The gloomy and dark sky connects with the ground level in the distance.

On the wide surface of the river, scarlet water flows, and it is constantly bubbling as if it is boiling.

From time to time, there are withered and rotten hands, struggling to stretch out from under the river, but they are powerless to sink into the river again.

A gust of wind blew, and a fishy smell filled the air.

Strange flowers were growing all around, but most of them had withered.

But the flowers are beautiful, with lanceolate petals, red and white, that curl backwards and wrinkled waves around the edges, making them look as if they can make people feel calm.

But if you look closely, it is not difficult to find that there are black lines emerging inside those petals, as if they have been corroded by something.

The ground around was full of dry earth, large cracks, and occasionally a weed struggled out of it, also dark yellow, gently swaying in the wind.

All this brings out the eerie solitary swing on the shore.

The shelves of the swing look like bones, as if human leg bones are connected to each other, and the two red ropes seem to be soaked in blood, and the color is dark red.

The swinging board, stained with blood, was made of unrecognizable material.

Accompanied by the little girl's laughter, it has been lingering in this open space, making Zhang Chao's whole body tremble.

He wanted to turn away, but found that his body couldn't move at all!

Suddenly, he felt someone coming behind him.

But he couldn't look back.

Suddenly, a hand came from behind him.

The hand was a little old, and the skin was wrinkled, but it was very thick.

"This hand...... What's going on?" Zhang Chao's heart rose to his throat.

The hand slowly stretched out a finger, and then stabbed towards Zhang Chao's left eye!

"Ahh

He could only vaguely see that his eyeballs were forcibly pulled out of their sockets, and in that big hand, blood continued to slide down his fingers, dripping on the soil, which actually made the originally cracked soil begin to become wet......

"Oh, no, don't!" Zhang Chao sat up from the bed suddenly, covering his left eye, and kept panting heavily.

Cold sweat had soaked through his clothes, and his body was still shaking uncontrollably.

"Yes...... Is it a dream?" After a long time, he finally calmed down a little, turned to look around, and found that he was still in the guest room of Qiao's house.

But this dream is too real, as if I have experienced it myself.

"My eyes ......" He let go of his hand, only to find that the left eye given to him by the Master was still intact.

It's just that in the eye sockets, there are faint bursts of tingling pain, and there are blood stains, flowing out of the corners of the eyes.

"Could it be...... Is the eye injury that has been in place for more than ten years?" he sighed, found a white cloth, and wrapped his left eye around first.

The Master had told him that his eyes had been scratched by a wild dog when he was a child, and he had gone blind.

But what about the scene in the dream?

He was puzzled, and seemed to remember vaguely seeing the little girl who was suspected to be a ghost again......

"Grandma, what am I afraid of? Cultivators are still afraid of ghosts, and it's a joke to say it!" he shook his head helplessly, and the strength of the wine had completely dissipated.

"No, I have to improve my strength as soon as possible, there are so many good things waiting for me to study and comprehend, now is not the time to rest!" he patted his face, then quickly adjusted his mentality, sat cross-legged on the bed, and devoted himself to cultivation.

It is not easy to cultivate himself into a magic weapon, he has to figure out the whole detailed process and not make any mistakes in the process.

After all, it is to refine yourself, unlike other materials or anything, if you can't refine well, you can start again.

I just have this body, and if I can't refine it, it's really useless!

Just when he was devoting himself to studying the "Ten Thousand Things Refining Method", outside the door of this guest room, a small head poked in.

It's the self-proclaimed silly little girl!

"Big brother, I don't know how much you remember about the scene just now, but don't be in a hurry, you will remember it all sooner or later...... Waiting for you...... Hee-hee-hee-hee......"

......

Zhang Chao's whole person has entered a deep concentration.

After all, this is in the Qiao family, and he has just made a great contribution to the Qiao family, and the Qiao family also has plans for him, so there is no need for him to be too vigilant.

The three books left to him by the Master kept repeating in his mind.

He is using the fastest speed and the deepest memory to understand and memorize the contents of these three books.

Although these things did not help his cultivation at all for the time being, they had a terrifying boost to his knowledge and made his spiritual world more open.

Even if he has not gone through practical operation, his attainments in refining weapons have reached an extremely high level through meditation in just a few hours.

When he opened his eyes again, he felt refreshed, and almost all the knowledge of refining materials in the entire heaven and earth was integrated into his mind.

"Theory first, then practice, I am destined to become a generation of refining masters!" he said confidently: "Although there are no drawings in these books, the theoretical aspects should be the same, no matter what kind of magic weapon I refine, I should be able to master it easily!"

"Ah, I'm looking forward to it, hurry up and find something to practice and exercise the technique!" he rubbed his hands, although he not only had a lot of spars in his bag, but also had a lot of materials rolled up from the Black Cliff Village, but after all, those were his private property, and it hurt to think about it when he used these precious treasures to practice!

"Well, I'll get here first today, and I've gained a lot!" Zhang Chao let out a deep sigh, and lay down again satisfied, and soon fell asleep.

He slept soundly and did not continue to have nightmares until the next morning, when he was awakened by a knock at the door.

"Hmm, who's it, it's early in the morning!" Zhang Chao reluctantly got up from the bed, yawned, rubbed his eyes and opened the door.

"Hehe, little master, how was your rest yesterday?" Outside the door was the smiling face of the old man.

"It's you, you slept okay, so early in the morning, what's wrong?" Zhang Chao stretched, grabbed his coat and put it on his body.

"The head of the family asked me to invite you over, as if I have something to ask you!" Lao Pang's tone was very respectful, and Zhang Chao was a little embarrassed to say "you".

"Oh, that's good, I'll wash my face and go!" Zhang Chao was shocked when he heard this, he came to trade again so soon?

Yesterday, because of the matter of going to Black Cliff Village to save Qiao Ruixue, Qiao Dong was generous and directly gave him 2,000 crystal coins.

It seems that he can make a lot of money in this Qiao family, right?

After a while, Zhang Chao came to the living room of Qiao's house in high spirits.

Qiao Dong, Qiao Heng, and several senior elders of the Qiao family were already waiting here, chatting over tea.

Seeing Zhang Chao coming, several people hurriedly got up and greeted him very respectfully.

"Little master, I called you here early this morning, because I have something big to bother you!"

"It's easy to say, I don't do it for nothing to take people's money and eliminate disasters with people, right?" Zhang Chao waved his hand, looking unconcerned, but in fact, he took out the words first, Lao Tzu is not for free, if you want me to help, it's no problem to ask me to help, it's easy to say anything when the money is in place!

"Hehe, that's natural, I just don't know if the little master has this ability!" Qiao Dong said, glancing at Qiao Heng.

Qiao Heng hesitated, but still took out a wooden box and placed it on the table.

An old man stepped forward, took out a very old, rusty key, and opened the box.

Inside the box is a sheepskin, densely covered with ancient texts.

"What is this?" Zhang Chao scratched his head in confusion.

"This is the codex left by the ancestors of our Qiao family, which records the refining method of a magic weapon, but at present, in Cancheng, no one can refine it, even if someone wants to try it, the price is sky-high, far exceeding the bottom line that our Qiao family can afford!" Qiao Dong twisted his beard and said: "But if the little master can refine it, although I can't give you too many crystal coins, I promise that I will definitely not treat you badly!"

Zhang Chao narrowed his eyes, took the sheepskin in his hand, and looked at the four simple and vigorous characters written on the top: Styx Codex......