Qi Xiu stood up with a complicated look on his face, but he finally looked away from the stone statue and turned to look at the group of people. "Sorry. Let's move on."

"Wait—" Li Jian said, taking a step forward.He raised his eyes to look behind the stone statue.It is a path that enters the Peach Blossom Valley. On both sides of the path are mountain walls that fly straight into the sky. Only a ray of skylight falls, barely illuminating the path.

At the end of the road, the mist filled the air, making it difficult to see the true content of the valley.

"For so many years, no one has entered the valley. Could it be that it is haunted?" Li Jian looked at Meng Wanqing, "I recognize the herbs you asked me and Qi Xiu to pick today, including peach tree branches and calamus. Can these be useful?"

"Yes." Meng Wanqing nodded, "For many years, no ordinary person has rushed to step over this stone statue. It is said that 18 years ago, too many people died here, and there was too much resentment. Resentment breeds miasma, and miasma traps ghosts. The soul never dissipates, stays here. I don’t know why, these ghosts don’t want to take half a step out of this stone statue. So there are rumors that if you walk through this stone statue, you will step into the gate of hell.”

"If they really died of injustice, staying in this world and refusing to leave...it seems understandable." Li Jian frowned, "Have they ever harmed someone?"

"Anyway, some people have gone in, but no one has ever come out." Meng Wanqing looked at Du Rui, "Including Jinghua who is under the seat of Master Zixia..."

"Yes. Our primary goal this time is to rescue Jinghua." Du Rui frowned, and looked at Meng Wanqing, "Neither you nor Li Jian have cultivation bases. In this case, you don't want to go in. Qi Xiu and I will go in and have a look Let's talk about the situation."

"It's okay." Meng Wanqing smiled gently, "I've been here before. There are some medicinal materials that are only found in Peach Blossom Valley. I came here bravely, because I encountered some evil spirits, but relying on calamus and peach trees, as well as some I am also safe and sound with the simple Taoist formation. Ordinary people don’t know how to get rid of evil spirits. As for Jinghua...it may indeed be related to the devil world."

"If that's the case, then there's nothing to worry about." Li Jian said.The Qingqiong technique is to cultivate Taoism and become a fairy, so even though he has no cultivation base, Li Jian still knows some ordinary self-protection formations.

"Master, you walk behind me." Qi Xiu stepped forward and said.

After that, the four of them didn't delay much, and finally stepped over the stone statue of Qi Xiu's mother, Mu Xiangyi, and walked towards the corridor.

Walking through the corridor, Li Jianjian felt that he had entered a vast white world.The entire valley is surrounded by fog, making it impossible to see anything clearly.

Suddenly, Li Jian's wrist was held by a warm and strong hand. Afterwards, Qi Xiu's voice almost rang in his ears, as if he was speaking to him close to his ear. "Master, this disciple has overstepped, but the depth here is unpredictable, and you have lost your cultivation, so we don't want to get separated."

Li Jian thought for a while, he was holding his own wrist, it seemed that there was nothing wrong with it, the situation was special, and he made excuses too much, which made him feel awkward, so he left it to him.

It's just that Li Jian felt a little strange, as if he hadn't heard the voices of Du Rui and Meng Wanqing since entering here, so he asked, "Brother? Where are you?"

After Li Jian's voice fell, she didn't hear Du Rui and Meng Wanqing's answer, but heard another voice.

"Hey, here are two more brothers. They look so good-looking."

The voice seemed to be made by a girl.After the sound fell, another female voice came. "Look, these two brothers are holding hands. Oh, how embarrassing. We girls hold hands when we walk together."

When Li Jian heard this, she felt very embarrassed.But after the embarrassment, his back felt a little numb. ——There shouldn’t be any living people here. Could it be that the ones making these noises are all female ghosts?

When Qi Xiu heard this, he tightened his grip on Li Jian's wrist.He took a step forward, and had already sacrificed the Chengying Sword.

So, Li Jian still asked, "Are you humans or ghosts?"

"Ghost? What is a ghost? Sister, what is he talking about?" the girl who spoke first asked.

"I don't know either." The girl who spoke up said, "Both brothers, welcome to Peach Blossom Valley. Would you like to come to my house?"

"Your house...is in Peach Blossom Valley? Didn't the people here already die?" Li Jian frowned.

"Dead? Sister... He... Why did he say we are dead?"

"He...he must be talking nonsense. How is it possible? I talked to my parents in the morning, and I went to walk Uncle Wang's dog in the morning. How could we die? You...what's your name? We have kindly entertained you! Why do you say that?"

"Wuuuuuuuu... sister, I don't want to die, don't die... why... I feel so cold. I seem to have a dream. I'm so cold..."

Listening to the childish voices of these two children, it seems that they really don't know anything.It doesn't sound like they are female ghosts who lure people into the bait and then kill them. They really don't know that they are dead.

Li Jian stepped forward. "Okay. I'll go home with you. We'll be guests."

"Master——" Qi Xiu's voice sank, as if worried.

"I don't think they have any malicious intentions, so why not go and have a look," Li Jian said.

"That's fine. You walk behind me." Qi Xiu said, "If there is a slight change, we will leave here immediately with the sword!"

"Yeah." Li Jian nodded, and then said to an unknown direction in the fog, "little girl, I'm talking nonsense, I'm joking, don't cry. Take me there. I came from outside, I brought Got a gift."

"Ah, is there a gift? Is it delicious? I haven't eaten for a long time! I'm so hungry!" said the younger girl.

"Yes." Li Jian said.At this point, Li Jian felt a little sad.Because from the little girl's words, he seemed to have deduced something.

