When a bright moon slowly rises in the sky above the beautiful clear mountain, the inside and outside of the Firmament Palace will be lit with red lanterns one after another, the starry candles and the graceful flying fireflies in the forest reflect each other, the flickering and flowing colors make the whole majestic Firmament Palace in the night more quiet and soft.

On the star-lit platform, a beautiful woman dressed in white was slowly walking towards the stone fence directly in front of her. Just by leaning on the edge of the stone railing, she could take in the view of the entire firmament palace.

Looking at the starry sky and the silhouette of the mountains looming in the distance, the beautiful woman couldn't help but let out a deep sigh.

"Alas, He'er, you're here!"

"Ah, Ling Gongzi, you ...... too. Haven't slept yet? ”

Ling Rui, who suddenly appeared behind him like a naughty child, instantly interrupted Ouyang He's chaotic thoughts.

"Ling Gongzi, have you already returned the sword to Huan Qing Zhenren?"

"Well, they seem to be discussing something important, and it feels like everyone's face is showing anxiety like an enemy, hoping that nothing will happen."

"Oh, hopefully......"

Ling Rui sensed that Ouyang He seemed to have something on his mind at the moment, so he tried to ask if there were any troubles bothering her in a soft voice.

"Young Master Ling, it's been more than two months since we left Jinyun Mountain for the first time, right?"

"Well, I guess so, it was the height of summer, but now it's early autumn."

"Is it just autumn? Why...... Looking at the ethereal sea of clouds on the top of this clear mountain, I feel that I have spent several years of spring and autumn. ”

"Perhaps...... This is just like what Wang Bo said back then, the sky is easy to thank, and it is difficult to stay in the summer. ”

The two stood together against the railing, recalling each other the bits and pieces they had experienced together during this time.

"Yes, now that I think about it, it's only been a few months since I first left Jade Peak Villa, but I've experienced so many things I never imagined before I left the Villa. It turns out that the real rivers and lakes are so complex and indescribable. Among them, there will be both chivalrous people who have the righteousness of the world in their hearts, and there will also be traitors who will do whatever it takes to achieve their goals. And I, as if I am just a tiny speck of dust in this tumultuous landscape, can only do anything to watch the scenes that seem to be manipulated by fate play out around me one after another. Such a feeling...... It's really uncomfortable......" Ouyang He looked down at the crowd of people coming and going in the Firmament Palace, and sighed beside Ling Rui with a melancholy expression.

"Once upon a time, I felt something similar to you." Ling Rui leaned his body leisurely against the stone railing in front of him after the same long sigh, "I have no mother since I was a child, and my father has always been with me less and more away, it was Uncle Chungju who was entrusted by my father to raise me. For as long as I can remember, I have wanted to ask my uncle more than once about my father and my mother, but the reply I received was always a few simple words, such as my father was just a prodigal son with a thirst for swords, and my mother was just a down-and-out young lady who had been removed from the clan. And from these few words, I am full of curiosity about their past. ”

"Could it be that Uncle he doesn't want to talk to you too much because there is something unspeakable?" Ouyang He asked with a puzzled face.

"Perhaps, after all, it wasn't until the night I was admitted to Tanhua that I saw my father for the first time." Ling Rui continued to recall the past with a wry smile, "Originally, I thought I would loudly blame him and his mother for not coming to see me for so many years, but when I first saw the deep and resolute look in my father's eyes that day, I became extremely hesitant at that moment. And during the few days he stayed in Chungju, there were only a few dispensable greetings between our father and son. Until the end, he did not let me know the reason why he had entrusted me to my uncle's care, and he left with a brand new iron sword and hurried away. ”

"Then, since Ling Gongzi has already explored flowers in high school, why would he study martial arts in Yuzhou, could it be that there are other changes in this?"

"Hehe, this ...... It's going to be another story. Back then, he was full of spirit and wanted to follow his father to the rivers and lakes, do chivalrous deeds, and save the world. However, having seen the cruelty of these troubled times, I couldn't help but wonder if I had chosen the wrong direction in the first place, until ...... Met ......"

