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Life-and-death.

Su Ye had long forgotten how long it had been since he had been active like this, and he suddenly had some kind of illusion, everyone had to go through a long and difficult tunnel at the beginning of life.

The four of them returned to the mother's body, the amniotic water had broken, the mother was struggling to breathe, the fetus opened its eyes, and struggled to cross the birth canal of delivery-

If the end of the tunnel is not hell, it will be their birth again.

End?

They see the end of the road!

Far away at the other end of the tunnel, a white shadow swayed, and everyone became nervous.

The shadow became more and more obvious, a white light—

Outlet!

The exit of the tunnel!

It's like the moment the fetus is born, and it's about to see the world outside the mother's body.

"Hurry up, keep up!"

Su Ye turned his head excitedly, and his excitement infected everyone.

rushed out of the tunnel in one go,

Heaven gave them a second life...

Su Ye sat on the ground, panting desperately, the sun pierced his pupils like a sharp sword, and in his dizziness, he saw a tall spire in the southeast.

Everyone was stunned!

This is the place where fate is destined to come,

The gates of hell are quietly open,

The flowers reveal their last fragrance.

Su Ye squatted down and carefully observed the surroundings, outside the tunnel was a chaotic jungle, and there were faintly recognizable walls.

A breeze blew through the woods, and he seemed to hear the cry of the sea, and couldn't help but think of "The Old Man and the Sea", which was popular on the streets that year.

The confused eyes followed the song of longing to rise in the wind and came to an altitude of 30,000 meters.

The line of sight became clear, and a clear river lit up with countless lights, like the Milky Way falling into a mysterious valley.

The whole world is at the foot of the world, a huge and closed basin, like an ancient porcelain bowl, and the ruins of Nuoda have become pearls of the deep sea, radiating dazzling and magical light.

The rain stopped, and the air smelled of earth.

Where is this?

Looking up, the sky is still gloomy, and the mountains in the distance are stacked with greenery, and the misty smoke rises, like the unique "miasma of the primeval forest."

A few dead leaves fell on Su Ye's face, and he looked up at the huge canopy, which actually blocked all the sunlight, and the ground became a dark and cool world.

Looking at the white smoke rising from the curling up, Qi Tong smacked his lips and subconsciously rubbed his belly, as if at the foot of a certain mountain, the hospitable Nanhai family was preparing a hearty lunch for them.

"What now?" Qi Tong wrapped his coat and sniffled.

"Let's take a look first, everyone is the same as just now, stay in formation."

The third uncle instructed to go into the woods first, and the three of them followed closely.

There was a deathly silence all around, save for the "creaking" sound of falling leaves on the ground.

"Strange... It stands to reason that there should be a lot of game in this kind of place, right? Qi Hitomi looked at a big tree and kept licking her mouth.

The huge canopy resembles a skyship, with dense small gourds hanging upside down.

She tried to jump, trying to pick one off.

"What are you doing?" The third uncle turned around.

"Uncle, it's been a few hours, starving to death."

The third uncle looked up at the gourd, and always felt that something was wrong.

At this moment, Su Ye jumped violently, grabbed a lower branch on the left, and pulled hard, and the gourd was held in his hand.

"Seven pupils, give."

"Hee-hee."

"Beware!"

The third uncle behind him widened his eyes, stepped forward and kicked Su Ye's hand!

The gourd flew out of ten good rice.

"What are you doing?!" Su Ye covered his hands and looked at each other angrily.

The third uncle raised his chin, "See for yourself." ”

I saw that the gourd on the ground suddenly moved, and the original pale yellow appearance slowly flipped open from the inside out, revealing countless black claws...

"Huh!!" Qi Tong's diaphragm shuddered, "This... What is this! ”

Most girls have a natural fear of this animal, which has a lot of legs and is soft.

It was like a huge caterpillar, unable to distinguish which side was the head and which side was the tail, and after turning in place twice, its body trembled, and slowly curled up, and its black appearance instantly turned into a cute little gourd.

Su Ye raised his head and saw hundreds of gourds above his head, goosebumps fell to the ground...

"If I'm not mistaken... This thing should be a type of Gu worm. The third uncle said with a solemn expression.

"Gu worms? Such a big one?! Su Ye stared blankly at the hand he had touched, his face pale.

"Now is not the time to be popular and surprised, hurry up and get out of here, the ghost place is getting more and more wrong, even Miao Jiang's Gu has appeared."

After speaking, the third uncle took the lead and walked towards the depths of the forest without delay.

"Huh... I'm really hungry," Hitomi grumbled as she brushed a twig and swept the weeds.

"No matter how much you do, hang you on a tree."

