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That was the case when I was in the 'Tianjian Sect' before!

Li Re suddenly spoke first: "Because of the killing calamity, right?"

The little swordsman looked at Li Re and paused slightly.

Gu Jian Zhenren also looked at Li Re with a slightly changed expression. Li Re, however, grinned and said calmly, "One of the functions of the calamity energy is to obscure perception, making people lose their usual vigilance. In this environment, the barbarians who are good at parasitism and erosion can do it even more secretly."

"But I guess it's just one of those things... Shiyu, do you remember what you said when we first arrived?"

Cheng Shiyu tilted her head.

What did I say?

"You're wrong - when you left the Central Realm before, the calamity energy had not reached the current level - you were obviously a little surprised by this situation, but you could clearly sense the arrival of your own killing calamity when you were in another world - your killing calamity originated from this world, and your power is closely related to this world, even after leaving this world, so you shouldn't have such a big gap to the killing calamity situation in this world!"

"In other words..."

"This killing calamity suddenly intensified shortly before we arrived!"

Cheng Shiyu's eyes widened as she understood everything.

Master Gu Jian also exhaled in a low voice and spoke: "You are very smart - smarter than I thought, and you are right, this time the killing calamity did intensify suddenly - it should not have come so quickly, and so violently!"

"However, the calamity still came suddenly - it brought temporary turmoil to the center of the mountains and seas - the 'barbarian bone trees' on the border took advantage of the situation to invade and defeated the border troops of the Li Kingdom, and spread to the interior of the central world at an extremely fast speed - and at this time, as one of the two elders of the 'Tianjian Sect', the strongest sect stationed in the northern border, you resolutely took on the responsibility of eradicating the invasion of monsters -" Li Re said.

"Is that why they are parasitic?" Cheng Shiyu speculated in a murmur, a little puzzled: "But, Master Uncle is a master who is close to becoming an immortal, and he has so many disciples of the Sword School. The barbarians should not have the ability to parasitize them!"

At this time, Master Gu Jian looked at her again.

Li Re also said: "Indeed not - I guess they were just careless!"

"They wiped out every savage they could see."

"But because the calamity energy disrupted their perception, they were successfully ambushed and parasitized!"

We eradicated all the barbarians we could see, but we were still ambushed?

As the little sword fairy chewed on this sentence, a light suddenly flashed in her mind. Her eyes moved slightly and she turned to look behind her - at the underground pit full of wild buds and bone spurs leading to a deeper level!

"Yes, that's them."

Li Re confirmed the little sword fairy's thoughts and said, "They were ambushed by this 'barbarian' who had been hiding underground earlier!"

"It is precisely because of the successful sneak attack that the border town above our heads fell, and why so many barbarians are growing rampantly in this territory--" Li Re said.

As these words were spoken, the crackling sound of the spiritual fire began to sway intermittently.

But this underground space fell into silence for a moment.

Li Re and Cheng Shiyu stared at the 'Master Gu Jian' in front of them. Although what Li Re said was well-founded, it was still a guess in the end. Whether he guessed correctly or not depended on the response of the person in front of him.

"It's my fault too."

at last.

Master Gu Jian once again confirmed Li Re's guess.

However, he was only half sure.

He said: "But it's not because I'm careless - in fact, I've been careful enough!"

"I was cautious and alert to everything around me. I did not relax even after completely eradicating the barbarians on the ground. However, we still lost. It had nothing to do with carelessness. It was just because at that time, we were facing the entire 'North'!"

The entire...Northern Land!?

"good."

Facing Li Re's shrunken pupils, Master Gu Jian narrowed his dark eye sockets without eyeballs. He spoke in a serious and sharp voice, as if recalling something from before: "When I went down the mountain, the surface of the northern border looked like there were only a few bone trees growing, but in fact, this land had already been occupied by the 'barbarians' -"

"The bone spurs in front of you are not just connecting two barbarian bone trees, but countless barbarians in the entire northern border!"

"The 'barbarians' had already spread secretly underground when the calamity spread, forming a trap."

