The nine-fold palace is frosty in the morning, and the moon is shining on the ten-mile tower.

Don't laugh at the white-haired pale gentleman, the young man is used to hearing Shun Shao's voice.

When it is unitary, the sky is dark and barren mountains.

Mei Yan and his party have been searching the mountainside for most of the hour, and last night's avalanche has covered everything, and there is no difference in the white expanse as far as the eye can see.

The four of them looked at each other with heavy expressions.

Mei Yan slowly raised his head, looked at the remaining afterglow in the sky, and circled around the vicinity, and said with a long sigh: Senior brother and sister, it is already dark, and it is futile for us to search further, I am afraid that after a while, night will fall, and it will be very inconvenient for us to go down the mountain.

Lin Xizhao frowned and said, "Senior Brother Mei, but...

Mei Yan waved her hand helplessly, and said with a wry smile: Senior Brother Lin, this barren mountain is so big, and it is covered with thick snow, even if a few of us search here until tomorrow, we will have nothing to make up, right?

Xiangyi raised her green jade hand to wipe the fragrant sweat on her forehead, pulled a few strands of green silk on her cheeks behind her ears, and said softly: Senior Brother Mei, then let's go down the mountain like this?

Mei Yan pondered for a moment and said: I can only hope that Senior Brother Jingshi, Senior Brother An, and Senior Sister Ye Jiren have their own natural appearance, and they have escaped from this sea of snow, and the day agreed with Uncle Aoki is approaching, so let's rush over to meet Uncle Aoki first, clarify the situation, and wait for Uncle Aoki to decide.

The three of them had no choice but to do so, and they all nodded.

Then Mei Yan drew his sword, cut off a few branches, made a simple road sign, inserted it into the snow, and signaled that the few people had gone to the gate, and then the three of them slowly descended the mountain to the inn not far away.

In the cave, with a roar, the stone wall slowly rose, revealing a person to be high, four feet wide passage mouth, the two suddenly the air was a lot fresher, it is obvious that the grotto in the belly of the mountain has a good ventilation channel, when the stone wall stopped, the two got up and looked in, as far as the eye could see, the passage was about five zhang or so, and then turned around, a lantern was hung on the stone wall on both sides of the passage, which was gently swaying the flame to illuminate the cave.

An and Ye Suling survived in a desperate situation, and their spirits were much better, and even their hunger was forgotten for the time being, and the two hugged each other, both smiling.

Ye Suling smiled: Senior brother, thanks to you this time.

An smiled, shook her head and said: Taking care of the junior sister is the duty of the senior brother, so why should the junior sister be polite?

Ye Suling snorted and scolded with a smile: How can the junior brother speak like those old pedants, he is sour.

At this time, there was a coughing sound behind them, and the two of them were startled and hurriedly turned back, it turned out that Jingshi slowly woke up.

The two of them were busy helping Jingshi up, pushing the palace for a while, Jingshi slowly opened his eyes, Jingshi looked around a little, his eyes fell on An and Ye Suling's faces, and said softly: Senior Brother An, Senior Sister Ye...

Ye Suling said happily: Senior Brother Jingshi, you have finally woken up, Senior Brother An and I don't know how worried we are about you.

Jingshi whispered a Buddha name, and said: It turned out that it was the junior brother and sister who saved the life of the little monk, and the little monk... Then he coughed violently.

Ye Suling said: It was Senior Brother that you saved us, and then Senior Brother An was worried about Senior Brother Safety, so he turned back to the mountain, and I followed.

Ye Suling cared about the pure world body, and knew that he had a stomach full of questions, so he continued: That night... I don't know how long it has been, anyway, at that time, Senior Brother, you were already unconscious, Senior Brother An just picked you up, the avalanche had arrived, we fled as quickly as possible, came to this cave, and then the exit was covered by heavy snow, and we were trapped here until now, and then Senior Brother An just cracked the gossip mechanism on the stone wall, and Senior Brother You woke up.

After hearing this, Jingshi propped himself up, put his palms together, and said to An Gong: Senior Brother An's life-saving feelings, the little monk remembered it in his heart.

An smiled and said, "Senior Brother Jingshi is serious, if Senior Brother Jingshi hadn't sacrificed his life to save him that night, we wouldn't have known how to escape from the minions of those beasts. For now, it's important that we get out of this grotto first.

Jingshi nodded and said with a wry smile: Then there is Senior Brother Lao An.

An nodded, picked up the pure world, Ye Suling was on the side, and the three of them slowly walked towards the depths of the passage.

Suddenly, Ye Suling said softly: Senior Brother Jingshi, Senior Brother An, I don't know if there are still people here in this grotto?

After hearing this, Jingshi frowned and said: Senior Brother An, what is the mechanism you cracked just now?

An Dao: It's Zhuge gossip.

Jingshi groaned: Then this door must be opened, rested, and one of the three gates.

Antao: It's to open the door.

Jing Shishu smiled and said: Then our luck is not bad, since we open the door, then this passage is absolutely safe and there is no problem, since we want to go out, whether there are people or not, we have to go in, right?

Ye Suling said: In case you encounter an enemy, Senior Brother Jingshi, your body...

The pure world waved his hand and smiled: In all the confusion karma and the demon realm, liberation in the world is like a lotus flower that does not touch water, and just like the sun and the moon do not live in the sky, the little monk is a cultivator, how can he be attached to life and death.