“......”

Qi Tong closed her eyes and stuck out her tongue at the back of the third uncle "slightly", and suddenly, she saw a pool of stagnant water not far away, "Look at that!" ”

The pitch-black surface of the water was like a deep black hole, devouring the souls of those who were in sight, and white smoke continued to fill the feet, emitting the smell of rotting corpses.

"This stinks, let's walk around." Qi Tong pinched his nose and complained.

Su Ye agreed, kicked his legs, and bypassed the deep pool.

however

Just as the third uncle was about to leave, Tang Rui, who was walking at the end, suddenly stopped, staring at Shentan with his eyes, his mouth opened slightly, and he spit out softly,

"Huh......?"

"What's wrong?" The third uncle turned his head.

"I... Let's check again. ”

Tang Rui didn't answer in a hurry, slowly squatted down, without any rejection of the stench of the sky, closed his eyes, and then, a pair of Danfeng eyes opened violently, and after a few seconds, he nodded,

"Sure enough..."

"How?"

Tang Rui got up and clapped his hands, "There's a soul hidden here." ”

"Soul?" The third uncle was a little incredulous, and hurriedly asked, "Can you see what it looks like?" ”

Tang Rui nodded, "The water is not deep, you can see the appearance of a human being." ”

"People?!"

The third uncle was even more surprised, he had never heard of anyone living in a swamp.

"But..."Tang Rui paused, "This soul seems to have been there for a long time, and it can't see any biological attributes."

The third uncle was silent, looking at the stagnant swamp, wondering if the insects in the quagmire had fused into the illusion of a human form.

This idea stayed for a few seconds and was rejected by himself.

He knows Tang Rui well, knows her rigor, and will never talk nonsense.

Thinking of this, the third uncle skimmed a branch from the tree on the side and tried to probe down.

As soon as the branch sank into the deep pool, it seemed to touch something and made a "creak" sound.

"Shhhhh

The two glanced at each other, and the third uncle stood up: "Hey~ You two come here." ”

"What's wrong, Third Uncle?!"

"Someone."

"People?!"

As soon as Su Ye heard this, he turned back upside down.

"Where?!"

"Down there, gotta pull it up."

"Holy!" Su Ye pinched his nose and glanced at the swamp with disgust: "If there are eighty percent of people here, they won't survive, forget it, third uncle..."

"What about nonsense?" The third uncle glared.

"I think, but what if it's a Gu worm when I pull it up?"

"Tang Rui has confirmed, he didn't run, hurry up!"

Hearing that it was Tang Rui's decision, Qi Tong was not happy, and retorted: "Why does she confirm that there must be someone?" We're not blind, we can see what in the dark! ”

The third uncle took a breath,

"Yin and Yang embroidery, look at Yin and Yang.

Tang Rui looks at people with his left eye and soul with his right eye.

Do you have any more questions? ”

Qi Pupil pursed her lips, whispered "hiss", lowered her head and fiddled with the leaves on the ground with her toes.

"If it's okay, just work!"

The third uncle moved his arm, and handed a bunch of rattans to the three of them at a gallop.

The four of them stood around the deep pool and slowly sank the rattan into the water.

"Are you alright?"

"Hmm."

"I'm okay too!"

"Come, one, two, three, up!"

The four of them struggled to pull,

"I'm going... What's going on? Why is it so heavy! Su Ye's face was flushed, and he turned his head between his teeth: "Qi Tong, you use some force, just standing there, I didn't see you pulling!" ”

"Hmph..."

Qi Tong rolled her eyes, her white little hand grabbed the rattan tightly, and gently tugged at it,

"Whoa!"

The thing was dragged out of the quagmire, revealing a corner, boxy...

The three of them turned around and stared at Qi Tong with stunned faces.

"Mother, why are you so strong?" The third uncle lowered his head and found that Qi Tong had plunged his entire foot into the rotten black soil just now.

Qi Tong smiled "hehe" and pointed to the quagmire, "Something is out." ”

The three of them turned back,

A coffin was seen being dragged out of the water.

"This..."

Su Ye looked embarrassed, ignoring the pungent smell, and sat on the ground panting.

The third uncle was unprecedentedly excited, staring at the coffin, as if there must be some treasure hidden inside.

Then, he picked up a large leaf and wrapped it in his hand, pressed against the corner of the coffin, and pushed it hard-

"Boom!!"

"Boom!!"

After a thousand years,

He finally in this moment,

See the light of day again,

A...

Skeleton!

There's a skeleton lying in the sarcophagus?!

With slender limbs and torso, the white bones are well preserved, even dozens of ribs are clearly recognizable, and the only thing missing is - a headless corpse.

