They once again came to the river filled with dark and viscous liquid. Flowers of the other side were blooming far away on the other bank. In this black and gray world, they looked as red as blood. Xia Qiu remembered that Ouyang Xiaoleng once told him about Manzhu Shahua. It’s another name for Bana flower.
"This is the Naihe River! You can't cast magic spells on the Naihe River, so it's impossible to fly over it. In addition, the seemingly calm river actually hides countless tortured ghosts. If you swim over, you will be attacked by them." In the air. Hyacinthus, who turned into a flying butterfly, reminded.
"Even if I can swim over, I still..." Qian Qi showed a disgusted expression.
Ouyang Xiaoleng also had goosebumps all over his body. He couldn't imagine the feeling of being covered by this black liquid. In fact, he didn't even want to touch it.
"What should we do?" Xia Qiu asked Hyacinth.
Hyacinth thought for a while and replied: "The skeletons wearing black and white cloaks you have seen before are called black evil spirits and white evil spirits. They are the most feared executioners of these monsters in Naihe before they turn into wraiths. It is they who are responsible for the death of the sun." Punishing the souls throughout the night made them eventually become resentful spirits in the river. We tried to pretend to be black evil spirits and white evil spirits, believing that these resentful spirits still have a conditioned fear of them. But One thing is, no matter what you hear or see when crossing the river, you must not make a sound, and you must hold your breath, because the evil spirits can tell the difference in your breath."
Xia Qiu thought of the moody appearance of Demon King Yanluo, and couldn't help but worry about Hyacinth: "Aren't you afraid that you will be punished by Demon King Yanluo for helping us like this?"
Ouyang Xiaoleng could not understand Hyacinth's behavior, so he asked coldly: "Why should we believe you? You are obviously a subordinate of Demon King Yanluo, why do you want to help us?"
Hyacinth asked: "So far, besides doing what I say, do you have any better ideas?"
If he wanted to explain clearly to a few teenagers why he helped them, he would have to talk about his past and what happened to him after he came to the underworld. It was really a long story. He wanted to help them. It’s not too late to tell them after completing the test of Demon King Yanluo. He transformed into the handsome man who had just been wearing a peacock blue robe. His voice and manner were gentle and elegant, but also revealed a bit of loneliness.
Xia Qiu saw his loneliness in her eyes, and she thought it was no wonder, because his beauty was incompatible with this cold and dark world, and his behavior seemed to be incompatible with the rules here. She recalled the words of Demon King Yanluo. Hyacinth took the risk of being blamed to lead them safely to the Demon King Yanluo because he was afraid that they would get lost in the forbidden forest or stray into the realm of the guard warriors. Now he risked it again. They will be severely punished to help them complete the three major problems raised by Demon King Yanluo. Just based on these points, she intuitively felt that he was absolutely trustworthy. The extraordinary care he showed for them from outside may be very inconsistent with the world, but it was not the same as him.
Thinking of this, she became even more moved, smiled and said to him: "Thank you!"
She was wondering what had happened to this man? Why did you come to the underworld to become the subordinate of Demon King Yanluo? In addition to being grateful, her heart was also filled with doubts.
Hyacinth waved her hands gently, and then silently created four cloaks, two black and two white. She kept one black one for herself, and gave the other three to Ouyang Xiaoleng and the others: "Put it on, and put the hat on the cloak as well." Button it up, and I'll cast a spell to call the ship out."
After speaking, he put the cloak on himself, covered his head and most of his face with the hat on it, then stretched out a hand and chanted a verse that outsiders could not understand above the Nai River. After a while, a small boat rose up from the Nai River without being stained by the black river water.
At this time, the three teenagers had also put on their cloaks. Hyacinth saw them and reminded them again: "Remember, no matter what, you can't make a sound or breathe. When you are ready, come on the boat with me."
After saying this, Hyacinthia was the first to jump onto the boat. Ouyang Xiaoleng took a long breath and jumped on, followed by Xia Qiu and Qianqi. As soon as they got on the boat, Hyacinthia immediately used the pole to drive the boat to the other side. go. After the boat started moving, the river with smoke floating on it suddenly became no longer calm. Silver-gray iron-like ghosts poked their heads and arms out of the black river water. They tried to climb up from the liquid adhering to their bodies. The face still bears the tormented expression of the last moment before becoming a wraith. It is a ferocious look that no longer belongs to human beings.
The resentful spirits slowly gathered towards the hull, blocking the boat from moving forward. They stretched out their arms in an attempt to climb onto the boat. Hyacinth stopped the boat and used the iron whip that Hei Sha had used before, and whipped it hard on the bodies of the resentful spirits who tried to climb onto the boat. He could only hear the moans of those resentful spirits, and finally gradually shrank back into the water. Ouyang Xiaoleng quickly grabbed the boat pole that Hyacinth had dropped earlier and pushed it forward.
Stimulated by the extremely terrifying atmosphere outside, Xia Qiu, who was not as good at holding his breath as Ouyang Xiaoleng and Qian Qi, felt that he was about to fail more than once. The feeling of being on the verge of suffocation tortured her, and her brain began to produce various hallucinations due to lack of oxygen. It seemed that she would be pulled into the water at any time by those resentful spirits. She could only keep hinting to herself that she must It can be done. When Qianqi saw it, he quickly took her hand and gave her some strength.
