My Taoist buddy has practiced surrogacy

Chapter 1402 Moon Shadow
They danced on the stage, but they were hiding murderous intentions. Ling Xue saw through their disguise at a glance, turned around and kicked over the copper lamp, and ignited the fuel. In the fire scene, she and Zhou Xing fought back to back. The assassin's sleeve arrow shot through Zhou Xing's collar, but revealed his intact dragon birthmark on his chest.

After going through countless hardships and dangers, Zhou Xing and Ling Xue finally completed the 336th Tribulation. In the morning light, the dragon birthmark on Zhou Xing's chest turned into a black ship, and the ice-blue dragon pattern on Ling Xue's forehead condensed into a white sail. The two rays of light intertwined together to form a vast sea map.

At this moment, golden thunderbolts descended from the sky. The thunderbolts did not hurt them, but left flashes of light on them. The two smiled at each other, knowing that they had successfully survived this disaster.

When Zhou Xing returned to the Demon Sect, he strung the glass beads he picked up at sea into a necklace and put it on Ling Xue's neck. Ling Xue's fingertips brushed across the new scar on his collarbone and asked softly, "Next time, are you going to play a couple who are strangers or a master and apprentice?" The two smiled at each other. They knew that the road ahead was still long, and there were still 9,996 tribulations waiting for them. But they were fearless because they would face all challenges together.

The Dayuan Kingdom was celebrating its centennial anniversary, and the palace walls were decorated with lanterns and colorful lights. Zhou Xing, wearing the official uniform of a flower and bird envoy, was directing the craftsmen to paint on the wall. He was concentrating on mixing the paint, but he didn't know that a conspiracy was quietly approaching.

Several eunuchs deliberately knocked over the paint rack, and the colorful paint splashed on the rice paper, and a nearly completed "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix" was instantly destroyed. Zhou Xing frowned, and a surge of anger surged in his heart. At this time, Ling Xue came forward in the guise of a jade carver and said softly: "Don't worry, my lord, I may be able to help."

Ling Xue picked up the tools and began to repair the painting. She skillfully used the ice crack repair method to restore the torn rice paper to its original state. Just as she put down her brush, half of the jade ornament with a dragon pattern slipped off her sleeve. Zhou Xing was sharp-eyed and recognized that this object was a fragment of the Demon Sect's holy weapon. He remained calm and continued to talk to Ling Xue.

The two were arranged to live together in the "Shuyu Pavilion". At night, Zhou Xing discovered that the screen in the bedroom carved by Ling Xue with cold jade concealed a mysterious array. The moonlight shone through the malachite window lattice, casting a topographic map of the Great Abyss Imperial Mausoleum on the ground. Zhou Xing was shocked, and he realized that this seemingly weak woman was not simple.

In the imperial garden, a new tribute glass suddenly gave off a strange fragrance. Zhou Xing and Ling Xue went to check it out, only to see that the concubines were flushed and unconscious. The imperial physician diagnosed that it was a love poison from the Western Regions, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Ling Xue pretended to knock over the glass cup accidentally, and the poisonous insect crawled out, revealing the tattoo of the enemy assassin. Zhou Xing immediately realized that this was a conspiracy, and he secretly cooperated with Ling Xue and began to investigate the mastermind behind it.

During the investigation, the two were led to an ice cellar. Ling Xue coughed up blood, staining the white plum blossoms red. Zhou Xing hurried forward to check, only to find that the blood beads had condensed into ice crystals, forming the word "be careful". Ling Xue took the opportunity to hide the tracking charm in his sachet.

The two disguised themselves and sneaked into the black market, where they found that spies from the enemy country were buying porcelain with dragon patterns at high prices. Zhou Xing suddenly had an idea and drew a double fish code on the bottom of a celadon bottle. Ling Xue understood what he meant and smashed the porcelain bottle in the street, causing a commotion.

The emperor ordered Zhou Xing and Ling Xue to jointly draw the "Map of Mountains, Rivers and States". However, Ling Xue deliberately drew the wrong direction of the Cangjiang River. Zhou Xing pretended to be angry and waved his sleeves, knocking over the inkstone, and the ink stain just happened to be smudged into the shape of the enemy's border fortress. The two cooperated seamlessly, as if they had already understood each other.

