The sky was gray and the pressure seemed to be very low. There was a dark wind blowing from nowhere and blowing over the body, making people feel chilly.
Next to a swamp overgrown with grass, there is a vague path extending inward.
I once waited for a group of Qingyun Sect disciples to stand at the entrance of the Death Swamp and looked in. They saw a vast area, with lush water and grass everywhere, and occasionally a solitary tree standing in it. There was a faint smell of decay in the air. The smell of it, and the mist like gray gauze floating over the swamp, making people only able to see nearby places, making it look even more mysterious and unpredictable.
Zeng frowned and turned around. The thirteen younger generation disciples of Qingyun Sect, headed by Xiao Yicai, all had serious expressions on their faces.
Since ancient times, Death Lake has had the reputation of being "difficult to get in and out". No one knows what evil things are there. This time the Qingyun Sect and a group of people came to the west. Regarding Xiao Yicai's status and cultivation, it is clear that he is the leader of the crowd. At this moment He stared deep into the Dead Pond for a long time, and said to the crowd calmly: "Yesterday, Senior Brother Li Xun of Fenxiang Valley sent me a letter. He said very politely that he would work with our Qingyun Sect to eradicate evildoers, so they took the first step and have already entered. In this death pool."
There was a commotion among the people behind him. Only Lu Xueqi looked calm and stood next to senior sister Wen Min, staring silently into the dead lake. On the other side, Lin Jingyu, who was going down the mountain for the first time, snorted coldly.
Xiao Yicai said lightly: "Actually, everyone knows very well what Fenxiang Valley means. If they get the unknown treasure first this time, their momentum will naturally increase. I'm afraid some people will also think about the position of leader of the righteous path in the future. Let's take turns to sit there." At this point, he paused, and then a smile appeared on his lips, and said: "But there is no need to worry, I expected that there would be signs here early, but until today, no one has gotten the piece. Rare treasure, it can be seen that there must be many twists and turns and dangers in it. They are eager to seek success, so let them go. However, after we enter this death lake, we need to be careful in everything. This death lake is notorious and dangerous, and it is said that There may be demons from the Demon Cult here, after entering, everyone must look after each other, remember, remember."
Zeng said: "What Senior Brother Xiao said is that it's getting late, why don't we go in too!"
Xiao Yicai nodded and said: "That's fine. After entering, everyone should not stay too far away, and don't fall to the ground casually to avoid being injured by poisonous insects or falling into the bottomless swamp."
Everyone nodded, Xiao Yicai waved his right hand, raised the "Seven Star Immortal Sword", and flew up, flying inward first. Then, the disciples of Qingyun Sect stood up one after another, turning into dazzling lights of different colors, and followed closely.
After a while, this group of young elites from the Qingyun Sect disappeared into the mist of the Dead Lake. The open space at the entrance suddenly fell into an empty silence, with only water bubbles appearing among the water plants. Suddenly, a water bubble appeared from nowhere, The sound of "grumpy" spread far away from here.
"Pa", Zhou Xian slapped him hard on the right side of his neck. His neck suddenly turned red, but the mosquito that bit him had already buzzed away and seemed to be proud of it. After wandering around in front of his eyes, he flew away contentedly.
Zhou Xian's face had a bitter color, and from time to time he saw small patches of insect bites on his face. Although they were not serious, they looked very embarrassed. At this moment, he complained loudly and said: "What the hell is this place? Where did so many of them come from?" Damn mosquitoes? This, in just one day, I’ve already sucked half of my blood!”
Xiao Huan, who was walking in front, turned around, a little worried, and said, "Grandpa, are you okay?"
Zhou Yixian said angrily: "Nonsense, do you think there is anything wrong with me?"
Xiaohuan frowned and said: "It's strange, these mosquitoes are real, why do they bite you alone? Sister Ping'er and I are fine."
The beauty in goose-yellow clothes standing next to Xiao Huan also stopped and looked back. She was walking in the middle of the swamp with Xiao Huan and Yi Xian. Yi Xian was careful but often left mud and water marks on his feet. But she was running like clouds and flowing water, and not a single stain stained her body.
Zhou Yixian was annoyed and looked at a small tree next to him. He carefully went over and tried it. The soil on the ground was still hard, so he sat down and said loudly: "I'm tired from walking, let's take a rest."
Xiaohuan looked slightly apologetic and looked at the beauty in yellow clothes next to her. The woman she called Sister Ping'er smiled and said, "It's okay, let's just take a rest!"
