Doe

Tiandu Mountain, Zongmen.

Yu Tingqiu disappeared, and Yu Fuchun came to Huoshui Xiaozhu to look for Baili Cassia many times and asked him if he had seen her.Baili Jueming didn't know where the dead girl had gone, and said perfunctorily, "It's probably because of a disappointment in love, so go home in desperation."

Pei Zhen was sorting herbs in the medicine drawer attached to Yishui'er Yuntou, his sleeves slid to the elbow, revealing Bai Shengsheng's wrist and forearm, which was more eye-catching than Baici.Baili Jueming's eyes seemed to be scalded, and he didn't dare to look at them after just one glance.The psychological shadow that Pei Zhen left on him that night when he took a bath was too great, and he couldn't look at Pei Zhen until now.

"How could it be?" Yu Fuchun fidgeted, "I wrote to ask the family, but the second sister didn't come home."

Baili Jueming turned his face away, "Your little sister is too worrying, causing troubles every day. Have you been to her room to see if the dress is still in the closet?"

Yu Fuchun stood up as if waking up from a dream, and hurriedly went to Yu Tingqiu's house to check. When he came back, he had a sad face and a letter in his hand.

"Qin Shaoxia, Aqiu has left," he said with a mournful face, "There is not a single piece of dress left, and I took them all away, leaving only this letter, and going out to relax. What should I do? Mother wants me to take her with her." Going home to get married." He paced back and forth, worried, "She has never been to Tiandu Mountain, where will she go? What if she is kidnapped by bad guys?"

Pei Zhen said to Yu Fuchun: "If Dalang is worried, I will send my disciples to search the mountain. Tiandu Mountain is protected by magic circles everywhere. As long as Lady Yu doesn't enter the [-] underground prisons, nothing will happen."

"Eighteen underground prisons?" Baili Jueming raised his eyebrows.

"The place where evil spirits are sealed in Tiandu Mountain, the more ferocious the ghosts are as they go down. Before that, Baili Jueming was suppressed in Prison No. 15." Pei Zhen said, "However, the Eighteenth Prison is transported into the No. [-] Prison with a spell. Among them, only the master and the elders hold the charms, and Miss Yu will not be able to enter the Eighteenth Prison."

Baili Jueming only noticed the first half of the sentence, "Huh? Only No.15 Prison?" He felt that he was underestimated and was very angry, "With Baili Jueming's ability, you can't get into No.18 Prison, right? Look down on him?"

Yu Fuchun stood up and bowed to Pei Zhen, "The matter of the second sister is up to Mr. Lao, if there is any news, please let Fuchun know."

"Definitely." Pei Zhen nodded and smiled.

A series of footsteps sounded outside the window, and the boy called out softly: "Sir, the Heavenly Master summoned him very urgently."

"Okay, let's come." Pei Zhen smiled apologetically towards Yu Fuchun and Baili Jueming, "Pei Zhen is sorry for the sect's internal affairs."

"The Celestial Master also summoned Qin Shaoxia," the boy said, "no, it was an invitation. The Celestial Master said, I implore the young hero to take time to go and discuss important matters."

Yu Fuchun was very surprised that Qin Qiuming's face was so big, and the celestial masters of the sect were all polite.He said excitedly: "Qin Shaoxia, you are really amazing. Jiang Tianshi is a highly respected old man in our sect. His Taoism is first-class, and he has been the head of Tiandu Mountain since the establishment of the sect. If there is any discord among the sects, He was the one who intervened."

Baili Jueming didn't buy what he said was a master of heaven and earth.However, now he is wearing Zhang Xiaobei's skin and pointing at the Zongmen to treat Xunwei, so he can't be too arrogant.Reluctantly nodding his head, he followed Pei Zhen, the spell opened the magic circle, and when he stepped in, the surrounding scenery changed completely.

The entrance is hard and dark rock, which is built into a long and dark corridor.They didn't go in, but set foot on Feixianshi.The stone platform descended rapidly, and the eighteen layers of ghost prisons passed in front of them.Baili Jueming didn't see anything clearly, and went straight to the No.18 prison on the bottom floor, with a fiery breath rushing towards his face, thick black smoke rising from the stones under his feet, and the golden-red luster of magma flashing through the cracks.

