The villain has been playing badly for ten years

Hearing him start talking nonsense again, Ning Xiusu said coldly:

"You just need to tell me, where is the way out?"

"Fifth Emperor, I also want to get out, but there is no way out of a crack except to open it from the outside."

Hua Jianbai became annoyed when he saw this, and immediately raised his dragon claws to slap the enemy to death.

Gudehai was horrified and rolled over on the ground, trying to escape.

But a shadow passed by, and Ning Xiusu blocked his way again, with the evil breath of Qingming Jiuyou rising from his body.

"You don't know anything. It seems I can't keep you here."

The eyeballs under the yellow talisman of Gudehai shrank rapidly. Looking at the ghost fire in his hand, he said in panic:

"Fifth Emperor! I speak absolutely truth. After all, the cracks in the Abyss are extraordinary. All living things here are like a drop in the ocean..."

Ning Xiusu heard some of the hidden meaning, his phoenix eyes were dim and inquiring,

"what for?"

"The cracks are actually a turbid place that will damage the vitality of living beings. You are only temporarily safe because you have a magical object on you."

Gudehai Huangfu trembled and said:

"But you are injured after all. If you stay here for too long without treatment, you will surely decay into a pile of bones."

Ning Xiusu felt a chill in his heart. He had sensed something was wrong here. If it were in the past, some of the scratches would have healed on their own long ago.

But the pain from the wound has not subsided and has even worsened. If it weren't for the Taixuan Force that was holding him up, he would have collapsed long ago.

"It seems you know a lot."

"That's right, my humble servant... I don't know the way out, but I'm very familiar with the cracks."

As it spoke, the blood-stained eyes on the black corpse's head rolled around and looked at Ning Xiusu.

"I also know there is a spiritual spring here that can heal wounds. It will be of great benefit to you."

This really hit the nail on the head. Hua Jianbai immediately became excited and stood up straight. Nothing was more important than healing his injuries right now.

Seeing that there was hope of survival, Gu Dehai immediately flattered:

"Fifth Emperor, you two are so compassionate and merciful. Please spare my life. I will lead the way for you two immediately."

"Alright."

Ning Xiusu found it difficult to explore here and thought he really needed a guide.

For a moment, red energy floated in his hands and he twisted his fingers to form a talisman.

As he waved his hand, a trace of blood shadow twisted and swirled in the air, like a maggot on the tarsal bone, and stuck to the eyeball. The corpse seemed to be hit by something and screamed.

Once infected by the Blood Shadow Technique, the spiritual veins will be corroded and only the person who casts the spell can control it. The evil magic of the Tongshan Taoist Temple is enough to deter.

Gu Dehai was shocked and angry, but he didn't dare to curse out loud: "Ahhh, it hurts, Fifth Emperor! You, what do you mean by this!"

Ning Xiusu waved his sleeve nonchalantly, and the dark fire gradually subsided. He said calmly:

"I do need you as a guide, but just in case."

As he spoke, Hanamibai, standing beside him, widened his snow-white eyes, as if realizing something belatedly.

...That's right. After all, this thing was full of nonsense when I first saw it. Who knows whether what it says now is true or false.

Before Hua Jianbai could say anything, he heard Ning Xiusu again instructing the thing:

"lead the way."

Gudehai found that the man's lazy voice had no emotion, but his eyes were colder than ice and snow.

It was simply naked intimidation, but in the current situation, it dared not complain. It could only roll its eyes, and the yellow talisman trembled a few times, saying: "You two follow me."

After saying that, the monster-like thing drilled into the snow and mud, causing the snow and mud to bulge upwards, and led the way forward like a bulldozer.

……

The thin sunlight filtered through the rime forest, illuminating the snow-white ground extremely brightly, but the light from the snow had little effect on a blind man.

But the paths in this place were full of dead rocks and there was no regular pattern in the forest. Gudehai didn't know how he could tell that the paths were different, but he managed to make a path.

Not long after, we stepped out of the rime forest and saw that the snow was getting thicker and thicker. The sky and the earth were all white, and there was a huge cliff standing tall.

Looking from a distance, the cliff looks like a sharp sword piercing the sky, breaking through the low-hanging clouds.

Clouds and mist swirled around the cliffs, ice and snow overlapped with rugged rocks. In the bitter cold, it was extremely desolate, with no vegetation or animals along the way.

When we reached the middle of the cliff, we suddenly saw a narrow gap in the mountain.

The stone walls are rugged, with countless ice spikes hanging on both sides, as clear as crystal and sparkling with faint cold light. Going further ahead, there is almost another world.

Hua Jianbai had already transformed into a small snake, swaying in Ning Xiusu's sleeve. At this moment, he seemed a little curious and stuck half of his head out.

Ning Xiusu waded through a deep patch of snow, and the clear blue water came into view.

In the midst of a vast expanse of snow, the crystal clear jade pools overlap each other, reflecting the light of the sky and the clouds into a shimmering nine-colored light, which is particularly eye-catching.

There are several lotus flowers blooming in the center of the pond, all of them pale pink. In such an extremely cold place, only the thousand-year-old bitter lotus can survive.