——That is, these two girls, like the rest of the villagers in the valley, were starved to death.That's why she said that she was very hungry and hadn't eaten for a long time.In addition, there was a snowstorm in Yanzhong, so she told her sister that she was very cold.In the end, neither of them even knew that they were dead, and their souls were stuck here for some reason, not allowed to enter reincarnation.

"What's your name?" Li Jian asked again.

"My name is Zilu, and my sister's name is Ziyang." Zilu said, "It's been a long time since I've had any guests here. The guests even brought food. I'm so happy. Come with me."

Li Jian squinted his eyes and found it difficult to identify the two girls, but Qi Xiu used a technique of "Brightening Eyes" to clear the clouds and mist and see a little bit of the situation in the valley.

"Master, come, follow me." Qi Xiu said, holding Li Jian's wrist and leading him forward.

At the same time, Qi Xiu formed a magic seal with his other hand, and created a sound-transmitting butterfly to find Du Rui.

Finally, Qi Xiu and Li Jian really came to the same room.After entering the room, the fog suddenly dissipated.It seems that the inside of this room is not affected by the fog.

This house is also a stilted building, which is a landmark building in this area.The house also has three floors. On the first floor there are many pots and jars, but they are all empty.It can be seen that the food originally stored in it has been exhausted.The second and third floors are living rooms.There were four bones in the living room. Li Jian guessed that they belonged to the sisters and their parents respectively.

However, the two sisters really seemed to know nothing, they invited Li Jian and Qi Xiu to sit on the couch.And at this time, Li Jian finally saw their appearance, or rather - their outlines.

Their souls are translucent, and they seem to have some entities, not completely untouchable spirits.It can be seen vaguely that they are two very cute children.Zilu started running with her twin ponytails tied up. The two ponytails were swaying, which was very cute.Her face is still a little baby fat, and the appearance of the steamed stuffed bun makes people want to poke it with their hands.

Zilu ran up to Li Jian, grabbed his sleeve, swayed and said, "Brother, brother, didn't you tell us to bring us something to eat? I want candied haws, do you have it? If not... ...then you can do anything else!"

Li Jian sighed and thought for a while, then took out a bottle from her arms and gave it to her.This is the elixir for strengthening the body that he refined earlier.Now, it's okay to use it to make snacks for children.

After calming the two little ghosts with pills, Li Jian sighed, and together with Qi Xiu, the sisters led them to the third floor.

Ziyang opened the mouth first: "Guest brother, you two can sleep here. This is our guest room. It's getting dark. Parents said, the devil is at night. You can't go out. Don't go out."

After hearing this, Li Jian raised his head and looked out the window.I saw that the night did sink down very quickly, making it even more difficult to detect what was hidden in the depths of the thick fog.

Li Jian thought of something and looked at the two of them: "Didn't you say that your parents are here? Where did they go?"

Zilu clapped his hands and said, "They were here this morning, but we have no food. They went out with other adults to find food. You can see them tomorrow morning."

"Guests, sleep well. We're going to sleep too. There are devils outside, so don't go out." Ziyang waved his hand and led Zilu to go outside.

"Wait." Li Jian called them back, "Who is the stone statue in Taniguchi, do you know?"

"I know, it's Sister Xiangyi! Sister Xiangyi is so beautiful! Huh——" Ziyang turned her head and looked at Qi Xiu carefully. She pushed Zilu next to her, "Look, Zilu, this Ren looks a bit like Sister Xiangyi."

——It turns out that the stone statue really represents Qi Xiu's mother.Although I always feel that these two children are called brother Qixiu and sister Mu Xiangyi, and their seniority is a bit out of order, but now I can't control that much.Li Jian stepped forward. "Then what does she have to do with this place?"

"Well... I heard from my father and mother that she is a very good person. She brought us a lot of food. It seems that she took my father and the others to find food. If you want to see her, ask my father to take you there tomorrow morning Go find food together, maybe we won't be hungry."

Hearing this, Qi Xiu couldn't help but clenched his fists, and a forbearable excitement flashed in his eyes - that is to say, he can still see her mother?Even if his mother died and became an undead, at least he had a chance... Can he really see her?

Li Jian naturally had a full view of his expression at the moment, and immediately thanked the two sisters.After the two of them left, Li Jian looked at Qi Xiu. "Ash, let's stay here overnight."

"Master, I don't know what's going on here, why don't we leave here and look for Master—" Qi Xiu frowned.As if he felt that Li Jian was worrying about his affairs again, he felt a little sorry.

Li Jian smiled, "Anyway, we stay here so that we can truly know what happened here and what Jinghua has gone through. Only in this way can we find him, solve the problems here, and maybe find your mother. It doesn't matter. "

"Okay. But if there is danger, we will leave immediately." Qi Xiu said.

"Naturally. However, how could my apprentice not be able to deal with mere sneakiness?" Li Jian laughed.After just laughing, Li Jian became serious again, "Have you received a reply from your uncle?"

"No." When Qi Xiu said this, he also looked serious, "I just remember that the two of us walked in front. Once we stepped into the dense fog area, we haven't seen Uncle Du Rui and Senior Meng."

"Contact him again. Touch the contact jade pendant three times and try again." Li Jian said.

If so, the two of them tried many methods this night, but they failed to get in touch with Du Rui.When it was almost dawn, the two of them fell asleep for a while in the sitting position.

When they woke up, they found that they were all standing.And in front of them, there was a dense fog.Li Jian looked back in surprise, and found the stone statue behind her.

——That is, he and Qi Xiu fell asleep, and after waking up, they inexplicably returned to the entrance of Peach Blossom Valley.

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