Jin Man trotted away, and had already run to the lake, and at this moment he made a fuss again: "Sure enough, it's a bowl of good wine! Look at this lake, it's green and transparent! If it weren't for the fact that I was unfortunate enough to be a landlubber, I would have jumped into this bowl of wine and drank it happily!"

Jin Man said as he rolled up his sleeves and looked sorry.

What a bowl of wine!

A bowl of unparalleled wine!

The lake is as level as a mirror. The majestic snow-capped mountains around it are clearly reflected on the water. makes people feel stunned for a while, and they can't tell which is true and which is illusory.

The lake water is like a piece of jasper, inlaid on the top of Taibai, in the snow of 10,000 years.

Quiet, silent, but shocking, not dusty.

The fierce ice wind in Taibai Mountain just arrived here, and it instantly became gentle. Like a spring breeze, it blows on the face, and it still carries the clear breath of the mountains.

From time to time, the surface of the water is slightly rippling, breaking the morning sun sprinkled on the surface of the lake, and flashing with golden light.

Zi Ling looked at this earthly and peerless place, and couldn't help but feel relaxed.

Unconsciously, those confusions, sorrows, and pains were all left behind and could not be remembered.

However, Bingyang looked preoccupied.

He picked up a pebble at his feet and threw it aimlessly towards the lake.

"Huh?" Jin Man was surprised and shouted: "Bingyang, what kind of magic are you using, how can the stone still float on the water?"

Zi Ling and Bing Yang looked at each other, and the small pebbles thrown by Bing Yang were really floating on the surface of the lake.

"Could it be that this lake is strange?" Zi Ling saw that he was interested, put his hand into the lake water, and pondered it decently.

"I see. Zi Ling stood up, as if he had discovered some major secret, and could not hide the pride between his eyebrows: "No wonder this Taibai Mountain, thousands of miles of ice, but this lake is not frozen." The waters of the lake were warm. ”

Jin Man curiously stretched out his hand into the lake and touched it, and also jumped up and shouted: "Really, really, Bingyang, you are right." This lake is hot, it should be renamed a bowl of dog broth rice!"

Bingyang picked up the pebbles at his feet, looked at them carefully, and said thoughtfully, "The pebbles can float on the surface of the water, not because the lake is warm. Rather, there is something strange about this stone. ”

Zi Ling and Jin Man came over and stared at the stone in Bingyang's hand.

The stones are round, the whole body is gray, and what is even more strange is that the surface is covered with large and small cavities.

The whole stone was fluttering, holding it in his hand, as if it were nothing.

"What is this?" Zi Ling grabbed the stone and shook it in the sun. The stones are soft, as if they will turn into fly ash when pinched.

"This should be volcanic stone. Bingyang raised his eyes, looked at the vast lake, and said, "Under this hot lake, there may be a huge volcano that will not be extinguished for ten thousand years. ”

"Oh!" Zi Ling nodded, and suddenly seemed to have a flash of inspiration: "Could it be that this Taibai light refers to the fire under the hot lake?"

Bingyang groaned for a moment and said, "There is a possibility. It just can't be confirmed. ”

"Hey. Jin Man said disapprerovingly: "Wouldn't it be clear if you swam into the water and see?"

Zi Ling nodded and said, "There is only this way." ”

"Never!" Suddenly, a crisp voice came, startling the three Ziling who were meditating.

When the three of them looked up, they saw that it was a beautiful little girl.

The little girl was dressed simply, carrying a bundle of firewood on her back, her little face was flushed, and her eyes were as clear as the lake on the top of the mountain.

"Why not?" Jin Man jumped out, approached the little girl, tried to glare at the big and small eyes, and made a fierce appearance: "This beautiful mountain and water, why don't you let us swim?"

Zi Ling slapped Jin Man fiercely: "Do you know how to swim? Don't scare other girls." ”

The little girl stared at Jin Man's fierce face, not afraid at all, and said crisply: "No matter how beautiful this water is, you can't swim." ”

"Why?" Zi Ling was a little strange.

"This lake is poisonous!" the little girl looked up with a red face, still looking neither humble nor arrogant.

"Poisonous?" the three of Zi Ling were taken aback.

Zi Ling and Jin Man hurriedly raised their hands that had just touched the lake and looked at them carefully. Sure enough, the hands of the two turned a strange red, and there were even a few blisters on the backs of their hands!

Zi Ling cried with a sad face: "Really, I was poisoned!"

Bingyang grabbed the little girl and asked, "What kind of poison is this?"

The little girl said indifferently and unhurriedly: "I don't know what poison is." But this sister's hand is not in the way. After two days, the skin will be peeled, and it will be fine. ”

"Peeling off the skin?" Jin Man made a bitter face: "This is not in the way, oops, my bitter hand!"

Bingyang grabbed Zi Ling's hand, looked at it carefully, and said a little confused: "Why does your hand look like it was burned?"

Zi Ling also looked dazed: "But the water in this lake is obviously only warm, and it is far from the level of burns." ”

The little girl next to her shook her head and said, "The water in this lake is not hot yet, but it will get hotter and hotter in the next few days." ”

The three of Ziling became more and more surprised, and surrounded the little girl. Jin Man smiled and said in a sweet and greasy voice: "Little sister, tell us quickly, why is this lake getting hotter and hotter?"