Xiaohuan looked at her gratefully, and then looked around. All he could see was the vastness of the surrounding fields. A little further away was the thickening fog, which made it difficult to see clearly. Along the way, if sister Ping'er hadn't led the way, she would still have been there. I really can't get in.
At this time, she couldn't help but said: "Sister, are my grandfather and I dragging you down? Otherwise, wouldn't it be much faster for you to fly in the air?"
The woman smiled sweetly and said: "It doesn't matter, I came to this dead lake and I wasn't in a hurry at all."
Xiaohuan was startled for a moment and said: "Sister, weren't you sent by Hehuan to seize this rare treasure in the dead lake?"
It turns out that this pretty woman in goose-yellow clothes is none other than Jin Ping'er, who is as famous as Gui Li and Qin Wuyan. They don't know how Xiaohuan and Zhouxian got to know this famous new generation master of the Demon Cult.
But Jin Ping'er obviously favored Xiao Huan and doted on her very much. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "Yes! But there are so many people coming this time. Let's take our time and not be in a hurry."
Xiaohuan felt strange, but after thinking about it carefully, she realized that it was the secret of her Hehuan sect. It was difficult to ask further, so she changed the subject and said: "Sister, it has been a day since we entered this dead lake. , I think you seem very familiar with it, do you know the way?"
Jin Ping'er shook his head and said, "I have never been here."
Xiaohuan was startled.
Jin Ping'er looked at her and saw Xiaohuan's bright eyes full of doubts. She couldn't help but smile and said: "Have you heard that there is a fragment of an ancient book that records all kinds of weird things, rare and rare animals in the world..."
Xiaohuan pondered for a moment and said, "Could it be that 'gods and demons have different ideas'?"
Jin Ping'er nodded and said: "Exactly, this book was written by an ancient stranger. It is said that there were originally nine chapters, but most of them have been lost. In addition to the 'Monster and Spiritual Beast Chapter' and 'Spirit Chapter' that have been handed down, there is another I accidentally obtained the fragment of the "Landscape Chapter", and at the end of it, there are some records about the dead lake here."
Xiao Huan finally understood, but before she could say anything, there was another crisp sound from Yi Xian on the other side, and then she heard Yi Xian curse loudly. She must have been bitten and sucked by some unknown mosquito. Blood goes.
After all, Xiaohuan and he were granddaughters, and she was concerned about it. She then thought that although there were many mosquitoes along the way, they did nothing to herself and Jin Ping'erqiu, only biting Yi Xian. There must be something weird in this, and she naturally did not have this ability. , then it fell on Jin Ping'er.
Then she turned around and looked at Jin Ping'er. Jin Ping'er smiled and said nonchalantly: "Sister, what's wrong?"
Xiaohuan smiled bitterly and said: "Sister, my grandfather... Well, I know you have great powers, why don't you help him!"
Jin Ping'er glanced at Zhouxian with disdain in her eyes, but turned around and saw Xiaohuan's pleading eyes, shrugged her shoulders and said, "That's all, for your sake, I'll give him an advantage."
As he spoke, he took out a small white jade bottle from his arms, handed it to Xiao Huan, and said: "There is some medicine in this bottle. Ask him to apply it on his body, and the mosquitoes will naturally stay away."
Xiaohuan happily took it, with a smile on her face, and said, "Thank you, sister." After saying that, she quickly walked to Yiyi Xian and handed him the bottle. Yiyi Xian was stunned for a moment, then suddenly jumped up and shouted angrily: "There is such a good thing, but you don't..."
Jin Ping'er's face turned cold and he stared at it. Yi Xiandeng suddenly became silent. As if he had something wrong with him, he lowered his head and took the bottle, poured out the liquid, and applied it all over his body. After a while, he only felt a refreshing fragrance. Sure enough, he just felt the fragrance. The annoying mosquitoes flying nearby suddenly stopped making noise, and now my whole body and mind relaxed.
Xiaohuan walked back slowly, handed the bottle back to Jin Ping'er, hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "Sister, do you still care about the wrong things my grandfather did back then?"
"Humph!" Jin Ping'er's face turned slightly cold as he said, "Three years ago on the edge of the East China Sea, he talked nonsense for a while, but he almost put me to death. If you hadn't discovered it earlier, sister, you would have harmed yourself. Nian Yangshou, used the 'Soul Collection Magic Formation' for me to remove the possessed demon spirit. I would have been worse off than dead right now. If this old man hadn't..."
