The mountain ghost blows out the lights

The distance between the exit of the passage opened by the Yin soldiers and the destination of the two is not far.

The two of them only walked for a short while before Yan Jinping raised his chin, motioning Shen Lianxing to look not far away.

"Jianmu." Yan Jinping introduced to him, "And—an old friend of mine."

Shen Lianxing looked in the direction he indicated, without even looking carefully, and saw the legendary sacred tree, Jianmu, at first sight.

Regardless of the first impression Jianmu left on him, the tree is indeed tall.

The environment here is harsh, not to mention the scorched black and dry land, and there are sharp-edged gravel scattered everywhere on the ground, it can be said that it is completely unsuitable for living things to survive here.Along the way, I could only see that kind of strange-shaped tree. The trunk and the ground were equally pitch-black, and there were no moving creatures at all.

It's just that the Tongtianjian tree not far in front of the two of them is the only place of life in this desolate land.

A huge tree surrounded by several people is rooted here. The trunk is a very vibrant light brown. The whole tree has no redundant branches and leaves at least as far as the eye can see. It stretches straight to the sky, and the end is invisible. It seems to have stretched straight out to nine days.

It can be seen from this that people say that it is a ladder reaching the sky in the rumors, but there is actually a basis for it.

Shen Lianxing looked away from the tree, took out the binoculars and took a closer look, and found that there was a circle under the tree that he didn't know if it was a person.

Each of these people has strange descriptions and ragged clothes. Even from a relatively short distance, it can be seen that all of them have ferocious faces and violent movements. You can also hear howling. The scene looks like famine refugees scrambling for food relief. very impressive.

...should not be an ordinary human being.

After all, based on Shen Lianxing's [-] years of superficial life experience, as long as he is a living person who is still alive, he will never have half of his head cut off, and he can carry the remaining half while howling and twisting his waist. They are vigorously planing food in the soil.

What's more, two big living people came behind, and they didn't hide their whereabouts specially, but none of these people turned their heads to see who came, and they all stared at Jianmu's direction eagerly.

"...What are they doing?" Shen Lianxing asked.

"Ghosts." Yan Jinping lowered his hands, looked at the group of ghosts and wolves, and said, "After all, it is Jianmu. It is rumored that as long as they can climb up from Jianmu, these ghosts can escape from this place... If Being able to pick the fruit of Jianmu can even increase your ability several times, so there are always people around here, it has been like this for thousands of years, it is nothing new."

"You see, this place seems ordinary, just a piece of rotten land." He explained again, "That's because you and I are living creatures, and we came here voluntarily, so we don't have to be bound by the rules here. If it's our turn Those fierce ghosts, they were all treacherous and evil people during their lifetime, their souls cannot be reincarnated, and after being judged, the lightest ones will also suffer from the fire, so it is reasonable to want to escape."

"I don't even think about it." Yan Jinping sneered, and commented, "How many years, has anyone escaped? It's just another torture."

After all, giving a little unreachable hope is far more cruel than complete despair.

This is also the reason why the Yin soldiers have not restrained these ghosts at all for so many years.

Yan Jinping's expression was indifferent, with a bit of coldness like watching a farce.

It's ridiculous.He thought, but what right does he have to laugh at Li Gui?

Even if it's him... Isn't it the same?

Trapped in mud, who can simply give up hope?

The evil ghosts salivated and circled the tree, each drooling with greed, but none of them dared to step forward a little bit.They refused to give up just like this, so they had to scratch the ground in pain and longing. The surrounding land around Jianmu was almost dug out by them. There is a group of wild dogs who have been hungry for several days.

"Okay." Yan Jinping stopped just now to introduce Shen Lianxing, not because the evil spirits blocked the way.The two chatted while walking, and now they have come behind the ghosts.

At this time, he stepped forward, without saying a word, and with a touch of his hands in mid-air, he drew out his two machetes from the air, and slashed forward without saying hello at a distance.

Yan Jinping moved swiftly, and nothing seemed to happen when the blade just fell, except for two sharp wind sounds, as if the blade was too sharp and split the passing wind.

Flowing clouds and flowing water are completely natural.

The sharp point of the knife pierced into the ground, and there was a moment of silence. Then, two clusters of vigorous flames erupted from the ground pierced by the point of the knife. The flames spread forward automatically, forming two hot ropes, burning all the way. In the past, the moment they encountered a ghost blocking the way, everything they licked would be burned to ashes.

There was nothing blocking the way, and there were only four simple words on Yan Jinping's face:

'Those who stand in my way die'.

The howling and roaring ghosts were suddenly burned by the flames, and their movements stopped in unison, but they only stopped for a moment.After all, they are ghosts, they don't care about the life and death of their own kind, only the ones closest to the flame carefully moved to the side to ensure that they would not be touched by the two still burning flames, and continued to face the building. It's impossible to ask for it.

