My lady, don't be angry. I'm letting you touch my big tail.

I stayed in Bianliang County for almost half a month.

The two small bumps on Qiao Yi and Hua Ran's little fingers completely fell off.

Old Man Qiao, who was experienced, came over and collected the contents. He then found water and soil from the Daughter River and used it for irrigation.

This makes time even more pressing.

Hua Ran was somewhat worried.

"My lady, there are still eight months... eight months. Will I be able to find the head and heart?"

For the past two weeks, it seems like Qiao Yi and Hua Ran have been inseparable, but in fact, Qiao Yi and the system have been investigating quite a few things.

According to the location, Hua Ran's remains are still at the City of the Wrongfully Dead.

In other words, although the slave dyed form is an illusion of the City of the Unjustly Dead, it was actually in another location before.

Based on data from multiple sources, the system also deduced that the remains found in the City of the Wrongfully Dead were most likely heads.

So Joey said, "No rush. After this is all, I think your heart will be the only major part left."

"Hmm, eyes and tail are not the key to nurturing a baby. Losing my tail and eyes will not affect my survival. Once I have a physical body, the baby's womb will be complete, and finally the baby will be attached to a soul."

Qiao Yi nodded, revealing a reassuring smile that put Hua Ran at ease.

"Don't worry, it will be fine."

Joey packed her bags, glanced at Taotie, and said, "You'll be here protecting my baby's amniotic sac and everyone else, right?"

"No problem, um... Master, may I eat more food?"

Joey pulled out two large bags of silver.

Each bag is as big as a face.

That's definitely enough for an ordinary person to live on for a lifetime.

This money was also what she got from disposing of the corpse in Bianliang River.

Gan!

They brought everything out.

But you can't catch a wolf without risking your cub.

"If you can't bear to part with your husband, you can't catch a scoundrel. Bah, what kind of twisted logic is that?"

Anyway, she spent the money.

"Eat whatever you want, no matter what you want. Hunger is not a sin, it's just part of who you are. But you can't steal or bite."

Taotie suddenly raised its head.

"Master, why didn't you say that before?"

“I told you before, would you have listened? Your forehead was covered in dark energy, clearly you were misled by words and went astray. You know, honest advice is hard to hear, and good medicine tastes bitter, but that's on the premise that you have ears to listen and you have mouth to take the medicine.”

However, everything was as Joey had predicted.

So she just said it again verbally.

"I'll have Lu Qianye come over whenever he has time."

"Okay~"

Joey paused, about to leave, but immediately turned back.

"You agreed so readily?"

"I find it more enjoyable to spend time with Sister Lu and chat about everything under the sun."

Qiao Yi pursed her lips, thinking that Taotie could grow up at any time... but Lu Qianye was his nemesis, so if the two of them really had some deep entanglement, wouldn't that be a tragedy?

Joey scratched her head. "Oh well... what's meant to happen can't be stopped."

She didn't plan to bring Inugami along either. This matter concerned the first life, so Joey only intended to handle it herself and Hanazono.

And so, Joey and Hua Ran embarked on their journey.

According to the location, the area around the City of the Wrongfully Dead is a wasteland, and further away, there are nomadic tribes.

Moreover, once you reach the territory inhabited by nomadic peoples, no matter how far you go, you won't see any cities.

According to the system's location, the City of the Wrongfully Dead is below, either at the bottom of the entire mountain or inside, which makes things very difficult.

"After all, it has been thousands of years since the first era. It is normal for the earth's crust to shift, the soil to sink, and the entire city to move down."

Joey licked her lips.

She couldn't suggest using force to smash the mountain to find it, as that could potentially damage the city's ruins or even Hua Ran's remains.

Hua Ran had already staggered toward the herdsmen.

Snow has already begun to fall here, and there are footprints along the way.

Afraid that Hua Ran would get cold, Qiao Yi quickly caught up with him, took his hand, and channeled her yang energy into him.

Just then, a herdsman was cutting ice, so Hua Ran asked, "Big sister, do you know how to get to the bottom of that mountain?"

The herders all wore thick animal skin hats, their faces red from the cold.

The woman looked up and felt as if she were seeing two immortals.

Because they are so good-looking.

The man is handsome and the woman is beautiful.

"Big sister, big sister?"

"Ah...ah! We haven't seen a single outsider in decades. It's mainly because we're so remote. We rarely go out, and not many people from outside are willing to come in, especially when the mountains are blocked by heavy snow."

Hua Ran nodded. He was wearing a black cloak with white fur trim and a hood. When the cold wind blew, he had to stretch out his fair hands to press on the wound.

Joey quickly reached out her hand and said, "I'm not cold, take your hand back."

That's why Joey wore a cloak, afraid of scaring others, even though she was very hot.

The yang energy emanates from the heart, and it is not cold at all.

The herdsman asked again, "What are you going to do at the foot of the snow mountain? That place... that place is not suitable, it's very dangerous."

Joey tilted her head. "I know the mountain is steep, but we have a reason to go. Just show us the way, big sister."

The herdsman thought for a moment, then shook her head.

Joey sighed and continued walking forward with Hua Ran, intending to jump down and take a look.

At this moment, the herdsman woman immediately said, "Hey, hey, don't go any further! There's fog ahead, you won't be able to see clearly if you turn back, and you might fall down again. Come back quickly!"

"We have to go."

The herdsman woman then said, "There is... there is a legend! Come over here quickly, I'll tell you about it."

Qiao Yi hesitated, but the herdsman tugged at Qiao Yi's sleeve.

"come on!"

She told Joey that it wasn't impossible to go down there.

There was grass inside. During years of famine when there was no food, they would go down into the caves to pick grass.

However, the terrain is steep and treacherous, and only a few exceptionally agile women among the herders can climb it.

“Girl, down here… there is a river, which we call the River of Oblivion, and the road connecting to the river is naturally called the Road to the Underworld.”

It's not that we've actually reached the underworld, but the river corrodes everything, and eagles fly down the path to peck at people's eyes, that's why it screams like that.

“Our people have to use their strong arms to climb up both sides of that road to reach the grass inside…”

So it's not that I didn't want to tell you, but I was afraid something might happen to you.

But you're all going to jump, and I can't just stand by and watch you jump.

The herdsmen were simple and honest; Qiao Yi didn't ask them much, she just told them herself first.

Joey then went with Hua Ran to the location they had been given.

We walked along the slippery snow-covered road and through the winding paths.

They finally saw a path with flowing water leading into the distance in the dim light.

"We've arrived at the Road to the Underworld."

To verify whether it was true or not, Joey picked up a stone and threw it into the middle of the road to the underworld.

Soon, an animal resembling an eagle flapped its wings and flew rapidly from afar.

It picked up the rock that Joey had just thrown and crushed it in one go.

Joey frowned slightly.

"Could it be... that this really is the Road to the Underworld..."