After being reborn, he became cinnabar in the heart of Quanxianmen

Desert migratory locusts are only the size of a woman's little finger, and even young children can catch them in the palm of their hands and play with them.

But when hundreds of millions of desert migratory locusts gather together, they will be like the most terrifying black sandstorm in the desert, coming with the momentum of crushing everything, destroying the sky and destroying the earth.

The most terrifying thing is that when the hungry migratory locusts will devour all edible things along the way.Immature crops, mud houses mixed with glutinous rice, and even all living creatures.

including its ilk.

Several people who fought all the way from the swarm of insects looked at each other, and each saw enlightenment and shock in each other's eyes.

——No wonder, the giant worms living in the hinterland of the desert appeared so close to the human city.In order to fight for territory, they killed each other.Because the soil where they live deep in the desert is densely packed with newly hatched larvae of migratory locusts.

The worms that failed to escape or dive deep enough into the ground were only parasitized by tens of thousands of hungry young locusts, sucked their flesh and blood, and died riddled with holes.

——No wonder, the iron-clad poisonous scorpions that lived alone gathered together and came in a hurry.The migratory locusts would get into every narrow gap in the armor on their bodies, devour and bite their flesh and blood, until only the empty carapace was left, and landed on the ground with a clang.A lone poisonous scorpion could not survive even a minute in the locust swarm like a huge wave.

——No wonder, the flatworms living in the dark crevices fled like a tide.Also sucking blood and eating meat, the toxicity and corrosiveness of the insects are far better than those of migratory locusts.But the round flatworm with a soft abdomen that can only crawl on the ground will be torn apart desperately by the crazy locust swarm tens of thousands of times its number.

——No wonder, half a month ago, Mu Jian could reach Su Muya easily by himself, and Xianmeng even dared to transfer Taiyi's notoriously inexperienced martial arts Yu Buquan.But the four of them walked together, but almost died on the way.

The abnormal bug swarm didn't come to attack them on purpose.

These sandworms, far more sensitive than humans, are running for their lives.

The information in Sumya is blocked, and there are mostly old and weak women and children in the city.If it wasn't for the sharp eyesight of a few of them, the locust storm would have arrived at the gate of the city by the time they finally realized it.The houses in the city have been in disrepair for years and are vulnerable to a single blow. The violent sand locusts pass by, that is——

Massacre.

As the dusk deepened, the shadow of the locust swarm gradually disappeared in the pure and lovely night, as if nothing had happened, and everything was just a terrible illusion.

Yet no one was comforted, and they dared not even look back at Skyrim.In a place that cannot be seen from hundreds of miles away, the eyes of hundreds of millions of sand locusts are staring at the small town like an isolated island in the sand sea.

Song Jun's face was paler than ever: "According to the speed of the locusts in the Central Plains, they will reach Sumuya the day after tomorrow at the latest. There is no place for locusts to stay in the desert, and I'm afraid it will be faster."

Duanmujian murmured: "No wonder there is still a time limit for Guiling in the results of the divination of the Immortal League this time...Because under the catastrophe, the entire Sumuya will soon cease to exist!"

Lu Ran also realized the seriousness of the problem: "Then what about Dingcheng when we came? Look at the direction the migratory locusts are heading. After passing Sumuya, it is the border of Zhou Kingdom!"

Song Jun's face was ashen, and she forced herself to calm down: "It's not uncommon for migratory locusts to cross the border in the west, and the border gates have experience in dealing with them. Now it's more urgent to return to the spirit appointed by the Xianmeng."

Lu Ran interrupted her unceremoniously: "But you must have never encountered a locust swarm of this size, right? What are you struggling with? Although you have stepped into the immortal world, you have never really let go of your identity as a mortal princess, have you? What do you want to do, just do it directly!"

Seeing that Song Jun was still hesitating, Lu Ran made a decisive decision for her: "There are tens of thousands of people living in the border city, and someone must go back and warn them. Duanmujian and I are here in Su Muya, so don't worry."

Song Jun took a deep breath and turned to Duanmujian: "All the camels we rode died from the insect infestation. Are there any other mounts in Sumya City?"

Duanmujian nodded quickly: "Yes, the mount I came with was still in the city, in the backyard of my hut. But it can only carry one person. Can you go back across the desert alone?"

Song Jun wanted to say something more, but Yi Yao interrupted suddenly:

"Why don't you let Ah Ying go back?"

Song Jun was taken aback.

A Ying was suddenly named, showing his figure.

