Lingxi didn't know which level of hell this was, it was silent and isolated from the world. She seemed to go back many years ago, when she was punished by the head of the sect to the Cliff of Illusion, every time she opened her eyes, it was pitch black and she couldn't hear any sound.
Fortunately, there was a string of bracelets given to her by Qing Kui at that time, which allowed her to see some light, and it is still the same now.
Maybe she was really poisoned by Manzhushahua, how she got into this hell, and how long she stayed here, she couldn't remember at all. All he knew was that just after he regained consciousness, his mind was full of Nanzhi's body that had been corroded by the Wangchuan water.
She didn't dare to move, for fear of finding that Nan Zhi was not by her side. After a long time, she shouted hoarsely, "Nan Zhi..."
This place was so quiet that there was no trace of the passage of time. Lingxi felt that it had been a long time, and it seemed that it was only a blink of an eye when she heard someone say "hmm".
She immediately sat up from the ground, but she didn't dare to use magic to light the lamp, she only looked for Nanzhi by the light of the bracelet on her hand.
He curled up in a corner.
Lingxi didn't dare to look at the injuries on his body. She wanted to cry, but felt that she was useless and could only cry when things happened. She went over to hug him, opened Gong Ling, and stuffed the tonics inside into his mouth one by one. After he took a few pills, he refused to open his mouth again.
"Nanzhi... take medicine." Lingxi coaxed him softly.
Nanzhi ignored it.
Lingxi still said softly: "Nanzhi, take medicine."
After another long silence, Nan Zhi said with difficulty in a hoarse voice: "You are poisoned."
Lingxi's eyes were sore, but she couldn't hold back her tears after all, "I'll take the medicine, and I'll take the medicine too."
Lingxi took a few pills of detoxification medicine, and then gave it to Nan Zhi, and he became obedient.
"Stupid Nanzhi, why do you have to ask Donghua Shangxian to cultivate a physical body? Isn't your body in good shape? They won't be able to hurt you." Lingxi said with a sob.
Nan stayed silent.
"Actually, I was wrong. I shouldn't let you go down to get the soul-locking water." Lingxi cried, "Nanzhi is sorry. I always thought you were special. I always thought that you have high spiritual power and deep cultivation, and you can do anything. Down on you. You said that you can’t cast spells underwater, and I let you go down, causing you to be tortured like this by Wang Chuanshui, it hurts, right? I’m sorry Nan Zhi... "
Lingxi didn't know how to face him. His injuries and his ruined face were all caused by her self-righteousness and selfishness.
Nanzhi hugged Lingxi with her backhand, so tight that Lingxi was a little scared, "Nanzhi, be gentle, doesn't it hurt when you touch the wound?"
Nanzhi shook his head, and after a long silence, he slowly said, "How can I hold you like this without a physical body?"
Lingxi's nose was sore again, "Idiot Nanzhi, it's the same when you become a big black bear..."
"It's different, that's different..." Nan Zhi took Lingxi's hand and placed it gently in his palm.
He didn't want to take advantage of her when she wanted to hold his hand.
I don't want to have to turn into a black bear when she wants to rely on her.
I don't want her to look at him forever as an ethereal, empty and untouchable shadow.
He just wants to stand by her side like a normal person, so as long as he can cultivate a physical body, no matter what conditions Donghua Shangxian asks, no matter how much his skill will be damaged, he will agree.
Lingxi wiped away her tears, and looked in Gong Ling for any medicine for trauma, but she couldn't find it. Then try to cast spells to heal Nanzhi's injuries, but after trying many times in vain, finally Nanzhi whispered: "Xianjia's spells are useless to Wang Chuanshui's injuries."
Lingxi felt a pain in her heart, could it be that Nanzhi will always be like this in the future
"No, it's definitely possible."
Nanzhi stopped her casting hand and continued to hold it in the palm of his hand. He hugged her, but his body's center of gravity gradually tilted towards her.
"I... like it here." Nan Zhi suddenly said softly.
Lingxi was dazed for a long time before she understood why he said that. She choked up and said, "When we go out, we will go back to Cangjia Mountain, go to Xuxuya, or go to a place far, far away. I won't let you turn into a rose flower to hide, I will tell everyone about your existence... "
Ever since she came down from Cangjia Mountain, the thing Lingxi said to Nanzhi the most was, don't be impulsive, don't show up. She could feel Nanzhi's displeasure, and she always wanted to find a chance to tell him later that he was not shameless, and that she was just worried...
