The sudden appearance of black clouds instantly covered the moon in the sky, making the surrounding environment extremely gloomy.
The distance between Wankuya and Gelu was only more than ten miles. In the blink of an eye, the two of them arrived one after another during these ten miles.
"What is that black cloud?" Lin Jingzhe couldn't help but ask the sect leader's wife.
"Yin tide." The sect leader's wife replied: "Every mid-month, the evil spirit in Wan Skull Cliff becomes stronger and stronger."
Lin Jingzhe was surprised, "Since the Yin Qi is so strong, why do we still go in? Can't we wait until the Yin Qi weakens before going in?"
"What you said makes sense, but this yin must fade when it rises. So we are waiting for the opportunity, when the moon sets in the west and the sun rises in the east, we can take advantage of this opportunity to sneak in."
"You mean to say that the middle of each month is the time when Yin Qi is both strong and weak?" Lin Jingzhe suddenly realized.
"You are actually not stupid. You will realize it in a moment."
Just when Lin Jingzhe was about to say that he was not stupid in the first place, the sect leader's wife had already landed on the edge of Ten Thousand Skulls Cliff and was looking at the entrance of the valley ahead into Ten Thousand Skulls Cliff.
"That's the only way to enter the cliff and go straight to the bottom of the cliff." The sect leader's wife pointed to the valley entrance where only a few people were walking side by side.
"Why not just fly up and fly directly from the top of the cliff to the bottom of the cliff?" Lin Jingzhe asked doubtfully.
"No, because there is an extremely terrifying creature flying over the cliff. This creature is extremely sensitive to flesh and blood and can shave people into bones in an instant. Even if I want to escape intact, it will take a lot of effort."
Tens of thousands of ghost-headed crows live on the cliff. These ghost-headed crows are extremely sensitive to flesh and blood creatures and can often swarm people and cut people into bones.
"Even you can't escape unscathed?" Lin Jingzhe felt a wave of fear. He originally thought about whether he could sneak in. Judging from the current situation, if he sneaked in secretly, the weeds in front of his tomb will definitely be destroyed today next year. Very exuberant.
"I haven't tried it, but it should be about the same. Even if I can escape unscathed, I still have to shed all my skin." The sect leader's wife said.
"Hey, there seems to be someone guarding the entrance of the valley." Lin Jingzhe suddenly found a few figures standing cross-legged not far from the entrance of the valley.
"That is the relegated outer sect elder." The sect leader's wife replied, and she had already arrived at the entrance of the valley.
Lin Jingzhe saw this and followed closely behind.
"Who?" The demoted outer sect elders seemed to have noticed the two people who suddenly appeared, and opened their eyes one after another.
The sect leader's wife directly showed her identity token and said: "I want to go in, you don't have to, please be polite."
It turned out that when the few demoted outer sect elders found out that the woman who showed her identity plate was the sect leader's wife, they all stood up to salute her, but they were stopped by the sect leader's wife.
"Madam of the sect master, do you think you could take note of our hard work guarding the entrance of the valley and have someone give us something to keep out the cold or satisfy our hunger?"
The sect leader's wife frowned and said nothing.
He naturally knew that Yin Jiuhan killed one of them, but who knew how long it had been before they had anyone go out to look for food.
"Mrs. Madam." A man tried to ask again.
"I will make arrangements when I get back." The sect master's wife gave them a thought, and then led Lin Jingzhe towards the entrance of the valley.
Lin Jingzhe naturally recognized these people, but he did not set an example. He just followed the sect master's wife and walked slowly into the valley entrance.
When they were less than two steps away from the mouth of the valley, a gloomy cold wind suddenly blew out from the mouth of the valley. The wind was exuding a biting cold, making people couldn't help but tighten their bodies and shiver.
"It will take another hour before the Yin Qi production capacity weakens." After the sect leader's wife finished speaking, she found a place at the entrance of the cave and sat down.
Lin Jingzhe had no choice but to stand aside, channeling his spiritual energy to drive away the bone-deep cold brought by the Yin energy.
The elders of the outer sect naturally noticed their actions and didn't say anything. After all, they had been guarding the entrance of the cave, so they had naturally discovered the rules here.
An hour has passed in the blink of an eye.
Above the sky, the black clouds have dispersed, and a little golden light appears on the edge of the sky, which is a sign that the sun has risen.
The sect leader's wife opened her eyes at this time, stood up slowly, took steps, and leaned into the valley entrance unhurriedly.
When Lin Jingzhe saw her walking in, he leaned forward and walked in without hesitation.
Sure enough, as the sect leader's wife said, after the Yin rises, it is the time when the Yin declines.
The dark wind in the valley has reduced, and it is no longer unbearable, and there is no need to control the air to ward off the cold.
"There is a step at the entrance of the valley that goes down. Don't step down, otherwise you will fall down and provoke the ghost-headed crow. I will not come to rescue you." After the sect leader's wife finished speaking, she lowered her body and talked with Lin Jingzhe. The difference is only two or three steps.
Lin Jingzhe followed closely behind, not daring to be too far behind.
Wan Skull Cliff was a huge pit that opened downwards on the plain. He didn't know how deep the pit was, but looking at the steep steps, there should be more than tens of thousands of steps, maybe even more.
Perhaps it was due to the decline of Yin that the miasma in the sky above the cliff was much less, allowing him to see things within twenty feet away, but he used his spiritual consciousness to explore it and found that inside the Wan Skull Cliff, his spiritual consciousness was actually cut off. .
