At this point, Guan Heng opened the skirt of his clothes with his hands and continued: "Well, the five elements' spiritual energy has begun to heal the wounds. Huh? What's going on..."

He blurted out a sound of surprise, and the three women gathered around to take a look. They saw that half of the golden shuttle was still poking near Guan Heng's thoracic spine. However, this thing was originally more than two feet long, but now it was strangely shortened by nearly one-third.

one.

"This, this..." Qing Huangxiu's face turned pale, and beads of sweat suddenly appeared on her forehead. She whispered with a bit of panic: "What's wrong? Ah Heng, are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

"No, to be honest, apart from some paralysis and slow movement of the upper body, the wound basically no longer hurts." Guan Heng was also a little puzzled at this time, and he muttered in a low voice: "It's weird, one-third of the length is

The golden shuttle has disappeared."

"Brother-in-law, could it be that your body 'ate' the golden shuttle?" Xiao Hei said, flicking the top of the golden shuttle with his finger. Guan Heng suddenly felt sweat on his face in pain, and he hurriedly shouted: "

Damn girl, are you crazy? Are you expecting me to die?"

"I, I wasn't careful." Xiao Hei got into trouble and immediately shrank behind Ruotao and whispered: "Taotao, say a few good words for me."

"You, you have to put your priorities in order when joking, you know?" Ruotao shook her head, and then asked: "Sir, where should we go next?"

"This Fog Ice City is not a good place. Let's go out first and return to the ancient cypress tree house at the foot of Xuanxuejian Mountain. That is the safest place."

Guan Heng took a deep breath, and now he felt a little better. He continued: "Big bastard, before we leave, remember to set fire to Wubing City and completely burn this place.

.”

…

A few moments later, the top of Xuanxue Peak was blazing with flames. The Fog Ice City was surrounded by raging flames and was soon burned to the ground. Even the snow on the mountain that had not melted for thousands of years was constantly swept by the heat and melted into streams of flowing water.

It's a creek.

In the desert at the foot of the mountain, in an ancient cypress tree house, Guan Heng was lying on a wooden chair next to the window. Qinghuang put the cut fruit into his mouth, and Xiao Hei gently beat one of his legs, and there was something in his mouth.

Asked: "How is it? Brother-in-law, is the strength just right?"

"Hmm, not bad, but you can use a little more force." Chewing the sweet fruit, Guan Heng leaned on the back of the chair with his pillows. He thought to himself: "Oh, this is the life of an immortal. If only I could

I really hope my injury won’t heal in the long run.”

"Qinghuang." Gu Sangnu and Bai Weng walked in with a large basin of washed fruit. She said, "Here, this is Guan Heng's favorite food. Is it enough?"

"That's enough, that's enough." Qinghuang said, "Actually, we can just take care of A Heng. We don't need to bother you."

"Yes." Guan Heng turned his head and said, "Didn't I release all the remnant souls of the wood spirits lodged in Jumangjian? Have you and Bai Weng figured out how to place them?"

"Please rest assured, Lord Envoy, we have already thought about it."

Bai Weng said with a smile: "Under the nourishment of your wood spirit energy, the wood spirits have recovered well. We have discussed it and bury the tree species derived from the residual souls in the edge of the Great Western Desert. Thousands of years ago, here

Originally, the forest was a sea of ​​trees, and I hope that one day it will be restored to its original state again, relying on tree species to thrive."

"Well, that's fine. This is a good idea." After saying this, he reached out and touched the golden shuttle on his body. Guan Heng was still a little puzzled: "It's strange. It seems that a part of it has been shortened again. The missing part is

Could the golden shuttle fly out of thin air?"

"A Heng, A Heng." At this moment, Qinghuang pushed him: "Hey, you are in a daze again, we are talking to you."

"Uh, what's wrong?" After hearing this, Guan Heng raised his head and asked, "What do you want to say?"

"It's me who wants to speak." Ruotao's head suddenly appeared next to her, and she said with some dissatisfaction: "Sir, you have to have a limit when you ignore me, right? I walked in for a while and said several words.

, you didn’t pay attention?”

"Sorry, little girl, you have to know, hehe, the injured person is slow to react."

"It's the first time I've seen an injured guy with such a good appetite and energy like you." Ruotao spread her hands and said, "Look, there are two beauties feeding you fruit, beating your legs, tut tut, how nourishing it is.

.”

"Long Sui, I think you are just envious and jealous."

Guan Heng touched his chin and smiled: "Little female ghost, sometimes I really envy you for having a corpse body. It is so strong that it is so strong. No matter how many times we fight, there is no sign of injury at all. Every time I either vomit blood or break my body."

My arms and legs are broken, it hurts like hell."

Ruotao giggled and said, "Then do you want to trade your flesh and blood for me?"

After hearing her words, Guan Heng waved his hands and said: "No need. No need, I don't like female corpses..."

Hearing this, everyone around burst into laughter: "Hahaha——"

"Uh...laughing too hard, it hurt the wound..." Guan Heng gritted his teeth in pain, and then he forced a smile and asked, "Ruotao, what did you want to ask me just now?"

"I want to ask, should we continue the journey, or should we rest for a day and wait until your injury is completely healed?"

"Oh, that's right." Guan Heng scratched his head, hesitant, but he said: "My injury doesn't matter, it doesn't matter even if there are bumps along the road, as long as I lie down in the tree house, but our next trip

You have to make a plan and get the map."

