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"Netherworld, there is no return!" Jiu'er stood in front of an inconspicuous stone and gently read out the words on it. She had been wandering around the misty forest for days, and in her desperation, she came to the rock. It can't be wrong, behind this stone, it must be the entrance to the underworld.

She breathed a sigh of relief, looking at her own embarrassment, coupled with the face that could no longer be seen in the first place, it looked like a ghost. I didn't expect this place to be so dangerous, if it weren't for my cleverness, hiding the breath on my body, plus the kung fu of escaping my life that I had practiced before, it is estimated that I would have been in the belly of a demon and monster at this time.

"His grandmother's, this place of the hell! Fortunately, Master Cat, I am blessed with a great life, otherwise there would really be no return. She cautiously walked around the stone and headed inside. There was a deathly silence all around, everything was gray, only the breath of death came to the face. There is a smell of decay everywhere, as long as the demons and monsters in the darkness smell a trace of life, she will be doomed, and her bones will be gone. After making sure that there was no danger in front of her for the time being, she dared to move forward. Perhaps no one could have imagined that a living creature would break into the underworld, and she walked along the path behind the stones, which went more smoothly than expected. Seeing that he was about to cross the sheep intestine path and enter the territory of the underworld immediately, he didn't expect to burst out with an angry roar in the air: "Who dares to trespass into the underworld?" Still not tied up? ”

His grandmother's, what are you afraid of, if you don't leave at this time, you will wait for when. When it was too late, she dodged and transformed into a light black cat, like an arrow from a full bow, and with a snort, she had already disappeared into the boundless darkness.

Jiu'er hid in Tibet, and after several turnovers, he finally got rid of the comer. Just as she was prostrate in front of a strange-looking flower, panting and looking out, she suddenly smelled a foul smell and almost fainted from the smoke. Looking down, she almost screamed in fright. Heavy white bones, layer upon layer, the more colorful this flower blooms, the more white bones underneath, it turns out to be a kind of flower that devours people and eats bones. She didn't say a word, she just ran away. If she had been a step too late, she would have been one of those bones. No wonder there is a saying in the world that the more beautiful something is, the more dangerous it is. As she ran, she wondered, could this be the legendary Flower of Death? By the way, it's definitely the Flower of Death. All she had to do was follow the place where the flower grew to reach the River Styx. Thinking about it like this, she ran more vigorously, only to feel a gust of black wind flying by, but others didn't know what was passing by, and they didn't attract attention all the way.

It is rumored that the place where the flower of death blooms most vigorously is the place where the stone of death is located, and as long as you look all the way along the place where these flowers have bloomed, you will definitely find the stone of death. According to the regulations of this underworld, the Death Stone is opened once a day, and it is opened in turn according to the order of twelve hours, and the time of opening every day is that hour, looking at these endless long teams of wandering souls, it is estimated that Qin Hao is also one of them. Jiu'er couldn't stay and check carefully, so he could only wait for the rabbit next to the death stone.

In the distance, there was a river on the other side, and by the river was an old woman dressed in black who was slowly handing bowls to the wandering spirits who came by. Jiu'er didn't dare to get too close, so he could only find a large stone by the river, and make a decision to turn himself into an inconspicuous grass, and stay there quietly, not daring to come out. She restrained her breath and didn't dare to relax for half a minute. Maybe there were too many wandering spirits in front of her, and the guards of the underworld were busy attracting people, and no one noticed her for a while. She shook her head triumphantly, and the little grass she had turned into shook a little, and she regained her composure. Thanks to her cleverness, both sides of the River Styx were dead and dusty, but there was no grass, and only she hid next to the stones, barely attracting attention.

The person who is giving soup is probably the legendary Meng Po. I didn't see her appearance clearly when I was in a hurry just now, that black dress, that body of death, it looked like a 10,000-year-old well, which made people a little frightened, and I didn't know what to do to get past her. Oops, what a headache. All the way here, Jiu'er was already exhausted, and when he stopped, he couldn't help but feel a little tired. She cheered up, for fear of missing Qin Hao. It's just that I can't withstand the exhaustion, but I still fall asleep. Whatever, she's a little grass now, and she can't afford to sleep for a while.

