Husband is a piece of cloud cake

The surface of the water opened up, and Mr. Du's head popped out. Lu Jing only saw a mass of white flowers.The ball of fluffy white fluff was about the size of a palm, and it was not as brave and powerful as Lu Jing imagined.Not only that, but it was also entangled by a bunch of aquatic plants, and it didn't come out after struggling for a long time, just spinning around in the water.

This, this is the helper Cui Senior Brother sent me?

Looking at the group of weak chickens struggling in the water, Lu Jing was stunned by Cui Qi's unreliability.He was watching from the sidelines, when the thing began to bark unceremoniously.

"Stinky boy, don't pick up the old man yet!"

Can talk?Lu Jing hurried forward to get that "old man".After he lifted it out of the water and put it in his hand, he saw that the fluffy ball turned out to be snow-white hair, long eyebrows and beard-a little old man in Confucian clothing, with white eyebrows and a small walking stick. Son, he was wringing the water from his beard.

Cui Qi sent such a thing to help him fight?

Lu Jing shook his hand and almost missed the little old man again.The little old man hurriedly tapped Lu Jing's finger with his cane.

"Hey! Hold the old man steady!"

It turned, three long silver tails trailing behind its clothes.Lu Jing unceremoniously touched the bottom of its clothes, and immediately understood the true identity of this Mr. Du.

The hem of the clothes is empty, the legs have not been repaired, only a long fish-like tail, and three tail whiskers - it turns out that this is a book beetle, the imperial spirit born from the ancient books of Shangxiaofeng Zangshuge, No wonder Cui Qi called him "Mr. Du".

The corners of Lu Jing's mouth twitched, and he grabbed Mr. Du's little crutch unceremoniously, pulled it away by the collar of his back coat, and then supported it firmly, saying dryly.

"Well sir."

After all, it is the imperial spirit sent by the elder brother, and it may have some real skills. Lu Jing thinks that he can be more polite to it first.The little bookworm was quite satisfied with his polite language, stroked his beard and said.

"Hmm, children can be taught. The ancients said..."

Mr. Du shook his head and began to drop his book bag. It turned out that he was a bookworm who talked a lot.Lu Jing patiently listened to him beeping and beeping the text for a long time, and couldn't bear it anymore, pinched his mouth, called Cui Qi out and yelled.

"Senior brother Cui! What is this Mr. Du good for?"

Cui Qi saw that he was annoyed, and quickly explained from the other side of the water: "Oh, Zi'an, this old Mr. Du is a senior in our Library Pavilion. He is familiar with everything in the world and the most proficient in allusions. If you When you encounter something of unknown origin, such as that green firefly grass, it is just for Mr. Du to explain it to you."

"Can this thing tell the origin of the green firefly grass?" Lu Jing then let go of his hand and looked at him carefully: "No way..."

"Hey!" The little bookworm shook his tail in disbelief and called again: "This old man is the brains of the library! Don't be rude to this old man!"

Looking at Cui Qi suspiciously, the elder brother explained to Lu Jing.

"This Mr. Du was summoned by that expert 300 years ago, and he appeared together with Jing Ling from the demon-subduing formation. He and Jing Ling complemented each other. Later, Jing Ling escaped into the water mirror, and Mr. Du Stayed in Shangxiao Peak all the time.”

Lu Jing said, "I understand."

Everyone in Shangxiao Peak knew about that expert, she was a god-like existence in Dagan, and even though she disappeared later, she still had a very high reputation in the hearts of the people in Dagan.This virtuoso set up a demon-subduing formation all by herself, and the mirror spirit she summoned has guarded the water mirror so far, and the little bookworm that appeared at the same time as the mirror spirit would not be as simple as an ordinary imperial spirit.

Lu Jing immediately smiled, and saluted the bookworm politely.

"The boy is rude, sir, don't blame."

Then I couldn't help but asked again: "Sir, since Jing Ling is mutually beneficial, I wonder if it is possible to ask Jing Ling to come out and ask a question or two?"

If this little bookworm could call out Jing Ling to ask what happened, then the matter would be too simple.But the little bookworm shook his head and said with a sigh.

"Ever since the empress sent Maomao into the water mirror, I haven't seen him again. Sigh, I haven't seen him for 300 years, and I miss him a lot."

While talking, the little bookworm blew his nose vigorously, rubbing his round nose red.Lu Jing was stunned for a moment, thinking to himself: This Mao Mao should be the spirit guarding the water mirror.Unexpectedly, there is also a plush guarding such a huge water mirror world.Even the little bookworm couldn't find it. It seems that he can only wait for the master to return, or he can only find it in the water mirror...

He was a little disappointed, but fortunately, Little Bookworm immediately added a sentence.