Ye Suling had no choice but to nod after hearing this, but her body slowly protected in front of An.

An smiled and said: Senior sister, this passage is covered with cobwebs, the ground is very dusty, and no one has passed by for a long time.

Ye Suling snorted: You are the only one in the world who is smart, and you are the only one who has eyes? You can't see when I'm blind? What if the enemy hides in the shadows and sneaks up on us?

An smiled and said, "Then it's all up to the junior sister to decide."

Ye Suling snorted, gave An a big white eye, pulled out his sword, and took the lead to move forward.

The pure world lying on An's back had a strange look and couldn't help laughing. Unexpectedly, in just a few days after he was in a coma, the relationship between the two had progressed so closely, and even the names were extremely strange.

Jingshi leaned in An's ear and said softly: Senior Brother An, Senior Sister Ye is gentle and lovely, and she is also the beloved disciple of Master Emei Wunian, you have to cherish it.

An was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: Senior Brother Jingshi said that he was joking, Senior Sister Ye and I just...

Suddenly, a scream came, and Ye Suling, who was still walking in front just now, disappeared, An 's expression changed, and he immediately rushed over.

When he turned a corner and found Ye Suling standing at that time in a daze, An exhaled deeply.

When An approached, Ye Suling immediately pounced, took An's hand, and said in shock: There is... Yes...

Ann patted her hand and said softly, "What's wrong?" and then stepped forward to see that it was just black and dry bones.

Jingshi glanced at the two of them meaningfully, and smiled silently.

At this time, the passage had come to an end, and a stone wall sealed the entrance, An gently put down the pure world, took off the everlasting lamp on the wall, and groped carefully close to the stone wall, and after a while, An smiled and said: There is still a gossip pattern engraved on it, and it is obviously another mechanism.

Ye Suling frowned and said: Since this person appeared in the passage, he must know the method of opening the two-end mechanism, why did he die here?

An leaned down, took a closer look at the bones, then pulled out his sword, and swung it down violently, only to hear a crisp sound of ding, and the sword bones were connected, like an iron weapon colliding.

An stood up and withdrew his sword, looked at Jingshi and asked, "Senior Brother Jingshi, I don't know what poison can make a person's bones as hard as iron and black in color after death?"

Jingshi pondered for a moment and said slowly: There are countless poisons that can make bones blacken, but there is only one poison in the world that can make bones as hard as steel.

Ye Suling said: Oh, it turns out that he died of poisoning.

An Shen said: It's a zombie fan in Xiangxi.

Jingshi nodded slowly: It is rumored that this poison is intangible and tasteless, soluble in water, and can also be dissolved in the air, which is difficult to prevent, and it is really difficult to parry, within a year, it can make people strong and strong, but if the antidote is not taken at the end of one year, the violent toxicity will come out, which will make the bones of the whole body stiff, the blood coagulates, and the death is miserable.

Ye Suling shuddered and said: There won't be this in this secret passage. This zombie fan, right?

An smiled and said: Senior sister, don't worry, this is not a closed cave, even if there is, it has long disappeared in the wind.

Ye Suling relieved himself at this time, pouted, but still stood far away.

Jingshi sighed: This zombie powder was originally used by the corpse chasers in Xiangxi to carry corpses, and it was not harmless at first, but I don't know how it spread to the rivers and lakes later, and it was used as a poison for people to intrigue and kill each other.

Antao: The rivers and lakes are unpredictable, people's hearts are sinister, and the elixir can sometimes be used as a poison to kill.

Jingshi sighed and recited the Buddha's name in a low voice.

Ye Suling shouted on the side: "Senior Brother An, you should open the mechanism quickly, let's get out of here quickly, okay?"

After speaking, he hurriedly covered his nose again, for fear that there would really be zombie fans inhaling it.

Ann smiled, came to the stone wall, stretched out her right hand, closed her eyes, and groped around the wall.

Jingshi sighed on the side: Senior Brother An's extraordinary martial arts are already very accessible, but I didn't expect the poison mechanism formation to also be involved, and the little monk admired it.

Ye Suling listened to Jingshi Kua'an, and his heart was happy, but he said: Hmph, I don't know where I learned these crooked things, Senior Brother Jingshi, don't praise him like this, he can't stand the praise, praise him a few words, and he will get carried away.

Jingshi said with a smile: Senior Sister Ye, there is no exaggeration in what the little monk said, you and I and the junior brothers and sisters outside the gate this time are all of the same age, and they are all among the best in the younger generation of their respective sect families, and they may be almost the same in terms of martial arts, but who has such extensive knowledge and vision as Senior Brother An? The little monk is really ashamed.

Ye Suling snorted, with indescribable joy in her heart, her hands playing with the corners of her clothes, but her eyes kept peeking at An who was fiddling with the mechanism, and her face was full of smiles.

Jingshi looked at her expression on the side, and said secretly in his heart: Senior Brother An and Senior Sister Ye can be together, which is also an unexpected harvest of this trip outside the border, but I inadvertently became a matchmaker, which shows that this fate is really elusive.

At this time, Ann turned around and said, "What are you talking about? The mechanism is open, let's go."

With a roar, the stone wall slowly rose, and what caught the eyes of the three people was a splendid carved jade mountainside building, and the three of them were stunned for a while.