After I was resurrected from the dead, I turned from an old man to a peerless beauty

Jia Ruo was silent.

He couldn't deny it.

If those vines were like his other limbs before, now those vines have gradually escaped his control.At first, it just spontaneously grew out from under his skin when he was absent-minded and in a daze, and then, after a little trance, he could see more and more lush branches and leaves on his body—and Jia Ruo also discovered that, My consciousness is slowly becoming thinner and indifferent.

Even though the connection between him and Lin Mao became stronger and stronger, his emotions as a human being became weaker and weaker.

That's why he said those words to Lin Mao in a daze after hearing Qiao Muyun's words to Lin Mao.

And when Lin Mao rejected him like that, he thought that he would be troubled by that strange heartache for a long time.

But the reality was just the opposite, and soon he began to miss, and even tried his best to retain that painful feeling.

Because only people can feel heartache.

But his heartache is gradually fading away.

This feeling, like...

"You were originally a part of the soul that was forced to stay in Kong Hua's body because of your obsession with cats." Chang Qing looked at Jia Ruo, and at this moment, there was even a hint of pity on his face, "You are not Not Jia Ruo, we once saw the monk named Jia Ruo being swallowed by Konghua. You are just the strongest emotion before his death... that's all. The reason why you can drive Konghua before, let Konghua The expelling shell is for your use, but it is only because of the cold weather that the empty flower itself is weakened. Once the spring is warm and the flowers bloom, the real empty flower will unfold, and you will disappear soon..."

"..."

Jia Ruo didn't say anything, he just stood there silently, using the vines on his body to fight against Chang Qing and Yao Xianxian.

"Nothing is predestined, and there is no destiny in this world."

Chang Qing suddenly smiled, slowly straightened his hunched body, and then drew a long sword from his waist——

"If you insist on stopping us, then I can only forgive the old man for being rude to you."

Gaara blinked.

"I do not care."

he said softly.

"Lin Mao can go wherever he wants. I only listen to him."

More vines slowly pulled out from his body...

……

Early the next morning, Red Peony knocked on Lin Mao's door.

Seeing Lin Mao's rather haggard appearance, Hong Mudan couldn't help but wryly smiled and said, "Master Lin, is this going to save me the effort of putting on makeup?"

Hearing this, Lin Mao glanced at the mirror, only to realize that he had become extremely haggard overnight.

The red peony told Lin Mao to change into the shroud, and then used a layer of white powder to sweep Lin Mao's body up and down until his whole body was gray and bloodless, and he really looked like a corpse that had been placed in the freezer for a long time Only then did he help Lin Mao walk down the cellar slowly, and lay down in the huge coffin.

Standing next to the coffin, Lin Mao noticed at a glance that the floor of the coffin had moved up a bit compared to what he saw yesterday.

He raised his eyes to look at Hong Mudan, who replied without waiting for him to ask: "Chang Xiaoqing, Chang Shaoxia and Ji Wuming, Ji Daxia have already hid in the mezzanine first."

"Is that so..."

Lin Mao squeezed out a smile.

I have to admit that knowing that Chang Xiaoqing had entered the interlayer of the coffin first made Lin Mao feel a little relieved.

Finally, he won't meet his apprentice's eyes in such a field.

Lin Mao originally thought that he had sorted out his temperament after a night, but he didn't expect that when he thought of Chang Xiaoqing, he still felt disturbed.

Probably there is a small opening for ventilation and observation in the interlayer. As soon as Hong Mudan finished speaking, there were a few light "bang bang" knocks on the bottom of the coffin.

"Wu Ming, don't make trouble."

Lin Mao scolded with a headache.

After all, seeing a coffin suddenly slammed was somewhat frightening for an old man like him.

But he didn't know that Ji Wuming couldn't—

The mezzanine was very narrow and dark, and Chang Xiaoqing and Ji Wuming were tall and tall, so lying in the mezzanine was really uncomfortable and uncomfortable.Of course, it’s fine if the space is narrow, but Chang Xiaoqing’s body is still breathing cold air, and even though his face cannot be seen in the dark, Ji Wuming always feels as if there is a body lying next to him that wants to kill someone. of living zombies.

It made Ji Wuming's heart fluctuate, doubting himself all the time...

(Could it be that I squeezed him?)

Ji Wuming was very embarrassed.

Just before hearing Lin Mao's arrival, Ji Wuming was still racking his brains, suppressing his anger to discuss with Chang Xiaoqing——

"Look, I was born so tall and strong. Isn't it natural? I can't help it... If I don't wait for this matter, I will be like you, and go to learn the bone shrinking skill with our master. I promise, if I learn this kung fu, if I encounter this kind of thing again in the future, I promise to shrink myself into a piece of compilation, and I will never take up space and hinder you old man, how about it?"

