The sky was gloomy, like a stone pressing on people's hearts.

Gu Jia felt vaguely that he was being helped to walk. He opened his eyes with difficulty and saw a familiar yet unfamiliar face.

Zhong Fei?

He opened his mouth to speak, but found that his throat felt as if it was on fire. Every word he spoke seemed to take a huge amount of energy: "They..."

Zhong Fei's nose felt sour, and he tightened his grip on Gu Jia's hand on his shoulder. He said in a hoarse voice, "We are back."

After hearing this, Gu Jiaxuan's heart finally fell. He looked at the scenery around him and found that although it was indeed the way up the mountain, it was too quiet along the way.

This kind of silence made Gu Jia realize that something was wrong. He thought to himself, didn't Li Qing like to make noise the most? Why was there no sound now?

Gu Jia suddenly remembered what Zhong Fei said:

--We're back.

us?

Who are we referring to? Isn't it him and Li Qing?

Zhong Fei felt Gu Jia's hand on his shoulder suddenly tighten. The pain affected the wound, making his already pale face even more ugly. But he didn't say anything. He would have cried loudly if he was hit on the head by a stone. He, at this moment, clenched his teeth and didn't even let out a groan.

A silent silence spread between the two of them. After Zhong Fei almost stumbled and fell, Gu Jia let go of his hand as if he had just woken up from a dream. Zhong Fei's reaction made him understand everything.

Gu Jia closed his eyes and asked tremblingly for a long time: "When did he... get involved in Yuhuo?"

"Before you come." Zhong Fei choked and said.

Before the expansion of the Abyss formation, not everyone was in the Guanlan Sect.

In order to train their disciples, the Guanlan Sect would regularly issue tasks to the disciples and encourage them to leave the sect and train themselves. However, Zhong Fei and Li Qing happened to leave the Guanlan Sect before the formation expanded.

Li Qing is Li Zhishan's younger brother. When he learned that he was still outside, Gu Jia chose to look for them without hesitation. Although he was successfully found, he also suffered many attacks from skeleton demons along the way. Gu Jia In order to protect the two people, they were injured and eventually fell into a coma.

But he never expected that the person he tried so hard to save would be sentenced to death before he found him, and even chose to die outside the sect in order not to drag them down.

Gu Jia didn't dare to think about how Li Qing could endure the heart-wrenching pain of burning his body and pretend that nothing happened in front of him.

He only hated why he was so weak and why he didn't find Li Qing earlier.

"Senior Brother Gu is back——"

Suddenly, a surprise cheer came from above, and the next second Gu Jia fell into a familiar embrace.

"Gu'er! How are you?!"

It's my father's voice.

There seemed to be a fire burning in his heart, causing pain in all his limbs and bones. It hurt to the core, and even his consciousness fell into endless darkness.

…………

The time for the ceremony is getting closer and closer, and the situation in each continent is slightly stable. Although the situation of the Skeleton Demon still cannot be underestimated, at least the most basic road has been cleared. All major forces have sent people to watch the ceremony, and from the One can see how different continents responded to this disaster.

Needless to say, the best one to deal with the Skeleton Demon is Nanguo. So far, there is not a single one of them in the Imperial City. And the most surprising one behind Nanguo is Xizhou.

I thought that the Western Continent would be the worst-prepared continent if the various forces disliked each other and fought on their own. However, I didn’t expect that the Demon Lord’s original plan to “persuade” those forces was to use the power of thunder to integrate the various forces again and become The overlord of Western Continent in every sense of the word.

Qin Moyu still remembered that when the Demon Lord was asked how to persuade and balance the major forces, he raised his eyebrows in confusion and replied nonchalantly: "I won."

"Huh? But, how did you defeat so many forces in such a short time?"

Shen Yu asked stupidly. Even Shen Sheng, who had been drinking tea quietly next to him, couldn't help but look at the Demon Lord with unconcealable curiosity in his eyes.

"Why do we need to fight each force again? Beat the strongest ones until they dare not resist. The rest will naturally know how to choose if they are not fools. And it's not like they don't know my methods." Demon Lord sneered and said emphatically The word means is used.

Although she didn't say anything, she inexplicably made everyone present feel a chill in their backs.

If these forces can really be conquered by fighting, then Shen Mo would have already gone to challenge the major forces in Xizhou one by one, and he would not have left half of the forces unconquered after planning for so long. This shows that Demon Lord can integrate so quickly. In addition to strength, Xizhou's power relies more on the majesty left by the previous rule of Xizhou, so even after so many years, no one dares to be unafraid of her.

It is said that a loose sand is the best to conquer. With Demon Lord as the leader on the surface, all forces in Xizhou will obey orders and help other forces even if they are reluctant. Under the joint suppression, the number of skeletons in Xizhou has not become too severe.

Therefore, the people sent by the various forces in Western Continent to watch the ceremony are the strongest group - after all, if the situation is bad, the most powerful people from all the major forces will be stationed at their headquarters, and there will be no time to watch the ceremony.

Shen Sheng had been troubled by these people for a while. After all, the more powerful he was, the more he liked to disobey discipline. If something happened in the imperial city, he would be in trouble. But when the others actually arrived, they were more well-behaved than quails. Very It was obvious that the Demon Lord had warned them before he came, so all Shen Sheng's arrangements fell through. He had nothing to do, and only then was he free to drink tea with Shen Yu here.

While several people were chatting, a guard suddenly came to report.

