Dai Luan felt that she was lost again.
No, this time it's not as simple as getting lost. It's more appropriate to say that I'm in trouble.
She came to a place that looked like an attic. The space inside was darker than before. There was an indescribable light fishy smell in the air. It didn't look like blood or fish. It was a strange smell mixed with dampness and rot. The smell of something.
Several light cyan light butterflies followed her in, making the room a little brighter. She vaguely saw many strange-shaped black shadows, which were unnaturally distorted. She didn't know if it was because the light source was moving. But she felt bad because she could hear many small sounds around her, like the rubbing of leaves, like water waves hitting the river bank, and like fingers tapping quietly on the wooden table... all kinds of sounds mixed in. Mixed together, without rhythm, all very weak.
A very ominous sound and a very ominous atmosphere.
She knew that she was by no means "alone" here.
A few drops of cold sweat gathered on her forehead. This was almost the scariest time since Aluan was born. In the past, she had seen many monsters and monsters, and it could be said that she was used to them. Only this time, she was alone, facing a large number of things whose shapes were unknown, and the fear of the unknown occupied almost all of her thoughts.
The remaining trace is just used to stay awake.
Lin Shanhai didn't know whether he should tell her that the monster who saved their lives had almost fought with him not long ago.
But Mu Wan didn't ask because she saw the words on the token. Shan Hai thought she would sternly question him about the whereabouts of Shi Wuqi, but she just calmly drove the tengu without saying a word.
"This is..." Shanhai finally spoke.
"Kari Gongduo, I know. I also know that you detained the Hundred Skeleton Master. But Shanhai acted with you, so I believe you didn't do anything extraordinary."
Shanhai felt that she was much more stable than before. But her expression was full of worry and she seemed a little irritable. When he wanted to ask her what happened, Mu Wan spoke first.
"I lost my shikigami," she said, "Hanshui Ji—the one my senior brother gave me."
Shan Hai could hear the undisguised loss in her tone, and didn't know what to comfort her. She went on to say:
"In front of Lord Kutsutsuki, I met the Laughing Wolf, but I didn't have any contact with him. Going forward... I met a painter. He had been to Snow Inkstone Valley and met my senior brothers and sisters. He gave me Said a lot about them.”
Although she was unwilling to make guesses out of thin air, Shan Hai could tell from her tone that she was also doubtful. But those slight hesitations made him feel that Mu Wan didn't want to doubt him like this.
"And he... did touch my charm."
"What's that man's name?"
"He calls himself Cheng You, but I don't know what sect he is from."
"Hmm, I haven't heard of it," Shan Hai replied.
At this time, Kari Gondo glanced at them.
"Naruyou? He visited Lord Satsuki - before you."
"Huh?" Mu Wan asked him eagerly, "What can he ask for?"
"This is the guest's privacy."
Kari Gondo was trying to be mysterious, but they also knew that it was not appropriate to pursue this matter further. After a short silence, he took the initiative to speak again and asked a question that he was just curious about:
"Have you ever interacted with Lord Kutsutsuki?"
Mu Wan became alert: "Do you know him?"
"I know him, I can't say, but anyone who is a monster will have heard of his name. Besides, he is our master's colleague. I know he is not a strange person, right?"
Shan Hai said: "Looking at your tone, you also have great respect for him."
"Well... one code is one code, and the few of us only listen to Lord Satsuki's orders. Our lives are all given by her. Even if the Yama demon comes, he can't control us. Well, here we are -"
Kari Gondo pointed to a cave in front of him. The mountain has some white and mottled background, and the cave is arc-shaped, as if a very regular ring has a small half inserted into the soil. After the tengu disappeared, the two people stood at the entrance of the cave without moving. Kari Gondo knew that they were worried, so he walked in first.
It was very dark here, so Kari Gondo took out the token and made it glow just right. They looked at each other and stepped forward. At first they thought the road in the cave extended downwards, but it didn't seem to be the case. The road goes up and down, with occasional twists and turns. It was much more open than they thought, and from time to time there were stalactites or stalagmites with strange shapes. They were all very huge, with unique curvatures, and seemed to be white - they were not sure of the color, because the light source here was other than Kari Gong. Apart from Duo's token and the flame in Shan Hai's hand, there were only some bright green fireflies and faint blue butterflies.
They are like living will-o'-the-wisps, drifting in nothingness.
What's even more bizarre is that there are many towering trees growing in this closed area.
Mu Wan thought to herself that these trees were much smaller than the ones she and Cheng You had seen. But they are also thicker than ordinary trees and grow in really strange places.
It stands to reason that the scenery here is beautiful and unique, but the mountains and sea always have a very strange feeling - very bad. There was a faint evil spirit here, but the amount was huge and shocking, but he couldn't see even a suspicious shadow.
