Somewhere outside the city, two women stood quietly, one dressed in plain clothes, like a plum blossom standing proudly in winter, a pair of eyebrows and eyes were sad, and there was no sorrow. Next to her was a woman in palace clothes.

"Are you sure you don't see him?" The woman in the palace costume glanced at Zhang Qingyu, her eyes had not left since the person left the city gate.

"No need, I am the way I am now, I can live for a few more years, it is better to let him think I am dead. Zhang Qingyu looked at Nie Li's back, lost her mind for a long time, she had countless words in her heart to say to him, but she didn't say the last sentence.

"Let's go, your current body is the perfect opportunity to practice that exercise, if the exercise is completed, this Bone Erosion Heart Pill will naturally be dissolved. ”

"Auntie, I see. Zhang Qingyu retracted her gaze, she knew her body, if she wanted to see Nie Li again, she had to go to that place and practice that exercise.

"Yu'er, let's go! Spring is coming, and the plum blossoms in the courtyard have fallen. The woman in the palace costume took out a light veil from her arms, covered her face, and then looked at Yunhai City.

"Mei fell, and also died. Zhang Qingyu knew that Chunmei was dead, and the person who survived now was Zhang Qingyu, and it was Zhang Qingyu who would continue to walk. It's just that next winter, the plum blossoms will still bloom!

At this time, the plum blossom branches in the Chunmei attic of Yunhai City have withered, the withered plum petals have fallen all over the table, and the plum blossom tree under the attic has also bloomed its last beauty, covering the bright red of the entire courtyard, to be gray here, and to be reborn here.

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I don't know how far away from Yunhai City, what comes into my eyes is the towering mountains, these mountains are different from the continuous glory of the Lianyun Mountain Range, the mountains here are very special, as if they are a gift from nature, it is like a sword rising from the ground.

The majestic and precipitous mountains, one by one like pillars reaching into the sky, carefully counted there are five mountains, each different, from a distance it looks like the palm of a hand, five fingers stand on the earth.

On the top of the highest mountain, there is no imaginary danger and horror, but the flat mountain is as if it has been neatly crossed by some sharp weapon, and countless buildings stand everywhere. When you look up here, you see the sky, and when you look down, you see the clouds.

Such a bizarre scenery makes people full of praise and marvel at the magic of heaven and earth. Such a steep mountain wall is impossible for a person with profound martial arts to set foot in, let alone build so many buildings at the top. How many years does it take for such a place, and how many people do it.

The houses are connected to each other, forming a circle, three layers inside and three layers outside, layer after layer of circles, the closer to the center of the circle, the buildings are also very different, and at the center of the circle, there is a vacant space in the middle, on which a unique pattern is painted.

There is a Temple of Heaven on the clearing, boxy, a total of 999 stone stairs on the south side lead to the blue sky, I thought that the top of the mountain was already the closest place to the sky, but now it seems that this Temple of Heaven is the place leading to the heavenly court.

Above the nine hundred and ninety-nine steps, above the spacious Temple of Heaven, there is no crowding of the houses below. On the contrary, there are only a few scattered houses, each in a strange position.

There is a stone platform in the center of the Temple of Heaven, and the ninety-nine stone stairs lead to a higher place, and on the stone platform closest to the sky, there is a little boy sitting on it, with two cupola buns on his head, delicate facial features, baby fat on his cheeks, snot hanging on his mouth, and a pair of big eyes that are not clear and agile that children should have, but a piece of turbidity.

Wearing a wide black and white robe, his short and fat hands are hidden in the robe, a pair of cloth shoes are under his feet, and a tender white calf is exposed in the loose pants. He looked down at the stone face, the round hole was a deep black, but there was a Milky Way and countless stars on it.

Tens of thousands of stars lit up and faded. A silver ribbon hangs in the middle, splitting the black in half. He stared blankly, and after a while, he stretched out his chubby little hand, wanting to reach out and touch it.

"What do you want to do? A majestic voice rang out behind him, and the boy's fingers trembled, then he withdrew it, stood up, and patted the robe behind his buttocks, even though there was no dust on it at all.

"Master, I'll take a look. The boy turned around, and behind him was an extremely handsome man, dressed in a Taoist robe, with loose hair reaching to the ground, dazzling white silk and vicissitudes of life, indicating that his age was not as young as it seemed.

The boy took small steps, hugged the man's calf, and kept rubbing. Snot was also wiped on each other's pants. "Don't rub it, be careful that your senior sister beats you. The white-haired man held Xiao Daotong in his arms.

"Master, I listen to you, I won't come to this Tongtiantai in the future, you ask Senior Sister not to beat me. The idiot hugged the white-haired man's neck, faintly crying.

"Okay, okay, you will be obedient in the future. Your senior sister won't beat you. The white-haired man was extremely doting, touching the little head of the idiot.

"Master, I just want to touch that thing, I can't do anything, and those little stars will disappear!, it's really special. The idiot's short hand pointed to the astrolabe.

"Idiot, those stars that died are the people of the world who have passed away. There is life and death, and there is a deceased, and there is a coming. The white-haired man came to the astrolabe with his infatuation in his arms, and looked at the vast starry sky, and he sighed.

