Seeing that Xiaobai continued to walk forward without saying a word, the young master Akabane thought to himself: "Is this Xiaobai having something on his mind?"
The stone steps seemed to have no end. Grandma Qin said to Mo Long: "Mo Long, why do I feel something is wrong?"
Molong responded: "Yes! Why is it so endless to walk! How high is it here?"
Xiaobai heard what they said and turned around and said: "There are five hundred stone steps here. Each stone step corresponds to a sarcophagus. There is a skeleton in each sarcophagus, which means there is a guardian waiting for you to take it.
If we lose the treasure, everything here will cease to exist!"
The young master Akabane said: "Are you sure that the treasure is the talisman?"
Xiaobai stopped talking, and the little master Akabane didn't ask any more questions.
Grandma Qin took the words and said, "Little master, don't be anxious. Wait until you get to the place and take a look! Maybe it's the talisman?"
The little master Akabane thought in his mind: "As soon as the talisman was mentioned, Xiaobai stopped talking. Is it really a talisman?"
Mo Long also knew what the young master Chi Yu was thinking, so he remained silent and wanted to see what was going on with Xiao Bai.
The stone steps were getting higher and higher, and the clouds and mist were already shrouding the air. The cold air was overwhelming. Grandma Qin took off her coat and put it on her little master Chi Yu.
Each stone step was three inches higher than its corresponding sarcophagus, and they were all wet, as if they had been caught in the rain.
"Xiao Bai, is the treasure at the end of the stone steps? Is there anyone guarding it?" asked the young master Akabane.
Xiaobai said: "You'll know when you get there! I haven't been here for a long time!"
"Then, aren't you afraid that the treasure will be lost?" Grandma Qin asked.
Xiaobai looked at Grandma Qin and said, "Lost? Who among the five divine realms dares to come here to steal things? Who has such courage?"
As soon as Molong heard this, he asked: "Then, do we still need you to guard us? Just talk nonsense!"
The little master Akabane smiled, and the little white didn't argue, he just kept walking up.
Everything around him seemed to have fallen asleep and was extremely quiet.
Some restless skeletons would stretch their legs or move their arms in the sarcophagus, and some stumbling sounds would come out, making it seem quieter, making people even more nervous.
The young master, Akabane, and the others continued to walk up. Suddenly, snowflakes began to float. The snowflakes were as big as a person's palm and had sharp edges. They fell on their faces and melted, making them extremely cold.
The young master Chi Yu said: "Grandma Qin, Mo Long, what's going on? Why is it snowing?"
Na Xiaobai said: "Don't be afraid, after another thirty steps, the snow will be gone."
At this time, the torches in the hands of Grandma Qin and Mo Long were extinguished one after another. In the entire dark space, only the pearl of the little master Chi Yu was still shining with a faint green light.
The snowflakes were getting bigger and bigger, and it was getting colder and colder. Mo Long also took off his coat and put it on his little master Chi Yu.
The sarcophagus next to the stone steps also made shivering and knocking sounds. The young master Akabane said: "Those white skeletons are also afraid of the cold?"
Xiaobai said: "We are actually only afraid of fire, not anything else!"
Mo Long thought to himself: "Huh! You are so stubborn. The facts are here, and you still don't admit it! Even after death, you are still like this. It is really hopeless!"
Xiao Bai looked back at Mo Long without saying anything, as if he had read through Mo Long's thoughts. Mo Long smiled awkwardly and ignored him.
The snowflakes suddenly disappeared. After a while, the sun appeared above the heads of the little master Akabane and the others. The wind picked up, and the clouds and fog were blown away. The sun shone warmly on everyone.
The little master Akabane was very happy and said: "Great! The sun is rising! I can finally see the sky!"
Grandma Qin and Mo Long pulled the corner of little master Chi Yu's clothes together, and Mo Long said: "Little master, look, is that the real sun?"
The little master Chi Yu looked at the place pointed by Grandma Qin and was shocked.
It turns out that there is no sun at all.
The young master Akabane looked up and saw a huge tree suspended in the sky. The roots of the big tree were slender, the trunk was thick, and there were many branches. There were no leaves, and the trunk was as thick as a dozen people.
Even if you stretch out your hands, you can't get around it. There is a huge brazier on the top of the tree, which is burning with blazing flames. The fire is shining in all directions, and everything around it is illuminated extremely brightly.
The three people stopped and watched in surprise.
Grandma Qin suddenly noticed that Xiaobai was missing, and immediately said: "Little master, Xiaobai is missing!"
Mo Long said: "Hey! That's weird! Were you still here just now?"
The little master Akabane woke up from his surprise and said, "Did you leave us and run away alone?"
The little master Akabane thought for a while, smiled, and said, "Have you forgotten what Xiaobai just said?"
Mo Long and Grandma Qin looked at each other, smiled, and said in unison: "Fire!"
"That's right! That Xiaobai said that their bones and skeletons are just afraid of fire!" said the young master Akabane.
The little master Akabane shouted to the stone steps above: "Xiaobai! Xiaobai..."
From high in the sky, Xiaobai's voice soon came: "I'm here! Come up quickly!" The three people laughed and continued walking up.
As the young master Akabane walked, he looked at the big tree with the cornucopia, and thought to himself: "How strange! There is a fire on the big tree, and fire overcomes wood. Aren't you afraid of burning the tree to death?"
"Then what is burning in the brazier? Is it wood? Or oil?" the young master Akabane then asked.
Grandma Qin looked at Mo Long and said, "Little master, we really don't know about this problem!" Both of them smiled, and little master Chiyu also laughed, "It doesn't matter!" said little master Chiyu.
The brazier was gradually thrown away at the feet, and there was no light from the fire, leaving only the glimmer of the crystal beads. The warm feeling on the three people slowly disappeared.
Suddenly, a puff of moist air hit his face, and the little master Akabane's whole body seemed to be immersed in water vapor, and his face was immediately covered with water droplets, as if he had been fished out of water.
"Why is this place like this? The environment has changed so much and so quickly!" said the little master Akabane.
Before Mo Long and Grandma Qin could reply, a bolt of lightning flashed across the sky, and a muffled thunder came slowly, exploding above the heads of the three people. In an instant, torrential rain fell as promised.
The three people were completely unprepared and had no rain gear. They had no choice but to be flooded by the heavy rain and had nowhere to hide.
Mo Long shouted: "What the hell is this place! What a hell of a weather! It's so unpredictable!"
The young master Chi Yu said: "Molong! You are right, this is a ghost place and the weather is ghost!"
When Grandma Qin heard this, she burst out laughing, and by accident, all the rainwater went into her mouth.