Add to that the thin mist, and it looks like a fairyland.

Ning Xiusu felt that this place looked strangely like a certain place. What place was it...

"Fifth Emperor, this is the sacred spring of Dongting Lake, which can cleanse all living things. It is the only place here that has not been contaminated by pollutants."

Gudehai crawled out from the snow, shook off the thick snow on his body, and began to explain.

Dongting Spiritual Spring... so familiar.

Ning Xiusu's faint memory reminded him of Shangqing Sect.

Hanamibai was also very surprised. With a low humming sound, he slipped out of his sleeve and fell to the ground, then immediately recovered into a huge monster.

Then, it let out a dragon roar, as if asking Gudehai a question.

Gu Dehai immediately nodded and said:

"Immortal Canglin, you are truly knowledgeable. This Dongting Spiritual Spring originates from Penglai, so it is not an exaggeration to call it a Pengchi."

If it is really the Pengchi of Shangqing Sect, how could it be here?

Ning Xiusu walked forward with some doubt and put his hand into the pool. The water was as smooth and cool as silk, and the dark blue scales on the back of his hand immediately lightened a little.

It can make the mermaid's scales shallow... This is undoubtedly the water from Pengchi.

He couldn't help but feel suspicious and looked at Gu Dehai: "You said this is a crack, so how could there be a Pengchi?"

"Fifth Emperor, your question is too complicated. I don't understand it either, but this spiritual spring is extremely rare."

Gu Dehai's bloodshot eyes rolled around, and his dark hair follicles looked like tiny tentacles. When he stopped in front of Ning Xiusu, he was full of flattery.

"Fifth Emperor, I have found the spiritual spring. I wonder if you are satisfied..."

"Yeah, it's good."

He couldn't get anything out of it, so he gave up.

Gu Dehai was delighted and asked tentatively, "In that case, can you help me get rid of the blood shadow?

"Not urgent."

Ning Xiu curled the corners of his lips solemnly, but when he glanced sideways, his eyes were as dark as ink, without any of the gentleness that a smile should have.

"Gu Dehai, it seems that keeping you is indeed useful."

The corpse head seemed confused when hearing this, taking it as a compliment. Its bloodshot eyes rolled around as it asked, "Fifth Emperor, do you have any further instructions?"

But the next second, Ning Xiusu lowered his eyes and said:

"The existence of the Peng Pond here means that there is abundant spiritual energy. You might as well do more good deeds and find some herbs and an alchemy furnace for me."

He was startled. "Fifth Emperor, you are a god, why do you force me? This is a desolate mountain area with few plants, let alone herbs. An alchemy furnace is ridiculous..."

Gu Dehai didn't finish his words. Seeing his eyes darken, he immediately swallowed his words back and asked tremblingly:

"I don't know what medicine you want?"

"Yangluo fruit, Lulingzhi, red scorpion, and Duheng grass."

Listening to him opening his mouth regardless of life or death, the corpse under the yellow talisman of Gudehai trembled its head and asked tentatively:

"That's not right. The herbs you want don't grow in one place, and they don't grow in one season at all! Where can I find them?"

Ning Xiusu knew this, of course, but he smiled coldly:

"If you bring me what I need, I will let you go. Otherwise..."

Gu Dehai was surrounded by a layer of blood. He was well aware of the blood shadow technique of Tongshan Dojo, which often killed people at the heel. The closer the distance, the less room for maneuver.

To avoid a horrible death, its bloodshot eyes rolled and it immediately agreed:

"Fifth Emperor, please wait here for a moment. I will go find it right away."

After saying that, Gudehai lunged towards the snow. The yellow talisman flickered with a faint light, and the snow and mud flew everywhere, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Hua Jianbai looked at Ning Xiusu and felt strange again. The water from the Tianchi Lingquan clearly had therapeutic effects, so why did he still need to look for medicine?

If you want to treat your eyes, why do you need Yangluo fruit?

Before he could ask, Ning Xiusu was already standing by the spring, speaking softly to him:

"Hua Jianbai, I believe there won't be another Dongting Pengchi in this world except for Shangqing Sect."

"Ow..."

It was like a faint sound of spring thunder, and Hua Jianbai seemed a little confused, but also seemed to express agreement.

"Hululu."

Hua Jianbai said something else, but Ning Xiusu still couldn't understand what he meant, so he could only talk to himself.

"In the rime forest, there's a stone tablet with the word 'earth' carved on it. Next to it is... a horizontal line."

Hua Jianbai tilted his head and thought about it. What was so strange about that word?

Ning Xiusu looked at him again, his dark eyes filled with tenderness: "Do you know what that word is?"

Of course, Hanamibai didn't know. Before he could even think about it, the other party had already spoken the answer:

"That character is Kun."

Hanamibai was immediately startled, that’s right!

Kun refers to the Kun of Kunshan.

The predecessor of the Kunqiu Mountains is Kunshan. This place was a spiritual palace a hundred years ago. Later, it was taken away by the founder of the Shangqing Sect and his own mountain gate was established.

Therefore, this place is very likely the Kunshan Spiritual Palace hundreds of years ago!