Xie Lian walked slowly over to Hua Cheng, stepping on the scarlet broken jade all over the ground. Seeing a little scarlet stain on Hua Cheng's shoulder, he wanted to brush it off for him, but suddenly realized that this action was too intimate. He forced himself to stop, put his hands behind his back, and said with a smile: "I didn't know that in addition to being able to bring blood rain, you can also bring flying flowers. Interesting, interesting."

Hua Cheng also approached him, brushed the petals on his shoulder, and smiled: "This is an improvisation, a new trick I created today. Originally, it was planned to rain blood, but suddenly I remembered that my brother was there, and if he got wet, wouldn't it be my fault? So I stopped at the brink and turned into a flower. It's fun."

However, Xie Lian didn't get soaked, but Pei Ming got soaked. He said in the air, "Excuse me, both of you, can you please let me down first?"

Several silver butterflies fluttered up, their phosphorescent wings cutting through the mesh, and Pei Ming was able to escape and land safely. Xie Lian looked down and saw a silver butterfly perched in the center of the butterfly bone on Lingwen's back. He said, "Sanlang, are Lingwen and Jinyixian okay?"

Hua Cheng said: "It's okay. I let them sleep for a while."

Xie Lian was surprised, “This Jin Yi Xian was so violent, but you subdued him quickly.”

Hua Cheng raised an eyebrow and said, "Not bad. For some reason, it doesn't seem to want to fight me."

After a moment of silence, Xie Lian said, “That’s true. When you wore it before, it couldn’t do anything to you, and it even revealed its true form.”

At this time, Pei Ming came over and said, "You two, let's talk later. Why don't you take off his clothes first?"

Xie Lian asked, “This… isn’t very convenient, is it?”

Pei Ming didn't care: "He is a man now, what's the inconvenience?" Then he started to fight. However, as soon as he put his hand to Lingwen's collar, he felt as if he was stabbed by something. His face changed drastically, and he pulled it back suddenly, his hands were covered in blood, and he said: "This clothes! It actually bites people!"

Hua Cheng then said leisurely: "The Jinyi Fairy is unwilling to let Lingwen go, so he can't take it off."

Pei Ming looked at his two bloody hands and said, "If this happens again, could you please tell me earlier, Ghost King?"

Xie Lian said gently, “General Pei, it’s not that he didn’t tell me earlier, it’s that you acted too quickly.”

Hua Cheng chuckled and said, "That's it."

“…”

Despite his disability, he was still determined. If the three of them wanted to return the same way, one of them had to carry the male version of Lingwen, so Pei Ming took the initiative to take on this responsibility.

Pei Su and Ban Yue were still in the original town. They met up near the Wuyong Temple. When they saw them coming back, Pei Su strode up to them and said, "General, Your Highness, the mural in the temple has disappeared!"

Pei Ming held Lingwen in one hand and wiped his bloody hair back with the other, and asked, "What mural?"

Seeing Pei Ming's entire body covered in purple and red, Ban Yue's eyes widened. Xie Lian briefly spoke to Pei Ming, then followed Pei Su back to the temple to check. Sure enough, the original wall had become exactly the same as the other three walls that had been burned black by the fire, as if there had never been any murals there.

Hua Cheng took his hand off the wall and said, "That mural was created with magic."

Xie Lian nodded and said, “Perhaps the person who left it behind also had concerns and didn’t dare to let it exist for too long.”

Over there, Ban Yue hesitated for a long time before saying to Pei Ming, whose body was purple and red, "Are you... okay?"

Pei Ming glanced at her and threatened, "Ask your snake if it's okay after biting me like this."

Pei Su opened his mouth, unsure whether he should say something fair. Ban Yue's eyes widened, and he stammered in defense, "But... a bite from a scorpion tail snake wouldn't spread to the whole body and turn into this..."

Pei Ming raised his left hand with the tooth marks and shook it in front of her to prove that he was indeed bitten. The "iron evidence" was overwhelming, so Ban Yue had no choice but to say, "I'm sorry..."

Pei Su couldn't bear it any longer, so he patted her shoulder and said, "No, don't worry about it. It's not yours, it was bitten by a snake."

Xie Lian couldn’t stand it any longer and said helplessly, “General Pei, could you please stop teasing the little girl like this at this time?”

However, Pei Ming's life force lies here. He washed away the blood stains on his body with his magic power, and his face was radiant again. He laughed and said, "Are little girls meant to be teased? Besides, Ban Yue State Master is hundreds of years old. What kind of little girl is she? Are you afraid that she will be embarrassed?"

“……”Everyone didn’t want to pay attention to him anymore.

Although Pei Su's sentence punctuation was not good, he was able to move freely and took over the task of carrying the spiritual text. The group walked through the small town and continued to the next level of Tonglu Mountain.

A day later, they came to a small canyon.

There were towering mountains and rocky cliffs on both sides of the canyon, and a mountain path in the middle. When he got here, Ling Wen finally woke up from his drowsiness.

Although he was awake, he still couldn't move because the silver butterfly was still firmly on his back. Ling Wen found that he was carried on someone's shoulders without changing his expression. He just asked in confusion: "...Why are there so many people? Why are you all here? Isn't this Tonglu Mountain?"

Pei Ming said, "Is that too many? I'm telling you, there will be more people later, including some you haven't seen yet. We can gather a few tables to play cards."

Xie Lian felt the same way and couldn't help laughing. He paused and said, "By the way, Lingwen, Qiying was chasing you at Puqi Monastery. Where is he now?"