Who cut off his head?

He lay alone in the dark, with only a pile of bones and a soul that would never die.

The third uncle walked to the other side of the sarcophagus and pushed the coffin lid hard, he wanted to see what was inside, but he had consumed too much physical strength just now, and he couldn't push it alone.

Su Ye came up to help, and the two of them worked together, and finally moved the lid, and it slammed to the ground with a dull loud noise.

Qi Hitomi quickly covered her ears, and the sound kept echoing in the woods, like a ghost crying wolf in hell.

"Ahh

Suddenly, Qi Tong pointed to the place where Su Ye was resting, and let out a piercing scream, and at the foot of a big banyan tree, there was a white skull lying at the foot of the tangled roots!

"Holy!"

Su Ye was startled, got up like an electric shock, and kicked at the skull is heel.

"Click!"

There was a shallow crack in the skull, and the deep and hollow eye sockets seemed to burst out with two complaining glances.

It seems to be just a lonely head - who threw his skull here, poor fellow?

Or was it beheaded?

Or is it in that coffin itself?

In the skull's eye sockets, the roots of the banyan tree stick out, apparently it has been lying here for a long time, hundreds or even thousands of years?

When everyone was quiet, Su Ye suddenly found that in the mouth of this skull, there was a "blue zongzi"!

I don't know when Su Ye has never touched the blue zongzi again.

It's not that he can't see it, but there are two reasons.

First, after he was discharged from the hospital, he was so preoccupied with finding the cause that he had no time to touch those irrelevant secrets. He also tried to find zongzi on Tang Rui, but he never found it.

When things are not clear, the more you know, the more messed up you will be.

Second, and most crucially, this is the point.

Maybe it was the subtle effect of the third uncle's behavior, when Su Ye knew that he was different from ordinary people, he wanted to become stronger from the bottom of his heart.

He doesn't understand, he won't,

He felt like an infant baby, relying on the third uncle for everything.

In order to protect himself, grandpa began to lay out eighteen years ago,

For his own sake, the third uncle trampled on people's nests for thousands of miles,

and Tang Rui and Qi Tong,

Isn't he taking advantage of them?

Why?

Su Ye asked himself, why is everyone protecting me, am I really that useless?

More than once he clenched his fists and denied the answer.

"I'm not wasted, I'm just a late starter."

"I never!"

Su Ye wants to be stronger, a desire that radiates from the depths of his heart.

Is the third uncle strong?

Strong!

But Su Ye always felt that there was something missing.

What is truly powerful?

Not a roar, not a slap in the face, not a shock.

It's a sense of superiority.

High.

When confronted with what others see as terrifying and dangerous, the powerful will treat them as if they were nothing, and will not change the logic of their behavior.

The previous calmly continued to be calm, and the previously presumptuous continued to be presumptuous.

This is called powerful!

He felt that the third uncle was not enough, or rather, his mentality would surpass the third uncle one day.

He had superpowers, but he knew he was missing one thing: tempering.

Since he knew the truth, all the confusing things came like ****, and he was soaked.

He looked at the third uncle in confusion, looked at Qi Tong, and looked at Tang Rui.

The three of them, who doesn't have a story about them?

Their every move affected Su Ye, making him slowly change from fear and start pulling out seedlings to help him grow.

Behind the strength, it is not only an incredible ability, but more importantly, a strong heart.

From "not daring to touch" the blue zongzi, worried that his ability could not be digested, to "unscrupulous" touching the blue zongzi, becoming a high-ranking behind-the-scenes.

This is what Su Ye wants.

Even if you fall from your swaddling clothes, even if you fall all over your body,

I'm sorry

If I want to become stronger, I won't be afraid.

Life is like a feather, life is like a weed.

As long as you can't burn me, one day, I'll be all over the mountain for you to see, what is the real scenery!

The zongzi in front of him seemed to have infinite attraction, Su Ye felt that he was in a daze, and the desire to know so desperately made him squat down.

He reached out and grabbed the skeleton, but he didn't expect the roots of the tree to wrap around it, like a part of a big banyan tree, and it took a lot of effort to pull it out.

As the skull was uprooted by him, the tendrils and dirt continued to fall, letting out a moan that had been silent for a hundred years.

Under the dark canopy, the hand of holding the skeleton is also cold.

In the cracked skull, there is a smell of decay that has been going on for years, and between the teeth that have not yet fallen out,

Seems to be shaking to say something?

"Happy... Greet... Light... Pro..."

A whisper in his ear made Su Ye shake all over, and then shook his head violently, but there was still a sleeping skull in front of him.

