Although the little apprentice sister is weak, she can fight

"yawn--"

If you count carefully, this is the seventh time Zhang Zhi has yawned.

After coming down the mountain, a group of people waited outside Yueming City. As agreed, the people from Shenxiao Sect would meet them here.

But the sun was already high in the sky, and there was still no sign of anyone.

Zhang Zhi, half lying on a tree branch, scratched the back of his head and looked at a group of people who had set up the court to play pot-throwing. "Did they forget the time? Or are they lost?"

Mu Jiu, who was in charge of scoring, added another point to Li Yue's score and said, "I have already released the blue bird for communication. Wait another quarter of an hour. If there is still no news, we will go to the next place to wait for them."

"Oh……"

pat-

Li Yue hit ten shots in a row, and then looked at Zhu Yu proudly, "Are you convinced?"

Zhu Yu looked at the mess on his side and his eyebrows jumped, "Come again."

"Ha, come on, I'm going to make you submit today!"

Shen Qiao and Shang Mian sat cross-legged under the shade of a tree, dividing the wine lees candy that Zhang Zhi had stolen from his master. "This is the first time I've seen Senior Brother Zhu suffer at the hands of Senior Sister."

Shang Mian chewed his candy and clucked his tongue twice. "Ever since they became part of the same sect, these two have been fighting almost every day. They're using spells, spiritual weapons, talismans, and formations... Generally speaking, Zhu Yu has a higher winning rate, around 60%."

"But he's in trouble this time. Touhu is Li Yue's strong point."

Shen Qiao nodded in understanding and looked at Luo Dai who was standing a little further away.

After not seeing each other for three years, Luo Dai seemed to have restrained herself a lot. Although she would occasionally give me some disdainful looks, at least she didn't speak out to cause trouble.

"Hey! Here I come." Zhang Zhi put down his crossed legs and flipped lightly, falling from the tree.

"Hello fellow Taoists!"

The person didn't arrive yet, but the voice came first.

The seven of them looked at the same time. They saw a woman in pink with a bright smile and a bun on her hair. Behind her followed five young men with different expressions, and a man with a magic hoop around his neck...

boy?

The woman who had greeted me earlier took a few quick steps, her eyebrows slightly curved as she bowed and smiled apologetically, "Did you wait impatiently? We had a small incident along the way, but it's okay. It's been resolved. It just delayed us. Gu Xu, along with my fellow disciples, would like to apologize to you all first."

With these few words spoken, coupled with that friendly smile, even if there were any complaints, they could not be expressed.

"Gu Daoyou is too polite. I'm glad that the matter has been resolved." Mu Jiu returned the greeting and said a few polite words, then turned the topic to serious matters.

"My name is Mu Jiu. These are my brothers and sisters of the same generation. Now that everyone is here, shall we talk while we walk?"

"Okay, let's go then."

The two team leaders discussed the route ahead in the front, while the others got to know each other in the back.

The other five people from the Shenxiao Sect include three men and two women. If I’m not mistaken, their realms are not low.

"I feel like this Fellow Daoist Li looks familiar. Have we met somewhere before?"

These words were said by the monk named Su Tingyu. He had been keeping an eye on Li Yue when the two groups met just now. His eyes seemed to feel familiar but unsure. He didn't have the chance to ask before, but now he asked.

Li Yue smiled and replied, "Really? Fellow Daoist Su might have seen it wrong."

The man closed his fan and tapped his palm, seeming to think for a moment. "Excuse me for asking, but have you ever changed your name?"

This made Li Yue hesitate for a moment, and his tone was obviously not as friendly as before. "I have never changed my name, and there is no need to change it."

The atmosphere was a little off at this point, but Su Tingyu kept asking, "Have you ever lived in the capital?"

"Whether my junior sister has changed her name or lived in the capital, it seems that there is no need to tell others, right?" Zhu Yu suddenly interrupted.

"Rather than these trivial matters, shouldn't your clan explain the child you are holding?"

Zhu Yu has always been a straightforward person. Seeing this man asking questions endlessly, he was obviously unhappy.

Although Su Tingyu was still unsatisfied, since he had come to this point, he couldn't talk about other things and had to put his inquiry aside for the time being. "Sorry, I was impatient."

"I'm not afraid you won't believe me, but this man is the murderer of that tragedy."

"Murderer?" Zhang Zhi couldn't help but raise his voice slightly in surprise and looked at the child a few more times.

"This kid who looks like he's not even ten years old?"

"This does sound a bit ridiculous." Su Tingyu sighed.

"But it's true. On the night of the incident, an old night watchman in the city saw him kill a traveler who was trying to escape in the street. The traveler was a man about the same size as my junior brother, but even so, he still had his internal organs dug out with his bare hands."

Su Tingyu said this, pointing to the tall and strong male cultivator behind him.

This man must be at least 1.9 meters tall, but the child walking in the middle is only a little over 1 meter tall and looks thin and small. It is hard to associate such an appearance with a "killer".

"Then how did you catch him?" Shang Mian asked with a frown.

Another female cultivator named Zhang Qiyan took up the topic and responded, "Someone reported the case, and our disciples stationed there will definitely take care of it. When a group of people arrived, this evil creature didn't even run away. Not only did he not run away, he dragged all the corpses from the inn to the door and piled them up. He sat among a pile of hearts and lungs that had been dug out long ago, gnawing on them with relish."

"According to the captors, he was so focused on eating people when they arrested him that he didn't resist at all. After he finished eating the food in his hand and realized he was being restrained, he put up a few token resistances. Overall, he didn't seem afraid at all."

After saying this angrily, Zhang Qiyan looked at the boy with disgust. "Also, don't be fooled by his childlike appearance. In fact, judging from his skeletal age, he is already an old man in his sixties or seventies!"

Old man?

Shen Qiao looked at the dirty "boy" again, his gaze falling on the eyes that were almost completely covered by hair.

Although this person looked quiet and didn't care about what others said, as soon as Shen Qiao looked at him, he saw this "boy" looking at him with a dull gaze. Such a clear-minded reaction obviously showed that he was not really insensitive to external stimuli.

Moreover, his eyes were empty, not at all like the expression of a living person.

Shen Qiao immediately thought of Li You, who had been controlled by Zhang Wan before.

"Soul transfer technique?"

"Hmm?" This sudden question made several people from the Shenxiao Sect notice the little girl walking at the end of the team.

"How do you know this trick at your age?" The tall and strong monk said in a clearly unfriendly tone.

Shen Qiao didn't take his skeptical tone seriously and just smiled calmly, "When the Wanshou Mountain Incident happened, I went with my senior brothers and sisters to witness it, so it's normal for me to know something."