"This steamed bun is indeed very hard frozen, why don't you roast it?" Chu Muyu found a thinner branch, inserted three steamed buns and roasted them on the fire.

After a while, the three steamed buns that looked a little burnt were still steaming.

Chu Muyu first handed it to Xiao Ran, and then gave one to Gege and Xu Liyan.

"Brother Mu Yu still has a way, the hot steamed buns are delicious. Xiao Ran ate contentedly.

At night, Gege and Xiao Ran both slept, and Chu Muyu and Xu Liyan got up and looked at the fire.

Early the next morning, they set out and continued up the mountain, looking for carrion flowers as long as there were ice corpses along the way. But a day passed, and there was still no gain.

They didn't rest in a cave not far from the top of the mountain, and they were all a little depressed.

"Brother Mu Yu, don't be discouraged, we will definitely be able to find the Rotten Bone Flower!" Xiao Ran walked up to Chu Muyu and comforted him.

"Hmm...... Xiao Ran, I'm fine. ”

"Brother Yu, come and see, there seems to be a hole here!" Gege found a hole in the vine-covered walls of the cave.

Chu Muyu and the others ran over and carefully observed the situation inside.

"It's so deep in here, let's get some torches and go in. Xu Liyan picked up a few torches in the fire and gave them to Chu Muyu and the others.

Walking along the dark cave inside, Xu Liyan walked in the front, the two girls were in the middle, Chu Muyu followed behind them, the depth of the cave was not so cold, and the more you walked, the higher the temperature felt.

Not only did the temperature rise, but the smell of rancid smell gradually came from inside.

"It smells so bad!" Xiao Ran and Gege both covered their mouths and noses.

Xu Liyan suddenly stopped, and Xiao Ran hit him on the back.

"Why don't you leave...... It hurts to death!"

"Look!" Xu Liyan pointed ahead and shone it with a torch.

In the depths of the cave were piles of countless white bones, several corpses that had not yet been completely corroded.

"It's disgusting...... The air was filled with a strong smell of rotting corpses, and Xiao Ran and Gege almost vomited.

"Why are there so many corpses here?" Chu Muyu was stunned by the scene in front of him.

Xu Liyan saw a half-decomposed corpse leaning against a large stone. He walked over slowly, crouched down beside the corpse, and touched his hand that was not completely decomposed.

"This is my mother, I sent him up the mountain three months ago, but I didn't expect him to come here!"

Chu Muyu and Gege stared at Xu Liyan who was kneeling in front of the corpse.

"Is this your mother? I said, why are the young people in your village so cruel?"

"Gege, Xiao Ran told me about the customs in their village, and this can't be completely blamed on them as children, maybe they personally sent their parents up the mountain to die, and they felt more sad than anyone else. ”

"Brother Mu Yu, you are right, who among the young people in our village is willing to send their parents up the mountain to die? ”

"Brother Xu, how dark a person is in his heart to set such a cruel custom for future generations to abide by. ”

"Please go back more than 700 years. At that time, the former Demon God of the Demon Soul Sect wanted to strengthen the Demon Soul Sect, so he vigorously recruited disciples, and many disciples joined. In order to allow the new disciples who joined the Demon Soul Sect to quickly cultivate the Mind Addiction Technique and participate in the Great War of the Righteous Demons that year, the senior alchemists in the Demon Soul Sect at that time proposed to refine a large number of 'Corpse Poison Pills'. ”

"Corpse Poison Pill, Xiao Ran, do you know what kind of medicine it is?"

Xiao Ran took out the corpse blood flower that he had bought at the fishing boat market earlier from his arms and said, "Brother Mu Yu, that's what I told you that day, the corpse blood flower and the blades of the seven-colored grass on your body, as well as another high-grade elixir refined from herbs, can improve the mind-loving exercises. ”

"Yes, Sister Xiao Ran, you're right. There is also an herb that needs to be grown under a huge demonic aura, and this herb is only available on Demon Soul Island, which is the 'Demon Mushroom'. As for the Demon Soul Sect, there are as many demon mushrooms as a cow's hair, and the seven-colored grass grows in the Valley of Ten Thousand Demons, which is also relatively easy to obtain, but this corpse blood flower is not easy to obtain. At that time, the demon god personally brought dozens of people to the foot of this snow-capped mountain, and brought many seeds of corpse blood flowers and planted them on this snow-capped mountain. In order to be able to harvest the corpse blood flower for many years, he let these people who came with him live here and reproduce, stipulating that if they did not die at the age of sixty, they would dedicate themselves to the Demon Soul Sect, and exchange their corpses for the cultivation of the corpse blood flowers,"

"Are these people stupid?, why should they listen to him?" Chu Muyu asked puzzled.

"Not to mention our ancestors, even now the people in the village have been following the orders of the former Demon God of the Demon Soul Sect, because they are all descendants of the Demon Soul Sect, and they have been brainwashed by their parents for generations, and the honor that the Demon God Lord has given to the village is that the descendants of the village will always belong to the Demon Soul Sect, and the silver needed for daily life is also supplied by the Demon Soul Sect, and they can also unconditionally cultivate the Heart Addiction Exercise. And the village will always be blessed by the Demon Soul Cult. ”

"Brother Xu, what about you, why do you practice the Sanskrit sound exercises?"

