The villain has been playing badly for ten years

He lowered his head slightly and looked at the thing in his hand. It was not a piece of paper at all, but a scroll of holy decree.

"Zheng'er, Zheng'er..."

Someone called out softly, and Ning Xiusu realized that his eyesight was now very low, and his hands and feet were small, just like when he was a child.

"You can't play with the Holy Order. If your father sees it, he'll punish you again."

Ning Xiusu was slightly startled and looked up at the person who spoke.

The woman looked to be in her prime, her lips rosy without makeup, her nose as straight as a jade sculpture, her hair like a light mist. Though only half-made up, with a jade hair ornament in her hair, she looked so pure and clean, like a fairy banished from the heavens.

It is stunningly beautiful, showing a certain inviolable nobility.

Who is she?

Ning Xiusu really couldn't remember.

Seeing that he was silent and in a daze, the woman couldn't help but chuckle very lovingly, and then held up the child's little face with her flowing jade fingertips.

That smile was like a spring breeze blowing through a ten-mile peach blossom forest, brilliant and intoxicating.

"Mother..."

A soft call came from the child's mouth.

Ning Xiusu understood it for a moment, but he seemed unable to control it, and even seemed like an independent spectator.

At this time, a man stepped out of the towering palace gate. He wore a Tongtian crown with twenty-four beams, twelve cicada heads, and a golden Boshan, which was dazzling.

He wore a black dragon robe with nine five-clawed golden dragons embroidered with gold thread, with the posture of a dragon and the appearance of a phoenix, and an extraordinary bearing.

He remembered this person, the late emperor...

"Who told you to come to Shi Chenglou? You're really becoming more and more disobedient."

The man's low and magnetic voice came with a hint of severity but no hint of blame.

"Daddy, hold me."

He walked slowly over, stretched out his arms, and gently held the child in his arms. His movements were gentle, but his love could not be concealed.

Yes, I almost forgot...

When my mother was still alive, she was loved and treated like a star.

But these memories have always been vague, but now... it's like being there, as if long-dormant emotions have been awakened, and I can even feel a hint of joy. The feeling is both strange and familiar, long-lost and yet real.

The picture changed without warning, and the child took up the brush and wrote stroke by stroke on the rice paper.

The woman sat gently beside him, her hands warm and soft, gently holding the child's hand and guiding the brushstrokes.

She said softly, "Nian Zheng, the word 'nian' means 'thinking about'."

"What about Zheng?"

The child asked curiously.

"The word 'Zheng', with its five tones, represents good fortune. I wish my son a smooth life, great blessings, and may he encounter auspicious signs wherever he goes."

Ning Xiusu looked at the name written with ink, and it seemed as if an inexplicable emotion surged in his heart. His vision gradually became blurred, and he even felt a little dizzy.

At this moment, a loud thunder suddenly sounded, breaking the silence.

In the midst of a huge fire in the palace, a raging fire was raging, and the merciless tongues of flames swayed before his eyes, as if they were going to devour everything.

It was swaying in front of my eyes, as if it was jumping and running non-stop, and it also seemed as if it was being held in someone's arms the whole time, and that embrace was warm and firm.

However, the heat wave hit us, accompanied by a sickening burning smell.

He stumbled suddenly and rolled into the fire with someone.

The panicked cries of the children startled the beams of the house, and the roof shook and collapsed with a loud bang.

There was a sea of ​​fire and thick smoke before my eyes, making it hard to breathe.

But a gentle female voice came to my ears, like the sound of nature, which made me feel soothed.

She coaxed softly, "Don't cry, don't cry, Zheng'er, don't cry."

The man never loosened his arms from beginning to end, holding him tightly and using his body to block all danger.

Gradually, the two figures were wrapped in flames, but there was a trace of purple-gold light that protected them.

Ning Xiusu's heart twitched violently, as if he was having uncontrollable difficulty breathing.

The child opened his eyes wide, tears blurring his vision, and tried desperately to see the figure engulfed by the flames.

"Mother, wake up..."

The cries of grief pierced his soul like a sharp sword.

Ning Xiusu took a deep breath, somewhat uncontrollably immersed in fear and despair, when he suddenly felt a splitting pain in his heart, as if it was going to tear him in two.

His lips turned pale, and he suddenly staggered as if out of strength and fell to the ground.

He covered his chest tightly with his hands, as if there was an invisible knife cutting it repeatedly.

It was a natural reaction of the body, faster than any emotion. Subconsciously, he grasped the ground with his hands, his fingertips sinking deep into the dirt.

I don’t know how long it took until the sound of the raging fire gradually dissipated and the burning waves disappeared.

It was as if Shen Ke was in my body, and the pain was alleviated overnight.

There was only a gentle breeze, and the air was cool and sweet, with even a hint of hazy mist.

Ning Xiusu felt that the illusion just now was too real, almost creepy, and he almost fainted at this strange place.

After finally recovering from the shock, he stood up exhausted.

The environment became darker, and my eyes, after feeling sore, felt wet...

He was somewhat bewildered to find that he had just been crying, and an uncontrollable sadness surged in his heart.

how come……

Is there something wrong with this note?

He lowered his eyes slightly, looking at the thin, transparent paper he had been holding in his hand. It should be the second volume of the Lingfeng Book...

