Looking at the things like manta rays flying across the sky from time to time, Gu Jiu felt that the Empress's route was probably correct, but the surrounding environment had changed.
He remembered very clearly that he and Yu Weiwei had only seen these devil fish-like creatures on the first night they entered the underworld.
At that time he also roasted one with the fire of his sword.
It is said that the netherworld is disordered. Does that mean that every journey is different?
But when he went in and came back, the scenery along the road didn't change much?
Could it be that the changes here are also divided into time periods, like the four seasons of a year?
Gu Jiu thought about it over and over but it was all in vain, so he continued to sleep and planned to take a closer look at the surrounding terrain tomorrow before making a decision.
But this night was destined to be uneventful.
In the middle of the night, the Topaz Starship suddenly shook violently. The empress turned over and found that the entire ship was flying high into the sky.
Gu Jiu was also awakened by the vibration. As soon as his butt left the rattan chair, the chair jumped up. If he had not been quick, the chair would probably have flown out of the boat.
Then he quickly discovered that the Topaz Starship was being thrown upwards, as if it was being lifted up by some huge object.
Gu Jiu came to the side of the empress, listened to the rumbling sound below, and asked, "Those stones?"
The Empress nodded and said, "It's those stones. They don't seem to pose a threat at the moment."
Gu Jiu jumped lightly and jumped off the boat. Then, in his sight, he saw the pebbles around him rushing upwards like a fountain.
The Topaz Starship was supported by five such "fountains", so it was able to fly.
In the dark night, these stones kept rising and rolling, looking like huge eyeballs, scanning everything around them.
After confirming that the stones were just moving strangely and were not harmful, Gu Jiu flew back to the Topaz Starship on his sword.
In this way, the Topaz Starship floated in the air, looking like a spaceship.
Gu Jiu lay down and said, "It's just the rocks surging up. I didn't find anything else strange."
The empress thought about it and simply steered the topaz starship downwards.
Along the way, stones kept rising up, supporting the star ship to glide in the air.
After sliding for about half an hour, Gu Jiu felt something was wrong and asked in confusion, "How many of these stones are there?"
They have been sailing for so long and have not yet reached the end of this cobblestone ground. This is enough to prove that Gu Jiu has definitely never been here.
If he was nearby, he would definitely have some impression of its vastness.
At this moment, a huge force suddenly came from below, and the entire Topaz Star Ship was blown away and turned several circles in the air.
During the rotation, the rattan chair on which Gu Jiu was lying seemed to have taken root and remained motionless, and the same was true for Gu Jiu and the empress.
After several flips, the Topaz Starship landed on the ground with a loud bang, leaving a gully.
Gu Jiu and the Empress looked to the right at the same time, and saw a huge monster rushing out from below in the night.
Its entire body is constantly changing, like wet mud, or rather, it is wet mud.
There's mud under the pebbles, which isn't surprising.
Until all the surrounding pebbles flew towards the shadow, stuck to it and formed a human shape, Gu Jiu and the empress knew that this was probably not as simple as mud.
Chapter 14 Meeting a Girl on a Snowy Night
After the giant clay figure was covered with pebbles, it looked like it was covered with eyes.
Facing this suddenly appearing monster, Gu Jiu still lay there, as if this matter had nothing to do with him.
The empress sighed softly, and then floated away like a startled wild goose.
I saw a flash of red sword light in the night, like a shooting star, coming and going quickly.
The originally wriggling "giant" suddenly stopped, like a frozen picture.
At this time, the empress had already floated back gently.
After a few breaths, a bright line of fire appeared and quickly spread across the entire body of the "giant" like a prairie fire.
With a rumbling sound, the giant covered with pebbles began to collapse, mud and rocks fell to the ground, flames shot out, like a tree of fire and silver flowers, it was very beautiful.
With just one sword, the mud and stone giant that was originally extremely ferocious was gone.
Waves of heat surged in the air, making the night sky nearby much darker.
The empress stood at the side of the ship, her floral skirt fluttering in the heat waves, revealing her fair calves and leaving Gu Jiu with a rather graceful back view.
The empress did not practice many sword techniques, unlike Gu Jiu who was proficient in all kinds of sword techniques, but each of her swords gave people the feeling of exhausting her sword skills, which could be called the ultimate.
The sword strike just now came from a secret book called "Fire Phoenix Sword Scripture", which is known for its domineering power.
The empress could easily kill her opponent with just a casual thrust of the sword, which proved how powerful she was.
While it was still dark, the empress quickly lay down and took the time to sleep.
After spending some time with Gu Jiu, she found that she seemed to have fallen in love with the time-wasting thing of sleeping.
After the clay figure was killed, the surrounding area became quiet again, and even the pebbles stopped moving.
Soon, the sound of even breathing could be heard on the Topaz Starship. Both the Empress and Gu Jiu were sleeping soundly.
This land is a taboo for countless creatures, but it was easily ignored by this man and woman.
About six hours later, Wu Mei woke up from her coma and found that it was still dark.
She couldn't help but feel a little confused, after all, Gu Jiu had never mentioned this situation before.
So she picked up a pot of water, and with a flick of her finger, some water droplets danced cleverly on Gu Jiu's face.
Gu Jiu blinked his eyes, touched the water droplets on his face, and asked in confusion: "Is it raining?"
After realizing that Wu Mei was looking at him, he immediately sat up and asked, "What's wrong?"
Wu Mei looked up and said, "Look at the sky."
Gu Jiu said: "It's not light yet, then I will continue to sleep for a while."
As he said this, he turned over and prepared to continue sleeping.