I don't know how long I slept, and suddenly there was a noise. "Hurry up! Hurry up! Hurry up and don't miss the hour! A guard's rough voice reached Jiu'er's ears.

"One hundred and one, Qin Hao! It's your turn, hurry up! "Someone is naming, and the person who came over is the person Jiu'er is thinking about.

She was agitated, and she had no sleepiness. Immediately after, she transformed into a human form and ran towards Qin Hao. Great, Qin Hao, I finally found you, and I finally saw you again. She was full of joy, and she didn't care if she was discovered, let alone what the consequences would be if she was discovered, in her eyes, she only saw Qin Hao, and only saw Qin Hao, who had now turned into a lonely soul.

"Qin Hao! Qin Hao! I've finally found you! It's me, I'm Black Hitomi! Jiu'er came to Qin Hao excitedly and looked at him with a smile. His face was pale and transparent, and his expression was dull, and it seemed that he had not been able to accept the fact that he was dead for a moment. When I heard someone say the word "black pupils", there was a slight wave in my eyes. I saw him slowly raise his eyes, glanced at Jiu'er slowly, and then coldly spit out a sentence: "Nonsense, my black pupils are a cat!" ”

"Bold fanatics, dare to break into my underworld, don't hurry up and catch it!" As soon as Qin Hao finished speaking, the guards over there had already let out an angry roar, and they were about to rush over.

Jiu'er was anxious, and said hurriedly: "I am the black pupil, I am a cat demon, I don't believe you!" After speaking, she turned into a black cat and looked at Qin Hao with blank eyes.

Unexpectedly, when Qin Hao saw her, he did not have a happy encounter with her as he imagined, but was shocked, and his already pale and transparent face became more and more invisible. He shouted "Yokai! Youkai! While stumbling past the first few geistes, he took the bowl of soup that Meng Po had just handed over, drank it all, and then jumped into the stone without any more stops. There were bursts of white light on the living stone, and Qin Hao's shadow disappeared.

"Hey, you coward! Didn't you just see my real body? As for it? She exclaimed, but was helpless. This fact is indeed unacceptable, not to mention that he just accepted his death, and his own trouble made him even more frightened, and he didn't even wait for the arrangement of the hour, and hurriedly reincarnated. Oh no, I don't know where he threw it. She's going to have to catch up. So she wanted to get past Meng Po and drill into the stone without drinking the Meng Po soup.

It's just that there is an invisible power in front of her, which makes her bounce back. She was not paying attention, and was bounced off by the force and fell to the ground. The guards behind her had already caught up and surrounded her.

"I'm going to be reincarnated, don't stop me. I'm leaving, I'm leaving your underworld. She was in a hurry, if she continued like this, she really didn't know where to find Qin Hao's reincarnation.

"The Stone of the Dead can only be worn by the soul, and you are not a soul now. That's why it was bounced back. If you want to go there, you will lay down your life. DID YOU KNOW? Meng Po, who had been silent, shouted to stop the guards who were about to move, and said quietly. The voice seemed to come from a distant place, so ethereal that it didn't seem to come from the mouth of the person in front of you. She hadn't spoken for years, and her voice was so hoarse that people thought something was rubbing against it in the distance, and it was very hard to jump out of her throat, giving goosebumps to everyone who listened.

"Isn't it just one life, I have nine lives, what is one life! Please let me go, I will go wherever he goes. Jiu'er was so anxious that she jumped to her feet, and changed from a cat body to a human body. She pleaded bitterly with Meng Po, but she barely shed two tears. If this continues, the tears will really flow. She didn't have time, she really couldn't wait any longer.

"Idiot! What an idiot! Let's go! Nine lives, and now there are only eight left! Meng Po's goosebump-inducing voice sounded again, but the force that stood in front of Jiu'er was withdrawn. Jiu'er jumped up suddenly, thanked Meng Po, jumped up, and disappeared into the death stone. The white light lit up again, and gradually, the stone returned to its form of stone.

"Let's disperse. Providence is like this, today's events, there is no need to say anything to the outside world! Meng Po turned around and picked up another bowl of soup and said to the guards. The guards listened to her and said, "Yes!" Then he withdrew. The long line of geists moved again, as if the scene had never happened.