When the sun rose to its highest point, the noon sun poured on Zhou Kui's body, and in a trance, Zhou Kui vaguely saw a stone monument erected on a boulder not far above.

"Lao Bai, go and see what is written on that stone tablet?"

The white rat drilled out of Zhou Kui's pocket, kicked his two calves lightly, and his body flew on the cliff with a vigorous body.

"Firmament Peak, that's right, it's the three words Firmament Peak!"

After confirming that it was correct, the white rat spirit rushed to the edge of the cliff and shouted at Zhou Kui, who was still climbing: "Brother Zhou, the stone tablet has three big characters written on the firmament peak!" ”

"Okay, I see, thank you Lao Bai!"

When Zhou Kui heard that the end was near, he couldn't help but boost his morale, he bit his lip tightly, and used his last strength to climb to the top.

"Brother Zhou, are you okay? I see you're out of breath when you're tired, take a break, and then set off when you've rested enough! The white rat jumped to Zhou Kui's side, and his words revealed concern.

Zhou Kui lay on the mountain rock and gasped for a few breaths, feeling a little relieved, he slowly got up from the ground, untied the yellow cloth bag, and took out a bottle of mineral water and a bag of compressed biscuits.

"Lao Bai, eat cookies!"

Zhou Kui broke the compressed biscuit into two pieces and handed it to the white rat spirit.

"Thank you, Brother Zhou!" The rat spirit raised his little paw to take a piece of compressed biscuit, and gnawed unhurriedly.

After lunch, Zhou Kui stuffed the white rat spirit back into his jacket pocket, and he walked to the edge of the cliff on the other side of the Sky Peak, and looked down carefully.

"Master said that you can walk along this winding cliff to the Meridian Valley, but this slope is so steep that if you are not careful, you will fall into the abyss." Zhou Kui stood on the edge of the cliff, looking at the bottomless cliff, feeling that his whole body was trembling.

"Die, die, anyway, my cheap life, even if I am accepted by Lord Yama, I am willing!" Zhou Kui said with some self-defeating.

He grabbed a thick vine on the edge of the cliff, carefully stretched out his feet to test down, and after finding a foothold, Zhou Kui mustered up the courage to slowly move down with his hands and feet.

Perhaps because he was too nervous, Zhou Kui was halfway down, and his hands and feet seemed to be filled with lead and couldn't move. Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, Zhou Kui let go of the vines, and the whole person fell into the misty cliff with his head and feet.

In the process of falling, the white rat spirit heard Zhou Kui's desperate scream, he hurriedly got out of Zhou Kui's shirt, flew to Zhou Kui's shoulder, and desperately grabbed Zhou Kui's robe with his claws, which slightly slowed down Zhou Kui's falling momentum.

"Brother Zhou, my ten-year Taoism has finally come in handy today!" The white rat spirit smirked.

A few minutes later, Zhou Kui finally fell to the ground without danger, and the white rat spirit lay on Zhou Kui's shoulder weakly, panting constantly.

"Lao Bai, you have made a great contribution this time, if you hadn't rescued me in time, I'm afraid I would have fallen into meat sauce a long time ago!" Zhou Kui sat on a stone and said with palpitations.

The white rat spirit was too tired to speak, and he raised his paw and motioned for Zhou Kui to put him back in his pocket.

"Have a good rest, and when I go back, I will tell Master the truth about your merits!" Zhou Kui comforted softly.

In order to complete the task as soon as possible, Zhou Kui did not stop long, he stood up and continued to move forward, not far away on a cliff wall carved with "Meridian Valley" three vermilion characters written in cursive.

"Meridian Valley is an ancient battlefield, and the strange phenomenon of the Yin Soldier Passage often occurs here, I have to get out quickly to avoid more incidents!"

The weather in the mountains is unpredictable, just now it was a sunny day, at this moment the sky is full of dark clouds, the air is unusually hot, and there is a dull thunder faintly heard in the distant sky, and from time to time there are flashes of dazzling lightning.

Zhou Kui quickened his pace and hurried among the rocks in the valley.

"Boom!"

A thunderbolt exploded above Zhou Kui's head, and the deafening thunder resounded throughout the valley, Zhou Kui didn't dare to stop for a while, he covered his ears with his hands, gritted his teeth and continued to run forward.

When he walked to a rocky beach, the raindrops of beans smashed down from the air, and Zhou Kui, who had nowhere to hide, was drenched in soup by this sudden heavy rain.

"Damn, isn't there a place to shelter from the rain?"

Zhou Kui was feeling anxious, and through the vast rain and mist, he vaguely saw a cave on the cliff wall not far away.

The rain became heavier and heavier, and soon it merged into a turbulent turbid current between the valleys, and it was too late to say that it was too fast, and as soon as Zhou Kui stepped into the cave with his front feet, the flood water rushed down from a high place.

Zhou Kui lay in the cave far away from the entrance of the cave, looking at the monstrous torrent outside the cave, his heart was pounding: "It's so dangerous, I'm afraid I won't become an underwater ghost if I slow down a few seconds!" ”

There is an occasional breeze blowing in the cave, Zhou Kui can't help but be overjoyed, there is a wind, it means that the air in the cave is flowing, and the exit should be nearby.

