The sword spirit walked along the vast plains and suddenly lowered its height and landed in the middle of the dense grass. Yun Xiao leaned on his shoulder and felt that the wind around her suddenly stopped. The smell of soil and grass mixed with it. She rubbed the pine trees.

With his awake eyes, he seemed to have fallen asleep during this short journey. He looked around strangely and asked: "Why did you suddenly land? Will you be overtaken here?"

Xiao Qianye touched her forehead and felt that her body temperature was still normal. His frown relaxed. He put away the sword spirit and smiled: "You look very tired. Take a rest."

"Am I... asleep?" Yun Xiao quickly forced herself to calm down and cheer up, but the tiredness was still clearly written on her face. Xiao Qianye tightened her coat, and simply pulled her to sit on the floor, nodding.

, "You can even fall asleep standing on the Sword Spirit. Are you very tired?"

Yun Xiao pinched her cheeks hard, as if this would make her sleepiness dissipate, and murmured strangely: "I am so tired. I was obviously very energetic when I was in the sewer, but suddenly I feel sleepy."

"If you're tired, just take a nap." Xiao Qianye knew that this was the result of the mixed-blood Spirit Phoenix tribe taking the initiative to use the Breath of the Spirit Phoenix. He gently held Yun Xiao in his arms while patting her gently.

Looking back, he silently raised his head and glanced at the sky that was about to turn white, and said to himself, "Although Dongming is mountainous, there are vast plains formed between the mountains. If no city was built here, this kind of plain would be

It's called the 'Wild of Stars'. The grass here is very tall, and it's hard for a normal person to be noticed hiding in it. You can sleep peacefully, I'll guard it."

"Aren't you tired?" Yun Xiao raised her head slightly and looked at him. She unbuttoned her coat and pulled him into her arms. She said with a smile, "You gave your clothes to Miss Fenghuo. I really can't tell that you also have them."

It's time to cherish the beauty of the beauty! Why not come to my arms to get warmth!"

Xiao Qianye's cheeks turned red because of her teasing, and he heard her couldn't help giggling, so he had no choice but to let her stuff him into the coat. Yun Xiao's eyes rolled, but her face suddenly looked a little surprised.

, His body was very cold, not at all like the body temperature that a normal person should have. Yun Xiao strangely stretched out her hand to touch his face, then raised her hand flat to catch Luoxue, and said in a low voice: "It's so cold, you

Why is your body colder than snow? Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere?"

Xiao Qianye was reminded by her and touched his skin. Although it was in the wind and snow, he actually didn't feel how cold he was after knowing Kunlun's cold-proofing method, but his skin did have no temperature, like a living thing.

dead.

Before the two of them could figure out what was going on, a faint ball of light suddenly flashed in front of their eyes, and Di Zhong's voice came faintly from it: "It is the nature of ancient species to have a cold body."

"Ah...it's you, why did you suddenly show up?" Yun Xiao looked at this inexplicable thing awkwardly, and couldn't help but reach out to poke it. Di Zhong smiled slightly and said helplessly, "This is not the place above.

In the heaven, the art of splitting the gods cannot be maintained. I am not a person who is good at magic. The ability to talk to you in this form is already the limit. Please stop poking. You have the breath of the spiritual phoenix in your body. If it is poked,

There's no way I can gather it together again."

Yun Xiao quickly retracted her hand, and the ball of light landed gently on Xiao Qianye's shoulder. She could vaguely see a faint shadow that was too blurry to be human-shaped inside, as if she was looking up at the sky in the Starry Fields.

: "The colder your body is, the more obvious the power of the ancient species will be, but this is irreversible. If you feel very cold and uncomfortable, then stay close to her. The Breath of the Spirit Phoenix is ​​one of the few in the world.

Something that can warm the blood of ferocious beasts."

Hearing what he said, Yun Xiao calmly moved to Xiao Qianye and hugged him tightly.

"Irreversible..." Xiao Qianye didn't look at him, his eyes were strangely bright, and he read these three words from his mouth through gritted teeth. Di Zhong paused for a while, seeming to feel the violent fluctuations in his heart, and he felt comforted.

: "When he was alive, he suppressed the bloodline of the ancient species, which is why the Xiao family was able to remain anonymous in a place like Feiyuan for so long. But he is dead after all, and it is only a matter of time before the ancient species' instincts slowly recover."

"Why did he die?" Xiao Qianye asked inexplicably, and Di Zhong also smiled bitterly and repeated, "Yes, why did he die?"

The two fell into silence at the same time, and looked up to the sky at the same time. Di Zhong's voice became a little ethereal, as if it had passed through tens of thousands of years, becoming ethereal and illusory: "I have been here, a long time ago, Zhen

I took Xiao here when the island was still in the sky. The sky and the plains are actually not much different from those years ago. The reason why it is called the Field of Stars is because during sunset and sunrise,

When we come out, we can see the shadows of countless meteors streaking across the sky and falling into the plains."

