heat! The harsh scorching wind burned all living things on the earth. This tragic scene became more and more obvious as Yin Xiu and his companions went further you want to walk along the shade, in fact, as large areas of trees have died, even the dark jungle that used to make people feel uneasy has now become part of the "shortcut". Yin Xiu and Ma Xiaoyu rode their mounts and walked slowly on the road. Before leaving the customs, they had changed to two camels and horses. Only these animals, which were bigger than cows, faster than horses, more durable than mules, and could endure hunger better than camels, could complete the rest of the journey. Perhaps the scalding ground burned their hooves, and every few steps, white air came out of the camels' and horses' thick nostrils, as if they were sneezing, or as if they were venting some unhappiness. In this way, Yin Xiu could only feed the two animals a handful of beans from a distance to make them quieter. Both of them changed their clothes and looked like travelers in the desert, wrapping their bodies tightly. Ma Xiaoyu wrapped her veil with another layer, leaving only her eyes with eyeliner exposed. Yin Xiu was wearing a pair of sunglasses with yellow lenses and looking around from time to time. After walking for a while in this environment, Ma Xiaoyu suddenly covered her chest, her breathing became a little rapid, and her body swayed. She hurriedly shouted to Yin Xiu: "Oh, brother..." "What's wrong? My dear sister?" Yin Xiu looked concerned. "It hurts~~"
"Oh, where does it hurt?" "My heart hurts..." Ma Xiaoyu couldn't help feeling a little shy. Yin Xiu also awkwardly retracted his hand that was about to massage her, and instead gently held her hand. "Oh~oh! You're in pain, but I'm in more pain than you! Because when you're in pain, my heart is bleeding!" "Oh, brother, I won't let you do this. I don't want you to suffer because of me!" There were tears in Ma Xiaoyu's eyes. "No, I want to! If your pain is ten times, then my pain will be a hundred times, a thousand times, ten thousand times!" As Yin Xiu spoke, he took Ma Xiaoyu's pulse. Then he exclaimed, "Why, you are poisoned!" "What? What should we do?" Ma Xiaoyu's voice was full of worry. "Don't be afraid, dear sister. Don't forget that we have practiced the Jade Girl Heart Sutra." Yin Xiu grabbed her hand and said, "I will use my Qi to detoxify you!" "Then hurry up!" Ma Xiaoyu urged. "But……" Yin Xiu started to hesitate again. "what happened?" "Well, to practice Qigong and remove toxins, you need to be naked. You can't wear a single thread, otherwise it will affect the transmission of Qigong." "what!?"
Ma Xiaoyu first covered her body, then reacted and covered her face, "What should I do?" "Don't be afraid, I'll just close my eyes." "Really?" "real!" "Well, then, you must not open your eyes!" Ma Xiaoyu began to unbutton her coat. Yin Xiu also unbuttoned his sleeves. At this moment, he suddenly shouted: "Ouch, I'm poisoned too!" As soon as he finished speaking, Yin Xiu fell off the camel and fainted on the ground. Seeing this, Ma Xiaoyu also shouted. "Ouch, I fainted too." After saying this, she lay on the horse's back, motionless. "Down! Down! Down!" The white peacock was hiding not far away. While drawing circles with his fingers, he saw Ma Xiaoyu and Yin Xiu falling down one after another. She was immediately surprised and said: "Sister, this spell is really useful." "Of course." Bai Fenghuang said proudly: "As soon as I entered the room, I knew they were Taoists, so I secretly put a poison in their food and wine. I don't know how advanced they are, but their experience in the martial arts world is really shallow. They don't even know not to let food out of their sight." They stood up and walked towards Yin Xiu leisurely. "You are responsible for searching that woman." Bai Fenghuang commanded. "Ah." "Remember, you must search thoroughly and don't miss anything. You must know that these Central Plains people are very cunning." "Understood," White Peacock showed the knife in his hand, "If they dare to mess around, I will cut their necks." "Okay, I admire you!" Bai Fenghuang walked up to Yin Xiu, spread her legs arrogantly, and looked down at the young Taoist priest. "What a pity! This handsome face needs someone to teach you a lesson so you know how dangerous the world is." "White." Bai Fenghuang was stunned for a moment, "What white?"
