The villain has been playing badly for ten years

There is a teahouse in Youzhou City. When the cock crows at the hour of Mao, a bowl of tea is taken into the mouth and then a short opera is performed. The name of the opera is "Dream of the Stream and Mountain".

Hua Jianbai ran over to listen. The thin clouds in the sky had not yet dispersed, and a hint of dawn was still hanging in the east. He came again to discuss the matter of rescuing Hu Xiaoxiao.

Ning Xiusu knew that he would not give up until he reached the Yellow River, so he said, "It's difficult, very difficult."

Hanamibai still didn't give up and came up with a very detailed rescue plan.

"Big villain, I've found out some anecdotes from the Jianghu that happened before Hu Xiaoxiao traveled through time..."

As he spoke, he took out a piece of rice paper and began to sort out his plans.

"Several years ago, she had a predestined relationship with the famous Poison King in the martial arts world, Wanqi Guai. Rumor has it that Wanqi Guai was a handsome man."

handsome man?!

If his guess was correct, he had already seen this Wanqi Guai, and he was a man with a terrifying appearance.

"The Poison King doesn't appear in the novel, but rumors say he's been developing a secret medicine that can cause people to fake their deaths."

"How did you know?"

"I heard it."

Hanamibai said, speaking at an extremely excited pace:

"In the Forbidden Palace, the Heavenly Prison will throw the executed on the Heavenly Altar, light their soul lamps and let them rest. You know where the secret passage is, right?"

Ning Xiusu nodded: "So, you mean to let her take the secret medicine to fake her death?"

"Yes, I thought that if I could get Wanqi Guai's help and obtain the secret medicine, I would be able to rescue Xiaoxiao without anyone noticing."

Ning Xiusu listened to him and casually picked up a cup of tea:

"But have you ever thought that Wanqi Guai might not care about Hu Xiaoxiao's life or death?"

"How do you know? Have you seen the Poison King?"

Hua Jianbai was in disbelief and asked questions, so Ning Xiusu told him about the strange man he rescued that day.

Hanamibai was surprised and puzzled, and seemed to understand something, slapping his thigh:

"No wonder I asked around in the martial arts world, and all I heard were rumors about Wanqi Guai and a mermaid falling in love with someone of different species, and then disappearing from the martial arts world for unknown reasons."

"I guess, for some reason, Wanqi Guai became extremely ugly, so he hid himself and dared not see that female mermaid..."

He paced back and forth as he spoke, twirling the brush between his fingers. "After that, Hu Xiaoxiao traveled through time and space to become a mermaid, and they never crossed paths again... Their relationship ended there."

Hanamibai spoke with great emotion and in an organized manner, as if he was telling a story in a teahouse.

Ning Xiusu narrowed his eyes and looked at him: "Where did you get all this news about the underworld?"

"Don't worry about it. Anyway, as long as we find Wanqi Guai, I will find a way to get him to help."

Seeing Hua Jianbai so confident, Ning Xiusu didn't want to dampen his enthusiasm, but he couldn't help but say:

"I know you're anxious to save your bestie, but what if she's just the Second Palace Master of the Three Flower Temple and doesn't remember you at all?"

"I don't care. Even if Xiaoxiao's consciousness collapses, I want to see her first."

He sighed for a moment: "I didn't realize you were so loyal."

Hua Jianbai suddenly smiled and asked, "Big villain, I have an unwelcome request."

"You said."

"Um... can you come with me to find Wanqi Guai?"

Ning Xiusu blew away the hot air and fiddled with the tea lid:

"I am a vassal king. Staying in Youzhou instead of returning to my fiefdom is a violation of the law."

"Oh, but no one knows where he is except you."

Hua Jianbai lowered her eyelids and gently tugged at his sleeve, "My Lord, please help me."

He has a soft and gentle voice and looks very well-behaved.

Ning Xiusu couldn't help but feel a lump in his heart. Is this just a way of acting like a spoiled child?

He coughed dryly: "You want a loser like me to accompany you, seriously?"

"Just for the sake of our friendship, okay?"

Hua Jianbai was unusually gentle and cute, glaring at him like a kitten, her eyes twinkling like broken stars.

For some reason, Hanamibai seems to have changed his personality recently.

"..."

Seeing that Ning Xiusu didn't answer, Hua Jianbai's eyes became a little dejected: "Forget it, asking you to accompany me to take risks is selfish to begin with. If you don't want to, it's fine."

After saying that, he turned and left.

"and many more."

Ning Xiusu suddenly called him.

Hua Jianbai turned around, her eyes sparkling with joy: "Why, do you want to help me?"

"Oh, there's really nothing I can do."

Ning Xiusu put down his teacup and decided to go find that poison expert.

……

Heilao Mountain is located outside the west of Youzhou City.

