Dusk Returns to the Ruined Building

A new oasis in the vast ocean, no place is safe!

There really is a Hailing Lake in the Hanhai Desert, the Ouyang family did not lie!

In the center of an oasis in the vast ocean, there is not a black hole but a lake, a very large lake, but the water is blood red. No, it is hard to tell what color the water is, because when you stand in the void you see blood red water, but when you stand on the shore you don’t know!

In the void, in the gloomy clouds, a little girl's voice was heard.

"Grandpa, is this Hailing Lake? Why does it look like a pool of blood?"

An old man's voice responded:

"That should be the case. I've never been here either. I've only read the books and the records. We've been away for too long!"

"Grandpa, are there any sea crystal beads here?"

"No, but who took it? Who dared to go against the will of the world?"

"Grandpa, someone got here before us? They must have gone to exchange it for the Seven Star Sword, right?"

"Impossible. The Sea Crystal Pearl must have been taken away decades ago. The evil spirit here is so strong, I'm afraid..."

"Grandpa, don't tell half the story. This isn't fortune-telling. I only tell you the good things, not the bad things!"

What the little girl said makes sense!

"Hey, who borrowed the Sea Crystal Pearl back then? There should be very few people who know its function. Was it taken away accidentally, or was it taken away intentionally?"

The old man was talking to himself!

"Hey, someone's coming!"

After the old man finished speaking, the two of them disappeared into the clouds!

“Grandpa, isn’t that the person from the Ji family?”

"Shh, don't make any noise!"

"Tsk! He doesn't even know how to speak!"

"There are always people who are better than you! The Ji family is more powerful than us. If it weren't for some strange mistake, maybe they would have really unified the world!"

"Then why is it recorded in the Wanxiang Pavilion that we saved the world from danger?"

"You've read a lot of books! But why are your skills so poor?"

"I'm a storyteller, and people should read books! I'm not a fighter! Besides, with Grandpa here, there's no need for me to fight!"

"Books are meant to record things, but they can't tell whether something is true or not, let alone who is right or wrong!"

……

The old man and the young man in the void were talking happily! At the same time, they were also looking at the new person who appeared in the oasis!

The person who appeared at the oasis was none other than Ji Wuque from the Ji family!

Looking at the familiar yet unfamiliar place, Ji Wuque felt emotion, confusion, and memories in his heart!

Standing beside Hailing Lake, looking at the azure water, looking at my white hair and wrinkled face in the water, the scar next to my eye is still so clear, it has not disappeared with the passage of time, but has become more obvious! That is what was left here back then!

He was an executor, he was a man loyal to the Ji family, no matter how much he killed, he could not change his belief! But the dream that made him unable to sleep every night tormented him for decades! Now walking into this familiar oasis and seeing this lake, the scene in the dream appeared in his mind. There seemed to be countless dead souls in the air around him, asking him sternly:

"Is the Ji family the righteous one? Is the Ji family worthy of being the leader of the righteous path? Don't the people of the Ji family feel guilty?"

"What about you? You are a murderer. You not only betrayed your companions, but also killed your allies. You spared no one, including the elderly, women, children, and infants. Have you ever washed the blood off your hands?"

There was a firm voice in Ji Wuque's heart shouting:

"I am a member of the Ji family. I am loyal to the Ji family and I protect the Ji family. Everything I have done for the Ji family is worth it! How could the Ji family be wrong? We are eradicating evil and eliminating all hidden dangers in the world! The Blood Shadow Clan is the embodiment of evil. Their bloodthirsty magic is based on the blood of living beings. It is intolerable to heaven and earth!"

After a long time, Ji Wuque looked up to the sky and sighed:

"Heaven and earth can bear witness! I, Ji Wuque, have a clear conscience!"

"Grandpa, did he find us?"

"How can it be!"

"Didn't he ask us to prove that he had a clear conscience?"

"How can you understand it that way? They are seeking confirmation from heaven and earth!"

"It is recorded in the Wanxiang Pavilion that the sky is Xuantian and the earth is Mingdi. To verify the heaven and earth, isn't that to verify us?"

"You kid, you've become stupid from reading so much. Why don't you learn fortune-telling from me?"

"Tsk, I won't learn such a deceptive trick!

