A few days later.

"Looks like we're almost there."

In the chariot, Chu Ming sat on the edge of the couch, straightened his waist, and compared the outside environment with the brown paper map in his hand, while patting An Muqing's slightly bulging pink cheeks and said softly.

"Mu Qing, stop, it looks like we can put the chariot away, otherwise we won't know if we walk by."

"Ha ——!"

An Muqing pressed her chin against Chu Ming's leg and kept panting, and said coquettishly after tugging at the black ribbon that covered her beautiful eyes.

"I can't see it again, who knows where!"

"Do you want to take it off?"

Chu Ming put down the map in his hand and couldn't help but smile leisurely.

"You yourself said that you don't want to practice the Hehuan Heart Sutra, but you always take advantage of the fact that I use my divine sense to control the chariot, so you can only take care of the aftermath."

"Hmph."

An Muqing knew that she was at a loss, and she didn't say anything more.

Rather, she couldn't say anything.

……

In the realm of the Blazing Flame Immortal Sect, there is no snow all year round due to the abundant fire spiritual power, and if it falls in winter, it will melt instantly.

Therefore, An Muqing rarely had the opportunity to see snow, and even when she went out to Hanhai City, she didn't see it because it was early summer.

So, when she saw the goose-feather snow fluttering in the sky, she looked excitedly to the left and right like a fairy dancing in the whiteness, and from time to time she raised her hands to catch the snow that fell from the trunk of the tree.

"Snow!"

"It's really snow! What a lot of snow! ”

“……”

Seeing An Muqing scurrying around with a "creaking" sound in the calf-deep snow, Chu Ming couldn't help but smile indulgently.

"Haven't you seen snow?"

"Nope."

An Muqing rubbed her hands and gently exhaled a hot and moist breath from her mouth.

"But when I was young, I may have seen it in Anguo, but I can't remember it for a long time."

"Yes."

Chu Ming stepped forward and knocked off the snow above An Muqing's head, and immediately looked around at the surrounding deep mountains and old forests to compare with the map in his hand, looking extremely puzzled.

"But strange to say, according to the map, we have arrived in the center of the Northern Regions, which is the place where the Floating Illusion opens."

"But isn't the opening of illusions usually accompanied by the appearance of spectacle and vision? Why does it feel so peaceful? ”

"And most importantly, what about the Valley of Blood Burial?"

"I don't know."

An Muqing also looked around suspiciously, and then her eyes suddenly widened, and she pointed to the front and said excitedly.

"There seems to be a village in front of you! Let's go over and say hello! ”

Village?

Chu Mingding looked at it, and with the spread of his divine sense, he really sensed the breath of many lives.

Is there a village in the middle of this deep mountain and old forest?

Chu Ming's eyes narrowed slightly, and then his calves suddenly jumped into the air, looking down at the endless mountains and mountains under his feet, and his inner vigilance suddenly increased.

Wrong.

Not to mention that the nearest Chen country is located hundreds of miles away, and it is not normal to have an extra village here.

What's even more puzzling is that this village was built at the foot of a snow-capped mountain?

If there was an avalanche of this thing, wouldn't it be wiped out directly?

Even if you want to lean on the mountains, you should build your village on an open plain.

After Chu Ming landed, he hurriedly took An Muqing's weak and boneless little hand, and said with a solemn expression.

"There's something strange about that village."

"Huh?"

Looking at An Muqing's stunned expression, after Chu Ming expressed her concerns, she couldn't help but suddenly realize.

"So that's it? Chu Ming, you are so smart! ”

"That's because you're too stupid to patronize and play."

Chu Ming ruthlessly fell, which made An Muqing can't help but raise his eyebrows slightly, and pinched the soft flesh in his palm.

"Chu Ming! You call me stupid! ”

"Don't make a fuss, let's go, let's go over and have a look."

Before An Muqing could continue her revenge, Chu Ming pulled her towards the village, which surprised her.

"Didn't you say there was something strange in the village? Why go for it? ”

"Maybe that village is the spectacle of the Floating Illusion."

Chu Ming said softly, his eyes fixed on the ever-enlarging village in front of him.

Quiet and peaceful, villagers wearing furs and cloth boots shuttle through it, their faces filled with warm and gentle smiles.

However, when Chu Ming came to the entrance of the village, the villagers ignored it and continued to be busy with the farm work in their hands, which made him look puzzled.

？

"Hello, do you have a name for this village?"

Chu Ming politely stopped a middle-aged man with a longbow in his hand, an arrow tower on his back, and was about to go up the mountain to hunt, with a gentle smile on his face.

"I accidentally got lost while playing around with my insider, and by chance I passed by here to beg for some water."