"Whoa!" The next moment, Ruotao unfolded the map he took out on the table.

She pointed at one of the locations and said: "Well, we are now at the foot of Xuanxuejian Mountain, and if we go a few dozen miles to the northeast, we will reach an unknown desert beach. After passing through there, as long as we go straight forward, we should reach the Blood of the Evil King."

Fortress."

"Unnamed deserted beach?!" Hearing Ruotao's words, Bo Weng, who had been watching silently next to him, suddenly muttered: "It's a bit weird when you talk about this place." Hearing what he said, everyone looked up.

Asked: "Old man, how do you say this?"

"Well, that was a few months ago. You all know that the roots of my Western Desert cypress tree can spread to every corner of the desert, and that desert beach is no exception, but..."

When Bai Weng said this, his face became much more solemn: "My tree roots can't get close to there."

According to Bai Weng's description, the nameless desert beach within a radius of dozens of miles suddenly became filled with an evil and bloody atmosphere. Not only was there no grass growing, but no living creature was willing to approach it. The desert beach became a complete "land of death".

”.

"So that's it." After listening to the other party's words, Guan Heng said in a low voice: "It gives me the feeling that the situation in the Nameless Desert must be related to the Nightmare Alliance. So, don't rush over there.

Let’s wait until my injury recovers.”

"Besides..." Guan Heng thought for a while and continued: "Knowing yourself and your enemy is the way to victory. Don't let a few Xuanling Huaxiao idle. Send them out to explore the environment ahead to see if there is any nightmare.

A stronghold or an ambush for the alliance's minions, that's all."

"Squeak, squeak." At this moment, a sharp cry came from the window of the tree house. Everyone looked outside and saw that it was the ghost of the phantom blue velvet rat king flying in, followed by dozens of people behind it.

The soul of a blue velvet rat.

It turns out that when Ruotao was waiting for Guan Heng and Qing Huang in the water prison, the Blue Velvet Rat King finally tried his best to rescue the demon soul of his descendant's blood relative from Cen Hong's body.

After the Souls of the Rats escaped, they always wanted to find an opportunity to repay Guan Heng and the others, but these guys didn't dare to approach the tree house because this was the territory of Tun Guimiao and Xiao Bai.

In addition, Guan Heng also put the small bone snake in the pond of Mu Xuan Turtle to keep him company. The smells of the two local cats and one snake were the bane of rats, which made them tremble after smelling it. Therefore, the Rat King could only eat it every now and then.

Come quietly and say hello.

"Hehehe, Rat King, you are here again, you are really brave."

Guan Heng wanted to make a joke at this time, so he frightened it and said: "You know? Just now I saw Tun Gui Meow patrolling here, and I wanted to see where you are hiding. You also have some understanding of this cat's temper. It wants to

Whoever you eat, I guess the target won’t be able to hide for too long.”

"Squeak?!" After hearing this, the blue velvet rat king, whose soul was trembling, screamed in fright, and then looked around with a vigilant face, trying to find the ghost-swallowing cat with hidden murderous intentions.

"A Heng, that's enough for you, don't scare the Rat King all the time." Qinghuang smiled and held the other person's soul in his hands and said, "Don't worry, no matter who wants to hurt you, they must get through this girl.

"

"Squeak, squeak." Hearing this, the Rat King and the spirits of the rats were extremely happy. Xiao Hei picked up a red fruit and handed it over: "Fat Rat, this is for you, eat it."

Even though the rats only have soul bodies now, they can still eat. That’s because they have existed in the world as souls for more than ten years. They seem to have quite an appetite. A small bowl of fruit can be eaten by the rats in the blink of an eye.

All wiped out.

"Hey, that was what Gu Sangnu brought to me." Guan Heng said mournfully, "You actually stole the lunch of a seriously injured person, don't be ashamed."

"Okay, okay, sir, why are you arguing with the mouse? I tell you, you are not ashamed, right?" Ruotao said with a teasing tone at this time: "If you want to eat, I will go and prepare it for you later.

Already."

"By the way, speaking of which, do we also have to arrange a habitat for the Phantom Blue Velvet Rats?" Qinghuang suddenly thought of this question, and she continued: "Xuan Xuejian is a sad place here. I heard

The Rat King said they don't want to stay here and it will only increase their sorrow."

"Bo Weng, you are a 'know-it-all in the Western Desert'." Guan Heng asked the other party with a smile: "Let's talk about where the rats live."

"Well... that's right." At first, Bai Weng twisted his beard and said nothing. After a while, he suddenly raised his head and said: "Near the nameless desert beach I just talked about with you, there is a whole piece of ancient relics underground.

Tunnels and caves are very suitable for the Phantom Blue Velvet Rat to live in.”

After a short pause, the old man continued: "There is also an underground water source there, and a lot of fungi and wild wild rice grow there. I know that although the rats are souls, they will occasionally eat. Now the problem of food does not matter.

solved."

"That's good." Guan Heng stretched out his hand to pinch the Rat King's soul body, threw it into the air, and said: "Fat Rat King, just take your tribe to the deserted beach with us."

…

On the other side, at the edge of the nameless desert beach, dozens of figures rushed towards them.

"噌噌噌——唰唰唰——" The rapid footsteps kept sounding one after another, and in an instant, they ran in front of a dark land exuding a foul smell.

"Stop." The leader, a tall and sinister man with a sinewy face, raised his hand and shouted in a low voice: "We are here."
To be continued...