This is the lowest level of Tiandu Mountain to suppress evil spirits, but Baili Jueming can't feel the slightest breath of evil spirits.A darker yin energy than evil spirits lingered on the tip of his nose, Baili Jueming frowned, and stepped down the stone platform.

In the distance is a dark crack in the ground. Walk up and stretch your neck to look. The crack is so deep that you can't see the scene below clearly, as if you jump into the depths of the earth.Several sect elders stood on both sides of the crack, their fingertips flashed with blue light, and connected into a steep line.In the center of the light is a heart lock. Although the lock is shining brightly, there is still no human voice coming from it.The lights on their fingertips appeared and disappeared, and they were very unstable. There were fine beads of sweat on everyone's face, and it could be seen that a lot of spiritual power was consumed.

Baili Jueming looked at the crack in the ground, and the darkness stretched endlessly under his feet, he felt panicked for no reason.

"Below here is the ghost country of Huangquan." An old voice sounded beside him, Baili Jueming looked sideways, and saw an old man in white clothes and white hair.He tucked his hands, his eyes were clear, and there was a celebrity in his gestures. "I am Jiang Ruoxu, the Heavenly Master of the sect."

Baili Jueming reluctantly bowed to him, "Qin Qiuming."

"Young Xia, have you ever heard the legend of the ghost country in the Underworld?"

Baili Jueming lazily said: "I've heard that the largest ghost land in the world is said to be as big as a country, and evil ghosts are its people, and walking corpses are its people. It doesn't exist in the human world, and only people with predestined relationship can enter it. It is rumored that lighting candles at the crossroads in the middle of the night will open a road leading to the ghost country. More than ten years ago, there was an oilcloth seller in Huizhou Prefecture who was more courageous than his companions. dead on the street. People thought that his soul was sucked away by the ghost mother of Huangquan, but in fact they were mistaken. Ghosts."

"Young Xia is right. In fact, there is only one road that leads directly to the ghost country of Huangquan as far as we know." Jiang Ruoxu said, "300 years ago, the Tiandu Mountain earthquake shook open the eighteen underground prisons and The Great Master Wudu discovered that this fissure leads to the ghost country, and used magic to cover up the Eighteen Prisons to prevent unrelated people from entering the ghost country. But the legend is tempting," Jiang Ruoxu sighed , "The ghost kingdom is the largest ghost domain in the world, and it is also the longest existing ghost domain. No one knows when and when it was formed, not even the great master Wudu who lived for more than 18 years. It is said that there is a ghost hidden there. The secrets of life and death, the essence of ghosts, and countless rare treasures. [-] years ago, Yu Lianhai and Xie Cen joined hands to form an eight-member team. Leading the team. It was the first time Jiangzuo Xianmen explored the ghost country of Huangquan."

"But they didn't come back." Baili Jueming said.

"That's right," Jiang Ruoxu said, "Yu Xie and his family explored the ghost country back then, and left a four-sided octagonal bronze mirror in it to record what they saw and heard during their journey. This is the rule set by the master. If the team loses The search and rescuers can know the route of the team according to the bronze mirror. After they disappeared, I wanted to send a team to rescue them, but the master stopped me and asserted that there was no possibility of them surviving. I had no choice but to seal the eighteen prisons and not allow anyone to enter Ghost country. But unexpectedly, after 18 years, Yu Zongzhu returned to Yu's house as an evil ghost."

"Yu Lianhai's return makes you feel that Wudu's words are not credible, and the ghost country of Huangquan is not a place where you will never return?" Baili Jueming laughed, "So you sent someone in again?"

Jiang Ruoxu nodded sadly, "It's my fault. My original intention was to let them take back the bronze mirror and investigate the terrain of the ghost country, but didn't go deep into it. But after they entered an old village, there was no more news. He pointed to the elders who performed the spells, "Arranging the magic circle, superimposing the spiritual power flow, and expanding the inspiration area of ​​​​the heart lock. We tried for nearly two hours, but we still couldn't find the person on the other end of the heart lock."

