In the border town.

After a short search, it was completely dark, and at night, the two were still looking for somewhere in the city, but a few tails secretly followed them.

The night in the border city was very quiet, the doors of every house were closed, and even the small shops that solicited guests were all closed, at this time, Tang Wanwan felt a trace of strangeness behind him, and immediately looked up at An Zheyu on his side, only to see that he also nodded slightly, and said, "Let's go over there." ”

The two deliberately walked further and further, and when they came to the bank of a small river in an uninhabited city, Tang Wanwan suddenly said: "Zheyu, I want to wash my hands, but I don't know what I touched, I always feel slimy and uncomfortable on my hands." ”

"Okay, I'll help you. An Zheyu smiled dotingly, and then pulled Tang Wanwan to squat down.

Tang Wanwan motioned for him to look at the water, and sure enough, under the reflection of the water, on a waterfront tower not far away for people to watch, there was a black figure hiding on the railing on the second floor watching them.

Tang Wanwan disturbed the water, and the two of them seemed to be really washing their hands, just washing and washing, and they suddenly disappeared!

The person upstairs was dressed in a black veil, with a pair of cat's eyes and a faint green light, and he was full of doubts at this time.

As soon as she stood up, a long sword with cold light was pressed against her neck, and a female voice sounded behind her: "Who are you, and why are you following us?"

The cat-eyed masked woman snorted coldly, but did not answer. Tang Wanwan stepped forward to look at it, and then pretended to suddenly realize, and sighed: "Oh, it turned out to be a person from the demon clan, it seems that he is still a black cat spirit who has not cultivated well!"

For people to see through her true body at a glance, the cat-eyed woman was really shocked, and she was helplessly held by a man against her neck with a sword, and the cold air on the sword made her feel cold all over her body, and she couldn't get up.

"I'm unlucky tonight, I was planted in your hands, but you can't kill me, if you know me, let me go, otherwise ......"

"Or let your master come and destroy us?" Tang Wanwan added as she interrupted.

"Hmph, it's good to know!" said the cat-eyed woman with a shivering and arrogant look.

Who knew that Tang Wanwan took advantage of her unpreparedness and tore off her veil, and then pretended to be amazed and said: "Yo you, it's really a rare beauty! It's just that I can't see others being more beautiful than me, and I can't see beautiful women being arrogant to me, so how about I change your face for you?"

She deliberately stroked the cat-eyed girl's baby face with her hand, only to see that people finally couldn't help but tremble, and began to stammer: "You, what do you want to do!"

"I'm sure you've heard of it, too!" Tang bent his hand into the air, and a small gray-brown wooden bottle suddenly appeared in her hand.

I saw her pinching the small wooden bottle and shaking it in front of the cat-eyed girl, and then continued: "What our Gu family is best at is medical skills, so we also refine the poison unique to deal with monsters, do you see this bottle, the bone-eroding water in it can ruin your appearance, except for me, others can't repair it, you can... Figured it out?"

"Of course, if you say what I want to know, I might consider letting you go. Tang Wanwan deliberately brought the bottle closer and intimidated.

"I'm going to die. The cat-eyed woman suddenly lowered her eyes, her heart full of struggle.

"Actually, I have a way to kill you, but I think it seems more fun to keep you alive with a disgusting face!"

As soon as Tang Wanwan said this, even An Zheyu on the side was sweating profusely, thinking: "Fortunately, Wanwan is only good at scaring others, if she is really ruthless in her heart, then it is estimated that few people in this world will be her opponent!"

I saw him smile knowingly, and said: "Lady, don't waste your bone-eroding water, the sword in the husband's hand is an artifact in this world, specializing in slaying demons and monsters, if it is scratched by my sword, it will also leave a scar forever, haha." ”

How could he not know what was in that bottle? Wasn't it the water he had just taken from the river in the city?

How could the cat-eyed woman not sense the power of this sword?

The two didn't know that there would be an unexpected gain when they entered the city this time, so they couldn't help but smile at each other, and then stunned the cat-eyed girl and used the Soul Clearing Bead to erase her memory.

When she woke up again, she touched the back of her neck that was a little sore, and sat up directly from the ground.

She didn't think much of it, and when she looked at the creek again, she realized that the two had disappeared......

"Forget it, let's look for it first. She muttered, then turned and disappeared.

Besides, Tang Wanwan and the two of them had already gone around the city for a long time, but they still had no clue.

"Go up there and have a look. An Zheyu pointed to a suspension bridge not far away, and the other side of the bridge was separated by a fence, and it seemed that no one lived there. Tang Wanwan nodded, and the two walked onto the small suspension bridge that shook slightly when they stepped on.

As soon as their feet fell to the ground, the two of them couldn't help but look at the grove that was only a few hundred meters back and forth, only to see that the air here was fresh, and an attic was faintly visible, but the attic was dark, and I don't know if someone was asleep or uninhabited?

