Located five miles away to the north of Tonghai City, it is a small town called Baiyun.

When the sky was slightly bright, the streets of Baiyun Town were a little more popular, accompanied by the smoke of cooking breakfast, and the people in the town carried hoes and flat burdens to work in the fields. When they passed by the south gate of Baiyun Town, their eyes couldn't help but be attracted by the three outsiders, just because the two girls under the city gate were really pretty.

"I've been waiting all night, why hasn't he come yet, Childe?" Ya'er said to herself, looking at the deserted southern suburbs.

Da Bai replied softly: "Maybe something has delayed, I'm waiting to see." ”

He seemed to be very calm, but in fact, he was also a little flustered, after all, this cause and effect was imposed on Ling Jiang, it stands to reason that he was just sending someone to take a trip to the Yin and Yang Road, and Ling Jiang was a heavy mountain warrior, so there should be no accident. But how to look at it now, Ling Jiang should have come to Baiyun Town to meet an hour ago.

"Brother Bai, people are thirsty......" Chen Baohan squatted on the ground, raised his head and looked at Da Bai pitifully.

When Chen Baohan said this, Da Bai also felt that he was a little dry-mouthed. After walking for a night, there was no water, and he was sleepy, which was really uncomfortable for Chen Baohan.

"Well, let's find an inn nearby to eat first, and then we'll talk about the rest after eating. Da Bai thought for a while, looked at the two and said. Anyway, I've waited for so long and haven't seen anyone, so I'm not in a hurry for this time.

"Okay!" Chen Baohan shouted happily when he heard this, "I'm dying of hunger." ”

It just so happened that there was an inn near the south gate that had just opened, and Da Bai led the second daughter into it and sat down at a table, "Little Er, a pot of tea, three bowls of noodles." ”

"Come on!" the shopkeeper had a rag on his shoulder, and he should drink it, lifting the teapot with one hand and holding three teacups in the other, and walked quickly to Dabai's side.

He first put down the teapot and teacups one by one, then gently wiped the table with a rag, and at the moment when he turned to leave, the rag happened to take away a teacup. Just listen to the clang, and the teacup falls to the ground.

didn't wait for the shopkeeper to apologize, only to hear Cang Chang Qingfeng unsheathed, and a sharp blade was already on his neck.

"Objectively spare your life, it's just that the cup has dropped...... shopkeeper panicked and hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy.

Da Bai looked around and found that there was nothing unusual inside and outside the inn, so he breathed a sigh of relief and put his sword into the sheath, "I'm sorry, I'm too sensitive." ”

The shopkeeper quickly brought a new cup, didn't dare to stay, and ran away with two trembling grounds.

"I was really scared to death just now, and I thought it would be like what was written in the book, as soon as the cup broke, more than a dozen big men immediately rushed out to surround me. Chen Baohan looked at Dabai and said with emotion.

"What nonsense have you been thinking about all day?" Da Bai glanced at her and scolded.

Chen Baohan grinned and lowered his head to drink tea.

Ya'er looked at the pale green tea in the teacup, she had no appetite at all, her mind was not in this inn at all. Half a cup of tea passed, and the face was not presented, but I saw four knights with swords stepping into the inn, dressed in clothes and hats, dressed as typical Jianghu guests.

The four of them came in, first glanced around, and finally stopped their eyes on the three of them.

Click......

For a while, the swords rang out in unison, and the four of them gently pushed up the sword grid with their thumbs.

Da Bai also held the hilt of the sword behind him with one hand, these four people were extraordinary, since they had already been in the inn, he felt that something was wrong, and sure enough, it was not good.

"Baohan, Ya'er. Da Bai gently drew his sword and said, "Take your things and run as far as you can in a while, and I'll come to the back." ”

Chen Baohan and Ya'er were confused, but before Da Bai could explain, they saw him kick a stool in front of him, rush up and slash at the four of them.

......

"How could I be here......"

The grass and trees are withered and yellow, the bleak evening wind erases the last residual warmth under the slanting sun, and under the dim sky, it seems to be filled with a chilling autumn cold. As far as the eye can see, it is a lifeless barren mountain range.

"You're awake!"

Listening to a familiar voice, Ling Jiang slowly got up, looked at the person in front of him, and thought, "It's her ...... again."

She is the girl in the painting, wearing a white dress, sitting barefoot on a wooden roof, three thousand green silks hanging down her delicate body, long hair reaching to her waist. She is extremely beautiful, with a fluttering fairy aura on her body, and she does not eat the fireworks of the world, which is incompatible with the lifeless scene in front of her.

"Is it another dream?" Ling Jiang muttered as he looked at her.

"It's not. I saw the girl in the white dress shake her head and replied: "You fell into the cold pool and almost died, I had to bring your divine consciousness into this painting, so as to save your life." ”

"In the painting?" Ling Jiang exclaimed, "Isn't that painting on Ya'er?"

"Yes. The girl in the white dress nodded, "But you are the master of this painting, as long as you want, you can enter the painting from anywhere in the world, naturally, you are also my master." ”

"Master?" Ling Jiang always felt strange when she heard the name, she looked at the girl with clear eyebrows and asked, "Who are you?"

She shook her head and said, "I don't know, my previous master called me the fairy in the painting." ”

"Immortals in the painting?" Ling Jiang muttered, "The pen and ink swaying the rice paper inkstone are just like a fairy in the rain coming to ......."

