Meng Zhou coughed lightly and quickly calmed down his somewhat overly divergent mind.

At this moment, the two of them are in a very special state.

If he wants to enter here, he must rely on the guidance of Bai Zhi's mind.

Relying on Bai Zhi's emotional pull, the two people actually achieved a kind of connected mind.

The most active thoughts in your heart will be naturally transmitted to another person's heart.

After realizing this, Meng Zhou still dared to think wildly.

Meng Zhou, who controlled his mind, stared at Bai Zhi and looked at it.

Bai Zhi stared back and said, "Why are you staring at me like that?"

Between his words, he inadvertently revealed a bit of wild and delicate meaning.

Meng Zhou's expression became even weirder.

"Hey!" This time, Bai Zhi's voice pierced directly into the depths of Meng Zhou's mind.

After Meng Zhou came to his senses, what he saw was Bai Zhi's rather unhappy face.

Meng Zhou coughed again and explained: "You are very different from what I imagined."

Bai Zhi said: "What's so strange about this? You've never seen me before."

Meng Zhou shook his head, held his right hand with Bai Zhi's left hand, then waved his left hand gently in front of him, and a picture scroll unfolded in front of the two of them.

In the painting, a woman looks like she is dining in the wind and drinking dew, standing on a mountain peak, with no frontal face visible, only a back view, as if she is looking at the mountains, clouds and sea in the distance.

The strong wind blew her skirts up and down, vaguely outlining the outline of her graceful figure. It also showed her lightness, as if she would be blown away by the wind at any time.

"Are you the person in this painting?" Meng Zhou asked.

Although there is only one back figure of the person in the painting, Meng Zhou can basically conclude from the temperament and charm revealed in it that this is completely different from the Bai Zhi in front of him.

The Angelica dahurica in front of him gave Meng Zhou a feeling of natural wildness without any decoration, and a vitality unique to girls.

Bai Zhi's answer surprised Meng Zhou.

When she saw this painting, Bai Zhi was obviously startled for a moment, and then her eyes stayed for a moment on the figure in the painting with only the back, and shook her head and said: "This is not me."

Meng Zhou was surprised, "It's not you? Then who is she?"

"Xingying." Bai Zhi said.

With a completely unfamiliar name, the doubts in Meng Zhou's heart were not only not solved, but instead became more intense.

"Who is Xingying?" Meng Zhou asked.

Bai Zhi seemed to read something from his doubts, and suddenly said: "You may have heard this name for the first time, but you must be familiar with this person."

"Who?" Meng Zhou asked hurriedly, his heart full of curiosity. Before waiting for Bai Zhi's answer, his mind had turned over countless times.

But I have never been able to match the person in the painting with a certain person in my memory.

"Xingxiu Palace was founded by Xingying," Bai Zhi said.

Bai Zhi's answer shocked Meng Zhou, "This... the person in this painting is actually the first ancestor of Xingxiu Palace?"

"Um."

"The first ancestor of the Xingxiu Palace was actually a woman?" Meng Zhou stared at the painting in front of him that he had restored with his thoughts. He still felt extremely incredible when looking at the figure in it that gave people endless reverie just from his back.

"Isn't this obvious?" Bai Zhi said lightly.

"..." Meng Zhou glanced at the back of the painting again and thought, it is indeed obvious, but I was still shocked.

After calming down and allowing himself to accept this fact, new doubts came to Meng Zhou's mind.

"Why does this have anything to do with her?"

Bai Zhi blinked and said, "This matter has always been related to her."

Speaking of this, Bai Zhi looked at Meng Zhou and said:

"Even you and her have a very close relationship now."

Meng Zhou was surprised and said: "What relationship do I have with her? Since she is the first ancestor of Xingxiu Palace, wouldn't her bones have been turned into slag long ago?"

"You might as well take a guess." There was an inexplicable meaning in Bai Zhi's eyes.

Meng Zhou shook his head, not guessing at all, and said directly: "If you can't guess, you'd better tell me directly."

"Yaya." Bai Zhi said with a half-smile.

"Yaya? Why are you and Yaya again..."

Meng Zhou suddenly fell silent.

All kinds of thoughts are stirring back and forth in my mind.

After a long time, he looked at Bai Zhi again and said, "What is going on?"

This time, Bai Zhi did not continue to play off the situation, and clearly laid out the cause and effect in front of Meng Zhou.

All kinds of information, including what was known before and what was learned from Bai Zhi this time, were finally connected together into a relatively complete picture.