As a result, as soon as he finished speaking, he felt a dark wind blowing around him. That Chang Xiaoqing didn't speak for a while, but his aura was even more terrifying than before.

Fortunately, Lin Mao finally came. Ji Wuming knew that his junior brother had the best relationship with his master, so he quickly knocked on the coffin board, trying to attract Lin Mao's attention.

But Ji Wuming soon regretted it.

Chang Xiaoqing couldn't say she was happy, not only was there a gust of gloomy wind on her body, but her breath was so cold that it seemed as if a will-o'-the-wisp could be ignited in the next second.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for everything on the scene to become busy, which didn't leave much time for Ji Wuming and others to figure out what others wanted.

Because Lin Mao was about to enter the coffin, but Jia Ruo, who was supposed to be with them, disappeared at this time.

After discovering this, both Lin Mao and Hong Mudan couldn't help frowning.

"Have you found any clues?"

Lin Mao asked anxiously.

Hong Mudan shook her head: "No, his room has not been moved at all, as if he had never spent the night in it, and all the inspectors in Chizheng Mansion have not found any traces of Master Jiaruo... Master Lin Gu has to wait. Him? But someone will come to the palace soon, and I'm afraid it's too late in time."

Lin Mao only felt a dull pain in his forehead.

"Garuo is a great force..."

To deal with old man Qianji, of course, the more people the better.Jia Ruo is not only the criminal monk of Lingkong Temple, but also the body of Konghua.It would be great if he could go to the palace with Lin Mao and others.

"Guzhu Lin is most familiar with him, what clues might he think of?"

Red Peony obviously had the same idea as Lin Mao, and was very annoyed by Jia Ruo's absence.

In the end, it was fine if she didn't ask this question, but Lin Mao's face froze when she asked this question.

It is impossible for Lin Mao to forget that just yesterday, Jia Ruo made a promise to him after hearing what Qiao Muyun thought about him, but he quickly rejected it.

Could it be for this reason that he left in the middle of the night?

In fact, Lin Mao instinctively felt that this should not be the reason, but after waiting for a while, seeing that the time for people from the palace to come was getting tighter and tighter, even if he wanted Jiaruo to enter the palace with them, he could only give up this plan.

"Forget it, success or failure is not the work of one person."

Lin Mao sighed and said.

"We can only let our group go first."

He walked slowly towards the red sandalwood coffin, flipped inside familiarly, and then lay down.

Even Lin Mao said so, and Hong Mudan could only follow the plan.

"crunch-"

For Ji Wuming and Chang Xiaoqing who were trapped in the interlayer of the coffin, of course they couldn't see the hustle and bustle around the coffin at this moment.

They only heard a soft sound from the board above their heads, and they immediately realized that it was Lin Mao lying down.

Then, there was a burst of clear and crisp sound.

"Please bear with me, Master Lin. Since you want to pretend to be a corpse, you can only pretend to the end. You need to fill it with ice cubes..."

Not long after, Ji Wuming noticed the bone-chilling chill

After passing through the interlayer of wood, it has penetrated under the interlayer.

"Master? Are you okay?"

Ji Wuming fought a cold war, and quickly resisted the cold with luck.

But he immediately thought that he felt so stunned through the wooden planks, and it would be even more difficult for the master who was directly lying in the pile of ice.One must know that he was still lucky enough to keep out the cold, but Lin Mao's own martial arts were so low, and it was obviously even more uncomfortable to pretend to be a corpse.

"nothing."

After a while, Ji Wuming heard Lin Mao's voice coming indistinctly.

He stabilized for a while, but soon felt that something was wrong...

Wait, why is his junior brother who is a mad nurse so silent now?

But before he had time to figure it out, he heard the sound of the coffin boards closing.

"Guzhu Lin, Hero Chang, Hero Ji, this trip is dangerous, please take care."

The next moment, he heard Hong Mudan speak softly at this time, it was a start for their dangerous palace.

Ji Wuming soon had no extra thoughts to worry about whether there was any conflict between his master and junior.

As soon as he left the gate of Chizheng Mansion, he heard a thin noise from outside.

Ji Wuming calmed down and heard that it was the handover between the people from the palace and the people from Chizheng's house. From this moment on, the people under Hong Mudan no longer have the right to interfere with anything about Lin Mao's corpse.

In other words, the three master and apprentice Lin Mao can only rely on themselves from this moment on.

"crunch-"

Lin Mao was lying in the ice, his eyes were dimly lit, and he felt that the coffin lid had been opened with a small gap.