……

After Ji Wuque calmed down, he said to himself: How can evil spirit affect people's minds! "

Alas, that was his own inner demon!

For some reason, Ji Wuque still bowed three times towards Hailing Lake!

Afterwards, Ji Wuque followed the directions of the twelve earthly branches in the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, checked the corresponding boulders one by one, and input his true essence into each one to check if they had been damaged. After a circle, he muttered to himself:

"The foundation of the formation from that year is still there. I wonder how much effect it can have this time!"

After saying that, Ji Wuque left the shore of Hailing Lake. The place returned to tranquility, and it seemed that no one had been there!

In the empty clouds.

"Grandpa, what is the old man from the Ji family doing? Those twelve huge rocks seem to be a formation!"

"Girl, you have made progress. You can even tell that it is a formation! I will take you to the Huangfu family to learn the formation some other day. They owed grandpa a favor!"

The old man also had doubts and whispered:

"Did the Ji family set up this formation to prevent someone from breaking the seal?"

"Grandpa, there is a seal here? What is it sealing?"

"I don't know. We only helped them defeat the enemy back then. As for how and where the seal was placed, I'm afraid only the Ji family and the Ten Thousand Demon Sect know!"

"Grandpa, is the seal here going to be opened? Otherwise, why is the evil spirit so strong?"

"The seal is about to be opened, but the demon inside will also perish, otherwise the demonic energy will not overflow. The long river of time has changed a lot of things! It seems that someone in the Ji family must have known about it, so they took action!"

"Grandpa, what if they don't know and they did it on purpose?"

Peace also returned to the void!

At the same time, a group of people appeared outside the Vast Sea Desert. They were dressed in black and covered with black veils. They looked like members of the Shadow Hall, but were they really members? No one knew what they were doing in the Vast Sea Desert? No one knew what they were doing, but the direction they were heading was also the direction of the Vast Sea Oasis!

After Yuyao City was renamed Jianying City, the Ouyang family also changed the city walls around the city!

A shadow stood outside Jianying City, looking at the eleven human-shaped statues on the city wall and the swords in their hands pointing to the sky, and whispered to himself:

"The next one is Ouyang Zhengxiong, right? But what sword will he use to point to the sky?"

After Yuyao City was renamed Jianying City, the Ouyang family established a rule that every generation of the family head must smelt a holy sword before they can erect a statue and shape the sword body on the city wall of Jianying City!

If a certain generation of the head of the family failed to successfully forge the holy sword, his bones would be buried in the desolate valley outside Jianying City, not in the ancestral hall, not in Jianying City! Perhaps because of this, the heads of the Ouyang family forged holy swords for generations, one, two, and up to four!

The current head of the family, Ouyang Zhengxiong, has not yet forged the holy sword, but he is still young and the world does not care!

The phantom was the one who walked into Jianying City. It was actually a person, not a phantom. It’s just that the face was not clear, and it was hazy. The whole person and clothes were very clear. The clothes were simple and plain, a light yellow gown with a green and red round collar!

Looking at the prosperous everything in Jianying City, this person seemed to be very familiar with it. He knew where to go and what was there, but he didn't stop or ask for directions!

When the shadowy figure walked to a courtyard, he stopped, looked at the empty courtyard, and whispered to himself:

"What about the mahogany donkey meat BBQ?"

He came here just to buy the red wood donkey meat BBQ, but now, the view was desolate and there was no trace of the shop.

He left with a heart full of doubts and continued walking towards the city. Along the way, he still just looked, didn't talk, didn't buy anything, walked slowly, and was in a relaxed and casual state!

He walked for an unknown amount of time before he saw Yuyao Tower and the Jianying Tower opposite. Yuyao Tower was still deserted, while Jianying Tower was still as noisy as before. He walked into Yuyao Tower, ordered a pot of tea and some snacks, looked outside the building, sipped tea and enjoyed the scenery, and no one knew what expression he had!

The man sat there for a long time. When the sun was about to set, he stood up and left. Before leaving, he asked the shop owner:

"Where is the piano music in Yuyao Tower?"

The store owner responded politely:

"Playing the piano with a soulmate is like meeting a soulmate by fate. Please come again another day!"

The shadow figure left. I couldn't see his face or expression. I didn't know if he was sad or disappointed? Or was he calm and composed? Or maybe he didn't change at all!

