Where is Our Agreement to be Each Other's Arch-Rivals?

The Central Plains martial arts knights led by Tengyun Pavilion quickly retreated to the settlements outside the Devil's Cult, and looked far away at Junhua Island, which was burning into a sea of ​​flames.

Perhaps in order to prevent the fire from spreading through the suspension bridge, the flower attendants and lotus hall attendants left behind by the Demon Cult quickly cut off all the suspension bridges leading to Junhua Island.In this way, Junhua Island became a torch isolated on the water surface, illuminating the canyon where the main altar of the Demon Cult was located as bright as day.

The fire reflected on the surface of the water, reflected in Gu Ruohai's eyes.

After a long time, he said: "The inheritance of the sword master was buried in the sea of ​​fire with the leader of the demon sect. I failed to obtain it, and I really failed my trust."

Qianfeng Mountain Villa and Xuanji Temple have already communicated with Tengyun Pavilion, and the remaining Tongyun Temple is not easy to criticize. After all, when the box in the hands of the leader of the Demon Cult fell into the fire, more than one person saw it. I was able to say a few words in an official accent.

Wujiangmen obviously had more concerns about Tengyun Pavilion, and proposed to go to Junhua Island for inspection after the fire was all gone, to find the body of the leader of the Demon Cult.

"I don't know how long this fire will last, and there are still many remnants of the Demon Cult here... We haven't brought enough elites this time. If we continue to fight, I'm afraid the casualties will increase." The leader of Xuanji Temple interjected at the right time, " And we also need to consider the food and supplies needed for the return trip, this wilderness devil city is not a place to stay for a long time."

The warriors of the Borderless Gate exchanged glances and discussed in a low voice for a while, but in the end they didn't come up with any good solutions.

Gu Ruohai quickly led Tengyun Pavilion and Qianfeng Villa to retreat, Xuanji Temple and Tongyun Temple followed them step by step, and the Wujiangmen had no choice but to stop staying and follow the main force to leave the Demon Cult's main altar and return to Devil City.

Until the eastern sky turned white, a group of people from the Central Plains Wulin who went deep into the main altar of the Demon Sect finally walked out of the Devil City safely and joined the various forces that stayed here.

Knowing that Tengyun Pavilion did not obtain the inheritance of the Sword Master, many knights showed dissatisfied expressions, obviously having more malicious speculations and doubts about this result.

Fan Xi looked at Pu Lingyun, who was standing next to Gu Ruohai and had returned safely, and finally heaved a sigh of relief, and his tense nerves were finally relaxed.

Hearing the mob whispering around, he squinted his eyes, folded his arms and looked at Gu Ruohai, sneered and said: "Mr. Gu, you are going too far. We stay here, and we don't know whether the fire you said is true or not. ...Whether the Juggernaut's inheritance was burned, or was it divided up by your major forces."

Pu Lingyun stared at the words, and said angrily: "You coward, dare not enter the devil city, but now you are talking nonsense here!"

Gu Ruohai said, "It doesn't matter. Even if the sword master's inheritance in the hands of the leader of the Demon Cult is gone, the Eruo Ghost Tent also has the same copy."

As soon as these words came out, there was an uproar.

The first ones who reported doubts about this were the people of Wujiangmen: "Where did President Gu get the news? I, Wujiangmen, have never known about Erluo Ghost Tent—"

Gu Ruohai smiled and said: "I got the news from the leader of the Demon Cult. He once teamed up with the Ero Ghost Tent to ambush my Central Plains martial arts knights. Naturally, he had to deal with the Ghost Tent in private. Without the drive of profit, why would they secretly Join forces?"

The knight of the Borderless Gate was speechless at this question.

Gu Ruohai chuckled, and continued: "The Devil's Cult traded the inheritance of the Sword Master and joined forces with the Eruo Ghost Tent. Therefore, the inheritance of the Sword Master still exists in the Eruo Ghost Tent. If you still want the inheritance , I, Tengyun Pavilion, can also continue to lead you, go deep into the ice field, and fight against Erluo Ghost Tent."

