The next day, Xie Wanyou entered Wuhen Mansion before Si Shi.

As if he had expected it, Taoist Xuanyou took a sip of tea slowly and raised his eyelids: "Here he comes? Have you thought about it clearly?"

Xie Wanyou nodded and saluted Taoist Xuanyou: "I am willing to go with Master Xuanyou to collect herbs."

Taoist Xuanyou's attitude suddenly changed, and he rushed to Xie Wanyou's side. Before she could react, he grabbed her shoulders and carried her outside: "Come on, kid, let's set off now!"

He was so impatient that Xie Wanyou felt a little hesitant and seriously suspected that there was a big pit waiting for her ahead.

But right now, she has no other choice but to bite the bullet and follow Taoist Xuanyou, planning to take it one step at a time.

Taoist Xuanyou changed into the bright red clothes today and wore a low-key and luxurious dark purple gold silk waist brocade robe. His dark hair was tied up with a dark purple hairband, and the face of an unruly and handsome young man was full of high spirits.

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Noticing Xie Wanyou's gaze, he couldn't help but caressed his chin quite complacently, his peach-blossom eyes raised: "What, with my appearance, am I more elegant and suave than Shen Qingshuang? These days, it's not as handsome as I am.

There are not many handsome masters left. If you worship me, you will earn something. Whether you want to be my disciple or not, you might as well think about it again."

"..." Taoist Xuanyou's painting style was so strange that Xie Wanyou was a little unable to accept it. He swallowed quietly and said stiffly: "Master Xuanyou, actually, I have a question that I have been curious about for a long time. I wonder if the master can help me solve it.

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Taoist Xuanyou waved his hand and said, "If you have any questions, just ask them. Whether you answer them or not is up to me."

Xie Wanyou asked cautiously: "Since Master Xuanyou and my master are old friends, why do you look so... suave?"

"You don't know this!" Speaking of this, Taoist Xuanyou got excited and said proudly: "There are two reasons. One, of course, is because I am younger than Shen Qingshuang——"

To be so young, there must be many years difference. Xie Wanyou was just guessing when he heard Taoist Xuanyou laughing the next second: "I am three years younger than him! What, I didn't expect it!"

"?" Xie Wanyou's expression disappeared: "...I really didn't expect it."

"Wanyou, don't underestimate this three-year age difference," Xuanyou Taoist Lao Shenzai said: "As the saying goes, there is a generation gap at the age of three. The mental state and physical state of this person and Shen Qingshuang are not at the same level at all.

When he was old and confused, I was still energetic, that's the difference - don't you think so?"

Xie Wanyou fell silent.

Those who knew what Taoist Xuanyou said were three years apart, and those who didn't know thought they were three hundred years apart.

Xie Wanyou didn't know what to say, so he responded vaguely and changed the subject: "The first is because you are younger than my master, but what about the second?"

"Secondly, it's because I have been studying the art of keeping one's face for many years." Taoist Xuanyou said, and started to have madness again. He said in an evil voice: "When I was young, I was a high-spirited young man in bright clothes, but when he gets old, he will become

The bad old man with white hair, Shen Qingshuang and Qi Yuanjing accepted their fate, but I refuse to admit it! How can the years pass so easily, but I insist on keeping them, what can God do to me?"

Xie Wanyou was a little shocked and couldn't help but say with emotion: "Master Xuanyou is a senior with great ideas."

"Really? I feel the same way!" Taoist Xuanyou put his arm on Xie Wanyou's shoulder again and leaned closer and said, "So, do you want to consider becoming your teacher?"

How persistent is Taoist Xuanyou about becoming a disciple... Xie Wanyou's heartbeat disappeared, and he said helplessly: "Otherwise, when I return to Bixiao Danzong this time, Master Xuanyou should also go back with me to become a disciple.

, at least I have to discuss it with my master."

"Go back with you?" Taoist Xuanyou opened his eyes wide and said as if he had heard something incredible: "Why go back with you - go back to see Shen Qingshuang?!"

