I don't know how long I walked, an hour, or two hours, I don't know, but I felt that my stomach was getting more and more hungry, and my legs were getting heavier and heavier.

"What is it that trips me?" Hyunjoo muttered to herself, looking down and seeing nothing. "Nothing?"

"You're hungry. Xuan Ming said.

"Maybe. ”

The two walked a few more steps, but Xuanzhu still felt that something was tripping her feet, looked down again, and couldn't help but scream.

"What's wrong?

"Skeletons!"

Xuan Ming looked back, and sure enough, he saw a skeleton blocking Xuan Zhu's feet. He hurriedly turned around and took two steps back, grabbed Xuanzhu's hand and walked around.

"There are skeletons up ahead, too!"

He followed her shout and looked forward, and sure enough, five or six paces away, there were two white skeletons lying there. Next to the skeleton, I also saw several grave bags overgrown with wild grass.

"Where have we walked in?" Xuan Ming muttered to himself, "How come there is still a grave?"

He took her hand, walked around the skeleton, walked around the grave, and continued on his way. But they found that the mountain road is getting more and more uneven, but there are more and more deserted graves, there are old graves and new graves, the old tombs basically have no tombstones, most of the new tombs have tombstones, Xuan Ming took a torch to shine a photo, the words on the tombstones are like insects and crawling beasts, crooked like stick figures, all of them are not recognized.

The two of them walked further and found that many graves had been excavated, and the wooden coffins inside had long since decayed, leaving only white skeletons lying in the same white and cold stone coffins, and there were still fragments of rusty helmets and armor inside. There were several larger graves, with neither coffins nor sarcophagi, and several skeletons were crammed inside, and these skeletons were not lying peacefully, but kneeling, standing, lying scattered, and some with their hands tied behind their backs, like bony sculptures, with unyielding stubbornness and rebelliousness to fight against the world.

"We're in a mass grave. Xuan Ming said.

He looked up and saw only the endless silence of the night, and the dim light of the fire that surrounded them, and the clouds of night mist were rising from all around them. In the night fog, in addition to the sound of the mountain wind, in addition to the strange cry of the owl, there was also the sobbing of a woman, and after a while, there were more women's whimpering and wailing.

"How can there be a woman here?" Hyun Ming said suspiciously.

"Senior brother, we really have to meet a ghost, right?" she grabbed his hand tightly, and cold sweat oozed from her palms.

After she finished speaking, it was as if she saw something floating in mid-air. Dingqing looked closely, and she saw a woman with long hair and a green dress, three feet above the ground, hanging in the air, with a long tongue outstretched, bright red blood droplets flowing down the corners of her mouth, a long neck wrapped around a circle of white silk, and a pair of stiff eyes flashing with a faint blue light.

"Ghost!" Xuanzhu exclaimed.

"I-no-is-ghost. ”

The eerie voice dragged a long echo through the air, and then four figures formed around them, falling at the same time, enveloping the two of them in the middle.

"Then who are you?" asked Xuan Minglang loudly.

"We are women who were persecuted and died by this nobleman of the Wei clan a thousand years ago. ”

Four yin voices echoed around them.

"I don't care if you're a human or a ghost, please get out of the way!" Xuan Ming said sharply.

The four ghosts remained unmoved.

"Look at the sword!" Xuan Ming shouted, swinging his sword like a rainbow, cutting off one of the arms of one of the "ghosts", but no blood flowed; instead of landing on the ground, the severed arm rushed to Xuan Ming, pinching his throat and pinching him so much that he almost suffocated.

"I'll blow the fireworks alarm flute!" Xuan Zhu hurriedly shouted to Xuan Ming. Because Xuanzhu saw that this "female ghost" could not be killed, if she wanted to get out of danger, there was only this trick left by the master to give her a try.

"It didn't work. Xuan Ming squeezed out two words from Shuangzi. "Don't be afraid. Then he squeezed out three more words.

"You-no-afraid-——? death," the hand loosened slightly.

"What is there to fear in death? What is the glory in life? ”

"Y-who are you-——?," the "female ghost" snapped.

"Who am I?" Hyun Ming asked himself, "Who do you say I am? I don't even know who I am? Who was me a hundred years ago? Who am I a hundred years from now? I am a dignified man now, and I am afraid of you ghosts and ghosts?"

"Sister!" said the other of the four ghosts, "he is like us brothers who have been buried alive, and he sees death as if he were his home. ”

"Even the tone is pretty much the same. Another ghost said.

When Xuan Ming heard this, he felt that the "ghost hand" holding his neck gradually loosened, and the breath in his throat was also unblocked. When they opened their eyes, not only did the "ghost hand" and the "female ghost" disappear at the same time, but the skeletons outside the grave that were entangled under their feet also disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"Jin Gongzi recites poems and retires female ghosts!Not only is he a young man in the rivers and lakes!Jian Zhi is the brave star in this world!" Xuanzhu said with a smile next to him.

"Don't laugh at me. I was scared to death at first, but when I thought that the female ghost's hand was going to strangle me, I was going to die, and I couldn't be scared to death by her. I thought, I can't be a scared death!"

"Drink saliva! I was scared to death. Drink saliva to moisten our throats, we still have to keep going. Xuanzhu said and brought the water to him.

"Just give me something to eat, I'm dying of hunger. He said after taking a few sips of water and wiping his lips with his hand.