Yi Yao explained: "The swarm of insects fleeing in the desert has not stopped. A Ying is good at hiding, even if encountering an insect infestation, she can still lurk in the shadows and continue to move forward. It is much safer to avoid making a detour without making a detour."

Song Jun thought about it, and when she was about to nod, she was interrupted by a clean refusal.

"No."

Aying's face was expressionless: "I was ordered to protect the princess. As a shadow guard, my duty does not allow me to leave His Highness in the locust plague and return to the city alone."

Lu Ran didn't expect Aying to refuse so simply: "Didn't you also separate from Song Jun in Yancheng?"

A Ying said unwaveringly, "That's because the Sheriff's Mansion was far safer than the Helong Inn at that time."

"With all due respect, the border town is probably the most dangerous place right now." Duanmu Jian's voice sounded:

"The temple built in Sumuya decades ago is enough to accommodate the whole city. We can gather the city people here and seal the hole with bricks and mud to keep out the locusts. After the locusts pass through Come out again."

Lu Ran added: "You have been to Dingcheng too. Most of the buildings are wooden and densely populated. The disaster situation must be worse than here. Song Jun is far safer staying here than going back."

Song Jun made up her mind: "A Ying, take this as my order. I need you to return to the border immediately and inform the local government of the disaster."

Aying's face showed a rare look of helplessness: "I am a foreigner, I am just a shadow guard protecting the princess, I will not interact with the government. I am just a shadow guard in charge of assassination, and it is impossible to mobilize border troops. I ..."

Song Jun took out a jade pendant engraved with flying dragons and phoenixes from the mustard bag in her arms, and stuffed the jade pendant symbolizing identity into A Ying's hands, with a gentle and firm voice:

"A Ying, you know, I have never only regarded you as a murder weapon."

Song Jun pushed A Ying away, and the majesty of the Great Zhou Diji was revealed in her eyes:

"Tell the border guard that Princess Jing'an asked him to save the civilians at all costs. If you see Yuru and see me, those who don't obey the order can be executed in public. Don't worry about this year's tax and tribute, and make sure to minimize casualties!"

A Ying clenched the jade pendant in her hand, knelt down on one knee and saluted Song Jun:

"Your Highness, please take care."

Song Jun nodded.A Ying took a deep breath, sneaked into the shadow of the mountains, and returned to Sumuya first.

Song Jun stared blankly at the place where A Ying disappeared.The thick darkness spread into the distance, and hungry beasts lurked in the dark and waited for an opportunity to move.And just now, she ordered Aying to be pushed into this restless night alone.

Lu Ran tugged at her sleeve: "It's okay, trust Ah Ying. Let's go, we still have things to do."

The four returned to the temple to search for clues.Duanmu Jian rushed to Song Jun and asked repeatedly: "Can you tell me about the real man who knows the destiny?"

Song Jun and A Ying have been together for many years.Separation before the natural disaster, there may be no day to see each other again, it is impossible not to be anxious.With a hoarse voice, she replied distractedly: "Meet, bad, good, good. Long time, farewell, reunion."

Lu Ran pondered word by word: "We've seen enough bad luck. The focus is on turning good luck into good luck. All things are in a cycle of cause and effect. If you do more righteous deeds and accumulate merit, you will be able to meet auspiciousness. Fu's myths and legends?"

Duanmujian shook his head: "The only myth in the city is the holy mountain. It is said that when the moon shines on the holy mountain, two ghost messengers will resurrect the souls of our ancestors. Is resurrection our way of life?"

Lu Ran clicked his tongue: "What's the matter? Do you still want to try to die first?"

Duan Mujian shut up, and Lu Ran continued to ponder: "Actually, I am more curious about the meaning of 'reunion after a long absence'. We have all seen it. There are old people, women and children in the city. Who can we reunite with?"

Duanmujian was the first to come, and he knew the situation best in the city: "Sumuya makes a living by trading in the western region. The men in the city, whoever has a little physical strength, go to foreign countries with caravans, and they may not come back once a year. "

Lu Ran nodded: "I originally thought that the long-awaited reunion meant that people from afar would return home. But the current catastrophe is that the Sumuya people who are doing business abroad will die at this time when they come back."

Yi Yao looked at Lu Ran tenderly, showing some imperceptible arrogance on his face, and coughed lightly: "I think the prediction of 'reunion after a long absence' may mean something else, and it may not necessarily have something to do with Guiling..."