With this thought, Zhou Kui stood up, groped the strange rocky cliff wall, and walked towards the cave as if walking on thin ice.

......

On the side of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, Guo Jia and Zheng Zilong were sitting in the corridor, and the two senior brothers were bored playing chess.

Zheng Zilong looked at the pouring rain outside the window, and said with an uneasy face: "With such a heavy rain, the Meridian Valley will definitely flood, I don't know how Senior Brother Zhou is now?" ”

Guo Jia looked at the chessboard and replied absentmindedly: "Senior Brother Zhou is more clever than you think, he will definitely survive, we as senior brothers must believe him!" ”

"You're so calm!" Zheng Zilong pursed his lips.

"Isn't that how the two of us came all the way in the first place? If you can't even hold on to this level of testing, how can you still gain a foothold in the Heavenly Master's Mansion? Guo Jia finished walking the chess pieces in his hand and said earnestly.

Back to Zhou Kui's side, it was mentioned earlier that he was lucky enough to escape the flood and took refuge in a cave......

The dark cave couldn't see his fingers, so Zhou Kui had to take out a candle and a box of matches from the yellow cloth bag.

"Fortunately, the yellow cloth bag is made of a special waterproof material, and the matches are not wet from the heavy rain." Zhou Kui whispered.

He lit the candle, holding it in one hand and the smooth rock wall with the other, and cautiously continued on his way.

"Boom Guy ......"

In the dark and deep cavern, there was a faint ethereal woman's laughter, which filled the huge cave and sounded extremely resentful and ruthless.

Zhou Kui heard this extremely strange sneer, and he had several layers of goosebumps all over his body, and his heart was about to rise to his throat.

"Brother Zhou doesn't have to be afraid, it's not surprising that there are dirty things in this kind of place where you can't see the light all year round, if you have the courage to swear a few swear words into the depths of the darkness, the laughter will naturally disappear."

The white rat spirit's words cheered up Zhou Kui, he cleared his throat, and scolded into the depths of the cave without thinking: "I'll go to your uncle's, dare to scare Lao Tzu, it's really tired and crooked!" ”

Zhou Kui's scolding echoed in the darkness for a long time, and for a long time, he could only hear the echo of his own scolding.

"Lao Bai, your idea really worked!" Zhou Kui praised the white rat spirit.

"Don't be foolish first, it seems that something is coming towards us, I'll go, it's so strong yin!"

As soon as the white rat spirit finished speaking, Zhou Kui noticed that the temperature in the cave had dropped rapidly, like falling into a three-foot ice cave.

"Why is it so cold all of a sudden?"

Zhou Kui retracted one hand, and his upper and lower teeth were so cold that he was fighting.

A layer of mysterious white mist suddenly appeared in the empty and secluded cave, and Zhou Kui saw that this white mist came strangely, and he did not dare to continue to go deeper rashly.

"Brother Zhou, take care of yourself, the way of this thing is far above me, you can ask for more blessings!" The rat spirit was silent after speaking.

Zhou Kui really wanted to take him out and throw him to the front to explore the way, but he thought about it or gave up.

"The evil that Lao Bai can't deal with, it must be a little tricky!" Zhou Kui couldn't help frowning, staring at the white mist that kept gathering.

"Anyway, it's all death, I'm out of it!"

Zhou Kui took out the woodcutter that Guo Jia gave him from the yellow cloth bag, and with a weapon in his hand, he was a little more confident.

Holding a candle in one hand and a woodcutter in the other, Zhou Kui walked slowly into the white mist as if facing a great enemy.

The wind in the cave was much weaker than just now, but the flame of the candle was very weak, Zhou Kui glanced at the candle, obviously only a third of it was burned, and the candle looked like it would be extinguished at any time.

"Poof!"

Just as Zhou Kui was engrossed in moving forward, the candle suddenly went out inexplicably, not so much as extinguishing, but rather someone deliberately blowing it out.

The candle was quietly extinguished, and the surroundings fell into a solemn darkness, Zhou Kui couldn't help but swallow several mouthfuls of saliva, and cold sweat wet his robe.

"Hiss ......"

I don't know what touched Zhou Kui's face, so frightened that Zhou Kui waved his woodcutter and stabbed at the air, the touch of that thing was sticky and smooth, which reminded Zhou Kui of going to the vegetable market with his father to buy vegetables when he was a child, and the squid placed on the ice cubes on the seafood counter.

"Where did the squid come from in the deep mountains and old forests, doesn't the squid live in the sea?" Zhou Kui comforted himself.

He dropped the candle he was holding in his left hand, and his fingers inadvertently touched the sticky thing again.

"I'll go, it seems to be a tentacle!"

Zhou Kui thought of the squid's long tentacles, and the doubts in his heart became even stronger: "How can there be a sea creature like a squid in a valley far from the sea?" ”

Just when Zhou Kui was suspicious, an inexplicable whisper suddenly sounded in his ears, and the whispers swept from all directions to surround Zhou Kui, and Zhou Kui's mind was quickly occupied by these whispers.

"My head, my head is about to explode!"