Xu Jiaohe thought that Lan Fu was right.
After all, in addition to his outstanding appearance and strength, his husband's bloody exploits of killing tens of thousands of demons in the second war between humans and demons are also terrifying.
If you kill too many creatures, the forged sword will develop murderous intent.
This is common sense that even a layman like Xu Jiaohe, a cultivator of immortality, knows.
Furthermore, she was already in Xuji Peak, so she expected that nothing unexpected would happen during this short round trip.
Out of trust in Ming Dan, Xu Jiaohe untied Liu Yao and followed Lan Fu through the magic circle to Dangxin Pond located in the back mountain.
When she visited this place for the first time, she saw tens of thousands of cliffs, covered with clouds and mist, and filled with cold air. Groups of white cranes were either perching or soaring around the mountain peaks - a square hole was embedded in it, and on the black stone wall next to it , three flying white characters are used as the name of the show.
It's said to be a pond in the heart.
Why does it look like a hole?
Xu Jiaohe cursed in his heart, but was interrupted again: "Jiaohe Jun, the sect master ordered you to enter alone, I can only send you here."
Lan Fu's words made Xu Jiaohe's eyes widen: "Then how do I get up there?"
"Look carefully, there is a road between the clouds and mist." Lan Fu took a step forward and stood side by side with Xu Jiaohe. As he spoke, he pointed to something to show her, "This road is also called the Ladder to Heaven. It was made of the ladder that the sect master used to imitate his ascension to immortality using spiritual power."
Xu Jiaohe looked in the direction Lan Fu pointed, and there was a translucent ladder-like road extending towards the end of the cliff.
If it is said to be a road, it is obviously more appropriate to call it a bridge.
Arched style, narrow and steep.
The back mountain is slightly lower than Xuji Peak in Mingdan, and the bridge is rising steadily as the two watch.
Xu Jiaohe was afraid of heights, darkness, and cold. She was already trembling when she saw these steps. When the stairs reached her feet, she realized that there were no protective devices on both sides for people to hold on to, and there were only steps about one person wide. , for her to walk down.
Under the translucent steps built by spiritual power, there is a vast empty valley and a faint sound of wind.
If this falls, I'm afraid even the body won't be found.
"Lan Lan Lan Fu, you want me to walk this road alone?"
Xu Jiaohe's voice trembled, and she turned her head expectantly, hoping to hear the word "no" from Lan Fu's mouth.
The result was exactly the opposite of what she wanted.
Lan Fu said: "Yes, Mr. Jiaohe, you don't have to be afraid. Just go with confidence. The spiritual power attached to the ladder by the sect master will protect your safety."
It was as if he knew that Xu Jiaohe would definitely refuse and would hug him and cry and act shamelessly.
Lan Fu said, "Then I will come to pick you up later." Without waiting for the other party to formulate his words, he finished the ceremony and drifted away like clouds of smoke.
"Don't go!!!"
Xu Jiaohe stretched out her hand and tried to grab Lan Fu's clothes, but her hands were full of air.
She stamped her feet anxiously and called Lan Fu's name in all directions, but got no response.
Xu Jiaohe tried to take out the talisman from the Lingbao Ring and run away secretly, but reality dealt a ruthless blow again - Xuji Peak had realm suppression, and she could not use any talisman or seal without Ming Dan's consent.
In desperation, she had no choice but to look at the terrifying ladder with all hope.
The moment she plucked up the courage to step onto the steps, Xu Jiaohe suddenly felt that Mingdan was not as good as she had imagined.
…
After experiencing several times of unsteady feet and almost falling, and being brought back by the materialized spiritual power, Xu Jiaohe finally found a way to give her a little sense of security - she touched the transparent film forming on both sides with her left and right hands. Barrier, he squatted down, supported his sides and slowly moved over.
Although it was an embarrassing and unpromising gesture, he managed to step into the realm of Dangxin Pond from Xuji Peak.
Xu Jiaohe stood at the entrance of the cave, covering her heart that was about to jump out of her chest with her hands, breathing rapidly, refusing to look back one step further.
She must make Mingdan agree to recreate a road leading to the back mountain.