"That's right," Xie Wanyou saw that Taoist Xuanyou seemed to be in a daze after hearing her suggestion, so he tentatively said, "You and my master haven't seen each other for a long time. It's a good time to catch up on old times."

"No, no, no..." Taoist Xuanyou instantly let go of Xie Wanyou's shoulders, walked aside, folded his arms and said with a sullen face:

"I don't want to go back to the world of cultivation. I feel sick when I see people in the world of cultivation."

Xie Wanyou looked at himself: "..."

"No matter what you are looking at, you are naturally different," Taoist Xuanyou said with a sullen face: "In short... I will never go back. Don't mention this matter again."

After Taoist Xuanyou had finished speaking, Xie Wanyou did not persuade him any more. Instead, he turned his gaze to the surroundings, observed the scenery in the distance, and asked: "Master, where are we going now?"

Taoist Xuanyou said not to mention it again, but he was still disturbed by her suggestion. Hearing her question, he casually replied: "Gone Thorn Cliff, go find Bone Flower."

"Bone flowers?"

"It is a flower that can only bloom in the bones of demon cultivators," Taoist Xuanyou said: "After the demon cultivators die, if the demonic energy and souls in their bodies are not dissipated, the bone-growing flower seeds will happen to parasitize their bones.

, that kind of seed will use the power of that bit of demonic energy to devour the souls and carrion of demonic cultivators while growing on their bones."

He concluded: "It is an extremely evil medicinal material. I have been traveling in the Demonic Realm over the years and have picked more than a dozen flowers for research. As far as I know, it is most time-consuming and labor-saving to find this kind of flower by removing the bones and looking under the cliff.

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"But Wanyou, you have to be careful."

Taoist Xuanyou said in a mysterious tone: "The bone spine cliff is full of resentment. Once those skeletons are disturbed, the skeletons will be 'resurrected' by the resentment. Then the trouble will be big - your master taught you how to deal with that

Are there any bones?"

Xie Wanyou shook his head honestly and said with embarrassment: "Master Xuanyou, I just joined the Bixiao Alchemy Sect not long ago, and I have no experience in this area."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. Knowledge comes from nothing," Taoist Xuanyou patted her on the shoulder and said seriously: "I just teach you how to do it. I will only teach you once, so you have to listen carefully."

After hearing this, Xie Wanyou vaguely felt that something was wrong, but before she had time to think clearly, Taoist Xuanyou had already explained the key to dealing with resurrected bones.

She immediately put those thoughts behind her and listened carefully.

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Feng Ranzhou followed Xie Wanyou and Taoist Xuanyou all the way to Guji Cliff.

Seeing the black resentment visible to the naked eye under the cliff, Feng Ran frowned without leaving a trace.

What did Taoist Xuanyou bring Xie Wanyou here for?

Although the skeletons under the cliff were not worth mentioning to him, to Xie Wanyou, they were probably extremely dangerous existences.

He pursed his lips and looked at what Taoist Xuanyou said to Xie Wanyou, and then the two of them went down to the bottom of the cliff together.

Feng Ranzhou followed and landed on a cliff. He frowned as he watched Xie Wanyou set up a barrier on his body to isolate the breath, and stepped lightly into a thorny pile of bones.

Taoist Xuanyou stayed in the safe area with defensive magic weapons, watching Xie Wanyou go deep into the bone forest with his hands behind his hands.

Feng Ranzhou frowned deeply. There were tens of thousands of skeletons under the Bone Thorn Cliff. Xie Wanyou entered them alone. Once those skeletons were disturbed, they would definitely be in danger.

After all, Xie Wanyou did this to find the raw materials for the elixir. Feng Ranzhou could not let it go. He stared closely at Xie Wanyou below, guarding against dangerous changes that might occur at any time.

Xie Zhuoxing poked his head out from his collar and saw the strange forest of bones below and his mother who had entered the forest of bones. His gray-blue eyes suddenly widened: "Mother!"

