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  The heavy stone door made a low sound as it closed behind Xiao Bai, also isolating the distant noises. Xiao Bai's bright eyes scanned the room and landed on the man sitting in front of the bookcase. He was tall and majestic, with a stern face and an air of grandeur, none other than the Ghost King.

  At this moment, the King of Ghosts also raised his eyes to look at Xiaobai, but did not speak. Before Xiaobai came here, he had accumulated a lot of resentment in his heart, but now he felt that it was not just about starting from scratch. He snorted and glanced around the stone room again, then slightly furrowed his brow, with a strange feeling emerging in his mind, as if something was off about this house, but all the decorations around him were exactly the same as when he came here before, without any change, even Xiaobai himself couldn't say what was wrong.

  At this time, the King of Ghosts slowly stood up and said: "Why did you suddenly come back?"

  His voice was unusually low, and his tone seemed somewhat different from usual, but Xiao Bai's mind was preoccupied with many things at the moment, so she didn't pay much attention. Taking advantage of Gui Wang's question, she sneered and said, "So you knew I was back? Anyway, I'm not here to find you."

  The Demon King said calmly: "Oh, what brings you here?"

  Xiao Bai said somewhat impatiently: "I came back looking for Gui Lie, but I don't have time to talk about that now. I have a lot of questions to ask you..."

  "Hold on!" The Ghost King's calm face suddenly changed, interrupting Xiao Bai: "You're saying you want to find Gui Li?"

  Xiaobai glanced at him and slightly moved the corner of his mouth, saying: "What if it is?"

  The King of Ghosts' face sank, and a strange light flashed in his eyes as he stared at Xiaobai for a moment. A inexplicable chill seemed to emanate from his gaze, but Xiaobai appeared to feel nothing, his expression unchanged, instead staring straight into the King of Ghosts' eyes with a hint of provocation.

  After a brief eye contact, the Ghost King suddenly sighed and shifted his gaze away, saying, "Nothing."

  Xiao Bai let out a cold hum and said, "I've come to ask you, this period of time, the Fox Spirit Mountain has been in chaos, every day someone is mysteriously going crazy and hurting people, every day someone dies tragically, the Ghost King Sect is in an uproar, everyone is fearful for their lives, do you know or not?"

  The Demon King stood with his hands behind his back, and after hearing this astonishing news, his expression seemed as hard as a rock, without any change. After a moment, he said lightly: "Oh, such a thing has happened?"

  Xiao Bai's anger was no trivial matter. He took a step forward, his face stern with rage: "As the Ghost King Sect's sect master, how can you be so apathetic towards such a major event? What exactly is going through your mind?"

  The Demon King turned around, his eyes even colder, glanced at Xiaobai and said in a cold tone: "You also know that I am the master of the Demon King Sect, but you don't know what kind of person Xiaobai is in the Demon King Sect, or why she dares to interfere with the affairs of my Demon King Sect?"

  Xiao Bai was taken aback, clearly not expecting the Ghost King to say such a thing. His face grew even angrier, and the two men's gazes clashed in the stone room like sharp blades, silently colliding!

  It wasn't until much later that Xiaobai spoke up, her voice low and measured: "This foundation was built with my sister Xiaochi's heart and soul, I don't care what kind of madness you're going through, but I won't let you destroy it!"

  "Destroy it? Hahahaha...!" The Ghost King seemed to have suddenly heard the most ridiculous words, bursting into loud laughter, his expression changing in an instant from gloomy to arrogant. He threw back his head and let out a long, wild laugh, saying: "You don't understand, it's precisely because of this foundation that I've put my heart and soul into it, that I'm carefully managing it. In the future, watch me unify the universe, dominate the world, and then you'll know my methods! Hahahaha..." His laughter was wild and unruly, his expression soaring, completely unlike his usual calm demeanor.

