Wu Mingyan Chixia and Ying Ning rode fast horses, left Jiangdu City directly, and went straight to the south.

Xiaoyu Mountain, where the ghost mother is located, is hundreds of miles south of Jiangdu City, and even if they ride a good horse that has been selected by thousands of people, it will take them a day and a night to arrive.

All the way through the wilderness and barren mountains, the eyes are almost desolate, occasionally jackals, tigers and leopards pass by from a distance, let out a few howls, the world is even more desolate.

Wu Ming couldn't help but shake his head secretly in his heart, it seems that most of the people in the Liaozhai world are like this, thousands of miles of wilderness are uninhabited, and people can only protect themselves by relying on the tall and heavy city walls.

After a day and a night of running, the three of them rushed to the vicinity of Xiaoyu Mountain in the evening of the next day.

Xiaoyu Mountain is said to be a mountain, more like a canyon, the low mountain is divided into two halves, and a deep and dark canyon in the middle, the fog is shrouded and unfathomable.

When they reached the mouth of the valley, the horses under the seat said that they did not dare to go any further, so the three of them had to leave their horses outside the valley and enter the valley on foot.

Walking in the valley, Wu Ming opened his mouth and asked, "Ying Ning, you are the fox demon of the Tushan clan, how could you be raised by the ghost mother?"

Ying Ning led the way in front: "When I was young, I naughtily slipped down Tu Mountain, ran farther and farther, and then was chased by Orion, and ran into Xiaoyu Mountain in a panic. The ghost mother kept me, and she said that she was destined for me, so she left me in the valley for ten years. ”

Wu Ming sighed: "You have lived here for ten years, then you should have a good relationship with the ghost mother." ”

Ying Ning waved her hand: "Mother, she is very good to me, but she has experienced a lot of sad things, so her spirit is not very good, and her mood is sometimes good and sometimes bad." ”

Wu Ming was a little curious: "What sad things has she experienced?"

Ying Ning frowned and did not speak again.

Yan Chixia on the side: "The Nine Sons Ghost Mother is a congenital spirit ghost born in the depths of Huangquan, at the beginning of its birth, although it has spirituality but no mind, it gives birth to nine children every day, and devours them one by one after nightfall. ”

Wu Ming was shocked when he heard this, as the saying goes, tiger poison does not eat children, this ghost mother even wants to eat her own children!

Yan Chixia continued: "Later, Shakya passed by the other side of the Yellow Spring, and saw the ghost mother's eyes crying when she devoured the devil, so he lit it. After the ghost mother gained spiritual wisdom, she regretted what she had done, and never gave birth again, but she was very fond of children, so God named her Heli Emperor Mother. ”

Wu Ming sighed, no wonder the ghost mother loved Ying Ning so much, it turned out to be out of guilt for those devils in the past.

"After meeting my adoptive mother, don't mention the past, otherwise she will go crazy, and I can't help it!"

This is the old witch who eats children, she is more afraid than the old fox in Tushan!

Wu Ming swallowed his saliva and leaned over to Yan Chixia's side: "Brother Yan, if something goes wrong in a while, you will have to rely on your sword!"

Yan Chixia paused for a moment and slapped her thigh suddenly: "Oh no! My sword was pinched by the Painted Skin Demon last time, and now I don't have a sword at hand to use!"

Wu Ming was speechless for a moment, bringing you here is to let you cut people, you don't even bring a sword, it's too unprofessional!

Wu Ming opened his mouth and asked rhetorically: "There are countless swords in the Jiangdu City military camp, why don't you choose one in advance, Brother Yan?"

Yan Chixia shook her head: "Those are just ordinary blades, they are not spiritual, and they can't be used for imperial swords. ”

Wu Ming sighed: "It turns out that the swordsman's sword is still exquisite, so what kind of sword do you need to use, Brother Yan?"

Yan Chixia sighed and nodded: "The way of the imperial sword, in the essence of sincerity, there is a fate between the swordsman and the sword, if there is no fate, it is useless to be anxious!"