Yan Jinping achieved his goal, put away his swords, made a gesture of "please" to Shen Lianxing, and walked towards Jianmu first through the path opened by the fire.

He was surrounded by the ghosts and couldn't see the inside, but now the ghosts stepped aside, revealing the man sitting under the tree.

Presumably this is the 'old friend' Yan Jinping mentioned.

The man has a handsome appearance, his eyelashes and hair are snow-white, and his skin is so white and transparent. It is different from Yan Jinping's warm and moist color, with a somewhat cool tone. He is obviously a living person, but at first glance, he looks like a piece of clear glass , fragile and quiet.

It was as if his whole body was immersed in fresh snow, just looking at it made people feel that his color was light, even if his figure immediately disappeared between the sky and the earth, Shen Lianxing didn't think it was strange.

It's just that the eyes were closed for some reason, and they obviously knew that the two of them were coming, so they didn't intend to open them.

"You guys are here." Just when Yan Jinping stood in front of him, the man suddenly said, "Long time no see...Jiping."

His voice is also very gentle.

"Long time no see." Yan Jinping was not surprised, "Bai Ze."

……

Bai Ze's name is Bai Yi.

Bai Ze is auspicious, able to understand all things in the world, just painting Bai Ze's appearance on paper or flags can have the effect of exorcising evil spirits.Because this breed is so famous, even Shen Lianxing has heard of it, and once Yan Jinping said it, he knew what kind of person the other party was.

It's no wonder that the group of ghosts surrounded Jianmu but didn't dare to attack.

I just don't know, such auspiciousness...why did it appear in this dark and strange place, accompanied by a tree and a group of fierce ghosts who are eyeing tigers?

Even Shen Lianxing, who didn't know much about these things and barely got started recently, knew that Ruishou should hate the underworld, and even more hate ghosts.

And... I have never heard that Bai Ze is a divine beast that cannot see.

"Long time no see." Bai Ze said, "Jin Ping, and this one—Mr. Shen, nice to meet you."

Bai Ze knows everything in the world, so he knows Shen Lianxing's identity without introduction.

"You must already know what I'm here for." Yan Jinping was about to speak, "Bai Ze, you..."

He wanted to ask Bai Ze if he knew how to put Jianmu's seeds on Shen Lianxing's arm perfectly.

"I don't know." Bai Ze replied in advance, "I'm just a tree watcher, I can only predict, I can't make a mechanism."

Yan Jinping held back his words, thought for a while, and opened his mouth again.

He also wanted to ask Bai Ze if he had met other people over the years, and whether Shen Lianxing was the same person back then.

"I haven't seen it before, it's true." Bai Ze said again.

Yan Jinping: ...

He stopped talking, and curled his fingers slightly in his sleeves.

"If you dare to touch me." Bai Ze didn't change his expression, "I'll go to Fudou and dry your Yuntong dry. Fudou still owes me two demands."

"What is Fudou?" Shen Lianxing asked curiously.

"It's just a monster, you can understand it this way." Yan Jinping made his old friend very angry, and explained to him simply and rudely, "It's a fire dog."

In fact, it is a monster that can control flames, and fires will break out wherever it passes, which is a headache for ordinary people... But in the end, it is actually a fire dog, so he is right to say that.

At least Shen Lianxing understood immediately.

Bai Ze wanted to speak again.

Yan Jinping frowned coldly, and finally seized the right to speak before he opened his mouth, and said angrily, "Can't you wait for me to finish speaking before answering!"

And: "Aren't you an auspicious beast? Why are you so cruel! How can there be Bai Ze in this world who always talks about beating and killing?"

"Then tell me." Bai Ze smiled, "It seems that after living in this world for these years... your temperament has also changed."

In the past, Yan Jinping was never willing to waste time for such nonsense. He talked when he had something to say, and left when he had nothing to say. He seldom exchanged pleasantries. run around.

"This is..."

Yan Jinping just got angry casually, and didn't pay attention to it. As soon as he lifted his clothes, he sat cross-legged across from him, and Shen Lianxing sat next to the two of them, pretending that he didn't exist, so as not to disturb the two of them talking about the old days.

"...People change after all." Yan Jinping wanted to say something, but felt that it was wrong to say anything, and finally said simply, "I was ignorant before, but later I discovered something..."

"Let's not talk about this." He stopped talking, and said, "So you see, this is a guest of my Linlang Pavilion, who wants to ask for a Jianmu seed to cure the disease, you see...?"

Bai Ze just laughed, and said softly: "I didn't plant Jianmu, you want the seeds, what do you want me to do?"

Yan Jinping looked at him expressionlessly.