It seemed that someone was watching him carefully, which made Lin Mao somewhat nervous.

However, Red Peony seemed to be disregarding Lin Mao's physical safety before, and the practice of piled up with ice on his side was of great use at this time.Taking advantage of the low temperature around him, Lin Mao used his three-legged cat's kung fu to perform a turtle's breath, which slowed down his heartbeat and pulse, and he didn't even breathe out from his mouth and nose.

The visitor from the palace was obviously concerned about the current momentum of "Bai Ruolin", so he hastily lit a stick of incense, placed it on Lin Mao's mouth and nose for a while, and seeing the column of smoke going straight up, he waved his hand and motioned for others to close the coffin lid. Close up.

"Master of the White House, this time I sent you the body of Wangyougu Linmao, and His Majesty will record another great contribution to you." He only heard the man grinning and said to "Bai Ruolin".

"However, I just hope that this corpse...is indeed that Lin Mao's corpse." The man said slowly again, "Oh, look at my mouth, I'm going to say some nasty things if I'm not careful. Sigh, but I I also heard that His Majesty raised strange people and beasts in the palace, just to find out if the corpse was Wangyougu Linmao. I was worried that the White House Lord made a mistake in his busy schedule. No, he accidentally said something. .”

Red Peony's eyes froze as early as the person said the first sentence——

According to what she had investigated before, the joints of the autopsy in the palace were all done by the palace people trusted by Emperor Yun, and the whole of Chizheng Mansion had already established a good relationship for this. In addition, Lin Mao was originally "Lin Mao". The joints are not to be feared.

But now they suddenly learned that the monster in the palace was replaced by a strange man and beast in the name of Emperor Yun for autopsy, which really caught Hong Mudan and others by surprise.

Hong Mudan was anxious, and only hoped that the three people in the coffin would play by ear.When the man turned around, Hong Mudan's face was calm and carefree, not showing the slightest clue.

"Since I, Bai Ruolin, can present Lin Mao's corpse, I am sure that the corpse is real."

Red Peony smiled coldly, and then said.

"Trouble my father-in-law Feishen to remind me."

Her words were soft, but her attitude was quite cold.

The people from the palace saw that they couldn't benefit from "Bai Ruolin", so they could only snort coldly, ordering people to set up the coffin and go to the palace.

How bumpy the road was, and how the three people in the coffin were full of thoughts, held their breath and dared not make a sound.

After more than an hour, the group of people finally slowed down, and there was the sound of the door hinges creaking and slowly opening. Lin Mao and others knew that their first test might have begun.

"Is this the corpse sent by the Chizheng Mansion?"

Someone asked outside the coffin.

"That's right, that's right, the little one has already been roughly inspected, and it is almost the same as the portrait that the servants handed over. At first glance, it is indeed the appearance of Wangyou Valley's lush forest."

The person receiving the coffin looked very arrogant in front of Hong Mudan, but at this moment he was humbled.

"Well, is it?"

Lin Mao heard the man mutter again.

He originally thought that the man would open the coffin for an autopsy like before, and subconsciously channeled his true energy to perform the tortoise's breath, but he didn't expect that the other party had no intention of opening the coffin at all.

"Then send it in later."

The man said calmly.

"This, isn't it good? Anyway, Chizheng Mansion was a bunch of bullshit guys who were against us back then. Even if the corpse sent up now looks similar, who knows if there is anything wrong with the corpse..."

"If there is a problem, it's not a problem. It's not for us people to decide. The fairy insects raised by the old fairy have the final say. Since they are taking care of them, it's not worth worrying about us little bastards..."

Lin Mao lay in the coffin, gritted his teeth and endured the bone-chilling chill all over his body, and listened to the conversation of the people outside the coffin.

I don't know if I don't listen to it, but I was really shocked when I heard it.

The words that the coffin acceptor said to Hong Mudan outside Chizheng's mansion were really not alarmist.

It turns out that since the incident in the capital, the Sanren from Penglai in the palace has raised countless weird insects and beasts with strange appearances that the world has never heard of in various secret passages and waterways in the palace.Before those bureaucrats were dead, I don’t know how many people lined up, either overtly or stealthily, all wanted to sneak into the palace to find out news.

But no matter how advanced these people's martial arts are, or how advanced their disguise is, they will all be discovered by the insects and beasts of the Penglai immortals in the end without exception, and then buried in the mouths of beasts, insects and snakes.

And these days, the Penglai Immortal even had a whim, and even planned to hand over the autopsy to those so-called "fairy insects".