"Your Majesty!" The guard subconsciously wanted to call your Majesty when he saw Shen Sheng. Fortunately, he changed his words in time before exiting, hurriedly handed over a letter and left in a hurry.

Shen Sheng took off his dragon robe and casually changed into a gorgeous dress. Although he had a gentle look on his face, he still couldn't change his attitude of holding a high position for a long time. No wonder the guards forgot that he was no longer the emperor.

Shen Sheng didn't care about the guard's slip of the tongue. He opened the letter and scanned it aside before looking up and saying, "There is news from Dongzhou."

With that said, Shen Sheng handed the letter to Qin Moyu.

This kind of secret report is usually not shown to outsiders, but he knows that Qin Moyu is anxious to know the news about Dongzhou, and he definitely wants to read it himself rather than tell it himself.

Qin Moyu glanced at Shen Sheng gratefully, but Shen Sheng just shook his head gently.

Shen Sheng took a sip of tea, felt Shen Yu's confused gaze, and thought to himself: We are all a family after all.

He didn't believe that Qin Moyu could run away with others just because his ancestor cared about Qin Moyu. The last time he specially asked him to make two sets of clothes, it was obvious to everyone that Sima Zhao's intentions were obvious.

Shen Yu didn't expect that his most "old-fashioned" imperial brother would take the initiative to show the secret message to Qin Moyu. He couldn't help but poked Shen Sheng with his elbow and whispered: "Brother, have you been kidnapped? I remember You said that except for the Southern Royal Family, not even General Qi can read secret messages."

He thought he was very quiet, but the people present could hear him clearly. Qin Moyu's expression was as usual - except for the fact that his ears turned red at some point.

Shen Sheng almost crushed the tea cup in his hand in anger at his stupid brother. He gritted his teeth and said, "No one will treat you as a mute if you can't speak. Just eat your pastries."

As he said this, he picked up a piece of pastry and stuffed it into Shen Yu's mouth. Shen Yu was caught off guard and was stuffed into his mouth, so he could only gnaw the pastry in frustration.

What, you didn’t say this yourself, why is it my fault again now?

Shen Yu was aggrieved, and in extreme anger——

Finished a plate of pastries.

Alas, there is no way, even if the emperor is no longer the emperor, he still dare not refute the emperor.

"I've finished reading, thank you, I, I'll go find the master."

Qin Moyu quickly read the secret letter, hurriedly returned it to Shen Sheng and left without looking back. No matter how he looked at his back, he felt like he was running away.

"Hey? Why did Mo Yu leave?" Shen Yu looked stupidly at the direction Qin Moyu left and scratched his head in confusion, "Didn't we agree to chat together? He left suddenly. Could it be that the tea didn't suit his taste?"

Shen Sheng finally couldn't help it anymore and slapped his stupid brother on the back of the head: "Didn't you see what was hanging on his waist?"

"ah?"

Shen Yu looked confused.

There was a fleeting smile in Demon Lord's eyes.

She had actually noticed early on the finger-sized ink stick hanging on Qin Moyu's waist today - it was clearly an heirloom of the Southern Kingdom's royal family - and what was clearly hanging there yesterday was a paperweight.

Qin Moyu would not hang such precious things around his waist before. Who else but Shen Mo would want him to hang them or allow him to hang them?

Before they knew it, the relationship between Shen Mo and Qin Moyu must have changed by leaps and bounds.

Qin Moyu hurriedly returned to the courtyard. Before entering, he patted his face to calm down. He lamented in his heart that his shyness would probably never get better in his lifetime.

"Mo Yu, why are you back?" Master Xuanjing was a little surprised to see Qin Moyu. After all, Qin Moyu said before going out that he would come back later today.

"There's news from Dongzhou." Qin Moyu simply told Master Xuanjing the news he just saw.

What everyone didn't expect was that the worst one among the four continents to deal with the Skull Demon was Dongzhou.

Even at times like this, the five major families in Dongzhou—oh, it should be the four major families now—and several sects do not forget to scheming and adding insult to injury.

Faced with such a serious disaster, the first reaction of several families was to take the opportunity to expand the family's sphere of influence. They were on guard against each other and coveted each other's territory. In the end, more people died in the scheme than died in the corpse. There are more.

So news came from Dongzhou that the people sent to watch the ceremony were not experts in the clan because of the severe skeletal plague. In addition, Gu Jia, a disciple of the Guanlan Sect, accidentally got exposed to Yu Huo, and the Guanlan Sect was looking for a solution.

Master Xuanjing was going to be pissed to death after hearing this. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth and said, "A bunch of short-sighted bastards! They still look disgusting after all this time."

As early as the Four Continents War, he knew how disgusting those family sects were, and they often suffered losses at their hands. It can be said that Master Xuanjing will become the highest-ranking member of the Guanlan Sect, and these people must have contributed a lot.

Qin Moyu didn't expect the situation in Dongzhou to be so bad. He could only comfort Master Xuanjing and said, "Don't be angry. You will be so angry that your body will be broken. The first priority is to get Gu Jia over quickly. Only the red lotus karma fire can relieve it."

Shen Mo is busy with the ceremony these days, and Qin Moyu is not completely idle. Although he cannot leave the imperial city, he still does his best to help those who accidentally get exposed to the Yuhuo to get rid of the Yuhuo.

Because of this incident, he became slightly famous.

Master Xuanjing took a deep breath and regained some sense: "You are right, I will write a letter right now."

After saying that, he turned around and rushed into the study.

Qin Moyu looked up at the menacing clouds in the distant sky and prayed silently in his heart.

——Gu Jia, you must make it to the South.