"Boom!" A loud noise from the fireworks interrupted Ling Rui's words, and the eyes of the two of them were instantly attracted by the fireworks blooming in the night sky.

"Wow, it's so beautiful, I forgot, tomorrow is the Double Ninth Festival, these fireworks should be set off by the people in Qingshan Town outside the palace, right?" Ouyang He was instantly happy like a child after seeing the colorful flowers in the sky, and his innocent and bright smile made Ling Rui, who turned his face to look at her, also look a little intoxicated.

Originally, it was such a festive and beautiful scene, but just as Ling Rui accompanied Ouyang He to watch it with relish, Ouyang He's face gradually looked a little wrong. She stretched out her hand to cover her eyes, and her mind gradually became trance-like, and her mind subconsciously kept recalling the hideous-looking behemoth that had appeared one after another in her dreams.

"He'er, what's wrong with you?" Ling Rui gradually saw that Ouyang He's demeanor had become a little wrong.

"Ling Gongzi, I'm ......" Before the words fell, Ouyang He suddenly fainted on the ground with black eyes, leaving only the panicked Ling Rui to quickly pick her up and leave the touch platform.

When Ouyang He woke up, it was already the morning of the next day, and she was already in Lan Yinzhen's room at this time. And just as she sat up groggily and rubbed her temples to relieve the pain, Ling Rui followed Lan Yin Zhenren to push the door and walked into the room.

"He'er, you're finally awake, you fell to the ground so suddenly last night and it almost scared me to death." As soon as Ling Rui came in, he was anxiously concerned about Ouyang He's condition.

"Miss Ouyang, are you ...... Have you ever taken the Millennium Snow Fruit? Lan Yin asked her worriedly after checking Ouyang He's pulse again.

After receiving Ouyang He's affirmative answer, Lan Yin told the two that she could roughly deduce the reason why Ouyang He was in a coma. It turned out that although the thousand-year-old snow ghost fruit did have the miraculous effect of dredging the meridians and dissipating the surplus true qi in the body, at the same time, there was also a strange poison that was rare in the world within it. This toxin will be latent in the human body for a long time, and when it matures, as long as it is strongly stimulated by the consciousness of the latent person, it will unconsciously amplify this stimulus, and then threaten the existence of the normal consciousness of the human brain.

"Then you mean that if He'er is stimulated by the outside world in the future, she will be in a coma like last night?" Ling Rui sat on the edge of Ouyang He's bed and asked.

"Maybe it's a coma, maybe it's ...... There will be other situations that we cannot predict. Lan Yin looked at Ouyang He uneasily and said.

"It's okay, thank you seniors for informing me, I will definitely pay attention to it in the future." Ouyang He smiled and said to Lan Yin.

Then, under Ling Rui's questioning, Lan Yin mentioned that the thousand-year-old snow ghost fruit that originally grew in the Hundred Desolate Valley of western Sichuan was not poisonous, but many years ago, someone began to plant poisons and cultivate Gu in the valley, which caused the excrement of Gu to pollute the soil, and the thousand-year-old snow ghost fruit was naturally difficult to avoid being eroded by toxins.

"It's not that there is no way to detoxify, it's just ...... Alas! Lan Yin Zhenren looked at Ouyang He and stopped talking, then got up and walked to the door. Immediately afterwards, Ling Rui also chased out the door after comforting Ouyang He, leaving Ouyang He, who was preoccupied, sitting on the bed with his legs in his arms.

"Yo, Miss Ouyang, I'm here to see Xiahou regret today, right? This girl has tossed me enough these days! Ouyang He went out for a walk, and unconsciously walked to the Xicheng Hall where Zhongyang Zhenren was located, and happened to meet Zhongyang Zhenren who was coming out of the door.

"Wow, Sister Ouyang, I miss you so much during this time, come and tell me where you and Brother Ling Rui have been playing these days." After hearing the movement outside the door, Xiahou regretted happily ran out of the door and hugged Ouyang He.