“……”

Orion didn't reply when he heard this, but just looked Chu Ming up and down, and then directly pulled his bow and shot an arrow, startling him a lot.

？？？

No, why would you NPC still carry out a surprise attack?

You'll have to turn yourself into a red name before you attack!

Chu Ming couldn't help but complain, and with a wave of his hand, he just wanted to block the arrow, but suddenly found that it was surrounded by terrifying spiritual power fluctuations, and the sound of breaking the air suddenly sounded.

"Whoosh!"

Wait a minute!

The power of this attack......

Chu Ming's pupils shrank suddenly, and he didn't have time to think about protecting An Muqing behind him first, and summoned the dragon bone with a weak grip in his right hand, and while performing the Ice Dragon Transformation, he used the breathing stick method to block it in front.

However, even so, he was still knocked several meters away by the powerful momentum of the wooden arrow, and fell into the snow with An Muqing.

This Orion actually has the strength of the Seven Layers of the Foundation Realm?

Chu Ming shook his somewhat sore wrist, looking frightened.

I'm obedient, did I win the jackpot, and anyone who is looking for it has such terrifying strength?

"Drink!"

Just as Chu Ming was still stunned, An Muqing suddenly stood up from the snowdrift, and her deep eyes flashed with bright flames.

She leaned forward and rushed forward, and at the same time, her right hand conjured up a fiery phoenix and stabbed at Orion with astonishing power.

"Die!"

In the face of the sudden counterattack, Orion still looked indifferent, just put the longbow behind his back, drew a circle with his right foot in front of him, and shifted the center of gravity of his body downward, making a Tai Chi starting pose.

？？？

Chu Ming's face was confused, and the impact of his vision was no less than seeing a sedan speeding past him.

In this world of cultivating immortals, you can still see Tai Chi moves?

It's really fake!

However, perhaps because Orion's sneak attack angered An Muqing, she was directly full of vitality, and the killing intent in her eyes became more and more intense, and even Nan Ming was burning inside.

"Extermination!"

Suddenly, a circle of scorching red flames suddenly spread outward, and all the snow in the place passed through turned into flowing streams.

After only a few faces, Orion was defeated, and all the cloth clothes on his body were burned by Nanming's fire, revealing the dilapidated and dilapidated corpse.

Wait a minute!

Skeleton?

This Orion turned out to be a skeleton?

Chu Ming felt that the hairs on his body stood on end, and a chill rushed from the tail vertebrae to the Tianling Gai.

An Muqing also stood in place with a stunned expression, not knowing what to do, and she didn't even react to the Orion's gloomy bone claws attacking her.

"Mu Qing!"

Chu Ming burst out with a shout, and hurriedly rushed away, smashing Orion's bone claws with his keel, and hurriedly came to a safe place with An Muqing in his arms.

In the next second, his eyes flashed with a strong killing intent, and he immediately raised the dragon bone in his hand and turned it into an ice spear and threw it violently.

Seeing this, Orion hurriedly condensed a layer of crimson spirit shield in front of him, trying to melt the ice spear with attribute restraint.

"Huh."

Chu Ming snorted disdainfully, and in an instant, the ice blue that flickered in the depths of his eyes instantly turned red.

Suddenly, the ice spear that exuded a chill actually ignited crimson flames all over its body, and the terrifying scorching fluctuations instantly dispersed.

"Extermination!"

Chu Ming let out a low groan, and the "musket" easily pierced through Orion's defenses, plunging deep into his body and burning it to the ground.

Because after the entry "Nanming Lihuo" was upgraded to gold, there was an additional effect that could cause double damage to Yin ghosts and evil creatures, so the Orion, who was originally a "corpse", quickly lost his soul and did not even leave ashes.

"It's so strong!"

Seeing that Chu Ming was able to play Nanming away from the fire like this, An Muqing's bright eyes were suddenly filled with a look of admiration.

"Chu Ming, you are so powerful!"

"Hey, hey."

Chu Ming smiled shyly, and immediately looked back at the village behind him, and found that the other villagers were still doing what they were doing as if they hadn't noticed the battle taking place here.

"It feels a little weird......"

At this time, An Muqing also reacted, looking at the peaceful village behind her with a solemn expression.

"It feels like the villagers here are like walking dead, lifeless, and they don't react to the outside world at all."

"Because they are not living beings."

The low voice coming from beside her made An Muqing tremble, and she looked back at Chu Ming with a frightened expression.

"Not a living person?"

"Yes."

Chu Ming's eyes narrowed slightly, and his expression was thoughtful.

