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The sound of two footsteps outside the door, one after another, gradually became clearer, and Bo Xi also stopped his thoughts.

She raised her eyes and saw two young men approaching through the dark night, holding a lot of firewood and sticks.

It was Ling You and Han Changsheng who had gone out to collect firewood and returned.

They entered the City God's Temple one after another, quietly piled the firewood in their hands aside, and then gathered together and lit it with flints.

Bo Xi took a closer look and realized that Ling You was actually holding two pheasants whose heads had been hit by stones.

He lit the bonfire in an orderly manner, then first turned to look at Xie Zhao, whose posture remained almost the same as when they left, and finally looked at Bo Xi.

Ling You whispered in a breathy voice: "Are you asleep?"

Bo Xi slowly shook his head.

Ling You was slightly silent when he heard this, but said nothing. He turned around and carried two pheasants out of the City God's Temple again.

He planned to go outside, peel off the pheasant's feathers, bleed them, then take them back and roast them over a campfire.

The air circulation in the City God's Temple is not very good. If blood is being bled and hair is plucking out in the temple, the smell of blood will be too strong and difficult to dissipate for a while.

Han Changsheng naturally saw the conversation between Ling He and Bo Xi just now and knew that Xie Zhao was not asleep. He lit the bonfire a little brighter, then sat on the ground beside her in an inconspicuous manner, and asked carefully:

"Liar, are you okay?"

Again.

Xie Zhao, who was silently fighting against the many discomforts in his body in the silence, sighed helplessly when he heard the sound.

Ever since her identity was exposed at the Fenglan Palace in Xijiang, these people seemed to treat her like a paper kite, always showing a kind of caution inadvertently and invisibly.

She didn't like this feeling very much, and she never needed this kind of extreme special care.

Xie Zhao opened his eyes as if resigned to his fate, and decided to use magic to defeat magic.

She raised her eyebrows slightly and said: "If you are bored, you might as well go and practice. Now that Ling or has vaguely reached the stage of breaking through again, does it really not inspire you at all?"

Han Changsheng was always unable to grasp the key points. Not only was he not ashamed of his laziness, he actually asked questions with a face full of surprise and enthusiasm.

"What? Real or fake? Ling or He has only been in the Saint King Profound Realm for less than two months, and he is about to break through it again?"

Xie Zhao smiled faintly and said: "That's about it. Recently, I have felt that his Qi Sea is occasionally turbulent. I believe he has noticed it himself. It will only be a month or two before he breaks through again."

A trace of astonishment flashed in the eyes of Bo Xi and Han Changsheng.

You know, Ling You has just reached the crown, and is already about to enter the threshold of the Holy King Heaven Realm. This is indeed a unique talent!

But when he thought that his biological mother was Leng Hanyan, the "Shaoguang Mace Immortal" who was famous in the world twenty years ago in the Southern Dynasty, it seemed that this was not a strange thing.

But this is not absolute. For example, it is well known in the world that the late Emperor Wei of Tianchen of the Southern Dynasty and the Queen Xiaochun Xie were both unskilled in martial arts, but they happened to give birth to Fu Jingci, a person with great martial arts skills. The proud daughter of heaven who is so talented that she can split the sky and change the moon.

Xie Zhao looked at their expressions, smiled and shook his head:

"Don't be too eager to be happy for him. It's extremely difficult to break through the Saint King realm. The right time, right place and right people are indispensable.

As you all know about Shen Wei, he has been in the Holy King's Heavenly Realm for many years and has been hovering at the critical point of the Holy King's Heavenly Realm. For so many years, he has been unable to break through to the Half-Step Void Human Realm.

——This is also why he rushed to Zhaoge without fear of life and death, just to ask for a fight on the 'Golden Platform', but he also wanted to use the battle of life and death to push himself to a desperate situation, and then resurrect to death and get a chance to break through the situation. .

Ling You's talent is naturally extremely rare, but breaking through does not happen overnight. He lacks experience in life-and-death battles, and his state of mind has always been peaceful. Once his internal strength reaches the critical point, it will not be easy to break through. "

Han Changsheng frowned in confusion.

"But before, Ling You lived in Guangling City for just one day and escaped from the human realm of the Saint King to the mysterious realm. I think it was quite easy that time."

Xie Zhao lowered his head and smiled. easy?