Hearing this, the leader of the Xuanji Temple said: "The Eruo Ghost Tent is different from the Devil's Cult. They are an extraterritorial regime, and almost all the people are soldiers. Only our Central Plains Wulin, I am afraid there is nothing we can do about them."

Gu Ruohai said: "This matter... There is no rush for this moment, we can go back to the border of the Central Plains and discuss it later, and maybe send some more elites to come."

As he spoke, he glanced at Fan Xi, turned his head and said to the Tengyun Pavilion team: "Get ready to return."

The members of Tengyun Pavilion and Qianfeng Villa left quickly, and Tongyun Temple and Xuanji Temple did not stay too long.Seeing that the coalition forces were about to disperse, Fan Xi "reluctantly" led the Green Curtain Sect to chase the direction where the major forces left, and the remaining small sects naturally all followed, not daring to stay in the wasteland alone.

Seeing this, several knights from the Wujiangmen gathered together to discuss in a low voice for a while, and one of them sneaked away, and the rest chased in the direction of the large army.

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Su Yan and Gu Feidi followed Su Huaizhu, followed the underground passage forbidden by the Demon Sect, passed through the bottom of the canyon and lake, and arrived at a natural underground river cave.Then sneaked all the way along the cave until the mouth of a narrow Karez well.

"The wasteland seems to have very little water, but the underground water system extends in all directions. There are many wellheads in the river, which is suitable for us to disperse."

As Su Huaizhu said, he took a knuckle-long bone whistle from Feng Lin, handed it to Su Yan and Gu Feidi, and said, "This is the bird training bone whistle of Eruo Ghost Tent. The miko who escaped to me taught me to modify it, and the sound that ordinary people can't hear, but it can be used to drive away ghost owls."

Su Yang took the bone whistle and asked, "Shall we act separately?"

Su Huaizhu nodded: "The goal of sneaking into the ice field this time is at the Eruo ghost camp. They are not so much a power in the rivers and lakes, but an extraterritorial regime. There are army patrols and scouts, and there are ordinary herdsmen settlements...It is easier to hide in scattered operations, and there is no need to hide." Worries are drawn out in a string."

Su Yang nodded and put away the bone whistle.

"Yesterday was the winter solstice. Around Xiaohan, the Central Plains Martial Arts will contain the ghost tent's combat power in the south. There may be snowfall in Xiaohan that day. Once the snow is heavy, it will be our chance to take action."

Su Huaizhu pondered for a moment, and said: "We will sneak into the ghost tent from the north and decapitate. We need to find a way to survive in the ice field for half a month...After half a month, Su Yan's phoenix chalcedony may lose its effectiveness, so, The goal of the two of you is the White Witch Tower in Eruo Ghost Tent. Gu Feidi, you must try your best to obtain the White Fire Gu before the Phoenix Chrysoprase expires."

The itinerary was very tight, and there was almost no room for error. Gu Feidi was unavoidably nervous. He took a deep breath, nodded, and said, "I will definitely do it."

He didn't say try his best.It was a matter of Su Yang's life and death, he couldn't just do his best, but he had to do it no matter what.

Seeing his firm will, Su Huaizhu nodded slightly, and said, "The ice field is barren, and it's winter again, so you should also pay attention to safety."

As he said that, he motioned to Mei Shisan to fetch the package, handed it to the two, and said to Su Yan, "You ordered the kitchen to make a kind of food before, and I saw that it was suitable for supply, so I asked them to prepare a lot. And , going deep into the ice field, black and white clothes and hats are good for hiding your whereabouts, here are a few pieces that were originally prepared for flower attendants, maybe they don’t fit well, but you can make do with them.”

After receiving the luggage, which was obviously allocated temporarily, Gu Feidi lowered his eyelashes and raised his hand to salute: "Thank you, senior."