For a long time, Nan Zhi didn't answer.
Lingxi continued: "I'm sorry Nanzhi, I'm afraid they will bully you, I'm afraid you won't be by my side, I'm afraid they will say you are a demon, that's why I don't dare to let you be by my side. I assure you, as long as When senior brother comes back, we will go, whether we go to find brother or wander the world, Nan Zhi, from now on it will be just the two of us..."
Nan Zhi's body became colder and colder, and even his breath became weaker and weaker, Lingxi's voice began to tremble, "Nan Zhi, can you give me a hug?"
"Nanzhi, can you give me a hug?"
Nanzhi didn't respond.
Lingxi kept calling him, but he didn't answer. She almost stuffed all the pills into his mouth, but he still didn't respond.
Everything is quiet.
Lingxi started to get scared.
She looked for the paper lantern that Nan Zhi had drawn for her in Gongling, but she couldn't find it, so she cast a spell to conjure many lamps, which illuminated the silent hell very brightly, but she was still afraid. Because Nanzhi's body became as hard and cold as ice, and his breath was barely audible.
Time seemed to stand still, Lingxi couldn't calculate the length. Tired of shouting, she turned off the lights, nestled in Nan Zhi's arms, and forced herself to sleep. She pretended that they were still on the Void Cliff, that there were still only two of them depended on each other, and when she woke up, Nanzhi would have prepared something to eat and wait for her.
Three days, five days, or ten days. Lingxi refused to feel hungry, refused to admit that the body around her was as cold as ice, refused to listen to her breathing alone, and refused any thought of trying to talk to Nanzhi.
I don't know from which day, this small space began to overflow with the fragrance of roses.
The strong fragrance of roses makes people almost breathless, like the release of exhausted energy.
Lingxi finally couldn't pretend anymore, and cried loudly in that almost empty space, she slapped every wall she could see, and shouted "Help", she begged the judge, Pluto, to let Nan Zhi go out, She begged her master, senior brother Qingkui, and senior sister Qinglian, to save Nanzhi.
Still, no sound came back to her.
When her elder brother left her, she was still mentally unopened and didn't know what sadness was. When her elder brother left her, she was still ignorant. After crying and blaming herself, the pain gradually faded as she got older. Now she deeply He had to remember every day and night that Nanzhi was with her, every word he said and every thing he did to her, but he had no choice but to let her watch him leave like this.
This is the first time Lingxi found that Nan Zhi has become indispensable in her life.
She suddenly remembered the kiss Nan Zhi gave her before going to the bottom of the Wangchuan River, it was so soft and sweet, at that time her body didn't feel the cold at all, even her cheeks were a little hot.
Lingxi wiped away her tears, stopped shouting, bent down, kissed lightly, sucked shallowly, she caught the softness of his lips, she wanted to warm him, and was close to him with almost no distance.
"Nan Zhi Nan Zhi..." She called him silently from the bottom of her heart, telling him not to sleep anymore.
Suddenly there was movement in the quiet air, not loud, it could be said to be faint, but Lingxi heard it clearly, she looked up at Nanzhi in surprise and joy, hoping that he had opened his eyes, but unfortunately he didn't. She saw an extra sword in front of her, spinning quietly in the air.
It was Qing Kui's Xiang Yinjian, which he hadn't used since he went to Mount Donghua.
Lingxi looked at Xiang Yinjian dimly, without the energy to think about how it would leave her and spin in the air, only to hear a loud bang, and after the dazzling white light, the world seemed to return to normal in an instant, with the sound of wind, With the cries of ghosts, and most importantly, a familiar and friendly voice, "Who dares to bully my ugly!"
"Senior Brother Qingkui..." It was as if seeing a ray of light in the extreme night, as if touching a place of warmth in the extreme cold, as if a child who had been wronged after all was finally comforted, Lingxi almost cried out, "Senior Brother Qingkui!"
Qing Kui accurately grasped Xiang Yinjian, landed on Lingxi's side, glanced at the embarrassed Lingxi, and spat: "These bastards from the underworld!"
At this time, Lingxi only thought that Senior Brother Qing Kui was here and could save Nanzhi. When she looked back at Nanzhi, she found that the wounds all over his body quickly turned black, rotted, and turned into ashes after seeing the light. Under the dust, it was still him. The black clothes and the pale and thin face.