Xiaohuan gently took Jin Ping'er's hand and called out in a low voice: "Sister."
Jin Ping'er glanced at her and sighed slightly, then a smile appeared on her face, and her eyes were full of love and affection. She patted her palm and said: "That's it, that's all. With you as a good sister, I've long since put the past behind me." I have put the matter aside, but sometimes I still don’t like your grandfather when I look at him, and I can’t help but want to make him suffer. Haha, good sister, you won’t blame me, will you?”
Xiaohuan smiled and shook his head.
Jin Ping'er was smiling and about to speak, but suddenly his face turned cold, he quickly turned around and shouted: "Who is he?"
Xiaohuan and Yiyixian were both startled. They looked around, but they saw a vast mist all around, with lush aquatic plants. Except for the occasional bubbles rising from the water, there was no movement at all.
But for some reason, looking at Jin Ping'er's usually calm face, she suddenly became solemn and cautious at this moment. In contrast to her gentleness and quietness when chatting and laughing with Xiaohuan, she revealed a hint of murderous intent in her calmness. It was as if she was a different person, as if she had come. It is a powerful enemy that cannot be taken lightly.
A moment later, from the depths of the thick fog in the distance, a voice suddenly came, saying calmly: "Golden Fairy, we made an appointment to meet at Heishuigou yesterday to discuss important matters. Why didn't you come?"
Jin Ping'er seemed to have known who the visitor was at this moment, her face relaxed slightly, but the vigilance in her eyes did not diminish at all, and her tone of voice was not polite at all, she said coldly: "I don't know the road."
The man in the mist seemed to be suffocated and did not speak for a long time. After a long time, he said: "Why, depending on what Golden Fairy meant, could it be that the Acacia Party has no interest in what is happening here?"
Jin Ping'er snorted, looked ahead and said: "Three days ago, four disciples of my Hehuan sect were killed six miles northwest of Dawang Village. They were poisoned by the 'Black Toad Powder', but were you responsible?"
The man in the fog seemed stunned for a moment and said, "No."
Jin Ping'er said coldly: "Black Toad Powder belongs to the Wandu Sect alone, so what do you mean?"
The man in the fog didn't speak. He was silent for a long time, and then he said calmly: "Golden Fairy, if I take action, there is no need to use poison at all."
Jin Ping'er snorted again, but did not refute. Apparently, there was no objection on this point.
The man added: "But since it concerns you and me, and it involves me, I will naturally give you an explanation when it comes to this matter. What do you think? There are a lot of strange things going on this time in the west. I'm afraid that something else will happen."
There is something fishy, I hope you, Fairy, will consider it carefully and put important things first."
Jin Ping'er frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, turned around, and said to Xiaohuan: "Sister Xiaohuan, you and your grandfather will rest here for a while. I'll go to the front to discuss some matters with others, and I'll be back before dark."
After a pause, she lowered her voice and said, "Do you still have the thing I gave you?"
Xiaohuan nodded and patted his left hand.
Jin Ping'er smiled slightly, took her hand, and said softly: "Death Lake is full of dangers. I'm not far ahead. If anything happens to you, I'll be there in an instant. But you must not move around at will, especially away from here.
"
Xiaohuan nodded and said, "Don't worry, sister, I know."
Jin Ping'er smiled, let go of his hand, and said, "Be careful and just call me if you need anything."
After saying that, she looked around again, and then her body suddenly jumped into the air, and a purple light appeared under her clothes, holding her pretty figure and flying forward into the thick fog.
Xiaohuan watched Jin Ping'er's figure disappear into the fog, then turned around and walked to Zhouxian. At this moment, he saw that Zhouxian was leaning on the small tree. Without the mosquito harassment, he suddenly felt much more relaxed, but his mouth still remained.
He complained: "If I had known this place was like this, I wouldn't have come here even if I were killed."
Xiaohuan smiled and said: "No one forced you to come. It's not up to you to keep up."
Zhou Yixian snorted, and then said to Xiaohuan: "I say, it's better for you to stay away from that woman. In the past few years, you haven't heard the rumors that she killed countless people, was extremely dissolute, and seduced countless young men from good families.
…”
Xiaohuan sighed, with a hint of anger on his face, and said, "Grandpa, why do you say that!"
Zhou Yixian stuck out his tongue and said no more.