The little girl glanced at Jin Man, but said seriously: "I heard the old man in the mountain say that the water of this Yao Pond will get hot every few years. Once the lake water becomes hot, the water becomes sour and undrinkable. Often, at this time, the inhabitants of the mountains have to survive on snow and water. ”

"The lake is turning sour?" Bingyang muttered, "Then how do you know that this lake is poisonous?"

The little girl blinked her eyes and said, "Originally, the water of this Yao Pond is non-poisonous, and it is sweet and cold, so it is easy to drink. But once it gets hot and sour, it becomes like a devil. I've secretly tasted the hot water before, and it's really sour. But my stomach hurt for a day and a night. And once the poisonous water is contaminated on the skin, the skin will be broken and eroded. Once our cattle and sheep in the mountains fall into this lake, they will not even be able to find their bones. ”

Jin Man was so frightened that he stuck out his tongue, touched his chest and said, "It's so dangerous, fortunately we didn't jump down and swim." ”

Bingyang frowned and asked, "How long will this lake water last if it turns sour?"

"It can be as short as a few days or as long as months. The little girl made an old-fashioned face: "When the lake water turns sour, huge bubbles will emerge in the center of the lake. Strangely, after the bubbles bubbled, the lake water slowly returned to normal and no longer became sour and poisonous. At this time, the little girl seemed to think of some terrible scene: "I once heard the old man say that a hundred years ago, the water of Yao Chi became hot and lasted for several years. In the end, instead of bubbles, a huge earth fire erupted from the center of the lake! And the water of the entire Yao Pond actually flowed into the big hole spewed out by the earth fire. It was only after a few years that the water of Yao Chi returned to normal. ”

The little girl's expression became a little solemn: "This time, the water of Yao Pond has become hot for several months. My father said that the earth fire disaster of a hundred years ago may happen again!"

"Earth Fire?" Zi Ling couldn't help muttering, "This can't be the Taibai Light we've been looking for, right?"

"Exactly. At this time, a deep male voice came.

The three of Ziling raised their heads, only to find that Qin Yi, the head of Emei, was already standing in front of several people.

The three of them listened to the story so engrossively that they didn't even know when Qin Yi would arrive.

"Master!" Zi Ling respectfully clenched his fists: "This earth fire can restrain the Xuanhan Demon Skill?"

"Not bad. Qin Yi nodded: "The light of the earth fire is not only extremely bright, but also extremely hot. It is just right to restrain the Xuanhan magic skill that reaches the yin to the cold. ”

"When will this earth fire appear?" Zi Ling asked.

Qin Yi glanced at the unwavering lake and muttered, "There should be a few more days." ”

Jin Man clapped his hands and said, "Great! Wait a few more days, it will be the end of these demons!"

Zi Ling glared at Jin Man, and his expression became complicated. She looked at Qin Yi and asked hesitantly, "Master, then, Senior Brother Yingzong, will there be any danger?"

Qin Yi didn't answer immediately, but sighed lightly.

After a long time, Qin Yi said faintly: "Life and death, blessings and misfortunes, the will of heaven is unpredictable, and we mortals don't need to speculate." What we need to do is to follow our hearts and go with the flow. ”

After that, Qin Yi stopped speaking, just looked at the calm and picturesque, but hidden turbulent lake in a daze.

Zi Ling was worried in her heart. This once-in-a-century earth fire, this poisonous lake that is as beautiful as a heavenly thing, but can take human life, these are the great enemies that Yingzong is about to face.

Good and evil are not mutually exclusive.

Easier said than done.

When I did it, it was painful.

But Jin Man still doesn't stop.

As if he had taken the wrong medicine, he began to worry about the country and the people. He approached Qin Yi without knowing the time, and asked upside down, "Master, should we bring Ying Zong and his family here when the earth fire comes?"

Qin Yi didn't answer, just nodded astringently.

A few days later, it may be the death of his proud disciple.

This point is indeed as important as a thousand pounds.

Jin Man didn't seem to understand Qin Yi and Zi Ling's pain, and still said unrelentingly: "The disciple knows a way to lure Ying Zong's demon here. ”

Qin Yi glanced at Jin Man expressionlessly.

Jin Man was like a dogskin plaster, and he mysteriously pasted it forward, and said, "The disciple found that the demon of Yingzong was quite resentful of Bingyang. If I let my little master marry Bingyang, wouldn't Ying Zong be so angry that he would go crazy? ”

"Jin Man!" Zi Ling shouted: "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Bingyang also glared at Jin Man: "What kind of bad idea did you come up with!"

Jin Man was a little aggrieved, and said to Bingyang dissatisfied: "Hey, brother! I did this for you! If Yingzong died, your wish could be ......."

"Shut up!" Zi Ling interrupted Jin Man angrily: "Ying Zong entered the Demon Dao to save me. I'm not going to let him die!"

After saying that, Zi Ling turned her head and hid her face and left.

Jin Man froze in place, his face full of embarrassment.

Bingyang bowed his head and remained silent.

After a long time, I only heard Qin Yi's soft sigh