  Xiaobai couldn't help but feel shocked, as a nine-tailed heavenly fox, although she was generally kind to people on ordinary days, it didn't mean that she took human lives seriously. However, at this moment, seeing the Ghost King's expression, he completely disregarded the lives of countless disciples in the Ghost King Sect. Even from her perspective as a member of the demon tribe, it seemed excessive. Xiaobai felt that she had really come back to the wrong place this time. Everyone around her seemed like they were about to go crazy, and those who weren't already crazy were almost the same. The Ghost King in front of her was also acting out of character, which made her feel indignant and puzzled.

  Under extreme anger, Xiao Bai shouted: "Are you crazy? Those people are your disciples, how can you ignore their lives?"

  The Demon King was still laughing maniacally, but as soon as he heard the words "gone mad" from Xiaobai, his expression changed in an instant. The muscles on his face twitched slightly, his laughter stopped abruptly, and his eyes gleamed with a sharp, knife-like intensity as he stared straight at Xiaobai.

  Xiao Bai's expression changed suddenly, and a hint of killing intent seeped out. His heart trembled slightly, and almost at the same time, he discovered another matter with his keen senses as a former demon fox cultivator. This made him shudder, and he looked up in shock, gazing at the Ghost King.

  Inside the stone room, in the midst of silence and stillness, a faint and eerie bloody aura suddenly emerged, and this eerie power, although Xiaobai's heart did not want to believe it, was clearly emanating slowly from the Ghost King's body.

  "What... did... you... say?"

  The Demon King stood there, staring at Xiao Bai, his voice sinking even lower, slowly spitting out this sentence from between his teeth.

  Xiaobai didn't respond, she just looked at the King of Ghosts, then her expression changed from initial shock to calmness, and finally became expressionless. In the end, there was even a hint of sarcastic smile in her eyes. She remained silent for a long time before raising her head and saying calmly: "I was too hasty earlier, my words were not right, don't mind it."

  This remark was beyond the Ghost King's expectations, and even he couldn't help but flash a hint of surprise on his normally calm face. However, no matter what, Xiaobai had said it, and the tense atmosphere in the stone chamber suddenly relaxed, that mysterious and eerie bloody killing intent also seemed to slowly dissipate.

  Xiao Bai looked at Gui Wang deeply and said, "I just said that I came to find Gui Li. Since he's not here, I don't feel like staying here either. I'll leave now."

  The Demon King looked hesitant for a moment, his brow furrowed, as if he still couldn't understand the reason for Xiao Bai's sudden change in attitude, and even hesitated when speaking.

  But Xiao Bai didn't give the Ghost King any more time to think, and directly said: If you have nothing else to do, I'll take my leave now. As he spoke, his body turned around and walked towards the stone gate.

  The stone room where the King of Ghosts lived was naturally spacious, but after all, it was built in the middle of a mountain, and no matter how spacious it was, it couldn't be compared to anywhere else. Xiao Bai was only about ten steps away from the stone gate, watching his slender figure walk towards the stone gate, standing behind him, the King of Ghosts' expression suddenly changed, with various complex emotions intertwined together, sometimes filled with murderous intent, and sometimes hesitant.

  She didn't slow down her pace at all, and ten steps away, even if the speed wasn't fast, she could still arrive in the blink of an eye. The heavy stone gate slowly opened to the side in front of her, emitting a low rumble, but she didn't look back.

  A white collar wrapped around his slender and plump figure, gently swaying.

  What wind is coming from the stone cave in the belly of the mountain? Behind her, silently and quietly, she knew that the heavy door was closed again, separating her from the stone room. Xiaobai stood still for a moment, took a deep breath, and walked slowly along the empty corridor, her body relaxing bit by bit as she moved.

  Her eyes still had a hint of mysterious smile, but it was unknown what she was thinking in her heart. She glanced around the empty corridor, and suddenly her gaze fell on the rough and deep cracks on the wall. Then, a hint of cold smile flashed across his face again.

  She had already known the reason for that kind of incongruity she felt at first in the Ghost King Stone Chamber, everywhere inside the Fox Qi Mountain Ghost King Sect was filled with these mysterious cracks, only earlier in the Ghost King Stone Chamber, the stone walls there were different.

  Completely intact!

  The ghost fell from the high sky, and Little Gray stuck to his shoulder, looking around. For the restless Little Gray, it seemed that there was never a quiet moment, and in the monkey's body, the word "tired" could never be seen.