The way Yi Yao covered his lips inexplicably reminded Lu Ran of a heartless man who was going to meet him at the peak in the future, and his tone of voice unconsciously carried a bit of anger: "Then who else can we meet again? The ex who died in Yancheng long ago Little lover?"

Yi Yao: "..."

"Dead?" Duanmujian said thoughtfully, "Wait, dead!"

She clenched her fist and hammered her palm: "I remembered. The legend about the holy mountain of Sumuya. When the holy mountain was illuminated by the moonlight and entered the temple, the ancestors' heroic souls were resurrected. It is the living and the dead who will meet again! We What needs to be refined is a magic weapon that communicates between Yin and Yang!"

Lu Ran: "..."

Duanmujian was so excited that people couldn't bear to pour cold water on her.Lu Ran considered the sentence:

"You may have some misunderstandings about our serious weapon cultivation... After a person dies, his soul enters the reincarnation of the underworld, the voice of the world cannot be transmitted to the underworld, and the cry of the underworld can only be heard occasionally in the graveyard at night. The tool repair that breaks the gap between life and death, we generally call it..."

"Grandmaster?" Duanmujian asked solemnly.

"I'm crazy." Lu Ran replied sincerely.

Duanmujian: "..."

"It is impossible for Su Muya's ancestors to turn into grudges with deep obsessions and leave them here all day long." Song Jun subconsciously stroked the spiritual mirror transformed from the Concentration Bead on his chest to stabilize his mind:

"Ah Nan usually acts on intuition in a daze, and can only barely communicate with people when he resolves his obsessions. I think the idea of ​​reuniting with the dead is right, but it is not a reunion in the world of the living, nor is it a direct communication with the soul."

Lu Ran opened his eyes wide, and the ghostly whispers from the temple suddenly sounded in his ears.The illusory voice is like a fine wind wandering in the wilderness:

"See me, remember me, meet me again in a dream."

"So." He said slowly: "What we have to do is to enter the temple on a specific night, that is, the night after tomorrow, when the moon shines on the holy mountain, and meet the souls of the ancestors of the Sumuya people in their dreams. The return time calculated by the Immortal League not only implies the natural disaster in Sumuya, but also the time when the dead souls will be revived in their dreams."

"Then what is the Star of Enlightenment used for?" Duanmujian circled back to the original point.

Lu Ran hesitated and said: "I guess, is it used to collect moonlight? Hundreds of millions of desert migratory locusts cover the sky and sun, and it is estimated that they will fly for a whole day before leaving. The promised day comes, but there will be no more moonlight On the holy mountain."

Duanmujian suddenly realized: "So the moonlight absorbed in advance after refining the Venus Stone should be released on the holy mountain the day after tomorrow!"

She looked at Lu Ran: "Can this be done?"

Lu Ran thought for a while: "Materials that absorb the light of the moon and emit light are not uncommon, and the principle is not complicated. But..."

Duanmujian blurted out: "But you are not good at learning and can't do it?"

Lu Ran glanced at her contemptuously: "Of course not! I just think it's a bit overkill to imitate the moonlight with the star stone containing the light of the morning star. Yueyou stone, night fluorite, these ordinary stones can absorb moonlight and Release is far more common than dawn stars.

Except that the Star of Enlightenment was unearthed in Sumuya, which may be more suitable for the local spiritual power threshold, I don't see any other significance of using the Star of Enlightenment.and……"

Song Jun spoke bluntly: "And you brought these stones with you?"

Lu Ran didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said helplessly, "I'm fine, why bring a bunch of stones out! I was thinking about the temple. Duanmu said that the star of enlightenment had resonated with the temple, but there was no echo on the holy mountain.

I think Guiling may not be as simple as shining the moonlight on the holy mountain.The moonlight shines on the holy mountain, reuniting with the ancestors in the dream.I am afraid we also need to dream.but……"

Lu Ran murmured, and Yi Yao had a tacit understanding: "But the three of you are not too strong enough to be able to come and go freely in the dream. Once you are in the dream and encounter danger, you can't protect yourself."

Duanmujian: "..."

Song Jun: "..."

Lu Ran looked at Yi Yao in horror.Good brother, what are you talking about?

This kind of dreaming is different from normal sleeping. It is necessary to keep the mind awake and send the soul into the dream realm.The exploration of the spirit and soul is a very profound technique, and if it is not done properly, it will easily backfire.Ordinary monks dare not let their souls leave their bodies and enter unknown foreign lands.