"Master, I shouldn't have brought you into this painting so early, but this is the only way to save my master's life right now. The girl in the white dress looked at Ling Jiang and said seriously.

Ling Jiang asked, "Where is this place?"

"The underworld. The girl in the white dress said, "The so-called entrance to the underworld in your world is the bank of the Lethe River. ”

"How is that possible?" Ling Jiang asked in disbelief, "How could the underworld be in a painting?"

I don't know how to answer this question. The girl in the white dress said, "It has been 10,000 years since I woke up from this painting. But for some reason, for tens of thousands of years, I have never been able to walk out of the wilderness on the banks of the Lethe River, and there is a rule in the dark that binds me. ”

"Stop, stop!" Ling Jiang was a little dazed when he heard this, "When did I become the owner of this painting, and how did you find me?"

"That day. The girl in the white dress said seriously, "When you promised to take me out of here, you officially became my master." As for why I came to you, it was arranged by the previous master, and I have no way of knowing. ”

"The last master?" Ling Jiang gasped, "How many masters do you have?"

"Two terms. The girl in the white dress replied, "You are the second master, and until I leave this painting, I will obey absolutely any orders given by my master, but not limited to the moment of life and death." ”

"What about your first master?" Ling Jiang asked.

"He was suppressed at the bottom of the East China Sea. The woman in the white dress replied, "Please forgive me for not being able to reveal the identity of the previous master until my master's cultivation has not reached the tenth realm." ”

"Tenth Realm?" Ling Jiang smiled self-deprecatingly, "I don't have a spiritual root, so I am destined to not be able to become a qi practitioner, and it should be a better choice for you to find another master." ”

Ling Jiang didn't know why this girl in a white dress wanted to recognize herself as her master, and she didn't want to know. However, judging from what the girl said, there must be a big secret hidden in this painting, and this secret may be related to the East China Sea.

The East China Sea has been a mysterious place since ancient times, no one knows its end, and no one knows how it was formed, as if the moment the heaven and earth were first formed, the East China Sea has existed in the world, and its mystery has been maintained for tens of thousands of years without being revealed.

"Nope. The girl in the white dress stared at her big eyes, and said, "As the owner of this painting, it is impossible to cut off the cultivation path because of the absurd reason that the spiritual root has been abolished. ”

"What did you say?" Ling Jiang almost screamed, "Ridiculous reason, how can I refine qi without a spiritual root?"

The girl in the white dress said disapprenously, "Does the master remember this rune?"

I saw her stretch out her finger and slowly swipe across the void, leaving a trail of light, as if she was writing out of thin air.

She wrote very slowly, and after a few breaths, she flicked her fingertips, and a golden rune appeared in front of Ling Jiang. Ling Jiang's eyes widened as he looked at this rune, he had seen it more than once.

"It's a maritime rune. The girl in the white dress replied, "It contains the luck of the sea, which is what you call the tidal aura. As long as the master can carve this rune, it is equivalent to having an endless tidal aura, even if there is no spiritual root, what's the matter?"

Ling Jiang asked puzzledly, "But I have seen this rune, and in the Ninth Uncle's house, it doesn't seem to be as magical as you say." ”

The girl in the white dress smiled, "Master, you are wrong, it is not just a random stroke of ink that can be called a rune. Even if the owner is now copying it, he can't feel the slightest bit of luck. Master, you don't need to be in a hurry, I will slowly teach you how to use this sea rune, so that you can embark on the path of cultivating immortals. ”

Hearing this, Ling Jiang didn't look a little overjoyed, but asked seriously, "What is the price?"

"There is no price. The girl in the white dress said.

"Can I refuse?" Ling Jiang then asked.

"No, I can't. The girl in the white dress shook her head, and she continued, "From the moment the master took over this scroll, she was destined to face a threat from the Kraken. If the master does not grow up quickly, the fate of the previous master will also be your fate. ”

Kraken!

Ling Jiang never expected that such an ordinary picture scroll would actually involve the most mysterious and terrifying demon spirit in the East China Sea. He was suddenly a little worried about Ya'er's safety, carrying such a picture scroll on his body was no less than a hot potato, and sooner or later he would be killed.

The girl in the white dress seemed to see Ling Jiang's concern, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Master, please rest assured, at least in a hundred years, the master will still be safe." The Kraken is the spirit of the sea, and it will only wake up once every 100 years, and now the Kraken has just fallen into a deep sleep, unless there is a vision of heaven and earth, it is impossible for the Kraken to wake up in a hundred years. ”

"In that case, why are you still urging me to leave Pinghai Town so urgently?" Ling Jiang could hear that the owner of the voice that called him every time in his dreams was the girl in the white dress in front of him.

"Because in addition to the Kraken, there are many, many pairs of eyes on the sea watching the master's every move. "If the master wants to survive, he must leave the seashore and go as far as possible." ”

Ling Jiang can see that there is a game of chess inside and out, and he and the so-called previous master in the girl's mouth are all chess pieces. As for who the arranger is, with his current small strength, he really can't see out.

But now he finally understood the cause of those trivial things that happened in Pinghai Town, and the source of all these banes was because of this painting......

"Immortals in the painting, sea runes, kraken ......" unfamiliar names were silently recited in Ling Jiang's heart, why did these seemingly nonsensical clues converge on him?

And the beginning of all this started from the moment Uncle Nine came to the door.