  However, the monkey did not get tired, but its master's face was somewhat heavy. The Gui Li fell to the ground and stood tall in the distance at the desolate Fox Qi Mountain. But for some reason, he didn't land directly at the entrance of the Gui Wang Zong cave like usual, instead landing at the foot of the mountain and slowly walking up. It can be seen that Gui Li's expression was very solemn, his eyebrows tightly locked, perhaps even he himself had forgotten how long it had been since he truly smiled.

  There was a faintly heavy feeling in his chest, and Guili didn't need to reach out to touch it to know what it was - the mysterious Dry Wheel of Heaven! Previously, Guili had never heard of such a magical treasure existing in this world, let alone that a wandering fortune teller like Zhou Yixian would know about this extremely secretive secret, even within Tianyin Temple. But after a glimmer of hope, more worries, anxiety and confusion arose. Until now, he still couldn't penetrate the mystery of this treasure, which was to be expected - Master Pude had spent decades as one of the four great monks of Tianyin Temple without being able to decipher it, so how could he solve the riddle in just a few short days? But what about Biyu?

  The ghost stopped in his tracks, took a deep breath, and his expression was as if he was being crushed by a heavy burden, unable to breathe. After a long time, he suddenly let out a bitter laugh and continued walking up the mountain.

  Many people always say life is like a dream, but they don't know that in this world, no matter what kind of dream it is, you still have to face it!

  Unconsciously, he had already walked to the entrance of the Ghost King Sect's main hall cave.

  At the door, several disciples were on patrol and saw his figure. At first, they were shocked, but then it seemed like they thought of something, and their faces all showed great joy, and they all ran over.

  "Deputy Master, you can return now."

  "You're back a step late, Little White Girl came looking for you and just left!"

  "If you don't come back, we really don't know if we can still see you alive..."

  A cacophony of voices speaking in unison, seven mouths and eight tongues uttering chaotic and disorderly words, shocked Gui Li, who stuttered: "What are you saying?"

  The disciples of the Ghost King Sect have been in a precarious situation for some time now, as if they were trapped in a sea of blades and flames, suffering unbearable hardships. Moreover, under such circumstances, all the usual managers have disappeared without a trace. The four great holy envoys originally had considerable prestige, but after Qinglong went to Nanjiang, there was no news from him, and he has been missing for a long time. Zhuque also left Fox Qi Mountain early on. And as the Ghost King Sect's central figure, the Ghost King himself has taken an unexpectedly mysterious attitude, completely ignoring everything. The internal situation of the Ghost King Sect is in complete disarray. If not for the strict rules and severe punishments of the Demon Sect, people would be afraid to escape privately, otherwise Fox Qi Mountain might have become a deserted mountain.

  The ghostly figure of the past was highly respected in the Ghost King Sect, although he was cold and distant to others, but when it came to ordinary disciples of the Ghost King Sect, he had never bullied them. Many of the Ghost King Sect's disciples secretly revered this silent and taciturn vice sect master.

  At this moment in the midst of crisis, suddenly seeing Gui Lishi was like a snow-covered charcoal delivery that saved their lives, how could it not make these people who were deeply immersed in fear and unable to extricate themselves ecstatic?

  Listening to the disciples around him speaking in turn, Gui Li lowered his head silently, stretched out his hand and gently touched his chest, the Qian Kun wheel spinning through the black cloth, faintly emitting a warm breath.

  "That's enough!" He suddenly said coldly.

  The surrounding Ghost King Sect disciples were all stunned.

  The demon quietly pushed away those Ghost King Sect disciples with his hand and walked towards the belly of the mountain.

  A loud voice shouted: "Second Master, Second Master, are you also ignoring us?"

  His body paused for a moment, and then only heard his low and suppressed voice slowly saying: "For ten years, I have tried my best to cure Biyao, but I couldn't. I can't even look at myself, what ability do I have to save others..."

