind blew, the leaves fell rustling, and the place was inexplicably desolate.

The closer they got to the small town, the weirder Xiao Fengzhuo's expression became. He didn't even joke around with Lu Zhouxue like he did in the final court. Instead, he kept looking around as if he was looking for something.

"Mianmian, something is not right." Xiao Fengzhuo suddenly called Lu Zhouxue. He squatted by the roadside and pulled up a dead grass. The grass roots under the dry leaves were rotten and black, and there was an inexplicable stench. Xiao Fengzhuo threw the grass away in disgust and used his feet to dig up the yellow soil on the surface, revealing the slightly damp black soil underneath. "Mianmian, come and see."

"Dongshan is close to the desert and has little rain and dew. How could such black and damp soil be produced?" Lu Zhouxue came over and frowned at the gap that Xiao Feng had dug out. "The ghost den was blocked by the barrier near Dongshan, and there is a small town ahead. Logically, it shouldn't have been polluted here."

"We'll know once we enter the city." Xiao Fengzhuo clapped his hands and stood up. He squinted his eyes as he looked at Rongcheng in the sunlight in the distance, and suddenly said, "Mianmian, there's something strange about that city. I'm afraid we can't walk in so solemnly."