The mountain is majestic and shrouded in clouds and mist, looking like a fairyland, but unexpectedly, it is also known as the Ghost Mountain.

According to legend, there are sacred mountains and ghost mountains in the world. If it is a ghost mountain, it belongs to the Poison Cave Mountain Range, which is rarely visited by people all year round and is inhabited by countless poisonous insects, snakes and ants.

The miasma in it is even more terrifying.

Hua Jianbai knew this place very well, so he was very alert. He walked through the woods with his clothes brushing against the wall, his fingers never leaving the hilt of the sword.

But Ning Xiusu followed beside him and walked slowly all the way. Wherever he passed, the animals retreated, and not a single snake, insect, rat or ant was seen.

The mountains are covered with green clouds, which are unpredictable like a thin veil of mist, dimly mottled, falling on the green stones of the clear stream, and moving with the gurgling water.

When the flowers faded, I only felt a cool breeze, which must be a good place to escape the summer heat.

It shouldn't be...

He was very curious and asked, "Big villain, do you have any special abilities?"

Ning Xiusu thought of something and threw the piece of Miao Wuxian to him.

"Oh my god, what is this?"

Hanamibai poked its soft skin with his fingers.

"It's a piece of Ganoderma lucidum, given to me by Wanqi Guai. It should be effective in warding off poison."

"So it's this good thing, otherwise we definitely wouldn't be able to enter the forest so easily."

Hanamibai praised as he walked.

After a while, he added, "Big villain, I always feel that the weirdo on the night of the Fish Prayer Day seems to be different from the one in the Three Flowers Temple."

Ning Xiusu said, "It's indeed different. Those in the Three Flowers Temple are Yanren. They probably put on human skin to make them look real."

"No wonder those people covered with black strips can't even speak."

He said, pausing slightly, "But how did you know?"

"Half a guess."

Ning Xiusu thought about it and then told the strange hexagram.

"You said that Qi'an's prince gave you a talisman. Are those guys going after this thing?"

"However, this item has been stolen by thieves. I guess those people won't come back again."

Hua Jianbai suddenly thought of something.

"I'm pretty sure I didn't write any of this stuff. Everything in the book is a mess..."

The two of them couldn't come to a conclusion and had to drop the topic.

The dense forest seemed to have no end, and the sunlight became thinner and weaker, almost unable to penetrate the thick cover of leaves above the head.

The further they went, the more rugged and muddy the mountain road became. Hua Jianbai was agile and his steps were light and quick.

But it was a pity for the noble prince behind him. He was so tired from following that he happened to step on something.

"Crack," I thought it was a dead branch cracking, but unexpectedly there was a half-corroded bone under my feet.

Ning Xiusu's heart suddenly shook, and his body involuntarily took half a step back. Maybe the mud was a little wet, and his feet began to slip!

Seeing that he was about to lose his balance and fall flat on his face...

Hua Jianbai dodged and held his arm:

"Are you kidding me, Big Villain? You were a max level character before, aren't you a little too weak?"

Ning Xiu was embarrassed for a moment: "It's really not my fault...it's just that the road is uneven."

"You fell down while walking on flat ground, why do you blame the uneven road?"

Hanamibai said this, his gaze slowly moving towards the ground.

What caught the eye were the rotten bones lying all over the place, with skin and bones stuck together, as if they had been sucked dry by something.

A chill ran down his spine and he jumped three feet high.

"Wow, someone's dead!"

Ning Xiusu remained calm, looking around and realizing there were still many more in the forest.

"The deaths of these people were so strange."

"Oh, there won't be any vampires in this mountain!"

Hua Jianbai was frightened and shuddered.

I moved closer to him, as if this would make me feel more at ease.

……

Ning Xiusu smelled the delicate fragrance of intoxicating flowers again, "Why do you feel like you've been..."

Before he could even say "something's not right", a mandrill howled in the woods.

"oops!"

Hua Jianbai suddenly seemed to interrupt and pulled him away from the land of dry bones.

"It's so strange in this mountain range, let's move quickly."

Along the way, he seemed to be grabbing his sleeve unintentionally. Ning Xiusu obviously noticed something. He suddenly stopped and tilted his head slightly as if glancing at something strange.

Hua Jianbai's fingers were still on his sleeves, and he hurriedly tried to retract them, but it was too late to hide.

He asked, "Why have you been so sneaky since I met you at the inn?"

"no!"

Hua Jianbai's face turned red, and he seemed a little embarrassed, and couldn't say a word for a long time.

"I...I just..."

Ning Xiusu raised his eyebrows and looked at him: "?"

"Fear."

Hearing these two words, Ning Xiusu couldn't help but laugh: "Haven't you always been very courageous?"

"you shut up."

Hanami was teased and raised his eyebrows in anger.

Ning Xiusu pulled back his sleeves, too lazy to joke, and changed his route with him.