The two of them waited here, seeing the originally gloomy sky gradually getting darker, but Jin Ping'er still didn't come back. Xiao Huan gradually became worried, and wanted to go ahead to take a look, but was wary of what Jin Ping'er told him.
, and I didn’t have much confidence, so I didn’t dare to leave after all.
After waiting for a while, Xiaohuan couldn't help but feel a little upset. She looked up at the sky and saw that the dark clouds in the sky were getting thicker. Looking at it, not only was it going to be dark, but it was probably going to rain.
Xiaohuan suddenly cried out softly, remembering that he was in a hurry when he came here. He remembered to bring everything but forgot his rain gear. Wouldn't it be terrible if it started to rain at this time? He quickly turned to Zhouxian and asked: "
Grandpa, did you bring an umbrella?"
Zhou Xian was startled and said: "Umbrella?" After a moment, he immediately understood. He raised his head to look at the sky. He was speechless for a moment and said, "I, I thought you brought it."
Xiaohuan said anxiously: "Ah! This is really bad. What if it starts to rain?"
Zhou Yixian raised his head and looked around. He saw that there was only a small tree behind him nearby, and the rest were ponds and water plants. There was no shelter from the rain. He couldn't help but cried out: "This is screwed up. Why don't we find a place to hide?" Is it raining?"
Xiaohuan immediately shook his head and said: "No, Sister Ping'er said, we can't wander around, otherwise it will be dangerous."
Zhou Yixian said angrily: "Can't we go? We can't go and wait until the rain comes down. We're afraid we'll be in danger of contracting tuberculosis!"
Xiaohuan was also frowning at this moment. He was in a panic when suddenly there was a soft sound in front of him, but there were footsteps coming over. Xiaohuan felt happy and almost blurted out "Sister Ping'er", but suddenly closed his mouth. Only I saw a figure walking out of the thick fog in front of me, and a small shadow seemed to be following behind me. At the same time, there was a sound of complaints that seemed familiar.
"Following that brat of yours, it's really my fault that I've been in trouble for eight lifetimes. I've been in constant fear every day, and yet I have to go to this damn place and get bitten by mosquitoes sucking my blood. Why don't you just ask him to suck all my blood?" !”
"Zhizhi, Zhizhi..."
Xiaohuan was startled. It was none other than Taoist Taoist, a wild dog who had seen a fortune teller in Dawang Village. What was jumping behind him was Xiaohui, a monkey. Only Ghost Li was missing.
Taoist Wild Dog was walking, and when he glanced, he saw Xiaohuan and Zhouxian standing in front, looking at him with strange expressions. He was also surprised and said, "Huh? Aren't you those two looking at me?" Seriously, why are you here?"
Before Xiao Huan could answer, the little gray eyes behind the wild dog immediately recognized that the woman in front of him was a familiar person. He squeaked twice, used his hands and feet to jump to Xiao Huan's side.
When Xiao Huan saw it, he immediately smiled and bent down to pick up Xiao Hui. He didn't care that Xiao Hui's hands and feet were a little dirty along the way, and said with a smile: "Why are you here?"
Xiao Hui seemed to understand what she said, grinning, and then pointed his monkey paw back, gesticulating at the small ring, and kept squeaking in his mouth.
Naturally, Xiao Huan didn't understand what it meant, but she seemed to guess that Xiao Hui meant that Gui Li was right in front. She thought for a moment that Sister Ping'er was going to meet Gui Li?
While she was hesitating, she heard a sudden thunder sound in the sky, which rumbled and spread. A moment later, there was a loud "crash" sound, and huge raindrops fell.
Xiao Huan screamed, covered his head with his hands, hugged Xiao Hui and subconsciously ran towards Zhou Xian, anxiously asking: "Grandpa, what should I do?"
Zhou Yixian also smiled bitterly, but he simply turned his clothes over his head and said: "There is no way, I can't walk, and there is no place to hide, so let's get wet!"
Xiao Huan was dumbfounded, and saw that the sky and the ground were covered with gray. The rain gradually became heavier. In the blink of an eye, his shoulders were half wet, and the looming snow-white skin was crystal clear. The monkey Xiao Hui actually became a lot more honest at this moment, and his body shrank into one Tuan, curled up in Xiao Huan's arms.
"hey-hey!"
Suddenly, a few sneers came from the side. Xiaohuan turned around and saw that Taoist Wild Dog was not in a hurry. He actually took out an umbrella from a bag behind his back and held it up. He looked extremely proud.