(a)

After following a winding forest path, wading through a creek and climbing a small hillside, the two finally found the valley.

The tall woods were removed and replaced by low bushes. The scenery in the valley is beautiful, and the view is suddenly open.

Flowers are clustered, shrubs and onion cages are caged, and the fragrance of flowers and plants wafts in the air. But what was supposed to be a pleasant place is now missing the birdsong and insects. At first glance, there is an indescribable dead silence throughout the valley.

Senior Brother Li swept around vigilantly and said categorically, "Senior Brother Bai, there is something strange here. ”

Looking around, the valley is indeed a little too quiet.

"I think so, too. Bai Hua nodded in agreement, and looked at the sky again.

Seeing this, Senior Brother Li also looked up at the sky. Although he still couldn't see any black gas floating in the sky, he still tried hard to find it.

"Senior Brother Li, that black qi is coming from over there!" Bai Hua pointed to a place not far away.

Looking in the direction of her finger, Senior Brother Li raised his hand to build an awning on his eyebrow bone, and said, "Cave?!"

Now he finally saw clearly, but only a real cave.

"Let's go. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly felt a tightness in his wrist, and then there was an inexplicable panic in his chest. Bai Hua frowned and rubbed his panicked chest, and raised his hand to look at his lover who was shining with a faint red light.

Nether Celestials, are you looking for me?!

Senior Brother Li, who was standing on the side, saw that her face was a little wrong when she was holding her chest, so he asked worriedly, "Senior Brother Bai, what's wrong with you?"

Bai Hua silently turned his head to look in the direction of Jie Nian Mountain, and only after a long time did he come back to his senses and said to Senior Brother Li, "It's okay, let's go." ”

With that, the two jumped from the hillside and hurried towards the cave.

(b)

The water that nourishes this valley originally flowed from this cave. The cave was surrounded by strange white flowers, strange because the flowers had stems and no leaves, and the petals were turned like claws.

Seeing that it looked weird, Bai Hua waved his hand at Senior Brother Li and signaled, "This flower is very weird, let's not get too close." ”

Senior Brother Li glanced at it, and then stepped forward to explain: "This flower is not poisonous, but in fact, I haven't seen it before, and it has only appeared in the town in the last few months. At the time, I thought it looked strange, so I inquired curiously. This flower only grows in the valley of the other side, and the little girls who sell the flowers call it the white flower of the other side. But I heard the old people say that a long time ago it had a nickname, called Mandala Hua. ”

"Mandala Hua?" Bai Hua was puzzled, so he asked rhetorically, "Why is it called Mandala Hua?"

"It's a bit old. Senior Brother Li picked at his face and thought about it, "It seems that there was a flower girl named Mantuo and a man named Luo Hua who met here before. Then the two of them planted this other side flower, and as for the later plot, I don't know too much. ”

It turned out to be the names of two people.

It doesn't matter what the name of this episode is, how it came about, and that's not what the two of them came here for.

'Blame the flowers in the valley...'

Suddenly, I suddenly recalled what the child named Fanhua had said.

Bai Hua turned his head sideways to Senior Brother Li and confirmed, "That kid just said that the flowers in the valley, did he mean the flowers on the other side?"

Senior Brother Li lowered his eyes and analyzed for a while, pointed to the entrance of the cave, and guessed: "Looking around, this flower seems to only bloom around this cave." Perhaps, she meant that there was something wrong with the cave. ”

Bai Hua felt that Senior Brother Li was quite reasonable, so he looked sideways at the entrance of the cave and said, "Let's go." ”

In fact, the two of them didn't know that just as they were about to turn around, the stamens of the flowers on the other side swaying in the wind all emitted wisps of faint black gas.

In the cave, the cold wind struck, blowing the clothes of the two of them. This strange cool breeze also made the two of them feel a chill down their backs.

The sunlight shining on the clear water of the cave is particularly warm. However, the refracted light entered the cave with an eerie atmosphere.

There was a burst of dripping water echoes in the cave, and with a little light, Bai Hua tightened the sword in his hand and slowly walked forward.

"Senior Brother Li, let's be careful, the evil spirit here is very strong. Bai Hua nodded sideways to Senior Brother Li.

"Good. Senior Brother Li nodded in agreement, and followed closely behind her.

There was silence, the surging darkness squeezed out the last shred of light, and the empty cave echoed monotonously with the footsteps of the two men wading through the water.

The darker it got darker, and there was a dripping sound in the cave, and everything was too quiet. The two had to slow down, this time the stream was deep and shallow, in order not to step on the air, they really had to be careful.

"Senior Brother Li, wait. Bai Hua paused, stretched out his hand and condensed his breath in the palm of his hand, and a cluster of flames came out. She prayed to herself, this flame must not be discouraged.

At this moment, suddenly a red figure flashed in front of him.

"Who?" Bai Hua's eyes lit up, and he didn't care about the depth of the water under his feet, and hurriedly ran inside.

There was no light, and in the blink of an eye, the cave was pitch black. Senior Brother Li, who was half a beat slower, stood alone in the water, surrounded by deathly silence, so quiet that he could only hear the sound of his heart beating violently.