"But if Momo is around, I can feel it right away."

Well, that's not bad.So Lu Jing thanked Cui Qi, and after saying goodbye to him, he took the bookworm to the hiding place by the lake, and held up the half of the green firefly grass to ask it.

"Please identify, sir, what is the origin of this thing?"

The green firefly grass grew on the willow tree that entangled Lu Jing that day.Lu Jing observed it for a long time, but didn't find anything unusual about it.Are these vines harmless during the day, but dangerous at night?The bookworm took one look at the cut vine, and immediately recognized its source.

"This is the leaf of Jianmu. It fell into the water mirror from the present world and turned into this kind of vine."

It turns out that the green firefly grass is the fallen leaves of Jianmu?Lu Jing hurriedly asked him again: "This kind of grass can be seen everywhere on the trees by the water, are they all the fallen leaves of Jianmu?"

There is only one Jianmu tree, and the green firefly grass can grow all over the water.If this is all caused by Jianmu's fallen leaves, then Jianmu should be bald by now, right?

The little bookworm stroked his beard and shook his head: "Naturally not all of them. The first leaf fell behind the water mirror and turned into a green firefly grass that has multiplied to this day; most of the green grass in this mirror is just the descendants of the original. That's all."

"Mr. Du, take a look, are these newly fallen leaves, or are they reproduced from fallen leaves in ancient times?"

The little bookworm took a bite out of the vine, smashed it and said, "This cut grass is grown and multiplied by fallen leaves in ancient times, but there is also a faint smell of newly fallen leaves on it, which is really strange."

It talked to Lu Jing about the characteristics of Jianmu:

Jianmu has great spiritual power, and its branches and leaves can be enlightened to produce various flowers, trees, grasses and tendrils.The transformation of the Konoha outside the water mirror is carried out by the demon formation, and the transformation inside the water mirror is controlled by the mirror spirit.But if Jianmu itself is injured and is not rescued in time, then the branches and leaves of Jianmu itself will transform and attack the destroyer instead.

"But Jianmu's own transformation attack is the last step of last resort. The empress said 300 years ago that there are mirror spirits inside the demon crouching array, and Jianmu actually doesn't need to do it himself."

Lu Jing was still puzzled by the summary made by the little bookworm.He didn't do anything harmful to Jianmu before he entered the water mirror, but Qingyingcao still attacked him, did Jingling fail to recognize him, or was there someone else manipulating him?If someone is really manipulating behind the scenes, is it related to Layman Baihe back then?

Thinking of this, Lu Jing put the little bookworm on his shoulders, ordered it to gather its figure and hide it in his collar or cuffs, and began to look for clues related to the layman Baihe back then.

He first came to the Sand Sculpture Restaurant, and learned that the last time the group of Baihe Laymen appeared was when they hired the boat of the incense pickers to go to Hantan, and then found Zhang Jiu, the leader of the incense pickers.In Lu Jing's plan, he thought of taking the boat of the incense pickers to go to the place where the layman Baihe died and the green Yingcao mutated, and he did not expect Zhang Jiu's answer to disappoint him.

"Master Lu, I can't take you there. I can't find that place now."

Beside the camp of the incense pickers, Zhang Jiu sharpened a long knife by the fire, and said with a gloomy expression.

The bonfire was crackling. Although Lu Jing was disappointed, he felt it was reasonable.

"After all, it has been 12 years." He sighed: "I think even if there were traces in the past, they should be worn away now."

Unexpectedly, Zhang Jiu still shook his head.

"No, it's still there." The leader of the incense pickers took a deep breath: "That place is in the Land of the Living Dead. The living ghosts in the Land of the Living Dead wake up every night, repeating their battles and deaths 300 years ago. In the next few years, when I went there many times, I would always hear the wailing of those Baihe Laymen before they died—"

Zhang Jiu's face twitched.

"—But, I couldn't find them. There is no one on the surface of the water, no one in the land of the living dead. Their screams seem to come from under the surface of the water, and their souls are still tied there."

"The relics of the gods visited by those Baihe laymen are the land of the living dead?" Lu Jing was really surprised: "What are they going to the land of the living dead?"

The Land of the Living Dead is an absolute forbidden zone in Hantan. The Liuyun County navy has posted notices every year to warn the public not to enter, and most incense pickers will avoid it.There are many terrifying legends about the living dead, and Lu Jing had heard it repeatedly before the first incense picking.Then he remembered something again and asked again.

"Why did Zhang Shuai go to the Land of the Living Dead many times later?"

"Because 12 years ago, I rowed together to send layman Baihe into the cold pool."

Zhang Jiu sprinkled a string of water on the knife, showing pain on his face: "And my brother is still on that boat."