Mortal Bones

"Little fish girl."

Xu Taiping smiled at Duan Xiaoyu.

Although Duan Xiaoyu's face no longer had the greenness of seven years ago, his beautiful apricot eyes were still as clear and bright as before.

"Brother Taiping, I..."

"thump!"

What made Xu Taiping dumbfounded was that Duan Xiaoyu didn't notice a raised tile on the ground, probably because he was running too fast, and fell straight to the ground.

"What a lovely little girl."

Fairy Lingyue in the gourd laughed so hard.

"Well, it's still the same Duan Xiaoyu, unchanged."

Xu Taiping also smiled.

For some reason, after seeing Duan Xiaoyu, Xu Taiping's desire to return to Qingxuan as soon as possible became more and more intense.

…

"What? You won't come back to Qingxuan with me?!"

That night, at the banquet prepared by Pilu Temple for Xu Taiping, Xu Taiping suddenly looked surprised when he heard Duan Xiaoyu said that he could not return to Zhenwu Tian with him tomorrow.

He had promised Duan Xiaoyu's mother that he would personally send Duan Xiaoyu back.

"No, no, Brother Taiping, I also want to go back, but this opportunity is rare..."

"Let me explain it to you little girl."

Seeing that Duan Xiaoyu was hesitating and unable to explain clearly, Abbot Huiming on the side immediately took over the words with a smile, turned to Xu Taiping and explained:

"When Xiaoyu was in Tianyuan City before, he happened to rescue General Izumo Takeshinjiang Cuicui once."

"After getting to know each other well, General Jiang Cuicui fell in love with Xiaoyu and decided to accept Xiaoyu as her disciple so that Xiaoyu could inherit her mantle."

"Yes, yes, that's what the abbot said." Duan Xiaoyu nodded repeatedly.

Xu Taiping looked stunned. He didn't expect Xiaoyu to have such a chance with the legendary Valkyrie.

"Master Heavenly Protector, this is a rare period of martial luck for Miss Xiaoyu, and you should make good use of it."

Abbot Huiming glanced at Xu Taiping with a very meaningful look.

Xu Taiping nodded when he heard this, then reached out and patted Duan Xiaoyu's head and said with a smile:

"Martial luck is something you have to fight for. Xiaoyu, you have endured so much hardship in Youyuntian to earn this martial luck. You must cherish it."

Duan Xiaoyu's eyes heated up when he heard this, and then he nodded heavily and said:

"Brother Taiping, don't worry, Xiaoyu will definitely practice hard with Sister Cuicui, and will never let down this hard-earned martial fortune!"

This trip to Youyuntian brought the biggest change to Duan Xiaoyu.

That is, she wants to fight for her own destiny, but she dares to fight.

Otherwise, how could she, who misses her family so much, resist going home with Xu Taiping?

"Amitabha, the battle between heaven and demons is approaching, and the world will inevitably be in chaos again. If you increase your cultivation level, you can gain more confidence for yourself to resist."

Abbot Huiming suddenly put his palms together and sighed.

"Brother Taiping!"

"Little friend Taiping!"

"Brother Taiping!"

At this moment, several familiar voices suddenly came from the lobby door.

Xu Taiping looked up and found that the people coming were actually General Zhang Tianze and the old Martial God Zhu Huai. Even Master Xuanzhi was there.

"General, Mr. Zhu, Master Xuanzhi!"

Xu Taiping stood up from his seat.

"Aren't you in Tianyuan City, resisting the blood moon tide of the Nine Abyss monsters? Why do you have time to come here?"

He asked a few people in surprise.

He had some understanding of the war in Izumo Country before he came, and knew that although the war situation in Tianyuan City had been reversed after General Zhang Tianze and Zhu Lao joined, Jiuyuan's invasion was still not over.

"A few hours ago, Brother Zhang killed the Heavenly Wolf King, and the human-wolf-demon clan was completely defeated."

Before Zhang Tianze could speak, Zhu Huai smiled cheerfully.

"Congratulations!"

Xu Taiping was equally happy.

"Mr. Zhu, please stop praising me and killing me. That day, the Wolf King was just like the Shark Emperor before. He just lost his body and could come back after cultivating for hundreds of years. Demons in the Demon Emperor realm are really hard to kill."

Zhang Tianze waved his hand in embarrassment, then walked straight to Xu Taiping, put his hand on his shoulder and said: "Brother, let's drink until dawn tonight!"

…

"By the way Taiping, who taught you your sword skills? I always feel that it looks familiar."

After drinking for three rounds, a few people were chatting about martial arts when the topic suddenly turned to Xu Taiping's demon-slaying knife.

"It's one of our Zhenwutian, an old senior named Duan Tianya. He also visited Youyuntian back then."

Xu Taiping had nothing to hide from the people in front of him, so he told the truth.

"And according to what the old man said, he also had a discussion with you, the general."

He then added.

"Duan Tianya? Have you ever competed with me? That shouldn't be the case. Since he is someone who can create this set of sword techniques, I shouldn't have no impression."

Zhang Tianze frowned.

"General, don't you know Senior Duan Tianya?"

Hearing this, Xu Taiping also felt a little strange.

Because the first time he heard the name Zhang Tianze was because of senior Duan Tianya.

"General, Mr. Zhu, have you ever heard of a place called Wind Knife Valley?"

Seeing that Zhang Tianze had never heard of the name Duan Tianya, Xu Taiping instinctively thought of Duan Tianya's disciple Shang Jiu and the Wind Knife Valley he had mentioned.

"Wind Knife Valley? I haven't heard of it."

Zhang Tianze looked confused.

"Never heard of...Wind Knife Valley?"

Xu Taiping was shocked.

"Taiping, are you mistaken? In this long life, this is the first time I have heard of Wind Knife Valley."

Veteran General Zhu Huai also looked at Xu Taiping in surprise.

Hearing this, Xu Taiping got goosebumps uncontrollably.

He suppressed the inexplicable fear in his heart and asked the two people in front of him again:

"General, Mr. Zhu, have you ever heard of Shang Jiu?"

In his opinion, with Shang Jiu's unpredictable cultivation, it was impossible that the two people in front of him had not heard of him.

"No."

"Never heard of that name."

Zhu Huai and Zhang Tianze both shook their heads in surprise.

And just when Xu Taiping felt a little weird, Fairy Lingyue's voice suddenly sounded in his mind - "Taiping, the Wind Knife Valley you talked about, and that Shang Jiu, why didn't I listen to you before?" Mentioned it?”

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Xu's scalp felt numb and the hairs on her body stood up.

"Sister Lingyue, you also... don't remember Wind Knife Valley, don't remember Shang Jiu?!"

And right now.

Xu Taiping's lotus pupils began to become as hot as a soldering iron again.

Then, a picture appeared in his mind——

"A little girl with braids covered in blood was holding a bloody head and staring at him."