Yin Xiu opened his eyes, didn't answer, but just gave a mysterious smile. Bai Fenghuang looked down, reacted, and immediately stomped on Yin Xiu's face in anger. Yin Xiu rolled to the side to avoid it, then stood up with another Oolong twist and grabbed towards Bai Fenghuang. Bai Fenghuang was startled, opened her hands, sprinkled purple poison powder from her sleeves, and quickly retreated. She reached for her waist and immediately drew her knife. Facing the poison powder, Yin Xiu did not retreat but advanced, uttering the Eight Sounds of Heavenly Dragons: "Seize!" The poison powder dissipated, and the White Phoenix at the other end was shocked by the sound waves. The dagger in her hand lost its grip and fell to the ground. "Sister, come and help!" Bai Fenghuang called out, but received no response. She turned around in panic, only to find White Peacock standing there motionless, with a dagger against his throat. It turned out that she had been restrained by Ma Xiaoyu and dared not move. Just when Bai Fenghuang's attention was distracted, Yin Xiu handed over the knife, "Here, your knife." "Oh, thank you." "You are welcome." Just as Bai Fenghuang was about to reach out to take the knife, Yin Xiu had already considerately placed the knife against her throat. In this case, Bai Fenghuang could only raise her hands and said unconvincedly: "You peeked at me, you are despicable!" "You stood on my face yourself, do you think I should close my eyes and hide from you?" "hateful!" Bai Fenghuang stomped her foot on the ground, "Why aren't you two poisoned?" Ma Xiaoyu over there rolled her eyes at her, as if she was looking at an idiot. "Who wouldn't see a scorpion that big crawling onto the table?" She reached into her pocket and threw the poisonous insect, which had turned into a scorpion, onto the ground. "Huh? How come it's in your hand? What about the one in my hand?" Bai Fenghuang didn't care about Yin Xiu's knife on her neck, but lifted up her already short skirt, revealing the bamboo tube tied to her thigh. Yin Xiu stared at her closely, not relaxing for a moment. "That's impossible. I saw the insect crawling back with my own eyes." Bai Fenghuang opened the small bamboo tube and poured it into the palm of her hand. She saw that the scorpion that was supposed to be in her palm had turned into a gecko at some point. Damn!
She quickly jumped away and threw the thing in her hand far away. "As a person who practices Gu, how could you be afraid of geckos?" Ma Xiaoyu asked curiously. "Of course I'm not afraid." Bai Fenghuang showed a sly smile, and at the same time opened the gourd on her waist and pointed it at Yin Xiu. "Ma Tianyou!" Yin Xiu glanced at her and didn't respond. "Ma Tianyou!" Bai Fenghuang called out again, but neither Yin Xiu nor the gourd responded. "This gourd should be used to capture souls, right?" Ma Xiaoyu suddenly said. "You know all this?" The white peacock's eyes widened, "This is the most precious treasure of our Qishan Sect. Even a Daluo Jinxian would be shocked if his name was called." “But it’s pirated.” "What?" The white peacock was obviously startled. "I mean," Ma Xiaoyu smiled, "I've seen the real one. I originally thought these were two gourds with different uses, but I didn't expect them to be the same. So this one can only be a pirated one." "Crooked stuff!?" The white phoenix stopped, looking quite depressed. "But you used fake names, didn't you?" "Even if we told you our real names, could it be possible that we two Taoists would still have our souls taken away by this thing that is used against ordinary people?" Yin Xiu no longer had the heart to amuse Bai Fenghuang and threw the knife to her. "Tell me, why did you attack us?" Yin Xiu asked her. Bai Fenghuang just kept her mouth shut. The white peacock did the same, with its head held high, obviously not intending to say anything. "Why is everyone so stubborn?" Yin Xiu felt quite helpless. Isn't there anyone who, once they fall into the hands of others, would give up the thought of resistance and cooperate well? You don't need to fight with him, or talk about any big principles, or explain your identity or ideals. You just need to ask him a question, and he will tell you a lot of things. Why is there no such person? "Your mouth seems quite hard?" Ma Xiaoyu said with a smile. "I am a man of integrity." Bai Fenghuang insisted, "If I answer whatever you ask me, wouldn't that be embarrassing? Don't even think of using any tricks to pry open my mouth."