He listened carefully to the skeleton's voice, but could only hear the "creaking" sound of shaking between his teeth.

Taking a breath, Su Ye put his hand into the gap between its jawbone and jaw, and lightly touched it between the teeth of the deceased covered with whiskers and broken bones.

"Bo'er",

After such a long time,

Finally heard the voice that I hadn't heard for a long time.

"Leona, I actually betrayed you..."

What the hell?

Su Ye was a little disappointed, and just as he was about to withdraw his hand, he touched a certain metal substance again.

A gust of yin wind swept from the ground, Su Ye felt his heart beat wildly, half of his arm trembled slightly, he clamped the thing with his index and middle fingers, and pulled it out of the skeleton's mouth,

All the living have their eyes wide open—

He grabbed a black metal object,

It's actually put,

Dagger!

One end is a sharp blade, and the other is carved with some kind of god.

The dagger that had been dormant for many years was still intact, and the shape could be clearly seen, especially the statue of the dagger handle, which was a hideous-looking banshee, and the workmanship was quite exquisite and gorgeous.

Putting the dagger away, Su Ye held the skull and stared at it with a heavy face for another minute, the third uncle and Tang Rui were very surprised, why would he be interested in a rotten skull?

"Hey..."

A few minutes later, Su Ye sighed, suddenly thought of something, and turned around and came to the third uncle.

"Smoke, fire."

"Smack!"

Lighting a cigarette,

Su Ye carefully put the skull into the coffin, and before leaving, put the cigarette in the skull's mouth,

"Scumbag, go all the way."

After speaking, he patted his body and left this deep pool with everyone.

But no one noticed that at the moment when the coffin was closed, the skeleton in the darkness seemed to be implanted with new life, and the soul that had been sleeping for thousands of years was awakened in the squeaky sound of bones, and the corners of his mouth slowly spit out three words...

These three delicate Chinese characters, like echoes in the cave, echoed repeatedly in the coffin, and the sound and picture were like tides, constantly refracted, vague and rapid and powerful, as if they had not passed through the eardrum, and were transmitted directly to Su Ye's brain in the distance:

"Mom......... Sell......... Batch! ”

......

......

......

"Ah~~~~~ sneez!"

Su Ye sneezed, glanced back, didn't think much about it, and continued to walk forward.

"Don Jr., the skeleton?" The third uncle wanted to speak and stopped.

"I don't know, it doesn't look like a human body, but I can't tell what's wrong."

The third uncle nodded, deliberately slowed down, pulled away and whispered, "Have you ever heard of any place where people can control skeletons?" ”

"Oh?"

Tang Rui was a little surprised: "I haven't seen it anyway, but I've encountered it when I control the corpse." Skeletons don't have any life, and even if the caster wants to control them, it's hard to reach the sky. Otherwise, such a legendary thing would spread in an instant. ”

"Well... Maybe I'm thinking too much. The third uncle's expression became more and more solemn.

Surrounded by towering trees in the endless green ocean, the four of them were a little aimless, they didn't know where the exit was, and now, where it was.

suddenly

A path appeared in the direction of eleven o'clock ahead, hidden in the thick weeds, and it was difficult to detect.

Qi Pupil's eyes were sharp, and he hurriedly trotted over, the path was two meters wide, paved with sparse stones, and it was possible to pass pedestrians.

"Hey! Come here! ”

Everyone walked into this path, but as soon as they took a step, they were greeted by a cool breeze, and everyone couldn't help but shiver.

"It's... Where is this? ”

Raising your head, the curved path is paved with irregular stones, and at first glance, it looks like a path up the mountain, covered with dense trees, but you don't know which immortal's mansion it leads to.

"That's it, let's move on." The third uncle skimmed a branch and cleared the nettles under his feet as he walked forward.

It didn't take long to follow the path before you quickly disappeared into the green world.

After walking for about an hour, Qi Tong suddenly became happy, as if he had forgotten all his previous experiences, walked lightly on his little feet, and turned around curiously: "You see, this place is actually quite beautiful, the mountain road is full of Zen, maybe it is a place where some immortal lives in seclusion!"

"Don't forget that this is Zhang Chi's lair, and we are in danger now." Tang Rui said lightly.

"I need you to remind you! Isn't it my way to ease the atmosphere and let everyone relieve their tight attention! ”

"It's better not to alleviate at this time."

"Tang Rui! Are you sincere? ”

"Huh..."

"What do you sigh! Come here and make it clear! Don't you have to twist your head? What do you mean by walking? Pick up the group and pick whatever you want, hey! Feed!! ”

“.........”

