When he returned to the edge of the fire and just sat down, Yun Li threw fish at the two of them. When Zhai Yingxue smiled and thanked him and was about to eat, Yunli looked at the fire and said casually:

"The light of the fire always seems to dispel something somewhere between light and darkness. ”

“...... Well. ”

Zhai Yingxue, who was handing the fish to her lips, looked a little ugly, turned around and faced the darkness to eat the fish.

Yin Fan, who was silently observing from the side, frowned deeper, and while his eyes moved back and forth between Yunli and Zhai Yingxue, he handed the fish to his mouth, but the sharp fish bones pierced his lips.

Looking down, there were still fish there, only fish bones remained.

"Hey, where's my fish?"

As he spoke, Yin Fan raised his head suspiciously, just in time to see the crystal in red clothes in front of him grinning at him, holding a fish in his hand and eating happily.

“...... I really can't help you. ”

Yin Fan, who was extremely doted on the crystal, had to sigh helplessly.

The wound on the lip pierced by the fish bones was large, and the blood could not stop remaining, and even fell down some of the chin like water droplets, and it looked unusually bright red in the light of the fire.

The smell of blood quickly spread along the wind, and suddenly the crystal neck twisted one hundred and eighty degrees, staring at Zhai Yingxue, who was silently eating fish.

The sound of the wind was still, and the sound of the waves was gradually moving away in my ears.

Facing the darkness, Zhai Yingxue stopped moving her hands, and the left side of her face was clearly visible in the light of the fire.

Seeing the wound that seemed to be rotting and even faintly something was about to rush out, Yin Fan stood up from the beach in shock.

Yun Li, who was sitting by the fire, took out the Broken Sword, and the pitch-black blade sucked in all the light around it.

“...... Wait, what the hell is going on!"

Yin Fan, who was shrouded in ominousness, took the crystal back into his arms and rushed to block it between Yunli and Zhai Yingxue.

"The hall master...... I don't know if I should call you that, what happened?"

Yunli's gaze seemed to penetrate Yin Fan and fell on Zhai Yingxue. But the latter was just silent, and he continued:

"When I went to the Heavenly Palace from Penglai, I was just suspicious, and in the place where the Yin Qi gathered in the Santu River Basin, I just began to doubt. But I never expected that what really made me sure was the people of the Demon Sect......"

"What the hell are you talking about!"

Just as Yin Fan was scolding Yunli, Zhai Yingxue, who had been silent, suddenly sighed, stood up and turned around.

"Sister Xue, ...... your lips?"

"It's really, I can't stand it. ”

Zhai Yingxue's lower lip was bitten, and blood gushed out of the wound, as if it had all been devoured by her. Her face was horribly pale except for the crack, which was as dark red as rotten flesh.

Zhai Yingxue smiled wryly and continued:

"Uncle Junior, after you smashed the illusion of the Red Butterfly Holy Envoy, you turned into pieces of Red Butterfly and woke up the things that had been sealed in my mind, Uncle Junior......"

She took a deep breath and looked into Yin Fan's eyes.

"Remember what I told you about the demons?"

“...... Well. ”

The ominousness that plagued Yin Fan became thicker and thicker, and under his uneasy gaze, Zhai Yingxue raised her head and looked at the starless and moonless night sky.

"That's it. ”

"What......"

Yin Fan's whole body was shocked, and he looked at Zhai Yingxue in disbelief.

"The ** life between light and darkness, does not belong to the body of either god or demon, and forgets the memory of his death in order to survive in the world......"

"Zhai Yingxue!"

This sudden angry shout did not come from Yun Li, nor from a stranger, but from Yin Fan.

The loud sound even spread across the sea, shocking both Yunli and Zhai Yingxue.

I don't know when, Yin Fan's eyes have turned red, and the imprint in his pupils has spread light. He put the crystal down, motioned with his eyes to her not to move, and turned to walk towards Zhai Yingxue.

Zhai Yingxue was wearing her white-toned hall master uniform, holding Chu Xue tightly in her hands, her blood-stained lips were closed, and her black hair was picked up by the wind from nowhere.

She looked at Yin Fan's eyes a little flustered, and her gaze wavered.

Yin Fan walked in front of Zhai Yingxue step by step. He was already half a head taller than the woman in front of him, and he had to bow his head slightly when he looked at her.

Zhai Yingxue didn't know what he was going to do, and stood there looking a little overwhelmed.

Suddenly, Yin Fan opened his hands, completely hugged her in his arms, and whispered:

"Sister Xue, you are still alive, you are still alive, don't say those stupid things. ”

"But ......"

"You're still alive! Believe me, Sister Xue, you're still alive. ”

Yin Fan's tone was unquestionable, as if sacred.

Zhai Yingxue, who had been tense all the time, suddenly softened, and Yin Fan felt that Zhai Yingxue's position buried in his chest became wet.