"Senior Brother Bai ~ Senior Brother Bai ~"

Senior Brother Li shouted a few times forward, but only his own echo echoed him.

(c)

The inside of the cave is curved and intricate.

Bai Hua chased wildly all the way, suddenly the soles of his feet slipped, and his body fell into a narrow cave tunnel with an oblique diameter.

Although the tunnel stretches all the way down, there is a faint light at the end of it. Bai Hua suddenly realized that he might have found the right place.

Then, she reflexively shouted with surprise on her face: "Senior Brother Li~"

Except for a cold gust of wind sweeping by, there was nothing behind him.

Oops, scattered. Ouch, isn't Fang just too anxious?

Bai Hua picked at his head in embarrassment, and reflexively wanted to go back to find Senior Brother Li.

Suddenly, there was a loud 'boom', and the tunnel shook violently. Then, the gravel dust above his head fell.

Seeing that the tunnel seemed to be about to collapse, Bai Hua hurriedly held on to the cave wall and walked towards the direction of the bright light.

All the way down, swaying through the narrow tunnel, I didn't think that I actually arrived outside a huge underground palace gate.

The light of heaven squeezed in through several cracks in the sky at the top of the cave, forming pillars of light that hit the ground. Bai Huayou looked around and walked towards the stone gate with extreme caution.

With the light, Bai Hua could see clearly the carved patterns on the stone door. Sure enough, it is the same as the flower on the other side that blooms outside the cave.

Bai Hua put the Wufu sword aside, put both sides of the stone door with both hands, and pushed it with all his might, but the door did not move at all.

After taking a breath and stepping on the lunge, Bai Hua tried to urge the spiritual power in his body. With a loud 'boom' sound, the stone door opened.

Patting the dust on his hands, Bai Hua picked up Wu Yu and strode inside. As soon as she stepped through the door, the candles on both sides lit one after another from near to far.

In an instant, the surroundings were bright. And this place in front of me is like an underground palace. Bai Hua couldn't help but secretly think in his heart: I don't want to think that there is another 'heaven and earth' hidden in this cave.

Standing in the center of the temple, he looked around. At this time, Bai Hua's gaze was fixed on the sky above his head. I saw a huge flower floating in the air, and the black mist emitted from the stamen of the flower floated towards the sky through a large hole in the top of the palace.

"Finally, I found it. Bai Hua was overjoyed, and finally let her find the source of the plague.

I heard a sneer behind me, "Congratulations, Bai Hua, you have been found in such a hidden place." ”

Bai Hua turned around, stared straight at the person walking towards him, and called out in a cold voice: "Feng Se Niang, it's really you." ”

Feng Seniang stopped, Bai Mei looked at Bai Hua with a smile and said, "It seems that my appearance did not surprise Bai Gongzi, oh no, Bai Girl, are you surprised?"

Hearing Feng Seniang say this, Bai Hua was not shocked, but pursed his lips and chuckled.

"What are you laughing at?" did not achieve the desired effect, and the smile on Feng Seniang's face disappeared suddenly.

Bai Hua straightened out his clothes and laughed at himself: "Hey, I made a mistake! It seems that my man's dress can only coax those cute and simple disciples of Nian Shan Mountain." ”

A cold snort came out of Feng Seniang's nose, "Sharp teeth~"

"Thank you for the compliment, but if you can give me back Bai Shiyi and the two envoys, then I will thank you even more. ”

I don't know why, in what should have been a tense atmosphere, Bai Hua actually joked with her.

Perhaps, Bai Hua saw that Feng Seniang was not his opponent.

(iv)

The town below the mountain was shrouded in black fog, and there was also a light rain on the mountain.

Outside the Heart Cultivation Palace, Kong Ming was anxiously pacing back and forth, and Kong Xu was standing in place with his lips pursed and his hands closed, and his expression was also dignified.

Kongming's brows furrowed, and he walked in front of Kongsu, pointed to the Mingxin Palace, and said, "Oh, this, what should I do?"

"Wait!" Sora looked at the green hills shrouded in rain and mist in the distance, and only replied to him.

For now, we can only wait!

In the Heart Cultivation Palace, Ze Huang put his hands on the back of the Netherworld, urging his spiritual power to continuously heal his injuries. And Yesha and Chiyan could only stand quietly aside, looking at the two people sitting cross-legged.

The two sat cross-legged for a whole hour, until a mouthful of blood gushed out of the Netherworld's mouth again, and Zehuang had to hurriedly withdraw his hand.

Netherworld slowly opened his eyes, but the next moment, he lowered his eyes to look at the lover on his wrist and became obsessed.

At this time, Yesha hurriedly stepped forward to mix a cup of tea and handed it to the Netherworld.

Now that the ghost is pretending to be worried, the general vomits a mouthful of blood, and he can't drink this tea. But before he could politely refuse the tea in the night sand, he was angrily reprimanded by Ze Huang, who suddenly stood up behind him.

"You don't want to die? At this time, can you still be distracted? Do you think you can still be strong now?"