"If you accidentally encounter scouts or rangers from Eruo's ghost tent on the ice field... remember, try not to leave anyone alive." Su Huaizhu said, looking at Su Yang, emphasizing, "Don't be soft-hearted, and don't be soft-hearted. You have to understand , this is the battlefield, if they don't die, it will be you...and your loved ones."

Su Yan bit his lip, finally looked firmly at Su Huaizhu, and nodded vigorously.

Su Huaizhu's gaze fell between the two, and then slowly moved to the Suxin sword on Gu Feidi's waist.

After a while, he handed the thin sword in his hand to Su Yan: "This 'King's Gu' will be handed over to you from now on."

Su Yan took the rapier from Su Huaizhu in a daze, not knowing what expression to make.

It wasn't until Gu Feidi reminded him in a low voice that he took off the unnamed rapier around his waist and exchanged it with Su Huaizhu.

Su Huaizhu took the sword, paused his eyes on the two of them for a moment, and said solemnly: "Take care of each other."

After finishing speaking, he turned and left without waiting for the two to answer, and walked to another well mouth of the underground river.

With the faint morning light shining in from the mouth of the well, Su Yan looked at the shiny white "Jun Gu" in his hand, and always felt that the behavior of the Demon Cult leader presenting the sword was a bit strange.

The leader of the Demon Cult knew that he was not the original Su Yang, and his tone did not imply passing on the Demon Cult to him, nor did it seem to imply that he would entrust the sword on his deathbed. Why did he give the sword to him?

Gu Feidi also looked at the rapier in Su Yan's hand, and his eyes fell on the name of the sword engraved on the bottom of the hilt.

"This is..." He frowned slightly, reached out to take the rapier, stared at the two words on the hilt, and said in a low voice, "...this is my father's handwriting."

Su Yang was surprised: "What?"

Gu Feidi didn't answer, but quickly picked up the Suxin sword at his waist, and looked at the word "Suxin" also engraved on the bottom of the hilt.

The handwriting is clear and elegant, but there is a faint murderous look at the turning point, which is exactly the same as the words on the letterhead that Su Huaizhu had given him.He didn't notice it at first, but at this moment, the two swords were joined together. This small detail made him have some absurd thoughts——

It is said that the two elders had a very strong relationship back then, so... how good are they?Why is it that they have turned against each other for a long time, but they still carry the sword with the inscription of the other side with them, and... regard it as an inheritance?

"What's wrong with this word?" Su Yan didn't understand, so he asked, "Is there a problem?"

Gu Feidi handed back Jun Gujian to Su Yan, and said, "It's nothing, they were in Xiaoyulou together when they were young, and they had a close relationship, maybe they carved words on each other's sword at that time."

Su Yan didn't care about this, he said "oh", looked up at the wellhead at the top of the rock wall, and said, "Shall we go out now? It's almost dawn."

Gu Feidi nodded: "Let's go..."

The two changed into the white coats in their luggage, and covered their black hair with turbans to cover their faces. Then they climbed the gap dug in the wall of the Karez well and got out of the underground river cave.

This place is still in the wilderness, and there are many huge boulders standing around it. The outline of the Devil City can be seen in the distance. The eastern sky has begun to glow with the light golden color of the rising sun, and the sky is cloudless and gray-blue.

"There will be no horses for this trip, so it will be more tiring." Gu Feidi took Su Yan's hand and asked, "Can you still hold on?"

Su Yan sneered, and raised his chin: "I was weak because of the poisonous Gu and the ice soul of the cold pool before, and it wasn't really weak... Now that I have the phoenix chalcedony given by Master, I am of course fine! Hey, I can't because I was caught by you...then what...you really treat me like a girl, be careful that I will resist one day, you can't hold it back..."

Regarding his statement, Gu Feidi just smiled, but did not refute.

Holding hands, the two walked across the vast wasteland towards the perennially frozen northern border.

As the sun rose, a smear of pink-orange sunlight shone on the two of them, stretching their side-by-side overlapping shadows to an extremely long...