The shadow man walked very fast for the rest of the way, as fast as flying! Before the afterglow of the setting sun left the Hanging Mountain, he rushed to a hill outside the Hanging Mountain, looking at the Hanging Mountain, looking for the familiar pavilion!

Zhixiang Pavilion is also gone!

The shadowy figure stood on the hill, letting the night swallow him up. Over the years, he would accompany the child back to Jianying City twice a year, just to see Zhixiang Pavilion, listen to Yuyao's music, and eat red wood donkey meat fire! Because that was what she loved most!

He hated her, a deep-rooted hatred, but behind the hatred was love, and he gave this love to Zhixiang Pavilion, Yuyao's piano music, and mahogany donkey meat BBQ!

In the darkness of night, in Jianying City, on an unknown hill, a man was standing there, standing there all night long!

I don’t know who he is, why he is standing there, or when he left!

When Xue Ji left the new oasis in the vast sea, he didn't know that Gongsun Qingyu was following him! It seems that Gongsun Qingyu's cultivation is not simple!

Who did Xue Ji see?

It was Bai Yuling from the Yin-Devouring Sect, and the woman following him was, of course, Yang Jiarui!

The two walked into a valley. Bai Yuling stopped and said loudly:

"You've been following me all the way, please show yourself!"

Yang Jiarui who was beside them was stunned when she heard this. She didn't notice that someone was following them!

"Old senior, we haven't seen each other for almost twenty years, and you are still the same as you were back then, worse than a beast!"

Xue Ji's memory slowly recovered, and he gradually remembered some people and things. At this moment, he was walking slowly into the valley!

Bai Yuling of the Yin-Devouring Sect turned around and exclaimed:

"It's you!"

Xue Ji said coldly:

"I haven't even shown my face yet, but you've recognized me. It seems like you've been secretly observing me for a long time. Just like before, you're still hiding and harboring evil intentions. I don't know why you're doing this this time? There's no woman around me!

Yang Jiarui seemed to understand that the person Bai Yuling was hiding from might be the person in front of her! She subconsciously took a step back!

Bai Yuling smiled and said:

"You are not hiding, you are afraid to show up. Are you afraid that others will know that the famous Yingzhou Ouyang family's patriarch is a big devil, a big devil who drinks human blood to cultivate?"

Xue Ji did not react at all. His bloodshot eyes looked at Bai Yuling through his hair and sneered:

"You still have the mood to care about me. Are you panicking? Are you unable to sleep at night because you know I'm still alive?"

You haven't had a nightmare in 20 years, right? No, people like you should have nightmares every night!

Regardless of whether Bai Yuling agreed with Xue Ji's words or not, Yang Jiarui agreed that Bai Yuling was indeed restless every night, and his restlessness was the reason why Yang Jiarui was tortured!

As for Bai Yuling, he had always thought that the head of the Ouyang family, Ouyang Zhengxiong, was a puppet head of the family with this name, because he saw with his own eyes that Ouyang Zhengxiong was dying, and the rumors outside did confirm his guess. Ouyang Zhengxiong was indeed a coward, tolerating and apologizing everywhere! But in Yuyang County, when he saw Ouyang Zhengxiong's face that night, he knew that he was still alive!

After Xue Ji finished speaking, he moved forward and flew around Bai Yu Ling, saying:

"Are those women you killed screaming miserably in your dreams every night? Are they often grabbing and pulling you like evil spirits?"

Bai Yuling of the Yin-Devouring Sect was surrounded by black light, and he was alert to the flying blood thorns around him, and shouted:

"Ouyang Zhengxiong, what are you going to do? I did something bad to you back then, but you are still alive. There should be no hatred between us. I was also a victim back then, and my cultivation was directly destroyed!"

Gongsun Qingyu almost fell down from the top of a coniferous pine tree outside the valley because he heard Ouyang Zhengxiong. He was sure that he had heard it right. It was Ouyang Zhengxiong - the current patriarch of the Ouyang family in Yingzhou!

Gongsun Qingyu was shocked. She had met him twice before. How could he be Ouyang Zhengxiong? Wasn't he an evil cultivator?

Gongsun Qingyu whispered to himself:

"Did that person make a mistake? Or is there something wrong?"