Before Lingxi finished wondering if she was dazzled, Qing Kui cast a secret curse, and Nan Zhi turned into a rose flower again and inserted it in Lingxi's hair.
"Let's go!" Qing Kui grabbed Lingxi and ran up, only then did Lingxi realize that they were locked in the gap between the ninth and tenth hells.
Before Lingxi had time to ask Qing Kui why he appeared in the underworld, the two were ambushed from all sides as soon as they went out, and the judge was still the leader. Qing Kui fought him inextricably, and after being imprisoned for so many days, his physical strength was exhausted, and he seemed a little powerless to deal with the little ghosts.
Lingxi suddenly thought of what Qinglian had told her, that the king of Hades is easy to see, but little ghosts are hard to find.
After all, he didn't get the soul-locking water, and it would be difficult to go out after such a big commotion, so he might as well meet that Pluto!
Thinking of this, Lingxi gathered all her strength and cast a spell, whichever was the most destructive, and cast spells at the junction of each level of hell.
The little ghosts didn't expect Lingxi to make this move, and they didn't have time to stop it. With Lingxi's blow, it was as if the door of hell was wide open, the evil spirits from all levels of hell rushed up one after another, and the ghost messengers were in chaos.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the judge left Qing Kui to deal with the evil spirits. All the ghosts, big and small, sensed the changes in hell and rushed down one after another.
Qing Kui was happy: "I haven't seen you for a few days, I've become smarter!"
As he spoke, he continued to move upwards with Lingxi.
The ghost messengers had no time to take care of the two of them, so Lingxi had time to ask, "Why is Senior Brother Qingkui in the Underworld?"
Senior Sister Qinglian didn't want to come in to scare the snake, and Qingkui probably didn't know that she would come to the underworld to get the soul-locking water.
"Monster catching." Qing Kui replied briefly.
"The Heart Seal and the Wine Saint are still in the hands of the judge." Ling Xi hurriedly said, fearing that Qing Kui would lead him directly out of the underworld.
Qing Kui spat again.
"Shall we go directly to Pluto?" Lingxi suggested.
The judge is busy cleaning up the hell now, asking him for the heart seal and the wine saint will only add fuel to the fire. Nan Zhishangcheng didn't get the soul-locking water like that, and Lingxi didn't expect to be able to take it away. It's better to meet Pluto and ask him to give it a try...
"Originally, I was going to find that pervert!" Qing Kui led Lingxi around all corners, but the little ghosts couldn't catch up all the way.
After running all the way to Lingxi, I realized that the underworld is not only a gloomy and dark place. Many palaces passing by are magnificent and magnificent, and there are even gardens. The blue sky and white clouds are also the same. It's just that the two of them went around many circles and couldn't find the Hades Hall.
The underworld is already in chaos at this time. It is reasonable that Hades should have come out to deal with the two of them. Lingxi broke the entrance of hell before because he wanted to make things worse and let Hades show up by himself.
Qing Kui went around a few more times, but still couldn't find the destination. Lingxi said softly: "Senior Brother, have you noticed...we seem to be spinning in circles all the time?"
Qing Kui had discovered it a long time ago, but he just didn't believe that he couldn't get out of this vicious circle!
He stopped angrily, Lingxi was out of breath.
As soon as the two of them stood firm, they saw a kid who suddenly appeared in front of them.
The kid looked about seven or eight years old, with a handsome appearance, red lips and white teeth, with his hands behind his back, staring at them faintly.
Qing Kui said straight away: "Little devil, where are you Pluto?"
When the boy was asked this question, he glared at him, "Why do you want our Pluto? You can see our wise and mighty Pluto if you want?"
"Damn!" Qing Kui was furious, "I think he is a bastard! He couldn't find a beautiful female ghost, so he hid that bonethirsty demon who changed his beautiful face every day in the underworld, thinking that I wouldn't dare to break into it." Is it?"
The boy blushed and scolded: "Nonsense! If you talk nonsense again, I will have your skin peeled off and thrown into the Wangchuan River to be wiped out!"
Qing Kui glanced at him disapprovingly, "Is it a ghost?"
"You...you..." The boy pointed at him, not knowing what to say, and simply shouted, "Come on! Throw these two guys from the fairy world into the River of Forgetfulness!"