While painting, a masked swordsman suddenly broke in. Ling Xue pulled out her hairpin, and with a flash of cold light, the jade hairpin turned into a soft sword, picking up twelve poison darts. Zhou Xing dipped his sleeves in ink and flicked them, and the ink solidified into chains like molten iron, trapping the assassin. The skills of the two amazed everyone present.

Late at night, Zhou Xing secretly replaced Ling Xue's unfinished scroll. When he unfolded it, he found a scene of himself practicing swordsmanship in the Demon Sect when he was young. Ling Xue appeared with a light smile, touched the cinnabar mole on his throat with her fingertips, and said gently: "This time, it's my turn to protect you."

On the eve of the festival, the gallery suddenly caught fire. The fire was fierce and thick smoke billowed. Zhou Xing and Ling Xue were trapped inside, but they did not panic. Zhou Xing tore open the "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains" to wrap the two of them, and Ling Xue bit her fingertips to draw a bloody talisman. Miraculously, the flames condensed into a phoenix shape, carrying them out of the sea of ​​fire.

The emperor gave them poisoned wine to test them. Ling Xue pretended to drink it, but actually replaced it with the Ice Soul Pearl. Zhou Xing vomited blood on the spot, and his palm prints showed the map of the forbidden land of the Demon Sect. He secretly said in his heart that it was not good, but he still endured the pain.

The two fled to the sword-making furnace, and Zhou Xing melted his life-saving magic weapon into the molten iron. Ling Xue shattered the dragon scales on her chest, and the scales evaporated into a mist that covered the sky when they encountered the heat. In the mist, the figures of the two were looming, as if they were in a dream.

On the day of the festival, Ling Xue presented the Jiuzhou Ding carved from ice jade. Under the sunlight, the body of the Ding reflected the light and shadow of the enemy's secret letter. Zhou Xing immediately revealed the list of collaborators written with fluorite powder on the inside of the jade carving. The whole court was in an uproar, and the enemy's conspiracy was completely exposed.

The furious assassin shot out a poisoned silver needle, and Zhou Xing waved his brush, and the ink line entangled the silver needle like a dragon. Ling Xue took the opportunity to cut off the enemy's meridians, and blood splattered on the "Mountains, Rivers, and States Map", spreading out like peach blossoms. The two cooperated tacitly and subdued the assassins one by one.

When the emperor was conferring the reward, Zhou Xing suddenly stabbed Ling Xue's shoulder with the golden hairpin bestowed by the emperor. Everyone exclaimed, and saw black poisonous blood gushing out of the wound - it turned out that she had been planted with a Gu worm. Zhou Xing said with tears in his eyes: "I'm sorry, I can only do this."

While healing, Zhou Xing discovered that Ling Xue's spirit platform had cracks. He was so distressed that he cut his wrist and used his magic blood to draw a contract, binding their souls into the reincarnation array. After Ling Xue woke up, she looked at Zhou Xing's weak appearance with a touching look in her eyes.

Finally, the thunderbolt split the clouds, Zhou Xing's flower-and-bird robe turned into a fire phoenix, and Ling Xue's jade carving knife turned into an ice dragon. The two rays of light intertwined to form a Tai Chi totem. They embraced each other in the thunderbolt, and golden Dao patterns appeared after the thunderbolt tempered their bodies.

When Zhou Xing returned to the Demon Sect, his temples were covered with white hair. Ling Xue smiled and used an ice crystal comb to tie his hair. The mirror reflected the shadow of the Nine Heavens Palace behind them. They knew that the 336th calamity had been successfully overcome, but the road ahead was still long, and there were more calamities waiting for them. However, they would move forward hand in hand and face all challenges together.

Zhou Xing, wearing black armor, stood on the top of the city wall of Ling State. His eyes were like torches, looking at the enemy camps in the distance. At this time, Ling State was facing a joint encirclement and suppression by the Northern Di and Western Rong, and the situation was precarious.

"General, the enemy is numerous and we are few. How should we respond?" asked the deputy general beside him worriedly.