"Don't use your spiritual sense to explore, otherwise you will attract ghost-headed crows, and I will not come to rescue you." Just after the sect leader's wife reminded her, a few "quacking" sounds suddenly came from the cliff not far to the left, followed immediately by Four or five black shadows flew towards this side.
"Did you use your spiritual consciousness?" The sect leader's wife was stunned.
"Well, before you reminded me, I used my spiritual sense to check it out." Lin Jingzhe spread his hands innocently.
The sect leader's wife rolled her eyes at him and said: "Quickly decide, don't let them call in reinforcements."
Before he finished speaking, the sect leader's wife grabbed it with her bare hands. Before she could react, a ghost-headed crow was crushed by him in the air and exploded on the spot. It turned into blood mist and fell to the bottom of the cliff.
Lin Jingzhe saw this and drew his sword.
At this time, when the sect master's wife killed the second ghost-headed crow from the air, she said a reminder: "Kill them from the air, and don't let their blood get stained on your sword."
After hearing this, Lin Jingzhe swung his sword and directly used the Winter Solstice Sword Intent. The Winter Solstice Sword Intent was like a flash of white light, instantly freezing two of the Ghost-headed Crows.
The ghost-headed crow was endowed with the sword intention of Winter Solstice and strangled the vitality in his body with a sword. It turned into two ice sculptures, lost its balance, and fell from the cliff.
At this time, the sect leader's wife had killed the last ghost-headed crow from the air and said, "Let's go."
Then, she slowly took steps and went down the stairs. .
Lin Jingzhe retracted his sword and followed closely.
The two walked for about half an hour, but they still hadn't seen the end of the steps. These steps seemed to have been mined by humans, with traces of carving everywhere.
The steps are very steep. Walking on them makes you feel scared of heights.
While walking down step by step, there were suddenly a few rattling sounds coming from below.
"It's a ghost-headed crow." When Lin Jingzhe had this thought, he saw several ghost-headed crows standing on the steps below. They were eating a ghost-headed crow that was killed by the sect leader's wife in the air.
Or maybe it was because when the sect master's wife killed these ghost-headed crows in the air, the flesh and blood burst open, and the bloody smell emitted attracted other ghost-headed crows to prey on them.
"You go ahead." The sect leader's wife looked back at Lin Jingzhe.
Lin Jingzhe understood, and immediately used the Winter Solstice Sword Intent to freeze these ghost-headed crows, and at the same time, strangled their vitality.
Due to the freezing effect, the ghost-headed crow that Lin Jingzhe killed did not emit the smell of blood.
The two of them stepped over the corpse of the ghost-headed crow and continued to lean down along the stone steps.
After walking for another half an hour, Lin Jingzhe still couldn't see the end of the stone steps. Lin Jingzhe couldn't help but wonder, "Senior, how long are these stone steps?"
The sect leader's wife said: "The abyss has its own ladder."
"Ten thousand feet long." Lin Jingzhe smiled bitterly. It seemed that he would have to walk for two or three hours to reach the bottom of the valley.
"I forgot to tell you, if you see a dark hole as big as half a human body next to the stairs below, don't make any sound."
"Why?"
"Just listen to me, I won't harm you."
"OK."
As soon as the two of them finished speaking, they saw a dark hole about half the height of a man appearing on the rock wall next to the stairs below.
"Is that that one?"
"Um."
After the two of them finished speaking, they calmed down and quietly slipped through the dark hole.
Not long after passing through the cave entrance, dozens of dark cave entrances, both large and small, appeared densely on the stepped rock wall in front.
"This is it?" Lin Jingzhe took a deep breath.
"I never thought there were so many ghost-faced spiders." The sect leader's wife said in a deep voice.
"Has it passed?"
"Go over there and try not to make any noise." After the sect leader's wife finished speaking, she took a step forward and slowly reached down, with Lin Jingzhe following closely behind.
The two of them had just entered the Ghost Faced Spider's cave when a crunching sound suddenly came from the stone steps below.
The two of them took a closer look and saw a ghost-faced spider beside the steps below, feasting on a ghost-headed crow. This ghost-headed crow looked like one of the ones that was frozen into an ice sculpture by Lin Jingzhe's sword.
Why does this ghost-faced spider look so familiar?
Lin Jingzhe was startled. The ghost-faced spiders he had seen on Shangguan's ship flashed through his mind. Those ghost-faced spiders seemed to be exactly the same as the ghost-faced spiders seen here.
Lin Jingzhe couldn't help but ask the sect leader's wife, "Are these ghost-faced spiders only found here?"
"It seems like it's only found here." The sect leader's wife said.
Lin Jingzhe frowned, "I've seen this kind of creature before, it's almost exactly the same."
"Where have you seen it?" asked the sect leader's wife.
"maritime."
"At sea?" The sect leader's wife underestimated, and then said: "Can you kill the enemy with one move?"
"Okay." After Lin Jingzhe finished speaking, he raised his sword and swung it at the ghost-faced spider. There was a flash of white light and a scoff. The ghost-faced spider was immediately frozen in ice and lost its life force.
But at this moment, another ghost-faced spider poked out of a dark hole next to the ghost-faced spider. This ghost-faced spider happened to see one of its own people being killed, and it immediately let out a piercing "chichijiji" cry. Voice.
"Oops!" The expressions of the two of them changed one after another.