But at this moment, he and the chair were sucked over by the empress.
Wu Mei said, "We slept for more than six hours."
Gu Jiu asked doubtfully, "Does that mean we slept until dark again?"
After noticing Wu Mei's unfriendly expression, Gu Jiu immediately shook his head, regained his composure, and said, "You mean it's still dark?"
Wu Mei lay down and said, "That should be the case."
Faced with such a situation, Gu Jiu couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
You know, the last time he came here, although the Giant Forest had four seasons in one day, the day and night cycle was still stable. What happened this time?
First, the pebbles that appeared out of nowhere made him lose his coordinates, and now the sun never rises again.
Wu Mei said, "It seems like the day will never come. Let's just go."
After saying this, the Topaz Starship began to move again.
Due to the changes in the surrounding environment and the lingering darkness, they could only continue forward in the general direction.
After sailing for about an hour, large snowflakes began to float in the sky.
Even someone with a physique like Gu Jiu felt a chill, which reminded him of the extremely cold place in front of the Ghost Abyss.
The pebbles were soon covered by snowflakes, and apart from the foggy night, there was only a vast expanse of white between heaven and earth.
Before, Gu Jiu could still move forward along the ridge, but now, there is no ridge at all.
The snow must have been falling before, and it became heavier as time went on, accumulating so much that the ravines and valleys had changed their appearance.
The topaz starship looked quite lonely as it glided through the snow.
At this moment, the snow layer suddenly loosened and slid down. The empress immediately steered the starship to slide to the side to avoid falling.
I saw a huge space under the snow, like a cave.
Maybe it was because of the accumulated snow or because it was almost dawn, but the area was much brighter than before, so Gu Jiu and the Empress saw the people in the cave at a glance.
A woman in white, about two meters tall, was combing her hair with her back to them.
Her movements were very stiff, like a puppet, repeating the same action over and over again.
After seeing this woman, Gu Jiu said calmly: "The road is not wrong, it's just that the surrounding environment has changed."
The empress raised her eyebrows, looked at the woman in white, and said, "Have you seen her?"
Gu Jiu nodded and said, "I've seen him before, on the way to the woods."
The woman in white never looked back, but the yellow light on the topaz star boat became much brighter at this moment.
The Queen knew that it sensed a threat.
This topaz starship can actually be said to be a auspicious beast that can devour demons and evil spirits. Whether in the Taiyin Realm or the Yin World, it is the nemesis of most demons and evil spirits.
Even when such a huge savage appeared that night, it did not feel threatened, but now it seems so nervous, which shows how terrifying this woman in white who has been combing her hair is.
Gu Jiu had met this woman before, but he didn't choose to attack her because he sensed her strength.
Similarly, the woman in white was not stupid. She probably sensed Gu Jiu's strength at the time, so both sides took a step back and did not fight.
This time, both parties ended the encounter peacefully.
Only when the Topaz Star Boat disappeared into the snow did the woman stop what she was doing.
Because she pulled her scalp off herself.
The bloody scalp hanging on the large wooden comb was a particularly horrifying sight.
But at this moment, the woman let out a strange laugh, as if she was celebrating something.
As she laughed, a crisp sound came from her scalpless head, and then a human head emerged from it.
Behind the human head is a very long body, like a snake.
One, two, three...
When five monsters with human heads and snake bodies emerged from the tall woman's head, her body fell to the ground with a thud, leaving only a layer of skin.
The snow is falling heavier...
Chapter 15 Winter is coming
The Topaz Starship sailed farther and farther away. Later on, the sky still showed no sign of getting brighter, but the snow around it grew thicker and thicker, so white that it was dazzling, so the surrounding environment was brighter than before.
Gu Jiu and Wu Mei stood at the bow of the ship, and they felt that the white air they exhaled from their mouths was about to freeze.
Moreover, this chill was reduced by the Topaz Starship, which shows how low the temperature outside is.
The extreme cold and the long dark night, these two elements combined, give people a feeling of endless loneliness.
There was no trace of life in this vast world, and even the empress frowned slightly.
She glanced at Gu Jiu beside her and said, "Have you ever heard of the term 'eternal night'?"
Gu Jiu shook his head and said, "I've only heard that winter is coming."
"Winter is coming" was a line from an American TV series he had watched before he traveled through time. It had been said since the first season, but even after he traveled through time, the winter mentioned in the TV series had not yet arrived.
However, looking at the scene in front of him, Gu Jiu couldn't help but think of the description in that American TV series.
Winter is coming, the nights will become extremely long, and the merciless cold will turn the world into a desolate place until all life ends.
However, he was still somewhat interested in the "eternal night" mentioned by the empress, so he asked, "What does eternal night mean? Eternal darkness?"
The Empress nodded and said, "From what I've learned through various ancient books, compared to the vibrant Yang World, the Yin World has always been known for its 'dead silence'.
And from what I have seen along the way, although this underworld is eerie and terrifying, it can never be described as "dead silent". On the contrary, it can be described as lively, which conflicts with the records in many ancient books.
I wonder if those who wrote the ancient books back then saw a dark world without daylight, a world without anything, not even ghosts, with only absolute silence between heaven and earth.
After hearing what the empress said, Gu Jiu frowned and said, "After hearing what you said, I feel that ghosts are cute."
The Empress looked at the large flakes of snow in the sky and said, "If the day continues to darken, does it mean that the underworld is about to re-enter that state?"
Gu Jiu thought for a moment and said, "Beautiful lady, don't be so pessimistic. Maybe it won't be long before the day breaks."
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