“...... I don't know, I really don't know what's going on. ”

Zhai Yingxue cried and said:

"All of a sudden, the memories came out, and all I could think of was dragging my rotting corpse around looking for flesh to eat. Even in the elixir hall, many seniors and peers, I killed them first, and I actually squatted on the ground like that, tore off their flesh and ate them.

I'm scared too!"

She suddenly screamed in Yin Fan's arms.

“...... I can't believe it at all, the one who eats the flesh and blood of the same door will be me, and the place where it happened is in Penglai...... There are so many people, and so many people, they are doing the same thing.

I'm dead. He was careless when he crossed the third tribulation in the Ruins Realm, and half of his body was shattered by the Heavenly Tribulation.

The man in black said he could help me, help me come back to life, and let me live as I normally would. Just eat the flesh of the living, remove their bones and put them in a dark cage with themselves, and after one night, they can be resurrected.

Really, I've really come back to life, and my cultivation is even more powerful than before.

But every once in a while the body cracks, it craves blood, it craves flesh. At that time, I could always see more than one person, and I felt that the sound of gnawing on other people's bodies was everywhere in the dark night of Penglai, and there were really many people......

I don't know if these are my memories, or if they're illusions.

As soon as the Red Butterfly Holy Envoy of the Demon Sect appeared during the day, these memories rushed out as if they were bursting, and I don't know if they belong to my ......."

Zhai Yingxue's voice became more and more rapid, her crying became thicker, and her body trembled uncontrollably.

Yin Fan, who was hugging her body, suddenly felt that a bottomless abyss was devouring him, and suddenly, the words on the stone tablet when he had just entered Penglai appeared.

-- The avenue is inactive, and there is no class in teaching.

Yin Fan, who forcibly suppressed the uneasy fear, hugged Zhai Yingxue in his arms tighter, and said softly:

"That's fake, Sister Xue, it's an illusion. ”

“...... Vision?"

Zhai Yingxue raised her head, her expression was like that of a child.

"That's right, it's all an illusion. ”

Yin Fan said this while quietly wrapping the blood talisman around her, repairing her body with his own essence blood.

"Really? Really? Are they illusions......

"Of course it's true. ”

Yin Fan's tone was affirmative, and the rotten wound on her face in sight healed quickly.

"It's that you're too tired, Sister Xue, just get some sleep. ”

Yin Fan smiled softly, holding one of his hands and quietly moving up, hitting her on the back of the neck. Zhai Yingxue closed her hazy eyes, and her body collapsed in Yin Fan's arms.

Carefully put Zhai Yingxue lying on the beach, Yin Fan walked towards Yunli. On the way, he saw Crystal staring at Zhai Yingxue and swallowing saliva, and for the reason that he was very uneasy, Yin Fan directly hugged her into his arms.

"Ahh......h

"Daddy brought you fish to eat. ”

"Ah, fish, Crystal wants to eat fish. ”

Yin Fan just sat on the edge of the fire with the crystal in his arms, and Yun Li handed over a wooden skewer with grilled fish quite cooperatively.

The flames crackled and the aroma of grilled fish was even more diffuse.

Yin Fan's stomach felt hungry, but he didn't have the slightest mood to eat.

"You know everything?"

Yin Fan raised his head and looked at Yunli.

"What?"

"Are you still pretending to be crazy and stupid with me at this time!?"

The unknown emotion in Yin Fan's heart immediately rushed up like the fire in front of him, and he raised his hand to knock half of the fire away. The reddish firewood flew more than ten meters away, fell into the sea with a pop, and quickly dissolved into the night.

The remaining half of the fire was scattered around, and the light was much darker.

Yunli glanced at Yin Fan, and rarely didn't do anything with him. Yunli picked up the firewood scattered around and gathered them together, and re-added some new firewood.

“...... I'm sorry. ”

Yin Fan took a deep breath and gently squeezed his temples with his right hand.

Yun Li put away the firewood by himself, and then set up the wooden stick for grilling the fish, put on the fish and continued to take the test. While grilling the fish, he said:

"I entered Penglai at the age of seventeen, and it has been eighteen years since then.

Because of my father's relationship, I was exposed to a lot of things that were impossible for Penglai's disciples to know. Occasionally, again, and even with my own eyes.

On the night of the ninth day of the first month of Penglai every year, it will be designated as a taboo night, and on this night, all Penglai disciples are not allowed to go out of their own rooms, and even each room needs to be arranged with an enchantment. ”

Saying this, an evil smile appeared on the corner of Yun Li's mouth.

"One night more than ten years ago, I lost track of time because I was practicing at Huilian Peak, and when I returned to the Spirit Law Hall through the spring, I found that there were wooden signs of the Forbidden Night hanging everywhere, and charms were pasted around them.