Yun Xiao curiously imagined the scene he described, but unfortunately, there was snow falling heavily at the moment, and not a single star could be seen in the gradually whitening sky.

"Continue walking inside, passing through the Holy Land of Kongji to reach the Valley of Confinement. There should be a piece of fairy grass there called Moon Night Bud. It is one of Qiongqi's favorite things, because the leaves of Moon Night Bud look cold blue.

, it actually melts in the mouth and is actually warm. They like to eat that kind of fairy grass. I heard it can relieve the severe cold in the blood, so I took Xiao in there."

Neither Xiao Qianye nor Yun Xiao opened their mouths to disturb him. They just listened quietly to him talking about the vicissitudes of life. Their hearts were faintly touched. Di Zhong continued: "But that area was very dangerous and there were nightmares. At that time,

The Nightmare has not yet been accepted by Xi Hui, and I know very little about that kind of monster."

He suddenly stopped, as if a certain emotion was aroused by a distant memory, and he couldn't help but sigh a few times: "It is very playful. While playing, it suddenly said it was sleepy, and then it lay directly on the fairy bed.

I thought it was just tired from playing, but it wasn’t until the next night that it still didn’t wake up. That’s when I realized something was wrong. I tried to use my power to wake it up, but I found another extreme.

The power of evil is contending with me..."

"Can the nightmare compete with you?" Xiao Qianye blurted out in disbelief, hesitantly tilting his head and looking at the ball of light on his shoulder, "Is that thing so powerful?"

Di Zhong smiled, his blurry figure seemed to be shaking his head helplessly, and continued: "It's not that the Nightmare is so powerful, it's just that I don't understand that kind of monster, and Xiao You has been unconscious, so I can't take it.

Its life was at stake, so I never dared to take action."

"Oh..." Xiao Qianye suddenly realized, and a gentle smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "You pamper it too much. If you say it is willful and playful, that's because you are used to it."

"It has been sleeping and cannot wake up, and its body is being eroded little by little. You know, that guy has a very thick layer of fur. Starting from the seventh day after it was dreamed by the nightmare, there was a lot of fur.

I was very anxious when I dropped the handle, and even prepared to take it directly back to the heaven to find Xi Hui. When I saw that the guy was almost bald, I met someone from Dongming." Di Zhong thought about it seriously.

, suddenly said with some expectation, "I remember his name, it should be Shui Mo. He is a nearby warlock who came here specially to pick jelly grass for medicine."

"Shui Mo?" Xiao Qianye was startled and said in a low voice, "Is he the guardian of the Forbidden Valley? There have always been rumors in Feiyuan that the post of divine guardian was when the Twelve Gods passed by Zhen Island and noticed that there were some dangers on the island.

In this place, in order to prevent humans from going too deep and wasting their lives, seven gods were specially selected to guard the forbidden area. These twelve gods passing by...could it really be you?"

"Oh, yes, he is now the guardian of the Forbidden Valley. I am indeed the guardian of the Forbidden City." Di Zhong then remembered what he had done back then, nodded, and coughed lightly, "He told me this

This monster is called the Nightmare. It is a monster that can enter dreams and steal dreams. It will devour the spirit of the host in the dream for its own use, eventually causing the host to sleep for a long time until death. The Nightmare has been causing harm in Dongming for many years.

Because the three bodies coexist, as long as the Nightmare Heart is immortal, the Nightmare Form and Nightmare Voice can be reborn indefinitely. To destroy the Nightmare Heart, the other two bodies need to be captured at the same time. This special coexistence prevents them from completely destroying the Nightmare Heart.

To kill the monster, the local people have always been able to hide and be helpless against it."

Xiao Qianye frowned, remembering the sound of the nightmare he had seen in the underground cracks of the Holy Blind Clan, plus the heart of the nightmare nailed to the bottom of the lake by Gu Chen, and the remaining shapes of the nightmare that are still missing.

"Then what?" Yun Xiao was completely sleepless, and her strong interest was aroused by his words. She sat up straight and stared at the ball of light curiously, and asked.

"Then? Now that we know the characteristics of the monster, it is not difficult to deal with it." Di Zhong chuckled, gently floated from Xiao Qianye's shoulder to Yun Xiao's hand, and sighed, "

It's a pity that I was worried about accidentally hurting Xiao, so I deliberately showed mercy. I only severely injured it without killing it. After the nightmare escaped from its body, I didn't continue to chase it, so it managed to escape.

, and continue to harm one party."

"Heh..." Xiao Qianye held his forehead and laughed, "You let the Nightmare escape once, and then he let it escape again. Should I say that this monster has too much life, or should I say that you are too soft-hearted?"

"He must have come back to Zhen Island to hunt down the Nightmare." Di Zhong had already known what happened in the Glacier Forest through Xiao Qianye's eyes. Although he was puzzled, he felt that it was reasonable.

