Mu Lingyin's current state is extremely weak, and even standing for a long time is a problem.

The power of that flame was too deadly, although it was only for a short time, it burned a lot of her flesh and blood, and even injured her five organs, so after thinking about it for a while, Lin Hao still chose to carry Mu Lingyin behind him and tie it tightly with his belt. After adjusting the state to the peak, Lin Hao picked up Mu Lingyin on his back and slowly walked towards the red glow of the stone platform in front of him.

Slowly stepping into the red mang, the two of them suddenly became dark in front of them, and after a while, they suddenly opened up, there was a cave in the sky, where the two stood, the grass was shady, the flowers were blooming, the birds and insects were singing endlessly, looking up at the front, showing that in front of them was a calm lake that could not be seen at a glance, and there was a murmuring sound of flowing water.

Lin Hao turned around, and what he saw behind him was still a big lake with no boundaries, and there were no stone walls and ancient spirit springs at all, and he instantly realized that this place was no longer where the ancient spirit spring was located.

Lin Hao...... Is this the next level? It's so beautiful, it doesn't seem to be in danger at all. Mu Lingyin lay on Lin Hao's shoulder and said softly.

Lin Hao also frowned slightly, slightly surprised in his heart.

At this moment, in the sky above the heads of the two of them, the voice of the Candle Divine Dragon also sounded.

"Lin Hao, this place is the second level you have to face, only when you complete the trial, can you really see that evil source, or, before you pass the trial, you will die in this place."

"This lake is called Taihu Lake, and the way you pass through it is extremely simple, to get to the other side of Taihu Lake, there is no time limit, no strings attached, you can use all the means you can use, as long as you can get there."

The voice of the candle dragon slowly fell, and the surrounding atmosphere suddenly became quiet.

There was a dead silence.

If it weren't for the gusts of fragrant wind in his ears and the occasional faint ripples on the Taihu Lake opposite, Lin Hao would have even thought that time had stopped flowing.

Taking a deep breath, Lin Hao didn't dare to take it lightly, he sent Mu Lingyin to his shoulder, carefully walked a few steps forward, came to the shore, looked at the calm lake, and looked down at his own reflection in the lake, and was even more surprised.

The water of the lake is crystal clear, there is not the slightest turbidity, and there is no mechanism or vicious primordial beast that lurks under it as expected.

What's going on here?

Lin Hao gently placed Mu Lingyin on the soft grass on the shore, and then squatted beside her, looking around vigilantly.

Mu Lingyin also glanced around nervously, and just like that, half an hour passed, except for the breeze blowing, the insects chirping endlessly, and the fallen leaves drifting back to dust, nothing happened.

Lin Hao's brows furrowed even deeper, and he didn't know what this meant.

For a long time, Lin Hao sat there cross-legged in a deep groan, there must be a demon when things go wrong, and under the calm of the second level, there must be the ultimate danger.

Another half an hour passed, just when Lin Hao couldn't hold back anymore and was about to go to the lake to find out, suddenly, a burst of laughter like a silver bell came from the Taihu Lake.

"This son, do you want to cross the lake?" As the voice came, Lin Hao immediately looked up and saw an extremely ordinary lonely boat gradually sailing on the Taihu Lake, a cute girl who looked no more than eight or nine years old, wearing a simple robe, with wide eyes, was looking in the direction of Lin Hao and the others, showing an innocent smile.

Lin Hao was like a great enemy, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the girl in the cloth on the boat.

The girl didn't care, brushed the hair between her forehead, and said with a cute smile: "Childe, but you want to cross the lake?" ”

As she spoke, the girl slowly docked the boat to the shore and set up the board.

Lin Hao looked at her.

The little girl also raised her head, looked at Lin Hao with big eyes, and blinked, extremely innocent and cute.

"You, can you send us to the other side?" Lin Hao stood up, looked at the other side and asked.

"Zero's job here is to do this." The girl was still smiling innocently, with two playful braids on her shoulders, and her words were crisp and very nice.

Lin Hao was stunned.

"Zero, that's my name, don't tell anyone else." The little girl smiled and spoke, stepped off the boat, stood on the shore and asked the question again: "Childe, do you want to cross the lake?" ”

Lin Hao groaned, not knowing whether to take this boat.

The little girl was not in a hurry, took off her hat, got up and walked to the cabin, took out a pot of warm wine and trotted to the position of Lin Hao and the others, holding her chin with both hands, and asked Lin Hao: "The weather is cold, do you want to drink some wine to keep warm?" ”

Lin Hao looked at the pot of wine, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.

“…… Zero...... Excuse me, how long have you been boating here? Lin Hao took the wine bowl handed over by the girl, took a sip gently, and suddenly a spicy meaning permeated the whole body, and then turned into a warm sense of comfort and dissipated.

"Hmm...... I don't know, I've been here since I was born. The little girl smiled brightly, and the two little tiger teeth that emerged from between her lips highlighted the sense of innocence and cuteness.

"Before crossing the lake, I asked the girl to solve my doubts." Lin Hao spoke softly and drank the wine in the wine bowl in one gulp.

