Treasure Hunt

According to legend, the fire of purgatory and the fire of nothingness complement each other, but it is difficult to blend together.There are even more rumors that the fire of purgatory is in the sea of ​​living spirits, in the sea of ​​flames in purgatory.The spark of nothingness is in the land of the dead, on the bed of the Wangchuan River.

Nanci has never been to the land of the dead, but he heard that there is nothingness, gray and empty, unchanged from time immemorial.If a living person goes there, they will be driven mad, and finally turned into fertilizer for water lilies on the Wangchuan River.

Legends are not necessarily hearsay, and rumors are not necessarily groundless.

Nanci sat on Chiwen's back, with his arms resting on his knees, looking straight ahead.The young man suddenly felt that sometimes a mount is indeed more comfortable than Yujian.

Although the weak fire of nothingness can resist the erosion of the sea of ​​fire in purgatory, the sea of ​​fire in which they are in is still a sea of ​​fire. The rising heat around them and the sweat beads rolling on Nanci's forehead all prove what environment the two are in at the moment.

Even the chi kiss without a solid shape is as painful as a burning fire.But the young man beside Nanci couldn't open his eyes anymore.

The air here is thin, almost non-existent.Coupled with the rising temperature, it seems that the surrounding scenes have become illusory.Nan Ci gritted his teeth tightly and sealed Yan Hui's acupuncture points so that the latter would not suffocate to death.

Chiwen and Nanci both showed pain.Although the raging fire will not burn the body, the high temperature is unbearable.The reason why purgatory fire is called purgatory fire is not only because of its deep red color, but also because of its high temperature.For any icy sharp weapon in the world, nothing can leave ashes after being burned in purgatory, it is only the length of time.

Chi kiss probably also knew that it was still impossible to go back now, so he had to fight to the death.Constantly wagging its tail, struggling to swim forward.Until seeing the red end in the distance become turbid, everyone is overjoyed, and it will be over soon!

The end of the sea of ​​fire is coming soon.I just don't know, what is the end of this purgatory sea of ​​flames?

Chiwen swam for another period of time, the speed began to slow down, and the surrounding water became cloudy, but there was no raging fire.It seems that he has already escaped from the flames of purgatory.

Nan Ci breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Hey, old guy, where are you going after you come out?"

Chi kiss felt a little tired, it had expended too much strength just now, and said a little weakly: "If I can go out, the grievances between you and me will be settled, and the old man will probably be reincarnated."

Nan Ci regretted, and said: "Why don't you continue to practice? Maybe you can practice to become a god again."

Chi kiss sneered: "The old man's soul is incomplete now, and he doesn't even have an inner alchemy. It will take hundreds of years of practice to transform into a real body." Between the words, it is self-evident that he is dissatisfied with Nan Ci.

Nan Ci rubbed his nose, and said a little embarrassedly: "I used your inner alchemy for the second forging of the Sword of Shocking Evil... You know, there was a problem with Jingxie after the battle with you in the East China Sea …”

"Hmph!" Before Nan Ci finished speaking, Chi Wen snorted coldly, interrupting Nan Ci's explanation.

Nanci's mouth twitched, and he said, "Why don't you practice in the Sword of Shocking Evil? Anyway, your inner alchemy has merged with my sword, so it's better for you to practice in the sword. Shocking evil is also considered a A good sword will not lose your identity."

Chi Wen didn't speak anymore, why didn't he want to cultivate to become a god again, and how could he not know that if he practiced in the sword, he would lose the great difficulty of forming alchemy.What's more, the sword is originally its inner alchemy, which naturally connects with its soul, which will save it a lot of effort.

Even so, Chi Wen still reserved and said: "Let the old man think about it."

Nanci smiled and said: "If you just reincarnated like this, Yinxi, Hanbing will be reluctant to part with you."

Chi kiss said disdainfully: "The two of them? One is more shameless than the other, and they really smashed the signboard of the ten thousand-year-old beast!"

Nanci smiled and said, "I can't bear to part with you either."

Chi kiss finally let go: "Since this is the case, I will reluctantly stay and guide you."

Nanci sighed. In fact, he felt that although Chiwen's temperament was arrogant, it was not bad. After all, the Ten Thousand Years Divine Beast had its own arrogance, and it was understandable to have its own perseverance.As long as he doesn't harm Dong Hai anymore, staying... making friends is not bad.

Yan Hui's consciousness gradually recovered from the moment he came out of the sea of ​​flames, and now that the acupoints were opened by Nan Ci, the young man finally had the courage to ask: "Nan Ci...did you see Tang Wushu when you came here?"

Nanci thought for a while, and said: "This is the land boundary, Tang Wushu is still in the human world, and has not come down."

Yan Hui lowered his head and didn't speak any more.Although the young man was arrogant, he knew in his heart that although the young man in front of him had saved him, Nanci was not Tang Wushu after all, and would not tolerate his temper.

Chiwen swung the tail of the whale and swam upstream against the current. Finally, Chiwen rushed out of the water.

Nanci looked around and found that there was no one around, the sky was gray, the ground was gray, and the river was gray.The world is vast and far away, and there is silence.Lonely and remote, depressed and lonely.

Nanci raised his frivolous eyebrows and said, "Old man, where do you think we are?"

Chi kiss said: "It seems that we have arrived in the land of the dead."

Nan Ci raised his eyebrows: "It is rumored that the Sea of ​​Living Souls and the Land of the Dead are two places, but I didn't expect there to be an underground river connecting them."

Chi kiss said: "What's the difference between dead spirits and living spirits? The left and right are just dead souls who can't help themselves."

Yes, trapped in a cage, we are all prisoners, there is no difference.

Nan Ci clasped his hands together and then spread them out, sacrificing shock and evil.As soon as the evil sword with red light appeared, it kept shaking, as if it felt something.