"Don't lose track of me." Shou Gongduo chuckled from the front, "Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll become food for the poisonous insects."
He understood that it was a large group of Gu insects hiding in the darkness.
Mu Wan tightened her grip on his sleeve. She was indeed a little scared, but she didn't know what she was afraid of specifically - shouldn't it be insects?
Kari Gondo suddenly disappeared. They stepped up their pace to catch up, and suddenly saw his back. But at this time, the surrounding scenery was different - although they were all silhouettes in the dark, such as stone pillars or big trees, their positions were indeed different, and the small demonic spirits were also slightly different. They were puzzled for a while, and suddenly realized that there were many space-distorting spells in the shape of six spiritual veins set up inside the cave.
The destination is really hard to find, and even if you get in, it's hard to get out. Although Mu Wan's hand never let go, her eyes were like magnets, tightly attached to the guide, for fear that he would play some trick on them. After all, he has not yet truthfully revealed the whereabouts of Shi Wuqi. If she hadn't asked him for help right now, she would have beaten him long ago.
After passing through several small spiritual veins, they came to a narrow passage. Although it is small, it can still accommodate many people walking side by side. The dome is also very high and slightly arched. The narrowness here is only compared to the excessive openness before. And along this road, glowing green, almost transparent crystals will appear from time to time on the walls, ceiling, and feet. The mountains and seas can feel the aura they exude, which is very strong and difficult to control.
No wonder it's called Qing Lize. Green glass is actually a mineral.
Is it possible... to make offerings to Wajinhua? Shan Hai couldn't help but think to himself.
Along the way, more and more butterflies surrounded them. Shanhai stretched out his hand, and butterflies landed on his fingertips. The touch couldn't be said to be cold or hot, it was just a momentary stimulation, but it didn't hurt. Mu Wan was a little irritable, waving his hands to drive away these flying insects from time to time.
This is not a butterfly, it is some kind of spiritual polymer. They are collecting some necessary information and can directly feed it back to the spiritual master himself.
The light in front was more obvious. Although it was not dazzling, it was still strong enough.
There are many transparent, cyan-glazed decorations and supplies. They are all processed and polished. The most eye-catching thing is the large round table, like a mirror, the light can reflect people. There are also exquisite chairs - in terms of workmanship alone, the dragon chair is nothing more than that.
But the most eye-catching thing is the two people on the chairs in front of the table.
two.
One is a strange woman. She wears a long dress with alternating blue and green colors. The workmanship is complicated and the materials are uniquely matched. There are local batiks and silks and satins, but these fabrics don't look cumbersome or obtrusive at all when matched with her. Her exposed limbs and face were pale and almost transparent. In comparison, the long silver-gray hair pales in comparison. There were many shiny silver ornaments hanging on her body, including hairpins, earrings, necklaces, rings, and decorations they couldn't name. But the strange thing was that those heavy things did not seem cumbersome at all on her slender body, as if Be one with her.
Judging by her appearance, she must be very young, but her hair makes her look a little... old, not really, but she feels much older. In this way, it will have more charm. The charming eyes are probably like this - under the long and thick eyelashes, in the pale and sickly thin face, the two crystal-like bright eyes blink gently from time to time, and the eyelashes wipe the two eyes like a small fan. Dust on a piece of jewelry.
Sitting across from them, they couldn't be more familiar.
The Master of Hundred Bones gives without giving up.
"you……"
Mu Wan took a step forward.
"You, you're still alive!"
Shi Wuqi rolled his eyes and shook his fan.
"Why, you expect me to die? I'm disappointing you. Okay, everyone, sit down, you're welcome."
This joking tone and anti-customer attitude clearly told them that this person was not only fine, but also very fine. The woman nodded slightly in the direction behind them. Shanhai turned around, subconsciously trying to take a look at Kari Gondo who was standing there, but he disappeared at some point.
"I know you are looking for me."
The woman spoke, her voice soft, cool, and briskly echoing in the space.
Shan Hai bowed respectfully.
"See the Master of Death Shadow Pavilion."
Mu Wan didn't know what to do and was a little at a loss. She kept looking at the mountains and seas, clumsily imitating his salute.
"Is this the Death Shadow Pavilion?" she asked him in a low voice.
"The Death Shadow Pavilion has never been a place." The woman smiled, "You know my concubine - you know who I am, and you also know that the rumored master of the pavilion is not the master of the pavilion."
"Yes. I would venture to speculate that that person is one of your confidants, but none of us have ever met him."
"Well... you are lucky. He has been very busy recently, so I personally took over."
As she spoke, she smiled again, her voice empty and crisp, like rain and dew dripping into a quiet pool, creating broken ripples.