It twisted and tried to climb out of Feng Ranzhou's collar, but Feng Ranzhou pressed his head and pushed it back: "Be honest, or I will send you back."

Xie Zhuoxing felt aggrieved and grabbed his collar with her claws. He obediently stopped moving and whispered, "But my mother is in danger."

Feng Ranzhou lowered his head and glanced at the tips of its drooping ears, and said solemnly: "She has a mission, and I can't just interfere. If she is in danger, I will go down and save her."

Xie Zhuoxing fell silent and stared eagerly at Xie Wanyou below.

Feng Ranzhou looked with it, and saw Xie Wanyou gently walking around the piled bones, trying not to touch them, while looking for something.

After searching like this for a while, she finally seemed to have found her target, took out a box, and quietly approached a cluster of dark purple flowers with five petals and no stamens.

The moment he picked off the cluster of flowers and put them into the box, the skeleton parasitized by the cluster of flowers suddenly rose up, and the five sharp finger bones quickly grabbed Xie Wanyou.

Feng Ranzhou's eyes narrowed slightly, and the shadow of a knife appeared in his hand. He was about to make a move, but he saw that Xie Wanyou seemed to have been prepared. He gathered a little light with his fingers, flew up, and pointed at the core of its skull, hitting it.

The resentment that kept it walking was gone.

Without the drive of resentment, it suddenly fell apart and turned into a pile of black bones.

However, although this skeleton fell down, more and more skeletons were stirred up by its movements. As a result, the entire body was affected by its movements. The number of disturbed skeletons increased exponentially, and they all reached out to grab Xie Wanyou.

Come.

Xie Wanyou fought and retreated among the "awakening" skeletons. Every time she passed a skeleton, another one was awakened by the army of skeletons coming towards her.

A sea of ​​black skeletons surged toward him like a wave, and the visual effect was quite shocking.

Xie Wanyou didn't have time to dismantle them one by one, so she could only quickly retreat to a safe area. Even so, when she retreated to Taoist Xuanyou, she still had several scratches on her body.

Taoist Xuanyou handed her the medicine to treat bone poisoning and asked her to apply it by herself. She was still not satisfied with Xie Wanyou's actions just now: "The reaction was too slow. The moment you got the bones, you should have prepared to remove the bones."

It was knocked down, but you were stunned for a moment, and it was just a waste of time that alerted the other skeletons."

Xie Wanyou reviewed the situation and felt that Taoist Xuanyou was right.

By the time Xie Wanyou finished applying the medicine, the bones had almost recovered.

Recreating the elixir cannot be successful in one go, and the more medicinal materials, the better. Xie Wanyou rested for a while, then set off again, going deep into the Skeleton Forest again.

Taoist Xuanyou sticks to what he said yesterday, saying he won't help Xie Wanyou get the medicinal materials, but he really doesn't help Xie Wanyou at all. He will only tell Xie Wanyou where she has shortcomings and where she needs to improve every time she comes back.

It is said that true knowledge comes from practice, talents are honed, and after suffering many losses, Xie Wanyou quickly accumulated experience in dealing with these skeletons after experiencing several dangers.

Feng Ranzhou watched Xie Wanyou retreat to the safe area again and again, and return to the forest of bones again and again. The clothes on his body were gradually stained with blood, and he couldn't help but feel a little indescribable irritation in his heart.

Ever since he set out on the road to deal with those people, he has been walking alone, never thinking that anyone would stand by his side without hesitation and plan the future with him.

This road is too difficult and too dangerous. Xie Wanyou had nothing to do with this matter in the first place. She waded into this muddy water just to find a way for her cubs to survive - and today she stepped into the Bone Thorn Cliff. A beginning.

It's not too late to leave now... Every time after seeing Xie Wanyou retreating to the safe area in embarrassment, Feng Ranzhou wondered whether she would give up next time.

But she never stopped.
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