Both worlds are like dreams

They first walked in a tunnel in the mountain for nearly an hour. It was extremely dark inside and the fire starter could only provide barely enough light.

Fortunately, the road under their feet was relatively flat, and they soon came to a rocky area.

It was an open space with all kinds of large rocks of strange shapes, as well as weeds more than one meter tall and dense bushes.

These stones are very rough and have no traces of carving, but they exude an ancient and vicissitudes of life atmosphere.

The four people walked through the bushes and headed deeper into the valley. But after walking for half an hour, they still hadn't left the area.

"We seem to be going in circles." Xue Huang looked into the depths of the valley. The general direction was correct, but they were still very far away. "There must be something wrong with the arrangement of the stones."

"There is no sign that the stone has been moved." Xu Yao said.

"It has indeed not moved, but their placement is deliberate. Think about it, we have not been walking in a straight line since we came in. We will definitely encounter particularly large rocks on our way forward. We chose to bypass them at this time, and we will bypass them again when we encounter them again. It seems that we are choosing the route, but in fact, the path we take is arranged."

Gu Qinglan said, "So, this stone is changing our route without us noticing."

Xue Huang nodded. "But in fact, if we just choose a relatively high place as our target, we will not be affected. However, this design seems a bit too simple."

After she finished speaking, the stone seemed to understand what she said and began to move.

Xue Huang twitched her lips. Was this considered a bad omen?

I saw that the big rocks seemed to have life and began to move rapidly.

Several people quickly moved away, but thick white fog rose from the stone formation, making it impossible to see one's hand in front of one's face.

"Be careful." Xue Huang shouted.

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a whistling sound beside her, and a vague shadow rushed towards Xue Huang. She quickly dodged it, judging from her feeling that it should be a moving stone.

At this time, Gu Qinglan and the others should have been dispersed, and their messy footsteps sounded in her ears.

"Snow Phoenix."

It was Gu Qinglan's voice.

Xue Huang went in the direction of the sound, but only felt stones coming towards her. She did not dare to attack, fearing that her palm power would affect them, so she could only dodge again.

"Brother Qinglan, I'm here." Xuehuang shouted.

"Are you OK?"

"It's okay. The fog is so thick that I can't see where you are."

Gu Qinglan did not dare to draw his sword easily, because who knew whether the person who suddenly appeared was a person or a stone. He could only approach the direction of Xue Huang based on the sound.

The gem on Snow Phoenix's neck lit up, and the young man's voice rang out, "Use the Mysterious Ice Curse. The mist will condense into water droplets when it gets cold."

She did as she was told, and the cold air on her body continued to spread in all directions. As expected, the mist gradually turned into water drops when it encountered the cold air. The vision around her also became clear.

Snow Phoenix jumped to a high place, condensed a frost sword in his palm, and the cold sword energy swept away, forcing back the fog.

At this time she also saw clearly that Gu Qinglan and the others were scattered around, and Lin Yu seemed to be hit by a stone and was covering his shoulder to dodge.

"Get out of the way." Xue Huang said, and the Frost Sword in her hand burst out with a powerful Seven Killing Sword Intent. She slashed the sword diagonally, and the stone in front of her exploded instantly, and messy rubble fell all over the sky. However, her sword seemed to have destroyed the mechanism, and the stone stopped moving.

Gu Qinglan also jumped onto the stone, and the whole picture of the valley became clearer. It was obvious that the place they were going to was the end of the stone formation. It led to the deeper part of the valley, and there were traces of human construction.

"Go from the top." Xue Huang said.

Several people nodded in agreement, and immediately used their lightness skills to fly over the stone formation.

Soon, they came to the end of the stone formation.

There are two stone pillars and a stone tablet with the words "Valley of Ten Thousand Poisons" engraved on it. It looks like a simple and rather shabby gate.

"It's really hard for the heir of the sword tomb to guard this shabby place full of poisonous weeds for so many years." Xue Huang expressed deep sympathy.

A faint voice came from deep in the valley, "I'm used to living here, so I don't think it's a big deal anymore."

Then, a middle-aged man in black slowly walked out.

"I guess you are the heir of the Sword Tomb?" Xue Huang asked.

The other party did not speak, but looked at the sword in Xuyao's hand with a hint of amazement in his eyes, "Zhaoxue, long time no see."

Xu Yao said, "This sword was forged by Luo Qingshan, the first master of the Sword Tomb."

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "Which of the famous swords in the world didn't come from the Sword Tomb? The founder traveled all over the nine kingdoms in his life and forged countless famous swords. Legend has it that hundreds of years ago, a young general's family was wiped out. He had a lot of grievances and nowhere to complain. After his death, his body was buried in the wilderness. The founder named the newly forged sword "Zhaoxue" on that day, hoping that the wrongly killed person would have his grievances redressed one day. And this Zhaoxue also has the desolation of the bones buried in the yellow earth, so the people who hold the sword have always been people who bear blood feuds."

Xu Yao did not say anything. He obtained the sword by chance, but he never expected that the sword would carry such a desolate meaning. He had to carry the sword's heavy burden for the next few years.

The middle-aged man added: "I just felt an extremely cold sword energy. Although it is filled with murderous intent, it also has a sense of freedom. It doesn't seem to be your sword energy." His eyes fell on the sword in Gu Qinglan's hand, "It shouldn't be yours either, could it be..." He looked at Xue Huang, seeming a little hard to believe.

Xue Huang raised an eyebrow, "I am a humble junior, I just happened to break the stone formation you created."

"You are only eighteen or nineteen years old, but you have such great swordsmanship skills. It's really rare." The middle-aged man exclaimed.

"Thank you for the compliment." Xue Huang bowed and said, "May I ask what your name is, Senior?"

"Ye Qiu Pond."

Xue Huang smiled, thinking of a poem the young man had once recited, "You ask when I will return, but I have no idea. The night rain in Bashan swells the autumn pond. Senior, this name is quite poetic."

That night Qiu Chi raised his eyebrows, "This poem is good. It seems that you want to ask for the sword this time?"

Xue Huang shook her head, "We are here to find medicine."

"Looking for medicine?" Ye Qiuchi frowned. He had been in the Ten Thousand Poison Valley for so many years, and most of the people who came here were asking for swords. This was the first time he met someone looking for medicine.

"There has been a plague recently in Muhua City at the foot of Qingsong Mountain, and we are here to find medicine," Xue Huang said.

Ye Qiuchi found it funny. "You came from the Plague City? Aren't you afraid of bringing the plague here?"

"So," Xue Huang took out the herbs and alcohol that she had prepared in advance, "We prepared these specially for you, senior."

"What is this?"

"This is the prescription for treating the plague and the method for preventing it. I hope you can let us pass." Xue Huang said.

Ye Qiuchi took the jar, opened it and smelled it, "Good wine."

"This is not for drinking..." Before Xue Huang finished her words, she saw Ye Qiuchi pick up the jar of wine and take a big sip.

That night Qiu Chi smiled with satisfaction and said, "I have never drunk such strong liquor in my life. Little girl, you are very sensible. Come in."

"What?" Xue Huang was stunned.

"I didn't want to make things difficult for you. I just wanted to test you. When I felt your sword energy just now, I knew I couldn't stop you with your strength. So I was too lazy to even set the last mechanism. Come with me." Ye Qiuchi led the way in front, holding a jar of wine.

Xue Huang glanced at Gu Qinglan, Xu Yao and the others, then followed them.