However, unlike the Lingfeng Book, when you flip through it, it is blank and there is nothing on it.

Could it be that the mermaid token that Mo Chifei mentioned was the second volume of the Lingfeng Book? He led countless Yan people across the sea, determined to obtain the token. Could it be that he was after Qi'an's tomb?

But why... is there no writing?

Ning Xiusu walked forward while thinking.

Beneath the tree roots, there was sparse grass and trees mixed with gravel, and the soil underfoot was slightly wet like a mudflat. This stone cave was pitch black and dim, with no exit.

The cold wind and thicker fog brought a faint fragrance that lingered in my nose.

He didn't know why, but he suddenly felt that he couldn't breathe properly, and a fishy and hot feeling suddenly rushed to his throat without any warning.

He paused, covered his mouth suddenly and coughed lightly.

Until the palms of the hands became slightly warm, blood flowed down the joints between the fingers, and blood flowers bloomed on the ground.

Ning Xiusu was startled, thinking that the effect of the Purple Jade Immortal had expired.

Unexpectedly, when he wiped the blood from his mouth, he saw the tiny dark scales on his hands stained with black blood, which was really shocking.

This is poisoning...

He couldn't help feeling a little panic-stricken.

...There's always a sweet smell in the air?

I didn't notice it just now, but there's actually miasma...

He then looked around. In the dark and empty cave, there was a pungent fragrance of flowers and trees, which seemed to be emanating from the roots of the coral tree.

The tree roots stood like a wall, with countless vines climbing on them. Among the green plants, there was a purple mist.

No, there was clearly a breeze, but the purple mist around did not dissipate at all.

It wasn't just miasma. When Ning Xiusu pulled away the vines, he saw some black things that looked like Ganoderma lucidum rooted in the corner of the wall.

Jade Guizhi...

This thing is harmless to ordinary people, but the spores it emits turn into mist and can corrode the internal organs of mermaids. However, this plant grows in the border areas, not in the sea ruins.

In the past, when mermaids lived in the sea, spiritual practitioners who hunted mermaids from overseas would use this thing to deal with them.

Ning Xiusu realized it later and secretly thought that something was wrong.

The Ganoderma lucidum mushrooms beneath these green vines have been there since you entered the maze.

It looks extremely ordinary, but it is clearly deadly.

Therefore, no matter whether one can get out of the Nine Star Maze or not, the Jade Guizhi will definitely invade the body.

No wonder those mermen were hiding outside, saying that only the royal family could enter. Mo Chifei made up an excuse, thinking they were using him as cannon fodder...

The cave is so big that it seems impossible to find the direction.

After walking a few steps, when the fragrance of spore mist faintly entered my nose, it suddenly irritated my throat and made me want to cough uncontrollably.

He felt his eyelids getting heavier, the pain in his heart getting worse, and the fishy heat in his throat couldn't stop rising.

Ning Xiusu's legs went weak and he held onto the tree roots that looked like a rock wall.

Suddenly he found that the handwriting on the letter in his hand gradually appeared, and it suddenly became as hot as boiling water. His hand trembled due to the scalding, and the letter rolled to the ground.

The blood-stained Lingfeng Book actually emitted a green light. It rolled open in the wind and fog, revealing densely packed small characters.

Unlike the first volume of the Lingfeng Book, this one does not contain any pretense of mystery. It reads:

The way of Zhan is to preserve things and use them. When it is formless, it is the same as the sky. The gate of Xuanpin is the root of heaven and earth.

It was Taixuan Jin, and many past events flashed through his mind...

Back when he was in Shangqing Sect, he studied diligently and memorized things by rote in order to save his life.

If the spiritual veins had not been blocked for too long, causing damage to the foundation, it would not have become such a waste.

Moreover, the upper volume of the Lingfeng Book records alchemy, and the lower volume records the Taixuan Power of the Shangqing Sect. These two volumes seem to have merged into a complete text.

He gritted his teeth to endure the severe pain, sat down on the ground, picked up the note and flipped through it again, only to see the words written on it again:

As the stars shift and their constellations change, as the clouds and the moon rotate, the Qi emerges from Taiyin, joins Tianshu, and ascends to Tanzhong, the meeting point of the three Yang Governor Vessels. It is located above its lid and below its Fengfu.

The fragments of the martial arts manual on the back of the note were obscure and difficult to understand...

But for Ning Xiusu, for some reason, it was like the water of a river, rushing endlessly in his mind, as if his Ren and Du meridians had been opened up.

This is the method of cleansing the meridians and removing the marrow, but it's a pity...

Although Ning Xiusu was lucky enough to get it, his spiritual vein was destroyed and he didn't know how to use the Youlian Spirit Fire.

Now he's been poisoned, so unlucky.

I just felt the pain was unbearable... I was sweating profusely in an instant, and even my throat was dry and felt like it was being cut by a knife.

Faced with the dizziness of double images, Ning Xiusu felt a little overwhelmed.

Suddenly, a salty and fishy smell came out of his mouth and flowed down the corners of his mouth onto the paper. Fear and a strong fishy smell spread, leaving only a buzzing sound in his ears.

Could it be... that I will really die here...