To put it simply, Xingying, the first ancestor of Xingxiu Palace, was still a newbie in Qi training. She was just a small casual cultivator with no roots and no support. She got a huge "adventure" by an "accident".

The pattern of this "adventure" is similar to the process by which Lian Ziling and Yan Zhuang obtained their "adventure".

There are two biggest differences. First, Bai Zhi at that time could still communicate with Xingying on a conscious level.

Therefore, when Xingying was growing up, she played the role of a "portable grandpa". No, she should be called a "portable grandma".

The reason why Xingying, a small, rootless and helpless cultivator was able to fly high and become the True Monarch of Nascent Soul, was probably due to Bai Zhi, the "travelling grandmother".

Perhaps it is precisely because of Bai Zhi's careful guidance that Xingying has the confidence to cultivate Yuanying on her own, or perhaps Xingying herself has a pure nature. From beginning to end, she is not as good as "Uncle Zheng" and Lian Ziling.

Generally, the first thing that Yanzhuang and others think of is how to make the most of this unexpected opportunity.

She is determined to truly resurrect Bai Zhi.

This is also the real reason why she entered the Demon Sealed Land and became a "jailer".

As for the result, of course it was a failure.

If it succeeds, nothing will happen next.

And that failure had two impacts on "Baizhi".

One is good and one is bad.

The good thing is that the power that wanted to completely wipe out her "spirit" has been weakened to a certain extent, which allows her to continue to persevere and wait for the next "adventure".

The bad thing is that her "spirit" fell into a deeper silence, and the weaker "spirit" could no longer appear as the "carrying old lady".

And her failure also caused Xingying, who had reached the peak of Nascent Soul at that time, to suffer disaster, and her body and soul were destroyed.

In the usual sense, Xingying has completely fallen.

However, "Baizhi" preserved Xingying's lingering "spirit" before she fell into complete silence, and sealed it up using a "self-portrait" drawn by Xingying with her magical power of painting as a carrier.

In the place where "Bai Zhi" lived at that time, a bright pearl had also turned into powder, so she took the opportunity to squeeze into a "house" with Xingying's "spirit".

It was not until many years later that the ancient paintings fell into the hands of "Uncle Zheng" that the stories that Meng Zhou knew about were revealed.

The ancient painting first went through several twists and turns, from the hands of "Zheng Bo", to the hands of Lian Ziling, to the hands of Yanzhuang Yanzhuang, and finally to the Jade Lake in the "Juye Wilderness", under the "Secret Method of Cleansing the Soul by the Blood Successor"

Under the influence, it has been circulated and washed in the blood of the Yan family from generation to generation.

——There are two things worth mentioning. Before starting the formal action, Xingying had already made sufficient preparations for failure.

She has also laid out all the "clues" for later discovery, including the "secret method of replacing an infant" and the soul armor made by Xingying with the magical power of painting.

Moreover, although Xingying was the first ancestor of Xingxiu Palace, when she entered the Demon Sealed Land, she did not enter with her true face. Instead, she used her magical power to seamlessly transform into another person and enter the Demon Sealed Land in her place.

Not only were all the forces responsible for guarding the Demon Sealed Land deceived by her, but the Xingxiu Palace she founded was also kept in the dark by her, and her true identity was never known from the beginning to the end.

It is precisely for this reason that Xingying's "self-portrait" with only one back did not arouse any suspicion.

She is capable of painting Taoist Nascent Soul and possessing various magical powers.

Furthermore, although Xingying had reached the peak level of Nascent Soul when she fell, she was still not close to being able to exist independently in the form of a "spirit".

Only then did he barely save the "spirit".

It is precisely for this reason that when Yaya broke through from the third level to the fourth level, her "spirit" only recovered somewhat, but did not fully wake up.

This is also the reason why after the breakthrough, Bai Zhi clearly understood various causes, but Yaya was still ignorant of everything in the past.

Bai Zhi's narration solved the doubts that had troubled Meng Zhou for a long time.

Some of them were quite consistent with his original guesses, and many were completely inconsistent with his original guesses.

Listening to Bai Zhi's narration, Meng Zhou suddenly sighed from time to time: "So that's how it is."

Finally, Bai Zhi asked: "Is there anything else you don't understand?"

Meng Zhou smiled and said: "There is one, but I feel that I have found the answer, but I don't know if it is right."

Bai Zhi also smiled and said, "I guess it should be 'Grandma Bai', right?"
To be continued...