From the battle with the hunter just now, he could be completely sure that the villagers in this village were all the same "corpses", brought to life by some secret method or special environment.

They don't give anything back to the outside world and only attack when the outside world interferes with their actions.

The reason for this phenomenon is most likely the ghost of the Floating Illusion!

Could it be that the place where the Floating Illusion opens is hidden in the village? This is the spectacle he started?

"Once inside, don't talk to these villagers."

After Chu Ming gave a word of encouragement, An Muqing nodded violently to indicate that she understood, and then followed him into the village.

However, before the two of them had gone far, a light suddenly fell from the sky, and a luxurious chariot with golden light fell in front of them.

"Senior Brother Chu, long time no see."

Gu Qingshan stepped down from the chariot, closed the iconic paper fan in his hand, hooked up an excited smile on the corner of his mouth, and opened his arms to hug Chu Ming with a stunned face.

"During the time you were not in Tianyan Sect, I couldn't find anyone to accompany me when I went to Miao Nufang."

"Hey, hey, don't you ...... Hiss! ”

Chu Ming just wanted to refute out loud, but he gasped and suddenly felt a sharp pain in his waist.

"You actually went to Myonufang?"

An Muqing pursed her thin lips and glared at Chu Ming viciously, and the strength in her hand gradually intensified.

"Okay, Chu Ming, you're very bold! I dare to hide from my sister to go to Miaonufang, I must sue her if I have the chance! ”

"Who is this?"

Seeing An Muqing's delicate face burning with anger on the side, Gu Qingshan couldn't help but be a little puzzled.

"An Muxi?"

"No, I heard that the first Wu Zuirao of Fuyu Peak recently took his apprentice An Muxi to retreat, how could he come here?"

"I'm her sister!"

An Muqing's newborn calf glared at Gu Qingshan like a tiger, and her tone was suddenly cold.

"You took Chu Ming to Miao Nufang?"

"Yes...... Not! ”

Before Gu Qingshan could admit it, Chu Ming quickly covered his mouth and retreated, looking at An Muqing with a smile on his face.

"Mu Qing, I'll talk to Senior Brother Gu about the old days, you wait here for a while, don't run around!"

“？”

An Muqing tilted her head and looked at the two people walking towards the uninhabited alley with great confusion.

……

"Senior Brother Gu, don't tell me about our visit to Miao Nufang!"

Chu Ming looked at Gu Qingshan in front of him helplessly.

"Even if we don't do anything, it's easy to be mistaken for wanting to cover up."

"I'm sorry."

Gu Qingshan's expression was full of apologies.

"The main thing is that I didn't expect that Senior Brother Chu, you are so graceful, and you can win the sister flowers, you are really envious of others!"

"Hey, hey."

Chu Ming scratched his cheek embarrassedly, and then pulled the topic into the right track.

"Senior Brother Gu, did you also come here because the Floating Illusion Realm is about to open?"

"Pretty much."

Gu Qingshan opened the folding fan in his hand, and his expression was suddenly solemn.

"Because there are many opportunities in the Floating Illusion Realm, it has aroused the coveting of the five major sects and many heavenly pride."

"As far as I know, the people from Lotte Xing will also come, but I don't know their purpose, so I came to take a look, just in case."

"Lotte walkers?"

Chu Ming couldn't help frowning.

My worst fears have happened.

But fortunately, the Floating Illusion Realm has restrictions on people who have advanced cultivation, so there will be no situation where the strength will crush after entering.

Even if Lotte sends someone here, it is estimated that it is just a minion at the bottom.

"Since Senior Brother Gu has helped, then I can rest assured."

Chu Ming breathed a sigh of relief, then looked around and suddenly asked.

"I wonder if Senior Brother Gu has any clue about this strange scene around him?"

"You mean this village?"

Gu Qingshan squinted his eyes slightly and chuckled.

"As you expected, Senior Brother Chu, the villagers in this village are indeed dead souls who have died a long time ago."

"Sure enough, is this the spectacle that accompanies the opening of the Floating Illusion?"

Chu Ming frowned, and suddenly felt an inexplicable restlessness in his heart.

"Didn't you say that the place where the Floating Illusion opened this time was in the Valley of Blood Burial?"

"It's in the Valley of Blood, indeed."

Gu Qingshan smiled indifferently.

"Because the villagers in this village are the same people who died in the Blood Burial Valley back then!"

“？？？”

Chu Ming's expression was slightly stunned, and then his pupils suddenly shrank as if he had thought of something.

"Senior Brother Gu......"

"Senior Brother Chu, you're right."

Gu Qingshan slammed the paper fan shut, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a strange arc.

"We're in the realm of Floating Illusion right now!"

(End of chapter)