In the middle of the night, a white shadow quietly fell in front of the cave at the top of the mountain, stood for a while, and saw that there was no movement everywhere, and then walked into the cave. After a while, Ling Huayin came out from under the shade of the tree.

Situ Yan never expected that there would be Soul Gathering Grass here, after he removed the enchantment, he immediately picked up the Soul Gathering Grass on the ground carefully, and when he got up, he heard Ling Huayin's voice as cold as jade: "What are you doing here?"

Situ Yan sighed secretly, turned around, and said with a smile: "Linghua, I found out, why don't you make a sound when you walk." ”

Ling Huayin stared at the things in his hand and asked, "What are you taking? You deliberately opened Oro just to come back and get this?"

Situ Yan replied indifferently: "It's not good to let too many people know about some things. Linghua wants to know?"

Ling Huayin stroked the hair on her chest and nodded slightly, "I'm quite curious." ”

Situ Yan chuckled and said, "Since we are friends, then I shouldn't hide Linghua, I'll talk to you when I go out." ”

The two walked out of the cave, Situ Yan found a clean stone and sat down, and said to Ling Huayin, "Have you heard of the Soul Gathering Grass?"

"Is that what you have in your hand?" Ling Huayin stood next to him, staring at the plant in his hand.

Situ Yan was noncommittal and continued: "Over the years, I have been looking for the Soul Gathering Grass. Because one day when I woke up, I found that I couldn't remember many things about myself, and I only had some vague fragments in my head. Every time on the day of the lunar eclipse, my seven spirits will leave my body, and I need the Soul Gathering Grass to imprison them in my body, but this is not a long-term solution after all, the Soul Gathering Grass is very rare, and sometimes it takes a lot of hard work to find one, and it is only barely able to survive the lunar eclipse. ”

"Is there no other way to do that?" Ling Huayin couldn't help but be a little worried about him when she heard what happened to Situ Yan.

"Yes, but it's more difficult, I heard that there is a soul gathering stone in the earth realm, which can solve my predicament, but the earth realm is a place where mortal immortals like me can enter, although I have been trying every way to enter the earth realm all these years, but I am also powerless. Situ Yan said nonchalantly, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.

Ling Huayin asked, "You haven't thought about why you are like this?"

"I used to try to find out why, for example, why I lived in Qinghuitai, why I couldn't remember the past, why I left my body, so I visited a monk who attained enlightenment, and he said that I lacked one of my three souls, and the missing soul led to my seven souls and my memory, so I would be much weaker than ordinary people's seven feelings. Sometimes I see people crying over their deaths and laughing for the sake of the treasure, but I don't know what it's like, as if I've never experienced it. Because I feel different, I look for a way to gather souls, and at the same time, I also observe the lives of others, trying to experience that feeling myself, and in recent years, I have gradually been able to experience one or two of them. However, sometimes I still feel a little regretful, and I always want to know where I came from others. Situ Yan said slowly like a storyteller.

Ling Huayin was slightly touched when she heard this, and sat down next to Situ Yan, "It turns out that you can't remember your origin. ”

Situ Yan turned his head to look at her and asked suspiciously, "Also?"

Ling Huayin looked ahead and said indifferently: "I'm like you, I didn't know where I came from or what my name was since I was a child. In the past, I also thought about looking for my parents and finding out my life experience, but after I met him, I gradually stopped obsessing with my life experience, I don't know what matters, what is the point of knowing, no one gives me protection, then I will shelter myself from the wind and rain, others see me as different, then I will no longer pay attention to them, this is the way he taught me to survive. As she spoke, the corners of her mouth unconsciously put on a relieved smile.

Situ Yan pondered for a moment and asked, "Is this person you are talking about your senior brother?"

Ling Huayin secretly lowered her head and was silent, as if she was a little unhappy, and Situ Yan was very knowledgeable and didn't ask more.

The two sat quietly for a while, and Situ Yan broke the deadlock: "The corpse refining Gu I showed you today is actually still useful. ”

"What?" Ling Huayin raised her eyebrows.

"Do you remember what I told you about the Blood Spirit Bead today?"

Ling Huayin nodded and said, "Yes." What the hell are the Blood Beads used for? ”

"The Blood Spirit Bead is used to collect souls, and the Corpse Refining Gu is an important material for refining the Blood Spirit Bead, as well as the bracelet that Gu Nian gave to his wife, which is made of Blood Lotus Jade, and it is also one of the materials of the Blood Spirit Bead, and the rest is still the blood of the demon and the phantom soul, I faintly feel that everything I have encountered these days is related to the Blood Spirit Bead. And the refining method of the Blood Spirit Bead is very evil, you need to use the blood of the big demon as a guide, and then use the blood of thousands of people to cast a soul to get the phantom soul. This method was once spread in the southern realm, and there was also a demon refiner who refined it, and later was learned by the ghost king of the earth realm, and he was very angry, so he sent a ghost god to the world, banned this law forever, and punished the demon refiner with the harshest punishment in the earth realm. Although some people later tried to refine the Blood Spirit Bead, they all failed. ”

"There are still people in the world who practice such evil spells, although you can't remember your own affairs, but you know a lot about these strange methods. ”

Situ Yan smiled, "Unfortunately, I have one on me." ”

Ling Huayin looked at him in shock, only to see Situ Yan stretch out his hand in front of Ling Huayin, and as soon as he spread his hand, he saw a red bead the size of an egg, exuding a faint light.