Their boat finally arrived on the other side of the Nai River. The four people jumped ashore quickly. As soon as they landed, everyone took a big breath unconsciously. Although they felt that the air of the underworld was mixed with a smell of rust before, at this moment, there was no trace of it. I don’t even dislike it anymore. In front of them, large tracts of blood-red flowers stretched into the distance, making Xia Qiu and Qian Qi couldn't help but cheer for joy. Although Ouyang Xiaoleng couldn't do the same to them, the corners of his mouth also slightly raised with joy.
Xia Qiu pointed it out to Ouyang Xiaoleng: "It's Manzhu Shahua!"
Ouyang Xiaoleng nodded in response: "Well, I didn't expect that there really is such a flower in the underworld."
"These flowers were planted by Demon King Yanluo!"
As soon as Hyacinth's words came out, several teenagers were dumbfounded, because the impressions given by Zhanhua and Yanluo Demon King were so different.
But Hyacinth continued: "At that time, he had not been in charge of the underworld for a long time, and he was still very young. One day, he got the flower seeds of Manzhushahua from the outside world and planted them. Unexpectedly, the flowers bloomed so well. Beautiful. He took more care of her. Five hundred years ago, Manzhushahua turned into a demon and was named Flower Girl by him. Later, the Flower Girl became his wife and gave birth to a daughter named Luoji. The flower girl is tired of the emptiness and loneliness of the underworld, and wants to go to the outside world. However, as a flower demon, she cannot live long without the flower body. She can be free except in the underworld, a place that is not limited by time and space. She was not allowed to go to other places for activities. No matter how much Yanluo Demon King tried to persuade her, she couldn't listen, and finally took advantage of an opportunity to escape. No need to think about it, she must have been in bad luck later. Since then, Yanluo Demon King He changed his true colors and became moody. He could no longer see any emotions in this underworld. He imprisoned his daughter in a high tower and refused to let her have contact with anyone. Although everyone speculated that he would use the remaining Manzhu Shahua They were all destroyed, but the result was that he moved them to the other side of the Nai River, opposite his palace. I think he still loved the flower girl, or maybe that love had turned into hate, and he kept them Watching from a distance in the loneliest place in this world of nothingness sounds very sad."
Listening to his eloquent story about this flower on the other side, the three teenagers turned from astonishment to regret, not only for the fate of the flower girl, but also for the transformation after the attack of Demon King Yanluo, and even more for the person he imprisoned. Daughter Luo Ji.
Especially for Xia Qiu, she couldn't help but think of the estrangement between herself and her father, feeling as if she was being pricked by needles. Since her birth indirectly led to the death of her mother, who had congenital heart disease, her father seemed to never be able to reconcile with her. Get intimate. This was the secret she kept deep in her heart. Even she and Liu Lingmei had never told it all, but now it was brought back to mind.
"Let's save the story for later. I'll pick it up first!"
Seeing that no one took any action, Qianqi took the lead and reached out to pick the Mansa Pearls on the ground. Unexpectedly, the delicate flowers withered just after they left the stems, and the petals fell to the ground from his hands.
"You are really impatient." Hyacinth shook her head.
"Why is this happening?" Qianqi turned around and asked him.
"Do you think it's that easy?! This flower has been cast by Demon King Yanluo. It will die immediately if it leaves the root. He is such a determined person. Even he himself cannot pick this flower and bring it to the other side." Hyacinth replied.
"She has really become a veritable flower of the other side!" Ouyang Xiaoleng sighed.
"Then this is no longer an unsolvable question." Qian Qi became impatient again and kept stamping his feet on the spot.
"Although there is no solution, there is also a solution." There seems to be an overtone in Hyacinth's words.
"Please tell me." Ouyang Xiaoleng who was beside him also lost his temper.
"If you want to break Demon King Yanluo's spell, you need the help of this lady." Hyacinthia looked at Xia Qiu.
"Me?" Xia Qiu didn't understand what he meant.
"Well, Miss, please lend me a few tears. Human tears are pure water that does not belong to this world. I think only it can continue the life of Manzhushahua after leaving the rhizome." Hyacinthus said confidently, While extending his palm in front of Xia Qiu.
Xia Qiugang was saddened by what Hyacinth said about the origin of Flowers from the Underworld and the delicate relationship between the father and daughter of Demon King Yanluo. His chest was still a little tight at the moment, and he couldn't help but shed tears when Hyacinth begged her. Tears like broken pearls slid down her cheeks. Hyacinthia hurriedly cast a spell to bring them all to the palm of her hand, then lowered her body and carefully sprinkled them on a few Manzhu Shahua flowers.
He turned around and said to Ouyang Xiaoleng and Qianqi: "Try to pick them off again, be careful, try to keep your balance and don't let tears fall from the flowers!"
Ouyang Xiaoleng took a deep breath and tentatively picked off a manzhushahua flower filled with Xia Qiu's tears and held it in his hands. Qianqi and Xia Qiu watched his every move with bated breath. Sure enough, as Hyacinth guessed, the flower did not wither, so the two of them picked a few flowers and held them up steadily. Because her attention was completely focused on maintaining balance, Xia Qiu's tears stopped.
They took Hua'er back to the other side of the Nai River along the original path, and walked towards the black tower behind the Yanluo Demon Palace where Luo Luoji was imprisoned.