...Otherwise, even if she starves to death, freezes to death, or is eaten by demonic energy, she will never take another step into the Dangxin Pond!
As if sensing her heartfelt voice, Ming Dan's gentle voice sounded from the depths of the cave where the lights were lit during the day: "Is Mr. Jiaohe here? If you arrive, just follow the road to the entrance of the cave and walk to the end. I am heartbroken. Waiting for you by the pool."
Xu Jiaohe briefly remembered Ming Dan's grudge because of the incident on the ladder to heaven. She bit her lips and refused to give any response.
He only supported the cave wall with his hands and walked with his weak legs for a long time before reaching the bottom of the cave.
The further she walked, the colder she got. When she saw Ming Dan, the air she breathed had turned into a light white air.
On the jade round platform in the center of Dangxin Pond, the young man in white who was meditating with his eyes closed slowly opened his eyes. Seeing that Xu Jiaohe's posture remained unchanged while holding on to the cave wall, his head and eyes full of anger, he said with concern: "Mr. Jiaohe looks like Not very happy."
It's not the fault of his ladder!
Xu Jiaohe had not recovered from the danger just now, and she still maintained a look of fear and anger on her face.
She lowered her head, slightly covering up the rudeness that overflowed from her eyes due to fear, and barely suppressed her tone and said: "Could it be that the sect leader doesn't remember that Jiao He is just a mortal? Or maybe he is teasing me deliberately, hoping that I will fall down and die. Let Lan Fu tell me to walk alone on the ladder to heaven."
Ming Dan did not wear a gorgeous and formal Taoist crown as he usually did when he summoned everyone. He only used a transparent blue jade hairpin to tie a small strand of long hair on his head. The remaining black was black and the white was white. In contrast to the robe, the whole body appears clean and unstained by fine dust.
He stopped kneading the formula in his hand, paused for a moment, and then said apologetically: "The water of Dangxin Pond and the aura contained in it are all composed of natural spirits and cannot be smeared. Therefore, if the disciples and elders come to see you for anything, you need to do so." Only by climbing up the ladder to sweep away the turbid air inside and outside can you enter this place."
Xu Jiaohe didn't know whether the internal and external turbidity in her body had been completely eliminated.
But she can be sure that half of her life has been lost due to this incident.
She heard what Ming Dan meant, and it seemed that as long as she came to Dangxinchi, she would have to repeat the terrible experience. She couldn't help but said: "... Then can you not come here for the subsequent treatment... Or, maybe you, the sect master, will bring you with me when you come. You can fuck me too."
Mingdan ignored Xu Jiaohe's first question, and did not argue with her about the overstep of the second sentence. He just agreed in a good voice, "Okay, I will be there on time for the remaining two treatments." Waiting for you outside your room."
Only then did Xu Jiaohe dissipate half of his resentment. He slowly walked out of the corridor, came to Ming Dan, and saluted perfunctorily: "Thank you, Sect, for your sympathy."
She is really like a timid and sensitive rabbit. If she accidentally hurts a little or gets frightened, she will jump up and bite people's skin.
Ming Dan's calm eyes took in Xu Jiaohe's every move, then he raised his fingers, gathered his spiritual power on the soles of Xu Jiaohe's feet, and transported her from the other side of the pool to the jade platform where he was. above.
"oops!"
When the spiritual power was gone, Xu Jiaohe failed to stand still and knelt awkwardly on the ground.
She looked at Ming Dan's face up close, and because he looked a bit like her first love, she somewhat forgiven the incident in her heart.
"It's because I didn't think carefully, which caused Lord Jiaohe to suffer a lot." Mingdan apologized sincerely, without the posture of the master of a sect, and then praised Xu Jiaohe in a blink of an eye, "Speaking of which, someone who can rely on the skills of a mortal can Mr. Jiaohe is truly the first person in ancient and modern times to cross the ladder to heaven."
"No, it's not as good as what the sect leader said."
Xu Jiaohe waved her hands flattered, her fear and anger temporarily suppressed, and a little joy appeared in her eyes.
"Then are you willing to start treatment now?"
Since he was given the opportunity to step down, Xu Jiaohe did not dare to embarrass Mingdan who was much higher than him.