"I do not believe." Ma Xiaoyu shook her head. "I'm confident I have many ways to pry your mouth open." "How about I do it?" Seeing that the two seemed to be angry with each other and were in a stalemate, Yin Xiu took the initiative to step forward. "I've done enough of these rough jobs. I don't mind doing them once or twice more." "You don't need to." Unexpectedly, Ma Xiaoyu rejected Yin Xiu. "When I was in Malaysia, a local madam taught me a trick. I'll try it on her." The smile on Ma Xiaoyu's face inevitably made Bai Fenghuang feel a little cold, but she couldn't show it, so she just continued to hold her head high. Ma Xiaoyu didn't care about her expression, she just pulled her and went behind a big rock not far away. "You look at the other one." Ma Xiaoyu gestured. Somehow, Yin Xiu felt that something bad was going to happen, so he swallowed and nodded, "Don't go too far." "I told you I'll take care of it." So the white peacock was left where it was, nervously watching Ma Xiaoyu and the white phoenix leave and go behind the stone. The two stood side by side, looking toward the stone. But the stone blocked their view and they could not see anything. After a while, there was a rustling sound and some strange noises. Ma Xiaoyu's interrogation method did not seem to be very bloody or violent, because Yin Xiu stood there and made no other sound except for the occasional sigh. After a while, Yin Xiu and Bai Kongque's original nervousness had dissipated and turned into boredom. Ma Xiaoyu finally came out from behind the stone and wiped her fingers with a handkerchief. "Didn't you kill her?" Yin Xiu asked worriedly. The white peacock also showed a sad expression. Although such a day is inevitable when traveling in the world, she did not expect that this day would come so soon. But soon, the White Phoenix reappeared from behind the stone, with beads of sweat on her forehead and nose. It seemed that she had not suffered any pain, but was just a little tired. Ma Xiaoyu moved closer to Yin Xiu, put her ear close to him, and whispered a few words softly. "These two people are direct disciples of the Qishan Sect. They came to Southern Xinjiang for this and that, this and that..." The Qishan School was originally one of the branches of the Central Plains Taoist tradition. There were only three or five true disciples in each generation. It was not well-known and was a small sect. Only those who were particularly fond of research and visited immortal mountains and rivers would record this small sect. The Qishan Sect was originally located deep in the mountains. For unknown reasons, it was later spread to some mountains in southern Xinjiang, where it was combined with local witchcraft and sorcery, gradually changing into a completely new form. As a result, it was passed on to the Miao people, and this is how Bai Fenghuang and her tribe practiced it.
Although such a coincidence is somewhat strange, in fact, Taoism advocates "Tao follows nature" and there are not so many restrictions and requirements. "Come to think of it, we are kindred spirits." Bai Fenghuang said with a red face. "is it?" Ma Xiaoyu glanced at her and said, "Since we are of the same kind, why are you trying to use some tricks on us?" "I told you, this is just some experience in the martial arts world." Bai Fenghuang wiped the sweat off her face and said, "There are many people going to Jiaozhi, but you made me aware of the danger." "a lot of?" Yoon Soo glanced around. "Not here, but there are indeed many people heading there. Those people you saw in the tavern in town may also go to Jiaozhi to search for treasure after they have gathered." Bai Fenghuang sighed, "Haven't you heard about it? A magic weapon was unearthed in a Taoist temple in Jiaozhi." "Magic weapon? What is it?" Bai Fenghuang hesitated to speak, but after meeting Ma Xiaoyu's eyes, she said honestly: "I don't know what it is exactly, some say it is the sword used by Lu Zu, and some say it is a heavenly book that records mysterious spells. Others say…” She lowered her voice and said, "It is a booklet that is said to contain the method of becoming an immortal, and also contains an elixir. As long as you get these two things, ascending to heaven in broad daylight will no longer be just a legend." "You two want to become immortals?" Yin Xiu glanced at her and asked, "Go to heaven and become a fairy?" "That's not us. Do you think we two look like fairies? We just look like fairies." The White Phoenix and the White Peacock stood together, posing and showing off their figures and faces, looking seductive and passionate, and winked at Yin Xiu. "I don't think you are fairies, but more like witches or spider spirits." Ma Xiaoyu reached out and turned Yin Xiu's face around. "Sister, I think you are a little too strict with your boss." Bai Fenghuang smiled and said, "If you do this in our village, people will talk about you." "Who is your sister?" Ma Xiaoyu urged Yin Xiu to get on the horse. "We are not interested in becoming immortals, and we will not go looking for those who ask for immortality or elixirs. Besides, our destination is not the Taoist temple, so please don't waste your time on us. Besides, if you have bad intentions next time, you won’t be so lucky.” "Why don't you give us a ride?" Bai Fenghuang twisted her body. Ma Xiaoyu rolled her eyes to the sky. She really couldn't understand why this Miao girl in front of her was so familiar with her. Just now both sides were shouting at each other for war, but now she wanted to hitchhike.
"It's not on the way, go on your own!" She grabbed Yoon Soo’s reins and kicked the horse hard in the belly. The two camels and horses raised a cloud of dust and quickly disappeared from Bai Fenghuang's sight. "Sister, do you think they are really not interested in becoming immortals?" "who knows?" Bai Fenghuang pinched the earrings and said, "However, we have to get the main things we teach. Just remember this." (End of this chapter)