"None came back?"

"No."

Pei Zhen told Baili Jueming about this nonsense, and at that time Baili Jueming concluded that none of those bastards would come back.He turned his face and looked at Pei Zhen, with an expression of "I've already said it", Pei Zhen smiled helplessly.

"Okay, I get it." Baili Jueming spread his hands, "But what does this have to do with me?"

"Young hero, would you like to help?" Jiang Ruoxu looked at him expectantly.

"What help can I give?" Baili Jueming was speechless.

"You son from a poor family, embarrassment is of great use." Old Master Mu said in a deep voice, "Zhishen's life and death are uncertain inside, so I have to go there in person. Ruoxu, you don't need to say any more, I will immediately recruit children from the clan and go to the ghost country to find someone. "

"Yeah, it's too much to entrust to a son who has settled in a poor family." Some elders whispered.

Someone nodded in agreement, "Zhishen is the only high-ranking disciple, even he can hardly escape the danger, what use is the innate fire technique from a wild way?"

Criticisms continued one after another, and no one knew why Jiang Ruoxu insisted on pinning his hopes on a poor family boy.Looking at the appearance of this kid, he is dressed in black coarse linen, with gloves on his hands in Da Xia Tian, ​​he is not as neat as the disciples of the aristocratic family describe.The look in people's eyes is also very unpleasant, his pupils are dark and big, always with a bit of pride and wildness, the way he looks at people is like looking at a bunch of fools.They didn't know where the arrogance of such a poor family came from. He was obviously as humble as dust, but he seemed to be nobler than everyone else.

"What a disgusting look," said an elder in a low voice, "Tianshi, how could you allow such a disheveled person to defile our family?"

Baili Jueming sneered with a "tch", turned around and walked towards Pei Zhen, "Pei Zhen, take Master back to sleep."

"Don't be impatient, young man," Jiang Ruoxu raised his hand, gesturing for silence, "I have two reasons to persuade young man to take this trip."

"Oh?" Baili Jueming raised his eyebrows.

"First, as far as I know, the young hero's purpose in coming to the sect is to cure Mrs. Xunwei's strange disease. Ah Zhen has already found a cure for Mrs. Xunwei. Able to wake up. However, Wannian Ganoderma lucidum is so precious and rare, Ah Zhen, you are almost hollowing out Tiandu Mountain in the past few days, right?"

Pei Zhen smiled wryly, "What the teacher said is very true."

"If the young hero is willing to save people," Jiang Ruoxu said, "for the young hero, I will open the inner treasury of the sect and the treasury of the Jiangzuo four sects. It can still be needed.”

"Bad old man," Baili Jueming smiled viciously, "You threaten me?"

"Young Xia misunderstood, this is a deal." Jiang Ruoxu smiled gently, "It's fair."

"What about the second reason?" Baili Jueming asked.

"Young man, do you know Sect Master Xie's purpose for entering the Ghost Kingdom?" Jiang Ruoxu asked.

"Say something quickly, fart fast!" Baili Jueming was not in the mood to play riddles with him.

"For the treasure of the anode," Jiang Ruoxu said eloquently, "that treasure absorbs the energy of the anode for 400 years, and can transform the pure yin body of Mrs. Xunwei."

Baili Jueming narrowed his eyes, "Are you serious?"

Jiang Ruoxu nodded.

Although the people of Xianmen are stupid and cowardly, they generally don't lie.Baili Jueming fell silent, and lowered his head again to stare at the bottomless abyss.Xun Wei's life is full of hardships, and the root cause is her difficult constitution.It's easy to attract ghosts without mentioning it, and it also makes bad guys stare at you.If the physique can be reversed, this heart disease will be completely solved.

He silently circulated his spiritual power, and several meridians were blocked.Now his body is deteriorating day by day, and sooner or later he will turn into an ugly zombie, just like those hideous ghosts.How could he let Xun Wei see him like this?After all, life and death are different, he can't stay by Xunwei's side forever.

He had to find a way to settle everything and leave peacefully.

Walking forward, looking down at the bottomless ground fissure, he suddenly felt an ominous feeling in his heart.