Ling Wen said, "I don't know. After entering Tonglu Mountain, too many inhuman creatures came and His Highness Qiying lost him. I don't know where he is now."

Pei Ming sighed to Ling Wen, "You didn't even tell me that it was you who took away Xuli Country's last straw. How unkind of you."

Xie Lian then remembered that Pei Ming was also from Xuli Country. However, he seemed to have no feelings for Xuli Country. After all, he was only a general, not the king, and he was tricked by the king before ascending to heaven. Therefore, there was no grief or indignation in his words, but mostly ridicule. However, Xie Lian was worried that talking too much about Xuli Country would anger Jinyixian, so he quickly changed the subject and turned around to ask, "Sanlang, I actually have a question."

After entering the canyon, Hua Cheng has been concentrating on observing the high mountains on both sides and said, "Ask."

Xie Lian asked, “What on earth is the ‘copper furnace’ on Copper Furnace Mountain? Is it really just a big furnace?”

Hua Cheng smiled, retracted his gaze, and said, "Of course not. But, brother, you asked at a good time." He raised his finger and said, "It just so happens that I can see it right now."

Everyone looked in the direction he pointed, and for a moment, they all stopped involuntarily.

Xie Lian asked, “…That’s…the ‘copper furnace’?”

Hua Cheng crossed his arms and said, "Not bad."

In his dark eyes, a huge mountain far, far away was reflected.

It is far away in the sky, high above the world, towering above the other peaks, and is a deep blue color. The top of the mountain is surrounded by a sea of ​​clouds and wind, and a layer of snow can be faintly seen, as if it is an ice field that never melts all year round.

Hua Cheng said slowly: "'Tonglu' is an active volcano and the center of the entire Tonglu Mountain. When the Ghost King is born, it will wake up."

Xie Lian asked, “A volcanic eruption?”

Hua Cheng said: "Yes. Therefore, the desperate ghost kings are born with flames, magma, and disasters that destroy the world."

As Xie Lian imagined the burning scene that made his eyes red, he was slightly lost in thought. Pei Ming said, "It's too far. If we continue walking at this speed, it will take a long time, not counting the time spent fighting with the ghosts along the way."

Xie Lian nodded and said, “So the battles in every generation to open up the mountains are like a difficult childbirth.”

Hua Cheng smiled and said, "Brother, this metaphor is very clever." After saying that, he suddenly stopped and said, "We're here."

“???” Xie Lian was stunned, “So fast?”

Hua Chengdao: "We are here. However, we are not at the Tonglu, but at the Wuyong Temple."

Sure enough, a tall, crooked palace appeared in the center of the canyon ahead.

This was the second Wuyong Temple they had come across. Xie Lian could hardly resist the urge to rub his eyes, and asked doubtfully, “Is this temple real?”

You can't blame him for this. In fact, almost everyone doubted whether this temple was real, because its appearance was too abrupt.

It shouldn't be here at all. Has anyone ever seen a temple built in a narrow valley or mountain path? What kind of shitty Feng Shui is this?

Even if they had to build it in such a place, they should at least build it on the side. However, this Wuyong Temple was carelessly built right in the middle of the canyon passage, like a brainless little bully, directly blocking the way through the canyon!

Pei Ming said in a deep voice: "There must be something wrong with the abnormality, everyone be careful."

Ling Wen was on Pei Su's shoulder, and he raised his head with all his strength and said, "Everyone, if you don't want to go inside, you can actually fly over the cliff and walk on the wall."

Xie Lian said, “No. We have to go in and see if there are any murals.”

Hua Cheng said: "Don't worry, brother, go and see if you want, it's no big deal."

After he said this, everyone felt relieved for some reason, and they slowly approached. They walked to the temple without seeing anything unusual. After passing through the gate and entering the main hall, they found that the walls of the temple were also dark after the fire. When they scratched them gently, a small piece of hard debris fell off, just like the previous temple.

Xie Lian had been very alert at first, but now that there didn’t seem to be anything lurking in the dark, he felt a little relieved, so he said, “Let’s do it.”

Soon, the charred "protective layer" on the wall was removed bit by bit, revealing the mural behind it. Xie Lian and Hua Cheng studied it carefully together.

The content of the murals in this temple was completely different from the previous one. They started from the top. At the top of the picture, a young man in white was sitting on a jade couch. He had clear eyebrows and handsome eyes. It was the Crown Prince Wu Yong. His eyes were closed and his posture seemed to be meditating. However, he was not at peace.

The crown prince frowned, and a few drops of cold sweat seemed to flow down his forehead. There were four figures standing beside him, all with worried expressions on their faces. They were the four guardian gods ranked below the crown prince in the previous mural. Their hair and clothing were exactly the same as in the previous mural. Looking down, the protective layer was still slowly falling off and had not been completely removed. Xie Lian saw a mess of red, frowned slightly, and said, "Strange."

He reached out his hand and gently touched the wall, wondering, "Is this mural not well preserved?"

Although it was difficult to see what was painted, it was clear that the lines and colors were blurry and hazy, as if covered by a layer of smoke and blurred. However, this mural was created by magic, so how could it be preserved as poorly as a real mural?

Hua Cheng was also concentrating on watching it, frowned, and said, "Wait a little longer."

The two of them looked at each other. When the charred hard objects had all faded away and the picture was complete, they took a few steps back and looked at it again side by side. When the whole picture came into view, Xie Lian's breath was slightly choked, and suddenly his scalp went numb.

He was stunned and asked: "Is this... hell?"