Lingxi was stunned for a while listening, this kid looks like a kid, dressed luxuriously, and they happened to be in a rather luxurious palace, which made him even more arrogant. She would still believe him if he said that his status is not low, but... he is the King of Pluto
"Pfft..." Qing Kui couldn't help laughing, "Haha, you... are you the King of Pluto?"
It happened that a group of ghost messengers came up to take orders, and saluted the boy: "Obey!"
Seeing the situation, Qing Kui held back his laughter, raised his hand and said, "Wait!"
Little Pluto glared at him, waiting for his next words.
Qing Kui said sternly: "If His Majesty Pluto wants to arrest us, he must explain the truth first."
"What's the point? Just now you insulted me in front of me, is there any reason?" Little Pluto was angry.
Qing Kui said: "Your Majesty was at fault for this matter. The bone-thirsty demon caused harm to the world and killed many girls in the human world, but His Majesty actually concealed it privately, and even drowned the immortal who came to catch the demon. Get out, no one will say that the underworld is justified!"
"When did this king hide the Bonethy Demon?" The little Pluto's eyes flickered, and it was obvious that his mouth was wrong.
"That's ridiculous. Without His Majesty's permission, such a big evildoer entered your underworld, and those ghosts under your command are the best?"
"Vulgar!" Little Pluto glared at Qing Kui again, coughed twice pretentiously, and then said leisurely, "Well, even if I hid the Bonethy Demon, she has escaped now, you just chase it out, This king pretends that you have never been here before. But this one!" Little Pluto pointed at Lingxi and said, "He sneaked into the underworld with a few fairies, and he actually tried to steal the soul-locking water! Stealing the soul-locking water is nothing but, Now that it’s making me restless, maybe I’ll just let it go?”
"If you hadn't been pestering and torturing a good girl into this state, would I have to go to hell?" Qing Kui said disdainfully.
When Little Pluto heard the word "girl", his expression immediately changed, his eyes sparkled, and he wondered, "Is it a girl?"
Lingxi's hair is messy now, her body is full of blood and tears, and the color of Wangchuan water and Manzhushahua flower juice, her face is even more splendid, it is really impossible to tell whether she is a man or a woman.
It took only a blink of an eye for Little Pluto to use the spell, and all the filth on and off Lingxi had been wiped out, her hair was in order, and her face was much refreshed. The little Pluto saw Lingxi's face clearly and froze in place.
Qing Kui glanced at it, slandering that this little pervert must have taken a fancy to Lingxi, right? That's even worse...
"Little... small..." Little Pluto blinked vigorously, almost crying, and after confirming that he read it correctly, he said completely, "Xiao Xi?"
This time it was Lingxi's turn to be stunned. She had never seen this child before. How could he look so excited and know his name
"Xiao Xi! It's really Xiao Xi!" Little Pluto blushed and rushed into Lingxi's arms, "Xiao Xi, you finally came to see me!"
Lingxi took two steps back in fright, but was still grabbed by him.
"Ming... His Majesty Pluto... you are..." Lingxi didn't know how to deal with him, but he held his hand tightly when she wanted to get rid of him.
"I know that the you you are now is not the you you used to be. Since last time..." Xiao Pluto suddenly stopped, and glared at Qing Kui, "Go back first, I'll catch up with Xiao Xi, and I'll send you back when I'm done."
Qing Kui was unwilling, Little Pluto said angrily: "If you don't go out now, I will keep you here for a long time!"
Qing Kui knew that this little Pluto looked like a child, and he couldn't be underestimated when he was ruthless, but seeing Lingxi's pitiful eyes, he was worried that she was here alone.
"Come on, let me get him down!" Little Pluto was really angry.
Qing Kui thought that he had absolutely no chance of winning if he fought against him, so he cupped his hands and said solemnly: "Qing Kui, the second disciple under the head of Cangjia Mountain, this is my junior sister Ling Xi, and I hope that His Majesty the Hades will keep his promise and send the spirit away." Xi can get out of the underworld safely!"
"Less nonsense, less nonsense, let's go!" Little Pluto waved his hands while pulling Lingxi to the other side.
Before leaving, Qing Kui gave Ling Xi a reassuring gesture, Pluto was not yet to openly detain the disciples of the fairy world.
***
Lingxi was extremely unwilling to go with Pluto, but thinking that the soul-locking water was not taken, and the heart seal and wine sage were still in their hands, she had to cater to Pluto. Thinking of Qinglian once telling her that Pluto liked young women, she forced her She smiled perfunctorily.