The little girl named "Zero" took the wine bowl handed over by Lin Hao, looked at him and smiled: "Childe is trying to solve the puzzle?" ”

"Here, but the River Styx? That evil dragon, but ......" Lin Hao looked at Zero and spoke softly, but just after saying these words, the girl's face suddenly changed, and her face turned pale in an instant, and the entire Taihu Lake actually set off a roaring wave at this moment, making the boats on the shore sway violently.

"Childe! Say no more! The girl hurriedly covered Lin Hao's mouth, the wine pot in her hand turned into green smoke, and there was fear in her eyes.

Lin Hao was stunned.

"Don't ask again, I can't answer, no one here can answer, if Childe really wants to know, just cross the lake with me." The little girl let go of the little hand covering Lin Hao and looked at the young man opposite, her face did not recover until a long time.

Lin Hao...... Promise her. Just when Lin Hao was entangled and hesitant, Mu Lingyin, who was leaning on his body, suddenly sounded.

Lin Hao was stunned: "Why?" ”

"This second level is probably not a life-and-death battle in the ordinary sense. If the first level is cultivation, then this level should be the bureau of mind cultivation. Mu Lingyin's voice was weak and heavy: "I'm afraid this Taihu Lake is not as simple as it seems on the surface, so the vast majority of your time here is not to defeat the enemy, but to defeat yourself." ”

"Overcome yourself who is so hesitant now."

"I know you've been in isolation and pain all this time, but if you want to pass this trial, you'll have to throw out all the superfluous thoughts in your head! You must know that although this trial does not seem to be dangerous in the slightest, as long as you are a little careless, the distracting thoughts in your heart will condense into a knot in your heart, and the knot in your heart will turn into a demon, and that kind of taste can be called life is worse than death. And the only way you can cross this lake is to get on this boat, haven't you noticed that there is nothing in the sky above that lake? ”

As Mu Lingyin's voice came out, Lin Hao raised his head, looked through the girl, and looked at the endless Taihu Lake in front of him, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

Above this lake, not to mention living things, not even a trace of white clouds exists. At this moment, a breeze burst out on the shore, rolled up a leaf and went straight to the lake, and at the moment when the leaf touched the sky above Taihu Lake, the green leaves fluttering and dancing comfortably in the air instantly rushed straight down with a resolute attitude, fell to the bottom of the lake and disappeared.

"I ...... Understood......" Lin Hao's eyes flashed slightly, he got up and bowed to the little girl, and asked, "May I ask the girl, can you guarantee safety here?" ”

"Is Childe worried about this girl?" As she spoke, the little girl looked at Mu Lingyin who was lying beside Lin Hao for the first time, her eyes were full of smiles, and she tilted her head and said, "Before Gongzi crosses to the other side, there will be no danger here." ”

"Okay." Hearing this, Lin Hao immediately stopped hesitating, then turned around, helped Mu Lingyin's weak body up, looked at the beautiful face that was not covered by a veil and did not apply powder, and said softly: "Take care of yourself, wait for me to come back." ”

Although Mu Lingyin still had some fear and reluctance in her heart, she still nodded strongly.

Lin Hao stretched out his hand and gently touched Mu Lingyin's head, and then his body stepped up, the light under his feet flashed, and his body directly turned into a long rainbow and landed on the boat.

The little girl named "Zero" giggled a few times, and with a coquettish smile like a silver bell, she also jumped back to the boat, put on her coat and hat meticulously, took out two wide oars from the cabin, and shouted: "Go!" ”

As the girl kept rocking the oars, the boat slowly rowed into the distance, and after a while, it disappeared from Mu Lingyin's sight, she looked at the lake in a daze, and for a long time, stretched out a pair of white jade hands, intertwined and covered in front of her chest, with a hint of pleading in her eyes.

Lin Hao...... You must come back safely.

When the boat rowed into the middle of the lake and went with the wind, the little girl placed her oars on the deck, rubbed her hands, squatted beside a small stove, picked up a fan and fanned the wind, so that the warm water on the stove emitted a burst of heat.

And in the water, a pot of wine was being warmed.

"Girl, this water is boundless, even if it is called the sea, it is not too much, why is it called Taihu Lake?" Lin Hao leaned on the cabin and suddenly spoke.

"The sea, can accommodate hundreds of rivers and thousands of rivers, endless and always, this water seems to be boundless, but it is a bounded place, and the things that Taihu Lake can hold seem to be vast, but in fact it is difficult to tolerate a grain of sand and a grass, otherwise why is this lake so clear, without a trace of impurities." The little girl picked up the warm wine and walked towards Lin Hao with a smile: "Too, it can be called extreme, but even if it is the ultimate lake, it cannot become a sea. ”

"Childe, do you want to turn this Taihu Lake into the sea?"

The girl's eyes were shining, and she murmured like a magic sound.

When this sentence fell into Lin Hao's ears, his heart immediately shook, and the hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly, looking at the pure and immaculate calm lake in a daze, as if he had forgotten the time.