Zhou Xing tightened the hilt of the sword in his hand and said, "First find out the enemy's strengths and weaknesses, then make plans."

At this moment, a dark figure suddenly appeared on the city wall. This person was the leader of the secret guards of Empress Lingxue. He knelt on one knee and presented a blood-stained secret report. Zhou Xing took the secret report, but before he had time to take a closer look, he found that there was a fire in the direction of the palace.

"Oh no, something happened in the palace!" Zhou Xing's heart tightened, and he immediately ordered his personal guards to gather and rush towards the palace.

When he arrived at the altar, he saw Ling Xue wearing a black dragon robe and holding a bronze dagger, slashing her palm and watering the Seven Star Lamp Array with blood. The three hundred death warriors formed a Tiangang formation around it, protecting the altar in the center.

"Your Majesty!" Zhou Xing shouted and rushed to Ling Xue.

Ling Xue looked at Zhou Xing, a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes, but then a look of worry appeared. She stuffed half of the tiger talisman into Zhou Xing's arms and said, "General, use this to mobilize the imperial guards, and don't look back."

Zhou Xing took the tiger talisman, his heart full of doubts. At this moment, he noticed a magic pattern appearing behind Ling Xue's neck. The moment he reached out to touch it, black mist suddenly seeped out of the palace beams and condensed into the appearance of the Great Northern Di Wizard.

"Do you think you can escape this disaster?" The Great Northern Di Wizard sneered.

In order to find out the truth, Zhou Xing and Ling Xue sneaked into the library in disguise. Under the dim light, they carefully flipped through the ancient books. Suddenly, Ling Xue pointed to a copy of "Lingguo Tongjian" and said, "General, look, this history book has been tampered with."

Zhou Xing took a closer look and found that the record of "Zhou Family Massacre" was altered with ink. He tore open the interlayer and a bounty order with the mark of the Demon Sect fell out. The figure drawn on it was actually himself in his youth. "What is going on?" Zhou Xing frowned, his heart full of doubts.

At this time, a bowl of ginseng soup was brought in from the imperial kitchen. Just as Ling Xue was about to drink it, Zhou Xing suddenly noticed purple foam in the bowl. He was startled, realizing that the soup was poisonous. He pretended to overturn the bowl, and the liquid corroded the floor tiles with a hissing sound. The two chased to the ruins of the cold palace and saw a former emperor's abandoned concubine gnawing on the heart of a palace maid, with two magic pills embedded in her eye sockets.

"How many secrets are hidden in this palace?" Ling Xue murmured to herself.

The two continued their investigation and came to the depths of the rockery in the Imperial Garden. Ling Xue triggered a mechanism, revealing a secret room. In the secret room were seven ice coffins that looked the same as Zhou Xing. The latest ice coffin had a broken sword stuck in its chest, and the hilt was engraved with Ling Xue's birth date.

"This...what's going on?" Zhou Xing asked in shock.

Ling Xue also looked bewildered. She said, "It seems that our fate is far more complicated than we imagined."

Zhou Xing rushed to the border camp with Ling Xue's secret order. He stood on the platform and scanned the soldiers below. Suddenly, he drew his sword and cut off the enemy's flagpole. Wherever the sword energy passed, it formed a bloody "kill" character. Seeing this, the morale of the three armies was immediately boosted.

However, Zhou Xing felt somewhat uneasy. He discovered that each of his twelve lieutenants had a demonic tattoo on the back of their necks.

"Is there a spy in the army?" Zhou Xing thought to himself.

During the night attack on the enemy camp, Ling Xue disguised herself as a witch and provided support from the rear. She rang the bells to urge the army of corpse puppets to charge. Zhou Xing led the cavalry to break through the rain of arrows. He saw the phoenix hairpin in Ling Xue's hair, which was the life-saving magic weapon of the master of Haoqing Sect.

"Your Majesty, you..." Zhou Xing was shocked, but he had no time to ask more questions.

The two fought back to back against the twin wizards, and the battle was extremely fierce. Zhou Xing's armor was stained with blood, and Ling Xue's dragon robe was also badly damaged. At this moment, Zhou Xing suddenly saw the old scar under Ling Xue's collarbone forming a rebirth spell, which resonated with the seal in his dantian.