Han Changsheng was not there that day so he never saw Ling He's opportunity to break through the realm to face Yu Wenxin, the "Lone Wolf Sword Immortal" who was several realms higher than him!

Under the murderous pressure of Yu Wenxin, the great master of the Zixian Realm, Ling was forced to "ask" the Sword Immortal. It was only in a life-and-death duel that he broke through the threshold of the Xuan Realm.

But now, if there is no opportunity with appropriate benefits, how easy will it be to enter the Heavenly Realm again from the Saint King Xuan Realm?

If the path for masters to advance in the realm of martial arts is so simple, why have countless martial arts masters for thousands of years asked desperately, "Why don't they just lie at home and wait for promotion?"

In fact, experts ask, only a few are successful and most of them will fail and die. Some people think this is destiny, while others think this is unfair.

Xie Zhao sighed and said: "That time, Ling You could be considered a blessing in disguise. Under the murderous intention of the 'Lone Wolf Sword Immortal', he broke his own path. Not only did he successfully break through, he also escaped without any casualties. But you’re not so lucky every time.”

Han Changsheng and Bo Xi were silent after hearing this.

Bo Xi actually knew a thing or two about the martial arts realm and swordsmanship of "Lone Wolf Sword Immortal" Yu Wenxin.

As the number one warrior in the Thirty-Six Divisions of Hanyong today, Yu Wenxin deserves this prestigious reputation.

And Ling You was able to escape from the hands of the "Lone Wolf Sword Immortal" Yu Wenxin and successfully break through. Regardless of whether there was any handwriting from the "Thousand-year-old Sword Immortal", it is enough to show how powerful this young man is.

At this time, Ling You, the "powerful young man" carrying two pheasants that had been plucked and drained of blood, also came back.

As soon as he entered the City God's Temple, he couldn't help but frown slightly when he saw that Xie Zhao was chatting with them instead of taking a good rest. But then I thought about it, it was time to eat, so I said no more.

Ling You quickly built a shelf with wooden sticks, strung the stripped pheasants on the shelf, and started lighting the bonfire.

Upon seeing this, Han Changsheng hurried to help, and he and he roasted a pheasant on the fire. Bo Xi also dug out salt from their luggage and sprinkled it evenly on the pheasants.

In just one cup of tea, the Chenghuang Temple began to be filled with the aroma of burnt meat.

The greedy thing in Xie Zhao's belly was aroused. She shrugged her nose and said with a smile:

"I'm afraid we are the only ones who are so disrespectful to ghosts and gods and dare to burn chickens in the Chenghuang Temple in the Southern Dynasties."

Han Changsheng said with a smile: "What are you afraid of? The gods and Buddhas of the Nine Heavens are compassionate and will definitely understand our helpless actions as we are hungry!"

Ling You ignored their jokes. He frowned and looked back at Xie Zhao and asked:

"Those people returned without success today. What are we going to do next? Should we continue to wait?"

Xie Zhao smiled lightly and said: "I'm afraid it won't work. The person who came here will retreat after seeing the 'Golden Platform' today. I'm afraid that person is either Shangque on the other side or the Xie family of Xunyang, so he still has some scruples. .Since everything failed today, I’m afraid they won’t come back in a short time.”

When Bo Xi heard this, his eyes slid over Lan Suning who was placed on the other side of the City God's Temple, and he frowned and said:

"Do we have to take her with us all the time?"

Xie Zhao smiled and said, "Of course there is no need. We will send her back to Xunyang County at dawn tomorrow and hand her over to Peng Xiao."

"what?"

Han Changsheng said in confusion: "Didn't you say that we should investigate on our own? Handing the person over is equivalent to handing it over to Tianchen's court."

A glint flashed in Xie Zhao's eyes, and she said slowly:

"Who said that handing someone over to Peng Xiao is equivalent to being handed over to a temple? The road between Xunyang County and Zhaoge City is so long. If something happens, who can say for sure?"

Ling You suddenly said: "What you mean is to let those people from Western Xinjiang know that we sent people out and let them go. And they may relax their vigilance and see Peng Xiao and the garrison from Xunyang County take over to escort Lan." So you can’t bear to take action again because of Su Ning’s mission to Beijing?”

Xie Zhao smiled and nodded.

"Yes, the mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows. It all depends on who wins in the end."