"What is life and death, can you eat it?" the idiot straightened up, reached out to touch the stars, and left his saliva and ticked to the ground.

"You can see and hear life and death, but you can't eat it!" The white-haired man wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth for the idiot with his robe, and held him in his arms, always afraid that he would fall.

"I can't eat it, that idiot doesn't want it anymore. As soon as he heard the white-haired man's words, the idiot was a little disappointed, pouted, and stopped looking at the astrolabe.

"Don't want it, don't want it. The white-haired man said with a smile when he heard the idiot's words, but his smile was full of bitterness.

"Master, look at how that star glows black. The idiot still looked at the astrolabe unwillingly, although he couldn't eat it, but he was still thinking about it all the time, and found that among the stars in the south, a bland star suddenly glowed black, and he asked curiously.

"I forgot to tell you, your senior sister said to make you the roast chicken, let you eat it quickly!" The white-haired man pretended to think of something, put the idiot down, touched his head and said.

When the idiot heard the food, he didn't care too much, pinched the wide robe and pants, lifted them, and ran directly to the bottom of the stone stairs with his legs, and disappeared in a puff of smoke. Shouting from time to time, senior sister

The white-haired man smiled and watched the idiot leave, looking back at the astrolabe, the smile on his face just now disappeared without a trace, looking at the ever-changing stars.

Especially when he saw the black star, the light continued to grow, and there was a tendency to gradually move northward, the white-haired man raised his hand in the void this time, pinched his fingers, and his face changed slightly.

"Master, it's time to eat!" A clear voice came from far below, and the man put his hands behind his back, "All beings in the world have a cause, and they will have a result behind them." That's it, I hope the junior brother can have a harvest on this trip. ”

After muttering to himself, the white-haired man walked towards the bottom of the stone staircase, the towering stone platform, in the blink of an eye, the cloud did not move, the wind stopped, and the white-haired man had already crossed the ninety-nine stone steps.

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Riding the night, Nie Li had already been on the road for half a day, at this time he and Mo Xiaotou had already turned around from the official road, in order to reach Baishan City faster, the two of them could only take the mountain road, cross the Lianyun Mountain Range and go straight to Baishan City.

"Nie Li, what kind of road are you leading. Mo Xiaotou came out of a pile of bushes, his clothes were torn, and he looked very embarrassed, he had been walking with Nie for a long time, except for the mountains and mountains.

"You can go the official road by yourself. Nie Li took the map given by the egret and led the way while looking at it, because the Lianyun Mountain Range was very big, and the egret did not record it in great detail, so most of the time it was up to Nie Li to judge by himself.

"You don't know the way. Mo Xiaotou brushed off a few dead leaves from his hair and patted the dust on his body. He really couldn't help it, at Nie Li's speed, it was better to take the official road.

"I'll come! I've been in the rivers and lakes for so many years, and I still have a way to go. Mo Xiaotou saw that Nie Li didn't speak for a while, and he also knew that he was right.

"Then come on!" Nie Li couldn't deny that his experience in the rivers and lakes was still too shallow. Put the map away, this thing must still be useful, follow Mo Xiaotou for the time being.

Mo Xiaotou looked around, and then designated a direction. rode away on Xiaohua, Nie Li didn't ask much, but followed behind him.

After walking for more than an hour, Nie Li was a little impatient, in fact, he wanted Mo Xiaotou to give him a reason to go on. The sun is also in the west.

"Don't worry, just go down and you'll know. Mo Xiaotou also saw Nie Li's impatience beside him, he waved his hand, signaling the other party not to ask, and to continue walking for a while.

After a few more incense sticks, the sky had already darkened, and if they didn't find someone, the two of them would have to find a cave.

Suddenly, a thatched house came into view, Nie Li glanced sideways at Mo Xiaotou, but he didn't expect this guy to have some ability. The way you lead can find people.

Pulling the reins, Mo Xiaotou jumped off the horse, pushed open the fence at the door, and then shouted loudly, but the voice echoed for a long time, and no one replied.

Mo Xiaotou looked back at Nie Li, shook his hand slightly, and signaled that no one was there. So I pushed open the wooden door and walked into the courtyard, a stone table was full of dust, and it should have been a long time since no one lived there.

When I opened the door, I was greeted by a smell of dust and dust. Mo Xiaotou covered his mouth and coughed a few times, and then waited outside the house with Nie Li for a long time, seeing that the time was almost up before entering.

When I entered the house, it was very simple, with a wooden table and two chairs, and a small stone bed.

"You clean up this place first, and I'll get some water. Let's take a break here tonight!" Mo Xiaotou ignored the dust on the table and directly put his package on it.

Nie Li had been on the road for a long time, and his buttocks ached faintly on horseback, and the two of them and the two horses also needed something to eat.

opened the package, fortunately, there was a little dry food prepared by Fang Tong inside, but it was not much, and now with Mo Xiaotou, it is estimated that it will not last up to Baishan City. Looks like it's time to hunt.

Looking carefully at the room, the two sets of bedding on the bed have rotted because of the time. There are two pairs of chopsticks in the corner, and only one piece of chopsticks remains, but the bowl is intact. Nie Li felt that this place was quite similar to his own home, there must have been two people here before, and they were very happy.