"By the time the bone tree sprouts, it will be too late!"

In other words.

It was no coincidence that Li Re and the Little Sword Immortal encountered the "barbarians" one after another as soon as they landed.

As long as it lands in the northern border where the 'Heavenly Sword Sect' is located,

No matter where they go, they will encounter barbarians.

No matter which direction we go, this is the inevitable result.

Because this piece of soil has long been infested by monsters.

Because the North is dead.

It has become a dangerous place thousands of miles away!

Chapter 222 Choice

The nearly 100-meter-long underground tunnel and the deep pits fell into silence again. The whole world seemed to be filled with only the crackling sound of the flickering and burning faint green spiritual fire. At this moment, after hearing the words of the 'Master Gu Jian' in front of him, not only the little sword fairy was slightly stunned, but even Li Re was a little surprised - he thought that the situation was much more serious than he thought, and the 'barbarians' who occupied the entire underground of the northern border were indeed 'invincible' to some extent!

This situation is more or less similar to the 'Giant King' that Li Re encountered previously in the 'Dark World Where the Afterglow of the First Flame Continues' dungeon!

However, the 'Giant King' occupies the entire sky and cannot be touched.

'Barbarians' are not necessarily the case.

only...

Li Re glanced around him and saw the changeable expression on Cheng Shiyu's pretty face illuminated by the firelight. He slightly restrained the excitement in his heart and did not show it.

Although it has some "fun" attributes,

But Li Re thinks he is still quite "gentle".

He was not so far from disregarding the feelings of those around him - he had a great affection for the little swordsman who always behaved carefree, lively and cute.

So Li Re, knowing the occasion, turned his gaze back to the present, looking at the clumsy, thin, middle-aged figure wrapped in a long robe, who paused for a moment after finishing his words.

Only this time, the man didn't 'look' at him.

Instead, he was 'looking' at the little sword fairy.

Although there were no eyeballs, there seemed to be a faint light in the eye sockets.

He said in an aggressive tone: "I think you should have guessed it - Junior Brother Cheng."

Guessed it...Of course, guessed it!

Cheng Shiyu looked at him with tightly locked pupils. His face, which had previously appeared quite carefree and optimistic, seemed to have thought of something, and an expression of obvious disbelief and panic appeared on his face.

"The northern border is headed by Tianshan."

"Now that the North has fallen, Tianshan will naturally be unavoidable. These days, although I have been parasitized by the Savage Bud and my body has been controlled by this demonic 'Savage', my consciousness is hidden in this body where life has not yet been cut off, and I can still sense the outside world."

"So I saw it with my own eyes..." Master Gu Jian pointed to his dark eye sockets and said:

"I saw Tianshan Mountain fall under the siege of countless barbarians and barbarian sprouts. I saw many disciples stationed in Tianshan Mountain being parasitized by barbarian sprouts. I even saw your master."

"Now, you are the only 'surviving' disciple of the Tianjian Sect!"

In a serious and cold tone, 'Master Gu Jian' spoke of the little sword fairy's current situation in this copy world - he spoke of the current situation of the sect that she regarded as her second home!

No concealment at all, and no time to react!

Cheng Shiyu opened her mouth.

Her face turned slightly pale. When she discovered that 'Master Gu Jian' was in this border town, she had thought that something might have happened to the sect, but she could never have imagined that this would be the case. In her opinion, the Tianjian Sect, as the number one human sect in the northern part of the Central Realm, would not be seriously injured even if it encountered an accident or was in the midst of a 'killing calamity'. Her master, as the 'number one sword in the north of the sky', would not easily get into trouble!

However, it turned out that what happened here was beyond her expectations!

"Although you have found a good helper, this matter is no longer something you can handle - your best choice now is to leave the North and head south to the Central Plains!"

At last, Master Gu Jian said: "There are many talented people in the Central Plains. They should have made adequate responses to such a big change in the North..."

"We have to deal with it, but I'm afraid they can't go!"

That's when.

Another old and deep voice sounded behind Master Gu Jian, which was completely different from the three people present!