She hurriedly imitated Ming Dan's posture and sat cross-legged, placing her palms on both knees: "I'm sorry to trouble you, Master."
The next time he spoke, hands as cold as pool water grasped Xu Jiaohe's slender neck.
"metropolitan?!"
Xu Jiaohe almost thought that the conversation just now offended Mingdan, and he wanted to kill him on the spot.
Unexpectedly, the young man on the opposite side comforted him and said, "Don't be nervous, Mr. Jiaohe. The demon injects the demonic energy into your body through this piece of skin. If I want to treat you thoroughly, I have to start here."
"oh oh……"
Xu Jiaohe, who had never seen the world, uttered a few meaningless syllables, and then listened to his instructions: "Please close your eyes too."
She obeyed and the skin on her neck became the most sensitive organ for sensing the outside world at the moment.
Unlike other immortal cultivators who strive to change their appearance and body to the most perfect state after reaching the upper realm, Mingdan has thin calluses on his fingers.
His body temperature did not show a tendency to rise due to contact with the warmth of Xu Jiaohe's skin.
The roughness of the fingertips and the coldness of the touch caused Xu Jiaohe's mind to subconsciously fall into a strange illusion.
It was as if she was a poor prey entangled by a giant python, just waiting to be tightened and swallowed when hungry.
"How do you feel, Lord Jiaohe, right now? Do you think it's unbearable?"
Ming Dan's voice brought her back from her absurd delusion. Xu Jiaohe calmed down and felt the pure spiritual power flowing through his blood through the contact on his neck, eliminating all the turbidity and fatigue dormant in his spirit.
"No, I feel quite comfortable..."
Her voice also softened, honestly expressing her pleasure.
"Then I'll feel relieved."
Ming Dan was quiet for a moment, and then said, "The devil has a cunning mind. Seeing that his hope of obtaining the "Shocking Sword Book" from Lord Jiaohe has failed, before leaving, he actually planted a wisp of devilish energy in you that split from his body. .”
"Growing...demon energy?"
"Yes, the devil's realm is so profound that others cannot detect it. Fortunately, I was worried about Mr. Jiaohe and went to Huaiyuan Peak. Otherwise, if I delayed for a while, Mr. Jiaohe's mind might be contaminated by the demonic energy and he would become a A living corpse that only loves blood and eats flesh, and has no sense at all."
Ming Dan spoke calmly, with no intention of intimidation. As an audience member, Xu Jiaohe seemed to be immersed in the scene, and his waist trembled with fright.
"Jiaohe is timid, don't scare me, sect master..." She unconsciously stretched out her tongue to lick her lower lip, and said in a thin voice, "I am a member of the Yunxian Sect, and I am protected by the sect master. Naturally, the sect master will not , you won’t see anything happen to me, right?”
Xu Jiaohe had long forgotten how she had cursed Mingdan countless times because of the overpass incident.
She closed her upturned eyes, and the bossiness and petulance hidden in her eyes were much less. Coupled with her weak words and trembling body, it only made people feel that she was really cute even if she was stupid and selfish. Pitiful.
Mingdan's eyes fell on her face for a long time.
Xu Jiaohe couldn't help but turn his eyes back and forth for so long, wanting to open a crack to peek at his expression.
"certainly."
Mingdan used a small ray of spiritual power to suppress her dishonest eyelashes, "As the leader of the Yunxian Sect, of course I will be responsible for Lord Jiaohe, but Lord Jiaohe must also listen to my words now. , do not open your eyes at will during the treatment."
"Okay, my lord, I am so stupid that I would ask you about something that you don't even have to think about."
Xu Jiaohe was caught peeping, and she stuck out the tip of her tongue guiltily, and agreed obediently as if she had no bones.
"...But no matter what happens, will Mr. Jiaohe trust me?"
Mingdan's rhetorical question appeared very quickly next to her words, and the second half of the sentence was blurred deep in her throat.
Xu Jiaohe didn't hear clearly, so she subconsciously raised her head and asked, "What?"
Mingdan did not repeat it, but came to a firm conclusion: "Ruo Tan is dead, and I have half a teacher-student relationship with him, so no matter what difficulties Jiaohe has, you can tell me and I will solve it for you." Any trouble.”