"Okay, sister, there are a lot of fun things to do along the way, but before that, my sister has to test whether your martial arts have improved!" Ouyang He leaned down with a smile and said to Xiahou regret.

"Hehe, sister, Uncle Yang has taught me a lot during this time, you have to be careful!"

Ouyang He broke off a branch from the tree in the courtyard, and Xiahou regretted picking out the bamboo sword she usually used to practice, and the two began the trial in the courtyard.

However, after a few moves, Ouyang He couldn't support it and half-squatted on the ground, turned around and raised his sword to stab at her, and Xiahou regret was so frightened that he hurriedly put away his sword.

"Ah, He'er, are you alright?" Hearing this, Ling Rui, who found here, hurriedly helped Ouyang He up, and Xiahou regretted also hurriedly ran over to apologize to Ouyang He and Ling Rui.

"Ling Gongzi, Sister Xiahou, I'm fine, I'm just a little tired, don't worry about me." Ouyang He smiled back at the two of them, but the backlog of things on her mind made her feel a little depressed again.

"Haha, presumably, the girl is worried about the poison of this thousand-year-old snow fruit, right?" Zhongyang laughed and walked in. Immediately after, he told Ouyang He and Ling Rui that in fact, Lan Yin was reluctant to tell them about this poison solution because it was too dangerous, and she was worried that Ouyang He would not survive.

"Senior, I'm not afraid, I'm already ...... I don't want to let the people around me worry about me anymore, so please let me try my best. Ouyang He took the initiative to propose to Zhong Yang to try this dangerous antidote method.

"Have you really figured it out? The person who can cure this poison for you may also be able to kill you instantly, whether you live or die is only in her thoughts. ”

"Well, I figured it out, no matter how difficult it is, I won't hold back in any way!"

Seeing that Ouyang He's belief was so strong, Zhong Yang told Ouyang He that there was an island called Broken Blade Island in the archipelago east of Wu Yue Kingdom, and there was a village on the island called Dusk Yuan Village, where the most powerful alchemists from all over the Central Plains gathered. Among them, there is a person who has the most refining skills, and she is commonly called "Yin Pupil Poison Mother" in the rumors, but the poison refined by this person has no one in the world. In the case of completely not knowing what kind of Gu was left behind by the poison on the thousand-year-old Snow Fruit, seeking the help of this "Yin Pupil Poison Mother" would be the most likely way to succeed.

"It's just that the surroundings of Broken Blade Island are shrouded in dense fog all year round, and the specific location is rarely known, whether or not you can find this village and that master, I'm afraid it depends on Ouyang He's girl's creation."

"Well, thanks to the real person's guidance, the juniors will definitely try their best." Ouyang He bowed to Xie Zhongyang.

"Yes, we have survived so many winds and waves, and we will definitely be able to tide over the difficulties together this time!" Ling Rui said to Ouyang He with a confident smile.

Subsequently, the two agreed to go to Tanzhou to meet everyone first, and then go to Broken Blade Island together after helping to finish the matter of Liu Yangyang's jade seal in his hand.

"You...... Didn't you tell them about the phoenix bow? Looking at the backs of the two of them riding away, Huan Qing walked to Zhongyang's side and asked softly.

"Ahem, look at my memory, I actually forgot to talk to them about this, haha!" Zhong Yang pretended to be suddenly enlightened and patted his head and said to Huan Qing, "That's it, you also know that I hate this and that the most, haha, it's best for children to exercise more, go to bed!" ”

After Zhong Yang waved his hand and left, Huan Qing, who was looking at the distant backs of the two alone, looked a little thoughtful.

"Maybe it's all providence, this child still has to face her fate after all. I only hope that God will bless these children and let them be safe. ”

Under the light of the bright sun over the clear mountain, people and horses from all walks of life are rushing to the Ice Phoenix Valley, which was originally unknown in the rivers and lakes, and the prelude to another fierce battle is about to begin.