The middle-aged man with an ancient and crude face was stunned for a moment, then turned sideways and looked back.

Li Re also looked in the direction of the voice and his eyes paused slightly, but it was just as expected.

The approaching figure also came from the ground - he was wearing a torn Taoist robe and had white hair and a long beard, looking like an immortal. He was the only 'spiritual Taoist priest' who could be called a real 'living person' that Li Re and Cheng Shiyu had encountered so far!

He walked over and looked at Master Gu Jian and whispered, "Those people from Li Country have already blocked the border - they have already given up on the northern border, leaving it to be invaded and harmed by the barbarians! Even the Li Country court and all the factions in the Central Plains have come out in full force to guard the border, strictly ordering no one from the northern border to enter! In order to prevent the barbarians from invading the Central Plains, they intend to let hundreds of millions of people in the north fend for themselves!"

“No, let alone humans, they don’t even let ghosts enter! Even the souls of the border troops who were originally stationed on the border can only wander around the northern border after their death!” The old Taoist priest blew his beard and glared with a look of dissatisfaction!

"is it?"

Master Gu Jian turned his head and looked slightly startled: "Sacrificing the rook to save the king... This is indeed a good move."

"Not bad, I am now trapped outside the customs!"

The old Taoist priest cursed instantly. If it wasn’t for this, he would have run away long ago and would not have followed down!

"Give up the light and take the heavy, this has always been the law of the world." Master Gu Jian looked calm.

The old Taoist blew his beard again and looked at the half-dead man in front of him and said, "You guy, even if you die, don't you think about your descendants?"

"From what you just said, this young man should be the only one left in your Tianjian Sect, right?"

"Hmm..." Gu Jian Zhenren looked at Xiao Jianxian again: "This is indeed a problem——"

"There is actually another way, but she absolutely cannot do it."

"what way?"

The old Taoist narrowed his eyes.

"Go up to Tianshan Mountain and cut down the wild bone trees on Tianshan Mountain..." The 'law enforcement elder' of the Tianjian Sect said concisely: "Tianshan Mountain is the 'source' of all the mountains and plains in the northern land. The wild bone trees growing there are the same as the wild bone trees that are scattered underground. It is because it has occupied Tianshan Mountain that it has completely occupied the entire northern land."

"However, to cut down the Tianshan Bone Tree, it means defeating or even killing the other Tianshan disciples who are parasitized and controlled by the barbaric species on Tianshan Mountain, as well as... her master!"

"Defeat 'The First Sword of Tianbei', Lin Shuangxue."

The old Taoist priest stopped talking.

He wouldn't dare to do this even if he had ten thousand courages.

Li Re, who had remained silent throughout the entire process, raised his eyes slightly and looked at the pale-looking sword fairy beside him. This girl who followed the 'non-killing principle' previously couldn't stop shaking all over even when swinging her sword at her fellow disciples, but now she was asked to attack her respected teacher...

Just as Master Gu Jian said.

She can't.

It's impossible to do it no matter what!

There was a slight silence.

Gu Jian Zhenren waved his sleeves nonchalantly and said, "If you don't have the intention to kill, you can't do these things."

"There is no other way."

"Of course, you actually have another way - that is to directly leave the Central Realm and go to another world... just like you left before."

"After this, you can just wait until the calamity is gone and come back to collect the bodies for the Tianjian Sect."

"How cruel to a young man..." Taoist Lingshi couldn't help but say in a low voice.

The expression on Gu Jian Zhenren's eyeless face remained calm. He said, "So-called cruelty is also one of the laws of the world."

"You have time to think about it. Although I am dying now, after escaping from this situation, I can temporarily suppress the barbarians here and prevent them from reviving quickly - but I can't hold on for too long."

"At best, it can only last until sunrise tomorrow."

Seeing this, Li Re finally prepared to speak.

If Cheng Shiyu couldn't do it, then he would do it - wasn't his original intention of entering the mountains and seas this time to help her?

And he fought against the so-called 'First Swordsman in Tianbei'.

That sounds like fun!

But Li Re was just about to speak.