"Xiao Xi, what have you been doing all these years?"
"Xiao Xi, do you still remember my name?"
"Xiao Xi, I also wanted to save you last time, but it was too late when I got the news. You didn't blame me, did you?"
"..."
No matter what little Pluto said, Lingxi just smiled, she was afraid of answering wrongly, and Pluto would find out that she was not that "Xiao Xi" and change his face towards her, and she couldn't understand most of little Pluto's questions.
"Hey, Xiao Xi, it's really interesting to see this rose flower in your hair." Xiao Pluto suddenly noticed Nan Zhi, which made Ling Xi's heart twitch again.
"Is this your fairy?" Little Pluto smiled and winked at her.
Lingxi nodded.
"It's really a rare spiritual thing, but it's a pity that it has been soaked in the water of Wangchuan for a long time..."
When Lingxi heard this, she couldn't help but said: "He was seriously injured, and my spells didn't work on him. Your Majesty... Is there any way, Your Majesty?"
It was rare for Little Pluto to hear Lingxi say such a long sentence. He patted his chest and said, "Is there anything that is hard to get this king!"
Just as Lingxi was about to thank you, Little Pluto said softly again: "But Wangchuanshui's injury... Xiao Xi, don't blame me, I'm afraid no one in the six realms can do anything... Otherwise, anyone would dare to touch the soul-locking water. idea."
When Lingxi heard it, the light in her eyes quickly went out.
"But don't worry, it's a good thing that your fairy is a rose flower." Little Pluto said hastily, "He was burned by the Wangchuan water, and I think it's just skin peeling off at best."
Thinking of Nanzhi's injuries, Lingxi felt pain in her heart.
"It'll be fine when that layer of skin comes off! If you don't believe me, take it off and see if the rose has shrunk a bit?" Little Pluto added.
Lingxi didn't move, she just lowered her head and said nothing.
Little Pluto was very annoyed, and had no choice but to say: "Are you here this time to lock soul water?"
Sure enough, when she said that, Lingxi's eyes lit up again, and she nodded in agreement.
Little Pluto also nodded, looked at Lingxi carefully, and said to himself: "Well... Although this soul is not bad, the experts can still tell at a glance that it should be replenished with soul-locking water... "
Lingxi looked at him puzzled, and said something to her to replenish the soul... The soul-locking water is used to bind the broken soul of the elder brother. Of course, she didn't dare to tell little Pluto like that, so she had to keep silent.
"Hey, since you want to use it, of course I will."
Lingxi looked at Little Pluto in disbelief. He actually agreed to give her something so important to the underworld so easily
"But the soul-locking water is the source of the Wangchuan River. You can only take it for seven days. I will cast a spell for ten days, ten days at most. You must return it!"
Little Pluto didn't look like he was joking at all, Lingxi nodded quickly.
"Hehe, you sure don't remember my name..." Little Pluto smiled shyly, "Oh, remember this time, my name is Mingsheng, and we met 13,000 years ago."
Now Lingxi is even more confused, 13,000 years... You know, it is said that Donghua Shangxian is about 8,000 years old, and he is already the oldest fairy in the fairy world...
"And you promised me last time, you will marry me when I grow up." Little Pluto blushed, "Although it has only been ten thousand years now, and I will grow up in one hundred thousand years, you don't want to marry me." Remember the old days, but the promise still holds true?"
Lingxi thought about it, one hundred thousand years... ten years she didn't dare to think about it, one hundred thousand years...
"Yeah." Now she just wants to leave quickly with the soul-locking water. Let's talk about what will happen in a hundred thousand years...
"That's good! You stay with me for a few more days, and I'll take you to get the soul-locking water and send you out." Little Pluto was very happy when Lingxi agreed.
Lingxi pondered for a while, and said tentatively: "I... have friends waiting outside, why not..."
"That's right, replenishing the soul is a big deal!" Little Pluto suddenly said, "Hey, maybe you will remember who I am after repairing it. I'll take you to get the soul-locking water now!"
Lingxi didn't expect it to go so smoothly, and said: "I still have two fairies..."
"Oh, that hairpin and that wine gourd, right?" Little Pluto seemed to be afraid that Lingxi would be unhappy, so he hurriedly said, "I'll ask the judge to bring it to you right away!"
This time, Lingxi really laughed.