The third uncle and Su Ye had never joined the fairy bickering session, so they found a stone and sat down.

The third uncle lit a cigarette and took a long puff: "How is it?" ”

"Hmm... No problem. ”

In fact, since leaving the swamp, Su Ye began to mark along the road, and he carefully observed his surroundings, every tree, every boulder, and even the birdsong in the sky would make him stop.

This job was supposed to be arranged for Su Ye, but he was surprised to find that Su Ye actually did it himself.

This small gesture made the third uncle a little relieved, and he pointed out some tips on how Su Ye should make the mark correctly in order to prevent the original mark from being tampered with by the tracker.

Su Ye remembered it with his heart.

After resting for a while, the four of them continued to walk deeper,

suddenly

The path beneath your feet becomes gentle, and you are about to come to an end?

The surrounding trees began to thin, and everyone quickened their pace, and after a few steps, the vision suddenly opened up, and most of the valley was already crawling at their feet.

I didn't have time to appreciate it, and I saw rows of platforms around me, arranged along the sloping hillside, from high to low, and on the stepped platform, hundreds of them stood in each row—

Tombstone!

This is...

A cemetery in the mountains?

A shady mountain breeze swept across the cemetery, and the trees around it whistled strangely.

Su Ye squatted down and looked at it carefully, but found that there were strange faces painted on each tombstone?

Some have horns, some have two heads, like some kind of mutated animal, with hideous faces and exposed fangs, but all have one thing in common:

Their eyes seemed to be alive, and they were watching the five uninvited guests from beginning to end, as if they were angry with them and disturbed the peace of the dead!

The cemetery is spectacular and desolate, like the terraced fields of the south, except that instead of crops, they are planted with strange bones...

The four of them were deeply shocked, and it took a while to come back to their senses.

But new questions followed, how could there be a cemetery in this deep mountain and old forest?

And how many of them?

The hearts of the people are full of spirits,

Over here... There was a tribe, or a kingdom, and these tombstones were artificial, but what about them?

Where is the fallen kingdom, strange impact on everyone's heart.

Each tomb is made of bricks in a semicircle, and some of the mounds are surrounded by a half-circle of brick walls, which is the "back chair" type tomb of the wealthy families in the south.

It is difficult to describe this scene in words, spectacular or sad, weird or vicissitudes!

They were originally on a shady mountain road, but they suddenly entered the cemetery, facing the sky unobstructed, directly overlooking the valley below—isn't this the environment designed for the dead buried here?

Tang Rui broke the silence and said softly:

"There is life and death, and there are cemeteries everywhere, but this is a narrow basin, and people can only build cemeteries on the hills. This is true in many places. Feng Shui is also a good place to go with the mountains in the back and facing the bustling basin.

After living for so long, it is the first time that such a magnificent cemetery has been placed, and I am deeply touched..."

The third uncle glanced at the cemetery, sniffed lightly, and said vigilantly: "Hurry up, if you stay any longer, something will happen!" ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts ached, and they hurriedly started to leave the lonely grave in the middle of the mountain, turned back to the mountain path, and continued to walk up.

No one questioned what the third uncle said,

What did he see?

Walking on the road, Su Ye suddenly understood the intention of digging this dangerous road, maybe it was the exclusive road for future generations to pay tribute to those buried corpses...

After another half or so hours, the trail becomes steeper, and the stone path beneath your feet fades away, replaced by a patch of weeds, and the narrow path is only accessible to single people.

The mud after the rain was a little slippery, and Su Ye reminded the two girls to be careful from time to time, and the same thing must be said to everyone. Dense branches lay across the road, blocking the way, and he had to break the branches to move forward.

Some strange birdsong suddenly sounded from the deep mountains, like the screams of a certain girl, and Su Yuan's heart was frightened when he heard it.

"Is there a situation?" The third uncle looked up.

"I don't know, but it doesn't feel right!"

"Go back!" The third uncle frowned, but just as he passed by Su Ye-

In the quiet dense forest, the leaves with no end in sight began to shake slightly, accompanied by a "rustling" sound......

What is that!

Su Ye's eyes widened,

In a flash

Air freezes!

Heartbeat, heartbeat, heartbeat, heartbeat!

The four hearts beat faster almost at the same time, and the adrenaline was secreted at a rapid pace, rapidly spreading to every blood vessel in the body.

Although there was nothing to be seen, only the blinding green everywhere, it was a real feeling—the cemetery was hundreds of meters away, and they had just disturbed the sleep of the dead.

There was a sudden gust of wind in the sky, and Su Ye only felt his scalp tingle rapidly, and raised his head in a quarter of a second.

That one......

It's finally here!