There are rockeries and lotus ponds around, the strange thing is that this is just the beginning of spring, the lotus flowers in the pond are full, through the light of the soul beads, these lotus flowers are all fiery red, especially conspicuous against the backdrop of the green leaves of this pool.

Tang Wanwan couldn't help but pull the corner of An Zheyu's clothes, and whispered, "Zheyu, don't you think this pool of lotus flowers is a bit different?"

"Oh, why?" asked An Zheyu, a little puzzled.

"Look. Tang Wanwan pulled him a few steps closer and said, "This lotus seems to be much redder than what we usually see, isn't it very conspicuous?"

"Yes, it's really very popular! Will it be ......" People who understand spiritual power usually don't look at these weird things with the eyes of ordinary people, so they all keep an eye on them.

Tang Wanwan called the Soul Bead to release spiritual power to wrap her and An Zheyu inside, and the two stayed in this transparent circular protective layer, slowly descending into the water.

The bottom of the pool is immeasurably deep, and I don't know how long it took for the two of them to gradually feel the sense of solidity coming from the low end.

"Zheyu, look, there seems to be a stone gate there!" Tang Wanwan suddenly pointed to the side not far in front of him, An Zheyu followed and looked over, there was really a big stone gate that looked covered with a lot of moss.

They walked over slowly, and An Zheyu stretched out his right hand and carefully touched the damp big stone door, and said, "Let's find a way to open it and take a look." ”

After saying that, he glanced at Tang Wanwan beside him, and seeing that she also meant the same thing, the two began to push hard.

"There should be organs. Tang Wanwan thought for a moment, and then looked around.

Time passed bit by bit, and the two searched the neighborhood but still found nothing, and stood back in front of the stone gate at this moment.

Suddenly, a very strong suction force came, and the two of them could still feel this strong suction even if they were in the protective layer, and before they had time to think about it, they hurriedly released their spiritual power to resist, but they felt useless.

Until they were violently touched by that suction, the two of them slammed into the stone door together!

Just didn't feel any pain, the two of them opened their eyes, and the stone door opened on its own for some time, and in a moment, a more powerful suction force sucked the two into the door.

The protective layer shattered in response, and both of them were amazed by the vision in the cave!

I saw that this stone cave has a depth of about 100 meters, and the width is about 70 or 80 meters, and there is nothing in it except for eight large stone pillars with staggered heights on a raised platform in the center.

What amazed the two of them was the humanoid stone sculpture placed in the center of the eight pillars.

The stone carving was seven or eight meters high, and she only felt that it was only about two feet away from the top of the cave, and it looked like a beautiful woman holding a lotus flower, but she didn't know if it was Tang Wanwan's own illusion, she actually felt that the eyes of the stone statue seemed to be turning, as if she was looking at herself.

"Zheyu, did you see the stone elephant blinking?" Tang Wanwan felt a little hairy in his heart, so he pulled An Zheyu's sleeve and asked.

Unexpectedly, An Zheyu seemed to be settled at the moment, still maintaining his posture without the slightest reaction.

Tang Wanwan already felt that there was something strange here, but after discovering An Zheyu's abnormality, she was even more sure of this idea.

"Qingyun. ”

I could only hear her whispering, and Qingyun's voice sounded in her heart, "Miss, this stone statue is very weird, I was shocked by her, and now I can't come out at all." ”

"How can this be?" Tang Wanwan thought silently in his heart, and then Qingyun suddenly spoke again: "Miss, its strangeness seems to be the blood-red lotus flower in its hand, I wonder if this is an evil thing, I heard a legend a long time ago, it seems to be about the origin of this blood-red lotus." ”

"Oh, tell me about it. Tang Wanwan talked to Qingyun in his heart, and then couldn't wait to hear her continue.

Qingyun seemed to recall for a while, and then said: "The story seems to be about a lotus demon who has cultivated the Tao, and after she turned into a human form, she couldn't help but yearn to wander around the mortal world in her heart. ”

During this period, she passed by a small lake, because it was the height of summer, and many pink lotus flowers bloomed in the shallow water area by the lake, and because the water level receded, many lotus flowers began to become scorched and withered because of the silt, and the flowers also drooped. ”

Just when she felt distressed for these lotus flowers, a teenager came running from a distance with a wooden bucket and poured the little water left in the bucket into this arid lotus field, and then the lotus demon was moved by his daily behavior, so he thought to himself that when this young man grew up, he must marry him to repay his great kindness. ”

Tang Wanwan was fascinated by what he heard, then scratched his head and asked, "What about later?"

Later, she really married him when she was twenty years old, and the two had a very sweet life, but the lotus demon had a long time, so she had to go to the lake to become a lotus flower, nourished by silt and water, otherwise she would die of thirst, but unfortunately, her husband once happened to follow and saw this scene, so after returning to the village, under the persuasion of her parents, while the lotus demon was asleep, she was burned to death. ”

Qingyun couldn't help but sigh as she spoke. Tang Wanwan was too, when she looked at the stone statue again, she couldn't help but feel sympathy for her in her heart.