  He took a step forward, and from behind, he seemed to carry a few strands of desolation, completely devoid of the youthful vigor he should have had at this moment. The Ghost King Sect disciples behind him looked at each other in dismay, their faces ashen with despair, like an unstoppable tide that came from all directions, sweeping them away.

  The ghostly figure walked into the mountain pass, and before he had taken two steps, the little monkey Xiao Hui, who was perched on his shoulder, suddenly shuddered, let out a sharp cry of "Eh!", stood up on its hind legs, and revealed three eyes on its face that glowed with a faint golden light, as if it were facing a great enemy.

  The ghost's eyebrows furrowed and he reached out to pick up Xiao Hui, asking in a low voice, "Xiao Hui, what's wrong?"

  Xiao Hui let out a few "squeaks", her expression slightly tense, and her arms waved to both sides. Her eyes gleamed with a fierce light, and she followed the direction of Xiao Hui's pointing finger, her face gradually turning cold.

  The place where Xiaohui pointed was originally a hard stone wall, and suddenly many strange and mysterious cracks appeared.

  The demon slowly put Xiao Hui back on his shoulder, and then took a step forward, walking slowly. Xiao Hui lay on the demon's shoulder, its three eyes wide open, with a vigilant expression, carefully observing its surroundings. This corridor, which was originally bustling with people, now only had the figures of the demon and Xiao Hui, and the disciples of the Ghost King Sect who were usually present were nowhere to be seen.

  The empty and desolate corridor, with one fork in the road after another, as Gui Lishi's figure slowly moved forward, the mysterious cracks on both sides of the stone wall also became more dense and larger. A strange aura began to spread throughout the passageway around Gui Lishi, as if something invisible was opening its eyes in the dark, watching them.

  A faint and elusive bloody aura wafted through the empty corridor.

  The ghost's footsteps slowed down, his gaze became more profound and sharp as he looked from one crack to another. Something had indeed happened here!

  He suddenly stopped in his tracks, as if he had thought of something, and his face turned pale in an instant. This strange and unknown power enveloped Huqi Mountain, while Biyao was still lying in the icy stone chamber extending from the corridor...

  In an instant, Gui Lishi's figure shot out like lightning, even producing a sharp sonic boom in the quiet corridor, and disappeared instantly at the end of the corridor.

  Rumble!

  The heavy stone gate sound echoed again in the corridor, Guilishi stood at the entrance of the ice stone room with a look of anxiety, and almost as soon as the stone gate opened to allow one person to pass through, he rushed in.

  A faint, dreamy white mist still emanated from the icy stone pedestal, drifting in the air of the stone chamber. A green figure lay quietly there, with a soft and serene smile on its face.

  The ghost stood silently at the door, and after a long while, he finally let out a long breath, and the tense expression on his face slowly calmed down.

  He looked at Bi Yao for a while, then slowly walked up to the side of the Ice Stone Platform, gazing at this beautiful woman whose beauty was still as it was back then. After a long time, he softly said: "I'm back, Bi Yao."

  There was no answer. Instead, a cold silence replied to him. Gui Li's mouth corners moved slightly, and a hint of sadness flashed in the depths of his eyes.

  He sat down beside the icy stone pedestal, looked around and found that this icy stone chamber was somehow different from those cracks in the corridors outside. The surrounding stone walls were intact, without a single crack.

  The ghost's eyebrows furrowed slightly, with a hint of confusion in his eyes, but at this moment he seemed to be in no mood to delve deeper into anything. Soon, his attention and gaze were focused on Biyao lying on the ice stone platform. He slowly took out a black cloth-wrapped object from his pocket, and slowly unwrapped it, revealing a warm-colored wheel of reincarnation, with soft white light radiating out, sweeping across Biyao's slightly pale face.

  "Bixiao..." Gui Li softly called out.

  Just as he was about to continue speaking, a cold and majestic voice suddenly came from the stone gate at the entrance of the stone room behind him.

  "Wait!"

  The ghost frowned and turned around to look towards the door.

  The Ghost King stood at the stone gate with his hands behind his back, his eyes sharp as a knife, staring at the Dry Wheel of Heaven and Earth in Gui Li's hand, and said coldly: "What is that thing you're holding?"