For some reason, he always felt that there was something watching him in the abyss.Inexplicably, there is a kind of gloomy fear in my heart, like a dying person seeing a vulture staring at him.It was a dark cloud of terror that descended upon the mind with a dark cloud.You can't go in, you can't go in, it seems that if you go in, something will be different.

"If you enter the ghost country, how sure is the young hero?" Pei Zhen asked softly, "The ghost country is a dangerous and unpredictable place after all, it is understandable for the young hero to refuse, and I will still treat Mrs. Xunwei. "

"Tch," Baili Jueming said, "I'm not the same as you bastards."

The elders of Xianmen glared at him one by one, "What a big tone!"

Jiang Ruoxu raised his hand to restrain their words, and asked, "Now, what do you think of the young man?"

Can't go in.Never go in.

There is a fear worm in my heart that is ready to move.

Baili Jueming took a deep breath and said, "Okay, I'll go."

"Thank you, young man. Zhishen's chest and back are embroidered with fierce ghost ink, which is easy to identify. It was tattooed for him by the great master Wudu. As long as he takes off his clothes and reveals the tattoos without using his spiritual power, the evil ghost will appear." You can't tell he's a stranger. The young hero can tell when he sees him, whether he's dead or alive, he must be brought back."

Jiang Ruoxu wanted to assign his disciples to accompany him into the ghost kingdom, but he refused.These people will only hold him back, he went back to bid farewell to Xun Wei, she was in a deep sleep, eyes closed, beautiful and quiet.He didn't wake her up and sat in silence for a while.The sun hit her face and her eyelashes were golden.This girl turned out really well, and he was sincerely gratified.

He helped her tuck the quilt, "Xun Wei, I will come back as soon as I go as a teacher."

Back to Prison No.18, once again standing on the edge of the abyss, that fear hit my heart again.He didn't understand the origin of this fear, heaven and earth, thousands of ghosts, how had he ever been afraid?He shook his head and suppressed the restless voice in his heart, "I have to add one more condition."

Jiang Ruoxu said: "Young man, it's okay to say, everything is easy to discuss."

Baili Jueming glanced at Pei Zhen, and the fellow stood quietly by the side, silent.Baili Jueming asked himself that he had some judgment on people, and after spending so many days with this kid, he was very satisfied with Pei Zhen's character.He is modest and polite, saves lives and heals the wounded. He is a good boy worth entrusting. Even if he doesn't love Xun Wei, he will respect Xun Wei for the rest of his life.

"Let Pei Zhen marry Xun Wei." Baili Jueming said.

"This..." Jiang Ruoxu looked sideways at Pei Zhen.

Pei Zhen showed a helpless look, and stepped forward to put a heart lock on Baili Jueming, and put a gold-encrusted black sheathed horizontal knife on him.It was a good knife, just what he called it.Pei Zhen looked at him with bright eyes, "This knife is called 'Lingxi', do young heroes like it?"

Baili Jueming didn't answer, but only asked: "Do you agree to marry Xunwei? If you don't agree, you won't go down."

"Young hero is really a headache..." Pei Zhen smiled softly.Lowering his eyes, seeing Baili Jueming's clenched fist, he asked in surprise, "Is the young hero afraid?"

"Fart!" Baili Jueming retorted, "I...what am I afraid of!"

"It's so strange, so you are also afraid." Pei Zhen tilted his head, his eyes were full of smiles, "But such a young hero is even cuter."

"Your size is so cute!" Baili Jueming was furious.

Before he finished speaking, he suddenly stepped forward and hugged Baili Cassia.Baili Jueming's eyes widened in an instant, the man's face was close at hand, he saw Pei Zhen's soft lips, like beautiful flower petals, he couldn't help but smack himself.He subconsciously took a step back, stepped into the air, and fell into the abyss.Pei Zhen followed him down, with his arms still around his waist.He wanted to push the man away, but the hands around his waist were like iron tongs, and he couldn't break them apart no matter how hard he tried.They stuck together like this and fell into the bottomless abyss together.

"Pei Zhen!" Baili Jueming shouted.

"Don't be afraid," Pei Zhen whispered in his ear, "I'll accompany you."