Only monks above the God Transformation Realm can escape from danger in the treacherous and ever-changing dream world.And the one with the highest cultivation base among them is Duanmu Jian, a Nascent Soul.If the dream is peaceful and safe, that’s fine. If you encounter danger, your soul will be damaged and your cultivation will be destroyed, or you will be trapped in a long sleep from now on.

Yi Yao glanced at Duanmujian and Song Jun rather arrogantly.

What's the use of these two people interrupting in a hurry, in the end, only his thinking fits Lu Ran best.

Lu Ran paused.The fact that Yi Yao pointed out was indeed what he was hesitating about.I didn't expect Yi Yao, a prisoner who didn't practice cultivation, to have such a tacit understanding with him.

The last one who had such a tacit understanding with him was the last one, and the last one was already in Yancheng to meet him on the summit. In his eyes, the grass on the grave was already three meters high.

Lu Ran sneered, "Hehe."

You are right, don't say it next time.

Yi Yao looked at Lu Ran in disbelief: "Huh?"

Shouldn't you praise me?

Lu Ran knew that he was venting his anger, but there was nothing he could do. In some respects, Yi Yao was too much like the unlucky Yuan Ji before.The same annoying, the same flirtatious, the same delicate, generally needs protection.

Yi Yao curled up his fingers helplessly, and silently lowered his head.The eyes under the half-covered eyelashes shone with a moist luster like innocent and injured chicks.It's obviously a very ordinary appearance, but people can't help but want to hold his face with both hands, and gently wipe away the water from the corners of his eyes while coaxing him softly.

Lu Ran made up his mind, suppressed the restlessness in his heart, and his face was indifferent and unwavering.

Heh, even the wet eyes that dogs use to trick sympathy and soften their hearts are the same.it's useless.He has learned his lesson.Now his heart is as hard as a stone, and he will never be easily fooled.

After a brief silence, Duanmujian and Song Jun also made a decision: "There is no better way right now, we will follow the method of collecting moonlight and then falling asleep. It has never been rumored in Sumuya that someone sleeps forever The bad news of the ancestors, the dream of the ancestors should not be so dangerous."

Duanmujian sighed: "After accepting Guiling's task and receiving Guiling's reward, it's just to work for Xianmeng. The job requires dreaming, and the humble worker can say no. You just have to ask Taiyi to know the destiny." Really, if you really cannot come out of the dream, will Xianmeng give you compensation for work-related injuries?"

Song Jun knocked Duanmujian's hand dissatisfied: "If you can't speak, shut up quickly. It's just a dream, nothing will happen."

But she really didn't have the confidence to say that.Duanmujian was one of the Four Heroes in the early Yuan Dynasty and is now the most famous genius monk.There is a mysterious copper lamp in Lu Ran's soul, which has the power to exorcise demons.But Song Jun has only been in the Immortal Dao for two or three years. If you don't look at martial arts and just discuss the cultivation level, she is lower than Lu Ran, only in the early stage of foundation establishment.If she fell into a dream, she would be the most dangerous.

Lu Ran still looked worried.Yi Yao put his hand on his shoulder cautiously, and said softly: "Don't worry, your master knows your situation, and will not arrange impossible tasks for you."

Lu Ran turned his head and met Yi Yao's eyes that were as clear as jewels.Indeed, Lu Bai decided to send three people to assist Gui Ling after consulting the budget.It is impossible for him to push his disciple into a dead end.

He hummed dumbly, feeling the heat from Yi Yao's palm on his shoulder.It's too close.Lu Ran awkwardly tried to push away Yi Yao's arm, but his fingers were carefully hooked instead.

Yi Yao looked into his eyes and said slowly, "Don't be afraid, I will be with you."

Lu Ran looked into Yi Yao's deep eyes, slightly startled.

The sky is gloomy, the silver hook hangs high in the sky, the bright moonlight caresses the earth, and the sand dunes in the distance are like waves sparkling under the moonlight, spreading towards the distant and endless sky.

This person is really, the same pestering and annoying, the same clever talk, the same ignorance, the same inexplicable, the same...

Under the bright silver light, Yi Yao's face was covered with a layer of soft hoarfrost.The fingertips that hooked my fingers were slightly cool, as if some kind of white bird flew down from the cold branches, rubbing against the skin with soft feathers.

In the soul, the copper lamp flickered on and off.Soft flames cling to the spar.

Lu Ran pursed her lips slightly, trying to ignore the voice in her heart:

It's the same --

It's exciting.

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