, and speculated to himself: "When he was still a ferocious beast, he was dreamed by a nightmare. The monster knew his true identity, but he didn't seem to want this matter to be known to others, so he

He would go back to Pro Island specifically to hunt down the monsters, and leave the ancient dust to seal Nightmare’s Heart, probably for this reason.”

"Are you making a fuss out of a molehill?" Xiao Qianye answered calmly, "Gu Chen is much more important than Nightmare Heart, and he is willing to throw it away. I really don't understand."

"He's always been like this, and I don't understand." Di Zhong just smiled fondly, without the slightest hint of blame. Yun Xiao blinked, gently held the ball of light in his hand to his eyes, and whispered, "

No matter how important Gu Chen is, he is just a cold weapon. If Nightmare finds out about the ancient species, then the whole world will know that you are dead. To him, this is the most important thing."

Di Zhong thought carefully about what she said and took a deep breath: "His ideas have always been different. Maybe this is the difference between humans and ferocious beasts. I have never understood him."

The ball of light swayed like a firefly, floating in front of Xiao Qianye, and asked seriously: "You also have part of his memory, do you know him?"

Xiao Qianye looked directly at the ball of light, but was unable to respond to that expectation. He said lightly: "All his memories are of you. Since your death, he has no memories left to future generations."

"Really..." Di Zhong smiled and closed his eyes, "These days I have been thinking about what kind of unsolvable difficulties he encountered. I gave him everything, but he didn't want to live anymore. With him

With your temper, you should never give up your life voluntarily. In the end... what happened, I really want to know."

"I also want to know." Xiao Qianye took his words and didn't understand why he had strong curiosity about that ferocious beast.

Di Zhong stared at him and couldn't help complaining: "You are not like him."

Xiao Qianye raised the corner of his mouth and asked without thinking: "I let you down?"

"That's not the case." Di Zhong sighed, waved it in front of Yun Xiao's eyes, and said with a smile, "On the contrary, it's you, you look a lot like him."

"Me?" Yun Xiao pointed at herself, and retorted with both laughter and helplessness, "You said the same thing last time, I am a pretty girl after all, how can I resemble that ferocious beast?

"

Di Zhong did not reply. At this time, the sky was already bright, the snow was still falling, and the wind became even stronger.

Seeing that he was silent, Yun Xiao simply crawled into Xiao Qianye's arms again, touched his skin with her hands, and said worriedly: "Is it still cold? I can use the sword array to draw out the earth's heat to keep out the cold, but

...The light of the sword array is too dazzling and may attract pursuers. Is it safe here?"

"It's not safe, don't use it. Although Pihuo will not enter the plains, and the grass can block the sight of the three-winged bird, the ferocious beast is a frequent visitor here." Xiao Qianye shook his head and rejected her idea, tightened his clothes,

She clung to him, and that unique warmth flowed quietly like a ray of sunshine, making him couldn't help but try to hold her tighter. Suddenly, his face darkened, and he didn't know what he thought of, and he frowned and turned to the emperor.

Zhong, said in a low voice, "Ahem, um... can you still coexist with me in your current state?"

"Huh?" Di Zhong looked at him, holding back his laughter and not revealing his inner thoughts, and said calmly, "It's just convenient to talk to you like this. After all, you don't like me speaking directly in your head, right? But

The essence is the same, but the situation has changed, and I can still feel everything about you."

Xiao Qianye hesitated to speak with a cold face, and then his hand that was about to hug Yun Xiao subconsciously loosened a little. Di Zhong looked at his little movements and laughed and said: "You didn't just realize it, did you? No matter you

Whether holding her hand or holding her, I feel the same as you, so sometimes I mistake you for myself. After all, I have neither body nor soul, just the remaining consciousness. You shouldn't be with me.

Are you still jealous of your consciousness?"

Xiao Qianye glared at him angrily and blurted out impatiently: "You are so annoying."

Di Zhong snickered and caught a glimpse of the blush that quickly appeared on Yun Xiao's cheeks. He wanted to push him away, but was held tightly in his arms and couldn't move. After a long time, the light ball moved upward slightly, and his divine power was like a thin sheet.

The net shrouded the two people in the middle. Di Zhong looked at the two people leaning on each other and smiled lightly: "You should also have a good rest. I will just watch over you. Are you less able to feel tired now?"

?This is the role of martial arts in the heavenly realm, but it will take a long, long time to fully master it, so don’t force yourself."

Xiao Qianye nodded, spread his fingers and grabbed hard. After the battle in the Dusk Sea, there was indeed an unprecedented power filling his body.

Di Zhong said no more and silently cast his gaze to the distant sky. He saw the afterimage of a bunch of meteors dragging their long tail and falling at the end of the plain - this was a scene he had seen before, and it had long been forgotten by now.
Chapter completed!