"This is really too rare. Could it be that those beasts can really tell whether the corpse is real or not?"

Lin Mao felt his coffin rumble, obviously being put on a carriage and transported to some place he didn't know.

And there happened to be a car guard next to the air vent next to his ear, who was talking to his companion at this time.

"You don't know that... That bug is not a fairy bug, but a Gu bug! Since it is a Gu bug, it naturally has its way."

……

The guard's question and answer coincided with Lin Mao's previous guess.

It really is a Gu worm.

Both Xiaoyaozi and Qianji of the Wangyougu lineage are masters of using Gu. In fact, thinking about it this way, it is only natural for the old man of Penglai to use Gu to protect the imperial city.

It's a pity that for Lin Mao and others, it is very bad.

And as if God was against them on purpose, Lin Mao heard the guard casually said: "You don't know, there was a palace lady who wanted to sneak out of the palace by feigning death, and she has a lover." It was the imperial doctor who specially prepared her a feign death pill. After taking it, the palace lady looked almost dead, but as soon as she passed through the palace gate, she was smelled immediately. Eaten by bugs..."

Lin Mao almost wanted to smile wryly, if that person was telling the truth, the next thing would be very bad.

At any rate, the palace maid could be swallowed by life in a coma, but he is still awake now!It would be really bad if it was eaten alive like this.

Besides, this Gu worm that can distinguish between the living and the dead, he seems to have accidentally seen it in an ancient book written by Xiaoyaozi back then.

It was a huge eyeless flesh worm that was as long as a python. Its body was covered with mucus. Its mouthparts were densely covered with upside-down sharp teeth like sewing needles. It was born to eat living people. Once it fell into its mouth, it would be It will be immediately dismembered into scattered pieces of meat, which is very terrifying.

However, this kind of Gu worm loves Yin and hates drought, so it usually grows in dark and humid underground waterways.

And there is no waterway in this imperial city, and since the maid was eaten at the gate of the palace, it shouldn't be so...

"Crash..."

A small but extremely clear sound of running water penetrated into Lin Mao's ears along the vent hole.

If it wasn't for the bone-chilling ice that reminded Lin Mao that he was still loading the corpse, he might have jumped up at this time.

What's the matter with the sound of running water? !

Finally at this time, he suddenly remembered a rumor that Gong Ningzi had said back then: Under the imperial city, there was another underground palace, and outside the underground palace there were nine underground rivers lingering around each other, known as the Nine Dragons Playing Pearl.

Could it be that the rumor is not a rumor, but really an underground river? !

Lin Mao didn't know at the moment, but his guess was just right.

This group of people led him to the bustle, and the purpose was indeed to send the coffin to the underground river, and then send it to the underground palace through the water of the underground river.

In that underground palace is the residence of the superficial Emperor Yun and the real old man Qianji.

Not long after, Lin Mao's coffin was sent to the dark and cold underground river.

On both sides of the river bank are piers made of white marble. The snow-white piers set off the dark river water due to the lack of light. It seems that there is a faint illusion of being in the Naihe River, which is not in this world.

Those guards next to the coffin could talk a few words before, but when they arrived here, they were as silent as if they had stitches in their mouths.

There were a few timid ones, even faintly smelling of urine from their crotch.

As for why they were so scared - it was naturally because they saw those people standing silently by the river.

Except for the leader, the others were all pale-faced and lifeless, with bursts of bloody aura emanating from their bodies. They were obviously puppets controlled by the old man Qianji with strange means.

But the people headed by these puppets still look like ordinary people.

This person was a river patrol guard who guarded the underground river before, and because he hadn't seen the light all year round, although he was a human being, he looked even less popular than those puppets.Probably because of this, others call him "Water Ghost Head".

The head of the water ghost saw Lin Mao's coffin delivered by someone, without blinking his eyes, staring at a pair of dead fish eyes with black dots in the white, he asked someone to push Lin Mao's coffin into the underground river.

Seeing this person acting so recklessly, a captain of the previous escort team couldn't help but said anxiously: "Don't—"

"..."

In an instant, the riverside seemed to have been stripped of a layer of vitality, and there was still the sound of the underground river rushing next to the ears, but it felt as if the surroundings were dead.

"No what?"

Shui Guitou looked straight at the captain and asked.

"You, you are... Do you know that the corpse in this coffin is very important. If something goes wrong, everyone who has handled this coffin from top to bottom will suffer—"

As the captain spoke, he involuntarily glanced at the people behind the water ghost's head.

Today is different from the past, when there was a mistake in the previous errand, it was nothing more than being called to reprimand and then fined some salary, the most serious thing was to beat the board, pick up the errand and rush home.