Chi kiss said: "Little baby, your sword is evil."

Nan Ci rolled his eyes at the gray river beside him, and said: "It is rumored that the void fire grows on the bed of the Wangchuan River, and the shock must have been sensed."

Chi kiss snorted and stopped talking.

Nanci said: "By the way, Chiwen, can I ask you something?"

Chi kissed: "What?"

Nanci said: "I'm going to the Underworld Palace to find Jiang Yu, can you please send him back to the ground?" Nanci said, pointing to the silent young man beside him.

Yan Hui was already terrified during this trip, and he had just experienced the sea of ​​flames in purgatory. Although he was sweating profusely at this time, the young man's face still looked a little pale.

Chi kissed the whale's tail and humped up on the boy.Said to Nanci: "Then you should be careful, the old man should come back as soon as possible." After speaking, he swung the tail of the whale and flew away.Nan Ci watched one person and one whale disappear into the sky, then withdrew his gaze and looked around deeply.

Nanci walked against the flow of the river, towards the upper reaches of the Wangchuan River.The river flows very slowly, it doesn't seem to be moving, but Nan Ci is walking very fast, he is running out of time.

After a while, Nanci saw a bridge in the distance, and there was a man in red standing on the bridge.

Nanci quickened his pace until he reached the end of the bridge, then stopped and looked at the red-robed woman in front of him.The woman's pretty face was hidden under the red hood, only the lower jaw showed a lifeless paleness.

Nanci's eyes narrowed slightly, and a strand of red hair fluttered in the wind.

"Who are you?"

"Xizhou Nanci"

"What do you want to come here?"

"Find an old friend."

"Who is the old man?"

"His name is Jiang Yu."

Whatever the woman in front of him asked, Nanci would answer.Until the woman stopped asking questions, Nan Ci hooked her lips and asked, "Who are you?"

In Nanci's impression, he has never seen this woman in front of him, but he has seen this situation and this scene. On Tongguan Road in Xizhou, there was a painting hanging in Mrs. Yan's bedroom.

In the painting, there is a gray sky, a gray ground, and a bridge over the gray water. On the bridge stands a woman whose figure is hidden under a red robe.

It wasn't until this moment that Nanci realized that the painting was about the land of the dead—the land of nothingness.

The woman said: "Matchmaker."

Nanci asked, "Why are you here?"

"It's here."

Nanci frowned, not wanting to waste time playing riddles with her here, so he said directly: "I wonder if Miss can take me to see the Emperor of the Underworld?"

The woman said: "Are you here to find a young man in blue?"

Nan Ci said, "Do you know where he is?"

The woman said: "I know, I don't know. It's between you and your cousin, it has nothing to do with me. I don't want to participate either."

Nan Ci raised his eyebrows: "Your cousin? Underworld Emperor? Then who are you?"

The woman said: "Ghost Judge—Matchmaker."

Nanci was shocked!He really didn't expect that the legendary ghost-faced judge who fixes the soul and crosses the soul is actually a woman!Moreover, according to the conversation just now, is this woman the cousin of Emperor Hades?

Nanci collected himself, took out an object from the storage bag, and said, "Then, may I ask the ghost judge, do you know this object?" The young man raised his hand and shook the object in his hand.

The woman turned around to face Nanci, lowered her head slightly and took off her hood.There was no blood on her pale face, but her lips were alluring red, with phoenix eyes and cherry lips, and willow eyebrows and delicate nose.A woman is a beauty.

When Nanci saw the woman's face, he was stunned for a moment, and his eyes were a little complicated.

When the woman saw the object in Nanci's hand, a little crack appeared on her calm face.

What Nan Ci held in his hand was an emerald jadeite hairpin with a gold-plated hairpin, covered with golden beads and dots of jade, in the shape of a phoenix. The phoenix held two almond-sized pearls in its mouth.

This walk is the one in the sarcophagus when the two of them went down to the imperial mausoleum!

Nan Ci sneered and said, "Phoenix holds double beads and gilt jadeite Bu Yao, which was rare a hundred years ago."

The woman said: "Why is it in your hand?"

Nan Ci played with the Bu Yao in his hand, and said: "How did it get into my hands? It has nothing to do with the girl. You just need to tell me, is this Bu Yao yours?"

The woman nodded, her calm face remained silent: "This was given to me by my cousin before I got married."

It was a long time ago. She resolutely entered the palace despite her family's dissuasion for love, and competed for the emperor's favor like so many women.This walk was given to her by her cousin before she entered the palace, and it was passed on to her future daughter-in-law by her cousin's mother.If she hadn't entered the palace back then, she and her cousin would have been married.

Unfortunately, there is no if.

Naturally, Nanci also guessed that the woman in front of him was Lian Zhaoyi who was supposed to be in the imperial mausoleum. Nanci was not interested in the story Shuizhi told at the beginning.But he has a little impression of the floating image that Shuizhi transformed into in the imperial mausoleum.

Nan Ci asked again: "Then who is your cousin? How did he become the Emperor of the Underworld?"

He didn't believe that an ordinary lotus-picking boy could become the Emperor of the Underworld after death.A person who can become the emperor of the underworld will not be an ordinary person during his lifetime, but must be a noble person unparalleled in the world.Moreover, it is very likely that there was a lot of resentment during his lifetime, so that he can live in the underworld and last for a hundred years.

The woman said: "My cousin's surname is Gu, and the single name is Xi."

Nanci was surprised, but cherished the name...he had heard of it before!

In order to get the Jiuzuding, he and Jiang Yu sneaked into the room of Yazhi, the young master of the Xinke clan. The story told by Yazhi was the story of the young master Xinke a hundred years ago. For a monk in white, his name is Gu Xi!