Yan Chixia's rough voice became louder and louder, startling several bats flying in the fog on both sides.

"What kind of person~"

A woman's voice sounded from the mist, gentle and kind, making people feel involuntarily close.

Ying Ning's face was happy: "Mother, it's me!"

"Is it really Ying Ning?"

The voice in the fog suddenly became excited, and with a rush of footsteps, a figure walked out of the thick fog.

This is a woman over 100 and a half years old, dressed in splendid ayara, wide and fat, with sideburns like silver, and a lovely smile.

Ying Ning's face was happy, she opened her arms and ran straight over, and hugged the woman: "Mother, I'm back!"

Wu Ming looked at it from behind, this old woman had a peaceful face and a charitable gaze, she really couldn't see that she was the ghost mother who devoured the devil, but like the grandmother next door.

The old woman stretched out her hand to touch the top of Ying Ning's head, and smiled: "I suddenly had a whim today, and I came out of the valley to relax, and I didn't expect to meet you back, which is really a great joy." ”

Ying Ning grinned a few times, and stretched out her hand to Wu Ming and Yan Chixia behind her: "Mother, these two are my friends, this time we came to ask for your help." ”

The Nine Sons Ghost Mother raised her head and swept over Wu Ming and Yan Chixia, her eyes nodded kindly: "The fog in the valley is humid, let's talk about it when I go home." ”

Wu Ming and Yan Chixia stepped forward to worship the ghost mother, although this old woman looked ordinary, but she was a big ghost born from the netherworld, and her status in the underworld was extremely high, plus she was Ying Ning's adoptive mother, so they naturally didn't dare to slack off.

The ghost mother smiled and nodded, then took Ying Ning's hand and turned around and walked towards the sea of fog.

"You girl, since you returned to Tushan, there has been no news, have you forgotten my mother, you don't know how much I miss you. ”

Ying Ning grinned: "What's the matter, aren't I coming back~"

A mother and daughter in front of them were talking to each other, Wu Ming and Yan Chixia followed behind, although they were walking slowly, they heard the wind whirring in their ears, and huge shadows continued to pass in the fog around them.

"Those are the peaks on either side of the valley!"

Yan Chixia couldn't help but look shocked: "This is a divine technique that shrinks the ground into inches!"

As soon as Yan Chixia's words fell, Ying Ning in front turned around and shouted: "It's here~"

Wu Ming and Yan Chixia looked up, and the fog dissipated in front of them, revealing a clearing in the valley, a red-walled and gray-tiled temple in the center of the clearing, and a group of children were playing and playing at the door.

Yan Chixia said before that the Nine Sons Ghost Mother is now named the Emperor Mother of Heli, and this temple is where her golden body is enshrined, the Temple of the Emperor Mother of Heli.

When the group of children at the door saw the ghost mother coming back with everyone, they rushed over with cheers, singing and dancing around the ghost mother.

However, seeing the appearance of these children, Wu Ming was taken aback, some of these children lacked hands, some broke their legs, revealing white miserable bones, and some of them had a blur of flesh and blood on their faces, and they couldn't even distinguish their facial features.

Ying Ning saw Wu Ming and Yan Chixia's shocked appearance, and walked over to explain to them: "These children are all lonely souls and wild ghosts wandering in the Yellow Spring, and they can't find the way to reincarnation. My mother took them back to the Temple of the Emperor Mother and sent them to reincarnate when their good fruits were full. ”

Wu Ming sighed, it seems that the Nine Sons Ghost Mother is really good-hearted.

The ghost mother smiled and waved her hand, letting the ghost children in front of her disperse: "Your sister is back today, I want to accompany her to try on a few more sets of clothes, you can play by yourself." ”

As soon as Ying Ning on the side heard the words "try on clothes", her face suddenly turned bitter: "Mother, we are here for business this time, so let's try on clothes without it, wait for me to come back next time......"

"No!" The ghost mother turned around and shook her head with a smile: "I have sewed a lot of new clothes for you in the past few years, and the cabinets at home can't fit it, so you have to finish wearing them for me one by one today." ”