"My father is the village head, and the village chiefs of all generations have been divided from the Demon Soul Sect, and the mind-loving exercises have reached the realm of demonization, but I have not inherited my father's heart-loving exercises, and my mother is just an ordinary person. I grew up hating the cruel customs of the village, but I couldn't change it. When I was ten years old, I ran away from home and went to Fanyin Monastery to devote myself to practicing Buddhism, hoping that one day when the exercises are completed, I can come back here to redeem them!"

"Xiao Ran, do you know about this?"

"Brother Mu Yu, I haven't heard my grandfather say it, but it seems that my grandfather doesn't even know about it, because the Demon Soul Sect's medicine arsenal often lacks corpse blood flowers!"

"Oh, Brother Mu Yu, what Sister Xiao Ran said is right, because the current Demon God Lord doesn't know that our village belongs to the Demon Soul Sect, and the Demon God Lord of the previous generation didn't explain before he died. And the villagers have not been informed of the existence of the Demon Soul Sect, since the Demon Soul Sect suddenly stopped sending silver taels to the village five hundred years ago, so everyone can only rely on the corpse blood on the mountain to sell money and hunt to make a living. ”

"So, your grandfather has lived here for more than five hundred years?" Chu Muyu couldn't believe that the old man he saw today had lived for more than five hundred years!

"Well, yes, he was appointed by the previous generation of Daedric, and since the death of Dadamine, this place has been managed by my father. ”

Gege and Xiao Ran sat on the stone next to them, listening to Xu Liyan tell the story of the village.

"Brother Xu, then do you know why there are so many corpses and bones in this hidden cave?" Chu Muyu looked at the stone wall of the cave, where layers of white bones were piled up.

"I think it was the old man in the village who couldn't bear the cold outside, and some people found this place and wanted to escape the cold here, but in the end they starved to death. ”

Chu Muyu observed the surroundings, walked along the wall for most of the circle, and suddenly found that there was a small place in the corner of the wall on the left where there were no human bones piled up, and it was surrounded by the bones next to it, and there was a green light inside.

He walked over and peered into the clearing surrounded by bones. A corpse blood flower with black petals and a red flower heart exuded a terrifying aura, looking a little poignant.

And right next to this flower, there is a green flower, similar to the shape of a trumpet flower, and the center of the flower is dripping with a liquid that slowly flows to the bones piled up next to it.

"This is the Rotten Bone Flower?" Chu Muyu said in a low voice.

When Xiao Ran and Gege heard Chu Muyu's words, they hurriedly ran over and looked at the flower.

"Brother Yu, it doesn't take much effort to get it. It's it, as long as there is a corpse or white bone next to it, it will keep secreting a liquid from the center of the flower, and this liquid will slowly leave towards the bones, which can corrode the hard bones. ”

Chu Muyu was about to reach out to pluck the rotten bone flower, but was stopped by Gege.

"Don't, be careful of corroding your hands, this liquid can't be touched. ”

Chu Muyu listened to Gege's reminder, released the Sanskrit sound exercises, protected his hands, carefully plucked the rotten bone flower, wrapped it in a cloth and put it in his sleeve. He didn't forget to pick the rare corpse blood flower next to him.

"Brother Xu, this corpse blood flower is given to you, thank you for taking us up the mountain. ”

Xu Liyan shook his hand and took two steps back and said, "No, this is what you worked hard to find, you deserve it, how can I ask for it." ”

"Brother Xu, if you didn't take us up the mountain, we wouldn't be able to find the Rotten Bone Flower, although this corpse blood flower is rare, we happened to get one some time ago. You can keep this one. ”

Xu Liyan didn't shirk, and took the corpse blood flower from Chu Muyu's hand.

"Brother Xu, I hope you can fulfill your dream and lead the village back to a normal life, and don't go against filial piety for the absurd orders of the Demon Soul Sect hundreds of years ago. ”

Xu Liyan looked at Chu Muyu's eyes, and could see that he cared about himself from the bottom of his heart, but he couldn't do all this by his own ability alone.

"Brother Mu Yu, I understand, but the village has been like this for hundreds of years, and it has been deeply rooted, and there is no way to change it. We are all weak and there are so many things that cannot be changed. ”

Everyone was silent, and Chu Muyu slowly understood what strength, strength and power were. He secretly decided that if he had the ability in the future, he would definitely return here to change the status quo of the village.

The four of them went down the mountain early in the morning of the third day, came to the village to rest for a while, and Chu Muyu and the three of them prepared to leave here.

"Brother Xu, we will leave here in a while, you have to take care of yourself in the future, I will come back to see you!"

"Brother Mu Yu, where are you going?"

"We have now collected all the materials for alchemy, and we are ready to go to the Medicine City to find a high-level alchemist to refine the Bone Cleansing Pill. ”

"Yaocheng, you want to pass through Fanyin Temple?"

"Yes, Brother Xu, do you know how far Fanyin Temple is from Medicine City?"

"The medicinal herbs are five hundred miles west of the Fanyin Temple, which city is very large, and the people in it basically have exercises, and most of them are alchemists. Why don't I go with you, I have been out of Fanyin Temple for many years, and I also want to go back to see the master, and by the way, go to the medicine city to sell some herbs. ”

Chu Muyu heard that Xu Liyan wanted to go to the medicinal herbs with him, so he agreed.