I always thought that this was an ordinary ritual in Penglai, and I didn't care. When he returned to the Spirit Law Hall and was about to return to his residence, there was a strange sound from the courtyard next to him......"

Out of curiosity, Yunli skirted the hallway and walked towards the courtyard.

He hasn't rested so late, could it be that there are senior brothers who have forgotten the time like him?

Because he was worried that his taboo night was still walking outside was exposed, Yun Li didn't dare to be too loud, he tiptoed along the base of the wall, and walked around the corner to look around.

Yes......

Yun Li almost shouted, and quickly covered his mouth with his hands and opened his eyes wide.

Under the flowering plum tree in sight, there was a blood-stained man gnawing on something. Looking closely, the man's clothes looked familiar.

Yun Li suppressed the fear in his heart and quietly walked behind a pillar in front of him, wanting to look more closely.

The man's clothes were white, and the cuffs were sewn with black edges.

This is a garment that only elders can wear.

Wondering what the elder was doing, Yunli poked his head out of the pillar and took advantage of the hazy moonlight to look under the elder's body.

"Ah......h

Yunli shouted in shock. It was a shattered corpse, still wearing a white disciple's uniform, but most of the flesh and internal organs had been torn off.

Looking at the elder's hand again, isn't it a newly plucked internal organ?

Yun Li let out a cry of surprise, and the elder immediately realized it, and suddenly turned his head to stare at it.

That's not in the realm of human beings anymore. There were multiple cracks on the face and body, and there was rotting flesh inside, and even some kind of rotten fruit was about to overflow from the individual wounds.

In particular, the corners of the elder's mouth were covered with minced flesh, and there was still blood left, which was extremely terrifying.

Yunli was stunned and didn't dare to move. The elder stood up from the corpse and reached out to grab him.

Suddenly, a cool breath swept through his body, and he instantly came back to his senses, and hurriedly ran back to his room and closed the door.

The room was already ready to make an enchantment, and Yunli trembled and arranged the enchantment.

But when the barrier was still a little close, a figure suddenly appeared outside the door, sticking to the door and looking at him.

"Ah......h

Yunli screamed, and in his panic, he mispronounced the spell that generated the enchantment several times.

"Knock, knock, knock......"

The bloodied elder banged his head against the door and kept banging until Yun Li had managed to form an enchantment, and then the elder left.

Looking at the door, it was covered in blood and scraped flesh, and the elder had smashed most of his head in the process.

Why is the door so hard?

Yun Li didn't know, and he didn't dare to think about it. He curled up in the corner between the wall and the bookcase, pinching the magic weapon and staring at the door, and then fell into a deep sleep because he was too tired.

When he woke up the next day, it was already noon, and the strong rays of the sun pierced his closed eyes, forcing him to wake up.

Yun Li's first reaction was to look at the door, and to his consternation, there was no blood or flesh on the door.

Out of the room, Yun Li inquired about the abnormalities in the courtyard and whether anyone was missing last night.

But the results obtained, without exception, are not such as this at all......

“...... After that, I looked through a lot of things about Forbidden Nights in the name of looking through the books, and without exception, I didn't find any relevant information. Ironically, the few times I flipped through the classics, I found a secret to the sun. ”

For some reason, Yun Li showed a sarcastic look on his face again, and then he continued:

Later, in my father's private collection, I came across a book of meditation, and each of the contents of it was full of records of forbidden nights.

What is written on it is all such as gold and water, which can be cultivated as a person, or other matters, or fire, earth, and wood, and yang longevity.

If it weren't for what I experienced that night, who would have known that this so-called food was actually cannibalism?"

Yunli stretched out his hand to pick up the grilled fish and threw it at Yin Fan.

Yin Fan, who was stunned by Yun Li's words, did not move, watching the sharp wooden string pierce like a needle, and when it was only a few centimeters away from his pupils, the crystal reached out and grabbed it.

"The crystal ate it again. ”

Without waiting for an answer, the crystal ate it again.

Yunli looked at Yin Fan and said lightly:

"The resurrection of Elder Niu Zunwu and the huge pattern of the time tribulation on the island that you mentioned must have a lot to do with the disappearance of Penglai. But why Luo Qingyi and the realm spirit were captured by the Demon Sect, I still haven't figured it out.

But just now the hall master said that she is an evil demon, and you just used the effect of the blood charm to restore her body, presumably when she wakes up tomorrow, she will be more sober, so we should be able to really solve some mysteries......"

As he spoke, Yunli looked at Zhai Yingxue and whispered:

“...... The mystery of what happened to Penglai. ”

Infected by his gaze, Yin Fan also looked sideways at Zhai Yingxue.

On the soft gravel, Zhai Yingxue slept deeply, with a gentle smile on her face.

It seems to be a good dream.