He took her hand and hurried along the path in the middle of the grave pit, hurried through the horrible graveyard.

After walking for about an hour, he saw a faint light coming from the front. The two couldn't help but get nervous again. The wolf ape and the female ghost in front of them had already exhausted the two of them, so they had to hold the sword tightly in their hands and walk forward cautiously, preparing to deal with greater thrills and more unexpected situations.

"Senior sister, what do you think we can meet this time?fox fairy or snake spirit?" asked her softly.

After two tribulations, he calmed down.

"Shh——, I seem to see a pavilion. Xuanzhu said quietly.

The further you walked, the brighter the light became, and the outline of the pavilion became clearer and clearer.

"That's right, it's a pavilion. Xuan Ming stared ahead without turning his eyes and said.

"Great! Looks like we're coming out of this Netherworld. Xuanzhu said, breathing a long sigh of relief.

"I can't say yet, let's get closer and see clearly. He said this with his voice still suppressed.

"Anyway, I didn't hear any weird noises right now, so I don't think it should be dangerous. ”

"I hope it will be as you wish. ”

Between the words they came near.

It is indeed a pavilion with lanterns hanging from the four corners of the pavilion. There are peach trees all around, and the peach branches are full of ripe peaches, which are red in the light of the lanterns, which is particularly attractive. On the long wooden chair in the pavilion, there is a green bamboo basket covered with yellow gauze, and you can smell the tempting aroma of rice from a distance. It's just that there is no one around, and it is quiet everywhere.

"It looks like a false alarm!"

She jumped up for joy and kissed him on the cheek.

He suddenly felt hot on his face, and hurriedly stepped forward and reached out to uncover the yellow gauze covering the bamboo basket, and a basket of hot white steamed buns suddenly appeared in front of him.

"It smells so good!"

Xuan Ming stared at these fragrant hot steamed buns, and his eyes almost shot a faint green light. In fact, isn't this the case with Xuanzhu?

"This steamed bun is a bit inexplicable, you can't eat it!" reminded Xuanzhu.

Although they were full for lunch, after walking for so long, after a vicious battle of wolf apes and a fight against female ghosts, the two of them were already exhausted and hungry. This basket of hot steamed buns and the sweet peaches on the tree are the best comforting products for them at this moment.

"Then try the peaches. ”

Xuan Ming said, picked a peach, took out a handkerchief and wiped it, took a bite, and immediately became sweet.

"It's delicious, it's fragrant and sweet, you can taste it." Xuan Ming said and handed it to Xuan Zhu.

Xuanzhu took it and took a bite, a joyful smile on his face, and said, "It's really good!

Xuan Ming stretched out his hand and picked a peach, this time the handkerchief was useless, rubbed the fluff of the peach skin with his hand, opened his mouth and ate it wildly, three times five divided by two, a peach the size of a steamed bun was gnawed by him, only a small peach beard remained, pinched between the thumb and index finger, raised her eyes and looked at Xuan Zhu, the peach in her hand had eaten less than half.

Xuan Ming suddenly felt happy and drenched, and he felt relaxed. But as soon as Shu Changjin felt it, another strange feeling rose from the bottom of his heart.

"What's wrong? Why do I feel pain and itching all over my body?" Xuan Ming wondered.

"Really?" Xuanzhu looked up at him with questioning eyes.

"Oh no! This peach is poisonous! We may have been calculated!" Xuan Ming suddenly understood and exclaimed.

"When you say this, I also feel a little numb and crispy pain in my body, and we may have fallen into someone else's trap. Xuanzhu said impatiently. He glanced at most of the remaining peaches in his hand, which were white and tender with a little bit of red, and he didn't find any vision.

Xuan Ming circled around the pavilion, looked around, hammered his fist, and said hatefully: "Why am I so stupid?

Xuanzhu said: "There must be something wrong with this steamed bun! The steaming one must have just been delivered, who sent it? Why didn't anyone come out to recruit us? I just didn't expect that there was a problem with this peach. ”

Xuan Ming said: "These peaches are all ripe." But what season is it now? It hasn't yet reached the Yangxia Festival, and the late spring hasn't passed yet! But the peaches can't be ripened until after the Yangxia Festival. ”

As he spoke, the pain in Xuan Ming's body became stronger and stronger. "How does this pain seem to come from the internal organs and bones? It is getting more and more painful! Senior sister, how do you feel?"

"I'm a little numb, but it's just a pain in my flesh, not in my bones. Xuanzhu replied.

Xuan Ming was in even more pain, and in an instant, the pain pierced his heart. Along with this inexplicable pain, a sudden demonic qi exploded from the abdomen, quickly filling the chest and abdomen, and quickly spreading throughout the body with the meridians, puffing up his heart and chest, as well as his body and limbs. Xuanzhu saw that Xuanming suddenly swelled up like a balloon, his whole body increased in height and fat, and he stood there trembling and dangerous.

"What's wrong with you, senior brother, what's wrong with you?" Xuanzhu shouted eagerly, holding him up.

"I'm fine, it's just swollen and uncomfortable!" Xuan Ming said with difficulty, leaning against a pine tree.

"Oh my God, what's wrong with you, brother, what's going on? Can anyone tell me?" Xuanzhu stood up straight, raised her head and drank coquettishly, as if asking the sky, as if asking the earth, and as if asking herself.

"I'll tell you!" a shrill voice came from behind.