"What kind of fate is this?" A complex emotion surged in Zhou Xing's heart.

In the fierce battle, Zhou Xing and Ling Xue were both seriously injured. Zhou Xing's jade pendant shattered in the battle, and a flash of light appeared, revealing a scene from a thousand years ago.

At that time, Zhou Xing was a disciple of the Immortal Sect, and Ling Xue was a fallen demon. The disciples of the Immortal Sect surrounded the demon, and Zhou Xing pierced her heart with a sword. The dying Ling Xue grabbed the sword blade, smiled and said, "It's your turn to protect me in this life."

The scene changes to the modern Shanghai Concession, where Zhou Xing is the captain of the police station and Ling Xue is a singing girl. The two are spinning in the dance hall, and suddenly a gunshot is heard. Ling Xue pushes Zhou Xing away, but is shot herself. The blood on her lips stains the rose red, and she says, "Next time you owe me."

"It turns out that we have experienced entanglements for so many lifetimes..." Zhou Xing murmured to himself.

Ling Xue looked at Zhou Xing with deep affection in her eyes. She said, "We haven't been together in every life, so we must not miss each other again in this life."

The day of the decisive battle finally arrived. Ling Xue activated the city defense formation and fed the core of the formation with her heart blood. Zhou Xing led the death squad out of the city gate, and the horses' hooves stepped over the frozen moat. Three hundred and forty-three lotus lanterns with the dates of reincarnation written on them floated under the ice.

"Your Majesty, take care!" Zhou Xing shouted and led the army towards the enemy camp.

On the battlefield, the flashing of swords and the shouting of killing were deafening. Zhou Xing and his soldiers fought bravely, but the enemy was outnumbered and they gradually fell into trouble.

At this moment, the enemy released poisonous smoke. The poisonous smoke was so thick that it was difficult to breathe. Zhou Xing coughed up black blood, but still protected Ling Xue. Ling Xue pulled off the pearl curtain of the phoenix crown, revealing her forehead covered with magic patterns. She bit Zhou Xing's wrist and said, "Drink it, this is the last medicine."

Zhou Xing drank Ling Xue's blood and felt a warm current flowing into his body. His strength was instantly restored. He swung his sword and continued to fight the enemy.

However, the enemy summoned the Demon God Puppet. This puppet was tall and mighty, with infinite strength, and Zhou Xing and Ling Xue's attacks were almost ineffective against it.

"Are we going to lose?" Zhou Xing thought unwillingly.

Just when everyone was in despair, Ling Xue smashed the jade seal against the altar. In an instant, 343 phantoms rose from the people. They were the people they had saved in the reincarnation of past generations. The golden light gathered into a bridge, reaching straight into the sky.

"This...is this our chance?" Zhou Xing said in surprise.

Zhou Xing carried the unconscious Ling Xue onto the golden bridge. The scent bag on her waist oozed out nine-colored powders, each of which reflected a scene from her past life. When the last grain of incense ash drifted away, seven-colored thunderbolts descended from the sky.

The thunderbolt struck, and Zhou Xing and Ling Xue hugged each other tightly. When the smoke dissipated, the two appeared in a strange space. It was filled with clouds and mist, and fairy music was floating, as if it was another world.

"We succeeded..." Zhou Xing said excitedly.

Ling Xue opened her eyes and looked at Zhou Xing, her eyes full of happiness. She said, "In this life, we can finally be together."

However, what they don't know is that this is just a node in their journey to the upper world. In the future, they will experience countless challenges and tests, but they are with each other and believe that they can go through all the difficulties and obstacles together, and finally reach the upper world and uncover the truth behind the mysterious veil.

Zhou Xing stood on the deck of his merchant ship, looking at the rough sea, feeling a little uneasy. The merchant ship was fully loaded with goods and was heading towards the port of Lu. Suddenly, a huge whirlpool rose on the sea, and the ship shook violently.

"Oh no! It's pirates!" The crew shouted in fear. Before Zhou Xing could react, a group of pirates boarded the ship. These pirates were armed with sharp blades and killed anyone they saw.