"Why do you have this thing?" Ling Huayin's eyes widened, a little incredulous.

"What would you think if I said I was with me when I woke up?"

Ling Huayin hesitated for a while, then looked at Situ Yan and said, "I believe you have nothing to do with that evil spell, could it be that your master or friend gave it to you?"

"I used to think so, but I asked a lot of people who knew me, and they didn't mention my master, and I used to be alone, and only Hengwei and I can be friends in my memory. ”

Ling Huayin tilted her head slightly, not knowing what she was thinking.

Situ Yan smiled again and added: "Of course, Linghua is also my rare friend. ”

Ling Huayin looked up at Situ Yan in a little surprise, only to see Situ Yan's eyes smiling, warm as jade, like a bright moon, and as warm as the rising sun.

"What are you going to do with this Blood Spirit Bead, do you continue to take it with you to find a way to gather souls?"

"Well, what Zhang Xingwen said about the Sea of No Return is the place I want to go to next, and I heard that there may be a way to enter the realm. ”

Ling Huayin thought about it, and then said, "Anyway, I'm going to get there, and when I deal with Bai Yi and the Nightmare Demon, I'll accompany you to find it." But before that, can you come with me to the Lower Dongling Mountain?"

"Where does Linghua want to go, of course I'll accompany you, but what do you want to do?"

"In the past, my senior brother and I buried an ice jar under an old tree in Dongling Mountain, which contained the water of the sacred tree that I sealed with my spiritual power, and today the village chief mentioned that the disciple of Dongling Mountain had given them an ice jar that could draw water, and I wanted to confirm if it was the same thing. Ling Huayin said very calmly.

"You want to know if that person is your senior brother. Fortunately, if it is confirmed, maybe we can still find out the whereabouts of your senior brother and get back the Great Wilderness Map of your Xianze Palace. Situ Yan said with a smile, "Waiting here is also waiting, there is Miss Eluo watching everyone, why don't we go to Dongling Mountain now." After that, Situ Yan pulled his legs and left, but heard Ling Huayin shouting at him behind him.

Situ Yan turned around suspiciously, and saw that Ling Huayin was still standing in place, so he asked, "What concerns does Ling Hua have?"

Ling Huayin hesitated for a while, her expression a little embarrassed: "...... I...... It's a little inconvenient for me to go like this, but what is there to cover my face?"

Situ Yan thought that Ling Huayin just didn't want to face the old man, and he didn't think much about it, so he casually conjured a veil and asked, "Is this okay?"

Ling Huayin took the veil and put it on, and smiled: "Thank you." ”

The two then came to Dongling Mountain, which was a hundred miles away, and the sky was already bright at this time, but Dongling Mountain was still shrouded in a large mist, just like Lingyin Village, the filthy atmosphere was permeated, and they had to fall to the ground first. When I looked around, I didn't see a single person, not even a disciple guarding the door. The two of them felt strange, so they quickened their pace and walked forward. But the whole mountain is completely devastated, and all that remains of the original magnificent building is now an empty shell that looks like it has been looted. Not to mention people, not even a bird was seen.

"How did this place become what it is now...... Although Ling Huayin didn't like Dongling Mountain, she couldn't help but sigh when she saw that the place where she once lived had become ruins.

Situ Yan looked around for a while, and said in a deep voice: "I'm afraid that something big has happened here, and there is no sign of death, otherwise such a big sect is suddenly gone, and it should cause a sensation among other immortal families." Could it be that Dongling Mountain has moved elsewhere?"

Ling Huayin slowly shook her head and said, "I don't know, it's just that I don't have to face the old man." ”

Passing by Sanxiantai, Ling Huayin couldn't help but stop, looked up, and a slight wave flashed in her eyes, which seemed to touch her heartstrings.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Ling Huayin standing still, Situ Yan asked.

“...... It's nothing. With that, Ling Huayin walked straight to the sacred tree.

When I came to the central hall, I saw a huge towering ancient tree being uprooted, and the once lush green leaves had fallen and had no life. Along with the pool next to it, it also dried up.

Ling Huayin glanced up at the top of the tree, and sighed: "Maybe this is the reason why there is no one in Dongling Mountain, the sacred tree is dead, and it is difficult to retain the pure qi here, and the things they worship as the divine residence are gone, so naturally they can't stay." It's no wonder that something like this happened in Lingyin Village, and no one cared about it. Let's go......"

"What was originally written on that stone carving?" asked Situ Yan, pointing to a stone sculpture that had been crushed by the sacred tree.

Ling Huayin looked in the direction of his finger and saw that half of the stone sculpture had been destroyed, and there were only a few words left on it.

"The stone carving is written on the origin of the sacred tree. I heard that this sacred tree was planted by a god in ancient times by chance, because he saw that the land here was dry and the people were struggling to make a living, so he planted a seed in the sky here, and watered it with divine water, and since then, there is a water source and clear air here, and the earth has also regained its vitality. Dongling Mountain has established a sect here, guarding the sacred tree for generations, but with the passage of time, the sacred tree gradually withered, and it needs to be watered with special spiritual power......" Ling Huayin suddenly stopped talking.

Situ Yan looked at Ling Huayin suspiciously, and didn't know why Ling Huayin didn't continue.

"Could it be that the drought in Lingyin Village is also related to the withering of this sacred tree?" Situ Yan put forward his own conjecture.

"Perhaps. Ling Huayin didn't say anything more and continued to walk towards the back mountain.